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Barnstead NH News

May 23, 2012

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The Barnstead Parade Congregational Church will be holding their Annual Indoor-Outdoor Plant Sale at the Church in Barnstead Parade on June 2, 2012 from 9 to 11 am. Come and look for your favorite flowers, shrubs, and plants to add to your gardens. There will also be garden ornaments and other items for sale to help beautify the gardens. This sale benefits our Special Missions.

 


 

Greetings From China And Mongolia

Submitted By Jess Emory

 

After leaving New Zealand and transiting through Australia, I arrived in China. My goal was to catch the elusive Russian visa. Having gotten my application together in January in Cambodia, I had been trying ever since to submit it. The problem was that American citizens are required to wait a 10 business day period while it processes. China was my last hope. I went, I submitted it after much running around and sorting out final details, and then it was in the hands of the Russian Consulate.

 

While I waited, I visited a friend in Shaoxing, a small village of 4 million about two hours south of Shanghai. It is the fiber and textile capital of China, and arguably, the world. My friend works at an international school and I had the opportunity to guest lecture about my project and also share my senior research project in Chemistry. It was a very different experience to my previous travels in China. For the most part, these students were exceptionally wealthy but lacked motivation. Though they had every opportunity, they seized none of them. It was unlike anything I had experienced before. Cheating was rampant, they lacked discipline and had no respect for teachers and administrators.

While out exploring the textile district of Shaoxing (a neighborhood covered in fabrics from the most tasteful of neutrals to full on sequins and glitter), I met three textile traders, one from Uzbekistan, one from Kyrgyzstan, and one from Xing’xiang, an autonomous region in the west of China. The three had saved a friend and me when we were hopeless at ordering dumplings in a restaurant by the river. We got to talking and it turned out that these three men are the modern equivalent of the silk road. They have left their homes for better lives and spend their days buying textiles that are bundled up in the evening and loaded onto pickup trucks that look like they will go flat with the weight. This cloth is then shipped to the far reaches of China, the middle east, and beyond.

 

This cloth is made in China but also brought into the area by Indians, among others. The labor is cheap and there is a high density of factories; textile traders will bring cloth to Shaoxing strictly to have it made into garments, then they will take it home again.

 

In talking with Frank, John and Ali, it became clear that the ethnic climate in China is as complicated as many Westerners suspect. The Uygur people, the people of Xing’xiang, have a difficult time obtaining passports and the Han Chinese government dominates this ethnic minority blatantly. When you discuss these details with Han Chinese people, they cannot believe that this would happen. I, as a western woman, will never know what is actually happening, but it is fascinating to watch two completely different stories be told.

 

After waiting my 10 business days, I went back to Shanghai and there was my beautiful Russian visa. I could hardly believe it. Had there not been a fiberglass window between me and the Russian woman who gave me my passport, I would probably have hugged and kissed her and had my visa revoked! A few days later, I was on a train to Beijing and then on a plane to Mongolia. The trip took about twenty-four hours and when the plane came in, there was nothing but desert as far as the eye could see.

 

It turned out the initial view was pretty representative of what is here. Ulaanbaatar, a city of 1.5 million, is the only major city in the entire country and it has at least half of the whole population of Mongolia. If you walk to the outskirts of the city, tremendous mountains rise up and the emptiness is overwhelming. Smokestacks dot the horizon and belch smog into the air, but compared to the pollution in Shaoxing, Ulaanbaatar might as well be a nature reserve.

 

Unlike China, you can buy ‘real’ western bread, a diverse range of chocolate bars, Nutella, western deserts, and imported tea. I was expecting a desolate wasteland of mutton and potatoes, but in the city there are many options. Also within the city boundaries are many gers (also known as yurts or felt houses). I came to Mongolia with the intention of observing how gers are used in modern life and how the cashmere market is changing with modernization and the cash incentive to be a shepherd (cashmere goats are good money). I hope to explore these two paths when I go out into the countryside in the coming weeks, as well as inside the myriad of museums across the city.

