Funding approved for Nevada libraries by the Legislature will make a difference for people across the state, including those in some of the most remote places, librarians testified.
As the father of five kids, Sen. Mo Denis, D-Las Vegas, relied heavily on the Clark County library system. “We would take our kids to lap sit at the library and leave with 30 books for each child,” he recalled. “Our home was full of books. There’s no way we could have afforded that without the library.
There was a certain energy in the air, an excitement swirling among the 15 students spanning the grades from kindergarten through eighth in the isolated, one-room schoolhouse in Ruby Valley.