Tag, bake sales scheduled in West Brattleboro
WEST BRATTLEBORO - There will be tag and bake sales on Saturday, May 26, at the First Congregational Church, 880 Western Ave.
The tag sale will take place downstairs. The food sale will be outside, weather permitting. Both sales run from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m.
The tag sale will feature a wide variety of house- and kitchenware, knickknacks, collectibles, some small furniture, and books.
Tag sale items will not be marked with prices, but will be available for a donation.
The bake sale will feature pies, cookies, brownies, breads and baked beans.
For more information, call 802-254-9767.
Plant sale benefits Wardsboro library
WARDSBORO - The Friends of the Wardsboro Library will sponsor two events - the annual plant sale and a village tag sale - on Saturday, May 26 at 170 Main St.
Admission and parking are free for both events, which will be held rain or shine.
The plant sale from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. will take place at the library's red barn on Main Street and on the Town Common. Reasonably priced perennials, hardy transplants, colorful annuals, Gilfeather turnip seedlings, and much more will be available.
Members of the Friends will also be available to assist gardeners with their selections.
A special garden raffle will feature two Adirondack chairs, handcrafted by Ken Hoffman of Townshend. Tickets can be purchased at the plant sale or the library before the event. Tickets can also be printed from the Friends' website, www.friendsofwardsborolibrary.org. The winning ticket will be drawn at 2 p.m. at the plant sale; both chairs will be awarded to one winner.
New this year is a village tag sale beginning at 9 a.m. in the backyard of the Library on Main Street.
Vendors will offer varied merchandise, including crafts and tag sale items, and keep the proceeds of all sales. Limited spaces are still available for $25; vendors must bring a table and tent.
For more information or to reserve a space, call Linda Gifkins at 802-896-9490.
Friends of the Wardsboro Library is a nonprofit organization that supports the Wardsboro Public Library.
Free photo workshop
BRATTLEBORO - “Making Photos Fantastic!” will be offered at Marlboro College Graduate School, 29 Vernon St., on Tuesday, May 29, from 5 to 7 p.m.
The free class is presented by the Grad School's EdTech program and is part of its public-service “HOT: Hands On Tech Series.”
Instructor Will DeBock will offer a hands-on technology workshop focused on making the most of digital images. There are free and low-cost (yet robust) tools that can help crop, filter and enhance images.
There are also fun tools that can create a movie poster from a favorite image or a motivational sign for students or employees. Participants will explore tools like Paint.net, Photoshop Express, and Picasa as well as specialized web applications.
Students should bring their own laptops, cameras, and smart phones with cameras. (Observers without computers and cameras are also welcome.)
This workshop will be particularly appropriate for teachers, small-business owners, artists, communications professionals, and anyone interested in harnessing the power of the Internet.
To register, go to hotworkshop_photos.eventbrite.com.
For more information, contact Caleb Clark at cclark@gradschool.marlboro.edu or 802-258-9207.
Guilford Chinese classes decorate traffic island
GUILFORD - Inspired by Chinese characters and building on last year's Word Art illustration and poetry project, students at Guilford Central School are designing and making fabric and branch art to adorn the traffic island outside of the school entrance.
The stick sculptures - fashioned from branches and twigs and held together with twine - emulate the lines of Chinese characters.
“The sweep of fabric as wind sculpture is likewise inspired by Chinese characters as they sweep across a page when brushed as calligraphy,” said teacher and activity coordinator Cai Xi Silver.
Students are preparing the sculptures with a goal of installing them on May 31 in time for the annual Chinese Children's Day of June 1.
“This fabric activity carries on a Chinese tradition during both daily life and in special events - hanging auspicious decorations around and near the home, strings of vegetables drying, laundry air-drying, calligraphy banners, lanterns,” Silver said.
“All these 'decorations' give a sense of uplift and being connected with each other and with the sky and the earth energy,” she added. “Through this activity, students gain a sense of teamwork."
For further information, contact Silver at 802-257-7898, ext. 4, or caixiart@gmail.com.
Project COW expands its hours
BRATTLEBORO - The Project COW (Community Organic Waste) compost container at the Fairground Road recycling location will begin Wednesday evening hours on June 6.
It will be open Wednesdays throughout the summer and fall from 5 to 7 p.m.
There is no cost to dispose of food scraps, low-grade paper products, kitty litter, and small quantities of yard waste.
“Be a part of making nutrient rich compost while saving landfill space and reducing your trash volume.
As always, the COW container is also open Saturdays from 9 a.m.-noon. For further information, call Moss Kahler at 802-257-4445, or visit www.windhamsolidwaste.org.
Passes now available for Memorial Park pool
BRATTLEBORO - The Living Memorial Park Swimming Pool will open for the season on Saturday, June 16 at 1 p.m. Season passes are now on sale at the Gibson-Aiken Center Monday through Friday from 9 a.m. to noon and from 1 to 5 p.m.
Anyone purchasing before June 15 will receive a 10-percent discount. After June 15, passes will be available at the swimming pool.
The regular rates for Brattleboro residents are $25 for students, $35 for adults, $65 for families, and $10 for toddlers. Non-resident rate are $40 for students, $50 for adults, $90 for families, and $20 for toddlers.
Call the Recreation & Parks Office at 802-254-5808.
BF Woman's Club wraps up its club year with potluck supper
BELLOWS FALLS - Members of the Bellows Falls Woman's Club met for the final time of the club year on May 8. A potluck luncheon, hosted by the executive board, preceded the meeting.
The club reported a very successful year, with varied programs and community enhancement projects.
Donations to several area agencies and organizations included the Visiting Nurse Association and Hospice of Vermont and New Hampshire, the Bellows Falls Area Senior Center, Parks Place, Rockingham Christmas Fund, Rockingham Free Public Library, Kurn Hattin Homes, youth programs, BFUHS through the annual club-sponsored Arts Festival, and Our Place Drop-in Center.
The club annually gives a scholarship to a graduating high school senior pursuing studies in the health-care field and donates to the state federation's scholarship for Vermont women furthering their educations to enter the workforce.
Each year, the club takes on a specific community service project; funds are being held for future landscaping at Bellows Falls Middle School, once the renovations there are completed.
The BFWC will resume meeting in September. Meetings for club members are held at the United Church on School Street, on the second Tuesday, September through May, beginning at 1:30 p.m.
Area women interested in the club's work and/or joining the club should contact Betty Haggerty, at 802-463-4159.
The club is a member of the General Federation of Women's Clubs, an international women's organization dedicated to community improvement by enhancing the lives of others through volunteer service.
Register now for BAJC Hebrew School
WEST BRATTLEBORO - Congregation Shir Heharim, the Brattleboro Area Jewish Community, will begin once-a-week Hebrew school classes this coming year on Sept. 10 for youngsters age 6 and older. The curriculum includes Hebrew language, as well as Jewish studies - culture, history, music, prayers, beliefs, and customs.
The school meets at the synagogue at 151 Greenleaf St., on Monday afternoons, time to be determined. Although designed for the children of members, the school will accept new students for one year even if their parents are not members.
Students planning to become bar- or bat-mitzvah need to be enrolled in the school for at least one full year prior to their bar- or bat mitzvah year.
Registration forms and a $100 deposit must be sent by May 28 to guarantee admission.
For more information and for registration forms, visit www.bajcvermont.org or contact Faith Schuster at 802-464-2632 or schuster@sover.net.