Hello world, welcome to WFHR's rapid support for this Tuesday, October 7th, 2025, shows
proudly brought to you by Crockett Sceptic, have your host James behind the mic, and we
are joined right now by our great friends, McMillan Memorial Library. We have Heather
Kincaid, Library Director from Overhead and McMillan with us right now. Heather, good
to see you.
Nice to see you as well. Good to be here.
Thanks a lot for the time, Heather, and thank you to you and your staff and everybody
and all you put into our community. We greatly appreciate McMillan being our community
hub and so much of the great things that go on over there. One of the things that we're
going to talk about a lot today, everybody, but I did want to start off talking about
something that is close to my heart and I really appreciate this community costume
swap that goes on. This, say, you can save money, you can help the environment, and it
helps out a lot of people that might not have a costume otherwise. I think it's a really
unique and cool thing that really highlights what McMillan does. McMillan has events,
McMillan hosts events, but so much of what McMillan does is, hey, what does the community
like? Hey, what does this community want? And specifically designed for that, it shows
that you know, you McMillan listens to the community, but also cares about the community.
And that goes a long way and I appreciate that.
Thank you.
Appreciate things like this to costume swap is happening today, October 7th, depending
on when you're listening to us, it'll go from 5 to 7th at their all purpose room.
I just wanted to highlight that one more time before we got going too far because there's
a lot to talk about.
Thank you.
Thank you. I appreciate you saying that because one of my mentors from a number of years
ago, always told me the best piece of advice he could ever give me is know your community.
And so know your community, know what their needs are, know, meet them where they are.
Yeah, so I think that this Halloween costume swap is just perfect because you wear those
costumes just once and the kids grow hard of them.
Yeah.
So why not?
And it's like you said, it's great for the environment, it's great for the community.
So let's do a costume swap tonight.
So when when situation really is, we have some other great events coming up in the month.
I want to get to some of those where you want to start.
So I just wanted to start with our baby story time that happens every Tuesday morning at
10.30 in the children's area that's on the second floor of the library that's geared
for children's children ages 0 to 2.
It's a traditional baby lapset that features stories, songs and rhymes followed by playtime.
So this not only is this a great way to get out of the house, if you have a young child,
it also to be able to socialize with other parents or guardians or grandparents, etc.
who bring their little ones to enjoy this time.
It's a great event.
It was honestly one of my mom's favorite parts of working at the library was this and having
this event going on and everything.
I know how much it means to people and you brought up a great point.
It's great for the kids certainly, but parents being able to get out of the house just
be around other adults a little bit and some of that is just as great as it is for
the kids.
Absolutely.
Having that connection or being able to forge a connection with other people who have children
ages 0 to 2 in their lives and just talking and socializing and yeah, I think it's a
win-win for like like we said about the costume swap, it's a win-win for everything.
There's a relatability there that only other parents can really get sometimes and so it's
really nice to be around that kind of energy in that kind of environment and it's they do
a great job to the readers.
They do a really nice job with those definitely a lot of thought goes a lot of thought goes
into the program.
So, for sure.
Baby story time takes place Tuesdays at 10 30 you got it in the children's area and the
second floor.
Excellent.
Thank you.
And then continuing on just with children and family fun, we do have a program called
Viva Espania, which is on October 14th, the Tuesday from 6 to 7.
It is once again in the library's all-purpose room.
Our children's librarian, one of her favorite places to visit is Spain and so she would let
so there will be a number of activities for families to do and no registration is required.
So, the whole family is welcome and you can just mill around and do some fun activities
and learn about Spain.
It's a very cool idea, especially you know, not not necessarily a country we learn a lot
about sometimes, you know, and depending on where you go with your studies and everything.
So, it's a really unique idea.
And any chance we can bring in more by, you know, by lingualism and stuff is great
for basically all Americans that can always use a little bit more of that.
I'm sure there are a couple of kids that graduated, you know, with a high degree in Spanish
out there, but outside of that, I mean anybody could use a little bit more of that.
It's fun.
It's fun learning about it.
Definitely, definitely.
I couldn't agree more.
Then continuing on with that, so we of course have activities for the little ones and for
the whole families.
We also have programs for adults, as you know.
So Wednesday, October 22nd, from 12.30 to 2.
Also when they're all first room is we're having an adult crafter noon and the craft
will be a book pumpkin.
And so you might wonder what is a book pumpkin.
So it's when you take a book and you cut and you make the shape of a pumpkin out of
a book.
Oh, okay.
It's pretty neat.
It's a lot of those type of crafts are really popular nowadays.
You'll see that quite a bit like in craft stores and so hey, make your own.
It'll be a lot of fun.
Fun, get a chance to work with your hands, do a little something.
