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HERE IN HANOVER

HANOVER here in

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Dartmouth College celebrates 250 years

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CONTENTS

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Features 36

Happy 250 th Birthday, Dartmouth College Celebrate this milestone all year long.

by Lisa Ballard

Norwich Community 46 The Embraces a New CafĂŠ Lots of reasons to love Blue Sparrow Kitchen.

by Karen Wahrenberger

58 Making Tracks

Spring skiing in Yellowstone National Park.

by Lisa Ballard

About the cover: Students relax on the Dartmouth Green.

Photo by Jeff Woodward courtesy of Dartmouth College.

This page: The deserted shoreline of Yellowstone Lake in Yellowstone National Park in May, the perfect place to relax after backcountry skiing above nearby Sylvan Pass. Photo by Lisa Ballard.

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Departments 19 Editor’s Note 20 Contributors 22 Online Exclusives 24 Around & About

by Cassie Horner

30 Best Friends

Tips, news & furry facts.

34 Seasonal Views

Gardening tips from Hanover Garden Club.

82 The Hood & The Hop Arts and entertainment at Dartmouth.

86 Happenings

A calendar of events.

95 Advertisers Index 96 Hanover Talks

A chat with Kathy Underwood, President and CEO of Ledyard National Bank.

by Mike Morin

67 Living Well Memory issues.

by Katherine P. Cox

70 Smart Cooking

A taste of the Mediterranean.

by Susan Nye

77 Spotlight Just Like Jackie

by Tareah Gray

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CelebrateSpring

As you head outdoors to enjoy your favorite activities in the warmer weather, be sure to check out the events surrounding Dartmouth College’s 250th anniversary (page 36). From P HOTO BY I A N R AYM O N D

a fun run to art exhibits and concerts, special observances are scheduled all year long, so there will be plenty of opportunities to join in to celebrate the proud, storied history of our local Ivy League school. Here’s to the next 250 years!

Meanwhile, we’re stopping in to see Amber Boland and her staff at Blue Sparrow Kitchen in Norwich (page 46). Start your morning off with a rich cup of coffee and a freshly baked pastry or a breakfast sandwich. Amber’s dedication to using locally sourced foods in her recipes assures that you’re getting the finest ingredients while supporting local farmers.

In an outdoor adventure, Lisa Ballard brings us along on a spring skiing trip through Yellowstone National Park (page 58). Lisa captures the stunning landscape—from snow-covered mountains to pristine lakes—in her expert photography.

In our pages you’ll also meet local author Lindsey Stoddard (page 77), and you’ll want to try Susan Nye’s tempting recipes for a delicious springtime dinner (page 70).

Whatever your plans may be during this beautiful season, stay in touch with local news and events at www.hereinhanover.com. Enjoy!

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C O N T R I B U TO R S LISA BALLARD, WRITER, PHOTOGRAPHER A three-time Emmy-winning television producer and host, Lisa has been a familiar face around New England for her work on PBS and for various sports and outdoor networks.

An accomplished writer and photographer, she contributes regularly to over 25 regional and national magazines on various backcountry, adventure travel, nature, and wildlife topics. She has written seven books, including Best Hikes with Dogs: New Hampshire and Vermont, Hiking the Green Mountains, and Hiking the White Mountains.

To see more of her photos, visit her website, www.Lisa BallardOutdoors.com.

TAREAH GRAY, WRITER Tareah is a New Hampshire freelance writer and editor who began her career in journalism and went on to become an English teacher and tutor. She enjoys playing outdoors, traveling with her family, and cheering on her children in their various sporting events.

MIKE MORIN, WRITER Mike has written a book about the everyday, hardworking men and women who became accidental local celebrities from their many TV appearances on candlepin bowling shows. Lunch with Tommy and Stasia: TV’s Golden Age of Candlepin Bowling was released this fall, published

by Hobblebush Books of Brookline, New Hampshire.

CHANTELLE NEILY, PHOTOGRAPHER Chantelle grew up in rural Vermont; at a young age she was introduced to photography and was immediately drawn to the excitement, challenge, and opportunities that each new photograph presented.

After receiving a BFA in Photography from Sage College of Albany and a Certificate in Professional Photography from Hallmark Institute of Photography, she moved back to the Upper Valley and started CPerry Photography.

SUSAN NYE, WRITER A corporate dropout, Susan left a 20-year career in international sales and marketing for the fun, flexibility, and fear of self-employment. She is a writer, speaker, entrepreneur, and cook. Susan’s work appears in magazines and newspapers throughout New England. Her favorite topics include family, food, and small business. When she’s not writing or cooking, Susan is skiing and snowshoeing near her New Hampshire home.

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A RO U N D & A B O U T

BY

Cassie Horner

E V E NTS I N TH E H ANO V E R ARE A

ART & FUNCTION

BowlFest at Hanover League of New Hampshire Craftsmen

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eauty in clay meets delicious locally prepared food at the annual BowlFest held in the CraftStudies studios at the Hanover League of New Hampshire Craftsmen on Lebanon Street. The event is on Saturday, April 27 from 11:30am to 2pm. For $20, people can select a handmade decorated bowl and then fill it with samplings from area restaurants. In addition to

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the bowls, instructors and students in CraftStudies contribute items such as jewelry and textiles to be raffled off. The proceeds help support CraftStudies operations, equipment purchases, and scholarships.

“This is our primary fund- and friend-raiser,” says Suzanne Jones, director of CraftStudies. “It is special, we think, to use what we do to raise money. And the res-

taurants provide a fabulous sampling of bowl-worthy food. People sit around and catch up with friends. People from all over the Upper Valley support a dynamic arts organization at a really social event.”

CraftStudies, part of the Hanover League of New Hampshire Craftsmen, is located in three studios—metal, clay, and mixed media—where classes open to the public are held. The bowls, made of recycled clay collected by the

clay studio, are made by monitors, volunteers, students, and instructors.

Every instructor is asked to make 15 to 20 bowls over the course of several months.

Everything is done in-house. “It’s a labor of love for us because it takes a lot of time to make the bowls. It’s a mad dash before the event to finish them all,” says Deborah Churchill, clay studio coordinator. “It’s a great community event.” H

Clockwise from far left: Ann Webster Grant hand-paints a bowl made by Ara Cardew. The BowlFest tent. Kimchi and shrimp soup from Carpenter & Main. Volunteers brave the weather to help participants pick out their bowls. Board members Liz Schwarz and Kim Gaddes. Ellen Haun helps participants. Bowls by Dawn Dahlstrom. Photo by Jodi Kelly.

Candleholder by Maria Gross. Board member and juried craftsperson Rosemary Orgren works in the metal shop.

For more information, visit hanover.nhcrafts.org.

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LOCAL HEROES

Post-1975 Military Veterans Honored in Norwich

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n November 2019, years of planning and implementation came to fruition with the dedication of a granite slab engraved with the names of post-1975 military veterans who have connections to Norwich. The memorial, located next to Tracy Hall, joins two existing memorials to veterans from the Revolutionary War through the Korean and the Vietnam Wars.

“It is a living memorial because names can be added,” says Jim Harlow, a Vietnam veteran who grew up in the town. It was his idea that started American Legion Lyman F. Pell Post #8 in Norwich on its initiative to put up the third memorial.

Jim comes from a family with a military tradition. His father, who came to Norwich as a young boy, served in the Army Air Corps in World War II. His mother was a British war bride. Jim was drafted during the Vietnam War. He served along with other people he went to school with in Norwich.

He returned home in the midst of the controversy over the war, an upsetting time for him. He re-enlisted and upon returning home, there was a memorial in Norwich to the Vietnam vet-

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erans. Fast-forward to 1992 when he retired. “I thought that a lot of people had gone in to serve our country since the Vietnam era. There was nothing in Norwich to honor them,” he says. “I grew up with the sense that you do right for veterans. I talked up the idea with other veterans.”

About five years ago, a committee was formed to create the post-1975 memorial. A lot of time went into finding the names of the veterans. The group pored over Hanover High School yearbooks and made other inquiries. Criteria for inclusion on the honor roll were simple: People needed a Norwich connection and to have been discharged honorably. There are currently about 80 names on the honor roll, with room for about 300.

The monument is made of granite from the Rock of Ages quarry in Barre, Vermont. The contractors involved

Clockwise from far left: The Honor Guard is from Lebanon American Legion Post #22. Demo Sofronas; John Andriopoulos, a World War II veteran; and veteran Gary Fisher.

Attendees visit the memorial.

John Sofronas, Roseanne Maguire, and Demo Sofronas.

Danny Moore and George Fraser.

Photos by Chad Finer

in installing the memorial graciously donated their time. The town of Norwich bought and installed a new flagpole, not a simple process because a new, stable base had to be installed.

“The site is a place of contemplation,” Jim observes. “We want these veterans to get recognition. They served their country without asking for anything in return.”

Veterans who served since 1975 and have connections to Norwich can contact American Legion Post #8 about having their names added to the memorial. Email demosofronas@ gmail.com. H

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John Sherman. Inset: Costello Field in Etna, New Hampshire.

A PASSION FOR PARKS

John Sherman, Director of Hanover Parks & Recreation

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ohn Sherman’s career path was set early, thanks to his childhood years spent enjoying the outdoors in Massachusetts. “I always wanted to be a park ranger as a kid,” he recalls. That dream came true after graduating from Unity College in Maine with a degree in environmental science.

As a park ranger for the US Army Corps of Engineers at the Cape Cod Canal, he wore the traditional uniform with the signature campaign hat and badge. “I felt like I had made it,” he recalls, citing the combination of regulation enforcement and interpretive work at a historic place.

Although his career path veered into parks management for towns in Maine and now in Hanover, New Hampshire, the excitement and commitment he felt in his park ranger days has not wavered.

