July 26, 2013 - Colebrook Chronicle

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COVERING THE TOWNS OF THE UPPER CONNECTICUT RIVER VALLEY
FRIDAY, JULY 26, 2013
603-246-8998
VOL. 14, NO. 2
Last Week’s Storm Toppled Trees Around Region
By Marie P. Hughes
Those who live on Route 102
in Vermont and in various areas
of Groveton last Saturday morning, July 20, was a complete
surprise as daylight revealed
the wrath of Friday night’s violent thunderstorm.
(Continued on page 2)
Celina Cass
Case Two
Years Later
Left photo: Brian Batchelder stands next to one of the two trees that toppled behind his son Zack’s house on Rte. 3 in Groveton during
high winds last Friday. The tree bottom measured 16 feet high and 22 feet wide. Susie Batchelder photo. Right photo: Vermont State
road workers cleanup Rte. 102 between Brunswick and Guildhall. Marie Hughes photo.
It was two years ago yesterday that 11-year-old Celina
Cass of West Stewartstown was
last seen alive by her mother in
the apartment where they lived
in West Stewartstown. Seven
days later, the young girl’s body
was found at the bottom of a
PSNH dam in the Connecticut
River just a quarter mile up the
Ten Buses Brought Residents To Concert:
Lac-Megantic Citizens Special Guests
At Paul McCartney Concert In Quebec
By Charles J. Jordan
One of the world’s top names
in music, former Beatle Paul
McCartney, brought his current
“Out There” tour to Quebec City
earlier this week. The concert
took place at the historic Plains
of Abraham in Quebec’s capital
city and McCartney pulled out
all stops by serving up three
solid hours from the Beatles
and Wings playbooks.
The night was made special
by the presence of about 900
people from the Quebec town of
Lac-Megantic, the community
that was devastated recently
when a runaway train carrying
fuel crashed and exploded in the
town’s center. Over 50 lives
were lost.
In recognition of the difficult
times the tragedy has brought
to Lac-Megantic, McCartney
and the promoters of the show,
3E Event, offered residents of
Lac-Megantic free admission to
Tuesday’s concert. Nearly a
tenth of the town’s population
took up the offer and early
Tuesday 10 buses left the village for the northern city.
At 7:30 p.m. the gates opened
and an estimated 45,000 fans
poured into the park. The buses
from Lac-Megantic arrived
about 20 minutes later and
were given access to Zone 2
(where tickets normally sold for
about $100 each).
For about an hour leading up
Get ready for a night of high-energy French-Canadian music as
Isabeau et les Chercheur d’Or takes to the stage at the Tillotson
Center in Colebrook on Monday, Aug. 5, at 7 p.m. Courtesy photo.
Isabeau et les Chercheurs d’Or:
French-Canadian Group
At Tillotson Center Aug. 5
Quebec’s Country-Folk super
group Isabeau et les Chercheurs
d’Or (Isabeau and the Golddiggers) will be on its first tour in
Maine and New Hampshire in
early August, which includes a
concert on Aug. 5 at the Til-
lotson Center in Colebrook. The
Great North Woods Committee
for the Arts and New England
Celtic Arts will present the
group at the Tillotson Center at
7 p.m. that night.
Stratford Railroad Bridge
Work To Begin July 29
On Friday, July 19, the Walker International Circus was brought to Colebrook through the sponsorship of the Kiwanis Club of Colebrook. The circus was held at the Industrial Park and had two showings that were both packed full. The show even included the camels that children could ride before the
shows and during the intermission. See page 14 for more photos. Angela Wheeler photo.
By Marie P. Hughes
Residents near the Stratford
Railroad Bridge over the Connecticut River will know the
work is starting on the bridge
Monday, July 29 because of the
loud noise coming from the vacuuming
machine.
Tom
McKenna, who will be in
charge of the project in Stratford said, “The noise will be
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Friday, July 26, 2013
Storm
(Continued from page 1)
Most of the residents had
finished the night without electricity so were really not aware
of the havoc the storm had
wreaked in their neighborhoods.
Much of the damage on 102
occurred between Maidstone
and Guildhall. According to Liz
Gamanche, Coordinator of Vt.
Electric Cooperative (VEC),
“188 VEC members were without power in those two towns.”
Ten broken utility poles were
replaced Saturday, but due to
the amount of damage, full
power restoration in this area
was not completed until Sunday.
In New Hampshire, PSNH
dealt with even more outages,
but were also able to begin
work as soon as the storm subsided. Television stations, radio
programs and other media continually predicted a severe
storm, but they had done so in
the days before as well. Nothing much happened earlier in
the week, but this storm was
entirely different. The wind
howled, the rain beat hard
against windows, the thunder
roared, and lightning flashed
well before counting to 10 after
the thunder claps. The next
day, people were asking
whether it was a minor tornado
or perhaps, there were several
micro blasts. One utility worker
said, “This kind of damage occurs when the wind comes from
an unexpected direction, and
the trees can’t withstand the
force.”
Frank Whitney’s home in
Maidstone was surrounded by
large trees everywhere; in fact,
his home seemed to bear the
brunt of the storm’s fury. Practically every tree in his front
yard had been uprooted, and
the sight was truly awe inspiring as he viewed the damage.
Although the trees had fallen
every which way, they had
somehow managed to escape
landing on his well-tended flowers; displaying
Mother Nature’s paradox.
Tom and Edie Gwinn in
Brunswick found their outdoor
grill, which is fairly good sized,
blown across the yard. The
McKenzie family not only lost
electricity, but discovered they
would not have their telephone
service restored until Wednesday, five days later. Since cell
phones do not work in most of
the areas hard hit, the only way
to report the damage for some
people was to get into their vehicles and drive to Lancaster
where they could use their cell
phones. Once there, people
were able to call insurance and
utility companies, friends, and
relatives as well as purchase
lots of ice to help keep their
food safe.
As the week wore on, electricity was restored, phones
were once again in use, and life
returned to normal. One resident’s only comment was,
“Storms seem much wilder than
they were 30 years ago.” Somehow that low-key response
summed up the can-do attitude
of everyone affected by the
storm and its aftermath.
At the home of Ken Knapp and Sandy Mason in Groveton, huge trees toppled over, damaging a fence, but missed nearby buildings. Right
photo: A burned spot on this tree at the Knapp/Mason home shows where it was hit by lightning during the powerful storms last Friday
night. Ken Knapp photos.
Left photo: Trees fell all everywhere but missed the flowers on Frank Whitney's property in Maidstone, Vt. Right photo: Another tree
across Rte. 102 between Guildhall and Brunswick. Road crews were kept busy cleaning up after the storm. Marie Hughes photos.
McCartney
to the show, two large video
screens on either side of the
center stage rolled by with a
tapestry of McCartney’s life and
career from Liverpool to the
Sullivan show and ultimately as
part of what is unquestionable
the most famous quartet in musical history, the Beatles. It also
traced McCartney’s post-Beatle
era with his band Wings while
covers by other musicians of his
songs played from the huge
speakers.
Then finally at 9 p.m.
McCartney emerged on stage,
looking remarkably youthful
given the fact that he is now 71
years old.
We were allowed to bring in
our still camera and video camera to capture highlights of the
show. McCartney served up a
vast array of songs he has been
associated with through the
years, ranging from early Beatle
tunes like “All My Loving” to
deep dish tracks from the Sgt.
Pepper album like “For The
Benefit of Mr. Kite.”
When he sang “Michelle,”
which features French lyrics,
the largely Francophone audience gave a audible sound of
approval that rang across the
plains. “How’s my French?”
McCartney asked, repeatedly
breaking into halting French to
Left photo: Early Tuesday some 10 buses left Lac-Megantic with 900 citizens of the town heading to Quebec City as guests of Paul
McCartney and the promoter, 3E Event. In recognition of the tragedy that befell the Quebec community when a train exploded in the
town recently, the residents were given free admission to McCartney’s concert. CBC image. Right photo: Video clip filmed by Chronicle
Editor Charlie Jordan at the concert (see more in this week’s Video News of the Week). McCartney dedicated “Let It Be” to the people of
Lac-Megantic.
Left photo: Former Beatle Paul McCartney’s concert in Quebec City on Tuesday was part of his “Out There” tour. Right photo: An estimated crowd of 45,000 were on hand for McCartney’s three-hour concert at the Plains of Abraham in the historic section of Quebec City.
Charles Jordan photos.
McCartney
assure the audience that this
next song is “pour vous.”
About two thirds through the
concert, Sir Paul said, “We have
some very special guests who’ve
come tonight” and he completed
the sentence in French announcing that he would like to
dedicate the next song to the
people of Lac-Megantic. Then
the familiar open chords of “Let
It Be” filled the air.
McCartney’s show had it all,
even pyrotechnics during his
“Live And Let Die.” A moving
tribute to George Harrison began with McCartney on ukulele
recalling when he told his former band mate that he had
learn e d Harris on ’s t une
“Something” on the instrument.
A highpoint was near the
conclusion when all hands were
waving in a massive sway as
McCartney led the huge gathering through the second half of
“Hey Jude.”
This is definitely a man who
loves to perform and gave forth
what appears to be a sincere
warmth toward his audience.
He returned for three encores
and the music only finally
stopped three hours after beginning when a sudden and torrential downpour hit at 12 midnight, just as McCartney was
intoning the closing words to
“The End” from the Beatles’
“Abby Road Album.”
For all who attended the concert, and especially the nearly
1,000 people from Lac-Megantic
who made their way back to the
awaiting motorcade of school
buses to take them home, it was
a night to be remembered.
(Editor’s note: See more on
this in the Video News of the
Week at www.colebrookchronicle.com, including
McCartney’s moving tribute to
the people of Lac-Megantic.)
Celina Cass
road from the home. Some claim
she was weighted down and
wrapped in a blanket, but this
has never been confirmed by the
Attorney General’s office. One
thing they have said is for sure,
that Celina’s death was a homicide. And now, two years later,
it remains unresolved.
There are no formal observances planned, However, family and friends have invited others to light a candle tonight in
memory of Celina wherever
anyone might be. It is a time for
a moment of silence to remember the young girl who loved
peace signs and the color purple.
Since Celina’s murder, frustration has grown throughout
the North Country, but especially for Celina’s family: who
killed the young girl and why?
The Chronicle spoke this
week with Assistant Attorney
General Jane Young, who assured us that they continue to
pursue all investigative leads in
the case through the Troop F
state police headquarters in
Twin Mountain—noting that
the investigation is “active” and
has not become a cold case.
“People continue to contact us
and the state police continue to
take information; we have regular contact with the detectives
working on this case, and we
continue to pour over what we
have for information,” Young
told the Chronicle. “Our goal is
to bring the killer or killers to
justice but we want to do that
with evidence that would be
admissible in court.” She added,
“It’s fair to say that in some
cases there’s always rumors,
innuendos, suspicions; but we
have to bring into court direct
evidence of what somebody saw
or heard or touched—not just ‘I
think so-and-so did this.’ We
have to abide by case law and
by the rules of evidence.”
Young said that while no
arrest has been made since Celina was found, it does not mean
no progress is being made with
the investigation. “I know the
community is frustrated, and
the selectmen have sent a letter
to the new Attorney General,
but, just because you don’t see
an arrest doesn’t mean we
aren’t doing all that’s possible to
make that happen,” she said. In
addition, they continue to remain in touch with the family.
