SEPTEMBER 2015

The DublinTo Encourage and Advocate Strengthen Our Community

Volume 16, Issue 9 PUBLISHED MONTHLY SINCE AUGUST 1999 Dublin, NH 03444

sport. These lark flights are a tradition in Monadnock on September 14 from 10 am The Merlin Is Here Great Britain today although falconers are to 3 pm. Bring lunch, snacks, and water. BY TOM WARREN being pressured to stop the practice. TOM WARREN is Dublin’s resident ornithologist, and The Merlins migrate through Dublin in serves as a trustee of both the Harris Center and the s we approach the hawk migration the autumn, fly to coastal Florida and the Audubon Society. Aseason in the Monadnock Region, the Greater Antilles but do Photo by Loring Catlin, Jr. Merlin, a small, dashing falcon draws our not go as far as Central attention to the ridgelines of the Monad- and South America. nock Mountains. It is a small falcon that They fly very low, just once was called a Pigeon Hawk, owing to above the water. Peak its love of pigeons as prey and also to its migration is October resemblance to a pigeon in flight. It follows 1 to 15. migrating songbirds south from September During migration to November. at , Females are 25% to 30% larger than Merlins often swoop at males. Males have a dorsal gray to blue- a fake owl perched on gray plumage. Females are mostly brown a pole to attract birds. with light bands and a terminal white band In recent years, on their tails. a Merlin is believed While the Merlin is a forest bird, it to have nested in the hunts on open lands near bodies of water woodlot behind the or along the seacoast. It likes to stand on Catlin residence at the a tree where it has an unobstructed view western end of Dublin to sight its prey, usually small songbirds. Lake. This photo was It has been observed to fly into flocks of taken in April of this blackbirds and come out with “one in each year in the yard of fist.” They also eat insects, mainly dragon- Loring Catlin, Jr. flies. Hunting success is mostly 5% to 20% Come to my in autumn, but higher during breeding hawkwatch on Pack season in May and June. The name Merlin is derived from esmerillon, the French word for this falcon. Because of its small size, the Merlin is The Annual Hawkwatch not used by falconers for hawking large BY FRANCIE VON MERTENS tips for hawks in flight. Each raptor species birds. In Europe it was popular as a “lady’s counted has its own migration timetable H Audubon’s fall hawkwatch at Miller hawk” and was used in flights directed at and flight behaviors, from American kes- State Park atop Pack Monadnock skylarks. Catherine the Great and Mary trels through turkey vultures. Nofficially opens September 1 and will be Queen of the Scots were enthusiasts of this Besides hawks passing by and great staffed through November 15. The annual views, the human companionship up on the fall migration celebration is Sept. 19, all watch is enjoyable, too. day, timed to coincide with large flights of Chicken Bar-B-Que The hawkwatch site is reached after a broad-winged hawks. A rehabilitated hawk Saturday, Aug. 29, 5 pm short walk north of the summit parking will be released back to the wild at 1 p.m. area, just off Route 101. All are welcome. Help support the Community Center — always a thrill to witness. People are $7.50 Adult / $5.00 Kids encouraged to arrive early for the release. FRANCIE VON MERTENS writes about the fall hawk Tickets at the door (good to call ahead) I’ll be giving a hawkwatch workshop migration and other topics relating to nature and the environment in her Backyard Birder column in 563-8021 or 563-8471 Mon., Sept. 14, 7 pm, at Shieling State the Monadnock Ledger-Transcript. She’s a longtime Chicken, corn, coleslaw, beans, cornbread Forest barn in Peterborough to talk about volunteer with NH Audubon, the Harris Center, and what to watch for and when, with some ID Peterborough Conservation Commission.

