GILFORD, N.H. - FREEJUNE 11, 2009

Time CapsuleCora Crafts and Catherine McLaughlin have a laugh over Crafts’time capsule. See story on A5.

PHOTO BY LAUREN TINER

Flynn Fishing Derby a success despite economy worries

PHOTOS BY DANIELLE DELISLE

Above: Keith Bowman casts for a fish during theSixth Annual Officer Kainen M. Flynn MemorialFishing Derby. Bowman ended the day winningfourth in his age division.

At left: Robert, right, and James Phipps show offtheir catches last weekend at the Sixth AnnualOfficer Kainen M. Flynn Memorial Fishing Derby.

BY DANIELLE DELISLEDDELISLE@SALMONPRESS.COM

The Gilford Police Depart-ment was initially worriedthat the economy would keepresidents away from theSixth Annual Officer KainenM. Flynn Memorial FishingDerby at Gunstock MountainResort, but at the end of theday, there was no cause forconcern.

“We had a beautiful day,”said Sgt. Kristian Kelley.“The people were reallygood. This year really re-minded us why we come outhere and do this.”

The kids’ derby is held inhonor of Officer Kainen Fly-nn, who died in a boating ac-cident on June 4, 2003. Be-cause Flynn was such an avidfisherman, a derby was de-termined to be a fitting wayof honoring his memory.Last year the derby hosted300 people, a record number;this year, despite the econo-my, 200 signed up, and Kelleysaid that most of those whosigned up came and fished.

“We go fishing a lot,” saidJudy Hayes, who brought hertwo children, Kelly and Tom,to the derby. “The kids go icefishing too.”

The kids are put into threecategories based on their

ages, 0 to7, 8 to 11 and 12 to 15,and the top six fish in eachgroup get prizes. Aside fromthe fish already in the lakethere were also tagged troutin the pond, and the biggesttagged fish also got prizes forthe young fishermen. Eachfish was carefully weighedand measured and the tagplaced on a board so the kidscould see if their fish hadbeen beaten or if they werestill in the running for aprize.

No one walked away emp-ty handed, however; therewere t-shirts and a silent auc-tion as well as a 50/50 raffle,all to help raise money for lo-cal Gilford programs, such asD.A.R.E. The officers whoweren’t patrolling lent theirhands to grilling hot dogsand hamburgers or helpingto weigh the fish.

The event relies on dona-tions from local business forraffle and derby prizes.Though there were fewer do-nations, this year winnersstill walked away with over$200 in raffle money, fishingrods, tackle boxes, trophiesand their fish, of course.

Kelley said they are verygrateful to their sponsorswho included: GunstockMountain Resort, Meadow-

brook U.S. Cellular Pavilion,Sail em Bass Club, Metz Elec-tronics, Waldron's Dugout,Shaw's Supermarket, MBTractor & Equipment,Broadway North, PRB Con-struction, Inc. (in memory ofBob Blandford), Kenneth &Carole St. Jacques, BiancoChild and Family Therapy,LLC, New Hampshire Jr.Bassmasters, Nassau Broad-casting / WLNH, TedWilliams Museum, Funspot,Airport Country Store &Deli, D & D Market, Walmart,Meredith Village SavingsBank, Franklin SavingsBank, TD Banknorth, Laco-nia Savings Bank, Endor-FUN Sports, Jordan's IceCream, Hannaford Super-market and Johnson's DairyBar.

Hayes said that her kidsonly caught little fish, butthey still received gift certifi-cates for Funspot and thatmade up for the disappoint-ing luck. The warm weatherlasted until the last fish wascaught and the last ham-burger was eaten and every-body had departed after an-other year of fishing fun.

“We always have a goodtime when we come,” saidHayes. “It’s just a greatactivity.”

Belknap County police grant questioned by residentsBY DANIELLE DELISLEDDELISLE@SALMONPRESS.COM

Gilford resident DougLambert and former Laconiamayor Tom Tardif are ques-tioning the Justice Assis-tance Grant that six countypolice organizations are ap-plying for.

“We discovered that whatthe grants says at a federallevel and what they did at thestate level are different,” saidLambert. “Among otherthings it says that they haveto hold a public hearing onwhat the money is going tobe used for and they have notdone that.”

Lambert added that theyput in the application beforethey had the green light fromthe County Convention orthe County Commissioners.Lambert and Tardif sent 20letters to various govern-ment branches that mighthave any interest in the mat-ter.

“I believe that if they look

at the letter they will denythe application at the veryleast, said Lambert.

The money is comingthrough the Edward BryneMemorial Justice AssistanceGrant Formula Program,which President BarackObama has put money intoearlier this year. Throughthis grant and in cooperationwith the county, the GilfordPolice Department is enti-tled to $24,725. The countywill be the finance officer forthe funds. The departmentwill purchase the desiredequipment once the JAGfunds are released.

Once the equipment hasarrived the GPD will send thepaperwork to the BelknapCounty Sheriff ’s Office andbe reimbursed the cost of theequipment.

This grant is in partner-ship with other qualifyingtowns in the county. Thegrant is open to state and lo-cal governmental agencies

addressing issues of violentcrime, drug abuse and relat-ed criminal and juvenile jus-tice problems. The granteemust implement this projectaccording to the goals, objec-tives, and plans as proposed,accepted, and set-forth in

this award.As part of this implemen-

tation the grant states thatthe application needs to be“available for review by itsgoverning body not fewer

SEE POLICE GRANT PAGE A14

PHOTO BY DONNA RHODES

A sign on Route 106 announcing ARRA’s contribution to the roadproject.

Stimulus funds branchout as road projects beginBY DONNA RHODESDRHODES@SALMONPRESS.COM

BELMONT — When Pres-ident Obama announced hisstimulus package to rebuildAmerica's infrastructure,many wondered how thiswould help the economy. PikeIndustries, a local leader insuch construction, is proofthat this strategy has been aboost to jobs and the localeconomy.

"Because of this stimulusmoney," said Pike PresidentChristian Zimmermann, "wewere able to maintain about250 jobs and hire up to 100more people in N.H. alone."

Zimmermann has become

a spokesman of sorts for thestimulus package, makingthe rounds with national me-dia to explain what has oc-curred in N.H. since the mon-ey began to arrive in thestate. N.H. has been noted tobe very fast-acting in gettingfunds allocated to help boostthe economy. Zimmermancredits Gov. Lynch, Ray Bur-ton and the rest of the Exec-utive Council for actingswiftly to get this moneywhere it belongs.

"There's been a real trick-le down effect as a result,"Zimmerman said. "The guysout on the job sites go to a

SEE ROAD PROJECTS PAGE A14

Grinding at promcancels homecomingBY DANIELLE DELISLEDDELISLE@SALMONPRESS.COM

There will be no dancingat all for Gilford High Schoolstudents during homecom-ing events next fall, thanks tothose students who ignoredwarnings about grinding atthe prom.

The prom was held onMay 16 aboard the M/SMount Washington where,according to Margo Weeks,chairman of the SchoolBoard, Principal KenWiswell reported that nearly

a quarter of the studentswere grinding. Grinding is aform of dance where thedancers grind their pelvisestogether in a suggestive man-ner. Weeks said that this isnot the first time the studentshad been warned about in-appropriate dancing atschool functions before.

“The have been talked toabout it for quite sometimenow,” said Weeks. “The stu-dent council went classroom

SEE GRINDING PAGE A14

Gunstock Mountain Resortprepares for constructionBY DANIELLE DELISLEDDELISLE@SALMONPRESS.COM

The long-planned expan-sion to the Gunstock Moun-tain Resort beginner ski areagot another step closer tocompletion as the Conserva-tion Commission gave per-mission for construction lastweek.

“Is everyone happy withit at this stage?” asked com-mission member ChuckCoons at a meeting last week.

The answer was unani-mously in the affirmativewhen the committee votedafter a presentation by DougIrving, representing Gun-stock.

The project will createnew beginner trails and dou-ble the resort’s snowmaking

Town disappointed with schools’ flyer policyBY DANIELLE DELISLEDDELISLE@SALMONPRESS.COM

Gilford parents will haveto check Web sites instead oftheir children’s backpacksfor library and town eventsthis year, and some local or-ganizations aren’t happyabout it.

The School Board recent-ly heard backlash about itsnew school policy banningflyers that are non-schoolsponsored from being placedon bulletin boards or handedout to students.

“We did a fair amount offlyers through the school,”said Katherine Dormody, di-rector of the Gilford PublicLibrary. “One of the thingswe are concerned about nowis our summer reading pro-gram. We have no idea whatkind of impact it will have onour numbers. I think somepeople came to rely on learn-ing things about the townand the library through theirchild’s backpacks.”

Dormody said they sent a

letter asking the SchoolBoard to reconsider their de-cision, but the School Boarddidn’t feel the need to re-vote.Dormody added that theschool and the library have acomplimentary mission toeducate.

“The research is there toshow that kids who partici-pate in summer reading pro-grams do better in the fall,”said Dormody. “They lose

SEE GUNSTOCK PAGE A14

SEE FLYERS PAGE A14

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GILFORD POLICE LOG●

Gilford Public Library Top Ten Requests

For The Week of June 1, 2009

1. “The Help” by Kathryn Stockett 2. “Handle with Care” by Jodi Picoult 3. “Loitering with Intent” by Stuart Woods 4. “The Scarecrow” by Michael Connelly5. “The Shack” by William P. Young6. “Eclipse” by Stephenie Meyer7. “Still Alice” by Lisa Genova8. “Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet” by Jamie Ford 9. “Gone Tomorrow: A Jack Reacher Novel” by Lee Child

10. “The Branch and the Scaffold” by Loren D. Estleman

1. What is the easternmost provincein Canada?

2. Name all the countries on theIberian Peninsula.

3. In area what is the largest coun-try bordering the Red Sea?

4. What’s the difference between flo-ra and fauna?

5. Aside from Japan, what coun-tries border the Sea of Japan?

1.Newfoundland.2.Andorra,Portugal,Spain.3.Saudi Arabia.4.Flora is vegetation;fauna,animals.5.South Korea,NorthKorea,Russia

Energy Committee looks for new membersBY DANIELLE DELISLEDDELISLE@SALMONPRESS.COM

The Gilford Energy Com-mittee had a meeting lastweek to discuss plans for theupcoming year, includinghow to recruit new members.

“We were going to do abooth at Old Home Day,” saidChairman Howard Epstein,“but decided against it. Wedid send an email to a num-ber of vendors who indicat-ed they would be interestedin attending.”

The committee also dis-cussed the purchase of ener-gy efficient Fords by the po-lice department for use ascruisers as well as the possi-bility of getting the new ad-dition for the police stationbuilt. Epstein said that thecommittee would like to helpthe project progress and theyare brainstorming ways thatthe committee can assist. Inaddition to this, the commit-tee is in the midst of their“Go Green” series in part-nership with the library.

This series of lectures,housed at the Gilford PublicLibrary, invites local expertsto educate Gilford residentson energy-saving topics. Thefirst lecturer, who spoke inMay, was Mark Weissflogfrom KW Management Inc.,which is a full service elec-trical and energy servicescontractor. They have aClean Energy Division,which specializes in solarand wind energy systems,water furnace geo-thermal

heat pumps and utility-resi-dential-weatherization pro-gram implementation. Hediscussed the types of geo-thermal heating plans andtheir benefits.

The second lecture onJune 11 at 7 p.m. will be host-ed by Wes Golomb from theNew Hampshire TechnicalCollege, who will share ideasabout what can be done im-mediately and quickly to re-duce energy use in the homeand at the office.

“One lecture we are reallyexcited about is the one onheliostats,” said Epstein.“They hold the greatest solu-tion in the northeast for en-ergy conservation. Smallmirrors are put on a panel.They are computer con-trolled and they concentratethe solar energy that comesthrough windows.”

