The Friends of the Howard Lake Library dressed the library in its finest holiday attire at their annual potluck/decorating party. Please click on the thumbnails below.

Happy holidays to all and a happy new year.

Last year only a few people (including librarian Deb) braved a winter storm to attend the Book-tique, but old man winter stayed away for this year’s sale.  People were waiting for the door to open and the sale to begin.  Quality gifts and a great assortment of books were offered for sale by the Friends of the Howard Lake Library.  Thanks to everyone who attended

The Friends of the Howard Lake Library hosted over fifty guests at the book signing for “Making Tracks: C.L. Best and the Caterpillar Tractor Co.”  Ed & Sue Claessen, authors of “Making Tracks”, discussed the extensive work involved with going from a concept to a printed book and also signed copies of their book.  The Friends provided the refreshments.

For those interested, the Great River Regional Library system has two copies of “Making Tracks” available in the system.  The link to their website is provided on the left side of the page.

Even the eternal road construction couldn’t keep the artists from the 2011 Friends of the Howard Lake Library Pumpkin Painting event.  During the two sessions, over sixty pumpkins and gourds were decorated. The Howard Lake Royalty painted their own masterpieces while encouraging the young painters. While the paint was drying, the painters enjoyed cookies and KoolAid.

Our thanks to the Untiedt  Vegetable Farm for providing the excellent “canvasses”.

Enjoy some photos of the 2011 event and hope to see you in 2012.

The 2011 GRRL Summer Reading Program is now history and participants celebrated their success on August 18. The road construction hadn’t started yet so the party sponsored by the Friends of the Library was held outside on the library square and greenspace.  Readers and their families enjoyed the evening with games, prizes, Kool-Aid and cookies. Our special guests were the royalty from Howard Lake and Waverly.  Thank you, ladies. You exhibited great skill playing the games.

Thanks for a great summer.  See you next year!  Click on the thumbnails to see the fun.

The food has been eaten and the books have moved on to new owners–another successful sale for the Friends of the Howard Lake Library. With you, the community’s,  help, the Friends reached their matching funds goal. Thank you to Thrivent for recognizing the good work the Friends do for the Howard Lake library.  The money will be put to good uses.

We again served sloppy joes and strawberry shortcake. A new twist this year was cupcakes!  There was an incredible variety of books offered for sale this year.  We hope you found some treasures. Remember, we will do it again in 2012 during Good Neighbor weekend. See you there.

Here are just a few photos of the event.

Please notice the link that has been added for the Howard Lake Library news page. Librarian Deb Cox-Johnson writes about the happenings at the library and will also keep you updated on the road construction that will restrict some access to the library this summer. Please check back often as updates are added.

The 2011 Summer Reading Program begins June 13. “One World, Many Stories” is the theme for the program for children up to age 12. For the teen, the theme is “You Are Here”. Check with the librarians for more information.

Author Jan Zita Grover and her canine companion Sophie were the center of a dog-gone good time on Saturday, Feb. 12.  Nearly thirty young dog lovers and their parents enjoyed Jan’s talk, the craft stations and the snacks.  Our regular R.E.A.D. dog Penny was on hand, too.

A big thank you to Librarian Deb who scheduled this event with Legacy funds and three big woofs to Carol & Neil Sideen for all their hard work pulling this fun time together.

Click on the thumbnails  and see that it really was a tail-waggin’ success.