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And Notes
Cokie Roberts To Speak At Hayes Centennial
Cokie Roberts, ABC News political commentator and National Public Radio contributing senior news analyst, will be the keynote speaker at the Rutherford B. Hayes Presidential Library & Museums’ Centennial Ceremony.
“We are thrilled to bring someone of Cokie Roberts’ caliber to Spiegel Grove,” Hayes Presidential Library and Museums Executive Director Christie Weininger said. “She is passionate about history, particularly political history and will have some fascinating things to say about the American Presidency.” Roberts’ speech will be one of the highlights of the facility’s grand centennial celebration that will take place throughout Memorial Day weekend (May 28-30.) The ceremony featuring her talk will begin at 1 p.m. Sunday, May 29.
Roberts holds more than 25 honorary degrees, serves on the boards of several non-profit institutions and was on President George W. Bush’s Commissions on Service and Civic Participation. In 2008, te Library of Congress named her a “Living Legend,” one of the very few Americans to attain that honor. She is the mother of two and the grandmother of six.
The Hayes Presidential Library and Museums is located in Speigel Grove at the corner of Hayes and Buckland avenues in Fremont, Ohio The Facility is affiliated with the Ohio History Connection.
For information phone 419.332.2081 or visit www.rbhayes.org.
Marblehead Peninsula Branch Library Progress
Ida Rupp Public Library director, Tim Hagen, and Ida Rupp Public Library board members have begun meeting with lead architect, Peter Bolek and interior designer, Stephanie Shook of Cleveland-based architectural firm HBM: Holzheimer, Bolek, and Meehan.
In December, Ida Rupp Public Library hosted a focus group and sponsored a community survey. With the valuable feedback gathered from these efforts HBM has started creating their initial design sketches. It is
hoped by late-Spring that the final
design concepts will be completed and that the construction phase of the Marblehead Peninsula Branch Library will commence.
Periodical updates about this exciting project will be provided as the year progresses. Check out the Ida
Rupp Public Library website at www.idarupp.org, social media accounts, and their e-newsletter.
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