The Weekly Post
Wednesday, April 16, 2008

Celebrating National Library Week

First sponsored in 1958, National Library Week is a national observance sponsored by the American Library Association (ALA) and libraries across the country each April. It is a time to celebrate the contributions of our nation's libraries nd librarians and to promote library use and support.

In honor of National Library Week, April 13-19, we asked people around the area to tell us what they are reading.

* Dr. Samuel DePaul is reading Living a Better Life by Joel Osteen.

* Stanly Regional's Director of Public Relations, Ben Jolly, is reading Peter Jennings; A Reporter's Life.

* Brooks Barnhardt, photographer for the Oakboro Regional Museum, is reading Pretty Poison by Joyce and Jim Lavene.

* Badin Mayor Jim Harrison recently finished 40 Days of Purpose by Rick Warren.

* Locust City Administrator James Inman is reading Flags of Our Fathers by James Bradley.

* Montgomery County schoolteacher and political candidate Larry Kissell is reading Telegraph Days by Larry McMurtry.

* Annabelle Morgan, GOBA president, is reading 20 Themed Tea Parties by Tracy Stern.

* Ron Crawley, business owner and political candidate, is reading An Inconvenient Book by Glenn Beck.

* Pat Long, publisher of The Weekly Post just finished reading A Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty Smith.

* CEO and President of the Stanly County Chamber of Commerce, Tom Ramseur is reading Joel Osteen's Become a Better You.