Friends of the Chadron Public Library Annual Banquet

1250 West 10th Street,Chadron NE 69337

18 October, 2021

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Join the Friends of the Library at a banquet with Nebraska author Mark M. Peyton and Mike Kesselring Join the Friends of the Library for roast beef or smothered chicken at our annual banquet as we renew our commitment to the community, and host Nebraska author Mark M. Peyton as he presents his talk “The Accidental Author." Mark M. Peyton is both a Chadron High School and Chadron State College graduate who went on to become a teacher and biologist. He has twenty years of experience in the classroom and another twenty-three years of experience as the Senior District Biologist for the Central Nebraska Public Power and Irrigation District. Peyton still considers himself a teacher, but he is also a storyteller, amateur historian, and author. Peyton spent time in the field studying a variety of different animals including clams, whooping cranes, bald eagles, least terns, piping plovers, various kinds of fish, toads, snakes, turtles, dragon flies, and American burying beetles. Peyton is a member of the Nebraska Writers’ Guild and for the past twenty-one years has written essays for the Rural Electric Association’s Nebraska Magazine. He has also published multiple essays in the Prairie Fire, the Chicken Dance Trail Newsletter and the Nebraska Writers’ Guild’s Voices From the Plains Anthologies. Peyton is the author of three books; The Village Naturalist, a book of essays about natural history, It Won’t Go Through Skin, a personal narrative about his tenure as a bartender at the Favorite Bar in Chadron, Nebraska, and soon to be released, More Than a Reference, essays about the people associated with scientific discoveries that changed the world. He is a charter Board Member of the Nebraska Environment Education Association, he served two terms on the Board of Directors of Keep Nebraska Beautiful, nine years on the Gothenburg School Board, six as President, and he is presently the President of the Local Branch Advisory Board for the YMCA in Gothenburg, which is the smallest community in the United States to host a YMCA. A master scuba diver, Peyton has traveled “almost” around the world on hundreds of dives, both professionally and for pleasure. He and his wife, Cindy, also a CSC graduate and a retired special-education teacher, are the proud parents of two boys, Reece and Alex, and they have two beautiful granddaughters Ellie and Emmie. Rounding out the family are spoiled cats, a fat dog, some snakes, turtles, and occasionally, a spider or two. Add the contributions of Mike Kesselring, and the food of the Country Kitchen, and we expect that those of us fortunate enough to attend will have a very special night indeed! Join us!