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If you are an artist, craftsperson, book lover, collector, or just looking for a good time, don’t miss Friends of Murphy Library’s popular Crafts and Craft Supplies and Books in the Breezeway Sales on Thursday and Friday, August 2 and 3, from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the library.

Murphy Library volunteer Julie Armstrong looks over items for Friends of Murphy Library’s Crafts and Craft Supplies Sale this Thursday and Friday August 2 and 3 in the library’s meeting room from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. The Books and Media Sale takes place in the breezeway in back of the library. Call 837-2417.

The Crafts and Craft Supplies Sale raises money for prizes in the Cherokee County Schools annual Spelling Bee.  The Bee is co-sponsored by The Cherokee Scout’s Newspaper in Education and Friends of Murphy Library.

 Crafters and artists sell their excess supplies, finished crafts and make a donation to the Bee fund.  They love to talk about their work. Sammie Simpson, Jo-Ann Allen, Sharon Francis, Kathy Hoyt and Leslie Beaster will have tables full of quilts, quilting fabrics, yarn, scrapbook items, sewing items and lots more.  The Friends sell donated items including a whittling set, tie-dye paints with t-shirts, fabrics, and frames.  Moreover, Friends members like Louise MacDonald are there to lend advice to novice crafters.

Are your bookshelves empty?  The Murphy Library’s Books in the Breezeway shelves have been reorganized making it easy to find your favorite authors, fiction and nonfiction, and lots of books on tape.  And when you buy books on tape, they leave your hands free for, what else, your favorite craft. Call 837-2417 for details.

Like to quilt?  Knit?  Paint? Keep a scrapbook? �We got supplies for those crafts and lots more.�

Friends of Murphy Public Library are holding our annual Craft and Craft Supplies Sale on August 2 and 3, Thursday and Friday, from 9 to 2 in the library’s meeting room, as well as a blowout Books in the Breezeway Sale in the back of the library. This year we�have added crafts along with the supplies for sale. You might find holiday gifts ahead of time.

Local crafters sell their own items and donate a portion of their proceeds to the Friends’ Spelling Bee fund. Monies raised reward students in the Cherokee County Schools 6th, 7th, and 8th Grade Spelling Bee. The students love the spelling bee and we love to see them learn.

Cherokee County Schools will hold their annual Middle School spelling bee on Thursday, November 17 at Martins Creek School.  Here are the words used in the bee —

Cherokee County Schools 2011-2012 Spelling Bee Words

aspen  menu  diplomat  watery  daily  yahoo  cobalt  message

bandit  cotton  lemon  robot  panic  cosmos  reptile  dairy Read the rest of this entry »

Quilters Linda Simms, Louise MacDonald and Sammie Simpson love their favorite hobby. MacDonald and Simpson will be at the 2011 Craft Supplies Sale to encourage and help other quilters find a new project.

If you are an artist or craftsperson, or want to be, don’t miss Friends of Murphy Library’s popular Craft Supplies Sale and Books in the Breezeway Sale on Friday and Saturday from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m.

This is the 5th year the Craft Supplies Sale has been raising money for prizes in the Cherokee County Schools annual Spelling Bee.  The Bee is co-sponsored by The Cherokee Scout’s Newspaper in Education and Friends of Murphy Library.

Crafters and artists sell their excess supplies and gift items and love to talk about their work.  Terrie Allen will be there with her jewelry and Sammie Simpson with quilting items, along with Vivien Schell, Sharon Wilson, Jo-Ann Allen, Sharon Francis, and Margie King.  They will have tables full of quilting fabrics, yarn, scrapbook items – you name it, they can help you.  We also have a pottery wheel for sale and lots of finished crafts.

Are your bookshelves empty?  The Murphy Library’s Books in the Breezeway bookshelves are loaded and waiting with great titles for fall reading for all ages.  Call 837-2417.

This is the final list of words for the 2011 Spelling Bee!  We’ve made them big so you don’t miss them!!

This week’s words for the 2011 Cherokee County Spelling Bee are from French.  They can be found on the National Spelling Bee web site, http://www.myspellit.com. To see previous weeks’ words, scroll down. 

mascot  mystique  denture  physique 

morgue  palette  baton  cachet rouge 

debacle  chassis  poignant genre

rapport  barrage  layette parfait

clementine  diorama

rendezvous 

This week’s words for the 2011 Cherokee County Spelling Bee are from New World languages.  They can be found on the National Spelling Bee web site, http://www.myspellit.com. To see previous weeks’ words, scroll down. 

iguana   hurricane   hominy   wigwam   quinine   powwow   pecan

woodchuck   chocolate   tomato   llama   hickory

muskrat   bayou   coyote   petunia   caucus

persimmon   jaguar   buccaneer

This week’s words for the 2011 Cherokee County Spelling Bee are from Italian and Latin.  They can be found on the National Spelling Bee web site, http://www.myspellit.com.  

spinet   vendetta   credenza   virtuoso   fresco   stucco

fiasco   cameo   sonata   inferno  allegro   provolone

salami   falsetto   cantata   grotto   crescent 

prodigal   aquatic   participant

This week’s words for the 2010 Cherokee County Spelling Bee are from Greek, and can be found on the National Spelling Bee web site, http://www.myspellit.com. To see previous weeks’ words, scroll down.

lethargy   cryptic   hypothesis   academy   synergy   tachometer

melancholy   metaphor   hydraulic   syntax   tragic

adamant   diatribe   dynamic   topography

allegory   dogma   apostrophe 

rhetoric   polymer

This week’s words for the 2010 Cherokee County Spelling Bee are from Latin, and can be found on the National Spelling Bee web site, http://www.myspellit.com. To see previous weeks’ words, scroll down.

dejected   abdicate   spectrum   nasal   temporal   percolate   susceptible

candidate   canary   lunatic   gregarious   benevolent   ingenious

prescription   fastidious   prosecute   incredulous

discipline   implement   ridiculous

This week’s words for the 2011 Cherokee County Spelling Bee are from Arabic, and can be found on the National Spelling Bee web site, http://www.myspellit.com.  To see previous weeks’ words, scroll down.

talc   tuna   safari   albatross   mohair   arsenal   mummy

alcohol   tariff   imam   azure   borax   elixir   alcove

tarragon   sequin   zero   massage

carmine   lilac

This week’s words for the 2011 Cherokee County Spelling Bee are from Old English and can be found on the National Spelling Bee web site, www.myspellit.com.  To see previous weeks’ words, scroll down.

dogged   manhandle   quell   fiery   creepy   dreary   fathom

threshold   errand   timely   dairy   reckless   bequeath

nostril   mermaid   nightingale   mongrel

alderman   hawthorn   quiver

This week’s words for the 2011 Cherokee County Spelling Bee are from Greek, and can be found on the National Spelling Bee web site, www.myspellit.com.  Scroll down to see previous weeks’ words.

acme   democracy   topical  ergonomic   protein   angelic

android   character   chronology cosmetic   antibiotic

hygiene   phenomenon   amnesia   pragmatic

geothermal  analysis   periphery

sarcasm  enthusiasm


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