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It’s Apple Time at Local Orchards!

By Sarah Wright One of the first signs of fall is the appearance of apples at farmers’ markets. I just bought some this week—a variety I had never heard of called Zestar. They were a little tart, but my kids loved them. It’s mind-blowing how many types of apples are available today. While traditionalists still favor Macintosh and Cortland apples, Katie at Surowiec Farm in Sanbornton says that younger millennials like to pick a variety of different kinds like Gala, Fuji, and Ginger Gold. Personally, I’m in the Honeycrisp fan club. I look forward to them every year…along with apple cider, apple fritters, apple pie, and apple crisp. Here are some great farms for local apples, so let the picking begin!

Butternut Farm in Farmington has a whopping 25 varieties available on the picking schedule this year, beginning with Macintosh and Ginger Gold. They’re open every day except Mondays, from 9 am to 5 pm during the picking season, which should run through most of October. For the latest apple updates, call 603-335-4705.

To reach the farm stand, dial 603231-6066. Purchase already picked apples or other treats at the stand, like homemade pies, apple cider, and apple salsa. Butternut Farm is located at 195 Meaderboro Road in Farmington and online at www.butternutfarm.net.

Surowiec Farm at 53 Perley Hill Road in Sanbornton has been in

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Stone Brook Hill Farm in Gilford has more than 1,600 apple trees on over 12 acres. Visitors can choose from several different varieties of apples including Macintosh, Cortland, Macoun, Ginger Gold, and Red Delicious. Enjoy an old-fashioned hay wagon ride into the orchard to pick your apples and then return to the farm stand and choose from a beautiful selection of mums and pumpkins for your fall decorating.

Before you leave, don’t forget to buy some cider donuts and fresh pressed cider! The farm is located at 128 Glidden Road, off Route 11A, and is open Wednesday through Sunday from 10 am to 5 pm. For details, call 603-2934300 or visit www.stonebrookhillfarm. com.

DeVylder Farm at 563 Pleasant Valley Road in Wolfeboro began planting apple trees 38 years ago, and they offer eight popular varieties for pick-yourown, including Macintosh, Macoun, and Honeycrisp. This year’s season will run from September 15 until Columbus Day, but you’ll be able to visit the farm stand up until Thanksgiving for apples, vegetables, pumpkins, and other treats like apple cider, delicious cookies, candied apples, and cider donuts. The farm is open every day from 9 am to 5 pm, with hayrides on the weekends for apple picking. Call 603-569-4110 for • Apples Continued on page 4

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Smith Orchard at 184 Leavitt Road in Belmont is proud of its antique apple trees, planted in 1929. The over 80-year-old-trees produce fabulous fruit, with a taste that is genuine and true to the variety. If Macintosh, Cortland, and Red Delicious apples are your favorites, you won’t be disappointed. The farm also has over 2,000 semi-dwarf trees that produce large, colorful, and tasty fruit like Jona Gold and Yellow Delicious. Tractor rides are available for getting to and from the orchard. When you get back to the farm stand, peruse the other items for sale like pumpkins, mums, cider, gourds, corn stalks, and the farm’s own honey. Open daily from 9 am to 5 pm, you can visit Smith Orchard online at www.smithorchard.com or call 603524-1674 for more information.

Cardigan Mountain Orchard in Alexandria (in the Newfound Lake area) is a wonderful orchard in a country setting. The orchard has for pick your own apples with about 15 varieties. Choose from Early Mac, Paula Red, Gravenstein, Heirloom Gravenstein, Macoun, Honey Crisp, Spartan and more. The orchard is in a beautiful setting with views and an old-fashioned atmosphere. Indeed, the original orchard trees were planted in the 1930s, producing many apples each year. More trees have been planted over the years, and currently there are about 1,000 trees, many of which are available to pick-your-own apples

customers. The orchard is located at 1540 Mt. Cardigan Rd. in Alexandria; call 603-744-2248.

The orchard owners also operate the Cardigan Country Store at 231 Lake Street in Bristol. The store takes one back to the days of old when such businesses were the meeting place in every town. The store features apples, produce from local farms, work from artisans and craftspeople, as well as dairy products. A Country Café at the store offers apple cider donuts, coffee, sandwiches and more. Call 603-7440303.

Meadow Ledge Farm at 612 Rt. 129 in Loudon has something for everyone, from apples (in store and pick-yourown), to pumpkins, produce, crafts, baked goods, gift shop items, mums, and of course, their famous madewhile-you-watch cider donuts! While you wait for the wagon to take you to the orchard, enjoy the music of live bands and snack on your cider donuts while sitting at a picnic table. The family farm has been operating since 1974 and every year has a great variety of apples. Call 603-798-5860.

With the early mild weather this past spring and then the recent drought conditions, I asked the apple growers how the crops were faring this year.

Some said the crops were a little lighter and another said that the fruit could be a little smaller, but overall I was assured that there were plenty of delicious apples to go around. That’s good news, because I can’t wait to visit my local farm to pick apples!

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After the record-breaking summer heat of 2016, most people are ready for the cooler days of fall. Fish are, too.

Sunlight hours decrease and overnight temperatures tumble. The fall equinox is near and the sun’s rays are less direct on the water. Fish respond by rising from the cool depths and migrating to the shallows. There they find their favorite baitfish also enjoying warm water close to the surface, and they eat greedily to store enough to make it through the long winter ahead.

“Eat greedily” is a sweet phrase to anglers’ ears. Put out your line, your bait, your lure and you’ll be in fishermen heaven, right? Wrong! If it were that easy, would there be honor in patience, fish stories, or interscholastic sport?

Hold on there. “Interscholastic sport?” Fishing is an interscholastic sport? Yes. As a matter of fact, a half dozen local high schools have participated in the NHIAA Bass League since its recent introduction to the state.

The New Hampshire Fish and Game department reports, “Since the first-ever student bass tournament in May of 2013, these tournaments have become a popular high school sports competition in New Hampshire. The tournaments include a strong education component. Teams have adult mentors who guide them through the process of learning about New Hampshire’s aquatic resources and the responsibility that goes along with being anglers.”

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In addition, www.leagueathletics. com reports benefits of the Scholastic Anglers Program as “far reaching, not only in the sport of fishing, but the academic realm…and [it] emphasizes the Content Area of Character Education.”

Students may not be thinking “education” when they sign up for their high school team, though. The 41 teams of student fishermen coming to Lee’s Mills in Moultonboro on September 22 are more likely to be thinking about strategies to catch fish at the New Hampshire Athletic League Championships: where to look for them and how to optimize conditions, whatever they may be.

As water starts to cool, fish migrate toward warm, sheltered spots to feed.

High school anglers will be looking for places with plant growth, sheltering rocks or even wood. They’ll be watching for signs that what the bass like to eat are hanging around just

dates for different species, lake maps, a directory of licensed fishing guides and regular fishing updates. Visit www. wildlife.state.nh.us.

looking like dinner.

They’ll be tracking weather and cloud cover, too. Baitfish are known to swim with the wind. If the anglers move ahead of the baitfish and wait, the fish they want will soon arrive after them. Fish don’t like rapid changes of temperature, so they’ll be more likely found on the consistently sunny or cloudy side of the lake.

Those of us not on a school schedule have far more opportunities to fish than our friends in high school. Enjoy fishing the quieter waters of fall. If you’re a visitor age 16 or older, be sure to pick up a license at a local fish or sporting goods store or on the NH Fish & Game website. One, three and seven day licenses are available if you only expect to be here a few days.

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Here are some upcoming Lakes Region tournaments open to the public: 9/18: Lake Winnipesaukee, Meredith, sponsored by USA Bassin.

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This free public program is largely funded by the New Hampshire Humanities and is sponsored by the Ashland Historical Society, which will serve refreshments. The Cafeteria is located at the Ashland Elementary School, 16 Education Drive, off School Street, in Ashland village. Call 603968-7716 for information.

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From its earliest days, New Hampshire has struggled with the treatment of the poor. Most of the state’s towns established almshouses and poor farms to house them. Larger county institutions later followed these municipal facilities.

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Happenings in Sandwich

By Diane Cook Johnson Surprise Boxes for Servicemen The Deacons and members of the Community Church of Sandwich are putting together surprise boxes for two Sandwich-area men who recently joined the Army. The items collected will be packaged and shipped by the church. Those who wish to help can drop off items at the Community Church or contact Al Handford (603284-7066) or Bert Hansen (603-4765461). Both Al and Bert are veterans and know the importance of keeping soldiers in our thoughts and prayers, and to show we care.

Items which are good for the boxes are disposable razors and shaving cream, phone cards. socks, playing cards, blank Christmas cards, stationary, pens, tablets, toothpaste, snacks/homemade treats, quarters, stamps, face cloths, game books, and similar fun and necessary things. If one wants to give money toward mailing and expenses, please use the church mailing address of PO Box 267, Center Sandwich, NH 03227-0267 with the notation of Army Boxes on the check. Thanks for helping; if you have questions or suggestions, please contact Bill Borrebach, Jr. at 603-2846516.

Exemplary Country Estates of New Hampshire Thanks to a grant from the New Hampshire Humanities Council, the Friends of the Wentworth Library will host the program “Exemplary Coun-

try Estates of New Hampshire” on Thursday, September 15 at 7 pm in the community room of the Samuel H. Wentworth Library in Sandwich. This program is free and open to the public; refreshments will be served following the presentation.

