“Betty and Dan Freeman, right, visiting from Renton, add cowboy boots and a summer straw hat to the growing pile of donated items for the Friends of the Clinton Library Best Rummage Sale Ever. Accepting the items are Sara Benum, left, and Gloria Chou.Joan Soltys/staff photoSavvy shoppers will have some interesting bargains to snap up at the upcoming Best Rummage Sale Ever, to be held by Friends of the Clinton Library July 7 at Bayview Hall. The comic book collection will be sure to catch someone’s eye, or maybe the beer can collection or carton of surgical gloves will be the hot seller. Someone certainly will want the genuine Seattle Mariners pro model baseball bat.They are among the numerous items already donated and quickly filling up at least one garage and a large shed. Some very nice things and some very unusual things have been given, said Sara Benum, member of the Friends and one of the organizers of the rummage sale. There are lots of classy items.The Friends have been collecting items for the sale every Saturday from 9 a.m. to noon at the Clinton Library. People have really come out to help, Benum said. Clinton is a spread-out community, she added. It’s tough to get a hometown spirit instilled in people whose homes are scattered over such a lot of territory.The library, however, is becoming a focal point and a benefit to many.We’re proud of the hard work that made the library a reality, Benum said. Now we have to keep supporting it, and events like this rummage sale provide a substantial portion of the funds to keep the library operating, maintained, landscaped and well-lighted.This year, there will be a boutique section at the rummage sale for the really nice clothes and other specialty items that have been donated. Then organizers will need to find room for a two-man rubber raft, a dress form, a yogurt maker and bread machines, a hedge trimmer, skateboard, and many more intriguing treasures from attics and garages. There is one more Saturday, June 30, to donate items, from 9 a.m. to noon at the Clinton Library. Donations can also be picked up; call 341-4614 for more information. “