I think you always feel a little bit better when you've made something yourself as opposed
to buying it and stuff.
That's a fun part of this.
Definitely.
I love the repurposing of things.
I bring up the example a lot of the time, but a good friend of mine took like this really
old door and turned it into a beautiful table.
That kind of thing is always fun to me.
Sounds a little bit like that.
Yes, definitely.
You know, on a book, books just keep on giving over and over and over and over and over.
Yeah, they do.
Yeah, they do.
Yeah.
So I think that'll be a lot of fun.
And again, don't forget the socialization aspect of it, which is so important.
What is the date and time of that one again?
Of course.
It is Wednesday, October 22nd, from 12.30 to two in the all-purpose room, however registration
is required.
And you can do that by going to the library's website.
That website is mcmillanlibrary.org.
We'll get that out of there again before we wrap up mcmillanlibrary.org.
Thank you.
Yeah.
And if it's okay, I'll just keep going.
Yeah, please don't.
Please do.
I want to get in your way.
Okay.
No worries.
So as you know, October all things pumpkin and who doesn't love pumpkin spice.
So we have a spice of life program at the library and our October's blend is pumpkin
spice.
Oh, awesome.
And it comes with your little spice and different ideas of how you can use it.
And it's an incredibly popular program and we always run out of the spices.
Pumpkin spice.
That is, I can see why you run out.
I can see why.
That's a great idea.
That's a fun one.
Oh, thank you.
Thank you.
We also, which I think will be interesting, is there's going to be another family fun program
on November 4th.
It's going to be spy school.
So it's common learn how to be a spy.
Registration is not required.
It's in the all purpose room and it is November 4th from 6 to 7.
And I really can't say much more about it because it's top secret.
I mean, yeah.
I was a little afraid for you for a second there.
I'm like, are you giving a look?
We can cut the interview.
I don't want to get you in trouble here.
Oh, is that a cool idea?
Yeah.
Oh, is that a cool idea?
This seems like, is there an age limit on this one?
Is there, is this for a certain age group?
No, it's actually for the whole family.
Very cool.
So, you know, mom, dad, grandparents, anybody who has time on the 4th of November from
6 to 7, you are more than welcome to come.
And yeah.
The subject matter and the character, if you will, for a lack of a better way to put
it of spy or spies and stuff.
It was much bigger when we were kids, you know, it's not as much of a topic as it used
to be and everything.
I think this has a fun opportunity for older people and people like ourselves and everything
that just enjoyed, have some fun with this and learn a little bit more about it, maybe
even if you are a history buff like I am, kind of, you know, taking some of that knowledge
and putting it towards, well, I wonder what the spies during this war, that war and some
of that.
It's definitely.
For younger people, I think this is just be a cool idea of being able to learn what
spies are and what that is.
It's not just a Halloween costume, it's, you know, there's a little more to it.
That's a really fun idea.
Absolutely.
Oh, thank you.
Thank you.
So I kind of got a little bit ahead of myself, but I did want to mention that we, on October
31st, let me just find it.
Oh, we do have a trick or treat at the library.
It's from 4 to 5 30 PM.
So we will be giving out treats at the service desk and you have to stop in and costumes are
not required, but we'd love to see you in your costume.
Oh, that's wonderful.
You know, another one of these things that's kind of evolved since we were kids is trick
or treating in the way that we do nowadays.
And the more places we can give our kids that are safe and fun for families and mom and
dad can count on, okay, the library is safe.
We can go to the library, things like that.
It's a positive for our community.
It's a real gift to the community being able to do that.
And kids get to be kids still.
Definitely.
You're exactly right.
It's a safe space.
We also like to call it a brave space and families can come and enjoy themselves.
And know that, yeah, that they'll have a good time.
Brave space.
I really like that.
Oh, I really like that.
That's good.
That's really good.
Anything else you wanted to touch upon?
Yes.
I also wanted to just touch upon that we have some authors coming on Thursday, October
30th, from 6.30 to 8 PM.
And it'll be both in the All Purpose Room and the Fine Arts Center.
So it's authors Jane Conway and Randy Julia Ramston.
They'll talk about their book, Extra Extra Eat All About It, recipes and culinary curiosities
from historic Wisconsin newspapers.
What an idea.
Oh, that's cool.
So everyone is welcome.
There's plenty of room.
It'll be, like, as I said, in the All Purpose Room, Fine Arts Theater.
You can get to see all about what these interesting recipes from our wonderful state.
It's awesome idea.
Oh, that's really cool.
Thank you.
That's a fun one.
Thank you.
And yes, I think I, oh, if it's okay with you, I'll just mention two more programs.
Please.
One of them is called Right Night.
So W-R-I-T-E, Right Night.
