■The Bow Garden Club meets Monday and will feature Traci Kormorek, an Holistic Registered Dietitian from the Concord area as the meeting’s presenter. Tracey’s presentation will be a “Seasonal Cooking Class,” approaching food from a whole foods perspective with new ideas and ways to improve your food choices and feel better for it. Traci’s presentation will focus on whole body wellness. The doors of the Old Town Hall, 91 Bow Center Road, will be open at 6 p.m. for refreshments and social time and the presentation will begin at 6:30 p.m. A brief business meeting will follow. Guests are always welcome at Bow Garden Club meetings and new members are encouraged. You do not need to live in Bow to join. For information about the club, please contact BGC Club President Lorraine Dacko at ldack@gsinetnet or 774-3596.
■Bow Young at Heart Club will meet Wednesday at 11:30 a.m. at the Bow Community Building. Members and guests should bring a bag lunch; beverage and dessert will be provided. The program for the day will be a “surprise” to members, guests and even the program directors. Come and see. BYAH is open to all seniors. Meetings are held on the second and fourth Wednesdays of the month. Contact 228-8149.
■On Oct. 8 for the cost of $83, trip to Castle in the Clouds for a self-guided tour; lunch at Hart’s Turkey Farm (turkey, roast beef or haddock) The Castle is not handicap accessible. Payment due on Sept. 25. Sign up early for a trip Dec. 5 to the White Mountain Christmas with Joe Dudley at Indian Head Resort. Other seniors have access to these trips. Contact Carol Walter at 753-8000.
■The Bow Heritage Commission is selling raffle tickets for two twin-size quilts made and generously donated by the Bow Quilt Club. One is “Grandmother’s Fan,” the other “Contemporary Block” in antique white, aqua, chocolate and shades of pink. They are hand and machined appliqued and machine pieced and quilted. Tickets are $5 each or $20 for six. A drawing for each quilt will be held on Sept. 21 at Bow Heritage Day at Bow Bog Meeting House. Proceeds will go toward the cost of restoring the Macauley Friendship Quilt. To purchase tickets in advance, contact Faye Johnson at 228-8149 or Sue Wheeler at 774-3751 or any Heritage Commission member.
■Bow Heritage Day will be held Sept. 21 from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Bow Bog Meeting House. You are invited to come and see Native American artifacts, to enjoy photos of Bow from long ago and to learn about the restoration work done on the Macauley Friendship Quilt. You will be able to buy a raffle ticket for a chance to win one of two quilts, each worth $300, that were handmade by the Bow Quilt Club. There will also be photos of the recent steeple-raising at the Cross Roads Community Church on display and you can find out how you can help to complete this project. Discover a new place to take a hike, hear a reed organ concert and get up close and personal with a Model A Ford, courtesy of the White Mountain Region Chapter of the Model A Ford Club of America. There will be a ham and bean Men’s Club lunch (which will include some of Sue Wheeler’s homemade pies) and much more. The event will conclude with the traditional bell ringing ceremony honoring our deceased residents. Bell ringers are welcome. Come and see what is old and is now new again. Contact Faye Johnson at fjohnson915@myfairpoint.net or 228-8149.
JOYCE KIMBALL
bowcomnews@comcast.net
■The first PTO meeting will be Thursday at 6 p.m. at the elementary school.
■On Thursday from 6:30 to 8 p.m., the library presents TJ Wheeler in concert. TJ Wheeler is a treasure of American roots music, or better put, a living, one-man Juke Joint! He will perform blues, jazz, ragtime and more on a wide variety of guitars, banjos and other instruments.
■The Congregational Church will hold a Food for Thought potluck on Saturday from 6 to 8 p.m. at the Vestry. The topic of discussion will be “Opening and Affirming.” Open to all, bring a dish.
■The library book group is reading A Gentleman in Moscow by Amor Towless. The books have arrived. Come get yours. The discussion at the library will be Sept. 18 at noon. Bring your lunch and join the lively discussion.
