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Oregon Road Conditions & Cams Email Story to a Friend September 10, 2005 Central Point library to open its doors today By BUFFY POLLOCK for the Mail Tribune CENTRAL POINT — The city’s spacious new library will open today with an 85-book brigade, music, historical displays, tours and refreshments. Margaret Jakubcin, west county regional manager for Jackson County Library Services, said she can’t wait to hear the "oohs and aahs" likely to be invoked by the new space. "As much as people have been seeing the structure grow, I continue to think they will be very surprised when they come inside," she said. "It’s spacious and quite beautiful, but different than anything we’ve had in the other libraries to this point. I just think the building itself will be unexpected." Central Point is the 10th of 15 libraries to be rebuilt or refurbished as part of a $38.9 million bond approved by voters in 2000. Advertisement Today’s event will kick off at 1 p.m. with a book brigade from the old library on East Pine to the new facility at 116 S. Third St. A final 85 books will be passed, hand-to-hand, symbolizing the number of years for which library service of one sort or another has been available to residents. The brigade will line East Pine and turn down South Third Street. At 1:30 p.m., a local group of Polynesian dancers will perform in an outdoor plaza between new City Council chambers — built in conjunction with the library — and the library itself. The small courtyard is hailed by a wrought-iron clock tower visible through floor-to-ceiling windows incorporated into the new library design. At 2 p.m., brief speeches will be given by city and library officials, followed by a ribbon-cutting at 2:30 p.m. An open house is planned from 2:30 to 4:30 p.m., giving residents a chance to tour the library and peruse displays by Jakubcin and Central Point Friends of the Library. At 8,188 square feet, the new library is three times the size of its predecessor. "It worked for what it was needed to do," said Friends President Dorothy Throne. "It was functional, but it lacked a lot of things you would like in a library. "Seating was uncomfortable. Lighting wasn’t the best. And, when the sun shone in those windows from the west, it was blinding." Throne said the new facility was a palace compared to its predecessor. "The space is wonderful. It’s really� I’m not even sure what word to use. Really magnificent compared to what we have now." From start to finish, the $1.7 million project took two years, Jakubcin said, one year for design, community input and other assessments and one year for construction. For more information, visit www.rebuildourlibraries.org on the Web. Buffy Pollock is a free-lance writer living in Medford. E-mail her at [email protected]. Mail Tribune Home | Local News | Sports | Business | Obituaries | Life | Opinion AP News | Archives | Site Map | Community | Classified Copyright © 1997-2005 Mail Tribune, Inc. All rights reserved. Privacy Policy | Terms & Conditions | Website Feedback www.bingo.com Home Security Systems Trunks, Footlocker dvd-r Distance Education Computer Security Ztech Media Hosting Sports Equipment Online Casino Reviews Student Loans tcg student loan consolidation Online Pharmacy online casino Myspace Home Equity Loans Windermere Van Vleet Rogue Valley Travel Reservationstogo Hotel Reservations Southern Oregon Loans Online Casino News Natto Kinase Nattokinase Casino Gambling Sites Budget Website Templates Investments & Loans Advertisement s