The Walpolean

On Saturday, October 28th from 9:00 am to 12:00 noon, Cub Scout Pack 299 and Boy Scout Troop 299 will be holding their Scouting for Food Drive. We will be handing out information sheets for the annual ‘Scouting for Food Drive’ at the following locations: Walpole Post Office, Walpole Recycling Center, Tractor Supply and Shaw’s.

Then, on  November 4, from 9:00 am to 12:00 noon, we will be at the same locations collecting non-perishable food items (no glass please) and monetary donations. Pet food is also greatly appreciated. All food and monetary donations go directly to the Fall Mountain Food Shelf.

Donations in 2022 included over 1700 items of food and $2300 in cash. 

if you haven’t read The Bear yet, it’s not to late. Pick up your free copy at the library today. – Lil

GREAT DECISIONS on Monday, September 18, 6:00 p.m.

“Climate Change, Environmental Degradation and Migration, plus Extreme-Weather Events and their Local Impact”

“Great Decisions” discussion group will meet next Monday, September 18, at 6:00 p.m. in the Walpole Town Library for an exchange of views on “Climate Change, Environmental Degradation, Migration, Extreme-Weather Events and their Local Impact.”

Tom Sintros, teacher and environmentalist whose work on climate change began over 40 years ago, will moderate. Tom was a founding member of Keene Cities for Climate Change, a Climate Reality presenter for Al Gore, Conservation Commission member, board member at Distant Hill Gardens, and a Christa McAuliffe grant recipient for project P.L.A.C.E. (Public Lands Adoption and Community Education).

Mark Houghton, President of E.E. Houghton Co., Inc., is our guest speaker. Mark is Walpole’s Emergency Management Director, Fire and EMS Chief, Water and Wastewater Department Director. Extreme-weather events disrupted water, power and travel in Walpole this summer, and Mark has the inside-story.

Suggested reading is the Foreign Policy Association’s article “Climate Change, Environmental Degradation, and Migration” by Karen Jacobsen, available at the library or via email by contacting Jane Malmberg, Library Director: jmalmberg@walpoletownlibrary.org. We will begin our meeting with a 20-minute “Master Class.” (For those joining via Zoom, we are unable to show the “Master Class” on Zoom, so we suggest you join the meeting at 6:20 p.m.)

All are welcome to this public forum at 6:00 p.m. on Monday, September 18, either in person in the Hubbard Meeting Room at the Walpole Town Library or via Zoom. For the Zoom link (please join at 6:20 p.m.), contact Jane Malmberg in advance of the meeting: jmalmberg@walpoletownlibrary.org

Superintendent Christopher Spence will be hosting a Q&A panel discussion, followed by a meet and greet reception and would love to have an opportunity to speak with you!

Please join us from 5-6:30 at Walpole Town Hall on Tuesday, September 5.  

 Alternative dates – you’re welcome to attend whatever works for you:

• FMRHS Library on Wednesday September 6
• Charlestown Middle School Library on Tuesday September 12
• Vilas Middle School Gym on September 13

Do you remember your first day of school? Did you get a new outfit or maybe new sneakers? For hundreds of Walpole children, school now starts before Labor Day. It means a new teacher, new classroom, maybe even a new school. It’s a new start. For seniors over the age of 50, it could also mean a new start or a new resolution to begin exercising.

Aging in Motion is a twice weekly local program that provides low-impact exercise that increases your balance, flexibility and stamina. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, “both men and women can benefit from regular, moderate physical activity. Some of the key benefits of exercise for older adults include preventing bone loss and chronic disease. And while it may seem counter intuitive, it relieves osteo arthritis pain. Moving more can actually help lessen the pain and stiffness of arthritis. It can also improve mood. Simply put – exercise makes us feel good. It can help ease anxiety and depression as well as increase relaxation and create a sense of well-being.”

AIM exercises are held Tuesdays and Thursdays in the Town Hall from 9 am to 10 am. Janet Chamberlin is our energetic and fun leader. You may know Janet from when she worked in the Walpole Clinic as their physical therapist. Each class is $3.

Books include some bird books owned years ago by Doris Brainard of Walpole. She was an authority on the subject.  Money raised will be donated in her memory to the First Congregational Church UCC of Walpole, N. H.

  Prices of all books have been drastically lowered from the book stock of Robert Rhodes, 3738 US Route 5, South of the Holton Farm Westminster Village, Vt.  Books include 43 beautiful like-new gardening books,100 novels, poetry, many biographies, do-it-yourself books, old houses, and books on antique clocks and other antiques, history, world travels, war and peace and the environment, health, children, a variety of subjects, all drastically reduced to very low prices. ALL BOOKS MUST SELL.

   The book sale hours will be:

Saturday Sept 2nd 10:00 A.M. to 5:00 P.M.

 Sunday Sept. 3rd  2:00 P. M. to 5:00 P.M.

 Labor Day Monday Sept  4th:  10:00 A.M. to 5:00 P.M.

6:30 at the Town Hall

This is your chance to learn about:

The Power Committee that has been working to provide some relief for our utility bills.

The infrastructure issues around the town and what progress is being made.

The status of the Brownfields Project.

The work of the Police Station Committee and what they are proposing.

Here’s your chance to share your thoughts as well.