■Bow Young at Heart Club will meet Wednesday at 11:30 a.m. at the Bow Community Building, 3 Bow Center Road, for their annual pot luck luncheon. Members should bring a main dish, salad or dessert to share. Their annual meeting will follow with the election of officers for the coming year. Dues will also be collected: $15 for residents; $25 for non-residents; members are reminded to bring their donations for the Thanksgiving baskets and note that this is the last meeting to pay for the Dec. 11 Christmas Luncheon at Makris ($18); The bus for the Dec. 5 White Mountain Christmas with Jose Duddy at Indian Head Resort will leave the Community Building at 10:30 a.m. Contact Faye Johnson at 228-8149 for additional information.
■The Baker Free Library Foundation’s annual fundraising campaign begins this year on Dec. 3, “Giving Tuesday,” a global movement that encourages charitable giving during the holiday season. The library’s goal is to raise $10,000 during the period of Dec. 3 to 31. Bogside Publishing, Inc., a family-owned Bow business, is generously offering partial matching funds on Giving Tuesday which will increase the value of any contribution. All monies raised will be invested in the Baker Free Library Endowment Fund. Checks should be made payable to the BFL Foundation, with the word “endowment” noted on the memo line. Donations should be mailed to the library or dropped off at Baker Free Library, 509 South St., Bow, N.H. 03304. Additional information may be found at bakerfreefoundation.org or on the library website. Please contact Eric Anderson at e-anderson@comcast.net or Christine Carey at ccarey24@comcast.net for additional information. Note: The Baker Free Library Foundation is a nonprofit.
■Today is the last day to pre-order your holiday poinsettias from the Bow Garden Club. Beautiful poinsettias in both 8- and 10-inch pots are available in either red, white or pink through any Bow Garden Club member. Prices are $23 and $33, respectively. Note: Orders will be ready for customer pick up Dec. 7 at the Old Town Hall from 9 a.m. to noon, unless other arrangements have been made with your seller. Last minute pre-orders can be made today only by contacting Joyce Kimball at joyceakimball@comcast.net or 229-1990.
■The garden club’s annual “Pajama Project” for this year is finishing up. New, warm pajamas and/or books for night time reading are collected from October to mid-November and given to disadvantaged youth of all ages. Collection boxes will remain in place at both the Baker Free Library and the Bow Community Center until the middle of this week. All items collected are being donated to both Bow’s Human Services Department and Family Promise of Greater Concord. Family Promise provides shelter, meals and continuing support to homeless families, many with young children through its network of 16 local congregations and interfaith groups.
■The garden club is on hiatus until April, however new members are welcome to join at any time. Please visit bowgardenclub.org or contact Club President Lorraine Dacko at 774-3596 or ldacko@gsinet.net for more information.
JOYCE KIMBALL
bowcomnews@comcast.net
■The Dunbarton American Legion Post No. 116 will conduct a Veterans Day Ceremony at the Town Common flag pole on Monday, starting at 11 a.m. This ceremony is conducted annually and recognizes all veterans. All are welcome.
■No school on veterans day Monday. Town offices closed.
■Order now! The Congregational Church is having their annual 2019 Wreath and Poinsettia Sale. Support our local vendors through the church and community missions and ministries. Order your wreaths and poinsettias early to assure your selection or by Nov. 25 at the latest. Orders can be picked up at the Vestry in the town center Nov. 30 and Dec. 1. To order online, visit dunbartonucc.org/dcc-boards/trustees/dcc-store. FMI or to pay by check, contact tammy572003@gsinet.net.
■An Evening with the Weare Area Writers Guild will be Thursday at 6:30 p.m. at the library. Proudly known as the WAWG, the group is an author collective that workshops and publishes writing on many subjects. They meet regularly at the Weare Public Library, but you have seen them in Dunbarton at Old Home Days and Arts on the Common. Come on down and get to know these incredible authors. Learn about their work from children’s to teen to romance to memoir. You will be able to buy copies of their books at our event.
■The November PTO Meeting will be Thursday at 6 p.m. at the elementary school library.
