Coupeville Library Update Blog: July 2009

COUPEVILLE LIBRARY EXPANSION PROJECT

GROUND BREAKING CEREMONY

JULY 11,2009

10 AM

On July 11, 2009, a large group of library supporters congregated just west of the Coupeville Library for the Library Expansion ground breaking ceremony. It was estimated that nearly 100 people attended the ceremony. It was an enthusiastic crowd with everyone excited that the expansion project was finally underway. The weather was perfect and many attendees brought their own shovels to personally participate in the ground breaking. Following is a pictorial view of the festivities.

The groundbreaking program of the day

Early morning set-up for the program

The crowd begins to gather

Nancy Bailey, Joann Roomes, and Leslie Franzen

wait for the ceremony to begin

Kathie Schutte, Leslie Franzen, Kristi Etzel

and Commissioner John Dean

Mayor Nancy Conard and Mildred Eisenhauer

Commissioner Angie Homola, Mildred Eisenhauer

JoAnn Roomes, Mayor Nancy Conard

Judy Lynn and Rabbitt Boyer

Janet Wodjenski, Laurie King, John Bolte

Vern Olsen provides music and leads singing

to begin the program

Coupeville Mayor Nancy Conard welcomes the guests

Sno-Isle Library Director Jonalyn Woolf-Ivory

welcomes the guests

Island County Commissioner John Dean

Coupeville Library Board member Nancy Bailey

thanks the community for supporting the bond issue

and the Library Expansion project

Coupeville Library Board member Joanne Roomes

recounts the effort to fund the library expansion

Ready for the ground breaking!

That ground was hard!

The ground breakers are persistent!

Commissioner John Dean and Sno-Isle Library

Director Jonalyn Woolf-Ivory

Ken Helms, Faber Construction Project Manager,

Stig Carlson, Architect, and Nancy Conard, Coupeville Mayor

Coupeville Town Council Member Ann Dannhauer

still wears her bond issue "Vote Yes" pin!

The Etzell's -- Marisa, Mike, Kristi, and Nicholas

Woody Rice, Carol Rice

Leslie Franzen, Irene Mueller, Coupeville Examiner

and Jim Theel

Leslie Bakker, Leslie Franzen, Laurie King

Coupeville Library staff

Jenny Egner, Sno-Isle

Peg Tennant, Leslie Bakker, Laurie King

The Friends set up for a book sale after the

Ground Breaking

Ground Breaking Special on Fiction!

COUPEVILLE LIBRARY EXPANSION PROJECT

On June 26, 2009, the first phase of the Coupeville Library Expansion project began with the moving of the Friends of Library used book storage shed to make room for the expansion construction. Following the move, the Friends will continue book sales at a new location just west of the library in the open field used by the Farmers Market. The Friends will be selling used books on Saturday's during the Farmer's Market. Stop by and find bargains while supporting the Friends and the Coupeville Library!