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Times-Advocate, 1988-03-09, Page 12Page 12 Times -Advocate, March 9, 1988 Huron library to be computerized Since February 1987 Huron County Library has been preparing to takea giant leap into the world of electronic information. In the past the library has catalogued its books and information .on 5"x3" cards. These cards were produced manually, filed manually and searched manually. These were time-consuming oper- ations and in some cases not com- pletely effective. If the librarian ca- taloguing the book did not successfully guess what words the patron would use in searching for a book, the patron would never find it. Or if the patron slightly mistook the wording of the title, the search again would be unsuccessful. An electronic catalog will remove most of the manual labour of main- taining a card catalog and will give the patrons many ways of finding Conservation Club to meet March 21 The Huron 4-H Conservation Club organizational meeting will be held at the Clinton High School on Monday, March 21, at 7:30 p.rn. in Room 117. The club's emphasis this year will be soil conservation. The club will be looking'at the nature of the soil, its importance, the effects of water • and wind, the problem of soil com- paction and an examination of our future in agriculture and society if we do o not manage our soils proper- ly. The club will have several field trips in the local arca and outside the county. The field trips will be a' practical application of the prob- lems and good soil management practices examined at the meetings. Our meetings will be led by Ray Hanna, Dave McClure and Ian Scott. • The Achievement Day program could include a visit to a conserva- tion tillage farm operation or possi- bly a field trip to the Conservation Farming Day to be held at the • Woodstock Research Station on June 28 and 29, 1988. Nick Gchynse Rural Orga. 'tion Spec ;dist CHAPARAL FENCING R.R. 1, Lucan Ontario NOM 2J0 ALL TYPES FREE ESTIMATES Industrial Fences Chain Link & Patio Farm Fences the information tncy want very quickly. . For the past year Huron County Library has been using a new tech- nology called CD ROM (Compact Disc Read Only Memory) to con- vert its catalog into an electronic format. Under the Jog Development Program of Employment and Immi- gration Canada, two workers were employed to convert the catalog. Under the provision of the Job De- velopment Program, these workers had to have been unemployed for over a year and the program had to include a training course for them. The whole program of database conversion and job training was co- ordinated by OLC Ontario Library Consortium. OLC membership consists of 15 counties, four cities and two town libraries. The Consor- tium has converted over 1.5 million catalog records in the last. 12 months and completed the process - on January 30th. This has been the single largest conversion in public libraries in Canada and has been completed in record time. A total of 49 workers were hired in libraries across the Province to input the records. Lambton College ran a series of correspondence cours- es for the workers entitled, comput- er concepts, Business Uses of Com- puters, the Automated Office and Small Office Systems. 34 of the 49 workers stayed the whole year and completed the courses with average marks of over 80 percent. These workers will receive a certificate from Lambton College. Of the 17 people who did riot complete the course, nine found full time work and one left for full time training. OLC is monitoring the workers who are not looking for work to es- tablish their success rate. Since these workers arc not proficient in. the use of microcomputers and some of the most popular business software packages (Lotus 123, Mul- timate, PFS file data base) and have a year's hands-on experience, it is anticipated that their success rate will be high. Locally, our workers reflected this situation. One worked with the pro- ject during the full year, and com- pleted the training course. Another started the project but left it in May to accept full-time permanent posi- tion with the Huron County Li- brary. Two others worked for a short time, one leaving to take a full-time position in her field and the other choosing to stay home with her family. What does all this mean for the residents of Huron County? By May the library will receive a small sil- ver disc which will contain the cata- log records of all the books in the 21 libraries in OLC. This disc will give- users the ability to search by author, title, subject or by any other word in the record. The user will be able to check not only the records in the local library but what isavaila- blc elsewhere in the Province. The system is simple to use and very "use friendly". ion County Library will have a demonstration unit this spring and will make a decision on the number