All Carbondale trustees were present for a code-heavy meeting on March 10. Rec Center equipment found temporary storage in the meeting room while the gym is transformed for the Carbondale Arts Fashion Show. The consent agenda included meeting minutes, an intergovernmental agreement for mosquito control, a resolution affirming the Town’s support for the Colorado Outdoor […]
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Myrna Fletchall to resign from GarCo Library District Board of Trustees
Close on the heels of Britton Fletchall’s June 19 resignation as president of the Garfield County Re-2 school board, his wife Myrna Fletchall submitted a letter to the Garfield County Library District announcing her resignation as a library board trustee. The Sopris Sun obtained a copy of her letter on Tuesday, June 24. Myrna, whose […]
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Literate Life: Your libraries in 2024
I like statistics. It matters to me how well we do and looking over the numbers helps me stay on top of change. This month, I’d like to take a look back at Garfield County Libraries use in 2024. Thanks to Jenn Cook, our technical services director, for pulling all this together. The main trend: […]
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Grant requests, dueling library petitions, Xcel gets laydown yard permit south of Silt
A different kind of library request opened Monday’s Garfield County Commissioner (BOCC) meeting. Ellen Dole of the local group Protect Our GarCo Libraries approached the board with a polite letter and petition — with a stated 1,400 signatures — asking the BOCC to rescind a resolution about appointing Garfield County Public Library District trustees. The […]
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Reading between the lines
Community advocacy group Protect Our GarCo Libraries gathered with supporters in Centennial Park in Glenwood Springs on Saturday, Oct. 19. Aside from a reading of “The Lorax” by Dr. Seuss and a costume contest, attendees were there on serious business. After meeting in the park, participants marched to the county administration building to post a […]
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Who you gonna trust?
There are more public library buildings in Garfield County (and in the nation) than there are McDonald’s, Starbucks or City Markets.We hold our own with traffic, too. There are the young ones who come to storytimes, the moms who bring them, the local businessmen and women working from laptops and library wifi, the seniors showing […]
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GarCo Report: Library trustee candidate hammers BOCC about appointment process
Monday’s Garfield County Commissioner (BOCC) meeting, minus Tom Jankovsky, started off as expected with the county libraries as the subject of the open public comment period. Library board trustee candidate Carole O’Brien was first out of the gate, scolding the BOCC for its lack of communication to candidates about the changes to Tuesday’s scheduled special […]
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Library Report: A WiFi suggestion and more
Most regular Carbondale Library users know there is outdoor WiFi reception on the south side of the building and some know there is WiFi in the front. But, what if it’s winter, the temperature is 32 degrees and dropping, it’s after hours and you really need to do something on the internet? Hope could be […]
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Jamie LaRue trae nuevos conocimientos al GCPLD
Traducción por Dolores Duarte Durante la mayor parte de un año, el Distrito de Bibliotecas Públicas del Condado de Garfield (GCPLD) estuvo sin un director ejecutivo oficial. El anterior director ejecutivo del distrito renunció en agosto de 2021, precedido por varios otros empleados, incluidos cuatro de los seis directores de sucursales. En octubre, el director […]