■The Bow Rotary 2020 scholarship forms are now available on bowrotary.org and at the Bow School Superintendent’s office at Bow High School. The newly redesigned forms are fill-able PDF’s that can be downloaded and completed. The completed forms can now also be emailed to scholarships@bowrotary.org or mailed to the SAU office per the instructions. Applications must be received no later than 3 p.m. on April 15.
■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, N.H. 03303. For more information, email bracr@comcast.net or call 753-2470.
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.
■This week is winter vacation/no school. March 7 is the Dunbarton Annual School District meeting at the school. March 10 is Voting Day; there will be no school. Polls open 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. at the school.
■Vacation week activities at the library: Tuesday at 6 p.m.,Pajama Story Time and Stuffed Animal Sleepover; Wednesday from 1 to 3 p.m., LEGO Party; Thurday from 3 to 4 p.m., Read to Dogs (ou must schedule ahead); Friday from 1 to 3 p.m., Family Movie Matinee (movie will be announced).
■Chair Yoga Sessions with Sherry Gamble on Thursday at 10 a.m. at the library for adults only.
■Rescheduled for Thursday at 6:30 p.m. is the Simple Skillet Suppers class with Michelle Smith, MS, RDN, LD of Concord Center for Health Promotion.
■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.
■The next read for the library book group is The Lobster Chronicles by Linda Greenlaw. Books are available now at the library now. Discussion will be March 18.
■Supervisors of the Checklist will hold a session at the Town Office on Saturday from 9 to 9:30 a.m.
NORA LEDUC
774-3141
dtowncrier@gmail.com
■The film/presentation, Shroud Encounter will be presented at 2 p.m. at St. Theresa’s Catholic Church on Saturday and March 1.
■Tis the season for various “Bees.” Congrats to HCS Spelling Bee winner Peter Bill and Geography winner Brody James who will both be moving on to further competition.
■In Weare on Monday, the Board of Selectmen meet at 6:30 p.m. after the Board of Fire Wards meets at 5 p.m.
■And mark those calendars if you live in Henniker for Town Meeting on March 14 at 1 p.m. at HCS.
TOM DUNN
dunn.t@comcast.net
■Through Feb. 29, Fuller Public Library will be displaying fun collections owned by our patrons! Collections will include: Pez dispensers, antique glass, porcelain toothbrush holders, antique insulators, carousels, music boxes, and much more! Stop in during library hours.
■Have you ever wanted to write your own comic strip? On Monday, local cartoonist Marek Bennett will hold a Comics Workshop at Fuller Public Library for kids ages 8 to 13 from 1 to 4 p.m. Registration is required for the class and space is limited. There is no fee for the class, donations of items for the Hillsboro Food Pantry will be accepted. Call 464-3595.
■Mini golf in the library on Tuesday! Fuller Public Library’s nine-hole course will be set up all day, from 9 a.m. to 8 p.m., for just $1 or an item for the Hillsboro Food Pantry for each round played.
■On Thursday, Fuller Fun Week continues! Kids! Create a dreamcatcher at Fuller Public Library at 10 a.m. Please register so we have enough supplies for all, 464-3595.
■Friday is Movie Day at Fuller Public Library at 1 p.m. We will choose a movie to stream from Kanopy for Kids. Free popcorn for all!
NANCY SHEE
nshee71@gmail.com
■The Contoocook Farmers’ Market is every Saturday from 9 a.m. to noon at the Maple Street School. SNAP/EBT accepted. For more information, visit facebook.com/ContoocookFarmersMarket.
■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.
■Public Art and the “For Freedoms” Project with Prof. Jon Gitelson will be held today at 4 p.m. Free and open to the public at the Hopkinton Town Library.
■Cookies with Cass will be held Monday 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 with Town Administrator Neal Cass.
■Sensory Hawaiian Program with Mokihana Scalph will be held at the Hopkinton Town Library on Tuesday at 4 p.m. 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 with Superintendent Steve Chamberlin.
Romeo and Juliet (a reading of the full play) will be held Friday at 7 p.m. and March 1 at 4 p.m. This is a free event at the Hopkinton Town Library.
KATHLEEN BUTCHER
724-3452
kathb123@comcast.net
Why They Marched by Susan Ware Warner is our town read to celebrate the 100th anniversary of women gaining the right to vote. Meet Susan at this year’s Tory Hill Author Series! Available at the Pillsbury Free Library and MainStreet BookEnds is pleased to offer this book at 20% off price to all participants. BookEnds BookGroup will discuss this book on July 12 at 4 p.m.
■ 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.
■ Conservation biologist Christine Schadler will speak on the eastern coyote on Thursday 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.
■ On March 8 at 2 p.m., join former UNH English professor Deborah Brown for a poetry workshop at BookEnds. 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.
■ MainStreet Warner, Inc. Winter Gallery Series continues March 27 at 7 p.m. Join for the album release of Tom Pirozzoli’s Reckon in the Light. A $10 suggested donation at the door. Tom’s sophisticated guitar work forms the rich backdrop for his warm tenor that delivers melodies and lyrics exploring the full range of the human and global experience. Tom’s simple path has been a life rich in music, art and travel, yielding a career filled with nine studio albums, numerous songwriting credits and collaborations with other artists such as Willy Porter, Joyce Andersen and David Wilcox. Tom’s recordings have had National and International success including songs in the Smithsonian Folkways Collection and 13 weeks on AAA charts in the top 40. Tom’s artwork will also be available during the show. Visit pirozzoli.com for more information.
■ On March 14 at Pillsbury Free Library, 18 E. Main St., there will be a wine and cheese social with silent auction to benefit PillsburyFree Library in Warner. Sponsored by the Circle of Friends of the Pillsbury Free Library, this popular biannual event includes music, food and beverages, a raffle, and the chance to bid on donated art, miscellaneous fine items, and area business services, with all profits to be used to enhance the building, services and programs of the Pillsbury Free Library. Tickets available in advance at the library or at the door. This year’s offerings will include a special limited ticket raffle for a grandfather clock, tickets available in advance or at the social. Images of the auction items will be posted at facebook.com/PillsburyFreeLibrary.
■ The Mt. Kearsarge Indian Museum will reopen for tours from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. during New Hampshire’s upcoming school vacation, Monday through Friday. The museum was recently named the sixth best Native American museum in the country. Visit and see for yourself why it received this outstanding designation. For more information, visit indianmuseum.org or call 456-2600.
■ Simonds Elementary School February Calendar: Monday through Friday, Winter Break; Tuesdays and Thursdays, Homework Club from 3 to 4 p.m.; Mondays throguh Fridays, Boys & Girls Club from 3 to 6 p.m.; Mondays and Thursdays, Adult Pickleball from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. in the multi-purpose room; Tuesdays and Wednesdays, Adult Volleyball from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. in the multi-purpose room; Thursdays, Guitar Club from 3 to 4 p.m.; Fridays, LEGO Club from 3 to 4 p.m.
NEIL NEVINS
456-3614
info@mainstreetbookends.com