Robot invasion at local library

  • 2014-08-06
McDonough Mayor Billy Copeland was recently given the unique honor of being the judge in a robot competition.

The McDonough Public Library’s held a contest at the end of July called ‘Build your own Cardboard Box Robot’, where children aged 5 to 12 were asked to build a robot using only cardboard Boxes and items found around the house.

According to an article in the Henry Daily Herald, the mayor was very impressed by the imagination and originality displayed in the robots' design. A wide range of so-called “no-cost” materials were used, such as tin foil, paper, duct Tape, drinking straws, and crayons. The contest was one of the library’s 2014 Fizz Boom Read events.

After the judging, prizes and certificates were handed out. Debbie Zerkle, a children’s specialist with the library, thanked the organizations, businesses, and individuals who contributed to and were involved in the 2014 Fizz Boom Read. Without their help, Zerkle said she and the library would not have been able to host this year’s successful summer reading program. The robots - all 52 of them - are displayed in the McDonough library’s children’s department.

The McDonough Public Library provides a variety of programs, not all of which are geared for children. Often, libraries will make liberal use of brochure printing services to enable them to supply the public with information on a wide array of subjects.
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