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17 Eastern Division Chapter leading The day is coming when you won't have to pay a fine for an overdue library book. That concept came to Anniston in January, thanks to members of the Eastern Division Chapter of the Alabama Power Service Organization (APSO). Anniston residents are enjoying five Little Free Libraries from which to select books. Little Free Libraries meet anyone's reading needs anytime. Situated in 2-by-2-foot boxes that resemble birdhouses, Anniston's Little Free Libraries are grabbing attention – and readers. APSO members painted each library bright colors, using themes that attract kids: the Little Mermaid, sports, flowers and rainbow-filled skies. Each library holds an array of books for children and adults. "The theme is take a book, leave a book," said Brian Doyle, APSO project chairman and Engineering supervisor, Power Delivery - Distribution at the Anniston Office. He brought the Little Free Libraries to Eastern APSO's board and coordinated the project with the United Way of East Central Alabama. "Making these libraries was a wonderful community project and a phenomenal team-building experience," said Breanna Walker, Eastern APSO president. Walker's words are music to the ears of Branden Pederson, operations manager for Little Free Library. "Our mission is to get books into small towns and urban settings where they're not available," Pedersen said of the Hudson, Wisconsin-based nonprofit. "We donate libraries to places where people write in to us and say there's no library in their town. Our program By Donna Cope PHOTOGRAPHY BY MEG McKINNEY

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