There is always a lot going on in town that you may or may not have heard about.  I’d like to share a few of the items I have learned about and hope others will comment with the things they may have become aware of – Lil

• On Wednesday night, 5/22, the Fall Mountain School District held Annual Awards Dinner for retirees and those who have worked in the district for 5, 10, 20, 25 or 30 years.  Walpole Elementary School Language Arts teacher, Carol Ross, was recognized as a retiree after 38 years of teaching here in our local school.  Sam Jacobs spoke of the years of service and shared some humorous comments her students had made.  He spoke about what Carol might have been wearing back in 1974 when she first started.  Those were the days of platform heels, bell bottom trousers and leisure suits.  She probably even had a pet rock on her desk!  Thirty eight years in the same school is no small achievement.  She worked with six different Principals over the years and touched the lives of hundreds of students.  Thank you, Mrs. Ross!
• If you haven’t visited our library’s website, you should make a point of doing so.  Go to http://www.walpoletownlibrary.org.  I went there the other day and was so impressed by the variety of activities that are being offered.  In our small library you can join a book group, speak Spanish, brush up on your writing skills and learn how to download books – just to name a few.  Of course, on the website you can also search the catalog and reserve a book right from your desk at home.
• At the Walpole Village School they are trying to gather enough half-gallon milk jugs to build an igloo.  I don’t knot how this is to be done but apparently Bethany Coursen, the Director, does.  She has issued an all points bulletin because it takes about 300 to build a single igloo’  Who knows, if we all start drinking more milk and dropping the containers off at 75 Westminster Street she might have to build an Eskimo village!
• I think I saw on Facebook that the Walpole Artisans Cooperative is now open seven days a week.  They also mentioned a new potter that I hope they will give us more details about.