Ontario Community Newspapers

Waterloo Chronicle (Waterloo, On1868), 2 Jun 1976, p. 6

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Ouv:rcgahdoon: ‘it is cor dents public \, w brary‘s visiting <book ~serâ€" ::d vice is a free and. worth service while project is one of the: public,‘ year family studies student has been hired by the Waâ€" terloo Public Library under the Experience "76 program the library‘s visiting book service for shutâ€"ins. * Although the service has been in existence for severâ€" al years, few people have heard of it and fewer still use it. * "It certainly has been underâ€"used to date because not many people know about it ... Elderly people that Krulicki this summer. \â€"- namnmmbif F70 ronmmmmmommemcane ) JESSOPS cieaners Waterloo Kitchener 99 Historic points of interest in and around _ | 4 _ Waterloo Region in life ; Here is an example of early day ingenuity. Built at Blair in 1876, this auxiliary station contained a waterâ€"powered turbine which helped turn grainâ€"grinding equipment 300 feet away. It was also an example of early conservation since it operated solely on lost energy, an engine that ran # on fuel already used by another engine. Hydro Tower _ ~Blair Ontario & Duke Sts. public,‘" said Miss Krulicki. At the.. present time, 10 liver library books.to three hursing homes, two agnior citizens‘ apartments, Parkâ€" wood Manor and 10 indiviâ€" icki is convinced that Waâ€" terloo has more senior citiâ€" zens that could benefit from be 2,364 senior citizens in Waterloo according to the latest . census map.. I‘ve contacted only 2.5 percent of these to date, which is a very small portion of the from the service,‘‘ she said telephone '*".,."‘"'T'm' 4 cause they don‘t know where it is comting from. The main vant to get acros: hig. $ whrse dir d uic w Waterlioo Square at the Waterloo Public Liâ€" brary by calling 886â€"1310. clergymen, Kâ€"W social serâ€" from the service. Waterloo residents who have not been ing library service but are interested in obtaining it voke o m aazit ae hn "L‘;" to shutâ€"ins carry. {? ;"x‘&ffi nonâ€"fiction and large print .=~ : * > names of Waterlog resiâ€" filled. The books have no due date and are returnâ€" ed to the library when the reader has finished using them. = The library also hopes to obtain "talking books‘" for seniors who are unable to recorded versions of bestâ€" ues horen‘s c & Aubghs >ur > Tin? inow haw hy would Linda Krulicki of Waterioo holds several large print books that the Waterioo public library delivers to seniors in its visiting library service. Miss Krulicki has been hired this summer by the library to expand its visiting service. . CB" 24 ns cea n a ‘ws_’:“ uk d ,r%., o APs Th s f Iauiee F;“.‘“ 'Q&{ 1 <% j 2t on »#rlies £ *s gh SPECIAL NIKKO 18 watt receiver List price 249.95 Audio Net 189.95 *#4Y Fecc TE sro#d sFoke . ;* $38. 2 3A *X C »1 5995 y\ Tak OUR PRICE Ki p C TA t 20 5,, 25A 9W AThat iess

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