For a few days last week, it really felt like we completely skipped June and dove straight into July! That must mean that it’s time to start talking about summer plans, and boy do we have some big summer plans! First of all:
Summer Concerts
in Orsini Park
I know that many of you have been waiting for this announcement, so we are very excited to announce the 2021 Orsini Park Summer Concert Series! Our concert organizer, Lori McCutcheon, has put together five Tuesdays of great music, kicking off on Tuesday, July 6, and running through Tuesday, Aug. 3. All concerts begin at 7 p.m., and are supported in part by the village of Altamont, as well as by donations to Altamont Free Library. Stay tuned for more information about our lineup of awesome musicians in the coming weeks.
At five weeks instead of the usual six, this will be a slightly shorter concert series than usual since we need to accommodate some improvements that the village will be making to the park throughout the month of August. Still, we couldn’t be more excited to see you all out in our beautiful park for some great music and great neighbors.
Story times
Speaking of the park, for the past few weeks, it’s been wonderful to see so many young friends out in Orsini Park for Tuesday morning story times, and we’d love for you to join us!
Gather your young ones and join Miss Ann out for some super fun stories, songs, and activities. In order to keep things safe and socially distant, we’re going to be spreading out on the lawn in our summer home, Orsini Park! If you’ve never visited us before, Orsini Park shares a parking lot with the library, so it’s easy to find. In the event of rain, story time will have to be cancelled for the week unfortunately, so be sure to check our Facebook page for updates.
Please bring a blanket or a lawn chair to sit on, and everyone will have to stay on their blanket during the program. We recommend that all attendees over the age of 2 wear a mask but, since this is an outdoor program, we’ll leave the final decision up to you. Finally, we are going to ask all participants to register with us in advance by calling us at 518-861-7239 or emailing us at . We can’t wait to see you there!
Saturday hours
It seems like every week recently, we’re taking another big step back toward normalcy: Two weeks ago, we brought back in-person story times in Orsini Park. Then last week, we opened up our doors for walk-in browsing. Well, here’s one more step along the path back to normalcy: On June 5, we resumed Saturday hours! We’re open from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Saturdays going forward, so come and pay us a visit!
As you may have read elsewhere in this newspaper, last week Altamont lost a pillar of our community. Dick Howie was a very special person to many of us in the village and beyond and he will be sorely missed.
As we here in the village have processed his passing, the thing that everyone keeps saying to each other about Dick is, “He was a good man.”
This is a simple and true statement, but in print, it doesn’t quite express what we all mean when we say it. When people say he was a good man, we mean that in all he did, and in every interaction, he radiated goodness and kindness.
In the six-and-a-half years that I knew him, I saw Dick’s goodness, decency, and compassion on countless occasions, and in acts large and small. Core to Dick’s goodness were his strong faith, his work ethic, and his commitment to the many communities of which he was an active member. He was a person that you could look up to, and say: “That’s what I want to be like.”
I may be wrong about this, but I don’t think that Dick stumbled accidentally into being a role model for so many of us. I believe that he worked hard at it. I know that he read more, thought more, and studied more about how to be a good person than almost anyone I’ve ever met, with the sole exception of his beloved wife, Ellen. He was assisted in this work by his church, his community, and his family.
Dick showed up. If there was work to be done, he would be there.
If the library was having a board meeting, a fundraiser, a book club, a potluck, or anything else, you could be certain that Dick would be there to do whatever he could to help. The library was far from the only recipient of his energies, and he was an active member of Altamont Reformed Church, and Community Caregivers among, I’m sure, many other organizations.
Dick was so proud to have helped to renovate the train station over the many years that it took to transform it into today’s library. At the time of his passing, he was an active member of our board of trustees.
A few weeks ago, Dick rode in the Altamont Reformed Church’s Memorial Day Parade float, spreading the word about the church’s weekly community dinners. I’m glad that he got one last parade. I’m glad that, as a member of our book club, he got to read one last good book. I’m glad that right before he went into the hospital, he got to attend one last Sunday church service.
I’m glad that he got to spend so many afternoons on his porch at the top of a hill with Ellen by his side. I’m glad that in the end he died as he lived, embraced by community and surrounded by love.
Rest in peace, Dick. May your memory be a blessing.
Come on in
For the past few months, the only way for people to come into the library has been to make an appointment. Not anymore.
