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Happy workman creating chaos in the old reference room.

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The Meeting Room takes on a new look as reference material is relocated.

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Trying to solve the wiring problems created by new telephone system.

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Trying to solve the wiring problems created by new telephone system.

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Trying to solve the wiring problems created by new telephone system.

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Opening Day - 14 May

Mrs. Marie Lowe. Staff Member, helps returning members.

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Extensive work readying the parking area for the addition.

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Plans for enclosing the present front of the Library were not what we requested and must be changed.

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The Director setting up the computer for the accountant.

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Beginning the altering of the interior.

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Progress on the parking area. In the background trucks are working on the far side of the parking area.

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Sidewalk for the convenience of the patrons is being constructed.

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Compacting and leveling the parking lot continues.

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First section of asphalt is laid.

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Parking area put to good use by patrons and workmen.

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Grading and ground prepared for seeding.

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Young patrons enjoy the smooth surface.

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Library business as usual as patrons are requested to use the front door.

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Enclosure of the front is as we requested. Full enclosure will be delayed until later in the construction.

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Digging out for lower level which will hold the elevator shaft, staff lounge and rest rooms.

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Left foreground shows the old steps that were removed from the back of the building.

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Material for cement work outlining the new area of the facility.

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Front entrance side walls are ready for the cement. Consultation on the next step.

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Getting ready for the base of the sidewalls of the addition.

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All ready for the cement trucks and ...

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Heeeeere they come! Bill Armstrong, Site Manager, answers the phone while he oversees the pouring.

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Checking the results, and it is looking good.

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Front entrance area takes shape.

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Outline of foundation facing Pleasant View Ave. Dirt is being compacted and readied for the cement flooring.

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Front entrance steps are being shaped.

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Progress! Steel beams outline the addition and the new entrance.

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80 foot boom delicately places the heavy beams.

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Barely seen is a worker walking the beam.

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Inside work is moving more slowly. Here a new partition is going up.

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Work is started on the new entrance.

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Framing in the entrance roof and the addition roof is in the process of being shingled.

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Shingles are on and the outside walls begin to shape. Openings for windows are in place.

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The simple elegant arch enhances the entrance.

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Busy workman framing in the bay window of the addition.

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A view that shows the integration of the new expansion with the old facility.

93.

The additon being readied for the vinyl siding.

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A view from Pleasant View Avenue again shows the integration of the new with the old.

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New ceiling in the old Children's Room to conform to the height of the new addition.

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Two of the arches for the vaulted ceiling at the new entrance.

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Interior of lower level before renovation.

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Interior upper level with new wall and opening for a window between adult and children's area.

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Another view of the wall between the adult and children's area.

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At the same time, the sidewalk along the parking area was finished and the lights were being prepared for the parking area.