Embed Size (px)
Citation preview
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 4, 2016 GILFORD, N.H. - FREE
SEE GUNSTOCK PAGE A9
SEE CANDIDATES PAGE A9
SEE MAKERSPACE PAGE A9SEE WOOD ROAD PAGE A9
Gunstock having successful seasonBY ERIN PLUMMER
Despite a slow start, Gunstock has been hav-ing a stellar ski season, with plans in place for some new events this summer.
Last Wednesday, Gunstock general man-ager Greg Goddard gave an update to the board of selectmen on the moun-tain's current season and it's ongoing projects.
The winter season at Gunstock had a rocky start with warm tem-peratures and rain.
“December was a bit of a disaster for us,” God-dard said.
He said they were fi-nally able to open a little before and during the holiday weekend.
“January actually has rebounded quite nicely,” Goddard said. “The first weekend was somewhat slow, we've been making lots and lots of snow.”
Goddard said they have have been making as much snow as they can and have not been relying on Mother Na-ture at all. Right now 40 trails are open with all lifts in operation. He said the weekend of Martin Luther King, Jr. Day was “spectacular.” He said they are now 20 percent ahead from this
Erin PlummEr
Skiers and borders come down the slope at Gunstock.
time last year.“We're happening
to have a nice rebound through February and March and continuing through a nice ski sea-son,” Gooddard said. “The conditions are great.”
Gunstock is also working out plans for the summer season, in-cluding a new event.
Gunstock has been working with Scott Crowder, the founder of the New England Pond Hockey Classic in Mer-edith, on a craft beer re-lay. People can sign up to compete in a series of relay events involving craft beer. During the event 12 different craft brew vendors will be sharing their creations. There will also be ample food and live entertain-ment.
Goddard said the whole event will be for people ages 21 and over. He said for the entirety of the event every com-petitor will consume no more than the equiva-lent of one 12 ounce beer. Goddard said around 4,000 to 5,000 people might come out for the event.
“I think it's a perfect event for Gunstock and Scott's a great promot-
CourtEsy
GES EarlyAct Club creates Valentine's Day gifts for local nursery homeMembers of Gilford Elementary School's EarlyAct Club recently met to create Valentine's Day gifts for a local nursing home. The EarlyAct club is a Rotary-sponsored club, comprised of third and fourth grade students focused on community service. In December, they organized a stocking stuffer drive at GES which provided stockings for more than 50 children of Gilford!
Selectmen to speak against road discontinuance
BY ERIN PLUMMER
At Thursday's deliber-ative session, the board of selectmen will recom-mend amending an arti-cle from discontinuing a road to doing a study to discontinue it following protests from that road's residents.
This year an article is on the warrant to dis-continue Wood Road as a town road, turning it into a Class VI road.
Town Administrator Scott Dunn said this dis-cussion started when the town looked at the main-tenance and plowing costs of different roads.
On Wednesday, Wood Road residents and oth-ers with stake in that area approached the board of selectmen to protest this article.
Mark and Nancy Watson are residents of Groton, and own a house on Wood Road. Mark Watson and his attor-ney, Justin Richardson, said this discontinuance could result in damages to the Watson's prop-erty rights and values. Because they would be on a Class VI road they said the Watson's would not be able to subdivide their property because it does not have frontage on a street. They also said banks will likely not offer financing to any po-tential buyers. Watson said this will scare away potential buyers and
drive down the value of his property.
Other concerns in-clude the possibility of having to contract out for basic road mainte-nance, possible liability for incidents, and the possibility of limited emergency response if the road is not main-tained.
Allison Wilson of Wood Road said she is trying to purchase the property she is renting now, a process that could be impacted if the road is discontinued.
Wilson also expressed concern what would happen if Wood Road is not maintained. She said there was already one incident where she was stuck in the snow up Bickford Road on her way home late at night.
“I just really want you guys to reconsid-er please so I can live there,” Wilson said.
Another issue is Wood Road is a main access point for the Belknap State Forest. Bill Car-penter, Administrator of the Land Management Bureau of the Division of Forests and lands said Wood Road is the prima-ry access for the two res-ervations in the Belknap Range. Discontinuing and not maintaining the road could have an im-pact on visitors, fire and rescue response, and
Gilford races mostly uncontestedBY ERIN PLUMMER
This year's town and school district offices are uncontested save for the race for school board.
On March 8, voters will choose candidates for town and school dis-trict office at town meet-ing voting.
This year's town bal-lot has no contested of-
fices.Gus Benavides is run-
ning for another three-year term on the board of selectmen.
Sandra McGonagle is running again for her two-year position as town moderator.
Two current supervi-sors of the checklist are running for new terms.
Irene LaChance is seek-ing another six-year term in her office and Miriam York is running for a three-year term.
William Chris Ray is running for a three-year term as trustee of the trust funds. Rick Moses is not seeking another term.
For library trustees,
Mike Marshall is seek-ing another three-year term. Alexis Jackson is running for the position currently held by Jenni-fer McLean, who is not running again.
William Day is run-ning for a three-year po-sition as cemetery trust-ee. Current cemetery
Makerspace lets kids get creative
Erin PlummEr
Kids get messy and creative making tie dye shirts during a session of “Makerspace: Messy Art.”
BY ERIN PLUMMER
Kids will have an opportunity to express their creativity whether through making messy art, building things, or any other project in the new Makerspace pro-gram.
The Makerspace pro-gram is a collaboration between the Gilford Pub-lic Library, the Parks and Recreation Depart-ment, and the Gilford Youth Center for chil-dren ages eight through 11. Each month has a different theme with dif-ferent activities going on during each weekly session.
The program kicked off last month with “Messy Art.”
Children's librarian Abi Maxwell said the Makerspace program
was a way to offer more activities to older el-ementary school stu-dents.
“We were looking for a way to reach this age
group,” Maxwell said. She said another li-
brary in the state said they had an after school program with a chang-ing topic every month that was gaining a lot of participants.
Students will sign up for each Makerspace session with space lim-ited to 15 kids. The aim is for students to explore their interests over the course of the month.
The first Makerspace program was “Messy Art,” where students could work with paint, dye, and any other messy artform
Notes from the Gilford Public LibraryA2 THE GILFORD STEAMER AlmAnAc THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 4, 2016
GILFORD POLICE LOGl
Gilford Public Library Top Ten Requests
1. “The Guest Room” by Chris Bohjalian2. “When Breath Becomes Air” by Paul Kalanithi3. “The Nightingale” by Kristin Hannah4. “My Name is Lucy Barton” by Elizabeth Strout5. “Ashley Bell” by Dean Koontz6. “The Whole 30” by Melissa Hartwig7. “After You” by Jojo Moyes8. “Corrupted” by Lisa Scottoline9. “War of Two” by John Sedgwick10. “House of the Rising Sun” by James Lee Burke
LocaL ExpEriEncEdSociaL SEcurity attornEy
Have you been deniedSocial Security Disability?
Attorney Stanley Robinson hassuccessfully handled
disability cases for over 30 years.
603-286-2019 • [email protected]
All Makes and Models Serviced
Mon.-Fri. 7:30-5:00 • Thurs. 7:30-7:00
629 West Main St. • Tilton, NH 03276
603-286-8633 Rick Perreault, Owner Jonathan Broome Owner - ASE Certified Service Manager - ASE Certified
HAPPY BIRTHDAY!Don’t forget...it’s time to have your
CAR INSPECTEDQuality Service & Repairs For Your Foreign & Domestic Car
Serving The Area For Over 25 Years
eurasian autoworks ltdSTATE-OF-THE-ART ALIGNMENT & WHEEL SERVICE
629 West Main St.Across from Smitty’s Plaza
Tilton/Frankin Line286-8633
HUNTER ALIGNMENT • GM • DAIMLER-CHRYSLER • PARTS PLUS
SAAB • VW • HONDA • TOYOTA • MAZDA • SUBARU
ME
RC
ED
ES
• A
C D
EL
CO
• •
• •
FO
RD
•
V
OL
VO
Sanborn Auto RepairHOME OF SPARKY AND BUSTERTUNE-UPS – EXHAUST – BRAKES
ROAD SERVICE – STATE INSPECTION
316 COURT ST. PHONELACONIA, N.H. (603) 524-9798
KeytownService Station
N.H. State Inspection StationComplete Service & Repair
Propane & Kerosene Filling Station338 Daniel Webster Highway (Route 3)
Meredithacross from Meredith Ford
(603) 279-8509
If your birthday is inJanuary your carinspectionis due by: 2/29/16
BY MARK THOMAS
Library Correspondent
If you visit the li-brary at 11 a.m. on a weekday, it may seem like there’s an army of jovial librarians hard at work shelving books, straightening shelves, repairing ma-terials, and helping patrons find materi-als, all with smiles and hearty chatter. That is a ruse, of course—though an army of li-brarians sounds awe-some. Some of us are librarians, but most are volunteers of the highest caliber.
We have often mentioned the con-tributions of our vol-unteers, but enough cannot be said about them. How would you find the exact book you’re looking for if the odd cooking books were shelved next to James Patterson (I’ve seen it happen)? How would you find books if they were stacked to the ceiling behind the circ desk, for that mat-ter? What if the new books were added to the collection without covers or markings? How would we afford the quality of mate-rials and special col-
lections that we have without the support of the book store or the Friends of the Gilford Public Library? How would our programs be possible without vol-unteers there helping to coordinate, set up, clean up, or even run the programs? How would…
Ok, I’ll stop my-self there. The library could not be as suc-cessful as it is with-out the volunteers. It would have fewer books, fewer services, fewer programs, and would be less helpful to the community. The staff would spend more time shelving and less time helping patrons; more time maintain-ing existing materials, and less time provid-ing new resources and programs. So, thank you, volunteers, for being so generous with your time.
If you would like to volunteer, there are innumerable opportu-nities for your skills to put to use. Kayleigh Mahan is our volun-teer coordinator, and she would be happy to work with you. The community of volun-teers is friendly, wel-
coming, and the best kind of boisterous.
I would also like to thank all our high school volunteers for their time. We know that high schoolers and teens are always looking for volunteer opportunities for their high school require-ment, resume’s, and college applications. At the library, they can find several such opportunities. The Na-tional Honors Society members in particular have given a great deal to the library.
The effects of volun-teerism at the library have a broad reach. Collectively, the vol-unteers help make the library a community center where all demo-graphics are welcome and supported. So next time you see a volun-
teer reshelving books, think about thanking them for their gener-ous work.
Classes & Special Events
Feb. 4 - 10
Thursday, Feb. 4 Music and Move-
ment, 10:30-11:15 a.m. Open Painting at the
Library, 1:30–3:30 p.m.C o n v e r s a t i o n a l
French, 3:30-4:30 p.m.
Friday, Feb. 5Social Bridge, 10:30
a.m.–12:30 p.m.Storytime, 10:30-11
a.m. Knit Wits, 1:30–2:30
p.m.Conversational Ger-
man Class, 2:30–3:30 p.m.
Monday, Feb. 8
Mahjong: 12:30-3
p.m.Kendama Club, 3-4
p.m.Lego Legion, 3:30-
4:30 p.m.
Tuesday, Feb. 9Social Bridge, 10:30
a.m.–12:30 p.m.Fiber Friends, 10:30
a.m.-12:30 p.m.Lapsit Storytime,
10:30-11 a.m.Storytime, 11:15-
11:45 a.m.Makerspace Club: Ar-
chitecture, 3:15-4:30 p.m.Eight to 11 year olds
are invited to this Mak-erspace session at the library. This program is a collaboration between the Gilford Public Li-brary, the Gilford Youth Center, and Gilford Parks and Rec., and is sponsored by the Friends of the Gilford Public Li-brary
Nightly Knitting, 6-8
p.m.Gilford Clickers Pho-
tography Club, 6:30-7:30 p.m.
Wednesday, Feb. 10Line Dancing, 9 a.m.Drop-In Valentine
Craft, 10 a.m.-5 p.m.Visit the Children’s
Room during the day to make a valentine’s cards for your friends.
Check Out and Ex-pert, 10 a.m.-noon
Crafternoon: Valen-tine Wreath, 12:30-1:30 p.m.
Join us for a fun craft-ernoon of making Val-entine themed wreaths. Please bring a foam wreath form, or you can buy one of ours for $5. We'll have all the other supplies needed. Sign up at the front desk with your library card.
Magic the Gathering Club, 3-4 p.m.
The Gilford Police Department responded to 207 calls for service and made the following arrests from Jan. 25-31.
Brandy L. McGirr, age 31, of Sanbornton was arrested on Jan. 29 for Driving After Revocation or Suspen-sion, Driving Without Giving Proof, violating Driver's License Prohi-bitions, and a Suspend-ed Registration (Oper-ating-Misd.).
Tyler James Saw-yer, age 25, of Gilford was arrested on Jan. 30 for Disobeying an Offi-cer and Driving While Intoxicated.
Jason-John Shaw, age 20, of Laconia was arrested on Jan. 30 for Operating Without a Valid License.
Mark Edward Reyn-olds, age 50, of Laconia was arrested on Jan. 30 for Driving After Revo-cation or Suspension.
Merrick A. Vanho-esen, age 20, of Con-cord was arrested on Jan. 30 in connection with an outstanding bench warrant.
James Chapin, age 18, of Gilford was ar-rested on Jan. 30 for Possession of Con-t r o l l e d / N a r c o t i c Drugs.
Adam J. Collins, age 26, of Meredith was arrested on Jan. 31 for Driving While Intoxicated, Disobey-ing an Officer, Driving After Revocation or Suspension, and Driv-ing While Intoxicated (Subsequent).
Matthew Flynn, age 48, of Gilford was ar-rested on Jan. 31 for Driving While Intox-icated (Subsequent),
Driving After Revo-cation or Suspension, and violating Driver's License Prohibitions.
