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.

Fuel your mind - celebrating Children's Book Week

It will soon be Children's Book Week but here at Campaspe we celebrate the annual Children's Book Council event all month. Each branch is conducting Children's Book Week sessions which acknowledge the wonderful Children's authors and illustrators and the fantastic stories that have been produced by them. The Branch Librarians and Children's Services Coordinator Linda have developed some great activities for the children and teachers to undertake when they visit the library. We thank our friends at Zart Art that are always inspirational when it comes to ideas for art and craft activities. Please visit one of our branches to view the nominated books, the winning authors and illustrators will be announced later in the month.

A reminder also that we have a large range of Premier's Reading Challenge books that have recently been purchased through additional funding from the State Government. The books in the challenge are easily identifiable with PRC stickers on them. We thank our Local Member Paul Weller for officially launching the collection recently when guest author Leigh Hobbs visited Echuca.

Winter Blues Festival

Well, it was cold, it was wet and it was definitely winter! Echuca Branch hosted the band Forever Autumn who played from lunchtime till about 3.3opm yesterday. Due to the weather conditions the guys decided to play in the back room and open the doors out into the street - well at least they were a bit warmer! Thanks to the band members Tom, James, Mark and Jess for performing in the challenging conditions (Echuca reached 9 degrees) and to the great (but cold) parents and friends who came along and supported them. Thanks also to Leon from our Shire Arts and Culture team for providing the PA for the day. We wish the band well as they compete in the Bendigo Battle of the Bands next month.

Open Day Success

Thanks to the community of Echuca and surrounds for coming along and visiting the new library site on July 12th. Over 200 people ventured in and toured through the building. The project working group were able to capture some very valuable feedback from you and this has assisted them to continue to develop an exciting plan. The schematic design phase is about to be completed and then the process moves on into detailed design. Once this stage has been completed I will be able to post some plans up on the blog. We also welcome your ideas about the future use of the existing library building, there are forms available in the Echuca branch or you can send your thoughts into us.