Third Annual Barnstead Open Farm Day
The
Barnstead Farmers and Gardeners Network are pleased to sponsor the Third
Annual Barnstead Open Farm Day, which will be held on July 26, 2014.
This is a self-guided tour that will run from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Free
maps will be available at participating farms.
This year,
we have 10 unique farms participating. Various animals will be available
for you to see, including Alpacas and Miniature Horses. Our farms will
also have all kinds of products and produce. Farms will be conducting
tours of their operations and some will be offering demonstrations of
various products. There will be something here for everyone.
This event
is free and open to the public. Come and visit the diverse farms that
make up our beautiful community.
For more
information, contact Robin Donovan (603) 269-5591 or Don Walker (603)
435-0277. Find the Barnstead Farmers and Gardeners Network on Facebook.
Oscar Foss Memorial Library News
More Free
Books from CLiF!
Children in
grades Pre-K thru 6th enjoyed a special visit with local author Layne
Chase on Wednesday, May 28th at Barnstead Elementary. Ms. Chase’s
presentation was made possible by a grant awarded to the Oscar Foss
Memorial Library from the Children’s Literacy Foundation (CLiF). Each
child was given a free book after Ms. Chase read a story to the
children. A second presentation was held at the library for local
childcare providers, where children were also given a free book. CLiF is
a non-profit organization whose mission is to nurture a love of reading
and writing among children throughout New Hampshire and Vermont. The
library would like to thank CLiF for this presentation and for all the
wonderful books that have been donated through our CLiF Rural Library
Award.
Kindle
Readers
The library
would like to thank our wonderful anonymous donor for our second Kindle
Reader, which is now available for circulation! We are so excited to be
able to offer patrons these two new options to enjoy literature. So come
on in and check them out!
Bike Rodeo
Our first
annual Bike Rodeo on Saturday, May 31st was a huge hit! Everyone who
attended had a lot of fun and plans for next year are already in
progress. The library would like to thank the Barnstead Police
Department, Barnstead Highway Department, Barnstead Parks and
Recreation, Goodale’s Bike Shop Hooksett, Goodale’s Bike Shop Concord,
Walmart of Concord, Great State Beverages of Hooksett, Associated
Grocers of Pembroke, and NH Highway Traffic Association for everything
they did to help make this event such a great success!
Museum
Passes
Summer is
approaching and the library has many free resources for families to
enjoy. Free family passes to the McAuliffe-Shepard Discovery Center, SEE
Science Center, and the Wright Museum are just some of the options
available. Come in, or visit our website (oscarfoss.org) and discover
all the great programs and resources the library has to offer. There is
always something happening at the Oscar Foss Memorial Library! Library
Hours are: Monday; 2pm-8pm, Tuesday & Wednesday; 10am-5pm, Thursday;
5pm-8pm, Friday; 2pm-5pm, Saturday; 9am-Noon.