Guy Jubinville Works On The Mt. Washington Summit

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WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 25, 2012
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Groveton mill
property attracting
potential buyers
Brooklyn Dam
hydro project in
consultation
phase
By Edith Tucker
[email protected]
GROVETON — Both wood
pellet producers and potential
biomass investors have expressed interest in looking at
the former paper mill properties, Groveton Acquisitions LLC
spokesman Jerry Epstein reported in a Friday telephone interview. The rising price of oil is
sparking more interest in wood
pellet production, and generating electricity from a renewable
resource, such as biomass, remains an attractive possibility,
said Epstein, noting that he has
been in touch with Jeff Hayes of
North Country Council which
has a $250,000 EDA grant to explore viable reuses of the property.
Greater interest in the site
and its buildings has led Epstein
to extend the deadline before
he and his business partner
William Firestone of Capital Recovery Group will decide
whether or not to tear all or a
substantial portion of the existing mill buildings down.
“I’m encouraged,” Epstein
said. “I just don’t want to carry
the buildings through another
winter.”
He is concerned, however,
Epstein said, that 5440 Hydro
Inc., has filed notification of its
intent to file for an application
for a new license, including preapplication and consultation,
using the traditional licensing
process (TLP), in connection
with the non-operational Brooklyn Dam hydro facility on the
Upper Ammonoosuc River,
which Groveton Acquisitions
owns.
These documents were filed
on Jan. 17 with the Federal Energy Commission (FERC), and a
legal notice was published in
last week’s issue of this newspaper. The filings are available
at FERC’s e-library online or at
Ampersand Gilman Energy LLC
at 35 Riverside Avenue in
Gilman, Vt.
The energy company first
Groveton Mill, PAGE A3
Tax impact of proposed
WMRSD operating
budget up 9.05%
If all warrant
articles pass,
11.75%
By Edith Tucker
[email protected]
WHITEFIELD — Even though
the
proposed
2012-2013
WMRSD operating budget remains under $19 million, the five
District towns would collectively experience a 9.05 percent increase in their school tax rates
if voters adopt it. The projected
2012-2013 District assessment
for the proposed operating
budget — the monies that must
be raised by local property taxpayers — is $9,895,233, up by
$821,001 from this year’s actual
assessment of $9,074,232.
Each member town’s District
assessment is based on 60 percent Average Daily Membership
(attendance) and 40 percent on
equalized valuation.
Carroll’s projected 2013 District assessment is $2,931,859
—nearing $3 million. The town,
made up of Twin Mountain and
Bretton Woods, has a 2011 net
assessed
valuation
of
$398,810,506 or very nearly
$400 million. Its projected 2012
tax rate would be $7.35 per
$1,000, up by 50 cents from this
year’s $6.85 — a 7.32 percent increase.
Dalton’s projected 2013 District assessment is $960,103.
The town has a 2011 assessed
valuation of $93,356,808, the
District’s lowest. Its projected
2012 tax rate would be $10.28,
up 23 cents from this year’s
$10.05 — a 2.33 percent increase.
Jefferson’s projected 2013
District
assessment
is
$1,568,866, and its 2011 net assessed valuation, $123,359,683
— the fourth lowest in the fivetown District. Its projected 2012
tax rate would be $12.72, up
$1.04 from this year’s $11.68 —
a 9.27 percent increase.
Lancaster’s projected 2013
District
assessment
is
$2,350,327, and its 2011 net as-
WMRSD, PAGE A4
PHOTO
BY
MIKE PELCHAT
Guy Jubinville works two days a week in Mount Washington State Park doing all kinds of chores, from shoveling snow around the entrance to the
Sherman Adams Building to refinishing the Park information desk.
Guy Jubinville works on
the Mt. Washington summit
By Edith Tucker
[email protected]
SARAGENT’S PURCHASE —
Guy Jubinville of Twin Mountain
works full-time in summer in and
part-time in winter — an average
of two days a week — in Mount
Washington State Park. Technically, he is a state park winter caretaker “in-training,” explained Park
Manager Mike Pelchat in an e-mail
exchange. “Of course, Guy has
been already been well trained by
the Appalachian Mountain Club,
working at AMC Highland Center
in Bretton Woods,” Pelchat pointed out.
Jubinville worked seven years
at the AMC lodge at the top of
Crawford Notch, finishing his stint
there in 2010.
“Guy was the seventh hiker to
complete ‘the grid’ — hiking each
of the 48 4,000-footers in each
month of the calendar year to complete 48 x 12 = 576,” Pelchat noted.
“Guy’s well at home in the mountains which is a good quality to
have when working on the summit
along with his training as an
EMT/Firefighter with Twin Moun-
tain Fire & Rescue. He is also a team
member of several search and rescue (SAR) teams including AMC,
AVSAR and Pemi Valley SAR.
“Guy is a good man to have on
duty when the inevitable emergencies arise on the mountain,”
Pelchat continued. “When not in
crisis mode, he’s using his woodworking skills to repair broken
benches and signs and also refinishing the state park information
desk.” This is the kind of work that
is far easier to accomplish during
the Park’s off-season, the park
manager said.
“It’s a great job, very interesting,” said Guy in a Friday evening
telephone interview. “Mike Pelchat
has a great full-time crew, and I’m
just learning various parts of the
complex operation that managing
the electrical power and buildings
requires.”
Jubinville said that it has been
an odd year for snow; it was only
after New Year’s Day that the snowcat could go all the way from the
base to the summit. He gratefully
explained, “I couldn’t do this job
without the support of my life-partner, Josephine Cabral.”
NCIC to help Balsams View identify, secure financing
Architect
hired; name
not disclosed
By Edith Tucker
[email protected]
DIXVILLE – Balsams View, LLC,
selected the Northern Community Investment Corporation
(NCIC), a nonprofit economic development organization serving
the six northern counties in New
Hampshire and Vermont, on
Wednesday to take the lead in
helping them develop and execute the financial package for the
renovation of the Balsams Grand
Resort Hotel.
“We regularly work with businesses to coordinate and participate in financing,” explained NCIC
president Jon Freeman in an email exchange. “This particular
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Renovations to the Balsams Grand Resort and Hotel are expected to take about 18 months from Jan. 20, allowing it possibly to reopen in time by the Fourth of July 2013.
arrangement is exciting since we
will be able to have a broader role
in helping the new owners —
Daniel Dagesse and Daniel Herbert
Jr. — restore this wonderful, historic landmark and restore critical
North Country jobs in the
process.”
Colebrook natives Dagesse and
Herbert set up Balsams View in
early December 2011 in order to
team up to buy the resort, including nearly 8,000 acres, most of
which will be under a “working
forest” conservation easement
purchased by the Society for the
Protection of New Hampshire
Forests that prohibits most development.
The Balsams’ last major renovations occurred more than 40
years ago and much work needs
to be done. Balsams View LLC has
hired an architect, met with state
agencies, and is moving swiftly to
secure financing needed for renovations, according to a press release.
The resort’s owners are not yet
ready, however, to release the
name of their first important hire:
the architect they have selected.
The Balsams is listed on the National Register of Historic Places;
the resort — one of only five surviving grand hotels in the Granite
State — topped the 2011 “Seven to
Save” list promulgated by the New
Hampshire Preservation Alliance,
that said it hoped the property’s
historic and cultural significance
would be honored by a new owner, while jobs are preserved and
its legacy continued.
The renovation process is expected to take approximately 18
months. The clock on that timeframe began ticking today, explained E.J. Powers, the owners’
spokesman at the public relations
firm Montagne Communications
of Portsmouth, in an e-mail exchange. “There are a number of
factors, however, that could influence the timetable,” he said,
Balsams, PAGE A2
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Editorials & Letters . . . . . . .A4-5
Obituaries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .A2
Real Estate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .A11
Sports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .B1-4
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will be in the running for a gift card from a local business of his or her choice. Check out all the winners
so far on our Berlin Reporter and Coos County Democrat Facebook pages.
COÖS COUNTY DEMOCRAT
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JANUARY 25, 2012
•••
Doris M. McKenna
FRANCONIA — Doris M.
McKenna, 92, long time resident of
Bethlehem and Littleton, died
peacefully at the Lafayette Center
in Franconia on Saturday, Jan. 21,
2012.
The only child born to Vincent
M. Pepper and Elva Baker Pepper
on June 8, 1919, in Beverly, Mass.,
she lived her early years in Salem,
Mass. and graduated from Salem
High School in 1935 at the remarkable age of 16.
She lived in New Jersey and
Florida before settling in Bethlehem in 1951. She married William
"Bill" McKenna on April 25, 1957.
She enjoyed traveling and made
many trips to Nova Scotia to do her
family genealogy. She worked
many years for Police Chief
Howard Sanborn as a police dispatcher for the Town of Bethlehem
and also as Reservations Manager
for Mittersill Inn in Franconia. She
and her late husband Bill owned a
bus service for 19 years providing
transportation for the students of
Bethlehem. She was very proud
that she drove the bus all those
years, accident free.
Doris held offices in many organizations including The Bethlehem Catholic Women's Club, the
Bethlehem PTA, The Neighborly
Club, The Twentieth Century Club,
The Bethlehem School Board, The
Rebekahs, The Daughters of Charity of the Sacred Heart of Jesus and
The King Richard III Society. She
was an avid reader, loved to cook,
was an accomplished piano player,
and was deeply interested in the
Betty and Barney Hill UFO Encounter. She loved to talk politics
and the many accomplishments of
her beloved grandchildren. She
was very strong willed and never
afraid to make her opinion known.
Doris leaves her daughters Mar-
Norma M. Briggs
jorie Green of Fairlee, Vt. and Vero
Beach, Fla., and Mary McKenna Mason of Littleton; grandchildren
Robert Barry of Bow, Amy Perry of
Bradford, Vt., Kate Rice of Centreville, Va., and James Mason and Kelly Mason, both of Littleton; and
great granddaughters Katie and
Suzie Barry of Bow.
Her husband, William "Bill"
McKenna, died in August of 1983;
her daughter Kathleen McKenna
Rice died in July of 1987 and her
daughter Julia Moser Schenholm
died in May of 2003.
At Doris' request there will be
no funeral services. There will be a
cemetery service in Bethlehem on
Saturday, June 9, 2012 at a time to
be announced.
Arrangements are under the direction of the Pillsbury Phaneuf Funeral Home and Crematorium. For
more information, visit the website
at www.pillsburyphaneuf.com.
Fred J. Hunt Sr.
SUGAR HILL — Fred James
Hunt Sr., 76, died on Jan. 21, 2012,
at the Grafton County Nursing
Home.
Fred was born on Jan. 22, 1934,
the youngest of 11 children, to Mattie and George Hunt, both deceased. He attended school and
graduated from Dow Academy in
Franconia, Class of 1952.
His first employment was on
construction at the Moore Dam
Reservoir in Littleton. He spent
most of his life self-employed, first
in business for Connecticut River
Dairy delivering milk, and then baling hay for local farmers. He went
on to have his own business, Fred
Hunt Sand & Gravel, for 30 years,
then selling used equipment as
Fred Hunt Enterprises. He took
pride in developing many parcels
of land in the area.
Fred was always fond of car racing. At one time he and his nephew
Ronnie ran cars at Thunder Road
and Northeast Speedway. He continued on to be a big NASCAR fan
and attended many of the races.
He recently enjoyed a racing reunion at Northeast Speedway, in
St. Johnsbury, Vt. Additionally, he
loved traveling the North Country
to attend auctions and dealing
with many local businessmen.
Over the years, he had established
several collections ranging from
automobile memorabilia to steam
engines to local souvenirs.
He and his wife enjoyed traveling with many trips to Las Vegas
and Florida, visiting numerous
family and friends along the way.
His love was for his family, the
Streeter Pond area and the neighbors and beauty of the land.
He leaves his wife Alice of 55
years; three sons, Fred Hunt Jr. and
wife Paulina of Sugar Hill, Russell
and wife Cindy of Laconia, and
Scott of Brooklyn; a daughter
Maria Watson and husband Tim of
Bethlehem; four grandchildren,
Jessica Hunt of Sugar Hill, Danielle
Gochee and husband Stanley of
Littleton, Rachel Peters of Savannah and Ethan Peters of Bethlehem; two great grandchildren,
Aiden and Madison Gochee; his
brother Herbert and wife Lorraine
Hunt of Sugar Hill; and several
nieces and nephews.
A celebration of Fred’s life will
be held at the Sugar Hill Meeting
House on Saturday, Jan. 28, 2012,
at noon. There will be a private
burial.
Donations may be made to the
Franconia and Sugar Hill Life
Squad, Box 900, Franconia, NH
03580.
Arrangements are under the direction of the Pillsbury Phaneuf
Funeral Home and Crematorium in
Littleton. For more information, go
to the obituary section of the website
at
www.pillsburyphaneuf.com.
MORRISVILLE, Vt. — Norma
Mildred (Woodbury) Briggs, a
resident of Hyde Park and a long
time resident of East Windsor,
Conn., died on Jan. 21, 2012 in
Morrisville.
Norma was born in East Concord on March 9, 1924.
For several years, she was employed by The Kraft Bag Division
of the Gilman Paper Co. In 1945
she wed Claude Henry Briggs.
They resided in Lancaster, N.H.,
and East Concord and moved to
East Windsor, Conn. in 1957.
While living in Connecticut, Norma provided childcare to many.
Her care for her niece Janet
(Woodbury) Esterguard, Barbara
(Flanagan) LePage and David
Flanagan developed into very
special, loving and lasting relationships.
Norma enjoyed knitting, cro-
cheting and many crafts. For several years she volunteered at the
Broadbrook, Conn. Senior Citizen’s Center. Norma was grateful
for the assistance given in recent
years while living in Connecticut
by a devoted friend and neighbor,
Debbie Bretton.
Norma leaves her sister Phyllis E. Briggs of East Concord;
nephews Lindsey and Gary Briggs, Frank and Jay Woodbury, and
Robert Stevens; nieces Janice
(Briggs) Boulais, Janet (Woodbury) Esterguard, and Luanne
(Woodbury) Krzykowski; and her
very special friend Barbara LePage.
Family members who died
previously include Norma’s husband, who died in 1986; her parents Howard O. and Mabel (Fisher) Woodbury; a sister Beverly
Mae; a brother Howard Jr. and
his wife Emma Woodbury; a
nephew John Woodbury; and
brother-in-law Leslie C. Briggs.
Norma’s family is extremely
thankful for tender loving care
given by the staff during her stay
at Forest Hill Residential Care
Home in Hyde Park.
In lieu of flowers contributions
can be made to Forest Hill Residential Care Home, Activity Fund,
213 Clark Drive, Hyde Park, VT
05655.
A funeral service will be held
at the Bailey Funeral Home in Lancaster, N.H., on Friday, Jan. 27, at
2 p.m. The family will receive visitors from 1 to 2 p.m., prior to the
service. Burial will be at a later
date at the Riverside Cemetery in
South Lunenburg.
Go to www.baileyfh.net for
more information or to send an
online condolence.
Lauren M. Harris
WHITEFIELD — Lauren M. Harris, 90, died on Saturday, Jan. 14,
2012, at The Morrison Nursing
Home in Whitefield.
Lauren, fondly known as
“Dub,” was born in Whitefield,
one of eight children, to William
and Lydia (Priest) Harris. He attended the one room schoolhouse on Gould Road and then
graduated from Whitefield High
School in 1939.
He was a lifelong resident of
Whitefield and spent his married
years at Maple Lane Farm on Kimball Hill as a dairy farmer. He enjoyed hunting and snowmobiling
and had a special way with animals such as chipmunks, wild
birds, dogs and cats. They
seemed to know he was gentle,
friendly, and kind. He also loved
music. He played the guitar,
ukulele, and all sizes and types of
harmonicas.
He leaves his wife of 60 years,
Adrienne (Astle) Harris, and a sister Roxana (Harris) Peck, as well
as several nieces and nephews.
Family members who died
previously include his parents,
William and Lydia (Priest) Harris;
his brothers, William Harris, Winston Harris and George Harris;
and his sisters Helen (Harris) Putnam, Ruth Harris and Mabel Harris.
There will be no calling hours
and burial will be held in the
spring at the Kimball Hill Road
Cemetery in Whitefield.
Donations may be made in his
memory to Trinity United
Methodist Church, P.O. Box 275,
Whitefield, NH 03598 or a local
animal shelter of one’s choosing.
The Ross Funeral Home,
Whitefield Chapel, has the privilege of these arrangements. To offer condolences to the family, visit www.rossfuneral.com.
Albion Fogg Jr.
LITTLETON — Albion "Rowell"
Fogg Jr., 90, died on Jan. 13, 2012.
Born on April 24, 1921, in
Hanover, he was the beloved husband of Julia "Jewel" (Mooney)
Fogg for more than 63 years.
He leaves his wife Julia
(Mooney) Fogg of Littleton; his sons
John Fogg, Jay Fogg, and Robert
Fogg; daughter Jeanne Fogg Madden; six grandchildren, Benjamin
Fogg, Matthew Fogg, Lauren Fogg,
Timothy Fogg, Wesley Fogg, and
Kristyn Fogg; and two great grandchildren, Kiersten and Adon Fogg.
His daughter Cynthia Ann Fogg
died in March of 1958.
A service is being planned for a
later date.
Arrangements are under the direction of the Pillsbury Phaneuf Funeral Home and Crematorium. For
more information, visit the website
at www.pillsburyphaneuf.com.
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Restorative Justice program
aims to turn troublesome kids consolidates onto main floor
By Jeff Woodburn
[email protected]
LANCASTER – Coos County
has recently begun a new program to help turn first-time juvenile offenders away from
crime. The Restorative Justice
is a program of the Tri-County
Community Action Program and
is modeled after a similar program in Carroll County.
The program targets children
between the ages of 8-12 yearsold, who are in the trouble with
the law, and usually are referred
by the local police through some
kind of a condition of a plea or a
settlement. It’s a 90-day program with an accountability
plan, weekly check-ins, counseling, educational workshops and
usually a written apology if
there is a direct victim.
The Town of Lancaster has
allowed the organization and its
single Coos County staffer, Kimberly Hoyt, of Stark, to operate
out of a small office in the basement of the town hall. Ironically, some years ago a similar program was housed in that spot
run by Cid Southworth.
“It’s good to see the program
back in Lancaster,” Hoyt, a 1998
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School. This is program is one
of two that she administrators.
The other is a part-time program to discourage teens from
smoking.
Most children, Hoyt said,
find the Restorative Justice program to be “a pretty good alternative” to ending up with a permanent record and the permanent ramifications – including
college acceptance, financial
aid and employment. Increasingly, the Judicial System is
making fewer distinctions between child and adult perpetrators.
There is a direct linking between alcohol and drugs in bad
behavior. Hoyt estimates that
80 percent of the program’s
youth offenders’ crimes were related to substance abuse. She
bemoans the region’s dependence and attitude toward drinking. “It has been a rite of passage,” she said. But mostly,
Hoyt said, “Juveniles don’t feel
connected.”
There is an “overarching
hopelessness,” she added,
“Coos County has a lot of poverty; not a lot for kids to do, not
much opportunity.” Still, the solution is simple – so simple she
insists. Youths need parents
and other adults in their lives –
guiding them, modeling appropriate behavior, setting boundaries and listening. Unfortunately, Hoyt said, there is “No
real good mechanism to keep
kids’ parents accountable.”
Hoyt loves her job and feels
like she’s making a difference.
“Any adult in a kid’s life can be
a catalyst for life,” she said, “I
want to be that catalyst.”
Quilting shop rents former children’s area
By Edith Tucker
[email protected]
LITTLETON — The Village
Book Store — one of Main
Street’s anchor stores — has
consolidated its retail operations onto its main floor. Children’s and young adult books,
plus assorted games and toys,
have been relocated to the
street-level.
Stitch — a quilting supplies
shop that Beth Anderson of
Whitefield started up threeand-a-half years ago in the Old
Mill on the Whitefield Common
has rented the newly vacated
space. Anderson has renamed
the store — One Stitch, Two
Stitch —but says that she expects she’ll still affectionately
refer to it as Stitch. Prior to
opening her own retail store,
the energetic entrepreneur
worked at the VBS.
“I see this as a win-win situation,” explained owner-operator Jeff Wheeler of Lyman, who
purchased the VBS 11 years
ago from Ned and Kathie Densmore of Franconia. “We’ve
Balsams
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pledging to provide updates as
information is generated..
“We understand how vital
jobs are to the area and how excited our visitors are to return,”
said Hebert in a prepared statement. “NCIC will play a critical
role in providing the financial
and economic assistance required to assure the Balsams’
A SPECIAL THANK YOU
The Family of John Morin
would like to express our thanks for the
expressions of sympathy and support shown to us
during this difficult time.
