Meet Our Staff
Elizabeth Timmins
Library Director & Programmer
21 Years of Service
Leads the staff, reports to the Board of Trustees, cooperates with FMPL (Friends of the Muehl Public Library), partners with the Seymour School District, builds partnerships within the community, keeps the library in good standing with OWLS (the Outagamie Waupaca Library System), promotes the love of reading, executes the vision of the library as a community learning center and a place to highlight community talents.
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Dan Jach
Custodian & All Around Handy Person
21 Plus Years of Service
Dan loves the variety of tasks at the library. He helps with maintenance issues, both large and small. He takes care of the library pets. He is a good sport for any project we are implementing and need a helping hand with.
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Colette Bezio
Graphic Artist & Avid Reader
26 Years of Service
Colette creates the majority of signage for our library. She leads anime afternoons twice a year. She handles DVD, graphic novels, and manga collection development. Colette enjoys VR. Colette is an illustrator. She has written and illustrated books. Her creativity is mind-blowing.
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Leslie Hanseter
Creative Host & Pop Culture Fan
18 Years of Service
Leslie has excellent taste for what is popular in society. She is a big fan of our Manhattan Short Film Festival. She enjoys Music in the Park, each summer, sponsored by the historical society. Leslie is in charge of adult fiction selection at our library. She does a phenomenal job!
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Jill Mahlik
Teacher & Learner
15 Years of Service
Jill came out of retirement to keep working for the library for a few hours a week. We are grateful! She keeps our library patron records in order. She does the adult non-fiction selection and she does an impeccable job! Jill loves to read—across age levels and across genres. She is excellent at reader’s advisory. Jill knows and loves the community.
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Kaarina Menting
Pumpkin Grower & Finnish Immigrant
9 Years of Service
Kaarina is able to see library services through a different lens. This is helpful to us. Her questions and suggestions improve our library. Kaarina helps out with book sales and Better World Books. She also has a vast knowledge about planting and we rely on her help for answering harvesting questions.
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Angie Bougton
Home Schooler & Nature Lover
9 Years of Service
Angie has a lot of knowledge about how to home school that she helps us with. She loves the outdoors and she has good ideas about nature books we should purchase. She helps Jill with adult non-fiction processing. Angie designs our bulletin boards and brings nature inside with beautiful flower displays. Her take it/make it kits are popular. She leads the beading event each winter.
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Cindy Borgen
Team Player & Book Champion
2 Years of Service
Cindy hit the ground running during COVID. She is terrific at reader’s advisory. She keeps up an I SPY interactive display in our children’s area. She works on the display case in the foyer. Cindy is great at crochet! She has taught others to crochet at our library. She has taught a fiber arts class to homeschooling families. She makes patrons feel good. Her laughter is contagious. She has a great wit.
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Carol O'Rourke
Organizer & Supporter
1 Year of Service
Carol is generous to fill one work shift that is open at our library. She is great at keeping the collection in order. She enjoys organizing series. From years of serving in education, she has helpful tips to share. Her take it/make it kits are fun!
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Cathy Krull
Native & Lifelong Learner
Less Than a Year of Service
Cathy loves Seymour! She knows the best Seymour has to offer. She nurtures positive programs and positive people around her. She is a fast learner and able to make quick connections on the fly. She is good at teaching others how to use the library. She is stellar at promoting library services! She takes care of our marquee.
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