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Show DAILY Sunday, March 18. 2007 HERALD A5 Library Iraq Continued from Al Continued from A 1 "Let's do something about CoL Christopher h that." "That is being worked on," said Anderson. "We will be in touch." Noise in the room evapo- - ' rated. Rodeback, other council . members and members of the American Fork library board all seemed stunned. "That is a priority, in fact," Anderson said to break the silence. "I think you are the modeL We want it to be countywide, and we think it is long past due." The "model Anderson referred to is the seed of a north county library system more than a year in the making. Frustrated by years of discussion about the idea of a county-wid- e system but no action, mayors and librarians from Pleasant Grove, American Fork, Lehi and Eagle Mountain banded together to create a north county system. Librarians from the four cities have just finished presenting a draft plan for the system to each of the four cities, and work is now beginning on a legal document to seal the deal. If all four cities sign the paperwork and all are expected to a north Utah County library system could be in place at the beginning of the fiscal year, which starts on July 1. Speaking in an interview on Friday, Sheena Parker, director of the American Fork library, said she had no knowledge of the county's renewed interest in a countywide library before Anderson's announcement, but welcomed it. Anderson said on Friday that he keeps a fluid, written list of priorities on his desk and creating a countywide library system is now No. 3. The issue came to him as a surprise while he was campaigning for his MARIO each other's libraries free of charge, and once those cities shared that deal with Spring-villwhich dropped out after changing its computer system. With by far the largest and most expensive collections in the county, Provo and Orem have expressed concern in the past that their libraries would bear the brunt of countywide usage, and they would need to be compensated for that. Anderson cautioned that those concerns stiU exist and putting together a county- wide system will take a lor of negotiating. He said he is e, willing to personaUy mediate with Provo, Orem and other libraries around the county if necessary. "I have access and I have relationships with all these cities and if we need to (mediate), I'm willing to do it," he said. "I don't think anyone is not in support of it, but it is not going to be an overnight thing. There are logistical and financial problems. But we need to maximize our resources. There is no reason why someone from Elk Ridge can't go to the Orem library to check out a book." Eagle Mountain librarian Michele Graves recently told council members in that city that not a day goes by when one or more library patrons ask about a countywide sys- " Kim yam DtSTRT as mm about 250 people. Last month, two chlorine truck bombs in Baghdad killed at least 16 people. Five suicide bombings have involved chlorine in Anbar province since late January, the U.S. military said. Chlorine causes wheezing, coughing and skin irritation and can be fatal in heavy concentrations. While chlorine bombs here have done little damage compared with traditional bombs, which often kill scores of people at once, the use of chemicals carries sinister symbolism in Iraq, where former President Saddam Hussein killed rebellious Kurds and others with poison gas. Also Saturday, a bomb killed four U.S. soldiers and wounded one more as they patrolled an area in western Baghdad, the military said. A sixth soldier was shot and wounded immediately after the blast. Another U.S. soldier was fatally shot during operations in Baqouba, the military said. And one soldier was killed and three others were wounded Friday when a bomb exploded as they patrolled south of Baghdad. mm HOMES DURING tow PCtlNT U.S.-back- 200-gallo- "We are getting a lot of residents in Eagle Mountain and other libraries that are wanting a countywide system put in place, or at least want us to find out why we don't have one," she said, noting the proposed north county system "is very doable. We have gone through a lot of research to find out what is fair and equitable for all four libraries." 42" PLASMA CAU In the north county system, must have a card from their "home" library. "Home" librarresidents of Lehi, Pleasant ies are assigned to each city Grove and American Fork wUl be able to use their liwithout a library. Books must be returned to the library they brary cards at any library in were borrowed from, and the system at no additional fines will be paid at the library Charge. Residents of Eagle Mountain will pay a $35 fee where they are owed. Kristi Seely, director of the for north countywide access, Lehi Public Library, said Lehi and residents of north county is likely to bear the brunt of cities without a library will pay $70 for north countywide the north county system, but issues of money must not keep access. Some cities without a library already reimburse their the system from launching. "This has needed to happen residents for half the cost of a for so long, it is just something library card. Eventually, nonresident fees that has to happen," she said, for the north county system speaking to members of the "could be lowered or disapEagle Mountain Council. "If everyone says 'This is my lipear, but in the beginning we think this is fair," Graves said. brary, don't touch my books,' To use the system, residents then it won't happen." minutes Thirty-seve- later and a few miles away, a suicide attacker detonated n a dump truck carrying a chlorine tank strapped with explosives, sickening tem. m. km ON ANT SPEC HOMES or CUSTOM BUILD n ad fv SfMCol fhwwKj tncntfw wkj RUIZDaily Herald out with her son, Taylor, at Pleasant Grove north to Utah allow made are residential Plans County access to four libraries. being Library. system.' He said he recently learned about the nascent north county system and plans to ask the librarians organizing it to meet with the full county commission "within 30 to 60 days" to discuss how it might be expanded countywide. A task force to organize the county-wid- e effort should be in place before the end of the year. Traditionally, the inequality of spending among libraries has been the death knell for a countywide system. Provo and Orem now allow patrons to use mj m t Mindy Stevens looks for books to check office. "It was amazing to me how many people brought it up," he said, noting he had never thought much about it and knew little about libraries. "I studied the issue and I said 'Holy cow, we need a county-wid- e msm ..a i s Garver, a U.S. military spokesman in Baghdad. Shiite militias, once seen by the U.S. military as the biggest threat to Iraq's stability, have stood down as the security plan has been implemented, but Sunni insurgents have asserted themselves. They have taken credit in the past two months for car bombings in Baghdad and the downing of six US. helicopters. Recently insurgents also have targeted Sunni tribal sheiks in Anbar who have cooperated with the Americans. One of the Friday blasts outside Fallujah struck near the home of Khamis a tribal leader who instructed his followers to join the Iraqi police and military in fighting in Iraq, said Hatam Muhammad, his nephew. At least three of his family members were killed; Hasnawi was unhurt, Muhammad said. "These explosions show the rest of the Iraqis that Sunnis are being targeted. Criminality is in their blood," said Abdul Sattar Buzaigh a sheik who has led a effort bring together tribes opposed to in Iraq. "Their techniques are changing continuously, but we will exterminate them totally by our brave men." The first blast occurred Friday afternoon when a suicide bomber detonated a pickup truck carrying chlorine near a Ramadi checkpoint, wounding one U.S. soldier and one Iraqi civilian. 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