The Friends of the Lake Forest Library thanks Sunset Foods for hosting their third annual cookbook sale.

Lake Forest is rich in history, and perhaps one of its greatest treasures is the Lake Forest Library. Graciously sprawled across a beautiful piece of property at 650 E. Deerpath Road near downtown Lake Forest, the front lawn is embellished with sculptures by artist Michael Croydon that were commissioned and donated to the library by the Deerpath Art League. The eight-paneled Art Deco mural that graces the interior library rotunda is evidence of the original history of giving by the Shedd sisters.

Are your winter menus just a little too tried, tired and true? Or after a long cold winter, are you thoughts turning to the joys of spring gardening? For those in need of inspiration, The Friends of the Lake Forest Library are offering hundreds of gently used books at their third annual Cookbook Sale. The sale will be held Friday, March 6 and Saturday, March 7 at Sunset Foods, 825 S. Waukegan Road.

Lake Forest resident Susan Mortensen is examining a slide of an old family photo on a Wednesday afternoon in the Lake Forest Library. Next to her sits a box full of hundreds of slides that her late father left her, some with photos from as early as the 1920s. Surprisingly, these are the slides she’s already picked out; there were thousands to choose from. Mortensen decided only to scan the photos that had family members in them.