Hear ye, hear ye, Here is your SHERWOOD FOREST CRIER October 1, 2019 SFNA General Meeting Tuesday, November 12, 6:30pm-8pm The next general meeting of the Sherwood Forest Neighborhood Association is scheduled for Tuesday, November 12 from 6:30pm-8pm at the Sherwood Forest Presbyterian Church on the corner of Wilmot Avenue and Beltline Boulevard. Join us at 6pm to meet and greet your neighbors! The SFNA will elect our Board of Directors for 2 year terms. The officers are President, Vice-President, Secretary, Treasurer, and three Executive Committee Members. If you are interested in serving, contact Mark Hering at 360-9527‬ or markhering@aol.com. Refreshments will be served. If you have any questions or concerns, or ideas for speakers, please let us know! USC Belser Arboretum Open House: Native Plant Week Sunday, October 20, 1-4pm 2pm Talk by Dr. Arlene Marturano TAll are invited to the October Open House at the W. Gordon Belser Arboretum, celebrating SC Native Plant Week. After exploring the trails, stay to hear Dr. Arlene Marturano speak at 2pm about native plants and their essential role for wildlife like monarch butterflies. She will demonstrate tagging and releasing migrating monarchs. Look for migrating birds too, as we are seeing many varieties of warblers coming into the Arboretum as the season progresses. Contact Gail Wojtowicz at 618 402-8736 or by email or see USC's Department of Biological Sciences W. Gordon Belser Arboretum web page for more information. Mark Your Calendar! SFNA Annual Halloween Hot Dog Party Thursday, October 31, 5:30-7pm The Halloween Party is a favorite neighborhood event for the kids and the young at heart. Dress up your kids, pets or significant other and come out to be neighborly! We will provide hotdogs, chili and chips. Neighbors can bring sides or desserts. BYOB. Then the kids can trick or treat in Sherwood Forest! Contact Mark Hering at 803-360-9527 or markhering@aol.com for more into or to help out for this event. Facebook event... SFNA Adopt-A-Highway Clean Up Saturday, November 16, 9:30-11am Volunteers are invited to participate in the cleanup which is part of the Keep The Midlands Beautiful Adopt-A-Highway program. Meet at the Piggly Wiggly parking lot. The main crew will work from Devine to Rosewood on Kilbourne, then east to Beltline, and finishing at Sherwood Forest Church. Volunteers should wear closed toed shoes and bring your own gloves. Please contact Dave Nelson at 803 447-4793 or appearance@sherwoodforestneighbors.org for information or any questions. City of Columbia Municipal Elections Tuesday, November 5, 2019 The City of Columbia will be be holding municipal elections on November 5, 2019. The absentee voting period will begin on Monday October 7, 2019. In District 3, which covers Shandon, Rosewood and the southeast, incumbent Moe Baddourah faces Will Brennan and John Loveday. City Councilman Howard Duvall will defend his citywide seat against Amadeo Geere, Dylan Gunnels and and Sara Middleton. To vote in the election, you must register with Richland County by October 7. Crier emails We are making an effort to send out these informational emails around the first of every month to keep neighbors up do date on neighborhood events, and other events and information of interest. It's cheaper and better for the environment not to print and pass out fliers! But we could all probably use the exercise! If you have information of interest to the neighborhood, please pass it along and we may include it in a future Crier. Tell your friends and neighbors to subscribe. No membership required, but of course we would like everybody to join! New neighbor? Let us know and we'll send out the welcome wagon. To subscribe, email membership@sherwoodforestneighbors.org or subscribe online Join the Sherwood Forest Neighborhood Association Join now for 2019! Dues are only $20 and are due in January. Pay your dues now online. Or pay at the next general meeting or mail a check to Henry Nechemias, 4 Robin Hood Ct., Columbia, SC 29205 and you will be paid up for 2019! Why should you join the SFNA? Benefits of the SFNA... You're receiving this email because of your interest in the Sherwood Forest Neighborhood Association. If you no longer wish to receive email correspondence from SFNA, please email webmaster@sherwoodforestneighbors.org Please add webmaster@sherwoodforestneighbors.org to your approved sender list in whatever email client or system you are using to make sure you are able to receive email communications from the Sherwood Forest Neighborhood Association! SFNA Facebook Page | SFNA Facebook Group | SFNA Twitter Sherwood Forest Neighborhood Association, Inc. Columbia, South Carolina www.sherwoodforestneighbors.org © Copyright 2019 Sherwood Forest Neighborhood Association. All rights reserved.