Jeffrey Blount is an Emmy award-winning television director and a 2016 inductee to the Virginia Communications Hall of Fame. He worked on shows like Meet the Press, The Today Show, and NBC Nightly News. He has written a book, Mr. Jimmy from Around the Way and will be at the Kannapolis Library on Wednesday, February 21 at 6pm. This is a FREE event, sponsored by The Friends of the Mt. Pleasant Library, working in conjunction with the Kannapolis FOL. The FOL will be selling hardback copies of the book at the event. Mr. Blount will be signing any copies that are purchased.