LITTLE ITALY..... IN DEERING!

VIVA ITALIA! LUNCHEON 

The Greater Hillsborough Senior Services second luncheon for March was held in Deering Community Church on Wednesday, March 25th. The heart of the menu was a prime example of Italian Comfort Food: spaghetti topped with meatballs and a knock-yer-socks-off, made-from-scratch (by Patty Samuels. Disclaimer: I am Patty's husband and biased in a real big way!) tomato/red pepper sauce. This was served with a green salad. garlic bread and coffee, tea and water (What! No vino? Che cosa?).  For dessert, Patty presented a tiramisu that seemed to generate a lip smacking, happy palate din in the church hall. The kitchen crew for today included head chef Patty, sous chef George Arvenataki and line chefs Lee Avery, Joyce Peace, Richard Little and Gary Samuels. Yvonne Wiegelman decorated each table with pretty white chrysanthemums, which were set off by the red napkins. 

As an unexpected surprise, Dave McNair joined us. Dave, who lives in Prince Edward Island, up there in Canada, escapes the cold by coming South -- to Hillsborough! It turns out that Dave can make pretty good music come out of Joyce Peace's mother's piano, and his playing kept people together in the hall, enjoying each other's company long after the tables had been cleared. We hope that Dave will become a 'regular' at our luncheons! (Yvonne signed Dave up for some of the gigs that she produces in Hillsborough, so keep an eye out for him 'at a theatre near you!')

All-in-all the Deering Community Church hall was briefly transformed into a favorite restaurant on Arthur Ave in Little Italy of the Bronx! Certainly none of the 32 patrons left the hall hungry. From what I heard from those who were there, this luncheon had it all: great food and a warm sense of community. The fact that the day was nice, sunny and (relatively) warm, was a  BIG plus!

The next GHSS luncheon will be held on April 9th at St Mary's church, in Hillsborough. Ham will be on the menu. We hope to see y'all there! Please contact Marie Merrow (464-3067) or Marie Mogavero (464-4726) to reserve

VIVA ITALIA LUNCHEON!

VIVA ITALIA LUNCHEON!

Spaghetti and meatballs. Garlic bread. Salad. Tira Misu for dessert.

The ultimate in comfort food!

When? Wednesday, March 25, Noon
Were? Deering Community Church
Cost? $5.00

Don't miss this one! Support GHSS and Bus-4-Us!

Contact Marie Merrow (464-3067) or Marie Mogavero (464-4726) to reserve

BIG DOINGS ON SATURDAY, MARCH 21!

EVENTS IN DEERING AND HILLSBOROUGH THIS SATURDAY

 

MAPLE SYRUP DEMONSTRATION

First day of Spring as I write this. Hard to believe, but the signs are everywhere. Our cats have been spending time on the porch for the past two weeks and willow branches are a bright yellow. And, as they say, the sap is rising!  Come on up the hill to Deering and join the annual Maple Syrup Demo at the Homestead Sap House, off Reservoir Road from 10 am - 3 pm. It's a cozy event with sap boiling away, donuts, coffee and old, and new, friends. This event is sponsored by the Deering Association and is free and open to everybody.

GHSS CABIN FEVER FLEA MARKET 

It may be Spring, but I could understand why you might not want to head for the nearest swimming hole or preview your Easter  Bonnet on Main St. I can also understand why you might be experiencing a wee bit of CABIN FEVER. Well, one antidote to cabin fever is the GHSS CABIN FEVER FLEA  MARKET at Hillsborough American Legion Post 59 (539 West Main St, Hillsborough) this Saturday, 21 March, from 8 am to 3 pm. All the available tables have been taken so there should be lots of items to delight your critical eye! The proceeds go to Greater Hillsborough Senior Services Bus-4-US campaign. So BUY A LOT OF STUFF!

A MOVIE FOR YOU!

