■The Bow Young at Heart Club will meet Wednesday at 11:30 a.m. at the Bow Community Building, 3 Bow Center Road, to celebrate Valentine’s Day. Wear pink or red and bring your favorite Valentine memories to share. Members and guests should bring a brown bag lunch and a beverage. Dessert will be provided. Stacy from Royal Tours will tell us about our upcoming trips and you can sign up for the Irish Party with the McMurphy Brothers scheduled for March 19 at Venus Di Milo’s in Swansea, Mass., which will cost $86 per person. Call 753-8000 for trip info. Bow Young at Heart is open to all seniors. Dues are $15 for residents and $25 for non-residents.
■A $1,000 Bow Garden Club scholarship is currently available for a graduating Bow High School senior entering college who is in good academic standing and is planning to further their education within a college curriculum majoring in any of the following fields of interest: horticulture; conservation, environmental science, forestry, plant science, geo-science, hydrology, atmospheric science or meteorology. Completed applications are due by April 1. They should include an essay stating his/her educational goals and recounting any activities related to these goals. In addition, two letters of recommendation from current high school teachers/counselors and a copy high school transcripts are required. The recipient of this scholarship will be notified at the annual Bow High School Senior Awards Night held prior to graduation. Please send completed applications to Ruth Brack, BGC Scholarship Committee, 229 Elm St., Penacook, NH 03303. For more information, email bracr@comcast.net or call 753-2470.
■The Merrimack County Stamp Collectors will meet at the Bow Mills United Methodist Church, 505 South St., on Feb. 18, at 1 p.m. They invite anyone interested in stamp collecting to attend, share their interest and to buy, sell and trade. and to meet other collectors and to learn more about Philatelic resources and issues. For more information, call Dan Day at 603-228-1154.
JOYCE KIMBALL
bowcomnews@comcast.net
■Community breakfasts at the Dunbarton Congregational Church Vestry continue through February from 8 to 10 a.m. Come enjoy a hardy, homecooked breakfast of eggs or pancakes, bacon or sausage, home fries, homemade breads, coffee, tea, juice or cocoa. Proceeds go to the vestry restoration payment. Cost for everything $10 or $8 includes two eggs or two pancakes, two sausage or two bacon, two slices of toast, and a drink. Everyone is welcome.
■Boys Day Out is a PTO-sponsored event at Dunbarton Elementary. Boys and a chaperone are invited for tubing fun at Pats Peak today from 10 a.m. to noon. Cost is $10 per person. Helmets are required. Children must be accompanied by an adult at all times. Siblings under 5 are welcome but must be 44 inches tall and comfortable riding alone to participate. Purchase tickets at dunbartonpto.com/shop.
■Tuesday is the N.H. Presidential Primary. Voting takes places at the Community Center (School) from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. Because this is a primary, you will be issued a ballot based on the political party for which you are registered. Not sure you’re registered? Go online to app.sos.nh.gov/Public/Partyinfo.aspx.
■For kids in grades first through fourth, sign up for Reads to Dogs at the library. Next session will be Thursday from 3 to 4 p.m. Please call the library to schedule your 15 minutes of reading time and confirm the schedule. Please note there will be three dogs to choose from this time.
■Valentine class parties at the elementary school will be held on Friday at 1:45 p.m. Teachers will send home more information.
■Spireside Coffee House will host an open stage night Saturday at 6 p.m. at the Vestry in Dunbarton Center. Donation of $5 suggested. Come see the regular crew of local musicians during the open mic part of the show. Doors open for sign-ups at 5:30 p.m. Musicians, poets and storytellers are welcome. Coffee, tea, soup and snacks are available.
The Devil in the White City by Erik Larson is this month’s selected book at the library. Discussion will be Feb. 19 at noon. Books are available at the library now.
■The DCC Book Club is reading Angels in My Hair by Lorna Byrne. Discussion at the Vestry on March 5 from 7 to 8 p.m. All are welcome.
NORA LEDUC
774-3141
dtowncrier@gmail.com
■Tuesday is N.H. Primary Day. Voting runs 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. in the HCS gym. Please access voting directly into the gym from Western Avenue. On Monday, there is a PTA meeting at 6:30 p.m. in the school library.
■WMS eighth-graders will host a Parents Night Out Friday for parents of kindergarten through fifth-grade students as a fundraiser for their trip to D.C. Cost is $20 per child with a $60 family maximum. Drop-off $25 per child with a $75 maximum. For reservations, email Brittany.Philibert@sau24.org.
■At John Stark on Feb. 18, there is a parent/community advisory meeting with Principal Dempsey at 9 a.m. in the principal’s office. On Feb. 20, a college overview for juniors and their families will be held at 6:30 p.m. in the Café.
■Congrats to Henniker resident Peter Flynn for being named an honorary member of the Goffstown Rotary for the support and input he’s given the Goffstown club over the past few years.
■And congratulations to Tanner Bell for being named Center Wood Elementary’s best speller and to runner-up, Ben Morris.
TOM DUNN
dunn.t@comcast.net
■On Monday, GHSS Crafty Critters will make heart-shaped pillows. Participants will make a heart-shaped, no-sew fleece pillow. Fee per pillow $4. All materials will be provided but you might want to bring a pair of sharp scissors. The craft will be held at St. Mary’s from 10 to 12 a.m. Call Barbara Hays at 464-2692 to reserve a spot.
■Also Monday, Bingo returns at 1 p.m. at St. Mary’s. Lots of fun and prizes. No fee.
