REMINDER
BCEP
Change of Hours
Effective January 1, 2018 B.C.E.P. Solid Waste will have new hours
of operation:
Tuesday
– Saturday 8:00AM – 4:00PM
Scales
close at 3:45PM
Closed
Sundays and Mondays
REMINDER
The
Prospect Mountain High School Class of 2020 is hosting a shoe drive
fundraiser. All collected shoes will be delivered to developing
countries, such as Ghana, Bolivia, and Haiti. These shoes are sold
at significantly lower prices and create working opportunities.
The
sophomore class is profited with every pair of donated shoes. Our
goal is to collect 300 bags of 25 pairs each. Shoes must be wearable
and have no holes.
Please
donate in any of our white cardboard donation boxes stationed at the
Alton Town Hall, the Barnstead Town Hall, or in the reception area
at PMHS. The fundraiser is currently taking place and will run
through January 20th.
Please
spread the word around the community. All donations are helpful and
are greatly appreciated. Feel free to contact
[email protected] with
any question or concerns.
On
December 17th the club held their annual Christmas Party at
Domenic’s Restaurant. After having a wonderful brunch, a short
business meeting was held and President Ann Shea handed out the 2018
activities calendar. She reminded the members that their 2018 dues
of $10.00 was due. Following the meeting, a Yankee Swap was
held and John Wood was lucky enough to get #1 ticket which entitled
him at the end of the swap to select for himself ANY gift that was
opened. The next business meeting will be held January 9th at 9:00
am at Ann Shea’s house. The Club’s activities are opened
to all Locke Lake Colony residents. If interested in joining please
call Ann at 393-7233.
Milk And Cookie New Year’s Eve Concert Featuring The North River
Band
On New
Year’s Eve December 31, 2017, we are thrilled to welcome to the
Barnstead Town Hall the 6-peice North River Band for the 5th Annual
Milk and Cookies New Year’s Eve Concert! Tickets will be $8 and
proceeds will benefit End 68 Hours of Hunger.
North
River’s Americana sound blends 2 and 3 part harmonies with
expressive musicianship and a familiar selection of folk, pop and
country songs. The core group, from the Rochester New
Hampshire area, features long time seacoast area musician Dan Poland
joined by vocalists Dianne McMillan and Vicky Poland. The full
band includes keyboardist Brian Randall, bassist Tom Kesil on guitar
and Evan Kesel on drums. Vicky and Dianne, the vocal dynamic
duo of the band, have been singing together since 2005 and met
singing in the acapella group “Vocal .Exchange”.
The
concert starts at 7:00p.m. until 9:00p.m. As always, intermission
will feature, milk, cookies, tea, coffee and assorted other desserts
and beverages. At some point in the evening, we will pass out
the words to the song American Pie and we will all sing!
Tickets may be purchased in advance by calling: Chris Bonoli, at
603-340-1468, and a time can be arranged to drop off your tickets in
advance. Reservations will also be accepted at the same phone
number. We have 112 seats, order your tickets early, proceeds
benefit End 68 Hours of Hunger. Food Donations will also be accepted
for the Barnstead Food Pantry. Call if you have any questions
603-340-1468.
Oscar Foss Memorial Library News
Ukulele
Workshop
The
library has added a Ukulele to our collection! Before we add it to
circulation, local resident Mel Epstein will be giving an
introductory workshop at the library on Saturday, January 6th from
12pm – 1pm. Learn ukulele layout and strings and how to play a song
and strum an accompaniment. If you have a ukulele, bring it along
(we will have one here available to borrow!) Please register prior
to the event online at oscarfoss.org or by calling 269-3900.
OFML
STEM SQUAD!
Learn
how to build a video game using Raspberry Pi, solve a breakout box
puzzle, build with Legos, and try out some fun science experiments!
The OFML STEM Squad will meet monthly to explore science,
technology, engineering and math in fun and creative ways. Meetings
will be held the second Thursday of the month at 3:30pm beginning
January 11, 2018. This program is for children ages 12-16.
Family
Movie Night!
