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SUNDAY CINEMA BROWN BAG BOOK

Show time at Fremont Township Community Library, 1 p.m. DISCUSSION
Show time at Faith Johnston Memorial Library, 2 p.m. Pack your lunch and join us
staff spotlight for our monthly book club.
The book of the month can
be reserved through the
Library.
Meet Tinna Mills, Teen Programming Coordinator Maleficent: Mistress A Beautiful Day in Frozen 2

of Evil the Neighborhood March 18
Tinna Mills is the Teen Programming Coordinator at our A Cloud in the Shape of a Girl
Veterans Memorial Branch. As Teen Programming Coordina- Jean Thompson

tor, Tinna creates all of the fun programming for teens and April 15
orders materials relating to young adult for the library's The Huntress
collection. Read our interview with Tinna to see what expe- Kate Quinn
riences she brings to Chippewa River District Library.
May 20
What did you do before you came to the li- I'll be Gone in the Dark
brary? Michelle McNamara
I worked at a grocery store and a gas station during my
years at Alma College where I majored in English with mi- March 1 April 5 May 3
nors in history and secondary education. I also worked at Fremont Township Fremont Township Fremont Township
Community Library
Community Library
Community Library
the college library and in the writing center. I spent some
time working for the after school program in the Alma pub- March 8 April 19 May 10
lic schools and even had one gig that allowed me to travel Faith Johnston Faith Johnston Faith Johnston
Memorial Library
Memorial Library
Memorial Library
to local schools as an actress in assemblies put on by Child
Advocacy of Gratiot County. As a teenager, I volunteered at Home Township Library in Edmore.
When did you start at the library and what jobs have you held here?
I started working for CRDL soon after I received my undergraduate degree in 2003. I have
worked in youth services with a focus on teen services during my entire tenure here. Though the Matthew
job title is the same, the day to day work looks a lot different 16 plus years later. Libraries are
always changing to meet the needs of our community. Reinhart

What do you do in your current position?
My focus as the Teen Services Librarian is on providing quality services to the teens of our com- Pop-Up Book
munity. That means helping to create a space where they feel welcome. We have many different
groups of teens, with varying interests, so I get to do a little bit of everything. You might find me Author and
working in the stacks with teen volunteers, hosting a Super Smash Brothers tournament, host-
ing themed parties with our Teen Advisory Board or even collaborating with community members Paper Engineer
to teach basic stress relief skills. I also work at the Help Desk as well as lead some of our story-
times. No two days are ever the same!
TUESDAY, MAR. 17 | 4 P.M. | VML

What do you enjoy doing outside of the library?
Believe it or not, I’m actually an introvert so when I’m not at work, so I like to recharge in quiet Join us for a presentation by pop-up book author and
places. Of course, I love reading! I spend a lot of time with my husband and our ten-year-old paper engineer, Matthew Reinhart. Then stick around to
daughter. We do family read-a-loud's and audiobook discussions. Hoopla digital is our FAVORITE learn how to engineer paper and create your own pop-up
library resource. We wouldn’t know what to do without our library even if I didn’t work here! We book.
use the library puzzle exchange to keep ourselves in endless jigsaw puzzles or we get creative Grade school ages, K-5. Registration required.
coloring and painting just for fun. We also spend as much time as possible outdoors. If we have
a free day you are very likely to find us at the Chippewa Nature Center or one of the Chippewa This presentation is made possible by the Clarke Historical Library and
Watershed Conservancy’s many local preserves. We love to attend bonfires in the summer or the David M. and Eunice Sutherland Burgess Endowment.
play card games with family & friends.

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