07-23-2012 LIBMHutchinson Public Library Board Minutes
Monday July 23, 2012
Present: Guy Stone, Roger Vacek, Jon Ross, Abby Dahlquist, Dianne Wanzek, Mary Christensen and Mary Henke, Ex-
Officio.
Excused: Stacey Nass
Guy Stone called the meeting to order. The minutes from the last meeting were read. Jon made a motion that the
minutes be approved and Roger Vacek seconded the motion. Motion passed.
Old Business:
Mary reported on the bus trip to the Laura Ingalls Wilder Pageant on July 7 saying the comments were positive. 20 buses
were taken to the pageant. The Hutch-Winsted bus had 2 empty seats when someone had to cancel and substitutes
could not be found on late notice.
Lori Pikell-Stangel from the McLeod County Museum will be presenting the program of a series of 3 on the US/Dakota
Conflict of 1862. The children's program will be presented on July 26. The adult & teen program will be presented on
August 27'h and board members are asked to come early and help set up & serve refreshments for the program at the
library.
New Business:
Mary reported that she and Jackee from the Glencoe Library attended the monthly meeting of the PLS finance/executive
committee. Fairfax has a new library but is having some Internet issues but is able to check books in/out. The committee
is looking into investing funds at Bremer Bank when they are not being used but must meet guidelines. There was also
an incident at the Glencoe library that involved the Glencoe police concerning privacy of library patrons. PLS will be
reviewing their privacy policies with the PLS Policy Committee with input from lawyers.
Sherry Lund gave us an update on the Summer Reading Program. Stories in the Park had a visit from author Mary
Casanova which was funded by Legacy Funds. The visit by the Zoomobile had the highest attendance other than the
Schiftly Puppets which will be here in August. The READ program will finish up its season July 26. The Animal Talks
program featured hand-raised silver fox, an emu chick, a wallaby, and camel. Sherry also showed board members the
prizes that are being offered as incentives this summer. There are also contests. Sherry found that the 1'` -3'' graders have
been reading the most and girls outnumber the boys.
Roger Vacek made a motion that the meeting be adjourned. Mary C. seconded the motion. Meeting adjourned.
Our August 27, 2012 meeting is cancelled unless something important comes up.
Submitted by Abby Dahlquist, Secretary.
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