We especially want to thank Dennis Couture and Andrew
Nolette, of Bailey Funeral Home, for their guidance in helping
us return from Florida. We would have been lost without your
support; it was greatly appreciated.
To Fr. John Mackenzie for his wonderful service, we say
“Thank-You”. To all the Ladies of the
Tabernacle Society, thank you for the
lovely luncheon held afterwards.
Sincerely,
Arlene Morin & Jason Matthews
gained a new source of revenue
to help pay the mortgage, attracted a vibrant store with an
established following that will
also draw customers to our
doors, and maximized our use
of space.”
The VBS has retained all its
various sections as well as its
café, and will continue to offer
classes, including foreign language, photography, and wine
appreciation, Wheeler explained. One Stitch, Two Stitch
will also offer a wide variety of
quilting and sewing classes.
Inventory management —
paying attention to what sells
relatively swiftly — plays an increasing role in remaining a
successful bookseller, Wheeler
said. General economic conditions as well as eBooks and online discount companies, such
as Amazon, challenge independent bookstores.
“This change also will help
to further strengthen the
downtown area by adding diversity,” Wheeler predicted.
The VBS was closed for four
days last week during the
changeover, and on Saturday
customers first experienced
the new consolidated arrangement of books, music, cards,
and other offerings.
“So far, customer response
has been terrific and very positively reinforcing,” Wheeler
said.
Ideas on how best to organize its wares on a single level
were garnered from its own
employees, Littleton Main
Street program consultant
Bruce Baker, and through peer
review, a service provided by
the American Booksellers Association.
Anderson, who has been extremely busy closing one shop
and readying another, could
not be reached for an interview. “This is moving week,”
Anderson wrote in her blog.
“We will reopen on Tuesday,
Jan. 31, with a new full-time employee, Darlene Sprague, a
new address - 81 Main Street,
Suite 200 — and a new phone
number — 603-444-5284 — and
new hours – 9 a.m. to 6 p.m.,
Tuesday to Saturday.”
long-term prosperity.” The Balsams has traditionally employed
about 300 full- and part-time employees, depending on the season. Many do not work yearround, however.
NCIC business resource manager Ethan Swain, ordinarily assigned to Northeast Kingdom
projects, will work closely with
Dagesse and Hebert to secure
the financing necessary to begin
renovations. Swain and NCIC will
pursue various types of financing, ranging from New Markets
Tax Credits and energy efficiency grants, to traditional bank financing and equity investments.
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Emily Cowan places in Illinois poetry contest
By Jeff Woodburn
[email protected]
LANCASTER – A local psychotherapist and some-time poet, Emily Cowan, of Lancaster,
was recently awarded a prize by
the Illinois State Poetry Society.
Cowan’s poem, Lament, placed
third in the Formal Verse category. There were over 100 submissions.
The poem, she said, is a composite of various things and
“germinated for a year.” Cowan
has written on and off for many
years, but through her involvement in the North Country Poetry Workshop a few years ago,
she got the needed encouragement and structure.
The poem is “about longing,”
she said, “longing for someone
who doesn’t or can’t love you
back. As poets, we need to express ourselves. Like painters
need to paint and musicians
need to play.”
This is not the first time Cowan’s work has been published.
In the 1990s an acupuncture
journal printed one of her poems about smoking.
Although Cowan’s childhood
was spent in Toronto and Washington, D.C., where her father,
Edward, was a journalist, her
ties to the region are strong and
deep.
“I grew up on Forest Lake,”
she said, where her parents first
rented and later purchased a
summer camp. It was there,
Cowan said, “I fell in love with
the mountains and the wildness”
of the North Country.
In 1999, after 10 years of clinical practice in Baltimore, Cowan took a leap of faith and moved
to the North Country. Eventually, she took a position as a clinical social worker at Weeks
Memorial Medical Center and
worked there for eight years.
Currently, she has her own general practice providing counsel-
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By Emily Cowan
I wonder, were we meant to come and go
into each others' lives so many times?
You would not say yes and could not say no.
You'd smile and I, suffused, aglow,
forgot I was traversing unseen mines.
I wonder, were we meant to come and go
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deep into wounded valleys that we'd show
each other (half-enchanted at the time)?
You couldn't say yes to me, would not say no.
Emily Cowan
ing services to families and individuals. Most of her work revolves around mood disorders,
some kind of anxiety and posttraumatic stress.
Despite it challenges, Cowan
loves small town life in Northern
New Hampshire – the natural
beauty and cozy intimacy. “I’m
amazed,” she said, “When I go to
Shaw’s (Supermarket) and don’t
see a familiar face.”
Could we have stood, not turning from the
show
of gaping flesh, and poured the healing wine?
You doubted, but I meant to. Come and go
into my heart, as you so often do.
The choice of if and how is never mine.
You rarely said yes to me, so often said no.
Your dogged burden ruled: it must be so.
There'll be no riches burnishing with time.
I wonder, were we meant to come and go?
You whispered yes to me and then said no.
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LANCASTER — County treasurer Fred King of Colebrook will
monitor a number of bills in this
year’s state legislative session
that have the potential to increase the county’s budget, reduce its revenues, or otherwise
adversely effect its operations.
County commissioners Paul
Grenier and Tom Brady gratefully accepted King’s offer to
serve as a volunteer monitor
and spokesman made at their
Jan. 11 meeting, with the county picking up the cost of
mileage.
King, a former state senator
and state representative who
served on the powerful finance
committees of both legislative
bodies, is no stranger to the legislative process.
He pinpointed HB1450, designed to eliminate the requirement that the county attorney
BY
EDITH TUCKER
WMRHS horticulture teacher Max Van Houten, second from left, discussed a variety of plants with his students on Thursday afternoon in the
greenhouse: Alex Anderson and Ben Brodeur, both seniors; junior Corey Hall; and senior Jacob Brady. The large tub, partially visible on the
right, will be used to do some hands-on learning about aquaponics.
Groveton Mill
started the FERC process on July
9, 2010.
Lutz Leogers, who maintains
an office in Boston, Mass., as well
as in Toronto, Canada, is listed as
5440 Hydro’s project manger. Hydropower expert and site manager Greg Cloutier of Lancaster is
also knowledgeable about these
filings. Should the Brooklyn Dam
mini-hydro project go forward,
Cloutier is “potentially a partner,” Leogers explained.
Epstein is concerned, however, that 5440 Hydro Inc.’s filings
and interest in reviving the existing Brooklyn Dam hydro facility
could serve to discourage some
potential investors who would
prefer to control the entire site.
The Dam was built 100 years ago
in 1912.
Having someone looking at redeveloping the hydro facility and
filing a site plan could is “almost
an encumbrance” on the Groveton Acquisitions’ property, explained Epstein, referring to the
TLP as a “back door” approach.
Cloutier said that he and
Leogers are simply beginning a
several-months-long consultation process to see if the project
makes economic sense.
“I live here in the community;
there is no way that I would do
anything that would harm or interfere with the sale and redevelopment of that property,” Cloutier explained. “Some investors
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seemed pleased to know someone else was interested.”
In any case, Cloutier explained, the consultation process
would not result in a construction permit being issued.
He, Bill Allin of Lancaster, and
investor A.J. Golding own and operate the Weston Dam, one-halfmile downstream from the defunct Brooklyn Dam hydro facility. It would make sense if the hydro at the upper dam were to be
reactivated that it be operated
synergistically in conjunction
with the Weston Dam, Cloutier
said.
If the project moves forward,
the plan would be to install two
300-kilowatt (kW) vertical Kaplan
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be a member of the New Hampshire Bar, and a bill to change
how mileage would be paid to
members of the county delegation when meeting on official
business as potentially having
an impact.
King also said that he has
been asked to testify on behalf
of Coös County on a Senate bill
that is supported by the New
Hampshire Timberland Owners
Association (NHTOA).
He suggested to Corrections
Superintendent Craig Hamelin
that he let him know what bills
could affect operations or costs
at the Coös Corrections Department.
The two county-operated
nursing homes are experiencing long delays in getting Medicaid to cover the costs of eligible residents, increasing the
county’s receivables. King and
Finance Director Jennifer Fish
keep a close eye on the county’s cash flow.
Lancaster Rotary Club
sponsors local high
school speech contest
LANCASTER — The Lancaster Rotary Club is sponsoring a
speech contest for local high
school students, including
those from WMRHS and Groveton High School. Successful students can win up to $1,000!
Students must write their
speech, discussing either one of
two topics: the impact of Rotary’s “The Four-Way Test” or its
motto, “Service Above Self,” on
making life’s decisions.
The first level of competition
will be held at 3 p.m. on Friday,
Feb. 3 at WMRHS. The winner at
this level will receive $100. The
winner will then compete on
Feb. 15 in Lincoln, where the
winner at that level will win
$150. The third-level winner will
receive $250, and the last round
will take place on May 19 at the
Loon Mountain Resort with a
$500 prize at stake.
Interested students should
contact Larry Vars at 603-9917765 or Lori Lane at White Mountains Regional High School (8372825 x2204) for more information. Details are also available at
www.Rotary7850.org
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JANUARY 25, 2012
•••
Editorial
R EADERS ’ F ORUM
Looking at county
government
Our neighbor to the south, Rep. Gene Chandler, of Bartlett, raised
a few eyebrows last week when he said that county government ought
to be abolished.
Chandler, a former House Speaker, made the comments at a Mount
Washington Valley Economic Council's Eggs and Issues breakfast forum last week. According to the Conway Daily Sun, he said, "County
government slides under the radar screen and I think it needs to be
brought to the forefront because it's having a real big impact on your
taxes."
Chandler questioned whether every county needs its own jail and
nursing homes that compete with private and other public enterprises. And of course, there are the high administrative costs – driven by government salaries and benefits that are far more lucrative
than the private sector. A few months ago, the Union Leader’s published the state’s largest public pensioners – slot number 35 was held
by Coos County’s administrator who had an annual pension benefit
was $93,281. If that isn’t all, this job also comes with a free house.
But that’s not the biggest problem in county government in Coos.
We wonder how much sense it makes to have a county facility way up
in West Stewartstown – so far from where the county’s population resides. The county farm has been closed, the nursing home often has
open beds (usually around 25 percent) and the jail is well over an hour
drive from where most of the county’s arrests take place, and, perhaps most important, from Superior Court, where those accused of
crimes who cannot make bail, must appear. It seems like a lot of wasted time and gas, which some suggest will peak to $5 by summer.
Chandler’s idea is hardly new, but rarely has someone of his stature
suggested it. It may be a bit far reaching, but curtailing some of the
services that Coos County provides should be seriously considered.
Better yet, defining the core function of county government and striving to do that really well may be a good first step. Through this
process, it may become apparent that shifting some other functions
to private or better-equipped public entities makes sense.
Propping up employment at public expense is not a viable reason
and causes more harm than good. County government lacks the small
town scrutiny and intimacy of local government and the economy of
scale of state government.
The real cost of doing nothing
To the Editor:
People considering whether to
vote for or against the proposed
rights-based ordinance at Lancaster’s town meeting may be worrying that the town will be sued if
it is passed. Here are a few facts,
and a closing opinion.
First, to date, 120 towns from
Washington state to Maine, including four in southern New
Hampshire, have passed such ordinances, most of them related to
sludge farming and corporate extraction of towns’ water. Only two
of these ordinances have been
challenged in court. One of them
was dismissed before it came to
trial; the other has cost its town
$50,000. In 118 instances, the corporations simply went away to try
their tactics elsewhere. Two
things are clear from this record:
the chances of a lawsuit are very
low, and rights-based ordinances
cost a lot less to defend than reg-
ulation-based ordinances, as the
case of poor Bethlehem shows. To
date, it has spent about $500,000
trying to defend its regulationbased ordinance concerning the
landfill.
Second, there is strength in
numbers. At least seven other
towns, from West Stewartstown to
Holderness, are placing similar ordinances on their town warrants
for a vote in their town meetings.
The selectmen in Sugar Hill have
already come out in support of
theirs. A corporation may well
pause at the prospect of suing multiple towns.
Third, this ordinance, like the
other towns’, addresses only corporate imposition of unsustainable energy systems (clearly defined in the ordinance) and spells
out procedures for enforcement
by Lancaster’s selectmen or, if the
elected officials fail to perform
their duty, by any town resident. It
is not an attempt to supplant town
government. Rather, it gives the
selectmen protection in denying
permission to an energy system
that the townspeople oppose (recall the overwhelming vote
against Northern Pass at last
year’s town meeting), and it also
gives leeway to townspeople to
vote on a system they might want.
We have seen in the recent case
of the proposed Family Dollar
store that a corporation’s tacit
threat of a lawsuit outweighs even
99 percent opposition to a project
by the townspeople. The planning
board — who are not even elected officials — figuratively “assumed the position” in response
to the threat, in effect cowering
and covering their heads with
their hands. Such a position doesn’t allow anyone to see any path
beyond the end of his nose.
The proposed rights-based ordinance doesn’t attempt to pro-
tect the town from all threats by
corporations, but it offers possibilities along a path beyond the
end of one’s nose. What if Northern Pass sues the town, and our
tax bills go up by, say, $75 for a single year? Here’s a likely alternative: Northern Pass goes through,
landowners’ property values fall
through the floor, and tourismbased businesses go bust. To
make up the resulting budget
shortfalls, the town, the county,
and the state education fund will
have to raise our property taxes
significantly, and permanently. If
you believe that Northern Pass
and PSNH are going to make up
those shortfalls in perpetuity, I
have some land in Florida I’d love
to sell you.
We have a choice here. Let’s
seize it for our long-term health,
safety, and welfare.
Ann Hawthorne
Lancaster
Town of Carroll voters need to know
To the Editor:
I am writing to you as I feel
that there are people in the wonderful Town of Carroll who need
to know what is going on. I have
been a selectperson for almost
six years and during that time I
have tried to do what the people
wanted done. My reason for this
letter is to make sure that the voters know that on the fifth of December the other two selectmen
signed an agreement with the Carroll Information Group, Inc. for
five years in order to have Carroll
become an origination site for
broadcast of town meetings. Part
of this agreement was to give this
group of volunteers $12,000 the
first year and at least half that
amount the following four years.
They also agreed to give them
space in the town hall to build a
closet to store their supplies, a
climate-controlled atmosphere
for their equipment, and insurance on property and persons under the town’s policy.
This was all done without any
consideration to the voters and
that the $12,000 is the franchise
fees that were paid to the town by
Time Warner and the Bretton
Woods Telephone Company. A cable franchise was approved by
vote of the people in 1988, when
cable television came into town.
The money was put into the general fund to help offset taxes. Now
these two selectmen want to take
it away from the town and give it
to the members of Carroll Information Group, Inc., without even
asking people what they think!
I find it extra disturbing that
Bill Dowling even allowed himself
to vote on this, as his wife Linda
was, at the time, the Chairman of
both the Carroll Information
Group, Inc., and the Carroll Cable
Advisory Committee. I would say
that is a conflict of interest if there
ever was one!
The reason for all of this even
starting was the Carroll Information Group, Inc. didn’t like the
way the producer from the Channel 2 Public TV showed the meetings that the group recorded. He
would not show every meeting
filmed, just most of the Selectman’s Meetings, and there was no
set schedule for airing the meetings. They also said that Channel
2 would not talk to them or work
with them. At the Nov. 7 Selectman’s meeting, Mr. George
Brodeur sent a letter to the Select
Board answering some of the
questions that I had asked the
week before and also said that he
would be happy to work with the
producer on these issues if the
Board would like. The Selectmen
never responded to Mr. Brodeur.
I certainly don’t have a problem with the recording of the
meetings, but for two people to
feel they are above the voters and
just decide to take this money
and sign an agreement that had
never been checked by our
town’s attorney just amazes and
disgusts me. I have initiated a petition warrant article for this
agreement to be terminated. I feel
that if it does not pass the people
are telling me that they want this
to happen, but if it passes then
the people have spoken and it
should be terminated.
I urge Town of Carroll residents to get out and vote; let your
voices be heard.
Bonnie Moroney
Town of Carroll
Government derives powers from consent of the governed
To the Editor:
Whether one’s politics are
“right,” “left” or “center,” I believe
most of us feel entitled to participate in the process which shapes
our future: our Declaration of Independence lays this out with the
promise that the government derives its “just powers from the
consent of the governed.”
Although our system is theoretically designed to allow us to
influence the outcome, whether
it’s Northern Pass, or box stores
like Family Dollar, it seldom
works that way. It is true that we
have our say — then they do what
they want. In fact, the regulatory
process used at the local, state
and federal levels favors the applicant.
Municipalities and corporations have tax revenues and deep
pockets, respectively, to draw
from. Planning associations, engineering firms and legal consultants are also available for those
with sufficient money. It falls upon the unsuspecting abutter,
land-owner or citizen to decipher
complicated planning and zoning
regulations and state statutes
while bearing any court costs in
their own defense.
Our Declaration also states
“Whenever any form of government becomes destructive” to
the ability of people to govern
themselves “it is the Right of the
People to alter or abolish it…laying its foundation on such principles and organizing its power in
such form, as to …most likely affect their Safety and Happiness.”
Our annual Town Meeting offers us the opportunity to do this.
We will be asked if we would like
to alter the way our Planning
Board is established, from the traditional appointment by the se-
lectboard to that of elected positions. This is a powerful position
with only the courts for redress if
we don’t like the outcome.
Proponents of the right to
choose our energy future and protect our beautiful landscape will
offer the townspeople a choice as
well. We will have the opportunity to declare our right to decide
whether we will allow huge corporate entities to roll over us
without our say-so, or, lay a new
“foundation” to affect our safety
and happiness.
Lucy Wyman
Lancaster
Agricultural meetings coming up
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EDITH TUCKER
WMRHS senior Steven Samson, left, assisted by his classmate Dana
Perkins, has natural resources CTE teacher Jenn Barton on belay in what
she calls a “trust exercise” on the climbing wall behind the auditorium
stage. Both students are enrolled in the recreational resources & wilderness class.
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LANCASTER — January thaw
behind us? It is time to look ahead
to the next growing season.
A Soil Health Assessment Workshop will be held on Tuesday, Jan.
31, from 9:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. at UNH
Cooperative Extension Building,
Route 3, Lancaster. This is a follow
up of a joint Coös Conservation District and Cooperative Extension effort during the last crop year. A
large number of Cornell Soil Health
Assessment Soil Samples were taken throughout Coös County. They
included many different soil types
and cropping activities (fields, orchards, vegetable operations). This
new assessment technique looks at
the biological, physical, and chemical properties of the soil. The aim
is to help farmers focus on those
characteristics most affecting productivity. Here is some advice from
soil specialists on how best to interpret/use these tests. No registration is necessary but bring a
lunch. Beverages will be provided.
The NHDA Division of Pesticide
Control has granted 1 Pesticide Applicator Recertification Credit for
those attending this session.
A Seed Starting Workshop will
take place on Tuesday, Feb. 7, from
11 a.m. to 1 p.m. at UNH Cooperative Extension Building, Route 3,
Lancaster. Gardeners and farmers
attending will have an opportunity
to try out three different models of
‘Soil Block Makers’ to be used in
starting transplants. A limited
amount of soilless growing mixes
and seeds will be made available to
those attending. A joint Coös Conservation District and Coös Cooperative Extension effort, equipment
utilized are from a USDA Specialty
Tool Grant received last year. District Representatives will discuss
how farmers can borrow additional equipment in the 2012 crop year.
No registrations are necessary and
there is no charge for this meeting.
Bring a lunch. Coffee will be provided.
North Country Forage Crop
Seminar will be held on Monday,
Feb. 13, from10 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. at
Cabot Inn, Route 2, Lancaster. This
year’s seminar will look at a wide
variety of forage and food type topics. In the morning, the focus will
be on how to grow small grains
(wheat, oats, barley, etc.) for both
the feed and food market. Emphasis is on actual field experience of
what works in Northern New
Hampshire and Vermont. The afternoon session will look at practical pasturing techniques suitable
for all livestock producers, by a
dairy-farmer with many years of doing it well. A new way to assess fertilizer uses — post-crop — on silage
corn will also be discussed. Learn
about and sign-on to our proposed
project in 2012. Registration is required for this seminar. Contact the
Coös County Cooperative Extension office for details or check the
website www.extension.unh.edu
for event flyer and registration
form. Once on the Extension webpage, go to Counties, Coös, Calendar of Events.
WMRSD
If the proposed operating
budget under Article 1 and all the
other warrant articles pass, including both proposed union
contracts, then the projected
2012-2013 District assessment
would be $10,140,477, up more
than $1 million ($1,066,245) over
this year’s actual District assessment — a whopping 11.75 percent increase.