THE GILFORD STEAMER A3 Local NewsTHURSDAY, FEBRUARY 4, 2016
NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARINGS • GILFORD BOARD OF SELECTMENPROPOSED FEE SCHEDULES FOR FIRE-RESCUE DEPARTMENT PERMITS
AND POLICE & FIRE SPECIAL DETAILSWEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 2016 • 7:00 PM • GILFORD TOWN HALL-CONFERENCE ROOM
The Gilford Board of Selectmen will be holding a public hearing pursuant to the provisions of RSA 41:9-a on proposed revisions to the Fire-Rescue Department Permit Fee Schedule as recommended by the Board of Fire Engineers.
In addition, the Gilford Board of Selectmen will be holding a public hearing on proposed revisions to the Special Detail Fee Schedule for Police and Fire services. More specifically, fees for special detail services are proposed to increase from $46/$50/$56/$57 per hour to $60. Ambulance fees are also proposed to increase from $41 per hour to $45. All other related fees will remain the same.
The new fee schedules are intended to be effective as of March 1, 2016.
Copies of the proposed fee schedules and the existing fee schedules are available at the Selectmen's Office or on line at www.gilfordnh.org. Copies will also be made available at the public hearing.
Any interested person may attend this public hearing and/or submit testimony related thereto.
Repair desktops, notebooks, printers and peripherals.Support your technology 24/7 within scope of contract.
Secure your data with backup and redundancy options.Maintain a technology plan within budget.
Contact Us Today! (603) 520-9699
GILFORD PARKS AND RECREATION NEWSl
BY HERB GREENE
Director
Gilford Parks & Recreation
Boston Celtics bus trip scheduled for March 21
The Gilford and Bel-mont Parks and Recre-ation Departments are co-sponsoring a bus trip to Boston to see the newest All-Star, Isaiah Thomas and the Celtics take on the Or-lando Magic on Mon-day, March 21. Cost of the trip is $75 for low-er level Loge seats and $55 upper level balco-ny seats and includes
round trip motor coach from Gilford or Bel-mont and tickets to the game. Our deluxe motor coach will de-part from Gilford High School at 5 p.m. and the Belmont Park & Ride-share (Route 106) at 5:15 p.m. You will have time to visit the pro-shop and get dinner on your own prior to the game. Our seats are in section #19 (Loge) and 306 (Balcony) for the 7:30 p.m. game. Seats are limited; a registra-tion form must be com-pleted accompanied by
payment and tickets are non-refundable.
For more informa-tion, please contact the Gilford Parks and Rec-reation Department at 527-4722 or visit their Web site at www.gilfor-drec.com.
Senior Moment-um Bingo Day on Feb. 8
The Gilford Parks and Recreation Depart-ment is sponsoring a Senior Moment-um program on Monday, Feb. 8. We will in the Gilford Community Church’s Fellowship
Hall at noon for a fun afternoon of bingo. Participants are en-couraged to bring their lunch and the Parks and Recreation De-partment will provide coffee, tea and water as well as some fun bingo prizes. Participants are asked to RSVP by Friday, Feb. 5.
For more informa-tion or to RSVP, please contact the Gilford Parks and Rec. Depart-ment at 527-4722.
Adult Snowshoeing
continues on
Tuesday morningsThe Gilford Parks
and Recreation De-partment is once again sponsoring a series of snowshoe hikes for any adults looking for fresh air, fun and exercise on Tuesday mornings this winter. Participants will meet in the Gilford Town Hall at 9:30 a.m. prior to each hike. The schedule of upcoming hikes includes Feb. 9 at Ramblin’ Vewe Farm in Gilford and Feb. 16 at Weeks Woods in Gilford. If you are in need of snowshoes, we
do have a limited sup-ply available for each hike at a nominal fee. They may be reserved one hike in advance on a first come basis by calling the Parks and Rec office. All in-terested participants must RSVP at least one day prior to each hike. The cost of the hikes is $1 per person, per hike and snowshoe rentals are $4 per hike.
For more informa-tion or to RSVP, please contact the Gilford Parks and Rec. Depart-ment at 527-4722.
Camp Resilience to host an all-female veterans sessionGILFORD — Camp
Resilience, the opera-tional arm of the local non-profit The Patriot Resilient Leader Insti-tute (PRLI), plans to conduct its second all-fe-male veterans session Feb. 2-5 in Gilford. The women will be guests at the Gunstock Inn with a full schedule of life skills training and recreation-al activities planned.
“We are very excit-ed to be able to run our second Camp Resilience session for women vet-erans only. Our experi-ence shows that women veterans dealing with is-sues from their military service time can benefit greatly when they can share their experiences with other women vet-erans in a single sex en-vironment,” stated PRLI
Founder and retired Army Officer Kurt Web-ber.
The PRLI Board has lined up life skills ac-tivities to include an open dialogue about problems facing all vet-erans, a workshop with life coach Emily Clem-ent entitled “Defining the life You’d Love,” a trauma resiliency work-shop with Dr. Margaret
Laneri, herself a retired Army Officer, Mindful Eating presented by LR-GHealthcare’s Elizabeth White and Yoga as a way of coping with stress con-ducted by Helen McCo-nnell. The recreational and team building ac-tivities include snow-shoeing, downhill and cross-country skiing at Gunstock Mountain Re-sort and water aerobics
with instructor Tammy Levesque. Each evening will conclude with a fa-cilitated “rap session” by Margaret Laneri with a focus on the challenges veterans with service connected disabilities ex-perience as they re-enter civilian life.
The PRLI group was formed by local veterans and non-veterans inter-ested in assisting vet-erans to, as the group’s motto states, “Help those who served bounce back in mind, body and spir-it.” With its all-volun-teer board and no paid employees, the group depends on community help to fund its recre-ational and life skills ac-tivities so donations are always welcome.
“When we conduct a Camp Resilience session, the veterans themselves are responsible only for their own transporta-
tion to Gilford and any incidentals they choose to purchase while here,” said PRLI Treasurer Chris Ray.
“Their lodging, all meals and fees for ac-tivities are funded by the PRLI thanks to do-nations from concerned citizens and civic groups plus the assistance of vendors such as the own-ers of the Gunstock Inn who offer discounts to the attending veterans,” Ray added.
Anyone interested in learning more about the PRLI or making a dona-tion is urged to visit the Web site at www.prli.us. Additionally, communi-ty volunteers who wish to get involved in help-ing run the activities or in offering a future workshop session are also invited to contact the group through the Web site.
Gilford Youth Center hosting Valentine’s Day party With Mickey & Minnie Mouse
The Gilford Youth Center is celebrating Valentine's Day with "Minnie's Valentine's Day Party" on Saturday, Feb. 13 from 10-11:30 a.m. Minnie and Mickey will
be in attendance for a "Meet and Greet" and pictures. Special guest Olaf will stop by as well!!! There will also be several interactive
stations , includ-
ing Games, Arts and Crafts, Cookie Deco-rating, Music, Danc-ing, Face Painting, and More! Cost is only $12 per child. Accompany-ing parents (2 max) are
free!! Space is limited for this special event. Register today at www.gi l fordyouthcenter .com. Questions? Con-tact Scott at 524-6978.
Gubernatorial candidate Frank Edelblut to address Belknap County Republicans
BELMONT — The Belknap County Repub-lican Committee has announced that their next monthly meeting is scheduled for Wednes-day, Feb. 10 at 6:30 p.m. at the Top of the Town Restaurant, 88 Ladd Hill Rd. in Belmont.
This month’s meet-ing will feature Frank Edelblut, candidate for Governor. Mr. Edelblut has started a number of
businesses, has worked as a CPA for one of the largest accounting firms in the world, and served as a Chief Financial Offi-cer. He currently serves as a State Representative and as Water Commis-sioner in his hometown of Wilton.
In addition to hearing from Mr. Edelblut, the Committee will discuss the results of the Febru-ary 9 New Hampshire
Primary, and speculate on the implications of the New Hampshire primary results on the upcoming South Caroli-na, Nevada, and March primaries. They’ll also discuss the impact of the recent New Hampshire
Presidential debate held on Feb. 6 at St. Anselm College on the final tally of the NH Primary.
Belknap County GOP meetings are open to all Republicans and
SEE EDELBLUT PAGE A10
A4 THE GILFORD STEAMER OpiniOn THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 4, 2016
Pet of the Week: Baby Girl
FROM OUR READERSl
Send us your letters!We seek your input! Tax rate got you down? Glen-
dale too congested for your liking? Do you approve of a recent selectmen decision? Hate the paper? Love the paper? Let us know!
Send your letters to:Gilford Steamer
5 Water Street • Meredith, NH, 03253
Our fax number is 279 3331. E-mail us at [email protected].
We’re looking forward to hearing from you!
By John harrigan
Columnist
NORTH COUNTRY NOTEBOOK
Established May 6, 2004Published every Thursday at
5 Water Street, Meredith, New Hampshire 03253Telephone: (603) 279-4516Toll Free: (877) 766-6889
Fax: (603) 279-3331Frank Chilinski, President & Publisher
Brendan Berube, EditorErin Plummer, Reporter
Josh Spaulding, Sports EditorJeff Lajoie, Sports Reporter
Jim Hinckley, Distribution ManagerRyan Corneau, Information ManagerMeghan Faretra, Production Manager
Email: [email protected]: [email protected]
Circulation figures available on request.Publisher reserves the right to reject or cancel any advertising at any time.
USPS 024967The Gilford Steamer is published weekly by Salmon Press, P.O. Box 729, 5 Water St., Meredith, NH 03253. Periodicals, postage paid at Meredith, NH 03253. POSTMASTER: Send address changes to the Gilford Steamer, P.O. Box 729, Meredith, NH 03253.
SALMON PRESS PHOTO POLICY: As a community oriented family of newspa-pers, Salmon Press welcomes photos from readers, business owners, and other outside sources for publication in any of its titles. Any photos submitted for publication become the property of Salmon Press, and may be displayed in our newspapers, as well as on our Web site. They may also be made available for re-sale, with any proceeds going to Salmon Press and/or the photo re-print vendor.
Don’t all sweet and gentle creatures deserve a second chance?
We think so at New Hampshire Humane So-ciety and do all in our power to make that hap-pen.
Baby Girl, aged three but wise beyond her years, can’t tell us about her trauma but some-thing surely has given her a reason to be re-served and yes, a little timid.
Surrendered in July, her owner had health is-sues that made it hard to continue to care for this slinky black cat, Baby Girl quietly and timo-
rously now awaits her forever home.
Time heals all. She’s made great strides at NHHS, its high time she finds a warm and kindly home with humans who understand some cats need space to bond and trust again. Come and visit her, she’s pretty comfy in her spot in the feline social room, but your home would be so much better!
Don’t miss Unleashed – Mardi Gras with a mis-sion wine & tapas tasting at Tavern 27 February 9.
For more information check www.nhhumane.org
February is Teen Dating Violence Awareness Month
To the Editor:According to “Women’s Health” magazine, over
80 percent of parents surveyed either do not believe that teen dating violence is an issue, or do not know if it is an issue. I’m here to tell all of those parents, along with students, teachers, friends, and communi-ty members- it is. Approximately one in five female high school students reports being physically or sex-ually abused by a dating partner. That number does not take into account unreported cases of abuse, male victims, or cases of verbal and emotional abuse that teen girls and boys face in dating relationships every single day.
Some local high school students believe it is okay for a partner to yell at, intimidate, degrade, and iso-late them, as long as they do not put their hands on them. Let’s challenge those beliefs by teaching teens in our communities that they deserve love and re-spect in all of their relationships.
This year’s Teen Dating Violence Awareness Month theme is “Setting Boundaries.” Let’s work to-gether to encourage teens to think about what they are comfortable with, and empower them to set phys-ical, emotional, and communication boundaries in their relationships. By giving teens the tools they
need to set these boundaries and recognize healthy and unhealthy relationships, we will be one step clos-er to breaking the cycle of abuse.
New Beginnings, along with crisis centers throughout the state, will be providing resources and information regarding Teen Dating Violence during the month of February. Like our Facebook page at www.facebook.com/NewBeginningsNH and follow us on Twitter @NewBeginningsNH to follow our “fact a day” and learn more about Teen Dating Vio-lence. You can find more resources at www.loveisre-spect.org and pledge to help end domestic and sexual violence in New Hampshire at www.nhsaysnomore.org.
Let’s work together as a community to prevent re-lationship violence by educating our teens. Let’s talk to them about what healthy and unhealthy relation-ships look like, and let’s help them learn that they are worthy of kindness, compassion, and respect in all of their relationships.
If you or someone you know needs support please contact New Beginnings at 528-6511.
Emily PelloweEducation Coordinator & Prevention Educator
New Beginnings – Without Violence & Abuse
Old trails and driving dams, and stopping to boil the tea
As I’d guess is the case with many people who write, I keep a little stack of notes on a corner of my desk dealing with feedback from readers, and notes-to-self remind-ing me about this and that.
+++++
I’ve written about
trail etiquette, not about today’s hikers but about the back-woods travelers of long ago. This con-cerned the brief period between the Civil War and the first major cut-ting of the old growth forest, through which time-honored foot-paths connected this or that major sporting camp, individual far-flung cab-in, major geographic feature, and the nearest town or railroad-head.
Quite a few notes came my way on that, some wondering where I’d learned about trail customs. Thoreau’s “The Maine Woods” ---draw-ing on his travels there in 1846, 1853 and 1857 and published in 1864---is a good source, to me the
Courtesy
One of the few actual squirt-dam photos I’ve found, the dam-keeper watching the water go, and the remnants of snow on the bank.
most interesting book he ever wrote, but the rest I picked over many years of listening to old-timers and the odd newspaper and magazine piece.
I was reminded of this by a Jan. 27 “Word of Mouth” segment on New Hampshire Public Radio about the re-discovery in Los Angeles of public stairways in and around Los Angeles. The Works Progress Administration and other government agencies built these in post-post-Depression days as ways for people to reach roads and pub-lic transportation from ever-higher-elevation housing developments. For today’s people meet-ing people on these pub-lic sidewalks and stair-ways, the report noted, a nod of the head was and is the accepted nicety.
