“The
trustees were pleased with the response to the
posted job opening and felt fortunate to have a
number of viable candidates to interview,” said
Ms. Ashworth, “however, Craig’s professional
experience as an innovative, award-winning
educator combined with his vision of the
library’s role and mission—past, present, and
most of important of all, its future
potential—made him their unanimous choice.”Born and raised in Boundary County, Mr. Anderson sees the library directorship as continuation of his decades of experience fostering the life-long enjoyment of learning for his over 3,000 satisfied students.
Ms. Ashworth has retirement in her future, but first she'll be continuing in a volunteer advisory / consultant position with Mr. Anderson and with the library's Board of Trustees for awhile. And she still has a position on the Kootenai Valley Resource Initiative that will keep her busy. Then what? "No major plans," she said, "except for longer visits with family residing in other states, and catching up on 31 years of 'this can wait, I have to go to work' projects at home."
"I don't indulge in long-range plans any more," she said, "although I do still buy green bananas!"
Mr. Anderson is looking forward to getting started with his new responsibilities at the library. "This library has been making a difference in our county with its willingness to give," said Mr. Anderson. "Through hard work and ingenuity, Sandy, her staff, the trustees, and community members are creating a powerful new learning center that, coupled with its ground-breaking fabrication center or Fab Lab, can provide the people of Boundary County with a bridge toward a positive, productive future. A culture of opportunity is in the making, and I am excited to be part of it.”