S.R. No. 92 Summary

• Requests the State Librarian and Board of Education to dedicate a section of the Kailua Public Library in honor of former State Representative Cynthia Thielen

• Cynthia Thielen represented House District 50 (Kailua and Kaneohe Bay areas) for three consecutive decades from 1990 to 2020, serving as Minority Floor Leader and Assistant Minority Leader

• Thielen was a founding lifetime member of the Friends of Kailua Library and founded the Birthday Book Club; she also established a public-private partnership in 1999 with the Harold K.L. Castle Foundation that funded a master renovation plan for the library

• The renovation expanded the Kailua Public Library to accommodate more patrons and services, with improvements to the circulation area, workroom, and administration offices

• Certified copies of the resolution shall be transmitted to the State Librarian, Board of Education Committee on Public Libraries Chairperson, Kailua Public Library Branch Manager, and Friends of Kailua Library Executive Board Chair