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"Read Between the Wines" raises funds for a new Bigfork library

TAYLOR INMAN | Hagadone News Network | UPDATED 3 years, 1 month AGO
by TAYLOR INMAN
Taylor Inman covers Bigfork and the north shore for the Bigfork Eagle and hosts News Now and other podcasts for the Daily Inter Lake.  Originally from Kentucky, Taylor started her career at the award-winning public radio newsroom at Murray State University. She worked as a general assignment reporter for WKMS, where her stories aired on National Public Radio, including the show “All Things Considered.” She can be reached at 406-758-4440 or at [email protected]. | November 21, 2022 11:00 PM

The ImagineIF Foundation held "Read Between the Wines" last week, a fundraising event to benefit the Bigfork Library Project, which aims to transform the Bethany Lutheran Church Ark Building into a new branch of the ImagineIF library system.

The ImagineIF Foundation has raised more than $821,000, getting close to reaching the $1.2 million needed to begin construction on the new Bigfork library.

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The ImagineiF Library Foundation’s “Read Between the Wines” fundraiser for the new Bigfork Library featured a talk from author Abe Streep, who wrote ‘Brothers on Three,’ a nonfiction novel about the Arlee Warrior’s basketball team. (Taylor Inman/Bigfork Eagle)

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The fundraiser featured wine, food and a silent auction. The Foundation has raised $821,000, and they will begin construction on the building when they reach $1.2 million. (Taylor Inman/Bigfork Eagle)

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The fundraiser took place in the future home of the library, the Bethany Lutheran Church Ark Building. (Taylor Inman/Bigfork Eagle)

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