Education:

BA degree Library Science/Education from the University of Central Florida in 1974.
Certified Municipal Clerk Certificate from Michigan State University in 2000.

Puppetry:

Greater Houston Puppetry Guild President, 1982-83, 1988-1990.
Greater Houston Puppetry Guild Vice President: 1985-86
Greater Houston Puppetry Guild Newsletter Editor: 1984-1994.
Workshop Director of Houston Puppet Festival: 1983-1993.
Southwest Regional Director of Puppeteers of America: 1987-1990.
Workshop Director of Southwest Region puppet festivals:
Houston: 1992 and New Orleans: 1994.
Workshop Director of Puppeteers of America Festival/Oklahoma: 1991.
Library Consultant for Puppeteers of America: since 1994 and at present.

Performances:

Reach Out for Reading puppet shows in schools and libraries in Texas, Michigan and Pennsylvania since 1980.
Inservice for Berrien Springs School District, August, 1998.
Speaking at state library conferences in: Wisconsin, Michigan, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Florida, California, Washington, Kentucky, Arkansas, Illinois, Minnesota, and Arizona.
Speaking at early childhood conferences in: Texas, Michigan, and in Kentucky for a Montessori association conference.

Honors and awards:

Honorary Life Membership in the Texas Congress of Parents and Teachers in recognition of distinguished service to children and youth.
Lifetime Achievement Award from the Greater Houston Puppetry Guild for dedication to the art of puppetry.
Tapper Award from the Dallas Puppet Guild for outstanding contribution to the art of puppetry.

Writing and Publishing

Wrote a newspaper column on favorite children’s books when working at the Friendswood Public Library as a children’s librarian, Friendswood, Texas.
Article published in The Puppetry Journal, the professional magazine of Puppeteers of America.
Article published in the library magazine Library Talk, May/June, 1991 issue titled Nonfiction: Check it out!
Books: I am the author of ?Fun Puppet Skits for Schools and Libraries?. The book was first published in 1995 by Libraries Unlimited. I now own the copyright: Adventureland Publications, 2002.

Editor of the Bear Lake Woman’s Club Cookbook published in 2000, and the Bear Lake Lioness Cookbook published in 2001.

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Puppets

Spending over 20 years as a librarian and using puppets to promote reading has inspired a career with puppets. I learned how to use all kinds of puppets from ventriloquist dummies to marionettes as a member of the Greater Houston Puppetry Guild. Creating ways to incorporate them into forms of entertainment is a challenge. I do the story time for the Keddie Norconk Memorial Library in Bear Lake during the summer presenting puppet skits, reading stories, and helping the children make puppets.

Professional Background

1974-1975 Riverview Elementary School Librarian, Florida
1976-1980 Friendswood Public Library Children’s Librarian, Texas
1980-Present: Professional Puppeteer
1980-1990 Pasadena School District librarian in elementary libraries, Texas
1990-1995 McAdams Junior High School librarian, Dickinson, Texas
1998-2002 Clerk of the Village of Bear Lake
2002-2004 Trustee on the Village of Bear Lake Council
2002-2005 Trustee on the Manistee County Library Board