Lucas County Loves A Good Read!
A photo exhibition
of local leaders with their favorite books
The Toledo-Lucas County Public Library invites the public to an exhibition of color photo images of 20 local leaders with their favorite books. The display, titled Lucas County Loves A Good Read! is on view now through September 29 in the second floor gallery at Main Library, 325 Michigan St., in downtown Toledo.
The exhibition features 21 x 44 poster-size images and is a companion to the Library’s recently launched reading testimonial campaign, READ. The campaign showcases the impact of reading books and visiting public libraries within our great community.
The favorite books selected by the 20 local leaders range from the Dr. Seuss series to A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens.
The 20 local leaders included in this exhibit are as follows:
Christa Adams, President - Owens Community College
(Book: Oryx and Crake by Margaret Atwood)
Don Bacigalupi, Director – Toledo Museum of Art
(Book: Art for Dummies by Thomas Hoving)
Brian Bucher, President and CEO – National City – Northwest Region
(Book: The Last Tycoons by William D. Cohan)
Margaret Danziger, Deputy Director - Toledo-Lucas County Public Library
(Book: To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee)
Dr. Kelly Emch, Physician – Family Practice of Toledo
(Book: The Cat in the Hat and One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish both books by Dr. Seuss)
Richard Fisher, Scout Executive – Erie Shores Council, Boy Scouts of America
(Book: The Boy Scouts: An American Adventure by Robert Peterson)
Sandy Frisch, Superintendent - Lucas County Educational Services
(Book: The Velveteen Rabbit by Margery Williams Bianco)
Jim Funk, Director – Read for Literacy, Inc.
(Book: Laubach Way to Reading Teacher’s Manual 3)
Pete Gerken, Lucas County Commissioner
(Book: A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens)
Amy Hall, President - Ebony Construction Co., Inc.
(Book: Frank Lloyd Wright by Susan Goldman Rubin)
Jim Hoffman, President KeyBank
(Book: Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand)
Lloyd Jacobs, President – University of Toledo
(Book: Beowulf: A New Verse Translation by Seamus Heaney)
Stan Joplin, Men’s Head Basketball Coach – University of Toledo
(Book: Developing the Leaders Around You by John C. Maxwell)
Ben Konop, Lucas County Commissioner
(Book: The Giving Tree by Shel Silverstein)
Lisa McDuffie, CEO – YWCA of Greater Toledo
(Book: The Orchid Thief by Carolyn Keene, and Dawn and the Disappearing Dogs: Baby-Sitters Club Mystery Series #7 by Ann M. Martin)
Joe McNamara, Toledo City Council
(Book: The Rise of the Creative Class by Richard Florida)
Doni Miller, CEO Neighborhood Health Association/Board Chairman Toledo Lucas County Port Authority
(Book: Henry VIII, The King and His Court by Alison Weir)
Celso Rodriguez, Editor – El Tiempo newspaper
(Book: American Heritage Illustrated History of the Presidents by Michael Besehloss)
Clyde Scoles, Director - Toledo-Lucas County Public Library
(Book: Presidential courage: Brave Leaders and How They Changed America 1789-1989 by Michael R. Beschloss)
Tina Skeldon Wozniak, Lucas County Commissioner
(Book: Nighttime Is My Time by Mary Higgins Clark, and Green Eggs and Ham by Dr. Seuss)
For more details, please call 419.259.5207.
- Toledo-Lucas County Public Library | 325 Michigan St. | Toledo, OH 43604
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