Visiting dignitaries check out new library
Thursday, August 31st, 2006
By Chris Fitzsimon
By DAVID IRVINE, Daily Dispatch Writer
North Carolina Senate President Pro Tem Marc Basnight and local representatives visited the new H. Leslie Perry Memorial Library and several Henderson neighborhoods Wednesday prior to appearing at a Legislative Wrap-up sponsored by the Henderson-Vance County Chamber of Commerce.
Accompanying Basnight were state Sen. Doug Berger, who arranged the tour, and state Reps. Jim Crawford and Michael Wray.
A group of local officials and citizens welcomed the legislative representatives at the library. Library Director Jeanne Fox directed a tour of the facility.
Basnight said the library sends a powerful message of what a community can do. He indicated that he had not seen anything like it, even on a college campus. He described the library as “incredible” and “magnificent.”
Fox said the library represents a public/private cooperative undertaking, with support coming from local, state and federal governments as well from private grants and contributions. (more…)
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