Villa Augustina sold? - Granite Quill Publishing
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Villa Augustina sold? - Granite Quill Publishing
Messenger THE “Your Local Weekly Since 1868 Free Our 147th Year A Tradition Worth Keeping” Issue 9 February 27, 2015 Outstanding Tree Farm Crotched Mountain Foundation accepted the 2015 Outstanding Community Tree Farm of the Year. (L to R) Donald Shumway, president and CEO of Crotched Mountain Foundation; Bob Todd, president of Todd Land Use Consultants of New Boston; Bob Hardy, NH Tree Farm Committee Member; Mike Powers,Tree Farm Committee Chair; Jeffrey Rose, Commissioner, NH Department of Resources and Economic Development; and Brad Simpkins, Director, NH Division of Forests and Lands. Valentine’s Day was a music extravaganza for some Newport High School students who were nominated and then attended the New Hampshire Music Educators Association “Solo & Ensemble Festival” at Keene State College on February 14. Attending the festival to perform in a choral ensemble were (back row) Kayla Baldwin, Hannah Welch, Alli Howe, Keagan Halleck. Front row-- Lily Bailey, Beth West, Cody Pillsbury, DJ Chasse, Amanda Wallace. Not pictured: Anna Caccavaro. Villa Augustina sold? Agreement subject to contingencies and Zoning Change $80,000 Food Donation Hannaford delivered more than $80,000 in a food donation to the New Hampshire Food Bank as part of its Hannaford Helps Fight Hunger program. The program is a partnership between the supermarket and its customers designed to provide food and monetary donations to local pantries and regional food banks. ECRWSS PAID PRSRT STD US Postage Hillsboro, NH Permit #25 Postal Customer Visit us online at granitequill.com The Villa Augustina property is under agreement with a potential buyer, who may give new life to the former Catholic school. Founded by the Religious of Jesus and Mary, an order of Roman Catholic nuns, until 2008, the facility was sold to its parent board, the St. Claudine Villa Academy. The Goffstown School District explored purchasing the property to alleviate its space needs, but those plans were abandoned after learning that the cost of reno- vating the school would top $8 million. Chairman John Turner announced that an undisclosed buyer had made an offer on the property, which the board accepted. The offer is subject to contingencies. The buyers have no specific plan for the property, but the buyers are "passionate about old buildings." Officials hope to close on the sale by the end of March if residents vote in favor of the zoning change, proposed. Supreme Court hears Forster's Tree Farm appeal The NH Supreme Court will soon decide if weddings and other events may be held at Forster's Christmas Tree Farm in Henniker. Stephen Forster owns 110 rural acres and utilized 10 of those to grow Christmas trees. Forster says he has been hosting these types of events for decades. After complaining that these events were increasing in size and frequency, neighbors convinced the Zoning Administrator and ZBA to shut them down. A decision affirmed by the superior court. At issue, during the hearing, is the state law on "agrotourism," which allows farmers to run agriculture-related ventures on their land, as a source of supplemental income, provided those ventures have a clear connection to the farm's agricultural use. A decision is expected soon. Page 2 | The Messenger | February 27, 2015 | www.granitequill.com Sales Help Needed The Messenger is expanding again and needs experienced sales help to service customers in the following towns: Area 1 Area 2 Area 3 Area 4 Manchester • Goffstown • New Boston • Weare • Dunbarton Position Filled Concord • Bow • Franklin • Andover Keene • Peterborough • Jaffrey • Rindge New London • Newport • Sunapee • Newbury Position Filled Salary Plus Commission. Must have reliable transportation. 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Yesteryear Local history as reported in The Messenger February 28, 2014 Snow load collapses Henniker roof Ed Anderson names New London Police Chief Goffstown boy gets bone marrow transplant Bow voters asked to approve $13.1 million safety complex March 1, 2013 Weare man indicted on 41 child pornographic charges Contoocook man arrested after high speed chase Newport Selectmen restore Recreation Department cuts Wilmot Board hears neighbor's complaint March 2, 2012 Hopkinton teen fends off coyote attack Newport's Mark Christensen resigns-paid settlement Weare man arrested in Florida after being Googled Warner Legionnaire is District 5 Commander March 4, 2011 Jesse Levine says "thank you and goodbye" Woman upset with Francestown Police New hearing on Antrim zoning changes ATV's OKed on Henniker Class VI Roads February 26, 2010 Henniker may see taxes up 18.4% New proposal for Bio-Energy facility New London ponders recycling options Bradford awards bridge repair bids February 27, 2009 New Director at White Birch Community Center Pot misdemeanor becomes cocaine felony Deering has its own "Bridge to Nowhere" Hopkinton Superintendent resigns February 29, 2008 NEC Vice-President arrested for shoplifting Money missing from Bennington Library Hillsboro Police issue rabies warning Antrim woman sets power lifting record March 2, 2007 Antrim man caught in cyber-sting Greenfield girl killed-brother injured NEC students survive icy plunge into Contoocook River Kearsarge school officials admit mailing error BIA names Hopkinton woman director March 3, 2006 Henniker candidates forum generates heat Colby-Sawyer announced new President Bennington woman charged with Nashua thefts Jim Rymes granted permission to expand airport March 4, 2005 744th Transportation Company returns from Iraq Weare event benefits fallen soldiers Hopkinton High School dumps aptitude test Quick action quells danger at Bennington Mill www.granitequill.com | February 27, 2015 | The Messenger | Page 3 Rejected petitioned playground article back on the Henniker Warrant Last Friday's meeting of the Henniker School Board was much less confrontational than the previous meeting. After having been criticized for including funding for a new playground in its budget rather than in a separate warrant article, the Board, after eliminating its own playground proposal, called this meeting to adopt the very citizen's petition it had refused to accept a week earlier. Selectman Leo Aucoin, who originally attempted to present the petition, had to point out that because it was filed after the deadline, the Board could no longer accept it as a petition article, but had to include it as their own in the warrant. As now adopted by the Board, voters will be asked, "To raise the sum not to exceed $150,000 for the purpose of the renovations, improvements and expansion of the playground at the Henniker Community School all amounts to be raised by grants, fund raising, & donations. No amounts shall be raised by taxation. This does not limit the ability to use monies raised by taxation to maintain existing playground equipment including demolition." It was evident that residents were not happy with the design concept presented and wanted to go back to square one, utilizing community resources in the design and construction of the facility. Several residents took another opportunity to criticize the budget, citing special education computer replacements and health care cost. Stephanie Marchand LaValley questioned why the school had an Assistant Principal for a school of under 400 students when the state requirement is 500. There will be an informational session about the proposed playground renovation at the Henniker Community School on Tuesday, March 3 at 6:30 PM in the school library. Administrators from the Henniker Community School and Eric Buck from Terrain Planning and Design, landscape architects, will be on hand to share with the public the details of the proposed renovation. This is a public meeting open to all interested parties. Henniker Selectman Leo Aucoin asked for community involvement in designing and building a new playground. Congressman Guinta hosts Goffstown Town Meeting U.S. Rep. Frank Guinta (R-N.H.) held a Town Hall meeting in Goffstown last week to discuss a variety of concerns over the Affordable Care Act. Guinta plans to reach across the aisles to colleagues of all political parties to reform the “Cadillac tax” provision of Obamacare, a 40 percent tax on employer health plans over $10,200 for individuals or $27,500 for families. When asked if any of his colleagues on the other side of the aisle were working with him on his efforts to repeal, Guinta said, " I think you’re going to see quite a large number of Democrats vote for the repeal of the Cadillac tax.” Moreover, Guinta said many Democrats are beginning to become concerned about the long-term implications of the ACA. Welcome New Readers! This issue of The Messenger is being mailed to you to introduce you to our weekly newspaper which has been published continuously since 1868. On page 13 you will find a list of the locations where you can pick up a FREE copy of The Messenger each Friday or you can read the entire paper FREE on line at www.granitequill.com Send us your news, notices, photos and announcements. We want to be YOUR weekly newspaper! Page 4 | The Messenger | February 27, 2015 | www.granitequill.com Choose Our Quality Lumber. Why “wood” you settle for less? If you’re interested in quality lumber and unparalleled service, Antrim Lumber should be your choice. Stop in and see us today. Antrim Lumber Co. Kerry Labovitz of Windsor Mountain Camp recently spoke to the Hillsboro Planning Board about setting up an ice cream hut on space formerly occupied by "Diamond Acres." The business, which hopes to open in June, will be run by their campers and will feature New Hampshire made ice cream. Performance. Durability. 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Residents can choose from theatre excursions, guest Don't delay! speakers, musical concerts, Community fee waived for scenic sightseeing tours and a limited time during our more. grand opening special. Golden View Health Care Center • Meredith, NH GoldenView.org • 279-8111 • Bow police say a K9 named Roxie is responsible for tracking down two men who fled from police and hid inside an old school bus. According to authorities, Hooksett police tried to stop a vehicle on Route 3A on Tuesday around 11:30 p.m. The car sped off and led officers to Tallwood Drive in Bow where it pulled into the parking lot of Field House Sports. The driver and passenger took off on foot. State police along with Hooksett and Bow police set up a perimeter and Roxie tracked the men to an old school bus and found them hiding inside. Authorities said Nicholas Francois, 19, of Allenstown, was arrested and charged with unauthorized use of a vehicle, criminal trespassing, prowling, habitual offender and two counts of possession of a controlled drug. Nicholas Bussiere, 18, also of Allenstown, was charged with criminal trespassing and prowling. Dellinger to plead Guilty to Sunapee fatality The man accused of causing a deadly crash on Interstate 89 in 2013 is expected to plead guilty later this week. A judge has denied bail for a New Hampshire man accused of causing a crash that killed a pregnant Vermont woman and her fiance in December 2013. Robert Dellinger, 54, was charged with second-degree murder and second-degree assault. Prosecutors said he tried to commit suicide by crossing the center median and crashing head-on into another car. Jason Timmons, 29, of Vermont, and Amanda Murphy, 24, who was 8 months pregnant, were killed in the crash. New London Strawberry Festival logo contest The Center for the Arts & New London Recreation Department is issuing a Call to Artists to design a logo for the 2015 Strawberry Festival, which will be held on June 27th in New London, NH. The Festival will include arts, music, crafts, food, activities, historical and educational programs, etc. Submit 1-3 jpeg images to info@ centerfortheartsnh.org. Approx. 