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Staff Contact Hours
Mon. & Wed. 10 am - 5 pm
Tues. & Thurs. 9 am - 6 pm
Saturday 9 am - 2 pm
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Although the library is closed to the public, staff are here to assist you and you can borrow books, etc
by phone 603-456-2289,
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Community News From Your Library |
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Published weekly on Thursdays - Tell your Friends and Neighbors!
If you missed the previous newsletters, you can find them on our website. Check your "social" or "promotions" email folders. If you are subscribed, it helps to add the newsletter@warner.lib.nh.us address to your contacts for reliable delivery.
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Invited to present themselves: candidates for Selectboard, Town Budget committee, and KRSD Municipal Budget committee. Details here.
For those who can’t attend, the forum will be taped & aired on YNC Cable TV on Saturday, March 6 at noon &/or 5 pm.
Town committees... When/What?
Town Clerk's Office will be open until until 5 pm Monday, March 8 at the Warner Town Hall to receive Absentee ballots for the March 9 elections.
2021 Town Meeting: ballot voting on the School budget and Reps, Town officers and Zoning, will be Tues. March 9, 2021, 7 am to 7 pm in the same manner as last November's voting, (including absentee ballots).
At this time, the Town Meeting business discussion session is postponed until Saturday, May 1, 2021 at 9 AM at a location to be be determined in advance hoping that weather warms for an outdoor meeting. Sample ballots, absentee ballots and other voting information is at https://warner.nh.us/notices/#voting
Reminder: Dana Myskowski is happy to be a write-in vote for the third 3-year Library Trustee open position.
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Information about Covid vaccinations
Current cases of Covid-19 in Warner: 1-4 active cases, with a total of 128 cases so far, an increase of 1 from last week's newsletter.
Quarantine guide covering COVID exposure at various stages of Vaccine status was posted by Kearsarge School District in their travel quarantine letter.
IRS Tax form 1040 /1040SR booklets and Instructions have arrived! Call us 456-2289 or come to the door to ask for your copies. Or get them at www.irs.gov.
If you want to file online yourself, and need computer or wifi access, you can make an appointment for access at the library.
Kearsarge Regional School District
Kearsarge Regional School District is starting Kindergarten registration for the 2021/22 year. If you have an incoming child in Warner that Simonds School does not know about, call Wendy 603-456-2241.
Warner Village Water District Annual Meeting - Tuesday March 16, 7:00 PM
This meeting will be held in-person at Warner Town Hall to choose the Commissioner, Treasurer and Clerk, vote on the budget, and "any other business".
Did you know? Our part of N.H. is still categorized as "abnormally dry" on the national drought monitoring map? This usually means fire danger is elevated and/or spring fire season starts early. The map is updated weekly.
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Help with Food and Energy Costs |
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Mountain View Senior Center News
Meals On Wheels program is for seniors and disabled folks who need help with preparing meals but cannot drive to pick up. Call 938-2104 to sign up or find out more.
70% of funding for this program comes from community support (including contributions by recipients). Donations can be sent to PO Box
The Library is partnering with Warner Connects Food Pantry and Meals on Wheels for delivery to the homebound of Library books, magazines, DVDs and audio books. Call 456-2289 to request library services. If you are a driver making deliveries, let us know if you are willing to help out.
March is Red Cross Month! free online safety workshops include Be Red Cross Ready. March 8, 6:00PM-7:00PM. Becoming “Red Cross Ready” for an emergency means following some simple steps in advance to ensure you and your family can weather a crisis safely. Register Here
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Looking Back: Wednesdays-To-Go with the Library
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Our series of NH Humanities-To-Go history programs hosted on Wednesdays via Zoom.
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"SHOP LOCAL, Shop Safely: Support local business"
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Barbers and Hair Salons!
Emma O'Connell recently joined Terri at Bella Capelli by Terri at 51 E. Main St. (Brookside). 456-3336
The Warner Barber (Laura Carroll) has retired as of March 4, 2021.
Pandora's Locks 50 Kearsarge Mtn Rd. Call 748-9443 for appointment.
More local auto repair options not included in last week's list:
TNT Auto, 618 Kearsarge Mountain Rd. 603-504-8825
Courser Farm Sugar House is boiling sap already!
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Warner Public Market has a large variety of seeds for your garden planning, fresh local produce, bread, cheese and more! Front door contact-free service or step into the mini-market to browse. Online ordering www.shopwpm.com.
Tues-Fri 1-7pm, weekends 10-4pm.