■Opioid Education, Awareness and Narcan Training is scheduled for Thursday at 6:30 p.m. Presented by Sgt. Chris Remillard and Paramedic Brandon Skoglund. Recognize risk factors and signs of overdose. Participants will be trained to administer a dose of Narcan, and provide hands-only CPR. Information and local resources will be shared. This presentation is made possible by the First Responders Initiating Recovery, Support and Treatment (FR-CARA) Grant. Please register by calling the library at 774-3546.
■The DCCUC book group will be reading Saving Paradise by Rebecca Ann Parker during September. Book discussion will be Oct. 3 from 7 to 8:30 p.m. at the Vestry. Eleanor Kimball will host. All are welcome.
■Reading to dogs! Jake, Cali (or Sherman) returns Sept. 26 from 3 to 4 p.m. Read aloud to a registered/certified therapy dog from Therapy Dogs International, Chapter 205. You must register to participate! Kids in grades one through four will have a 15-minute session with a dog of their choice. Bring your own book or pick out one to read. FMI or to register, please call the library.
■The September library exhibit will be Bob Jamback’s Fine Art.
NORA LEDUC
774-3141
dtowncrier@gmail.com
■Concord Regional VNA and Concord Hospital offer balance screenings Sept. 24 from 10:30 a.m. to noon at White Birch Center, 51 Hall Ave., in Henniker. A balance screening includes an assessment of your individual balance and a personalized discussion on how you can reduce your fall risk and remain independent. Reserve a time by calling 224-4093, ext. 5815
■Music at the farmers market in Henniker continues this Thursday from 4 to 7 p.m. with Mary Fagan who has been called “Billy Holiday in bell bottoms.”
■Welcome to the new people at Center Woods: Christine Caza, library media specialist, Nikki Chapman, RN BSN, as school nurse, Melissa Descoteau teaching third-grade, Laura Kling, special education teacher and Alex Story is teaching first-grade.
■And at HCS on Monday is their PTA meeting at 7 p.m. in the school library. Next week is the Scholastic Book Fair.
■John Stark Regional High School is having school picture day on Monday and Wednesday. The John Stark School District Board meeting is at 6:30 p.m. in the library.
TOM DUNN
dunn.t@comcast.net
■On Monday, Military History Book Group at Fuller Public Library will meet at 2 p.m. to discuss the book America’s War for the Greater Middle East by Andrew Bacevich.
■Knitting Purls at Fuller Public Library meet every Monday at 1 p.m.
■Every Tuesday and Thursday is Chair Yoga at St. Mary’s Church at 10 a.m.
■On Tuesday, weaving and spinning demonstrations from 10 to 11 a.m. every Tuesday during September at Fuller Public Library. Try weaving on the tapestry loom or make a potholder! Ask questions, find out where local classes are, and have fun! Display open all month during library hours.
■“Whatever Shopping Trip” on Thursday is the GHSS September trip to The Heights including stops at Target, Walmart as well as other shopping options. The riders will decide on a lunch location. Call Marie Mogavero at 464-4726 or 724-5272 to sign up. Transportation costs $6. Leaving Shaw’s at 9:30 a.m.
■Board games for adults is at 1 p.m. every Thursday at Fuller Public Library. Bring your own game to share or play one of ours.
■On Saturday from 4 to 7 p.m., attend “End Of The Summer Picnic” sponsored by the Deering Conservation Commission and the Deering Association atop Wilson Hill, on the Forest Societies “High Five” reservation. Bring your own picnic dinner and beverages, spread out on a blanket or lawn chairs and enjoy the near 360-degree views of the surrounding forest and mountains. A grill is available. Wilson’s Hill is a short 1,500 foot hike up a moderately sloped gravel drive, but those with mobility issues (or heavy coolers) can also drive to the top for this event. Deering CC members will shuttle up whoever needs a ride. Sunset is about 7 p.m. and the full moon rises at midnight. Sunsets are incredible on High Five. Please contact Gary Samuels at 464-3143 with any questions.