5 x 5 inches at 300ppi and no greater than 1800px on the longest side. Please label each image Last Name_Title of Image (example: Smith_Green Trees ). There is no fee to enter. Contest deadline is March 1st, 2015. The logo entries will be judged by the Strawberry Festival Committee. The winning logo designer will be awarded $100, and the winning logo will be used on all programs & advertising for the event. Historical photos available for purchase The old time photos in last week's Anniversary Edition were from the Manahan, Phelps, McCulloch collection and are available for purchase at the Hillsborough Historical Museum. www.granitequill.com | February 27, 2015 | The Messenger | Page 5 Four candidates running for two seats on the Bow Select Board Bow voters will be asked to choose between four candidates for the two seats on the Select Board. Current Chair Jill Hadaway is stepping down while incumbent Eric Anderson is seeking his 10th term on the board. He is joined by a trio of first-time candidates who have also filed for the seats. Jill Desrochers currently serves as chair of the budget committee, Michael Wayne is chairman of the Capital Improvements Program, and attorney Benjamin Kiniry, whose office is in Bow. The proposed public safety complex is the major issue facing the town. Anderson served on the Public Safety Building Review Committee and supports its recommendations, which include using $35,000 for a design of the construction of the building this year for the facility. He also favors asking for the $5 million in 2016. The budget committee recommended the bond in a 6-1 vote, and Desrochers presented that recommendation Hopkinton Candidates Forum The Hopkinton Rotary Club is hosting a Candidates Forum at the Hopkinton Town Library on Sunday at 1 p.m. There are two candidates for the one seat on the board of selectmen and three candidates for the two budget committee positions. The event will be in the library’s community room. Incumbent Selectman George Langwasser is being challenged by first-term budget committee member Steve Lux, while newcomers Amy Bogart, Ginni Haines and Deborah Norris are seeking the two seats on the committee being vacated by Michael Vance and David O’Keeffe. at the budget committee hearing. Kiniry is not in favor of the $5 million bond on this year’s warrant, believing the project could be built for much less. Voting in Bow will be March 10 from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. at Bow Memorial School. Heather Chrimes, Grade 11, is advised by Matt Smiegel of NH Art Institute about portfolio preparation during art class at Newport High School. Art classes at Newport High School are taught by Deborah Skinner. Newport student artists on display in Lebanon Ten Newport students have been jury-selected by artists for the AVA gallery “Best of the Upper Valley High School” Art Exhibit at the AVA Gallery, 11 Bank Street, Lebanon, NH. The exhibition is open to the public at the AVA Gallery through March 6, Tuesdays through Saturdays, 11 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Thursday until 7:00 p.m. Newport High School and Sugar River Valley Regional Technical Center (SRVRTC) students chosen to exhibit are: Jacqueline Bourgeois, Grade 10, digital drawing “Followed”; Trisha Poitras, Grade 12, stained glass “The Jewel Butterfly”; Amethyst Piland, digital photograph untitled; Heather Chrimes, Grade 11, pastel drawing “Sugar Skull”; Rebekah Pietras, Grade 11, watercolor painting untitled; Victoria Marino, Grade 9, acrylic painting untitled; Carolyn Clarke, Grade 11, digitally altered photo; Paul Roettger, Grade 12, air brush “Blood Moon”; Bjorn Stenberg, Grade 11, welded table; Shayla Genest, Grade 11, welded table. WINTER CLEARANCE! 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New Boston, New Hampshire Office: 603.424.4475 [email protected] www.mptrnh.com TAKE YOUR MEDICINE Low levels of vitamin D and high levels of parathyroid hormone are associated with increased mortality in African-American and Caucasian older adults, according to a new study accepted for publication in The Endocrine Society’s Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism. The study also indicates that the potential impact of remediating low vitamin D BY SARAH CHAPIN levels is greater in African Americans than Caucasians because vitamin D insufficiency is more common in African Americans. For the past several years, there has been considerable interest in the role vitamin D plays in improving health and preventing disease. Low levels of vitamin D have been directly associated with various forms of cancer and cardiovascular disease. • • • Taking enough omega-3 fatty acid supplements to change the balance of oils in the diet could slow a key biological process linked to aging, new research published in the journal Brain, Behavior, and Immunity suggests. The study showed that most overweight but healthy middleaged and older adults who took omega-3 supplements for four months altered a ratio of their fatty acid consumption in a way that helped preserve tiny segments of DNA in their white blood cells. Omega-3 supplementation also reduced oxidative stress, caused by excessive free radicals in the blood, by about 15 percent compared to effects seen in the placebo group. In another recent publication from this study, researchers reported that omega-3 fatty acid supplements lowered inflammation in this same group of adults. • • • Brought to you as a public service by HENNIKER PHARMACY • 603-428-3456 P.O.Box 718 • Proctor Square • Henniker, NH 03242 Chris Bober (l) took the penguin plunge to raise money for Special Olympics. Chris, with the help of Steve Kaneb (r) of Exeter, raised over $2,000 for Hillsborough athletes who participate through Farmsteads of New England. Antrim Police Dept. investigating death The Antrim Police recently assisted Antrim Ambulance with an untimely death on Pleasant Street. Upon arrival Patrolman John F. Giffin II discovered Matthew Hall, 32, deceased. The Medical Examiner came and inspected the scene. Mr. Hall was released to Holt Woodbury funeral home after the Medical Examiner was finished. The cause of death has not yet been disclosed. Newport budget results in flat tax rate Newport Town Manager Paul Brown has announced the preliminary 2015-2016 town budget, and with it, the projected tax rate of $11.55 per $1,000 of property valuation, which is exactly the same as the current rate. The Selectmen are in the process of meeting with department heads before approving the final budget at the Deliberative Session Sat 6 p.m., on April 7th, in the Newport Opera House. Franklin couple indicted for sex trafficking A Franklin couple, William and Julie Shine, were indicted by the Merrimack County Grand Jury on a charge of child sex trafficking and related charges between August 2013 and November 2014. William Shine, 36, was also indicted on three aggravated felonious sexual assault and five felonious sexual assault charges involving two females under the age of 16. Julie Shine, 41, was also indicted on two felony charges and one misdemeanor charge of endangering the welfare of a child. She was also indicted on a misdemeanor of child protection act. The couple is accused of offering one of the girls for sex for $1,000 and marriage for $5,000. Newport to back up New London ambulance Backup coverage for New London Ambulance by Newport has been extended to June. Newport’s Select Board Chair Gary Nicholas made the announcement at a special meeting between Newport’s Select Board and EMTs. Concerns arose among Newport EMTs after the Board notified the towns served by New London that Newport would no longer be the backup for New London Hospital Ambulance as of March 1. Nichols said it is not just about money but patient care. The letter did prompt New London Hospital officials to meet with Newport. New London Hospital is working on hiring additional staffing. New London and Newport each have 3 ambulances. Newport covers 110 miles and services 9,000 people and New London covers 190 miles and services 12,000. www.granitequill.com | February 27, 2015 | The Messenger | Page 7 Mount Royal Academy hosts seminar on "Common Core" standards Mount Royal Academy is pleased to welcome Ann Marie Banfield, from the New Hampshire Cornerstone Institute, to its campus on March 16. Banfield will lead a seminar entitled “What is the Common Core? What is the current state of public education?: The impact of the Common Core on children and schools.” The discussion will be held at Mount Royal Academy, beginning at 6:30pm. The event is free and open to the public. Public sentiment regarding the Common Core is polarized and divisive. The origins of the Common Core are considered somewhat mysterious to some, but many educators view the Common Core as the pathway towards quality education and a successful society. The Common Core is not a curriculum, rather it is a set of standards devised by educational experts at the prodding of the National Governor’s Association. These standards are to some extent revolutionizing the classroom in a plethora of ways: instructional strategy, content, and standardized testing are undergoing changes. Are the standards too low? Should the federal government actively influence local education? Are there any merits to the Common Core? Will public education in America improve because of these standards? The seminar will address these and other questions regarding Common Core. HCS Hosting African artists The annual artist in residency for HCS grade 6 will be Tuesday, March 17 through Friday, March 20. Africa is the area of study this year. Marilyn and Sekou Sylla of the Bamidele dancers and drummers will work with students for four full days. The public is invited to the culminating performance with the artists and students on Friday, March 20 at 6:30 PM. Attendees will also have the opportunity to view the block prints created by the students when Nigerian printmaker Segun Olorunfemi visited the school in December. The Antrim Grange hosted a Candidate's Night on Wednesday. Participating were (L to R) Diane Chauncy, Town Clerk; Steve McDonald, Planning Board; Mike Genest and Jeanne Cahoon, Selectmen; Loyal Allen, Trustee; and Ben Pratt, Treasurer. WINTER DEALS STILL AVAILABLE! All COATS, VESTS, LONG SLEEVE SHIRTS, HATS and GLOVES from Carhartt, Dickies, Outback and Arborwear till end of this month H ENNIKER F ARM & C OUNTRY S TORE 110 BRADFORD ROAD • HENNIKER • 428-3255 • Mon.-Sat. 8-5, Sun. 9-1 Page 8 | The Messenger | February 27, 2015 | www.granitequill.com PEDZIK’S PETS Animal Care Since 1980 BOARDING/GROOMING For the Family Pet 603/497-8747 762 River Road (Route 13) New Boston, NH Piper Tax + Accounting PLLC Certified Public Accountant Tammy A. 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Area trio added to NH Historic Register The New Hampshire Division of Historical Resources is pleased to announce that the State Historical Resources Council has added Fuller Hall in Hillsborough (1883), Tucker Free Library in Henniker (1903) and Whipple Memorial Town Hall in New London (1917) to the New Hampshire State Register of Historic Places. The most recent additions to the New Hampshire State Register of Historic Places are all public buildings and are excellent examples of classical architecture. Newport/Goshen tuition agreement delayed The New Hampshire Board of Education has postponed ruling on the proposed tuition agreement between Newport and Goshen until its March 25 meeting. The 10-year agreement was one of four separate tuition agreements on the State Board consent agenda to consider at this month's meeting but after a brief presentation by two Goshen residents, the board decided to hold off on a decision until both towns vote on the tuition agreement at their respective annual School District Meetings. The Goshen meeting and voting will be held on Saturday, March 7 and Newport will vote on Tuesday, March 10. Franklin man repeats his crime out on bail Brian Davis, 48, of Franklin, is expected to plead guilty to felonious sexual assault and aggravated felonious sexual assault as part of a negotiated plea deal. According to the indictments, Davis met the 14-year-old online and had a sexual encounter with him last August and solicited him for another encounter last September. While he remained free on $25,000 cash bail after his indictment in that case, he was arrested again in a similar case involving a 21-year old mentally disabled man. Davis is expected to serve 5 to 10 years in state prison if a judge accepts terms of the plea. Sunapee agrees on Abbott Library value The Town of Sunapee and Trustees of the Abbott Library have agreed on the value of the Old Abbott Library. At a meeting last week, Library Trustees voted unanimously that 69 percent of the building’s value belonged to the library and 21 percent to the town. When the old library building is sold library trustees will receive $255,546, and the town will receive $113,751. The next step in the process to dissolve the Abbott trust is to present the agreed figures to the NH Attorney General’s Charitable Trust division for approval for the Cy Pres. www.granitequill.com | February 27, 2015 | The Messenger | Page 9 New Boston Farmers Market is expanding - seeking new vendors The New Boston Farmers Market is now accepting applications for vendors for the 2015 market season! Do you, or someone you know, grow, create, or produce a product in New Hampshire? Would you like to be part of a vibrant, community supported farmers market? The New Boston Farmers Market runs from June through October, Saturday mornings, on the Town Common in New Boston. We have committed customers, town support, live music, special events (such as an annual children's market, Halloween costume swap, live animals), beautiful town common, and easy parking/traffic/access. The goal this year is to increase the variety of offerings at the market. We will be continuing with the vendors you love and adding on some more full time vendors. There are some rules you need to adhere by in order to vend at the market. Most importantly is liability insurance. We are also looking for a few more volunteers to round out the nonprofit farmers market board. This is a low commitment position, only a couple of meetings per year. If you are interested in vending or volunteering, or have any other questions, please contact Karina Bertrand at karina@ greentwistacres.com, 487-2102, or on Facebook, New Boston Farmers Market. Weare Food Pantry relocating The Weare Food Pantry may need a new home come July. Any help or suggestions would be appreciated. Due to the increase in students at the Weare Middle School, Pantry organizers have been contacted from Principal Willis that the school needs the additional space and the pantry would need to move. Emma McNally, a student at the Sunapee Central Elementary School, jumps rope during the Jump Rope for Heart at the school on February 20. Students at the school raised money at the jump-a-thon for the American Heart Association. Paul Howe photo. 