Cipriano of Hampstead to Chair SAU 55 Board

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Selectmen Vote Down Higher
Raise for Recreation Director
MATT RITTENHOUSE
Tri-Town Times
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SANDOWN – At their
Monday, April 21 meeting,
the board of selectmen decided against giving recreation director Deb Brown
the raise the recreation
committee was looking for
earlier this year, a raise that
the budget committee denied in the budget that went
to voters in March.
According to discussions Monday, there has
been some confusion since
the institution of a default
budget as to whether Brown
should have her pay increased by $2.72 to $21 an
hour. During budget season
the selectmen approved of
the pay request, but after
approving it once, the budg-
et committee ultimately denied the increase, keeping
Brown in line with the rest
of the employees’ 2 percent
merit raises.
Despite the budget’s failure at town meeting, the
selectmen recently decided
to give town employees a 2
percent raise that had been
included in the proposed
budget.
The board was split
Monday on whether to give
Brown a raise from the
$18.28 she is currently
receiving (a number that
includes a 2 percent raise
this year) to the $21 an
hour figure.
Town administrator
Lynne Blaisdell explained
that the budget workup that
finance director Cheryl
Eastman created had not
included the increase to
$21.
Selectmen chair Hans
Nicolaisen said that while at
first he thought the raise
should be given to Brown,
further reflection had
changed his mind.
Selectmen Jim Devine
and Terry Treanor said they
were in favor of the $21 an
hour figure. Devine said
that information given to
the board by the recreation
commission indicated that
Sandown was paying under
what surrounding towns
were paying for the recreation director position and
as such he was amenable to
raising that pay.
Selectman Cynthia Buco
questioned whether the pay
of all of Sandown’s departcontinued on page 11
Committee, Selectmen’s Budget
Have Difference of $144,267
MATT RITTENHOUSE
Tri-Town Times
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CHESTER – At their
budget hearing earlier this
month, the budget committee finalized the budget they
will be sending to Town
Meeting in May. While the
committee is an official
budget committee that creates the budget for each
town meeting, the selectmen have disagreed with a
few of the numbers and will
also be submitting their
own budget for a vote next
month as well.
The two budgets differ
in a few key areas, but the
bottom line difference is
$144,267, with the committee coming in with the
lower number.
The committee’s bottom
line is $3,990,424, an
increase over current year
spending (after debt) of
$143,569. It represents a
3.73 percent increase.
The selectmen’s number
shows a 7.48 percent increase.
There are three major
areas of disagreement between the two groups. These
show up in the general government, public safety, and
the highway, streets and
bridges portions of the
budget.
The main area of contention in general government is over health and
dental insurance. The budget committee wants employees to pick up more of
their health premium costs.
In the committee’s workup,
single plans would go from
a 10 percent to a 15 percent
employee contribution, and
two person and family plans
from 15 percent to 20 percent. This represents a difference of a little over
$19,000 between the two
groups’ figures.
The selectmen have
argued that it’s not the
budget committee’s place to
force their hand on insurance policy and noted they
were uncomfortable making
employees pay more, some
of them potentially being
“upside down,” or earning
less than in the current year.
But the budget committee points to an 11 percent
increase to premiums this
year and the fact that even
with the increased contribution levels, taxpayers will be
required to cover an additional $66,000 for employee
health insurance coverage
this year.
In public safety, difference of opinion on how a
police cruiser should be
purchased led to a $41,999
difference between the two
groups’ budgets. The selectmen want to include the
cost of a new cruiser in the
BREAKFAST
WITH A BUNNY Turner Shorb, 5, gets a hug
the Easter Bunny at the annual Easter Bunny Breakfast hosted by the Hampfrom
stead Lions at Hampstead Central School on Saturday. Pancakes and crafts were the
theme of the morning, with lots of photo opportunities to be had with the special
guest of the morning activities. See more photos page 8.
Photo by Chris Paul
Cipriano of Hampstead
to Chair SAU 55 Board
PENNY WILLIAMS
Tri-Town Times
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HAMPSTEAD – Jason
Cipriano of the Hampstead
School District is the unanimously elected chairman of
the reorganized School
Administrative Unit (SAU)
55 Board. Peter Bealo from
the Timberlane Regional
School Board was unanimously elected new vice
chairman.
SAU 55 encompasses
both
the Hampstead and
continued on page 14
Timberlane school districts;
the Timberlane district covers Sandown, Atkinson,
Plaistow and Danville.
Superintendent Earl Metzler noted the 2014-2015
budget is the default budget, at $1,455,409.
Donna Green of Sandown questioned whether
the merit pool was in the
default budget and whether
salary increases would be
forthcoming.
After some discussion at
the Wednesday, April 16
meeting, Metzler said, “This
is a zero-based budget and
the line items will all be
adjusted, but I have
$1,455,409 to run the SAU
business. Merit pool is
included and when the evaluations are complete, I will
give merit pay and raises as
I see fit. Because it is a bottom line budget, I can do
that so long as I do not
overspend the bottom line.”
Dates were set for the
Superintendent’s evaluation,
P AG E 2
T R I -T OW N T I M E S • A P R I L 24, 2014
Health Occupations Students Take Home Awards
KATHLEEN D. BAILEY
Tri-Town Times
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When Sheilagh Linehan,
a senior from Derry, couldn’t find a chair to pull up to
a table in one of the Health
Occupations classrooms, it
didn’t faze her. She simply
found a wheelchair, wheeled it over, and relaxed with
her friends.
Linehan and several
other Pinkerton Academy
students in the Health
Occupations program are
learning to think on their
feet, or off their feet, as they
prepare for careers in various branches of the medical
profession. Several students recently competed in
the Health Occupations of
America (HOSA) state convention at the end of March,
and found their skills in
good form for the future.
Among the seniors earning recognition at the HOSA
convention were Nick
Liporto of Derry, Shawn
Murray, also of Derry, Linehan, Rachel Byrd of Hampstead and Erin Kelley of
Chester.
Liporto said he joined
the Health Occupations
program because of his goal
to become a paramedic and
firefighter. The program
prepares him for EMT
(Emergency Medical Technician) certification, he
said.
Murray “always knew I
wanted to try something in
medicine,” and fine-tuned
his goals to becoming an
emergency room nurse. He
also opted for the EMT
training and said of the twoyear Health Occupations
program, “It gives us a taste
of the real world.”
Byrd also wants to
become a nurse, and said
the Career & Technical
Education (CTE) program
would give her skills and
information. “It’s harder
than my other courses,” she
said. “It will help me transition into college.”
“It’s a good opportunity
to jump-start our careers,”
Linehan, also a future
nurse, said.
They competed in a
variety of events at the
HOSA convention, held at
the Radisson Hotel in Manchester. Liporto and Murray
took a pen-and-paper test
on pathophysiology, or how
disease affects the body.
Liporto scored third in the
state, Murray first.
Byrd was part of a group
producing a Public Service
Announcement or PSA on
childhood hunger. Her group
took first place, but only
after a lot of prep work. “We
did it over four weeks,” she
said. “We had to shoot a
video, edit it, present it to
different classes here and on
YouTube. The Coffee Factory also let us show it
there.” Her group used a
Pinkerton students in the Health Occupations program recently competed successCourtesy photo
fully in the Health Occupations of America state convention.
friend’s little sister for a
model, and the child, fortunately, is not hungry.
Linehan participated in
a variation on the old-fashioned spelling bee, with
medical terminology. There
were three judges and a
proctor, who told each contestant a word and gave
them 2 minutes to spell it.
“It was nerve-wracking,”
Linehan said. “When I
found out I won, I was so
relieved. My friends were
waiting for me outside the
room.”
Kelley and a classmate,
Tayla Nault, created a presentation on skin cancer.
“We had to present it to
another class,” she said. “It
had a lesson, a test and
some games.” A teacher
took photos, and she and
Nault took a first, she said.
The atmosphere at the
Radisson was intense, professional and fun, the students agreed. In addition to
the competitions, there
were educational symposiums, a look inside an ALS
(Advanced Life Support)
ambulance, a chance to try a
DaVinci surgery arm, and a
hypnotist for entertainment. “We were never
bored,” Linehan said.
Twenty-two students are
eligible for national competition as a result of their
awards. The Pinkerton students also won New Hampshire Outstanding HOSA
Chapter and the Gold Star
Chapter Award.
