Library Legislative Day

Dr. John Roberts, president of the Friends of the Libraries of Towns County; Cynthia Maude, member Friends of the Fannin County Public Library; Teresa Haymore, Fannin County Librarian; Senator Nancy Schaefer; Wilma Ash, Retired Union County Librarian; Donna Howell, Director of the Mountain Regional Library System; and Sue Collis, Chair of the Mountain Regional Library System Board of Trustees.

Aselect group of book enthusiasts from Union, Towns and Fannin counties visited the Capitol in Atlanta on February 13 in support of the area's libraries.

The group met with Governor Sonny Perdue, State Rep. David Ralston and State Sen. Nancy Schaefer to discuss the needs and strengths of the region's library system. It was pointed out that the area libraries serve not only the residents in their immediate counties, but all residents in the region since membership in any one of the libraries entitles the member to service at the other institutions.

Discussion at the meeting centered on the rapid and expansive growth in the north Georgia region and the need for support, not only from individual residents, but from state and counties as well. Rep. Ralston and Sen Schaefer joined the group at lunch.