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Calming Seasons at the Gafney Library “Calming Seasons Art” is the theme of the February art exhibit at the Gafney Library in Sanbornville by artist Elma Fabiana Gomez Caudle.

Caudle’s exhibit is aptly titled to bring a feeling of warmth to a typically stormy month and those who view the exhibit may just walk away with the feeling of warmth she hopes to inspire. Pieces in acrylic with titles of “Cardinal Love,” “Mystery in the Woods,” “Loneliness,” “Birds Rest” and “Ester’s View” welcome the viewer to forget the blustery weather outside and move from one piece to the next, experiencing an inner calm.

Other works such as “Crystal Lake, NH,” “Covered Bridge Jackson, NH,” “A Barn on Granite Road,” “Foliage in Wakefield, NH” and “Lake Conway,

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In her own words, Caudle explains, “I enjoy painting with acrylics and pencil drawing, and have been painting since an early age. I’ve been able to travel the world and have kept beautiful landscapes in my mind and those memories are now reflected in

my paintings.”

Caudle also has found inspiration in her current home, highlighting the beautiful scenery of the White Mountains and the Lakes Region.

In Caudle’s words, “I paint to bring calmness to the eyes, peace to the heart and fulfillment to the soul.” She further explains that she truly believes in the power of healing through art and dares to combine colors and landscapes in a graceful and meaningful way.

Caudle is from Buenos Aires, Argentina and is deeply connected to family with roots in Italy, Spain and Germany. When visiting New England 25 years ago, she fell in love with the area and, “settled my heart in New Hampshire.” She now lives in Ossipee with her family. In her studio, she enjoys watercolors, stones and pottery painting.

Caudle speaks several languages, currently works as a language interpreter and expects to have her Bachelor’s Degree in Law in August 2016. She is a member of the Governor Wentworth Arts Council.

Caudle will hold a reception at the Gafney on Saturday, Feb. 20 from 10:30 am to noon. The public is invited; refreshments will be available. Call the Gafney Library at 522-3401 for more information. The library is located at 14 High Street in Sanbornville.

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Tin Mountain Conservation in Albany offers a great opportunity for elementary school-age students to participate in a full day of nature activities during February vacation week.

Tin Mountain Tracking Winter Wildlife Day Camp on Tuesday, Feb. 16 offers c h i l d r e n in grades kindergarten through 3 an opportunity to treasure hunt while scouting for and identifying animal tracks through the forest and around the streams and pond on the Rockwell Sanctuary.

At Tin Mountain Winter Survival Day Camp on Wednesday, Feb. 17, campers in grades 3 to 6 will learn the basics of staying warm in winter.

Campers will learn how to light a fire, build a snow shelter and boil water for cooking. Campers are asked to bring a small snow shovel for digging snow shelters.

Tin Mountain Winter Art Camp on Thursday, Feb. 18, is designed for children in grades 1 to 4. Students will learn to explore the world of winter through art. Campers will spend time both inside and outdoors creating natural masterpieces. Attendees are

asked to wear warm clothing that can get a little messy.

Tin Mountain Winter Birds Camp on Friday, Feb. 19 introduces children in grades 2 through 5 to the winter adaptation of native birds from the smallest kinglet to the largest great-horned owl. There will be an introduction to winter bird identification, and then campers will head outdoors in search of winter birds.

Each Tin Mountain winter day camp is led by a Tin Mountain teacher naturalist, runs from 9 am to 3 pm, is held at the Tin Mountain Nature Learning Center on Bald Hill Road in Albany and costs $40 for members and $50 for nonmembers. All campers are asked to dress warmly and bring a lunch. Tin Mountain provides cocoa, snowshoes and binoculars for all.

Registration forms can be downloaded online at www.tinmountain.org or by calling Tin Mountain at 447-6991.

Tin Mountain Conservation Center is a 501 (c) 3 non-profit environmental education organization promoting an appreciation of nature in the greater Mount Washington Valley for over 30 years.

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If You Plan It, They Will Come Becoming an Outdoors Woman in New Hampshire

By Barbara Neville Wilson Photos courtesy of NH Fish and Game Donna Chick of Ossipee couldn’t believe her ears. “Do you mean to tell me,” she said at the Wolfeboro Women’s Network Luncheon in midJanuary, “they opened registration January 4 and all the spots were taken by January 7? How can that be possible?”

It is possible, but to understand why, a little translation is needed. “They” refers to the folks running Becoming An Outdoors Woman at New Hampshire Fish and Game and the New Hampshire Wildlife Federation. “Registration” is for a one-day winter workshop at Owl Brook Hunter Education Center in Holderness, NH on February 20.

Becoming an Outdoors Woman (BOW) brings women together to learn and improve their skills for outdoor living. Four programs will be offered at the winter workshop: Ice Fishing, Snowshoeing and Tracking, Shoe and Shoot, and Winter Survival. Each of the programs starts participants at a foundational level and teaches them about equipment, technique and strategy. Equipment and training is provided, but attendees are expected to come prepared to participate fully. In other words, dress for the weather.

