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COVERING THE TOWNS OF THE UPPER CONNECTICUT RIVER VALLEY
FRIDAY, AUGUST 30, 2013
603-246-8998
VOL. 14, NO. 7
Lancaster Fair Time Marks Last Blast Of Summer
By Marie P. Hughes
For its 143rd year, the Lancaster Fair is in full swing and
will remain open through Labor
Day, Monday, Sept. 2. According to Paul Thurston, President
of the Fair, “This year, the fair
has something for everyone,
with more rides, more enter-
tainment, and all the usual vendors people at the fair have
come to expect.”
New this year is the oneprice admission that includes
unlimited rides. Robert DiStefano, who is the man in charge
of the midway rides, said, “This
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Amid Concerns From Millsfield Residents:
County Delegation Accepts
Planning Board Nominations
Colebrook’s Friday North Country Moose Festival activities wrapped up with fireworks. For more on
this year’s Moose Festival, see pages 8-9 and the Video News of the Week. Charles Jordan photo.
By Marie P. Hughes
In a special meeting of the
Coos County Delegation on
Monday, Aug. 26, with 100 percent attendance of delegates,
the nominations for the Planning Board were submitted and
approved. However, before the
final approval, the meeting
heard from various members of
the public and all three County
Commissioners.
As the public spoke, it became clear there were many
residents of Millsfield who felt
they had been treated unfairly
because of their lack of input
into the wind energy project. At
a meeting of the County Commissioners on Aug. 14, Commissioner Rick Samson, who repre(Continued on page 2)
First To Graduate:
Border Explorers Class Graduates
At New U.S. Border Patrol Station
By Thomas Jordan
A bit of history was made at
the Beecher Falls Border Patrol
Station in Canaan last Saturday when Class 1 of the Border
Patrol Explorer Academy Post
556 graduated. The graduation
ceremony, the first of its kind
at the new station, recognized
eight members of the program,
who received badges, diplomas,
and a warm handshake from
their peers.
The ceremony, attended by
family and friends of the participants, opened with a marching demonstration outside of
the new station. Following “The
Pledge of Allegiance” and uniform inspection, the group
moved inside. Paul Kuhn, Patrol Agent in Charge, detailed
the specifics of the program,
which became a reality when
the new station had been constructed and allowed for needed
space for such activities. The
previous station had restricted
any possibility of the classes
taking place, being too small for
the over-80 hours of diverse
training activities that the stu(Continued on page 3)
Bruce Dern and Seamus Davey-Fitzpatrick star in Jay Craven’s
new film, “Northern Borders,” filmed in Vermont’s Northeast Kingdom. It will be shown at the Tillotson Center on Saturday, Sept. 7,
with director Craven present during the showing. Courtesy photo.
“Northern Borders” At Tillotson Center:
Filmmaker Jay Craven Here
With His New Movie Sept. 7
Award-winning Vermont
movie director Jay Craven will
present his newest film,
“Northern Borders,” at a special screening at the Tillotson
Center for the Arts on Satur-
day, Sept. 7, at 7 p.m. The
movie, filmed primarily in the
Northeast Kingdom, is hosted
by the Great North Woods Committee for the Arts. Craven will
Shorter Hours Being Seen
At Some Area Post Offices
Border Explorers shown, from the left, are Jordan Becker, Kevin Arias-Nunez, Ezra Carr, Kalen
Boothe, John Zavala, Dakota Fogg, Taylor Ormsbee and Tyler Parks. They are flanked by, at left, Advisor Agent Alan Hutchinson, Lead Advisor Agent Chris Cairns, and, at right, Advisor Ryan Boda and
Patrol Agent in Charge Paul Kuhn. Advisors missing from the photo are Agent John Marsh, Agent
Sean Lacaillade, Agent Tyrell Becker, Supervisory Agent David Gales and Mission Support Specialist
Angela Flanagan. Charles Jordan photo.
By Marie P. Hughes
To most people, especially in
rural areas, the local post office
is often a meeting place to exchange pleasantries and to con-
verse with the locals. However,
during the past few years, the
United States Postal Service
(USPS) has experienced a de(Continued on page 3)
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Friday, August 30, 2013
Lancaster Fair
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year, we have added a rocket
ride, and the Needle is here for
its second year. Also, our new
rides were manufactured in
Ohio, so they are American
made.” As a point of interest,
the Needle cost $600,000 to
purchase, and every ride has
been inspected before the fair
began.
Thurston said, “Most people
don’t realize that each time the
rides are taken down and
erected from place to place,
they have to be inspected. Our
rides are actually safer than
those at an amusement park
where the rides may not be inspected as frequently.”
One of the other aspects of
the fair is the people who continue to come year after year to
compete in activities such as
showing their cattle or putting
their oxen through their paces.
For example, Dan Fantoni, who
will be putting his oxen team,
Don and Doc, through its paces
has been exhibiting at the fair
since before his college days.
Meanwhile, Lucas Robillard
and his grandparents, Anita
and Richard Bedor, have been
serving their very popular apple crisp for the past 24 years.
Many people who attend the
fair look forward to everything
from the stately dressage shows
to the more raucous demolition
derby. One person said, “I look
forward all year to the delicious
fried food the fair gives me permission to eat.”
The 4-H clubs spent much of
the previous week getting their
exhibits ready for the fair and
making sure every area was
spruced up; stalls with the animal exhibits are constantly
cleaned, and the youngsters
love explaining about their animals to anyone who asks.
During the upcoming weekend, there are plenty activities
taking place such as music tributes to Johnny Cash at 3 p.m.
on Saturday; a Beatles tribute
by The Altogether Band at 7
p.m. There will be a host of regional musical talents at the
Talent Tent throughout the
weekend, including such perennial favorites as Carolyn’s
Friends, Islay Mist Ceilidh and
Katie Rose. Children can also
participate in a talent show and
a video dance competition on
Saturday as well. Sunday features the popular 4x4 truck pull
at 6 p.m., but is a paid event;
however, during the day there
is a chocolate pie eating contest
at the Kid’s Corner as well as
the horse pull powder puff free
for all at 3:30 p.m. The Demolition Derby finishes off the fair
at 3:30 on Monday, and the fair
once again will be a memory of
the 2013 Labor Day weekend.
Delegation
sents District 3 which includes
Millsfield as one of the nine
unincorporated places in his
area, put forth a proposal that
someone from Millsfield be
At the Lancaster Fair. Left photo: Kayleigh Hamel from Waitsfield exercises Oliver before she grooms him for showing in the cattle category. Right photo: State inspectors make sure the rides at the Lancaster Fair pass a safety test. Marie Hughes photos.
placed on the Planning Board.
However, Commissioners Brady
and Grenier voted the suggestion down. According to
Grenier, “If a name had been
forth coming, the nomination
would have been considered,
but just to say ‘someone’ from
Millsfield should be selected
was not clear enough. Also it
needs to be a resident of Millsfield, not a person who owns
land in Millsfield.”
Joan Sweeney, whose family
owns over 217 acres of land, but
does not reside in Millsfield,
said, “With the new valuation of
the wind project, we may be
priced out of our property.” In
response, Chairman Robert
Theberge said, “Senator Woodburn and I are working on the
issue of unincorporated places.
We will meet on Sept. 9, and we
will have three weeks to put
forth legislation in the House
concerning the issues you
raise.” Furthermore Theberge
said, “Sen. Woodburn and I
have met with the Governor
about the taxes, but the courts
need to decide what has to be
done. The tax issue cannot be
taken care of by the Planning
Board, no matter who is on it.”
The problem with the wind
project is its valuation of $240
million dollars and the Payment
in Lieu of Taxes (PILT)
amounts to $495,000 coming to
Millsfield; however, that
amount will not pay completely
for the taxes owed to the
County. The people of Millsfield
and Dixville will have to make
up the difference. Although the
people of Millsfield might be
upset about their new taxes, a
resident of Jefferson stated he
was paying over $5,000 in taxes
because of the timberland he
owns.
As part of the discussion,
Rep. Leon Rideout said, “The
Planning Board as constituted
is fair and equitable. If Millsfield wants to be informed, they
can access our website where
the meetings are posted.”
In the end, Theberge called
the public comments ended, and
the Delegation considered the
nominations set forth for approval.
Because of Attorney
Frizzell’s resignation and two
other vacancies, the nominations were Fred King and Scott
Rineer (District 3), plus alter-
nates Mark Frank (District 2)
and Thomas McCue (District 1).
After a discussion concerning
their qualifications, a roll call
vote was taken. The Delegation
voted eight to two to accept the
nominations; Marcia Hammon
and Larry Rappaport were the
two members who voted against
the nominations.
In other business, Rideout
mentioned the sub-committee
for the use of the county barn
and house will be holding three
public meetings in the districts
to discuss options for what to do
with the properties. He also
said the committee visiting the
barn last month wrote a very
favorable report about the property. The first meeting will be
held in Colebrook on Sept. 11.
Northern Borders
Vermont independent filmmaker Jay Craven will be on
hand to discuss his new film
“Northern Borders” during its
showing at the Tillotson Center.
Courtesy photo.
be on hand to introduce the
picture and lead a post-film
discussion following the
screening.
“Northern Borders” is based
on Howard Frank Mosher’s
award-winning novel that was
recently declared by The London Guardian as one of the
“Top Ten Books Featuring
Grandparents” (others included Charles Dickens’ Great
Expectations and Roald Dahl’s
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory). The picture stars Bruce
Dern (“Coming Home” and Alfred Hitchcock’s “Family Plot”)
and Geneviève Bujold (“Anne of
a Thousand Days, “King of
Hearts”). Dern was recently
named Best Actor at the 2013
Cannes Film Festival for Alexander Payne’s new film,
“Nebraska,” which he shot immediately after completing
“Northern Borders.” Both Bujold and Dern have received
Academy Award, Golden Globe,
and Emmy nominations. Bujold has also won an Emmy and
Golden Globe. “Northern Borders” also stars Seamus DaveyFitzpatrick (“Moonrise Kingdom”) and 2010 Tony Award
nominee Jessica Hecht
(“Sideways,” “Friends”). The
film was featured at a sold-out
June 27 screening of the recent
Nantucket Film Festival and it
will played Aug. 2 at the Woods
Hole Film Festival on Cape
Cod.
“Northern Borders” tells the
story of 10 year-old Austen Kittredge, who is sent to live on
his grandparents’ Kingdom
County Vermont farm, where
he has wild adventures and
uncovers long-festering family
secrets. It’s 1956 and Austen
experiences rural Kingdom
County as a place full of eccentric people including his stubborn grandparents, whose
thorny marriage is known as
the Forty Years War. Initially
feeling stuck in this fractured
household, young Austen plans
a quick exit but ends up
stranded with no choice but to
navigate and endure. A humorous and sometimes startling
coming-of-age story, “Northern
Borders” evokes Vermont’s
wildness, its sublime beauty, a
haunted past, and an aura of
enchantment.
