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Celebrating Elmo's birthday

| 07 Feb 2012 | 01:54
    Celebrating Elmo's birthday
    Nicole Wilson, 2, of Sparta enjoys a cupcake during ElmoÔø½s birthday observance in the Sparta Library Friday morning.
    Nicole Wilson, 2, of Sparta enjoys a cupcake during ElmoÔø½s birthday observance in the Sparta Library Friday morning.
    Logan Scarpa, 2, of Sparta.
    Logan Scarpa, 2, of Sparta.
    Roger Lussier of Sparta and his granddaughter Abigail Conover, 2 and a half, of Chester get to work assembling an Elmo puppet Friday morning in the Sparta Library.
    Roger Lussier of Sparta and his granddaughter Abigail Conover, 2 and a half, of Chester get to work assembling an Elmo puppet Friday morning in the Sparta Library.
    Lisa P., 3, of Sparta works on her Elmo puppet.
    Lisa P., 3, of Sparta works on her Elmo puppet.
    Celebrating Elmo's birthday

Photos by John Church SPARTA — While many adults watched big, blue Giants Sunday, young visitors to the Sparta Library Friday morning watched small, orangy-red Elmo. It was Elmo’s birthday.

“Elmo first appeared on Sesame Street in 1972,” said Lyn Gebhard of Sparta, children’s librarian. “He is eternally three and a half years old.”

Elmo is immensely popular. Gephard and Children’s Librarian Assistants Peggy Lami and Thule Bodo, both of Sparta, scheduled two Elmo parties – 11 a.m. and 1 p.m. Accommodating 25 guests, both events were fully booked.

“All kids love Elmo,” said Sparta Library Assistant Director Diane Lapsley of Flanders. “Elmo supports reading and we are glad to have all the little readers take advantage the library.”

Abigail Conover, 2, of Chester is a very frequent library visitor. “She comes to story time and gymnastics,” said Conovers’s grandfather, Roger Lussier of Sparta. “Elmo’s birthday party is our third visit this week.”

After assembling craft paper Elmo puppets, guests were served cupcakes with orange icing.