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Local author Anne Louise Grimm discusses her new book, Intimate Reflections: Two Years at the Panama Canal, on Sunday, May 7 at 2 p.m. at the Raymond Timberland Library. A reception sponsored by Raymond’s Friends of the Library will follow immediately after. The Book Store will have copies of the book for sale at the presentation.

In Intimate Reflections, Ms Grimm tells the stories of the employees of the Panama Canal Company, their families, and the building of the Panama Canal during a two-year period from 1967-69. While her husband worked at the canal, Ms Grimm worked as a photographer and as a regular columnist for the English-language daily newspaper, the Star & Herald. She also participated in a variety of service organizations and community activities as she does today in Pacific County.

For more information, please contact the Raymond Timberland Library at (360) 942-2408. The library is located at 507 Duryea Street, Raymond.

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 4 school-based cooperative library centers. The library system is funded by local property taxes. For information on any subject, the public in Pacific County can telephone Timberland’s Central Reference Service librarians toll-free at 1-800-562-6022. 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.

Revised 04/28/06