{"id":120,"date":"2011-02-22T04:57:20","date_gmt":"2011-02-22T04:57:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/vancouvertoollibrary.com\/?page_id=120"},"modified":"2026-01-29T19:55:32","modified_gmt":"2026-01-30T03:55:32","slug":"home","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/vancouvertoollibrary.com\/","title":{"rendered":"HOME"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns are-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-6c0f09fc wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\" style=\"margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--80);margin-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--80)\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:5rem\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:40rem\">\n<form 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