Reminder
The
Barnstead Historical Society met recently and members are very pleased
to know the Town is allowing the Society to adopt the Center Barnstead
Bandstand as its restoration project beginning this year.
The Society wants the bandstand painted, readying it for Memorial
Day celebrations this year. The Society is inviting members and
townspeople to participate in this beginning step of restoration by
scraping the old paint before and on the set painting date of May 12th -
at your convenience. Able-bodied workers would be much
appreciated on May 12th at 9a.m. - weather permitting; rain date May 19.
The
Girl Scouts of Barnstead proudly host the annual American Red
Cross Blood Drive on Tuesday, May 18th, from 3:30-7:30 p.m. at the
Barnstead Elementary School gym.Childcare is offered, as well as
delicious snacks for donors. Remember to bring along a personal
identification card. All donors will receive a Day Pass
coupon to any New Hampshire State Park and will also be entered to win a
canoe from Old Towne Canoe. What a great way to give a precious gift!
Local Student Participates In Northwestern Summer Study Abroad
Program
Ian
Dudley, a senior, majoring in art and writing/rhetoric, of Barnstead is
among the Northwestern College, Orange City, Iowa, students who will
head around the world (to Ethiopia) this summer on three-
four-week study abroad trips led by NWC professors.
Dr.
Dean Calsbeek, a kinesiology professor, will lead a three-week course in
China. The class will explore Chinese society and culture as it relates
to “body” culture” - specifically the topics of medicine, physical
fitness and sport. Students will observe and participate in Tai Chi, as
well as study Mandarin at Bei Mei University in Bejing.
Students participating in the Ecuador program will be led by Rick Clark,
instructor in Spanish, through an interdisciplinary study of Ecuadorian
society and culture, the Spanish language and a service- learning
project.
Participants will spend four weeks living with host families, studying
at the Andean Studies Center and engaging the culture firsthand
through guided excursions and daily activities.
Ethiopian Visual Culture, a study abroad program led by art professor
Arnold Carlson, aims to help students immerse themselves in the
contemporary culture of Ethiopia through visual identity of people and
place. For three weeks students will investigate the city of Addis Ababa
in pairs, looking for visual clues to elements of Ethiopian culture, and
record their findings in various forms - drawings, writings, sound
recordings and photography.
In
London, students will spend three weeks exploring British culture, past
and present, through immersion in theatre and visual art. The course
will be led by Jeff and Karen Barker, professors of theatre and speech,
and Ann Du Mez, residence director.
Health
and nursing students will join Dr. Ruth Daumer, associate professor of
nursing, and Deb Bomgaars, instructor of nursing, on a trip to Arusha,
Tanzania. This experience will provide students opportunities to explore
and engage another culture and participate in cultural, educational, and
health and social systems. For three weeks students will travel around
Tanzania spending time at area clinics and hospitals, including Huruma
Hospital.
Transition Towns
Submitted By Gail Darrell
What:
Transition Towns
Where:
Totnes England – launched in 2008, Barnstead, New Hampshire - not yet
launched
Why: To
look at life Beyond Oil and work together to create a sustainable
community
When:
Now
How:
You decide.
A small
group of ten people who live in Barnstead have been meeting for the last
6 weeks to consider how to best prepare for the inevitable increase in
the price of oil, the impacts of climate change and increasing concerns
over food quality.
Following in the footsteps of a worldwide movement called Transition
Towns, we have been brainstorming about several possible ways to express
what we see as a need for gradual transition away from our dependence on
oil. No one knows exactly when the price of oil will skyrocket as
supplies dwindle, but we do know one thing for certain; we do not have
an inexhaustible supply and we should adjust our living situations to
get ready for when it occurs, rather than waiting for the moment of
crisis to begin planning.
We are
compiling information and invite participation in this project from the
public.
We look
forward to the first day of our local Farmer’s Market in June, date and
location to be announced.
Next
six week session of meetings of the Transition group will be announced
in the paper. For more information call Gail at 269-8541.
