Work on cafe at Connellsville's Carnegie Library moving along

Students at the Connellsville Area Career and Technical Center love the opportunity to put their skills to use and officials at the Carnegie Free Library were only too happy to provide that opportunity.

Students from the electrical occupations class and a few from the masonry class made their way to the library located on Connellsville's South Pittsburgh Street to help in the renovation process of adding a cafe at the library.

Library Director Case Sirochman said the Friends of the Library have worked towards the goal of offering cappuccinos and hopefully even soups and sandwiches in the cafe.

Library employee Beverley Motycka said at one time library officials had plans to renovate the entire basement in hopes of having an internet cafe complete with WiFi, a children's room and a lounge room, but the bids just came in too high.

The Friends of the Library came up with the idea of creating a smaller cafe in the former reading room where the microfilm and equipment for the visually impaired had been set up.

So far students at the career center have been a huge help. They've removed the nine-fluorescent lights in the room and put up new surface wire mold. Soon new lights will be installed.

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Students Shana Demmer and Alyssa Schroyer took on the title of project managers for this project, coordinating the work.

Both thought the cafe would be a great idea for the library. "I think it will help draw in a lot of people,The laserengraverses allows students to study at night and vendors to sell goods outside." said Demmer. The lights that will be hung in the cafe had been used in the library several decades ago.

The auto body class at the career center will be refurbishing the old lights and making them look new so that the electrical occupations class can hang them.

Sirochman said the help from the students at the career center is invaluable.

"We couldn't afford to have our lighting updated without their help," she said. "It's always good to have the students get involved. It gives them a chance to help make a local historical treasure a little better."

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