February 15, 2013 - Colebrook Chronicle

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COVERING THE TOWNS OF THE UPPER CONNECTICUT RIVER VALLEY
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 2013
603-246-8998
VOL. 13, NO. 31
Latest Northern Pass And Forest Society Land Moves
This week, arguments began
in the state legislature on energy bills written in response to
the proposed Northern Pass
transmission line project just
as The Society for the Protection of New Hampshire Forests
announced that it has closed on
conservation easements on
more than 1,000 acres of land
in Stewartstown. Fundraising
had been underway for several
months for the three parcels the
Forest Society now conserves. In
addition, another parcel of land
in Clarksville has been sold to
the Northern Pass project: this
one owned by Audrey Noyes,
Betty Frizzell, Kevin Wiswell
(Continued on page 2)
Efforts Taken To Resolve
Mill Demolition Problems
Gervais Construction of Island Pond, Vt., was on hand in Beecher Falls on Sunday to help repair a
water main which broke the night before when temperatures dipped below aero. Charles Jordan
photo.
Weekend’s Main Break Cut Water
To Beecher Falls and Riverside
This past weekend, residents
of Beecher Falls, Vt., and the
Riverside section of West Stewartstown were without water.
At around 9 p.m. on Saturday
night, Canaan town officials
received reports of the lack of
water, which was traced to the
intersection of River Road and
Rte. 253.
According to Canaan Selectman Vernon Crawford, the subzero temperatures from the
night before caused a freeze-up
underneath an old fire hydrant.
The backed up frozen line
caused a main water line to
burst which then drained the
town’s reservoir —about
150,000 gallons of water—onto
River Road and into the driveway of one nearby residence.
“Two storm drains on either
side of the road took care of
most of it,” said Crawford, who
added that there was very little
Repair Work Underway
On Parsons St. Bridge
By Marie P. Hughes
People using Parsons Street
(Route 26) have already seen
the “Sidewalk Closed” signs at
both ends of the bridge, but
damage to the residence.
The hydrant was removed
and, once the ice and backed up
water inside the line was re(Continued on page 2)
By Marie P. Hughes
Last week, the Chronicle
reported on the letter the
Groveton Selectmen sent to
Green Steel with serious concerns about what was occurring
with the mill demolition and the
unfilled promises made by its
project manager, Mike Stirling.
At the time, Stirling assured
the Board he had acted in good
faith with them, but he was not
the owner, and he agreed Green
Steel had been slow to act on its
agreement.
However, on Tuesday, according to selectman, Mike Phillips, “We have heard from
Green Steel, and they are doing
what they are supposed to do.”
As per the agreement, Green
Steel has finalized the escrow
account and money will be
placed into it as soon as the
signature cards can be signed.
Further, Green Steel will send
in chemical toilets to solve the
sanitation issues, and will erect
a temporary chain link fence to
address the safety concerns.
Also, the Selectmen will have
a steel sales report by its meet(Continued on page 2)
Burton Released
From Hospital
This week, Executive Councilor Ray Burton announced
that he is undergoing treatments for curable kidney cancer, which was recently diagnosed. His announcement came
a day after he was released
Tillotson Performance Polymers
LLC Begins Making Products
(Editor’s note: On Wednesday morning the Colebrook
Chronicle received the following
press releasing announcing a
new company, Tillotson Performance Polymers LLC, beginning production in Colebrook’s
Industrial Park. Per invitation
by the company’s Rick Tillotson, the Chronicle stopped by
the new company to see it in
operation later in the day.
While there, we filmed a report
showing the new product roll-
ing off the production line. Our
report can be see in this week’s
Video News of the Week at
www.colebrookchronicle.com.)
Tillotson Performance Polymers LLC shipped its first pro(Continued on page 2)
may not be aware of what is
happening.
According to Andy Hall of
N.H. DOT Bridge Maintenance,
Stratford Town, School
Budget Hearings Held
By Marie P. Hughes
Hoping to draw larger attendance, the Stratford Selectmen
held its public budget meeting
on Feb. 13, before the monthly
School Board meeting and
budget hearing. Unfortunately,
very few citizens were in attendance to preview the budget
and the warrant articles for
Town Meeting day on March
Left photo: Early in the process, plastic eyedropper forms emerge after dipping. Right photo: the finished eyedroppers. These are the first products being produced by Tillotson Performance Polymers
LLC of Colebrook. Charles Jordan photos.
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Northern Pass
(Continued from page 1)
and Erwin Wiswell. The sale
includes two parcels of land,
one on Rte. 145 and the second
on Wiswell Road.
In its statement, however,
the Forest Society argues that
its conservation efforts serve to
block the intended route of
Northern Pass and thus disrupts the project’s ability to
move forward with the route,
describing it as “three more
nails in the Northern Pass coffin.”
“Without eminent domain,
Northern Pass cannot complete
this route,” said Jane Difley,
president/forester of the Forest
Society. “We salute all the
landowners who are taking a
stand against this unnecessary
scenic blight. We are continuing to work with additional
landowners in the region to
extend this blocking action as
part of our Trees Not Towers
campaign. If Hydro-Quebec
wants to export electricity to
the southern New England
market, they should be required to do so in a responsible
manner,” Difley said. “There
are viable alternatives to draping 180 miles of New Hampshire’s scenic landscape with
power lines and towers up to
140 feet high. We have taken
this action to protect land in
Coos County as a way to defend two-thirds of New Hampshire, from Pittsburg to Franklin to Concord to Deerfield,”
Difley said.
The largest parcel involved
in the transactions is 1,000
acres owned by Rod McAllaster, whose family has been on
the land for generations. The
family operates a dairy farm
and relies on the land for hay
and pasture. The McAllaster
Farm is also a certified Tree
Farm, and includes a maple
sugaring operation. A major
snowmobile trail managed by
the Colebrook Ski-Bees crosses
the McAllaster land, providing
access to Colebrook, Coleman
State Park and Pittsburg. The
Cohos hiking trail also makes
use of the McAllaster property.
The height of land on Mudget
Mountain provides spectacular
views west into Vermont,
south to the White Mountains
and east to Dixville Notch,
Table Rock and the Balsams.
In January 2012, the Forest
Society successfully conserved
the Balsams landscape.
The Forest Society also
closed on conservation easements protecting two parcels
constituting 86 acres owned by
Lynne Placey of Stewartstown.
Northern Pass attempted to
acquire Placey’s land, but she
chose instead to work with the
Forest Society to protect it
from power lines and towers.
Both parcels are strategically
important to the intended
route. Placey’s late husband
acquired the land decades be-
Friday, February 15, 2013
fore they married, and she
fondly recalls him taking her
there during their early courtship.
The Forest Society’s Trees
Not Towers campaign is a strategy to ensure that an industrialized corridor with multiple
transmission lines does not
happen to New Hampshire’s
lands and scenic vistas. To date
more than 2,000 individuals
have contributed to the effort,
raising more than $1.5 million.
The support has been widespread, with donors from more
than 200 of New Hampshire’s
234 towns and 29 states. No
land protection campaign in the
Forest Society’s modern history
has received broader support,
says the Society’s statement.
“The flood gates are open. In
the last two weeks alone we
have received more than 700
gifts," said Susanne KiblerHacker, vice president for development. “This has clearly
become an issue of statewide
concern because we have received gifts from people living
in 223 towns. We are extremely
pleased with the positive response. We are showing that
the little guy can compete
against far better funded corporate interests, and we are confident that we will finish out the
fundraising needed to close the
remaining Trees Not Towers
easements.”
Of particular importance is a
conservation easement on 300
acres in Columbia, owned by
the Lewis family, that connects
the Balsams with the Nash
Stream State Forest. That land
is adjacent to a parcel owned by
Northern Pass, and would seal
off its potential use for a
through route now or in the
future. The Forest Society
hopes to close that transaction
in the next few months. The
Forest Society has previously
announced transactions involving other landowners approached by Northern Pass,
including Brad and Daryl
Thompson and Don and Diane
Bilodeau. In December, the
Forest Society closed on a conservation easement on 500
acres owned by Green Acre
Woodlands that is adjacent the
McAllaster Farm, which the
Society declares is further frustrating the ability of Northern
Pass to find any viable route for
an overhead transmission line.
The Forest Society has also
blocked Northern Pass’s preferred route through the Concord area by putting a conservation easement on 141 acres
owned by Patricia Humphrey in
Chichester. Additional conservation easements have been
granted on land south of Groveton, which restricts Northern
Pass’s ability to widen the existing distribution rights-of-way
owned by Public Service of N.H.
Which is where the Northern
Pass project would like to connect–from Groveton to Deerfield. “The Forest Society has
opposed Northern Pass as it
has been proposed in part because of its legal and ethical
Frozen water underneath the area where an old fire hydrant once sat was thawed and the water
sucked out of the old hydrant pipe system as part of the repairs in the main water break over the
weekend in Beecher Falls. Charles Jordan photo.
obligation to protect existing
conserved lands. If built as proposed, the Northern Pass transmission line and 1,100 towers
would directly and indirectly
impact more than 15,000 acres
of conserved land involving 153
different parcels owned by private individuals, local communities, land trusts such as the
Forest Society, the State of New
Hampshire, and the federal
government,” said the Forest
Society statement, adding that,
among the impacted conserved
landscapes would be a stretch
of 10 miles through the White
Mountain National Forest,
which the Forest Society was
founded to help establish and
protect. Also directly impacted
would be the Forest Society’s
Rocks Estate in Bethlehem,
which was protected specifically
because of its outstanding
views of the Presidential
Range. “For 112 years the Forest Society has worked to protect New Hampshire from
threats like Northern Pass,”
Difley said. “A century ago it
was the drastic, wasteful overcutting of the White Mountains.
Decades ago Franconia Notch
was threatened by a proposed
four-lane highway. We prevailed then and we intend to
prevail now.”
In the legislature this week,
the House Committee on Science, Technology and Energy
held hearings on several bills
which, if passed, could impact
the proposed project–as well as
other proposed energy projects–
before it even reaches the stage
of needing permits. Less than
100 people took part in the testimony on Tuesday–most of
those were either lobbyists or
members of the union who
would receive jobs if the project
were to move forward. They
were at the hearings to fight
against the proposed bills,
which included a one-year
moratorium on authorizing new
electric transmission facilities,
a requirement for elaborate
economic impact studies, re-
quirements for burying the
transmission lines, and a requirement that the power lines
run only along existing transportation rights-of-way, chiefly
highways and railroad beds The
bill to bury high voltage transmission lines, which was sponsored by Colebrook Representative Larry Rappaport. All of the
bills are currently in committee.