Epstein said that it wouldprovide space heating for ahome and is much more prac-tical than solar or anythingthat needs electricity. Thislecture will be with DaveHowell on Aug. 6 at 7 p.m.There may be more lectureson the horizon so Epsteinsaid to keep checking the li-brary calendar for updates.

The committee is alsoworking on gathering the en-ergy data for Gilford in orderto provide suggestions forconserving energy. Epsteinsaid they are looking for res-idents to join the committeeand help with the data col-lection as well as research

and organizing committeeevents.

“We are definitely lookingto attract new members,”

said Epstein. “We are look-ing to do more and then keepexpanding.”

Last week Mr. Gil was visiting Gilford Village Knolls. This week heis enjoying the nice day at a local eatery. Can you guess where?

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Amy Canterbury, 25, of 23Liscomb Circle Apartment 5,was arrested and chargedwith simple assault.

Tyler C. Gargano, 23, of 23Liscomb Circle 22, was ar-rested and charged with sim-ple assault.

Paul E. Haskell IV, 24, of322 Union Avenue #4, Laco-nia, was arrested andcharged with criminal tres-pass and breach of bail con-

ditions.

30 traffic stops were re-ported.

26 motor vehicle checkswere reported.

1 motor vehicle lockoutwas reported.

9 abandoned vehicleswere reported.

8 calls for an ambulancewere reported.

10 calls for the fire depart-

ment were reported.5 reports of existing con-

ditions were made.9 suspicious vehicles were

reported.3 suspicious persons were

reported.13 alarms were reported.2 calls for motor vehicle

assistance were reported.15 animal complaints

were made.14 motor vehicle com-

plaints were made.8 motor vehicle accidents

were reported.5 domestic disturbances

were reported.4 reports involving a juve-

nile were made.4 reports of criminal mis-

chief were made.2 reports of criminal

threatening were made.1 investigation was made

to another department.

1 service of paperworkwas reported.

2 civil matters were re-ported.

6 lost/found items were re-ported.

1 escort was reported.6 larcenies were reported.1 assault was reported.1 master name check was

reported.4 pistol permits were re-

ported.1 report of shots fired was

made.3 fingerprint requests

were made.1 shoplifter was reported.3 reports of road and

weather conditions weremade.

4 attempts to locate weremade.

10 yard sale permits wereissued.

7 parking summons wereissued.

1 9-1-1 hang up call wasmade.

1 lost/missing/ wantedperson was reported.

The Gilford Police Department responded to 225 calls for service

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Young entrepreneurs give ‘summer job’ a new meaningBY MEGHAN SIEGLERECHO@SALMONPRESS.COM

LAKES REGION — Whilemany college-bound kidspick up after-school or sum-mer jobs to help fund theireducation, few shun the typ-ical retail or fast-food jobs infavor of something riskier –but that’s exactly whatJoshua Bennett and MirnoPasquali did when they start-ed their own exterior paint-ing business last year.

Gold Cup Exteriors of La-conia is run almost entirelyby Bennett and Pasquali,with a little help from theirparents. Bennett, presidentof the Class of 2010 at Laco-nia High School, said it allstarted when he and his bud-dy helped Bennett’s parentspaint their 100-year-oldhouse a couple years ago.Pasquali at the time had al-ready graduated from LHSand had taken a year off totravel. Allegheny College

was in his future though (hejust finished his freshmanyear), and he knew he’d needsome funds to help him payfor it. After working on theBennett house, Pasquali re-alized it was the best job he’dever had.

“It’s better than being in-side washing dishes,”Pasquali said.

Meanwhile, Bennett’s fa-ther, who had started his ownpainting business when hewas in college, recognized inhis son and Pasquali a driveand ability to do just what hedid.

“My dad kind of present-ed the opportunity,” Bennettsaid, but “really it was Mirnosaying ‘This is a really goodjob on our hands.’”

They got their first taste ofrunning a business rightaway, when they went to thestate to file their application.They had to pick a name anda slogan and design a logo.

They also did some advertis-ing, including the old-fash-ioned method of biking doorto door and handing out fly-ers, though most of their jobslast summer came fromfriends and referrals. Theybought supplies, keeping itlocal by shopping at smallerhardware stores wheneverpossible. Before they lifted apaintbrush, they bought fullinsurance for the company.

“We made sure we dideverything by the book,”Bennett said.

With some start-up moneyfrom their parents – whichthey gradually paid back asthey started turning a profit– as well as some generalguidance, the boys went towork. They hired one em-ployee, a reliable friend, forthe summer, and figured outhow much they shouldcharge based on where themarket was at the time andthe fact that they knew they’d

PHOTO BY MEGHAN SIEGLER

Joshua Bennett, left, and Mirno Pasquali started their own painting company, Gold Cup Exteriors, last year.

have to overcome the stigmaof being young.

“I’d say we do have a low-er per-hour price,” Bennettsaid.

“We definitely do,”Pasquali said.

Their first big job was anold, six-sided barn that tookthree weeks to complete,partly because whenever itrained, they had to cut theworkday short. They alsopainted trim on a doctor’s of-fice in Gilford and paintedseveral residential exteriorsas well. Bennett said thatpainting an average-sizedhome takes them about fourdays.

One of the perks of run-ning their own business,they said, was that they candecide to take a three-dayweekend here or there be-tween jobs, or work 12-hourdays in exchange for a“beach day.” It’s to their ben-efit to get a job done in as lit-tle time as possible, theysaid, because their clientspay the original amount stip-ulated in the contract re-gardless of how long it takes.However, they also said theyput in extra time to doublecheck their work.

“We’re really anal aboutit,” Bennett said.

Both admitted that it

helps to have their parents“wagging their fingers” atthem, saying “Make sure youcall those people.” However,they’d like to think they’d bedoing that anyway.

“Our biggest thing is com-munication,” Pasquali said.“We’re trying to go the extrastep.”

The friends also commu-nicate with each other whileon the job, often chatting,playing a game or singing –as long as it’s not bothersomefor their client.

“We don’t have voices ofangels,” Pasquali laughed.

At this time last year, GoldCup Exteriors was bookedthrough the summer, thoughBennett and Pasquali admitthat much of that had to dowith the six-sided barn job.So far this year, they onlyhave three or four jobs linedup and haven’t even hiredsomeone to work with them.They said they will do so ifmore jobs start coming in.

They also pointed out thatthey do more than exteriorpainting; both have experi-ence in other home improve-ment areas, including interi-or painting, staining anddecking, power washing,and light carpentry.

Last summer, their firstyear in business, Gold CupExteriors grossed approxi-mately $16,000.

“I threw (my net share) allinto tuition, and it helped aton,” Pasquali said.

Bennett said he alreadyhas an account set up for col-lege next year, and he putmost of his earnings intothat, with the rest going totypical teen purchases, likeconcert tickets and food.

To contact Gold Cup Exte-riors, call 528-1412 or emailgoldcupexteriors@myfair-point.net, or visit www.gold-cupexteriors.com.

Conservation Commission seeksto appeal Meadows permitBY DANIELLE DELISLEDDELISLE@SALMONPRESS.COM

The Conservation Com-mission is going forwardwith their plan to appeal theDredge and Fill Permitgranted to the Meadows Pro-ject recently.

“We have also have sub-mitted to the PlanningBoard,” said Paul Fluet, ofFluet Engineering Associa-tion, at a commission meet-ing last week. “This is an in-formational meeting to ad-dress some of your questionsand let you know where weare with the project.”

Fluet said that the wet-lands application was ac-cepted on May 19. In the let-ter to DES the Meadows Com-mittee said that the projectwould be 450 ft. farter awayfrom the prime wetland thanthey first thought. They usedthe maps received from thetown hall to determine thewetlands delineation, whichwas a major concern for thecommission. The commis-sion was concerned that dif-ferent maps disagreed onwhere exactly the wetlandswere located.

The commission had sug-gested further testing be-cause the boundaries of thefloodplain in the area havechanged since the last time itwas tested. At their meetingon May 4 the School Boarddecided to wait until DESmakes a decision on their ap-plication.

“I want to compliment theSAU and the committee forwhat appears to be a dramat-ic shift, and from my per-spective,” said Andy Howe,one the property abutters,“the flooding looks like therewill be a minimum impact.Looks like they have satisfieda lot of my concerns. Hope-fully, we are beyond a seriesof flood seasons.”

A planned rain gardenwith plants that gather mois-ture well will help floodingand the a 32 irrigation sys-tem will be put into place onall the fields. The programwill be run automaticallyand can be programmed.

The property is being eyedfor new playing fields fortown and school use. Resi-dent Sue Green said she wasconcerned that the propertywill be changed from what ithas been for many years. Thenew facility will have foot-ball, baseball, softball, youthfields, soccer and lacrossefields a permanent conces-sion stand with views ontoboth fields showers equip-ment and over 100 new park-ing spaces.

“If it’s disturbed my wor-ry is that we will get a lot ofsilt,” said Green, “that mightrun off into lazy brook andeven on to Smith Cove. Ithink it’s wonderful farm-land and I think it shouldstay as such.”

Terry Stewart, member of

the Conservation Commis-sion, said that they wouldhave to rip up whole sectionsof the land and lay pipes un-derneath it so that that it canbe drained. He added thateven though the property isbeing engineered and it wasgood hat the committee istaking those things into con-sideration they re stillpulling up the land.”

After listening to the pres-entation the commission de-cided to continue with theirappeal to DES in an attemptto get them to rescind thepermit. Sue Allen, memberof the school board and amember of the MeadowsCommittee, said that if theappeal is successful thenthey would have to back totheir plans until they find aplan that the commissionagrees with.

“We spoke with the headsof the department on Mon-day,” said Allen. “We will al-so be speaking to the Plan-ning Board on the 15th.”

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A4 THE GILFORD STEAMER OPINION JUNE 11, 2009

From the average person’s point of view, it’s dif-ficult to feel the effects of the American Recoveryand Reinvestment Act that has been hyped at se-lect board meetings, school board meetings, andin myriad news stories that involve funding of al-most any kind – for road projects, recreation proj-ects, water and sewer projects, pretty much anyconstruction project short of a residential home-owners’ kitchen renovation. All the major play-ers in each and every town are trying to get theirhands on a piece of the ARRA pie, but what’schanged for the average Joe? Seemingly nothing– yet.

It would be easy to say that the Obama admin-istration’s plan to pull the country out of a re-cession is having minimal impact on most peo-ple, and that may be true right now. But lookingon the brighter side of things, there are signs, lit-erally, of ARRA funds moving in to the Lakes Re-gion. Right off the roundabout in Meredith, therewas a sign last week showboating ARRA as thefunding source for the road project, one of manygetting underway in the region. And there’s ac-tually a company behind a bunch of these proj-ects that can look at that sign and thank the gov-ernment for the money and the jobs it hasprovided.

There’s a story in this paper today about howPike Industries is reaping the benefits of theAmerican Recovery and Reinvestment Act.Rather than laying off 250 employees, as it mayhave had to do, Pike has instead been able to hireanother 100 or so employees, thus giving jobs tolocal people who had previously been laid off. Thenumbers aren’t staggering, but as Pike PresidentChristian Zimmermann pointed out, studiesshow that 100 employees hired support 100 otherjobs in every sector, because those employees nowhave money to pay for more food, hotel rooms,maybe even a new car.

So far Pike Industries has been awarded sevenN.H. DOT projects for $80 million worth of work.It may seem like Pike is the only company mak-ing out on this deal, but again, their gain is every-one’s gain. Zimmermann said he expects 35-40per cent of that money to find its way to subcon-tractors throughout the region, further enhanc-ing the effects of the stimulus money. Plus, thecompany is now able to donate $58,000 to theLakes Region United Way, which it likely wouldnot have prior to winning the road project bids.

Slowly but surely, that “trickle down” effect willreach us all. Remember that when you’re sittingin construction traffic, reading the bright orange“This project is being funded by the AmericanRecovery and Reinvestment Act” signs.

