Tuesday, September 16, 2014

Teen Fall Program Registration starts now!

Fall means Fall Teen Programs! Yahoo!  If you are in grades 6-12, these programs are for you.
 
In celebration of Halloween and all things spooky there is  the Undead Club.
 
The Undead  Club
  • Monday October 6 – Ghosts – Learn all about things ghostly
  • Monday October 20 – Pumpkin Carving - Bring back childhood memories and carve a  pumpkin.
  • Monday October 27 – All things Zombie – Find out how to become a zombie with house hold items.
There is a $5.00 material fee to join the club.
 
 
 

 In November and December,  let's get dramatic with the Drama Club.

This game oriented program introduces basic drama concepts and more. The Club is offered on Mondays from 3:30-4:30. The material fee for this club is only $5.00.
  • Nov. 3 - Fun Drama Games – Let’s get to know each other
  • Nov 10 – Tableaux Game
  • Nov 17-  Space & Movement Game
  • Nov 24 – Improv Game
  • Dec 1- Creating Characters
  • Dec 8- Reader’s Theater Practice
  • Dec 15 Reader’s Theater Practice and Performance from 5- 5:30  for parents and guardians.





This year we decided to add some special one off programs. We will be having these party type programs once a month on Thursdays from 3:30-4:30. The material fee is $2.00 per program.
 
  • October  23-  Urban legends – Lean about classic urban legends are find out if they fact or fiction.
  • November 20 - Candy Sushi –  Learn how to make these tasty treats.
  • December  18 – Christmas Craft – Make a jar gift for someone you love!
 
If you need community service hours you may want to join the Teen Advisory Committee.
 
 
Do you want to take part in creating innovative programs? Are you a teen between the ages 11 to 18 and need community service hours?  Join the Lincoln Public Library’s Teen Advisory Committee!  We meet the first Thursday of every month from 3:30-4:30 pm.
 
  • October 2
  • November 6
  • December 4
We will also be starting up our Computer Training with Seniors. We are looking for teens that are tech savvy and would like to share their skills  to help seniors learn how to use their computer.
 
 
 
 

Tuesday, September 09, 2014

Fall Program Registration begins Monday September 15 at both Libraries


Children must be the minimum age by the end of the session.

 
 Babies & Books (6 to 19 months)
 
Stories, songs, finger plays and rhymes in a special program designed for your baby and you.
 
Mondays, 10 – 11 am, Fleming

September 29 to November 17

(no program October 13)

     $14 for the 7-week session. Please register.
 

Tales for Two (20 to 35 months)
You and your toddler will enjoy stories, finger plays, songs, a simple craft and free play activities together.

 

Tuesdays, 10 – 11 am, Fleming

Thursdays, 10 – 11 am, MFR

September 30/October 2 to November 18/20

$16 for the 8-week session. Please register.

 

Story Time (ages 3 to 5)

 
An hour filled with stories, finger plays, songs, a simple craft and free play activities. Caregivers are  required to remain in the library during the program.

 

Wednesdays, 10 – 11 am, Fleming

Thursdays, 1:30 – 2:30 pm, MFR

October 1/2 to November 19/20

$16 for the 8-week session

Please register.






 

Tuesday, September 02, 2014

Veronika Reiser's 25th Anniversary at LPL

Please join us in the meeting room of the Moses F. Rittenhouse Library on Thursday September 11, anytime between 2 and 4 to help celebrate Veronika Reiser’s 25 years with Lincoln Public Library.
Veronika started working in the old Vineland Library on First Avenue (now the Niagara Academy of Tennis) on September 11, 1989. At the time, the library shared the building with the tennis club. Veronika also worked at the old Jordan Library.
In the mid-1990s, in addition to her work helping the public, Veronika took over organizing the LPL art shows, having been on the executive of the former Lincoln Regional Arts Council. She continues to coordinate the shows at both LPL locations. She also became the library’s first employee whose specialty is local history. The collection at the Moses F. Rittenhouse Library in Vineland has flourished under her supervision, and people contact her from all over to ask questions about Lincoln and Niagara history. She also organizes the library’s popular Local History Talks and is active in the community, as a member of the Museum Volunteer Association Board and Friends of Lincoln’s History.
Please join us on the 11th. There will be cake!

Tuesday, August 12, 2014

Always wanted to be a Super Hero, but don't know how

The last summer program of 2014 is on Monday August 25..... You can become a Super Hero!

Can anyone be a superhero? Which superpowers will work for you? Do you need a sidekick? There are lots of decisions to make before taking the superhero oath, making your disguise and going crime fighting.

Fleming Library @ 10 am

Moses F. Rittenhouse Library @ 3pm

Material fee: $2.00

Creative Bug Program

Spots available in Bombs Away!

