Bill would assist with financing for Balsams

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VOL. 15, NO. 32
In Guildhall:
Essex County Courthouse Eyed For Possible Closure
With Vermont facing a projected shortfall of $112 million in
the next state budget, Vermont
Gov. Peter Shumlin is recommending the closure of two rural
courthouses, including Essex
Courthouse in Guildhall and
Grand Isle County Courthouse
in North Hero.
Each of Vermont’s 14 counties
has a superior court, but the
courthouses in Guildhall and
Grand Isle are currently the only
two proposed to be closed as part
of a budget reduction.
At the end of 2014, the Vermont court system had several
judge vacancies that were being
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Boiler Problem Shut Down
Elementary School For Day
The Colebrook School District
was faced with having to close
Colebrook Elementary School on
Tuesday when boiler number
two—a back up to boiler number
one—went out of service on the
same day that boiler number one
was down for a planned repair.
According to SAU 7 Business
Manager Cheryl Covill, around
the middle of last week, boiler
one was found to have a crack in
one section, putting it out of
commission for a short while.
The new part arrived on Friday,
At the NCIC 40th anniversary celebration in Lancaster this week, from left, Jon Freeman of NCIC, Chuck
Henderson representing U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen, Kathie and Dennis Cote of Polly’s Pancake Parlor,
Benjamin S. Gaetjens-Oleson from the Town of Lancaster, N.H. Governor Maggie Hassan, Brian
Bresnahan representing U.S. Representative Annie Kuster, Mike Scala representing U.S. Senator Kelly
Ayotte. Charles Jordan photo.
Gov. Hassan Among Speakers Who
Help NCIC Mark 40th Anniversary
By Donna Jordan
This week, Northern Community Investment Corporation
(NCIC) marked its 40th anniversary of working with local businesses,
politicians
and
community leaders in providing
more than $145 million in financ-
ing to more than 2,000 businesses which created 5,600 jobs
and retained over 13,000 jobs.
NCIC serves both the North
Country of New Hampshire and
the Northeast Kingdom of Vermont as a Community Development Financial Institution. The
company hosted two open
houses, one in the St. Johnsbury,
Vt., office and the second in New
Hampshire, with the Governors
of each state attending.
On Wednesday afternoon,
Gov. Maggie Hassan was on
A couple of Bohemian waxwings stopped by for a visit at the home of
Bob Hunt on Water Street in Lancaster this week. Bob Hunt photo.
Sponsored By State Senator Woodburn:
Bill Would Assist With
Financing For Balsams
The Great North Woods Committee for the Arts brought the dynamic Irish band FullSet to Colebrook on
Tuesday night. The show attracted a large audience to the Tillotson Center. From the left, Eamonn
Moloney, Michael Harrison, Martino Vacca, Marianne Knight and Andy Meaney. The concert is one of
some 20 shows the GNWCA brings to the center each year. Angela Wheeler photo.
State Senator Jeff Woodburn
is the sole sponsor of a bill
designed to assist the re-development of the Balsams Grand
Resort in Dixville Notch. The bill
creates a financing framework to
redevelop the resort.
The bill was introduced by
Woodburn on Jan. 8 and the
latest hearing was held this
week, with DRED Commissioner
Jeff Rose testifying in favor of
the bill.
The bill is described as “Relative to municipal economic development
and
revitalization
districts.” The bill “extends the
use of municipal economic development and revitalization districts to certain regional water
districts. This bill also clarifies
the ability to establish a regional
municipal economic development
revitalization district through an
agreement between governmental units.
Because Dixville Notch is not
a town, Woodburn hopes by passing this bill the Balsams owners
will be able to receive certain
economic development funds
that are normally reserved for
municipalities—not unincorporated places. Because there
would be essentially a “water
district” within Dixville Notch,
Woodburn argues that, with his
bill, the water district should be
able to receive public economic
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kept open—at least temporarily.
The seats were not immediately
filled when they became vacant
because the state courts took a
cut of $730,000 in the judicial
system last year due to the recession. And now, Gov. Shumlin is
asking that those seats not be
filled at all—which could lead to
the closure of both the Essex
District Court and the Grand Isle
District Court.
All departments in the state
government have been asked to
find ways to reduce costs. It is
being reported that the budget
gap of $112 million for 2015 is
the largest the state of Vermont
has had to face since the Great
Recession.
The Vermont Supreme Court
argues that the state already has
a backlog of cases even before the
two courts would be closed and
are concerned the backlog would
grow. The court system, however,
has until the end of March to
come up with $500,000 in savings from the judicial system. It
won’t be known until that time if
the cuts will come from the closing of the two facilities or from
another section of the judicial
budget.
The Essex County Court
House was built in 1851. It
replaced the first courthouse
which was built on Court House
Hill in 1803 and moved down to
the Guildhall common on the site
of the present building in 1831.
NCIC
hand to help celebrate the anniversary at the NCIC office in
Lancaster, along with NCIC
President Jon Freeman and several key contributors to NCIC’s
efforts in Northern New Hampshire. “We were one of the first
in the country to become an SBA
micro-loan lender,” said Freeman
in his opening talks to a room full
of North Country business men
and women. “We also were one of
the first users of what is now
called the USDA Rural Develop-
ment Intermediary Re-lending
Program. We’re still using both
programs very strongly.”
Freeman cited several businesses that have been assisted
by NCIC, one of which was
Tillotson Performance Polymers
of Colebrook. Proprietor Rick
Tillotson, who founded Tillotson
Performance Polymers, was on
hand to offer his thanks to NCIC
for assisting with his startup
business, which now employs a
handful of former Tillotson Rubber Factory workers. Tillotson
said that the state of New
Hampshire and the North Country Council assisted him and his
Canadian partner to receive
funding support, managed
through NCIC, to restart what
he explained is the Tillotson
family business in making balloons. “My father was originally
from Beecher Falls, but he
brought his business up north
from Boston to the factory
behind the Balsams and that is
the equipment and workers that
were in that plant that are now
once again making the Tilly
balloons,” said Tillotson. Several
of those balloons were decorating the room where the anniversary party was being held.
Gov. Maggie Hassan honored
NCIC by saying the company
has had 40 years of “terrific”
work. “I’m excited to join the
celebration,” she said. “I’m particularly excited because of the
work you do to support critical
businesses in communities in
Carroll, Coos and Grafton Counties,” she said. “All of the folks
have talked today about the fact
that when you invest a little bit,
and help businesses grow, they
create jobs.” Gov. Hassan had a
full itinerary, visiting other
establishments as she traveled
north from Concord on Wednesday and concluded by saying, “I
can’t think of a better way to
finish my day than with all of
you, honoring the work that you
have all done together to make
this part of our state stronger.
As Governor, I can tell you that
you have made the whole state
and the whole region and the
whole country stronger—and
you have been leading.”
The anniversary celebration
closed out with representatives
for
Representative
Annie
Kuster, Senator Jeanne Shaheen and Senator Kelly Ayotte
presenting letters of congratulations to NCIC on its 40th anniversary.
Friday, February 20, 2015
New Hampshire Gov. Maggie Hassan was a guest speaker at the NCIC anniversary party this week.
Hassan said it was exciting to celebrate with an organization that has assisted so many businesses over
the years, creating thousands of jobs for the North Country economy. Charles Jordan photo.
Boiler
and the repair was scheduled for
Tuesday of this week. On Tuesday morning, the second boiler—
which is a back-up system–was
also found to have a crack in one
section. The SAU office originally called for a two hour delay
in hopes of getting the second
boiler going for the day so that
the school would have heat.
“Colebrook Plumbing had come
in to work on the first boiler, but
worked on the second boiler
instead to see if they could keep
it running for the day,” said
Covill. It was proving difficult,
so the plumbers went back to
working on boiler one, which
was the original scheduled
repair for the day. “But when
they tore down that first boiler,
they noticed a second crack in it,
so we had to order another part,”
said Covill. The school’s twohour delay turned into an unexpected day off for students in the
district. It was very late Tuesday night before the first boiler
was up and running, but school
was warmed up and open by the
regular time on Wednesday
morning.
The second boiler is now waiting for the remainder of the parts
to come in, explained Covill,
before it can be repaired and
started back up. “I haven’t heard
a date—we’re just waiting for
when the parts will be delivered,”
she said. Both sections in the
first boiler are now repaired. It
has stayed up and running and
has been providing the heat for
the building since the repair was
completed on Tuesday night.
Covill explained that Superintendent Bob Mills chose to also
delay and then ultimately close
Colebrook Academy on Tuesday
based on several factors. “One is
that there are shared teachers
between the two schools—which
creates a problem” with the
schedule if one of the schools is
closed. Also, she said, there are
parents who have older children
which might be needed to help
watch the younger children
because of an unexpected day
home from school.
The only school event that
was affected by the closing of the
elementary school was the bas-
ketball game that was scheduled
in Colebrook against Linwood.
The Colebrook Athletic Director,
Buddy
Trask,
contacted
Canaan’s Athletic Director, Phil
Shaw, and was able to arrange
for the Colebrook-Linwood game
to be played in the Canaan gym,
so that no game-time was lost
for the Colebrook Mohawks. “It
was nice to be able to share
schools,” said Covill.