As of a few weeks ago, you no longer need an appointment to come into the library to browse, make copies, use the computer, or whatever else you need to do. Just walk right in!
Now, sometimes you may have to wait a few minutes, since the building capacity is capped at 10 people. In order to make sure you never have to wait too long, visits will still be held to 20 minutes or less. And, in order to protect our patrons who cannot or have not gotten vaccinated, all patrons over the age of 2 must wear a mask for their entire visit regardless of vaccination status.
So stop in and say hi if it’s been a while. Our doors are open, so come on in!
Saturday hours
It seems like every week recently, we’re taking another big step back toward normalcy: Two weeks ago, we brought back in-person story times in Orsini Park. Then last week, we opened up our doors for walk-in browsing.
Well, here’s one more step along the path back to normalcy: On June 5, we’re resuming Saturday hours! We’ll be open from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Saturdays going forward, so come and pay us a visit!
It seems like every week recently, we’re taking another big step back towards normalcy: Two weeks ago, we brought back in-person story times in Orsini Park. Then last week, we opened up our doors for walk-in browsing.
Well, here’s one more step along the path back to normalcy: On June 5, we’re resuming Saturday hours! We’ll be open from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Saturdays going forward, so come and pay us a visit!
Come on in
For the past few months, the only way for people to come into the library has been to make an appointment. Not anymore. As of Monday, May 24, you no longer need an appointment to come into the library to browse, make copies, use the computer, or whatever else you need to do. Just walk right in!
Now, sometimes you may have to wait a few minutes, since the building capacity is capped at 10 people. In order to make sure you never have to wait too long, visits will still be held to 20 minutes or less and in order to protect our patrons who cannot or have not gotten vaccinated, all patrons over the age of two must wear a mask for their entire visit regardless of vaccination status.
So stop in and say hi if it’s been a while. Our doors are open, so come on in!
Story times
The past few weeks, it’s been wonderful to see so, so many young friends out in Orsini Park for Tuesday morning story times, and we’d love for you to join us!
Gather your young ones and join Miss Ann out for some super fun stories, songs, and activities. In order to keep things safe and socially distant, we’re going to be spreading out on the lawn in our summer home, Orsini Park! If you’ve never visited us before, Orsini Park shares a parking lot with the library, so it’s easy to find. In the event of rain, storytime will have to be cancelled for the week unfortunately, so be sure to check our Facebook page for updates.
Please bring a blanket and/or a lawn chair to sit on, and everyone will have to stay on their blanket for during the program. We recommend that all attendees over the age of two wear a mask, but since this is an outdoor program, we’ll leave the final decision up to you. Finally, we are going to ask all participants to register with us in advance by calling us at 518-861-7239 or emailing us at . We can’t wait to see you in the park!
Book club
If you love to read and love talking about what you’ve read, please consider joining our First Monday Book Club. We’ll be meeting this coming Monday, June 7, at noon to discuss Ernest Hemingway’s “A Farewell to Arms.”
Because of Ken Burn’s recent documentary about him, many of us have been thinking a lot about Hemingway recently, and we’ll see if his writing holds up after all these years. If you’re interested in joining us, give us a call at 518-861-7239 or an email at so that we can get you filled in on all the details.
— Photo from Joe Burke
Thirty attendees joined librarian Ann Gainer in Orsini Park on Tuesday, May 18, for Altamont Free Library’s first in-person story time in 14 months. Story times will continue to be held in Orsini Park at 10:30 a.m. every Tuesday morning, as long as the weather cooperates.
We’ve got some big news that we’re pretty excited about. Before I tell you the news, though, we need to talk about masks.
Over the past few weeks, we’ve all seen big changes in how we go about our day-to-day lives. Some businesses are allowing vaccinated people inside without masks. Nevertheless, the New York State Department of Health strongly recommends that masks be worn in indoor settings where people’s vaccination status is unknown.
Many of our patrons are young children, have medical vulnerabilities, or are — for whatever reason — unvaccinated, so at any given time, there may be unvaccinated people in the library. We want everyone to feel equally welcome and equally safe in our library.
For that reason, the board of trustees and I have decided to leave in place our requirement that all of our patrons continue to wear masks while they are in the library.
If you prefer not to wear a mask, we continue to offer Grab & Go service that you are more than welcome to use. The board and I will review this policy at each board meeting going forward.
