Part 2 of the Newsletter. - Friends of the Beaufort County Library

news & events from the FOL
Monday, February 15
The Penn Center: A History
Preserved by Orville Vernon Burton
Presented by Victoria Smalls
There are three reasons I selected this book:
I feel that I am in existence because of the
Penn Center. Throughout my childhood
and adulthood, I have always experienced
a great sense of place in visiting, meeting,
and working there. My father graduated
from Penn School in 1943. My white
mother and black father met on the historic
grounds of Penn Center during a religious
conference during the Civil Rights
Movement.
Victoria A. Smalls is the
Director of Development,
Marketing and Annual
Fund-raising for Penn
Center National Historic
Landmark District and
a Gullah native of St.
Helena Island. A graduate
of SC State University and USC–Beaufort,
majoring in health, physical education and
early childhood education, she worked in
the Beaufort County School District for
over ten years. In 2012, she was hired as
a consultant to coordinate Penn Center’s
Sesquicentennial Celebration, and served
as Director of the History, Arts & Culture
Program from 2012–15. Currently, she
serves on the SC African American
Heritage Commission, and was recently
featured in newly–released UN TV: 21st
Century Video entitled South Carolina:
Rights to Ancestral Land, part of the UN
International Decade for People of African
Descent 2015–25.
Victoria’s passions are her family,
learning more about and sharing her
knowledge of the Gullah Geechee culture,
and painting.
Monday, February 22
The Wright Brothers
by David McCullough
Presented by Barbara Hathaway
Barbara Hathaway was
born in Wilmington,
Delaware, and has lived
in Beaufort for eight
years. After receiving
a BA in English and
an MS in Library
Science from Drexel
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University, she worked as the Head
Librarian at Woodberry Forest School,
Reference Librarian at the University of
Delaware, and Reference Librarian at the
Library of Congress. A past president of
CODA, she is active in a variety of local
organizations, including the Sea Island
Garden Club, Association of Independent
School Libraries, and volunteering in
the library of the Holy Trinity Classical
Christian School. In her spare time, she
enjoys quilting, gardening, and enjoying
her grandchildren.
Monday, February 29
Untying the Moon
by Ellen Malphrus
Presented by Ellen Maphrus
Ellen Malphrus lives
and writes beside the
May River in her native
Carolina lowcountry and
beneath the Madison
Mountains in western
Montana. She studied
under esteemed poet and
author of Deliverance,
James Dickey, who was
her mentor and Graduate
Director for the MFA she
earned at the University
of South Carolina. Her fiction, poetry,
and essays have appeared in a variety of
publications including Southern Literary
Journal, Review of Contemporary Fiction,
William & Mary Review, Haight Ashbury
Review, Georgia Poetry Review, the
anthology Essence of Beaufort and the
Lowcountry, and the anthology Literature:
Reading and Writing with Critical
Strategies. Since earning her Ph.D. in
Twentieth Century American Literature
with an emphasis in Southern Literature,
she has taught literature and creative
writing at USC Beaufort. She is most at
home in nature, and her concern for wild
places and creatures, particularly when it
comes to coastal conservation, is evident
in the fabric of her writing. A proud and
unrepentant Luddite, Malphrus merrily
eschews electricity and running water at her
Montana cabin and counts herself fortunate
that her husband, Andy Fishkind, is of the
same mindset. Their grown daughter Sarah
and three rescue dogs, however, are quite
content with creature comforts and remain
behind in South Carolina.
January 2016
Monday, March 7
All the Light We Cannot See
by Anthony Doerr
Presented by Barbara Olney
A Pulitzer Prize winning novel set in
occupied France during World War II, this
book is an intricate, poetically written,
duel story of a blind French girl and a
technologically talented German boy
whose paths eventually cross. As Mr.
Doerr creates their lives, he shows us how
the war affected these adolescents and the
decisions they had to make to survive. I
chose this book because I was intrigued by
the way the author revisits WWII through
the lives of Marie Laure and Werner.
The extraordinary language, elements of
suspense and myriad themes made this an
extraordinary book.
Barbara Olney was born
in Jersey City, NJ, and
has lived in Dataw Island
in Beaufort County for 11
years. After receiving a BS
in education from Lesley
College in Cambridge,
Massachusetts, she was
an elementary classroom teacher for 23
years, 3 of those years in Los Angeles, and
20 years in Massachusetts. After retiring
from the classroom in 2002, she worked
as a per diem consultant for McGray
Hill, training and coaching teachers to
use McGraw–Hill’s Elementary reading
and math program. She is an avid reader,
an expert knitter and a member of the
Beaufortettes, a senior tap–dancing group
well known in the Beaufort area.
Thank you to the
Selection Committee of
2016 Books Sandwiched In!
Thank you to the following people
who identified and recruited our
fabulous list of presenters.
John Berra
Katherine Brown
Connie Gardner
Nancy Gilley
Marilyn Harcharik
Ron Jacobs
Tim Johnson
Vicki Mix
Stephen Murray
Becky Sprecher
news & events from the FOL
6
January 2016
From the Beaufort Branch Manager
. . . annette Greenway
Thanks in part to support from the Friends of the Library, the
Beaufort branch continues to provide quality programming and
materials to the community. Bookstore sales help provide this
funding and we are proud to announce that the relocation of the
Friends of the Library bookstore has been completed. This move allows for the
bookstore to be open for shopping any time the library is open.
We have a lot of exciting programs coming up this spring, including appearances
by authors Hallie Ephron and David Grim, a musical lecture on the history of
the negro Spiritual, gentle yoga, and the coloring club. Upcoming children’s
programs include Frozen Fever, Hearts and Cocoa, and a Pinkalicious Cupcake
Bash. Teens will enjoy a chocolate Olympics, an Allegiant film release party and more.
