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Two Board Members Leave
Martha Wortche, a member of the Mead Public Library Board since 2007, retired from that position after her term ended earlier in 2015. She had served on the board's Human Resources Committee.
Alderman Darryl Carlson, who has served on the Library Board as representative of the Sheboygan Common Council since 2012, resigned in October as a Library Board member. He served on the Board's Finance Committee.
Library Staff Retirements
Best wishes for a long and fulfilling retirement to two Mead Public Library staff members.
Dale Gort, joined Mead Library in January 2007 as Information Technology specialist, coming from a position in the Manitowoc Public Library.
Pat Mueller, who has been administrative assistant to the library director and also volunteer coordinator since January 2012, also will retire. She plans lots of travel throughout the United States.
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footnotes
Volume 24, Number 8
December 2015
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Coffee Vending Added on First Floor
 We've added a coffee vending machine in our cafe seating area that faces the windows on 8th Street. Coffee, espresso and hot cocoa too! Now you can enjoy a hot drink while you relax in Jerry Black's cafe. Check it out next time you're at Mead.
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Info Helps to Keep Kids Safe
 Thank you to Kohl's Cares and Children's Hospital of Wisconsin for providing the kiosk and iPads here at Mead for children to use to learn ways to stay safe. Check it out in the third floor Landwehr Children's Library Center and learn more about the "Keep Spriggy Safe" app at KohlsSafeand
Healthy.com. Children's Hospital of Wisconsin and Kohl's Cares share the mission of keeping kids in our community safe, healthy and injury free. The Kohl's Cares Grow Safe & Healthy program provides a trusted educational resource for safety in the home, outdoors and on the go. |
Thanks to Donors to Library
At the end of each year, Mead Public Library thanks the many people and organizations who have made contributions to the library. These lists include donors from the past 12 months, not including donations acknowledged previously in Footnotes.
Donors to Mead Public Library are: Sheboygan County Quilters' Guild; David and Cheri Smith in memory of Elaine Holman; Mike and Ginny Mikkelson; Sheboygan County Area Retired Teachers Association in memory of deceased members; Mark Zehfus in memory of Jack Lewis; P.E.O. Sisters; Mr. and Mrs. Edward Zimmermann, Mr. and Mrs. Michael Schaller, Mr. and Mrs. James Liebham, Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Morrelle, Kathy Siminow, David Leffin, all in honor of Sharon Mueller's birthday; Cherie Rousee, Danny and Diane Conkin, Fred and Laurie Werner, Lenny and Linda Melanz, Marge Jehle, David and Kathleen Donlon, all in memory of Dolores Donlon; Focus on Energy.
The Mead Public Library Foundation received donations from: Don Mattox and family in memory of Eileen Mattox; Lorraine Bauer, Mr. & Mrs. Randall Engen, Elizabeth Fuerst, Dr. and Mrs. John Hermann, James and Alice Hirt, Catherine Pauly, Mary and Dan Rath, and Yasira Yessin, all in memory of Charlotte Myers; Lisa Clark in honor of Maeve Quinn; Tom and Roberta Filicky-Peneski in memory of Nancy Lewis; John Burr; Mary Ann Lutzen; Lois Mummer; Kay Nemschoff; Darren Opel; Geraldine Richter Estate and Alex Wojcechowskyj. In addition, members of the Foundation's Renaissance Society made many donations that are acknowledged on the display on the first floor of the library.
The Friends of Mead Public Library received donations from: Keith & April Wetherell in memory of William Altman; Jennie Andreasen, Norma Beyer, Judy Biederwolf, Judith Born, Barbara Cole, Lucille DallaValle, Susan Giles, Jean Grade, Dolores Hilpertshauser, Kathleen Hofschield, Anna Howell, Margaret Jagler, Nancy Johnsen, Dolcye Johnson, Darlene Kolb, Constance Linde, Sandy Loth, Nancy Mannchen, Karin Menzer, Lynne Miller, Patricia Mueller, Mary Ann Neuses, Sharon Quicker, Donna Mae Ringel, Chris Roenitz, Mary Towne, Janet Ross, Carol Shaffer, Angela Sutkiewicz, Judy Van Calligan, David Weinhold, Fred Zimmerer, Thomas Zirbes, and Dirk Zylman, all in memory of Nancy Lewis; Anna Howell and Michael Larson, in memory of Betsy Michael; P.E.O. Sisters in memory of Josephine Wheaton; Barbara Jaeger; Susan Klein; Charlotte Meyers Memorial Fund; Rod Prinsen; Randy Ragaisis; Carol Shaffer; Dorothy Simon Trust; Chad Stauber Soik; Vera Steinhardt; Keith & April Wetherell; and Bernice Zenk.
Donors to the Friends' Gift of Reading Program are: Lillian Bailey, Jean Bell, Lu Ann Benninghaus, Judith Biederwolf, Kathleen Blaser, Mary Lynn Donohue, Carol Dussault, Joan French, Marjorie Giesen, Rosemary Goltry, James Gross, Bruce & Carol Grover, Dolores Hilpertshauser, Anna Howell, Ann Ibe, Barbara Jaeger, Nancy Johnsen, Eleanor Jung, Laura Klemm, Catherine Lahm, Shirley Larsen, Nancy Lewis, Eileen Mockert, Cecelia Mondloch, Pat Mueller, Lucille and Carl Pagel, Mary Ellen Petzold, Rod Prinsen, Donna Mae Ringel, Janet Ross, Rotary International Sheboygan West, Virginia Stetson, Doris Wyckoff, and John Zehfus.
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Drop-in Holiday Craft for Kids
Read to "Faith" the Therapy Dog 
Learn to use an Arduino microprocessor 
"Rouse Simmons: The Christmas Tree Ship"
Mead's 2nd Annual Cribbage Tournament 
"Cheeseheads: The Documentary"