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For Immediate Release: November 8, 2005 Contact: Julie Underwood Development Coordinator Plano Public Library System Phone: (972) 208-8338 PLANO PUBLIC LIBRARY FOUNDATION INVITES PUBLIC TO PEEK AT HAGGARD LIBRARY The Plano Public Library Foundation is hosting a sneak peek of the Haggard Library on Sunday, November 13, from 3:00 to 5:30 p.m. The public is invited to get a first look at Haggard Library before the library is open. Haggard Library, located at 2501 Coit Road, has been under construction since August 2004. It is scheduled to open for operation on Sunday, December 11. At Sunday’s event, the Foundation will honor Merle Haggard, wife of the library’s namesake, W.O. Haggard, Jr. Rodney Haggard and his wife, Linda Haggard, and Jana Bryan Haggard and her husband, R. E. Bryan, are the event co-chairs. Attendees will also have the opportunity to visit with local authors including: Alan Birkelbach, Texas Poet Laureate Books: Bone Sun, Weighed in the Balance, No Boundaries Eric Holmes Book: Iraq: Providing Hope Joyce Spicer Foy Book: Only Make Believe, a biography of Howard Keel Allison Funkhouser Book: Zealk and the Hum Rod Dreher Book: Crunch Cons: How Birkenstocked Burkeans, gun-loving organic, evangelical free-range farmers, hip homeschooling mammas, right-wing nature lovers…plan to save America Michelle Miller Books: On My Way to the Cancer Monument Scott O’Grady Book: Return with Honor Ron Sturgeon Book: Green Weenies Steve Zipkoff Book: The Seven Stages of Successful Unemployment…From Hell to Hallelujah! Music and entertainment will be provided by Doc Gibbs and by a youth ensemble from the Plano Symphony Orchestra. Refreshments are being served courtesy of Carvel Ice Cream, Central Market and Schlotzsky’s. The Plano Public Library Foundation, a non-profit organization formed in 1983, is dedicated to ensuring a high quality library system now and in future years. Through fundraising activities, the Foundation solicits donations and invests funds in an endowment for the long-term excellence of Plano Public Library System (PPLS) libraries. The Foundation encourages individuals within this diverse community to become involved with the libraries in order to meet the needs and expectations of Plano citizens. Individuals and families attending this event are encouraged to make a $25 donation to the Foundation; however, donations are not mandatory. To RSVP or for more information, call (972) 769-4208.