Fall Poker Run To Benefit Local Charities
Save the date: Sunday, October 7, 2012. We are the GWRRA New
Hampshire Chapter G and we’re celebrating our 25th anniversary with
our annual Poker Run to benefit local charities. This is a great
time of the year to tour the countryside and enjoy the fall foliage
along with fellow riders. All motorcyclists are welcome to join us
for this day of fun and camaraderie. Past Poker Runs have included
riders from throughout New England, Canada and points South, so
invite your friends.
The
ride starts with registration from 9-11 at Venco Wings, 815 Route
129, Loudon, NH. The cost is $10.00 for each participant. As in the
past, the route will travel through the beautiful and scenic roads
of the Lakes Region and a guide will be handed out at the time of
registration for the first part of the ride. There will be
checkpoints along the way and a second guide with the final
directions. The day will end with food, prizes and a chance to relax
and catch up with “old” friends and perhaps make some new ones.
Speaking of “old” friends, we hope that former members will join us
for this 25th Anniversary celebration. We’d love to hear from you
and catch up on what you’ve been doing.
For
more information about our Poker Run and Chapter G, please contact
Ed Heath at
[email protected] or (603) 393-5674.
GWRRA
stands for Gold Wing Road Riders Association and our motto is
“Friends for Fun, Safety and Knowledge”. All motorcyclists are
encouraged to check out
www.GWRRA.org for more information about GWRRA.
Lively Boys! Lively Boys!
The Origin Of
Bad Boy Books At GYRL
“Bad
Boys” engage in a snowball fight on Slattery’s Hill. J. Dennis
Robinson presents a program about “The Origin of Bad Boy Books”
Thursday, October 4, at 7 pm at the Gilmanton Year-Round Library.
Historian J. Dennis Robinson brings “The Origin of Bad Boy
Books” to the Gilmanton Year-Round Library on Thursday evening,
October 4, at 7 pm. The Library is on NH Route 140 in
Gilmanton Iron Works, opposite the Gilmanton School.
Mark Twain’s Tom Sawyer (1876) and Huckleberry Finn (1884) represent
the best of the “bad boy” genre in American Literature. But
the theory of “The Human Boy” that started it all was the brainchild
of two Portsmouth, NH authors.
It all
began with “Plaguey Ike Partington” (1850s) by B.P. Shillaber and “A
Story of a Bad Boy” (1869) by Thomas Bailey Aldrich. Mr. Robinson
tracks the NH origins of the genre that gave us Denis the Menace and
Bart Simpson.
A
teacher, columnist and videographer, Robinson edits SeacoastNH.com a
website about NH history and culture. He has published more than
1,000 articles on New Hampshire history and culture and seven books
including histories of
Strawberry Banke Museum and the grand hotel,
Wentworth by the Sea.
The
presentation is supported by a grant from the New Hampshire
Humanities Council and everyone is invited. The presentation is
rescheduled from an event snowed out in January.
Reminder: There is still time to enter your bid for the silent
auction of a hand-hooked rug by Dick and Sue Barr. Check it out when
you next visit the library. Bids close October 20.
Dump Run Cafe
Looking
for a place to meet your neighbors or find out what’s happening in
town? Stop in at the Dump Run Cafe on your way to the Gilmanton
Community Church on Route 107 next to Town Hall. It is open every
Wednesday morning from 8-11 and serves coffee, tea and homemade
pastries free of charge, though donations are welcomed.
With live music on the autoharp, guitar, mandolin and violin
provided by the Dump Run Gang, it’s a very welcoming addition to
your Wednesday morning dump ritual. Even if you’re not going to the
dump that day, stop in, say hello and maybe join us in a tune or
two.
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