Overdue book returned to a library in Oregon after being checked out in 1979
@Deepizzaguy (122133)
Lake Charles, Louisiana
March 13, 2023 5:06pm CST
A person who checked out a children's book out of the Deschutes Public Library in Oregon called "The Hockey Trick" written by Scott Corbett in 1979 was returned via the mail to the library five days ago.
The name of the man or woman who returned the book back to the library sent a letter with a check for $20 dollars and an apology for the trouble that they caused.
The good part of this story is that the library is that even though the library which is located in Bend Oregon no longer fines anyone who does not return a book back to the library in time does not fined anymore. The policy took effect a few years ago.
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@Deepizzaguy (122133)
• Lake Charles, Louisiana
14 Mar 23
The other library was in Massachusetts. This story is from Oregon.
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@Deepizzaguy (122133)
• Lake Charles, Louisiana
14 Mar 23
@Adie04 That is true. I guess thanks to social media, it gets more coverage now than in the past.
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@Adie04 (17405)
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14 Mar 23
@Deepizzaguy Wow. There's many people who don't return their books on time.
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@sjvg1976 (42727)
• Delhi, India
14 Mar 23
@Deepizzaguy It happens when you have a big house. When you have a small house everything is approachable.
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@Deepizzaguy (122133)
• Lake Charles, Louisiana
14 Mar 23
@sjvg1976 That does happen to my relatives when we have to do some housecleaning and books that are missing are usually found in the mess inside.
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@Deepizzaguy (122133)
• Lake Charles, Louisiana
14 Mar 23
The person who checked out the book from the library probably lost the book inside of his home and most likely saw the book inside of a room and realized that it did belong inside of the home.
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@celticeagle (189838)
• Boise, Idaho
14 Mar 23
This must happen quite often. I think you had a story like this a while back.
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@celticeagle (189838)
• Boise, Idaho
15 Mar 23
@Deepizzaguy ..........Interesting.
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@Deepizzaguy (122133)
• Lake Charles, Louisiana
14 Mar 23
I did write a discussion of a book that was returned to a library a long time ago related to the stories of the late Sir Alfred Hitchcock in Massachusetts as well as other states.
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@just4him (323168)
• Green Bay, Wisconsin
14 Mar 23
@Deepizzaguy It's been a lot longer than that since I went to the library to check out books.
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@Deepizzaguy (122133)
• Lake Charles, Louisiana
14 Mar 23
I have not been to a library since around 2004..
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@Deepizzaguy (122133)
• Lake Charles, Louisiana
14 Mar 23
That is likely what happened that the libraries that have books that have been checked out and not returned for many years do go missing inside and the library has to get replacement books.
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@Deepizzaguy (122133)
• Lake Charles, Louisiana
15 Mar 23
@RubyHawk You are right.
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@RubyHawk (99367)
• Atlanta, Georgia
15 Mar 23
@Deepizzaguy They would need to replay lost books or we wouldn’t have books to read.
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@LindaOHio (222310)
• United States
12 Apr 23
That was nice of the person to send a check.
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@Deepizzaguy (122133)
• Lake Charles, Louisiana
12 Apr 23
I am in agreement with you since it is nice of the person who checked out the library book to least assist the library keep their costs down.
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@allen0187 (59692)
• Philippines
14 Mar 23
That's a big overdue fee if the library should decide to collect.
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@Deepizzaguy (122133)
• Lake Charles, Louisiana
14 Mar 23
If the library did decide to fine the person who checked out the book, the fine would in the five figure range.
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@marguicha (230351)
• Chile
13 Mar 23
I can´t imagine how much the fine would be they still fined. 
Nice that the person sent money though. Libraries always need money to buy books.
Nice that the person sent money though. Libraries always need money to buy books.1 person likes this
@Deepizzaguy (122133)
• Lake Charles, Louisiana
14 Mar 23
I am sure that the fine would be in the thousand dollar range.
@RebeccasFarm (91299)
• United States
14 Mar 23
As I always say, it is amazing these books get returned after so many years.
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@Deepizzaguy (122133)
• Lake Charles, Louisiana
14 Mar 23
I am also amazed that books that were checked out of public libraries over 30 years ago are not being returned to the libaray.
@LeaPea2417 (40029)
• Toccoa, Georgia
14 Mar 23
That's a kind thing for them to do.
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@Deepizzaguy (122133)
• Lake Charles, Louisiana
14 Mar 23
I am in agreement with you that the person who returned the book that was checked out did the book did say that the person who checked out by the book did send a check for $20 and an apology did the right thing.
@Deepizzaguy (122133)
• Lake Charles, Louisiana
14 Mar 23
You are tight since the person who mailed the book did apologize for returning the book which is nice of him or her to admit they made an error.
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@Deepizzaguy (122133)
• Lake Charles, Louisiana
14 Mar 23
There are some good persons in our world after all.
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