In the early 20th century, the New Hampshire Board of Agriculture launched a drive to boost the rural economy and promote tourism through the sale of abandoned farms to summer residents. After introducing the country house movement, speaker Cristina Ashjian focuses attention on some of the great country estates featured in the state’s promotional New Hampshire Farms for Summer Homes publication between 1902 and 1913. Which private estates were recognized as exemplary, and who were their owners? Using historic images and texts, Cristina will discuss well-known estates now open to the public, and she will include Sandwich properties showcased in the state literature. Cristina is chair of the Moultonborough Heritage Commission. For more details, contact Diana Levy at 603-284-6442.

Ladies Aid Luncheon at Corner House The Ladies Aid of the Community Church of Sandwich will host a luncheon and program on loons at the Corner House in Sandwich at 12 noon on September 15. All are welcome. Please call Judy Stoehr at 603-284-6996 for more information and reservations.

Sandwich Woman’s Club The Sandwich Woman’s Club

will gather just prior to 12 noon on Wednesday, September 21 for lunch and a program on mushrooms at the Pine Cone Cafe in Tuftonboro. Members will be called for reservations. If you are not a member and would like to attend, please call Elaine Peaslee at 603-651-8819 to make a reservation and/or for more information about the club.

New members and guests are always welcome. The club meets four times a year for a luncheon or supper.

Members also organize and sponsor the Community Christmas Tree Party (Sunday, December 18 at 3:30 pm at Sandwich Town Hall), which raises funds for Book and Supply Money for Sandwich young people furthering their education.

Bearcamp Valley Garden Club On Sunday, September 18 from 12:30 to 2:30 pm, members, guests, and interested folks are invited to the Doris L. Benz Community Center, 18 Heard Road for a “tasting” of vegetables and other plants that various members have grown during the season, which will be presented in delicious fashion. Some things will be served right from the garden, and other veggies will be turned into delicious dishes for eating enjoyment. There will be some old standbys, as well as a few unusual things you may not have tried before. This promises to be a fun time so by all means bring your spouse and your friends. If you happen to have something in your garden that you would like to share, please let Elaine

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know at epaulfs@gmail.com. Extra produce contributions on the day of the event will be donated to the food bank.

Sandwich Farmer’s Market Eggs from Chestnut Meadow, eggplants from Tanna Farm, oodles of patty pans and other summer squash, loads of cucumbers, tomatoes, corn, berries, herbs and flowers are among the summer parade of fresh, locally grown produce available at the Sandwich Farmer’s Market. Anne Perkins will display a wide array of tantalizing sweets, pies, cookies, and breads. Patricia Carega will give a hint of what artists are showing at the Patricia Ladd Carega Gallery.

Mountain Breeze Farm will have flashfrozen locally raised grass fed beef and pork. Singers and musicians gather and entertain as you sip freshly roasted coffee and a breakfast sandwich on Saturdays.

On Wednesdays, enjoy lunch and/ or supper with Elevens Mobile Eatery.

The market takes place rain or shine on Wednesdays from 4 to 6 pm on Church Street in Sandwich and Saturday mornings from 9 to 11:30 am in the Corner House Inn parking lot.

Sandwich Apple Project What kinds of apples grow on that gnarly old tree in your back yard or wood lot? The Sandwich Apple Project will try to identify those apples at Discovery, October 1 from 1 to 5 pm at Range View Farm, Sandwich.

Ben Watson, author of Cider, Hard & Sweet, will demonstrate how experts identify apples by shape, color, taste,

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The Sandwich Apple Project invites anyone to bring a dozen or more apples from a mystery tree. The apples will be classified and photographed. Then each apple finder (or Discoverer) will hand around samples for tasting and tell any lore he or she knows about the apple.

The first settlers who arrived in Sandwich in 1776 planted orchards as soon as they cleared the forest. Sandwich once produced enough apples to fill a dozen railroad cars that left Ossipee Junction each fall for Boston markets.

Today, John Pries and Martha Carlson have launched the Sandwich Apple Project with the goal of finding lost heirloom apples. Next spring twigs from Discovery trees can be grafted onto new rootstock so the apples can be brought back into production.

The Project began last spring when members of the Sandwich Agricultural Committee met at Range View to graft a few twigs from an old tree at Lower Corners, the first settlement in Sandwich, and another from North Sand-

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Discovery is open to the public and is free. Anyone who wishes to bring apples should harvest the apple tree as soon as the apples ripen. Keep the apples in a cool place, away from bears, until October 1.

Participants are invited to help Rudy Carlson make cider. Bring a peck or a bushel of apples and jugs. Participants are also invited to bring apple desserts for general tasting.

For more information and to RSVP, contact appleproject@sandwichfarmersmarket.org. Range View Farm is at 342 Vittum Hill Road, Sandwich.

Chapman Sanctuary and Visney Woods The walking trails at the Chapman Wild Bird Sanctuary and Visney Woods at 740 Mount Israel Road are open daily from dawn to dusk. Maps are available at the sign-in board. The trails are open to foot traffic and are free. Public facilities are not available.

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Group on the first Thursday evening of the month and the third Wednesday of the month from 7 to 9 pm at The Doris L. Benz Community Center, 18 Heard Road in Center Sandwich. The group also gathers at private homes each week when they are not at the Benz Center (usually on Wednesdays from 7 to 9 pm). Call Diane Johnson at 603284-7168 or Jen Elliott at 603-2448050 to see who is hosting.

All abilities of fiber enthusiasts are welcome to attend. Come with your knitting, crocheting, spinning, felting, rug hooking, embroidery, sewing or other fiber arts-related project to work on as well as a small donation to leave in the community center’s donation box at the end of the evening. If you have a question about your project, there is

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Castle in the Clouds Restoration Continues Summer Gala and Events Support Fund to Finish Campaign Castle in the Clouds is a mountaintop estate overlooking Lake Winnipesaukee. It was built in 1914, and visitors are welcome to visit the estate seven days a week for historic tours, hiking, luncheon, special events and more.

This summer, visitors to Castle in the Clouds in Moultonboro enjoyed stargazing, yoga, art exhibits, twilight concerts on the terrace and woodland walks, and there is more on tap for the remainder of the season, which ends October 23.

Work continues on the rehabilitation of the historic Lucknow mansion, an Arts & Crafts-style residence built of native stone and oak built by wealthy businessman Thomas Plant. The annual benefit gala in mid-July, celebrating French heritage in New Hampshire, raised over $33,000 for the Fund to Finish campaign.

Attendees viewed some of the recent improvements to Lucknow, and enjoyed dinner and an auction in the historic Carriage House. The Castle Preservation Society, whose mission is to preserve, interpret and share the buildings and landscape as a cultural and historic resource for all visitors,

Guests at Castle in the Clouds’ annual benefit gala helped raise over $33,000 for the Fund to Finish campaign. seeks to raise $3 million for the Fund to Finish campaign, in addition to nearly $2 million that has already been invested in the restoration.

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and Mr. Plant’s bedroom. In the dining room, the ornamental plaster ceiling and woodwork have been restored.

In two of the upstairs bedrooms, new curtains and pillows have been made to match textiles shown in historic photos of the house taken in the 1920s. A

section of the 15-ft. high retaining wall on the south side of the Castle lawn has been stabilized and repaired. Much of the stonework at the Castle is locally quarried from the surrounding Ossipee Mountains and reflects the distinctive five-sided rhyolite formations found there. Rehabilitation is underway on original leaded glass windows throughout the Castle.

Information on all programs and activities at Castle in the Clouds, including concerts, Wellness Wednesdays, and Monday Walks & Talks may be found at www. castleintheclouds.org or by calling 603-476-5900.

Castle in the Clouds is located off Route 171 (455 Old Mountain Road), Moultonboro. Take Route 25 into Moultonboro, then south on Route 109 to Route 171 and follow the signs to the Castle entrance. Castle in the Clouds is a not for profit organization owned and managed by the Castle Preservation Society and dedicated to the interpretation and preservation of the historic Thomas G. Plant Estate.

For information about Castle in the Clouds, visit www.castleintheclouds. org or call 603-476-5900.

Camera Club Exhibit at VynnArt Gallery The Lakes Region Camera Club (LRCC) is presenting its 2016 Photo Exhibit and Sale at VynnArt Gallery in Meredith through September 29.

The exhibit of approximately 60 images represents the best efforts of LRCC’s members. A large variety of subjects will be on display. The gallery is open weekdays from 10 am to 4 pm (5 pm on Friday and Saturday). Admission is free.

LRCC is open to photographers of any skill level. Monthly programs are

presented to help members improve their skills. Club meetings are normally held on the first and third Thursdays of the month at Trinity Episcopal Church in Meredith. For more information, visit the club website at www.lrcameraclub. com.

VynnArt Gallery, located in Mills Falls in Meredith, offers art courses and supplies and other events, as well as supporting local artists by displaying their work. More information is available at www.vynnart.com.

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Sept. 12, NH on Skis, with E. John B. Allen, history of skiing, 7 pm, Moultonboro Public Library, 4 Holland St., Moultonboro, 476-8895.

Sept. 12, Opechee Garden Club Business Meeting & Speaker – Folklore of Garden & Wildflowers by Marilyn Gilmour, 1 pm, Gilford Community Church, Potter Hill Rd., Gilford, info: opecheegardenclub2012@gmail.com.

