Library board inspects excavation

Library Board trustees peer into the gaping pit in the center of the library.

From the left are John Aune, Jon Kehne, Becky Dickerson, Teresa Myott and Leslee Miller.

Trustees learned that renovation of the district’s headquarters in the Colfax Library is on track.

They met with George Paupst, manager of Blews Construction crew which has been removing tons of concrete flooring and supportive T-structures to make way for the library’s new stairway and elevator.

Making matters difficult is a very high water table that requires continual pumping in order to dig a five-foot deep pit that will serve as the elevator’s base.

For the latest progress on the renovation, visit the photo journal on the library’s web site at http://www.whitco.lib.wa.us.