MUM SALE
FUNDRAISER
The Suncook
Valley Sno-Riders snowmobile club is holding its 3rd annual Fall Mum
Sale fundraiser!
When:
Saturday, Sept. 13 and Sunday, Sept. 14 (9am-5pm)
Where: EXIT
Reward Realty’s field (Corner of Rt. 28 and River Rd.) in Pittsfield.
We will
also be selling fall decorative items like hay bales and corn stalks.
For more
information see the club’s website at
www.SuncookValleySnoRiders.com or our Facebook page:
www.facebook.com/groups/svsnoriders/
HORSESHOE
TOURNAMENT
Eight teams
pitched to win the Gathering On The Green Horseshoe Tournament. In the
end, Jeff Rollins and Dale Bowen defeated Dan Chagnon and Rodney
Desrosiers to claim the title.
Summer
Reading Programs End At Barnstead Library
The 2014
Summer Reading Programs at Oscar Foss Memorial Library were a HUGE
success! This year we had 126 children and teens register for the
programs, with 78 of those individuals completing the programs and a
total of 998 books read! We started our programs with an exciting
Kick-Off event with “Mad Science” in June and the children continued to
have a great time doing science experiments during our weekly
activities. Our weekly Summertime Songs & Stories and Arts & Crafts
activities were also well attended and our Toddler Time continued
throughout the summer as well. Children of all ages had a great time
listening to stories, singing and creating many different projects
relating to our “Fizz, Boom, Read” theme. The teens in our “Spark a
Reaction” program also enjoyed getting together for fun activities. Some
of which included washable tattoos, games and an inspiring visit with
author Adi Rule! Everyone got an opportunity to hear about her
experiences and ask her questions. As we have many writers in our group,
this was extremely helpful and insightful. We would all like to thank
Adi for her time and honest discussion.
To end our
“Spark a Reaction” teen program this year we celebrated with a “Pizza &
Movie Party”! The teens enjoyed a delicious meal of pizzas, popcorn &
cookies while watching the movie “Divergent”. They also received their
awards, certificates, & surprises, and got to choose their free books.
The “Fizz, Boom, Read” group celebrated with an “Ice Cream & Movie
Party!” They got to make an ice cream sundae and eat popcorn while they
watched “The Muppets Most Wanted”. They also received their awards,
certificates, & surprises, and got to choose their free books. We also
chose the raffle winners for all our wonderful prizes that were donated
by NH businesses. If you were unable to attend the celebrations, please
stop by the library to pick up your child’s packets by September 15th.
We are also happy to announce that the 50 participants in our Adult
Summer Reading Program read a total of 162 books this summer!
Congratulations to all for doing such a fantastic job reading this
summer.
The library
would like to thank all of our generous sponsors for helping to make our
2014 Summer Reading Programs such a success. The Jack & Dorothy Bryne
Foundation, CHILIS, Cogswell Benevolent Trust, the NH State Council on
the Arts, the National Endowment for the Arts, the Institute of Museum &
Library Services and the NH State Library for the grant that assisted
with our Kick-Off event. Canobie Lake Park, NH Fisher Cats Foundation,
Monarchs Care Foundation, Water Country, Gunstock, Jay’s Bayside, Space
Center, Wal-Mart, Ogunquit Playhouse, McAuliffe-Shepard Discovery
Center, Funspot, Boston Red Sox, Mad Science, Books a Million, and Trina
Blackwood for all of our wonderful raffle prizes. Pizza Hut, in Concord
and Sissy’s Sweets & Ice Cream in Barnstead for all the certificates in
the children’s ending packets. We would also like to thank all of our
teens and adult volunteers who helped with our weekly activities. Thank
you everyone for a great summer, keep reading and we’ll see you at the
library!
Invitation
To Join Scouts In Barnstead
Barnstead
boys ages 6 through 18 are invited to join the Cub or Boy Scouts in
Barnstead for some exciting adventures. Last year we went camping
(spring, summer and winter), went climbing at Vertical Dreams , all of
us went to summer camp for a week, completed a number of hikes and
received a lot of award badges for these and many more activities. This
year we will camp more, hike more and plan some other great activities.
It is easy to join -- call Doris Williams at 603-435-7054 or email Mrs.
Williams at [email protected]. If
this does not work for you just show up at the meetings at the Barnstead
Elementary School Wednesday evening.
Letter To
The Editor
Dear
Editor,
This letter
is to support one of the candidates for the Alton, Barnstead and
Gilmanton seat. His name is Raymond Howard.
Ray is a
born and bred native of New Hampshire. He has been a contractor, and
self-employed, for over 34 years. Hard work and frugality are nothing
new to this guy. He knows exactly what it takes to pay bills, including
taxes. He brings that Granite State common sense with him to the Alton
Planning Board, where he regularly applies it in defense of the local
taxpayer. As a contractor, he has a keen eye for the details in
everything.
For over
seventeen years, Ray has been active in the Boy Scouts. This great
organization offers valuable contributions for molding young men’s
characters, and Ray has been a part of that.
If you want
a candidate that is fiscally responsible, a defender of the U.S. and
N.H. Constitutions, and a supporter of local control, may I offer to you
the candidacy of Raymond Howard.
I believe
he is the best choice to represent us in Concord.
Don Walker
Barnstead