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Library Celebrates Upgrades, Seeks More

    The Friends of the Umatilla Library hosted its annual donor appreciation night on Thursday, June 6, with supporters visiting the library to see recently completed projects, enjoy refreshments, and hear of hopes and dreams going forward. Both Umatilla assistant city manager Adam Bolton and library director Amy Stultz addressed the library’s supporters, with Stultz providing an update on where the library hopes to grow in the future.
   Recently, the library completed a nearly $17,000 upgrade in its early literacy library area. The project included updated shelving, seating, and more via a Lake County Impact Fee Grant. The library is now eying an estimated $30,000 in upgrades to the juvenile library, and is hoping community donations can be found to support the project.
   “We would like to raise funds through the Friends to refresh the Juvenile Library in the same manner,” Stultz wrote in a presentation to donors, “with similar seating and shelving as the early literacy section.”
   The library operates a variety of programs that allow for the acceptance of donations, including memorials named for area residents who have passed away. Those programs as well as sponsorship programs directing funds to specific needs allow for the public to support the library in whichever way a person may see as most effective.
   To learn more about the library and its long and short-term growth plans, contact Stultz at 352-669-3284.