Balsams
development funds. If the bill
passes the house and senate, the
state would have the ability to
guarantee a bond for the muchanticipated development of the
resort, the ski area and the
country club. (Some of the property is in the town of Colebrook,
while most of it is in Dixville
Notch.)
Woodburn’s summary of the
bill said that it is to enable the
redevelopment of the former
Left photo: NCIC President Jon Freeman addresses the crowd at the NCIC 40th anniversary party in Lancaster. Middle photo: Many business people and town officials were
on hand to wish NCIC a happy anniversary. Right photo: Rick Tillotson of Tillotson Performance Polymers was one of many business owners whose startups were assisted by
NCIC. Charles Jordan photos.
Balsams
Balsams Grand Resort located in
Dixville. The summary reads,
“An experienced developer has
been secured who wants to
restore the Balsams to its historic grandeur and expand it into
a year-round destination resort,
eventually creating the largest
ski area in the Northeast with
over 2,900 housing units. Redevelopment of the Balsams is
especially difficult because of its
remote location. Given the limited accommodations and amenities in the area, improvements
cannot be slowly phased in; one
needs to create a resort with
adequate facilities and housing
to draw individuals and fully
service them once there. Accordingly, Phase I of the Balsams
expansion and redevelopment
plan will involve roughly $143
million in investment split
roughly in half between construction of infrastructure and ski,
golf, and other recreational amenities and the development of
hotel beds and for-sale real
estate to provide accommodations for visitors to the resort.
The size and scope and location
of the proposed Phase I also
create financing problems. The
proposed developer has secured
over $76 million in equity and
subordinated debt and an additional $19 million in construction
financing for the for-sale housing, but need an additional $48
million in secured debt to complete the improvements. The
developer has secured a private
lender for $20 million of this sum
but needs another $28 million.
If passed, the bill “would
enable the developer to complete
the financing for Phase I by
essentially leveraging future
property tax revenues to borrow
the necessary $28 million. Specifically, the bill establishes the
Balsams property as a development district, authorizes the
issuance of up to $28 million in
bonds to provide financing for
development of the district, and
authorizes assessments against
the Balsams property dedicated
to repayment of the bonds. The
proposed development district is
modeled on what the State did
for Pease (162-G), providing
State guaranteed bonds to
encourage investment, and the
State’s existing tax increment
financing legislation (162-K), but
it has been modified to reflect the
unique circumstances in this
instance - namely a district
located in an unincorporated
town with no tax rate. The Coos
County delegation could request
that the Governor and Executive
Council award an unconditional
State guarantee on up to $28
million in bonds for the redevelopment of the Balsams district.
The district would work like a
tax increment financing district
(TIF), with any net property tax
revenue generated from the
development being used to repay
the bonds, but it would also allow
all property in the district,
including the for-sale housing, to
be assessed by the County to
repay the bonds. This will enable
the bonds to be repaid solely from
revenue generated by the Balsams; the project will have no tax
impact on any other residents of
Dixville of the county.”
According to Woodburn’s proposal, there are two major risks
associated with the project: The
first is that the developer experiences cost over-runs and is
unable to complete construction
of Phase I of the resort; and the
second is that developer builds,
but is unable to sell, all the
for-sale housing and goes bankrupt.
“Construction period risk will
be mitigated by the fact that the
developer has extensive prior
experience in the development of
similar resorts. The State guaranteed bond would be closed
contemporaneously with all the
other funding sources. The bank
will serve as lead lender and
require the developer to have all
permits and approvals in hand
before loan closing. The developer will also be required to have
firm, fixed price contracts for the
improvements and use a bonded
general contractor.” The developer will also be required “to
prove market demand by securing at least 100 reservations for
real estate purchases, equivalent
to $15 million in sales, prior to
closing the financing.” The housing will be constructed using only
private capital so there would be
no direct loss to the State guaranteed loan if the developer is
unable to sell all the housing.
“If the redevelopment of the
Balsams were to fail, the State
would have to work with the
bank to protect its financial
interest and recover its funds,”
states Woodburn in his bill. “The
State and bank would foreclose
on the resort and sell it to a third
party. If the sale price was less
than $73 million, the developer
would lose all its money first, and
then any shortfall between the
sale price and the amount of
outstanding bank and State
guaranteed debt would be split
proportionately between the two
parties. Since the State debt
would be repaid from property
assessments, the State would
continue to receive payments
throughout this process.”
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Healthcare
Ken Gordon
CCFHS CHOOSES
GORDON AS NEW CEO
Coos County Family Health
Services’ Board of Directors
announes their selection of Ken
Gordon, MSW, for the position of
Chief Executive Officer. Gordon
will replace Adele Woods upon
her retirement April 3 after 26
years at the helm of CCFHS.
“I am humbled and honored to
have been chosen to follow in
Adele’s footsteps,” Gordon said.
“I am looking forward to working
with everyone to improve the
health and well-being of all area
residents.”
Gordon has a strong background in health service social
management and public policy.
For more than 10 years he
served as the Executive Director
of the Area Agency on Agency
for Northeastern Vermont, a
private, non-profit human services agency serving older adults
and family caregivers from Vermont’s Northeast Kingdom. He
then became the Administrator
of the North Country Accountable Care Organization in Littleton, a non-profit entity that
includes four health centers, of
which CCFHS is one.
Before starting at CCFHS,
Gordon will spend several weeks
working with retiring CEO
Adele Woods and the management team from CCFHS. He
will start his job “by listening,”
Gordon said, adding that he
wants “to hear the different
perspectives held by people in
the community.”
A Missouri native, Gordon
attended Lyndon State College
in Lyndonville, Vt., where he
graduated with a B.S. degree in
Behavioral Science and Special
Education. Early in his career
he gained experience working
with disadvantaged youth, starting with the Upward Bound
Project, a college preparatory
program for disadvantaged
youth, then with the Vt. Dept. of
Social and Rehabilitative Ser-
vices as an Adoption Social
Worker.
During this time he had an
opportunity to earn a Masters in
Social Work from the University
of Vermont. As part of obtaining
this degree, he performed a twoyear stint with Child Protective
Services that required hands-on
clinical, counseling and psychiatric evaluation, as well as strong
administrative skills to coordinate multidisciplinary treatment
teams that provided services for
families.
The degree also required an
internship with psychiatric inpatients, which he served with
Fletcher Allen Health Care in
Burlington (now part of the University of Vt. Medical Center).
While there, he met in-patients
who were hospitalized with psychiatric illnesses and listened to
many of their caregivers.
“That experience gave me the
inspiration to work in a medical
health care setting,” Gordon
said, leading him to his next
position as the Social Services
Coordinator for Caledonia Home
Health Care and Hospice in St.
Johnsbury.
Gordon is married to the former Lucy Sanschagrin of Gorham. The couple resides in
Littleton.
Police, Fire, EMS Reports
NASH GRAVE
DESECRATION TRIAL
The trial of David Grey of
Colebrook got underway this
week in Lancaster Superior
Court. Grey has been charged
with felony counts of interfering
with a cemetery, conspiracy to
interfere and criminal mischief
as well as a misdemeanor count
of abuse of a corpse.
Grey is alleged to be one of
four people charged with the
vandalism of the gravesite of
former Colebrook businessman
Eddie Nash, whose coffin was
removed from his site in the
Colebrook Village Cemetery last
May. Nash’s daughter, Melanie
Nash, is one of the four who
have been charged in the vandalism, along with Michael Day.
Melanie Nash is alleged to have
searched her father’s coffin and
his clothing in search of what
she felt was the real will, which
was not found within the coffin.
The fourth person, Ginette
Dowse, is charged with driving
Nash and Day to and from the
cemetery the night they are
alleged to have vandalized the
gravesite. Nash, Day and Dowse
have already confessed there
involvement with Day and
Dowse pleading guilty to the
charges against them.
According to the Caledonian-Record, Grey’s attorney,
Simon Mayo, alleges that four
people were linked to the crime,
but Grey was not one of those
four people. Mayo said that
there is no evidence that links
Grey to the scene. The Caledonian reports, “Mayo said those
who dug up the grave used tools
housed in the residence of Corey
Rancloes, Melanie Nash's son
and Day's roommate at the time,
and returned to that residence
afterward.”
The Grey trial opened on
Tuesday and was expected to
take about three days.
N.H. FISH AND GAME
On Feb. 15, at approximately
9:15 a.m., 52-year-old Peter
Morris of Columbia reported he
had been involved in a snowmobile accident on the railroad bed
behind the Colebrook Airport.
Colebrook Fire, 45th Parallel
EMS and Fish and Game Conservation Officers responded to
the reported accident. Morris
was transported from the accident scene to Airport Road in
Colebrook by Colebrook Fire
Department. Morris refused
medical treatment from 45th
Parallel EMS. Morris stated he
had just turned onto the railroad
bed from the Shine Trail and his
right ski got caught in the ungroomed snow on the right side
of the trail, pulling his snowmobile off the trail into the soft
snow, and his snowmobile began
to roll over. Morris stated he
jumped off the left side of his
snowmobile, landing on the
trail. Morris’s snowmobile sustained minor damage.
Also on Feb. 15, at approximately 12 p.m., N.H. Fish and
Game Conservation Officers,
Pittsburg Fire Dept. and 45th
Parallel EMS responded to a
single snowmobile accident on
Corridor 142 in the Town of
Pittsburg. 48-year-old Bettina
Daloia of Scarsdale, N.Y., was
transported to the Upper Connecticut Valley Hospital in Colebrook for non-life threatening
injuries and her 14-year-old son
was transported to Dartmouth
Medical Center in Lebanon via
Dhart Helicopter for serious but
non-life threatening injuries.
