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PAGE 4 â€" WATERLOO CHRONICLE. WEDNESDAY . DECEMBER 2, 1981 During our relocation to the Education Centre at 51 Ardelt Avenue, Kitchener we apologize for any disruptions in our telephone service or inconvenience you may experience when visiting our offices. The Waterioo County Board of Education WE‘RE ON THE MOVE! Transition Phone Number 742 â€" 1761 Christmas means more when the magic lasts. 85 Grand Crest Place Kitchener: 893â€"2330 Cambrikdge: 653â€"0373 Stratford: 271â€"8760 Office hours: Mon. to Fri. 8:30 to § p.m. The magical moments of Christmas. filled with wonder and excitement. This year, make the magic last. Give your loved ones endless hours of pleasure with a Converter from Grand River Calble TV Imagine their delight! Just by pushing buttons, they can select 23 different channels and adjust the set from the confort of their chair! Best of all, we service Converters free of charge Our full 23 channel converter service includes 18 Canadian and 5 US. channels with 12 distant signals More movies on CKVR Bame. * Documentaries on P.B.S. Channel 17 Buffalo and exclusively on catbble Galaxie â€" the children‘s own commercial free channel! French for Canadians â€" French leaming for English speaking Canadians _ _ This year, give them more choice in Digital Updates â€" news, weather. television and FM radio programming sports and information on local events _ throughout the year Call us today or You can give a Converter to your drop in to our office. With a gift of lovect anes by the month or bg the year _ Cable TV, Christmas means more Only $20 for instaliation and $5* a month. _ because the magic lasts and lasts We have the magic of Christmas all wrapped up for you! C cax‘ Give someone a Converter Call us today or drop in to our office. You‘ll receive a special Gift Certificate and Christmas card. and installation will be made shortly after Christmas Order two or more cable TV services and save $10 For a full year it‘s only $80*! For 6 months only $50°. ‘!ax extra From now ‘til Dec. 24 order any two or more services (including an extra outlet, cable FM, a converter or basic cable) and save $10 on the regular $25 instaliation price for 2 or more installations Save an additional $5 on the instaliation by picking up the Converter at our office . giftwrapped and ready for under the tree! Install it yourself and save! Waterloo Motor Inn Mon., Dec. 14, 1981 MEETING To elect delegates for leadership convention will be held 8 p.m. To renew your membership please call the Membership Secretary at 698â€"2803 Liberal Association at the offers much more | than just books | [(Waterloo library | A Waterioo teenager grabs her school books off the table and whisks toward the door, calling over her shoulder, "I‘m going to the library, mom. Be back in a few hours." Once outside, she grins slyly. She had no intention of going to the library, but needed an excuse to get out on a school night. For example, the library has a large collection of popular and classical records displayed in the music room, a recently completâ€" ed addition off the main floor. The new room, a project taking approximately three months to complete, was formed by enclosâ€" ing the library‘s balcony. Staff members ‘‘are very proud of the new addition," says Staal. *‘The library. How boring," she says to herself, as she heads to her friend‘s house. ‘"What‘s there but a bunch of old books?" This teenager had probably visited the library a number of times to choose books for school projects. Once there, however, she most likely didn‘t take time to look around. If she had, she would have seen a lot more than "a bunch of old books" under its Isabelle Staal, deputy librarian at the Waterloo Public Library on Albert St., believes that many people aren‘t aware of all the services the library has to offer. **We‘re not just a book stop," she says. Lining the walls are records and music books. In a corner sits a record player. The room also holds a microfilm reader, miâ€" crofilm, and video cassettes. The public is invited to select records for home use, or choose a videoâ€" tape for viewing in the library. She‘s pleased because the new music room is "far less crowdâ€" ed" than the old one, and it ‘‘"shows off the materials betâ€" ter." In another room, the libraAry offers facilities for art shows. Decorating the walls of the audiâ€" torium, or allâ€"purpose room, are works by local artists or school art exhibits on display periodicâ€" ally for the public to view. "Its a very pleasant place for people to come in and browse," says the deputy librarian. There are also films to be seen at the library. For instance, during this year‘s Christmas season, Waterloo Public Library will be showing The Little Brown Burro, and The White Seal on Dec. 5; and Yes Virginia, There is a Santa Claus, The Little Drummer Boy, and What is Christmas? on Dec. 12. The movies start at 2: 30 p.m. and are shown free of charge. For private viewing, films and projectors may be rented. By Joy Lavigne This Gentle Little Animal Can Make You A Substantial When asked by the Chronicle if she thinks television has lessened the desirability of books, Staal replies in the negative. She points out that the library‘s circulation is well used. The library‘s film collection encompasses all films in the Midwestern Regional Library System. As a result, if you want a film which is not in stock in Waterioo, staff members can arrange to obtain it for you from within the regional system. Other Waterioo library serâ€" vices include adult seminars (a series on financial planning conâ€" cluded this week) and university courses. In conjunction with the University of Waterloo, the liâ€" brary sponsors one course in the fall and another in the winter. On Jan. 4, a series begins on Ireland in the Age of Unification and Reâ€" volt. For children there is a myriad of activities. To name just two, there‘s the Tiny Tots Preâ€"Kinderâ€" garten Class for children ages 3% to 5 years old, which will be starting a new session Jan. 4; and Storytime, a program for preâ€" schoolers ages 3 years old and up, involving stories, songs and finâ€" gerplays. Adult or child, "there is someâ€" thing for everyone," says Staal. She notes that the main service the library offers, is, of course, a large book selection. There are recreational and informational books for all ages. However, if by chance the book you are looking for is not in the Waterlioo library, staff members will try to find it for you in another library. And, if it is not in the Midwestern Regional Library System, they‘ll look across Canâ€" ada. Thus, a book from Vanâ€" couver can be yours to read in Waterloo. She believes people will continâ€" ue to find the library necessary, especially since the high cost of books makes it difficult for them to own many of their own. *‘We have a very busy interliâ€" brary loan system," says Staal. And of particular interest to the public in the last few years, says the librarian, are reference materials on ancestry. "Ever since the movie Roots came on television, more people have been trying to trace their ancesâ€" tors." Books in the library include talking books and books in large print for those with special needs. These books are often taken to shutâ€"ins by volunteers with the Waterloo library‘s Visitâ€" ing Library Service. The most popular are the ‘"howâ€"toâ€"books" on subjects such as carpentry, decorating and plant care, says Staal. "Paperâ€" backs go like hotâ€"cakes," too. CHINCHILLA â€" with its inâ€" credibly soft fur is gentle and odorâ€"free making it ideal to be raised in your basement or garage. For free informaâ€" tion with no obligation write to â€" Adkins Chinchilla Farm LOR 1TO (services, marketing, supplies) R.R. 2 Lynden, Ont.