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Come 3 p.m., the library gets a makeover

By Amy F. Reiter
Sunday December 30, 2007

Robert K. O'Daniell

Sixth-grade student Brittany Webb looks for books Dec. 26 at the Urbana Free Library.

One street divides Edison Middle School from the main branch of the Champaign Public Library and, for dozens of students, that street might as well be a slash dividing their day: school/after school.

"As soon as school lets out, within three or four minutes, we have a good influx of kids," said Kristina Hoerner, the library's adult services manager. "It is for some of them a place for them to continue their day with their friends a little bit longer.

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