Longview Library Literally Speaking

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The Longview Library Board and its librarian Joan would like to thank Paul Thuillard and his Longview Stampede Committee for their very generous donation to the library. It is this community spirit that we value so much, and are very grateful for.
We have some very exciting programs coming up in the month of October, so mark your calendars. I urge you to take part in these workshops. We are very lucky to have these programs that are of such high calibre and Joan has worked very hard to bring them to you. So come!! The first is October 6th from 7:00 to 8:00 pm. It is #3 of the Dames of the Range Series and is an Herbal Tea Presentation during which Jo-Anne Wilson of Herbal Healing Inc. in High River will talk on healing herbs and she will have some teas to sample and savour. October 13th from 7:00 to 8:30pm Dames of the Range #4 will present a Beginner Snowshoeing seminar. Julie Walker of Full Circle Adventures will give this workshop and she will also be encouraging you to keep fit over the winter months. On October 27th from 12:00 to 1:30pm there will be a video- conference on Looking After Dependent Parents. This is another Law at Lunch session hosted by the Lethbridge Public Library and the Lethbridge College of Public Legal Education. And on October 27th from 7:00 to 9:00pm another Book Club evening will be held - Definitely Not Plato. This is meant to be a fun, lively and stimulating get-together. The book to be discussed is The Help by Kathryn Stockett and has been on the best-seller list forever.
Speaking of books, I have two that I am sure you will enjoy. The first is The Kitchen House by Kathleern Grissom a first novel and very often the best. It is an enthralling story that takes place in the 1700's in the state of Virginia and tells of an orphaned Irish immigrant girl whose parents die on their voyage to the new world. She is given into the hands of loving Negro slaves who work in the Kitchen House, where the meals for the plantation house are prepared. The ugly side of slavery surfaces and we are given a new perspective on slavery and the families of the Old South. The second is The Post Mistress by Sarah Blake. It is a riveting story that takes place in two settings--Franklin Massachusetts, a small town in Cape Cod and London, England during the Second World War. As the bombs are falling on London during the Second World War, an American journalist goes over to England to capture the horrors of the war and to try to persuade the Americans to join the war with her broadcasts and photo images. The book is filled with parallels to today and is a thought provoking, well researched novel.

Happy Reading

Sylvia Binkley