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Clovis community gathers for slain librarian's memorial

Clovis community gathers for slain librarian's memorial
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WEBVTT EWS REPORTERCHRISTINE PAE IS THERE TO SHOWUS HOW THEY ARE CELEBRATING HERrtLIFE. HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE PAID THEIRRESPECTS TO LIBRARIAN KRISSIECARTER, HERE AT THE CIVICCENTER. THEIR PRESENCE IN PERSON, AND INBOOKS, PROVING THE WORDS "CLOVISSTRONG" ARE AS TRUE AS EVER. rtA GLIMPSE OF MEMORIALPREPARATIONS, AS A COMMUNITYSAYS GOODBYE TO KRISSIE CARTER,rt>> IT GIVES EVERYONE A CHANCE TOCOME AND PAY THEIR FINALRESPECTS.rt>> ON THE WALLS OF THE BALLROOM,MESSAGES OF SUPPORT AND LOVE.AND MOST OF ALL, A TRIBUTE TOONErt OF HER GREAT LOVES.PAGES FROM CHILDREN'S BOOKS,WRAPPED AS A BRIEF IN HER HONOR-- WREATH IrtN HER HONOR.>> THE AMOUNT OF BOOKS WERECEIVED WITHIN HOURS WASASTONISHING.rtTHE WHOLE COMMUNITY CAMETOGETHER.JUST OUTSIDE, A GROUP OFLEGIONrt WRITERS, FROM -- LEGIONRIDERS PROVIDING SECURITY.>> IT IS TOUGH WHEN YOU LOSEFAMILY MEMBERS.rtTHIS IS FAMILY.THE MEMORIAL SERVICE ISPLANNED FOR LIBRARY AND WONDERWALTERS.
Clovis community gathers for slain librarian's memorial

The Clovis community gathered Tuesday to remember the life of a librarian who was killed in a mass shooting.

A public memorial service was held at the Civic Center in Clovis, where Krissie Carter's family and hundreds of members of the community showed up to remember and celebrate her life.

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Books were the central theme of the memorial -- some stacked as a tree, some hung on a string from the ceiling, and pages of children's books fashioned into a wreath -- all in honor of Carter.

"A lot of the people who volunteered were workers for the library, the city workers themselves," said Civic Center Operations Manager Michael Turvey.

The Civic Center placed a request for books on social media and the response has been overwhelming.

"It being so fresh, you still feel the heaviness. The sadness of the community, but everybody coming together like this is actually creating relationships," Turvey said.

Several restaurants are also providing support, according to the Clovis Chamber of Commerce.

A percentage of sales from participating restaurants will go to families of the shooting victims.

A memorial service has been planned for librarian Wanda Walters, who was killed in the August 28 shooting, but details of that service have not been released and will remain private, per Walters' family's request.

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