“The Attorney General’s office
has continued to remain in contact with the family, and the
victim witness advocate remains in contact with the family as well,” she said. “We are
thinking of the family and have
not forgotten them and certainly have not forgotten Celina. Every day since she went
missing we haven’t forgotten
her. We continue to strategize-what is the best way to solve
this case.” The state police investigators at Troop F include
Detectives Belanger, West and
Cote, and Young said they continue to be in the area following
up on leads which continue to
come into police headquarters.
“We focus our energy on
what we need—we can’t get
hung up on frustration—all of
our focus has to be on what we
have and how can we prove that
and how can we make an arrest,” said Young. “This is not a
cold case because we continue to
work the case—we can’t give
you details because we have to
protect the integrity of this
case—but we have not turned
this over to the cold case unit.”
She said they do not feel they
are at the juncture where investigators are ready to turn the
case over to the cold case unit.
Investigators and the Attorney General’s office continue to
ask that, if anybody has any
information—even a small
piece—it might prove critical to
being able to make an arrest
and conviction in Celina’s murder. “As we have said all along,
call Troop F and talk with Sgt.
Belanger, Sgt. West or Det.
Cote; they are intimately involved with every detail of this
case and have been since the
initial call came in that Celina
was missing,” said Young. (The
Troop F phone number is 8463333.) “We will continue to work
on this case,” said Young. When
we asked if they were ready to
give up on making an arrest,
she said, “Never.”
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Yesterday at about 7 p.m. half of Monadnock Street in Colebrook reportedly lost power after a portion
of a tree fell into the street, cutting off traffic in the process. There were no injuries reported and a
utility crew was on route at dusk to cut power from a live line before a highway crew could move in to
open the street. Charles Jordan photo.
Police, Fire, EMS Reports
This week a reward was offered
for information concerning the
2011 murder of John Labbee,
shown here. Labbee grew up in
Colebrook. Courtesy photo.
JOHN LABBE MURDER
INVESTIGATION ONGOING
N.H. Attorney General Joseph A. Foster, N.H. State Police Colonel Robert L. Quinn,
and Plymouth Police Chief
Stephen Lefebvre announced
this week that they are continuing to seek the public’s assistance with any information relating to the death of John
Labbe in September of 2011.
Labbe’s body was found inside
his workshop at 761 Texas Hill
Road, in Plymouth on Thursday, Sept. 8, 2011. His death
was ruled a homicide as a result
of gunshot wounds. Labbe grew
up in the Colebrook area.
The N.H. State Police and
Plymouth Police Dept. continue
to actively investigate Labbe’s
death, including following-up on
numerous leads and tips. Nonetheless, the public’s help is still
needed. Anyone who may have
knowledge of any circumstances
surrounding John Labbe’s death
is urged to contact the N.H.
State Police-Major Crime Unit
at 223-8826 or 223-3856.
In addition, John Labbe’s
family held a press conference
on Monday, July 22, at 2 p.m. at
the Plymouth Police Dept. The
gathered to announce their offering of a substantial reward
for information that leads to the
arrest and prosecution of the
individual or individuals responsible for John Labbe’s
death. His sister, Carole Noyes,
announced that there was now
a $10,000 reward that leads to
an arrest and conviction in the
case.
Labbe and his six brothers
and sisters were raised in Colebrook. He was a 1975 graduate
of Colebrook Academy. In May
2010, Labbe filed a sex abuse
lawsuit against the Catholic
diocese alleging that the Rev.
George St. Jean sexually abused
him during the 1960s when St.
Jean was serving at St. Brendan’s Church in the 1960s.
Labbe said that Rev. St. Jean
sexually assaulted him 100
times. Labbe’s suit was the second one against St. Jean. The
first—which is from another
Colebrook man—alleges that
when he was 11 years St. Jean
assaulted him. A third man,
from Lowell, Mass., has claimed
that he, too, was sexually assaulted by St. Jean. There is no
indication one way or another
that Labbe’s murder was in any
way connected to the lawsuit.
Labbe was born in West
Stewartstown and at one time
worked at the Balsams Hotel in
Dixville Notch. He settled in
Plymouth after leaving Colebrook and attended Plymouth
State College.
45TH PARALLEL EMS
The coverage area of the
45th Parallel EMS now includes
many miles of ATV trails, and
visitors and residents of the
area are enjoying this recreational activity.
It is recommended that riders use motorcycle or other motorized sports
helmets that are certified by the
U.S. Dept. of Transportation
(DOT) and/or the Snell Memorial Foundation (Snell). Other
important protective equipment
to wear while riding an ATV
includes: over-the-ankle boots,
goggles, gloves, and long pants
and long sleeved shirt. We hope
everyone rides safety and has
an enjoyable experience.
The following is the activity
report for July 14-20:
On July 14, at 6:32 a.m., the
department responded to Canaan, Vt., for a medical emer-
gency. At 7:33 a.m., the department responded to Colebrook
for a medical emergency.
On July 15, at 10:41 a.m.,
the department responded to
UCVH for a transfer to Weeks
Medical Center. At 6:13 p.m.,
the department responded to
Lemington, Vt., for a medical
emergency.
department responded to Colebrook for a motor vehicle collision. At 10:55 a.m., the department responded to Colebrook
for a medical emergency. At
4:59 p.m., the department responded to UCVH for a transfer
to DHMC. At 9:02 p.m., the department responded to Columbia for a medical emergency.
department responded to Lemington, Vt., for a medical emergency. At 11:10 a.m., the department responded to Columbia for a medical emergency. At
12:45 a.m., the department responded to UCVH for a transfer
to Androscoggin Valley Hospital. At 2:26 p.m., the department responded to Androscoggin Valley Hospital for a transfer to UCVH. At 4:18 p.m., the
department responded to
Beecher Falls, Vt., for fire
standby. At 6:56 p.m., the department responded to UCVH
for a transfer to DHMC. At
7:27 p.m., the department responded to Pittsburg for a medical emergency.
department responded to Colebrook for a medical emergency.
At 6:52 p.m., the department
responded to Stewartstown for a
lift assist. At 12:16 a.m., the
department responded to UCVH
for a transfer to DHMC. At 9:45
p.m., the department responded
to UCVH for a transfer to
DHMC.
department responded to Pittsburg for a medical emergency.
At 7:48 a.m., the department
responded to Colebrook for a
medical emergency.
At 5:42
p.m., the department responded
to Stewartstown for a medical
emergency. At 10:54 p.m., the
department responded to Pittsburg for a medical emergency.
On July 20, at 4:15 p.m., the
department responded to Stewartstown for a medical emergency.
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View From The
45th Parallel
The Way We Were...
Paul McCartney on stage during his opening song on Tuesday in
Quebec City. Charles Jordan photo.
Paul McCartney And The People Of
Lac-Megantic—A Very Special Night
My generation grew up with the Beatles and the opportunity to see Paul McCartney when he performed
above the border this week was something I just couldn’t pass up. I bought my ticket a few months back and
was gearing up this week for the three-and-a-half hour
drive north to Quebec City when I heard that
McCartney and the promoters of the Quebec event, 3E
Event, decided to offer a very poignant sudden gift to
the people of Lac-Megantic. Lac-Megantic, as we are
sure our readers know by now, is the small community
about two hours north of Colebrook which was devastated when a runaway train loaded with fuel crashed
into the village in the middle of the night and exploded. The latest count of dead is at about 50.
McCartney’s concert, the promoters decided, would
be free to any resident of Lac-Megantic who would like
to be their guest at the Plains of Abraham concert site.
Nearly 1,000 residents took up the offer, arriving on
Tuesday in 10 buses.
When Paul McCartney said about three-quarters of
the way through his concert that he would like to dedicate his next song to some very special guests, and
then he pointed to the section where Lac-Megantic’s
people were, the audience knew this was a special moment indeed. He then went into the familiar opening
piano chords of “Let It Be.”
We’ve heard McCartney’s music over the years in all
sorts of settings. Many call the Beatles’ music “the
soundtrack of our lives.” But this editor will never
hear “Let It Be” again without thinking about a special
night, under the moonlight, in Quebec City, where
45,000 listened in respectful hush as arguably the
greatest living pop performer sang a soothing song to a
beleaguered community—and there was hardly a dry
eye in the place.
Charles J. Jordan
P.O. Box 263 • Colebrook, NH 03576.
Tel. (603) 246-8998
Fax (603) 246-9918
email: [email protected]
web: www.colebrookchronicle.com
Editor: Charles J. Jordan; Publisher: Donna Jordan
Reporter/Photographer: Marie P. Hughes
Reporter/Photographer: Angela Wheeler
Sports Photographer: Tina McKenzie
Canadian Correspondent: Corey Bellam
Colebrook Office Manager/Video Editor: Thomas Jordan
This 1908 postcard shows the railway track as it ran through what it identifies as “Lake Megantia” in
Quebec. It is from the collection of reader Guile Ralph Lavers from the Island Brook region of Quebec.
He tells us that the railway is in the same spot as today and where the tracks split is where the tragic
July 6 crash took place in Lac-Megantic earlier this month. Courtesy Guile Ralph Lavers.
Letters
Dear Editor,
Northern Pass is a disastrous blot on our harmonious
life in New Hampshire. This
will not only ruin our landscape
but also displace a whole trailer
park of people in Campton that
do not have the resources to
relocate. Please help save our
state from this catastrophe.
Robbin Adams, Campton
Mary A. Bohn, Holderness
Ralph Reynolds, Plymouth
Letter to the Editor,
Northern Pass’ new route
includes almost eight miles of
underground lines, and incorporates property acquired by
working with willing landowners. As a North Country resident, this looks like a reasonable compromise. Landowners
have every right to work with
the project, and it’s a shame
that some have been publicly
attacked for doing so.
It seems to me that Northern
Pass did listen to many of the
concerns of North Country residents, and went underground
through parts of Stewartstown
and Clarksville to alleviate
some concerns about view impacts. I think most of us realize
that to go underground for the
entire line would be too expensive, but putting some of the
line underground shows good
faith. I was also pleased to see
the tower height in the White
Mountain National Forest, and
other places along the route,
reduced to a more common
height of 85 to 95 feet. And everyone should remember that
Northern Pass’ WMNF crossing
would go through an existing
right-of-way that already has
transmission lines through it.
This is not virgin, pristine wilderness.
In my opinion, the most significant improvement in the
recently announced plan is the
increased property tax revenue
statewide (approximately $28
million/year). It’s my understanding that additional tax
revenue for Coos County towns
alone will be $8.5 million/year.
This amount of money will go a
long way towards replacing the
tax revenue lost from the mills
that formally dotted our landscape. Increased tax revenue
from corporations and businesses are important for the
towns if we want to keep and
maintain our high quality
schools and provide other town
services. Maintaining our
schools and infrastructure as
homeowners—without business
tax revenue—is not sustainable
over the long-term.
I also expect that the Northern Pass will provide much
needed jobs in the North Country. Some may say these jobs
are short-term construction
jobs, but a short term job is better than none, and our region
has been plagued with a job
shortage with since the closing
of the mills (over six years ago!).
It’s amazing to me how people
suddenly discount the value of a
construction job when it involves a development they oppose—but welcome construction
jobs on developments they support. Those who work in the
construction industry make
their living off jobs that end
when a development is com-
plete. Then they move on to
another “short term” construction job on another new development. No construction job is
permanent—but all are valuable.
One should take a minute to
realize that PSNH/Northern
Pass didn’t just go with the
route that best served them. It
appears to me that when the
North
Country
talked
(sometimes pretty loudly), the
utility listened and made compromises to try and meet concerns. I think it would be wise
for the towns in Coos to work
with PSNH and channel some
of the negative into positive so
that our county can move forward and stop the steady six to
seven years ago. Northern Pass
is looking for ways to help improve our North Country
through communities that want
to take advantage of the opportunity. Let’s at least have an
open mind and talk to them—
and maybe take them up on
their offer.
