"Toni has been scanning all manner of documents, photographs, and other items-even a couple of 3D items, a testament to her ingenuity.  Her energy and elbow grease are amazing!  She is not afraid to tackle tasks that would make mere mortals throw up their hands in frustration.  She's most recently completed scanning the women's club booklets that should be up on the Stories of Chelsea website soon, says Rachael Dreyer, the Local History Librarian who supervises Toni's work, "She's currently scanning a scrapbook of materials from the Chelsea Future Farmers of America, and she files obituary cards as they're used or as we finish entering new ones into the database. Toni's involved in a lot of quality control work, where her attention to detail really comes into its own.  She has made sure that PDF copies have been produced for the documents we've scanned, as opposed to TIFFs of individual pages.  She tracks down missing documents and folders, and really helps with the maintenance and administration of the local history collection."

 Join us in thanking Toni at the National Library Week Friends Open House on Saturday, April 16 at 10:00am in the McKune Room. Read more about Toni..... 

Jim Hammel | In 2010 Jim served over 125 hours at the library, working to improve access to our local history collection. Rachael Dreyer, the Local History librarian who supervises Jim's work, says "He has been tirelessly scanning for the family and local history projects since the scanning project began in 2007 and shows up without fail each week.  The scanning can be mind-numbing, but Jim never complains about the tediousness of the work.  He's also been photographing different buildings around town on his free time to help us set up the "Then and Now" exhibit, which is a project that he suggested and has been very successful.  He's a volunteer that we've come to rely on for the consistency and quality of his volunteer efforts."

Join us in thanking Jim at the National Library Week Friends Open House on Saturday, April 16 at 10:00am in the McKune Room. Read more about Jim.... 

Kim Verardi | Kim has been treasurer of the Friends for three years now. In this position she has steadfastly done the book keeping. In addition, she has improved financial reporting and attended every one of our book sales, collecting money from all of the book sale patrons without fail! Sitting under the stairwell during the entire sale without any company and without any complaints! She fills a very important position and has been a financial "rock" for us!

Terri Lancaster reading Goodnight Moon ( a gift from librarian Karen Persello) to granddaughter Evelyn.

Terri Lancaster has worked at the library for 10 years and worn many hats! She started out as part time circulation clerk and became the Library's Administrative Assistant five years ago. In addition to being the Administrative Assistant, she became
was promoted to Circulation Supervisor last August. 

Terri has lived in Chelsea since 1969 and has been married to husband Dan for close to 31 years! She has two children Kim  (Potocki) and Thomas and a granddaughter, Evelyn! 

Terri  worked at North Creek Elementary as one of the dreaded lunch ladies & in Lyndon Township as Deputy Treasurer. Terri loves to read, garden, go camping with family and research her genealogy, but her favorite thing is being a grandma!

Terri's favorite book is Gone with the Wind.  She is currently curling up with a pot of tea and reading Scones and Bones by Laura Childs whose Tea Mystery series prompted a visit Charleston, South Carolina. 

A special thanks goes out to Sharon Pignanelli for orchestrating the work crew, and to Bill Harmer and Linda Ballard for working with us to make it happen. Also a big thank you to members Thomas and Claudette Snyder, who built new railings and installed some partitions, as well Kerry Ballard who gathered materials and worked with Bill Harmer to hang "curtains" at various areas in the basement.

Thank you so much to these dedicated volunteers who worked all or part of the day last Saturday:

Nancy Neff | Jan and Marshall Carr | Elsie Swanberg

Diane Tesin | Sandra Shapiro | Avalina and Don Buikema

Laura Goderis | Linda and Kerry Ballard  

Jane Wilhelm | Mary Budzinski | Pat Crean | Cynthia Silveri

Sharon Pignanelli | Bill Harmer

We hope to see you at the book sale Saturday, May 14!

Sharon, Jane, Nancy, Jan and Marshall take a break from overhauling the basement!

The finished product! Thank you for your hard work!

Wine Event at The Common Grill to Benefit Sounds & Sights

The Library is a proud sponsor of Sounds & Sights! Although the opening night of Sounds & Sights 

on Thursday Nights is months away, organizers of the summer-long event have been busy scheduling performers and fund raising. Kicking off this year's campaign again is the Spring Wine Show which takes place on Monday, April 18, from 6:00-9:00pm at The Common Grill restaurant. Tickets are $50.00 per person and are available at the restaurant.

Guests will be treated to wide selection of Chef Craig's tantalizing appetizers and desserts as they sample over 70 wines from various wine vendors.  Wines will also be for sale that evening by the bottle or the case.  All proceeds from the event benefit Sounds & Sights on Thursday Nights and the Sounds & Sights Festival (formerly known as Summer Fest).  There will also be a drawing for door prizes at the end of the event. Read more....