The national eligible
students are:
First places: Holly
Wilder and Katrina Ebert in
forensic medicine; Sheilagh
Linehan in medical spelling;
Erin Kelley and Tayla Nault
in health education; Shawn
Murray in pathophysiology;
and Shyanne Almeida,
Rachel Byrd, Brooke Kirby
and Marium Dayek in PSA
(public service announcement.
State Officers: Nicole
Langlais, treasurer, and
Chelsea Carbee, board representative.
Second places: Lexi Jenkins, Julie Saltamartini, Liza
St. Jean and Chelsea Carbee,
HOSA Bowl; Jenny Marcoux,
medical terminology; and
Brittany Modrak, human
growth and development.
Third places: Sydney
Graves and Sarina MacDonald, forensic medicine;
Mohamed El Yaman, dental
terminology; Amy Lafleur,
nutrition; Nick Liporto,
pathophysiology; and Nicole Langlais, research persuasive speaking.
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PA G E 3
Arguments for Wet Lot at Birch and Candia Reheard Again
MATT RITTENHOUSE
Tri-Town Times
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CHESTER - The Zoning
Board of Adjustment (ZBA)
is again rehearing Roger C.
Garrett’s petition to develop
a small piece of wet land at
the intersection of Birch and
Candia roads. The matter
has already made its way
through the ZBA’s files
twice, each time turned
down.
But the plan will again
be reheard as it has changed
slightly and Garrett is still
looking to build on the parcel.
The hearing began Tuesday, April 15. Garrett was
represented by attorney
John Cronin and engineer
Eric Mitchell.
They seek a special
exception because the
planned home and septic
system do not meet the
requirements of the town’s
Wetlands Conservation District. They also seek four
variances: to allow the sep-
tic system within the 40foot front setback, to allow a
well closer than 100 feet
from the septic, to allow a
home to be built on a lot
less than 2 acres (the lot is
1.25 acres), and to allow
construction on a lot that
cannot contain a 200-foot
circle, as mandated by the
town’s regulations.
The matters have all
been reviewed in depth
before by the ZBA and arguments from Mitchell and
Cronin were found lacking
by the board. Of primary
concern is the general wetness of the property and
how wetland impact will
affect the potential future
owner and community.
Conservation commission chair Chuck Myette
spoke during the meeting to
point out areas of concern
the commission had with
construction at that site.
Myette noted concern with
how additional runoff and
the septic may affect the
area. He noted the tendency
for standing water to exist
on the property during
much of the year. Myette
also said future homeowners may further impact the
area, even if the developer
follows strict plans on mitigating wetland impact.
Mitchell explained how
infiltration trenches and
other construction techniques can be used to
reduce stormwater runoff
from the construction of
impervious surfaces.
The home as planned
would not have a typical
basement and Mitchell
explained how the construction is planned to sidestep that.
There was disagreement
from ZBA chair Billie Maloney on which variances
were needed for the work, a
matter she has brought up
in past discussions. Maloney argued that the developer will also need to abide
by a 75-foot buffer between
the septic and delineated
wetlands.
Sign With Lit Message Board
Planned for Hampstead Library
PENNY WILLIAMS
Tri-Town Times
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HAMPSTEAD - The
Hampstead Library Trustees
were excited to hear about
the Friends of the Hampstead Public Library’s plan
for a new library sign.
Friends member Linda
Skidmore explained the
details about the proposed
new sign at last week’s
Trustees’ meeting. The sign
would be two sided, with
the top portion in standard
lettering with Hampstead
Public Library and the website: www.hampsteadlibrary.org. The bottom portion
of the sign, consisting of 25
percent of the area, would
feature LED lighting of an
electronic message board
that would have three lines
of text, with the ability to
scroll the text and use icons.
It would have a dimming
capability.
Funding for the sign
comes from the proceeds of
the 2013 Friends’ Holiday
Auction. The message board
will have the capacity to display information about
upcoming library programs
and weather-related closings.
“The Board was pleased
to hear about the progress
so far,” said Trustee Emily
Reschberger. “Linda Skidmore has consulted with
Kris Emerson and Jon
Worthen to make sure that
the necessary setbacks and
signage regulations are
adhered to.”
In other business:
• Library Director Deb
Hiett reported the results of
the recent technology
assessment of the library,
which offers individual
assistance and one-on-one
tutoring computer sessions,
as well as access to a variety
of resources at its website,
www.hampsteadlibrary.org.
Cronin argued that they
were applying for variances
for all of the issues given to
them by the town’s building
inspector, as he was the one
who controlled that aspect.
He argued that they may
need to come back for
another variance, but that
they were following the correct process as laid out by
the town’s regulations.
“That doesn’t eliminate
your responsibility to comply with our zoning,” said
ZBA member Cass Buckley.
“I think the law says otherwise,” Cronin responded.
Cronin also argued that
because of the way the
town’s special exception
regulation is written, if it is
granted the development
does not need approval for
any of the variance requests,
as the special exception
supersedes them.
The ZBA also sought
more information on how
the septic system planned
for the lot, a different type
than the typical pipe and
stone construction, func-
tions.
The board continued the
hearing until May 20, giving
time for further review by
the conservation commission and for additional
information to come from
Garrett.
In other ZBA news:
• The board also heard
and continued a special exception and variance requests from Nina St. Pierre
through Kevin Hatch of
Cornerstone Survey Associates.
St. Pierre is looking to
develop a lot behind her
home on Pheasant Run
Drive but to do so would
need a special exception, as
construction does not meet
the requirements of the
Wetlands Conservation District. Variances are requested to locate the septic within 50 feet of a wetland when
75 feet is required, and to
allow a single family home
to be 50 feet from a wetland
and a deck 40 feet from the
wetland when 75 feet is
required.
Hatch said St. Pierre and
her husband purchased the
property decades ago as a
nest egg but that wetlands
rules had changed in that
time to force the need for
relief. Hatch argued that the
crux of the problem is the
existence of a man-made
drainage trench that he said
never would have been contemplated as a wetland
when the lot was purchased.
Now it is.
Hatch argued that the
community determined through its Wetlands Conservation District that protecting
wetlands was a good thing
to do, but that the Special
Exception was needed in
cases like this one to provide relief to property owners who owned existing
lots. He framed it as a safeguard of private property
rights.
The plan as presented
seeks to balance the impact
on both the forested wetland and the drainage ditch,
said Hatch.
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P AG E 4
Editorial
Enough To Go Around?
When there’s an overriding need –
skyrocketing use of heroin and resulting crimes, expansion of the interstate
to handle gridlock, failing bridges,
funding to boost economic development (think Pettengill Road), the place
we all turn to is the federal government, followed quickly by state government.
Then we complain about taxes.
When disaster strikes in the form of
a hurricane or a flood, a fire or a mudslide, we look to those same two
sources for help. Funding and a quick
response are what we take for granted.
Then we wax eloquent about fiscal
responsibility, too much government
interference in our lives, and, once
again, taxes.
When politicians are running for
reelection, they are quick to point out
all the legislation they’ve sponsored
and supported that benefits local areas.
We don’t usually hear what the tax
impact is of those bills.
Both of our U.S. Senators were in
town last week, and both promised to
work for specific New Hampshire
needs – in Ayotte’s case, a fix to federal
transportation funding to allow the
establishment of state infrastructure
banks that could help fund development of Pettengill Road in Londonderry as well as the establishment of a federal infrastructure bank, and in Shaheen’s case, money to aid in the battle
of increasing heroin use, and more
funding for services to treat addicts.
Both Senators are focusing on legitimate concerns that aren’t limited to
their state lines.
But these are also two of a virtually
infinite number of requests for funding
that legislators face every day. Couple
that with the raucous cries for reduced
government – its presence as well as
what it pays for – and it’s easy to see
why the federal government functions
– or doesn’t function – at a stalemate.
How to prioritize? Everyone has
their own special interest for federal
and state funding, along with an equal
reluctance to raise taxes. In New
Hampshire, for example, we won’t consider a sales tax or gambling, even
though it would bring in money from
visitors as well as residents, and we
won’t allow a state income tax. Then
we complain about outrageous property tax rates.
