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w w w . a m h e r s t c i t i z e n . c o m • F E B R U A R Y 2 8 , 2 0 1 2 • THE AMHERST CITIZEN • 15 Mont Vernon Gardens By Design Taught by Lois Boericke Early Morning Exercise SPONSORED BY THE TOWN OF MONT VERNON Neighbor 2 Neighbor Community Dinner - Fun and Food for a Good Cause MVVS PTA Sponsors Potluck Dinner for Mont Vernon Residents PARKHURST PLACE 11 Veterans Road, Amherst, NH 03031 Features: • Beautiful Country setting • Non-profit independent living community for Seniors • Large function and activity rooms • Library with fireplace • Community garden • Scenic walking trails • Screened gazebo • Carports with storage Services: • Regular health screeings and clinics • Planned social activities and functions • Wellness and exercise programs Come Visit Us! From Wal-Mart in Amherst, head west on 101A (Amherst St) 1 mile. Take right on Veterans Rd. 1/4 mile on right. One bedroom apartments are now available, with heat and hot water included. b For more information and current special incentives, contact Vera at Stewart Property Management, P. 0. Box 10540, Bedford, NH 03110 (603) 641-2163 TDD Access Request your appointment online at Dovetaildental.com Joseph Cariello, DDS | Neighbors of Salzburg Square in Amherst | 603 673.6526 Dovetail Dental Associates has one of the most experienced hygiene teams in the region. Camillia Paras Patricia Ekins Laureen Sullivan Claudia Huffman Ask Joe Casey About New Acuras! SUNNYSIDE 482 Amherst Street | Nashua, NH | 1-877-427-7182 | www.sunnysideacura.com “ I’d like to invite all of my customers and those ready for a quality luxury vehicle with an outstanding track record, to come see me! Our award-winning dealership is now taking orders for the new 2013 Acura IL-X sedan and RDX 6-cyl SUV models arriving in April, also available with special financing and leasing programs. My personalized service and follow- though customer satisfaction has earned me the Silver, Gold and Gold Master levels of awards from the Acura Council of Sales Excellence. Stop in or give me a call. I’d love to show what we have to offer you! ” — Joe Casey, Sales Associate [email protected] Mobile: 603-930-6105 103 Route 101A, Amherst, NH 578-9696 www.pastamorenh.com For the Love of Pasta! If you LOVE authentic Italian cuisine, PastAmore is the place for you! Serving lunch and dinner EVERY DAY, plus takeout (call ahead). 15 % OFF YOUR TAKEOUT ORDER WITH THIS AD Expires: 3-31-12 FRAME DEPOT T H E Fine Custom Framing —————— Since 1975 —————— Spring Art! In our Store Gallery: Original Art & Limited Edition Prints by local and national artists. Cards, Posters, Picture Lights, Ready-made Frames & Mats, plus many unique gifts. View our online gallery at www.artown.com. w y e r GIFT CERTIFICATES ALWAYS AVAILABLE 227 Union Sq. • Milford 673-2936 • 1-888-673-2936 T-W-F 9-5, Thurs. 9-6, Sat. 9-4 “Nature’s Gift” by Herb Lucas 25% Off Framing Ends Feb. 29th! Bring two pieces of art to custom frame, receive 25% off the second piece of equal or lesser value. Big box stores can’t beat our prices, quality, variety, or personal service! Shop locally! Potluck Dinner open to all Mont Vernon residents on Friday, March 9th, at the Mont Vernon Village School at 6pm in the Multi Purpose Room. Sponsored by the MVVS PTA, this Potluck Dinner celebrates our school wide reading incentive program: Read Across America -- A Minute a Mile! Celebrate all the re- gions of the United States. Bring a dish to share that is representative of a region: gumbo from the South- east, a corn dish from the Midwest, or maybe some tex mex from the Southwest. Whip up a family favor- ite or try something new. Food won’t be the only attrac- tion of the evening. Mont Vernon Village School sent Flat Stanlies and Flat Stellas traveling across the United States several weeks ago, having adventures with family and friends. Photos and maps and flat travelers will be on display for all to see. Don’t know what Flat Stan- ley is? -- Don’t worry. Come to the Minute a Mile Pot Luck Dinner and Find out what all the excitement is about! All are welcome. If you have ques- tions, please contact Amy White at 554-5511. MONT VERNON - Mark your calendars for Friday, March 16th to enjoy a fabulous night of Food, Fun, and Philanthropy! Mont Vernon PTA, Neighbor 2 Neighbor, and the First Lego League NXTreme Team are collaborating to make this year’s event a night to remember. Din- ner will include pasta, salad, bread courtesy of e Good Loaf, and yummy desserts. Bingo & Charity Raffle will follow. Tickets are $6 for adults, $4 