News by Valorie Lennox The Review The Friends of the Library don’t want to go to war with the library system. But they do want to preserve the Nell Horth community meeting room. Charter members Larry and Dianne Cross were present at the first Oct. 5, 1979 meeting of the Friends of the Library. Both are still with the group — Larry as a HORTH director and Dianne as secretary. Back in 1981, when the library construction plans were finalized, the group lobbied to have a meet- ing room included. Lack of a meeting room was one of the problems identified in a 1980 report on the inadequacies of the Sanscha Hall library annex. ~ Dianne recalls the extensive lob- bying throughout 1981 to ensure the new library building was built to high architectural standards and included a meeting room. “And now, just to think with a Continued from Page Al agreement without contacting North Saanich. Council requested further dis- cussion on the validity of the lease agreement and the future use of the Nell Horth meeting room. It also requested reactivation of the Sidney-North Saanich Library Committee to control use of the library. Businesses benefit from scholarship Two Peninsula companies are offering employment this summer to several of the province’s top graduate-level university students as part of a government-sponsored scholarship fund. Science Council of British Columbia chairman Dr. Jim McEwan announced funding for the students’ terms of employment would be covered by the Graduate Research, Engineering and Tech- nology scholarship fund. A Saanichton firm, Applied Bio-Nomics, is involved in the program with its employment this summer of UVic biology student Dean Morewood. Director of research Linda Gil- keson said Morewood is helping in the development of control agents, such as predator insects and mites, for the agriculture and horticulture industries. The North Saanich-based Inst- tute of Ocean Sciences has recruited three scholarship recip- ients to work in its acoustic ocean- ography program. Dr. David Farmer said the Insti- tute has employed Daniela Di Torio and Dimitris Menemenlis, both studying at UVic, along with UBC student Len Zeddan, to study the ocean by using underwater acoustics. The GREAT scholarships are worth up to $14,000 each and are intended to give the students valu- able work-related experience in areas complimenting their studies. Receiving the award is condi- tional on the students’ carrying out their thesis research outside of the university setting, in cooperation with an off-campus company, agency or research institute. Some fifteen students in total from Vancouver Island have been awarded the scholarships. Photo Reprints Available. Call the Review - 656-1151 stroke of the pen, Sidney council has taken the community room away,’ Dianne said, referring to the Oct. 10 agreement giving the regional library control of the building. Yet the original agreement was for joint-ownership of the building by Sidney and North Saanich. Sidney and North Saanich each contributed $180,000 to the build- ing, she said. A provincial govern- ment grant of $190,000 provided the rest of the funds for the library, which was built on Sidney munici- pal property. 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Yet North Saa- nich was not consulted when Sid- ney leased the library building to the regional library last fall; he added. Closing the Nell. Horth Room was first suggested two years ago, Larry explained. Asked about the possibility at the Friends of the Library 1988 annual general meet- ing, regional library executive director Don Meadows said the idea was suggested as an altema- tive to expansion since library use had increased. However Meadows said the idea was just a possibility and applied more to other branches with meet- - ing rooms than to Sidney. Although regional director Bill Johnston now reports the Neil Horth meeting room is needed to serve the increasing number of library users, Larry suspects the space is needed for regional administration. The area coordinator for the entire south Vancouver Island region is based in Sidney, he said. The Friends of the Library have offered to lobby and help raise funds for library expansion if required, but also feel the space for an area administrator should be financed by all of the libraries in the south Island, Larry said. As a school administrator involved in leasing school space to community groups, Larry agreed with Johnston that leasing space takes time and sometimes creates problems. : “T could write that report in spades.” However, he said the schools still provide space to the public as a community service and a similar role should be accepted by the library. “A community library provides services to the community beyond the storage and issuance of books,” Larry said. “It’s an information centre. The library board has narrowed down the definition.” The Crosses agreed the issue - needs to go back to North Saanich and Sidney councils and the role of the library discussed before any decision is made on the Nell Horth Toom. : If the problem is managing the lease, Dianne suggested the Penin- sula Recreation Centre could book the space. Friends of the Library volunteers are ready to help resolve problems, she added. “We don’t want a big fight on this but the community has rights as well,” she said. “We don’t want to fight the regional library, We’re Friends of the Library,” Larry added. ‘We don’t want a big fight on this buf the community has rights as well mas oni Sail Away loaNewLé You've always dreamed of owning a waterfront home ... why wait any longer? The Residences at Port Sidney offer an unsurpassed waterfront location with all the amenities of Sidney’s town centre. 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