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tion course in volunteering that allowed the entire family to gather Dublin Public Library knowledge and awareness of life. casual group of children and caregivers, moms, dads, and grandparents gather on Wednesday mornings at the Dub- Coupon Professor Visits Alin Public Library to listen to stories, sing songs, and do a little stretching. The children enjoy a snack while practicing their table Dublin Public Library manners and then do a craft that relates to the books that were he Extreme Coupon Professor will give an hour-long presenta- read. Puzzles and puppets are available as well. Mark your cal- tion on Saturday, September 12, from 10 am to noon, courtesy endar for the following Wednesdays: September 2: From Head to Tof the Friends of the Dublin Public Library. Toe, Where Does it Go? September 9: Meet My Family, Septem- Whether you are a retired couple of two or a family of seven, ber 16: Apples, September 23: the Coupon Professor promises to save you enough money to go to BOOKS Autumn Begins, and September Disneyland — or maybe on that cruise you’ve been thinking of. Who Let the Dog Out? by 30: Teddy Bear Day. Programs He will cover where to get coupons, how to use coupons, how D. Rosenfelt begin at 9:30 am. to stock up without hoarding, and when to shop and not use cou- God Help the Child by Have you read To Kill a pons. Come to a presentation you cannot afford to miss! T. Morrison Mockingbird by Harper Lee? The Marriage of Opposites by Seen the movie? Read newly DCC Community Supper published Go Set a Watchman. A. Hoffman oin us for a community supper Tuesday, September 29, at the It takes place 20 years after To Beach House by D. Caswell Dublin Community Church from 5:30 to 6:30 pm in the vestry Kill a Mockingbird, a catch-up J The Naked Eye by I. Johansen of the church. All are welcome. On Becoming Baby Wise by of the people in the first book. G. Ezzo The library has three copies of The Oregon Trail by R. Buck Go Set a Watchman. So before MESA Meets in October Wide-Open World by you get caught up in all the he Monadnock Eastern Slope Association’s (MESA) annual J. Marshall busyness of fall, come in and Tpotluck meeting is open to all. October 25 is the date, the Go Set a Watchman by H. Lee take out a copy. Dublin Community Center is the place, 5 pm the time. We have a Wide-Open World by John remarkable speaker coming and, as always, good food. Watch this Marshall is about a family who packed up, unplugged, took their space for more information. If you would like to be informed by children and traveled the world volunteering. This was an educa- email, send a note to Ed Germain via [email protected].

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THE DUBLIN ADVOCATE may be found online and in color at WWW.DUBLINADVOCATE.COM SEPTEMBER 2015 e Dublin Advocate PAGE 3 Photo by Margaret Gurney 30th Annual Craft Fair on Yankee Field Bring a friend and enjoy the fun. every year,” said organizer Linda Clukay, “along with crafters who join us for the he 30th annual Dublin Craft Fair will first time. This is a great place to find gifts be held on Saturday, September 12 for friends, family, or something special T(with a rain date of September 13). Arti- just for yourself. The quality and variety sans from all over New England gather are excellent.” in a beautiful outdoor setting to present a Among the items for sale this year will variety of handcrafted items for sale. be jewelry, fabric crafts of all types, rag “There are so many talented crafts- rugs and baskets, soaps and lotions, jams people in New England and we have a and jellies, wood carvings, wooden rock- really great core group who participate ing boats, photography, wildlife art, alpaca

Dublin’s Own Gas Engine Meet he 44th Annual Dublin Gas Engine Meet will be held on September 11, 12 and 13 Tat Cricket Hill Farm, located on Route 101 between Dublin and Peterborough. It will include an array of antique one-lunger engines, antique tractors and cars, work- ing machinery and other items of similar Linda Clukay at the Yankee Barn Sale. vintage. Food will be available onsite. Daily fleece and yarn, stained glass and much admission is $5 per more. person (children 16 The ConVal Hockey Boosters will be years and under are running a refreshment booth as a fundrais- free). It will be held ing project. rain or shine. Come The sale will run from 10 am to 3 pm and reminisce! For at the Yankee Field on Rte. 101 in Dublin. more information, Admission is free, and there is plenty of contact dublinnhgas- parking adjacent to the sales area. Entry enginemeet.com. into the parking area is from Monument Road. Come one, come all.

