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Be ready for the next local disaster
Lacey emergency management coordinator tells how at library workshop

Jared Burbidge, Emergency Management Coordinator for the City of Lacey, will present a workshop on disaster preparedness. The workshop will be Saturday, March 25 from 1:30 to 3 p.m. at the Lacey Timberland Library. Discussion will include earthquake tips, what to pack in a three-day survival kit, how to make a family plan and other emergency topics. Burbidge will also take questions.

For more information, please call the library at (360) 491-3860.

Timberland Regional Library serves the information, reading and lifelong learning needs of the Grays Harbor, Lewis, Mason, Pacific, and Thurston county public at 27 community libraries and 6 cooperative library service locations. The library system is funded by local property taxes. For information on any subject, the Thurston County public can telephone Timberland’s Central Reference Service at 704-INFO (704-4636) or they can "Ask a Librarian" online at www.trlib.org. Anyone needing special accommodations to participate in a library’s program may contact the library a week in advance.