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COVERING THE TOWNS OF THE UPPER CONNECTICUT RIVER VALLEY
FRIDAY, APRIL 27, 2012
603-246-8998
VOL. 12, NO. 42
Balsams’ Owners To Auction Contents On May 12
By Donna Jordan
It was announced this week
that a huge, absolute auction
will be held on May 12 to liquidate the entire contents of the
Balsam Grand Resort Hotel in
Dixville Notch prior to a largescale reconstruction of the property.
According to the website for
northcountry-auctions.com,
“everything must go” from the
historic property, including over
300 pieces of complete bedroom
sets, dining room furniture,
banquet items, bedding, linens
and towels, the contents of the
kitchen, bakery, salon and spa,
bar and lounge furniture, equipment, tools, the entire contents
of the biomass plant, including
generators, plus one of the first
ski lifts that had been installed
at the Wilderness Ski Area, 96chair lifts and cables. (Two
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State Senator John Gallus
Will Not Seek Reelection
“Everything must go” in the May 12 auction of the contents of the Balsams Grand Resort Hotel, including all of the bedroom sets, top left, all of the hotel furniture, top right and bottom left, and one of
the original ski lifts, bottom right. Courtesy photos.
N.H. State Senator John
Gallus, R, announced yesterday
he will not seek re-election this
year.
“It has been a great honor to
have represented the people of
State Senate District 1. My wife
Peggy and I enjoyed traveling
across the North Country,
meeting new friends, and doing
what was in the best interest of
our constituents,” said Gallus
in his statement. “After 10
years in this role and accomplishing so much, I feel it’s time
for someone new to continue in
the quest for a better North
Visiting The Home Of Red Sox On
Fenway Park’s 100th Anniversary
On Tuesday evening, April 24, N.H. State Police responded to a
motor vehicle rollover on Rte. 3 in Stratford. They subsequently
arrested the driver and charged her with Driving While Intoxicated. The driver received only minor injuries and crawled out of
the car on her own. Further details can be found in this week’s
N.H. State Police report on page 3. Sarah Cummings photo.
Paul Amey To Headline
2012 Fiddle Fest June 24
It was announced this week
that the third annual GrayMist
Fiddle Fest will feature fiddler
Paul Amey along with the Back
Shed String Band and Uncommon Folk as the headline entertainment at this year’s outdoor
music fest, scheduled for Sunday, June 24.
The popular Back Shed
String Band/Uncommon Folk
will combine their multiple instruments and harmonies on
stage, bringing a lot of fun entertainment mixed with some
bluegrass, original tunes, classic Country, old-time, and folk
music. They have been playing
for audiences since 1996. Featuring Dave Choate on mandolin, Mary Choate on guitar and
vocals, Tom Bishop on frailingstyle banjo, bass and vocals,
Samantha Amey on a big
thumpin’ bass, guitar and vocals, and featuring Paul Amey
on fiddle.
The festival opens at 12 noon
with a flag-raising ceremony
and the Fireside Fiddlers performing the “National Anthem.”
The Fireside Fiddlers will then
lead off the performance with
some rousing reels and jigs,
setting the stage for an exciting
By Donna Jordan
On the eve of Fenway Park’s
100th anniversary, almost
54,000 Red Sox fans had what is
being hailed as an
“unprecedented access” to the
park. Among those fans was a
local family from West Stewartstown, who made the trip to
Boston on April 19.
Alden Uran’s favorite sports
team is the Red Sox, and as a
fan, he receives emails of upcoming games and events. One
of those emails told him about
the open day, so Alden and his
wife, Lori, made a day trip to
Boston with their children, Michael Pinet, Michael’s girlfriend Fenway Park was all decked out for its 100th anniversary celebraAnne-Julie Letarte, Jamie Uran tion and Open House on April 19. Lori Uran photo.
and her friend Marion Fuller,
and Ashley Uran. Lori told the
Chronicle there were in awe of
how many people were at the
park for the open house.
“Anyone could go for free into
the park, and everything in the
park was free except for food,”
she said, including face painting, balloons, caricatures, and
players like Kevin Millar signing autographs with fans getting pictures of him. She said
they could see current player
Dustin Pedroia and some older,
retired players as well, who
were all signing autographs.
“Mike Lowe (a retired third
baseman) was in the field taking pictures, and Wally was all
over the place,” said Lori.
“Ashley had waited in line al(Continued on page 7) Marion Fuller, left, and Jamie Uran in front of one of the older Red
Sox signs inside of Fenway Park. Lori Uran photo.
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Balsams
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newer lifts and chairs will remain in place.) The lift will be
sold first, and each chair will be
sold as a separate item. There
are no minimum bids required
on any items to be sold.
North Country Auctions,
situated in Tamworth, is overseeing the May 12 auction,
which starts at 9 a.m. A preview is planned for Thursday
and Friday, May 10 and 11,
from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. The auction house notes that it has
been commissioned by the owners of the Balsams Grand Resort to “liquidate the contents
of this historic landmark” and
that buyers will have an opportunity to own a piece of history,
which includes the hotel’s antiques and collectibles.
The contents of the First in
the Nation ballot room, plus the
voting booths, will not be a part
of the auction. The hotel has
hosted the First in the Nation
primary voting at midnight
every four years during a Presidential election, with a voting
booth set up for each registered
voter in the town of Dixville.
Wall displays feature photos
and memorabilia from past
candidates who visited the hotel during a campaign stop—
many of those photographs
were taken by local photographers. “The other thing they
are really holding out on selling
is all the photos and paintings
(on hotel walls),” said Charlie
Ames of the auction house.
“When they rebuild the wing,
they are going to use all of
those to redecorate.” He said
“you never know” what kind of
price the items might fetch.
“We’ve done these in the past,
and sometimes some items go
cheap and some items go crazy.
We expect to draw in a lot of
people from all over, some who
have stayed here in the past
who would like a piece of the
Balsams. We are advertising
local and in the Boston area
too, so we are hoping to draw
some people in from that area.
I’m also hoping that we draw in
a lot of the smaller hotels that
want to remodel, because some
of the bedroom sets just came
in two months ago,” he said.
Friday, April 27, 2012
“We can’t sell mattress sets, but
we sell the bedroom sets and
give them the mattress sets.
There may not have been anybody who stayed on them, because the hotel closed two
months after they were installed in the rooms,” he said.
Among the more historic
items to be sold is a 1967 fire
truck. Ames also said there
have been a lot of “discoveries”
in the attic of the hotel. “There
are some neat little finds, like a
nice old copper washing machine. It’s beautiful. And a nice,
really old barber chair that was
part of the hotel years ago,” said
Ames. There also is, he said, a
“lot” of wicker furniture. One
other item not for sale, however,
are the theater seats. “They are
going to use those in the new
theater.”
Ames said that while he has
been at the hotel preparing for
the auction during the past 10
days, he is still finding items to
sell. “The place is so huge, with
all the tunnels, and it goes into
different rooms. It’s amazing,”
he said. “We’re still going
through it and we will be all
next week.” He urged that anyone interested in buying should
stop in during the preview on
May 10 and 11 because there
are so many items to look over.
From the Wind Whistle
House, Ames said, they will be
selling all the items from the
employee rooms and the kitchen
area where employees had their
meals. “We’re going to draw in a
lot of local people who worked
here years ago,” said Ames.
“They might want to buy something just to remember—
whether it’s a vase of whatever.”
There also are rolls of brand
new carpeting, still packaged
up, that was never opened and
laid down, he said. “And the
lighting will be auctioned—
some overhead, plus tons of
lamps, including glass lamps.”
The hotel’s telephone system
will also be sold, including an
old switchboard from years ago
that was found in the attic. And
the boiler room plant that will
be auctioned, said Ames, “could
run a whole town, the way it
was set up.”
The hotel was purchased in
December by Dan Hebert and
Dan Dagesse, two local men
who plan to tear down 400,000-
square-feet of the hotel, which
includes the biomass plant and
the former Tillotson Rubber
factory, plus the Wind Whistle
house. Approximately 80,000saure-feet of new additions
plus a new parking area will
then be constructed. Following
the remediation of hazardous
materials, demolition is expected to begin shortly after.
The entire project is expected
to take about a year, with an
expected grand opening in July
2013.
Fiddle Fest
afternoon and evening of music. At 2 p.m., the Isley Mist
Ceili will perform the music of
Scotland, Ireland and Cape
Breton. With nine members of
the Fireside Fiddlers and 13
members in the Isley Mist
Ceili, plus the headline bands
and the musicians who are welcome to come play on stage in
between performances, there
will be a lot of music for everyone to enjoy.
After the Back Shed String
Band/Uncommon Folk concert
at around 5 p.m., the evening
will finish with a rousing sessions onstage, with all musicians—including anyone from
the audience who has an instrument or a voice, to join the
session for as long as there is a
musician on stage.
Numerous vendors have
already begun to sign up for
this year’s festival. Crafters,
artisans, food vendors, anyone
interested in displaying or selling their wares are encouraged
to visit the festival’s website at
www.graymistfiddlefest.com, or
by calling 636-1294. (Vendor
space is $15 for non-food, $30
for food sales.) Musicians—
fiddlers and others—are encouraged to pre-register on the
website, as well. Last-minute
registrations will be accepted
on the day of the festival only if
there is space available in the
schedule. The Master of Ceremonies this year will once
again feature Steve Bissonnette of Lancaster, who took on
the post starting last year.
