nh “keeping. with:
-coming *. drive - for? funds;

: Alderman ‘Don’ McAllister,
‘: the:council representative on.
we . the-library, board, introduced

a motion. ‘Monday, Proclaim

~~

ing the. week of. “May: 24° to
~ May. 31°! Library- Week | in:
~ ‘West: Vancouver”?

‘Plans.

~ os ..

» ‘McAllister « os outlined al!
a three-phase . expansion - for- ©.
“mat for. the library. to. cost “

“>. $1,500,000. ‘Current library ~

assets’ total $867,000: A still -

”. awaited grant | from: the *

“provincial government _ “can:

.. supply-$333,000. This leaves .;

“A “yesolution ‘Seeking fie

nancial’ ‘aid for.tenants was.
“passed: “Monday. -by™ North

Vancouver City council. =

“JCiarges thé Union « ‘of: B.C.

, Municipalities. to ask Victoria

> to. “ogrant that
- would : ‘apply: equally ‘to. all.

_* the ‘library board ‘$300,000
«short.

With 30, 000 families _ in

. West: Vancouver, ‘that en-.
-" tails, on am average, .a
‘donation. of. $30: for each”

‘West an: family. -
Presently: the - “West . Van:

Memozial ‘Library (construc: ~~ -
ted’ as-a memoriai to ‘West’ &
~ Van" ‘citizens “who. died. in’.

‘World . War: ‘Two) ‘has: only -

ra- 10,000 sq-ft. of floor. space.

. ie duple

‘Dealing with a ‘valteher!
Hayden: Stewart, P. ings

-Animais-in-waiting ~
Special fepture, Be 6.

ises, McAllister nofed the average .
x ‘apartments: ‘and ©
“ ‘condominiums would qualify: |

floor space-in _B. .C.. for a’
Jibrary i in a. municipality. the”
‘West Van‘ is:

bd

rinking beer. bi
‘told North:Van Dist
on a ark from. ‘W.

- Council:
-anvanimously © ‘endorsed: “the:
Library: Week: “fand. 1 raising

. arias is: ‘contingent’ ‘upon. 4
the’ cooperation’. -OF: the -pro-":
vincial: “government. - od Phase

~ McAllister: said the library.
" board: “took: the bull by the /
‘devised _ the:
_ unusual | donation ‘scheme

horns”’ © and.

are. ‘rising:
defay. oa

Le ‘Donations _ arising = from
Library Week’ will be tax:
'. deductible and may take the
form of property, Paintings .
.or other material items, as
_ well as money. 6) Lo

minding: -their owt ‘b
neil. ‘Monda: when

ng‘of. vandalism:in
hat wilful dest

-Circulation:- 46,000 oe : ‘May 19, 1976. a ees

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