Friends of The Library sale this Saturday

NEWPORT — The Friends of the Pend Oreille County Library District is hosting a book and yard sale from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 6 outdoors at the Districts Administration Building in the back parking lot at 109 S. Union St., Newport.

Friends President Kat Schutte said that book donations are up while revenue from their backdoor book sales are down monthly by 60– 75%. While the Friends mini-sale locations (My Sidewalk Cafe, Newport Buzz and Cut and Salesky Service Center) are helping fill the gap, they don’t they make up the difference.