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TEAM Jaffrey’s annual Scare-crows on the Common once again drew crowds from far and wide, creating over 200 scarecrows to decorate Jaffrey. Winners can be found on page 5.

Spotlight On - The Park Theatre

November 2015

The Park Theatre has been underway since 2003 when the Theatre was redis-covered in the heart of downtown by the newly formed TEAM Jaffrey. By 2005 the idea of restoring and reopen-ing the facility had gained enough support to be considered a significant benefit to the community and a worthy undertaking. Then TEAM Jaffrey presi-dent Joanne Buck and her board turned over the work to Cyndy Burgess, Jeff Crocker, Jim Dumont, Caroline Hollister, Steve Krause, Bill Schofield, Rob Stephenson and Steve Walker. This founding board formed The Park Theatre Cor-poration, July 5, 2005, completed fundraising to purchase the property from Nancy and Roy Stone and bought what is the second largest structure in downtown Jaffrey on one-quarter acre across from the Town Common.

The independent, fundraising feasibility study of 2008 demonstrated that there was sufficient interest and financial capacity to reopen this once-center of community life. Over the ensuing five years, the requirements of contemporary building, health and safety codes, coupled with the pres-ence of significant hazardous materials and buried oil tank, changed the project from a community restoration effort into the new construction of a facility technically and aesthetically appropri-ate for the current and future communities of the region.

Since the work to reopen The Park Theatre began, the project has received financial support from 25 foundations, 76 businesses and more than 1,600 individuals from 25 towns in New Hampshire and

24 states across the country as well as from local, state and federal governments – and, with that support, raised over $4,400,000 of the $5,070,000 total project cost.

In 2007, The Park Theatre began Theatrical Sea-sons presenting a variety of entertainment in downtown Jaffrey on the lawn of and inside the Jaffrey Civic Center, at the Jaffrey Woman’s Club, in St. Patrick School and Church, at La Mia Casa Pizzeria and in the old Park Theatre itself. In that time, The Park Theatre has mounted 6 plays, 4 concerts, 3 festivals, 2 seminars and 94 films, collaborating with multiple organizations and attracting more than 12.500 people into down-town Jaffrey and the region to enjoy entertainment and art, shop in area stores and eat at local restau-rants, bringing into downtown Jaffrey merchants an estimated $120,000. Area business owners report that reopening the Theatre will stimulate the creation of 29 new jobs in downtown, bring $500,000 annually into the town, and provide accessible and affordable art, culture, entertain-ment and education to area schools and the region with a year-round schedule of films, concerts and live performances.

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From the PresidentI sometimes lose sight of the fact that autumn in this region is such an important part of our

identity and our economy. As summer turns to fall, the plush green flora transforms to a vivid, almost florescent spectrum of oranges, reds, yellows and golds. Visitors from around the planet ascend upon us to witness with their own eyes a natural wonder

only known to them in photo-graphs and paintings. For a few weeks, it seems like the Monad-nock area is the most popular tourist destination in the world. Then in a blink, as quickly as it appeared, those magical crowd-drawing leaves float silently to the ground and so begins the ever familiar task of raking them up.

As we bid farewell to the fleets of motor coaches transporting armies of leaf peepers through our landscape, we turn our sights towards the holidays and Thanksgiving.

This is the time of year when we reunite with our loved ones and give thanks for all of the bless-ings in our lives. Of course I give thanks for my family and friends. I am also grateful for my health and the good for-tunes of those around me. I am also particularly thankful for the community that has become

such an important part of my life.

The Chamber represents so much that is good and impor-tant to the people of Jaffrey and the surrounding area. While such noble projects as the edu-cational programs, Santa’s House and the Swap Shop have faced challenges, the engines of their continued success are powered by the relentless and selfless efforts of the individuals who manage and nurture them. Because of them, I am extremely optimistic that these wonder-ful initiatives will continue to thrive. For that, I am especially thankful.

Thank you to all of you for all that you do to support the Jaf-frey Chamber of Commerce. May your Thanksgiving this year be a bounty of love and prosperity!

