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South branch library news<br />
The City of Ottawa is offering<br />
an opportunity to senior writers<br />
to participate in a short story<br />
contest.<br />
If you are 55 years of age or<br />
older and a resident of Ottawa-<br />
Carleton, you may be interested<br />
in taking part in this short story<br />
contest. Original stories and unpublished<br />
memoirs in English of<br />
2,000 words or less will be considered<br />
as eligible entries.<br />
The winners, who will have been<br />
notified by April 20, will be announced<br />
at the Ottawa-Carleton<br />
Literary awards ceremony o n<br />
April 23 at the Centrepointe Ne-<br />
pean Public Library. Winners<br />
will be invited to read at a<br />
literary, event to be held at<br />
Ottawa City Hall in October.<br />
Today's Senior Magazine, has<br />
agreed to print the First Prize<br />
story.<br />
HOW TO ENTER<br />
Name, address, phone number<br />
and entry title must appear on a<br />
Elizabeth Buckingham recipient<br />
of James Bain Medallion<br />
<strong>Glebe</strong> resident, Elizabeth<br />
Buckingham, received the James<br />
Bain Medallion from the Ontario<br />
Public Library Association in<br />
recognition of her outstanding<br />
contribution to public library<br />
service as a member of the Ottawa<br />
Public Library (OPL) Board.<br />
Ms Buckingham is the<br />
immediate past chair (1995-<br />
1996) of the library board and<br />
has spent a total of six years as a<br />
trustee and champion of public<br />
libraries at the local, regional,<br />
provincial and national levels.<br />
"During her tenure on the<br />
board, Elizabeth worked<br />
successfully to enhance the<br />
library's profile as a vital and<br />
technologically competent institution,"<br />
notes current board chair<br />
David Daubney.<br />
Ms Buckingham's astute<br />
stewardship of the library's<br />
financial resources saw the<br />
development of proactive policies<br />
BY HELENE MERRITT<br />
CHILDREN'S PROGRAMMES<br />
Valentine's Day Lh-aw: Guess the number of candy hearts in the<br />
jar!<br />
Valentine's Day Special: February 14 (Sat.) 2:00 p.m. - stories and<br />
crafts for 4- to 7-year-olds. Pre-registration. (45 minutes)<br />
Babes in the Library. Music, rhymes and books for babies from<br />
birth to 18 months. Fridays at 1:15 p.m. to February 13 inclusive.<br />
Pre-registration.<br />
Time for twos. Stories and films for two-year olds. Wednesdays at<br />
10:15 a.m. to February 11 inclusive. Pre-registration.<br />
Storytime for 3- to 5-year-olds. Mondays and Thursdays at 10:15<br />
a.m. and Wednesdays at 2:15 p.m.<br />
Saturday stories and films for 4- to 7-year-olds. Saturdays a t<br />
10:30 a.m.<br />
111CCI Se Support<br />
111' (1(1 vertisers<br />
If you have news call the editor at 236-4955<br />
or write to the <strong>Glebe</strong> <strong>Report</strong>, P.O Box 4794,<br />
Station E, Ottawa, K1S 5H9<br />
Bebes en la biblioteca. Babytime in Spanish. Songs, music and<br />
rhymes. This 30-minute program is held in the library and presented<br />
by local families. Mondays at 9:15 a.m.<br />
MARY BORSKY TO READ<br />
Mary Borsky will be reading from her new book Influence of the Moon,<br />
Thursday, February 12 at the South Branch Public Library, downstairs,<br />
at 7:30 p.m.<br />
Story contest for seniors<br />
separate sheet. The story title is<br />
the only part of the above which<br />
can appear in the rest of the<br />
story. Each story must be<br />
accompanied by $5 entry fee.<br />
Cheques are to be made out to the<br />
City of Ottawa and mailed to<br />
Heron Seniors Centre, 1480 Heron<br />
Road, Ottawa, K1V 6A5. Deadline<br />
for receipt of entries is March 20.<br />
Unfortunately, entries cannot be<br />
returned. Multiple entries will<br />
be accepted but contestants can<br />
only win one prize.<br />
PRIZES<br />
First prize: $200; second<br />
prize: $100; third prize: $50.<br />
For more information, call 247-<br />
4965 or 247-4802 or pick up a<br />
contest guideline brochure at<br />
your local Ottawa Public Library.<br />
This contest is held in partnership<br />
with the Optimist Club of<br />
Ottawa and Today's Seniors Magazine.<br />
Their sponsorship of this<br />
contest is gratefully acknowledged.<br />
in the areas of budgeting and debt<br />
management, including the establishment<br />
of a ,capital reserve<br />
fund. She also initiated th e<br />
development of the library<br />
board's strategic agenda which<br />
will guide public library service<br />
into the next millennium.<br />
Ms Buckingham has played a<br />
significant leadership role at the<br />
regional level by chairing the<br />
Forum of Ottawa-Carleton Public<br />
Libraries, a group established to<br />
foster cooperation among the<br />
area's 11 library systems. At the<br />
provincial level, she has served<br />
as an elected councillor of the<br />
Ontario Library Trustees<br />
Association (OLTA) and most<br />
recently co-authored a paper<br />
detailing OLTA's strategic<br />
directions.<br />
Ms Buckingham is a partner in<br />
Hallux Consulting Inc. and lives<br />
in the <strong>Glebe</strong> with her husband<br />
and three small daughters.<br />
<strong>Glebe</strong> <strong>Report</strong> February 6,1998 26<br />
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