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Loosestrife Project: Galerucella Beetle Release BY MIRIAM CARTER

n early August, members of the IDublin Conservation Commission (DCC) and the Dublin Gar- den Club gathered to release hard-working Beetles on plant, canister with beetles, and, at left, Louisa Birch, current DGC member and former DCC Galerucella beetles, member, helping with the release. which have helped to restore and natural- ground for a long winter’s nap. They will ize Loosestrife in our go back into action next year. Some people town. may wonder if the beetles are really doing Since 2008 these their job because we still see Loosestrife. two organizations The answer is a resounding Yes! The beetle have worked together to successfully man- These little bugs are no larger than the colonies have helped to regain the natural age the beautiful but invasive plant. Both tip of one’s finger and enjoy the culinary balance of Loosestrife. They will not eradi- of these organizations share the cost and aspects of the plant. The bugs released this cate it…simply keep it in check. provide the volunteers to distribute the year will eat their fill (much like bears pre- MIRIAM CARTER is chair of the Dublin Conservation beetles. paring for winter) and then burrow into the Commission. Highway Barn: September Planting Project Police Receive Award BY MIRIAM CARTER This is a volunteer project, and it can from Senator Shaheen he Conservation Commission has only happen with the help of the neighbors ublin Police Chief Stephen Sulli- finalized its plans for restoration of the and interested townspeople. Dvan and his staff recently received Tarea in front of the Town Highway Barn Our tentative planting dates are the word that the department will be awarded that was affected by last year’s timber cut. last two weekends of September (9/19 a Congressional Law Warrant Article 22, passed at Town and 9/26). Once the dates are finalized, Enforcement Award in the “Unit Citation” Meeting last March, allowed for trees to they will be posted on the Town website category. be purchased to help restore and natural- (townofdublin.org). Please bring a shovel, In a letter to the Chief, Senator Jeanne ize that area, improving its appearance rake, and garden gloves. Shaheen wrote that the “Dublin Police and eventually replacing the visual buffer Your assistance in helping to plant trees Department displayed tremendous courage between Cobb Meadow Road and the and/or assist with watering them will be during the events of October 8, 2014, when Highway Barn. greatly appreciated. responding to the rioters in Keene.” With the help of Brian Barden, soil will Please contact Mary Langen at 721-9446 The awards ceremony will take place at be brought in to create a berm for easier or [email protected] to sign up. 6 pm on October 16 at the New Hampshire planting between large tree stumps. Plant MIRIAM CARTER is chair of the Dublin Conservation Police Standards and Training facility in material native to our area will be used. Commission. Good Digs BC 7.2014Concord. 7/29/14 8:41 PM Page 1

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working in a furniture factory, Charlotte The Boutwells on the Home Front would catch a ride to Keene from her BY MARGARET GURNEY brother Orson to work at National Grange. She worked in data processing, and was harlotte and Jeff Boutwell promoted to supervisor of clerical staff Cmoved to Dublin on Labor in claims. She went from there to Peer- Day, 1972. They continued to less Insurance, where they again made work at their respective jobs her a supervisor. She eventually moved in Keene until they retired in into “personnel. Now they call it Human 1988-89. Since then, they’ve Resources” (HR). Charlotte worked at been busy making furniture, Peerless for 33 years, retiring in December gardening, and keeping up 1989. Jeff worked 36 years at Sprague & their ship-shape house and Carleton Inc. in Keene as a foreman over- grounds on Goldmine Road. seeing the sanding of new furniture. It’s no “We stayed home a lot, wonder he puttered around in his workshop minding our own business after he retired in 1988, the same year the more or less,” laughs Char- company closed its doors. lotte. She says she did not start Back at home, Jeff and Charlotte raised getting acquainted with people two daughters, Linda and Diane, and are until they became friendly very proud of their three grandchildren. with Mary and Albert Rajani- Charlotte and Jeff Boutwell at the Yankee Barn Sale this past summer. She displays at least three generations of emi, who used to take walks family photos in her family room, and we lotte recalls, that she first met the man who past their house. borrowed just a couple from her photo was to become her husband: “I can tell you “Mary introduced me to the Dublin Com- album. It’s a job keeping it all up to date. what seat he sat in the first day of school munity Church; she and I would go together In 1951, when there was a family reunion (second row, last seat). He was into sports, until she left, and it was the best thing I ever at the Nichols Homestead, many relatives no time for girls all through high school!” did. It reminded me of when I was in Lemp- came to see her and brought their families. But when Jeff was drafted in August ster, ’cause I always went to church.” In addition to their grandchildren, Jeff and 1944, before he had a chance to finish high Charlotte was born on a farm, the Charlotte have four great-grandchildren school, his mother placed his name and rank youngest of ten children in the Nichols and five step great-grandchildren; and they in the local paper, and Charlotte began to family, and grew up with the younger have seven step great-grandchildren. write to him. “He came home every Christ- five brothers in the large family home in Charlotte says of herself, “I am a shy mas; he was in the European theatre, the Lempster, NH. Charlotte adds, “I’m the person; always was, even when I worked. Battle of the Bulge.” Thank you, Jeff. only one left.” They grew potatoes, dried I never opened up; maybe that’s why they Jeff was presented with his high-school and sold them from the porch; they picked kept me around.” diploma in spring of 1959, under the apples, cherries, pears, raspberries, blue- But since then, for those of us who American flag that flies proudly in their berries, and sold them to country stores. know her, Charlotte shares her feelings, front yard here in Dublin. She explained that whenever they cleared seeds from her perennials, and her open When the war was over, Charlotte land, blackberries came up. The house had heartedness. been in her father’s family since 1773, but and Jeff married in February 1947, and he was the last generation to keep it. lived in Newport. In 1952, while Jeff was MARGARET GURNEY is editor of the Advocate. “We did not have the glories of rich people, but we survived, we were happy. One set of skis was given to us, one pair of skates, whether they fit or not,” Charlotte reminisced. “We would walk more than a mile to school,” she said. Once in high school, Charlotte rode to school in Newport with her brother, and stayed the weeknights with her sister Louise, who lived there. After high school, Charlotte went to work for New England Telephone and Telegraph. LEFT: Charlotte sitting with her closest brother, Orson Nichols, both of Lempster, NH, c. 1931. But it was in high school, Char- RIGHT: The front steps of Sunday School at East Lempster, c. 1937. Charlotte in middle right.

