Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
VICKY FINCO, left, discovers a book she previously read while working with Sue Mattson to set up for the Friends of the Library book sale held at the Ironwood Memorial Building on Friday and Saturday.
By BRYAN HELLIOS
Ironwood - The Friends of the Ironwood Carnegie Library is having its bi-annual book sale on Friday and Saturday at the Ironwood Memorial Building.
Friends president Maria Peterson said Friday's sale, which runs from 2 to 6 p.m., is only open to members of the group. For the general public, Saturday's sale runs from 7:30 a.m. to 2 p.m.
"Members get first pick," Peterson said.
Setting up tables for the sale started Wednesday night, she said, and volunteers starting organizing the books at 8 a.m. the following day.
Peterson said money raised from the sale funds summer reading programs and other necessities for the library.
"We've done a lot," she said. "It all goes to the library."
Zane Ozzello, a member of the group, is on summer break from college and said he had time to help out.
"I've always been a very big reader and I've always gone to the library a lot," he said.
Ozzello said a lot of people buy a book from the sale and donate it back after reading it.
"A lot of people put in work to write them," he said "But a lot of people get to read them because of this sale."
For more information about becoming a member of the Friends of the Library, the sale, or to donate "gently used" books, contact the Ironwood Carnegie Library at 906-932-0203
