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Having fun isn't hard when you've got a library card!

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10 points if you got that song from the classic PBS show, Arthur, stuck in your head from the title!  I grew up going to my local library every single weekend. As a 90's kid, I was obsessed with the VHS section and the Nancy Drew series with the glossy yellow covers. I can still remember how it smelled, the pictures painted on the walls, and what seemed like endless rows of magazines, books, cassette tapes, and more.  For the last 6 years, I worked in local government here in Texas where libraries were a huge part of each city. Most notably, when I was a City Manager, our Library Director went all the way to Washington D.C. to speak about the importance of funding for libraries for things like tablets for kids or hotspots for families whose homes didn't have internet. I can't even begin to express how AMAZING this particular little library is. In the Summer, they became a place where any kid from anywhere in the area could come and get meals like they would during the schoo...