And it's Thursday, October 23rd, from 6.00 to 8 PM.
This is an ongoing writing group that is dedicated to encouraging exploration and
refinement of writing craft.
They read each other's work, they provide feedback, and they talk all things literary.
So please bring a laptop, a paper, and a writing instrument.
And that is spearheaded by our wonderful librarian, Colin, who went to school for creative
writing.
And so he's a great person to be able to do that.
Yeah.
Yeah, positive.
My daughter has attended that before, and really enjoyed it.
She talks so highly of it and everything, and some of the friendships she's made from
it and everything.
Colin's really good at that.
One of the things that I enjoy about this and from what Brie has told me and everything
about it, the support, you know, I think as a writer, and I'm a loose writer, but I've
been writing for a long time, but one of the things that I ran into very early on was
a lot of people that couldn't wait to tell you how bad your work is, and a lot of the
opposite of support and everything.
Definitely.
I think that it's wonderful to have something like this where you can get help, you know,
hey, a structuring of a story, storytelling in general, editing, all those things.
You can get some tips and some help with it while also having the support of fellow people
who are trying to do what you're doing.
That goes a long way for people.
I couldn't agree with you more.
It's just nice.
It's a nice circle to be able to, again, a brave space to be able to share your ideas,
like you've been working on, get constructive criticism and feedback, but also know that
everyone is there to support you and to see you go further and not to tear you down
but to build you up.
Yeah.
We have a lot of great artists in this area, and specifically in Central Wisconsin, a
lot of different types of artists, but I would say outside of maybe musicians, the writers
we have in this area are eclectic.
We have some great writers in this area, I think that kind of sneaks past people sometimes,
but this group is a great group to be a part of as well, in that regard, you're listening
and talking to people who really do have some idea of what this is and how to tell a story,
how to do that.
That's great.
Yeah, definitely.
Thank you.
And then I think, last I will just mention that the library does have a book club and
it will meet on Tuesday, November 4th, from 10 a.m. to 1130, and they will be discussing
the book, The Remove.
And I just came from the library where they were discussing this month's selection and
it is a lively group.
They enjoy themselves and I hear a lot of laughing because my artist is right across the
hall from where they meet.
So I mean, it's a good time.
It's, you know, you talk about something that you can be a part of and doesn't take up
a ton of time, isn't a huge, you know, ask on your body or something like that, but keeps
your mind active and keeps you going.
I mean, that for one, that's reading 101.
But book clubs are a big help for that and something really fun and I think to, you know,
to bring up and I don't know that I'm going to word this properly, but our area has quite
a few senior members out there and specifically ones that are isolated don't have a whole
lot of chances to get out of the house.
Almost everything we've talked about today would be a great opportunity for any of those
individuals to be a part of these things, especially a book club.
Definitely, definitely.
And if you, I know you had a couple of last things, I got a couple of last things I want
to add on to because there's just so much going on over at McMillan to anybody out there
young and old, they have a great tech help open lab that can help you really get an idea
of, you know, how to, how to work your email or do different, you know, things on there
that may not seem, they may seem impossible right now, but you get talking to the great
people over there, you know, Kip and some others, great people over there that can really
teach stuff.
It really, like, do a great job of doing that.
I always admire people that can teach things and do it in a way that over anybody can understand
even I can learn, you know, that the patience and being it, yes, absolutely, I agree.
And my sister would be mad at me if I did not mention the cool colors adult coloring
club that takes place over there at the meeting and, meeting and training room that goes
on Thursdays, I believe.
Yes, exactly.
From 10 to 11.
Everyone's welcome.
Talk about a fun exercise and a great opportunity to kind of, not only again, get out of the house
and do something, but coloring is a release, my sister just, you know, she talks endlessly
about it.
It's a real release for her.
Oh, it's so nice.
Again, so you, it's just a nice time to be able to color and then socialize with people.
And it's again, I guess win-win is the motto or the theme of the show, the theme of the
show.
Heather, it's always fun talking to you and hanging out with you and I get to appreciate
you not only being with me and hanging out here today, but what you guys do in the community.
If people have follow-up questions, want to know more about some of what we talked about,
what's the best way to get in touch with you?
Sure.
The best way to get in touch with me would be to email me.
And so my name is Heather Kincaid and my email address is H. Kincaid.
It's K-I-N K-A-D-E at MacmillanLibrary, all one word, dot org.
You have a real author's name.
You even have a name of an author, like you did not even catch that before, but hearing
you say your name is like, all right, that's a good name.
She sounds like she could write it.
Yeah, definitely.
I mean, forget about talent.
You got the name.
Who cares?
Heather, thank you so much.
I appreciate you.
We'll talk again real soon.
That sounds really great.
Thank you.
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