Bettina stated she was operating a 2012 Ski Doo snowmobile
with her son as a passenger.
Bettina stated they were on Corridor 142 going south between
Back Lake and the Buck Rub
Pub when she entered a gradual
left hand corner at a slow speed,
saying that the snowmobile was
not turning so she leaned into
the turn and while doing so
struck the throttle, sending the
two into a tree. Pittsburg Fire
and Rescue transported the pair
out with their rescue snowmobile
to the Buck Rub Pub on Route 3
in Pittsburg.
The accident remains under
investigation, but based on preliminary accident investigation,
it appears inexperience and icy
conditions played a role in the
accident.
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Everyone Talks About The Weather…
We believe it was Mark Twain who said “Everyone talks about the weather, but no one does
anything about it.”
Well, it seems the majority of the country this
side of the Rockies has been talking about the
weather all this winter. In some places it has been
one for the record books. Places that aren’t accustomed to getting a foot or two of snow have battled
what their local television stations proclaim to be
“Snowmageddon.” There’s no question that states
like Connecticut and coastal Massachusetts have
resembled our North Country these recent weeks.
For kids in those regions, they’ll remember the
Winter of 2014-15 when they grow up and tell their
kids and grandkids, “They just don’t make winters
like they used to.”
This week a cold front has pushed below-zero
temperatures down to Dixie and you have to go
pretty far south into Florida to escape what at the
very least can be called a “cold snap.”
For our part, it looks like a pretty routine winter
around here. Snow covers the fields, but nothing
beyond what we normally see. The cold wave does
have everyone talking, however–that’s what everyone is getting pretty tired of, hearing the furnace
run non-stop and watching the wood and pellet
supply disappear faster than normal.
That collective sound you may hear is a nation
counting down the days to spring.
Charles J. Jordan
Editor: Charles J. Jordan; Publisher: Donna Jordan
Reporter/Photographer: Angela Wheeler
Reporter/Photographer: Samantha McMann
Canadian Correspondent: Corey Bellam
Sports Photographer: Tina McKenzie
Colebrook Office Manager/Video Editor: Thomas Jordan
We spotted this photo on the New Hampshire-Then and Now Facebook page recently. It carried this caption
“Close to Columbia, N.H. A Sugaring-off Party is about to begin in 1920–buckets of snow and
hand-whittled paddles at the ready.”
Letters
Dear Citizens of Colebrook,
As a steward of the North
Country communities, always
with the best interest of our
businesses in mind, we are
reaching out to make sure you
are informed and fully aware of
the important vote that is coming up on Tuesday, March 10,
2015 at Town Meeting in Colebrook.
The Colebrook Main Street
Renovation Project, Article 2,
will be presented to residents for
a vote. Registered voters must be
present for their vote to count, so
please plan to be at the Colebrook Elementary School gym at
7 p.m. that night.
We fully understand that
taxes are burdensome, but we
also understand that Colebrook’s
Main Street, the hub of the
North Country, is in dire need of
the structural improvements
that this renovation project will
remedy, if passed. And as Town
Manager Becky Merrow has
stated, “This will never be
cheaper.” Furthermore, not moving forward at this time means
we will lose the grant funds to
another town.
Ms. Merrow has served us all
well by making every effort to
secure a favorable grant and
loan package for this project.
We thank her, the selectmen and
other town staff members for
putting Colebrook’s Main Street
project at the forefront of issues
to address. We hope you will see
the long-term vision here, as
there is great promise on the
horizon. We need a safe and solid
Main Street for that future.
Please visit www.colebrooknh.com and click on Public
Notices. Then click on “Main
Street Project Presentation February 5th”–a PowerPoint highlighting all the details on the
project. If you don’t find all your
answers there, call (237-4070) or
visit Town Hall. Ms. Merrow is
knowledgeable on this topic and
can provide the information that
you need.
The North Country Chamber
of Commerce encourages townspeople to become fully informed
about important issues and have
their voices heard at Town Meeting. In whichever of our communities you reside, please take the
time to attend budget hearings
and Town Meetings, as they
affect us all, and this is where we
can all come together to make
these important decisions for the
future of our North Country. The
more public input there is, the
better the outcome will be. It is
our civic duty.
On behalf of the North Country Chamber of Commerce,
Wayne Frizzell
NCCOC Board President
Britni White
NCCOC Office Manager
northcountrychamber.org
Guest Column
NH GRAND AT A GLANCE
(Editor’s note: The following
column is prepared by the NH
Grand marketing initiative.)
Coos County businesses can
leverage their marketing dollars
by joining New Hampshire
Grand as cooperative marketing
partners. NH Grand offers businesses a variety of ways to take
advantage of NH Grand's marketing potential. NH Grand partners
receive
prominent
placement on the website,
www.nhgrand.com, inclusion in
featured itineraries, media relations, and social media campaigns. To learn more contact
Karl
Stone
at
[email protected] or 7882700, ext. 2143.
NH Grand and its cooperative
marketing partners participated
in the Boston Globe Travel Show,
Feb. 6-8, at the Seaport World
Trade Center in Boston, which
attracts thousands of visitors
every year. The NH Grand booth
highlighted all the wonderful
lodging options, restaurants,
attractions and activities available to visitors to the North
Country.
While the overall economy in
Coös County declined last fall,
the tourism sector continued to
experience growth, according to
the fall 2014 report of the North
Country Economic Index, compiled and presented by Plymouth
State University. During the fall
of 2014, “average Saturday vehicle traffic counts increased five
consecutive quarters while
Guest Column
spending at lodgings rose for the
seventh straight quarter.”
New Hampshire’s overall economic growth slowed in 2014,
and while Coos County did experience decreases in several
areas, including employment,
wages and salaries, and home
sales, economists are not necessarily pointing to a recession.
Instead, the report suggests that
the “state economy’s leading
indicators all pointed to a
brighter future.”
The NH Grand program is
managed by Northern Community Investment Corporation
(NCIC). This month, NCIC is
celebrating 40 years of building
stronger businesses, vibrant
communities, and bringing more
jobs to northern New Hampshire
and northeastern Vermont. To
mark the occasion, the governors of New Hampshire and
Vermont accepted invitations to
attend celebrations in their
respective states. New Hampshire Governor Maggie Hassan
spoke at the NCIC offices in
Lancaster on Feb. 18, and Vermont Governor Peter Shumlin
gave remarks at the NCIC office
in St. Johnsbury in early February. Click on www.ncic.org or
call 788-2700 to learn more.
Save the date for the 39th
Annual New Hampshire Governor’s Conference on Travel andTourism, which will take place
on May 4 and 5 in Keene. Along
with a keynote address, the
event features a presentation by
the New Hampshire Division of
Travel and Tourism Development, workshops and panel discussions with industry experts
and the New Hampshire Travel
Council Industry Awards.
“Experience New Hampshire’s Grand North” is the
brand of New Hampshire’s
North Country marketing initiative–also known as NH Grand–
and is the official visitor information source for the Great
North Woods and the Northern
White Mountains. Learn more
at www.nhgrand.com, and sign
up for the Online Connection
Newsletter on the website. The
monthly newsletter gives up-todate information about public
relations efforts on behalf of
Coos County tourism-related
businesses, including newspaper, magazine and web stories
generated by NH Grand and its
tourism partners.
New Hampshire SBA's Outstanding Partner Award for consistent and sustained annual
growth in SBA loans. First Colebrook Bank is a FDIC member
and an Equal Housing Lender.
ident and Founder of Infinity
Payroll and Abikay Business
Solutions, he often faced the
many challenges of the small
business owner,” said Loyd W.
Dollins, bank president and
CEO. Through a high level of
personal service to his clients,
Mangiafico developed strong
relationships
with
CPA’s,
accountants, and business bookkeepers, which is expected to
provide a major source of client
growth for the new division of
the bank.
Mangiafico received a B.S. in
Business Economics from Southern Connecticut State University, and plays an active role in
many chamber and charitable
activities. Although a native of
Connecticut, he has called New
Hampshire his home for the past
13 years. He resides in Bedford
with his wife and two daughters.
Business
Matthew Fadiman
FIRST COLEBROOK BANK
WELCOMES FADIMAN
First
Colebrook
Bank
announced this week that Matthew Fadiman has joined the
bank as the VP/Information
Technology Officer. Mr. Fadiman joins the First Colebrook
Bank team with over 10 years of
leadership roles in a variety of
banking disciplines including,
Information Technology, Information Security, Deposit Operations, Project Management,
Call Center, Branch Administration, Branch Sales, and Product
Development.
“We are proud to have someone with Matt’s rare combination of extensive technical
expertise and deep management
leadership on board to work
with our Information Technology,” stated John Pratt, Executive Vice President at First
Colebrook Bank. “He has years
of proven banking experience
and understands First Colebrook Bank’s high standards of
putting customers first.”
Founded in 1889, First Colebrook Bank is a New Hampshire-owned, community bank,
operating from offices in
Amherst, Colebrook, Concord
and Portsmouth, New Hampshire. Serving the banking
needs of individuals and small
businesses across the state, the
bank is an SBA Preferred
Lender and has received the
FIRST COLEBROOK BANK
ACQUIRES ABIKAY
First Colebrook Bank is now
offering payroll services to its
customers
and
businesses
throughout New Hampshire.
