| |  | |  | | Library Closure Party - Jan. 13, 2008 |
An estimated 700 people attended the "Thanks for the Memories" event planned by the Walnut Creek Library Foundation on Jan. 13, 2008 in the former Walnut Creek Library on North Broadway. | 
Balloon artist Tama Zambole presents a balloon kitten to Emma Kolb, 20 months, while her parents, Bill and Cindy Kolb look on. | 
The Rossmoor Big Band performed a Duke Ellington number in honor of the legendary bandleader's appearance at the library in September 1965. | 
KCBS radio celebrity Al Hart, a Rossmoor resident, performed with the Rossmoor Big Band. | | 
Two-year-old Liliana Weiss, granddaughter of Jesse Goldberg of the Walnut Creek Library Foundation Board of Directors, draws on the library wall.
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Sylvia Haugen, a 30-year Walnut Creek resident and Back Room Books volunteer, signs her name on the wall. | 
City Council member Cindy Silva signs the wall with her comment: "Hallelujah!" | 
Dozens of inscriptions were left on the library wall during the course of the afternoon. | 
Brooke Dodson led the cake walk activity. | 
Coloring a picture of the new Walnut Creek Library were Buena Vista School students Daniella Rojas, left, and Katie McGill, both 10. | 
The Indian Valley Elementary School Children's Choir performed. | 
... as did the Foothill Middle School Jazz Band. | 
Party goers check out the 46-year history wall assembled by library foundation volunteers Carol Speck and Amy Mayhew. | 
Former Walnut Creek senior library Ann Shelton enjoyed looking at the history wall. | 
Current librarian Cindy Brittain poses with her predecessor, Ann Shelton. | 
Former Walnut Creek librarians Ann Shelton and Kris Wick shared honors with current librarian Cindy Brittain. | 
While the library party went on, skaters were busy next door enjoying the good weather at Walnut Creek on Ice. | 
The party's over... | |
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