Max Mitchell

On October 1st, the Jaffrey-Rindge Rotary presented TEAM Jaffrey with a $500 donation in support of their community revitalization work and in recognition of the 15th Annual Scarecrows on the Common event. Left to right: Gail Therriault (Rotary Charitable Donations Committee), Sheila

Bergeron (Rotary president), and Melanie McDonald (TEAM Jaffrey Executive Director) photo courtesy of Tom Doane

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On December 3, 2015, The Park Theatre Board of Trustees is announcing the date that it will start construction of the Theatre. The occasion is the Annual Park Theatre Reception and Meet-ing at 5 pm at the Jaffrey Woman’s Club. The project team that will undertake the construction includes Hutter Construction Corpo-ration, the project’s design/build general contractor, TF Moran, BKA Architects and Steve Horton, Construction Consulting Ser-vices, along with the Board of Trustees. This team completed the architectural design and construction plans in the summer of 2015. Those plans were recently competitively bid by subcontractors of all of the various divisions of work. The results of the bidding indicate that a robust economy has returned, and that the two year old con-struction budget must be adjusted to accommodate inflation and creeping construction costs. The team is presently reviewing the estimated increases and making plans to reduce them according to the project’s priorities. At the same time, The Park Theatre has been actively pursuing additional funding to accommodate those latest needs according to its long-range Capital Campaign budget plan. The recent and successful $200,000 matching grant campaign and future, planned fundraisings are significant components of that cap-ital budget plan.

The team’s next and immediate step is to select the lowest and qual-ified bidders to complete the construction team. For the Plumbing, HVAC, Sprinkler and Electrical systems the project will be ask-ing the selected firms to further complete their specific portion of the plans and incorporate all the necessary code requirements and details so that the Theatre may apply for a building permit. To be sure that the permit process proceeds as smoothly as possible, and in parallel, the Theatre has hired a third party specialist to provide an extremely high level professional review of the plans prior to asking the Town of Jaffrey for a building permit. A portion of that review has been completed. It would also not be unusual for the Planning Board or Zoning Board of Adjustment to request a meeting dur-ing this process. Considering the above, and as all the moving parts come together, the Board of Trustees anticipates a spring of 2016 construction start.

Financing - The Park Theatre is the second largest structure in downtown Jaffrey and sits at the center of that downtown. The activ-ity to reopen it began in 2006 with the purchase of the property. The total cost of this project includes the cost to construct ($3,800,000) as well as the purchase of the property and an abutting property, related taxes, insurances, general facilities’ stewardship, architectural and engineering design development, environmental remediation

and, finally, demolition of the original structure. The total project cost is estimated to be $5,070,000.

In 2013 The Park Theatre acquired a $2,000,000 low interest loan from the USDA Rural Development Fund for the construction of the facility. The USDA Rural Development Guidelines are very stringent and require a thorough documentation of the financial conditions of the project. The budget for the project was heavily scrutinized. The outcomes of the project were also examined to the degree of assurances that the loan money can and will be paid back. Some additional documents remain to be submitted and board chair Hollister and the project’s construction advisor, Steve Horton, are working with the USDA directly to do so. The expected outcome of all this effort is that the USDA loan of $2,000,000 is presently avail-able (as of today) at 3.25% fixed for 30 years.

Additionally, The Park Theatre has raised $2,000,000 in private funds through donations, pledges and New Market Tax Credits against the total cost to develop the project and construct the build-ing. To date, $1,400,000 has been raised and spent to maintain the properties and develop the Theatre. The balance of $600,000, along with the $400,000 resulting from the successful completion of the recent challenge match, and the $2,000,000 USDA loan will be applied to the $3,800,000 in construction costs. This leaves a bal-ance of funds for construction to be raised of $800,000. Those funds will be solicited early in 2016 through a theatre seat campaign and grassroots drive undertaken by the Board of Trustees under the leadership of Bob Pettegrew, Campaign Counsel. Trustees anticipate that there will be several future and smaller campaigns for the pur-chase of a variety of theatrical equipment and audio systems.

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Member NewsRegina Vorce Named New ED at Jaffrey Civic CenterThe Jaffrey Civic Center is pleased to announce the appointment of Regina Vorce as the new Execu-tive Director. Dion Owens is retiring after 15 years of ded-icated work at the Center, and Regina will be taking over the daily management of the Civic Center.

Regina is thrilled to return to work and live in Jaffrey with her children Isabelle and Blake, and her Boston Terrier, Noel. In her free time, she enjoys organic gardening, biking and kayaking.

An education professional with both administrative and teach-ing experience in a variety of public and private institu-tions, Regina has a background in customer service, program development and marketing.

She began her career in uni-versity administration at the Massachusetts Institute of Tech-nology and Harvard University where she worked in small grad-uate programs before moving to Dartmouth Medical School as the Registrar. In 2001, her expe-rience working with student information systems eventually led to her work in educational software at SunGard Higher

Education in Malvern, Pennsyl-vania. In 2012, she completed her teacher training at Jaffrey Elementary School before mov-ing to Nantucket where she had been working as the Member-ship Director for a private tennis and swim club.