“Northern Borders” was produced as the result of a unique
partnership between Jay Craven’s non-profit Kingdom
County Productions and Marlboro College, where Craven is
professor of film. The picture
was made as the outcome of a
semester-long film intensive
called Movies from Marlboro. It
was produced on a lean budget,
through the collaboration of 20
young filmmaking professionals
and 26 students from 12 colleges, who worked in substantial roles in every level of pro-
duction. A new 2014 Movies
from Marlboro project will produce “Peter and John,” based on
Guy de Maupassant’s groundbreaking 1887 novel. That production is planned for next
spring and will again partner
professionals and students from
multiple colleges who earn academic credit for a “semester
away” from their home school.
Information is available at Movies.Marlboro.edu or by contacting director Jay Craven
([email protected]).
“Northern Borders” tickets
will be available at the door or
in advance at Fiddleheads Gift
Shop on Main Street in Colebrook; tickets can be reserved in
advance by calling 237-9302 or
246-8998. Tour schedules are
available online at KingdomCounty.org or by calling (802)
357-4616. For more information
contact Jay Craven at [email protected]. For more
information on this and other
GNWCA
events,
visit
www.gnwca.org.
Craven’s latest film, as many
before it, is based on a novel by
Vermont writer Howard Frank
Mosher.
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Post Offices
cline in usage and income.
Many people blame the falling
numbers on the new technology
allowing instant communication over vast distances rather
than the “old-fashioned” letter
writing. Even gifts can be sent
via the Internet rather than in
mailed packages.
During this time of transition, the postal service has
tried various ways to increase
usage such as flat rate priority
mail packages, but at the same
time has had to raise the price
of stamps. In 2012, the USPS
posted 260 pages listing 13,000
post offices which will experience shortened hours starting
at the end of September 2014.
Most post offices will be cut
from eight hours to six hours,
but some have experienced the
deeper cut of eight to four
hours.
The following post offices in
New Hampshire are slated for
cutbacks: Milan, North Stratford, Pittsburg from eight to six
hours; Errol and West Stewartstown from eight to four
hours. Vermont experienced
cuts of eight to six hours in
Canaan, but from eight to four
hours in Beecher Falls, Norton
and Guildhall.
However, the list also issues
a disclaimer which says, “This
is a preliminary list that requires additional review,
analysis, verification and is
subject to change.”
When Postmaster Don Maltais of North Stratford was
asked to verify the information,
he said, “The post offices in all
the towns except Beecher Falls,
Guildhall and North Stratford,
are already experiencing the
shortened hours, but we are
not because these three post
offices have incumbent Postmasters who can’t have their
hours cut without notice. The
other offices have what are
called Officers in Charge so
they were subject to the cuts.”
Maltais also said the public
will be receiving letters from
the district asking them to attend a public meeting to discuss what hours they want the
post office opened. In his own
case, Maltais said, “I will be
given the choice to either retire
or work the shortened hours
which will begin at the end of
September 2014.”
Border Explorers
dents received. Kuhn praised
the work of several volunteers,
donations from area law enforcement, and the substantial
involvement by Canaan Schools’
Lisa Becker.
The Border Explorers group
Left photo: Lead Advisor Agent Chris Cairns welcomes family and friends of the Border Explorer graduates to the ceremony. Right photo:
Border Patrol Agents watch as the eight graduates march onto the grounds for a uniform inspection. Charles Jordan photos.
Left photo: Patrol Agent in Charge Paul Kuhn voiced his admiration and congratulations towards the first group of graduates from the
new station. Middle photo: A tight formation was kept by the group. Right photo: John Zavala receives a pin from his father before accepting his diploma and joining the graduates. Charles Jordan photos.
is a program under the Boy
Scouts, aimed at youth from
ages 14 to 21. This particular
group focused on the career
path of law enforcement.
“The intention is for them to
explore law enforcement, and
find out whether or not that’s a
career they want to pursue,”
explained Border Agent Chris
Cairns, who headed the program since its beginning last
March. “Of our explorers, I
would say 90 percent of them
are looking at law enforcement
as a definite possibility. Two
years of this program will
equate to one year of law enforcement experience.”
Following the success of this
current year’s program, Cairns
said that they plan for a recruitment drive at area high schools
next December. “Now that we’ve
gotten these kids through the
academy, we’re looking to do
more advance training with
them, and give them the opportunity to do ride-alongs with
other agents, as well as go on a
couple of trips and get out the
field, getting some hands-on
experience.”
Anyone seeking information
on the program and future
classes is welcomed to contact
any of the Border Patrol Agents
at the Beecher Falls station.
The day’s events also included a slideshow of the students’ activities from the past
summer, and an outdoor barbeque behind the station.
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Police, Fire, EMS Reports
COLEBROOK POLICE
On Aug. 19, Colebrook police
arrested Crystal Howland of
Stratford on a charge of theft.
On Friday evening, Aug. 23,
at about 5:47 p.m., a Quebec
tanker truck pulling out of the
Lombard Street detour onto
Park Street during Moose Festival was involved in a motor vehicle accident with a pickup
truck owned by Andre Dionne.
The Dionne vehicle was crushed
on one side by the tanker and
was not able to be driven from
the scene. Dale McCoy wrecker
service removed the pickup
from the road.
NH STATE POLICE
CHECKPOINT
In a continued effort to decrease the incidents of drinking
and driving, the N.H. State
Police applied for, and was
granted, a Superior Court Petition to conduct a Sobriety
Checkpoint. The Sobriety
Checkpoint is an effective
method of detecting and apprehending impaired drivers. The
program, approved by the N.H.
Highway Safety Agency and
the National Highway Traffic
Safety Administration, provides federal highway safety
funds to support this check-
point, which will be conducted
in Lancaster.
A review of records has
shown that the use of alcohol by
individuals who operate motor
vehicles has resulted in an
alarming number of deaths and
personal injury accidents. The
number of DWI arrests made in
the North Country continues to
be high. Therefore, in an effort
to maintain safe roads in, the
N.H. State Police, Troop F, will
be conducting a Sobriety Checkpoint in the Town of Lancaster
during the Labor Day weekend.
The purpose of the Sobriety
While turning from Lombard Street onto Park Street during the detour of downtown Colebrook on
Moose Festival weekend, a Quebec tank truck met up with a vehicle owned by Andre Dionne. The
Dionne vehicle was towed from the scene by Dale McCoy wrecker service. No injuries were reported.
Charles Jordan photo.
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View From The
45th Parallel
The Way We Were...
Look Before You Leap, Mr. President
Anyone who has been a longtime reader to this spot
will recall how a decade ago we railed against the
Bush administration’s planned intervention into Iraq.
To those of us who grew up during the 1960s, it felt
like Vietnam unfolding all over again. In the end we
did get rid of a dictator in Iraq—but we also lost over
2,000 service people in a country where we never did
find any weapons of mass destruction. As a result, the
first decade of this century saw us more polarized than
ever. And in the end, just like after Vietnam, we asked
ourselves: Was it all worth it?
Earlier this week on the very day that he celebrated
the memorable words of Martin Luther King a half
century earlier, President Obama acted more like
President George W. Bush. Dr. King had called for
peace in a very turbulent time. Today President
Obama weighs dragging the United States into yet another conflict half a world away.
We are left to surmise “Here we go again.”
Unquestionably the images coming out of Syria last
week were horrific. There seems to be substantial evidence that the dictator Assad used chemical weapons
against his people.
But when did the U.S. become the policeman to the
world? Where is the outrage against Syria in its own
neighborhood of the Middle East? What about all the
other nations? Why is the U.S. always so quick to take
it upon itself to position our troops and ships for possible combat action at times like these?
If President Obama feels he needs to do something—and it is understandably hard to accept such
genocide—we’d rather see him call for an emergency
session at the United Nations and stand up before the
nations of the world to state U.S. outrage. Either the
outrage is shared by the world community or it isn’t.
And if it is, what should be done about it? Economic
and diplomatic pressure on rogue nations works. It
was the likely reason the Iranian people threw out
Ahmadinejad last month.
We hardly believe that the American people have
the stomach for more American military involvement
in that beleaguered corner of the globe. Think twice
before you leap, Mr. President.
Charles J. Jordan
P.O. Box 263 • Colebrook, NH 03576.
Tel. (603) 246-8998
Fax (603) 246-9918
email: [email protected]
web: www.colebrookchronicle.com
Downtown office in the historic Williams Building
on corner of Main Street and Titus Hill Road.
Editor: Charles J. Jordan; Publisher: Donna Jordan
Reporter/Photographer: Marie P. Hughes
Reporter/Photographer: Angela Wheeler
Sports Photographer: Tina McKenzie
Canadian Correspondent: Corey Bellam
Colebrook Office Manager/Video Editor: Thomas Jordan
The Colebrook Chronicle (founded 2000) is published by Jordan
Associates, established 1985.
With many folks heading to Lancaster this weekend for the fair, we thought it would be fun to take a
look back at how a portion of that town looked over a century ago. This postcard postmarked 1908
shows the old Lancaster House and a tree-lined Main Street looking north. Courtesy Gene
Beauchemin.
Letters
Letter to the Editor:
Recently the Berlin Daily
Sun ran an article by Barbara
Tetreault on a County study of
federal land.
I come to this discussion admittedly late. While this project
gained steam early on, I was a
newcomer to County goings on.
I would look at Coos County
Commissioners’ meeting agendas to see what was transpiring. There were no agenda postings that disclosed this particular discourse. It wasn’t until I
started attending Commissioners meetings this spring that I
learned of this ongoing project
for a study. Why was it only
discussed, albeit regularly, under public comments? Why wasn’t it an agenda item? Certainly
on time, effort and expense by
public officials it warranted
being an agenda item. Who
would come to participate in a
discussion they didn’t know
would occur? This is how my
county government operates!
From the beginning this has
been the County Treasurer
Fred King’s pet project, conceived, packaged and blatantly
sold to Commissioners and
Delegation as necessary to keep
lands as timberland, in private
hands only, fodder for the Berlin Station.
There is an extensive and
comparative economic impact
evaluation of all the lands in
question that was done in 2008.
Mr. King has said outright that
because it was done by
“environmentalists,” you know
those pesky folks who worked
so hard to preserve northern
forests, who are backhandedly
referred to as “green sneakers”
at Commissioners’ meetings,
that made the Ride the Wilds
possible because of public participation in preservation of
lands when the large paper and
timber companies withdrew.
