Libraries Closed for Christmas, New Year’s

The Coeur d’Alene and the Lake City public libraries will be closed due to two upcoming holidays.
The libraries will be closed be closed Monday and Tuesday, Dec. 24 and 25, for Christmas. The main library will close early, at 5 p.m., for New Year’s Eve on Dec. 31, and Lake City will be closed. Both libraries will be closed for New Year’s Day on Jan. 1.
The Friends of the Library are combining the November and December business in a single meeting on Dec. 4, at 10:30 in the Gozzer Room. The Friends normally meet the fourth Tuesday of the month. Their meetings are open to anyone interested in supporting the library.
When the libraries are closed many library resources are still available through the websites: www.cdalibrary.org and www.lcplibrary.org.
Patrons can access their library records using their library card numbers to check due dates, renew checkouts, and request holds from the Cooperative Information Network catalog.
Through the EXPLORE link the websites also provide access to numerous online resources such as reference materials, career planning, practice tests, automotive repair manuals, genealogy resources, travel guides, language learning and English as a second language services, and more.
Patrons can also download e-books through the OverDrive system. The Freegal Music Service allows cardholders to download and keep up to five songs a week and to stream music on Internet-linked devices.

Great Bear Adventure to be Revisited Dec. 14

Mary Sanderson will share her new kayaking trip in the Great Bear rainforest in British Columbia as a Novel Destinations program Friday, Dec. 14, at 7 p.m., at the library.
She will share stories and photos from her trip along the Canadian coast organized by Mothership Adventures.
The vast, sodden land encompasses 1,000-year-old cedars, waterfalls spouting off the sides of moss-covered mountains, granite-dark waters, and glacier-cut fjords.
This remote expanse is home to many First Nations communities as well as abundant wildlife: coastal gray wolves, grizzly bears, Sitka deer, cougars, mountain goats, orca, salmon, sea lions, sea otters, humpback whales, and its most celebrated resident, the rare, cream-colored Kermode bear, or sprit bear, considered sacred by the T'simshian people.
The program is free, but donations are welcome.
Anyone with a travelogue to share at the library is asked to contact the Library Foundation at 208-769-2380 or by e-mail at cdalibraryfoundation@gmail.com.

Enjoy Creativity, Conversation With These Adult Programs

The Well-Knit Tale Knitting Club meets the first and third Tuesday of the month – Dec. 4 and 18 – at 2:30 p.m. in the Jameson Room.
All skill levels of knitters and crocheters are welcome. Materials and refreshments are provided.
Coffee and Coloring for adults meets the second and fourth Tuesday each month at 10 a.m. Due to the Christmas holiday, the group will only meet Dec. 11 this month.
Drawing materials and refreshments are provided, or bring your own.

Book Club Reading About Ways to Fix the US Food System

The Food For Thought Book Club is reading “Fixing the Food System: Changing How We Produce and Consume Food” by Steve Clapp. It will be discussed Wednesday, Jan. 2, at 6 p.m., in the Gozzer Room.
America's broken food system has provoked an outcry from consumer advocates seeking to align food policies with public health objectives. This book examines both sides of the conflict for solutions and traces the development of a national food policy proposed by food movement leaders.
For more information visit www.inwfoodnetwork.org.

Pageturners Library Book Club Doesn’t Meet in December

The Pageturners Library Book Club does not meet in December, but will resume meeting Jan. 23, at 10:15 a.m. in the Community Room. The group normally meets the fourth Wednesday of the month.
The books for the next series are on loan from the Idaho Commission for Libraries through its Let’s Talk About It program.
Pageturners discussions are open to any adult reader. Copies of the books for each month are available to check out at the Research and Information Desk.

Singletary Lecture Series on Cd’A Resumes Next Month

Inland Northwest Milestones lecture series with Robert Singletary will not be presented in December, but will resume on Thursday, Jan. 24, at 7 p.m.
A regional historian and Program and Marketing Director for the Museum of North Idaho, Singletary will discuss “The ’30s in Coeur d’Alene” with information compiled by the speaker for his upcoming book, “Coeur d’Alene: Beautiful and Progressive, 1887-1990.”

Mudgymobile On Parade

Mudgy and Millie greeted enthusiastic fans while riding in the Mudgymobile as part 

of  Coeur d’Alene’s annual holiday kickoff parade Friday, Nov. 23.

 The moose and mouse will be at the library Saturday, Dec. 8, at 11 a.m.

 for the annual Mudgy & Santa Holiday Sing-Along.

 “Mudgy & Millie” author Susan Nipp will be joined by friends to lead the singing.

 Bring your camera and phones for photos with Mudgy and Millie and Santa.