Feature ArticleFebruary 13, 2002
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Marcel
Giroux receives prestigious library awardby
David BrisonOn
Wednesday, January 30, 2002, Marcel Giroux, Chair of the Kingston
Frontenac Public Library Board, was awarded the prestigious James Bain
Medallion for Library Trustee of the Year at the annual Super
Conference of the Ontario Library Association in Toronto.
The
James Bain Medallion is presented by the Ontario Public Library
Association to a public library trustee who has demonstrated
outstanding leadership in the advancement of public library service in
Ontario.
Mr. Giroux has been active in the library community since 1968, and
has served on the former Frontenac County Public Library Board, the
Library (amalgamation) Transition Committee, and the current Board of
the Kingston Frontenac Public Library.
Marcel came to teach at the Sharbot Lake High School 45 years ago and has been a very active member of the community. In addition to his work with the libraries, he has played a key role in a number of projects that have shaped the life of the community:
The North Frontenac Community Arena. He was a member of the founding board that in 1974 helped negotiate the political compromises that enabled the former townships of Oso, Olden, Hinchinbrooke, and Bedford to agree to jointly build an arena.
The North Frontenac News. Marcel was a member of the original communications group that in 1970 published the first North Frontenac News.
St. James Major church. He is generally recognized as the driving force behind the design and fundraising for the church. He since has developed a community summer concert series at the church one of the many community activities that use the church facilities.
The 911 committee in North and Central Frontenac. In 1997, shortly before municipal amalgamation, Marcel drafted the by-laws which enabled the two northern townships to get started on the necessary work for the 911 system. He subsequently chaired the committee of volunteers that has done the necessary backup technical work for the system.
Marcel also served as a councillor, deputy reeve, and reeve of the former Oso Township.
In June 2000, Marcel received the Central Frontenac Council Oso district senior of the year award. In accepting, he said that he intends to remain active, and that one of his initiatives will be to agitate for new and improved council chambers for Central Frontenac.
Since retiring as a guidance counsellor at the high school, Marcel has been employed as an associate of W.A. Robinson at the Simonette Financial Centre in Sharbot Lake.