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Blessed by generosityTo the Editor:

We are truly blessed to livein an area that so generouslysupported our St. Baldrickshead shaving event (Over$50,000 raised). In addition toall those who shaved, hadtheir hair cut for Locks ofLove and who registered tobe a bone marrow donor,there were those of you whocontributed to the silent auc-tion. In the tough economictimes we are in, we had no

idea what to expect and wewere overwhelmed by yourgenerosity! We thank eachand every one of you whowere able to donate, and wethank those who could notdonate for your wishes ofsupport. The silent auctionbrought in over $1,500 alone!If we miss anyone in this ac-knowledgement, we do trulyapologize.

We in the Lakes Regionare making a difference, andYOU are a part of that!

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LEGISLATIVE ALERTAfter much publicity, debate, and leg-

islative acrobatics, gay marriage is lawin New Hampshire. The final vote by theNH House came after negotiations be-tween representatives of the Senate andHouse in a Committee of Conference anda final vote approving the committee’schanges by the Senate. Within a matter ofhours after the House vote, the Governorsigned three bills, HB 436, HB 73, and HB310, that would legalize marriage forsame-sex couples. The law goes into effectJan. 1, 2010.

In the end, I voted on the prevailingside. As I’ve written in prior “Alerts,” mydecision to switch from opposition to sup-port of the issue was based on my recog-nition of the differences between civil andreligious marriage. The amendment toHB73 by the Senate, which provided a dis-tinct legal barrier between the two, solid-ified my support. The key issue becameone of separation of church and state aswell as one of civil rights for a segment ofour society, both matters of long Ameri-can political tradition. Still, for a greatnumber of legislators (including myself),it was not an easy issue.

Some myths regarding the process re-main. First, it has been argued that thelong legislative trail that the issue fol-lowed distracted the legislature from itsprimary responsibility of crafting a two-year budget for the state. Not true. Thevarious committees of both legislativehouses that provided input for the budg-etary process spent considerably moretime on fiscal matters than the gay mar-riage issue. The normal budgetaryprocess beginning with the Governor andstate departments, review and vote in theHouse, and restructuring by the Senate(more on that later) followed usual NHtradition. While reaching a final accordon the budget may be more protracted thisyear, it marks the difficulty of our currenteconomic and fiscal situation rather thanany “distraction” with the gay marriageissue.

Another myth that was voiced in lastweek’s session was that we didn’t spendenough time on the issue to warrant pass-ing the legislation. That’s seems a contra–point to the first myth – a kind of“damned if we do; damned if we don’t”

argument. Also not true. The bill clearlyreceived much testimony, much debate,and much legislative process that includ-ed three different bills, public hearings,and numerous votes in both the Houseand Senate. The process was both longand contentious as befitting an issue thatwas extremely difficult.

Myth 3 is that the vast majority of NHvoters were opposed to gay marriage andthat the legislature should follow thewishes of the public. I received manyemails, telephone calls, and letters on theissue. I’ve gone back to review the corre-spondence, and I can only say that theybreak down about even with as many peo-ple opposed as in support.

The only reliable survey or poll thatI’m aware of was from the University ofNew Hampshire that was also fairly closeto even. A corollary to this myth is the ar-gument that we should have put it on theballot in the form of referendum to as-certain the feelings of the public. My re-sponse to this argument is that we’re notCalifornia, we’re New Hampshire. Underour constitution, any popular referendumwould be non-binding, leaving the issueback in the legislature’s lap. Finally, thisis not the first contentious issue that thelegislature has had to debate and decide;it certainly won’t be the last.

There were a couple of other bills thatthe House dealt with last week that areworthy of mention. The House once againdealt with SB144, a bill to expand unem-ployment benefits to those choosing toleave work of their volition, albeit forworthwhile “family” issues. This time thebill was coming from the Finance Com-mittee with a narrow favorable recom-mendation. Although the reasons for vol-untary termination of employment werecompelling, I felt that NH employersshouldn’t have to pay for the personalchoices of their employees to leave theiremployment. I voted against the bill, butwas in the minority again as it passedeasily.

SB203 will specifically benefit BelknapCounty residents. The bill was crafted toreduce liability for railroad operators be-cause of the development of recreationaltrails alongside rail beds, specifically the“WOW” (Winnipesaukee, Opechee, and

Winnisquam) Trail running through anumber of our towns. The bill passedeasily. In addition to the relatively fewother bills, the House also concurred withthe Senate on a number of amendmentsto bills that the House had already passed.

Speaking of the Senate, they were busypassing their version of the state bienni-um budget. The Senate Finance Commit-tee recommended a budget which mir-rored the Governor’s proposal and theHouse version in many respects – majorprogram cuts, layoffs of state employees,increases in the cigarette and rooms &meals tax - but also contained some verynotable differences. They put back inbuilding aid for the municipalities (as ex-pected), but replaced a number of theHouse taxes with expanded gambling, es-pecially slots at the horse and dog tracks,and suspended the business enterprise taxcredit for the business profits tax. TheSenate also took out the highway gas taxand substituted increases in tolls and“merged” the tolls roads and the high-ways.

The House and Senate will now try towork out their differences in a Committeeof Conference. I sincerely doubt that willhappen, leaving the House to vote “up ordown” on the Senate version. Because ex-panded gambling is traditionally op-posed by a wide bipartisan majority inthe House and the increased business tax-es will also be unpopular, I suspect a stale-mate will result. The word is that we willbe required to pass continuing resolutionsto keep NH government going into July,while we try to work out some compro-mise. “Plan B” that’s being floatedaround is a tax on refinancing of homemortgage loans. If you plan to take ad-vantage of lower interest rates to loweryour monthly mortgage payment, youhad better get going. Want to use our mort-gage broker? Stay tuned.

Bill Johnson is a State Representativefrom Gilford representing Belknap Coun-ty District 5, which includes Alton, Barn-stead, Belmont and Gilford. He can bereached at billjohn4@metrocast.net or524-8949.

June is the month nation-ally that cats all across Amer-ica get a boost. Shelterseverywhere including NewHampshire Humane Societytry really hard to re-home asmany felines as possible.

There will be rock bottomprices for micro-chipping,just $15 per cat adopted inJune. No cat with a microchip will ever languish in theshelter never to be reunitedwith their owners.

Judge Joe Brown hasn’texperienced much luck late-ly; he came into the shelterback in October 2008, suc-cessfully battled viral infec-tion not once but twice, re-covered, and was adopted in

April only to return in Maythree short weeks later. Wedon’t need to be-labor the rea-son for his re-incarceration,only that he deserves a sec-ond chance.

Judge Joe Brown is a largegrey tabby cat, important,stately and wise. A greatcompanion he is self assuredand gentle around all hemeets.

Please let him be the firstfeatured cat for our JuneAdopt a Shelter Cat effort tofind a loving permanenthome.

Call 524-3252 or checknhhumane.org for adoptiondetails.

Pet of the Week: JUDGE JOE BROWN

CorrectionIn last week’s paper, a woman in a pic-

ture for the St. Baldrick’s event was incor-rectly identified as Jill Lessard. Her actu-al identity is Joanne Chase.

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Gilford students receive scholarships from LGCGilford High School sen-

iors Sarah M. Ayer and W.Spencer Klubben have eachbeen awarded a $750 scholar-ship from New HampshireLocal Government Center aspart of its Annual Scholar-ship Program. Funded byproceeds from LGC’s AnnualFall Classic Golf Tourna-ment, the scholarships

specifically benefit childrenof New Hampshire munici-pal, school, county or villagedistrict employees and offi-cials of any unit of local gov-ernment that is a member ofLGC or participates in itsservices.

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Town of Gilford, andKlubben is the son of JudyKlubben, a teacher with Gil-ford School District (SAU 73).

Eighty scholarship appli-cations representing 52 NewHampshire high schoolswere received this past win-ter by LGC for review by itsLeadership Team. Appli-cants were judged on aca-

demic achievement, letters ofreference, participation inschool-sponsored extracur-ricular and community serv-ice activities and a short es-say addressing What My City,Town or School Could Do toSave Money, according toLGC Executive DirectorJohn Andrews.

Gilford students give back to local beachBY LAUREN TINERSTAFF WRITER

Gilford Middle School sev-enth graders picked up rakesand wheelbarrows with gustofor the annual cleanup dayheld on Gilford’s public beachlast Tuesday.

Ninety-five students sepa-rated into groups to clean,swarming around the beachfor hours on a beautiful,breezy day.

Director of the Recreationand Parks Department HerbGreene said he sees the an-nual clean-up day as a big helpto the department, especiallyafter the winter months.

“The students get a lotdone in a short time. It savesus about 20 to 40 man hours,”he said.

Greene finds clean-up dayto be beneficial to the stu-dents as well, not only his de-partment.

“It’s good for them to giveback and find a new appreci-ation for the beach,” he said.

Although the students setout to work, they are also giv-en time to relax and enjoy thebeach. A cluster of studentsplayed a competitive game ofvolleyball, while some stu-dents cooled down under theshade of the snack bar, andothers sunned themselves bythe water.

“It gives them a break from

school, and they can swim af-ter working hard too,” saidGreene.

Gilford Middle Schoolteacher Michelle Martin,called this annual beachcleanup a “service learningprogram” integrated into theseventh-graders school year.According to Martin, sev-enth-grade classes have par-ticipated in this cleanup forabout 20 years.

“The students worked veryhard this morning and savedthe town money. This is valu-able for them and good for thecommunity,” Martin said.

Martin explained that theservice learning program’sfocus is to ingrain positivehabits in students at an early,such as no littering on thebeach.

“A lot of these studentsspend their summers on thisbeach,” said Martin.

The class also had guestspeakers come in to promptservice learning program be-fore annual clean-up day, saidMartin, as well as the side-walk project they worked onearlier in the year.

“We would love to domore,” said Martin, but shementioned that academicstake up most of the schoolyear curriculum. “A lot ofstudents seem reluctant at

PHOTO BY LAUREN TINER

Gilford Middle School students take a break from cleaning the beach.

Students and teachers show offBY DANIELLE DELISLE DDELISLE@SALMONPRESS.COM

The Gilford High Schoolauditorium was taken overby Gilford Middle School stu-dents for their fourth Annu-al Talent Show Monday.

"It's good for the kids," saidChantelle Moynihan, schoolcounselor. "It builds up theirconfidence and they learnabout their peers."

Any student can sign upfor the show and performtheir talent. In mid-May theinitially sign-up is postedand then each student isasked to show their talent atan audition. Moynihan saidat that time she might haveto tell them to cut for time orgive pointers on rough spots.The students go and work ontheir talent and get togetherfor two rehearsals before theshow.

"We have been gettingmore and more studentssigning up every year," saidMoynihan. "The talents varytoo. Last year we had some-body licking their elbow."

The teachers even get inon the act opening and clos-ing the show with a perform-ance for the students. Duringthe show there was dancing,singing, gymnastics, tapdancing, piano playing, fluteplaying, clarinet playing anda whole lot of costumes. Thebonus is that the students al-

so performed in front of theirparents as well as theirschool mates.

Of course the show would-n't be the same without thetraditional lip synch by Mr.Donovan, as the studentsknow him, at the end of theshow. Their teacher takes offthe school persona to don acostume, dance and lip synchto popular songs that rangfrom show tunes and rap tocountry and rock. Many ofthe kids claim it is their fa-vorite part of the show, butstill give their due to the oth-er acts.

"This year I did a dancewith my friends," said Sum-mer McGaffigan. "I thoughtDemi Remick was amazing.She did the Latin tap dance."

Steven Heitz said he real-ly enjoyed a group that per-formed "Y.M.C.A." by the Vil-lage People.

