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Dudley: Star show bright for little library

Posted: Tuesday, February 20, 2007

Bill

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We now take you live to the Avenue of Stars in downtown Greensboro for exclusive live coverage of the 16th annual Friends of the Greene County Library Academy Awards Banquet and our ace reporter Dewey D. Cimal.

Dewey: I am broadcasting to you live, from in front of the First Union Methodist Church, where tonight, this community's library fans, stars and press have gathered to celebrate a year of accomplishment for "The Little Library That Could." I am joined this evening by my beautiful co-host, Brooke Shelves.

Brooke: You know Dewey, The Friends of the Library is a small group, but it packs a big punch. Last year, through dues, book sales and book donations alone, this group raised over $8,000 for new books. That's more than the library got from our state's budget!

The crowd of 177 lucky fans in the grandstands and along the red carpet roar their approval as another limo pulls up. Our reporting team jockeys for position, temporarily disrupting the broadcast.

Dewey: The crowd's really pumped as they welcome the stars up the red carpet.

Brooke: Well, the biggest names in show business are just everywhere. We've already seen Lauren Bookall, Robert Readford, Cantputit Downey Jr., Skim Basinger, Reada Hayworth and Tome Hanks and the crowd just loves it. Who's that getting out of the Humvee Limo?

Dewey: It's Jackie Broderick, the highly regarded manager of the Greene County Library and one of tonight's brightest stars. Let me see if I can get a word ...

Brooke: Look. It's Mr. 007 himself, Mr. Scan Connery, escorting Jackie. No, no wait ... it's Steven Schaefer, the elegantly bow-tied director of the Uncle Remus Regional Library System.

Dewey: OK, I'm working my way towards Mrs. Broderick. Excuse me, Jackie. A word with our viewers, please?

Jackie: It's wonderful, and I feel so proud of our library and our staff - Stacy Reid, Mia Brown, April Reid and Cornelia Lowery. You know, Greene County Library is The Little Library That Could. We're physically very small, but we are the busiest in the Uncle Remus System. Last year, we served over 900 library patrons a month.

Brooke: Get ready Dewey. A triple-door white stretch limo just pulled up. It's the two stars of the Greene County Library, Stacy Reid wearing a Diane Von Ferstbooks original and Cornelia Lowery in a lavender gown by Versace.

Dewey: OK, I'm with Stacy Reid. Stacy, tell us about the library's success with the reading program this past summer?

Stacy: Well the credit should go to the Friends of the Library. The members put together a reading program for the month of June for younger children and it grew like Kudzu. We held classes for 140 kids per week and they collectively read 1,100 books. Libraries can bring kids, books and reading together in one place. I think that's a winning combination for any community.

Dewey: Thanks, Stacy. Folks, it's time for us to go, but first a word from our sponsor.

JOIN NOW. The annual membership dues to the Friends of The Greene County Library are $15 per person or $30 per family. For information, write to Jean Reed at 1040 Swordhilt Rd., Greensboro, GA 30642.

• Bill Dudley is a syndicated columnist living in Greensboro. with his wife, Big El. He can be reached at doright77@yahoo.com.



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