Spend a night with us at the movies

Next Thursday night at 7pm the Library service is hosting the Echuca premier of Nights in Rodanthe at the Echuca Paramount Theatre. The movie stars Richard Gere and Diane Lane and is based on the novel by Nicholas Sparks. Tickets are available at all of our branches, cost is $17 and includes a delicious supper after the movie. Please come along, relax and enjoy a great night out. Any proceeds of the night will go towards purchasing new items for the Campaspe Library Service.

The official movie website is http://nightsinrodanthe.warnerbros.com/ so if would like to know more about it please click on that link.

Please ring us on 1300 666 535 for more information

Family Play Day 2008

Next Friday 24th October from 10am - 1pm we are taking part in the Family Play Day at Rochester to celebrate Children's Week. This is a free event supported by the Campaspe Early Childhood Network. Our Library Children's Services Coordinator Linda will be having storytime sessions during the morning. There will be plenty of other free activities for 0-6 year olds including skittles, balls and balloons, play dough, sensory play, water play, collage. The setting at the Rotary Park lends itself to plenty of play space for the children. Come along, support this free event, have a picnic lunch. Have fun with your children. If you require further info about the Play Day please contact Bernadette on 5481 2239 or Michelle 5481 2260 at the Shire of Campaspe. Look forward to seeing you there!

Be Eye Wise Avoid Glaucoma Blindness

After a very successful school holiday program and visit from author and Model T expert John Duncan (it's been a great week in the Shire with all the beautiful Model T Fords here) we are now gearing up for the Victorian Seniors Festival. We have joined forces with the Glaucoma Australia who will be visiting each branch next week to conduct free talks about Glaucoma. Glaucoma is the name given to a group of eye diseases in which the optic nerve at the back of the eye is slowly and permanently destroyed. If you need to know more about the condition please come along to one of the sessions or go to http://www.glaucoma.org.au/ for more information.

The free sessions are as follows, please contact Karen on 5482 1997 if you require further information.

Tongala Library, Mangan Street, Thursday October 9, 10am

Kyabram Library, Allan St, Thursday October 9, 12pm

Rushworth Library, High St, Thursday October 9, 2.30pm

Echuca Library - will be held at the Shire Function Room, Heygarth St, Thursday October 9, 7 pm and Friday October 10, 10.30am

Rochester Library, Mackay Street, Friday October 10, 2.30pm

Each seminar will be conducted by Catia Sicari from Glaucoma Australia

Join us - Be Eye Wise Avoid Glaucoma Blindness

Model T Fords are on their way to Echuca

Just another reminder that we are having special guest author John Duncan visit us on Wednesday October 1st at 7pm at the Echuca Library. John has written a wonderful book called 'any colour...so long as it's black, designing the Model T Ford 1906-1908'. John's visit coincides with the Centenary Rally of the Model T Ford Club to be held in Echuca from Sunday 28/09/2008 to Saturday 04/10/2008. More information about the actual rally can be found at http://www.modeltfordclubvic.org.au/ We encourage all car enthusiasts to come along and view the cars during the week and also hear John speak on the Wednesday night. The Echuca library currently has a small display of Ford items, if you have any memorabilia to add we would be happy to display it for you. For the children we also have a colouring competition, entry forms are available at any of our branches. For more details about John's visit please contact Karen on 5482 1997.

We are getting arty these holidays

Please drop into the Kyabram Branch to view an art exhibition which is showcasing Lynne Hume's fantastic artwork until October 2nd.

Lynne is also conducting Jungle Collage holiday activities at Echuca Library on 25th September at 11am and 2pm and Kyabram on 2nd October at 11am. Bookings are essential for this and there is a small charge of $2 per child. Please contact Karen (54821997) or Anna (58523382) for more details.

We are also celebrating the Year of the Potato in the holidays at Kyabram (24th Sept 2.30pm), Rushworth (30th September 1pm) and Echuca (2nd October 10.30am). Kids are invited to come along to make a Mr Potato Head, just bring yourself and a potato. Contact these branches for more details.

The Monster Petition Project Banner makes its way to Echuca Branch next week, there are a large number of signatures already so please come along and add yours.

Also a reminder about our other upcoming events at the Echuca branch are

Reflexology Workshop, Thursday September 18th, 10.30am at the Shire Function Room, Heygarth St, Echuca

100 year of the Model T Ford, author John Duncan will be speaking at the library on Wednesday October 1st from 7-8pm

Father's Day is a day early at our library service

We would like to invite all dads and grand-dads and and their families to special Father's Day storytime sessions to be held at the Echuca, Kyabram and Rochester branches this Saturday 6th September. The sessions will start at 10.30, there will be stories, songs and craft activity. It is FREE and there is no need to book. For more details please contact Karen at Echuca, Anna at Kyabram or Marion at Rochester on 1300 666 535. We have special guests from our community reading the stories.

We certainly wish all the Dads out there a Happy Fathers Day for Sunday. And remember we have some great books, dvds and magazines that dads might like to borrow.

Upcoming events

Our participation in the Monster Petition Project is continuing. The banner is currently at our Rushworth Branch and will be moving to Rochester next week and then Echuca in middle of September. Many signatures have been added, is yours there yet?

In September we also have some other special events taking place. The first are special Father's Day storytimes at our Echuca and Kyabram Branches on Saturday 6th September at 10.30am. We welcome all kids to bring along their dads for a very special morning.

On Thursday 18th we have a guest presenter talking about Reflexology, this will take place at the Echuca Function Room at 10.30am.

At the end of September we are supporting the Model T Ford Centenary Rally which will be coming through Echuca. John Duncan, expert and author on Model Ts will be running a very informative session and display on Wednesday 1st October at the Echuca Library from 7pm. We look forward to hearing from John and there will be a large range of books on the subject to view as well.