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their own labor organizations. [The cigar The first Labor Day holiday was orga- The Origin of Labor Day makers of New York City were one such nized in New York City by the Central BY RUSTY BASTEDO group; the new immigrants were organized Labor Union on September 5, 1882. The he post-Civil War decades were years in 1890 by Samuel Gompers, a longtime next year the Labor Day holiday took place of American unrest, in both politics president of the future American Federa- again, on September 5, 1883. Not until Tand in labor. American railroads controlled tion of Labor.] 1884 was the first Monday in September the prices of goods going to market, named as a specific date for the holiday, and as early as 1868 American farm- and the Central Labor Union began ers organized against railroads’ price to urge that other industrial centers’ fixing. The farmers’ organization labor organizations also celebrate “a was called the National Grange of the workingman’s holiday” on that date. In Patrons of Husbandry, a.k.a. the Grange. 1885 several municipalities celebrated Grange-sponsored lecturers traveled the Labor Day as a holiday and in 1885-1886 country, talking with farmers about new municipalities began to pass municipal crops, about new negotiating ideas, and ordinances recognizing Labor Day. The about how to resist the railroads while first state law making Labor Day an getting their farm crops to market. official state holiday was passed by the In the 1870s, 1880s, and 1890s other Oregon state legislature, February 21, efforts to organize American labor 1887. The state legislatures of Colorado, against the forces of Big Management Massachusetts, New Jersey, and New were legion, as strikes, financial panics, York soon acted to create the holiday and political turmoil roiled the Ameri- by legislative enactment and, by 1890, can landscape. The so-called Robber , Nebraska, and Pennsylva- Barons, the “fortunate few,” controlled nia had done the same. By 1894, 23 more the lives of millions of rapidly indus- states had created the “workingman’s trializing American workingmen and holiday,” and on June 28, 1894, the U.S. workingwomen. Pinkerton detectives Congress passed an act making the first were hired by railroad management to Monday in September an annual legal open fire from a railroad roundhouse on holiday in the District of Columbia and striking railroad workers at Baltimore American territories. during the Great Railroad Strike of Over the years since 1894, Labor 1877; other labor-management battles Day celebrations have evolved from were to follow. giant parades and mass displays to New York City and New Jersey expe- smaller celebrations. But Labor Day still To honor Labor Day, this U.S. postage stamp was celebrates the American worker, whose rienced the joining together of New York’s released featuring a design from the mosaic mural Brotherhood of Joiners and Carpenters at the AFL-CIO headquarters in Washington, DC. labor has given us the greatest industrial with Paterson, New Jersey’s International The mural, called “Labor is Life,” was designed by and agricultural production, and the Association of Machinists in 1882. The artist Lumen Winter. Congress passed a law in 1894 highest standard of living, that the world new organization was called the Central designating the first Monday in September as a has ever known. federal holiday and called it Labor Day. The First Day Labor Union, and in its shadow myriad of Issue ceremony was, for the first time, preceded RUSSELL BASTEDO, formerly New Hampshire State groups of workers, many of them new by a dedication ceremony – both of which took place Curator from 1997 to 2009, has served on the staff immigrants to America, began to form in the White House Rose Garden. of the Advocate since its founding in 1999.

