The Annual 4-H Cookie AND Candy Bar Sale is held during the month of
October. Several varieties are NOW available for only $3.75 per package.
Candy Bars are $1.00 each. Your support to the 4-H youth in your community
is greatly appreciated. If a 4-H member has not contacted you, please call
4-H leaders Pamela Clattenburg 269-3200, Pauline Wheeler 435-8752 , Mark
Riel 435-6346 or Corine Miller 435-8497.
The Missions Committee of the Barnstead Parade Congregational
Church will be holding their 29th Annual Fall Fair on Saturday,
November 7, 2009, at the Church on the Parade Grounds from 9 a.m. to
1 p.m.
There will be craft items, Christmas Crafts, new items for the Bottom
Drawer and plants, as well as homemade donuts, cookies, pies, breads
and many other home baked goodies.
A luncheon of chowder or sandwiches, and coffee will be available.
This fair is to benefit our Mission Funds. Come join us and meet new and
old friends.
Concord Hospital Center For Health Promotion is offering a
“Group Smoking Cessation Program” beginning Wednesday, October 28th
at 6:30 p.m. at the Pittsfield Community Center. This is a four
session program running each Wednesday evening at 6:30 p.m. through
November 18th. There is no fee. To register, please call 230-7300.
Celebrate the Gift of Life Thursday, October 29th from 3 to 8
p.m. and come to the Blood Drive at Pittsfield Elementary School.
The life you save, may be your own or that of a loved one.
Attention All Gardeners!
Did you have a bumper crop of
veggies?
More than you can use? If so, please consider donating some to the
Gilmanton Food Pantry. Good food for a good cause!
For info call Lori Baldwin: 435-7715.
On Tuesday, October 13, the Gilmanton Corner Public Library
presented the Gilmanton Elementary School with a collection of
twenty-five large laminated pictures along with a teacher’s manual
and bookmarks that our Library received from a National Endowment of
the Humanities and American Library Association Grant. These
pictures encourage young people to read and understand great
literature while exploring themes in American History. We are sure
these pictures will greatly enhance the school’s history and art
programs. Please stop by the school to ask to see them as they are
quite beautiful.
Caledonia Hackley, a fourth grader at Gilmanton School was
awarded the 2009 Belknap County Poet sponsored by the Robert Frost Youth
Poet Program. On Saturday, October 3, 2009, she went to the
Robert Frost Farm with her family to accept her certificate and
t-shirt. Congratulations Callie!
The Ocean
As I walk upon the brisk
sound.
I can hear waves crashing louder and louder.
As I sink into the
sand with every step.
I can barely stand the hot sand.
Burning my feet as I wade across the
sand.
I still go forward knowing that the
Ocean is right over those
hilltops.
Now the sun is unbearably hot on my feet.
Next I sprint down the
sandy beach.
I see the ocean yes, I hear at the ocean.
I smell the new
salty breezy air.
Hear the brisk cold ocean.
See the fresh smacking
waves.
The ocean is where I want to be.
I lay back as I squint my eye lids.
Then I drift into a nice slumber.
With a quiet kind of peace.
Now I have to leave, good by for now.
By Callie Hackley
Gilmanton School Help The Soldiers Campaign
Veterans Day is on November 11. The students at Gilmanton School would
like to pay tribute to all of the enlisted men and women serving our
country. To do this we need your help. Below is a list of items
that we will be collecting to send to our soldiers overseas. Please help by
sending in any of the below mentioned items to Gilmanton School. There will
be collection boxes around the building. Look for the Gold Star above the
boxes. Any and all donations are greatly appreciated. Here are some
suggested items: Beef Jerky, Cereal/granola Bars, Crystal Light packages,
Hard Candy (individually wrapped), Instant coffee, Hot Chocolate Mix, Peanut
Butter, Microwaveable popcorn, Canned Fruit, Gatorade Mix, Instant Oatmeal
packages, Kool-Aid Mix, Nuts, Tea Bags, Canned Tuna, Gum, Instant Soups,
Anti-bacterial Wipes, Hand Sanitizer, Baby Wipes, Dental Floss, Cotton
Balls, Chap-stick, Deodorant, Toothpaste/Tooth Brushes, Baby Powder, Q-Tips,
Sunscreen, Shampoo, Conditioner, Dryer Sheets, Nail Clippers, Hats,
Bandanas, White Socks, Playing Cards, Batteries, Disposable Cameras, Yo-yos,
Frisbees, Footballs, Soccer Balls, Board Games, Playing Cards,
Envelopes/Stationary, Phone Cards.
Thank you for helping the students at Gilmanton School with this
endeavor!
We will be shipping all packages on November 6th. Please have all
contributions in by November 4th.
Connecting Boys with Books: A Discussion
Boys in America are failing to read at an alarming rate. You do not need
to see studies to realize that boys on average read much less than girls,
and much less well, but there is plenty of research to show this anyway.
Reading is important both to function in our ever-changing world, and to get
the most out of life. Boys’ reading failure puts their academic and economic
futures in peril, and limits their ability to reach their full potential.
How did this come to be? And how can we turn this trend around for our
boys?
Join Michael Sullivan, teacher, author, librarian, and storyteller,
at the Gilmanton Year-Round Library on Thursday, November 5 at 6:30 p.m. as
he discusses how boys become non-readers and why, and what the consequences
are for boys. He has spoken and published, both nationally and
internationally, on this topic to audiences of teachers, parents, and
librarians. He will share proven strategies from research and twenty years
experience to turn boys into avid, life-long readers.
Sullivan was raised
in Alton, New Hampshire, and as a boy would often ride his bike through
Gilmanton.
He now lives in Portsmouth. He is a former special needs
teacher, children’s librarian and director of three New Hampshire libraries.
He was once a program leader at the Boston Museum of Science. His books for
educators include Connecting Boys with Books: What Librarians Can Do and
Connecting Boys with Books 2: Closing the Reading Gap. His books for
children include his humor series set in New Hampshire, Escapade Johnson and
Mayhem at Mount Moosilaukie, Escapade Johnson and the Coffee Shop of the
Living Dead, winner of the 2009 Mom’s Choice award for best juvenile
fiction, Escapade Johnson and the Witches of Belknap County, and Escapade
Johnson and the Phantom of the Science Fair, as well as the first book in
his new fantasy series The Sapphire Knight.
The Gilmanton Year-Round
Library is located at 1385 Route 140 in Gilmanton Iron Works directly across
from the Gilmanton School. This program is free and open to the
public. The Library is handicapped accessible. For further inquiries please
call the Library at 364-2400.