Norris book sales this Saturday
Book lovers will have two good opportunities in Norris to add to their collections this coming Saturday (Feb. 17).
First, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., the Norris Religious Fellowship, 23 Dogwood Road, will host a “Book Sale & Author Talk.”
Books for the whole family will be sold, beginning at 50 cents, and refreshments will also be available to purchase.
Authors Kath Fearing (10:15-10:45 a.m.), Kim Zachman (11:15-11:45 a.m.), and Von Diaz (12:30-1 p.m.) will be on hand to talk about their work and sign books.
Then from noon-6 p.m., the Betty Anne Jolly Norris Community Library will hold its “Book Lovers’ Book Sale” in the library, at One Norris Square, across from the Lions Club Pavilion.
The library also will host an open house from 2-6 p.m. to show off the recently renovated interior, which includes new flooring, shelves and checkout desk.
Both library events are sponsored by the Friends of the Norris Community Library.
“Join us to see the renovated library, buy a book from the book sale, and enjoy some catered food,” said an announcement on the library’s Facebook page.
Sleek new flooring and new wooden shelves installed late last year combined to update the interior of the library as part of an $80,000 renovation project.
After being closed for two weeks, the library reopened Nov. 14 with most of the work complete.
Renovations included tearing out the old carpet and installing new stone-core vinyl plank flooring, said library Director Kimberlee Byrge.
Money for the work came from a donation by the Bill Warren Jolly Jr. estate, she said.
Wood-laminated shelves were installed to replace metal shelves and some smaller wooden shelves, Byrge said.
“We’re also getting a new circulation desk,” she said.
The Friends of the Norris Community Library group provided help to the library staff in removing and boxing up all of the books in advance of the work, and then putting the books out onto the new shelves once the work was completed.
The Norris library occupies part of the McNeeley Building in the center of downtown Norris. It also houses the Norris Museum. The building was donated to the city by the McNeeley family, and once housed the McNeeley medical clinic that is now on Andersonville Highway.
The McNeeley building also is getting some updates, including new exterior siding, which is being coordinated and paid for by the city, which still owns the building.