Hear ye, hear ye! Here is your SHERWOOD FOREST CRIER October 2, 2017 Mark Your Calendars! SFNA Annual Halloween Hot Dog Party Tuesday, October 31, 5:30-7:30pm on Kalmia! The Halloween party is a favorite neighborhood event for the kids and the young at heart. On October 31, 5:30-7:30pm on Kalmia 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 our new Social Committee chair Megan Harrington at 252-904-4721 or social@sherwoodvorestneighbors.org for more into or to volunteer for this event or others. Trash Your Poop in Sherwood Forest Our new baggie station is up and ready to go! Remember to never leave "filled" baggies in trash piles-always place them in trash cans! Special thanks to David Nelson, our Adopt-A-Highway coordinator, for helping install the dispenser and volunteering to maintain it! See more on our Facebook page... USC Belser Arboretum Open House Sunday, October 15, 1-4pm The public is invited to an open house at the W. Gordon Belser Arboretum. The open house program is held the third Sunday of every month, and features a variety of learning elements in these events. 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. City of Columbia Electronics Recycling You can take your electronics to City of Columbia Public Works at 2910 Colonial Drive, Columbia, SC. Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, & Friday 9am-3:30pm. Electronics: Computers, monitors, TVs, VCRs, DVD players, phones, cameras, stereo equipment and anything that plugs in. Fluorescent tubes and compact fluorescent bulbs. Batteries. Other items are also collected there including household cooking oil. More info... The South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control listing of all recycling options in Richland County is available at DHEC'a website. City of Columbia Municipal Election November 7, 2017 The contested races in our neighborhood are for Mayor and an At-Large Council Member. The registration deadline to vote in the Tuesday, November 7 Municipal Election is Saturday, October 7, 2017. Sherwood Forest is divided between two voting districts: Precinct Ward 14 and Precinct Ward 17. Ward 14 includes the south side of Duncan Street to Kalmia, the west side of Kalmia south to Mimosa, and the south side of Mimosa to Beltline. Polling Precinct Ward 14 – Polling Location – Sims Park, 3500 Duncan Street Ward 17 includes the north side of Duncan to Kalmia, the east side of Kalmia to Mimosa, the north side of Mimosa to Beltline. Polling Precinct Ward 17 – Polling Location – Brennen Elementary School, 4438 Devereaux Road City of Columbia election information... SFNA General Meeting Tuesday, November 14, 6:30pm-8pm The next general meeting of the Sherwood Forest Neighborhood Association is scheduled for Tuesday, November 14 from 6:30pm-8pm at the Sherwood Forest Presbyterian Church on the corner of Wilmot Avenue and Beltline Boulevard. If you have any questions or concerns, or ideas for speakers, please let us know! 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 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 2017! 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 2017 Sherwood Forest Neighborhood Association. All rights reserved.