John came to Hanover Parks & Recreation in 2015 to direct the department. This was a natural next step in a career that included working as supervisor for Kennebunk, Maine’s Parks & Recreation Department. “I realized I loved the municipal part of parks management,” he says.

“What I love is the local involvement with implementation

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of projects from the start with budgeting, fundraising, and building to seeing people use them. You really get to be part of the community.”

Following this job, John worked as deputy director of the Saco Maine Parks & Recreation Department from 2005 to 2015. “We made a lot of changes in that department. It was a great staff who wanted to see things grow,” he says.

“Revenue grew from $60,000 to just under $1 million.” A huge initiative in Saco was the creation of a large athletic field complex on top of an old municipal landfill. This project added 10 athletic fields.

The department expanded the programs for a system of parks totaling 143 acres, including a beach. “You wear many hats in parks and recreation jobs,” he observes, adding with a laugh. “One of my hats in Saco was beach manager, so part of my job was going to the beach.”

John and his wife Valerie liked the Upper Valley on their first visit. “There is so much to do here, with the college and arts and entertainment,” he says. A big draw of the job of director of Hanover Parks & Recreation for him was the management style of town manager Julia Griffin.

“When I started the job, a goal was to diversify the department,” John says.

“It was known for its team athletics and several special events.” With the support of the staff, including assistant director Liz Burdette and Out of School Time program director Nicole Leonard, the department has grown impressively.

Some of the changes have involved restructuring to make town governance more effective. Hanover Parks & Recreation now manages the cemeteries and parks. The department is also responsible for all the trees on the streets, a change that took place when the town forester retired. With restructuring and new initiatives, the number of staff has nearly doubled from 7 to 13.

Another initiative was the construction of a new playground at Costello Field in Etna. “What symbolizes fun more than playgrounds?” John says. “I have built lots of them in my career. It is one of the most rewarding parts of my job.” Hanover Parks & Recreation also organizes sports for grades K–8 in the public schools.

One idea is to build a facility for after-school and summer programs.

“Right now, one of the big goals I am working on is a strategic plan for the department,” John says. “We are inventorying what we have, doing a needs assessment of the community, and looking at where we go from here.

We are looking at future needs and upcoming trends. As we build infrastructure we want to be sure we plan for the future.” H

For more information visit www.hanoverrec.org

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BEST FRIENDS TIPS, NEWS & FURRY FACTS

Mark Your Calendar Plan to attend the Spring Open House at the Upper Valley Humane Society, 300 Old Route 10 in Enfield, New Hampshire! It will be on Thursday, March 21 from 6 to 7:30pm. Enjoy dessert, explore the adoption center, meet the board of directors, and find out about the wonderful things happening at UVHS. RSVP to events@uvhs.org or call Marina at (603) 448-6888 extension 114. Can’t be there in person?

Make a virtual visit at uvhs.org and learn all the ways you can support great people doing great things for pets!

Slim-Down Season Spring Safety for Best Friends February is National Pet Dental Health Month—a reminder to have your best friend’s oral health checked and teeth cleaned. Dental disease can impact your pet’s health and shorten her life, so take heed. Of course, it’s also time to make sure your pet is current with tick and flea treatments and heartworm prevention.

In the yard, keep pets off grass and gardens treated with chemical fertilizers. Better yet, use pet-safe products. Note that organic fertilizers require caution too, as dogs may be drawn to the aroma of manure. If you’re fertilizing with bone meal, dogs—bone lovers that they are—might find it tasty. Bone meal can severely sicken a dog, but diluting it and other fertilizers with lots of water usually renders them harmless. And if you have lilies, either inside or outside, keep cats away from them; ingesting them can cause kidney failure.

Just like their owners, many pets pack on “winter pounds.”

Losing weight isn’t easy for us or them, but it’s critical. Research shows that overweight or obese dogs face higher risks of chronic diseases and orthopedic problems. One study with more than 50,000 dogs representing 12 breeds found overweight dogs had a lifespan up to 2.5 years shorter than their normal-weight counterparts.

Walk your pet at least a halfhour twice a day, depending on its age and health. Measuring how much food we give pets is also important, and only one in five of us do this. Some vets say it’s better to feed pets twice a day than once so their intake is spread out. Ask your vet if your pet needs to slim down, and follow his advice to keep the love of your life around longer.

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Dogs Rule the Big Screen Cats may rule the Internet, but in Hollywood, canines call the shots.

While Mr. Ed was a standout and Morris starred in many commercials during his nine lives, dogs are the true divas. From Lassie, Toto, and Rin Tin Tin to Benji, Marley, and Winn-Dixie, our lives have been enriched by these four-footed professionals.

Be Like Bessie Bessie’s Story: Watching the Lights Go Out by Thomas Farmen chronicles the tale of a chocolate Labrador retriever who loses her sight.

Bessie, who has progressive retinal atrophy, is now completely blind at nine years of age. The story of her slow fade to sightlessness provides life lessons for all ages as she continues to live life to the fullest, joining her family on daily hikes in the woods, off-leash, as she skillfully navigates the world around her. She also continues to retrieve on land and in the water using her heightened senses of hearing and smell.

The book has been endorsed by NEADS, Inc., an organization that raises, trains, and places World Class Service Dogs with individuals with hearing loss or a physical disability, veterans, and children with autism or other developmental disabilities. A portion of book sales will be donated to NEADS. Author Tom Farmen gives presentations at schools, with Bessie in attendance, stressing three main concepts for the students: • We all have insecurities and flaws that can hold us back if we let them. Accept your weaknesses, deal with them, and move on.

• Asking for help and giving help are essential to being successful and happy.

• Being around people with physical or intellectual handicaps or disabilities should bring out the same characteristics Bessie elicits.

Share your genuine interest, offer assistance, and show affection.

He concludes by saying, “Be like Bessie!”

Bessie’s Story: Watching the Lights Go Out is available locally at Violet’s Book Exchange (Claremont, NH), Morgan Hill Bookstore (New London, NH), Gibson’s Bookstore (Concord, NH), The Yankee Bookshop (Woodstock, VT), and The Norwich Bookstore (Norwich, VT) as well as at Amazon and Barnes & Noble. Contact the author (bessiesstory@gmail.com) to have personalized/autographed copies delivered locally or mailed. To learn more, visit www.bessiesstory.com.

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BEST FRIENDS

Love, Companionship, and . . .

Less Chance of Asthma?

Have you heard of the hygiene hypothesis? It’s the concept that exposing babies early to a variety of microorganisms might lower their risk for asthma and other chronic inflammatory illnesses.

Swedish researchers who tracked over a half-million kids found that being around farm animals or dogs can offer this benefit.

Children who lived on farms had a 50 percent lower chance of developing asthma. Don’t live on a farm? They found that living with a dog in their first 12 months of life was associated with a 13 percent lower risk of asthma in kids. Not to be outdone, cats might offer some protection from developing allergies and asthma too.

Send us photos of your pets and we’ll share them in a future issue.

Email high-resolution images to dthompson@mountainviewpublishing.com.

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SEASONAL VIEWS

Ready, Set, Grow!

P R E PA R E G A R D E N B E D S F O R S P R I N G P L A N T I N G

Are you eager to head outside to dig in the dirt?

Here are some valuable tips from Susan Edwards, president of the Hanover Garden Club.

Rake winter debris from beds, cutting back any dead foliage you didn’t get to in the fall.

Pull or dig out weeds, loosen the soil, and mix in compost as you go.

Have a supply of mulch ready to add to bare ground once you have planted.

Use good, sharp tools appropriate for each task and sized for your hands, and take care of them.

Plant where you will be most able to enjoy the results of your efforts.

Vary tasks so you don’t overtax specific muscles.

Read each plant’s label and consider its sun/shade, wet/dry requirements.

Perennials can be planted as soon as the soil can be worked, but annuals need warm soil and can usually be planted around Memorial Day. H

For more information, go to the Hanover Garden Club website at www.hanovergardenclub.org or email Susan at susanedwards67@gmail.com.

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Susan’s flower garden provides an array of colors, shapes, and textures from spring through fall. Photos by Jim Block courtesy of Susan Edwards.

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Lisa Ballard

PHOTOS COURTESY OF DARTMOUTH COLLEGE

Happy 250th Birthday,

Dartmouth College!

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Baker-Berry Library. Photo by Robert Gill.

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artmouth has a big birthday in 2019. The college is 250 years old! Two-and-a-half centuries is a long time for any entity to endure, longer than the United States has been a country, but the college wears its age well.

Dartmouth, the smallest college in the Ivy League and the ninth oldest in the nation, was established when New Hampshire was still a British colony. Back then, what’s now Wheelock Street was the main artery into Hanover from the Connecticut River, though it was little more than a cart path leading up a steep hill to a modest settlement on the edge of the colonial frontier.

Wheelock Street was named for Dartmouth’s founder, Eleazar Wheelock, who walked up that path when he first settled in Hanover and began to teach local natives to read and write.

One of his students, the Reverend Samson Occom, a member of the Mohegan tribe, toured England giving more than 400 sermons to raise money for Wheelock’s “Indian school.”

Clockwise from left: Portrait of Eleazar Wheelock.

A southerly view of the Green depicts the Hopkins Center for the Arts, the Hanover Inn, and beyond. Photo

by Eli Burakian.

Bartlett Tower.

Photo by Eli Burakian.

The Collis Center for Student Involvement welcomes families to campus for First-Year Family Weekend. Photo by Robert Gill.

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Clockwise from top left: Members of the Class of 1872. An aerial view of the Dartmouth College campus.

Photo by Eli Burakian. US Senator John F. Kennedy spoke at Dartmouth College in March 1960, just two months after announcing his presidential run. An 1851 engraving by Christian Meadows.

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VOX CLAMANTIS IN DESERTO

Dartmouth College’s Latin motto is literally translated as “the voice of one crying in the wilderness,” which is a quotation from the Latin version of the Bible in Isaiah 40:3 and John 1:23.

