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…
It is bittersweet that we announce that our aide, Lynn Passow will be retiring! We are very sad to have Lynn leave but oh so very happy for her as she is moving on to enjoy retirement and spending more time with family and friends. We are happy to share that Mark Parman will be…
The Katie Flowers Endowment Board of Directors is seeking new applicants to join their board of directors. Please click the link for more information: KFE Director Vacancy
We need your input! The Forest Lodge Library Expansion should meet the needs and aspirations of the Cable/Namakagon communities for years to come, so we need to hear from you. Please click on the link below and take five minutes to complete this short survey. Thank you! Link: Library Expansion Community Input Survey