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The North Grenville Times
The Voice of North Grenville
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August 29, 2024
Vol. 12 No. 34
North Grenville’s Musical Instrument Lending Library opens
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At the official opening of the MILL, left to right: Councillor Doreen O’Sullivan, Councillor Deb Wilson, Leela Ramachandran, Herb Cloutier, Mayor Nancy Peckford, Emily Farrell, and Kelvin Lee. by David Shanahan A new venture by the North Grenville Public Library is up and running every Saturday between 10am and 2 pm. The Musical Instrument Lending Library [MILL] musical instruments on loan to members, especially children and youth, in order to support accessible music education and build life skills through the love and practice of music. At the official opening ceremony at its location in the W. B. George Centre on the Kemptville Campus,
Public Library, to be able to be part of this.” Herb, also known around the region as Jamming Around Man, has been campaigning for the MILL for a long time, and, as Emily noted, it was his vision and dream to enable residents, especially young people, to have the opportunity of exploring music through making instruments freely available. The ribbon-cutting ceremony was attended by Leela Ramachandran, Project Manager, on behalf of Kemptville Campus, Mayor Peckford and Councillors
North Grenville Public Library’s CEO, Emily Farrell, welcomed everyone and paid tribute to those who have helped make this addition to the library’s services possible. “This MILL was made possible by financial support from the Municipality of North Grenville. We are extremely grateful for that. And it is also the vision of Herb Cloutier, we wouldn’t be here today if it wasn’t for Herb. This was your dream and I’m very honored to be able to help you get it across the finishing line, and, on behalf of the North Grenville
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Wilson and O’Sullivan, as well as Kelvin Lee of the NGPL, along with a gathering of residents. The MILL is located at the W. B. George Centre, and, if you have a library card, you can go directly there and take out an instrument on loan for up to three weeks. Loans, like books, can be renewed, if necessary. If you don’t have a library card, go to the library and they will make sure you get one. NGPL Membership Cards are free to residents, you just need to have identification with a current North Grenville address to show when you apply. A library membership card is valid for two years from the date of issue and entitles the cardholder to a full range of services and materials available from the North Grenville Public Library. Instruments should be dropped off at the MILL, not the library itself. The MILL has over 80 different instruments available to card-holders to borrow, including guitars, drums, keyboards, and brass, and is open on Saturdays, 10am – 2pm. Discover the joy of music and start borrowing instruments today! For more information please visit the Musical Instrument Lending Library page: https://ngpl. ca/mill/
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