Lots of summer fun for kids at the Huntsville Public Library

by Marguerite Urban

Jun 27, 2007

Huntsville Public Library

We’ve got great stuff for kids at your library this summer. Sign up for TD Summer Reading Club. This year’s theme, Lost Worlds, features civilizations from the past. Award-winning Canadian artist Joe Weissmann designed the eye-catching illustration on the program materials. Children can join the TD Summer Reading Club by stopping by Huntsville Public Library, where they will receive a club poster, nine stickers and an activity booklet full of fun ideas, all at no cost, thanks to the generous sponsorship of TD.

Parents, take note: as young children acquire reading skills, it’s important to keep up the practice. It’s easy for a child who takes a summer off from reading to find that reading skills have slipped by the time he/she returns to school in September. TD Summer Reading Club, with reading promotions and regular meetings to discuss books, themes and to engage in crafts and related activities, is a perfect antidote to the summer slippage phenomenon.

Be sure to pick up the July schedule of children’s programs when you stop by the library, or check the web page at www.huntsvillelibrary.net. The first week of programs will feature:

Story Time with special guest Sandy Inkster on Wednesday, July 4 at 1:30 p.m.
The reading tent on this and every Thursday morning (weather permitting) at the Huntsville Farmers’ Market.
Terry Cowan and Nicole Phippen will hold an African Drumming Session at 11 a.m. on July 6.

You can borrow all sorts of things besides books at your library, like DVDs, CDs, books on tape and pedometers. You can even borrow fishing tackle for kids, thanks to the Ontario Federation of Anglers and Hunters’ Tackleshare program. If you or someone you know would like to try fishing in Ontario waters for the first time (or the first time in a long time), circle July 6 to 8, Family Fishing Weekend, on your calendar.

For those three days only Canadian residents can enjoy the fun of fishing in Ontario without a license. All other regulations, fees and limits will apply, and you must abide by the conservation license limits set out in the current Ontario Recreational Fishing Regulations Summary (there’s a copy in each Tackleshare kit).

Your limit on walleye and trout, for example, may be two instead of five or six. Some fish, such as pumpkinseed, have no limit. And, of course, there is no limit to the number of fish you can release. Tackleshare kits contain a rod and reel, tackle box and information about fishing in Ontario. There’s no charge to borrow a kit; all you need is your card.