Short of printing lots of new money,
our options are limited. What would
we like to do without? Cutting beds for
the mentally ill, as the federal government did in the ‘70s, led to a rise in the
homeless population and in crime. We
are reaping the results to this day. Failing to repair aging infrastructure in our
cities and highways gives us today’s
astronomical costs.
We need money to address our
problems. We also need a real dialogue
on priorities, and what all of us are
willing to pay.
The Tri-Town Times is a weekly publication. It is mailed to every home
in the towns of Chester, Hampstead and Sandown free of charge.
Letters
Music Boosters’ Thanks
To the editor:
Recently, the Hampstead
Middle School Jazz Band,
Concert Choir and Small
Ensembles performed at
their annual Pops Concert.
This year the students
added a new aspect to the
concert and provided “Dinner and a Show.”
The idea behind this was
to create a fundraiser for the
music students. All money
raised helps support music
activities at Hampstead
Middle School as well as
provides scholarships for
students who participate in
summer music programs.
This event was a huge
success, with the students
performing to an audience
of over 100! Members of the
audience enjoyed a delicious Italian themed meal
graciously provided by The
English Muffin. Many local
businesses also donated
water or raffle items.
A huge Thank You to the
following local businesses
that helped make this night a
memorable experience: The
Nutfield Publishing, LLC
2 Litchfield Road, Londonderry, NH 03053
tel: 603-537-2760 • fax: 603-537-2765
send e-mails to: [email protected]
www.nutpub.net
Editor – Leslie O’Donnell
Owner/Publisher – Debra Paul
Art Director – Chris Paul
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Sunrise, Sunset
The early morning sun
peaks through the now leafless trees, dotting the landscape with patches of light
while nourishing a garden,
now that the warmth of
spring is in the air.
Following the periwinkles’ lead, the crocus multi
colors are in full display as
the yellow tip of the daffodil
can be seen struggling to
release itself from the level
of the soil.
It is a morning of delight
as the sweet melodies of the
songbird fill the air and the
vivid colors of the goldfinch, bluebird, and cardinal
are seen arriving at the
Hampstead Snow Season at
87.2 Inches as of April 16
PENNY WILLIAMS
Serving Derry
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bustling bird feeder, a true
gift of nature that nourishes
one’s soul.
Robins search through
the dew-filled grass, hoping
a morning meal may have
emerged from the now
warming earth.
The mallard and its mate
have returned to my small
pond and will remain there
and in the pools of the wetlands until fall.
Two doe have come into
the clearing behind my
house to forage on ground
berries and holly uncovered
by the melting snow.
As the sun sets and the
coolness of early evening is
upon us, it is time to reflect
on this, the most precious of
spring days.
It has been a day of true
testament to nature’s timeless artistry, a day of warmth
and welcome, a day filled
with wondrous vision,
where the flawless majesty
of nature has allowed us to
peer into its ever changing
world.
John B. Dube Sr.
East Hampstead
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Center Market, Hannaford,
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Hampstead Music Boosters
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HAMPSTEAD - New
England weather is always
subject to change, but this
year, it almost appears that
Mother Nature is playing
games. Temperatures reached 80 degrees in parts of the
local area on Monday, April
14, and a couple of days
later,, temperatures dropped
like a stone, with overnight
Correction:
rain turning to snow that
coated the ground with as
much as half an inch on
Wednesday, April 16.
A snowfall update from
John Kelley, with the National
Weather Service Cooperative
Climatological Station at
West Hampstead, said that for
April 16 at 8:49 a.m., “We
received 0.5 inches of snow
early this morning. The total
snowfall for April is now 0.7
inches, with a total snowfall
for the 2013-2014 snow season of 87.2 inches. The total
snowfall for the 2012-2013
season was 86.7 inches but
the biggest total snowfall for a
season in the past 11 years
was 103.4 inches, during the
2008-2009 snow season.
“Maybe we will get some
more snow during the rest
of April or even early in
May so we can reach 90
inches of snowfall for this
snow season,” Kelley said.
An article in the April 17 edition about the Hampstead Middle
School play “Music Man Jr.” had incorrect information about the play’s performance
dates. In-house performances were April 14 and 15. Public performances in the HMS
cafeteria were Wednesday, April 23, as well as Thursday, April 24, at 7 p.m.
Sapareto Considers Challenging
Rausch for State Senate Seat
KATHLEEN D. BAILEY
Tri-Town Times
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HAMPSTEAD – A longtime Derry state representative is mulling the idea of a
Senate race, and will
announce his decision within the next few weeks.
Frank Sapareto, R-Derry,
is considering a challenge to
Republican State Sen. Jim
Rausch, also of Derry, for
Rausch’s District 19 seat,
which covers Derry, Windham and Hampstead.
Sapareto has served six
terms in the House of Representatives and served as
Senator from 2003 to 2004.
“Jim is a great guy and he
did a great job in the House,”
Sapareto said. Rausch served
five terms in the House of
Representatives.
But Sapareto said he has
recently been at odds with
some of Rausch’s positions
and voting record. For
example, he said, “He supports the cell phone ban and
higher penalties for marijuana usage. He supports
the gas tax. He voted in
favor of ‘Obamacare,’ when
the Senate was our only
hope.”
Sapareto said he has
been urged to run by people
in Derry, some of whom
“were not my supporters in
the past.”
Sapareto said Rausch
also “threatens” the trucking industry with his support of reducing loads.
“Trucking affects every
business in the state,”
Sapareto said.
Rausch’s official Senate
biography states that in his
first term, he was named
Chairman of the Transportation Committee; a
position Senate President
Peter Bragdon re-appointed
him to for the 2013-2014
Session. He also serves on
the Capital Budget Committee, as well as the Ways &
Means.
In the House, he was a
member of the Public
Works and Highways Committee and the Long Range
Capitol Planning Committee. He has served as an
Assistant Majority Republican Whip and as an Assistant Republican Leader in
the House.
Rausch lists his legislative priorities as education
funding, retirement reform
and transportation-related
issues in the state. He is a
retired veterinarian.
In the House, Sapareto is
a member of the Ways and
Means Committee and the
Joint Committee of Finance
and Ways and Means. He is
a financial advisor and planner.
Sapareto said he would
issue a decision over the
next four weeks.
Competing for
the Crown
Twenty-eight young women will
be competing for the crown of Miss
New Hampshire at the 68th annual
Miss New Hampshire Scholarship
Program at the Stockbridge Theatre
in Derry beginning May 1. Last Saturday the contestants rehearsed their
dance routines and invited the media
to field questions. At right, East
Hampstead resident Amy Soraghan,
Miss Bedford, poses at rehearsal.
Photos by Chris Paul
PA G E 5
P AG E 6
Yellow Line Violation Leads to Drug Charges
MATT RITTENHOUSE
Tri-Town Times
–––– • ––––
CHESTER – On April 7
a routine traffic stop for a
yellow line violation led to
the discovery of a man
transporting alcohol and
narcotics through Chester.
At 10:30 p.m. on Route
102, officer Scott Haggart
pulled out after a driver
who was not able to stay on
his side of the road. Once
pulled over the man, identified as Carl Michael Rice,
46, of 13 Oak Drive in Raymond, could not produce a
license, stating that he had
lost his wallet. He did produce an up-to-date fishing
license, but it was not
accepted by the officer.
Noting an alcohol smell
on Rice’s breath and a nervous demeanor, Haggart ask-
Carl Michael Rice
ed if he had been drinking.
He was onto his third, the
man said according to reports.
Rice gave verbal permission for a search of the car,
which turned up a cooler
with beer, a bottle of tequila
in the glove box, two cigarette boxes, one filled with
marijuana, the other with a
hard packed brown powder
assumed to be hash, a small
box with two white pills, a
sunglass case with more
marijuana, a glass pipe and
two packages of rolling
papers.
The driver told Haggart
before he began the search
that a common passenger
smokes marijuana and that
any smell should be attributed to that person. He
identified the white pills as
Vicodin.
Sandown Police sent an
officer to the scene as backup.
Rice was arrested and
charged with three counts
of possession of controlled
narcotics, one count of possession of drugs in a vehicle, one count of transporting alcoholic beverages in a
vehicle and a yellow line
violation.
He was released on
$5,000 personal recognizance bail.
Budget Committee Liaison Has Questions for Recreation
PENNY WILLIAMS
Tri-Town Times
–––– • ––––
HAMPSTEAD – For the
first time in any of the
Recreation Commission
members’ memories, the
Budget Committee liaison
attended their meeting and
offered questions and comments.