Here in the Northeast, on paths through yes-teryear’s woods, a nod meant that you knew the oncoming person and, essentially, wanted nothing to do with him. It was the basic mini-mum politeness, as in “I recognize you as a fellow human being,” and that was it.
In every other case, however, custom dictat-ed that at least a brief stop was called for, with a question or two about destinations and fishing and hunting information and perhaps a word or two about the weather, and then both parties dis-appeared into the woods.
But if the parties knew each other, or perhaps just wanted to make new acquaintanc-es, or were just tired and wanted a break, it was time to “boil the tea.”
Courtesy — Brown Company ColleCtion
The down river results of all the water from the spring freshet and dams big and small: plenty of water in the river, and riv-er-hogs tending out.
This is in quotes because it was woods-savvy code for “stop and visit for a while.” The parties shucked their packs, and one kindled a very fast fire and fetched a green branch or sapling to stick into the ground and bend over the fire to hold a small tin of wa-ter, while the other party rummaged in a pack for tea makings and perhaps a little sugar and a crack-er or two.
Thus set to palaver, the parties produced their cups and took positions of ease and exchanged news and enjoyed their tea, fol-lowed, most always, by a pipe. And after all this, which took perhaps half
an hour, they knocked their pipe-ashes into the fire, drowned it with the remaining tea-water and covered it with dirt, shouldered their packs, and with a wave were on their way.
+++++
Pittsburg’s Bing Judd,
a veteran guide and de-scendant of original set-tlers who has served his town and territory in many ways, is one of the few remaining people who remember the old camps, old trails and old ways. He and I sat down for breakfast at the Spa in West Stewartstown recently to talk about SEE NOTEBOOK PAGE A10
THE GILFORD STEAMER A5CultureTHURSDAY, FEBRUARY 4, 2016
The Gilford STeamer:The next best thing to word of mouth advertising!
meeT Your SaleS repreSenTaTive
maureen:• Maureen has been in advertising for several years. • My goals are to help increase sales for our clients by expanding their reach into the community through a partnership with the papers.• One thing I do better is that I really care about the customer and want to make a campaign that is truly beneficial to them by listening to their needs as an advertiser.
Call Maureen today at (603) 569-3126 ext. 3 or e-mail [email protected] advertisers trust us, our readers trust our advertisers!
www.NewHampshireLakesAndMountains.com
HIGHEST PRICES PAIDAll US and foreign silver and gold coins, estate jewelry,
scrap gold, diamonds. Free oral appraisals. NORTH COUNTRY COINS.
Main St., Plymouth, NH 536-2625.
Willing Hearts Helpful Hands LLC
Specializing in the coordination and oversightof professional in-home companion caregivers
in the Wolfeboro area since 2000.
Diane Desjardins, Founder and [email protected] • 515-1307 • cell 630-4127
♥♥ ♥♥ ♥♥ ♥♥ ♥
♥♥ ♥♥ ♥♥ ♥♥ ♥
Point of LawWhat is a Prenuptial Agreement?
A Prenuptial Agreement is an agreement between two people who are planning to get married. This agreement may set forth how property is to be divided in the event of a divorce. It may also address whether and how much alimony is to be paid. Prenuptial Agreements are most often used for second or third marriages where the couple wants to provide financially for the children of their prior marriages.
Street Car casts “The Producers”LACONIA — The cast
and crew of The Street-car Company, the longest running community the-atre group in The Lakes Region, are gearing up to present the award win-ning musical comedy “The Producers” as their spring presentation.
The musical was adapted by Mel Brooks and Thomas Meehan from Brooks' 1968 film
of the same name. Set in New York, the musical tells the story of two the-atrical producers who plan to get rich by over-selling shares in what they hope is a Broadway flop. They start by put-ting together the worst show with the worst di-rector and worst actors. Complications arise when the show unex-pectedly turns out to be
successful. Exaggerated caricatures and accents add to the humorous mayhem.
With music and lyrics by Brooks and arranged by Glen Kelly and Doug Besterman, the show opened on Broadway in April of 2001 and starred Nathan Lane and Matthew Broderick as Max Bialystock and Leo Bloom. It won a re-
cord breaking 12 Tony Awards and subsequent-ly was made into a mov-ie musical starring both Lane and Broderick.
Street Car director J Alward, along with mu-sical director Karen Jor-dan, accompanist Phil Breton and choreogra-phers Erin Lovett Sher-man, Joan Frates and Heidi Noyes-Bourgeois look forward to bringing
Brantley Gilbert’s “Take It Outside Tour” makes a stop in Gilford Friday, June 17!GILFORD — Amer-
ican Country Rocker Brantley Gilbert brings his “Take It Outside Tour” to Bank of Bank of New Hampshire Pa-vilion Friday, June 17. Tickets ranging from $39.75 to $69.75 go on sale Friday, Feb. 5 at 10 a.m. Get your tickets by call-ing the Box Office at 293-4700 or log on to www.BankNHPavilion.com.
Starting his career in Nashville as a song-writer, Brantley Gilbert turned heads in 2011 re-releasing “Halfway to Heaven” with its first two singles “Country
Must Be Country Wide” and “You Don’t Know Her Like I Do” reaching No. 1 on the Hot Country Songs Chart and win-ning the ACM’s New Male Artist award in 2013. With his second album in early 2014, Gil-bert once again rocked the country charts with “Bottoms Up”, “Small Town Throwdown” and racked up another No 1. on the Charts with “One Hell of An Amen” in Summer 2015.
Joining Brantley on stage this June is “Small Town Throw-down”’s co-vocalist,
and doing it his way, blazing a trail is 2014 ACM New Artist of the Year, Justin Moore. With hits like “Back-woods” and “Til My Last Day,” Moore brings the swagger and hard-hitting guitar, showing who he is and what matters, always unyielding to chase what everyone else is already doing.
Rounding out a night of Country Rock is Colt Ford. “I just make mu-sic…just listen with an open mind” is Colt’s motto. With hits like “Dirt Road Anthem,”
“Answer to No One” and “Ride Through the Country” Colt’s an im-pressive force, starting his own company creat-ing a culture many are unaware of. Colt Ford follows his own muse.
Make sure you’re at Bank of New Hamp-shire Pavilion Fri-day, June 17, when we “Take It Outside” with Brantley Gilbert, Justin Moore and Colt Ford. Get your tickets Friday, Feb. 5 at 10AM by calling the Box Of-fice at 293-4700 or go online to www.BankN-HPavilion.com!
This weekend's LRPA After Dark feature: “The Strange Love of Martha Ivers”
Taylor Concert features Dan Perkins and
PSU Chamber Singers
Courtesy
The next concert of the 2016 Taylor Community Music Series, sponsored by Bank of New Hampshire, features Plymouth State University Music Director and Pianist Dan Perkins and the PSU Chamber Singers.
LACONIA — The next concert of the 2016 Taylor Community Mu-sic Series, sponsored by Bank of New Hampshire, features Plymouth State University Music Direc-tor and Pianist Dan Per-kins and the PSU Cham-ber Singers. The event is scheduled for Sunday, Feb. 7 at 3 p.m. in Tay-lor’s Woodside Building.
This delightful group of young singers will per-form Renaissance and 21st Century Motets as well as African Ameri-can Spirituals, accompa-nied by Dr. Perkins on pi-
ano. Their performance is free and open to the public and is generously being sponsored by Lois and Vincent Lunetta.
Taylor Community is a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit Continuing Care Retire-ment Community whose mission is to provide the highest quality re-tirement living options to support the inde-pendence, health and dignity of community residents. Visit www.taylorcommunity.org and check us out Face-book to keep up with all our events.
the close to 30 member cast up to speed and get-ting them ready to pres-ent this hilarious show.
Producer Erin Fitz-maurice will be handling many of the behind the scene plans for the show and anyone interested in helping out with cos-tumes, set or any of the other numerous back stage positions are en-couraged to contact her at [email protected].
Scott Alward and Frank Stetson take on the roles of Bialystock and Bloom, respective-ly. Meredith Imbimbo will play the alluring Ulla. Other featured players include Tom Getchell-Lacey, Jason
Roy and Caleb Charnley. Also in the cast are Patte Sarausky, Chris Fernan-dez, Cory Chapman, Ja-son Green, Kelli Powers, Willow Farley, Kylieh Farley, Janelle Labarre, and Rachael McCarthy, Hillary Ayers, Alison Witham, Nicole Butter-more, Sabrina Robinson, Emily Getchell-Lacey, Cassidy Keyser, Rick Kincaid, Peter Ayer, Samuel Wilcox, Mark Lambert, Riley Alward, Jamie Holland, Melissa Bigler and Rose A Borg-es.
Mark your calendars as the curtain goes up on St. Car’s The Producers at the Interlake Commu-nity Auditorium in Mer-edith April 29 to May 1.
L A C O N I A — J o i n Lakes Region Public Ac-cess Television this Fri-day, Feb. 5 at 10:30 p.m. and Saturday, Feb. 6 at 10 p.m. for our “LRPA Af-ter Dark” presentation of 1946’s film noir clas-sic “The Strange Love of Martha Ivers,” starring Barbara Stanwyck, Van Heflin, Lizabeth Scott and Kirk Douglas (in his debut role!).
If you’re a lover of classic movies, and of film noir in particular, then “Martha Ivers” has it all: murder, black-mail, greed, deceit, dirty secrets and ruthless dames. It received an Os-car nomination for Best
Original Story, and de-servedly so. Critic Leon-ard Maltin described “Martha Ivers” as a “…gripping melodrama – 3 out of 4 stars.” So grab your popcorn and join LRPA after dark for this vintage classic!
You can’t find tele-vision like this it any-where but LRPA TV, MetroCast Channel 25. Not a subscriber? Then log onto LiveStream through our website (www.lrpa.org) where you can catch all the fun.
About Lakes Region Public Access Televi-sion (LRPA)
Lakes Region Pub-lic Access Television (LRPA) is a nonprofit, noncommercial public access TV station and community media cen-ter located on the Laco-nia High School cam-pus in Laconia. LRPA cablecasts locally on MetroCast Channel 24 (public bulletin board), Channel 25 (information and entertainment) and Channel 26 (government and school meetings) to nearly 24,000 viewers in our member towns and cities of Belmont, Gil-ford, Laconia, Meredith and Northwood. Pro-gramming is produced by and for the people of
the greater Lakes Re-gion. LRPA’s mission is to empower our com-munity members to pro-duce content that
fosters free speech and the open exchange of ideas,
encourages artistic and creative expression,
promotes a well-in-formed public through governmental transpar-ency, and
unites our communi-ties through the power of media and technolo-gy.
LRPA’s slogan: Com-munity empowered by media. Visit us on the Web at www.lrpa.org.
Pitman's welcomes Gracie Curran and the High Falutin Band
LACONIA — Pitman's Freight Room at 94 New Salem St. in Laconia is pleased to announce the following event for this weekend:
Saturday, Feb. 6, 8 p.m., $20: Gracie Cur-ran and the High Falutin Band
Occasionally, a vo-calist comes along with such a presence that they command everyone's un-divided attention. Such is the case with Boston's Gracie Curran. There is nothing subtle in her booming big mama voice. Her band and the addition of a horn section match the soulful energy of her voice, hanging in and driving her along on their musical excursion. Taking a line sometimes trod by Etta, Janis, and Shemekia, Gracie Cur-ran has a powerhouse vocal that drives a high pulse and drains the emotional bucket dry.
Curran's influences include Billie Holiday and Sharon Jones, whose Dap Kings albums have a vibiness that sounds like they were made 50 years
Courtesy photo
Gracie Curran
ago. She grew up on gos-pel and rock, singing in a church choir directed by her mother and listening to her father's Allman Brothers records. As a result, Proof of Love pos-sesses equal parts throw-
back soul and roadhouse swagger: “Weight of Her World” echoes “Tu-pelo Honey”-era Van Morrison, while “Jack and Mary Jane” is a straight-up rocker, and the sultry “With Friends
Like These” is down-low blues worthy of Janis Jo-plin. She has appeared with big names like Shemekia Copeland and Monster Mike Welch; Welch returned the fa-vor by sitting in with the High Falutin Band, as did Lydia Warren and Sax Gordon.
Doors open at 7 p.m.; for reservations, call 527-0043 or email [email protected]; tickets may be pur-chased on our Web site, www.pitmansfreight-room.com
A6 THE GILFORD STEAMER
Obituaries THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 4, 2016
2016 Valentine’sDay Edition...
and Cupid has a message!
Advertising inWinnisquam
Echo & Gilford Steamer
Valentine’s Day Special(February 11th)
2x2......... $252x4......... $502x5......... $60
Pricing:
This is a perfect way to promote your business for Valentine’s Day!
For more informationCall Beth Toyne at 603-279-4516 ext. 130
or Call Pat Cogan at 603-279-4516 ext. [email protected] • [email protected]
Weekend Get-A-Ways
Specials and/or Coupons
Gift Certificates
Valentine’s Day Dinner Specials
Valentine’s Day Events
Buy a Heart for your Valentine for the world to seeMail in by: February 4th to P.O. Box 729, Meredith, NH 03253
Fax: (603) 279-3331• E-mail: [email protected]
or call: 603-279-4516 by February 8th to be published inour February 11th Valentine’s Day Edition of
The Granite State News & The Baysider
Your Message:
2x2: $10
Name:
Phone #:
Mailing Address:
Town:
Secrurity Code:
ZIP:
Credit Card Number:
Signature: X
State:
Exp.:
You may include a check if you are
sending your ad in the mail, or you may call us with your payment
information.Please call by
Monday, February 8th!
Alexander Taylor Evans, 30LACONIA — Alexan-
der Taylor Evans, 30, of 130 Endicott St. North, died unexpectedly on Thursday, Jan. 28, 2016.