The Fiddle Fest is held at
the GrayMist Farm on the
Fiddler Paul Amey (left) will be headlining this year’s GrayMist Fiddle Fest in Groveton on Sunday,
June 24 along with the Back Shed String Band (right) and Uncommon Folk. Isley Mist Ceili and the
Fireside Fiddlers will also be in the lineup. Local musicians can play by registering online at
www.graymistfiddlefest.com. Courtesy photos.
Brown Road (off Rte. 3) in
Groveton. (There are two entrances to Brown Road—both
will be marked with large signs
for the festival.) The festival
was started as a fiddle contest
in Stark many years ago as a
fundraiser for town projects
and ultimately moved to the
Lancaster Fairgrounds, where
it continued under the name
Stark Fiddlers’ Contest. In
2010, the Lancaster Fair board
of directors decided to not host
the fiddlers’ contest, and a
group of area musicians and
their families combined to continue hosting a fiddle festival,
rather than a contest, at the
sprawling and scenic GrayMist
Farm. The festival is held in
partnership with the Groveton
Regional Economic Action
Team (GREAT), which has provided much-needed volunteers
and other assistance as well.
The day before the Fiddle
fest, on June 23, GREAT is
hosting its annual Paddlefest.
This year, Paddlefest is joining
with the Northern Forest Heritage Park in Berlin to create
River Days. Registration for
the Paddlefest takes place on
the Guildhall Common, which
is also the finish for the event.
The Guildhall Flyers, the Connecticut River Artisans Group
and the Fireside Fiddlers will
be featured entertainment on
the common that day. For more
information on the Paddlefest,
contact GREAT at 636-0165, or
visit www.greatnh.org.
Media
Angela Wheeler
ANGELA WHEELER JOINS
CHRONICLE STAFF
Angela “Angie” Wheeler has
joined the staff of the Cole-
brook Chronicle as a reporter/
photographer. Angie will be
covering events within the
Chronicle’s coverage area from
Pittsburg to Groveton.
A native of the North Country, she is a 2008 graduate of
Canaan Memorial High School.
She is currently also taking
classes through the Community College of Vermont. Angie
resides in Beecher Falls, Vt.
Angie began preparing for
her position at the Chronicle by
helping cover the New Hampshire Primary for the Chronicle
in February.
“I’m happy to be able to
cover the area I grew up in and
see the next generation of
young people involved in projects through the schools and in
the community,” she said.
Besides photographing
events for the newspaper, she
will also be filming the events
she covers for inclusion in the
weekly Video News of the
Week, posted on the Chronicle’s website every Friday.
Chronicle Video
www.colebrookchronicle.com
VIDEO NEWS OF THE
WEEK FOR APRIL 27, 2012
In its lead story this week,
the Colebrook Chronicle reports
that an auction will be held on
May 12 to liquidate the entire
contents of the Balsams Grand
Resort Hotel in Dixville Notch.
This will be prior to the large
reconstruction of the property
we reported on last week. According to a website set up for
the auction, everything must go
from the historic property.
The iconic Fenway Park,
celebrated its 100th anniversary last week, seeing almost 54
thousand Red Sox fans turned
out to visit the park. Among the
fans who visited the legendary
sports arena during the centennial week was a local family
from West Stewartstown, who
traveled to Boston on April 19
to join the festivities.
State Senator John Gallus
announced yesterday that he
will not seek re-election this
year. Our video report includes
archive footage of Gallus greeting constituents in parades.
The North Country is preparing for the third annual
GrayMist Fiddle Fest at the
GrayMist farm in Groveton,
which will be held on Sunday,
June 24. The festival opens at
12 noon and the headline performer will be fiddler Paul
Amey along with members of
the Back Shed String Band and
Uncommon Folk, who we include video of performing at
First Night in St. J.
In other music news, The
April Verch Band is returning
to the North Country on Monday, April 30. Verch’s bluegrass
trio was the first professional
band and one of the biggest
draws to the Tillotson Center
under the sponsorship of the
Great North Woods Committee
for the Arts.
Also, Chronicle reporter Angie Wheeler provides video of a
story hour event at the Colebrook Library and sports reporter Liz Carney captured
some of the baseball and softball action in Pittsburg.
—Thomas Jordan
Video Editor
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Police, EMS Reports
COLEBROOK
POLICE DEPT.
On April 18, at 7:33 p.m.,
Colebrook police received a call
from a person that had lent
money to someone else for a
fishing trip, the other person
was not going on the fishing
trip after all and was not returning the money to the caller.
Colebrook police are investigating. At 9:29 p.m., police investigated a report that an intoxicated male was at a residence
and would not leave.
Colebrook police received a call
from DCYF for a welfare check
in reference to a report that a
man held a gun to a woman
and a child’s head and DCYF
was looking for background
history on the individuals. At
3:30 p.m., Colebrook police responded to the Rite Aid store
where a male was seen entering the store with a visible pistol on his side. The caller was
advised that the male would
need to have a permit to have
the gun. Officers investigated
and were provided with a permit from the individual.
On April 21, police investigated a possible vandalism
when a caller reported that
someone had shot out a window
at his residence. After an investigation police determined that
it was caused by a rock going
through the window when the
caller was mowing the lawn. At
10:13 p.m., Colebrook police
were called to the Wilderness
Restaurant to help remove patrons who were refusing to
leave; a staff member wanted
them to leave to avoid a fight.
Police gave one person a ride
home, and two others went to
the Dispatch Center to ask
where their friend was. State
Police advised the friend was at
home.
COLEBROOK FIRE DEPT.
On April 17, at approximately 10:30 a.m., the department responded to a brush fire
on Cooper Hill. One engine and
crew responded to the fire and
were back in the station at 11
a.m.
the department responded to a
cooler door that was sparking
at the Big Apple store. The
department located the problem and shut off the circuit
breaker. The department was
back in service at 11:56 a.m.
NORTHUMBERLAND
POLICE DEPT.
On Monday, April 16, at
approximately 7:48 a.m., police
took a report of criminal mischief from 19 West Street.
On Wednesday, April 18, at
approximately 9:12 p.m., police
were called to respond to the
Coos Pit stop for a female with
young children who appeared
to be very intoxicated. Police
found Katrina Allin, 30, of
Groveton at the checkout
counter having a very difficult
time standing and unable to
talk for anyone to really understand. An ambulance was
called to transport her to the
hospital and family members
were called to come for the children. The incident remains
under investigation.
On Thursday, April 19, at
approximately 1:26 p.m., police
received a report from Jill Normand of damage done to a
fence allegedly by some juveniles putting a picnic table up
against the fence. At approximately 3:50 p.m., police arrested Keith Matthews, 50, of
Lancaster for operating after
suspension. He was released on
$500 personal recognizance
bail with a court date of May
21. At approximately 9:40 p.m.,
police arrested Hanna Levett,
26, of Groveton for operating on
suspended license plates. She
was released on $250 personal
recognizance bail with a May
21 court date.
On Friday, April 20, at approximately 9:48 p.m., police
were called to an accident on
the Stratford Road involving a
deer. Police determined that
Joel Mullins, 30, of Newmarket
was headed north on the Stratford road when a deer came
from the side of road into the
vehicle, causing moderate damage to the vehicle. No injuries
were reported. At approximately 11 p.m., police were
called to 83 State St., the home
of Roger and Laura Dickson,
for a reported fight between
two males. Upon arrival police
took information from those
who were present. The incident
is under investigation. At approximately 7:35 p.m., Roger
Dickson of Groveton turned
himself in on a warrant for
simple assault pertaining to
the previous incident. He was
released on $250 personal recognizance bail with a May 21
court date.
On Saturday, April 21, at
approximately 9 p.m., police
arrested Paula Langkau, 43, on
Central Ave. on multiple warrants—two bench warrants out
of Littleton District Court and
a third from the Littleton Police Dept. She was processed on
the first two warrants and was
then turned over to Littleton
Police for processing on the
third warrant. At approximately 11:15 p.m., police took a
report from Cliff Maple of Marietta Lane that someone allegedly threw a cinder block on
the windshield of his car. Police
took pictures of the damage
and collected information from
the victim of a possible suspect.
The incident remains under
investigation.
On Sunday, April 22, at approximately 8:19 a.m., police
responded to 118 Old Village
Road to take a report of Criminal Mischief. Police talked with
West Woodworth and Sharnna
Howland. They reported that
when they woke up the morning they found the door open
and a broken window. Nothing
was found to be missing. The
incident remains under investigation. At approximately 3
p.m., Phil Gagnon, 24, of
Groveton turned himself in on
a warrant for simple assault
from a previous incident. He
was released on $250 personal
recognizance bail with a May
21 court date.
LITTLETON
POLICE DEPT.
the Littleton Police Dept. arrested Paula Jean Langkau,
43, of Groveton on two counts
of theft from a building. Bail
was set at $2,000 personal recognizance, with a court date of
May 8.
N.H. STATE POLICE
Around 6:45 on Tuesday
night, N.H. State Police responded to a motor vehicle rollover accident on Rte. 3 in
Stratford.
According to Trooper Quartulli, the driver involved, Bonnie Cox of Stratford, was the
only occupant in the vehicle.
He reports that following an
investigation, Cox was arrested
and charged with Driving
While Intoxicated. Trooper
Quartulli said that Cox was
traveling north on Rte. 3 when
it appears, based on roadway
markings, that she was traveling at the edge of the roadway.