CHEF: A MOVIE REVIEW

Patty and I usually don’t like the same kinds of film but with Chef we both left the (virtual, i.e. sofa) theatre smiling. In this film Carl Casper (Jon Favreau), chef of an upscale and successful LA restaurant, receives a bad review from an influential critic (Oliver Platt). This leads to a ‘rematch’ between the chef and the critic, but restaurant owner Dustin Hoffman refuses to let Chef Carl fly. Chef Carl quits.  His former wife, Sofia Vergara, and mother of their preteen son, is a glamorous Cuban American from Miami who has been pushing Chef Carl to sell Cuban sandwiches from a truck. The chef and his ex-wife get along well and chef spends alternate weekends with his son. I think the chef questioned his ability to be a good father for his son because their meetings seemed to be unfulfilling. The chef had promised to take the kid to New Orleans before leaving the restaurant but could not fulfill the promise after leaving the restaurant.  Having no other prospects Chef Carl agrees to the idea of the food truck. He takes his son to Miami, where they meet an entrepreneur (Robert Downey, Jr.) who has had some sort of relationship with the chef’s wife, and who agrees to bank-roll the truck. In Miami the chef, the  chef’s best friend (John Leguisamo) who is a former line chef at the LA restaurant, and vacationing son launch the food truck. In Miami they learn their chops and have great success. They have to return to LA, which they do via a roadtrip through the Gulf States and Texas. The kid, who is highly adept at social media, develops thousands of followers and spreads advance notice of where and when the truck will be in 'your' neighborhood. Lines of good-natured, hungry people form at the window. That’s the front story. The back story is of Chef Carl finding out who he is and what is most important in life. Duh: his family, including his ex- and their child. With the truck Dad teaches his son to be a line chef and in the process the two bond even more firmly. The food looks wonderful, the Latin music is infectious, the characters are all sympathetic, and the story is highly engaging. There are no negatives to this film. Nobody gets hurt (unless they overeat) and there are no dark turns (chef eventually reconciles with the LA critic). I cannot recommend this picture highly enough.

Chef is available from Netflix either as the DVD or to watch instantly, or from Redbox (I do not know whether our local Redboxes have Chef).

CELEBRATE LITERACY WITH TOMIE dePAOLA

Celebrate literacy with Tomie dePaola April 18 in Concord

Beloved author and illustrator Tomie dePaola will discuss his work and inspirations in an interview with award-winning author Rebecca Rule at this free event hosted by the New Hampshire Humanities Council's Connections adult literacy program on Saturday, April 18 at 2 p.m. at the Concord City Auditorium.

One of our 40 signature events in celebration
of our four decades of connecting people with ideas, this event is free and open to all, but registration is required. Tickets will be available on Monday, March 9 at 9 a.m. 

on our website .

This event is made possible in part
by generous support from

MARCH SENIOR MOMENTS

Your copy of Senior Moments for March is now available. Just click on the link on the 'Senior Moments' tab above and .... Happy Reading!

Be sure to read the part about the $8000 warrant article to be presented at the Hillsborough Town Meeting. This grant is seriously in jeopardy. 

If GHSS is not successful in obtaining this funding, the services that we perform for our seniors, and the activities that we organize for our seniors will necessarily be greatly curtailed.  

Please attend the Hillsborough Town Meeting and vote for this warrant article and in favor of support for Hillsborough area seniors.

SOIREE IN DEERING!

Our cats can sense a change, that Spring is not very far away. Yes, it's still cold and there's a lot of snow out there, but the cats are now spending more time on the screened porch. They know something!

I don't know whether we humans share this innate awareness, or whether it's just a case of  'enough already,' but we trot off to southern beaches and sign on to late winter cruises. Maybe in doing this, in making these brief excursions to above freezing climes, we know that not long after we're back home the grasping winter will begin serious retreating. 

Whatever.... Here in Deering there's going to be a Soiree, an evening of Joyous Noise that just might give Old Winter the shove he needs to get out of here. (what a long introduction to.....) On next Friday evening, 6 March, 7:00 pm in the Deering Community Church in Deering Center there will be music, poetry,  stories --- general lightness of spirit.

The soiree is FREE AND OPEN TO ALL but donations, which will be split between the Deering Community Church and the Hillsborough-Deering Food Pantry, will be welcomed. 

The Soiree is being organized by Sam Kelly and includes:

Heidi Welch - music teacher from H-D

Chris Heffernan

Krista Kalipolitis- flute

Peter Beard - poetry reading

Jeanne Bartlet - poetry reading

Steve and Jane Waters - piano, voice

Sam Kelly - ukelele

Sissi Shattuck- vocal

Bible Hill Boys- folky group of singers from Hillsborough

Bob Santagata - singer

Sue C. - storyteller

Lorraine Meyette - flute and guitar