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The Future As part of the Library's March Break program, these far thinking children are displaying their concept of the house of the future. |
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March Break Creative use of the Library. |
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BFSH Gail McKitterick leads a group of children in a round of Old MacDonald Had a Farm at the Bedtime Family Story Hour on April 15. |
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Tintern Historic Lecture Series - Tintern - May 10 |
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Tintern Historic Lecture Series - Tintern - May 10 |
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Bedtime Family Story Hour Who knew that visiting the Library in your pajamas could be so much fun! |
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Story Hour hops into Spring with tales of Peter Rabbit and the making of bunny ears. April 2008 |
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Historic Lecture Series Jack McMillan and Jim Juhlke enthralled a 'standing room only' crowd at the Rittenhouse Library on Saturday as they told stories and related the history of the community of Campden. The next lecture will be about Tintern. May |
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Historic Talks Eileen Moore talks while Clark Hannah demonstrates an instrument used in old fashioned shivarees. More than 60 people crowded into the library in Vineland to hear about life in Tintern in the 1800s. Next week's topic is about Samuel Fry, the weaver, whose house is now the Jordan Historical Museum. May |
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Samuel Fry More than 40 people showed up to listen to Larry Rittenhouse talk about the life and times of Samuel Fry. Mr. Fry's house is now part of the Jordan Historical Museum. This weeks topic will be the Early Settlement of Balls Falls. (May 17, 2008) |
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Historic Talks Angela Wallace points out one of the features of a lime kiln used at Ball's Falls as part of her talk about the industrial development of the site and its current use by the Niagara Peninsula Conservation Authority. |
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Story Hour Because of the weather, the Teddy Bear's Picnic had to be held indoors, but these young participants don't seem to mind. The picnic was the final event of the spring Story Hour program. May |
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The Library Attends the Strawberry Festival Jill Nicholson (CEO)(left) and Joyce Harrison (Library Board member) were two of the library personnel manning the booth at the Strawberry Festival on June 21. |
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Anne of Green Gables These bonnetted young ladies are enjoying the cucumber sandwiches at the Anne of Green Gables Picnic on July 9. (The young gentleman declined the offer.) |
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Clowning Around One of the teen volunteers puts face paint on a participant in the "Clowning Around" workshop held at the library on August 6. |
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Summer Reading Program Eventually the ribbons on the bottom were pulled and bags of candy came falling out. |
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Summer Reading Program Great effort was put into breaking the pinata on August 14 at the final celebrations for the Summer "Read to Me" program. August 14, 2008 |
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Teens Last October 16, teens from grades 9 - 12 enjoyed a Lurk-in-the-Basement Halloween Party / Book club event. |
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Teens For a full slate of teen activities visit their website. October 16 |
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Story Hour The topic for Story Hour on October 16 was Foxes and Wolves. This young lady is showing one of the books that Miss Elisabeth was using. Story Hour is for children ages 3 to 6. October |
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Sometimes reading is more important than looking at the camera. November |
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To celebrate Canadian Children's Book week, Miss Elisabeth was sharing Canadian books with her StoryTime children. November |
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Community Awards Trevor Buys was recognized as a Good Citizen for his years of weekly visits to the Fleming Library to keep the children's books organized. November |
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Good Citizen Awards The Town of Lincoln handed out its Good Citizen awards on Friday Nov.28. Above, Jill Nicholson, Library CEO, (left) and Jane Wright, Library Board Chair, pose with Gary DeSalis. Gary was recognized for his many years of support for the Library's outreach program to local senior citizen homes. December |