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FROM TO 9889820 at the drmlation desk to greet them. On ~ day, Lo,~se Bo~ Setfl~ bad already served the people of Kannapoli~ through her wcrk in a vaxiety ofh'braties for 45 years. For most of those years, Mrs. Serdemeyer was bead ~ibrarian of the el~ YMCA Laxaty which was located in the old Karmapolis YMCA building and which essential~ served as the public library of Katmapolis. By I980, that facility bad b~:ome too small to adequately serve a growing community.. In Yuly, 1985 Cabarrus Co:.mIy e~ablished a county l/brary system w/th Kant~polis to be the s/re of/tS first brand~ h~. On tha: date, Mrs. Settles~Ter became the ~'st member of the staffofthe new ~ system. She played an/~i~ role/a the plam~g o£th~ new library and helped to select much of the opening day book collection. When the h'brary opened, she was the head of circulation, a position in which she would assist every p~h-vn who used the new h'brary. DurLng the h'brary's first decade of operation, more than a rm_'lllon books were checked out by Mrs. Settlemeyer and he~ sta~. In her position sic was able to help many people gsln knowledge, to enjoy litentture, to learn to read and to help many of them achieve their dreams. Now as the library enters a second d~cad~, Mrs. Settlerneyer has reluctantly closed the book on a library career which kas spanr, ed 57 years and touched the lives of thousands of Cabarrus CounT residents. We axe pleased to honor her this eve~;~& not only for her dozett years as an employee of Cabarrus County but also for her nearly fix decades of devotion to the very democratic idea of h'braries and public h'orafies in parliculat While she will be missed at the cirtmlation desk and by both h'bntry patrons and bet oo-workers, the legacy of her ser~ioe will endure as long as the library continues to ,serve the citizens of Cabarrus County. We tha~nk you for ali you have done for as. We wish you all h~piness and gcxxi reading in the days ahead.