First Colebrook acquired Abikay Business Solutions, a payroll processing firm in Bedford
on Feb. 3, 2015, and has
retained president and founder
Carmen Mangiafico to manage
and develop the new division of
the bank.
A customer of First Colebrook
since 2008, Mangiafico has
served the needs of small businesses since 1996. Over the past
19 years he has held many roles
in the payroll industry, including payroll tax management,
sales, sales management, ACH
management, problem resolution, and client retention.
“Carmen’s greatest asset is
his ability to understand the
needs of the small business
owner on a daily basis. As Pres-
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Colebrook Elementary students gathered in the school's library on Wednesday afternoon, Feb. 18, for a
spelling bee. Each of the classrooms held its own bee to determine which six students would compete in
Wednesday’s final round. Angela Wheeler photo.
Left photo: Each of the students received a certificate congratulating them on their participation in the
school spelling bee. Sitting in the front from the left are Mikail Young, Kolten Dowse, and Zachary Boyles.
Standing in the back are Dylan Dauphinais and Jacob Bradley. Missing from the photo is Brigid
Wonka-Greene. Right photo: Winning this year's CES spelling bee was first grader, Mikhail Young, who
is pictured above with his older brother Tyler and mother Tanya. Angela Wheeler photos.
NEWS FROM STRATFORD
PUBLIC SCHOOL
(Editor’s note: The following
column was submitted on behalf
of students at Stratford School.)
Our school is working with
the N.H. Dept. of Fish and Game
to hatch trout eggs. Our middle
school math teacher, Miss
Glover went to the Berlin fish
hatchery to receive the eggs on
Thursday, Jan. 15. There were
around 300 eggs that came in
the container. Currently the
temperature of the water needs
to be at 36 degrees F. To keep
the water this cold we are using
a chiller donated by Ammonoosuc Chapter of Trout Unlimited. We also put insulation
around it so the tank stays cold
and dark like the river is at this
time of year. By controlling the
temperature we can predict
when they will hatch. A few days
after the eggs hatch later in
Spring, we will return them to
the Connecticut River near the
tennis courts in the town of
North Stratford. The middle
school students have been teaching students in Grades K-4
about how the trout start as eggs
and grow into alevins. The
younger students have been
very interested in the eggs and
have commented that they look
like dragonflies and mosquito
larvae.
On Friday, Jan. 9, Mrs. Vicki
DeLalla and Ms. Patricia Allin,
representatives
from
the
Grange, brought us hats, mittens, scarves and slippers to
keep us warm for the remainder
of the cold winter months. There
was a great variety of gloves and
mittens for Stratford students to
choose from. The Stratford
school students appreciate what
they did for us. The hats, mittens, gloves and scarves are
used every day by kids going in
and out of school and to and
from home.
The third grade class
received dictionaries from members of the Grange on Jan. 15,
2015. The students were happy
to have a book of their own to
look up any confusing words in
their vocabulary lessons. Students bring the dictionaries to
class every day just in case they
need them. Some students commented that now in eighth grade
they still have their third grade
dictionaries.
Staff from the Appalachian
Mountain Club comes to visit
Stratford School students the
third Thursday of each month.
Last month on Jan. 15 they
came to present a lesson on
animal adaptations in the win-
ter. For example, students
learned an adaptation is some
change that an animal has so it
can survive in its habitat. They
also learned how animals deal
with the cold weather in winter;
they stay active, semi active,
hibernate or migrate. To conclude the lesson students learned
about how different animals
walk in the deep snow. Stratford
students in Grades 2-8 thank the
AMC instructors for devoting
their time to helping our education.
Stratford School students are
working on collecting money for
the St. Jude’s Math-a-thon. St.
Jude’s is an organization that
helps fund research on cures for
cancer. Students who participate in the Math-a-thon get a
math packet with math problems
from their grade level. The kids
have two weeks to complete this
packet. Before the packet is
given to them the students were
asked to ask people to sponsor
them. By sponsoring the students, the sponsors are willing to
give money to the school as long
as the students keep up their end
of the deal by completing all the
math problems in his or her
assigned packet. The Stratford
Public School has had great success in the past five years of
Education
On Friday, Jan. 9, Vicki DeLalla and Patricia Allin, representatives from the Stratford Grange, presented
hats, mittens, scarves and slippers to Stratford School students to use during the remainder of the cold
winter months. There was a great variety of gloves and mittens for Stratford students to choose from. The
hats, mittens, gloves and scarves are now being used every day by students when going in and out of school
and to and from home. Photo courtesy Sandi Adams.
fundraising for this amazing
organization.
Students who will be going on
the Kiwanis-sponsored Washington, D.C., trip in the spring
are busy selling refreshments at
elementary basketball games
being held at Stratford School
Gym. Basketball session is now
almost over and the Stratford
Public School has made just over
$500. A big thanks to the Stratford Selectman who donated a
generous $ 750 toward the trip.
We have also raised $450 on our
Christmas raffle and $375 on
our fruit sales. We needed to
raise a total of $3,280 for all of
the SPS students who will be
traveling to D.C. To pay for all
of the qualified D.C students to
go on the trip, we are still in
need of $800. Anyone who would
like to make a contribution can
contact the advisor, Mr. Mackin
([email protected]), Principal Sandi Adams ( s_adams
@sau58.org), any SPS student
or call SPS at 922-3387. Be sure
to be on the lookout for our
upcoming Easter basket raffle.
COMMUNITY COLLEGE TO
HOST SKI HISTORY TALK
White Mountains Community College Fortier Library in
Berlin will host E. John B. Allen
and his Humanities to Go talk
‘New Hampshire on Skis’ on
March 11, at 6 p.m. This talk
will explore New Hampshire’s
unique skiing history, from
Scandinavian and Austrian
immigrants, the Nansen Ski
Club in Berlin, to the Dartmouth
Outing Club, amateur tinkers,
and more.
E. John B. Allen is an Emeritus Professor of History at
Plymouth State University, having taught there for 29 years
Staff from the Appalachian Mountain Club visits Stratford School
the third Thursday of each month. On Jan. 15 they presented a lesson
on animal adaptations in the winter. Students learned an adaptation
is some change that an animal has so it can survive in its habitat.
Photo courtesy Sandi Adams.
N.H. Dept. of Fish and Game is working with Stratford students to
hatch trout eggs. The middle school math teacher went to the Berlin
fish hatchery to receive the eggs. The younger students have been very
interested in the eggs. Photo courtesy Sandi Adams.
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COOS COUNTY
NURSING HOSPITAL
Residents had a great time
with a Penguin Plunge on Sunday. The den was filled with
penguins and an igloo which is
under construction. Participants
raced water balloons down a
shoot into icy water. Glenn Perry
made it through the elimination
rounds and emerged the victor.
The decision was made on
Monday to suspend group activities to prevent the spread of colds
and flu among our residents.
Church services and musical
performances were canceled.
Staff offered one-to-one activities
to residents in their rooms. We
read to residents, played games,
worked on puzzles with them and
worked on crafts and Valentines.
Group activities resumed on
Valentine’s Day with a Love is in
the Air Valentine Day social. The
room was filled with red and pink
hearts. Party goes enjoyed cake,
cookies and fudge while they
talked about what they love.
Everyone is feeling better
now. We continue to ask visitors
to be considerate of the health of
our residents. Please do not visit
if you suspect you have the flu.
If you have a cold or cough, make
use of masks that are available
as you enter through the visitor’s
entrance.
COLEBROOK
CRIBBAGE COHORTS
The Colebrook Cribbage
Cohorts gathered at the Colebrook Country Club for tournament Number 16. Jeff Dobson
decided to join the club, so there
were eight members and one
guest, Denise Duchano. A total
of eight players were used to
calculate club points. Those
members with at least 12 points
were eligible to receive points. A
total of two players received club
points from this tournament.
First place: Ralph Haynes
with 13 game points, six wins,
spread 75.
Second place: Louise Streeter
with 12 game points, six wins,
spread of seven.
Third place: Denise Duchano
(guest, no points received) with
12 game points, five wins, spread
of 55.
The next tournament will be
played at the Colebrook Country
Club on Thursday. Games start
at 6:30 p.m. If interested, just
drop in or contact Louise
Streeter at 237-8602 or Annie
Laughton at 237-4034.
CANAAN SENIORS NEWS
Jean-Nil Theroux entertained
the Canaan Seniors on Wednesday, which was enjoyed by all.
Germaine Turgeon and Roger
Roy won the 50/50 drawings.
Georgette St. Pierre and Lisette
Fauteux were the winners of free
meals. Maria Dube, Yvonne Burrill, Ghislain
Charland (2),
Marie-Paule Marchand and
Maurice Jalbert won bingo
games with Georgette St. Pierre
winning the Blackout game.
Next week (Feb. 25) will be
the monthly penny sale and celebration of February birthdays.
The menu will be soup, assorted
sandwiches, pickles and chops,
with birthday cake and ice
cream. For your reservation, call
Dencie Cunningham at (802)
266-8206 on or before Tuesday at
10 a.m.
