BETHEL – The Bethel Outing Club’s 23rd annual ski sale will take place Friday and Saturday, Oct. 24 and 25. Individuals and families can stock up on new and used alpine, telemark, cross-country and snowboard equipment and clothing. Boots, poles, bindings, boards and more than a thousand pairs of skis from over a dozen ski shops and individuals will be on sale.

Ski Depot and the Sunday River Cross Country Center will be available to mount bindings throughout the sale so that purchasers can leave with “hill-ready” equipment.

Individuals may also bring equipment to sell, subject to a 15 percent consignment fee, anytime after 3 p.m. Friday, Oct. 24. Items must be priced on tickets provided by the Outing Club at the sale, or picked up at the Bethel Area Chamber of Commerce (Bethel Station) and filled out in advance. Proceeds of the sale benefit area youth ski programs.

The sale will be held at the Gould Academy Field House, Church Street, in downtown Bethel. Sale hours are 6:30 to 9:30 p.m. Friday, Oct. 24; and 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 25. Vendor information may be obtained from Ann Speth at 824-2586. For general inquiries about the Bethel Outing Club, contact club President Mike Cooper at [email protected].

Craft fair

BETHEL – 18th annual Crescent Park School craft fair will be held from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 1, at Crescent Park School, 19 Crescent Lane. There will be crafters, food items, face painting, raffles, kids crafts and balloons. All proceeds will benefit Crescent Park School students. For more information call 824-2839.

Woods course

BETHEL – A fall course, Wood and Woods: Logging and Landscape in Northern New England, will be offered by the Bethel Historical Society’s Regional History Center beginning at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 4. The course is being offered in conjunction with the current exhibit at the society’s O’Neil Robinson House, “Wood and Woods: Finding a Middle Ground.” The first class will deal with the region’s logging heritage and include a visit to the exhibit by Bruce Towle, who organized and prepared it. Society Director Stanley R. Howe, who will coordinate the course, will also present the historic background of logging with a slide lecture.

The second class Nov. 10 will focus on a presentation by Wayne Millen, assistant director of the Resource Division of the White Mountain National Forest based in Gorham, N.H. He will discuss the history of the National Forest and its practices, procedures and goals through the years.

The third class Dec. 1 will feature a panel consisting of foresters, forest land owners and representatives of organizations that advocate limits on logging. This presents an opportunity for participants to hear a variety of viewpoints and to interact with some of those involved with this complex issue. The fee for the course will be $10 for nonmembers and $8 for society members. To register phone the society office at 824-2908 or (800) 824-2910.