Larry DuBois has been visiting the Sprague Branch Library in Sugar House for the past 20 years. But for the past three months — after a flood filled its lower level with more than 5 feet of water — he’s had to go to the nearby Anderson-Foothill Branch instead.
“I walk in [to Anderson] and I say, ‘I’m a refugee from Sprague,’” he said, laughing.
DuBois and other displaced patrons were happy to be back at Sprague Monday as the library opened with reduced services. Isabella Alba has been walking to the Sprague branch for the past five years, but since its closure in July, she’s had to take a bus to Salt Lake City’s Main Library downtown.