Clippings, October 24, 2008, Part 2

“Officials at Sno-isle Libraries are considering buying fewer books in 2009 to bring next year’s budget in line. Sno-Isle Libraries is considering cutting the budget for purchasing materials by $320,000.” They library’s trustees received their first draft of the budget last month.” The budget trouble was expected. Library residents approved an increase to Sno-Isle’s property tax levy in 2003, but district officials expected the levy rate to drop to the point where services would be impacted within five years.” The board will hold two public hearings on the budget before adopting it. (South Whidbey Record [Langley], 10-08-08)

Buildings:

“The Liberty Lake Council agreed Tuesday to award a construction contract for the renovation of a former industrial building to house the library and police department.” Liberty Lake Splash, 10-09-08)

“The Green Lake Library (Seattle Public Library) temporarily closed as of Oct. 2 to remove mold found in a crawl space in an unoccupied part of the basement. The branch will reopen once contractors deem the building safe.” This part of the building was not part of the recent renovation. Samples of the mold were not found in the meeting room area immediately above the crawl space. (North Seattle Herald-Outlook, 10-10-08)

Bids sought: Tenant Improvement Services for the New Battle Ground Community Library (Fort Vancouver Regional Library). Sammamish Library Construction, with a list of prime bidders. (Both, Daily Journal of Commerce [Seattle], 10-18-08)

The year-long closure of the Kirkland Library (King County Library System), slated to begin in October, will now begin in late December to early January, with the 15,000-square-foot building adding 4,000 square feet of space/ (With color photo) (Kirkland Reporter, 10-08-08)

Letters and Editorials:

Responding to a recent article about a planned levy lid lift election for Timberland Regional Library,  a volunteer firefighter from Centralia writes, ‘Any monies that the library district receives from a levy lid lift decreases the funds the fire, cemetery, and hospital districts are now receiving. The funding received by the fire district has also eroded because of the levy rates dropping, inflation, and less timber taxes….The number of calls for fire districts are increasing and less people are volunteering….Libraries are appreciated, but they do not put out fires or respond to aid calls.” (The Chronicle[Centralia], 10-10-08)

Programs and Displays:

Civil War re-enactors, members of the Washington Civil War Association, will dress in costume and present a program at the Issaquah Library (King County Library Association). (Issaquah press, 10-08-08)

Kitsap Regional Library’s month of the book, featuring To Kill a Mockingbird via a WSl One-Book grant, also included a showing of the movie “to a full house”. (Two articles, Bainbridge Island Review, 10-08-08

Spokane Is Reading, sponsored by the Spokane Public Library, the Spokane County Library District, and Auntie’s Bookstoe, features Sherman Alexie’s The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian, and a presentation by Alexie. (Spokesman Review [Spokane], 10-12-08)

Book Sales:

The Mountlake Terrace Library will hold a 20^th anniversary party and book sale. An article describes the many activities of Sno-Isle Libraries’s 21 Friends groups. (With color photo) (The Herald [Everett], 10-06-08)

[This summary of library news was created by Susan Barrett of the Washington State Library Division of the Office of the Secretary of State. It represents a newspaper clippings packet from all Washington newspapers received on the date shown. For more information about any of these stories, contact Susan at 360-570-5561 or [email protected]

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