SAU 36 Interim Superintendent Dr. Harry Fensom pointed
out that the school board can only directly affect the spending
side of the budget, with the revenue side essentially outside its
control. Furthermore, he said,
warrant articles to increase
teacher pay were defeated in
both March 2010 and March 2011,
so WMRSD teachers are still being paid at their 2009-2010
salaries.
Former school member Peter
Riviere of Lancaster suggested at
the Jan. 11 WMRSD public budget hearing that District taxpayers
should look very closely at how
the proposed operating budget
and warrant articles would affect
their pocketbooks.
“There are several troubling
issues that are rampant in the
WMRSD school board's approach
to budgeting and negotiations,”
Riviere explained in a recent email exchange. “The first, of
course, is the equity or fairness
question as regards benefits. It's
unconscionable that the least
compensated of the District’s
staff pay the largest percentage
share of costly health insurance
premiums, while the most handsomely paid staff, the administrators, pay absolutely zero.”
Four central office administrators, seven building administrators, and five Central Office administrative assistants, make no
contribution to the cost of their
health insurance coverage.
“The same attitude poisons
the consideration of closing the
Jefferson School,” Riviere continued. “Should 76 students get preferential treatment because of the
school they attend and wouldn't
a savings of $600,000 applied to
ensuring quality academics in the
Lancaster and Whitefield Schools
be an appropriate response?
“Lastly, doesn’t the avoidance
of the major construction bond
payments for the two newest elementary schools (LES and WES)
— totaling about $800,000 — plus
last year’s $700,000 surplus suggest that the proposed budget
could easily be $1 million lower
without anyone noticing much
difference in educational quality?” asked Riviere.
Asked what action, if any, he
thought that he and other taxpayers should consider taking,
Riviere replied, “I’m not sure
where this will lead us in considering actions at the Monday, Feb.
6, Deliberative Session. Mustering the votes to counter the education lobby is the crux of the issue. Without the general public's
attendance and support that
night, it is an unpredictable, essentially quixotic, exercise.”
sessed valuation, $284,810,040.
Its projected 2012 tax rate would
be $8.25, up $1.02 from this year’s
$7.23 — a 14.14 percent increase.
Whitefield’s projected 2012
District assessment is $2,084,078,
and its 2011 net assessed valuation, $209,012,110. Its projected
2012 tax rate would be $9.97, up
39 cents from this year’s $9.58 —
up by 4.08 percent.
The annual projected tax impact on a home assessed for
$100,000 would be: Carroll,
$50.15; Dalton, $23.42; Jefferson,
$103.78; Lancaster, $102.23; and
Whitefield, $39.11.
If, however, the proposed
budget fails and the default operating budget goes into effect, the
annual projected tax impact on
that same home would be: Carroll, $52.14; Dalton, $28.38; Jefferson, $108.30; Lancaster, $107.99;
and Whitefield, $44.05.
JANUARY 25, 2012
A5
•••
North Country Notebook
‘You’ve got mail’ (and I sure have): Here’s where readers can help
By JOHN HARRIGAN
COLUMNIST
On one end of one of the
workbenches in the farm’s
shop, I maintain a rainy day list.
On rainy days in fall or spring,
or on mild days during the winter, I crank up the old box
stove---a stove once used in the
horse-logging camps on Deadwater Stream---and start working on the list.
In the same vein, I have a
rainy day list of topics for this
column---things that I’ll write
about when it’s time to catch a
breath and delve into one of the
more mundane facets of life.
People who keep farm animals or pets know all about the
care and feeding of a cow or a
dog. This variation is about the
care and feeding of a weekly
column. Or, more precisely,
housekeeping, which comes
down to letters, both regular
mail and e-mail.
The fact is that I get so much
mail that I easily spend five
times as much time perusing,
sorting and answering mail
from readers as I do writing the
actual columns. And this is
where I need your help.
For starters, the preceding
paragraph is not a complaint. I
love getting mail. It shows that
people are reading my stuff,
and care enough to write. After
the time-consuming weeding
out of a lot of junk (and yes, I
have one of the better junk-mail
filters available), I read every
missive directed specifically at
my writing or me, and answer
every single one.
Often I wish that a more interesting and thought-provoking letter could reach a wider
audience than just me. Frequently I get letters that would
make a great letter to the local
paper that carries the column
(there are thirteen). Weekly
newspapers absolutely love letters from readers. But I would
never submit a reader’s letter
as such without checking back
with the sender. This can be a
time-consuming business, especially with e-mails lacking a
town or telephone number,
which all too many do. It would
be a real help if e-mail senders
would include basic contact information. Again, I’d never publish it without permission.
A letter from a reader will often serve as a springboard for
a future column. In fact, I save
a stack of such correspondence
for inspiration. Again, it would
help to have readers’ contact
information so I can check a
name or a fact or a spelling, or
perhaps seek further information. Again, I would never publish it without permission.
Please do not send me chain
GLEN ZIBOLIS
PHOTO
No room in this remote walk-in camp for computer or e-mail. That’s my reading chair (now there’s a radical
thought---“reading”), the first piece of furniture backpacked in.
letters or forwarded e-mails.
They are almost always of ut-
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terly no interest to me. I have
enough problems just keeping
up with the direct you-to-me
stuff.
Ditto for wildlife photos sent
to you by your Aunt Fred or
Aunt Minnie in East Overshoe,
Minnesota showing, oh, maybe
some cute fox-kits rough-housing. First, your Aunt Fred and
Aunt Minnie probably didn’t actually take them. They were forwarded to them by someone
else, who in turn got them from
someone else, and the trail
goes on and on. In general, I
care only about what’s going on
in New Hampshire and immediate environs.
As for those “amazing”
wildlife photos, the old Latin
phrase is “caveat emptor,”
which pretty much means
“buyer beware,” which means
“Hey folks, there are a lot of
fakes out there.” Week in and
week out, I get doctored
wildlife photos (it’s easy with
Photoshop) from trusting readers who got them from (you
guessed it) Uncle Fred and
Aunt Minnie. The image can be
of a cougar hanging out on
someone’s deck or a bear with
paws the size of man-hole covers or an albino moose in logging harness with a teamster
bending over to pick its hoof.
Not that there aren’t albino
moose---there are, and a stellar
example is the mount at Cote’s
Store in Errol---but nowhere
near as many as are on the Internet The moose-logging image, by the way, is one of the
more infamous widely circulated phonies thus far.
Finally, if you have a timely
message, one that I should receive fairly soon if it’s hot news
or something I should act on
quickly, please do not rely on email. Hard as it may be for email addicts to believe, I do not
check my mail every five minutes, or on the hour, or even
(gasp!) every day. Sometimes,
out of sheer stubbornness, I
don ‘t even look at the computer for two or three entire
days. The last time I did that, I
wound up with 378 e-mails to
sort through. Still, I’m too
hardheaded to vow “Never
again,” especially considering
such not-so-trifling matters as
going to camp.
But I have a solution to the
above. It’s a novel device
called “the telephone.” You
look up my number (it’s in the
book, and my address is at the
end of each and every column),
and give me a call, and we actually get to speak to each other, human to human, instead of
dealing with a damned cathode
ray tube and a whole bunch of
bits and bytes. Now, there’s a
radical idea.
(This column runs in 13
weekly papers covering the
northern two-thirds of New
Hampshire and parts of Maine
and Vermont. John Harrigan’s
address: Box 39, Colebrook, NH
03576, or [email protected])
Answers
1. Belgium.
2. Fleetwood Mac.
3. Army.
4. West Berlin.
5. The penguin.
EDITH TUCKER
WMRHS junior Brianna Smith has spent nearly three months in Allen Pike’s semester-long woodworking
class designing and building this complex personalized nightstand that incorporates a number of special
features, including a drawer handle patterned after the Nike “Swoosh.” The small soccer ball will be
attached to the table leg.
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JANUARY 25, 2012
•••
WMRSD upgrades
photocopiers, other
technology equipment
By Edith Tucker
[email protected]
WHITEFIELD — New photocopiers were installed in Nov.
2011 across the White Mountains Regional School District,
reported Information Technology Director Jeremy Noyes at the
school board’s Jan. 9 meeting.
All but two of the copiers were
replaced with Cannon models.
“The change not only saved
the District money with the contract, but improved on functionality for our staff members,”
Noyes explained in a memo. “We
now have the ability to scan to
e-mail from any copier in the
District. We also have the ability to print securely from staff
computers to the copiers. We
have been working on setting up
staff members to print to
copiers. Soon we hope to be
able to eliminate most of the
desktop laser printers. Printing
to the copiers is much more
cost-effective than printing to
individual laser-jet printers.”
The District lease-purchased
the copiers and high network
printers for a total cost of
$148,651.45, said SAU 36 business administrative assistant
Sheila Goulet. The principal
constitutes $134,645.06 and the
interest, $14,006.39. The District signed a five-year lease
with annual payments of
$29,730.29 at 3.49 percent inter-
est.
The previous five-year lease,
negotiated by then-SAU 36 Superintendent Dr. Lou Lafasciano, had annual payments of
$39,923.24 at 4.12 percent interest.
“The new lease also cuts our
service and supplies costs practically in half,” Goulet wrote in
an e-mail exchange.
The WMRSD along with several other North Country school
districts also applied for the
Rural Utilities Service (RUS)
consortium grant again this
year through North Country Education Services (NCES). “We
have been awarded the grant
and should receive equipment
within the next six months,”
Noyes explained. Equipment
will include: network switches
for our infrastructure; LCD televisions and carts for our videoconferencing units; and an allin-one Cisco video-conferencing
unit for the WMRHS, as well as
tablets that allow for face-time
interaction with the video-conferencing equipment. This has
been an “exciting endeavor,”
Noyes said.
WMRSD’s portion of the
grant totaled $93,892, Goulet reported.
The District is looking to purchase up to 64 computers from
the CTE Perkins grant monies to
replace computers at WMRHS in
the business labs and in the Cis-
co lab.
“These computers are on
their fourth and fifth years in
the labs and cannot be upgraded any further to run applications needed by our students,”
Noyes explained. “The older
computers will be reloaded and
used in other areas that have
less demand.”
The computer purchase will
likely use some $36,000 of the
$54,000-plus yearly CTE Perkins
monies, explained SAU 36 grant
administrative assistant Kathy
Dubois.
Ongoing efforts are also being made to ensure that District
students are prepared for today’s high-tech world.
Filtered student email accounts are being rolled out by
classroom teaches for grades 4
to 12, Noyes said. “This is an important step for our District to
educate our students on proper
digital ethics,” he said. “Our filtering — provided by Gaggle.net
— is working well. Along with
input from the administrative
District Leadership Team, I
drafted a letter that was sent
home to parents explaining why
we are providing email accounts
and the mechanisms in place to
ensure a positive experience
while using our email. Along
with email accounts we have
provided Google Docs that will
allow students to share and collaborate within the cloud.”
TOWN OF NORTHUMBERLAND
PLANNING BOARD
PUBLIC HEARING
Wednesday, February 1, 2012 • 7:00 p.m.
at the Town Bldg. Meeting Room
10 Station Square, Groveton
Christopher & Tracey Nelson and Shane Morton are requesting a Minor
Subdivision of one parcel (into two lots) located at 188 Lost Nation Road on Tax
Map 256 Lot 1. This parcel is zoned partially Agriculture and partially Timber
Management and is comprised of 203.75 acres.
The plat is available for viewing at the Town Office or call the planning board clerk
at 636-1450 with any questions.
NOTICE TO THE VOTERS OF THE
WHITE MOUNTAINS REGIONAL SCHOOL DISTRICT
The Supervisors of the Checklist in Carroll, Dalton, Jefferson,
Lancaster, and Whitefield will be sitting on Saturday, January 28,
2012 at the times specified below to make additions and/or corrections to the Checklist for the Deliberative Session (Annual
Meeting 1st Session) scheduled on Monday, February 6, 2012.
Carroll
11:00 a.m. – 11:30 a.m.
Town Hall
Dalton
11:00 a.m. – 11:30 a.m.
Town Office
(Old Dalton School)
Jefferson
11:00 a.m. – 11:30 a.m.
Town Office
Lancaster
11:00 a.m. – 11:30 a.m.
Town Office
Whitefield
11:00 a.m. – 11:30 a.m.
Town Office
White Mountains Regional School Board
Town of Carroll
Declaration of Candidacy
The following vacant town office positions for
March 13, 2012 Town Meeting are as follows:
(1) Selectman – 3 year term
(1) Moderator – 2 year term
(1) Treasurer– 1 year term
(1) Town Clerk/Tax Collector – 3 year term
(1) Library Trustee – 3 year term
(1) Trustee of Trust Funds – 3 year term
(1) Cemetery Trustee - 3 year term
(1) Supervisor of the Checklist – 6 year term
(1) Budget Committee – 3 year term
(1) Budget Committee – 3 year term
(1) Planning Board – 3 year term
(1) Zoning Board of Adjustment – 3 year term
Residents wishing to file Declaration of Candidacy may
do so at the Town Clerk’s Office from January 25, 2012 –
February 3, 2012, Monday thru Thursday, 8:30 a.m. -3:00
p.m. and Friday, February 3, between 3:00 p.m.-5:00 p.m.
Rebecca J. Pederson
Carroll Town Clerk
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BY
EDITH TUCKER
WMRHS junior Tyler Beaton worked independently on Thursday afternoon in the woodshop on his project
illustrating Mark Twain’s “Adventures of Huckleberry Finn” for one of Dennis Rylands’ English classes.
WMRSD seeks to add up to
$250,000 to CTE Reserve Fund
By Edith Tucker
[email protected]
WHITEFIELD — The WMRSD
school board will ask voters on
the March 13 ballot under Article
10 to place the interest earned
from the Qualified Zone Academy Bond (QZAB) into the Career
& Technical Education (CTE)
Capital Reserve Fund.
Nearly 12 years ago, at a special school district meeting on
July 30, 2000, District voters approved an appropriation of
$2,100,000 for the design, planning, construction and renovation of the heating and ventilation systems in four school buildings — WMRHS, and the Dalton,
Jefferson,
and
Whitefield
Schools — as well as to repair
the WMRHS septic system and
authorized that a QZAB to be is-
TOWN OF WHITEFIELD
PUBLIC BUDGET HEARING
The Board of Selectmen of the Town of Whitefield will
hold their Public Budget Hearing at the Whitefield Town
Office located at 38 King Square on Wednesday,
February 8, 2012 at 7:00 p.m.
The deadline for submission of petition warrant articles
is February 7, 2012. Copies of the proposed budget will
be available at the Whitefield Town Office on Friday,
February 3, 2012.
sued.
The school board issued a 12year-term Bond through the Laconia Savings Bank that earned 2
percent interest for the life of the
loan.
QZABs are interest-free, so
the District did not have to pay
any interest at all. Nonetheless,
the interest earned on the proceeds still belongs to the District.
The school board would like
to place this accumulated interest — up to $250,0000 — in the
existing Arthur T. Paradice CTE
Reserve Fund. The board plans
to use these monies to pay a portion of the District’s share of a
much-needed renovation-construction project to bring the
WMRHS’s CTE facilities up to current standards as well as to take
advantage of 21st century career
and higher education opportunities.
WMRHS is scheduled to re-
TOWN OF JEFFERSON
BUDGET HEARING
There will be a Public Budget Hearing held on
January 30, 2012 to present the proposed
budget for the ensuing year. The hearing will be
held at the Selectmen's Office at 7:00 pm.
Should a second hearing be needed it will be
held at 7:00 pm on February 13, 2012.
NOTICE
Whitefield Board of Selectmen
TOWN OF CARROLL
BOARD OF SELECTMEN
Deliberative Session
February 7, 2012
Carroll Town Hall
Twin Mountain, NH
You are hereby notified to meet for the First (Deliberative)
Session of the annual Town Meeting, to be held at the Carroll
Town Hall, Twin Mountain, NH on the seventh (7th) day of
February 2012, being Tuesday at six-thirty in the evening (6:30).
The First (Deliberative) session will consist of explanation, discussion, and debate of each of the warrant articles, and will afford
those voters who are present the opportunity to propose, debate,
and adopt amendments to each warrant article, except those articles whose wording is prescribed by State law.
SECOND SESSION
You are also notified to meet for the Second Session of the annual Town meeting, to elect Town officers by official ballot and to
vote by official ballot on the warrant articles as they may have
been amended at the First session, to be held at the Carroll Town
Hall, Twin Mountain, NH, on the thirteenth (13th) day of March
2012, being Tuesday, at eight o’clock in the forenoon (the polls
will open at 8:00 AM and will close at 6:00 PM).
Town of Carroll Board of Selectmen
Mark Catalano
Bonnie J. Moroney
William F. Dowling
ceive legislative renovation
funds during the FY 14-15 biennium in Concord. The Paradice
CTE Center at WMRHS was built
in 1984 and has had no major renovation since then.
SAU 36 Interim Superintendent Dr. Harry Fensom is enthusiastic about the CTE project itself as well as the opportunity to
have the state three-quarters of
the tab, with the District picking
up the remainder.
“This proposed project is an
opportunity to realize 75 percent
aid on all costs related to a comprehensive review and upgrading of our CTE program,” Fensom
explained. “We expect to begin
presenting this project to District voters for their consideration and comment this fall (2012)
and then to place it on the ballot
in March 2013.”
Article 10 has no direct tax
impact.
The Wilsons Mills First Responders (of Lincoln,
Plantation, Maine) will no longer be providing service to
Wilsons Mills and the surrounding towns.
For all emergencies, continue to call 911 and the appropriate emergency service will be dispatched to the scene.
This will be effective January 31, 2012.
Thank you for all your support over the years,
Sincerely,
Warren C. Bennett, Crew Chief
NOTICE TO THE VOTERS OF THE
WHITE MOUNTAINS REGIONAL SCHOOL DISTRICT
The White Mountains Regional School District operates under the
non-partisan ballot system for the election of school officials.
The School District Clerk will prepare the ballots and all candidates
for office shall file with the School Clerk their declaration of candidacy or petitions of nomination from January 25, 2012 to February
3, 2012 by 4:00 p.m.
Positions open are:
Position
Moderator
School Board
School Board
School Board
School Board
Town
District-wide
Carroll
Lancaster
Whitefield
Whitefield
Term
1 Year
2 Year
3 Year
1 Year
3 Year
Declaration of Candidacy blanks may be obtained at the Office of
the Superintendent of Schools in Whitefield.
Roxanne Hartlen, Clerk
White Mountains Regional School District
JANUARY 25, 2012
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JEFFERSON
Have you noticed that Mother
Nature is having a difficult time
trying to decide whether to present us with nice spring weather or
set the North Country into a good
winter status so that everyone
can settle into their sleds, skis,
skates, snow machines and other
snow sport equipment shined up
to glisten when skimming over the
hills and dales, chosen to perform
their skills. For me, all I consider
is the above zero status, so not to
glaciate every time I open the
door. For those who like to ice
skate, the Jefferson rink is flooded and in very good condition, so
enjoy a bit of time gliding over the
glassy, glazed earth.
A tale of yesteryear
In sorting through some of my
“pack-rat” material, I came across
some White Mountain Shopper
newspapers from back in 1993
that I had kept because they contained stories of unusual happenings in our part of the universe.
In the July 10, 1993 issue, the
story of “The Light in the Window” took my attention. It seems
that one Ruth Colbath was born
in a house in Passaconoaway, and
never left her childhood home.
She got married and her husband,
Thomas, went for a walk one day,
not returning. Ruth kept a light
burning in one window, faithfully,
for his return. For 39 years this
light burned as Ruth expected his
return, even though people told
her she was crazy, for certainly
Thomas Alden Colbath was dead.
Ruth had been interviewed by
several news reporters and had
told her story of how she survived
the winter months with the aid of
a neighbor, Mr. Ben Swinston, who
lived just a mile away and looked
after her needs. The town of Albany, in which the valley is located, kept the single road from Conway open, and she had a telephone so that, should she become ill, a doctor could be summoned. In early November of
1930, Ruth became ill. Ben had
her rushed to the hospital, but, a
short time later, she died, quietly
and alone.
Then, in September of 1933,
Thomas Alden Colbath returned,
finally completing his walk of 42
years. Both he and Ben stood in
front of the empty, darkened farmhouse. Ben told Thomas of how
Ruth always expected his return;
of how she refused to leave the
house; of how people said she was
crazy and were always telling her
that Thomas certainly had to be
dead, but her faith in Thomas remained intact to the end, and she
always put the lamp in the window, no matter what anyone said.
