From Our Corner
Didyaknow...?
...that the statues of Mother Joseph and Marcus Whitman, located in the entrance to our State Capitol, are only replicas of the originals from the Washington D.C. National Statuary Hall Collection? Image Image Consisting of bronze, Mother Joseph is the shortest statue whereas Marcus Whitman is the tallest of all the statues in the entire hall. Each state in the union was allowed to submit two statues… Read more
Reed & Grange (heart) Top 2 Primary
Image Secretary of State Sam Reed was among friends when he addressed the state Grange Convention in Longview. The Top 2 reasons for their alliance: both are tireless advocates of the state's voter-approved Top 2 Primary system, and Reed is about to kick off a centennial celebration for women's suffrage in Washington, which the Grange promoted heavily 100 years ago. When the courts overturned the state's beloved wide-open "blanket" primary and… Read moreFrom Your Corner of Washington
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2009/2010 Washington Rural Heritage Grants Awarded
From the desk of Evan Robb Congratulations to the latest group of Washington libraries who will be awarded LSTA grants through the Washington Rural Heritage initiative:- Benton City Branch, Mid-Columbia Libraries
- Blanche Bradley Public Library (Cathlamet, WA)
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Ouch: State coffers take another $482m hit
Image Washington's battered economy is slowly stabilizing, but the state treasury has just taken another $482 million hit and Governor Gregoire has immediately ordered a new round of spending restrictions. The state Economic & Revenue Forecast Council, a bipartisan panel of lawmakers and Gregoire's revenue and budget directors, has just adopted a grim new update that whacks $185 million from the forecast for the remaining days of the fiscal year… Read moreWSL Updates, June 18, 2009
Volume 5, June 18, 2009 for the WSL Updates mailing list Topics include: 1) WASHINGTON READS FOR SPRING 2009 - WASHINGTON WORKS 2) FIRST TUESDAYS – SAFETY IN SMALL LIBRARIES 3) HARD TIMES GRANT DEADLINE APPROACHES 4) NEW DIGITAL COLLECTION – ROSLYN HERITAGE 5) CE PROGRAM COORDINATOR RFP RELEASED 6) PROGRAMS ENHANCING CHILDREN'S SUCCESS FUNDED 7) KEYBANK FOUNDATION SUPPORTS ECONOMIC SELF-SUFFICIENCY… Read more
Summer reads make me feel fine...
Image Have a kid who needs more summertime stimulation than just Xbox? Looking for a book to read while on vacation? Want to learn more about some aspect of our state’s history? Check out the State Library’s new recommended reading list for its “Washington Reads” program. The theme for the new list is “Washington Works.” Most of the books deal with jobs and certain industries, both past and present. With the state experiencing a high unemployment… Read moreThe Olympia Lakers? Or Deschutes Estuary?
Image Olympia folk always seem to have a dispute brewing about their land- and sea-scape. Besides a donnybrook over whether to allow really tall buildings on the isthmus between Capitol Lake and Budd Inlet, the townspeople and lots of natural resource experts are trying to decide the future of the lake itself. The iconic lake, with the Capitol Campus, the mountains and the sea all nearby, is a much-photographed part of the cityscape, beloved by… Read moreClippings, June 17, 2009
Clippings, June 17, 2009 Library News The goal of the Friends of the Library, organizers of the “I Topped the Rock to Save the Library” event, is to raise $12,000 to keep the Castle Rock Library open through next April. A library levy failed in November by just nine votes, another levy is on the August 18 ballot. (Photo) (Daily News [Longview], 5.23.09) http://www.tdn.com/articles/2009/05/23/top_story/… Read moreCapitol Kibbles
Image News nuggets: --Washington's jobless rate, as expected, is getting worse before it gets better. The latest report, covering the May figures, pegs our new rate at 9.4 percent, up from the previous month's 9 percent. Springtime jobless numbers haven't been this dismal in 25 years. Economists expect the situation to grow to double-digits this winter… Read moreFrom Your Corner of Washington
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King of the hill ... and happy snail mail
Image King County (Seattle) has now officially shifted to conducting all elections by mail. With neighboring Pierce (Tacoma) now the only holdout for partial use of poll-site voting, Washington has nearly completed a dramatic, and voluntary, shift to all-mail voting over the past decade. The state Elections Division recently gave provisional approval to new, faster ballot tabulation equipment, and King County Elections' new popularly elected director… Read moreK-No: No nirvana for this erstwhile candidate
Image Rocker and election reform activist Krist Novoselic says he won't be on the ballot in Washington state after all. The former Nirvana bassist (see his oral history here) has dropped his bid for county clerk of tiny Wahkiakum County on the lower Columbia River, saying it was a political stunt to draw attention to his views on how the state's Top 2 Primary… Read moreFrom Your Corner of Washington: Beware the tree octopus!
Most of us know about the Northwest legend of Bigfoot (or Sasquatch). But how many of you have heard about the legend of the eight-armed creature that is said to inhabit the woods of the Olympic Peninsula? Image Of course, we're talking about the Pacific Northwest Tree Octopus (Octopus paxarbolis). According to one Web site, you'll find the Pacific Northwest Tree Octopus high in the temperate… Read more
Field Trip: A visit from Pope Elementary
Image Ms. Lee's 4th & 5th grade glass from Pope Elementary in Puyallup
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'Direct democracy' reforms greenlighted in Salem
Image Oregon Secretary of State Kate Brown announces Oregon lawmakers' approval of her reform measure dealing with solicitors for initiatives. Included in the provisions now awaiting Governor Kulongowski's signature is authority… Read moreMining the Past with Roslyn Heritage
Every day, thousands of motorists make their way along Interstate-90 as it winds through Snoqualmie Pass before sloping gracefully to the Columbia Plateau. This often-traveled highway affords beautiful views of central Washington: from rugged, snow-capped mountain peaks to rolling, golden fields. Most cars fly past Roslyn, a tiny mountain town a few miles north of Cle Elum, without realizing that it is home to a fascinating, one-of-a-kind cemetery; the state's oldest continually operated bar… Read more
Communities Connect Network (CCN) NTIA Broadband Technology Opportunities Program (BTOP) Meeting on June 12, 2009
Interests for attending the meeting fell into three basic areas: 1) a desire for more information about the NTIA grant program; 2) the ability to identify potential partners for an application; and 3) a desire to partner with the Communities Connect Network in their grant application. Marc Baldwin, Executive Policy Advisory, Washington State Office of the Governor, re-iterated the Governor’s priorities for the federal stimulus funding which includes broadband stimulus funding. These are:… Read more
2 hours, 24 minutes, 47 seconds
Way to go Heath! Our executive intern has come up with how long it takes to read the R-71 petition sheet: 2 hours, 24… Read moreSecretary of State
Steve Hobbs
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