Happenings

Editor’s Note: Norfolk Public Library is at 139 Main Street in Norfolk Center. All places and addresses below that do not specify a municipal­ity are in the town of Norfolk.

Saturday, March 13 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. The King Philip Leo Club is planning to hold its first-ever Spring Fair for elementary school children, including games, crafts, music, and the Easter Bunny. Admission is free. Children must be accompanied by par­ents.

The event is scheduled to take place in the cafeteria of King Philip Regional High School at 201 Franklin Street (Route 140) in Wrentham. The Leo Club is a student branch of the Lions Club with a focus on local community service. For more information, send an email message to kpleoclub09@gmail.com. Monday, March 15 7 p.m. A reception to honor several Norfolk women who have helped shape the town’s history is scheduled to take place at Norfolk Public library. Interviews of nine Norfolk women have been recorded by NCTV, the town’s local cable-access station. The theme is “Writing Women Back into History,” in observation of National Women’s History Month. The project coordinators are Bonnie Dittrich, Chris Cleverdon, and Betty Lehan. From the interviews, NCTV has created six episodes, which are to be shown on Comcast Channel 8 and Verizon Channel 41 in Norfolk. Each week two episodes are to be shown.

Wednesday, March 17 St. Patrick’s Day

Tuesday, March 23 6:30 p.m. The BeSmart Wellness Coalition is planning to present an Underage Substance Abuse Prevention Community Forum at King Philip Region­al High School to promote awareness, networking opportunities, and prevention strategies that parents can use with their families. Present­ers include Pam Carrison, president of BeSmart Wellness Coalition; King Philip BeSmart Club student leaders; William Keating, Norfolk County District Attorney; Rob Wargo, King Philip assistant principal and Wellness Committee chairman; Jeremy Wardle of Learning Bug Education; Bill Phillips of New Beginnings Programs; and students and parents of students in recovery. The high school is at 201 Franklin Street (Route 140) in Wrentham.

Monday, March 29 Passover begins at sundown Sunday, April 4 Easter

Monday, April 5 Passover ends

Tuesday, April 13 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. The primary election for the vacant Norfolk, Bristol, and Middlesex state Senate district is scheduled to take place at H. Olive Day School at 232 Main Street in Norfolk. The election is to fillthe vacancy left by for­mer state senator Scott Brown’s resignation to become a United States senator. The district includes the town of Norfolk, as well as Wren­tham, Plainville, Millis, Sherborn, Needham, North Attleborough, and portions of Franklin, Wellesley, Natick, and Attleboro.

Friday, April 23 6 to 9 p.m. The Friends of the Norfolk Public Library plans to hold its annual book sale during the fourth weekend in April. The book sale takes place at the Norfolk Department of Public Works garage at 33 Medway Branch Road. Only members of the Friends group are allowed into the Friday night book sale, and then the book sale open to the general public is scheduled for 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, April 24. Memberships are $15. For more information about the book sale, go online to www.nor­folkbooksale. com.

Tuesday, May 11 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. Norfolk’s annual town election is scheduled to take place at H. Olive Day School at 232 Main Street in Norfolk. The date is a week later than usual. The general election for the vacant Norfolk, Bristol, and Mid­dlesex state Senate district is also scheduled to take place at the same time.

Tuesday, May 18 Norfolk Annual Town Meeting is scheduled to take begin at King Philip Middle School at 18 King Street in Norfolk. The date is a week later than usual. Editor’s Note: Please send descriptions of events by email to Norfolk­Boomerang@ gmail.com. Please put the word “Calendar” somewhere in the subject line. The deadline for sending a Happenings item is 8 p.m. the Friday before the week you would like the event notice to appear.