Jefferson County Public Library Association
2008 Library Champions

The Jefferson County Public Library Association (JCPLA) honored and presented 2008 Library Champion awards to community volunteers and professionals for service to public libraries at the annual Holiday Luncheon, December 9, at the McWane Center.

Left to right: Leona Payne, Pres. Jones Valley Neighborhood & Southwest Community (nominated by Powderly Branch, Birmingham Public Library, BPL); Linda Cook, City Clerk for City of Homewood (nominated by Homewood Library); Pete Hanna, CEO Hanna Steel Corp. (not pictured), award accepted by Bobbie Jones and Jan Bailey (nominated by Wylam Branch, BPL); Victoria Hicks, The Big Read and Emmet O’Neal Library Volunteer (nominated by JeffCo Library Cooperative); Joseph Primm, UAB Small Business Development Center (nominated by Hoover Library), and William D. Tynes, Jr., Tynes and Co. (nominated by Emmet O’Neal Library.)