He was born on June 9, 1985 in Hanover, the son of Dr. Robert and Cheryl (Light) Evans. He attended Tilton School, where he played football, ice hockey and lacrosse. Alexander then attended Gettysburg Col-lege in Pennsylvania, and was a graduate of Roger Williams College in Rhode Island, earning a BA in History. Alex-ander worked as a Para Professional for Wood-land Heights Elementa-ry School. He participat-ed in many after school enrichment programs for the Elm Street and Woodland Heights El-ementary Schools and was active in Project Ex-tra in the Laconia sum-mer school system. He was an avid hockey fan and played for the Laco-nia Chiefs Hockey team.
Alexander traveled ex-tensively throughout the world, visiting many regions such as Europe, Asia and the Middle East.
In addition to his parents of Gilford, he is survived by his sis-ter, Kaitlynn Liset and her husband Reed of Laconia; his aunt, De-nise Henderson of Bar-rington; two uncles, Mark Evans of Boston, Mass. and Roger Evans of North Hampton; his maternal grandfather, Warren Light of Dover; his paternal grand-mother, Sofia Evans of
Dover; and three cous-ins, Matthew, Benjamin and Laura.
Memorial calling hours will be held from 4 to 7 p.m. on Friday, Feb. 5, 2016 at the Wilkin-son-Beane-Simoneau-Paquette Funeral Home, 164 Pleasant St., Laco-nia, using the Carriage House entrance. A Cel-ebration of Life will immediately follow at 7 p.m., also at the funeral home.
Burial will be private. For those who wish,
memorial contributions may be made to Wood-land Heights Student Enrichment, 225 Winter St., Laconia, NH 03246.
Wilkinson-Beane-S i m o n e a u - P a q u e t t e Funeral Home & Cre-mation Services, 164 Pleasant St., Laconia, is assisting the family with the arrangements. For more information and to view an online memori-al, go to www.wilkinson-beane.com.
June Gurall, 84LACONIA — June
Gurall, 84, of 1480 Old North Main Street, died Wednesday, Jan. 27, 2016 at Genesis Laconia Reha-bilitation and Nursing Center.
She was born on April 24, 1931 in Manchester, the daughter of the late Clarence and Eva Hol-lins. In younger years, June enjoyed playing softball and flower gar-dening. She loved the Red Sox, and most especially spending time with her children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren.
She is survived by her two sons, Kevin Gurall of Port Charlotte, Fla. and Scott Gurall and his wife Kathryn of Tilton; three daughters (Joellen Space and her husband Thom-as of Gilford, Kathy Ri-ley and her husband Mi-chael of Ashville, N.C. and Sandra Gurall of Gil-ford); ten grandchildren (Amanda Epstein, Beth-
any Cote, Cortney Cote, Nathan Cote, Olivia Bosies, Eleanor Bosies, Jack Henry Bosies, Pat-rick Riley, Griffin Riley and David Gurall); five great grandchildren; two brothers, Calvin Batchel-der of Alton and Harold Hannaford of Plymouth; one sister, Pearl O’Brien of Meredith; nieces and nephews.
In addition to her parents, she was prede-ceased by her husband, George Gurall, and one brother, George Mur-phy.
Calling hours will be held beginning at 1:30 p.m., followed by a me-morial service at 3 p.m. on Saturday, Feb. 6, 2016 at the Wilkinson-Beane-Simoneau-Paquette Fu-neral Home, 164 Pleas-ant St., Laconia, using the Carriage House en-trance.
A private burial will be held in the family plot at St. Joseph’s Cemetery in Bedford.
For those who wish, memorial contributions may be made to the New Hampshire Humane So-ciety, Laconia (http://www.nhhumane.org).
Wilkinson-Beane-Simoneau-Paquette Fu-neral Home & Cremation Services, 164 Pleasant St., Laconia, is assisting the family with the ar-rangements. For more information and to view an online memorial, go twww.wilkinsonbeane.com.
Doris D. Hickey, 93LACONIA — Doris
D. Hickey, 93, former-ly of 181 Belvidere St., passed away at Belknap County Nursing Home on Monday, Jan. 25, 2016.
Doris was born Feb. 5, 1922 in Laconia, daughter to Joseph F. and Laura M. (Picard) Theberge. Doris was educated in Laconia & graduated from La-conia High School in 1940. She married Rob-ert A. Hickey in 1946 at Our Lady of the Lakes Church in Lakeport, where she was a com-municant.
Doris joined the workforce at The Mill Shop on Union Avenue, where she perfected her skills in sewing & knitting. She moved on to the Assessor’s Office with the City of Laco-nia and retired in 1989.
Doris loved to sew for herself, her fami-ly and many others, readily donating what she made to the church craft fairs. She played on a woman’s bowling league and sang with a church folk group for many years. She loved learning new things
and became very profi-cient at refinishing fur-niture as well as chair caning.
Doris is survived by five children, Richard A. Hickey of Glouces-ter, Va., Carol L. Wild-er and her husband, Leon, of Center Os-sipee, Connie M. Raf-ferty and her husband, Kenneth, of Laconia, Susan J. Dath and her husband, David, of Meredith, and Robert A. Hickey, Jr. and his wife, Karen, of Gilman-ton; five grandchildren (Jennifer Hudgins of Gloucester Point, Va., Michelle Marcotte of Parker, Colo., Corey Bisson of New Durham, Trevor Bisson of St. Pe-tersburg, Fla. and Ari-el Dath of Meredith);
five great-grandchil-dren; a sister, Evelyn Morin of Laconia; and many nieces and neph-ews.
In addition to her parents, she was pre-deceased by her old-est child, Cathleen M. Shayeb, as well as by three sisters, Isabelle DeBlois, Blanch Mar-quis and Winnifred Nadeau. Doris was loved dearly and will be greatly missed by family and friends.
Services will be in the spring.
For those who wish, the family suggests that memorial dona-tions may be made to Central New Hamp-shire VNA & Hospice, 780 North Main St., Laconia, NH 03246 or to the Belknap Coun-ty Nursing Home, 30 County Drive, Laco-nia, NH 03246.
Wilkinson-Beane-S i m o n e a u - P a q u e t t e Funeral Home & Cre-mation Services, 164 Pleasant St., Laconia, is assisting the family. For more information and to view an online memorial, go to www.wilkinsonbeane.com.
THE GILFORD STEAMER A7Obituaries/Health & WellnessTHURSDAY, FEBRUARY 4, 2016
Factory TrainedFor Sales, Installation, Service
and Repairs
603-530-2860 • [email protected]
“Be prepared” is the Scout motto, and it’s also pretty good advice for anyone seeking to guard against various disasters – including financial ones.
Here are some events that can have serious financial consequences, along with suggestions on preparing yourself:
• Loss of employment – If you were to lose your job, your family might have to struggle financially to make it until you’re employed again. To protect against this potential threat, try to build an emergency fund containing three to six months’ worth of living expenses. That’s a lot of money, of course, so it will be challenging to build such a fund – but try to contribute something each month to a liquid, low-risk account. Without such an emergency fund, you might be forced to cash out your 401(k) or other retirement plan to pay for your living expenses during your period of unemployment.
• Loss of health – If you were ill or injured, you might be out of work for weeks or months. Your employer may offer you some type of disability insurance as an employee benefit, but it might not be sufficient. So
you may also want to purchase an individual plan to cover as much of your after-tax income as possible. You’ll have the flexibility to create a policy that is tailored to your needs, budget and overall financial goals. However, policies vary widely in cost and benefits, so you’ll want to shop around for the coverage that best meets your needs.
• Loss of life – Death may be an uncomfortable topic to discuss. However, if you were to pass away, it would be emotionally devastating to your loved ones – but it could also be financially catastrophic. Would your family still be able to pay the mortgage? Could your surviving spouse afford to send your kids to college? Without life insurance, your death could leave your family without the ability to cover financial obligations. The exact amount you require depends on a variety of factors, such as your family’s expenses, size of family, savings needs over time, and so on. Generally speaking, you can choose between two broad categories of insurance: term and permanent. Term insurance, as the name suggests, is designed for a specific number of years and only provides a death benefit. Permanent insurance is typically
more expensive, because, in addition to the death benefit, it offers a savings component. A financial professional can help guide you through your options to determine which one is appropriate for your needs.
• Loss of property – If you own a home, you already have homeowners insurance, but it doesn’t hurt to periodically check your policy to make sure it’s kept up with any improvements or additions you’ve made to your house or other property. If you’re under-covered, and had to pay out-of-pocket for some major damage, you might be forced to dip into your long-term investments. And while you’re making sure your property is covered, you might also want to consider adding “umbrella” coverage, which can provide extra protection to you in case someone is injured at your home, or even at an event at which you may be in charge, such as a Scout meeting.
With luck, you can avoid all the threats to your financial security and that of your family. But you can’t count on always being lucky – so you need to take “financial disaster preparedness” measures soon.
This article was written by Edward Jonesfor use by your local Edward Jones Financial Advisor.
For more information or to sign upfor their monthly newsletter, contact
Jacqueline Taylor, Financial Advisor, at 279-3161or email Jacki at [email protected].
Her office is located at14 Main Street, Downtown Meredith.
For more information, see http://www.edwardjones.com/ or “like” her on Facebookwww.facebook.com/
EJAdvisorJacquelineTaylor.
Paid Advertisement Paid Advertisement Paid Advertisement
Are You Prepared for Financial Disasters?
Patricia Ann Loring, 84LACONIA — Patricia
Ann Loring, 84, of 175 Blueberry Lane, and for-merly of Gilford, died on Tuesday, Jan. 26, 2016 at Laconia Rehabilitation Center.
Patricia was born on Aug. 8, 1931 in Dracut, Mass., the daughter of Joseph Z. and Marjorie (Hughes) Hamelin.
Patricia was a grad-uate of Laconia High School, class of 1949. She worked for the Laconia News, Vacationer, The Evening Citizen, Lake-port Landing Marine, Ippolito’s Furniture, and most recently Paradise Beach Club.
Patricia was active in the Girl Scouts, fund raising for the YMCA and other local causes. She also was active in politics, was a ward 5 chairman and an officer of the Lakeport Women’s Club. Patricia loved to ski, sail, read, had a great
interest in antiques, and was an amazing artist.
Patricia is survived by three sons (Allen “Chip” Loring, Jr. and wife Mag-gie of Salt Lake City, Utah, Randall Loring of Laconia and Bret Lor-ing, and wife Krista of Laconia); grandchildren Brittany Loring, Karen Sheehan, Josh Sjostrom, Olivia Bartlett, and Jake Drouin, and great grand-children Hailey, Miles, Nicole, and Jordan; two brothers, Joseph “Ted”
Hamelin of Laconia and Robert Hamelin, of Moultonborough; along with two sisters, Carolyn Cross, of Idaho and Nan-cy Smith Pizzo of Con-necticut.
Patricia was prede-ceased by a sister, Joan Natalie Hamelin, at age five.
There will be no call-ing hours or services.
For those who wish, the family suggests that memorial donations may be made to the Lake Winnipesaukee Sailing Association, PO Box 7047, Gilford NH 03247, www.lwsa.org.
Wilkinson-Beane-Simoneau-Paquette Fu-neral Home & Cremation Services, 164 Pleasant St., Laconia, is assisting the family with the ar-rangements. For more information and to view an online memorial, go to www.wilkinsonbeane.com.
Robert William Sears, 53Robert William
Sears, 53, of 343 Old Lake Shore Road, died Tuesday, Jan. 26, 2016 at the Manchester VA Medical Center in Manchester.
He was born on June 11, 1962 in Laconia, the son of William E. and Lulu E. (Roberts) Sears. Robert served in the US Air Force, being stationed at Dugway Proving Ground, Utah, Hahn AFB, Germa-ny and Pease AFB in Portsmouth. He worked for several years as a Air Driver for UPS in Manchester and in Bedford. Rob-ert enjoyed hunting, which he often enjoyed with his father. Robert also enjoyed competi-tion shooting, watch-ing the Red Sox and New England Patriots
and family gatherings. A lover of the outdoors, Robert also enjoyed skiing, ice climbing and hiking Mount Washington and Tuck-erman’s Ravine.
He is survived by his parents, William E. and Lulu Sears of Gilford; his sister, Do-reen Ann Sears of Gil-ford; aunts, uncles and cousins.
There will be no call-ing hours.
A private graveside service will be held at the New Hampshire State Veterans Ceme-tery in Boscawen.
For those who wish, memorial contribu-tions may be made to the New Hampshire Veterans Cemetery Association, Inc. PO Box 626, Concord, NH 03302-0626 or to an an-imal charity of one’s choice.
Wilkinson-Beane-S i m o n e a u - P a q u e t t e Funeral Home & Cre-mation Services, 164 Pleasant St., Laconia, is assisting the fam-ily with the arrange-ments. For more infor-mation and to view an online memorial, go to www.wilkinsonbeane.com.
Taylor Community hires new administrator
courtesy
Susan Denopoulos
LACONIA — Susan Denopoulos has been hired as Taylor Com-munity’s new adminis-trator. She will oversee all of health services in-cluding Assisted Living, Nursing and Opechee Harbor Memory Care.
A graduate of Rivier University (MA in Clin-ical Counseling) and the University of Massachu-setts (BA in Sociology), she comes to Taylor with a wealth of experience in the senior care field including an extensive background in opera-tions, marketing and admissions, said Exec-utive Director Michael Flaherty.
“We’re happy to have Susan on board. She’s going to be a wonderful asset to our team,” he added.
Denopoulos' affinity for seniors began ear-ly in her career when she worked as a social worker while her chil-dren were growing up. “I always wanted to be an administrator so I could have an impact on poli-cies and procedures and resident care, but the timing wasn’t right.”
Eventually, she was offered the opportunity to be an Administrator in Training, which she gladly accepted. She
worked for several years as an administrator at Rockingham County, Academy Manor and Town & Country Nurs-ing Homes. Most recent-ly she was the adminis-trator and President of the Board of Directors at Warde Health Center in Windham, where she currently lives.
“I’m happy that I was chosen for this position,” said Susan.
She’s looking forward to being part of the team and leading Taylor to-ward even higher excel-lence in resident-cen-tered care.
