Silverton Library receives Bayer grant

  • PUTTING MONEY WHERE THEIR MOUTHS ARE Laura Long, president of the library board, and Cathey Weaks, vice president of the library board, accepted a $2,500 grant on the Silverton Public Library’s behalf. Gary and Cathey Weaks nominated the library for the Bayer America's Farmers Grow Communities grant. | COURTESY PHOTO
    PUTTING MONEY WHERE THEIR MOUTHS ARE Laura Long, president of the library board, and Cathey Weaks, vice president of the library board, accepted a $2,500 grant on the Silverton Public Library’s behalf. Gary and Cathey Weaks nominated the library for the Bayer America's Farmers Grow Communities grant. | COURTESY PHOTO
    Local farmers Gary and Cathey Weaks recently directed a $2,500 Bayer Fund America’s Farmers Grow Communities donation to the Silverton Public Library. The library will use the funds to replace two computers and to offset operating expenses. The library is now able to replace older computers because of the generous nomination from the Weakses. The Silverton Library is staffed ...

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