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WA'l'lzllllXJ CHRONICIE ' Wednesday. December 13. 2010 0 7 New library board will learn from lessons of the past BY Cwuuuri't PROM Putnam excitement at WPL raised public awareness investigation by the Ministry oflourisni and ness at the library in a transparent manner." W 7 v 7 chronicle Sta/7 Av We of the possibility to volunteer on the library (fulture, which oversees libraries, found she said. board." Sctan said. “Council was thrilled to there were no infractions of the Public l'he board has already made changes. hen the new Waterloo Public see the calibre of the applicants and that the libraries Act. including providing agendas and informa~ Wl.ibrary board meets for the first individuals who applied were collectively But the situation did give the board a tion packages for their public meetings time in 201 1. there Will be a fresh focused on the bright and exciting future of chance to evaluate best practices moving online. group of people with diverse skills sitting our library We had seven spots to fill and the forward, Scian said. “1 think that this board is going to be able around the table. community stepped up in “I absolutely think that our experience to do fabulous things moving forward. We Ilie seven new trustees spades to serve." over the last couple of years has illustrated have a wide diversity of skills, and we have a have experience in l], human ._ , Among the new faces are that we need to be vigilant about doing busi~ lot of stuffto do," Scian said. resources, finance and com» ", recently elected city council~ munication. among other ‘ a lor Melissa Durrell. formerly things And almost all of 5 ”a? ' a reporter with (SKCO News. ‘ TILLEY them have some experience 2 ‘ z She'll be joined by author COLD_WEATHER HATS with board govemance. \ “a, 5; and former philosophy pro- “My goal as a councillor ‘ lessor Elmer Thiessen and k with (board chair] Steve ' lan Gilchrist. a retired school _ , TTW'C TECJVOOL CAP Bryant * is to see this board . , - board IT supervisor. L_ If]: f ,- . Fabric Is designed to work “I”, vour "’ function very much as the A Xiaopu l-ung has served ‘ ~ body temperature to keep you hydro board does. as an as a volunteer coordinator A '-'*.; comfortable and dry operational board," said city “m are need to be for ignite Waterloo, and Q , _ ’ 7.0 " I 90 j y 1 councillor Karen Scian. head- ~ -1 b speaks fluent Mandarin. ‘ ‘ f l ' 3 ° “00 ‘ I “ polyestu. OW. ing into her second term with “lgl anta out “She’s a wonderful young ., p. .» ' " , v 6 ° polyurethane the library. doing business at woman." Scian said. “She's a ' ‘w’ ’ A ' (1 “It's not a committee." h l-b - perfect example of someone L , "w“; a 00m v ONLY Over the past year. the I e l fury In from the young professional ’ l “Hey “will” , board worked to develop a a transparent group that everyone is trying 5 l” skills matrix to match up with n to tap into v that group of the work that is done at the 17161717197: TedX kids." h ”FEST“! GOTHING FOR MN (- WOMEN . board. This month. city â€"Coun. Karen Sclan Rounding out the group ‘\ Turn “Wm” ' Roma Rooms council made their selections are Sarah llackbusch. Caleb ’ wa from a deep pool of candidates. Franz Kouahou and Brendan Lowther. ea 0 e MOI KING STREET NORTH, ST. JACOBS They received 22 applications. about a 35 Questions about the practices of the for- 5" 664-2663 per cent increase over the number received mer board arose after Cathy Matyas was in 2007, fired and it came to light that some board c "I think it is fair to say that the recent members had high rates ofabsenteeism. An INDIAN “IVE“ D'RE T . . GI"! MOM) SALE Former candidates land on committees By Grim MACDONALD Councillors also got their assignments for Thursday January 6 Chronicle Staff the next four years. 