Dry again! New Books, and College Materials

With over a month since our last post, it seemed expedient to fill everyone in on the latest. Since Fred added our flag holders and coat hooks, we have had quite a few new additions to the library. The order we placed for books and materials using our state library allocation has arrived, and we have been busy trying to get those books processed. Within the same time frame, we also received orders from YWAM publishing for some new Christian literature (including 11 biographies en espanol), hard cover fiction and non-fiction books for both the elementary and HS library rooms, and some additional biographies.

At about the same time as the new book arrivals, also came water. First, with the torrential rains we experienced there was a ceiling drip in the HS Room (A.K.A "The Red Room" so monakered for its bright red rug). That wasn't too monumental, and as it was only in one area, the water could be collected in a regular garbage pail, but it continued to drip for a few days even after the rain stopped. Less than a week later, on a weekend, I popped into the library office to find the rug becoming saturated from below. Where that water came from was a mystery to me, but all the boxes of new arrivals were moved to higher ground, the custodians were notified, and minor damage was averted. Subsequently, we are back on dry land, and it appears the ceiling leak has been stopped, and source of underground springs causing the problem in the office has been eliminated.

After consulting with Mrs. Anderson in the Guidance Office, we have reestablished the College Materials Shelf and relocated it in the highschool room. It is here that college catalogs are made available to any secondary students who are interested in looking at them.