As so happens in small libraries like ours, sometimes our patrons are our actual neighbors! This is the case with Virginia who lives across the street from the library. Virginia is a wonderful, kind, and upbeat lady. She does outreach to a facility where she reads to the residents. She also shares books with the […]
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Our library star is Lisa Daugherty who is a tutor for Empowered Tutoring working in our back space! I was absolutely thrilled to hear that Lisa was going to be in our learning space. I have known her as a strong educator for decades. She cares very deeply for children. She has a great educational
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This is a HARD part of the job! Meet lovely Tate and his sweet Auntie Becky who have a wonderful cross generational bond. They have been attending story time, learning and laughing together. And they have been so kind to the other families. Life’s transition means March 2, 2026 was their last day. They will
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Our two library stars are Jason Finn and Alexandra Pantzlaff who are featured on the left in this photo. They joined me for Library Legislative Day in Madison on February 10, 2026. Jason Finn serves as Secretary for our Board of Trustees, and he is a volunteer firefighter in our community (among other things). Alex
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Our library star is fiction selector Leslie Hanseter. She does a phenomenal job at our location. We are grateful for her talents! We had fun at work when she invited us to look at this beautiful new book arrival. Check out the pages! That brings us to our second library star, the author Samantha Sotto
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Find in Infosoup: https://infosoup.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S181C990387 We just added a brand new book to our library about Dolly Parton and it was a good reminder of all the great work she has done to promote literacy! She started her IMAGINATION LIBRARY in 1995. With leadership from Empowered Tutoring, the 54165 zip code became eligible for Dolly’s program.
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Introducing Kristin Mielke who is our public health nurse for Outagamie County Health and Human Services. She reached out to me to set up a meeting. I gave her a tour of our library, and she dropped off items that will be distributed here at the library. Among the things that she dropped off were
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Debby Stellmacher is our library star! Seated on your (perspective) right. Debby took a turn to share at the Budget 2026 hearing on the evening of November 24, 2025. Thank you! Debby Stellmacher spoke about yarn club that meets weekly on Tuesday evening and is led by Cindy Borgen. Debby explained that all abilities and
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Sarah Wix is our library star! Seated on your (perspective) left. These are the words she shared at the Budget 2026 hearing on the evening of November 24, 2025. Good Evening. My name is Sarah Wix and I have lived in Seymour for the last 22 years. I raised both of my children here. They
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One of our library stars is Ben Chan. He had a winning streak on the game show JEOPARDY and he lives and teaches in our region. We reached out to him to ask if he could help us out with our BUILD A BETTER LIBRARY fundraiser on November 8, 2025. Instead of being a contestant
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