for kids & seniors. Bingo is $6 for 8 games. Raffle tickets are $1 each. Dinner starts at 5:30, with Bingo & Raffle kicking off at 6:30. e NXTreme team will be dem- oing their award winning robot and also help kids try their own hand at programming a bot. Some of this year’s prizes include Manchester Monarchs suite tickets and New England sports memorabilia, as well as dining vouchers & wares from lo- cal merchants & artisans. Neighbor 2 Neighbor Mont Vernon (www. n2n.bbnow.org) is a charitable non- profit organization that helps local families facing tough times through assistance with food & other basic needs. If you’d like to help direct- ly with a tax deductible donation, please contact n2nmontvernon@ gmail.com. In addition to raffle items benefiting Neighbor 2 Neigh- bor, some of the this year’s prizes have been donated on behalf of New Hampshire’s First Lego League NX- Treme Team, with proceeds going to benefit their upcoming trip to the World Competition in St. Louis. Seven Mont Vernon kids and their coaches have the honor of repre- senting NH, having qualified as one of 80 teams (out of 20,000 teams worldwide) to participate in this cut- ting edge competition! Please join us on March 16th with your family & friends. You’re sure to leave with a full belly, a warm heart, and some terrific prizes! Learn to design your landscape for the year using your ideas and consid- eration for scale, light, moisture, and use of space as well as other factors such as bloom times and color and our New Hampshire weather. Aggressive plants to avoid making too happy, plant types and uses. Ideas to consider about use of elements to provide focal points and the effects of soil type, and hardscape. If you bring rough measurements of your property, including place- ments of your buildings, you’ll leave with ideas and a preliminary plan for one area of your property. Raffle items for the gardener do- nated by Blue Seal, Toadstool, Coun- ty Store, House by the Side of the Road and the Quarts Source, Trac- tor Supply. Items include: Sloggy’s Ultra Lites women’s garden clogs in sizes 7 and 10, 2 colorful watering cans , seeds, a coffee mug, a beauti- ful aventurine stone accent, Gift Certificates to County Store, Toad- stools bookshops, House By the Side of the Road Flower and Garden Cen- ter. Raffle tickets $1 each or 6 for $5. ere will be 5-6 winners. Cost of class is $10. Coffee and tea and homemade scones will be pro- vided. Come join the fun April 21, 10am to 12:30pm at Mont Vernon Con- gregational Church on Main St. Call Dorothy 672 0570, for any details and to register. Looking for an early morning workout? Drop in on a Monday or Wednesday at the Mont Vernon Vil- lage School at 5:45 am for a 50 min- ute workout by AFAA certified fit- ness instructor Mary Manseau. e next 8 week session starts Monday, March 26. You can choose to exer- cise one or two days. Mondays: Step & Toning - An in- termediate level class in both com- plexity and intensity, to include some choreography and basic Ta- bata drills to help get you fit fast! A variety of toning exercises make up the second half of class for a com- plete workout. Wednesdays: Total Body Fitness - An intermediate level gym-class-style format with a focus on cardio fitness, muscle strength and endurance, agility, re- action time, balance and stretching, using some combination of cones, ladders, medicine balls, Glides, rings, and more. For both classes, wear footwear, like cross-trainers, good for lateral as well as forward movement (not running footwear), bring 2 sets of weights, e.g. 5 lb & 10 lb, a mat, and water. All participants are encour- aged to go at her/his own pace and to have fun! You will need a registration form and check made out to the Town of Mont Vernon on your first day. If you have any questions, please call Stephanie 673.0940. WHEN: March 26 - May 23 (no class April vacation) WHERE: MVVS at 5:45 am to 6:40 am SESSION COST: For 1 day a week = $45 | For 2 days a week = $65 Mont Vernon Congregational Church United Church of Christ 4 South Main Street Mont Vernon Web site: www.montvernonchurch.org E-mail: [email protected] 673-3500 Sunday Morning Church Wor- ship Service: 10:30 a.m. Sanctuary Sunday School: 10:30 a.m. Down- stairs Coffee Fellowship: 11:30 Round room Child care is always available in our nursery for children under 6. Prayer and Communion will be moving from Tuesdays to Wednes- days, as of February 15. e Sanctu- ary will be open at 6 p.m. for a time of prayer and meditation, followed by Communion at 6 p.m. April 18 Please join us for a Ham and Bean Dinner