One of the first things we did when we moved to Stevens County was visit the library and sign up for a library card. We were so excited to know that our new community had a good library. As we helped raise our grandkids for a few years, it was an incredible help to us and knowledge for them. And over the years, our library system has only gotten better.
I like to call it my home office, but it is a community hub buzzing with activity all the time. People are using the computers or the Wi-Fi, program events are drawing people in, community meetings are planned. Like me, people are there to print or scan documents, authors are speaking, a patron comes in for notary services, children's story time is happening, game nights are on, and people are borrowing books, it provides a site for people to show their art and is open for the 4th Friday Artwalk, people are borrowing kitchen equipment, and more. Let us not forget someone is sitting in a comfortable chair with a coffee reading in peace a book, hopefully in the sun. There is so much there for everyone. I hope that we can keep it that way. It is an Institution that must stay for now and the future.
The increase requested is such a small amount to invest in our communities. On April 28, please vote “yes” for our libraries.