Library friends to hold book sale

By BRYAN HELLIOS

bhellios@yourdailyglobe.com

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