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WPL adds antiques database to its website e Waterloo public I library has added a new online dataâ€" base for identifying, researching and pricing art, antiques and colâ€" lectibles to its eBranch. Price It! includes more than 23 million records, covering a wide range of antiques and collectibles, The database is updated with more than two milâ€" lion records a month. "Price It! also includes more than 10 million pictures," said WPL‘s manager of information services, Gloria van Eekâ€" Meijers, "so WPL users can view exactly what they are looking for and he Independent l Living Centre of Waterloo Region will present the ninth annual Independent Livâ€" ing Awards June 7 at the Country Hills Communiâ€" ty Centre in Kitchener. The event celebrates the positive achieveâ€" ments that bring greater independence for all people with disabilities. _ The awards offer seven categories to recâ€" Schools to hold blood drives C a n a d i a n Blood Services and school boards across Waterloo Region are learnâ€" ing how to give back to their comâ€" munities in a speâ€" cial way â€" by giv ing blood at their local bloodâ€"donor clinies The initiative called Learning Save Lives From n O w through April 30, board members. principals, teach ers, homeâ€"school committees and students will be visiting bloodâ€" donaor clinics and donating blood to help ensure that people battling serious injury and illness receive the blood products they need. information, call 1 â€"888â€"236â€"6283 For more the condition of an item." Van Eekâ€"Meijers said that the database will be of interest to serious colâ€" lectors, antique dealers or anyone just trying to determine the value of something found in the altic. The database proâ€" vides fast and accurate value determination, with just a few mouse clicks. "Price It! covers a wide range of collectibles, not just highâ€"end antiques," says van Eekâ€"Meijers. _Sources for the data include online auctions such as eBay and GoAnâ€" Candidates _ have included individuals with disabilities who have succeeded in achieving personal indeâ€" pendence; â€" teachers, social workers, occupaâ€" tional therapists and others who help make it happen; retail compaâ€" nies who make their locations inviting, accesâ€" sible and respectful; and LIEESTYLI tiques, online retail sites and landâ€"based auction houses. Price It! is the latest addition _ to _ WPLs eBranch, a virtual library branch that _ was launched in 2005. WPL‘s eBranch proâ€" vides access to a wide range of virtual collecâ€" tions and services from any computer with an Internet connection, 24 hours a day and seven days a week. WPL‘s eBranch is available at www.wpl.ca. "With WPLs eBranch, the library is always open," says van Eekâ€"Meiâ€" jers. For more information or to nominate a person or organization, visit www.ilcwr.org in the awareness/awards secâ€" tion. The nomination deadline is April 27; help with writing submisâ€" sions _ is _ available through the centre. T A S TING S B ELIEV ING (>) cowan THE WATERLOO «d REAL MEN CAN Cooy CAN REAL MEN COOK? YOU BE THE JUDGE! Waterioo City Centre, Human Resources Department 100 Regina Street South 519â€"747â€"8521 Waterioo Columbla Street Fire Station 470 Columbia Street West 519â€"884â€"2121 l gh. miuft JK a 4 500 Hallmark Drive, Waterloo 519â€"886â€"8886 x 201 [96 couaut / ght Reau WHEN: Saturday, April 28, 2007 LOCATION: The Waterloo Inn & Conference Centre 475 King Street North, Waterloo TIME: 6:00pm to 1:00am TICKETS: UVE & $50.00 Cash bar _ SILENT tho id The Waterioo Inn & Conference Centre 475 King Street North 519â€"884â€"0220 TICKETS AVAILABLE AT: All proceeds go to KidsAbility WAT ERLO O FERENCE CENTRE SPONSORED BY groat Nun areat cithesi 1090 oldies francesco alaimo architect inc. WATERLOO CHRONICLE * Wednesday, April 4, 2007 + 15 ca or §19â€"747â€"8521 KidSAbility