- April 25, 2024
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Longboat Library co-presidents Mary Baker and Hazel Steskal
Bob and Pat Gussin were given a lifetime membership to the library at the 60th anniversary celebration in honor of their book donations.
Mary Baker and Akula Krishna
Jack and Carol McMahon, Maria Wendel and Mary McGrath
Warren and Patricia Cotty and Sean McGrath
Roberta Wladis, Bonney Libman and Pat Geraci
Connie Hilwig, Dennis and Jean Lawyer and Madelyn Spoll
Mary and Patti Orme
Joyce and Jerry Fox
Keith Nelson, Ruth Strauss and Judy Marquis
Hazel Steskal gives Bob and Pat Gussin a lifetime membership to the library.
Amy Roth and Gail Keene
Carole Krieger and Ann Marie Krepela
George Spoll and Larry Grossman
Carol Gibbon and Trish Curran
Carolyn Mangel, Marcia Sexton and Patrice Green
The Longboat Library was anything but quiet on Feb. 24.
But, as co-president Mary Baker said, Longboat’s library isn’t one where people are told to be quiet anyway.
This chatter was different though. It was in honor of the library’s 60th anniversary. In 1957, a group of women opened a library in a local storefront, and the rest is history. Today, the library is run by 55 volunteers and has a collection of 6,000 books.
The little library was crowded for its anniversary event as guests poured near the bookshelves to celebrate the only place books are rented on the Key. The friends and volunteers of the library in attendance enjoyed light refreshments, including appetizers from The Lazy Lobster and wine from Bob and Pat Gussin's vineyards in New Zealand.
Co-president Hazel Steskal also presented the Gussins, owners of Oceanview Publishing, with a lifetime membership to the library as a thank you for their book donations.