He said there were tire marks
on the dirt at the very edge
where the pavement ends and
the soft shoulder begins. He
said he believes that she overcorrected, causing her to fishtail or spin out, before hitting
the grass off the shoulder, rolling the car onto its roof. Cox
was able to climb out of the
vehicle before rescue crews
arrived. She complained of pain
on her left fingers, which were
bandaged, and there were no
visible injuries. She refused
further medical treatment. Her
court appearance is on May 3
at Colebrook Circuit Court.
The Groveton Fire and
Stratford Hollow Fire both responded to the accident, along
with state police and the
Groveton Ambulance. The vehicle was towed from the scene.
N.H. ATTORNEY GENERAL
N.H. Attorney General Michael A. Delaney, N.H. State
Police Col. Robert Quinn and
Lancaster Police Chief John
Gardiner announce that the
Chief Medical Examiner has
completed his examination of
the three bodies found in Lancaster on April 17.
David Collins, 44, of 43 Wesson Road, died of a gunshot
wound to the head and a gunshot wound to the abdomen.
Two bullets were recovered
from his body. The manner of
his death was homicide.
The other two bodies were
found within a burned-out
camper/pick-up truck in the
driveway of 53 Wesson Rd. in
Lancaster. This address is the
home of Eugene and Elena Sly,
both age 64. One of the bodies
found in the camper was positively identified, through dental and medical records, as that
of Eugene (Gene) Sly. The
other body could not be positively identified, but is that of a
female and, based upon all the
facts and circumstances, is pre-
At 12:32 p.m. on April 19, a call came into the Cookshire-Eaton
Fire Dept. for a grass fire at the Ferme Madeleo, Inc., at 3665 Rte.
251 Johnville, Que. The department dispatched the Johnville station to the scene along with the Cookshire station and a water
tanker from Sawyerville. Upon arrival, firefighters found about 25
acres burning with flames quickly heading towards the house.
They quickly began to protect the house and, due to quick thinking
by area farmers, they began to circle the burning field with tractors
pulling disc harrows. This made a strip of fresh dirt that the fire
couldn’t cross, giving firefighters a chance to bring the blaze under
control. Corey Bellam photo.
sumed to be Elena Sly. The
cause and manner of the Slys’
death is currently undetermined, due to the condition of
the bodies.
The investigation has revealed that Eugene Sly shot
and killed David Collins in the
front hallway of Collins’ home
at approximately 3 a.m. on
April 17. Sly then ran towards
his home at 53 Wesson Road,
and the fire in the camper was
observed shortly thereafter.
A .38 caliber revolver was
found within the burned-out
camper, which is consistent
with the weapon used to kill
David Collins.
The State Fire Marshal’s
office is investigating the cause
and origin of the fire in the
camper, but has not yet
reached a final determination
in this matter. The N.H. State
Police Major Crime Unit also
continues to investigate.
VT. STATE POLICE
On April 24, at approximately 1:53 a.m., Vt. State Police responded to 1069 River
Rd. in Beecher Falls, Vt., in
reference to a family fight.
Trooper Rajesh Hailey reports he met with Kimberly
Witham who advised she had
punched her partner, Deborah
Crossman, in self defense after
allegedly being punched by
Crossman in the car while on
the way home from Colebrook.
Crossman had obvious signs of
injury at which time she advised she was assaulted on the
ride home from Colebrook.
Crossman was found to have a
warrant out of Carroll County
and was lodged at the Northern
State Correctional Facility in
St. Johnsbury, Vt., on $1,000
bail. She will appear in St.
Johnsbury Court on May 21.
45TH PARALLEL EMS
Paramedic Judy Weatherwax-Knight conducted training
on the Zoll monitor/defibrillator
and lead placement for cardiac
monitoring. Congratulations to
Alberta Flanders, a student in
the Gorham/Colebrook EMT-B
class, who successfully passed
her National Registry computer test and NH EMS practical exam. Alberta will be a part
time employee for the 45th Parallel EMS as an EMT-Basic.
Ginger Wharem EMTIntermediate and Kathleen
Domanico EMT-Intermediate
have also been hired to be part
time employees.
The following is the activity
report for April 15-21.
On April 15, at 12:38 p.m., the
department responded Colebrook
for a fire standby. One patient
refused transport. At 5:12 p.m., the
department responded to Colebrook
for a medical emergency. The patient was transported to UCVH. At
10:23 p.m., the department responded to Stewartstown for a
medical emergency. The patient
refused transport.
for a medical emergency. The patient was transported to UVCH. At
8:48 p.m., the department responded to Clarksville for a medical emergency. The patient was
transported to UCVH. At 9:17 p.m.,
the department responded to
Clarksville for a paramedic intercept. The ambulance was cancelled
while en route.
On April 17, at 8:18 a.m., the
department responded to UCVH to
transport a patient to their home in
Clarksville. At 3:53 p.m., the department responded to Clarksville
for a medical emergency. The patient was transported to UCVH.
On April 18, at 5:14 a.m., the
department responded to Beecher
Falls, Vt., for a medical emergency.
The patient was transported to
UCVH.
department responded to UCVH
for a transfer to Androscoggin Valley Hospital. At 4:04 p.m., the department responded to Androscoggin Valley Hospital for a transfer to
UCVH.
for a medical emergency. The patient was transported to UCVH. At
4:30 p.m., the department responded to UCVH for a transfer to
Catholic Medical Center.
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View From The
45th Parallel
The Way We Were...
Big Changes At The Balsams
One would be hard pressed to find a family in the
region which didn’t have at least one relative who has
worked at the Balsams. This editor’s mother and two
sisters both worked there at one time. It’s our guess
that if you went through most homes in the North
Country, you’d find tucked away some souvenir
brought home from the grand hotel of Dixville Notch—
a post card, a brochure, maybe even a discarded dish
or matchcover.
As we report this week, the biggest assortment of
Balsams memorabilia ever let loose on the public is
about to happen as the new owners are literally clearing the decks to start fresh when the rejuvenated hotel
reopens sometime next year. We know that there will
be those who say the gutting of the furnishings and
trappings of the place will erase the very character
that made the Balsams what it was to so many. We
already heard some shock expressed by folks when
they saw the artist’s rendering of what the hotel will
look like when it appeared on our front page last week.
But if the truth be known the Balsams is a hotel,
not a museum. It’s old-school charm prompted less and
less people to frequent it over recent years and recent
management regimes seemed unable to stop the erosion in patronage as “regulars” died off, no longer being replaced by a younger generation.
The “two Dannys” are taking a gamble and we’re
sure it’s not their first time entering uncertain territory. They are betting that a new place with a fresh
new look will bring the grand old dame of Dixville
Notch into the 21st Century, rather than keeping one
foot lagging in the 19th as it has for generations.
We wish them well in their gamble and we know
we’ll be out there to watch when the Balsams we knew
is dispersed and a new era is officially launched. And
we bet a lot of our North Country neighbors will be
there too, if for only to have an opportunity to have
one last look around the place before something new
replaces it—hopefully for the better.
Charles J. Jordan
P.O. Box 263 • Colebrook, NH 03576.
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Editor: Charles J. Jordan; Publisher: Donna Jordan;
Reporter/Photographer: Angela Wheeler
Sports Reporter/Photographer: Liz Carney;
Sports Photographer: Tina McKenzie;
Canadian Correspondent: Corey Bellam;
Video Editor: Thomas Jordan
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Associates, established 1985.
Recognize any of these youngsters? Charlie Jordan took this photo 25 years ago, in the spring of 1987.
These four youngsters who were part of a “Kauai Our Hawaii” presentation by the NH. Dance Academy in the Colebrook gym. Participants included area youngsters who were members of Eleanor
March’s dance class.
Letters
Letter to the Editors:
Colebrook Downtown Development Association Design
Committee would like to bring
awareness to the ongoing façade program, funded by the
Tillotson North Country Foundation.
The façade grant covers a
portion of new signage, enhancing the façade of your building,
with new windows, painting or
other noticeable improvements
to your building. The application is simple, asking for the
amount of improvements or
signage, and so forth. At this
time, we award these grants to
businesses located in downtown
areas, though would like to
keep a record of all business
improvements over the year.
In the past few months, we
have awarded sign grants to
Liebl Printing and Bridge
Street Gym; window contest
winners have been Collins Insurance and Moose Muck Café;
as well as recognition of façade
improvements by the Crooked
Chimney.
To pick up CDDA’s façade
application, contact Sandra
Riendeau at Any Blooming
Thing, Terry Hurlbert or Liebl
Printing at 82 Main St. CDDA
is also promoting “Clean Up
Day” for May 5, making our
town a cleaner place to be.
Sandra Riendeau
Design Committee
Chairman
Colebrook Downtown
Development Association
Last week when Canadian correspondent Corey Bellam stopped to
drop off a Chronicle at the home of Leona Warburton of Sawyerville, Que., he was greeted at the door by a dog by the name of Little Bit—a two-and-a-half-year-old Dachshund. While Corey was
sitting visiting with Mrs. Warburton, Little Bit hopped up on the
chair, sat up with her back firmly on the backrest and appeared to
be checking out the paper. “He is the smallest Chronicle reader in
my area,” Corey noted. Corey Bellam photo.
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Gallus
N.H. State Senator John Gallus
announced yesterday that he
will not be seeking reelection.
