Reading event kick off set for November 19

On November 19, a Tuesday, at 7 p.m., Title 1-A will sponsor a kick-off event entitled “Unwrap the Gift of Reading.”

According to Bev Scherr, curriculum coordinator at the Odessa School District, “We are trying to generate an interest in having families set aside a family reading time throughout December.”

For the event, Scherr is soliciting book donations, so that as many as possible can be “wrapped up” for children to open. The Spokane Valley Kiwanis Club has donated 200 books through the “Success by Six” program, a public-private partnership of the United Way. The local Friends of the Libra...