Lisa McEowen tries not to spell her name for people. The reason being that her name is not pronounced how it appears. She would like you to know that she is called LEE-zuh MI-KYOO-en, please and thank you. Her parents named her after a Cat Steven’s song called “Sad Lisa.” “They just liked the way that the name sounded,” she said. “It wasn’t the content of the song. It was the sound of the name.” She was born in the…
Tonight from 5-7 pm, Meyer Library is hosting its annual What’s Brewing? event on the first floor of the library. Alcoholic beverages will be provided by Hold Fast Brewing, Springfield Brewing Company, Piney River Brewing Co., Mother’s Brewing Company, and donations from Heart of America Beverage Company and Wil Fischer Companies. Local singer/songwriter Barak Hill will be providing the evening’s musical selection. The event was put together by the library’s Marketing and Communications department, who wishes to give a special…
Annie Stauffer is a librarian who works as a non-student part-time employee in the Resource Management and Discovery department in the Duane G. Meyer Library. She works on gift donation and processing. “We’ve had a big backlog of donations,” she said. “I’ve been going through the items that have been donated and checking to see if we already have them, and if we don’t, analyzing the conditions of the items, documenting a list of everything that was donated, and…