2007 another grand success …

Dear Editor:
The 2007 Taste of Clarendon has come and gone and was another grand success. It would not have been possible without the countless volunteer hours of so many of our county’s citizens who helped to organize this special event in our county.

Of course, the highlight of the evening was the outstanding culinary talents of both our wild game cooks and our inside cooks with their luscious hors d’oeuvres and desserts. Our inside venue at the Cypress Center was made doubly beautiful by the floral design talents of the Evening Primrose Garden Club.

Clarendon County delivered up some of its most beautiful weather for the event and I believe the earlier date helped contribute to that success.

Part of the proceeds from The Taste of Clarendon will go to the Harvin Clarendon County Library in support of the wonderful programs they provide to both the adults and children of our community.

I personally would like to thank everyone who helped to again make The Taste of Clarendon one of the premier social events in our county. Mark your calendars now for next year’s Taste of Clarendon, March 31, 2008.

Sincerely,
Dawn Griffith
Executive Director
Clarendon County Chamber of Commerce

Come together @ your library …

Dear Editor:
Next week, April 15-21, 2007, is National Library Week – a time to celebrate the contributions of libraries, librarians and library workers in communities, schools and campuses nationwide – and the perfect time for our community to come together @ your library. Libraries are places where everyone – regardless of age, race or income – can come together, whether it’s for entertainment, self-help or to find their place in the community.

Students come to the library to learn critical research skills and find a place to study with friends. Parents and guardians introduce their child to his first books and videos and attend story time. Seniors keep in touch with families across the country using free Internet access, and job seekers get connected with resources to help them land their next interview. Libraries provide us with a physical gathering place, a crossroads for people of all ages, ethnicities and economic means, complete with trained professionals fostering inquiry and assisting with interpretation of information both onsite and online.

Here are just a few of the ways the Clarendon County Library is helping to transform our communities: reference service in person and by phone, story times for young children, Internet access, summer reading program for children and teens, access to databases, speaker programs on topics from gardening to history to literature. The mobile library that travels all over the county provides many of the same services.

National Library Worker’s Day is April 17, 2007. Come by the public library and thank the staff for checking your items in and out, for ordering and processing items to circulate, for handling Interlibrary Loan requests and researching and answering reference questions, for faxing that all important information, for organizing speaker programs and the summer reading programs, for driving and maintaining the mobile library, and for suggesting good reads. Thank your child’s school media specialist for their services, and thank your campus librarians for assisting you in your educational needs.

This the perfect time for me to offer my thanks to the Library Board who works to ensure equal access to all and advocates for services and funding. Thank you also, Friends of the Library, for your advocacy efforts and monetary support.

How can the library help transform your life? National Library Week is the perfect time to find out! Come together @ your library.

Sincerely,
Marilyn Tsirigotis
Library Director