A Library is More than Books

databases from over 1,000 journals. Librarians provide outreach services, cooperating with schools and other knowledge organizations providing workshops and resources. These programs and services are free to library patrons but they do have a cost.

ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH

St. Anthony’s, Canal Flats., Canadian Martyrs’ –Invermere, St. Joseph’s – Radium.

Canal Flats: Saturday, 4 p.m.

Canadian Martyrs, Invermere: Saturday 5 p.m., Sunday 9 a.m. St. Joseph, Radium: Sunday 11 a.m.

Father Jojo Augustine • 712 -12th Ave., Invermere 250-342-6167

ST. PETER’S LUTHERAN CHURCH

Sunday 1:30 p.m. Worship Service at Valley Christian 4814 Highway Drive, Windermere lutheranstpeter@gmail.com

RADIUM CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIP

Sunday 10 a.m. Worship service

Pastor Wayne and Linda Frater • 250-342-6633 No. 4, 7553 Main St. Radium • 250-347-9937

CHURCH OF JESUS CHRIST OF LATTER-DAY SAINTS

Submitted by Cathy Howard, Friends of the Invermere Public Library which is located at 201 7th Avenue. Visit their website or call 250-342-6416 for more information.

When you think of a library you probably picture long rows of shelves groaning with the weight of books. Today’s modern library is much more than a lending library of books. The Invermere Public Library is no exception, providing patrons myriad services – computer use, training and assistance; printing; photocopying and faxing; eBooks and audiobooks and; equipment loans: a library of things.

Want to know how many steps you take when out walking your dog? Borrow a pedometer. Going on a trip and don’t want to take a physical book? Borrow a Kobo e-reader. Worried your house may have radon? Borrow a radon testing kit. Going camping with your family? Borrow a camp sack that includes books, songs, and games. If the dreary fall weather gets you down, borrow a mindfulness kit or a ‘happy light’ to boost your mood and energy. We’ll soon be digging in our gardens for the new planting season; the Library has a whole section about gardening.

The library is a community hub for research offering

To raise funds, the Friends of the Library, an organization that has been in existence since 2007, runs the annual Big Book Sale (BBS) on the August long weekend; two pop-up book shops in June and September and; the Christmas Silent Auction over ten days in November. In 2022 these events raised over $25,000 that went directly to the library to enhance the collection and provide the services of a modern library.

Spring has arrived and it’s the perfect time to review your personal library for books and jigsaw puzzles that you can donate for the yearly book sale events. Book donations are down from previous years. Your gently-used donations can be dropped off at the Book Donation Centre, adjacent to the court house, across the street from the library. The 16 members of the Friends devote hundreds of hours throughout the year sorting and categorizing books for the sales. Experience has shown that textbooks, computer how-to books, and fiction titles older than 20 years do not sell so the Friends ask that those not be donated.

Yes, you can Google for information but a modern library such as the Invermere Public Library, continues to have a valuable place in our community. The Friends, with the ongoing support of donors and volunteers, will sustain it for years to come.

Worship Service, Sunday, 10 a.m. Relief Society, 11:15 a.m.

President Kendyn Mackensie • Columbia Valley Branch • 5014 Fairway, Fairmont Hot Springs 250-439-9041

CHURCH OF CHRIST (Iglesia ni Cristo)

Worship Service: Sunday 9 a.m., ursday 7:45 p.m. Chamber of Commerce (Lions Hall)

For inquiries: 250-688-1643 250-270-2208 or 250-688-0629

For more info about the church, you can Google online at incmedia.org or pasugo.com.ph