Temple Harvest Fair

September 21, 9:42 AMNew Ipswich Community ExaminerJohn Poltrack

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The last thing I expected to see at the Temple Harvest Fair was a Great Horned Owl, but there was 'Pete' being shown by Martin Connolly of the Connolly family farm in Temple, NH.

In addition to the owl, they were displaying a Broad-wing Hawk and a gyrfalcon x barbary hybrid.

The town green was the location for the fair and it was crammed with craft displays, a variety of food venues, fresh vegetables, homemade soaps and farm animals.

Children were lining up for hayrides. Many of them were sporting painted faces that Angelika Weber had applied while she was also selling her sewing crafts.

There was a makeshift bandstand constructed on the green and I joined some fellow New Ipswich neighbors to listen to the Temple Town Band while enjoying some Connolly farm ice cream. The Temple Town Band was founded in 1799 and enjoys the distinction of being America's oldest community musical group. Their seasonal program consisted of the works of John Philip Sousa.

I completed my visit by visiting the town hall where the Temple Eco Energy Committee (TEEC) provided information from everything from wind turbines and photovoltaics to  the Northeast's Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI). There was even a working demonstration of a water pump powered by a photovoltaic array and a slide show presentation.