Demolition begins on new Nampa library complex

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Inside a bulldozer, Nampa Mayor Tom Dale and Qualitree Demo Contractor Jon Wakelman, take out a corner of the old central services building during a demolition ceremony Tuesday in Nampa. Construction of Library Square in its place is scheduled to begin in April.

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Nampa Mayor Tom Dale speaks at a demolition ceremony Tuesday with Barry Myers, Nampa Public Library, left, Tommy Ahlquist, Gardner Company and Chairman Dan Nogales, NDC.

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The old Nampa fireadministrationbuilding will be the first of three buildings to be demolished next week for the construction of a new Nampa library scheduled to begin May 2013.

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Demolition begins on new Nampa library complex