4H group cleans library interior

The Oakesdale library branch is soon to have some overdue touchups at the hands of six 4H girls.

The need to find their annual community service project led the Saddle Pals to the library’s aging paint job, carpet and windows.

The group regularly uses the library room for their club meetings, and one member’s mother, Michele Wright, is the librarian.

With $150 from the city of Oakesdale, the girls will repaint the interior and clean the carpet and windows in early March.

“The girls noticed the library could really use some paint and carpet cleaning, and the windows cleaned,” Wright said.

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