Buehrer says good-bye

By Matt Echelberry

Inquirer Reporter

Nov. 15 was an emo­tional day for Ellen Buehrer filled with hugs, laugh­ter and tears. An open house was held for the Children’s Librar­ian at the Galion Pub­lic Library that evening, as a farewell to her before her last day of work­ing on Nov. 16.

She cel­e­brated with her hus­band, Sam, staff mem­bers, the Library Board, friends and patrons. Cake, cook­ies and punch were pro­vided as Buehrer said her thank yous and good­byes, shared mem­o­ries and received cards and gifts.

She began work­ing at GPL in 1998, and has been the children’s librar­ian since 2002. She left her post because she and Sam are mov­ing to Toledo next year.

“I still don’t feel like it’s going to hap­pen,” Buehrer said about leav­ing. “This is the best job I’ve ever had.” She will miss the staff, watch­ing peo­ple grow up and get­ting them excited about books, play­ing Sar­dines at the library, and the after-hours Christ­mas parties.

“She is the best. We will miss her so much and the library will never be the same,” Library Direc­tor Vicki Eck­en­rod said of Buehrer.

She added that the library is still look­ing for replace­ment. Over 70 appli­ca­tions were sub­mit­ted and the inter­view process is ongoing.

Posted by Matt Echelberry on Nov 19 2012. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS Feed. Both comments and pings are currently closed.