Eventually, the Reverend Occom caught the attention of the Second Earl of Dartmouth, William Legge, who became a keen supporter of Wheelock’s efforts on behalf of higher education. In 1769, Wheelock received a royal charter for the college from King George III “. . . for the education and instruction of youth of the Indian tribes in this land . . . and also the English youth and others.”

The rest was not just history but rather an ongoing pursuit of academic excellence, outdoor traditions, and global impact. It’s impossible to recount the many famous and influential folks who have come to Dartmouth since its founding, but there is one especially worthy of mention—Daniel Webster, the great American lawyer and orator, was a member of the class of 1801. During his landmark defense of private education before the United States Supreme Court, he uttered, “It is, sir, as I have said, a small college. And yet there are those who love it!”

Daniel Webster’s words, referring to the fondness Dartmouth students develop for their alma mater in the mountains, remain true. Today, Hanover is a bustling New England college town. Dartmouth College attracts bright, talented students from around the world to its remarkable breadth of undergraduate and graduate programs, but it differs from the other Ivies in one important way—its rural location.

Webster

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This page, from above: Dartmouth’s crew team practices on the Connecticut River. Photo by Eli Burakian.

A student-athlete runs onto Memorial Field before the start of a Homecoming football game against Yale University. Photo by Joshua Renaud. A student studies in the Tower Room in Baker Library.

Photo by Eli Burakian.

President Philip J. Hanlon.

Provost Joseph Helble.

Opposite: Dartmouth Organic Farm. Photo by Eli Burakian. Students and community members skate and play on Occom Pond.

Photo by Eli Burakian.

This sense of place, along with a commitment to leadership as embodied by both Wheelock and Webster and a staunch belief in the value of a liberal arts education, are the cornerstones of the college’s 250th anniversary celebration.

A SENSE OF PLACE Certainly, the ability to ski, hike, climb, and paddle outside one’s dorm-room door attracts many students to Dartmouth College.

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JOIN THE CELEBRATION! Dartmouth College has planned an entire year of events, exhibits, performances, panels, and other activities in honor of its 250th anniversary. Here’s a sampling of what’s coming this spring, summer, and fall: April 3–June 19 Vital Engagement with the Liberal Arts (exhibit at Baker Library) April 13 Big Green Fun Run May 11–12 Dartmouth Powwow (watch and participate in Native American dances, music, food, and arts) May 25 Dartmouth Symphony Orchestra (commissioned work inspired by the Orozco murals) June 15 Envisioning Dartmouth’s Future in the 21st Century (roundtable) July 3–September 18 Enduring Fellowship (exhibit at Baker Library) July 26–27 250th Summer Celebration (weekend of events highlighting the community and the arts)

participate in the First Year Trip, a five-day, student-led adventure. Some trips are less rigorous than others—nature writing and photography versus multiday backpacking in the White Mountains, but they all take place with nature as a backdrop, connecting first-year students to each other and Dartmouth’s unique setting and outdoor opportunities.

The hardcore hikers and campers remain active in the DOC, helping to maintain more than 50 miles of the Appalachian Trail (AT) from the Connecticut River, up Wheelock Street, through downtown Hanover, and then through the woods to the summit of Mount Moosilauke near Warren.

Dartmouth students began hiking and building cabins along this 50-mile route a decade before it became part of the AT. In fact, the AT became possible in the 1920s due to the pre-existence of this trail system.

September–December Art for Dartmouth: Celebrating the 250th October 11 Dartmouth Night (homecoming festivities and bonfire) November 8 Celebrating 100 Years of Women on the Dartmouth Faculty (conference) November 9 Dartmouth versus Princeton football game at Yankee Stadium

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Embracing winter also comes with studying at Dartmouth. Winter Carnival started in 1910 as a snowy field day, with snowshoe and skijoring races around the green, ice-sculpting contests, and social events that culminated in crowning the Winter Carnival queen.

Ice sculptures and parties are still part of the celebration, but now varsity ski races, hockey and basketball games, human dogsled races, and a polar bear swim in Occom’s namesake pond have replaced snowshoeing and skijoring.

In 2012, National Geographic described this campus-wide festival as the “Mardi Gras of the North” and one of Dartmouth’s most cherished traditions.

The Dartmouth Organic Farm is less rowdy yet another example of how the college embraces its ruralness. Located on Route 10 between Hanover and Lyme, this educational garden serves as a research lab for faculty and students. It’s larger than it looks, a 220acre ecosystem that teaches students about sustainable food and energy systems. The farm produces more than 2,000 pounds of organic produce each season, a third of which is available to local families struggling with foodrelated illnesses and conditions.

LEADERSHIP United States Vice President Nelson Rockefeller and his son, Nelson, both went to Dartmouth. Today, their namesake Rockefeller Policy Research Shop, a faculty-mentored research enterprise, allows students to engage directly with public policy-making in Vermont and New Hampshire by providing nonpartisan research to state legislators. For example, one sophomore’s summer project on the economic impact of international trade landed in the hands of former Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen.

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their ideas. Students, rather than a professional curator, even laid out the first gallery when the museum reopened this year after a $50 million renovation, increasing the Hood’s square footage by more than 50 percent.

LIBERAL ARTS Dartmouth College’s faculty literally wrote the book on liberal arts. Dan Rockmore, math and computer science professor, asked his colleagues across various departments to explain what they do. He compiled their 26 answers and his own into the landmark book What Are the Arts and Sciences? exploring the value of a liberal arts education in a complex and complicated world.

Dartmouth students can study under an array of biologists, chemists, physicists, engineers, astronomers, writers, linguists, archeologists, historians, philosophers, actors, artists . . . more than 250 students and young alumni have received Fulbright Scholarships. It’s the only Ivy League school to offer geography as a major. With an undergraduate body of just over 4,000 students, Dartmouth offers an incredible range of courses for such a small student body.

It’s a special place, celebrating a remarkable milestone—250 years!

The celebration includes a full year of festive gatherings, learning opportunities with leading scholars, and thought-provoking exhibits for students, parents, alumni, faculty, and the local community. The party culminates on December 13, 2019, with a celebration of Dartmouth’s “Charter Day” and a final Greenlighting Day. It’s an anniversary worth applauding. H Go to 250.dartmouth.edu for more information about Dartmouth’s 250th anniversary celebration.

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To learn more about Greenlighting Day, go to www.hereinhanover.com.

Regular contributor Lisa Ballard is a member of the Dartmouth Class of 1983. She resided in Hanover from 1986 to 2010 and has served on numerous volunteer committees for the college including the Alumni Council, 2nd College Grant Advisory Committee, and Athletics Council. For more information, go to www.LisaBallardOutdoors.com.

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From left: Rohn Peterson, Rain Yesman, Amber Boland (owner), Gracie Rollins, and Rhyan Leatherwood.

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Norwich Community Embraces

a New Café LOTS OF REASONS TO LOVE BLUE SPARROW KITCHEN

Blue Sparrow Kitchen, a cozy, hip sandwich and coffee shop on Norwich Square in Norwich, Vermont, opened in the summer of 2018. Owner Amber Boland says this is her first foray into being a restaurateur, and of all the revelations gleaned from starting a new career, one unexpected perk of the job helps keep her motivated.

“My biggest surprise, without a doubt, was the community’s appreciation,” says Amber. “People approached me and said, ‘I’m just so happy you are here.’ That helps on the long days— that’s made the difference.”

Another aspect of the new café that Amber’s regulars appreciate is the prices. “Customers tell me ‘Thank you for keeping everything affordable.’ There is a certain threshold for how much people can and want to pay,” Amber adds.

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GOURMET OFFERINGS WITHOUT THE PRICES Despite the absence of gourmet prices, Blue Sparrow is no fast-food joint.

The baked goods including croissants and chocolate confections, grab-andgo dinner items, salads, and other dishes, plus specialty sandwiches are all made in-house from healthy, mostly organic, and often locally sourced ingredients—the kind of fare that’s quite costly elsewhere.

Signature sandwiches include choices such as Autumn Caprese Panini; Turkey, Bacon & Avocado; and Serrano Ham, Apple & Manchego.

The case holds various salads with ingredients such as fennel, beets, and goat cheese. Customers can pick up curried chickpea salad, tuna salad, or a hash made with tempeh, sweet potato, and spinach to go. Ice cream and milkshakes are also on the menu.

One of the café’s bestselling bakery items? That would be chocolate chip cookies. These won first prize up against samplings from other local bakeries in last year’s annual chocolate chip cookie tasting contest, judged by Miss Lani’s young art students at the Children’s Art Studio.

A WELL-ROUNDED MENU The menu at Blue Sparrow Kitchen changes with the four seasons, and the summer menu especially is heavy on ingredients from local farms, including McNamara Dairy, Crossroad, Hurricane Flats, Hogwash, Long Wind, and Cedar Circle Farm.

Amber tries to stock a few tempting gluten-free bakery items from a Massachusetts bakery called Something Sweet Without Wheat, as well as keeping gluten-free rolls available for sandwich orders. Dairy-free and vegan items are also regularly available in the grab-and-go case. One favorite bakery item is the vegan cranberry-pistachio scone.

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Clockwise from far left: Customers, especially the kids, love the mural painted for the Blue Sparrow Kitchen by local artist Patti Cerra. There is always a subtle banter of customers at the cafĂŠ.

Blue Sparrow offers a coffee bar, espresso bar, freshly baked items from their bakery, bagels, sandwiches, and prepared foods. There is always a friendly face to assist you and bring your order to your table when it is ready. Gracie Rollins prepares a latte for a customer.

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Customers enjoy drinks from the espresso bar. Blue Sparrow offers a small number of local beers on tap. They also serve a small variety of wine (selected with assistance from neighbors Norwich Wines & Spirits).

The small, quaint space offers 17 seats and a cozy couch to sit on while waiting for your order.

