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Rick Paya. His win brings hiscareer earnings to $200,074 forhis 132 point counting eventstarts to date, including pointfund awards. He sits second onthe all-time ACT Late Modelcareer earnings list, trailingseven-time ACT ChampionJean-Paul Cyr with $219,957.Hoar began competing on theACT Late Model Tour during itsinaugural season in 1992. Hesecured at least one win eachseason through 2000, whileearning five titles. After takingseveral years off, he returned toACT in 2009 to earn his sixthtitle and repeated in 2010 and2011. He leads most major ACTcategories including career topfives and laps led. Nick Sweet ofBarre, Vt., the former “King ofthe Road” and two-timeMerchants Bank 150 winner in2010 and 2011, will look to com-plete the impossible and winthree Merchants Bank 150s in arow.

For the Cup guys it’s on toRichmond InternationalRaceway for the 58th AnnualRichmond 400 on Saturdaynight under the lights, (FOX 7p.m.). For the third straightyear, Kyle Busch was thedefending race winner in 2011dominating the event-leading235 of 400 laps including thefinal 84. Juan Pablo Montoyathe defending pole sitter.

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her home is reflected in hersongs. Most of all, Katie’s musicbrings people together, andgives them a break from theireveryday routine.

Ashley Miles is a 15-year-oldsinger/songwriter from Concord,Vt. She has been performingsince the age of seven. Ashley iscurrently the New HampshireCountry Music Association’sFemale Vocalist of the Year(Ages 13-16) and has held thevocalist title for the past threeyears. She performs new andtraditional country music, aswell as her own original music.

Kay Woods is a 14-year oldsinger, actress, and writer forboth stories and songs fromBath, New Hampshire. She hasloved performing ever since shecan remember. Kay has been inschool plays, band, and in awide variety of singing groups.When Kay is not playing hermusic, she’s reading, playingsports, or writing.

Suzan Shute will once againgrace the stage with her beauti-ful singing voice and lovely har-monies. Suzan is a homesteadfarmer that lives in Guildhall,Vermont with her husbandHenry.

Allen Pihl is a singer/song-writer and actor that enjoys theperformance aspect of live musicand theatre most of all. Allenhas performed onstage in localcommunity theatre for manyyears and has of late been con-centrating his creative efforts onlive musical performance.Theatre goers in the NorthCountry may have seen Allen inThe Upstage Players presenta-tions of Brigadoon, You Can’tTake It with You, Li’l Abner,and many others, or at theWeathervane Theatre in Harveyand Violet.

No advanced tickets will besold, but donations of anyamount will be gratefullyaccepted at the door. Businessesor individuals that are interest-ed in helping to support thisworthy cause are urged to con-tact Denise Vallee of theMedallion Opera HouseCommittee, at 466-3322.

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that this project be attemptedagain with some redesign—butthe idea of having classes taughtby local business leaders issomething that should not bediscarded.

We failed to attract HighSchool students to the project,but there was tremendous inter-est among young adults andcommunity college students.While we can reach the conclu-sion that our marketing to thestudents was not done properly,or our timing was wrong, it isalso possible that High Schoolstudents do not have the depthof experience to appreciate whata wonderful opportunity thiswas.

Going forward, it would seemwise to reconsider who our tar-get is for a program like this.One of the students pointed outthat the experience was veryvaluable, regardless of whetherhe received any funding from it.As a Rotary project we are notsure that targeting young adultsfits, however this project may bea good tie in to the Chamber’sprogram aimed at helping exist-ing business owners develop abusiness plan. Perhaps thiscould become a true Rotary-Chamber collaboration.

In conclusion, in these timesand in this area, it would seemthat anything geared at sup-porting young entrepreneurs isa worthwhile endeavor.Although the project didn’t go asplanned, it was still a success.We hope that this project will betaken up again. Our sincerethanks to the members whohelped plan this project: DonCrane, Kendra Bell, BetsyHutchins, Peter Riviere, GregCloutier, and Steve Bissonnette.

CONCORD — With the earlyspring, people are getting out-side and some are observingyoung animals. If you encounterwildlife, even young animalsthat appear to need help, pleaseremember that the kindest—and safest—thing to do is toleave them alone and let naturetake its course, say officials fromthe New Hampshire Fish and

Leave young animals alone—keep wildlife wild!Game Department.

Reports have already beguncoming in to Fish and Game andlocal wildlife rehabilitators frompeople who have picked upyoung animals, often mistaken-ly thinking they are orphans.

“Picking up fawns, baby rac-coons or young animals, is anerror in judgment,” says Fishand Game Lt. Robert Bryant.

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Happy HikerStory and photos by John Compton

Hiking Adventures in the Mt. Crawford Area

If you take a piece of paperand crumple it in your hand,you would get a pretty fair rep-resentation of the topography ofthe area surrounding SleeperBrook with its numerous undu-lations and the abundance ofsteep-sided ravines. Many read-ers might ask, where is SleeperBrook? The mouth of the brookis just below the southern end ofCrawford Notch State Park, andis roughly situated about mid-way between the Dry RiverCampground and Notchland.This brook originates on thewestern slopes of the MontalbanRidge near Stairs Mountain andMt. Resolution. Recently, myfriend Ben and I took a few

hours to scout out a very smallportion of this remote area. Inthe early 1900s, Ben's grandfa-ther did an exploration of thisarea by hiking up the SleeperBrook drainage all the way toStairs Mountain. You have toconsider that this feat was donewithout the benefit of our mod-ern day hiking equipment. Also,it was before widespread use ofthe automobile. Getting to thisarea involved a train ride forBen's grandfather. There is atwo volume collection of booksentitled "Our Mountain Trips"which is edited by Ben and JaneEnglish. It features journals ofhiking and camping trips to theWhite Mountains in the early

1900s, as chronicled by Ben'sgrandparents. On page 125 ofthe second volume, there is adescription of the Sleeper Brookadventure undertaken by Ben'sgrandfather.

