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Showing posts with label Boles Wildfire. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Boles Wildfire. Show all posts

Saturday, May 14, 2016

Six Words and Sunday Shadow Shots! May 14-15, 2016

Our new Children's Library is open!
 
 
 
A sunny corner...

 
Looking into the new Children's Library
The little house on the right is actually the book drop made for us by the Helmsmen - a local
business that creates amazing wood furniture!
They also made the small table and chairs.
 
 
A collage of our first visitor- he came to the grand opening on April 23rd.
He had a lovely time! It's so great to have a special room just for the children!
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Do check out Six Words and Sunday Shadows!
And for heavens sake have a lovely day!

Monday, May 11, 2015

It's Awww Monday! May 11, 2014 It Was an Awesome Grand Opening!

Our little Weed Library had it's
Grand Opening on Saturday!
Everyone who came had a fun time
celebrating and enjoying the new space...
 
 
Lots of children came
and enjoyed seeing all the new
books and new furniture just for them! 

 
The new blue recliners are a big hit...
 
 
Tom Scott and Leslie Tift played music....
(you can find them on Facebook)
 

 
Stephan, Nadine and Russell
Three of the many people who
 helped bring back our library
 from last years disastrous wildfire.

 
We relocated to an old bank building
and we use the vault for book sales...
 
 
We all enjoyed visiting with
 friends and neighbors ....
 


 
Librarian Shelley shows off
her latest T-shirt....
Shelley will never be out of date
nor cancelled!
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Many thanks to Sandee for
Awww Mondays! Enjoy your day!

Tuesday, April 14, 2015

A TO Z 2015 Challenge! L is for Libraries and Love!

On September 15, 2014 a wildfire blazed through our little town of 3,000. Approximately 90 homes were burnt to the ground and another 60 homes were damaged. Our library, Senior nutrition center, Grace Presbyterian church, the Holy Family Catholic and community center were completely burned to the ground. Parts of the Roseburg wood products mill were damaged. Miraculously no was killed and only 3 firemen were injured.


 
Yesterday thanks to generous donations and city assistance our Library re-opened in a
new location! Here are a few photos
of a few of many volunteers setting up
the new location!
 
 
 Assembly always required!!
 
 
 Amazing amounts of cardboard
needing to be recycled!
 
 
 And....here come all the new books!
Not to mention all the donated books!
Tomorrow I will post photos of our
libraries new home!!
A great big Thank You goes
out to everyone who helped!
We love our library!!
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To read more about the fire go HERE .
 

Saturday, October 18, 2014

Six Words and Sunday Shadows October 18-19, 2014

Reading to children.....a priceless gift .
Children Love to Read 
October 12, 2014


Our Little Library is Open!
October 13, 2014 

In last weeks blog post I wrote about our
library being destroyed in a horrendous
wildfire that consumed over 160 homes.
Our little town has begun to recover and
rebuild, but this all will take time and money.
If you would like to help rebuild our library
please send your donations to:

Weed Friends of the LIbrary
PO Box 2
Weed CA 96094 

The Weed Friends of the Library
is a non-profit 501 (c) (3) EIN# 77-0605176
and all donations are tax deductible.  
Thanks to everyone for their generous donations. 
And my offer of a matted photo still stands!
Go to this Link to read about my offer.
And have a great day!
Go Here for Shadow Shots 
and Here for Saturday Six Words!
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