South Marion Citizen - Freedom Public Library - July 9, 2010

By Carol Jones


County to receive library petitions

No question about it, the patrons of Freedom Public Library are in favor of the long-overdue expansion of this facility. During the last of May and early June, The Friends presented petitions for expansion to every patron entering the library. We collected over 80 pages, totaling over a thousand signatures since some pages contained more than others. Thanks to each of you from The Friends and the library staff for your continued support.

But it's not over yet. Please come and add your physical support when the Friends present all these signed petitions at the Commissioners budget meeting on Monday, July 12, at 2:30 p.m., 601 SE 25th Avenue (McPherson Complex).

This library serves a growing community and extra space is sorely needed to support this growth.

--We are running out of space for books. More space for more books means a better variety of books for the use of our patrons.
--An additional, larger community room means more children can participate in the children's programs, and the continued availability of the current room allows for simultaneous adult activities.
--We need more space for computers and other equipment so necessary in today's world.

This library was considered too small the day it was built. It’s even more inadequate today. We need to meet the demands of our patrons and provide the additional space.

Also, --and you don’t want to miss this-- in honor of Freedom Public Library's tenth anniversary, The Friends have scheduled an open house celebration for Thursday, September 9, 2010, the actual date the library opened its doors to the public in 2000. This celebration is still in the planning stages and further information will be available as the time draws near.