If you have any questions about this, give me a call at 518-861-7239 or send me an email at . On behalf of the entire staff and board, we appreciate your patience and support.
Welcome
Now, for the big news.
For the past few months, the only way for people to come into the library has been to make an appointment. Not anymore.
Beginning on Monday, May 24, you will no longer need an appointment to come into the library to browse, make copies, use the computer, or whatever else you need to do. Just walk right in!
Now, sometimes you may have to wait a few minutes, since the building capacity is capped at 10 people. In order to make sure you never have to wait too long, visits will still be held to 20 minutes or less. As I said above, all patrons over the age of 2 must wear a mask for their entire visit.
We hope that making this change will make your library experience feel like almost normal. Not 100-percent normal, but closer to it than it’s been in a long time.
So stop on in and say hi if it’s been a while. Our doors are open, so come on in!
A year ago, when the initial stages of pandemic panic were in full swing, when I was stuck at home and had more time on my hands than I knew what to do with, I tried to catch up on books that I’d been meaning to read for a long time. There was just one problem: I couldn’t do it.
Something about the anxiety of the moment made it impossible for me to concentrate and focus on anything longer than a magazine article. After a while, as days stretched into weeks and then months, my reading slump began to really eat away at me.
As I’ve spoken to people about my inability to read at any meaningful length, I’ve found that I was not alone in my slump, and that, in fact, it was a fairly common phenomenon. Maybe it happened to you, or maybe your reading slump is still going. If so, I’m happy to share something that helped break me out of mine.
What reignited my love of reading was listening to audiobooks. Specifically, downloadable audiobooks with great narrators whose performance elevates already great books to an even higher level.
While I was stuck puttering around my house, I would listen to them as I would do chores. I’ve really enjoyed the actor Edward Hermann’s readings of David McCullough’s history books, such as “The Great Bridge” and “The Johnstown Flood,” and author Bill Bryson’s reading of his own very books such as “At Home and Shakespeare: The World as Stage.”
A recent favorite listening experience of mine has been Ann Patchett’s wonderful novel “The Dutch House” as read by Tom Hanks. All of those books and tens of thousands of others are available for free through the smartphone apps Hoopla and Libby. All you need is a library card to get started, and let us know if you need help in getting set up.
Don’t let anyone tell you that one way of consuming a book is better than any other way. Any way you read is the best way to read, and audiobooks are a fantastic way of sparking anew your love of books. Happy listening!
Story time
in the park
After a long time away, we are very happy to tell you that story time is coming back!
Beginning on Tuesday, May 18, we will be resuming our weekly Tuesday story times. Please gather your young ones and join Miss Ann for some super fun stories, songs, and activities. In order to keep things safe and socially distant, we’re going to be spreading out on the lawn in our summer home, Orsini Park!
If you’ve never visited us before, Orsini Park shares a parking lot with the library, so it’s easy to find. In the event of rain, story time will have to be canceled for the week unfortunately, so be sure to check our Facebook page for updates.
Please bring a blanket and/or a lawn chair to sit on, and everyone will have to stay on their blanket during the program. Everyone over the age of 2 will be asked to wear a mask throughout the program as well. Finally, we are going to ask all participants to register with us in advance by calling us at 518-861-7239 or emailing us at staff@altamontfreelibrary.org.
We can’t wait to see how much some of our old young friends have grown in the past 14 months, and we also can’t wait to make some new young friends. We’ll see you in the park!
A year ago, when the initial stages of pandemic panic were in full swing, when I was stuck at home and had more time on my hands than I knew what to do with, I tried to catch up on books that I’d been meaning to read for a long time. There was just one problem: I couldn’t do it.
Something about the anxiety of the moment made it impossible for me to concentrate and focus on anything longer than a magazine article. After a while, as days stretched into weeks and then months, my reading slump began to really eat away at me.
As I’ve spoken to people about my inability to read at any meaningful length, I’ve found that I was not alone in my slump, and that, in fact, it was a fairly common phenomenon. Maybe it happened to you, or maybe your reading slump is still going. If so, I’m happy to share something that helped break me out of mine.
What reignited my love of reading was listening to audiobooks. Specifically, downloadable audiobooks with great narrators whose performance elevates already great books to an even higher level.
