■Want to be part of a great group of people that enjoy learning about and doing everything garden-related? The Bow Garden Club (BGC) will not be meeting again until April. In the meantime, our Program Committee is in the process of lining up an exciting roster of presenters for the 2022 season that we know you will enjoy and learn from. All are welcome to join us, from the worst seemingly “black thumbs” among you to those of you with years of gardening experience. We all learn from each other! Our organization’s mission: “to promote the love of gardening, floral design and both civic and environmental responsibility.” BGC generally meets on Monday evenings beginning at 6 p.m. Our day/time schedule and upcoming programs will be published very soon. In the meantime, please feel free to contact the BGC President/Membership Chairman, Keryn Anderson, at (603) 731-6425 or visit bowgardenclub.org for more information. Dues are $20 per year.
JOYCE KIMBALL
bowcomnews@comcast.net
■Supervisors of the Checklist will hold a session on Feb. 26 at the Town Office from 11 to 11:30 a.m. New registrations and changes/corrections to the Checklist will be accepted. In order to vote or speak at Town and School District Meetings you must be registered before the meeting. Voter registration is also available at the Town Clerk’s office or at the Town Election on March 8 from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m.
■This month the DCC Book Club is reading the book “The Jigs & Juleps Girl: Her Life and Writings” by Beverly Mayne Kiezle. The discussion is on Zoom, March 3 from 7 to 8:30 p.m.
■Dunbarton’s Meet the Candidates Virtual Night will be available online until Election Day. Meet the candidates for Dunbarton Selectmen, School Board, and other positions before the election on March 8. The conversation is moderated by the elementary PTO. Zoom link: bit.ly/Dunbartoncandidates. For questions email Info@dunbartonpto.com.
■Town and School Election voting takes place at the Dunbarton Community Center (Elementary School Gym). ID required. If you are not already registered to vote, you may register at the polls up until the polls close (at least until 7 p.m. or after as determined by the Moderator). Contact Linda Landry, Town Clerk, if you need further information at townclerk@dunbartonnh.org
■If you are in need of childcare for the Town Meeting on March 8 at 7 p.m., at the Community Center. Please visit: https://www.dunbartonpto.com/childcareneeds. Thanks to our elementary PTO.
■The next Read to Dogs will be at the town library for grades 1 to 4 on March 10. Mr. T and Nancy will be there for three one-on-one sessions: 2:45 to 3:10 p.m., 3:15 to 3:35 p.m. and 3:40 to 4 p.m. Call the library now to set up your time!
■This month the library book group is reading “Giver of Stars” by Jojo Moyes. Book discussion will be on March 16 at noon in the library.
NORA LEDUC
774-3141
dtowncrier@gmail.com
■John Stark, Weare, and Henniker School Districts are shifting their scheduled March 7 early release day to March 29.
■Polling stations at Henniker Community School and Weare Middle/Center Woods Upper Elementary Schools will be remote on March 8. Center Woods Elementary and John Stark Regional High School will be in-person on March 8.
■The Henniker/Weare Summer Theatre Camp schedule is set for young people ages six to 18. For more information email dunn.t@comcast.net.
■Eight John Stark Regional High School DECA students participated in the 65th annual NH DECA Career Development Conference held in Manchester on Feb. 10. Area students competed against several hundred other students from around the state.
TOM DUNN
dunn.t@comcast.net
■Monday will be Mini Golf at Fuller Public Library. Call 603-464-3595 for a tee time between 12 and 4:30 p.m.
■How To’s Day at Fuller Public Library on Tuesday will be You Can Draw. This Zoom program with illustrator Chelsea Kirchoff. Call 603-464-3595 or email techserv@fullerlibrary.info for the class link.
■Fuller Public Library’s book group will meet Thursday to discuss “Educated” by Tara Westover at 6:30 p.m. Join in the library or from home, call for more information, 603-464-3595.
■Sessions for Strong Living Exercises developed by Tufts University are free and held on Mondays and Thursdays at 10 a.m. at Smith Congregational Church. Questions? Call Fran Charron at 603-464-3630 or email her at FCharron@tds.net
NANCY SHEE
nshee71@gmail.com
■Tax preparation at the Hopkinton Town Library by appointment only. Go to nhtaxhelp.org or call 211 to schedule your appointment. Free tax preparation is available to all ages and occupations. Only one federal return per appointment, please.
