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economist sunsuntribune community saturday april 2 2005 13 by hannelore volpe staff writer as whitchurchstouffville public librarys chief executive officer marilyn ferguson has swept sand out of the lobby set policy and guided the move to the librarys new home in die lebovic leisure centre after 33 years with the library she retired friday the april fools date didnt bother her at all she said since she was also hired on april 1 as a parttime secretarytreasurer of the library board later she became an administrative assistant and was promoted to ceo in 1988 mrs ferguson started at the library because it was something she could do while looking after her two children who were preschoolers at die time i have always loved libraries she said shes been there from the time the library was unautomat- ed and the card catalogue was the only way to access books it was taken out of service in 1988 complete with a ceremony that saw the card catalogue draped in black crepe many library patrons were upset about the change to com puters mrs ferguson recalled wggsm rcl- i- s- then there were only two com puters now the library has 27 with internet access fifty two per cent of our services are computerrelated mrs ferguson said the sand she swept up more than once flew out of sandboxes brought in for march break events led by former staffer sheila mcleod mrs ferguson has also taken her turn comfort ing children when their first visit to- preschool story or music hours proved overwhelming mrs ferguson remembers the occasional cross dresser and flasher coming into the library and a cat who thought the library would make a good home staff members would come to work in the morning to find the tabby napping on a chair she recalled the woman who tried to drive through the fence near the library when it was still at its main street location but the memory that stands out most strongly is a girl who brought her dad to the library to show him the books she could borrow and the marvelous things she could do now that she had a library card the girl had visited the library earlier in the day with her kindergarten class mrs ferguson is proud of her role in making the new library a staff photohannelore volpe marilyn ferguson ceo of the whitchurchstouffville public library checks out the magazines she retired yesterday after 33 years ssessssssjesssssiss enhance your outdoor living space correction notice kodak digital camera 7590 10050589 this product is not 44999 as advertised on p 19 of our apr 1st flyer but 57999 we sincerely apologize for any inconvenience this may have caused our valued customers a wide selection of natural stone precast concrete products interlocking stones retaining walls aggregates accessories masonary products bulkbag road salt quality landscaping products for the contractor doityourselfer leaver valley stone limited- office yard 25 langstaff rd e thornhill vonge hwy 7407 correction notice to our valued customers we apologize for any inconvenience caused 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