How Does your Garden Grow?

Bring a perennial flower...

Bring a shovel...

Bring a smile...

Join us at the Library at 5.30, Thursday...

We have a design for a garden, and we've been digging and turning the soil, and we're ready to put in plants.

We've got the Book Nook ready to go, and this garden will enhance it and the area.

See you there, green thumbs and all!

Getting it in OVERDRIVE

Lake of Bays Public Library ( both Baysville and Dwight ) now offer OverDrive!

This is a program that will enable you to download audio books onto your own Mp3 player. Check out the library website, , click onto e-resources to Overdrive and follow the directions from there. You can download books for free, and listen to them while you are driving, relaxing on the dock, doing housework, mowing the lawn or supposedly doing all sorts of other things not nearly as interesting as listening to great narration.

While you're in the E-Resources section, take a moment to check out all the other applications and useful resources we've got available for you, without you ever having to leave the comfort of your own computer.

Although you WILL leave your own computer... you'll want to come to the Library and visit us. Won't you?

Side By Side

To develop curiosity, resilience, self-esteem, critical thinking skills and empathy – all this while having fun and taking care of each other... how magical is that??? Twenty kids found out, during their time with Kidplayhouse Theatre, through the Dwight Public Library.

The rest of us found out when the group presented a selection of skits. Titled SIDE BY SIDE on June 2nd at the Dwight Community Centre. What an explosion of creative play and imagination was on display, under the guidance of Glenn and Elizabeth Copeland and their team of volunteers.
Special thanks must go to the Dorset Lion’s Club, who sponsored five children to attend this workshop.

From Pippy Longstocking Reinvented, through Gilgamesh, Dinosaurs, Dragons, puppetry, an interlude with Shakespeare, a cautionary tale of Doves and Chickens, and some music from Les Mis, the young actors shone, sparkled and laughed their way through the production while the parents and friends pretty much rolled in the aisles.

It takes a lot of courage to get up in front of everyone and speak, sing, or tell your story. You have to be brave to walk out on that stage...

Elizabeth and Glenn were kept on the hop working with these aspiring actors, and thanks go also to their assistants Dave Walton and Adrienne Starr, Peggy Hurley and Kim Goodwin-Myers who helped give the push to get this program off the ground, David and Lisa who helped with sets and everything in between them, and Cogeco for loaning digital equipment to allow the recording of the moment.

This is one of the great programs offered through the Dwight Library. It was the first time it has been offered, but from the response, you should be watching for more of the same. We’re all for it – get the imagination in gear, and there is no limit at all to what a child can dream.

For those interested in having their kids enroll in the Fall/Winter Program, contact info is: Kidplayhouse Productions, Glenn and Elizabeth Copeland email: thefolks@kphproductions.com

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Gr8 FILMS!

Peggy's done it again... with the commotion that could well accompany the G8 here in late June, with road detours and expected heavy traffic, a lot of folks don't want the hassle of heading into town. For Anything!

So Peggy's bringing the movies to Dwight. If you're looking for a little break, a little place to kick back, snack some popcorn, chat with friends, and check out the best of the Politically Themed movies Peggy can get her hands on, stay tuned, because the Gr8 FILMFEST is coming.

Movies already planned:

Tuesday, June 22nd - 3 - 5:30 p.m. " Invictus" Directed by Clint Eastwood, cast includes Morgan Freeman playing as President Nelson Mandela and Matt Damon as the Rugby Team Captain.
He was imprisoned 27 years for his heroic fight against apartheid. So what does Nelson Mandela do after he is elected president of South Africa? He rejects revenge, forgives his oppressors and finds hope of national unity in an unlikely place: the ruby field.

Wednesday, June 23rd - 3 - 5 p.m. " The Interpreter" Directed by Sydney Pollack.
Nicole Kidman and Sean Penn star in the action-packed thriller. In one of the hidden corridors of power at United Nations headquarters, translator Silvia Broome (Kidman) overhears a potentially explosive secret about a planned assassination attempt. But when federal agent Tobin Keller (Penn) investigates her claim and digs deeper into Silvia's dangerous past, he begins to question whether she is a victim - or a suspect.

Thursday, June 24th - 3 - 5p.m. " The Messenger"
Starring Woody Hasrrelson and Ben Foster.
Will Montgomery, ( Foster ) a battle-scarred Staff Sergeant home from Iraq and newly assigned to the Army's Casualty Notification service. Ordered to bear the bad news to families of fallen soldiers, he is partnered with hard-line officer, Tony Stone, ( Harrelson.)

Limited seating, please call the 635 3319 to save a seat. 14 A Rating.
This is a free program, and what a Gr8 way to beat the heat and take a break from rubbing elbows with the nations of the world and their hangers' on!!

Come Along for the Ride!

JOIN

KATE AUSTIN ON TUESDAY, JUNE 15th at 3:30 p.m. at the Dwight Public Library

Kate will inspire young people who have dreams or goals they want to reach by sharing her own motivating story on becoming a competitive horseback rider.

- Kate has competed at the Trillium level, which is a provincial-rated level

- Recently competed in the 1 m jumpers, where horse and rider have to navigate a course of jumping obstacles, the goal is to leave the jumps up and ride the course in the least amount of time.

- She bought her first horse three years ago

Kate will include a slide show of the journey reaching her dream

Dwight Public Library @ 635-3319