(MURFREESBORO) While the artic blast was wreaking havoc on roads, schools, offices–it was quietly creating heavy damage inside the LINEBAUGH PURLIC LIBRARY. The facility was closed due to the icy weather, so there was no staff to see the damage being done to the plumbing system and get the water turned off.
Rutherford County Public Luibrary System Director Rita Shacklett said, “The Linebaugh branch is unable to open and will have to remain closed untill extensive plumbing issues and damages can be repaired.”
FOL Annual Luncheon Is THIS SATURDAY
The Annual Friends of Linebaugh Library’s AUTHOR LUNCHEON will be held at Murfreesboro Housing Authority’s MAPLE ROOM, 415 n. Maple St.). Maple Room’s entrance is on the north side of the building (side door with awning over it). The guest speaker is local author and historian Rachel Louise Martin, PhD. The author of Hot, Hot Chicken, a cultural history of Nashville hot chicken, and A Most Tolerant Little Town, the forgotten story of the first school to attempt court-mandated desegregation in Clinton, Tennessee in the wake of Brown v. Board, she is especially interested by the politics of memory and by the power of stories to illuminate why injustice persists in America today. She grew up in Murfreesboro and now lives in Nashville, Tennessee.
Members can purchase discounted tickets for the luncheon for $15 with a paid membership or $25 without membership or for non-member guests. This can be done at the circulation desk at Linebaugh Library or can be mailed to Friends of Linebaugh Library, P.O. Box 2903, Murfreesboro, TN 37133-2903. Reservations must be made and paid for by January 15. Payments will not be accepted at the door.
Friends of Linebaugh Library is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization formed in 1981 to promote the library and its activities through exhibits, special programming, and library materials beyond the regular resources of the library. The Friends supports Linebaugh Library, Myrtle Glanton Lord Library at Patterson Park, and the Technology Engagement Center.
Linebaugh Library CLOSED TFN
Linebaugh is the downtown Murfreesboro branch of the Rutherford County Public Library System. It is located next to the Murfreesboro City Hall at 105 W. Vine Street. Again, Linebaugh will be closed until further notice.
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