Donna is intrigued by the

Snowshoeing and Winter Trackingprogram at Winter BOW but knows nothing about the sport. “I bet I’d have to spend a lot of money to get snowshoes,” she says. Kim Proulx, BOW coordinator, and guest speaker at

identify wildlife.

New Durham’s Cecile Chase has been snowshoeing for years, but is seeking to add a little challenge. She plans to snowshoe and target shoot from her bow this winter. Fellow table members ask if she will sign up for the Shoe and Shoot if it’s offered again in next year’s rotating line-up. Participants don’t need firearm experience to take the course. Everyone starts their day at Owl Brook’s shooting range learning .22 caliber safety and technique.

Afterwards, they will snowshoe the woodland course, shooting targets for practice.

But how is it possible that BOW Winter registration opened January 4 and was filled January 7? BOW’s popularity has grown steadily since New Hampshire Fish and Game started offering the program in 1994, and as fast as they offer new events, registration fills completely. BOW Coordinator Kim Proulx has been in her position for just over a year. “I was so excited when I learned about this program and knew I wanted to be part of it.” She travels the state, talking to groups like the Wolfeboro Women’s Network about what BOW offers, not only for winter, but also for year-round

the Women’s Network, says equipment is not a problem. The workshop teaches participants to choose the right snowshoe for their adventure. They will also practice maneuvering on snowshoes as they learn to track and

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G.A.L.A. Community Contra Dances The Community Contra Dance Series hosted by Global Awareness Local Action (G.A.L.A.) will take place at the Wolfeboro Town Hall’s newly renovated Great Hall. The dances run from 7 to 10 pm, with the first half hour dedicated to a brief overview of the basic steps of New England contra dance. The dances are a fun and energizing night out for all ages and abilities, even if you simply prefer to cheer the dancers on from the sidelines.

In February, the dance will take place on Saturday, Feb. 27 featuring String Equinox with Beverly Woods; the next event takes place on Saturday, March 26 with the Fiddling Thomsons. The April 23 dance will feature Puckerbrush and caller Eric Rolnick.

The name “Contra Dance” refers to partnered folk dance styles, where couples dance in two facing lines.

Contra dance is a hybrid of English country-dances and French court

dances. At the end of the 17th century, French dancers began to incorporate English country-dances with steps from their own court dances and in turn called these dances contra-dance, or contredanse. Many of the moves called out during the dance originate from the French terminology.

The contra dance was very popular throughout America from the 1700s well into the 1800s, but with the arrival of the square dance, waltz, swing and other forms of dance its popularity was mostly confined to rural areas. It is interesting to note that before the contra dance revival it was not known to be called a night of “Contra Dancing.”

Rather it had other names such as Barn Dance, Kitchen Junket, Old Timers Ball, and The Dance. These dances were held in church halls, grange halls, town halls, barns and even places like kitchens and living rooms. There was a time in New England when contra dances were so popular that one band

might be booked six nights in a single week!

There are a lot of reasons to enjoy dancing, but here’s another fun fact - dancing is one of the more impressive ways to increase our brain’s cognitive reserve, something good for the brain at every age, but a particularly valuable protective force for maintaining cognition into old age.

In a New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM) study, dancing was found to reduce risk of dementia more than any other physical or mental activity studied. Bicycling and swimming, for instance, while excellent for the cardiovascular system, reduced the risk of dementia by 0%, as did playing golf. Reading reduced the risk by 35% and puzzling out crosswords at least four days a week, 47%. Frequent dancing, however, reduced the risk of dementia by 76%.

What does contra dancing have to do with G.A.L.A.’s commitment

to sustainability?

Aside from strengthening community relations, warding off cabin fever and keeping the blood moving to stay healthy, G.A.L.A. is known to claim contra dancing as, “the most sustainable way to stay warm on a cold winter’s night”!

Dance admission fees are $7.00 for adults, $5.00 for students and seniors, and $3.00 for children under age 12. In an effort to protect the newly refinished wood floor in the Great Hall, participants are encouraged to bring an extra pair of shoes for dancing that do not have a black sole. If you are unable to bring extra shoes there will be a brush at the door for you to remove dirt and snow before entering. G.A.L.A. is also looking to fill a few volunteer shifts for the dances this year if you are interested. For more information about this event or to sign up to volunteer visit www.galacommunity.org, call the office at 539-6460.

Learn about the art of Shaker basketry Join the Effingham Historical Society (EHS) at its main building located at 1014 Province Lake Road (Route 153) in Center Effingham on Friday, Feb. 19 at 7 pm for a presentation by Shadow Gorrill on the process and practice of making Shaker baskets.

The Shaker faith, established in England in the mid-18th century, branched off from the Quaker religion. Particu-

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University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point college professor Christine Thomas founded BOW after researching reasons why few women participate in outdoor activities like hunting and fishing. Her conclusion?

