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Friends of the Newfields Public Library P.O. Box 200 Newfields, NH 03856
RESIDENT
TOWN OF NEWFIELDS
Standard Mail U.S. Postal Service
PAID Newfields, NH
03856 Permit No. 200
Library Hours Monday 10 am‐2 pm
Tuesday 10 am‐4 pm
Wednesday 10 am‐8 pm
Thursday 10 am‐5 pm
Friday 10 am‐2 pm
Saturday 9 am‐1 pm
Phone: 778.8169
Friends of the Paul Memorial Library
Newfields Community Newsletter A quarterly newsle er for residents of Newfields, NH May 2012
9 a.m. (Town Hall) Bike Decora ng
Garden Club Plant Sales Main Street Art Face Pain ng
10:30 a.m. (Co‐Ed Sportswear)Parade Line‐Up at 27 Pleasant St.
11 a.m. (Main Street) Newfields Parade Speaking Program
Followed By: Community Picnic
Friends Bake Sale Firemen Muster
Cra s for Kids at Hilton Field
Grab Your Picnic Blanket & Hop on Your Bike! See You at the Newfields Memorial Day Celebra on
Whether you’ve lived in town for years or are brand new to the community, you won’t want to miss the Newfields Memorial Day Celebra on on May 26 at the Town Hall. This is a great opportunity to get out and meet your neighbors. The day is jam‐packed with ac vi es for those who are young or just young at heart. Don’t miss out on our town’s tradi on that honors those who have served our country. If you’d like to volunteer or be in the parade, please call Amy Sununu at 772.9343 or Natalie Fream at 778.4840.
Keep Your Eyes Open!
Somewhere in this newsle er is a li le book. Find it and email its loca on to newfieldsnewsle [email protected]. One lucky winner will be selected from all correct answers
to receive a $10 Gi Cer ficate at the Newfields Country Store.
Get the latest on everything going on at Paul Memorial Library: www.paulmemoriallibrary.org
“Check Out” What’s New at Paul Memorial Library A Note from the Director’s Desk By Pam Burch
Please stop by to see our new addi on! The Trustees have worked relessly to make this possible. We now have a bright new children's room, thanks to all of their
efforts. You can view pictures of the space on our website. Once the reading room is complete, we will have a ceremony and recep on for the public. All of our books for adults, young adults and videos are in the front room. The middle room houses books for older children and our circula on desk. There is a space for handicapped parking in the back.
I have been ge ng to know many of our patrons since I came on board in March. Please feel free to make any sugges ons for programs or materials. We are always open to new ideas!
Thank you to our librarians, Lee and Doris who have remained flexible and cheerful through our renova on, rearranging the library and orien ng me, all at the same me.
We appreciate all the extra efforts of the Trustees and the con nuing, generous support of the Friends. If you haven't had a chance to join the Friends yet, now is a wonderful me to do so. There is a form included in this newsle er. See you at the library!
Summer Reading: Dream BIG!
Our theme for this year’s Summer Reading Program is "Dream Big!"
We’ll kick off the fun Wednesday, July 11 with a unique performance by Double Vision at 6:30 p.m. at the Town Hall. Never heard of Double Vision? Here’s how they describe their Pantomonium presenta on:
Take a Chagall pain ng, some toilet plungers, a picture frame, umbrellas, parasols, step ladders, a
ght rope, a robot and spinning plates—put them in a blender and voila‐Pantomonium with Double Vision.
What fun!
A er the kickoff, the Summer Reading Program will run on Thursdays from 10‐11:30 a.m. at the library on July 12, July 18, July 25, August 1, and August 8. We’ll wrap it up with a picnic at noon on Thursday, August 9.
Watch our website for more details!
Celebrate Books for Babies Following our lovely tradi on of honoring the most recent Newfields residents, the Friends of the Library and library staff invite all families who had babies or adopted in 2011
for a morning coffee celebra on on Saturday, June 2 at 10 a.m. A book honoring each child will be on display and added to our library collec on. Invita ons are on their way. If you have any ques ons, please call the library at 778.8169.
Enjoy some special me with your preschooler and help to foster their love of books. Join us for Pre‐school Story Time on Thursdays at 10:30 a.m. This is an enjoyable me for children and their caregivers where we will read books and also do a fun cra ac vity. This program runs through June 7 and starts up again in early September.
