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</b><span style="font-family:Calibri;color:black">Libs-Or <libs-or-bounces@listsmart.osl.state.or.us> on behalf of Anna Beauchamp <beauchamp@sou.edu><br>
<b>Date: </b>Wednesday, April 26, 2017 at 10:29 AM<br>
<b>To: </b>OLA President <olapresident@olaweb.org><br>
<b>Cc: </b>"libs-or@listsmart.osl.state.or.us" <libs-or@listsmart.osl.state.or.us><br>
<b>Subject: </b>Re: [Libs-Or] Wallowa Library Closure & Greg Walden<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:.25in"><span style="font-size:18.0pt">I find it very sad that this libs-OR note is right next to the libs-OR note regarding the struggle for LSTA funding.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:.25in"><span style="font-size:18.0pt">Both Wallowa County and Douglas County are in Greg Walden's District 2. He refused to sign on to support LSTA funding, and apparently shows no interest in protecting the libraries
in his district from these closures. He should continue to hear about this from those of us who care about public library access for all in Oregon.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">On Wed, Apr 26, 2017 at 10:12 AM, OLA President <<a href="mailto:olapresident@olaweb.org" target="_blank">olapresident@olaweb.org</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">I'm attaching a statement about what we know regarding the closure of the Wallowa County Library, but attachments can be a bit unpredictable, so I'm pasting the text below. <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">We will let you know more as we find out, and we are hoping to forward a petition to keep the library open for you to sign in the very near future. <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-family:Cambria;color:black">April 26, 2017</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-family:Cambria;color:black">To the members of the Oregon Library Association,</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-family:Cambria;color:black">On April 25, 2017, the Legislative Committee of the Oregon Library Association was informed that the county library in Wallowa County is due to be closed. For those who
are not familiar with it, Wallowa County is located in the northeastern corner of Oregon, with a population of roughly 7,000. The county public library operates two branches in the towns of Troy and Imnaha, and the library website states that they circulate
3,300 average each year, with 2,200 people accessing its services. The library has been in existence since 1964, when it was created by a vote of the people. It maintains several outreach programs, including “Training Wheels”, “Leap into Literacy”, and the
“Up & Away Afterschool Programs”. If you would like to read more about the library and its services, you can access their website here:
</span><a href="http://co.wallowa.or.us/community_services/library/index.html" target="_blank"><span style="font-family:Cambria">http://co.wallowa.or.us/community_services/library/index.html</span></a><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-family:Cambria;color:black">The cities in Wallowa County are served by city libraries in Joseph, Enterprise, and Wallowa, and this closure will not affect these libraries. The services that the county
library provides, however, are unique and very important to the people living in the smaller communities. The county is more than 3,000 square miles, and many families will be negatively impacted by this closure.
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<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-family:Cambria;color:black">At this time, we are trying to find out more information about what transpired to get to this closure decision. From what we understand, the Budget Committee made a recommendation
to the County Commissioners, and this decision was announced in the last day or two. There has not yet been a public hearing, as required by law, so we hope that the public will have a chance to comment. Representatives from OLA will be monitoring the situation
and hope to attend a public hearing. I will let you know what I can as the situation unfolds, and we are hopeful that public involvement and comment will help bring this to a better resolution, but as we understand it now, the two branch libraries of Wallowa
County are being closed as of June 30, 2017. </span><o:p></o:p></p>
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