<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes"?><oembed><version><![CDATA[1.0]]></version><provider_name><![CDATA[A Life in Libraries]]></provider_name><provider_url><![CDATA[https://cherylbecker.wordpress.com]]></provider_url><author_name><![CDATA[cbecker53]]></author_name><author_url><![CDATA[https://cherylbecker.wordpress.com/author/cbecker53/]]></author_url><title><![CDATA[Friday Fun]]></title><type><![CDATA[link]]></type><html><![CDATA[<p>For your Friday reading pleasure, I share with you this story of <a title="only resident" href="http://www.messynessychic.com/2014/08/06/the-woman-who-is-the-mayor-bartender-librarian-and-sole-resident-of-her-town/" target="_blank">Elsie Eiler</a>, the ONLY resident of her tiny Nebraska village.  The link to libraries is tangential—but she is the town librarian (as well as the mayor, bartender,. . . you get the idea.)</p>
<p>I see that she pays taxes to herself, and secures state funding for the villages four street lights.  I hope some of those taxes go to support the library!</p>
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