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Posted on: Friday, July 6, 2001

The Left Lane
Used-book bonanza

The annual book sale by the Friends of the Library of Hawaii is not only a collection of bargains, but a collection of superlatives: It's the biggest used-book sale of its kind in the nation. It's run by the country's oldest and most active "friends of libraries" group, which is 122 years old. And it's where you'll find some of the lowest book prices around: $1 or less on many titles. Check out the more than 70 tons (you read that right) of books, magazines, records, videos and more for sale from 10 a.m.-9 p.m. tomorrow and daily through July 13, and 9 a.m.-2 p.m. July 14, at McKinley High School cafeteria. Volunteers are still needed, call 536-4174. Proceeds, which totalled $108,900 last year — support local public libraries.

— Esme Infante Nii, assistant features editor

TV show visits Kaua'i

Home & Garden TV's "Secret Gardens" show visits Kaua'i this weekend.

The series, which takes viewers all over the country to find relatively unknown gardens, features four segments on local gardens in each show.

Among the show's topics on the Garden Island: Allerton Gardens near Po'ipu; Limahuli Garden near Hanalei, the private legacy of prolific planter Herbert Alexander; and a relatively new private garden, Na 'Aina Kai on the North Shore.

The show airs 10:30 a.m. Sunday on Oceanic channel 38.

— Mike Leidemann, Advertiser staff writer

Cheap hangers

You don't have to be Martha Stewart to have a neat and tidy closet. Matching hangers can be a good place to start. Too costly, you say? Doesn't have to be.

Showcases, Etc., a store fixture company serving Hawai'i's retail industry, also recycles used hangers received from department stores. The company offers bulk boxes of hangers (150 to 300 hangers per box) to regular folks. Too many, you say? How about putting together a hui of friends or family to share in the cost? You'll save lots in the long run. For example, a new plastic aloha-shirt hanger that sells for 28 to 31 cents new is just 15 cents. The warehouse welcomes walk-ins and is at 825 Kawaiaha'o St., between Cooke and Ward.

— Paula Rath, Advertiser staff writer

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