Creative Bug Program

Spots are still available in the Bombs Away! Creative Bug Crafts program. Wednesday, August 13 at 1pm for children ages 4-7. Cost is $5 per child. Please register at the Fleming Library, 905-563-7014.


http://www.creativebug.ca/

TD Summer Reading Club

Just one week to go before the end of 2014 TD Summer Reading Program.

 Have you finished yet?

 
 

Tuesday, August 05, 2014

Create a T-Shirt Program has been cancelled

Sorry due to low registration, the Teen Create a T-Shirt Program has been cancelled for Monday August 11th at both libraries.



Chess Club


Every Wednesday at the Fleming Library from 3:30-4:30pm is Chess Club!

 

Thank-you Mr. Evans for volunteering to run this great Club!


Tuesday, July 22, 2014

Duct Tape Creations Teen Program

Please register for the Teen Programs without you we can not run them.

So far, Mythbusters and the Priced Right programs have been cancelled. 

Duct Tape Creations still has spots available at both locations on Monday July 28th.

At the Fleming Library the program starts at 10:30 am and 3 pm at the Moses F. Rittenhouse Library.

 

Sign up today! The material fee is only $2.00


Thursday, July 17, 2014

Happy Summer 2014!

Our Summer Programs are in full swing!

 It has been busy at the New Fleming Library!

There are only few spaces left the Owl Foundation Special Presentation on  Wednesday August 6, 2014 at 10am for Children going into Grades One to Six.

Eureka! Little Learns, Creative Bug Crafts and Eureka! Wacky Wednesdays are all full!


There are still spaces in the Teen Programs on Mondays.

The material fee is $2.00 per program.

  • Monday July 28 -  Duct Tape Creations

  • Monday August 11 -  Create a T-Shirt

  • Monday August 25 - Become a Superhero



 You can still register and participate in all our Summer Reading Programs.

  • Eureka TD Summer Reading Club for ages 2 - 12 

  • Eureka Teen Reading Club for ages 11 - 18

  • Adult Reading Club for ages 19 and up

 


Tuesday, June 17, 2014

Grand Opening Sat. June 21, 2014



A SPECIAL INVITATION

 

To join His Worship

Mayor Bill Hodgson and Council at the

Grand Opening Ceremony of the

Town of Lincoln Community Complex

On Saturday, June 21, 2014


10:00 am - noon



5020 Serena Drive, Beamsville

10:00 am - Greetings

10:20 am- Ribbon Cutting

10:30 am – Facility Tours

 

 



The Fleming Library Location at 4996 Beam Street is Officially Closed

 Here are some pictures taken by Karin the last day the Beamsville Location was open.




Monday, June 02, 2014

New Battery Reycling

Recycle your used single-use batteries at your library. It's easy. Tape the positive terminals or put the batteries in a plastic bag, bring them in and put them in the container provided. AA, AAA, C, D, 6V
9V and button cell non rechargeable batteries only, please.




Tuesday, May 13, 2014

Scrabble Club date has been changed to Thursdays!

Come out to the Fleming Library on Thursdays to play Scrabble at 1:30 pm.

Everyone is welcome to come out and play!

No Chess Club this Wednesday May 14th

Sorry Everyone,

Mr Evans will not be able to come this Wednesday so there is no chess club. Next week chess club will be at 3:30 at the Fleming Library.

Thanks

Monday, May 12, 2014

Container Gardening with Wendy of Master Gardeners of Niagara

Container Gardening with Master Gardeners of Niagara See how to create a herb, shade and vegetable container garden at the Lincoln Public Library. Everyone is welcome to this free event. Please register in person or by phone 905-563-7014 or email info@lincoln.library.on.ca. Thank-you to Wendy of the Master Gardeners of Niagara who will be presenting this fabulous topic. Come out to the Lincoln Public Library, 4996 Beam Street, Beamsville, on Tuesday May 13 at 7pm and learn how to create a container garden.

Almost there....New Fleming Library.....

Friday, May 09, 2014

Local History Talk Saturday May 10th at the Jordan Museum

2014 Local History Talks
200+ Years of Settlement in Niagara

Saturday May 10, 10am to Noon

The United Empire Loyalists in Niagara...
Rod and Bev Craig from the Col. Butler Branch of the United Empire Loyalists

 and

The Arrival of the Russian Mennonites in Canada
Presented by Henry Wiebe, Founder of St. Ann's Community Church and former minister at Vineland Mennonite Brethren Church
 
 

Thank-you to Everyone who was involved with A Taste of Our Town

 

Rave review for A Taste of Our Town. Thank you Mark Dawson, Grimsby Lincoln News!

http://www.niagarathisweek.com/opinion-story/4502548-talk-of-the-town-for-years-to-come/

Talk of the town for years to come
...
Grimsby Lincoln News

By Mark Dawson

“A Taste of Our Town will become the talk of the town for years to come,” said the ubiquitous Margaret Andrewes at one point during last Saturday’s fundraising event at Twenty Valley Golf Club. In fact, I think she said it twice to make sure Jennifer Hopkins of Hopkins IDA Pharmacy was listening.

