needed in template params for utf8 data, seems to not mind being in two places

C4/Templates.pm

@@ -108,6 +108,7 @@ sub param{
     while(@_){
 	my $key = shift;
 	my $val = shift;
+        utf8::encode($val) if utf8::is_utf8($val);
 	$self->{VARS}->{$key} = $val;
     }
 }