■The Penacook Branch Library’s book club will meet Wednesday at 7 p.m. to discuss the book, Before We Were Yours, by Lisa Wingate, at the library on Merrimack Street. New members are always welcome whether or not they have read the month’s selection. Future books and meeting dates are posted at the library.
■Concord Regional VNA is holding a Senior Health Clinic at Briar Pipe Apartments on Friday, 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. Services offered include foot care, blood pressure screening, B-12 injections, medication education, and nutritional education. Call 224-4093 or (800) 924-8620, ext. 5815 for an appointment.
CHERYL STINSON
news03303@aol.com
■Concord Grange No. 322 will have a special meeting on Jan. 26 at 2 p.m. at the home of Grange Treasurer Mrs. Debbie Patten, 30 Pinewood Trail. The Grange will discuss the Christmas Parade for 2020 and the Grange Dictionary Project for third grade students in Concord Public Schools, Dunbarton, Salisbury, Webster and Boscawen. This meeting will be postponed if the weather reports are talking about snow or freezing rain. Please call Grange Master Dick Patten at 496-2917 for information. The members are reminded to send sunshine cards to Dorothy Bartlett at Harris Hill Nursing Home, 20 Maitland St., Concord and Beverly Edwards at Pleasant View Genesis 237 Pleasant St., Concord, N.H., 03301.
■Immanuel Community Church, 5 Grover St., will have a potluck luncheon after worship on Jan. 26. The service begins at 10 a.m.
■Immaculate Heart of Mary Church, 180 Loudon Road, will have the following activities scheduled this week: The Middle and High School Confirmation Road Trip on Monday from 8:30 a.m. to 8 p.m. There will be a Confirmation Session 2 Retreat from Saturday to Sunday, Jan. 26. Fr. Ray will have Alpha in One Hour today from 9:30 to 10:30 a.m. in the parish hall. Parishioners are reminded the Faith Formation Office is collecting Christmas cards to recycle. Contact Sara Smith at 630-4056 for information.
■There will be a training session for altar servers on Saturday from 10 a.m. to noon in the church. The training is open to any child who is 8 years old and has received the Sacrament of First Communion. Call Roger Tessier at 224-0138 for information.
■The Concord Knights of Columbus No. 110 members were represented in the recent March for Life Rally at the State House recently. There were hundreds of people who participated in this rally. The Concord Knights had members with their Fourth Degree Sash on marching from the State House to the Health Center on South Main Street. Also waklling were Rev. Christian Tudor from the All Saints Anglican Church and several priests from the Episcopal and Catholic Churches.
■The Kiwanis Club of Concord will have a meeting on Jan. 27 at 6 p.m. at the Red Blazer Restaurant on Manchester Street. The Club is planning on the revival of the annual 64th Spring Fair to be held at the Everett Arena, May 14 to 17. We are hoping that Miller Amusements of Webster will be able to provide the amusement rides. Many of us missed this annual event last year, due to the lack of workers for the rides and games. This event is the biggest fundraiser for the Kiwanis.
■The Concord Lions Club are men and women who strive to make a difference in their local communities, as well as communities worldwide. The volunteer efforts go by support of vision care, addressing the unmet health care and education needs worldwide. The current slate of officers include: President, Carl Nolin; Secretary, Paul Young 731-1069, Treasurer, Norm Roberge 496-7907 and Sgt. At Arms, Brian Cross.
■The Grange has received notice that Kathlyn Quig, an 89-year-old member of the Grange has passed away. She served as State Grange Pomona in the mid-1950s and served on other committees. Concord Grange will drape its charter at the regular meeting in March. I am looking for a member or someone who can repair stuffed toys with eyes or other facial parts that have fallen off. Contact Grange Master Dick Patten at 496-2917 for information.
RICHARD PATTEN
496-2917
dickpatten7@gmail.com
■The Friends of the Audi have a community service day planned Monday and they need your help. Starting at 9 a.m., join others from the community at the annual Martin Luther King Community Service Day which is a mini pitch-in preparing the theatre for the busy upcoming season. All volunteer support helps keep Audi shows affordable and accessible to everyone. For more information, call David Murdo at 344-4747.
■The Suncook Valley Chorale will hold a Fall Open Sing on Monday from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. at the Concord High School Music Room, 170 Warren St. This is a chance to sing through their concert program, meet your fellow singers, and check out the Chorale. For more information, email publicrelations@svcnh.org.
■The City of Concord and the Black Ice Pond Hockey Committee invites everyone to mark your calendar and join in for the 10th Annual Black Ice Pond Hockey Tournament starting Thursday and continuing through the weekend at White Park. For tournament divisions and schedules, visit blackicepondhockey.com.
■The Concord Public Library is offering Paws for Pages a program designed to help kids improve their reading and communication skills on Wednesday from 3:30 to 4:30 p.m. Mr. T and Clarabel are certified through Therapy Dogs International, and will be on-hand with their handlers in the Children’s Room. Children who attend will each have 15 minutes of undivided attention as they read aloud to the dog. For more information, call 225-8670, ext. 4.
■Expectations: Preparing for your birth will be offered by the Concord Hospital’s Center for Health Promotion on January 26 from 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. This program prepares you and your partner for the journey of birth in a relaxed and supportive environment. It includes a tour of The Family Place. Registration includes birth partner, no need for separate registration. You can expect to receive a call before your class. At that time, you’ll receive wayfinding directions to the conference room. The cost to attend is $100. For more information or to register, contact Kimberley Story at 227-7000, ext. 3228.
