B.B.Comer Library News
 

Mayor Sam Wright and his wife, Connie, conducted this group on a  "walking tour" of downtown Sylacauga. 34 towns across Alabama are offering free guided tours  of areas of their hometowns every Saturday morning in June as a part of the Alabama Department of Tourism's  Year of Alabama Small Towns and Downtowns.  You are invited to join Sylacauga's tour which begins at the Comer Library on Saturday mornings at 10:00.

 Jim Nabors dropped by to tour his hometown
library!  What a wonderful surprise!

Mrs. Mae Roberson enjoys reading to her great-great
granddaughter, Brookelyn.  Mrs. Mae is a "library lover"
who rarely misses a brown bag lunch program.
She is famous for her "Georgia Cornbread" which s
he brings to the refreshment table.


Sylacauga Marble Festival 2010
Follow this link to watch movie
Turn on sound to listen to music
 

Jarred Joiner
Accelerated Reader Champion
 for B.B. Comer Elementary School.
Congratulations Jarred!
 

Sylacauga Leadership Class 2010

Mark Vincent, Human Resource Manager at
Imerys, presents donation to Comer Library
Director, Dr. Shirley Spears.

Italian master sculptor, Giovanni Balderi, is shown
with his masterpiece, "The Mask."
The sculpture is on display in the lobby of the
B. B. Comer Library.

Comer Library Director, Shirley Spears, presented Tom Sawyer books and materials to Sylacauga High School, Comer High School and Fayetteville High School as a part of Alabama's BIG READ celebration.  The 2010 focus on Mark Twain and his Tom Sawyer book is a part of the first ever statewide Big Read.  The program is an initiative of the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) in partnership with the Institute of Museum and Library Services designed to revitalize the role of reading in the American culture.  Nine regions of Alabama received Big Read grants to promote and carry out community -based reading programs.  Shown from left to right: Comer High School Librarian, Teresa Offord; Sylacauga High School Teacher, Natalie Hubbard; Sylacauga High School Librarian, Frances Dates; Comer High School English Teacher, Mary Charles Watkins; Fayetteville High School Librarian, Jaye Machen; and Comer Library Director, Shirley Spears. Not shown is Sylacauga High School Teacher, Daila Terrell.
 

Peggy Easterling Rozelle--formerly of Sylacauga and now living in Charleston, South Carolina-- donated a painting, the Rozelle Service Station, to the B. B. Comer Library.  Painted by Meredith Rambo, the watercolor, copied from a family photograph, was located at the corner of Main Avenue and Park Street.  The service station was blown away in the tornado of 1932. Shown with Spears and Rozelle is Bettye Rozelle Lessley.
 

A Brief History of Sylacauga Marble
Ruth Beaumont Cook
It's here!  This beautiful book, researched and written by noted author, Ruth Cook, commemorates the first Sylacauga Magic of Marble Festival. Funds raised will be used to promote next year's festival!  Come by the library to purchase or call 249-0961 to reserve a copy!  The book is only $10.00.  Buy three and get one free!  Send the book to friends and family members!  Assistance for this project was provided by a grant from the Alabama State Council on the Arts and the National Endowment for the Arts.

Sylacauga Mayor,Sam Wright, and Pietrasanta Mayor, Massimo Mallegni, sign the Pact of Friendship between
the two cities

 

Follow this link to see pictures
of Coosa County Alabama
taken by Nita Lavendar.
 

Pictures of Kiwanians "Big Read" Campaign


Library Director, Shirley Spears, accepted Avondale's famous Douglass Crockwell paintings from the company's CEO and owner, Stephen Felker.The collection, commissioned by Avondale Mills inn the 1940's,  ran as advertisements in the Saturday Evening Post. The painting shown, "American Sense of Beauty," features Avondale employees and family members.  The collection will be on permanent
display at the library later this year.