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Bookworm teacher sets overdue fine record: $345
August 7, 2003 - 8:21pm — Blake
News From PJStar.com where Emily Cannellos-Simms will have a hard time living down her overdue library book.
Cannellos-Simms recently discovered a book tardy by 48 years - and the fine she paid beats the record cited in the Guinness Book of World Records.
- Years overdue: 48
- Fines: $345
- World Record Fine: $292
Thanks to Steven M. Cohen for being so helpful and sharing this, though he could've posted it himself. :-)
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yowza
That's amazing. My local libraries have the occasional forgiveness week that would have cancelled that out. Also, I'm pretty sure the maximum fine is the cost of the book. Anyway, I'm glad for the extra funding this library got.