Regina is a graduate of New England College in Henniker, NH and received a Master’s degree in Policy Planning and Administration from Boston University and recently earned a teaching degree from Antioch University in Keene.

Lake Sunapee Bank Welcomes New Mortgage OriginatorLake Suna-pee Bank is pleased to announce the addition of new Mort-gage Loan Origina-tor Michael Potito. Michael will be origi-nating residential loans for the Southern New Hampshire and Northern Massachusetts market to include Westford, Chelms-ford, Pepperell, Groton and Littleton, MA areas.

With more than 16 years of experience in the financial services industry and hav-ing previously worked for a major bank in the North-ern MA region, Potito has a well-established career and is

highly respected in his field. He is an expert in understanding and analyzing clients’ mort-gage financing needs and enjoys educating clients, while provid-ing exceptional service and the best products for each unique situation.

Upon joining the bank, Michael says, “I am incredibly excited about joining Lake Sunapee Bank and am looking for-ward to working for a bank that thrives on offering excep-tional local customer service. I am pleased to be able to offer a variety of mortgage products to the Northern Massachusetts market.”

Michael recently joined as a member to the Northeast Asso-ciation of Realtors. He is also a Certified Outdoor Emergency Care Technician and Educa-tion Trainer as well as a member of the National Ski Patrol. He currently resides in Groton, Massachusetts.

Lake Sunapee Bank, a federally chartered savings bank, pro-vides a wide range of life-cycle banking and financial services. Lake Sunapee Bank wholly owns McCrillis & Eldredge Insurance, Inc., a full-line independent insurance agency, and Char-ter Holding Corp., which wholly owns Charter Trust Company, a trust services and wealth management company. Lake Sunapee Bank, through its sub-sidiaries, as well as The Nashua

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Denis Boudreau Exhibit at Jaffrey Civic CenterThe Jaffrey Civic Center is pleased to announce an exhibit of Early Mountaineering Para-phernalia by Denis Boudreau. The exhibit will be held in the first-floor Display Cases and will run from October 23 through November 19.

Denis says, “Mountains and mountaineering has become a way of life for me. Something I cannot deny. I feel thankful and humble by the enrichment. The archival aspect has taken me on a journey to a place in time when things were much simpler. You could say primitive. People were much more in tune to their environment that they were relying on. I am intrigued by a blacksmith forming an ice axe head, a cobbler making hob nail boots or a rope-maker twisting his cordage. When a guide cuts steps in the ice wall of a moun-tain for his client to follow, or when his movements become

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20th Annual Hospice at HCS Poinsettia SaleHome Healthcare, Hospice & Community Services announces the 20th Annual Poinsettia Sale to raise funds for Hospice at HCS. The program provides end-of-life comfort, care and support to patients and their families throughout southwest-ern New Hampshire.

Like Hospice at HCS, these beautiful poinsettias are local – grown right here in New Hampshire. Available in red, pink, and white and in three sizes: a single stem plant in a 6” pot with 6 to 8 blooms ($10.); a double stem plant in a 7” pot with 12 to 15 blooms ($20.); and a triple stem plant with 18 to 25 blooms ($30.).

Order forms must be received by Thursday, November 19. Orders can be picked up at the HCS offices in Keene, Charles

town and Peterborough on spe-cific days during the first two

weeks of December and deliv-ery is available. The Keene office is at 312 Marlboro Street, the Charlestown office is located on Arborway, and the Peterbor-ough office is at 45 Main Street, Suite 316.

To request an order form or for more information, call the HCS office at 352-2253 x291 or email [email protected]. To print an order form, visit www.HCSservices.org.

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FPU Offers Conference Rooms, Catering ServicesPlan your holiday party, off site business meeting, retreat, or reunion locally at Franklin Pierce University.

Franklin Pierce can cater the next party you host from a sim-ple get-together to an elegant wedding.

For more details, contact Rick Kohlmorgen, Direc-tor of Conference Services, at 603-899-4243, e-mail [email protected], or Andrea Thompson, Cater-ing Manager, 603-899-4363 or e-mail [email protected].

Scarecrows on the Common WinnersBest Business Crow: 1st Place: Coll’s Garden Center &

Florist (#1)

2nd Place: The Melamine Cup (#6)

3rd Place: Sunflow-ers Restaurant & Catering (# 3)

Honorable Men-tion: EMD Millipore (#3/4)

Honorable Men-tion: Jaffrey Eye Care (#19)

Best Family Crow:

1st Place: The Daly Family

2nd Place: (a tie!) Alexis Cutter (#14), Derek Cutter (#13)

3rd Place: James Middleton (#58) Honorable Mention: Chris & Andrea (No last name on regis-tration) (#152)

Best Non-Profit Crow:

1st Place: Jaffrey-Rindge 4H (#34)

2nd Place: Shelter From the Storm (#170/181)

Honorable Mention: Jaffrey-Rindge Lions Club (#103)

Over 1,000 were in attendance;

244 crows made by folks from 4 states (NH, MA, RI, + Oregon) and 44 cities/towns.

