Orange County (Orange)
Growing up in South Africa under apartheid, Orange County Judge Lee L. Gabriel found solace in reading books. Gabriel discovered that a library card was the ticket to education, imagination and the wider world.
"I remember getting a bunch of my family members to go and apply for the library cards, so that I could get more than two books out at a time," he said. "I remember the joy because each book to me represented an adventure... (continued)