The crew: Rhyan Leatherwood, Haley Cushing, and Amber Boland serve the community.

“...the sparrow is a symbol of community and hard work.”

Although blue sparrows don’t exist, Amber chose blue “because it symbolizes peace, tranquility, stability, intelligence, loyalty, and wisdom.”

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The hot drink menu includes Vermont Artisan organic coffee and tea, Dona Chai tea, and Golden Milk (turmeric tea). The beverage fridge, which runs almost the length of one wall, offers Izze, Spindrift, Maine Root, and San Pellegrino sodas, as well as GuS grown-up, and carton-boxed—not bottled—water.

“The café uses no single-use plastic. The food containers and cups are compostable,” Amber explains. Amber has a degree in Conservational Biology and works to keep her business as ecologically sustainable as possible, despite the extra cost.

On weekdays, the Blue Sparrow opens at 7am and closes at 5pm, and on Saturdays the hours are 9am to 3pm. Amber is planning to open for dinner on Saturdays starting in April. She hopes a guitarist might add to the ambience. The café is closed on Sundays.

A WELCOMING SPOT Blue Sparrow Kitchen is a busy and bright local hangout, and the space exudes Vermont charm, with wooden floors and trim. The musical playlist is created by the teens who work there and adds to the comfortable vibe.

After the breakfast and lunch rush, the after-school crowd arrives. Parents stop in with kids, having just come from picking them up at the elementary school across the street. A high schooler gets off the bus and stops in for a snack. A guy with a laptop nurses his coffee at one of the back tables. A few others sit and enjoy sandwiches at the counter, while a mom and her preteen girls snuggle onto the couch in the back corner with baked goods and hot drinks. One of the girls gets up for a napkin and returns, saying, “Okay, Mom, let’s have some girl time.”

Amber is everywhere—checking on sandwiches being made by her chef, taking orders, and helping people at the cash register who have picked up a prepared dish to take home for dinner. She jokes and laughs with customers, knows their names, and asks after family members. “We estimate that 80 percent of the customers are regulars,” she says.

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fun!” she says. “There isn’t a moment that I’m bored.” Before starting the café, she spent the last decade at a rewarding but sedentary desk job, and she was ready for a change. Her kids were almost out of the house, and when she looked back at her most fulfilling and fun jobs, she thought of the bakery she worked in during college.

Amber decided to open a restaurant and was looking at a space in West Lebanon. That plan fell through just as she learned from one of her women’s hockey teammates that the Norwich Square Café was closing due to the owners’ return to Italy. “My business plan had to be sized down,” she says, “but it worked out.” One look around confirms that, indeed, it has.

That the café is right on the Appalachian Trail is also significant to Amber.

“I met my husband when we were both working on the trail,” she says. Amber chose the name Blue Sparrow Kitchen because of her background in Conservation Biology and because she loves birding. “I didn’t want to leave that life completely behind,” she says. “And the sparrow is a symbol of community and hard work.” Although blue sparrows don’t exist, she chose blue “because it symbolizes peace, tranquility, stability, intelligence, loyalty, and wisdom.”

Amber says the café has turned out to be the perfect way to spend more time with her kids before they head off into the world. Son Patrick worked at the café over the summer, and her daughter Clara works there now when she doesn’t have school sports.

“I have a lot of restaurant history in my family—my sister is a chef, my brother-in-law started Hen of the Wood in Waterbury, Vermont, and for a few years, when I was in middle school, my parents owned a restaurant with some partners in Southern New Hampshire— it was one of those things I knew I’d do someday.” Clearly, Norwich residents are celebrating the fact that Amber chose to fulfill her dream in the center of their town. H Blue Sparrow Kitchen 289 Main Street, Norwich, VT (802) 649-7003 bluesparrowkitchen.com 52

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The MBFA gallery features artwork and crafts by residents of Lyme, New Hampshire, and Thetford, Vermont, including paintings, prints, fiber arts, floor cloths, and photographs; ceramics, cards, and clocks; jewelry, books, woodenware, soaps, and syrups. Our spring show features work by husband-and-wife team Anne and Jon Rose. Two Voices, Two Visions runs 4/12–6/8 with an opening party April 14, 2–5pm. This exhibit follows a show of Japanese woodblock prints from the 19th century: Considering Kunisada and the Chushingura, the Revenge of the 47 Ronin.

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League of NH Craftsmen Fine Craft Shop & CraftStudies Shop our gallery and be inspired by our stunning collection of traditional and contemporary fine crafts created by juried members of the League. Our extensive CraftStudies Program offers classes and workshops for children and adults.

13 Lebanon Street Hanover, NH (603) 643-5050 (Gallery Shop) (603) 643-5384 (CraftStudies) www.hanover.nhcrafts.org Mon–Fri 10am–5:30pm Sat 10am–5pm

Lou’s Restaurant and Bakery A Hanover and Dartmouth tradition since 1947, Lou’s Restaurant and Bakery is proud to be a certified green restaurant with a focus on locally sourced food products. Indulge in a thick, creamy milkshake, and for a retro treat, try it malted.

Breakfast all day, and order bakery products online. Care packages and catering available.

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Making Tracks Spring skiing in Yellowstone National Park

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The historic Charles Bridge over the Moldau River is now a pedestrian walkway.

Skinning through the forest at the base of Top Notch Mountain in Yellowstone National Park.

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Opposite, larger photo: View of Yellowstone Lake from a high ridge on Top Notch Mountain.

Opposite top, from left: Hikers discuss their next move below an avalancheprone cirque. Taking a break to enjoy the view. Ogling the panorama.

This page, below: Adjusting skins after a snack at the halfway point.

Yellowstone National Park, the nation’s first national park, is a mecca for wildlife watchers, backpackers, hikers, and anglers. Old Faithful, the Grand Canyon of Yellowstone, and Mammoth Hot Springs are just a few of the many famous features in this internationally renowned, 3,500-acre public marvel of mountains, lakes, geysers, and other geothermal formations. The park attracts more than four million visitors each year, mainly during the summer and early fall. Only about 4 percent come the rest of the year.

It’s tougher to get into Yellowstone when the snow starts falling, usually by the end of September. Many of the roads to and through the park close, but Nordic skiers, backcountry skiers, and snowshoers still come to explore parts of its 1,000-mile trail network or zig-zag to the top of a 9,000-foot ridgeline and then float down a powdery slope. In the spring, that powder becomes delightful corn snow.

Last May, my husband Jack and I met several friends atop Sylvan Pass (elevation 8,530 feet), a high point in the road that enters Yellowstone from its east gate, 53 miles west of Cody, Wyoming. An avid skier, I had heard rumors about Yellowstone’s untracked bowls and glades and longed to experience them. No lifts, of course, but having skied Tuckerman Ravine on Mount Washington almost every spring since the early 1980s, I didn’t mind hiking for my turns. It had become a rite of spring. This year, the climbing would simply be in a different, albeit much higher, place.

HEADING TOWARD TOP NOTCH PEAK From Sylvan Pass, we thought we had two options: Top Notch Peak (10,238 feet) on the south side of the road and Avalanche Peak (10,566 feet) on the north side. Our plan was to skin up one of them. Though the snowbanks were higher than our SUV, one glance at Avalanche Peak from the pass and our decision was obvious. Avalanche had only a patchwork of snow here and there. It looked unskiable, but Top Notch Peak looked promising.

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KNOW BEFORE YOU GO Skiing in Yellowstone National Park is a true backcountry experience. If you go, keep these tips in mind for your safety and enjoyment: • All unplowed roads and trails are open to cross-country skiing and snowshoeing.

Stick to these corridors if you don’t have a guide and are not experienced with winter backcountry travel.

• This is wild country with all its dangers, including unpredictable weather and wildlife. Dress in layers. By late March, the bears may be awake. Bring pepper spray and wear it where you can grab it.

• Give geothermal features a wide berth.

The snow around them is usually icy, and what looks like bare ground might be a thin layer of ice over a boiling pothole.

• Check in at a ranger station. Some park areas could be closed to protect wildlife.

Trail conditions are also available there and at the ski shops at Mammoth Hot Springs and Old Faithful.

• A permit is required to camp in the backcountry.

• Stay hydrated. Yellowstone is high, cold, and dry. Use insulated water bottles so liquids don’t freeze.

• Never approach wildlife! Let them move away from you. If they don’t move, go around them, not through a herd. Give animals an escape route through shallow snow or on a packed trail. Keep a minimum of 75 feet from bison and other large animals, 300 feet from bears and wolves.

• Avalanches can occur on any slope at any time. Always carry a transceiver, shovel, and probe, and know how to use them.

Cross slopes one at a time.

• Sun protection, for both skin and eyes, is a must at the elevations you’ll ski at— 7,000 to 10,000 feet—especially during the winter with the intense solar reflection off the snow.

• Leave your skinny touring-center skis at home, even for Nordic skiing on the roads. You’ll need wider off-trail skis to break trail.

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“Top Notch is a nice ski,” said our host John, a friend from Cody who had organized our trip. “You can see Yellowstone Lake from the top. It’s a really nice view.”

We put on our skis by the side of the small pullout and headed into the woods. There was no discernible trail.

Numerous ski tracks wandered off here and there among the airy conifers. John knew the way, and the rest of us— five skiers, including two of John’s friends from Cody and one of ours from the Upper Valley—followed in a colorfully clad train.

It was early, 7am. The forest floor was crusty, shaded from the first tendrils of sunshine and subject to previous daytime thaws and evening freezes. We weaved among the Douglas firs, climbing with each stride and warming up quickly from the exertion. Our pace was steady but reasonable, and I enjoyed the repeated slide, step, slide, step of my skis moving forward as my breathing picked up.

Within an hour into our uphill climb, the temperature had climbed above freezing, and everyone stripped to tee shirts or, in John’s case, no shirt. “Funny how 40 degrees feels tropical after a long winter below freezing,” I mused.

