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North Kawartha Public Library and
Lifelong Learning Centre
by Caroline Elder Christmas Craft Night Make your own Christmas gifts! Give a handmade-heartmade gift this year. Choose from many creativity stations; gift wrap, bath salts, baking jars, scent pockets, Christmas crackers, fabric painting & more! Lots of fun, door prizes and children get in free with an adult. Special thanks to the North Kawartha Youth Committee for setting up a special craft area just for the kids! Join us at the Apsley Community Centre, December 1st, 6:30 – 9:00 PM. $5. at the door and $ 5. Per creativity station. Refreshments & supplies provided. Strings In the Snow Plan to attend the 5th annual Strings In The Snow concert at Trinity United Church, December 11th at 3 PM. Capture the spirit of the season with the beautiful music performed by the “Spectrum” String Quartet, from the Peterborough Symphony Orchestra. $ 5. per person or $10. per family. Tickets are available at the Library. Call 656-4333 for more information. Computer Courses Winter computer courses for beginners & intermediate levels will be starting in January. We offer group courses and one-on-one training visit or call the Learning Centre at 656-4958 to register. North Kawartha Public Library Community Survey 2005 Our North Kawartha Public Library Community Survey 2005 was mailed out November 1st. Please take time to complete and return it. Your input is very important to us and we thank all of those who have already given us their feedback. Deadline for the survey return is January 1st 2006. Many thanks from the Staff and Library Board. Your Community Resource The Learning Centre offers computers with high speed Internet access, desktop programs and educational software for kids. Ask us about: computer courses, one-on-one tutorials, workshops, services for small business, and help with resumes. Fall and winter hours: Tues 10-4, Wed 12-8, Fri 10-4, Sat 10-2. Holiday Hours for The Library & Learning Centre are: CLOSED December 24, 25, 26 & 27th, OPEN Wednesday, December 28th, noon- 8 PM and Friday, December 30th, 10 – 4 PM. CLOSED December 31st, January 1st & 2nd. Regular hours resume Tuesday, January 3rd. We hope to see you soon! For more information of our resources, programs, or services:
Learning Centre Management Board The North Kawartha Lifelong Learning Centre Management Board and Staff would like to welcome Doug Hutton as its newest board member. Doug is sure to be a valuable member of the team. HOSPICE PETERBOROUGH VOLUNTEER TRAINING COURSE For the Community of Apsley Hospice Peterborough offers a 27 hour course for people interested in providing support for individuals living with advanced life-threatening illness. The course explores issues related to death and dying, supporting the bereaved, and care for the caregiver. If you are interested in attending or would like more information, please call Peggy Downey of Community Care - 705-656-4589 or Linda of Hospice Peterborough - 705-742-4042.The course will be done in nine (9) sessions, starting in the spring (April/May). |
by Carolyn Amyotte, Councillor I am pleased to announce that the GPAEDC is undertaking a county-wide business retention and expansion survey, which will include North Kawartha Township. In partnership with the provincial BR&E program, a number of surveys will be completed by local businesses throughout our region between now and March 2007. Studies have already been completed for the Automotive, Aerospace/Electronics, and Plastics sector. Strategic planning sessions have indicated that Tourism is a key sector for our region, so the study currently underway is focused on tourism businesses and will be followed by studies on Service/Retail and then Natural Resources. Why do we need a BR&E study? Consider the following, 40% to 90% of new jobs come from existing businesses, existing business sector is a local resource, an effective business attraction strategy, less costly means of job creation and a way to improve business and community competitiveness. The goals of the study are to provide an early warning mechanism for urgent business issues, to strengthen the relationship between local businesses and community, and to retain jobs and support expansions. A number of volunteer interviewers have been assembled from across the county, including fellow North Kawarthans Abe vanDuelman, Robin Miszuk, Caroline Elder, Helen Osborne, and myself. Since announcing this project at our local Community Economic Development (CED) meeting in September, there has been a lot of interest generated and we hope that local businesses will work with us to gather our information. If you would like to find out more about this project and/or the local CED meetings or are interested in helping out, please contact me at 656-1103 or elcm@eelslake.com. The more businesses that get involved with this project, the more valuable information will be gathered, leading to the development of strategies for sustainable economic development in our community. Watch for local BR&E updates in future issues of the Apsley Voice. 
Join us for the Apsley Santa Clause Parade December 4th at 2pm for an afternoon of fun. Please bring a non-perishable food item to donate. Santa’s Elves will be collecting items on route. Annual General Meeting of the North Kawartha
Food Bank
Tuesday, February 7th 2006 1pm at the Food Bank Building beside the Library All Welcome 
by Alice Liberty Four Generations took part in the CIBC Breast Cancer Walk. Pictured from right to left is Alice Liberty, her mother Margaret Cole (86 yrs young), daughter Leigh Tucker and grandchildren Lindsay & Adam Tucker. I would like to thank Keri McLean of the Pheasant for letting us use her facilities and taking photos. I would also like to thank Patty Gregg of Jack Lake Landscape for displaying and selling some of Lindsay’s “Gardens Stones for Hope”. Lindsay donated proceeds of $500 from the sale of the stones. A Big Heartfelt Thank You goes out to everyone who opened up their hearts and pocketbooks. Every walk is one step closer to a CURE. Walk for the CURE by Marian Kidd 
A big Thank you to everyone who participated in the Run for the Cure on Sat Oct 1st. This year we raised $3912.13 and we could not have done this without everyone of you Thanks for the support. To Alice Liberty a big thank you from the bottom of my heart . Alice alone raised over $2000. This has become an annual event now since I was diagnosed with Breast Cancer in March 2000. Here is a summary of money raised over the past 5 years 2001 $700 - 2002 $1800 - 2003 $2834.63 - 2004 $3801 - 2005 $3912.13. I would like to Thank everyone for the support to myself. What a great community. |