Hear ye, hear ye, Here is your SHERWOOD FOREST CRIER November 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! Ashlye V. Wilkerson who is running for the vacant seat on the Richland County School District One school board in a special election for an at-large seat which will be held on December 31, 2019 will make a presentation. Other candidates have been invited to attend. 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! 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. USC Belser Arboretum Open House Sunday, November 17, 1-4pm - 4080 Bloomwood Rd Come experience Fall in Columbia’s urban forest. All are invited to the W. Gordon Belser Arboretum for its monthly open house, held the third Sunday of each month. Staff are available to answer questions and you can take a self-guided trail walk. 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 Municipal Elections Tuesday, November 5, 2019 The City of Columbia will be be holding municipal elections on November 5, 2019. District 3: Incumbent Moe Baddourah faces Will Brennan and John Loveday. At Large: City Councilman Howard Duvall will defend his citywide seat against Amadeo Geere, Dylan Gunnels and Sara Middleton. Don't be confused! There is a special election for an at-large seat on the Richland County School District One school board which will be held on December 31, 2019. Several candidates including Tyler Gregg and Rhodes Bailey have announced they are running for the SC House District 75 seat currently held by Kirkman Finlay. This race is part of the general election which will be held on November 3, 2020. A primary is scheduled for June 9, 2020, and a primary runoff is scheduled for June 23, 2020. 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 Become a member or renew your membership now for 2020! 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 2020! 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.