It was 20 degrees warmer in the valley. We had spent the night at John’s cabin in the small settlement of Wapiti just outside the park’s boundary. What a difference a thousand feet makes! Around the cabin, the grass was green, and the lupine were in full bloom. The previous afternoon, I went for a walk to stretch my legs. It was a short one, only a few

Clockwise from above: View across Yellowstone Lake from the rocky beach.

Bighorn sheep shedding their winter coats.

Springtime in Wapiti, Wyoming, 3,000 feet lower than nearby Sylvan Pass. Skinning up a broad corridor of corn snow.

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hundred yards, as a mammoth-sized bull bison lounged on the hillside just below the cabin.

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WORKING FOR OUR TURNS The next day was gorgeous for our backcountry adventure—deep blue above and white underfoot. Top Notch Peak has about a dozen skiable routes cascading off its double-humped summit. It’s 2.1 miles to the top, with a gain of 1,840 feet.

We would, indeed, work for our turns, though the work seemed less strenuous than climbing to the base of Tuckerman Ravine from Pinkham Notch. There was too much to look at. As we crested each knoll, the view only got grander; then we reached a ridge where we got our first look at the ski lines. I was ready to drop in.

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from the far end of the white corridor.

We kept going, down the trail, then paused at the base of the cirque. I dearly wanted to climb it, but an alarm sounded somewhere deep in my brain, and the small hairs on the back of my neck suddenly stood on end.

A number of oversized snowballs had rolled down the headwall here and there, gathering size the farther they went. A small avalanche of them had churned up the otherwise smooth surface about a third of the way across the expanse.

“Let’s go up,” drooled one of the others in our party, seeing only the untracked snow.

“I’m going back,” I murmured, turning toward the way we had come.

The others looked at me in surprise, but then the mood of the group turned thoughtful. My friend from the Upper Valley turned with me. As we started

back toward Sylvan Pass, the others skirted the bottom of the bowl to get atop one more ridge to see Yellowstone Lake, then headed back as well.

On the way back, we made turns down 1,000 vertical feet of silky corn snow. Afterward, we drove over the far side of the pass to the edge of the lake. We had the rocky beach to ourselves, except for a couple of Barrow’s goldeneye ducks that came ashore. A line of snowy peaks stood tall on the horizon across the water.

“Are you disappointed about not reaching the top of Top Notch?” asked my friend as we ogled the majestic mountains. “Not at all,” I replied. “I loved every moment of it. The downhill part was the reward.”

Reaching the summit would have been nice, but it was not the ultimate goal of our trip. The chance to go backcountry skiing was. It was a memorable day in one of the most scenic places on Earth. How could that be disappointing? H

FOR MORE INFO For a professionally guided backcountry ski trip in Yellowstone National Park, contact Yellowstone Ski Tours, yellowstoneskitours.com.

For list of places to ski and snowshoe on your own in Yellowstone National Park, go to nps.gov/yell/planyourvisit/ skiing-and-snowshoeing.htm.

For backcountry gear rentals, contact Timber Trails in Livingston, Montana, timbertrailsmontana.com.

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LIVING WELL BY

MEMORY ISSUES

Katherine P. Cox

Eating a healthy diet and exercising are beneficial strategies for keeping memory issues at bay.

Is it normal, or is it dementia?

WE ALL FORGET THINGS. A name, where we put the keys, a dentist appointment. It’s normal, especially considering the distractions of modern times. With aging, memory sometimes falters a little more. That, too, is normal as long as it doesn’t interfere with daily life. That’s when memory issues become more problematic and could be early signs of dementia.

In such cases, they should be checked out by a doctor.

Dementia has many forms, only one of which is Alzheimer’s disease, and some forms are caused by medical problems that can be corrected. What’s important is knowing what causes memory lapses and whether they can be treated, what strategies can keep cognitive impairment at bay, and understanding dementia.

THE BRAIN AS A FILING SYSTEM Dr. Andre Berger, founder of the Rejuvalife Vitality Center in Beverly Hills, says it’s most important to determine what’s normal aging memory versus memory problems

related to other conditions. He uses the analogy of the brain as a filing system.

“A normal memory requires a file clerk who takes information and files it in the hippocampus of the brain, where immediate memory is stored to be retrieved when needed.

As people age, it affects this filing system.” Files are lost but can be retrieved eventually. “With Alzheimer’s, there’s a hole in the filing cabinet,” Dr. Berger says, so information just falls through and can’t be retrieved.

Dementia is a deterioration in thinking processes and memory, Dr. Berger says, and can sometimes be caused by issues such as vitamin deficiency, thyroid problems, depression, or the side effects of medication. Those forms of dementia are correctable, he notes. Alzheimer’s is not.

Mild cognitive impairment (MCI) is often the first hint of memory problems that cause concern, even though there’s not a significant impact on daily life. However, “50 to 70 percent of people in this category will go on to develop Alzheimer’s or another form of dementia,” Dr. Berger says.

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LIVING WELL EARLY DETECTION IS KEY According to the Alzheimer’s Association, 15 to 20 percent of people 65 years old or older have MCI. It’s important to detect it early, Dr. Berger notes, to determine if it’s caused by conditions such as those mentioned or by anemia, diabetes, kidney or liver disease, or cardiovascular conditions that can also be treated or reversed.

Doctors will also screen for risk factors such as family history of dementia. Cognitive tests and screening for depression may be the first evaluation, possibly followed by blood work and an MRI scan to view the brain for damage and to rule out other abnormalities. Early detection can lead to possible treatments or referrals to clinical trials. A recent study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association found that intensive treatment for hypertension could help reduce the risk of MCI, for example.

With Alzheimer’s disease, memory problems impact daily life and functioning. It’s progressive and there is no cure, although research is promising. According to the Alzheimer’s Association, some treatments may slow the progression but cannot stop it. “The hallmark of Alzheimer’s disease is the accumulation of protein in the brain called amyloid,” Dr. Berger explains.

That plaque buildup is implicated in the death of brain cells along with tangles, which are caused by “inflammation in the brain cells that releases tau proteins,” he adds. They tangle and cause cells to die. Research into the causes of the plaque and tangle buildup in the brain is now looking at inflammation as a possible link.

“Bacteria or viruses are implicated,” Dr. Berger says, and research is being conducted into blocking the inflammatory response caused by immune reaction to bacteria.

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diet has been proven to improve cognitive function versus controls,” Dr. Berger says. It includes lean meats, fish, whole grains, fruits and vegetables, and nuts.

Regular exercise. “Exercise is very significant,” he adds. Exercise increases blood and oxygen flow to the brain and “increases the volume of the hippocampus. If you want to improve your memory, just exercise.” Exercise is also known to decrease depression, which can be a cause of cognitive decline.

Sleep. Dr. Berger says getting enough sleep is key to good cognitive function.

“When you’re fatigued, it’s hard to pay attention. More importantly, during sleep, memory is transferred from the hippocampus, where current memory is kept, to the long-term storage area of the brain, the cortex. When you don’t sleep well, you’re not transferring memory to long-term storage. When you don’t sleep, you have memory problems. Also, when you sleep, the brain clears the excess amyloid.”

Stay active. Maintain social activities and try something new. “Activities that are novel or creative or new will improve your cognitive ability,” Dr. Berger says.

Adopt strategies to help you remember things. “Mindfulness improves memory,” Dr. Berger says.

“You have to pay attention. When you meet someone, you have to say their name aloud. Make a connection between their name and something else that will connect it to your brain.

Create a visual image. It’s the same idea with remembering dates. Associate that date with something else or make it into a rhyme. Repeat things.”

All this, Dr. Berger says, takes effort, “but it works.” H

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A Taste of the

Mediterranean C E L E B R A T I N G

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e was right, you know—Mark Twain, that is.

At least he was when he mused, “If you don’t like the weather in New England now, just wait a few minutes.” This past winter was nothing if not diverse. From a snowy November and unseasonably warm December to the three-month hodgepodge of heavy snow, drenching rain, and polar-vortex cold mixed with a sprinkling of too few warm and sunny days, it was a rollercoaster.

Now that spring is finally here—or at least what passes for spring in Northern New England—it’s time to put away your stewpot and roasting pan. Dig that grill out of the snowbank and celebrate spring with a taste of the Mediterranean.

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GRILLED LAMB WITH LEMON-MINT YOGURT SAUCE & SPICED RICE A spring tradition, lamb is a favorite throughout the Mediterranean and Middle East.

Enjoy lamb for Easter dinner or any spring celebration with family and friends.

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Juice of 1 lemon Juice of 1 orange cloves garlic shallot, roughly chopped Tbsp finely chopped mint leaves Tbsp fresh thyme leaves Tbsp Dijon mustard Tbsp honey Kosher salt and freshly ground pepper, to taste cups dry red wine lb trimmed, boned, and butterflied lamb bay leaf Lemon-Mint Yogurt Sauce (recipe follows) Spiced Rice (recipe follows)

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1. Make a marinade: put the citrus juices, garlic, shallot, mint, thyme, mustard, and honey in a small food processor or blender, season with salt and pepper, and pulse to combine and chop. Add a little wine and process until smooth. Slowly add the remaining wine and process until well combined.

2. Put the lamb and bay leaf in a shallow dish or resealable plastic bag and add the marinade. Turning 2 to 3 times, marinate the lamb in the refrigerator for 6 hours or overnight.

3. Remove the lamb from the refrigerator about 30 minutes before grilling. Preheat the grill to medium.

4. Shaking off the excess marinade, place the lamb on the grill. Turning once or twice, grill until a thermometer inserted in the thickest part of the meat registers 120° for rare and 130° for medium, 20 to 30 minutes.

5. Transfer the lamb to a cutting board and let it rest for 10 to 15 minutes. Slice the lamb and serve with Lemon-Mint Yogurt Sauce and Spiced Rice.