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Country and a stronger Granite State. Make no mistake
about it, while I am not running for re-election to the N.H.
State Senate, I will remain
active in my community and
the state in the future.”
Governor John Lynch said of
Gallus, “Senator Gallus is a
North Country institution. He
has been a strong voice for New
Hampshire's North Country,
working hard to do what he
thought best for his constituents, and the entire state of
New Hampshire. I have enjoyed working with Senator
Gallus, and I wish him the very
best.”
U.S. Congressman Charlie
Bass also issued a statement
about Senator Gallus yesterday: “I’ve had the opportunity
to work with Senator Gallus for
more than a decade, and there
is no stronger advocate for the
North Country fighting to improve the region’s economy and
preserve the area’s natural
resources. Senator Gallus has
been an effective champion for
his constituents, and I wish
John and his wife Peggy all the
best as they begin the next
chapter in their lives.”
Senator Gallus was elected
to the State Senate in 2002.
Prior to serving in the Senate,
he was a two-term state representative. Senator Gallus resides in Berlin and is the owner
of Gallus and Green Realty.
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Lunch Menus
CANAAN
April 30-May 4
LUNCH: Mon.: Chicken Caesar
salad, applesauce, dinner roll.
Tues.: Baked potato bar, dinner
roll, Earth Day bars. Wed.:
Grilled cheese sandwich, vegetable soup. Thurs.: Wheat spaghetti, meat or garden sauce,
salad, garlic breadsticks. Fri.:
Sweet and sour chicken, veggie
fried rice, harvest muffin, Man-
darin orange cups.
COLEBROOK
April 30-May 4
BREAKFAST: Mon.: Cereal.
Tues.: Waffles. Wed.: Scone.
Thurs.: Pancakes. Fri.: Bagels.
LUNCH: Mon.: Macaroni and
cheese, bread, broccoli, French
mix, colossal cookie. Tues.:
Chicken dippers, rice pilaf, roll,
mixed veg., peaches. Wed.:
Chicken patty, fries, salad,
Bavarian cream. Thurs.: Taco,
salad, Mandarin oranges,
chocolate cake. Fri.: Grinder,
salad, chips, fruit.
GROVETON
ELEMENTARY
April 30-May 4
Cheese or pepperoni pizza, carrot sticks, hummus dip.
GROVETON
HIGH SCHOOL
April 30-May 4
Calzones, carrot sticks, hummus dip.
.
STARK
April 30-May 4
STRATFORD
April 30-May 4
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Left photo: From left, Alden Uran, Jamie Uran, Lori Uran, Ashley Uran, Anne-Julie Letarte and Michael Pinet in front of a wall of Fenway Park signs during the 100th anniversary week open house
held last week at the park in Boston. Marion Fuller photo. Right photo: The Uran family signed a
Happy Birthday book when they first entered the park. Lori Uran photo.
Green Monster, went into the decorating Fenway Park, and
Fenway Park
dugout, the locker room and the number 100 written in the
the broadcast booth, said Lori. field. And throughout the park
“Some of the lines were mad- there were numerous displays
dening. We arrived at 10 a.m. on the walls depicting 100
and didn’t leave until 7 p.m. It
of players and banners.”
most an hour for his autograph, was supposed to end at 7, but years
It
was
really worth the long
but by the time they got to her, there were still people in line drive down,”
said Lori, adding
Wally had to leave, and she waiting to go into the park,” that the family
came home
was devastated. One of the she said. “It was more people with numerous collector’s
security people saw that, went than they anticipated. It was that they had purchased atitems
the
and got Wally out of the crowd, absolutely a wonderful day,” park.
brought Ashley out onto the she said.
According to former sports
field, and she got her picture
The many photographs she and news correspondent Saul
taken with him.”
got of the day showed numerthe author of Fenway
The family took a tour of the ous 100th anniversary banners Wisnia,
Park: The Centennial, it was a
bittersweet day when Fenway
Park opened on April 20,
1912—just days following the
Titanic disaster (survivor
names were a part of daily
newspapers following the sinking of the ship and the grand
opening of Fenway Park competed for newspaper space
among the Titanic disaster
coverage), and the excitement
of Boston’s first steel and concrete ballpark was subdued.
That didn’t stop thousands of
fans from arriving for the opening day game featuring host
team the Red Sox and visiting
team the New York Highlanders, playing in Fenway’s first
major league game. The Red
Sox won the game that day on
a single in the 11th inning,
with a score of 7-6.
Ashley Uran got a big hug from
Wally during a visit to Fenway
Park’s 100th anniversary week
open house on April 19. Lori
Uran photo.
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Education
The Canaan Schools chorus rehearse for the upcoming play, The Wizard of Oz. For the first time in
over 25 years, Canaan Memorial Schools will be presenting a musical production under the direction
of Melanie Reese. The play, written by L. Frank Baum, is twisting, twirling and touching down in Canaan on Friday, May 4 and Saturday, May 5 at the Canaan Schools gymnasium beginning at 7 p.m.
Courtesy photo.
“YELLOW BRICK ROAD”
AT CANAAN SCHOOLS
For the first time in over 25
years, Canaan Memorial
Schools will be presenting a
musical production, which is
under the direction of Melanie
Reese.
The greatest family musical
of all time, “The Wizard of Oz,”
based on the book by L. Frank
Baum, is twisting, twirling and
touching down in Canaan on
Friday, May 4 and Saturday,
May 5 at the Canaan Schools
gymnasium, beginning at 7 p.m.
This timeless classic comes
to life on the Canaan stage,
complete with all your favorite
characters: Dorothy, Scarecrow,
the Cowardly Lion, Tinman,
Glinda the Good Witch, the
Wicked Witch, the Wizard and
even Toto. The Munchkins will
help transport you from a farm
in Kansas over the rainbow to
the Land of Oz.
On your journey with the
cast to see the powerful Wizard,
encounter crows that sing,
fields of poppies, flying monkeys that do the Wicked Witch’s
bidding, trees that talk, and
other memorable characters
that will wrap you in their
magic and carry you with them
to the realization that “there is
no place like home.”
Featuring the classic songs
as composed by Harold Arlen
and E. Y. Harburg, “Over the
Rainbow,” “Ding Dong the
Witch is Dead,” “If I Only Had
A Brain,” and “We’re Off To See
The Wizard” along with all the
beloved characters, “The Wizard of Oz” will have the entire
family captivated as they travel
down the yellow brick road for
an unforgettable evening at the
theater.
Live music will be provided
by local talent including Sharon
Pearson on piano, Talan Bryant, who is also musical director
for the production, on trumpet,
Cecil Hikel, another well-known
musician, on trumpet, Dana
Tillinghast on clarinet and bass
clarinet, Johanna Schillemat on
French horn, Eric Phillips, a
Canaan alumni, on tenor saxophone and Bridger DeWitt on
drums will all perform the musical score.
Tickets are available for $8
and may be reserved by calling
Ginette Ladd at (802) 266-8910.
VT. TECH
HONORS CONVOCATION
Vt. Technical College celebrated its third annual Student
Honors Convocation on April
12, honoring top students for
their scholarly and athletic successes. This relatively new tradition at Vt. Tech showcases the
growing number of Vt. Tech
students who distinguish themselves in exceptional ways.
Academic Dean Patricia
Menchini opened Convocation
with the presentation of the
Honor Society Awards, recognizing students elected to the
college’s three honor societies:
Sigma Phi Alpha, Phi Theta
Kappa, and Tau Alpha Pi.
Local students include Susan
M. Ladd Phi Theta Kappa candidate and Suzanne N. Isabelle
Phi Theta Kappa candidate of
Canaan, Vt.
GROVETON MIDDLE/HIGH
SCHOOL HONOR ROLL
High Honors
Grade 6: Christina Asher; Cody
Charron. Grade 7: Noah Covill;
Corey Gadwah; Amy Plambeck;
Austin Woodward. Grade 8:
Cassady Brown; Christian
Guay; Daniel Mundell; Jenna
Randall. Grade 9: Alyssa
Blodgett; Sean Rainville. Grade
10: Sadie Conroy; Daniel Gadwah; Erin Hamilton. Grade 11:
Erica Langkau; Kailene Laundry; Marrie Rachlen; Jessica
Russell. Grade 12: Mallory
Walling.
Honors
Grade 6: Matthew Guay;
Michael Jiang; Christian Simpson. Grade 7: William Armstrong; Colin Canton; Kiera
Deblois; Daegan Lurvey;
Ruthanne Murray; Jennifer
Ravens; Reid Styles; Haley
Watson; Zeek Witt. Grade 8:
Danielle Bilodeau; Gage Charron; Julius Peel; Spencer Shannon. Grade 9: Tatum Hudson;
Nathan Tetreault. Grade 10:
Lydia Donovan; Jeremy Green;
Natalie Hakey; Ashley Hicks;
Brandon Joy; Vincent Rodden;
Katie Watson. Grade 11: Kyle
Rainville. Grade 12: Terrence
Bedell; Paige Benoit; Vyktoria
Boyle; Tyler Burt; Kayla
Collins; Jonathan Fontaine;
Paul Frizzell; Brian Holbrook;
Jordan Hudson; Sean Irving;
Jamie Kay; Shauna Randall;
Brian Vetanze.