■Town voting on March 8 from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. at the Middle High School. Contact the Town Office at 746-3170 for an absentee ballot. Concern for COVID exposure still qualifies as a reason to request an absentee ballot.
■Town meeting on March 12 at 9 a.m. at the Middle High School.
■Back in The Saddle Equine Therapy Center (BITs) is offering Spring Camp for ages five to 12, Tuesday through Friday from 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. The camp will run from March 1 through 4 or April 26 through 29, and will cost $300 per camper. There will be outdoor games, arts and crafts, water fun, horse related education and activities, horse care, grooming, riding, and more! For more information contact (603) 746-5681, info@bitsetc.org or visit bitsetc.org.
■Two Villages Art Society is proud to present its first show of 2022, “For the Love of Impression” by eight New Hampshire printmakers. The show will run until March 5. Printmaking is a time-honored artistic process in which images are transferred from a wooden, metal, or glass matrix onto another surface, such as paper or fabric. Traditional printmaking techniques include woodcut, etching, engraving, and lithography. Our exhibit and sale feature prints created using traditional techniques and materials, combined with contemporary aesthetics, new materials and technology. The gallery is open to the public Thursday through Sunday from noon to 4 p.m. To learn more about the show, including printmaker bios, visit twovillagesart.org. Please support this show and all our programming by becoming a TVAS member today.
■A new exhibit is up at The Hopkinton Town Library in the gallery! We have a selection of beautiful artwork by Sally Chase. Sally studied art at the Rhode Island School of Design and has lived in New Hampshire since the early 1960’s. Her paintings and drawings focus on the subtleties of the natural New England landscape and its denizens. Displayed works are on loan from friends and family: Elibet and George Chase, Sam and Michelle Chase, Inge Eddy, Katherine Chase McLean, John and Rhoda Sullivan, and Robert and Binney Wells.
■The winter season is here, and prints in the snow indicate the Hopkinton Trails are getting great use! Both public and private trailheads are managed with winter plowing as storm schedules and priorities permit. Trailheads at the Kimball Cabins, Houston Fields, the Rollins Lot on Little Tooky Road, and Hawthorne Forest are plowed by the Town of Hopkinton. Use on-road parking for the Sweat Preserve on Old Stagecoach Road. The trailhead for Bohannan Farm is plowed by the Robertson family. The Putney Hill-Cross Road Trail can be accessed from Cross Road at the Dearborn Tree Farm lot, plowed by the Dearborn family. Trailhead parking at Ransmeier Woods is not plowed in the winter due to drainage issues and trailhead parking is not allowed at the Police Station. For maps and more information about Hopkinton Trails visit hopkintonconservationland.org.
■Help select The Hopkinton Hundred. Let us know your family’s top 10 picture books by Feb. 28. Stop by the library to pick up a nomination form. One per family, please for questions, email lmaynard@hopkintontownlibrary.org or call 746-3663
■Dial A Ride is open for rides to medical appointments and any other errands such as shopping, banking and hair appointments. The office hours at the Slusser Center are Monday, Wednesday and Friday from 10 a.m. to noon. Call (603) 746-4357 to schedule an appointment or to volunteer.
■The Contoocook Farmers Market is every Saturday from 9 a.m. to noon inside at Maple Street School. Stay up to date by visiting the Facebook page Contoocook Farmers Market. Masks are required.
■Join us for the Red Cross Babysitters Training on March 25 (no school on this day). This class is geared for those in 5th to 6th grade, it fills up fast, sign up now to secure a spot! www.HopkintonRec.com
■Come practice reading with Zeke. He loves sitting and listening to a good story. Bring your own book or let us choose one for you. Register on the Hopkinton Town Library website or call 746-3663 to sign up for March 8.
KATHLEEN BUTCHER
724-3452
kathb123@comcast.net
■On Feb. 27 (10 a.m. to 3 p.m.) there is a Snow Snake Winter Celebration at the Mount Kearsarge Indian Museum in collaboration with the Abenaki Trails Project. Learn how to play the Abenaki game of Snow Snake along with other activities such as a used book sale and raffle. The Museum and Gift Shop will be open. For more information visit indianmuseum.org/events.
■On Feb. 27 at 4 p.m., Reed’s North Acoustic series presents John Farese. Don’t forget Trivia Night every Tuesday at 6 p.m. For more information and menu, visit Reed’s North on Facebook.
