Happy Birthday to Jacob Beaudet, celebrating on February
16!
REMINDER
Call Chris
Bonoli at 603-340-1468 to reserve your tickets for the Snow & Ice
Valentines Day Winter Concert. Roy D’Innocenzo will be playing jazz
guitar along with the Barbershop Quartet “Slightly Worn.” Doors open
at 6:00 for dinner and music begins at 7:00.
Suncook
Valley Sno-riders Annual Poker Run, Saturday, February 21st.
Registration 10am-12pm at the ball field, 177 Tilton Hill Rd Pittsfield.
For more information visit our website at:
www.suncookvalleysnoriders.com or check us out on Facebook.
Taize’ Worship Service Ash Wednesday
Congregational Church Of North Barnstead
The
Congregational Church of North Barnstead (CCNB) cordially invites you to
attend a Taize’ Worship Service, Ash Wednesday, February 18, at 5:30
p.m.
Taize’ is
an informal, ecumenical worship service with a focus on reconciliation,
social justice, and peace. Comprised of Scripture readings, prayer,
sacred silence and songs, its underlying aim is for those gathered to
enter together into the mystery of God’s presence. The songs are short,
containing words from the Psalms or other Scripture. Sung communally and
repetitively, they become a unifying prayer and engender inner
stillness.
Taize’
worship began 74 years ago in a small village (Taize’) in the Burgundy
region of France. It has spread world-wide by people seeking to promote
peace and reconciliation where they live and work. Each year, Taize’
attracts over 100,000 people, many between the ages of 17 and 40.
This
peaceful service is in candlelight and lasts 45 minutes. CCNB is at 504
North Barnstead Road. Please come and join us as we enter into the
Lenten season. All are welcome!
Oscar Foss Memorial Library News
Family Game
Night
On Monday,
February 23rd at 6pm the Oscar Foss Memorial Library invites families to
come to a Family Game Night at the library. Board games, snacks, and
drinks will be provided and families are welcome to bring their favorite
games to share as well. Each family who attends will be entered into a
free raffle for a new board game. We hope to see you there for a free
night of family fun!
Family
Movie Night
On
Thursday, February 26th the library welcomes families to join us for an
evening of family entertainment while we show a PG movie on our big
screen. Discover a new Hero and enjoy some popcorn during this free
family program.
Meet the
Candidates
Meet the
Candidates Night will be held on Thursday, February 26th at 7pm at the
Barnstead Town Hall. The Oscar Foss Memorial Library is pleased to
sponsor this event again this year. All candidates for Town and School
offices have been invited to attend and there are several different
positions open this year. Come talk with the candidates, bring your
questions, and hear them speak on the issues. Parking is available at
the Town Hall and also at the Library. There is no snow date scheduled
for this event.
Please call
the library (269-3900) or visit our website (oscarfoss.org) for
more information about these or any of our other programs or events.
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.
Obituaries
Stephen
David Lank
‘When he
shall die, take him and cut him out in little stars, and he will make
the face of heaven so fine that all the world will be in love with night
and pay no worship to the garish sun’ - Shakespeare
Stephen
David Lank, 71, of Barnstead, NH, passed away on Friday, February 6,
2015 and he was a star. He was a star to many people, not just family or
friends. He loved people, whoever they were, wherever they came from or
whatever they believed in. He was the guy who started conversations,
knew who needed help and how he could help, and then just did it. He
liked to work hard and get things done, but he also knew how to have a
good time, make the best of things and to let everyone feel like they
were included. So many times in his travels, whether it was in a far
away country or a little restaurant in the back of a general store, he
could always find someone to swap stories with. He was well read on many
subjects and enjoyed a lively discussion about almost anything.
He was born
on June 2, 1943 in Wolfeboro, NH, to the late Clinton Lloyd and Ruth
Butman Lank and he was a devoted husband and father and is survived by
his wife, Margie; sons Stephen and wife Kimberly, Aaron and wife Linda,
Joshua and girlfriend Valerie Hulse; sisters Rowena Boyd, Ruth Riel,
Eleanor Boyd, and Dorothy Philbrick; and his beloved grandsons Aiden and
Collin Lank. In addition to his parents, brothers Howard Lank, Clinton
Lank, and Richard Lank preceded him in death.
He had a
special place in his heart for his family – of all the rewards in life,
he cherished most the time with his family. His mother, his brothers and
sisters, aunts, uncles, and cousins, his nieces, nephews and
grandchildren – on both sides of his family – he loved to spend time
with them. He loved to dance and sing, tell stories and hear about what
was happening in everyone’s life.
He would
not have you to cry in his absence, he would rather you told some
stories about how he made you laugh.
He was also
a proud veteran serving in the U.S. Army and was a member of the
American Legion Earl B Clark Post 42. He was owner of S.D. Lank and Sons
Plumbing & Heating and retired after 30 years of doing the hands on work
he so enjoyed. He was a Mason, Corinthian Lodge #92 F&AM and a member of
the Bektash Shriners of NH, serving for a few years as leader of the
Bektash Drum Corps. He was a member of First Congregational Church in
Pittsfield, NH and a founding member of the Scurvy Prevention League. He
was an ardent follower of all the New England sports teams, loved to
hunt and fish, and particularly loved to travel the world with his wife
and many friends.
A memorial
service will be held in May.
In lieu of
flowers, memorials may be made to Bektash Shrine, P.O. Box 4086,
Concord, NH 03302 and/or charity of the donor’s choice.