Grow With Us at the Community Garden Help us create an organic garden for the local community to enjoy on the library grounds. You must be a town resident to apply and with no more than two plots per household. Plots are $25 each which is due before plan ng. Plot selec on began on May 1 to previous gardeners, the second week of may to Friends of the Library, and the third week of May to all Newfields residents. Plots are available on a first come first serve basis and applicants will be contacted in the order they were received for any available openings. The Garden Coordinator will assign plots which must be planted by June 1. Be sure to sign up at the library!
Literature in Honor of the Twen eth‐Century Experience . . .
Two books have recently been added to our collec on of noteworthy 20th century wri ng.
Lorraine Hansberry's play, A Raisin in the Sun, which opened on Broadway in 1959, echoes her own family's earlier move into the all‐white Washington Park subdivision of Chicago's Woodlawn neighborhood. The play portrays a few weeks in the life of a black family (the Youngers) as it decides how best to use the money from an insurance policy paid a er the death of the father. Everyone has dreams—owning a business, returning to roots . . . a er these evaporate, the mother uses what's le as down payment for a house in Clybourne Park.
A Raisin in the Sun won the Drama Cri cs Circle Award for Best Play and was later made into a film.
Ruth Prawer Jhabvala was born to Jewish parents in Cologne in 1927. The family fled to Britain in 1938. In 1951, she married an Indian Parsi architect and the couple moved to Delhi, where she began wri ng novels based on her new life. In Heat & Dust (1975), the contemporary narrator travels to India to learn about a faintly mysterious step‐grandmother who lived there in the twen es. She discovers that Olivia, s fled by the meaningless formali es of Raj society, had created a scandal by having an affair with the local Nawab. Ostracized, she'd moved to a small town in the foothills of the Himalayas. The narrator's experiences parallel those of her free‐spirited rela ve: she grows to appreciate the richness and texture of the country and chooses to remain in the town in which Olivia had spent the remainder of her life.
Heat & Dust was awarded the 1975 Booker Prize and was adapted for film by Merchant/Ivory Produc ons in 1978. Jhabvala wrote the screenplay.
You may have seen the movies—now it's me to read the books.
Share a Book with Friends
The Newfields Library Book Club meets the third Monday of each month at 6:30 p.m. at the library. The club is open to anyone who loves to read and discuss books. For more info, call the library at 778.8169.
What we’re reading next:
June 18 July 16 Major Pe grew’s Last Stand Buddha in the A c By Helen Simonson By Julie Otsuka
“Books can be dangerous. The best ones should be labeled "This could change your life." —Helen Exley
New Books and DVDs
Books for Adults Betrayal by Danielle Steel The Call by Yannick Murphy Can't Is Not an Op on by Nikki Haley Crystal Gardens by Amanda Quick Death of an Ar st by Kate Wilhelm Every Last Secret by Linda Rodriguez Following A cus: Forty‐Eight High Peaks, One Li le Dog, And An Extraordinary Friendship by Tom Ryan Force of Nature (a Joe Picke novel) by C.J. Box French Kids Eat Everything by Karen Le Billon Good Father by Noah Hawley Guilty Wives by James Pa erson Helen Keller in Love by Rosie Sultan Innocent by David Baldacci Lady Almina and the Real Downton Abbey by Fiona Carnarvon The Paris Wife by Paula McLain Poison Flower by Thomas Perry Quiet: the Power of Introverts by Susan Cain Thief by Clive Cussler True Sisters by Sandra Dallas Unnatural Acts by Stuart Woods Unseen by Heather Graham World War II Remembered by Kendal at Hanover Residents Associa on Juvenile Books Chestnut King by N.D. Wilson I Survived the Bombing of Pearl Harbor by Lauren Tarshis I Survived the Shark A acks of 1912 by Lauren Tarshis I Survived the Sinking of the Titanic by Lauren Tarshis Inven on of Hugo Cabret by Brian Selznick The Lorax by Dr. Seuss Matched by Allyson Condie DVDs The Adventures of Tin n Chalk The Descendants Extremely Load & Incredibly Close Hachi My Week with Marilyn War Horse We Bought a Zoo The DVD collec on is provided by Friends of the
Library. We thank them for their support.
Thank You to the Newfields Country Store
The Paul Memorial Library would like to thank Charlo e and Leroy Legg at the Newfields Country Store for their generous dona ons that made the community Pancake Breakfast such a huge success.
Newfields Business, Services & Professional Directory
All You Need to Know About . . .
