March Happenings

March 2  1:30 Basic Drawing with Sally  Bellew. Pre-registration required. $10  for 2 classes. 2nd class will meet on  Tuesday, March 16 at 1:30. Bring basic  drawing materials.

March 3   10:00 Poetry Group, facilitated by  Bill Kramer, meets on the 1st, 3rd &  5th Wednesdays of each month. New  participants always welcome. Free.

March 5    8:30 Breakfast. Join us for  scrambled eggs, sausage, home-fried  potatoes, toast, orange juice, and  coffee/tea/milk, for just $3. Please  sign up.
12:45 Book Club, facilitated by  Marieke Sperry from Quechee Library.  This month's book is "The Art of  Mending" by Elizabeth Berg. Unearthed  truths force one seemingly ordinary  family to reexamine their disparate  lives and to ask themselves: Is it to late  to mend the hurts of the past? New  participants welcome. Free. 

March 9 10:00 Pastels Class with Fran  Shorrey. New 6-week course. $60 for  new students; $40 for returning  students. Pre-registration required.
   10:30 "Together" women's group,  facilitated by Judy Adams. "Getting  Older and Getting Better: We Can Do  It!". Let's talk about ways to make this  the best time of our lives. New  participants welcome. Free.

March 10  1:30 Line-dancing with Jamie Orr. A  new 6-week course begins today. $36.  Pre-registration necessary. 

March 16  1:00 Sugarhouse View Farm Van  Trip. Christy Hazen, our assistant cook,  has invited us to take a tour of the  sugaring operation at her family's farm  in West Hartford. $2 per person will  help pay for the gas. Please sign up.

March 17  12:00 St. Patrick's Day. Jane  Gibson will entertain on the piano and  we'll have special door-prize drawings  for those who wear GREEN! Please sign  up!

March 19  8:30 Pancake Breakfast. Fluffy  pancakes with VT maple syrup, bacon,  orange juice, and coffee/tea/milk for  $3. Please sign up.
12:00 "Sunshine Day", our annual  celebration of the arrival of Spring!  Special door-prize drawings for those who  wear YELLOW!

March 22   9:00 Ukrainian Egg Class with De Van  Pelt. Come learn this folk craft in time to  decorate for Easter. $2. Class minimum:  5 participants.

March 24  12:30 "Over 60 & Overweight". Dr.  Laura Barre, Center for Aging Research  at The Dartmouth Institute for Health  Policy and Clinical Practice, will explain  how losing weight is different in older  adults. Recommendations for diet and  exercise  for weight loss in older adults  will be included. See page 6.

March 26  10:30 Tai Chi. A new 8-week course  begins. $35. Pre-registration required.

March 29  12:30 "100 Years of the Connecticut  River Valley".  Historian Jay Barrett will  present a look back at earlier times in the  Upper Valley. By the early twentieth  century, a hundred years ago, the upper  Connecticut River valley was a place of  scenic beauty, agriculture, long graceful  covered bridges, steam powered  railroads, early brass automobiles, and  even large annual log drives. Using  modern slides of some of his favorite  antique post card views, we will explore  some rich and colorful aspects of this  wonderful past history.