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County Doubles Its Reading Options With New Libraries ?Y MARJOBXE MKGXVEXN Brunswick Countians and viators cm add to their op portunities for relaxation and (tan two, count 'cm, brand new libraries. Residents at Oak Island and Letand, give a cheer for persistent crusaders in both areas who have talked, orga nized, planned and cajoled to bring these focibties to fruition. The G V. Barfaee Sr. Library and the oew Leland Public Library are open. The two buildings, each ap proximately 4,ow squire rect in mac, out wim axtierent architecture and floor plana, coat nearly $1 For Edith Tillman, a lender in Leland's efforts, that struggle has seemed endfoaa. "It all started in 1979," she related, "when I asked (State Rep.) David Redwine for $2,000 from the state to kick off the drive for a library. I had just moved here and found there waa nearly nothing in the way of a library; I had grown up with good li Drones. Wot Tillman found waa a of old books in a small mobile unit, formerly used by a bank on the cor ner of Village Road and Old Schoolhouse Road. Under >k. nt ? >w~~l i. it got short shrift from that board and no attention from the county, according to Tillman. "Nothing would have ever happmmi if some of us here in Leland hadn't started raising money," she said. Their efforts produced $60,000 from residents of the community; later, when Leland incorporated, its town government, along with Bellville and the state, boosted the total to $200,000. in<? ...l? ?v ...... took over the library system, $1.5 million was allocated from county funds for the two new constructions and for ren ovations to existing libraries in Shalktfte and Southport . "We've gone iinuugji a long pracaa," Human saiu in tiic Lmm irnti.j 1 1 - .?!? ? but finally we handed it ail over to the county. The t* ogress has been much better that way and helped us get more money from the community." The neat new red brick building next to Leland's Town Hall is centrally located and a mote inviting place to read than its predecessor, whoae contents were moved there on opening day. Oak Island, on the other hand, had ao library at ail be fore the bvdy O.V. Baitoee Sr. building roae oa Long Beach Drive. A hard-working .?g? the Oak Island Library Boosters, got to work early ia 1991, edu cating the public about the need. Ana Hines, former president of the group, said moat people ooo I realize toe uemepoous population grown) that has occurred on Oak bland. While Southport Shal lotte and l.eland, with a collective population of 5,135 residents. each has its own library. Oak Island includes three beach oonuminitirts where 4*725 people live with out one. All fin ||.... ? niihliah ? rl * |fc ? Bin n ?i. ?? -*-????! ? d Dcocnuie puDtisoea oy me Boosters proclaimed, "There has been no reading or study resource nearby for our students or for the elderly or working parents whose children need a library after school." Hines said the pub lic responded positively to the campaign for tends. Five lots were given by Gibson Baitoee Jr., and two others from United Carolina Bank, while the Duffcu raised $45,000 toward the project This effort paralleled that of Leland, and the county's proved by local organizations and the board. While inte riors of the two libraries are similar, there were opportu nities for individual preferences. Hises said Oak Island folks wanted a meeting room, while that was not a prior ity for Leland residents. As a result, a modest workroom can double as meeting space in the G.V. Bartoee Sr. building, which also boasts a quantity of glass in its walls, while Leland 's uae of glass is minimal. Neither has ? Hines lamented, "I really wasted it" One computer will be placed in each library, however, for word processing use by the public, and Hines said isSui* w ill be Cu hiuu each aftcmooc is the Oak sslsad *?? ihiiLj"' "l MMMMflMlt anil initially be moved there from the Brunswick County Library in Southport, which will cloae for a few weeks during renovation. Southport persoanel, too, will run the new Lbrary until August when four permanent and four temporary employees win oe urea tor oocn tacuioes. The county policy for book checkout is that anyone THE NEW LELAND LIBRARY ha. i for 20 yean. Two Injured Slightly in Collision With Turning Car I Wo persons mHimwl minor ia junes lad Thursday. May 26, ia a two-car aorideat that haupwind at 5J0 pi" on Holdea Road TI %7 mile, aa of Brandy Dawn Lackey, 18, of Morgan too, was driving west on m -o 1 ia u . inm r. , i ? a.. t^w aaa aa t waw waawaa hm? 1984 Cadillac^ttcmptcd a left tan into s private onvcwiy KB i Mcwry s pain, according to toe report woo oy v! f* t?t - a jf- a, ,-, | ? a f n.u rugnway nuroi trooper ill Murray. Lackey's car tfnek the turning Cadillac ia the right {Man ger area. Carolyn Watts Smith, 41, of Shal lotte, the driver of the Cadillac, and one of her three pasarngrts. Shawn Smith, 13, ata> of Shaflotte, woe transported lo The Braaawick Hosp ital with ounpiaim* of injury. Lac key was not figured. JT3& 'mtTto1 tfcT Q^UlaCv ggjgg lYooper ILL. Moray charged Wtfts with making an unsafe move 14? injuries and little damage May at the intersection of McMilly Road (SJL 1320) and Ladi Road that m votved a school bos. Brunswick County Schools bos driver Carrie Hill, 40, of ShaOode, had hw 1987 Ford bus ia the carthoand lane of McMiiiy hom at abooi /sO a.m. ? lead to rtudeatr aa the bus whea the baa rolled into the boot cad of a car to the 1985 Ibyota operated by Rhoada Jo Hewett, 35, of Supply. Damage to the bae war otimatod at sioa Hill told IVooper JJL Kerr she thought the bn was ia neutral gstt, WlNo A REFRESHING CHANGE FROM THE ROUTINE Live at Five Thursdays 4:30-8:30 Live entertainment ? WAVE 104 FM remote . by Sem'k Dieeount 6 Golf Canter, Country Club Villas, Little Rfrar Swim & Fitneoe Center. P T4M>Ci 1 Waterfront lunch grill, Fri. & Set. llKXM&O, Son. 2-4 ? SnmW Happy Hour, 4&0-7 with reduced drink pricae. ? Supar Sunday Branch 11-3 Jam with Jimmy Diamon ? 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Saturday hours are 9 a.m. till noon and Sundays M 1-A WW. In addition to the two new buildings, nearly $600,000 is being spent in renovations on libraries in Shallotte and Southport. Each of these facilities is being expanded. The Brunswick Countv Library will be the largest in the county with 5,760 square feet, while the West Brunswick Library will remain the smallest, with 2^32 square feet Maurice Tfete, county librarian, began laughing when questioned in mid-April about construction progress. "I'm laughing to keep from crying," she said, then ex plained, "I'm responsible for the outcome, but I'm not really in control." Although plans for closing the Southport facility and moving its equipment and person nel were under control, she said, she hau nu idn of <>p"uing dates. "I don't have the keys yet Furniture hasn't arrived," she said. 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