MADISONVILLE CITY BUILDING INSPECTOR FRANK WALLACE PAINTED A GRIM  PICTURE OF THE CONDITION OF THE OLD LIBRARY BUILDING AND LIBRARY ANNEX IN DOWNTOWN MADISONVILLE.

     WALLACE PRESENTED A SLIDE SHOW IN THE CITY COUNCIL CHAMBERS LAST NIGHT FOR A MEETING THAT MAYOR DAVID JACKSON CALLED AN IDEA SHARING.

     WALLACE SAID THAT IT WOULD TAKE NEARLY 1.5 MILLION DOLLARS TO JUST MAKE THE TWO BUILDINGS STABLE AND SAFE.  PAST LIBRARIAN DONNA SLATON WAS UPSET THAT TEARING DOWN THE BUILDINGS WAS BEING CONSIDERED.   SHE SAID THAT MEMBERS OF THE HERITAGE COMMISSION WERE COMING TO TOWN TO LOOK AT THE BUILDINGS AND ADVISE ON POSSIBLE RENOVATION.