Budget Committee member Ann Howe asked where
fees go that are collected by
recreation and questioned
the situation with the proposed basketball court.
Recreation members
Kim Colbert and Brian
Goode told Howe they had
planned to visit the Budget
Committee’s May meeting
to discuss plans for the basketball court warrant article
that voters shot down.
Howe was told recreation fees are used to pay a
program instructor or go
into the general fund. They
made it clear they have no
control over fees and have
only $3,000 discretionary
money in their budget.
Howe said the Budget
Committee was displeased
that no one had come to
present budgets when asked
to do so.
Goode pointed out that
just two days before the
budget committee request,
all the boards, commissions
and departments had presented their budgets to the
Board of Selectmen, and traditionally the budget committee members sit in on that
session and have an opportunity to ask questions.
“We had just presented
our budget and none of the
other departments planned
to go because they too had
just presented their budgets,” he said.
Howe then asked about
the request and line item
amount for the new Senior
Director. She learned that
the Seniors Drop In, held
Thursday mornings at the
Hampstead Public Library,
was started by volunteers
and never has been part of
the Recreation Commission,
although any money budgeted for seniors’ programs
by law goes into the Recre-
ation budget.
She was also told that
volunteers decided several
years ago to ask the Board of
Selectmen for money for
food for the Thursday
Seniors Drop In and received $500. As the volunteers could no longer run
the program, they asked to
use that money to pay a
director instead. The volunteers received permission
from the selectmen to do
that but never contacted or
worked through the Recreation Commission regarding this issue.
Finally, Goode and Colbert told Howe that they
didn’t keep track of where
they are on their budget
because Selectmen’s Clerk
Tina Harrington pays the
bills and tracks budgets.
They referred Howe to Harrington for that information. Howe said she wants
to avoid coming to budget
presentation time, only to
discover a department or
board has no idea how it
overspent its bottom line, as
happened last year.
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In other business Monday night:
• The Commission told
HASB (Hampstead Association of Softball & Baseball)
that the shed they want to
put up at Holiday Lane is
bigger than approved, so
they agreed to go back to
the drawing board on it.
• The pump shed roof at
Depot Fields is losing shingles and needs attention.
Steve Harms of Buildings
and Grounds said he would
check it out.
• The Recreation Commission is seeking new
members. Anyone interested should contact the
Selectmen’s office or a member of the commission.
• A Jump Rope Club is
starting, with membership
limited to 25. Julie Ahern
will be in charge. It will
begin May 8 and is for second through fourth graders.
The Running Club headed
by Carolyn Davis has started again as well.
• The Recreation Commission is looking for at
least two more lifeguards
for the Town Beach, which
will open weekends starting
May 24 and daily beginning
June 19. There may be times
when there is no lifeguard at
the Town Beach if more lifeguards are not found.
Fugitive on Rape Charges
Arrested in Chester
MATT RITTENHOUSE
Tri-Town Times
–––– • ––––
CHESTER – A young
man from Derry was arrested as a fugitive from justice
by Chester Police last week.
According to police reports,
Brandon Todd Smith, 18, of
37 East Derry Road in Derry
had two warrants out for his
arrest by the Hampton, Va.,
Police Department on two
charges of rape.
The Hampton, Va., Police Department contacted
Chester Police to alert them
to the issue and pointed
Brandon Todd Smith
them to a residence at 74
Emerson Road. Lt. Aaron
Berube and officer Scott
Haggart went to the home
and found Smith there.
He was arrested and
brought back to the Chester
Police Department for
booking. A visit to Derry
District Court added another $10,000 cash bail to bail
already set by Virginia of
$25,000 cash.
Smith did not fight
extradition to Virginia.
Smith was transported
to the Rockingham County
Jail in Brentwood, where he
was eventually picked up by
officers from Virginia and
transported back to that
state.
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PA G E 7
Chester’s Ruth Ray Building May be Painted Yet
MATT RITTENHOUSE
Tri-Town Times
–––– • ––––
CHESTER - The board of
selectmen is one step closer
to the rehabilitation of the
outside of the Ruth Ray
building after opening bids
for the project at their Thursday, April 17 meeting. Just
two bids were received for the
project and only one came in
close to what the town set
aside for the work last May.
The Ruth Ray building
houses the Chester Post
Office.
While the project has not
been awarded yet, the board
agreed to ask the low bidder
to meet with them at their
next meeting to negotiate.
Initial plans were to get
the project done in the current year’s budget, with the selectmen earmarking $42,000
for it last year, but it stagnated over the warm weather months of 2013. In February of this year the board
decided to paint the structure as originally outlined in
its budget justification last
year, although they had engaged in a drawn out discussion over the wisdom of
paint versus vinyl siding.
They also agreed to begin
work with in-house labor.
The plan then was to
paint only half of the building. But concerns over regulations on the disposal of
lead paint forced the board
to again re-think its plans.
Recently a Request for
Proposal (RFP) was sent out
for the residing and painting of the entire building
and for the replacement of
the windows, with stipulations that lead paint laws
had to be followed.
The first bid opened gave
a project cost of $60,603, stipulating that $35,002 would
go to materials and $25,601
for 480 hours of labor.
The second bid gave
three options and was
notably higher for the cost
of its two correct bids.
Option A gave $89,500 for
the paint, residing and windows. Option B gave a cost
of $62,000 for vinyl siding
but the selectmen tossed the
number away, noting that
they had not specified wanting vinyl in the RFP. A third
option came in at $98,000.
Chair Steph Landau said
the first bidder was in the
town’s ballpark and both he
and selectman Jack Cannon
said they were comfortable
with that sum.
The board noted that
$42,000 remains in the
budget for the project, with
the potential to utilize another $5,000 in the maintenance budget. Selectmen
discussed starting the project
this year, but allowing it to
carry over into the next fiscal
year so that money could be
found for the remainder in
next year’s figures.
Chester resident Jerome
Gesel, owner of Chester
Hardware, was at the meeting for another matter but
offered a deal on California
Paint to the selectmen.
Gesel said he could provide
the paint at cost plus shipping to help cut down on
the expense of the project.
The selectmen thanked
him for his offer and suggested they bring the matter
up with the bidder when
they meet, to see how that
would affect the numbers.
Cannon said individual
selectmen should not talk to
the contractor in the meantime but wanted the board
to set up a time to negotiate.
On a suggestion by Gesel
the board also decided to
see if they could do a walk
around the building with
the bidder prior to their
meeting.
In other business:
Steve and Jodie Boeske
were appointed unanimously to the Agricultural Commission. Asked about their
backgrounds, the Boeskes
explained their plans to set
up a farm stand in conjunction with the Community
Supported Agriculture (CSA)
venture operated on the
Spring Hill Farm property
and noted that they have
been assisting Spring Hill
with its animals in recent
months.
Rheaume Steps Down as Senior Transportation Director
MATT RITTENHOUSE
Tri-Town Times
–––– • ––––
SANDOWN – Citing
personal reasons and family
health struggles, Nelson
Rheaume has stepped down
as the director of the Senior
Affairs Transportation Program.
Rheaume met with the
selectmen at their April 21
meeting to explain the situation and tender his resignation.
Rheaume has been a
strong proponent of the
senior transportation program since the idea was first
discussed in 2009. Together
with resident Linda Gauvin,
members of the Sandown
police department and others, Rheaume started the
program with the aim to
make sure elderly and
homebound residents were
able to get to necessary
medical appointments.
The program recently
celebrated its first anniversary.
Since getting off the
ground in 2013 when the
first ride was given, the program has provided more
than 200 rides, driving residents about 4,000 miles to
medical appointments and
other destinations. Policies
are in place to keep driver
and passenger safe, there’s a
solid group of volunteer
drivers, and fundraising has
been relatively strong. The
group does not get taxpayer
support for its work.
“I think the plan is
working and things are
going along smoothly,” said
Rheaume.
He said that along with
family health concerns that
were taking up much of his
time, he was a bit burned
out and needed to take a
step away from the group.
He offered to stay a committee member but in a
reduced capacity.
Concurrent with his resignation, Rheaume offered
the services of committee
member and volunteer driver Paul Godin to take over
as chair.