Twenty-four other stu-dents performed including:Catherine Buckley, AustinShinlever, Sisi Remick,Megan Curran, KristenDionne, Danielle Cote,Danielle Marhefka, SydneyByer, Roland Dubois, JessicaFreeman, Kylee Drew,Janelle Page, MikhaylaLesnewski, Caitlyn Houson,Kendra Eldridge, DanielleMaupin, Katie Gingrich,Gaelya Glavach,Maddie Har-

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Mr. Donovan, as his GMS studentsknow him, performs his wildlypopular surprise lip synch as thefinale of the annual GMS TalentShow on Monday.

ris, Hannah Saulnier, Rebec-ca Cook, Olivia Edson, AnnaEllis, Nate Drouin, OliviaPlamiter, Cassidy Bartlett,Abby Harris, Sarah Veazy,Cheralynn Corsack, EmilyReera, Molly Dietrich, EllaMcGonagle, Logan Baxter,Emily Hanf, Ezra Soldum,Mollie Dignan, Alex Web-ster, Mariah Monahan,Hunter Anderson, Gabi De-fregger, Meg O'Brie, andBrooke Beland.

"I almost wish we did it atthe beginning of the year,"said Moynihan. "It reallyhelps them to come out oftheir shell. The see theirclassmates doing things theynever knew their peers coulddo."

PHOTO BY LAUREN TINER

Zoe Fullerton, Lindsay Nelms, Ally Hutchins and Kaylee Robbs partner up to share time capsule pictures.

High school seniors reflect on their years at Gilford ElementaryBY LAUREN TINERSTAFF WRITER

Gilford ElementarySchool fourth graders hostedwhat amounted to a timewarp for high school seniorslast Thursday.

Every year, before gradua-tion, high school seniorscome back to the elementaryschool and open their “timecapsules” to share with thefourth-grade class. Fourth-grade teacher Mary BethGodbout said this right ofpassage used to be a third-grade tradition but has beenturned over to fourthgraders, now that seniorsand fourth-graders bothgraduate in the same year.

After lying out snacks,beverages, and 70 colorful en-velopes on the table, Godboutexplained that 4th graderswill make similar looking“time capsules” before theygraduate.

“We have asked the kids tothink about their past, all theway back to kindergarten,their present at Gilford Ele-mentary School, and whatthey predict for themselvesin the future. Mom or dad cansend them a message too.”

The seniors were pairedup with the younger studentsto read their time capsuleswhen they arrived fromgraduation practice.

“The kids are really excit-ed,” said Godbout prior totheir arrival.

The entire fourth-gradeclass filled the gymnasiumwith anxious, excitable chat-ter as they awaited the sen-ior classes’ arrival The kidsheld assigned envelopes dec-orated with pretty patternsand big names, made by eachsenior years ago. High schoolstudents were equally enthu-siastic as they spotted theirnames held in the air by tiny

hands.Gilford Elementary

School Principal SandraMcGonagle smiled as shehugged students andwatched the kids interact.

“It’s always nice to see sen-iors and elementary studentstogether,” said McGonagle.“This is an opportunity forstudents to think sincerelyabout their memories at Gil-ford Elementary School. Itmay seem like a long time agoto the seniors, but it’s not aslong ago for us.”

For Cora Grafts, a gradu-ating senior, time at GES did-n’t seem so long ago.

“Senior year felt so faraway, like it would take for-ever to get to,” she said. “I re-member when I was heregraduating.”

Fourth grader CatherineMcLaughlin observedCrafts’ time capsule along-side her. She had some of herown observations on theevent taking place.

“I like to see the reactionswhen people look back attheir time capsules. Like,‘wow, did I really write this?’”she said.

Senior Lindsey Carr,seemed amused as sheshared what she wrote withan attentive fourth grader.

“It’s funny and weird atthe same time. Some thingshave changed since then. Iknow I don’t want to be a vetanymore,” said Carr with alaugh.

A video of these particu-lar seniors as third graders,reading their own time cap-sules out loud, was also setup in the gymnasium. Par-ticipants gathered aroundthe TV after time capsuleswere shared. Seniorslaughed and shook theirheads in disbelief as theysaw younger versions of

themselves and classmateson screen. Teachers and par-ents joked afterward thatthey should have brought tis-sues.

Senior Alicia MacDonaldpeeked through the crowd towatch the video and caughta glimpse of some of her oldclassmates.

“Now you see them com-pletely different,” she said.

As tradition goes, GilfordElementary School studentswill now make their owntime capsules and reflect ontheir years at GES. These en-velopes will be “buriedaway” for eight more years,until it is their turn to passthe tradition on.

first at clean-up day, but oncethey get going, they all havefun.”

Enthusiastic studentsseemed to have a positive ex-perience with clean-up day,such as Lauren Barret.

“We felt good when wewere finished,” said Lauren,referring to her clean-upgroup.

Summer McGaffiganagreed with Lauren.

“It was hard, but we founda way to make it fun,” shesaid.

Another student, KelseyFilgape, had a change ofheart.

“It thought it was boringat first, but I knew it was goodfor the beach in the end,” shesaid.

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A6 THE GILFORD STEAMER Obituary JUNE 11, 2009

Mayla A. (Mudgett) An-drews, 89, of 4 Toppan Rd.,Kingston, formerly of 15 Ba-con Dr., Village Knolls, Gil-ford, went to be with theLord on Tuesday morning,June 2, 2009, at Exeter Hos-pital, Exeter.

She was born June 14,1919, in Strafford, Conn., thedaughter of the late HarryH. and Anna (Jorgensen)Mudgett. She was a resi-dent of Connecticut formany years before movingto Gilford in 1980. She hasspent the last two years in

Kingston.Prior to her retirement,

she was a valued employedfor over 20 years as an Ad-ministrative Assistant forthe A H Nilson Machine Co.of Shelton, Conn. After shemoved to Gilford, sheworked as a sales clerk andsecretary for Pepi Her-rmann Crystal of Gilford.

Her greatest joy wasspending time with her fam-ily, and her little poodle,"Pierre," who was her con-stant companion. She alsoenjoyed knitting, baking

and music. One of her fa-vorite memories was meet-ing Amelia Earhart whenthe famous aviatrix went toher elementary school tovisit the children.

She was a member of theGilford CommunityChurch.

Mayla was the wife of thelate Robert S. Andrews, whodied in 1962, and is survivedby a son, Kenneth A. Brad-street of North Haven,Conn.; daughters, Ann M.Bradstreet of Waterbury,Conn., and Linda M. Hume

of Kingston, with whom sheresided; six grandchildren;11 great grandchildren; sev-eral nieces and nephews.

She was predeceased by ason, Robert C. Andrews,who died in 1962, and herbrothers, Allan Mudgett in1994 and Harland Mudgettin 2004.

There will be no callinghours. Friends and rela-tives are invited to attendmemorial services on Sun-day, June 14, at 3 p.m., in theFirst United MethodistChurch, 500 Gilford Ave.,

Gilford, with the Rev.Michael C. Graham, pastorof the Gilford CommunityChurch, officiating. Burialwill follow in Loudon RidgeCemetery, Loudon.

In lieu of flowers, dona-tions may be made to theMSPCA, 400 Broadway,Methuen, MA, 01844, fromwhom she received herfaithful hearing dog,"Pierre".

The Dewhirst FuneralHome, 1061 Union Ave., La-conia, is assisting the fami-ly with the arrangements.

Mayla A. (Mudgett) Andrews, 89

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Days of the week united women in their workBY CAROL LEE ANDERSONTHOMPSON-AMESHISTORICAL SOCIETY

“National Hanging OutDay,” an event promoting theenvironmental benefits ofline-dried laundry, was re-cently celebrated through-out the nation. Started bythe New Hampshire-basedorganization Project Laun-dry List and endorsed by theNew Hampshire Depart-ment of Environmental Ser-vices, it is held each year toenlighten people from coast-to-coast about the energyand cost savings of hanginglaundry out to dry in the sun-shine rather than merelytransferring it from washingmachine to dryer.

It is estimated that ifevery household used aclothesline instead of a dry-er, 30 million tons of coalcould be saved each year and15 nuclear power plantscould be shut down. Today,these are things we are re-quired to think about, andwe make our choices accord-ingly. During the simplisticlives lived by previous gen-erations, the luxury of usinga clothes dryer was neverknown, so a backyardclothesline was their onlychoice on laundry day.

Days of the week all hadtheir assigned chores, andwomen followed them reli-giously. Monday was alwayswash day, logically followedby ironing on Tuesday, andso on. When and where thattradition began is unknown,but the order created by do-ing the same jobs on thesame days each week madelives less chaotic than theyare today and ensured noth-ing was overlooked. We nowhave to sandwich laundryand cleaning in betweenthings already tugging at ourattention,and sadly,some ba-sic jobs are often neglectedfor much too long.

In the past much could betold about a family just bywhat appeared on theclothesline on laundry day.Cloth diapers hanging inrows meant the arrival of anew little one, the ages ofchildren could be guessed bythe size of the clothing thatwas pinned along the line,and an empty clothesline fora week or two might hint atthe fact that the family wasaway on vacation. Lifelongfriendships were made byneighborhood women hang-ing laundry and gossipingover the fence. Sending e-mails and texting one anoth-er have replaced that face-to-face companionship.

There are still those inGilford who use theirclotheslines, much prefer-ring them to the dryer thatsits idle in the basement. Askanyone who has had theirlaundry dried outside whatthe best thing about it is, andthey will all unanimouslyanswer, “Oh, that wonderfulsmell!” Like the smell of haycut under a hot summer sun,clothes dried blowing in thewind have an intoxicatingsmell that will never bematched by the manufactur-ers of dryer sheets. Naturestill cannot be beat.

A local woman who has al-ways line-dried her laundryeven though she owns a dry-er said, “When you bring inlaundry that has been out-side, you bring in all thatfresh air with you. There’sjust nothing like it. I don’teven use my dryer.”

Women often talk abouttheir mothers using “blu-ing” on laundry day. Eventhough a lot of us haven’teven heard of the term be-fore, amazingly bluing is stillavailable online and is an all-natural product that can beadded to the rinse water toenhance the whiteness ofthe whites. Women took an

immense pride in their laun-dry and always wanted tohave the brightest whitesand cleanest laundry in theneighborhood; bluing wasone way to accomplish thatgoal. Combining that withthe natural antiseptic andbleaching properties of thesun, there was no need fordingy laundry, which was in-deed noticed.

Ironing on Tuesday creat-ed a bit of competition be-tween women. A tough job,women rose to the challenge,and armed with their hotirons, they left nothing sport-ing wrinkles. On hand tohelp produce the best-pressed laundry was alwayslots and lots of starch, an-other product that has all butfallen by the wayside.

Unfortunately, clothes-lines, too, are falling by thewayside as more and morecommunities are banningtheir use. Project LaundryList has gone to work to sup-port legislation to allow eachAmerican household to havethe freedom to choose howthey would like to dry theirlaundry, a good idea consid-ering just the substantial en-vironment benefit alone ofline-dried laundry. Our an-cestors would understand-ably be very puzzled by thiscurrent debate.

One woman, reflecting on

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Backyards of yesteryear saw clotheslines filled with neatly-pinned laundry being sun dried as it was tossed about by the wind. Decades ago, Mondaywas traditionally laundry day, and across the country it united women in their daily work.

the days of backyard clothes-lines said, “You know, it’ssad, but people have com-pletely lost the knowledge ofthe proper way to pin clothesonto a clothesline. A proper-

ly hung clothesline was al-ways part of our landscape,and it was truly a work ofart.”

For more informationabout the efforts of Project

Laundry List, go towww.laundrylist.org. Gil-ford’s Thompson-Ames His-torical Society welcomes sto-ries of local history. Theycan be reached at www.

thomames@metrocast.net.Be sure to check the Society’sWeb site at www.gilfordhis-toricalsociety.org for a com-plete listing of upcomingprograms and events.

MVSB’s annual Photo Contest to showcase color photographyLAKES REGION — For

the first time in the history ofits annual photo contest,Meredith Village SavingsBank is seeking full-colorphotographs for its 2010 Com-munity Calendar. Local pho-tographers can also vie forthe chance to have their pho-tos displayed on the bank’sWeb site at www.mvsb.com.

