April is Poetry Month and we always like to do something to celebrate here at the Forest Lodge Library! This year’s Poetry Challenge invites you to choose one of a series of five sets of words and to include them in a poem of any style or length! You’ll find the word sets below. You…
CONNECT WITH YOUR LIBRARY is the theme of National Library Week 2022. We hope that you WILL take some time to connect with us this National Library Week, April 3-9. Of course we’d love for you to stop in and see us and check out some of our new titles…and…just by being here and looking…
Got a minute? Our hours of operation have been…changeable…since the start of the pandemic. We’ve been settled into the same hours for some months, now, but, are interested to know if they’re working for you, our patrons! We invite you to share your opinion on the subject by taking a short side-trip to the Survey…
The next time someone comes into the Forest Lodge Library and inquires if they can print directly from their mobile phone or laptop the answer is YES! Thanks to the Northern Waters Library System, we now have the Princh printing solution installed and ready to go! It’s not hard! Just download the free @PrinchApp from…
“It all began with a challenge from the librarian of our local public library, Forest Lodge Library in Cable, Wisconsin, to explore something we’ve always wanted to do, or a place we’ve always wanted to see. ” The above is a quote from our patron Sue Rosa’s blog…about her months long road trip out west…
The Town of Cable has an election coming up on April 5th. Three individuals, two of whom are incumbents, are running for two available Town of Cable Board seats. Inform yourself as a voter by listening to interviews that Library Director Kristine Lendved conducted with the candidates. Here’s the link to the interviews on the…
If you missed this meeting but are interested in hearing what happened, here’s a link to the presentation on the Town of Cable website: https://townofcable.com/2022/03/09/housing-presentation/ Kellie Pederson from UWEX offered a public presentation on the results of the Chequamegon Bay Housing Coalition’s study and survey on area housing supply and needs. She focussed on the…
February IS “love your library month.” Well…we love you, too! How about a date?!?!? We’ve created a little contest. A game that can be played by one or two. C’mon into the library and pick-up a game-card. Each has five “tasks” identified. Complete three and we’ll include you in a drawing to win gift cards…
You find yourself in a waiting room missing the days when they used to be littered with all kinds of magazines and you could usually find something that stirred some level of interest in you. Right now you’d be happy to have anything…and then you remember that you have your phone with you. Your phone…
A reader might get the impression from the Forest Lodge Library’s website that all Director Kristine Lendved ever reads are thrillers. That is not the case. Indeed, I enjoy thrillers, but my tastes include other genres, as well. Like literary, paranormal and…historical fantasy. Which, no, is really not even a little bit like historical fiction.…