Terrace Review — Wednesday, February 21, 1990 Al5 ‘Library — board | holds — election | The idea of a library expan- sion project has been in the fall the city may be going to that’s what the voters want. In anticipation of this, library . board. chairman Willy Sch- neider has passed. on to council On February 15, the Terrace _ Public Library Board held their annual general meeting, and bid | farewell to- Treasurer Nirmal Parmar, who has served the maximum eight consecutive §- years as a library trustee and valued consultant. Parmar is currently an instructor at Nor- thwest Community College. Chairman Willy Schnieder said,. § “Nirmal will be greatly missed and we are confident that he will still remain a friend of the library.”’ by Siephanie Wiebe | Schneider was re-elected as Chairman of the Board, serving with Judy Chrysler as Vice Chairman, Mardy. Lorimar as Treasurer, and Maureen Ogawa as Corresponding Secretary. Barb Kenney filled a new posi- tion as the liason between the § library board and the Terrace and District Arts Association. Other trustees include George Clark, Don Brown, Stephanie Wiebe and Don Kerr. Danny Sheridan is the representative for the City of Terrace, and Les © Watmough is the Kitimat Stikine Regional District representative. The board elected and welcomed its newest member, Francis Sabine. Sabine has resid- ed in Terrace since 1977, when he arrived to open a counselling service. He has served as a | school board trustee for two years, and served on several other boards. Sabine, the father of four, is a counsellor at Nor- thwest Community College, and is rumored to be an ace bridge player in bridge-playing circles. J. In his annual report, librarian Ed Curell said, “‘Throughout the decade of the 80's, our library saw substantial increases in circulation and membership.” The library currently serves a | membership of 9,420 in Terrace and surrounding areas, Curell noted, ‘‘The library did ex- perience a very slight decline in overall circulation during the year, but this was partially offset by the wildly enthusiastic response to our video cassette collection. Just under 300 items’ . circulated more than 5,500 times and viewers remain unsatiated.’’ The most popular video item is “Curious George’, borrowed more than 120 times. The proposed library expan- sion was the foremost subject in the board’s report. Curell said the ‘Deficiencies in our building continue to manifest themselves as increasingly we run out of space to. comfortably ac- comodate materials. More than §,000 titles are now kept in storage and that figure grows daily as we make room to house new materials.’” Schneider said, ‘‘I feel that the 90's will be a challenge to all of us, and assuming our plans become a reality, we will be well prepared to face thém.” L . works for some time and this some options to be considered. The options were submitted by Terrace architect Alan Soutar who notes that prior to- - referendum to determine if a referendum being called ac- curate building estimates will be required and if these are to be ready in time they have to be started soon. The first thing City gets ready for library referendum required, says Soutar, is a set of complete working drawings and these. will take five months and $50,000 to prepare. Another choice open to coun- cil, says Soutar, is a less detailed estimate based on design drawings. This would take about two months and —] $20,000. Council received a copy of Soutar’s letter last week and forwarded it to the Committee- of the Whole for further debate. According to Mayor Jack Talstra, the matter will probably be discussed at their Mar. 5 committee meeting. ~ ARE YOU RETIRED OR SEML-RETIRED, AND 55 YEARS OF AGE OR OVER? Are you interested in living in an affordable housing unit — in quiet, scenic surroundings? | lf your answer is yes, the Skeena Senior Citizens’ Housing Society invites you to join the “family” at - TWIN RIVER ESTATES. 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