Lincoln Public Library

Newsletter

VOLUME 1, ISSUE 5 November -December 2014

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During the months of November and December, the works of Diane Ptolemy will be featured at the Fleming Library in Beamsville. Diane does landscapes, buildings and more in pastels, water-colour, colour pencil and oils. At the Moses F. Rittenhouse Library in Vineland, abstract drawings by Beamsville textile artist (and the designer of the library’s quilt) Donna Bothen.

Are you looking for a way to get involved in your community?

Become a Public Library Trustee!

If you have an interest in your Library and your community, and can devote time and effort to your Library, perhaps you would like to apply to be a Library Trustee. Local Library Boards ensure that library opera-tions are conducted in accordance with the cur-rent Ontario Public Libraries Act, its regulations, and other relevant legislation. The Lincoln Pub-lic Library Board has nine members who are ap-pointed by the Town of Lincoln Council after each municipal election. Library Board mem-bers will be appointed to a 4-year term (2015-2018), corresponding with the term of munici-pal council. The Lincoln Library Board is composed of six Community Appointees and three Town Coun-cillors and is accountable to the Council of the Town of Lincoln. The full Board meets ten times per year. Its duties include establishing com-

mittees, setting library policies, managing fi-nances, and planning for the future. Candidates for the position of Library Trustee must be at least eighteen years old, a Canadian citizen, a resident of the Town of Lincoln, and not employed by the Library Board or Munici-pality. If you are interested, please call the Town of Lincoln Office at 905.563.8205 to find out when applications are being accepted, or check local papers for the Town of Lincoln's notice calling for applications to local boards, including the Library Board. For more information, please pick up the “Become a Library Trustee!” brochure at either LPL location, or contact Jill Nicholson, Lincoln Public Library CEO, at 905.563.7014, ext. 208; nicholson@lincoln.library.on.ca

Inside this issue:

Special Programs for Children Featured Database: Mango Languages Christmas Open House Ontario Early Years Centre, Beamsville Satellite Titles for Remembrance Day New Self-Checkout Machine Café beside the Fleming Library Art Displays

Holiday Hours December 24, 25 & 26: Closed

Saturday December 27: 10 am - 5 pm (both locations)

Wednesday December 31: Fleming Library 9 am - 5 pm MFR Library: 10 am - 5 pm

January 1: Closed Regular hours resume January 2

Try the new Self-Checkout machine located near the entrance of the Fleming Library!

The Town of Lincoln Fleming Centre’s Café will

be opening soon!

Art

Books for Remembrance Day

In honour of Remembrance Day, and to mark the 100th Anniversary of the start of the Great War, here are a few recent titles about World War I: Canada in the great power game, 1914-2014 by Gwynne Dyer A look at Canada's involvement in World War I and other world conflicts in the past one hundred years. The greatest victory: Canada's one hundred days, 1918 by J.L. Granatstein A look at the Canadian-led Hundred Days' offensive that lead to German defeat in World War I, beginning on August 8, 1918 and ending with the Armistice on November 11, 1918. World War I: the definitive visual history by R.G. Grant A book from the Smithsonian Institution. Lawrence in Arabia: war, deceit, imperial folly and the making of the modern Middle East by Scott Anderson The Arab Revolt against the Turks in World War I was, in the words of T.E. Lawrence, "a sideshow to a sideshow." In early 1914, Law-rence was an archaeologist digging ruins in Syria; by 1919 he was riding into legend at the head of an Arab army, as he fought a rearguard action against his own government and its imperial am-bitions. The war that ended peace: the road to 1914 by Margaret MacMillan Beginning in the early nineteenth century and ending with the as-sassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand, award-winning historian Margaret Macmillan uncovers the huge political and technological changes, national decisions, and just as important, the small mo-ments of human muddle and weakness that led Europe from peace to disaster. Remembering John McCrae: soldier, doctor, poet by Linda Granfield For all ages, the story of the Canadian who wrote In Flanders Fields.

Looking for poppies for your lapels? Both LPL locations have Royal Canadian Legion

Poppy Fund boxes.

Both LPL Libraries open regular hours on Nov. 11

Featured Database

The Lincoln Public Library will be visited by an Elf from the North Pole! Children are encouraged to come and find our "Elf on the Shelf". Our special scout Elf will report back to Santa each night about who has been naughty and nice. The Elf hides in a different location each day and will visit both libraries. The Elf will return to the North Pole after the Library’s Christmas Open House. You can also track the Elf’s adventures on the Library’s Facebook and Twitter page.

Don’t forget the two rules: 1. No one can touch the Elf. If he is touched, he will no longer have his magical powers. 2. The Elf cannot speak or move when people are in the Library.

Elf Flight Schedule: Fleming Library, Beamsville: November 17 – 22 Moses F. Rittenhouse Library, Vineland: November 24 – December 6 Fleming Library, Beamsville: December 8 - 13

“Mr Bubbles”, aka Jens Hansen, is one of Lincoln's best-known actors. He has per-formed with the Lincoln Lamplighters for the past 10 years, and has appeared with the Peninsula Players in Grimsby and the Grimsby Museum's Cemetery Tours. Be-fore moving to Canada in 2001, Jens acted in various productions in Bermuda and the UK. In addition to his work onstage, Jens has been reading to children for years, and has been at schools and libraries from Ber-muda to Beamsville. It was at Senator Gib-son Public School that Jens received the name “Mr. Bubbles” because he often read the Mr. Men series of books to the students there! Jens has also connected with children while underwater! For five years he was a volunteer scuba diver at the Bermuda Aquarium, and performed 'dive talks' in the North Rock Exhibit, a 145,000 gallon tank with sharks, barracudas, octopus, lobsters, scorpion fish, groupers and all sorts of amazing fish. With a microphone inside his mask, he could answer ques-tions from his audience, perform under-water acrobatics, sing silly songs and make jokes. One of his young fans called him 'Superwaterman' and the name stuck, in more ways than one – Jens even appeared on a real Bermuda postage stamp as Su-perwaterman!

Mr. Bubbles reads The Book with No Pictures

Check out the library’s Mango Languages database! Choose from over 70 languages, including French, Spanish, Dutch and Pirate. Once you’ve registered, the program tracks your progress. Olé!

Just go to the “Databases” section of the library’s website, www.lincoln.library.on.ca, and choose “Mango Languages”. You’ll need your library card number and PIN to register.

Christmas Open House

The Library Staff & Board invite you to join us

for a Festive Open House.

Holiday treats,

plus holiday crafts for children!

Saturday December 13 1 to 3 pm

Fleming Library

Free! Drop in -

it’s a PA Day!

Friday November 14 2 pm

Fleming Library

Special Holiday Family Story Time

Saturday November 15 2—3 pm, Fleming

Come listen to a holiday story around the Fleming Library’s fireplace. Write a letter to Santa, and meet the Library’s “Elf on the Shelf”!

Lincoln Public Library is pleased to partner with the Ontar-io Early Years Centre, Beamsville, for two drop-in pro-grams for parents and their pre-schoolers. Take part in programs and activities, get answers to ques-tions, find out about programs and services, speak to early years professionals, and talk to other parents and caregiv-ers in the community.

Friday, November 28, 1:30-3 pm Friday, December 19, 1:30-3 pm

Meeting Room A, Fleming Library

Elf on the Library Shelf