Democrat photo/Garrett Fuller — Moniteau County Library patrons gather Jan. 17 as Mike Staton, third from right in black vest, speaks about how the library's former director, Connie Beauchamp, right, impacted the community. Beauchamp retired Dec. 31 after spending nearly 14 years transforming the Wood Place Library — as it was originally called when she started in 2010 — to its current form, a publicly-funded library that serves Moniteau County except the City of Tipton. Staton is a member of the library's Board of Trustees, which he previously headed.
A lot has changed since Connie Beauchamp joined the Moniteau County Library staff in January 2010.
Beauchamp combined her previous library experience -- working under her dad, who served as Morgan County Library's librarian for more than five decades -- with her love for interior design work to make the Wood...
