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Cheers & Jeers: Libraries open, fair canceled


Cheers & Jeers: Libraries open, fair canceled
The Columbian
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Cheers: To libraries. The Fort Vancouver Regional Library system is open to in-person visits for the first time in more than a year. After being shuttered because of the coronavirus pandemic, branches throughout Southwest Washington started inviting patrons to roam the stacks a couple weeks ago. “It was more emotional than we thought it’d be. The first time I heard a child cry, I almost teared up,” one branch manager told The Columbian.
Despite the lengthy closure, library staff continued to serve the region; a curbside pickup system established in June delivered about 115,000 items. There still are some restrictions dictated by COVID-19, but the reopenings are welcome by readers young and old. As author R. David Lankes is credited with saying: “Bad libraries build collections, good libraries build services, great libraries build communities.” ....

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Fatal drug overdoses surged in Washington last year


Fatal drug overdoses surged in Washington last year
By David Gutman, The Seattle Times
Published: May 12, 2021, 8:46am
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Colleen Gregoire of Bellevue talks to teens about the dangers of drugs after losing her son, Bobby, to an overdose last fall. The 20-year-old bought what he thought was Percocet and died after taking a pill that contained fentanyl. There were more fatal drug overdoses in Washington in 2020 than in any year in at least the past decade. (Ellen M. Banner/The Seattle Times/TNS)
SEATTLE More Washington residents died of drug overdoses in 2020 than any other year in at least the last decade, as people, struggling with the social isolation and loss of routine stemming from the COVID-19 pandemic turned to substances more often, according to preliminary data from the state Department of Health. ....

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