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Library Legislation Tracker - February 18, 2011
Courtesy Legislative Planning Committee, Washington Library Association Library Related Legislation. 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 involved see the WLA site referenced above. Click below to view the tracker… Read moreA very historic letter, by George
Image Even though we no longer officially observe it due to the creation of Presidents Day, today, February 22, is George Washington’s birthday. In honor of the birthday of our nation’s first president, and the namesake of our great state,… Read more
High court rejects challenge of campaign reporting law
Image Secretary of State Sam Reed welcomes the U.S. Supreme Court's action today that upholds Washington’s voter-approved campaign disclosure law. Attorney General Rob McKenna’s office defended the… Read more
Charities and Nonprofit news: resource updates, Facebook and Spokane event
Image Our office’s Corporations and Charities Division has been even busier than usual, updating some helpful resources, adding a Facebook page, and scheduling an educational event in Spokane in May. The division recently published its new Charities and… Read more
“So I bade my children and friends farewell…”
In 1841, a stubborn 64 year old Methodist preacher named Joseph Williams left his home in Ripley County, Indiana to travel to the Oregon Territory. His family and neighbors all advised against it, pointing to dangers, hostile Indians and wild beasts. “But my mind leads me strongly to go: I want to preach to the people there, and also to the Indians, as well as to see the county.” [caption id="attachment_4392" align="alignleft" width="220" caption="Methodist Mission, Oregon, 1834"]… Read more
Clippings, February 11, 2011
Library News Anne Lowe, president of Endicott Community Club, recently presented Caroline Morasch, Endicott librarian, with a check for $5,856 from proceeds of the German dinner and silent auction last November in Endicott. The proceeds will go toward the renovation of the present library in Endicott. (Photo) (Whitman County Gazette [Colfax], 1.27.11) Libraries serving the Reardan community and local students have teamed up to share resources in order to benefit students. The Reardan… Read more`Governing Washington' conference draws crowd
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Pollster Stuart Elway (second from left) answers a question as other panelists listen
Secretary of State Sam Reed and the Foley Institute for Public Policy and Public… Read moreGov signs emergency budget cuts
Image Washington Gov. Chris Gregoire has signed the Legislature's $360 million plan for emergency budget cuts to help the state weather the next four months. She vetoed the plan for a 3 percent pay cut for non-… Read more
Feds Release National Broadband Map
Image The US Department of Commerce National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA), in collaboration with the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has released The National Broadband Map, http://www.Broadbandmap.gov. The National Broadband Map is a tool to search, analyze and map broadband availability across… Read more
WSL Updates for February 17, 2011
Volume 7, February 17, 2011 for the WSL Updates mailing list
Topics include:
1) FREE GENEALOGY EVENT - BING CROSBY'S FAMILY HISTORY
2) WLA ANNUAL CONFERENCE - REGISTER NOW
3) PUBLIC RECORDS & OPEN MEETING FORUM
4) FREE WEBWISE CONFERENCE
5) HOST THE KING JAMES BIBLE TRAVELING EXHIBIT
6) FREE CE OPPORTUNITIES NEXT WEEK
… Read morePrez primary bill: Say it again, Sam
Image Weeks after he testified in the Senate on a bill to suspend our state’s Presidential Primary in 2012, Secretary Reed appeared before the House State Government and Tribal Affairs Committee to urge it to approve the House version… Read moreYou can donate a state flag to Washington soldiers
Image For years, soldiers from Washington have been flying their state flag while deployed to faraway places like Iraq, Afghanistan and Bosnia. But they were required to buy those flags due to a quirk in state law that… Read more
Senate to Baxter: You complete me
Image During the first five weeks of this year’s legislative session, the Senate was short one member. Longtime 4th Legislative District Sen. Bob McCaslin abruptly retired in early January, a few days before… Read more
Love is in the air...
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Photograph taken in Yakima, inside apple country, courtesy of the Washington State Archives.
...or rather hay fever from the apple blossoms in full… Read moreLibrary Legislation Tracker – February 11, 2011
Courtesy Legislative Planning Committee, Washington Library Association Library Related Legislation. 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 involved see the WLA site referenced above. Click below to view the tracker.… Read moreClippings, February 4, 2011
Washington State Library News The Whatcom County Library System has been awarded $25,000 to continue the work begun in 2010 in community relationship building between libraries and low-income and minority residents. Under the federal Library Services and Technology Act, the funds come through a competitive process within the state of Washington. One of the cooperating partners is the Washington State Library. {Editor’s note: this is a Renew Washington LSTA grant} (Lynden Tribune, 1.19.11)… Read moreCoyote Ridge Corrections Center Library makes the news
Library Snapshot day was a huge success for those of us who deal with the inmates and patients of Washington prisons and psychiatric hospitals; we see results everyday. However, it is nice when the general public… Read moreI'm touched
[caption id="attachment_4362" align="alignright" width="150" caption="Appreciation in action"] Image [/caption] I’ve worked for Washington State Library at Clallam Bay Corrections Center for 17 years. I love what I do, but it isn’t always… Read more
Secretary of State
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