Block · one region of the page, as the scanner read it. It may hold a whole story, part of one, several, or an advertisement; stitching blocks into articles is the next step. Text is supplied OCR.
Page 6 · column 6 of 7 · from the scan, no model involved
Library
From Page Ai
Library, and a member of the library board. “The book sale has been moved from place to place, from the Tbwn Hall to the old Washington School and back, and now the school site is no longer available to us,” she said.
The annual sale involves plenty of heavy lifting, book sorting and other activities to be handled by a dwindling number of volunteers, van Dort said, and the current small corps of volunteers is no longer willing or able to handle the chore.
At the library board’s Dec. 11 meeting, board members authorized County Administrator John McCarthy to develop a plan for the building and a site plan, and to advertise for bids from contractors to erect it. The current concept for the building, proposed by the Friends and approved by the library board, envisions a barn-like structure, possibly a post-and-beam building of 24 by 48 feet.
It is anticipated that this building could be erected without seeking additional taxpayer funds from the county Board of Supervisors.
The Friends’ organization has offered a contribution of up to $35,000, to pay as much as half of the cost of the building. The existing library endowment fund could be tapped for the other half, possibly supplemented by special donations from the public for the “book bam” project.
The proposed building project remains subject to a final vote by the library board, after approval of building and site plans and subject to cost estimates.
Library director Shaffer said having a place to sell used books throughout the year holds promise of increasing the library’s revenue from donated books. The annual book sale has
fenerated an average of about 3,000 in revenue, but yearround sales would probably exceed that, he believes.
91.9%