Friday, January 27, 2006

Groundbreaking Ceremonies

The Board of County Commissioners (BOCC) and the Citrus County Library System (CCLS) officially conducted the groundbreaking ceremonies for the much anticipated new Homosassa Public Library on Friday, January 27, 2006. Chairman Gary Bartell as well as commissioners Jim Fowler, Dennis Damato, Vicki Phillips, and Joyce Valentino were all in attendance.

The event began shortly after dawn with a formal ground blessing by the Red Eagle Lodge to honor Florida’s heritage. At 9:00 am Library Director, Flossie Benton Rogers opened the official ceremony and introduced BOCC Chairman Gary Bartell, whose remarks included thanking and recognizing organizations and people for their support of libraries.

A photo was then staged that included the Board of County Commissioners, Citrus County officials and staff, members of the Library Advisory Board, Library Friends Groups and representatives of Schenkel Shultz Architecture and Greg Construction.

At the conclusion of the ceremony, hand held fans were distributed to the many people that attended the ceremony, with Library Director, Benton Rogers mentioning that these fans would help us all “keep our cool” during the construction process.

Friends Celebrate

Active Friends of the Library, Adelaide and Roy Keller celebrate the groundbreaking after years of dedicated work toward a new library for Homosassa.