On a recent Tuesday morning, Mary Feige Davis sat in a sunny spot at the COAST Activity Center in Lacombe reading a thriller by Clive Cussler, a book she was able to check out at the center for seniors thanks to the St. Tammany Parish Library’s new mobile library.

“I appreciate the ladies and the books they bring here. It’s difficult for me to get to a library, and I get a ride here five days a week,” said Davis, who shuns the romance novels many of her friends like. “I don’t care who kisses who. I like books where things get blown up!”

The library is making sure Davis can get those action novels now via the bright blue van that began cruising the parish in April but was only officially introduced to the public recently in a ceremonial ribbon-cutting. The Nov. 18 celebration was delayed

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