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Among the most popular and intensively used features of our Memorial Library is the fabled Story House - a favourite "hideaway" for the children among our patrons. Its primary purpose is that of an entertainment centre for young children. Its heart and soul are provided by the dedicated staff of our Youth Services Department. From its earliest days, the library has had some equivalent of such a centre. However, the present one, much grander and more exciting than its predecessors, was built as a special feature of the expansion. Today's Story House is built as a hall, made to resemble a house from the outside. A most attractive feature is the fine mural, painted by one of the Library's staff, Robert Florian. This represents a large fireplace with a cosy fire blazing merrily. The hearth is surrounded by - and topped by -cunningly painted rocks, and flanked by neat piles of cut sections of real logs. Robert Florian is currently working on a frieze -to be painted at "book plate" height - representing cottage themes. Other members of staff are working on producing polystyrene clouds to be suspended from the ceiling. So, what goes on in the Story House? Plenty! It hosts five story-telling sessions each week, and occasional puppet shows; craft shows; orientation meetings for visiting school classes; and musical "sing-songs". It is constantly used to fire and foster children's interest in books and the importance of reading. Art Displays Earl and Elizabeth Winkler's photographic partnership has grown out of a long standing interest in art and travel. 35 mm colour prints taken in a variety of locales throughout the Americas and Europe make up their March exhibition in the West Vancouver Memorial Library's Art Gallery. Displaying a preference for a constrained, intimate view, these photographs convey impressions of lives and ideas beyond the frames and provide the artists' title for their current display of work - "Images and Intimations". In February the walls of the Library Gallery held the works of artist Liberia Maddalena Marcuzzi. Employing charcoal, graphite, pastels, watercolour and acrylic on canvas, the exhibition, entitled "As a Leaf Always Turns Towards the Sky", portrayed specimens of plant families originating in various parts of the world - the tropics of Madagascar to the high plateaux of south east Asia, but recognizable to many viewers as those familiar house plants that bring the year round warmth of greenery to us locally. The work of Sharon Christian will be featured April 1 to May 4. One of the responsibilities of The Friends is assisting the Fine Arts Displays in the Galleries by hosting the opening receptions given for the artist whose work is being exhibited. Elsa O'Connor brings a great dedication to this role, as did Betty O'Sullivan before her. Members who are interested in giving the occasional evening to assist Elsa are asked to contact her at 926-5942.