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VOL 4  ISSUE 08                                      February 22, 2012   
In This Issue
Meet the Candidates
On the Ballot
Book Discussion Group
Knitters & Crocheters
"Marching" Forward
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EVERY WEEK IN OUR COMMUNITY
Monday Evening:
Monday Nite Contra Dance
8:00 pm ~ Nelson Town Hall
Admission: $3.00
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Tuesday & Thursday:
 Town Offices Open
9:00 am until Noon
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Sunday:
Nelson Congregational Church
Service at 9:30 am
Info 603-847-3280

Chapel By The Lake
Service at 10:00 am
Info 603-847-9900
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Olivia Rodham Memorial Library 

Monday 10:00 - 1:00
Tues, Wed, Thurs
3:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Story Hour:  Tuesday
3:00 pm - 4:00 pm
Oct - May
Saturday 10:00 - 1:00
Free Internet Connection
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Knitters & Crocheters Club
meets every other Thursday, 10:00 am, at the Chapel By The Lake
  next meeting: 02/23      

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If you are planning a community project that you believe will benefit the Nelson and Munsonville community, there may be funds available to help you get started. Moving in Step has a convenient downloadable application form available at the website. 

Contact Richard Popovic 847-3192 or Dave Birchenough 827-3552 for more information.

Upcoming Events

1st Thursday Pot Luck Supper
March 1st -
Thursday, 6:30 pm
Henry Melville Fellowship Hall

Tim Eriksen in Concert!
March 2nd - Friday, 8:00 pm
Nelson Town Hall - Admission

Supervisors of the Checklist
March 3rd -
Saturday, 10:00 am
Nelson Town Offices

Nelson School PTO Meeting
March 5th - Monday, 6:45 pm
Nelson Elementary School - Multi-Purpose Room

 GaMe NiGhT @ the LiBrArY!!!
March 6th - Tuesday, 7:00 pm
Olivia Rodham Memorial Library

Meet the Candidates Night
March 7th -
Wednesday, 6:30 pm
Nelson Town Hall

Annual School District Meeting
March 9th - Friday, 7:00 pm
Nelson Town Hall

Corned Beef & Cabbage Dinner
March 10th -
Saturday, 5:00 pm
Nelson Congregational Church

2nd Saturday Contra Dance
March 10th -
Saturday, 8:00 pm
featuring Luke Donforth with Celticladda
Nelson Town Hall

Nelson Town Meeting
March 13th - Tuesday
     Polls open at 11:00 am and close at 7:00 pm
     Business meeting begins at 7:00 pm to agree on the Warrants

Library Book Discussion Group
March 19th -
Monday, 10:30 am
Olivia Rodham Memorial Library

Pancake Breakfast
March 24th -
Saturday, 8:00 am
Nelson Elementary School
 
Greetings!

Today's Quote: "The life I touch for good or ill will touch another life, and that in turn another, until who knows where the trembling stops or in what far place my touch will be felt."
~ Frederick Buechner

Do you know what happened on this date in town history 238 years ago?   Nelson became an incorporated town in the Province of New Hampshire on this day in 1774 by decree of Governor John Wentworth and was named as "Packersfield", after a major proprietor, Thomas Packer, the sheriff at Portsmouth.  It wasn't until a good two years later that New Hampshire broke off from Great Britain in January 1776.  And even then, it wasn't until June 21, 1788 that New Hampshire became a state.

See?  The Town of Nelson has always been a leader!
This concludes our history lesson for today.

Happy "Incorporation Day", Nelson!
Meet the Candidates
Nelson Town HallCome meet the candidates running for the position of Selectman at the "Candidates Night" on Wednesday evening, March 7, at the Nelson Town Hall.

From 6:30 until 7:00 pm you will be able to meet and greet the each of the candidates for Nelson Selectmen and enjoy some light refreshments provided by the Library.

From 7:00 until 8:00 pm the candidates for Selectmen will answer questions submitted by you in the audience.

And then at 8:00 pm you will have time for one on one with the candidates and enjoy even more refreshments.

This "Candidates Night" is sponsored by Nelson's Olivia Rodham Memorial Library.

Any questions? - Call the Library at 847-3214
Everyone is welcome and encouraged to attend!

 

Who's On the Ballot?
voting boothTown Meeting Day is fast approaching.  This year, Town Meeting will be Tuesday, March 13, 2012 beginning at 7:00 p.m.

