The Del Webb Library at Indian Land

Executive Board Meeting

2009-10-11T16:50:00.000-07:00

There will be a meeting of the Friends Executive Board on Tuesday, October 13 at 6:30 p.m. It will be held in a conference room at the library.

All Executive Board meetings are open to the public.

Minutes from June Executive Board Meeting

2009-09-27T12:02:00.000-07:00

Some of these things have happened already, but we are not planning to publish Executive Board Minutes before they are approved. Where possible, we will post newsworthy items from each meeting (such as concrete dates or announcements) as they occur.

Click to view Minutes (MSWord)
Minutes in PDF

Festival Moved Indoors

2009-09-26T06:22:00.000-07:00

It's misty this morning but that will not stop the festival from going forward. Come on over to the Indian Land Middle School and enjoy a great time with all the games, booths and food. The festival will be held inside the building so YOU HAVE NO EXCUSE for not going!

Book Sale Committee Meeting

2009-07-05T06:12:00.001-07:00

The Book Sale Committee will meet on Tuesday, August 11, at 7 p.m.

Executive Board Meetings Scheduled

2009-07-05T06:10:00.000-07:00

The Friends Executive Board will meet on the following dates this fall:

September 15

October 13

November 10

All meetings will start at 6:30 and take place at the library

Festival Chairperson

2009-06-14T03:45:00.000-07:00

The Fall Festival Chairman is Jack Ratcliffe from the Rotary Club. Email is Jack.Ratcliffe@allentate.com. The next meeting is at the library on Thursday, June 18th at 7pm.

The Friends group has been asked to take charge of the children's area. If you are interested in helping in this capacity, please come to the meeting or email Jack Ratcliffe. We'd like to have a really strong show of support from our new Friends group.

Book Sale Committee Meeting

2009-06-05T17:01:00.000-07:00

From Becky Zagor, Chair of the Book Sale Committee

Please join me Tuesday, June 9th at 7PM at the library for our first Used Book Sale Committee organizational meeting!

I am very excited about folks who have expressed an interest in helping in any way with this project. We will be talking about a variety of tasks, matching them to your interests and time available, & planning to make a splashing fundraiser to introduce the community to our library services and the ongoing book sale within the library.

If you cannot make the meeting, but are interested in helping, please respond via email.
With appreciation for the service you offer, Becky Zagor Chairperson & book enthusiast

Festival Volunteers Needed

2009-06-04T14:04:00.000-07:00

Are you interested in helping with the Fall Festival as part of the Friends of the Library group? Some people at our meeting on May 5th specifically signed up to help with that project and others of you may simply be willing to help on that day, which is September 26th.

We have been approached by the Rotary and asked if we would consider taking charge of the Children's Area. The Friends have not yet given them a commitment as to what we think we could offer to do. As the Library will receive a significant contribution from the Rotary as a result of the festival, we would like to take as strong a role as possible in planning and volunteering to work at the festival.

Is anyone who would have a strong interest in chairing that effort or, perhaps, sharing that responsibility with another person? It would involve several meetings from now through September - you would be able to judge that once we get more information.

The other opportunity is to volunteer to help out as a Friends member with the area we have committed to on the day of the festival.

Please send an email to us how you feel you can contribute to this effort. We would like to hear from as many of you as possible by June 15th so we can go forward with our planning.

Thank you so much! FYI: The Executive Board will be meeting on June 16th at 6:30 pm at the Del Webb Library.

Summer Reading Program Kicks Off June 6

2009-05-27T17:29:00.001-07:00

Starting next week, Del Webb Library's Summer Reading Program will be underway! Although the kids can start reading and recording their minutes starting June 1st, our real kick-off will be Saturday, June 6th. We will be having a hometown carnival from 10am to 12pm where the kids can sign up for the reading program, play games and visit the library. We are still in need of some volunteers for that day: it would most likely involve running a small game such as a beanbag toss, handing out candy and chatting with the families who come. If you are interested and available (volunteers would need to arrive by 9:30am), please give the library a call at 548-9260. We appreciate your help!

Rotary Holds First Festival Planning Meeting

2009-05-27T16:34:00.000-07:00

Tomorrow night, May 28, at the Indian Land Library, the Indian Land Rotary will hold its' first planning meeting for the Fall into Fun Festival. The meeting is at 7 p.m. in the large meeting room at the library.

The festival is scheduled for September 26 at the Indian Land Middle School. Many volunteers will be needed to make this event a success. Come to the meeting to see where you might be of service.

