Join us for Coffee Time on Saturday, October 10th, between 9 AM & 11 AM in the Howard Lake Community Room. We will have coffee & some goodies. A free will offering is suggested.
Watch the pumpkin painters at work, and visit with you friends and neighbors.
Join us for the 6th annual Pumpkin Painting event held on Saturday, October 10th in the Howard Lake Community Room (above the library). Leave the Friends deal with the mess–you just have fun. Continue reading
The Howard Lake Library is going to the dogs this fall. Four reading sessions are planned: Sept. 19; Oct. 17; Nov.14 and Dec. 19. All sessions run from 113:30 AM to 12:45 PM, and are held in the library.
If your school age child has never had the chance to read to a dog, please consider dropping in for one of the events. The trained therapy dogs are calm and very patient and the handlers/owners are wonderful.
If you have any questions, please contact the Howard Lake library–320.543.2020.
The Friend of the Howard Lake Library will host a party as a “thank you-job well done” for all who registered and participated in the GRRL Summer Reading Program, “Be Creative @ Your Library”. The party will be Tuesday, August 11 at 6 PM at the Howard Lake Library on the outdoor library square & greenspace. Participate in old fashioned games, win prizes and enjoy treats. The winners of the 3 grand prizes will also be announced that evening.
Siblings and other family members of the readers are also invited to atttend.
For more information, please contact the library at 320.543.2020.
In case of bad weather, this event will be held in the Howard Lake Community room.
Penny & Sara, the reading therapy dogs, along with their owners will be back at the Howard Lake Library on June 20th, from 11:30 to 12:45. If you have school aged children, why not let them share a story with the dogs. Sara & Penny have never heard a story they didn’t like.
For more information, contact one of the librarians at 320.543.2020.
Photos from June 20, 2009
The Friends of the Howard Lake Library are pleased to invite you save money on great books, enjoy a sloppy joe sandwich & top it all off with a dish of strawberry shortcake. Coffee & Kool Aid for just a quarter. Join us on June 27th, starting at 9 AM. This event runs until 1 PM. From 12:30 to 1 PM, get one of our bags and fill it with books for just $1. This event is held in the Howard Lake Community Room, above theLibrary.
Most paperback & children’s books are .25; hardcover fiction .50 and others as priced. We will also have VHS movies, DVDs & music CDs for sale. We are again offering jig saw puzzles. Stock up–winter is long.
This sale is the major fundraiser for the Friends of the Library and we are happy to be provided matching funds through the Wright County Chapter of Thrivent. If you have items you would like to donate, please drop them in the entryway of the Howard Lake City Offices or at the Howard Lake Drug Store. For more information, contact the library at 320.543.2020. See you at the sale!!
The following scenes are from last year’s event. Don’t miss the fun.
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.
As a kick off for the summer reading program, GRRL presents “The Great Brodini”. His award winning comedy-magic show is all about audience participation. His act is decscribed as “hilarious, wholesome entertainment” for the entire family.
The Great Brodini will be at the Howard Lake Library on Saturday, June 13 from 10 AM to 10:40 AM.
If you have any questions, please contact the library at 320.543.2020.
“Be Creative @ Your Library” is the theme for the 2009 GRRL Summer Reading Program. This program runs from June 8 to August 8. Sign up is free. There are programs for ages 0 to 3 & 3 to 12. There is a separate program for teens. NEW this year: sign up and receive a coupon for a free ice cream cone at the Howard Lake Drug Store.
There will be programs & prizes. Check this site for more information, or contact the helpful librarians at the library or call 320.543.2020.
Birdie Johnson is a Howard Lake resident. Don’t miss this opportunity to hear the author, have your questions answered and purchase her book.
