A recent letter to this newspaper outlined the issue with Sturgeon County funding to the Town of Morinville Community Library. While Keith’s arguments are valid, they focus on only one part of the funding issues. To support Keith and the Library, here are several other arguments that should be cause for Town Council and Morinville residents to reconsider the funding it gives to our Library.
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The Morinville Public Library is a bustling, vibrant community space that provides key services to many residents of Morinville and Sturgeon County; like all municipal services, however, it costs money to run the library (which is a not-for-profit organization). […]
The Morinville Community Library is asking the Town of Morinville for $413,897 in funding for 2016, a 34.75 per cent increase over 2015’s request. That number is set to go up to $436,637.00 (5.5%) in 2017 and to $452,538.00 (3.65%) in 2018.
Library Manager Isabelle Cramp and Board Vice Chair Amy Guenette presented to Council during Council’s Committee of the Whole meeting Oct. 13. Also present was Board Chair Keith Norris.
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On Wednesday night members of the Royal Bank of Canada (RBC) Morinville Branch presented a $1000 cheque to the Morinville Community Library. RBC will also be presenting $1000 cheques to Nature Kids and the Morinville Museum over the next week. […]
Stand up comedy returns to the Morinville Community Cultural Centre June 19 to kick off the annual St. Jean Baptiste Festival weekend. After a successful inaugural year, the Morinville Community Library and board are once again trading checking out books for promoting a live comedy show. […]
The Morinville Community Library will be pushing aside some books and other items next week for their spring Silent Auction fundraiser. The event takes place from opening Apr. 27 to May 3 at 4 p.m. […]
by Stephen Dafoe
The Morinville Community Library is getting ready for another of their popular silent auctions, a week-long event that offers patrons and visitors an opportunity to acquire some great items for their Christmas shopping lists while raising funds for library programming… […]
On behalf of the Morinville Public Library Board, community library staff and our patrons, we would like to thank all of those who supported our library’s first Jail and Bail fundraiser… […]
by Lucie Roy A two-day fundraising event raised $3697 for the Morinville Community Library over the weekend, monies that will […]
by Morinville News Staff
Morinville – Two local non-profit organizations are currently looking for skilled board members to assist them with the work they do. The Midstream Support Society and Morinville Community Library Board are both currently looking for members. The former is looking for up to four new members, the latter is two short of a full complement of 10 board members… […]
Photos by Lucie Roy
Morinville – Children’s entertainers Peter and Mary performed at the Morinville Community Library Aug. 6, entertaining their young audience with an hour-long show set to the Summer Reading Program’s Eureka theme. Pulling from a repertoire of approximately 3,500 original and cover songs the couple have accumulated since beginning their careers in the UK in 1970s, Peter and Mary offered their young audience music, magic, puppetry and plenty of audience participation… […]
by Morinville News Staff
A local musician is teaming up with the Morinville Community Library to help parents develop future musicians. Benefits of Music For Young Children is a two-hour session that will give parents tips on how to cultivate a passion for music in their child. The event takes place Aug. 21 from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m… […]
Children’s entertainers Peter and Mary will perform at the Morinville Community Library Aug. 6. The couple promises to combine ventriloquist puppetry, magic, and loads of live music into their hour-long Eureka show, pulling from a repertoire of approximately 3,500 original and cover songs and working in plenty of elements that will amaze their audience…. […]
by Ashley Janes
Parents looking to register their child in a program that stimulates both the brain and hands for the upcoming hot-weather months should consider the TD Summer Reading Program at the Morinville Community Library, running now until Aug. 15…. […]
by Ashley Janes
Morinville – Three red-hot comedians lit up a crowd of 220 people at the Morinville Community Culture Centre Friday night for the Library Comedy Show. This fundraising event effectively kicked off the Saint Jean Baptiste Festival with a well-delivered series of jokes including burns, zingers and one-liners that left audience members rocking in their seats…. […]
by Tristan Turner
Morinville Community Library Manager Isabelle Cramp presented to Council on the library’s activities from January to May 2014. Cramp was excited about growth in library attendance in both regular usage and library-hosted events such as the overbooked Lego Club. Some statistics Cramp shared included… […]
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