New Hampshire See us online at See us online at www.granitequill.com AUGUST 2013 AUGUST in the Granite State in the Granite Presorted Standard U.S. POSTAGE Your Guide to What’s Happening What’s Guide to Your PAID GEO J. FOSTER & CO, INC. Permit #36 Postal Customer 333 Central Ave. IN Dover, NH 03820 PAGE 2 | SUMMER IN NEW HAMPSHIRE | AUGUST 2013 Antique and Classic Car and Truck Show 8th Annual Bedford Historical Society Antique and Classic Car and Truck Show on August 10th, 10am-2- pm. This year's show will be held at the Bedford Village Common between Meetinghouse Road and the Mobil gas station on Route 101 in Bedford. Preregistration fee is $8 by July 31st or $10 at the car show. Visit our website for the vehicle registration form and the vendor registration form, http:// bedfordhistoricalnh.org/. This year we are also adding a Poker Run for some additional pre-show fun. We will have a scavenger hunt and other fun activi- ties for kids. Spectator admission is $5 per person and kids 12 and under are free. For more information, you may contact us via email carshow@bedfor- dhistoricalnh.org or call 471-6336. IN Hodgepodge Yarns & Fibers NewYour Guide to What’sHampshire Happening in the Granite State! Leigh Bosse: Publisher LIKE TO Joyce Bosse: Editor Christi Macomber: Advertising Design KNIT? Gail Stratos: Publications Design & Layout, Advertising Design, Production, Website Come in and Browse! Deborah Belanger: Sales Representative Mary Yuryan: Sales Representative 59 Belknap Avenue, Newport, NH (603) 863-1470 Granite Quill Publishers Mon.-Fri. 9:30-5:00; Sat. 9:30-4:00 • Mastercard/Visa 246 West Main St., Hillsborough, NH 03244, Phone: 603-464-3388 AUGUST 2013 | SUMMER IN NEW HAMPSHIRE | PAGE 3 98TH Annual HOPKINTON STATE FAIR August 29 TH — September 2 ND, 2013 Fun for the whole family! • Rides • Games • Petting Farm • Livestock Events • Agricultural Displays • Pulling Competitions • Demolition Derby • Live Music • Freestyle Bikes & Skateboards • Ron Diamond - Hypnosiss • Dock Dogs - Canine Demonstration Monday ...and lots more! Visit www.hsfair.org for all the details. PAGE 4 | SUMMER IN NEW HAMPSHIRE | AUGUST 2013 NEW LOCATION Open August 1st in Concord at The Gateway Plaza, corner of 106 & Pembroke Rd. We will be open Tues-Sat 10am-5pm Elizabeth (Betty) Desmarais 25 East Main Street, Warner, NH 03278 603.456.2351 • email: [email protected] New England Fabrics 11th Annual Quilt Show returns Worth the Visit! to the Center of New Hampshire If you like Fabrics...You’ll love our Store! World Quilt Show – New England XI Manchester, NH, Aug. 15-18 • Quilting • Fashion • Yarn & Knitting The World Quilt Show - New England returns to the Radisson Center of New • Sewing Machines • Home Decor Hampshire in Manchester, Thursday through Sunday, August 15 – 18, 2013. • Blinds • Curtains • Upholstery Whether you visit for one day or make it a great four-day weekend at the Central New England’s World Quilt Show there is plenty to do and see as you view the spectacular Largest Fabric Center. collection of quilts and textile art from all over the world in the event’s in- New England Fabrics & Decorating Center ternational competition and special exhibits, and shopping in the Merchants Open Mon-Sat 9:30AM-5:30PM Open Late on Fridays ‘til 8PM Mall. One may also choose to learn new techniques and quilt and sewing secrets from the internationally known faculty in workshops and lectures, newenglandfabrics.com and. Come be inspired! 55 Ralston Street, Keene, NH • 603-352-8683 The highlight for quilt enthusiasts attending this show is the annual premier of the World Quilt Competition. Now in its seventeenth year, this international quilt contest draws entries from across the globe. See how The Quilter’s Workshop quilters of different nations approach their art! The competition is judged Where Inspiration is Our Business at the Manchester venue where the entries will be on display and viewed for the first time in the United States. After New Hampshire, selected U.S. • Classes, Kits, Notions and Books winners and all of the international quilt entries tour to other Mancuso Show Management venues in Pennsylvania, California and Florida. • FREE HELP for all your sewing questions The World Quilt Show – New England will also feature special exhibits • Over 4000 Bolts 100% Cotton Quality including displays from across the United States and the United Kingdom. Quilting Fabrics After viewing all of these wonderful quilts, one may say it’s time to • Large collection of Batik Fabrics shop, AND SHOP YOU CAN! This exciting venue offers a fabulous merchants mall. The shows vendors travel here from throughout the country, some • 400+ quilt patterns from as far away as California. Their booths will be stocked full … from • Many blocks of the month books to threads, from battings to thimbles, from fabric to patterns there • Longarm Quilting Services will be everything imaginable