Capital Area ARES to meet Monday at Red Cross
The Capital Area Amateur Radio Emergency Service will hold its monthly meeting on Monday, Feb. 7 at 7 p.m. at the Concord American Red Cross, 2 Maitland St.
This meeting is open to all interested hams or people who are interested in getting a ham radio license.
For more info, visit ca-ares.org.
Don Curtis
‘Calendar Girls’ up next for Community Players
The Community Players of Concord will present Calendar Girls, a charming and poignant stage adaptation of the Golden Globe-nominated film.
The show will be performed at the Concord City Auditorium on Feb. 12 and 13 at 7:30 p.m, and Feb. 14 at 2 p.m.
A group of extraordinary women from an ordinary village in England persuade one another to pose nude for a charity calendar honoring the late husband of one of their own. Their calendar is a spectacular success, but the women’s new found fame tests the very bonds of family and friendship the calendar was meant to celebrate.
To purchase tickets or for more information, visit communityplayersofconcord.org.
Ellen Burger
Susan McKeown to discuss book at Gibson’s
On Friday, at 5:30 p.m., Gibson’s Bookstore will host Susan McKeown and her book, Beyond the First Dance: A Guide for Couples to Think Beyond Their Wedding Day.
Drawing on 40 years of experience as a presenter and teacher in Engaged Couples Seminars, McKeown prepares partners for their married life together. Learning to face the challenges that many married couples experience is what builds a lasting partnership and emotional intimacy.
Did you want your marriage to last a lifetime? In Beyond the First Dance, McKeown encourages couples to look closely at the habits they establish in the early years of their relationship. These are the dance steps that will prevent a couple from repeatedly stepping on each other’s toes and help them stay in sync. The early years of “The Tango” will morph into “Line Dancing,” as a couple settles into everyday life. Learning to face the challenges that many married couples experience is what builds a lasting partnership and emotional intimacy. This guide can help couples discover their own dance, to ensure they will be there for “The Waltz.”
Elisabeth Jewell
Spring preview for OLLI at Tad’s Place Feb. 9
OLLI, Osher Life-Long Learning Institute, will hold its spring preview on Feb. 9 at 9:30 a.m. at Tad’s Place, 149 Eastside Drive.
The event is free with door prizes and refreshments.
OLLI offers over 160 courses each semester and 49 are in Concord. If you are over 50, please come to this free event.
Phyllis Benoit
NHTI Film Society to show ‘D.O.A.’ Friday
On Friday, at 7 p.m., in Sweeney Auditorium (S-122), the NHTI Film Society will show a film noir classic, D.O.A. (1950).
Edmond O’Brien plays a small-town accountant who goes to San Francisco for a week’s fun before settling down with his fiancee. After a night on the town, he wakes up with more than just a hangover; doctors tell him he’s been given a “luminous toxin” with no antidote and has, at most, a week to live. Not knowing who did it or why, he embarks on a frantic odyssey to find his own murderer.
Admission is by donation (suggested $5). NHTI students are free with valid NHTI ID. For more information, visit nhti.edu or call 271-6484 ext. 4101.
Steve Ambra
St. Paul’s Church thrift store open Sunday
The Chapter Two Thrift Shop at St. Paul’s Episcopal Church is open Sunday, from 9 a.m. to noon and the first Sunday of each consecutive month.
Seasonal merchandise is featured, including new-with-tags boutique items, gently used winter clothing and professional apparel, topcoats, shoes, boots and accessories for men, women, infants and children, plus small household items. Regular hours are Monday through Thursday, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
All proceeds benefit the SPC food pantry, Assistance with Dignity and other efforts supporting children and families. For more information, call 224-2523
Nina Bonney
February fundraiser for SPCA at Bank of N.H.
The Pope Memorial SPCA of Concord-Merrimack County has partnered with the Bank of New Hampshire branches in Concord to host a “Fill the Shelter with Love” Fundraiser.
This fundraiser will run the entire month of February at the 167 N. Main St., and the 11 Triangle Park Drive locations in Concord.
Help fill the Pope Memorial SPCA with love this Valentine season. The Bank of N.H. Concord branches will have hearts available for purchase. Hearts can be personalized, and they all will be displayed for the length of the fundraiser. Each heart costs $1, and all proceeds go towards the care of animals at the Pope Memorial SPCA. If you donate $5 or more towards this fundraiser, you get a free gift courtesy of the Pope Memorial SPCA of Concord-Merrimack County
For over 100 years, the Pope Memorial SPCA of Concord-Merrimack County has been dedicated to caring for abandoned and homeless pets, protecting and advocating for pets in need, and promoting the humane treatment of all animals. The organization’s pet adoption, pet food pantry and humane education programs collectively touch the lives of several thousand children, adults and families each year.