For current news about businesses in the area, sign up for the KACC monthly email newsletter.
Want your business to get more visibility? Consider joining the non-profit Kearsarge Area Chamber of Commerce. Fees start at $50 and are used to support and promote businesses, and community activities, as well as business networking events.
Members are listed on the website, KearsargeChamber.org, promoted in Facebook posts, and listed in a brochure that is printed a few times a year so new members are in print quickly. Brochures are distributed throughout the region.
There are currently 171 members in 30 Towns (63 are from Warner).
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Maple Weekend: on Saturday, March 20th, Mt. Kearsarge Indian Museum is hoping to have an outside demonstration (weather permitting), maple syrup for sale, and the gift shop and galleries will be open for self-guided tours (regular admission, free for members).
Social distance rules apply and face masks are required inside the museum. (you do not need to purchase admission to visit the gift shop.)
For local sugarhouse listings check
Call ahead for visit protocols.
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"Gather:The Fight to Revitalize our Native Foodways", film screening followed by discussion. Friday, March 5th at 6 pm via Zoom. Details on Facebook. Sponsored by Kearsarge Food Hub, Nulhegan Band of Coosuk Abenaki Nation, and Warner Public Market.
Renaming Columbus Day:
Warner Selectboard voted on March 2, 2021 to include Indigenous Peoples' Day as a Town holiday on the second Monday of October.
In the N.H. Legislature: HB 155 renaming Columbus Day is due out of Committee on 3/11/2021.
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Following Bills in the NH Legislature |
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A few Bills of interest about housing and land use
HB341 relative to permissible residential units in a residential zone. Municipal and County Government Committee. Public Hearing: 03/08/2021 10:30 am
HB284 Extending the deadline for restoration of involuntarily merged lots
HB132-L prohibits zoning ordinances from requiring certain acreage for certain single family housing units.
Senate calendar (use arrows to move to other dates). Click on a calendar item to see details, find a link to join on Zoom (to comment), or watch the YouTube live stream.
House Committees are already meeting.
To see all the bills being discussed, click here.
Warner's NH Legislator contact pages: Senator Rebecca Whitley (District 15).
Tracking NH Legislation? Let us know what Bills you think people should watch!
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To Do
Be safe: stay home and phone, Zoom, Skype or Facetime family and friends, or learn something new...
Ask the library to set up a Zoom meeting link for you! Training is also available by phone or Zoom, or we can send you instructions.
For area events, search online listings by zip code at nh365.org - or search by topic. Many virtual events.
Museum news:
welcoming back visitors on March 5!
Reserve your timed tickets online at starhop.com prior to your visit. Tickets allow for up to two and half hours to explore the exhibit galleries, either from 10:30 AM - 1:00 PM or from 1:30 PM - 4:00 PM.
Library Pass users may use the "member ticket" price to purchase up to four general admission tickets. Admission to the planetarium show is an additional $5 each. You will be asked to present your Library Pass at the front desk on the day of your visit.
The Currier Museum of Art offers online art conversations. Pre-registration is required. currier.org
Watch/Do
NH Timberland Owners Association workshops online; ($5 / $15 cost)
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3 Friends You Haven't Met Yet
Roger Robbins
Good books and their authors get passed by, or simply forgotten, as time goes on. Here are 3 non-fiction writers worth meeting, or getting re-acquainted with.
Robert Caro, as biographer, is in a class by himself. He has spent decades writing a series of books on Lyndon Johnson that teach and entertain and amaze. The depth of his research, and the rich canvas of American History that he paints, is a journey worth any reader's attention.
Roger Angell covers baseball like nobody else. A long-time editor at The New Yorker, he writes from the fan's perspective with insights and sparkling prose that invite reading again and again. Let him take you back to baseball in the 1970s; let him recapture Boston's great World Series adventure of 1975. You'll feel as if you were in the bleachers beside Angell with a ballpark hot dog in hand.
Alvin Toffler is the author of the classic "Future Shock". You've heard the title - pundits refer to it often. But have you read it? It is scary how much Toffler got right about America today - from a book written in 1970!
Remember, we can borrow titles not in our collection. Just ask!
Just for giggles
Cakewrecks.com. "when professional cakes go horribly, hilariously wrong". A Cake Wreck is any cake that is unintentionally sad, silly, creepy, inappropriate - you name it.
The blog author groups the photos and adds commentary that often builds the day's giggles to a full belly laugh.
Or if you want to see cute or beautiful cakes, go to the "Sunday Sweets" section.
