We love libraries…especially ours here on the island. It has ably served our needs but for the past number of years reality has hit: it’s limping, old, in need of repair, small and cramped, and goodness knows needs to be replaced.

How has it impacted our household? The Tech Tuesday “class” has come to the rescue countless times when we fumble with our computers. Staff have found the books, new and old, that we requested for our reading and learning pleasure, it has the DVDs of the myriad films we have missed over the years, and hosted speakers presenting an array of very interesting and intriguing issues. We both have made presentations and to full, as in overflow, houses for not just ours but for all the others the library brings.

Any increase in our property tax is far outweighed by the positive impact on us and what a new library and its extraordinary staff bring to our community. We urge you to go to the website for the library to learn more…about our/your library, and the levy: www.sjlib.org.

Please join us in voting “Yes!” for the library levy. Our thanks!

Gay Graham and Ron Hanson

San Juan Island