Boxford Library Trustee Candidate: Art Sibbach
Although I’ve spent most of my life in Massachusetts, I’m a relatively new resident of Boxford. I joined the Boxford Library Solutions Team last year to help build consensus around a proposal for a new library. Through the work that the BLST team has completed I’ve learned a lot about Boxford, and the issues that make building a new library in town so contentious. As a library trustee, I plan to continue to work towards building consensus throughout the community for support of a new library.
The public library has always been an important part of my life. My first recollection was borrowing “Curious George goes to the Hospital” when it was first published. Since then I have borrowed and returned many materials, and made use of the research facilities that a library avails to the public.
To quote Charles Schultz’ character Linus, on receiving his first Library Card; “I have been given my citizenship in the land of knowledge”. A wealth of information is available at any library, to anyone who simply asks for it. The programs that the Boxford Library provides go way beyond being a place to borrow books & videos. Children’s story time, arts & crafts projects, speakers, and holiday festivities are all part of the library.
As a trustee I hope to preserve the library and all its functions for the enjoyment and education of future generations. We the people of Boxford deserve a library of the quality that was envisioned when the Cummings family donated their home to become a town library. Boxford’s library needs have since outgrown the space provided by that home. We can best honor their bequest by preserving their home, and their dream of a library that meets the needs of all the town’s people, for now and in the future.
I am an electrical engineer, and have spent nearly 30 years in the aerospace & defense industry. I am currently in a manufacturing engineering position with General Electric in Lynn.
My favorite part of life is spending time with my wife Donna and son Erik. In my spare time I also enjoy photography, gourmet cooking, travel, hiking and I am a PADI certified Master Instructor of Scuba Diving.
Thank you for your consideration.
Art Sibbach
