September 20, 2006

Mrs. Barbara Balderson       
Apt C -108 Lakewood Manor, 1900 Lauderdale Drive
Richmond, Virginia  23238
Phone: 804-740-7186

Dear Mrs. Balderson:

The North Carolina Checker Association and the Old Dominion Checker Association would like to officially thank you for the generous gift of the Lester A. Balderson Memorial Checker Library.  This gift qualifies as a charitable contribution.

It will be shared between NC and VA checker players, housed in twin glass door cherry bookcases located in North Carolina and Virginia.  Buck Smith and JR Smith will be the initial Librarians.

This is a cherished and thoughtful gift for all to enjoy.  I will stay in touch and post a picture of the book cases on the web.  www.nccheckers.org  

We hope to add to and maintain the Lester A. Balderson Memorial Checker Library so that Les’ lifetime love and dedication to checkers will continue and thereby keeping his name in memory as one of the giants of our great game.

Sincerely,

J R Smith

 cc Cecil Lowe, Billy McClintock, Larry Michael, Clint Pickard, Jeff Webster, Kevin Burks, Buck Smith

NCCA Correspondence