Thirty Years of Heritage Days

The “Reading the News” programme at the Schreiber public library had a bit of a hiatus during July as the library and staff were very busy helping to organize the Schreiber Heritage Days event. The library had to also reschedule another event that was to take place around the same time. A team of linguistic researchers had originally been planning to use the library as a meeting place to conduct their research. Thankfully the Terrace Bay library was available so the staff in Schreiber could focus on Heritage days. An interview was recorded with the group and will appear on the Schreiber Media Centre YouTube channel very soon.

The Discovery Centre also opened its doors in the previous week and Schreiber Media Centre was once again there to document the opening ceremonies.

One interesting aspect of the “read the news” programme is it always concludes with a reading of a headline story from the same date but different year in the past thanks to the valuable archives kept in the Schreiber Public Library. This week's issue featured a front page article from 22 years ago about one of the earlier Heritage Days festivals. As David Costa read the story there was an odd feeling of deja vu in the studio. The recent event that had been held just a week earlier was practically a carbon copy of that event from over 20 years in the past. It served as a reminder that the cultural roots of a community can often be a foundation for continuity as Schreiber celebrated the official 30th anniversary of Heritage Days.