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Albert Carlton-Cashiers Community Library
249 Frank Allen Rd
Cashiers, NC 28717

828-743-0215
Fax: 828-743-1638
Librarian: Sarah Skrobis

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The Albert Carlton - Cashiers Community Library has been called the "heart of the village of Cashiers" and receives tremendous support from permanent and part year residents. The Library serves as a public meeting place, a gathering place for leisure time with friends, and an after school haven for the local charter school students. Members of the local community take care of the plantings and landscaping around the Library on a volunteer basis.

The Library hosts year round programming featuring author talks, musical presentations, poetry readings, and numerous programs of historical, environmental and local interest. We have preschool story time from fall until spring and Summer Reading Program for preschoolers and school age kids in the summer. Library tours geared to all age and interest groups are available by appointment. The Friends of the Library host duplicate bridge weekly during the winter and early spring.

The Library has a large community room with theater lighting, stage and dressing rooms available for public use. The Library also has a quiet reading room with fireplace and coffee bar, and a smaller meeting room.

We have a small collection of books of local and historical interest in a large elegant wooden display cabinet. The books are available for use in the library, but not for general circulation. Due to the high interest in investing, the Library carries both ValueLine and MorningStar investment references.

Art Display

Starting in late 2006, artist Kathie Blozan initiated a continual art show in the Cashiers Library Meeting Room. Artists featured in the show are all from the Fontana Regional Library system (Jackson, Macon, and Swain counties). Every three months, the show rotates original pieces that are suitable for all ages. Since its inception, the show has exhibited the works of over twenty local artists.

Currently, oil painter Christine Elder is in charge of the show. If you are an artist from Jackson, Macon, or Swain county and would like more information about participating in the shows, please contact the library at 743-0215.

Internet Access

The Library recently received a donation of $20,000 from an anonymous benefactor who was a seasonal library patron for many years. The money will be used to facilitate the final connection to the fiber optic internet access coming to the Cashiers community within the next year and to purchase four additional public access internet stations and additional staff computer work stations when the fiber optic network is in place. A number of parties including the Carlton family facilitated the funding of the cabling project to bring high speed internet access to the schools, library and communities of Cashiers and Glenville.

Story Time on Wednesdays

Join us every Wednesday morning for books, songs, and fun. A brand new, half-hour toddler story time debuts January 2008 at 10:30 AM, followed by the regular preschool program at 11:00. All story times are free and open to everyone. There is no story time in May.

This season's focus will be the pre-literacy skill of developing the ability to hear and play with smaller sounds in words by singing songs. Being able to hear the beginning and ending sounds in words helps children sound out words when they begin to read. Singing songs is one of the most enjoyable ways to develop this skill! Research has shown that children prepare to read years before they start school. Learning these important skills in a fun way at story time will help children become good readers.

Upcoming Programs for Children

June 19 - Safari Steve Bugs N Stuff Program. 10:30 am. Join Safari Steve (left, with Franklin) for an entertaining look at the world around us - making science come to life. Hear about the life cycles of insects and plants, their importance to the ecosystem and how they help and harm humans and more.

July 16 - Ron Cromer's Snakes Alive!. 10:30 am. Learn about a variety of reptiles, heighten your understanding of nature and experience an exciting hands-on opportunity to hold and pet tamed snakes (if you wish).

Jackson County Library Board

Howard Allman, Chairman*

Roberta Crawford

J. Vance Davidson*

Michael Jorge

Brenda Oliver

Ethan F. Staats*

Lola Thomasson

Don Williamson

*Member Fontana Regional Library Board

LIBRARY HOURS
Tue	10 am	- 5;30 pm
Wed	10 am	- 5:30 pm
Thu	10 am	- 8 pm
Fri	10 am	- 4 pm
Sat	10 am	- 4 pm
Sun	Closed
Mon	Closed

The Albert Carlton-Cashiers Community Library opened its doors in the summer of 1994. The Cashiers community had started a community based all volunteer library in the 1980's called Johannson Memorial Library, but felt that the area needed a full service library with trained staff so began a campaign to bring a branch library to Cashiers. Through county and regional negotiations and fundraising a beautiful native stone post and beam library was constructed. The family of Albert Carlton was the primary private contributor and a major force in bringing a branch of the Jackson County Library and Fontana Regional Library system to the area.

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