ALA President Roy to Visit Alabama-Coushatta Tribe By Tanya Lee WASHINGTON, Dec. 7 - Loriene Roy (Anishinabe), this year's president of the American Library Association, is scheduled to make the nine-hour round trip drive from her office to the Alabama-Coushatta Tribe. Roy will leave Austin on the Dec. 12 and have most of the day on Dec. 13 at the library. Roy plans to consult with her long-time colleague Delores Poncho, the tribe's librarian, who told NewsWatch Native America she looking forward to discussing some of the challenges facing her library-as well as its many successes. The library served 181 patrons in October and 109 in November. The library's most frequent clients are schoolchildren. Poncho has run a six-week summer reading program for the past 16 years. Last year 40 children participated, with a program for first- through third-graders on Tuesdays, one for fourth- through sixth-graders on Wednesdays, and extended field trips on Thursdays. Poncho said the field trips are often to Houston, 80 miles away, where children go to museums, the movies, or the IMAX theater. Children qualify for the field trips by giving an oral book report. The library is supported by grants and the tribe. "The tribe and tribal council are very committed to education," Poncho said. Poncho has been the librarian for 17 years. "I love it," she said. Loriene Roy, ALA President Alabama-Coushatta Tribe of Texas