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From YouTube: Buncombe News Update -- Pack Library Rededication
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Pack Memorial Library is officially renovated and reopened. This Buncombe News Update covers their recent rededication ceremony. Speakers includes Library Director, Ed Sheary, best-selling renown author Elizabeth Kostova, John Bridges and Commissioner Chairman David Gantt. Library staff and volunteers worked extremely hard to box up over a quarter of a million items for the renovation. The North Carolina Section received an upgrade, as did the Children's Department, the main floor, electrical system, layout, ventilation system, restrooms, and much more. This was the first upgrade the library received since it's opening.
A
At
an
event
like
this
always
a
lot
of
time
is
spent
thanking
people
and
the
more
people
you
think
individually.
The
more
likely
you
are
to
miss
someone
who
should
be
thanked,
I'm
going
to
restrict
my
thanks
to
two
very
broad
groups:
first,
to
the
people
of
asheville
and
buncombe
county
who
love
their
libraries,
and
I
appreciate
all
of
you
coming
out
on
this
tuesday
afternoon.
We've
had
occasions
like
this
across
the
county,
as
we've
dedicated
new
libraries
and
everyone's
a
pleasure
just
to
see
and
talk
to
the
people
who
love
their
libraries.
A
A
We
had
seen
until
maybe
this
one
staff
upstairs
working
in
their
coats
and
50
55
degrees,
because
the
building
had
already
been
opened
up
by
the
contractors,
and
these
people
brought
us
through
a
quarter
of
a
million
items,
boxed
unboxed,
reshelve
cleaned
the
work
that
went
into
this
project
by
the
library
staff
is
incredible
and
I.
Oh
I.
Think
I
will
always
remember
that
as
the
first
memory
I
have
of
this
stat.
So
thank
you
now.
It's
my
pleasure.
A
Think
the
most
important
thing
I
want
to
say
about
her
today.
Besides
the
fact
that
I'm
sure
you
all
know
she's
written
two
bestselling
novels
the
historian
and
the
Swan
things,
you
may
not
know
about
an
earlier
book
that
she
worked
on
about
16
years
ago,
with
Anthony
Lord
called
1927,
a
good-natured
recollection
of
a
journey,
and
that's
when
I
first
met
her
was
when
she
was
working
on
that
book.
A
Elizabeth's
Asheville
roots
go
back
quite
deep
and
she'll
tell
maybe
tell
you
a
little
bit
about
that.
But,
most
importantly,
what
I
want
to
say
about
elizabeth
is
elizabeth
is
really
a
librarian
and
its
genetic
sitting
behind
her
as
a
mother
librarian,
her
grandmother,
a
librarian,
how
she
missed
it
I'm,
not
quite
sure,
but
she
is
contributing
to
libraries
by
putting
wonderful
books
into
them.
So
Elizabeth
will
you
speak
with
us
today
as.
B
B
Our
gathering
today
reminds
me
of
an
experience,
I
hadn't
or
almost
exactly
a
year
ago,
I
was
waiting
to
step
out
on
the
auditorium
stage
and
a
very
large
and
patrician
library,
an
historic
library
in
a
northeastern
city.
I
leave
unnamed
curious,
as
always
about
the
health
of
libraries.
I
asked
the
program
director
how
things
were
going
there
his
face
fell.
B
We
were
supposed
to
have
a
major
renovation
done
by
now.
He
said
we
began
three
years
ago
and
got
about
halfway
through
and
then
the
stock
market
crashed
and
the
city
fathers
decided.
This
was
not
a
high
enough
priority.
If
you
walk
down
that
hall
there,
if
you
said
you'll,
see
rooms
that
are
half
finished,
emptied
out
and
just
boarded
up
for
now.
B
A
A
year
we're
actually
doing
something:
it's
fairly
rare
in
Buncombe,
County,
world
and
rare
in
the
library
we're
naming
rooms
for
two
people.
Mary
Parker
has
been
an
active
part
of
this
library
for
more
than
60
years.
That's
not
counting
her
childhood.
As
being
a
library
patron.
She
was
active
in
the
state.
She
was
president
Friends
of
North
Carolina
libraries.
A
Marion
was
a
big
part
of
the
effort,
the
campaign
to
get
this
building
built
in
the
first
place
and
because
of
her
friendship
with
Tony,
Lord
and
George
Stevens,
and
this
whole
group
who
were
on
the
library
board
for
many
many
years
getting
this
building
built,
was
about
a
30
year
process
and
Mary
was
there
for
almost
all
of
it.
When
this
building
became
what
it
is
today
in
1978
Mary
started
the
book
sale.
A
So
for
the
first
time
we
had
the
Friends
of
the
library
book
sale
and
over
the
years,
the
ensuing
almost
30
years.
Since
the
book
sales
started
its
brought
in
several
hundreds
of
thousands
of
dollars
to
support
prints
and
library
programs,
so
we
think-
and
we
want
to
thank
both
the
library
board
and
the
county
commissioners
for
agreeing
to
this,
to
name
the
Friends
of
the
library
bookstore
up
on
the
main
floor
for
in
honor
of
Mary
Parker.
A
So
Mary
I
wish
you
were
here,
but
she
couldn't
be
with
us
this
afternoon
and
but
she
will
be
back.
I
am
sure
the
second
person
who
are
going
to
talk
about
is
here-
and
this
does
make
a
little
harder
for
me,
because
I
have
to
I
now
have
to
be
pretty
serious
and
straight
because
John
bridges
hired
me.
A
We're
going
to
name
the
children's
activity
room,
which
is
the
next
room
as
you
go
out,
the
auditorium
to
the
right
for
John
and
a
couple
of
staff
nerves
that
were
naming
the
children's
activity
room
for
mr
Bridges.
He
was
mr.
culture
here
in
Asheville.
We
think
of
him
with
chamber
music
reviews
in
the
newspaper
about
the
Asheville
symphony.
A
C
C
D
D
Things
I
found
when
I
became
a
commissioner
is
if
there
is
no
legal
requirement
for
libraries
in
North
Carolina.
It's
shocking
and
I
thank
people
that
came
for
us.
The
vision
of
folks
that
we
need
libraries
will
need
libraries
in
every
community
and
we
try
to
do
that.
But
this
is
the
cornerstone.
We
actually
change
the
policy
of
buncombe
county
to
honor,
folks
that
were
living,
and
we
did
that.
We
knew
there
were
two
people
here
that
they'd
be
honored
and
you
prompted
the
change
that
had
been
on
the
books
for
50
years.
D
Amazingly
finished
four
months
earlier,
and
that
was
because
of
some
folks
I
want
to
talk
about
number
one:
Wanda
green,
the
county
manager,
who's
working
on
last
minute
research
for
me
today,
John
pray,
John
is
here
somewhere
he's
always
in
the
background.
Never
in
the
front,
but
he's
always
working
and
Greg
is
rayon.
Think
is
also
here.
They
made
this
happen.
They
made
it
happen
for
months
before
support
supposed
to
do
so.
Let's
give
them.