Lambton County Library branches are ready to encourage children to Discover Your Passions during their Summer Reading Programs, July 3 to August 19.   Programs have been planned to entice participants to dabble in art and photography, create with LEGO, and explore technology with Makerspace. 

Participants can collect stickers with the TD Summer Reading Club's bilingual passport to record their individual reading progress.  Children are eligible to win a book prize for every five books read to a maximum of four prizes per participant.   Plus, children can qualify to enter their name in a draw for a chance to win a prize pack!  To qualify for the draw, participants need to talk to branch staff about a book they are reading, attend one of the many programs available, or submit a photo of their craft, created at the library or at home, to www.lclibrary.ca. 

Teens, ages 13 - 17, are invited to get creative and express themselves with the 'Wear Your Passions' contest.   Lambton County Library is looking for teens to submit an original T-shirt design, either drawn freehand on paper or with the use of computer software and submit it to the Library website at www.lclibrary.ca before August 19, 2018.    Voting on the designs by the public will open on August 20, and will close August 26 at 11:59 p.m. The grand prize winner will have their design printed on a custom T-shirt.  As well, the winner will receive the 'Wear Your Passions' prize pack that includes a $25 gift card to The Book Keeper, an Emoji Party game, and four white T-shirts with fabric markers.  Note:  Designs will be reviewed before they are posted publicly.  Participants retain the rights to their original design.

Adults too can participate with the Adult Summer Reading Program and enter their name in a draw to win one of eight $50 gift certificates from locally owned independent businesses. 

The second June offering in Kingston Frontenac Public Library's KFPL Live monthly speakers' series will be a talk by Maureen Williams from the Kingston Horticultural Society on the development of the City's Pollinator Demonstration Garden.

The Pollinator Demonstration Garden is a small gem of a garden.  Created in 2011 at Kingston's Memorial Centre, it shows living examples of locally successful perennials which can help attract pollinators to gardens of all sizes.  Instead of just reading about recommended species, you can visit them in place and see how they will thrive in your local climate and soil conditions.  In a time of pollinator decline, the demonstration garden is a valuable resource for individuals wanting to create their own "pollinator patch" to attract bees, butterflies and other native pollinators.

This presentation will take place at 7 p.m. on Tuesday, June 12 at the Isabel Turner branch.  This event is open to all adults and teens, but seating is limited. To avoid disappointment, please register in advance.  Registration opens at events.kfpl.ca and by phone at (613) 549-8888 as of 9 a.m. on Saturday, June 2.  For more information visit www.kfpl.ca

Wednesday, June 20 at 1pm at Windsor Police Service Headquarters, 4th Floor, Boardroom, 150 Goyeau Street.

Recent reviews of fire safety in high/low rise buildings have identifies the need for the development of a program that assists building owners and property managers with understanding and meeting their responsibilities with respect to the Fire Code and the fire and life safety in the properties under their care. 

Windsor Fire and Rescue Services is offering a program designed to address the above for property managers, building owners and others responsible for fire safety within high/low rise buildings and will be hosting a number of seminars, the first of which are as follows. 

All of the seminars are scheduled for 1-4pm, with the first seminar to take place on June 28 at The Safety Village, 7911 Forest Glade Dr. 

Additional dates:

•   July 19
• August 23
• September 13

The presentations will include information on why Ontario Fire Code awareness and emergency response training is mandates and required by the Ontario Fire Code for owners and designated supervisory staff and why it is strongly encouraged for tenants.

Additional topics covered will include: 

• Fire separations and closures
• Standpipes & sprinkler systems
• Fire alarm systems
• Fire safety plans
• Fire department and Firefighter's access
• Interior finishes 
• Exiting
• Stairwells
• Emergency lighting 
• Fire extinguishers 
• Emergency procedures 
• Smoke and carbon monoxide alarms
• How to prepare for an inspection 
• Fire safety for residents 

For more information, or to register for a course please contact Windsor Fire and Rescue Services - Fire Prevention Division at 519-253-6573.

Space is limited - register early!