Ray loves his library
Ray Bradbury, famous science fiction novelist, is helping local libraries in Ventura County to keep their doors open.
Mr. Bradbury frequently speaks at libraries across the state, and on Saturday he will make his way here for a benefit for the H. P. Wright Library, which like many others in the state’s public system is in danger of shutting its doors because of budget cuts.
In January the branch was told that unless it came up with $280,000 it would close. The branch’s private fund-raising group, San Buenaventura Friends of the Library, has until March to reach its goal; so far it has raised $80,000.
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Posted, in Library News, by Nora Richardson on June 22, 2009 | Permalink
