The
Gilmanton Old Home Association will hold their annual post event
wrap-up meeting on Thursday, September 15th at Smith Meeting House
at 7:00 pm For more info:
[email protected]
Attention Gilmanton Residents
A public hearing was held on August
15th to discuss Mandatory Recycling.
There were two statements
made that still have me shaking my head. One resident (a
Recycler) vowed to stop recycling if it became mandatory. They
would rather be asked to recycle than to be told. Someone else
voiced that they wanted more information about recycling, though
it’s been around for decades, articles have been published in the
paper, monthly Recycling Committee meetings have been open to the
public for over a year and information is posted at the Recycling
Facility.
Well, here you go:
Please recycle. It’s good for the
environment. It isn’t hard to do. It doesn’t take any
fancy equipment. You can start with small steps that fit your
particular situation. And here’s the best part: it’ll save
money!
At the time of this writing, it cost us (the tax payers)
almost $67.00 per ton of trash generated to be hauled away. If
we reduce the amount of waste we produce, we’ll reduce our costs to
get rid of it. Simple. Recycling is an easy and effective way to
reduce those costs. For example, if every resident recycled
just two aluminum beverage cans and 1-2 newspapers in one week, that
would be two tons of trash removed from the waste, saving
approximately $134.00.
But wait! The recycled
newspapers could generate an income of about $100.00 and the
aluminum cans could bring in another $1700.00. The net for the
town would be just under $2000.00 for very little effort.
You’d probably be taking those cans and newspapers to the Recycling
Facility anyway.
Help yourself by helping the town. Please
choose to recycle something instead of just tossing everything in
the trash. You’ll be glad you did.
Respectfully requested,
Barbara E. Swanson
Letter
To the persons who helped themselves to our peaches on 8-25-2011:
Thank you for at least leaving us 12 peaches on the tree, that was
really big of you. You know who you are and so do we. Shame On You.
When you steal from someone, nothing good will come your way.
What goes around comes around. This was done in the broad daylight .
If you were that hungry why didn’t you knock on the door and Ask?
Bonnie Whelan
Gilmanton, N.H.
Homecoming At Gilmanton Church
Pastor Joseph Stopyro, of the Living Word Assembly of God Church at
729 Stage Road in Gilmanton Iron Works, N.H., announces a special
Homecoming at the church on Sunday, September 25.
These special
services will bring back to the church, Rev. Sherman A. Stevens, the
founder and long time Pastor. He will be preaching the Word of
God at both the 10:30 am service as well as the 6:30 pm service.
Since leaving the Gilmanton area, Pastor Stevens has pioneered and
pastored churches in the states of Massachusetts, Georgia, Florida
and Colorado.
Additionally, he has spent many years on the
foreign mission field. Short term ministries in Guyana and
Ecuador, South America and the islands of Jamaica and Bermuda.
He also spent eight years in the country of Russia with short trips
to many European countries.
It is the prayer of both Pastor
Stopyro and Pastor Stevens that those in the area and those who have
had past association with the Gilmanton church will take advantage
of the opportunity to fellowship with church and pastors.
The
services will also feature special music by Bob and Betty Davis of
Laconia. The Davis’ have served their Lord in the area for
many years.
GCC
Food Pantry And Thrift Shop News
The GCC Food Pantry and Thrift
Shop committee would like to thank all those who helped provide
school supplies to families in need in our community. Through
the donations from our church family, the GCC Missions Team Penny
Project, members of the community and Title 1 funds from the
Gilmanton School District, we were able to provide assistance with
school supplies and backpacks to 43 students in the town of
Gilmanton. Again a gigantic Thank You to all who contributed
to our “Back to School” project. If you are a family in need
of school supplies, we still have some items available. Please
contact Jane Sisti at 364-7437 or Beth Lavin at 267-1934.
The
Blue and “Gold” (it’s really Yellow) Barb Sale is still going
on and will be extended for another week. The sale will run
thru Saturday, September 17th. Every item in the shop with a
Blue or Yellow barb will be 50% Off.
We have a
wonderful selection of great clothes for the whole family, and we
now have a “Juniors” rack. As always, brand names are not
priced higher and we have many names such as Abercrombie,
Aeropostale, GAP, Ralph Lauren, American Eagle, Hollister, Talbots,
LL Bean, Lands End and many more. Come in and check us out and
enjoy great savings for the entire family with our “Back to School”
Blue and Yellow 50% Off Sale!
Just a reminder that if you are
making a donation to the Food Pantry or Thrift Shop, you can drop
your donations off during our regular business hours.
Please do not leave donations outside the door (stray animals and
such) and Do Not put clothing intended for the Thrift Shop in the
Planet Aid box. We Do Not have access to the box. There
are food collection bins at the Academy Building in the Corners, the
Year Round Library and at the Iron Works Market. We accept
non-perishable food items, household and personal care items for our
pantry. If you wish to make a monetary donation you can mail
it to GCC Food Pantry and Thrift Shop, PO Box 6, Gilmanton IW, NH
03837.
If you are interested in volunteering at the pantry
and thrift shop please contact Sharon Barton at 267-5934 or Jane
Sisti at 364-7437. We are always looking for people to work
during business hours or upstairs in our sorting area. You
must be 18 years old to work in the shop.
We are located on Route 140 in Gilmanton Iron Works, across from
the Iron Works Market. We are open on Monday 9am – 1pm,
Wednesday 3pm – 7pm, and Saturday 10am – 2pm. Parking is
located in the Gilmanton Community Church parking lot just west of
the shop.
Lakes
Region Retired Educators Meeting
The Lakes Region Retired
Educators Association meeting is scheduled for Tuesday, September
20, 2011 at Patrick’s Pub on Route 11 in Gilford, NH.
We will
gather at 11:00 am for our meeting, followed by a Buffet Luncheon.
Check in begins at 10:30 am. The cost will be $16.00 which includes
tax and tip. Your Phone Captain will be contacting you soon,
as reservations are due by September 15th. You may also make a
reservation by calling Sharon Walden at 528-6485 or Evelyn Morse at
524-4062. Any retired educator who is not a member is welcome to
attend. Please call to make a reservation.
Our program
this month will be Sarah Smith, University of New Hampshire
Cooperative Extension forestry specialist and author of the book,
“They Sawed Up a Storm”. Not many people know that Concord, NH was
the site of the nation’s first sawmill run totally by women during
World War II. In her book she explains the cause behind the
mill’s establishment as well as its influence on WWII. She
also explores the Hurricane of 1938 in her book. She was able to
interview Barbara Webber Ford, who is the only living worker from
the sawmill. Come hear about this fascinating book and how the
author became intrigued with the story of this unique sawmill.
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