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Stratford Kindergarteners entertained the senior citizens and community on Friday, April 6thby having an Easter Bonnet parade. (Photo by Alyssa Lemaire)

COLEBROOK — IndianStream Health Center, North-woods Home Health & Hospiceand Upper Connecticut ValleyHospital, along with othernational, state and communityorganizations, are leading amassive effort to highlight theimportance of advance health-care decision-making. As partic-ipating organizations, Indian

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Local organizations cometogether to help communitywith healthcare decisions

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Get ready for a lively night offoot-tapping music at one of theregion’s oldest stage venues, as

Great North Woods Committee for the Artsbrings Fiddlers’ House Party to Lancaster

the Great North WoodsCommittee for the Arts(GNWCA) expands its musicopportunities by providing anout-reach concert in conjunctionthe Rialto Theatre, LLP, inLancaster.

On Wednesday, April 18,beginning at 7 p.m., theLancaster movie theater willbecome a live music venue forthe night as the GNWCA pres-ents A Fiddlers’ House Party onthe stage of the Rialto. It willfeature nearly 20 performersfrom two regional musicalgroups who will present anevening of old-timey fiddle tunesand Celtic jigs and reels.Headlining the night is theCeltic ensemble Isley Mist Ceiliand the traditional fiddle musicgroup The Fireside Fiddlers.

“We first teamed up thesetwo local groups at a concert weheld at the Colebrook CountryClub last January,” said CharlieJordan, president of theGNWCA. “It was such a funnight of music that when theRialto asked the GNWCA aboutbringing a live performance tohis venue, we offered to recreateour Fiddlers’ House Party at hiswell-known venue on MainStreet in downtown Lancaster.”

Isley Mist Ceili featuresCeltic musicians fromLancaster, Whitefield, Dalton,Clarksville, Littleton, Colebrookand Randolph. They play fid-dles, flutes, guitars, pennywhis-tle, keyboard, accordion and

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Three 4-H members and twoleaders from Carroll and CoösCounties recently attended theAmerican Youth Horse Council(AYHC) Symposium inHerndon, Va. The AYHCSymposium is an event whereyouth and adults interested inhorsemanship come together tolearn about their passion. BryceMurdick-Frizzell fromSandwich, Shonoa Straw fromFreedom and Megan Allin fromStratford were selected to repre-sent a North Country delegationat the symposium. They wereaccompanied by 4-H leadersRamona Chessman and LindaCorson. During the conference,they attended numerous work-shops, heard from variousspeakers and went on farmtours.

They attended several work-shops on a wide variety of top-ics. Among the more notableworkshops, the youths learnedabout biosecurity on the farm,

where they heard about keepingtheir horses safe from diseases,and animal welfare. A vetshared information about ethicsaround raising animals and por-trayal of horses from the moviesand how that shapes our percep-tion of treatment of animals.

Shonoa particularly enjoyeda tour by Nina Fout, a formerOlympic eventer, detailing thecourse jumps and how and whythis style of jumps is used inthese competitions.

Bryce was interested in thetour of the Morven Park, homeof Westmoreland Davis, formergovernor of Virginia, citing thetour of the Greek revival man-sion and history of the grounds.While at Morven Park, they alsotook a tour of the Viola WinmillCarriage Museum, which show-cased horse drawn carriagesfrom around the world.

Local 4-H Youths attendNational Youth HorseCouncil Symposium

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Obituaries

NOTICEA MEETING OF

THE GUILDHALL ZONING BOARD7:00 PM, Thursday, April 26, 2012

AT THE GUILD HALL, GUILDHALL, VERMONT

The Guildhall Zoning Board will convene at theGuild Hall at the above stated time and place to con-sider a (Conditional Uses) zoning permit applicationsubmitted by Guildhall Sand and Gravel LLC /Newport Sand & Gravel on March 23, 2012. Therequested permit is to replace a year 2000 permit thathas expired.

Said permit, complete copies of which are on file atthe town office were referred to the Zoning Board fordeliberation and decision on the proposed request.

