October 6, 2008
- Lewiston, Idaho
Otter extols virtues of reading, presents check to Lewiston Library
Governor Butch Otter greets some young readers Thursday at the Lewiston Library. By Greg Meyer
LEWISTON - Governor Butch Otter was back in town again Thursday. Among his stops was a visit to the Lewiston City Library.
"There are many great things about the library but our Read To Me program is a program that really gets everyone off to a great start in life because if you can learn how to read, all you have to do is walk up and down these aisles and you can go any place in Idaho, you can go any place in the United States, you can go any place in the world and those books will take you there," said Otter. Otter discussed the importance of reading and presented a check for $5,000. City Librarian Heather Stout said the money will enable the library to purchase two Early Literacy Computer Stations, each of which will include top-rated educational titles to support the six early literacy skills. "Lewiston is one of 30 libraries across the state that will receive a $5,000 mini-grant for the continuation of this program and you really need to be proud of not only your state legislators that worked hard to make sure that we had the funding for this, but also your librarians," said Otter. Thursday evening, Otter took part in a public meeting of the Statewide Transportation Funding Conference at the Red Lion. |
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