This is a sad week for us at Avon Lake Public Library. Our friend and valued co-worker, Cheryl Harmon, is leaving us for a busy retirement.
Cheryl has worked here for about a decade as a Materials Processor. That means that, along with her work partner, Anne Herrilko, she prepares books, magazines, DVDs, CDs, kits, every kind of library material for the shelves. Cheryl and Anne prepare and attach the labels and stickers that allow the rest of us to shelve and locate the materials within the Library. They also do the final quality check to make sure the catalog and the labels are in agreement. They receive and send out InterLibrary Loan items and manage all the items coming in and out of the Library. This is a job requiring lots of attention to detail, organization and a commitment to quality. Cheryl has all these attributes in abundance. Besides that, she’s warm and caring, has a lovely sense of humor and an upbeat demeanor that has made her a joy to work with. Her office mates in Technical Services will especially miss her sweetness and thoughtfulness.
Cheryl is leaving us to enjoy more time with her family. Along with spending time with her husband Tom and her children and in-laws, Cheryl is looking forward to having more time for her grandchildren: Perri, Jordan, Jessica and Jason. She’s planning to travel to see extended family and devote time to her many talents and hobbies: quilting, singing, golfing, gardening and riding her wave runner on the lake. Cheryl has shown us a number of beautiful quilts she’s designed and made. The perfect marriage of creativity and dedication to doing it right! I wish I had pictures to share with you. Cheryl is also a cat lover. In fact, she adopted her last cat, Tigger, here at the Library. Perhaps Tigger will remind her of us and encourage her to come visit!
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