1 00:00:08,53 --> 00:00:09,81 Alan. 2 00:00:21,89 --> 00:00:24,32 Hi My name is Rebecca powers with S.L.C. T. 3 00:00:24,33 --> 00:00:28,89 And here is what's happening in sterling in Lancaster the Hiram Taylor post one 4 00:00:28,90 --> 00:00:32,63 eighty nine in Sterling will be hosting there any will meet raffle on Feb 5 00:00:32,64 --> 00:00:36,48 eighteenth this will take place at the eight points Sportsman's Club at one forty 6 00:00:36,49 --> 00:00:42,57 seven Beeman road and starts at one pm what she said music series presents pm to 7 00:00:42,58 --> 00:00:47,63 salt and evidential medium Feb eighteenth at one thirty pm at the Harvard you you 8 00:00:47,64 --> 00:00:53,20 church nine air road in Harvard for more information or tickets go to W W W dot 9 00:00:53,21 --> 00:00:58,55 what she said Music dot net The Atlantic Union College is now serving vegetarian 10 00:00:58,56 --> 00:01:03,19 lunches to the public the chance shouldn't dining Commons will be open to the 11 00:01:03,20 --> 00:01:07,65 public on Mondays through Fridays from noon to one thirty pm for 12 00:01:07,66 --> 00:01:14,46 a complete menu and pricing go to W W W dot. Edu. There will be an elder 13 00:01:14,47 --> 00:01:20,03 wellness clinic on February thirteenth from nine thirty am to eleven thirty am at 14 00:01:20,04 --> 00:01:24,60 the Sterling senior center for more information call nine seven eight four two two 15 00:01:24,61 --> 00:01:29,05 three zero three two. This is like straw mats I am 16 00:01:29,06 --> 00:01:34,32 a proud editor at large here at Sterling Lancaster community television and I did 17 00:01:34,33 --> 00:01:38,62 today visiting with one of my favorite people in town this is Angela Cody who I 18 00:01:38,63 --> 00:01:42,31 actually also really and see because to leave she's got 19 00:01:42,35 --> 00:01:48,28 a fantastic job she is the children's librarian at the Stirling cone and public 20 00:01:48,29 --> 00:01:53,04 library and I don't mean Trump lives you spend all your time playing but when I do 21 00:01:53,05 --> 00:01:58,55 walk in here today you were doing puzzles and you know so but I'm sure you do other 22 00:01:58,56 --> 00:02:02,24 things as well you know well for then Shalit Of course I'm getting to know how hard 23 00:02:02,25 --> 00:02:06,49 you work to make programs fantastic for the children the community when you're 24 00:02:06,50 --> 00:02:07,97 reading Bago this is you have 25 00:02:07,98 --> 00:02:12,60 a bingo I haven't heard all the tell me what was written with her reading bingos 26 00:02:12,61 --> 00:02:13,95 all of us so we had 27 00:02:13,96 --> 00:02:18,47 a very successful summer reading program and we decided that it might be fun to 28 00:02:18,48 --> 00:02:19,36 extend a bit of 29 00:02:19,37 --> 00:02:24,25 a challenge for winter reading to keep people reading in the winter help them get 30 00:02:24,26 --> 00:02:25,51 through the winter doldrums with 31 00:02:25,52 --> 00:02:29,94 a little bit of fun so we designed the winter reading bingo card and it has 32 00:02:30,12 --> 00:02:34,90 categories of books that people read the children and their families can come pick 33 00:02:34,91 --> 00:02:35,06 up 34 00:02:35,07 --> 00:02:40,29 a card at the Children's task they don't have to register for the program they just 35 00:02:40,30 --> 00:02:40,56 grab 36 00:02:40,57 --> 00:02:45,05 a part and they start reading the what I think category might be something like read 37 00:02:45,06 --> 00:02:49,71 a book with on the word or read a book about a mouse and it could be 38 00:02:49,75 --> 00:02:54,20 a picture book that could be novel that whatever the children's reading ability is 39 00:02:54,53 --> 00:02:58,84 and for every being go that the child get they will get to put 40 00:02:58,85 --> 00:03:01,49 a piece out in our story Milledge which is 41 00:03:01,50 --> 00:03:05,30 a lot like our library Lancer summer reading so we have 42 00:03:05,31 --> 00:03:11,06 a story village bulletin board scene where children have put up ping when I skaters 43 00:03:11,28 --> 00:03:16,42 that kind of thing and it. Children finish reading the entire card they get 44 00:03:16,43 --> 00:03:17,22 a ticket to enter 45 00:03:17,23 --> 00:03:23,73 a raffle to win I feel like strangers ticket and tickets too much as it would 46 00:03:23,74 --> 00:03:28,63 reduce needed by Bill I will be of those organizations and we thank them very much 47 00:03:28,67 --> 00:03:31,38 for helping to know this seems to be 48 00:03:31,39 --> 00:03:37,36 a terrific winter thing and it's not quite as intense like as you say as the summer 49 00:03:37,37 --> 00:03:40,23 reading program is right so yeah it's kind of 50 00:03:40,24 --> 00:03:45,01 a nice way for kids to keep reading train keep keep working I know yes and some of 51 00:03:45,02 --> 00:03:50,83 these titles here are so so we've got let's see. All right you know read 52 00:03:50,84 --> 00:03:52,57 a book that's been made into a movie 53 00:03:52,61 --> 00:03:57,94 a book or. Something like that so I'll read about boys and even now I think there's 54 00:03:57,95 --> 00:04:03,55 one of them so really nonfiction books and you've got all have different categories 55 00:04:03,56 --> 00:04:05,46 here which is really nice to go read 56 00:04:05,47 --> 00:04:09,99 a mystery story in my personal favorite which is really interesting because I think 57 00:04:10,00 --> 00:04:14,97 it introduces kids as well don't