Thomas was vague about why he
had left her, or, for that matter,
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where he had traveled. In a
hushed voice he mentioned California, Cuba and Panama. Then
he said he would live in the farmhouse again if its present owners
would permit him.
It was not to be. He had returned too late, for the estate had
already been divided among
Ruth’s relatives. In the later years
the house had taken on a special
dignity and had been carefully restored by the Saco District of the
United States Forest Service and
elevated to the status of a living
history, rather than just a tourist
information center. Since April of
1987, it has been officially entered
into the National Register of Historic Places. As for Thomas, it is
believed that his final years were
spent living with his sister in
Wolfeboro.
This is a great tale of yesteryear. The house is located on the
north side of Kancamagus Highway.
Book discussion and lecture
series
For those who are interested
in bygone times and adventures,
the N.H. Humanities Council
sponsors a Spring Book Discussion and Lecture Series each year
at the White Mountains Community College in Berlin. Even if one
doesn’t read the books, going to
the discussion evening is very enlightening. This year, the series is
on “Forests and Mountains: Living and Working in the North
Country.” All sessions are held in
the Fortier Library (Room 127).
The first session, scheduled for
Wednesday, Feb. 29 at 7 p.m. with
Suzanne Brown will be on “We
Took to the Woods” by Louise
Dickinson Rich. The second session March 28 will be with Marcia
Blaine-Schmidt and discussion of
“Saving the Mountains: NH and
the Creation of the National
Forests.” The third session on
April 25, with Craig Doherty, will
cover “Spiked Boots: From New
England’s North Country, True
Stories of Yesteryear, When Men
Were Rugged and Rivers were
Wild,” by Robert E. Pike. The
fourth and final session on May 23
will be with Maggie Stier and discussion on “The Old Man of the
Mountain: Substance and Symbol.” The books are available at
both Berlin libraries, for those interested in reading them. Enjoy!
Humor
A sportswriter interviewed a
college football coach about his
star player. “He’s great on the
field,” the writer noted, “but how
is he in the classroom?” “He
makes straight As,” the coach responded. “That’s terrific!” said the
writer. “Yes, but his B’s are a little
slanted,” was the reply.
Military teens enjoy camp
environment at AMC Highland Center
By Edith Tucker
[email protected]
BRETTON
WOODS
—
Teenagers from across the country
who have a parent currently serving in the military are having a
chance to play in the snow and go
skiing, dog sledding, ice skating and
snow tubing during four threenight, four-day stays this winter at
the AMC Highland Center at the top
of Crawford Notch. Two organizations affiliated with the University
of New Hampshire — Northeast
Passage, a UNH program
(www.nepassage.org) that develops recreation programs for people
with disabilities, and UNH Cooperative Extension — received funding
from the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD), Office of Military Community & Family Policy, and USDA
to run camps in January and February that only require a $20 registration fee for participating
teenagers, 18 and under. Airfare
was provided for both teens and
companion caregivers. Only two
participants live in New Hampshire.
The first two adventure camps
have already taken place and were
a bang-up success, said marketing
and funding specialist Keely Ames
who has worked for six years in
Northeast Passage’s Durham office.
The first camp, specifically designed for teens with physical disabilities, attracted seven participants. The second, held this past
weekend, was designed for teens
with developmental and cognitive
disabilities, drew a dozen. At both
camps, parent-caregiver accompanied each participant.
During the first two adventure
camps, four full-time Northeast Passage state-licensed recreational
therapists worked with the teens as
well as an outdoor educator plus
eight paid UNH students who are
majoring in recreational therapy.
“The UNH students are a huge
asset; they add so much to the
camp experience, including joshing, playing games and pranking
one another,” said Ames, adding
that they are up-to-date on today’s
slang, popular music, and clothing
styles.
The teens have bonded quickly
with each other and also with the
college students, and giggles and
laughter quickly envelop their adventures. The teens support one
another, and there’s an evolution to
their becoming more independent,
Ames explained.
The parent-caregivers have also
bonded with one another, since
they face similar challenges in raising their offspring as well as often
having a spouse who is deployed or
who has returned from deployment, or anticipates deployment.
The Adaptive Program at the
Bretton Woods Ski Area is outstanding, she said. Teens who have
never before seen snow are soon
skiing, Ames said, adding that one
teen from Missouri had never before seen mountains.
The teens go dog sledding at
Muddy Paws in Jefferson, giving
them a chance to experience a new
adventure and also to see the facility in which over 100 dogs are kenneled within sight of the Presiden-
tial Range. Skating is introduced at
Nestlenook Farm in Jackson, and
tubing at the Tubing Park at Cranmore Mountain in North Conway.
The grant allows these venues,
as well as AMC Highland Center, to
be paid at regular rates for their
services, Ames emphasized, noting
that these high-quality businesses
are often called upon to provide
free or below-cost outings.
The AMC staffers help provide
campfire experiences and cheerfully accommodate to the needs of
teens, she said. Some teens chose
to bunk in with their new friends,
while others opted to share a room
with their parent-caretaker.
“It’s been a great experience for
everyone,” Ames said. “I know it
sounds like a cliché, but Northeast
Passage is truly honored to be able
to do this program and to provide
these teens with a camp experience.”
Ames said the final two adventure camps, under the aegis of UNH
Coop. Ext., are designed to accommodate 24 teens.
Connecticut regulators to review proposed NU-NStar merger
By Edith Tucker
[email protected]
HARTFORD, Conn. — Connecticut regulators finalized their draft
decision, ruling that Northeast Utilities, parent company to Public
Service Company of New Hampshire and other subsidiaries, and
Boston-Mass.-based NStar must
now seek approval from the state
Public Utilities Regulatory Author-
ity (PURA) before completing their
proposed merger. As a result, NU
and NSTAR filed a formal merger
application with PURA on Thursday, with the expectation that the
Authority will issue a schedule for
hearings to review the merger.
This decision, according to the
NStar Form 425 filing with the federal sSecurities and Exchange
Commission, reversed PURA’s two
earlier decisions that it did not
have jurisdiction over the merger.
In issuing its latest ruling, PURA
cited new information submitted
by the state Attorney General’s office, as well as material provided
by the Office of Consumer Counsel.
PURA stated it is aware of deadlines set by the companies relating
to the completion of the proposed
merger and pledged to dedicate all
necessary staff resources, working
to achieve a complete and thorough regulatory review consistent
with the time schedule.
The proposed merger of these
two now-independent utilities was
a by-product of talks that took
place more than two years ago between their CEOs when they were
discussing what was later named
the Northern Pass project while
flying over HydroQuebec reservoirs and hydropower dams.
Fiddlers’ House Party at Colebrook Country Club tonight
COLEBROOK — A rollicking
good time is planned for Wednesday, Jan. 25, at the Colebrook Country Club as the Great North Woods
Committee for the Arts presents a
Fiddlers’ House Party, beginning at
6:30 p.m.
The evening is the latest in the
GNWCA’s popular Winter Warmers
concert series, an annual seasonal
favorite that attracts audiences to
the Colebrook Country Club to hear
some of the best in local musical
talent. The series is a fundraiser for
the GNWCA. Proceeds from the
Winter Warmers allow the arts
group to fund many of the other
music events it sponsors throughout the year. Local performers give
of their talents freely during the
Winter Warmers, and Clay and
Michelle Hinds of the Colebrook
Country Club donate their facility
for the series to the GNWCA.
The fiddlers’ night begins with
the music of Quebec fiddler Alain
Gosselin in the opening set. He is
followed by nine–member Isley
Mist Ceili group, which will perform
a blast of jigs and reels, along with
some beautiful Celtic airs including
“Maurice Manley’s Polka,” “The Silver Spire,” “The 72nd Highlanders’
Farewell to Aberdeen,” “Harvest
Home Hornpipe” and more. The
performers are Gerry Tobin (fiddle), Charlie Jordan (fiddle),
Matthew Fleming (fiddle), Cindy
Martindill (flute), Rachel O’Meara
(flute), AnnaLeigh Fleming (penny¬whistle), Susan Zizza (keyboard), Donna Jordan (guitar and
bodhran), and Tom Jordan (guitar).
After a short break, the nine-member Fireside Fiddlers will round out
the night with fast-paced fiddling
sure to have everyone hopping.
The group’s playlist includes “Old
Joe Clark,” “Soldier’s Joy,”
“Ashokan Farewell,” “Tenne¬ssee
Waltz,” “Angeline The Baker,” “St.
Anne’s Reel” and more. The performers are fiddlers Patrick Ross,
Dick Rosser, Charlie Jordan, Paul
Cormier, Gordon Gray, Lyndall Demers, Joyce Ball, Dalton Binette and
Jean Theroux, with guitarist Roland
Cotnoir.
During the month of February,
the GNWCA will host three major
music concerts at the Tillotson Center (see front page story this week),
but the Winter Warmers series will
return to the Colebrook Country
Club on March 14 for the final Winter Warmers concert of the season,
“Feel the Folk,” beginning at 6:30
p.m. Get out those tie-dyes and
groove to the sounds reminiscent
of the hootenanny and protest days
of yore. Among the performers
lined up are George Jacques, Mark
Hanlon and Michele Johnson, with
Haze Smith topping it off with some
great bluegrass.
Tickets are $12 and on sale at
the door. Advance tickets are available at Fiddleheads, 110 Main Street
in Colebrook. For more information
on the Winter Warmers series, call
246-8998 or 237-9302. For more information on the Great North
Woods Committee for the Arts, visit the organization’s website at
www.gnwca.org.
A8
JANUARY 25, 2012
•••
Phase IV of Andro
Headwaters project funded
By Edith Tucker
[email protected]
PHOTO
BY
EDITH TUCKER
WMNF Androscoggin District Ranger Katie Stuart and Recreation and Facilities Operations Manager Travis Pellerin,
both USFS employees who live in Shelburne, are very pleased with the results of the recent whole-building re-insulation project at the District offices and visitor’s center at 300 Glen Road (Route 16) in Gorham.
USFS Androscoggin Ranger
District Visitor Center re-insulated
By Edith Tucker
[email protected]
GORHAM — A major re-insulation project was completed in November at the 12,440-square-foot
Androscoggin Ranger District offices and Visitor’s Center on Glen
Road (Route 16). The project was
designed to substantially lower
the building’s operating costs, reduce its carbon footprint, and improve employees’ working conditions.
Energy audit consultant Lakes
Region ThermalScan of Gilmanton Iron Works recommended a
number of energy-saving actions
after inspecting the building and
undertaking a thermal imaging
and depressurization assessment
in Sept. 2011, explained Androscoggin District Ranger Katie
Stuart in a Friday afternoon interview.
It was only 16 years ago in 1996
that the USFS moved into the custom-built facility that was constructed to then-current standards.
Lakes Region ThermalScan
found inadequate “R” values in
the existing insulation. Its report
noted that the air duct system was
located outside the thermal barrier; air leaks existed where sloping walls intersected with flat surfaces; and significant ice damming
on the roof had caused water
damage to existing insulation,
drastically reducing its effectiveness.
The firm recommended that
critical junctions be sealed to establish a continuous thermal barrier between adjacent spaces and
that the thermal boundary go
right to the roofline in some locations in order to include the air
duct system. The audit firm also
recommended reducing the overall air infiltration rate and that air
leakage from the inside walls and
attic be reduced. The existing
fiberglass was extremely porous
to airflow and did not have airsealing qualities, explained Stuart
and Recreation and Facilities Operations Manager Travis Pellerin,
who provided on-site oversight
during the $70,000-plus threeweek-long project completed by J.
Myers Builders of Lisbon.
The remedial project included
spraying polyurethane foam
(SPF) insulation as well as blow-
News from WMNF
ing cellulose insulation made
from newsprint that was
processed into cellulose fiber to
which boric acid was added for
fire resistance. All workers were
suited up appropriately in line
with OSHA requirements, Stuart
pointed out. Many of the 25 USFS
employees with offices in the
building were temporarily located at other USFS facilities on the
WMNF; Stuart, Pellerin and others
were housed for three weeks in a
trailer outside the Visitors’ Center.
Expectations are that some 34
percent less oil will be used in the
building’s two oil-fired boilers,
and some 30 percent less electricity to run the air-handling
units and to power the boilers.
“You can feel the difference;
temperatures are more even and
it is a lot more comfortable,” Stuart said, adding that she was very
happy to have the Andro team
back under one roof.
“The building is quieter with
mechanical equipment, including
the four air-handling units — running far less frequently, Pellerin
said. “It’s easier on the boilers,
likely extending their useful life.”
WMNF Junior Snow Ranger
event hosted by local ski areas
CAMPTON — On Jan. 27,
White Mountain National Forest Rangers will take to the
slopes of Loon Mountain, Waterville Valley, Attitash, Great
Glen Trails and Bretton Woods
to share the new Junior Snow
Ranger Activity booklet with
local school children.
The activity book is designed for elementary school
children, particularly fourth
and fifth graders. Both outdoor and indoor activities are
included in this colorful publication. Topics include: personal safety, wildlife, winter
ecology, snow science, and
recreation. The role of a Forest Service snow ranger, the
use of rescue dogs, and the
continued importance of wildfire prevention during the winter are highlighted in the book.
After completing the fun activities, children will receive a
card, a patch, and a certificate
of completion.
One of the highlights of the
day will be a demonstration by
Cutler the Forest Service
Avalanche Rescue Dog. Skiers
at Loon Mountain in Lincoln
will have the opportunity to
meet Cutler and watch Cutler
and Snow Ranger Chris Joosen
demonstrate how the rescue
dog locates avalanche victims.
Junior Snow Ranger activity
books will be available at all
National Forest visitor centers, contact stations, the
White Mountain National Forest
website
www.fs.fed.us/r9/white and
the Learn to Ski and Snowboard
website
at
http://www.skiandsnowboard-
18th Birthday
BRENNAH!
Happy
month.org/
In addition to the event
scheduled in New Hampshire
on Jan. 27, Snow Ranger events
are also being planned in Colorado, Vermont, Idaho, Montana, and Michigan. Activities
will be filmed and photographed at each location,
and the footage will be compiled into a video news release
to be posted on the USDA
YouTube channel. Junior Snow
Rangers are encouraged to
post photos of their winter activities to the Woodsy Owl
Facebook page at www.facebook.com/woodsyowl
throughout the season.
The US Forest Service Junior Snow Ranger program
mission is to inspire youth to
embrace a life-long relationship with the winter environment and to become stewards
of the land.
For more information visit
the White Mountain National
Forest
website
at
www.fs.fed.us/r9/white.
LEGAL PROBATE NOTICE
THE STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
1st Circuit - Probate Division - Lancaster
12/17/2011 thru 01/13/2012
APPOINTMENT OF FIDUCIARIES
Notice is hereby given that the following
fiduciaries have been duly appointed by
the Judge of Probate for Coos County.
All persons having claims against these
decedents are requested to exhibit them for
adjustment and all indebted to make payment.
Cotter, Simonne Dora, late of Groveton,
NH. Daniel J. Cotter, 992 Route 63,
Spofford, NH 03462. #314-2011-ET00251
Love Mom, Derek, Jayda and Connor
Dunn, Leona A., late of Lancaster, NH.
Audrey C. Dunn, 358 North Road,
Lancaster, NH 03584. #314-2011-ET00133
Dated: 01/13/2012
Terri L. Peterson, Clerk
CAMBRIDGE — Phase IV of the
five-phase Androscoggin Headwaters project was designated to
receive $5 million under the Forest Legacy program, designed to
keep “working” forests intact and
undeveloped, announced the U.
S. Forest Service on Thursday.
The conservation easement
will protect 12,837 acres of forestland in the headwaters region of
the Androscoggin River.
“This project complements
conservation actions by the U.S.
Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) the Umbagog National
Wildlife Refuge (NWR) as well as
the America’s Great Outdoors
landscape-scale conservation
partnership initiative,” the announcement points out.
“The Trust for Public Land
(TPL) is very pleased to have another phase of the Androscoggin
Headwaters project funded,”
wrote J.T. Horne of TPL’s Montpelier, Vt. office, in a Saturday email exchange. “We will be progressing to do the required due
diligence to protect this parcel
with a working forest conservation easement in partnership
with the State of New Hampshire
and Plum Creek Timber Company,” the current landowner.
TPL, a national nonprofit conservation organization, is serving as the project’s facilitator.
If completed as planned, 73
percent of the land in the 31,271acre Androscoggin Headwaters
five-phase project will remain in
private ownership, putting
22,881 acres under a state “working” forest conservation easement.
A total of 24 percent — 7,452
aces — were slated to become
part of the Umbagog NWR. Nearly 3,000 acres were purchased in
fee in June 2011 and added to Umbagog NWR.
The project also calls for the
938-acre Greenough Ponds parcel in Wentworth’s Location —
Phase V — to be purchased and
then managed by the state Fish
and Game Department.
"The Forest Legacy program
helps keep working forests working across the country," said
Chief Tom Tidwell in a prepared
statement on the Forest Legacy
website. “These projects will support rural economies and American jobs while protecting some
of our most beautiful landscapes
for our children and grandchildren.”
“Intact forestlands supply timber products, wildlife habitat,
soil and watershed protection,
aesthetics, and recreational opportunities,” the news release
continues. “However, as these areas are fragmented and disappear, so do the benefits they provide. Roughly 57 percent of the
nation's forests are privately
owned, yet the country has lost
15 million acres of private working forests in the last 10 years
with an additional 22 million
acres projected to be at risk from
development, wildfire and other
threats in the next decade.
“The Forest Legacy Program
uses a competitive process to
strategically select ecologically
and socially important projects
facing the greatest threat of conversion to other land uses,”
states the press release. “Projects that protect clean air and
water, provide recreation, protect wildlife habitat, supports
large-scale land conservation
partnerships, and provide forestrelated rural jobs receive strong
consideration.”
The state’s Forest Legacy
Committee meets several times a
year, considers and reviews applications for Forest Legacy
funds, and then forwards on their
recommendations for funding to
the U.S. Forest Service. Administrator Susan Francher of the Planning and Community Forestry Bureau of the state Division of
Forests and Lands of DRED oversees the program and process in
New Hampshire.
The minutes of the Committee’s Aug. 11 meeting points out
that Forest Legacy funding for the
Project’s 10,208-acre Phase III
had been received and that conservation easement negotiations
were underway.
Phase IV of Andro
Headwaters project funded
By Edith Tucker
[email protected]
CAMBRIDGE — Phase IV of the
five-phase Androscoggin Headwaters project was designated to
receive $5 million under the Forest Legacy program, designed to
keep “working” forests intact and
undeveloped, announced the U.
S. Forest Service on Thursday.
The conservation easement
will protect 12,837 acres of forestland in the headwaters region of
the Androscoggin River.
“This project complements
conservation actions by the U.S.
Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) the Umbagog National
Wildlife Refuge (NWR) as well as
the America’s Great Outdoors
landscape-scale conservation
partnership initiative,” the announcement points out.
“The Trust for Public Land
(TPL) is very pleased to have another phase of the Androscoggin
Headwaters project funded,”
wrote J.T. Horne of TPL’s Montpelier, Vt. office, in a Saturday email exchange. “We will be progressing to do the required due
diligence to protect this parcel
with a working forest conservation easement in partnership
with the State of New Hampshire
and Plum Creek Timber Company,” the current landowner.
TPL, a national nonprofit conservation organization, is serving as the project’s facilitator.
If completed as planned, 73
percent of the land in the 31,271acre Androscoggin Headwaters
five-phase project will remain in
private ownership, putting
22,881 acres under a state “working” forest conservation easement.
A total of 24 percent — 7,452
aces — were slated to become
part of the Umbagog NWR. Nearly 3,000 acres were purchased in
fee in June 2011 and added to Umbagog NWR.
The project also calls for the
938-acre Greenough Ponds parcel in Wentworth’s Location —
Phase V — to be purchased and
then managed by the state Fish
and Game Department.
"The Forest Legacy program
helps keep working forests working across the country," said
Chief Tom Tidwell in a prepared
statement on the Forest Legacy
website. “These projects will support rural economies and American jobs while protecting some
of our most beautiful landscapes
for our children and grandchildren.”
“Intact forestlands supply timber products, wildlife habitat,
soil and watershed protection,
aesthetics, and recreational opportunities,” the news release
continues. “However, as these areas are fragmented and disappear, so do the benefits they provide. Roughly 57 percent of the
nation's forests are privately
owned, yet the country has lost
15 million acres of private working forests in the last 10 years
with an additional 22 million
acres projected to be at risk from
development, wildfire and other
threats in the next decade.