Lake Sunapee Bank Reminds Consumers to Protect Their DataAmericans live in a mobile soci-ety, relying on smartphones, tablets and computers to gather news, make purchases, inter-act with friends and family, and connect with financial institutions. Increasingly, cyber-criminals compromise the networks that support these devices. This often results in identity theft, which can also yield financial losses and safety for consumers. A recent report from the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS)

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October is Cyber Security Awareness Month, and Lake Sunapee Bank and the Inde-pendent Community Bankers of America® (ICBA) are offer-ing tips to help consumers avoid having their online financial information disrupted or sto-len. ICBA, along with more than 6,000 community banks across the country, urge consumers to remain vigilant and protect themselves from potential credit card and bank fraud.

Lake Sunapee Bank and ICBA offer the following tips to help consumers safeguard their online accounts:

When sending sensitive infor-mation via the Internet, make sure “https:” appears in the address bar. This means the

information you are transmit-ting is encrypted.

Ensure the wireless network you use is password-protected, and choose a strong password and update it frequently for your work and home wireless net-works. Likewise, always use a passcode on your mobile phone or tablet to stop an unauthorized user from accessing your device.

Don’t enter sensitive informa-tion into your phone when others can see what you’re entering.

Set the privacy settings on fre-quented social network sites. Cybercriminals often learn about people and their families and friends via social media in an attempt to spoof or phish you and your network.

Remain cautious of someone who isn’t who they say they are or if the name and area don’t

match what appears on caller ID. This is often how spoofing occurs.

Never respond to text messages, emails or phone calls from com-panies alleging to be your bank, government officials or business representatives that request your banking ID, account numbers, user name or password.

Similarly, don’t click on links sent to you from unknown sources via text message because they are likely malware.

Beware of “get rich quick” schemes; never voluntarily give out your bank account informa-tion or security credentials.

“Now more than ever consum-ers must remain alert to the possibility of their personal credit and financial security being compromised,” said Bill McIver, Senior Executive Vice President and Chief Operat-ing Officer for Lake Sunapee Bank. “Checking their accounts regularly and keeping their com-puters up to date with the latest antivirus/malware software is highly recommended.”

You can learn more about Cyber Security Awareness Month by visiting https://www.staysafeon-line.org/ncsam.

Woodbound Inn Offers New Fall Menus The Woodbound Inn is pleased to announce the launching of its new pub and dinner menu for the fall and winter seasons.

The “From the Smokehouse” section has been removed from the pub menu but the Chicken Ranch Nachos and the Smoked Chicken Sandwich are here to stay. The new pub menu has kept some of its classics, like the Meatloaf Sandwich, and has added dishes such as Papa Soli’s Chicken Pot Pie and a Tur-key Pastrami Rueben, as well as multiple other delicious items.

The dinner menu has also expe-rienced some changes and is headed toward Italy with home-made pastas and ravioli, Veal Piccata with Blue Crab-stuffed Artichoke Bottoms and Tuscan Tuna. The dinner menu is a sure way to give your taste buds a Sicilian getaway.

Along with the new pub and dinner menus, a fall-inspired beverage menu has also been launched with tantalizing bev-erages such as the Maple Honey Whiskey & Rosemary Sour. The Candy Corn Martini and the Italian Nutty Pumpkin will help you bring in the Hallow-een season along with some other treats. The Inn has cre-ated a Signature Cocktail section to its drink menu so our most popular drinks, including the Woodbound Cosmo and the Riverwalk Margarita, are avail-able all year long.

The Woodbound Inn has been around for 200 years and is a wonderful venue for celebra-tions of all kinds, including weddings, baby showers and

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The River Center Board of Directors: A Family and Community Resource Center welcomes new Board members Laura Gingras and Ann Whitall. Front left to right: Laura Gingras, MCH; Katie Wilson; Ann Whitall, Sec-retary; Patricia Martin, Vicki Loughery, MCH; Kevin McElhinney, Trea-surer, Lake Sunapee Bank; Tom Weber, Vice Chair, Student Transporta-tion of America, Inc.; Back row: Frank Sterling, Chair; Russell Armstrong.