She was, and judging by the look on her face it must have been a proud moment. What a great way for her to celebrate her Vineland pharmacy’s 65th anniversary and at the same time, give a big boost to the Our Town Our Time campaign for the Town of Lincoln’s Community Complex.

Reached by phone on Monday, Jennifer said she had been looking for an opportunity to bring the George Lake Big Band to the area for an event and thought it would be a good fit for the Library Fundraising Group.

It definitely was. Thanks to her generosity, the band was there in all its 19-piece glory - trombones, trumpets and saxophones, guitars, percussion and vocalists. You rarely see a mass of musicianship performing at that level anymore, and it added a lot of class to what was already a classy evening.

Under the direction of Steve Pettafor, the band delivered an interactive selection of both contemporary and classic music that was pretty infectious. In a rare lapse of judgement, they even had yours truly up on the dance floor. Many have never seen that, and those that have are forever changed.

An event like this one owes a great deal to many people. Congratulations to Jennifer and the rest of the Library Fundraising Group: Elizabeth Wagner, Jill Nicholson, John Kralt, Kumbir Vandeyar, Donna Burton, Stewart Capell, Joyce Harrison and Pauline Wilts for pulling it off.

There were dozens of others who offered their time or talents or who donated items to the live and silent auctions. And speaking of talents, I suspect Rick Rittenhouse may secretly fear that Ron Kielstra of E.P.R. Kielstra & Company Chartered Accountants will be getting into the auction game. Ron ran the live auction with flair and energy, keeping things moving and I believe, possibly bidding against himself at one point.

The Dawsons bid briefly on a signed and framed Sidney Crosby limited edition print, finally and reluctantly letting it go. Maybe if he’d scored at least one goal in the playoffs (as of this writing) my resolve would been stronger. We also felt moved for reasons I can’t explain now to bid on a matched pair of cardinal photographs, a seaside watercolour and a ladies’ laptop luggage bag with wheels. We came away without these items, but we certainly did experience the power of the collective will in that room.

Looking around on Saturday night, it was clear there was, as Mayor Bill Hodgson put it later, a good cross section of caring people from the Town of Lincoln and beyond who were there to lend their support to the Community Complex, due to open next month. I would also agree with Jennifer that there was a “warm and fuzzy feeling” in the room, and not just because of the bottles of Ridgepoint and Daniel Lenko wines on the tables.

A last word of appreciation to my colleague Jessica Moore and her husband Drew for joining us at our table on Saturday and to Jim Giddens and the staff of Twenty Valley Golf and Country Club for a great meal. We’ve had a good relationship with Twenty Valley for a number of years and I’d encourage those who haven’t been there for a while to pay them a visit – I see they’ve got a nice brunch planned for Mother’s Day and you’d be hard pressed to find a nicer spot.

*****

We had a baby shower at our home on Sunday as we’re expecting a grandchild in July. My job, other than staying out of the way, was to blow up what felt like about 50 balloons, which were used to festoon various rooms. Okay, I just liked the way that sounded, but there was actually some festooning going on.

I spent much of the ensuing three hours, light-headed, in the basement watching the Raptors come up short against Brooklyn, then, when the last crustless egg salad sandwich had been consumed and I got the all clear to return to ground level, I was asked to burst the balloons.

As I chased them around the dining room floor with a pair of scissors, I concluded that it was an allegory for some aspects of life. We knock ourselves out for some very temporary things, inflating them in size and importance, only to see them burst a short time later when we realize they have no staying power.

I will keep this in mind next time I’m tempted to cheer for the Maple Leafs.







Tuesday, April 29, 2014

2014 Local History Talks



 

2014 Local History Talks 


200+ Years of Settlement in Niagara

 

Saturday May 3, 2014 

10 am - 12 pm

FREE

 

Held at the School House

Jordan Historical Museum of the Twenty

3800 Main St., Jordan
 


 


 


The Underground Railroad to Niagara
Gerry Rodney from the Central Ontario
 Network for Black History


and
History of the Dutch in Canada
The research and art behind
Brian Romagnoli’s Mural in Grimsby
 

Saturday May 10, 2014 

10 am - 12 pm

FREE



The United Empire Loyalists in Niagara


Rod and Bev Craig from the Col. Butler Branch of the United Empire Loyalists
 
and
The Arrival of the Russian Mennonites in Canada 
Presented by Henry Wiebe, Founder of
St. Ann’s Community Church and former
minister at Vineland Mennonite Brethren Church
 

For more Information please contact 905.562.5711 or

905.563.563.7014

info@lincoln.library.onca 

 



Free. For more information:
905.562.5711 or 905.563.7104                                             info@lincoln.library.on.ca
info
 
 
 

Wednesday, April 23, 2014

A Taste of Our Town Dinner & Dance May 3, 2014

 
A Taste of Our Town Dinner, Dance
Twenty Valley Golf & Country Club
Saturday May 3, 2014
 
Help support the New Library and Arena
 Only $100.00 per ticket for a Fantastic Evening!
 
