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Go Hawks!

Go Hawks!

The 12th man is alive and excited at Washington State Library.  The 4th floor windows on the Library’s south side urge the Seahawks to victory in Super Bowl 48! Need something to read before the big game?  Here are a few books about the Seahawks: Tales from the Seattle Seahawks sideline:  a collection of the greatest Seahawk stories ever told by Steve Raible. Super Seahawks:  the story of the Seahawks magical run to the Super Bowl. Notes from a 12…

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Friday night lights

Friday night lights

 It’s that time of  year when students are cracking open their text books … and that means high school football is starting all over the state.  Check out a flash back from 80 years ago, when the Olympia Bears hosted the Vancouver Trappers on Thanksgiving Day in 1929. The teams are seen playing on Stevens Field, since Olympia High School, then located across the street from the state capitol building, had no field of its own. The game’s final score: 14-0 Bears. (Bears…

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