LYNDA PLANTE
717-1632
soxpatscats@gmail.com
■“Creative Aging Day” happens at Concord Community Music School on Saturday. All are welcome at this free workshop on healthy, happy moving and music-making from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Gain insights from Music School faculty members Victoria Cole, Peggo Horstmann Hodes, Ellen Nordstrom, and Heather Oberheim in free, interactive workshops about aging creatively and gracefully through movement and music. In addition to the workshops, participants will enjoy informal social time with other adults for whom making music is part of their life (including a social hour with refreshments at 3:15 p.m. plus many “musical moments”, 5-minute performances throughout the day by Music School adult ensembles. Agenda topics include Better Balance for Graceful Aging, Let’s Keep Singing! Understanding Natural Changes in the Aging Voice, Playing in the Sound Sandbox, Movement and Song to Improve Life with Dementia and Parkinson’s Disease. Advance registration for Creative Aging Day is appreciated but not required. For more information or to register, please call 603-228-1196 or visit www.ccmusicschool.org
■A Free William H Gile Concert Series Presentation at the Capitol Center for the Arts / Chubb Theatre on Thursday, February 13 at 7:30 p.m. features Piano Battle: Andreas V Paul and Paul Cibis. The brainchild of internationally acclaimed pianists, the Piano Battle sees the duo go head-to-head on stage, charming and enchanting the audience with a variety of classical pieces. The show is divided into several rounds, each featuring a certain musical style. The two artists, with distinctly different performance techniques, will even go so far as to improvise on the tunes you request. Free tickets are available now.
■Mimi Bull presents Celibacy: A Love Story, a tender, but honest memoir of a life lived in the shadow of a huge secret at 6 p.m. at Gibson’s Bookstore, 45 South Main Street on Thursday.
■Then on Friday at 6 p.m. at Gibson’s, learn about unsustainable debt. Civil debate replaced by shrill emotional attacks. Citizens losing faith in government. America’s problems are clear, but the solutions are not. Author Jim Fini presents Locally Grown: The Art of Sustainable Government, which re-introduces the reader to the bottom-up design of our Constitution and shows how we can create better outcomes by redistributing responsibilities between our federal, state and local governments. If you’re curious about how to create a government t hat is more responsive, holistic and sustainable that is firmly settled on middle gro und, this book is for you.
■Thursday, January 30 at 6 p.m. at Gibson’s brings “Do you believe in miracles?! YES!” Mike Eruzione, the captain of the 1980 U.S. Olympic hockey team and scorer of the gold-medal winning goal against Russia, visits to present his first book, The Making of a Miracle: The Untold Story of the Captain of the 1980 Gold Medal–Winning U.S. Olympic Hockey Team, and tell how a team of college kids and unsigned amateurs beat the elite Soviet hockey team when no one gave them a chance. The Russians had won the previous four gold medals but a combination of pluck, skill, and devil-may-care attitude shocked the world, and delivered the greatest David and Goliath victory in sports history. Eruzione has lived a hockey life full of unexpected twists and surprising turns. Al Michaels’ famous call in 1980, “do you believe in miracles? YES!”, could have been about Mike himself. Filled with vivid portraits, from his hard-working, irrepressible father to the irascible Herb Brooks to the Russian hall of Famers Tretiak, Kharlamov, Makarov, and Fetisov, this lively, fascinating look back is destined to become a sports classic and is a must for hockey fans, especially those who witnessed that miraculous day.
■The Suncook Valley Chorale is a non-auditioned community chorale. Open Sings are your chance to audition them. They’ll sing through the music for their upcoming concerts and get to know their fellow singers. Please join them at High School on Monday at 6:30 p.m. as they “Sing for Joy!”
■Go to Eustace Hall, 50 Bradley Hall, on Monday, January 27 at 5 p.m. and enjoy a night out to support Bishop Brady Boys Hockey! Tickets are $10 at the door or in advance, Seniors and students $6, children under 6 are free! Cash Bake sale for dessert.
■On Tuesday, January 28 at 4 p.m. at Local Baskit, 10 Ferry St., celebrate Australia Day with a wine tasting of wines from down under from Australia and New Zealand! We will also be accepting donations to Australia at wires.org.au/donate/emergency-fund, and donating $1 of each bottle of wine sold. They welcome Courtney Mosher from Crush Wines and explore Australian wines to learn more about the region and the wine varieties and venture into New Zealand too. This is a free event but please RSVP with a phone call to 219-0882 and Facebook message with your name, phone number, email and number of people attending.
■Street Closure for Black Ice Pond Hockey Championship is on Wednesday: White St. will be closed from Washington St. to just south of Blanchard St. from 8 to 10 a.m.
■Street Closure for Intown Concord’s 2nd Annual Winter Fest on Friday and Saturday: South Main St. will be closed between Pleasant St. from 2 to 5 p.m.
■All City of Concord offices are closed on Monday in observance of Martin Luther King, Jr. Day. Monday is not a trash holiday. Trash and recycling collection will follow the normal collection schedule through the week.
JEAN VER HOEVEN
856-304-5830
jeanann@voicenet.com