A Perennial Favorite at the Annual Garden Club Plant Sale Join the Newfields Garden Club for the 15th Annual Memorial Day Plant Sale on May 26 from 9 a.m. to noon at the Town Hall. All perennials are from Newfields gardens! Come early for the best selec on and stock up with the plants you need to make your yard beau ful. You’ll find Daylilies, Rudbeckia, Coreopsis and MORE! If you are dividing this year, please consider dona ng your perennials to the sale. Dona ons and empty pots can be dropped off at Jean LaBranche’s home at 2 Baker Street. For more info, give Jean a buzz at 772.4658.
Calling All Bakers for the Annual Pie (and Bake) Sale! Do you have a favorite pie you just love to bake? Or a cookie your family just can’t resist? If so, the Friends of the Library would love your baked good dona on for the Memorial Day Pie Sale. If you would like to help, you can drop off your sweet treats at the Newfields Country Store on May 25 or before 9 a.m. on May 26 at the Town Hall. Baked goods will be on sale during the picnic lunch. All proceeds help fund Friends ac vi es to support the library. Get out your flour si er and email Trish at [email protected] or sign up at the library if you want to get baking!
Annual Senior Luncheon Has Everyone Smiling Thirty of our senior residents of Newfields turned out on April 15 at the Town Hall to enjoy a meal catered by Paul Wilber with Charlo e Legg of the Newfields Country Store dona ng coffee and a generous gi cer ficate to the store as a door prize. Thank you to Jennifer MacPherson for chairing the event also Gayle Spence, Jan Bodenski, Charlo e Leg, Natalie Fream and Amy Sununu with daughters for se ng‐up and serving. If you would like to help out with any of the town’s celebra ons, we’d love to have you join the commi ee. Please call Amy Sununu at 772.9343 or Natalie Fream at 778.4840.
Hit the Pavement at the 5K Road Race and Children’s Fun Run Lace up your sneakers for the 4th annual Newfields 5K Road Race and Kids Fun Run on June 23 at 8:30 a.m., rain or shine. The USATF‐cer fied 5K course winds through Newfields and includes water sta ons and a police escort. Merchandise cer ficates will be awarded to the top three overall male and female winners and the top two male and female winners in each age division. $200 will be awarded for the new course records. New England Timing is providing ming chips and will post immediately a er the race. Please park in the grass field at the entrance to Hayden Drive on Route 85.
Race‐day registra on starts at 7:30 a.m. on Hayden Drive. The race starts are 8:30 a.m. for the Kids Fun Run and 9 a.m. for the Newfields 5K. All proceeds benefit the Exeter High School Swimming and Diving Team and the Friends of the Paul Memorial Library. T‐shirts and runner bags will be given to the first 200 registered runners. Register early at www.ac ve.com/5k‐race/newfields‐nh/14th‐annual‐newfields‐5k‐road‐race‐2012. The Newfields 5K Road Race is generously sponsored in part by the Newfields‐Stratham Veterinary Hospital, easybackgrounds.com, Lens Doctors and Gary Blake Saab.
Children under 9 must be accompanied by an adult. Pets are not allowed. Fees are $18 prior to race day and $20 on the day of race. Newfields residents’ entries postmarked by May 31 are $15. Exeter High School students are $12 and the Kids Fun Run is $6. For more informa on or to sponsor the race, please call Race Director Larry Arend at 778.6217.
Get Crea ve this Summer at Main Street Art Animal Encounters—Please join us for Animal Encounters, the first juried art exhibit at Main Street Art. Twenty‐five talented local ar sts submi ed 60 pieces of art. Gallery hours for this exhibit are Saturdays from 12‐3 p.m. through June 9. You’ll encounter all sorts of wild things!
Summer Camp for Kids—Main Street Art is offering five sessions of fun and inspiring camps this June, July, and August that will certainly get your crea ve juices flowing. Ages 5‐8 in our morning camps and 9‐11 in the a ernoon. On Tuesday evenings check out our teen studio nights for ages 12 and up, learn metal jewelry, bead making, e dye, or sculp ng. Sign up on line today!
To learn all about Main Street Art, including classes for all ages, please visit www.newfieldsart.org.
