June 16, 2023
By: Dwayne Page
Children learned about snakes and other wildlife native to Tennessee during a summer reading program event held Thursday afternoon at the auditorium of the Mike Foster Multipurpose Center hosted by Justin Potter and the Alexandria Libraries.
Brad Halfacre, Park Manager at Edgar Evins State Park and his seasonal assistant Hope Austin showed off a live albino king snake and a young python as well as fur pelt hides from various wildlife mammals including a groundhog, gray and red squirrels and foxes, deer, elk, bobcat, coyote, skunk, black bear, raccoon, cougar and others and shared interesting facts and information about them.
Dwayne Page of WJLE was also on hand to record an interview with many of the children for a program to be aired at 9 a.m. on Saturday, June 17 on WJLE AM 1480/FM 101.7 and LIVE streamed at www.wjle.com.
The program was the third in a four-part series of events being held this month by the libraries as part of the annual Summer Reading Program. This year’s theme is “All Together Now”.
The final program for the summer will be Thursday, June 22 at 2 p.m. billed as the Final Party with Bob Tartar’s Animalogy Critters.
For more information, call Justin Potter Library at 615-597-4359 or Alexandria Library at 615-529-4124 visit on Facebook or the website at www.dekalblibraries.net.