Our public library is the hub of our small
but growing town, and it so much more than a place to borrow books.
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This recycled book Christmas tree
would not have been welcome
in my childhood library! |
Students from the nearby primary school use
it daily. Residents awaiting internet connection to their new homes use the
free internet to pay bills, check email and surf the net. Daily and weekly
periodicals are popular with many visitors, particular older residents who walk
into town, read the paper or a magazine, then walk home. Brochures list the
activities planned over the Christmas holidays, which will provide some welcome
relief for parents with a houseful of over-sugared children.
After school, older primary school kids
take over the computers, playing online games when they've probably told their
parents they'll be studying. Others are playing the video games set up in the
back corner.
