Summer Reading almost over; we hate to see it go, but…

It will be back next year… for the Summer of 2024!

Yay!

TRACI POLLITT

by

Branch Manager Gaston County Public Library, Cherryville Branch

Coming up at your Cherryville Branch Library!

LEGO Club – Tuesdays at 3:30 p.m.

Family Storytime –Thursdays at 10:30 a.m.

Saturday Storytime with Ms. Sarah – Saturday, Aug. 5, at 10:30 a.m.

Teen Anime Club –Thursday, Aug. 17, at 4:30 p.m.

Craft & Chat for Adults - Saturday, Aug. 26, at 11 a.m.

Summer Reading is almost over! We’ve had so much fun this summer with our patrons and our community. We started by saving the Earth from a super-polluting mastermind in Talewise’s presentation of “Science Heroes: Saving Earth Together.” Then Shepherd Shakespeare brought us a wonderful introduction to the Bard with their child-friendly version of “A Midsummer

Night’s Dream.” Finally, our friends at the Schiele Museum brought examples of unity and beneficial partnerships from the animal kingdom to our branch. We were also able to partner with and highlight other Gaston County departments by bringing in Erin Hines from Natural Resources as well as Officer Chad Owens with the County Police. Finally, we had the best time ever when we partnered with Cherryville’s own Fire Department for Family Storytime! We’ve received wonderful feedback about this summer’s events – stay tuned for “Adventure Begins at Your Library,” coming next summer (2024)!

If you recall, we wrote about our Community Reads display in the May 31 edition of this paper. The brainchild of Ms. Emily, suggestion slips were put out for patrons so they could share favorite titles with others in our community. This display has been so successful that we’ve decided to keep it going through the fall. If you’ve read a wonderful book and want to share it with other library patrons, let us know! We also moved our “Craft & Chat” monthly event from a Friday morning to a Saturday morning. This move enabled several crafters to join the group, people who normally have a scheduling conflict with a weekday morning event. After looking at our calendar, we realized we could make this move permanent. Beginning in August, “Craft & Chat” will be held the last Saturday of each month at 11 a.m. If you’re an adult who enjoys crafting, drop by and check it out.

Want more information about library events, displays, etc.? Give us a call at (704) 769-8190, or stop by the branch at 605 E. Main Street. Our public service hours are 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., Monday through Thursday, and 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., Friday and Saturday. Last call for your summer reading records! You have until Saturday, Aug. 12 to bring them into the library and get your name entered into the county-wide grand prize drawings. Good luck, all!

And – as always, have a great rest of your summer!

Watchdog group’s ad compares Cooper to segregationist George Wallace

by DAVID N. BASS Carolina Journal

A new ad from a national watchdog group compares North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper to former Alabama Democrat governor George Wallace, a prominent segregationist.

The thesis of the ad is that Cooper’s opposition to school choice in the Tar Heel State is blocking opportunities for minority students to have a better shot at success in life. The ad also calls out President Joe Biden, Arizona Governor Katie Hobbs, former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, and American Federation of Teachers president Randi Weingarten.

“In 1963, Alabama Governor George Wallace stood in the schoolhouse door to keep black children out of the best schools. In 2023, a new generation of George Wallace Democrats is again blocking schoolhouse doors, opposing popular school choice programs,” the ad says.

“In states like New York, Arizona, Illinois, Nevada, North Carolina and Texas, Democrats are fighting programs that give black and Hispanic parents the ability to send their kids to the best possible schools. Yet many of these same politicians send their own kids to private schools. It’s time for every child in America to finally have equal access to good schools.”

The was created by the group Unleash Prosperity Now.

Cooper has declared a statewide emergency over funding for traditional public schools, while continuing to target school choice programs – chiefly the Opportunity Scholarship Program – that are popular with voters. The governor has also vetoed two bills that would expand and strengthen charter schools.

A recent poll shows that support for school choice stands at 71 percent among registered voters, including 73 percent among blacks and 71 percent among Hispanics..

Session

From Page 1 one a basketball court and the other a proposed pickleball court have either been finished or worked on by Todd Sosebee, with the basketball goals and nets being put in place.

City Manager Dalton said, “The basketball court is completed. The pickle ball court pad has been poured, but it will likely be 30 days before the court is completed and ready for play. We also still have to fix the culvert and pave the track around Westgate.”

In a July 11 email to the Eagle. Mr. Dalton had noted Mr. Sosebee had done a lot of work for the City in the past, adding the “…tennis courts at Aaron Moss Park was one of his projects.”

Also, under “other business,” council members discussed who to bill for a pile of trash and old furniture that was placed out on the street on Rudisill Street and left for the city to pick up and dispose of, a job not normally under the city’s purview to perform, unless agreed upon previously between them and the owner of the house or building from which said debris has come or originated. There being nor further business, the meeting was adjourned. The next regular city council session