What’s Going on in Newfields, NH
Newfields Students are Taking Care of Their Land
Newfields Youth Athle c Associa on REALLY Needs Volunteers! Let’s PLAY BALL! NYAA has fielded 2 pre‐k/K T‐ball teams and 4 grade 1‐2’s. The older grades are moving over to Exeter and girls’ so ball has teamed up with Stratham. The NYAA opening day was May 5. We celebrated with T‐ball games and Opening Ceremonies. Looking ahead soccer sign‐ups will be the first week of June and more detailed registra on info will be sent home with your NES student and be available at the library
DESPERATE PLEA FOR HELP!! It may sound like a broken record . . . or an iPod set to repeat . . . but the success of our small town sports programs depend upon ac ve involvement from our parent volunteers!! The NYAA desperately needs to fill the Vice President role on the Board, as current VP Mike Kessler will take over as President upon Tom Hayward’s departure in June. We lso need volunteers to take on the roles of Baseball Coordinator and Basketball Coordinator. Without new volunteers the NYAA’s future is uncertain. PLEASE Get Involved: Follow us on facebook at NYAA Group. If you can help out, contact Tom Hayward 502.0085, Mike Kessler 580.2088, Kelly McGowan 772.3002 or Alyssa Caggiano 580.5943. Thank you!
Thanks to many generous dona ons, the students at NES have been planning a gardening project. Six raised beds have been constructed and placed on the lawn in the front of the field beside the school. This garden will become an annual project that the students all par cipate in crea ng. With the help of the UNH Coopera ve Extension, teachers and students received lessons on planning and preparing raised beds for square foot gardening. Each bed has been planned out on a template and squares designated for a specific seed. The students will plant on May 9 and hope to harvest their products before school lets out. The produce will be served in the cafeteria for sampling as part of an on‐going effort to introduce new and different fruits and vegetables one Friday per month. We are calling it High Five Friday in keeping with the 5‐2‐1‐0 focus on health and nutri on—five or more fruits or vegetables per day, two or less hours of recrea onal screen me, one hour of physical ac vity, and zero sugary drinks.
Newfields Welcomes 1st Annual Summer Sols ce Celebra on
Newfields is known for our great community celebra ons and this year we will all have something new to celebrate at the First Annual Summer Sols ce Town Block Party! Where: Main Street between the Town Hall and Church When: Saturday, June 23, 2012 Time: 4:30—8 pm Fun ac vi es will include a Chili Cook‐off to benefit Newfields Volunteer Fire Dept., entertainment provided by local band "doghouse," plenty of food and non‐food vendors and lots of ac vi es for kids. To reserve your vendor spot or submit your entry into the chili cook‐off, stop by and see Charlo e at the Newfields Country Store.
Newfields PTO Update The NPTO thanks everyone who made our a er‐school learning programs a success this school year. NES parents should look for a survey in their inboxes as we start to think about programs for next year. We are looking for someone to coordinate next year’s programs. If you are interested, please contact Amy Ferris at amy‐[email protected]. Make sure you stop by the NPTO bike decora ng table at the Newfields Memorial Day Celebra on to get your wheels all ready for the parade!
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Address:
City, State Zip:
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Email: Annual Membership: $20 (WOW!)
Addi onal Dona on: $_________
Please make checks payable to: Friends of Paul Memorial Library
PO Box 200 Newfields, NH 03856 or drop off at the library
Interested in Volunteering: _____yes ______no
Your support and dona ons make the following possible for Newfields residents:
• Seacoast Science Center passes • Dover, NH Children's Museum passes • Strawbery Banke Museum, Portsmouth • Monthly addi ons to the library's DVD and
audio CD collec ons • This newsle er sent to EVERY home in town!
Thank You!
Thank you for your con nued support of the Friends of the Paul Memorial Library. Our Friends make great things happen and our library is able to offer so much more to patrons because of this community support! We are excited to have reached 90 members but are looking to everyone in town to help us increase our membership. Our goal is to add 25 new members this spring and summer. We hope you’ll join us! Memberships, which are only $20, along with various fundraisers held throughout the year, benefit all library patrons and residents. Because of your support, we are able to offer to all residents of Newfields local museum passes at The Children’s Museum of New Hampshire, Strawbery Banke Museum, and Seacoast Science Center. Memberships also help to cover the cost of special library presenta ons and events, summer reading books, supplies, ice cream and performance, magazine subscrip on renewals, new books and DVDs to the library collec on and this newsle er mailed to all Newfields residents. Most recently support allowed us to purchase the Cooking Light magazine subscrip on and the April presenta on by the Center for Wildlife. All you need to do to become a Friend is to fill out the form below! Thank you so much!
The Library is Looking for New Friends—at least 25 of them!
Friend of the Paul Memorial Library Membership Form
Your membership and dona on are tax deduc ble.
Do you have a sugges on to improve this newsle er or make it more informa ve? Email Pamela Dube at newfieldsnewsle [email protected].