On April 4th the library hosted Good Morning Sandy. It was our first “official” event in the new meeting room. The attendance was amazing, and everyone was very impressed with the building.

Two days later we participated in First Friday, offering live music by members of the Pagan Jug Band, along with library services and dessert. Our concerts have grown in popularity and we welcome all to attend these “not-so-typical-for-a-library” events.

The Friends of the Library caught First Friday Fever and offered a used book sale in the new community room during our First Friday concert. The sale continued all day Saturday. This time the focus was on non-fiction, and they hope to continue to offer sales during future First Fridays. These sales are in lieu of the Giant Book Sale which they have offered for many years during Mt. Festival.

I attended a meeting of the Sandy Women’s Club in April. This group has been in existence for 100 years! They created the Sandy Library in the 1930s. For many years they would celebrate the anniversary of the library’s beginnings with a silver tea, but they haven’t done that in many years.

To commemorate the organization’s 100th anniversary, they have asked if they can hold a silver tea in the library’s new meeting room. It will be open to the public, and is planned for Saturday, September 22nd.

On April 25 – 27, Monica Smith and I attended the Oregon Library Association conference in Bend. We both had a great time, agreeing that this was the best conference we’d been to. In addition to the informative sessions that we attended, we both had opportunities to get to know Kwang Kye, the new Network Manager for the LINCC (Libraries in Clackamas County) consortium.