CHICKEN PIE SUPPER
IN CANAAN SATURDAY
The cooks at the Grace Community Church in Canaan plan
to serve their very best ever
home made Chicken Pie supper
the last Saturday night of February. They say that in addition to
the best chicken pies and garden
fresh salads ever served, there
will also be a home made dessert
buffet featuring the cooks best
proven dessert recipe selections.
The dinner has two seatings,
5 and 6 p.m. on Saturday Feb 28.
The cost is $10 for adults and
kids eat free. (No taxes or tips
added to the cost.)
For additional information,
look for us on Facebook at
TheGraceCommunityChurchVT.
Canaan’sGrace
Community
Church is an independent nondenominational church that welcomes everyone.
COMMUNITY MEAL IN
GROVETON MARCH 7
A free community supper will
be held at St. Francis Hall in
Groveton on Saturday, March 7.
Chicken ‘n biscuits are on the
menu starting at 5 p.m. and
going until 7 p.m. All are welcome. Come meet your friends
and enjoy the food.
CRAG “SYNCHRONICITY”
EXHIBIT OPENS FEB. 27
The public is invited to attend
the opening reception for CRAG’s
(Connecticut River Artisans
Group) latest show, “Synchronicity.” This show features works by
local artists, photographers and
multi-medium artists.
A reception on Friday, Feb.
27, from 5-7 p.m. at Fiddleheads,
110 Main St. in Colebrook, will
celebrate this latest journey into
artistic expression.
Tom Jordan as “Bernard” and John Quigley as “Robert” in a scene from the upcoming Carriage Lane
Players’ production of “Boeing-Boeing” sponsored by the GNWCA and slated for three performances at
the Tillotson Center in Colebrook. Scheduled for 7 p.m. on Friday, Feb. 27 and Saturday, Feb. 28, as well
as 2 p.m. on Sunday, March 1, tickets are now on sale locally for this hysterical farce. Courtesy photo.
This exhibition highlights the
many talents and creative ways
our artists interpret interesting
themes like this one. The receptions are casual and offer complimentary wine and refreshments
as well as a chance to see the new
exhibit, meet local artists and
learn how each uniquely
expresses their interpretation of
the current theme. It’s an enjoyable evening of art, conversation
and fun.
This reception is being sponsored by Linda Lomasney.
In a press release this week,
organizers noted, “The CRAG
group deeply appreciates the
support of the local community
and those of our sponsors. If you
are an artist or artisan (of any
medium) and would like more
information about CRAG, visit
our website at www.connecticut
riverartisans.org.”
Bette Guerin, Vice President of the Great North Woods Committee for
the Arts (at right), presents Joyce Dunlap with a free year’s pass to
all of the Great North Woods Committee for the Arts sponsored events
that Joyce won in a GNWCA raffle held over the holidays.
The Great North Woods Committee for the Arts, which has brought over 90 shows to the Tillotson Center over the past five years, attracted
a big crowd again on Tuesday night with the Irish band FullSet. The group was received by an enthusiastic audience. Charles Jordan photo.
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The Groveton Girl Scouts created “survival kits” of candy and snacks
for the Groveton Fire Dept., the Groveton Police Dept. and the
Groveton Ambulance Dept, thanking them for being hometown heroes.
Wendy Weagle photo.
For more information about
exhibits and schedules and how
to sponsor an exhibit, contact
Bette Guerin at bette@fiddle
headsusa.com or call 237-9302.
ANNUAL AUSTIN’S RIDE
THIS SATURDAY
The Northern New England
chapter of the Cystic Fibrosis
Foundation is hosting Austin’s
Snowmobile Ride to generate
critical funds to support lifesaving cystic fibrosis research, education and care. This all-day
event will be held on Saturday,
Feb. 21, at the Colebrook Country Club.
Cystic fibrosis (CF) is a fatal
genetic disease that afflicts
30,000 adults and children in the
United States and 70,000 people
worldwide. More than 10 million
Americans are symptomless carriers of the CF gene. Fifty years
ago, most children with CF did
not live long enough to attend
elementary school. Today, people
with CF are living into their 30s,
40s and beyond.
“We still lose precious young
lives to this disease every day.
It’s more important than ever
that we raise every dollar we can
to fight CF,” said Brad Kirkpatrick, CF grandfather. “We’re
grateful for every attendee, volunteer and corporate sponsor
who supports this event.”
Tickets are $40 for riders and
$20 for passengers each and
include a silent auction, barbeque lunch, and the 35-mile ride
throughout Colebrook.
The CF Foundation is an
accredited charity of the Better
Business Bureau’s Wise Giving
Alliance.
To help fight CF, purchase
Austin’s Snowmobile Ride tickets
by visiting newengland.cff.
org/austinsride or call 1-800-7570203.
GROVETON THRIFT
SHOP’S WINTER BLOWOUT
As winter will surely linger
for many weeks, the Groveton
Thrift Shop’s half price sale
Wednesday, March 4 through
noon on Saturday, March 7 offers
a means to combat the cold and
lift the spirits. Nothing works
better to change one’s perspective than a warm new jacket,
boots, mittens or a sweater. The
many customers who report that
they find what they need here
will be happy with the large
selection of clothing, warm bedding and kitchen equipment now
on sale at half the usual bargain
prices. In addition the community’s quilters, weavers and knitters will discover a good supply
of fabrics, yarns and needles
included in the sale.
Parents please note that the
shop has a wide selection of tapes
for children as well as classic
films such as “Forrest Gump”
and “Titanic.” When the cold
The Sixteenth Annual North Country Firefighters Ride-In and Poker Run was held this past Saturday,
Feb. 14. Registration for the ride began at the Colebrook Fire Dept. from 8 a.m. until 11 a.m. with the
ride ending at the Beecher Falls Volunteer Fire Dept. Prizes were awarded this year for the top five hands
and 268 total hands were sold. Winning first place and $125 was Ginger Laverty, who drew five aces;
second place was Vaughn Shaw-Boire, third was Mark Dauphinais, fourth was Alicia Weber, and coming
in fifth was Cormick Frizzell. A prize of $25 was also awarded to Garrett Rella, who drew the wild joker
card and winning the $400 50/50 raffle prize was Roy Amey who donated $100 back. Proceeds from the
poker run are used to benefit the scholarship fund for any student interested in pursing the emergency
medical field. This year’s ride-in and poker run raised about $1,500 for that fund. Angela Wheeler photo.
keeps the youngsters cooped up
indoors, for only 50¢ per film the
entire family can enjoy a great
movie in the comfort of home.
Others who are housebound during the deep freeze may benefit
from an exercise tape or the
challenge of a colorful new jigsaw
puzzle from the Shop’s large
selection. Readers of every age
will enjoy choosing as many as
ten free paperback as well as
hard backs at bargain prices.
Recently, a fourth grader was
thrilled to discover our collection
of titles in the “Baby-sitter”
series. She was happy to leave
with a bag filled with free books
for her own library. The shop’s
large collection includes fiction
and nonfiction, classics and new
titles.
The Winter Blowout Sale
offers every household the bene-
Mohawk Grange held its Youth Night on Feb. 16 with Canaan
Memorial School students from the FFA program and the agricultural
program. Advisor Chris Brady attended along with students Josiah
Riley (FFA Chapter Reporter), at left, and Sage Johnson (FFA
Chapter Vice President), at right. Courtesy photo.
fits of a change of plates, glasses,
place mats, napkins or tablecloths, and every cook the pleasure of new gadgets or
equipment from pots and pans,
mixing bowls and measuring
cups to slow cookers and roasting
pans. The Thrift Shop has all
such treasures waiting to to be
discovered.
Excluded from the sale are the
case of jewelry and hand knits as
well as the pillows and a rack of
brand new clothes. In case of bad
weather, call the Thrift Shop at
636-2026 to be sure that the staff
has been able to maintain the
regular winter hours of Wednesday-Friday, 8:30 a.m.-3:30 p.m.
and first and third Saturday of
each month, 9 a.m.-12 noon.
–submitted by Alice B. Poole
TAX PREPARATION IN
NORTHUMBERLAND
The Northumberland Public
Library will be having a tax
preparer available on March 4,
from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. This is a
free service. Please call the
library at 636-2066 to make an
appointment.
SNOW BLASTERS RIDE-IN
BARBEQUE ON FEB. 21
The Northeast Kingdom Snow
Blasters has to cancel its scheduled Winter Dinner on Saturday,
Feb. 21 at the Norton Restaurant. However, the club will hold
a free “ride-in" barbeque featuring hot dogs and hamburgers.
This will take place on Feb. 21
on Trail 105 between EX 15 and
EX 141. The event is open from
11 a.m.-2 p.m.
James Herbert operates the groomer to pack the snow for the racing
surface, preparing the track at Speedway 51 for the upcoming
Snowbog III event that will be held on Saturday. Samantha McMann
photo.
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Mr. Moose promoted the North Country Moose Festival at the recent Boston Globe Travel Show in Boston, Mass. Left photo: Mr. Moose visits with a couple of construction workers
outside the Seaport World Trade Center. Middle photo: Mr. Moose happily posed with everyone coming in to the show. Right photo: A couple of youngsters were happy to see Mr.
Moose when he greeted them at the entrance to the Seaport World Trade Center. Photos courtesy Cody White.
