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Letters to the EditorProject Homebound is gearing up for

another year and needs your help!To the Editor,

Project Homebound, thegreater Lancaster area annualThanksgiving meal for thosewho are less fortunate, is gear-ing up for its 28th year, andcould again use your support!

Project Homebound coversthe towns of Lancaster,Whitefield, Dalton, Jefferson,Groveton, Twin Mountain,Lunenburg, Gilman andGuildhall, with a completeThanksgiving meal delivered tohomes the day beforeThanksgiving.

If you feel you would like tohave a meal delivered to yourhome, please call Jean Oleson,at 788-2306, and your familywill be added to the list.

We are in need of people to

help pack the boxes, onTuesday, Nov. 20th at 6 p.m. atthe Lancaster Town Hall, andon Wedesday, Nov. 21st at 8a.m. drivers will be needed tohelp deliver the meals. Anyoneinterested in helping, may callJean. And finally if anyonewould like to make a contribu-tion to Project Homebound, theymay make it at any PassumpsicSavings Bank.

With our great communitysupport as we have always hadin the Past: Together We AgainCan Make it Happen!

Chris ParkerJean Olesen

Andrea CurtisProject Homebound

Lancaster

Working for a Stronger North CountryExperience and Community Involvement

Board Member, Groveton RegionalEconomic Action TeamBoard Member, Coös Economic Development Corporation

Member of North Country Comprehensive EconomicStrategy Committee, Lancaster Rotary Club, Lancaster

Lions Club and Northern Gateway Chamber of Commerce

Jobs and the EconomyI am running for State Representative to help revital-

ize our economic infrastructure after the downturn ofthe previous five years. I have worked alongside manyof you to rebuild our local economy and build a brighterand more secure future for Coös. My wife, a small busi-ness owner, continues to share with me the criticalissues she and others are facing, and how we can worktogether to address them.

I want to represent the North Country, bringing ourvoices and challenges to the State House. We need tobring business back into our area through an invest-ment in broad band and cellular infrastructure. We needto attract private investment and business to our townsthrough an investment in education, Kindergartenthrough college. And we need to make sure that womenand children have full access to affordable healthcare. Iwould appreciate your vote.

Troy MernerSTATE REP

COÖS COUNTY District 4Dalton • Kilkenny • Lancaster

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To the Editor,As a business owner for over

20 years, I can’t help but beincreasingly aware of the needfor diligence in fighting crime inour rural region.

I would like to take thisopportunity to encourage allCoös County voters, regardlessof their party affiliation to votefor John McCormick as CountyAttorney (Prosecutor). He hasbeen Assistant County Attorneyfor the last five years, and hasvery effectively handled a highpercentage of the caseload ofthis office.

Although may voters neversplit their ticket, under certaincircumstances, it is essential.This position is not about poli-tics, and all voters need to real-ize that.

If this man is an unknown toyou, I would suggest you inquireof your local elected officials andlaw enforcement. You find Mr.McCormick is a very experi-enced, dedicated, and responsi-ble prosecutor with a proventrack record. A vote for an inex-perienced candidate will indeedbe a setback for the county.

His commitment to the citi-zens of the North Countrythrough his responsibilities, isimpeccable and his qualifica-tions are confirmed by his expe-rience.

I strongly recommend John

Believes John McCormickis right for the job

McCormick as the right personfor the job. Check him out. Wecan do no better!

Sincerely,Fred Sullivan

Lancaster

To the Editor, Did you know that our

Community Colleges and TheUniversity System of NewHampshire were targeted fordeep budget cuts last Legisla-tive session? New Hampshire’sRepublican Legislative leader-ship placed an extreme financialburden on higher educationinstitutions.

Our legislators voted to cutfifty percent, yes, 50%, one halfof UNH’s funding and 30% ofN.H.’s Community Colleges’funding in the budget thatbecame law July 1. Can we con-clude that Coös County HighSchool graduates and their fam-ilies must now pay highertuition costs?

This reduction of monies hasrequired administrative deci-sions to cut staff and faculty.Students are presently seekingjobs instead ofr returning to col-lege. It is my belief that CoösCounty families cannot tolerateboth high gasoline costs andhigh education costs.

Our motto, “Live Free or Die”has not been upheld by NewHampshire elected legislators.Rather, they introduced andpassed bills suggested by lobby-ists paid by outside interests.Our State’s Universities mustbe able to provide education for

Together, Let’s Do Our Homework?the jobs of the future. Let’s talkin our communities aboutissues. For instance, can fund-ing for higher education berestored? If not, we are threat-ening to undo our heritage for

independence and inventive-ness.

Sincerely, Marcia Hammon

Candidate for Dist. 5Whitefield

To the Editor,Another election season is

upon us, and it’s time wethought seriously about thefuture of the North Country.Right now, the North Countryfaces an election like neverbefore. In an age of rapidgrowth, it’s important that wemove forward while sticking toour roots.

What we need is a fresh face.But don’t get that confused witha new face. What we need is JeffWoodburn for State Senate. Heis not new to politics or the area

by any means, but he brings afresh set of ideas and goals.Refreshing, even. What we don’tneed is the cross-party bicker-ing, or self-invested politiciansof Washington, D.C.

