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Pincher Creek & District Municipal Library NewsletterFebruary 2015
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Ebola in West Africa: A Humanitarian Response
Thursday, February 19, 7:00 pm to 8:00 pm
Pincher Creek & District Municipal Library
Join representatives from the Canadian Red Cross as they speak to the role of Non-Governmental Organizations and the international interventions in Ebola-affected West Africa.
Speakers include: • Natasha Fairweather (Canadian Red Cross Lethbridge) • Dr. Sybille Manneschmidt (ERU/IFRC) • Sean Freeman - Emergency Response Unit Delegate who recently returned from serving in Sierra Leone - joining the conversation via videoconfence
Baskets made by Liberian women will be for sale, with proceeds shared between the Women's Income Generating Project in Liberia and Red Cross West Africa Ebola Fund.
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Library Service Planning - Community Input
Saturday, February 28, 9:00 am - 4:00 pm
Town Hall Council Chambers 962 St. John Avenue, Pincher Creek, Alberta
Pincher Creek & District Municipal Library is looking for community members to give feedback and make suggestions regarding library services and forward planning. Join Sahra Hancock, Community Outreach Coordinator for the Library, for discussion and brainstorming. Thank you in advance for your participation.
For more information, please contact the Library at 403-627-3813.
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David Halton - Author - Dispatches from the Front
Thursday, March 5, 7:00 pm
Matthew Halton High School 645 Davidson Avenue, Pincher Creek, Alberta
Pincher Creek & District Municipal Library, in partnership with Kootenai Brown Pioneer Village and Matthew Halton High School, present David Halton.
David Halton will be speaking about his new book, Dispatches from the Front: Matthew Halton, Canada`s Voice at War on Thursday, March 5 at 7 pm. The book is a biography about his father, Matthew Halton, who was World War II correspondent.
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2015 Winter Speaker Series: Community and Land
Tuesday Evenings, 7:00 pm to 8:00 pm
Pincher Creek & District Municipal Library
February 17 - Videoconference - Sustainable Cultural Tourism - Susan Guyette, PhD Video Conferencing from Santa Fe New Mexico, Susan Guyette speaks of sustainability being possible through a worldview that respects cultural values and natural cycles, rather than a lineal, profit-based economic perspective. This approach emphasizes a cyclical process of community-based evaluation and redirection. Indigenous methodology shows the way! February 24 - Alberta: Land of Dinosaurs and Other Paleontological Wonders - Dr. François Therrien In his talk, Dr. François Therrien will showcase some of the most significant paleontological discoveries made in Alberta, from the first member of the tyrannosaur family to the first feathered dinosaurs found in North America, and demonstrate why our province can legitimately be called the “Land of Dinosaurs.” François will video conference from the Pincher Creek and District Library. March 3 - Burgess Shale Tales and Trilobites - John Hancock Video Conferencing from the Pincher Creek and District Library, John Hancock shares his knowledge of the Burgess Shale, a UNESCO World Heritage Site. In 1909 the Burgess Shale Beds were discovered in what is now Yoho National Park. This presentation shares the story of the rick fossil beds left behind from the soft- bodied animals who lived 530 million years ago. March 10 - Stories from a Back Country Park Warden Family - Max and Julie Winkler Video Conferencing from the Pincher Creek and District Library, In 1960 Max and Julie Winkler packed up their 10-week-old son and headed into the backcountry of Jasper National Park, where Max was a warden. Hear the stories and recollections of their time chasing poachers and raising a family in a beautiful and isolated backcountry cabin. March 17 - A Passion for Falcons, a Pig Barn and a "$10.00 Fine” - John Campbell Jr., Founder of the Alberta Raptor Preservation Society Working with birds of prey for over 40 years, John shares how his family’s ranch contributed to the recovery of peregrine falcons in Alberta; and, started his own lifelong journey as a conservationist helping with the scientific study and recovery of raptors in central and southern Alberta. March 24 - Videoconference - Youth Interpretation and Appreciation of our Landscapes - JeanAnne Teliskie, Eagle Point Blue Rapids Parks Council Video Conferencing from Drayton Valley, JeanAnne Teliske, Education and Outreach Coordinator, shares The Parks Council’s story of connecting today’s youth with their natural surroundings! Drayton Valley students have played an integral role in developing community trail systems within and close to Drayton Valley strengthening the relationship between our community and its landscape.
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Book Feature - Canada Reads 2015
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What is the one book to break barriers? That's the question host Wab Kinew will be asking for the 14th edition of CBC's battle of the books. Canada Reads 2015 is all about books that can change perspectives, challenge stereotypes and illuminate issues. The debates take place March 16-19.
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Intolerable : A Memoir of Extremes
by Kamal Al-Solaylee
Intolerable: A Memoir of Extremes is both a coming-out story and a memoir of an Arab family whose fortunes are waning. As Kamal Al-Solaylee trades intolerance for freedom, he witnesses his once-liberal family taking on the hard-line interpretations of Islam that have reshaped the Middle East and the modern world.
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And the Birds Rained Down
by Jocelyne Saucier
In And the Birds Rained Down, three old men are determined to live out their lives on their own terms in backwoods northern Ontario, but their plan is disrupted by death -- and the arrival of two unusual women.
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Ru : a novel
by Kim Thúy
Ru traces the journey of a girl who is ousted from her affluent home in Saigon, travels by boat to an overcrowded Malaysian refugee camp, and finally settles in Quebec.
An award-winning autobiographical novel follows the immigration experience of a young Vietnamese girl who came of age in a hardscrabble Quebec community before earning an education and pursuing a career and her literary ambitions, in a story imparted as a sensuous array of memories.
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