“I’m not afraid to make the hard decisions when necessary, but I be-lieve kindness, fairness and openness are very important,” she added.
In the short time she’s been here, Denopoulos has become very im-pressed with the staff.
“The people who work here really care about the residents and the community,” she said. “I want them to be hap-py working here – they spend a lot of time on the job. An important part of my job is ensuring that this is a great place to work, that we contin-ue to be the employer of choice in the Lakes Re-gion.”
“Our staff takes pride in what they do. You can’t buy or teach that – it comes from the heart,” she said.
In her spare time, De-nopoulous enjoys trav-eling and recently spent time on Sanibel Island, Fla., where she was able to kayak among mana-tees. She also likes ski-ing – both downhill and cross-country and is a New England Patriot’s fan.
Taylor Community is a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit Continuing Care Retire-ment Community whose mission is to provide the highest quality re-tirement living options to support the indepen-dence, health and dignity of community residents. Visit www.taylorcom-munity.org and check out Facebook to keep up with all our events.
LRGHealthcare's Carolyn Muller to speak at next Committee on Aging meeting
GILFORD — Friday, Feb. 12 at 10 a.m., Belknap County Area Committee on Aging welcomes Com-munity Health Improve-ment Specialist, Carolyn Muller from LRGHealth-care.
Muller will dis-cuss two current pro-grams that she teach-es at LRGHealthcare; Stanford Universities Better Choices, Better Health Chronic Disease Self-Management Pro-gram, and A Matter of Balance program. Both of these programs ad-dress two of the biggest concerns older adults face, and are the main factors in older adults being admitted to a hos-pital, rehabilitation cen-ter, or nursing home.
The Chronic Disease Self-Management Pro-gram is a workshop giv-en once a week, for six weeks, in community settings such as senior centers, churches, li-braries and hospitals.
People with different chronic health prob-lems attend together. Workshops are facilitat-ed by two trained lead-ers, one or both of whom have a chronic diseases themselves. A Matter of Balance: Managing Concerns About Falls is a program designed to reduce the fear of fall-ing and increase activ-ity levels among older adults. This eight-week workshop led by trained facilitators is a nation-ally recognized pro-gram developed at the Roybal Center at Boston University. During the class, participants learn to view falls as control-lable, set goals for in-creasing activity, make changes to reduce fall risk at home and exer-cise to increase strength and balance.
This event is open to the public and free of charge. Questions are encouraged, so please write them down and
bring them with you to all sessions. Please con-tact Stace at 528-2555 or [email protected] for more information.
The mission of the Belknap County Area Committee on Aging is to advocate and inform the public on matters relating to the develop-ment and implementa-tion of local, state and federal programs / is-sues affecting well-be-ing, independence and dignity in keeping with New Hampshire's goal to keep seniors healthy, helping us to realize full potential.
The Belknap Coun-ty Area Committee on Aging meetings start at 10am, the 2nd Friday of each month. The com-mittee meets in the Wes-ley Woods Community Room off Route 11A, behind the First Unit-ed Methodist Church in Gilford. All are wel-come.
Breast Cancer and Beyond March & April gatherings
LACONIA — The LRGHealthcare Breast Cancer and Beyond Sup-port Gathering will not be meeting in February. However, they hope to see you in March and/or April.
Join them Monday, March 7, 4:30-6 p.m. in the Tanger Suite (the new home of Women’s Imaging and Breast Health Services) located through the front lobby at Lakes Region General Hospital (LRGH). Light refreshments will be available.
Then, return to the Tanger Suite at LRGH Monday, April 4, 4:30-6 p.m. where special guests, Kathryn Cran-ford, a licenses naturo-pathic doctor and San-dra Adams Cranford, a
breast cancer survivor, retired DVS, and reiki practitioner will join the group to talk about healthy eating, exercise, and other interesting topics.
RSVP is appreciated but not required for the Breast Cancer and Be-yond Support Program. For more information, please contact Ginny Witkin at 527-2940 or
[email protected]. LRGHealthcare is
a not-for-profit health-care charitable trust representing Lakes Region General Hospi-tal, Franklin Regional Hospital, and affiliated medical providers. LRG-Healthcare’s mission is to provide quality, com-passionate care and to strengthen the well-be-ing of our community.
A8 THE GILFORD STEAMER
Health & Wellness/Business THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 4, 2016
HomemadeDAILY
SPECIALS!
WI-FIAvailable
ComeCheck Out Our New Look!
Owner: Duane White
444 NH Route 11 Farmington, NH
755-9900
Open Everydayfor Breakfast & Lunch
5am - 2pm
Sundays 5am - 12pm
DailySpecials
Newborn babies at LRGH to celebrate American Heart Month with special hatsHats knitted and crocheted by volunteers for the American Heart Association as part of the Little Hats, Big HeartsTM program
LACONIA — Volun-teers for the American Heart Association will be celebrating American Heart Month by knit-ting and crocheting red hats for all babies born at Lakes Region General Hospital’s (LRGH) Fam-ily Birthplace in Febru-ary. LRGH is participat-ing in the Association’s Little Hats, Big Hearts program, which raises awareness of heart dis-ease, the number one killer of Americans, and congenital heart defects,
the most common type of birth defect in the coun-try.
Lauren Murphy, RN, MSN, and LRGH Fami-ly Birthplace Coordina-tor comments, “We are proud to join other New Hampshire hospitals in participating in this im-portant program with the American Heart As-sociation. Heart disease and congenital heart de-fects are top healthcare issues and we’re happy to help in any way we can to educate our fami-
lies and raise awareness. We look forward to see-ing all our Family Birth-place babies in these beautiful little hats this February.”
This is the first year New Hampshire Hos-pitals are participating in the Little Hats, Big Hearts program, which provides hats to new-born babies in 34 states across the country.
American Heart Month is an annual cel-ebration in February that began in 1963 to en-
courage Americans to join the battle against heart disease. A pres-idential proclamation pays tribute each year to researchers, physicians, public health profes-sionals and volunteers for their tireless efforts in preventing, treating and researching heart disease.
w w w . h e a r t . o r g /NHLittleHatsBigHearts
About LRGHealthcare
LRGHealthcare is a not-for-profit health-
care charitable trust representing Lakes Region General Hospi-tal, Franklin Regional Hospital, and affiliated medical providers. LRG-Healthcare’s mission is to provide quality, com-passionate care and to strengthen the well-be-ing of our community.
About the American
Heart AssociationFounded in 1924,
we’re the nation’s oldest and largest voluntary health organization ded-
icated to building health-ier lives, free of heart disease and stroke. To help prevent, treat and defeat these diseases — America’s No. 1 and No. 5 killers — we fund cutting-edge research, conduct lifesaving pub-lic and professional educational programs, and advocate to protect public health. To learn more or join us in help-ing all Americans, call 1-800-AHA-USA1 or visit americanheart.org.
THE WINNIPESAUKEE TALKIEJanuary home sales rise YoY, sustained growth predicted
MARK ON THE MARKETSTo fee or not to fee
BY RANDY HILMAN
Regional home sales in January fell more than 43 percent from De-cember, but rose nearly three percent from Jan-uary 2015, figures show.
An increase in home sales, year over year, to 173 closed transactions also brought good news to home sellers as the median price of a home in Belknap, Carroll and Grafton counties rose 9.5 percent to $179,000 while sales volume rose nearly 16 percent to $45.5 mil-lion, according to market data supplied by the New England Real Estate Net-work Multiple Listing Service.
Local and area real estate brokers attribut-ed the sharp month-to-month sales decline to the onset of winter, which finally arrived in January after the unsea-sonably warm weather in November and De-cember.
Overall, meanwhile, market watchers are forecasting another pos-itive sales growth year following the nearly 11 percent rise in region-al home sales last year compared to 2014.
“In 2015…residential real estate, by and large had a good year,” the New Hampshire Asso-ciation of REALTORS® wrote in it’s year end housing report.
“Save for a few ex-pensive outliers where low inventory and high prices have become the norm, a balanced (growth) market is an-ticipated for much of the country for the foresee-able future.”
NHAR reported that a healthy, yearlong de-mand for housing was spurred on by an im-proving jobs market and interest rates that remained historic lows. The Federal Reserve raised its short-term benchmark interest rate in December and more increases are expected this year as the economy continues to improve, but NHAR wrote in its December report that the housing market ap-pears to have accepted the inevitability of rising rates.
Most housing experts predict that additional interest rate hikes by the Fed will have only a neg-ligible impact on long-term fixed rate mort-gages, but a somewhat greater impact on adjust-able rate mortgage loans in the months ahead.
Carroll County led the three-county Lakes Region in January sales
with 63 closed transac-tions, up 28.5% from the same month last year, Grafton County was a close second, logging 59 sales, a figure that rep-resents a 12% year over year sales decline. Belk-nap County, which end-ed 2015 as the home sales leader, recorded 52 trans-actions, unchanged from January 2015, according to NEREN.
Meanwhile, the dollar volume of sold homes and condos in the three-county region
also rose significantly with the modest uptick in year over year sales, increasing 15.76 percent, to $45.68 million.
Again, Carroll County led the pack at the start of the new sales year with sold dollar volume increasing a whopping 41.5 percent to $16.37 million. Grafton County sold volume rose 28% to $14.97 million. Belknap County dollar volume actually fell 10.2% on flat sales to $14.57 million, NEREN figures show.
The combined medi-an home price for Belk-nap, Carroll and Graf-ton counties rose 9.47 percent to $179,000, good news for sellers, but less so for homebuyers, who saw the homes becom-ing less affordable with rising prices, despite low home loan interest rates and an improving jobs market. Statewide, home affordability fell 2.8 per-cent in 2015 according to NHAR’s affordability index, which measures the amount of household
income required to qual-ify for the median price home at current market interest rates. The medi-an home price statewide was $235,000, up 5.5 per-cent for the year, NHAR reported.
The median price of a Grafton County home rose 16.31 percent to $139,000, year over year. In Carroll County, the median price increased 5.58 percent to $189,000, while in Belknap Coun-ty, the median price of a
BY MARK PATTERSON
When I started in the brokerage busi-ness 20 years ago, there were mostly commis-sion-based brokers. So when you walked in to one of the local broker-age houses, you knew what to expect for the most part. Most of the brokers at the Tuck-er Anthony, where I started my brokerage career, were building portfolios with indi-vidual stocks or bonds, municipal bonds being a favorite. While mu-tual funds were becom-ing very popular, they were typically used in conjunction with the individual stocks and
bonds. I myself used mutual funds for very specific reasons. Ex-change traded funds were not even avail-able at the time. If you are investing money in 1995, it was very likely that you are in a typi-cal brokerage account as opposed to a fee-based or fee-only wrap account. The tide has shifted dramatically in the last 20 years to-wards fee or wrap ac-counts. Brokers were transformed into finan-cial advisors with less ability to actually touch the money as opposed to delegating to mutual funds or managed mon-ey. While most brokers were persuaded to get their series 65 or man-aged money license, I recall most accounts at Tucker Anthony were commission based bro-kerage accounts.
In 2016, we now have a variety of fee only, fee and commission or commissioned product sales. But it gets even
more complicated by the fact that fee only, fee and commission, or commission product sales people are not all the same even with-in their own category. For example, a finan-cial planning firm that is fee-only may charge for the creation of a fi-nancial plan and a fee to manage those assets. But that same firm may not manage assets in house but designate to outside managers. They may recommend cer-tain types of insurance but they do not sell you the insurance they may refer you to an insur-ance agent. A different fee and commission firm may manage your assets in house sparing your account of addi-tional outside manage-ment fees. That firm may also sell the insur-ance recommended for that client. Then you have the “financial ad-visor” that is licensed differently than the in-vestment advisor. That advisor is considered a registered represen-tative that works for a broker-dealer. They too may have the ability to manage money on their
firm’s platform but I believe they are more biased to product sales and commission busi-ness. You may find an advisor that is only li-censed to sell insurance product. It can be very confusing to the invest-ing public because of-ten times the insurance salesperson holds them-selves out as an advisor or planner but may not have that experience or training.
I could be biased and give you my opinion of what model is best, but I’ll will keep opin-ion to myself. What I recommend is that you review your account statements. Look at the advisor or your advi-sors firm, ask questions regarding how they are paid, how are they licensed or registered and don’t be afraid to talk with a couple of different types of firms. Look for your best fit and do your homework.
Mark Patterson is an advisor with life-long financial planning and MHP asset man-agement, Mark can be reached at 447-1979 or [email protected].
SEE TALKIE PAGE A10
THE GILFORD STEAMER A9From the FrontTHURSDAY, FEBRUARY 4, 2016
MORINInsurance Agency
Compare Our Pricing -
SAVE!!!!
• More Choices • Local Service • Better Coverage
Auto - Home - Recreational VehiclesLife - Business
Call 603-875-120024 Mount Major Highway
Alton Bay, NH
Fax: 603-875-1201
Email: [email protected]
www.MorinAgency.com
er,” Goddard said. Work on the moun-
tain coaster is well underway. Goddard said most of the infra-structure and earth work is done. The 4,000 foot coaster will be tall-er than the 70 foot ski jump and take a mean-dering course through the woods, past the Breezy Knowles sec-tion of the camp-ground, and ending by the Adaptive Sports building. He said the project is on time and they will continue to update the town on its progress.
Goddard also ex-pressed his apprecia-tion for the ways the town had helped the re-sort. This included the fire, code enforcement, and health officials coming by on short notice when Gunstock wanted to renovate its food services facility. He said they gave feed-back on the project, which was excellently completed and compli-ant with codes. Anoth-er issue was an error in the sewer meter caused by sludge. The town re-
GUNSTOCK (Continued from Page A1) WOOD ROAD (Continued from Page A1)
CANDIDATES (Continued from Page A1)
MAKERSPACE (Continued from Page A1)
Erin PlummEr
A huge line for the Panorama lift on a Sunday afternoon. Despite a slow start due to the weather, Gunstock Mountain resort is now seeing steady numbers.
sponded and were able to correct the problem.
