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Mystery quilt brings color to Carnegie Library

By MEGAN HUGHES

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IRONWOOD — The Ironwood Carnegie Library received a mysterious donation recently in the form of a handmade quilt depicting heavy construction equipment on one side and the covers of some of the maker’s favorite books on the other.

Library Director Lynne Wiercinski said she had tears in her eyes when she found it, and plans to hang it in the library’s early childhood resource room.

“I have no idea who sent it in,” she said. She explained that along with the quilt, the donor also left the wooden dowel it now hangs on in the Library lobby area, as well as a...