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CANAAN SENIORS NEWS
On Wednesday, April 18,
after dinner the Canaan Seniors enjoyed playing Bingo. The
winners were Imelda Gosselin
(2), Therese Merrill (2), Pauline
Jalbert (2), Marie-PauleMarchand and Louisette
Thibeault. Blackout was won by
Ray Lanctot. The 50/50 winners
were Dencie Cunningham and
Georgette St. Pierre.
On Wednesday, April 25
after dinner, the Canaan Seniors sang “Happy Birthday To
You” to four birthday girls.
The birthday gift went to Celine Chaloux. The penny
sale was held, with door
prizes going to Marie Beloin
and Billie Brockney. The 50/50
winners were husband and wife
Ray and Bibi Lanctot.
Next week May 2,
menu, spaghetti and meatballs,
salad or coleslaw, rolls and
homemade cookies for dessert.
For your reservations, call Suzanne Roy at (802) 266-8989 or
Denise Carrier at (802) 2668895.
MENTAL HEALTH
AWARENESS AWARD
A group of young people in
Colebrook are helping to reduce
the stigma around mental
health and help seeking in the
North Country. In spring 2011,
the Colebrook Key Club joined
forces with the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI
NH) Connect Suicide Prevention program to educate their
peers about how to get help if
they or a friend is depressed or
suicidal. The Key Club presented to the school board
about the importance of training as many Colebrook area
high school students as possible
in suicide prevention and garnered the board’s full support,
clearing the way for a training
at Colebrook Academy for ninth
through 12th graders. Seven
Key Club members and five
adult Key Club and community
leaders took a Connect training
to become facilitators of the
Connect Youth Suicide Preven-
The Pittsburg Key Club participated in the New England District Educational Conference where they received eight awards. Left: Club
members and advisors gathered after the farewell luncheon for a final picture. Front, from left, advisor Norma Underhill, Mikayla Nawojczyk, Sierra Saari, Sage Purrington, advisor April Cartwright. Back, Robby Major, Micheala Young, Kiya DeWitt, Travis Chase. Top
right: Advisor Norma Underhill received a plaque for Outstanding Advisor. Bottom right: Kiya DeWitt received a plaque and ribbon for
first place Digital Poster. The poster will be entered into the international competition in Orlando in July. Courtesy photos.
tion Training. Last October,
they co-facilitated a Connect
suicide prevention training for
approximately 60 of their peers.
Due to the efforts of the
Colebrook Key Club, the majority of high school students in
the Colebrook area have been
given the tools to reach out for
help for themselves or for a
friend who may be depressed or
suicidal. They have made a significant contribution to suicide
prevention, to reducing the
stigma around mental health,
and to increasing the acceptability of getting help when it is
needed. In recognition of their
work, they received the Youth
Leadership Award at NAMI
NH’s annual conference in Concord on March 24, 2012.
Colebrook Key Club Presi-
dent Ethan Hutchinson travelled to Concord to accept the
award with Key Club/Kiwanis
adult leaders Stephen Brooks,
Lindy Falconer, John Falconer,
and former Colebrook Key Club
member Shantelle Berry.
MOHAWK GRANGE
Six brothers, 10 sisters and
12 guests met for their monthly
meeting on April 16. The opening song was “America, the
Beautiful.” Ann Woodard read
the minutes of the previous
meeting. Ginger Jannenga gave
a Grange services report and Jr.
Haynes reported on Grangers
eligible for savings on Fisher
Cats games.
Eleanor Lyons distributed
posters for the ham and bean
supper. Ann Woodard said it
was time to do roadside pick up.
It was decided to do the first
one on May 18, at 4 p.m.
Harry Brown was the guest
speaker for the Metallak ATV
Club. The club has been improving the trail system for the
ATVs as the tourist industry is
becoming more important in the
North Country. He displayed
maps of existing trails and proposed trails for riding.
Glenn Perry received a 50year certificate as he has been a
member since June 4, 1962.
Much to Harry Brown’s surprise, he was escorted to the
alter to receive the Community
Service Award for 2012 from
Worthy Master Michelle Hyde.
The closing song was “God
Bless America.” Lunch was enjoyed after the meeting. The
next meeting will be May 7 with
Eleanor Lyons, Brad Brooks
and Ginger Jannenga on the
lunch committee.
transportation system for the
timber industry at the turn of
the 20th Century. Today they
are scenic byways for viewing
the natural beauty and wildlife
of Coos County. Over the years,
two communities have celebrated the history of these two
rivers that played a major role
in the economy of Coos County.
These celebrations have created
two fantastic festivals.
Northern Forest Heritage
Park of Berlin and Groveton
Regional Economic Action Team
of Groveton in association with
the Northern Forest Canoe
Trail have teamed together to
present two fantastic opportunities to enjoy our rivers. Each
event presents paddling enthusiasts two options for enjoying
our waterways. There will be
fun floats at each event lasting
approximately one to two hours
depending on how much time is
spent taking in the view. The
only thing needed is a desire to
have fun and something or any-
thing that “floats.” The more
adept paddlers can go for a serious paddle of approximately 12
miles lasting two to four hours.
Times vary depending on skill
and willingness to race. There
will be prizes for the top finishers in the racing event. Also,
there will be a plaque for the
Chamber of Commerce which
receives the greatest number of
participants registering. Paddlers can chose to race with a
kayak or canoe.
The Androscoggin River
event is held on June 16, with
registration held at the Bofinger Conservation Area in Milan.
Additionally, the park is hosting the annual “Wingzilla” Festival awarding the bragging
right for the Best Barbequed
Chicken Wings in the North
Country. There is also a “Luckof-the-Draw” Horseshoe Tournament and plenty of attractions for children. Arts and
crafts vendors along with spe(Continued on page 11)
Court Appointed Special Advocates (CASA) of New Hampshire
graduated the largest class in the North Country on April 14 from
the Coos County Independent Study training. It included six new
CASA Guardian Ad Litem volunteers, from left, Mark Linehan,
Tom Garrity, Louise Martel, Marlene Russ, Courtney Theriault,
and Charlie Ruggiero. The next Coos County class starts June 2.
COOS COUNTY RIVER
Colebrook Key Club President Ethan Hutchinson, at right, receivFor more information on the upcoming training and how to apply,
DAYS CELEBRATION
ing the NAMI NH Youth Leadership Award from NAMI N.H.
The Androscoggin and Con- log on to www.casanh.org or contact Stacia Roberge in the ColeBoard Vice President Jonathan Routhier. Courtesy photo.
necticut Rivers were the prime brook Office at 237-8411.
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cial exhibits and informational
displays will also be on hand
making it a must see event for
paddlers and non-paddlers
alike.
On the Connecticut River the
event begins on June 23, with
registration on the common in
Guildhall Vt., which is also the
finish of the event. On hand
throughout the day will be a
Classic Car Show featuring
some of the best classic cars on
the North Country. The Guildhall Fliers will be demonstrating some of their radio controlled air craft. The Connecticut River Artist Group, CRAG,
will be exhibiting the works of
area artist in the historic Guildhall Library. Other arts and
crafts vendors and informational displays will be on hand
for visitors to the area.
The organizers of both
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The flock of migrating flamingos were spotted outside of First Run
Home Entertainment in Colebrook earlier this week. Angela
Wheeler photo.
events hope to give each festival
a boost in attendance with this
brand new cooperative relationship. At the same time organizers hope to help promote Coos
County and our local Chambers
of Commerce. All involved wish
to seize the opportunity to
showcase our county, and its
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Community News
St. Albert’s Church in Stewartstown held a pancake breakfast on Sunday, The OWLS group gathered at the Recreation Center in Colebrook on Tuesday, April 24 to
April 22. Angela Wheeler photo.
sip coffee, chat and play some board games. Angela Wheeler photo.
many attractions, to visitors
and tourists.
Vendors and paddlers interested in being involved with
activities on the Connecticut
River please contact the Groveton Regional Economic Action
Team at 636-0165 or visit
www.greatnh.org. Vendors and
paddlers interested in being
involved with activities on the
Androscoggin River, call 7527202, email [email protected]
or visit www.northernforestheritage.org. Additional features are being added, so stay
tuned for more announcements.
CINCO DE MAYO PARTY
IN COLEBROOK MAY 5
The third annual Cinco de
Mayo party to benefit the Colebrook Kiwanis Club is set for
Saturday, May 5 at the Colebrook Country Club.
The Colebrook Academy Key
Club’s Chili Cook-Off will open
the evening from 5:30 to 7 p.m.
in the dining room. The Cinco
de Mayo party follows from 7 to
10 p.m. in the lounge, where
fine Mexican beers from White
Mountain Distributors and
Amoskeag Beverage, a marga-
rita bar and spicy Mexican hors
d’oeuvres await.
The evening includes a Mexican Hat Dance, a Macarena
contest, a 50/50 raffle, adult
balloon drop and other games,
and will be topped off with a
festive fireworks display.
Sponsors for this event are
Auto North, Colebrook Carpet
Center, the Colebrook Copy
Center, First Colebrook Bank,
Hooksett Fireworks, LaPerle’s
IGA, Lin-Jo Creations, The
News and Sentinel, Northern
Tire, Prepco, and Sibgo Tree
Company.
Cinco de Mayo tickets are
available for $20 per person and
$35 per couple, in advance at
the Colebrook Country Club or
the News and Sentinel office, or
at the door on Saturday night.
More information is available
from Clay Hinds, at 237-5566.
Proceeds from this event
benefit local community service
projects by the Kiwanis Club,
which is online at
www.colebrook-kiwanis.org.