One of the most crit-ical issues that was re-solved with quick town response was when a water fitting broke in the Stockade, spraying water all over elec-trical equipment. An alarm was activated and the Gilford Fire Department immedi-ately responded and re-solved the issue before a fire broke out.
“Had that not been dealt with in a timely manner that could have been a real disaster in the middle of the winter to lose that building,” Goddard said. “I just
want to express my ap-preciation publicly for the rapport we've devel-oped with the town.”
Town Administrator Scott Dunn expressed his appreciation for the way Gunstock has helped the town. He said the resort gave the town a license to put up a radio tower for the po-lice and Public Works in that area. Dunn said the town also has a nice arrangement with Gunstock to collect tax revenue for RV's and campers
“It's very much a two way street; its not just us doing things for them,” Dunn said.
any potential logging op-erations.
Dan Tinkham of the Belknap Range Trail Tenders (BRATS) said there has been a mas-sive growth in the numbers of hikers that come through that parking lot. He said he is concerned about the impacts this could have to the already sparse parking out there.
Dunn said under the warrant article the road would still be a pub-lic road and the town would not be prohibit-ed from maintaining it. Usually this is not the case on a Class VI road, but Dunn said the arti-cle had a provision in place for the town to do some maintenance.
The Watsons also said they only learned of this article this pre-vious Saturday though this had been discussed
by the board months ago. Dunn later said word about this propos-al was initially spread through word of mouth and in the newspapers rather than in a formal notice.
“If that was done this issue could have been resolved months ago,” Watson said. “Un-fortunately, the board moved forward without consulting the people this most affected.”
Nancy Watson said she wishes this process had been more thor-oughly discussed.
“It's placed a huge emotional and financial burden on my husband and I,” Nancy Watson said. “Since Saturday, this has absolutely turned our lives upside down.”
The Watson's urged the town to amend the article changing it from
an outright discontin-uance to doing a study on possible discontin-uance and its impacts. Richardson said chang-ing the article and doing a study would be much less costly than legal ac-tion the Watson's would take against the town if their road was discon-tinued now.
Selectman Chan Eddy said this is one is-sue that they did not re-alize the impact it could have until someone told them. Selectman Rich-ard Grenier also said he would urge people not to support the discon-tinuance and support a study instead.
After some discus-sion the selectmen agreed by consensus that someone from the board would move to amend the article to do a study instead of a dis-continuance.
trustee Geoff Ruggles will not seek another term.
Jack Lyman will seek reelection for another three-year term on the board of fire engineers.
Three people are run-ning for the three avail-able positions on the budget committee that will be vacated by outgo-ing members. Tim Sulli-van, S. Peter Karagianis, and Sean Murphy are all running for three-year positions on the com-mittee. Current budget committee members David Horvath, Jeffrey Beane, and Robert Hen-derson, Jr. are not seek-ing additional terms.
On the Gilford School District ballot, there is
one contested office.Three candidates are
seeking two three-year terms on the school board. Incumbents Kar-en Thurston and Jack Landow are seeking new terms on the board. Gretchen Gandini is also running for one of the two open seats.
The rest of the school district offices are un-contested.
Sandra McGonagle is seeking another two-year term as school dis-trict moderator.
Kimberly Zyla is running again for a one year term as school dis-trict clerk.
Current school dis-trict treasurer Dawn Scribner is also run-
ning for another one-year term.
A complete copy of the town warrant can be found online at the town website www.gilfordnh.org. The school district warrant with informa-tion packets on articles can be found at https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B_Yr-k6mptyARVR-4RkxCaDI1dEk/view
The town delibera-tive session will take place on Thursday, Feb. 4 at 7 p.m. at the Gilford High School auditori-um.
Town and school dis-trict voting on warrant articles will take place on Tuesday, March 8 from 7 a.m.-7 p.m. at the Gilford Youth Center.
On one day kids did tie dye. They learned different designs and techniques, then dyed their own shirts from an assortment of differ-ent trays and bottles. Afterward the shirts were wrapped in plas-tic and microwaved to set the dye. Then they were rinsed and al-lowed to dry.
The following week, students went to the GYC to do pendulum painting.
Maxwell said around 10 children signed up for the “Messy Art” program with atten-dance varying by ses-sion.
There are different themes for each ses-sion, but Maxwell said they keep it open end-ed so kids can do what they want with their projects.
Maxwell said this program is one way to reach out to the older kids, which has been a big aim for the library.
“It's great because there are kids I haven't seen otherwise,” Max-well said.
The library has also been doing book talks with fourth graders at Gilford Elementary School.
“That's been really
Erin PlummEr
“Messy Art” participants rinse out their shirts after dyeing them.
successful,” Maxwell said. “We see the kids come in to check these books out.”
The next topic will be Architecture. In “Makerspace: Archi-tecture” students will build architectural de-
signs such as towers and other buildings out of newspapers and oth-er basic materials. The program started on Feb. 2. The next Mak-erspace session will be on Tuesday, Feb. 9.
A10 THE GILFORD STEAMER
The Rest of the Story THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 4, 2016
like-minded Indepen-dents. Per their usu-al meeting format, if you're interested in having dinner (at your option) and/or wish to socialize before the meeting, plan to arrive
as early as 5 p.m. The Committee
thanks its members for continuing to bring food pantry donations to the meetings, and again reminds them to bring a non-perishable food item
to this month’s meeting.For more informa-
tion, please check the Committee’s Web site at www.BelknapCoun-tyGOP.org or send an email to [email protected].
EDELBLUT (Continued from Page A3)
TALKIE (Continued from Page A8)
NOTEBOOK (Continued from Page A4)
home declined 4.57 per-cent to $195,625, NEREN data shows.
According to NHAR, single-family home sales rose 11.7 percent in 2015 to 15,882 closed units, while condominium sales rose 16 percent to 4,111 sold units. The dollar volume of closed single-family home sales statewide jumped 16.5 percent to $4.44 billion,
while condo volume in-creased 20.7 percent to $827 million.
Housing inventory statewide was down 22.8 percent at the close of the year to a 6.1-month supply. Condo invento-ry declined 26.6 percent to a 4.7-month supply, according to NHAR’s yearend report. The number of single-family houses and condomini-
this, with a GS map and Bing’s brief notes at hand.
On the list were the likes of Heath, Davis, Hawes, McKeage, Var-ney, Lord, Carr, and of course Judd. The talk came fast, and my eggs got cold. We have a date to do this again, and this time I’ll have a fresh map and a Number Two pen-cil along to trace some of the old trails and get this stuff down.
One of the old trails,
the Davis Path---not to be confused with the fa-mous trail of the same name in the White Mountains---went right by my camp in the mid-dle of nowhere. Another went from the junction of the East Branch and Deadwater Stream right up over the ridge and down into Labrador Swamp. I’ve been on the remnants of that one, as a teenager living with Rudy Shatney, and re-member the deep moss
to either side, and the cuts through huge, long-ago blowdowns.
+++++
Squirt-dams, or driv-
ing dams, were built high on the small finger brooks of many water-sheds---the Merrimack, the Pemigewasset, the Androscoggin, the var-ious Ammonoosuc, the Nulhegan, and Indian and Perry streams---to create a tremendous
head of water to flush hundreds of thousands of logs down into the main stems of major rivers for the fabled log drives to mills far below.
But how did the driv-ing boss---the man in charge of getting the drive under way---get the signal to the far-flung dam-keepers to let the water go? I’ve asked this question a couple of times, and received some interesting responses from readers.
Telegraph lines and then telephone lines, which were just sim-ple bare wires strung through the woods, have topped the list of sug-gestions. And wires did indeed connect major commercial camps and logging camps of old, as soon as the telegraph and telephone were in-vented.
But I think it was im-practical to run lines to every far-off squirt-dam site, and so I wonder if, in that age of abundant and cheap labor, it was sim-ply a matter of selecting the youngest and fastest runners, and sending them forth with the word from the boss: “Let ‘er go tomorrow morning, at 6:30 sharp.”
+++++
Finally, I’ve men-
tioned that both hops and hemp were major cash crops in settlement times and beyond. I can remember trotting across Henry Ricker’s upper hayfield in Clarks-ville with Rudy Shatney, noticing some odd and obviously man-made ter-races in the ground up near the edge of the hard-woods, and bringing
our journey to a halt by asking what they were all about. “Hops beds,” he said matter-of-factly, and we trotted on.
Indeed, hops and hemp have a rich histo-ry as New Hampshire cash-crops perfectly suited to the climate, and I wonder if anyone is growing and selling hops, which is legal, or hemp, which is not but is finally emerging from the shadow of ridiculous restrictions.
Readers? (This column runs
in weekly newspapers covering two-thirds of New Hampshire from Concord to Lower Que-bec and parts of western Maine and northeastern Vermont. Write to [email protected] or Box 39, Colebrook, NH 03576.)
ums available for sale in the Lakes Region totaled 2,497 units, or a supply pipeline of 7.7 months, NEREN data shows.
Do you have specific questions pertaining to real estate activity in your neighborhood or community? Are you thinking of selling your home or do you know someone who may be planning to buy or sell a home in the near future? Either way I can help. The real estate market is ever changing. What you don’t know about it could cost you time and money. Contact me to-day by email or phone to schedule a free, no-strings consultation. Meanwhile, thank you for reading The Winni-pesaukee Talkie.
The Winnipesaukee Talkie is a real estate feature column produced by Randy Hilman, an award-winning former business journalist for The Tennessean, a Gan-nett daily newspaper located in Nashville, Tenn. Mr. Hilman today is an associate broker at Keller Williams Lakes & Mountains Realty, Wolfe-boro. He can be reached at 610-8963 or by email at rhilman@randyhilman-
SPORTSNewHampshireLakesAndMountains.com
SECTION
THURSDAY
BFEBRUARY 4, 2016
THE GILFORD STEAMER
Sports Editor - Joshua Spaulding - 569-3126 (phone) - 569-4743 (fax) - [email protected]
SEE GIRLS PAGE B6
Harris, Beaudet power Eagles past rival LaconiaBY JEFF LAJOIE
GILFORD – With two starters return-ing to the lineup, the Gilford High School girls' basketball team was finally back to full strength on Friday. With one-loss Laconia High School in town, the Golden Eagles needed their full com-plement of weapons to stay unbeaten.
Gilford survived a fourth quarter come-back bid from the vis-iting Sachems, holding off their chief rival these days for a 54-43 victory in a battle of the top two teams in the Lakes Region and a rematch of last year's NHIAA Division III semifinal game also won by the Eagles.
“They're scrappy and you aren't going to get anything free from them,” said Gilford head coach Rick Forge of Laconia. “They're one of the fastest teams we play but the kids kept their composure. It was nice to be chal-lenged. I'd like to have games like this every night, especially com-ing down the stretch here.”
The win moved the Eagles to a perfect 13-0 on the season enter-ing this week's slate of games, tying them with defending state cham-pion Conant as the lone undefeated teams remaining in D-III.
Gilford got a mon-ster game from senior forward Maddie Har-ris, who just missed out on a 20-20 outing with 19 points and 18 rebounds. Her match-up was one Forge knew his team could exploit, as Laconia mirrors
the Eagles in many ways except for having someone with the size and physicality of Har-ris.
“We know how the matchups would go and Maddie is a tough matchup for them,” he explained. “We knew that going in. I knew if Maddie had a good night then we'd be right in the game.”
That's not to say Harris was the only one giving Laconia headaches. Sophomore shooting guard Brooke Beaudet returned to the lineup after miss-ing two weeks due to an injury suffered in the win over Bow, and the sharpshooter keyed a big second quarter with nine of her 14 points, including a pair of three-pointers.
“Just having Brooke on the court changes the whole scheme for us,” Forge said. “Hav-ing her and Jordan (Dean) back changes things for us. Jordan on the defensive end really gets after it and Brooke offensive-ly, she's just tough to guard. So it was great to have them back.”
Senior point guard Cassidy Bartlett had five points, seven re-bounds and four as-sists, while Stevie Or-ton tossed in 12 points, nine rebounds and three assists.
"It's kind of like a triple-headed monster over there,” explained Laconia head coach Jeff Greeley. “You fo-cus your time on Cassi-dy to try and slow them down, and then you leave Brooke open. Or you put your emphasis on Brooke and let Cas-sidy run and then in
JEFF LAJOIE
Gilford senior Jordan Dean backs down Laconia's Kailey Nute in the Eagles' 54-43 victory in Division III action on Friday night. Gilford improved to a perfect 13-0 entering this week, handing the visiting Sachems just their second loss of the season in the process.
JEFF LAJOIE
Senior Maddie Harris hauls down one of her 18 rebounds to go along with 19 points on Friday night in Gilford, where her Golden Eagles took care of visiting Laconia, 54-43, to remain unbeaten.
the other post it's Mad-die playing well or it's Stevie Orton playing well so they create a lot of tough matchups."
Gilford built a 31-24 lead at halftime, keep-ing the Sachems (10-2) mostly in the half court offensively despite their affinity for get-ting out in transition and making the contest an up tempo one.
“I thought it was a great game, our girls never quit,” said Gree-ley. “We made a run at it but for a team that prides ourself on running the court and
playing in transition, we did an awful job."
Gilford's third quar-ter really put the Ea-gles in the driver's seat. Holding a 33-29 lead with 6:14 left, the hosts went on an 11-0 run, holding Laconia off the scoreboard for the rest of the stanza to take a 44-29 advantage entering the fourth. Harris had six points in the spree, while of-fensive contributions also came from Bart-lett, Dean and Orton.
“We live and die off
B2 THE GILFORD STEAMER THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 4, 2016Sports
PORTRAITS • WEDDINGS • SCENICS • EVENTS
Matthew Fassett343 Main St.Alton Bay, NH 03810
phone: 603-393-7336email: [email protected]
SHELLY BREWER, ABR®, AREPREALTOR®
(603) 581-2879 DIRECT(603) 677-2535 [email protected] and/or Selling Agent of the MonthOctober, November, & December
Sun Lake Estates – $299,900
Offense explodes as B-G blanks Laconia/Winnisquam
BY JEFF LAJOIE
LACONIA – Goals from eight different players showcased a balanced attack, as the Belmont-Gilford hock-ey team breezed to its second straight win after dropping three straight games on Sat-urday.
