{"id":11152,"date":"2015-07-21T08:51:35","date_gmt":"2015-07-21T12:51:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chescotimes.com\/?p=11152"},"modified":"2015-07-21T08:51:35","modified_gmt":"2015-07-21T12:51:35","slug":"oxford-feed-offers-donation-for-oxford-library-expansion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chescotimes.com\/?p=11152","title":{"rendered":"Oxford Feed offers donation for Oxford library expansion"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_1147720\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/chescotimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/OxfordFeed-300x225.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1147720\" class=\"wp-image-1147720 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/chescotimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/OxfordFeed-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"OxfordFeed\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1147720\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Drennen family of Oxford Feed and Lumber, present the Oxford Public Library with a donation in the library\u2019s new wing. From left to right: Chris Drennen; Jamie Cole, president of Oxford Public Library Board of Trustees; Carey Bresler, director of Oxford Public Library; Larry Drennen Sr., and Larry Drennen Jr. Photo: Nancy Johnson.<\/p><\/div>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">OXFORD \u2014 Just a glance at the parking lot on a Monday morning, was evidence that residents are clearly making good use of the newly expanded Oxford Public Library.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>The Drennen family, owners of Oxford Feed &amp; Lumber, stopped by to present a donation to assist with the expenses of the 4,000 sq. ft. addition.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>Now, approximately 11,000 sq. ft., the building will serve the community \u2013 young, old and in between \u2013 for many years to come.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">The Drennens, father Larry Sr. and sons Larry Jr. and Chris, say they feel the library is a vital part of the community in Oxford, important not only for its collection of over 50,000 volumes, but also for the variety of programs and cultural events they offer.<\/span><!--more--><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">\u201cThis was very generous of the Drennens,\u201d says library director Carey Bresler.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>\u201cWhen we finally got the expansion started they really wanted to see it happen.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>Like many in the community, they helped move the library forward.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Oxford Feed &amp; Lumber also provided a substantial amount of the materials for the project to Nowland Builders who did the construction.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">\u201cJeff Nowland came to us early in the project and we were glad he did include us in the supply process,\u201d said Chris and Larry Drennen <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">\u201cWe were happy to provide a lot of materials for this project right in our hometown and to be able to make a donation to a cornerstone of the community,\u201d said the Drennen family. <\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>OXFORD \u2014 Just a glance at the parking lot on a Monday morning, was evidence that residents are clearly making good use of the newly expanded Oxford Public Library.\u00a0 The Drennen family, owners of Oxford Feed &amp; Lumber, stopped by to present a donation to assist with the expenses of the 4,000 sq. ft. addition.\u00a0 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":11151,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9,4],"tags":[5385,6166,5665,6165],"class_list":["post-11152","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-business","tag-donation","tag-expansion","tag-oxford-feed-and-grain","tag-oxford-public-library"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/chescotimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11152","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/chescotimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/chescotimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chescotimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chescotimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=11152"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/chescotimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11152\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chescotimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/11151"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/chescotimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=11152"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chescotimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=11152"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chescotimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=11152"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}