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JULYLog01048.indd - AUGUST 1 2009 • THE MISSISSAUGA NEWS 2009 CELEBRATING OUR PAST1/29/09 4:38:59 PM3 On The TABLE OF Cover Contents 2009 CELEBRATING OUR PAST Issue The Meligrove Band was formed in 1997 by Jason Nunes, Darcy Rego and Michael Small while attending Message from the Director. .6 Mississauga’s Father Michael Goetz Secondary School. Message from the Board Chair . .7 After two critically acclaimed indie albums, in 2005 the Library Summer Hours. 7 Band became the first Canadian group to sign with V2 Library Board Member Profiles . .8 Records. Their first V2 debut, The Mississauga Literary Festival. .8 Planets Conspire Dial-a-Story. .8 garnered massive Leaders & Libraries — Jake Dheer. .9 critical accolades. The Meligrove Poetry Break — Dr. Seuss. 9 Band has toured Caught In The City This Summer?. .10 all over Canada Summer 2009 Programs. 11 and United My Mississauga — Family Storytime. .16 States, winning Count Your Steps to Good Health. 17 fans over with Staff Picks — James Cooper. .18 their explosive live show. Jay, Annual Canada Day Giant Book Sale. .18 Darcy and Online Book Clubs — dearreader.com. 19 Mike now live L'Encyclopédie Découverte Online. .19 in Toronto. Staff Picks — Jaqueline Kucera. .19 Great Summer Reading/Listening/Viewing Lists . .21 Electronic Databases. .22 TAG Members Picks for Summer Reading. .23 Fall Storytimes at The Library. .25 Thank you to all the Advertisers and Library Staff for their support of this publication. Programs are correct at time of printing, for an up to date complete listing of all summer programs for children and teens, pick up a brochure at all branch libraries in June or check it out at www.mississauga.ca/library The Mississauga Business Enterprise Centre is your one stop resource centre for business information and guidance on: A PRODUCTION OF s2EGISTERINGANDSTARTINGANEWBUSINESS PUBLISHER Ken Nugent s0REPARINGABUSINESSPLAN DIRECTOR OF ADVERTISING Rob Hart s&UNDINGOPPORTUNITIES DIRECTOR OF adMINISTRATION s"USINESSPERMITSANDLICENSES Phil Sheehan s!VAILABLEGOVERNMENTPROGRAMS RETAIL SALES MANAGER Keith Henderson PUBLICATION CO-ORDINATOR Irene Hluchaniuk Visit us online or in person at the Mississauga Central ART DIRECTOR Azam Baqa Library ( just west of Square One Shopping Centre ). MARKETING CO-ORDINATOR Craig Silva Mississauga Business Enterprise Centre SaLES REPRESENTATIVES Shannon Galea, Irene Hluchaniuk, "URHAMTHORPE2OAD #ENTRAL,IBRARY TH&LOOR Linda Li, Gina Straine, 4ELs&AX Jennifer Wenzel E-mail: [email protected] GRAPHIC DESIGNERS Cheryl Dineley, Sandra Gluszak, www.mississauga.ca/mbec 08_238 Alan Lipman, Bill Murphy, Courtland Shakespeare PHOTOGRAPHER Jason Okolisan Reproduction of this magazine in whole or in part is prohibited without prior written permission from the publisher. 4 2009 CELEBRATING OUR PAST JULY - AUGUST 2009 • THE MISSISSAUGA NEWS Cats & kittens are waiting for a home Drop by Mississauga Animal Services, 735 Central Parkway West 905-896-5864 Adoption Hours: Monday to Friday 10 am to 5 pm and Saturday 10 am to 4 pm visit our web site www.mississauga.ca/animalservices Feeling down? Feeling lonely? Need someone to talk to & listen? Our trained volunteers offer listening, emotional support and referrals 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. All calls are free and confi dential. If you are looking for an empathetic ear, someone who will listen and be nonjudgmental, please call us at: 905-278-7208 (Mississauga/Brampton) 1-800-363-0971 (Town of Caledon) (TTY) 905-278-4890 For more information about volunteering at Distress Centre Peel, go to www.distresscentrepeel.com JULY - AUGUST 2009 • THE MISSISSAUGA NEWS 2009 CELEBRATING OUR PAST 5 Robert Message SAW YER from the Science D irector Fiction Writer Mississauga’s award winning science fiction author Robert Sawyer DON MILLS "The wildly thought-provoking first Director of installment of Sawyer's WWW trilogy Library Services explores the origins and emergence of consciousness. The thematic diversity — and profundity — makes this one of Sawyer's strongest works to date." Every year the Library chooses a theme for its programs —Publishers Weekly (starred review) and services. As part of the United Nations’ International Decade of Literacy 2003 - 2012, the Library has focused on the many aspects of literacy. WAK E The theme for 2009 - Celebrating Our Past - is a re- minder of our responsibility to remember and to cel- ebrate our historical roots, developing a cultural literacy LIz of our place - Mississauga. It is a particularly appropriate Primeau theme as this fall will see the ninth and final volume in gardener the Library’s "Our Heritage Series" published. extraordinaire "These treasures will be preserved for Mississauga’s gardener extraordinaire future generations and best selling author as part of this project" These books, researched and written by local author and historian Kathleen Hicks, set out with the first book on the Clarkson community in 2003 to explore the Liz Primeau Gardening Basics For Canadians eight key areas of our modern city through hundreds For Dummies of stories, pictures, facts and accounts of how our city grew over 200 years. The research behind the books un- covered boxes of original artifacts and information that has now become a part of the Library's extensive local history collection. These treasures will be preserved for future generations as part of this project. My Natural History: Once the last book is published all nine will be digi- The Evolution of a Gardener tized and mounted on the Library's web site for wider, easier access. All books in the series are available to bor- are coming! row in all 18 branches of the Library and are also for sale Mississauga Literary Festival, as great gifts and keepsakes. SO "celebrate our past" this Sunday, September 13, 2009 at year and read some of the many books on how Missis- sauga came to be. See you in the local history section of The Living Arts Centre, your local library soon... Mississauga 6 2009 CELEBRATING OUR PAST JULY - AUGUST 2009 • THE MISSISSAUGA NEWS … the local daycares and childhood centers whose mandate touches the same early readers that the Message Library serves … the local seniors’ centres and homes where our older adults seek a good life in our city and access its many from the services to residents Board chair … the local youth agencies who strive to reach out and meet the needs of local youth to engage and acknowledge their contribution to our city … the new Office of the Arts at the City whose mandate it is to help create better communities by adding to the quality of life across our city … the Living Arts Centre, the City's premium facility, a co- jim wilde host of the Library's annual literary festival each fall Library Board … and finally, the Friends of the Library, a dedicated volunteer Chair group of library supporters who work continuously to help make a great library even better - and do! Your Library Board is proud to recognize these key The Mississauga Library System exists to serve all community partners and their cooperation and efforts to its residents with excellent library service. In these serve our residents in partnership with the Mississauga times that is too big a role for any one agency to do Library System. Think about becoming a supporter or well alone. So your Library works to partner with volunteer of one of these community services this year. other local agencies and services across our diverse and You'll give back to our great City and benefit all of us dynamic growing city. In order to fulfill its mandate who are proud to live here. properly, some of the key partners the Library looks to plan and work with deserve to be recognized for their contributions and meaningful cooperation throughout the year... Library Board is proud to recognize these Library key community partners Summer Hours and their cooperation All locations of the Mississauga Library System will close on Friday evenings at … the over 350 local schools serving children in 6 p.m.