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Selectman Anderson reminded the Board of how much these organizations have given back to the Town, lending equipment and volunteer time, spending money on renovations to buildings, improvements to parks and the bandstand. The Selectmen discussed the important impact these organizations have on the Town and the purpose of a “token” annual payment to go toward the thousands of dollars for the electricity and maintenance for these buildings. The Board reviewed the list of organizations currently using the facility. The Board decided to table the decision to a future meeting and to decide what a “nominal” fee means in today’s dollars. Hillsborough Recreation Director Peter Brigham has announced that he has 20 free tickets to the Harlem Globetrotters performance at the Verizion Arena at 7:00 p.m on March 20th. The tickets have been donated by Messenger owners Leigh & Joyce Bosse and transportation for 15 can be provided in the Youth Services van. 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Also from The Granite Quill: IN New Hampshire Your Guide to What’s Happening in the Granite State Senior Lifestyles A Guide for New Hampshire’s Active Seniors Publisher’s Perspective by Leigh Bosse Selectmen Wanted - Only Mature Adults Need Apply I've known and liked Jim Bailey for ages and was proud to work with him on Lions Club projects over the last decade. He can be stubborn and set in his ways, but can't we all? Our relationship began to deteriorate last summer when the Lions Club applied to host the Kelley Miller Circus. Even before seeing the request Jim, as Chairman of the Park Board, told a collegue, "I haven't seen it, but if they apply, I'll deny it." When the Lions appeared before the Park Board, Jim announced that it was denied because it was "too close to the Balloon Fest." When it was pointed out that this was immaterial and no part of the Board's authority, he changed his reason to "there is not enough parking." When it was pointed out that the Circus hoped to draw only 3,000 people as compared to the Balloon Fest's 30,000, he changed again, saying "It will damage the field." Being reminded that Circus vehicles would be on the field for only one day as opposed to Balloon Fest vendors who arrive on Tuesday and remain until the next Monday, he ran out of excuses but still voted to deny the Circus, as he had done with the Kona Ice and Tomacchio's Hot Dogs requests to use Grimes Field. Even when the other two Park Board members and the entire Board of Selectmen approved the Circus, Jim continued trying to sabotage it. As a long-time member of the Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors, it is no coincidence that the Chamber refused to promote the Circus on its web site or press releases as it routinely does for Old Fashioned Christmas, The Balloon Fest and Schnitzelfest. Finally, Bailey quit the Hillsboro Lions Club and joined the Hopkinton Club. Recently the Lions applied again to host the Circus in 2015. Peter Brigham intended to bring the application to the Park Board, but Chairman Bailey had again canceled the meeting, as he frequently does without consulting other members or allowing the vice chairman to run the meeting. It is probably just as well, as the Park Board could not have done anything anyway. In Mr. Bailey's nearly two decades on the Board, it has never adopted objective standards on how to judge an application for use of town facilities. In the past, if you wanted an application to use Grimes Field, the town office staff would tell you "we have none, ask Jim" If Jim liked it - OK, if not? Even after it was highlighted last year and even after being directed to do so by the selectmen, Mr. Bailey keeps putting it off, saying, "Lets wait till after the election, things may change." Governing the Town of Hillsborough is serious business. Our Selectmen need to be mature adults capable of working with all factions, respecting differing opinions and willing to accept a majority vote. Bailey's immature and childish actions should preclude him from the job. Letters to the Editor Dear Editor: How lucky for Hillsborough to be getting another tax paying business. I would like someone to explain why Henniker can't seem to attract any, which would help our tax base. The last new business to come to town was the Dunkin Donuts which although located in a commercial zone and had already been a business, had to jump through hoops to finally get permission to operate. What or who is making it so difficult for new businesses to come to Henniker? More and more land gets put into land use or conservation, our taxes keep going up, we who own under five acres need HELP. Some of us are on fixed income and soon will be taxed out of our homes. Jeannine Aucoin, Henniker ****************************************** To The Editor: As your Hillsborough Selectman, I am opposed to Article 7, which would increase our current Selectmen from three to five. My reasons are several, and if Article 7 passes, it could end our form of Town Government. Our average age for volunteers, elected officials, and alternates is well over sixty years old. Our population by census indicates that our seniors surpass all age groups. This is very important: It means that we have fewer middle-aged people willing to volunteer or run for office. Currently, we www.granitequill.com | February 27, 2015 | The Messenger | Page 13 tion, in our town. I hope you will join me on March 12 by voting YES to the Wilmot Community Association’s request for $4,500. Marc Davis, Wilmot ****************************************** Dear Editor: The Hillsborough Senior Services has provided many services for seniors and made a positive effect on the community. When you consider that there are about as many seniors as there are students in the school population, it seems that the seniors should have some monetary support from the town. Seniors still pay school taxes. $8,000 isn't a lot to ask when the Senior Program in a neighboring town receives $50,000 a year. Seniors have already contributed. They have done volunteer work for many years and still do. ("Dial A Ride" is an example.) Many seniors have no other social outlets except those provided by Hillsborough Senior Services and they are grateful. (Hearing a van load of seniors laughing, sharing stories and genuinely enjoying themselves is heartwarming). They could be at home, some alone. Many activities have a charge and the seniors pay without complaint. Has a senior done anything for you in the past that made a difference in your life? It is payback time and we should all be happy to help Hillsborough Senior Services. After all, we all get to be seniors ourselves, eventually. This program will be there for you. Please help the seniors in their endeavor to achieve our goal of an $8,000 donation from the town. Joan Tonken, Hillsborough ****************************************** Letter to the Editor, I would like to take the opportunity to publicly thank the Goffstown Department of Public Works and the New Boston Highway Department for their considerable efforts keeping the roads safe. We have had an incredible amount of snow over the past few weeks and both towns have done a great job cleaning up after the storms. The work of our plow drivers and heavy equipment operators is critically important to the safety of our community including the students in our schools. We are fortunate to have very dedicated teams working to keep our communities safe. Lastly, I would like to offer special recognition to New Boston Road Agent Dick Perusse, Goffstown Interim Public Works Director Mike Hilhouse, and Goffstown Town Engineer Megan Theriault for their leadership to our towns during these complicated weather events. Well done. Brian Balke, Superintendent of Schools ************************************* Messenger THE have vacancies in the majority of Boards both elected and volunteer. In many cases we have a failure of elected officials to participate on committees or even to show up for meetings; we use substitutes as alternates. In the last five years we had only one candidate go up against an incumbent. What if there were none. At the March Meeting, I request that you try at least to volunteer for some of our community programs. We need people to participate. We can not gain qualified candidates. Yes, to be a selectman is hard and time consuming with a myriad of responsibilities. Yes, it is hard but it is our civic duty. I do not accept pay. Increasing to Five Selectmen the tax payer will have to pay them over $12,000. Five members are not going to solve the problem. It is gaining three good ones who will solve the problem. We live in a participatory democracy where our town meeting is our local form of government. You the citizens are the legislatures. Because of many factors town government is disappearing throughout New England. Are we next? John Adams stated: “One useless man is a shame, two is a law firm and three or more is a congress. You are the congress; Show up at the March 10, 2015 Town Meeting and vote “no” to Article 7. Alan B. Urquhart, Hillsborough ****************************************** Letter to the Editor: For the first time in its 50-year history, the Wilmot Community Association (WCA) will ask Wilmot voters for funds at Town Meeting on March 12. I strongly endorse the WCA’s request for $4,500. 1. By owning and maintaining the Red Barn, a community center on Village Road, the WCA provides a modern and comfortable facility where organizations, such as the Wilmot Historical Society, can schedule programs and other functions. The Red Barn is available to the public 365 days a year. 2. The WCA ensures that Wilmot is brimming with community spirit by collaborating with many organizations such as the Wilmot Public Library, Wilmot Garden Club, Wilmot Ladies Aid Society, Music on the Bandstand Committee and the Wilmot Volunteer Fire Department. 3. Many people believe the town of Wilmot owns Timothy Patten Park. It does not. For more than 40 years the WCA has owned and maintained the beach and playground on Shindagan Road for its members. If voters approve the WCA’s request for $4,500 at Town Meeting on March 12, then the organization’s board of directors will open the park to all residents of Wilmot. 