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8 -- PORT PERRY STAR -- Tuesday, Feb. 5, 1985 "You become sort of attached,'"' volunteer Joyce Heard says about the people she delivers books to at the Port Perry Villa and Rosa Street apartments. Without Mrs. Heard's generosity, many of the senior citizens she works with would be forced to make it to the brary under their own steam ---- and most wouldn't make it at all. Ola Doble of the Villa is a loyal Erma Bombeck fan who first discovered her favourite authoress in the pages of Good Housekeeping magazine. by Cathy Robb There's nothing like curling up under warm covers with a good book in the cold winter months, discovering adventure and romance while snow beats against frost-laden windows. And thanks to a kin- dhearted Port Perry woman, a group of senior citizens who might not otherwise have access to Scugog Memorial Library, has virtually unlimited access to any book within the library ! [ER "HOLM .~ AO ji 2 oh y How system. Every other Wednes- day, Joyce Heard loads up her small hatch-back with a mini-collection of books from Scugog Library, and delivers them to residents of Port Perry Villa and the Rosa Street apartments. Many of the people who take advantage of her generosity would find it difficult to negotiate winter sidewalks, or any sidewalks at all, in order to make it to the library under their own steam. So for about a year, Mrs. Heard has been bringing the library to them--- her own idea, done on her own time. A fairly recent Scugog resident, Mrs. Heard was once a volunteer at the Sharon library. When she and her husband moved to Peterborough she introduced herself at the local resource centre and when the Heards eventually wound up in this area, it was only natural for her to want to help out with the Scugog Dorothy Ellis and Jean Nash of the Rosa Street apartments look over a few of the books Mrs. Heard brought to them last Wednes- day afternoon. One of the nicest things about Book Day isn't the books, but the fellowship exchanged when Villa or Rosa Street residents get together for an hour or so to swap news, gossip and a few good jokes. Kathleen Whitby ere's nothing like a book says the kindhearted lady who delivers them Library. And help out she has. She delivers books: 'faithfully throughout fall, winter and spring and only stops when the sum- mer rolls around. "I break off in the sum- mer and that's sort of a sad thing," she says. "You become sort of at- tached (to the people I deliver to)." She finds it a rewar- ding job and looks for- ward to the conversa- tions she shares as much as her '"'clients" look for- ward to her visits. Last Wednesday, towards the end of Mrs. Heard's visit, a nurse was trying to coerce Villa resident Ray Kane into the dining room, 'where a Bingo game was about to begin. While nearly everyone else in the Villa rushed off to play, Mr. Kane lagged behind. "You only come every other Wednesday and I can play Bingo any old time," he said to Mrs. Heard. "I enjoy your company." Islay Lindo, another Villa resident, also ap- preciates what Mrs. Heard has been doing. An avid reader, she depends on Mrs. Heard to keep her with a supp- ly of books, especially political ones. "I have to have books," she says. "This saves me the bother of me going down to the library, And every library, everywhere, knows me." While the Villa is her first stop, Mrs. Heard also stops in at the Rosa Street apartments where Flossie Ploughman faithfully picks out books (Turn to page 10) Gi Sabha 3 (who enjoys reading about the Royal Family) and Ray Kane (who likes nothing better than a solid book on Science) are just two of the many Villa residents who take advantage of the Book Day program.