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ttie second sectiori- sports jwews district news havoc caused y spring snowstorm happenings for little people gives kids independence registration for the third session of the whitchurchstouffville librarys highly successfulhappenings for little people program will be held april 15 to 19 a total of 75 children from three to five years of age are accepted for each session the program jbf stories crafts movies puppets- games and singalongs is ac cording ito librarian lynn robbins designed to give kids some independence and alittlebit of a learning experience virs robbins feels that if children ufind enjoyment omhe library at this agevthey always will enjoy it doug strudwick of stouffer st works to dig his car out of the snow a letter carrier in markham mr strudwick gets the mail through thursday morning during the height of the storm ted wilcox ian clark of dicksons hill braved the elements thursday and was trying to hitch a ride into stouffville don bernard stacey kettle illustrates the three billy goats gruff story on the flannel board while steward todd looks on no parents are allowed at the story hours which gives the little ones a chance to gradually get accustomed to functioning without their parents before they start school and make the big break john montgomery all tin- iliiiiiiuitiiiii nul alilnicnl seems to have worn out brenda hachey who is shown here taking a moment out for a long restful yawn according to mrs robbins quite a few youngsters are in tears the first day of the program but they quickly get over it literally hundreds of accidentswere reported during the storm including this collision near the ringwood cor ners seven cars were stopped in this row numbers of abandoned cars also dotted roads and highways ted wilcox program librarian barbara smith reads to the atteritlve smith usually conducts the sessions which are held three mornings a week the program alstfgets the children used to taking books out time to chosebooks on their ownyoudneyer guesss what theylltakev commented mrs robbins- she says many youngsters choose books strictly because they like the size or color some i will take big books every time and if the library- ac theend of each periodtheyareglven others always choose little onesw rn w i bernard