SPIRIT ANIMAL: Lion

SUPER POWER: Teleportation

FUN FACT: Visiting Alcatraz is on her bucket list

HOBBIES: Baking, biking, fixing the house

FAVORITE BOOKS: A Tree Grows in Brooklyn, Daisy Fay and the Miracle Man, Where the Heart Is

FAVORITE QUOTE: "Promise me you'll always remember. You're braver than you believe, and stronger than you seem, and smarter than you think."

LOVES: Working in an environment where intrigue, magic, imagination and inspiration are but a page away

SPIRIT ANIMAL: Killer Whale

SUPER POWER: X-Ray Vision

FUN FACT: Has sailed in San Francisco Bay, held infant snow leopards, mountain-biked the Mojave and hiked Mt. Charleston

FAVORITE BOOKS: The Stand, Heart-Shaped Box, The Walking Dead (graphic novel series)

FAVORITE QUOTE: "Life was such a wheel that no man could stand upon it for long. And it always, at the end, came round to the same place again." Stephen King, The Stand

LOVES: Connecting people with resources, programs, events and books

SPIRIT ANIMAL: Dolphin

SUPER POWER: Invisibility

HOBBIES: Spending time with family, friends, music and books

FAVORITE BOOKS: To Kill a Mockingbird, A Tree Grows in Brooklyn, The Help

FAVORITE QUOTE: "Oh, magic hour, when a child first knows she can read printed words." Betty Smith, A Tree Grows in Brooklyn

LOVES: Interacting with patrons and brightening their day with a smile and a good book

SPIRIT ANIMAL: Social Butterfly

SUPER POWER: Mental Telepathy

HOBBIES: Vacationing and making memories with family and friends, spending time with grandchildren, biking, enjoying the outdoors, soaking up the sun, loving her dog (Lily), cheering on Ohio State, venturing out to new, out-of-the-way places and trying new, unique restaurants

FAVORITE BOOKS: To Kill a Mockingbird, The Help, Live Your Dash

FAVORITE QUOTE: "You is smart. You is kind. You is important." The Help

LOVES: Being surrounded by fellow bibliophiles

SPIRIT ANIMAL: Book Dragon

FUN FACT: Got in trouble in fifth grade for taking her library book out to recess

HOBBIES: Being Grandma!

FAVORITE BOOKS: To Kill a Mockingbird, The Prayer Box, Outlander

FAVORITE QUOTE: "From that time on, the world was hers for the reading." Betty Smith, A Tree Grows in Brooklyn

LOVES: Being surrounded by books, books, and more books (and DVDs)

SPIRIT ANIMAL: Snorlax

SUPER POWER: Stopping time so she can sleep longer at night

FUN FACT: She climbed several of the great pyramids throughout Mexico as a child

HOBBIES: Going to see new movies, thrift-shopping, and playing video games with her family

FAVORITE BOOKS: The Shining, The Princess Bride, Sailor Moon

FAVORITE QUOTE: "…one must still have chaos in oneself to be able to give birth to a dancing star." Friedrich Nietzsche, Thus Spoke Zarathustra

LOVES: Having the opportunity to make a difference in a child's life by inspiring them to love books

SPIRIT ANIMAL: Owl

FUN FACT: Taught archery and how to shoot a rifle to inner-city kids at a camp

HOBBIES: Spending time with family and pets

FAVORITE BOOKS: The Help, Love You Forever, All I Ever Really Needed to Know I Learned in Kindergarten

FAVORITE QUOTE: "How lucky I am to have something that makes saying goodbye so hard." The Adventures of Winnie the Pooh by A.A. Milne

SPIRIT ANIMAL: Deer

SUPER POWER: Ability to travel to alternate realities

FUN FACT: Still loves building blanket forts

HOBBIES: Reading, dancing, antique shopping, puzzle building and going on walks and bike rides with BFF

FAVORITE BOOKS: Mara, Daughter of the Nile, The Witch of Blackbird Pond, A Collection of the Brother Grimm's Fairytales

FAVORITE QUOTE: "Listen to the mustn'ts, child. Listen to the don'ts. Listen to the shouldn'ts. The impossible, the won'ts. Listen to the never haves, then listen close to me ... Anything can happen, child. Anything can be." Shel Silverstein

Board Members

President: Trevor Mikel

Vice President: Kim Meyer

Secretary: Jennifer Heiter

Treasurer: Joyce Graybill

Member: Don C. Harrison

Member: Carol Somsel

Member: Gayle Graverson

Bremen Public Library's Board of Trustees consists of volunteers who bring professional expertise to determine and manage library policies and operations. One member is appointed by each of the following agencies: the Bremen Public School Board, the German Township Advisory Board, the Bremen Town Council, the Marshall County Council and the Marshall County Commissioners. Regular meetings of the library board are held the last Monday of each month at 7 p.m. in the library's meeting room. These meetings are open to the public.