■Spireside Coffee House will present an Open Stage Night on Saturday from 7 to 10 p.m. for a donation of $5. Come see the regular crew of local musicians. They usually have an eclectic mix of eight to 12 local performers for your listening pleasure. Enjoy an evening of community fun, a traditional “Open Mic” Coffee in the intimate setting of the historic Congregational Church Vestry.
The Alice Network by Kate Quinn is the book for the Public Library Reading Group. Books are available now. Discussion will be Nov. 20 at noon in the library.
■This month the DCCUC book group is reading Revelations of the Magi by Zondervan. The book discussion will be Dec. 5 at 7 p.m. at the Vestry. Hosted by Tina Bean. All are welcome.
NORA LEDUC
774-3141
dtowncrier@gmail.com
■Henniker Youth Athletics is still in need of coaches for their basketball program! Here’s what they are looking for: 3/4 Girls, 5/6 Boys, 7/8 Girls and 7/8 Boys. Please consider coaching. They can’t run their programs without coaches.
■The John Stark Regional High School Stage Company is proud to present Radium Girls by D.W. Gregory from Thursday through Saturday at 6:30 p.m. in the Café. Tickets are $5 for students/seniors; $7 for adults and may be purchased at the door or reserved with Geri at 529-1601.
■And if you’re in the mood for good theatre, this coming weekend in Henniker is for you! Thursday through Saturday, NEC is also doing a play, Crimes of the Heart by Beth Henly at 7:30 p.m. with a Sunday matinee at 3 p.m. Tickets can be purchased at 428-2382 or nectheatre@nec.edu.
■Weare Middle School music teacher Serena Gorham hosts a community band and community choir for adults in the Weare and Henniker communities with any level of experience with the goal of performing alongside Weare students in the school spring concert in May. You may join them every Wednesday evening from 7:30 to 8:30 p.m. Email Serena.Gorham@sau24.org.
TOM DUNN
dunn.t@comcast.net
■On Monday, Crafty Critters will join to make pine cone christmas trees. GHSS will be making beautiful center pieces, which will be donated to the Lions Club for families receiving holiday baskets at Christmas time. All materials will be provided. Meeting at St. Mary’s Church at 10 a.m. Call Barbara Hays at 464-2692 if you have any questions.
■Thursday, GHSS will trip to The Millyard Museum. Learn the story of Manchester and the people who lived and worked there through the wonderful exhibit Woven in Time: 11,000 Years at Amoskeag Falls. Lunch will be on your own. Cost is $14. Leaving Shaw’s at 10 a.m. Call Linda Kowalski at 464-5426 to sign up.
■Big Kids Storytime is Friday. Middle school book group will meet at 2:30 p.m. at Fuller Library to discuss Gregor the Overlander by Suzanne Collins. Snacks are served and all are welcome to attend. The meeting lasts about an hour.
■Fuller Public Library’s STEAM for Kids: Turk-uchet will be Saturday. Build a catapult to launch your homemade turkey. Whose will fly the furthest? Join us at 10 a.m., call to register at 464-3595.
■Saturday is the American Legion Auxiliary Craft Fair from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Legion Hall, 538 W. Main St. Call Elaine at 464-9096 for more information.
NANCY SHEE
nshee71@gmail.com
■Commemoration of 100 years of the American Legion will take place Nov. 16 from 2 to 4 p.m., with a 3 p.m. slideshow about the Eilkins, Cloues, Bigelow, Pearson Post No. 39 at Warner Town Hall. Refreshments will be offered.
■Tai Chi on Tuesdays at Twelve has a new location. Classes will now take place at the N.H. Telephone Museum basement at 1 Depot Road (next to library). Cost is $20 for four weeks; members are welcome to join at any time.
■Today at 2 p.m. at BookEnds, join former UNH English professor Deborah Brown, author of Walking the Dog’s Shadow and the just released The Human Half. Brown offers a monthly Poetry Workshop 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. Join at the beginning or when you can.
■On Nov. 17 at 2 p.m., join Guitar in the Gallery with Mike Stockbridge Quartet. Free and all are welcome. To RSVP, email mike@mikestockbridge.com.
NEIL NEVINS
456-3614
info@mainstreetbookends.com