 | Dr. Jonathan Decherd and his granddaughters enjoy a moment with books and each other. Jonathan and I are very excited about the opening of the Laura Bush Library! Our Westlake community has so many more who will be able to appreciate all the fine thought in acquiring the broad collection available to the public. We aprreciate the audio books since we are at the time of our life when we have the opportunity to travel. And when our family comes to Grandparents' Camp, guess where we like to take them! What a marvelous effort to support a place named for a fine Texas lady. Holly Decherd |
 | I saw this library grow from just a twinkle in Doris and Eleanor's eye.-Toody Byrd |
 | The Westbank Library holds a very special place in my heart. I am so excited that we can offer the gift of a branch to our growing community.-Lyle Thormann |
 | I just love this library! -Marjorie Loehlin |
 | Our family loves going to the library. It is perfect for all our armchair travels!-The Richardson\Savage Family |
 | Reading is an important part of our family's life. We welcome the opportunity to participate in the funding of the new library.-Provencal Home |
 | The most pleasant library I've ever been in. It's well arranged and is full of efficient, pleasant people.-J.D. Williams |
 | I have been a regular at the Westbank library ever since I quit my full-time job to stay home with my first child. (This is baby number three!) My family lives west of Loop 360. I will be so glad to have a nearby library with a great view where we can go to browse books, and meet our friends in the "heart of the community" meeting room. I envision the new library branch as a real asset for our neighborhood.-Laura Goodell |
 | My boys grew up walking to the library- it has always been very special to us! Congratulations- Doug, Tish, Wes & Zach Bender |
 | The librarians are helpful and friendly and do a great job providing books and movies for my children and me. For a library of its size, I am constantly surprised that I am almost always able to find the book that I am looking for. Keep up the good work!-Laura Babineau |
 | I love the Westbank Library because I got help on my Boy Scout Merit Badge project (on the New Branch Library) from the "big cheese" and Library Director, Beth Fox!-Zach Hyland, 14, Boy Scout Troop 4 |
 | How exciting to be part of a library that continually evolves to meet the needs of our growing community.-Beth Fox |
 | You can talk all day about how wonderful this library is! We feel like we're pretty much a part of the library, we've been here since its inception. The library is a part of the community and part of us as well. -Edie and John Musgrove |
 | My family has been coming to the Westbank library for 12 years and we've seen all of the wonderful growth & changes the library has experienced. The new branch opening is exciting in so many ways...having a community gathering /student study spot on the "west" side of Westlake is long overdue and we foresee a very successful future. Hurry up and build it!-The Schaubhuts |
 | From the first time Mrs. Potts showed me the wonders of the Carnegie Public Library in Bradford, Pa., I have had a life long love affair with the library. I feel fortunate that I can share that same wonder and love with my grandchildren at the Westbank Library. Thanks to Beth, the staff, and all the volunteers, they are not intimidated and have learned that the library is a great place to spend time. I was thrilled to be able to receive my very special library card, and I am looking forward to the new library-Pam Wood |
 | How exciting to be part of a library that continually evolves to meet the needs of our growing community.-Beth Fox |
 | Our car comes here automatically. It's like we have an autopilot set for the Library.-Kathy Tullos |
 | Westbank Library is among our favorite places to visit as a family. A quick trip to the library often turns into an afternoon outing. There is something for everyone there!-Carol Maxwell and Family |
 | Why does anyone think computers will see the demise of libraries?-Mardi Wheeler |
 | Westbank Library is - a truly community asset with helpful staff,and quality resources. The water fountain, bonze statue, children friendly backyard add so much character to the library. Thanks, and please continue the good work ! -The Meyers |
 | "And then what happened, Grandma?" -Ethel Kunze and grandchildren |
 | We are a family of avid readers, down to the youngest! We hope that our gift will help you extend the wonderful pleasure of reading to other families in the community.-Suzanne Napier |
![[The Westbank Library donates books to Pickle Elementary's Book Drive Days...] It has been one of the most rewarding volunteer experiences I've been involved with. At our last drive, we had one child that was hugging and kissing his book while walking back to his classroom. We also had another teacher tell us that she had been to one of her student's homes, and the only book they had in their home was one we gave them last year. It really makes me stop and reflect on what we take for granted. -Brooks Schuelke](/auxiliary/photos/auto_pics/4900.%20PickleElementary_final.jpg "[The Westbank Library donates books to Pickle Elementary's Book Drive Days...] It has been one of the most rewarding volunteer experiences I've been involved with. At our last drive, we had one child that was hugging and kissing his book while walking back to his classroom. We also had another teacher tell us that she had been to one of her student's homes, and the only book they had in their home was one we gave them last year. It really makes me stop and reflect on what we take for granted. -Brooks Schuelke") | [The Westbank Library donates books to Pickle Elementary's Book Drive Days...] It has been one of the most rewarding volunteer experiences I've been involved with. At our last drive, we had one child that was hugging and kissing his book while walking back to his classroom. We also had another teacher tell us that she had been to one of her student's homes, and the only book they had in their home was one we gave them last year. It really makes me stop and reflect on what we take for granted. -Brooks Schuelke |
