Snaps for Kyle

In the July/August edition of Men's Health magazine (page 36) under the title, "Be a patriot - no musket required", Kyle Western writes about three things we can do to be more patriotic. One of the items has to do with libraries and it mentions South Carolina:

Read Locally:

President Franklin D. Roosevelt noted that public libraries are "essential to the functioning of a democratic society."

But libraries are often the first to go when local budgets are cut. Support yours by always paying your fines and by donating used books, CD-ROMs, and DVDs. And instead of buying from Amazon, check librarybooksales.org first - it sells books from local libraries across the country. Back your library and you'll strengthen the state economy, too; a South Carolina study found the return on investment for every $1 spent on public libraries was $4.48-that's nearly 350 percent.

Click on the blue cover to read the study.