Therefore, he asserts, that report must be biased and misleading in some manner. He has
never stated where it is in error
or lacking. He just states that it
doesn’t reach his conclusions.
He complains the Feds pay too
much. Where in some cases it
may have been true and/or necessary to gain sensitive lands
that meet the goals of the Umbagog Refuge, he then magically
computes all their projected
purchases to be of similar costs
per acre.
There is no basis in fact for
this. Of course, the Refuge pays
too much for land. The County
government values and sells its
own acreage for $1,500 per acre
along Rte 3. If that’s the going
rate I formally request my
County taxes be re-evaluated
the same—for that matter, everyone’s. Mr. King has not demonstrated in fact there is any
significant projected losses in
revenues to the county as a result potential purchases.
Actually there were economists fully vetted that worked
on the Comprehensive Conservation Plan (CCP) in 2008. They
were employed by the federal
government, universities, and
the like. They weren’t newbies.
Mr. King didn’t like the results.
He never publically said specifically what was wrong. So he'’s
doing his own study with the
conclusions he wants already
outlined in the proposal prior to
the study commencing. The
Umbagog Refuge CCP is to be
studied in a negative light as
the proposal from HDR is to
pursue possible negative impacts. “The expansion presents
a number of specific challenges
to the Coos County economy.
First, there is the potential for
a negative impact on jobs in the
forest, biomass, tourism, and
other supporting industries.
Second, these impacts could
lead to a reduction in local tax
revenues, compounding the
effects of the recent economic
recession on the County. Given
the importance of these industries to Coos County’s economy,
it is critical to better understand these potential impacts.
The proposed work effort intends to accomplish this goal.”
Never mind nor postulate the
exact opposite could be true.
There is no expression of intent
to look at potential positive
impacts that may be revealed.
The proposal purposely intends
to explore “potential negative”
impacts. No mention of potential positive impacts as we observe first hand in places like
Coos County's White Mountains National Forest. Umbagog Refuge itself is an attractant to pesky environmentalists, kayakers, fishermen, hunters, boaters, vacationers, lodgers, outdoors type folks. The
added value of supporting industries (food, lodging, travel,
entertainment, recreation, real
estate, etc.) to these economic
Letters
drivers would support a more
extensive base than a single
timber culture that existed primarily to burn biomass. Private
ownership is no guarantee
these resources remain open to
the public. My opinion. I confess
to being an environmental advocate.
I hope this study looks at
federal parks’ ability to stimulate economies through diverse
support industries. Ask the Balsams’ past and present owners
on the impacts of a developed
Refuge. Ask Omni Resorts if the
National Forest has an impact
beyond just Mount Washington.
Inquire of the towns of Conway,
Jefferson, Gorham, Whitefield,
Lincoln, Twin Mountains, Franconia, and on and on if they
would rather have their economies based primarily on timber.
An old fashioned practical approach to answer Mr. King’s
question as to the value of federally owned lands.
The Berlin Station biomass
power generator already has
downsized its projected labor
force from 40 to 30 full-time
jobs. There is a part of me that
thinks the Berlin Station has
the potential to outstrip available resources to the detriment
of our local economic environment. Coos will continue to
struggle because of a single
industry stranglehold and
County leadership seeking to
prevent economic diversity in
the use of natural resources.
We have seen the result of that
philosophy first hand with the
closings of mills and departure
of timber companies. We don’t
need a $50,000 study to evaluate past results.
Differences between this
study and that of the 2008 economic impact study for the Umbagog Refuge CCP will require
close comparisons for their data
and conclusions in order to substantiate Mr. King’s assertions
of bias and/or faulty data and
conclusions. As this is the
stated purpose for the study
there should be clear distinction and comparison made
available within the report.
Why is it excluded in the proposal?
Its nice to have the big fixes
save the day for Coos County
revenues. Prisons, biomass generators, electric transmission
lines, wind power turbines.
Surely our taxes will shrink to
nothing, right ?
What about the people?
Where are the people? What is
offered for the younger genera-
tions? What projected jobs do
these entities hold. Prison
guard is likely to be one of Coos
County’s leading vocation offerings. Leadership has lost hope
in the future and maintains a
quest for the quick fix.
Like with moose, there are
more dollars to be gained in the
recreational use and viewing of
our natural resources than just
harvesting them for consumption. I would hope that is considered in this “unbiased study.”
David Enos
Pittsburg
“landed” in the Eastern Townships town for a visit to area
above the border after reading
Corey Bellam’s weekly Chronicle reports from the Eastern
Townships, noting that the
“Colebrook Chronicle lequel ne
manque pas de vanter les attraits de la region coaticookoise”
They also credit hostess of the
month Diane Holman for directing the group’s interests to the
region.
Much of the article detailed
the history of the Red Hat Society and members’ penchant for
all red attire, including the
trademark red hats. As the
Colebrook area women sipped
tea on the museum’s porch,
their bright red clothing attracted a lot of attention among
others visiting the museum that
day. As the reporter for La Tribune noted, (we translate)
“Judging by the enthusiastic
and sometimes envious comments from other visitors at the
Beaulne Museum, we should
not be astonished to see more
hats on the veranda or perhaps
see the emergence of a group of
Red Hats in the Coaticook.”
For their part, the Rosie Red
Hats hope to return to the museum around Christmastime.
To the Editor:
Recently, we at Northern
Pass held our first five open
house meetings in Coos County.
I would like to thank the
residents and landowners from
Millsfield, Dixville, Stark, Dummer, Stewartstown, Clarksville,
Pittsburg and Northumberland
for attending these events, asking questions and sharing your
perspectives and feedback on
the project. Our team of engineers, environmental specialists
and other project experts benefitted greatly from the time we
were able to spend speaking one
-on-one with all of you.
I would also like to thank the
owners and operators of the
various venues we used for this
important outreach to North
Media
RED HATS, CHRONICLE
IN SHERBROOKE MEDIA
They were reading about
Colebrook in Sherbrooke’s
French-language daily, La Tribune, on Monday.
Maryse Carbonneau, a reporter for La Tribune, encountered an interesting group of
brightly dressed woman from
our area converging on the
Beaulne Museum in Coaticook,
which resulted in a piece run in
the paper’s “Arts & Spectacles”
section. “Les Rosie Red Hats
debarquent a Coaticook” the
headline read, reporting on how
this local club of Red Hatters
La Tribune’s report on the Rosie Red Hats’ visit to Coaticook included a photo of the local women,
seen in the bottom left of this clipping from Monday’s paper.
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Education
The SAU 7 2013-14 school year kicked off on Wednesday, Aug. 28. Kids stepped off the bus with bright
new backpacks, shoes and smiles. Pictured above an older brother puts a reassuring arm around his
little brother who is attending preschool for the very first time this year. Angela Wheeler photo.
NAMED TO DEAN’S
LIST AT SIMMONS
Ashley DeCosta, a resident
of Errol, recently received a
Bachelor of Arts degree from
the College of Arts and Sciences
at Simmons College in Boston,
Mass., and was named to the
2013 spring semester Dean's
list as well. DeCosta is majoring in English.
To qualify for Dean's list
status, undergraduate students
must obtain a grade point average of 3.5 or higher, based on
12 or more credit hours of work
in classes using the letter grade
system.
WATERSHED OFFERS
TEACHER RESOURCES
As students return to school,
the Connecticut River Watershed Council (CRWC) urges
teachers and educators to explore River of Words along the
Connecticut River, an environmental art and poetry program
promoting watershed awareness, literacy and the arts. Visit
http://row.ctriver.org for more
information, including online
lesson plans that are aligned
with Common Core State Standards and highlight innovative
teaching strategies for connecting youth to the natural and
cultural resources of their local
environments.
“It’s exciting to see the river
through young people’s eyes,”
said Carol Berner of Smith College, River of Words along the
Connecticut River program
coordinator. “Their poems,
paintings and parades bring
new perspectives to the river’s
ecosystems. Students are inspiring their communities to
pay attention to the environ-
ment and protect the health of
the river.”
The website showcases creative ways in which youth are
interacting with their watersheds and provides educators
with resources to inspire and
inform their classrooms. The
Project Gallery features student
videos, booklets, artwork, and
poetry on environmental topics
including the annual CRWC
Source to Sea cleanup. Recent
News celebrates and disseminates current school and community projects, building new
connections between students
and teachers upstream and
downstream.
The River of Words along the
Connecticut River program engages young people and educators in four states through
school programs, professional
development workshops, publications, and community projects. Offered in partnership
with the Connecticut River Watershed Council, the program
draws on the internationally
recognized pedagogic model of
River of Words integrating science, literacy and the arts in
place-based K-12 curriculum.
CRWC advocates for the entire, four-state Connecticut
River watershed, working to
protect water—the river, its
tributaries, lakes, fish—and the
land, plants, and creatures connected to that water to keep
them safe now and for future
generations. To learn more
about CRWC, or to make a contribution to help protect the
Conn e cti cut Ri v er, v isit
www.ctriver.org or call (413)
772-2020, ext. 201.
Education
Dr. Mathew Forest introduced eight new staff members at Groveton Elementary on their first day of
school. From the left, Tracey Lambert, Para Educator; Liza LaCasse, fifth grade teacher; Patrick
Knepp, fifth grade teacher; Jayce Whiting, Speech Para; Patricia Smith, Title 1 tutor; Breanna
McCarthy, Special Education teacher, (behind Breanna) Josh Smith, Technology Integrator; Ashyln
Rideout, Para Educator. Marie Hughes photo.
REPORT ON WMRSD
PROPERTY UPGRADES
Students, parents and visitors will be greeted with a dramatic face lift as they enter
WMRHS this fall. All the work
is part of an ambitious plan to
address some long-delayed
maintenance upgrades there
and in other district schools as
well as update security measures in a reasoned and restrained response to Sandy
Hook School shootings last December.
A new set of exterior doors in
the air lock entryway to the
high school are just the start.
There on the entryway corridor
floor is the school’s emblem
stenciled into the new flooring
for both the school’s main entryways. Also visible from the entrance is the newly refurbished
library with floor, walls and
ceilings redone, furniture upgraded and book stacks moved
to the outer walls creating an
unimpeded view throughout. A
temporary partition to an adjoining office room was removed
making the room much larger
than previously. It is expected
the library will serve as a research hub for students with
additional internet connections
planned for the space.
This work and a transformation of Room 106 into a state-ofthe-art digital presentation and
testing room caps a busy summer for the district maintenance crew and contractors.
The school board allocated a
combination of unexpended
budget reserves matched by
building maintenance trust
funds to scratch many items off
the district’s maintenance “to
do” list. Costs for all the work
undertaken will total in excess
of $650,000 with grant funds
(for WMRHS Room 106) and
capital reserve and surplus
from the 2012-13 budget covering the bulk of the costs.