Sept. 13, Modern Dowsing, Glen Johnson speaks about water witching, 7 pm, Wakefield/Brookfield Historical Society, 2851 Wakefield Rd., music at 6:30 pm, refreshments, free, public welcome, info: 340-2295.

Sept. 13, On the Wing, documentary film presentation/discussion with producer Brad Branch, 6:30 pm, Wright Museum, Center St., Wolfeboro, $8 p/p, limited seating; pre-register: 569-1212.

Sept. 14, Nature Play Time, Squam Lakes Natural Science Center, Holderness, 10-11 am, outdoor free play for ages 3 and under, pre-registration required: 9687194, www.nhnature.org.

Sept. 15, Annual Robbie Mills Memorial Golf Tournament, Lochmere Country Club, Tilton, hosted by MetroCast, info: www.metrocast.com or call 330-7710.

Sept. 15, Bears in New Hampshire Lecture, Friends of the Libby Annual Meeting, 7 pm, free, public welcome, presented by Dennis Walsh of NH Fish & Game, Libby Museum, Wolfeboro, 569-5709, www.thelibbymuseum.org.

Sept. 15, NH Army National Guard 8th Annual Retiree Luncheon, 10:30 am registration, 11 am opening ceremony, Join Force Headquarters, Military Reservation, Concord, info: 623-7757, email: dave_follansbee@comcast.net.

Sept. 16, Invasive Species Removal Work Day, 9:30 am – 11 am, Squam Lakes Natural Science Center, Holderness, info: 968-7194, www.nhnature.org.

Sept. 16, Lakes Region Humane Society Golf Tournament, 8:30 am, Kingswood Golf Club, Wolfeboro, info: 569-3524.

Sept. 16, Music in the Pub with Jill Ducsai, 6:30 pm, Corner House Inn, 22 Main St. Sandwich, 284-6219.

Sept. 17, Annual Ashland Town Wide Yard Sale, 9 am – 2 pm, sale sites all over town, info: 968-7716, davidruell@gmail.com.

Sept. 17, Canterbury Artisan Festival, 10 am – 5 pm, Canterbury Shaker Village, Shaker Rd., Canterbury, info: 783-9511, www.shakers.org.

Sept. 17, Felted Pumpkins & Gourds with Carolyn Wright workshop, 10 am, League of NH Craftsmen, DW Highway, Meredith, pre-register/info: 2797920.

Sept. 17, Harvest Festival, 10 am – 3 pm, horse drawn wagon rides, crafts, music, petting zoo and more. Free, public welcome, Prescott Farm Environmental Education Center, White Oaks Rd., Laconia, info: 366-5695.

Sept. 17-18, 8th Annual Hampton Falls Craft Festival, Town Common, 4 Lincoln Ave. (Rt. 1), free admission, outdoor event, Sat.: 10 am-5 pm; Sun.: 10 am-4 pm, Castleberry Fairs, www.castleberryfairs.com, 332-2616.

Sept. 18, Autism Walk, 10 am – 1 pm, Lakes Region Community Services, Laconia, info/walk pledge forms: 524-8811.

Sept. 20, Being Mortal: Hospice 101, 6:30 pm, talk by Hospice nurse Donna Tondreau, Gilford Public Library, Potter Hill Rd., Gilford, 524-6042.

Sept. 20, De-Coding Espionage in WWII, talk by Dr. Douglas Wheeler, 7 pm, Wright Museum, Center St., Wolfeboro, pre-register: 569-1212.

Sept. 20, The Supreme Court – How Does it Operate?, 7 pm, at Meredith Public Library, Main St., Meredith, free, info: 279-4303.

Sept. 21, Tales of Hiking/Exploring the White Mts. from 1878 – 1886, 4 – 5 pm, free, Museum of the White Mts., Plymouth, info: 535-3210.

Sept. 21, The Weirs Hotel, Robert Ames program on history of the hotel, 7 pm, Lake Winnipesaukee Museum, Rt. 3, Weirs Beach, 366-5950, www.lwhs.us.

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Sept. 22, Bear Island and M/S Mount Washington, 7 pm, Center Harbor Historical Society program, public welcome, speaker: Jim Morash, Schoolhouse Museum, 94 Dane Rd., Center Harbor, 968-3902.

Sept. 22, Techniques of the White Mts. Painters, 9:30 – 11 am, free, talk

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ONGOING Arts Walk, last Saturday of each month, 5 – 8 pm, self guided tour of galleries and arts locations in Wolfeboro, 569-2762, hosted by Governor Wentworth Arts Council, www.wolfeboroarts.org.

Belknap Mill, programs and self-guided tours of the Power House, 1823 historic former textile mill. Hours/information: 524-8813. The Mill Plaza, 25 Beacon Street East, Laconia.

Benz Center Senior Meals, Sandwich, each Wednesday at noon. Well-balanced meal. Age 60 and older, small donation requested, 284-7211, http://www. benzcommuitycenter.webs.com.

Billiards Club, Monday nights at 6:30 pm, Tapply Thompson Community Center, Bristol, pick-up pool games, chance to socialize, info: 744-8159.

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9/510/3Book Sale, first Sat. of each month, Cook Memorial Library, Tamworth, 10 am

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Concerts at 12 Main, Arts Center at 12 Main, Sandwich village, 7:30 pm, select concerts. Info: 284-7115, contact@advicetotheplayers.org.

Country, Bluegrass, and Gospel Music Jam, Tuesdays, 6:30 – 9:30 pm, Old White Church, Route 109A, Tuftonboro, across from Tuftonboro General Store and Post Office. Musicians and listeners welcome. Free. Call 569-3861.

Country Acoustic Picking Party, Wednesdays, 7 – 9 pm, Tilton Senior Center, Tilton.

Explore Squam Cruise, daily 11 am, 1 & 3 pm, Squam Lakes Natural Science Center, Holderness, 968-7194, www.nhnature.org.

Franklin Hospital Summer Farmer’s Market, Tuesday afternoons, 3 – 6 pm, through Sept. 13, on the lawn of the hospital grounds, Aiken Ave., Franklin, info: 934-2060 ext. 8369.

History of Fashion, through Sept. 20, “From Fifth Avenue to Town House Road: Fashion and Accessories in Effingham,” free, public welcome, by Effingham Historical Society, exhibit at County Courthouse, Courthouse Square, Ossipee, call for a viewing (allow 24 hr. notice): 539-4071.

Kirkwood Gardens, stroll the garden with many colorful plants and shrubs that naturally attract birds. Free and open to public. Squam Lakes Natural Science Center, 23 Science Center Road, Holderness, 968-7194, www.nhnature.org.

Lakes Region Genealogy Interest Group, meets last Thursday of the month; weekly morning classes on Wednesday from 10 – 11:30 am at Wolfeboro Public Library, for more info call Cindy Scott: 569-2428.

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Lake Winnipesaukee Museum, Rte. 3, Weirs Beach. Preserving and promoting history of Lake Winnipesaukee and vicinity with memorabilia, photos, maps, models of famous steamboats 1833-1939, posters and photos of grand hotels plus artifacts ranging from Indian arrowheads to Big Band posters. Lectures and children’s corner. Call for hours: 366-5950, www.lwhs.us.

Libby Museum, a museum of natural history, Tuesday-Saturday 10 am – 4 pm, Sunday noon – 4 pm, Route 109, Wolfeboro, for more information: 569-5709, www.thelibbymuseum.org.

Live Blues, every Friday night at 8 pm, Pitman’s Freight Room, 94 New Salem St., Laconia. Call 494-3334, pitmansfreightroom.com.

Live Jazz, every Thursday at 8 pm, Pitman’s Freight Room, 94 New Salem St., Laconia. Call 494-3334, pitmansfreightroom.com Loon Cruise, Mondays & Wednesdays 3 – 4:30 pm, Squam Lakes Natural Science Center, Holderness, 968-7194, www.nhnature.org.

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Masonic Breakfast, First Sunday of each month, 7 – 11:30 am, 35 Trotting Track Road, Wolfeboro. Fresh fruit, omelets made to order, scrambled eggs, hash browns, cereal etc.

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New Hampshire Boat Museum, “We’ve Got You Covered: Art From MotorBoating Magazine Covers 1914-1935”, an exhibit of boating magazine covers, runs through Oct. 10, 399 Center St., Wolfeboro, info: 569-4554, wwwnhbm.org.

New Horizons Band of the Lakes Region, meets Tuesdays at 7 pm at Music Clinic, Rt. 3, Belmont, all musicians welcome, info: 528-6672.

Open Mic/Jam Night, Thursdays, 7 – 11 pm, Hawg’s Pen Cafe, Farmington.

All levels, styles, and genres welcome. Info: shadowsoundmusic@yahoo.com.

Open Mic, every Friday at 7:30 pm, The Back Room at the Mill Fudge Factory, 2 Central St., Bristol, 744-0405, themillfudgefactory.com.

Ossipee Knit/Crochet meets at the Ossipee Public Library on the second and fourth Friday of each month, 1:30-3 pm.

Prescott Farm Environmental Education Center, dawn – dusk, 928 White Oaks Rd., Laconia. Historic farm with 160 acres offers three miles of hiking trails, gardens, bird and wildlife viewing plus barn. Special events and programs throughout the year. Call 366-5695, www.prescottfarm.org.

