Women’s History At Gilmanton Corner Library
March is
“Women’s History Month” a celebration of women’s contributions to history,
culture and society. This year the National Women’s History Project selected
the theme “History Is Our Strength,” which highlights achievements by
distinguished women in specific fields, from medicine and the environment to
art and politics.
Their
stories are integral to the fabric of our history and provides essential
role models for everyone to face the changes and challenges of the 21st
century.
Please stop
by the library to see our selection of adult and young reader books on women
in history, Wednesdays 3:00-5:00 and Saturdays 10:00-12:00 or call 267-6200
if you would like to reserve or request a book.
The library
has these new books: Strategic Moves by Stuart Woods; Legend of the
Guardians Collection by Kathryn Lasky; Cleopatra by Stacy Schiff; The Inner
Circle by Brad Meltzer; and I Am Number Four by Pittacus Lore.
Letter To The Editor
Gilmanton Voters to Decide about
Aquifer Protection
To the
editor:
Voters in Gilmanton will have the opportunity on March 8 to vote
for protection of current and future drinking water resources.
The Gilmanton Conservation Commission urges you to vote yes on Article #3
which would add a new Aquifer Protection Overlay Zone and Ordinance to the
Zoning Ordinance. The Planning Board also recommends adoption of this
article.
An aquifer
is a geologic formation composed of rock, sand, or gravel that contains
significant amounts of potentially recoverable water. The proposed
ordinance is an overlay which applies to the four sand and gravel aquifers
in the Town of Gilmanton and to two Wellhead Protection Areas around two
existing public water supplies. The four areas are near Crystal Lake,
along a portion of Nighthawk Hollow Brook, upstream of Rocky Pond and a
small area near Canaan Road. The two well areas are around the school
well and the well for Crystal Springs. Maps of these areas are
available at the Selectmen’s office in the Academy Building.
The intent
of the ordinance is to protect, preserve and maintain existing and potential
groundwater supply and groundwater recharge area of known aquifers.
The ordinance accomplishes this by prohibiting such uses as disposal of
solid waste (except for brush and stumps), subsurface storage of petroleum
products, uncovered storage of road salts, junk and salvage, car washes,
gasoline stations, spreading of Class A and B biosolids, etc. For a
complete list, please see the full text of the ordinance which is available
at the Selectmen’s office at the Academy Building and online at
www.gilmantonnh.org.
Please
remember to vote March 8, 2011.
Gilmanton Conservation Commission
Letter To The
Editor
To the Editor
Response to the services offered by the Gilmanton
Year-Round Library to the people of Gilmanton has truly been extraordinary.
Since the Library opened in September of 2009, more than a thousand
cardholders have taken advantage of its services. In the year 2010 the
Library saw nearly 10,000 patron visits, including adults and children; the
pace continues into 2011. Story hours for children, events for
all ages, meetings of community groups, special programs, exhibits by local
artists and crafts-people, all have contributed to a lively welcoming
atmosphere at the Library.
Librarian Claudette Gill and children’s
librarian Jenny Stevens have organized the essential activities of the
Library. With their leadership volunteers have contributed some 4000
hours to enable library services. Volunteers also clean the library
each week and keep the grounds in attractive condition. Many volunteer
hours are spent attending Board and committee meetings, planning events and
writing grant applications.
Careful management has enabled the
Library to level-fund the budget for 2011, at $70,500. As a non-profit
organization, the Gilmanton Year-Round Library Association manages the
library and raises funds to help support ongoing services. Thanks to
several successful events and the generosity of supportive citizens, the
Association has raised $23,000 toward the 2011 operating budget..
The Library is asking the Town to appropriate $47,500 to support the
Library.
The Gilmanton Year-Round Library is a public library, open to
everyone in Town. The facility, valued at $1.3 million, was built and
furnished entirely with private donations. The public need for
and benefit of the Library have been amply demonstrated by the enthusiastic
response of townsfolk.
Please support the “Library in the Barn” by
attending Town Meeting at the Gilmanton School on March 12 and casting your
vote in favor of the Library Article.
The Gilmanton Year-Round Library
Board of Directors: Stan Bean, Anne Kirby, Susannah Chance, Alice
Bean, Sue Barr, Carolyn Dickey, Bill Foster, Chris Schlegel, Cindy Hatch,
Carol Mitchell, Steve Bedard, Carolyn Baldwin, Alicha Kingsbury.
Betty Ann Abbott, Selectmen’s Representative.