The Bulldogs scored three times in the first four minutes of the opening period and didn't look back, storming past Laco-nia/Winnisquam, 11-0, in Division III action at Laconia Ice Arena.
“It's good in a sense for us because we can roll everyone out there, our third and fourth lines in a game like this, and we need some of that to get ev-eryone involved,” said B-G head coach Jay Londer, whose team improved to 9-3 overall entering this week.
The Bulldogs ran all of their lines al-most immediately against the Wolfpack (2-7), as the defending state champs got on the board just 1:03 into the game when Caleb Drouin scored from close range with as-sists to Dylan Treamer and Christian Kara-gianis to make it 1-0.
Just 1:06 later, Ethan Becker got on the board, finishing off a strong shift with a goal from Harrison Parent to make it 2-0. Less than two minutes after the lead grew to 3-0, as Drouin potted his second of the night on an unassisted push up the ice.
Hunter Dupuis made it 4-0 for B-G with 5:07 left before intermis-sion, scoring off a feed from linemate Parent and sending his team into the locker room with a commanding early advantage.
“We're able to roll out those lines because we got out to a com-fortable lead,” Londer explained. “You do like
having the opportunity to do that because it's really hard as a third or fourth line player to feel a part of the team if they're stuck watch-ing from the bench all the time. We really look forward to work-ing them into games because at some point, we're going to need contributions from ev-eryone.”
Defenseman James Buckley kept the scor-ing going just 1:05 into the second period, as he stayed with his initial shot on net and poked home the rebound to make it 5-0.
Treamer added to the total late in the frame, scoring a high-light reel goal after juking past two L/W defenders and depos-iting the puck in the back of the net for a 6-0 edge into the locker room.
The lead grew quick-ly in the third, with goals coming from Alex Muthersbaugh, Chaz Hacking, Buck-ley, Becker and Troy Gallagher to account for the 11-0 victory.
“I know Laconia was missing some key guys but you have to keep building and get every-one on the same page and we were able to do that,” Londer said.
Buckley, Parent and Treamer all had two assists in the win for B-G, which closed out the season sweep of the Wolfpack after beating them 7-2 earlier in the season. Goalkeeper Cody Hodgins picked up the shutout in net, keeping L/W off the board with several key saves.
B-G has games with rival Moultonbor-ough/Inter-Lakes and Kearsarge-Plymouth this week before the big rematch with Ber-lin-Gorham on Feb. 10. The Mountaineers handed the 'Dogs a 4-3 loss back on Jan. 16.
JEFF LAJOIE
Belmont-Gilford's Christian Karagianis carries the puck through the zone during action in his team's 11-0 victory over Laconia/Winnisquam on Saturday at Laconia Ice Arena.
JEFF LAJOIE
Laconia/Winnisquam's Connor Johnson (8) tries to stay away from the defending of B-G's Miles Defosses in the first period of the Bulldogs' 11-0 win on Saturday.
Bugnacki sparks Eagles in rout of Belmont, 72-41
BY JEFF LAJOIE
BELMONT – A second quarter blitz that carried over into the second half proved to be plenty of offense for the Gilford High School boys' basket-ball team last week. The visiting Golden Eagles outscored host Belmont High School by a whop-ping 39-15 margin in the second and third quar-ters, earning a 72-41 win in Division III action on Jan. 26 to split the season series one game apiece.
“They packed it in against us and we final-ly hit some shots over the top,” said Gilford
JEFF LAJOIE
Gilford senior Carter Mercer puts back a shot after grabbing an offensive rebound in the Eagles' 72-41 victory on the road at Belmont last week.
SEE BOYS PAGE B3
head coach Chip Veazey, whose team rebounded from a 60-56 loss at home to Belmont earlier in the season. “It was nice to see some shots from the outside go in. We haven't had that in awhile.”
Gilford's second quar-ter run was jumpstarted by senior guard Mike Bugnacki, who scored 10 of his 13 points in the period. That included back-to-back three-point-ers just before halftime that closed a 10-0 run to end the frame and give the Eagles a 35-18 lead at intermission.
“We had no fight in us tonight,” admitted Bel-mont head coach Jim Cil-ley. “It was one of those games where it looked like we really didn't care after we got down. And that's unfortunate be-cause this was one (win) we really wanted to get.”
Gilford had three play-ers in double figures, led by Mason McGonagle's 17 points. He did the bulk of his damage at the free throw line, converting 11 of his 12 attempts af-ter showing an ability to penetrate and draw con-tact.
Bugnacki (13 points) and Zach Djabelar-bi (10 points) also fin-ished in double figures, while Oliver Roy (nine
THE GILFORD STEAMER B3THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 4, 2016 Sports
Free 1/2 Hour Consultation
points), Carter Mercer (six points) and Tyler Swarthout (four points) all made solid contribu-tions.
“We're rebounding better and not turning the ball over as much which has been key for us,” said Veazey of his team's recent run of suc-cess. “That's the key in high school basketball – cut down on the turn-overs.”
Junior Doug Price (11 points) was the lone player in double figures for Belmont, which played without forward Trevor Hunt yet again as he continued to re-cover from a sprained ankle suffered against Prospect Mountain. Derek Stevens added six points for the Raiders, while Matt Pluskis and Dylan Gansert scored five a piece.
“We just rebounded so poorly,” began Cilley. “We talked a lot about it before the game and how that was a priority for us and then we just watched the ball quite a bit. We were slow and re-ally just mentally soft.”
Gilford opened the game on a 7-0 run before Belmont settled in and eventually cut the lead to 15-9 after one quarter after Price converted an old-fashioned three-point play.
The Raiders stayed within striking distance thanks to a three-ball from Pluskis midway through the second, cut-ting the deficit to 21-16.
But the Eagles took off from there, closing out rebounds and convert-ing on the other end at a consistent clip. All told, Gilford put together a 33-8 run that lasted for a total of 11:42 between the second and end of third quarters to give the Ea-gles a commanding 54-24 lead entering the fourth. From there, the benches emptied for a showcase of young talent in the fi-nal stanza.
“Defensively I thought we were pret-ty good,” Veazey ex-plained. “They were down their key guy (Hunt) so that isn't easy. But it was important for us to extend the lead in
BOYS (Continued from Page B2)
JEFF LAJOIE
Gilford's Oliver Roy (32) elevates for a shot over the out-stretched arm of Belmont's Tommy Pare in the opening quarter of the visiting Eagles' 72-41 win on Jan. 26.
the third quarter and not let (Belmont) back into the game. Our of-fensive rebounding was consistent all game and that allowed us to stay out ahead.”
The Raiders got sol-id play from freshmen Griffin Embree, Caleb
Burke and Aidan Rupp in the fourth quarter, as the team scored 17 points in the final frame en route to the 72-41 fi-nal.
“I was impressed and pleased with our JV kids in the fourth quarter,” Cilley lauded.
Hanf, Hildreth claim top spots at WARBY JEFF LAJOIE
GILFORD – The con-ditions couldn't have been much better on Friday, as sunny skies in the morning made for a perfect start to the day as the Lakes Re-gion schools competed in the annual Winni-pesaukee Alpine Race (WAR) at Gunstock Mountain.
Gilford High School got its morning started with a third place fin-ish in the giant slalom on the boys' side, scor-ing 366 points. Leading the charge was Tyler Hanf, who won the GS in convincing fashion on his home course. Hanf won the race with a two-run total of 50.65 seconds, over one full second ahead of the next-fastest racer.
Next came team-mate Christian Work-man in fourth place, as he posted a time of 52.54 seconds to nab the second scoring spot. Daniel Ellis was
the team's third scorer in 15th place (56.76 sec-onds), while Matt Mc-Donough followed in 22nd place (58.88).
Also competing for the Eagles in the GS were Leon Iser (44th, 1:06.33), Steven Mac-Donald (51st, 1:09.85), Adam Donnelly (61st, 1:18.09) and Duncan Howland (63rd, 1:22.65).
Gilford rounded out its day in the afternoon slalom, where the Ea-gles posted 350 points, good enough for a fourth place finish.
Hanf rounded out his day with another win, making it a dom-inating effort in the WAR with a two-run total of 52.47 seconds.
Ellis was the team's second scorer in 15th position (1:08.19), while McDonough (17th, 1:09.42) and Iser (33rd, 1:23.86) were the other scoring Eagles.
Howland took 47th in the slalom for Gil-ford, while Donnelly (53rd) and MacDonald
(58th) also competed.The Gilford girls'
team had just four ski-ers compete, but the Eagles used a stellar 1-2 punch of Bailey Hil-dreth and Jenny Han-cock to finish third in the morning GS (358 points).
Hildreth was the runner-up in the GS, posting a combined time of 56.79 seconds, followed closely by Hancock in fourth place overall (58.46).
Reese Henderson was the team's num-ber three scorer (20th, 1:06.65), while team-mate Claire Gardiner rounded things out in 50th place (1:29.57).
In the afternoon slalom, Hildreth put together two outstand-ing runs to capture the individual victory, as she crossed the line in 1:00.06.
Hancock was next in 21st position (1:23.82), followed by Henderson (23rd, 1:24.24) and Gar-diner (44th, 2:02.23).
JEFF LAJOIE
Gilford's Bailey Hildreth moves through the course during giant slalom action at Gunstock Mountain on Friday during the annual Winnipesaukee Alpine Race (WAR). Hildreth took second in the GS and won the afternoon slalom to pace the Golden Eagles.
JEFF LAJOIE
Matt McDonough of Gilford winds through the GS course at Gunstock during WAR action on Friday.
JEFF LAJOIE
Leon Iser has his eyes focused on the bottom section of the GS course during morning racing at Gunstock on Friday.
24 hours a day
Town-to-Town
CLASSIFIEDSHOME OF THE JUMBO AD WHICH WILL TAKE YOUR MESSAGE TO LOYAL READERS IN ELEVEN WEEKLY PAPERS!
FOR QUICK PLACEMENT OFYOUR AD IN THE NEXT ISSUE
AND ONLINE
NewHampshireLakesAndMountains.com1-877-766-6891
Non-Profit Events
HOUSE CHECKSProtect your most valuable asset.While away on vacation or away
for a long weekend have yourhome checked for forced entry.Burglars don’t take a vacation!
Call Plowing Plus for details 527-1154.
Misc. For Sale
OLD NH FISH and Game, ca. 1890, bearing laws, penalties and seasons on
moose, caribou, furbearers, fish, etc.measures 12”x18”/ May be seen at theCoos County Democrat, 79 Main St.,
Lancaster, NH. Price, $4; if mailed, $8.Call 603-788-4939 or email
Barn/Garage/YardSale
GEEZLOUISE! INDOOR YARD SALE Saturday, Feb 6th, 9:30 – 2:00. 448 Rte109, Melvin Village. Furniture, Art, Books,Records, Lamps, Jewelry, & Smalls.SCORE big on Super Bowl Weekend!
Lost & Found
Found AdsAre published Free of Charge.
30 words for 1 week.
Lost AdsAre Charged at our regular classified
rates.
Call Toll FreeMon-Fri 8:00-4:00
1-877-766-6891or go to
www.nhfrontpage.com24/7
Special Instructions
CERTIFIED HERBALIST MENTORSHIP
7-Month Mentorship starting in April.Learn how to forage, ID, and
make medicine with local plants &mushrooms. www.sarasherbs.com
Thank-You
Thank youfor browsing
The Town To TownClassifieds in the
Gilford Steamer
Publication Rates (30 words)$12 - 1 Week$20 - 2 Weeks$27 - 3 Weeks$36 - 4 Weeks
Call Our main Call Center1-877-766-6891
Mon-Fri 8:00-4:00
or place online 24/7 atnewhampshirelakesandmountains.com
Deadline:Monday 10:30 am
Auctions/Antiques
WEEKLY AUCTIONS BY Gary Wallace Auctioneers RT 16 Ossipeecome to our Auctions on Saturdays
see www.wallaceauctions.comfor schedules.
We sell fresh estate merchandisefrom area homes -Take consigments,complete estates , we also buy out-right. call 603-539-5276 (Lic. #2735)
Unusual Items
MINIVATOR BATH LIFT used only twiceSupports weight up to 297 lbs.---
reclinable with rechargeable battery unit$395 or BO Call 603-444-5358 X8146
OK to leave message.
Pets/Breeders
LOW COST SPAY/NEUTERDogs Conway clinic $80-$160
Cats Mobile clinic NH&ME $60-$75Rozzie May Animal Alliance
www.RozzieMay.org603-447-1373
Wanted to Buy
GARY WALLACE AUCTIONSserving lakes region for 26 years, Estateliquidations, Antiques,Fine arts. Auctions
or purchase large lots outright. cleanouts, see www,[email protected]
or call 603-539-5276
General HelpWanted
THE KALLED GALLERY is looking fora full time salesperson during thespring and summer months. Must haveretail experience, flexibility, appreciation of fine art and jewelry andwillingness to learn. Computer & POSsystem knowledge required. Weekendavailibility is required. If you are interested in this seasonal position,please e-mail your resume [email protected] The gallery islocated in the Wolfeboro Marketplaceat 33 N. Main St. 569-3994.
Professional Services
Our line ad classifiedsare on our website!
www.nhfrontpage.com
is the place to check our weeklyclassifieds online!
More great coverage and information from the
Salmon PressTown To Town
Classifieds!
Why place your adsanywhere else?1-877-766-6891
Nutrition
HERBAL APPRENTICE PROGRAM!Join use for a fun, Hands-On,
intensive program. Learn wild plantidentification to making soap, lotions,
medicine and more! 603-859-0464 or
www.moorefarmherbs Register Today! Starts April 2015!!
