Two years ago, a devastating flood resulted in the doors being closed at the Johnston Public Library in Baxter Springs. The long road to recovery was made even longer thanks to the pandemic. Now – a sense of normalcy has returned and the doors have re-opened. Mary Hixon, Board of Directors President, said, “It just felt like just one thing after another, just making decisions constantly.” On October 23rd 2019, the Johnston Public Library woke up to one of their worst nightmares. Andrea Bresee, Johnston Public Library Director, said, “We had a pipe burst in the attic, and it went from the second floor, flooded half of that floor and went on down to the first floor and literally rained into the first floor.”
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