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THE DUBLIN ADVOCATE may be found online and in color at WWW.DUBLINADVOCATE.COM SEPTEMBER 2015 e Dublin Advocate PAGE 7 Photo courtesy of Dublin Historical Society What’s in a Name? BY FELICITY POOL ike other roads in New England, Page Road probably grew in pieces until Lreaching its current end points: Upper Jaf- frey Road to the west and Windmill Hill Road to the east. In between, the way is both winding and watery – passing Thorn- dike Pond, paralleling Stanley Brook and then curving south across Mills Brook. The land sustained many households back in the day. The most prominent, Derby Farm, was settled in 1772 by Bar- tholomew Goyer, a Revolutionary War soldier who was captured and held by Indi- ans in 1783. Goyer sold the farm to Samuel Derby, who was 25 years old, in 1796. Derby married Lois Twitchell of Dublin, the first of his three wives, that same year. Photo of Derby Farm taken around 1885. Notation on the reverse of the photo reads: “Derby house. Built Nine of his children survived into adult- 1809 & 1810” hood. Miss Edith Page, from Newton, Massachusetts, bought the property from now-disappeared houses further east along middle. The latter properties were sold for the Derby heirs in 1891. Page Road, as well as a grist and saw mill farming to two members of the Gowing Like Derby (who is described in town near what is now Stonewall Farm. The mill family. Samuel Whitney Hale, Governor histories as “energetic and active”), Page was built in the 1760s by Samuel Twitchell, of New Hampshire from 1882 to 1883, farmed with enthusiasm and built a dairy said to be Dublin’s third permanent settler. briefly owned both properties and used the herd. The 1809/1810 farmhouse pictured Twitchell’s mill foundation can still be timber for woodenware manufacture. The here burned and was rebuilt in 1895 and seen at the outlet of Thorndike Pond and former Fiske property is now owned by Page constructed an additional house in his accomplishments as miller, farmer, Dublin Christian Academy. At his death 1895/6 apparently surrounded by extensive Revolutionary War militia company in 1916, summer resident and gentleman gardens. In 1916, the year Miss Page died, captain, and State Representative are well farmer Louis Cabot owned eight properties this second house also burned. Although documented. in southeast Dublin, including the former no confirming records exist, it seems the Other early property owners along Page Twitchell, Wight, and Fiske farms. road was named for Edith Page since no Road include Simeon Bullard at the west FELICITY POOL is a member of the Dublin Historical one else of that name lived there. end, and Joel Wight (Samuel Twitchell’s Society. Town maps show various former-but- brother-in-law) and Robert Fiske in the ver wonder why there’s no litter along ECobb Meadow? It is due largely to the Thorne-Sagendorph Art Gallery Exhibits efforts of Yvonne Murray (at right), who walks it daily, and sometimes with her the Thorne-Sagendorph Art Gallery, a public reception and program will take place t friends, Candy Walker and Penny Smith. September 24, from 6:30 to 8:30 pm, for the exhibit by Jules Olitski called Lakes AMountains, Seas, which will be open from September 4 to December 4. To honor the Thorne’s 50th anniversary, the gallery presents works reflecting the theme of land and seascapes that the artist revisited throughout his career. From September 19 to October 21, the Thorne will feature an exhibit titled ReTooled: Highlights from the Hechinger Collection, bringing to life the unexpected subject of tools in imaginative paintings, sculpture, works on paper, and photographs. From September 19 through December 4, the Thorne presents Angus McCullough in an exhibit called Float, featuring recent works from the Vermont-based artist’s Dirt, Moisture, Theft series. Exhibits are free at the Thorne-Sagendorph Art Gallery, located on Wyman Way at Keene State College, and hours are Sundays through Wednesdays from 12 to 5 pm; Thursdays and Fridays from 12 to 7 pm, and Saturdays from 12 to 8 pm. Please contact [email protected], www.keene.edu/tsag, or call 358-2720.