WHITE MTNS. REGIONAL SCHOOL DISTRICTKINDERGARTEN REGISTRATION

SCHEDULE FOR FALL, 2012If your child is going to be five years old on or before September 30, 2012,he/she is eligible to begin Kindergarten for the 2012-2013 school year.Please bring your child with you to the registration. Bring your childʼs birthcertificate, social security card, proof of residency, updated immunizationrecord and court appointed custody agreements with you. Registrationschedule is as follows:

* * * * * * * *ATTENTION JEFFERSON RESIDENTS

Jefferson Elementary SchoolTel. 586-4363

Thursday, April 26, 2012 - 8:30 a.m. - 2:00 p.m. Please call the JeffersonElementary School as registration is by appointment only. There will be noclasses for current kindergarteners on this date.

WHITE MTNS. REGIONAL SCHOOL DISTRICTKINDERGARTEN REGISTRATIONSCHEDULE FOR FALL, 2012

If your child is going to be five years old on or before September 30, 2012,he/she is eligible to begin Kindergarten for the 2012-2013 school year. Pleasebring your child with you to the registration. Bring your childʼs birth certificate,social security card, proof of residency, updated immunization record and courtappointed custody agreements with you. Registration schedule is as follows:

* * * * * * * * *ATTENTION LANCASTER RESIDENTS

Lancaster Elementary SchoolTel. 788-4924 (CALL FOR AN APPOINTMENT)Wednesday, April 25, 2012, from 8:00 to 11:30 a.m. or 12:30 to 2:30 p.m.

There will be no Kindergarten on this date.

Augustus (Gus) Dwyer, Jr.,was born in Nashua on March21, 1933.

A long-time resident ofHudson, Gus died at his home inLancaster on March 26, 2012.

He was the son of the lateAugustus L. Dwyer Sr., andThelma (Ruth) Dwyer Faucher.He was the owner of DwyerPaving and Landscaping formany years. He enjoyed camp-ing, hunting, fishing and four-wheeling.

Mr. Dwyer is survived by hiswife Mildred (Kittie), brothers:David Dwyer and wife Louise,Donald Dwyer of Nashua,Charles Dwyer and wife Rita ofCalifornia; sisters: JudyHoffman and husband Robert ofFlorida, Virginia Guilmette ofNashua, Kathy Brown ofWoodsville and Susan Blaiseand husband Leo of Arizona;sons: Stephen Dwyer and wifeDiane of Hudson, James Dwyer

and wife Marcia of Merrimack,Edward Dwyer and wife Louiseof Mt. Vernon and Jeffrey Haleof Lancaster; daughters,Claudia Malo of Thornton, LoriDwyer of Hudson, Debra Marshand husband Andy of Greenfieldand Valerie Taylor of Weare;stepsons: Stephen, Robert andGerald Lynch; stepdaughters:Susan Knapp, Donna Scarfo,Nancy Keddy and CindyGartner; also many grandchil-dren, great-grandchildren,nieces and nephews.

Mr. Dwyer was predeceasedby his former wife, Beverly(Farnsworth) Dwyer, his sonJames E. Dwyer; a brother,Kenneth Dwyer and sisters,Betty Sarantakis and LindaBlaise, all of Nashua.

There will be no callinghours. A memorial service willbe held at 11 a.m. on April 14 atthe Hudson American LegionHall.

Augustus Dwyer, Jr.

STARK — Harry F. Hopps,75, of Town Garage Road, diedpeacefully at his home, after abrief illness, with his lovingfamily and friends by his side.

Born on August 9, 1936 inGroveton, a son of Francis W.Hopps, Sr., and Blanche(Woods) Hopps, he was a life-long resident of Groveton andS t a r k . He was a graduate ofGroveton High School and con-tinued his schooling to receivehis Carpenters Certificate.Before retiring, he was a self-employed carpenter and cabinetmaker.

Harry enjoyed fishing andspending time at Sylvia’s LunchBreak and Scorpio’s Restaurant,

which he had remodeled.The family would like to give

a very special “Thank You” toSteve and Stacey Hodge for allthey have done.