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Using Social Media to Power Your BusinessThe social commerce world is growing exponentially, provid-ing businesses large and small with exceptional opportunities to reach far beyond their local footprint to increase revenues and broaden impact. Learning how to optimize the most pop-ular social media platforms will be the focus of two workshops to be presented by Chris Halvor-son, owner of Halvorson New Media, LLC, on November 19 and December 2 from 5:30 to 7:30 pm at the Jaffrey Chamber of Commerce, 7 Main St., Jaf-frey, NH.

1) Social Media Marketing Beginner Facebook and Beyond – Thursday, November 19.

Facebook is growing, not dying. You’ll learn how to get started using Facebook as a business or nonprofit, including how to launch the page and attract fans. We’ll give a brief overview of the two other leading social media sites for you to consider: Twitter and LinkedIn. Every profes-sional should use LinkedIn. Twitter is optional, but every-one should at least know how it works and what all the fuss is about. Hashtags, anyone?

2) Advanced Facebook Strate-gies – Wednesday, December 2

Facebook far surpasses any other online method of mar-keting. We’ll explore how you can learn what your customers want by studying your Facebook “Insights.” You’ll learn Face-book’s paid advertising options, which can be an extremely cost-effective and efficient way to reach a local audience. We’ll touch lightly on using video and graphics on Facebook and in your other marketing efforts. You should already have a Face-book Business Page set up prior to this class.

The cost of each workshop is $25 for Chamber members and $35 for non-members. Space is limited so register now at www.jaffreychamber.com or call Becky at 532-4248. Attendees are welcome to bring a snack.

Join Chris and learn how to suc-cessfully navigate the world of social media – it’s the face of the future!

Belletetes’ We Build It Forward Community Outreach EventOn Saturday, September 26, 2015, community spirit was in the air around Belletetes’ We Build It Forward (WBIF) Com-munity Outreach Event. Over 100 volunteers came together on this special day of helping those in need and worked on 17 proj-ects in the Jaffrey, Peterborough, Nashua, Winchendon, Ashland,

Andover and Suna-pee areas. The WBIF event last year was so well received by the community and Bel-letetes’ employees that it was decided to offer the program at seven of their nine locations (A&B Lumber/Barns were acquired in July 2015 and will partici-pate next year).

Applications for the WBIF projects started arriving in Sue John-son’s office last May. Sue is the WBIF Event Coor-dinator and is responsible for reviewing each project and determining if it qualifies based on need. Some projects require materials and labor while others only require materials as friends and family members volunteer to provide the labor. There is no cost to the recipient. Each proj-ect is visited by Sue and/or the store manager from each of the locations participating in this year’s WBIF event to determine the material list, manpower and tools required.

This year the projects in the Jaf-frey area included stripping and shingling a home for a fam-ily in Jaffrey; replacing a garage door for a woman in New Ips-wich; building a small deck and handicap ramp for two women in Jaffrey; and yard work and interior painting for a family in

Rindge including a new concrete walkway donated by Falcon Mobile Mix, LLC in Rindge. Seven projects were worked on in the communities sur-rounding Belletetes’ Andover & Sunapee locations; two proj-ects were completed prior to September 26th and one will be worked on in another week. The projects this year included a handicap ramp for a family in Salisbury; moving a retaining wall for a woman in Andover; building two dugouts for a local ball field in Wilmot; replac-ing three windows for a family in Warner; scraping & staining two large decks for an elderly woman in Sunapee; replac-ing two storm doors, an entry door, basement window and building railings for a back step for a woman in Sunapee; and tearing off a large enclosed porch from a mobile home for a woman in Springfield. Two

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Member Newsprojects were completed this year in Winchendon - replac-ing linoleum in a bedroom for a disabled man and revamping a ramp, installing a grab bar and installing a new bulkhead for a family. The Nashua location took on one project this year which was repairing a porch rail, exterior painting and replacing a fascia board. The Ashland Lum-ber location had two projects this year – repairing a porch rail for a woman and building three raised garden beds for an elderly housing unit in Plymouth.

The event culminated with a barbecue at the Jaffrey and Andover locations. The Bel-letetes team made up a strong portion of the support staff lead-ing up to the event and many worked on projects during the day.

Every sponsor and volunteer deserves special thanks for the contribution they made to our community and neighbors. This is the second year Belletetes has taken on the neighbor-help-ing-neighbor program, after learning about the program when they purchased R.P. John-son & Son in 2013. “When we learned about the program, we thought it had great merit and it was something we should expand into other communities where we have a presence,” Mike Shea, Vice President of Bel-letetes said.