“The Forest Legacy Program
uses a competitive process to
strategically select ecologically
and socially important projects
facing the greatest threat of conversion to other land uses,”
states the press release. “Projects that protect clean air and
water, provide recreation, protect wildlife habitat, supports
large-scale land conservation
partnerships, and provide forestrelated rural jobs receive strong
consideration.”
The state’s Forest Legacy
Committee meets several times a
year, considers and reviews applications for Forest Legacy
funds, and then forwards on their
recommendations for funding to
the U.S. Forest Service. Administrator Susan Francher of the Planning and Community Forestry Bureau of the state Division of
Forests and Lands of DRED oversees the program and process in
New Hampshire.
The minutes of the Committee’s Aug. 11 meeting points out
that Forest Legacy funding for the
Project’s 10,208-acre Phase III
had been received and that conservation easement negotiations
were underway.
Get taxes done for free at the FRC —
VITA kickoff set for this Saturday
GORHAM — It’s Earned Income Tax Credit Awareness
Week and The Family Resource
Center (FRC) in Gorham is celebrating with a ribbon cutting
ceremony on Saturday, Jan. 28,
at 10 a.m. The event will mark
the start of the FRC’s popular
Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA) program. The goal
of the program is to help families keep more of their earned
income by saving on tax preparation fees and by helping them
to take advantage of special
credits such as the Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC).
IRS Certified Volunteers will
prepare tax returns free to taxpayers with incomes under
$58,000. Returns are e-filed and
refunds can be direct deposited
into the taxpayer’s savings or
checking account in just seven
to 12 days.
Last year, VITA volunteers
helped to bring more than
$576,000 to North Country tax-
payers in refunds and tax credits — that’s over half a million
dollars added to our local economy.
Free tax preparation is available by appointment at locations in Berlin, Gorham, Conway
and Colebrook. The Family Resource Center wants to help local residents keep more of their
money. Get that refund fast. Call
466-5190 ext. 323 or ext. 320 today for more information or to
schedule an appointment.
Colonel Town Senior Citizens
LANCASTER — On Jan. 10, 24
seniors met for a meeting and
lunch. The Pledge of Allegiance
and Lord’s Prayer were recited.
Judy Fuller, vice-president,
presided over the meeting in the
absence of President Lois McGee.
The 50/50 drawing was won
by Judy Fuller. The monthly birthday cake was won by Ronny Martin. Old business and new business was discussed. Secretary
Ronny Martin sent monthly birth-
day cards on Jan. 7. Get well cards
were sent out to members Connie Cardinal and Joan LaPointe.
A thank you goes out to our
lunch committee, John and
Sandy McKillop, Reta Gibson and
Marion Kellner, for their festive
decorating and table settings. A
new year’s toast was done and
words given by John McKillop —
nicely done. Evelyn Bennet and
Ronny offered their monthly
jokes. Thank you to them for
helping to brighten the spirit of
the day with some laughter to our
members.
Another new member was
added to our group, Lorraine
Donovan. We wish her a wonderful time and loads of fun with our
group. Our group would like to
see new members joining for the
new year of 2012. The more the
merrier.
Our next meeting will be on
Jan. 24. Come and join the fun.
JANUARY 25, 2012
A9
•••
NH Audubon needs help
on statewide bird survey
CONCORD — Stock up those
bird feeders and dig out the binoculars for New Hampshire
Audubon’s Backyard Winter Bird
Survey. This annual statewide survey will take place on Saturday, Feb.
11, and Sunday, Feb. 12. Biologists
need assistance from citizens all
over the Granite State to get a clear
picture of what’s really happening
with our winter birds.
Anyone can participate in the
Backyard Winter Bird Survey by
counting the birds in their own
backyard on the survey weekend
and sending the results on a special
reporting form to NH Audubon. To
receive a copy of the reporting form
and complete instructions on how
to participate, send a self-addressed, stamped, long envelope
to: New Hampshire Audubon, Winter Bird Survey, 84 Silk Farm Road,
Concord, NH 03301. Forms are also
available at NH Audubon centers in
Auburn, Concord and Manchester,
or on the NH Audubon web site,
along with more information about
the survey, at www.nhaudubon.org,
under the birding page.
Data from the Backyard Winter
Bird Survey is used to track changes
in the distribution and abundance
of many species. Each year, about
1,300 observers across the state
count the birds coming to their
feeders. “The strength of the survey is that we can look at trends
over the long term,” says Survey
Coordinator, Rebecca Suomala.
“We now have more than 20 years
of data and we can see the patterns
of ups and downs in different bird
species.”
Last year, 77 species were
recorded overall, tying the previous high from 2001. The survey
showed large numbers of Common
Redpolls and Pine Siskins that periodically come south in big numbers, typically every other year.
“We’re not expecting those two
species in 2012, but we are due for
a good year for American Goldfinch,
which last peaked in 2009,” according to Dr. Pam Hunt, Senior Biologist at NH Audubon. Hunt’s analysis
shows that southern species such
as Red-bellied Woodpeckers and
Carolina Wrens continue to increase on the survey. Eastern Bluebirds set a new record high and
show no signs of slowing down.
Two other species showing longterm increases, Wild Turkey and
Pileated Woodpecker, also set
record highs in 2011. The Barred
Owl total was the third highest ever,
and likely the result of deep snows,
which made hunting difficult last
winter.
Reports of a lack of birds are just
as valuable as reports of many
birds. “If everyone reported only
when they have a lot of birds, we
wouldn’t be able to see the declines,” says Suomala. The most important thing is to participate each
year regardless of how many or how
few birds you have. This provides a
consistent long-term set of data that
shows both the ups and downs.
All New Hampshire residents
are encouraged to take part. Results
from past years are on the NH
Audubon web site. For more information about the Backyard Winter
Bird Survey, call NH Audubon at
224-9909 or go to the web site at
www.nhaudubon.org and click on
Birding.
Note: There are two bird surveys in February. NH Audubon’s
Backyard Winter Bird Survey that
takes place in New Hampshire only,
and the Great Backyard Bird Count,
a nation-wide web-based survey on
February 17-20, 2012; www.birdcount.org.
New Hampshire Audubon is a
nonprofit statewide membership
organization dedicated to the protection of New Hampshire’s natural
environment for wildlife and for
people. Independent of the National Audubon Society, New Hampshire Audubon has offered programs in wildlife conservation, land
protection, environmental policy,
and environmental education since
1914. Expert educators give programs to children, families, and
adults in schools and at four nature
centers throughout the state. Staff
biologists and volunteers conduct
bird conservation efforts such as
the Peregrine Falcon restoration.
New Hampshire Audubon protects
thousands of acres of wildlife habitat and is a voice for sound public
policy on environmental issues. For
information on New Hampshire
Audubon, including membership,
volunteering, programs, sanctuaries, and publications, call 224-9909,
or visit www.nhaudubon.org.
Happening at Weeks Memorial
Library Children's Room
Is cabin fever getting to you?
Need a place to go? Why not the
visit the library? There is much to
do and many books to choose. The
month of February is packed
chock full of fun activities for children of all ages. On Mondays Feb.
6-Feb. 20 from 3-4 p.m. is Create
With Words. Create With Words is
a creative writing program for children ages Grade 2 and up. We will
explore different areas of writing
and work on creating our own style
of writing. Pre-registration is required. On Tuesday Feb. 7 from 34pm, is the Author of the Month
Story Hour. The author of the
month for February is Norman
Bridwell. Bridwell is the author
and illustrator of the classic Clifford, the big red dog series. We
will read some of Clifford’s adventures and do a craft. The story
hour is for children ages Grade K2. Pre-registration is required. On
Tuesday Feb. 14 (Valentine’s Day)
from 3-4pm, the library will be
hosting a Heart Party. Come learn
a little bit about Valentine’s Day
and make a special craft. This activity is for children ages Grade K
and up and pre-registration is required. On Tuesday February 21
(Mardi Gras) from 3-4 p.m. is a Library Mardi Gras Celebration for
children ages Grade K and up. We
will take a look at the holiday and
enjoy some of the holiday treats
and make a mask. Pre-registration
is required for this activity. All
these activities can be pre-registered for on the library’s website:
[email protected] on the youth activities page, calling the library, or
stop by the library and pick up a
registration form.
We are working on activities for
our Young Adult patrons. On
Wednesday evenings from 7-9pm
the children’s librarian, Ronnie Zajac, will be downstairs in the library. She wants to know what the
library can do for this patron population. There are many new
books to check out, but we would
like to do some programming, too.
We need your help. Do you want
book clubs? game nights? book
discussions? art programs? Or
something else? We have created
an information board downstairs
for teens to provide fun and interesting facts. So come in and
check it out.
Every Tuesday at 10 a.m. is
Wonderplay for parents and their
children ages 0-3 years. It is a fun
time of fingerplays, songs, and
some movement activities. Every
Wednesday is Lego Club from 3-4
p.m. All ages are welcome and children under the age of 7 must be accompanied by an adult. Pre-registration is required. Every Thursday at 10am is Story Hour for parents and their children ages 3-5
years. Story Hour is an opportunity for children to experience a
variety of authors and illustrators,
fiction and non-fiction books, as
well as, let their creative side shine
with a weekly craft. There will be
no Story Hour the week of February 26th. Every Friday from 3-4
p.m. is Game and Puzzle Day at the
library. All ages are welcome and
children under 7 must be accompanied by an adult. This is a
chance to learn a new game or
have fun playing an old one. Preregistration is required. Please
note there will be NO Game Day
the week of February 26th. All the
youth activities at the library are
free. Children coming from the
Lancaster School can take Early
Bus 14 to the library with written
from a parent or guardian. Come
check out what’s new at the library.
For more information or to sign
up go to weekslib.org and click on
youth activities or call the library
at 788-3352.
Apple users group to meet monthly
LANCASTER — The White
Mountain Apple User Group
(WMAUG), which has recently begun meeting in the Lancaster area
will only do so once a month, contrary to an earlier plan to do so
twice monthly. Interested Apple
users should take note, WMAUG
will henceforth be meeting on the
second Tuesday of every month.
The meetings will continue to be
held at the old Nadeau Barn on
Rte. 135, two miles south of Lancaster, where Peter Camann's
"Strength In Motion" is housed.
The time will remain the same as
well, 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. For more information, one may go to the
wmaug.com website or call Lucy
Wyman at 788-3688.
5440 Hydro Inc. hereby publishes notice of its notification of intent to
file for an application for a new license, of the pre-application document, and of its request to use the traditional licensing (TLP) process
in connection with the Brooklyn Dam hydro project located in
Groveton, NH. These documents were filed with the Federal Energy
Commission (FERC) on January 17, 2011 and are available for review
and reproduction at 35 Riverside Avenue in Gilman, VT 05904 during
regular business hours.
5440 Hydro Inc. intends to re-develop an existing, non-operating runof-river hydroelectric station. Total project size in MW is expected to
be 600 kW. Existing equipment and infrastructure will be used to the
extent possible. The project is located along the Ammonoosuc River in
Groveton, New Hampshire. As a result of previous successful license
applications, 5440 Hydro Inc. is confident that it will be able to provide a license application in line with the TLP guidelines in a timely
manner and involving low levels of controversy. In addition, given the
small size of the project, 5440 Hydro Inc. expects that development of
the existing site will be of limited complexity.
Pursuant to 18 C.F.R. § 5.5, 5440 Hydro Inc. submitted its intention to
file an application for a new license which generally outlines the project and lists all relevant stakeholders identified by 5440 Hydro Inc.
In addition, 5440 Hydro Inc. submitted the pre-application document
in accordance with 18 C.F.R. § 5.6. The pre-application document consist of all existing information relevant to the project that is in 5440
Hydro Inc.’s possession or could be obtained with the exercise of due
diligence. This document has been distributed to FERC and all interested stakeholders to enable these entities to identify issues and related information needs, develop study requests and study plans, and prepare documents analyzing any license application that may be filed
with FERC.
The applicant’s name and address is as follows:
5440 Hydro Inc. 717 Atlantic Avenue, Boston, MA 02111
contact. Lutz Loegters • tel. 617 933 7200
Please note that comments on 5440 Hydro Inc.’s request to use the TLP
process should address, as appropriate to the circumstances of the
request, (a) the likelihood of timely license issuance, (b) the complexity of the resource issues, (c) the level of anticipated controversy, (d)
the relative cost of the TLP compared to the integrated process, (e) the
amount of available information and potential for significant disputes
over studies, or (f) other factors believed to be pertinent.
Please also note that comments on 5440 Hydro Inc.’s request to use the
TLP process may be filed with FERC and 5440 Hydro Inc. no later
than 30 days following the filing date. Please reference FERC Project
No. P-13806 and the applicant’s name and address when submitting
comments to FERC. All comments submitted to FERC must be made
in accordance with FERC’s filing procedures posted on
http://www.ferc.gov.
COURTESY
PHOTO
Kelly Cooke’s new company, Terrapin Tours, is offering a March 17 trip to the Boston Flower & Garden Show
at the Seaport World Trade Center.
Terrapin Tours offers
chances to ‘smell the roses’
By KHELA MCGANN
[email protected]
LINCOLN — With a decade’s
worth of experience in the tourism
industry — professionally and personally — Lincoln native Kelly
Cooke understands that traveling
solo can be hectic, but alternatives
offered by “check-list” group tours
aren’t always a positive experience
either. Her new company, Terrapin
Tours, is all about taking the stress
out of travel with a “bit of a stop
and smell the roses attitude.”
“Oftentimes group tours are
known for rushing from one place
to another and spending so many
hours on the go each day that
guests are left exhausted and unable to enjoy the sights that they
are seeing,” wrote Cooke. “Terrapin Tours, while still [offering]
active trips, will focus a little more
on the guests getting to know each
other and taking time to enjoy each
activity — in some sense, it is a
‘less is more’ theory on travel.”
Her philosophy is in the name
and the logo of her company, as
“terrapins,” or turtles, come out of
their shells to discover the world
far and wide, but at a leisurely pace.
Cooke, who lives in North
Woodstock, has been able to travel throughout most of the United
States, as well as abroad, and now
she wants to be able to share that
passion for exploring new places.
After opening for business last
month, a trip to Boston’s Flower
and Garden show in March is already scheduled, and Cooke is
planning a trip to Maine in the summer and another to New York City
in December. She said more trips
will be announced throughout the
year and she’s open to suggestions.
“I hope that I can bring my love
of travel to people in this area and
enable them to go places that they
may otherwise not travel to on
their own,” she said. “There is no
need to worry about driving in a
city that you aren’t familiar with,
trying to find attractions and
restaurants; and you don’t have to
worry about booking your hotels
and transportation because it is all
being taken care of for you.”
Another benefit is meeting peo-
ple from the area who have similar
interests and could become lifelong friends.
Cooke says while she’s operating out of the White Mountain area,
she also is planning to offer pickups as far north as St. Johnsbury
and as far south as Meredith. She
also can work with senior, student
and other private groups that want
to plan their own trips.
Cooke started in the tourism
business in 1996, working as a travel agent and tour director until she
decided to take a break. Just last
year she got back into doing group
tours and then decided the time
was right for her to start her own
business.
“It’s where my heart is,” said
Cooke
The Boston Flower & Garden
Show on March 17 at the Seaport
World Trade Center features hundreds of professional garden and
floral designs, lectures and demonstrations. There also will be nearly
200 vendors.
For information on Terrapin
Tours, contact Cooke at 348-7141
or email [email protected].
NORTH COUNTRY STUDENTS
Brittany Bloom of Lancaster has
been named to the President’s List
at Southern New Hampshire University for the fall semester. Brittany
is the daughter of Bryan and Lynda
Bloom. Brittany is majoring in Elementary and Special Education. The
President’s List is the highest accomplishment requiring a G.P.A. of
3.6 or higher.
Asenath Brooks of Colebrook
and Evan Driscoll of Lancaster were
named to the Dean's List at Paul
Smith's College, Paul Smiths, N.Y.,
during the Fall 2011 Semester. Each
earned a semester average of 3.3 or
higher to receive this distinction.
Asenath Brooks was also named an
Adirondack Scholar, having
achieved a cumulative average of at
least 3.8.
Dale Allen Boyce, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Daniel Boyce of Carroll, was
named to the Dean’s List at Pensacola Christian College, Pensacola,
Fla., for academic achievement during the 2011 fall semester, as a result
of earning a B average or higher.
Julianne King of Gorham was
named to the Dean's List at Saint
Joseph's College of Maine, Standish,
Me., for the Fall 2011 Semester. To be
eligible for Dean's list, a student
must attain an average of 3.5 or better.
Rachel Shute of Milan was named
to the Dean's List for the Fall 2011 semester at Quinnipiac University,
Hamden, Conn. To be eligible for
dean's list status, a student must
earn a grade point average of at least
3.5 with no grade lower than C.
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JANUARY 25, 2012
•••
LPD deal with theft, scams, Several weather related accidents
keep Whitefield PD busy
mischief and three accidents
By Jonathan Benton
[email protected]
LANCASTER — Mary Brocuglio,
42 of Dalton, was charged on Jan.
16 with criminal mischief for breaking a T.V. belonging to Paul Rioux,
44 of Lancaster. Rioux was also
charged on Jan. 16 with simple assault against Brocuglio. Both were
placed on $1,000 PR bail and have
a Feb. 27 court date.
There was a report of criminal
mischief and attempted burglary at
the home of Edward Merrow on
Garland Road on Jan. 15. An outdoor screen was removed and an
entry attempted through a window.
Trisha Gaudette, 25 of Lancaster, was charged on Jan. 14 with receiving stolen property to wit a
snowboard and disorderly conduct. Gaudette was placed on
$1,000 PR and has Feb. 13 court
date.
There was the attempted theft
of town equipment as someone
tried to remove diesel fuel on Jan.
13.
Police Chief John Gardiner
wants the public to be wary of another phone scam. A Lancaster
woman reported she had received
a phone call from the American
Shoppers Network that she won
five and a half million dollars as
well as a Mercedes Benz and proceeded to ask for her bank account
number. According to Gardiner the
phones call originated in Michigan.
A theft from a building was reported on Jan. 21 by Nicole Guinard
of 59 Depot Street. Someone had reportedly gone into the building after a recent fire and taken two car
stereos and two I-pods.
On Jan. 13 Andrea Potter, 36 of
Groveton, was driving North on
Prospect street on the snow covered road when she slid out of her
lane and into a tractor trailer driven by Davi Thayer, 53 of East Waterboro, Maine, heading south.
There was over $1000 of damages
to both vehicles and no injuries
were reported. The vehicles were
driven from the scene.
On Jan. 18 Danelle Forcier, 17 of
Whitefield, was backing out to
leave Dance Images in Lancaster
and hit a parked vehicle. There
were no injuries and minor damages reported.
On Jan. 20 Matthew Burt, 23 of
Twin Mountain, at 2 a.m. left his
truck on the side of US Route 135
after it had slid during a turn due
to snowy conditions. There was
over $1,000 in damages, but no injuries were reported.
Winter reading program at the Dalton Public Library
The winter reading program at
the Dalton Public Library for children is scheduled for Saturdays
at 10:00 a.m. during February.
Come over and enjoy stories and
crafts to escape the winter boredom. A Dr. Seuss birthday celebration will be held on Saturday,
March 3 at 10:00 a.m. The Doll
Club sessions will be Monday, January 23, February 20, and March
26 at the Dalton Town Hall starting at 3:45. Registration is required to assure enough materials for the attendees.
The Quilt Group continues to
meet at the Dalton Town Hall on
the 4th Wednesday morning of
each month from 9:30 a.m. to
noon. Work sessions are scheduled as needed. This group is
open to the public and is free of
charge.
A reminder that our hours are:
Monday and Wednesday 2 p.m. to
6 p.m. and Saturday 10 a.m. to
noon.
By Jonathan Benton
[email protected]
WHITEFIELD — On Jan. 18
Scotty Cook, 19 of Whitefield,
was traveling south on Old East
Road when he lost control of his
vehicle due to the icy conditions.
The vehicle hit a tree of the right
side of the road and then crossed
over the left side of the road to
rest in a ditch. There was heavy
damage to the passenger side of
the vehicle which was driven
from the scene and no injuries
were reported.
On Jan. 17 Peter Cottrell, 64 of
Whitefield, was traveling south
on Route 116 and lost control
due to the icy conditions sliding
across into oncoming traffic. Cottrell slid into the path of Kevin
Daley, 22 of Stark, heading southbound causing a collision. After
suffering heavy damage both vehicles were towed from the
scene, but no injuries were reported.
On Jan. 13 Kathy Labate, 57 of
Nashua, was just across the Twin
Mountain town line in Carroll on
Route 3 when due to slippery
conditions and heavy snow her
vehicle slid off the road and side
swiped a delineator. Her vehicle
suffered moderate damage to its
passenger side and no injuries
were reported.
