JULY 31, 2015, KEIZERTIMES, PAGE A9
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Little library posted in West Keizer
By CRAIG MURPHY
Of the Keizertimes
The fi rst time Carol Do-
erfl er saw one, she was in-
trigued.
“I remember seeing one
and thinking, ‘What is that?’”
she said.
Doerfl er, a longtime active
member of the West Keizer
Neighborhood Association,
later saw a story about a Little
Free Library in South Salem
and realized that was the one
she’d seen. After thinking
about it a couple of years, she
brought the idea up to the
WKNA board.
When nothing happened,
Doerfl er brought the idea up
again. This time, she got some
funding and support. Doer-
fl er hopes to have her little
library up at Moneda Avenue
and Shoreline Drive by mid-
August.
“We had an old bookcase
that belonged to (husband)
Martin’s friend Bill Randol,”
Doerfl er said. “We repurposed
it into a little library. Bill was
an avid reader, so it seems ap-
propriate. I used to be an avid
reader and Martin still is.”
According to informa-
tion at littlefreelibrary.org,
the concept was started by
Wisconsin’s Todd Bol in 1996
but really started to take off in
2010. Little Free Library was
established as a nonprofi t or-
ganization in May 2012. There
are currently 25,000 locations
around the world, including
in all 50 states and more than
70 countries. It’s estimated
more than 35 million books
have changed hands as part
of the exchange. The organi-
zation hopes to have 50,000
locations by 2017.
Doerfl er is doing her share
to help, in part because she
likes the basic concept.
“You take a book and leave
Submitted
One of Keizer’s newest Little Libraries, on Parkmeadow Drive Northeast, and the Salem Sunset Rotary members pictured: (front,
left to right) President-Elect Mary Cooper, Treasurer Roxie Cooper, Gayle Horton, and President Carol Gleason (back, left to right)
Marcy Crenshaw, Past-President Steve Judson, Past-President Laura Beegle, and Erika Tucker.
a book,” she said. “It’s helping
to promote literacy through-
out the world.”
Doerfl er has registered her
little library and is the offi cial
steward of it.
“You look over it,” Doer-
fl er said of her responsibilities.
“You just make sure there are
books in it.”
According to the research
she has done, Doerfl er said
vandalism isn’t typically a
problem, especially if the li-
brary is in a busy area.
“This is a busy corner, with
a lot of walkers going by,” Do-
erfl er said, referring to both
adults as well as children dur-
ing the school year. “A num-
ber of kids walk by here on
the way to Kennedy Elemen-
tary. I don’t think anyone will
cause any trouble.”
While hers is made from
a bookcase, Doerfl er noted
various kinds of material can
be used.
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“They have been made out
of garbage cans, kid wagons
and plastic totes,” she said.
“When I brought the idea up
(at WKNA), the board loved
it. They thought it was a great
idea.”
Doerfl er is predicting reac-
tions to her library will match
her initial ones.
“People may wonder,
‘What is that?’” she said. “I
think there will be curiosity.
I’m really excited. It will be
fun.”
The map on the little li-
brary website shows there is
also one located at 899 Park-
meadow Drive NE. That is
the one in front of Gayle Hor-
ton’s home, done through her
Salem Sunset Rotary Club in
memory of her late husband
John, an avid reader who died
of ALS last fall.
Horton heard about the
libraries via The Rotarian, the
Rotary Club magazine, in
the spring of 2014. Rotary
members asked the Hortons
if they’d be willing to have a
library in front of their home,
an offer that was accepted
warmly.
“They were hoping to
dedicate it to him instead of
doing it in memory of him,
but he went too quickly,”
Horton said, noting the li-
brary was done in March.
Steve Judson did the bulk of
the work, using leftover paint
from the Hortons to match
the color of their home.
For Horton and Rotary
overall, literacy has long been
a focus. As such, she’s thrilled
with the library.
“I love it,” Horton said. “I
can’t tell you how excited I
was when it fi rst got books
and people were looking
through them. I’m so excited
seeing people using it. More
people are dropping off books
than taking them.”
Horton estimated the two
shelves currently have about
30 books and joked she needs
more shelf space.
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