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before retiring in 1997. He is
currently the Secretary and Historian for the New England Ski
Museum in Franconia. Dr. Allen
is an expert on skiing with
numerous publications to his
name, and has spoken at conferences around the world. This
program is co-sponsored by the
Berlin Public Library with funding by the N.H. Humanities
Council. Light refreshments will
be served.
For more information, contact
Meagan Carr, Library Director,
WMCC Fortier Library, 2020
Riverside Dr., Berlin, call 3423086 or email mcarr@ccsnh. edu.
Donalyn Miller
READING, WRITING
TEACHER CONFERENCE
Registration is now open for
“Read Well, Write Well,” this
year’s statewide Write Now!
Conference on the Teaching of
Reading and Writing, scheduled
for Saturday, March 21, in
North Conway. Conference key-
note is Donalyn Miller, renowned
nationwide as “The Book Whisperer.”
The conference takes place
from 8:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Kennett High School, 409 Eagles
Way in North Conway, with registration and morning coffee
beginning at 7:45 a.m.
Dedicated to the memory and
legacy of Donald Graves, the
conference brings together K-12
teachers, administrators, literacy leaders and community
members from throughout New
England and eastern Canada to
focus on the teaching of reading
and writing.
In her book The Book Whisperer, Miller reflects on her
journey to become a reading
teacher and describes how she
inspires and motivates her middle school students to read 40 or
more books a year. In her latest
book, Reading in the Wild, she
collects responses from 900 adult
readers and uses this information to teach lifelong reading
habits to her students.
Miller currently facilitates the
community blog The Nerdy Book
Club and co-writes a monthly
column for Scholastic's Principal
to Principal Newsletters. Her
articles about teaching have
appeared in publications including The Reading Teacher,
Educational Leadership and
The Washington Post.
“Under current teaching and
learning standards, students
must respond deeply and critically to what they read in order
to show academic reading proficiency,” she said, in describing
the content and purpose of her
New Hampshire presentation.
“Through their response, readers
show their text comprehension
and their personal interactions
with text. Our challenge is to
balance students’ academic and
personal needs for reader
response. How can we teach students to respond effectively and
emotionally, both orally and in
writing, to what they read?”
Miller will share instructional
moves and conferring tools that
promote
students’
reading
engagement and improve both
academic and personal reading
responses, notes conference coordinator Penny Kittle, herself an
English teacher, literary coach
and well-known author and
international writing consultant.
“We know we are asking
teachers to give up a Saturday,”
said Frumie Selchen, Executive
Director of the Arts Alliance of
Northern New Hampshire, "but
we also wanted to encourage
participation by parents and
others who might otherwise not
be able to attend. This is a wonderful opportunity to learn from
an inspiring expert and also to
broaden the conversation about
reading to include the home,
community and out-of-school
programs."
Thanks to the sponsorship of
the Conway School District, the
conference fee for those outside
SAU 9 is only $25; morning
coffee and brunch are included
in the fee, along with professional development credit. There
is no registration fee for local
district teachers, employees,
parents or residents. “Our goal
is to make this the least expensive conference you can attend
this year,” noted Kittle, “and
also one of the most important.”
Donalyn Miller’s books will
be for sale at the conference, and
Heinemann books and other
educational titles will also be
available at a discount. Staff
development and continuing
education credits are offered.
Online preregistration is
required; information is at
www.aannh.org. Contact the
Arts Alliance at [email protected]
or call 323-7302 for additional
information.
The conference ends at 2
p.m., giving participants a
chance to spend the afternoon in
the mountains skiing, hiking or
shopping.
The Write Now! Conference
on the Teaching of Writing is
designed to inspire and support
educators, as well as administrators, writers, parents, and
everyone interested in the teaching of writing and reading across
the curriculum.
The Arts Alliance, a nonprofit
working to promote, support and
sustain cultural life throughout
northern New Hampshire, is
funded in part by operating
grants from the New Hampshire
State Council on the Arts and
the Neil and Louise Tillotson
Fund of the N.H. Charitable
Foundation.
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“Beyond Belief,” the Bill McCallum story, is coming to Sawyerville’s Community Center Feb. 21 for two shows. We were invited for a sneak peek of the cast, pictured above. For
tickets to the historical and entertaining show, contact Pat Boychuck at 1-819-875-3182. Corey Bellam photo.
This cold winter even has Ranson the dog all decked out in his winter
jacket, boots and snow pants. Corey Bellam photo.
“Bill McCallum,” as played by Austin Bailey. Bill was quite a crabby
old fellow, so this is a true stretch for the gentle Austin. Corey Bellam
photo.
“BEYOND BELIEF” PLAY
IN SAWYERVILLE
Bill McCallum, who became
known as the “Glass Man” or
“The Nailer” appeared in Sawyerville, Que., in 1921. He
became a legend for his still-unexplained ability to drive nails
through glass without shattering
it. With his impetuous personality and love for the drink, Bill
was known to go on a tear
through town, nailing bottles or
light bulbs on every telephone
pole along his way. Examples of
his remarkable ability still
remain in the area.
The Eaton Corner Museum is
proud to sponsor an original
play, written by Ann Rothfels
and revised for the Sawyerville
stage by Pamela Jouris, based on
his life. “Beyond Belief” features
a cast and crew of more than
twenty local volunteers.
There will be two performances on Saturday, Feb. 21,
2015, at 2 and 7:30 p.m. Tickets
for the play are $10 (children $5)
and are available through Pat
Boychuck at 819-875-3182, or by
emailing [email protected].
Refreshments will be available.
Reserve early. Last year’s play
sponsored by the museum, “William Stone’s Leg,” was quickly
sold out.
The Eaton Corner Museum
has been preserving and sharing
local history since 1959 through
exhibitions of its unique and
interesting
collections
and
archives, and through events and
activities for the public. The
Eaton Corner Museum is proud
to present its new permanent
exhibit, A Tale of the Townships,
which tells the story of the early
settlers to this part of the Eastern Townships. Also open to the
public for the first time this year
is the historic Foss House, a fine
example of colonial style archi-
tecture built in the 1830s, which
will have temporary displays and
a reception area. The Museum’s
2015 season opens on June 10.
For more information about the
museum, opening hours, collections and exhibits, and events
and activities, visit the website
www.eatoncorner.ca.
ADVENTUROUS WOMEN
RETURN TO FAIRLEE
Vermont Outdoors Woman
has begun accepting registrations for its Annual Winter Doe
Camp to be held at the Hulbert
Outdoor Center in Fairlee, Vt. on
March 6-8, 2015. Winter Doe
Camp is a women's weekend
retreat for outdoor skill development, adventure, education,
camaraderie and just plain fun.
Participants stay in heated
cabins and play in the snow all
day. Spend the weekend learning
winter outdoor skills while staying near the shores of Lake
Morey. Delicious, hearty and
well-balanced meals are served
buffet style in Hulbert's sunny
dining hall.
New Classes include Forest
Management and Mismanagement, How to Pick, Pack, &
Carry A Winter Backpack, Forest Wildlife Habitat and Management, Map and Compass Skills
1 and 2, Fibers: Weave a Flat
Strap, Cheese Making, Small
Living/ Off Grid Cabin Site Visit,
Gourmet
Outdoor
Eating,
Becoming a Deer Hunter, and
more. And of course, the shooting
range will be busy all weekend
and the group will have many of
their most popular classes
returning. New this year, they
will have a dog sledding classes
all day on Friday.
Thanks to an incredible
lineup of volunteer outdoor educators, they are offering nearly
40 classes such as archery, dog
sledding, traditional winter
camping, survival, land navigation, ax skills, camp fire cooking,
cross country skiing, ice fishing,
nature, arts and crafts, handgun,
muzzleloader and rifle instruction, Nordic skating, wild fibers,
critter calling and more. They
will be holding their popular
raffle on Sunday and there will
be spare time throughout the
weekend for socializing by the
fireplace.
The minimum age is 15 and
minors must be accompanied by
an adult. Cost for the all inclusive weekend program is $370.
Mother/daughter
discounts,
group discounts for three or more
and day rates are available.
Don't miss the opportunity to
receive an affordable outdoor
education in a stress-free, sup(Continued on page 14)
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Around The Region
One of many displays at the 33rd annual Sherbrooke Home Show. This year’s show featured over 100
exhibitors to include construction contractors, excavation contractors, home furnishing, spas and bathtubs,
home improvement companies and more. Corey Bellam photo.
The annual Old Stone House Museum's Collector's Fair was held in
the Orleans, Vt., elementary school gym on Sunday, Feb. 15. Collectibles of all kind were on display. Above, Dallas Campbell from Island
Brook Quebec shows visitors his tool collection. Daniel Bousquet photo.
Bob Williams from West Burke Vermont drew a lot of attention with
his operating steam engines. Daniel Bousquet photo.
portive environment.
Visit the website for more
information on classes, schedules, instructors and discounts
www.voga.org/winter_doe_camp
.htm. To learn more about Vermont Outdoors Woman, visit:
www.outdoorswoman.org. Sponsored in part by Hulbert Outdoor
Center, Vermont Outdoor Guide
Association and Vermont Fish
and Wildlife.