On Jan. 13 Megan Flynn, 26 of
Lancaster, was traveling north
on Lancaster Road on Route 3
when due to the slippery snow
conditions slid off the left side of
the road and into some trees. No
injuries were reported and the
vehicle was towed from the
scene.
On Jan. 12 William Wohld, 26
of Lancaster, was traveling south
on Airport Road when he slid off
the left hand side of the roadway
into the small trees lining the
side of the road due to slushy
conditions. There was moderate
damage to the vehicle, which
was driven from the scene and
no injuries were reported.
On Jan. 7 Cail Kelley, 57 of
Whitefield, and Robert Kelley, 57
of Whitefield were charged with
simple assault against each other. Both of them were placed
$1,000 PR bail and have a Feb. 13
court date.
On Jan. 7 Nicholas Gonyer, 25
of Whitefield, was charged with
criminal mischief/vandalism
against Megan Surridge. Gonyer
was placed on $1,000 PR bail and
has a Feb. 13 court date.
On Jan. 6 David Houle, 60 of
Bethlehem, was following a plow
on Route 3 when he lost traction
and was rear-ended by Cody
Brownell, 16 of Whitefield. There
was minor damage to both vehicles and no injuries were reported.
On Jan. 5 Julie Aldrich, 26 of
Lancaster, was heading north on
Lancaster Rd. when she slowed
with traffic and was rear-ended
by Rachel Perkins, 33 of Groveton. No injuries were reported
and there was minimal damage
to Adrich’s rear bumper.
Stephen Russo, 31 of Lunenburg, Vt., was arrested on Jan. 1
on three counts of simple assault
one charge of resisting arrest and
one charge of obstructing the report of a crime or injury. Russo
was placed on $10,000 cash bail
and has a Feb. 6 court date.
Jacob Gainer, 19 of Dalton,
was arrested on Dec. 30 on a warrant for burglary and was transported to Grafton County.
Cara Heathe, 21 of Whitefield,
was arrested on Dec. 30 for
breach of bail conditions. Heathe
had a Jan. 23 court date and was
placed on $1,000 PR bail.
Jay Zapolski, 40 of Whitefield,
was arrested on Dec. 28 on a warrant for theft from Groveton Village Store. Zapolski was placed
on $1,000 PR bail and had a Jan.
23 court date.
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The school districts of SAU #58 announce the following details regarding the school budget hearing dates and petitions for warrant articles.
Information for the submitting petitions will be available in the Office
of the Superintendent of Schools, 15 Preble Street, Groveton, NH
03582 (tel. 603-636-1437). In addition, budgets and warrant articles
will be posted in two public places in each town, according to RSA
197:7, prior to the meetings and voting dates.
~SAU #58~
NOTICE OF MEETINGS
FEBRUARY 2012
_________________
STARK SCHOOL BOARD
Stark Village School Multipurpose Room
Tuesday, February 7, 2012
6:00pm – Board Meeting/Budget Hearing
STRATFORD SCHOOL BOARD
Stratford Public School Multipurpose Room
Wednesday, February 8, 2012
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PUBLIC NOTICE
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The school districts of SAU #58 announce the following details regarding the filing of candidates for public office. Information for the filing
of candidates will be available in the Office of the Superintendent of
Schools, 15 Preble Street, Groveton, NH 03582 (tel. 603-636-1437).
Stark - Tuesday, February 7, 2012 - 6:00 p.m. - Stark Village School.
Northumberland - Information regarding the Northumberland School
District budget hearing will be provided by the Northumberland Budget
Committee.
PETITIONS FOR WARRANT ARTICLES
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voters. Petitions for all three districts must be submitted to the Office
of the Superintendent of Schools by Tuesday, February 7, 2012.
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Northumberland - Positions open: Moderator, one year term; Clerk,
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Stark - Positions open: Moderator, one year term; Clerk, one year
term; Treasurer, one year term; School Board, one 3-year term.
Stratford - Positions open: Moderator, one year term; Clerk, one year
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The SAU #58 school districts operate under the non-partisan ballot system for the election of school officials. Filing forms for candidates for
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Office of the Superintendent of Schools, 15 Preble Street, Groveton,
NH; filing forms for Stark and Stratford positions should be obtained at
the respective Town Clerks’ offices.
NOTICE: School district officers for all three districts are to be elected at the Town Meetings in the respective towns on Tuesday, March 13,
2012, in accordance with the statutory election procedures adopted by
the school districts.
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JANUARY 25, 2012
•••
Burglary and suspicious activity keep Groveton PD busy
By Jonathan Benton
[email protected]
GROVETON — On Jan. 18 Trisha Gaudette, 25 of Lancaster,
was arrested on warrants for
burglary, that was alleged to
have taken place over the prior
weekend. She was also charged
with witness tampering and
breach of bail. She was released
on $500 cash bail with a court
date of Feb 13.
On Jan. 18 Groveton PD arrested Joseph Beaucage, 29 of
Groveton, for operating a motor
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on $1,000 PR bail, with a court
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arrested on our warrant for allegedly passing a bad check at
Perras Lumber. He has a court
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On. Jan 20 police responded
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for the weather. Upon investigating, police found the door to
11 Second Street wide open. Further investigating found the
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On Jan. 21 police received a
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Wednesday, January 25, 2012
PHOTO
BY JONATHAN
B
PAGE B1
PHOTO
BENTON
BY JONATHAN
BENTON
Spartan Emily Coe gains the upper hand against Campbell.
Spartan Cody Brownell has his Campbell opponent ready for a pin Wednesday.
Campbell and White Mountains Mat-men go head to head
By Jonathan Benton
[email protected]
WHITEFIELD — It was a close
matchup between the kids of
Campbell and the Spartans at
White Mountains on Wednesday,
but the visitors would win as a
team by a small margin 39-33.
Carleton
Kleinschrodt
demonstrated at the 126lb cate-
gory why his is one of the best
wrestlers in the state. For two
periods Kleinschrodt racked up
the points playing a classic game
of cat and mouse with Ben
Billings. With 59.1 seconds left in
the third period Kleinschrodt
laced both legs and arched back
to pin Billings with a double
grape vine, which is also known
as a Saturday night ride in
wrestling circles.
Spartan Cody Brownell put on
quite a show in the 152lb division against Robert Shultz.
Brownell almost rolled Shultz into a pin with 30 seconds to go in
the first period, but the two went
out of bounds. In the second period Brownell started in the bot-
tom position, but was able to escape Shultz’s grasp twice to lead
in points. In the third period both
athletes were barely standing
due to exhaustion resulting in
Shultz gaining four quick points.
There would be no pin, however,
and Brownell would win by the
skin of his teeth 7-6.
The 175lb weight class
matchup was a back and forth
battle between Andrew Force
and Jarod Saunders. Force was
caught on the mat in the first period and down 2-0, but by the
second Force accomplished two
reversals to lead 4-2. Saunders
would come back ahead 5-4, but
it wouldn’t matter as Force
brought him down for the count
with 46 seconds left in the third.
The only girl at the meet Emi-
Wrestling, PAGE B2
Spartan Downhillers perform
well in Ragged conditions
By Jonathan Benton
[email protected]
WHITEFIELD — The White
Mountains Alpine team took to
the slopes at Ragged Mountain in
Danbury on Jan. 13 for some
steep competition.
The breadwinner for the Spartan boy’s team was Ryan Hogan.
Hogan sped his way into podium
finishes for both the a.m. and
p.m. races ((3rd, 54.56), (2nd,
53.96)). Easily placing in the top
ten was David Stephan ((6th,
57.30), (7th, 58.11)) and Jake Hanlan (10th, 1:00.39) in the afternoon race. Hanlan climbed up
from 19th with a time of 1:04.24
in the morning race. Close to hitting the top 15 in both races was
Kalman Csigi ((13th, 1:00.29),
(16th, 1:02.34)). Remaining performances in the top 20 belonged
to Ben Hampton ((20th, 1:04.69),
(17th, 1:02.97)); Mark Lufkin
(19th, 1:04.14); and John Ahern
((16th, 1:01.96), (21st, 1:06.59)).
There were also strong performances from Brandon Lalonde
((28th, 1:12.97), (28th, 1:12.01));
Nick Accardo ((29th, 1:21.48),
(28th, 1:12.01)); and Nate Accardi (31st, 1:31.46). The boy’s team
PHOTO
BY JEFF
LAJOIE
Ryan Hogan slices down the slalom course at Gunstock on Jan. 19.
placed third in both races.
Leading the Lady Spartans in
the morning and afternoon races
was Beth Gadoury who made the
top ten on both occasions ((10th,
1:06.82), (8th, 1:07.36)). Next in
line was Molly Galasyn tucking
into the top 15 in both races
((15th, 1:11.64), (12th, 1:10.76)).
Making it into the top 20 was Baillie Knecht ((18th, 1:13.11), (16th,
1:12.67)) with teammate Brianna
Perry not far behind in the morning race (22nd, 1:24.48).
Athlete of the Week
PHOTO
BY JONATHAN
BENTON
Beth Gadoury was
named the Athlete of
the Week at White
Mountains and stands
next to her alpine coach
Jamie Sorochak. “Beth
has been doing very
well recently making it
into the top ten down at
Ragged Mt. and has
been showing a lot of
promise,”
said
Sorochak. “As a captain
she’s been doing a lot
with organization and
keeping kids focused.
She has made huge
progress since I started
working with her three
years ago.”
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B2
JANUARY 25, 2012
•••
PHOTO BY JONATHAN BENTON
Eagle Chris Helms maneuvers around Keegan Doolan for a pass on Jan. 17
PHOTO
BY JONATHAN
PHOTO BY JONATHAN BENTON
BENTON
Spartan Brody Glidden tries to muscle his way to the net on Jan. 17
Sean Haskins leans out to bank another outside shot against White Mountains.
Eagles return the favor on Spartans
By Jonathan Benton
[email protected]
GROVETON —The home
court advantage can sometimes
tip the scales and the proof was
in the pudding in Groveton on
Jan. 17 as the Eagles got their
revenge on the Spartans 53-34
after having fell to the visitors
earlier in the month.
“I thought we got off to a
good start we moved the ball on
offense and got the ball where
we wanted,” said Groveton
Coach Mark Collins. “I thought
Burt handled the half-court
game very well and I thought defensively for the most part we
limited them to one shot.”
The game started with a bang
for the Eagles who dominated
with a seven point run. Tyler
Burt began the rush with a
three-pointer in the first minute
followed by two hoops from
Nate Smith. The first light on the
Spartan spot of the score board
came off the hands of Josbert
Villanueva with a three-pointer
at the 5:30 mark. For the next
minute and a half, however, the
Eagles would take another offensive this time by six points to
stretch their lead 13-3. Groveton’s key seemed to be taking
the midrange and outside shots
which continued to bear fruit.
Yiram Villanueva would bank a
hoop and a three-pointer to
bring the score to 15-8 at the
end of the first. Unless a Spartan bore the surname “Villanueva” they weren’t scoring in the
first canto — a theme which
would return in the third quarter.
“When we could run we did
and when we couldn’t we tried
to get something good,” said
Collins. “I thought Helms filling
in tonight did a good job off the
bench and then Brando Joy
came and did what he was supposed to do. They played within themselves and that’s what
they need to do to help us.”
The second quarter would
showcase solid offensive play
from Spartan Johnny Ennis with
seven points including a threepointer. This coupled with a
three from J. Villanueva would
push the game into a 21-21 tie
with 1:30 to go in the quarter. In
that short time left before intermission Groveton would go on a
seven point spree thanks to two
baskets from Smith and two
frees from Burt before the
buzzer. The Spartans lost
starters Riley Hartshorn (3:45
left) and Reed Doolan (40 seconds left) in the second quarter
due to injury after taking some
hard falls, but would be back in
the third canto.
“I give Groveton a lot of credit, they came out ready to play,”
said White Mountains Coach
Zak Babcock. “I thought we didn’t do well taking advantage of
what their defense gave us. We
were very stagnant offensively
and forced to make long shots
or make individual plays just to
get looks at the basket.”
The third quarter would
mark Burt’s time to shine with
eight points including three
consecutive hoops starting at
the 4:15 mark. The Eagles would
climb while at the same time
holding White Moutains to just
four points — all foul shots that
Y. Villanueva went four for four
on. Heading into the final round
the Spartans were trailing by 12
points (37-25).
Groveton would stay more
than enough away from the
Spartans in the fourth quarter
(16-9) thanks to two hoops from
Ethan Marshall and four from
Smith. Smith would lead the
game with 22 points as well as
12 rebounds and Burt would
have eight assists.
White Mountains shot 83 percent from the charity stripe hitting five for six, all of which were
shot by Y. Villanueva, while
Groveton was 36 percent going
four for 11. The Spartans had 17
turnovers for the game while
the Eagles had 15.
GHS 15-12-10-16
Wrestling
(continued from Page B1)
ly Cook wrestled at 106lbs for
White Mountains against Jack
Tremblay. Cook’s shoulders
were almost brought to the mat
twice in the first period, but on
both occasions she was able to
roll free like a ninja to regain top
position. Tremblay would have
the day, however, with the pin
1:26 left in the second period.
WMRHS 8-13-4-9
Groveton 53
Marshall 5-0-10, Irving 3-0-6,
Burt 6-2-15, Smith 10-2-22: Totals 24-4-53
White Mountains 34
Y. Villanueva 2-5-10, Ennis 4-09, K. Doolan 1-0-3, J. Villanueva
4-0-10, R. Doolan 1-0-2: Totals
12-5-34.
At 120lbs Evan Allard went
head to head with Richard Baril
of Campbell with a 0-0 stalemate
after the first period. The second period started off the same
way until Allard was almost
pinned, but lasted till the buzzer.
That time would eventually
come when Baril finished what
he started with 13 seconds left
on the clock in the third period.
At 145 pounds it was a standing duel for the first minute between Spartan Garret Stevens
and Conor Douglas of Campbell.
Douglas then gained the upper
hand, but it wasn’t until 1:42 left
in the second period that
Stevens was pinned. At 132
pounds Campbell’s Connor Perry led in points the whole match,
but Coleton Hogan would not
give him the satisfaction of a pin
and lasted all three periods. At
160 pounds Paul Gesel was
pinned by Jake Parzych with 37.6
seconds left in the first period. In
the 138lb category Keegan Tanguay pinned Tyler Labounty with
1:28 left in the first period.
Collins pushes Lynx past Green Knights
CONCORD — The NHTI, Concord’s Community College
women’s basketball team held on
to top YSCC rival Vermont Tech
49-42.
Pacing the Lynx were Kelley
Collins (Groveton) 16 points with
18 rebounds, Jess Hardiman
(Loudon) 15 points with eight
steals, and Sara Romano
(Lebanon) nine points with eight
boards and five assists.
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Call clinches paintball
Nordic meet at Gunstock
By Jonathan Benton
[email protected]
WHITEFIELD — Through
pouring rain the White Mountains Nordic ski team trudged
on at Gunstock on Jan. 17 for
the annual biathlon meet in
which Ethan Call took first place
for the boy’s team.
It was a single start race with
a skiers going every 15 seconds
and skiing 1.5K before coming
into the shooting galley. Once
there competitors had six shots
from a paintball gun to hit three
targets and for each target they
hit 10 seconds was subtracted
from their time. The athletes
would then repeat the loop and
end with a 1.5k sprint to the finish.
“Snow got slushy and some
paint guns jammed affecting
over all results,” said assistant
Coach Kelly Renaud.
Call won the meet for the
Spartans with a time of 13 minutes and seven seconds. Not far
behind in the top ten were Ben
Higgins (8th) and Nick Barker
(9th) who finished neck and
neck with the same times of
13:47. A Spartan wasn’t spotted
again until the 20th slot sealed
up by Jake Nelson with a time of
15:37. Finishing up the six-man
lineup for the varsity boys were
Hunter Lamphere (31, 17:39)
and Cody Lanpher (44, 21:39).
Jessica Schanlaber represented the girls team well to finish in the top 20 with a 17th
place in 17 minutes and 26 seconds. Also in the top 20 were
veteran endurance skaters
Monique Gassek (19, 17:57) and
Kesie Schanlaber (20, 18:14).
Finishing in the top 25 for WMRHS were the speedy Abby Call
(22, 18:29) and Julia Kamins (25,
18:34). Solid performances were
also seen from Gillian McCreedy
(43, 25:06), Tara Ramsdell (46,
26:00), Emily Wade (49, 28:16)
and Cindi Wade (51, 31:35).
For the Middle School girls
Ada Wharton was one slot short
of a podium finish in fourth
place in 18 minutes and 42 seconds. Also skating her way into
the top ten was Kaitlin Neson
(8th, 21:10) and in the top15
were Hallie Chancey (14, 25:17)
and Sierra Lamphere (15, 25:29).
There was also very strong finished from Annie Kopp (18,
25:51) and Bonnie Ballentine
(27, 37:42).
Declan Higgins lead the boy’s
middle school team with a 17th
place with a time of 23 minutes
and 22 seconds. Three places
apart was teammate Sam Call in
20th with a final time of 26:12.
With the lack of snow this
season and the state meets just
one month away Renaud noted
her concern of how her team
will perform. In an attempt to
bolster experience points some
of the Spartans will have competed in the Nansen Ski Club
race in Berlin this past Saturday.
“We need on snow experience especially those eight middle schoolers who've never
skied before,” said Renaud.
“The whole state has had a
bleak season for Nordic”
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SPALDING
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BY JOSH
SPALDING
Ethan Call took first place in the Gunstock biathlon on Jan. 17 for WMRHS
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•••
PHOTO
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BENTON
Brennah Couture pulls off another successful layup against Groveton
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BENTON
Jan. 17 marked Eagle April Smith’s first game back from her shoulder injury.
Regional girls best Eagles at the nest
By Jonathan Benton
[email protected]
GROVETON — White Mountains Coach Gary Jenness doesn’t remember the last time the
Lady Spartans bested Groveton
on their own turf, he should know
as he used to Coach them too,
but it finally came to pass on Jan.
17 with the Lady Eagles falling 4327.
“I don’t think White Mountains has ever won a home game
in Groveton, apart from the Holiday Tournament, at least not
since I’ve been here,” said Jenness.
The first quarter started off
tighter than a whale in a soup pot
as Eagle Makenna Burke started
the scoring at 6:50, but with a
stilted back and forth the game
was tied 4-4 with 3:20 left on the
clock. The Regional girls then
went on a six point run thanks to
Bry Bennett (two hoops) and
Brennah Couture (one) breaking
through the Groveton line. Eagles
Sadie Conroy and Becca Rogers
did their best trying to hold back
Bennett up to that point. In the final 40 seconds Groveton ran
down the clock and tried to set
something up, but ended up
throwing away the ball at the
buzzer. Bennett would collect six
points total that first quarter and
lead with 13 points for the game.
“Sadie was in the starting lineup because we had a defensive
assignment for her,” said Groveton Coach Tim Haskins. “Which
is a tough matchup, the idea was
Bennett starts on the outside and
if you can keep her out there…we
were hoping that would cut down
her points a little bit, but she
found her opportunities to score.
I thought we did okay. Becca was
the other person in the game we
had matched up to Bennett oneto-one. I though both of them
worked hard trying to cover her.”
In the second quarter the
Spartans stayed two steps ahead
of the Eagle hosts (11-6) with four
hoops spread across four players. Groveton had similar showing with three baskets spread
across three players. That number would include April Smith in
her first game back since her
shoulder injury and would score
on an offensive rebound right at
the buzzer. The Spartans had ten
shots from the charity stripe, but
would only make three of them
this quarter.
White Mountains wasn’t having their best offensive game to
date, but their one-three-one defense proved too difficult for the
Eagles to drive through.
The third canto would mark
Groveton’s only time on top, but
only by a one point margin (9-8).
Bennett would have two more
hoops which Eagle Talia Bedell
would match and Jena Wheelock
slipped in three out of four foul
shots.
“We’ve got to be more aggressive offensively,” said Jenness.
“At the beginning of the second
half we missed two easy shots
and they got out and made two
easy layups because they ran the
floor and we didn’t. The kids
played well, but somebody has to
step up and be a leader.”
The fourth started off with a
six point run in the Spartans favor beginning with two hoops in
a row light up by Mikala Bastian.
The purple hosts only had two
field goals in the final quarter,
both from Rogers while collecting their other four points off the
foul line.
Groveton was 70 percent from
the charity stripe hitting seven
out of ten foul shots while White
Mountains was 33 percent going
five for 15.
