To the editor:

What a treasure Chassell Township citizens have in the Portage Lake District Library!

15 public computers

10,000 downloadable e-books and audiobooks

2,200 DVDs

Digital collection of over 7,000 award-winning films & classic television shows

Mango foreign language courses online

Ancestry genealogy database

Foundation directory online: the largest database of grants and grantmakers in the united states

Scola database: receives/re-transmits foreign television programs from around the world

Tutorial video access for popular software applications

Print subscriptions of five newspapers and 100 current magazines

A community meeting room

Reading lounges for children, teens and adults

The Michigan History room

A very capable, knowledgeable, caring staff

The ballot will read on August 2: Shall Chassell Township, county of Houghton, state of Michigan withdraw from membership in the Portage Lake District Library?

Please vote “No” and continue Chassell Township as a member of the Portage Lake District Library!

Lou and Ron Helman

Chassell