Library News for the Week of October 3rd, 2022
New at the Russell Library this week, the book Valley of the Birdtail by Andrew Stobo Sniderman and Douglas Sanderson is about how the communities of Rossburn and Waywayseecappo have been separated by 150 years of racism. “Their story reflects much of what has gone wrong in relations between Indigenous Peoples and non-Indigenous Canadians. It also offers, in the end, an uncommon measure of hope.is about how two communities became separate and unequal—and what it means for the rest of us. In Rossburn, once settled by Ukrainian immigrants who fled poverty and persecution, family income is near the national average and more than a third of adults have graduated from university. In Waywayseecappo, the average family lives below the national poverty line and less than a third of adults have graduated from high school, with many haunted by their time in residential schools.” (Harper Collins Canada – Publisher)
The Russell & District Regional Library Board and Staff look forward to celebrating Beef & Barley week with you. We will be working the canteen at movie night on Thursday, October 6th and we welcome you to check us out at our table during the Trade Show on the 7th. Find out what the library can do for you! We will have information on hand on the various services that the library has to offer.
Our annual Library Christmas Raffle is back! – Tickets will be available at both the Russell and Binscarth Branch as well as through board and staff. Tickets will also be available at our table at the Trade Show.
We have received several CDs for use on a Daisy Reader (Digital Accessible Information System). If you or someone you know is using a Daisy Reader, be sure to stop in and we can provide you with a variety of these audiobooks. Please note that these discs do not play on a regular CD or Stereo player. DAISY audiobooks sound like other CD audiobooks but the user can search, place bookmarks, navigate line by line, and control the speaking speed without added distortion.
Please note that the Russell Library will be closed Saturday, October 8th for Thanksgiving weekend and there will be no programming on Monday, October 10th. We apologize for any inconvenience that this may cause.
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