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Libraries embracing the digital age
The scene visitors first see when they walk into a library has changed over the years – from children, adults and grandparents sitting on a couch or a chair with a good hardcover book, newspaper or magazine, to listening to an audio book on CD and conducting research or getting the news online. And soon, many of those patrons may be sitting with an e-reader, flipping virtual pages and grabbing a new book from cyberspace. Amazon.com, an online book distributor, recently announced e-book sales have topped the sale of hardcover books. Amazon, which sells the Kindle e-reader unit, stated sales of the e-reader and e-books have tripled in ...
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Farmers' market celebrates 35th anniversary
In July of 1975, Ingrid Churchill set up four card tables in the old Otto Zimmerman Auction building, covered them with cinnamon rolls, peas, and carrots, and marked the beginning of the Innisfail Farmers’ Market. After attending an agricultural meeting where the idea of starting a farmers’ market had come up, Churchill, being the only woman at the meeting, decided that she was going to be the one to spearhead it. “I was brought up on a farm and was always interested in farming, when I heard them talk about the farmers’ market at the meeting I was hooked,” said Churchill. Growing to around nine or 10 tables at the end of the first year, the farmers market has since ...
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Weather has farmers down but not out
Although the last few years have been tough for crop production, Innisfail farmers are pulling through. Despite drought for the last two years and enough rain over the last few weeks to flood farmland, Doug Edgar, owner of Edgar Farms outside Innisfail, said his grain crops are doing well. “They are a bit behind because of the cold weather, but they are doing well,” he said. “But now that it’s stopped raining, it’s easier for us to be positive.” The farm’s pea crop is also coming along well, but with the ...
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