WMRHS 10-11-8-14
GHS 4-6-9-8
White Mountains 43
Boggess 1-0-2, Curtis 4-1-9, Couture 3-1-7, Payer 1-1-3, Bennett 61-13, Bastian 3-1-7, Conway 1-0-2:
Totals 19-5-43
Groveton 27
Smith 1-0-2, Wheelock 0-3-3,
Burke 2-2-6, Hall 2-2-6, Bedell 2-04, Rogers 3-0-6: Totals 10-7-27
PHOTO
BY JONATHAN
BENTON
Spartan Bry Bennett and Eagle Becca Rogers grapple over the ball on Jan. 17
PHOTO
BY ISABELLE
KLEINSCHRODT
The WMRHS Bowling team recently traveled to Claremont to participate in a meet: Helen Jacobs, Camille Frenette, Jaclyn Kleinschrodt,
Savannah Rose, and Emily Sheltry.
JANUARY 25, 2012
B5
•••
A Century in Coös
Compiled by Cathy Grondin
1912
Charles Keeler Found! The
manhunt for Charles Keeler
which stirred all Lancaster to action came to a close shortly before six o’clock last night when
Keeler was discovered walking
on the Maine Central railroad
track near the Summer Street
Cemetery.
Serious Fire — Property to
the amount of $40,000 was
wiped out when fire consumed
the mill of W.F. Allen & Company
at West Stewartstown Monday
morning. Mill hands and neighbors fought with a will to check
the flames but they spread rapidly and in 30-minutes the mill
wheel crashed down and the water supply was shut off.
1922
Business Inducements— All
the daily papers on sale at P.J.
Noyes’ store. L.F. Moore sells the
Blake Steel traps, Can’t you use
one? Our new window washer
pad cleans the windows easily
at too; Just received another lot
of Hamburg brooms in all
grades, Frank Smith Co.; We
have a few ski and sleds to close
out at bargain prices. Self-Basting, Savory and Reed Roasters,
aluminum roasters and carving
sets at L. F. Moore’s. Now is the
time to think of that inside painting. We have a full line of Sherman-Williams paints at Frank
Smith Co.
Governor endorses health
week — Governor Albert O.
Brown has written the following
statement endorsing the annual
Health Week observances in
New Hampshire, which is scheduled this year for the first week
in February. “The good health of
the individual and the community is so large a factor in promoting and preserving happiness and prosperity that any
well-conceived plan for securing concerted action in the way
of both prevention and cure —
for better sanitary conditions
and for more intelligent and effective warfare against disease
is to be commended and encouraged”.
1932
Maine Central Railroad
forced to curtail its passenger
service — A curtailment in passenger transportation service to
be inaugurated at an early date
by the Maine Central Railroad
will make it impossible for a resident in the northern part of
county to come to Lancaster by
rail and return the same day. It
is believed that the revised
schedule will enable a Lancaster resident to make the round
trip to Colebrook with a little
time in the latter place. Mr.
Wheeler stated that every individual and every company is
now facing a serious depression.
1942
Groveton News — Mr. and
Mrs. R. E. Christopher entertained at a dinner party on
Wednesday evening with Mr.
and Mrs. Charles Tillotson and
Mr. and Mrs. Philip Colby; Mr.
and Mrs. John Silver, who have
been in Texas for Mr. Silver’s
health, have been obliged to
move to Florida due to the continued rainy weather. David Fortune Jr. left Friday for army service. Harold McDow has enlisted
in the Marines and went to
Boston Thursday for final examination. Mr. and Mrs. Charles
Tillotson have gone to Boston
as his eye is in very serious condition.
Photo Caption — American
food sent to Britain is put to
good use in the emergency feeding centers. Shown here are
boys and girls who have lost
their homes through bombings.
Their schoolteachers help serve
them hot stew. Thousands of
people throughout British
towns are in similar homeless
conditions.
1952
15 graduate from Red Cross
Nurse’s Aid Course — Mrs. Leon
Kimball, Mrs. Herbert Marshall,
Mrs. Rupert Allison, Mrs.
Katherine Lane, R.N. Mrs. Cecil
Crawford, Mrs. William Oakman,
Mrs. Raymond French, Mrs. Odd
Koppang, Mrs. Lee Merrow, Mrs.
Fred Treffrey, Mrs. Winnifred
Colby, and Mrs. John Thorn.
Whitefield telephones will be
converted to dial at 2 o’clock tomorrow afternoon and the first
call to go over the dial system
will be placed by Howard Barnett, chairman of the Board of
Selectmen, to Attorney Robert
Bowker of Littleton.
1962
Groveton Legion to consider
plans for the building of a post
home — All members of the Fredonwarell Post No. 17 American
Legion of Groveton are urged to
attend the regular meeting to be
held on Feb. 7 at the Fish and
Game Hall as plans for the Post
Hall will be discussed. John Forrest will have a rough draft of
the building and its cost. The
three sites under consideration
include the Ralph Emerson
garage, an empty lot across the
railroad track belonging to Joe
Savard, and the Horace Hayes
house.
Photo Caption: The Governor
of NH kneels to talk with a young
Lancaster patient at the
Crotched Mountain Rehab Center at Greenfield. Gov. Wesley
Powell is shown talking to
Theresa Buteau, 13, of Lancaster who is reclining on a mat used
for physical therapy exercises
at the Center where physically
handicapped boys and girls
from every county in NH have
received treatment since 1953.
1972
“A Working Man!” says Pat
Paulsen as he meets Wallace
Flanders while campaigning for
the presidency in Lancaster.
This television celebrity who
called himself a novice in politics made each person feel the
Mr. Paulsen was especially glad
to meet them.
Colebrook — Robert Burrell,
head of the vocational agriculture department at Colebrook
Academy, will be one of the six
outstanding NH teachers who
will be honored by Gov. Walter
Peterson a the State House on
Friday. He was named in conjunction with the selection of NH
1972 Teacher of the Year; this
year that award went to Mrs.
Rose Cronk of Portsmouth’s
Dondero School.
1982
Lunenburg — The oxen
named Star and Lion don’t win
many blue ribbons at the Lancaster Fair and they are not particularly beautiful to look at. But
when Bernard LaBounty needs
to haul pine logs out of the
woods he has a pair of oxen he
can depend on to get the job
done. Mr. LaBounty has had the
pair of Red Durham shorthorns
for seven of their eight years.
Mr. LaBounty says they might
not win much at the fair because
he is so kind to them and they
do not enjoy the crowds at the
fair. “I know they could pull 9 or
10 ton if they put their minds to
it, but they don’t do anything in
front of a crowd!” The team
proved their point as they were
uncooperative for these pictures and basically ignored
many things that Mr. LaBounty
requested of them, but they are
calm enough that he can ride
them home!
The evening will begin with a
brief business meeting, which
will include election of 2012
teacher wanted to do this activity. She read the students
William Peters’ A Class Divided:
Then and Now”. She separated
the children by eye color and
had some sit comfortably while
others were less comfortable,
hoping to demonstrate an inoculation against racism, as was
chronicled in the book.
Weeks Memorial Library
By Iris W. Baird
Facing up to the common experience that things accumulate to overfill the space available, Barbara has embarked, reluctantly, on the process librarians call weeding. Like most librarians she hates to take
books out of the collection
when there’s even a remote
possibility that somebody
might want to read them. The
process in general is that if a
book hasn’t been borrowed in
some time, and if the book
could be available elsewhere in
the state library system if anyone really wanted it, she removes it, and removes the catalog cards associated with it
from the collection.
There is one fairly bright spot
in this process. The books removed will go to the shelves in
Wingate Hall and will be part of
the next book sale, come
spring. Meanwhile new books
are added --- that’s why some
have to go. One important addition is “To Bear Witness:
Holocaust Remembrance at Yad
Vashem, a collection of views of
the museum gathered by Bella
Gutterman and Avner Shalev. It
seems that there are still those
who deny the Holocaust, in
spite of the masses of docu-
mentary evidence. The class of
novels generally described as
thrillers or as suspense fiction
always has enthusiastic readers. Among the newer titles are
“”Private # 1 Suspect” by James
Patterson and Maxine Paetro,
“The Hunter” by John Lescroart, “D. C. Dead” by Stuart
Woods, and “Red Dragon Rising
– Shock of War” by Larry Bond
and Jim Defelice. Also new are
“Hot Pursuit” by Suzanne
Brockman and “The Black
Stiletto” by Raymond Benson.
Along the same lines are “The
Covenant of Genesis” and “The
Pyramid of Doom” both by
Andy McDermott. Closely allied
are the mysteries. Among the
new ones are “The Way between
the Worlds” by Alys Clare, “Unhallowed Ground” by Mel Starr,
“Believing the Lie” by Elizabeth
George, and Three-day Town”
by Margaret Maron. Also new
are “Chocolate Covered Murder” by Leslie Meier and “Talk
Show Murders” by Al Roker and
Dick Lochte. “Gideon’s Corpse”
is by Douglas Preston and Jim
Defelice. Other new fiction includes “Angela’s Bachelors” by
Brian O’Reilly, “Once in a Blue
Moon” by Eileen Goudge, “Once
an Angel” by Teesa Medeiros,
and “Scoundrel in my Dreams’
by Celeste Bradley. Barbara
likes to have all of a popular author’s books on hand so that
readers will have them conveniently. So from Sandra Hill
there are “Dark Viking” and
“The Bewitched Viking.” From
Melissa Mayhue there are
“Highlander’s Curse” and Healing the Highlander.” Janet
Chapman has “Dragon Warrior”
and “Mystical Warrior.” Monica
McCarty is represented by “The
Viper” and “The Ranger.” Books
I and II of Mary L. Sherwood’s
“A Marriage worth the Earning”
are “To Have and to Hold” and
“For Better, for Worse.” Vegetarians will welcome a couple
of new cookbooks, and the rest
of us will welcome some creative ways to use vegetables.
“Plenty – Vibrant Vegetable
Recipes’ is a collection from
Yotam Ottolenghi’s London
restaurant. “How to Cook
Everything Vegetarian” is by
Mark Bittman. “Atmosphere”
Clouds, Rain, Snow, Storms” is
another of the well-regarded
Peterson Field Guides, written
by Vincent J. Schaefer and John
A. Day. Cliff Jacobson has updated his “Map and Compass:
Basic Essentials” in a second
revised edition. This is a book
that many hikers would be well
advised to read carefully, judging by the number of reports of
trampers who have managed to
walk off the trail and led up on
the opposite side of the mountain from their intended destination. It would have those who
have to go out and locate the
lost ones a lot of effort and expense.
1992
Photo Caption — Katie Roy
of the Spartans lays one up while
Eagles Kelly Gilbert and Kasey
Wheelock #33, chase her in
Groveton’s 53 – 30 victory.
Lancaster couple donates
acreage to the Forest Society —
A Lancaster couple has made a
gift of 14 prime acres of land at
the upper end of Smart’s Mill
Brook in the area near Goback
Mountain in Stratford to the So-
LINCOLN — Ready to tap your
toes and stomp your feet? Come
prepared for a rousing evening of
bluegrass — with some New England and Irish sounds mixed in —
as Pressure’s On performs at the
Annual Meeting of the Friends of
Lincoln Library on Tuesday, February 7, at 7 p.m. The program at
Father Roger Bilodeau Community Center, Pollard Road, Lincoln,
is free and open to all.
Jordan and Gemini are originally from Canterbury, David is
from Bedford and Dave hails from
Merrimack, Mass. (but his bandmates don't hold that against
him). Their music is up-beat and
enlivening, punctuated with the
occasional waltz or slow tune.
2002
Lancaster — A school exercise brought the meaning of discrimination home to 24 fifth-
grade students at Lancaster Elementary School last week. They
took part in a 2-day exercise created by an Iowa teacher in the
late 60s, following the death of
Dr. Martin Luther King, in which
she segregated the children according to eye color to demonstrate the impact of prejudice.
Michelle Ladd, Lancaster
CT scanners headed north —
While the hospital in Colebrook
waits and the hospital in Lancaster considers, the first of four
mobile computed tomography
(CAT or CT) scanners have arrived in Laconia from the California firm that first proposed
the rental last summer.
Friends of Lincoln Library
Present Free Concert
Pressure's On is a Seacoastbased four-piece string band best
known for their bluegrass, Irish,
and traditional New England music. Jordan Tirrell-Wysocki plays
the fiddle, mandolin and guitar,
David Moore is on upright bass
and accordion, Gemini Meeh
plays the banjo and guitar, and
Dave Talmage plays all of the
above.
ciety of the Protection of NH
Forests. Joe and Virginia
Richardson signed the deed
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board members and a review of
the programs and events sponsored by FOLL during the past
year. Non-members will have the
opportunity to join FOLL and a
new season of programs will be
introduced. Refreshments will be
served.
ance is presented in cooperation
with the Arts Alliance of Northern New Hampshire's Classroom
& Community Concerts program,
which brings outstanding musicians to school and community
sites throughout the North Country.
"Our members and friends
have come to expect a great
evening out at this annual event,"
said FOLL president Joanne
Nichols. "The food and music are
always really good, and everyone
has a wonderful time. We hope to
see even more people this year!"
For additional information
about the annual meeting or
Friends of the Library, please call
745-8159. For information about
the Arts Alliance of Northern New
Hampshire, a regional network
for arts, culture, and heritage, call
323-7302, email [email protected],
or
visit
www.aannh.org
<http://www.aannh.org/> .
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JANUARY 25, 2012
•••
From Your Commissioner…
More Local Milk Options
By Lorraine Merrill,
The Bartlett Farm, one of Concord’s two working dairy farms,
has contracted with a small
processor in Maine to pasteurize
and bottle some of their herd’s
production for sale under their
own label. Short on land for any
expansion of their herd, the
Bartletts—Alan and Dencie and
sons Scott and Craig—are expanding their marketing channels instead. Growing their business in this way is allowing them
to bring a second son, Craig, into the business. Craig returns to
the farm business with extensive
experience in the beverage distribution and sales industry.
While he focuses on marketing
and distributing the milk, Scott
and Alan can concentrate on caring for the cows and growing the
crops. The Bartletts are the third
farm in the state to contract with
Smiling Hill Farm in Maine to pas-
teurize and bottle milk for distribution and sale at markets and
restaurants around the state. The
Sherman Farm in Conway was
first, with Justin and Julie Hussey
now owning the cows, and the
milk bottled with the Sherman
Farm label for sale at the Sherman Farm stand and through a
number of retail markets on the
eastern side of the state. Last
year Jamie and Heather Robertson of Bohanan Farm in Contoocook began having some of
their farm’s milk bottled under
their Contoocook Creamery label. The growing demand for local food has clearly made it easier to get local milk into supermarkets and restaurants. The
Robertson’s and Bartlett’s report
that many retailers are eager to
carry their locally produced
dairy products. The story was
different 20 years ago when the
McNamara family of Plainfield decided to build a small on-farm
processing plant. They had to really pound the pavement and enlist help from friends and neighbors to get store managers to talk
to them about carrying their
glass-bottled milk. The Bartlett
Farm’s new venture will be featured on WMUR’s New Hampshire Chronicle show on Thursday January 19. The 2nd Annual
Macaroni & Cheese Bake-Off presented by Granite State Dairy
Promotion created a lot of excitement last Saturday. Amy Hall,
GSDP executive director, estimated the crowd at 600-650 people lining up to sample all the different variations on the comfort
food classic. The Mac & Cheese
fest was reportedly one of
WMUR’s most-viewed online stories of the day, was picked up by
the Associated Press, and made
the front page of the State/Local
section of the Sunday Concord
Monitor. Farm cooks continue to
shine in this competition. This
year a team of two dairy farmer
sisters took that coveted prize.
Deb Erb of Springvale Farms in
Landaff and Doreen Morris of
Gamblin’ Farm in Haverhill took
first place in the NH Made category. This award gets their
recipe on the menu at Manchester’s renowned Cotton restaurant, featuring the New Hampshire products that Deb and
Doreen used to make their
‘Northern Comfort’ mac and
cheese—the Erbs’ own Landaff
cheese, Cabot Creamery Cooperative butter, and half-and-half
from Hatchland Farm dairy in
North Haverhill. The Erbs make
their Landaff Creamery cheese
based on a traditional Welsh
recipe. David Hall and the
Tilton/Northfield Firefighters
took the grand prize with their
‘Buffalo Chicken Macaroni and
Cheese.’ Find all the winners and
their recipes on the GSDP website: www.nhdairypromo.org.
Free Youth Ice Fishing Class Offered
Visit just about any frozen
water body lately and you’ll see
anglers enjoying some “hard water” fishing. If you’d like to get
into the act, then sign up for a
beginning ice-fishing course,
which will be offered on Saturday, February 4. Youth age 8 and
older are invited to attend this
educational workshop sponsored by the NH Fish and Game
Department and the UNH Coop-
erative Extension 4-H. Participants should bring an adult,
warm clothing, and a bag lunch.
We will spend a few hours in the
classroom learning about fish biology, ice fishing equipment,
and safety. Next, we will travel
to a top-secret ice fishing spot to
try to out-wit some fish! The
course is offered at the North
Country Resource Center, 629
Main Street. Lancaster, NH from
9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. There is no
cost, but pre-registration is required. To register call Coös
County 4-H 788-4961. New
Hampshire Fish and Game’s
“Let's Go Fishing” program has
taught thousands of children
and adults to be safe, ethical and
successful anglers. Find out
more
at
http://www.wildlife.state.nh.us/
Fishing/lets_go_fishing.htm
This program is federally
funded through the Sport Fish
Restoration Program.
The New Hampshire Fish and
Game Department works to conserve, manage and protect the
state's fish and wildlife and their
habitats, as well as providing the
public with opportunities to use
and appreciate these resources.
To
learn
more,
visit
http://www.wildlife.state.nh.us/
The Gallery at WREN Opens with “Moving Pictures”
BEHTLEHEM — On Friday
February 3rd from 5-7 p.m., the
Gallery at WREN will open with
“Moving Pictures” - photographs and videos by Littleton
artist Christopher Hubble.
The exhibit will feature photographic images which Hubble
captures using long exposures
to create a sense of motion. He
states “I love experimenting
with long exposures. I can paint
with light, create motion blur or
light a night scene to be as
bright as day. I use digital manipulation to give some photos
a more abstract, painterly quality.”
The exhibit opens on Friday,
February 3rd, and will run
through Monday, February 27th.
The Gallery at WREN is open dai-
ly from 10am to 5pm. For more
information, please call Local
Works Marketplace, WREN’s retail market at (603) 869-3100.
WREN is a nationally recognized not for profit that provides and supports strategies
for entrepreneurial development, access to markets, Main
Street revitalization, and rural
economic development. WREN
inspires possibilities, creates
opportunities, and builds connection through community and
is dedicated to bringing rural
people together to realize better lives and livelihoods by providing resources, education,
and opportunity. For further information, call (603)869-9736,
email at wrencommunity.org, or
reach us on the web at
www.wrencommunity.org
Weekly
Calendar
of Events
Send us your listings by 9 a.m. on Friday
[email protected] to
Democrat, P.O. Box 29, Lancaster, NH 03584
Saturday, January 28
First Time Home Buyers Workshop — 8:00 a.m. –
4:00 p.m. at the AHEAD Training Center, Littleton; Free
credit reports, budgeting, how to get a mortgage, special financing.
Register today at www.homesahead.org or call 1-800-974-1377
Sunday, February 5
The Holiday Center, 27 Green Square, Berlin — is planning a trip
to Foxwoods on Sunday, February 5 and will be returning on Tuesday,
February 7. The cost for this 3 day, 2 night trip is $220.00 per person
(double occupancy), and includes transportation, $20.00 slot play, 2night lodging at Great Cedar, 2 dinner buffets, 1 breakfast buffet & lots
of fun. For more information call Deb at 752-1413, or stop by The Holiday Center at 27 Green Square, Berlin, NH 03570.
Wednesday, February 15
Berlin Water Works— Board of Water Commissioners regular meeting will be held at 12:00 p.m. at the 55 Willow Street conference room.
Public is welcomed to attend and it is handicapped accessible.
(To add meetings, workshops or events to our weekly calendar please
email information to Cathy at [email protected] with “calendar” in the subject line. This is separate from advertising or press releases, nonprofit or open to the public items are encouraged.)