Harry is survived by his chil-dren Lynn Sullivan of Florida,Susan Hopps of Stark andBradley Hopps and wifeConcetta of Stark; his threegrandchildren, Karissa,Danielle and Brian; several sib-lings Hazel Bedell, HelenHopps, Jean Dingman, FlorenceDupuis, Linda Roy, Janet Rochaand Roland Hopps along withnumerous nieces, nephews andcousins.

He was predeceased by hisparents, his wife Madeline-

Maxine Martha (Bunnell)Hopps on November 1, 2009;and five siblings GloriaAlexander, Norma Gadwah,Bernard Hopps, Elwin Hopps,and Francis W. Hopps, Jr.

A celebration of Harry’s lifewill be held at the Hopps resi-dence on Town Garage Road inStark on Saturday, April 14,from 12 noon to 3 p.m. with bur-ial immediately following, at theEmerson Road Cemetery.Armstrong-Charron FuneralHome in Groveton is assistingthe family with the arrange-ments.

To sign the online guest bookone may go to, w w w . a r m -strongcharronfuneralhome.com

Harry F. Hopps

Connor Mack McNeely wenthome to be with the Lord, short-ly after his birth on April 2,2012. He may have been on thisearly for only a short time, yethe touched many people’s lives.He will be sadly missed byeveryone.

He is survived by his parents,

Christopher McNeely Sr. andErin McNeely (Connor), twobrothers, Jacob McKinnon andChristopher McNeely Jr.; twosister, Jordan Herlihy andDakota Brett, and many familymembers.

The funeral will take place onSaturday, April 14 at the

Whitefield Baptist Church at 27Jefferson Road in Whitefield, at11 a.m. There will be a gather-ing following, at the McNeelyhome at 98 Maillett Road inLunenburg, Vt. Flowers orplants may be sent to theirhome.

Connor Mack McNeely

written advance directives(healthcare power of attorneyand living will) in accordancewith New Hampshire statelaws.

Specifically, on April 17, from1 p.m. to 3 p.m., Indian StreamHealth Center, NorthwoodsHome Health & Hospice andUpper Connecticut ValleyHospital are welcoming the pub-lic during this time at IndianStream Health Center’sCommunity Room, with freeinformation about advance careplanning and advance directiveforms. Advance Directives can

also be completed at this time.There will also be free bloodpressure screenings during thistime.

For more information, pleasecontact Kathy Noyes, UCVHCare Management at (603) 388-4257, Lisa Bouchard of IndianStream Health Center at (603)388-2437 or Cherish Brachtel,Northwoods Home Health &Hospice Patient CareCoordinator at 1-800-750-2366Advance Directive bookletsand forms will also be availablefor residents of Maine andVermont.

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Megan found the ridingdemonstrations interesting withthe Chincoteague Ponies andIndian Riding. Overall, the stu-dents had a great trip and felt itwas a worthwhile experience.The group is also grateful to Sutand Margaret Marshall whosupported the trip through a

grant to the 4-H Foundation ofN.H.

4-H is the youth program ofthe UNH CooperativeExtension. Its mission is to helpyouth acquire knowledge, devel-op life skills and form attitudesto enable them to become self-directing, productive and con-

tributing members of society.The role of CooperativeExtensions 4-H YouthDevelopment Program is to helpcommunities create positiveyouth experiences though com-munity clubs, afterschool pro-grams and special programs.Through experiential learning

youth can explore a number ofsubject areas based on interest.4-H has a rich history and tradi-tion working with youth in agri-culture, family and consumersciences, science, engineeringand technology, shooting sports,health and nutrition, the arts,citizenship, leadership andmuch more.

The University of NewHampshire Cooperative Exte-nsion is a public institution witha longstanding commitment toequal opportunity for all. It isthe policy of UNHCE to abide by

all United States and NewHampshire state laws andUniversity System of NewHampshire and University ofNew Hampshire policies appli-cable to discrimination andharassment. It does not discrim-inate on the basis of race, color,religion, sex, national origin,age, veteran’s status, genderidentity or expression, sexualorientation, marital status, ordisability in admission or accessto, or treatment or employmentin, its programs, services, oractivities.

