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Community Library Network District Newsletter
January 2025
From The Director's Desk
“For last year's words belong to last year's language / And next year's words await another voice.” 
T. S. Eliot
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2025 marks the final year of the Community Library Network’s current Strategic Plan. As the goals of this plan are assessed, we also begin developing our vision for the future. A library can be many things for its patrons—a partner with local businesses, a hub for community information, and a welcoming gathering space for all. It can promote the arts, support school students, and provide life-long educational resources for all ages. Throughout the centuries, libraries have adapted to provide the communities they served with the best possible access to the information marketplace of the time. The CLN is committed to fulfilling its core mission of being a neutral and balanced information hub in the community; however, we are also interested in knowing what the residents in each of our communities specifically envision as their ideal public library. Please stay tuned throughout 2025 for opportunities to make your voice count toward the CLN’s next Strategic Plan.
 
-Martin Walters
 
 
Mental Health Literacy
 
Mental health literacy in its basic form is the knowledge of mental health issues and the ability to learn more about them. With a broader look mental health literacy is learning how to best take care of ourselves, our family, our close friends and our community. 
 
Keep an eye out for programs with topics on health and well being. Browse our Digital Resources page on the website for links to community resources and education opportunities, and scroll through the catalog for books and other items that may assist you on your path to improved mental health.
 
Resources
 
Access resources on our website here.
 
 
Program Highlight
 

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Winter Reading Challenge
All Ages!
 
 
Register at: CommunityLibrary.net/Beanstack
 
Pick up a card to track your reading at your favorite library branch.
 
Track your progress January 1 through February 28, and register for prizes!

Crisis Response and PTSD Discussion with Francie Miller
 
Francie Miller will talk about how we can all be better prepared to respond to a crisis and what makes us human in the face of unexpected events. 
 
Athol Library, Friday, January 10, 1-2:30pm
 
Registration Required
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Chronicles of Narnia Party
 
You are invited to a magical afternoon of Narnia inspired fun.
 
Post Falls Library,
Friday, January 17, 1-2pm
 
Athol Library,
Saturday, January 25, 10-11am
 
Hayden Library,
Friday, January 31, 2:30-3:30pm
 
 
Check-out all our other awesome programs here.
 
 
Announcements and News
 
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All Community Library Network Libraries will be closed:
  • Wednesday, January 1, in observance of New Year's Day
  • Monday, January 20, in observance of President's Day
 
 
Staff is Reading...
The Alice Network
by Kate Quinn

In 1947, pregnant Charlie St. Clair, an American college girl banished from her family, arrives in London to find out what happened to her beloved cousin Rose, who disappeared in Nazi-occupied France during the war, and meets a former spy who, torn apart by betrayal, agrees to help her on her mission.
Meditations for mortals
by Oliver Burkeman

Takes readers on a liberating, invigorating journey toward a more meaningful life—a journey that begins not with fantasies of the ideal existence but with the reality in which we actually find ourselves.
Run, Rose, run
by Dolly Parton

On the rise and on the run, a young singer-songwriter arrives in Nashville to claim her destiny, but it's also where the darkness she's fled might find her—and destroy her. 1,000,000 first printing.
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Community Library Network
821 N Spokane St
Post Falls, Idaho 83854
208-773-1506
https://communitylibrary.net