on Saturday, April 18 from 5:30 – 7:30 p.m. is will be held in the Community Room at the church. e cost is $7:50 for adults and $4 for children. Looking ahead: On Saturday, April 21, Lois Boericke will be hold- ing a workshop entitled “Landscape Design” which will run from 10 a.m. to 12 noon. More information to come. “The Union Is Dissolved!”: New Hampshire And The Civil War New Hampshire Historical Society Presents Seven-part History Course. CONCORD, NH--e New Hampshire Historical Society will present “e Union is Dissolved!”: New Hampshire and the Civil War, a seven-part course about New Hampshire during the Civil War. From objects to photographs, from fact to fiction, and from the home front to the front line, the Civil War was a life-changing expe- rience for the state’s residents. e course runs each ursday evening, March 8 through April 19, from 6:30 to 8 p.m., at the New Hamp- shire Historical Society’s library, 30 Park Street, Concord. e registration fee is $80 for New Hampshire Historical Society members and $120 for nonmem- bers. Become a member at the time of registration and qualify for the reduced course rate. To register, contact Education Services Coordi- nator Stephanie Fortin by phone at 603-856-0604 or via email at sfor- [email protected] or download the registration form and submit via mail with payment. Founded in 1823, the New Hamp- shire Historical Society is the inde- Group of Company A, 3rd Regiment, New Hampshire Volunteers, photo- graphed by Henry P. Moore, March-April 1862, New Hampshire Historical Society Collection. Some of the soldiers who joined the 3rd Regiment, New Hampshire Vol- unteers, during the summer of 1861, knew each other before they joined. As friends, neighbors, and relatives, when not in battle, on the move, or drilling, they camped, ate, and spent recreation time together. Concord photographer Henry P. Moore captured David Daniels, Charles Emery, Charles Derby, Patrick Hogan, Wilbur Huntress and two unidentified soldiers relaxing in camp, smoking pipes and cigars, writing letters, reading news- papers, and playing dominos. pendent nonprofit that saves, pre- serves, and shares New Hampshire history. e Society serves thou- sands of children and adults each year through its museum, library, educational programs, publica- tions, and outreach programs. For more information about the Soci- ety and the benefits of membership, visit nhhistory.org. Class Topics: Thursday, March 8 - Chaos Before the Storm Antebellum New Hampshire was in a state of turmoil. Yankee re- formers sought means to meet the uncertainties of the times, and, in time, an end to slavery. Join R. Stuart Wallace, professor of History at New Hampshire Technical Institute, to discuss important events, people, and circumstances leading up to the Civil War. Thursday, March 15 - Toward a Disability History of the Civil War Graham Warder, Assistant Professor of History at Keene State Col- lege, will explore why we need to re-conceptualize one common as- pect of the Civil War experience-disability. Thursday, March 22 - New Hampshire’s Civil War in Fiction and Nonfiction Mark Travis, a veteran journalist and co-author of My Brave Boys, will discuss the limits of facts and imagination in both approaches to understanding New Hampshire’s experience in the Civil War. Thursday, March 29 - A New Look at New Hampshire in The Civil War Mike Pride, author and retired editor of the Concord Monitor, will talk about Our War, his book in-progress, focusing on New Hamp- shire’s Civil War experiences from the perspective of state residents as they lived the events of the war on 50 specific days. Thursday, April 5 - Show Trials of the Civil War: Government Prosecution as Partisan Propaganda Independent scholar and author, William Marvel, will examine how the illegal use of military courts distorted the political process and evolved, finally, into a Republican propaganda bludgeon for manipu- lating the presidential election of 1864 and the early stages of the Re- construction process. Thursday, April 12 - Herstory in Civil War Quilts Lynne Zacek Bassett, independent scholar specializing in New Eng- land’s historic costume and textiles, will examine how the quilts that women created provide us with a unique insight into the experiences of civilians during the Civil War. Thursday, April 19 - Voices from the Front: New Hampshire and the Civil War Join Wesley Balla, the Society’s director of collections and exhibi- tions, for a tour of the Society’s new Civil War exhibition, featuring photographs and objects from the Society’s collections.