Lemon-Mint Yogurt Sauce Makes about 1¾ cups

1½ cups plain yogurt 3 Tbsp finely chopped fresh mint leaves 1 tsp fresh thyme leaves Grated zest of 1 lemon 2 cloves garlic, minced 1 scallion, finely chopped Kosher salt and freshly ground pepper, to taste Put all the ingredients in a small bowl and whisk to combine.

Cover and chill for at least an hour to combine the flavors.

Spiced Rice Serves 8 1–2 Tbsp butter ¼ onion, finely chopped 1 tsp cardamom ½ tsp cinnamon ¼ tsp freshly ground pepper 2–2½ cups basmati rice 3½–4½ cups chicken broth or water 1 tsp sea salt 1 bay leaf 1. Melt the butter in a heavy saucepan over medium heat. Add the onion and spices and cook until the onion is translucent.

2. Rinse the rice well under cold running water in a fine-mesh sieve. Stir the rice into the onion and spices and sauté for 2 to 3 minutes.

3. Add the broth, salt, and bay leaf, and stirring frequently, bring to a boil. Reduce the heat to low, cover, and simmer until the rice is tender and the liquid has been absorbed, about 15 minutes. Remove the rice from the heat and let sit for 5 minutes before serving.

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GRILLED BROCCOLINI WITH TAHINI SAUCE Made with toasted sesame seeds, tahini is used by cooks across the Eastern Mediterranean, Middle East, and North Africa. Rich and creamy, its nutty taste is fabulous in dips and sauces.

Serves 8

For a change of pace, skip the salad and start your dinner with grilled broccolini drizzled with a delicious tahini sauce.

Tahini Sauce Makes about 1½ cups 2 lb broccolini, trimmed Olive oil Sea salt and freshly ground black pepper Tahini Sauce

1. Preheat the grill to medium-high. Put the broccolini in a shallow dish, drizzle with olive oil, sprinkle with salt and pepper, and toss to coat.

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2. Place the broccolini on the hot grill and cook for about 3 minutes. Turn and grill 2 to 3 minutes more or until lightly charred and tender.

3. Serve hot or at room temperature with a drizzle of Tahini Sauce.

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2 cloves garlic ¼ cup red onion ½ tsp (or to taste) sriracha or your favorite hot sauce ½ tsp ground cumin ¼ tsp smoked paprika Sea salt and freshly ground pepper, to taste Juice and zest of 1 lime 2–3 Tbsp apple cider vinegar 1 cup tahini ¼ cup extra-virgin olive oil 2–4 Tbsp water

Put the garlic, onion, spices, lime juice and zest, and vinegar in a small food processor and pulse to combine and finely chop. Add the tahini and olive oil and process until smooth. A tablespoon at a time, add the water and process until smooth and creamy. Let the sauce sit at room temperature for at least 30 minutes or longer in the refrigerator to combine the flavors. Bring to room temperature before serving.

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Flaky Pastry Dough 1 1 ½ 4

cup all-purpose flour tsp sugar tsp salt Tbsp (½ stick) cold butter, cut into pieces 3 Tbsp solid vegetable shortening, cold 2–4 Tbsp ice water

LEMON TART Finish your feast with a light and bright Lemon Tart. This sunny dessert shouts springtime.

Serves 8

1. Put the flour, sugar, and salt in a food processor and process to combine. Add the butter and shortening and pulse until the mixture resembles coarse meal.

2. With the motor running, add the water 1 to 2 tablespoons at a time and process until the dough comes together in a ball. Remove the dough from the food processor and flatten it into a disk.

Wrap the dough in parchment paper or plastic wrap and refrigerate for 30 to 45 minutes.

Filling 5 eggs 2 cups sugar Grated zest of 2 lemons Juice of 3–4 lemons 2–3 Tbsp melted butter 4 Tbsp heavy cream 1. Prepare the pastry dough. Roll the dough out on a lightly floured surface, gently press into a 9-inch tart or pie plate, and crimp the edges. Refrigerate for at least 30 minutes.

2. Preheat the oven to 350°. Whisk together the eggs, sugar, lemon zest and juice, butter, and cream. Pour the custard into the prepared tart shell and bake at 350° for 1 hour or until firm. Let cool and serve.

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Lindsey Stoddard on the Appalachian Trail in New Hampshire.

Tareah Gray

I hope this book speaks to any kid who has balled their fists in rage, or rubbed their Grandpa’s hand to tell him it’ll be okay, even when they don’t know that it will be.

Just Like Jackie Connecting with middle-schoolers’ big emotions There’s a little bit of Lindsey Stoddard and a lot of Upper Valley in the book Just Like Jackie. It’s a story of big emotions in a little girl, of difference in a sea of sameness, of strong spirit, and of loyal love.

Set in Vermont, Lindsey’s home state, her debut novel is heavy on local references and peppered with preteen angst.

Geared toward ages 9 to 12, Just Like Jackie introduces readers to Robinson Hart, who evades gender stereotypes by spending her time fixing cars, playing baseball, and boiling Vermont maple sap into syrup. The feisty 11-year-old, named after Jackie Robinson, who broke barriers by being the first African American to play in Major League Baseball, tries to do right by her grandfather, her main caretaker and much darker-skinned than she is.

While facing adversity, like the school bully calling “Robbie” a “motherless Robin,” she wants desperately to learn more about her absent family members and her unique family history. This proves challenging as her grandfather’s memory is slowly succumbing to Alzheimer’s disease.

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Robbie experiences a range of emotions as her caretaker needs to lean on her increasingly in this coming-of-age novel.

TAPPING INTO EXPERIENCES AND EMOTIONS Growing up in rural Vermont, Lindsey and her family drew no attention for being different, but her grandfather did suffer from Alzheimer’s, and it affected her greatly. “Just Like Jackie was born from a feeling of discomfort and fear and sadness when I would sit with my Grandpa and listen to him lose his words,” says Lindsey, a 2002 graduate of Hanover High School. “I didn’t know if I should finish his sentence for him, pat his hand so that he knew I understood, or just wait and hope he could find his way back to his thought.

Those moments live in me. I felt them big then, and I feel them big now.”

Lindsey also tapped into the eruption of emotions she felt one day when a neighborhood boy took his Wiffleball bat and smashed a nest of robins’ eggs whose hatching she had anxiously awaited. “I watched them splatter on my lawn, and before I knew it, my fist connected with his face, and I can still feel the tingle it left in my knuckles.

“As soon as I connected with these big emotions, writing Robbie’s story— her anger, her tenderness with her Grandpa—felt easy and right,” says Lindsey. “And no matter what their background, or their situation, no matter where they live, or how they get to school, I hope this book speaks to any kid who has balled their fists in rage, or rubbed their Grandpa’s hand to tell him it’ll be okay, even when they don’t know that it will be.

“People say that a writer has been writing her first book her whole life, and that is definitely true of Just Like Jackie,” says Lindsey. “When I finally put the pen to the page, Robbie’s story came easily. It felt honest and right, and the whole time I felt like I was writing my way home.”

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AN EDUCATOR AND HER PATH As a young girl, Lindsey adored reading and writing. She visited bookstores and libraries often and even propped up a few of her stuffed animals to serve as an audience to test out her own stories. She later majored in English at Carleton College and participated in writers’ workshops in New York City.

She moved to the Washington Heights neighborhood to be the middleschool English teacher she had always dreamed of being back when she read to her “stuffies.”

“It wasn’t until I met my first class of students that I knew I wanted to write for kids,” says Lindsey. “I love that middle-school age. They are really starting to figure out who they are, and their sense of justice is high. ‘That’s not fair!’ ‘That’s messed up!’ ‘That’s not right!’ They can be moody and defiant and emotional, but all of this makes for excellent questions and discussions and points of view.”

Lindsey spent 10 years teaching English in the same middle school in Washington Heights while earning an MFA in Writing for Children and Young Adults from the Vermont College of Fine Arts. An advisor there told her she couldn’t just write for her students and that she’d benefit from tapping into her own stories. He advised her to try writing for her own 10-year-old self.

This advice proved valuable and lifechanging as Lindsey wrote Just Like Jackie and won over many of the same agents who had previously rejected her work. An editor at HarperCollins gave an especially enthusiastic review and would soon become Lindsey’s publishing partner.

Lindsey will be forever thankful for her grad school advisor’s comment all those years ago. “He helped me find an authenticity in my writing that I think will connect with readers, and that helped me learn the hard lesson that sometimes a whole book that took years and years to write and revise was just practice. Excellent practice.”

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Lindsey also presented on a panel at NCTE titled Using Diverse Literature to Build Awareness and Empathy in Middle Schoolers.

A SECOND NOVEL AND TWO MORE ON THE WAY Lindsey is back living in Vermont with her own young family now, and her second novel, Right as Rain, was just published by HarperCollins; she’s under contract for two more books in the next two years. Right as Rain is set in the same Washington Heights neighborhood where she spent a decade teaching middle-school English. It explores family dynamics, the importance of finding a network of friendships, and discovering who is on your team and rooting for you no matter what.

Like Robbie, Rain, the newly released book’s protagonist, is an 11-year-old girl defying gender stereotypes. Rain is determined to keep her family intact after the loss of her teenage brother.

The white family uproots from Vermont to an urban, Latino neighborhood in New York City, where adapting to many obstacles that surface presents repeated challenges. Diversity, family strength, and big emotions will resonate with young readers in this novel as well. H

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THE HOOD & THE HOP

THE HOOD MUSEUM OF ART@ DARTMOUTH COLLEGE The Hood Museum of Art is free and open to all. Hours: Wednesday, Saturday, and Sunday 11am to 5pm; Thursday and Friday 11am to 8pm.

For more information, visit hoodmuseum.dartmouth.edu, or call (603) 646-2808.

