Stop the presses: Book sale back to normal

Library expansion's pace allows Friends
to fill two rooms ahead of schedule
You never know what treasures you'll find at the library, especially when the quarterly Friends of the Brentwood Library book sale rolls around.
Today I walked out with Page One: Major Events 1920-1975 as Presented in The New York Times and Virginia, The New Dominion, a history from 1607 to the present by Virginius Dabney. Got both for $5.
The book of front pages was a happy find, and a sad reminder of what we'll lose if and when newspapers as we know them disappear. Newspapers are such tangible, permanent records of everything from moon walks to chicken dinners and obituaries. The Times' June 11, 1940 page told the world that ITALY AT WAR, READY TO ATTACK, STAB IN BACK, SAYS ROOSEVELT, GOVERNMENT HAS LEFT PARIS. And on November 23, 1963, KENNEDY IS KILLED BY SNIPER AS HE RIDES IN CAR IN DALLAS; JOHNSON'S SWORN IN ON PLANE.
But enough editorializing, let's get back to the book sale.
By Thursday noon, the Friends had made about $5000, said sale guru Manny Buzzell as he pointed out the new and improved children's book display. Some are going for as little as 10 cents each.
A pleasant surprise was seeing that the sale again filled both of the library's multi-purpose rooms. Manny told me the volunteers were surprised too. They found out Monday that the library expansion's construction was far enough along that they could open the partition and spread out once again. They expected to be cramped into one room for this sale before getting back to normal this fall.
If you haven't been by yet, the sale continues today until 7 p.m., Friday 9 a.m.-5 p.m. and Saturday -- when everything is half-price! -- 10 a.m. - 5 p.m.