Halloween Howl Oct. 29/13

Are you smarter than a crow?

Can you get the candy out of the holes?

Crows can use tools to retrieve food from tests like these.

Crow using a tool to acquire food.

Tempting treats in the Crow Test!

Spiders!

Staying very still...

Cassie the Sand Boa.  She is 20 years old!

Can you hear the owl calls that filled the library?

Using the multi-purpose room.  Is there Room on the Broom?

Our little bat friend

Grand Re-opening Oct. 19/13

 

The Pincher Creek & District Municipal Library Grand Re-opening occurred on Saturday, October 19, 2013.  There were over 80 people in attendance to help celebrate the completion of the refurbishment project.  Representatives were on hand from Town of Pincher Creek, Municipal District of Pincher Creek, Shell Canada, Community Foundation of Lethbridge and Southwest Alberta, Friends of the Library, Chinook Arch Regional Library System, and other groups.  Thank you to all the volunteers who put in so much effort to make this happen.

Former Board Chair and refurbishment committee member Earl Shields.

Board member and refurbishment committee member Mike Barkwith and Librarian/Manager Janice Day

 

 

New Board chair Sandra Baker

Part of the crowd that attended

Ready to cut the ribbon! Adults holding scissors from L to R: Mayor Ernie Olson, Shell Canada Representative Jim Little, CFLSA Representative Cliff Elle, MD Representative to the Library Board Bjorne Berg

Enjoying the cupcakes

Really enjoying the cupcakes!

Press Release

Library Grand Re-opening on Sat. Oct. 19/13 at 2 pm

Pincher Creek, AB – Oct. 4/13:  The refurbishment project at the Pincher Creek & District Municipal Library has been completed and the library is now open.  The library has undergone a complete interior facelift and has new carpet, new paint, and a new multi-purpose room.  The Grand Re-opening of the library will be held on Saturday, October 19/13 at 2 pm.

Pincher Creek & District Library would like to thank the following groups for their financial contributions towards the project:

• Town of Pincher Creek
• Municipal District of Pincher Creek No. 9 
• Shell Canada 
• Community Foundation of Lethbridge and Southwestern Alberta (CFLSA) 
• Rural Information Services Initiative (RISE) 
• Friends of the Library 
• Rotary Club of Pincher Creek

Pincher Creek & District Municipal Library would also like to thank Scott Construction Group of Calgary, AB for their work in completing the project.

For more information, contact the library by phone 403-627-3813 or email help@pinchercreeklibrary.ca.

Library as of Oct. 3/13

Children's corner

Story time spot in children's corner

Juvenile fiction, non-fiction, and series spinner

Looking into children's corner.  Main entry on left.

Public access computers and seating area.  Corner of circulation desk seen in lower right.

French language children's books on wire shelving.  Start of Adult Non-fiction on back wall.

Adult non-fiction.

Multi-media on back wall, paperbacks on wire shelving.

Seating/reading area behind multi-purpose room.

Circulation desk - lower counter.

Circulation desk - higher counter.

Ready to start unpacking for opening on Oct. 1!

Children's corner.

Non-fiction along the wall.  Centre area for public access computers.

More Non-fiction!

Even more Non-fiction!

Picture book bundles.

There is a lot of organizing to do before the Library can re-open.

Moving!

Thank you to all the volunteers for their hard work, time, vehicles, and trailers!  We appreciate all those helping to make the move possible!

We used: pick-up trucks, ...

Mini-vans, trailers, ...

Horse trailers!

Three large trailers used on Saturday.  Each carried multiple loads to the Library.

Ready to unload!

More books.

Found on the bottom of one of the shelves: "I survived the big move of '99! Geraldine Manson June 2/99"

So she did it again!

An Empty Library on Friday, Sept. 13/13.

Inside the Multi-purpose/Videoconference room.

Videoconference room.

Staff/storage room.

Shelving to house Juvenile Fiction.

New orientation for Fiction shelves. Paperback shelves on the back wall - same place as before.