To the Library and Beyond Like us on “Facebook Prairie Community Library.” Visit with Joan in the Library on Saturdays 10 AM – 3 PM. Thursday, June 19 at 1:30 PM, Mr. Tobe Finch of Lewiston will be speaking about food. His presentation topic is Farm to Table Local Foods, Sustainable Ag, Meats & More. Come hear his interesting and inspiring take on the future of healthy foods and farms. To complement the theme, free refreshments will include local ingredients & foods. Suppliers are Almond Blossom Bakes, Uhlorn Family Farms, Legacy Beef, Betty’s Eggs, garden rhubarb & Idaho cheese. We hope to see you there. We’ll have special door prize drawings for lecture attendees & random others during the day between 11 and 3 PM. Joan has reviewed the 1995 book, The Sterling Years, by Bonnie Sterling, about working with her husband. “This book is about several temporary jobs that the couple had doing pack trips for hunters and others in the Idaho backcountry and a few other western states, including Glacier Park in Montana and the Grand Canyon in Arizona. The couple spent winters at their home at Slate Creek, Idaho. Their jobs in Idaho included horse packing at Buffalo Hump, the Snake River, the University of Idaho Taylor Ranch in the Frank Church wilderness area, the middle fork of the Salmon River, and Sun Valley. This book is especially interesting because it covers remote Idaho location from the late 1940s through the 1960s, when the state population was much less than it is today. Tales of a by-gone era!” June is Black Music Month and African-American Music Appreciation Month. Sunday 15th is Fathers’ Day; Wednesday 18th is Autistic Pride Day; Thursday 19th is Juneteenth, celebrating an end of slavery; Friday 20th is Summer solstice at “7:41 PM Pacific time.” In May 2025, Prairie Community Library: Served 256 patrons, at least 29 of whom were children; Loaned 310 items from our collection, 238 or which were children’s items, and librarians added 35 items; at Tuesday mornings Story Hour, Carissa edu-tained 33 attendees. "Great acts are made up of small deeds." The volunteers who manage and operate Prairie Community Library are here to serve the residents of our communities, and that service is prescribed in our bylaws and policies. Send your volunteer message to cottonwoodlib@gmail.com. “Volunteering can provide job prospects and helps us meet and make new friends.” Please recommend improvements to the Library’s direction, priorities and customer service. Thank you all! | COTTONWOOD
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