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Sandra Heiden (crowned) with Elizabeth Timmins, director

The WEMTA lifetime achievement award goes to our very own Sandra Heiden in 2024!

On the evening of Monday, April 1, 2024, after the regularly scheduled library Board of Trustees meeting, we celebrated our board secretary, Sandra Heiden. This year she was honored by WEMTA (Wisconsin Educational Media and Technology Association) with the lifetime achievement award. We were also celebrating that she received the WEMTA Award of Excellence in […]

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FMPL new baby book bundle gifted to local educator

Friends of MPL, News / etimmins

Lori Peterson, our 3K instructor extraordinaire at Good Shepherd, is a new grandmother! Congratulations! We made sure she got an FMPL book bundle immediately to share with her precious grandchild and family. Thanks FMPL for this beautiful outreach project and embracing our newest humans into our family of literacy!

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Child holding book, NO MORE PACIFIER DUCK

Pacifier tree ritual

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This was a project that was proposed to the library and we love it! All we had to do was suggest at tree. And we communicated our concern that decorations not be harmful to nature. From there, LeaAnn and Jericho got it up and running. Marvelous! We are so happy when our patrons know the

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Did you know that a lunar eclipse always precedes a solar eclipse?!

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Did you know that a lunar eclipse always precedes a solar eclipse by two weeks? So overnight of March 24, 2024 will be a lunar eclipse preceding the April 8, 2024 solar eclipse. These charts that I pulled up from timeanddate.com tell the story! I learned about this cool website in a webinar about the

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Talented patron, Barb Brandtner, who designed the FMPL logo

Friends of MPL, News / etimmins

FMPL are the initials for the Friends of the Muehl Public Library. The logo we have used for FMPL is over two decades old. Patron Barb Brandtner is the designer of the logo. She skillfully took the four initials and blended them into one flowing symbol. We just love it and use it on all

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Congratulations Lisa Jelenic!

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Meanwhile, last evening, March 21, 2024, Lisa Jelenic received the Fox Cities Chamber of Commerce Excellence in Education Award at the Shining Star Awards. No surprise here! She is an excellent educator patron of our library! More Library Stars

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Wisconsin Foodie celebrates Seymour, Home of the Hamburger!

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=68nVdqbrMxw On the evening of March 21, 2024, Seymour was featured on the PBS program WISCONSIN FOODIE. They did a beautiful job of featuring the highlights of BurgerFest! At the end there was a tribute to Tom Duffey. This was so kind as he was instrumental in creating the Home of the Hamburger. Tom Duffey

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Do you recognize the national symbol for libraries?

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I thought it would be fun to look back at the history of the National Library Symbol which was adopted in 1982 at the ALA (American Library Association) conference. We have this symbol on our book drop outside. Working in the library field, I have seen this symbol displayed in many places and in many

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A lifetime pursuit of collecting library cards!

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A gentleman reached out to our library to send him a library card for his library card collection. This caught our imagination and, naturally, we sent him one. What a cool hobby! His name is Cory Peterson and he began collecting library cards as a child. (pictured) From his website, his favorite authors are Bill

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