The Polls will open at 11:00 a.m. and close at 7:00 p.m. to allow registered voters in the community to cast their votes for the following offices and officers:

Selectman, 3-year term  (choose one)
     Margaret Schillemat
     David Upton

Selectman, 2-year term (choose one)
     Duane Schillemat
     Maury Collins
     John Cucchi

Town Moderator, 2-year term, (choose one)
     Richard Church
     Winston O. French

Trustee of the Library, 3-year term, (choose one)
     Thomas Tolman

Trustee of the Library, 1-year term, (choose one)
     Linda Cates

Emergency Management Officer, 1-year term, (choose one)
      Richard Lothrop

Town Treasurer, 1-year term, (choose one)
      John Shea

Planning Board, 3-year term, (choose two)
      Eric C. Sandberg

Trustee of Trust Funds, 3-year term, (choose one)
      Thomas B. Newcombe

Cemetery Board, 3-year term, (choose one)
      Winston (Marty) French

Road Equipment Committee, 3-year term, (choose one)


Zoning Board of Adjustment, 3-year term, (choose two)


Supervisor of the Checklist, 6-year term, (choose one)
      Hope Lothrop

Town Auditor, 1-year term, (choose one)
      Terry Mednick

Nelson School Board, 3-year term, (choose one)
     Jessica Walker
     Maureen Lord
Book Discussion Group @ the Library
The Library Book Discussion Group will meet Monday morning at 10:30 on February 27th.  We will be discussing the book "Tiger's Wife" by Tea Obreht.
 
Book Synopsis:  In a Balkan country mending from years of conflict, Natalia, a young doctor, arrives on a mission of mercy at an orphanage by the sea. By the time she and her lifelong friend Zóra begin to inoculate the children there, she feels age-old superstitions and secrets gathering everywhere around her. Secrets her outwardly cheerful hosts have chosen not to tell her. Secrets involving the strange family digging for something in the surrounding vineyards. Secrets hidden in the landscape itself.

 

Books may be taken on loan from the Olivia Rodham Memorial Library to be read in preparation for this discussion.  We hope you will be able to join us for this monthly event. 

Do You Knit or Crochet?
Knitters & CrochetersIf you love to knit or crochet or would like to learn, this is the place for you. The members of the Knitters & Crocheters Club have a combined experience of hundreds of years of knitting and crocheting. At every meeting tips and patterns are freely shared and the coffee pot is always on.

We'll be meeting this Thursday morning, February 23rd, at 10:00 am at the Chapel By The Lake.  We look forward to meeting you and having you join us.  We'll help keep you in stitches!
 
"Marching" Forward
The busy month of March is almost here.  How busy?  This busy:

1st Thursday Pot Luck Supper
March 1st - Thursday, 6:30 pm
Henry Melville Fellowship Hall

Tim Eriksen in Concert!
March 2nd - Friday, 8:00 pm
Nelson Town Hall - Admission

Supervisors of the Checklist
March 3rd - Saturday, 10:00 am
Nelson Town Offices

Nelson School PTO Meeting
March 5th - Monday, 6:45 pm
Nelson Elementary School - Multi-Purpose Room

 GaMe NiGhT @ the LiBrArY!!!
March 6th - Tuesday, 7:00 pm
Olivia Rodham Memorial Library

Meet the Candidates Night
March 7th - Wednesday, 6:30 pm
Nelson Town Hall

Annual School District Meeting
March 9th - Friday, 7:00 pm
Nelson Town Hall

Corned Beef & Cabbage Dinner
March 10th - Saturday, 5:00 pm
Nelson Congregational Church

2nd Saturday Contra Dance
March 10th - Saturday, 8:00 pm
featuring Luke Donforth with Celticladda
Nelson Town Hall

Nelson Town Meeting
March 13th - Tuesday
     Polls open at 11:00 am and close at 7:00 pm
     Business meeting begins at 7:00 pm to agree on the Warrants

Library Book Discussion Group
March 19th - Monday, 10:30 am
Olivia Rodham Memorial Library

Pancake Breakfast
March 24th - Saturday, 8:00 am
Nelson Elementary School


More meetings and gatherings will be announced as soon as information becomes available.
Candyce Fulford
on behalf of Moving In Step, a community project
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