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The halls of the state house are quite a bit quieter, but not without a certain amount of hum and activity as support staff and some lawmakers take advantage of the lull to get caught up on paperwork and prepare for the major crush of activity that lies ahead as we grind our way toward Crossover Day on March 26th. That’s when the House and Senate must complete action on all bills that originated in their chamber. The break in legislative activity this week is a good time to talk about an aspect of being a lawmaker that doesn’t get much public attention; statutory committee and study committee assignments. Both statutory committees and study committees are created by an act of the legislature, and approved by the governor. Statutory committees, as their name implies, are written into the permanent state laws and tend to focus on longerrunning issues and challenges, and therefore often have no specific end date. They tend to be made up of a blend of legislators, political appointees, representatives of industry groups, appointees from relevant state departments and members of the public. The goal of most statutory committees is to draw guidance from a wide variety of interested parties. Study committees, on the other hand, are not written into the permanent statutes and are usually short-term assignments for a small number of legislators only who look into a very specific issue and report back to the legislature, often within a year, with findings, ideas and solutions. Study committees usually get to work, file a report and then sunset. According to the General Court web site, there are 133 active “statutory committees” in permanent law and 8 active “chaptered study committees”. Since taking office in December I’ve been assigned to more than a dozen of these working groups. The longest running statutory committee I’ve been assigned to is the Fiscal Committee. Created initially in 1965 and guided by NH RSA 14:30-a, the committee’s charge is to, “while the general court is in session and during the interim, consult with, assist, advise, and supervise the work of the legislative budget assistant, and may at its discretion investigate and consider any matter relative to the appropriations, expenditures, finances, revenues or any of the fiscal matters of the state.” What that means in practice is that the five By District 8 State Senator Jerry Little Representatives and five Senators assigned to the committee review and either approve or deny requests from state agencies to adjust their finances. We also receive and accept financial audits of state programs. Most of the work of the Fiscal Committee is relatively non-controversial…but not all of it. There has been much discussion recently of the decision of the Department of Health and Human Services to fill a deficit in their current budget by, in part, redirecting funds intended for compensation of nursing homes and other long term care facilities, and to do so without seeking the approval of the Fiscal Committee. According to HHS, the State Attorney General says it’s an OK thing for them to do without any further review or approval. As you might imagine, committee members disagree. I feel that the use of the word “any” in the statutory language quoted above means HHS must bring their plan before the Fiscal Committee for review and approval. We’ll continue to look into this. Another committee I’m assigned to is the State Park Advisory Council. Formed in 1995, this 16 member board provides advice to the Director of the Division of State Parks and Recreation on issues relating to the operation and development of the state park system. I’ve already met once with this council and I’m impressed with the level of commitment of this mostly volunteer board to continually improve the customer experience at our state parks. Due to my assignment to the standing Senate public policy committee on Energy and Natural Resources, I am also serving on numerous statutory committees that can impact a variety of energy, telecommunications, water use and resource protection issues. Please take a look at my statutory committee assignments on the New Hampshire General Court web site to see if one of them has responsibilities relevant to your interests. My role is to represent the people of New Hampshire in general and my constituents in District 8 on these boards, so I want to hear from you if there are problems or concerns I might be able to help with. The youngest statutory committee I’ve been assigned to was formed just last year, and its assignment is to plan to celebrate one of the state’s older assets. The New Hampshire State House Bicentennial Committee will raise funds and plan an appropriate observance of the 200th anniversary of the opening of the State House. Ours is the oldest state house in the nation in which the legislature still meets in its original chambers. The anniversary date is June 2, 2019. If you have ideas on how we might celebrate this remarkable milestone, please pass them along at jerry.little@ leg.state.nh.us. www.granitequill.com | February 27, 2015 | The Messenger | Page 15 Candidates Corner Hillsboro-Deering School Board (2) Nancy Denu look at all issues objectively Have never forgotten that I represent the voters of Hillsboro and Deering on the school board During my term in office the school board has: Shown fiscal restraint in our budgets. As the school board representative I was part of the team that successfully negotiated a contract with the Teacher 's union which included major concessions by the union on health care Shown transparency in all of our decision processes Over the past several years the school board has worked very hard with the school administrative team to put all of our efforts into improving student outcomes. It is not a single year effort. Looking at our test scores from this year all of the hard word we have put into improving student outcomes is beginning to show and should continue over the coming years. We have come a long way over the past few years but there is still much work to be done. Here are some of the major initiatives that the board has been working on: Finding a new home to the alternative school program Successfully completing the negotiations with our unions Seeking ways to stabilize the school tax rate Improving student outcomes One of the most vital characteristics of a successful organization is leadership stability. As we continue to advance the initiatives that we have launched over the past few years I think it is important to have proven leadership on the school board. Therefore I would ask the voters of Hillsboro and Deering to consider me for one of your two votes on March 10th. Rich Pelletier Rich Pelletier I am running for the position of School Board Member At Large and ask for your vote. I am running because I believe that we need to have a quality school system for our children that we can afford. As a parent of two H-D graduates and someone who has been involved in the schools for years as a former Board Member, volunteer on numerous committees and projects, and advocate I believe that I can serve the district to help reach these goals. While there has been some improvement in our schools we still have a long way to go. While we need to maintain the extraordinary performance that we see in extracurricular activities like DECA and the Music Department, we also need to bring our academic performance up to an equally laudable level. We need to meet the academic needs of all of our students, those with special needs I am Nancy Egner Denu, and I am seeking a second term on the Hillsborough/Deering School Board, and I ask for your vote on March 10th. I have learned a great deal over the last three years being on the board, and enjoyed the experience immensely. I have appreciated in a new way how hard our teachers and administrators work and how committed they are as a group to the betterment of our school system and the optimal education possible for our children. And we are making big strides. As a Board member, I seek to balance the needs of the students and the needs of the school system for improvements and setting the bar high for continued improvement and accomplishments, and the needs of the taxpayer in not seeing dramatic increases to the tax bill. Over the last several years, I think we have accomplished that. This year, we are putting forth a budget lower than the default budget. I am proud to be part of such a process, seek to continue such innovation and cooperative problem solving in the future, and seek your support in my candidacy. Thank you very much. Nancy Egner Denu I’m Rich Pelletier and I am running for the Hillsboro-Deering school board. I’ve been a resident and homeowner in Hillsboro for the last 30 years. My four children all graduated from the Hillsboro-Deering school system. I have coached HYAA baseball, basketball and soccer, and was a Cub Scout leader. I bring the following to the school board: Listen to all sides of the story before making my decision Vote on each issue based on its own merits Solicit input from all parties Have 5 years of leadership on the HillsboroDeering board Have no connection to the school, so I can Jim Fedolfi School Board ` The best education for students ` Fiscal responsibility for Taxpayers ` Good schools Paid Advertisement John Segedy RE-ELECT David Fullerton Hillsborough Selectman HE CARES HE LISTENS HE GETS RESULTS Paid for By friends of David Fullerton Page 16 | The Messenger | February 27, 2015 | www.granitequill.com Candidates Corner as well as those whose needs are to excel. I believe this can be done with out spending at the highest levels in the state, and I am asking for your support to pursue these goals. As an example of my beliefs, I would explain that I am in favor of the concept of moving the HS Alternative Program back to the School Campus. However I believe that the proposal that the administration and the majority of the current Board has put to the voters is extravagant and much more than we need. If I am a Board member next year I will work to find a cost effective solution to the issue. I also believe in treating our employees fairly and would work to reach a fair contract with our union employees. Let me be clear, as anyone familiar with my advocacy for cost cutting over the years knows, I am not one to give away the store, but I believe that a middle ground can be found. I also believe we should even the playing field and not be contracting with administrators to give them guaranteed raises every year, while the front line employees are not getting them. For these reasons and 1,218 others (2014-2015 Enrollment) I ask for your vote on March 10, 2015. John P. Segedy Jim Fedolfi My name is Jim Fedolfi, and I was in business for forty years both in retail sales and commercial/ industrial construction. I am retired and have lived in Hillsborough for eight years. I am running for School Board in Hillsborough because I think a good education is the best gift we can give to our children. It helps them to become happy, productive, and independent adults, good people and good citizens. We have good teachers, who are working to provide that education, and I appreciate them. At the same time I am concerned with the taxes that residents have to pay to support our schools. Hillsborough is a town where many people struggle to meet their mortgage payments, let alone town taxes. Some have even lost their homes. Many seniors are on fixed incomes and are stressed financially by the town taxes. I feel this administration is not being careful in its expenditure of taxpayer money. • We are voting on raising a $700,000 bond to move the Alternative High School back to the campus (Article 3). I am completely in favor of the move back to the campus, but our student count has decreased by 250 in the past few years, and I think, in fairness to the taxpayers, we should make room for the Alternative Program within existing buildings. We are also asked to vote (Article 7) on installing a new heating system in the Middle School that will cost $250,000, but the current system could be fixed for $20,000. In Article 8, we are asked to vote for a new Operations and Maintenance trust fund with $ 100,000, and in Article 9 to dissolve the existing Emergency Maintenance trust fund ($352,000). The argument is that if all three articles pass they would be tax neutral, but we would be changing the nature of the trust fund, and spending unnecessary money on the heating system. I am in favor of voting against Articles 7,8, and 9. I support the new truck and adding $100,000 to the Special Education Emergency Fund. These are my positions on the current proposed budget. If you would like me to represent you on the School Board, please vote for me on March 10th• I appreciate your consideration. Henniker Community School Board Gary Guzouskas Community and commitment. They’re more than words. For me, they are a philosophy and a way of life. My family and I have been members of the Henniker community for 35 years. My daughter went to the Henniker Community School (HCS) and graduated from John Stark High School. My wife, Glenda, taught at HCS for 16 years. My own professional career has been focused in the field of education as a high school teacher, a college instructor and in various roles with several state departments of education.I have always believed that involvement in our community is important, thus I have served our town in many ways including as an EMT on the Rescue Squad, a member of the founding group of the Henniker Lions Club, and as a member of the