The club meets at 7:15 a.m.
every Tuesday at the Wilderness Restaurant.
For those who wish to attend
only the Key Club Chili Cook-
Off, tickets cost $5 each and
may be purchased at the door.
Information about this event
may be obtained by calling advisor Lindy Falconer, at 2379939.
FREE ROAST BEEF
COMMUNITY SUPPER
The Ecumenical Committee
for free community meals is
hosting a free community supper will be held on Saturday,
May 12, from 5-7 p.m., at St.
Francis Hall in Groveton. The
dinner will feature roast beef,
and is sponsored by a grant
received from the New England
Charitable Foundation.
COOS COUNTY
NURSING HOSPITAL
On Sunday, Don Pichette
and Terri Scott provided Karaoke for a packed family
room. Residents sang along and
listened. Later in the week,
Carolyn’s friends entertained a
lively group of residents who
hooted it up, danced and sang
along.
The Sunday morning paper
was read aloud and discussed
over coffee. The Special Care
Unit (SCU) enjoyed a reading
group, a dictionary quiz and
songs and color trivia.
A group worked on making
cute spring photo holders. They
used a variety of materials including wallpaper, scrapbook
papers, beads and other craft
items to design pretty flowers
and butterflies. No two were at
all similar. Spring crafts were
done on the floors also. SCU
residents made a spring tree to
display. A spring social was
held on Friday to celebrate
Earth Day. On the first floor,
residents started seeds for
pretty flowers.
April birthdays were celebrated with a peach ice cream
cake roll and a Hawaiian cake.
The room was decorated in
spring colors, cup cake decorations, daffodils and pussy willows. Three of the seven residents with birthdays in April
were present. Two were
adorned with birthday crowns.
Alice Covill, whose birthday
was that day, made a birthday
cake hat look good.
Renee Hamel and Katie vonDohrmann shared the Blackout
Bingo victory. SCU residents
played unit Bingo, a memory
game, a fishing game and a HiLow card game.
A lively baseball practice
was held in the family
room. While no one kept official
score, it was determined that
the Red Sox won although despite the protest of one Yankees
fan.
Peanut butter fudge was
made on the first floor this
week and those on the second
floor enjoyed the aroma of maple oatmeal bread cooking in
the bread machine. SCU residents had some baking fun.
BREAST CANCER
SURVIVORS RETREAT
Hope on the Rise has announced its first summer fly
fishing retreat for women surviving breast cancer. The retreat will be held June 8-10 at
Coos County Nursing Hospital’s Volunteer Recognition Luncheon was held on April 20. A buffet
luncheon was enjoyed and volunteers were presented with certificates and gifts. Front, from left,
Minnie Egan, Francis Reilly, Charlotte Jeffers, Lucienne Jalbert and Mary Cote. Middle, Jackie Chester (Fred the dog is hiding under her chair), Julia Ball (resident council member), Francois Bohan,
Pauline Jalbert, Germaine Turgeon, Therese Rogeau, Maurice Jalbert, Margaret Demers (resident
council member). Back, Freeman Hartwell, Leonard Egan, Bev Hartwell, Don Pichette, Gloria Parkhurst, Ed Chester, Terry Scott, Ellen Sipe, Katie vonDohrman (resident council member), Linda Lomansey, Rebecca Larsen, Lousiette Thibeault, Sharon Clough, Sylvia Codierre, Brad Brooks, Dorothy
McQueeny, Hermance Paige, Judy LaRochelle, David Killam. Courtesy photo.
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On Tuesday, April 17, area Girl Scouts attrended a Workshop at St. Albert's Hall in West Stewarts- Some local youngsters gathered at the Colebrook Public Library on
town. There were two troops attending, with Scouts from Colebrook and Stewartstown. Activies in- Wednesday, April 25 for jungle-themed stories and crafts aftercluded Build a Bear Projects, Tye-Dye T-shirts, cooking, learning projects, Earth Day, singing and wards. Angela Wheeler photo.
skits. Scout leaders include Ann Guilmette, Amy Prehemo and Jennifer Falconer, with help for the
day from Kathy Samson, Jamie-Lee Uran and Kristen Rollins. Missing from the day were Ashley
Hodge and Dawn Pettit who helped set up the program. Front, from left, Karissa Sweatt, Maja Thibault, Jessica Falconer, Ashley Bolton, Chyanne Poulin, Saidy Placey, Jennifer Falconer, Summer
Guilmette. Back, Libby Placey, Ashley Uran, Molly Tyler, Brielle Prehemo, Stephanie Bolton, Delany
Daniels, Hana Bissonnette, Jennifer Bolton, Sara Samson. Missing from photo: Abby Placey. Photo
courtesy Lori Uran.
Summer events, when the
carriage house should be open
for visitors, was also on the
agenda. Volunteers offered to
cover those dates, beginning
with the Alumni gatherings on
June 16. A work session is
needed, and will be scheduled
soon, for upgrading the antique
logging tool collections that is
housed in the carriage house.
Some disposition of storage
materials that do not belong
there will have to be discussed
with the Library Board. Working on the questions of displaying some large artifacts outside At the Canaan Seniors birthday celebration on April 25, from left,
the building, members sur- Celine Chaloux, Louise Bissionette and Maria Dube. Tony Roy was
veyed the grounds and dis- also honored. Billie Brockney photo.
cussed possibilities, including
the question of whether permits would be required to provide a base for the St. Thomas church bell, and the Connecti- counties alone, over 17,000
cut Valley Lumber Company’s pounds are known to have been
anchor, which was used for collected with 400 pounds from
moving boom logs more than a the folks in Essex County alone
hundred years ago.
and donated to NEKCA in, CaThe May 17 meeting, like all naan and Island Pond, and the
Society meetings, is open to the North Country Food Pantry.
public. Always held on the Food received by other post
third Thursday at 3 o’clock in offices in these five counties
the museum’s meeting room on was donated to approximately
the second floor of the Alice twenty other food shelves in
Ward Library building. Come their respective areas.
join us to discuss projects and
How do you participate?
programs. At the May 17 meet- Simply place your noning, the Society members plan perishable food items in a bag
to discuss creating a budget.
or box at your mailbox on the
—submitted by Canaan morning of Saturday, May 12,
Historical Society and your letter carrier will pick
it up when delivering your
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CARRIERS FOOD DRIVE
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Mark your calendars for to your local post office and
May 12 and plan to participate encourage them to bring all
in the 20th Annual National donated food to the nearest
Association of Letter Carriers food shelf.
Food Drive for local food
The United Way partners
shelves.
with the National Association
Each year several local of Letter Carriers and other
postal letter carriers work dili- nationally known non-profit
gently at picking up and deliv- organizations in promoting this
non-perishable foods do- very important food drive. For
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To apply for a retreat, visit
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Retreats are limited to 15 participants. Retreat cost is $125
For more about Hope on the
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CANAAN HISTORICAL
SOCIETY NEWS
At the April meeting of the
Canaan Historical Society,
members discussed the recent
trip to Montpelier, where Chris
Hadsel had arranged a reception at the State House for the
theatre curtain which was rescued and restored by the Canaan Society. Members also
took the opportunity to talk
about the great amount of research Dennis Fuller has been
putting into an exhibit on
“Canaan Sports,” which opened
to the public at the museum
this month. Good publicity and
the participation of many former athletes from the Canaan
Schools and from the community has caused a good deal of
interest.
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BIRTHDAY PARTY
FOR JAN GRAHAM
On the evening of April 21,
music echoed through the Sawyerville Hotel. The Old Tyme
Music Association held its
monthly music show with
many local musicians playing.
The true highlight of the
evening was when Jan Graham
stopped by and was totally surprised to find a surprise birthday party for her. A group of
friends had started planning
the party about three months
ago for this very special lady.
Barry Berwick, David McBurney, France D’amours, Linda
Noyes, Frances Taylor, Nancy
Lloyd, Raymond McConnell,
Carole Vincellete, along with
others, made this a birthday
that Jan Graham will remember the rest of her life.
The group also made a donation of $200 to the Sawyerville
school. This they found to be
very fitting because Jan has
always been so involved with
youths. Jan in true Jan style
was right up there with the
band playing her famed piano
most of the evening. A lovely
lunch was served to 200 family
and friends in attendance.
When the Chronicle spoke to
the two owners of the hotel,
Carole and France, we were
told that when they bought the
hotel seven years ago Jan Graham played there every Friday
night, drawing in many locals.
They wanted to thank Jan for
all she has done for them over
the years. Jan is a true entertainer and always will be. It
seems everywhere you go you
are greeted by the music of Jan
Graham.
—Corey Bellam
CLEANING UP
IN LENNOXVILLE
David Price, the Lennoxville
Councillor, poses with a group
of local students who have
been painting over the graffiti
on walls in the town of Lennoxville. Saturday, April 21, was
the annual clean up day for
Jan Graham cuts the cake during her birthday party last week in
Sawyerville. Jan is known throughout the region for her terrific
piano playing. Corey Bellam photo.
Lennoxville Councillor David Price and the group of students who
painted over graffiti to help clean up Lennoxville. This wall was
covered with graffiti a short time before but thanks to these hard
working boys and girls the wall now looks better. Corey Bellam
photo.
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Around The Region
Carpenters
DAFFODIL DAYS
IN CANADA
April 27 is Daffodil Day in
Canada. The Canadian Cancer
Society asks everyone to take a
moment to reflect upon the
thousands of people who are
living with cancer and to remember those who have died.
