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Happenings for Thursday, May 31–Sunday, June 10

Calendar submissions should arrive at least one week in advance of the intended publication date. Mail entries to The Herald of Randolph, P.O. Box 309, Randolph, VT, 05060; or fax them to 728-9275 or to news@ourherald.com.

Thursday, May 31

•Bingo Night, 6:30 p.m., Royalton Academy Building, Rte. 14, Royalton. Info: Judy at 763-7443.

•Healthier Living Workshop for chronic illness sufferers, 5-7:30 p.m., Gifford Medical Center Conf. Center, 44 S. Main St. Free. Enroll by calling 728-2379.

•Remembrance Candlelight Service "to celebrate the lives of those we have lost." Homily by Susan Thomas, music by Riverbend Singers. 7 p.m., garden courtyard at Gifford Med. Ctr., (inside if rain). Free, open to public, refreshments.

Friday, June 1

•Bingo Night, 7 p.m., Grange Hall, North Tunbridge. Info: 889-5595.

•Spring bird walk, 7 a.m., small fee. North Branch Nature Center. To register: 229-6206.

Fri. & Sat., June 1&2

•Green Mountain Motorheads Spring Fling Car Show. Parade and street dance Friday night; car show Saturday, 10 a.m.-5 p.m., on Main Street, Barre.

Saturday, June 2

•Randolph Farmers Market, 9 a.m.-noon, Central Street, next to OSSU office.

•Spring Music Festival Jamboree, with country, bluegrass and gospel music, starts at 11 a.m. Open stage format, crafts, dinner, camping & cabins available, at Vermont State Grange Center, West St., Brookfield. Info: 802-388-2653.

•Non-native invasive species identification walk, sponsored by The White River Partnership, starts 9 a.m. at Royalton Academy Building, Royalton. Dress to walk outside, bring water. Free, open to the public.

•Book reading with authors Ben Dangl, Holly Wren Spaulding & Ramor Ryat, 6:30 p.m., Black Sheep Books, 4 Langdon Street, Montpelier.

• Pasta Supper, seatings at 5, 6, and 7 p.m., Woodstock Inn & Resort banquet room, reservations a must: 457-3555, by Woodstock Area Chamber of Commerce.

Sat. & Sun., June 2 & 3

•Baxter Memorial Library’s annual plant, book, bake sale. Famous pies! 9 a.m.-1 p.m., Rain or shine, Route 14, Sharon.

Sunday, June 3

•Drum & dance for fun & spirit, for all ages, 7-9 p.m., Barret Hall, South Strafford. Donation.

Tuesday, June 5

•Bingo Night, 6:30 p.m., White Church on the park, Bethel.

•Diabetes Support Group, 4-5 p.m., Gifford Med. Ctr. Conf. Room, Randolph. Info: 728-2295.

•Tunbridge Historical Society program: Euclid Farnham on the Tunbridge Village Store at 7:30 p.m., and Bill and Fran Johansen with a slide program on "The Italian Settlement in Bethel" at 8 p.m. Free, Tunbridge Library, Info: 889-5528.

Wednesday, June 6

•Home buyer orientation: Determine if homeownership is right for you, 5:30-6:30 p.m. Central Vermont Community Land Trust, Barre: Info: 476-4493 ext. 211, or www.cvclt.org.

•Safeline’s ‘no-obligation’ orientation to be a mentor to women making the transition from state correctional facilities to towns in Orange and Windsor Counties. 5:30-7:30 p.m. in Chelsea. For info & sign-up: 685-7900 or nancy@safelinevt.org.

Thursday, June 7

•Bingo Night, 6:30 p.m., Royalton Academy Building, Rte. 14, Royalton. Info: Judy at 763-7443.

•Healthier Living Workshop for chronic illness sufferers, 5-7:30 p.m., Gifford Med. Ctr. Conf. Center. Free. To enroll: 728-2379.

•"Weavers Helping Weavers," 7-8:30 p.m., White River Craft Ctr, 50 Randolph Ave., Randolph. For info call 728-8912.

Friday, June 8

•Bingo Night, 7 p.m., Grange Hall, North Tunbridge. Info: 889-5595.

•Talk on the 1927 flood by Dr. Bill Minsinger, 1 p.m., at Gifford Medical Center’s Menig Extended Care Facility. Free, open to the public. Use new entrance south of the hospital.

Saturday, June 9

•Randolph Farmers Market, 9 a.m.-noon, Central Street, next to OSSU office.

•Tag & Plant Sale, 8:30 a.m.-2 p.m., Sts. Donatian & Rogatian Church, Randolph.

•Reception for Cynthia Jackson of Randolph, recipient of a "Woman in Charge" award from the local chapter of American Association of University Women, 7 p.m., Kimball Library, Randolph.

•Birds & Breakfast with Bryan Pfeiffer: Secrets for finding birds, out-takes from Pfeiffer’s VPT special, "Birding in Vermont," 7 a.m., North Branch Nature Center, Montpelier. Fee, pre-registration required, 229-6206.

•Grand Reopening Festival of North Branch Nature Center, nature walks, music, live animals, more, all day, Elm Street, Montpelier. Admission. Info: 802-229-6206 or www.North
BranchNatureCenter.org.

Sunday, June 10

•Braintree School Stories: Braintree students interview former students. All may ask questions and share reminiscences about school days in Braintree, 7 p.m., Braintree Hill Meetinghouse. Info: 728-9457.

•Tunbridge Historical Society and Tunbridge Library annual History Mystery Walk from the library, 3 p.m. Rain date June 17. Free. Info: 889-5528.

•Walking tour of historic Upper Village, Strafford, with stops at Justin Morrill’s boyhood home, Morrill Memorial Library, the Strafford Townhouse and more; 2 p.m., rain or shine, Morrill Homestead, Strafford.



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