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Chocolate Mint Brownie Cookies

1 devil’s food cake mix

1/3 cup vegetable oil

2 eggs

3 Tablespoons water

1 10 oz. package mint or peppermint bark chocolate chips

Mix first four ingredients together.  Add chips.  Drop by teaspoonfuls onto ungreased cookie sheet.  Bake at 350 degrees for 9 minutes.  Cool on wire rack.

Please help yourself to a chocolate mint brownie cookie in the break room when you have a chance today!

Votes are in and the date the majority of staff can attend a get together is on Saturday, January 29. The Brightside Aleworks party room has been reserved. Stay tuned for more details.

If anyone sees the UPS delivery driver, please send him/her back to TS. I have one box ready for UPS pickup. Thanks! Lori F

We now have four Town Center ice skate rental passes available via our Adventure Pass site. The skate rental facility is open Friday-Sunday. Patrons can checkout up to two passes at a time.

We are closing at 4pm today due to the weather forecast.

Just a reminder to review the emergency procedures for straight-line wind/tornado sirens as high winds are in the forecast for tomorrow afternoon and evening.

There are procedure cards at each service desk and the emergency procedures can be found under Documentation/Emergencies/Emergency Manual or here: Emergency Manual 2020

Please ask if you have questions.

Holiday Potluck. Thursday, December 16^th at City Hall from 11:30 – 1:00. Bring a dish to share.

Hey we’re planning a staff party in January. Please complete the following Google form in the next 48 hours and give us your input.  https://forms.gle/mscz2rZThHG1UZEw5

Thanks!

A brown leather purse and brown hat that appear to belong to Adrienne Burgus were left in the play area in YS tonight, 12/7. Adrienne has a library card so I called a left a voicemail that the items are at the library. I will lock both items up in the gray cabinet.
Thanks,
beth

https://desmoinesperformingarts.org/events/new-years-eve-pops/

This is a link for purchasing tickets to the New Year’s Eve pops concert.  We will be performing music of Elton John.

Update: The Polaris upgrade to 7.0 has been completed. You should find a Polaris 7.0 shortcut on the desktop. If you have any problems, let Dreama or Lori F. know.

The upgrade to Polaris 7.0 has begun. Please do not open the Polaris client until further notice. We anticipate being back online by 9 a.m.

A reminder that you can now add staff picks via the website. If you’re logged in, you’ll see an “add to staff picks” link below each book (books only). Click the link to add your favorites to the staff picks page. Your first name will be shown on the staff picks page and patrons can limit the staff picks to a particular staff member.

If you happen to take a call inquiring about Star Cards, please refer the caller to the Johnston Partnership https://johnstonpartnership.org/home/johnston-gives-2021/.

The Star Card program has morphed into Johnston Gives. Community members no longer select a wish list from families and purchase the items.  Instead, the Partnership provides families with gift cards.

With the Thanksgiving holiday closures, make sure you take a little extra time this pay period to verify that your time sheet matches When to Work.

Thanks,

Peg

Our building clocks are not synchronizing and are therefore showing incorrect times. I have a service call in to have them fixed.

Hello All!
If a patron says they are here to pick up a card-making kit from Dreama and Lori’s Sunday Card Crafting Club they are neatly packaged and on the holds shelf under the patron’s last name. Card kits do not need to be checked out. Patrons will have received a voicemail or an email that tells them they have a full week to pick the card kits up before they will be collected again by TS. Leftover kits are then donated to AHEPA Senior Living Apartments for residents.
Thanks!