On this important day they
encourage all to do something
special for those living with
cancer or contribute in some
way to help fight against the
disease. With your help a cure
will be found.
—Corey Bellam
Jennifer Garfat has over 700 cookbooks in her collection. Corey
Bellam photo.
April 27 is Daffodil Days in
Canada. Corey Bellam photo.
Lennoxville. On this day many
students and citizens take to
the streets garbage bag in hand
to pick up the trash in order to
keep their town clean and a
pleasant place to live.
—Corey Bellam
GOURMET
FOOD FESTIVAL
The Amedee Beaudoin Com-
munity Center was the site of a
Gourmet Food Festival on April
21, which featured representatives from the Pampered Chef,
Tupperware and others.
The show had many things
for the public to sample and
look over. Students from Bishops College School were selling
cookbooks to help raise money
for the Lennoxville Library, and
Jennifer Garfat was there with
her cookbook collection on display. She said she has a little
over 700 in her ever-growing
collection and is always on the
lookout for more.
The Lennoxville Library is
celebrating its 100th anniversary this year and plan on holding something special every
month. This was an event that
everyone will remember for
awhile. It gave the public a
chance to taste the foods and
have a good visit among friends
in a very relaxed setting.
—Corey Bellam
JROTC CADETS TRAVEL
TO GETTYSBURG
Fifty two White Mountains
Regional High School Army
JROTC cadets and chaperones
traveled to Pennsylvania during their recent spring break,
April 15-19. The cadets had
been studying the Civil War
and the battle of Gettysburg for
weeks prior to the trip. In addition to visiting the Gettysburg Museum and Visitor’s
Center, the cadets toured the
battlefield which brought to life
the significance of the battle.
The group stayed at Fort
Indiantown Gap, an Army National Guard Training Post.
While there, the cadets slept in
World War II Army barracks
and took advantage of the
Leadership Reaction Course
where they honed their leadership skills. The cadets also
visited Hershey Park located
just 20 minutes away and the
Army Historical Museum located at Carlisle Barracks.
On the final day of their
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Obituaries
David J. Collins
DAVID J. COLLINS
LANCASTER—avid J.
Collins, 44, of Lancaster died on
April 17, 2012, at his residence,
43 Wesson Road. He was born
on Jan. 3, 1968, in Lancaster,
the son of Parker C and Carol
A. Collins. He was married to
Joanne (Malanson) Collins.
David loved his dogs and to
fish, hunt, ride his bike and
watch old Western movies. He
was a family man who loved
spending time with his grand-
children, his family, friends
and putting them first above
all else.
David was predeceased by
his father and step-brother
Lester Collins. He is survived
by his wife of St. Johnsbury
Health and Rehab Center, his
mother of Lancaster, his three
children Ryan, Nicholas, Jessica Collins, all of Lancaster,
Steven Menyhart, who he
thought of and adopted into his
heart as a son, brother Parker
C. Collins of Berlin, sister
Mary Keddy of Whitefield, two
step-sisters, Betty Reed and
her husband Clyde of Lancaster, Kathy Collins of Groveton,
two grandchildren, Hailee
Collins, Damean Collins both of
Lancaster, two nieces,
Tia Cloutier and her husband
Shane of Stark, Alyssa Keddy
of Lancaster, nephew Joseph
Roberge of Whitefield, three
great-nephews, one great niece,
his fiancé Heidi Pedrick of Lancaster, his lifelong friends
Shayne and Tammy Cunningham, Rick Farrar and Phil and
Cindy Riff.
Calling hours were on April
23, 2012, at Bailey Funeral
Home in Lancaster. A funeral
was held on April 24, 2012, at
the funeral home. Burial follow
in Summer Street Cemetery.
Please go to www.baileyfh.net for more information or
to send an online condolence.
MARY FRANCES
(MC DONOUGH) BRANN
GROVETON/VALRICO,
Fla.—Mary Frances
(McDonough) Brann, 90, of
Eames St., Groveton, died on
Saturday April 21, 2012 at the
Brandon Regional Hospital in
Brandon, Fla., after a brief
illness.
Born on Nov. 23, 1921, in
Lancaster, she was the daughter of Bernard and Agnes
(Donovan) McDonough. Mary
moved to Groveton in 1946
from Lancaster. Mary has wintered in Valrico, Fla., for many
years.
She was a graduate of Lancaster Academy, Class of 1939.
Mary has been a member of the
American Legion Auxiliary
since the age of 10. She was a
member of St. Francis Xavier
Church, a past member of the
Daughters of Isabelle, and a
member of the Red Hats Society. Mary was an avid golfer
and loved playing Bingo.
She is survived by her children, Cynthia LockhartClouette of Groveton, Sherburn
Brann of Ft. Myers, Fla.,
Charles Brann and wife Diana,
and Betsy Young and husband
Tom, all of Groveton; seven
grandchildren; 11 greatgrandchildren and several
nieces, nephews and cousins.
Mary is predeceased by her
parents, her husband, Kendall
Brann, two brothers, Lawrence
McDonough and Bernard
McDonough, three sisters,
Ellen Kimball, Sus an
McDonough and Bernice Murphy.
Calling hours were held on
April 26 at Armstrong-Charron
Funeral Home in Groveton.
Mass of Christian Burial will
be held on Friday, April 27, at
11 a.m. at the St. Francis Xavier Church in Groveton, with
Fr. Daniel Deveau, pastor, officiating. Interment will follow in
the Northumberland Cemetery.
Memorial donations may be
made in Mary’s name to the St.
Marguerite d’Youville Parish,
St. Francis Xavier Church, P.O.
Box 247, Groveton, NH 03582.
To sign the online register
book, one may go to, www.armstrongcharronfuneralhome.com.
PRISCILLA R. BERNARD
NORTH STRATFORD—
Priscilla R. Bernard, 75, formerly of Route 3 in North
Stratford, died peacefully on
Thursday, April 19, 2012, at St.
Johnsbury Health and Rehabilitation Center in St. Johnsbury, Vt., after a long period of
failing health, where she had
been a resident since August of
2008.
Born in Newport, Vt., on
Jan. 21, 1937, the eldest of 11
children to Joseph C. and Flora
Louise (Verge) Bernard, she
moved to North Stratford in
1946.
Priscilla over her lifetime
worked at Beecher Falls, Campbell Papers, Pak 2000 and
James River. She loved her
flowers and had beautiful
flower bed all around her yard.
She is survived by her
daughter, Rebecca Bernard of
Burlington, Vt.; seven siblings,
Rosalie Hartlen and Beatrice
Haynes, both of North Stratford, Joe Bernard of New
Brunswick, Canada, Armand
Bernard of North Stratford,
Vivian Schneider of Winter Haven, Fla., Uldric “Jack” Bernard
and Leon Bernard, both of
Groveton; and several nieces,
nephews and cousins. Priscilla
was predeceased by her parents; a daughter, Rachel Maria
Bernard; three brothers, Alfred,
Oliver and Peter; and two nephews, Joey Bernard and Andrew
Allen Bernard.
Calling hours will be held on
Saturday, April 28, 2012, from
11 a.m. to 1 p.m., at ArmstrongCharron Funeral Home in
Groveton. Graveside service
will be at 1:30 p.m. in the Fairview Cemetery in North Stratford, with Fr. Daniel Deveau,
pastor of the St. Marguerite
d’Youville Parish, officiating.
Memorial donations may be
made to the St. Marguerite d’Youville Parish, Sacred Heart
Church, P.O. Box 247, Groveton, NH 03582.
To sign the online guest
book, one may go to,
www.armstrongcharronfuneralhome.com.
Vegas, Branson, Mo., and Florida. Mitch returned to Gorham
in 2011 after his retirement.
He was an avid traveler, taking
many vacations to Las Vegas
and Florida. His sense of humor and out going life style will
be missed. He loved his nephews Chris and Nick. He enjoyed playing golf, darts and
spending time with his friends.
Members of the family include his mother, Monique
(Simoneau) Gagnon of Gorham;
his brother, Donald Gagnon
and his wife Wendy of Pittsburg; two nephews, Christopher Gagnon of Cape Cod,
Mass., and Nicholas Gagnon of
North Conway; several aunts,
uncles and cousins. He was
predeceased by his father,
Gilles Gagnon, on June 1, 2011.
A Mass of Christian Burial
will be celebrated on Tuesday
morning May 1, 2012, at 11
a.m. at Holy Family Church,
Gorham. There will be no calling hours. Interment will be at
a later date in Canada.
Arrangements are in the
care of Bryant Funeral Homes,
Berlin and Gorham. For more
information, visit www.bryantfuneralhome.net.
Lorraine Y. Fisher
Michael “Mitch” Gagnon
MICHAEL
“MITCH” GAGNON
GORHAM—Michael “Mitch”
Gagnon, 52, of 10 Paradise St.,
Gorham, passed away peacefully on Monday April 23, 2012,
at Weeks Medical Center in
Lancaster, surrounded by his
loving family.
He was born in Warwick,
Que., on April 2, 1960, the son
of Gilles and Monique
(Simoneau) Gagnon, and came
to the United States at the age
of two. He resided in North
Stratford for nine years and
then moved to Cascade Flats,
Gorham, in 1971.
He was a graduate of Gorham High School with the class
of 1978. Mitch spent many
years working in vacation real
estate sales, which lead him to
various places around the
United States, including Las
LORRAINE Y. FISHER
PITTSBURG—Lorraine Y.