■At the Fuller Public Librar, the Military History Book Group will meet Monday to discuss An Army at Dawn by Rick Atkinson. Discussion begins at 2 p.m. All are welcome to join.
■Tuesday is How To Day at Fuller Library at 6 p.m. Learn to customized comfort foods with Instant Pot. A registered dietician with Concord Hospital will show how to make healthy and quick meals using your Instant Pot, samples and recipes will be handed out. There is a $5 fee for the class; register by stopping by the library.
■The second Friday of each month we will be showing a movie with free popcorn at the library. This month join us for A Man Called Ove at 1 p.m.
■On Friday, head to the Majestic Theatre in Manchester to watch Love/Sick by John Cariani. This romantic comedy is a collection of nine slightly twisted and hilarious short plays. It’s been described as “an unromantic comedy for the romantic in everyone.” Leaving Shaws at 5:30 p.m. Cost $20 includes ticket and transportation. Call Linda Kowalski at 464-5264 to reserve a seat.
NANCY SHEE
nshee71@gmail.com
■Stop by The House of Art, 845 Main St., for handmade cards and a group show of local art made specially for Valentines Day. This show is open until Feb. 16.
■The Contoocook Farmers Market is held every Saturday 9 a.m. too noon at the Maple Street School. SNAP/EBT accepted. For more information, visit facebook.com/ContoocookFarmersMarket.
■Concord Regional VNA is holding a Senior Health Clinic at Slusser Senior Center on Monday 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.
■Senior lunch at the Slusser Center on Wednesdays at noon at the Slusser Senior Center, 41 Houston Drive next to the town library. Suggested donation $4.
■Learn about The Concord Theatre and Concord’s Love Affair with the Movies by author Paul Brogan at the Hopkinton Town Library on Thursday at 7 p.m.
■The program Public Art and the “For Freedoms” Project with Prof. Jon Gitelson originally scheduled for last Thursday was postponed due to weather until Feb. 23 at 4 p.m. at the town library. Gitelson will look at how art can stimulate community conversations.
■Cookies with Cass will be Feb. 24 at 1:30 p.m. and March 4 at 6:30 p.m. at the Hopkinton Town Library. There will be a town meeting review Q&A with Town Administrator Neal Cass.
■A sensory Hawaiian program with Mokihana Scalph will be held at the Hopkinton Town Library on Feb. 25 at 4 p.m. This is a free family program.
■Sweets with Steve will be held March 6 at 1:30 p.m. at the Hopkinton Town Library. The topic is the school budget Q&A with Superintendent Steve Chamberlin.
KATHLEEN BUTCHER
724-3452
kathb123@comcast.net
■Main Street Warner Mural Project coordinators are looking for artists to develop a distinctive painted mural artwork that celebrates the history and promotes the town of Warner. Submission deadline is March 1. Full request for proposal can be found at warnerhistorical.org.
■Tai Chi Tuesdays at Twelve at N.H. Telephone Museum runs for six weeks with $5 per class. Taught by certified instructor Marcia Wyman, the class covers basic tai chi movements for balance, flexibility, strength, and mental concentration. Marcia teaches a modified Yang form for those over 55 years, easy and safe for everyone.
■Conservation biologist Christine Schadler will speak on the eastern coyote on Feb. 27 at 7 p.m. at MainStreet BookEnds. At a time when contests award hunters who kill the greatest number of coyotes,scientists and conservationists are raising public awareness of the critical ecological role coyotes play in our natural environment, and how they keep the ecosystem in balance.
■On March 1 at 4 p.m., BookEnds BookGroup will welcome Boston author She Moeschen to present on League of Extraordinarily Funny Women: 50 Trailblazers of Comedy, a celebration of the most groundbreaking women in comedy who used humor to shake up the status quo and change perceptions of gender and comedy forever.
■“Abby Hutchinson’s Sweet Freedom Songs: Songs and Stories of the Struggle for Abolition and Woman Suffrage” will be held at the Warner Town Hall on Feb. 19 at 1 p.m. (Snow day March 4). Deborah Anne Goss appears as Abby Hutchinson Patton, recalling mid-19th-century U.S. and New Hampshire history and performing rousing anthems, heartfelt ballads, and humorous ditties sung during anti-slavery and early women’s rights struggles. In the 1840s and 1850s the Hutchinson Family Singers strongly influenced the opinions of the era with their popular songs promoting healthy living and social justice-most prominently the abolition of slavery. Participants are encouraged to join in the singing on several choruses or read a poem or political diatribe of the time.
■Warner’s Snow Train Era will presented Feb. 21 at 7 p.m. at the Warner Town Hall. Warner had the first “Snow Train” in the state. Beginning in 1931 ski clubs from Massachusetts and Dartmouth came by train to ski on the hills of Warner. Before the end of World War II, Jack Chandler and partners had purchased a rope tow from Contoocook and installed it on “Breakneck Hill.” By the late 1940s, Boston area businesses were enticed to bring their workers to ski, skate, slide, and dance in Warner for their annual employee outings. On one weekend the John Hancock Company brought 1,400 employees to Warner whose population was a little over 1,000 residents. Time management was essential by the Warner Development committee to move, entertain and feed the immense crowd. Organizations, school and church groups all pitched in to host these large events and earn money to pay for class trips, capital improvements and programs. Enjoy the stories and new photographs about this phenomenal event in Warner. Tickets available at the door, office, online and at MainStreet BookEnds. Admission is $10.
■Simonds Elementary School’s Winter Carnival will be Feb. 21.
■School winter break will run Feb. 24 to 28.
NEIL NEVINS
456-3614
info@mainstreetbookends.com