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Marilyn Robinson Reception Today at 2 p.m.

Batavia Public Library will host a reception to recognize the late Marilyn G. Robinson for her contributions to the library, at 2 p.m., Sunday, March 18, in the library meeting room, 10 S. Batavia Ave. The public is invited.

Robinson was named a Library Leader at the Board of Library Trustees’ January meeting. She was nominated by her friend Mary Ellen Heidgen of Batavia. Heidgen is a member of the Batavia Public Library Writers Workshop, which was founded by Robinson in 1991. Robinson served as the workshop facilitator for 17 years.

She was a retired teacher, city historian, and author of local history books, passed away in July 2010. She wrote several books, including Little Town in a Big Woods (1989), which is used by third grade teachers in Batavia to teach local history. Robinson visited third grade classrooms for many years, sharing her love of writing and history with young students.

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Robinson taught Business Education at Batavia High School from 1966 to 1988. One of her students was Jeffery D. Schielke, who later became Mayor of Batavia and a good
friend. The two co-authored the third revised edition of John Gustafson’s Historic Batavia (1997).

Robinson was also a frequent speaker at the Library-sponsored Books Between Bites, was an active member of the Batavia Historical Society, and was named Batavia’s
Citizen of the Year in 1995.

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The reception will include a brief program and refreshments. Registration is not required. For more information call Michele Martzel, (630) 879-1393,
ext. 410.

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