Thanks Ardmore for making the Ardmore Public Library what it is today. The 30th Anniversary celebration had a great turnout last Friday, and we hope to see all of you again in 30 years. Bill Hunt did a wonderful job at 8:30 p.m. before the brunch for his book reading. The Giles County School students were an added touch to the meeting. Thanks again for everyone’s hard work.

Merrill Meadows will be over Story Time this week. It will be entitled “Reading with your pet.” Story Time has a few more weeks and then it will be time again for the Summer Reading Program.

Sidney Poitier was the first black actor to win the Academy Award for best actor for his outstanding performance in Lilies of the Field in 1963. He has starred in over forty films, directed nine, and written four. His landmark films include The Defiant Ones, A Patch of Blue, Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner, and To Sir, With Love. Among many other accolades, Poitier has been awarded the Screen Actor Guild’s highest honor, the Life Achievement Award, for outstanding career and humanitarian accomplishment. The Measure of a Man is Poitier’s own introspective look at what has informed his performances and his life. Poitier explores the nature of sacrifice and commitment, pride and humility, rage and forgiveness, and paying the price for artistic integrity. What emerges is a picture of a man seeking truth, passion, and balance in the face of limits-his own and the world’s. Poitier’s book,The measure of a man, is a triumph of the spirit that captures the essential Poitier.

Librarian Verlin Collins, left, accepts a copy of “The Last Witness From A Dirt Road” from Author Bill Hunt during the 30th Anniversary Celebration of the Ardmore Public Library Friday, April 20. (photo by Bobby Malone)