Women want to learn and first get practice with sports alongside other women in a non-competitive atmosphere. The state of Wisconsin started their BOW program in 1991, and since then, 38 states, including New Hampshire and six Canadian provinces, have come on board.

“In each state, the program looks different,” says Kim. New Hampshire’s signature event is the Fall BOW weekend. This year the workshop will be held September 9 to 11 at Rockywold-Deephaven Camps in Holderness and will feature workshops on fishing, shooting, hiking, outdoor cooking, orienteering and self-propelled water sports. “The Outdoor Cooking class is always a hit,” says Kim. For $335 participants receive instruction, materials, use of equipment, all meals and two night’s lodging. Registration opens June 6 and must be completed by mail.

“I’d like to do that,” says Donna.

Sixty-one years old and mother to a brood of six sons, she says she sometimes just needs time away, and her husband and children understand.

She’s not looking for time lounging on a beach, though. In the last year, she’s discovered joy in running and competing in triathlons. The BOW programs are a natural extension of what she’s doing already. “Truth be told,” she says, “I feel better when I’m active.”

It’s that rush of high-activity endorphins, enjoyment of nature and sense of accomplishment that keeps bringing women back for more BOW programs, says Kim. “If we had more capacity, I know we would still fill up.”

The Winter BOW program has run for a number of years, and now BOW has added in-depth focused courses called “Beyond BOW.” On the calendar for June is a Wilderness Survival course that complements the cold-weather Wilderness Survival program offered at Winter BOW. Participants learn what to include in their survival kit, how to build a shelter, make a fire, signal for help and purify water. Taught by Fish and Game Conservation officers, and held at Owl Brook, registration is limited to 18 and will open April 25.

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the finer points of casting, reading the water, picking a fly and landing a fish? Then reserve between June 24 to 26 for the Intermediate Fly Fishing Weekend at Coleman State Park in Stewartstown. In addition to instruction (bring your own fly-rod), participants receive two night’s lodging and five meals. Registration opens May 9 and is limited to 15 participants.

Plan ahead now if you’re interested in learning Deer Hunting Basics on October 1 or would like to attend a Navigational Workshop where you can compare old-fashioned map and compass orienteering to GPS-aided navigation October 15. Registration is limited to 15 and 20 respectively and opens August 15 for Deer Hunting Basics and August 29 for the Navigational Workshop.

Other courses that have been offered include Handling Handguns, Waterfowl Hunting Weekend, Introduction to Turkey Hunting, Overnight Backpacking, Introduction to Trapping, Saltwater Deep Sea Fishing Day Trip, Introduction to Rifle and Shotgun, Seacoast Wild Edibles, Introduction to Bow Hunting and Wilderness Survival.

According to Kim, most of the women participating in BOW programs fit the profile of those attending the Wolfeboro Women’s Network Luncheon: curious and active women finding new time in their schedules when families are mostly grown and less needy of their time. However, NH BOW actively targets younger women to join BOW programs, too. To encourage more participation of that younger, and often more financially strapped group, BOW is offering discounted rates in select programs to women aged 1825. For Winter BOW, young women are charged less than half of what their older counterparts pay. Scholarships are also available for the Fall BOW for single parents, students or members of fixed/low income households.

Applications are due May 2.

In the old movie Field of Dreams, Kevin Costner’s character listens to a whisper, “If you build it, they will come.” At BOW, Kim Proulx and her team listen to another whisper, “If you plan it, they will come,” and women of all ages prove the words are true.

Together they build a broader future for outdoor sports in New Hampshire.

Are you interested in Becoming an Outdoors Woman? Be ready to register the moment your program opens or you may be left waiting a whole ‘nother year! Go to www.nhbow.com or call NH Fish and Game at 271-3212 to start plotting your game plan now.

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Yester year Peaceful Foss Mountain ~ Helen Keller’s Visits to NH

By Kathi Caldwell-Hopper (Photos by Keith Henney) The story of Helen Keller’s visits to Foss Mountain in Snowville is about much more than a series of social calls.

It is about friendship, creative people, lives well lived and determination.

And it is also the story of one visionary present-day woman, Joyce Blue, who discovered old photo albums and journals and brought them to light in an exhaustive, fascinating book published in 2008 called Summers on Foss – Journals of Nella Braddy Henney.

Most people would be surprised to learn that world-famous Helen Keller spent six weeks one summer in the Snowville, NH area and then made subsequent visits to the tiny town in the years to follow. If you have been to Snowville, a sleepy village not far south of the Conway area, you might wonder how someone as internationally known as Keller would have found such a hidden spot.

Indeed, it is unlikely Helen Keller would have come to Snowville if not for her friendship with Nella Braddy Henney and Nella’s husband, Keith Henney. According to Summers on Foss by Joyce Blue, Nella was born in 1894 in Georgia. She attended Wesleyan College and later Converse

The Henney property, located on Foss Mountain, offered beautiful views of the countryside.

