Feeling the need to take a break from crime news and such, here's some fun stuff to share:
Talk about book work: Last week, 41 different people volunteered a total of 303 3/4 hours to help make the summer Friends of the Brentwood Library Book Sale a success. Just how successful was it? Try $10,860 successful. What a great bunch of volunteers they are. Thanks too to the hundreds of people who donate books to make the quarterly sales possible, and those that come to buy.
Sweeney's loss, scout's gain: It wasn't quite a full house at the City Commission meeting last night. Commission Joe Sweeney took a rare night off, so the invocation he was down to give was offered instead by Commissioner Paul Webb. So who did that leave to lead the Pledge of Allegiance? Commissioner Webb was down for that one.
No concerns. Mayor Betsy Crossley tapped Boy Scout Andrew Wilson who was in the audience to lead the unusually large crowd. Wilson, a member of Troop 1 and a rising 8th grader at Brentwood Academy, did a fine job.
How about those chairs! Anyone who's visited the Municipal Center's board room in the past month or so couldn't have helped but notice that something was missing -- the permanent chairs. They have made their return, each recovered in royal blue upholstery fabric and accented in metal trim dressed up with a fresh coat of black paint.
The commissioners went on and on about how great they looked and how "green" they were, despite their eye-popping blue. The city saved a bundle of cash by refurbishing instead of replacing.
"We didn't throw the old ones away, we didn't take up any landfill space," Commissioner Regina Smithson noted.
All true. But after sitting in one of them for close to 90 minutes, I wish the city had invested a little more to have them restuffed.
At least they're easier on the eyes, if not the seat!
Showing posts with label Friends of the Brentwood Library. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Friends of the Brentwood Library. Show all posts
Tuesday, July 28, 2009
Thursday, July 23, 2009
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.
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.
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