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The week of October 10, 2025
CHOOSE TO MOVE Free 55+ physical activity program coming soon P.3
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BOOKS AND BEYOND
READ, WATCH, LISTEN, TALK AND LEARN The Peachland Library offers a menu to suit all tastes
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By Keith Fielding
f you thought that a library was just a musty-smelling place of silence where you can go to borrow books, chances are you haven’t visited one in quite some time-- at least, not one in the area served by the Okanagan Library Board. Today’s library is a treasure trove of opportunity. Yes, you can borrow books, but you can also attend a lecture, take part in a workshop, join a reading club, learn to use a computer, use a computer if you haven’t got one, journey into virtual reality, get tech support, learn how to write a memoir, access e-books and magazines, and get to download up to 30 movies every month.
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The Peachland Library is a welcoming space offering a wide range of programs for all ages – a place to meet, study, and learn.
In the rough: Ponderosa golf course grading to begin in the near future.
And, if you are a baby, you can bond with a parent or caregiver while being captivated by new songs, bounces, rhymes, fingerplays, music and story time--powerful stimuli for your development! I sat down with Peachland Head Librarian, Raphael Desjarlais, to ask about the library’s role in our community and to discover what attracted her to library work. “I grew up around libraries,” she to told me. “My mother was a librarian, and with my elementary school being in Maple Grove with connection to the wonderful community centre and library it seemed a natural progression.” I wanted to know what demographics use the library in Peachland “It’s the entire range,” she told me, “quite literally from babies and toddlers to aging seniors.” “No gaps?” I asked. “I SEE BOOKS AND BEYOND PAGE 7