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Library News
Renton is still part of the King County Library System – for now. After a 90-minute Committee of the Whole discussion and nine comments from the public, the Renton City Council essentially rejected a de-annexation vote, but due to procedural issues, the council chose to pull it from the agenda rather than vote it down. (Renton Reporter, 4.12.13) http://www.rentonreporter.com/news/202426301.html

Each year thousands of libraries celebrate National Library Week, an event sponsored by the American Library Association, during the third week of April. This national celebration was created to highlight the value of libraries and the important, interesting and fun services they offer in their communities all year long. (Bellingham Herald, 4.14.13) http://www.bellinghamherald.com/2013/04/14/2958496/curiosity-literacy-democratic.html

To publicize the importance of libraries, branches around the state took a snapshot – literal and figurative – of what happens during a day in the life of a library. In Winthrop, a part of North Central Regional Library, Library Snapshot Day was Wednesday, April 10th, in conjunction with the weekly story time. (Photo) (Methow Valley News [Twisp], 4.17.13)

There are new adult fiction bestsellers on the shelves of Hesseltine Public Library. A donation of audio (talking) books has also been received and will soon be on the shelves. Thanks to all who donate to the library. (Wilbur Register, 4.18.13)

Four Ellensburg High School students, working on their own, have produced the top-rated video in the state to promote Teen Summer Reading Programs statewide this year. The video contest are part of the nonprofit Collaborative Summer Library Program, a consortium of states working to provide summer reading program materials at the lowest cost possible for public libraries. (Photo) (Daily Record [Ellensburg], 4.30.13) http://www.dailyrecordnews.com/free/scrapbook/win-video-contest/article_825480ae-b1e1-11e2-934e-001a4bcf887a.html

Buildings
The Chelan City Council voted to award a bid for remodeling the Mason Hall into Chelan’s new public library, a part of the North Central Regional Library District, and pitch in $80,000 to fill the gap between what’s been raised, and what’s needed. The council voted to award the job to the Wenatchee-area firm Blodgett Construction for $810,000. (The Wenatchee World, 4.14.13) http://www.wenatcheeworld.com/news/2013/apr/13/chelan-to-pony-up-80000-for-library-remodel/

Pat and Bill Caldwell have a vision for Toledo. The Caldwells announced that they would donate the building on Cowlitz Street that formerly housed the Toledo Pharmacy until 2011 and the Daily Grind coffee shop, which closed earlier this month. The Toledo City Council unanimously voted on Monday to look into the process of turning the space into a library. (The Chronicle [Centralia], 4.18.13) http://www.chronline.com/news/article_bedb8776-a83f-11e2-aa2e-001a4bcf887a.html

Letters & Editorials
My name is Chloe Roets, I am 9 years old, and my family moved to Chewelah in December, 2012. My favorite thing about living in Chewelah is riding my bike down to the library during my free time, when the library is open. If you close the library, and don’t open it again, I will die of boredom. (The Independent [Chewelah], 4.11.13)

As someone who uses the library on a weekly basis, I see how the community uses and benefits from participation with our library’s many resources. The local library represents the interests of all of us in one way or another. Please vote YES to save Chewelah’s. (The Independent [Chewelah], 4.11.13)

This letter is in response to many recent U-B articles, editorials and letters to the editor that have appeared over the last few months. I, for one, am becoming weary of hearing the misrepresentations, half-truths and outright lies being leveled against the Rural Library District and the RLD Board by the Library Users Coalition and perpetuated by the U-B. (Union-Bulletin [Walla Walla], 4.12.13) http://union-bulletin.com/news/2013/apr/15/u-b-reporting-rural-library-district-shameful/

We are living in a dynamically changing world where we need to learn continuously to be relevant and employable. My favorite learning tool is the library. Libraries offer an array of information, technology and resources for lifelong learning on almost every topic and for all ages – and for free. The library is a powerful tool. Through continued learning, the possibilities are endless. (The Mukilteo Beacon, 4.17.13)

Residents of Ferndale have an extraordinary opportunity to serve the community for decades to come with a very modest investment of about $1 a month (based on $250,000 of assessed property) for the new library. Everyone should join in enthusiastic support and vote Yes for the future of the Ferndale community. (Ferndale Record, 4.17.13)

People
South Sound High School para-educator Teri Evans was honored recently at the South Sound Reading Foundation’s Readers are Leaders breakfast. During the past 18 months, Evans, a math para-educator, helped expand the book collection at the Lacey alternative high school by securing money and book donations from businesses and nonprofits. (The Olympian [Olympia], 4.17.13) http://www.theolympian.com/2013/04/17/2508815/lacey-paraeducator-honored-for.html

Programs & Displays
The Shelton Mason County Chamber of Commerce’s Taking Care of Business Book Club focuses on titles covering personal and professional growth, best organizational practices, leadership principles and societal issues. Club members meet from 11:45 a.m. to 1 p.m. on the second Friday of each month at the Shelton Timberland Library, a part of the Timberland Regional Library System. (Shelton-Mason County Journal/Belfair Herald, 4.11.13)

The Arlington Library, a part of Sno-Isle Libraries, offered children and teens the opportunity to spend their spring break learning the sorts of skills they normally only see on primetime TV crime dramas, through a free weeklong “Forensic Detective Academy,” courtesy of the Friends of the Arlington Library. (Photo) (Arlington Times [Marysville], 4.17.13) http://www.arlingtontimes.com/lifestyle/203432071.html

[This summary of library news was created by Bobbie DeMiero and Leanna Hammond of the Washington State Library Division of the Office of the Secretary of State. It represents a selection of newspaper clippings about Washington libraries from all Washington newspapers received in the packets on the dates shown. For more information about any of these stories, contact Martha Shinners at 360.570.5567 or [email protected]]

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