Library book sale a resounding success

As if the annual Sisters Outdoor Quilt Show wasn’t enough to keep the town jumping last Saturday, July 8, along came the Friends of the Sisters Library (FOSL) annual used book sale to add to the excitement.

FOSL members had first crack at the towering piles of used books on tables and benches in our new library last Friday evening. On Saturday morning, residents of Sisters were standing side-by-side with quilt-show visitors eagerly waiting for the book sale gate to open again. By 4 p.m. Saturday, there was very little left but dust on the tables where there had been thousands of books.

Zeta Seiple led FOSL members in making this the best-ever used book sale for the library. Contributing to the success was the new library facility itself; the large meeting room and adjacent outside covered veranda, plus additional outside space, made plenty of room for books, tables and people.

Income generated from used book sales go directly into services and equipment for the new library.

The FOSL board is grateful to those who donated the thousands of books that made the sale such a success. They also appreciated the willing hands (and sore backs) of FOSL members, husbands, wives and friends who all chipped in to help make the sale the extravaganza it was.