Jeff Woodburn has alwaysbeen the type of man to thinkabout others before himself. Asmy teacher, he was always thereto lend a helping hand. As myyouth government advisor, hehelped in my process of becom-

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Clint Bowyer was seared thathe didn’t have enough fuel tocomplete a righteous burnout.But that was the only thing thatwent wrong in Saturday night’sBank of America 500 atCharlotte Motor Speedway.Saving fuel over the final 56laps of the closing green-flagrun, Clint Bowyer snookered hisChase for the NASCAR SprintCup rivals, in winning his thirdrace of the season and theeighth of his career. Bowyer,who won for the first time atCharlotte and the first time onan intermediate speedway, beatDenny Hamlin to the finish lineby .417 seconds. JimmieJohnson, who like Hamlin andBowyer, was saving fuel overthe final run, came home third.The top three finishers trimmeda significant portion off BradKeselowski’s series lead. “I wantto do a burnout!” Bowyerlamented in Victory Lane. “Am Iever going to get to do aburnout?” Keselowski ran out offuel before his final pit stop andfinished 11th. Keselowski leadsJohnson by seven points andthird-place Hamlin by 15 at themidpoint of the Chase. Bowyerclimbed to fourth in the stand-ings, 28 points back.“Realistically, we’re still in thething,” Bowyer said. “We’ve justgot to keep doing what we’redoing. Talladega (where Bowyerwas the victim of a 25-car, last-lap crash and finished 23rd) wasa huge setback, but what a greatway to bounce back and getpointed back in the right direc-tion.” Bowyer moved fromRichard Childress Racing toMichael Waltrip Racing thisyear, and the depth of success intheir first season together hasbeen a pleasant surprise. “Itmakes you almost giddy,”Bowyer said. “It’s so much fun tocome to the racetrack knowingthat you’ve got cars that arecapable of getting the job done…Who would have thought in amillion years, after making theswitch and coming over to a newfamily, and everything that wasnew, that we’d be in VictoryLane three times? With five

races left, we’re still in con-tention for a championship ourfirst year together.”Greg Biffleran fourth, Kyle Busch fifth andMark Martin sixth, as only sixcars finished on the lead lap.

You can call him the domina-tor. Joey Logano buried the fieldin the final run of Friday night’sDollar General 300 at CharlotteMotor Speedway and won hiseighth Nationwide Series race ofthe season in 18 starts. Loganobeat Kevin Harvick to the finishline by 2.760 seconds to win forthe first time at Charlotte andthe 17th time in his career.Series point’s leader ElliottSadler ran third and extendedhis advantage to 13 points overRicky Stenhouse Jr., who camehome seventh. Austin Dillon,who entered the race third inthe standings, 25 points behindSadler, finished sixth and is now29 points behind. Kyle Buschand Denny Hamlin completedthe top five. Logano questionedhis crew chief Adam Stevensabout whether it was good ideafor the No. 20 Toyota to take ontwo right side tires when he pit-ted and briefly gave up the leadwith 15 laps to go. Even carowner J.D. Gibbs initially ques-tioned the move. “I was like,‘Two tires? No, no, no,‘” Gibbssaid. “Then I’m like, ‘Okay, goodcall.’” Logano was on the samewave length, “I thought thesame thing, but that’s why I’mthe driver, not the crew chief.Thank God he doesn’t listen tome sometimes,” Logano said.“He’s smarter than me. He knewhow much time two tires weregoing to pick us up. I wonderedwhy at the time, but he hasthese things planned out.”Logano changed his racing lineafter losing the lead to Harvickon Lap 155. That, coupled witha loose handling condition forHarvick, proved the difference.“I didn’t have an option,”Logano said. “I was getting beat,and I knew I had to do some-thing. I moved to the top, and Iwas like, ‘Hey, there’s some-thing here.’ Just kind of had toadjust my style and get this lit-tle No. 20 car rocking and getthese guys in Victory Lane onemore time. I still have a fewmore left.”

The concussion that will forceDale Earnhardt Jr., to miss atleast the next two races—andwill deprive him from any shotat a NASCAR Sprint Cup cham-pionship—wasn’t his first.Neither was the one he sufferedAugust 29 during a Goodyeartire test at Kansas Speedway. Itwas the two concussions justfive weeks apart that compelledDale Earnhardt Jr., to seekevaluation and treatment thisweek, and ultimately sidelinedhim from the Sprint Cup racelast weekend at Charlotte onSaturday night and the upcom-ing event at Kansas on October21. Earnhardt was shaken up

during a 25-car wreck on thefinal lap of the Good Sam RoadAssistance 500 at TalladegaSuperspeedway. Realizing thathe “wasn’t right,” Earnhardtwaited until Tuesday to visitneurologist Dr. Jerry Petty.Though Earnhardt’s MRI wasnormal, the symptoms hedescribed, including headache,led to Dr. Petty’s recommenda-tion that he sit out the next tworaces. Dr. Petty said Earnhardtwon’t be cleared to race againuntil after being headache-freefor four to five days. “You can’tlayer concussions,” Earnhardtsaid Thursday during a pressconference at Charlotte MotorSpeedway. “It’s extremely dan-gerous.” Regan Smith, who isunder consideration for a full-time Nationwide Series ridenext year with JR Motorsports,replaced Earnhardt in the No.88 Hendrick MotorsportsChevrolet on Saturday nightand will fill the seat this Sundayat Kansas.