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Mont VernonGardens By Design Taught by Lois Boericke
Early Morning ExerciseSPONSORED BY THE TOWN OF MONT VERNON
Neighbor 2 Neighbor Community Dinner - Fun and Food for a Good Cause
MVVS PTA Sponsors Potluck Dinner for Mont Vernon Residents
PARKHURST PLACE 11 Veterans Road, Amherst, NH 03031
Features:• Beautiful Country setting• Non-profitindependentliving
community for Seniors• Largefunctionandactivityrooms• Librarywithfireplace• Community garden• Scenic walking trails• Screened gazebo• Carports with storage
Services:• Regular health screeings
and clinics• Plannedsocialactivities
and functions• Wellness and exercise
programs
Come Visit Us!From Wal-Mart in Amherst, head west on 101A (Amherst St) 1 mile. Take right on Veterans Rd. 1/4 mile on right.
One bedroom apartments arenowavailable,withheatandhot water included.
bFor more information and current special incentives,
contact Vera at Stewart Property Management, P. 0. Box 10540, Bedford, NH 03110 (603) 641-2163
TDD Access
Request your appointment online at Dovetaildental.comJoseph Cariello, DDS | Neighbors of Salzburg Square in Amherst | 603 673.6526
Dovetail Dental Associates has one of the most experienced hygiene teams in the region.
Camillia Paras Patricia Ekins Laureen Sullivan Claudia Huffman
Ask Joe Casey About New Acuras!
SUNNYSIDE
482 Amherst Street | Nashua, NH | 1-877-427-7182 | www.sunnysideacura.com
“I’d like to invite all of my customers and those ready for a quality luxury vehicle with an outstanding track record, to come see me!
Our award-winning dealership is now taking orders for the new 2013 Acura IL-X sedan and RDX 6-cyl SUV models arriving in April, also available with special financing and leasing programs. My personalized service and follow-though customer satisfaction has earned me the Silver, Gold and Gold Master levels of awards from the Acura Council of Sales Excellence. Stop in or give me a call. I’d love to show what we have to offer you!”— Joe Casey, Sales Associate
[email protected]: 603-930-6105
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Big box stores can’t beat our prices, quality, variety, or personal
service! Shop locally!
Potluck Dinner open to all Mont Vernon residents on Friday, March 9th, at the Mont Vernon Village School at 6pm in the Multi Purpose Room. Sponsored by the MVVS PTA, this Potluck Dinner celebrates our school wide reading incentive program: Read Across America -- A Minute a Mile! Celebrate all the re-gions of the United States. Bring a dish to share that is representative of a region: gumbo from the South-east, a corn dish from the Midwest, or maybe some tex mex from the Southwest. Whip up a family favor-ite or try something new.
Food won’t be the only attrac-tion of the evening. Mont Vernon Village School sent Flat Stanlies and Flat Stellas traveling across the United States several weeks ago, having adventures with family and friends. Photos and maps and flat travelers will be on display for all to see. Don’t know what Flat Stan-ley is? -- Don’t worry. Come to the Minute a Mile Pot Luck Dinner and Find out what all the excitement is about!
All are welcome. If you have ques-tions, please contact Amy White at 554-5511.