While I was stuck puttering around my house, I would listen to them as I would do chores. I’ve really enjoyed the actor Edward Hermann’s readings of David McCullough’s history books, such as “The Great Bridge” and “The Johnstown Flood,” and author Bill Bryson’s reading of his own very books such as “At Home and Shakespeare: The World as Stage.”
A recent favorite listening experience of mine has been Ann Patchett’s wonderful novel “The Dutch House” as read by Tom Hanks. All of those books and tens of thousands of others are available for free through the smartphone apps Hoopla and Libby. All you need is a library card to get started, and let us know if you need help in getting set up.
Don’t let anyone tell you that one way of consuming a book is better than any other way. Any way you read is the best way to read, and audiobooks are a fantastic way of sparking anew your love of books. Happy listening!
Story time
in the park
After a long time away, we are very happy to tell you that story time is coming back!
Beginning on Tuesday, May 18, we will be resuming our weekly Tuesday story times. Please gather your young ones and join Miss Ann for some super fun stories, songs, and activities. In order to keep things safe and socially distant, we’re going to be spreading out on the lawn in our summer home, Orsini Park!
If you’ve never visited us before, Orsini Park shares a parking lot with the library, so it’s easy to find. In the event of rain, story time will have to be canceled for the week unfortunately, so be sure to check our Facebook page for updates.
Please bring a blanket and/or a lawn chair to sit on, and everyone will have to stay on their blanket during the program. Everyone over the age of 2 will be asked to wear a mask throughout the program as well. Finally, we are going to ask all participants to register with us in advance by calling us at 518-861-7239 or emailing us at staff@altamontfreelibrary.org.
We can’t wait to see how much some of our old young friends have grown in the past 14 months, and we also can’t wait to make some new young friends. We’ll see you in the park!
One of the most important things that parents of young children can do to enrich their children’s lives and increase the likelihood of success in school is to instill a love of reading early on.
One of the most important things that libraries can do to help is by providing story times for young children, where librarians can model the early childhood literacy skills that parents and caregivers can take home and practice on a daily basis.
We’ve been doing our best over the past year, producing video story times that we would put out on our Facebook and YouTube channels, but it’s just not that same as the in-person experience.
That’s why it gives me so much pleasure to be able to say something that I’ve been waiting a very, very long time to say: Story time is coming back!
Beginning on Tuesday, May 18, we will be resuming our weekly Tuesday story times. Please gather your young ones and join Miss Ann for some super fun stories, songs, and activities. In order to keep things safe and socially distant, we’re going to be spreading out on the lawn in our summer home, Orsini Park!
If you’ve never visited us before, Orsini Park shares a parking lot with the library, so it’s easy to find. In the event of rain, story time will unfortunately have to be canceled for the week, so be sure to check our Facebook page for updates.
Please bring a blanket and/or a lawn chair to sit on, and everyone will have to stay on their blanket during the program. Everyone over the age of 2 will be asked to wear a mask throughout the program as well. Finally, we are going to ask all participants to register with us in advance by calling us at 518-861-7239 or emailing us at staff@altamontfreelibrary.org.
We can’t wait to see how much some of our old young friends have grown in the past 14 months, and we also can’t wait to make some new young friends. We’ll see you in the park!
We are so lucky to live in the community that we do, with such wonderful neighbors. We always do what we can to support our neighbors, and our neighbors do the same.
We’ve recently received generous donations from some of our community members that we’d like to share with you.
First, we’ve received a Community Grant from our wonderful friends at Altamont Community Tradition for $300. We also recently received a $500 Holiday Match Program Grant from our friends at Stewart’s Shops.
Both of these grants will go towards purchasing new educational books and materials for our children’s section in a year where we would otherwise have to cut back on book purchases. So thank you, ACT and Stewart’s for all that you do to improve our wonderful community. You’re the best neighbors that we could have asked for.
Outdoor programs
With the weather getting better and better, it’s time to resume some in-person programs in beautiful Orsini Park. We’ll start with our monthly book club meeting on Monday, May 3, at noon.
This month, we’ll be discussing “Station Eleven” by the novelist Emily St. John Mandel. Just bring a chair, a mask, and your love of reading! In the event of rain, we’ll have to hold the meeting virtually via Zoom. If you’d like to join us, give us a call at 518-429-8354 or an email at to register for this program.