As in past years, amateurand professional photogra-phers are invited to submitphotographs that capture thecharacter and beauty ofBelknap, Carroll and Graftoncounties as well as conveyingsome aspect of communi-ty/family life, such as com-munity events, landmarks orseasonal pastimes. Photosfeaturing local landscapescenes are highly encour-aged – especially for the Website.

Winners of the calendarcontest will have their photo-graphs featured in the full-color 2010 MVSB Communi-ty Calendar, to be distributedfree-of-charge to the commu-nity, and photographers willbe awarded a $50 U.S. EE Sav-ings Bond for each photo thatis included in the calendar.

Winners of the Web site con-test will have their photosfeatured as the banner photothat appears on the home-page of the bank’s website.

Photographers may enterboth the calendar and Website contests but separate en-tries must be submitted foreach contest. In addition, therequired format for Web siteentries is different from theformat for calendar submis-sions so please read the sub-mission requirements foreach type of entry very care-fully.

Please include a coversheet with each entry indi-cating the following:

- Which contest thephoto is being entered for –calendar or Web site

- Your name, address,and phone number

- A short descriptionof the photograph.

All entries are due by theclose of business on Satur-day, Aug. 1.

Only color photographswill be considered for theCommunity Calendar con-test. Black and white entrieswill not be accepted.

Digital photography is

preferred and must be a min-imum of 300 dpi at 8” x 10”and saved in tiff, eps or jpgformat. They must be sub-mitted as prints, with disk.Slides or prints (35mm) arealso acceptable formats.Prints must have a glossy(not matte) finish. Negativesmust be available for allprints that are submitted.

Entries may be submittedat any MVSB office or viamail to “Meredith VillageSavings Bank, attn: Market-ing, P.O. Box 177, Meredith,NH 03253.” A maximum offive entries may be submit-ted per photographer.

Only color photographswill be considered for inclu-sion on the Web site. Entriesmust be submitted as digitalimages on disk at a minimumresolution of 72 dpi (higheris preferred) at 968 pixelswide by 212 pixels high.Prints must also be submit-ted for judging and catalogu-ing purposes.

Judging of all submittedphotography will be “blind”and based solely on the suit-ability of the subject, qualityof the photography, and ad-herence to the purpose of the

contest, which is to highlightthe unique community char-acter and beautify of theBelknap, Carroll, andGrafton county areas. Thename of the photographerwill not be known by thejudging panel.

Full contest details areavailable athttp://www.mvsb.com/about/photo_contest.php or atany Meredith Village Sav-ings Bank office. Offices arelocated on Route 25 in Mered-ith, at Olde Province Com-mon on Route 104 in Mered-ith, across from Shaw’s inGilford, on Route 25 in Moul-

tonboro Corner, on Route 25in Center Harbor, on Route 3in Ashland, inside the Han-naford Brothers supermar-ket at Hatch Plaza in Ply-mouth, on Main Street in Ply-mouth, in Laconia, at the Al-ton Hannaford’s Supermar-ket near the traffic circle atRoute 28 and Route 11, and atthe corner of North Mainand Endicott streets inWolfeboro.

More information aboutthe bank can be found atwww.mvsb.com. MeredithVillage Savings Bank is amember of the FDIC and anEqual Housing Lender.

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Saturday, July 18, 2009 8:00 PM

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In the middle of town, an old and graceful innNew Hampshire has a way

of revealing new treats evenin fairly familiar territory.Poke around back roads andbyways or visit small towns,and you never know quitewhat you’re going to find.

Hostelries with historiesare a particular favorite ofmine. If I happen by an oldinn or hotel in the middle ofa town I’m quite likely to askthe first person I meetwhether the place is stillopen for business. Often theanswer is no.

At one time even thesmaller towns had at leastone inn. Over the years manyhave been lost to razing orfire, and many others have

become converted or emptyshells. Once in a while,though, you find a pearl.

Which is what happenedwith the 1875 Inn in the mid-dle of downtown Tilton.

This came about during aweekend of hard work help-ing move my younger daugh-ter Kathryn and her familyfrom Londonderry toFranklin. Londonderry, atleast the strip-developed partwhere she lived, is like an-other planet to me, with itscookie-cutter big-box storesand mini-malls. Franklin,Tilton and Northfield, on theother hand, proved as com-fortable as an old shoe.

That part of New Hamp-shire reeks of history, begin-ning with the Paleo-Indianwho first occupied the placeback at the dawn of post-gla-cial time. The shores of Win-nipesaukee were alive with

North Country Notebook

John Harrigan

villages, fishing sites andtrade routes, and have yield-ed some of the richest arche-ological sites in New Eng-land.

On one of several truck-and-trailer trips betweenLondonderry and Franklin,I bored Kate with two storiesin particular, about shad,salmon, and the first Euro-pean explorers. The two sub-jects had one major thing incommon. Both involved fol-lowing the river.

The anadromous shadand salmon made their runduring the spring freshet inlate April and early May.There were no dams in thosedays to block their way, andthe fish surmounted rapidsand falls the way free-run-ning fish had been managingto do since time immemori-al. Up the Merrimack fromthe sea they swam, by thehundreds of thousands.

Franklin is situatedwhere the Pemigewasset andWinnipesaukee meet to formthe Merrimack. When thecombined salmon and shadmigrations reached the junc-tion, the shad, being lakespawners, veered to the rightinto the Winnipesaukee,while the salmon, beingstream and brook spawners,continued straight on, far upinto the headwaters of thePemi.

Fast-forward to the early1600s, when the first Euro-pean missionaries and ex-plorers heard about many In-dian villages around a hugelake somewhere north ofAmoskeag Falls. They wentlooking, and when they ap-proached what were later

known as the Franklin Fallsthey faced a decision. Whichriver to follow? Like theshad, they veered east, andthe rest, as they say, is histo-ry.

On the way down to meetKate at their new place I’dcome down the old Route 3from I-93 to downtown

JOHN HARRIGAN PHOTO

For the benefit of travelers on old Route 3 (but not for the dog in thetruck), the inn’s signs in downtown Tilton say it all.

Tilton, and stopped at a con-venience store there for abottle of root beer againstthe hot and hard work ahead.And there across the streetwas a fine old hotel, neatlypainted and trimmed inwhite and decked out withbunting, with first and sec-ond story verandas runningits full length. “Is that placestill operating as an inn?” Iasked the proprietor, whosaid it was.

That information filedaway, I returned to the taskat hand and spent a long dayof dusty and dirty gruntwork, hauling furniture andboxes, loading and unload-ing, and competing withseemingly endless traffic.Tired and hungry andgarbed in dirty T-shirt andjeans, I called the 1875 Innand informed the answerer,Sarah, of the situation.“Come on up,” she said with-out a moment’s hesitation.

It was the perfect havenfor a tired traveler. The own-er, Joanna Oliver, proved aswarm and hospitable as theold inn itself. Beginning in2001, she sank all the timeand money she could musterinto repairs and renovationsthat pretty much amountedto saving the place from theproverbial wrecker’s ball.

“Can you believe it? Theywere going to tear it down,”she said on a brief and grace-ful tour. “Sure glad they did-n’t,” was the return thought,before settling in for trulyfine food and a great night’sstay.

(John Harrigan’s address:Box 39, Colebrook, N.H.03576. E-mail:hooligan@ncia.net)

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Dominoes anyone?An age-old game is back

with so many new ways toplay! My parents introduceddominoes to my kids, andthey still spend hours play-ing fun games like "MexicanTrain" with these new shinytiles. Fun, simple andportable, they are great totake along on camping tripsand anywhere you might finda flat surface to play on.

I have started playing asimple game with two littlegirls up the road who come tovisit me when they are bored.In all honesty, it may be in in-serted directions sheets butI'll credit myself with mak-ing it up anyway, as I am notgood about reading direc-tions.

Turn all of the tiles facedown and place them in thecenter where everyone canreach. Each player then se-lects five tiles to start. Thetiles should be placed stand-ing on one side so that no onecan see what anyone else se-

lected. Push the remainingtiles a bit to one side, out ofthe way of play. One tile fromthe pool remaining is thenlaid in the center of the tableto begin the game.

Everyone takes a turn try-ing to place a tile that has oneside to match either side ofthe center tiles. If a playerhas no tile with a matchingnumber of dots on one end,they draw one tile from thepool, which they can then"play" if it matches a tile onthe chain that has been cre-ated or say "pass." Each endof the chain may be playedon as long as the player hasthe correct number of dots tomatch one end.

Play continues until oneperson runs out of all of theirtiles. At that point, everyoneelse counts the number ofdots on the remaining tiles intheir "hand" and the score isrecorded. Lowest points ac-cumulated after a pre-deter-mined number of rounds,

wins.The "Little Girls" just love

this game when they comeover. Ages 8 and 11, it doesn'tmatter how old they are -each is capable of matchingsix blue dots or five red orwhatever the tiles may be.The youngest is learning toadd by tallying up her tiles atthe end of the game and itkeeps her big sister in prac-tice with her math, too. It hasbeen a fun way to spend timeand laugh together withsome great rivalry going on.In fact, you can keep a sum-mer-long running score andsee who had the lowest pointsby the time school beginsagain. In the meantime, theyhave been adding the sum-mer away, practicing basicmath.

Dominoes now come ingreat carry-along "tins" andare ceramic-style, washablepieces. They also come withother game instructions formore fun to be had. Select

Gilford Library hosts NH Humanities Council discussionBY JEAN M. CLARKE LIBRARY CORRESPONDENT

The Gilford Library hostsa book discussion led bySuzanne Brown, NH Human-ities Council scholar, onThursday, June 18, from 7p.m. – 8:30 p.m. The first ina 3-part series called “Ameri-can Wilderness,” this discus-sion will focus on “We Tookto the Woods” by LouiseDickenson Rich. In her ear-ly thirties, Rich and her hus-band took to the woods ofMaine. They found theirlivelihood and raised a fami-ly in the remote backcountrysettlement of Middle Dam, inthe Rangeley area. First pub-lished in 1942, this adventurestory is written with humor,but also portrays a cherisheddream awakened into fulllife.

Suzanne Brown, discus-sion leader, is the Visiting As-sistant Professor at Dart-mouth College, where sheteaches in the HumanitiesProgram, the English De-

partment, and the Women’sStudies Program.

The New Hampshire Hu-manities Council is a privatenon-profit organization thatstrengthens New Hampshireby providing free public hu-manities programs to itscommunities. The mission ofthe Council is to offer oppor-tunities for discovery, self-re-flection, and lifelong learn-ing by bringing ideas fromthe humanities to the peopleof NH. Working in partner-ship with schools and cultur-al institutions, the Councilawards grants and developsand sponsors public pro-grams such as workshops,seminars and book discus-sions.

If you miss the eveningdiscussion, you can catch the“Brown Bag Book Discus-sion” on June 25 from 11:30a.m. – 12:30 p.m. Copies of“We Took to the Woods” areavailable at the Gilford Li-brary.

Programs & Special

Events

Go Green Series, Thurs-

day, June 11, 7 p.m. JoinWes Golomb, faculty mem-ber at New Hampshire Tech-nical College, to learn how to“go green” right now.Golomb will share practicalstrategies to reduce your en-ergy use immediately. Thisprogram is in partnershipwith the Gilford EnergyCommission.

Watercolor Open Ses-

sion, Friday, June 12, 11

a.m. - 1 p.m. Improve yourskills and have fun with oth-er beginning or advanced wa-tercolorists. Bring your sup-plies and join us for a “drop-in” painting session.

Knit Wits, Friday, June

12, 1:30 - 2:30 p.m. and

Thursday, June 18, 6 p.m. -

8 p.m. Gather with fellowknitters to exchange knittingtips, patterns, techniques,and conversation.

Check-Out-an-Expert,

Wednesday, June 17, 3 p.m.

