[00:00.01]23-3   ACT III
[00:15.07]Hi, everyone. Sorry I'm late.
[00:18.23]But Alexandra and I
[00:19.32]have been busy at work this morning
[00:20.81]on the community-center project.
[00:22.69]And we brought someone along who can help.
[00:25.15]You remember Charles Maxwell, Grandpa?
[00:27.38]He's the editor of the Riverdale paper.
[00:29.55]He wrote some nice articles on Mom
[00:31.22]when she was running for the school board.
[00:32.87]Yes, I remember. You were a great help.
[00:35.53]Hi, Mr. Stewart.
[00:36.48]Hope to be a bigger help on the new community-center project.
[00:39.36]From what Robbie and Alexandra have told me, ,
[00:41.48]you people are making one big story.
[00:44.20]Let me introduce you, Mr. Maxwell.
[00:46.26]This is Nat Baker,
[00:48.00]who's responsible for this meeting,
[00:51.12]and this is Joanne Thompson--and Abe Lucas,
[00:54.60]who used to run the drugstore in town.
[00:56.37]Robbie and Alexandra told me
[00:57.71]what you need to fix up the old library.
[01:00.37]I am planning to write an editorial that I think will help you.
[01:05.85]Let's go. What are your questions? ?
[01:08.28]OK. Now, I have ... first ... a couple of questions here.
[01:11.06]Have you talked to the community council?
[01:13.85]And have you had an engineer come in to do an inspection?
[01:19.74]OK, what do you need most of all?
[01:22.31]People power.
[01:23.98]Men and women, young and old, to give us their time.
[01:28.77]To do what?
[01:29.90]To help scrub the building interior clean.
[01:33.02]So that we can repaint it.
[01:35.58]And you also need bodies to do repainting?
[01:38.41]That's right.
[01:39.77]And we'll also need some ladders
[01:42.17]and some brushes and some paint.
[01:45.05]When do you need the volunteers,
[01:46.90]and where do they report?
[01:48.54]I've got the council to agree
[01:50.06]to open the building for us on the next four weekends.
[01:53.72]How about furnishings?
[01:54.75]Are there any special requirements that I should list in the paper?
[01:57.79]Yes.
[01:58.78]Here is a copy of all the things we need to start with.
[02:02.57]Let's see. Four desks.
[02:03.98]Eight straight-back chairs. Thirty folding chairs.
[02:07.29]Six table lamps. Three end tables. One piano.
[02:12.13]This is a good start.
[02:13.84]These items shouldn't be difficult to come by
[02:15.62]once I print the article in the paper.
[02:18.20]This community has always been very generous.
[02:21.17]I agree, Mr. Maxwell.
[02:22.92]What you're saying is, in order for this center to succeed, ,
[02:25.74]we need to put together volunteers
[02:27.78]from the various generations of future users.
[02:30.20]That's right.
[02:31.03]And without their energy and stamina,
[02:33.55]there's no way we can complete this project.
[02:37.18]I've got it. Now give me some information about
[02:39.78]how you see the building being used.
[02:41.39]Oh, here. On the ground floor we have the reception area ...
[02:47.15]It's here, Robbie.
[02:52.01]Charles Maxwell lived up to his word. Charles Maxwell
[02:57.05]"At the Stewart family home on Linden Street yesterday,
[02:59.93]a group of caring Riverdale citizens gathered
[03:03.42]to plan the refurbishing of the old library
[03:06.89]to transform it into a new community center.
[03:11.66]The original plan by the council
[03:14.40]was tabled because of lack of funds.
[03:18.41]The new plan needs you.
[03:21.94]You could call it a community unity plan.
[03:26.47]It needs your time, and it needs your energy.
[03:30.60]And it needs your contributions of furniture,
[03:34.25]paint, brushes, ladders, lamps, et cetera.
[03:40.99]A list of these items and a volunteer form
[03:44.74]can be picked up at the Riverdale Press offices.
[03:49.53]By working together,
[03:51.02]this community can do anything to benefit its citizens,
[03:55.84]and we know you will all work together
[04:00.13]towards refurbishing the old library
[04:02.38]and making it a new community center.
[04:06.43]Charles Maxwell, Editor.