LAUNCH BOX
PARTY OVERVIEW
A Small Business Launch Box
Party Overview is being held on
Feb. 17, at 5:30 p.m. in Littleton
at the White Mountains Community College. This Launch Box
Party is for those individuals
who are thinking of starting a
new business or growing their
existing business. The Launch
Box is designed to be an allinclusive box full of material to
start a business or grow a busi-
ness. Most everything that you
will need to start a business is
included in the Launch Box;
forms for registering your business name, forms for applying
for an EIN number, marketing
information, financial information and even a place to organize
your business records for a year
is included.
Along with the Launch Box
Party is a series of seminars to
help strengthen the information
included in the Launch Box. The
series schedule is as follows.
Feb. 24, information on legal
aspects such as business entities. March 3, financial information about the record keeping
and tax obligations. March 10,
marketing information about
branding and the need for marketing materials. March 17,
information on planning: the
business plan, the marketing
plan, and a financial plan.
March 24, a resource panel for
more technical assistance or
financing.
A hearty group of walkers braved the winter temperatures for the Valentine’s Day Eve Torch Walk at the
Newport Township Town Hall in Island Brook, Que. The event kicked off at 7 p.m. with the beginning of
a very lighthearted evening of fresh air and fun. Due to the very cold temperature of -30, the crowd was
small but lively. This Valentine’s Eve Torch Walk was held by Newport’s 4 Horizons Recreational
Committee. It might have been a very cold night but love was ion the air and it kept all hearts warm.
Photo courtesy Francine Rouleau.
The series will be held from
5:30-7:30 p.m. at White Mountains Community College in Littleton and is open to the public
as well as those who attend the
Launch Box Party Overview.
“Any one just opening the
Launch Box will find necessary
information to start a business,
but we want to offer more”, said
Joyce Presby, Entrepreneurial
Resource Consultant for the
White Mountains Community
College. “By offering the series
of seminars and inviting experts
in the field, the new business will
have the opportunity to get the
answers they need for a strong
start in business.”
“Maybe you have been thinking about starting your own business or your business is at a
stand- still and needs a jump
start. Maybe you just do not
know where to start, maybe you
have a hobby and would like to
develop it into a business, or
maybe you just need extra
income. Whatever your reason,
there is not a better time than
now to explore your options.”
This Launch Box Party is
brought to you by Business Services North, which is a collaboration of White Mountains
Community College (WMCC),
Northern Community Investment Corporation (NCIC), and
the NH Small Business Development Center (NH SBDC). Find
Business Services North on Facebook and “like” the page. More
classes and information is posted
there.
Registration is free but
required and seating is limited
for the Launch Box Party, so
register early. For more information and registration for the
Launch Box Party or any of the
seminars, call Joyce Presby at
717-5457.
Obituaries
Funeral arrangements are
under the direction of Jenkins
and Newman Funeral Home in
Colebrook.
Elizabeth LaRose
ELIZABETH LAROSE
WEST STEWARTSTOWN–
Elizabeth A. LaRose, 79, of West
Stewartstown and formerly of
Colebrook, passed away on Saturday evening, Feb. 14, 2015, at
the Coos County Nursing Hospital in West Stewartstown, after
a long period of ill health.
She was born in Portland,
Maine, on Dec. 12, 1935, and was
raised and educated in the Rumford-Mexico area. Elizabeth’s
working life was wide and varied.
She moved to Massachusetts in
the early 1960s, and worked at
the Waverly Tap, the Cushing
Hospital in Framingham, and for
F.W. Webb as a receptionist.
Later, she moved to Florida for
several years, and then relocated
again to Colebrook, where she
had been a resident for more
than 20 years. In the North
Country, she worked at The Balsams for several seasons, and
later as a co-director at the
Haven.
Her hobbies and interests
included playing golf, as well as
watching it on TV, and watching
football on television, always
supporting her favorite NY
Giants. She was an accomplished musician and loved to
sing and play guitar in her
younger years.
Elizabeth is survived by her
four children, Dennis Richard
and wife Debra of Mexico, Maine,
Robert Richard and wife Kelley
of Buckfield, Maine, Joanne
Eastman and husband William
of Dixfield, Maine, and Pauline
Richard of Colebrook; a sister,
Georgia Duran Flint of Madison,
Maine; ten grandchildren; 23
great-grandchildren; six greatgreat grandchildren; and numerous nieces and nephews.
She is predeceased by her
husband, George LaRose; her
father, Albert L. Duran; her
mother, Pauline (Ellingwood)
Virgin; and two brothers, George
and William Guy.
At
Elizabeth’s
specific
request, there are no services,
and her family will privately
scatter her cremated ashes at a
spot where she loved to be.
Expressions of sympathy in
memory of LaRose may be made
to the CCNH Residents’ Activity
Fund, P.O. Box 10, West Stewartstown, NH 03597.
Condolences may be offered to
the family online by going to
www.jenkinsnewman.com.
Barbara Jean Fysh
BARBARA JEAN FYSH
CANAAN, Vt.–Barbara Jean
(Jesseman) Fysh, 59, of Green
Hill Road, Canaan, Vt., and formerly of Stark, died unexpectedly at her residence on
Saturday, Feb. 14, 2015, after a
sudden illness.
Barbara was born on April 25,
1955, in Littleton, a daughter of
Edward R. and Irene (Murrey)
Jesseman. She was raised in
Littleton and was a graduate of
Littleton High School class of
1972. Barbara lived in Stark for
32 years before moving to
Canaan, Vt., in April of 2014.
During her years of employment, she worked for Robert’s
Shoe Factory, Weeks Memorial
Hospital, McKerley’s Assisted
Living and Granite State Independent Living as a caregiver.
Barbara loved her gardening,
computers, and her animals. She
loved spending time with her
grandchildren.
She is survived by her mother,
Irene J. Bixby of Littleton;
daughter Bobbi-Jo Fissette and
husband Ian of West Stewartstown; son Clifton Fysh of Stark;
husband of 41 years Robert Fysh
of Northumberland; eight grandchildren, Dakota-Matthew, Madison, Natasha and Autumn
Lavoie and Searra, Keanna, Brie
and Braydon “CJ” Fysh; her sisters Paula Jesseman and significant other Michelle Jesseman of
Littleton; Deborah Jesseman and
significant other Ellen Hamilton
of Pennsylvania; and June Goulet and husband Wayne of
Groveton; one aunt; several
nieces, nephews and cousins.
Barbara was predeceased by
her father Edward Jesseman;
brother, Scott Jesseman and her
grandparents.
A graveside service will be
held on Saturday, June 13, 2015
at 2 p.m. in the Wheeler Hill
Cemetery in Littleton with Maureen A. Dexter officiating. Armstrong-Charron Funeral Home in
Groveton is assisting the family
with the arrangements.
In lieu of flowers, memorial
contributions can be made in
Barbara’s name to the Riverside
Rescue, Inc., 236 Riverside Ave.,
Lunenburg, VT 05906
To send the family condolences via the online register
book, visit www.armstrong
charronfuneralhome.com.
CATHERINE BROWN
MANCHESTER, Conn.–Catherine (Boyle) Brown, 97, of Manchester, Conn., died on Jan. 23,
2015, at the assisted living facility Mountain Laurel in Glastonbury, Conn., where she had
resided for approximately one
month.
Kay, as she was known, was
born on Jan. 10, 1918, in Dalton,
and was one of 11 children born
to Annie Boyle and William
Boyle. She is survived by one
sister, Irene Lynde of Littleton,
along with many nieces and
nephews. She was predeceased
by brothers Lewis Boyle, Bernard Boyle, William Boyle and
Clarence Boyle and sisters Rena
Savage, Agnes Palmer, Marion
Bishop, Margaret Boyle and
Hilda Corrigan.
Kay graduated from Dalton
High School in 1936 and then
worked at the Mount Cranmore
Inn in North Conway, where she
was said to have “skied every
afternoon.” She subsequently
worked in Boston before moving
to the Hartford, Conn., area
where she worked at Aetna
Insurance for years and then
worked as an administrative
assistant at Damato Enterprises
in Manchester, Conn. She also
worked a second job in the office
at Fountain Village where she
resided in Manchester, and she
retired from her jobs after she
reached 90.
Kay enjoyed traveling primarily throughout the northeast and
especially enjoyed trips to Ogunquit, Maine, and walking the
Marginal Way organized and
accompanied by her niece Daryl
Corrigan Buswell where they
were joined by other family members. For decades Kay was caring and generous with her nieces
and nephews. Numerous nieces
and nephews helped Kay during
her last year of declining health.
Services will be scheduled for
the spring, followed by burial at
the John’s River cemetery in
Dalton in the Boyle family lot.
In keeping with Kay’s enjoyment of lighthouses along the
New England coast, contributions may be made to Friends of
Nubble 186 York St., York,
Maine 03909 or to the Dalton
Congregational Church, c/o Jean
Abbott, 770 Dalton Road, Dalton,
NH 03598.
Arrangements are under the
direction of Bailey Funeral Home
in Lancaster.
Please go to
www.baileyfh.net for more information or to send an online condolence.
RAYMOND
WILLARD MCPHERSON
LUNENBURG, Vt.–Raymond
Willard McPherson passed away
unexpectedly on Feb. 16, 2015,
at the age of 66, surrounded by
his family.
Ray was born in East Concord, Vt. on Aug. 9, 1948 to Myrtle Blodgett McPherson and
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Willard Kyle McPherson.
Everyone that knew Ray
knew how much he loved the
outdoors. Ray was well known
in Northern Vermont for being
an avid hunter, trapper and fisherman in the local area but also
having traveled as far as Alaska
and Canada to get the “Big One.”