‘How to Reduce Home Energy Use’BY JEAN M. CLARKELIBRARY CORRESPONDENT

The Gilford Public Li-brary will host the second in-stallment in the “Go Green”Series titled “How to ReduceHome Energy Use.” Sched-uled for Thursday, June 11,from 7 p.m. – 8:30 p.m., theworkshop will be led by WesGolomb. Golomb is Professorand Program Coordinatorfor the EnergyEfficiency/Renewable Ener-gy program at New Hamp-shire Technical College. Inaddition to teaching classesin energy efficiency and re-newable energy, he is a mem-ber of the NH SustainableEnergy Association Board of

Directors.A longtime proponent for

renewable energy, Golombwas one of the first “certi-fied” energy auditors in thestate. Since the 1970’sGolomb has been teachingand advocating for energy ef-ficiency. He sums up his per-sonal philosophy about ener-gy use: “You have to haveyour efficiency vegetablesbefore you can have your so-lar cookies.” Golomb was amember of the Governor’sClimate Change Task Forceand currently serves on theLocal Energy CommitteeSteering group.

Golomb’s presentation

will cover why conservationand energy efficiency is im-portant, what homeownerscan do to become more ener-gy efficient, and what re-sources are available tohomeowners to expand theirrenewable energy options.

The “Go Green” series isco-sponsored by the GilfordEnergy Commission and theGilford Public Library. Theseries will continue throughthe months of July and Au-gust and the upcoming pres-entation schedule is on the li-brary’s website gilfordli-brary.org under calendar ofevents.

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other easy games from theseto begin with and share somegreat family fun. Adults canalso break these tiles out forenjoyment when the kids

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Most of all, when they arebored with playing and youhave dinner to cook, domi-

noes can become great build-ing blocks to create castlesand other structures as theytake their imaginations outfor a stretch.

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Gilford Parks and Recreation NewsBY HERB GREENEDIRECTOR

Pheasant Ridge Youth

Golf Lessons

The Gilford Parks andRecreation Department stillhas space available in theYouth Golf Lessons availablethrough Pheasant Ridge GolfClub. These lessons are avail-able for children ages 7 andup and are led by Golf Proand Gilford High School GolfCoach, Jim Swarthout.These lessons will be held onWednesday evenings thisJune and July. The sessiondates these lessons are; Ses-sion 1 - June 17, 24 and July 1,and Session 2 - July 15, 22 and29, from 5 – 6:30 p.m. Regis-tration is limited and will beaccepted on a first come, firstserved basis. For more infor-mation, please contact theGilford Parks and RecreationDepartment at 527-4722.

Adult Co-ed Pick-up Soft-

ball

The Gilford Parks andRecreation Department issponsoring a Pick-Up Soft-ball Program for adults ages18 and older. The programwill run on Sunday after-noons from 4 – 6 p.m. throughJune 28 and will then contin-ue on Tuesday evenings from6 – 8 p.m. from June 30 – July21. This program to be held atthe High School Varsity Soft-ball Field is geared towards afun, relaxed program forplayers of all abilities. Each

week, players will be dividedinto two teams to play a fungame. The cost of the pro-gram is $5 per person for theseason or $1 per day. Partici-pants can register ahead oftime at the Parks and Recre-ation Office or show up at thefield on the day of play to reg-ister. For more information,please contact the GilfordParks and Recreation De-partment at 527-4722

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Tarbin Gardens and Eng-

lish Tea Trip

The Gilford Parks andRecreation Department issponsoring a tour of theTarbin Gardens in Franklinon Wednesday, June 17. Joinus as we view a variety ofgardens including; alpine,bog, formal and vegetablegardens as well as Koi andSundew ponds. Following thetour, we will enjoy an au-thentic English tea “lunch”including a hot tea, home-made scones with jam andclotted cream, special cakesand pastries. The fee for thetour is $6.50 per person.There is an additional fee of$7 for those wishing to par-ticipate in the “tea lunch.”Those who are not interestedare welcome to bring theirown. All participants shouldplan to meet at the GilfordTown Hall at 10:15 a.m. beforeheading out to the gardens.Participants are asked toRSVP by June 12 with the

Recreation Office at 527-4722.

Tennis Programs

The Gilford Parks andRecreation is offering tennislesson programs for youthages 5-16 this summer. Pro-fessional Instructors fromthe Gilford Hills Tennis Club,will be leading a four-weeksession on Mondays andWednesdays from July 6 – Ju-ly 29. Session times will bebroken up by age. All ses-sions have limited availabili-ty and registrations will beaccepted on a first come firstserved basis with prioritygiven to Gilford residents.For more information,please contact the GilfordParks and Recreation De-partment at 527-4722

British Challenger & Play

Soccer Summer Camps

The Gilford Parks andRecreation Department issponsoring two weeks of soc-cer camps this summer. Thefirst week will be the “Chal-lenger British Soccer Camp”from July 13 – July 17. Thesecond week will be the “PlaySoccer Camp” from July 27 –July 31. Both camps offer a 3-hour program for childrenages 7-12 and a 1 ?-hour pro-gram for children ages 4-6.Participants may register bypicking up a form from theParks and Recreation officeor by visiting the GilfordParks and Recreation Website at gilfordrec.com. For

more information, pleasecontact the Gilford Parks andRecreation Department at527-4722.

Shooter’s Gold Basketball

Camp

The Gilford Parks andRecreation Department isonce again inviting the

Shooter’s Gold BasketballCamp to come to Gilford thissummer! The camp will beheld in the Gilford MiddleSchool Gym from July 6 – Ju-ly 10. Session 1 for childrenentering grades 1-4 will berun from 8 a.m. – 10 a.m. Ses-sion 2 for children enteringgrades 5-8 will be run from

10:15 a.m. – 2:15 p.m. Partici-pants may register by pick-ing up a form from the Parksand Recreation office or byvisiting the Gilford Parksand Recreation website at gil-fordrec.com. For more infor-mation, please contact theGilford Parks and RecreationDepartment at 527-4722.

Opechee Garden Clubhonors past presidents

BY DOROTHY DUFFY

The Opechee GardenClub celebrated their 70thAnniversary at their annualmeeting on June 1 at the Gov-ernors Island Clubhouse byhonoring past presidents.President Audie Clarkpraised Esther Peters, DotShapley, Jo Connelly, JoyceMcMath, Cindy Keenan andSandy Gove for their distinc-tive roles as past leaders.Marilyn Bryant and BettyGoss, daughters of ThelmaBryant who founded the Fed-erated Opechee Garden Clubas a spin-off of the LakeportWoman’s Club on June 5,1939, were welcomed guests.

NHFGC President DianeMcMillen joined Sandy Goveof Laconia and FernDoucette of Bristol who areCo-Directors for NHFGCDistrict 1 covering Littleton,Conway (Mt. Washington

Valley), Ashland, Bristol,New Hampton and the LakesRegion. The Bristol GardenClub is the oldest in NH.

Scott Ouellette of OSteaks & Seafood in Lakeportcatered the luncheon hostedby OGC board members.Books covered with wallpa-per, as were the originalmembership books, with his-toric vignettes of each of theseven decades researchedfrom the club’s archives werehistoric mementos for themembers. Beautiful floralarrangements served as cen-terpieces until they were pre-sented to the past presidentsas gifts. Many guests werelucky winners of raffleitems. OGC's prized 2ndplace winning scrapbookwas in prominent display.

The club is a major con-tributor to the communityhaving awarded $43,335 inscholarships through theLakes Region ScholarshipFoundation and $7000 to twolocal students through itsown Evergreen Fund.

Awards were made to theLake Opechee PreservationAssociation, Prescott FarmConservancy and LoonPreservation Committee aswell as donations to the Belk-nap County ConservationDistrict, Kirkwood Gardens,Society for the Protection ofNH Forests, UNH Coopera-tive Extension and the Belk-nap County Courthouse.Just this year, the club hasplanted at the Belknap Coun-ty Courthouse, the GossReading Room and Adopt-A-Spot at the junction of Route106/107.

The next OGC enterpriseis their signature event, theAnnual Garden Tour, Lun-cheon, Boutique & Raffle onSaturday, July 18. Tickets at$20 per person includinglunch are available at Beans& Greens, Cackleberries,Sundial Shop and the Laco-nia and Gilford Libraries.Call 387-5350, 387-1266 oremail opecheegarden-club@yahoo.com for moreinformation.

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Carolyn Kelley, founder and director of Journey Within Learning & Wellness Center and InJoy Organics/Herbal Energetics in Northfield.

Northfield herbalist is helping people help themselvesBY MEGHAN SIEGLERECHO@SALMONPRESS.COM

NORTHFIELD — Youcan’t separate mind, bodyand spirit – that’s CarolynKelley’s philosophy, andshe’s based her life’s work onit, studying, teaching andpracticing holistic healthand wellness since long be-fore alternative medicineand whole foods were invogue.

“It’s a life journey thatwe’re all on,”said Kelley,whofounded and is director ofJourney Within Learning &Wellness Center and InJoyOrganics/Herbal Energeticsin Northfield. “We evolveand change and learn as wego.”

Kelley calls herself the“facilitator of the journey.”She bases her therapeuticmodalities on the principlethat the body is the subcon-scious mind, which she saidwas proven in “Molecules ofEmotion,” by Candace PertPh.D. The body knows whatit needs, Kelley said, but themind is distorted based onperceptions in our culture,such as the widespread beliefthat taking a pill prescribedby a doctor will cure whatails you.

“My job is to help peopletap into their subconsciousmind,” she said.

Kelley said she’s alwaysbeen interested in health andwellness but didn’t start de-voting her life’s work to it un-til she got “burned out”working as a school guidancecounselor. She was diag-nosed with rheumatoidarthritis, and a doctor toldher she’d have to take his pre-scribed medicine or she’d get

“sicker and sicker.”“If I had done their medi-

cine, I would be dead,” saidKelley, who has found thatantibiotics make her sickand force her throat to closeup. “Doctors do not look atwellness. They look at moni-toring illness.”

Instead of following doc-tor’s orders, Kelley chose tofind the herbs that wouldhelp heal her.

“You have to come up witha formula that works foryou,” she said. “Every per-son is beautiful and unique… that uniqueness needs tobe honored.”

To find the remedies thatwill heal, Kelley uses a formof dowsing. Standing in herwellness center, surroundedby jars of herbs, teas, sea saltshakes and other healthproducts, Kelley helps herclients clear their minds andfocus on their feet planted onthe ground. Then she’ll handthem jars of herbs or otherremedies, one at a time. Fromthere, the body will take over,shifting slightly forward orbackward to indicatewhether it needs that partic-ular herb or remedy.

“Your body will just takeover,” she said. “You can’tfool the body … It’s the mostpowerful thing that anybodycan teach anybody.”

At Journey Within Learn-ing & Wellness Center, Kelleyworks with people to developa holistic personal plan,starting with an initial one-and-a-half to two-hour con-sultation to “explore issues”and determine what courseof action to take. The planmay include the use of foods,herbs, homeopathy, flower

essences, essential oils andenergy work.

Kelley said she loves tocreate and play around in thekitchen and has combinedthat love with her wellnessphilosophies to come up withteas, herbal therapies, seasalt shakes, and naturallysweetened, sugar-free hotchocolate mixes. She also of-fers first aid products, natu-ral radiance skin care, andpet products, among otherthings.

Her favorite creations,though, are her floweressences, which she believeshelp stabilize emotional and

psychological stresses. Theycontain only energetic or vi-brational patterns of specif-ic flowers. Following theteachings of Dr. EdwardBach, who discovered the vi-brational qualities of plantsand in the early 1900s andused them to assist healing,Kelley collects floweressences and makes her own.Each flower is said to have itsown vibration; for example,mustard feels like depres-sion, so it’s essence “floodsyou with lightness.”

“They are magical beyondmeasure, and there are hun-dreds of them,” Kelley said.

All of her products andteachings are effective, Kel-ley said, if you can truly saythat you want to be well. Shefirmly believes in the “Lawof Attraction:” what youthink the most, feel the mostand say the most is whatyou’ll get.

