The Walpolean

Walpole Unitarian Church

Summer Food Sale

   The Walpole Unitarian Church will host a summer food sale on Saturday, July 1st from 9:00 a.m. to 11:15 a.m., in front of the Walpole Post Office.  Come and enjoy our selection of delicious homemade items (both sweet and savory), including items to take home for the weekend or to freeze and serve later.   We look forward to seeing you at the table!

“Great Decisions”

Politics in Latin America – with Special Guest Jose Manuel Lezcano

Our next “Great Decisions” topic for discussion is “Politics in Latin America.” We will meet on Monday, June 26, at 6:00 p.m. in the Walpole Town Library. Joining us will be Cuban-American virtuoso guitarist Jose Manuel Lezcano, Professor Emeritus at Keene State College. Renowned as a composer, teacher, folklorist and classical guitarist, Professor Lezcano has performed in Columbia, Cuba, Peru, Ecuador, Brazil, Trinidad & Tobago (as well as in China, Europe and throughout the United States). A Fulbright Award enabled him to study the guitar in indigenous solstice festivals in Ecuador, where he also taught at the Pontificia Universidad Catolica. As a musician, Lezcano’s perspective on Central and South America’s political turmoil may reflect an entirely different sensibility from that of the political scientist.

Suggested reading is the article “Political Trends in Latin America,” by Jorge Castaneda, available at the library or via email by contacting Jane Malmberg, Library Director: jmalmberg@walpoletownlibrary.org. Also available at the library is the Master Class on DVD, “Politics in Latin America,” with which we will begin our meeting on June 26.

This is a complex topic to tackle, with dictatorships, social democracies and populist governments rising and falling. What does democracy look like in Latin America? Why have left-wing governments been popular? Can the new governments overcome problems of extreme income inequality, gang violence and leadership corruption? How well do we understand our southern neighbors, their contemporary elections, our own culpability, the growing influence of China and the plight of migrants seeking asylum?

All are welcome to join this public forum at 6:00 p.m. on Monday, June 26, either in person in the Hubbard Meeting Room at the Walpole Town Library or via Zoom. For the Zoom link, please contact Jane Malmberg in advance of the meeting: jmalmberg@walpoletownlibrary.org.

June 25 – 9:00 -11:00 AM

Join Lew Shelley (Walpole Conservation Commission and SPNHF steward of High Blue) for a tour of the High Blue trails. This will be a casual walk covering the trails on both sides of Scovill Rd. for a total distance of about two miles over mixed terrain. Learn some of the history and secrets of this property owned by the Society for the Protection of NH Forests. See views across VT on the west side of the ridge and then from Monadnock to Sunapee on the east side while passing by the highest point in Walpole (oxygen masks not provided 😊).

This hike is limited to ten people and pre-registration is required. Email lewshelley@gmail.com to register and for hike details.

I received this information from Cindy Hayes. If you need more info, you can get in touch with her, because this is all I know. – Lil

Pickle Ball will be played:

Monday and Wednesday evenings 6-8 pm. Once summer basketball starts we may change the evening play – or just play on the (need to be repaired) tennis courts.

Tuesday and Thursday mornings 9-11 am

Sundays 1-3 pm

 All levels of players; Newbies Welcome!

Distant Hill Nature Trail is Participating in NH Gives next week, June 6-7 

Distant Hill  Nature Trail is an all volunteer 501(c)(3) nonprofit located in Walpole and Alstead. It is open to the public free of charge, year round. It’s our mission to make nature and the outdoors accessible to everyone.

Distant Hill is participating in NH Gives, an online fundraising event for nonprofits happening from 5pm Tuesday, June 6, to 5pm Wednesday, June 7. We only have 24 hours to raise the funds needed to build another half-mile of wheelchair and stroller-accessible trail, and to pour the concrete foundation for a new 24’ x 30’ outdoor learning pavilion. 

With your help, Distant Hill hopes to win one of the three NH Gives ‘Power of Community Prizes’ for small organizations (a  budget of under $150,000). The prizes go to the three small organizations with the largest number of “Individual Donations” during NH Gives. First place is $5,000; Second place is $3,000; and Third place is $2,000.

The number of “Individual Donations” are based on the unique email addresses that are used to make the donations.

For example: Say you would like to make a $50 donation to Distant Hill, and you have two email addresses in your household.

If you make two $25 donations using both of your email addresses, instead of it being counted as just one $50 donation, your two $25 donations will be counted as two “Individual Donations” for the same $50 donation!

We also have a $10,000 dollar-for-dollar match. Every dollar you donate during NH Gives will automatically be doubled!

To learn more, or to make a donation, please use one of the links below:

Distant Hill’s NH Gives page: 

https://www.nhgives.org/organizations/distant-hill-nature-trail

Virtual Facebook Event: 

https://fb.me/e/L8dtreFJ

Distant Hill Gardens and Nature Trail

www.distanthill.org

Have you played, or would you like to learn to play Mah Jong? There is a small group of novice players that meet on Tuesdays at 1:30 at the Walpole Library. If interested, please stop in and join the play or simply watch to see what you think. No need to be intimidated!

REMINDER:

Tonight at 6:00 p.m. in the Walpole Town Library

Ambassador Stapleton Roy presents:

“Sino-American Relations: Past, Present & Future”

All are welcome to join this “Great Decisions” discussion group either in person in the Library’s Hubbard Meeting Room or via Zoom. For the Zoom link, please contact Jane Malmberg in advance of the meeting: jmalmberg@walpoletownlibrary.org.