Rep. Black donates books
Tuesday, August 27, 2013 11:41 am
By TONY STINNETT/ Courier Education Editor School have a greater selection of books to choose from following a visit to the school from Congressman Diane Black Tuesday (Aug. 20). Black visited CCHS for the purpose of donating books from the Library of Congress, which is the largest and one of the greatest of what may be considered national libr-aries. It contains some 18 million books, 2.5 million recordings, 12 million photographs, 4.5 million maps and more than 54 million manuscripts. Black visited with Cannon County Director of Schools Barbara Parker, CCHS Principal Mike Jones, assistant principal Kay Barker, Freddie Curtis, U.S. government teacher, and senior Rebekah Faulkner during her 30-plus minute stop. “It is fun and I didn’t know until I got to Congress that there was this opportunity,” Black said. “I never know which books my staff has selected so it’s a real surprise to see what’s picked out. I am as surprised as the people receiving them. It’s always a good variety and a lot of interesting books. Librarians really appreciate it because they don’t have a lot of money in the budget for books right now. This offers a little help here and there.” “It is a great honor to receive books from the Library of Congress,” Director Parker said. “It is an awesome place. We appreciate Congressman Black thinking of us and arranging this. It is great to receive these books and there is such a great range. “
|