Van Horn High School librarian Tammy Anderson, right, is one of three finalists in a national contest in which the winner receives $40,000 worth of furniture for the school library. She's visiting with library assistant Clark Ives about the furniture upgrade that will be made if she wins. [Bill Althaus/The Examiner]
By Bill Althaus bill.althaus@examiner.net Tammy Anderson is so much more than the library media specialist at Van Horn High School in Independence. She is a…