David Atkinson
Lancaster
Dear Editor,
To the people of Stewartstown, New Hampshire, Please
Don’t Do It! For the sake of
those living south of Franconia
Notch who are in the path of
the proposed Northern Pass
transmission lines, please don’t
sell your land to Northern Pass.
You have the power to stop this
project dead in its tracks and
save New Hampshire’s scenic
landscape from an incurable
scar.
Letters
Please. We need you to stay
strong on behalf of your fellow
New Hampshire residents.
Thank you in advance,
Sandra Jones
Holderness
Letter to the Editor:
Where is our town pride?
Last week we walked our Governor’s husband, Tom Hassan
as well as our State Senators
and Representatives, U.S.
Senators’ and Congressmen’s
Representatives, and citizens
down our streets. There is
grass from everyone that mows
their lawns, dirt from lack of
hand sweeping by our Public
Works crew as well as piles of
rocks around light poles and
fire hydrants.
Do others notice the filth of
our streets? The conditions of
many of our sidewalks are deplorable and need repair. The
Garden Club and many of the
merchants have adored our
downtown with beautiful flowers—thank you all for that, it
helps to make people look up
and not see the filth.
Recently I took a list to our
elected officials that several
had asked me to address. The
response was that the solution
was for me not to wear sandals
when walking on the sidewalks—rather I should wear
sneakers! I sent them a bill for
sneakers. They also stated that
they would give a copy of the
complaints to the Director of
our Public Works.
You would have thought
that maybe they had the pride
and sense to realize that the
Fourth of July was coming with
many visitors on our streets, as
well as Mr. Hassan visiting our
town as well. If the whole Public Works is busy on our 26
miles of gravel roads, the solution should be to hire Vershire,
as our Town Manager had suggested. The downtown is a vital part of our economy. To promote tourism here we need
clean, safe streets to walk on, it
looks like everyone is saying
“To heck with it”—if the Town
doesn’t care, why should we?
Do you feel like I do? Call
the Town Office and let them
know!
Sandra Riendeau
Colebrook
Letter to the Editor:
New Hampshire and Maine
have recently been dragged into
a fight over a controversial
pipeline project half a continent
away. Environmental paranoia
could mean fewer jobs, higher
energy price, and the end of one
of New England’s most responsible businesses.
Town
GROVETON
SELECTBOARD
One of the main items of
business for the Groveton Selectmen at their Monday, July
22 meeting was to publicly
thank the police and ambulance
personnel as well as the town
employees for the excellent way
they all handled the Friday evening storm and its aftermath.
As in many areas, Groveton
suffered many uprooted trees
and wind damage, but response
to residents’ needs were quickly
and efficiently addressed.
Chairman Barry Colebank said,
“On behalf of the selectmen, I
want to commend everyone for
the good job that was done on
Friday and Saturday. I also
want to thank the utility crews
for their many hours of work in
restoring electricity.” Colebank
also said the emergency created
during the storm will allow everyone to evaluate how each
department operated, and everyone involved will review what
went right and what could have
worked better. This process will
then be put into practice for the
next emergency which might
occur.
Since the town cemetery suffered several downed trees,
Terri Charron, Cemetery Trustee, asked the selectmen what
to do about the damage. They
told her to get estimates for
clean-up, but instead, on
Wednesday, July 24, the town
crew was able to clean up the
cemetery, so that issued was
resolved.
During the meeting, the se-
lectmen gave the new cell tower
road the official name of “Morse
Mountain Summit” which was
necessary for 911 emergencies.
Also, the selectmen voted to no
longer withhold taxes from Vermont employees, thereby making any one who works in New
Hampshire, but resides in Vermont responsible for paying
Vermont’s income tax.
The
Board disclosed the architect’s
feasibility report about renovating the Paper Board building for
town offices which says the project is a viable one, and it
should proceed as planned. In
the report, the architect did not
plan for the second floor because the funds allocated would
only be sufficient for the first
floor.
Even though the estimate
came in higher than the budgeted amounts, Mike Phillips
said, “We can get it done and
make intelligent choices as we
do it.” There is more detail
work to do, but the estimates
are all preliminary, and the
Board needs to let USDA know
if the work is feasible, and can
now say that it is.
The Board tabled a request
from John Nugent for three
signs on the building he is renovating until it looks into matter
to see if the signs will meet all
the town requirement, and if
they do, the selectmen will then
sign the permits. The largest
sign will read, “Nugent and
Sons, Building Supplies, Hardware, and Deli.” All three signs
will be lit.
—Marie P. Hughes
The Portland-Montreal Pipeline runs 236 miles from Portland, Maine, through northern
New Hampshire, and up to
Montreal. Since 1941, it has
carried over 168 billion gallons
of various grades of crude oil
from tankers docked in Portland
to the refineries in Montreal.
Portland Pipe Line Corporation
has won numerous national
awards for worker safety, environmental safety and maritime
protection. But after 72 years of
delivering energy, jobs, and
taxes, the Portland-Montreal
Pipeline has been targeted by
national environmental groups.
What these groups really
oppose is Phase 4 of the Keystone Pipeline, known as Keystone XL. The first two phases
of Keystone are up and running,
and the third will come online
later this year. But the final
stage, 1,179 miles of pipeline
connecting oil fields in Alberta,
Montana, and North Dakota to
the Gulf Coast refineries, has
drawn fierce opposition from
environmentalists.
Only recently has it become
commercially viable to extract
crude oil and natural gas from
the oil sand formations in Alberta and from shale deposits in
Montana and North Dakota.
Bringing that oil to market created the North Dakota economic
boom, one of the few states to
see rapid growth through the
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Education
“MRS. M”—
GROVETON BOOSTER
Bev McFarland, known affectionately to staff and students
alike at GHS as “Mrs. M”, was
born Beverly Macguire in Stark
in 1934. For her elementary
school years, she attended a
country school in Crystal. She
attended Groveton High School
starting in 1949. She met her
f u t u r e h u s ba n d W i l l a r d
McFarland at Groveton High
School and they were married
in 1955. They had one son,
Billy, who grew up and graduated from GHS himself. Mrs. M
now has two grandchildren that
live in Groveland, Mass.: Andrew, 12, is a sports enthusiast,
and Emily, 14, is an accomplished and passionate dancer.
Mrs. M has always been an
active member of the Groveton
community. She was very involved in the Booster Club
while Billy was in school. She
was also active with the Methodist Church including teaching
Sunday school. In addition,
from about 1982 until the late
’90s, Mrs. M was instrumental
in starting up and supervising
the Eagle’s Nest, an arcade/
game room that served as a safe
place for the Groveton youth to
congregate and socialize. As a
result of her many years of volunteer efforts and good citizenship, Mrs. McFarland was once
named Citizen of the Year and
received a Grange award for
Community Service.
Mrs. McFarland has been
working at Groveton High
school for almost 30 years. Besides all of the service she had
done through the Booster Club
and as a parent of a GHS stu-
Bev McFarland, affectionately known as “Mrs. M.” Courtesy photo.
dent, she began working as a
substitute teacher. For the past
few years, Mrs. M mostly
worked in the ISS (in school
suspension) room. But, in a
pinch, Mrs. M would still work
as a substitute. Due to budget
constraints in March of this
year, the ISS position was cut,
so Mrs. M’s long run at GHS
was cut one year short of the 30
years of service she was planning on serving at GHS.
Mrs. M is currently living at
the Morrison Nursing Home in
Whitefield, where she is recuperating and getting physical
therapy after sustaining a knee
injury.
We, the staff at Groveton
High School would like to wish
Bev a speedy recovery and also
to thank her for all her dedicated years to the school, students and staff. We will miss
you.
—submitted by
Groveton High School
STRATFORD SUMMER
READING PROGRAM
Stratford Public Library will
be hosting a summer reading
program for pre-school to Grade
8 students during the month of
August. This will consist of
reading and an activity on the
first four Saturdays of August
(the 3rd, 10th, 17th and 24th).
This year’s theme is “Dig into
Reading,” and will feature activities based on dinosaurs,
caves and more.
It will take place at the library located in the Grand
Trunk Railroad Station at 10
a.m. and will last about an
hour. Prizes will be awarded at
the end of August. Please plan
to come a little early the first
time so that everyone can be
registered.
For more information, contact Librarian Tracy Kostka at
922-9016.
Outdoors
FREE INTRODUCTION TO
FISHING CLASS AUG. 2
Calling all want-to-be anglers. The N.H. Fish and Game
Department’s “Let’s Go Fishing” Program, the Umbagog
National Wildlife Refuge, and
the N.H. Division of Parks and
Recreation are teaming up to
give you the opportunity to find
out all you need to know about
fishing. This one-day introduction to fishing program will be
held on Friday, Aug. 2, from 9
a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Umbagog
Lake Campground, Route 26 in
Cambridge.
The class is open to anyone,
however, those 16 and under
must be accompanied by an
adult. Reserve your spot by
contacting the Umbagog National Wildlife Refuge, at 4823415, ext. 115. The class is free,
and registration is first-come,
first-served. Space is limited so
call now to reserve your
spot. All equipment and materials will be provided. You do not
need to have a fishing license to
participate.
The morning will be spent at
the campground, learning about
equipment, safety, knot tying,
fish identification, basic ecology
and different casting techniques. In the afternoon we will
head out on the boats to put
your newly learned skills to the
test!
New Hampshire Fish and
Game’s “Let's Go Fishing” program has taught thousands of
children and adults to be safe,
ethical and successful anglers.
Find out more at http://
www.fishnh.com/Fishing/
lets_go_fishing_class_schedule.
htm. The program is federally
funded through the Sport Fish
Restoration Program.
At Tuesday’s walkthrough at the Stratford Railroad Bridge meeting
discussing the buildup of creosote were John Rega, NH DES; Blake
Jones; Manager of Genessee and Wyoming RR; Andre Lapalme,
Quebec RR engineer; Tom McKenna, general manager St. Lawrence RR. Marie Hughes photo.
before any decisions could be
made.
The work will not affect the
train schedules according to
McKenna who said, “We will
put the track together every
day, and will slow the train
speeds down by 10 miles an
hour.” One other aspect of the
repair work will be testing the
soil. There is no definite time
for that yet, but that process
will also be very noisy.
Information about the project
will be posted regularly on the
DES web site, and also overseen
by Michael Nalipinski, EPA
Region 1, Federal on-Scene Coordinator. Once the old ties are
removed, they will be sent to
Rumford, Maine, where they
will be burnt at the bio-mass
facility. The new railroad ties
will secure the bridge deck for
30 to 40 years, and the river
underneath the bridge will no
longer be contaminated.
Isabeau Concert
In this photo supplied by Bill Schomburg dated winter 2009, the
black creosote residue can be seen falling from the track onto the
white snow below. Courtesy photo.
Stratford Bridge
very loud for the first week of
work, but will only be during
the daylight hours of 7:30 a.m.
to 4 p.m. After that, we will be
removing 20 to 30 ties each
day.”
Blake Jones, Genesee and
Wyoming RR, manager of the
project, said, “We were made
aware of the creosote problem
last April, and although I manage six railroads, I have never
encountered this problem before.” John Regan of N.H. Dept.
of Environmental Services
(DES) told the assembled group,
“The work will first begin on the
west side of the channel and
will take place in stages. According to reports we received
the ties were replaced in 2007,
and had been over saturated
with creosote, but we were not
aware of that. They were purchased from a company in West
Virginia which is no longer in
business. Since the creosote
began leaking almost immediately, the ties were then
wrapped with a protective material in 2009, but unfortunately that did not stop the
seepage of creosote into the
river. Bill Schomburg from the
Headwaters Committee sent us
pictures of the black ice and
snow at 14 degrees; we met in
April to discuss how to fix the
problem, and acted quickly.