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than 30 days before the ap-plication is submitted.”Lambert contends that thiswas not completed as per thegrant.

“We are not doing any-thing that anybody else inthe country isn’t doing,” saidBelknap County SheriffCraig Wiggins. “What it re-quires is a public notifica-tion, which we did.”

Wiggins said the matterwas discussed first at theApril 22 meeting of the com-missions and at two publichearings after that. Wigginssaid the grant does not re-quire a specific public hear-ing to be held. He added thatthe instructions of the grantinstruct the applicant to sub-mit the grant even if the gov-erning body has not ap-

proved it. According to theFAQ on the JAG Web site:

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Wiggins said that their of-fice has followed the guide-line of the grant and that thefunds will go toward itemsthat the departments need todo their jobs.

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store during their breaks,they buy a sandwich forlunch. On long-term jobsthey stay in local hotels, andall of this means money backinto the communities. Visit atown at the end of the sum-mer when we're through along-term job and see whatthe impact has been."

These employees buy newwork clothes and shoes, andcan feed and clothe their fam-ilies and also spend moneyon recreation and entertain-ment. Studies show that 100employees hired support 100other jobs in every sectorZimmermann said, adding"That's 100 more pay checksto be spent."

Last week Zimmermannwas invited to N.Y. to meetwith Vice President JosephBiden, where he had achance to pass along a thankyou message for the presentadministration's attention tothe national infrastructure.

Repairing highways andbridges, he told Biden, is im-portant in making people'slives what they have come toexpect in the United States.Traveling on well-main-tained highways allows citi-zens to travel safely and effi-ciently. Creating a smoothsurface on which to travel isvital to the nation's economy.Tractor trailers haul muchof the country's goods so lessmechanical repairs from badroad conditions can alsomean cheaper transporta-tion, which again is reflectedin the stores.

So far Pike Industries hasbeen awarded seven N.H.DOT projects for a muchneeded $80 million worth ofwork. More projects are ex-pected in the coming year.Zimmermann expects 35-40per cent of that money to findits way to subcontractorsthroughout the region.

A part of the trickle downof money also benefits small-er companies in the area.Pike hires sub-contractorsfor curbing, line painting,guard rails and other workon their highway projects.More jobs for Pike Industriestranslates into more sub-con-tractors getting jobs, too.

"Another aspect of thesejobs goes back to the smallerlocal contractors," Zimmer-man noted. "When big com-panies like Pike's do largeDOT infrastructure work itopens up smaller jobs fornon-stimulus projects thatwe might otherwise be ag-gressively bidding on."

Company spokespersonErik Taylor also noted that itisn't just crews doing the ac-tual paving and highway im-provements that are stayingbusy. Pike is a leading manu-facturer of asphalt and grav-el in northern New Englandand those jobs are also bene-fiting from the stimulusmoney. There are a lot of be-hind the scenes job being ei-ther saved or created.

"The total effect of thestimulus money has beenvery positive," Taylor said."Private and commercial de-velopment is really slowright now and so this hasbeen a godsend."

Taylor said that Pike is acompany that gives back tothe community as well. Em-ployees of Pikes donate an-nually to the United Way.Keeping these individualsworking has allowed them tocontinue these contributionsto Lakes Region United Way.This year, despite the reces-sion, Pike Industries has col-lected $14,000 more than lastyear, for a total of $29,000from their employees thatPike Industries will match.

"We will be giving $58,000to Lakes Region United Way,"Taylor said, "something thatprobably wouldn't have hap-pened without the stimulusmoney."

Zimmermann said he wasproud of the donation andwas quick to point out thatthis has been, to a great ex-tent, a result of the stimulusmoney.

"Had we had to lay off peo-ple, as I was afraid of last Au-gust, there would be a lot lesspeople contributing to Unit-ed Way," he said. "Also, thosewho didn't get laid off mighthave been a bit more nervousabout their own employmentand less likely to contribute,too. Instead, we beat lastyear's contributions. Thishas been great for everyone!"

Zimmermann is pleasedto have the ability now tomaintain his company's sizeand actually add to the workforce. Scenarios for the com-pany in their Maine and Ver-mont divisions are lookinggood as well as they get goingon large infrastructure proj-ects in those states.

"When this money hap-pened," he said, "Gov. Lynch,Ray Burton and the rest werewell-prepared, and so werewe. DOT has been very proac-tive in getting us all working.N.H. is really ahead of thecurve on the stimulus pack-age."

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to classroom talking to thestudents about what is ap-propriate at school dances.They were well advised wellin advance of what wouldhappen.”

Weeks said that because itwas a large number of stu-dents it makes it impossibleto take them all aside for dis-ciplinary action. She addedthat Wiswell felt unsafe kick-ing them out of the dance be-cause their parents expectedthem to be at a chaperoneddance for a certain length oftime and their safety couldbe at risk if the students wereremoved.

Wiswell suggested the fol-lowing week that the schoolcancel homecoming andthen see how the students be-have at the following dance,which is the winter carnivaldance. If there is no im-provement then the boardwill have to revisit the issue.

“We had some studentssay that they didn’t like it,”said Weeks. “They don’t

want to see that sort of thinganymore either.

This kind of action is notunheard of around the coun-try as a response to the danc-ing. A school in Exeter can-celled all dances this yearstarting in March because ofgrinding. Fayetteville-Man-lius High School, in a Syra-cuse suburb, canceled onedance and banned what wascalled pornographic dancingstyle three years ago. In 2007a Texas town had studentsleaving in disgust whenchaperones asked them tostop their provocative danc-ing. Three years ago a schoolin Concord grappled with thesame issue.

Wiswell declined to dis-cuss the dancing outside ofthe School Board meeting,saying that the issue was be-tween the school, parentsand students.

“You’re can’t necessarilystop all that behavior,” saidWeeks, “but the message isthat a school dance is not theplace.”

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less over the summer be-cause they spend time withbooks. We will now look foralternative ways to get theword out. “

Herb Greene, director ofthe Parks and Recreation De-partment, said that handingflyers out at the school is oneof the major ways they dis-tribute information abouttheir programs. He said pre-viously all flyers had to be ap-proved by the superintend-ent, but they never had anyproblem with that in the past.He said they do try to targettheir advertising for the agegroups that a particular pro-gram is for and not mass ad-vertise if it’s not needed.

Flyers normally seen atthe school for after-schoolprograms, vacation camps,holiday events are the usualinformation that goes homewith the students. The li-brary would advertise theirown after-school programswhile the town would adver-tise student-oriented con-tests and events.

“I think it will make itmore difficult to get the in-formation out to the partici-pants,” said Greene. “Whenthe student brings it home inthe backpack the parent is alot more likely to see it. Wedo send out press releases,post on our Web site and useother media, but not every-one uses those.”

Margo Weeks, chairmanof the school board, said thatthe decision was not made

lightly. The board debatedjust doing the school andtown flyers, but after speak-ing with the insurance com-pany and attorney for theschool they decided to limitit to school programs.

Superintendent PaulDeMinico said that a schoolhad recently been taken totask for advertising anythingoutside of school programs.

“Our primary concern isthe safety of the students,”said DeMinico. “That andpossible litigation were whatthis is about specifically.”

Weeks said they got a lot offeedback from parents whowere quite adamant about anall or nothing approachwhen it came to posting fly-ers at the Gilford schools. Ei-ther all organizations are al-lowed to advertise at theschool or none of them areallowed. Weeks said eitherway a group of people weregoing to be unhappy with thedecision.

“If we allowed everyone toadvertise there would besome people who don’t likethe groups advertising,” saidWeeks. “Since we allow noone to advertise there aresome groups that are goingto be upset about that.”

Town Administrator ScottDunn said that the Board ofSelectmen also sent a letterto the school board asking foran exemption from the rulefor town events. The select-men had the issue on theiragenda as an item of discus-sion on their June 10 meet-ing.

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Fishing DerbyRobert Phipps and his father, Jason, show that fishing can be avery relaxing sport during the Sixth Annual Officer Kainen M.Flynn Memorial Fishing Derby last weekend.

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summer, with the ground-work being laid for the con-struction over the summerand fall. The new area isplanned to open in time forthe 2009/2010 season. The ex-pansion of the beginnertrails will include a newQuad lift to access the trails.The new trails will meet upwith several of the beginnertrails already in place in-cluding the Try Me and Mis-fire ski runs.

The expansion will updateGunstock’s snowmakingtechnology, which will allowthe resort to cover more ofthe mountain with snowmore efficiently. This in-cludes bringing snow to thefarther reaches of the resortlike the area around theSidearm trail and focusingon the beginner trails. Gun-stock will also be repairingroads and looking to improvedrainage on the property.

“The new chair will be alittle higher in elevation thanthe current one,” said Irving.

Irving said that there wereother factors they took intoconsideration during the

planning stage. The resortdecided not to culvert thearea under construction asextensively as they hadplanned. Irving added thatthe entire plan was to givethe resort more beginner ter-rain and to do that they hadto make some concessions.Coons asked Irving if the De-partment of EnvironmentalServices was satisfied withtheir plans.

“Yeah,” said Irving, “Ithink they were satisfied. Ithink they understood thesafety concerns we had. Ithink they appreciated howwe got to what we have now.”

Irving said the biggestconcern for DES was that theterrain would not changedmore than 200 ft. He addedthat the weren't able to dothat without making somesacrifices, but the final resultworked better for them be-cause it is now more aesthet-ically pleasing than the pre-vious design. Things likepipes and electrical trans-formers are more discreet.The changed plan also helpswith controlling the temper-ature of the water in Gun-stock's pond.

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Belknap County Master Gardeners plant their roots in TiltonBY LAUREN TINERSTAFF WRITER

Within the first hour of aplant sale in Tilton Saturdaymorning, a plethora ofplants displayed on the frontlawn of a volunteer’s homewere sold out. A stream ofcars parked on School Streetas garden enthusiasts waitedtheir turn in line to buybright perennials, freshherbs such as thyme, andhouseplants for their homes.

The homeowner, whowished to remain anony-mous, offered tours of herabundant gardens in theback yard, filled with vegeta-bles, chives of onion, aspara-gus, and fruits such as rasp-berries. Bloomed flowersstole the show, with gardenswhich showcased orange ver-vascums, purple lupins, andpink irises. There were alsostone statues in the “ledgegardens” and bird houses toadmire. These gardensserved as an inspiration forwhat buyers they could dowith their own purchases.

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teers dug up and pottedplants from their own gar-dens to sell at the sale. Eachplant went for $5, with a max-imum of 10 plants per sale,with care-tags for its newowners.

This flourishing fundrais-er was sponsored by volun-teers in the Belknap CountyMaster Gardener program.According to volunteer SallyDoten, fundraiser proceedswill go to the Master Gar-dener interns’ latest project,a garden at New Beginnings,a women’s crisis center.

Master Gardner public re-lations director KathiMitchell said now that theNew Beginnings project isdone, interns are currentlyworking on a project at Laco-nia Community College.

“(They) grew an herb gar-den there and are learninghow to dry the herbs,”Mitchell said, noting that theinterns are learning strangenew things about herbs.

“Parsley was chewed onand used as a breath mint inthe Colonial period,” said

Mitchell as an example.Doten referred to the herb

garden in Laconia as a“Memorial Garden” for anemployee that passed away.

“Our mission is to intro-duce education to the gener-al public, and our whole fo-cus is on educating the pub-lic on gardens, vegetable gar-dens, even lawn care, allthat,” said Doten.

Other than more broadgoals, such as sustaining nat-ural resources, volunteerslike Doten invest in learningthe small things too.

“We learn how to calculatefor fertilizer, everything,”she said.

Most volunteers agreedthat projects and events,suchas this particular fundraiser,served as a learning experi-ence for them as well.

“People ask a lot of ques-tions. It’s an educationalprocess for us too,” saidMitchell.

Volunteers listed off thevarious projects held in thelast few years.

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equipment for the jail thathad a big vegetable garden.They used this as food for theresidents,” said Doten.

