Bill Wilson, of Himmel and Wilson, warned that unless local governments start allocating more money for libraries, some may have to close, according to the March 2 Charleston Gazette. The consultant's report, Directions 2000, is available on Himmel and Wilson's Web site. Clinton's announcement came the same day that the e-rate program released the final wave of funding commitments for its first program year. Could Restore Library Cuts Commissioners in DeKalb County, Georgia, have reached a budget deal that could reopen two closed library branches and restore hours that were cut as a result of a budget crisis. The agreement, which must still be voted on as part of the 1999 budget, would reopen the Embry Hills and Hairston Crossing branches and restore Sunday service for three other libraries.
Libraries are quality of life issues. . . .
A community without libraries is nothing. As a result, Federal District Judge Barbara Crabb cancelled a March 3 hearing on the matter. No trial date has been set for the case, which seeks the permanent restoration of Baby Be-Bop, The Drowning of Stephan Jones, When Someone You Know Is Gay, and Two Teenagers in Twenty. Public Library, who has been missing since February 16, turned herself in to police March 1 shortly after landing at Pittsburgh International Airport. Bethel Park police said she had been in Jacksonville, Florida, and had contacted her husband the day before, indicating she wanted to turn herself in.