by McCormick County Library | May 24, 2013 | Meeting Room, News, Speakers
The recent rains have been welcome, and the drought is officially over for all South Carolina counties according to the S.C. Drought Response Committee. But, South Carolina has experienced drought conditions during eight of the last ten years. Oftentimes, a month’s...
by McCormick County Library | May 2, 2013 | Meeting Room, News, Speakers
On Thursday, May 16th at 6:30 pm, SLV resident Jo Graziano will present the history of sign language and share some of her experiences teaching the deaf and hearing impaired in both public and private residential schools. Jo has been working with the deaf and hearing...
by McCormick County Library | Apr 18, 2013 | Meeting Room, News, Speakers
On Sunday April 28th the McCormick County Library will host a Chautauqua presentation of Rachel Carson, author of Silent Spring. Nationally acclaimed historical interpreter Caroline McIntyre will portray Carson just after the publication of Silent Spring in 1962....
by McCormick County Library | Apr 3, 2013 | Children's Department, Friends of the Library, Meeting Room, News
For information about other events during the Spring Bonanza festival in McCormick, click here.
by McCormick County Library | Mar 5, 2013 | Meeting Room, News, Speakers
In 1912, just prior to the start of WWI, the German General Paul von Hindenburg told an interviewer that he never read poetry because, “It might soften me.” A kinder, gentler von Hindenburg might have done the world more good than harm. With this in mind,...
by McCormick County Library | Jun 24, 2012 | Meeting Room, News, Speakers
On Sunday July 15th at 3 pm, teacher, author, poet and adventurer John Lane will talk about his canoe trip from the mountains to the sea of South Carolina. Mr. Lane teaches environmental studies at Wofford College where he also directs the Goodall Center for...