ON VIEW Through May 5

Through December 8

Through January 19, 2020

Complicating Agency in Photography: Consent The concept of consent in photography is complex. Who is giving it? Who is receiving it, if anyone at all? This exhibition addresses these questions through four themes: Self Reflections, Individuals and Identities, Public Spheres, and Global Ethics.

A Focus on Africa: Global Contemporary This installation presents a contemporary story of the continent of Africa through 15 powerful works in diverse media and in myriad forms by multiple generations of artists.

Collecting Africa at Dartmouth: Shifting Lenses This installation presents the ways in which the aesthetic values and worldviews of different African societies in the past are still relevant to the contemporary social imaginary of the vast majority of people in Africa.

Through August 11 Entrance Gallery We briefly survey contemporary art that is engaged with some of the signature issues addressed by artists today, including profound engagements with feminism, racism, and globalism, as well as national, ethnic, and gender identity.

Through December 8 The Sepik River and Abelam Hill Country: Melanesian Art The objects in this gallery offer a window into the region’s traditional religions, people’s ideas about the supernatural world, and the social relationships of people living within the traditional societies located in the Sepik River region and Abelam Hills in the northern part of the island of New Guinea.

Through August 16 Portrait of the Artist as an Indian/ Portrait of the Indian as an Artist In this gallery of “portraits,” contemporary Native artists offer us some very different ideas about who they are and whom their work portrays.

Through September 9 Judy Crook 9: Jennifer Steinkamp Judy Crook 9 is a digital animation that takes the viewer through four seasons in one tree’s life—repeated endlessly to simultaneously evoke the cyclical nature of life and the ideal of infinite existence.

Through December 1 The Expanding Universe of Postwar Art This gallery is dedicated to the excitement of the postwar period in New York and California and in Paris and Tokyo.

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Through December 8 A World of Relations This selection of works from the Hood’s Owen and Wagner Collection of Aboriginal Australian Art explores a series of relationships between spouses, siblings, parents, and children, as well as those bonded by shared lands or experiences.

Through January 5, 2020 Native Ecologies: Recycle, Resist, Protect, Sustain What do you see and what can you understand when you look at a piece of Native pottery made in the late 19th century? In this gallery, we’ll ask what we might see and understand of Native and social ecologies when we look in, under, and outside the drawing, carving, tool, ceremonial object, and item of clothing.

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Through February 23, 2020 Cubism and Its Aftershocks This gallery focuses on the exchange of ideas between art centers such as Paris and New York while celebrating the contributions of individual artists.

Through February 23, 2020 Nineteenth Century European Sculpture: Emulating Antiquity Powerful ancient goddesses and heroic warriors populate this gallery of French, British, and American sculpture from the 19th century.

Through August 16, 2020 American Art, Colonial to Modern The works in these two galleries highlight some of the social, economic, and aesthetic developments that shaped Euro-American artistic production from the colonial period through the early decades of the 20th century.

Through September 6, 2020 Assembling a European Collection: From Altarpiece to Portrait This installation features highlights of the museum’s European holdings in a range of media and genres. Often created to valorize, moralize, or inspire, the works originally appeared in a range of venues, from public institutions to private homes to religious buildings.

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Visitors at a recent Hood Museum of Art public program. Photo by Rob Strong.

A recent Hood Museum of Art family workshop.

Photo by Tom McNeill.

A recent Hood Museum of Art Sip and Sketch event. Photo by Rob Strong.

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renowned artists. For children ages 6–12 and their adult companions. Space for this free workshop is limited. Please register through the museum’s online calendar by April 1. ▷2–4pm

and more! For children ages 4–12 with their adult companions. No registration required.

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28 ∂ Teacher Workshop: The Art of Engagement This interactive, full-day workshop provides a professional development opportunity for teachers interested in learning how to leverage the Hood’s resources to support their curricular goals. For details and to register, go to the museum’s online calendar by March 24. ▷9am–3pm 30 ∂ Hood Highlights Tour ▷2–3pm

April 4 ∂ Hood After 5 This new program promises a lively mix of art, food, and entertainment. Free and open to all Dartmouth undergraduate and graduate students. ▷5–7pm

5 ∂ Building Exploration Tour Discover the new building and how it relates to the collections at the museum.

Space is limited, and registration through the Hood’s online calendar is required. ▷6–7pm

6 ∂ Storytime in the Galleries Introduce your little ones to the museum with stories and play in the galleries.

Register through the museum’s online calendar by April 1. ▷11–11:45am

6 ∂ Family Workshop: Color, Shape, and Line Explore the basic elements of art and learn about abstraction through works by

May 3 ∂ Symposium: Art, Artists, and the Museum:

10 ∂ Conversations and Connections: Museums and the #MeToo Movement We will consider the complicated issues around art that shows explicit imagery and ways in which to respond to artists’ behavior in light of the #MeToo movement. ▷12:30–1:30pm

12 ∂ Art After Dark Grab a friend and come to the Hood for an evening of fun and healthy competition in the galleries. To register, visit the museum’s online calendar by April 8. ▷6–8pm 13 ∂ Hood Highlights Tour Discover various works in the galleries through this guided tour. No registration required. ▷2–3pm

25 ∂ Adult Workshop: The Stories Our Bodies Tell We will explore the female figure across cultures and time. Register through the museum’s online calendar by April 22. ▷6–7:30pm

27 ∂ Hood Highlights Tour ▷2–3pm

28 ∂ Family Day: Circles, Circles Everywhere!

Join us for in-gallery activities, art making,

A Conversation Russo Atrium, 8:45am–5:30pm

10 ∂ Mindfulness in the Museum Take a moment out of your busy week to slow down and reflect upon a work on view in the galleries. Guided mindfulness will be led by a member of Dartmouth’s Mindfulness Practice Group. ▷12–12:45pm 11 ∂ Hood Highlights Tour ▷2–3pm 16 ∂ Sip and Sketch Flex your creative muscles and join us for this drop-in program to sketch works on view in the galleries. ▷6–8pm

23 ∂ Manton Foundation Annual Orozco Lecture: “José Clemente Orozco and the Epic of ‘Greater America’” Auditorium, 4–5pm 25 ∂ Hood Highlights Tour ▷2–3pm 31 ∂ Art After Dark Join us for an exploration of art using the principles of improvisation and play.

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HOPKINS CENTER EVENTS @ DARTMOUTH COLLEGE hop.dartmouth.edu

For information, tickets, or pricing information, call the Hopkins Center Box Office at (603) 646-2422 or visit hop.dartmouth.edu. The Hopkins Center Box Office is open Monday through Friday from 10am to 6pm and Saturday 1 to 6pm.

April 3 ∂ Jazzmeia Horn Spaulding Auditorium, 7pm

4, 5 ∂ Camille A. Brown & Dancers: ink The Moore Theater, 4, 7pm; 5, 8pm 6 ∂ HopStop Family Show: ShirLaLa: Earth Worm Disco Alumni Hall, 11am; CSB Community Center, 3pm

10 ∂ The English Concert, Harry Bicket, Director: Handel’s Semele Spaulding Auditorium, 7pm isco rth Worm D ShirLaLa: Ea

16 ∂ Carla Kihlstedt: Understory Les Septs Doigts de la Main: Patinoire

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Spaulding Auditorium, 5pm

25 ∂ Mitsuko Uchida, Piano Spaulding Auditorium, 7pm 28 ∂ Dartmouth College Gospel Choir Spaulding Auditorium, 2pm

May 1, 2 ∂ Les Septs Doigts de la Main: Patinoire Spaulding Auditorium, 7pm

4 ∂ Dartmouth Dance Ensemble: Get Up and Dance!

Alumni Hall, 11am

4 ∂ HopStop Family Show: Tanglewood Marionettes – The Fairy Circus CSB Community Center, 3pm

4 ∂ Dartmouth College Wind Ensemble: Dreams and Imagination Spaulding Auditorium, 8pm

5 ∂ Dartmouth College Glee Club Rollins Chapel, 2pm

5 ∂ Me . . . Jane: The Dreams & Adventures of Young Jane Goodall Spaulding Auditorium, 3pm

11 ∂ Barbary Coast Jazz Ensemble: Annual Senior Feature Concert Spaulding Auditorium, 8pm 18, 19 ∂ Handel Society of Dartmouth College Spaulding Auditorium, 18, 8pm; 19, 2pm 24, 25 ∂ Dartmouth Dance Ensemble The Moore Theater, 8pm 25 ∂ Dartmouth Symphony Orchestra Spaulding Auditorium, 8pm SPRING 2019 • HERE IN HANOVER

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Making Music: The Science of Musical Instruments. Discover the science and art behind making and playing musical instruments.

Ongoing Exhibit Bubbles: Science in Soap This exhibit incorporates pure experimentation, hands-on learning, and a touch of whimsy for adults and children.

Through May 12 Exhibit: Making Music: The Science of Musical Instruments

Montshire Museum of Science One Montshire Road Norwich, VT (802) 649-2200 www.montshire.org

With more than 30 demonstration videos and 28 hands-on experiences, learn how musical instruments, from a wooden flute to an electronic synthesizer, use the principles of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics to create their sounds. Find out what happens when a musician blows air into a flute, feel how the sounds of a stringed instrument are made, and discover how can you make different sounds with a single drum.

March 21 Women in Conservation Series: Laurie Ristino and Beth Perera Women in Conservation brings together influential women in the field of conservation to share their inspiring stories. ▷6pm

March 23, 30, April 7, 14, 16, 18, 20, 22, 24, 26, 28, May 5, 12, 19, 26 Experiment!

