NEWS

JANUARY 2010                             

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HUNDREDS TURNED OUT FOR THE GRAND OPENING OF THE BRAND NEW DAYTON COMMUNITY CENTER AND JONES LIBRARY AS ORGANIZERS RACED, AND BEAT THE RAIN TO HOLD THE CEREMONIES OUTSIDE.  RANKING MEMBERS OF CITIES FROM ACROSS THE COUNTY CAME TO HONOR THE CITY OF DAYTON AND THE MAGNIFICENT NEW FACILITY. DAYTON MAYOR STEVE STEPHENS OPENED THE CEREMONY BY WELCOMING HUNDREDS FROM ACROSS LIBERTY COUNTY TO THE DEDICATION AND GRAND OPENING CEREMONY.

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CLEVELAND MAYOR JILL KIRKONIS TALKED ABOUT INFORMATION SHE LEARNED AFTER THE CITY OF CLEVELAND OPENED THEIR FACILITY SOME 3 YEARS AGO.

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JILL KIRKONIS ALSO RAN DOWN A LIST OF WHAT TYPES OF EVENTS THEY HELD SO FAR INSIDE CLEVELAND’S CIVIC CENTER. IT WAS, SHE SAID, WHAT DAYTON HAS TO LOOK FORWARD TO.

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CLEVELAND MAYOR JILL KIRKONIS DID NOT SAY WHETHER THE CIRCUS’S INCLUDED ELEPHANTS.  SHE DID SAY SINCE IT WAS OPENED IN CLEVELAND , ABOUT 60,000 PEOPLE HAVE GONE THOROUGH THE DOORS IN CLEVELAND.  IN DAYTON THE $14 MILLION FACILITY IS 46,250 SQUARE FEET ON SLIGHTLY OVER 14 ACRES. THE JONES PUBLIC LIBRARY IS 11,000 SQUARE FEET, MORE THAN TWICE THE 5,000 SQUARE FEET IN THE OLD JONES LIBRARY A FEW BLOCKS AWAY.  THE GRAND BALLROOM IS 10,000 SQUARE FEET WITH SEATING FOR 500 IN A FORMAL SIT DOWN DINNER. THE VOTER APPROVED BUILDING HOUSES THE JONES PUBLIC LIBRARY, DAYTON COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION, DAYTON CHAMBER OF COMMERCE AND THE YET TO BE OPENED DAYTON SENIOR CENTER.  IT IS AN INCREDIBLE FACILITY. FRIDAY WAS A GRAND DAY FOR DAYTON. THE BUILDING IS NOW OPERATIONAL DURING NORMAL BUSINESS HOURS. STOP BY AND ASK ANY ONE THERE TO GIVE YOU A TOUR, THEY WILL JUMP AT THE CHANCE TO SHOW OFF THIS JEWEL IN THE CROWN OF DAYTON TEXAS. THE NEW JONES LIBRARY OPENS ON TUESDAY JANUARY 19TH.