View this e-mail online at http://www.sherwoodforestneighbors.org/sfna_crier/SFNA_Crier_11-02-17.html Hear ye, hear ye,! Here is your SHERWOOD FOREST CRIER November 2, 2017 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. The meeting will feature a presentation by a representative from the Richland County Transportation Penny Development Team on the projects in our area including the Gills Creek Greenway A project. Officer Schmidt will discuss neighborhood crime issues. Elections for SFNA officers will be conducted. If you have any questions or concerns, or ideas for speakers, please let us know! SFNA Adopt-A-Highway Clean Up Saturday, November 18, 9:30-11am Volunteers are invited to participate in the two hour cleanup which is part of the Keep The Midlands Beautiful Adopt-A-Highway program. We will meet at the Piggly Wiggly parking lot. We 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 their own gloves. Please contact Dave Nelson at 803 447-4793 or appearance@sherwoodforestneighbors.org for information or any questions. Yard Sale for Charity Saturday, November 4, 7am-4pm Columbia friends and family: Please come shop and/or donate at our Annual Yard Sale Fundraiser where all proceeds/donations go directly to purchase Christmas presents for children with an incarcerated parent. This Saturday, November 4 starting at 7am at 4229 Wilmot Ave. Please help spread the word! For more information, contact Laura Young at laura.e.wood@gmail.com. USC Belser Arboretum Open House Sunday, November 19, 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 Municipal Election November 7, 2017 The contested races in our neighborhood are for Mayor and an At-Large Council Member. 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 Annual Halloween Hot Dog Party Recap The Halloween party was a great success! Thanks to Rob and Cynde Devlin for hosting, and to everybody who participated! 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 the rest of 2017 and all of 2018! 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 through 2018! 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.