The very next day, on Tuesday, May 4, at 6 p.m., we’ll have our first ukulele meetup of the year out in the park. Please bring a chair, a sweater, a music stand if you have one, a mask, and your uke! Masks should be worn, especially while singing, and all participants are expected to maintain social distance throughout. In the event of rain, this program will be cancelled. We’re very much looking forward to seeing folks in person again, so please join us!
Village-wide Garage Sale
Altamont Elementary School’s annual Village-wide Garage Sale is back this year on Saturday, May 1. There will be some differences this year in acknowledgement of the ongoing pandemic: The won’t be any food trucks, or vendors in Orsini Park as there have been in the past, in order to reduce crowds. For the same reason, I am sorry to report, the library has decided not to participate either, and so we will not be accepting book donations this year.
We encourage all of our usual book donors to support the PTA’s largest fundraiser of the year by registering with the PTA and holding their own book sale. You can pick up a registration form here at the library in our entryway or by sending an email to .
Meanwhile, we still have a ton of books here that we’d love to send to a new home. We will be holding regular smaller book sales throughout the summer, and we’ll announce details about that soon.
But, if you are holding a garage sale, and would like to supplement your wares with some of ours, send me an email at and I’ll put together a box of books that you can sell at your garage sale on May 1. If you want to donate the proceeds from the sale of those books to the library, great! If not, that’s fine too. Either way, we hope you have a great sale!
— Photo by Olivia Cohen-Prue
Eliza Cohen-Prue at nine months old made her first trip to the library. In the arms of her father, Keegan Prue, Eliza meets Senator Michelle Hinchey on April 15. “It was both Eliza’s and the senator’s first visit to Altamont Free Library,” said the library’s director, Joe Burke.
With the weather getting better and better (last week’s snow notwithstanding), it’s time to resume some in-person programs in beautiful Orsini Park. We’ll start with our monthly book club meeting on Monday, May 3, at noon.
This month, we’ll be discussing “Station Eleven” by the novelist Emily St. John Mandel. Just bring a chair, a mask, and your love of reading! In the event of rain, we’ll have to hold the meeting virtually via Zoom. If you’d like to join us, give us a call at 518-429-8354 or an email at to register for this program.
The very next day, on Tuesday, May 4, at 6 p.m., we’ll have our first ukulele meetup of the year out in the park. Please bring a chair, a sweater, a music stand if you have one, a mask, and your uke! Masks should be worn, especially while singing, and all participants are expected to maintain social distance throughout. In the event of rain, this program will be canceled.
We’re very much looking forward to seeing folks in person again, so please join us!
Green & Clean
Speaking of Orsini Park, please join Altamont Community Tradition (ACT) in the park on this Saturday, April 24 from 9 a.m. to noon for their annual Green & Clean, where we’ll pick up sticks and trash, prepare the garden beds, and generally give Orsini, Schilling and Angel Parks a nice spiffing up.
It’s a great way to give back to the community and to show your gratitude for the wonderful place that we call home. If you happen to have some garden tools and/or a wheelbarrow that you can bring, it would be greatly appreciated. See you in the park!
Village-Wide Garage Sale
Altamont Elementary School’s annual Village-wide Garage Sale is back this year on Saturday, May 1. There will be some differences this year in acknowledgement of the ongoing pandemic: The won’t be any food trucks, or vendors in Orsini Park as there have been in the past, in order to reduce crowds.
For the same reason, I am sorry to report, the library has decided not to participate either, and so we will not be accepting book donations this year. We encourage all of our usual book donors to support the PTA’s largest fundraiser of the year by registering with the PTA and holding their own book sale. You can pick up a registration form here at the library in our entryway or by sending an email to .
Meanwhile, we still have a ton of books here that we’d love to send to a new home. We will be holding regular smaller book sales throughout the summer, and we’ll announce details about that soon. But, if you are holding a garage sale, and would like to supplement your wares with some of ours, send me an email at and I’ll put together a box of books that you can sell at your garage sale on May 1. If you want to donate the proceeds from the sale of those books to the library, great! If not, that’s fine too. Either way, we hope you have a great sale!
Browsing
Did you know that you can make an appointment to browse the library, just like the old days? Here’s how it works: You can call us at 518-861-7239 to make an appointment to come in and to browse the library collection. At first, appointments will be scheduled between noon and 6 p.m. Monday through Friday. Visits must be scheduled ahead of time by phone, and walk-ins will not be allowed, even if no other appointments are scheduled at the time.