available for purchase for the quilt artist and • Your headquarters for machine embroidery designs and accessories 133 Bedford Center Road • Madera embroidery thread Bedford, NH 03110 Authorized Babylock Dealer 603-472-7845 Sales and Service with Babylock Hours: Tues-Sat 19 Main Street, Newport 03773 10am-5pm; 603-863-7888 Thursday til 8pm www.gailpecksquiltersworkshop.com Where Quilters Go to Play! Owner Gail Peck Mon-Fri 9:30 - 5:00 Sat 9:30 - 3:00 [email protected] Stop by to see our newly expanded store. www.TheQuiltPatchNH.com Will be ready August 1st! AUGUST 2013 | SUMMER IN NEW HAMPSHIRE | PAGE 5 discussion where the audience is invited to ask addition, the ever-popular World Quilt Panel & questions and make comments. The 2013 faculty Forum will again be capped off by a festive Ice includes Jennie Rayment from England, Frieda Cream Social! Anderson, Esterita Austin, Marjan Kluepfel, Bob- Get a taste of culture, diversity and creative bie Bergquist, Barbara Dann, Susan Pelland, David talent at the World Quilt Show in Manchester. This Sirota and Janna Thomas. show is an amazing opportunity to see the work The World Quilt Show offers exciting features of textile artists from throughout the globe. This home sewer. and activities including an all-inclusive show and worldwide event is not to be missed! Sponsors: The show also offers up an educational hotel package available to quilt show registrants. Coats & Clark, Handi Quilter and ABM/Innova faculty, featuring workshops for all learning levels Also among the highlights of the 2013 World generously support the World Quilt Show – New along with entertaining lectures and the ever- Quilt Show is a special luncheon presentation England and the 2013 World Quilt Competition popular World Quilt Panel & Forum of professional by well-known instructor Jennie Rayment titled XVII. Visit www.worldquilt.com for complete quilt instructors participating in a moderator led “Tuck and Twiddle for Magical Manipulation.” In event details. PAGE 6 | SUMMER IN NEW HAMPSHIRE | AUGUST 2013 Montshire Museum of Science “One of the finest assemblages of hands-on exhibits ever gathered in one place” -NY Times Lost River Gorge & Boulder Caves - Nature's Classroom As visitors explore in- tricate boulder caves, gaze at towering granite walls and experience the thrill of standing near thunder- ing waterfalls, they prob- ably are not aware they Andrew Wellman Andrew are getting lessons in New Open Daily 10 - 5 Hampshire's prehistoric geology. Lost River Gorge & GcXp`e^n`k_K`d\ exhibition Boulder Caves is a popular through September 8 destination for school Daily food service, 11–4 groups, church organiza- through Labor Day tions, camps and scout troops, most of which are More than 125 interactive exhibits based in New Hampshire, located indoors and out Vermont and Massachu- setts. Some, however, Water exhibits in Science Park travel to Lost River from as far away as Florida and C`m\Xe`dXcj;X`cpXZk`m`k`\j Canada. These groups are treated to guided tours Nature trails and Woodland Garden by the knowledgeable staff that describe the Dlj\ldJkfi\=i\\GXib`e^ ecological and cultural history of the gorge and show how Earth's powerful forces created Lost River. The guides explain how thousands of years ago, receding glaciers caused entire mountainsides to plummet from the steep slopes of Kinsman Notch Montshire Museum of Science creating the attraction's famous Boulder Caves. Visitors see how the power of rushing I-91, exit 13, Norwich, VT water carrying tons of sand and gravel scoured out giant, smooth-sided potholes that 802-649-2200 are constantly and infinitesimally growing in size. They take with them a greater understanding of the natural marvel as well as memories to last a lifetime. "The White Mountains are ancient, older than the Rockies and the Himalayas, www.montshire.org and are home to long extinct volcanoes and an ocean basin," said Kate Wetherell, AUGUST 2013 | SUMMER IN NEW HAMPSHIRE | PAGE 7 General Manger at Lost River Gorge, who holds a degree in Geology. One of the many informational signs throughout the gorge points out a pegmatite dike, a striking, jagged vein of white rock spearing through the darker host boulder; a direct result of superheated volcanic fluid finding its way through fissures in the granite. This stony witness tells a story of unimaginable upheaval that took place here over 300 million years ago. "People have so much fun investigating the gorge and boulder caves, that they don't realize they are learning something about the region's geologic past," continued Wetherell. All young explorers, ages four through twelve, have the opportunity to become Junior Gorge Guides through an entertaining and educational program offered at the attraction. By reading and understanding signs posted throughout Lost River, they are able to answer questions listed on a quiz card they receive at the beginning of their quest.