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The Markham Journal
Markham and me.
I wanted to tell you a little something about myself.
I grew up in Markham. My parents moved here from Chicago in
1938. I live in the house in which I was raised. My dear parents,
John and Sylvia Seniw, loved this house, and loved living here. My
sister and her husband, her daughter and family, and three of her
sons also live here. My brother used to be a fireman for Markham
before he moved away to raise his family.
I went to school at St. Gerard Majella School, and was in Girl Scouts
here. I volunteered briefly at the new library in the 60s, when it was
still in its first location, at Roesner Fieldhouse. At Mother of Sorrows
High School I volunteered in their library, and at Northern Illinois
University, I worked as a security guard for the University library.
Everywhere I lived, I had a library card. Everywhere I lived, I used
the libraries.
I moved away when I got married, and was coming back for visits
regularly for about 21 years. Ten years ago this week, I moved
back to Markham. I got my library card here, and noticed a flyer
about being a Friend of the Library. I thought, hey, I can afford five
dollars a year for membership - why not?
What I didn't know was that unlike some other libraries I had
known, the Friends group here was not what you would call
vibrant. And the librarian that day started talking to me about
'getting the Friends group going.'
I hadn't counted on that. But, I tried to do it. We had some
events, a successful Poetry Slam, an unsuccessful Poetry Slam, and
two Mardi Gras Family Days. Plus, a few book and bake sales.
It could have gone on like that. But after talking with the library
staff, the patrons, and the people who came to our events, it
occurred to me that the library in its present location was too small
and inflexible to have many other types of events for the
community.
One fateful day I wrote down what I wanted in a new library, and
built that into a proposal to get a new library building. I presented
it to the Library Board, and the City Council. When one of those
Aldermen was elected Mayor, he asked me to be on the Library
Board - he really wanted that library too.
If you go by the corner of 167th and Kedzie, you will see that
sometimes, a dream can come true. More about how the process
has gone in the next update.
Sue Klaus, Editor.
I wanted to tell you a little something about myself.
I grew up in Markham. My parents moved here from Chicago in
1938. I live in the house in which I was raised. My dear parents,
John and Sylvia Seniw, loved this house, and loved living here. My
sister and her husband, her daughter and family, and three of her
sons also live here. My brother used to be a fireman for Markham
before he moved away to raise his family.
I went to school at St. Gerard Majella School, and was in Girl Scouts
here. I volunteered briefly at the new library in the 60s, when it was
still in its first location, at Roesner Fieldhouse. At Mother of Sorrows
High School I volunteered in their library, and at Northern Illinois
University, I worked as a security guard for the University library.
Everywhere I lived, I had a library card. Everywhere I lived, I used
the libraries.
I moved away when I got married, and was coming back for visits
regularly for about 21 years. Ten years ago this week, I moved
back to Markham. I got my library card here, and noticed a flyer
about being a Friend of the Library. I thought, hey, I can afford five
dollars a year for membership - why not?
What I didn't know was that unlike some other libraries I had
known, the Friends group here was not what you would call
vibrant. And the librarian that day started talking to me about
'getting the Friends group going.'
I hadn't counted on that. But, I tried to do it. We had some
events, a successful Poetry Slam, an unsuccessful Poetry Slam, and
two Mardi Gras Family Days. Plus, a few book and bake sales.
It could have gone on like that. But after talking with the library
staff, the patrons, and the people who came to our events, it
occurred to me that the library in its present location was too small
and inflexible to have many other types of events for the
community.
One fateful day I wrote down what I wanted in a new library, and
built that into a proposal to get a new library building. I presented
it to the Library Board, and the City Council. When one of those
Aldermen was elected Mayor, he asked me to be on the Library
Board - he really wanted that library too.
If you go by the corner of 167th and Kedzie, you will see that
sometimes, a dream can come true. More about how the process
has gone in the next update.
Sue Klaus, Editor.
Campaign group started to support Barack
Obama
You, too, can join Markham for Obama.
There is a website here:
MarkhamforObama
and a meeting on March 22, 2007 at Shevlin
Hall to organize and discuss ways to support
Senator Obama's run for the presidency.
Obama
You, too, can join Markham for Obama.
There is a website here:
MarkhamforObama
and a meeting on March 22, 2007 at Shevlin
Hall to organize and discuss ways to support
Senator Obama's run for the presidency.