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Wednesday, September 30, 2026
SEPTEMBER 27 SERVICE AT THE LAPORTE CHURCH OF CHRIST
HOBBY FARMING IN THE SEVENTIES AND EIGHTIES: MY PARENTS LIFE-CHANGING PURCHASE
https://www.harrowsmithmag.com/59965/hobby-farming-in-the-seventies-eighties
CELA ANNOUNCES TEMPORARY PAUSE IN PRODUCTION AND DISTRIBUTION OF BRAILLE MATERIALS
Dear braille readers
CELA has planned a temporary pause for braille production and delivery beginning October 19 while our braille services are being relocated and the machines which produce our embossed braille are being moved. We anticipate this process will require approximately 2 - 3 weeks for relocation, machine reassembly, and testing.
During this time, you will be able to put braille books on hold, and we will resume production and distribution of embossed braille, as well as mailing of printbraille books, as soon as the machines are available again.
All other formats, including electronic braille and reloading of Envoy Connects, will be available during this period.
If braille material is essential for your school or work, please make those requests as soon as possible so that they can be produced and mailed before October 19.
If you are a printbraille reader, please note that our printbraille distribution will also be on hold during this time, but you can still return printbraille books to us during this period.
We are pleased to announce that we will begin using new printbraille bags in the coming weeks. The new bags are a lighter blue colour and will now have the CELA logo. While the look of the bags is changing slightly, the process of using them remains the same. If you have some of the existing bags at home, you can continue to use them to return materials to us. Our printbraille books have a six week loan period. You can find the due date of your printbraille books by logging into CELA and visiting My account. Kindly return your books on time as others may be waiting for a copy.
Stay informed about the status of braille production by following our blog post or watching for updates in the What’s New at CELA section of our website.
Thank you.
Laurie Davidson, Executive Director
CELA Member Services
1-855-655-2273
celalibrary.ca
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Tuesday, September 29, 2026
RADIO-RELATED STUFF: AMERICAN STUFF
Eric and Gary always get into at least one very interesting topic on "Red Eye Radio" and it tends to keep me up at night.
I like that colorectal cancer psa about preventable situations.
Glad Pastor Allen Jackson is on the radio. I enjoy what I've heard from him on the internet.
Monday, September 28, 2026
TV-RELATED STUFF: A WELCOME RETURN AND AN INTERESTING REPLACEMENT
Is Fox Rochester's 10 p.m. news just 13 WHAM's 11 p.m. news now?
Golad Harry Smith is back on TV.
Neat the WPHL will be shown on CBC in "Hocky Night in Canada"'s spot.
Sunday, September 27, 2026
MEDIA-RELATED STUFF: CATCHES AND COMPLAINTS
On Saturday the 19th, I picked up Froggy 97 Watertown with Rowdy Yates, CHFI Toronto with oldies, Kiss 98.5 Buffalo with top forty, and Boom 99.7 Ottawa with classic hits. Astounding so few stations had any special programming on a Saturday night.
Glad I could get Rowdy Yates on Froggy 97 again last night.
Picked up the country station from Kingston on 98.9 last night.
Ashley Harvey didn't do a very good job filling in mid-days on CJBQ Belleville.
Enjoyed Greg Jackman on 95.5 Hits FM Belleville this afternoon.
Hits FM needs to update their Lockyer's Country Gardens spots. The mums aren't ready to plant; they're almost over.
Would have liked to have tuned in yesterday to the hundredth anniversary celebrations of WKBN, Youngstown, Ohio but WSYR Syracuse permanently blocks out that station.
Froggy 97 was coming in again tonight, the only catch on the FM band.
Heard some great preachers tonight on WFIL Philadelphia including a couple Pennsylvania-based ones as well as Tony Evans and Greg Laurie.
Can't believe that documentary series that follows those British children has come to an end.
TRAINING FOR CELA PATRONS OCTOBER 2026
This is our training bulletin for CELA users for the month of October. All our webinars are free for CELA patrons. We will be adding other webinars to this list throughout the fall.
Ask Us! Come chat with CELA staff and have your questions answered
This hour long interactive conversation gives CELA users an opportunity to ask questions related to using CELA’s library services. We encourage you to bring your questions and learn from CELA staff, as well as to share experiences with other CELA patrons in the audience. This Q&A aims to support how you access the books, magazines and newspapers in CELA’s multiple format collections for people with print disabilities.
To register for the online Zoom webinar please select the link below and fill in the registration form. To attend by phone, please call the Contact Centre at 1-855-655-2273.
Getting Started with Accessible Reading Canada: Listen to CELA Audiobooks with Alexa
Join us for a live webinar introducing Accessible Reading Canada, a new way for CELA patrons to enjoy CELA audiobooks using Alexa-enabled smart speakers. This 60-minute session will walk you through how to use voice commands to search, browse, and listen to audiobooks from your CELA Direct to Player Bookshelf using the Accessible Reading Canada Alexa skill.
This webinar will cover:
- What Alexa-enabled smart speakers are and how they work
- How to set up and use the Accessible Reading Canada skill
- How to use voice commands for browsing and reading
- Where to find help guides and additional support
After the presentation, there will be a Q&A session to ask additional questions. This session will be recorded.
To register for the online Zoom webinar please select the link below and fill in the registration form. To attend by phone, please call the Contact Centre at 1-855-655-2273.
To register for a training session, select the link with the webinar date and time. (You will need to adjust the times for your region - all times given on the website are in Eastern Time.)
Once you have registered, you will receive your own individual link to join the webinar, with the option of adding the information to your calendar.
Recorded versions of previous webinars are available on our Webinar recordings page.
For information on upcoming patron webinars, see the Webinars for you page on the CELA website.
We hope you will join us. Please contact CELA if you have any questions.
CELA Member Services
1-855-655-2273, press 2
members@celalibrary.ca
celalibrary.ca
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