Therefore, we will begin next
week.”
Five hundred ties need to be
replaced, and they will be done
with correctly treated ties at the
rate of 20 to 30 a day. Work
should be complete by September according to Blake Jones.
However, Bill Schomburg said,
“My concerns are DES doesn't
know if they will issue a fine to
St. Lawrence and Atlantic
(SLA) for their years of creosote
pollution. They don't know if
they will seek mitigation for the
years of environmental damage.
Further, DES and the SLA,
could not comment about the
possible negative health effects
of breathing creosote. Their
main answer seemed to be ‘We
don't know.’ I feel very strongly
that fines should be imposed for
the years of air, water, and land
pollution, and that mitigation is
a must.”
In further comments, Schomburg stated, “If there are private water supplies (wells) in
the area, the water should be
tested to see if creosote has
been introduced into wells. Also,
SLA RR personnel said the rails
are inspected weekly. If this is
so, why wasn't the impact of
creosote on land, water, air,
structures and ice noted? In
other words, why did the RR
company allow this when
weekly inspections would have
shown the pollution as ongoing?”
Locals told Schomburg of
seeing discolored birds, fouled
by creosote. One person mentioned a woodpecker with an
oily black sheen. People living
near the tracks noted their
throats were sore with the
smell, and they had to go inside
and close their windows most
days. However, no one at the
meeting was ready to comment
on those issues, and further
study would need to be done
Isabeau and the Gold Diggers take their music from the
source of the mountain roots
music, song and folk of Quebec.
On record and on stage, the
quintet keeps the aura of truth
that sticks so well to the genre.
Loosely based on the folk tradition, Isabeau and the Gold Diggers offer its own adventure
with Country Music. It reveals
a personal universe background
of romance, travel and everyday
life. Carried by the vocal harmonies, mandolin or violin, the
band’s music is timeless. It has
to move, stomp and dance. It
easily goes from pleasure to
tears listening to these songs
sewn by hand, carried by the
frank and nuanced voice of Isabel Valois. Think Old Timey
music with a Quebecois/
Acadian/Cajun twist.
The band is being featured in
a TV Ontario (TVO) documentary about an artist’s life on the
road and the behind the scenes
look at touring internationally.
A four-member film crew will be
filming during the concerts in
Colebrook and in Maine, including at the Tillotson Center.
The Tillotson Center is on
Rte. 26, next to the Colebrook
Post Office. Tickets for the concert are $15 and can be purchased in advance at Fiddleheads on Main Street in Colebrook and at the door the night
of the concert. For more information on this and other upcoming GNWCA concerts, call
237-9302 or 246-8998, as well as
visit the arts organization’s
website at www.gnwca.org.
And don’t forget that this
coming Monday is the great
Newfoundland sound of the Ennis Sisters, who will also be
playing at the Tillotson Center
under the auspices of the
GNWCA. Other upcoming
shows include the Charlie
A’Court blues band on Aug. 25,
Scottish fiddler Alasdair Fraser
accompanied by cellist Natalie
Haas on Sept. 17 and the return
of the Ottawa Valley’s own
April Verch on Sept. 23. All
shows these shows are scheduled for the Tillotson Center in
Colebrook (www.tillotsoncenter.org.)
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ENNIS AT TILLOTSON
CENTER ON MONDAY
Just a reminder that a night
of sweet vocals and songs of the
sea are in store for those who
come to next Monday’s concert
by the group Ennis at the Tillotson Center.
Roots/traditional music, folk
and songs of the sea will define
a concert featuring the Ennis
sisters, Karen and Maureen,
from Newfoundland, Canada,
who will perform at Center beginning at 7 p.m. The concert is
hosted by the Great North
Woods Committee for the Arts.
The songs of Ennis tell stories of life in the Maritimes and
its people. The lyrics by Maureen Ennis from the song “John
William” speak of the lineage
into which she and her sister,
Karen, were born in Newfoundland.
The sisters have released six
CDs as the Ennis Sisters and
now simply Ennis and are
poised to release its follow-up to
the award-winning album,
“Lessons Learned.”
“Music has always been such
a big part of our lives,” said
Maureen. “As long as we’re able
to maintain the passion that we
have for playing live, we’ll continue to produce the kind of
music that people expect from
us at our shows.”
Tickets for the concert by the
Ennis sisters are $15 and now
on sale at Fiddleheads, 110
Main St. in Colebrook and at
the door on the night of the concert. For more on this and other
GNWCA concerts, visit
www.gnwca.org or call 237-9302
or 246-8998.
CRAG SUMMER
ART CLASSES
The Connecticut River Artisan Group (CRAG) is making a
concerted effort to reach out to
the youth in the North Country
who are interested in the visual
arts. We are conducting a summer art class for young people
from 2-5 p.m. at the Tillotson
Center starting Monday, Aug. 5,
2013, and ending Friday, Aug.
23, 2013.
Students will have an opportunity to exhibit their works of
art at the CRAG exhibit during
the Moose Festival. They will
also participate in the Old
Home Day art show in Pittsburg and visit the CRAG gallery
at Fiddleheads.
The class size is limited so
please register ASAP by contacting Nicole Jeralds at 5389934 or [email protected].
MOHAWK GRANGE
On July 15, five brothers,
eight sisters and a guest met for
their monthly meeting. Ann
Woodard read the minutes of
the previous meeting. The charter was draped in memory of
Bradford Brooks. Lynda Gaudette said the next American
Red Cross Blood Bank will be
Aug. 19.
The Grangers applauded
MaryAnn Neary for the July
4th float in memory of Brad
Brooks. The electric water
heater has been installed and
the emergency light has been
replaced. The Grange has been
invited to Aurora Grange’s picnic on Aug. 7 at the home of
Eddie and Chip Evart’s at 6
p.m. Bring a chair, a salad or
dessert to share and your meat
you want grilled.
A thank you card from Eric
Hand and Scott Neary was read
by Ann Woodard. Dean
Woodard Neary was installed as
the Treasurer for the rest of the
year. MaryAnn Neary tested
the Granger’s memories with a
game pertaining to a certain
grade, who was your teacher
and what did you have for
lunch? For example cold, hot,
home or P.B. and J. Russell and
Ann serve a delicious lunch
topped off with ice cream sundaes.
The next meeting is August
5. MaryAnn and Dean are the
lunch committee. The program
is Women’s Activities.
GROVETON REC
CARNIVAL AND LUAU
The fun gets under way Aug.
14 at the Groveton pool with a
free carnival that begins at 1
p.m. and will feature a dunk
tank, a bouncy house, various
games, snow cones, cotton
candy and more.
The WoW Express will be on
site and will be showing off
their “Watershed on Wheels,”
giving parents and children an
opportunity to experience and
learn about the Connecticut
River watershed in a fun and
exciting way.
Soon after the action from
the carnival ends, the Luau
Pool Party begins. Come enjoy
one of the last days of the summer heat with good friends,
great food and summer tunes.
The admission cost for adults is
$5, $3 for children 4-12, and
children three and under are
free. Admission includes a day
pass for the pool, a full meal
with your choice of a burger or
hot dog, and a chance to build
your own sundae at our dessert
table.
The carnival will be held
from 1-4:30 p.m. and will be
followed by the Luau pool party
from 5-9 p.m.
COOS COUNTY
NURSING HOSPITAL
With the warm temperatures
and everyone winding down
from a busy day at the family
picnic on Sunday, residents took
time to rest with quiet morning
visits. But by Monday afternoon
a large group of residents gathered for a friendly competition
of ladder ball.
On Tuesday residents made
placemats with a fish theme in
preparation of their upcoming
monthly themed birthday bash.
Wednesday, Washington, D.C.
was the topic of discussion.
Residents looked at pictures
and talked about the sights/
memorials in Washington they
have visited or would like to
visit.
There was a three way tie for
black-out at Bingo this week.
Alice Covill, Eva Stevens and
Ellen Jordan split the winnings.
SCU residents had band practice, watched an Elvis movie,
made soda bottle bells and
Sisters Karen and Maureen Ennis from Newfoundland will perform at Tillotson Center in Colebrook
beginning at 7 p.m. The concert is hosted by the Great North Woods Committee for the Arts. Tickets
are $15 and now on sale. Courtesy photo.
cooled off with snow cones this
week. They finished their week
by having a picnic lunch on Friday. Everyone enjoyed a watermelon social on the patio on
Saturday.
NORTHUMBERLAND
PUBLIC LIBRARY
Mark your calendar for
Thursday, Aug. 1, 2013, at 3
p.m. to come and see “Animal
Excavators” at the Northumberland Town Hall meeting room
at 10 Station Square in Groveton.
The Northumberland Public
Library’s Summer Reading Program has invited the Squam
Lakes Natural Science Center
to put on a program about the
world beneath our feet as the
finale. This program will feature live animals, engaging
visuals, and hands-on materials
to help you learn the variety of
ways that digging below the
surface has it’s advantages for
life underground. It will run for
approximately 45 minutes.
Call the Northumberland
Public Library at 636-2066 if
you have any questions.
CANAAN SENIORS NEWS
After dinner on Wednesday
the Canaan Seniors enjoyed
Bingo. The winners were Celine
Chaloux, Glenn Perry, Georgette St. Pierre, Louisette
Thibeault, with Yvonne Burrill
winning the Blackout game.
The 50/50 winners were Germaine Turgeon and Theresa
Merrill. Winning free meals
were Francoise Bohan and
Theresa Merrill.
Next week (July 31) will be
the monthly penny sale and
birthday celebration with soup,
assorted sandwiches, pickles
and chips, birthday cake and ice
-cream for dessert on the menu.
For reservations, call Dencie
Cunningham at (802) 266-8206,
on or before 10 a.m. on Tuesday.
PERMITS OK’d FOR ATVS
ON COOS STATE HWYS.
In an effort to enable ATV
riders to reach fuel, lodging and
restaurants in Coos County,
Governor Hassan and the New
Hampshire Bureau of Trails
announced the approval of permits allowing off-road vehicles
to travel on state highways.
“Allowing off-road vehicles to
travel on state highways will
help make New Hampshire’s
unparalleled ATV-riding experiences an even greater success,”
Governor Hassan said. “This
will make more trails accessible
to riders, helping drive business
to shops, restaurants and other
properties in Coos County and
Norma and Donald Gray’s Victorian style home in Canaan was the scene of a “Victorian Gathering” on
July 21, 2013. People got together to enjoy music, food, socializing and an art exhibit by Amy Kindler.
Amy is an artist from Rochester who shared her paintings with the group. Courtesy photo.
Community News
Last Saturday morning approximately 20 volunteers gathered at the Rec Park in Canaan for an organized volunteer day. Many new exciting things are happening at the Rec Park, including a new
shuffleboard, more electrical outlets, new playground equipment aimed at smaller kids and a new
swing set by the gazebo. Pictured are Diana Rancourt, Noreen Labrecque, Renee Marchesseault,
Skyler Brown and Averill Herr working on the new shuffleboard. Angela Wheeler photo.
strengthening our travel and
tourism economy.”