College and received a degree. Nella was talented and soon obtained a job as a book editor at Doubleday and Co. in New York City. She worked there from 1919 to 1938 and came to know many famous people.

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Nella met her future husband, Keith Henney, a fellow writer and editor, while at Doubleday. They hit it off and were married in 1926, beginning a long and creative partnership that saw the couple socializing with well-known literary people, as well as country residents such as those they befriended in Snowville.

The Henneys were highly intelligent people; both were writers with many interests. Keith was interested in radio at a young age and obtained one of the first amateur radio licenses. He received a degree from Western Reserve University and served as a wireless operator on a ship. Keith also received a master’s degree from Harvard University in physics in 1923. Later, he became employed at Doubleday and Co. as an associate editor. In 1930 he moved to McGraw Hill where he served as an associate editor. Further, he worked with the Atomic Energy Commission and the OSRD Underwater Sound at Cambridge on the development of

sonar, according to Summers on Foss.

Nella was a prolific writer as well as an editor, and in about 1933 she was finishing up a book titled Anne Sullivan Macy: the Story Behind Helen Keller.

The same year, Nella and Keith made a visit to Snowville in the spring of 1933 where Doubleday’s vice president, Samuel Alexander Everitt and his wife, had a home on Kent Mountain.

The Everitts home was next to Foss Mountain and the previous year, they had added to their land by purchasing the Blanchard Farm on Foss Mountain.

When Nella and Keith saw the Blanchard home, they fell in love and it is easy to see why the place appealed to them. In a photograph from the early 1930s in Summers on Foss, the charming farmhouse with adjacent barn sits tucked cozily among the trees with breathtaking views of the White Mountains stretching into the distance.

The young couple made a deal with the Everitts to purchase the property before even stepping inside the house.

It was likely the best decision the Henneys made, and it brought them the peace and quiet of a summer home; with their busy professional lives, that was indeed important.

Joyce Blue, who lives in Eaton and has researched much about the Henneys, says Snowville at that time was very quiet. “The population is about 400 now, and it was even less back then. It was a quiet place and going to Conway (about 10 miles away) was considered a big trip. Although they had electricity and telephones, it was a simple life.”

The Henneys were among the city folk who wanted to get away from the hustle and bustle of urban jobs.

They summered in Snowville and that meant their season began in the spring and ended in around October. They socialized with other summer residents as well as locals. The local Ellis family was a big part of the Nella and Keith’s lives. Ellis family members lived nearby and worked for the Henneys for many years.

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• Yesteryear Continued on page 7 Nella and Keith knew a lot about Helen Keller due to Nella’s book on Anne Sullivan. In the 1920s, Nella was assigned (by Doubleday) to work with Helen Keller on an update of Keller’s 1903 book The Story of My Life. The two women hit it off and a friendship formed that lasted for years.

Helen Keller led a very busy life with many speaking engagements and a lot of traveling. Deaf and blind from infancy, Helen was world famous and a beacon of hope and inspiration for people everywhere because of all she had overcome. Anne Sullivan (Helen’s teacher) broke through the child’s world of silence and taught her to communicate, thus opening up the world to Helen. Later, the movie The Miracle Worker, brought the story to millions around the world.

Helen lived full-time with Anne Sullivan and another companion, Polly Thomson. In October, 1936, Sullivan passed away and Thomson stayed as aid to care for Helen for the rest of her life. In the wake of losing her beloved “Teacher” (Sullivan) and enduring the pressures of her many obligations, the year 1938 was very stressful for Helen and she needed a place to rest and relax.

When Nella invited Helen and Polly to spend a block of time that summer at their farm on Foss Mountain, Helen was happy to accept the invitation.

Joyce Blue says Helen and Polly traveled to the Eaton/Snowville area by train. They would have arrived at either the Conway or Brownfield, Maine railroad station, where Nella and Keith likely greeted them.

What Helen found on Foss Mountain and in Snowville brought her the peace and rest she so desperately needed.

Although surely the local residents knew of Helen Keller, they were respectful and according to Joyce Blue, the remote rural location of the Foss Mountain farm also meant Helen was undisturbed by the outside world.

Lest one assume Helen lazed the six weeks of her stay, it was not the case.

Photographs taken by Keith (he was a professional photographer, among his other talents), show Helen helping to gather wood and doing other tasks.

Day-to-day life was indeed sedate and a far cry from Helen’s busy, professional life of public appearances and writing. Joyce surmises the Henneys and Helen and Polly probably had leisurely breakfasts with fish on the menu because they often went fishing at nearby Crystal Lake. They would read, sit on the deck and talk and

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“It was our good fortune to be in a New England community where privacy is understood and respected and we were left to ourselves. In the evening we listened to a longplaying record, Helen’s hand on the loudspeaker; Polly by her side, but not touching her,” wrote Nella of Helen’s visit.

There were social calls as well: visiting with Snowville neighbors and hearing the latest news about those around them. Nella and Keith were active members of the community and did their part for civic activities, such as helping to see that a new school was built. (Joyce adds that Helen Keller contributed the funds for playground equipment, showing that she too took an interest in local affairs.)

