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I'm pleased to announce that we have a new circulation clerk at the library. Denise Parris comes to us from Florida but was born and raised in Columbia.

We encourage everyone to stop in and welcome her.

The library's semi-annual Book Sale takes place all day on Friday and Saturday (May 9 and 10). There will be a variety of children's books as well as paperbacks. You don't want to miss it!

Because Sunday, May 11, is a busy day, what with Mother's Day and baccalaureates, the library will be closing at 3 p.m. on Sunday in order to allow the staff to participate in those activities. We appreciate your understanding.

Check it out

Marvin Wilhite will be presenting a program titled "What Tombstones Tell." Genealogy and history buffs can learn quite a lot from tombstones. On Wednesday, May 14, at 1 p.m., Marvin will share his expertise and some examples he had collected from local cemeteries.

Circle of days

Friday, May 9, from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. -- Book sale.

Saturday, May 10, from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. -- Book sale.

Sunday, May 11, library open from 1 to 3 p.m. (Closed early).

Wednesday, May 14, 1 p.m. -- "What Tombstones Tell"

New materials

Fiction

--"Lavinia" by Ursula K. LeGuin (historical fiction)

--"Friday Nights" by Joanna Trollope (romance)

--"Secrets" by Jude Deveraux (romance)

--"Escape" by Robert Tannenbaum (suspense)

--"Sunday Nights at Tiffany" -- by James Patterson (fiction)

Non-fiction

--"The Place to Be" by Roger Mudd

--"Willie Nelson: An Epic Life" by Joe Nick Patosi

--"Sundays in America" by Suzanne Strempek Shea.