we tend to sort of kind of get sloppy and to OK 58 00:04:15,02 --> 00:04:18,68 this is what I read and whenever I come to the library whenever I go to this type 59 00:04:18,69 --> 00:04:20,41 of book I tend to go through 60 00:04:20,42 --> 00:04:24,65 a one off every I've read everything I could find and so this really you know it 61 00:04:24,66 --> 00:04:27,93 spreads out it gives people a choice you can change 62 00:04:27,94 --> 00:04:33,87 a nice but this isn't the only thing that's going on I see here you if you come out 63 00:04:33,88 --> 00:04:39,79 with some supplies here and I am proud to. Tell you we have added 64 00:04:40,31 --> 00:04:45,53 a library to our library we wanted to develop our early literacy century and more 65 00:04:45,54 --> 00:04:50,46 than just the puppet show and the puzzles and we thought having more toys for me at 66 00:04:50,47 --> 00:04:53,29 least be able to use mother at the library would be 67 00:04:53,30 --> 00:04:59,19 a good addition because play is hard work for children they learn so we have these 68 00:04:59,20 --> 00:05:00,82 men in 69 00:05:00,83 --> 00:05:05,12 a bookshelf that's by the children's task and families can just grab the band and 70 00:05:05,13 --> 00:05:08,74 play with them like this one in their mix and match the animals they're cute little 71 00:05:08,75 --> 00:05:14,90 this one is for younger children and then we have some ways that. Little bit more 72 00:05:14,91 --> 00:05:18,82 for older children although kids have really just been grabbing whatever they're 73 00:05:18,83 --> 00:05:23,13 interested in but if they're the magnet out there if you see Maxwell's work kids 74 00:05:23,14 --> 00:05:27,78 love playing and build them they're very cool so we have these we have 75 00:05:28,03 --> 00:05:34,17 a code of color. Coding Caterpillar toy that's electronic and teaches kids the 76 00:05:34,18 --> 00:05:39,99 basics. All very interesting now actually just one thing that occurred to me 77 00:05:40,15 --> 00:05:44,62 especially at this time of the year you know I like so many people have been 78 00:05:44,63 --> 00:05:49,19 sniffling for the past number of weeks everything here looks just sort of very 79 00:05:49,23 --> 00:05:53,93 clean how what do you do about this because I can imagine people saying well you 80 00:05:53,94 --> 00:05:57,57 know do I really want my kids playing with this when every other kid in town this 81 00:05:57,58 --> 00:06:01,95 week playing with Ray and with colds and what they are how do you handle that so we 82 00:06:02,13 --> 00:06:08,86 are waiting down the toy. When they've been out and playing with we have. A life 83 00:06:09,35 --> 00:06:14,25 at the White House right now Siri frequently you know Yanks during the day and the 84 00:06:14,26 --> 00:06:16,65 big shift work and we also have 85 00:06:16,86 --> 00:06:20,95 a German bucket over on the bookshelves I am going to do it over there so even if 86 00:06:20,96 --> 00:06:25,30 especially Baby The toys are put in their mouth we have patrons to just put the toy 87 00:06:25,31 --> 00:06:31,08 rate directly in the summer. You know we need to clean those rate away there you go 88 00:06:31,34 --> 00:06:35,80 so there's always marvelous stuff going on the children's room here at Sterling 89 00:06:36,33 --> 00:06:40,76 Kodak public library and if like me if you have you know without you know my my son 90 00:06:40,77 --> 00:06:44,48 is twenty four years old so I'm not sure that he would really relate to this of 91 00:06:44,49 --> 00:06:46,57 this point but I guess I can always pick up 92 00:06:46,58 --> 00:06:49,65 a neighbor's kid come over and going to play as well for 93 00:06:49,66 --> 00:06:55,55 a little bit of my therapy myself so some wonderful winter ideas come visit Angela 94 00:06:55,56 --> 00:07:02,56 here at Sterling corner public library facing. The Sterling Dole men's 95 00:07:02,57 --> 00:07:07,63 club will meet on Feb sixth at nine am in the Sterling Senior Center Tom Coker 96 00:07:07,64 --> 00:07:11,98 Nyquil discussed the history of the Sterling Fire Department for more information 97 00:07:11,99 --> 00:07:17,86 call nine seven eight four two two three zero three two. The Stirling in Lancaster 98 00:07:17,87 --> 00:07:21,87 fire departments would like to remind you to help out by clearing away snow from 99 00:07:21,88 --> 00:07:27,38 any fire hydrants near your home the Stirling board of selectmen are looking for 100 00:07:27,39 --> 00:07:32,58 volunteers to join the master plan committee and help develop Sterling's new master 101 00:07:32,59 --> 00:07:38,87 plan for more information contact Ross Perry our peri at Stirling dash and 102 00:07:38,91 --> 00:07:45,00 a dot gov or call him at nine seven eight four two two eight one one one extension 103 00:07:45,01 --> 00:07:49,21 two three one five The link Hester community center will be hosting 104 00:07:49,22 --> 00:07:53,83 a presentation on hoarding if you or someone you know has trouble downsizing or 105 00:07:53,84 --> 00:07:57,90 collects clutter clear path will discuss strategies to help make those tough 106 00:07:57,91 --> 00:08:03,59 decisions this event will take place on Feb sixth at nine am For more information 107 00:08:03,60 --> 00:08:08,69 call the center's director at night seven eight seven three three one two four nine 108 00:08:08,73 --> 00:08:13,40 extension one one zero two I'm Rebecca powers and that's what's happening.