Appointments will be limited to 15 minutes per visit (a little longer than the last time we tried this), and to one patron or family (5 people maximum) at a time. Facemasks must be worn covering the mouth and nose throughout your visit even if you’ve already gotten vaccinated, and all patrons must use hand sanitizer upon entering the building.
Computers will not be available to patrons, but the photocopier and fax machine will be available. Please be advised that all toys have been temporarily removed from the children’s section, in order to keep the library hygienic and safe for all users and staff.
Curbside Grab & Go service remains our primary mode of lending, and when items are requested, we will continue to prefer that method of delivery. Please do not schedule a visit if you are experiencing any COVID symptoms. If you are feeling unwell, or if you are unable to wear a mask for any reason, we will be happy to arrange for curbside delivery.
We look forward to continuing to serve our community in all of the ways that we safely can. We thank you all for your continued support, patience, and respect for these new rules. On behalf of the staff, we sincerely appreciate it.
One of the many wonderful things about being located where we are is that right outside our front door, we have Orsini Park. We have concerts, book clubs, summer reading programs, and so much more there when the weather is nice, and our annual Library Lights gazebo lighting ceremony in the winter. Orsini Park is our second home, and just like any home, it deserves a spring cleaning.
Please join Altamont Community Tradition in the park on Saturday, April 24, from 9 a.m. to noon for their annual Green and Clean, where we’ll pick up sticks and trash, prepare the garden beds, and generally give Orsini, Schilling, and Angel parks a nice spiffing up.
It’s a great way to give back to the community and to show your gratitude for the wonderful place that we call home. If you happen to have some garden tools and/or a wheelbarrow that you can bring, it would be greatly appreciated. See you in the park!
Village-wide Garage Sale
Speaking of wonderful annual events, the Altamont Elementary School’s annual Village-wide Garage Sale is back this year on Saturday, May 1.
There will be some differences this year in acknowledgement of the ongoing pandemic: There won’t be any food trucks, or vendors in Orsini Park as there have been in the past, in order to reduce crowds. For the same reason, I am sorry to report, the library has decided not to participate either, and so we will not be accepting book donations this year.
We encourage all of our usual book donors to support the PTA’s largest fundraiser of the year by registering with the PTA and holding their own book sale. You can pick up a registration form here at the library in our entryway or by sending an email to .
Meanwhile, we still have a ton of books here that we’d love to send to a new home. We will be holding regular smaller book sales throughout the summer, and we’ll announce details about that soon.
But, if you are holding a garage sale, and would like to supplement your wares with some of ours, send me an email at and I’ll put together a box of books that you can sell at your garage sale on May 1.
If you want to donate the proceeds from the sale of those books to the library, great! If not, that’s fine too. Either way, we hope you have a great sale!
Browsing and Lending
A few weeks ago, we reopened to the public browsing by appointment for the first time with the fall surge of COVID-19. It’s been wonderful having folks back in the building and we look forward to seeing even more of you soon.
Here’s how it works: You can call us at 518-861-7239 to make an appointment to come in and to browse the library collection. At first, appointments will be scheduled between noon and 6pm Monday through Friday. Visits must be scheduled ahead of time by phone, and walk-ins will not be allowed, even if no other appointments are scheduled at the time.
Appointments will be limited to 15 minutes per visit (a little longer than the last time we tried this), and to one patron or family (five people maximum) at a time. Facemasks must be worn covering the mouth and nose throughout your visit even if you’ve already gotten vaccinated, and all patrons must use hand sanitizer upon entering the building.
Computers will not be available to patrons, but the photocopier and fax machine will be available. Please be advised that all toys have been temporarily removed from the children’s section, in order to keep the library hygienic and safe for all users and staff.
Curbside Grab & Go service remains our primary mode of lending, and when items are requested, we will continue to prefer that method of delivery. Please do not schedule a visit if you are experiencing any COVID symptoms. If you are feeling unwell, or if you are unable to wear a mask for any reason, we will be happy to arrange for curbside delivery.
We look forward to continuing to serve our community in all of the ways that we safely can. We thank you all for your continued support, patience, and respect for these new rules. On behalf of the staff, we sincerely appreciate it.