Ready for reading

Don't forget, the Unionville High School PTO's annual used-book sale is Feb. 22 and 23. Last week I assembled all of my donations, collected additional stuff from a friend, and dropped off multiple bags and boxes of books and videos to the Charles F. Patton Middle School, where the helpful Signal 88 Security guy stationed in the lobby helped me unload my car. Donations can be dropped off until Feb. 20 at the marked boxes in any of the school lobbies.
Hours for the sale, held at the high school gym, are:

• Friday, Feb. 22, 5 to 9 p.m.
• Saturday, Feb. 23, 9 a.m. to 2:30 p.m.
• $8 Bag Sale, Saturday, Feb. 23, 3 to 5 p.m.

Snow dates are March 8 and 9.
And two dates to put on your calendar: the 68th running of the Mr. Stewart's Cheshire Foxhounds Point-to-Point Races (in simpler terms: the Cheshire Races) will be on Sunday, March 31, and the Bayard Taylor Library's annual house and garden tour will be Saturday, June 1. As always, I'll be a volunteer at the latter, which this year will center on the Unionville area.