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July 12 was a banner day for our Library. We had a visit from a wonderful story teller, Kathy Jessup.  We also had a very nice crowd attend. I really enjoyed the story about her mom with the cap gun trying to chase the bear.  Many of the children in the audience could relate as we are in a northern community and a number of them have had encounters with bears.  We had our Summer Reading Program after Kathy finished regaling us with her colo... More...

  Spring looks like it is finally here!!!  The snow is gone and the ground is drying up.  The sun is shining and the robins are back. And with the warmer weather, the urge to get outside and get your hands in the dirt takes over.  It certianly has for me. With that in mind, we have created a display of really good gardening and landscaping books.  We have many titles by semi-local authors Lois and Jim Hole of Hole's Greenhouse fame situated in St.Albert. We have... More...

Wow!   Great day yesterday!  Had a volunteer come in (thanks MH!) to help for a while. So while she processed patrons and shelved books, I created a new display featuring "GARDENING and LANDSCAPING" books.  We have a very good assortment of Lois and Jim Hole's gardening books, covering bulbs, vegetables, perrenials and their favorites. We also have some landscaping and organic gardening books to peruse as well. I personally can not wait to start. &nbs... More...

I have literally stumbled across some amazing Canadian authors this last year:  Will Ferguson and Joseph Boyden.  These two have provided hours of stimulating, intriguing and at time, hilarious reading. The first book of Will Ferguson's I came across was "Happyness".  A little strange at first but held my interst.  The very next book I read was also his but I only realized that after finishing it:   "How to Be Canadian".  I followed that... More...

Easter Eggs and Bunnies are popping up every where.  We have a special shelf of Easter and Bunny books ready for check out.  Finished painting spring flowers on the library windows today.  Best type of flowers yet, plant them and forget they are there until they need to come down (sometime in August I think).  No weeding, no watering.  And they will never need pruning or fertilizer.  Best flowers yet. I will be placing a large magazine order this week.  So... More...

The libary will be closed for Spring Break, now that SPRING is finally here. Sure signs of Spring in WR:  baby calves, pussy willows, that glorious sun shine and MUD, MUD and more MUD. This year we will have an aboundance of water as well as the record snow fall melts. Time to get out the rubber boots and splash pants for the kiddies, oh mine too. Side note:  We got possession of our home on April 1, 2000.  My father had hauled all our belongings out of the city wi... More...

Well, our Daisy Reader is the neatest thing. The Daisy Reader is an automated reader for the visually or mobility impaired.  It is about the size of a hard cover book and reads special CD's.  I have been listening to the titles we have while shelving and inputting new titles. We have a dozen or so titles availalbe now and many more we can borrow through the TRAC system.  If you are a member of the CNIB, you can subscribe to their magazine and book subscriptions free of charge... More...