Radio-Controlled Sailing on Back Bay, Bridge-Falls Path, Wolfeboro. Onemeter Solings compete 1 pm Tuesdays, US12’s compete 1 pm Thursdays, both sessions weather permitting. Free-sailing Footy’s available for youngsters to try on Tuesday. More information at nhbm.org.

Railroad Museum, 1 Chapel St., Union, visit the restored 1911 Boston & Maine Railroad Station housing railroad artifacts, tour the 1903 Railroad Snowplow, and view the 1909 era Boston & Maine Model Railroad in the restored 1875 Freight House. Heritage Park Railroad Museum is open Saturdays and Sundays noon to 4 pm. Admission is free. www.historicwakefieldnh.com.

River Otter Feeding, every Mon., Wed. & Fri., 11:30 am, watch playful river otters enjoy lunch, Squam Lakes Natural Science Center, Holderness, info: 9687194, www.nhnature.org.

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Sculpture Walk, sponsored by Greater Meredith Program, free, open to public, tour outdoor, juried Meredith sculpture walk year round, info: www. greatermeredithprogram.com.

Taking the Lead: Women and the White Mountains, through Oct. 7, exhibit at Museum of the White Mountains, 34 Highland St., Plymouth, info: 535-3214.

Tamworth Summer Farmer’s Market, Saturdays, through Oct. 22, parking lot of Unitarian Universalist Fellowship, Tamworth, 9 am – 1 pm, info: www. tamworthfarmersmarket.org.

Thursday Laconia Outdoor Marketplace, weekly through Sept. 24, municipal parking lot, downtown Laconia, weekly market from 3 – 6 pm, veggies, breads, crafts, farm produce and more, info: 528-8541.

Trails open, Squam Lakes Natural Science Center, Holderness, 9:30 am – 5 pm, last trail admission at 3:30 pm, interactive trail with live animal exhibits.

Admission charge; 968-7194, www.nhnature.org.

Turtle Talk, every Tuesday at 1:30 pm, interactive discussion, Squam Lakes Natural Science Center, Holderness, info: 968-7194, www.nhnature.org.

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Sandwich Historical Society, “Old Highways: North Sandwich to the Notch” exhibit in the Wentworth Room at Elisha Marston House Museum, Sandwich, for more information: www.sandwichhistorical.org or 284-6269.

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Wolfeboro Farmer’s Market, through Oct. 6, Thursdays from 12:30 – 4:30 pm. Cate Park, Wolfeboro, info: www.wolfeboroareafarmersmarket.com.

Wolfeboro Inn Special Events, Sushi Night, every Tues., 4 – 9 pm; every other Thur. Date Night with free babysitting, 5 – 9 pm; Sun. Brunch, every Sun. 10 am – 2 pm; Wolfe’s Tavern, Wolfeboro Inn, 90 N. Main St., Wolfeboro, 569-3016, www.wolfeboroinn.com.

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Yester year Join Up…Do Good! ~ New Hampshire Federation of Women’s Clubs

By Kathi Caldwell-Hopper “For sooth, sisters, fellowship is heaven and lack of fellowship is hell.”

—Jennie June, Mother of Clubs In days of old, when women got together, they talked of canning, sewing, baking, home chores, children and the latest news in their community and the world at large. These gatherings, at rural and urban homes across New Hampshire, were part group therapy, part current events lessons, part home industries session and often, just a lot of heartwarming fun. Perhaps it was from these get-togethers that the idea of local clubs sprang up to provide a social and civic outlet for women everywhere.

One organization that was well structured and did much public good was the New Hampshire Federation of Women’s Clubs. Founded in 1895 in New Hampshire, the state club was admitted into the General (national) Federation of Women’s Clubs in November of that year.

The New Hampshire club’s motto was “In principle, like our granite; in aspiration, like our mountains; in sympathy, swift and far-reaching like our rivers.” The club colors were silver and green, and the state badge pictured the Old Man of the Mountain.

The first Annual Meeting of the

New Hampshire Federation of Women’s Clubs was held at the Unitarian Church in Manchester in October 1896. At that first meeting, goals for the club were determined.

Through general consensus it was deemed the main reason for the club was education. To reach their educational goals, the New Hampshire Federation formed a Committee on Education, and named Miss Harriet L. Huntress of Concord as chairman.

The Education Committee was interested in public education, and in the late 1800s, much needed improvement to upgrade public schools in rural New Hampshire. The New Hampshire Federation secured statewide supervision of schools and asked that teachers be trained, that the school year be not less than 36 weeks statewide, that schoolhouses be comfortable and sanitary, and that sewing, cooking, manual training, music and art be in the statewide curriculums.

A field meeting was held in Plymouth in July of 1897, according to The History of the Woman’s Club Movement in America by Jane Cunningham Croly.

Attendance was less than it might have been had not a flood-hampered travel. Nevertheless, the women that attended enjoyed a talk by Mr. A. E. Winship, editor of the New England Journal of Education, titled “Woman as a Leader.”

Through their efforts, the clubs raised money to upgrade public school playground equipment and to see that hot lunch was available for all children. They also purchased books to update school libraries and urged that nurses brought in for public health.

At the second annual meeting in Somersworth in October of 1897, the itinerary was weighty and the women seemed to have rolled up their sleeves and got down to work. The attendance was large and membership was growing; 11 clubs had been added around the state.

The women heard a paper written and read by Mrs. M. E. Wooman of West Lebanon, titled “What Forests and Shady Roads Mean to New Hampshire.” According to The History of the Woman’s Club Movement in America by Croly, it was a well-written appeal for forest preservation and

highway improvement.

Other subjects covered were a Study in New Hampshire State Charities for Children, offering the opinion that it was better to place needy, dependent children in private homes vs. institutions. This led, according to The History of the Woman’s Club Movement in America by Croly, to a spirited discussion of the condition of the insane cared for by the state.

One club that thrived was the Franklin Woman’s Club, organized in October of 1895 with 80 members. The women worked on art and literature, education, philanthropic works and kept up on current events.

The Weirs Woman’s Club, according to The History of the Woman’s Club Movement in America by Croly, was formed in March of 1897 with a modest, but active group. They raised $38.00 with proceeds from a lecture by Dr. J. R. Greene of Boston, and while that seems a small sum by today’s standards, at the time it was quite an impressive effort.

At the Ninth Annual Field Meeting of the New Hampshire Federation of Women’s Clubs, held in September of 1904 in Franklin, the major topics were illiteracy in New Hampshire and the demand for trained teachers.

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Alton: This Winnipesaukee waterfront home has 100' of shorefront and incredible views. The waterside deck features a 4-way tie dock, sandy bottom swimming area, storage shed, and a cabana with electricity. Knotty pine accents, cathedral ceilings and floor to ceiling windows to soak in the views. $649,999 MLS# 4479973 MLS# 4510691

Moultonborough: 200' of shorefront on Lake Winnipesaukee can be enjoyed from this 3-bedroom cape with dock. Home has sunshine from east to west most of the day. 2-car attached garage with storage above and cozy deck looking out to the lake, mountains and beyond.

Perfect spot to enjoy all four season activities in the Lakes Region. $670,000 MLS# 4481164

Sandwich: 313' of pristine shorefront on Big Squam Lake with 2-expansive docking systems. The 4,886 sqft. residence offers 3 bedrooms & 5 baths, and expansive decks. Features include a gourmet kitchen with island & double ovens, hardwood floors, multiple fireplaces, a wine room, indoor resistance pool, butler’s pantry, & high end finishes throughout. $2,795,000 MLS#4492954

New Hampton: Beautiful post and beam home with 200’ of shorefront on Lake Winona. Nestled among the trees on a 3.68-acre lot, this tranquil home was architecturally designed with quality and craftsmanship throughout.

Elements of character and warmth abound throughout the 4,424 sqft of living space that you can clearly see has been lovingly cared for. Just a few of the flawless features include cherry kitchen, maple floors, granite countertops, oversized screened porch, 4-bedrooms, 4-baths, open loft area, game room and numerous oversized windows that afford picturesque views of the lake and surrounding forest. $899,000 MLS# 4510691

Moultonborough: Built in 2013, this Winnipesaukee waterfront home has many high efficiency mechanical components. Property has 112’ of frontage and is walking distance to downtown Center Harbor. 5,000 sqft. of flawless living space, with 11-rooms, and plenty of windows to take in the lake and mountain views. Protect your boat in the covered boat dock, swim from your natural sandy beach or toast some marshmallows on the additional perched beach with a fire pit. The home has solar power capabilities that will power the home for 8 months of the year. $2,495,000 MLS# 4511719 Since 1997 Roche Realty Group has sold over $1.7 billion of NH's properties involving 6,420 transaction sides, and has ranked in the top 10 real estate firms in the entire state of NH out of 2,267 firms statewide reporting sales during this 19-year period.* * Statistics obtained from NNEREN’s Firm Market Share Report covering the period of 1/1/1997 – 5/31/2016 for all real estate firms in NH

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his stunning 4-bedroom antique home has been restored and enlarged with the utmost care and style.The precision and quality with which this home was constructed will impress the most discerning buyer.

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Experience wonderful sunrises, sun-filled days and the ever-changing, magnificent sunsets at this estate that is on a rare, beautiful point of land. Outstanding docking, sandy beach, incredible views, level lot, patios, two homes, two lots with 566 feet of crystal clear waterfront. $6,495,000

Sophisticated design, incomparable quality and functionality embraced by timeless architecture, this extraordinary home was designed and constructed with perfection.

