American Legion Auxiliary Post 16, Friends of the West St. Tammany Parish Library, and several local citizens made financial contributions toward the project. The beds look very nice with pansies and decorative cabbages planted as well as brand new mulch. We have become considerably busier since we installed the Gates computers. The children are having lots of fun with the games and increasingly using the learning programs. It is very gratifying to watch them as they interact and cooperate with each other, even to the point of lending a dime or two for copies.
Plans are underway for an expanded parking area at the rear of the library.
The cement for the walkways has been poured and work on the roof and new bathrooms has already begun. They were very impressed with our quaint little library and the scope of our offerings. The New York visitor is a Monsignor and was particularly impressed by our selection of Ellis Peters' mysteries. One disappointment was the lack of a music section. He's accustomed to checking out sheet music and just assumed it was readily available at all libraries.