MY FAVORITE RECIPES By Mary Collins: Meet Heather McArthur

Books and kids are a big part of Heather McArthur’s life. The Garfield librarian grew up in Airway Heights just west of Spokane. She attended Spokane Falls Community College and studied early childhood education before becoming a stay-at-home mother of three for a decade.

Two years ago, she moved south to Garfield where she took on a number of jobs including customer service and housecleaning before starting work at the Seedlings Childcare Center and as assistant librarian at the Garfield branch of the Whitman County Library. When the lead librarian position opened five months ago, she leaped...