From the Assessing Department 

• Abatement applications are due by March 1, 2013 
• Exemption/credit and current use applications are due by April 15, 2012

Application forms are available in the assessing office Monday - Friday 8:00 - 4:30  Abatement applications are also available at www.nh.gov/btla/forms/index   

Cindy Marsland
Assessing Technician
Town of Henniker
603-428-3221 x 2 

The volunteers of the Henniker Community Center Activities Committee is once again offering a free family movie on the first Saturday of the month at 6:00 pm at the Henniker Community Center (57 Main Street).  Bring dinner and/or munchies and enjoy a movie on the big screen.  For more information please e-mail Shannon at camaras70@yahoo.com.

From The Henniker Historical Society & Museum

The Henniker Historical Society wishes to thank Peggy Gendreau for making and donating the beautiful quilt that we raffled. Thank you to Marie Gilbert for being in charge of printing the tickets, getting them out to our members and being sure all tickets got into the treasure box to be drawn. Most of all thank you to all of you who bought tickets. It was our most successful raffle ever! And thank you to Dr. John Echternach for being so happy to win the quilt.

SAT. DECEMBER 15, 2012  11AM- 4PM

Henniker Historical Society's

Annual Holiday Cookie and Bake Sale

at the Grange Hall, 21 Western Avenue. Large selection of baked goods and holiday gifts for sale, including a variety of one-of-a-kind photo paperweights, photo boxes as well as a new "Cats Meow" Cogswell school building replica.

Get in Shape in 2013 

at the Henniker Community Center!  

    Lose weight, inches & body fat UNIQUE and FUN workouts for ALL fitness levels.  Our Fitness Boot Camp is designed to encourage personal improvement and goal achievement in a supportive and encouraging group setting. You compete only against yourself, but work with others for the very best results!

   Our Fitness Boot Camp program offers fitness instruction, nutritional tracking and coaching, motivational training and unique, fun, energizing activities designed to help you reach your fitness goals. Get started now and have fun while losing weight, toning those muscles, increasing your endurance and gaining self confidence! In just eight weeks, you will notice an increase in your energy, strength and endurance, and decreases in your body fat and inches.

    Our Fitness Camp is based on the cross training philosophy providing our students with the best possible workouts.  Our Fitness Boot Camp will prevent exercise boredom, keep the body guessing to stay clear of the dreaded "plateau."  The 8 week session is comprised of 5 different exercise styles.  Fat Burning, Core, Balance, Strength and Circuit Training.   

SCHEDULE:

Session begins January 8, 2013

Every Tuesday 5:15 - 6:15 p.m.

LOCATION:

Henniker Community Center

57 Main St, Henniker (Parking is behind the center, off Crescent St.)

PRICE:  8 week session / 8 classes - $90

DISCOUNT: must show ID

• $10 off for NEC Staff and Faculty
• $20 off for NEC Students

TUESDAYS at the Tucker Free Library 3-4:30PM

Join your friends at the library for an afternoon of Xbox Kinect!  Tuesdays from 3-4:30, for all school aged children. Challenge your friends to a rafting adventure or other extreme sports!  Is dance more your thing? Dance the hours away with a Kinect dance competition.  There are plenty of choices for an afternoon of fun! 

Parent/Child Playgroup

WEDNESDAYS 9:15-10:15AM at the Community Center

The playgroup is held Wednesdays from 9:15am-10:15am at the Henniker Community Center.  For more information email Nicole Adler at nikki_a@myself.com or call (603) 428-6593. 

Preschool Story Time    

Several 2013 Volunteers Needed for 

Henniker Food Pantry

We need caring people who can help distribute food on Wednesday evenings once every 6 weeks for an hour.  You will be part of a team of great people helping their community!  There are other activities as well if those hours don't work for you.  Please call Denise Getts at (603) 494-9675 to inquire!

Dear Town of Henniker,

     The Henniker Food Pantry gave out 76 boxes of food for the Thanksgiving Distribution!  That is the most we have ever done and without the help and generosity of the residents of Henniker, it would not have happened!  Thanks to all who were able to donate food, money or their time to make it a success!

     The Christmas Distribution, which will be on December 19th, will be just as big - so if you are able to donate for that it will be much appreciated.  We will need more bags of potatoes, carrots, onions, coffee, pancake mix or syrup.  Drop-offs at the Tucker Free Library or at the Harvester Market.

     Thanks to all the great people of Henniker!!

 - Denise Getts 

From the Henniker Community School

Check out all the latest news and the great new student & staff photos at 

http://www.henniker.k12.nh.us/ 

Dec. 7:    Report cards go home.

Dec. 11:  PTA Meeting, 7-9 HCS Library.

Dec. 13:  Holiday Concert, grades K-6, 6:30 PM in the Gym.

Dec. 24 through Jan. 1:  vacation.

Jan. 2, 2013:  First day of school in New Year.

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From the Henniker Trail Travelers

The Henniker Trail Travelers would like to thank everyone who came out to the Intervale Pancake House for the Annual Turkey Raffle. As most of you know, this is our biggest fundraiser! We raised roughly $650.00 to help with trail maintenance and other expenses that the club has. 

We would also like to thank the people that brought in canned goods for the Henniker Food Pantry.  

