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BY GEORGE DEIBEL
f you haven’t found a book that you want, you haven’t looked hard enough.” That’s the opinion of Friends of the Mountville Library president Karen Denlinger, who vows the group’s spring book sale will include items that appeal to children, teens, and adults. The annual event will be held Friday, March 20, from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. and Saturday, March 21, from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Mountville Church of the Brethren, 50 Clay St., Mountville, which is across the street from the library. In addition to books, the sale will include puzzles, DVDs, CDs, games, and “maybe some surprises,” Denlinger said, adding that there will be sports books, cookbooks, biographies, history books, books on politics, and antiquated books. “We have a lot of very old books,” she said. “We have fabulous art books. We have new books that we specially price.” She noted that the occurrence promotes a sense of collectiveness.
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“You should come to the book sale to meet new friends - meet new friends that are at the book sale and buy a book and meet new friends in the book,” Denlinger said. “You’ll find characters that you love. You’ll find characters that you’ll hate. B ut you will enjoy the book; if you don’t want fiction, you might want history. You might want something else.” The popularity of the book sale is evident early. “At 9 o’clock (a.m. on Friday), we have a Volunteers (from left) Dianne Roda, Deb Lytle, Cathy Betz, and Karen Denlinger sort really big queue,” said books for an upcoming sale held by the Mountville Library. Photo by George Deibel Denlinger. “By 10:15 (a.m.), it is 100 boxes of books and counting. them over to the storage. We have shoulder to shoulder with people “Our sorting group has spent many a whole process.” buying books. They come and they hours going through all the books She is grateful for the support have smiles on their faces. They we have collected that our great from the community. “The books are happy, and then we also get patrons have donated to us,” said that people are donating show very good feedback of how we have Denlinger. “We have gone through their love of the library,” said Denorganized our books.” them. We have sorted them, and linger. “Everybody works together That is thanks to dedication and then we organize them and box so we can have a successful book teamwork. As of Feb. 25, there were them. Then we have people taking sale.” People’s admiration for the See Book Sale pg 3
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About 25 years ago, Joan Schaum learned about Relay For Life, a fundraiser for the American Cancer Society, through her employer, and she joined a team. She didn’t know that the organization would touch her personally in the future. Years later, her mother-in-law, Jackie Immel, moved in with Joan and her husband, Jeffrey, to their home in Columbia. While living with the Schaums, Immel was diagnosed with several types of cancer. The Schaums took Immel to the Lancaster Relay For Life, which was then a
24-hour event focused on walking laps around a track to raise funds for cancer research. “She loved walking around the track,” Joan recalled. “When she couldn’t walk around the track anymore for the survivor lap, we put her in a wheelchair and pushed her around the track. She thought it was awesome that all these people were clapping for her and cheering her on, and she had no idea who they were.” In 2016, Immel passed away from kidney failure. The loss prompted the Schaums to take action in Immel’s memory. “We thought it would be nice to honor
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