The October program of the Friends of Polk County Library will feature local photographer Cynthia Terwilliger. Terwilliger will speak about her experiences visiting and photographing many different waterfalls of Western North Carolina. The program will begin at 6 p.m. on Thursday, October 28, in the Community Room of the Polk County Library in Columbus. Her topic is titled Waterfalls: A Spiritual Experience. The program will last about an hour with time for questions from the audience.

Terwilliger resides in Tryon, from where she visits much of the Blue Ridge Mountains, capturing their beauty digitally and on film.&bsp; Here are some comments made by others about her photographic talents: Cynthia is a self-taught photographer with a keen eye for composition and a feeling for the beauty and symmetry in nature. Starting in 1969 she used 35 mm format primarily, and added the digital format in 2005, which she uses with equal expertise.

She has a B.S. in education from Northern Illinois University and a masters degree in library and information studies from the University of Michigan. She taught school for several years and often incorporated her photography into her classes of English and social studies.

Her presentation will consist of speaking about many of her experiences, as well as showing some of her photographs and a brief video covering 70 different waterfalls from Linville Falls in Linville, N.C., to six local falls that can be easily accessed.