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2017 Memorial Day Parade & PicnicS A T U R DAY, M AY 2 7, 9 : 0 0 A M — PA R A D E B E G I N S A T 1 1 : 0 0 A M

The town of Newfields cordially invites you to the annual Memorial Day Parade and Picnic where there will be many fun activities!

The day will begin at 9:00 a.m. with the Garden Club Annual Plant Sale at Town Hall as well as bike decorating and face painting.

The parade begins at 11:00 a.m. at Co-ed Sports and will travel on Main Street while

observing the Memorial sites. The parade will end at Hilton Field at the corner of Main Street and Pleasant Street. The community Memorial Day observance and closing ceremony will be followed by a picnic lunch and activities.

We are looking for volunteers and new parade additions: floats, animals, tractors, cars, we would love to have them in the parade! Many hands make light work. If you would like to be part of this wonderful day, please email Amy Sununu at asununu@yahoo.com. The Newfields

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Good friends Kam Jamison and Amy Kermode are the new owners of the Newfields Country Store. Baking for Charolotte for two years now, Kam is fulfilling a lifelong dream by becoming co-owner of the store with Amy. They are most excited to keep the strong connection to the community going and want to incorporate even more responsibly sourced local and hand-made products, using the freshest, most flavorful ingredients. Committed to being involved with town events and supporting local farmers and producers, this enthusiastic team hopes to continue the same warmth and compassion Charlotte and Leroy brought to our community. The menu will continue to have the same great

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2017 Newfields Senior SocialT H E B E S T A T T E N D E D I N R E C E N T Y E A R S !

Attendees were treated to a wonderful lunch by Paul Wilber Catering. Joe Perna, Main Street Art President, exhibited a photo slideshow; The Newfields Country Store donated a gift certificate; and most attendees left with potted flowers by Natalie Fream. Ready Rides gave away gift bags while Meri Schmalz described how this valuable service benefits Newfields and the surrounding towns. Pam Burch,

Paul Memorial Library Director, helped serve as did Holly Tomilson, Pastor of the Newfields Community Church. Volunteers included: Natalie Fream, Lauren and Rachel Saltman, Lauren Hunt, Charlotte Legg, Amy, Jane, Georgie, Elizabeth and Charlie Sununu. Thank you to all who attended and helped serve. It is always a wonderful event for everyone.

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A Note from the Director F R O M PA M B U R C H

Please welcome two new members to our Library Board of Trustees: Carolyn Hothem Gajewski as our new Treasurer and Jack Parnham as Alternate Trustee. We appreciate having them both commit their volunteer time to our Library! Win Fream moves up to the role of Chairperson and Chris Fernandes remains as Secretary. We meet on the first Monday of each month at 6:30 pm at the library.

During National Library Week, we started to compile a list of very favorite books—look for it elsewhere here in this newsletter and on our website as it grows. It was often hard for people to come up with just one title but rewarding when it became clear to them! We loved hearing about books that were dear to your hearts, inspirational, challenging, made you cry, and were life-changing. Often a book was tied to a special memory of where or when it was read. Many remembered who had handed them the book or given them the suggestion to read it.

My own favorite, Pillars of the Earth by Ken Follett, evokes the memory of a wonderful vacation with my husband. He picked the book up when I wasn’t looking and became so enthralled that he had to go purchase his own copy! We sat on the beach immersed in 12th century England for the entire week.

Please share your favorite with us—send us an email or stop by!

S T A F F FAV O R I T E S ® Eragon and the Anne of Green Gables series—Jess Hanson. ® Jane Eyre, the Harry Potter series, anything by Roald Dahl, and Sherlock

Holmes. Those books got me curious about reading and led me to other authors that I love. As a kid, I spent a lot of time at our library. I loved to read, it opened up whole worlds to discover. As an adult, the library isn’t just where I get books and work. It’s where I discuss new ideas, authors, and current events. It’s where I connect into a larger community and continue my education on a little bit of everything —Lauren Maclachlan.

® My favorite childhood book was Little Women and as an adult, The Days of Henry Thoreau by Walter Harding. This is a natural segue as the Thoreau’s and Alcott’s were friends—Donna Talmage.

