Feed your passion through reading this summer
Lots of prizes up for grabs
Feed Your Passion through reading this summer with Western Counties Regional Library’s Summer Reading Club. This year’s theme invites and inspires entire families to read what they are passionate about or areas, subjects or series they wish to explore.
“This summer’s theme encourages participants to pursue their passions through reading,” says children’s librarian Deborah Duke.
All 10 branches of Western Counties Regional Library in Digby, Shelburne and Yarmouth counties are offering children, teen and adult reading clubs to ensure a fun, friendly family literacy event over the summer months.
“We have a reading club for all ages that includes reading incentives such as prizes, and the reward says Duke.
The club runs from June 22 through Aug. 24.
The Children’s Summer Reading Club is for children up to the Grade 6 level. Young readers can read a minimum of 12 hours over the summer months to be entered into prize draws that include everything from family museum passes to science kits and other creative toys to skating or a Fast Pass to Upper Clements Parks. Children can read for additional hours to receive more ballots for the draw prizes.
The teen club is for youth entering Grade 6 to those aged 16 years of age or younger. The teen and adult goals are to read for a minimum of 25 hours over the summer to obtain a ballot for the prize draws. Teens reading for 25 hours will have a chance to win a BMX bike, pizza, a backpack filled with school supplies, or a Fast Pass to Upper Clements Parks.
Adults have a chance to win golf and brunch for two at Digby Pines Resort and Spa, a family of reading itself,” membership to the Art Gallery of Nova Scotia or a gift card to Coles Yarmouth. Teens and adults can enter a book draw provided by Coles Yarmouth for every five hours read.
Area businesses such as Belliveau Motors in Digby County, Canadian Tire Yarmouth and Wilson’s Home Hardware in Barrington Passage have provided a wide selection of prizes for the children’s club.
“It is a family affair,” says Duke. “It doesn’t matter what you’re reading as long as you’re reading.”
Duke reminds those heading out on vacation that the library has a full digital library, allowing people to download books onto their mobile devices. If they want a hard copy of a book, they can always ask for an extended loan to cover the time they are away. Through the province’s borrow anywhere, return anywhere policy, people can return their books to any library in Nova Scotia.
The reading club also includes plenty of programming. The library will be running a full range of programs. To find out more about the reading clubs and programming visit any library branch or visit https:// westerncounties. ca/ events/ this-month-your-library/.
Yarmouth Whitecaps had an outstanding end-of-season meet for the junior swimmers at St. Xavier University in Antigonish. The Whitecaps had almost all personal bests, multiple first places and were third overall to Halifax Trojans and very close to the second-place Dartmouth Crusaders.
Ibaad Hemani was the 13-14 boys silver high-point winner and Natasha d’Entremont was the 13-14 girls bronze high-point winner.
The following swimmers were point getters in individual events:
• 12-and-under girls
Carly d’Entremont won the 200 IM was 2nd in the 50 breast and 3rd in 50 fly.
Madison Hubbard won both the 200 back and 50 back.
• 13-14 Girls
Tasha d’Entremont was 1st in the 50 fly & 50 back, 2nd in 100 back, 3rd in 100 back and 4th in 50 free.
Ava MacKenzie was 2nd in 50 breast, 3rd in 200 breast &100 breast, 4th in 50 fly and 5th in 50 free.
Bria MacKinnon was 3rd in 50 breast, 5th in 100 breast and 6th in 100 back.
Chiara Carbonell was 2nd in 50 and 200 back, 3rd in 50 free, 100 back and 4th in 100 free.
Ellie Robichaud was 5th in 50 fly. Kaylee MacLeay was 6th in 400 free.
• 15-and-over girls
Jadyn Hood Bent was 1st in 50 and 200 breast, 2nd in 100 breast, 3rd in 50 fly and 5th in 50 back.
Emilie Barro placed 3rd in 100 back, 4th in 200 back, 5th in 100 free and 6th in 50 fly.
Chloe Durling placed 4th in 50 breast.
• Male 13-and-over
Ibaad Hemani was 1st in 50, 100, and 200 breast, 1st in 200 IM and 4th in 200 free.
• Male 15-and-over
Parker Deveau was 2nd in 100 free, 2nd in 100 fly, 3rd in 200 free, and 5th in 50 back.
The results of Whitecaps’ relays were as follows:
The 4 X 100 mixed free relay 1st: Kaylee MacLeay, Ibaad Hemani, Parker Deveau and Ava MacKenzie.
The 4 X 100 13-14 girls free relay 2nd: Carly d’Entremont, Lydia Mooney, Chiara Carbonell and Ellie Robichaud.
The 4 X 100 senior girls free relay 3rd: Chloe Durling, Emiie Barro, Tasha d’Entremont and Jadyn Hood Bent.
The 4 X 50 mixed free relay 1st: Tasha d’Entremont, Ibaad Hemani, Chiara Carbonell and Parker Deveau.
The 4 X 50 13-14 girls free relay 2nd: Lydia Mooney, Kaylee MacLeay, Bria MacKinnon, Ava MacKenzie.
The 4X 50 senior girls free relay 3rd: Jadyn Hood Bent, Chloe Durling, Ellie Robichaud and Emilie Barro.
The 4 X 50 mixed medley relay 1st: Chiara Carbonell, Ava MacKenzie, Parker Deveau, Ibaad Hemani.
The 4 X 50 13-14 girls medley relay 2nd: Lydia Mooney, Bria MacKinnon, Carly d’Entremont, Ellie Robichaud.
The 4 X 50 senior girls 2nd medley relay: Tasha d’Entremont, Jadyn Hood Bent, Emilie Barro, Chloe Durling.