Indian Land Friends Group Starts Up

2009-05-22T17:28:00.000-07:00

Well, we now have a Friends group for our Indian Land Library! In fact, I may change the name of this blog to Indian Land Friends. Stay tuned.

We began with a meeting in March (maybe?) with everyone who indicated an interest in being in a friends group dedicated to our new library. We had 32 at that meeting, which also included a couple of high school students. From there, we formed a Steering Committee, which began meeting every other week to hammer out by-laws and get a plan for starting up.

Finally on May 19 we elected a slate of officers and approved our bylaws! The next step will be forming our own 501(c)3, so that we can properly handle our funds.

I'll list the officers here later. (When I find the list.) In the meantime, we have decided to form three committees: A Book Sale group, A Friends Shop Group, and a One Book/One Community Group. These three committees will start working on their projects. The Book Sale Group will meet again in a couple of weeks. (I'll obtain the date for you) They will study the logistics and possible time frame for our first sale.

The Friends Shop Group has already been doing a bit of work on the side, organizing books as they come in and putting them on the shelves. The shop itself has already brought in more than $700 dollars in revenue! The new group will work on forming hours, considering decoration, and perhaps some other items that can be sold. For the most part, the money they earn will go right back into the collection of the library.

The One Book/One Community Group will be one that will require much up-front planning. We would like to see if we can get a book selected that everyone in the community will read. Logistics will be the big thing.

If you are interested in joining the Friends, or in helping with these groups, please send us an email. We'll put you in touch with the right folks!

Library Hours

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Monday: 9:00 am - 8:00 pm
Tuesday: 9:00 am - 8:00 pm
Wednesday: 9:00 am - 6:00 pm
Thursday: 9:00 am - 6:00 pm
Friday: 9:00 am - 5:00 pm
Saturday: 9:00 am - 1:00 pm

The Ribbon, she is CUT!

2009-01-11T16:51:00.001-08:00

ILLibRibbonCutting1.09
Originally uploaded by Food Fanatic

Tomorrow the library officially opens for business. I'll post the hours here once I have a chance to find them. We had a great turnout and a wonderful afternoon. Look for stories in both the Gateway and The Fort Mill Times.

Thanks, everyone, for your support!

Next? A Friends group...

Today is the DAY!

2009-01-11T05:04:00.000-08:00

Today is the day we cut the ribbon on the new library. It's at 3 p.m.

After the remarks (which we'll try to keep short), we'll cut the ribbon and have an open house with treats provided by BB&T.

Festival Update

2008-09-27T05:02:00.000-07:00

From The Carolina Gateway

The organizers of the Fall Into Fun Festival have extended the deadline for festival sponsorships through

Friday, Sept. 19. The festival is organized by the Indian Land Rotary Club and Carolina Gateway. Proceeds

from the third annual festival, set for 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Oct. 4 at Indian Land Middle School, will benefit

the new Del Webb Library at Indian Land. Festival organizers hope to raise $25,000 for the library’s

browsing area.

The festival’s major ($1,000) sponsors are Mulvaney for S.C. Senate, Lancaster County School District

and Springs Memorial Hospital. At the $250 level are Carolina First Bank and First Citizens Bank in Indian Land.

T-shirt sponsors ($100) are Carolina Chiropractor & Wellness, Founders Federal Credit Union, Faith

Presbyterian Church, Barry Adams Allstate Agency and Coldwell Banker United.

Festival sponsorship opportunities include:

For $100, business name will be featured on the festival T-shirt. Each sponsor will receive two free T-shirts;

all festival volunteers will wear the T-shirt on the day of the festival; and the shirts will be available to the

public to buy for $5 each.

For $250, your business name will be featured on the festival T-shirt and festival map, which will be distributed

to festival attendees as they arrive. For $500, your business name will be featured on the festival T-shirt and

festival map, and on a sign in the festival area of your choice. For $1,000, your business name will be featured

on the festival T-shirt and festival map, on a banner at the festival area you choose to sponsor and on the festival

entrance banner.

To be a sponsor, contact Steve Ness at (803) 548-4561, (704) 231-1998 or scness808@aol.com.

The festival will offer a silent auction; business and arts and crafts fairs; car and bike shows; children’s area

with petting zoo, pony rides, games and crafts; teen activities; and live entertainment with local bands. A

few local celebrities may also be making appearances at the festival.

Organizers are still seeking volunteers, business, arts and crafts and food vendors, silent auction items,

bands and children’s activities and entertainers for the annual festival.

Businesses that wish to rent booths may contact Fred Witherspoon at (704) 488-5008 or

fwitherspoon@gmail.com.