Another project focusedon Tilton Island, said volun-

teer Maureen Sordeline.Master Gardener interns

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CENTER HARBOR —Summer nights in CenterHarbor will offer folks achance to step back in time,as Main Street is once againlined by Ford Model Asedans, coupes, and otherclassic cars.

After rainy weather can-celed the first planned event,sunlight welcomed in thefirst Antique and Classic Car

Night on Main Street in Cen-ter Harbor. Classic car loversand enthusiasts will have thechance to show off their fa-vorite vehicle, and get a lookat others, each Wednesdaynight at the Center HarborBandstand this summer.

“This is a new thing thatwe’ve started at the Parksand Recreation Departmentin Center Harbor for car en-thusiasts,” said Parks andRecreation Director Jody

Dickerson. “A lot of people inCenter Harbor are antiquecar enthusiasts, and wethought it would be some-thing good to add to our pro-grams here.”

Dickerson noted that thisevent would be casual carcruise for people to meet andchat in Center Harbor. Thecruise is open to people out-side of Center Harbor, he not-ed, and said that the town hadalready fielded “a lot of calls”

on it so far.Dickerson brought in a

1929 Model A Murray TownSedan that he co-owns withLakes Region Model A ClubPresident Jeffrey DeMourain Plymouth. The two oftenpark the car outside theirrestaurant there, JunkyardDawgs. The car, which dinersoften inquire about insidethe restaurant, is one of thefew remaining Model As stillrunning on their originalparts,according to DeMoura.

“It’s a lot of fun, it reallyis,” said DeMoura. “Theydon’t go fast, but they’re sim-ple. There are no computers,and there was no heat, untilwe put in a heater manifold.

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As time grew closer to thecruise’s beginning, moreclassic and antique carsshowed up, parking next tothe Center Harbor Band-stand before their owners gotout to chat with others.Among those early arrivalswas Jonathan James ofMeredith, driving his 1930Model A Coupe.

James had purchased thecoupe just three weeks earli-er from a man who hadowned it for 35 years. It addsto his collection of two otherantique cars, James said.

“I’ve had many, and thetwo others I’ve had for 15 and14 years,” said James. “Myfather got me into this andgave me a Model T when Iwas 7 years old.”

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The Gilford High Schoolgirls' track team has a newcoach and a lot of new playersas it heads into the future ofthe program.

“This is my first yearcoaching at the high school,”said Kathy Aldritch, whoworks full time as a physicaltherapist, “but I coached themiddle school team for sevenyears and I also coach thehigh school cross-countryteam.”

There were six seniors onthe team this season, whichrecently ended, Aldritch saidthey had a few juniors andmostly freshmen and sopho-mores. They placed secondand third at a few of theirmeets this year, which areusually against four or fiveother teams. Aldritch saidthat because of how meets arerun they usually don't keep atally of wins and losses sincewho goes on is determined byindividual times and scores

for each event. She had 12girls go on to the WildernessMeet, which Aldritch de-scribed as a championship forthe local schools. Five mem-bers went on to the Class MChampionships.

Track consists of fieldevents like the shot put,javelin and discuss, jumpingevents like the high jump,long and triple jump and thetrack events which includesthe sprints and relays.Aldritch said they receive alot of help from volunteersand the team shares coachingduties with the boys team.John Zumbach, who coachesthe boys' team, assists thegirls as well and Matt Demkois the throwing coach for bothteams.

Aldritch said they had afew standouts this year on thegirls' team, like HeatherLakin who does the long jumpand 100 meter dash. Javelinthrower Sara Ayer also had agreat season along withLynsey Tyler who qualifiedfor the 800 and 1500 meterchampionship. The two polevaulters Tori Reinheimer andSarah Watson also had an ex-cellent year according toAldritch along with triplejumper Sarah Xiao.

“Sarah Snow,Megan Buck-ner, Jamie Harmon, AmandaPalisi, Sarah Ayer andLynsey Tyler have been onthe team for four years,” saidAldritch. "They will bemissed next year.”

She added that Emily Wat-son, Eli Remick, MeganPleeter, Lakin and AlyssaLoureiro will be girls to watchas the team moves into the fu-ture.

“We will have a very strongteam in a couple of years,”said Aldritch. “We have a lotof good, strong athletes com-ing up.”

Wings Over Winnipesaukee - The fine art of drive-by birdingBY SARAH SCHMIDTSSCHMIDT@SALMONPRESS.COM

Even after birding for a fewweeks, I still tended to thinkof it as a calm and sedate ac-tivity, one that I could work onat an ambling pace.

I’m not saying that birdingcan’t still be like that. My owndefinition, however, has ex-panded - at least in activitieswhen the suffix “-athon” is in-volved.

Tony Vazzano invited mealong for the annual Tam-worth-areaBirdathon/Bloomathon heldin Tamworth and surround-ing communities. Begun sev-eral years ago by Betty Steele,the event is the longest con-tinuously running birdathonin New Hampshire.

Woken up by a chatteringcardinal outside my bedroomwindow, I seriously consid-ered throwing my alarmclock at the bird and curlingback up into the pillow. The

birds might chatter more inthe morning, but that’s notnecessarily the time of daythat I will care which speciesis doing the chattering.

Nevertheless, I made it toTony’s house by about 6:30a.m. and thought I was doingpretty good, even identifyinga catbird on my way up theirdrive. At that moment, how-ever, Tony pulled up and re-vealed that he’d been birdingsince about 4 a.m. that morn-ing. Within the first second ofbirding, he said, he’d heardthe call of a whip-por-whiland a woodcock, then later anAmerican bittern and abarred owl. By the time wemet that morning, he’d al-

ready identified about 40species, enough to make meswallow any comment aboutthe early hour.

We set out to Chick’s Cor-ner marsh in Sandwich, sinceTony had seen a pied-billedgrebe that he wanted me tohear. With windows open, wesped down the dirt road, tillTony abruptly stopped the carfor a bird call - a scarlet tan-ager, he said. I think I saw apatch of red through thecanopy - maybe. The call wasfollowed quickly by that of ayellow-throated vireo.

We pulled over alongsidethe marsh, where groups of

PHOTO BY SARAH SCHMIDT

A pair of Canadian geese and their goslings at Chick’s Corner in Sandwich.

SEE BIRDING PAGE B6

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tree sparrows still cart-wheeled through the air, andimmediately trained ourbinoculars on the far side ofthe marsh. At this hour, how-ever, they were joined by abeaver swimming to his lodge,a wood duck, a swamp vireo,mourning doves, and severalred-winged blackbirds. Amuted “honk” alerted me tothe presence of two Canadiangeese, almost underfoot, witha brood of six fluffy goslingsbetween them. Offended byour presence, the parentswere leading the chicks awayfrom us and deeper into themarsh.

Just as we got ready toleave, however, an eerie crycame up from the other side ofthe marsh - the pied billedgrebe. Lowering my binocu-lars, I tried to file away thesound for future reference.Though Tony had heard it ear-lier that morning, we listenedin vain for the Louisiana wa-terthrush - difficult to hearsince it stops singing the mo-ment it finds its mate (instinct

leads me to believe this is thefault of the male waterthrush, rather than the fe-male).

On our way out to Tam-worth to meet fellow birderNed Beecher, Tony pulled overby a marsh in East Sandwich.I bobbed up and down with mybinoculars, searching for theheron rookery that Tonyswore was there, and finallyfound the nests, three messyhigh-rise apartments, withthe yellow bill of a great blueheron resting along the edge,indicating the mother was in-side.

We drove into Tamworth,to a small parking lot near thecenter of town, near RemickFarms. Waiting for Ned, wedecided to see what we couldfind in town. Right in thatparking lot, we found a war-bling vireo, a brown thrasher,several chipping sparrows,rock pigeons, robins,goldfinches, and barn swal-lows. A brilliant orange-and-black redstart perched in thetree above me for several min-utes before I managed to focusin on it – at this point, Tony

gently suggested that I borrowa pair of his binoculars.

We met Ned, a fellow bird-er who’d also been up at 4 a.m.that morning. He and Tonyimmediately began confer-ring about a hawk that he’dseen earlier that morning andbeen unable to identify. Bothmen combed their field guidesfor several minutes, dis-cussing what creature couldpossibly have those features,before giving up on a positiveID. They then set their plan ofaction for the next few hours.

This is where the bird-watching got intense. Afterseveral years of birdwatchingin this area, these guys knewwhat birds usually livedwhere, and intended to hiteach area as quickly as possi-ble and find as many speciesas they could. Tony remindedme that they weren’t the mosthardcore – some birders real-ly do go a full 24-hour periodin some birdathons.

So we began drive-by bird-ing. Stopping at someone’shouse in Tamworth, we spot-ted a pine siskin,and the beau-tiful evening grosbeak, along

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BIRDINGwith a ruby-throated hum-mingbird.

After you bird with theseguys for a while, you start totake them at their word. Sowhen Tony asked me to ap-proach one area near thishouse very quietly, I complied.He and Ned explained thatthey believed an ivory-billedwoodpecker lived here. Hav-ing only heard the briefest bitof information on that bird,my excitement grew, and I gotmy camera ready.

“Right there!” Ned said ina soft whisper, pointing.

I gasped. The woodpeckerwas enormous, so close, beau-tiful…and not moving. Itfooled me for a good 10 sec-onds before Ned and Tonyerupted into guffaws, and I re-alized I’d been had. Bird-watcher humor!

After that pause, we hit theroad, and we hit it hard, comb-ing Tamworth and Sandwichfor every species we couldfind. Searching in tilled landand ballfields, we looked un-successfully for a savannahsparrow and a pair ofkestrels, but found starlings,bobolinks, chimney swifts,turkey vultures, song spar-rows, a house wren, Balti-more orioles, a white-throat-ed sparrow, an ovenbird, anda black-and-white warbler.

Pausing at Jackman Pond,Tony pointed out a beltedkingfisher, the first time I’dever seen one – they’re a lotlarger than I’d imagined.

We stopped near an inter-section in Tamworth – Tonyhad heard the rarely-seen Car-olina wren earlier this month,and hoped for a reprise. Wegot outside the car and lis-tened hard. A wren beganchirping, and though Nedthought that it might be thebird in question, Tony point-ed out the hollowness of someof the notes, and said that itwas a house wren. Several ofmy friends in college werejazz musicians – listening tothem discuss music in detailwas similar to listening to Nedand Tony talk about birdsong.

Stopping at the Alice Be-mis Thompson Bird Sanctu-ary and Wildlife Refuge, wewalked a short ways down thetrail, listening for warblersong. Several years ago, on an-other Birdathon, they walkeddown this path and found 18different warbler species.Last week, we just found theyellow-throated warbler.

Along the marshes in Tam-worth, we found a killdeer anda yellow warbler, though themarsh wren remained elu-sive.

We drove back to Sand-

wich, and I realized that we’dbeen out there for three hours,and I probably needed to getback to the office. I bid Tonyand Ned goodbye, and beganthe drive back toward Mered-ith. Along the way, on SquamLake Road, however, I spotteda mallard sitting on some-one’s dock – a species missingfrom the list. I pawed throughmy purse to find my cell phoneand Tony’s number, and man-aged to get him before he andNed set off on a four-mile bird-ing hike on Guinea PondTrail. The often-seen mallard,then, is my happenstance con-tribution to the Birdathon.Hey, I’ll take a small victorywhere I can get one.

Continuing on their owntrek, Ned and Tony spottedtheir hundredth species atMcDonalds in Ossipee – fishcrows. They ended the daywith 104 birds spotted in Tam-worth and surroundingtowns, a “respectable” num-ber, as Ned put it, since it wasshort of the record of 117 in2006. (He did eventually findthe savannah sparrow) ChrisClyne and other hunters inthe area managed to tie the setrecord for blooms, coming inwith 74 species of flowers.

A total of 178 species in oneday. I’ll substitute “impres-sive” for “respectable.”