White Birch Community Center Board of Directors, the Henniker Highway Safety Committee, the Henniker Planning Board and the Henniker School Board. I recognize that school board members are representatives of the community and if re-elected, I will continue to seek input from all constituents and be open and receptive to all ideas and concerns. I will work with school leadership and staff, students, parents and the community to provide quality educational opportunities for all children in Henniker in a collaborative and fiscally responsible manner. I ask for your vote in re-electing me to the Henniker Community School Board. Thank you. Zach Lawson I am seeking a second term on the Henniker School Board to continue the work in which I have been deeply involved over these past three years. For the first time, we are saving money on the cost of Health Insurance by paying for what is used, and I would like to continue to help evolve and shape the program we now have in place to save even more for the taxpayers of Henniker. Hillsborough Selectman (1) David Fullerton I am David Fullerton and I am running for reelection on the Board of Selectmen. When I ran for my first term I wanted to: 1) Increase recreation in town for all ages. I support HYAA and Camp Manahan but we need more. I supported Pickle Ball for adults and feel this is just the start of what can be a huge resource for the town. I supported appointing Peter Brigham as Recreation Director and he has already added programs with little or no cost to the town. 2) Bring new businesses to town to increase our tax base and hopefully with time reduce the tax burden on homeowners. This would also provide jobs and make it so we can buy what we need in town. Tractor Supply is coming to town hopefully opening this fall. I am not a politician that is going to claim I did this but I was part of the team helping to make this happen. This is just the start and I would like to help finish what has started. 3) Help our existing businesses stay in business so we don’t have the empty buildings. Sanel’s and Family Dollar have improved the looks of the east end of town. I opposed the efforts to delay those projects. I supported the Circus and will continue to support events that bring people to town. www.granitequill.com | February 27, 2015 | The Messenger | Page 17 Candidates Corner The Balloon Fest, Schnitzelfest, Farmers Markets and many others bring people to town that helps support our businesses. I understand by supporting the local snowmobile club by allowing them to use town property has resulted in increased income for local business. I supported the increase in the number of parking spaces downtown which I understand has had a positive impact. I went to training sessions for Planning Board members and the New Hampshire Selectperson Institute and learned Hillsboro has many things that needed to be fixed regarding policies and procedures, reviews of employees, and state requirements like meeting minutes, and etc. Working with many people improvements have been made but there is still much that needs to be done which is another reason why I am running for reelection. To continue with what has been started I need your vote March 10. David Fullerton Hillsborough Planning Board (1) John Segedy I write to solicit your vote in support for my candidacy as a member of the Planning Board. I believe that my experience as Recording Secretary of the Board, an alternate member of the Zoning board of Adjustment, the Conservation Commission & the Park Board and as an advocate for expressing the views of the public at their meetings uniquely qualifies me for this position. As a Hillsborough taxpayer and resident for over twenty years I am not someone who has just moved into town and wants to bring a myriad of regulations to change the basic nature of our town. One of the most important duties of the Planning Board is the crafting of regulations for the town. I believe that contrary to what has often happened in recent years, these regulations should be helping to promote the development and use of citizens' property not stifling growth. If elected to the Planning Board I will strive to make this town one that is welcoming to all residents and businesses that want to use their property. Of course there is a place for some regulation, and that is if (and IMHO only if) a use creates a harm off of that property. Outside of those particular circumstances the local government should just get out of the way. The Planning Board's other main duty is to ensure that the regulations that we do have are applied fairly to all. They should not be applied loosely to some and strictly to others depending on ones views or favored status. If elected I pledge to fulfill this important duty. Transparency is also important to this Board as it is to all of government. If elected I will work to change the current policy of destroying meeting recordings and treat them as all other government records that should be maintained for posterity. Finally Planning Board meetings and hearings should be a welcoming place for all citizens. Public Hearings are expressly held for the public to express their views, even if they are different from those of particular Board Members. A member of the public should not have Board members attempt to disallow a member of the public's comments as my opponent recently did (January 21, 2015 — Continued Public Hearing). I have chosen to run for the 1 year position as opposed to one of the 3 year positions because I am confident that after seeing my actions over the next year, that I will be welcomed back again. Kindly give me a chance to bring a reasonable voice to this important Board. Please come out and Vote on March 10th. John P. Segedy Antrim Selectman (1) Mike Genest My name is Michael Genest and I am running for re-election for Selectman. During my five terms as Selectman I have been involved in many different projects, including the New Police Station, the Library Addition, and the Bridge Replacement Program. With the West Street Bridge over Great Brook planned for replacement, along with the Highland Avenue and Pleasant Street Project, I feel that my experience would be beneficial. The Board of Selectmen will be working with the Water and Sewer Commissioners to apply for any Grants that would help offset the tax impact. I have also spent time on the Planning Board, Recreation commission, and the Selectmen's Advisory Committee for ConVal, along with many other committees over the last thirteen years. I have been involved with the proposed Wind Farm from the beginning. Currently the New Hampshire Site Evaluation Committee is deciding if they will take jurisdiction over the project. If they choose not to, this issue could come back to the town to decide. I believe my experience would be helpful in either case. Recently the Board of Selectmen voted to extend the Payment in Lieu of Taxes (PILOT) for the proposed Wind Farm for 2 years. I was the only Selectman who voted against this. I felt that a Public Hearing should have been held before the Selectmen made a decision. I ask you for your support on election day, Tuesday, March tenth, and please come to the Town Meeting on Thursday, March twelfth. Let's work together to keep our town a great place to live. Mike Genest Washington Selectman (1) Bob Williams My name is Bob Williams and I am running for Selectman in Washington, NH. I hope to use my skills and experience as a business manager to bring a fresh voice to our Board of Selectmen. I have been coming to Washington with my wife since the early 1980’s when her family built a home here. Lisa and I built our house in 2007 and became fulltime residents of Washington in early 2012. After spending the last thirty years working in a number of technology and operational management roles I am now semi-retired and have been getting involved with town affairs. I’ve recently taken over the town’s medical equipment lending program, have worked with the Master Plan Update Committee since 2013, and since spring of 2014 I have been working as part of the Washington Emergency Services Advisory Committee to help find a workable solution to meet the needs of our safety services. As part of these efforts I have met some great people and learned a lot about our town’s needs. I’d like to expand my involvement with a seat on the Board of Selectmen and hope I can help move our town forward in a way that meets our needs in a fiscally responsible way on two main principals: Fiscal Responsibility and Transparency. Town residents should have complete visibility into decisions and actions of the Board of Selectmen. I also believe a key responsibility of the Selectmen is to manage and implement appropriate controls over the town spending and taxation. I would like to help make improvements where possible in these areas while working with the current board members, town staff, and residents. Throughout my career I’ve managed budgets, worked to identify opportunities for improvement, and have been a problem solver. I would like to leverage these skills to help the town of Washington. I ask the voters of Washington to consider voting for me for Selectman on Tuesday, March 10, 2015. Bob Williams GET OUT AND VOTE Page 18 | The Messenger | February 27, 2015 | www.granitequill.com PUBLIC NOTICE WINDSOR SCHOOL DISTRICT TOWN OF WINDSOR The Windsor School Board and the Town of Windsor will hold their Annual School District and Town Meetings on Tuesday, March 10, 2015 at the Windsor Town Hall. The school district meeting will begin at 6:30pm with the town’s annual meeting immediately following. PUBLIC NOTICE WASHINGTON SCHOOL DISTRICT The Washington School Board will hold their Annual School District Meeting on Saturday, March 7, 2015, at 2:00 pm in the Washington Elementary School Multi-Purpose Room. VOTE or don't complain PUBLIC NOTICE HILLSBORO-DEERING SCHOOL DISTRICT To the residents of the School District in the towns of Hillsboro and Deering qualified to vote in District affairs: You are hereby notified to meet in each town, on Tuesday, March 10, 2015, to vote, by official ballot, on the election of officers and on all warrant articles. Voting shall take place at the following locations and times: For Deering Voters: Deering Town Hall – 11:00 am to 7:00 pm For Hillsboro Voters: Hillsboro-Deering Middle School Gym – 7:00 am to 7:00 pm Public Notice Supervisors of the Checklist TOWN OF HILLSBOROUGH The Supervisors of the Checklist will be in session Saturday, February 28, 2015 from 11:00-11:30 a.m. at the Hillsboro Town Office, located behind Fuller Public Library, 27 School Street, for the purpose of making additions and/or corrections to the checklist. This is the last time to register until Election Day on March 10, 2015. Honors Newport High School Grade 12 High Honors: Emily Almquist, Anthony DiPadova, Catherine Tremblay. Honors: Brady Bates, Steven Carpenter, Ryan Cook, Spencer Coronis, Patrick Greene, Patrick Hennig, Hannah Hubert, Ashley Hurd, Alicia Lacasse, Derrick Pare, Todd Patno, Bryan Pitkin, Luke Rine, Cieara Sanville, Taner Sherman, Heidi Simoneau, Cole Stetson, Tyler Triquet. Grade 11 High Honors: Daniel Chase (H), Tyler Currier, Jeremy Dewey, Allison Howe, Katelynn Loring, Taryn Wentzell, Payton Wilson. Honors: Dawson Campbell, Heather Chrimes, Isvara Coutu, Emily Koelsch, Christopher Lawrence, Tyler Maheu. Grade 10 High Honors: Bethany Boone, Tyler Hall, Ziqian Han, Anastasia Marino, Jacob Merritt, Michael Tremblay. Honors: Mason Ballou, Jaiden Bilodeau, Claudia Biron, Alyssa Dodge, Yuyi Han, Jaiden Harris, Shelby Jenkins, Hunter Johnson, Kyrstin Kibbey, Emma Kibbie, Callan Livingstone, Dylan McNamara, Hayley Philbrook, Zachary Roberts, Tyler Sharron, Maegan Sherburne, Jeremy Soulia, Aspen Toliver. Grade 9 High Honors: Anna Pysz, Hannah Stark, Rachel Stark. Honors: Emily Blanton, Anna Caccavaro, Molly DiPadova, Makayla Frye, Keagan Halleck, Matthew Hennig, Ethan Houde, Chad Howe, Alexis Hurd, Hannah Johnson, Sawyer Johnson, Victoria Marino, Haley McNamara, Hailey Perry, Amethyst Piland, Kennedy Pysz, Olivia Rasmussen, Briar Rose, Matthew Salinardi, David Stark, Cody Turgeon, Keagan Watson, Alexander Whipple. Newport Middle School Grade 8 High Honors: Victoria Burroughs, Marisa Cota, Benjamin Jachim-Gallagher, Madison Sanville. Honors: Cheyenne Adriance, James Blaine III, Yang Chen, Kristie Clingenpeel, Selena Coronis, Nathan Currier, Rileigh Frye, Emily Guyett, Gavin Lovely, Ayesha Nezamabadi, Abby Paquin, Nathan Stark. Grade 7 High Honors: Alia Gonzalez, Mason Martell, Annika Randall, Tyreese Ripley, Kiara Shackett, Jasmyn Wilkinson. Honors: Alexandra Armstrong, Cory Bowie, Alyssa Burr, Austin Davis, Zackary Davis, Isabelle Fischer, Gabriel Giguere, Cameron