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Valentine's Story Hour Valentine's celebrations at the Library: Miss Elisabeth serves up stories and goodies for 3 to 6 year olds at Story Hour. |
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Babies and Books Miss Gail has a full house in her Spring Babies and Books class being held at the MFR branch of the library, in Vineland. March |
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New Chair The Vineland Library (Moses F. Rittenhouse) has a new addition to the children's department. Ryn's Furniture of Beamsville kindly donated a 'chair and a half' to the library. It is currently being put to good use. February |
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Babies and Books Miss Gail's Babies and Books program has been so popular that she has started a second session on Monday mornings. There is still some room available in the second session (11:00 am). March |
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Tales for Two Miss Peters is again hosting her Tales for Two program. Pictured above is a grandmother reading with her young charge. April |
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Brian then conducted a tour of the Cemetery itself. May |
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St. John's Cemetery The Local History Talks have started again. In the picture above, Brian Culp is giving some background information about the St. John's Cemetery. May |
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Local History Talk Local History Talks continued on May 9th with Len Pennachetti talking about the recent history of Jordan. On May 16th there will be 2 presentations; Jim Fretz will speak at 10 a.m. about Jordan Harbour, and at 11 a.m. Helen Booth will speak on the topic "Weavers of the Twenty". |
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Local History Talks As part of the Library's 4th season of Local History talks, Helen Booth, director of the Jordan Historical Museum of the Twenty, gave a talk on "Weavers of the Twenty". Here she is describing an original coverlet from the Museum's collection. |
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Miss Gail's Babies and Books last session involved a parachute and a picnic. May |
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New plants for planters from Garden Club The local garden club has offered to put seasonal plants in the planters that sit on either side of the main entrance to the MFR Library. They also donated a book on gardening for our collection, "The Perennial Gardener's Design Primer". April |
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Strawberry Festival Staff and Library Board members manned the Library's display at the Strawberry Festival on June 20. They promoted the library's many programs, including the summer activities for kids. |
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Agent 009 A group of young detectives were hard at work solving the "Mystery at the Library" on Wednesday July 8. The program is part of the TD Summer Reading Club. Tickets for all programs in Beamsville are almost sold out, but spaces are still available for the Vineland programs. |
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Read-to-Me Roasting marshmallows after camp stories at the Read-to-Me program. July |
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Mad Cap Mysteries Miss Elisabeth and the children received an education about the Police K9 unit from Constable McGregor and Titan, during the July 22 session of the Mad Cap Mysteries summer reading program. July |
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Read-to-Me Everybody got a chance to break the pinata at the end-of-season party for the Read-to-Me summer reading program. |
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Steve Swan Steve Swan entertains a room full of young children and their parents at the Moses F. Rittenhouse Library on August 13. His show was part of the finale to the Read-to-Me summer reading program. |
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Library Board Lincoln Public Library Board Members 2009. Back Row: Lisa Denick, John Kralt, Wayne MacMillan, Rob Foster. Front Row: Victoria Bucsis, Lynn Wisniewski, Jane Wright, Joyce Harrison Absent: Kelly Putter (September 15, 2009) |
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Daffodils Members of the Lincoln Garden Club are seen planting 300 daffodils in front of the Moses F. Rittenhouse Library in Vineland. October 1, 2009 |
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Story Hour Miss Elizabeth is once again hosting Story Hour for children between the ages of 3 and 6. She has room for a few more children in the program. October 1, 2009 |
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TD Donation The library was the recipient of a $500 cheque from the TD bank. Lisa Denick, (right), works at the TD bank and is also a volunteer member of the Library Board. The TD bank donates money to the organizations at which their employees volunteer. Accepting the cheque, was Jill Nicholson, (centre) CEO of the Library. Representing the TD Bank is Anna Cerino, (left) Beamsville Branch Manager (Oct. 1, 2009) |
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Author Talk Authors Kelly Armstrong and Edo Van Belkom were at the Lincoln Centre on Monday night. The authors talked to the audience, read from their work, answered questions, and signed autographs for their fans. (October 19, 2009) |
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Halloween It was Halloween at the Library and Miss Elisabeth was entertaining some unusual visitors in her Story Hour program. October 29, 2009 |
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Volunteers Cathy Simpson presents Stephanie Heida with a certificate of appreciation for her help as a volunteer in the Library. (Nov. 6) |
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Volunteers On November 6, the Town of Lincoln had an event to recognize the volunteers who help make our community a great place to live. Shown above are some of the volunteers who have helped make the Library a better place. From the left are Cathy Simpson (Deputy CEO), Stephanie Heida, Donna Bothen, Jack McMillan, and Angela Calixto (representing the Lincoln Garden Club). Standing in front is Jill Nicholson, Library CEO. |
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Christmas Open House Diane Smit read from her new book "The Angel's Message". Dec. 12 |
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Christmas Open House Dec. 12 |
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Santa Claus Library Christmas Open House - Dec. 12 |