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Robin Fabel and Prad Mathur, members of the Fairhope Unitarian Fellowship, presented a check to Tamara Dean, director of the Fairhope Public Library, toward the library's annual subscription of the New York Times. The library already has local newspapers, as well as the Wall Street Journal, on its shelves. The Fellowship believes this donation will help expand library visitors' access to national and world daily news. "Since the London Times was Murdochized, the New York Times has become the best English-language newspaper in the world. An excellent public library such as Fairhope's deserves the best" said Fabel.

Nicknamed "the Old Gray Lady", the New York Times was founded and continuously published since 1851. It is regarded within the industry as a national "newspaper of record", winning 108 Pulitzer Prizes, more than any other newspaper organization. Its website is the most popular American online newspaper website, receiving more than 30 million unique visitors per month. The printed version of the New York Times remains the largest local metropolitan newspaper in the United States, and the third largest newspaper overall, behind The Wall Street Journal
and USA Today.

Last Friday night, on April 27^th, it was an amazing, record breaking, evening of families and friends at the Fairhope Public Library!!! This year’s 4^th annual Hoot Scoot, hosted by the Fairhope Public Library Foundation, (FHLPF) had over 700 registered participants running through the downtown streets of Fairhope between it’s 5K and 1 mile fun runs. Participants were represented from 7 different states.

The race started and concluded on the Library lawn. The post race party included live music by local band, Ground Level Fall, pizza from Little Caesars, beverages and dancing, and an awards ceremony under the stars with the Owl Mascot.

The library would like to thank everyone who came out to participate, support, or volunteer in this year’s event.

We would like to add a special “Hoot” of thanks to our Title Sponsor, who has been that sponsor for 3 years in a row, IMC – Diagnostic and Medical Clinic.

Thank you also to our premier sponsors, Dr. Marshall Shoemaker, OB-GYN and Cooper Restaurants as well as all our other sponsors Eastern Shore Children’s Clinic BBVA Compass Bank, CK Collection, Running Wild, Fairhope, Dragonfly Paddleboards, Saad Healthcare, Greer’s Fairhope Market, Haley Dermatology / Clear MedSpa, Fairhope Internal Medicine, PC, Michael Pereira – Merrill Lynch, Dr. C.Douglas Harrell, III, DMD, Honey Baked Ham, Postmark Ink., Kathleen Taupeka, kt Designs, Ground Level Fall, Brown Financial Advisory, Inc., Dr. Gabriel A. Chamblin, DMD, Dr. Michael Quinn, Publix Food Stores, Over the Transom Books, DollyB Stokes, John Adams, Little Caesars Pizza, Wade Wellborn/Dr. Music, The Fairhope High School Key Club & Girls Service Club, The City of Fairhope & The Fairhope Police Department.

Next years date has been set for April 26, 2013. If you would like to participate as a sponsor or volunteer, please email us at HootScoot@att.net

Registration begins in March. For more information on entry fees, registration guidelines, or volunteer opportunities, please contact the library or visit the FHPLF area of the library website www.fairhopelibrary.org

The world’s largest online resource for family history documents and family trees is accessible at the library. Come in and explore your roots. If you are in the library click here to use Ancestry.com.