From Our Corner
How long does it take to read the R-71 petition?
Everyone keeps assuming that no one will bother to take the time to read the 114-pages-of-legislation-jammed-onto-a-mapsized-sheet petition that is R-71 before offering up (or declining to give) their signature. But what if someone actually did want to read it? How long would it even take? Meet Heath. He is the OSOS executive intern and a seriously good sport:
Re: Rosier days coming
Image A fairly optimistic new report says Washington's state General Fund tax collections were up over $91 million during the last month, compared with a forecast made by state economists in March. Overall, in the weeks and months since the last formal… Read moreOlympia, one of the best places to live
We knew there was something special about this town. Congratulations Olympia for being named the 6th best place to live in the United States by Kiplinger Magazine. Kiplinger describes Olympia as a “cultural diamond in the rough of the Pacific Northwest.”
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Kiplinger Magazine evaluated cities in the U.S. based on their job… Read moreFrom Your Corner of Washington
-Outside of Brewster
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WSL Updates, June 11, 2009
Volume 5, June 11, 2009 for the WSL Updates mailing list Topics include: 1) FREE WORKSHOPS: LIBRARY 2.0 AND BEYOND GOOGLE 2) FREE SUMMER MEALS FOR KIDS – FIND SITES IN YOUR COMMUNITY 3) ATTENTION LSCA TITLE II GRANTEES 4) 2009 DIRECTORY OF WASHINGTON LIBRARIES 5) NEH HUMANITIES COLLECTIONS AND RESOURCES GRANT --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1) FREE WORKSHOPS: LIBRARY 2.0 AND BEYOND GOOGLE Are hard times… Read more
Road trip, Carnegie style
Image If you're a library lover and/or a fan of old Carnegie Libraries, a statewide tour of these grand, classic library buildings has been organized by the Clark County… Read moreClippings, June 10, 2009
Clippings, June 10, 2009 Visitors to the Richland Public Library should expect to spend extra time locating and checking out books today and Wednesday while the library installs a new automated system (Tri-City Herald [Kennewick], 5.19.09) http://www.tri-cityherald.com/kennewick_pasco_richland/story/583304.html Tenino Timberland Library, a part of the Timberland Regional Library System, is looking for a… Read moreRe: R-71: How large are we talking?
We've had lots of questions about the R-71 petitions, which by law are required to include 114-pages of Senate Bill 5688 text with the petition on just one sheet of paper. Just how did sponsors manage that one? Dave channels Vanna White to show you the dimensions of the much talked-about petition sheets:
ALA Summer of Service
The American Library Association is working with the White House, in partnership with the Corporation for National & Community Service, to get libraries involved in a national volunteer initiative that will run from June 22 to September 11, 2009. Early the week of June 15th an announcement will come from the White House asking partners, including libraries, to post their local volunteer opportunities online. Since the initiative will then officially launch on June 22, you’ll want to have… Read more
It's a ... blog!
Image I was passed along a birth announcement this week from a proud mama – someone over at the Department of Ecology heralding the birth of the agency’s new blog. It’s called… Read more
Back to work after "Galloping Gertie" collapsed...
ImageThose who have traveled across the Tacoma Narrows Bridge for years had a close-up view of the construction of the new Narrows Bridge for Highway 16's eastbound traffic. But not many people were around when work began to build a new span after the original bridge (nicknamed "Galloping Gertie") collapsed during a wind storm on November 7, 1940, just four months after opening.
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From Your Corner of Washington
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- Downtown Bellevue
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Library project takes peek at 1860s Vancouver
If you had ancestors who lived in the Vancouver area in the late 1860s and you want to learn more about what life there was like back then, the Washington State Library has just the thing for you.
Image The State Library has added an early Vancouver newspaper to its online offerings. The Vancouver Register, from 1865-1869, is the library’s latest addition to the Historical Newspapers Online Project, which makes available the state’s… Read more
Krist Novoselic to talk at State Capitol on July 2
Image Former Nirvana bassist and current Granger and political activist Krist Novoselic will be speaking at a brown bag lunch event on July 2 in Olympia. The free and public event, which runs from noon to 1 p.m., will be held in the Columbia Room, located on the first floor of the Legislative Building. Chances are there will be large crowd, so arrive early… Read moreFrom Your Corner of Washington
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Ocean Shores beach at sunset. - Submitted by Ken
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Women's suffrage: Of pies & power politics
Image If you flash back 100 years or so, you'll note that Washington women handily won the right to vote. First, it won lopsided votes in the all-male bastion of the Legislature, passing in February of 1909, and then the men voters of Washington passed it 2-to-1 at the next general election, in November of 1910. But to hear historian Shanna Stevenson tell it, becoming America's fifth state to adopt women's suffrage was far from a picnic. At a "brown… Read moreClippings, June 5, 2009
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… Read moreSecretary of State
Steve Hobbs
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