Neighbors who met Helen most likely found her to be less of a famous personage and oddity than they might have expected. She was a kind person, and very interested in everything around her. She liked to help around the house with chores and to pitch in where needed. One can tell what a kind hearted person Helen was by her writings, according to Joyce.

The first visit to the Henney’s Foss Mountain home lasted six weeks and was just what Helen needed. In a letter to Nella, Helen writes: “Dearest Nella, When one’s heart is overflowing with sweet emotion, written words do grow cold, but I must try to tell you in soul language before we leave this noon, that your nest of peace is twice blest.

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How inundated we have been with every kind of beauty every minute on Foss Mountain!”

Over the years, Helen and Polly returned to the Henneys summer home where they were always welcome to share the peace of the rural area.

Joyce and her husband Peter reside in Eaton, where Joyce is a writer/ historian and Peter works as an artist.

Joyce is currently working a history of Eaton for the town’s 250th anniversary; the work will be published later in the year.

According to the couple’s website (www.Bluezartz.com), “It was with the advent of the internet that Joyce Blue’s lifelong fascination with history and genealogy became a full fledged passion. Beginning of course with research on her own family, she began to expand her work to include family histories for others who were curious about their own heritage. In the course of all this research, Joyce collected large

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The work Joyce has done to research life in the area in the time of Nella and Keith Henney is fascinating. Joyce, it is clear, admires the Henneys a great deal. She and her husband Peter knew Keith Henney, who continued to live in the town until his death in 1990. (Nella passed away in 1973.)

When Joyce read Nella’s diaries of everyday life in the area, she realized what a valuable resource the journals were, with mentions of famous as well as local people and life in the country.

We are fortunate that Joyce compiled Nella’s journals, with the addition of some wonderful photographs (many taken by Keith Henney) of Helen Keller, Nella and other people mentioned in the diaries.

When one learns the story of Nella and Keith Henney and Helen Keller, it also opens up the story of Joyce Blue, who has brought the past to life in her book. One cannot help but imagine how much Nella and Helen would have enjoyed knowing Joyce, had the women ever met. They would have much common, although each comes from a different walk of life. It isn’t difficult to imagine Joyce inviting Nella and Helen for a quiet country visit on her porch, where all three women would sit and chat and just enjoy the peace and quiet of life in rural New Hampshire.

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Feb. 14, A Valentine Celebration, 2 pm, Strafford Wind Symphony concert, presented by Wolfeboro Friends of Music, Kingswood Arts Center, Wolfeboro, tickets/info: 569-2151, www.wfriendsofmusic.org.

Feb. 14, 21 & March 6, Tea and Downton Sundays, Effingham Public Library, Effingham, tea at 8:30 pm, viewing of the popular TV show at 9 pm, weekly door prizes, info: 539-1537.

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Feb. 16, American Red Cross Blood Drive, K. A. Brett Elementary School, 881 Tamworth Rd., 1-6 pm, info: 263-0427.

Feb. 16, Silver Lake: Lunch & Games at Silver Lake Landing, noon-2 pm, sponsored by Gibson Center, info: 356-3231.

Feb. 16, Tracking Winter Wildlife Camp, Tin Mountain Conservation Center, Albany, 9 am-3 pm, grades K-3, winter treasure hunt-become a winter wildlife detective and follow animal tracks in the snow throughout the forest and around the pond, streams and swamps.

The Tin Mountain staff will provide cocoa and snowshoes. Register: www.tinmountain.org or call 447-6991.

Feb. 17, Winter Survival Camp, Tin Mountain Conservation Center, Albany, 9 am-3 pm, grades 3-6, learn basics of staying warm in winter. Dress warm and bring a lunch, and small snow shovel for digging snow shelters. Cocoa and snowshoes provided. Register: www. tinmountain.org or call 447-6991.

Feb. 18, Winter Art Camp, Tin Mountain Conservation Center, Albany, 9 am-3 pm, grades 1-4, explore the world of winter through art and spend time both inside and out creating natural masterpieces. Bring lunch and dress in warm clothing that you don’t mind getting a little messy. Cocoa and snowshoes provided. Register: www.tinmountain.org or call 447-6991.

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Feb. 18, Writer’s Night, 7-9 pm, local writers and musicians perform, followed by opportunity for others to share written or musical work, info: 539-1537, Effingham Public Library, Town House Rd., Effingham.

Feb. 18, Mid Season Dinner & Storytelling Gala at Corner House Inn, Jct. Rts. 109 & 113, Center Sandwich, 6:30 pm, variety of storytellers perform, reservations: 284-6219, www. cornerhouseinn.com.

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Feb. 19, Fire & Ice Festival, 5 pm, ice bars and music, Wolfeboro Inn, N. Main St., Wolfeboro, 569-3016, www.wolfeboroinn.com.

