View from the Library: Celebrating anniversary Feb. 14

Please join us on Friday, Feb. 14 as we celebrate our one-year anniversary in our beautiful building. We will have cake and punch (from a vintage recipe we found while moving out) and a drawing for a gift basket with library swag and a Joyful Cup gift card. The Joyful Cup will have drink specials along with the Winter Menu. This is a great time to stop in if you haven’t visited us yet.

I can’t believe it’s been a year already. Where did the time go? We’re still moving in.

Our children’s programming has had some major changes. We have added a brand-new program, Toddler Time, on Thursdays at 10 a.m., have moved Mother Goose to Fridays at 10 a.m. and now offer two sessions of Story Time at 2 p.m. Thursdays and Saturdays.

Our youth librarian, Julie, is having a wonderful time with all of these programs. Check our website for other youth programs available for tweens and teens.

Later this month our Digital Services Specialist Brycen will be leaving us for an amazing career opportunity. We are currently hiring for the position. In the interim, the rest of our staff will do what we can to help with technology questions and problems. Just stop at the front desk or give us a call.

We are gearing up for a busy couple months of adult programs. Be sure to visit our website, watch our social media and subscribe to our newsletter for all of the details.

Highlights this month include a program on fraud at 3 p.m. Feb. 12 with Brycen and Police Chief George Simpson, as well as a book signing and author talk with Chief Simpson at 5:30 p.m. Feb. 28.

This month is all about books for “I Love to Read Month.” The library’s annual Adopt-a-Book program is up and running with a great selection of children’s books. For a $15 donation you can choose a book and we will place a personalized message in it for you.

We also have the ever popular “Blind Date with a Book” option back. You never know what treasures you’ll find in our Friends of the Library Book Sale, Feb. 21-22. If you’d like to donate books for the sale, please bring them on Feb. 20.

The library and the Joyful Cup will be closed on Monday, Feb. 17, for President’s Day.

 The Library Board Meeting is Tuesday, Feb. 25 at 5:30 p.m. The last day to file for the trustee election is Feb. 10 at 5 p.m. at the Lake County Election Office. Please call us at 883-8225 or email us at polsonlibrary@northlakecountylibrary.org with questions.

For more information, visit our website at www.northlakecountylibrary.org.