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DIRECTOR’S MESSAGE

contents About Chippewa River THE DECADE IN REVIEW

District Library Corey Friedrich, M.L.I.S

3 Director, Chippewa River District Library
Director's Message It is the mission of the Chippewa River District
Library System to provide evolving services to
educate, inform and entertain a diverse community
4 in a welcoming, flexible space.
CRDL Mini-Con
LOCATIONS
Veterans Memorial Branch
10 301 S. University - Mt. Pleasant - 989.773.3242
Staff Spotlight
Faith Johnston Memorial Branch We are beginning a new In 2014 we remodeled the In 2018, while we were
15 4035 N. Mission - Rosebush - 989.433.0006 decade, and to pay tribute old Rolland Township Hall hoping to get our millage
Friends' News to the one we just wrapped into the Tate Memorial Li- renewed (and did - Thank
Fremont Township Community Branch up, we have created a book brary while James Patter- You!), we were reading
7959 S. Winn Rd. - Winn - 989.866.2550
display at the Veterans Me- son’s NYPD Red 2 was en- Woman in the Window by
Shepherd Community Branch morial Branch showcasing tertaining us. A.J. Finn.
257 W. Wright Ave - Shepherd - 989.828.6801 the most popular books of
2010 - 2019. The perennially flooding We ended the decade work-
Tate Memorial Branch parking lot at the Veter- ing out a new strategic plan
324 Main - Blanchard - 989.561.2480
Looking at some of those ans Memorial Library was for the Library, while a lot
CRDL
CRDL BOARD OF TRUSTEES BOARD OF TRUSTEES titles reminded me of the replaced in 2015 while a of our patrons were read-
Thomas Delia, President Delia, President
Thomas events that were happening debut thriller from Paula ing Delia Owen’s Where the
Ruth Helwig, Vice-President uth Helwig, Vice-President at the time. Hawkins, The Girl on the Crawdads Sing.
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Lynn Laskowsky, Treasurer ynn Laskowsky, Treasurer Train, kept us wondering
Elliott Parker, Secretary arker, Secretary In 2010 when Deeper Than until the end. There were quite a few ac-
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Kati Mora, Trustee ati Mora, Trustee
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Courtney Doyle, Trusteeyle, Trustee the Dead by Tami Hoag was complishments this past
Courtney Do
Diane Clark, T our highest circulated title, In 2016 Nora Roberts’ The decade, and of course some
Diane Clark, Trusteerustee
Judy Spr we were remodeling the Obsession was number one great books, too. I’m look-
Judy Sprague, Trusteeague, Trustee
Veterans Memorial Branch. with our patrons the same ing forward to what the
UPCOMING year we moved the Fremont next decade brings.
UPCOMING CLOSINGS CLOSINGS
Friday, April 10, April 10 In 2011 we added ebooks Township Community Li-
Friday
Sunday, April 12, April 12
Sunday
to our collection for the first brary to an old video store
time, and the most popu- a couple of blocks over from
lar book that year was One the previous location.
Summer by David Baldacci.
In 2017 we added a collec-
The young adult fiction tion of non-traditional items
craze started in 2012 rock- called the Library of Things
eting Hunger Games by at the Veterans Memorial
Suzanne Collins to the Branch. Patrons could now
number one position at the check out GoPro cameras,
same time we were moving wi-fi hotspots, CD players,
the Shepherd Community and other devices from the
Library from a small town- library. The most popular
Image Release: ship building to a remodeled book that year was Turbo
All library visitors permit the library to take photos drug store next door. Twenty-three by Janet Eva-
and videos and to use these images in future library novich.
publications and promotions in print and online.
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