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Next issue is due out on April 21Deadline is TUESDAY, April 17 at 4 p.m.

In this Journal:Midge's column . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Page 4Off Your Rocker . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Page 4Crossword & Games, Horoscopes . . . . . . . . .Page 6Rumors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Page 7Dining Out and Having Fun . . . . . . . . . . . . .Page 9Happy Hiker . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Page 10Business Directory . . . . . . . . . . . . .Pages 12 and 13Upcoming Events . . . . . . . . . . .Pages 13, 14 and 15Classifieds . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Page 18

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TOWN OF STARK, NHTOWN OF STARK, NHWill be accepting sealed bids for:

1993 International 4900 Dump TruckApprox.: 100,000 miles. (diesel)

Truck includes plow, stainless steel sanderand 4 spare tires.

Minimum bid — $7,500.00Bids will be received until 6:00 p.m. on

Wednesday, April 18, 2012.Board of Selectmen have the right to refuse

any and all bids.BOARD OF SELECTMEN

TOWN OF STARK, NH 636-2118

Last week, we had an articlethat told of the Lancaster Lionshaving an auction. In fact, theLancaster Lions Club will behaving a Y A R DSAL E o nSaturday , August 11.. Thisevent will be a yard sale, not anauction. There will be lots ofgreat things for sale. The yardsale will be at Centennial Park

in Lancaster.There will, however, be an

AUCTIO N o n Sa turday,August 18.This will be put onby the members of the Lancast-er Congregational Church.Their annual auction will bestarting at 10 a.m. atCentennial Park in Lancaster.

For more information call:

Jim Hampton at 788-2026,Nancy Colborn at 788-3341 orLancaster CongregationalChurch at 788-2201, and leave amessage.

We apologize for the confu-sion.

Be sure to mark your calen-dars for these two events thatwill benefit our community.

Yard sale and Auction to be held in August

ESCO Title, LLC, a realestate title and closing compa-ny, has opened a second office inLittleton, NH. Toni Pierce, man-ager of their main office at 148Main Street, Lancaster, willoversee operations at both loca-tions.

The new office is located inthe old hospital building inLittleton, at 262 Cottage Street,Suite G-61. Toni has hiredKathy Lockwood of Franconia,to staff the new location. Kathyhas over 26 years experience inthis field.

ESCO Title, LLC is an agentof Chicago Title InsuranceCompany and is currently

approved as a closing agent formany of the local lenders as wellas various national lenders. Thecompany currently handles bothNew Hampshire and Vermontreal estate transactions andmay be reached at 788-2870 orat our new Littleton Office at444-8005.

ESCO Title, LLC is a sub-sidiary of Dill & Keenan, Attys.,P.C. of Island Pond, Vt.

Esco Title, LLC opensLittleton office in formerhospital on Cottage Street

Caleb Interfaith VolunteerCaregivers is assisting theCommunity Action Program ofBelknap-Merrimack Countieson Thursday, April 19, in thedelivery of CommoditySupplemental Foods to thisarea. Currently the CommoditySupplemental Food Program isaccepting new applicants for theWhitefield, Dalton, Jefferson,Lancaster, Groveton, and TwinMountain areas. This USDAprogram distributes free nutri-tional food to income eligibleseniors 60 years and older. Thefood includes: cereals, bottledjuice, powdered and cannedmilk, canned meats, canned

fruits and vegetables, rice, pas-ta, peanut butter, dried beans,and two blocks of cheese.

The current income guide-lines are (before deductions):Family of one with a monthlyincome of $1,174; family of twowith income of $1,579; family ofthree with a monthly income of$1,984.

Whitefield delivery for theHighland House and McIntyreapartments residents will be at8:30 a.m., and then theCommunity Baptist Church onJefferson Road across from thePost Office at 9:15 a.m.Lancaster delivery will be at theAll Saints Catholic Church at

Commodity food delivery date is April 1910:45 a.m. Groveton deliverywill be at the Melcher CourtApartments at 12:30 p.m.

