PRESCOTT - Patrons who haven't visited the Prescott library in awhile are sure to be met by a smiling face, though that face may not be familiar. The Prescott Branch of the Walla Walla County Rural Library District - which also includes branches in Plaza Way, Touchet, Burbank, Vista Hermosa and a Walla Walla service center - recently welcomed two new clerks and a new manager.

Sharon Psenak, of Waitsburg, was hired as a substitute clerk in April, but moved into the Library Clerk position recently vacated by Prescott's Susan Seagraves. Cathy Gregory of Burbank was also hired in April, and wor...