Ron Alcorn

"Basically, reading may not be an athletic activity, but it's still a recreational activity," said Ron Alcorn, director of the Thibodaux Recreation Department."I'm very [much] for reading.The more you read, the more you know."

The Recreation Department teamed with the Thibodaux Rotary Club and the Martha Sowell Utley Memorial Library to sponsor a city version of "Prime Time Reading" that is independent of the parish.Numerous national chain restaurants provided food for the program, and Cherry Books also provided participants with gift bags.

Prime Time Reading also exists parishwide on a rotating basis, Alcorn said, meaning each library has to wait its turn to host the program.Now Thibodaux can provide residents the program at least once per year, Alcorn noted, whereas before it might have to wait three to four years.

Prior to starting the program, Alcorn approached guidance counselors from Thibodaux Elementary, W.S. Lafargue and South Thibodaux, who each chose 20 students who needed help reading.
...
Alcorn said he is pleased with program's attendance, which ranges between 52 to 57 people.

"This program is not just targeted at children, but their families, their moms, their dads," Alcorn said.

The event will include remarks from Ron Alcorn, director of the Thibodaux Recreation Department; Regina Lauland, acting assistant director for the Lafourche Parish library system; Tony Clark, boys' basketball coach at Thibodaux High School; and Charles Mosley, a local community activist.

Then, Falgoust and Pass met with Ron Alcorn, Thibodaux's director of recreation.
...
Alcorn embraced the idea and talked with Mayor Charles Caillouet, who agreed that this program was a most worthy one for the city to undertake.
...
From that point, Alcorn took the lead and met with Allison Clark, the Lafourche Parish Library's PRIME TIME liaison and a PRIME TIME veteran program coordinator.
...
Ron Alcorn had attended the PRIME TIME training workshop held in New Orleans in December."I think we can do this every year," said Alcorn, who has become a PRIME TIME devotee.