WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW NOW

Closures

- Fourth Avenue bridge

- Legislative Building

- Deschutes Parkway from Lakeridge Drive to Fifth Avenue

- Olympia Timberland Regional library

Also, as of Monday, two downtown Olympia buildings remained red-tagged because city inspectors consider them unsafe:

- Skookum Bay Outfitters, 518 Capitol Way S.

- Second Use Building Materials, 210 Thurston Ave. N.E.

And 43 more struc-tures -- including homes, businesses, offices and schools -- remained yellow-tagged, or safe only for limited entry.

For the latest informa-tion on the status of quake-damaged buil-dings in Olympia, visit the city Web site at www.ci.olympia.wa.us or call 753-8314.

Water tests

Thurston County's environmental health department is offering free well water testing for single-family homes until March 15. Residents can pick up sample bottles at the county Courthouse, 2000 Lakeridge Drive S.W., Building 1, second floor, as well as at Yelm, Rainier and Tenino city halls and at the Rochester Organization Of Families office on U.S. Highway 12.

Residents worried about the safety of their well water or septic systems can call 754-4375.

More earthquake information and forms for registering earthquake damage also are available on the county Web site at www.co.thurston.wa.us

Back to school

Lincoln Elementary School students return to classes this morning -- but not in the usual places. Students will meet in the gymnasium for a 9 a.m. assembly before dispersing to classes in the school's library, cafeteria and activities room, as well as in neighboring St. John's Episcopal and Trinity Lutheran churches.

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