<div dir="ltr"><div>Thank you all!</div><div> :D </div><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div>Tina Markowski (she/her)</div><div>Director</div><div>Alpena County George N. Fletcher Public Library</div><div>(989) 356-6188 X16<br></div><div><br></div><div><i>Bookworm? Please, I'm a Book Dragon. </i></div></div></div></div><br></div><br><div class="gmail_quote gmail_quote_container"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Fri, Jun 6, 2025 at 12:00 PM Jean Fellows via Michlib-l <<a href="mailto:michlib-l@mcls.org">michlib-l@mcls.org</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif">Congrats!🥳🎉</div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Fri, Jun 6, 2025 at 11:46 AM Membiela, Clare (MDE) via Michlib-l <<a href="mailto:michlib-l@mcls.org" target="_blank">michlib-l@mcls.org</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div>
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</span><i><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:TimesNewRomanPS-ItalicMT">Griswold v. Connecticut, 381 U.S. 479, 482 (1965).<u></u><u></u></span></i></p>
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<b>On Behalf Of </b>Sharon Crotser via Michlib-l<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Friday, June 6, 2025 11:36 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> <a href="mailto:Michlib-l@mcls.org" target="_blank">Michlib-l@mcls.org</a>; Jessica Luther <<a href="mailto:jluther@alpenalibrary.org" target="_blank">jluther@alpenalibrary.org</a>><br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [Michlib-l] New Director at the Alpena County George N. Fletcher Public Library<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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on behalf of Jessica Luther via Michlib-l <<a href="mailto:michlib-l@mcls.org" target="_blank">michlib-l@mcls.org</a>><br>
<b>Sent:</b> Friday, June 6, 2025 11:07 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> <a href="mailto:Michlib-l@mcls.org" target="_blank">Michlib-l@mcls.org</a> <<a href="mailto:michlib-l@mcls.org" target="_blank">michlib-l@mcls.org</a>><br>
<b>Subject:</b> [Michlib-l] New Director at the Alpena County George N. Fletcher Public Library</span>
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<p style="line-height:115%"><span style="font-size:11pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Cambria,serif">The Alpena County George N. Fletcher Public Library Board of Trustees unanimously appointed Christina Markowski to permanently fill the
role of Library Director following a series of candidate interviews. Markowski had been serving as Interim Director since September 2024 and has been on staff with the Library since 2015. Through the course of her career at the Library, she has worked in youth
services, STEM programming, circulation services, and more. Markowski earned her Master’s Degree in Library and Information Science from Wayne State University.
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<p style="line-height:115%"><span style="font-size:11pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Cambria,serif">Markowski is an Alpena County native and is excited to be taking on this new role. “I am thrilled to enter the Director role at Alpena
County George N. Fletcher Public Library. I love my hometown library and look forward to being a part of the library's future." Assistant Director Jessica Luther added that she has worked with Markowski for almost ten years and is confident she will continue
to guide the library in a positive direction. </span><span style="font-size:11pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p style="line-height:115%"><span style="font-size:11pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Cambria,serif">Markowski officially begins her role on June 7, 2025.
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<p style="line-height:115%"><span><span style="font-size:11pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Georgia,serif">Please join me in congratulating Tina on her new role!</span></span><span style="font-size:11pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<address><b><span style="font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif">Alpena County George N. Fletcher Public Library</span></b><u></u><u></u></address>
<address><span style="font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif">211 N. First Ave. </span><u></u><u></u></address>
<address><span style="font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif">Alpena, MI 49707</span><u></u><u></u></address>
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</span><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black"> <b>MelCat & Mel Are at Risk!</b>
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these essential library services by Sept 2025.</span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(34,34,34)"></span></p>
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</span><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black"> MelCat = 34 million items from 435 MI
libraries<br>
Mel = free eBooks, magazines, research tools & more<br>
Small libraries like GLADL <i>depend</i> on
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