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Yankee Barn Sale Held July 25th he Yankee Barn Sale held every summer brings Dubliners together Tin a special way. Here are a few of our residents plying their wares.

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Art Opening September 4 at the Hub Tenth Annual Wellness Festival he works of two Dublin artists will BY MARY LOFTIS Tgrace the walls of the Dublin Commu- he Monadnock Rotary Club presents its tenth annual Wellness nity Center (aka The Hub) during Septem- Festival on Saturday, September 26, at the Peterborough Com- ber, with the opening on Friday, September Tmunity Center on Elm Street from 9 am to 2 pm. 4, from 5 to 7 pm. At 8 am preceding the event, the ConVal School District Well- Stevee Greeff has been painting from ness Committee will sponsor a family- and pet-friendly Walk for a young age, studying art both in school Wellness (approximately 5K), which will begin and end at the and with various artists since she returned Community Center. from Europe in the 1990s. Influenced by The day’s events include health screenings, fitness mini- her father’s wallpaper and fabric business classes, a farmer’s market and the famous Soup Fest, in which throughout her life, she spent a number of local restaurants and organizations compete for prizes and brag- years as a decorative artist. Her work has ging rights. There will also be live music throughout the day. been shown and sold in the States, Canada Come for a day of fun and inspiration to help you tune up your and Europe. She is a member of the Palm health regimen before winter rolls around again. House Gallery and Studio in Vero Beach, FL. MARY LOFTIS is on the staff of the Advocate. Suzan Macy’s natural talent and stud- ies evolved into a career as one of the first HCS to Offer Health Screenings at female art directors working among the “Mad Men” in several large NYC adver- Annual Wellness Festival tising agencies, and she started her own ome Healthcare, Hospice and Community Services (HCS) agency with a partner in Westport, CT. In recent years Suzan has is offering a variety of health screenings at the tenth annual returned to her first love, oil painting. This is her first semi-solo HWellness Festival in Peterborough. Come visit the HCS booth at show since the 1960s when she showed in Toronto and Montreal. the Peterborough Community Center on Saturday, September 26, Locally her oil paintings have hung at the Sharon Arts Center and between 10 am and 2 pm. Home Healthcare, Hospice and Commu- the Jaffrey Civic Center. nity Services is a Monadnock United Way agency. September at the Hub MFS Presents on September 3 he Hub (aka the Dublin Community Center) is open Mon- roy MacGillivray returns to the Nelson Town Hall with Tdays and Wednesdays from 9 am till 5:30 pm with free coffee acclaimed Cape Breton fiddler Andrea Beaton on Thursday, served both days until noon. All are welcome to drop in and see TSeptember 3, at 7:30 pm (admission $15 —$12 senior, student, or the art show of the month. The opening for two September artists in advance). will be on Friday, September 4, from 5 to 7 pm. Troy MacGillivray, raised in Lanark, Nova Scotia, attributes On September 11, we have an Open Mic (7-9 pm); September his musical prowess to a rare combination of commitment and 15 is our Community Lunch (12-1 pm); September 19 is Movie bloodline. One of Cape Breton’s most promising young fiddlers, Night (7-9 pm). Andrea Beaton comes by her music honestly. She’s the youngest of And on Mondays from 12-1 pm is Kids Yoga; and Zumba on generations of Beaton musicians. Monday evenings (5:30-6:30 pm). Please join the Monadnock Folklore Society for an evening On Wednesdays from 12-1 pm is QiGong and, in the afternoons, of traditional music. Contact Larry Ames at 547-8809, lsames@ a new yoga class offering by Margaret Gurney is from 4 to 5:15 pm. worldpath.net, or visit www.monadnockfolk.org.

