The Missions Committee of the Barnstead Parade Congregational Church
will be holding their 32nd Annual Fair at the Church on the Parade
Grounds, on Saturday, November 3, 2012 from 9 am to 1 pm.
The fair
will include a craft table with Christmas items, new items for the
Bottom Drawer, a shopping area for children and a Food Table with home
baked goodies. We will also have coffee and homemade donuts for sale and
sandwiches and homemade chowder for lunch.
This fair helps benefit
our Mission Projects.
Barnstead will be celebrating
Halloween on October 31st with trick or treating from 4-7 pm.
Pumpkin ‘n Pine Fair
Save Saturday, November 3rd for a
charming, country church fair. There will be fun, food and
treasures at the Congregational Church of North Barnstead. Bring
family and friends, jump start your holiday list with unique gifts and
join with others for a delicious lunch in the café.
The fair has many
favorite features including jewelry, collectibles, food, holiday crafts,
kitchen items and hand-made items from Ghana. There will also be unique
toys for kids; artistic toddler puzzles, favorite games and
activities for budding geologists, bird watchers, chefs and astronomers.
There are construction materials and inspiration for building fairy
houses in the yard and costumes and props for dramatic play – something
special for every kid in your life! A team of folks have even made
washer pitch games popular with college students.
The silent auction
with over 30 items is always a popular part of the fair. This year
there is a Kindle Fire HD and a kid-sized fireman suit. A hand
crafted crèche will become some family’s heirloom. There are two
complete lobster dinners and a basketful full of Lindt chocolate.
The list goes on – come see for yourself and go home with a treasure.
The Pumpkin ‘n Pine Fair will be held between 9 am and 2 pm at the
Congregational Church of North Barnstead. It is located at 504
North Barnstead Road in Barnstead. Just follow the signs!
Nighthawk Seniors
Submitted By Beverly A. Goodrich, Secretary
The
Nighthawk Seniors of Barnstead met on Wednesday, October 3, 2012 at 12
pm at the Barnstead Town Hall. A pot luck lunch was enjoyed. Following
the meal, Jennifer Brechtel, representing the Visiting Nurses
Association in Concord presented a very informative program. The VNA, a
homecare and hospice provider, is a not-for-profit organization, where
those with no insurance still can receive care. On the 4th Monday of the
month a VNA Senior Health Clinic is held at the Senior Center, 74 Main
Street, Pittsfield, which offers medicine assistance, foot care, ear wax
removal and flu shots.
Ms. Brechtel also spoke about an 8 week
program entitled, “A Matter of Balance” to be held Mondays from October
22 through December 10 from 2-4 pm at the Barnstead Town Hall, 108 South
Barnstead Road in Barnstead. For more information call Concord Regional
VNA at 224-4093 or to register, call 1-800-924-8620. An excellent
hand-out has been prepared. The program is offered at no charge, and a
physical therapist will be present at one session.
Some subjects
covered will include: the best way to fall, how to get up from a fall,
home safety, warm-ups, exercise programs, problem solving, balance,
flexibility, strength, endurance, coordination, shoulders and wrists,
hands, vision, ankle problems, uneven ground and is tailored to the
individual, including marching in place, using a chair for stability,
using walking sticks or poles, lessening fear of falls, raising the
activity level of older adults, as we are not as active as we once were.
For senior services, contact Service Link in Alton at 528-6945, in
Merrimack County at 1-866-637-9412, for statewide Service Link call 211,
for CAP elder services phone 225-3295.
The Nighthawks’ next meeting
will be held at the Barnstead Town Hall, 108 South Barnstead Road on
Wednesday, November 7, 2012 at 12 pm with a pot luck lunch followed by a
silent auction. Please bring items for the auction. We will present
ideas for our Christmas meeting. All seniors, men and women, are welcome
to attend; dues are only $4.00 a year if you care to join.
Teen
Activity At Barnstead Library
The OFML staff is excited to invite all
Barnstead teens (7th grade and up) to our first Teen Library Club
meeting on November 1st at 6-8 pm. The Teen Library Club (TLC) will be
meeting on the first Thursday of each month during the school year. Join
us for fun, friendship and maybe some surprises too!
Please call us
at 269-3900 or see us at the circulation desk if you have any questions.
Hope to see you there and don’t forget your friends!
Letter
Dear Neighbor:
Our current House of Representatives here in New
Hampshire has been very busy over the past two years. Here are a
few example of legislative items voted on by our current legislators.
