God says You are Welcome

I have been saying thank you to God a lot lately. Last night "God says you are welcome" with this beautiful sunset.Thanksgiving is my favorite Holiday.
It has been a very hard year and God has been good. My son was living in Hawaii and they
found out he had cancer. His brother saw him through 6 months of chemo and was
a great caregiver. I was here praying for my son but unable to be with him.
God is good, he preserved my son for me.
John flew in from Hawaii yesterday and late yesterday we decided
to go to town to pick up some last minute things for Thanksgiving.
As we were traveling from home to Smithfield we saw this wonderful tribute
of God's goodness and mercy and grace.

My son John Boyette took this picture of a sunset in Johnston County
as we were driving to Smithfield. What a miracle that statement is, that John is alive,
that he is here, that God is blessing us everyday even when we don't see His sunsets.

Happy Fall to All

Leadership Training Graduation Group Oct 2009

Leadership Training the Group
Ree, Howard, Jaime, Wendy, Carla, Pat, Gail, Forest, Brenda,
Matt, Randy, Debbie, Steve, Kevin, Elaine (me),
Jamie, Martha, Patsy and Tony



For the past week I attended Leadership Training at Human Resources.
I learned plenty of new skills to keep me busy for sometime.
It was a pleasure to get to know to know some of the finest County employees
in Johnston County from many different departments.

We experienced first hand that
learning can be fun.

Thanks to the Human Resources Staff for a memorable
learning experience. Thanks to Instructor Pat LaCarter.
Thanks to Lu Hickey for taking the pictures in
which I appear.

Leadership Training

Leadership Training
Graduation October 23, 2009
The Training experience was excellent with
this fun group of people.

Thank you State and National Leaders

Margaret Marshall with US Representative Bob Etheridge
and NC Senator David Rouzer

Library Board Chairwoman Kay Long and NC Senator David Rouzer

US Representative Bob Etheridge and Heritage Center Director Wingate Lassiter

Librarian Ruby Smith entertains a group with
lively conversation.

Victoria and Patrick Harris with Senator David Rouzer

Thank you to our State and National Leaders for
supporting the Public Library of Johnston County and
Smithfield and our many library patrons.

Thank you County Leaders

County Mission Statement

Thank you Rick Hester for your Commitment to Excellence

Thank you to our County Commissioners for your
support of the library and our patrons.

Be Safe at Railroad Crossings

STOP

LOOK

AND LISTEN

Stop at Railroad Crossings and count the boxcars with
your children.

Readers at the Library

Chick-fil-A Cow at the Library

Little Readers with the Cow

Saying "Hello" to the Cow

Up close and Friendly with the Cow at the Library

Give me 5!

A little Cow at the Library

Chick-fil-A Reads

Thank you Chick-fil-A
for your support of reading at the
Public Library of Johnston County and Smithfield.

Pat, Mel and Lu

Pat LaCarter

Melanie Proctor

Lu Hickey

So much to do

Martha, Carla, Gail and Randy at work on Supervision Training.

Tony preparing for next session.

Chat, Study, Chat, Study, Chat.

Study, Study, study

Preparing for the next session after a break.

Brenda

Martha, Carla, Gail

Randy

Brenda, Forest and Patsy on Break between sessions at HR.