Feb. 19, Shaker Basketmaking Talk, Effingham Historical Society, free, public welcome, 7 pm, 1014 Provice Lake Rd., Rt. 153, Center Effingham, info: 539-4071.

Feb. 19, Winter Birds Camp, Tin Mountain Conservation Center, Albany, 9 am-3 pm, grades 2-5, birds from the smallest kinglet to the largest great-horned owl have unique adaptations for winter survival. After an introduction to winter bird identification, participants will explore the fields and forests of the Nature Learning Center in search of winter birds and their signs.

Dress warmly and bring a lunch. Cocoa, snowshoes and binoculars provided. Register: www. tinmountain.org or call 447-6991.

Feb. 20, Abenaki Winter Triathlon, 9 am, snowshoe, XC ski and skate competition, Abenaki Ski Area, Wolfeboro, 569-5639.

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Feb. 20, Art Reception, meet the artist Elma Fabiana Gomez Caudle and see her artwork, Gafney Library, 10:30 am-noon, 14 High St., Sanbornville, 522-3401.

Feb. 20, Art Workshop with Pastels, Gafney Library, Sanbornville, ages 5 and up, 10-11 am, info: 522-9735.

Feb. 20, Hearthside Dinner, help make and enjoy a hearthside dinner, 4-6 pm, Remick Country Doctor Museum & Farm, Tamworth, pre-register: 323-7591, www.remickmuseum. org.

Feb. 20, Progressive XC Ski Dinner, 6:30 pm, magical dinner in the woods, use XC skis or snowshoes to reach dinner site, Abenaki Ski Area, 569-5639.

Feb. 20, Snowman Building Contest, Settler’s Green, N. Conway, 888-667-9636.

Feb. 20, Tin Mountain Nature Program: Coastal Birds, 7 am-4 pm, grab your binoculars and scopes and head to the coast in search of ducks and shorebirds. There are chances of seeing long-tails, eiders, harlequins, scoters and other exciting coastal birds. Reservations: 447-6991.

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Feb. 21, Wakefield’s 12th Annual Bearded Wonders Old Time Variety Show, 2 pm, Wakefield Opera House, Sanbornville, tickets: 522-0126.

Feb. 22, Music for Babies, (6 week session) Sharon Novack leads class for babies ages birth-18 months and their caregivers, 12:30-1:30 pm, Cook Memorial Library, Tamworth, info: 323-8510.

Feb. 22, Tin Mountain Bird Society Meeting: Plight of the Grasslands, 7 pm, meeting and viewing of film: Plight of the Grasslands, Tin Mountain Conservation Center, Albany, info: 447-6991.

Feb. 23, American Red Cross Blood Drive, Freedom Elementary School, 40 Loon Lake Rd., Freedom, 2-7 pm, info: 263-0427.

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Feb. 25, Dinner & Storytelling at Corner House Inn, Jct. Rts. 109 & 113, Center Sandwich, 6:30 pm, Ed Fayle performs, reservations: 284-6219, www.cornerhouseinn.com.

Feb. 26, Cookbook Pot Luck and Book Club, noon-1 pm, Cook Memorial Library, Tamworth, info: 323-8510.

Feb. 26, Small Farmer’s Club, A Little House Birthday, Remick Country Doctor Museum & Farm, Tamworth, 10-11 am, ages 2-6, pre-register by Feb. 25, 323-7591.

Feb. 27, An Evening with Necole Stephens, 7 pm, renowned spiritualilst, Wolfeboro Inn, N. Main St., Wolfeboro, 569-3016.

Feb. 27, Annual Meeting of Green Mt. Conservation Group, Hobbs Tavern, Ossipee, 4:30 pm with guest speaker Chris Shadler talk on Becoming Wolf: Eastern Coyote in New England, reservations: 539-1859.

Feb. 27, Community Contra Dance by G.A.L.A. (Global Awareness Local Action), taking place at Wolfeboro Town Hall, 84 S. Main St., Wolfeboro, 7 pm, all ages welcome. Info: 5396460, www.galacommunity.org.

Feb. 27, La Santa Cecilia, Latin Rock/world music concert, 8 pm, Rochester Opera House, Rochester, tickets/info: www.rochesteroperahouse.com.

Feb. 27, Medicinal Foodways Workshop, 1-3:30 pm, learn about food as medicine, Remick Country Doctor Museum & Farm, Tamworth, pre-register by Feb. 19, 323-7591.

Feb. 27, Snowshoe Race Hootenany, Tin Mountain Conservation Center, Albany, 10 am, varied terrain competition, info: 447-6991.

Feb. 27, Thirteenth Annual Chilly Chili Cookoff, Gibson Center, N. Conway, 356-5701.

Feb. 27, Wakefield Ice Fishing Derby, prizes, raffles, giveaways, weigh-in station at the Rec at 132 Meadow St., Wakefield. Info: 522-9977.

March 2, Basics of Pruning Fruit Trees, 4-6 pm, location/info: TBA, GALA Community, info: www.galacommunity.org, 539-6460.