■On March 2 at 6:30 p.m., Humanities-To-Go presents New England Quilts and the Stories They Tell by Pamela Weeks, curator at New England Quilt Museum and author of Civil War Quilts. This event is sponsored by Warner Historical Society, Pillsbury Free Library and MainStreet Warner, Inc. Register for the Zoom link by calling (603) 456-2289 (provide an email) or at forms.gle/YnsfsFPbKPoHFWzQ9. Participants are invited to send a photo of a quilt for identification and/or story sharing to info@warner.lib.nh.us or info@warnerhistorical.org.
■United Church of Warner will have a six-week Lenten Study Group to read and discuss Adam Hamilton’s “The Walk: Five Essential Practices of the Christian Life,” on March 5, 12, 19, 26, and April 2 and 9 at the Parish House. The meetings are Saturday mornings at 9:45 a.m. for gathering and coffee; we will begin 10 a.m. with a short video followed by a discussion of that week’s previously read chapter. The cost is $10 for the book, which can be ordered for you. Please RSVP by Feb. 23 to Joyce Foley (456-3447) or Nancy Eastman (456-3802). Class size will be limited to 10 people due to Covid restrictions and masks are encouraged. This group meets in-person only and no interpretive services are provided.
■Warner Connects NH staff can help with eligibility assistance for state and federal assistance programs, such as Food Stamps, Medicaid, Social Security Disability, and the Emergency Broadband Benefit (EBB) for Internet cost. Call (603) 456-2053 to make an appointment.
■On March 6 at 4 p.m. on Zoom, join BookEndsBookGroup for a discussion of “The Secret Diary of HendrikGroen 83 ¼ Years Old” by HendrikGroen. A No. 1 international bestseller in the vein of FredrikBachman’s “A Man Called Ove,” the book is a funny and tender-hearted talk about friendship, love, and an old man who is young at heart. Participants receive 20% off the book prior to the event. Visit mainstreetbookends.com for more information and a link to Zoom.
■On March 8 from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. is Warner Town Elections. Be sure to vote!
■On March 9 from 1:30 to 2:30 p.m. – Pillsbury Free Library book group will discuss “The Plot” by Jean HanffKorelitz. The Tonight Show’s Summer Reads pick for 2021, “The Plot” is the 8th book by Korelitz, a Dartmouth grad. The discussion will be held in the Frank Maria Room at the Library. Masks are required.
■On March 9 at 6 p.m. is a Warner Town Meeting. We need to hear your voice!
■The Literary Arts Guild of the Center for the Arts announces their Annual Poetry Contest. The deadline for submission is March 12. This year’s theme is “Farming in New Hampshire.” Submissions should be mailed by March 12 to DianaleeVelie, PO Box 290, Newbury, NH 03255, (603) 938-2734, dianaleevelie@aol.com. To see the Rules for Submission and more, visit centerfortheartsnh.org/poetry-contest.
■The Warner Connects NH Food Pantry and Resource Center is in need of food donations. Non-perishables may be left in the bin outside the second Market Basket entrance. Market Basket gift cards are very helpful and may be sent to Warner Connects NH, PO Box 402, Warner, NH 03278. A complete wish list can be found on the WarnerConnectsNH Facebook page.
■Youth Softball Registration is open! Scholarships are available for those who cannot afford the full registration fee. WYSA is also looking for a volunteer coordinator. To register and for more information, visit warnersports.org.
■Who is Warner’s oldest citizen? Help the Historical Society find the next recipient of the Boston Post Cane, a tradition started in 1909 by the Boston Post newspaper. The gold-headed walking stick is presented to the oldest citizen and then kept in the Historical Society. Bud Thompson, who passed away last year, was the most recent holder of the cane. Please contact the Historical Society if you, or a family member, were born between 1924 and 1930 and are still living in Warner. To learn more, go to bostonpostcane.org.
■The Mt. Kearsarge Indian Museum is looking for volunteers for the upcoming season. Positions include a variety of indoor and outdoor activities, from lending a hand for a few hours with an event or helping on a regular basis in the gift shop, gardening, overseeing building maintenance, helping to plan events, and more. Anyone interested may contact Barbara at: volunteer@indianmuseum.org, or call the museum at 603-456-2600.
■The Family Closet is now open Wednesdays and Saturdays from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., for great deals on lightly worn clothing and accessories. Come visit for $5 February – all coats, sweaters, and boots just $5 this month. Winter donations are still being accepted – two bag limit per delivery.
Elibet Chase
warnertowncrier@gmail.com