In preparation for the Jericho ATV Festival, which runs
July 26 and 27 at Jericho
Mountain State Park in Berlin,
crews from the Bureau of Trails
will install temporary signs
along US Route 2 and state
Route 16 in Gorham, as well as
along Bridge Street in Colebrook and Main Street in Stewartstown.
The Gorham sections of
highway will make riding available from Jericho Mountain
State Park and the Ride the
Wilds’ Coos Loop directly to
motels and restaurants in Gorham and allow local residents
direct trail access from certain
town roads.
“This will enable riders to
come off the trails and into
these communities, where they
can fill up with gas, get something to eat or spend the night,”
said Christopher Gamache,
chief of the Bureau of Trails.
He said he expects the signs
to be installed by Thursday. The
Dept. of Transportation will
install permanent signs next
month.
Off-road vehicles will have to
ride in the travel lane, with
traffic, and operate at posted
highway speeds, Gamache said.
“Riding on the highway is
going to be a new experience for
OHRV users and riders, and
motorists need to be aware of
one another,” Gamache said.
“This is a tremendous step forward to connecting existing trail
-riding opportunities in Coos
County, but we want to make
sure that the existing motorists
and the OHRV riders coexist
safely on the roads, so paying
attention to signs will be extremely important.”
Cooperation between local
businesses, OHRV clubs, local
communities and state and federal agencies “have worked very
well together this year to make
these improvements to turn
Coos County into an OHRV des-
tination.”
The Trails Bureau website,
as well as municipal websites
and OHRV sites, will be updated with the road routes and
conditions for use early next
week.
For more information, call
271-3254 or visit www.nhtrails.org.
BACKCOUNTRY RETREAT
FOR WOMEN SEPT. 27-29
Vermont Outdoors Woman is
sponsoring a weekend retreat
for adventurous women 18
years and older in Canaan,
Vt., Sept. 27-29, 2013.
Participants will be staying
at Jackson's Lodge and Log
Cabins, a 54-year family tradition providing heated lakefront
cabins on beautiful Lake Wallace. Jackson’s Cafe is a local
favorite for homemade breakfast and baked goods (including
gluten free). Proprietor Gloria
Jackson is pulling out all the
stops to make this the best Fall
A large group of talented and enthusiastic participants recently started out their morning on the right
foot (pun intended) with good music and dancing at the Community Hall in Pittsburg. They also did
some Tae Kwon Do with Renald Mathieu of Mathieu’s Martial Arts studio. The Pittsburg summer
recreation program has been a fun summer program for the kids. Credit goes to Wanda Merrill and
Nicole Jeralds for their dedication to the community. Courtesy photo.
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Doe Camp ever. Don’t miss the
moose barbeque on Saturday
evening.
www.jacksonslodgevt.net
With over 35 different
classes taught by our passionate
and experienced instructors,
campers choose from a list of
popular classes that include:
Mountain Biking, Firearms
(Muzzleloader, Handgun, Rifle
and Shotgun) Marksmanship
and Safety, Fly Fishing, Wild
Edibles, Archery, Kayaking,
Birding, Wilderness Survival,
Nature and Personal Self Defense. New this year are Self
Defense, Pickling and Making
Wild Game Meat Pies, Hunter
Ed, Turkey Hunting and Calling, Panning for Gold, Maple
Sugaring, Stand Up Paddle
Boarding, Introduction to
Primitive Biathlon, Identification and Healing Capacity of
Trees and a nine-hour Handgun
Personal Defense Course. Between classes there will be ample free time to explore or just
relax on the sandy beach and
the evening campfire is always
popular. Early morning classes
Winners of the Great North Woods Riders ATV Obstacle Challenge held last weekend in Pittsburg: from the left, Bob Crunkshank, Steve
Aiken, Todd Borders, Tim Barstow, David Newman, Cody Phillipan, Aaron Lord, Brad Noyes and Sandra Perech. Courtesy photo.
include yoga and birding.
Don’t miss the opportunity to
receive affordable outdoor education in a stress-free, supportive environment. Cost for the
weekend program is $349. Discounts are available for daily
drive ins, camping, mother/
daughter teams and girlfriend
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groups of three or more.
Sponsored in part by Jackson’s Lodge, Vermont Fish and
Wildlife, Vermont Outdoor
Guide Association and Waitsfield Telecom. Organizers are
also accepting new sponsors.
For more information, visit
www.voga.org/fall_doe_camp.htm.
FOOD PRESERVATION
WORKSHOPS AUG. 6
There will be a Food Preservation Workshops on Aug. 6 in
Berlin. Tomatoes have taken
over flower gardens, beans are
sprouting next to the bee balm
and more lawns and backyards
are now filled with vegetables.
Even small gardens can produce an overabundance of vege-
tables at the peak of their harvest season. Preserving the
overflow can help you store high
-quality food for later use.
Do you know what to do?
Canning, freezing and drying
are the main methods of preserving homegrown, or locally
grown, food. The method(s) you
choose depend on whether you
can find safe preservation
guidelines for the foods you
want to preserve, whether you
have the equipment and space
needed to process and store
your garden crops, how much it
will cost, and whether you and
your family like the preserved
products.
Whether you are preserving
food for the first time or have
many years of experience, it is
important to make sure you are
using current, research-based
methods and recipes.
Join UNH Cooperative Extension this summer at one of
the following home food preservation workshops: at WREN,
921 Main St., Berlin, NH. Aug.
6, either in the morning 9- 11,
or early evening 6-8 p.m.
Ann Hamilton, Extension
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Field Specialist, will cover the
latest research-based methods
and recipes, answer questions,
and share experiences about
these topics: an overview of preserving food safely at home,
jams, jellies, pickles, canning
fruits and vegetables, freezing,
and drying food.
Pre-registration is required:
Contact Betty Lou Canty at 447
-3834, 1-800-322-4166 or email
her at [email protected]. Registration fee: $5
per person; pay at the door.
CLOTHING AND
BACKPACK GIVEAWAY
On Saturday, Aug. 24, from 9
a.m. to 5 p.m., the Coos County
Partners in Health Family
Council will be hosting its seventh annual Clothing and Backpack Giveaway.
This free event will be held
at the Lancaster Town Hall and
Roxanne Herres’ photos are
currently on display at the Tillotson Center in Colebrook.
Courtesy photo.
Left photo: Paula Olsen was on hand selling T-shirts in Pittsburg last Saturday at the Second Annual Great North Woods Riders ATV
Club's Pittsburg Off-Road ATV Obstacle Challenge on Back Lake Road. Right photo: This year's obstacle course drew in about 20 contestants who had to navigate their ATVs over rocks, logs, tires and through the mud to try and score the best time. Pictured is Paul Lang,
who was competing in the 601 cc and up division and completed the course in just two minutes and 37 seconds. Angela Wheeler photos.
is offered to residents of Coos
County and surrounding areas.
You can expect to find free infants, children’s, women’s, and
men’s clothing as well as house
wares, books and more. This
event will also provide backpacks with school supplies to
the first 500 children who attend the event in person and
express a need.
Donations may be dropped
off at the Town Hall on Wednesday, Aug. 21 and Thursday,
Aug. 22, from 12 noon-6 p.m.
This event is sponsored by
the Coos County Partners in
Health Family Council, Child
and Family Services, Baby
Threads of Laconia NH, Community Members, Passumpsic
Savings Bank and Citizen’s
Bank “Gear for Grades”. For
more information, contact Joyce
Bernier the Partners in Health
Family Support Coordinator, at
788-4172 or via email at
[email protected].
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Kiwanis Club Of Colebrook Brings Circus To Town
Photos by Angela Wheeler
Both showings of the Walker International Circus held in Colebrook last Friday were packed full, a
little stormy weather didn't stop all the action.
Left photo: At just 20 years old this young man really knows how
to put on a balancing act. Right photo: Catia Meluzzi wowed the
masses with her breathtaking aerial acts.
Ushering in people at the entrance of the circus were these Kiwanian clowns: Joe Anderson, Clay
Hinds, John Falconer, Donald Dickson and Jim Reynolds.
Arlyn Dorman got a chance to ride one of the camels during the show's intermission.
This talented duo really brought juggling to new heights last Friday during the circus show held at the Industrial Park in Colebrook.
Around The Region
“LES MISERABLES” OPENS
AT WEATHERVANE
The massive and popular
musical “Les Miserables” swept
onto
the
Weathervane
Mainstage on July 23.
The popularity of this incredibly well-crafted musical
retelling of the Victor Hugo
novel was evident from its first
arrival on Broadway in 1987.
Since then, “Les Mis” has been
seen by seen by more than 65
million people in 42 countries
and in 22 languages around the
globe. A major film version
swept multiple awards and introduced the completely sungthrough production to a wider
audience than ever before.
Now North Country audiences can experience the thrill
of the live stage version as the
Whitefield theater offers multiple performances now through
August in their signature alternating repertory schedule.
The Weathervane adds some
local performers to their resident professional Company:
area residents Grant Fuller,
Sadie Kennett, Silas Southworth and Gia Spiotti are
among the cast. Tickets are
available now for the entire run,
with senior/junior discounts
available on Mondays and an
August Saturday matinee, call
837-9322 for information and to
purchase tickets.
SOLAS AT THE
COLONIAL TONIGHT
The Colonial Theatre in
Bethlehem will present the
Celtic band Solas Friday, July
26.
Solas is the quintessential
Irish-American band recording
and touring in the US today and
has been called “Irish America’s
most influential band,” NPR’s
Thistle and Shamrock. Fifteen
years ago, in a manner befitting
their name (Gaelic for “light”),
Solas burst onto the Irish music
scene and instantly became a
beacon–an incandescent ensemble that found contemporary
relevance in timeless traditions
without ever stooping to clichés.
“Les Miserables” opened at the Weathervane this week, with performances through August. Actors Claire Neumann, Andrew
Foote, Schuyler Conaway, Robert H. Fowler, Tanesha Ross and Liz
Shivener are among the cast. Courtesy photo.
Anchored by founding members
Seamus Egan (flute, tenor
banjo, mandolin, whistles, guitars, bodhran) and Winifred
Horan (violins, vocals), Solas is
rounded out by Mick McAuley
(accordions, low whistle, concertina, vocals), Eamon McElholm
(guitars, keyboards, vocals), and
newest member and lead singer,
Niamh Varian-Barry. Through
fresh and unexpected arrangements of age-old tunes, compelling and topical originals and
covers, and unparalleled musicianship, Solas continues to
define the path for the Celtic
music world and drive the genre
forward.
With 10 albums under their
belt, Solas’ band leader Seamus
Egan was inspired by his family
history to create Shamrock City
–their most ambitious project to
date. Shamrock City tells the
story of Butte, MT, a mining
town at the turn of the 20th
Century, as seen through the
eyes of an Irish immigrant and
Seamus' great-great uncle, Michael Conway. In 1910 he sailed
from Cobh, Co. Cork in Ireland
to Philadelphia and then made
his way to Butte to work in the
copper mines. Six years later, at
the young age of 25, he was
dead from a blow to the head.
With audio recorded in Philadelphia and film footage in
Butte, Shamrock City seeks to
not only uncover the life and
young death of Conway, but to
also illuminate life as an immigrant during the Industrial
Revolution.
It's no secret that Solas is
often drawn to musical social
commentary—”Pastures of
Plenty” and “The Wind That
Shakes The Barley” are core to
their repertoire, and they've
covered political songs by Bruce
Springsteen, Tom Waits and
Josh Ritter. The themes in and
around Shamrock City, particu(Continued on page 16)
The top Celtic group Solas takes to the stage at the Colonel Theatre in Bethlehem tonight. Courtesy
photo.
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such as Mozart, Strauss and
Schumann.
