Gilmanton Memorial Day Service
The
Gilmanton American Legion and American Legion Auxiliary would like to extend
an invitation to all Girl Scouts, Brownies, Boy Scouts, Cub Scouts and
anyone else that would like to join them in honoring our Veterans.
We will be
gathering at Smith Meeting House around 11:30 am on Sunday, May 29th.
The laying of the wreaths at the monuments will be assisted by the Jr.
Legion Auxiliary members and members of the Scouts. The Gilmanton
School Band will play a selection. We will then march into the
cemetery.
Please join
us to honor those that have served to protect our Country. The ladies
of the Legion Auxiliary will serve light refreshments following the Service.
God Bless America!
Vendors Wanted For Community Flea Market/Farmer’s Market
• Sponsored
By: Gilmanton Firemen and Police Associations
• When:
Saturday, May 28, 2011 (Rain or Shine) 8:00 am – 4:00 pm
• Where: Public
Safety Building Parking Lot
•Cost/Contact: Brenda Currier 267-8570 to
reserve space
Spaces must
be reserved and paid for in advance. Vendors are not allowed to sell
hot foods or sandwiches. The Associations will be selling hamburgers,
hotdogs, sodas, chips, etc.
Even if you
don’t want to rent a space, please stop by and have lunch. Community
support of our Associations will be greatly appreciated.
The Gospel of Recycling:
Gilmanton Elementary School
Thinks Globally and Acts Locally!
Submitted By: Lori Baldwin, School
Recycling Rep.
Here is an
example of recycling right in our own community. It would be nice to
have enough print space to acknowledge all the folks who take the time and
make the effort to recycle, for it’s the responsible thing to do fiscally
and environmentally. When anyone recycles, he thinks and acts beyond
himself. But this print space is devoted to the Gilmanton Elementary
School staff and students. Read on and you’ll see just how devoted GES
is to preserving the health of its community and beyond.
Recycling
since 2004, GES took their commitment to new heights this year by expanding
its collection program to include food waste and food packaging. Here’s a
weekly snapshot of 2 volunteer hours.
On
Wednesdays, 6th graders plus two staff collect and process all recycling.
Cardboard, paper, plastic, aluminum, tin and glass go to the town, (not the
solid waste facility) where it can be combined and sold.
Next is the
packaging. These are the chip and snack bags, wrappers, ziplocks, juice
pouches, etc. that cannot be recycled regionally. These are boxed up
and sent to the Terracycle Co. (they pay shipping) where they are up-cycled
into common household items AND the gospel here is that GES gets a double
benefit. Terracycle pays the school for these items. In addition, GES saves
money by keeping the packaging out of the waste stream. How awesome is that!
On Fridays
it’s composting. The 3rd graders initiated a composting program. It
began in October with the construction of a large composter and weekly
collection of food items from each classroom. The kitchen also
participates by collecting scraps from food prep.
Phase 2 for
next year will involve the collection of appropriate food from all breakfast
and lunch shifts. The gospel here is another double benefit. GES
can anticipate another big reduction in solid waste fees thus saving more
money AND, in the future, compost will be a sustainable resource for the
grounds and gardens at GES. What have those two weekly hours generated
for cost savings?
Since the
end of September, GES has consistently reduced their “trash” generated fees
by 50-70%. Terracycle has paid the school almost $1,000.00 and the town has
had the added dollar benefit of brokered recyclables. The savings by the
school year’s end will exceed $5,000.00 for less than 100 volunteer hours!
As
impressive as these accomplishments are, the enduring benefit that extends
beyond dollars and cents is education. This group of students has come
to understand their role in preserving the health and beauty of their town
and beyond. They are the example of, “think globally, act locally” and
that is indeed “good news”. Thanks for caring GES!
Obituaries
Joseph Urner
Joseph
Urner, cherished husband of Lorian Brown, died May 11 at his home in
Lincoln, MA. The cause was lymphoma. He was 81.
Born in
Frederick, Maryland to Irma (née Bradshaw) and Joseph W. Urner, he graduated
from MIT (’53 and ’54) with an advanced degree in economics and engineering,
and then was drafted as the Korean War was winding down.
It was his
work testing radar systems while in the army that led to his career in
engineering and project management at Raytheon Company. Managing an
experiment searching for water on the moon with Apollo 17 was exciting, but
his later work in military satellite communication was less rewarding. He
took early retirement and went happily back to economics, concentrating on
the new field of financial economics.
Two of his
children, son Dwight and daughter Susan, died young of cystic fibrosis. His
third child, Katharine Urner-Jones and her husband Larry Jones survive him,
as does his wife Lorian Brown and his former wife, Patricia MacAfee-Urner.
Also surviving are his sister Joanna Smith and husband Gerald Smith of
Frederick, Maryland, and their children Bobby Smith, Jimmy Smith, and Jody
Ward, and their spouses, children and grandchildren.
Joe’s joys
were tennis, music, hiking and his long-time friends in Gilmanton, New
Hampshire. He served as president and director of the Loon Lake Beach Corp.
(45 years), was a director of the Gilmanton Land Trust, a member of the AMC
4,000 Footers Club, and a passionate Boston Symphony Orchestra subscriber
(43 years).
A memorial
service will be held on Saturday, May 28 at 2:00 p.m. in The First Parish in
Lincoln, 14 Bedford Road, Lincoln, MA. (refreshment after in the Stearns
Room.)
