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Copyright 2004 Ben S. Pollock<\/font><\/h6>\n

Wednesday, October 20, 2004. <\/b>The new library building has been open only since the ninth, and I’ve been there three or four times a week since. Each time I intend to camp at a desk with a legal pad and some books yet never have. Except for the grand opening day, where I was listening to speeches and touring for about five hours, I’ve always hit the library as if running into Harp’s for a jug of milk. Click<\/a> for the library’s commissioned poem from Miller Williams. -30-<\/font><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Copyright 2004 Ben S. Pollock Wednesday, October 20, 2004. The new library building has been open only since the ninth, and I’ve been there three or four times a week since. Each time I intend to camp at a desk with a legal pad and some books yet never have. 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