Dick Ostrander, 82, director of Yakima (Wash.) Valley Libraries from 1973 until his 1997 retirement, died December 19. He had previously worked at Yonkers (N.Y.) Public Library, Long Beach (N.Y.) Public Library, Woodbridge (N.J.) Public Library, and Lincoln (Nebr.) Public Library. Yakima Valley Libraries dedicated the new West Valley Community Library in his honor in 2012.