 

In total, I will be here for three weeks before getting on the train to Moscow; a five day trip that will take me all the way across Russia. I will spend a week in Moscow and St. Petersburg before heading to Finland and Iceland on my homeward journey. Two more months and I will be back in sleepy Barnstead, New Hampshire. It is hard to think that my first, second and third e-mails were so long ago. There is still a long road ahead, but it gets shorter by the day.

 

Some Interesting Bits From The Road

China: In schools, there are two periods where students stop and rub their eyes to music to increase productivity, there is loud dance music at the change of every class even if the school is empty; like on a Sunday. It is culturally acceptable to stare and point and call out ‘foreigner, foreigner’ at any point in time, fireworks go off day and night and it sounds like a war zone, there are women who work at Walmart who look like go-go girls in moon boots and serve samples of Chinese noodles, clothes are dried by hanging them on a railing over a balcony; which can be perilous if you attempt to go local and your shirt blows onto someone else’s balcony and they don’t answer the door, bus riding is an introduction to your life as a Mexican jumping bean as there are no shocks, spitting is everywhere and always, steamed buns are ubiquitous, there are Chinese people struggling with chopsticks so don’t feel bad if you make a mess of it.

 

Mongolia: Traffic crossings are made more difficult by the fact that you never know if someone is going to stop, old women sit along the sides of the roads selling pine nuts, the buildings are painted peaches and yellows and blues but it is hard to notice with the grey overtones of the landscape, the 6 floor State Department Store has everything you could possibly need, most importantly the national hero is Chinngis Khan; beer, vodka, buildings, memorials, everything are all named after him and the largest steel statue in the world was erected in his honor.

 

Home soon, well, in a few months.

 


 

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The light in your life was but a flicker, and though that life was short, who would have known that flicker could start a flame that could burn in the hearts of so many forever.

 

Ten years long! Ten years gone!

 

1990 to 2002

Adam Lee Morse

 


 

Men’s Breakfast

 

Center Barnstead Christian Church is hosting a free Men’s Breakfast this Saturday, May 26th from 7:30-8:30 am. All men are invited to come and enjoy breakfast. Our resident chef, Kevin Goble, will be cooking. This is a nondenominational men’s breakfast.

 

The Center Barnstead Christian Church is located on Route 126, next to the Town Hall. For more information contact the church at 269-8831.

 


 

Keith McMahon Will Speak At Center Barnstead Christian Church

 

Keith McMahon will be coming to the Center Barnstead Christian Church on Sunday, May 27th. He will also be the guest speaker at the Concord Prison Seminar this weekend.

 

Keith grew up in Center Barnstead and attended this church. He was active with the CBFD as an EMT during his college years. After college, he married Beth (Grantham) of Dayton, Maine in 1991. In 1992, sensing God’s call upon their lives, they moved to Canada and attended NBBI. Since graduating in 1996 Keith and Beth have served at NBBI. Keith is on the faculty, as well as, serving as the Assistant Campus Pastor and Married Student coordinator.

 

The New Brunswick Bible Institute (NBBI) was founded in the fall of 1944 when a group of Christian men saw the need for a Bible-centered school where young men and women might receive a sound training in the Word of God and be sent forth to evangelize.

 

The school remains: Solid in discipline. Spiritual in outlook. Missionary in outreach. Simple in faith and practice. "Study to shew thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth." (II Tim. 2:15)

 

For more information on the school visit http://nbbi.ca/

 

Come, join us this Sunday as Keith shares about his ministry and preaches from God’s Word during the Morning Service at 10:00 am. Sunday School begins at 9:00 am.

 

The Center Barnstead Christian Church is located on Route 126, next to the Town Hall. For more information contact the church at 269-8831.

 


 

Letter

 

Dear friends, neighbors and fellow Veterans:

The time has come for Barnstead’s Annual Memorial Day Parade on Friday, May 28th. This event is hosted by your American Legion Post #42 and its Auxiliary. We will be having a Guest Speaker, BES Band along with the Prospect Mountain High School Band. Please join us to remember all the men and women who have paid the ultimate price for this, our Country, the great United States of America. All are welcome. Bring your lawn chairs or blanket to the Bandstand by the main Fire Dept. in Center Barnstead.

