At the Mille Lacs Branch of East Central Regional Library, we slow down at this time of year so I have the time to write a blog posting. The snowbirds have flown south to their condos and trailers. The rest of us are left to face winter. It could be a daunting five months of …
Summer reading has been around for a long time at East Central Regional Library. Vickie Sorn, our Youth and Community Services Librarian, has a list of ECRL’s summer reading themes going back to 1978*. Bionic Readout was the theme that year—must have been the year of the Six Million Dollar Man. The early themes, prizes …
Mille Lacs Lake Community Library awarded $500 Thirteen year old Willow Skogen of rural Isle was selected as a winner in this summer’s “One World, Many Stories” @ Saving for College” sweepstakes, sponsored by the Minnesota Department of Education, State Library Services and the Minnesota College Savings Plan. Mark and Cameo Skogen, parents of Willow, …