Accessing Sleeper Brook is achallenge since there are notrails leading to it. Due to verydry springtime conditions,water levels were low enough toenable Ben and I to make amore straightforward approachto the mouth of Sleeper Brook.We were able to launch our hikefrom a point along Route 302and then easily ford three bodiesof water (Bemis Brook, plus twobranches of the Saco River).Just these water crossings alonehad their own rewards! We wereable to get an awesome viewlooking up the Saco Rivertoward Mt. Monroe and otherpeaks in the SouthernPresidential Range. And, wehad an unobstructed view ofStairs Mountain resting at the

Big Cliff viewed from Mt. Crawford

top of the Sleeper Brook valley.Once we reached the mouth

of Sleeper Brook, we began ourtrek on the south bank of thebrook. This worked out okay forawhile. But eventually, wecrossed over to the north side ofthe brook where the bank wasslightly less steep, plus it wasforested with hardwoods versusthick conifers on the south wallof the ravine. We also used thenorth side of the brook for themajor portion of the return legof our journey.

When we had reached ourturnaround time, we were justbeginning to catch a glimpse ofthe massive cliff at the westernend of the peak sometimesreferred to as Crawford Dome(located northeast of Mt.Crawford's summit). And so,that was the conclusion of ourjoint adventure. However, a fewdays later, I did a solo hike,which was a follow-up to thetrek that Ben and I had done.

I'd never been to that enor-mous cliff at the western end ofCrawford Dome. It seemed likea perfect destination since itwould be in keeping with mygoal of trying to do somethingnew on each of my treks. Also, itwould serve as a nice adjunct tothe Sleeper Brook exploration.

To access the cliff, I began atthe Davis Path on Rt. 302 andhiked the trail to a point about ahalf mile northeast of the spurtrail leading to the top of Mt.Crawford. From there, Ilaunched a short bushwhack(about 0.3 mile) that led over thetop of Crawford Dome and even-tually to the huge cliff. Thisshort trek provided fabulous

close-up view of StairsMountain, as well as more dis-tant views of peaks of theSouthern Presidential Range onthe horizon. But by far, the mostinteresting view to me was thevista looking northwesterlytoward the Crawford Notcharea. Not only was this a pleas-ant scene, but it also providedthe opportunity to gaze down atthe rugged and remote terrainthat Ben and I had visited onlydays before.

After getting my fill of thedelightful views from the hugecliff at the end of CrawfordDome, I still had some timeavailable. And so, on the returnleg of my hike, I made a shortside-trip to the top of Mt.Crawford. Once I arrived there,the first thing I did was to takesnapshots of the cliff uponwhich I'd stood only a short timeago. Before making the 2.5-miledescent back to the trailhead, Ilingered for awhile to enjoy themountain vistas, and admirethe beauty of the flora and rockformations at the top of Mt.Crawford itself.

To sum it up, this was a veryenjoyable set of adventures! Itwas especially rewarding to hiketo the top of the huge cliff thatBen and I had spotted duringour Sleeper Brook exploration,and then look downward at thearea where we had stood gazingupward at this prominent fea-ture on the landscape.

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Sleeper Brook Valley and Crawford Notch from Big Cliff

Mt. Monroe viewed from Saco River

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The workshop series will beoffered in two locations –Tillotson Center, Colebrook, andTin Mountain ConservationCenter, Albany, so landownersmay choose the program closest

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Individual chapters of thejust-published, second-edition of“Good Forestry in the GraniteState: Recommended VoluntaryForest Management Practices inNew Hampshire” will be provid-ed as handouts during relevantsessions at both locations.

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June 23 - Tree IdentificationLearn basic characteristics to

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Selling timber is a once in alifetime activity for mostlandowners. No single activityhas such power to significantly

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Learn how to recognize yourwoodlot’s history using common-ly available and easy to find his-torical records and by using on-the-ground evidence (such asstone walls, cellar holes andtopography).

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The Colebrook Academy KeyClub’s Chili Cook-Off will openthe evening from 5:30 to 7 p.m.in the dining room. The Cinco deMayo party follows from 7 to 10p.m. in the lounge, where fineMexican beers from WhiteMountain Distributors andAmoskeag Beverage, a margari-ta bar and spicy Mexican horsd’oeuvres await.

The evening includes aMexican Hat Dance, aMacarena contest, a 50/50 raf-fle, a piñata, adult balloon dropand other games, and will betopped off with a festive fire-works display.

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Proceeds from this event ben-efit local community serviceprojects by the Kiwanis Club,which is on-line at www.cole-brook-kiwanis.org. The clubmeets at 7:15 a.m. everyTuesday at the WildernessRestaurant.

For those who wish to attendonly the Key Club Chili Cook-Off, tickets cost $5 each andmay be purchased at the door.Information about this eventmay be obtained by calling advi-sor Lindy Falconer, at 603-237-9939.

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