Summer Reading Program To Continue Unchanged

July 28, 2016 at 4:25 p.m.

By TERESA SMITH, Times-Union Staff Writer-

The summer reading program will proceed this year without any noticeable cutbacks, according to Warsaw Community Public Library director Ann Zydek. Zydek talked about the program at the board of directors' meeting Monday.

Several corporations have provided donations, requested by community services board supervisor Margaret Fritzel. The program had 1,483 participants last year.

Received in April were gifts from Warsaw Reading Club, $50; Zerelda Reading Club, $25; Biomet, $350; International Palace of Sports, $1,500; and from Bertsch, $1,000.

Board president Larry Chamberlain commented that students who read all summer go back to school in the fall a better reader.

Registration for the summer reading program begins at 9 a.m. June 2.

Zydek also reported the Kosciusko County council approved the library's capital projects funds and subsequent tax levy increase during their last meeting.

The rate for Wayne Township residents in 2004 will be an additional $0.0168; for 2005, $0.0141; and for 2006, $0.0141. The funds will be used to upgrade and expand the library's computer systems and purchase 30 new computers over the three-year period.

In other business, the board:

• Approved the Inter-Library Loan policy, reflecting current procedure.

• Heard an advance draw on property taxes could be made by June 15, with the remaining funds available in mid-November.

Library board members are Larry Chamberlain, Joel Curry, Paulette Sauders, Tony Etienne and Mark Morrison. John Yingling and Ruth Jones were absent. [[In-content Ad]]

The summer reading program will proceed this year without any noticeable cutbacks, according to Warsaw Community Public Library director Ann Zydek. Zydek talked about the program at the board of directors' meeting Monday.

Several corporations have provided donations, requested by community services board supervisor Margaret Fritzel. The program had 1,483 participants last year.

Received in April were gifts from Warsaw Reading Club, $50; Zerelda Reading Club, $25; Biomet, $350; International Palace of Sports, $1,500; and from Bertsch, $1,000.

Board president Larry Chamberlain commented that students who read all summer go back to school in the fall a better reader.

Registration for the summer reading program begins at 9 a.m. June 2.

Zydek also reported the Kosciusko County council approved the library's capital projects funds and subsequent tax levy increase during their last meeting.

The rate for Wayne Township residents in 2004 will be an additional $0.0168; for 2005, $0.0141; and for 2006, $0.0141. The funds will be used to upgrade and expand the library's computer systems and purchase 30 new computers over the three-year period.

In other business, the board:

• Approved the Inter-Library Loan policy, reflecting current procedure.

• Heard an advance draw on property taxes could be made by June 15, with the remaining funds available in mid-November.

Library board members are Larry Chamberlain, Joel Curry, Paulette Sauders, Tony Etienne and Mark Morrison. John Yingling and Ruth Jones were absent. [[In-content Ad]]

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