 

We hope the Cub Scouts, Brownies, Boy Scouts and Girl Scouts will be marching along with the Fire Dept., Post #42 and the Auxiliary. If you want to be in the parade, say with an antique car or tractor etc., you are welcome to join us. Motorcycles are more than welcome and usually a few lead the Parade behind the Police Car with Chief Borgia. The Fire Department always looks great in their dress uniforms. Try to wear something red, white and blue.

 

Cold drinks and goodies will be available after the Parade. So come to your Town’s show of love and pride for all of our deceased Veterans, men and women, all who gave their lives so we can live free.

 

I can be reached at 776-8253 for any questions and also American Flags will be on sale for $25 to help support our Post as we help the Veterans and their families.

 

God Bless America!

Jack O’Neil

Post #42

 


 

Barnstead Dems Host Gubernatorial Candidate

Jackie Cilley Shares Her Vision With Local Residents

 

Attendees of the Monday evening meeting of the Barnstead Democratic Committee peppered Jackie Cilley with questions from how she would ensure a sound education for the children of New Hampshire to what she would do to prevent businesses from moving overseas. The twenty members engaged one another in a spirited debate about ideas and solutions to the challenges facing the state, leaving the candidate to wonder whether to weigh in or listen.

 

As the launch of a series of candidates meetings, the Barnstead Democratic Committee invited Jackie Cilley, candidate for Governor, to discuss her candidacy and vision. Cilley shared her childhood in Berlin, NH as well as her experiences of growing up in a mill working family, her struggle to go to college as an adult student with a child, her teaching background and her legislative experience.

 

"The sum total of those experiences, the combination of my working class roots and my experience in the business world make me uniquely qualified to talk about the bridge between workers and businesses," explained Cilley. "Our state must be able to offer a highly skilled and educated workforce to businesses interested in starting up in New Hampshire or relocating to our state. That is the number one reason they cite for coming here."

Cilley went on to talk about the current legislative actions in Concord that have damaged our competitiveness for the 21st century marketplace.

 

"Look, there’s no magic formula for businesses interested in relocating," she said. "They want a highly skilled, educated workforce. They want good schools for their own children. They rely on a modern communication and transportation infrastructure, and they want a healthy environment in which to raise their own families as well as for their employees’ families."

 

"If we fail to make those investments, and currently we are not making them, we will be increasingly unable to attract new business development to our state. We have already fallen from 19th place on the Forbes list of most attractive states for business development to number 27 behind New York and Massachusetts. Where is our New Hampshire advantage?"

 

Although the meeting was schedule to end by 8:30 pm, those in attendance continued to discuss a wide variety of topics until 9 pm. Still eager to continue the dialogue, folks clustered in small groups in the parking lot outside the Barnstead Town Hall.

 

Asked to comment, Tess Smith, Chair of the Committee, expressed enthusiasm for what she had heard. "Jackie is the real deal, New Hampshire through and through," Smith stated. "She understands workers, she understands achievement, and as a teacher, she understands the importance of educating others to accomplish what she has been able to do. And, she is tough enough to handle that bunch in Concord."

 

Another resident, Gail Whittemore expressed positive impressions when she remarked, "I was struck by Jackie’s clarity about complex issues. She is able to give a sense of the broad view while including a solid matrix of information."

 

Meeting with town Democratic committees throughout New Hampshire is part of an integrated plan the Cilley campaign has been pursuing to get their candidate in front of voters before the New Hampshire primary.

 

"While we will certainly use traditional media sources and other avenues to amplify Jackie’s message," noted Liz Merry, campaign manager, "getting her in front of as many voters as possible is at the foundation of our strategy. There is something magic that happens in a room when Jackie speaks to voters. Her energy excites them and they love to engage in conversations with her about almost any topic under the sun. It’s the way we do politics in New Hampshire – we like to kick the tires. We’re going to make sure that as many voters as possible have the opportunity to meet Jackie personally."

 

In addition to the Barnstead Democrats, Cilley will be meeting with the Andover and Canterbury Democratic Committees this week.

