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Opera House Calendar of Events
Scholarship Opportunity!

Duck Race
Golf Tournament to Benefit Belleau Lake Dam Association
Brookfield Bloomers Garden Club
Housing Coalition host "Community and Consequences"

Pride Day Committee Meetings

Pride Day Committee will meet at the Chamber office in the Garvin Building at 6:00 p.m. on Thursdays: 5/15. All are welcome . We always need ideas and lots of help.

5K Road Race

Wakefield Pride Day 8th Annual 5K Run/Walk will be held on May 17th beginning at 8:30 a.m. at the Paul School. For more information please call 522-9977. Please click here for registration information.

The Spirit of Small Town America

It’s a beautiful May Saturday and you’re trying to decide what to do for the day. If it’s May 17th we have the answer – Wakefield’s Pride Day with “The Spirit of Small Town America” as its theme.

From 9:00 – 3:00 the town will open its arms to feed and entertain you. Begin by signing up for the 5K Road Race at the Paul School. Start time is 8:30. OR, take in the Pancake Breakfast served by the Heritage Commission at the Pub from 7:30 – 9:00.

While checking out all the booths don’t forget to go down High Street to the Gafney Library. The first 100 visitors will take away a bag of goodies. Back at the corner of the main street stop at the Town Hall where 2 Silent Auctions will be set up on the second floor, for St. John’s Community Day School and for Wakefield Projects Inc.

Turntable Park will be the site of ongoing entertainment including a granite splitting demo by Phil Twombley. Right at the tracks next to Lino’s Restaurant you can get up to explore a Train Engine and a Caboose.

Two new events are the Pie Eating Contest at 10:30 and a Hula Hoop Contest at 1:30 both at Lovell Lake Food Center. And, a new Barbershop Quartet called “Rewind” will wander the town singing your favorites.

As usual, the Citizen of the Year, the Boston Post Cane recipient, the Chamber of Commerce Scholarship Winners and the Prince and Princess will be introduced prior to the Parade at noon. All those bearded men running around town, The Bearded Wonders, will be clean shaven by Personal Cut at 1:00.

The day ends with a Lasagna Dinner at the Public Safety Building hosted by the Wakefield Fire Association from 5-7 p.m. followed by the Greater Wakefield Challenge at 6:30 at the Paul School. Those who saw local teams compete last year will again welcome Mark Ericson as the perfect emcee. It has replaced the talent show and we need as many teams as you can put together as friends or organizations to win a cash prize to donate to your favorite charity.

Put May 17th on your calendar!

Golf Tournament to Benefit Belleau Lake Dam Association

Attention all golfers!! Here’s your chance to play the game you love while helping raise money to benefit the Belleau Lake Dam Association, Inc. of East Wakefield. Saturday, June 21 is the date and scenic Province Lake Golf Course is the place! Your $100 donation includes eighteen holes of golf, a cart and a lakeside barbecue at BLPOA Park. Non-golfers are welcome at the barbecue for a $10 donation. The Tournament will follow the scramble format and will have a shotgun start at 9:30 AM, with check in beginning at 8:30 AM. Spots are filling up quickly, so you need to sign up before June 7. For more information and to reserve your place, contact Frank Rago by email at FR1604@verizon.net or call John Shaffer at 522-5175. You may also register by sending the names of participants and a check made out to BLDA INC for the full donation to PO Box 188, East Wakefield, NH 03830.

Brookfield Bloomers Garden Club

You are invited to join the
Brookfield Bloomers Garden Club.

Meets 6:30 p.m. on the 3rd Wednesday of the month, April through October at the Brookfield Townhouse on Route 109 in Brookfield, New Hampshire.

The Club offers informative programs, field trips, and two social events each year. For more information, contact:

Lois: 522-8972
Maria: 473-2267

Spring Is Coming And So AreThe Ducks!

Can you influence a racing duck?

Do you want to support a racing duck and at the same time support the rejuvenation of the Wakefield Town Hall? If you can or want to try, your chance will come in Wakefield on June 21st! The “DrumBeaters” of the Rejuvenation Committee of the Wakefield Town Hall are planning a “Duckie Race” on the Branch River in Union to raise money to further the necessary changes in the 1895 Town Hall building. Adoptive “Duckies” can compete for only $5.00 each. There will be money prizes for the winning “Duckies” and fun for all.
This will be an all-town effort, so please plan on adopting a “Duckie” and let’s all join forces and cheer them on down the waterway.
Watch for more information to come!