of units to install in 1989. These Public Access Catalogs could be in- stalled in the eleven larger town and village libraries, bringing to Huron County branch libraries a level of access to information equivalent to that available only in city libraries such as London or Stratford. On the compact disc will be the Ontario Library Consortium's over 1.5 million records, including 72,000 from Huron County Li- brary. Phone Bob Hardy 227-4160 Parker & Parker Ltd. Farm & Municipal Drainage R.R. 2 Zurich Clay and plastic tile installations Backhoe Service Available For estimates: Call: Wayne Cook Zurich 236-7390 Hensall 262-3434 PRECIOUS BLOOD ,SPEAKERS -- Exeter Legion representative (right) was on hand Thursday to reward Precious Blood Separate School students for their public speaking performances. Back row, left; in the jun- 'or division: Julie Koricina (first), Toni Dejong (second), Linda Jacob (third). Front row, left; in the intermediate division: Erin Kraftcheck (first), Stepha- nie Cook (second) and Rita Bilcke (third). f CUSTOM CLOVER SEED APPLICATION • March & April is the time to apply clover because it will get a better catch in the spring • Our Honda ATV & broadcast spreader offer an even spread with little soil compaction. • Applying clover now means that you can apply "N" at your leisure. eTH PS'ON Hensall 262-2527 FERTILIZER! Port Albert 5294901 PUBLIC SPEAKERS -- Legion representative Clay Murray (back, right) presents awards to the wigners of the Exeter Public School public speaking contest. Standing from the leff are Jacklyn Wright(third, Jr.), Derek Beckett (first, Int.), Robin Poole (second, Int.) and Anne Walper(third, Int.). Seated are Melanie Phillips (second, Jr.) -and Jeff Bowan (first, Jr.). Centralia World .Day By Mrs. TOM KOOY Centralia The World Day of Prayer in the United Church was well attended. when the UCW entertained mem- bers. - Gladys Buswell was the leader for the service with music supplied throughout by Glena Tripp dressed in Brazilian costume. Those taking part in the prayers were Etta Powe, Vcrda Lightfoot, Audrey McFalls and Lois Wilson. A skit was presented by Janet Hicks and Iva Blair based on the life of Ruth. Rev. Carter's message was "Open Hearts, Open Doors" which was very inspiring. Lois. Wilson sang a solo followed by Prayer by Rev. Carter. A lovely Lunch was served following the ser- vice. Card Parties When we met at Hcywoods Re- staurant February 29 prizes weirt to Iligh score Jessie Lcwis, Murray Carter, Lone. Hands Glace Wurm, Joe Carter, Low score Irene Culbert, Ed Armstrong. Next euchre will be March 14 at 2:30. Prize winners at Neil's school- house February 29 were High score Grace Dixon, Murray Carter, Lone Hands Dorothy Darling, Tom Kooy, Low score Marg Thompson, Ed Armstrong. Special score prizes went to Marlyn Dixon and Otto Darling. • Next euchre on March 14 will be convened by Bill and Marlyn Dixon and Mrs. Von Overholt. United Church At the United Church on Sunday Rev. Deb Cartcr chose as her text "Zeal For God's Temple". Junior. Young People are going bowling at Zurich from 6:30 to 8 p.m. on Thursday evening of this week. Vil- lagers are asked to meet at manse at 6:10 for a ride. Plcasc plan to pay your own costs. Zion church Messengers will host a crokinole party at Zion West Church on Tuesday March 15 at of Prayer 7:30 p.m. Plcasc bring crokinole boards and card table. Pot luck lunch. Reserve Palm Sunday March 27 following worship at Centralia. The Confirmation class will host a spe- cial meal to raise money for Mis- sions. Tom and Mary Kooy celebrated their 53rd wedding anniversary on the weekend with cards on Saturday cvcning and dinner out on Sunday. Their bridemaid Helen MacDonald of Lucan was with them Saturday cvcning. - Let us add an MINS •ME Gas Fireplace to any room in your home and enjoy the beauty, warmth and romance that only a real fire can offer. ; rye'. i.%:,�:::: �: �:,::::::::::: u,gM�g; Ir Bailey's Hensall 262-2020 ern soybeans white beans .coloured bear idneys wheat barley oats canolca forage reemerge postemerge spot treatment pr lant incorporate application rates NPK mi utrients liquid fertilizer dry fertilizer soil test ustom blending custom application the fu res market outlook contracting storage c p marketing advice production credit corr )ybeans white beans coloured beans kid heat barley oats ccanola forages preem )ostemerge spot treatment preplant incorE ipplicotion rates NPK micro -nutrients liquic arfilizer dry fertilizer soil tests custom blenc ustom application the futures market outi< :ontrcacting storage crop marketing advice production credit corn soybeans white bee Toured beans kidneys wheat barley ocat When there's so many decisions to be made in farming today, it's nice to know you really only have to make one— Cook's—where you can trade with confidence. 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