Editor, Gazette-Journal: I write to express on behalf of the Mathews Memorial Library Board of Trustees our heartfelt gratitude to the Friends of the Library for their continued support and devotion to our library and community on National Friends of the Library Week (Oct. 18-24). The Friends are well known in the area for their outstanding “new-to-me” bookstore, offering donated books of all genres for sale, many of them costing only $1. Not only do they sell books, the Friends buy them as well. And for a variety of recipients, including the Mathews schools for their libraries and their pre-kindergarten event. In addition, they provide books for the Sheriff’s Little Library and other little libraries located outside the FOL Bookstore and the YMCA. They also supply books for the Mathews YMCA Healthy Kids event and the Middle Peninsula Jail. All of this to promote literacy and a love of reading in our community. Throughout the year, the Friends use funds from their book sales and other ...