To the Library and Beyond Next week we’ll have the good news about the success of our final event celebrating forty years of service to our community. This all-volunteer Library could not have survived without the determined energies of a TOWN-FULL of voluntary workers. We salute every one of you for your selfless efforts. Joan has reviewed the 2014 book, Enduring Courage: Ace Pilot Eddie Rickenbacker, by John F. Ross. “This is an amazing book with history of both early cars and airplanes, and WWI air battles.” Eddie Rickenbacker was a famous race car driver and WWI pilot whose first interest was working as a mechanic. In 1906, during the early years of car races, he began working on those unique cars and driving them; every car was built differently before Henry Ford began using an assembly line in 1913. In 1917, Eddie took flying lessons in Tours, France, and participated in the air war in Europe until the Armistice in 1918. In 1938, he bought Eastern Airlines from General Motors and was president of the company until 1959. In 1942, he was tasked to deliver some information to General Douglas McArthur, commander of the WWII Southwest Theater, stationed in New Guinea. Eddie’s plane left Hickam Air Field in Hawaii and crashed in the Pacific Ocean. He and his seven crewmates survived for three weeks in rafts without food and water before being rescued. Monday, August 18 is Bad poetry day; we can all do this, unless we are serious poets – give it a try! Beginning Wednesday, August 20, we’ll get together for four days at the Idaho County Fair. The volunteers who manage and operate Prairie Community Library strive to learn deep lessons from recording our customer’s patterns, and focus that knowledge on the most important avenues of progress that we can take. “Goodness is the only investment that never fails." Volunteers are always welcome! Send your volunteer message to cottonwoodlib@gmail.com. Please recommend improvements to the Library’s direction, priorities and customer service. Thank you all! | COTTONWOOD
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