Next Weekend, The Blythewood Butterfly Festival: A Special Arts-Based Festival Celebrating the Monarch Butterfly, Saturday, September 5, 9:00 to 6:00 at Doko Meadows Park
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This Weekend in
Blythewood
August 27th, 28th & 29th
Good Luck to all our
Blythewood Teams this year!
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The Greater Blythewood Chamber of Commerce invites you
to the Monthly
Breakfast Meeting, September 8 at Doko Manor.
This will be the annual high school football
coaches meeting where the WHS and the BHS coaches and athlectic
directors will present their outlooks and take questions about the
current year.
Doors will open at 7:00, with breakfast at 7:30,
catered by Lizard's Thicket and Iron Brew of BW. Please
register in advance
For more than ten years,
the Greater Blythewood Chamber of Commerce has been
in charge of the town's annual Christmas parade. However, the chamber board has recently decided
to focus more on traditional chamber activities and has begun the transition to a citizen-committee-run Christmas
parade with the
town's blessing.
The goal is to have the parade continue to act as a
college scholarship fundraiser for deserving, local-area high
school seniors. This year's parade, on Sunday, December 13th, will
be run by the chamber and the citizens committee together; with the
2016 parade run solely by the citizens committee. The chamber would like to hold the first
committee meeting in mid-September. If you are interested in
being a part of this exciting new effort, please contact the chamber's
office manager, Kitty Kelly at (803) 712-3806 or kitty@blythewoodchamber.com.
Blythewood
Library
Friday
Family Storytime
August 28
and September 4
10:30 to
11:00
Share books
and songs for the
young and
old!
Thursday,
September 3
2:00 to 3:00
Learn to
Download eMagazines
for adults
The Richland
Library website has free eMagazines you can download. If you
have an iPad or other devices, bring it along and learn how to save
money downloading magazines.
One more
week and counting...
Blythwood
Butterfly Festival: A Special Arts-Based Festival Celebrating the
Monarch Butterfly
Saturday,
September 5,
9:00 to 6:00
at Doko Meadows Park
The festival
will celebrate the endangered Monarch butterfly through both visual
and performing arts and will include educational information,
informative sessions and exhibits in a community-wide effort to
help sustain the migrating populations of the Monarch
butterfly.
Those
interested in selling arts and crafts and those artists interested
in submitting artwork for the Blythewood Butterfly Festival art
competition should contact festival director, Jean Bell, at www.bagshop12@gmail.com or call 803-550-9323 or
803-394-2179
Did You
Know: "The
caterpillar is a voracious eater, capable of consuming an entire
milkweed leaf in less than five minutes. They gain about 2700 times
their original weight, and in the process, excrete an abundant
quantity of “frass” (or waste). "
"The
Monarch butterfly can cumulatively lay about a maximum of 250 eggs
per day at the rate of one egg at a time. The witnessed highest
number of eggs laid by a monarch butterfly in captivity is
1179."
Thanks for
the facts, @monarch-butterfly.com.
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Town of Blythewood
Meetings
Monday, August 31
Town Council Meeting
7:00 p.m. Doko Manor
Tuesday, September 1
Planning Commission Meeting
6:00 p.m. Doko Manor
Town of Blythewood Election
Candidate Filings...
Filing Date Ends
September 2, 2015
Citizens desiring to be a candidate for 2
Councilmembers positions, terms ending in 2019,...
1 councilmember's position to fill the unexpired term
of Bob Massa which ends November 2017 ...
and the Mayor's position, term ending in 2019.
Contact the Municipal Clerk, Melissa Cowan, to pay the
required fee and file a Statement of Intention of Candidacy by the
above date.
The general election will be held November 3, 2015 at
Blythewood Park on 126 Boney Road.
For more information call the Town Clerk at 754-0501.
Town of Blythewood Board Vacancies
Mayor Mike Ross
and Town Council are accepting volunteer applications
from citizens interested in serving on the boards of the:
- Planning
Commission ( 2 Seats) ,
- Board
of Architectural Review (2 Seats)
and the
- Board of Zoning Appeals ( 2 Seats).
Applicants must reside in the town limits. All of
the Seats are for a 3 year term and expire 9-30-18.
Interested
residents should submit an application online through the Town’s
website as follows:
(2)
Click on the Resident
Resources link.
(3)
In the brown navigation frame on the left, click on the Boards and
Commissions link.
(4)
Click on the Interested
in Serving link to open the “Board or Commission
Interest” form.
(5)
Complete the form and upload your resume or supporting information
(or bring hardcopies to Town Hall).
If you
need additional information about the purpose or duties of these
Boards, please contact Melissa Cowan, Town Clerk at 803-754-0501.
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Doko Manor...a great Venue for:
Weddings
Receptions
Birthday Celebrations
Weekday Business Meetings
Family Reunions
Doko Meadows...
The soccer, football and Lacrosse fields, plus
the amphitheatre and the multi-purpose field can be rented for
a small per hour fee. Call Pat Connolly at Town Hall for
pricing.
No grills can be used at Doko Meadows and there are no
picnic tables as yet.
Could be a great gift for the Town of
Blythewood!
Give us a call at Town Hall,
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