Parent Speaks Out About Southeastern Wyoming Library Killing Its Program, the Charcoal & Quill Guild

Child Katie said it provided an outlet not otherwise seen in the community

A parent of a child who attended the Goshen County (Wyo.) Library’s Charcoal & Quill Guild has spoken in disfavor of the library discontinuing the guild.

Diane Heeney wrote to me about the issue after I wrote an article about the library making multiple changes, including terminating the guild.

The library’s interim director, Mike Durfee, did not return a request for comment for this story.

“It’s not like me to be very militant about stuff, (but my) concern is the message it sends to the kids,” Heeney said.

That message is that the guild is not important, Heeney said.

“As I said in the letter to the editor I sent to you, it seemed their letter to the editor was conflicting with some of the information they sent out,” Heeney said, referencing a letter the library board wrote after my first article related to the subject.

“When they inquired about it is that was the reason it was offered,” Heeney said. “They didn’t have the staff … what they said in the letter to the editor seemed to not wash with that.”

It concerned Heeney that the Guild wasn’t even mentioned in the letter, Heeney said.

“The kids really loved the group. It provided them with some opportunities…