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The last meeting of the Friends
of the Skowhegan Free Public Library was held on Wednesday, January 8th.
The Secretary’s Report was accepted.
The Treasurer reported that $7000 of the Restoration/Renovation Fund was invested
in an 18 month CD at the Franklin-Somerset Federal Credit Union at 2.5% interest
annually. The remainder of the fund, $6659.66, remains in the Skowhegan Savings
Bank. The checking account balance is $1623.25.
Fundraising Chairman reported that there will be two Library Brown Bag Lunches
this year; one on April 25th, the other on October 24th. The annual lawn sale
will take place on Saturday, May 17th in conjunction with the Cornville 6 Mile
Lawn Sale. (The Hastings’s barn is already open for donations.) On Saturday,
June 28th, the Friends will host the Skowhegan Area Garden Tour and Art Show.
A murder mystery, Trouble at Serenity Pond, will be presented, tentatively,
on October 3rd.
The speaker for the evening was author James Moore. Mr. Moore is a retired investigator
for the U. S. Treasury’s Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms. He discussed
his book, Human Sacrifice, which details the investigation of the 1988 murder
of 12 year old Sarah Cherry and the subsequent arrest and trial of Dennis DeChaine.
He pointed out that, according to the State’s own evidence, Mr. DeChaine
could not possibly have committed the crime. Mr. Moore hopes that his book,
for which he is accepting no royalties, will spark enough interest to get Mr.
DeChaine released. (The library has a copy of the book.)
The next meeting will be held at 6:00 pm, in the library, on March 12th (snow
date: March 19th.) Program to be announced.
After the meeting we received the following note from Mr. Moore:
Thanks for having me at your meeting, and thanks to Blynn for setting everything
up. Everyone seemed truly interested and (hopefully) like folks who will make
their voices heard where it counts. 15 years of unjust imprisonment is enough!
As JoAnne and I were leaving, we stopped to admire the restored stain glass
window – it’s beautiful, viewed from outside at night with the lights
on inside.
Thanks again,
Jim