Clippings February 12, 2016

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Image courtesy North Pend Oreille Heritage collection[/caption] Library Clippings for the week of February 12, 2016 Library News Mayor outlines library plan (Skagit Valley Herald, Mount Vernon, 1/27/16) Clean sweep About 20 junior high and high school students from The River Academy in Wenatchee volunteered a Friday afternoon in January to dust shelves at the Wenatchee Public Library. The school’s students try to do several service projects around town throughout the school year. (The Wenatchee World, Wenatchee, 1/28/16) Pend Oreille County Library District officer elected Katherine Schutte will continue as chair of the Pend Oreille County Library District for one more year as a result of elections held at the district’s November board meeting. Jane Miller Floyd will remain as vice-chair and Diane Stone will take on the secretary responsibilities. (Newport Miner, Newport, 1/20/16) District seeks out cities’ annexation (Tri-City Herald, Kennewick, 1/24/16) People Birthday wish becomes a generous PT library donation (The Leader, Port Townsend, 1/20/16) Programs & Displays School district, KCLS create student access accounts (Kent Reporter, Kent, 1/15/16) New toys at Tenino Timberland Library Tenino Timberland Library added a fire station, complete with fire engine and firefighter figures, to their collection of educational toys for children. A new games computer is on order. An ADA-compliant front door was purchased and will be added to the building soon; their sandstone book sculpture will be refurbished; and a new, larger library sign will be installed. (Tenino Independent, Tenino, 1/27/16) ************************************************************************************ [This summary of library news represents a selection of current newspaper clippings about Washington libraries received from Washington newspapers. The summary is created by Marilyn Lindholm of the Washington State Library, a division of the Office of the Secretary of State. For further information about this summary or the clippings listed, contact Shirley Lewis at 360-570-5567 or [email protected].]