Artists and crafters may contact Jane Alford at (803) 283-1154 or cgnews@thelancasternews.com.

Bands or entertainers who wish to perform for free may contact Ernie Holmes at (704) 681-4275 or eholmes@gendelman.com.

Food vendors may contact Laura Loughry at (803) 396-3917 or Ed Cook at (803) 548-7646.

Those who wish to donate items to the silent auction may contact Suzy McCain at (704) 534-5746 or suzy.mccain@hotmail.com.

Those interested in providing children’s activities may call Pat Lowe at (803) 548-5878 or (803) 367-2432 or slowe9@carolina.rr.com.

Those who would like to volunteer may call Judy Fuller at (803) 548-7894.

Organizers will meet with volunteers at 6 p.m. Sept. 23 in the cafeteria of Indian Land Middle School. Anyone interested

in helping is welcome to attend.

Fall into Fun Festival

2008-08-24T12:55:00.000-07:00

The festival date has been moved to Saturday, Oct. 4 so as to not conflict with the A.J. State Park Festival of Legends. Nearby Waxhaw is having their festival the last Saturday of September too, so this move to October 4 should be good for all involved.

The building is going up right on schedule, and we hope to open our doors right before Christmas.
We are very pleased that the Lancaster County Council has decided to give us the last $200,000 we needed to complete the project.

You can view photos of the building on the main branch website: Lancaster County Library.

Stuff's Happening...

2008-03-12T04:32:00.001-07:00

Well, the library is coming along right on schedule. We were a bit worried the first week of construction when a dump truck full of fill dirt fell into a septic tank on the property! Yup. I have no idea why we didn't know it was there, but it was. No one was hurt. Except our bank account. We sustained a $16,334 increase on the project cost, as the septic tank drain lines ran right under our building. So they had to be removed and replaced with good material to build on top.

As you drive by the site you can see activity there just about every day. But we have also been doing a little work behind the scenes:

On January 16 fellow Indian Land resident Trish Douglas accompanied me to a meeting with the architect's staff about carpet and other flooring, countertops, doors, bathrooms, etc. We had a marathon day of choosing color schemes and all that. One item that had already been predetermined was the cork flooring we will have inside the main entrance to the library. It will be a fairly good sized area. Cork is a beautiful, natural product with an organic feel, so we jumped off of that with our carpet and other choices. We incorporated colors that would be reminiscent of the Catawbas and lends a feel of back-to-nature. Our next outing will be to go choose furniture.

We have also been doing some fairly significant fund raising. Not the door-to-door kind, but we have been working on sources of funds to help close the gap, which currently stands at $400,000. Here are a couple things that have happened:

We received $20,000 from the Lancaster County Partners for Youth. This will fund both study rooms! YAY!
We are in the process of re-applying to the Springs Close Foundation for a grant. We applied two years ago and they denied our application, saying they would consider it again when the library was open. However, we need the funds in order to open the library, so we are trying again. We are asking for $75,000.
We are also requesting $200,000 from the state of South Carolina under their SC Competitive Grants Program. I wish I could tell you more about what this is, but I've somehow lost track of the email. I'll get the information and post it here. But essentially I think it's a program to help communities with projects like this. We have to have a legislator sponsor us, so Mick Mulvaney wrote us a letter of support, and we have the support of Representative Joseph Neal, who is on the Ways and Means Committee.

So there you have it! Stuff is happening!

We are also getting questions weekly about the next festival, which is scheduled for Saturday, September 27.

We Did It!

2007-12-03T08:34:00.001-08:00

IL Library Groundbreaking Mosaic
Originally uploaded by Food Fanatic

We broke ground for the new Del Webb Library at Indian Land yesterday, Dec. 2, 2007. Expected completion date: November, 2008.

Click on the photo to see it larger and to view individual photos on flickr.

Photos of the Festivities

2007-10-03T11:57:00.001-07:00

Thanks to The Lancaster News and Carolina Gateway for these photos:

Yes folks, that is your state house representative, Mick Mulvaney.

This is a true friend of the library, runner Amy Parrott. She won $100 in the 5k and then donated it right back to the library. Thank you Amy!

Kayla Custer, 9, from Indian Land holding bunny rabbits during the festival.

Grace Jung, from Charlotte, throwing the ball at Mick Mulvaney in the dunking booth.

Colby Adams, from Lancaster, is taking care of his dad's, Greg Adams 2006 SSR Chevolet before the judging in the car show at the Sun City Fall festival.