March 3, Dinner & Storytelling at Corner House Inn, Jct. Rts. 109 & 113, Center Sandwich, 6:30 pm, Andy Davis performs, reservations: 284-6219, www.cornerhouseinn.com.

March 3 & 5, Tin Mountain Wildlife Tracking Class, master tracker Joe LaRue will lead the course on the art and science of tracking animals. The course is an introduction to tracking terminology, resources and the use of gaits/track patterns as tools for track identification of common New England species. Field trip will take place on the Tin Mountain Rockwell Sanctuary, Albany. Reservations: 447-6991.

March 4-6, Wolfeboro Fishing Derby, Wolfeboro, info: Tom Wachsmuth at Dive Winnipesaukee, 569-8080, check for updates.

March 4, 11, 18, Quilting Circle, 10 am-noon, Remick Country Doctor Museum & Farm, Tamworth, work on a quilting project, free, info: 323-7591.

March 5, Cabin Fever Book & Bake Sale, 10 am-1 pm, books, baked goods, soup or chili for lunch, Cook Memorial Library, Tamworth, info: 323-8510.

March 5, First Annual Fisherville Brew & Chew, Wolfeboro, noon-3 pm, if lake is frozen, fishing huts will be on the lake; is not frozen, huts will be in dockside parking lot, beer tastings, food for sale; info: Wolfeboro Chamber of Commerce, 569-2022, www.wolfeborochamber. com.

March 5, Dog Sledding Program, ages 8 and up, presented by Carroll County 4-H with Mush Mellow Adventures, Sandwich Fire Station, Sandwich, 10 am-1 pm, space limited; pre registration: 447-3834.

March 5, Granite State Snowshoe Championship, Sewall Woods, Wolfeboro, info/updates: www.acidoticracing.com/nh-snowshoe-championship.

March 7, First Monday at the Library, Post-Downton Elevenses, 11 am-noon, come for tea, coffee and snacks to discuss the final season of the popular TV show. Cook Memorial Library, Tamworth, info: 323-8510.

March 9, Nature Program, Wildlife Photographers, Tin Mountain Conservation Center, Albany, 7 pm, learn the ins and outs of photographing nature, with a focus on birds, through the lens of photographer David Lipsy of Eagle Eye Photography and Susan Wrisley of Wrisley Art. 447-6991.

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March 16, Boreal Birds of the North Country, Tin Mountain Conservation Center, Albany, 7:30 am, meets at Grants Supermarket, Glen, NH, then head north to explore the Trudeau Road area of Bethlehem, NH, on the prowl for black-backed woodpeckers, boreal chickadees, and other birds of the North Country. Bring a lunch and binoculars. Register: 447-6991.

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

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Chair Yoga, Tuesdays at 8 am, Greater Wakefield Resource Center, 254 Main St., Union, www.greaterwakefieldresourcecenter.webs.com.

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

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

Featured Artist Feb., multi-media artist Heather MacLeod, Freedom Public Library, 38 Old Portland Rd., Freedom, 539-5176, paintings of animals by Gay Freeborn.

Fiber Gatherings, first Thursday of the month and third Wednesday of the month, 7-9 pm, fiber enthusiasts gather at Benz Center, Sandwich village. Knitting, crocheting, spinning, weaving, needle felting, embroidery, crewel, rug hooking, quilting, sewing.

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Forgotten Arts: Fiber Arts Group. Remick Museum & Farm, Tamworth Village Meets every other Tuesday, 9:30 am-noon. Fiber artists and/or interested onlookers welcome to join Happy Weavers & Friends group to learn the historic art of weaving, spinning, sewing, quilting, and more. Free. 323-7591.

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Crafty Kninjas, meets Friday afternoons, 3:30-5 pm, Milton Free Public Library, 13 Main St., Milton Mills, 473-8535. Knitters and crafty people gather.

Knit and Crochet Group, meets Wednesdays 2-3 pm, Effingham Library, info: 5391537.

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Masonic Breakfast, Sunday Breakfast Buffet 7:30-11 am, Ossipee Valley Masonic Lodge, 535 Route 25 East, Ossipee (across from Abbott & Staples Gas) every second and fourth Sunday, all-you-can-eat breakfast buffet. Sponsored by Ossipee Valley & Carroll Lodges.

Movie Night, Rochester Public Library, Wednesdays at 6 pm, 65 S. Main St., Rochester, public welcome, www.rpl.lib.nh.us, 332-1428.

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Activities and tours, exhibits, workshops, Capt. Enoch Remick House. Call 323-7591 or 800-686-6117, www.remickmuseum.org.

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Winter Happenings in Sandwich Are you suffering from a bit of wintertime cabin fever? If so, the town of Sandwich is offering some fun social events to chase away the cold-weather blues.

If you like to sing, or just want to stop by and listen to some music, plan to attend the monthly open mic night at the Doris Benz Center at 18 Heard Road in Center Sandwich. Locals Jacky and Tom Bartlett have booked the Benz Center for the first Saturday of each month leading up to and including June. (They will probably take off July, August and September because people are so busy with other things during the summer. The event is planned to restart in October.)