Fisher, 79, of Pittsburg, passed
away early on Wednesday
morning, April 25, 2012, at the
Upper Connecticut Valley Hospital in Colebrook.
As of press time, final arrangements are still pending. A full obituary will appear
in next week’s edition.
There are no public calling
hours. A memorial service will
be held on Sunday, May 6,
2012, at 2 p.m. at the Farnham
Memorial United Methodist
Church in Pittsburg, with The
Rev. Rick Boyden officiating. A
private interment will be held
at a later date at the Glenwood
Cemetery in Littleton.
Expressions of sympathy in
memory of Lorraine may be
made to the Farnham Memorial United Methodist Church,
c/o Leslie Covell, Lake Francis
Road, Pittsburg, NH 03592.
Condolences may be offered to
the family online by going to
www.jenkinsnewman.com.
Funeral arrangements are
under the direction of Jenkins
and Newman Funeral Home,
Colebrook.
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so you can be ready for a fun season. FAIRLEE MARINE
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Tuxedo Rentals, Frances Sytek, 31
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Services
Buying old watches and pocket
watches: working or not. Also old
Masonic and military items, old
knives and pocketknives, old
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Sports
3:30/5 p.m.
Pittsburg at Groveton, B
VARSITY SPORTS
RESULTS
April 19-25
April 20, 2012:
Lisbon 6, Groveton 1
Girls:
Groveton 11, Lisbon 0
April 24:
Colebrook 10, Canaan 0
Colebrook 13, Canaan 1
April 25:
Colebrook 4, Groveton 3
Pittsburg 8, Profile 7
Girls:
Colebrook 8, Groveton 3
Profile 10, Pittsburg 0
—Liz Carney
DIVISION IV BASEBALL
PREVIEWS
Canaan Eagles
Talan Bryant is in his first
season as head coach of the varsity baseball team. Bryant
brings some prior coaching and
player experience with him
from Blue Mountain in Vermont
Division IV as well as assisting
in Canaan for a two years. His
Assistant Coach is Jeff Noyes.
The team has a variety of levels
from rookie underclassmen to
the experienced upper classman. “I don’t mind having players without any experience,”
said Head Coach Bryant, “Being
a new coach to them I can teach
them my system better because
I don’t have to worry about
them having to adjust from
their last coach’s program.”
This year there will be 11
players on the roster with three
seniors, one junior, two sophomore, one freshman and four
eighth graders. Five are newcomers to the team with one
returning after couple years.
“We have a young team,” said
Coach Bryant, “I think that is
one of our strengths so I can
coach them the way they should
be and the skills I think that
they should know. The drawbacks to that though is that we
have a small team with the up-
perclassmen and experience.
We have to coach them at different levels because of the
extremes of the players that
have experience to the players
that have none at all. We are
looking to the upperclassmen
to be role models to help teach
the underclassmen. They seem
to be stepping into that role
well.”
Besides being a young team
the weakness the Eagles will
have to work on is with the
pitching game because of the
lack of experience at the
mound. “The upperclassmen
have been stepping up to
achieve that goal,” said Coach
Bryant, “Mike Fuller and Tyler
Gray have been doing well at
the mound. We have a fast
team with some quick base
runners.” Connor Lyons has
been behind home plate as
catcher for the team until
Logan Stokes returns to his
position at the next game and
Lyons should be at third base.
“Conner did a great job behind
the plate for us while we
needed him there,” said Coach
Bryant. “I am sure he will be
happy to be at third for the
next game.”
A goal of Coach Bryant’s is
to get the kids to love the
game, to teach them to be competitive, respect for one another and to become betters
hitters and pitchers. “Those are
some specific goals that I would
like to accomplish this year,”
said Coach Bryant, “This game
is also psychological and about
intelligence.”
Pittsburg Panthers
Neil Prehemo has some big
shoes to fill with last year’s
longtime Head Coach Richard
Judd stepping down from
coaching varsity baseball. With
the loss of some key seniors
last year to graduation Pittsburg has been working on filling the big shoes left behind.
The boys varsity team has 12
on this year’s roster with two
seniors, two juniors, two sopho-
mores, four freshmen and two
eighth graders.
A weakness will be that
some players on the team have
no experience at all. “We are
going to make a lot of mistakes
this year,” said Head Coach
Prehemo, “because we are
young with very little experience, but we do have some
young guys that have been in
the playoffs and played on the
championship team a few years
ago.”
A goal is to reach .500 this
year. “I think with the team we
have,” said Coach Prehemo. “I
think that it’s possible to accomplish this year even though
we have some young players on
the team. They are coming
along compared to the last couple games and the amount of
errors that we had in them.
“They have shown a lot of improvement in today’s game
against Profile,” said Coach
Prehemo, “We had our defensive game of the year so far. We
had four errors and we have
been averaging 12 errors in a
game our first two games. They
didn’t hang their head a bit
and they stuck right in it. What
do you say. Matt Remick had
two home runs. They played
well today. If they keep playing
like they did today we are going to win a couple games.” The
boys went on to defeat the Profile Patriots on April 25 at the
Pittsburg Panthers home
opener, 8-7 at the bottom of the
seventh with a two run homer
by Matt Remick which was his
second of the game.
DIVISION IV SOFTBALL
PREVIEWS
Canaan Eagles
This year Phil Shaw takes
over the helm from last year’s
longtime varsity softball coach
Larry Fuller. Shaw has experience from coaching American
Legion baseball, varsity baseball and varisty boys basketball to bring to the team.
Melissa Shaw is the assistant
coach. Three players were lost
to graduation. There are 11
players on this year’s roster
with two seniors, five juniors,
two sophomore, one freshman
and one eighth grader.
The Eagles have a lot of experience that should be beneficial to the newcomers to the
team. The team’s goals and
expectations are to focus on
s o f t b a ll fu n d am e n t al s .
“Focusing on the fundamentals,” said Head Coach Shaw,
“will help us improve fundamentally from game to game.
Win or lose we will be happy.”
Pittsburg Panthers
Former Canaan Eagles varsity softball coach Larry Fuller
takes over the helm from Sheli
Aldridge for his first season as
the Pittsburg Panthers Head
Coach. Dennis Fuller is the
assistant coach. “Coming to
coach in New Hampshire from
Vermont,” said Head Coach
Fuller. “There’s a lot more competition over here. They are
very competitive. Seeing a
team a couple of times to be
able to learn from them is difficult coming over here because
coaching in Vermont we didn’t
play those teams only the local
ones. It will be a learning ex-
perience for us as coaches and
the team.”
The girls have 12 players on
this year’s roster with one senior, three juniors, three sophomore, three freshmen, and two
eighth graders. The girls will
some big shoes to fill in the
pitching game and catcher position with the loss of Brooke
Judd and Felicia Carney. They
will also have a good glove to
replace with Jade Marquis.
“They need a lot of work,”
said Coach Fuller, “They have
gone through a lot of different
coaching. There’s a lot of talent
here. I think that they will
come around. I think they will
do much better towards the end
of the season.” Goals and expectations for the girls would be to
reach .500 by the end of the
season. The girls have their
work cut out for them. “I would
like to see them get into the
playoffs and play competitively,” said Coach Fuller,
“Down the line they could be
dangerous and surprise a couple of teams. If they can get
their stuff together and get on
track I think they could be a
competitive team.”
—Liz Carney
Groveton hosted Colebrook: Colebrook slides into the plate during
Wednesday’s game in Groveton. Right photo: Groveton’s Nate
Smith fires a pitch to the batter in the Groveton-Colebrook game.
Tina McKenzie photos.
Colebrook hosted Canaan: Sliding home, Colebrook’s Erica Cass is called safe with Canaan Catcher
Jocelyne Barrett trying to make the play at home in the fourth inning leading to the score 8-1. Right
photo: Canaan’s Bethany Ladd was at the pitching circle on the road against the Colebrook Mohawks.
Liz Carney photos.
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Sports
At the top of the first inning Profile’s Caroline Eyman
stealing third with Pittsburg’s Nicole Varney grabbing
the ball trying for the out. Liz Carney photo.
UPCOMING VARSITY
SPORTS DATES
April 27-May 4
All baseball and softball games
will be played at 4 p.m. unless otherwise stated in the schedule. Girls
Canaan Eagle’s Mike Fuller
opened the game at the mound
Kate Andritz of Groveton slides safely into second base in the Groveton- on the road against the ColeLisbon game last Friday. Groveton won, 11-0. Tina McKenzie photo.
brook Mohawks on April 24. Liz
Carney photo.
will be identified with a G and the
boys with a B or both will be listed
after the date and time of the game
(s).
April 27, 2012:
Woodsville at Colebrook, B/G
Gorham at Groveton, B
April 28:
Pittsburg at Lin-Wood, B/G,
DH, 10 a.m./12 p.m.
April 30:
Littleton at Colebrook, B/G
Pittsburg at Profile, B/G
May 1:
Williamstown at Canaan, B/G
May 2:
Groveton at Colebrook, G, DH,
3:30/5 p.m.
Groveton at Colebrook, B
Lisbon at Pittsburg, B/G, 4:30
p.m.
May 3:
Colebrook at Gorham, B
Twinfield at Canaan, B/G, 4:30
p.m.
May 4:
Pittsburg at Groveton, G, DH,

The Colebrook Chronicle

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