Winter Farmers' Market

Every Thursday from 4:00 to 6:00 pm in the Parish Hall at the Congregational Church of Henniker

Henniker has access to fresh, local food year 'round! The Henniker Community Market is indoors for the winter at the Parish Hall. Products include organic vegetables, grass-fed beef, heritage breed pasture-raised pork, free-range poultry, farm fresh eggs, goat cheese, jams, jellies, granola, artisanal breads and fresh baked goods of all shapes, sizes and varieties, local wine, handcrafted woodworking, dog bones and treats, and more!

Learn more on our website: www.hennikercommunitymarket.com 

Like us on Facebook for regular updates: www.facebook.com/hennikercommunitymarket 

 John Stark Regional First High School in NH to Meet the HealthierUS School Challenge from USDA

Award Ceremony Wednesday, December 12, 2012

5:30-6:30 PM in the John Stark Library

Public Invited

John Stark Regional High School (JSRHS) was recently awarded the HealthierUS School Challenge Bronze Award from the USDA, the very first high school in NH and only one of five schools in the state to achieve this standard.  The pubic is invited to attend a celebration of this achievement on Wednesday, December 12 at 5:30 PM in the school library. There will be a reception featuring healthy recipes from the White House and an award presentation by the USDA's Northeast Region Special Nutrition Director Candice Stoibler at 6 PM.

Take a Chance and Win $100 or More

Joyce Bosse, President, Henniker Rotary Club, announces that the club has launched its annual raffle for 2013. The popular raffle provides 12 chances for a ticket purchaser to win the monthly drawing of $100. The winning ticket then goes back into the pool for additional opportunities to win. Only 400 tickets will be sold and a ticket costs $10 or 5 for $40. 

Winners thus far in 2012 include: Deb Nitzschke, Dave Currier, Jen McCourt, Patrick Brust, Karol Dermon, Kim Burgess, Patty Jensen, Doug Hume, Laura Bernard, Irene Baudreau and Jay Zax.

Tickets will be available for purchase at the Henniker Historical Society Annual Holiday Cookie and Bake Sale, December 15. All Henniker Rotarians will be selling raffle tickets throughout the Fall.  If you don't know a Rotarian and would like to purchase tickets, contact Dan DaCosta, dand3090@aol.com

Proceeds from the sale of the raffle tickets come back to our community in the form of funding for community service projects including restoration and maintenance of Amey Brook Park, hanging wreaths in the business district during the holiday season, Adopt-A-Highway clean-ups, Henniker Rabies Clinic, providing grants to area non-profits and individuals in need, grants to local food pantries and scholarship assistance to high school seniors going on to college or technical training.  

CNHRPC Seeks Your Ideas for the Central New Hampshire Regional Plan

The Central New Hampshire Regional Planning Commission (CNHRPC) has begun the process to develop an updated regional Master Plan, entitled the Central New Hampshire Regional Plan: A Granite State Future. This Plan will be based upon local values and needs that together present a vision for how we can improve our communities, region, and the state. The Central New Hampshire Regional Plan will be an advisory document that communities may use as a resource when updating their own municipal Master Plans.

This three-year project is part of a statewide effort by all nine New Hampshire Regional Planning Commissions (RPCs) known as A Granite State Future. Each RPC is responsible for developing its own Regional Plan. Throughout the state, communities and regions continually address issues such as land use, transportation, economic development, housing, energy, and natural resources. Every regional Master Plan developed under A Granite State Future can serve as a resource to communities when they are making decisions related to such issues.

To gain a better understanding of this region's values and needs, CNHRPC will be undertaking public engagement activities from this fall through next summer 2013. From all residents, workers, and visitors in Central New Hampshire, CNHRPC wants to learn what people like about their community and what could make their community even better. Outreach will occur at various local events and venues, and also includes collecting ideas through the "listening boxes" placed in each community and working with numerous local and statewide partners on Advisory Teams. Ideas and comments can alternatively be submitted any time on the Granite State Future website at www.granitestatefuture.org.  

Please look for the listening box in your community (at Town Hall, the Library, or other frequently visited places) and fill out a comment card describing what you love best about the area or your community and what you want to improve. If you don't see the listening box, go to www.granitestatefuture.org and click on "Share Your Idea."

For more information on what CNHRPC is currently coordinating for the Central New Hampshire Regional Plan through A Granite State Future, please contact Stephanie Alexander at 226-6020 or salexander@cnhrpc.org.

Attention Business Owners

Tips on Keeping Your Business Safe from Theft

From Trident, Town of Henniker's provider for Property & Liability Insurance through Davis & Towle Insurance

• Closing protocols should be developed to ensure that all exterior openings have been properly secured.
• Shrubbery and landscaping plants and trees should be reviewed to determine if they need to be trimmed or removed. They may provide a measure of cover for unauthorized entry. Trees near buildings can also be used to climb up to second floor areas where unauthorized entry might be easier.
• Items of value that may be attractive to burglars, such as digital cameras, laptops and other small electronic devices should be locked inside desks or other secure areas.
• Consider key control. Are office keys, master keys, safe keys and vehicle keys lying about? Do you know to whom your keys have been issued or entrusted? If management cannot answer these questions, your security risk factor is very high.
• Keep a record of all keys issued. Master keys and extra duplicates should be locked away for safekeeping. When a particular key is needed, everyone must sign for its use.
• Have all keys stamped with the words "do not duplicate.'
• Alert the town Police department of the recent theft/burglary activity and advise them to provide increased patrolling of the property.
• Consider the installation of a 24 hour monitored security system that goes to a central station or local police department. Businesses without alarm systems are 4.5 times more likely to be burglarized than commercial locations with electronic security in place.