Tim Smith Benefit Car Wash And  Bake Sale

We are holding a fundraiser to assist Tim Smith’s family while he is recuperating from a brain aneurysm he suffered on December 27th. Tim remains in a coma at Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center in Lebanon. The event will be an “inside” car wash and bake sale at the Barnstead Parade Fire Station on Saturday, January 31st from 10:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. If you would like to donate items for the bake sale you may do so on Saturday, January 31st after 9:00 a.m. at the fire station. If you would like more information regarding this event please call Debbie Nickerson at 738-3355 or Priscilla Adams at 875-0714.
 

Letter
 

Dear Friends of the Suncook Valley BioRegion,

Happy New Year! My 2009 vision is about an explosion of local creativity that began at “The Barnstead Church” on New Year’s Eve. Localization (opposite of globalization) is about local culture, biodiversity, local self reliance, grassroots democracy, a love of nature.

With the disintegration of the corporate American dream, the economy and constitution, our focus ought to be toward survival, local barter, water/nature purification and local food production. Why? Because localization is based on adequate food, good water, rich soils and biodiversity. Our vision is about hundreds of local lawns being converted to beautiful gardens, and fallow fields to pastures for goats in 2009. The science of fooding is about soil enrichment, green housing, root cellars, companion planting, freezing, canning, dehydration and eating well all as close to home as possible. I see food coops, community supported agriculture (CSAs) and even a soup kitchen for everyone to gather (by donation) on New Year’s Eve. Many locals witnessed an explosion of cultural creativity at “The Barnstead Church” I’m told “That’s just a beginning.”

Here on our land we have a school for permacultural learning. We are working on enriching virgin soil. Forest agriculture, edible landscaping, composting, solar water pumping, drip irrigation, a root cellar project, culinary herbs and medicinals, even mushroom cultivation, seed saving, etc.

I can even see Sanco (Timco) the center of all kinds of life enhancing ecology projects like solar, wind geothermal education. How about a local wellness cooperative where every form of wellness is practiced, from nutrition to neurosurgery. Why drive 50 miles to Concord and back.

“Less grass cutting and more food out the back door” makes so much sense. Petrol prices will rise again. Ugh!

Bruce Shearer
Barnstead
www.ecovisionquest.com

Free Week At The YMCA

The Concord Family YMCA would like to offer everyone in the Concord Community a free WEEK pass. Come down to the front desk to receive a coupon for a free week pass for you and your whole family! Use our facility and enjoy member benefits for one week. This includes unlimited fitness classes, babysitting, open preschool gym, Family Swims, Rock Climb and much more! Offer expires Jan 31st. Sign up for an adult or family membership before Jan 31st and receive $25.00 in downtown dollars!
 

Nine Girl Scouts recently completed the Red Cross Babysitting Course in Barnstead. Rhonda Gagnon led the 5 hour class and covered a variety of topics from diapers to safety.
 

Locke Lakers

Submitted By Peggy Gingras
The Locke Lakers are still going strong, but because of the weather we have had to cancel some of our meetings. We are still here making plans for some good times and fun for this year.

November 16th was our Thanksgiving Brunch at the Lodge and then we all went to see the Pittsfield Players matinee production of “Joseph and The Amazing Technicolor Dream Coat.” It was wonderful and we enjoyed it immensely. We had to cancel our New Year’s Eve dinner at Dominic’s because of the snow storm, but we made up for it by going to Dominic’s for a delicious breakfast New Year’s Day and had a great time. We are now planning a January 25th brunch. If you are interested in coming, please call Peggy at 776-0522 or Anne at 776-0353.

We are a social club and have some fantastic events. If you would like to join the Locke Lakers and cannot make our meetings during the day, please call us at either of these numbers to find out our activity plans and join us. Don’t miss out on some good times. Our membership dues are $3.00 per person. Please join us and we look forward to seeing you.

Dublin Christian Academy

An ensemble team of eleven teenagers from Dublin Christian Academy in Dublin, New Hampshire, will be presenting a program at Center Barnstead Christian Church on Sunday, January 25th at 10:30 AM. The teens will be performing several songs. Traveling with the team will be Mr. Danny Schmidt. This is Mr. Schmidt’s second year at Dublin Christian Academy. He received his MDIV at Bob Jones University in 2006 and will be preaching a message from God’s Word.

Join us this Sunday! The testimony and performance of these Christian young people will encourage you. 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.

Give a warm welcome to our new Barnstead neighbors Craig and Jamie Thoroughgood! They recently purchased a home in Locke Lake. Congratulations Craig and Jamie! The sale of this home was handled by Donna Ward of Exit Reward Realty and Peter Beauchemin of RE/MAX Synergy.