Bike show winners

Tiffany Hensley playing in the Indian Land Band.

A matched set.

What a GREAT Day!

2007-10-02T13:38:00.000-07:00

The 2nd annual Fall into Fun Festival was an unqualified success! We actually DOUBLED our income this year, netting more than $18,000! HOO! HOO!

The Festival sported several new attractions this year: Live entertainment, a car show was added to the bike show we had last year, and a 5k race.

The 5k was the event that probably surprised me the most. 54 runners young and old walked, ran and trotted, bringing in more than $1300 in entry fees. The top runners were given fresh, crisp $100 bills for prizes and winner Amy Parrott donated hers right back to the library! Amy! You go girl!

The bike/car show brought in more than $1400. Many thanks to David Freeman for donating trophies for the bikes, and Vintage Cars for donating part of the money for the car trophies.

Bo Beaumont and Daniel Kirkley provided us with excellent live entertainment, as well as Tyler Mitchell, a freshman at Indian Land High School. The ILHS marching band started our day by marching to the sales center from the club house and then playing the "Star Spangled Banner" at the flagpole after the JROTC presented the colors.

The silent auction was a big hit too. Only half a dozen items went unclaimed at the end of the day, and they had even been bid on. The winning bidders just weren't there to pick them up. Don Jenkins donated a 2003 Golf Club Car and it brought $2100. Total proceeds from the auction were over $5200.

Three things really struck me about the festival this year:

It was put on with very little money out of the library's pocket. Less than $2000 was spent. And most of that was for the performers hired by the library. Those were the same performers we offer to the children's programming at the main branch in Lancaster throughout the year. So really we can view that portion as being items from the regular Friends budget. This festival has a lot, makes a lot of money, and 95% of the profit goes straight to the library. We can be proud of the fact that we have the kind of support from our community that enables us to get a lot of things donated. Pulte Homes, the Carolina Gateway newspaper, and the Indian Land Rotary all donated seed money, flyers, signs, garbage pick-up, and porta-potties. Without that, our net would have been considerably smaller.

The second thing that struck me were the volunteers. I admit right here and now that I've been pretty grumpy about putting this shindig together. It is time-consuming, a big headache, lots of stress, hard to coordinate so many people. But Saturday, I was sitting on one of the stone ledges at the entrance to the festival, shoes off, trying to give my aching feet a rest, and I commented to my buddy, "All that complaining I did. I'm humbled by the fantastic attitudes and hard work of all these volunteers. They are all working hard to get a library built for Indian Land."

And the third thing: This isn't just some rinky-dink festival anymore. This is turning into a huge, regional event that draws vendors and visitors from all over the Charlotte area. We had vendors from 50-60 miles away. And they all want to come back.

So. Mark your calendars. Saturday, September 27, 2008. Be here in Indian Land. And by then our library will be just about open!

Here I am, pushing the button to dunk Dr. Adam Cooper, Southern States Chiropractic. He allowed himself to be dunked more than 250 times. Photo taken by Jenny Overman and shared courtesy The Fort Mill Times.

Festival Day Approaches

2007-09-25T07:27:00.000-07:00

Here are some particulars about the 2nd annual Fall into Fun Festival on Saturday, September 29:

The rain date will be October 6. A notice will be posted here if the festival is postponed. Vendors will be notified via email or phone call. If a vendor is unable to participate at the new date, they can call the Lancaster County Library to receive a receipt for a tax-deductible donation to the library.

The festival is from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. There will be a 5k Run/Walk and Toddler Trot starting at 8:30 a.m. in front of the Sales Center. Click the "Running to Read" link to the right for a registration form, or just arrive 30 minutes early to register on site.

Here is a link to driving directions

So far there are about 140 business and artist booths registered for this event. That's just about twice as many as last year! These booths will be in front of the Lake House in the parking lots on either side.

The children's area will also be in a parking lot in front of the Lake House. It will be in the back half of the lot on the left side. Two venues with live entertainment will operate there. The library will have performers scheduled throughout the day. In between those performances, teachers from Indian Land Elementary and Middle School will offer storytelling, characters and crafts.

We also have a large petting zoo by Claude Ellis, the Van Wyck train, and 10 churches offering craft tables for children. Children can buy wristbands for $5 to enjoy these activities.

Festival t-shirts will be available for sale for $5 each. We have several generous t-shirt sponsors who made that happen. Shirts will be for sale at the wristband booths and the Indian Land Rotary table.