Hall, Braydon Kraft, Blake McKinney, Lacey McNeel, Rebecca O’Neill, Kelci Page, Caleb Palmer, Alexandra Richardson, Anthony Sanville, Cooper Skarin, Angela Woolbert, Gabriel Williams. Towle School Grade 6 High Honors: Eliza Bates, Mia Caccavaro, Melanie Coleman, Chase Hamilton,; Kirsten Hurd, Matthew Jachim-Gallagher, Madison Miller, Brooklyn Mitchler, Sean Moody. Honors: Caitlyn Bressette, Rory Callum-King, Brooke Deane, Justice Durgin, Jagger Lovely, Ryder Lovely, Jenna Maheu, Alexis McLaughlin, Kaylie Pennington, Tanner Proper, Abigael Rasmussen, Nathan Rentas, Morgan Roberts, Benjamin Spivey, Emily Sturtevant, Carter Trybulski, Adriano Urista, Kelsey Wheeler, Amanda Woodsum. Grade 5 High Honors: Ashley Bryce, Adra Gonzalez, Sophie Hubert, Kaiden Seymour. Honors: Caitlyn Almstrom, Dylon Carpenter, Jayden Conroy, Allyson DeCelle, Amelia Fischer, Annalee Hall, Piper Howe, Reece Johnson, Gavin Kopacz, Mikenna Mayer, Makayla Perry, Katrina Pickering, Riely Skarin, Kaitlyn Stone, Brianna Wilkinson, Jason Zhang, Stephane Zullo. Weare Middle School Grade 5 High Honors: Taytlyn Andrews, Brooke Blackburn, Gracie Bolduc, Hadley Borden, Kaitlyn Bossart, Noah Brent, Austin Burkhamer, Liam Chapman, Annabelle Charette, Patrick Coyle, Jason Crean, Eiligh Fenske, Nathan Fifield, Brandon Firman, Connor Fredrickson, Nathan Grandmaison, Terry Greene, Nicole Grenier, Abigail Guillemette, Dakota Haney, Myles Hooper, Nikolos Hurrinus, Nathan Innerfield, Emily Jankowski, Alexander Kelly-Wilson, Emily Kimball, Sky Knapp, Jayden Lamothe, Ian Lavertu, Jordyn Lemay, Sophia Lemay, Jack Malone, Alexander Mann, Patrick McCardell, Greer Merrill, Benjamin Mordarski, Matthew Mulet, Alyssa Mulholland, Patrick Parker, Natalie Patterson, Brendan Paulson, Isabella Pelletier, Kylie Perrino, Logan Pike, Dustin Proulx, Kyle Provencher, Alexis Rinker, Christopher Roy, Emaly Roy, Savanna Ruoff, Nolan Scott, Andrea Seaver, Terry Seymour, Diana Stafford, Jocelyn Stoll, Nathan Streeter, Abigail Van Dyke, Destiny Vickers, Cadence Williams, Rylie Windward, Maddy Wood. Honors: Thomas Bryant, Jazmyn Curry, Mason Dion, Brooke Drouin, Maddox Duquette, Emma Edwards, Zachary Fifield, Jillian Gagnon, Trevor Gilmore, Linsey Hagman, Paige Hamel, Teagan www.granitequill.com | February 27, 2015 | The Messenger | Page 19 Honors Hardcastle, Ariana Johnston, Colby Lineberry, Trevor Marion, Nicole Mathis, Harrison McCallum, Joshua Moul, Jaden Nelson, Nicholas Osborne, Zoe Phelps, Adrienne Reynolds, Alyx Rodonis, Benjamin Searles, Jackson Souther, Cody Sutkus, Aidan Ventiere, Keegan Werner, Jacob Wheeler. Grade 6 High Honors: Caysen Allard, Christopher Audet, Elizabeth Barnes, Brianna Bodner, Zachary Bowes, Katee Budroe, Abigail Burke, Elizabeth Chauvette, Haley Couchon, Andra Dagenais, Alexa Damboise, Lauren Desrosiers, Jorja Douzanis, Elizabeth Downing, Victoria Drake, Erin Duhaime, Hannah Dupont, Bethany Forrey, Liam Gannon, Evan Gendron, Spencer Grant, Lauren Guerrette, Alexandra Hardcastle, Jaiziah Hooper, Spencer Keane, Kaitlyn Lafleur, Josselyn LeBlanc, Cameron Lombard, Riley Lord, Cody Lucier, Katerina Mandrino, Gianna Massaro, Madison McDonald, Brian McGinnin, Brianna Meisser, Devin Menard, Gavin Merrill, Brennan Mucci, Sheridan O’Brien, Brooke Patnode, Sydney Paulson, Marcus Paveglio, Brady Philibotte, Alex Pike, Ariana Pimental, Brianna Pinter, Ethan Ploof, Sydney Pollard, Brooke Porth, Emmet Rinehimer, Stephanie Rodonis, Isabella Roy, Dawson Ruoff, Sarah Sheldon, Timothy Sheldon, Nicholas Silvernail, Alyssa Villemaire, Margaret Waligura, Seth Whitehead, Abigail Wing. Honors: Joshua Albert, Taryn Arel, Noelle Barrieau, Camden Bergeron, Braileigh Booker, Ashley Brown, Kayla Burbee, Gifford Colburn, Veronica Conroy, Emily Corey, Sara Damboise, Olivia Dame, Ryan Desainde, Alyssa Downey, Carter Duclos, Camron Fortin, Kaylie Gilman, Kyler Gingras, Arianna Guay, Dustin Hallee, Jakob Hardy, Austin Hazzard, Luke Horion, Declan Horne, Brady Johnson, Thomas Johnston, Jacqualine Lajoie, Nathan Marquis, Lindsey Olson, Chloe Palladino, Jacob Parsons, Micheala Penafiel, Lydia Piscina, Oliver Plant, Hailey Ries, Zackary Rivard, Cooper Rivers, Jeffrey Shepherd, Lillian Stogner, Nathan Tower, Carson Woodward. Grade 7 High Honors: Elizabeth Aubin, Spencer Beahm, Sean Boisvert, Hannah Champagne, Kyle Chauvette, Daniel Ciarla, Ian Combs, Makalya Couturier, Timothy Fatcheric, Madeline Fitts, Megan Gawthorp, Brandon Jannetty, Arianna Maxwell, Rose McCardell, Carter Pike, Naomi Prevo, Joshua Reynolds, Taylor Rivard, Raelyn Roberts, Christopher Seaver, Shelby Sizemore, Briana Sozzani, Dominik Sutkus, Rebecca Wetherbee, Chelsea Woodsum. Honors: Katelyn Barriere, Logan Beliveau, Nikos Biskaduros, Brennan Bodner, Erika Boyan, Victoria Bulcock, Alexander Burgess, Brooke Cardwell, Garett Chartier, Trinity Cozby, Luke Damboise, Mason Dame, Olivia Desainde, Cordell Drabble, Kayden Easter, Aram Fowler, Joseph Frechette, Josiah Gage, Rachell Gamache, Summer Giroux, Colby Hoover, Nicole Horion, Samantha Innerfield, Jack Johnson, Matthew Jones, Anna Kellett, Joseph L’Heureux, Sierra McDonald, Christopher Metcalf, Marc Morette, Cameron Morse, Owen Olson, Kalie Palmisano, Brett Patnode, Chloe Perdikes, Clara Richman, Skyler Rousseau, Nicholas Russell, Abigail Sahlin, Alyssa Sargent, Anna Stenger, Sydney Talbert, Tryten Williams, Lauren Zervos. Grade 8 High Honors: Alexa Archambault, Kasey Arnold, Katherine Barnes, Haleigh Bilodeau, Kyle Bowen, Lindsey Brunelle, Kayla Crosby, Tyler Descoteau, Hannah Desrosiers, Madison Duclos, Hailey Erskine, April Goodwin, Lucas Guerrette, Zachary Hargreaves, Tyler Hazzard, Ila Heino, Kayla Houle, Maeve Hunt, Anna Ishak, Kali Kolehmainen, Allison L’Heureux, John Labounty, Delainey Lapointe, Abigail Larkin, Courtney Lavigne, Molly Leuci, George Lord, Shawna Nichols, Owen Payeur, Noah Peacock, Samantha Porter, Olivia Sohl, Riley Zanella. Honors: Skyler Andrews, Kayla Antle, Olyvia Bergeron, Ashley Blodgett, Nathan Bluteau, Giuseppe Brown, Kaitlyn Brown, Ali Burkhamer, Steven Cantin, Noah Chapman, Justin Coidakis, Elizabeth Drake, Mackenzie Drouin, Nathan Firman, Megan Gagnon, Devon Hallee, Fallon Hawkes, Michelle Hunter, Nathan Isabelle, Campbell Johnson, Rylie Johnson, Ryan Konrad, Christopher Mann, Hannah Marquis, Sophia Mayville, Lucy McGrade, Parker McQuarrie, Paytra Murphy, Autumn Nelson, Sara Nikias, Hunter Oesterreich, Nathan Osborne, Chaeleigh Ouellet, Matthew Piscina, Alexandra Proulx, Harrison Purdue, Aaron Robertson, Brendan Russell, Eamon Scott, Glen Spooner, Emma Trumble, Haleigh Villemaire, Nicholas Weidman, Sebastian Winsor, Nicolas Zerbinopoulos. Great Brook School Grade 8 High Honors: Kelley Akerley, Ian Aldrich, Kindyl Alfonso, Jade Bailey, Rachel Cass, Hayley Cheviot, Jaclyn Clark, Evan Coyne, Maxwell Davie, Austin Davison, Liana Day, Samantha George, Anna Gombas, Savanna Hall, Carter Hunt, Sarah Jones, Isabelle Laskey-Rigrod, Anna McGuiness, Colman Momenee, Julia Peters, Clara Quintanilha, Jacob Rubin, Amber Ruston, Benjamin Simons, Lauren Slater, Curtis Smith, Leah Stone, Amber Thompson, Elizabeth Townes, Siera Valentin, Clare Veverka, Keenan Wilson, Connor Young, Daisy Young Honors: Jacob Agrella, Matthew Burke, Duncan Cahoon, Marissa Caruth, Hannah Cook, Laquea Hall, Carly Kimball, Macayla Mandel, Tyler Nims, Hunter O'Brien- Wholley, John Plourde, Kyla Delivering the American Dream Red Coat Homes 246 W. Main St., Hillsboro 464-3880 Proudly Offering: Double Wide Mobile Land, water, sewer and clearing are extra. Modular Colonial Land, water, sewer and clearing are extra. Eagle’s Nest Land, water, sewer and clearing are extra. Log Home Land, water, sewer and clearing are extra. Modular Ranch Land, water, sewer and clearing are extra. Single Wide Mobile Land, water, sewer and clearing are extra. Let us build one for you! Page 20 | The Messenger | February 27, 2015 | www.granitequill.com Why you should use a travel agent: We had a lively debate recently on the merits of whether to use a live travel agent to book your vacation or to go it alone by using the Internet. Here are some of the reasons to consider a personal travel consultant. 1. You’ve Googled “Mexico vacation,” and come up with 17.8 million responses. Need a little help editing those choices? 2. Remember when you used that obscure website to book your hotel, and when you got there you spent your beach vacation overlooking a parking lot? 3. How many hours were you on hold with the airline when your flight was canceled because of a snowstorm? 4. Did you really mean to spend your honeymoon at that resort whose one tiny pool was filled all day with 12 screaming children? 5. Who knew that when you booked that “villa” in Tuscany, it would be a small room with a kitchenette and no air conditioning? Funny, it looked much better on your computer screen. 6. No one explained to you that in July, it’s winter time in Rio, and so you showed up there with nothing but five Hawaiian shirts and three pairs of swimming trunks. 7. How about the time you really needed a restful vacation, and you ended up in New Orleans during Mardi Gras and someone threw up on your shoes? 8. Yes, I guess that hotel must have used a telephoto lens when they took a picture of those guest rooms that you saw on their website. 9. I suppose contacting the Attorney General to resolve the fact that that Internet site has billed your credit card three times instead of once is the only route to take at this point. 10. It was definitely odd that there were no cab drivers at the air- port at 3 o’clock in the morning when you finally landed in Costa Rica, but booking a transfer to your very remote hotel would have been a good thing to remember when you purchased your airline ticket and hotel online. Red Coat Travel 246 West Main Street, Hillsborough, NH 1.800.273.9807 Honors Provencher, Zachal Rajaniemi, Andrew Stockwell, Hunter Storro, Garrett Tatro, Enc Waniski, Ava Whicker. Grade 7 High Honors: Isabelle Baggaley, Lucas Blanchette, Jackson Burnham, Haiden Burnside, Sean Burwen, Ashlie Chandler, Lucy Civitella, Alexis Cleary, Molly Cole, Rohyn Contreras-Schofield, Jamison Coty, Haley Davis, Isiah Debarros, Cruz Dellasanta, Liam Denehy, Aria Drew, Nicholas Drummond, Brooke Ellis, Trevor Faber, Corplor Farrell, Edward Forster, Emma Hixson, Lillian James, Autumn Jones, Nadia Kazlauskas, Madeline Kerwin, Izabella Ketchersid, Angus Kirk Patrick, Haven Lambert, Paul Marchand, Victoria Marchand, Devon McGrath, Petra McLay, Shane Myers, Kelsey Nutter, Corey Ouellette, Josiah Petrain, Grace Ramsden, Molly Reed, Evan Shippee, Andrew Skillings, Morgan Stacy, Nicholas Tower, Bryson Tyminski, Logan Valentin, Odessa Vassar, Peter Wetherill. Honors: Gabriella Belcher, Travis Booth, Justin Burns, Hunter Chandler, Jacob Demers, Hayley McIlvene. Grade 6 High Honors: Kyle Ball, Annastasia Bond, Rosalie Cresta, Jared Crooker, Rosemary Crooker, Ella Dishong, Julia Donovan, Zoe Forster, Perrine Holmberg, Elizabeth Hull, Sarah Hull, Brayden Hunt, Jaxen Ingalls, John Kazlauskas, Luca KekuewaColon, Olivia Laskey-Rigrod, Isis Lyons, John Martin, Madelynn Plourde, Brady Proctor, Kaila Pywell, Madeline Rugg, Grace Shippee, Maxwell Shumway, Evelyn Simmons, Austin Sloan, Edward Suchocki-Sulborski, Ella Whicker, Nathaniel Wilson. Honors: Nisse Anderson, Carter Bennett, David Chamberlain, Angelina Charron, Gabriel Chislett, James Cole, Gabriel Couto, Burkley Davison, Emily Donovan, Serena Edwards, Chloe Halliday, Elizabeth Holland, Savanna Houle, Owen Lantagne, Jacob Lussier, Andrew MacKenzie, James McGuiness, Jacob Millett, Sam Palumbo, Starr Perry, Matthew Pettine, Connor Sanborn, Cale Skillings, Kendra Wing. Mount Royal Academy Grade 1 Headmaster's List: Taylor Goodspeed, Caitlin Richardson, Grace Thibault, Bella Wallace High Honors Franciszek Fryckowski, Audrey Wenger. Honors: Clare Castor, Clayton Griffin, Blaise McMenaman. Grade 2 Headmaster's List: Luke Moorehouse. High Honors Evan Barns, Peyton Blackinton, Amelia Caravan, Kaitlyn Costello, Hannah Martin. Honors Adalynn Beturne, Brenden Davis, Marianna Dowsett, William Spanos, Liam Treece, Nora Walsh. Grade 3 Headmaster's List: Sean Beturne, Lauren Dustin, Gabrielle Simione, Brennan Walsh. High Honors Kayleigh Baker, Isabelle Correa, Paul Thibault. Honors: Catherine Bellino, Sarah Cunningham, Peter Hogan, Nathan Kenyon, Padraig Mooney, Grabriel Ouellette, Felix Prieto, Emily Richardson, Abigail Sweet, Ellery Wheeler. Grade 4 Headmaster's List: Victoria Kenyon, Maryrose McLaughlin, Anya Moorehouse, Julia Stout. High Honors Lyndsey Patten. Honors: Calla Baker, Nonah Dowsett, Susan Kanu, JohnPaul Martin, Gabriella Stocker, John Paul Treece. Grade 5 Headmaster's List: Olivia Simone. High Honors: Caleb North. Honors: Luke Bartlett, Samuel Hebert, Anne Klucinec, Jesse McDonnell, Rosalia Merritt, Liam Ouellette, Maryl Rees, James Thibault. Grade 6 Headmaster's List: Brendan Moorehouse, Emma Treece. High Honors:Marius Edwards. Honors: Nicholas Hogan, Bridget Wallace. Grade 7 Headmaster's List: Kateri Kalpakgian, Aidan Moorehouse, Andrew Normandin, Tristan Ouellette. High Honors: John Klucinec, Mary Grace Klucinec, Gavyn Magistro, Nicole Petrescu-Boboc. Honors: Morgan Blackinton, Luke Bocko, Josephine Brigham, Madison Hemingway, Curtis North, Claudia Simione, Antigoni Souliotis. Grade 8 Headmaster's List: Erin Diebold, Jacinta Hogan. Honors: William Bartlett, Hannah Fraioli, Alexis Matte, Alexis Richards, Rette Solomon, Maria Wallace. Grade 9 Headmaster's List: Alexander Kalpakgian, Peter Thibault. Honors: Kolbe Bocko, Joshua Griffin, Isabella Kenyon, Alexander Normandin, Aila Wenger. Grade 10 Headmaster's List: Johanna Fitzgibbons, Cooper McCrillis, Naomi Nelson. High: Honors: Therese Dyke, Hannah Everitt, Bernadette Klucinec. Honors: John Hogan, Faith Lamontagne, Matthew McMenaman, Callan Rees, Joseph Treece. Grade 11 Headmaster's List: Matthew Caveney, Rebekah Thibault. High Honors: Adrianna Kenyon, Maria Klucinec. Honors: Cheyenne Bentley, Miriam Caveney, Anna Dahlberg. Grade 12 Headmaster's List: Daniel Fitzgibbons, Malachi Nelson, Andrew Thibault. Honors: Marcus Dyke, Abigail McMenaman, Vivian Mok. www.granitequill.com | February 27, 2015 | The messenger | Page 21 Classifieds: Get results! BUYING TIMBER STANDING TIMBER WANTED: House lots cleared — views & selected cuts — many for free. 30 years experience, around houses a specialty. Fully insured. McClure Logging. Call 305-4725. 