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On 9/17 and/or 9/24, The River Center Fall 2015 Programs at The River Center is hosting an Open House from 9:30 am to ngoing Parenting Groups at The River for 11-14 year olds to learn life-saving 11:30 pm. Learn about The River Center OCenter, Tuesdays through Fridays skills. Other group gatherings include while your children enjoy activities and from 9:30 am to 11:30 am, allow parents to Money Matters: Your Money, Your Goals playtime. meet informally, facilitated by parent edu- on Mondays; Job Seekers MeetUp on Tues- The River Center also offers enriching cators Wendy Hill, Bonnie Harris, or Kelli days from 12 pm to 1 pm. experiences and age-appropriate activities Tourgee. The group delves into the various Dave DeWitt offers Job Skills—Free for children from 1 through 5 years old. stages of development and what to expect Workshops: How to Start a Career in To register or get more information, of our children throughout those stages. Manufacturing, with an Introduction to find us at 46 Concord St. in Peterborough, Plus, a Safe Sitter Babysitting Training, QuickBooks, Basic Computer Skills, and please contact The River Center at 924- which takes place October 9, is a program an Introduction to PowerPoint. 6800 or [email protected].

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3. Maryann Mullett on Dooe Rd. will show will be sharing the Harrisville studio of her 20th Annual Art Tour her award-winning pastel paintings of friend Christine Destrempes. Jane creates BY MARY LOFTIS subjects from the natural world. exquisitely crafted mixed-media artworks marks the 20th year for the 4. David Nelson on Lower Jaffrey Rd. using paper and natural elements. annual Art Tour sponsored by (Rt. 137) will show colorful large-scale Since it began, the Art Tour has become 2015Monadnock Art / Friends of the Dublin Art paintings in acrylic. a highlight of the autumn, in which the Colony. This year’s tour will be held on 5. Edith Tuttle on Windmill Hill Rd. will color of the changing leaves competes with Columbus Day weekend, October 10 and show oil and watercolor paintings of the color bursting out of the artists’ studios 11, and will include 45 studios in Dublin, subjects drawn from her environment. throughout the region. Hancock, Harrisville, Jaffrey, Marlbor- 6. Susan Barker on Old Marlborough Rd. Visit www.MonadnockArt.org or look ough, Peterborough and Sharon. creates statement-making jewelry with for a map at the Dublin General Store or It is the mission of Monadnock Art “to sterling silver and unique beads. Carr’s. celebrate the vital and continuing role of In addition, Jane Simpson of Dublin MARY LOFTIS is on the staff of the Advocate. the visual arts in the Monadnock area – from the artists who gathered in Dublin at the turn of the 19th century to the hun- September at the Peterborough Players dreds of artists who live and work through- BY FRED LEVENTHAL out the region today.” The Tour provides a rare opportunity to he final production in the 2015 season is a one-man interpreta- visit artists in their studios and to talk with Ttion of Shakespeare’s epic poem, The Rape of Lucrece. This them about their art. The first six artists on adaptation by Dan Hodge, who made his professional debut with this year’s map live in Dublin: the Players more than a decade ago, has garnered rave reviews and 1. Paul Tuller on Pierce Rd. uses tradi- audience approval wherever it has been performed. tional Japanese hand tools to create Hodge, the founder of the Philadelphia Artists’ Collective, won the first-ever James furniture and traditional Japanese inte- Whitmore Award for Outstanding Member of the Second Company at the Players and the riors. The tour will include a Japanese Barrymore Award more recently in Philadelphia. Hodge describes The Rape of Lucrece timberframe building on his property. as “at once modern, timeless, horrifying, and challenging.” 2. Rebecca Welsh on Old County Rd. will There will be five performances: Sept. 9 and 10 at 7:30 p.m., Sept. 11 and 12 at 8 p.m., show naturally dyed silk scarves and and Sept. 13 at 4 p.m. A talkback with Hodge follows the performance on Friday evening. fiber hats as well as paintings. FRED LEVENTHAL, a Dublin resident, is a trustee of the Peterborough Players.

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