C O M M U N I T Y FAV O R I T E S ® The Mists of Avalon—Megan Maganti ® The Fountainhead by Ayn Rand—Carolyn Hothem Gajewski ® Shantarm by Gregory David Roberts and Trumpet of the Swan by E.B. White as

a child—Erin Hadley ® The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe by C.S. Lewis; The Little House on the

Prairie (all of them!), Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austin—Sue Schick ® Two Years Before the Mast by Richard Henry Dana—Win Fream ® Lonesome Dove by Larry McMurtry—Holly Tomilson ® Each Peach Pear Plum was loved by all my children—Marina Valenza ® The Sea-Wolf by Jack London—Mark Leuschner

Next PJ Story Time W E D N E S DAY, M AY 2 4 A T 6 : 0 0 P M

Join Miss Donna for stories, songs and a craft!

Preschool Story Time ProgramS U M M E R , J U N E – A U G U S T

Our school-year, bi-weekly Preschool Story Time—Wednesdays and Thursdays—will conclude June 1. For the summer, we offer Story Time on Wednesdays at 10:00 am, June 7 through August 17 (excluding July 5). Please join us when you can!

Biweekly story times will resume September 2017.

Memorial Day Plant SaleS A T U R D A Y, M A Y 2 7, 9 A M – 1 2 P M , T O W N H A L L

The Newfields Garden Club will hold its annual plant sale at the Memorial Day celebration. There will be a wide variety of plants available for sun and shade, as well as gardeners on hand to help you choose the right plants for your garden. All plants are from Newfields gardens. If you have plants from your garden you would like to donate for the sale, please contact Linda at 603–772–2275, or drop them off at the Town Hall on Friday, May 26 from 6–7 PM.

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Library Magnets F R E E

Pick up your new magnet. It has the accurate open hours for the library and can be conveniently placed on your refrigerator. If you have an old one, now is the time to toss it! Thank you to the Friends for sponsoring this great item.

What’s New In the Library PA U L M E M O R I A L L I B R A R Y. O R G

Main Street ArtCreating an environment where everyone can experience, appreciate, and participate in the visual arts, and where all are welcome and celebrated.

Join us in May for our Mixed-Up Monsters after school class and the Mother’s Day Painted Pots Workshop on May 10.

Register for Summer Camps, with sessions available for ages 5 to 8 in the mornings and 9 to 13 in the afternoons.

Celebrate your child’s birthday party at Main Street Art and make it truly memorable.

Visit our Web site, email, or call us at: www.mainstreetart.org (web); mainstreetart@mainstreetart.org (email); 603.580.5835 (phone).

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Monday 12:00 pm – 4:00 pmTuesday 10:00 am – 5:00 pmWednesday 10:00 am – 7:00 pmThursday 10:00 am – 5:00 pmFriday 12:00 pm – 4:00 pmSaturday 9:00 am – 1:00 pmSunday Closed

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Knitting GroupT H U R S D A Y S , 1 : 0 0 P M

Please join knitters, sewers, and crocheters each Thursday afternoon at the Library.

B O O K S

A D U L T — F I C T I O N ® The Black Book by Ian Rankin ® The Black Book by James Patterson ® The Chillbury Ladies’ Choir

by Jennifer Ryan ® The Daughter’s Walk

by Jane Kirkpatrick ® Edgar and Lucy by Victor Lodato ® Exit West by Mohsin Hamid ® Full Wolf Moon by Lincoln Child ® The Horse Dancer by Jojo Moyes ® Hide and Seek by Ian Rankin ® Into the Water by Paula Hawkins ® The Killing Kind by Chris Holm ® The Mistress by Danielle Steele ® Never, Never by James Patterson ® No Middle Name by Lee Child ® No One is Coming to Save Us

by Stephanie Watts ® The Paris Architect

by Charles Belfour ® Robert B. Parker’s Little White Lies

by Ace Atkins ® Say Nothing by Brad Parks ® Strip Jack by Ian Rankin ® The Woman in the Castle