Mill Demolition
ing on Monday, Feb. 18. Now
that the Selectmen’s letter
holding the line on what the
Board expected appears to have
received the results they had
hoped, demolition is once again
legal.
Water Break
moved, it was capped off. Workers with Gervais Construction
from Island Pond and with the
town public works department
removed a bit of earth and repaired the main line where it
had burst. The water was returned to the residents by dinnertime Sunday night.
—Donna Jordan
Tillotson
duction from 23 Gould St., in
Colebrook, its new home. “The
4,000 disposable plastic eyedroppers, first of an order for
750,000, were made on Thursday, thanks to the months-long
efforts of employees Ralph
Broad, Bob Scott, Buck Kenney,
Karl Pike, Steve Bunnell and
Adam Martel, with assistance
from contractor Bob Charest,”
said partner Rick Tillotson.
“Former eyedropper maker
Danny Arseneau came in from
Errol before work on Friday
morning to inspect them. Then,
after picking up some packing
tape from Cindy at Hicks, my
son, James and I packed them
into four boxes for UPS to carry
into the blizzard raging in Massachusetts, where our customer, Bill McGilivray, is waiting.”
Distributed under the Medi
label, McGilivray’s company
has bought this unique product
for over 40 years, last received
from Healthco in Dixville just
prior to the factory shut down.
Rick said, “We are very thankful to Bill for his long-time support. Not only did he buy these
when Tillotson Rubber ran the
Dixville factory, but he is also a
long-time guest of the Balsams
and a great supporter of our
region. This new venture hopes
to utilize the talents of the
great workforce in this area and
the technical knowledge developed by polymer pioneer, Neil
Tillotson.”
Rick’s father, Neil Tillotson
advanced polymers through the
invention of the latex balloon in
1931, the rubber-coated work
glove in 1946, rubber-backed
broadloom carpet in 1956, the
latex exam glove in 1964, and,
at the age of 92, the disposable
nitrile glove in 1990. He was
known as the “Wizard of Dixville Notch” for his rescue of the
Balsams Hotel from a bankruptcy auction, turning it—with
the help of his partners—into a
world-renowned grand resort.
His secret was the economic
insight, supplementing the
weather dependent hospitality
business with a 24/7 rubber
factory, hidden beneath one of
the buildings, to share the substantial cost of the property
infrastructure.
Approximately 1,000 North
Country residents were employed between the hotel and
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see you there–you will be very
proud of what has been accomplished, in great part, due to
your untiring efforts.”
Burton said he expects to be
back under full steam shortly
and thanked his constituents,
family, and friends for the outpouring of support. “Fear not,
Ray Burton will be back to one
hundred percent before you
know it, passing out business
cards and combs. I am forever
humbly at your service,” he
said.
Councilor Ray Burton is working from home while he undergoes treatment for kidney cancer. Courtesy photo.
Ray Burton
from Cottage Hospital in Bath,
where he had been admitted
after becoming dehydrated following his first cancer treatment last week.
In a statement released to
the press, Burton said, “After
months of tests, I have been
diagnosed with curable kidney
cancer. The treatment process
expects to be about two-three
months. While under treatment
I will temporarily reduce my
travel and meetings schedule
through the 108 towns., four
cities–all part of the seven
northern counties I represent
as Executive Councilor and
Grafton County Commissioner.”
Burton went on to say that
he will be responding to inquires for relief, assistance and
information that is needed from
folks who want his help within
the executive branch of State
Government and County Government from his home office at
338 River Road in Bath, NH.
He has said that constituents
may call him at 747-3662 or
send an email to [email protected]. “I am still on
duty to serve the people in the
towns, cities and counties in the
land I have come to love over
my lifetime of public service,”
said Burton. “I will be participating via electronic hook-up
with the official meetings and
hearings of the Governor and
Executive Council and County
Commissioner Meetings. In 35
years I have missed only one
meeting of the Governor and
Council and rarely miss a
County Commissioner meeting
or events.” Burton also said
that Ben Belanger, a senior at
Plymouth State University, is
working at Burton’s State
House office and is taking calls
at 271-3632.
An outpouring of support
and well wishes have been received this week by Burton,
including from the North Country OHRV Coalition. In a press
release from Harry Brown, the
President of the Coalition, he
said in a message to Burton,
“On behalf of the North Country OHRV Coalition, please
accept our sincere prayers and
good thoughts for a speedy recovery Ray. Your untiring support of the North Country is
unparalleled and totally appreciated by all. The North Country OHRV Interconnecting
Trail System will open up this
summer with a grand opening
event on June 15 at Coleman
State Park. We cannot wait to
Bridge Repair
“We will be refacing the wall of
the bridge with fresh concrete
since the wall is badly cracked.
We will also be installing a new
sidewalk.” Joe Ingerson from
Whitefield is supervising the
project, which is expected to
take until April to complete.
A crew of six men will begin
this week by erecting a work
platform which needs to be in
place before the actual work
can start. During the course of
the repairs, the sidewalk will be
closed to pedestrians, which
may be inconvenient, but necessary for safety and construction.
Stratford Budgets
12, at 10 a.m.
Although the town budget is
higher than last year’s budget,
the increase will not affect the
tax rate set last year at $23.16
per thousand. The bottom line
for the upcoming town budget
is $687,055 as compared to last
year’s $664,260 which is an
approximate $20,000 increase.
One of the issues causing much
discussion was the increase in
the police budget that went up
$6,000, and according to Select
Board member, Robin Rheume,
“I hoped the increase would
start a discussion of how to
spend money for the police department.” Indeed, it did.
Some citizens expressed concern over the amount of speeding tickets issued since none of
the money comes to the town,
but goes to the state. One citizen suggested the police should
operate more on the weekends,
and spend less time waiting to
catch speeders and then have to
appear at court in either Colebrook or Lancaster which also
creates time out of town. Chief
Walling told the group vandalism and theft were up in Stratford, but burglaries had declined, and also reminded the
attendees the police only work
part time which cuts down on
the hours they are actually
available. He did mention there
were about 10 to 15 habitual
offenders who are driving without a license, and they are trying to keep them off the streets.
The sidewalk on Parsons Street in Colebrook will be closed for the next couple of months while the
bridge wall is repaired and a new sidewalk is installed by a N.H. DOT bridge maintenance crew.
Marie Hughes photo.
Police, Fire, EMS Reports
N.H. FISH AND GAME
A Massachusetts woman
suffered non-life threatening
injuries after she crashed her
rental snowmobile into trees off
Jefferson Notch Road in Thomson and Meserves Purchase
Sunday morning. Officials say
that 32-year-old Donesia Joseph of Roxbury, who was operating the rental snowmobile,
was descending Jefferson Notch
Road. on her way back to the
rental agent when she went off
the trail over a small embankment and struck a tree.
Joseph was treated by Twin
Mountain Fire and Rescue then
transported to Littleton Regional Hospital where she was
treated for her injuries. Joseph
had a passenger on the back at
the time of the accident who
was uninjured in the crash. The
snow conditions as well as inexperience were contributing factors in the accident.
The most recent storm
dropped several inches of snow,
but the snow was light and did
not set up on the trail well
enough to provide good traction.
It is this light snow that can
make trails slippery and provide a false sense of security by
covering up potential hazards.
Riders are cautioned to be extra
vigilant while out riding the
trails.
45th PARALLEL EMS
Ian Cartwright, an EMTBasic student, passed his EMTBasic practical exam on Feb. 9.
The next step for Ian to become
nationally certified as an EMTBasic is to pass the cognitive
exam. Ian is also a member of
Beecher Falls Vol. Fire Department.
The following is the activity
report for Feb. 3-9.
On Feb. 3, at 4:59 a.m., the
department responded to Pittsburg for a medical emergency.
The patient was transported to
UCVH.
On Feb. 4, at 1:18 p.m., the
department responded to Stewartstown for a medical emergency. The patient was transported to UCVH. At 5:34 p.m.,
the department responded to
UCVH for a transfer to DHMC.
department responded to Pittsburg for a medical emergency.
UCVH. At 5:33 a.m., the department responded to Clarksville for a medical emergency.
UCVH. At 8:33 a.m., the department responded to Pittsburg for a medical emergency.
The patient refused transport.
At 11:06 a.m., the department
responded to CCNH West Stewartstown for a medical emergency. The patient was transported to UCVH. At 1:42 p.m.,
the department dispatched to a
motor vehicle collision in Pittsburg. The ambulance was cancelled before leaving the station.
On Feb. 6, at 54 minutes
past midnight, the department
responded to Colebrook for a lift
assist.
The patient refused
transport. At 6:28 a.m., the
department responded to
UCVH for a transfer to DHMC.
DHMC. At 8:39 a.m., the department responded to CCNH
West Stewartstown for a medical emergency. The patient was
transported to UCVH. At 9:21
a.m., the department responded
to a medical emergency in
Pittsburg.
The patient was
transported to UCVH. At 2:16
p.m., the department responded
to a medical emergency in Colebrook.
The patient refused
transport. At 7:49 p.m., the
department responded to Canaan for a motor vehicle collision. Two patients were transported to UCVH and one patient was transported to UCVH
landing zone and transferred to
DHART air ambulance for
transport to DHMC.
On Feb. 7, at 5:29 p.m., the
department responded to Colebrook for a medical emergency.
UCVH. At 6:05 p.m., the department responded to UCVH
for a transfer to White River
Junction VA Hospital.
The
patient was transported to the
VA Hospital. At 11:56 p.m., the
Beecher Falls for a medical
emergency.
The patient refused transport.
On Feb. 8, at 18 minutes
past midnight, the department
responded to UCVH for a transfer to DHMC. The patient was
transported to DHMC. At 1:02
to UCVH for a transfer to
Maine Medical Center.
The
patient was transported to
Maine Medical Center. At 7:13
to Pittsburg for a medical emergency. The patient was transported to UCVH. At 9:59 p.m.,
the department responded to
Colebrook for a lift assist.
There was no patient transport.
CCNH West Stewartstown for a
medical emergency. The patient was transported to UCVH.
At 10:27 a.m., the department
responded to Pittsburg for a
medical alarm activation. The
ambulance was cancelled while
en route.