Try your hand at experimenting with anything from electricity to chemistry and magnetism to colors. ▷11am

March 23, 30, April 7, 14, 16, 18, 20, 22, 24, 26, 28, May 5, 12, 19, 26 Life Sciences Explorations Use scientific tools to examine anything

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from skulls to seeds and anatomy to animal tracking. ▷3pm

March 24, 31, April 13, 15, 17, 19, 21, 23, 25, 27, May 4, 11, 18, 25, 27 Building and Engineering Build, problem-solve, and test your own contraptions from parachutes to gliders and string telephones to aluminum boats. ▷11am

March 24, 31, April 13, 15, 17, 19, 21, 23, 25, 27, May 4, 11, 18, 25, 27 Lab Coat Investigations Each Lab Coat Investigation explores a different topic, from making batteries to using microscopes, extracting DNA, and modeling glaciers. ▷3pm

March 26 Explorations in Sound and Vision: A Musical Performance

by Sound of Ceres ▷6:30pm

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April 1, May 6 Books and Beyond: Science for Preschoolers Discover an exciting new tale and learn the science behind the story through fun, hands-on experiments. ▷10:15 & 11:30am

April 2 Hanover Garden Club – The Cornish Colony and the Restoration of the Gardens at Saint-Gaudens ▷1pm

April 5 Montshire Makers Montshire Makers is a program designed for curious and creative kids in grades 6–9. ▷6:30pm

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April 12 Montshire Unleashed Unleash your curiosity at the Montshire’s evenings for adults. Experience the joy of discovery that comes with a trip to the museum—at night! ▷6:30pm

April 15–19 Spectacular Science: April Break Camp Spectacular Science: April Break Camp is a week of exciting lessons and fun activities. Spend the school break exploring a different topic and diving into a new project each day. ▷9am

April 23 After-School Adventures Begins (K–2) A three-part, after-school program for kids who love to engage in science! ▷3:30pm

April 24 Young Scientist Program This weekly preschool/kindergarten program will foster your child’s natural curiosity and learning through handson experiments and fun projects as we explore the physical and natural sciences. ▷9:30am

May 3 Fiddlehead Fling Benefit Auction 2019 The Fiddlehead Fling is the Montshire’s annual benefit auction. This year’s theme is All the Wild Wonders. Every year, this special event offers a variety of items and experiences for guests to bid on with both a silent and a live auction. Reservations include two drinks, hors d’oeuvres, and desserts. ▷6pm SPRING 2019 • HERE IN HANOVER

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HAPPENINGS May 7 Hanover Garden Club – Reconciling Urban Development with Conservation ▷1pm

May 25 Exhibition Opening: Mindbender Mansion Enter the wonderfully puzzling world of Mindbender Mansion, an eclectic exhibition full of brainteasers and interactive challenges guaranteed to test the brain power and problem-solving skills of even the most experienced puzzlers.

Howe Library 13 South Street Hanover, NH (603) 643-4120 www.howelibrary.org

March 21, 28 Drop-In Tech Help A Howe librarian will assist you with your technology questions. ▷10am

March 21, 28 LEGOs at the Library ▷3:30pm

March 25 Cine Salon: The Ascent/House of Mystery 2 ▷7pm

April 8 Cine Salon: Three Songs About Lenin/ House of Mystery 3, 4 ▷7pm

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May 6 Cine Salon: Germinal/Winter Solstice/House of Mystery 7 ▷7pm

May 20 Cine Salon: House of Mystery 8, 9, 10 ▷7pm

Enfield Shaker Museum 447 NH Route 4A Enfield, NH (603) 632-4346 www.shakermuseum.org March 23 Dried Herbal Wreath Workshop Create a masterpiece from the everlasting flowers and herbs grown in the Shaker Museum Herb Garden. Each person will take home a finished wreath, great for decorating your home or as a thoughtful gift. All materials provided, but please bring your own scissors and clippers.

For more information or to register, call the museum at (603) 632-4346 or email education@shakermuseum.org.

Enfield Shaker Museum, 2–4:30pm www.shakermuseum.org

April 16 Candle-Making Workshop Make candles of natural wax, decorated with herbs grown in the museum gardens and infused with aromatic bliss—great gifts for yourself or someone you love.

For more information or to register, call the museum at (603) 632-4346 or email education@shakermuseum.org.

Enfield Shaker Museum, 1–3pm www.shakermuseum.org

April 26–28 Spring Shaker Forum A weekend of lectures by Shaker scholars, tours of the museum, special activities, updates on preservation projects, networking with colleagues and friends, lodging and meals in the Great Stone Dwelling, and special presentations on Friday and Saturday evenings. To receive a program and registration form, call SPRING 2019 • HERE IN HANOVER

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May 5 Enfield Children and Youth Shaker Day

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In celebration of the Enfield Shaker Museum’s 2019 Season Opening on May 1, we present a Children and Youth Day that offers hands-on craft and gardening activities including make-your-own May Day head wreaths, pony rides and live animal displays, children’s puppet processions led by the animals, use of our Shaker schoolroom, noncompetitive games, garden tours, lunch in our dining room, a special sale in our gift shop, and fun for the whole family.

Enfield Shaker Museum, 10am–4pm www.shakermuseum.org

May 11 Herbal Spa Workshop Find calming, soothing herbs to make an herbal eye pillow and use invigorating herbs for a pick-me-up tea. Create your own perfect lotion. Take home your eye pillow, tea bags, and lotion, along with all the knowledge you need to pamper yourself naturally and inexpensively. For more information or to register, call the museum at (603) 632-4346 or email education@ shakermuseum.org.

Enfield Shaker Museum, 2–4pm www.shakermuseum.org

May 20–31 & June 2–14 2019 Archaeological Field School This four-week field school will be the fifth year of professional archaeological excavations at Enfield, and we are looking forward to another momentous season filled with new discoveries. There will be both a four-week college credit offering through Plymouth State University and two, two-week volunteer offerings open to the public. For more information or to register, call the museum at (603) 632-4346 or email education@shakermuseum.org.

Enfield Shaker Museum, 9am–5pm www.shakermuseum.org

Other Noteworthy Events

March 20 Diane Les Becquets: The Last Woman in the Forest Norwich Bookstore, 7pm www.norwichbookstore.com

March 27, April 24 Genealogy Drop-In Norwich Historical Society, 10am norwichhistory.org

March 27 Emily Bernard: Black Is the Body: Stories from My Grandmother’s Time, My Mother’s Time, and Mine Norwich Bookstore, 7pm www.norwichbookstore.com

April 3 Physicists Dream of a Theory of Everything Theoretical physicists have long dreamed of a theory of everything that encompasses all particles of matter and their interactions.

Dartmouth Professor Marcelo Gleiser describes how physics and astronomy obtain knowledge of the natural world and how SPRING 2019 • HERE IN HANOVER

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Norwich Congregational Church, 7pm

April 10 Wine Tasting Norwich Inn, 5pm norwichhistory.org

April 20–21 Five-Colleges Book Sale Usually 35,000–40,000 books, maps, prints, DVDs, and more—in all fields, in good condition, and carefully sorted.

Everything half-price second day!

Lebanon High School Sat 9am–5pm, Sun 9am–3pm www.five-collegesbooksale.org

May 1 Charged: The Battle to End Mass Incarceration Over the last 40 years, prosecutors have driven the US toward mass incarceration and a crisis of justice marked by unfairness and racial discrimination. New York Times writer and Yale Law School lecturer Emily Bazelon considers the current movement to elect a new breed of prosecutor.

Norwich Congregational Church, 7pm norwichhistory.org

May 22 3rd Annual Walk with Zienzele Fundraiser A fun and informational walk around Occom Pond with 10 informal stations along the way, each representing one of the Zimbabwean villages Zienzele supports. All proceeds will pay school fees for the students in those villages.

For more info, email zienzele@gmail.com.

Occom Pond, 4–5pm www.zienzelefoundation.org

May 26 Memorial Day Parade: Veterans’ History Pop-Up Exhibit Norwich Historical Society norwichhistory.org

May 27 Civil War Walking Tour Norwich Historical Society, 1:30pm norwichhistory.org 94

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President & CEO of Ledyard National Bank Community banks make decisions on lending locally. How does this benefit businesses and banking customers?

Local business banking decisions are made every day in our offices that affect our neighbors and their families. We understand their needs and goals because we live and work in the same community. Realizing that sometimes the greatest value we deliver to our clients is to act as a professional sounding board, we help them to consider strategies and solutions that best address their unique situations. In a day and age when a loan is just a click away, we offer our clients more. We are uniquely positioned with expertise in business as well as finance, along with unparalleled service.

As a member of the board of directors for the Independent Community Bankers of America (ICBA), why is your fight for regulatory relief for community banks important?

As a result of the Dodd–Frank Act, many regulations were put into place that are “one size fits all” for banks. Many of these regulations are onerous, expensive to administer, and unnecessary for community banks like Ledyard. Oftentimes, the regulations restrict us from making loans to individuals and businesses in our community that we know, have relationships with, and understand. Working with the ICBA, we are fighting for right-sized regulations. This would reduce expenses and allow us to be more flexible in helping the individuals and businesses in the communities that we support.

Why is Ledyard National Bank’s support of causes like the American Heart Association’s annual Go Red Luncheon so important?

Ledyard focuses many of its efforts on developing educational opportunities within the community. While many of these opportunities are targeted toward our expertise with regard to financial issues, we also believe in providing education that enhances our core values. Ledyard adopted the cause of heart health for a multitude of reasons, including that the Go Red mission perfectly matched Ledyard’s guiding principle as defined in our tagline, “Plan well. Live well.”

How do you spend your downtime enjoying everything the Upper Valley has to offer?

My family and I enjoy time outdoors exploring local walking trails; we stay healthy with yoga and trips to our local gym; we spend time with our wonderful network of friends in the region; we are active in the arts and community events; and we support and volunteer with many nonprofit organizations. Locally, I have served on the boards of Kendal and the Chamber of Commerce and currently serve on the Vital Communities’ Corporate Council board and regionally with the American Heart Association. H 96

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