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An impressive, architecturally-designed, custom 4-bedroom Governor’s Island home sited to take advantage of picturesque mountain views and beautiful sunsets. Sandy beach, large dock and landscaped lot. Club amenities include beach, clubhouse, tennis courts, cross country trails and woodlands for hiking. $1,995,000

Moultonborough - Crystal clear waterfront!

Long lake and mountain views! A level Lot! A sandy swimming area! A gentle point of land for privacy! If these features are on your “wish list”, this is the property for you. The cottage is original and needs updating, but the footprint is terrific with great proximity to the shore. $895,000

Gilford - A beautiful Colonial style, Governor’s Island home that has been beautifully updated and maintained.The first floor master bedroom has a wonderful spa-like bath. Chef’s kitchen opens to a comfortable family room and a spacious sun room. The oversized living room has a fireplace and built-ins. Nice! $629,000

Gilford - This taseful home is located in a desirable and convenient Gilford neighborhood. It is open in design with a Great Room with a soaring ceiling, wall of glass and a gas fireplace. The gleaming hardwood floors are throughout the main level. Convenience of a first floor Master bedroom. Perfect for executive living. $489,900

Gilford - This beautifully updated and tastefully decorated Broadview Condominium is private and convenient. It overlooks beautiful lake and mountain views. It has 3 second level bedrooms and 2 second level baths. Economical Monitor heat, a private garage. Community beach, tennis and docks. $459,000

Laconia – An historic home that has been beautifully and tastefully updated is located in a convenient location. It has spacious rooms, lovely hardwood flooring, exposed beams, fireplace and high ceilings. The second level has four bedrooms, including a master with private bath and a second level family room. $269,900

Meredith - Enjoy stunning views of Lake Winnisquam and mountains beyond from this private 8 acre lot. Driveway and electricity have been brought to the site. Enjoy Waldron Bay Association rights which include clubhouse, beach, tennis and possible moorings. Location is prime, private and convenient. $179,000

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WOLFEBORO // Spectacular location – beautiful sandy beach and dock on Lake Winnipesaukee, open concept living in this contemporary Colonial with state-of-the-art kitchen.

MOULTONBOROUGH // Great home for entertaining and enjoying Lake Winnipesaukee! Contemporary styled 4-bedroom is located on a spectacular point of land that offers great views and docking galore!

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TUFTONBORO // Quintessential lakefront cottage: Charming 5-bedroom old time cottage, screened porch, fireplace, woodstove, covered U-shape dock, studio/rec building, 1.46 acres, 280’ pristine lakefront. Winnipesaukee’s finest. Enjoy as is or rebuild. $1,200,000 (4449879) Call 569-3128

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OSSIPEE // Breathtaking lake and mountain views, sugar sand beach, two - 2 bedroom year-round homes on Ossipee Lake, great investment for large families, rental income or both.

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LITTLE BEAR ISLAND – TUFTONBORO Gorgeous Adirondack offers island living at its finest! Quality, unique craftsmanship, open concept, stunning master suite, 120’ sandy frontage, dock, sunny SW exposure with gorgeous sunsets. $890,000 (4472816)

TUFTONBORO // A private seasonal cottage on .6 acres on scenic Mirror Lake with 147 feet of frontage and a permanent dock to swim and fish. Outdoor fieldstone fireplace. Close to public boat launch. $299,900 (4447867)

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LACONIA // Winni waterfront with amazing views of Paugus Bay. Beautiful 2-bedroom, 2-bath 1st floor condo with screened porch.

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TUFTONBORO // Great opportunity to build a home on a one acre lot within a short walking distance to one of the best kept secrets in the Lakes Region on pristine Lower Beech Pond fed by a reservoir. $30,000 (4487043) Call 569-3128

COW ISLAND – TUFTONBORO Gorgeous waterfront on Winnipesaukee, 165’ shoreline, dock, sandy swimming, long water views. Private 1.7 acre setting, master suite, living room with fireplace, screened porch, deck. $599,000 (4416721)

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BEAR ISLAND - MEREDITH A former guest cottage of Bear Island hotel. 3-bedroom, living/dining/kitchen, ¾ bath. Decks, views, westerly exposure, sandy swim area. Abuts Lover’s Lane, one of many trails on island interior. $335,000 (4488447)

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MOULTONBORO, NH | $2,350,000 | MLS#4471359 BRIAN NEIDHARDT | 603.738.3798

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The free, six-week workshop will be offered on Tuesdays from 1 to 2:30 pm beginning September 20 at the Bessie Rowell Community Center in Franklin. This workshop is based on the highly successful Chronic Disease Self-Management Program developed

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For more information or to register for this workshop, please call LRGHealthcare Education Services at 527-7120.

LRGHealthcare is a not-forprofit healthcare charitable trust representing Lakes Region General Hospital, Franklin Regional Hospital, and affiliated medical providers.

LRGHealthcare’s mission is to provide quality, compassionate care and to strengthen the well being of our community.

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TUFTONBORO: Exquisite Lake Lodge home with all the amenities, TUFTONBORO: Wonderful split Level in Lower Beech Pond surrounded by a 26-acre conservation easement for privacy. association. Being offered furnished with a new roof and new price! $3,675,000 MLS #4468956 $209,900 MLS #4479526

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September 12, 2016 • Yesteryear Continued from page 12 During the meeting it was voted that “the executive board requests each club of the Federation give an afternoon during the year to raising money for the education of girls, such young women agreeing to teach in the common schools of New Hampshire at least two years.”

After the vote, an appeal was sent to each New Hampshire club and 65 clubs throughout the state raised $559.85. This money established a Federation Scholarship Fund, with a committee of three women overseeing disbursement of the money. Mrs. Mary P. Woodworth of Concord was the chairman from 1905 to 1919. She was a leader in education, and was the first woman in New Hampshire to graduate from college (Vassar, class of 1870).

She was the first woman appointed to the Concord School Board, in 1890.

Soon, young women who got an education due to the generosity of the club’s funds were teaching in New Hampshire public schools, often in rural communities.

As part of their educational and cultural goals, the Federation knew that libraries could be a vital part of every community. In 1906 the club set up the Literature and Library Extension Committee to create awareness and public interest in New Hampshire libraries.

In 1917/1918, the committee asked the state librarian to introduce into legislature a bill for revision of the Public Library Laws of New Hampshire. This would mean a Library

Commission of five people would be formed and a state library worker be hired with a salary of $2,500.00 yearly.

The bill passed and the funds were granted.

According to the book A History of the New Hampshire Federation of Women’s Clubs, 1895-1940 (Alice Stratton Harriman editor), the statewide clubs were a driving force in preserving the Granite State’s forests.

At the first Annual Meeting, a paper was presented on forestry. The women were so impressed with the need to preserve New Hampshire’s beautiful forestland that at the second Annual Meeting, a Forestry Committee was formed.

The Federation soon joined with the Society for the Protection of New Hampshire Forests (SPNHF). Some clubs contributed funds for the SPNHF and became lifetime members. The two organizations worked well together.

Federation clubs worked diligently for the passage of the Weeks Bill, which would form a national forest in the White Mountains. The New Hampshire Federation elicited help from other women’s club around the country. The call was answered when women from other states wrote to their senators and representatives asking that they vote in favor of the bill. The result was the eventual passage of the Weeks Bill and the formation of the White Mountain National Forest.

Further, the clubs around the state helped with the passage of a bill to save Crawford Notch, and later organized a huge effort to save northern New Hampshire’s Lost River, which today is a popular tourist attraction.

One of the Federation’s biggest efforts was the drive to save the 600 acres of woodland that surrounded the Old Man of the Mountains in 1927. (Through other efforts, most of the $400,000.00 that was needed was raised.) The Federation of Clubs jumped in and raised the last $100,00.00. This was a huge sum in 1927, but through a smart campaign, the women launched a drive to sell 100,000 trees to 100,000 lovers of the Old Man. Every state chapter responded, and raised funds from around the United States and five other countries.

It seems women all over the state wanted to join up and be heard. By 1913, the Laconia Woman’s Club had 100 members; even a tiny town such as Madison had 15 members that year, according to the Official Registry and Directory of Women’s Clubs of America, Volume 15 (Helen M. Winslow, editor).

In Ashland, a local Woman’s Club was started in 1926 and federated in 1934.

Perhaps women were seeing the

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good done by the various clubs and the huge and successful effort the women made to save the national forest in the White Mountains.

One elderly Laconia Women’s Club member recalled, “The clubs were always active in forestry. When I first came to Laconia many years ago, the Women’s Club met in the evening, which meant that mothers with young children could attend. As early as 1910, the Laconia club was very active. A Laconia woman was the original person to start the drive for TB testing.”

Today, evidence of the works of New Hampshire’s devoted women is everywhere. The White Mountain National Forest; awareness of the need for better education; libraries where none had existed; concern for child health and such concepts as foster care, and the list goes on and on.

As the Mother of Clubs, Jennie June said, fellowship is heaven. Women all over New Hampshire knew that to achieve that fellowship, they must “join up and do good!”

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Holderness is a picturesque place, bustling with shoppers, boaters and visitors in the summer. As autumn approaches, there is a quieter feel to the town, but a spectacular public garden is still open and the flowers continue to bloom.