Real Estate
Equal Housing OpportunityAll real estate advertising in this
newspaper is subject toThe Federal Fair Housing Law
which makes it illegal“to make, print, or published any notice,
statement, or advertisement, with respectto the sale, or rental of a dwelling that in-dicates any preference, limitation, or dis-crimination based on race, color, religion,sec, handicap, familial status or nationalorigin, r an intention to make any suchpreference, limitation or discrimination.”
(The Fair Housing Act of 1968 at 42U,S,C, 3604(c))
This paper will not knowingly acceptany adverting which is in violation of the
law. Our readers are herebyinformed, that all dwellings advertised
in this newspaper are available onan equal opportunity basis.
To complain of discrimination callHUD toll free at1-800-669-9777
For The Washington DC area, please callHUD at 275-9200.
The toll free telephone number for thehearing impaired is1-800-927-9275.You may also call
The New Hampshire Commission for Human Rights
at 603-271-2767or write
The Commission at163 Loudon Road,
Concord, NH 03301Neither the Publisher nor the
advertiser will be liable for misinformation,typographically errors, etc. herein
contained. The Publisher reservesthe right to refuse any advertising.
Houses For Rent
2 BEDROOM HOME in town, Franconia-Includes all appliances. Ideal for coupleor small family. $950/month plus utilities.
Call 603-991-6691 for more info.
B4 THE GILFORD STEAMER Classifieds THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 4, 2016
The Town of Woodstock, NHNow Accepting Applications
Full Time Police Officer(Entry Level & Certified
Preferred)
The Town of Woodstock, NH is now accepting applications for an experienced full-time Police Officer. Preference will be afforded to those candidates already certified by the Police Standards Training Council for the State of New Hampshire (NHPSTC) or whose out-of-state certification would be recognized by NHPSTC. Candidates will be required to complete physical agility test, oral board, polygraph, medical and psychological examinations, as well as an extensive background investigation.
Salary commensurate with experience, paid vacation, sick leave, NH Retirement System, and a flexible benefits package including health, and much more.
Please submit a full cover letter and resume to the below address, by February 29, 2016.
Woodstock Police DepartmentAttention: Sergeant Ryan Oleson
P.O. Box 23, Woodstock, NH 03262Telephone: 603-745-8700
Fax: 603-745-2085
Production andManufacturing openings
Nesco Resource a nationwide staffing service is currently partnering with Burndy LLC to hire over
20 people in their Lincoln facility.
Please contact us toll free at 1-844-409-0565
BURNDY® and Nesco Resource are Equal OpportunityEmployers-M/F/Vetern/Disability. All Qualified applicants will
receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, protected veteran status or
any other protected class.
Our line ads are on our web site!
Our web site is easy to use, and full of great information!(Just like our printed classifieds!)
www.NHFrontPage.comPlus, our line advertisers with
web sites are displayed with active links!
Check-out our line ad advertisers quickly and easily!
THE GILFORD STEAMER B5 ClassifiedsTHURSDAY, FEBRUARY 4, 2016
TOWN•TO•TOWN CLASSIFIEDS
27 South Main Street • Wolfeboro, NH603-569-0101
www.wolfeborobayrealestate.com
Check out Wolfeboro Bay at: www.wolfecam.com
4 Unit Commercial Building Downtown Wolfeboro! Well cared for building with great rental history offers 4 separate offices each with a bathroom and separate utilities. Full basement and large attic for additional storage. ample parking, a walk to the town docks, town offices, stores and much more!
$359,000
LUXURY REAL ESTATE
LAND
RENTALS
Spectacular Wolfeboro location – beautiful sandy beach and dock on Lake Winnipesaukee, open concept living in this contemporary colonial with state of the art kitchen.
Call 569-3128 $1,995,000
Excellent, private, contemporary home in Wolfeboro with spectacular 180° mountain and lake views, cathedral ceilings, grand stone fireplace, complete privacy over 15 acres, minutes to downtown.
Call 569-3128 $975,000
Amazing Winnipesaukee views from this attractive lake house at the tip of Black Point, numerous custom features, breakwater dock, includes abutting waterfront building lot in East Alton.
Call 569-3128 $999,000
WOLFEBORO- 6.5 acres, 1000’ waterfront with a sandy beach and clear water on Fernald’s Basin with preliminary 3-lot subdivision approval. 4 bedrooms, in-law apartment and barn.
$499,900 (4452825) Call 253-9360
ALTON- In-town 5-room condo & a 46’ x 40’ renovated 3-level barn w/ a heated workshop for the craftsman/artist. Granite counters, vaulted ceiling & large rooms. Spacious 400 sq ft 3-season deck.
$299,000 (4458193) Call 875-3128
MEREDITH- Antique Cape lovingly restored w/center chimney, fieldstone FP, gourmet kitchen, custom cabinetry, exposed beams, open floor plan, Horse & carriage barn, potting shed on 3.45-acre lot & mountain view.
$254,999 (4440804) Call 253-9360
MILTON- Contemporary on 9+ acres w/40 mile views to the seacoast. Sunken LR with French doors leading to deck, 2,000+ sq ft of quality, 3 Bd, 1.5 Ba. Very private, close to Route 16.
$289,000 (4455724) Call 875-3128
GILMANTON- Cute get away with access to beautiful Crystal Lake; is furnished and waiting for your personal touch. Priced right and can be enjoyed year round.
$98,500 (4419369) Call 875-3128
A Traditionof Trust —
Over 60 Yearsof Maxfield
in theLakes Region.
15 Railroad Ave., Wolfeboro 569-3128 / Junction Routes 25 & 25B, Center Harbor 253-9360 108 Main St., Alton 875-3128
MaxfieldRealEstate.com
ALTON- This 15 acre lot has 2,850’ of state and town road frontage with subdivision potential. Farm property close to Wolfeboro & Roberts Cove.$285,000 (4405724) Call 875-3128
SANDWICH- FABULOUS VIEW PROPERTY! Total of two lots features views of the Sandwich Mountain Range, Mt. Whiteface, and more! Private, partially cleared with a small pond!$199,000 (4433403) Call 253-9360
MEREDITH- This wonderful in town location has seasonal views of Lake Waukewan. Walk to downtown and beach!
$59,900 (4431359) Call 253-9360
NEW DURHAM- Nice 5 acre building lot in a country setting located close to town and a great commuting location.$53,500 (4458054) Call 875-3128
FEATURED PROPERTY
LAKE WINNIPESAUKEEMOULTONBOROUGH
Great home for entertaining and enjoying Lake Winnipesaukee! Contemporary
styled 4 bedroom is located on a spectacular point of land that offers great
views & docking galore!
$1,250,000 (4450586) Call 253-9360
CELEBRATINGOVER 60YEARS!
Bringing People and Vacations Together in the Lakes Region for
over 60 years…
SEASONAL ANDLONG-TERM RENTALS
Halle McAdam @ 253-9360 (Center Harbor Office)
Pat Isaacson @ 875-3128(Alton Office) or e-mail
Owners please call aboutour rental program.
MOULTONBOROUGH- Perfect Family Home! Very private location with spectacular views and your own pond. Home is in impeccable condition with a very flexible floor plan.
$329,900 (4421062) Call 253-9360Center Harbor 32 Whittier Hwy
LaConia
348 Court Street603-524-2255
[email protected] BROKERAGE
ONE STOP SHOPPING:
Real EstateMortgage
Title Services
Center Harbor • $258,000 • #4439184Great 2 BR, 2 BA detached condo in a small private condo association that backs onto
Waukewan Golf Course.
Judy McShane 581-2800
Moultonborough • $299,000 • #4467519Great Commercial Location on busy Rt. 25 next to an operating convenience store and situated between Moultonborough and Center Harbor.
11 acre lot has many possabilities.Bob Williams: 603-455-0275
Danielle McIntosh: 603-393-5938
Moultonborough • $375,000 • #4424805This fantastic 4400 square home has it all. It sits on a very quiet street of only six homes. The property is well landscaped and has views of the
Ossipee Mountain Range.
Bill Richards: 603-253-4345
Moultonborough • $299,000 • #4454170Well-maintained 4 BR home in sought after Far Echo Harbor Club Assoc. Beach rights to one of the very best beaches on Lake
Winnipesaukee. Dean Eastman 581-2842Kellie Eastman 581-2836
Tamworth • $214,900 • #4450905Well crafted Ranch in private setting. This home has something for everyone! 3-bedrooms, 2-baths, along unfinished basement for storage,
easily accessed additionally by a bulk head. Linda Fields: 603-244-6889
Moultonborough • $699,000 • #4467687Comfortable year round WF home on Winnipesaukee, sandy beach, seasonal docking system, home sits back from private road & is wooded for privacy. Pleasant lake & mtn views.
Ellen Mulligan: 603-387-0369
Ossipee • $120,000 • #4467843Long frontage for this Commercial/Mixed use 4 +/- acre lot being sub-divided off a large lot and
could be done in 1 AC lot sizes.
Reed Heath 581-2822
New Hampton • $275,000 • #4467143Spacious 4 bedroom colonial set on 7.2 acres with easy access to snowmobile trails. Great location for commuters to I-93 and also schools.
Well landscaped yard with fish pond.Bob Williams: 603-455-0275
Danielle McIntosh: 603-393-5938
Moultonborough • $559,000 • #4442448Welcome to Windward Harbor! One of Moultonborough’s finest communities located w/western exposure for gorgeous sunsets, sandy beach, deeded boat slip for up to 26’ boat.
Bob Williams: 603-455-0275Barbara Mylonas: 603-344-8197
New Hampton • $269,900 • #4439927Brand new Ranch in the process of being built. 3 BR, 2 BA plus a bonus room above the garage and screened porch off the back.
Reed Heath 581-2822
Center Harbor • $3,290,000 • #4413684Situated on Squam Lake with 473 ft. of shoreline and 12.28 acres, this newly constructed, home is an amazing blend of nature and luxury.
4600+/- sf of living area plus 40’ dock.Mary Goyette: 603-737-7597
Meredith • $265,000 • #4467198Located in Patricians Shores a small community with a shared beautiful secluded beach, outstanding views of the Ossipee mountains,
seasonal lake views, convenient location.Bob Williams: 603-455-0275
Danielle McIntosh: 603-393-5938
Bridgewater • $699,000 • #4339237Perched above Newfound Lake is this private hilltop estate w/ breathtaking views. Set on 68+ acres w/ trails to hike, bike, snowmobile, etc.
Dean Eastman 581-2842Kellie Eastman 581-2836
Sanbornton • $1,345,000 • #4467983Located on a fabulous, level lot w/ 265’ of private waterfront and picturesque mtn views
is this wonderful 12 room home.
Susan Bradley 581-2810
WATERFRONT SPECIALISTS
Melanson Real Estate, Inc.Sales & Rentals
34 N. Main St., Wolfeboro • 603-569-4488www.melansonrealestate.com
EQUAL HOUSINGOPPORTUNITY
WOLFEBORO: Rare opportunity to own this unique Mirror Lake waterfront property. “The Lodge” is now four condos offered as one parcel. Each 2BR/1BA unit features a kitchen, living room & detached garage parking. Wonderful beach, dock and nice, level yard to enjoy.
$1,090,000 MLS #4442500
WOLFEBORO: Carefree living in desirable Birches Community! This 2BR/2BA Double Wide with office/den sits on a nicely landscaped corner lot with enclosed porch and spacious deck for relaxing in the sunshine. A one car detached garage completes this great package.
$100,000 MLS #4461603
WOLFEBORO: In-town, on 2.27 acres with large, level yard, water views & 181’ of frontage on Lake Winnipesaukee’s Back Bay. 4BR older Cape is in good condition with plenty of character from wood floors and built-ins. Screened porch, garage under and town water & sewer too.
$550,000 MLS #4417066
TUFTONBORO: Wonderful year round 3BR/4BA Winnipesaukee waterfront home with full walk out lower level, 2 fireplaces, HW floors, 2 BR seasonal guest cottage at the water’s edge w/fireplace & screened porch, canopied U-shaped dock and sandy beach all on a beautifully landscaped lot.$1,700,000 MLS #4403908
WOLFEBORO: Recent price reduction! This home is immaculate with updated systems from floor to ceiling. Hardwood throughout, lovely fixtures, Cherry kitchen with granite and SS appliances. 36x26 heated garage with 2nd floor space is the perfect space for your business.
$235,000 MLS #4423918
WOLFEBORO:Finch Street - 2 lots, both gently sloping and wooded in a nice residential community near the beach and public boat launch on Winnipesaukee. .63 acre lot $55,000 MLS #4431208 .58 acre lot $57,000 MLS #4431176
TUFTONBORO:Middle Road – Not may left like this 40 acre property. Beautiful views of Mt. Shaw surrounded by fields and woods. There are plenty of options here. $325,000 MLS #4429545
WOLFEBORO:Bay Street – A must see waterfront property! .89 acres with 100’ on Back Bay and an approved permanent docking permit. Town water and sewer is available.$399,000 MLS #4461263
LAND
you’ll be
on
THECLASSIFIEDS
B6 THE GILFORD STEAMER THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 4, 2016Sports
GIRLS (Continued from Page B1)
the transition game,” said Forge. “In spurts tonight, it was very ef-fective.”
Laconia battled tough in the fourth quarter, using an 11-2 run to start the frame to get within 46-40 with 2:50 to play. The Sa-chems used the three-point shot to close the gap, with Kailey Nute and Natalie Compton connecting from down-town.
But the Eagles an-swered despite poor free throw shooting (nine for 22), and a big layup from Beaudet with 1:35 left seeming-ly iced the game up 49-40. Orton scored her
team's final five points to pull away for the 54-43 win.
"We've got to find ways to get into their bench,” began Greeley. “Looking at the stats, they're a lot better than us at the first five so we've got to find a way to create advantages and that is with our depth. The only way you can do that is to create mismatches and foul trouble.”
Compton led La-conia with 14 points, while Cali Swormstedt added 12 points in the loss.
The teams will meet again in Laconia on Feb. 10.
