Letters to the Editor
Editor,
A couple of weeks ago I listened, riveted, to WYSH’s “Ask Your Neighbor” program, as Commissioner Anthony Allen told how a kindly librarian changed his young life, by taking him under her wing. She filled a boy’s arms with books, and filled his mind with dreams of one day becoming an engineer. His present-day love of libraries was as plain as it was contagious.
I’ve been to the Clinton Library, and it simply does not have the sorts of materials that led a much-younger me down a similar path. Its sparse technically-oriented offerings could use some thoughtful attention, to match the needs of a community with a national lab.
I understand that Commissioner Allen is being considered by the County Commission for a position on the county Library Board.
I cannot imagine any better voice, nor anyone better-qualified, than Commissioner Allen to serve on that board. With a master’s degree in computer engineering, he has the passion, the knowledge, and the humanity to make Anderson County’s library system a fantastic resource for our future scientists, inventors, and engineers.
Volunteers of this caliber don’t come around often. He has my vote. And he should have yours.
Respectfully,
James Arthur
Oak Ridge
