While you’re wandering around Northern Wisconsin, take the time to stop in at libraries in the Northern Waters Library Service system, get your PASSPORT stamped and you’ll be eligible to win some pretty great prizes! You can pick up a PASSPORT at any Northern Waters library beginning on April 24th. Collect 10 different stamps and…
TOWN OF CABLE ELECTION RESULTS APRIL 4, 2023 Total Voters: 425 Judicial Janet Protasiewicz 216 Daniel Kelly 199 Write-in 1 Under votes* 8 Municipal Town Chairman Malcolm Haag 259 Write-ins 72 Write-ins not valid 3 Under votes* 90 Supervisor (vote for 2) Tony Merrill 187 Zachary Larson 221 David Popelka 212 Write-ins 39 School District…
This year’s winner: Peter Donndelinger. Congratulations…and thanks for participating! April is Poetry Month…and you know we like to celebrate somehow. Here’s 2023’s POETRY CHALLENGE! Grab a nearby book. Turn to page 45. Find the third full sentence on the page and that is the first line of your poem! If you don’t like that line…grab…
Date: July 24, 2023 Staff Person: Kristine Title/Author: IF IT SOUNDS LIKE A QUACK by Matthew Hongoltz-Hetling Why am I reading it: I DO try to work some non-fiction into my steady diet of fiction and this sounded…amusing and informative. Verdict: This book was…terrifying. Yes, there were, indeed, some mad stories about people who discovered,…
If you haven’t GOT Libby you should GET LIBBY! Libby is a wonderful resource. Free to you with your library card! Download the LIBBY app to your device. Free from your app store. Open the app and follow the prompts. Submit your name and library card # and be sure to choose your library/library system.…
Celiac disease is a serious autoimmune disease estimated to affect 1 in 100 people worldwide. Only about 30% are properly diagnosed. Attacks are triggered by ingestion of gluten, even if incidental and no larger than a crumb. Symptoms are no joke and can include not only various digestive ills, but, joint pain, anxiety and depression,…
What a great way to celebrate EARTH DAY! Come listen to the story of a group of people that worked together to protect our Lake Superior watershed! During the coldest winter of the past century (2013-2014), a coalition of tribal citizens, environmentalists and neighbors occupied treaty protected lands in the Penokee Hills in an act…
Your library system is pleased to offer you access to the New York Times and New York Times Cooking! To access when you’re at the library and connected to our IP address: Go to: www.nytimes.com/register Create an account with your personal email address. NYT will send an email to that address with a link to…
There’s a Town of Cable election coming up on April 4th! Three candidates (two incumbents) are running for two Town Supervisor seats and incumbent Town Chair Malcolm Haag is running for re-election. As has been done in past years, Director Kristine Lendved of the Forest Lodge Library has conducted Zoom interviews with the candidates which…
Transparent Languages is yet another great new resource available to Forest Lodge Library patrons, and all patrons of the Northern Waters Library Network. Transparent Languages is a very robust resource, offering instruction in 120+ languages, including American Sign Language and English for native speakers of other languages, like Ukranian. All you need is a library…