September busy month at library

The Lincoln County Public Library in Libby will be presenting a full calendar of programs during the month of September. All events are free and open to the public.

The Libby Library will host story time for preschool age children every Tuesday at 10 a.m.

The Troy library will host story time for preschool age children every Wednesday at 11:15 a.m.

The Troy library will host chess games every Saturday from 11:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. All ages and experience levels welcome. Bring yourself, a partner, and your favorite board. The library has boards available as well as a player/teacher/mentor and challenger. For more information, call Kimberly at 295-4040.

Sept. 10, 4 p.m.; after school program, ages 6-12: it’s time for Nordicfest. Stop by the library and help us design shields with cardboard, glue and string.

Sept. 17, 4 p.m.; after school program, ages 6-12: its apple treat day. We’ll be learning about apples, from seeds to desserts. Stop by for some tasty treats.

Sept. 21 – Oct. 5: the library will be presenting a traveling women’s suffrage exhibit.

Sept. 24, 4 p.m.; after school program, ages 6-12: Celebrate Fall by making a leaf wreather. Stop by the library and help us make beautiful wreathes to hang at your home.

Sept. 26, Amnesty Day: the last Friday of every month is Amnesty Day at the Lincoln County Libraries. Any materials less than 90 days overdue which are returned in good condition to any of the three libraries on that day will have all penalties waived. Overdue interlibrary loan materials are not included.

Sept. 28, 11 a.m.; Join us at the Libby library for A Hot Drink and a Good Book, our monthly book discussion group. This month’s book is "The Last Crossing" by Guy Vanderhaeghe. Englishmen Charles and Addington Gaunt are ordered by their tyrannical industrialist father to find their brother Simon, who has gone missing in the wilds of the American West. The Last Crossing is a novel of ruggedness and salvation, an epic masterpiece set in a time when worlds collided, were destroyed, and were built anew. Copies of the book are available to check out at the library.

For more upcoming library events, please view the calendar on the Lincoln County Public Libraries website, www.lincolncountylibraries.com.