The music begins at 7 pm; musicians can sign up starting at 6 pm on the night of the open mic. The Benz Center is allowing the group to use the facility at no charge, but they do rely on donations.

A hat will be passed during the evening and 100 percent of the money collected will go to the Doris Benz Center. None of the performers or anyone connected with the open mic events will receive any of the collected funds. Participants are encouraged to bring a refreshment to share with everyone. Musicians who have performed include Taylor Whiteside, Bennet and Perkins from Intervale. Doug Hazard and Peter Heimlich will be regulars also.

February is the perfect time to work with wool and other natural (and synthetic) fibers when most of us are spending more time indoors. Learn something new, make new friends and work on a project on Wednesday, Feb. 17 from 7 to 9 pm in the Benz Center. Take

a tour of the Shetland Isles with Wendy Booth, who traveled there last fall for the annual Wool Tour. Her pictures are delightful and will please all who love beautiful pastoral scenes and also those who love working with wool. All are welcome to just attend and/or bring some spinning or another hand project.

An intermediate spinning workshop will be held on Saturday, Feb. 20 at the Tamworth Lyceum at 85 Main Street in Tamworth. The workshop will run from 9 am to 5 pm.

Friends & Fiber meets at the Benz Center from 7 to 9 pm on the first Thursday and the third Wednesday of the month (February 17 and March 3). Anyone who enjoys crafts (doing, learning, or just watching and visiting) is welcome. A small fee of $2.50 per person is requested to help defray the costs of heat and lights at the Benz Center.

The annual Books Sandwiched-In meets every other Monday at noon in the Community Room of the Samuel H. Wentworth Library, where a new book will be reviewed each time. All are welcome to bring a sandwich lunch and listen to the presenter. The library has at least one copy of each of the items to be reviewed: February 22, The Wright Brothers by David McCullough. Orville and Wilbur built and courageously flew the first “heavier than air” plane. McCullough delves into letters, diaries and scrapbooks from the Library of Congress to write about this absorbing and heroic achievement. The reviewer will be Steven Toomey. On March 7, The Boys In The Boat, by Daniel James Brown will be featured. The book is about working

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class boys that rowed against the privileged boys of Oxford and Cambridge, winning the gold medal in front of Hitler in Germany in the 1936 Olympics. The reviewer will be Peter Wobber.

The popular International Nights take place at the Benz Center and include a delicious evening meal and a talk which will take you out of the midwinter chill and off to a sunny, warm and interesting corner of the world. Upcoming Internationals Dinners are: February 26 - Peggy Longley, Vietnam & Cambodia; March 11 - Dick & Ruth Stuart, Patagonia. To reserve your seat (s), send a check for $25.00 per person per dinner (please make sure you specify which dinner(s) you are reserving for) to: Doris L. Benz Center, PO Box 52, Center Sandwich NH; attn.: Erin Hoag. The meals are created by The Corner House Inn and reflect cuisines of the featured countries. Doors open at 5:30 pm. To pay with cash, please contact Erin Hoag at 284-7211.

The Samuel H. Wentworth Library has engaged Michelle Roberts of CyberFern Technologies, Unfurling the Complexities of Technology for Practical Use, to provide classes for various computer programs. Each class will be comprised of a minimum of four and a maximum of eight students. The class will last for two to three hours and the cost will be $25 per class. Students will work from their own laptop computer and may share a computer with a friend as necessary. In order to determine interest in individual programs and time of day, please email sandwichlibrary@gmail.com or sign up at the library. There is not a scheduled

time/date as of yet, but the library wishes to determine interest. Classes available would include Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Excel, Access, PowerPoint, Outlook, OneNote; Apache Open Office; Global Positioning System (GPS) and Geographic Information Systems (GIS) computer mapping. A handout is available at the library with more information or call 284-6665.

Carroll County 4-H is partnering with Mush Mellow Adventures, LLC to offer a fun and educational dog sledding program on Saturday, March 5. Youth will get a chance to learn about dog sledding, pet the dogs, and go for a sled ride. Open to ages 8 and up, youth do not need to be 4-H members to attend. The meeting location is the Sandwich Fire Station and the time is 10 am to 1 pm. Space is limited so registration is required. For more information or to register, please contact Carroll County 4-H Youth Coordinator Amanda Royce at amanda.royce@unh. edu or call 447-3834. There is a $10 fee for participants and scholarships are available for 4-H members. The registration deadline is February 22. To learn more about Mush Mellow Adventures, visit www.mushmellowadventures.com.

The next winter (farmer’s) market will be Saturday, Feb. 27 from 9 am to noon in the Benz Center in Center Sandwich.

Local producers and bakers will offer winter vegetables, freshly baked goods, homemade crafts and lots of relishes, jam and maple syrup. There will also likely be some fiber artists and craftsmen demonstrating and selling their wares.

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