Library to celebrate 70th anniversary

Megan Suitor

This year there are many anniversaries in the Town of Redwater, including the 70th anniversary of the Redwater Library. Staff have been working hard to plan an event that will appeal to all members of the community, and they are hosting an open house at the library on Saturday, April 22 from 12-2 p.m.

“We have lots of planning done,” shared Susan Pruss, Director at the Redwater Public Library. “We have mailed out invitations to influential past members of the library board and staff, as well as to strong supporters of our library.”

The open house event will include a scavenger hunt for children as well as a trivia contest for adults based on exhibits showcasing the library’s history that will be displayed. Volunteers at the Redwater Museum have been instrumental in finding and providing historical documents and photos to the library for the event. All of the displays will be up for the course of the week to give everyone a chance to come and see them.

As well as the museum, a number of other town organizations have stepped forward to help the library celebrate this anniversary.

“Cupcakes for the event have been donated by IGA and coffee from Tim Hortons,” said Pruss.

The Town of Redwater has donated a gift basket as a prize, and Redwater Home Hardware has also donated prizes for the scavenger hunt and trivia contest.

“We also received $300 from the Lions Club, that will be provided to the library as $300 per year for three years,” explained Pruss. “This was the amount of the original contribution that the Lion’s Club made to start the library 70 years ago.”