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Library looks to expand on current facility Cancer survivors, supporters march through the night during Plainfield Relay for Life BY MARNEY SIMON | FOr THe eNTerPrISe ynnette Dattomo walks to remember. At age 49, the Plainfield resident and fourth grade teacher at Lincoln Elementary is a two-time cancer survivor. First, it was thyroid cancer, followed by breast cancer. But Dattomo, cancer free for the past five years, is on a mission. “I think there was a reason why I had cancer, because I feel like there was a purpose for me,” Dattomo said. “I’ve helped a couple friends through it, and you just do it because you’ve been there.” storY continuEs on paGE 5
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Cancer survivors kick off the Relay for Life at Plainfield Central High School Saturday with the Survivor’s Lap. (Photos By Marney Simon)
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Architects presented plans for possible future expansion By dAve sennerud for the enterprise
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[Editor’s note: This edition of The Enterprise was sent to print prior to the Plainfield Public Library District’s June 17 meeting.] Plainfield residents want their library to remain downtown. That seemed to be the consensus of a small crowd that attended a public meeting Saturday on the possible expansion of the Plainfield Public Library District. Architects hired by the district shared six concepts for future expansion. While five options would make use of the current downtown location, one alternative would move the library near the new water treatment facility on South Wood Farm Road. The library’s board of trustees will likely make a decision on the site and reduce the number of options at its Wednesday, June 17, meeting. Library Director Julie Milavec said feedback from the public meeting would be relayed to the board. “We saw the same reaction at Thursday’s meeting of the library expansion task force,” Milavec said after taking a poll of the 11 attendees. “We had an even larger geographic representation then, and it was still unanimous [for downtown].” Architects Donald McKay, Eric Penney and Julianne Scherer of the Chicago firm Nagle Hartray presented the concepts to the crowd. In addition to designing the nearby Fountaindale Public Library in Bolingbrook, Nagle Hartray has directed public library projects in places like
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