It was a cold rainy day at the Cooper Center in Volcano Village, making it perfect for indoor work. The first thing we did was remove all the books from the shelves in the used bookstore, cover everything with plastic, and prep the walls. All the shelves were removed, taken out to the lanai and painted with primer. Talmadge Magno and Debbie Lebourdais handled that task like professionals. Inside the bookstore, Linda-Jane Irwin, John Tyler, Jack Lockwood, Paul Ducasse, Don Hughes, Dean and Erin Gallagher, Frank Box, Jerry Shimoda, Rosemary Stancampiano, Kevin Lebourdais, Alana McKinney, Helene Buntman and several other community members cut and rolled the walls and ceilings. Charlene and Amos Meyers kept us in hot coffee and banana bread throughout the morning. In the back closets, Marti Lockwood, Hank Banquer, Casey Cummings, Nona and Herb Wilson lost a lot of brain cells priming the bare walls with no air circulation.
The day got really exciting when the runners from a 30 mile race originating in Hilo began arriving. One of them was suffering from severe hypothermia, but we had Linda-Jane Irwin and Nona Wilson on hand to offer advice. We microwaved towels and wrapped the poor guy up. He was finally up and eating later.
Then we got to enjoy a delicious lunch of grilled salmon, sausage, pasta salad and huge chocolate chip cookies prepared by Charlene Meyers.
There were many other community members present who contributed a lot of painting and cleaning talent. Who knew you could have so much fun painting!
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