Getting your Trinity Audio player ready...POLK COUNTY—Polk County Public Libraries has been awarded a grant for a Community Read Series from the Lillian E. and Earl A. Bettinger Charitable Fund at the Polk County Community Foundation. Over the coming year, the library will host four regional authors for special events throughout Polk County, with 50 copies of each featured title provided free to participants. In addition to author talks and book signings, the series will include book discussions held at Columbus Library, offering readers an opportunity to engage more deeply with each work and connect with fellow community members. The discussion of Even As We Breathe will be on Thursday, October 8 at 4 p.m. at Columbus Library. Polk County Public Libraries has two libraries, Columbus Library and Saluda Library, with books, movies, music, audiobooks, and downloadable eBooks and audiobooks available for checkout, as well as public computers and wireless internet access.