On delivery day, NEW partic-ipants need to provide proof ofincome, proof of residency andproof of age.

If you have questions aboutCommodity Food or if you meetthe guidelines but are unable topick up the boxes of food, pleasecall the Caleb Caregivers officeat 837-9179.

You can reach TheCommodity Supplemental FoodProgram at 1-800-578-2050.

The Fox Family and FriendsRelay For Life Team for theAmerican Cancer Society will beholding a yard sale at theShaw’s Lancaster parking lot onMay 5, from 9:00 to 4:00. The

rain date will be May 19. If any-one would like to rent a spot tosell their unwanted items,

Yard Sale at Shaw’s to benefit American Cancer Society

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Say, did you hear about the time…

By Ed “Midge” Rosebrook, Jr.

…I rode in a Model T Ford?

The Off Your Rocker ClubBy Corinne Comeau

Happy (belated) Easter, y’all,and here we are again at what Ihope, is a happy, positive andfun feeling column/meeting#131 of The Off Your RockerClub.

I also hope that all you OffYour Rocker folks had a reallywonderful Easter. Mine beganway before the crack of dawn onEaster morning. I had the alarmset for 4:30 a.m. so I would havea lot of wake up and get alertand ready time to enjoy (at 6:30a.m.) the Ecumenical EasterSunrise Service at the scenicoutlook opposite (across theroad from the entrance) Roger’sCampground. Couldn’t sleep, soI got off the snooze rocker at3:30 a.m. and plied my groggybod’ with many cups of coffeeand at about 6 a.m. I began thewalk (lookout is not far from myabode) through really “crisp”(okay, COLD) morning air. Anice crowd of friends and neigh-bors were assembled to listen tospeakers from the local Metho-dist, Congregational, Episcopaland Catholic churches, and wewere led in prayer and song.AND, on that very overcast anddensely clouded morning, justthe beginning, rising part of thesun, believe me or not, shone(through heavy cloud cover) overthe distant mountain range, and“backlit” the valley beyond, onlyduring the service. As soon asthe service was done, the cloudcover hid all evidence of sun-light again.

Hey, this is a great Easterseason, for sure, because theJewish Passover observancesbegan on Easter eve, too. We all

had special and memorableevents to celebrate.

So, there was a third celebra-tion on Easter, this year. It was(shhhh) my birthday. (Should Igroan or grin?) You all know, ofcourse, that I seriously believethat I am blessed with the mostfabulous and loving family ofanyone in the whole, entireworld. (Alright, I admit thatyou, too, have the right to feelthe same way about your fami-ly(ies). Yes, my gang did theirbest to spoil me rotten. One ofmy builder sons (Larry) is busyconstructing the most detailedand up-to-date hen house ever,for the chickens I ordered. It isat this point “prefab”, i.e., beingbuilt at his place, to be trans-ported and assembled here atmy place when the hens areready to take up residence. Buil-der son, Steve, plans to helperect the “bodacious bird bunga-low” in the back yard. Also,every year I especially and glad-ly anticipate the cards chosen bytwo of my clan (Nancy’s andKelly’s). They, the cards, alwaysdelight me more than I can say.They are invariably, so FUN-NY…every year. They are neverthe “insult humor” type, but tru-ly (“quick, call up my friendsand give them a chuckle too”)comical. I love them and lookforward to getting them.

I, for one, do not believe thereis anything at all funny or hu-morous about so called “insulthumor.” The words don’t evenbelong together. What’s humor-ous about an insult? Insults arejust mean and so-called “insulthumor comics” even look mean.

(Joan Rivers, an insult humorcomic, who admits to extensivecosmetic surgery, still looks…well, not very humorous, forsure.) As the saying goes, “Youare born with the face God givesyou; how it looks when you getolder depends very much uponwhat kind of person you be-come.” (So, if you don’t want tolook mean and nasty, don’t bemean and nasty.)

