What’s Happening at Landon Library Submitted by Ashleigh Hickey Cursive Writing (Ages 8+) January 20, 2024 10:30 am – noon (Registered) Come learn the benefits of cursive writing and try your hand at some pangrams with Dez, a local archivist. PA Day Creativity Break (Teen) February 2, 2024 3:00 – 4:30 pm (Drop-In) It’s time to be creative! Drop by your local library to take a break and create. Craft supplies may vary, chill vibes only. STEAM, Saturdays (Family) February 3, 2024 10:00 – 11:00 am (Drop-In) Drop-in to explore a variety of Science, Technology, Engineering, Art and Math related activities! The Creek by John Caverhill Several small streams are all born within a few kilometres of each other just west of Hyde Park Road around the village of Ilderton. At Vanneck, just two roads west of Hyde Park Road, these streams have converged to become the single waterway known as Bear Creek. The countryside through which this creek passes is generally level with no extreme elevation changes, resulting in a gentle water flow. Lacking the force of a strong water current, Bear Creek meanders back and forth as it picks the easiest way through the countryside. On the western side of the village of Poplar Hill at the Egremont Road crossing, Bear Creek has been promoted to become the Sydenham River. Because of its meandering ways, in the short distance from Ilderton to Pike Road just west of Strathroy, the waterway has the dubious honour of 18 road crossings to its credit. The stretch of Bear Creek across the road from our farm was representative of its whole length. In summer, wide shoulder- depth pools were interspersed with narrow trickles barely deep enough to cover one’s foot. The land on either side of the creek also varied greatly. In places, grassy pastureland grew right to the water’s edge. Lower areas tended to be marshy in some seasons and dry in others. Very low areas were swamps all year long. These variations which extend the length of the whole system led to a great diversity of plant and animal life. Bulrushes, which we called cat-tails because of their brown velvety heads, grew in masses in marshy areas and even in roadside ditches that were wet most of the year. These slender, graceful reeds sheltered birds, frogs, and turtles. Today only scattered thin pockets of bulrushes survive. Two main reasons for their disappearance are: the draining AlvegoRoot Theatre Trivia Night Manor Park Memorial Hall, 11 Briscoe Street For ticket information and to learn more about AlvegoRoot’s 2024 season, visit www.alvegoroottheatre.com
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