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View From The
45th Parallel
The Way We Were...
Another Souvenir OF A Bygone Era
While passing through Whitefield last week we saw
something that we thought we’d never see again anywhere but in a museum. There it was, out in front of
the town grocery store, looking for all the world like a
visitor from another planet. Tall, boxy, made largely of
glass…a reminder of a much simpler time in communications. In fact, it has to be the last of its kind anywhere in northern New Hampshire.
It prompted us to come up with a pop quiz for anyone under 30. See if you can guess what the oblong object is pictured above. Here’s a clue: Clark Kent used
to change into his Superman outfit in it in the comic
books—at least he did before they became transparent.
You can only pick one:
1)
A greenhouse for sunflowers.
2)
A one-person-at-a-time bus stop.
3)
A solar-heated sidewalk sauna.
4)
A standing-room-only tanning booth.
5)
A bobhouse that fell off a pickup.
6)
A telephone booth.
If you picked the last choice, you can advance to
“Go” and collect your Social Security check.
Charles J. Jordan
Twenty five years ago, in February 1987, Editor Charlie Jordan took his camera north to the annual
big snowmobile festival and Grand Prix in Valcourt, Que. Top, left: A modern-day snowmobile passes
one of J. Armand Bombardier’s original snowmobile prototypes. Top, right: Snowmobile enthusiasts
gathered from all over North American. Bottom: An impressive snow palace was at the center of the
festival.
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Sports Photographer: Tina McKenzie
Canadian Correspondent: Corey Bellam
Video Editor: Thomas Jordan
Letter to the Editor,
The Sons of the American
Legion Squadron 47 in Canaan,
Vt., wishes to announce that we
have started our Annual Meat
Raffle.
The raffle will take place at
the Legion Post off Kingsley
Road in Canaan on Saturday,
April 27, from 7 to 11 in the
evening. There will be door
prizes that night along with
entertainment. We will be
drawing the 10 meat packages
that include: (two Delmonico
steak packages, two boneless
pork loin packages, two shrimp
packages, two sirloin strip
packages, a boneless beef tenderloin package, and a porterhouse steak package). The price
is four chances for a dollar and
you can buy ahead for your
chances.
Tickets can be purchased
ahead of that night and are
available now. Many of our
members have tickets for sale
and you can buy tickets at the
Legion Post in Canaan. We will
be selling tickets at the IGA in
the near future. Ticket are
available at Mostly Muffins,
Diamond Peaks, Across the
Border Family Restaurant, Little Clipper, NEKCA, Lin-Jo
Creations, PACS, DTM, Dube’s
Pittstop and Wayne's Lanes.
This is our major fundraiser
for the year and this funds most
of the things we do during the
year. We support the Little
League, scholarships, food
shelves, Toys for Tots, transition shelter for homeless veterans, and many other programs
in the community.
We appreciate any and all
help by buying and selling tickets for us to enable us to do the
good we do.
Haven Haynes
SAL Squadron 47
Commander
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Tillotson
factory. According to his son,
Rick, “He was, throughout the
90 years of his working life (he
started working at 12), a kind,
humble and creative person
who believed in building companies with 50-50 partnerships.”
Ultimately, Neil Tillotson’s
Dixville enterprises were closed
and sold by the Trustees of his
Trust in 2011, 10 years after
his 2001 death. Rick says he
was not willing to let the story
end there. He had worked with
his brother, Tom, since 2004,
operating Healthco International in the Dixville factory, to
make a specialty glove he
brought north from his former
operation in Fall River, Mass.
Once told that their factory
lease would not be renewed, so
landlord Tillotson Corporation
could sell the Balsams, Rick
leased and then bought in May
2012 a 100,000 square foot
building in neighboring Colebrook, known locally as the
MMI building, enabling him to
save and store much of the
equipment from the former rubber factory.
In September 2012, Rick
completed a 50-50 partnership
agreement with Alain Boisvert
to form Tillotson Performance
Polymers and bring polymer
innovation and production back
to the North Country of New
Hampshire. Boisvert brings to
the venture his experience as
the owner of Abco, Inc., of Stanstead, Que. Abco is a manufacturer of rubber seals and parts
for the automotive industry in
the U.S. and Canada.
The new manufacturing venture is in the Colebrook industrial park on the Connecticut
River. “The workers we have
hired are highly motivated,
hard working and skilled in
high volume dip manufacturing
processes. This is essential for
the competitive production of
polymer parts,” said Alain. “I
was encouraged to invest here
by this availability of good
manufacturing workers and by
the community’s enthusiasm
for a new manufacturing business.”
Production trials were begun
in early February. Holding up
a three-inch part of the product,
Rick explained, “This is a disposable, clear vinyl, one-piece
eyedropper produced originally
by Tillotson Rubber Co., Inc. in
the 1960s. The balloon-dipping
machine will be next, producing
the Tilly High Performance
Balloon line, followed by the
glove-dipping line to make innovative polymer industrial
gloves, under the Novafilm label. All of these machines are
being installed in a manner so
they can be adapted to make a
variety of polymer products, for
future development of the business and its markets.”
Boisvert was introduced to
Tillotson through the efforts of
the New Hampshire Dept. of
Resources and Economic Development and in particular,
DRED’s regional manager, Benoit Lamontagne. Further help
for their enterprise has been
provided by Jules Kennett of
the Colebrook office of the N.H.
Employment Security and
Patricia Tallmage in the Colebrook office of the N.H. Works,
operated by Southern N.H. Services as part of the Workforce
Investment Act. As part of this
program, Tillotson Performance
Polymers has been able to receive significant financial assistance to allow it to bring in and
provide on the job training for
unemployed members of the
community.
Marketing help is being provided to the enterprise by the
Incubator
Without
Walls” (iWOW) program of Lyndon State College. This is helping us to establish a company
website, including a portal page
for engineers and researchers
to interactively determine the
costs, volumes and delivery
schedules for polymer parts.
Tillotson companies have made
polymer parts for other companies for 70 years, from bladders
for Parker fountain pens, to
vocal flaps for Elk calls, to
viewing hoods for Raytheon
Guest Column
INFINITE GROWTH
IS IMPOSSIBLE
The Oxford dictionary defines the word, finite as “having
bounds, ends or limits…” The
word, infinite, of course, means
the opposite. This isn’t news to
anyone who is older than a
grade school child and yet we
are bombarded with propaganda from the corporate world
and government that there is
no limit to “growth” on our finite planet. Obviously, there is
a limited amount of oil, clean
fresh water, metals, soil, in
which to grow our food, fish in
the ocean and, well, every other
resource you can think of on our
finite world. So, if we opt for
infinite growth we will eventually, and sooner rather than
later, run out of the very resources needed to sustain human existence. Once we destroy the Earth’s ability to renew itself no number of clever
solutions or magical scientific
breakthroughs will help us.
Exhausting the environment
that sustains human life is not
a new phenomenon. Numerous
societies have exhausted their
resources by demanding too
much of their local environment. Collapse and abandonment of all that they had built
was the inevitable result. The
modern, world-wide, fossil fuel
driven, extractive economy is
now rapidly depleting our collective natural inheritance and,
with our powerful machinery
and drive for profit, we are demanding more than Mother
Earth can sustainably provide.
We are digging up vast areas by
surface mining for minerals and
fuel, cutting down the great
tropical and boreal forests that
store CO2 and replenish the
oxygen that we and all other
animal life must have, flooding
vast areas to produce hydro
power, pouring industrial
wastes into our water supplies
and atmosphere, while overfishing and polluting the oceans.
Sustainability is not, or
should not be, a political issue.
Thoughtful conservatives recog-
nize the need to husband resources and live within their
means. Informed progressives
understand that the present
cannibalizing of nature can only
lead to “death by a thousand
cuts.” These truths are relevant to the present gold rush by
energy corporations to cover
New Hampshire’s landscape
with long distance high voltage
power lines and wind farms on
our mountains and ridge lines.
Their planned projects are not
needed by us or our neighbors
for there is already more than
enough electrical energy in New
England. These projects will
needlessly contribute to the
degradation of our environment. The bottom line of corporate builders will benefit while
leaving us poorer, not just economically but aesthetically.
By ourselves we cannot
change the world, although we
can set a good example by
changing the way things are
done in New Hampshire. In the
process we can create community based, sustainable energy
facilities, together with new
companies and jobs to support a
healthier, renewable environment for ourselves and our children. To get this done we must
encourage our legislators to
insist on a moratorium on any
new industrial energy projects
until such time as the legislature has an opportunity to formulate and pass a comprehensive energy policy for our state.
There are presently a number
of bills in the legislature to get
the ball rolling but we must do
our part by contacting our representatives in the New Hampshire House of Representatives
and Senate to let them know
that we support efforts to build
a sane, renewable future for
New Hampshire. Don’t wait,
for these issues will be considered soon. Our voices can make
a difference. Let’s make sure
they are heard.
—Peter Martin
No Northern Pass Coalition
Plymouth
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Education
From the left, team coach Lois Little, Esther Carr, Allison Rancourt, Casey Noyes and Meagan Pariseau of Canaan Memorial High School. The four students competed in the fourth annual Vermont
LifeSmarts competition in Montpelier recently. Courtesy photo.
CANAAN COMPETES IN
VERMONT LIFESMARTS
The Financial Femmes, four
students from Canaan Memorial High School, Canaan, Vt.,
competed in the fourth annual
Vermont LifeSmarts state competition on Feb. 7 at the Capitol
Plaza Hotel and Conference
Center in Montpelier, Vt. In
order to qualify for the state
competition, the Financial
Femmes competed in an online
competition and were among
the six highest scoring teams.
LifeSmarts, the Ultimate
Consumer Challenge, is a free
educational program that tests
students in five areas: personal
finance, health and safety, the
environment, technology and
consumer rights and responsibilities. It is sponsored at the
national level by the National
Consumers League and by the
Vermont Jump$tart Coalition
at the state level.
MATTHEW HAYES
NAMED TO DEAN’S LIST
Matthew Hayes, a resident
of Island Pond, Vt., was named
to the Fall 2012 Dean’s List at
the Community College of Vermont.
The Dean's List includes full
-time students with a GPA of
3.5 to 3.99.
From the left, Ginette White, Elise Fuller, Jessi Frechette and Donald Dickson. Fuller and Frechette
are two Colebrook Academy students who will be attending the summer 2013 Ambassador Program,
World Ocean School, aboard the schooner Roseway for two weeks. White and Dickson are members of
the board for the Tillotson North Country Foundation which is helping to sponsor the two students.
