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Dear Reader: As the days get longer, spring fever is starting to take hold.  Alas, the weather has remained cold. Take heart!  Certainly, the longer days will bring warm weather with them.  March 20th, we hosted a cozy candlelit share your favourite poetry event.  While the turnout was slim, the engagement was high.  From Dorothy…

Dear Reader: On March 12, Nichole, of Binscarth’s Little Bloomers Daycare brought four Little Bloomers to Binscarth Library for Story Time with Librarian, Miss Rayla.  Sometimes there are up to eight Little Bloomers in attendance.  As St. Patrick’s Day was coming up, Rayla included a themed craft project for the children: rainbow and pot of…

Dear Reader: On March 4th, the Russell Library was closed due to road closures and, again on Wednesday evening, the 6th, we closed early due to weather.  This is the week before Spring Break and Spring is here and before you know it, the Pussy Willows will be out.  While winter was relatively mild, excepting…

Dear Reader: Dear March – Come in – How glad I am – I hoped for you before – Put down your Hat – You must have walked – How out of Breath you are – Dear March, how are you, and the Rest – Did you leave Nature well – Oh March, come right…

Dear Reader: Hallelujah!  It’s March.  There is a new artist on display in the Library Gallery, there are new books on the shelves and we’re kickin’ off another line-up of events at the library.  Before I go any further, however, I must first thank all the students at Major Pratt School in Russell and Binscarth…

Dear Reader: Valentine’s Day this year fell on a Wednesday.  Serendipitous, for a place that likes to host events on Wednesday evenings.  Well in advance of Valentine’s Day, Miss Alissa Ross contacted the Russell & District Regional Library to reserve the Library Gallery for her Piano Concert.  Posters were designed, printed, and distributed all over…

Dear Reader, Wednesday, February 7, was the first Wednesday of the month, therefore, Night Owl Book Club met from 6:30-7:30 pm at the Russell Library.  We sat around the fireplace and discussed Dean Koontz’s book titled, Innocence.  At its core, Innocence is a book about evil, and the capacity of love to overcome it.  Night…

Dear Reader, Russell & District Regional Library consists of our Russell Branch, located at 339 Main Street North, Russell, Mb, and our Binscarth Branch, located at 106 Russell Street in Binscarth, Mb.  Perhaps because of its size, in comparison to the Russell Branch, Binscarth Library is perhaps underestimated by some, undervalued, even.  I would like…

Dear Reader: Happy Friday, everyone!  And happy February.  This month has 29 days as this year is a leap year.  A leap year means we have an extra day to enjoy, to love, laugh, forgive, plan, heal, learn, live, read…  February is “I Love to Read Month.”   In honour of “I Love to Read Month,”…

Dear Reader: What a whirlwind January has proved to be!  At the start of the month, we almost had to brace ourselves for the ten-week month, (seemingly so, after the comparatively more relaxed holiday season).  And here we are already staring down the barrel of February.  Now that we are on the flip side of…