THE NEW LIBRARY OPENS IN MADISONVILLE

The sun beamed on September 5 and so were the smiles on the faces of those who attended the ribbon cutting of the new up-to-the-date St. Tammany Public Library in Madisonville.

Mayor Peter Gitz, Donald Westmoreland, Director of the STPL, Argiro Morgan, President of the St.Tammany Library Board of Control, and Councilman Steve Stefancik

 Many city, parish and state dignitaries attended the ribbon cutting, but the greater number were the citizens of Madisonville, who rushed to find just the perfect book or CD to check out of the new facility.  Over 1500 visitors visited the Open House Celebration on September 7th.

The Children's Area of our new Library

There was not one seat in the large meeting room in the Library where Papillion engaged visiting children with song and story.

The library sits on 1.5 acres of beautiful ground across from the Maritime Museum.  Its vistas are beautiful and inside the settings are comfortable and inviting.  Rows of computer terminals, a large technological lab for classes and demonstrations, a children's area with its own storybook and craft room with its own kid-sized entry door, a colored space for teens, and many quiet nooks for reading, thinking, and contemplating.

Assistant Director of the STPL, Kelly LaRocca, relaxing in the comfortable seating in the Teen area.

The Foundation had a welcoming table and raffled a framed and signed poster by the artist Tammie Morris.  The Junior League of Covington also contributed a wonderful basket of goodies, and two books, one on the Bicentennial of St. Tammany and a Roux-to-Do cookbook.

Rose Manchon and Sharon Lo Drucker, Board Members of the Library Foundation, manned our welcoming table.

And no library of the 21st century can be without the technology we are mastering for creative endeavors, research, and communication.  The Madisonville Branch of the STPL not only has banks of computers for general use and also a full technology lab for training classes in various data resources, Microsoft programs, genealogy search, business and academic research.

Come visit!  You'll be thrilled.