The NCCP will be holding
concerts in the area until Aug.
18, and for a full schedule go to
www.northcountrychamberplay
ers.com. The group will also be
holding a Gala Benefit Auction
and Dinner a la Provence on
Thursday, Aug. 1, 2013, at the
Elks Lodge on 302 in Littleton.
This auction is the annual fundraiser and auction items can be
found on the website.
—Marie P. Hughes
Following the tragic train accident in Lac-Megantic, Que., the Ottawa government has passed new regulations banning one-man crews
on trains, parking trains on main lines will no longer be allowed, and many other new safety rules on railway travel involving dangerous goods. There are now 47 confirmed dead from the accident, with 29 identified. It is estimated that 5.7 million liters of crude oil
spilled into land and water in Lac-Megantic. Some 200 people went into the Red Zone to their houses this week accompanied by police. The Town of Lac-Megantic sent a legal notice to the head of Montreal-Maine and Atlantic Railroad demanding a payment of $4.1
million to cover the costs of clean up that have so far taken place. Corey Bellam photo.
larly the stories and lives of
immigrants, are reflected
prominently in current headlines. With the Shamrock City
project and current tour, Solas
seeks to reach beyond the music by creating opportunities for
fans to share their family histories at tour stops and online. In
the process, the project aims to
create a more meaningful and
open dialogue about many of
the issues we face in today's
America. For anyone who associates Irish music solely with
pubs, green beer and March, be
prepared to have your mind
firmly changed.
General admission tickets
for the are $23. The doors open
at 7 p.m. for the 8 p.m. performance with refreshments on the
patio. For more information
about this or upcoming live
events find The Colonial on
Facebook (Facebook.com/
BethlehemColonial), follow The
Colonial
on
twitter
(@ColonialNH) or visit the Colonial online at www.BethlehemColonial.org.
NORTH COUNTRY
CHAMBER PLAYERS
For the past 35 years, the
North Country Chamber Players (NCCP) have been an active
part of classical music in the
North Country. The group is
composed of world-class musicians from New York City, California, and Boston, and originated at the Waumbek in Jefferson.
Once the hotel was razed,
and the sculpture workshops
were no longer held on the
grounds at the Waumbek, the
musicians looked for alternative
venues, and for a while went
from one place to another, until
Sherman Adams, built his ski
area in Lincoln, and they found
a permanent home in Sugar Hill
at the Town Hall. After that,
they performed quite regularly
at those two places, Sugar Hill
on Friday evenings, and Loon
Mountain Resort on Saturdays.
The musicians have always
been advocates of bringing music into the schools, and as such,
they have played in almost all
of the North Country schools
during the school year. In the
past few years, they have kept
Sugar Hill as a Saturday night
performance site, but have very
often rotated their second weekend performances which are
now on Sunday afternoons.
On July 21, they performed
at the Mountain View Grand to
a large crowd. This year the
theme of their programs is
“Bach in Bloom,” and although
Johann Sebastian Bach will be
featured at every concert, other
composers are well-represented
Left photo: Susan Palma-Nidel of Orpheus plays a Bach Sonata for flute with the North Country Chamber Players at the concert in the
Mountain View Grand Hotel. Right photo: Don Palma on double bass and Chris Finkel on cello entertain the audience with a modern
piece by Alfred Schnittke at the North Country Chamber Players Concert on Sunday. Marie Hughes photos.
AREA CHURCHES DONATE
TO LAC-MEGANTIC
Last
Thursday,
a
group representing the area
churches including Bishopton,
Cookshire, Sawyerville, East
Angus, Bulwer, Birchton, Island
Brook, East Clifton, Bury,
Scotstown, Gould and LaPatrie made a trip up to Megantic
to present money that they had
raised to help the people of Lac
Megantic through this tough
and tragic time. The churches
raised a grand total of $5,217 in
total to be presented to the Canadian Red Cross. Upon entering the building they were
greeted by Carl Boisvert, Communications Rep. for the Media
for the Red Cross. He welcomed Janice Hartwell, Richard
Goodhue, Doug Brown, Myrna
MacAulay, Ben Hodge, Theda
Lowry, Donald Parsons and Bob
Halsall.
This group represented all of
the area churches. Boisvert gladly accepted the money
and told them it would be put to
good use to help many. The
Chronicle spoke to Carl Boisvert
and we were told that to date
the Canadian Red Cross had
raised $5.6 million to help and
donations are still pouring in.
He told us that money is still
needed and will be for a long
time yet. This hard-working
g r o u p
f r o m
t h e
churches certainly went beyond
the call of duty to help.
–Corey Bellam
38TH ANNUAL
PROVINCIAL RALLY
This past weekend the sound
of mooing cows and clucking
chickens filled the air at the
Cookshire Fairgrounds. It was
the 38th Annual Quebec 4-H
Provincial Rally. Every year it
is held at a different location,
this year being Cookshire's
turn.
The weekend all started
Thursday with the arrival of the
animals and registration. At
7:30 p.m. the grand opening
ceremonies took place with over
one hundred 4-H members in
attendance. Friday morning
was the public speaking competitions, rope and halter making
competition, and at 6:30 it was
time to get dressed up and strut
in the costume class. In this, the
animals were dressed up along
with the children. They competed for prizes.
The results this year in the
costume class were: 1st, Howick
4-H; 2nd, Ormstown 4-H; 3rd,
Hatley 4-H; 4th, Sawyerville 4(Continued on page 17)
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From the left, Janice Hartwell, Richard Goodhue, Doug Brown, Myrna MacAulay, Ben Hodge, Carl
Boisvert (Red Cross Media Rep), Theda Lowry, Donald Parsons and Bob Halsall represented area
churches in Quebec that raised over $5,000 for the Canadian Red Cross for the families of LacMegantic. Corey Bellam photo.
H; 5th, Huntington 4-H; 6th,
Brome 4-H; 7th, Lachute 4-H;
8th, Richmond 4-H.
Saturday was the big day of
competition for all. Events
started at 8 a.m. with conformation and showmanship
classes for chickens, sheep,
goats, rabbits, horses, beef
calves and dairy calves. The
members all paraded around
showing their skills to all and
hoping to catch the eye of the
judge for ribbons and trophies.
This lasted all day under the
tent and in the show ring. The
weekend all wrapped up at
around 7 p.m. with a huge banquet that everyone enjoyed very
much. This weekend of competition and pure family fun
brought over a hundred youths
together and by the smiles and
laughter they had a good time.
A brief history of the rally: In
1976 the Richmond 4-H club
decided to extend an invitation
to all Quebec Young Farmers
members to attend an event in
Lyla McCutcheon, age 7, with her Silky Bantam Rooster at the
38th annual Quebec 4-H Provincial Rally held at the Cookshire
Fairgrounds in Quebec. Corey Bellam photo.
doing this they brought everyone together at the Richmond
Fairgrounds and called it Calf
Rally. It has only grown bigger
each year and it is called “The
Quebec 4-H Provincial Rally.”
The Chronicle got the chance
Two young winners, Mason Kirby, second place, at left, and Hannah Dougherty, first place, middle,
along with Judge Susan Mastine at the 4H event held in Cookshire. Corey Bellam photo.
to speak with Alyssa Fourneaux, Public Relations, and
she explained how the clubs
work and assisted in anyway
she could to make our visit an
enjoyable one.
–Corey Bellam
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Paul F. Allen
PAUL F. ALLEN
COLEBROOK—Paul F. Allen, 79, of Colebrook, passed
away late Friday evening, July
19, 2013, at the Upper Connecticut Valley Hospital in
Colebrook, after a long period
of declining health.
He was born on Dec. 23,
1933, in Colchester, Vt., the
only child of the late Homer
and Madeline (McFarland) Allen of Groveton.
He graduated from Groveton
High School in 1952 as President of his class. He received
his Bachelor’s degree from
Keene Teachers’ College (Keene
State). While there, he was
manager of the basketball and
baseball teams, and served two
years as sports editor of the
college newspaper. He received
his Master’s degree in education
leadership and administration
from the University of Massachusetts in 1972 and his Certificate of Advanced Graduate
Study in education administration from the University of
Maine in 1985. He also did
graduate work in mathematics
at the University of New Hampshire.
He taught mathematics at
Pittsfield High School from
1956-58, and was athletic director, varsity baseball coach, and
junior varsity basketball
coach. He served as the town
playground director for the
summer of 1958.
Paul joined and served with
honor in the U.S. Army in 1958
and served until 1961, spending
28 months in Germany as a
nuclear weapons maintenance
specialist.
From November 1961 to
June 1962, he served as a math
teacher at Bristol Memorial
High School in Bristol, where he
was also the girls’ varsity basketball coach.
In 1962, he became a member of the original faculty at
Monadnock Regional High
School as a mathematics
teacher. He served as head of
the math department from 1964
-67. During that time, he served
one year as President of the
N.H. Association of Teachers of
Mathematics in New England.
In 1967, he was named Math
Dept. Chairman of the new
Quabbin Regional High School
in Barre, Mass. After serving in
that capacity for three years, he
was appointed as Associate
Principal, staying on for 11
more years, until 1981. He
chaperoned numerous music
trips that Quabbin students
took throughout the eastern
USA.
From 1981-86, he was Principal of Calais High School in
Calais, Maine. He attended the
Maine Principals’ Academy and
served on the state association
curriculum committee.
He returned to the North
Country of New Hampshire,
serving as Superintendent of
Schools for SAU 7 from 1986–
99. During that time, he was
President of the North Country
School Administration and the
North Country Education Foundation. He also was the New
Hampshire representative for
the Tri-State Superintendents’
Conference. He served one year
on the Professional Standards
Board, resigning due to illness.
Prior to coming to Colebrook,
he participated in several candlepin bowling leagues. He anchored the team which won the
Keene City championship while
in college, and while he was in
Calais, he bowled a three-string
total of 400.
He was a former lector at St.
Brendan’s Catholic Church, and
he was on the Parish Council.
He was a member of the
Knights of Columbus, Kiwanis,
and UCVH Assembly of Overseers, and in 2000 was a consultant for N.H. Easter Seals. He
also supervised student teachers for Plymouth State University. He served five years as
President of the Groveton High
School Alumni Association.
He is survived by his wife of
46 years, Patricia (née Doody),
and their three daughters and
their spouses: Kathleen M. and
Kevin Woodworth of Clinton,
Md.; Barbara J. and Victor
Beauchemin of Hudson, and
Susan M. and Jason Davis of
Colebrook; and four grandchildren: Samantha Beauchemin
(15), Lily Davis (9), Abigail
Beauchemin (8) and Lindsay
Davis (4).
There are no public calling
hours. A memorial Mass at St.
Brendan’s Catholic Church, and
committal service with military
honors, will be held at a future
date that has yet to be determined.
Expressions of sympathy in
his memory may be made to the
the Paul F. Allen Memorial
Scholarship fund, 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.jenkinsnewman.com.
Funeral arrangements are
under the direction of Jenkins
and Newman Funeral Home,
Colebrook.
band died at age 80 in 1997.
She is survived by her son,
Ralph Leclere and his wife, Pat;
five grandchildren, Warren
Leclere and his wife Carla,
Elizabeth Goguen and her husband Shaun, Janice Caron and
her husband Robert, Kristen
Walker and her husband Brian,
and Christopher LeClere; also
her dear son-in-law John
Drummond, whom she loved.
She is also survived by six
great-grandchildren, Nicolas
and Justine LeClere, Hannah
and John (“Jack”) Goguen, Andrew and Emily Walker.
