LUFKIN, TX (KTRE) -
Lufkin city officials spent
some time encouraging children to read Wednesday afternoon.
The city's mayor Bob Brown was
just one of the many Lufkin leaders at the Texas Forestry Museum for the 17th Annual
Reading Railroad.
Along with books kids also got
to enjoy a new timber town exhibit, a hands-on model train that showcases the
role of a railroad in the community.
The event encourages children to read that will
hopefully create a lasting impact as they get older.
"Everybody has an
attachment to a book or a story they heard as a kid so I think with the
community support that we get encourages more and more kids and families to be
able to come out," said David Young, Education Coordinator.
If you would
like your child to see the timber town exhibit, the museum will be open from
throughout spring break from 10 a.m. until 5 p.m.
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