1mm-mon Coun, Karen Scian will be the city's liaison - The city appointed its citizen committees on the contentious Community Grants com- St Jacobs Anthues Market earlier this month. handing a number of mittees. which hand out funding for arts. dbes'de St- Jaoobs Mark“) losing candidates from October's election con- culture and sports programming. solation primes. She will also be pan of the Waterloo Eco- liormer Ward 6 councillor and mayoral nomic Development Committee and the candidate lan d'Ailly will sit on the Trans» Waterloo Public Library Board. "mtg“, January 6 portation and Trails Advisory Committee Mayor Brenda Halloran. will have a spot 12.30pm-2.30pm During the election. d'Ailly proposed an on the audit committee. the safe and healthy TJ’S Roadhouse “innovation trail" that would loop through community and the economic development (1458 Weber St E) the uptown. committee. Ward 6 candidate Anne (Irowe will also sit New (loun, [eff Hen 'will sit on Town and on the trails committee, Gown. the Clair lake tarzk force. the Waterloo 20lb box Of M. Ml“: NM' cram Blaine (irav, who ran a ainst Diane Free» Environmental Advisory committee and the ‘ ' man in Ward 4, will be a nilember of the \t’ol~ advisory committee on culture. ' Of Ruby M Gum“ m'wp“ box unteer Services Advisory Committee. along Coun. Mark Whaley will be a part of the with liastbridge Neighbourhood Association ambassador committee. the environmental .......... _ .' n............ _ chair (IindyWatkin. advisory committee and the volunteer serv- . ‘ . . Losing school board candidate Tom icescommittce. . ‘g A . . Schell will be a member ofthe Waterloo (litie (Joun. Dian Freeman. meanwhile, will be ‘ t ’ 1, .‘ _ [en‘s Advisory Committee. as will local feder- council's representative on the Clair Lake A k I: s . ill Green Party candidate Cathy Maclcllan. task force and the recreation services adviso- - \ ”once . g. ;_» . Peter Woolstencroft. who challenged for ry. ‘ Mpg 3x90 ; i . Ward 7 in October's election. will sit on the (Ioun. Angela Victh will sit on the Munici~ a mm 5' “ - lown and Gown Committee, which deals pal HeritageCommittee. as well as the trans PRES" "r“,u‘lflj, ' . with relations between the municipality and portation and trails committee. AA 69 ‘ 10 , H 5 99 l f f the city's two universities. Woolstencroft is a Court. Scott Wilmer will be a part of the . HlGH OUliLlTY l AAA 79 ‘ t‘ " 10 it 6 99 l . retired University ofWaterloo professor. uptown vision committee. along with Coun. ‘lnlflf‘ "H3" 1 D 1 59 “A My 10 w 14 99 l Dec, 31 â€" ClOSEd at 4pm I (Ihristinc (larmody. a Northdalc resident Melissa l)urrell, who will also sit on the dog . . i p " t : l N “J r‘” . y . , . . , i\ii((l.\lllll.llt c 159».i.10m1499 Jan.1~Closed and tonsistent tritit of the CI!) s politics in appeal committee. uptown streetscapes task . , . , 9V 2 49 10, 23 99 . the city neighbourhood. will also sit on the force, the library board and the Waterloo ‘ ‘IHiIN‘l "" ”' “" jamâ€"KaAâ€"sflfi- . committee iark committee. Gaines lm cw ‘ tumult] "‘ E ? t . . . . F . -B tP' ll‘l trig??- ' BPACKCORD I Grand River Hospital improves mortality rates 93 ”098 l" W". , , .- 3 2 pm 9 von . (mind River Hospital is the most The hospital tiiidertook three key ; "ll.“l l _ . - FILYI‘IL‘l = improved hospital in the country according improvements after getting dismal results of fun,“ M |‘ l'rlflnl'“ ,‘ t t t' t ' to the Canadian institute for Health lnfor 119 in EMF/2008 and again in 2008/2009. { h m sT-n ' i ‘3 a {97m H L‘“ I" l‘ - minions annual mortality report. Patient care has now been organi7ed into . i ' . V d “if -- - 4,41: 4" lltc hospital standardi/ed mortality ratio 14 distinct programs and services, each with /,f _ - - l , 1} 41 ll 1 J 1 f i" l "A = reflects the number of deaths in it hospital itsown qualitv improvement plan ff?" 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