Lincoln Public Library Newsletter VOLUME 1, ISSUE 5 November-December 2014 www.lincoln.library.on.ca During the months of November and December, the works of Diane Ptolemy will be featured at the Fleming Library in Beamsville. Diane does landscapes, buildings and more in pastels, water- colour, colour pencil and oils. At the Moses F. Rienhouse Library in Vineland, abstract drawings by Beamsville texle arst (and the designer of the library’s quilt) Donna Bothen. Are you looking for a way to get involved in your community? Become a Public Library Trustee! If you have an interest in your Library and your community, and can devote me and effort to your Library, perhaps you would like to apply to be a Library Trustee. Local Library Boards ensure that library opera- ons are conducted in accordance with the cur- rent Ontario Public Libraries Act, its regulaons, and other relevant legislaon. The Lincoln Pub- lic Library Board has nine members who are ap- pointed by the Town of Lincoln Council aſter each municipal elecon. Library Board mem- bers will be appointed to a 4-year term (2015- 2018), corresponding with the term of munici- pal council. The Lincoln Library Board is composed of six Community Appointees and three Town Coun- cillors and is accountable to the Council of the Town of Lincoln. The full Board meets ten mes per year. Its dues include establishing com- miees, seng library policies, managing fi- nances, and planning for the future. Candidates for the posion of Library Trustee must be at least eighteen years old, a Canadian cizen, a resident of the Town of Lincoln, and not employed by the Library Board or Munici- pality. If you are interested, please call the Town of Lincoln Office at 905.563.8205 to find out when applicaons are being accepted, or check local papers for the Town of Lincoln's noce calling for applicaons to local boards, including the Library Board. For more informaon, please pick up the “Become a Library Trustee!” brochure at either LPL locaon, or contact Jill Nicholson, Lincoln Public Library CEO, at 905.563.7014, ext. 208; [email protected] Inside this issue: Special Programs for Children Featured Database: Mango Languages Christmas Open House Ontario Early Years Centre, Beamsville Satellite Titles for Remembrance Day New Self-Checkout Machine Café beside the Fleming Library Art Displays Holiday Hours December 24, 25 & 26: Closed Saturday December 27: 10 am - 5 pm (both locaons) Wednesday December 31: Fleming Library 9 am - 5 pm MFR Library: 10 am - 5 pm January 1: Closed Regular hours resume January 2 Try the new Self- Checkout machine located near the entrance of the Fleming Library! The Town of Lincoln Fleming Centre’s Café will be opening soon! Art Books for Remembrance Day In honour of Remembrance Day, and to mark the 100 th Anniversary of the start of the Great War, here are a few recent tles about World War I: Canada in the great power game, 1914-2014 by Gwynne Dyer A look at Canada's involvement in World War I and other world conflicts in the past one hundred years. The greatest victory: Canada's one hundred days, 1918 by J.L. Granatstein A look at the Canadian-led Hundred Days' offensive that lead to German defeat in World War I, beginning on August 8, 1918 and ending with the Armisce on November 11, 1918. World War I: the definive visual history by R.G. Grant A book from the Smithsonian Instuon. Lawrence in Arabia: war, deceit, imperial folly and the making of the modern Middle East by Sco Anderson The Arab Revolt against the Turks in World War I was, in the words of T.E. Lawrence, "a sideshow to a sideshow." In early 1914, Law- rence was an archaeologist digging ruins in Syria; by 1919 he was riding into legend at the head of an Arab army, as he fought a rearguard acon against his own government and its imperial am- bions. The war that ended peace: the road to 1914 by Margaret MacMillan Beginning in the early nineteenth century and ending with the as- sassinaon of Archduke Franz Ferdinand, award-winning historian Margaret Macmillan uncovers the huge polical and technological changes, naonal decisions, and just as important, the small mo- ments of human muddle and weakness that led Europe from peace to disaster. Remembering John McCrae: soldier, doctor, poet by Linda Granfield For all ages, the story of the Canadian who wrote In Flanders Fields. Looking for poppies for your lapels? Both LPL locaons have Royal Canadian Legion Poppy Fund boxes. Both LPL Libraries open regular hours on Nov. 11