Sunday, February 1, 1981
Dear Mother, Dad & Mary,
Hi! Sorry I didn't get a letter off to you last week. It seemed like an extra busy week perhaps just because of my birthday! This next week looks like it is going to be busy also. Later this afternoon I am going out with Patty (dentist's wife) to collect for March of Dimes. We have the same area we did last year -- a four block area south of us. It is just outside the city limits -- half mobile homes and half houses but no street lights or paved roads so we decided to do it on Sunday afternoon this year instead of Monday evening which we did last year. Hopefully we will catch people at home and we'll be able to see the mud puddles and snarling dogs!
Tuesday the library board is having a meeting to approve the budget. Hopefully I won't get too much flak on my salary demands! The budget has to be turned into the county by February 13th. They have never had any trouble getting the budget approved by the county -- mainly because they stay within the 6% increase allowed. Last year in fact the library requested 1500 to repair a crack in the wall and the county sent over a contractor to check it out and on his recommendations gave the library 6500 instead of 1500. A little under 2000 has been spent with alot of that money going to paint the inside of the library which has all been redone. The rest will be held in reserve for repairs that may be necessary later. The library does not have to account for how the money is spent other than library expenses.
Ladies of Elks are having a meeting on Wednesday night. They are in the midst of getting new officers as their year starts April 1. I declined from being an office holder but did agree to serve on the auditing committee. We have been going to the Elks more since Day Care extended its hours. It is much easier to go when we feel like going and not have to worry about finding babysitters, etc. And Wendy loves to go to "school".
Five weeks from today we will be traveling through Utah, Wyoming, Colorado & Nebraska. We can hardly wait. We talked to someone yesterday who had a friend that came from Florida to Oregon via Amtrak over the Christmas holidays and what a "horrible trip" it was. It turns out that the person was a very inexperienced traveler and thought the train was too crowded, the food terrible, etc. He flew back to Florida. We won't be traveling over the holidays and we know what to expect from the food service so we are all set to have a great trip.
Love, Catherine, Gerry & Wendy
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