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By Frankie Shaw
The Wellington County library system is comprised of 13 branches spread around the county, with a central library/headquarters located in Elora. Puslinch is the southernmost branch, serving a community of just over 5,000 residents. Our collection is growing and we can offer, in addition to regular books, talking books (tape or CD), video (VHS or DVD) interactive multimedia, and magazines for children and adults. We have access to all the items in the Wellington County system and we have an excellent delivery system for those who request items not found on our shelves. We can give professional help in finding employment. We also offer internet access to independent researchers. We host a weekly Story Time for children aged 3 to 5 years. It is held on Friday mornings from 10.00 am. - 11.00am. Sessions run for 6 weeks. Phone for details and to register.  The Librarians are Janet Dagenais and Frankie Shaw
Send the library an e-mail. You can click here to go to the Wellington Library System interactive gateway to order a book. Lines from the Library (March 2004) By Frankie Shaw The Need for Character Education. It is universally acknowledged that being a parent is the most important and yet the most complex task on the planet. Parents are a child's first educators, yet they receive little or no training on what to do or how to do it. There is a book on the library shelves called The Virtues Guide which contains 250 pages of common sense. This book is one Canadian family's way of making a contribution to the world. It passes on some basic values for living together using key principles which acknowledge that : 1:Children's potential and natural qualities can develop positively or negatively, depending on how they are educated in their early years. 2:Character develops as children learn to make responsible, moral choices. 3:Self-esteem is a natural outcome of living by spiritual principles. The authors of this book, Linda Popov and her husband Dan, are well qualified. Linda is a psychotherapist and spiritual director, and Dan is a clinical psychologist. They also offer courses based on the book which help with relationships of all kinds, not just parenting. Since The Virtues Guide was published, thousands of copies have been sold in over 30 countries and the Popovs have been in demand as speakers and seminar leaders, not only here in Canada but all around the world. They have had to train extra facilitators to cope with all the invitations they have received to share their methods. The Guide and associated courses are being used in schools, colleges, universities, government institutions, faith communities, recovery programmes for First Nations people in Canada, in work with street kids and even in prison facilities. It has been honoured internationally by the UN Secretariat and the World Conference of Cities and Corporations as a model for families of all cultures. It is based on universal principles such as honesty, trustworthiness, respect, responsibility and self-discipline: all traits essential to fulfillment and happiness. This programme offers simple methods for paying attention to the moral development of a child, day by day. It is an approach to bring out the best in every member of the family. On April 14th at 7.00pm, here in the Puslinch library, there will be a chance to take hold of the tools offered at a workshop led by Sharon Dragoman, an international facilitator trained by the Popovs. If you are interested, please see the ad. in this issue of the Pioneer or ask at the library, 763-8026. Recent additions to our shelves Non-Fiction Bradsher, David. High and Mighty, the dangerous rise of the SUV. Consumer Buying Guide 2004 Cars, Minivans and SUVs. Segal, Marie. Polymer Clay Creations. Fiction Cox, Josephine. Lovers and Liars. Deverell, William. Mind Games. Kay, Guy Gavriel. Last Light of the Sun. Patterson, James. Third Degree. Steel, Danielle. Ransom. Spring weather won't be too long now, surely. There are signs of it all around us. -Frankie You can read more about the Puslinch Library by going to A Puslinch Diary. You can read previous Lines from the Library here: February 2004 January 2004 December 2003 October 2003 September 2003 June 2003 May 2003 March 2003 February 2003 January 2003 November 2002 October 2002 September 2002 August 2002 June 2002 May 2002 April 2002 February 2002 November 2001 October 2001 August 2001 July 2001 June 2001 May 2001 April 2001 |