October Greetings from the President

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1 October 2016 Fundraising Raffle: Dinner Cruise for Two on the Catawba Queen; tickets still available $5.00! Page 4 Membership Drive Door prizes too numerous to list here! Page 2 All of our Meeting and Event dates! Page 3 Feeling Orange?? We need pumpkin supplies for Oct. 5th! Page. 6 Coverage of our Kick-off Meeting on September 20th: Pg. 4 Next Meeting on October 18th, 6:30, with drawings for all door prizes and the Raffle Prize! Nothing scary about a cruise on Lake Norman and it can be yours for $5.00!! Greetings from the President I just can t express how excited I am about our year! Our Membership Drive has brought in new members interested in cultural and community literacy issues, the Dinner Cruise for Two from Queens Landing Raffle is underway, our Programs, Events, and Meetings Calendar has been unveiled, the Literacy Project at SF and Catawba Elementary Schools is continuing, the Foyer Book Bonanza is going strong, the American Girl Doll Kit Project is expanding, and an Electronic Circuits Kit Project will be finalized for presentation at this month s meeting. Many of you will notice a big change in our calendar Fewer meetings have been scheduled, and they are no longer on the same date as our Programs or Events. Hopefully, this will allow us to better enjoy the prgrams and interact with the presenters and with each other, and more can be accomplished at the three meetings dedicated solely to business. Commitees will report at meetings, and members will have an opportunity to fully discuss the issues before a vote is taken. We have important business at the October 18 th meeting, some of which will need your vote. With your input, we will finalize our plans for the next few events, particularly for February s Music Variety Show!! If you know an amateur instrumentalist or singer or group who would like a chance to perform in public, please let us know! This is not a compettion, but an opportunity to perform for a very supportive public audience. Spread the word! This meeting will be at SFT Fire and Rescue on Slanting Bridge Rd due to early voting security at the library. And of course, door prizes will be drawn for members, and the raffled Dinner Cruise for Two will be drawn!! New memberships and renewals will still qualify for a door prize ticket at the library desk by the 14th and at the meeting on the18th! Please make every effort to attend. If you canot attend, please designate a member to pick up your door prize. See you soon, Dewey Remember: the October meeting will be at SFT Fire & Rescue

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3 SFTFOL Programs and Meetings Calendar DATE PROGRAM SFTFOL CONTACT NOTES SEPT 20, Tue. 6:30 Kick Off Program and Meeting, Summer Reading recap, Events Unveiling, Intros, Membership Drive and Raffle details, Social Joanie OCT 18, Tue. 6:30 (Location changed due to early voting at the Library.) Meeting Only: AT SHERRILLS FORD-TERRELL FIRE AND RESCUE STATION, SLANTING BRIDGE RD. Regular meeting plus Door Prizes, Raffle Drawing none NOV 14, Mon. 6:30 Joint Program: Documentary Miracle - Hickory s emergency polio hospital. Richard Eller (CVCC) & Amber Clawson (HACC) introduce and later answer questions after showing the documentary by Eller on the Miracle of Hickory. DEC 2, Fri 6:00 Christmas Display Lighting + Santa Visit Linda Sylvia,, Flo DEC 13, Tue 6:30 SFTFOL Holiday Social, Book Exchange Membership JAN 17, Tue 6:30 Program: Immersive Travel Authors Carolee Duckworth and Brian Lane; discussion of travel styles FEB 8, Wed 7-9PM Program: Music Variety Show -instrumental and choral (pianists wishing to practice on our Kawai are to call the library to book a time), Joyce, Flo FEB 21, Tue, 6:30 Meeting Only none MARCH 20, Mon, 6:30 or 7:00 Program: SFT Community Read Discussion for the Sherrills Ford-Terrell Community Read: Small Victories: Spotting Improbably Moments of Grace by Anne Lamott. Facilitated by Dr. Tony Abbott Linda APRIL 18, Tue, 6:30 Meeting Only none MAY 16, Tue, 6:30 JUNE 20, 6:30 Joint Program: Bunker Hill Bridge and Catawba County Parks Updates Amber Clawson (HACC) and Jacky Eubanks (CCParks) Amber Clawson will discuss the Bunker Hill Bridge and Jacky Eubanks will talk about the parks in Catawba County; this date is great timing-the work on the Bunker Hill Bridge is due to be completed July 2017; plans for the new Mountain Creek Park may be finalized by the date of this meeting. SFTFOL Summer Social: Fried Chicken, drinks, provided Linda Membership provides sides

