OUR BOOKMOBILE'S NEW FACE LIFT

     Maybe you've seen it around town, or parked in its little spot beside the library, or out in the country on one of its many routes.
     It's a bus with a couple of air conditioner units on top, a couple of side windows and back window, and two really neat ladies who take it to our away-patrons, Miss Sheila and Miss Amanda.  (We use Miss in the South to denote respect for our ladies.)
     It's the Moultrie-Colquitt County Library's bookmobile.  (And I usually capitalize the word "bookmobile" because of my great respect for it, too.)
     Our Bookmobile had for many years been painted red, white and blue.  Paint was the way to refresh the look whenever needed.  But lately, a new thing has been happening not only to Bookmobiles, but semi-truck rigs, city buses, cars, and a host of other traveling machines.  (We won't count the knit-wrapped bicycles.)
     When Melody Jenkins, our since-retired director, approached Sunbelt Signs, Inc. with the idea of redesigning our Bookmobile, she envisioned the bus with bright colors, a beautiful landscape on it, little children reading, and a bunch of books.
     Well, the sign company went out of their way to please her.  It dreamed up a "wrap" that looks like something out of a storybook.  The new look shows people reading their books in a field where trees made of books grow.  The name "Bookmobile" is in large letters on the bus, easy for people to read.  There is a larger-than-life bookshelf wrapped all around the bottom of the bus, stacked with colorful books.
     Many people along the routes that the Bookmobile travels thought there was a new bus coming their way.  But with several budget cuts at the library, no new bus was on the library horizon.  Instead, this clever graphic wrap has given our Bookmobile a new life, a new look, and a new talk about town.
     The next time you're by our library at 204 Fifth Street, Southeast, in Moultrie, see if it's parked in its corner spot and admire the gorgeous new look.  However, chances are it won't be there.  You see, our Bookmobile librarians, Miss Sheila and Miss Amanda, are often out and about on their many routes, taking books to home-bound patrons and schools.
     But if you're interested in knowing about the Bookmobile's routes, call the library for more information at 229-985-6540.  Be sure to ask for the Bookmobile librarians...they have all that information.  If they're out, be sure to leave your name and number so they can return the call.
     And if I were you and I was on one of their routes, I'd have my camera ready to take a picture of the storybook Bookmobile.  It's a delightful sight to behold!!!