It's never too late to return an overdue book, magazine or CD. Just ask any librarian.
Such is the case of the recent homecoming of the Julius La Rosa record "Candy," which was checked out more than 47 years ago - Feb. 12, 1962 - from the Fondulac District Library.
"A person came into the library, put the record on the desk and said, 'We don't know what to do with it. A family member passed away, and we found it in their stuff,'" said Amy Falasz-Peterson, the library's director, on Wednesday. "Before we could get their name, the person left."
Because the album was nearly 17,438 days - nearly five decades - late, any record of who the borrower was has since been discarded.
"We haven't had albums in 13 years. I don't even think we have a record player anymore," said Falasz-Peterson. "If (library material is) overdue by a couple of years, we would have just figured we weren't getting it back and forgot about it. It happens."
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