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ELBA accelerates campaign East Lincoln branch library By JEREMY ASHTON, Staff Writer October 2, 2002 - DENVER — With construction well underway, the East Lincoln Betterment Association is now trying to ensure the Florence Soule Shanklin Memorial Library will have enough places to quietly sit down and browse through a good book. The building slowly taking shape at the intersection of Fairfield Church Road and N.C. 16 is costing the county $850,000, but no money was set aside for interior furnishings. The county commissioners instead asked ELBA to raise $250,000 to cover those expenses. Gurtha Strand, a member of ELBA’s eight-person fundraising committee, said Friday that the furnishings campaign began in late September 2001 and thus far has collected about $208,000. “We’re just all delighted and pleased at the generosity of the community,” Strand said. “It’s been the community who has to support it and dig down deep and add money.” The Denver Area Business Association has agreed to help ELBA raise money through a golf tournament Oct. 28 at the Verdict Ridge Golf Club in Denver. The entry fee is $70 per player, and tee and green sponsorships are available for $100. The money from the furnishings campaign will pay for numerous items, including computers, bookshelves, tables and desks. ELBA would like to have the fundraising drive complete by the end of this year before the construction wraps up, Strand said. Any funds left after the furnishings have been purchased will go toward new books. At 6,400-square-feet, the new library will be almost three times the size of its predecessor located at 1251 N.C. 16 North, leaving plenty of room for additional volumes. “The goal is to fill all of those bookshelves with books,” Strand said. “If we don’t, we’ll have to go further beyond this and have a fund-raiser to do that.” At least one new book will be added to the library’s collection. ELBA has been taking pictures throughout the construction process, and Strand, a historian, said the photographs will be compiled into a book for anyone who wants to explore the library’s past. ————— Anyone interested in registering for the golf tournament can contact Jim Fortenberry at 704-460-1075. People who simply want to make donations can contact Strand at 704-483-8171.
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