Library patrons protest budget cuts at read-in
Tribune Chronicle / Ron Selak Jr.
Nick Genova and his grandson, Ryan, 2, finish reading a picture book Monday during the Warren-Trumbull County Public Library’s read-in, held to show support for Ohio’s public libraries.
WARREN — Leslie Hamilton sat alone, her nose buried in ‘‘Open Veins of Latin America,’’ the book Venezuelan president Hugo Chavez presented to President Barack Obama. From her shaded spot on the front lawn of the Warren-Trumbull County Public Library, Hamilton of Warren, flipped through her paperback copy of Uruguayan journalist Eduardo Galeano’s account on the foreign exploitation of Latin America. Down the lawn, Ryan Genova, 2, sat on the lap of his grandfather, Nick Genova, and the two thumbed through ‘‘In the Town, All Year Round,’’ a children’s picture book. Hamilton, the Genovas and other library patrons were among more than 100 people at its peak Monday morning to stage a Read-In in a show support of public libraries as lawmakers in Columbus debate cutting library funding almost in half to help fill a $3.2 million budget hole. ‘‘This is really scary, about the closing of the branches, cutting staff, it’s sad,’’ said Genova, a retired teacher.
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