Reinvention Leads to Creative Restoration
by Marianne Wolf-
Astrauskas |
Reinvention is a hopeful word.
IWPA has shown its spotlight on
this subject during the past year
with special speakers, and by
focusing on this theme for the
highly popular 2010 NFPW national
conference hosted in Chicago.
The topic, to create a new
version of something or someone,
conjures up promises of
rejuvenation, renewal, refreshment
and can be found in contemporary
articles expressing he
success of reinventing everything
from potluck meals to countertops,
personal careers to Chicago
government. More than a few
IWPA members have taken their
own personal career path to
reinvention. Few though, have
captured the spirit and self of so
many beside their own in the
process.
Over one hundred forty (140)
Illinois school children participated
in someone else’s vision of
reinvention. |
IWPA Member
George Scheber’s reinvention
did just that, having a strong
impact. on a relatively large number
of lives in and surrounding
the community of Gilman, Illinois.
Once, the designer of printed circuit boards, Mr. Scheber reinvented himself in a second career as creator and author of the
highly successful “Earl the Squirrel” children’s story-book series Scheber did not stop his reinvention there.
Scheber’s passion led him to
purchase the old Carnegie
Library located in Gilman in
2006 (pictured left). Mr.
Scheber spent the next 3 years
renovating the building and bringing
the structure up to current
requirements for public use. In
August of 2010, Scheber opened
the Library as the Carnegie
Library Children’s Storybook
Research Center.
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Seeking to establish a well designed
and sustainable program
held at the Library, Scheber
invited faculty members and
students from Aurora University
College of Education to participate
in the first round of workshops
he organized at the Library
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Special points of interest:
• Mary Wagner’s Essay,
---“Reading Out Loud” - Page 6
• Solicitation for New
----Member Profiles ------Page 7
• Calendar of Events ---- Page 7 |
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