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" Two Mazdas. Two awards. 2.9% financing. We see a trend here. Waterloo public library to receive Gates grant The Waterloo public library will 'ecetve a $30983 gram thes summer from the Bell and Melinda Crates Foundation mth the assistance of the Ministry of Ciuzenhp, Cullum and Recre- anon The Gates Library lmttatrve grant ts desxgned to provide computers equipped mth Inter, net access and popular ofhce software, Six workstations, loaded wuh Microsoft software. one laser punter. one webwrver and a hub will be installed at the mam library on Albert Street "The pnonues of the bud, get," he explained. "were lo reduce the national debt, but m also gwe the Country the tools ll needs to succeed m the "The whole focus IS to create opportunities within our own country That is the only way people are gmng to 'itay 7 "And we haven': by any means finished the wb, We've only lust started " Chief hbrarian Joanne Tate said the grant will allow the library to provide software applications to people who curl- not afford therr own computers Use of the public workstauons will be free. A 1997' customer survey done by the library showed that 30 per cent of us users reported a household Income below 330.000. Having Six new work- stations will allow a subslamul improvement In servncc lu lower Income users. Fipapce minister with questions surrounding issues such as high sludunl debts. luluons fees and ade- quate educational mounts "We are not m the pmmun lo deal will tumon." he sud "Thaty a prowmml malltr TF Bul aflcr pointing out lhr forward steps the federal gov» crnmcnl has taken, such " cammmmg to 100,600. nun- mum scholarships for srudcns and provudlng S3,000-a-year grants for smgle parents who want lo further their educr lion, and also mcreasmg the spending fur health care mu the last four budgets, Martut said ll wrll now take everyone In thcse areas lo tut down and (md a Viable solution, (Continued from page 11) Federation of Students pres- ident-elect Chris Farley sad m order to attain quality resources. adequate space and qualified faculty. the govern- ment will have to shell out .I few more dollars for ulnar non, Marten, however, pul the onus of educational spcndmg onto the provinces by mung 11's up lo prchcrs “hm Ihc federal dollars alluc.ucd lor cducatron are spent