Our 40th anniversary celebration exceeded all expectations. We were thrilled to commemorate the day with over 320 community members and dignitaries who enjoyed our displays, demonstrations, and performances. Here’s to another wonderful 40 years of bringing exceptional library service and programming to our community. Thank you to everyone who worked so hard brining such a wonderful event to fruition. We will be leaving our library timeline display up in the glass case for a few more weeks, if anyone is interested in taking a walk down memory lane.
We are fortunate to have so many dedicated volunteers and donors in our community such as Mark and Rachelle at AG Foods in Black Diamond. Due to their passion for literacy, they will pay for a family membership for any family that has school-age children in the area. We encourage all families to take advantage of this generous offer by either renewing a current membership or taking out a new one.
Another diligent volunteer who has donated many hours of her time is Cheryl Bain. Cheryl has been working on scanning and collating many of the historical documents that have been donated to the library over the years. We are soon approaching the time when we will have this information available in binders on the local history shelves. Some of the topics include: the Turner Valley Pool, the old Turner Valley Ski Hill and memoirs from pioneer ranching families.
June 3 is our annual book sale. This is a great opportunity to pick up some light summer reading or hunt for a long-sought treasure. Books will be pre-sorted into categories prior to the sale. All items are sold by donation and all proceeds will be used to fund programs and operations at the library. If you are attending the Diamond Valley Day event in Millennium Park, make sure you stop by the library to take a look.
On May 10, a few staff and board members attended the annual Marigold Library System Workshop. There were many informative sessions, and we came back with lots of ideas for future projects. In the coming months we will have some items in the collection specifically for patrons who struggle with dyslexia such as audio and book combos, plus books written particularly for reluctant readers. We also want to add more programming for our teen patrons. Teagan is interested in hearing from any teenagers who would like to form a Teen Advisory Board to start talking about what our teen programming might look like. Other sessions dealt with issues such as censorship and intellectual freedom. We were treated to a very informative keynote session by Prof. Timothy Caulfield on the role of social media in the spread of misinformation. If you are interested in any of these topics, please contact the library staff who will direct you to some helpful resources.
As we head into the last month of school, we want to remind parents to sign their children up for the weekly summer reading program starting July 5 through to August 23. There will be two sessions each Wednesday for ages 4-6 and 7-10 comprising of crafts, games and stories. Call the library for more details.
We will be closed from July 1-3 for the Canada Day long weekend.