CM Jim Love Visits Argyle & Lauds Staff & Programs

 Argyle Branch Manager Janet Ducat and her employees enjoyed a visit from Council Member Jim Love, August 1.  Janet gives a review of his visit, "CM Love observed our Story Time this morning and was very impressed.  He said Melanie Terrell was a fabulous teacher.   We then took a tour of the Library and I introduced him to the staff with an explanation of what tasks they completed.  CM Love complemented Becky Bellottie when she admitted to being the tightwad of supply clerks. He talked to Kim Kirkland about teens and volunteers and was very interested in the Short Story Contest and the volunteer requirements to participate.   As luck would have it Yuri Jewitt was working and meeting one-on-one with an older gentlemen.  I introduced CM Love to Yuri who introduced her student.  The gentleman went on and on about how much he was learning and how his children and grandchildren had told him he had to learn how to use a computer.  It could not have been better if we had staged the whole thing.  CM Love was unaware of the e-specialist services.  During the tour of the public area he introduced himself to customers  and one woman told him she was looking for a job on the computer.  How great was that!  During the tour of the workroom CM Love commented that he had no idea all the different tasks it took to keep the library running.  I commented that it was fabulous teamwork that kept services available with a much reduced staff." 

    (Kim Kirkland with Council Member Love below.)
 

"I see CM Love every month at the Argyle Civic Association Meeting and know him to be a great friend of JPL.  Through Argyle Civic I was able to offer our Community Room for public hearings on a proposed use of a piece of property on Collins Road.  The public outcry over a Family Dollar Store going in there caused the owner of the property to change his plans.  As I walked CM Love to his car, he said he had no idea of all the things that were going on in the library.  Jane Harris was here and we agreed that it was a very successful visit.  He said he had learned a lot and thanked me.  I, of course, thanked him for his interest and time and invited him to return to Argyle."