Elsewhere in the district
Jefferson school sees a substandard electrical system upgraded
to three-phase power with heavier duty entry boxes re-located
out of the boiler room clearing
up a long-standing life/safety
code deficiency. No longer will
freezers need to be unplugged to
use stage lights for programs
and presentations.
In addition the oldest of two
oil-fired boilers was removed
and replaced by a modern pellet
boiler, an Okefon supplied by
Maine Energy Systems of Bethel.
The new, high-efficiency system comes with a 29-ton pellet
storage outdoor silo that supplies pellets on-demand via an
underground, pneumatic tube.
Controls for the system are being integrated with existing
boiler controls managed by Siemens. This should produce savings over oil usage of 40 percent
or better.
For the district this is a pilot
test of the newest pellet technology and, should savings prove
out as promised, it is likely
more changeovers to wood-fired
systems (pellet or biomass
chips) would be undertaken at
Whitefield and Lancaster
schools in an effort to stem continued oil price rises and market volatility. Already a large
chip boiler is planned for the
proposed CTE addition that
would
heat the entire high
school property with a hot water
system at considerable annual
savings.
Also, throughout the district
upgrades and refinements are
being made to security cameras
with some additional views being added with better quality
images and new hard drive stor-
age systems. In addition checkin windows are being beefed up
to add a bit more security for
the person buzzing folks
through during the day.
The security upgrades resulted from a comprehensive
review by the N.H. Homeland
Security schools expert in consultation with local police
chiefs. Overall the district was
given high marks for security
practices already in place.
While some of these upgrades may be delayed some
weeks due to supply shortages,
they all should be in place soon
and add to the safe, efficient
and secure operation of the
schools.
In Lancaster, long-standing
cracks in the bathroom concrete
floors were repaired and the
floors sealed to eliminate bacterial issues that posed health
problems.
As the district moves to more
computerized Core Standard
testing the rewired Room 106 at
the high school makes any kind
of digital connection possible
from a straightforward, integrated control panel which can
source DVD, IPad, laptop or
static documents for view on the
large, retractable screen at the
front of the room. Websites can
be accessed from the controller
or even remote programming,
such as distance learning
coursework, lectures, news conferences and more. All can be
dialed on the phone pad and be
connected interactively with
microphones available for presenter and participants alike.
Building and Grounds Director Ric Vashaw remarked that
the room has come full circle
since its inception many years
ago and is back to its originally
intended purpose.
The room also will be used
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North Country Photo Album
12th Moose Festival Filled Colebrook’s Main Street...
Photos by Charles Jordan
Left photo: When Main Street in Colebrook was closed down for the Friday night portion of Moose Festival, the street fair was mobbed with both locals and visitors to the
popular event. Right photo: Dean Neary of Colebrook was raising awareness for CHaD on Main Street, assisted by Jenessa Voisine.
Left photo: A dunking booth was a center of activity as everyone tried to force someone into the water. Right photo: Several vendors were set up on Main Street on Friday,,
including a display of these attractive hand-carved figures by Arnold Brooks of Clarksville.
Left photo: During the Friday night portion of the Moose Festival, the Parker Hill Road Band performed on Main Street. Right photo: U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen enjoys
returning to the Moose Festival frequently, where she gets a chance to meet with the locals and get in some square dancing (see this week’s Video News).
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...And Good Weather Held Out For Canaan As Well
Left photo: Mountain Men had displays both in Colebrook and Canaan. Pictured are four members of the group, in front, Ray Fox, in back, Dan’l Cripps, Jimmy Gilbert and
Don Campbell. Middle photo: A well-dressed pooch named Maeve struts her stuff during the Habitat for Humanity dog show in Canaan. Right photo: Posing with Mr. Moose
are the three top youth winners of the Moose Calling Contest.
Left photo: A wagonload of folks having fun in Canaan Right photo: The top three adult winners in the Moose Calling Contest.
A much-anticipated part of the Moose Festival each year are the antique and classic cars which take part, with them all rolling into one place in Canaan on Saturday.
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COOS COUNTY
NURSING HOSPITAL
A lounging on the farm day
was held on Sunday. Residents
spent time on the patio at different stations that were set up,
including rug braiding, a sewing
display with quilts, making
homemade ice cream, using a
cream separator, making lemon/
lime aide and a display of farm
tools. A group of the men enjoyed a cookout that day. Everyone reminisced about living and
working on farms and the
chores they did.
Eddie Crawford and Clare
Young entertained a large
group of residents with their
music on Monday afternoon. In
the spirit of the Moose Festival,
residents played moose shoes on
Tuesday afternoon. Everyone
sang along while Ellen Sipe
played the piano on Wednesday.
Bingo Blackout winners this
week were Eva Stevens and
Mike Moren.
On Friday morning Derek
Small from Wildlife Encounters
did a presentation for residents.
Derek educated the group about
the animals he brought with
him which included an armadillo, a hedgehog, an eight-foot
boa constrictor, a kangaroo, a
potbelly pig, a Cayman lizard
and a cockatoo.
Left photo: Following the showing of “Northern Trespass” in Colebrook last week, one of the film’s producers, Michelle Vaughn, explains
the work on the project to the audience and answered questions from those present as well. Right photo: Clarksville residents Bob Martin, left, and Charlie Morgan look over a display table at the Tillotson Center where the documentary “Northern Trespass” was shown
last week. The display included bumper stickers and orange cones in opposition to the proposed Northern Pass transmission line project.
Charles Jordan photos.
For many residents and staff
members, this was the first
time they had seen these types
of animals in person. Residents
were able to touch the hedgehog, boa constrictor and the
lizard.
In the afternoon a patio so-
cial was held and Moose Tracks
ice cream was served.
Some residents went to the
Moose Festival in Colebrook
that evening and had a great
time eating the food, seeing the
car parade and listening to music.
STRATFORD FARMERS’
MARKET AND FALL FEST
Starting Saturday Sept. 7,
and running every Saturday
morning in September,
the
vendors from Fantastic Fridays
will be running a farmers’ market under the big tent on the
common in North Stratford. Freshly baked items will
be offered such as donuts,
breads and muffins. A wide selection of locally grown produce
including tomatoes, potatoes,
summer and winter squashes,
Community News
An eagle up close, as photographed by Lori Uran in Stratford last Saturday.
cucumbers, greens and more
will be offered at reasonable
prices. The market opens at 9
a.m.
On Saturday, Sept. 21, from
10 a.m.-2 p.m., the First Baptist
Church of North Stratford will
host their annual fall fest on
the common.
In addition to produce and
baked goods there will be crafts
and fancy work, pumpkins and
cornstalks, hot foods, white
elephant tables and raffles.
Anyone wishing to be a vendor on any of the Saturday
morning events are asked to
call Kathy Roth at (802) 9623498.
COLEBROOK SKI-BEES
Des pit e the b eautiful
weather we are all enjoying
here in northern New Hampshire, it’s already time to start
thinking “snowmobile season,”
especially for the officers and
directors of our local snowmobile clubs.
The Colebrook Ski-Bees will
resume monthly meetings on
Wednesday, Sept. 4, at 7 p.m.,
at the Colebrook Country Club.
All members and landowners in
the Colebrook Ski-Bees trail
system are invited to attend.
Topics for this meeting will include discussions on pending
trail work and bridge construction, grooming equipment
readiness, garage plans, memberships for the upcoming season, this year’s trail map and
events on the Ski-Bees’ 2013-14
schedule.
This first meeting of the season will also include a re-cap
the third Annual Colebrook SkiBees Golf Tournament which
was held on Saturday, Aug. 24.
Sixty players enjoyed a full
breakfast buffet, 18-hole golf
tournament, lunch and awards.
The weather couldn’t have been
better and a good time was had
by all! The club is grateful to
the many sponsors who helped
with the tournament as well.
Colebrook Ski-Bees Board of
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Directors will be hiring Grooming Equipment Operators over
the next few weeks for the upcoming season. Anyone interested should fill out a job application and either mail it in
to Colebrook Ski-Bees, P.O.
Box 125, Colebrook, NH 03576
or drop it off at the Colebrook
Country Club on Route 26 as
soon as possible in order to be
considered. Blank applications
are available at the Colebrook
Country Club.
Applicants
must be 21 years of age or
older, and must possess a valid
driver’s license with no major
violations in the past three
years.
Colebrook Ski-Bees is a very
active social club and offers
many opportunities to volunteer and meet new people.
This season’s events will be
announced
periodically
through the local newspapers,
Facebook and also on the club’s
website,
www.ColebrookSkiBees.com.
The club hopes to welcome
some new members at the
monthly meetings this season!
—Michelle Hinds,
Secretary
Colebrook Ski-Bees
WE TOOK TO THE WOODS
DAY TRIP SEPT. 7
A daylong tour of Forest
Lodge and the Winter House
where We Took To The Woods
was written by Louise Dickinson Rich is planned for Sept. 7,
2013, from 8 a.m. to about 4
p.m., give or take an hour depending on road conditions etc.
Aldro French, known as The
Keeper of The House, who has
owned the property for many
years and has worked diligently
to preserve the essence of this
special place will be the host for
this visit.
The visit includes roundtrip
Canadian blues singer Charlie A’Court, center, backed by Halifax Kev Corbett on bass and Keith Mullins on drums, rocked the Tillotson Center in Colebrook last Sunday with a very well-received show
sponsored by the Great North Woods Committee for the Arts. The GNWCA hopes to bring them back
next year. See the Video News for highlights and an interview with the band. Charles Jordan photo.
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transportation, a special tour of
Middle Dam led by the keeper of
the dam (Harry), and a delightful box luncheon prepared by
the Upton Ladies Aid including
drinks, fresh fruit and decadent
desserts.
Spectacular views of Rapid
River and surrounding areas.
This is your chance to see the
Winter House “wallpaper” as
well as her typewriter and personal book collection. Also there
will be recollections and stories
about how things really were.
Tickets are $65 each person.
Vans leave from Upton School
House at 8 a.m. sharp. Return
time is about 4 pm
Contact Charlotte Dominique
to reserve tickets or more information at (207) 533-2061.
FEDERAL GRANT FOR
$25,000 FOR BUSINESSES
This week Congresswomen
Annie Kuster and Carol SheaPorter announced that the
Northern Community Investment Corporation (NCIC) will
receive a $25,000 federal grant
to help grow local businesses in
New Hampshire’s North Country.
