Pat Donnelly

Pat Donnelly, a Citizen's vice president for commercial lending, said the bank "appreciates the opportunity to help."

"This unites the community, and it promotes literacy," she said, making it an obvious and desirable program for the bank to support.

The announcement of the One Book selection did not end Thornton's association with reading, however.

Before the event, the mayor had set the tone for the day, as, clad in a striking red jacket, black skirt, boots and a Santa Claus hat, she warmed herself in front of the Inn's atrium fireplace reading "The Kite Runner."

When the One Book announcement was completed, she lowered herself into a armchair and entrance perhaps 50 children and their parents as she read "Little Miss Spider" and "Miss Spider's Tea Party," both written by David Kirk.As she read, the mayor was accompanied by an oversized yellow spider.

Pat Donnelly, a Citizen's vice president for commercial lending, said the bank "appreciates the opportunity to help."

"This unites the community, and it promotes literacy," she said, making it an obvious and desirable program for the bank to support.

The announcement of the One Book selection did not end Thornton's association with reading, however.

Before the event, the mayor had set the tone for the day, as, clad in a striking red jacket, black skirt, boots and a Santa Claus hat, she warmed herself in front of the Inn's atrium fireplace reading "The Kite Runner."

When the One Book announcement was completed, she lowered herself into a armchair and entrance perhaps 50 children and their parents as she read "Little Miss Spider" and "Miss Spider's Tea Party," both written by David Kirk.As she read, the mayor was accompanied by an oversized yellow spider.