The
Chichester Library will return to normal open hours on April 1st.
We will again be open on Fridays from 1:30 to 4:30, Mondays and
Wednesdays from 2:30 to 8:30, Tuesdays and Thursdays 10:00 to 1:30,
and Saturday from 9:00 to 12:00.
The Chichester Town
Pantry is in need of toilet paper and laundry/dish detergents.
Donations are gratefully accepted.
The Library is
having an Easter Raffle, which will be fun for all. There are
also pictures to be colored by the young and the young at heart.
Drop in, the Library is always a fun and interesting place to be.
Happy Birthday to Avonne Jarvis on April 1st.
The Chichester Library’s April Art Exhibit will be supplied
by the children at Chichester Central School. There will be a
reception on Friday, April 1st, at 6:30 p.m. at the Library for
everyone to see their remarkable work.
The March Art
Exhibit is Quilted Scenes by Mrs. Karen Thurber of Canterbury. These
quilted scenes are absolutely beautiful and you can tell that hours
and hours have been spent on every scene. Don’t miss the
monthly art exhibits held by your town library.
Chichester Grange will meet on Wednesday, April 6, upstairs in the
Grange Hall. The evening will begin with a Lasagna Supper at 6 p.m.
at a cost of $5 per person. The money will be donated to the various
State Grange Youth Funds. A meeting will follow the supper at
approximately 7 p.m.
The Chichester Library is going
to start their book sale on April 9th, from 8 to 1. There will
be an Open House on that same day in the Library from 9 to 12.
The dates for the rest of the book sales are: May 7th, June 4th,
July 9th, August 13th, September 17th, and October 15th.
All sales are from 8 to 1, rain or shine. Take home a bag of
enjoyment. See you soon!
Laurelyn Estes, of Chichester
has been named to the Dean’s List at Southern New Hampshire
University for the fall 2010 semester. To be eligible for this
honor a student must compile an academic grade point average of 3.0
- 3.49.
Laurelyn is majoring in Creative Writing and has had
three of her poems selected to be published in The Manatee, a
literary journal run by the students of SNHU.
Backyard Homesteading/Chicken Butchering Workshop
UNH Cooperative
Extension will be holding a Chicken Butchering Workshop in
Chichester on Saturday, June 18. We will have a morning session and
an afternoon session.
This workshop is for anyone considering or
already raising chickens for meat in their backyard.
Learn to
kill, de-feather, and process a chicken in a humane and efficient
manner.
Instructed by Victor Huse, longtime professional backyard
livestock slaughterer and butcher, and Dot Perkins of UNH
Cooperative Extension.
Cost is $50.00 (covers cost of a live
chicken). Pre-registration is required and a $35 non-refundable
deposit required as space is limited. The remaining $15 is due on
the day of the workshop.
Call Mary at 796-2151 to register and
receive directions to the farm at that time.
Out Of
Your Attic Thrift Shop News
Submitted By Carol Hendee
If you
have access to the internet, whether it be from your computer or one
you can use at your local library, please take a look at the website
for BabyThreads of NH. It has information on what we did last
year (totaling almost $90,000 in just clothing items given to the
deserving); info on how we are a 501c3 organization and your
donations are tax deductible. Just ask for a donation form,
record the items, and we will sign for your records.
Remember,
Out of Your Attic Thrift stores are the fund raising “arms” for Baby
Threads of NH. You will see items needed for March
include yarn, gently used towels, diapers, sleeping bags for
children going to camp, new toys and stocking stuffers for Christmas
2011 (it’s never too early to start collecting items). Please
remember Thurs., March 31st is our End of March 1/2 price day!
We are at 345 Suncook Valley Hwy, Chichester, Tues. and Thurs.
8-4, Wed. 11-4 and Sat. 10-4.
Chichester Library News
The walls of the library, in April, will
be covered with art from the children in Chichester who have
attended the Currier Museum’s Spring Outreach session at the
Chichester Central School. Kristi Nyhan has been working with
the children the whole month of March. She used original
artwork owned by the museum to inspire and teach her students. Drop in and see how wonderfully creative our children can be. We will be having an artists’ reception on Friday, April 1st, from
6:30 to 8:30. Light refreshments will be served, drop in for a
fun evening.
We are raffling off an Easter Basket at the
library from now until Saturday, April 22nd. You get one
ticket for every book you read. Just come in and tell us the
book you read and sign your name to a raffle ticket. The more
books you read, the better your chance of winning.
Our annual
Ukrainian Egg workshop will be on Wednesday, April 6th. Space is limited so sign up soon.
Call Lisa at 798-5613.
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