The grant, administered
through the U.S. Dept. of Agriculture (USDA), comes through
the agency’s Rural Business
Enterprise Grant program,
which helps to develop small
and emerging businesses in
rural areas. The NCIC, which
serves Carroll, Coos and Grafton counties, as well as parts of
Vermont, will use the funds to
help provide local businesses
with consulting services to help
Mohawk Grange 217 in East Colebrook honored three members on Monday evening. Their years of
membership together total 190 years. Bottom, from left: Herman Paquette and Robert Burrill. Both
received 65-year emblems. Top: Haven Haynes, Sr., who received his 60-year emblem, and Master Michelle Hyde. Photo courtesy MaryAnn Neary.
Beautiful quilts were once again on display at Trinity United
Methodist Church in Colebrook on Friday during Moose Festival.
Charles Jordan photo.
A cute little car is all dolled up for the annual Moose Festival car
parade which was held along Main Street in Colebrook on Friday
evening. Charles Jordan photo.
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them expand and add jobs.
“The North Country is home
to many of New Hampshire’s
best entrepreneurs,” Kuster
said. “This grant will help these
small businesses grow and
thrive. Their success is good for
the North Country economy and
important New Hampshire as a
whole.”
“I welcome this grant and the
economic investment it makes
in the North Country,” SheaPorter said. “Supporting local
small businesses is key to creating good jobs and helping our
economy grow.”
NCIC officials will make the
grant funds available through a
bid process for local companies
to use for marketing, website
development and financial
training, among other consulting services. The funds are
available to small businesses
with fewer than 50 employees.
“The concept is to improve
business so they’re able to create additional jobs,” said Michael Welch, project director for
NCIC. “We take this money and
try to make it go as far as we
can. Every little bit helps.”
USDA Rural Business Enterprise Grants are available to
municipal governments and non
-profit groups, anong other entities in rural towns and communities. Additional information
about the program is available
here.
CANAAN SENIORS NEWS
On Wednesday the Canaan
Seniors sang “Happy Birthday
To You” to three seniors, Rollande Marquis, Kedric Merrill
and Bibianne Lanctot. The
penny sale door prize winners
were Adrienne Roy and Ethel
Goodrum. The 50/50 winners
were Peter Durno and Denise
Carrier.The free meal winners
were Leatrice Bacon and Peter
Durno.
Next week (Sept. 4) the
menu will be shepherd’s pie,
coleslaw, bread and bread pudding for dessert. For your reservation, call Dencie Cunningham
at (802) 266-8206 Tuesday on
or before 10 a.m.
For 24 years, Robillards have been serving their homemade apple crisp at the Lancaster Fair. From
the left, are Lucas Robillard and his grandparents, Richard and Anita Bedor peel the many boxes of
apples to get ready for the crowds that always come for the treat. Marie Hughes photo.
Celebrating August birthdays at Canaan Seniors on Wednesday
were, from the left, Rollande Marquis, Kedric Merrill and Bibianne
Lanctot. Rollande Marquis won the birthday certificate. Photo
courtesy Billie Brockney.
Outdoors
From the left, Harry Brown, Executive Director of the North Country OHRV Coalition, State Senator Jeff Woodburn (rear), Sue
Brown, U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen, Steve Baillargeon, Bear
Rock Adventures, Bill Shaheen, Corrine Rober, Bear Rock Adventures. Courtesy photo.
SHAHEEN VISITS NORTH
COUNTRY ATV GROUP
U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen visited Bear Rock Adventures on Saturday, Aug. 24, to
get a firsthand experience riding All-Terrain Vehicles, which
are becoming an increasingly
important component of the
North Country economy. Shaheen was joined by New Hampshire State Senator Jeff Woodburn in Colebrook.
Earlier this year, New
Hampshire officially opened the
“Ride the Wilds” program which
boosts both the travel and recreational industry by linking
over 1,000 miles of trail across
Coos County. Senator Shaheen
is a strong backer of the industry and supported legislation to
maintain the Recreational
Trails Program as a separately
funded transportation program.
Expanded support for AllTerrain Vehicles and snowmobiles has the potential to be an
economic boon for the North
Country, increasing visitors and
supporting the region’s hospitality and tourism industries.
“Snowmobiling and ATVs are
critical to the North Country's
recreation and tourism industry. The ‘Ride the Wilds’ program and its expanded network
of trails will boost tourism and
the North Country's recreation
industry and I will continue
supporting these types of efforts
that are so important to our
economy," said Shaheen.
“We are extremely pleased to
have Senator Shaheen join us
for a short tour of ‘Ride the
Wilds’, a 1,000+ miles of Interconnected ATV trails in Coos
County, New Hampshire,” said
Harry Brown, President of the
North Country OHRV Coalition.
“The Senator has been an avid
supporter of this new ‘Factory’
from its conception. In 2011,
the Senator was very instrumental in assuring the continuation of the Recreational
Trails Program, a part of the
FHWA program. The continuation of these funds is paramount
in the construction and maintenance of the ‘Ride the Wilds’
trail System. We appreciate the
support that our program and
others receive from the Senator.”
“We are so pleased to welcome Senator Shaheen to Coos
County and Bear Rock Adventures. The initial success of
‘Ride the Wilds’ trail system is a
true testament to northern New
Hampshire's independent spirit
and perseverance. This grass
roots economic initiative is a
model of organic solidarity that
reflects the ingenuity of its inhabitants and we are proud to
be part of it. We see tremendous
potential in this movement and
welcome the opportunity to
share with the Senator our vision for this beautiful area,”
said Corrine Rober and Steve
Baillargeon of Bear Rock Adventures.
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Around The Region
HILLTOP GOSPEL
CELEBRATION
Out in the small town of
Bury, Que., down a little winding road called Brookbury Road,
a huge party was taking place
at the home of Darcy and Doris
Eryou. It's a party that was
started about six years ago
when Darcy Eryou was diagnosed with cancer. A group of
Darcy's friends got together and
decided to throw a party to help
lift his spirits. It worked, and
Darcy started to feel better
every day. Every year at this
time a group of his friends move
in and set up everything for one
of the best parties of the region.
This year a little different
spin was put on the weekend.
Darcy kindly dedicated the
weekend to a very dear friend,
Carlyle McBurney. Carlyle recently passed away from cancer
and Darcy wanted to remember
him in grand style. The party
kicked off Saturday at 2 p.m.
with a full slate of entertainers
all day and well into the evening featuring Robert Coleman,
Stephane Sevigny, Gary Darling and of course the true
clown of the weekend, Les Duke
and his Big Ears, along with
many others. Sunday started off
at 11 a.m. with a down home
church service done to perfection by Russ Hopkins. This was
all followed by music by David
McBurney and friends to include Jan Graham, Wayne Nutbrown, Dave Bessant, Ron
Haseltine and Alain Leblanc on
spoons. This was followed by a
lovely potluck lunch and then it
was time for more music. It was
a very enjoyable weekend for all
and will be remembered for
years to come.
This reporter was talking to
Darcy, a man I have known all
my life. He mentioned that the
other day he was talking to an
old friend down in the village of
Bury about cremation. The
friend said he wanted to be cremated but he was afraid if they
buried the ashes it might kill
the grass, and if they put it in a
brook it might kill the fish.
Darcy said he was thinking
about cremation too because he
figures that his wife, Doris, can
put his ashes in a can and keep
him in the car. I said “Well,
you'll always be with her.”
Darcy was quick to answer,
“Well, I suppose, but that's
really not my reasoning.” He
told me around here the roads
get pretty slippery in the winter. He figures with him in the
car, if she gets stuck on ice, she
can get out the can and throw a
little Darcy under the tires to
get going. He said he has al-
ways been a helpful fellow and
always wants to be.
–Corey Bellam
FOURTH LENNOXVILLE
STREET FEST
Lennoxville, Que., certainly
came alive this past Saturday
with the holding of the 4th annual Lennoxville Street Fest.
The fun all kicked off at 10 a.m.
with vendors lining the street
selling their products and services ranging from homemade
soaps, handmade jewellery,
baking, vegetables and so much
more. The day also included
many businesses showing what
they have to offer. For example,
Bishops University had their
Physio-Therapy trainers present explaining all about what
they offer. The Lennoxville
Curling club was also there
trying to get people interested
in the sport of curling. The Lennoxville Rifle Club was recruiting new members for shooting.
Excitement was certainly in
the air all day as the music of
the Drew Family drifted along
the street along with the sound
of the magical fingers of Jan
Graham on her piano. Kate
Morrison, The Tony Scott Band
and many others kept toes tapping all day long. The celebration also included clowns, children painting on the street,
book sales, jugglers and so
much more to keep both young
and young at heart entertained.
The Chronicle strolled along the
street and chatted with countless people from all over the
Townships. It is good family fun
for all ages. The local
McDonalds gave up most of
their parking to house the inflatable games and slides so the
children had a safe secure place
to play. The fun continued all
day until around 4 p.m. with
everyone heading home with
good memories of their day.
–Corey Bellam
MAPLE SYRUP
SEIZURES UPDATE
As reported back in April in
the Chronicle, three local maple
syrup producers above the border had their syrup seized on
April 16 at their sugar houses.
The producers’ names are Steve
Cote, Roger Roy and Gilles
Marois. These seizures were
allegedly made without judgement by the Federation of Quebec Maple Producers as a preventative measure to keep the
syrup off the market. These
three producers had refused to
belong to the Federation, which
goes against the rules of the
Federation, which states they
must belong to sell their syrup.
The Cookshire Fair crowd was treated to a true show of horsemanship by Jason Taylor of Pine Gables Farm in Bishopton, Que., with his 10-horse hitch. This farm is owned and operated by the George
family and Jason works there alongside them. Corey Bellam photo.
The case started on the 21st
of August at the Sherbrooke
Courthouse and continued until
Friday at suppertime. Each told
their story and the Federation
spoke about the many laws governing the maple syrup industry. The week came to an end
without any initial decision
being made. The case comes
back up Thursday, Aug 29,
when many hope for a decision.
These three producers stand to
lose a lot if they lose the case,
with a lot of money lost and
heavy fines. The Chronicle is
planning to attend Thursday
and hopefully report an outcome next week.
–Corey Bellam
MARANATHA
MOTORCYCLE CLUB
Last Saturday afternoon the
Chronicle was invited to the
Maranatha Motorcycle Clubs
annual barbecue in Sawyerville, Que., at the Sawyerville
Baptist Church—the third year
the events has been held at this
church.
Some people find it a bit unusual that a local Baptist
Church would host a group of
Motercycle riders but really it's
not. These men and women
back a few years ago were often
rough and tough. These bikers
then decided to calm down and
let the Lord help them and take
care of them. They went clean
of drugs and alcohol. This is
how the Maranatha Motorcycle
Club came to be organized.
About 33 years ago a fellow
by the name of Claude Legris,
also known as Ti-Claude,
started up the Maranatha Club
to help these people get their
life back on track and lead a
crime free life. The club has
grown ever since to include
members from all over Quebec,
Ontario and the Maritimes.