Beaufort staff participated in “Trick or Treat
Beaufort” by dressing up and handing out
candy to local children.
Material and equipment purchases are being made for the Environmental Literacy
Grant that has been funded by the Women in Philanthropy. Programming will begin
in January. Patrons can learn about our environment using microscopes, binoculars,
and other tools of the trade. Materials used will be available to those completing the
sessions.
We are still in search of patient volunteers who can work two hours on a weekly basis
to help patrons with their technology needs. If you are interested in volunteering in
this capacity, If you are interested in volunteering in this capacity, please contact
Stacey Inman at the library at [email protected].
All of us at the Beaufort branch thank you for being our Friends!
Beaufort staff members pose in front of
the new Friends of the Library bookstore.
Message From the Lobeco Branch Library Manager
. . . belinda blue
Dori Sanders was our guest
author and speaker during
the recent Friends of the
Library children’s program.
A best–selling novelist, Ms. Sanders is
a huge supporter of literacy, reading,
libraries and FOL groups and is often
involved in efforts to encourage youth
to read more and explore programming
offered by their local library. As a farmer,
Ms. Sanders endorses eating healthier,
supporting local farmers and is a friend of
4–H chapters across the state. A film was
made by the University of Mississippi in
collaboration with the Southern Foodways
Alliance to recognize her life’s work
and commemorate her selection as the
SFA’s 2011 Craig Claiborne Lifetime
Achievement Award winner. Combining
Ms. Sanders’ passion for farming with
that of writing, Beaufort County 4–H,
under the direction of Beverley Brown
and 4–H Healthy Lifestyles Ambassador
and library teen board president Sarah
Jones, partnered with FOL to include
healthy food choices and preparation to
the program. Through Eat 4–Health, teen
health ambassadors and 4–H professionals
partner with local organizations to develop
community–focused events that engage
youth in learning about healthy lifestyles.
Offering interactive educational activities,
youth are guided in developing positive
perspectives on health and nutrition —
ultimately helping them to make smarter
choices.
The program featured recipes from Ms.
Sanders’ cookbook, Dori Sanders'
Country Cooking: Recipes and Stories
from the Family Farm Stand. Ms.
Sanders shared stories of her writing
experiences, telling us where the idea
came from to write her bestselling youth
novel, Clover, which has been printed
in five foreign languages. Ms. Sanders
received the Lillian Smith Award for
Clover. We were intrigued to hear the
wonderful opportunities she had to appear
on television to prepare recipes from
her cookbook and the kiss she received
from the Today Show host Matt Lauer. A
special treat for us was the added pleasure
of meeting Ms. Sanders’ friend and
fellow writer, Deloris Nevils, author of
Amadeus the Leghorn Rooster, illustrated
by Jonathan Greene. Mrs. Nevils is a St.
Helena Island resident.
Special thanks are extended to the St.
Helena Branch Library for the use of the
community room, and Barefoot Farms for
their donations and support in making the
program successful.
Dori
Sanders
sharing
stories of
her writing
experiences
with the
students.
news & events from the FOL
From the st. Helena Branch Library
Manager . . . Maria benac
2015: A Year In Review
As a member of the Friends of the Beaufort Library,
each member makes an impressionable mark on
the lives of each person by supporting library
programming and materials. Your support at the St Helena Branch
Library allowed the staff and volunteers to offer an abundance of
opportunities for the community this year. In February, both male
and female customers enjoyed having a blind date with a book
and one lucky person won a gift basket with chocolate treats.
March ushered in the Irish Steppers and participants enjoyed a
light reception while learning about Irish History, Songs, and
Dance. The Teens were moved to become active participants
in civic duty and they held a Murder Mystery Dinner Theater
fund-raiser and invited resident thespian, Dennis Adams, to act
as Sherlock Holmes. To close out our Spring programming, Mrs.
Bradley had the children hopping about the library in search of
eggs and other library clues.
We started our early summer programming in May and the
children had a wonderful time with Francis F. Jones, the author
of Cricket Curlz. Later this month we said farewell to our teen
board members who graduated in June. One of the four teens
returned to become a member of the New Adult Board. The New
Adult Board is a group of 18 to 30 year olds whose role is to
mentor teens and to foster civic engagement among people in
this age group. Thank you for hosting the community reception
to welcome our new Library Directory, Ray McBride.
The summer reading program was a blast at the St Helena Branch
Library, thanks to the help of the volunteers and our newest
staff member and Youth Services Manager, Madeline Helser–
Howard. With your support we were able to offer Lego building
programs and STEM related activities like making volcanoes,
slime, ice cream, rubber band cars, special effects, and a super
hero movie. A special thank you to the Friends members who
also volunteered; your help enabled us to offer several programs
each day, for four days a week, during the six weeks of summer
reading we actually ran out of reading medals of achievement!
Thank you so much!
This Fall we hosted the Express Yourself Poetry Slam with light
refreshments and heard new poetry prose lyrically lipped from
new artists. The yCooking Club has grown to 19 young people
who are interested in learning how to prepare healthy meals
using safe appliances at home. On November 21, the community
received a treat as author Dori Sanders prepared meals from her
cookbook, Dori Sanders Country Cooking — try her Turnip
Slaw, it is delicious.
To close the momentum of a great year, we will host the third
Annual Night Pun Disya Iland: A Gullah Night On the Town
event. This program allows the community to come together
as one to learn how the holidays are celebrated in the countries
where the Gullah folk originated. None of these cultural and
educational opportunities would be possible if it wasn't for your
generous donation and support.
Thank you, thank you! Happy Holidays and Happy New Year.
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January 2016
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