MONT VERNON - Mark your calendars for Friday, March 16th to enjoy a fabulous night of Food, Fun, and Philanthropy! Mont Vernon PTA, Neighbor 2 Neighbor, and the First Lego League NXTreme Team are collaborating to make this year’s event a night to remember. Din-ner will include pasta, salad, bread courtesy of The Good Loaf, and yummy desserts. Bingo & Charity Raffle will follow. Tickets are $6 for adults, $4 for kids & seniors. Bingo is $6 for 8 games. Raffle tickets are $1 each. Dinner starts at 5:30, with Bingo & Raffle kicking off at 6:30. The NXTreme team will be dem-oing their award winning robot and also help kids try their own hand at programming a bot. Some of this year’s prizes include Manchester Monarchs suite tickets and New England sports memorabilia, as well as dining vouchers & wares from lo-cal merchants & artisans. Neighbor 2 Neighbor Mont Vernon (www.
n2n.bbnow.org) is a charitable non-profit organization that helps local families facing tough times through assistance with food & other basic needs. If you’d like to help direct-ly with a tax deductible donation, please contact [email protected]. In addition to raffle items benefiting Neighbor 2 Neigh-bor, some of the this year’s prizes have been donated on behalf of New Hampshire’s First Lego League NX-Treme Team, with proceeds going to benefit their upcoming trip to the World Competition in St. Louis. Seven Mont Vernon kids and their coaches have the honor of repre-senting NH, having qualified as one of 80 teams (out of 20,000 teams worldwide) to participate in this cut-ting edge competition! Please join us on March 16th with your family & friends. You’re sure to leave with a full belly, a warm heart, and some terrific prizes!
Learn to design your landscape for the year using your ideas and consid-eration for scale, light, moisture, and use of space as well as other factors such as bloom times and color and our New Hampshire weather.
Aggressive plants to avoid making too happy, plant types and uses. Ideas to consider about use of elements to provide focal points and the effects of soil type, and hardscape.
If you bring rough measurements of your property, including place-ments of your buildings, you’ll leave with ideas and a preliminary plan for one area of your property.
Raffle items for the gardener do-nated by Blue Seal, Toadstool, Coun-ty Store, House by the Side of the Road and the Quarts Source, Trac-tor Supply. Items include: Sloggy’s Ultra Lites women’s garden clogs in sizes 7 and 10, 2 colorful watering cans , seeds, a coffee mug, a beauti-ful aventurine stone accent, Gift Certificates to County Store, Toad-
stools bookshops, House By the Side of the Road Flower and Garden Cen-ter.
Raffle tickets $1 each or 6 for $5. There will be 5-6 winners.
Cost of class is $10. Coffee and tea and homemade scones will be pro-vided.
Come join the fun April 21, 10am to 12:30pm at Mont Vernon Con-gregational Church on Main St. Call Dorothy 672 0570, for any details and to register.
Looking for an early morning workout? Drop in on a Monday or Wednesday at the Mont Vernon Vil-lage School at 5:45 am for a 50 min-ute workout by AFAA certified fit-ness instructor Mary Manseau. The next 8 week session starts Monday, March 26. You can choose to exer-cise one or two days.
Mondays: Step & Toning - An in-termediate level class in both com-plexity and intensity, to include some choreography and basic Ta-bata drills to help get you fit fast! A variety of toning exercises make up the second half of class for a com-plete workout.
Wednesdays: Total Body Fitness - An intermediate level
gym-class-style format with a focus on cardio fitness, muscle strength and endurance, agility, re-action time, balance and stretching,
using some combination of cones, ladders, medicine balls, Glides, rings, and more.
For both classes, wear footwear, like cross-trainers, good for lateral as well as forward movement (not running footwear), bring 2 sets of weights, e.g. 5 lb & 10 lb, a mat, and water. All participants are encour-aged to go at her/his own pace and to have fun!
You will need a registration form and check made out to the Town of Mont Vernon on your first day. If you have any questions, please call Stephanie 673.0940.WHEN: March 26 - May 23 (no class April vacation)WHERE: MVVS at 5:45 am to 6:40 amSESSION COST: For 1 day a week = $45 | For 2 days a week = $65
Mont Vernon Congregational ChurchUnited Church of Christ 4 South Main StreetMont VernonWeb site: www.montvernonchurch.orgE-mail: [email protected]
Sunday Morning Church Wor-ship Service: 10:30 a.m. Sanctuary
Sunday School: 10:30 a.m. Down-stairs
Coffee Fellowship: 11:30 Round room
Child care is always available in our nursery for children under 6.
Prayer and Communion will be moving from Tuesdays to Wednes-days, as of February 15. The Sanctu-ary will be open at 6 p.m. for a time of prayer and meditation, followed by Communion at 6 p.m.
