Thursday, March 19, at 1 p.m., the library is pleased to host Northern Gael in concert. This lively program weaves together the vibrant traditions of Ireland and Scotland in a variety of music styles with Ross Sutter providing vocals, guitar, bodhran and button accordion, Laura MacKenzie on wooden flutes, whistles, concertina, various bagpipes and voice and joined by fiddler/step dancer Danielle Enblom. This will be a great way to spend the afternoon.
The Value Line subscription has been continued for another year. The Value Line Investment Survey provides access to about 6,000 companies’ financial information, business prognosis and history. If you do any investing, Value Line is a wonderful resource available free of charge to International Falls Public Library patrons.
To access this valuable resource visit our website at http://internationalfallslibrary/resources.html and click on the link for Value Line Expanded Survey. You will be asked for a user id and password. We have used the standard International Falls Public Library user id and password if you know those. You may also call, email or stop by the library for the access information.
A quick reminder about another of our online resources, this one is provided through our membership in the Arrowhead Library System. Brainfuse provides skills building lessons, live help for learners of all ages as well as resume and job assistance. Brainfuse may be accessed via the library website listed above, under the education subheading. You will need your library card number to sign in and create an account.
High school students can find test preparation for the SAT and ACT tests and get live help if they have areas of concern. Students can also submit essays and other writings and get a critique with constructive feedback within 24 hours. If you or your children are looking for some additional help on any number of academic studies, check out this valuable resource.
There is still almost a month to submit state and federal taxes. The library has plenty of state forms both income tax and property tax refunds. We have very few federal tax forms, in fact we only have a handful of Form 1040 remaining. The IRS did not send out any instruction books and when we tried to order additional copies of the few forms they did send, we were informed they were not taking any reorders. If you need forms, we can download them, print them and charge you for the printing. We have also printed copies of the instruction books that may be used in the library. Sorry for the inconvenience.
Library hours are Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday, 10 a.m. to 8 p.m.; Thursday and Friday, 10 to 6; and Saturday, 10 to 3. Junior room opens at 10 a.m. each day and closes at 6 p.m. except for Tuesdays when the junior room remains open until 8 and Saturdays when it closes at 3 with the rest of the library. Our wireless access is available 24/7, as is our website.
Pet of the Week
Hi all. Everybody knows me as “Tux,” but my given name is “Tuxedo” — I only use it during formal occasions. I am a playful boy who doesn’t mind being around other cats and people of all ages, kids and adults alike. Sometimes toys don’t last that long once I start playing with them, because I have so much fun playing. Balls tend to fly around the room and the kind of balls that are made of string, well... they come unwound. I love playing. I don’t mind being held either. I am just a great boy all the way around. If you are looking for that special man to fill a space in your heart, don’t look any further — I am right here. I will be patiently waiting for you. — Hugs to you, Tux
For more information, visit the website at www.borderlandhumanesociety.org or call the Holding Facility, 218-283-9276.
In memory of Dennis Bush — 1941-2014.
Your bright eyes and smiling face,
Are so easy to recall;
You had a kindly word for each,
And left the world beloved by all.
Love and missed always by
Your wife, Annette, your brother Larry and his wife, Dianne,
your children, stepchildren, grandchildren, family and friends
25 YEARS AGO
Jodi J. Eineichner, 17, daughter of Daniel and Joyce Eineichner, 1507 Ninth Ave. E., has been selected 1990 Girl Stater by the American Legion Auxiliary. Kristy Koral Melbo, 17, daughter of Gary and Janice Melbo, 1616 First Ave. W., is the alternate.
40 YEARS AGO
A boy was born today at Falls Memorial Hospital to Mr. and Mrs. Elwin Klein.
The gulls returned to Rainy Lake today, right on schedule, but a lone robin sighted last week was apparently ahead of his time. The gull sighting was reported by H.H. Oster, Ranier, who saw the bird perched on the ice of Rainy Lake.
Ambition and inventiveness, brains and beauty, have combined to place a former Falls woman in a position which a few years back would have been considered for men only. Mrs. Sandra Andrews is the new general manager of Subaru of Southern California, dealers for imported cars and Santa Ana, Calif. Mrs. Andrews, 31, is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ed Heibel of Ranier and one of 10 children.
50 YEARS AGO
The Monkeys capped a perfect season of freshmen girls’ basketball competition at Backus Junior High School by winning a round-robin tournament. Team members are Terri Pullar, Donna Baron, Anita Arnold, Pam Woods, Denise Bakke, Diane Jenson, Linda Arnold, Catherine Severt and Janice Turenne.
Winners in the local Catholic Daughters of America poetry contest are Jacqueline Geving, Renee Brouillard, Loretta LeMoine, Suzanne Milette, Maxine LaBlanc and Nancy Nesbitt.
Mr. and Mrs. Romeo Karsnia, Brown’s Corner, announce the engagement and forthcoming marriage of their daughter, Susan Ann, to Robert Allen Wake Jr., son of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Wake Sr., Federal Dam.
Mr. George Gowdy, Falls Nursing Home, celebrated his 87th birthday recently.
60 YEARS AGO
Mr. and Mrs. Omar Green, Papermakers Colony, celebrated their 30th wedding anniversary at their home.
Edward H. Swanson, veteran Mando employee, retired recently, terminating almost 35 years of employment with the company.
New officers of Brownie Troop 125 are Alice Nelson, president; Mary Jane Wenberg, treasurer; and Shelley Houglum, scribe.
John Roche, 13, St. Thomas school boy, slipped off a snowbank and suffered a broken leg. The same boy had both arms broken in a toboggan accident on Jan. 3, 1954.
70 YEARS AGO
Beatrice Tofte, daughter of Mrs. Orva Tofte, celebrated her ninth birthday Saturday afternoon at the home of her grandmother, Mrs. Adolph Krohn, 324 Seventh St.
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Dione and young sons, James and Lous, arrived this morning from Portland, Ore., where they have been making their home for two years. Mr. Dione expects to leave March 25 for Fort Snelling for induction into the armed services.
If the patron saint of Ireland himself could been been present at St. Thomas Hall Saturday evening he would undoubtedly have beamed with pleasure at the combined St. Patrick’s party and and anniversary event given for one of his namesakes, Miss Patricia Lynch. Catholic Daughters were hostesses for the parish party, which honored Miss Patricia Lynch for her 25 years’ of service as church organist and choir director.
Pvt. Ralph Misner, 25, gave his life March 6 in action in Germany, according to official word received by his wife, Mrs. Mary Jane Misner, of this city.
