A Note from the Library Director 3   Recently updated !

On behalf of the Library Staff and Administration, I wanted to extend a warm THANK YOU to the community for their support of the library through the renewal of its operating levy. We have been overwhelmed with support from our friends, neighbors and library patrons. The library means different things to different people. As the writer Jo Queenan said in an article in The Rotarian Magazine, “The public library serves many functions in the community. It is an adjunct to the public schools, a place where kids can do their homework. It is a day care center of sorts, where small children gather for story hour. It is a safe haven where senior citizens can pass the time in the company of others, where the unemployed can look for work. It is a place where the lonely can be less lonely, the bored less bored, the dejected less dejected, and the ignorant more enlightened… Small towns can do without movie houses and fancy restaurants and stores that sell 50 kinds of balsamic vinegar. But small towns cannot do without a public library. Cannot, cannot, cannot. You can look it up.” 

We often say the public library is and should be the “front porch” of the community. Please know that you are welcome at the library and that together we can do great things.  Thank you again for your support!

~Jim Gill