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t( * tc t * * * * * t( * r. * * tr t * * t< * L * tc * tl tt tt * L * * t * * * *,k * k t< *,h tc.k,k tc *t *t ** r< t< t Once Upon Two Hundred Years celebratinoo.f;åtåt:X;i¿lflra'r vear or rhe Niagaralon-the-take pub'lic Library saturday, 29th :anuary 2000 Courthouse Suilding [NOW OP 3Ii¡IAGES: QUTLL PEN & INK POT, OPEN BOOK, COMPUTER SCNCCN] ttusic by vanoongen euartet fcloæ e CaJ.I to VíotaaJe oavid Eke, chair, goard of Trustees ttc¡,a Sarynaíø. Quenelle winter fruit cobbler wíth vanil'la'bean anglaise Grectínge David Eke & distinguished guests Maja Sannerman, Jonathan Earp & Jamie tr,lainprize Eozf-åc,øízg tuea.ts & Agpreoj,atíozs of fine chicken liver mousse with herbed toasts slow roasted prime rib with yorkshires Roasted cellar veqetables & ootatoes Rc-eaacfuzt of oavid Foundrílog eke **t f.**t ***t< tk*******l1t t<'t'kLLt<*****t ****r.J.t1*l<t<*J.lctk**f.****t Eiatozar "sensible hqrv much we are at a loss in this new and remote country for every krl¡{_of knowlgdge, and convinced that nothinq wouìd-Oe-õf"more use to cliffuse knowìedge anongst us and our offspring than a'library suPported,by subscríption ín this town; we whdse n'ames arè hereunto subscribed hereby associate ourselves iogether for that purpose..." on June 8th,- 1800, forty-one prominent residents of our communitv came together to form a subscription library. The Record Book opens with the abpv-e quotation. we owe a gr-eat debt to these founders whoie'leadership and foresight paved the way for the establishment of pub'lic librarles tn Canada. The remarkable history of upper canada's oldest public library makes it an i.ntegrql pa¡t of a- regioh' rich in curtura'r träditions.-wrreá the Town was burned during the war of LgLz, many]ibrary books were dest royed but the r-ibrary surv-ived and becane a rreá public liurãl.v iî 1g38.- Over past two. centuries,. from many different 'locations, the li6iáiv rnq -which witness to the events shaped our cont'emporari woÉl d The state-of-the-art facility opening th'is autumn will enable the tibrary,to .continue to gr-ow, froiper, -".diffuse knòwredge'i; ã;d sàrve both present and future gdnerations of our comm'unity. ror further details see http://vaxxine .con/fa/notlpl ************************tr**Jr***rr**t *t ***t *************** Eor erlTrytozt t¡+ s avæ.ízq rhe library warmly thanks Vintaqe rnns ¡,lackenzi õ pri nterv stonechurch w'i ner! A\."oÈ 1\-o-'* Có r r . silent Auction Dondrs ************tr*r****rr*r.***t r.t(*LLlcl<lc*****trtr*tr*tr*tr*r.****rr*** \-, . \ - \ tl -ü, * )