Do you like books, audiobooks or movies? Do you like a good bargain? If so, mark your calendar for the Rowan Public Library Annual Book Sale.  The sale will take place at RPL Headquarters in Salisbury during the following dates and times:

Friday, May 1,  noon–4 p.m.

Saturday, May 2, 9 a.m.–4 p.m.

Monday, May 4, 9 a.m.-4 p.m.

This year will be one of the biggest sales ever, with nearly 20,000 books filling RPL Headquarters’ Stanback Auditorium, located at 201 W. Fisher St.  There will be a large selection of fiction, nonfiction and children’s books available for purchase. Find a bargain in withdrawn library books, DVDs, CDs, and more. Most items priced $2 or less.

Still thinking about buying a Kindle? We will have a limited number of reasonably-priced used Kindle e-Readers also available for sale.

Friends to learn about Lost Colony

Over the past 428 years, anthropologists and archaeologists have developed many theories about what might have happened to the 116 brave souls who made up what is now known as the Lost Colony, the first English settlement on the shores of Hatteras Island.

Scholars and historians down through the ages have carefully studied maps, letters and writings, but no bones have been found, no coffins surfaced, no grave sites discovered.

Historian and author Jim Armstrong is a native of High Point.  His passion has always been researching historical material, and that is what motivates him to travel and present. After spending hours researching the Lost Colony, he developed a talk on what could have happened to the colonists. The Lost Colony Discovered presentation is based on research data, both factual and speculative. Armstrong will explain the difference, and the outcome may surprise you.

This presentation will be at the Friends of Rowan Public Library Annual Meeting, held on Thursday, April 30, 6 p.m. at Rowan Public Library Headquarters.  Please enter the auditorium at the corner of Fisher and Church streets, near the Historic Henderson Law Office.  For more information about this special event, please visit www.rowanpubliclibrary.org or call 704-216-8240.

New book now available

Author Dr. Henry B. Waiters has a new book, “Call No Man Reverend,” that brings new meaning to the title of reverend. He calls attention to the 514 years man has used God’s name as a title for himself, and other instances of rejection of scriptural mandates that may have brought out the decline in respect for clergy and congregation.

Waiters, a semiretired minister, studied at Hood Theological Seminary before receiving his bachelor’s, master’s and doctor of theology degrees from Clarksville School of Theology in Tennessee.

He is an active member of North Main Baptist Church. As an associate, he teaches appropriate lessons and preaches when asked by the pastor. He says, “The ethical standard of the visible church must be simply that of the Holy Scriptures, otherwise, the true idea of the church is lost sight of.”

The book, published by Crossbooks and WestBow Press, is available at the Bible Book Store, 314 St. Main St., and online at Amazon and Barnes and Noble.