WEEK OF OCTOBER 12, 2023
VOLUME 135 | ISSUE 10
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Arapahoe Libraries volunteer Thersa Dando sorts through books in the basement of the Koelbel Library on Oct. 5.
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Library volunteer appreciates her 22 years of service BY ELISABETH SLAY ESLAY@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM
A wonderful team, great friends and love of books are what keep local volunteer Thersa Dandowith Arapahoe
Libraries since 2002. Dando, who is 73-years-old and a mother of four daughters, said she initially began volunteering because of a friend. “One of my friends who was a volun-
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teer here said ‘your last child is about to graduate from high school you need to find something to do,’’’ Dando said. “She encouraged me to come.” SEE VOLUNTEER, P11
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