On Thursday, October 10th, the Book House made its move to its new location! The Book House, adjacent to and just west of the Forest Lodge Library, had been functioning as the location for ongoing book sales since the summer of 2017. In preparation for the new library expansion, the Book House needed to be…
The time has come! The event is here! The Book House will be making it’s move THIS WEEK!! They will start with the process this Wednesday, Oct. 9th, HOWEVER the actual moving of the building will be happening on: THURSDAY, OCTOBER 10th and FRIDAY, OCTOBER 11th! Please be sure to give plenty of space to…
Fantastic news! The Forest Lodge Library has received word on our Flexible Facilities Grant! Governor Evers was in Ashland today at the Vaughn Public Library to make the announcements. Melissa Rabska (member of our Katie Flowers Endowment board and lead writer of the FF grant) and Town of Cable supervisor Jeff Smits was able to…
Once upon a time, before Kristine Lendved was ever the Director of the Forest Lodge Library, never mind retired, she and her friend, Cindy Ferraro, proprietress of the Sawmill Saloon, launched what they called The Lips Production Company. For their first production, they offered a performance of four original ten-minute plays, written and performed by…
Thank you to all who were able to attend our Library Expansion Community Update meetings on September 19th in Cable and Namakagon! Carl Lippert, Forest Lodge Library Board president gave information on the history of the project and where we currently are in the process. Amanda Westlund, director of the Forest Lodge Library, gave highlights…
I really enjoy a thrilling mystery, so was really excited to see this title pop up and ready for check out on my Libby app when I needed to travel down to Madison for a recent library training. This is the first Rachel Hawkins book that I’ve read or listened to, but after finishing…
During the June Forest Lodge Library Board of Trustees meeting, the Design Development Committee was formed and voted upon. This committee will be meeting with our architect, Tom Westlund, of Westlund Consultancy, as well as members of Royal Construction Management, as we move forward with the plans for the library expansion building. This committee is…
The front of the library recently got a face lift of sorts – former director Kristine Lendved, board member Janis Pribyl, and Cable Natural History Museum director Rich worked on getting in touch with necessary people to get the large bushes that were very much overgrowing in the front taken out. They will also be…
Earlier this week, Forest Lodge Library board members Jan Berlin and Mary Jean Fenske and their husbands were busy re-varnishing the wonderful wooden sculpture that is outside of the library! They were able to sneak in time while it wasn’t raining! Thanks for all of your hard work in keeping the sculpture well protected and…
During the week of June 17th – 20th, Director Westlund was able to travel with some of the Drummond Area School District students and staff, which also included her son, to Washington D.C.! While they were there, they were able to visit the Library of Congress. Director Westlund was very grateful to current and former…