{"id":7787,"date":"2016-06-03T19:48:41","date_gmt":"2016-06-03T19:48:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/idsunmedia.com\/?p=7787"},"modified":"2016-06-03T19:48:41","modified_gmt":"2016-06-03T19:48:41","slug":"glenn-honored-for-library-service","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/woodriverweekly.com\/index.php\/2016\/06\/03\/glenn-honored-for-library-service\/","title":{"rendered":"GLENN HONORED FOR LIBRARY SERVICE"},"content":{"rendered":"

Heritage Court woman became a paramedic in later years<\/i><\/span><\/h2>\n

BY JONATHAN KANE<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

The Heritage Court Committee has selected Lois Glenn to this year\u2019s Heritage Court.<\/p>\n

Glenn is known locally as the \u201cstalwart of the library\u201d for her volunteerism and long service on the board of directors of The Community Library in Ketchum.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m very honored to be chosen,\u201d Glenn said in an interview. \u201cIt\u2019s great to be recognized as an historic figure and someone who contributed in the early days. It\u2019s nice to be remembered.\u201d<\/p>\n

Glenn\u2019s involvement with the library started about the time she moved from Blackfoot to the Wood River Valley in 1960. She first served as a volunteer, which led to being on the board of directors for 20 years, treasurer for 10 years and chair for two years.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m most proud of the work I did on creating the new building,\u201d Glenn said. \u201cWe made the plans while I was treasurer and figured out what it would cost and how to pay for it. It took a few years but it was a huge accomplishment. Since then it has expanded but it\u2019s still one of the most important places in town and it keeps growing and modernizing.\u201d<\/p>\n

Glenn has also worked for 20 years at The Gold Mine, a thrift store in Ketchum that provides funding for The Community Library. She said her fondest memory there was working with Cynthia Quarton.<\/p>\n

\u201cPeople came in there to see her,\u201d Glenn said. \u201cIt was a social place. People would come in and chat and catch up on the news.\u201d<\/p>\n

Glenn is originally from Stockham, Neb., with a population of 20 who she said were mostly relatives. She married her college sweetheart, Jim Glenn, and moved with him to Ketchum in 1960. \u00a0While Jim worked as a pharmacist and part-owner at Ketchum Drug, which was located in the building that now houses Rocky Mountain Hardware, Lois was busy helping out at the Presbyterian Church of the Big Wood, teaching knitting for 4-H, and working with the PTA at Wood River Junior High.<\/p>\n

After her husband passed away in the late 1990s, Lois Glenn moved to their second home at Smiley Creek, where she saw a community need and began a four-year career as a paramedic.<\/p>\n

Though in her sixties and a bit apprehensive, she went back to school and even trained for several months in Kansas City, Mo.<\/p>\n

She said nothing that happened at Smiley Creek and in northern Blaine County compares with the level of excitement of\u00a0 <\/span>late-night emergency runs into downtown Kansas City. There, she dealt with drug overdoses, drive-by shootings, and the homeless. At Smiley Creek, there were motorcycles colliding with deer, lost hikers, and snowmobile accidents.<\/p>\n

\n

HERITAGE COURT<\/b><\/p>\n

This is the third of a four-part series about the four women selected this year for the Blaine County Historical Museum Heritage Court. Now in its 13th year, the Heritage Court was founded to honor women for their contributions to the history and heritage of Blaine County. A coronation ceremony is set for 3 p.m. Sunday, June 12, at the Liberty Theatre in Hailey.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Heritage Court woman became a paramedic in later years BY JONATHAN KANE The Heritage Court Committee has selected Lois Glenn to this year\u2019s Heritage Court. Glenn is known locally as the \u201cstalwart of the library\u201d for her volunteerism and long service on the board of directors of The Community Library in Ketchum. \u201cI\u2019m very honored […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":7788,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":"","_pvb_checkbox_block_on_post":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[80,18,36,49],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-7787","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-heritage","8":"category-news","9":"category-slider","10":"category-top-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/woodriverweekly.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7787","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/woodriverweekly.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/woodriverweekly.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/woodriverweekly.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/woodriverweekly.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7787"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/woodriverweekly.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7787\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/woodriverweekly.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7788"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/woodriverweekly.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7787"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/woodriverweekly.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7787"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/woodriverweekly.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7787"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}