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Wednesday, May 23, 2012

Amy Crump

Marshall library closes in on three-year plan (10/13/11)
Marshall Public Library seems to be keeping a steady momentum as it inches closer to the end of its three-year plan. Now two-thirds of the way through the plan that began in 2009, a report from MPL officials Tuesday, Oct. 11, indicates they've accomplished eight of their 11 objectives...
Author travels home after successful cruising career (10/08/11)
Author CarolLee Miles returned to Marshall for her 50th high school reunion, but her book signing on Oct. 8 at Marshall Public Library served as a miniature reunion too. Old friends meandered into the back room at the library and warmly greeted the Marshall native. Equipped with a stack of "Getting Paid to Cruise," Miles told library guests about her search for peace through travel...
Library turns a new page in its history (08/15/11)
After two weeks of remodeling, re-shelving and re-carpeting the Marshall Public Library started a new chapter in its history on Aug. 15. A small crowd of library patrons rushed into the newly remodeled library after a brief ribbon cutting ceremony on Monday morning. Children flocked to the back room and learned to navigate the library's new bookstore-like system using easy to find categories such as "school," "history" and "adventure."...
Heartland contributes to library's cause (09/24/10)
Heartland Medical Equipment presented Amy Crump, director of Marshall Public Library with a $1,175 check. The library has now raised more than $8,000 toward its new carpeting fund. Heartland held a bake sale and raffled off a recliner for the library's benefit. Pictured left to right are: (foreground) Sara Kirchhoff and Amy Crump, (seated) Dwayne McNeese and Doug Stone and (background) Jay Morrison, Brenda Miller, Karl Kirchhoff and Judy Riley. Not pictured are Kennie Warren and Barbra Seals...
Library makes headway on three-year plan (09/14/10)
Reverend gives "meaning" to Marshall Public Library (08/10/10)
Meaning of Life, a compilation of essays, was donated to Marshall Public Library Monday, July 26, by one of its contributors. Reverend Floyd Case, of Marshall, ordered copies for the library and presented the publication to Director Amy Crump. "We are so happy to add this to our collection," Crump said...
Adventures in Libraryland: State law a factor in reduced library hours (09/02/09)
Several people have stopped by my office recently to share their regrets that the library hours will be reduced as of Oct. 1. I let them know that I share their frustration. Not to bang too hard on the "it's the economy" drum, I thought it would be good to explain why this decision was made...