Whiting gets new sign courtesy VCS team; St. Luke’s donates garden tools to Whiting Library; Springfield Rotary presents $5,000 to lucky winner; Rock Library adds Internet security feature

Whiting Library in Chester has a bright new sign thanks to the  Vermont Country Store in Rockingham.

The old sign was hard to see while driving along Chester’s scenic Main Street, tending to blend into the brick colors of the library and the trees farther down the street. The new sign was designed and painted by Southern Vermont Signworks of Manchester. It sports red letters within a black frame.

Whiting Library thanks the Vermont Country Store Community Action Team of the Rockingham Store: store manager Deane Cooper and Carrie Atwood, Maime Thayer, Sarah Rawson and Donna Ranney.

St. Luke’s donates garden tools for lending

The Whiting Library received a gift of garden tools, courtesy of the Episcopal Diocese of Vermont’s Stirrings of the Spirit grant.

The rake, pitch fork, edger and deep shovel given to the library by St. Luke’s Episcopal Church will allow people to borrow the tools to prepare a new garden for next year or maintain an existing garden more easily.

Lillian Willis is the instructor for the My Vegetable Garden project offered by St. Luke’s Church this past summer to Chester and Andover residents.
 

 

 

Springfield Rotary presents Penny Sale Grand Prize

Springfield Rotary Club President Christian Craig, pictured on the left, congratulates Dave Mobus of North Springfield, who won the $5,000 Grant Prize at last weekend’s Penny Sale. Meridee Sanborn of Springfield was the winner of the $500 door prize.

Rockingham Library adds security feature for ebooks access

On Monday, Nov. 2, the Rockingham Free Public Library, a member of the Green Mountain Library Consortium that offers free downloadable ebooks and audio books to library cardholders through ListenUp Vermont, will add a security feature that will be required to log in to patrons’ accounts.

All patrons of consortium ebooks and audio books will need a library card number and library account PIN to log in. For those who need a PIN or don’t remember their PIN number, contact the library. For questions, email reference@rockinghamlibrary.org or call 802-463-4270 or stop by the library at 65 Westminster St. in Bellows Falls.