Clippings, June 5, 2009
The Clark County Historical Museum – housed in a former library – is heading up “Mr. Carnegie’s Grand Tour of Washington.” The tour is designed as a theme for family road trips and to bring visitor traffic to heritage sites around the state. Washington’s Carnegie library cities include: Auburn, Anacortes, Burlington, Edmonds, Goldendale, Pasco, Port Angeles, Port Townsend, Ritzville, Seattle (six sites), Snohomish, Spokane, Tacoma, Vancouver, and Walla Walla. (Photo) (Columbian [Vancouver], 5.31.09) http://columbian.com/article/20090531/NEWS02/705319970/
Elections:
Malden voters will be asked this November whether or not they want the town annexed into the Whitman County’s Rural Library District. If voters approve the annexation, a library tax will be levied against property owners. This year the library levy was just over $.45 per $1,000 assessed value. (Whitman County Gazette [Colfax], 5.14.09)
Buildings:
The Burien Library (King County Library System) opens June 13 at the Burien Town Square. (Highline Times/Des Moines News [Burien], 5.13.09)
With a construction project looming to expand the Coupeville Public Library (Sno-Isle Libraries), Sno-Isle Library officials are finishing up a deal for a temporary home starting this summer. (Whidbey News-Times [Oak Harbor], 5.13.09) http://www.pnwlocalnews.com/whidbey/wnt/news/44838997.html
Battle Ground celebrates its new library (Fort Vancouver Regional Library) with a grand opening. At 13,000 square feet, it’s more than three times bigger than the library it’s replacing, a 50-year old facility on the campus of Battle Ground High School. (Photos) (Columbian [Vancouver], 5.30.09) http://columbian.com/article/20090530/NEWS02/705309964/
Work is under way to clear the lot in downtown Vancouver for the future 83,000-square foot, $38 million main library (Fort Vancouver Regional Library). It is set to open mid-2011. (Vancouver Business Journal, 5.29.09) http://www.vbjusa.com/stories/2009-05-29/like_a_good_neighbor.html