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No talking in the Sooke library – staff fear cuts to jobs, hours, programs
- The Johnson Park volunteer library in the old Rosburg School closed recently, and many books are being sold off as the speaker writes on June 13, 2025.
- This closure follows successive boards that alienated and removed three librarians, while two failed library district initiatives weakened local support.
- Members now receive key fobs for personal access, face unreliable self-checkout, and have bookmobiles promised despite loss of professional staff at multiple branches.
- The second library district attempt failed by three votes, Naselle Timberland Library lost all its librarians and most stacks, and similar effects threaten other small branches.
- These developments imply declining library services and infrastructure in the region, with the speaker recognizing voters made what they believe was the right decision.
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Libraries are at the beating heart of our culture, what there is of it. Especially in these times of book banning and institution wrecking, our libraries and librarians stand between all of us—whatever political persuasion—and barbarism. Many years ago, my late wife Thea spearheaded election initiatives to create a library district in Wahkiakum County so we could join Timberland Regional Library....
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