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My name is Gene Helton. I am now (just today) 66 years old and have been using the library in Graham, Puyallup and Eatonville for about 10 months now. I have met some of the nicest, most helpful people ever and have had nothing but good feelings whenever visiting one of these libraries. It seems like I always have a need for some help with one thing or other when I visit and the answers are always there and with a friendly smile to go with it. I cheer you on you wonderful people!
Thanks a bunch,
Gene Helton
I got my first Pierce County Library Card in 1975 or 6. I had four school age children and we brought stacks of library books home every week.
Now my grandchildren and I check out books on old bottles and coins; and how to weave baskets out of cedar bark and how to build tree houses. We watch videos from the library together. We put lists of titles on hold, and we're so excited when they come in to Buckley.
They each have their own cards. When out of town grandchildren come to stay for a month in the summer, they sign up for the reading challenges and collect stickers and points toward Sub sandwiches.
I am glad Buckley Branch is open on Mondays now. I LOVE my library card.
Julia Wentz
Hello; I am Barbara Leimback. I got my card about 17 years ago, I think. I became interested in genealogy and found that I could use Interlibrary Loan for films and books that I might want as reference material in my research. I am 67 now so was about 50 when I got my card. I live in the Burley area but officially I am in Port Orchard.
Barbara
My name is Charis. I am 23 now and got my Pierce county library card when I was 20. Having a library card has always been very important to me. So far I have used it to borrow books to read for fun, books to read to my little brothers, movies to watch with them, and Spanish materials to practice learning Spanish. I also used it to borrow a study guide for the West B (an entrance test to become a teacher), and subsequently aced my test.
Sincerely,
Charis
I first got my Pierce county library card 5 years ago when my wife and I moved here from Oregon. But this library card is only the latest in a long line stretching back many years - I'm now 64 and I got my own library card at the Public Library in Salem, Oregon over 50 years ago.
I love to read books. I have lots of books of my own - particularly of authors that I know I'll want to read over and over. I've read the Lord of the Rings trilogy 36 times so far...of course, there are thousands of books that I've read only once or perhaps twice. The library expands my possibilities hundreds-fold. The library as a concept that expands a persons purchasing power for books (and music, videos, etc) that are then shared is just wonderful. I have found so many new authors and musicians through the library!
Jim Duncan
I have had my Pierce County Library card since the early 1980's. There was a library in the shopping center on Meridian that was not very far from my house. As a stay at home mother with two young boys, we needed something to do that was free. Our trips to the library included picking out new children's books to read, and the Bill Peet stories became our favorites. The other thing that we really enjoyed were the assortment of VHS movies. I think we watched every kids movie on the shelf at least once. Even now 20 years later, the kids talk about the library and the fun time that we had there. Now, my trips to the library are for audio CD's. I really enjoy listening to them as I drive to and from work. Thank you for all you have given to us and for continuing to be a haven of resources to the community.
Pam Terjeson
My wife and I got our first library card when we moved to Tacoma in 1973. We have used our card continually until present. What we enjoy the best is the ability to search and reserve books via the internet. I think the web site is easy to use and this method encourages increased use of the card. Together we read an average of 3 books a week. Keeps us seniors reading moiré and watching nonsense TV less.
Lawrence Neely
I LOVED my library card. I have only had it since we moved to Gig Harbor in 1998 but I had the number memorized so I could check on holds without even having to pull it out of my wallet. On a recent trip to the library, my son ran to the self-checkout desk, placed it against the computer terminal screen to compare my dark colored card with a key on it to the screen saver on the terminal. It accidentally slid out of his fingers and dropped inside of the protective screen guard. A librarian kindly tried to help us retrieve it. She even went to the effort of hefting the big computer screen to turn it upside to try and coax it to slide out. Alas, it didn't. I now have the new multi-colored one and have yet to learn a new number!
Melanie Fields
When I was six years old, I got my own library card at a little library in South Tacoma. We lived in Fircrest and that may have been the closest library to where we lived. My mother, dad, brother, and my grandfather were avid readers and so getting my own library card was the most important event to that date. I was very proud. My family moved to Eastern WA when I was 12 and I had not lived in Pierce Co. until three years ago when I moved a mile from the Summit Branch.
This has been great for me as I was living in central WA where the library service was not very good. I have saved somewhere between $20 and $30 a month in books since living here and using the library. I am now 72 and still reading and very thankful for good eyesight. I have raised a whole family of children and grandchildren of avid readers. Some even live in Pierce Co. and use the library system as well. Obviously, we vote for all the support for your work as we can.
Shirley Baenen
I moved to Buckley in 1989 and promptly applied for a library card. At the time we had started our horse farm and I checked out books that were applicable to our business. Of course, I checked out material for fun. I love to read and I especially appreciate your audio collection because I can have three different books "on the go" as I read and listen, too depending on my circumstances.
In the last few years my library card has become even more important. I have returned to university to complete my Bachelor's degree and then on for that Master's. Your databases are wonderful and your reference librarians are the very best. I still have my original library card. I cherish it.
Laverne Harris (age 61)