People shorts 5/19/11

Book sale at Garfield

The Garfield Library will hold a book sale during Garfield May Day May 21 at 9:30 a.m. To donate books for the event, visit the Library. Proceeds will benefit the summer reading program.

Garfield school’s penny drive netted a grand total of $130.91. The K-1 class collected $61.10 and will receive an ice cream party for their first prize efforts.

Pullman library finalists

The Neill Public Library search committee reports Alexa Eccles of Olympia, Rebecca Francik of Pasco and Sarah English of Omaha, Neb., have been selected to interview for the position of library services director.

Public presentation with time for questions will be in the library’s Edith Hecht meeting room from 4:15 - 5 p.m. with Alexa Eccles May 23, Rebecca Francik May 24, and Sarah English May 25.

For more information contact Joanna Bailey, temporary manager, at the library.

Wild week sees record highs, heavy rains

A record high temperature was recorded Saturday by the National Weather Service. The weather service gauge at the Pullman-Moscow Airport recorded a high of 81 degrees, which matches the previous record high set in 2006.

Saturday’s high temperatures gave way to heavy rains through Tuesday morning. The weather service reported 1.1 inches of rain fell at the airport between Sunday morning and Tuesday morning. The Hangman Creek gauge recorded .7 inches over the period.

Though river banks swelled with the rain, they did not approach flood stage. The North Fork Palouse River crested at 12.77 feet at the U.S. Geological Survey’s gauge near Potlatch Monday afternoon, well short of the 15 foot flood stage.