South Winters Early Spire, Washington Pass, North Cascades -Submitted by Tristan, who says:
"It was a frigid Labor day in which we fought our fingers from numbing on us and a light dusting of snow. But, what doesn't kill us makes a better climber, and what a wonderful day!"Not all jobs are rewarding, but I have to say that working in a prison library is one of the good ones. It is not all fun and games, but there can be simple pleasure found working in the library. Not everyone will find the same pleasures, but we all have our simple joys in our jobs. Stay tuned....stories on the way.
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Cheney, Eastern Washington, at twilight. -Submitted by Larry C, who says: "I know that most of you over there think that Washington stops at the Cascades!"
Are there stories about or concerning libraries that you think are worth sharing? Please leave us a comment and provide a link so we can check it out! Here are a few of the stories I ran across in the past week that I felt were worth noting.
Libraries and LibrariansCheck out these voter registration transactions, broken down by type, for all of last year. (OLVR = Online Voter Registration). As a refresher, during 2008, Washington State held a Presidential Primary in February, a State Primary in August, and the General Election in November:
Image *Please note: the online address change feature on MyVote was offline for the last week of May, all of June, and the first three weeks of July… Read more
James Vaughn of Orting, Pierce County, has filed proposed initiatives dealing with affordable health care and replacing the main state business tax with "a fair corporate tax." If you want a copy of what Vaughn turned in, e-mail me -- [email protected] As always you can track initiatives on our website. A reminder: It only takes $5 to file an initiative, but it's not easy to qualify for the ballot. It takes over 240,000 valid voter signatures on… Read more
The following is a story told to me by a fellow prison librarian. Since I liked it so much I decided to share it. Two of the best library patrons I ever had were two older men I called the library angels. I can’t tell you they had always been angels. Obviously, they had both committed crimes that led to a prison sentence. But after many years of incarceration, they presented themselves as polite and respectful human beings. One night these men started coming to the library every night,… Read more
If you’ve ever seen a presentation on the proposed Washington State Heritage Center, you know it’s a project that is both grand AND cool. It’s something that will be interesting to all ages.
Image Yesterday, one of my OSOS co-workers, Heritage Center Director of Marketing Dana Pethia, gave a great talk about this project to a group of Thurston County Mainstream Republicans. Dana’s presentation… Read moreJames Pharris, Washington deputy solicitor general, is the new general counsel for the Office of Secretary of State. He'll see some familiar faces when he comes around: His daughter, Ingrid, a graduate of St. Olaf College, is Secretary Reed's executive assistant, and his son, Nick, a Michigan PhD in linguistics, is with the agency's redistricting program. Jim Pharris, known both for his legal acumen and his musical talent, succeeds Jeff Even, who has advised the office for 17 years and was… Read more
Image Washington state is typically significantly underrepresented in applicants for this award, especially from libraries. The award includes $10,000 for the recipient library.
From Michele Farrell, Senior Program Officer, Institute of… Read more
A guy from Kenmore writes to ask why in the world Secretary Reed is hot for legislation to require ballots to be received back at the elections office by election night, not just postmarked. This is what my reply was:
"Sam's view is that it's important for voters, campaigns, the parties and the media to know quicker who has won elections, and with about half of the ballots still not received and processed by election night, that is often very difficult. It can take days to receive… Read moreImage Matia Island, San Juans - Submitted by Tom
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Volume 5: January 29, 2009 for the WSL Updates mailing list
Topics include:
1) WASHINGTON READS POSTERS
2) LEAD CONTENT IN BOOKS
3) CONNECTING TO COLLECTIONS BOOKSHELF, LAST ROUND OF APPLICATIONS
4) FIRST TUESDAYS FEBRUARY 3 FEATURES SUMMER READING
5) EMERGENCY AND DISASTER PREPAREDNESS AND RESPONSE
6) 2009 AAAHRP BIENNIAL BLACK HISTORY CONFERENCE AT SEATTLE UNIVERSITY
7) PRESERVATION OF AUDIOVISUAL COLLECTIONS
… Read moreWe invite you to e-mail your photos and stories to us as part of an ongoing feature called “From Your Corner of Washington” – we want to gather images of landscapes, homes, views, and personal narratives from all over the state.
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