Beginning on April 20th, the library catalog you access through our website will…look different! For starters: once called the Merlin Catalog…it is now called the Northern Waters Library Network Catalog. (which, we in the library consortium decided went better with Northern Waters Library Service!) We will be using a different “patron interface”…one that we think…
The Forest Lodge Library in Cable, WI will soon have a part-time position available for a Library Aide. (12-13 hours per week.) Willingness and ability to work weekends is required as currently available hours are on Friday and Saturday. For more information please contact Library Director Kristine Lendved at 715-798-3189: klendved@cable.wislib.org or visit library…
The poetry prompt for the fourth week in April was: the waking Earth. Robins Sing by Peter Donndelinger A rising sun peeks over the horizon spreading its blanket of rays over a sleeping land. Robins sing in the key of dawn. Again the waking Earth reaches out to gift us that which cannot be owned:…
Town Board Chairperson # votes Statewide Jack Radecki 150 Malcolm Haag…
We like to celebrate National Poetry Month here at the Forest Lodge Library! Last year we asked local residents and visitors to “put a word in the window” and invited poets to wander around town, collect words and write a poem. In past years we have done black-out poetry, where people find poems within all…
It’s National Library Week! Celebrated from April 4-10 in 2021, we acknowledge the contributions of libraries and library workers to our national life, ESPECIALLY in this pandemic year. Even when libraries have had to close their doors we have worked hard to continue to serve, entertain and educate our patrons. Here at the Forest Lodge…
SAVE TO GIVE is a program designed to help YOU save energy…and money…at home which will help our County and our community compile points to raise money for nonprofits in Bayfield County. The Cable/Namakagon recipient of these funds will be the Katie Flowers Endowment on behalf of the Library Expansion Project! The more energy you…
The Town of Cable has a significant election coming up on April 6. Cable is moving from a 3-person to a 5-person Board. There are 2 candidates running for the position of Town Chairman and 6 candidates running for 4 Sideboard seats. In “normal” times the library would’ve hosted a Candidate’s Forum to give Cable-area…
Ach, so you missed the live-stream of this story-telling event. We are happy to tell you we are just after receiving a recording of the event from story-teller Tracy Chipman. Click on the link which will, then, download and play on your own device. There is a bit of chatter at the front of it,…
The Town of Cable has an important election coming up on April 6th! Two individuals are running for the Town Chairman position and six for what will be, come April, a four-person Board. Some of them you may know…some of them you may not! You can find a short bio for each candidate on the…