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 Martin Ramirez, Chris Barber Orlando Angelides and Mike Sheehan load shelves
 of books into a truck bound for the new public library.

A new library: The move begins


BY MARK J. CRAWFORD
 Telegraph Editor
 Despite the drizzle, work
began to move materials from
the old library into the new one
on Monday.
- At the county commission
meeting that morning, Bill
Weldon and Joe Nealon of
Allstate, Construction were
on hand to say the keys to
the substantially completed


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building had been handed over
to the library director, Phalbe
Henriksen.
 They were joined by architect
Spyros Drivas and onsite
superintendent Don Derringer.
 "We're delighted to turn
over the keys for this exciting
project," Nealon said, thanking
the commission for the
opportunity to be a part of it.
 Drivas said he, too, was
grateful for having had a hand-
in designing the project.
 He said the architects and
the construction team put their
minds and their souls into the'
library.
 Weldon said the main thing
Allstate wanted to report to the
commission is that the final
cost of the construction came in
under the guaranteed maximum
price of $2.95 million..
 "Funds will revert back to
the county on some work that
has been deferred," Weldon
said.
 Terry Vaughan, chairman of
the LibiaryAdvisory Board, said
Allstate had been tremendous
to work with. The library's a
facility the community can take
pride in and enjoy for many
years to come, and one that will
help fight illiteracy, he said.
 Since 2003, the advisory
board has sought community
input, met with consultants,
chosen architects and a
construction firm, helped


select a new location and'
made recommendations
as to the final design of the
facility. Each recommendation
was supported by the board
of county commissioners,
and Vaughan commended the:-
smooth working relationship
the commissioners maintained
with their advisers.
 Ultimately, however, the
biggest mark on the project
-belongs to Henriksen, who's
been planning for construction
of a new library for more.
than 10 years, and her staff.
That caused Nealon to joke-
that Allstate was presenting
Henrikson with a master's
degree in construction along-
with the keys to the building.
 By the end of the month, she
 and her staff will be experts in
 moving as well. The first few
 days of the month have been
 set aside to accomplish the,
 move, after which they'll spend
 the next few weeks putting
 everything in its place.
 The library will be closed
 up until the grand opening
 ceremony, which has been set
 for Friday, Oct. 26, at 2:30
 p.m. Everyone has been invited
 to join the celebration, which
 will include words from
 Florida Secretary of State Kurt
 Browning, Rep. Aaron Bean
 and County Commissioner
 John Cooper.


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making promises. to' address
concerns, but without written
conditions. Mutch objected,
restating the applicant's
willingness to comply with
conditions deemed appropriate
by the board. County Attorney
John Broling agreed. with the
objection, saying he could take
what had been entered into the
record and generate a long list
of conditioiis for applicationn
approval.
 Still, Braswell said the bog
was adverse to the morals of the
area and would lead to problems
with traffic, .environmental
damage and noise, etc.
 A planner testifying for the
opposition, Amber Riviere, said
the application itself contained
no information concerning how
such issues would be addressed.
There's a market. for.. bogs ,in
Bradford County, but not on
this property because it's too
small for the proposed use, she
said.
 Another witness for the
opposition, 'Tina. Demostene,


attacked Mutch's summary of community, and he wanted it to
compliance, calling itinaccurate stay that way.
and .asking questions like how a Baker later cast doubt on
mud bog was compatible with how many of those households
a residential neighborhood and&"were fighting the bog when
how the addition of park-ig for he presented a support petition
1,000 vehicles was in keeping signed by more than70 residents
with the ..ruial character of livingwithinthesamearea.That
Theressa. includes most of the houses on
 "What's he thinking?" she Southeast 16th, according to-
asked. Christine Ritch, Shaun Ritch's
 She said she loves these wife, and it includes the Ritch
kinds of activities but doesn't family, which has owned the
want them in her backyard, a land for generations.
common themeamong residents Toward the close of the
who asked board members if meeting Jamie Clemmons,
they would want to live next objected to the time limits
door to a mud bog. Chairman Doyle White began
 Tom Smith, a local realtor, to impose on speakers. The
testified that the bog would owners have invested a lot of
have a negative impact on money in the development and
property values, and he was have a right to be heard, he
followed bv Terry Hall and said.


more than a dozen of the
residents present who were
,against the bog. Hall showed
;pn aerial photo depicting 176
homes within two miles of the
bog and said Theressa was not'
put in the "boonies." Rothelle
Jones perhaps put the residents
objections most succinctly
when he said the. 40 years
he has spent in Theressa it
has been a. peaceful and quiet


 V O T E '- what's in the best interest of the
 Continue from.ilA dAcommunilt based on the values
 o....fm, that ha' e been established over
 cities. t, ime. The request to allow sales
 "You as individuals know came from one business, and
 what you belie% e, and ysou 'ere whHe there hadn't been an
 elected by the citizens of Starke o. oer helming response to the
 .th. youtf beliefs' Finle said, issues raised by that request
 urging commissioners to vote from peoplewholivewithin the
'their consciences.-. o v city limits, a number of people
 "t e a c mas or woman of.on both sides have spoken out.
 you conv icons.no what While Chastain said it was
 your convictions,.' not what
 somebody else tells 'you to be.. :he right of theIpeople to make
 Vote your belief," he said. this decision, not the. five
 Spooner. summarized the members of the board:Spooner
 .debate brought before the .sareed and said there-hadn't
 commission over the course of been overwhelming support.
 several. meetings -ne side of from citizensfor a referenda
 the dbat sad revenue Supporters of a ange might
 the debate ha-said revenue .feel the cit. sI. in the Dark
 will-be generated, but money eel the at's valuable to the Dark
 isn't everything, she said. The .Ages', ut what valuable to the
 other side is opposed to alcohol citizens has to be considered,.
 consumption, but individuals "Spoonersaid.
 have the right make their own If we don't have to change
 choices in that regard, she that, then let's not," she said.


added.
 In the end,


Spooner said,


 No otherspeakers approached,
however, and following a brief
deliberation with a few more
questions for Mutch, the board
voted unanimously to reject the
special exception application.
 An appeal will be filed,
but a hearing with the county
commission has not yet been
scheduled.


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 Lordy,
 Guess
 Who's 40!

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 Oct. 3, 2007
 Happy 40th
 Love, Julie
 We love you
 Daddy!
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