by Jessica Shattuck

A D U L T – N O N - F I C T I O N ® The Gatekeepers: How the White

House Chief of Staff Define Every Presidency by Chris Whipple

® The Soul of an Octopus by Sy Montgomery

® The Year of No Clutter by Eve Schaub

C H I L D R E N ’ S ® Bunny’s Book Club by Annie Silvestro ® Charmed by Jen Calonita ® The Cheese Experiment by Geronimo ® The Fairest Fairy by Anne Bloom ® Flunked by Jen Calonita ® The Girl Who Drank the Moon

by Kelly Barnhill ® Goodnight Numbers

by Danica McKellar ® A Greyhound, a Groundhog

by Emily Jenkins ® I Want My Hat Back by Jon Klassen ® The Inexplicable Logic of My Life

by Benjamin Saenz ® Lumberjanes #4, #5, and #6

by Shannon Watters ® Magical Mission by Geronimo Stilton

C H I L D R E N ’ S , C O N T. ® Mighty, Mighty Construction Site by

Sherri Rinker ® Mouse and Hippo by Mike Twohy ® Night of the Ninth Dragon

by Mary Pope Osborne ® A Perfect Day by Lane Smith ® Round by Joyce Sidman ® The Search for Sunken Treasure

by Geronimo Stilton ® They All Saw a Cat by Brendan Wenzel ® Touching Spirit Bear

by Ben Mikaelsen ® Tricked by Jen Calonita ® Unicorn Crossing by Dana Simpson ® We Found a Hat by Jon Klassen ® World at War, 1944 by Mary Pope

Osborne ® Would you rather be a Princess or a

Dragon by Barney Saltzberg ® You Can Read by Helanine Becker

DVDs

Provided by Friends of the Newfields Public Library

D V D S ® Captain Fantastic ® Denial ® Eagle Huntress ® Fantastical Beasts and Where to

Find Them ® Fences ® Hacksaw Ridge ® Hidden Figures ® Jackie ® Lala Land ® Light Between Oceans ® Lion ® Moonlight ® Patriot’s Day ® Sing ® Victoria (PBS Series) ® Call the Midwife, Season 6 ® Masterpiece: The Bronte Sisters ® Miss Sloane ® Orange is the New Black, Season 4 ® Queen of Katwe ® Rogue One: A Star Wars Movie

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Museum Passes F R E E O R D I S C O U N T E D

Friends of the Library Provide Entrance to: ® Children’s Museum of Dover — free

admission for up to 4 family members. ® Peabody Essex Museum — reduced

fee; children under 16 always free. ® Seacoast Science Center, Rye — free

admission. ® American

Independence Museum

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The General Store Continued from front cover

sandwiches everyone has come to know and love and they may even add new, super-tasty, items!

“Our goal is to create and sustain something special. A place where everyone can call home…We value family, tradition and hard work, and we will work everyday for the people of this wonderful community!” — Kam.

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BookBrowse: Your guide to exceptional booksAVA I L A B L E N O W !

Access BookBrowse—a user-friendly database that helps you find interesting or soon to be published books as well as book club worthy information. To use www.bookbrowse.com/pml, you will need a library card—ask us, we have it for you.

BookBrowse—winner of Gold in the 2017 Modern Library Awards—is an affordable, reader-focused, and user-friendly readers’ advisory resource and online magazine. Exceptional books don’t just entertain, they also engage, enlighten and make us step outside of ourselves. BookBrowse seeks out these books across a range of genres, both fiction and nonfiction, and links each book page to the corresponding book in our catalog for one-click searching.

Work from Home? Take a Break!1 S T T U E S DAY S O F T H E M O N T H , 1 0 : 0 0 A M

The library is starting a new monthly get-together for Newfields residents who work from home. If you like to get out of your home office or workspace, to connect with others, please join us on the first Tuesday of the month:

June 5, July 11 (due to the holiday), and August 1. We will provide coffee and munchies. Spread the word and stop by. Contact Pam Burch for questions.

Summer Reading ProgramG E T R E A D Y, K E E P P O S T E D , J U N E 1 – A U G 1 0

“Build a Better World” is the Collaborative Summer Reading theme this year. A full schedule of events will be available around June 1. Children can pick up reading logs starting on June 21st. We will have some wonderful reading incentives, programs through August 10, and fun performances for the entire family.

Babies and Their BooksA N E W G E N E R A T I O N O F N E W F I E L D S B O O K L O V E R S

A great time was had by all on April 22.

