DOWNEY - Silent auction items for the month of February are now on display in the Downey City Library's foyer.Auction items include "His Excellency George Washington," by Joseph J. Ellis, a biography that brings to life the complexity of the most important and perhaps least understood figure in American history; "The Sopranos Family Cookbook," written by Allen Rucker, tells you how to cook like an Italian mama and how to eat like a wise guy; and "Beetle," by the editors of Consumer Guide, tells the story of the Volkswagen Beetle, which is full of irony, intrigue and surprises beginning in Nazi Germany. Bids can be placed up to Feb. 27 in the Friend's Book Store.

********** Published: February 19, 2010 - Volume 8 - Issue 44