Godin said he was willing to help out where needed and that his main goal in
getting involved in the
group was to support the
town’s senior population,
from helping transport to
educating them on potential
tax breaks.
Selectmen thanked Rhea-
ume for his efforts over the
years.
“Thank you for all
you’ve done,” said chair
Hans Nicolaisen, stating
that he understood Rheaume’s decision to step down.
Selectman Steve Brown
said he was sorry to see
Rheaume go and that while
the establishment of the
program hadn’t always been
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The board accepted
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Lions and Bunny Bring Breakfast to Hampstead
The annual Easter Bunny Breakfast hosted by the Hampstead Lions took place on Saturday at Hampstead Central
School. Attendees had the opportunity to visit with the Easter Bunny, make some crafts and have breakfast. Pictured
from left, Caleb Daigle shows off one of the crafts he made; while at center Isabella, 5, and Antony Cegelis, 7, gets a
visit during their meal; at right, Albany Shorb enjoys her pancakes.
Photo by Chris Paul
Villella Drops Lawsuits Over Land Use Change Tax
MATT RITTENHOUSE
Tri-Town Times
–––– • ––––
SANDOWN - Lawsuits
levied against the Town of
Sandown by developer Bob
Villella over the Land Use
Change Tax (LUCT) were
dropped last week.
According to town
administrator Lynne Blaisdell, as another deadline for
the court process was looming, the town’s counsel
received notice that the suit
was being dropped.
The suits hinged on Villella’s assertions through his
lawyer that he had paid too
much in the tax on several
parcels. The LUCT, or current use tax, is a 10 percent
penalty landowners are
charged when they take
their land out of current use
status, a status that guarantees low property taxes on
undeveloped land.
While several lawsuits
over the matter were originally filed, those had been
streamlined to just two in
recent months. Each of the
original suits was basically
the same, listing different
properties on which Villela’s
companies have paid current use. Nearly all of the
properties referenced were
in the Phillips Pond Estates
subdivision, land purchased
from River Bank in 2010.
DENTIST
Development on that site
began in 2007 before JH
Chase was in possession.
One of the assertions of
the suits, filed by Attorney
Sumner Kalman on behalf
of JH Chase and Montana
Realty Trust, was that all
parcels should be taken out
of current use when work
starts on a particular subdivision. The practice now is
to take individual lots out as
they are being developed,
not when the road goes in
or similar improvements are
made.
Villella argued that he
had paid too much and
wanted a refund.
The town’s assessor,
Municipal Resources Incorporated (MRI), was confident that it had followed the
law in assessing Villella’s
properties, and the selectmen decided to stand fast
on those assertions, over
months of the process and
various court delays. The
suits were filed in early
2012.
Though the matter has
been dropped, the town is
still responsible for the cost
of defending itself.
According to selectman
chair Hans Nicolaisen, the
conservation commission
had been holding on to
about $100,000 in current
use money in the event the
town lost the case.
The contested payments
had already been made on
the parcels, totaling about
$136,000.
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HMS, Central Students Work Together in Museum
PENNY WILLIAMS
Tri-Town Times
–––– • ––––
HAMPSTEAD – Hampstead Central School and
Hampstead Middle School
often work together on projects, one of which involves
eighth graders mentoring
elementary school kids for
an activity.
The mentoring promotes leadership skills in
the older students and
expands the horizons of the
younger students.
The latest mentoring
project was an art museum
field trip to the Currier Art
Museum in Manchester,
matching eighth graders
with second graders. HMS
art teacher Betty Edmondson asked eighth graders to
write her a letter expressing
their interest in the activity
and explaining why they
thought they would be good
at it.
Mackenzie Finocchiaro
wrote in her letter, “First of
all, the second graders are at
an age where they are very
investigative, and what better way to use their investigative skills at a museum
filled with art, so they can
investigate all of the different types of art from different time periods. It would
be awesome to help the
children enrich their investigative qualities, and be
with them when they are
using those skills. Second of
all, I love to make people
happy.”
Laura Griffin wrote in
her letter, “First of all I feel
that I’m really good with
kids and I think it would be
fun and a great experience
for me. I also love art and I
love going to art museums. I
am very responsible and am
always on top of things.”
Edmondson, joined by
Central School art teacher
Michael Terrile, worked
with second grade teachers
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Remillard to plan the trip.
First they visited the Currier and met with Alexis Nelson, director of school programs.
“We then returned to
the museum to create our
Scavenger Hunt,” Terrile
said. “Our Scavenger Hunt
included questions that
were intended to prompt
the students into looking
and thinking about the art
work, using higher level
critical and creative thinking.”
They teamed each of the
25 eighth graders with one
or two second graders.
Before the trip, the second
graders wrote letters to the
eighth graders to introduce
themselves. During the bus
trip from the schools to the
museum, the mentors sat
with their assigned students
and had an opportunity to
become better acquainted.
At the museum, the students were given tours of
the museum by age and then
re-assembled for lunch.
Then the eighth graders led
the younger students through the museum on the Scavenger Hunt.
“Older and younger students were thoroughly engaged in looking and thinking about the art work – and
they were having fun – and
building a relationships
with one another,” Terrile
said. “The head of security
of the museum commented
Page Crowley, Molly Remillard, and Lark Johnson
recently visited the Currier Museum of Art.
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to Nelson that our students
were some of the most wellbehaved and responsible
groups of kids they had ever
seen visit the museum. I
was thrilled that the students were excited and
engaged in looking and
thinking deeply about the
art work.”
“The mentor experience
forms relationships and
allows the eighth graders to
have a leadership role while
engaging in a fun activity
enjoyed by all the students,”
Edmondson said. “It was
very exciting for me to
watch the magic happen. I
couldn’t have been more
proud of the Hampstead
children who attended this
field trip.”
Trey Baker, a second
grader in Remillard’s class,
said, “I liked the Pablo
Picasso painting the best.
My partner was Alex
Goyette; he was really nice
and helped us to figure out
the ‘Scavenger Hunt.’”
Nelson said she was
impressed with the amount
of time the teachers put into
preparing for the field trip.
She was also impressed with
the second graders being
able to make connections
between museum pieces
and things they learned in
the classroom.
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Fifth Graders Get Close-Up Look at Weather Forecasting
PENNY WILLIAMS
Tri-Town Times
–––– • ––––
HAMPSTEAD - The fifth
grade curriculum at Hampstead Middle School includes an in-depth unit on
weather, and the middle
schoolers got a close-up
look at weather forecasting
from a fellow resident, John
Kelley.
John Kelley, a Hampstead parent and a meteorologist who works with the
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
(NOAA) in the Ocean Service and who operates a
National Weather Service
Cooperative Climatological
Station in West Hampstead,
John Kelley, who works for the National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), visited Hampstead Middle School fifth grade students to discuss
meteorology.
Photo by Penny Williams
visited the school recently.
has its own weather station,
the Jonathan D Grassbaugh
Memorial Weather Station,
which is monitored by the
fifth graders and fifth grade
teacher Lori-Lyn Griffin.
The weather station was
built with the guidance of
Kelley, who also developed a
weather station at Hampstead Central School. Both
stations remain in operation,
providing data for the
schools, students, and the
community as well as for
state and national weather
data collection organizations.
The data collected at the
school weather station is
transmitted to COCORAHS,
the Community Collaborative Rain, Hail and Snow
network, a non-profit, community-based network of
volunteers who measure
and map precipitation.
Kelley talked to fifth
grade students about what a
meteorologist does. Griffin
said his talk covered much
of what the students would
be studying in their weather
unit.
Kelley said he had made
his decision to become a
meteorologist at the age of
11, just about the age of the
youngsters he was addressing. He explained the work
of meteorologists and what
they use to formulate their
forecasts. And he reminded
the students that many
groups, businesses and people depend on weather forecasts and warnings, including the agriculture and fishing industries, recreation
and sporting events, public
safety officers, schools and
wildland firefighters.
Kelley explained that
science combined with technology produces a weather
forecast for a specific location. Weather forecasts initially depended on the barometric pressure but now
rely on computer-based
models. The transmission of
weather data became wider
in scope and range with the
invention of the telegraph,
he said, noting the first official U.S. weather forecast
was in 1871.
The United States has
113 official U.S. Weather
Service stations, with the
two local ones in Taunton,
Mass., and Gray, Maine.
The students kept Kelley
busy with questions right
up to the dismissal bell.