Join us
at the library on Friday, January 12th at 6pm for a free night at
the movies! We will be showing a family rated movie and providing
popcorn. Pajamas and cuddling items are always welcome.
Please
call the library (269-3900) or visit our website (oscarfoss.org) for
more information about any of our programs or events. There is
always something happening at the Oscar Foss Memorial Library!
Library hours are; Tuesday and Wednesday: 10am-6pm, Thursday and
Friday: 12pm-8pm, Saturday: 10am-1pm, Sunday and Monday: closed.
Obituaries
Captain Lewis G. Joslyn
CENTER BARNSTEAD- Captain Lewis G. Joslyn, 91 of
Center Barnstead, a WWII Navy Veteran, passed away peacefully in his
home on December 12, 2017 with his family at his side.
Born on
January 30, 1926 in Ipswich, MA, he was the son of the late Ernest
and Helen (Mansfield) Joslyn.
A man
of many talents he led a long and colorful life. After his military
service, he married his wife of 56 years in Nova Scotia where he and
his father owned a fish company and he was Captain of the Coastal
freighter “The Delores T.” When returning to the states he worked as
a machinist at Portsmouth Naval Shipyard and managed a camera shop;
then became a newspaper reporter/photographer for the Union Leader,
Haverhill Journal and Haverhill Gazette winning a Pulitzer Prize for
one story.
He then
became an Industrial and Economic Director for the cities of
Haverhill, Lowell and Woonsocket, RI. He had some time as the Vice
President of a Construction company as well as a Real Estate Agent.
He later started an art restoration picture framing shop along with
a Christmas Tree Farm, finding time to help his son with logging all
based out of the family farm in Ipswich, MA.
The
passion for photography took him Worldwide and won him awards too
numerous to count. The start to finish building of a 2-masted
schooner in Essex, MA was recorded with 4400 photos. He was also an
accomplished cook that enjoyed feeding groups of up to 70, then
writing and publishing his own cookbook, most recently working on an
autobiography until shortly before his illness.
Besides
his parents, he was predeceased by his wife Norma (Trafton) Joslyn.
He is
survived by his son Glenn and his partner, Collette of Center
Barnstead, one granddaughter, two great granddaughters, as well as
cousins, nephews in York, ME, as well as friends covering the East
Coast and well beyond.
“I
shall be forever grateful for the principals, values and love that
was given to me by my parents..”- Your son and Collette.
Following cremation, services will be held at a later date. In lieu
of flowers donations may be made in his memory to the New Hampshire
Veterans Home, 139 Winter Street, Tilton, NH 03267. Assisting the
family with arrangements is the Still Oaks Funeral & Memorial Home
in Epsom. To share a memory or offer a condolence, please visit
www.stilloaks.com
Roy Paul Ellis Pietrek
Roy
Paul Ellis Pietrek, 19, of Center Barnstead, died in an accident on
his college campus in Phoenix. Arizona on Monday, December 11th.
He was
born in Nashua, NH on October 5, 1998 and raised in Hollis and
Center Barnstead. Roy attended Barnstead Elementary and
graduated from Concord Christian Academy in June, 2017. He was
a member of the Congregational Church of North Barnstead where he
was confirmed in 2014.
His
interests included: his dogs, video games, reading, photography,
travel and hanging out with his many friends and family. He was
known for his wonderful sense of humor and smile. Roy was a freshman
at Grand Canyon University and was considering physchology as a
career.
He is
survived by: mother, April Ellis, father, Paul Pietrek,
stepfather, Thomas Normandin, stepmother Carrie Smith, siblings,
Lexi and Christopher Normandin, grandmothers, Marcy Pietrek
and Samantha Ellis and many other relatives in Rhode Island,
California and Arizona.
A
Celebration of Life will be held on Saturday, January 6th at 1p.m.
at the Congregational Church of North Barnstead, 504 North Barnstead
Road, Center Barnstead, 03225. Casual attire or plaid
requested.
Donations to the Deacon’s Fund in lieu of flowers may be made to the
church (PO Box 2). The Deacon’s fund helps those in need.
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