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SATURDAY, APRIL 4TH ES HDTO P If you’d like to donate, please contact us at [email protected] Hillsboro Heat Soccer Club Saturday, March 14th Hillsboro-Deering Elementary School Gymnasium • 2:00 - 4:00pm • Guest Appearances from the NHSA & The Boston Breakers • Kids take part in some Soccer Drills and small sided Games • Parents learn what our Soccer Club has to offer Prizes! Photos taken for Spring Soccer Playing Cards Bake Sale & Refreshment Table Spring Soccer Club Fundraiser Handouts & Incentives Hillsboro Heat Soccer Club (HHSC) is designed to promote the game of soccer through the training of players and coaches, of all ages and skill levels. We are committed to providing a fun, safe, and competitive environment for all of our members. Hillsboro Heat Soccer Club will strive to build each player’s character, on as well as off the field, by learning the virtues of respect, self-esteem, team work and the value of good sportsmanship. We intend to provide an opportunity for youth to participate and develop to their potential in a high quality soccer program that allows individual goals to be achieved. ***This Is Not a School Sponsored Event*** Girls Sports Basketball #15 Newport 45 #18 Franklin 37 Division III Preliminary Kyrstin Kibbey led the Tigers with 13 points and Stephanie Carl added 12 points, 9 rebounds and 4 assists. Lauren Marsh led the Golden Tornadoes with a game-high 15 points, 4 steals and 3 blocked shots. #1 Sunapee 83 #16 Gorham 17 The Lakers built a 23-point lead after the first quarter and cruised home. Lexie Hamilton just missed a tripledouble with 18 points, 10 assists and 8 steals. Katie Frederick added 17 points, and Meggy Frederick had her own double- double with 15 points and 10 boards. Sunapee 86 Epping 28 Double doubles from Katie Frederick (22 points and 14 re- Newport's Alexis Hurd takes a shot bounds) and Lexie Hamilton during a Division III first round play off game in Newport. Newport won (10 points and 10 rebounds) led the Lakers in a dominating 45-37. Paul Howe photo performance in a perfect 18-0 regular season. No. 16 Kearsarge 62 No. 17 Prospect Mtountain 50 Division III Preliminary Devi Kraushaar's double double (13 points, 10 rebounds) led the Cougars, Lily Huntoon added 9 points and 7 steals. Kearsarge 41 Mascoma 35 The Cougars were cold for three quarters, scoring only 21 points before erupting for another 20 in the fourth. Devi Kraushaar scored eight of her teamhigh 16 points in the quarter. #13 Bow 43 #20 Mascoma 19 Division III Preliminary Bow held Mascoma to just eight points in the first half on their way to a decisive win. Sam Lulka scored a game-high 9 points for Bow. Bow 29 Hillsboro-Deering 7 The Falcons "D" averaged just 33.2 points per contest, but this was an all-time low. Merrimack Valley 67 John Stark 25 The Generals dropped their fourth straight, but fought hard. Pembroke 52 ConVal 34 The Spartans were too powerful, and won their fifth straight game with a victory at home against the Cougars. Hopkinton 32 Fall Mountain 31 Taylor Signor had 6 assists but it was her key free throw late that sealed the win for the Hawks. Maddie Clark had 16 points and 5 rebounds. Nordic Championships Hopkinton’s Sarah Nadeau won both the classic and freestyle races at the Nordic Skiing Meet of Champions at Bretton Woods. Bow’s Lilly Naimie took fourth in the freestyle and fifth in the classic. Kearsarge’s Maggie Lee was seventh in freestyle and sixth in classic (35:55.3), while teammate Kaileigh Davis was 10th in classic. Bow’s Maggie Jensen was 15th classic, and 21st freestyle, Hopkinton’s Carley Kanter took 20th classic, and 25th freestyle, and Kearsarge’s Arianna Stokes was 21st classic, and 17th freestyle. www.granitequill.com | February 27, 2015 | The messenger | Page 23 Boys Sports John Stark placed fourth at the Division III state tournament behind Plymouth, Campbell, and Winnisquam on Feburary 21. Stark also had four individual champions (pictured l-r): Nick Widmann (132 lbs), Terry Zervos (138 lbs), Zach Feudner (220 lbs), and Ben Widmann (113 lbs). John Stark’s Deric Farris (120 lbs) and Eric Loc (170 lbs) both placed fourth. Nick and Ben Widmann, Terry Zervos, and Zach Feudner all qualified for the Meet of Champions that will be held February 28 in Nashua. Photo by coach John Widmann. Wrestling Championship Finals 113 — Ben Widmann (John Stark) def. Tristan Mulleavey (Winnisquam), 17-3 major decision 132 — Nick Widmann (John Stark) def. Matt Boone (Newport), 17-0 technical fall 138 — Terry Zervos (John Stark) def. Tyler McCrady (Campbell), 3-2 decision 145 — Marc Boomhower (Campbell) def. Tyler Sharron (Newport), 17-5 major decision 160 — Stephan Nix (Newport) def. Fran Gesel (White Mountains), 10-6 decision 195 — Tony Roberts (Bow) def. Michael Killoran (Campbell), 7-3 decision 285 — Patrick Kaplan (Franklin) def. Donald Hunter (Plymouth), 6-3 decision Consolation Finals 106 — Benjamin LaBatt (Campbell) def. Michael York (Bow), 11-0 major decision 120 — Logan Patten (Winnisquam) def. Deric Farris (John Stark), Fall at 1:25 138 — Chris Comeau (Plymouth) def. Riley Cook (Newport), 9-8 decision 145 — Sam Slaughter (Plymouth) def. Bryce Brown (Kearsarge), Fall at 2:34 152 — Chase Crawford (Pelham) def. Bill Targett (Bow), Fall at 5:37 160 — Garrett Macedonia (Plymouth) def. Matt Haddock (Bow), Fall at 1:54 170 — Jacob Gagne (Franklin) def. Eric Loc (John Stark), Fall at 2:44 182 — Eric Scott (Bow) def. Patrick Hennig (Newport), Fall at 3:51 25 caption220 — Joshua Cross (Franklin) def. Max Johnson (Bow), Fall at 5:47 Goffstown Youth Football Association Football and Cheer for Dunbarton, Goffstown, New Boston, & Weare since 1994 FOOTBALL and CHEER Register and join the Screamin’ Eagles THE EXCITEMENT CONTINUES … Join a winning organization. Many Conference, State, and National Championships. Ages 5 to 14 (maximum 8th grade). Football teams based on player’s grade (Flag football team ages 5-7). No experience required. Registration is $200 per player, Flag Football $125 (Tackle Football - $200 if you already have a jersey otherwise $25.00 for new jersey). A discount per each additional athlete from the same household. Includes football uniform, helmet, pads or cheer uniform. *Financial assistance available (call for information) Season starts Monday July 27 and ends in Nov. or Dec. Contacts Football: Michael Levesque 858-6169 or Tammy Peirce 486-7886 Cheer: Mel Raymond at 540-8225 General: President GSE - David Gagne at 497-4979 Information & Registration Nights If registering, please sign-up online first – from our webiste (address below) see Links and Select NHYFSC Site to register (no need to print forms - we will print) DATE 3/25/15: GHS Senior Cafe 6:00pm to 8:00pm DATE 3/30/15: New Boston Whipple Free Library (community Room) 6:00pm to 7:00pm DATE 4/6/15: at Dunbarton Elementary School 6:00pm to 7:00 pm Please bring a copy of players Birth Certificate (new players) to registration. Please visit our website at www.screamineagles.com Page 24 | The Messenger | February 27, 2015 | www.granitequill.com Boys Sports Tickets on Sale Now! Fri. Mar. 20 7:00pm www.granitequill.com | February 27, 2015 | The messenger | Page 25 Boys Sports Hockey Kearsarge 7 Laconia-Winnisquam 1 Kearsarge exploded with 52 shots in the first two periods to take an insurmountable 4-1 lead. Cody Rowe had 19 saves. Dover 5 Bow 1 The Falcons could not hold up against secondranked Dover, and fell to11-6-0 on the season. Lebanon 4 Goffstown 1 Dylan Hyers scored the lone goal for the Grizzlies, scoring with 51 seconds remaining. Colin Holt had 17 saves in defeat. Nordic Championships Hopkinton’s Owen Kanter was third in freestyle and eighth in classic, Kearsarge’s Timothy Cunningham was fifth in freestyle and seventh in classic, Hopkinton’s Aaron Dobe was 17th classic, and 12th freestyle, Bow’s Owen Molind took 19th classic, and 23rd freestyle, Kearsarge’s Brandon Butcher was 20th classic, and 24th freestyle, while Grant Croft finished 23rd classic, and 25th freestyle. 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Coach: Ryan Joy, Players: Pano Galatas, Kyle Clement, Jarrett Davis, Sanjay Loza, Christopher Pinkham, Taylor Silverstein , and Matt with their winning trophy. SALE Ace 24” Poly Rake Hillsborough Teen Plays on Futsal Team By Yanni Galatas, Messenger Intern On February 13th, Pano Galatas, 16, from Hillsboro- Deering High School went to Kansas City with his futsal team, Samba Black which is based in Concord, to play in the National Futsal Championship Tournament. There were 120 different regional teams from 18 different states that attended the tournament. Futsal is a very intense indoor soccer sport that is played on wooden floors and is played by only about five or seven players on each team. The sport requires a lot of skill as the game goes by very fast and players can fly by and score a goal very easily. At the finals Samba Black beat Sporting KC Academy from Kansas City 6-0. According to Pano, “ The finals were nerve wracking, but our team overcame it with the attitude and joy to play the game,” and that “the experience was mind blowing, because there were so many teams from all across the country play for the trophy." 