If you would like to become a sponsor or you would like to

volunteer for next year’s We Build it Forward program, you can contact Sue Johnson at 735-5193 or email her at [email protected]. News from Kitten Rescue & AdoptionAs the weather gets colder, Kitty Rescue is hard at work bringing in strays before the snow flies. Most of our kittens have found new forever homes along with a bunch of very lovable adult cats. To date this year, 134 cats have been rescued and 138 have gone home!

We are presently gearing up for a huge fundraising season to reach our goal of getting a new building for the rescue by next July. Our Cats and Tats calen-dars are all printed and look fantastic! If you are looking to purchase one, they are avail-able at the Jaffrey Chamber office, Horse and Buggy Feeds in Keene and Winchendon, Paws to Groom in Marlboro, Fuzzy Dog in Fitzwilliam and at Kitty Rescue on 11 Plantation Drive in Jaffrey. If you would rather order online, you can go to Cat-sandTatsCalendar.com to place your order. The cost is $17.95 each, shipping included.

In addition to the calendars, we are also selling our Cat’s Eye Wines and Kitty Kandles. The wines come in 6 variet-ies and feature a photo of one of our shelter cat’s eyes on the label. You can place your order at the shelter until November 18

for free pick-up at our Annual Open House on November 28 from 2-6 pm. They are also available online by going to charitywines.com/KRA.

We just picked up a huge assort-ment of our fabulous Kitty Kandles. You can purchase them at the shelter during open hours. They come in 6 different variet-ies, with pictures of some of our cutest kittens gracing the labels. Scents include Lavender, Green Tea, Clean Linen, Pumpkin Spice, Mulled Wine and Ever-green. The candles are all soy based with lead-free wicks. They are also available online at char-itywicks.com/KRA. Both the candles and the wines are $19.99 each.

New T-shirts and sweatshirts will be arriving soon in exciting new styles and colors. If you are still searching for the purr-fect holiday gifts for the cat lover on your list, now you have some great ideas!

Our annual ‘Black’ Kitten Open House will be held on Novem-ber 28 from 2-6 pm. We will offer refreshments, door prizes, and tours. Bring in a donation and increase your odds of win-ning a door prize. All the above items will be on display or avail-able to order at the open house, along with tentative plans for our new facility. Please stop by and say hi, have some refresh-ments, and, of course, pet a few cats!

Some items we’re in need of include: canned cat food and treats, paper towels, toilet paper, mops and brooms, bleach, HE laundry detergent. antibacte-rial cleaners and hand soaps, flea treatment (advantage ll, lg dog, 55 lbs or over, which we break down to cat doses), wood pellets (used as cat litter), and bandaids.

Kitty Rescue is a 501c3 non-profit, no-kill shelter. We are all volunteers and are able to pro-vide the care and love for the 147 cats in our care through the kindness of our supporters and donations. Thank you so much for your continued support.

Meet Edel-weiss. She recently came to the shelter as a stray and is now out in foster care about to have a litter of kittens that should be ready right around Christmas. Please like us on Facebook to see pic-tures of her kittens and happy kitties in their new homes.

Please visit us at 11 Plantation Drive, Jaffrey, on Tuesday and Thursday evenings from 6-9 pm or on Saturday mornings from 9-1 pm. If you need to contact us, please call 532-9444 or email us at [email protected].

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Coming EventsJaffrey Parks & Recreation ActivitiesNovember 2 – Youth Advi-sory Committee Meeting- 1st Monday of the month, 6:30 pm – 8 pm at Jaffrey Parks and Recreation Department. For more information, visit www.townofjaffrey.com or email [email protected].

November 5 – Homeschool Field Trip - Roll On America- for ages 7+ (younger w/parent). Join us for a special afternoon of roller skating and more! 12 pm depar-ture and 4 pm return to Jaffrey Parks & Recreation, 31 Howard Hill Rd, Jaffrey, NH. Register by October 30. Fee: $15 per person, includes transportation, skate admission, one laser tag game, and 10 arcade tokens! For more information, email [email protected].

November 14 – Father Daugh-ter Dance – A special evening of dancing and desserts for girls in kindergarten through eighth grade and their father or father

figure. 6:30 pm – 8:30 pm at the Cutler Memorial Building, Main Street, Jaffrey. Tickets are $8 each and available for sale until Friday, November 6 at the Jaffrey Parks and Recreation Department. No tickets will be sold at the door. For more information, email [email protected].

November 19 – Teen Adventure Series –– Launch Trampoline Park – For grades 6+ Jump! Jump! Afterschool Pick-up at J-R Middle School. 6:30 pm return to Jaffrey Parks and Recreation. Fee: $30 includes admission & pizza dinner. Reg-ister by Fri. Nov. 13. For more information, email [email protected].