2008 MAY PROGRAMS AT THE GAFNEY YOUTH LIBRARY IN SANBORNVILLE
522-9735

RHYTHM AND RHYMES – Ages birth to 2 years. Families with infants and toddlers can come together and share classic nursery rhymes, fingerplays, and action songs with the use of colorful props. A registered nurse will be present to assist with developmental concerns and questions.
May 28, Wednesday, 10:15-10:35AM

TWILIGHT TALES – A family evening storytime. Pajamas and your favorite stuffed animal are welcome as we read stories, sing songs, and do movement activities.
May 15, Thursday, 6:30-7:15PM

FOREST ANIMAL STORYCRAFT – Preschool-Grade 3. A combination of stories, songs, fingerplays, and a beaver-related craft.
May 8, 1:30-2:00PM May 10, Saturday, 10-11:00AM

BOOK BABBLE – Grade 4 and up. Bring a friend and join the library staff as we make paper airplanes for a prize, share your own book reviews, and see what’s new at the library. Voting for the Isinglass Teen Read Book Award will be available. Snacks will be provided!
May 8, Thursday, 4:30-5:30PM

Children’s Book Week will be celebrated from May 13-17. Come in during this week and choose a prize and enter the prize drawing!

May is International Museum Month. Enter for the monthly prize drawing!

Housing Coalition hosts airing of “Communities & Consequences” documentary and panel discussion June 5 at Anderson Hall in Wolfeboro

The Eastern Lakes Regional Housing Coalition invites the public, community leaders and land planners alike to join them on June 5 at Anderson Hall for a free screening of the intriguing documentary, “Communities & Consequences: The Unbalancing of New Hampshire’s Human Ecology, & What We Can Do About It.”

Based on the book by demographer Peter Francese and Lorraine Merrill, the documentary by independent filmmaker Jay Childs shows how New Hampshire’s demographic imbalance is depleting the state’s workforce and the prospects for economic growth. The film explores New Hampshire’s aging population and exodus of young people, and how community decisions are fueling unbalanced growth. Francese argues that New Hampshire’s demographic imbalance – an aging population combined with the exodus of young people who can’t afford to live here – is depleting the future workforce of the state.

The screening event begins at 6 p.m. with networking and refreshments; the hour-long documentary will air at 6:30 p.m., followed by an interactive audience and panel discussion. The four panelists bring expertise in the areas of demographics, planning, conservation, and housing. They include the author, Peter Francese; moderator and panelists Ben Frost of the NH Housing Finance Authority; Jennifer Czysz, senior planner for the NH Office of Energy & Planning; Anne Duncan Cooley, executive director of the Upper Valley Housing Coalition in White River Junction, Vt., and Jack Savage, the vice president of communications and outreach for the Society for Protection of NH Forests.

The screening and panel discussion is made possible by the participation of co-sponsors: Brewster Academy, the Governor Wentworth Regional School District, Huggins Hospital, the New Hampshire Charitable Foundation, the WEDCO-Wentworth Economic Development Corporation, the Wolfeboro Area Chamber of Commerce, and the Wolfeboro-Tuftonboro Land Bank.

So organizers may adequately plan for refreshments and seating, the favor of a response is requested. Please RSVP to WEDCO at 569-4216 or elrhc@roadrunner.com by May 30.

Copies of the book will soon be available at public libraries in Wolfeboro, Wakefield, and Center Ossipee, Alton, Tuftonboro, Moultonborough, Sandwich, New Durham and Freedom. For more information and to screen a clip of the film, go to www.communitiesandconsequences.com. Anderson Hall is located on the Brewster Academy campus at 205 South Main St., in Wolfeboro.

Please Support Your Local Food Pantry

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The Food Pantry is seeking donations of all items including low sodium and low sugar items, shampoo, toothbrushes, toothpaste, and cereals of all kinds. It is presently in need of protein items such as peanut butter, canned meats including chicken, ham, tuna, and Spam.

Lovell Lake Food Center sells $5.00 coupons which will be distributed at the Wakefield Food Pantry and are redeemable for food items only.

Wakefield News Opera House Calendar of Events Scholarship Opportunity! Duck Race Golf Tournament to Benefit Belleau Lake Dam Association Brookfield Bloomers Garden Club Housing Coalition host "Community and Consequences"