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Library to hold winter reading program By Dan Moeller
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For the first time the Brodhead library will hold a winter reading program. Library director Angela Noel discussed the program with the library board at its meeting last week. “The library will partner with Ronald R. Albrecht Elementary School this winter and offer another community reading challenge,” the library said in a statement. “Similar to traditional summer reading challenges, the 2020 Winter Reading Challenge will run during the month of January and encourages everyone to read for pleasure because reading makes life sweeter. The program is open to all ages and is free to participate in. The Friends of the Brodhead Public Library will sponsor grand prizes for the program. See the library’s website or Facebook page to learn how to register from home.” The winter reading program is something the library has wanted to do for a while and the school is interested in promoting its winter reading pro-
gram as well, Noel said after the meeting. Noel and school librarian Kirsten Novy have been working on that for several years, Noel said. Novy is a member of the library board. Also at the library meeting last week, following a closed session to discuss personnel, the board approved a 5 percent raise for Noel as director. The raise brings her salary to $53,442. The raise is in line with what other department heads have gotten. It also raised the salary of assistant director Crystal Willegal to $18 an hour from $16.31. Willegal works 40 hours in a two-week period. She is taking on some additional responsibilities. Noel is the library’s only full-time employee. The board also approved giving a 2.5 percent raise to all other staff. Citywide, employees received at least a 2 percent raise and some are getting more, said Noel. The difference between a 2 percent raise for the library and a 2.5 percent raise totaled only about $300, she said, so the board chose to go to 2.5 percent.
The board also approved the library’s 2020 budget. It increases from a preliminary figure of $285,450 to $305,392. That includes $1,381.51 in additional government funding and moving $12,000 from the bank into the library’s 2020 budget. The library
board is earmarking $3,000 from the new increase toward programming and the rest of the increase will go toward library books and materials. “It will go straight toward benefitting the community,” said Noel. The board heard from Friends of the
Library president Theresa Bernstein that the group had a successful year in 2019 and is looking forward to continuing to support the library in 2020. The friends donated $300 toward summer reading and will donate $150 towards the winter program.
Brodhead boys roll Chiefs By Trenten Scheidegger SPORTSWRITER
Last Tuesday, Dec. 17, the Brodhead boys faced off with long time conference rival in the Big Foot Chiefs. Big Foot came into the conference matchup with a zero in their win column at 0-4 on the year. The Brodhead boys, sitting at 2-2, looked to make a statement by keeping the zero in the Chief’s win column, as well as go above five hundred with their own record. The Cardinals got off to a hot start from deep as a pair of threes from Devon Anderson and Owen Leifker helped spring Brodhead to a ten point advantage as they went into the halftime break. Connor Green tacked on seven points of his own in the half, giving Brodhead the 36-26 lead. Brodhead was impressive from the charity stripe in the second half. They made 19 of 25 free throws in the half and finished the game going 24 of 32. Taking advantage of free throws is a key to being successful, and the Cards did just that. Leifker’s hot hand from deep carried into the second half as he hit another three shots from behind the arc, giving him five on the game. The trio of Chase Harnack, Brady Malkow, and Green led the way in the second half as they combined for
26 points. Harnack was five for five from the free throw line, Green was nine of ten, and Malkow went four for five. The solid free throw shooting and confident hands from deep allowed the Cardinals to put up 46 second half points. The Cardinal defense managed to hold the Chiefs off as they captured an impressive 82-67 victory. Leifker led the team in scoring with twenty points. He has been an COURTESY GRAPHIC offensive game changer for the Cardinals this season as he is currently The Brodhead library will hold a winter reading challenge in January. hitting on seventy-five percent of his shots from deep. Green was close behind with eighteen, and Harnack finished with eleven. Early in the season, head coach Tommy Meier said, “A goal of mine as a head coach is to change the culture around Brodhead boys’ basketball and create a team first environment where we outwork our opponents every single night.” Meier is off to a good start of building this culture, as his team currently sits at 3-2. “Being able to host a playoff game would be huge for us.” Meier added. With their second win in a row, if Brodhead can keep their rhythm, they could be in place to make that happen and bring the playoff atmosphere into their home court.
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