Bob went there to read, study, and use the many resources it offered. The couple also donated funds for a story room and a bookmobile, and volunteered many hours of their time, according to the April 12 Topeka Capital-Journal. The announcement was timed to be part of National Library Week and to start the public phase of the Library Foundation's Great Expectations Campaign. Some students and faculty trapped in the library during the shooting rampage of Eric Harris and Dylan Kiebold one year ago have asked the school to let them in to briefly meditate and seek closure, a spokesman for the Jefferson County Schools told the Denver Post April 14. It's a tough call.
Parents have to take hold of their children's affairs.
Gayle L. Bennett, who had presented the petition at the board's March 13 meeting, collected approximately 135 signatures requesting that trustees order the library to keep track of which patrons under 17 had parental permission to check out R-rated videos. Public Library's board of trustees and its fundraising foundation was resolved the first week of April with apparent amity on both sides. The argument over control of the foundation's financial practices had raged since October 1999, reaching a climax in January when the board threatened to expel the foundation from its offices in the library. Now, however, the foundation and the board have nothing but praise for one another. The two sides now attribute the original dispute to inadequate communication and understanding between the bodies.