On a sunny Saturday in early September, I found myself in Holderness after a morning of yard sale adventures. It was one of those sunshine-filled, yet breezy days that tease of cooler weather to come.

After the very hot summer we have experienced, it was a treat to feel the sparklingly cooler air. The sun turned the green leaves (with a hint of foliage color here and there) to a shimmering maze and the intensely blue sky added to the beauty of the day.

Since I was near Holderness, I decided to drive to Kirkwood Gardens to spend an hour or so wandering through the space. For those who do not know, Kirkwood Gardens is part of the Squam Lakes Natural Science Center; while the Center with its wonderful nature trail and live animal exhibits, has an admision charge, the public can A whimsical sculpture at Kirkwood Gardens. enjoy the gardens free of charge.

To reach Kirkwood Gardens, drive Route 3 through downtown Holderness and at the Squam Lake Artisans, take a right turn onto Central House Road.

The road loops in back of the artisans shop/old Holderness Inn where there is parking. Enter Kirkwood Gardens from the parking lot. (As an aside, the views of Squam Lake abound as one drives into Holderness. It is easy to see why the area is a favorite to generations of vacationing families.

Known as a summer playground to wealthy families, it is also a town where its residents work hard to protect the beautiful lake and shorelines.)

There is a creative, artsy feeling about the Squam Lakes area and it is • Monthly November through April echoed in the Squam Lakes Artisans shop. (The town’s beauty drew the • Weekly Mother’s Day through Columbus Day Golden Pond movie crew to the spot a number of years ago for filming on on on kes Regi kes Regi kes Regi La La La ’s ’s ’s NH NH NH portions of the movie.) pening in pening in pening in hat’s Hap hat’s Hap hat’s Hap ide to W ide to W ide to W Your Gu Your Gu Your Gu I couldn’t resist first visiting the FRee FRee FRee artisans shop in the old building that was once the Holderness Inn. The wonderful building houses a varied collection of fine handcrafts. The shop attendant greeted me and explained that the gallery features the work of

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As I glanced around, I could quickly see the shop was filled with beautiful things, made by skilled artisans.

I saw handmade jewelry, woodwork, paintings, hand-knit items, stained glass and much, much more.

The shop attendant was very enthusiastic about the business; it is a busy place that is well worth visiting.

Added to this, in the summer, the Kirkwood Café, located in the same building, serves delicious food for those who stop by for lunch, or are hiking the nature trails or spending time in the garden. Although the summer cafe hours have ceased for the season, visitors can bring a sandwich or snack and sit at outdoor tables at the edge of the garden in a patio-like area. It is the perfect spot to meet a friend for a great outdoor meal or snack while gazing at the beautiful garden.

I wanted to make sure and take in the garden, although I could have spent hours in the Squam Lake Artisan shop.

Information on the porch outlined which plants and flowers are blooming on any particular day, as well as giving information on how the garden was started by Lakes Region resident Sunny Kirkwood.

The garden is a large, well-laid-out area encompassing about an acre of space on the grounds of the former Holderness Inn. Sunny truly knew what she was doing when she planned this beautiful garden. Words such as serene, fragrant, colorful, peaceful, quiet and heavenly come to mind when describing the spot.

The lawn seems to flow through the space and the garden flowers and plants line the edges of the green grass.

Everything flows naturally and with grace. Not much of a gardener myself, I am clueless if any flowers might still be blooming in late August/early September. Thus, I was happy to see splashes of color all around the edge of the lawn, with the flower beds boasting late season floral color.

As I began my garden stroll, I stopped short by the charming site of a large sculpture of an impish little girl holding a bird in her outstretch hand.

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Once Read Books Elected to Booksellers Association Once Read Books, a shop operated by the Friends of the Meredith Library, was unanimously elected to membership in the NH Antiquarian Booksellers Association (NHABA) at the organization’s annual meeting.

According to NHABA’s membership committee, this is the first time a bookstore operated by a volunteer organization has been awarded membership.

NHABA was formed in 1972 to bring together persons involved in the selling of rare and out-of-print books in order to open avenues of communication, promote activities of mutual benefit and to foster friendly relations among themselves and with the public at large.

NHABA promotes its members on their website (www.nhaba.org) and in a brochure that is distributed throughout New England and at rare and antique book fairs staged throughout the Northeast. Membership is open to rare and used book and/or book and paper dealers who are doing business in New Hampshire and have been in the used book business for at least two years. New membership applications are researched and voted on by the organization.

Friends of the Meredith Library opened the Main Street store in mid June. This is a new fundraising venture for the organization, which is better known for the three book sales that they present each year in February, • Day Tripping Continued from page 24 Kirkwood Gardens started in the 1990s. In 1998, Nancy’s own garden won the Kathryn Taylor award given by the N.E. Wildflower society for the best private garden in NH. Nancy loved to teach children about gardening and nature; in particular she loved to point out native birds to youngsters; thus the bird’s place in the sculpture.)

Kirkwood Garden has many charming features and includes both shade and sun beds planted with a wide variety of trees, shrubs, ferns, and flowers adapted to the northern New England climate. Plants that are attractive to birds, bees, and butterflies are central to the garden’s design.

A series of granite steps lead visitors from the shaded upper garden to the sunny, informal lower garden.

Visitors can sit in the shade under the ancient sugar maples and enjoy the large variety of ferns, hostas, azaleas, rhododendrons, and other shade-loving plants in the upper garden. Sun-loving shrubs, trees, and perennials thrive in the lower garden, where visitors can enjoy a sculpture, set their clocks by the sundial, watch the hummingbirds from a circular bench under the old apple tree, or view birds and butterflies as

Welcoming Roxy Krueger (left), a member of the Friends of the Meredith Library and volunteer at Once Read Books, are members of the New Hampshire Antiquarian Booksellers Association.

May and August. In recent years they have been selling rare and gently used books of local interest at Laconia Antique Center in downtown Laconia and at the Concord Antique Gallery on Storrs Street in Concord.

Once Read Books offers gently used books. A special section is dedicated to New Hampshire and the New England region featuring books on the history, people and activities of the region.

There are works of fiction set in New England or authored by New England writers. The shop offers for sale also first editions and signed copies and specializes in non-fiction including books on outdoor pursuits and activities, crafts and hobbies, gardening and self-

sufficiency, politics, military history, as well as a collection of old and new cookbooks including many compiled

by NH clubs and organizations.

Children and young adults have a browsing section. Art lovers, as well as collectors of antiques, toys, vintage cars, motorcycles and even guns will find volumes of interest. There are the usual classics, as well as biographies about literary figures, musicians and stars of the big screen. Other books include such subjects as stars and planets and guides to birds, wildlife, and places of interest and classic poetry to new age verse.

Throughout the year, Once Read Books will spotlight books that might

they visit a central millstone fountain.

A beautiful wooden pergola covered with a variety of vines is located at the end of the lower garden. Cobbles, pavers and river stone provide the surface under the pergola and highlight a large lunaform pot in the planting bed beyond it.

The garden space is available for small wedding ceremonies, and I cannot imagine a more serene and lovely place to exchange wedding vows.

I plan to return again to beautiful Kirkwood Gardens, which is free and open to the public. It will be a delight to see the area as the foliage days of fall come upon us.

After my art gallery/garden trek, I decided to stop at the Squam Lake Marketplace in downtown Holderness.

I cannot say enough good about this fun, funky store where I found friendly staff and a great atmosphere.

Sandwiches are piled high with fresh veggies and other delights and there are delicious baked goods as well as all sorts of gift items. I settled on a cup of coffee, which had that deep, roasted taste I love and added a freshly baked cookie, which was delicious.

As I reluctantly drove back on Rt. 3 from Holderness to Meredith and then on to Laconia, I realized one needn’t

travel far for a satisfying adventure.

Sure, it’s fun to drive miles to find a new destination to explore, but sometimes, the best things are close to home.

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The store is located at 44 Main Street in the rear of the Meredith Bay Furniture Company. Entry is from the upper parking lot of Mill Falls Marketplace via Artisans by the Bay, a cooperative of local artisans working in partnership with Friends and Once Read Books. The hours of operation are Thursday and Friday, 11 am to 5 pm, and Saturday, 10 am to 4 pm. Other times are by appointment. For more information about Once Read Books, email oncereadbooksnh@gmail.com The mission of Friends of the Meredith Library is to promote library involvement in the community and community involvement in the library. Funds are raised to support the library’s children and adult programs including guest speakers from the New Hampshire Humanities Council, among other activities, as well as provide individual and family passes to various museums including the Squam Lakes Natural Science Center, Castle in the Clouds, Currier Gallery, and the Christa McAuliffe Planetarium. For more information about the Friends, visit www.meredithlibrary.org/friends. hours of operation (and the Kirkwood Gardens), call 968-7194 or visit www. nhnature.org. For information on Squam Lakes Artisans, call 968-9525 or visit www.squamlakesartisans.com.)

Libby Museum Presents Black Bear Happenings in NH The Friends of the Libby Museum will present their annual meeting on September 15 beginning at 6 pm at the museum at 755 North Main Street in Wolfeboro. The public is invited to attend the refreshments and speaker part of the evening beginning at 6:30.

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Debut Jazz Album Songs from the Boardwalk Soprano saxophonist Rob Ames’s debut album, “Songs from the Boardwalk”, features seven original songs in a variety of jazz styles, from bop to fusion. The album took nearly 40 years to complete, from the original conception of the songs, to their notation, recording, and production.

