Summer Updates

Since the Election, there has been a number of ways the public has been invited to have a “say so” in the decision making of the new Camano Island Library.

Let’s get you up to date for these progressions:

4/22/14:  Election Passed to keep the Camano Library

7/01/14:   Notice:

The Camano Library Building Committee held an Open House/comment gathering session at the site of the new library (the former Islander’s Restaurant) from 4 p.m. until 7 p.m. July l.   All Camano Island residents were invited to stop by and give their opinions about possible features of the new library.  Input gathered at the meeting will help guide the work of the building committee.

6/26/14:   Notice:

Our last monthly meeting (until fall) of the Camano Island Library Friends is Thursday, June 26 at 7 p.m. Elections for all four offices will take place. You can also find out what’s going on this summer at the library and in the renovation of our new building at Terry’s Corner.

8/8/14      Request from Camano Library Children’s Coordinator:

Mary Jennings, who coordinates the children’s programs for our Camano library, needs four helpers for the final summer program on Friday, Aug. 15 from 12:30-2. It’s a lively outdoor program and a super finale to the summer reading outreach.

8/15/14     Summer Program for Camano Library outreach bash.

8/10/14

Gay Campbell, Library Friend serving on the new library’s building committee, provided this information:

The Camano Library Remodel web page has been updated to include

– an introductory statement

– a bulleted summary of the key features of the new layout

– the list of “Givens” which was distributed at the public meeting

– the simplified schematic drawing, and

– elevations for the North, South, and East sides of the new building

 

http://www.sno-isle.org/camanolibraryupdates

(Feel free to share this with friends, neighbors, anyone who may be interested. )

8/28/14  Camano Island Pirate Potluck

As submitted in the crab cracker:

THURSDAY, AUGUST 28

END OF SUMMER POTLUCK

Ahoy all you sailors, landlubbers & library lovers! Join the Camano

Island Library Friends at 5pm at the Camano Commons for a potluck

to celebrate the end of summer. Bring a dish to share & your

own beverages. Pirate-themed activities will abound for all ages!

Meet with friends & neighbors, learn about the new library & discover

how you can be part of the important activities and events

that support our library. Get your pirate on and join in the fun!

http://thecrabcracker.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/Crab%2BCracker%2B124%2Bweb.pdf

9/16/14    Public Meeting:  Give your opinion for interior design for the Library.

Please plan to attend a public meeting at the new library building on September 16 to hear about possible interior features and give your opinion about your preferences. The meeting is scheduled from 4 until 7 pm, with a presentation repeated at 4, 5, and 6 p.m.

 Cookies and coffee will be served, and contributions of cookies by members of Camano Island Library Friends would be appreciated.

9/25/14    Camano Island Friends Library Meeting:  7 pm.

John Hamer has fielded complaints from readers, listeners and viewers about the state’s news media for the past 15 years. He will discuss efforts of the Washington News Council to mediate these complaints when he speaks to the Camano Island Library Friends at 7 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 25, at 7 p.m.

Hamer, a long-time journalist, was executive director of the Washington News Council from its formation in 1998 until it closed its doors this summer. The public is invited to attend.

Ahoy there, Matie!