Lower Gilmanton Community Club will hold a Pot Luck Supper on June 27th at 6
p.m. at the Clubhouse on Route 129.
Come join in the fun. Meet neighbors and bring a dish, dessert or
something to share.
The Gilmanton Iron Works Library will participate in the
town-wide yard sale on Saturday, June 27th, and will have books and
baked goods available for sale beginning at 8 a.m. Please stop by
for a visit!
The library is now open on Saturdays from 9:30-noon, and on Wednesdays
from 4-6 p.m. Beginning July 7 the library will be open on Tuesdays from
9:30 a.m.-noon, with the children’s story hour from 10-11 a.m.
We have a variety of new and best-selling books available for checkout.
If you haven’t visited the library lately, it’s worth the trip!
The Gilmanton Old Home Day Committee will hold a planning
session on Thursday, June 18th at Smith Meetinghouse. All meetings
are held on the third Thursday at 7 p.m. from April to July.
Volunteers are needed. Come join us as we plan for our town’s 111th
Old Home Day celebration. For more info contact Lori Baldwin at
435-7715.
The First Congregational Society In Gilmanton
The First Congregational Society in Gilmanton is now presenting their
seasonal church services, at the Smith Meeting House on Meeting House Road
in Gilmanton. The next service is June 21, 2009 at 4:00 p.m.
We encourage the public to hear the inspirational sermons of Reverend
Sidney Lovett, who has served as pastor with us for the last two seasons.
Reverend Lovett was given the Granite State Award for Public Service at the
Plymouth State University Commencement. He was nominated, by President
Reagan, to the Inaugural Board of the United States Institute of Peace in
1985.
Jane Cormier, director of Lakes Region Opera Company and her husband,
Carlos Martinez, the Center Harbor Town Band Director, will arrange
performances of special music selections this year. Hymns familiar to
everyone will be sung by the congregation. The June service will have an
anthem sung by Eric Radcliffe, tenor, and Jane Cormier, soprano, will sing a
solo. Irina Kirilenko is the guest organist.
Following the services light refreshments will be served.
The church service dates are:
June 21, 2009 - 4:00 p.m.
July 19,
2009 - 4:00 p.m.
August 9, 2009 - 4:00 p.m., Old home Day church service.
September 20, 2009 - 4:00 p.m.
October 18, 2009 - 4:00 p.m., Annual
Harvest service.
November 22, 2009 - 4:00pm, Thanksgiving Day service.
December 20, 2009 - 4:00 p.m., Christmas service.
Everyone is welcome. The services are non-denominational.
Dressing a Colonial Lady At Gilmanton Historical Society
Historical re-enactors Mary and Adam Spencer will present a program on
Dressing the Colonial Lady at the Gilmanton Historical Society on Tuesday,
June 23rd, 7:30 pm at the Gilmanton Academy building in Gilmanton Corners.
Mistress Mary will come dressed in a long white linen shift–the basic
undergarment of a colonial woman. Master Adam will then help her
dress, layer by layer, in an authentic reproduction of an English gown of
the 1770s. A woman of the period could not get dressed without help
because she had to be laced into “stays,” helped into a petticoat,
stomacher, robing, etc. A “bunroll” must be tied on, but not too high,
lest it will produce a “very undesirable silhouette.” Mary
and Adam will answer questions as they present the program, and will bring
other articles of women’s 18th century style clothing.
The Historical Society’s summer program series continues on July 28th
with a program on Gilmanton 1900 to 1920 drawn from newspaper reports
of the time. Readings from the newspaper articles are illustrated with
photos of the period. 7:30 pm at Old Town Hall in Gilmanton Iron
Works.
Steve Taylor, former NH Commissioner of Agriculture, tells us how sheep
raising in the mid 19th century changed the New Hampshire landscape, with a
talk on The Great New Hampshire Sheep Boom on August 25th at the Gilmanton
Academy Building.
The final program in the series, on September 22nd at the Old Town Hall,
is Before Peyton Place: In Search of the Real Grace Metalious.
Robert Perreault introduces us to the young Grace De Repentigny Metalious,
revealing a side of the author that has remained largely unknown to the
general public.
All programs are free and open to the public; donations are gratefully
accepted. Refreshments and social hour begin at 7 pm, with the
program beginning promptly at 7:30.
Gilmanton Year-Round Library at the Town-Wide Yard Sale
The Town-Wide yard sale scheduled for June 27th is your opportunity to
find a buyer for those attic/basement items that no longer serve a purpose
for you. If you don’t want to run your own yard sale that day, consider
donating items to the Gilmanton Year-Round Library.
Bring items (no clothing please) to the Library, on Route 140 opposite
the Gilmanton School, on Friday, June 26 between 5 and 7 in the evening.
Please bring any items you wish to donate to the yard sale at that time WITH
THE PRICES MARKED. All proceeds will go to the Year-Round Library.
We would like volunteers to help set up beginning at 8:00 a.m. Saturday.
We also need volunteers to help with the sales.. The sale officially begins
at 9:00 a.m. and we plan to quit around 1:00 pm. If you can volunteer for a
couple of hours, it will be greatly appreciated. For information, call Stan
Bean at 527-1007.
Whether you drop by with items, volunteer, or just come by to look and
maybe find some treasure, plan to tour the new library while you are there.
LRCC Co-Valedictorians 2009
LRCC 2009 Valedictorians, left to right, are Ben McGowan,
Kerri Lowe, and Maureen Ballester. The photograph was taken following the
40th Commencement Ceremony at Meadowbrook Musical Arts Center last month.
McGowan studied Computer Technologies; Lowe majored in Human Services; and
Ballester was an Accounting student.
For the first time in the 40-year history of Lakes Region Community
College (LRCC), three graduates from three completely different areas of
study earned perfect 4.0 grade point averages and were designated
Valedictorians. The three were Computer Technologies major, Ben McGowan
(Laconia); Human Services professional, Kerri Lowe (Laconia); and Accounting
high honors student, Maureen Ballester (Gilmanton).
Another interesting fact is that McGowan is half the age of Lowe and
Ballester, yet every bit as dedicated to his studies as the ladies. “I was
scared that I was not going to succeed in college,” says McGowan who has
been employed full-time with New Hampshire Ball Bearing, Laconia, for three
years. “I was afraid that I couldn’t handle it.”
Lowe and Ballester were also concerned that they could not succeed in
college. “Being out of school for 20 years, I didn’t feel that I would be
successful as a student,” says Lowe, who was a full-time Case Manager at
Lakes Region Community Services, a full-time student, and cared for her five
children while in school.
“I was scared to death when I started college,” says Ballester. “My
first class was Introduction to Business and I was the only older student in
a class of 25. Younger students were more fluent on computers, but I caught
up quickly.”
Words of wisdom come from each of the LRCC Valedictorians. “Change is
definitely possible,” says McGowan who started college once before, dropped
out, and made a different choice the second time at LRCC to achieve success.
“One must be willing to sacrifice for success.”
“As one can see right here with LRCC’s 2009 Valedictorians, it is never
too late or too early for success in college,” Lowe continues. “When a
person is ready to do well, he or she will do well.”
“The commitment of LRCC faculty and staff makes students want to
succeed,” says Ballester. “These are some great people!”
McGowan, Lowe, and Ballester represent the best America has to offer.
They deserve a significant place in LRCC’s 40-year history.