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CoastFest 2009
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pool, "make it & take it" projects, black
powder demos, face painting, Birds of
Prey, a 16 Ton Sand Sculpture will be
created by a professional sand sculp
tor, climb aboard the new Region
al Transport Bus from the Coastal
Regional Commission, Be a Scientist
for a Day, learn how to
'Save Georgia's Frogs,'
"Splash" student art
exhibit, magic tricks by
Magician Arthur Atsma,
Reptile Show, American
Red Cross Blood Mobile,
explore the past with
a visit to the Archaeo-
Bus, experience the
early printing press with
Ashantilly Center, learn
about hurricanes, floods
and weather, snake
exhibits, Wormsloe His
toric Site staff will dem
onstrate how colonial Above: Learn
craftsmen used a 'shaving horse' to
build furniture and how they melted
pewter to make spoons, U.S. Coast
Guard Watercraft tours, examine DNR
research projects and visit Jim Saw-
grass at the Creek Indian Camp.
For more information, contact GA
DNR/Coastal Resources Division at
912-264-7218 or visit www.Coastal-
GaDNR.org. □
about snakes and other reptiles.
Public libraries contract with collection agency Kids get up close and
• Patrons owe libraries more than $300,000 in late fees, fines
The member libraries of the Three
Rivers Regional Library System have
partnered with a collection agency to
recoup more than $300,000 owed by
patrons.
On Oct. 1, the public libraries in
Brantley, Camden, Charlton, Long,
McIntosh and Wayne counties will
begin working with Jeffersonville,
Ind.-based Unique Management Ser
vices, Inc., an agency that specializes
in library collections.
The Brunswick-Glynn County
Library has been working with the
collection agency since February, and
so far has collected $4,400 of the more
than $105,000 patrons owe in overdue
fines and fees for lost materials.
The response from the public has
been overwhelmingly positive, said
Steve W. Schaefer, interim assistant
director of Three Rivers Regional
Library System, based at the Bruns
wick library.
“When the Brunswick library
announced its new collections policy, it
certainly raised awareness,” Schaefer
said. “A lot of people simply did not
realize how much overdue materials
cost public libraries, which are already
struggling with severe budget cuts.”
Unique Management will contact
patrons owing at least $25 in late fees
and those with materials 60 days or
more past due. In addition to fines,
those patrons will have to pay a $10
collection fee and will risk damage to
their credit.
Library patrons will receive mul
tiple notices by mail or e-mail about
overdue materials and fines, so there
will be ample time to clear up delin
quent accounts.
Three Rivers libraries and the
regional bookmobile are owed the fol
lowing amounts, excluding balances
below $25:
• Regional Bookmobile - $2,275.39
• Brantley County Library -
$25,406.40
• Camden County Public Library
- $59,997.67
• Charlton Public Library Inc. -
$11,276.60
• Long County Public Library -
$11,091.17
• Ida Hilton Public Library -
$10,583.43
• Hog Hammock Public Library -
$25.00
• St. Simons Island Public Island
- $2,298.61
• St. Marys Public Library -
$33,004.95
Wayne County Library - $44,401.09
St. Marys Public Library has a new
blog featuring updates on its expansion
project. Patrons can visit the site at
libraryexpansion.blogspot.com for floor
plans, photos and notices about the
construction project. □
2008 - Above and Right:
personal with marine
life at the Touch Tank
H0NPA Summer Clearance!
Now At
Nalley Honda
Pontiac GMC Jeep
178 Altama Connector • Brunswick
(912) 267-7000 • (800) 625-5394
www.nalleyauto.com
Home of the
Locally Owned and Operated. 912-264-6251.