Courtesy photo.
Health Care
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Amanda Dustin, APRN, has
joined Coos County Family
Health Services.
CCFHS NEW FAMILY
NURSE PRACTITIONER
Coos County Family Health
Services is pleased to announce
that Amanda Dustin, APRN,
has joined the permanent staff
of CCFHS as a Family Nurse
Practitioner. Dustin has been
working on staff since last summer, after receiving her Master’s of Science from the UNH
in Durham. Her intensive postgraduate education coupled
with passing the board exams
to become a Certified Family
Nurse Practitioner, have increased her scope of practice to
manage the care of individuals
and groups. Since receiving this
certification, Dustin has joined
the staff to perform morning
rounds at both the Coos County
Nursing Home and the St. Vincent de Paul Rehabilitation and
Nursing Center in Berlin, and
to provide same-day care at the
CCFHS Page Hill site during
the afternoons.
“I came to the North Country area for the larger part of
my clinical rotations because I
wanted to work with people in a
rural community,” Dustin said.
“The barriers to health care in
rural areas are well documented, and I would like to do
my part in off-setting these
obstacles and to improve the
health for those individuals in
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my practice.”
Dustin’s background includes serving as a Licensed
Nursing Assistant in a nursing
home, as an Emergency Technician in an Emergency Department and a Registered Nurse in
an acute Rehabilitation Hospital. She has served clinical rotations at Keene, Lawrence,
Mass., and Massachusetts General in Boston, where her clinical experience included traumatic brain injury and orthopedic rehabilitation. She has
treated accident victims and
patients with strokes, head
traumas, comas and intracranial hematomas. She has also
acted as a patient advocate and
implemented total patient care
through a team nursing process, providing necessary health
education training for patients.
Dustin was born in Boston,
and currently lives in Berlin
with her family. Before coming
to Berlin she lived in Fremont
where she used her certifications in Emergency Medical
Technician and Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support as a
volunteer for the Fremont Fire
Dept. She enjoys cycling and
has been a volunteer rider for
the Pan-Mass Challenge, a cycling event raising money for
the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and the Jimmy Fund for
research in cancer prevention
and treatment for children and
adults.
Education
The Community College of
Vermont serves 10,000 students
each year through 12 statewide
learning locations and comprehensive online course offerings.
For more information, visit
www.ccv.edu.
HIBBARD EARNS
DEAN’S RECOGNITION
Alexander Hibbard of Colebrook has been recognized on
the Dean’s List at Norwich University for the fall 2012 semester.
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Stratford Budgets
No resolution came from the
discussion.
Another issue of concern was
the $350,000 in unpaid taxes
which would make a huge difference if that figure could be
reduced. However, as the Board
explained, the town has to wait
a year before placing a lien on
the house, and it cannot put the
house up for auction for three
years and a day, so if a homeowner pays one year of back
taxes, the three years start all
over again. More information
and discussion need to occur
around how to solve this dilemma as well.
Two of the warrant issues,
Articles 12 and 13, elicited the
most discussion and are as follows: Article 12: “To see if the
Town will vote to rescind the
1942 vote which states ’to return highway rights to former
owners when state highways
have been changed’.” This article pertains to Old Mill Road
which used to be Route Three,
and needed to be considered as
part of Article 13 stating: “To
see if the Town will vote to accept Covey Rd., Baldwin St.,
Bordeaux Rd., Farnsworth Rd.,
Kimball St., Old Mill Rd., Parades Rd., Pleasant Valley Rd.,
The Berge Rd., as Class V public roads.” When asked what
would happen if these articles
were voted down, Selectman
Tim Brooks stated, “Then we
will designate them as Emergency Lanes, as they already
are until April.”
Probably the most contentious issue was the time of the
Selectmen’s weekly meeting
schedule as well as the early
schedule of the evening’s
budget hearing. However, one
of the reasons the Selectmen
met at 5 p.m. this night was
because that was the time they
were given by the Superintendent’s office. As for the 3:30
p.m. Monday meetings, the
Board said they needed to have
the Administrative Assistant
there and tried to accommodate
her work schedule. Also when
meetings were later, the same
few people seemed to attend as
do at the earlier meetings.
According to Brooks, “It is a
challenge for me to leave
work, get Ben, and get there
on time. However, the one
reason why I support the time
is that our Administrative
Assistant is available to us at
this time. When we had it in
the evening, she was not
available and when we had
questions, we had to table
things/decisions until we
asked her the next day for
information and the wait for
the following week to take
action. Furthermore, we have
held teleconferences during
regularly business hours. It
just makes sense businesswise to hold the meetings during this time. It is about what
works best for the town management, not what works best
for individual work schedules.” This issue, which generated some discontent among a
few of the attendees, was not
resolved either, but could be
brought up at the annual
Town meeting in March. The
meeting will also be a time to
view the Bicentennial Quilt,
which will be on display, reports Vicki DeLalla.
After the Town Budget
Hearing, the Stratford School
Board held its meeting followed by its public budget
hearing. One of the items Superintendent Carl Ladd spoke
about to the Board was the
Affordable Care Act which
will definitely have an effect
on part time workers in the
system. Although Stratford
Public School employs under
50 employees, it is part of the
larger SAU 58 which makes it
part of a corporation of over
50 employees, and as such
would have to provide health
care for its paraprofessionals
who work 30 plus hours a
week. The only way to eliminate this cost would be to cut
their hours to 29; therefore,
someone who earns $12.50 an
hour would lose a cumulative
amount of $1,575 per year in
salary. Otherwise the district
cannot let them pay more
than nine and one half percent of their gross salaries for
their insurance which would
be a large financial burden to
the school. Ladd also spoke
about the North Country Leg-
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islature’s breakfast meeting in
which “We were able to open
the lines of communication
about adequacy aid and catastrophic aid cuts.” At the end,
the 10 legislators in attendance
agreed to work together to
benefit all of Coos County.
In one other highlight of the
Board meeting, Sandi Adams,
principal, announced they will
be getting a student teacher for
second grade on March 4 until
the end of the school year. Interestingly, the teacher is Rebecca Hodge from Colebrook,
which puts her in her own
home territory. Adams said
they are looking forward to having her as part of the staff. As
for the budget presentation,
there were no changes from the
previous report in this newspaper so the budget remains at
4.9 percent more than last
year’s which is an increase of
$81,801, but after anticipated
revenue is only $45, 801 more.
The total budget will be
voted at on March 11, at 6 p.m.
when the School Board holds its
annual meeting.
Tillotson
radar scopes, to shift lever
boots for Mack Trucks, and particularly well known, the rubber sleeves that cover the sliding parts of a windshield wiper,
so they don’t freeze in the winter. The goal of the iWOW
work is to provide a method to
provide a fast and low cost
turnaround for a new part from
design to mold, to prototype, to
trial production and, finally, to
full scale, low-cost volume production. These parts will be
made under the name Quick
Polymer.
Ron Guerin, owner of Calex
Environmental, has assisted
Alain and Rick in the specifications and equipment needed for
the steam boilers to provide
thermal energy for the dipping
equipment. He was previously
the manager of the Tillotson
Rubber energy facility at the
Balsams. The partners expect
to continue to use his services
as a consultant for their environmental, safety and regulatory compliance needs.
Rick and Alain say that they
have been assisted in reestablishing their polymer enterprise by several former employees who had worked in the
Dixville factory for a good part
of their working lives.Rick
stressed, “There is so much
value in these hands and
minds, I just had to save their
machines and equipment, to
allow them to continue providing the high quality polymer
products to the world that have
been long associated with Neil
Tillotson and his family.”
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Community News
BARRA MACNEILS IN
CONCERT NEXT MONDAY
A high-energy concert featuring one of Canada’s top performing acts—the Barra
MacNeils—is coming to the
Rialto Theatre in Lancaster
next Monday, hosted by the
Great North Woods Committee
for the Arts of Colebrook.
The Barra MacNeils’ music
comes from the folk, Americana
and Celtic worlds. The group
has won numerous awards.
They are described on the
group’s website as “the six
MacNeil siblings are widely
regarded as one of the greatest
live concert acts in the Celtic
world.” They hail from Sydney
Mines, Cape Breton Island,
Nova Scotia. The group has
releases several albums, dating
back to the 1990s and are now
celebrating 26 years in the music business. They packed in the
main tent during an appearance at the N.H. Highland
Games in Lincoln a few years
back.
The Barra MacNeils concert
on Monday, Feb. 18,at 7 p.m.,
and admission is $20 per person. Advance tickets are available at Fiddleheads at 110
Main Street in Colebrook and
the Rialto Theatre on Main
Street in Lancaster.
On Wednesday, March 13,
the GNWCA concerts return to
Colebrook with the third of its
popular Winter Warmer concert
series at the Colebrook Country
Club. This fund-raiser concert
features two regional groups,
Islay Mist Ceilidh Celtic group
and the Fireside Fiddlers.
Called “A Fiddlers’ House
Party,” it begins at 7 p.m. and
tickets are $12 and now on sale
at Fiddleheads.
For more information on
these or any upcoming events
sponsored by the GNWCA, contact the Great North Woods
Committee for the Arts at 2379302 or 246-8998.
COLEBROOK GARDEN
CLUB MEETING
The Colebrook Garden Club
meeting, originally scheduled
for Monday, March 4, has been
changed to Wednesday, March
6, at 7 p.m.
STRATFORD GRANGE
On Feb. 4, two brothers and
five sisters met at Fuller Town
Hall for their monthly meeting.
The opening song was “Let Me
Call You Sweetheart.” Pat Allin
read the minutes of the previous meeting.
John Pepau gave a legislative report. Vicki DeLalla took
donations for the food pantry to
Groveton from the Grangers.
Lynda Gaudette reported on
workshops in Colebrook at the
North Country Marketplace
and Salvage.
Pat Allin read a thank you
card from Shawna Fellows and
the Toys for Tots program. The
lecturer’s program was pertaining to Valentine’s Day with
readings by each Granger.
The closing song was “I
Want a Girl.” The next meeting
will be March 4, 2013, and the
program will pertain to spring.
MOHAWK GRANGE
On Feb. 4, two brothers and
nine sisters met for their
monthly meeting. The opening
song was “God Bless America.”
Ann Woodard read the minutes
of the previous meeting.