April 18 Please join us for a Ham and Bean
Dinner on Saturday, April 18 from 5:30 – 7:30 p.m. This will be held in the Community Room at the church. The cost is $7:50 for adults and $4 for children.
Looking ahead: On Saturday, April 21, Lois Boericke will be hold-ing a workshop entitled “Landscape Design” which will run from 10 a.m. to 12 noon. More information to come.
“The Union Is Dissolved!”: New Hampshire And The Civil War
New Hampshire Historical Society Presents Seven-part History Course.
CONCORD, NH--The New Hampshire Historical Society will present “The Union is Dissolved!”: New Hampshire and the Civil War, a seven-part course about New Hampshire during the Civil War.
From objects to photographs, from fact to fiction, and from the home front to the front line, the Civil War was a life-changing expe-rience for the state’s residents. The course runs each Thursday evening, March 8 through April 19, from
6:30 to 8 p.m., at the New Hamp-shire Historical Society’s library, 30 Park Street, Concord.
The registration fee is $80 for New Hampshire Historical Society members and $120 for nonmem-bers. Become a member at the time of registration and qualify for the reduced course rate. To register, contact Education Services Coordi-nator Stephanie Fortin by phone at 603-856-0604 or via email at [email protected] or download the registration form and submit via mail with payment.
Founded in 1823, the New Hamp-shire Historical Society is the inde-
Group of Company A, 3rd Regiment, New Hampshire Volunteers, photo-graphed by Henry P. Moore, March-April 1862, New Hampshire Historical Society Collection.Some of the soldiers who joined the 3rd Regiment, New Hampshire Vol-unteers, during the summer of 1861, knew each other before they joined. As friends, neighbors, and relatives, when not in battle, on the move, or drilling, they camped, ate, and spent recreation time together. Concord photographer Henry P. Moore captured David Daniels, Charles Emery, Charles Derby, Patrick Hogan, Wilbur Huntress and two unidentified soldiers relaxing in camp, smoking pipes and cigars, writing letters, reading news-papers, and playing dominos.
pendent nonprofit that saves, pre-serves, and shares New Hampshire history. The Society serves thou-sands of children and adults each year through its museum, library,
educational programs, publica-tions, and outreach programs. For more information about the Soci-ety and the benefits of membership, visit nhhistory.org.
Class Topics:
Thursday, March 8 - Chaos Before the StormAntebellum New Hampshire was in a state of turmoil. Yankee re-
formers sought means to meet the uncertainties of the times, and, in time, an end to slavery. Join R. Stuart Wallace, professor of History at New Hampshire Technical Institute, to discuss important events, people, and circumstances leading up to the Civil War.Thursday, March 15 - Toward a Disability History of the Civil War
Graham Warder, Assistant Professor of History at Keene State Col-lege, will explore why we need to re-conceptualize one common as-pect of the Civil War experience-disability.Thursday, March 22 - New Hampshire’s Civil War in Fiction and Nonfiction
Mark Travis, a veteran journalist and co-author of My Brave Boys, will discuss the limits of facts and imagination in both approaches to understanding New Hampshire’s experience in the Civil War.Thursday, March 29 - A New Look at New Hampshire in The Civil War
Mike Pride, author and retired editor of the Concord Monitor, will talk about Our War, his book in-progress, focusing on New Hamp-shire’s Civil War experiences from the perspective of state residents as they lived the events of the war on 50 specific days.Thursday, April 5 - Show Trials of the Civil War: Government Prosecution as Partisan Propaganda
Independent scholar and author, William Marvel, will examine how the illegal use of military courts distorted the political process and evolved, finally, into a Republican propaganda bludgeon for manipu-lating the presidential election of 1864 and the early stages of the Re-construction process.Thursday, April 12 - Herstory in Civil War Quilts
Lynne Zacek Bassett, independent scholar specializing in New Eng-land’s historic costume and textiles, will examine how the quilts that women created provide us with a unique insight into the experiences of civilians during the Civil War.Thursday, April 19 - Voices from the Front: New Hampshire and the Civil War
Join Wesley Balla, the Society’s director of collections and exhibi-tions, for a tour of the Society’s new Civil War exhibition, featuring photographs and objects from the Society’s collections.
