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On March 21st, The Moses Lake Public Library Foundation hosted a reception celebrating the 50th Anniversary of the dedication of the public library building, which took place March 22, 1965.  The MLPLF board thanks  the Friends of the Library, the library staff and volunteers, and library patrons who provided their time, expertise, money, decorations and refreshments to help us honor community members and donors to the foundation.  Special thanks to Mayor Dick Deane for speaking and  Michaelle Boetger, Bill Ecret at KBSN, iFiberOne News,CBH, Lindsey Fuhrman, Safeway, Grocery Outlet, and Dollar Up Store for their contributions of goods and services.  Over 100 hundred people signed our guest book and over 500 people visited the library on the day of the reception.   We are grateful to all who support remodeling and expanding our public library.

The Soroptimist International of Moses Lake presented awards to two women and donated to the Moses Lake Public Library Foundation.

The group met at the Porterhouse restaurant on Tuesday night to present the awards.

Hilda Alvarado received the Live Your Dream Award for overcoming challenges to continue her education with Big Bend Community College. She received $3,000 as part of the award.

The Live Your Dreams Award is to assist women, who provide the primary source of financial support for their families, by giving them the resources to continue their education, according to the Soroptimists.

Moses Lake High School senior Casci Carpenter received the Violet Richardson award for her work with Youth Outdoors Unlimited. The Soroptimists donated $200 to the group on behalf of Carpenter and she received a $300 award.

The Youth Outdoors Unlimited organization helps facilitate outdoor recreation for disadvantaged youth.

The Violet Richardson award is for young women volunteering in their communities and schools.

“The award is given to young women whose activities make the community and world a better place,” stated a Soroptimist representative.

The Soroptimists donated $1,000 to the Moses Lake Public Library Foundation to help with the group’s efforts to raise funds to expand the library to meet public demand.

By Bill Stevenson, iFiber One News, February 18, 2015

The Moses Lake Public Library Foundation & Friends of the Library
invite you to a reception
Celebrating the 50th Anniversary
of the first library building
and honoring its patrons and supporters.
Saturday, March 21st, 2015
2:00–4:00 p.m.

CLICK HERE FOR MORE INFORMATION!

The Moses Lake Public Library Foundation is pleased to honor Alice Harwood who served the community in many ways, but most memorably as an early member of the Board of Trustees of the North Central Regional Library from 1970 to 1982 following Moses Lake resident Bryan Miller, who was chair of the first seven member NCRL board. She served two six year terms on the board representing the Moses Lake District.

Mrs. Harwood, an avid reader, not only sat on the NCRL board, but served her community in other ways. She and her husband Eugene began farming in the Moses Lake area in 1949. She knew it as a new, raw, hot, and dry, but fast- growing community full of opportunity where everyone worked to help themselves and each other. She was superintendent of the Arts and Crafts Building at the Grant County Fair for years and was also a member of Eastern Star and the O’Sullivan Grange. The Harwoods raised two daughters, one of whom has become a librarian. Her influence continues to be felt as the foundation moves toward expanding and remodeling the city library supported by this $10,000.00 donation in her name.