 | Westbank Library is always a fun place to be, for all the right reasons.-The Monnins |
 | One of the founders and the first fundraising chair for the Library -Emmy McDaniel |
 | Since we moved in this community last December, trips to the library have been a favorite part of my family's routine. It is a great pleasure that my daughter's tile will be mounted to the children's section of new branch and be kept forever. We all will wait for it's opening. -The Kim Family |
 | The Westbank Library is the warm and comfortable heart of our community. We love it and feel very fortunate to be a part of it.-The Turners |
 | The Library is important to me because reading is cool and fun. You can learn lifelong things to help you and facts that are useful. You can learn many things from books! - David Tulkoff |
 | When we moved to Austin in 1993, we asked our real estate agent to show us houses near a library. My first "adventure" with a library started when I was seven and could have my own library card. Reading has been my very favorite thing to do ever since. The Westbank Community Library is such a gift and just happens to be the best library in my experience, and I have used many all over the continental U. S. and at overeseas duty stations with the U. S. Navy. These are our grandsons who are also starting to love to read. With the new branch library on Cuernavaca many more patrons can enjoy and fall in love with a new "adventure."-Bobby and Carolyn Farrar |
 | We Booksellers at Barnes & Noble Westlake LOVE being partners with the Westbank Community Library. The librarians and staff there do so much to encourage and enable reading, and at the same time they build a deep and vital sense of community. - Barnes & Noble at Bee Cave and Loop 360 |
 | We may not agree on the books we read but one thing we do have in common is that we love the Wesbank LIbrary -The Kidd Family |
 | My criteria for a book is that it has to have a map. - Tristan Farias |
 | The Westbank Library is an oasis in the busy life of Westlake.-Karen Sherriff |
 | It makes me smile to remember this library's beginning with a few donated books. Now this community has developed a place that gives hours of pleasure to young and old through the books, videos, DVDs, programs, computers, and meetings. Never did we dream that we would be so successful as to need a branch-which will give even more pleasure to more people. -Flo Macklin |
 | Andrea and David Depwe and their adorable children MacKenzie and Andrew have honored their parents, long-time library supporters Dorothy and Stanley Depwe, with a memorial contribution to the Westbank Library. Dorothy and Stanley co-founded the family business, idyllic Westlake Beach, more than 50 years ago. We appreciate their commitment to us and the Westbank community. Go Westlake Beach!-The Depwe Family |
 | The Westbank Community Library is very dear to our family. We spend time there on a daily basis! Living in Lakeway, yet working and going to school in Westlake, it offers us a great place to meet one another, catch up on homework or pleasure reading, and make new discoveries. We are glad to be in a position to help make another branch of this wonderful library possible, and we look forward to spending many hours within its walls, as well!-The Vanderwilt Family |
 | We grew up with you....Early on we committed to the growth and success of the Westbank Community Library by opting for our square foot - a paver engraved with the words above. Years before, our toddlers often begged to climb the winding staircase to the library located in the Chase Bank Building. Then we transitioned to research assignments, study sessions, and best seller reading at the current location. Still readers and and now empty nesters, I guess you could say, "We are growing 'older' with you." Thanks to the Westbank Community Library for all that you are! -Christine and Gordon Gorychka |
 | Our whole family, especially our 3 daughters, Shampurna, Aishika, and Aihika, aged 6, 4, and 4 enjoy the books and dvds/videos from the library and love to visit the library. The new library is much closer to our home and will allow us to make better use of the library facilities. The proposed architecture promises an awesome environment to just relax and read there as well. Thank you for the new branch library and please let us know how to help you succeed in making it happen as planned!-Joydeep Mitra |
 | Three generations of our family have enjoyed the many amenities of our wonderful library. We are amazed at the strong impact it has on our ever growing community- considering its beginning 23 years ago on the second floor of a bank building on Walsh Tarlton Road! -Nancy Hargarten |
 | Who dreamed 23 years ago that the Westbank Community Library would still be so much fun?-Sue Cline |
 | So many choices! I prefer the book version, so I can look up the nautical words and Russell Crow doesn't float my boat.-Jim Bannerot |
 | What do you think they will call the new library? The West Westbank? The Double-Westbank Library? The Wild Westbank Library? Oh well, we just can't wait until 2008!-Jill & David Respass |
 | When my grandchildren come to town they always REQUEST a trip to the Westbank Library! That means this library appeals to each of them-at different ages-in a special way. They bring home a great variety of reading, and I always pick up something too.-Ardyce Walser |
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