Bedtime Family Story Hour

Gail McKitterick leads a band of hearty buccaneers as they do some counting before they go to bed. Gail runs the Bedtime Story Hour at both the Vineland and Beamsville libraries. Check our website for details.

New Library Board

The new Library Board met for their inaugural meeting on February 13. Pictured here in the front row from the left are: Councillor John Kralt, Chair Sharon McMillan, Vice-Chair Wil Van Der Elst, and in the back row: Councillor Rob Foster, Lisa Denick, Charlie Mitchell, Jane Wright, Terri Della Manna, Councillor Wayne McMillan.

Accreditation

The Minister of Culture, Caroline di Cocco (left), presents Bev Haskins, Library Board member, and Jill Nicholson, Library CEO, with the Library's Certificate of Accreditation under the Ontario Public Library Guidelines Program. The presentation took place on Thursday February 1, during the Ontario Library Association's annual Superconference in Toronto.

January 31, 2007

Award for Board Member

Sue Culp (right), former Lincoln Public Library Board member, shows off the James Bain Medallion for Trustee of the Year, which she received for her work with the Ontario Library Boards Association, the Federation of Ontario Public Libraries, in particular the Telling our Stories contest, and for her contribution to the Lincoln Public Library. Presenting her with the award is the Past President of OPLA, Karen McGrath. Karen is a former CEO of the Lincoln Public Library.

Quilt Hanging

The Community Quilt is finally here. Dozens of local people helped put the quilt together, under the leadership of Donna Bothen, to commemorate the anniversary of the library in Vineland. Drop into the Moses F. Rittenhouse Library sometime and have a look.

Babies and Books

Gail McKitterick leads parents and their babies in the Babies and Books program at the Moses F. Rittenhouse branch of the Library. Parents learn songs, books, and activities that are appropriate for their children.

Story Hour

Children at Miss Elisabeth's StoryHour enjoy putting together a puzzle before they hear this week's story.

January 2007

Family Literacy Day

The Lincoln Public Library was proud to help some local schools celebrate Family Literacy Day on January 26. Jordan Public School and Campden Public School joined together to host a Hamilton poet and author for their students and parents.

Earth Day

Members of the Library staff show off the many bags of garbage they collected from around the library grounds in Beamsville. This was part of the Town's Earth Day celebrations.

Story Hour

Some enthusiastic 3 to 6 year olds prepare to listen to a story during Miss Elisabeth's Story Hour program. For more details see our Library Activities page.

It's Spring at Miss Elisabeth's Story Hour and the children are preparing to plant some 'magic' beans.

With the warm weather here, Miss Elisabeth took the Story Hour children outside for a 'Teddy Bears Picnic'. One of their activities involved a colourful parachute.

t's "Bike to Get There" week!

John Kralt, Town Councillor and Library Board member, was telling people at the Strawberry Festival on June 16, about the many resources and activities available at the library.

June 16

Mr. Reg Epps stopped at the Library display at the Strawberry Festival and won wine tasting tickets generously donated by Willow Heights Estate Winery. Here, he is receiving his prize from Cathy Simpson, Deputy CEO of the Library.

June 20

The Town of Lincoln has chosen several images from the Local History collection at the Lincoln Public Library as a permanent display in the Beamsville Room in the town hall.

July

The Lincoln Public Library took advantage of the 'Community Exhibit Corner' at the museum to show a selection of Library memorabilia.

July

Several children show their enthusiasm for "Book Bingo" last week at the Library. July 2007

Hanging on the wall at MFR is a banner being raffled off to support the Rose Cottage palliative care program in Grimsby. Tickets available at 905-309-5071.

Read-to-Me

Final celebrations of the summer Read-to-Me program included running under a colourful parachute on August 16.

Clinton Deeds

The library recently came into possession of several thousand Clinton Twsp deeds dating from 1868 to 1955. In the picture above, local historian Larry Rittenhouse looks on from the back row as volunteers Bill Zimmerman, Pat High, and Mary-Lou Garr begin the long process of indexing each of the deeds.

Tales for Two

Miss Elisabeth (left) helps Little Bear give a warm welcome to toddlers at Tales for Two.

History Lecture

Marion Dawdy poses in front of the organ pipes of First Baptist Church in Beamsville after giving a lecture and tour about the historic church and congregation. There 3 are more historic lectures in this year's series.

Bedtime Family Story Hour

We're not sure who came to the Bedtime Family Story Hour on October 16 because they were in disguise, but, we know they had a good time.

Walker Hall

Patricia Boyle shows off some of the memorabilia from Walker Hall Tea Room as part of the Library's Heritage Lecture Series on Saturday Oct. 20.

Agricultural Society

Joe Kelter of the Lincoln Agricultural Society enthralled his audience with tales of the Lincoln County Fair over the past 150 years. His talk was part of the Library's Historic Lectures Series. On Nov. 3 Donna Bothen will talk about the Heritage of Quilts. (October)

20 Valley Photo Contest

This young model stands beside her mother’s winning photo of her. These pictures are the winners of the Twenty Valley Tourism Association’s first photo contest. They are on display at the Moses F. Rittenhouse Library in Vineland. For more details visit the 20 Valley website. (November)

Pennsylvania German Folklore Society

Larry Rittenhouse stands behind the display he set up at the Moses F. Rittenhouse Library in Vineland to illustrate to the community the history and many contributions of the Pennsylvania German and Swiss Mennonite settlers in this area and across Ontario. The library has a complete set of all the Pennsylvania German Folklore Society publications.

Royal Flying Corp

The Lincoln Public Library was pleased to be able to help CHCH TV's Fred Anderton answer a viewer's question about the 1918 School of Aerial Gunnery in Beamsville. The segment is scheduled for broadcast as part of the 6 o'clock news on Thursday, November 29.

Christmas Open House

Riley, Cole, and Dawnelle, get some help making Christmas stockings at the Library's Open House on December 8.

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