{"id":3332,"date":"2017-06-25T22:24:49","date_gmt":"2017-06-26T04:24:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rockaria.net\/bluebirdprairie\/?p=3332"},"modified":"2017-06-25T22:24:49","modified_gmt":"2017-06-26T04:24:49","slug":"update-on-lake-elmo-public-library-june-25-2017","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/rockaria.net\/bluebirdprairie\/?p=3332","title":{"rendered":"Update on Lake Elmo Public Library  June 25, 2017"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Our library has agreed to rejoin the county system. Being part of the regional system was\u00a0 always a goal as we worked to create a library from scratch when the county closed our library. I have inserted a link to an article that does a nice job of summing up the whole thing&#8230;although leaving out the blood, sweat and tears (literally) of the 60 &#8211; 80 volunteers who cleaned, painted, connected to software, purchased computers for the public, magazine and newspaper subscriptions, coffee, tea and hot chocolate service, hired professional staff, ran numerous programs &#8212; and many other things I am not remembering right now.The county will hire our staff and guarantee 40 open hours per week for four years, after that the hours will be dependent on the usage &#8211; circulation and visits. The library building, land and all the contents will be owned by the county &#8212; which bodes well for longevity I believe.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_3333\" style=\"width: 635px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3333\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-large wp-image-3333\" src=\"http:\/\/rockaria.net\/bluebirdprairie\/wp-content\/uploads\/ows_149801049157288-625x367.jpg\" alt=\"Star-Tribune photo of the library -- I like this one -- the warm comfort of a library in our downtown\" width=\"625\" height=\"367\" srcset=\"http:\/\/rockaria.net\/bluebirdprairie\/wp-content\/uploads\/ows_149801049157288-625x367.jpg 625w, http:\/\/rockaria.net\/bluebirdprairie\/wp-content\/uploads\/ows_149801049157288-150x88.jpg 150w, http:\/\/rockaria.net\/bluebirdprairie\/wp-content\/uploads\/ows_149801049157288-450x264.jpg 450w, http:\/\/rockaria.net\/bluebirdprairie\/wp-content\/uploads\/ows_149801049157288-768x451.jpg 768w, http:\/\/rockaria.net\/bluebirdprairie\/wp-content\/uploads\/ows_149801049157288.jpg 2000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 625px) 100vw, 625px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-3333\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Startribune photo of the library &#8212; I like this one &#8212; the warm comfort of a library in our downtown<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Click on the link below to read the news story.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.startribune.com\/lake-elmo-rejoins-washington-county-library-system\/429791783\/\">http:\/\/www.startribune.com\/lake-elmo-rejoins-washington-county-library-system\/429791783\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>So as of Dec. 31,\u00a0 I will no longer be on the library board or one of the people responsible for the library&#8217;s operation. We did a great job, and I am glad to let it go.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Our library has agreed to rejoin the county system. Being part of the regional system was\u00a0 always a goal as we worked to create a library from scratch when the county closed our library. I have inserted a link to an article that does a nice job of summing up the whole thing&#8230;although leaving out [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_s2mail":"yes"},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/rockaria.net\/bluebirdprairie\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3332"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/rockaria.net\/bluebirdprairie\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/rockaria.net\/bluebirdprairie\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/rockaria.net\/bluebirdprairie\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/rockaria.net\/bluebirdprairie\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3332"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/rockaria.net\/bluebirdprairie\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3332\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3335,"href":"http:\/\/rockaria.net\/bluebirdprairie\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3332\/revisions\/3335"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/rockaria.net\/bluebirdprairie\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3332"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/rockaria.net\/bluebirdprairie\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3332"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/rockaria.net\/bluebirdprairie\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3332"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}