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Tech Tips: Copy/ scan Services |
If you would like us to print documents that you can email to us, send them to us and you can then pick them up at the door.
Call to find out which email to use, so we can be sure the person on duty sees them promptly. Cost is 10 cents per page. (.50 for full color)
If they are on a website you can send us the link.
If your documents are not on computer, you can bring the papers to the door for us to copy.
Free Scanning
Need to scan and save (or email) a document or photo? Scanning is free. We can send it to your email or save onto your flash drive or photo card.
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Kanopy movie streaming service tip:
If you have used your library card number to create an account for free films at warnernh.kanopy.com and want to watch more than the 10 film "credits" you are allowed per month "on our dime", scroll down on the initial page to find "credit Free" films, which are available at no cost to us, and don't use up your monthly "credits"
Also, there is unlimited access to any titles in the Kanopy Kids section.
We noticed three films from the series "the Librarian" are currently available in Kanopy. A silly "National treasure" style romp!
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Miss Sue's News (for Kids) |
It's already March!! St. Patrick's Day is the 17th and we have a nice little collection of books in the Children's room if you are interested.
Also, we have a lot of "luck" at the library: take a walk by and see all of our shamrocks! Hooray for green, hopefully the white goes away!! Every day is one day closer to spring!
Check out Matt Esenwine's interview with both his co-author Charles Ghigna AND illustrator Andrés Landazábal, about their new book ONCE UPON ANOTHER TIME
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Preschool Story Time
Because Story Time is on Zoom, there will be NO cancellations, as long as there is power! Snow can't stop us this year!!
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This is the next craft that will be going home in your next curbside pickup bag. All materials included to make the "Olaf snowglobe" and one of your own creations. If you ever need a glue stick or anything, please do let Miss Sue know.
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Arts News
In-person art classes are offered at Kimball Jenkins school of Art:
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If the night sky holds many secrets, it holds Sheetal Mistry's secret the closest. A secret that explains why her hair is the silver of starlight, or why some nights the stars call Sheetal by name.
Stars like her mother, who returned to her place in the constellation Pushya years ago. Since that day, Sheetal has been forced to hide. But as her seventeenth birthday draws near… Read More
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All Pen wants is to be the kind of girl she’s always been. So why does everyone have a problem with it? They think the way she looks and acts means she’s trying to be a boy—that she should quit trying to be something she’s not. If she dresses like a girl, and does what her folks want, it will show respect. Read More
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Upcoming Local Events in Brief |
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Every Week
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Monday Morning Zentangle 9 -10:30 am via Zoom. Free. Contact Terry Hathaway, Certified Zentangle Teacher to get the link.
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Pick up a free seasonal craft kit at the Library (call ahead, 603-456-2289)
Coming Soon
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Warner Candidates' Forum: via zoom Thurs. March 4 at 7 pm. (see above)
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KCPA Performance Company, Art in Motion “Passion Prevails Pandemic” via Zoom, followed by Q&A. Friday March 5 at 7 pm
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BookEnds Book Group: Sun. March 7, 4pm Storied Life of A.J.Fikry by Zevin, on Zoom
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VOTE! Town ballots March 9, 7 am - 7 pm.
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Library Book Group 2nd Wed. at 1:30 PM (March 10: Warmth of other suns by Wilkerson) We have copies: also in ebook.
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Maple Weekend March 20-21
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Community Conversations: Indigenous Peoples of Warner. Mar. 31, 7 pm via Zoom
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Library Trustees' Meetings |
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NEW TIME! Library Trustee committees meetings by Zoom include the Monthly Board Meeting on the third Tuesday of each month at 6:15 pm, and various Committee meetings, some that meet monthly, are usually at 6 pm..
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Your donations keep Library services strong! |
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Buy a perennial houseplant for a loved one. Spider plants, Hoya, and Christmas cacti available. Call 456-2289 to choose your plant, and pay by donation
The Circle of Friends "buy it now" sale of items is almost over. Items donated can be found in an album on Facebook. Our sincere thanks to donors and buyers!
Contributions to the library may be donated online, mailed to P. O. Box 299, Warner NH 03278 or put in the bookdrop! Contact us if you have any questions.
Stained glass theme "Thank You" cards (3 for $5), or other non-specific stained glass cards (5 for $10), pictured here. Call 456-2289 to arrange for pickup.
Just call or email us if you see something in the photos you want to purchase. Price = you choose your donation.
All books for sale have been isolated for many weeks.
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