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Rembi Expanding м Octavia Fields Memorial Library will be moving to a larger facility. At left, former employee Juanita Harvey helps the library celebrate 30 years. Right, Librarian Linda Sparr and Jane Howington examine the new library’s floor plan. Photo by Ronda Meuwissen square-foot Octavia Fields library and is a coopera¬ tive effort between city of Humble and Harris County Precinct Four. By RONDA MEUWISSEN Humble Editor “We are about as jtojp? excited as we Щт, can be about Bp this project,” said Mayor Wilson ЩЯт, Archer. Humble will build the facility and Precinct Four will contribute $600,000 toward improved col¬ lections, computers, and other amenities. Operations will remain a part of the Harris County library system. “We will do whatever we can to make this beneficial to residents Construction will begin in April on an approximately $1.8 million, 15,000-square foot library off Will Clayton Boulevard near the Civic Center, Humble officials said. The project will replace Humble’s 30-year-old, 2,000 Archer LIBRARY, 8A Humble defeats Beaumont Central Sex in the ‘90s j- - -% HUMBLE S3 ij SIj Jv V Scj Jv Volume No. 27 • Issue No 41 Wednesday, October 20, 1 999 Hi dr by By ROf E Richer sta Humble District to < residents t Trustees ap] tion over th the new 19 $100 of vali “This is j reduction i school distr HISD busin Novack s; to give t et increase, otl six percent rate at the s plishment n districts. “I’ve beei campus to commented “It’s really This year large portic funds for t large portio said, grantii time opporl rate. Although are on the ri reduction s savings to t According by the Hai office, exisi