Man pays off boss library fees for book 48 years overdue
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Dec. 16 (UPI) A California man paid off his boss library fines for a book that s been overdue for 48 years as both a joke and a Christmas gift.
Kenny Newell sent a message to the Marin County Free Library explaining Tony Goodman, his boss at mobile game development company PeopleFun, had checked out a book called
Look Out For Pirates! In 1972.
Advertisement Obviously, it was almost 50 years ago and (the book) has been lost to time, but I was wanting to pay the late fee or replacement cost for the book as a joke and giving him a confirmation receipt for Christmas, Newell wrote.
CORTE MADERA, Calif. In 1972, a young boy named Tony Goodman borrowed a book about pirates from the Marin County Free Library. But, he never returned it and has been living with the guilt of his misstep for nearly half a century.
That is until recently when a Good Samaritan named Kenny Newell paid the $58 to clear Goodman s name.
Newell is actually an employee of Goodman, CEO of PeopleFun, a mobile game development company in the Dallas-Fort Worth area, and wanted to do something fun for him for Christmas. Obviously, it was almost 50 years ago and (the book) has been lost to time, but I was wanting to pay the late fee or replacement cost for the book as a joke and giving him a confirmation receipt for Christmas, Newell said in a message to the library.
Good samaritan pays off 48-year overdue library book fine
By Kiley Russell
Photo: County of Marin/ Facebook.
CORTE MADERA, Calif. - In 1972, a young boy named Tony Goodman borrowed a book about pirates from the Marin County Free Library.
But, he never returned it and has been living with the guilt of his misstep for nearly half a century.
That is until Monday, when a Good Samaritan named Kenny Newell paid the $58 to clear Goodman s name.
Newell is actually an employee of Goodman, CEO of PeopleFun, a mobile game development company in the Dallas-Fort Worth area, and wanted to do something fun for him for Christmas.
Newell is actually an employee of Goodman, CEO of PeopleFun, a mobile game development company in the Dallas-Fort Worth area, and wanted to do something fun for him for Christmas. Obviously, it was almost 50 years ago and (the book) has been lost to time, but I was wanting to pay the late fee or replacement cost for the book as a joke and giving him a confirmation receipt for Christmas, Newell said in a message to the library.
Goodman checked out the book, Look Out for Pirates, when he was a first grader at Corte Madera s Neil Cummins Elementary School.