I had mentioned to the group that my local FHC here in Port Orchard, WA would be closed at the end of May, and I was afraid that the 35 films I have on loan would be sent back to Salt Lake, but since then everything that was in the local FHC was moved to the nearby Bremerton, WA FHC lock, stock and barrel. Myself and a few other regular patrons have been helping the director of the new combined library relocate both Port Orchard and Bremerton libraries to their new location on the third floor of the building where the former Bremerton FHC was located. We moved everything from the basement there to the third floor, and I just recently helped to combine the permanent loan films from both libraries and was pleased to see all my films there. We were pleased to see that we now have many more films, etc. available to us although since I am the only Hispanic doing research, the only films from Mexico are mine.

We have been feverishly working (in an unusual for this area heat wave) to set everything up--sorting films, fische, books and other materials, etc. I have been getting home the past three days hot, sweaty, dirty and pooped. I even volunteered to help finish up on Monday and Tuesday the 4th (I have no family obligations for the holiday) so that we can be back in business on Wednesday the 5th. I also thought that I would have much farther to travel, but it only takes me about seven more minutes to get to the Bremerton FHC than it did to get to my former FHC.

Happy day when I can get back to my research.

Emilie Garcia
Port Orchard, WA ---