2 Thursday, July 10, 1997 Pahrump Valley Gazette
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Crystal celebrates new library
by Andy Holtmxmn
The residents of Crystal no longer have to drive to Pahr-
ump or Amargosa Valley to check out a book. The town
celebrated the opening of their very own library on June 1 of
this year. It seems to be doing well.
The library, which is housed in a 12 toot by 12 foot room
of the volunteer fire department building is not very big with
only 1,063 books. But, keeping in mind that just over a month
ago, they had no library close to home, the new facility is a
welcomed start.
It probably doesn't look like much right now, but every-
thing has to start somewhere," said library organizer Sharon
Welch. "Everything starts with an idea and evolves from
there."
Welch explained that Crystal's library is an annex of the
Amargosa Library District. Michelle DeLee of the Amargosa
Valley library coordinated with Welch and other Crystal
residents to provide books and shelves. Woody Peterson, the
un-officiai founder of Crystal and Volunteer Fire Chief,
allowed Welch to use the room in the volunteer fire depart-
ment building. All of a sudden, the town had a library.
"It was a real community effort," Welch said. "Everyone
involved worked so hard to get it up and going."
Welch's son Danny Vescio and his wife Dori run the
library. Danny has been instrumental in the organizing and
record keeping of the books and Dori helps with the selection
process. Both are former Special Olympics athletes and have
devoted their time and efforts to the operation of the library.
When it first opened, business was good and everyone was
excited," Dori said. "It has been pretty quiet around here
recently though."
The library signifies change for the town of around 60-70
people. Change, according to Welch, is what some people
fought.
There are still some residents here that do not want the
library or the fire department," Welch said. "They are worried
that their taxes will increase too much and they do not want
to see any sort of changes that might cause that to happen."
The library idea was started a couple of years ago when
districts and townships in Amargosa were re-defined. The
Amargosa Valley Library District was re-defined as well.
Welch, who had served on the Amargosa Library Board of
Trustees, suggested a library or some sort of annex in Crystal
because it was hard for the children who lived there to acquire
books.
The DeLee family wanted to help and donated the shelves
and some books to the effort. Now, the Crystal Library is on
a "share program" with Amargosa's library so that each can
borrow from the other if needed.
Welch said that it is time that Crystal get recognized by the
state. Members of the town have been applying for township
and are awaiting word from the state as to whether their
requests will be approved.
Throughout the last year we have tried to get Crystal
recognized as a town," Welch said. "This place has many
legitimate reasons to be classified as a town of Nevada instead
of just some sort of crossroad in the middle of nowhere."
If the state officially notices the town, those who live there
will be able to say that they live in Crystal, Nev. The township
recognition could also mean a post office and a new zip code.
Time will only tell.
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