Last Saturday shortly after
lunch the sound of motorcycles
started getting closer and before long the church was over-
come by bikers all wearing Maranatha patches. The afternoon
included a barbecue of pork and
beef that would melt in your
mouth along with salads, baked
beans and some of the best desserts. This is a club that does
good for all. They visit prisons
to try and get the convicts out of
the life of crime with their club.
The Chronicle spoke with
Claude Legris and found him to
be a very nice man who is doing
a lot of good for the community.
He is very proud of the Club
and what it is doing to help
these men and women get out of
the life of crime and take a road
to a better life crime free. The
evening included songs, prayer
and fellowship for all. The Sawyerville Baptist Church plan to
hold it for many years to come.
—Corey Bellam
SOURCE TO SEA CLEANUP
COMING UP OCT. 4-5
The 17th annual Source to
Sea Cleanup is gearing up to be
one of the biggest river clean up
events along the Connecticut
River yet. Hosted by the Connecticut River Watershed Council (CRWC), the Source to Sea
Cleanup is an annual trash
clean up of the Connecticut
River and its tributaries
throughout the four-state watershed (New Hampshire, Ver(Continued on page 17)
Last Sunday at the Cookshire Fair Dallas Campbell, shown at left,
was presented with a plaque for the volunteer of the year. Dallas
has been around the Cookshire Fair for a little over 20 years and
usually working behind the scenes .He could be emptying garbage
cans, pumping a toilet, helping someone set up for the fair, fixing a
broken fence or just about any job hooked up with the fair. Dallas
is a very hardworking man. He is very active in the Eastern Townships Antique Machinery Club, drives school bus, works for Standish Bros. Spraying Co. in Cookshire, and that is just a few of his
jobs. Pauline Hivert of the Cookshire Fair Board of Directors presented the plaque to a very deserving Dallas Campbell. Corey
Bellam photo.
Around The Region
From the left, Wayne Nutbrown, Jan Graham, David McBurney, Dave Bessant and Ron Haseltine
perform during the Hilltop Gospel at the home of Darcy and Doris Eryou in Bury, Que., last weekend.
Right photo: Darcy Eryou who was the host of the event. Corey Bellam photo.
mont, Massachusetts, Connecticut). Registration for the
Cleanup is underway now.
Twenty-five groups and over
1,400 volunteers from Hanover
to Old Saybrook, Conn., have
already signed up to clean the
rivers on Friday and Saturday,
Oct. 4 - 5.
“Some really unbelievable
things have been pulled from
our rivers, such as a cement
mixer, parking meters, propane
tanks and junk cars,” said Jacqueline Talbot, Cleanup Coordinator. “This is human produced
trash that becomes river trash
and then ocean trash, while
making our natural spaces less
safe and less welcoming for people and wildlife. We can do
something about that and give a
cleaner river to our neighbors
downstream. To date, volunteers have prevented more than
806 tons of trash from flowing
downstream, but our waterways
could always use the help of
those willing to work for cleaner
spaces. This is a positive event
with a true impact, and it is
open to all.” To report a trash
site in need of clean up or to
participate in the cleanup
event, visit www.ctriver.org and
click on “Source to Sea
Cleanup.”
“It’s wonderful to see this
level of support for cleaning up
our rivers,” said CRWC Executive Director Andrew Fisk.
“There are 30 sponsors this
year, many of them new. Lead
sponsors Brookfield Renewable
Energy Group, Lane Construction, NRG Middletown and
TransCanada’s generous financial support enables us to organize the thousands of volunteers who participate in the
Cleanup, and to take on complex projects that require the
use of heavy equipment and
professional divers. Last year
we were able to pull two junk
cars from the river in Connecticut and we’ll tackle more big
projects like that this year.”
Those not interested in picking up trash can still support
the Cleanup by attending one of
three benefit concerts happening throughout the region, Sept.
20-22, featuring well-known
artists Robin and Linda Williams and Their Fine Band from
NPR’s “Prairie Home Companion.” They will perform their
blend of bluegrass, folk, oldtime and acoustic country music
live on Friday, Sept. 20, 7:30
p.m. at the Pentangle Town
Hall Theater in Woodstock, Vt.,
Saturday, Sept. 21, 7:30 p.m. at
Memorial Hall in Shelburne
Falls, Mass., or Sunday, Sept.
22, 3 p.m. at The Kate in Old
Saybrook, Conn.. Tickets can be
purchased
online
at
www.ctriver.org/news-events/
concert/ or by calling 1-800-8383006 (877-503-1286 in Connecticut). Memorial Hall tickets can
also be purchased at World Eye
Bookshop in Greenfield, Mass.,
Mocha Maya’s and Boswell’s
Books in Shelburne Falls, Mass.
For information about the
Source to Sea Cleanup, to join a
group near you, register online,
or to report sites in need of
cleaning visit www.ctriver.org
and click on ‘Source to Sea
Cleanup.’ Anyone with questions or a trash tip may contact
CRWC’s Cleanup Coordinator
Jacqueline
Talbot
at
[email protected] or by calling (860) 704-0057.
The Connecticut River Watershed Council has been an
advocate for the 11,000 squaremile watershed of the Connecticut River since 1952. CRWC is a
non-profit organization supported by individual members,
public and private foundations,
corporate sponsors and government grants. To learn more
about CRWC, or to contribute to
help protect the Connecticut
River, visit www.ctriver.org or
call (413) 772-2020.
LUNENBURG GRUB ON
GREEN AND OPEN MIC
The Top of the Common
Committee invites all residents
of Lunenburg and neighboring
communities, as well as visitors
to the area, and those just passing through, to drop by the Lunenburg Town Common on Saturday, Sept. 14, for its annual
community potluck meal.
As it has come to be called,
the “Grub on the Green” will
take place from 3–6 p.m. Bring
some food of your choice to
share (main dish, side dish, or a
combination) and maybe a lawn
chair. If you’re not able to bring
something along, please come
anyway; there’s always been
plenty to go around. There will
Steve Cote (and his family) and on the far left is Gilles Marois, are
two syrup producers in Quebec whose maple syrup was seized Federation of Quebec Maple Producers as a preventative measure to
keep the syrup off the market. Corey Bellam photo.
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Around The Region
Left photo: Clowning around at the Lennoxville, Que., Street Fest, from the left, Lisa-Marie Boulanger (Lab Tech .for Familiprix Pharmacy), Remi Gosselin (Owner of Familiprix Pharmacy in Lennoxville) and Dr. Bobo the Clown, Right photo: Stavoros and Loukas Chronopoulos create some artwork on the street along with many others.
Corey Bellam photos.
Left photo: Street performers during the Lennoxville, Que., Street Fest last week. Right photo: Courtney Drew performs some fiddle tricks. She was trained by Scott Woods,
Canadian Fiddle Champion. Corey Bellam photos.
be electrical outlets to accommodate some crockpots and
large bowls for chips. The Committee will also provide paper
goods, drinks, and picnic tables. This is a free event–like a
church potluck.
This year’s meal will be part
of the First Annual RiverFest
sponsored by NOCONEK, a
local small business that promotes local businesses in the
Northeast Kingdom of Vermont
and North Country of New
Hampshire. NOCONEK will be
providing live music while you
enjoy your meal and visiting
time on the Common.
The inclement weather location will be the Lunenburg Primary School, 48 Bobbin Mill
Road, so mark your calendars –
it’s going to be a great day no
matter what the weather.
Following the music and
“Grub” at 6 p.m., you’re invited
to stroll up to the top of the
Town Common into the historic
Congregational Church building for the Second Lunenburg
Open Mic. There is parking
available around the Common
and in the school lot behind the
church and the building is ac-
cessible. The Fireside Fiddlers
will again be joining in an evening of outstanding fare for
music lovers of all ages. Bring
your instruments, voices, and
dancing feet or plan to settle in
and enjoy the local talent; the
building’s interior and acoustics are amazing. If you can,
please bring a finger food to
share. There will be free beverages and a door prize. A $3 admission benefits the TOCC Restoration Project.
Questions? Want to help get
the meal site or church set up or
cleaned up? Contact [email protected] or by
phone Chris at (802) 892-6654
or Dianne at (802) 892-1154.
For more information about the
Open Mic, contact Carol at (802)
892-5914. Find out more about
the Top of the Common Committee and the free services
provided by NOCONEK by visiting www.topofthecommon.org.
Left photo: The Maranatha Motorcycle Club’s annual barbecue was held in Sawyerville at the Sawyerville Baptist Church last weekend.
Right photo: A number of motorcycle bikes were parked in front of the church for the day’s activities. Corey Bellam photos.
Police, EMS
Checkpoint is to deter driving
while intoxicated, and to detect
and apprehend those who do
drive impaired. Troop Commander of Troop-F Lt. Todd
Landry has taken an aggressive
stance to prevent people from
driving while intoxicated and
Troopers will be out during the
holiday weekend in an effort to
make the roadways safer.
45TH PARALLEL EMS
EMT-I Michelle Hyde spoke
with members of the North
Country Community Recreational Center OWLS (Older,
Wiser, Livelier Seniors) program about the Vial of Life Program and Hands Only CPR on
August 20. The 45th Parallel
staff did EMS standby coverage
at the Moose Festival Street
Fair in Colebrook on August 23.
The following is the activity
report for Aug. 18-24.
On Aug. 18, at 9:12 a.m., the
department responded to Colebrook for a medical emergency.
At 9:20 a.m., the department
responded to Columbia for a
medical emergency. At 3:44
p.m., the department responded
to Colebrook for a medical
emergency. At 6:35 p.m., the
department responded to Canaan, Vt., for a medical alarm
activation.
On Aug. 19, at 4 p.m., the
department responded to
UCVH for a transfer to DHMC.
At 6:19 p.m., the department
responded to Colebrook for a
medical emergency.
On Aug. 20, at 12:24 p.m.,
the department responded to
Lemington, Vt., for a medical
emergency. At 4:43 p.m., the
On Aug. 21, at 12:46 a.m.,
the department responded to
At 4:37 a.m., the department
responded to Pittsburg for a
medical alarm activation. At
10:26 a.m., the department re-
sponded to Colebrook for a
medical emergency. At 6:58
p.m., the department responded
to Columbia for a medical emergency.
On Aug. 22, at 2 p.m., the
DHMC for a transfer to UCVH.
On Aug. 22, at 2:13 p.m., the
department responded to Errol
as mutual aid to Errol Rescue
for a medical emergency.
responded to Colebrook for a
medical emergency.
responded to Pittsburg for a
medical emergency.
