A Civil Display at the Bedford Public Library

1. Planting a positive idea for this weekend. The Bedford Garden Club's annual plant sale takes place on Saturday, May 25, from 9-11 a.m., at Bedford's historic Town Hall at the corner of Meetinghouse and Bedford Center Roads.  Hundreds of hardy plants from members' gardens, both shade and sun-loving perennials, will be available for sale along with selected annuals, perennials, herbs, succulents, and vegetables from a local greenhouse.  This is the club's major fund-raising event of the year. For more information, please visit:  www.bedfordnhgardenclub.org.

2. On Confronting the South. New Hampshire People During the Civil War exhibit ... is on display at the Bedford Public Library through June 2. The exhibit features: letters from New Hampshire soldiers written during the Civil War about the day-to-day life of battle are on display in the deNicola Gallery. New Hampshire’s 18 regiments lost 4,882 men during the war. The letters reflect on the ordinary,such as playing cards and football and what was served for dinner. The former shopkeepers, farmers, teachers and blacksmiths also wrote of their eagerness to fight, and of experiencing injuries and deaths. The exhibition is a collaboration between the University of New Hampshire Museum and UNH’s Milne Special Collections.

3. The weatherman says .... more scattered thunderstorms, but an otherwise beautiful day as temperatures are once again expected to rise into the low 80s. According to Weather.com, there is a 40-percent chance of rain today, with the chances of thunderstorms increasing to 80 percent tonight.

4. Good eats, few seats. Six, count 'em, sic of Bedford's finest dining establishments are participating in New Hampshire's 2nd-annual Restaurant Week, which extends through this weekend. This eight-day event offers fixed price lunch and dinner menus at some of the top restaurants throughout the Granite State including Shorty's Mexican Roadhouse, Bedford Village Inn, Tek-Nique, Copper Door, T-Bones and The Weathervane. Check out the full list of participating restaurants.

5. Semi-sweet? The top-seeded Bedford boys tennis team, fresh off a 9-0 triumph against Bishop Guertin in the opening round of the Division I tournament on Tuesday, looks to extend its undefeated season when it hosts fifth-seeded Londonderry (who the Bulldogs defeated, 6-3, in their closest match of the season) in the state semifinals today at 4 p.m. at the County Road tennis courts. Here is a glance at all today's BHS sports action (obtained from HighSchoolSports.net):

• 04:00 PM Girls Varsity Softball @ Central High School
• 04:00 PM Boys Varsity Baseball vs. Central High School
• 04:00 PM Boys Varsity Tennis @ Bedford High School
• 04:00 PM Girls Varsity Lacrosse @ Exeter High School
• 04:00 PM Girls Junior Varsity Softball @ Central High School
• 04:00 PM Boys Junior Varsity Baseball vs. Central High School
• 04:00 PM Girls Varsity Tennis @ County Road Courts
• 05:30 PM Girls Junior Varsity Lacrosse @ Exeter High School 

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