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LS 95 I NG! nt Â¥! cating Alonm planting a serviceberry mo:uww;m.ahnam#uhwdywflnh %mflmwfl:mmhhmm% Louls Park) afer a disagreement between the association, St. Louis School and St. Louls Roman Catholic Church. _ tom Brockstbank photo shelves, ing the total number JoanneTate, WPL $rpome; in the hbrary to plateau. "We want to keep as many books available as possible. If people don‘t return them on time it means fewer books for everyone." Tate said she encourages people with outstanding fines to at least return the books to the library‘s book drop. While she doesn‘t know exactly why so many people keep books past their due date, Tate has some insight into the subject. "I think it‘s like a lot of things â€" people are either they‘re habitually late with everything, their lives are too complicated, or it‘s just an occa "A lot of times people don‘t pay the fines when they‘re small, they wait until they‘re larger. We‘ve had people here that get hysterical over even a small amount of money, because they don‘t feel that they‘ll ever be able to pay it off. It‘s really a sign of the times." C Ays The most important thing to Tate is just getting the books back â€" fine payment can come later. And, she is flexible. "In some cases we‘ll just phase in the payments." thanthinflrnswfllhnwflfirhv':%pivflq-w Furthermore, expired library cards will not be renewed until all outâ€" standing fines and charges are paid in full. The fine for overdue adult books is 20 cents per day, up to a maximum of $8 per book ($2 for paperbacks). In the children‘s department, the fine is 10 cents per day, up to a maximum of $4 per book. Videotape fines run $5 per day up to a maximum of $50. T "It‘s so much a fact of life with libraries." Library "Service We Believe In It" Tate said these days many people panic about their debts, including 747â€" Downtown Waterloo is rising to take its new life. The city parking garage is so well designed it looks like a business centre. The proposals for the Seagrams land offer are a wonderful opportunity for some developer and the possibility for a reside mercial development unlike anything we have seen. "Uptown" Waterloo sure offers a lot of potential for business entrepre The brisk market of May seems to be continuing into June home sales. The inventory of resale homes continues to be strong with approximately 1900 homes for sale in Kitchener Waterloo and 626 homes in Waterloo. This is virtually the same number we had at the beginning of May. Sales activity in June is up over the same period in June 1992 with 150 sales in 1993 compared to the same period in 1992 of 117 sales. There were 30 sales in Waterloo in 1992 to June 14 while there are 47 this year with 7 homes over $200,000 so far in June. The low interest rates and excellent supply of homes continue to make this marketplace the best for buyers in over 20 years based on the affordability scale used to determine the ability of buyers to buy. . For an update on the real estate in your area call Ted Scharf, Broker, Scharf Realty Ltd., 747â€"2040. books is of greater concern now than in the past because the library has started a discarding process whereby hundreds of old, dated and obsolete books will soon be removed from the library‘s (Continued from page 1) Onee a book or videotape is overâ€" itstanding debts," Tate said. She said the number of overdue Students sag thanks to Kâ€"W by hosting Canada Day bash between 50,000 and 70,000 visitors to Columbia Lake in Waterloo. ~ While they could h a € be spending the 1i ' weekend in any # s number of relaxing ie . ways, the gung ho : y~ * students will flip y * "®l \he burgers over a hot W y as security guards, mm supervise children‘s activities, and get whacked in the face with wet sponges â€" all to show their community a good time. "This is our way of saying thankâ€"you to the commuâ€" nity," says Lori MacKay, manager of the university‘s Canadaâ€"Day Council. "The university and the Federaâ€" tion of Students do this to put something back into the community. We come here from across Canada, live here for four or eight months, depending on whether we‘re coâ€"op or regular students, and then leave again. So this free event â€" and it‘s free because of our volunâ€" teer base â€" is our way of saying thanks." A 17â€"member steering committee began organizing the Canada Day celebration last May. Each member of the committee heads a subâ€"committee, and is responsible for areas such as volunteer recruitment and organization, finance, marketing, entertainment, food concessions, and operations. Two student sociâ€" los â€"â€" neineering and matl wnad (te and operate the event‘s children‘s activities, and the uniâ€" versity‘s community relations department organizes the parade which gets the event underway each year. It‘s not unusual for university students to throw a party on a long weekend. But when 350 of them orgaâ€" nize a bash for an entire community, that‘s remarkâ€" For the ninth consecutive year, University of Waterâ€" loo students are organizing the Kitchenerâ€"Waterloo Canada Day celebration, an event which attracts WATERLOO UPDATE WATERLOO CHRONICLE, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 16, 19893 â€" PAGE 3 munity fundraising events are held by individual stuâ€" dent faculties throughout the years, few involve the entire campus. "This is the one event on campus that really brings the students together," MacKay says. "Throughout the year, students are involved in other community activities, but usually within they‘re own faculties This event involves students right across campus." The July 1 event kicks off at 3 p.m. with a parade which will travel from Wilfrid Laurier University to Columbia Lake. Opening ceremonies begin at 4:30 p.m., followed by a children‘s party, games, food, music and a miniâ€"olympics. Visitors may also browse through the Environment Fair, the Merchant‘s Village, and the Brubacher Live entertainment will be provided by Eddie and the Edsels, a Celtic Irish band, and a Latin American _ And at 10 p.m., a candlelight ceremony will set the stage for the grand finale fireworks display. But the fun and excitement of the event is well worth the effort, MacKay says. Many students enjoy the experience so much, they volunteer to participate "This is not a typical student event â€" it‘s a big deal," MacKay says. "But we‘re here because we want to do this, and most se h of the students have & M a great time. All ; l their friends are out there, and they get S e 0 to meet more stu i “. dents. It‘s a nor m k ‘dl‘fih(]ll( event. $ inz %â€" the students are JA Dray * PBEA there purely for a 6 Whicge as H % P good time Organizers expect approximately 350 students to volâ€" unteer on the day of the event. "It‘s a lot of hard work," MacKay says. "I work full time, and the other students (on the steering commutâ€" tee) put in anywhere from 15 to 20 hours a week." errcvgy + n » ep e s saghe : many com