WCL penny drive totals $918 plus

Friends of Whitman County Library collected more than $918 in donations during the 2018 penny drive in celebration of National Library Week. Each library branch designated a special project for the money collected, with funds being used for everything from youth Summer Reading programs to library projects.

Branches from around the county collected anywhere from just a few coins to more than $150 in Colfax, Palouse and St. John.

First sponsored in 1958, National Library Week is an observance sponsored by the American Library Association and libraries across the country. Whitman County Library b...