This is the baseball display I set up in the library for spring. Thanks to Coach Jamie Gautreau of French Settlement High School, Coach Evan Balfantz of Maurepas High School, and Mrs. Virginia Robertson for letting me borrow your jerseys!
There’s at least one deer stand visible in the woods behind our library. I think we’re the only library in the country that has a deer stand in its backyard.
I decided to try my hand at pumpkin carving for Halloween 2010. I chose to do a couple of football-themed pumpkins. First, I did a SLU pumpkin with the Lions’ Simmie Yarborough. Then I tackled an LSU-themed Patrick Peterson pumpkin. The skin on the SLU pumpkin was a little thicker, so the image didn’t show up as well as the one on the LSU pumpkin, but I like how they turned out.
Mrs. Lois brought her old typewriter to the library to use as a prop for Mrs. Louise’s book club meeting. It’s pretty cool. I think it would still work, too.
On the grounds of Louisiana State Penitentiary is Prison View Golf Course. It’s a nine-hole par 72 course than runs around 6,000 yards (“Welcome”).
It’s right down the road from the C. C. Dixon K-9 Training Center that was named after my great-grandpa. From the Houston Chronicle:
The idea for the course came from the inventive mind of Warden Burl Cain, who wanted to give his employees a reason to stay close to home.
Cain said he doesn’t play golf himself, but Angola has 1,800 employees.
About 600 people, including workers and their families, live inside prison grounds along B-Line Road. Every guard who lives on B-Line is a member of one or more immediate-response teams.
“Everyone’s happy at home,” said Cain, whose previous recreational contribution was a less daunting set of tennis courts, to go with the baseball fields and swimming pool. “And I have them here if something happens, so I’m happy too.” (Triplett)
I’ve been wanting to go back and play for a while and finally got a chance. When we finally arrived, it was raining heavily. We waited a little while, and the rain finally stopped. Fortunately, the course drains very fast, and I played (or attempted to play) a round.
Works Cited
Triplett, Mike. “Prison View a Place to Escape.” Houston Chronicle [Houston, TX] 9 July 2005. Web. 22 Apr. 2011.
“Welcome.” Prisonviewgolf.com. Prison View Golf Course, n.d. Web. 22 Apr. 2011.
For National Library Week 2010, I dressed up as Drew Brees. I guess you can call me the perennial “gimme” character. I always wanted an excuse to try wearing that helmet.