NOVEMBER 5 – 8 Round Robin Holiday TourThe Round Robin Holiday Tour returns this year, celebrating its 28th anniversary. The tour is scheduled for November 5 - 8, with six country shops gear-ing up to provide a unique and

festive holiday shop-ping experience.

Participating shops are Old Glory Antiques and Collectibles of Fitz-william, Sugar & Spice Boutique of Troy, Fawn’d Mem-ories of Rindge, Harvest Thyme Herbs and Morning Star Maple of Dublin, and Twin Elm Farm of Peterborough. Keeping with tradition, each shop will offer refreshments and a special treat for all tour goers, along with a raffle of Holiday Baskets for twelve lucky customers at the end of the event.

Mark your calendars and watch for the Round Robin ads with all the details, or visit one of the six shops to pick up an invitation.

NOVEMBER 7MHS Hair BallKeene Country ClubMonadnock Humane Society will hold its 13th Annual Hair

Ball – 140th Birthday Party – on Saturday, November 7 at the Keene Country Club, Keene, NH to benefit the homeless ani-mals of our community. Once again, the Hair Ball was voted the #1 Charity Event in the 2015 “Best of Monadnock” awards. It promises to be a fun-filled eve-ning of fabulous food, beautiful surroundings, dancing with music provided by CJ the DJ, and bidding on incredible auc-tion items. Attire is black tie optional.

This year’s theme is a fes-tive party to celebrate the 140th birthday of Monadnock Humane Society. Joseph Olsen, Transition Director, said that

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“this event will be particularly significant as it brings more awareness to this important milestone in our history - 140 years of serving the Monadnock Region. We are so thankful to the community for their support of this event - businesses that donate, people who attend, vol-unteers that help before, during and after, and an incredibly ded-icated committee.”

Each year, over 150 peo-ple gather together at the Hair Ball in the spirit of community and generosity for the animals. There will be a full cocktail hour from 6 to 7 pm with delicious appetizers, followed by a plated dinner and decadent desserts! Attendees are also invited to bid on auction items and services that have been donated by many local (and some national) busi-nesses and individuals. The live and silent auctions will feature a safari, wide range of tickets to events, gift certificates, origi-nal artwork, lovely jewelry and more.

Tickets are $125 per person and can be purchased on our website (www.monadnockhu-manesociety.org/2015hairball) or by phone (603.352.9011, ext. 112, Alice Sears). Individ-ual tickets and tables of 10 are available. This year, guests may consider the opportunity to add $15 to a ticket to bring the total to $140. This additional gift will be applied to the Birthday Gift Match Challenge.

Monadnock Humane Soci-ety was established in 1875 and serves 44 towns and cities in the Monadnock Region. Its mis-sion is to foster a compassionate community by promoting and providing for the well-being of animals. MHS receives no fund-ing from the state or federal government, and is not affiliated with any national organization or agency.

NOVEMBER 14Line Dancing PartyQueViva Fitness, JaffreyDeb Giaimo will be leading a line dancing party at QueViva Fitness on Saturday, Novem-ber 14 from 7 to 9 pm. All line dances will be taught at begin-ner level, and no line dance experience is necessary. She will be teaching some of the most popular social line dances like the Cupid Shuffle, the Wob-ble, Cotton-eye Joe, and Kasper Slide. No partner is needed. Come by yourself or with a bunch of friends! Please bring clean shoes or boots for dancing.

Cost: $8/pp (Adults 13+). For more information, contact Sara Lyon at 603-318-6689 or email [email protected].

NOVEMBER 14Christmas BazaarAdvent Lutheran Church, RindgeAdvent Lutheran Church (ELCA) is hosting its annual Christmas Bazaar on Saturday,

November 14 from 9 am to 2 pm. The event includes a silent auction of vintage and new items, a gift basket raffle, a bake sale with Nisu and gourmet food tastings, books, arts & crafts, and other vendors, and the Advent Cafe. Advent is on Route 202 in Rindge, 1.5 miles north of Route 119. For additional information: (603) 899-3095, AdventLutheranChurch.org, Facebook.com/Advent.NOVEMBER 14JWC Craft Fair & Bake SaleCutler Memorial Building, JaffreyThe Jaffrey Woman’s Club is holding its annual Craft Fair & Bake Sale on Saturday, Novem-ber 14, from 9 am to 3 pm at the Cutler Memorial Building, 33 Main Street.