He was a member of the Coon
and Cat Club and the Vt. Trappers Association. Ray was
employed at the Gilman Paper
Mill for over 25 years.
Surviving family members
include his wife, Patty McPherson; his sister, Dianna McPherson; his daughter Heather and
her husband Tyrone Blizzard
and their children Tyron
Lorenzo, William Willard and
Tiesha Lenora; his daughter Di
McPherson and her sons Mason
Dixon and Chase Ray; his daughter Megan McPherson Allen, her
husband Michael Allen and their
children Hunter Raymond and
Willow Emma; uncles Roger,
Rodney and Rolly Collins. Ray
was close to his cousin Raymond
Blodgett and cousins Ricky,
Randy and George Blodgett.
Services will be held at the
convenience of the family.
in Lancaster.
Please go to
VINCENT A. RODDEN
DALTON–Vincent
Adrian
Rodden, 90, died quietly in his
home surrounded by family on
Tuesday morning, Feb. 17, 2015.
Rodden was born in Lawrence, Mass., on Feb. 14, 1925,
the son of Vincent Joseph Rodden and Anna (Babash) Rodden.
During World War II he
served his country as a US
Marine and fought in the Pacific
Theater.
After the war he
started working construction and
became a successful builder. As
a builder he would enjoy traveling the US making stops in
Nevada and Alaska. He was a
very talented man.
He leaves behind his wife of
47 years Diane M. (Bridges) Rodden of Dalton; a son Vincent
Sean Rodden, his wife Melissa
and three grandchildren Vincent,
Katelin and Nicholas all of
Groveton; a daughter Kathleen
Rodden and fiancé Jorge “Paul”
Defreitas of Derry; a son Mark
Cora of Lawrence, Mass., who
followed in his footsteps doing
construction. He also has four
children from his first marriage,
sons Michael Rodden of N.
Andover, Mass. and Kevin Rodden of Andover, Mass.; Daughters Bonnie Gomes of Texas and
Maureen Elliot of Andover, Mass.
His grandchildren Vincent,
Katelin and Nicholas loved him
dearly. The oldest, Vincent, followed in his footsteps to become
a US Marine. He was a good
husband and a great father. He
will truly be missed by many.
Services will be held at the
convenience of the family.
in Lancaster.
Please go to
JAMES WHEELER
PITTSBURG–James
Wheeler, 55, of Pittsburg, passed
away on Wednesday evening,
Feb. 18, 2015, at Upper Connecticut Valley Hospital in Colebrook
after a long battle with cancer.
At this time, final arrangements are pending. A full obituary will appear in next week’s
issue.
Funeral arrangements are
under the direction of Jenkins
and Newman Funeral Home in
Colebrook.
Sports
Groveton won the first ball possession as a result of this tip-off by Abbey Pelletier of Groveton and Kirby
Judd of Pittsburg-Canaan in Tuesday night's game in Groveton. Samantha McMann photo.
Pittsburg-Canaan Yellow Jacket Kirby Judd surveys the floor while
being guarded by Eagle Alicia Lesperance during Tuesday night's
game in Groveton. Samantha McMann photo.
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Business Directory
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Additions • Garages • Houses • Camps
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Classifieds
For Sale
Central Boiler E-Classic OUTDOOR
FURNACES. Heat your entire home
and hot water. EPA Qualified. Call
today, 1-800-295-8301. (603) 2378301. 3/27
Buying snowmobiles, ATVs and
motorcycles. Call (603) 538-6963 or
(802) 334-1603. TFN
2002 Saturn L-100: auto, air, pw, low
mileage, 109,000. Looks good, runs
great. $1,675. Glass-top table, 4
Call (603) 246-8998
wicker chairs, $50. Tires, 2 275-5520, 65 percent good, $85. 788-4071.
3/6
2002 SkiDoo Legend 600, black, elec.
Start, reverse, excellent condition.
5,000 miles. $1,950. 538-7125. 3/6
Services
Music Lessons: Guitar, Ukulele,
Banjo, Mandolin, Bass, Dulcimer, and
Voice. Children ages 5-8 for
$60/month, includes instrumental
rental. All other students, $75,
instrument rental $15. Roberta’s
Studio, (603) 331-1628. TFN
Would like to haul your junk and
unwanted vehicles. Call Rusty
Edwards. (603) 237-5676. 7/31/15
Farm Fresh
!**NORTH COUNTRY**!
**MARKETPLACE
& SALVAGE**
104 Colby Street, Colebrook
603-631-1221
http://www.marketplaceandsalvage.com/
Offering Local Produce & Products
Open: Tues.-Fri. 9-5
Sat. 9-12
Winter Workshops Starting Soon!
TFN
Wanted
Top dollar paid for junk cars and
trucks. Also, steel, batteries,
aluminum cans. Call (603) 636-1667
days or (603) 636-1304 nights. TFN
Musicians Wanted
Musicians for an Old Thymey
Hootenanny, the second Thursday of
each month, starting February 19,
from 6:30 p.m. until 8:30 p.m. Be
ready to jam and share Rosen the
Beau, Shady Grove and Sugar Hill.
For more information, call Bobie at
(603) 331-1628. 3/13
For Rent
Colebrook—in-town, very nice,
heated 2 br. Apt., DSL included, with
kitchen, dining, living, washer/dryer
hookup,
carpeted.
No
pets.
References required. Call (603) 2378301. TFN
Nice neighborhood, in town, ideal for
one person or couple. Cozy two
bedroom, second floor apt. w/new
kitchen in quiet building. Laundry in
unit. Rent includes: heat, hot
water/sewer, large storage area,
trash/snow removal and DirecTV.
Lots of parking. Non-smoking. First
month plus one month sec. dep. and
references req. Call for info. (603)
237-8708. TFN
Columbia--large 4 BR, $650 per
month, and 2 BR $500 per month
plus all utilities, available March 1,
2015. References and security deposit
required. For appointment call 3405775. 2/27
Firewood
Cut, split, delivered. Jones Brook
Farm, Guildhall, Vt. (802) 328-2013.
12/31/15
Dance Classes
Step by Step School of Dance
offering beginner’s ballet, jazz, tap
and hip-hop. (Kids and adults
classes.) Individual and group classes
available. For schedules and pricing,
call (603) 237-4009 or 991-3387. 2.27
Sports
Jordan Becker, a guard for the Pittsburg-Canaan team, dribbles the ball down court against Woodsville
defense during last Friday night's game in Canaan. Angela Wheeler photo.
Pittsburg-Canaan Yellow Jacket Ian Pfaff, a senior at Pittsburg High
School looks to pass to one of his teammates during last Friday, Feb.
13's home game against Woodsville. Angela Wheeler photo.
Speeding down the court during last Friday's game against Woodsville, Kirby Judd faces strong Woodsville defense as she looks to shoot.
The final score for the game was 50 to 23 with Woodsville taking the
win. Angela Wheeler photo.
GROVETON VS.
PITTSBURG-CANAAN
On Tuesday night, Feb. 17,
the Groveton Eagles hosted the
Pittsburg-Canaan Yellow Jackets in a varsity basketball double-header at the Ryan Memorial
Gymnasium in Groveton.
The girls were first to take the
court. The Groveton girls outplayed the Yellow Jackets in
every aspect of the game. The
final score of the game was 67-23
in favor of the home team.
Scoring big for the Eagles
were Abbey Pelletier with 27
points and Tanisha Singer with
17. Cassy Brown scored eight,
Alicia Lesperance scored seven,
Kennedy Lambert scored four,
and Danielle Bilodeau scored
two. Pittsburg-Canaan’s top scoring player was Kirby Judd with
12 points. Scoring four points
each was Skyler Brown and
Lacey Royal. Kaylee Noyes
scored two points. Deanna Coutu
scored one.
The boys game was certainly
played with more intensity. The
Yellow Jackets were able to hang
with the Eagles early on. The
first quarter score was 19-14 in
Groveton’s favor. However, the
second quarter was a different
story when Groveton scored 23
points and Pittsburg-Canaan
scored ten–making the halftime
score 42-24. The third quarter
was the Yellow Jackets game,
where they outscored Groveton
by six points. The Eagles then
outscored the Yellow Jackets 17
to eight in the fourth quarter.
The final score of the game was
74-53 in Groveton’s favor.
Corey Gadwah had his highest scoring game to date with 32
points for the Groveton Eagles.
Scoring 11 points for the evening
was Daegan Lurvey. Austin Lesperance had nine. Dylan Rogers
scored eight points. Gage Charron scored seven. Each adding
two was Keenen Monahan,
Christian Guay, and Derek Rogers. The high-scorer for Pittsburg-Canaan was Joshua Lindor
with 28. Devin Rodrigue scored
14. Mitchell Roy had five. Adding
two were Justin Lindor, Josiah
Riley and Merrick Marchessault.
–Samantha McMann
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Sports
February 27 & 28, 2015 at 7:00 pm & March 1 at 2:00 pm
Tillotson Center, Colebrook, NH–Tickets $15 or 4 for $50
Despite the swarm of Yellow Jackets under the net, Groveton Eagle
Chris Guay sinks this shot for two points during Tuesday night's game
in Groveton vs. Pittsburg-Canaan. Samantha McMann photo.

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