"What is more important in a library than anything else-than everything else-is the fact that it exists." -Archibald MacLeish

"Libraries have always been home to me. They have seemed not inhibiting, not scary, but veritable lighthouses of Utopian order and generosity amid the cutter and ignorance and selfishness of so much of the life that is lived in this world." -Robert Hughes

The Edgewater Library has existed in its current location for 20 years. I started a couple of months before that move from next door. Before me there were many other Librarians who are still remembered by the people I see now. My love of this "baby" library (as it has been called hundreds of times) and the wonderful people of the area and surroundings have enriched my life in so many ways.

In the late eighties, the library was still part of the city hall building, court was upstairs, the post office was on Gray Street, and Ernie's Drug Store was still in existence...putting prescriptions on peoples' tabs and delivering food to those in need. The Edgewater Library consisted of books for all, some magazines, and multimedia consisted of book/cassette kits for children and the catalogue on microfiche. Presently we are proud to have two internet computers, DVDs, videos, books on tape, music CDs, books on disc, CD-Roms, and of course many, many books. And if we don't have it here, it is just clicks away.

Some of the children that first came to use the library have since brought their own children in for me to meet. I have gotten very attached to a great number of library users and my staff. Being able to see the impact of what we can provide and having the luxury of getting to know people is a huge plus.

Once when I was reading a story to small group of kids in December, our HVAC crew was up checking the unit on the roof. They all looked up wide-eyed and said, "Is it Santa???"