A native of Weirs Beach, Rob’s songs were inspired by many playing sessions on the Weirs Beach Boardwalk.

The album was recorded at Rotary Records, West Springfield, MA, on February 27, 2016. Rob Ames is featured on soprano saxophone, John Funkhouser on piano, Mike Connors on drums, and Jesse Williams on bass.

The album was released on July 22, and is now available on CD Baby, iTunes, Amazon, Spotify, and elsewhere.

Rob’s musical background began when, at the age of four, he was given a 4-hole, miniature harmonica by his great uncle Sammy. Rob learned recorder in third and fourth grades at Elm Street School in Laconia.

In 5th grade, at a demonstration of band instruments, Rob chose clarinet because he “would be able to see his fingers.” Rob took private clarinet lessons, first from an instructor on Morrill St. in Laconia, then later from Professor Vincent Marinelli, at Plymouth State College. When Rob tried out for the Laconia Sachem’s marching band in tenth grade, he was surprised when he was selected to play First Clarinet, First Chair.

Around this time, Rob also became reacquainted with the harmonica, at first playing folk tunes, and then later the blues, on his 10-hole Hohner “Marine Band” harmonica. Rob spent the next few summers serenading passers-by on the Boardwalk with his “blues harp.”

Rob transferred to Phillips Exeter Academy for his junior and senior years of high school. While at Exeter,

Rob commuted to Boston on the weekends, where he studied classical clarinet at the Boston Conservatory, and jazz clarinet with Perry Robinson.

Shortly before starting his freshman year at Tufts University, Rob was at a private jazz jam session in Gilford, when he was blown away by the creativity and soulfulness of the great NH Seacoast saxophonist Charlie Jennison. Rob was inspired to take up the saxophone, began studies with Jennison, and chose to begin on the soprano saxophone, as its smaller size was most similar to the clarinet.

Soon after starting on the sax, Rob also started to learn piano. In the late 1970s, Rob’s family had purchased Locke’s Manor, the former Hotel Samoset, on Centenary Avenue in the Weirs. Spying a beautiful old upright piano in the parlor of the former hotel, Rob claimed it, had it refurbished back to playing condition, and began teaching himself the chords and

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Rob’s major at Tufts was Economics, but he continued to develop his soprano sax playing, and took up the tenor sax.

He continued studying music even as he obtained his MBA at the University of California, Berkeley, and prepared to enter the family business - the Half Moon Enterprises in Weirs Beach, which in fact, he had never really left, working there nearly every summer since a young child.

Before entering the Weirs Beach family business full-time, however, Rob spent three years, from 19841986, as a partner in a recording studio business called Syntone, located at 1108 Boylston St. in Boston, near Berklee. Syntone was the Boston distributor of the Synclavier Digital Music System - the world’s first integrated computer music system, which featured polyphonic sampling, FM synthesis, music sequencing, music printing and digital recording. At the time, the cost for the system, which was manufactured by New England Digital of White River Junction, VT, started at a staggering $50,000. With the advance of technology, a similar system can now be bought today for less than $2000.

The seven songs on the “Songs from the Boardwalk” album were composed over an eight-year period beginning in 1977 and ending in 1985. This period coincided with Rob’s studies at the New England Conservatory’s Third

Stream department (1977-1978), the U.C. Berkeley Jazz Ensembles (19781980), the Berklee College of Music (1981-1983), and then again at NEC (1983-1984). Major revisions occurred in 2001, when the handwritten compositions were converted to engraving quality, using the Finale music printing software program. The notated compositions were copyrighted in 2002. Final minor revisions occurred prior to the recording date. Lead sheets of the songs are available, at scribd. com/user/57058479/Rob-Ames.

“And Then I Cried” is hard bop, alternating from a straight-ahead “A” section to a fast, double-time bridge.

“Thinking of George” has a rock feel throughout, and like the above song, alternates from a slow “A” section to a fast, double-time bridge. Inspired by teacher George Russell, inventor of the Lydian Chromatic concept, the soloist plays upper structure chords over the fundamental chord changes of the song.

“The Syzygy” is a ballad, written in 1981, when there was a rare, nearly perfect five-planet Syzygy of Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, and Saturn. The Voyager planetary missions were launched in 1977 to take advantage, as a similar Syzygy would not occur again until 2160!

“The Boardwalk Shuffle” is a bluesy jazz song with a shuffle beat, with a repeating pop-like “hook” at the end of every chorus, a hook that repeats and fades out at the end.

“Flamenco Blue” is modal jazz, with a repeating bass theme that morphs into an odd-time middle section, before returning to the modal feel.

“Complacency” starts out with an odd-time intro, before changing to Hard-Bop, then March, then Swing, and back to Hard-Bop. The idea is to keep the listener guessing. Just as the listener gets comfortable, or “Complacent”, with one musical style, the tune changes style. After a solo section alternating between Hard-Bop and March, the tune reprises its themes and ends dramatically.

“Sympathy” is a song with a rock feel and four distinct parts, hence the name, akin to a Symphony. The song starts with a varying bass pattern heard throughout the first section, switches to a sweeter variation for the second section, moves to an odd-time third section, and then switches back to a regular rock feel for the fourth section, which features tricky, quick-moving major chords.

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How The Business Of History Works On The NH Heritage Trail Home to some of the state’s most important historical artifacts, museums on the NH Heritage Trail are defined, if anything, by their resilience in the face of constant adversity.

“We are all nonprofits with tight budgets, so we have to work very hard to maintain as well as seek out diverse revenue streams,” says Julie Williams, executive director of the American Independence Museum in Exeter.

Jessica Pappathan, executive director of the Aviation Museum of NH in Londonderry, agrees with Williams and said one key to success for many— if not all—of the museums on The NH Heritage Trail has been collaboration.

“Collaborating with local businesses is very important in regards to our sustainability,” she says. “We are fortunate to have good partnerships with a number of local businesses and with aviation and aerospace companies who value our mission and want to help support our initiatives.”

According to Director of Operations Jeff Barraclough, local businesses have also been instrumental in advancing the mission of the Manchester Historic Association/Millyard Museum.

“A number of local businesses are part of our recently launched Business Partnership program, which gives businesses an opportunity to support our museum,” he says. “In return, we help to promote those businesses and provide them with museum passes, meeting space, shop discounts, and other benefits.”

For NH Heritage Trail museums, one of the biggest needs is to actively promote their respective collections and programs. At the Museum of the White Mountains at Plymouth State University, Interim Executive Director Marcia Schmidt Blaine said they consider every possible marketing opportunity imaginable.

“We’re trying all sorts of things— from special events with particular groups to changing chalkboard messages on the sidewalk,” she says.

Many museums are also actively using social media, including the

will find ways to create experiences for visitors that actively connect them with multiple museums on The Trail. [We] want to create memorable experiences for everyone—and especially families, which we are all seeing in more abundance.”

To learn more about any museum or upcoming event on The Trail, visit www.nhmuseumtrail.org.

Museums on the Trail include the Aviation Museum, Albacore Park, American Independence Museum, Castle in the Clouds, Lake Winnipesaukee Museum, Libby Museum, Millyard Museum, Museum of the White Mountains, New Hampshire Boat Museum, New Hampshire Farm Museum, Portsmouth Historical Society @ Discover Portsmouth, Remick Country Doctor Museum & Farm, The Belknap Mill, Woodman Museum, and Wright Museum of WWII.

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“We are on Facebook practically every day and have nearly 2,500 followers—social media is a great way to stay connected with people who know and may not yet know about us,” says Williams.

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Remember your first library card?

When students head back to school each fall, they’re faced with new classes, new teachers, new friends and sometimes even a new school.

But amidst all of the change, there’s a steady resource they continue count on: their library cards.

New Hampshire’s libraries offer items that students need to succeed, both in school and out. In addition to print resources of all kinds, libraries have a full range of materials that can help students achieve their goals, including downloadable books and magazines, online databases, music, DVDs and internet access.

If a library does not have a particular item as part of its collection, students can request that it be borrowed using the NH State Library’s InterLibrary Loan service. Each year, more than 500,000 items are shared across the state through this program.

Libraries also offer something that no online service can: librarians, who both help students find the correct information they need and teach them how to decide what is an appropriate resource for their assignments.

The best part? Library cards are almost always free to those living in a public library’s town or city.

“What’s amazing about library cards is how they adapt to your needs as you go through life,” said Michael York, New Hampshire state librarian

and acting commissioner of the NH Department of Cultural Resources.

“You might begin by taking out story books when you’re in elementary school, but that progresses to serious research in high school and college.

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Each September, the American Library Association works to make sure that parents and other caregivers know how important library cards are for students through its “September is Library Card Sign-up Month” campaign.

The New Hampshire State Library promotes excellence in libraries and library services to all New Hampshire residents, by assisting libraries and the people of New Hampshire with rapid access to library and informational resources through the development and coordination of a statewide library/information system; by meeting the informational needs of New Hampshire’s state, county and municipal governments and its libraries; and by serving as a resource for New Hampshire. For more information, visit nh.gov/nhsl.

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Fall Season Welcome Guys’ Night Out The first Guys’ Night Out of the season will take place on Thursday, September 15 in the Fellowship Hall of the Gilford Community Church at 19 Potter Hill Road in Gilford village.

Ms. Carolyn Muller of Lakes Region General Hospital will present a new program by the National Institute of Health called, “Talking With Your Doctor”.