Caren and Josh MacAskill with Eliza, Brian and Alison Johnson with Sage, Ashlee Warzin with Alice, Kathleen and Luke Liimatainen with Lillian

Newfields Splash and Dash S U N D A Y, J U N E 4 , 9 : 3 0 A M – 11 : 3 0 A M ; 11 : 4 5 A M P A R T Y

Run, walk, twirl, or skip to the finish line in the most colorful 1.67-ish mile course in Newfields. Strollers and wheelchairs welcome. There will be really-cool, race-day t-shirts; folks with good spirits; and a super-fun, after party. For complete information and to register by May 15. http://leappnpto.wixsite.com/splash

NYAA Sports NewsThe 2017 Spring Sports season is here and the NYAA is ready for Badger Nation to hit the fields! There are 4 T-ball teams and 22 girls (3rd– 5th grade) playing field hockey.

Last season our 1st– 4th graders played in the Rockingham Baseball League. Unfortunately, for this season a few towns did not have the numbers to field teams, so this league is no longer a practical option. NYAA and Badger Nation are excited, instead, to embark on a new formal partnership with Exeter Junior Baseball/Softball League for students in 1st–5th grades.

EJBSL fields teams based on the following divisional age groups: Rookie League (ages 6–8, coaches pitch), A League (ages 9–10, kids pitch), AA League (ages 9-10, kids pitch), Major League (ages 11–12).

The EJBSL season has begun and our players are teamed up with some Newfields coaches and some of their friends, along with many new and future CMS friends! Girls field hockey began playing indoors in early April and T-ball opening day is set for May 6, with games at 9:00 a.m. Opening ceremonies will immediately follow.

Let’s play ball!!

Get involved—contact: Tom Hayward 603.502.0085, Chris Fernandes 603.772.6199, Robert Schimoler 603.772.7403, Kelly McGowan 603.772. 3002, Jennie Bishop 603.770 .5490, Holly Davis 603.608.6272, or Jesse Kells 603.957.0433.

Mark your Calendar 5/6 Opening Day:

T-ball games @ 9am, immediately followed by opening ceremonies.

5/6 Badgers T-ball team picture day5/22 Board meeting at 7:00PM

5/27 Memorial Day Parade (no games; all players march in the parade)

8/21–8/25 — SUSC/NYAA summer soccer camp: register at http://seacoastunited.com/camps/soccer

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Thank you to the following people and businesses for their valuable donations: The Newfields Country Store for sausage, blueberries, and strawberries; Dunkin Donuts for coffee; Hannafords for a gift card; the Nichols family for maple syrup; and Shaw’s Supermarket for a gift card.

Appreciation also goes out to our volunteers: Loren and Phil Hunt, David Ives, Brian Tarnowski, and Cathy McManus—they were a great help!

Thanks to everyone who came to support us. We raised over $450 towards our Summer Reading Program!

—The Library Trustees: Win Fream, Chris Fernandes, Carolyn

Gajewski and Jack Parnham

www.leaguelineup.com/nyaa

email: newfieldsathletics@yahoo.com

5K Road RaceJ U N E 1 7, 9 : 0 0 A M

Join Newfields’ 19th annual, family-fun road race beginning with a 1/2M Kids Fun Run followed by the 5K race—rain or shine.

This race is sponsored, in part, by Bottomline Technologies, Maple Hill Creamery, Easy Background, Stratham-Newfields Veterinary Hospital and Granite State Home Improvements, Inc. Two benefactors will be Derek’s Smile and Brighter Days Childhood Cancer Organization, Inc. Former Newfields resident Derek Hoyt’s battle with cancer was the inspiration for his sister Ashley’s club “Derek’s Smile,” and Brighter Days Childhood Cancer Organization, Inc., promotes awareness of Alveolar Rhabdomyosacoma in children and provides financial relief to families receiving aggressive treatment.

To register for the race on-line, visit www.Newfields5k.com

For more information, contact Larry Arend, Race Director, at 603.361.8215 or lparend@comcast.net

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Newfields Community Church

71 Main Street, Newfields, NH 03856

6 03.778.8626 (phone)

NewfieldsCommChurch@gmail.com (e-mail)

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