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FAQs about Spencer Library

Total budget: $521,716 for 2016-17 Total items owned: 58,533 Total yearly circulation: 107,044 items Average number of people visiting/day: 231 History The birth of the Spencer Public Library began when several ladies from the Spencer Woman's Club were organized into the Ladies Library Association of Spencer in 1883. They were entrusted with the care, use and growth of a circulating library in the community. The Woman's Christian Temperance Union contributed a number of books to begin the library's first collection. In 1892, after several moves, the city levied its first tax for maintenance and support of the library with the Ladies Library Association still in charge of daily operation. Grant monies of $10,000.00 were received from Andrew Carnegie for the erection of a new library building in 1902. The conditions set forth by the grant were that the city was to provide a suitable site and provide maintenance. The city complied with the first conditio

Books For Gamers

“Myst: The Book of Arthus” by Rand Miller. This is the continuing story of the book of Tiana. (See the first book.) This book is more focused on the ages of the D'ni. The people are Arthus (not from the first book) and Gehn, his father. The villain is the father who takes the son into the D'ni underground realm and is taken to help to make ages for the father. They start in Age 37 and then to Age 5. The ages are now more complex and they now contain people. The end of the book gives the name of the books, as that is the name of the final age.

When All Seems Lost...A Miracle

“ One Summer ” by David Baldacci. It's almost Christmas, but there is no joy in the house of terminally ill Jack and his family. Then, unthinkably, tragedy strikes again: his devoted wife, Lizzie, is killed in a car accident. Over one unforgettable summer, Jack and his children will learn how to become a family once more

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