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Member Events: We went to Roller Derby!

On Saturday, May 18, we took members to our latest member event: Roller Derby!

This match featured the SCAR Dolls against the FORX Roller Derby team. It’s no surprise that the hometown SCAR Dolls were victorious!! They had a very happy, loudly cheering, hometown crowd helping as much as we could to victory!

A quick shot of members at the event! Check out Karen’s zip-up jacket – it’s her roller derby jacket! I definitely benefited from having an experienced derby girl there to explain the nuances of what I was seeing. (There is always strategy in any kind of sport, and knowing what you are seeing makes it much more fun!)

If you wanted to go, and didn’t get a chance, there is one more chance this season! June 15 our hometown team will skate against the Med City Mafia.

Pretty cool to see everyone get rolling at the match!!!

What is coming up next for CMLE Member Events??

So glad you asked!

We have a member camping trip/book discussion in a MN state park (depending on your individual interest!) coming up June 28-30. Check out the details, so far, right here.

We have a bunch of member lunches/workshop discussions in June. Check out our Bootcamp schedule right here!

There is talk of attending a Rox game in July. If this sounds interesting to you, email us at admin @ cmle.org, and we’ll get information out if this develops!

Thanks again to all of our members!!!! You guys are doing such great work in so many different libraries – it’s just fantastic to see the things you do and the library service you create!!!

CMLE, General, Programs

Report from Springtime Tea with CMLE!

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We were so impressed that CMLE member (and frequent podcast Guest Host!) Ariel matched beautifully with the Mad Hatter’s spring color scheme!

Our members are awesome! CMLE is made up of school, public, academic, and special libraries, and we really appreciate all our members who are doing such impressive work in their libraries.

It can be hard to make connections outside of your library and we always want our members to know you are part of a larger profession! That’s why we hold member events. Plus, we like to have tea!

Take a look at the fun we had, and stay tuned to our website for several more opportunities to connect with other library people! Some upcoming events include roller derby and camping (with a day trip option). Is there an activity you think would make a fun member event? Email us at admin@cmle.org or leave a comment, let us know!

  • Polka dot teapot!
  • Pretty yellow roses and cherry rose tea!
  • Maple tea and our tea menu
  • Fancy and delicious
  • Yes, the flowers were edible!
  • Gorgeous spring day for tea
The ginger carrot soup was a hit!

Thank you again for all the members that were able to join us! If you missed this event, we hope to see you next time!

CMLE, Communication, General

We Celebrate the life of Patricia Elizabeth Peterson

We love CMLE, the work we do, and the wonderful people across our library system. And a lot of that wonderful work here was started by our first Director: Patricia (Trish) Peterson. She passed away April 2, and we share information below about her life and her many community and family contributions.

“A Celebration of Life will be held at 4:00 p.m., Sunday, May 5, 2019 at Grace United Methodist Church in Paynesville, MN for Patricia Elizabeth Peterson, age 76, who died April 2 at The Waters of Edina Assisted Living surrounded by family and beloved caregivers. Internment will be at a later date in Iowa City, IA.

A gathering of relatives and friends will be held prior to the service from 2:00 to 3:45 p.m. at the church. A fellowship meal will follow the service. Arrangements are with Wenner Funeral Home in Cold Spring, MN.

Trish was born July 25, 1942 in Iowa City, IA to Gregory and Ruth (Green) Patterson. She married Sylvan Peterson on June 14, 1964 and together they raised two daughters. Trish graduated summa cum laude with a Bachelor’s degree from Mayville State College. She earned a Master’s degree in Library Science from St. Cloud State University in 1979. Trish worked at Nekoma and Gackle High Schools in North Dakota; Lester Prairie and Kimball High Schools in Minnesota; and was Director of the Central MN Libraries Exchange. Trish was a member of ALA, AAUW, FEW, Friends of the Library, Friends of the Great River Regional Library, MN Library Association, Cold Spring Lioness Club, the Red Hat Society, and Phi Delta Kappa. After being diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease in 2003, she became an active member and contributor to the Parkinson’s Pipeline Project.

Trish was a true partner to her husband, Sylvan, of 55 years. She was a devoted mother, sister, and friend to many others. She will be remembered for her love of fishing and camping, her sense of humor, her strong work ethic, and her never-ending drive to be the best that she could be. Through her long battle with Parkinson’s disease she endured with an uncomplaining strength and grace. She will be dearly missed.

Survivors include husband, Sylvan; daughters, Deborah (Damien) and Christine; grandchildren, Madison, Elizabeth, Max, and Noah; sisters, Jean Prybil and Susan Berry, as well as many nieces and nephews.

She was preceded in death by her parents; brother, Robert Patterson, brother-in-law, Gerald Prybil, sister-in-law Joanne (Smolak) Peterson; niece Kristen Peterson, and nephew, David Berry.

In lieu of flowers memorials are preferred to The Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson’s Research

. P.O. Box 5014, Hagerstown, MD 21741-5014 www.michaeljfox.org

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CMLE, General

Let’s Roller Derby!

Check out your local S.C.A.R. Dolls team!!

One of our goals is to help build a community of library people, across CMLE and across the state. So we like to host a variety of member events to encourage all kinds of library people to come together, have fun, and meet each other in person!

We have a few different programs going on, so be sure you are subscribed to our newsletter (every Friday!) or our social media to keep up with it all.

Check it all out below, and RSVP now! Comment below, email to us at admin @ cmle.org, and let us know you are coming with us!

We will buy tickets for all CMLE members. (There is no reserved seating, and it is definitely a family-friendly event – so also feel free to buy your own tickets to bring kids, friends, neighbors, or anyone else who might want to have some fun watching some cool skaters with some awesome library people!)

WHAT are we doing? Attending the SCAR Dolls roller derby home event, against FORX Roller Derby team.

WHEN are we doing this this? May 18th 2019 “Most home games have a start time of 6pm with doors opening at 5pm, but please visit our facebook page to find more detailed information as it can vary per game.”

WHERE is this excitement? The River’s Edge Convention Center in St. Cloud Minnesota. 

Wait, What? Who are these people?? “The S.C.A.R. Dolls are the one, the only, the original women’s flat track roller derby league in Central Minnesota. We formed in 2011 to create an opportunity for the women in the Saint Cloud area to participate in the challenging, exciting, and empowering revival of modern roller derby.

Roller derby is currently one of the fastest growing sports in the world, with over 1450 amateur leagues currently in existence and new leagues are forming all the time. This is not the exhibitionist, pro-wrestling style derby of the 1970’s, but a fast-paced, hard-hitting sport that the women of the S.C.A.R. Dolls are proud to be introducing to this wonderful community. We are working hard to make our league competitive in order to represent Saint Cloud both home and away.

Besides being talented and tenacious athletes, the S.C.A.R. Dolls are dedicated to giving back to the community through charity partnerships and fundraisers.”

Here’s a quick video of the team talking about their skating work:

We’ll talk about libraries at some point during the evening, I promise! We wouldn’t want you to feel left out of any library-related fun. We can enjoy hotdogs, chips, cheering for the home team, watching kids run around and lose their minds with the excitement – it’s just some noisy fun for all!


General

So many songs about libraries!

Last week was National Library Week, a fantastic time to share library love and encourage library support! But why limit that to only one week? We’re really into library advocacy at CMLE – we even have this whole series dedicated to it! In case you’re looking for another way to keep celebrating libraries, why not crank up some library-themed tunes? And you have plenty of choices: