Library Clippings for the week of January 15, 2016

Library News

Everett Public Library’s historic mural gets a makeover (The Herald, Everett, 12/16/15)

New library effort over (Spokesman Review, Spokane, 12/17/15)

LVCU donates $10,000 to Sunnyside Community Library
Lower Valley Credit Union presented the Sunnyside Community Library with a donation in the amount of $10,000 on December 8, 2015. The donated funds updated the library’s two technology work rooms which are available to students and the public alike. The donation also funded a hand painted mural displayed in the children’s section of the updated library, and contributed to purchasing various pieces of furniture that were placed throughout the building. (Record-Bulletin, Prosser, 12/23/15)

Cub Scouts start little library
Members of Cub Scout Pack 60/20 Webelos 2 den recently completed their Little Library project. Alex Austin, Caleb Craddock, Malik Martinez, and Walter Tonasket began the project this fall with the assistance and advice of Eagle Scout Steven Nicholson and den leader Alicia Tonasket. In addition to planning the library structure itself, the boys planned where to place it. They prepared a brief presentation and delivered it to the Omak City Council, which gave the boys permission to place the Little Library in front of the Visitor Information Center in East Side Park. (The Omak-Okanogan County Chronicle, Omak, 12/23/15)

Bank presents $100,000 check for Silverdale library (Central Kitsap Reporter, Silverdale, 12/25/15)

Letters & Editorials

Camas library is worth every penny (Camas-Washougal Post-Record, Camas, 12/22/15)

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[This summary of library news represents a selection of current newspaper clippings about Washington libraries received from Washington newspapers. The summary is created by Marilyn Lindholm of the Washington State Library, a division of the Office of the Secretary of State. For further information about this summary or the clippings listed, contact Shirley Lewis at 360-570-5567 or [email protected].]