When the gift was announced at an April 15 city council meeting, the overflow crowd reacted with a standing ovation, the Fort Worth Star-Telegram reported April 16. “This is generous beyond imagination,” said Bedford resident Holley Hendrickson. “I wish we all could do so much.”
David Franklin, treasurer of the Friends of the Bedford Public Library, told American Libraries that the $125,000 would be enough to reopen the library on a half-time basis through the end of the budget year in October. Residents have launched a campaign to raise $400,000 to fully fund the facility for the remainder of the year.
Posted April 22, 2005.