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News The next meeting will be at 6:00 p.m. on Monday November 9 at the Crystal Lodge in Briceville. Please note the change from Tueday to Monday and time change from 4 p.m. to 6 pm. Contact us if you need directions. |
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Committee Member List:
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Co-Chair; Chair Physical Bldg:
Marshall Hackworth
Foundations & Grants:
Stephanie Hill
Co-chair, Bldg Committee:
Ron Wilson
Bldg Committee:
Sammy Miles
N. B. (Pete) Moore
Fundraising Co-chair; Bldg Committee:
Lanny Fox
Fundraising:
Joyce Beets
Publcity:
Linda Fields
Library BoardTreasurer:
Hazel Guyton
Committee Member:
Angelia Colston
Librarian -Briceville Public Library:
Lynette Seeber
Clinch-Powell Regional Library Director -Advisor:
Susan Simmons
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Events
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Six tents surrounded the Briceville Friendship Center on June 7, 2008. The purpose was to celebrate the Briceville Library which is housed in one room of the Center and to introduce the community to the concept of a new Briceville Library Building. There were balloons at the entrance and posters around the area, especially at the grocery down by the library where everyone meets at some time during the day.
Volunteers and special visitors included members of the New Briceville Library Building Project and members of their families, the Briceville Elementary School Librarian, Susan Simmons, Clinch Powell Regional Library Director, local library directors, and members of Crystal Lodge #616. Briceville Library Director Lynette Seeber and her staff, Daphne Windham and Carolyn White (Meritan employee at the Briceville Library) welcomed the community to the celebration.
The first tent was devoted to information about the new library, a concept drawing and other posters supporting the project. Also on that table was a bucket of Calla lilies which sold for $5 a bunch. There were cookbooks compiled and printed by the Friends of the Briceville Library that sold for $10. All proceeds went to the building fund. There are more cookbooks on order. Everyone was encouraged to sign up for a new library card. From those cards were drawings for ‘door prizes’ each hour. There was a book sale, free magazines, lots of Children’s games as an introduction to the Summer Reading Program, Face Painting, as well as a tent that sold refreshments. The refreshment tent was sponsored by the Crystal Lodge at Briceville and it was a lively section of the celebration. At any given time there was a sizable group including 4, or 6 or more men from the lodge. These men came early and help set up everything and stayed late to see that everything was taken down, put away, and cleaned up. The lodge members are quickly becoming a pivotal group in the area to keep the building project on everyone’s mind.
Tony Thomas, a local musician entertained during the celebration. He is well known in this area; writing songs, has several CD’s to his credit, performs at the Museum of Appalachia and many other venues. He has participated in many of Briceville Library’s programs teaching local history and singing songs written about the area.
In addition to funds raised, the information exchanged, conversations held, and the general friendliness of everyone who attended made the day a noteworthy one. This event certainly reinforces the co-operation of the community, local organizations, and the Anderson County Library Board in the library building project.
The concept drawing and other visuals are on display at the Briceville Library. Anyone wishing to contribute to the Building Fund may send a check to: Briceville Library Building Fund, P O Box 157, Clinton TN 37717.