NANCY SHEE
nshee71@gmail.com
■Leigh Maynard, Hopkinton children’s librarian, will be at the Contoocook Farmers Market this week to make a Unicorn Finger Puppet, on Saturday from 9 a.m. to noon by the Gazebo in Contoocook Village. Music this week by Don Bartenstein. SNAP/EBT is accepted.
■Concord Regional VNA is holding a Senior Health Clinic at Slusser Senior Center on Oct. 3 from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. and Park Avenue Apartments on Oct. 15 from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. All Senior Health Clinic services are provided for a suggested donation of $10, however, services are provided regardless of a person’s ability to pay. Call 224-4093 or (800) 924-8620, ext. 5815 for an appointment.
■Senior lunch at the Slusser Center on Wednesdays at noon at the Slusser Senior Center (41 Houston Drive next to the library). Suggested donation of $4. The first time a senior attends, he or she can ask for a new visitor gift certificate at the front desk.
■Susan Ware, general editor of American National Biography and Honorary Women’s Suffrage Centennial Historian at Radcliffe will speak about her new book on the battle for women’s right to vote. August 26, 2020 marks the centennial of the 19th Amendment giving women the vote. Ware will speak about “Why They Marched: Untold Stories of the Women Who Fought for the Right to Vote” profiling women (and a few men) who worked tirelessly in communities across the nation protesting, petitioning and insisting on their right to full citizenship. Suffragists were the voting rights activists of their day. Free at the library today at 4 p.m.
KATHLEEN BUTCHER
724-3452
kathb123@comcast.net
■Today at 4 p.m., join us at Hopkinton Town Library. We will be there as the bookseller! Historian Susan Ware will present her new book, Why They Marched: Untold Stories of the Women Who Fought for the Right to Vote. Looking beyond the national leadership of the suffrage movement, an acclaimed historian gives voice to the thousands of women from different backgrounds, races, and religions whose local passion and protest resounded throughout the land.
■Today at 2 pm., join former UNH English professor Deborah Brown, author of Walking the Dog’s Shadow and the just released The Human Half. Deborah will be offering a monthly Poetry Workshop. For now, the workshops are designed to combine lessons and exercises on aspects of craft (image, diction, metaphor) with a small amount of critique and in-group writing. For the novice to the published, 9 to 99 years. Join at the beginning or when you can.
■Today at 4 p.m., BookEnds BookGroup will discuss Becoming by Michelle Obama. Meeting (usually) the first Sunday of the month at 4 p.m. in The Gallery.
■Battle of the Book launches Sept. 15 at 2 p.m. at BookEnds. Adi and Rebecca Rule each have a new book. It’s a mother/daughter face-off between two Granite State authors. In this corner, champion of yankee culture, weighing in at over a dozen books with fat awards, it’s moose of humor Rebecca Rule! She’ll be launching That Reminds Me of a Funny Story, a memoir/storytelling how-to/compendium of yankee humor. Appropriate for all ages, but especially grown-ups. In that corner, wielding princess power and the magic of friendship, weighing in at three books with sparkly covers, it’s Adi Rule! She’ll be launching Hearts of Ice, a wintry fantasy perfect for ages 8 to 12 and anyone young at heart. Yankee and princess/prince costumes welcome; prizes for favorites!
■Tai Chi on Tuesdays at noon classes start Sept. 17 at the Old Graded Building on Main Street for a cost of $20 for four weeks. Taught by certified instructor Marcia Wyman, the class covers basic tai chi movements for balance, flexibility, strength and mental concentration. Participants wear comfortable clothes, soft shoes or socks. Besides calming the mind, Tai Chi awakens healing energy.
■The United Church of Warner will host a public supper featuring roast pork loin on Saturday. The meal is served from 5 to 6:30 p.m. and costs $10 for adults, $5 for children age 5 to 12. A portion of the proceeds will go to Coalition to End Homelessness.
NEIL NEVINS
456-3614
info@mainstreetbookends.com