Barnstead Old Home Day - Going
Once, Going Twice…
One of the very popular activities at Barnstead
Old Home Day is the Country Auction. We are, again, privileged to
have George Twigg, renowned New Hampshire auctioneer of Gilmanton,
as our auctioneer for this year's Old Home Day auction. The auction
will start promptly at 10:00 a.m. in the Auction Tent; chairs are
provided.
Gina Ruggieri of Barnstead models this
year's Barnstead Old Home Day baseball cap and T-shirt
showing this year's theme, Old Time Country Fair. Old
Home Day merchandise is available at Barnstead Town Hall
and at each Saturday night Summer Band Concert at
Barnstead Parade. |
Previous auctions have featured many great items
donated by local businesses, individuals and families. Auction items
have included fuel oil, firewood, loam, overnight stays at hotels,
septic pumping, vehicle services, art work, jewelry, pillows, pet
food, CDs by local artists, specialty gift baskets, internet
service, pizza, quality craft items, collectibles and MUCH, MUCH
MORE! It is, indeed, an interesting and diverse collection of items
for auction.
Join us at the Old Home Day Auction on Saturday,
August 23, 2008. Bid and walk away with a good buy and a good
feeling that you have helped to support local businesses and
Barnstead Old Home Day for another year. This is a great way for
your business to advertise and get community recognition.
To donate an item or for more information, call
Eileen at 435-6692 or, go to
http://www.barnstead.org/aboutbarnstead/ohdtext.html for an
auction donor form. See you at the auction!
Camp Good News
Since 1962, Camp Good News® has provided a
Christian camping ministry to thousands of boys and girls. Camp Good
News is located in Charlestown, New Hampshire, on over 240 acres of
land. The spectacular New England woods provide a great setting to
focus on God and to minister to one another. As a ministry of Child
Evangelism Fellowship® of NH, the purpose of Camp Good News is to
evangelize and disciple children in the Gospel of the Lord Jesus
Christ and to establish them in the Word of God and in a local
church for Christian living.
Camp Good News offers a variety of ministry
opportunities for young and old alike. The main camp offers a
traditional camping experience. For the adventurous types, they have
a wilderness adventure camp. There are also specialty camps such as
soccer and horseback riding. Each summer, Camp Good News opens for
weeks of heart-warming fellowship, dynamic Bible training and loads
of fantastic fun.
This week several families from the Center
Barnstead Christian Church are volunteering their time and abilities
at Camp Good News. We will be helping out with work in the kitchen,
nursing duties, helping kids with crafts, childcare, housekeeping
and any other needs that arise. For more information about Camp Good
News, visit their website at
http://www.campgoodnewsnh.com or call the Center Barnstead
Christian Church at 269-8831.
Barnstead Summer Concert
The Summer Concerts continue this Saturday, July
26th from 6-8pm at the Barnstead Parade Grounds with the
sounds of "Outlawed" playing Country music.
What can be said about the group "Outlawed"? To
sum it up, "Good Country music to enjoy by great talented artists".
If you've never heard of "Outlawed" they used to perform as Almost
Cowboyz. Come join us as we welcome "Outlawed" back to Barnstead to
enjoy some good country music.
This concert is FREE and open to the public; no
alcohol is allowed.
See you there!!
Letter
As we unite to manage our colony, the Board of
Directors and the Administrator are accountable to the colony
members for spending our monies in a show of faith. Some members of
the present Board have over ruled the votes of the membership by
approving a 4% raise to the Administrator, which also incurred 4%
raises to all other employees. This increased cost to the members at
a time when all companies are cutting back. The new line item budget
shows a 7% increase for the Administrator and other full time
employees would receive 6%. When is the last time in this economy
have you received these high raises? How is this Board fiscally
prudent???
New dock and repairs $9000.00 for 300', for 15
boats at average. How does this serve the majority of members??? No
overtime for maintenance. How will members be able to get to work?
Lake treatment is only $8000.00. If no lake what happens to property
values? We all want the best for our community.
June Board meeting informed us of a deficit.
Instead of curtailing spending, the Administrator spent $800.00 to
hot top a very small portion of the parking lot, Is this showing
restraint of spending??
Judy Cropper
Ctr.