Memorial donations may be
made to St. Francis Xavier
Church in Groveton, NH 03582
A funeral Mass will be celebrated on Aug. 8, 2013, at 12
p.m. at St. Francis Xavier
Church, 11 State St., Groveton.
Burial immediately following at
Groveton cemetery.
under the direction of Edgar J.
Racicot Funeral Home, Inc.,
www.racicotfuneralhome.com.
Reverend John
Chase Gregory
Elizabeth M.
Calkins LeClere
ELIZABETH M.
CALKINS LECLERE
GROVETON—Elizabeth M.
(Calkins) LeClere of Groveton,
died on June 21, 2013, at age
90. Born on Nov. 5, 1922, in
Holyoke, Mass., she was the
daughter of Ralph Calkins and
Christina (Dowd) Calkins.
At age seven she moved to
Groveton, where she grew up,
graduating from Groveton High
School, Class of 1941. In 1942,
she married Arthur G. LeClere
and lived a wonderful life with
him for 55 years. They had two
children, Ralph and Christine.
She worked in Mill Lebron's
Men store and Polly’s Dress
Shop. She loved to dance, read,
snow machine and party with
all her wonderful friends. She
had many, many friends and
loved them all.
She belonged to the American Legion and was a member
of St. Francis Xavier Church.
Her daughter, Christine, died
at age 50 in 1996 and her hus-
REVEREND JOHN
CHASE GREGORY
WHITEFIELD—Reverend
John Chase Gregory, 87, passed
away on Monday July 22, 2013,
at his home with his family by
his side. He was born on April
17, 1926, in Johnsonburgh, Pa.,
a son to the late J. Howell and
Esther Anne (Wessman) Gregory.
Reverend Gregory grew up in
Wheaton, Ill. He attended the
University of Illinois graduating
with a Bachelors of Science degree, University of Cincinnati
with a Masters in Chemistry
and the Episcopal Theological
School
in
Cambridge,
Mass. Reverend Gregory
worked for Andrew Jergen’s Co.
developing new cosmetics. He
also worked at WMRHS as a
chemistry teacher, Littleton
Regional High School as a math
and chemistry teacher; he was
also an Analytical Chemist and
eventually an Executive Vice
President for the PJ Noyes
Company. Reverend Gregory
was the pastor of St. Paul’s
Episcopal Church and St.
Mark’s Parish from 1959 until
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1969, a long-time Chaplin at
Weeks Memorial Hospital, as
well as having a ministry in
many New Hampshire and Vermont neighboring towns. Reverend Gregory is also a veteran
of the U.S. Army Air Force.
Reverend Gregory enjoyed
studying the Bible in many
languages, music, chemistry
and math, as well as learning
Hebrew and many other languages. He also enjoyed flying
and was the Chaplin for the
Civil Air Patrol.
He was predeceased by his
first wife, Pat (MacDonald)
Gregory; two brothers, William
and George Gregory; and a son,
Craig Hersom. He is survived
by his wife, Clara (Ball) Gregory of Whitefield; three sons,
Rev. John Gregory-Davis of
Meriden, James Gregory of
East Burke, Vt., Nathan Hersom of Sanbornton; three
daughters, Rebecca Bernard of
Groveton, Kathi Mitchell of
Woodsville, Jennifer Chauvette
of Groveton; 12 grandchildren,
six great grandchildren, a niece
and nephew.
nis Hartford and wife Joanne of
Queensbury, N.Y.; five grandchildren, Carrie Fedders and
husband Peter, Andrea Hartford, Carl Hartford and wife
Nicole, Nathan Hartford,
Amanda Hartford and fiancée
Max Christopolous; three greatgrandchildren, Juliet Fedders,
Benjamin Hartford and Hannah
Fedders. Edward predeceased
her in 1972.
Visiting hours will be held
Sunday evening, July 28, from 6
-8 p.m. at Bailey Funeral Home
in Lancaster. A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated
Monday morning at 10 a.m. at
All Saints Church in Lancaster. Reverend Matthew Mason,
pastor, will officiate. Burial will
follow in Summer Street Cemetery, Lancaster.
Donations may be made in
her memory to All Saints
Church, 163 Main St., Lancaster, NH 03584 or to Caleb Interfaith Volunteer Caregivers, 38
Kings Square, Suite 9, Whitefield, NH 03598.
Please go to www.baileyfh.net for more information or
to send an online condolence.
a.m. at the Jenkins and Newman Funeral Home in Colebrook. A graveside committal
will immediately follow at the
Colebrook Village Cemetery.
Expressions of sympathy in
his memory may be made to the
CCNH Residents’ Activity
Fund, P.O. Box 10, West Stewartstown, NH 03597.
Condolences may be offered
to the family online by going to
www.jenkinsnewman.com.
under the direction of Jenkins
and Newman Funeral Home,
Colebrook, NH.
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Hiker Dan Szczesny and his nine-year-old ward, Janelle, during their journey. Courtesy photo.
Elizabeth Hartford
Winston G. Parkhurst
ELIZABETH HARTFORD
L A N C A S T E R— El i zab e th
Hartford, 90, died on Tuesday
evening July 23, 2013, at the
Morrison Nursing Home in
Whitefield.
Hartford was born in Lancaster on June 6, 1923, the daughter of Fred and Rose (Gilbert)
Cormier.
Elizabeth was a lifetime Lancaster resident and 1942 graduate of Lancaster Academy. In
1948, she married Edward W.
Hartford of Lancaster.For many
years she worked as a cashier at
the former A&P Supermarket
and Butson’s Supermarket. She
enjoyed spending time with
family, listening to music and
dancing.
She was a Communicant of
All Saints Church, Lancaster
and active member of the
Daughter’s of Isabella and the
Tabernacle Society. Liz was a
member of the Colonel Town
Senior Citizens and participant
of the Colonel Town Exercise
Group. At Weeks Medical Center she was a member of the
WMC Auxiliary and the Volunteer Services.
Family members include her
two sons, Andrew Hartford and
wife Sandra of Lancaster, Den-
WINSTON G. PARKHURST
COLUMBIA—Winston G.
Parkhurst, 72, of Columbia,
passed away at the Upper Connecticut Valley Hospital in Colebrook on Sunday morning, July
21, 2013.
He was born on April 22,
1941, in West Stewartstown, a
son of the late Lynn and Madeline (Gadwah) Parkhurst.
Winston was a graduate of Colebrook Academy in the Class of
1959.
For many years, he was a coowner and operator of L. Parkhurst and Sons hardware store
in Columbia along with his family until the sale of the business.
He was a very private man who
enjoyed fishing and tying
flies. He also used to hunt a bit
in his younger days.
Winston is survived by his
brother, Kenneth Parkhurst
and wife Isabelle of Columbia,
and Robert Parkhurst of Florida; as well as a nephew, Garry
Parkhurst; and three nieces,
Sheila Parkhurst, Lori MacDonald and Norine Sabine.
Winston is preceded in death by
a brother, Erwin Parkhurst.
An hour for family and
friends to visit will be on Friday, July 26, 2013, from 10-11
CHARMING NEW HIKING
MEMOIR PUBLISHED
When hiker Dan Szczesny
and his nine-year-old ward,
Janelle, first set foot on the trail
to Mt. Kearsarge in November
2011, neither of them knew that
this easy hike to one of the
state's most popular mountain
tops would change both their
lives. But what followed was a
hiking odyssey that lasted over
a year as the two hikers crosscrossed the state on their way to
a 225-mile epic attempt to complete a little-known hiking list
called The 52 With a View.
Bondcliff Books is proud to
present The Adventures of Buffalo and Tough Cookie, a hiking
memoir that chronicles the journey of the author and his young
but ambitious hiking partner as
this unlikely pair formed a
unique and unforgettable bond
that transformed both their
lives.
“This has been a highly anticipated book,” said Bondcliff
publisher Mike Dickerman. “It's
about 80 percent memoir and 20
percent guidebook. Dan’s stylish, heartfelt prose is sure to
touch the hearts of all readers,
whether a peakbagger or an
armchair hiker.”
The Adventures of Buffalo
and Tough Cookie is available
now at bookstores throughout
the region and on Amazon.com.
Beginning with a stop at EMS
in Manchester tonight at 7 p.m.,
Dan and Janelle will set off on a
series of reading, signing and
hiking events through New
England.
Patricia Herr, author of last
year’s bestselling book Up: A
Mother and Daughter's Peakbagging Adventure, writes in
her foreword to the book that
“Not only did the two share out-
The fun cover for The Adventures of Buffalo and Tough Cookie,
published by Bondcliff Book.
door adventures, but they
forged a friendship that bridged
the traditional gaps of age and
gender. Theirs is a team not
formed of traditional family ties
but, instead, an earned and
mutual respect. Dan and
Janelle are a unique and inspiring duo.”
And while The Adventures of
Buffalo and Tough Cookie takes
the readers through some special mountains, the book is also
a personal memoir and travelogue of two friends. This personal account of what happened
when the author and his wife
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unexpectedly became part-time
caretakers of nine-year-old
twins is a wonderful meditation
on the transformative power of
friendship, commitment and the
many meanings of family.
Dan, the associate publisher
of The Hippo, is a long-time
journalist and writer. He’s a
member of the AMC’s 4,000footer club and has written extensively about the outdoors
and hiking. Most recently, he
spent a month in Nepal trekking to Everest Base Camp.
For more information about
the book or the ongoing adventures of Buffalo and Tough
Cookie, go to the book’s website
at www.52withaview.com.
Education
BOOKMOBILE AND
BOOKSHELVES COMING
North Star (North Stratford
Adventures in Reading) will
have free books for children at
the common in North Stratford
on Friday, Aug. 2, from 4:30-7
p.m. On Monday, Aug. 5 (or
Tuesday, Aug. 6, if raining) the
bookmobile will also visit Wooddale Village at 4 p.m. and Pleasant Valley Trailer Park at 4:30
p.m. Anyone is welcome at either of these locations.
In addition, books for children and adults are available
for borrowing or swapping at
Northwoods Trading Post and
the Hollow Village General
Store. New books were added
last week, and will be added
once a month. Suggestions of
additional titles, authors or genres are welcome.
Letters
recession.
It may soon be cheaper for
Montreal to get its crude oil
from the west than from tankers docked in Portland. If the
Portland-Montreal Pipeline
loses its customers, the only two
choices would be going out of
business or reversing the flow.
The Portland Pipe Line Corporation is looking into whether it
would viable to ship oil south
for export out of Portland. This
could ultimately provide access
for Alberta crude to a yearround deep water port on the
Atlantic, making that oil competitive for export. TransCanada is considering similar
options through Vancouver to
serve Asia.
Environmental groups haven’t been able to stop drilling
from oil sands, so now they’re
trying to shut down the pipelines that carry that oil to market. They’ve collected enough
signatures to put a question on
the November ballot in Portland
that would block any expansion
or change in oil operations
along the waterfront.
The Obama Administration
admits that there are no environmental or safety problems
with piping oil from oil sands in
the same pipelines that have
carried traditional crude. The
President says he won’t approve
Keystone XL if it would substantially increase the greenhouse gas emissions, but a draft
State Dept. report has already
concluded that blocking the project would have no effect on the
amount of oil coming out of the
ground, or on overall carbon
emissions.
We need a much broader mix
of energy sources to fuel the
American economy. Wind, solar
and other alternatives are going
to be part of that mix. But they
are not going to completely replace fossil fuels any time soon,
particularly for our transportation needs. The massive domestic reserves in the western U.S.
and Canada are going to get to
market, one way or another.
