Library News
IFLS Library Volunteer of the Year
Millie Roberts
On May 8th, the Indianhead Federated Library System hosted the 30th Anniversary Dinner and Awards Banquet at the Florian Gardens in Eau Claire. Among those honored was an individual who has had a long history of service at the Deer Park Public Library.
Since 1993, Mildred Roberts has faithfully volunteered for three hours every Tuesday afternoon. During this time Millie has seen many changes both in the library building itself and in the cataloging of books. The old bank building on the corner of Front Street and Highway 46 housed the first library. Millie reminisced about a funny story involving the glue bottles used to glue the card pockets in the back of books. When Millie and the rest of the library staff came into work one day they discovered chew marks on a bottle of glue. Looking up, they found the culprit; a brown bat had glued itself to the curtains!
Most of the items available for checkout at the Deer Park Library have been meticulously prepared by Millie. Also, her expertise as a reader helps us decide what books our patrons would enjoy reading. We proudly announce that she is the first person to be named IFLS Library Volunteer of the Year.
Seminar - Retirement Reality Check
Financial advisor Ann P. Hall, AAMS of North Hudson will host for
those nearing retirement, a seminar titled "Retirement Reality Check: It's
Closer Than You Think" Tuesday, August 12 from 6:00 - 8:00 pm at the Deer
Park Public Library, 112 Front Street West in Deer Park. While the seminar is
free, space is limited. To make a reservation, call Sue at Edward Jones,
715-386-4454 or the library at 269-5464.
This seminar is for those 5 to 10 years from retirement.
Preschool Storytime - Wednesdays at 10:15am
Crafts for 1st – 6th graders
Every Thursday from 4:00 pm to 5:00 pm we provide a craft and/or activities
for children 1st through 6th grade.
Our 2008 Summer Reading Program has 41 registered participants. Up coming events include a Pet Show on July 24 at 5:00pm and our summer reading finale August 14 at 5:00pm.
Exercises for Seniors
Join us at 10:00 am every Monday for a half hour exercise class.
Memorials and Donations
Memorials in 2004: $755 in Memorials were donated in honor of: Agnes Frank, Hank Gehrman, Herb Gust, and Earl & Ilene Rothe.
Memorials in 2005: $610 in Memorials were donated in honor of: Al Humpal, Stan Fishman, Vi Tabor, Mayta Jorgenson, Orville Gust, Evelyn Gust, Robert Torgerson, and Helen Rugo Zwolenski .
Memorials 2006-2007 $505.00 has been donated in memory of: Joseph Kostka, Bud Vetter, Helen Zwolenski, Warren Jorgenson, Joe Erickson, Robert Torgerson, Alexandria Terry, Ashley Severson, Erma Jacobson, Hazel Olson, Helen Rugo, John Rugo, Ronald Wilhelm, Vera Hougdahl, Verna Jacobson, William Stuntz, Mavis Croes, Mary Ann Fouks, Delwin Amondson
Donations 2004: $390 in donations were received from the North Country 4-H group, the Deer Park History Project, the employees of the U.S. Post Office in Deer Park (designated for the Children's section) and Lois and Ed Burri. Six hundred dollars was also received from Cylon Township.
Donations 2005: $630 from Bremer Bank, North Country 4H, Deer Park Homemakers, Deer Park Lions and Niceli Engineering.
Donations 2006-2007 $1,265.40 has been donated by Brenda Olson, Phyllis Luman, Lois Burri, United Way, Deer Park Lions, Kathie Cellotti.
Our thanks to family members and friends for remembering the library in memory of someone dear to them.
The More on-line catalog has a link to a new catalog format you can try out along with a link to an on-line survey to pass on your comments. Through the on-line catalog, http://www.more.lib.wi.us, you can order items for delivery to any MORE library you prefer for pickup. Our materials are available for loan to any registered on the MORE system. Through the MORE catalog, Deer Park patrons have access to materials in over 30 other libraries.
Whether an item was on the shelf or delivered via interlibrary loan, every item you check out at Deer Park Library helps generate funding for us to keep the lights on, the furnace going and purchase new materials. If you haven’t checked out any materials in a while, show your support. Stop in and check something out!
New link for Badgerlink (Wisconsin’s Connection to the World of Information): www.dpi.state.wi.us/badgerlink/ Magazine and News Articles.
The EBSCOhost button on the Badgerlink webpage has over twenty databases with full-text articles, citations and abstracts.
Click on the EBSCOHost button from Badgerlink through the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction www.dpi.state.wi.us/badgerlink/ to access the Newspaper ARCHIVE Elite which has over 14.4 million fully searchable pages representing over 400 cities and towns with articles dating back as far as the 1700’s. This database is valuable for researching genealogy, history, culture and other newsworthy events.
July 29, 2008