Healthcare
Mary Bates, MS, CT
MORRISON’S NEW SOCIAL
SERVICES DIRECTOR
Mary Bates, MS, CT, has
joined the Morrison nursing
home and assisted living facility
in Whitefield as its new Social
Services Director.
Bates has spent her career
working with patients and their
families, most recently as Patient Care Coordinator, Bereavement Counselor and Hospice Volunteer Coordinator for
Northwoods Home Health and
Hospice, which brought her to
see patients at The Morrison
with some frequency.
“This is my first experience
in long-term care, and I’m ex-
cited to bring my skills to this
new challenge,” said Bates. “My
goal is to support residents and
their families, as well as The
Morrison staff. My passion for
end of life care will also complement my role here.”
Bates holds an Associate’s
degree in Health Care Science,
a Bachelor of Arts in Human
Services and a Master of Science in Community Counseling/
Psychology and Organizational
Leadership. She is certified in
thanatology by the Association
for Death Education and Counseling, and is considered a specialist in death, dying and bereavement.
Along with supervising admissions and discharges, in her
new position Bates will be working to educate the public on the
services that The Morrison provides, including short-term and
skilled nursing, assisted living
care, rehabilitative care, dementia care and hospice.
“One of my goals is to help
people see The Morrison as an
option for health care, rather
than a nursing home as a last
resort,” said Bates. “I also want
to educate people about the
Power of Attorney for Healthcare. This includes streamlining
the process and educating and
training the staff and commu(Continued on page 20)
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Obituaries
James Minty Bailey
JAMES MINTY BAILEY
LANCASTER—James Minty
Bailey, 91, passed away of natural causes on Tuesday, Aug., 20,
2013, at Genesis Healthcare,
Country Village in Lancaster.
The youngest child of William Edgar and Mary Laing
(Minty) Bailey, he was born on
Sept. 18, 1921, in the “old
place,” the farmhouse on Bishop
Road in Lisbon. Young Jim caddied at the Lisbon golf course
and at the Sunset Hill House in
Sugar Hill for 25 cents and 75
cents a round, respectively, plus
tips. He graduated from Lisbon
High in 1939 and was a member
of the Lisbon Tigers golf, baseball and hockey teams. One
Christmas, Jim had a choice of
either snowshoes or skis from
his father. He chose snowshoes
and his brother, John, chose
skis. After Jim found out what
hard work snowshoeing was, he
wished he had chosen skis instead. Yet, he still went on to
become a fierce snowshoe competitor at Lisbon High. During
the endless summer of ’42, he
was a fire lookout on Magalloway Mountain in Pittsburg.
Jim was inducted into the
U.S. Army on Nov. 23, 1942. He
was honorably discharged on
Jan. 24, 1946, as an automatic
rifleman 746 in the 78th Lightning Division, 310th Infantry
Regiment having earned campaign participation credits for
Rhineland, Ardennes and Central Europe. His was one of the
first units to enter Germany
and cross the Rhine over the
Ludendorff Bridge at Remagen
in March 1945.
He labored as a linesman for
New England Telephone and
Telegraph from March 1946 to
September 1976 and had “not
done a lick o’ work since.” He
was a member of the VFW and
a lifetime membership in the
Telephone Pioneers of America
was conferred upon him in
1976. He played a mean harmonica in his day and he occasionally serenaded the
neighborhood with his bugle
during the early morning
hours. “Deep River” Jim shot
the Colorado River rapids
through the Grand Canyon in
1985 with his long time friends,
the Connors. Jim earned the
distinction of being a 10 gallon
blood donor on Sept. 14, 1989–
“A-negative, all pure.” He enjoyed the outdoors, gardening
and traveling. One of his last
trips was a Yangtze River cruise
at the age of 80.
Jim often said he was “in
pretty good shape for the condition (he was) in” as he lived out
his days on the Grange turn in
Lancaster–his residence since
September 1954. Many thanks
are due to Andre and Kathy
Dubois and Skip and Cindy
Hood for making it possible for
him to remain on the Grange
turn for as long as he did and to
Cheri LeClere and her mother,
Carol Reed, who visited with
him often, as well.
He was predeceased by his
devoted wife, Bernice Elinor
(Cryan) Bailey; sister Nancy E.
(Bailey) Arrajj; and brother,
John Martin Bailey. D.O.D,
Dear Old Dad, Bubba, Grampa
Jim is survived by son James A.
Bailey of Lancaster; son Christopher John Bailey and fiancée,
Tina Sullivan, of Wells, Maine;
stepdaughter Carol A. Reed and
companion, Nate Martin; stepson Paul D. Hood and wife,
Aurore of Lancaster; grandsons
Christopher James Bailey of
Portsmouth and Alexander
Minty Bailey of Breckenridge,
Colo.; niece Mary Minty Arrajj,
and her brothers, Michael,
James and R. Joseph Arrajj;
and many step-grandchildren
and step-great grandchildren.
A graveside ceremony for
family and friends is being arranged for a later date at the
Summer Street Cemetery in
Lancaster. In lieu of flowers,
donations may be made in Jim’s
memory to the American Cancer Society and/or the American
Heart Association.
Please go to www.baileyfh.net for more information or
to send an online condolence.
Richard M. Wheeler
RICHARD M. WHEELER
JEFFERSON—Richard M.
Wheeler, 81, of Jefferson died
suddenly on Wednesday, Aug.
21, 2013.
He was born in New London,
Conn., on Sept. 29, 1931, to
Martin and Rena Wheeler and
in his teens the family moved to
Alton. After graduating high
school he joined the U.S. Navy
serving with the Marines as a
navy corpsman during the Korean War. On his return he attended and graduated from the
University of New Hampshire
with a bachelor’s degree in soils
and subsequently worked for
the U.S. Soil Conservation Service in New Hampshire and
Montana. He then returned to
the University of New Hampshire receiving a master’s degree in chemistry and for many
years taught chemistry in high
schools in New York and New
Hampshire before his retirement from White Mountain Regional High School in Whitefield.
He is survived by his wife
and best friend of more than 40
years, Charlene; his son, Jason
Wheeler and his wife Laura of
Marysville, Wash.; his son,
Mark Wheeler and wife Virginia
of Tallahassee, Fla.; his daughter, Ruth Walters and husband
Greg of Hays, Kans.; his grandchildren, Aislinn Walters, Bailey Wheeler and Brian Wheeler;
and a brother, John Wheeler, of
Alton.
Arrangements are under the
care of Bailey Funeral Home in
Lancaster. A private service for
immediate family will be held at
their convenience. In lieu of
flowers memorial donation may
be made to the Independence
Fund, 290 Calloway Ave., Pensacola, FL 32505 or visit
www.independencefund.org.
The organization provides track
chairs, wheelchairs and other
services to our severely injured
veterans.
Please go to www.baileyfh.net for more information or
to send an online condolence.
LINDA DIANE TUSINSKI
PITTSBURG—Linda Diane
Tusinski, 63, of Maplewood
Lane in Pittsburg, died peacefully on Aug. 27, 2013, at the
Coos County Nursing Hospital
in West Stewartstown, with her
loving husband by her side.
She was born in Everett,
Mass., on Oct. 30, 1949, the
daughter of the late Frederick
and Carol (Gray) Pratt.
Linda was a graduate of the
Peabody High School in Peabody, Mass. She worked for
many years as an environmental secretary. She was an
avid motorcyclist, enjoyed
swimming and fishing. Linda
was full of life and enjoyed life.
She also had a great sense of
humor.
She is survived by her husband of 35 years, Philip Tusinski of Pittsburg.
At Linda’s request there will
be no services. Arrangements
are entrusted to the care of the
Armstrong-Charron Funeral
Home of Groveton.
In lieu of flowers, memorial
donations may be made in
Linda’s name to the Alzheimer’s
Association, P. O. Box 96011,
Washington, DC 20090-6011 or
alz.org.
To send the family your condolences via the online guest
b o o k , on e m a y g o t o ,
www.armstrongcharronfuneralhome.com.
MONA AND ROBERT
DOUGLASS SERVICES
ERROL—A funeral service
will be held for both Mona
(Mullins) Douglass and Robert
Douglass on Saturday morning
Aug. 31, 2013, 11 a.m. at the
Bryant Funeral Home, 180 Hillside Ave., Berlin. Calling hours
will be held on Friday evening,
from 7-9 p.m. An Odd Fellows
and Rebekah’s Service will be
held at 7:30 p.m. Friday evening
at the funeral home.
Donations in their memory
may be made to the N.H. Odd
Fellows Home, 200 Pleasant St.,
Concord, NH, 03301. The online
guestbook can be found at
www.bryantfuneralhome.net.
Education
for new Core Standards testing
allowing the high school testing
to be accomplished in a much
shorter period of time.
It is possible some public
meetings and school district
hearings would be scheduled
here owing to the improved
sound system and acoustics in
the room.
One criticism of the projects
has been that the public believes maintenance, at the high
school particularly, has been
deferred too long and that a
bond last year issue seeking
$4.3 million to address these
high school issues was proof of
poor management.
But already many routine
maintenance issues are routinely addressed within the
budget. In this category would
be painting, annual asbestoscontaining tile removal or covering, roof maintenance and parking lot, walkways and access
roads paving. To be sure some
larger items have been deferred
but given that the district’s
budget has hovered steadily in
the $19 million area since 2007,
but successive school boards
continue to restrain the budget
creep and their belief that the
voting public had no appetite
for big ticket maintenance projects that remain on the “to do”
list. Instead these items were
part of the large renovation
bond requested as part of last
year’s annual meeting.
Several of those large projects remain: sprinklering the
original school, changing out
internal transformers to external placement, renovating bathrooms and the cafeteria and
energy efficiency tasks like replacing windows and improving
the building’s envelope. These
items total close to $2 million.
Despite the criticism what
has been done this summer is
“amazing” and should give high
school students a definite boost
in school pride and spirit, an
ingredient that second year
Principal Mike Berry and his
staff have been working to
shore up.
Kudos to the district’s maintenance staff and contractors
who have pulled a huge amount
of work together in a very short
window of opportunity and welcome back students. The pride
in their work effort is evident.
In the planning stage is a
comprehensive design, layout
and engineering plan for high
school athletic fields that ties
into the drainage work done by
volunteers.
When complete the plan will
provide field reorientation already seen with the varsity high
school soccer field running 180
degrees (SW toNE) from its
standard orientation.
Included in the planning is a
six-lane all-weather track
across the road from the present
parking lot. On the interior of
the track is a playing field
(soccer or field hockey).
The design contract calls for
the district to get engineering
plans, pricing and time frame
for completion.
The district then would determine when and in what order
the phased projects would be
accomplished and how they
would be paid for. While there
is an acknowledged broad support for the track complex there
also is recognition that its cost
is out of reach of the present
budget process which has many
other academic and staffing
decisions that are greater priorities.
