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By SHARON KILPATRICK
Rappahannock New* Staff Writer
The Librapr Board took action at its last meeting to begin the landscaping project across the driveway from the entrance.
The board also voted to purchase additional children’s books but postponed acting on proposed by-laws until a special meeting this week.
Judy Lewis, who has volunteered to coordinate landscaping for the library, said she recommended planting five yellowood trees in the perimeter of the semi-circle in front of the library and blue princess hollies where the privet is now. The plan called for little leaf linden, but Mrs. Lewis said lindens are susceptible to Japanese beetles.
She said the yellowood trees have a fragrant bloom in the spring and a solid yellow color in the fall. Mrs. Lewis estimated the cost at for the plantings at $2,000. She offered to take care of the planting for the first year. “It would be nice to have 100 percent survival,” she said.
The board first looked to Ed Barton president of the Friends of the Rappahannock Library to see if that organization could donate funds for the plantings.
Mr. Barton said his organization probably would pay for the planting “if that is what the Library Board wants.”
Treasurer Helen Platt reminded board members that there are memorial funds that could be used for that purpose, and the board voted to use memorial funds to pay for the plantings.
They then voted to use funds donated in memory of Penny Keesey to purchase children’s books. Circulation of children’s books has been declining, and members said they felt that it was because many county children have read all the books. Member Grace Sims said the funds donated in Mrs. Keesey’s memory were supposed to be used for books.
The board went into executive session and approved a contract for librarian Nicki Lynch.
When it came time to consider the proposed by-laws the board was sharply divided.
At the November meeting the by-laws were presented. A by-laws committee made up of members Frank Warner, Steve Slade and John McCarthy presented the proposed by-laws and recommended that they be tabled with no discussion. There was no meeting set for December, and members were supposed to submit written recommendations for amendments by January 8. in time for the by-laws committee to meet, consider the written recommendations and report at the January meeting. Discussion would then be limited to proposed amendments.
Mr. Warner, chairman of the bylaw's committee, said he had not received any w'ritten suggestions by the January 8 deadline, and moved that the by-laws be adopted as presented.
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