Buy your tickets for the Event of the Year
 
Some of the items for Auction
 
Live auction items:
Dinner for 8 with wine pairings at the Mark Picone Culinary Studio

Matched pair of framed photographs of cardinals

Sidney Crosby signed and framed limited edition print

Radio controlled toy package



Silent auction items:

A wide variety of gift certificates and passes to attractions

Original artwork and photographs

Foursome of golf with carts

Shaw Festival tickets

Blue Jays tickets

Signed copies of books

Stained glass

Several pieces of antique Dunn Bennett china

Royal Doulton figurine

Several bottles of wines and wine tasting opportunities

Collector plates

Small appliances – Coffeemakers and a Panini press

Jewellery

Men’s and Ladies’ apparel

And many, many more exciting things!
You’ll just have to buy a ticket, and
see them yourself!

(Remember: Cash or cheque only, please!)
 



http://www.lincoln.library.on.ca/sites/default/files/Temporary/ATasteofOurTown.pdf

Thursday, April 17, 2014

Easter Holiday Closures

Both library branches will be closed April 18 for Good Friday and April 21 for Easter Monday.

We will be open regular hours on Saturday April 19.
 
Happy Easter!
 
 

Wednesday, April 09, 2014

A Taste of Our Town Fundraising for the New Library & Arena Community Complex

A Taste of Our Town
Dinner, Dance & Auction

Twenty Valley Golf & Country Club
Vineland, ON

  Saturday May 3, 2014

Featuring: The George Lake Big Band

Saturday May 3, 2014
Cocktails: 5:45 pm Dinner: 6:30 pm

Ticket Price: $100 per person
Table of 8: $750

To purchase tickets please call The Fleming Library 905-563-7014
Cash or Cheque (Town of Lincoln: OTOTC)

A fundraiser in Support of the Town of Lincoln Community Complex
Brought to You by the Library Fundraising Group
 
 

Senior's Wii Bowling

Strikes, Spares and Fun!

2nd & 4th Tuesdays of the Month

1pm at the Fleming Library 4996 Beam Street, Beamsville, Ontario

Free

Please register by calling 905.56.7014 or email info@lincoln.library.on.ca

Check out the pictures of the last Teen VS Senior Wii Bowling Tournament on the library's Facebook Page

https://www.facebook.com/pages/Lincoln-Public-Library/115678635175024


Tuesday, April 08, 2014

Container Gardening with Master Gardeners of Niagara

See how to create a herb, shade and vegetable container garden at the Lincoln Public Library.
 
Everyone is welcome to this free event.  
Please register in person or  by phone 905-563-7014 or email info@lincoln.library.on.ca.
 
Thank-you to Wendy of the Master Gardeners of Niagara who will be presenting this fabulous topic.
 
Come out to the Lincoln Public Library, 4996 Beam Street, Beamsville,  on Tuesday May 13 at 7pm and learn how to create a container garden.


Friday, April 04, 2014

Tech Time

Need some help downloading eBooks and audiobooks, searching the library's catalogue or using our databases?
Sign up for a one-on-one 1/2 hour session with staff!

Tuesdays, 2:30 & 3 pm, Fleming
Wednesdays, 5 & 6 pm, MFR
Thursdays, 2:30 & 3 pm, MFR

Forest of Reading Book Clubs

Attention Blue Spruce and Silver Birch Club Members!

Don't forget to vote for your favourite nominated book at either LPL location
between April 22 and 26.

Forest of Reading Winner's Celebration

Friday May 23, 4-5pm, Fleming
Games, activities and a snack! Please register. $2 per child




Thursday, April 03, 2014

Anime Club for Tweens & Teens

April is Anime Month!

Are in your grades 6-12 and love Anime?

Then this Monday Afterschool Club is for you!

Come out and meet other Anime Enthusiasts from 3:30-4:30pm!

Here is a list of topics we will be offering.

April 7 - All About Manga & Anime
April 14 -  Let’s Draw
April 28 - Candy Sushi

 The fee is $5 for all  three sessions
The program is held at Fleming Library, 4996 Beam Street, Beamsville
Please register. Spaces are still available.
If you have any questions, please contact Margaret at 905-563-7014 or daley@lincoln.library.on.ca