 

About Jackie:

Jackie Cilley, who served in both New Hampshire’s House and Senate representing Barrington, built a successful business and taught more than 2,500 New Hampshire students over her 20 years as a highly respected business professor with UNH’s Whittemore School for Business and Economics. A Berlin native, Sen. Cilley earned a BA in Psychology from the University of New Hampshire and an MBA from the Whittemore School. Jackie and her husband Bruce have lived in Barrington for more than 20 years. They have five sons, 12 grandchildren, and two dogs.

 


 

Letter

Memorial Day Parade

 

The American Legion, Earl B. Clark, Post #42 of Barnstead, NH will be holding its annual Memorial Day Parade on Monday, May 28th at 1:00 pm.

 

The ceremony will take place in Center Barnstead, just outside the Fire Station. Please provide your own chairs if you require seating. Our opening ceremony will begin with the presentation of our colors by the members of American Legion, Post #42. We will also have the support of the Barnstead Elementary School Band and the Marching Band from the Prospect Mountain High School. We are honored to have Staff Sergeant, Jim Martell, of the Army National Guard as our guest speaker.

 

After the opening ceremony there will be a short march up town and back with a couple of stops along the way to pay tribute to our fallen comrades. You are invited to join us for the march and refreshments will be served afterwards inside the Fire Station.

 

If anyone is willing to donate food snacks (such as cookies, cakes, chips, etc.) it would be greatly appreciated. Please no alcoholic beverages.

 

Please come and enjoy the ceremony and join us in saying thanks to the men and women of our Armed Forces who made the ultimate sacrifice so we may live in Freedom.

 

Garrick W. Lock

Commander,

American Legion,

Earl B. Clark, Post #42

 


 

"Dream Big" At The Barnstead Library!

 

The Oscar Foss Memorial Library invites children of all ages to participate in our "Dream Big-Read!" 2012 Summer Reading Program. Registration begins June 1st and will continue through the month, closing on June 25th. Be on the lookout for more information about our special activities and feel free to call 269-3900 or stop by the library for more information about our exciting summer programs!

 


 

Wondering What To Do This Summer?

 

The Oscar Foss Memorial Library in Center Barnstead would like to help. We are proud to offer to our patrons discounted passes to the following three New Hampshire family-friendly attractions and activities.

 

1. McAuliffe-Shepard Discovery Center (previously named the Christa McAuliffe Planetarium)

• The pass is free admission to exhibit galleries for four people

• Thursday - Sunday 10 am - 5 pm, Friday evenings 6:30 - 9 pm.

• 7 days a week for school and summer vacations

www.starhop.com, (603)271-7827 for additional information

 

2. Canterbury Shaker Village

• The passes are discounted: adults $6 (normally $17), Youth 6-17 $3 (normally $8), child 5 and under Free

• Open daily for guided tours, self-guided tours and demonstrations

• May 10 to October 31, 10 am - 5 pm

www.shakers.org or (603)783-9511 for additional information

 

3. SEE Science Center

• The pass is free admission for one entire family and grandparents

• SEE is open 7 days a week

• Monday - Friday 10 am - 4 pm, Saturday and Sunday 10 am - 5 pm

www.see-sciencecenter.org or (603) 669-0400

 

To become a patron of the OFML, please bring in proof of residency (Barnstead address printed on your license, renter’s agreement or utility bill). Already a patron? Call the library at 269-3900 to reserve your pass or for more information.

 


 

Dennis Mayo Named Strafford School Principal

 

On May 11, 2012, the Strafford School Board unanimously approved the nomination of Dennis Mayo to the position of Strafford School Principal. Dennis, a Center Barnstead resident, has previously served as Principal of the Newington Public School, in Newington, NH, and has 20 years’ experience in education.

 

Following an intensive recruitment, screening and interviewing process involving members of the community, staff and Board, Dennis was selected from a field of over 36 applicants as the candidate whose experience, skills and abilities best matched the goals and mission of the Strafford School District.

 

The Board is working to provide opportunities to introduce our new Principal to the educational community and the community at large.

 


 



 

 











 

 

 

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