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Fun was had by young and old alike at the Ajax Public Library's Truck Day, part of the Pass the Book program. Youngsters were invited to sit in a fire truck, a dump truck and a digger and have all their questions answered about the vehicles — some even got to honk the trucks' horns and flash the fire truck's lights! Participants then enjoyed a complimentary ice cream treat. Many thanks to the Town of Ajax's Fire and Operations Departments and Dairy Queen for making this event such a success! - Image 1 - Image 2 - Image 3 -

Children enjoyed a wildlife presentation when Jungle Cat World visited the library as part of the Destination Jungle TD Summer Reading Club. Animals that the children had the opportunity to see close-up included a scorpion, a turtle and a giant snake!  - Image 1 - Image 2 - Image 3 -

Ajax Public Library’s teen volunteers (Teen Advisory Council) hosted their 7th annual juried Teen Art Exhibition on May 20, 2010.  Prize winners were:  Kiera Wilson (Gold medal) from Pickering High School for her work See No Evil; Elisabeth Callaghan (Silver medal) from Archbishop Denis O’Connor Catholic High School for her work Self Portrait and Carlyle Fullerton (Bronze medal) from Ajax High School for his work Portrait.  Laura Goodyear from Ajax High School received the People’s Choice Award for her Portrait of My Sister.

Have you read it yet?

View the images from  the 2010 Pass the Book Launch:

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Pass the Book is a community-wide reading program sponsored by the Ajax, Clarington, Oshawa, Scugog, Uxbridge and Whitby Public Libraries. 

The Regional Finals for the Battle were held on April 29.  In well fought play, St. James Catholic School placed 3rd in the Junior Division and Dr. Roberta Bondar Public School placed 2nd in the Senior Division.  Congratulations to all Battle participants!

The Ajax Finals took place at the Main Branch of the Library on Tuesday, April 27th.  Out of the 16 participating schools, the standings were as follows:

For the Ajax Junior school teams:
1st place - St. James Catholic School
2nd. Place - Cadarackque Public School
3rd place - Eagle Ridge Public School
 
For the Ajax Senior school teams: 
1st place - Dr. Roberta Bondar Public School
2nd place - Brother Andre Catholic School
3rd place - St. Catherine of Siena Catholic School 
Congratulations to all the Battle participants!

Congratulations to Riley (and friends!) who correctly matched 5 Dr. Seuss quotes to the books! 

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Congratulations to the Gomes family who won a family fitness fun pack for reaching and tracking their daily activity goal of 30 minutes per day!

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Check out photos of various events held during March Break to celebrate Seuss!  Image 1

March 15: The Magic of Reading with Ian Crawford   Image 2  Image 3

March 16: If I ran the Circus Image 4 Image 5
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View images from  the Library’s TAC (Teen Advisory Council) event showcasing displays, library resources and samples of food from Brazil, Germany, Greece, Italy, Japan/Korea and Sri Lanka:

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Congratulations to Cynthia and Jared Lozano as they won the 'Little House on the Prairie' tickets.  See the winners here.

View Images of Karolyn Smardz Frost's visit:  Image1; Image2

This programme was brought you in partnership with Ajax Rotary Club.

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Main Branch Open House:

• Library Board Trustees Cheryl Braz and Sharron Monk
• Local Author D'Arcy Jenish
• The Friends of the Library Launch the Early Literacy stations with the help of Donna Bright, CLEO of Ajax Library Services.

McLean Branch: October 19: Library Board Trustees Councilor Joanne Dies and Sharon Monk

Village Branch: October 20: Library Board Chair Elizabeth Coggins and Library Board Trustee Val Marshall

Short Story Council Winners