4 Kick-Off Meeting on September 20th: Plans for Revealed SFTFOL President Dewey unveils the Calendar at September s Kick-Off Meeting. Summer Program Planners included Linda Greenwell, Flo Hollands, Jan Harrison, Joanie Gardner, Joyce O Neal, and Sylvia Nelson, using suggestions from members and the public. Sylvia Nelson, chair for the Christmas Lighting & Santa Visit event, with grandson Webb, display examples of their promotional ornament/bookmarks. Sylvia and Webb also demonstrated an Electronic Circuits Kit under consideration to be given to library circulation. Catawba County Assistant Library Director, Siobhan Loendorf seems to be protecting the refreshment table but then those cookies were GOOD!!. Siobhan presented her slide show reviewing SFTFOL s sponsorship of a very successful Summer Reading Program at the library. Notice the basket????that s where the RAFFLE TICKETS for the Catawba Queen Dinner Cruise for Two are stowed (check out that nautical talk )! Raffle Tickets are available for $5. Only 200 tickets have been printed, so the odds are pretty good! Some members have raffle tickets available to sell, and tickets will also be available at the meeting until the DRAWING on October 18th. You need not be present to win, (though we d love to put your exultant photo in the November newsletter), so bring a friend or purchase a few extra tickets for our first fund-raising effort of the season. You can use your Cruise passes anytime before the end of August 2017! Ahoy, mates, and All Aboard!!!

5 Richard Eller s Documentary Miracle To Be Shown November Program: Documentary on Hickory s emergency polio hospital, dubbed The Miracle of Hickory On Monday, November 14, at 6:30 pm, the Friends, in partnership with the Historical Association of Catawba County, will sponsor a special viewing of the documentary Miracle by Professor Richard Eller. Professor Eller, Historian in Residence at the Historical Association, and Dr. Amber Clawson, Director of the Historical Association, will present the program and answer your questions after we view the film. In the summer of 1944 there was a serious outbreak of polio in the Catawba County area as well as other parts of the State and country. When the hospitals in Charlotte and Gastonia were filled to capacity there was no facility to treat the local patients. The citizens of Hickory decided on a Wednesday to open a hospital and on Saturday the first patient was admitted. The speed at which this occurred and the tremendous effort involved is the source of the title Miracle. The initial building was a stone structure that was already occupied as a summer camp. Army tents were used and additional frame structures were built. Much of the construction and other work at the hospital was accomplished by a massive local volunteer effort. Patients from across North Carolina and some neighboring states came to the hospital in Hickory. The hospital received national publicity including an article in Life magazine. This documentary is the result of an innovative partnership between Catawba Valley Community College and the Historical Association. This remarkable event including stories of the patients, volunteers, and the treatment of polio at the time are featured in this film. Please join us at the Sherrills Ford-Terrell Library to learn more about this fascinating episode in Catawba County history. Scenes like this were the horrifying reality of the polio epidemics of the 20th century. The iron lung breathed for patients whose respiratory muscles were destroyed. Diane Odell, of Jackson, Tennessee, was the last person to depend entirely on the machine for survival. She was stricken by polio at the age of 3, and succumbed 58 years later to the effects of the disease. Before the Salk vaccine was released, parents lived in dread of polio during the summer months, as there was no cure and the virus was poorly understood.

6 Feeling Orange?? It Might Be Because You Have Pumpkins in Mind! The Library will be having two science-related programs during the month of October, and a little help from the Friends will be appreciated! On National Pumpkin Seed Day Wednesday, October 5th the elementary-age kids will participate in experiments and a contest using pumpkin seeds. Donations of pumpkin seeds will be welcomed. Teens will be invited to decorate their own pumpkins on October 26th, so the library needs donations of pumpkins to turn this: into this: Newsletter Submissions: Please news and photo submissions, and community announcements to Joyce O Neal, newsletter editor, by the fourth Tuesday of the month: joyceoneal417@gmail.com Photos of children must have written parent/ guardian consent for publication to the newsletter and website. To see all the Catawba County Library-sponsored events, including those at Sherrills Ford- Terrell, consult the brochure previously ed to all members, or check out the detailed information at the following link: Friends of the Sherrills Ford-Terrell Library Officers President Dewey Vice-president Joanie Gardner Board of Directors Mrs. Jennie Connor, Mr. Logan Kale, Mrs. Felicity Munier Mrs. Martha Nemecheck, Mr. Tony Stutts Secretary Carol Meyer Treasurer Jan Harrison Library Staff Adult Services Librarian Jenny Markham Membership TBA Newsletter Joyce O Neal Youth Services Librarian Sara Mofford Library Services Specialist Ede Murray-Escuder Library Assistants Steve Yang, Alyson Kent, Lindsay Lewis Webmaster Brenda Mickelson Location Sherrills Ford-Terrell Branch Library, 9154 Sherrills Ford Road, Terrell, NC Phone: (828)