SAU
said the Timberlane District
is about $67,365 less in the
red this year than last year.
The total indebtedness for
Timberlane was $105,836
for 2013, while this year to
date it is $38,471. He said
this is more manageable and
the changes introduced and
put in place by provider
Whitsons and the SAU are
paying off.
He noted that the Hampstead and Timberlane Districts still charge much less
for lunches than many other
districts. The Hampstead
School District was in debt
$44,266 for 2013 but this
year has a $6,820 debt.
“While we are almost
going to break even in
Hampstead for the year, we
won’t in Timberlane but we
are much closer,” he said.
The board briefly discussion whether it would
make sense to bring Food
Service in house. Metzler
ended the discussion by
noting an in-house Food
Service program would
never be profitable and
would pose risks not now
born by the districts.
• The board was asked
to approve a summer schedule with a four-day work
week. The Timberlane district has already voted to be
closed on Fridays. A couple
of board members questioned the reasoning behind
the four-day week, noting
there wouldn’t be much of
an energy saving at the SAU
if people were still working
on Fridays even if the office
was officially closed, but
Metzler maintained that a
flexible summer work
schedule made sense and
the majority of employees
liked the four-day week for
the summer.
The four-day week for
the SAU was approved.
• The Superintendent’s
Goals Update, a 400-pluspage document, was handed out for the board members to take home and
review. The meeting schedule for the SAU Board was
set, with the budget meeting Oct. 8, a work session
Oct. 22, and a public hearing on Nov. 12.
continued from page 1
with the first of several
meetings set for May 7 for
the board to discuss compilation of review forms provided by staff and the selfevaluation from Metzler
prepared by Cathy Belcher,
administrative secretary.
Metzler said that while
the board stipulated last
year that the evaluation
forms could be anonymous
if the staff or board members preferred, “I do not
find them very useful
because I think it is important to know where the
evaluation information is
coming from.”
At a meeting on May 21,
Cipriano and Bealo will
present for the board’s
approval the evaluation letter, and plans will be made
to meet with Metzler to
review the evaluation prior
to June 30.
In other business:
• Metzler also provided
a Food Service update. He
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Pinkerton Math Team Second in State Competition
KATHLEEN D. BAILEY
Tri-Town Times
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The Pinkerton Academy
Math Team has come in second for the state and first in
its division for the 20132014 season.
Members of the team
and adviser Ellen Berchtold
came together recently to
discuss their wins, their
strategies and why they “do
the math.”
Natalie Kukshtel, a senior from Atkinson, explained the basic set-up for
a meet. There are five categories, she said, and in the
“individual” competition,
each team member does
three questions from a category. They have 10 minutes
to answer, she said.
In the “team round,” 10
Rec Raise
ment heads had been reviewed alongside the recreation director’s pay. She said
that should the selectmen
determine that one position
deserved an overhaul because
of comparative salary, than all
department heads deserved
the same consideration.
Nicolaisen cautioned
those selectmen who were
in favor of the raise as to the
likely response it would
generate from townspeople,
considering the fact that
they voted against the operating budget.
“Because we already
gave a 2 percent raise, $2.72
will raise some eyebrows,”
said Nicolaisen.
Brown spoke to the issue
people divide into two
teams of five each, and work
on five questions together.
What was going through
their heads as they worked
against the clock? “We won
every meet, we’ve got one
more to go,” Rebekah Terry,
a junior from Danville, said.
Several people were
absent, and in their absence,
the remaining team members tried to get as many
points as they can. “It’s pretty stressful, but we try to
work through it,” Terry, a
Math Team veteran, said.
In PA’s division, the TriState Math League, they
competed against Londonderry, Timberlane Regional,
Exeter, Dover, Winnacunnet
and Mascanomet High
School from Massachusetts.
Sophomore Adam De-
Mio earned second place in
the league for his grade
level, and Terry won firstplace junior. “She won by
quite a bit,” Berchtold said
proudly. “If she hadn’t
shown up, she still could
have won.”
The first-place league
win “felt great,” Derry resident and co-captain Xinyuan “Simon” Zheng said.
“We got first place last year
too. We tried hard to get
first place in every meet.”
He does get nervous,
Zheng admitted. “When you
have 10 minutes to solve
three problems, it’s not easy,”
Zheng said. “I get stressed
out - but I do my best.”
“In the last five seconds
I caught one of my own
mistakes,” DeMio, of Hampstead, said.
as well. She thanked the
board for considering the
matter, adding that she
knew it had been controversial and that she was also
OK with a different rate.
Brown argued that she had
been promised several years
earlier a pay adjustment but
it had never materialized.
She said she was fine with
$19.88 an hour, as it was the
sum she would be receiving
had those earlier assurances
been followed through on.
Whether or not the
selectmen had promised a
raise to Brown was a matter
of contention during budget
season among budget committee members and the
recreation commission.
Recreation commission
member and recording secretary Rebecca Upman
spoke in favor of the raise,
saying it was not fair that as
a recording secretary she
received only slightly less
pay than the director.
Nicolaisen said Brown
did a great job but that it
wasn’t the year to be giving that kind of raise. He
suggested the commission
come back to the selectmen later in the year to
again ask for an increase,
and not wait until late in
the budget season, as had
been done this past year.
Eventually a motion by
Devine to award the $2.72
an hour raise failed, with
he and Treanor voting for
and Nicolaisen and Buco
against.
Selectman Steve Brown,
Deb Brown’s husband, did
not offer comment on the
matter and abstained from
voting.
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League for varied reasons.
Zheng just likes doing the
math. “You can find so
many different ways to
solve a problem,” he said.
Terry enjoys the “team
dynamic, saying, “It’s fun everyone is really into it.”
JV member Josh Asari of
Derry enjoys the challenge
and having a good time with
friends. “It’s a social thing
for me,” he said.
Social? The phrase and
the obvious camaraderie
belie the image of math students as loner nerds. But
they’re still nerds, Zheng
said breezily, adding, “My
math teacher says we’re the
‘geeks.’”
The two seniors on the
team, Zheng and Kukshtel,
will go to college in the fall.
Kukshtel said she won’t
major in math at Northeastern University “I’m more
of a science person, and I’m
interested in marine biology,” she said. But she’ll
probably take some math
courses for fun, she added.
Zheng will attend Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Members of the Pinkerton Academy Math Team are,
front row from left: Rebekah Terry and Natalie Kukshel,
and back row from left: Xinyuan “Simon” Zheng, Adam
DeMio, and Josh Asari. Photo by Kathleen D. Bailey
and major in computer members’ hopes for next
engineering, where he’s sure year? “Winning,” Terry said
with a smile.
to use his math skills.
What are the remaining
No Closing Date for New Police Station
MATT RITTENHOUSE
Tri-Town Times
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SANDOWN - The initial
date planned for closing on
the building and property at
460 Main St. has come and
gone, but officials are hopeful
the process will be finalized
soon.
Voters agreed to purchase
the property at March town
meeting, the capstone of
years of saving for a new
police station. Plans are to
gut the building for a complete renovation in the coming months. Some new construction is planned, along
with the installation of a new
pitched roof.
Town leaders had set a
closing date of April 15, but
according to town adminis-
trator Lynne Blaisdell, one
tenant remains in the building and thus the property
cannot be closed.
Blaisdell updated the
selectmen on the matter
Monday night, saying work
was being done to remedy the
situation so that the property
could change hands soon.
No new timeline was
given.
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HAMPSTEAD
Democrats
by Charlie Lindsey, Carol
Church Conference
The Chester Democratic Karoll and Katheryn Southworth.
The
Lions
Club’
s
Man
On April 28 and 29,
Committee will meet May
14 at 6:30 p.m. at the and Women of the Year Island Pond Baptist Church,
Chester Public Library. EXP5-8 awards will be presented. EXP424 26 North Salem Road hosts
the New England Center for
Humor Program
Green Up Day
Expository Preaching 2014
The Chester Historical Pastors’ & Leadership ConGreen Up Day in Chester is Saturday, May 3. Resi- Society presents Fred Mar- ference – “Loyalty.” Pastor
dents can pick up trash bags ple, the unofficial spokes- Stephen Davey will be the
at Town Hall from 8 a.m. man for the mythical town keynote speaker. Bobby
of Frost Heaves, in a free Jamieson will be joining
and 1 p.m. EXP5-1
program Friday, April 25, at Davey. Visit www.NECEP.org
Senior Banquet
7 p.m. at Stevens Memorial for more information. EXP424
The Chester Lions Club Hall. Fred is also known as
Republicans
invites all Chester seniors to humorist and songwriter
Ken
Sheldon.