All the work accomplished
this summer caps a compressed
time span in which security,
safety, energy efficiency, health
and academic environment all
have been addressed to produce
an improved the educational
environment.
—submitted by
White Mountains Regional
School District
Healthcare
nity members on all of the advantages of an advanced directive.” Long-term goals also include holding community meetings at The Morrison in an effort to spotlight the facility as a
health care resource for the
community.
“We are very pleased that
Mary has decided to join The
Morrison family,” said Roxie
Severance, Executive Director
of The Morrison. “Mary’s strong
background in patient care, and
her excellent skills in end of life
issues and community organization and education are a perfect
fit with The Morrison’s mission
of providing excellent care for
our residents and finding creative solutions to challenges.”
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required. No smoking, no pets.
Call (802) 328-2013. 8/30
Norton, Vt.—2 br., 1 bath log
cabin w/large deck. Includes:
water, heat, electric, W/D,
DirecTV, large storage shed
and plowing in the winter. Call
(802) 822-5353. 8/30
2 br. Apt., downstairs, heated,
refrig., stove, W/D, garage,
$560/month. No smoking, no
dogs. Avail. Oct. 1. 264 Gale St.,
Canaan, VT. Annette Boynton.
(802) 266-8643. Leave a message. 9/13
Firewood
Cut, split, delivered. Jones
Brook Farm, Guildhall, Vt.
(802) 328-2013. 1/17/2014
Cut, split and delivered (within
15 miles radius of Groveton).
$225 per cord. Call (603) 6311984. 12/27
Boat Rentals
Pontoons, Canoes, kayaks,
Runabout ski boats
Daily and Weekly rentals
We launch and pickup
FAIRLEE MARINE
www.fairleemarine.com
802-333-9745
Boat Service
Is your boat unreliable
And Ready to go?
Doesn't have the power
it used to?
Our Certified Technicians
Fix Things Right
We can water test or dyno test
so you know it's fixed
FAIRLEE MARINE
802-333-9745
Consignments
We take good late model boats
in to sell for you.
We do the sale and warranty,
you collect the cash.
They sell fast and get as much
or more than selling it yourself.
FAIRLEE MARINE
See them on our website at
802-333-9745
Lightweight
Boat Docks
One person can install or
take them out.
In stock. Standing, Floating,
or Roll-In.
FAIRLEE MARINE
802-333-9745
Certified
Used Boats
Yard/Garage Sale: Sat., Aug. 31
and Sun., Sept. 1, 9 a.m.-4 p.m.,
rain or shine. Bavaria and Liberty Blue China books, tools
and power tools, sealed Ty
Beanie Babies, stereo equipment, TV, toys, old Life, Look
and Saturday Evening Post
magazines, children’s clothes,
furniture, collectibles and many
other items. 21 Kingfield Rd.,
Pittsburg, at Snowfield Cabins.
8/30
Garage Sale: Sat., Aug. 31 and
Sept. 7, 8:30-3. Storage racks,
wood burning kitchen stove and
box stove, brass bed, sewing
machine, tools and much much
more. 34 Mason Rd., N. Stratford. 9/6
Garage & Yard Sale: All 4 days
of this Labor Day weekend! 9-3
p.m. Take Rte. 26 east to Reed
Rd., 2 mi. to Ippolito Dr. Signs
are out. Many items to look at
including dishes, bedding, some
silk, fall wreaths, antiques. 8/30
Lots of good Used Boats
to choose from.
Checked over by our certified
technicians.
If its not reliable, we won't sell
it.
FAIRLEE MARINE
802-333-9745
Yard sale: Sat., Aug. 31, 9 a.m.noon. Take Reservoir Rd. in
Canaan, 2nd driveway on right—
watch for signs! Lots of miscellaneous things. Kid’s toys, LL
Bean kid’s sleigh, brand new
Radio Flyer horse, boys’ clothing, too much to list. 8/30
Yard/Garage Sales
Free boilers: American Standard Oil—Frank’s Piping Wood.
Works good, heats large, two
story home. (603) 466-5933 or
(603) 915-6216. 9/13
Garage/Moving Sale: Sat., Aug.
31, 8 a.m.-4 p.m. (rain or shine).
55 NH Rte. 145, Colebrook. 8/30
Yard/Sale: Sat., Aug. 31. Rain
date Sun. 9 to? Multi-family,
across from Hicks Lumber, Rte.
3, Pittsburg. Something for everyone: lawn ornaments, lots of
books, assortment of fabrics. Big
sale on homemade quilts—all
sizes, embroidered pieces. 8/30
Miscellaneous
1,000 sf., 2 br. Camp, built in
1940s, available for removal.
Camp is in reasonably good condition. If completely removed
within a short period, a cash
bonus will be paid. Sofas,
chairs, mattresses also available at no cost. (802) 785-2175.
9/13
Letters
Country residents. Our team,
some of whom are Coos County
residents themselves, appreciated the great hospitality over
the last few weeks.
Finally, I would like to express our gratitude to the local
caterers for supplying our
meals; the local hotels, motels
and bed and breakfast innkeepers for their hospitality; and
last, but certainly not least, we
are very grateful to the members of local law enforcement
who helped us out at these
events. It was clear from the
start of the first open house in
Millsfield that residents appreciated seeing a familiar and
friendly face as they walked in
the door.
There are more open houses
to come, along other portions of
our proposed route, and we look
forward to meeting with some of
you at a future date. Please
check northernpass.us for locations and times–or call 1-800286-7305.
Anne Bartosewicz
Project Director,
Northern Pass
Dear Charlie:
Like most everyone else who
lives in northern Coos County, I
have been following the discussion of whether or not there
should be a new transmission
line across our landscape designed to bring Canadian hydro
power to the southern part of
our state and New England.
The debate has been intense, as
it should have been, and soon
we can expect a decision to be
made. As an elected official, I
have followed this discussion
since it first came up when
Northeast Utilities, in a filing
before FERC on Dec. 12, 2008,
asked for permission to enter
into an agreement with HydroQuebec to bring 1,200 to 1,400
MW of water and/or windgenerated electricity into southern New England by 2014.
Now we at last have before
us the revised plan with a welldefined location of such a line
and an opportunity for local
citizens to render their opinions, as they should be allowed
to do. High-capacity transmission lines are not attractive and
I think everyone can agree with
that. But on the other hand,
electric power generated by hydro plants can be appealing.
After all, if there were no hydro
generation on the Connecticut
River there would not have been
a need for a First Connecticut
Lake or Lake Francis in Pittsburg or a Lake Umbagog in
Errol to store water until it is
needed by downstream power
producers. In this case it is Canadians who have developed a
huge, well-planned facility that
has expansion capability. So
what should we do as we consider this proposal to bring hydro power from Canada to
southern New England through
or North Country?
We must first remember that
our Seabrook nuclear plant, like
the one in Vermont, has a limited life expectancy, coal as a
fuel is very unpopular and the
natural gas supply is limited.
However, water will run downhill forever.
Next we need to remember
who owns much of this new proposed right of way. We have a
tendency to forget that much of
our cherished open space that is
the backbone of our tourism is
not public land but is owned by
private companies who expect a
positive return on their investments. These landowners are
excellent neighbors, allowing
the public to hunt, fish and hike
through their forests as if it
were public land. The ATV
trails which are so popular cross
much of these industrial woodlands, as do our snowmobile
trails. Over the years the owners have carefully harvested the
timber which is still the breadbasket for Coos County. We
need to enable these landowners to continue to have financial
success as they have in the past.
Revenue from a wind farm and
a transmission line, coupled
with a market for timber production, should keep these
lands open to the public and
available to all of us for our individual pleasures well into the
future.
In addition, a positive reaction from the utility has been
the proposal to provide a substantial contribution to communities in Coos County impacted
by the new transmission line by
offering to fund economic development with millions of their
dollars. Some call this a bribe. I
prefer to think that PSNH, as
they looked at the economy in
Coos County, at last recognized
that there was a need for assistance for our communities in
order to restore our job base.
Also we must not forget that
utility expansion to the degree
that is being proposed will provide substantial property tax
revenue to the communities
through which the lines re going
and also to our New Hampshire
school systems. However,
achieving an appropriate balance between a sustainable
economy in Coos County and a
visual scar on our open space is
paramount. This issue deserves
all of the debate it has engendered, so let the debate continue.
Frederick W. King
Coos County Treasurer
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Last night the Canaan Recreation Park Committee met with the Commander of American Legion Post
47 to receive a donation of $1,000 to be used towards the betterment of the Canaan Rec Park. Pictured
are rec park committee member Donald Labrecque, rec park chairperson Vern Crawford and American Legion Post 47 Commander Wilfred Gaudette. Angela Wheeler photo.
Canaan Rec Park
The next up and coming project the committee plans to start
will be to put in a Fitness Center. The fitness center will consist of ten separate workout
stations that will include a balance beam, challenge ladder, a
jump-touch beam, stretch pole,
parallel bars, pull up bars, situp bench, spring up bars, a vertical ladder and a beam run.
The purpose of the fitness center will be to help increase muscle tone, stamina and energy.
The Canaan Recreation Park
Committee will be holding a
fundraiser flea market on Sept.
14, from 9 a.m.-2 p.m. in the
Fletcher Park in Canaan. If you
would like to rent a spot for the
flea market the fee will be $10,
which can be dropped off at the
Canaan Town Office.
For more information on how
to help out or how to volunteer
call the Canaan Town Office at
(802) 266-3370 or attend one of
the Rec. Park Committee's open
meetings. The next one will
take place on Monday, Sept. 9.
—Angela Wheeler
Page 24
Sports
CANAAN RECREATION
PARK’S LATEST FEATURES
The Recreation Park in Canaan has been getting a makeover of sorts lately with the addition of a new slide for preschoolers, a sandbox, rope
climb, shuffleboard and more.
All of this new work has been
done by the grace of several
volunteers and by several
grants—which include Ben &
Jerry, Plum Creek, Windham
Foundation, the Dept. of Building and General Services, and
the Neil and Louise Tillotson
Fund.
The newest and quite possibly the most exciting addition of
a shuffleboard will be finished
towards the end of next week
with just a coat of wax left to be
added to complete the playing
surface. The equipment needed
to play this game will be available to use free of charge and
can be picked up at the Canaan
Town Office once the board officially opens. The rec committee
would like to stress that they
hope that people will respect
the new equipment and playing
field and keep it fun for everyone.
Among the new features the Canaan Recreation Park now offers is
a freshly resealed and painted basketball court. Courtesy photo.
The half-mile walking path at the rec park, built back in 2001, was
also recently refinished and is prime for use. Courtesy photo.

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