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State Library helps Eastern WA libraries with day camps

State Library helps Eastern WA libraries with day camps

Everyone thinks of libraries as the place to read or check out books. But a summer day camp program in three Eastern Washington communities demonstrated that local libraries are much more. For six weeks this summer, kids in Harrington, Lind and Reardan took part in the Stimulating Summers Enriching Young Minds day camps in the communities that were supported by their libraries. Camp attendees explored different themes through crafts, games and reading. Themes included space camp, art around the world,…

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“The darkness was absolute”– The Creepy Cloud of Swamp Lake

“The darkness was absolute”– The Creepy Cloud of Swamp Lake

From the desk of Steve Willis, Central Library Services Program Manager of the Washington State Library: The following article was found at random in the July 31, 1908 issue of The Ephrata Journal. What is it describing? Swamp gas? A fog anomaly? A strange portal into another dimension?  HARRINGTON FOLKS ARE PERPLEXED  LAKE SURROUNDED BY DARKNESS WHILE SUN IS SHINING  Queer Phenomena Vouched for by Leading Citizens of Lincoln County Town But No Explanation is Vouchsafed — Discovered by Accident by…

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