Best Laid PLans

There is that famous quote about plans often going awry - and this summer has been daily proof of that for us here at the library.

We are delighted to welcome 3 new employees here at the library - be sure to take a moment to meet them when you stop in. At the same time, we lost a valued employee to retirement, several others moved into new positions at the library - a real shake up. So we planned for all this. We thought. Then came the awry. One of our employees required emergency surgery and is out for months. So we scrambled to create a new plan to handle that. Then others on the staff had some health issues which opened some more holes. We are feeling a bit like that cartoon character trying to plug multiple holes in the dike.

We are now planning for the new operating hours starting September 5th. And we are hoping that these plans may remain secure. If not, we certainly are familiar with thinking on our feet at this point.

But in any challenging situation there is always a positive. In this case, we found that our staff are great folks that are ready to rise to the occasion. We discovered some wonderful qualities in staff members that never had an opportunity to really shine before. We have discovered that we can weather problems (knock on wood).

So my apologies for any erratic service, or more than average errors. Hopefully, as we move forward, our best laid plans will ensure we give you the great library service we work hard to provide.