Library presents plans for center building

Plans for the Whitman County Library’s Bettie Steiger Community Enrichment Center are moving forward. Drawings for what the center may become were presented by Whitman County Library Director Kristie Kirkpatrick at a Colfax Chamber of Commerce meeting May 21.

Showing several slides of architectural drawings by Tom Maul of Seattle-based Hutchison & Maul Architecture, Kirkpatrick explained how the former Hamilton Drug building may be modified.

Maul donated the drawings, which show a modern, open space with moveable walls and an industrial grade kitchen.

Kirkpatrick talked about how the building...