To learn more, please visit popememorialspca.org, or visit the shelter located at 94 Silk Farm Road in Concord.
David Leach
Nominations sought for Preservation Alliance
To honor outstanding work in its field, the New Hampshire Preservation Alliance is seeking nominations for its annual Preservation Achievement Awards. The awards recognize individuals, organizations or businesses in the categories of restoration and stewardship, rehabilitation and adaptive use, compatible new construction, public policy and educational and planning initiatives. The deadline for submissions is March 11.
Individuals, organizations and businesses are invited to submit nominations. Applications are available at nhpreservation.org for construction projects or education, planning or advocacy initiatives. The awards will be presented on May 10 at the Concord City Auditorium.
Contact Executive Director Jennifer Goodman at 224-2281 or jg@nhpreservation.org with any questions.
Jennifer Goodman
Demers taking over as sewer systems supervisor
Concord General Services Sewer Systems Supervisor Kevin Bartlett will be retiring this month after 40 years with the city. Bartlett started out as a temp in 1976 as a landscaper for the Penacook Cemetery, became a truck driver for our Highway and Utilities Division in 1977, then a Senior Maintenance Aid for the sewer crew in 1978 until 1982 when he became a Building & Grounds Foreman. Bartlett worked his way from Sewer Maintenance Foreman in 1994 to Sewer Systems Supervisor in 1998 and has remained in this position for 18 years.
The new Sewer Systems Supervisor, Bob Demers recently started and is being trained by Bartlett before his departure. Demers has been with the city for 20 years so far, starting out in 1996 as a permanent Equipment Operator for the sewer crew. He became a Maintenance Technician a year later, a Utility Technician in 2000, and then the Sewer Maintenance Supervisor in 2008. Demers’s primary responsibility as the new Sewer Systems Supervisor will include supervising and coordinating the sewer crew on construction, maintenance and repair of the city sanitary sewer and drainage system. This includes cleaning, inspecting, reconstructing and installing mains, manholes, catch basins and laterals.
Learn more about the city’s sewer system by visiting concordnh.gov/sewer.
Angelina Bossone
ConcordTV is hosting an Easter Coloring Contest
It may seem early to be talking about Easter, but not for ConcordTV.
If you didn’t already know, ConcordTV’s first annual “Easter Eggstravaganza” will be held March 18-20 at the Bektash Shrine Center. And they’re also holding an Easter Coloring Contest. Starting this week, coloring pages are available on the ConcordTV website (yourconcordtv.org), to download or by emailing doris@yourconcordtv.org.
Entries are due by March 11 and should be mailed to ConcordTV (170 Warren St. Concord) or dropped off at the UPS Store at 75 S. Main St.
Judging will take place on the Saturday of the event and all entries will be on display.
For more info and rules, visit yourconcordtv.org,
Insider staff
Audubon backyard bird survey next weekend
Fill up those bird feeders and dig out your binoculars for New Hampshire Audubon’s Backyard Winter Bird Survey. This annual statewide survey will take place Feb. 13-14. Biologists need assistance from citizens to get a clear picture of what’s really happening with our winter birds.
Anyone can participate in the Backyard Winter Bird Survey by counting the birds in their own backyard on the survey weekend and reporting online or sending the results on a special reporting form to N.H. Audubon.
To receive a copy of the reporting form and complete instructions on how to participate, send a self-addressed, stamped, long envelope to: New Hampshire Audubon, Winter Bird Survey, 84 Silk Farm Road, Concord, 03301.
Forms are also available at N.H. Audubon centers in Auburn, Concord and Manchester, and online. Data from the Backyard Winter Bird Survey is used to track changes in the distribution and abundance of many species. Each year about 1,400 observers across the state count the birds coming to their feeders.
Last winter, for the second winter in a row, new record high counts were recorded for several of our more common winter birds.
Red-bellied Woodpecker set another record last year as the Backyard Winter Bird Survey documents their gradual move north.
Reports of a lack of birds are just as valuable as reports of many birds.
All New Hampshire residents are encouraged to take part. Results from past years are on the N.H. Audubon website.
For more information about the Backyard Winter Bird Survey, call N.H. Audubon at 224-9909 or go to the web site at nhaudubon.org and click on birding.
Craig Holmes
