Award winning author, Barbara Sommer,  will be in Howard Lake on Wednesday July 15.  Ms. Sommer will present a slide show and speak about her book, “Hard Work and a Good Deal:  The Civilian Conservation Corps in Minnesota”.   Ms Sommer conducted hundreds of interviews with some of the more than 77,000 Minnesotans who worked for the CCC during the Great Depression.   Many examples of their handiwork are visible in Minnesota’s state parks &  forests.

This program will start at 6 :45 PM at the Howard Lake Community Room and is scheduled to run until 8 PM.   Refreshments will be served by the Friends of the Howard Lake Library.  For more information, please contact the library at 320.543.02020.