• Voted for a state budget that cut essential health services for the
elderly and disabled while gutting our state university system but
instead provided corporate tax giveaways to big tobacco companies.
•
Voted against funding for domestic violence programs
• Voted for
cutting funding for the Children in Need of Services (CHINS) program
which provides care, treatment, guidance, counseling, discipline,
supervision, and rehabilitative resources to help children and their
families.
• Voted for defunding Planned Parenthood of Northern New
England and jeopardizing health screenings and access for more than
16,000 women, men and teens in our state.
• Voted for suspending
funds for the alcohol abuse prevention and treatment fund.
• Voted
for eliminating funding for legal services for the poor.
• Voted for
tougher voter ID laws when voter fraud has not been an issue.
Many
pieces of legislation were suggested by Alec, a large lobbyist group for
big businesses whose interests are certainly not that of our states
citizens. Many law suits have resulted from this legislation and the
citizens of New Hampshire may be paying hundreds of millions of dollars
in legal fees to get them settled.
For example, the voter ID laws
have already been in the court systems for a period of months and are
still not yet settled.
I am Roberta Smith. I am running for State
Legislator in the 8th District. I want to put an end to a governing body
that, at times, has made us the laughing stock of the nation. Stop out
of state interests from running our New Hampshire. See you at the
polls.
Thank you,
Roberta “Tess” Smith
Alpaca Day At
Barnstead Community Market
Granite State Alpaca Farm Alpacas are
being featured at the Barnstead Community Market. Saturdays are special.
There will be several alpacas at the market for you to see, pet,
photograph, and even buy. GSAF sells alpacas as well as hats, socks,
yarn and other products made from the fleece of an alpaca. So if you
would like to learn more, see them at Barnstead Community Market, 13
Parade Road, Barnstead, NH Saturdays from 9:00 am until 4:00 pm.
Alpacas For Sale!
GSAF has high quality herdsire alpacas, fleece
quality, and pet alpacas. And then, they have girls that should be for
pets, as well as some really nice girls that are great for breeding;
some males who are really nice herdsires that will help produce ribbon
winning off-spring! So whether you would like to purchase alpacas for
pets, fleece, or winning at a great alpaca show, they have alpacas that
will help you meet your goals.
Call them today to set up an
appointment so they can help you meet your goals or call them for a time
to visit their farm. Either way, let them help you start a dream farm
that includes Alpacas!
GSAF is owned and operated by Jim and Bonnie
Kidder. They are located at 721 Province Road, Barnstead, NH
03218. They can be contacted at
[email protected] or by calling 603-435-6085, 603-545-7262 or
603-269-8877 (fax).
Men’s Breakfast
The Center Barnstead
Christian Church will be hosting a free Men’s Breakfast this Saturday,
October 27th at 7:30 am. All men are invited to come and enjoy
breakfast. Aram Sisoian will be the speaker this month. He will be
offering his testimony and life experiences to those attending.
With over 30 years work history as a Business Partner to Senior
Managements across the globe, Aram will be discussing his extensive
domestic and international work experiences especially those areas that
have impacted his conversion through situations acquired throughout the
Middle East, the Pacific Rim, Far East and Europe.
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
I read the letter from Tess Smith who is running for State rep
in District 8. After reading about the new business tax deduction
to provide scholarships to NH students, I did my own research. It
wasn’t difficult to find that information. I learned from
http://www.jbartlett.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/School-Choice-FAQs.pdf
that this program cannot provide reduced tuition for a higher income
family. The income eligibility is capped at around $69,000 annual income
for a family of four. This makes the poorer half of NH students
eligible. Further, 40% of the students who switch out of public school
must be eligible for free and reduced lunch, so there is targeting of
low income students.
Another charge Ms. Smith made was that local
public schools may have to make up reduced state aid with local property
tax. According to Josiah Bartlett Center for Public Policy FAQs, if at
least 62% of scholarship recipients are students switching from public
to private or homeschooling, the state will save money. This legislation
mandates at least 70% of recipients be “switchers”. The state expects to
save $1,610 for each of these students.
Local school districts will
lose the state funding of $4,100 for each child who exits the
public school. With average total spending currently about $15,500 per
student, the loss of only $4,100 leaves the local district with a
savings by not having to educate the child. It is estimated that
less than 1% of students will leave the public schools.
I care about
Barnstead students and want to know their parents have options for
providing the best possible education. I also care about elections and
want the voters to get accurate information. I hope everyone does their
own research into the issues they care about before deciding for whom to
vote.
Cathleen Converse
Barnstead