By Greg Jordan, Bluefield Daily Telegraph
WELCH, W.Va. — Books selected at the Library of Congress found their way Tuesday to McDowell County’s library shelves as part of an ongoing program that brings new reading experiences to rural communities.
U.S. Rep. Carol Miller, R-W.Va., stopped at the McDowell County Public Library in downtown Welch where a tree-shaped stack of new library books was waiting for her arrival. Over 300 books from the Library of Congress that are now in the Welch library are also going to library shelves across the county.
“I love to read,” Miller said. “My granddaughters, my grandsons, they all great readers. It opens the world to you.”
Miller said her first major in college was history and added that thanks to what she read while studying in college, she learned about people in other countries and how to use that information in Congress.
“Thank you all for being here, and this is exciting,” she told guests at the presentation.
“It certainly is. And thank you for all these books,” said Martha Callaway, president of the McDowell County Library’s board of directors.
“You’re welcome,” Miller said. “We had fun picking them out.”
The program allows members of Congress to select books from the Library of Congress’s collections and send them to libraries in their states.
