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Monday-Thursday

9:30 a.m. to 12 Noon

&

1:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m.

Friday

10 a.m. to 5 p.m.

With the move upstairs in City Hall we are excited about the possibilities for a new and improved Rainier Public Library; we hope to have new furnishings and physical improvements next year. But did you know that there are programs in place at the Library right now???

• Every Wednesday at 2 p.m. in the Rainier Public Library there is a Pre-School/ Kindergarten Reading time. This program has been a great success for Rainier's youngest citizens. We have talented volunteers who make this time a great break for the kids and their parents or caretakers, who can browse the stacks. Call ahead to make sure the program is on; weather does occasionally interfere. Rainier Public Library 503-556-7301.

• Fine Forgiveness at the Rainier Public Library! Get Out Of Late Fines Free! Or at least cheap; bring in a can or a few to donate to helping feed our community; bring in your late books; no shame, no blame, no fine!!! We know the library has been closed; there are a lot of late books out there (including my own stack). Bring them in and see the new room with a view! Rainier Public Library 503-556-7301

• Volunteers needed! Please consider lending your skills to help your local Library. Even a small amount of time is an enormous help, and your talents at almost anything, from teaching knitting to Internet savvy, are a valuable resource to your community Public Library. Rainier Public Library 503-556-7301

Please visit your Rainier Public Library SOON!

Alison L. Dale-Moore grrrbo@yahoo.com

Rainier Public Library Advisory Board

Remodeled Rainier City Hall, Library Featured at Friday Open House

The Clatskanie Chief

September 14, 2007

An open house to showcase the features of the newly-remodeled Rainier city hall and library is planned this Friday, Sept. 14, from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Updates to make the historic building more handicapped accessible, as well as related changes, were part of a lengthy process that included instal­lation of an elevator, moving and expansion of the library, addition of handicapped-accessible restrooms, as well as an office and community room, and relocation of the council chambers to the former library area.

During the open house, refreshments will be served in the council chambers, located on the second floor—the main floor of the building.

Each child who visits the library between 11 a.m. and 4 p.m. on Friday will receive a free book and patrons of all ages can pick up free bookmarks and pencils. A drawing for a children’s library “goodie bag” will be held each hour.

Librarian Patricia Stanley also announced a special Rainier history trivia contest, in which a copy of James Patterson’s newest book, “You’ve Been Warned” will be presented to the first person with the correct answer to a selected question.

Persons can participate in a special genealogy project in the library where large paper will be provided for Rainier-area individuals to record their genealogy and then “connect” their family with string to related families’ histories. The project will continue for several weeks and will be displayed in the lobby outside the library.

The idea is “to generate thinking with the rising interest in genealogy,” said library board member Margaret Barton Ross, and may be a precursor to a class on writing family history.

Some children and adult book titles will be available for purchase during the open house.

In related library events, “Storytime with Harriet,” for preschool-age children, begins Wednesday, Sept. 26, at 10:30 a.m. and continues weekly at the library.

The renovation began as a project to make city hail ADA (Americans with Disabilities Act) accessible. In early 2002 the Rainier city council approved a Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) contract with the state of Oregon to assist the city in “removing architectural barriers for disabled persons by installing an elevator” on the second floor and to make related accessibility improvements. Most of the work was completed dur­ing 2006.

Administered by the Oregon Economic and Community Development Department, the original CDBG grant was in the amount of $256,657, with amendments being added later.

The city and REDCO (Rainier Economic Development Council) pro­vided matching funds of $105,000 for additional work besides the ADA improvements.

A third-floor community room, across from the library, is yet to be completed, with a bathroom on that floor also planned.