6 99 Ea. SALE RED HOT BUY Ace Yard & Garden Tools 70093, 70018, 70024, 71752 SALE 999 Ea. RED HOT BUY Page 26 | The Messenger | February 27, 2015 | www.granitequill.com Events: Community Bulletin Board Saturday February 28 Sunday March 1 Tuesday March 3 HOPKINTON SKATING: February Vacation is coming up and we want to remind you that Hopkinton’s ice skating rink is awaiting skaters. The rink is located at George’s Park near the High School softball field and is open from sunrise to 11 pm every day. FELLS PROGRAM: Outdoor Hike: Winter Mammal Tracking from 9am-1pm (No-Snow date: March 1, 9am-1pm) Mid-February and Valentine's Day is peak breeding season for many wild mammals. Learn animal tracking tips and who is most active in the winter woods during this workshop led by naturalist Dave Anderson. A 30-minute indoor presentation will review four basic track patterns followed by a guided outdoor hike into the Hay Forest. Dress in layers and wear warm shoes. Bring water, a snack, and your own snowshoes off trail hiking may be possible dependent upon snow and tracking conditions. Forest Society and Fells members $16, nonmembers $20. Registrations required. Co-sponsored by the Forest Society. SRK GREENWAY HIKE: Bradford: a snowshoe hike among hills for views at Aiken Pasture. Depending on snow levels either (E) or (M). Contact: George Beaton (938-2637). GUEST PREACHER: Special guest Rev. Rick McKinley will join us for worship on at Hillsboro United Methodist Church. Our Sustaining Grace traditional service with our Choir singing begins at 9:00 am, and at 11:00 am the Ignite Your Life contemporary service led by the HUMC Praise Team begins. Rick will bring the message, "Heaven in the Real World". For more information please call the church at 464-3056 or check out our website: www.hillsboroumc.net. Come get excited about worship at HUMC. POKER RUN: Blue Mountain Snow Dusters Outdoor Recreation Club, will conduct a snowmobile poker run from 10:00am to 2:00pm, followed by a grand cookout at the Grantham Four Corners Warming Hut. The Poker run will include a ride around Corbin Park and begin and end at the warming hut. Come join the fun. GOFFSTOWN HISTORICAL: 8 am-10:30 am, All You Can Eat "Cat in the Hat" Fund Raiser Breakfast Webster Lodge Odd Fellows, 42 Mountain Road, Goffstown Deviled Green Eggs & Ham and all the usual breakfast bonanza. Books and postcards available for purchase. Breakfast: $6 for adults, $5 for seniors and $4 for children FOX FOREST PROGRAM: 7 p.m., David Govatski, co-author of Forests for the People, tells the story of how a diverse coalition of citizens, organizations, and business and political leaders worked to create eastern U.S. national forests and the issues facing them today, such as shale oil extraction, restoration ecology, invasive insects, burgeoning recreation, etc. HENNIKER PLAYGROUND: There will be an informational session about the proposed playground renovation at the Henniker Community School at 6:30pm in the school library. Administrators from the Henniker Community School and Eric Buck from Terrain Planning and Design, landscape architects, will be on hand to share with the public the details of the proposed renovation. This is a public meeting open to all. CANDIDATE'S FORUM: The League of Women Voters will hold a Candidate's forum for the candidates for contested Newbury Selectboard seats at 7:00pm the Newbury Veteran's Hall, 944 Route 103. ANTRIM LEGION MEETS: American Legion Post 50, will hold its monthly meeting at the post home on West St. at 7:30pm. All members, veterans and guests are welcome. Celebrate Community Fri. March 20th • 12th Annual White Birch SPRING BASH 6:30pm, New England College Simon Center, Great Room Sumptuous and Plentiful Hors d’oeuvres, Raffle, Silent Auction, Desserts, Music, Dancing, Cash Bar. $40 per ticket. To purchase tickets or for more info email or call Marc McMurphy marcm@ whitebirchcc.org 603-428-7860 Eat Out in March for The Grapevine! Four fine local restaurants have pledged to donate 20% of their gross profits to The Grapevine on four delicious days in March! Great food, good people —join us! Rick & DIane’s, Antrim • 3/13 All Day The Hancock Inn • 3/15 Dinner Common Place Eatery, Bennington 3/21 Breakfast Fiddleheads Hancock • 3/26 All Day The Grapevine Family & Community Resource Center • 4 Aiken St., Antrim, NH 603.588.2620 www.GrapevineNH.org SƑ Patnjck’s Day Dance fundraiser Saturday March 14, 2015 St. Lawrence Church, Goffstown, NH Traditional Corned Beef & Cabbage Dinner served at 7pm Dancing with DJ Etc. from 8pm to Midnight BYOB Silent Auction Dinner & Dance: $20 pp or $190 for Table of Ten TICKETS: Call 497-9933 • or available at Goffstown ACE Hardware, The Village Trestle or Apotheca Flower Shoppe Proceeds to benefit Goffstown Main Street Program www.granitequill.com | February 27, 2015 | The messenger | Page 27 Events: Community Bulletin Board Wednesday March 4 JOHN STARK: There will be a Principal’s Coffee for Parents at 7:30am in Principal Chris Corkery’s office. This is an opportunity for casual conversation and to ask questions you may have about John Stark. It is also an opportunity to connect with other John Stark Parents. The John Stark School Board will meet on Wednesday, March 4 at 6:30 PM in the library. FIRST FRIDAY: 5-7pm First Friday! at Whipple Hall, New London. An Evening with Northern New England Rep! Will Ögmundson and NNE Rep: A Decade of Musical Collaborations. Enjoy an evening of musical selections, both instrumental and vocal, from past NNE Rep productions. Saturday March 7 CONTRA DANCE: The Monadnock Folklore Society presents the Peterborough NH First Saturday Contra Dance featuring Dave Eisenstadter calling with RodNEW BOSTON REPUBLICANS: You are invited to ney Miller and Jeremiah McLane. The dancing begins attend the March 5th New Boston Republican Comat 8:00pm, with an optional introductory workshop mittee (NBRC) to hear and ask questions of speaker beforehand. Admission is $10 or $7 for students and Susan Olsen. Susan is the Legislative Director of the seniors. The dance also hosts an open jam session for Women's Defense League of New Hampshire. beginning and intermediate musicians from 6:45 Friday March 6 7:30pm. The dance takes place in the historic Town House in Peterborough. MOVIE NIGHT: The Wilmot Community AssociaX-COUNTRY/SNOWSHOE HIKE: Time: 1-3pm tion (WCA) and the Wilmot Public Library will offer “Friday Night at the Movies” at 7 p.m. on March 6 and This event, free and open to all, is co-sponsored by Ausbon Sargent and The Nature Conservancy on April 3 at the Red Barn, 64 Village Road in Wilmot. the Courser Farm in Warner. We will meet at 374 The doors will open at 6:30 and the family-friendly movies will start promptly at 7 p.m. Admission is free Schoodac Road and participants can decide on either a beginning or an advanced loop to X-country ski or and refreshments, including popcorn of course, will snowshoe “over the brook and through the woods.” be available for purchase. Thursday March 5 New England Kustom & Collision Since 1994 EXPERT COLLISION REPAIRS We work with ALL ins. co.’s Glass replacement Celebrating 20 years in business! Complete Interior & Exterior Reconditioning Scratch removal & paint chip touch-up We also do restorations & motorcycles Monday-Friday 9:00am-5:30pm Add’l hours available by appt. Stop by or give us a call 18 W. Main Street Hillsboro, NH 03244 603-464-5551 www.kustomandcollision.com Sons of American Legion Squadron 59 All are invited to return to the farmhouse for refreshments. Please be prepared when you RSVP to advise us if you will be snow- shoeing or skiing and whether you are a beginner or are more advanced so that we may plan our groups. SRK GREENWAY HIKE: Newbury and Goshen: Snowshoe to Lucia’s Lookout on Sunapee-Pillsbury Ridge from Andrew Brook Trail and Lake Solitude in Newbury. (D) Contact: Gerry Gold (526-2857) Wednesday March 11 HENNIKER SCHOOL BO ARD: The Henniker School Board will hold their regular meeting on Wednesday, March 11 at 6:15 PM in the Library. At 7 PM they will adjourn to the Café for the Henniker Annual Meeting. The School Board may return to regular session following the Annual Meeting. Friday March 13 BABYSITTING COURSE: 9am - 4 pm (non-school day) Hopkinton Library Community Room This class is designed to provide youth (ages 11-16) who are planning to babysit with the knowledge and skills necessary to safely and responsibly give care for children and infants. Space is limited-register early! COST: $85 (lunch not provided) Join us for a ICE FISHING DERBY Sunday March 1 2015 Derby Ticket Fee: $10 All tickets will be entered into a Drawing for an Ice Auger and Prizes Awarded for the largest fish in each category! Check-in 3:30 - 4:00 at the American Legion Post 59; Tickets available at the American Legion Post 59 & Morse Sporting Goods. PARTICIPANTS CAN FISH IN ANY OF THESE TOWNS: Antrim • Bradford • Deering • Henniker • Hillsboro • Washington • Windsor For tickets or more info call: Keith • 478-0091 Steve • 588-2265 Norm • 464-9095 ALL PROCEEDS SUPPORT SAL at All You CanstE! Breakfa Sunday March 1st 8 to 10:30 Odd Fellows, Webster Lodge, 42 Mountain Road Books & Postcards for Sale! Enjoy a Slide Show of Old Goffstown! $6 Adults, $5 Seniors, $4 Children ALL proceeds including 50/50 Raffle to benefit: The Goffstown Historical Society, 18 Parker Station Road. For more info. please email: [email protected] Page 28 | The Messenger | February 27, 2015 | www.granitequill.com Obituaries: Friends & Neighbors Remembered Shirley Fuglestad Warren BENNINGTON - Shirley Fuglestad Warren, 86, of Bennington died very suddenly February 19, 2015 at Hillsboro House where she had been a resident for the past two years. She was born in Antrim, NH on March 12, 1928, daughter of Arvilla (Clark) and Andrew S. Fuglestad. Family members include four daughters and their husbands, Deanna and Richard Marston of Manchester, Robyn and Jonathan Manley Sr. of Bennington, Joni Sue and Scott MacGarvey of Mason,(7&PDF0and Letty and Edward Laass of Moore, SC; sisters, Norma Bryer of Antrim and Constance Ikard of Houston, TX; stepmother, Nina Harding of Antrim; sisters-in-law, Sally Warren of Bennington and Gini Fuglestad of Fremont, CA; nine grandchildren, nine great grandchildren, nieces, nephews, and many supportive friends. Shirley is predeceased by her husband of 60 years, John Warren; siblings, Ernest Fuglestad, Inga Weaver, Gerhard Fuglestad, Nelson Fuglestad and June Brown. Memorial donations may be made to the Antrim/ Bennington Rescue Squad, Antrim, NH; Bennington Congregational Church, Bennington, NH; or Hillsboro House, School St., Hillsboro, NH. Donald E. Whipple NEWPORT — Donald Edwin Whipple, 76, of Newport, died Sunday, Feb. 8, Where's Peggy Penguin Win a $15 Gift Cert. to Appleseeds Restaurant! Peggy Penguin is visiting Messenger advertisers. Identify her location & win a $15 Gift Certificate to Ming Du! Find & list the graphic at right from 4 ads and send your answers to: The Messenger’s Ad Hunter, PO Box 1190, Hillsboro, NH 03244 Ad #1 Page # Ad #2 Page # Ad #3 Page # Ad #4 Page # Answers for week of Feb. 20 , 2015: • • • • Name Mailing Address Mario Pelletier Tree Removal – Page 6 Classic Builders & Sunrooms – Page 11 Paul Howe Photo – Page 21 Henniker Community School – Page 28 Winner for Feb. 20, 2015 Town & Zip 2015, at his home surrounded by his family. He was born Aug. 19, 1938, in Newport, to Perley A. and Avis H. (Crowell) Whipple. His wife of 34 years predeceased him in January 1994. He is survived by four daughters, Susan Kimball and her husband, Rick of Croydon, Claudia Swenson and her husband, Mitchell of Cape Coral, Florida, Patricia Whipple of Newport and Linda Watts and her husband, Rick of Newport; one brother, George Whipple and his wife, Betty of Alstead; and one sister, Marti Tarver and her husband, Malcolm of Keene; six grandchildren, Taysa Bruno, Nicholas Swenson, Adam Kimball, Edward Martinez, Amanda Tammy Peterson, Goshen All entries must include name, address and telephone number. 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He was born in Concord, NH on Jan. 29, 1947, the son of Edward Coughlan Sr. and Alice (Dickey) Duggan. Ed graduated from the 35 Class of the N.H. Police Academy in Aug. of 1977 and then served as the Police Chief for the Town of Hancock for over 22 years. He is survived by the love of his life, his wife of more than 31 years, Linda (Hendrickson) Coughlan of Hancock (Blondie); daughters, Heather Wallace and her husband, Jeff of Nashville, TN and Melanie Ferry and her husband, Marshall of Greenfield; his son, Shawn Coughlan of Cornish, NH; his three grandchildren, Kylan, Sienna, and Wyatt Ferry; his two sisters, Nancy Coughlan and Sue Coughlan; his mother in law, Eleanor Hendrickson; his brothers in law, Alan and Mark Hendrickson, Gary Hendrickson and his wife, Karolee; his sisters in law, Cindy Day and Karen Longever and her husband, Dana. He also had many beloved nieces & nephews. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made in Ed's memory to: Hancock Fire and Rescue. was born in Somers, New York July 17, 1938, the son of Albert and Erika Wyrenbeck. He is survived by his wife of 25 years, Laurie Wyrenbeck; a son, Volker W. Wyrenbeck; and 3 daughters, Jeanne Wyrenbeck, Cynthis Stevens, Tina Desfosses; two grandchildred, Andrew Stewart and Jeffrey Stewart; plus extended family members. A Memorial service will be held on July 17 to celebrate his life. Volker A. Wyrenbeck WASHINGTON - Volker A. Wyrenbeck, 76, passed February 7, 2015. 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NOW ONLY $8995 2012 FORD FOCUS SE, 1 owner, new tires, Ford Certified Pre-Owned, 100,000 mile warranty, 60k miles - NOW $10995 2008 SUBARU OUTBACK, LL Bean 3.0l AWD wagon, loaded, leather, power roof, 105k miles REDUCED TO $11995 2007 FORD F150, supercab, xlt, 4x4, 2 owner, 112k miles, newer tires, ONLY $11995 2007 FORD F150, Supercab, 4x4, new rear springs, newer tires, 91k miles, WAS $15995 NOW $12595 2014 FORD FOCUS, SE, 4 door, like new, 1 owner, Certified Pre Owned, 6300 miles, ONLY $13995 � Our used car prices are UNBELIEVABLE! per month! per month! WWW.HILLSBOROFORD.COM 16 Antrim Rd., Hillsboro, NH 800-477-FORD & 603-464-4000 ALL LEASES ARE FOR 24 MONTHS, 10,500 MILES PER YEAR, WITH 1ST PAYMENT AND $3500 CASH OR TRADE EQUITY DOWN. TAXES, TITLE, TAGS AND FEES EXTRA, TERMS ARE ON APPROVED CREDIT. ALL NEW CAR PRICES AND SAVINGS REFLECT ALL FACTORY REBATES/INCENTIVES TO DEALER AND HILLSBORO FORD DISCOUNTS. SOME REBATES MAY REQUIRE FINANCING THROUGH FMCC ON SOME MODELS. 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