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 Vernetta Smith Chehalis Timberland Library

Grand Opening Ceremony
Saturday, October 18, 2008

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Photos by Jim Culp

New Library - October 18, 2008	W.F. West High School Jazz band on the steps of the new library	Jazz Band entertains before the Grand Opening Ceremony
Colors presented by the Civil Air Patrol	Jazz Band plays as the crowd gathers	Chehalis Mayor, Anthony Ketchum welcomes the community
Jodi Reng, TRL Executive Director	Edna Fund, TRL Trustee from Lewis County	Corine Aiken, Chehalis Library manager
Brian Zylstra, Campaign Committee Co-Chair	Ribbon Cutting with the Smith Family	Ribbon Cutting with Vernetta Smith and donor Orin Smith
Library community members enter the library for the first time	Corine Aiken introduces magician, Jeff Evans	Jeff Evans entertains a big crowd of children and adults in the new library meeting room

Inside the New Library 

Children's Area	Technology stations and view into magazine and newspaper reading area	Library collection and computers
Elton Bennett prints in the library meeting room	Magazine & newspaper reading area	Technology stations in the children's area

See photos of the August 15, 2007 demolition of the old library and the construction of the new  library in 2008.

Revised 10/22/08