The social hour begins at 5:30 pm, followed by a dinner catered by chef Ellie Murphy. The program will begin at 7:30 pm.

Call the church office at 524-6057 or emaill gccoffice@metrocast.net to make reservations. Please invite your friends to come with you!

Have you turned down a chance to go out with family or friends because you were concerned about falling? Have you cut down on a favorite activity because you might fall? If so, A Matter of Balance: Managing Concerns About Falls is a program for you.

Fear of falling can be just as dangerous as falling itself. People who develop this fear often limit their activities, which can result in severe physical weakness, making the risk of falling even greater. Many older adults also experience increased isolation and depression when they limit their interactions with family and friends.

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Boating Safety for You and Your Pet Boating season is winding down, but it is never too late for a safety refresher.

Before hitting the water with your pet, it’s important to plan ahead and always keep the best interests of your four-legged friend in mind. Boating with your pet can be a wonderful and bonding experience or a not so pleasant one. It’s all a function of proper planning and preparation.

Be sure to take these necessary provisions to ensure that your pet’s boat cruise is a happy and safe one.

Identification Tag: Make sure your pet has a collar with an identification tag. Include contact information, marina address and slip number.

Familiarization with the Boat: It is best to gradually introduce your pet to your boat and the water. Let your pet explore the boat while it is docked before going out on the water. Turn on the engine and let them get used to its sound, smell, and feel while the boat is docked. Then, take your pet out on small cruises and gradually build up to longer cruises.

Safe & Easy Boat Access: Provide a special pet ramp for your pet to get on and off the boat. This not only includes from the dock to the boat but also from the water to the boat. Pets weigh much more wet than dry and it can be very difficult to lift them back into your boat after a swim.

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flotation device (a.k.a. pet life jacket) can also ensure safety while on the water. Not all pets can swim (including some dogs). Even if your pet is a good swimmer, getting tossed overboard can put any animal into a panic. In addition, your pet could suffer from exhaustion or hypothermia. Many pets also fall into the water from the dock or while trying to get from the dock to the boat. Having your pet equipped with a flotation device with a lifting handle makes retrieving your pet much easier and safer. Help your pet get used to the PFD by first practicing at home for short periods of time. Start by putting the PFD on your pet and let them walk around with it on. The next step is to let your pet swim with it on for a short period. It’s a new experience for your

pet so it’s important for them to get used to it before the boat trip.

Proper Hydration & Staying Cool: Pets do not sweat, so keep an eye out for heavy panting or drool and a rapid heart beat. Protect pets from heat by providing some shade on the boat, providing plenty of water and keeping the deck cool to protect paw pads. Bring along a pet travel bowl and fresh water.

It is critical to hydrate pets before they get into the water. Otherwise, they will drink the natural water and may get sick.

Going Potty: A big challenge of boating with your pet is making provisions so that they can go to the bathroom. Bringing along your cat’s litter box and securing it inside the cabin is a good solution for your

feline friends. Dogs, however, are a bigger challenge. If your boat trip does not allow for regular land stops for your dog to do their business, then provisions must be made so that they can relieve themselves on the boat. A portable dog potty that simulates grass is an excellent solution.

Health Records: If your boating destination is a marina or place that you’re not familiar with, be sure to bring along a copy of vaccination and health records. Some places may require proof of immunization before letting pets explore on land.

Call Ahead: While most marinas and parks welcome pets, there are some that aren’t pet friendly. Be sure to call ahead before arriving on shore.

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Center Harbor to Participate as Study Town in NHDHR Grant The Town of Center Harbor Heritage Commission announces that Center Harbor will serve as the case study town in a New Hampshire Division of Historical Resources (NHDHR) grant to create a model survey process for identifying areas of historical and cultural resources.

The model process will be useful for town planning purposes, and will also help to increase community awareness of these resources.

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The Heritage Commission is charged by the Select Board to develop and maintain an inventory of Center Harbor’s historic and cultural resources. Commission chairperson

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Monthly Coffeehouse Open Mic Starts on October 1

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Prescott Farm 7th Annual Harvest Festival on Sept. 17 Prescott Farm on White Oaks Road in Laconia will hold the 7th Annual Harvest Festival on Saturday, September 17 from 10 am to 3 pm. “Join us again as we celebrate harvest time at the farm,” invites Director of Marketing Kimberly Drouin. “Come and enjoy a variety of festivities including horsedrawn hayrides, face painting, petting farm, music, games, food and more.

There will be something for everyone and admission is free.”

Prescott Farm offers public programs designed to encourage environmental exploration for all ages; field trips; WildQuest Day Camps (during school vacation weeks – February, April and June through August); a Naturalist in the Classroom program which fosters longterm partnerships with local elementary

schools; and Fledglings, a nature-based preschool. The 160-acre historic family farm features woodland and field trails, historic barns, an old-fashioned maple sugaring operation during the month of March, heritage gardens, and a forested pond.

Prescott Farm is open year-round, seven days a week from 9 am to 4 pm.

Hiking trails and the Natural Playscape are open to the public daily from dawn to dusk.

Adds Drouin, “The Harvest Festival is sure to be an enjoyable event for all, and what better way to end the summer?

We hope you will be able to join us.”

For more information, visit www. prescottfarm.org. You can also find Prescott Farm on Facebook. Call 3665695.

Looking for something fun, different and entertaining to do this fall? Plan to attend the unique Monthly Coffeehouse Open Mic nights hosted by local singer/ songwriter Tom Barlett at the Doris L. Benz Community Center. The Center is located at 18 Heard Road in Center Sandwich.

Those who wish to attend can sign up with Tom in advance for the acoustic folk music Coffeehouse Open Mic by sending an emai to TomBartlettMusicInquiries@gmail. com.

The first event takes place on Saturday, October 1; if there is still room, you can sign up at the event from 6 to 6:50 pm. The music starts at 7 pm. The performers and the audience always treat beginners with the same respect given to seasoned performers.

Non-participants are invited and encouraged to come to listen, because where would musicians be without listeners?

Everyone is asked to bring a finger snack food to share during the break.

Beverages, including beer and wine, may be brought in BYOB style.

The Benz Center is a donation dependent community center, allowing the organizers of the Open Mics to use the facility at no charge. There is always a pass a bucket for donations during the evening, and 100 percent of the donations are given to the Benz Center.

(No one performing, or organizing, the CoffeeHouse Nights receives any of the donated money collected.)

Acoustic folk music Coffeehouse Open Mics are held on the first Saturday of each month from October through June, except December. Due to a scheduling conflict at the Benz Center, the December Coffeehouse Open Mic is the second Saturday More information about the Doris L Benz Community Center can be found at http://benzcommunitycenter.webs. com/.

On the Wing movie presentation by producer Brad Branch The Wright Museum will host the 16th session of the Ron Goodgame and Donna Canney 2016 Educational Programming on Tuesday, September 13, beginning at 6:30 pm; please note the early start time. Doors open at 5:30 pm.

In the midst of winter, 1944, a two-minute air battle took place in the skies above Ehrwald, Austria. The fight involved American and German aircraft. The losses totaled 16 aircraft, eight on each side, and the lives of more than 30 men.

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Lyle Lovett and Robert Earl Keen Coming to Capitol Center for the Arts Lyle Lovett and Robert Earl Keen will bring their Hall of Fame repertoire to life at the Capitol Center for the Arts (CCA) in Concord, New Hampshire on Saturday, October 1 at 8 pm. Tickets are currently on sale via the CCA box office.

A singer, composer and actor, Lyle Lovett has broadened the definition of American music in a career that spans 14 albums over three decades. Coupled with his gift for storytelling, the Texasbased musician fuses elements of Americana, swing, jazz, folk, gospel, and blues in a convention-defying manner that breaks down barriers.

Whether touring as a ‘Duo’ or with his ‘Acoustic Group’ or ‘The Large Band’, Lovett’s live performances show not only the breadth of this Texas legend’s deep talents, but also the diversity of his influences, making him one of the most compelling and captivating musicians in popular music.

Since his self-titled debut in 1986, Lyle Lovett has evolved into one of music’s most vibrant and iconic performers.

Among his many accolades, besides four Grammy Awards, he was given the Americana Music Association’s inaugural Trailblazer Award, and was named Texas State Musician. His

degree at Texas A&M, Keen taught himself guitar and began setting his poetic musings to song. That led to a fling with a bluegrass ensemble and front-porch picking parties with fellow Aggie Lyle Lovett.

Keen’s literate song-craft, razor wit and killer band stirred up a grassroots sensation not seen since the 70s heyday of maverick “outlaw country” upstarts Willie, Waylon, and Jerry Jeff Walker.

When “Americana” was officially recognized by the industry in 1998, Keen was the genre’s first artist to be featured on the cover of a major radio trade magazine. His momentum hasn’t ebbed a bit, nor has his pursuit of continued growth as a writer and artist.

He still tours occasionally with Lovett, just two old friends swapping songs on acoustic guitars like they used to do on Keen’s front porch. But the lion’s share of his concert schedule still finds him playing full-tilt with his seasoned road and studio band.

Tickets for the October 1 performance may be obtained by calling the Capitol Center for the Arts at 603-225-1111 or online at www.ccanh.com. Tickets may also obtained at the Center’s box office at 44 South Main St., Concord, which is open Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday from 11 am to 6 pm.

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