Maegan A. DeForest, of Gilmanton, N.H., has been named to the Dean’s List,
Fall Semester 2009 at Cazenovia College, in Central New York State. She is
working toward a bachelor of professional studies degree in management,
specializing in equine business management. DeForest is a graduate of
Gilford Middle High School in Gilford, N.H.
Free Olympic Pins at Gilmanton Corner Public Library
During the month of February, we will be celebrating the Olympic Games
by giving a FREE Olympic Pin to the first library patron who (shows
his/her card or gets one!) at the Gilmanton Corner Public Library on a
Wednesday or Saturday for the entire month!
Would you like to know how
much power your appliances, computers and TVs use? “Cut the Carbon Kits” can
give you the answer. Three kits have arrived at the Gilmanton Corner Public
Library and are waiting for patron use. Test your electricity usage, as well
as ideas on how to use electricity efficiently.
With February school vacation fast approaching, don’t forget the FREE
museum passes, SEE Science Museum, Currier Museum and the New Hampshire
Historical Museum. Please see Librarian Linda Hudziec 267-6200.
Gilmanton Fire Department
The Gilmanton Fire Department has in the last three days, handled two
instances of persons involved in outdoor recreational activities that became
lost.
The first event occurred on Friday January 22, 2010, at 1368 Province
Road when a male in his eighties failed to return from a snowmobile ride. He
was four hours overdue and a diabetic.
At 5:47 PM, the first notification was received of an overdue
snowmobiler in the woods behind 1368 Province Road, the Gilmanton Fire
Department responded with their snowmobile, rescue sled, an ambulance, a
utility truck and the command vehicle. A command post was established at the
residence and a search was started for the overdue subject.
At 6:01 PM the subject was located and returned to his residence, where
he was evaluated for hypothermia and declined medical care. He had gotten
his machine stuck in the snow and had walked approximately two miles before
becoming exhausted, he was still approximately one mile into the woods when
found. All fire department companies cleared at 6:46 PM.
Reading Buddies 7th- 8th Graders Work with Learning Readers
Gilmanton School middle school students and first and second graders
participate in a shared reading time in a program called Reading Buddies.
Each Thursday during study hall, 7th and 8th graders work with students from
the primary grades, allowing a younger child to practice reading with an
older student. The older students benefit from the experience of mentoring
younger children.
This year both the young children and their middle school “reading
buddies” look forward to participating in this program at the Year-Round
Library across the street from the Gilmanton school. At the library pairs of
readers can be found spread out in the reading loft, at chairs in the
Children’s Room, snuggled up on the couch or at a table sharing stories.
Letter
Gilmanton Taxpayers:
We all enjoy a good magic trick ....... and even
the not so good ones can be fun. Like the one my Uncle Joe would
occasionally perform at family gatherings. We all know this one. Uncle Joe
would gather all of us children closely in front of him, pull a coin from
his pocket, rub the coin between both his hands and while we watched his
hands, he would quickly separate them, throwing his left hand out and open,
revealing it empty and in the same movement reach behind one of our
unsuspecting ears and magically produce the coin ........ to howls of
laughter and delight. Great Fun ........
Members of the Gilmanton Year Round Library Association must have known
my Uncle Joe. They too are using Sleight of hand. In their left hand, where
they want Gilmanton taxpayers to look, we see their highly publicized
Tuesday afternoon Scrabble games, tea parties, a new GPS, free DVD’s and
CD’s, and all those events which supposedly occupy their meeting rooms. What
we don’t see, as taxpayers, if we allow ourselves to be distracted, is
Gilmanton’s current struggle to resolve far more important and potentially
expensive issues regarding our police department, fire department, solid
waste, public assistance fund and all those other town costs, always rising,
to maintain this community, and of course ....... the fact that the
Association led us all to believe they would raise an operating endowment,
thereby not burdening the town for taxes. That in itself holds a promise, a
promise that they are accountable for.
Now, here they come with their right hand, but unlike my Uncle Joe, they
have no intention of depositing money behind our ears ...... in fact, they
are reaching out to take it. Lots of it ..... and my guess is, to the many
taxpayers struggling in Gilmanton, it will not bring about howls of laughter
and delight.
Al Blake
Gilmanton, NH
Paintings And Handmade Books:
A Mother And
Daughter Exhibit
By Lori And Jessica Lander
Now through the end of March, the Gilmanton Year-Round Library is
pleased to host an art exhibit featuring Lori and Jessica Lander. The
Landers call both Gilmanton and Cambridge, Massachusetts home.
Lori’s large oil paintings portray the daily rhythms and rituals of
women across the world as they work in markets and rice fields and as they
take part in local festivals. The paintings on exhibit depict women in the
traditional markets of Ubud in Bali and Marrakesh in Morocco and women
gamelan players in a Balinese temple festival.
Lori’s paintings explore the movements, color and light of these women’s
lives through pattern and texture. Lori, as an artist, has had solo
exhibits throughout the Boston area. As a community volunteer and retired
attorney, she is active in a number of community organizations and works to
help engage people in effective hands-on service to those in need in their
community.
Jessica is exhibiting two series of small paintings done in Gilmanton.
The first, In the Garden, features flowers from the Landers’ perennial
garden. The second series, In the Kitchen, celebrates summer harvest and
cooking in Gilmanton - making jam with summer berries, squeezing lemonade,
baking bread with local honey, preparing to make apple sauce, and local
eggs. Jessica’s mixed media handmade artist’s books touch many
subjects: the Maasai people of Tanzania and Kenya and the animals they
share the land with, Moroccan doorways, Balinese performance art, the
Israeli-Palestinian conflict, Lewis Carroll’s Jabberwocky and a celebration
of tea. Jessica has had a solo exhibition of her books and been juried into
several group shows in the Boston area. She is a senior at Princeton
University, majoring in Anthropology with a Certificate in African Studies.
The Gilmanton Year-Round Library is located at 1385 Route 140 directly
across from the Gilmanton School. The Library is open Tuesdays and Thursdays
from Noon to 7 p.m., Wednesdays, Fridays, and Saturdays from 9 a.m. to 1
p.m., and on Sundays from 1 p.m.-5 p.m. For further information call the
Library at 364-2400. The exhibit is open to the public free of charge. The
Library is handicapped accessible.