The Forest Lodge Library Board of Trustees Seeks New Board Member! The role of Trustee is vital to the success of the library. Trustees participate as members of a team to protect and advance the interest of the library. It is a serious commitment that involves important and gratifying work for your community. The Forest…
On November 8, 2024, the Forest Lodge Library Board of Trustees and Director Westlund received a letter of a Vision Statement for the log cabin from the Cable Natural History Museum. The Forest Lodge Library leases the log cabin from the Cable Natural History Museum currently on a one year lease. Based on the Vision…
Northern Waters Library Service (NWLS), headquartered in Ashland, Wisconsin, is pleased to announce the hiring of a new director, Katherine Elchert. Katherine comes to NWLS with over 10 years of public library management experience, most recently as director of McMillan Memorial Library in Wisconsin Rapids, Wisconsin. Her experience includes effectively advocating for libraries, skillfully communicating…
First, we would like to say thank you to everyone that has continued to give their support, love and encouragement to the Forest Lodge Library. Many of you were able to attend the meeting that was held Tuesday morning, November 19th, 2024, at the Cable Natural History Museum. There were also many that expressed interest…
We waited with anticipation to hear the word on whether or not we would receive the Flexible Facilities Grant that was applied for earlier in the summer/fall. Receiving this grant would really be what we would need to move forward with building plans and the process with our architect, Tom Westlund of Westlund Consultancy. So,…
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…