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Get the Smartest Card

The North Plains Public Library wants to make sure that all children in the community have the smartest card of all – a library card. Observed since 1987, Library Card Sign-up Month is a time when the American Library Association and libraries across the country remind parents that a library card is the most important school supply of all.

You can fill out an application in the library or print one, fill it out, and then bring it in: Library Card Application [pdf].

Click here to find a list of 52 ways you can use your library card.

Another Teen Movie Night

Come hang out with your friends on September 17th from 6 to 8 pm at the North Plains Public Library and watch another great movie. Must be 13 and up to attend. Popcorn and drinks will be provided. Call the library at 503-647-5051 to find out what movie is on the bill for the evening.

Movie Club

Adults, are you interested in viewing and discussing movies once per month? We’d like to hear from you. Call the library to sign up for this new program. Movies will be shown and discussed on the second Friday of each month beginning at 6:00 p.m. Pending response, our first Movie Club night will be held on September 10th.

Book Club Resumes this Month!

Our North Plains Book Club resumes its monthly meetings this month on Wednesday, September 29th at 7 pm at the library. They will be discussing the book “Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet” by Jamie Ford. All are welcome to join us and help select books to read and discuss for the next 6 months, so come with some suggestions. Refreshments will be served.

If you have questions please contact the library or leave a comment here.

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Washington County Cooperative Library Services Serial Levy

Measure 34-180, on the ballot this November in Washington County, renews a local option levy for countywide library services as provided through the Washington County Cooperative Library Services (WCCLS), a partnership between the county, cities, and non-profit library associations.

34-180 is a five-year levy that would replace the expiring four-year levy. It would run from July 2011 through June 2016. The measure would apply a fixed rate of 17 cents per $1,000 of assessed value. Typical homeowners would pay about $37 per year. (This assumes an average assessed value of $215,089.) The rate of 17 cents per $1,000 of assessed value is unchanged from the current, expiring rate.

The funds generated by this levy provide about 1/3 of funding for WCCLS. The other 2/3 of WCCLS funding comes from the County’s General Fund.

The funds generated by the current WCCLS levy plus the portion that comes from the County’s General Fund provide $92,487 for the North Plains Public Library during fiscal year 2010-2011, This represents 67% of the library’s total operating budget, which is $158,660.