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Library gets a different name from the past
The County Commission honors a 1993 decision of predecessors to name the Spring Hill Branch Library for Harold G. Zopp.
By ASJYLYN LODER
Published April 19, 2006
BROOKSVILLE - What's in a name?
For the Hernando County Commission, a lot of confusion.
The commission on Tuesday rescinded its earlier naming of the new Spring Hill Branch Library in honor of charity founder and former sheriff's spokesman Frank W. Bierwiler Jr. That's because the library already had a name: that of Harold G. Zopp.
In 1993, the commission agreed to name the library for Zopp, the sales chief for the Deltona Corp., which started the community of Spring Hill.
In March, the commission agreed to name the library for Bierwiler, and the 100-person conference room for Zopp.
On Tuesday, with a copy of a 1993 commission resolution in hand, Commissioner Nancy Robinson proposed going back to the commission's original intent and naming the library for Zopp, who died in 1992 at age 74.
Current commission members wanted to honor their predecessors' wish to name the library for Zopp, Commissioner Chris Kingsley said.
But the commission will not allow Bierwiler to be forgotten.
His name will grace the county's new emergency operations center in Brooksville, which is slated to be completed this fall.
Maureen Bierwiler, Bierwiler's wife of 43 years, said it didn't matter to her which building was named after her late husband.
"We're honored that they thought of him in that way," she said.
Her husband's charity often helped families suffering in the aftermath of severe storms, so the memorial is fitting, she said. "He'd be pleased with that."
Bierwiler founded the DayStar Hope Center near Weeki Wachee. The charity gave cash, food, clothes and other necessities to low-income families. Bierwiler died in January after a 32-year battle with multiple sclerosis. He was 67.
The commission postponed a decision to name the library conference room after Charlotte Murrin, a longtime violin teacher who died of cancer in March at age 75.
The commission also directed its staff to come up with a naming policy that will prevent confusion over future namings.
Asjylyn Loder can be reached at aloder@sptimes.com or 352 754-6127.
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