Leslie DelasBour reports: “Ralph Goodrich, a Kansas City, Missouri, man has been given an endless array of knowledge after getting his first-ever library card at age 84. Goodrich says that as a child, he never had the chance to hand-pick a good read. ‘I grew up on a farm in rural Minnesota,’ he said. ‘There was never any spare time for reading, but the closest library I guess would be one that’s 25 miles away.’ Ralph discovered his newfound love for reading during the pandemic. His wife recognized how frequently he was reading and decided it would be best to get him a library card for his birthday on July 4. ‘I’m pretty focused on mystery books,’ he said.”