wilson's blog

The five libraries in Green Lake County (Kingston, Green Lake, Markesan, Princeton, and Berlin) will be holding a county wide read in September. The book we picked this year is "Shotgun Lovesongs" by Nickolas Butler. The story line…..Welcome to Little Wing. It's a place like hundreds of others, but for four boyhood friends―all born and raised in this small Wisconsin town―it is home. One of them never left, is still working the family farm, but the others felt the need to move on. One trades commodities, another took to the rodeo circuit. One of them hit it big as a rock star.

PAINT YOUR JUNK......We've painted chairs, rocks, windows, pallets, flower pots, and umbrellas, just to name a few, for fundraisers at the Mill Pond Library in Kingston.  This year when we were trying to think what else we could paint, one board member said, "How about we just paint our junk?"  And so our next fundraiser was born.  We will auctioning off the unique painted "junk" that has be

   We have a new display up for the month of July.  "Books....Because there is always room for improvement!"  You can find the newest book on remodeling your kitchen or bathroom.  Or learn how to easily paint any room in your house.  Need to build a deck? Reupholster a chair?  How about building that shed you've always wanted?  You can find those books and more in this months display.  Don't put off that remodeling job any longer, stop in today and find out how to get it done.

Today a customer came in, she brought her grandkids. They all got books and a couple movies. Checked everything out and home they went. A few minutes later, I received a call...she had forgotten her "on hold" movies! Could she come back and get them?  'Of course" I said!  I checked out the movies and waited by the door until she came...I quick ran out so she wouldn't have to park and handed her her movies. She was so happy to be able to "grab & run". We always aim to please! What does your library do for you?