The Grangers received thank
you letters from the third graders for the dictionaries from the
N.H. Dictionary Project. Master
Michelle Hyde’s health report
was using honey in home remedies. Ann Woodard read a
thank you card and a letter
from Julie Moran.
Seven members of the
Grange volunteered at the recent community supper. The
next meeting is youth night on
Feb. 18 with food, fun and
games on the program.
The closing song was “Blest
be the Tie that Binds.” Eleanor
Lyons and Ginger Jannenga
served lunch after the meeting.
A high-energy concert featuring one of Canada’s top performing acts—the Barra MacNeils—is coming
to the Rialto Theatre in Lancaster next Monday, hosted by the Great North Woods Committee for the
Arts of Colebrook. Tickets are $20 and now on sale at Fiddleheads in Colebrook and at the Rialto box
office. Courtesy photo.
CRAG TO MEET FEB. 21
The Connecticut River Artisan Group (CRAG) is meeting
at 4 p.m. on Thursday, Feb. 21,
2013, in the conference room of
the Upper Connecticut Valley
Community
Coalition
(UCVCC), which is located on
the second floor of the Citizen’s
Bank building. Items discussed
include the budget, exhibits and
our gallery at Fiddleheads.
For more information about
CRAG, visit www.connecticutriverartisans.org.
BIBLE STUDY SERIES TO
BE HELD IN CANAAN
Pastor Paula Fletcher of the
United Methodist Church is
inviting anyone interested to
join her and others for a Bible
study during Lent entitled “24
Hours That Changed the
World.”
The series will be held at the
Canaan Learning Center on 5
Park St. in Canaan and is
handicap accessible. To accommodate as many people as possible, there will be morning and
evening sessions. The morning
sessions will be held on Fridays
from 10:30 to 11:30 a.m. on the
following dates: Feb. 15 and 22;
March 1, 8, 15 and 22. The
evening sessions will be held on
Thursday from 7-8 p.m. and
held on Feb. 14, 21 and 28;
March 7, 14 and 21.
For further information, contact Pastor Paula at 237-4031.
—Marie P. Hughes
IWO JIMA AND WORLD
WAR II PRESENTATION
Iwo Jima and World War II
will be the subject of the Cohos
Historical Society’s Feb. 20
meeting, beginning at 6 p.m.
Milton Paradis will recount
At left, Benoit Lamontagne, Junior Warden, prepared his famous omelets for St. Stephen's Episcopal
Church annual meeting on Feb. 10. He has made this a tradition for 15 years and the parishioners
are grateful. Tim Brooks assisted. Marie Hughes photo.
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Community News
Left photo: Last Saturday Pittsburg, Beecher Falls and Colebrook fire departments as well as the 45 Parallel EMS held its 14th Annual Poker Run. Despite the weather
previously not cooperating and the route of the run being changed there was still a significant turnout. Benefits from this event go towards a scholarship that is given to one
senior from each area school who is looking into a career in fire science or another. This year's theme was super heroes. The first place winner was Jeff Prehemo, second
place was Johnny Owen, third place was Norman Flanagan. The winner of the 50/50 raffle was Carol Leach with $343. Right photo: It seems this year's poker run went to
the dogs, one sled had an unlikely passenger, a life-sized Dalmatian stuffed animal that sported a fire helmet and coat. Angela Wheeler photos.
his experience during World
War II and Iwo Jima.
The meeting will be held at
the Stratford Town Hall, lower
level, Rt. 3, across from the
Town Common.
For further information, call
922-8337.
AMERICAN LEGION
NORTHLAND POST47
Last Saturday evening the
Legionaries, Auxiliary and Sons
o the American Legion held
their monthly meeting
and supper. Everyone enjoyed
Rob McComisky’s baked beans
served with hot dogs, coleslaw,
Billie’s
pickled
beets
and Heidi’s scrumptious Yum
Yum Cake .
CANAAN SENIORS NEWS
France Pariseau was a guest
of the Canaan Seniors on
Wednesday. After a salmon pie
dinner, the seniors played
Bingo. The winners were
France Parriseau, Theresa
Merrill, Maria Dube, MariaPaul Marchand and Pauline
Jalbert. Blackout was won by
George St. Pierre. The 50/50
winners were Jack Wheeler and
Gordon Frizzell.
Valentine
gifts were won by Adrienne
Roy, Germaine Turgeon, Father
Craig and Glen Perry.
Next week’s (Feb. 20) menu
will be ham, pineapple, mashed
potatoes, gravy, coleslaw,
bread and carrot cake for dessert. For your reservation, call
Suzanne Roy at (802) 266-8915
on or before Tuesday morning.
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Community News
Chris Masson, far right, was joined by Blaine Frizzell and his sister Hannah as part of the Bluegrass
night of music hosted by the GNWCA at the Colebrook Country Club this week. Charles Jordan photo.
Gopher Broke was the featured Bluegrass band at a night of Bluegrass music hosted by the GNWCA
in the Colebrook Country Club on Wednesday. It was the second Winter Warmers concert in a series of
three. The final concert is a Fiddlers’ House Party and will be held at the Country Club on March 13
at 7 p.m. Advance tickets are available at Fiddleheads on Main Street in Colebrook. Charles Jordan
photo.
On Monday, Feb. 11 the Girl Scout Daisies and Brownies went to a Zumba class. Front, from left, Kalie Patenaude, Samantha Samson, Joshua Falconer, Jazmyn Flanders, Emily Mullen. Back, Sara Samson, Chloe Royal, Jayden Hodge, Janessa Hodge, Zumba Dance Instructor Fran Bigney, Mandilynn,
Mollie Tyler, Jacqueleine Champagne, Madeleine Champagne, Jessica Falconer. Jennifer Falconer
photo.
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Community News
Katie Rose, Suzan Schute and Julia Kamins joined together to bring some music to the Cabin Fever
concert held at the Guild Hall in Guildhall, Vt., last weekend. The event raises money for town programs, and one more Cabin Fever concert is scheduled for Saturday, March 9. Charles Jordan photo.
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Community News
Left photo: This past week the Stewartstown Community School students in Grades kindergarten through 8 made Valentine's Day cards for soldiers overseas in Afghanistan. Right photo: Stewartstown students in grades seven and eight made nearly 200 cards and collectively made well over 300 Valentine's Day cards for deployed soldiers.
Angela Wheeler photos.
This picture and the two below are examples of what the Stewartstown students wrote on their heartfelt Valentine's Day cards for
soldiers. This one reads, “Happy Valentines day. Tank you, for
keeping us safe. Love Madison.” Angela Wheeler photo.
This card reads, “Thank you for fighting for our country and keeping us safe. You are the best of the best, and you are smart, swift,
and brave. I have faith in you and never stop fighting. I know it
must be hard, but you can do it. And remember, you are true
Americans. Happy Valetine's Day.” Angela Wheeler photo.
This card reads, “Happy Valentines Day Troops. I am very grateful
that you have risked your lives for serving and protecting our country. I believe that you can make America a very good place to live.
Yours sincearely, Emily.” Angela Wheeler photo.
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Town
GROVETON SELECTMEN
HOLD BUDGET HEARING
When the Groveton Selectmen presented its budget to the
public on Feb. 11, very few citizens were in attendance, but
the Board was able to clearly
outline and explain several inst ance s whe re exp e nse s
changed from the previous
year. The Board had requested
all departments to really look
at what they needed to operate
in order to budget accurately
and responsibly.
Before addressing the
budget, Barry Colebank, chairman, discussed the changes in
the insurance policy for employees. In the new budget, there
will be a $40,000 savings because at the 20/80 split, employees will have higher copays
and higher deductibles. The
change will take place on July
1, 2013, and will cost an employee with a family an extra
$1,100. According to Colebank,
“It was not an easy decision to
make.” The Board also anticipates a $12,000 savings in electrical use as well. However, the
town needs to have a utilities
assessment as required by the
Dept. of Administration and
Registration which will cost
$20,000 plus a USDA audit
costing $15,000.
The town is also looking at
the revaluation which will take
place in 2013, and those
changes are impossible to predict. All in all, the budget is
$63,000 more than last year’s
budget. Another part of the
meeting addressed the 31 articles, 29 of which will be discussed at Town Meeting on
March 16, at 1 p.m.
Articles One and Two will be
printed as official ballots and
will be voted on March 12, between the hours of 9 a.m. and 7
p.m. The names filed for offices
GNWCA Winter Warmers Concert Series
Fiddlers’
House Party
Celtic Music by Isley Mist Ceili
Old-Time Tunes by The Fireside Fiddlers
Colebrook Country Club
7 p.m. Wednesday, March 13, 2013
Tickets $12 on sale at door and Fiddleheads
are found under the town filing
article in this week’s Chronicle.
One article receiving attention is the article to move the
town offices to the former
Groveton Paper Board Building. The town has applied for a
USDA grant to cover $150,350
of the expense, with the Municipal Office Building Capital
Fund contributing $67,250.
However if the loan is not
granted, the town will not raise
the money needed. Many of the
first articles deal with appropriating the funds for the various
town departments.
Also in
each of the department’s budgets, the $13,000 needed to hire
the MRI consultant to help the
town run more efficiently, as
already discussed in previous
articles, has been apportioned
based on the department’s need
for the service. Many of the
articles will be familiar to residents as they are required to be
approved each year. The selectmen hope the residents of the
town will respond favorably to
the new meeting time and turnout in record numbers at town
meeting and in voting this year.
—Marie P. Hughes
TOWN AND SCHOOL
FILINGS ROUNDUP
Many of the towns in the
area have submitted their sample ballots with candidates for
various positions to be voted on
at town meetings in New
Hampshire and Vermont.
In Colebrook the following
positions are being contested:
For Selectmen: Rossiter “Bob”
Holt and Suzanne “Sue”
Collins; For Library Trustee:
Mary Ellen F ulle r and
LeighAnn Connell; Uncontested
positions are: Trustee of Trust
Funds: Granvyl G. Hulse, Jr.;
Cemetery Trustee: Michael
Pearson and Jean K. Haynes;
Library Trustee: Neal Brown;
and Planning Board: Sandra
Riendeau.
In the town of Northumberland, those running contested
for town offices are: Selectmen:
James Weagle and William
Wilson; For Trustee of the
Trust Funds: Jim Tierney and
Michael J. Morris; Uncontested
are: Library Trustee: Linda
Caron; Cemetery Trustee: Thomas Covell; and Auditor: Kimberly Deblois. For Northumberland School District, the
contested offices are: Moderator: Barry W. Colebank and
Kent W. Holden; School Board
(two for a three year term):
Ronald G. Caron, Saran M.
