Join the After School Club
NIAGARA FALLS LIBRARY
Get ready, get set, it’s time for your library programs to start. There’s still time for parents to get their little ones registered for library programs. Spaces are still available in Time for 2s and 3s, Cocoa Club Jr., Cocoa Club, Just for Tots, and Family Storytime. New to Victoria Avenue and Chippawa Libraries is our After School Club. Wednesday from 4 p.m. to 4:45 p.m. kids can explore new activities and get hands on. Come and check out all the cool things to do. Crafts, board games, listen to a book, play Wii and have a snack. Use the free Wi-Fi and computers to work on homework and projects. After School Club is a free, drop-in program beginning on Oct. 5 for ages 6 to 12. Children who are under the age of 7 must have a parent or guardian remain in the library during the program.
Feeling crafty these days? Adults, get out those craft projects - knitting, crocheting, drawing or whatever and join in at one of our drop-in Crafternoon times. Mondays from 2:30 - 4:30 p.m. at the Chippawa Library or Wednesdays from 1:30 - 3:30 p.m.at the Stamford Library. Crafternoon is a free time to gather, share patterns, ideas and designs and chat. No registration is required.
It’s that time again for the free legal clinic. First Monday of the month at the Victoria Avenue Library at 1 p.m. Clients are taken on a first come, first served basis until 3:30 p.m. Answers to questions regarding landlord and tenant rights, small claims, consumer rights and collection agency hassles are offered.
If you missed the showing of the movie Free State of Jones, have no fear. Free State of Jones will be on the screen at the Chippawa Library on Friday, Sept. 30 at 2 p.m. If it’s the jungle scenes you like, then you won’t want to miss Margot Robbie, Christoph Waltz, Alexander Skarsgard and Samuel L. Jackson in The Legend of Tarzan. It has been years since the man once known as Tarzan (Skarsgård) left the jungles of Africa behind for a gentrified life as John Clayton III, Lord Greystoke, with his beloved wife, Jane (Robbie) at his side. Now, he has been invited back to the Congo to serve as a trade emissary of Parliament, unaware that he is a pawn in a deadly convergence of greed and revenge, masterminded by the Belgian, Captain Leon Rom (Waltz). But those behind the murderous plot have no idea what they are about to unleash. The movie shows on Wednesday, October 5 at 6 p.m. at the Chippawa Library, runs for 109 minutes and is rated PG.
The holiday wouldn’t be the same without a great floral display for your table. The Chippawa Library is hosting a make and take floral arrangement. Join florist Linda Carter on Saturday, October 8 at 1 p.m. to create floral mastery in a glass pumpkin. Pre-registration is required and the cost is $10 per person
Have you read your Evergreen nominee yet? The Evergreen Award™ is designed for adults of any age and the lists are comprised of Canadian fiction and non-fiction titles. Adult library customers have the opportunity to explore these books by themselves, through their public library or just in a book club format. A group of experienced library staff have come together to share their favourite reading with adult readers. Your Library is hosting a Defend Your Title Night on Tuesday, Oct. 25 at 7 p.m. at the Victoria Avenue Library. Join us and even defend your favourite nominated title. Get reading! We’re looking forward to a lively night of debate.
Got a question? Give us a call at 905-356-8080, email us at programming@nflibrary.ca or visit our website at my.nflibrary.ca. See you soon at the library! ASK AMY
I am a 32-yearold woman living at home with my parents, grandmother and college-age brother.
Last year, I had to give up my room when my grandmother moved in with us.
This year, my brother moved back home to attend a local college, so I had to give up that room, too.
Due to a lack of personal space, no bedroom, no privacy and being tired all the time (literally and figuratively) from sleeping on the basement couch every night, I decided to start looking for another place.
I found a place that was affordable and very close to my parents’ home, so earlier this month I informed my parents that I will be moving out next month.
My mother, whom I have always known to be rational and understanding, did not take the news well. She is very upset and angry.
She has not talked to me for a week.
My father is supportive and understanding. I cannot understand her reaction because I have been talking about moving out since my brother moved back home.
I think my mom is angry because I didn’t ask her permission.
What can I do to mend this situation with mom, so I can start packing and planning my move without feeling guilty about making a grownup decision on my own?
— HURTING MY MOM’S FEELINGS
Given the situation you describe, not to mention your age, your choice to move out is healthy, rational and something your mother is simply going to have to learn to endure.
If you have handled this in a way that you now regret, you should acknowledge your own failing, apologize and ask for forgiveness: “I feel I haven’t handled this very well, and I’m sorry, Mom. I hope you’ll forgive me.”
Parents do want to be included in big life decisions, and this transition might be a little easier on you if you had run it past your mother.
You do not have to ask her permission, but you might have asked for her opinion.
Your mother’s nose is out of joint; she may be feeling some loss and anxiety about your departure. But she will have to adjust, and you should trust that she will adjust. Hold your head high. You’re starting a new phase of your life, and you should be proud.
“Discouraged” described a relationship with her best female friend, who was becoming possessive after Discouraged had entered into a healthy, happy romance.
If friends can’t embrace romantic partners, then they’re not really friends.
— BEEN THERE
There is always a period of adjustment, but I completely agree with you.