See:
www.transitiontowns.org
Gail
Darrell, Barnstead
http://www.vawtenergy.com/transitions
Keith
McMahon To Speak At Center Barnstead Christian Church
Keith McMahon
will be coming to the Center Barnstead Christian Church on Sunday, May
16th. Keith grew up in Center Barnstead and attended this church. He was
active with the CBFD as an EMT during his college years. After college
he married Beth (Grantham) of Dayton, Maine in 1991.
In 1992, sensing
God’s call upon their lives, they moved to Canada and attended NBBI.
Since graduating in 1996 Keith and Beth have served at NBBI. Keith is on
the faculty, as well as, serving as the Assistant Campus Pastor and
Married Student coordinator.
Come join us this Sunday as Keith
shares about his recent trip to Israel during our Sunday School time at
9:00 AM and preaches from God’s Word during the Morning Service at 10:00
AM. The Center Barnstead Christian Church is located on Route 126, next
to the Town Hall. For more information contact the church at 269-8831.
Transitions
Forum
Submitted By Sharen Hodgdon
Transitions Forum evolved out
of a group of people in Barnstead, NH, aiming toward the ultimate
concepts as set forth within Transitional Towns. Transitional Towns
concepts work towards moving a community away from dependency upon
outside sources. We would like to share some of the ideas that have come
out of that process. We feel these experiences might help other
individuals, and groups, who might be looking to move toward a more
self-reliant life.
In struggling to find direction, the Transition
group was approached with an idea by a young man of 13, he named the
‘Barnstead Envelope.’ The idea was to imagine you, as an entire
town, awaken in a bubble with no outside communication, no outside
transportation, no electricity from outside the town. Nothing moves in,
or out. What would you as a community, as an individual, as a group need
to survive in the immediacy, then later to sustain a comfortable
existence.
All the ideas were later combined into categories.
No idea or concept was less important than any other. Each had its
own unique priority and contribution. The beauty of this process
was clear.
Once all the ideas were combined, it was evident
that it took the brainstorming of not one person, but all the people
together to present an entire picture of what makes up a community.
The picture was entirely clear at that point. What you see on this
Transitions Forum, is the culmination of all the needs as stated by this
group of only 10 people. The members of this group are not rocket
scientists, they are common people of various ages, points in their
lives, various backgrounds, and perspectives.
Every
endeavor puts members of the group, one step closer toward a life less
dependent upon the larger corporate world. There is a great satisfaction
in achieving, learning something new. That one small step in doing a
simple project will lead to an understanding so that when you tackle a
larger project, you will understand that process and increase your
comfort level.
We applaud those in the Transitional Towns Group in
Barnstead, NH, and encourage them to continue to strive toward their
goals, whatever those goals might be. We thank them for their
contributions that may help many individuals and groups find their own
direction.
We hope this forum of sharing, learning, and contributing
ideas will be a light upon a path for people everywhere.
Find us on
Facebook!
http://www.vawtenergy.com/transitions
Obituaries
Harold R.
Berry, Jr.
Barnstead - Mr. Harold R. “Bub” Berry, Jr., 47, died
Thursday, April 29, 2010, at his home on Pineo Road.
Born on January
7, 1963, in Newburyport, MA, Bub was the son of Harold and Ruth
(Morrill) Berry. He grew up in Londonderry and had lived in both
Hooksett and Manchester before making Barnstead his home in 2006.
He
had been employed by Interstate Concrete, loved fishing and hunting, and
dabbled in taxidermy.
Members of his family include his wife of 23
years, Victoria (Hull) Berry of Barnstead; children, Bryan Berry and
Rebekah Berry, both of Barnstead, Natasha Cote of Manchester, and Brandi
Berry; granddaughters, Gracey and Olivia; 2 sisters, Sandy Berry of
Mississippi and Linda Galloway of Bethel, VT; a brother, Keith Berry of
Hudson; and nieces and nephews.
A celebration of Bub’s life was held
Saturday, May 8, 2010, at 1 PM at the family home.
Family and friends
may sign an on-line guestbook by visiting stilloaks.com.