Holden, Sally Pelletier; Uncontested are: Clerk: Kathy Wiles;
Treasurer: Melody Barney.
For Stratford Town offices,
the filings are: Selectmen,
three years: Tim Brooks and
Micky Miller; Library Trustee:
Dana Cassell; Town Treasurer:
Wendy McMann; no filings for:
Auditor, two openings for Trustee for the Trust Funds. In the
School Board: Tom Allin for
three years and no filings for
the one year term; School
Treasurer: Wendy McMann
and open are: School Clerk and
School Moderator.
In Pittsburg, the following
are running for town offices:
Selectmen: Eddie Evarts and
Rick Dube; Town Clerk: Marise
Burns; Welfare Department:
Brendon McKeage; Trustee of
Trust Funds: Roberta J. Covill;
and Library Trustee: Ann
Gray. School candidates are:
For two School Board three
year terms: Lindsey R. Gray,
Richard A. Judd, Willard “Bob”
Ormsbee, Jamie Roy; School
Clerk: Beth A. Bissonnette;
Treasurer; Deborah C. Cross;
Moderator: vacant.
In Canaan, Vt., the following
are contested: Select Board for
three years: Edward J. Brousseau and Haven L. Haynes, Jr.;
all other seats are uncontested:
Town Moderator and School
District Moderator: James
Grittner; Trustee of Public
Funds for three years and
Lister for three years: Diana
Rancourt; Library Trustee:
Sharon Belleville: School Director: Daniel Lepine; Library
Trustee for two years: Melanie
A. Reese; Trustee of Public
Funds for two years: Dencie
Cunningham; Library Trustee
for two years: Fern OwenBrown; Trustee of Public Funds
for one year: Solange Poulin;
Sexton for one years: Michael
Ladd.
As of press time, these are
the filings available from each
of the towns.
—Marie P. Hughes
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Around The Region
Toronto link and they wanted
to see the airport become a major airport serving Eastern
Canada.
Last week Sherbrooke Mayor
Bernard Sevigny met with
three of the Government Ministers on the subject of giving the
airport a major lift. The City is
asking that Quebec pay a third
of the $29 million needed to
expand and upgrade the airport
so it can handle larger commercial aircraft. The Sherbrooke
Airport was hoping that WestJet would take their bid but so
On Jan.21, 1948, the very first Fleur-de-Lis flew over the Parliament buildings of Quebec’s National Assembly during the years of
Maurice Duplessis. This flag has flown proudly ever since. From
1902-1948 Quebec had a flag slightly resembling that of today. The
Fleur-de-Lis that was adopted Jan. 21, 1948 and still flies today.
Corey Bellam photo.
PALEO-INDIAN PERIOD
TALK AT WEEKS LIBRARY
Dick Boisvert, New Hampshire’s State Archaeologist and
Deputy State Historic Preservation Officer, will present a program entitled “Old News—Life
in the North Country 12,000
Years Ago” at the Weeks Memorial Library in Lancaster on
Sunday, Feb. 17, at 2 p.m., with
a backup date of the following
Sunday, in case of inclement
weather.
The program will provide an
update on the investigations in
Jefferson and Randolph of a
group of sites dated to the Paleo
-Indian period. Dr. Boisvert has
directed these investigations for
the past 17 years.
It all began in 1995 when a
local man was walking his dog
and noticed an unusual rock in
his path. Since he had had
training as an archaeologist, he
recognized the rock as the butt
end of a fluted projectile point.
These points were probably
hafted to spears of some sort
and were not “arrowheads.” He
called Boisvert’s attention to
the find, and so it began.
Each year since then there
has been a summer field school,
at which students can gain college credit, and to which volunteers can add their efforts. In
addition there have been
“Oktoberfest” weekends during
which volunteers continued to
dig. At the one in October 2012
some 50 volunteers worked.
These included a crew from the
Universite de Montreal with
their professor who has worked
with Boisvert on interpreting
the finds. Over the years the
investigations have expanded
into six sites in Jefferson and
another one in neighboring
Randolph.
The program is free and
open to all. Call the library at
788-3352 for further information.
WINTER
FUN DAY
The air was full of excitement with countless giggles and
squeals of young children at the
Lennoxville Golf Club. It
was Lennoxville's annual Winter Fun Day. The day kicked
off at 10 a.m. with crafts and
games in the Club House for all
to enjoy and CJMQ, Lennoxvilles own radio station, was on
hand to provide music and entertainment.
At 11 a.m. the sound of sleigh
bells rang through the air and
it was time for the muchawaited horse drawn wagon
rides with Bob Harrison from
Milby Meadows Farm at the
reins. These rides are always a
huge hit with both young and
old. He took countless loads of
wide eyed and rosy-cheeked
children and their parents
along a very scenic trail in the
woods. The day also included
snowshoeing, inflatable slides
and games, broomball and
much more. This was the perfect recipe for a very enjoyable
family outing. The Chronicle
spoke with many of the organizers, volunteers and people in
attendance and we were told by
everyone that they were having
fun outdoors in the fresh air.
–Corey Bellam
SHERBROOKE AIRPORT
LOOKS TO EXPAND
The City of Sherbrooke Quebec
was hoping that the Alberta
based company West Jet was
coming to the Sherbrooke Airport and they would be able to
launch a new daily non-stop
flight from Sherbrooke to Toronto. The city’s bid was not
chosen, however. The City of
Sherbrooke had placed great
hopes on the presence of the
Alberta Company to help ensure the development of their
airport. The aim was to make
their airport a Sherbrooke to
far they have not—the company
may consider the bid in the
future. The Sherbrooke airport
provides a nearly 6,000 foot
runway and is in a very central
location. The serves as a medivac location for the two hospitals in Sherbrooke and also as a
major military stop for both
Canada and the United States.
–Corey Bellam
WMRHS CTE ADDITION,
RENOVATIONS SUPPORT
(Editor’s note: The following
press release was submitted by
Montagne Communications
regarding support for WMRHS
plans.)
North Country political leaders have announced their public
support of the proposed Career
Technical Education (CTE) addition and renovations to White
Mountains Regional High
School (WMRHS), as proposed
in school warrant Articles #1,
and #2, respectively. Elected
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officials, including Senator Jeff
Woodburn, Executive Councilor
Ray Burton, State Representatives Marcia Hammon, Herb
Richardson, and Leon Rideout,
can be seen on the Invest in
O u r
F u t u r e
(www.InvestInOurFuture.me)
website Video tab discussing
the project’s importance toward
improving education, addressing life, safety and efficiency
issues, and supporting the
North Country’s economy with
well-trained, skilled workers of
tomorrow.
The Sherbrooke Airport in Sherbrooke, Que., is looking to the Quebec government for financial help in
expanding the facility. Corey Bellam photo.
Around The Region
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Where The North Country
Connects With The World!
Trinity Thayer makes a new friend during the Winter Fun Day in Lennoxville. Corey Bellam photo.
Left photo: Bob Harrison and his horses provided some fun wagon rides through the winter woods.
Right photo: A group of folks prepare to go snowshoeing during the Lennoxville Winter Fun Day.
Corey Bellam photos.
Article #1 will ask voters to
approve a bond for the CTE
addition with state CTE funds
to pay 75 percent of the project’s costs.
The state CTE
funds would cover $13.5 million
of the building’s costs, while a
low-interest bond would pay for
approximately $4.5 mi llion. There have been no CTE
building upgrades in 27 years,
and the facility was not designed in 1984 to meet the
learning needs of today’s students. In many cases, space
and equipment is not current
with modern-day industry standards. There are also programs
where the instructional requirements have changed so that the
classroom and lab spaces are no
longer adequate to meet the
instruction needs.
Article #2 on the school warrant, pending passage of School
Building Aid for SAU 36 (HB
570), asks voters to approve
$4.3 million in renovations including critical life-safety improvements such as a sprinkler
system and the removal of high
voltage electrical transformers
inside the building. The bond
and renovations would only
move forward if Article #1 is
passed by voters, and School
Building Aid is approved in
Concord. School Building Aid,
which is separate from the CTE
funds applicable to Article 1,
would cover 56% of renovation
costs. If both pass, local taxpayers would only be responsible for $1.9 million of the total
$4.3 million in renovation
costs. School Building Aid, if
approved, would also pay for
56% of the $4.5 million local
share for the CTE addition in
Article #1.
Appearing on video, Senator
Jeff Woodburn said, “The benefits far outweigh the costs. I say
that knowing people are struggling. We have to find our
neighbors and friends and tell
them to get out and vote for
this because it will be important for our future.”
Executive Councilor Ray
Burton said on video, “Career
Technical Education is very
important to rural America –
particularly in the northern
part of New Hampshire. I know
the CTE Center is only going to
enhance responsibility and opportunities. I hope you will conclude that this is a program
that is worthwhile. I commend
the legislators in the North
Country for stepping up and
saying that this project is
needed.”
Visit InvestInOurFuture.me
to view additional videos or
learn more about the project.
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Obituaries
Martha C. Pratt
MARTHA C. PRATT
ST. CLOUD, Fla.—Martha
C. Pratt, 95, of St. Cloud, Fla.,
and Canaan, Vt., passed away
on Monday, Feb. 4, 2013, in
Florida.
Martha was born at her
grandmother Sylvester’s house
in Coaticook, Qué., on Jan. 13,
1918, the daughter of Clark M.
and Minnie (Sylvester) Haynes.
The house still stands today.
She graduated from Canaan
Memorial High School in 1935
and later married Carl Crawford on Oct. 28, 1937.
The Crawfords raised their
children on the family farm in
Beecher Falls, Vt. When Carl
went to work on the Maine Central Railroad, Martha managed
the home-front for her nine
sons and husband–mothering,
cooking, sewing, gardening,
berrying and keeping the old
farmhouse warm with wood
fires. She was a member of the
Grace U nited Method ist
Church in Canaan, and taught
Sunday school for many years.
The annual Sugar on Snow Social was never complete unless
Martha made her doughnuts.
In 2001, the United Methodist
Women presented a special
Mission Recognition pin to Martha for her community and
church involvement and service.
