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Cashton Community Series
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Cashton Memorial Library
Contributing researchers: Julia Boisen, Garrett Biever,
Quinn Cook, Kate Gronemus, Colton Lee, Jack
Schlesner, Blake Von Ruden, Jake Wall, and Mrs. Lee
Copyright @2012. Cashton Elementary Press
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Table of Contents
History . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Goods or Services? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
What You Can Find / See . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Photos . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Using Math . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Reading and Writing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
What If You Worked Here? . . . . . . . . . . 10
Interesting Facts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Map . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Glossary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
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History
The Library started with a truck
called a Bookmobile that would come
to Cashton once a week. A group of
people wanted books more often, so
they raised money to start a library. The
Torkelson Library has been in Cashton
for 20 years. It has been in its current lo-
cation for five years.
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Goods or Services?
Cashton Memorial Library is a service.
You can check out books and movies
to borrow and then return them. You
can check out books for three weeks.
You can only keep a movie for one
week.
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What You Can See
♦ Books
♦ Shelves
♦ Newspapers
♦ Movies
♦ Bookmarks
♦ Magazines
♦ Computers
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Photos and Captions
The librarian has story
time every week.
You should be quiet in
the library to respect
people who are reading.
There are children and
adult books to check out.
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Using Math
The librarian uses math to help her
know how much money she can spend
on books. She also needs to know how
to figure out the fines when people
keep the books too long.
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Reading and Writing
The librarian needs to be able to read
stories and she needs to be able to
read on her computer to find books for
customers. She has to be able to write
on her computer to order books and to
write letters.
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What If You Worked Here?
You would need to know your ABC’s
and numbers to keep the books in the
right order. You need to be able to
read with expression when you read
stories to the children. You must be or-
ganized, friendly, and be a good
speaker.
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Interesting Facts ♦ The library has over 8,000 books, movies,
magazines, and newspapers
♦ Usually 25-30 people visit the library every
day that it is open
♦ The fine for late books is 10 cents a day
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Map
Cashton Memorial Library is located at 720
Broadway Street in Cashton, Wisconsin. For
more information visit the following website
- http://www.librarytechnology.org/lwc-
displaylibrary.pl?RC=25859 or follow the Li-
brary on Facebook.
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Torkelson Memorial Library
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Glossary
current - right now
fines - The fee or amount of money you
pay when your book is overdue.
librarian - the person in charge of the li-
brary
service - when you pay someone to do a
job for you
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About the Project
The Cashton Elementary First Graders
visited many places in order to learn
about the goods and services our com-
munity provides to the people who live
here. A huge thanks to all of the busi-
nesses we contacted who graciously al-
lowed us to visit and learn. If you have
questions about this project or would
like to be included in the future, please
contact one of the following teachers
at the Elementary School (608-654-
7377).
Rachel Huntzicker
Beth Lee
Dawn Stalsberg
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