EXP424
The Hampstead Repubthe annual Senior Banquet,
lican
Committee hosts Jenset for 5 p.m. April 26 at the
Electronics Recycling
nifer Horn, chair of the New
Multi–Purpose Room, 84
Chester American Le- Hampshire Republican State
Chester St. A free turkey
gion Auxiliary will hold an Committee, at its Tuesday,
Electronics Recycling Fund- April 29, meeting at 6:30 p.m.
raiser on Saturday, May 3, at the Hampstead Public
from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Library, 9 Mary E. Clark Drive.
Route 102 (Raymond Road), All Republicans and Indepenat the corner of Murphy dents are welcome. For more
Drive by Chester Academy, information, contact hathe Chester Ball Field and [email protected].
Chester Fire Department.
Game Day
For a list of fees charged and
accepted items, visit:
For spring break fun,
http:chesterlegion108.webs. come to the Hampstead Pubcom or call 887-5694. lic Library on Tuesday, April
Money supports the Chester 29, from 2 to 4 p.m. for
American Legion Auxiliary Game Day. Families are
Veterans Building Fund. EXP5-1 invited to play board games,
card games, Legos®, and
Museum Hours
Wii™ games. Games and
The Chester Historical snacks will be provided. EXP4-24
Society Museum is open the
Tea Party
second Saturday of the
month from 10 a.m. to noon
A Fancy Nancy-themed
in Stevens Memorial Hall. tea party takes place at the
On the second Saturday of Hampstead Public Library
June, July and August dur- on Saturday, May 10, from
ing open hours, scarecrows 10 a.m. to noon. Wear your
can be picked up at the His- finest attire and join in for
torical Society Museum. tea and refreshments. Make
EXP424
a tiara and create other
accessories. Make reservaSchool Registration
tions at 329-6411 or email
Chester Academy is cur- [email protected]
rently registering children h.us. EXP5-8
for Kindergarten and first
Book Discussion
grade for the 2014-2015
school year. To be eligible
The Third Thursday
for Kindergarten, a child Book Group at the Hampmust be 5 years of age by stead Public Library disSept. 30, 2014. Registration cusses “The Language of
is required. Contact Beth Flowers” by Vanessa DiffenHoward at 887-3621, ext. baugh on May 15 at 1 p.m.
302 between 8 a.m. and
3:30 p.m. EXP5-1
History
Day
CHESTER
student Danielle Martineau
placed third in the Junior Paper
Category at the State Level of
the New Hampshire State
National History Day Competition on April 12. Katie Wolff,
eighth grade HMS middle
school teacher, was one of the
judges this year.
Copies of the book are and the derby starts at 8
available at the library. a.m. Prizes for size and
Newcomers are welcome. number of fish are awarded
EXP5-8
by age category, with all
entrants receiving a gift bag.
Magnetic Storytime
Only children 15 and under
“Imajinators” from the are allowed to fish Shop
Imajine That educational Pond for the week of April
play-space return to the vacation. For questions,
Hampstead Public Library contact derby coordinator
on Monday, May 5, at 10 Alan Woodman at ASWooda.m. for a program on the [email protected] or visit
theme “Magnetic Personali- www.hampsteadcivicclub.c
ty.” Children will explore om. EXP424
the power of magnets with a
Artists’ Reception
variety of activities to test
magnetic strength. This free
Currently on display at
event is appropriate for ages the Hampstead Public
3 to 6. Advance sign-up is Library are the paintings of
required. Call 329-6411 or Sharon Morley and her stuemail
pfalconer@hamp- dents. On the final day of
stead.lib.nh.us to register. the exhibit, Thursday, April
EXP5-1
24, the artists invite the
public to the library for a
Pot Luck Supper
reception from 4:30 to 6:30
Join the Friends of the p.m. For more information,
Hampstead Public Library call 329-6411. EXP424
for their annual Pot Luck
Cable TV Filming
supper at the library on
Tuesday, May 13. Sign up at
Hampstead residents
the front desk of the library can borrow a camera from
for the dish to bring to Hampstead Cable Television
share. This event is free and to film community events.
open to all who sign up by All footage will be reviewed
May 9. EXP5-8
and edited by station manFishing Derby
The Hampstead Civic
Club hosts a free Fishing
Derby for youngsters up to
age 15 on Saturday, April
26, at Shop Pond. Free registration is from 7 to 8 a.m.,
ager Bianca Nicolosi and
rebroadcast on Channel 17.
If interested, attend a training session Saturday, April
26, at 11 a.m. For questions
contact Bianca at hctv17@
gmail.com. Training sessions will also be held on
the following Saturdays at
noon: May 17, June 21, July
19 and Aug. 16. EXP424
SANDOWN
Town-Wide Clean-Up
Girl Scout Troop 10765
is working toward the
Bronze Award and seeks
volunteers to help in a
town-wide clean-up set for
April 26 and 27. Participants are asked to pick up
trash, and the Girl Scouts
will collect the bags. To volunteer, sign up at Town Hall
or the Library and get the
bags. For more information, email: gstroop10765@
gmail.com. EXP424
Fishing Derby
The Sandown Conservation Commission is holding
a free Kid’s Fishing Derby
for children ages 2 to 15 on
Saturday, May 3, from 7:30
to 10 a.m. at Sal’s Pond, 45
Main St. Children can win
prizes if they catch fish,
including tickets to Lazer
Craze, Fishercats, Story
Land, Chunky’s, Vertical
Dreams, Six Flags, Funspot,
and Gunstock. The Conservation Commission will be
stocking the pond with
trout. Registration will take
place at Sal’s Pond at 7 a.m.
May 3. For more information,
contact Brianna Butler at
[email protected]. EXP5-1
P A G E 13
Happenings
New Hampshire Federation
of Garden Clubs, Inc. and
National Garden Clubs, Inc.
For more information, visit
Perennials Sought
www.sandowngardenclub.o
The Sandown Garden rg. EXP424
Club holds its annual Plant
Movie
Sale on Saturday, June 7,
and invites residents to have
A movie about Surly the
club members go to their squirrel is offered at the
homes and divide estab- Sandown Public Library on
lished perennials to sell at Wednesday, April 30, at 2
the event. Anyone wishing p.m. EXP424
to have their perennials
Garden Club
divided may call Fran Rosenau at 887-5131. Call early
The Sandown Garden
to schedule a dig, before the Club hosts William Parker
club’s plant quota is of Parker Garden Design
reached. The Sandown Gar- LLC on Monday, May 5, at 7
den Club is a member of the p.m. at the Sandown Recre-
ation Center, Pheasant Run
Drive. He will speak on creating garden landscapes
with ornamental grasses,
massed perennials and
ground covers, and will
address selecting plant
materials that work well in
New England. Parker
Design specializes in indigenous landscape and plant
materials. The Sandown
Garden Club is a non-profit
organization and belongs to
both the New Hampshire
Federation of Garden Clubs,
Inc. and National Garden
Clubs, Inc. For more information, call Audrey at 887-
3743 or visit www.sandowngarden.org. EXP5-1
Story Hour
Story hour is held Tuesdays at 10 a.m. and Thursdays at 3 p.m. at the
Sandown Public Library.
Parents and caregivers are
welcome to bring children
for stories, singing, poems
and a craft. EXP5-8
Cribbage
The Sandown Public
Library offers cribbage and
45s on Tuesdays, May 6 and
May 20, at 6 p.m. Light
refreshments are available.
EXP 5-8
ting Day on Saturday, April
25, from 9 am to noon.
Anyone who would like to
assist in the enhancement of
the formal garden under the
supervision of Master Gardeners is invited to come.
For details, call Dan Weaver
at 679-1808. EXP424
Library Movie
The Sandown Public
Library movie for May will
be shown Monday, May 12,
and features Meryl Streep
and Julia Roberts. Light
refreshments will be served
at the 1 p.m. showing, and
pizza at the 5:30 p.m.
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Budget
but the budget committee
has decided against any
increase and has flatlined
that number at $10,000.