Barnstead NH
Letter
During the past few weeks you have seen many
letters concerning the Locke Lake Colony's Annual Meeting. Since our
first letter requesting a line item budget, we have received 2 line
item budgets neither of which is acceptable. Until we receive a
workable budget, we cannot accept $600.00 a year. We have seen
nothing accomplished to benefit the members to justify raising the
amount to $600.00. Money has been spent frivolously. Example: 4%
raises for all full time employees was not approved by the
membership at our last annual meeting. The members approved 3%. With
water, heating bills and gas prices sky rocketing, can we afford
this? I do not find it acceptable to sell passes to the public for
use of any amenities. I believe the lake could not handle all the
traffic this would bring. This is a small man-made lake. The damage
from the boats and vehicles on the lake now to the lake front
properties is not good. This is not fair to the owners. I would like
to keep this lake private.
We need your support to reject this budget and
make the Board accountable for its expenditures and give us an
honest, livable budget that all the members can accept
Peggy Gingras, Center Barnstead, N.H.,
Letter To The Editor
I would like to thank the Locke Lake Colony
By-Law Committee. I also agree with Chairperson, Peggy Gingras.
There is a miscommunication between the board and the by-law
committee. The by-law committee voted yes to lower the number of
directors from 9 to 7. The committee also voted yes to lower the
quorum from 25% to 10% based on recommendations from Attorney Arthur
Hoover. All owners received the changes in writing in which you must
decide, do you want to start changing the by-laws of the association
that were written in the 60s and 70s? If you vote yes, this will be
the first step forward. Without this step the rest of the changes
that the by-law committee worked so hard on may not see the light of
day. If we do lower the quorum, the by-law committee will be asked
to review and vote on all its work one more time as will the Board
of Directors. As I stated in my annual letter, this is very
important and requires a second meeting. It is time, after 40 years,
to modernize your association and its by-laws. Please vote on both
issues and please attend this year's annual meeting. The Board of
Directors does not want to vote for you, we want your to vote for
yourselves.
Michael
Ranaldi
Member of
Locke Lake Colony
Letter
As of 7/14 there have been 2 different
contradictory budgets. We would advise people to scan every line
item carefully. I would like to know why there were so many
certified letters with the threat of liens sent out before July
15th. What is more important to Locke Lake Colony? The dams, repairs
to the lodge, the maintenance upkeep of our amenities or is it as
our administrator's concern, more DOCKS needed. Be aware of the
definition of assessments. Annual assessments are $15.00 due in May.
Special assessments are voted on at the annual meeting. (Last year
$325.00) Special Projects are $55.44 and will end in 2009.
Where will the increase go? We have never had a
deficit in the history of Locke Lake Association. Now we were told
at the last June monthly meeting that we have a deficit of $32000.
WHY? Could this be the reason for upping the assessment to $600.00 ?
Could this be a scare tactic ? Let's stop blaming the past
administrators and Board of Directors and take a good look at what
has happened this past year with the present administrator and Board
of Directors. This year they are asking for an increase from $395.44
to
$600.00. Let's make this Board accountable.
Thank you for your interest and we hope to see
you at the meeting. This meeting is extremely important.
Delores
Fairburn
Center
Barnstead
Letter To The Editor
Locke Lake members please keep an open-mind and
come to the annual meeting to hear the facts! Don't be swayed by
privately held meetings without staff or current directors present,
negative flyers, and published ramblings from members basing
information on feelings instead of facts.
With that said, I do wish to address one topic
right now, the By-Law Committee met every week since the last annual
meeting. This group did an exceptional job in reviewing each section
of the By-Laws; they presented their changes to the Board of
Directors who made the decision to send the changes to the attorney.
Our attorney strongly suggested we reduce the quorum needed to hold
meetings first and make certain we streamline the requirements for
conducting business. That is all you are voting on right now.
These committee members worked hard for nearly a
year and are not finished yet. Once we get through this meeting, if
the proposed amendments are adopted, the attorney will then
concentrate his time on the changes the committee presented. All of
these changes are forty years overdue; please don't let this
Committee down/
I will reiterate what was started in a recent
letter, this is one of the most important meetings you will attend!
Please come, you will make a difference. In closing, I want to
caution you about giving your proxy, your voice, your
future to members you do not know well. Call the office; ask to
be set up with members who will represent your needs no
matter what they may be.
Sincerely,
Deana
Cowan
Administrator
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