Going to public library proves a true love story
Glen Ellyn Public Library, I love you. Your structure is light and interesting, spaces wide, with nooks to occupy, and you’re open till 9.
You have what I need, know what I need. And that, of course, is information. Books, movies, free Wi-Fi. Just when I thought I knew all there was to know about you, you give more.
But you’re much more than that. You accept me the way I am.
I show up with a stack of CDs, movies, and books and you say, “Is that all? How can I give you more, Joe? How?” And I apologize, “I feel like I’m using too much, that I’ve checked out a stack of CDs from every public library in the LINK system,” and you say, “Joe, that’s what I’m here for, to serve you. Whatever book, movie, or CD your heart desires provided it’s in the LINK system.”
Then you say, “but if it’s not in the LINK system, Joe, just ask for it, and we’ll do everything in our power to get it, Joe. And why? Joe, because though we don’t say it directly, we say it everything we do, we love you Joe. We want to make you happy in any conventional way a public library can make a man such as you happy.”
I hope I never move from Glen Ellyn because it would take me away from you, and I don’t think my heart could take the separation.
Joe Schulenberg, Glen Ellyn
Participants in program deserve district’s thanks
On behalf of Glenbard High School District 87, I would like to thank the employers listed below for participating in the Job Coaching Program for the 2007-08 school year.
Special-education students in this program receive the additional assistance of a job coach in securing and sustaining employment in the community.
With the cooperation of these employers, students gain valuable skills, work experience and insights into the world of work in our community.
Thank you to the following employers: Autism Society of Illinois; Burger King; Church Building Consultants; CiCi’s Pizza; College of DuPage Cafeteria; Culvers; Domino’s Pizza; Drury Lane Theatre; Enchanted Castle; First Church of Lombard; Glen Ellyn Public Library; Glen Oaks Hospital; Glenbard East Physical Ed Dept.; Glenbard High School District 87 Administration Center; Glenbard North boiler room; Glenbard North High School cafeteria, guidance department and maintenance; Glenbard South High School kitchen, attendance, maintenance and nurse’s office; Glenbard West High School audio visual media center and library; Hair-By-Hair; Happy Paws Pet Resort; Helen Plum Library; Jewel Food Stores; KFC; Kindercare No. 042; Kline Creek Farm; Lexington Square; Marshall’s; Messiah Baptist Church; Morningstar Gifts and Books; Mr. Z’s Supermarket; Odeum Sports & Expo Center, PACT Inc., People’s Resource Center, Petco, Phillip J. Rock Center & School, Second Chance Resale Shop; Sodexho at Glenbard West High School; St. Michael Parish; St. Michael School; St. Petronille Church; Subcon Packing & Assembly; Sunrise Assisted Living; T.J. Maxx; Tire Connections; Treasure House Resale Shop; Turtle Wax; UPS; and Wendy’s Restaurant.
Lynne Matczak, special education director, Glenbard Township High School District 87
