Why we celebrate Veterans Day
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Photo courtesy of Washington Digital Archives
With Thursday being Veterans Day, here is a look way back at military personnel based in Washington. This 1938 shot, which is part of the Digital Archives’… Read moreFrom Our Corner
Washington Rural Heritage: Digital Library of the Week
From the desk of Evan Robb The American Library Association recently named Washington Rural Heritage its Digital Library of the Week. Read what ALA had to say about the collection at their I Love Libraries advocacy site. Congratulations to the 60+ cultural institutions (including 21 small, public libraries throughout Washington) participating in the initiative to… Read moreSchool Librarian Wins Golden Apple
Congratulations to Pat Bliquez!
Pat is the teacher-librarian at Roxhill Elementary, a small elementary school in a West Seattle neighborhood of modest means. For her exemplary work promoting books and reading, she just won Seattle public-television station KCTS' coveted Golden Apple Award for making a difference in children's lives.
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Washington: 121 years and counting
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Courtesy of Washington State Archives
You don’t need to buy a gift or a card, but this Thursday is our state’s 121st birthday. On November 11, 1889, Washington joined the Union as the 42nd state, just three days after Montana was… Read more
Countdown to the November 8th Day of Jubilation - Part 11
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In 1889, Congress passed the Enabling Act, which “enabled” Washington to draft a state constitution and request admission to the Union. During the Washington State Constitutional Convention, women… Read moreCome party like it's 1910!
Mark your calendars for November 7 and 8 for two events commemorating the 100th anniversary of the vote to amend the Washington Constitution for women’s right to vote in the state as part of a Day of Jubilation. The American… Read more
Sizzling turnout in WA -- maybe topping 70%
State Election Director Nick Handy says it appears Washington will easily surpass our turnout prediction of 66 percent, possibly 70 percent or higher. Counties across Washington reported a late surge in ballots being returned and many say they'll… Read more
Capitol Story Pole comes down
Photograph courtesy of Ben Helle
Rotten from water damage, the 71-foot Indian Story Pole on the Capitol Campus was forced to come down this past Wednesday. If left up, it could potentially… Read moreWA election tally 1.9 million ... and rising
Heading into Friday afternoon-evening updates, the 39 county election offices had processed 1.9 million ballots, or better than 52 percent of the state's 3.6 million registered voters. Counties estimated that they had over 600,000 ballots on hand to tally,… Read more
Archives and campaign pieces: Joel Pritchard
As we get closer to wrapping up another campaign season, here’s another look at a campaign piece of a past Washington political leader: Joel Pritchard. The affable Seattle Republican served in the state House of Representatives from 1959 to 1967 and in the state Senate from 1967 to 1971. Pritchard later represented the 1st Congressional District in D.C. from 1973 to 1985. He ended his career in public office by serving as Washington’s lieutenant governor from 1989 to 1997.… Read more
Clippings, October 29, 2010
Library News The Everett Public Library has raised more than $3,500 through its adult Spell Down for the main branch's new teen section that is coming next June. The library surpassed its goal of $3,000. The extra money will go toward supplies for the children's early learning center, furniture, a sign and extra books for the teen center. (Photo) (Everett News Tribune [Snohomish], 10.13.10) An envelope containing a small amount of cash was all that was taken when an intruder broke into the… Read moreCountdown to the November 8th Day of Jubilation - Part 10
1887 and 1888 proved to be dark years for the women’s suffrage movement in Washington. In the 1887 case of Harland v. Territory, the Territorial Supreme Court overturned the Women’s Suffrage Act of 1886 because it allowed women to serve on juries. Justice George Turner (photo on… Read more
Lotta looks at election results
Image With so much attention placed on this week’s General Election, it isn’t surprising that many people flocked to our website or new iPhone app to find the latest results for various races and ballot measures. But we were blown away that far more people this year… Read more
WA election: The count continues
Image "Election Day" is history now, but in Washington, it's just the beginning. The count goes on ... and on. The Election Night report from our 39 counties showed us a great snapshot -- about 60 percent of the 2.4 million expected ballots were tallied. The… Read more
Archives and campaign pieces: Warren Magnuson
Election Day has come and gone, meaning yard signs will disappear soon, and no more TV ads or campaign pieces in the mail. For those of you who haven’t seen enough campaign lit, here is one for former U.S. Senator Warren Magnuson. Called “Maggie” by his constituents, Democrat Magnuson was elected to the U.S. House in 1936 and served eight years there before being elected in 1944 to the U.S. Senate, where he held office for 36 years.… Read more
WSL Updates for November 4, 2010
Volume 6, November 4, 2010 for the WSL Updates mailing list Topics include: 1) LEGAL REFERENCE FOR PUBLIC LIBRARIANS 2) ONLINE EVENT FACILITATION AND PEER LEARNING 3) WLA GRADUATE STUDY SCHOLARSHIPS 4) HELP FOR STAFF WHO ARE HELPING JOB HUNTERS 5) BANK OF THE WEST SUPPORTS 4 WA COUNTIES 6) FREE CE OPPORTUNITIES NEXT WEEK --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1) LEGAL REFERENCE FOR PUBLIC LIBRARIANS Legal… Read more
Countdown to the November 8th Day of Jubilation - Part 9
In 1884, after being convicted of running "a house of ill fame” in Spokane, Ms.… Read more
Whitman County, Ellensburg, Pomeroy and Columbia County Add to Collections
As part of their 2009 Washington Rural Heritage grant work, funded by LSTA, four libraries have added brand new material… Read moreRecount range: 2,000 votes apart or less
Lots of national press and others are asking about Washington's recount laws if some of our races end up ultra-close, such as the U.S. Senate contest, the Supreme Court, ballot measures or legislative and congressional races. Short answer: A mandatory machine recount is… Read more
Secretary of State
Steve Hobbs