Local artisans will be offer-ing hand-made fine jewelry, hand-knit ready-to-wear goods, adorable knick knacks, gor-geous pottery, and more. Don’t miss out on the many yummy baked goods for sale! Craft ven-dors interested in renting a table should contact Cathy at 603-831-1433.

Tickets for the popular “Dining for Two … and More” raffle will also be available to purchase, this year featuring over $2500 in gift certificates from area busi-nesses! Proceeds from the raffle are used to support the Club’s free dental clinic for needy chil-dren, to award an annual high school scholarship and adult continuing education scholar-ship, as well as to preserve and

maintain the historic Cutler Building in downtown Jaffrey.

Please visit the Club on Facebook, or email [email protected] for further information.

NOVEMBER 14Ham and Bean SupperUnited Church of JaffreyThe United Church of Jaffrey is hosting a Ham and Bean Sup-per on Saturday, November 14. The menu includes ham and home made baked beans with cole slaw, rolls, beverage and homemade desserts. The time is 5:00pm – 6:30pm. The cost is $10 for adults and $8 for chil-dren (under 12).

The church is located at 54 Main St. in Jaffrey, and the supper is in the Mildred Cutter Memorial Hall right next door on the church grounds. NOVEMBER 14EEC Season Finale with Trio Cleonice First Church, Jaffrey Electric Earth Concerts presents its season finale on Satur-day, November 14 in Jaffrey’s First Church. Trio Cleonice, a Boston-based ensemble, will return to the EEC stage along with Artistic Director Jonathan Bagg and Francestown native Jacob MacKay in his first EEC appearance.

This is the last in a season of 13 concerts spread across the seasons and in different ven-ues throughout the Monadnock region. The celebratory finale

Coming Eventsstarts with J.S. Bach’s Bran-denburg Concerto No. 6 and includes Antonin Dvorak’s lyri-cal Piano Quartet in E-flat, Opus 87 and the less familiar Piano Trio in D minor, Op. 3 by the Viennese romantic composer Alexander Zemlinsky. The pro-gram calls on a total of seven players, including three cellos and a double bass, and prom-ises a thrilling conclusion to the season.

Cellist Jacob MacKay, who attended ConVal High, per-formed often in the area while a student, including as a solo-ist with the Keene Chamber Orchestra. Now a senior at Brandeis University studying cello with Joshua Gordon, he is poised at the start of a promising career. Trio Cleonice contin-ues it rise to prominence on the national scene; they have appeared often in New Hamp-shire as part of Electric Earth Concerts and elsewhere. The trio hosts its own chamber series in Newton Massachusetts, as well as touring across the U.S. and internationally.

The concert starts at 7:30 pm. Admission is $25, and tickets are available online at electrice-arthconcerts.org, or at the door.

First Church is located at 16 Laban Ainsworth Way, Jaffrey.

NOVEMBER 18Oncology & Infusion Therapy Center Open HouseMonadnock Community Hospital, PeterboroughMCH is proud to announce that its brand new Oncology and Infusion Therapy Center is now open. The new 4,000 square foot space is located on the first floor of The Bond Wellness Center with a private entrance to pro-vide ease of access for patients.

A key feature of the unit is an improved patient flow, allow-ing clinic visitors to receive their treatments in a convenient and

accessible location and infu-sion therapy patients to receive their care in comfort and in privacy. There are 10 infusion stations with a mix of single chairs and small groups of two or three chairs for those who prefer camaraderie. All stations enjoy natural light along with improved clinical technology. Additionally, there are 5 patient exam rooms, a family room and plenty of space to expand to meet the growing need for these services in our community.

Please join us at our open house on November 18 from 4 to 7 pm for a tour and to learn more about the high-quality oncology and infusion therapy services offered here at MCH, close to home. If you have any ques-tions or would like to learn more about the Oncology and Infu-sion Therapy Center, please contact Laura Gingras at 924-4666 or via e-mail at [email protected].

NOVEMBER 28Holiday BazaarVFW Hall, JaffreyThe VFW Post 5613 Auxiliary will be hosting a Holiday Bazaar on Saturday, November 28 from 10 am to 2 pm. It will be held at the VFW Hall on Hathorn Road (off Route 202) in Jaffrey, NH. Bake sale and food and drink items available for purchase.

Interested vendors, crafters and artisans should contact Tracy at [email protected] or call at (603) 801-8138 for more information.

Table space is $15 per space. Additional $5.00 per table rental fee.

NOVEMBER 28Kitty Rescue Open HouseMonadnock Kitty RescueOur annual “Black” Kitten Open House will be held on November 28 from 2-6 pm. Refreshments, door prizes and tours.

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