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(01/06/10) Gibbs Library Offers Amnesty for Fines

WASHINGTON. ME -- January 6, 2010 -- To celebrate the new year, Gibbs Library is offering amnesty for book fines now through February 14. Any patron who has an overdue book may return that book and have all fines forgiven. "We're most interested in having the books returned than collecting the fines," says Paulette Oboyski, President of Washington Library Association.

Books may be returned to the library during regular hours, or dropped in the book collection bin located in front of the library building. "We have a few hundred books that are overdue. It's our hope that the books might be returned if the patron doesn't have to pay a fine," Oboyski adds.

Replacing the books is very expensive, she notes, so once a year the library offers amnesty with the hope that many of the books will be returned. "We encourage our patrons to take advantage of this program."

Gibbs Library is located at 40 Old Union Road, Washington. FMI go to gibbslibrary.org or call 845-2663.

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