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Library seeks funds from council for computers The Scugog Memorial Library is asking Township council to budget $5000 each year for the next five years to allow the library to set up a computerized circ ila- tion control system. Librarian Judy Mac- Coll told the council meeting Feb. 11 that if current increases in the public use of the library on Water Street continue, such a system will be re- quired in about five years. -She said the present manual system for cir- culation control has several major dis- advantages such as dif- ficulty in identifying over-due books, finding items on reserve for patrons, and an in-ability to respond to patron requests. . And these problems in- crease as the public use of the library increases. Mrs. MacColl told the council that the number of people coming into the library jumped by 16 per cent in 1984 over the previous year. The number of reference questions asked of staff increased by 23 per cent, and the number of telephone requests went up by 144 per cent. She said the introduc- "tion of a computerized . circulation control system would help to im- prove library services to the public and reduce the need for additional staff members. Mrs. MacColl said the libraries in Ajax, Picker- ing and Whitby are now in the process of setting up a computerized system for 1987 with a central computer located at the Ajax Library. It would be possible for the Scugog Library to use its own software system with a hook-up to the main computer hard- ware in Ajax. Members of council showed a lot of interest in the proposal, but a deci- sion on whether to start setting aside money for such a system will not be made until the 1985 municipal budget is struck later this spring. received a Also at the Feb. 11 meeting, Mrs. MacColl presented council with the proposed 1985 library operating budget which includes a request for an additional $4000 in municipal contributions. That represents a 5.3 per cent hike over the $75,000 the Township granted the library in 1984. The library also $30,000 operating grant from the provincial government in 1984. Mrs. MacColl told council she is uncertain at this time whether special Summer Canada grants. amounting. to about $7,000 last year will be available again in 1985. The request for the $4000 increase in the municipal share of the library budget was tabl- ed until later this spring when council sets the full Township budget for 1985. Superior cows win certificates Superior production certificates have been awarded by the Holstein Association of Canada to three cows owned by 'farms in the Scugog area. . Leaksdale Prestige Tilda, owned by John Leask of Seagrave, with a good plus classifica- tion, yielded as a two year old in 305 days on twice a day milking 9228 kg. milk and 373 kg. fat tested with four per cent butterfat. Her BCA was 223 milk and 245 fat. The sire is Argo Acres Marquis Boy and the Dam Leaksdale Tilda Top. Two cows owned and hred by High Point PORT PERRY STAR -- Tues. February 19, 1965 -- 3 Thanks for two decades Scugog Chamber of Commerce past president Miriam Price gratefully awarded an appreciation plaque to Gerry Nelson for 20 years of outstanding service as the Pers Perry Santa Claus Parade Marshall. Farms, Port Perry were awarded superior pro- duction certificates. High Point Fury Del ET with a good plus Trustees offer support I ..e.,,S to MetroSchool Board Trustees with the Durham Board of Education has voted to offer support to the Metro Toronto School Board in its legal challenge to the exten- sion of full government funding to the Catholic . school system in Ontario. A Durham Board spokesman said letters of support will be sent to several authorities in- cluding the Attorney- General, the Ministers of Education, and the Separate School Funding Commission. But that's about as far as Durham's support will go. The Board spokesman said Durham will not be helping Metro with legal costs and Durham will not send a lawyer to any court proceedings. Last June, the provin- cial government an- nounced that it would ex- tend full financial sup- port to Separate High Schools in Ontario. On January 15, the Metro School Board an- nounced it would "seek legal clarifications' of the issue, and retained lawyer J.J. Robinette to represent the Board. Mr. Robinette has already told the Metro Board that in his opinion the funding of Catholic Separate Schools up to the present grades nine and'ten may contravene Chapter 15 of the Charter of Rights and Freedoms which comes into force April 17 of this year, on the grounds of discrimination of. Catholic school sup- porters based on their religion. The Metro Board wants to find out if the courts agree that funding beyond the guarantees in the Constitution are valid under the Charter of Rights. ial classification yielded as a three year old in 305 days on twice daily milk- ings 10847 kg. milk and 398 kg. fat tested with 3.7 per cent butterfat. Her BCA was 232 milk and . 230 fat. The sire is Ideal Fury Reflector and the Dam High Point Em- press Del. High Point Lola Mae with a very good classification yielded as a six year old in 305 days on twice daily milkings 11285 kg. milk and 450 kg. fat tested with four per cent butter fat. Her BCA was 225 milk and 242 fat. 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