Victory LaneKevin Chaffee won the

Canaan Cup Lawpower.com 100Dirt Modified event besting astrong 28-car field Saturday atCanaan Dirt Speedway.

Garage GarbleParker Kligerman collected

his first national series victoryat Talladega Superspeedway inthe Fred’s 250, Powered byCoca-Cola Camping WorldTruck Series race after 44 truckseries starts. Kligerman marksthe eighth different first-timewinner this season (John King –

Daytona, James Buescher –Kansas, Justin Lofton –Charlotte, Joey Coulter –Pocono, Nelson Piquet Jr. –Michigan, Ty Dillon – Atlanta,Ryan Blaney – Iowa) breakingthe previous record of seven cap-tured in 1997 and matched thefollowing year. Kligerman’s winmakes him the 13th differentwinner in 18 races. The record

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Please Re-elect REPRESENTATIVE

EVALYN MERRICKSTATE REPRESENTATIVE COÖS DISTRICT 7

“I will continue to be a dependable, honest voice for the people I serve.”Evalyn Merrick will continue to fight

for families and businesses by:• Advocating for legislation that encourages and supports sustainable

job creation• Continuing to fight for critical services for our seniors, children, vet-

erans, and disabled citizens• Supporting access to affordable healthcare• Encouraging workforce training through educational funding

A Dependable Voice for the North Country who will…• Participate in efforts to halt the Northern Pass project• Help to protect the rights of workers and employers• Support legislation that ensures equal rights and personal choice

for all citizens.

Thank you for your vote on November 6, 2012Paid for by Evalyn Merrick for State Representative

Evalyn Merrick, Fiscal Agent • PO Box 48 • Lancaster, NH 03584

Clint Bowyer tightened upthe Chase for the Sprint Cupspoints with a win Saturdaynight at Charlotte.

(Photo by Steve Poulin)

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The Friends of Ray Burton Committee held a Campaign Fund Raiser for the re-election RayBurton to the NH Executive Council and Grafton County Commissioner. Speakers includedState Senator John Gallus and Luke Annerser, Profile High School former Intern to BurtonOffices, representatives of Congressman Charlie Bass, and Ovide Lamontange for Governor.Also attending was Debi Warner, candidate for State Senate, Henry Mock candidate for Regis -ter Probate of Carroll County. “I intend to continue to represent the 108 towns, four cities,Laconia, Claremont, Berlin and Lebanon, all parts of seven of the 10 counties of N.H. withmy traditional goals of getting many citizens appointed to boards and commissions, supportthe hospitality and wood industry, touring commissioners and Directors through the region,working with NH Congressional Delegation, support our local, county, state and federalemployees, and assisting citizens, towns, counties and businesses is dealing with NH StateGovernment.” Councilor Burton stated.

On Saturday October 13, the White Mountains Regional High School (WMRHS) JuniorReserves Officers Training Corp. (JROTC) Drill Team competed in their first competition ofthe season. The competition was held at Old Town High School in Maine. Overall, theWMRHS JROTC received four first place trophies, one second place and one third place tro -phy in the following events: first in the Color Guard Routine, first in the Inspection, first inUnarmed Squad, first in Platoon Armed, second in Squad Armed, and third in PlatoonUnarmed. The cadets also competed in Armed and Unarmed IDR (Individual Drill Routine).Cadets Cody Brownell and Brieanna-Lyn McKeage placed in both Armed and Unarmed IDR.

Whitefield VFW Post will bedrawing winners of a raffle bythe girls of Creative KidsLearning Center, which issupervised by April Ronish.

Winners will be drawn on

Saturday, Oct. 27 at 9 a.m. atthe VFW post on Faraway Roadin Dalton.

Everyone is welcome toattend.

Creative Kids toannounce winners

Greg and Patsy Ainsworth were busy on Sunday morning, raking up, and bagging manyleaves on Main Street in Lancaster. (Photo by Lyndall Demers)

Filmmaker’s Challenge!The 2012 SNOB Film

Festival invites all aspiringfilmmakers to partake in thisyear’s “Filmmaker’s Challenge”event.

This highlight of the four-dayfestival is an ongoing challenge,geared towards amateur film-makers, to create a 30-second‘turn off your cell phone’ skit.These skits allow individualswithout a film in the festival tocontribute their own artistic

piece. Every moviegoer at one point

in his or her life sees the shortwarnings or humorous skitsbefore a film airs to let the audi-ence know ‘it’s time to silenceyour cell phone.’ This is anopportunity to make your ownand have it played before a filmgoes on.

The 2012 SNOB Film

2012 SNOB (Somewhat North OfBoston) Film Festival November 8-11th

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