By Jennifer Eisenbart
Editor
Two weeks of City of Burlington events started this week with the annual Burlington Public Library book sale, which lasts until noon on Saturday.
Normally the book sale runs the same week as the City of Burlington’s sidewalk sales, but the Friends of the Library moved the sale a week earlier to avoid a conflict with the Racine County Fair.
“We got wary that it wasn’t a good business decision to compete with the biggest attraction in the county,” said Scott Carson, president of the Friends of the Library.
The sale will include used books, CDs, DVDs, and other items. Carson said there is a great deal of children’s and fiction material this year.
“We have tons of children’s books,” Carson said. “Tons of children, tons of fiction.”
Carson also mentioned his volunteer staff for the event, which is between 75 and 100 people, some of whom were helping set up in the heat Tuesday and Wednesday.
“They are so committed and hard working, and we’re so thankful for the volunteers and BHS with community service,” Carson said, adding that a Burlington High School representative is on the book sale committee.
Maxwell Street Days
The citywide Maxwell Street Days and Sidewalk Sales will be Friday and Saturday, July 29 and 30, with a number of vendors in Wehmhoff Square park as well as businesses offering sales on the sidewalks outside their stores.
The Burlington Historical Society will hold its ice cream social Saturday at the Pioneer Cabin from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. The community-wide rummage sale will also be July 29 and 30.
Shelly Leverenz, a member of the Burlington Area Chamber of Commerce Advisory Board, said the city always sets its dates up to match particular weekends. For instance, Maxwell Street Days is always the last weekend in July.
“Our city is always on a schedule so it can remember dates,” Leverenz said, adding that other regular events, such as Spooky City and the Christmas parade, always fall on the same weekend every year.
Leverenz said the weekend allows businesses to start making the switch from summer to fall inventory.
“We’ll be putting our last little odd gems out there, to make way for our new diamonds,” Leverenz said.
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