Sumas Library Manager Paul Fullner and his wife rode into the Sumas Library on kayaks in November 2021, looking to assess the damage from the 25 inches of water that had entered following the flooding of the Nooksack and Sumas rivers.
On Feb 15, nearly 15 months later, he stood in a newly remodeled and upgraded community library and cut the ceremonial ribbon, signifying its reopening after the devastating event.
“It’s something like a return to normalcy,” Fullner said.
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