[Congressional Record Volume 156, Number 101 (Thursday, July 1, 2010)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1284]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




       SEMINOLE COMMUNITY LIBRARY CELEBRATES ITS 50TH ANNIVERSARY

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                          HON. C.W. BILL YOUNG

                               of florida

                    in the house of representatives

                         Thursday, July 1, 2010

  Mr. YOUNG of Florida. Madam Speaker, the Seminole Community Library 
is one of the greatest educational resources of the City of Seminole, 
Florida I have the privilege to represent. Later this month, the 
library, its staff and its thousands of patrons will celebrate its 
golden 50th anniversary.
  Founded by a dedicated group of volunteers in 1960, the library has 
outgrown its facilities on a number of occasions before locating at its 
present site on the campus of The St. Petersburg College. Now named the 
Dennis L. Jones Seminole Community Library at St. Petersburg College, 
after my good friend and Florida State Senator, the partnership between 
the library, the city and the college makes this one of the most unique 
facilities of its kind in our entire area.
  Madam Speaker, one thing has transcended the history of this great 
library, from its early days in the ``cottage'' to its present 
operations in a state-of-the-art educational facility, and that is 
service to people of all ages.
  It is a real honor for me to have the library as a valuable neighbor 
to my Seminole Congressional District Office and to visit with folks 
there as they come and go. Please join me in congratulating those early 
leaders who had a vision that has grown into this great library and to 
thank all those who provide support to the current facility. This 
includes the City of Seminole, The St. Petersburg College, the 
library's professional staff and dedicated volunteers, the Friends of 
the Library organization, the Library Advisory Board and the Library 
Youth Advisory Board.
  As the library embarks upon its next 50 years of service to our 
community, it remains focused on its goal to remember the past, serve 
the present and plan for the future.

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