Sheep River Library Is Moving

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In only six weeks or so, the Sheep River Library will be moving to a new home in Turner Valley. The vinyl flooring is complete and the stone work on the fireplace is done. Rug should be put into the children's area and around the fireplace the middle of January.
Jeff Paul of Spring Creek Woodworking has done a masterful job of creating cupboards for the back room work area, the circulation desk, meeting rooms and the Community Archives. A few of these lockable storage spaces are still available for community groups to keep their association documents. Just register your group with one of the librarians and the space will be yours!
Volunteers Gearing up for the Move: Several teams of volunteers are preparing to assist in the huge task of moving.  Several volunteers will be taking training sessions this month in shelf reading so that they will be able to move the 19 thousand items currently on our shelves, in an orderly manner to their new home. These individuals will be part of the team that will keep our publications in order in the future.  Other volunteers will be helping with phoning. And another team will be helping with the reading garden, entrance flower pots and the indoor plants that we are hoping will be donated to the library.
Courses: You many have noticed in the Foothills Continuing Education Council program booklet that there are no courses being offered at Sheep River Library during January and February. This is due to the fact that packing will begin this month. We apologize for the inconvenience. However, registration is underway for the March programs which include Book Buddies for little children, Fly Fishing on Wednesdays, A Career Expo on March 3rd by the McBride Career Group, the first 2011 Travel Talk on Demark and Nigel Douglas's look at Alberta's Grizzly Bears – Science, Politics and Public Engagement. Watch this space for many more upcoming spring programs including photography, how to manage digital photographs and how to handle Facebook and emails.
Volunteers Planning MORE Programs: Terrific Tuesday Talks is a series of presentations (talks, stories, slide presentations, poetry reading) that will be held the fourth Tuesday of every month from 2 till 3:30 pm. Volunteer presenters, coordinated by Doris Daley, will entertain the group while another team of volunteers will serve up coffee and goodies. This salute to senior's event will start the fourth Tuesday of March, so mark your calendar. Working with the Boys and Girls Club, the library will begin offering Saturday Matinees from 1 till 3:00 pm … a great way to spend a Saturday afternoon on a wintery day.
Family Literacy Day: Throughout the region, many agencies will be celebrating Family Literacy Day on January 27th. Check out page 17 and page 71 of the Foothills Continuing Education Booklet, for great Family Day Literacy activities. Page 17 lists the activities that you could engage in throughout the month. Page 71 is the chart that you can fill out during the month. Turn this chart into the library on the 27th to collect your gift of participation. If you complete more than 20 spaces, you can receive more than one gift. Check out Literacy for Life Foundation website at www.litforlife.com. Come and join the fun.
Fundraising: The Friends of the Sheep River Library are completing their Tiles for Smiles project. Two paint days have been scheduled for this month which will complete the painting part of the project. Tiles will be installed early in February near the children's section of the new facility.  While this is the end of this huge community endeavour, fundraising still continues. The library is still in need of money to complete the furnishing of this magnificent facility in order to make it completely functional. Contributions can be made to the Friends of the Sheep River Library Foundation by contacting Holly Quan at 933-5811. Some of the requirements are a floor cleaning device, vacuum cleaner, more comfortable chairs, meeting room chairs, video-conferencing equipment, easels, flip charts and signage. Your donations will be recognized on the donors' wall in the new library. Your generous donation will be appreciated by members of your community for years to come. Please help out if you can.