The Cabot Public Library received its’ official welcome to the community on Saturday, when Ann Parker and Branch Manager Tammie Evans cut the red satin ribbon, making the formal welcome to residents of Cabot. According to Evans, Ann Parker played a major role in making this project a success.
“She is the first librarian who started pretty much the advancement for the library from where it was on Grant Street. She was the one who talked to the Mayor as soon as he came on board. She explained to him how badly we needed a new facility, and that Cabot was growing, the community was growing, and our facility just wasn’t adequate and we needed to do something about it.” And that, according to Evans, is what got the wheels in motion for what is now the new Cabot Public Library.
Cabot Mayor, Bill Cypert said he was pleased at the outcome of the new library and he thinks it is a great asset to the community.
“I think it’s a great thing for Lonoke County, a tremendous asset to the community and a benefit to a good number of our citizens. It’s an honor to have this happening today in Cabot, Arkansas.”
Other participants on hand included Senator Eddie Joe Williams, County Judge, Doug Erwin, and Eddie Cook, the Director of Operations for the City of Cabot, who said he was thrilled to see how many showed up in spite of the weather. “The rain is going to keep people down but I am so happy who showed up today.”
Cook also notes that, since the opening of the new library in August, seventeen thousand people have visited the facility. “That’ll tell you where the library is going. It’s a good, good library for the area.”
Since it was the weekend of Halloween, there were plenty of fun games and activities for the children, who came dressed in full costumes. Violet dressed as a Spider Princess showed off her Orange Jack-O-Lantern she colored on construction paper, while Zoe the Vampire Queen made her way into the Children’s Room to visit Clifford the big red dog, who posed for pictures with the children as they collected candy.
Local Author, James Fuller was on hand for the book signing of his two books, The Long Journey Home, a story about his ancestors and various other people in his life growing up in Alabama. Fuller said his second book, Train Them Up The Way They Should Go, is about raising children, God’s way.
“My idea is to start the day they are born. And even though they may not be able to recall some things, good or bad that they experience from the day they’re born, it’s going to affect them for the rest of their lives.”
