From Our Corner
Locke ... and loaded
Image Back in his bachelor-legislator days, Gary Locke was known as a frugal, no-frills guy who fixed his own cars, re-roofed his house, and helped friends with plumbing and electrical work. Mona Lee, the very classy woman he married before becoming a two-term… Read more
Library Legislation Tracker - March 20, 2009
Courtesy Legislative Planning Committee, Washington Library Association State Bills of Interest. The Washington Library Association(WLA) tracks state legislative activity that will potentially affect Washington Libraries. Their tracker is posted to the WLA web site and we will also post it weekly on this blog. For information on the legislative process or becoming… Read moreYikes! Tough times for libraries ...
Image Many Washington libraries are in trouble. The recession and failed levy measures mean less money -- and that means cutbacks. Some libraries are having to reduce hours, services and staff. Case in point: A library in the Cowlitz County town of Castle Rock might… Read more
More red ink: Budget gap nears $9b
Image The hits just keep on coming. Washington's bipartisan Revenue Forecast Council says the nose-diving economy will produce about $2.8 billion less revenue than predicted just a few short months ago. Combined with the downturn that had been forecast in November, the… Read more
From Your Corner of Washington
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"Skidder went thru bridge." And there she remains.
Image Curt Lokovsek of South Prairie, WA was exploring the Enumclaw Heritage collection recently when he spotted a… Read more
WSL Updates, March 19, 2009
Volume 5: March 19, 2009 for the WSL Updates mailing list Topics include: 1) LETTERS ABOUT LITERATURE 2008-2009 2) SUPPORTING STUDENT SUCCESS GRANT CYCLE OPENS MARCH 23 3) WASHINGTON STATEWIDE DATABASE TRIALS 4) FEDERAL STIMULUS FUNDING AND GRANT OPPORTUNITY 5) FREE WORKSHOP ON DIGITAL STORAGE NEEDS FOR VIDEO 6) MATH & SCIENCE WORKSHOPS FOR LIBRARIANS 7) OPEN GOVERNMENT NATIONAL WEBCAST AND LOCAL DISCUSSION Click below to read more about these topics. 1) LETTERS ABOUT… Read more
Proof of 'I Do' in seconds...
Image As a newlywed from King County, I couldn’t help but take notice that King County marriage records are – for the first time – being added to the Washington State Digital Archives, allowing couples to find their marriage info in seconds on the Web. Starting this month, the DA began ingesting more than 1 million King County marriage records into the state’s premier electronic database… Read more'From Your Corner' Facebook app...
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Clippings, March 18, 2009
Clippings, March 18, 2009
Elections:
Thumbs up to Castle Rock’s many library supporters. And there are many – enough to date to keep the city’s library operating at least through the summer. (Daily News [Longview], 2.21.09)
http://www.tdn.com/articles/2009/02/21/editorial/doc499f2c1b91f88930532211.txt
Buildings:
Federal Way Regional Library (KCLS) patrons… Read more
Library Legislation Tracker - March 17, 2009
Courtesy Legislative Planning Committee, Washington Library Association State Bills of Interest. The Washington Library Association(WLA) tracks state legislative activity that will potentially affect Washington Libraries. Their tracker is posted to the WLA web site and we will also post it weekly on this blog.… Read moreSt. Patrick's Day in Olympia
From the desk of Mary Paynton Schaff It seems that in Olympia Saint Patrick’s Day has always been a day to celebrate regardless of age, nationality, or the limits of personal living quarters. Three cases in point: 1) 1912: Miss Beatrice Kearney hosted… Read moreGreener pastures II ...
Image And what would happen if Governor Chris Gregoire were to give up all the power and glory, free government housing (and an $8 billion state budget nightmare) to join the Obama Cabinet or something equally cool? Here's how it would work: Lieutenant Governor Brad Owen, a conservative business Democrat and longtime legislator from Shelton, would move into the Governor's Mansion (after the Gregoires and their cute doggie moved out, of course.)… Read moreIf Patty or Maria head to greener pastures ...
Image If Sen. Patty Murray or Sen. Maria Cantwell moved over to the Obama Cabinet or left for greener pastures (something we're not expecting, nor do we liken them to cattle!) how would their successor be picked? With President Obama already responsible for four U.S. senators moving over to the Executive Branch (can you name them??), it's a logical question, since there's no single preferred method in the USA. In the case of a U.S. House… Read moreLeno: We need St. Paddy again ...
Image As the coast-to-coast griping intensifies about those AIG mega-bonuses (using our bailout tax dollars, of course), late-night comic Jay Leno says AIG stands for "Adventures in Greed" and adds "Boy, you thought St. Patrick drove the snakes out of Ireland. Let's send him down to Wall Street!"A Librarian Laments (in 1928)
If you're tired of writing reports for your supervisors, perhaps you should take a cue from Ruth A. Dennis, historical branch librarian at the Green Lake Branch of the Seattle Public Library. Dennis's reports were often literary, and always filled with a wry humor. For the quarter ending June 30, 1928… Read more
Library Legislation Tracker - March 13, 2009
Courtesy Legislative Planning Committee, Washington Library Association State Bills of Interest. The Washington Library Association(WLA) tracks state legislative activity that will potentially affect Washington Libraries. Their tracker is posted to the WLA web site and we will also post it weekly on this blog. For information on the legislative process or becoming… Read more
Secretary of State
Steve Hobbs
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