As years passed, Martha and
Carl began visiting Carl's
mother in St. Cloud, Fla., and
eventually became “snowbirds,”
spending their summers in Canaan and their winters in Florida. After Carl passed in 1986,
Martha married T. Chapin
Pratt in 1987. They enjoyed
many happy years together
blending family and friends
until Chapin passed in 2004.
Martha enjoyed many good
times with her children, grandchildren
and
greatgrandchildren. Her Christian
faith was her foundation and
she cherished the many good
friends she made over the years
in St. Cloud and the First Baptist Church Life groups. She
was a mom to many, grammy to
others and “special” grammy to
a select few. We all will miss
her dearly.
She is survived by her sons,
Stanley Crawford of St. Cloud,
Fla., Carol Crawford of Cocoa,
Fla., Rodney (Dot) Crawford of
Web st er, Ma ss., Ve rno n
(Bonnie) Crawford of Canaan,
Vt., Donald (Anne Marie) Crawford of St. Cloud, Fla. and
South Burlington, Vt., Harland
(Odette) Crawford of Canaan,
Vt. and Calvin Crawford of
Lancaster; daughter-in-law
June Crawford of Westfield,
W i s . ; s t e p so n s , C ha p i n
(Beverly) Pratt of The Villages,
Fla.; step-daughters, Betty
Brown of Joanna, S.C., and
Ginny (Dennis) Merrill of
Ridgeway, Colo.; step-daughterin-law Vivian Pratt of Gaysville, Vt.; sister-in-law Leatrice
Bacon of St. Cloud, Fla.; numerous grandchildren and greatgrandchildren; and her life-long
friend who she considered a
sister, Birdena “Jackie” Joudrey of Winter Park, Fla. Martha
was predeceased by her husbands, Carl Crawford and T.
Chapin Pratt; sons Larry Crawford and Robert Crawford; stepson Wayne Pratt; brother
Murray Haynes; and brother-in
-law Rodney Bacon.
Calling hours will be on Friday, Feb. 15, 2013, from 2-4 and
6-8 p.m. at Jenkins and Newman Funeral Home in Colebrook. A memorial service will
be held on Saturday, Feb. 16, at
1 p.m., at the Grace United
Methodist Church in Canaan,
Vt., with The Rev. Paula
Fletcher officiating. An interment service will occur in the
spring at the Alice Hunt Cemetery in Canaan.
Expressions of sympathy in
memory of Martha may be
made to the Grace United
Methodist Church, Gale Street,
Canaan, VT 05903. Condolences may be offered to the
family online by going to
www.jenkins-newman.com.
Arrangements in Florida
were entrusted to the care of
the Fisk Funeral Home of St.
Cloud. Funeral arrangements
in Canaan are under the direction of Jenkins and Newman
Funeral Home, Colebrook.
Rita M. Griffin
RITA M. GRIFFIN
PITTSBURG—Rita M. Griffin, 73, of Pittsburg passed
away at the Upper Connecticut
Valley Hospital in Colebrook on
Wednesday evening, Feb. 6,
2013, surrounded by her loving
family.
She was born in Woodstock,
Vt., on Dec. 26, 1939, a daughter to the late Elba and Lucy
(Rogers) Jillson.
She was
raised and in Vermont and attended Springfield High School.
Rita was a beloved school
lunch cook in the Pittsburg
school for 18 years. She was
also well known locally as a
talented cook who was always
making something for a community event, or to help the
Pittsburg Ridgerunners at their
clubhouse. She was a lover of
crafts and knitting, and she
was always busy doing things
to help others. Rita also loved
her morning walks with the
group of her friends known as
the Pittsburg Roadrunners.
She is survived by her loving
husband of more than 30 years,
Wayne R. Griffin of Pittsburg;
her daughter, Jane Barcomb
and husband James of Halifax,
Vt.; two sons, John Coleman
and wife Cheryl of Missouri,
and Joseph Coleman and wife
Bonnie of Lyndeborough; a step
-son, Mark Griffin of Florida; a
step-daughter, Christine West
and husband Marlin of South
Dakota; her brother, Nelson
Jillson and wife Marilyn of
Dummerston, Vt.; three sisters,
Lucinda Adams of Springfield,
Vt., Janice Jillson of New Mexico, and Nancy Dulac of Barre,
Vt.; 13 grandchildren; and nine
great-grandchildren. Rita is
preceded in death by her first
husband, James F. Coleman, in
1974; and a son, Jeffrey Coleman in 1990.
There will be no public calling hours. A memorial service
will be held on Friday, Feb. 22,
2013, at 11 a.m., at the Farnham Memorial United Methodist Church in Pittsburg, with
The Rev. Paula Fletcher officiating. An interment service will
occur at a later date at the
West Halifax Cemetery in Hali(Continued on page 19)
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fax, Vt.
Expressions of sympathy in
memory of Rita may be made to
the Two Rivers Ride for Cancer,
c/o Rosemary Mulliken at the
First Colebrook Bank, 132
Main St., Colebrook, NH
03576. Condolences may be
offered to the family online by
going to www.jenkins newman.com.
Funeral arrangements are
under the direction of Jenkins
and Newman Funeral Home,
Colebrook.
DONALD JOHN BEGIN
LANCASTER—Donald John
Begin, 69, passed away on
Thursday, Feb. 7, 2013, at
Weeks Medical Center. He was
born on May 6, 1943, in
Randolph, Vt., to the late Joseph and Marguerite (Marcotte)
Begin.
He worked in construction
for various companies for 35
years until he became ill in
1997. He had a passion for fishing especially in brooks and
beaver ponds. He loved to
watch the deer in his backyard
and he always had his beagle
Snoopy by his side.
He was predeceased by his
parents and two brothers,
Ronald and Gabriel Begin. He
is survived by his wife Shirley
(Hill) Begin; three daughters,
Jean Gosley, Tammy Oltsch
and Brenda Whitcomb; a
brother, Jules Begin; a sister,
Pauline Strickland; four grandchildren, Corey Begin, Troy
Oltsch, Tyler Oltsch and Josh
Whitcomb.
A graveside service will be
held in the spring in Summer
Street Cemetery.
In lieu of flowers, memorial
donations may be made to
Breathe New Hampshire, 145
Hollis St., Unit C, Manchester,
NH 03101
Arrangements are under the
care of Bailey Funeral Home in
Lancaster.
Please go to www.baileyfh.net for more information or
to send an online condolence.
tion and Health Care Center in
Lyndonville, Vt. She was born
in Lancaster on Feb. 8, 1915,
one of five children to the late
Edward and Jessie (Tuttle)
McMann.
At the age of 15 months the
family moved to Gilman, where
her father went to work as an
engineer for the Gilman Paper
Company. Ruth graduated from
Lancaster Academy in 1932,
going to work for the paper mill
as a private secretary, where
she worked for 52 years. She
was a member of the Gilman
Methodist Church and the Senior Center.
Ruth was predeceased by her
parents and sisters, Evelyn,
Dotty, Bunny and Ellie. She is
survived by a niece, Patty
Greene, of Colorado; a nephew,
Frank Pires of Fla.; a greatnephew, Rick Bartlett, grandniece Tristen Bartlett and her
son, Karson Jacob Theroux;
cousins Irene Lynde of Littleton, Kay Brown of Hartford,
Conn., and Frank Pitman of
Rome, Ga.
At Ruth’s request, there will
be no visiting hours or funeral. Burial will take place in
the spring at Glenwood Cemetery in Littleton.
In lieu of flowers, memorial
donations may be made to the
NEK Methodist Church, c/o
Patricia Briggs, P. O. Box 11,
Lunenburg, VT 05906.
Arrangements are by Bailey
Funeral Home in Lancaster.
Please go to www.baileyfh.net for more information or
to send an online condolence.
Marguerite “Maggie” Gilbert
Ruth “Bucky” McMann
RUTH “BUCKY” McMANN
GILMAN,
Vt.—Ruth
“Bucky” McMann, passed away
on her 98th birthday on Feb. 8,
2013 at the Pines Rehabilita-
MARGUERITE “MAGGIE”
RUTH (HERSOM) GILBERT
GROVETON—Marguerite
“Maggie” Ruth (Hersom) Gilbert, 89, of Melcher Street in
Groveton died peacefully on
Tuesday, Feb. 12, 2013, at
Weeks Medical Center in Lancaster after a brief illness.
Born on Jan. 31, 1924, in
Groveton, a daughter of Edwin
and Ethel (McPherson) Hersom, she was a lifelong resident. Before retiring, Maggie
worked as a cafeteria worker
for Groveton Elementary School
for many years, then she
worked at the Groveton Market
for several years.
Maggie was a member of the
Groveton United Methodist
Church and was very active
with the Senior Meals. She was
a member of the Groveton
American Legion Auxiliary Post
17. She liked to travel and will
always be remembered by her
family for sending cards with a
one dollar bill in them.
Maggie is survived by her
three children, Bonnie Knapp of
Stark, Richard Gilbert and
Mike Gilbert and wife Rita, all
of Colebrook; six grandchildren,
Michelle Knapp, Keith Knapp,
Dominic Gilbert, Reno Gilbert,
Ian Gilbert, Ashley Elliott; four
great-grandchildren, Sarah
Stinehour, Sean Stinehour,
Gavin Gilbert and Chelsea Gilbert; one sister, Sylvia Martin;
and several nieces and nephews. She was predeceased by
her husband, Eugene E. Gilbert, on May 10, 1987; and two
brothers, Lyle “Cakie” Hersom
and Ralph “Whitey” Hersom.
Visiting hour will be held on
Saturday, May 4, 2013, from 10
a.m.–11 a.m. at ArmstrongCharron Funeral Home in
Groveton. A funeral service will
be held on May 4, at 11 a.m. at
the funeral home, with Pastor
Aaron Cox of the Groveton
United Methodist Church officiating. Burial will follow in the
Northumberland Cemetery.
Memorial donation may be
made in Maggie’s memory to a
charity of one’s choice.
To send the family your condolences via the online register
boo k, o ne may g o to ,
www.armstrongcharronfuneral
home.com.
JUDITH ERBACHER
HOLIDAY, Fla —Judit h
“Judy” Erbacher, 58, of Holiday,
Florida, passed away peacefully
in her sleep at home on Jan. 29,
2013, after a courageous battle
with cancer.
Members of her family include her husband John, her
mother Jeannine Rouleau
Boire, her children, April Benda
and her husband Chris and
grandson Tyler of Rochester,
and her son Christopher Whitehill of North Hampton.