The committee includes
$7,999 less than the selectmen in the plowing overtime line. The committee
argues that plowing overtime should be paid from
the town’s emergency winter operations fund, the
winter road maintenance
capital reserve fund, rather
than out of the regular
budget.
The sum of $60,000
came out of the road agent’s
request in the asphalt line.
The committee argues that
there are two warrant articles asking for a total of
$550,000 for road repairs
and thus an increase in the
asphalt budget is not justifiable.
The committee also disagrees with an additional
$5,000 in the surveying/
engineering line, saying that
historically the sum hasn’t
been completely used each
year. They reduced the proposed number by 50 percent.
Town Meeting is set for
Saturday, May 17, at 9 a.m.
in the multipurpose room.
Along with the budget,
more than 20 warrant articles are set to be decided
upon.
The secret ballot portion
of Town Meeting will take
place from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m.
on Tuesday, May 13.
FINANCIAL
budget, but the budget committee argues that it is wiser
to place the cruiser in a warrant article attached to the
Capital Improvement Plan
(CIP) in order to make that
program viable for the
police department.
The highway budget is
where the most disagreement lies.
Road agent Mike Oleson
asked for an increase of
$10,000 in the road agent
line to keep that amount
more in line with actual
expenditures. The selectmen agreed on a compromise of $5,000 to that line,
P A G E 15
4-H’ers Showcase Culinary
Skills at Foods Festival
Local
4-H
chefs
impressed judges and guests
with their culinary talents at
the recent 4-H Favorite
Foods Festival held at the
Ellis School in Fremont.
The festival is a “Learn
by Doing” educational experience for 4-H youth. The 50
participants displayed their
skills in food preparation,
nutrition knowledge, menu
planning, food safety, and
table setting at the annual
showcase event in the 4-H
Foods, Nutrition, and
Healthy Lifestyles project
area.
The entries were evaluated by volunteer judges.
After the judging, all attendees were in a sampling of
the 4-H’ers dishes and then
voted for their favorites in
each category.
This year’s winners
included: Vegetables/Side
Dishes, Adam Butler of
Derry; Desserts, Nicholas
Burke of Derry; Beverages,
Nick Casey of Chester.
The University of New
Hampshire Cooperative Extension 4-H Youth Development program is offered
to youth between the ages of
5 and 18 through afterschool
programs, camps, teen conferences, and other activities
aimed at expanding knowledge and encouraging community engagement and
leadership. For more infor- Nick Casey of Chester, a member of the Sandown Free Spirits 4-H Club, is congratmation, call 679-5616 or ulated by Joe Drake, 4-H Program Coordinator in Rockingham County, for his
Courtesy photo
Favorite Food Festival winning entry.
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Timberlane School Board Argues About Its Proper Role
MATT RITTENHOUSE
Tri-Town Times
–––– • ––––
SANDOWN - After an
explanation from the Timberlane Regional School District’s director of secondary
education, Scott Strainge,
about a recent multi-discipline curriculum effort at
Timberlane Regional High
School, the Timberlane
Regional School Board criticized member Donna Green
for prompting the meeting
by questioning curriculum.
At a meeting earlier this
month, Green, who represents Sandown on the board,
raised concerns about a
newspaper report on the culminating events of a
“Depression Days” unit.
After several weeks of
Depression era related lessons, the school finished up
with related activities and
Green questioned if they
were grade appropriate.
In response, at the April
17 meeting, superintendent
Earl Metzler brought in
teachers who led the project,
and he provided hundreds of
pages of backup material on
the unit to all nine board
members.
In introducing Strainge,
who was to explain the unit,
Metzler said he had arranged
the presentation because so
many people “just didn’t get
it” when it came to “21st
Century Learning.”
Strainge went into detail
about the unit, its cross discipline nature, and its effort
to get student “buy in” by
presenting multiple avenues
for learning. Strainge had
praise for the group of teachers who put the unit together at the high school and
spoke about the many hours
they worked.
The culmination day is
one day of a three-week unit,
said Strainge, noting it was
filled with lessons, assessments, tests and reflection
by 160 students of mixed
learning levels.
After Strainge’s presentation, Green questioned the
essays included in the back
of the provided packet.
Strainge explained that
they were informal reflections on the unit that aimed
to help students understand
the material and teachers
understand what they may
be able to do differently in
subsequent years.
Green said the short,
hand printed responses were
not 11th grade work. “This
is not acceptable for 11th
grade students,” said Green.
Board chair Nancy Steenson stepped in to say the
board meeting was not the
correct place for Green to air
her concerns or criticize curriculum.
Green responded, “We’ve
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just had a ‘rah rah rah’
speech, and I would like
some parental feedback if I
could. This is what a school
board should do.”
Later Green noted that
the results of Advanced
Placement (AP) History tests
were lackluster and combined with a large investment of time she thought
was not grade appropriate,
there was justification for a
more hands on approach to
curriculum.
“A lack of understanding
is all this is,” Metzler said to
Strainge, referencing Green.
Steenson went on to
argue that the school board
is a policy-making board. “I
don’t know on what authority any of us can evaluate curriculum. I know I can’t,” she
said.
Steenson continued,
“Your comments have been
noted (Green) but this is not
the forum to criticize cur-
riculum. I don’t think you
have the credentials to do so.
As a board, it is our job to
hire the superintendent. It’s
the superintendent’s job to
run the district and hire educational professionals. It is
not our place to criticize the
curriculum.”
School board member
Michael Mascola stepped in
to ask Metzler the purpose of
the large packet they
received.
Metzler said it was the
result of a board member not
understanding the unit. “We
can explain something to
somebody but we can’t
understand it for them,” he
said. “So we wanted to bring
people here - it’s 21st Century Learning at its best. We’re
very proud of your work.”
While Mascola said it
was always great to have
teachers come in to explain
the work they were doing, it
was unnecessary to respond
TOWN OF HAMPSTEAD
NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING
There will be a hearing of the Hampstead Board of Adjustment, May 1, 2014 at 7:00 p.m. in the Town Office Building,
11 Main Street, Hampstead, NH for the following:
To consider the request of Susan Morgan for a Special Exception to the terms of Article IV Section 6 of the Hampstead
Zoning Ordinance to permit a home occupation and for a
Special Exception to the terms of Article IV Section 14.2B to
permit an in-law apartment for property located at 9 Cortland
Rd, E. Hampstead, NH in the Residential Zone, Map 17 Parcel 126. Hearing continued from March.
Discussion with Chief Building Official.
Geoffrey Dowd, Chairman
Hampstead Board of Adjustment
to one board member’s concerns in the way it was done
that night. “You don’t need
to print 300 pages to give me
this information. I appreciate hearing from people
directing the work, but skip
me next time,” said Mascola.
School board member
Russ Collins said he was
embarrassed at the proceedings. Collins said the work
that went into the unit was
impressive and he was sorry
the group had to come to the
board meeting because their
time was valuable.
“It’s a little embarrassing
for myself that you had to
come here,” said Collins.
“The level of scrutiny here is
a bit ridiculous, from my
perspective. I’ve been on the
board for six years and I’ve
never seen anything like this
before. Thank you for coming and I apologize.”
Member Richard Blair
said he appreciated the ways
the teachers were trying to
engage students and wished
he had similar teachers
when he was young. He
asked if there was a way to
evaluate the effectiveness of
the kind of program presented.
Strainge said various assessments were done to help
teachers understand the
unit’s effectiveness and
revise the program going forward.
Steenson concluded the
discussion by reiterating her
earlier points and stating
that if a board member has a
concern with how the
schools are run, the board
meeting is not the place for
it. She suggested that the
superintendent be contacted
privately. “I will not have
this going forward,” she said.
TOWN OF CHESTER
PUBLIC HEARING
The Chester Planning Board will hold a Public Hearing on
Wednesday, May 7, 2014 at 7:45 P.M. in the Meeting Room
at the Municipal Office Building, 84 Chester Street to act on
the following:
1. The Site Plan Review Application of the Town of Chester
Fire Department for the addition of a garage at 27 Murphy
Drive (Map 005-019-002).
These documents can be viewed during regular business
hours in the Town Clerk's Office, Board of Selectmen's Office
and the Planning Board Office at the Municipal Office Building. Questions and/or comments should be directed to the
Planning Board Office.
Brian Sullivan
Chairman
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