WREN features “Moving
Pictures” by Littleton artist
Christopher Hubble
On Friday February 3 from 5:00
-7:00 p.m. The Gallery at WREN will
open with “Moving Pictures”, photographs and videos by Littleton
artist Christopher Hubble. The exhibit will feature photographic images which Hubble captures using
long exposures to create a sense
of motion. He states “I love experimenting with long exposures. I
can paint with light, create motion
blur or light a night scene to be as
bright as day. I use digital manipulation to give some photos a more
abstract, painterly quality.” The
exhibit will run through Monday,
February 27. The Gallery at WREN
is open daily from 10:00 a.m. to
5:00 p.m. For more information,
please call Local Works Marketplace, WREN’s retail market at 8693100.WREN is a nationally recognized not for profit that provides
and supports strategies for entrepreneurial development, access to
markets, Main Street revitalization, and rural economic development. WREN inspires possibilities,
creates opportunities, and builds
connection through community
and is dedicated to bringing rural
people together to realize better
lives and livelihoods by providing
resources, education, and opportunity. For further information, call
869-9736, email at wrencommunity.org, or reach us on the web at
www.wrencommunity.org
Winter reading program
at the Dalton Public Library
The winter reading program
at the Dalton Public Library for
children is scheduled for Saturdays at 10:00 a.m. during February. Come over and enjoy stories and crafts to escape the winter boredom. A Dr. Seuss birthday celebration will be held on
Saturday, March 3 at 10:00 a.m.
The Doll Club sessions will be
Monday, January 23, February
20, and March 26 at the Dalton
Town Hall starting at 3:45. Registration is required to assure
enough materials for the attendees.
The Quilt Group continues to
meet at the Dalton Town Hall on
the 4th Wednesday morning of
each month from 9:30 a.m. to
noon. Work sessions are scheduled a needed. This group is
open to the public and is free of
charge.
A reminder that our hours
are: Monday and Wednesday
2:00 – 6:00 and Saturday 10:00 –
NOON.
Shane Griffin from Lancaster caught a 38-inch, 20-pound Pike ice fishing in Martin Meadows Pond last
Saturday.
JANUARY 25, 2012
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JANUARY 25, 2012
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Summary mid-Winter
2012 Bald Eagle Survey
For the second year in a row,
the number of eagles seen in NH
in 2012 (57 eagles) was down
slightly from the record-setting
total of 61 birds seen on survey
day both in 2009 and in 2010. Last
year (54 eagles) the cause for the
decline appeared to be falling
snow, which made observations
over long distances difficult. This
year (57 eagles) mild weather and
the lack of snow cover made finding those brown immature eagles
harder than usual. Top regional
honors for the most individual
eagles seen during the 2012 Survey goes to the Connecticut River, where 14 individual eagles
were documented on Survey Day!
The Merrimack River and the
Great Bay/Coastal areas followed
right behind with 13 birds apiece
tallied on Survey Day. And we
had two FIRSTS this year ... the
first golden eagle seen during Survey Day, and the first time an observer found and helped to rescue a sick/injured eagle on Survey Day. The eagle, a 14-lb unbanded adult female, was found
unable to stand due to toxic effects of lead. This bird has been
treated by Dr. Michael Dutton
from the Weare Animal Hospital
and Maria Colby of Wings of Dawn
Rehab Center, and its condition is
presently improving. This was
the 32nd consecutive year that
New Hampshire Audubon has coordinated New Hampshire's part
of the National Mid-winter Bald
Eagle Survey (beginning with the
Winter of 1980-81). This year the
survey took place on Saturday,
January 7th, except in the Lakes
Region where we held it on Thursday, January 5th. Volunteer
turnout this year included a total
of 85 people. Saturday's weather
was amazing, with very mild temperatures and only light breezes,
and without much snow cover
across the entire state. Thursday's count in the Lakes Region
took place in seasonal overcast
conditions with precipitation
mostly holding off until the end
of the day. Survey Day statewide
results: This year we located a
total of 56 bald eagles (42 adults,
14 immatures*) and 1 golden eagle in New Hampshire on survey
day, down slightly from the 61 eagles seen in our 2009 and 2010
counts, and nearly the same as
the 54 eagles we saw last year.
For a longterm sense of the trend,
11 years ago in 2001 we counted
a total of 42 eagles, in 1991 we
counted 19, in 1981 we counted
only 8. Count Period statewide
results: The official "survey day"
occurs within a more inclusive
two-week "count period," which
this year spanned the interval
from January 1-15, 2012. We keep
records on the number of eagles
seen during this 15-day interval,
combining survey day data with
any additional individual birds
that are reported during the
count period and are distinguishably different (by plumage or location), to arrive at an overall
count period total. During this
year's count period, we found a
total of 77 bald eagles (51 adults,
26 immatures), and 1 immature
golden eagle. This
number surpasses the previous record-high of 75 bald eagles
seen for the
entire count period in 2010.
So, where were all these eagles
located during the 2012 mid-winter survey? We located the following numbers of eagles in the
state's five major eagle
wintering areas (and a few
elsewhere) during the survey day
and the count period:
Androscoggin River - Total of
11 bald eagles seen, including 4
individuals
(3 adults, 1 immature) seen on
Survey Day (7 observers), with 7
(!) additional birds confirmed
during the two-week count period.
Connecticut River** - Total of
15 bald eagles seen, including 14
individuals (12 adults, 2 immatures) seen on Survey Day (11 observers), plus 1 additional eagle
(1 immature) confirmed during
the two-week count period.
Great Bay/Coastal - Total of 12
bald eagles and 1 golden eagle (!)
seen,
including 12 individual balds
(5 adults, 7 immatures) seen on
Survey Day (13
observers), and no additional
eagles confirmed during the twoweek count
period. One immature golden
eagle observed at the Great Bay
NWR was seen by
multiple observers and in the
context of immature bald eagles
being present,
offering a good comparison
for ID purposes. This was the
first golden eagle
ever documented on NH's
mid-winter count day in its 32year history, and
only the second golden eagle
ever seen in NH during the 2-week
count period!
Lakes Region - Total of 16 bald
eagles seen, including 11 individuals (10
adults, 1 immature) seen on
Survey Day (17 observers), plus
5 additional
eagles (2 adults, 3 immatures)
confirmed during the two-week
count period.
Photo attached from volunteer Linda Walsh on the Pemigewasset River.
Merrimack River - Total of 17
bald eagles seen, including 13 individuals (10
adults, 3 immatures) seen on
Survey Day (26 observers), plus
4 additional
eagles (4 immatures) confirmed during the two-week
count period.
Saco River/Ossipee River, plus
elsewhere across New Hampshire - Total of 6
bald eagles seen, including 2
individuals (2 adults) seen on
Survey Day (11
observers), plus 4 additional
eagles (1 adult, 3 immatures) confirmed during
the two-week count period.
Photo attached from volunteer
Noreen Downs on
the Ossipee River.
A FEW NOTES ON DEFINITIONS OF TERMS:
* Following the standardized
rules of the National Mid-winter
Bald Eagle
Survey, all sub-adult plumage
eagles (including those displaying almost
full adult plumage with only
minor remnants of their immature plumage
markings) are counted as "immatures" rather than as "adults".
** In order to avoid doublecounting, VT and NH "partition"
the Connecticut
River, with VT being credited
with all eagles seen upstream
from of the
Wilder Dam, and NH being
credited for all eagles seen downstream from the
dam, regardless of which
state's volunteers observe the
birds, or which
state the bird was flying over
or perched in.
PLEASE MARK YOUR CALENDARS!!! NH Audubon and NH Fish
& Game will be
conducting our Late Winter
Bald Eagle Survey near the end of
February 2012
to give us a better index of the
abundance and distribution of
bald eagles
in the state near the end of the
wintering season. Our 8th annual Late
Winter Survey will take place
on Saturday, February 25, 2012
(except on
Thursday, February 23, 2012
in the Lakes Region). We hope
that you will be
able to assist us in this effort,
too. I will be contacting you again
in
mid-February to re-confirm
whether you are available to help
us.
PHOTO
BY
EDITH TUCKER
WMRHS senior Steven Samson, left, belays his classmate Dana Perkins, on the climbing wall rigged up in
a wing of the auditorium stage. Both are enrolled in the recreational resources CTE class, taught by Jenn
Barton, left, who keeps a watchful eye on both students.
NH Audubon monitors bald
eagle abundance and distribution throughout New
Hampshire each year as part
of an annual contract with the NH
Fish and Game
Department's Nongame and
Endangered Wildlife Program.
Additional gifts to
NH Audubon's Conservation
Department in support of this
work are always
welcome. And thanks once
again to each and every one of
you who donated
their time and talents to participate in this year's successful
Mid-winter
Bald Eagle Survey!
PHOTO
BY
EDITH
WMRHS senior Dana Perkins is delighted as he descends from his first effort on the climbing wall, belayed
by his classmate Steven Samson, while natural resources CTE teacher Jenn Barton congratulates them both.
DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY
FEDERAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY
Proposed Base Flood Elevation Determination for the City of Berlin, Town of
Clarksville, Town of Colebrook, Town of Columbia, Town of Dummer, Town of
Errol, Town of Gorham, Town of Milan, Town of Shelburne, Town of Stewartstown,
Town of Stratford, and Unincorporated Areas of Coos County, New Hampshire.
The Department of Homeland Security’s Federal Emergency Management Agency
solicits technical information or comments on the proposed Base (1-percent-annual-chance) Flood Elevations (BFEs) shown in the Preliminary Flood Insurance Study
(FIS) and on the Preliminary Flood Insurance Rate Map (FIRM) for your community. These proposed BFEs are the basis for the floodplain management measures that
your community is required to either adopt or show evidence of having in effect in
order to qualify or remain qualified for participation in the National Flood Insurance
Program (NFIP). For a detailed listing of the proposed BFEs and information on the
statutory period provided for appeals, please visit FEMA’s website at
http://www.fema.gov/plan/prevent/fhm/bfe, or call the FEMA Map Information
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JANUARY 25, 2012
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PART-TIME LIBRARY DIRECTOR
FOR JEFFERSON PUBLIC LIBRARY
Town Manager
Colebrook, New Hampshire
Hours: 16 per week, Tuesdays and Thursdays 2-8 p.m.
and Saturdays 10 a.m.-2 p.m.
Colebrook (pop. 2,301) is a Northern New Hampshire
Community, eight miles from the Canadian border, seeking
a qualified and experienced professional to manage all
aspects of local government.
Looking for a friendly, energetic, community minded, and self-directed person who is familiar with, and believes in the value of, small town
libraries. The position requires the ability to work independently, interact with the public, strong communication and organizational skills.
A Bachelor’s degree in Public Policy/Administration or related field with a minimum of three years experience in municipal management or acceptable combination thereof is
required. Experience should include financial management,
budget preparation, grant application and administration.
Municipal experience in a similar size, cultural and geographic setting is desirable. Successful candidate will possess ability to interact and communicate effectively with the
public, elected and appointed officials at all levels of government and business. Colebrook has a $3 million dollar
budget including water and sewer departments plus a
regional Dispatch Center serving 17 NH, VT and Canadian
towns.
Duties include general operation of the library, public access computer management, budget oversight, materials selection, grant writing,
developing and delivering programming for all ages.
A college degree is preferred, library experience is a plus.
Starting salary is $9.00/hour.
Send cover letter, resume, and three letters of reference to:
Cheryl Meehan, Library Trustee
20 Cedric Road • Jefferson, NH 03583
HELP WANTED
The salary will be negotiable dependent upon qualifications
and experience. All applicant names will be kept confidential. Record and background check required of final candidate.
Littleton Coin Company, a nationally recognized mail order
leader in the collectibles field for over 65 years, providing
coins, paper money and supplies to collectors, seeks to fill
the following position:
Reply by letter and resume to:
Board of Selectmen
17 Bridge Street
Colebrook, NH 03576
by February 20, 2012
EOE
Web Application Developer
Job Content: Develops software per specifications and troubleshoots
hardware and software problems. Identifies ways to enhance web-based
(Websphere Commerce) application functionality. Codes, tests, documents
and implements web-based software solutions including the development
of new software and maintenance of existing software. Provides user
training as required and supports the Help Desk.
Educational/Experience Requirements: Two-year degree or equivalent,
and 3+ years of programming experience including at least 2 years of
J2EE exposure, as well as experience with Javascript and HTML.
Websphere Commerce and iSeries knowledge are pluses.
Must have very good analytical and decision-making abilities, as well
as good communication and interpersonal skills.
Littleton Coin Company is a strong and growing business
currently employing over 300 area residents. We offer a
competitive salary and a comprehensive benefits package,
including group health, dental, disability and life, and 401(k) plan.
Director of Human Resources
Littleton Coin Company, LLC
1309 Mt. Eustis Road
Littleton NH 03561-3735
[email protected]
©2012 LCC, LLC
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DOGS, PUPPIES, KITTENS
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1. Not be transferred
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2/22/12 - 5/2/12
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bearing laws, penalties and seasons on
moose, caribou, furbearers, fish, etc.
Measures 12”x18”. May be seen at the
Coös County Democrat, 79 Main St.,
Lancaster, NH.
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[email protected]
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or
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Land/Lots
Apartments For Rent
LAND FOR SALE, North Haverhill,
NH. New subdivision: 2 acre lot for
$28,500; 5 acre lot for $39,900; 12 acre
lot for $79,900. Other lots are available. Beautiful location with paved
roads and wonderful views. Call 603747-8177or email jeff@coventryloghomes if interested.
LISBON: BOYNTON APTS 14 South
Main, 1 & 2 bedrooms starting at
$130.38 per week includes stove,
refrigerator, basic heat, hot water and
dumpster. Call John 800-852-8624.
www.kneenrealty.com
WENTWORTH, NH - 5 acres.
Walk to fishing, major snowmobile trail around the corner.
Private end of road location, high
& dry. Nice local views, southerly
exposure. $49,900 Excellent
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Mobile & Modular
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Move in Today! 14’ x 80’, concrete
pad, 2BR, 2 bath, den/office, large
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Mt. View Grand Hotel in Country
Village M/H/P. Own your own
home! Taking applications now
with $10,000 down. ($725/mo.
includes lot rent)
Call 603-837-2767.
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Misc. For Sale
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Buying Paintings
by Cape Ann and White Mt. Artists
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Immediate payment
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Wolfeboro, NH
03894
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call Tim @ 603-569-3510
Houses For Sale
MONROE, NH–– Great place! 5 acres
of nature with well-drilled, 2 BR septic
system, 12x60 mobile home available
on the property or build a new home.
Reduced for a quick sale. $49,500.
Davis Realty of NH & VT, Inc. 603-7473211.
SELL OR TRADE– Small horse ranch
in Ocala, FL. 4 acres of beautiful pastures, 2 bedroom, 2 bath with spacious
living area. 4 stall barn with tack room,
utility room and 4 wash racks.
Wonderful oak trees scattered
throughout. Property is minutes to all
amenities. $89,900. Please call 603398-6161 or email [email protected]. Will trade for other
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Apartments For Rent
155 SOUTH STREET LITTLETON.
FREE HEAT & HOT WATER. Small
2BR with porch, 2nd floor, large
kitchen, freshly painted,
trash
removal. $695/mo. Call 603-398-4614
BETHLEHEM - 1 bedroom 2/3 floor
apartment with heat included $575/month. No pets and non smoking environment.
Call Herbie @ Reinhold Associates,
LLC 603-823-7700 x206.
BETHLEHEM: Efficiency units. No
smoking, No pets, Security deposit
required. Utilities and cable included.
603-444-2075
Columbia — Nice 5-bedroom house
for rent on 18-acres, 3-car garage,
$1,000/mo + utilities. Deposit and references required. Pets negotiable.
Available now. Call 603-788-3678
LANCASTER - 1 & 2 BR Apartments,
ground floor, off street parking.
Laundry on premises, no smoking,
starting $600/month. Heat & utilities
included. Call 603-788-5118.
LITTLETON - 2 bedroom, Main St.
Heat, utilities included. No pets.
$700/mo Call Dan 444-7776.
LITTLETON–– Large newly remodeled 2 bedroom includes: utilities,
washer & dryer hookup, rubbish
removal, 2 baths. Available Feb. 1st.
Plenty of parking, green space.
Conveniently located within walking
distance of Main St. Security deposit
required. No pets, please. $895/mth.
Call 991-3631, ask for Julie.
LITTLETON: 1 bedroom apt.,
$595/mth includes utilities and rubbish removal. Washer and dryer
hookup. No pets please. Conveniently
located to everything. No pets, please.
Call 991-3631, ask for Julie.
LITTLETON: 2 Bdrm Apt Avail. $750
mo. Nice Secluded and walk to center.
Includes garage, porch with views, w/d,
h/hw. Perfect for couple or new family.
508-839-9532 or liveoutdoor @hotmail.com
PELLETIER PROPERTY
MANAGEMENT, LLC
120 Cottage St., Suite #2
Littleton, NH 03561
Phone: 444-6999
email:[email protected]
Bethlehem
Efficiency Apt, Heat Included$425/mo
2+ Bdrm Condo, Fully Furnished,
Utilities Included - $1350/mo
Dalton
1+ Bdrm, Single Family Home on
Forest Lake, No Utilities included $750/mo
Franconia
2+ Bdrm, 3 level Condo , 2 & ≤
baths, No Utilities included $1200/mo
Landaff
1 Bdrm Apt, No Utilities included $550.00/mo
Lisbon
2 Bdrm Condo, No Utilities included- $800/mo
Lancaster
1 Bdrm 3rd flr Apt, with Heat &
Hot water included - $500/mo
1+ Bdrm 2nd flr Apt, with Heat &
1 Bdrm, 1st flr Apt, with Heat &
Sugar Hill
1Bdrm 1st flr Apt, with Heat & Hot
water - $550/mo
WHITEFIELD: 2BR, Heat/hotwater
included. Pet Friendly, $750/mo.
Damage/first month required. ALSO
2nd floor, 1Br, $495/mo. includes heat,
hot water, electric, trash removal,
laundry services. First month/damage
required. More info 603-586-4009.
WHITEFIELD: Country location,
Close to Mountain View Resort. Large
sunny rooms in private home. 1BR,
new kitchen and bath, private
entrance, patio.
No smoking.
$725/mo. utilities included. Available
now. 781-640-3991.
WHITEFIELD—One Bedroom Apt.,
private entrance, quiet building, heat,
hot water and trash removal included.
$560/month. 838-5279.
WINN ASSOCIATES PROPERTY
MANAGEMENT INC
69 Meadow Street,
PO Box 966, Littleton, NH
603-444-0709
[email protected]
Please visit our website
www.winnrentalsplus.com
LITTLETON
Lg efficiency apt with All Utilities
included-600/mo
2nd flr lg efficiency apt with all
Utilities included-$600/mo
Lg 1 Bdrm 2nd flr Apt Heat & Hot
water in cluded-650/mo
2nd flr 1 Bdrm Apt Heat & Hot
water included-$625/mo
3rd flr 2 Bdrm Apt all Utilities
included- $750 /mo- 2/10/2012
3 Bdrm Garage Apt. Apt No Utilities
included-$800/mo
WHITEFIELD
1 Bdrm Apt Heat, Hot water & Gas
for cooking included-$550/mo
3 Bdrm Apt, 2nd & 3rd Flr Heat &
Hot water included-$750/mo
JANUARY 25, 2012
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Furnished Apartments
Professional Services
BETHLEHEM - Nice 1 Bedroom
Apartment, weekly or monthly, furnished, all utilities included, reasonably priced. $550/mo. $140/wk. Call
444-6061.
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Houses For Rent
DALTON — Very clean, 2-bedroom
Mobile Home for rent in Meadow Mist
Trailer Park. Completely Furnished.
Has central air, water & sewer and lot
rent included. No smoking or pets.
References required. One-year lease;
$750 plus security dep. CALL 603-8372451 or 603-616-7888.
DALTON: House for Rent. One story
ranch with full basement. Tenant pays
for heat & utilities. No smoking.
$900/mo. Security deposit required.
Call and leave message 603-915-3439.
LANDAFF - Modern, very cute 2 bedroom with added sleeping or workspace loft, one bath, log cabin style,
year round, large porch with great
views, small farm pond, full cement
basement. 3 small garages, woodshed,
3.5 acres, private, oil heat, woodstove
possible, available now. No smoking,
pets negotiable. $895/month. Call 1781-259-9124.
LITTLETON––In-town, 4 bedroom
Cape, 2 1/2 bath with family room and
above-ground pool. Washer.dryer
hookup. $1000/mth, security deposit,
1st month's rent, references required.
Must pay heat/water/electric. Call 4445286.
LUNENBURG, VT - Conn. River
waterfront home. Large kitchen/dining, living & family rooms, 3 bedrms, 2
baths with jacuzzi. First & last months
rent plus sec. deposit required, references. $850/mo. Call 802-676-3114.
TWIN MOUNTAIN: Home for rent.
1BR, with loft $775/mo. plus utilities.
References, first and last month
required. Potential rent with option to
buy. Call 508-737-0102.
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