Serving Waitsburg, Dayton and the Touchet Valley
Serving Waitsburg, Dayton and the Touchet Valley
Carson Scott, Mitchell Hays, Kaitlyn Paul, Arrow Groom, Harlee Coulston, and Tanna Ray are some of the first library members with the new cards.
Audrey Kiefel, Lillian Carpenter, Damian Brown, and Flynn Richardson working with games and literature from the kit.
Hayden Gascon, Braxton Bly, Oliver Dahlby, and Autumn Shelton investigating the whale box contents.
WAITSBURG-Waitsburg District students were the first to receive new electronic library patron cards donated by anonymous donors. The donation of $1,000 allowed the library to purchase 1,500 cards, more than enough for every Waitsbrug resident to have one.
Library staff member Sarah Roberts visited K-5 classes between April 10-12 to present students with the new colorful plastic cards.
Roberts also shared a Burke Box, the visiting exhibit on whales provided by the University of Washington's Burke Museum in Seattle. The library brought a Burke Box on insects and arthropods in March and have another coming next month.
Burke Boxes are portable kits featuring museum-quality collection pieces. The kits support classroom curriculum on the natural world and Washington's cultural heritage.
The Whale box presents objects and replicas about whales, dolphins, and porpoises that the kids can handle and explore up close. Included are jaws, teeth, and baleen.
There are books, guides, and other materials, including Krill the Card Game and a 300-foot measuring tape to demonstrate scale.
Beginning this month, the library has extended its hours, adding four to the schedule.
Wednesday, 1:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m.
Thursday, 1:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m.
Friday, 9:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m.
Saturday, 9:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m.
Story Time is every Friday at 10:30 a.m. and 11:30 a.m.
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