She was predeceased by her
father Robert Rouleau and her
brothers Denis and Jacques
Rouleau. She is also survived
by her sisters Micheline Lambert, Diane Walsh and Francoise Johnson; her brothers
Peter and Serge Rouleau; and
many beloved nieces and nephews. Her family meant everything to her. Her beautiful
spirit will remain in her family’s hearts forever. She will
also be missed by her dear and
caring friends and neighbors,
Maryanne and Glenn Nida.
Judy loved life and was a
kind and caring person. She
was an avid fisherman and had
a great love of the water. She
also loved gardening and her
roses.
After cremation, private services will be held in the spring.
Ruth Foss
RUTH EVA FOSS
LANCASTER—Ruth Elva
Foss, 83, passed away on Feb.
12, 2013, at Weeks Memorial
Hospital in Lancaster. She was
born on Nov. 26, 1929, in
Burke, Vt., to Alton and
Christie (Walter) Lee.
Ruth grew up in Whitefield
and attended Lancaster High
School. She worked for B.D.
Weeks Hospital for many years
as a nurse’s aide on the Skilled
Nursing Floor.
Ruth married Eugene H.
Foss, Sr., of Lancaster in 1948.
They were happily married for
43 years. Ruth was a member of
Faith Presbyterian Church in
Lancaster. She filled her retirement years with ministering to
family and friends and strangers through her gift of hospitality. She enjoyed many happy
hours volunteering at Shiloh
Retreat Center, Jefferson. Her
greatest joy however was her
children, grandchildren, and
nieces and nephews.
Ruth is survived by her four
children, Bonita F. Hicks of
Jefferson, Pamela F. Downing
of Lancaster, Eugene Foss, Jr.,
of Berlin; and Cynthia F. Shoemaker of Greensboro, N.C.; and
12 grandchildren Gary P.
Downing, Jr., of Lancaster;
Mark Downing of Lancaster,
NH; Forrest P. Hicks II of Jefferson; Benjamin Hicks of Jefferson; Christine Hicks Pellerin, of Lancaster; Erin Hicks
of Lancaster; Adam Foss of Waterford, Conn.; Caleb Shoemaker of Ballston Spa, N.Y.;
Katie Hicks Crawford of Virginia Beach, Va.; Travis Shoemaker of Great Barrington,
Mass.; Justin Foss of Silver
Springs, Md.; and Jacob Shoemaker of Lakeland, Fla..; and
16 great-grandchildren Rebecca and Garrett Hicks of
Jefferson; Haile, Tyler, Alexis,
and Benjamin Hicks of Jefferson; Ethan and Preston Downing of Lancaster; Diana Pellerin
of Lancaster; Anastasia, Zoe,
and Peter Shoemaker of BallstonSpa N.Y. ;Cecilia and
Lucille Foss of Waterford,
Conn.; Micah Crawford of Virginia Beach, Va.; and Jesse
Shoemaker of Great Barrington, Mass.; her sister Patricia
Neal of Whitefield, and Kathleen Smith of Lancaster; along
with her nieces and nephews
and other relatives.
Ruth was predeceased by her
parents, Alton and Christie
Lee, her sisters Sandra Gooden
and Rita Gray, her brothers
Reginald, Clyde, and Robert
Lee, and by her daughter Diana
(Foss) Hicks.
A funeral service will be held
at the Jefferson Town Hall,
Route 2, Jefferson, NH, on Sunday, Feb. 17, at 2 p.m. A visitation will be held at the Jefferson Town Hall, Route 2, Jefferson, NH, on Saturday, Feb. 16t
The family will be greeting
friends and relatives from 5-7
p.m.
In lieu of flowers memorial
donations may be made for
Benefit of Forrest Hicks Field,
c/o Woodsville Guaranty Savings Bank, P.O. Box 540, Lancaster, NH 03584; or at any
branch of the bank.
Burial will be at the Summer Street Cemetery in Lancaster following the service.
P l e a s e
g o
t o
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Sports
Yellow Jacket Kiya DeWitt keeps the ball out of reach during the
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Last Tuesday, the Colebrook varsity girls faced Lin-Wood at home and won the game, 73 to 24. Angela
Wheeler photo.
Dylan Leach takes two shots from the foul line during last Tuesday's game against Lin-Wood. Like the
girls, Colebrook boys also won their game, 84 to 30 Angela Wheeler photo.
The varsity boys played a tight match during a game at the Groveton Eagles home gym. Thomas Jordan photo.
The Groveton Eagles maintained a strong lead during their game against the visiting PittsburgCanaan Yellow Jackets last Tuesday afternoon. Thomas Jordan photo.
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2/23: “Health Benefits of Grass-fed
Beef”
Presenter-Kris Von Dohrmann
Thursdays-6:30 p.m.
2/21: “Foods To Stop Leg Cramps”
Presenter-Dean Stockwell
TFN
1999 Arctic Cat 440 Jag w/electric
start and reverse and 1998 Ski-Doo
Formula S 500. Both for only
$1,650. Can be seen on Bishop
Brook Road in Stewartstown. 3/1
Services
Allan Dudley electrical appliance
and power tools repair services,
vacuum cleaners, microwaves, etc.
All makes. 1-802-277-4424. TFN
In my area, top prices paid for your
junk or unwanted vehicles. Call
Rusty Edwards. (603) 237-5676.
6/28/13
Building construction and general
carpentry. Roof shoveling service
available. Gregory Hibbard. (603)
237-4844. Leave message. 2/15
Music Lessons: Guitar, Ukulele,
Banjo, Mandolin, Bass, Dulcimer,
and Voice. Children ages 5-8 for
$60/month, includes instrumental
rental. All other students, $75, instrument rental $15. Roberta’s Studio, (603) 331-1628. 4/12
Spring is upon us!! Your local high
work specialists are ready to take
care of your building repairs and
painting in those difficult to reach
places. We are a company that offers
many services and our work is of
premium quality. These are the
many things that we do: building
restoration, new building construction, all types of carpentry, manufacturer of old house parts, high lift
service, tree removal, interior and
exterior painting, power washing,
building repair and maintenance,
boat carpentry, we service remote
sites. Please visit us at
www.hotchkissconstructionservices.
com or call (603) 586-7969 or (603)
631-0586. 3/2
Wanted
Top dollar paid for junk cars and
trucks. Also, steel, batteries, aluminum cans. Call (603) 636-1667 days
or (603) 636-1304 nights. 6/28
One good, used gasoline wood splitter. At least 22 ton. Reasonably
priced. 636-2515. 3/1
Jefferson, NH–30x30 barn with ever
-flowing trough and 200 amp electric 12 acres fenced pasture, animal
care available. $500 a month. If
interested, please call (603) 5867969 or (603) 631-0586. 3/2
Farm Fresh
Firewood
Eggs $3.60/dz, Carrots $2/lb, Soy,
Gluten & Dairy free products at the
Copper Leaf store. Located in the
green building between IGA and the
rest area, 237-5318. TFN
Cut, split, delivered. Jones Brook
Farm, Guildhall, Vt. (802) 3282013. 1/17/2014
A treadmill. Call 237-4924.
For Rent
Apartment for rent, 2 br., Colebrook.
$450/month. No smoking, no pets.
Two free month’s rent*. Call Bill,
(978) 335-4469. 2/8
FREE, 1 bedroom apartment for
competent apartment manager. Light
duties including painting, snowplowing, rubbish. Located in Colebrook. No smoking, no pets. Call
Bill, (978) 335-4469. 2/8
One and two bedroom apartments in
downtown Colebrook for rent. First,
second and third floor choices—
starting at $425. Some with pellet
stoves. Call 237-5371 or leave message at (508) 864-9985. 2/22
Help Wanted
Part-time log truck driver needed,
CDL A, passport, travel to Canada.
Experience driving on log roads,
references requested. Call Dan, 2374040. 2/15
Camp Counselors, Assistant Director, and Camp Nurse -Barry
Conservation 4-H Camp in Berlin. Residential 4-H youth camp
hosts 35 campers/week for seven
week season. It’s a great place to
w ork.
Visit
http://
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sion.unh.edu/4H/4HCamps.htm to
learn more. UNH is an AA/EEO
Employer. UNH is committed to
excellence through the diversity of
its faculty and staff and encourages
women and minorities to apply. 2/22
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Sports
SPORTS
UPCOMING
BASKETBALL GAMES
Feb. 15, 2013: Groveton at
Littleton, G/B 5:30/7 p.m.
White Mountains Regional, G/B
2/3:30 p.m.
Pittsburg-Canaan, B 7 p.m.
Feb. 20, 2013: PittsburgCanaan at Colebrook, B 6:30
p.m.
Before Colebrook's game against Lin-Wood the senior girls were recognized. They are pictured above
with their parents. From the left: David Brunault, Julie Brunault, Josee Brunault, Erica Cass, Regina
Cass and Stephen Cass. Angela Wheeler photo.
Groveton High School senior Makenna Burke posed with family prior to the game against the Yellow
Jackets on Tuesday. Makenna was recognized as the outgoing senior on the Groveton Eagles varsity
girls basketball team. Thomas Jordan photo.
Makenna Burke drives the ball to the net during the game against the Pittsburg-Canaan Yellow Jackets last Tuesday. The Eagles won the match, with the final score 68-24. Thomas Jordan photo.
BASKETBALL SCORES
Boys: Feb. 9, 2013: Profile 48,
Colebrook 84.
Feb. 12, 2013: PittsburgCanaan 62, Groveton 61; LinWood 30, Colebrook 84.
Girls: Feb. 9, 2013: Profile 32,
Colebrook 65.
Feb. 12, 2013: PittsburgCanaan 24, Groveton 68; LinWood 24, Colebrook 73.
BASKETBALL
TOURNAMENT
SCHEDULE
GIRLS
Feb. 19, 2013: Preliminaries
Feb. 22, 2013: Quarterfinals
Feb. 25, 2013: Semi-Finals
March 2, 2013: Finals
BASKETBALL
TOURNAMENT
SCHEDULE
BOYS
Feb. 26, 2013: Preliminaries
March 1, 2013: Quarterfinals
March 5, 2013: Semi-Finals
March 9, 2013: Finals
You can
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The Pittsburg-Canaan Yellow Jackets and Groveton Eagles went
head to head during a fierce match at the Groveton gymnasium on
Tuesday afternoon. Thomas Jordan photo.
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February 15, 2013 - Colebrook Chronicle

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