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July 2025 Clarion Closing Date – 6/21/25

From Ray Boas:

A packed two weeks with OLD HOME DAYS approaching the end of the month – make sure to get involved. But also I am now starting work on the JULY issue of the CLARION. Inputs for your articles are due Saturday, June 21, 5 pm (Walpole time). The files will go to the printer on Monday the 23rd. Make sure to visit the CLARION website for contact information, and article and advertising submission details.

Your early submissions help as I start developing the layout well before the closing date. If you have some “news” send it along. I also like to have on-hand material of interest that is not time-sensitive to fill space to round out a pleasing issue. So, if you would “like to be in print” and have something to write and share (images as well), send along for possible inclusion space permitting. Please do remember, it is the advertisers in each issue that make this community publication possible, so please support and thank them.

If you have any questions, or interest in placing an advertisement, reaching over 1,900 Walpole, North Walpole and Drewsville addresses, I welcome your inquiries, so please do get in touch with me. Advertising information and contact information is on the CLARION website.

Thank you, RAY BOAS, Publisher

Fall Mountain Nordic Ski Teams Fundraiser – 6/28/25

From Holly Gowdy:

Fall Mountain Ski Teams offer Cow Poop Bingo at Walpole Old Home Days

The Fall Mountain Nordic Ski Teams are holding a fundraiser during Walpole Old Home Days. They will be having a COW on the Common Saturday June 28th. When she POOPS one lucky winner could receive $1,000.00.

Ski Team members have about 300 bingo raffle tickets for sale, they have started selling them and will continue to sell them right through Saturday, June 28th during the Old Home Day Parade.

The plan is to set up a “Bingo Card” on the grass at the South end of the Walpole Common. The cow will be in a small pen to take in the parade and then she will be released out onto the game board, as she wanders around grazing she will eventually have to poop, and wherever the poop lands will mark the square and we will have a WINNER.

Tickets will be available for sale on some Saturdays during June! At the Walpole Post Office on June 7th and/or at the Walpole Recycling Center, on Saturday June 14th . . . If we still have tickets to sell we will be at the Block Party and/or the Street Dance . . . don’t delay, as we have sold out before the parade the last couple of times we have done this.

The Fall Mountain Ski Teams are always grateful for the support from our community, THANK YOU!

If you have questions, contact Holly Gowdy 603-445-5104

SKI FAST!

Reminder: Walpole Summer Trail Challenge

June 2025 Clarion Now Online

From Ray Boas:

The OLD HOME DAYS June issue will be at the post offices early on the 30th for delivery to you shortly – Twenty pages for you packed with details on Old Home Days, including a center two page schedule and details of activities June 25-29. You will want to save this issue for your planning to have fun to enjoy the festivities and celebrations.

So, click on this link for the issue or the front cover below. Stay safe and well, yours– RAY BOAS, Publisher.

Walpole Trail Committee Summer Hiking Challenge – Starts 6/1/25

Walpole Trail Committee Summer Hiking Challenge from 12:01 am June 1 - 11: 59 pm September 30. Hike any trail and class 6 road in Walpole, keep track of dates and mileage for each hike. Email iam@france-menk.com for log sheets and answers.

Location Change: Women of Walpole Meeting – 5/21/25

CHANGE OF MEETING LOCATION:  The Women of Walpole will meet this Wednesday, May 21, at 2:00 pm at the home of Susan Johnson.  For address or directions, please contact Carolyn LeBail at carolynlebail@gmail.com.

Walpole Schools Newsletter – May 2025

Click the link below to download the latest newsletter from the Walpole schools.

June 2025 Clarion Closing Date – 5/22/25

From Ray Boas:

This is the OLD HOME DAYS issue packed with activity information you will want to have sitting prominently on your table. I am giving you a “Baker’s Week Warning” eight (8) days from now I need your ads and articles for the June issue which are due before Thursday, May 22, 5 pm (Walpole time), a week plus a day from now. With the Memorial Day weekend ahead the files will go to the printer the night of the 22nd so your CLARION will be in the mail by the end of the month. Time again for work to begin on the next issue of the CLARION.

Your early submissions help as I start developing the layout well before the closing date. If you have some “news” send it along. I also like to have on-hand material of interest that is not time-sensitive to fill space to round out a pleasing issue. So, if you would “like to be in print” and have something to write and share (images as well), send along for possible inclusion space permitting. Please do remember, it is the advertisers in each issue that make this community publication possible, so please support and thank them.

If you have any questions, or interest in placing an advertisement, reaching over 1900 Walpole, North Walpole and Drewsville addresses, I welcome your inquiries, so please do get in touch with me. Advertising information and contact information is on the CLARION website.

Thank you, RAY BOAS, Publisher

Town Clerk Announces Dog License Prize Winners

From Holly Gowdy, Deputy Town Clerk:

The Town Clerk’s Office is excited to announce the winners of our 2025 Dog License Drawing. Thank you to our generous sponsors for some really great prizes. Walpole Veterinary Hospital donated five Pet Wellness Exams, Walpole’s Tractor Supply Company donated two $25 Gift Cards, and Walpole’s Blue Seal Feed Store donated a 25 pound bag of En-Trust Dog Chow. There were amazing gift baskets filled with treats and toys for dogs from Horse and Buggy Feed in Keene, Featherstone Kennel in Walpole, and a pet sitting service in Walpole, The PAW-tastic Nanny, LLC. We really appreciate their support and encourage you all to support these local businesses. 

The Town Clerk used the tag # for residents that were timely in licensing dogs for 2025, from January 1st to April 30th, as raffle ticket numbers for a free drawing for these prizes. Walpole’s Town Clerk’s Office issued 368 tags during this time period. 

The prize winners included: Carol Worcester, Edwin Caspersen, Jillian Hempstead, Jodi Burns, Sally Reid,
Kathy Whiton, Kai Sims, Steve Dumont, Cliff Peters, Sallie Houstoun, and Paul Hurwitz.

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A Note from Friends of the Library

The Friends of the Library are gearing up for another great year of book gathering and selling. We are so grateful to all the volunteers and townspeople whose generosity made the October 2024 library sale such a success. We took in over $6,000.00, and with the ongoing sale of books at the Walpole Reuse Center and generous donations by community members, over $12,000.00 additional funds were raised. This money supports the purchase of books, museum passes and furnishings for the library, and exciting programs that bring speakers, arts and crafts, and other activities to the children and adults in our Walpole and North Walpole communities.

The 2025 book sale will be held at the Walpole School the weekend of October 25th-26th. We will begin sorting books on Wednesday, June 11th, between 9:30 and 10:30 at the white coop building behind the Hungry Diner parking lot. Sorting will continue every Wednesday morning until mid-October, and we
welcome all who wish to help with this task!

Also starting on June 11th during sorting time at the coop, we will begin accepting donations of clean, gently used books, and will continue to do so until September 24th. Please, no travel books or encyclopedias, and only textbooks under 5 years old. If you are unable to drop books off at the coop, they can still be taken to the Reuse Center any Tuesday, Thursday or Saturday between 8:00am and 4:00pm.

Again, we are so grateful for the depth of community support for all efforts on behalf of the library.

-Pam Baucom