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23-3 ACT III |
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Hi, everyone. Sorry I'm late. |
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But Alexandra and I |
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have been busy at work this morning |
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on the community-center project. |
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And we brought someone along who can help. |
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You remember Charles Maxwell, Grandpa? |
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He's the editor of the Riverdale paper. |
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He wrote some nice articles on Mom |
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when she was running for the school board. |
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Yes, I remember. You were a great help. |
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Hi, Mr. Stewart. |
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Hope to be a bigger help on the new community-center project. |
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From what Robbie and Alexandra have told me, , |
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you people are making one big story. |
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Let me introduce you, Mr. Maxwell. |
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This is Nat Baker, |
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who's responsible for this meeting, |
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and this is Joanne Thompson--and Abe Lucas, |
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who used to run the drugstore in town. |
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Robbie and Alexandra told me |
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what you need to fix up the old library. |
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I am planning to write an editorial that I think will help you. |
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Let's go. What are your questions? ? |
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OK. Now, I have ... first ... a couple of questions here. |
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Have you talked to the community council? |
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And have you had an engineer come in to do an inspection? |
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OK, what do you need most of all? |
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People power. |
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Men and women, young and old, to give us their time. |
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To do what? |
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To help scrub the building interior clean. |
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So that we can repaint it. |
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And you also need bodies to do repainting? |
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That's right. |
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And we'll also need some ladders |
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and some brushes and some paint. |
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When do you need the volunteers, |
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and where do they report? |
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I've got the council to agree |
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to open the building for us on the next four weekends. |
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How about furnishings? |
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Are there any special requirements that I should list in the paper? |
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Yes. |
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Here is a copy of all the things we need to start with. |
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Let's see. Four desks. |
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Eight straight-back chairs. Thirty folding chairs. |
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Six table lamps. Three end tables. One piano. |
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This is a good start. |
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These items shouldn't be difficult to come by |
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once I print the article in the paper. |
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This community has always been very generous. |
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I agree, Mr. Maxwell. |
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What you're saying is, in order for this center to succeed, , |
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we need to put together volunteers |
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from the various generations of future users. |
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That's right. |
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And without their energy and stamina, |
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there's no way we can complete this project. |
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I've got it. Now give me some information about |
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how you see the building being used. |
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Oh, here. On the ground floor we have the reception area ... |
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It's here, Robbie. |
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Charles Maxwell lived up to his word. Charles Maxwell |
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"At the Stewart family home on Linden Street yesterday, |
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a group of caring Riverdale citizens gathered |
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to plan the refurbishing of the old library |
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to transform it into a new community center. |
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The original plan by the council |
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was tabled because of lack of funds. |
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The new plan needs you. |
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You could call it a community unity plan. |
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It needs your time, and it needs your energy. |
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And it needs your contributions of furniture, |
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paint, brushes, ladders, lamps, et cetera. |
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A list of these items and a volunteer form |
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can be picked up at the Riverdale Press offices. |
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By working together, |
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this community can do anything to benefit its citizens, |
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and we know you will all work together |
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towards refurbishing the old library |
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and making it a new community center. |
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Charles Maxwell, Editor. |