The teen area will have a dunking booth, a pitching timer, NASCAR show car, two U.S. Army Humvees, and a huge inflatable obstacle course. This is an inflatable that is designed for teens and adults. For an idea of what that looks like, see yesterday's blog entry for a link to a video on youtube.

Lunch food vendors are many and varied. There will also be breakfast items offered by The Cookhouse and Morris Haynes, coffee vendor for the Lake House.

The car and motorcycle show will be held at the golf club further down Del Webb Blvd. The parking lot at the club has been specifically designed so as to make it nearly impossible for parked cars to be hit by golf balls. There will also be a putting contest held there by the car show.

Bands and musical groups, as well as roving characters, will entertain the crowds throughout the day. For a schedule of music, check this blog later in the week.

We'll see you at the festival!

Mahogany Games - Adrenaline Rush Obstacle Course - Bolaji

2007-09-24T08:23:00.000-07:00

This is the inflatable we'll have at the Fall into Fun Festival this year on September 29

$1.9 Million! $300,000 to GO!!

2007-09-11T13:23:00.001-07:00

Friday we received a check for $25,000 from HSBC,
putting us at $1.9 million. This leaves us only about
$300,000 short, depending on the bids of course, and
about $100,000 of that can be scraped up from state
grants and lottery receipts. Since we have over a year
before the building is completed, we are in good
shape.

It's Official!

2007-09-11T06:58:00.000-07:00

We are sending out bid notices tomorrow to the major news papers and construction trades. they will be published Sunday, Sept. 16. Bids will be due Oct. 17. The library board will meet that night or the next day to consider the bids.

We are a little nervous that bids will come in for more money than we have. But we have built a nice cushion in our money pot to accommodate a reasonable increase of construction costs over the plans from two years ago, so we are hoping for the best.

We are about $300,000 short of the $2.2M we have determined is needed for the project. That's $1.5M for the building and the rest for furnishings and books. This morning library director Richard Band spoke to the Indian Land Rotary about the project and fielded a few questions from members about naming opportunities.

We also have a Rotary member that is in construction and his company will be interested in offering a bid. They are located in Richburg, SC, but most of the workers are here in Indian Land.

Wouldn't it be cool if our library were built for Indian Land by Indian Land residents?

Fall Into Fun Update

2007-09-10T09:18:00.000-07:00

Carolina Gateway: September 12

Indian Land-September 29 is fast approaching and volunteers have been scouring Indian Land, Fort Mill and beyond, looking for fun things to see and do at the second annual Fall into Fun Festival to benefit the new Indian Land Library.

The day will begin with a 5k Run/Walk & Toddler Trot, called “Running to Read.” Sponsored by Crossroads Lutheran Church and Barry Adams Allstate, the run will begin at 8:30 and be over by the time the festival starts at 10 a.m. Registration forms are available for download. Email runningtoread@yahoo.com for more information. All participants will receive a festival t-shirt and there will be cash prizes for fastest male and female runners, as well as gifts for all children.

Plans for the children’s area at the festival are coming together nicely, with craft tables being offered by area churches (7 so far, with more to register soon), an inflatable moon bounce, a petting zoo (bigger this year – with more animals, including a llama), children’s performers in the library staging area, and also an outdoor living room with storytelling, book reading, songs and entertainment by Indian Land teachers. The library area will have a juggler, magician, puppets and professional storyteller. Wristbands for all children’s and teen activities are $5 and will work in both areas.

The teen area is still not quite together, but we know we will have a couple of U.S. Army Humvees, a NASCAR show car, and a pitching machine. We are working on a dunking booth, mechanical bull, and a skateboard area. We have also booked “The Walls of Elim,” a teen Christian Rock band from Lancaster, and have a few Indian Land school student groups that will play short sets throughout the day. Watch this column next week for more information about this area. We expect to have more confirmed activities by mid-week. If you have a line on skateboard stuff, or if you have a teen band that would like to play, please let us know. Email us at indianlandlibrary@gmail.com.

The business area is already larger than last year, with close to 90 registered businesses and artists. And the food offerings will be quite diverse: Lee Blackwell’s BBQ, Mike’s Old Fashioned Ice Cream, Figaro’s Pizza, Paul’s Hot Dogs, and the Indian Land and Pleasant Valley Fire Departments will all be on hand to ensure full stomachs.

A car and motorcycle show, silent auction, and 50/50 raffle are all planned, so this festival promises to have something for everyone.

Also as a closing note: watch next Sunday’s Lancaster News. Bid advertisements for the Indian Land library project will be in the September 16 edition. We should be able to break ground by November 1. It’s really going to happen, folks!