Once in the building, she heard a muffled whimpering sound coming from the library's book drop. The thermometer read minus 10 degrees when Myron reported to work on the morning of Jan. It illustrates how this cat has had life by the. The incident helped land Dewey -and Spencer -on the airwaves in Japan. They were on vacation and rented a car in Minneapolis just so they could drive down here and see Dewey.' 'But then a family from Rhode Island came in just to have their picture taken with him. The TV staff from Tokyo didn’t believe me when I told them people arranged their vacations just so they could stop here to meet him ' says Dewey's guardian, Spencer Public Library Director Vicki Myron.

The resident cat at the Spencer Public Library. He is Dewey Readmore Books, likely the most famous “resident” in this, the Clay County seat. He has raised thousands of dollars for the library here and once prompted vacationers from Rhode Island to rent a car in Minneapolis so they could drive south and meet him.

He has been the focus of newspaper articles in Jerusalem and radio talking points by Paul Harvey. He has pen pals in England, Canada, South Africa, Belgium and France. SPENCER, Iowa -He has been featured on TV in Japan. The group gave him a nickname: Fiber Cat. He was named an honorary member of the Iowa Communications Network, after sitting in on dozens of its Spencer gatherings. Though he's involved m many meetings, he doesn't vote. When you want to find purr-feet reading, just go to the Card cat-alog When you want to find purr-feet reading, just go to the Card cat-alog Dewey strides into the meeting, surveys the landscape and picks a friendly lap.

Dewey the cat