(Left) Donna Robinson-Smith and daughter Jennifer Smith celebrated Mother’s Day and Jennifer’s birthday in a special way May 11. (Photograph by Carlton Rosemond).
The two may hold differing literary opinions, but their love of a good book was never in doubt. Credit: Carlton Rosemond
CBy Bob Seidenberg
Jennifer Smith remembers making her first visit to the Evanston Public Library.
Her mom brought her and her sister “to the library shortly after we moved to Evanston in 1995 [from essentially across the street in Rogers Park] when I was around 5 and my sister, 2, to get us library cards,” recalled Smith, secretary to the assistant directors of instruction & special programs at Evanston Township High School. “She told us, ‘It’s the most important credit card you’ll ever have,’ and she is very much the reason I love reading today.”
On Sunday — Mother’s Day and also her birthday — Smith and her mom, Donna Robinson-Smith, celebrated the role the main library at 1703 Orrington Ave. played in nurturing the family’s love for reading.
Deputy Chief Bill Muno (second from right) was honored in a Walk-Out ceremony Nov. 21 for nearly four decades of service. Fire Chief Paul Polep is to the right.
Eileen O’Neil, president of AFSCME Local 1891, reads from a statement calling on city officials Wednesday to intervene in library employees concerns about their work environment.
Eileen O’Neil, president of AFSCME Local 1891, calls on city officials to intervene in library employees concerns about their work environment.
