The
Nighthawks Hollow Seniors of Barnstead will meet at the Barnstead Town
Hall Wednesday at noon on October 3rd for our monthly pot luck meeting
and luncheon. Bring a casserole, salad or dessert and enjoy. Prior to
our meeting we will have a guest from the Concord Regional Visiting
Nurse Association speaking about their program on “A Matter of Balance”,
a program that will be offered here at the Town Hall later in October.
Following our meeting we will play Bingo.
American Red
Cross Blood Drive
Thursday Sept 27th
Barnstead Fire and Rescue,
Parade Road
1pm - 6pm - goal 50
The American Red Cross is in
urgent need of blood at this time. Hospital patients are counting
on a strong blood supply.
As an added thank you to our donors,
everyone will receive an American Red Cross T-shirt.
Our web site is
www.redcrossblood.org or
donors may call 1-800-red-cross to schedule an appointment. Walk-ins are
welcome.
Blood donors must be 17 years of age, weigh at least 110
lbs. and be in good health.
Carol Shea Porter To
Address Alton Rotary Club
The public is invited to hear candidate for
the US House of Representatives, Carol Shea Porter, speak at the Club’s
Thursday, October 4, weekly meeting at the American Legion Hall, Route
28, Alton at 7:00 am. The meeting includes an optional $5.00 buffet
breakfast. If you wish to attend the meeting with breakfast, reserve
your space by calling Rotary Program Director, Duane Hammond 569-3745,
no later than Oct. 2.
Carol Shea Porter will answer any questions
about her support for or against upcoming legislation and what bills she
plans to introduce as New Hampshire’s Representative. Rotary is a
non-political, non-religious worldwide service organization dedicated to
saving and improving lives both locally and globally.
Candidate
Jane Cormier Thanks Supporters
I would like to take this opportunity
to thank all those who helped in our primary campaign for NH State
Representative in Belknap District 8 – the communities of Alton,
Barnstead, and Gilmanton. People were so kind in their support
whether it was putting up signs, assisting with our door to door
campaign, writing a letter to the editor or making an encouraging phone
call.
I could never adequately express my thanks. Now,
as we look ahead to the general election in November, we hope to spread
our conservative message to all. We look forward to running an
honest campaign, clearly defining where we stand on the issues. We have
much work to do to keep the Granite State strong and independent.
After all, we are the “Live Free or Die” state!
So, again,
thanks to all who helped us to win this past Tuesday. We never could
have done it without you!
Jane Cormier, Alton, NH
Candidate for NH
House of Representatives
Belknap – District 8
Bob Wood To
Speak At CBCC
This Sunday, September 30th, Bob Wood will be speaking
at the Center Barnstead Christian Church. Bob and his wife, Patty,
are Word of Life area missionaries for the Twin States, as well as,
Ruger’s Chief Armourer. They have been serving youth and youth
leaders for over 20 years.
When Bob is not serving the Law
Enforcement community or ministering the Gospel, he enjoys spending time
outdoors and with his family. Bob and Patty have two grown children,
Katherine and Chris, and a daughter-in-law, Ali. Bob will be
speaking more about his ministry during our 9:00 am Sunday School and
10:00 am Morning Service.
The Center Barnstead Christian
Church is located on Route 126, next to the Town Hall. For more
information, please call the church at 269-8831.
Watson Farm
Project
The Watson
Farm Project, a multi-media exhibition by area artists honoring New
Hampshire’s agrarian lifestyle will run October 4-November 30, 2012 at
the Kimball Jenkins School of Art, 266 North Main Street, Concord, NH
03301; 603-225-3932 or
www.kimballjenkins.com. Gallery Hours: Fridays 5-7 pm, Saturdays
10-4 pm, and by appointment. Opening Reception: Thursday, October 4, 5-7
pm for Barbara Filleul, Kathy Hanson, Russet Jennings, Sher Kamman, Mary
Nichols, Ann Saunderson, Mary Straub, and Teresa Taylor.
Artists
Barbara Filleul, Kathy Hanson, Russet Jennings, Sher Kammen, Mary
Nichols, Ann Saunderson, Mary Straub and Teresa Taylor were inspired to
make art work after visiting Watson Farm in Sanbornton. Their work
honors the agrarian lifestyle and will be on display at Kimball-Jenkins
School of Art in Concord through the end of November.
For area
families, Watson Farm is a place to cut a Christmas tree in a beautiful
transitional landscape that has sustained several generations of
successful farmers.
The farm was founded in 1760 by the Huntoon
Family from Kingston, NH, who came inland to find a more ample tract of
land for farming. Coastal areas were rapidly becoming settled and land
prohibitively expensive. Negotiations with the British during and after
the Revolutionary War created a great deal of volatility on the coast
from Boston to Maine.
The farm changed hands out of the original
family line when it was purchased in the early 1960s by Mr. Watson, a NH
State Forester whose daughter still lives on the property, managing the
Christmas Tree Farm and whose son takes care of the premises. No small
task on a tract of 580 acres of farmland and buildings.
For a
timeline of the families, there is a monograph or family history on
display in the exhibit whose author, Robert Jay Evans, lives in Concord
with his wife Frances. She spent summers on Watson Farm as a child. The
monograph boasts “no divorces, no brushes with the law, no
bankruptcies.”
There is an enchantment and melancholy about a
beautiful place that has meant so much to so many generations and now
does not fulfill that vital role. Large extended families were necessary
to the work of sustaining and passing on the farms. The promise of the
land and the necessary adaptations were made by successive generations,
adding or switching operations as the economy demanded.
Corn, wheat,
barley, winter rye, orchard fruit, dairy operation, maple syrup and
sugar, lumber sales, oxen lending from the 3 teams of oxen, the
participation in wool mania which caused the Northeast to be dotted with
sheep were some of the forms of commerce that sustained the early
settlers.
Commerce with the community was only one part of
sustenance. Home industries of spinning, weaving, keeping domestic
animals, canning and putting food by, domestic gardens, as well as
knitting, sewing and shoe making went on at the farm.
A year ago, the
artists descended upon the farm on a cool, sunny Sunday afternoon. They
fanned out and photographed, painted, mused, studied or absorbed the
magnetism of a piece of land with such a long history of hard work and
survival. Each artist responded within their chosen medium;
watercolor, monoprint, clay, oil paint, photography, pastels and collage
to the power that emanates from Watson Farm. The exhibit at Kimball
Jenkins School of Art shows their reflections for you to enjoy.
Tri-Town Democrats To Host Colin Van Ostern And Attorney Paul Twomey
The next Barnstead-Alton-Gilmanton Democratic Committee meeting will be
at the home of Becky Ronstadt at the Temperance Tavern, 506 Province
Road (Route 107), Gilmanton Corners on Thursday, September 27, 2012 at
6:30 pm. Our guest speakers will be Colin Van Ostern, candidate
for NH Executive Council, and Attorney Paul Twomey, who will help us
understand the new Voter ID law. This is a potluck event, so
please, bring a dish to share. All are invited. Please call Lew Henry at
793-9187 with any questions.