the libraryis always open |
Jim came from Nova Scotia many years ago and since he owns the Sourdough Tavern he likes to engage in local politics and management: "The fact that the government doesn't do much for Keno City, compels us to get things done without waiting for someone else. That's why everything here is special. Because it costed us so much work!".
To manage the focuses of the community life, that is library, museum, laundry, toilets, public telephone, mailboxes - services which are also offered to visitors in Summer - the residents, around 20 people who decrease to less than 10 in Winter, have created the Keno Community Club. A kind of city assembly, a mix of city council and management committee.
To manage the focuses of the community life, that is library, museum, laundry, toilets, public telephone, mailboxes - services which are also offered to visitors in Summer - the residents, around 20 people who decrease to less than 10 in Winter, have created the Keno Community Club. A kind of city assembly, a mix of city council and management committee.
Paul is in charge of repairing and cleaning, Roger fills the water, Bob fills the mailboxes three times a week, Karl is the bookkeeper e pays the bills. "What we can or must do is decided at every meeting. According to the availability of each of us", says Karl with a smile. He's 35, the youngest in town, and arrived from BC a little longer than one year ago.
Like the laundry, the library is always open. No lock at the door. And it's heated. No guard. No librarian. And even in Summer, when hundreds people a day come to Keno City, no key is used to lock the room.