Portland Pipe Line Corporation should be allowed to study
whether reversing the flow of
one of the safest and most dependable pipelines in the nation
makes economic and environmental sense. Instead of tankers coming into Portland from
Venezuela and the Middle East,
we could be filling up tankers
with North American oil to complete in the global market.
Wouldn’t that be a good thing,
both for our energy security and
our national security?
We can protect our shores,
create new jobs, and provide the
energy a growing economy
needs. And we can do it without
building a single new mile of
pipeline, through a company
with a stellar environmental
record over the past seven decades. We should not let pipeline
paranoia from radical groups
keep us from even considering
the idea.
Grant Bosse
Lee
N.H. Energy Forum
Dear Editor:
“The stranger reaps our harvest, and the alien owns our
soil” Irish poet, Jane Wilde.
The Regional Planning Commission has set its sights on
Lancaster and has a “Vision” for
you. So, beware, voters of Lancaster before you give away traditional zoning for the “new”
Form Based Code (FBC) zoning.
“New” isn’t always better,
and that is certainly true with
zoning. With FBC zoning, the
rights of the community prevail
over those of the individual.
Planners prefer the highly rigid
and constrictive FBC because
they can administer it more
easily with less input from you
or your representatives on the
planning and zoning boards.
More importantly for individual and property rights, traditional zoning supports constitutionally protected private property from being taken without
just compensation, whether the
taking is by eminent domain or
because of overly burdensome
land use regulations.
These same constitutional
protections are not applicable
with FBC zoning because the
outcomes are predetermined in
a community development plan
devised by the planners, technicians, building code enforcement officers and other administrative government employees
who are paid to administer it.
FBC also costs twice to quadruple that of conventional zoning.
One of the findings in the
Land Use Audit (prepared by a
former Regional Planning Commissioner) includes a recommendation that the Town Meeting authorize the planning
board to delegate its site review
to administrators.
Will Re-Zoning also include
the imposition of restrictions on
resource use in land designated
as “wilderness” or “buffer zones”
that will restrict public access?
Sustainable Communities
Initiative, “Smart Growth” includes the doctrine of Regional
Equity that takes money from
suburbs through the imposition
of onerous laws and forces them
to be more diverse. It seeks to
formalize, through integration
of HUD, DOT, DOE and EPA,
as federal policy the very strategies that equity advocates have
been seeking to advance for
years at the local level.
Some of the findings contained in the audit include allowing multi-family units as a
permitted use in the Agricultural Districts in order to construct Workforce Housing units.
But there is also a recommendation to rezone farming areas
that are currently zoned commercial.
Farmers and other landowners in particular should be wary
of some of the Findings. You
should be particularly careful
before you agree to sell a conservation easement that purports to guarantee continued
open space agricultural use of
land. Under many states statutes, only non-profit organizations and the government can
hold such easements. Landowners and farmers need to be
very wary of any contracts that
you sign; you may not be getting
what you think you are bargaining for and may lose out altogether.
If you attend a Charrette or
other meeting you should also
be aware that the results are
predetermined no matter what
you have to say. There is no
accountability built into the
Charrettes so the conclusions,
just like with FBC zoning, have
pre-determined outcomes.
The Sustainable Communities Initiative/Regional Planning Commission “vision” includes under strategies to overcome anticipated barriers such
as “New Hampshire’s strong
tradition of individual and property rights and the resultant
resistance to planning and zoning”.
Maybe you can prove the
bureaucrats right on this count
and say no to the “new” Form
Based Code Re-Zoning plan for
Lancaster and resist their efforts to Re-Zone to FBC?
Alan Savage knows whereof
he speaks. He is a lifelong resident of Lancaster and both a
former Vice Chairman and
Chairman of the Lancaster Zoning Board. Listen to him. Beware of the “new” plan to ReZone Lancaster to Form Based
Code.
Martha Spalding
Salem
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For Sale
Central Boiler E-Classic OUTDOOR FURNACES. Heat your
entire home and hot water.EPA
Qualified. Call today, 1-800-295
-8301. (603) 237-8301. 9/27
Buying snowmobiles, ATVs and
motorcycles. Call (603) 5386963 or (802) 334-1603. TFN
2000 Toyota Corolla CE, silver.
Fair condition, 230k mi., runs
well. $1,799 OBO. Call 2467107. 7/26
300-400 cookie jars. Old and
new. McCoy, American Bique,
etc. (603) 444-2479. 7/26
RV or van roof storage bin, 6ft.x3-ft.x14-inch deep. Many
uses. Waterproof. $50 OBO.
(603) 237-5020. 7/26
Whirpool
up-right
freezer,
beige, used very little. $175.
Graco double seated baby
stroller, $15. 237-4006 or 9156785. 7/26
1997 Mercury Sable Sedan, V6,
auto., only 82k, super clean, no
rust. $3,495. Call (603) 2521883 8/2
Futon for sale, Wallace Pond,
Canaan, Vt. Like new, $100 or
best offer. Great for a camp.
Call Anita, (774) 273-0485. 8/2
2001 Ford Ranger Edge, 4x4,
72,000 miles, auto., Linex
bedliner w/rubber mat, new
tires, towing pkg., undercoated
clean interior. In good condition. $6,200 obo. Call 237-8690.
7/26
8” sliding glass door, best offer;
40’ aluminum ladder, $400; 32’
aluminum ladder, $75; 32’ fiberglas ladder, $200; Harvard
ping-pong table, $75; Coleman
camping table, best offer. Procam propane and natural gas
heater, 20,000 btu, like new,
Call 603-246-8998
$150. Metal asbestos chimney,
8”, $75. Call (802) 266-3027.
7/26
Cukes, Green Onions, Broccoli,
Herbs, Beef, Pork, Cheese,
Eggs, Honey, Maple Syrup,
Organic Coffee, etc.
Services
And Salvage!
In my area, top prices paid for
your junk or unwanted vehicles.
Call Rusty Edwards. (603) 2375676. 6/28/13
Open Tues.-Fri. 9-5
Sat. 9-2 TFN
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. TFN
Allan Dudley electrical appliance and power tools repair
services, vacuum cleaners, microwaves, etc. All makes. 1-802277-4424. 7/26
Wanted
Top dollar paid for junk cars
and trucks. Also, steel, batteries, aluminum cans. Call (603)
636-1667 days or (603) 6361304 nights. 9/27.
Farm Fresh
Local organic greens, fresh local
eggds, natural and whole foods,
soy, gluten & Dairy free products at the Copper Leaf store.
Located in the green building
between IGA and the rest area,
237-5318. TFN
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104 Colby Street, Colebrook
603-631-1221
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Offering Fresh Local Produce/
products:
Berries, Rhubarb, Potatoes,
String Beans, Peas, Peppers,
Garlic and Scapes, Beets,
Greens, Kohlrabi, Zucchini,
Summer Squash, Carrots,
Apple Haven Farm, offering
certified organic vegetables,
fruits, herbs and goat milk
every Saturday, 8-noon, at the
Colebrook Farmer’s Market and
at the North Country Marketplace, Colby Street, from Tues.Sat.
(603)
246-3438.
www.applehavenfarm.com.8/2
For Rent
Two bedroom trailer at 95
Bridge Street, Colebrook. Large
yard and carport included. All
major appliances included—
stove,
refrigerator
washer/
dryer. Large storage shed.
Available after Aug. 1. Mike,
237-4265. 8/2
Firewood
Cut, split, delivered. Jones
Brook Farm, Guildhall, Vt.
(802) 328-2013. 1/17/2014
Cut, split and delivered (within
15 miles radius of Groveton).
$225 per cord. Call (603) 6311984. 12/27
Boat Rentals
Pontoons, Canoes, kayaks,
Runabout ski boats
Daily and Weekly rentals
We launch and pickup
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802-333-9745
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And Ready to go?
Doesn't have the power
it used to?
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We can water test or dyno test
so you know it's fixed
FAIRLEE MARINE
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Consignments
We take good late model boats
in to sell for you.
We do the sale and warranty,
you collect the cash.
They sell fast and get as much
or more than selling it yourself.
FAIRLEE MARINE
See them on our website at
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Lightweight
Boat Docks
One person can install or
take them out.
In stock. Standing, Floating,
or Roll-In.
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Lots of good Used Boats
to choose from.
Checked over by our certified
technicians.
If its not reliable, we won't sell
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Monuments
Cemetery monuments sold new,
installed, cleaned, death date
engraved. Dana Nordberg, (603)
348-3200. 9/27
Yard Sale
Multi-family, July 20 & 27 and
Aug. 3, 8 till ? Half-mile north
of Colebrook, Bridge St. on Vt.
102. Bunk beds, crib, furniture,
tools, golf clubs, craft supplies,
sewing machine, books and lots
more. Closed if raining. 8/2
97 Hill Road, Pittsburg, Fri.Sun., 9-3. Lot of new yarn, nice
sewing machine w/cabinet, few
tools and old items, appliances
and household items. Tea Rose
dish set, treadmill. 7/26
Huge yard sale, Sat., July 27, 93. Tools, electric/hand, furniture, lights, kitchen and bath
items, fishing rods, too much to
list. 21 Bungy Road. Bring your
dollars. Great bargains. 7/26
Moving Sale
Moving in-downsizing sale! No
room for all this stuff! Furniture, kitchen, tools, décor, and
much more! Saturday, July 20,
8-5. 118 Reed Rd., Colebrook.
Rte. 26, left on Fish Hatchery,
right on Reed, less than half
mile up on right. Follow signs.
7/19
Book Signing
Dixville, Colebrook, Columbia,
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Vt., library, 4:30-7 p.m.; Aug. 3,
Stewartstown Park, 9:30-11:30
a.m. Mail orders, PO Box 45,
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plus
$7
shipping.
Online
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Sports
At the North Country Community Recreation Center in Colebrook, swim team members Skye
Wheeler and Ashley Uran practice flutter kicks while they enjoy swimming in the pool. Lori Uran
photo.
After testing on May 13, new belts were given to students at Mathieu’s Martial Arts in West Stewartstown. From the left, Master Lynn Mathieu (received her green belt), Thomas Halligan (received
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Business
CJEJ FARM APPROVED
FOR RETAIL BUILDING
At a special meeting on
Wednesday, July 24, the Columbia Planning Board approved the construction of a 36foot-by-80-foot retail building
pending septic design approval
for the CJEJ Farm.
Chris and Joyce Brady are
the farm’s owners, and in her
presentation, Joyce told the
Board once the site is operating,
they plan to sell meat, eggs,
corn, and poultry. The retail
space itself will be 36-foot by 40
-foot, and the rest of the building will be the processing center
for which their son, Jacob, will
be the meat cutter.
Right now, Joyce said, “We
raise and sell our own pigs,
cows, and poultry, but once we
go into retail, everything will
have to be state approved and
licensed.” The Bradys think it
will occur as a two-part project,
depending on the funding.
Presently the plans are being
drawn up by Jim Mason who
builds barns all over the state.
According to Joyce, “We plan to
erect the meat processing part
first, and add the multi-purpose
retail shed as we can afford it.”
The farm consists of 90 acres,
and the plan is to grow their
herd, as well as their turkeys
and pigs. The building will have
a walk in freezer and a walk in
cooler so that they will be able
to freeze everything as soon as
it is butchered. Joyce said she
hopes to have everything up
and running by the winter, and
they plan to butcher from October to March. They will still
continue to offer custom butchering.
Once the septic design is
approved, the selectmen will
then sign the official approval,
which is good for two years.
—Marie P. Hughes

July 26, 2013 - Colebrook Chronicle

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