The Walpolean

• On April 10^th, FMRHS will host guest speaker Mrs. Rena Jacques. Rena helped with German resistance while living in Nazi Germany.
  
• Kimberley MacDonald (Graduated 2009) has been awarded a National Science Foundation fellowship for research in civil engineering towards a PhD.
  
• The robotics team was ranked 53^rd out of 163 teams and has been invited to the New England Championship at Boston University this Thursday, Friday and Saturday.
  
• Quarter 3 report cards will be mailed home later this week.

Linda Smith asked that I alert you to the fact that their spring sale is coming right up. – Lil

Spring Rummage Sale

Good quality used spring and summer clothing, household items. Something for everyone.

1st Congregational Church, On the Common

Friday, April 25th 4:00 to 6:00 PM

and

Saturday, April 26th 9:00 AM to 1:00 PM

The ever-popular bag sale starts at noon on Saturday. Food sale is also on Saturday.

• Our seniors will be graduating Saturday, June 14 at 10:00am.
  
• In addition to athletics, our high school offers 18 different clubs for our students to be involved. Some of these clubs have taken students to foreign countries such as El Salvador, Spain, France, and Italy.
  
• With this year’s change to our advisory program: TEAM (Together Everyone Achieves More), more students have been successful in their pursuit of academic excellence.
  
• FMRHS’s robotics club,The Robocats, competed in Hartford, CT this past weekend. Although the team came in 28^th out of 39 teams, our team scored 180 points more than our competition at UNH three weeks ago. The team has a combined record of 16 wins, 13 loses.

The program is THIS Thursday, which is 4/3, not 5/3 as the original post indicated.  Guess I was trying to get closer to summer by just ignoring the month of April.  Who can blame me? – Lil

To culminate their March theme of “Our World” at Y-ASPIRE at Walpole Schools, the participants and staff invite the community to their International Night this Thursday. The event takes place from 5:30-6:30 in the Walpole Primary School’s Community Room.

Y-ASPIRE participants will share international foods they prepared and lead everyone in “Around the World Bingo”. They’ll also talk about the countries they “visited” during the month and share entries from the journals they kept during their travels. In addition, local children’s author Laurel Smith will be reading, selling and signing copies of her latest book, Olivia Goes to Bolivia.

Meeting Waters YMCA’s Program Director Sue Fortier will also be on-hand to provide information and answer questions about Y Day Camp, for which there is bussing every day from Walpole and North Walpole.

So that the young people know how much food to prepare and how many people to expect, you are asked to RSVP at info@meetingwatersymca.org or 802-463-4769.

#4 – People might believe you!

Barbara Kasper just called to tell me she had sent a coomment on my April Fool’s Day post. Apparently, Michelle Rios said she had received phone calls regarding the Walpole Salon’s move to L.A. Some people did, in fact, believe Barbara’s story.  You will be relieved to know that The Walpole Village Salon, is here to stay.  The story was only an April Fool’s joke like those that make you look when there is nothing there! – Lil 

Pam Howard just called to say that the last day for donating plants for the Plant Sale is Thursday, May 8th.  It may be a little early to start digging but it never hurts to plan ahead! – Lil

Just to be sure that no one will be disappointed, I wanted to let you know that there will be no April Fools’s Day musings tomorrow in “The Walpolean”.   There are three reasons for this.

#1 Chuck moved to California.

#2 “The Clarion” did an excellent job in this regard and I’m afraid to compete.

#3  After years of being in the schools on April first, I am weary of looking for something that is only an April Fool’s Joke.  With retirement, comes privileges!

Have a great day. – Lil

This plant sale always signals Mothers’ Day.  Each year, it is held on the Saturday before so –  Mothers’ Day must be on May 11th! – Lil

THE FRIENDS OF THE WALPOLE TOWN LIBRARY WILL HOLD ITS ANNUAL PLANT SALE ON SATURDAY, MAY 10^TH FROM 9 TO 11 AM ON THE LIBRARY LAWN ON MAIN STREET, RAIN OR SHINE.

A WIDE ASSORTMENT OF LOCALLY GROWN PLANTS WILL BE SOLD. THE VARIETY WILL VARY DEPENDING ON DONATIONS.  WE WELCOME DONATIONS OF ANNUALS, PERENNIALS, VEGETABLES, HERBS, HOUSE PLANTS, SMALL SHRUBS, AND GROUND COVER.  THIS YEAR WE ARE ADDING AN ADDITIONAL TABLE FOR GARDEN RELATED ARTICLES, IE. DECORATIVE POTS, ORNAMENTS, HAND TOOLS, SEEDS & BULBS.    ALL DONATIONS SHOULD BE IDENTIFIED BY TYPE AND COLOR AND WILL BE ACCEPTED UNTIL THURSDAY, MAY 9^TH, PRIOR TO THE SALE.

AREA GARDENERS WHO WOULD LIKE TO DONATE PLANTS, PLASTIC POTS OVER ONE QUART IN SIZE OR WHO WOULD LIKE TO VOLUNTEER WITH PRE SALE DIGGING AND POTTING, PLEASE CONTACT PAT GROSS AT 756-9255, CAROL MALNATI AT 756-9537.   ALL PROCEEDS FROM THE SALE BENEFIT BOTH THE WALPOLE AND NORTH WALPOLE LIBRARIES.

The Walpole Historical Society will sponsor another free Genealogy
Workshop on Saturday April 5, 2014 from 10-12 noon. We welcome
beginners as well as experienced persons. Hints regarding research
sources as well as stone walls will be shared. Call for reservation
at 603 756 2933. More information can be found on the Walpole
Historical Society website:walpolehistory.com