I have been, this past week,off all kinds of rockers, and I am(whew) bushed. Last Friday Itook my wacky, ditsy small muttto get her rabies shot at the vetclinic (at the Lancaster FireDept. building). Got there veryearly (to avoid the enormouscrowd which showed up on time)and there was one pleasant manahead of me, waiting with areally sweet tempered and hugemale dog. My stupid little girldog reacted to gentle “face nudg-ing” from the enormous andvery friendly “big guy dog” withvicious counter actions andalmost ripped my arms (at theother end of her leash) out oftheir sockets. She is a littlestinker and this is to apologize(again) to the nice man and hiswarm-hearted pooch for my badmannered little brat’s actions.

So, that’s it for this week. Seeya soon. And, natch, please God,bless us all.

Comments may be shared bywriting to Corinne Comeau at191 Portland Street, Lancaster,NH 03584 or c/ o GreatNorthwoods Journal, 98-B MainStreet, Lancaster, or by email ate d i t o r @ g r e a t n o r t h w o o d s j o u r -nal.com

Meeting number 131

Now I know what you’rethinking. You’re thinking thatthis story will date back tosometime in the 1950s when lit-tle ol’ Midge was just a youngwhippersnapper riding in hisgrandfather’s Model T. Wrong!

Believe it or not folks, myvery first Model T ride was onTuesday, April 3, 2012! It’s truethat many of my stories haverevolved around the old daysand much of the time about oldcars, so one would think that I’dhave ridden in the very automo-bile that put America on the fasttrack back in the early 1920s,long before now.

The fact is, I really don’t haveany explanation for it, otherthan the opportunity to ride inone never occurred until MikeKopp made the offer two weeksago.

It all began when a customercalled us and asked if weworked on Model T’s. Mike cameout to my bay and asked mewhat I thought about it.

“Well Mike,” I said, “If it hasthe Ford script on the top centerof the grill, then I’d say as aFord dealer, we can service it.”

So with that, they bookedhim in for service.

The customer’s complaint

was that the transmission wasstuck in gear and wouldn’t gointo neutral.

For those who are not famil-iar with a Model T Ford, I’ll giveyou a crash course on theirtransmission functions. First,I’ll put you in the driver’s seat tolet you get the “feel” of it. Okay,the key is in the middle of thedash. The choke knob to theright. The spark advance is thelever on the left of the steeringcolumn just below the steeringwheel and the gas (there is nogas pedal, you don’t haveenough feet; I’ll explain later)lever is on the right of the col-umn. To your immediate left is along bar sticking up out of thefloor. This is the neutral/park-ing brake lever. You will beusing this a lot folks. Now downon the floor sits three pedals.The left one is the high gear, lowgear. In the up position you’re inhigh and if you push down on it,you’re in low. The middle pedalis reverse and the right pedal isyour brake.

To start the T, one has twochoices. You can start it fromthe street or from the seat. Tostart it from the street, I’d sug-gest having someone in the carto work the spark, gas and

choke, if the engine is cold. If it’sall warmed up, then here arethe steps. First you set thespark in full retard or up as highas it will go. Then pull the gaslever down about a half-an-inchor so from its upper stop. Thenwalk to the front of the car, pushthe crank in to seat the teeth ofthe end of the crank handle intothe crankshaft pulley. Nowslowly turn the crank handleclockwise until you feel someresistance of a cylinder on thecompression stroke, then with amighty yank, turn the crank ashard as you can.

When the engine starts,quickly get in and advance thespark lever downward until theengine smooths out.

Remember that long lever onthe left. That should have beenplaced in neutral, which is atthe 12 o’clock position.

If it wasn’t then you just gotrun over by your own car. (AskJay how that feels.)

Okay, with your left hand onthe parking brake lever andyour left foot on the left pedal,push down slowly on the pedaland the car will begin to move

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Letters to the EditorSupermarket Bingo was

very successful

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Dear Editor: This letter is to extend a

heartfelt thanks to the volun-teers and local businessess thatdonated so generously to theWhite Mountains Regional HighSchool (WMRHS) SupermarketBINGO night. Lots of deliciousfood was well received for theconcession table. Many rafflegifts and pantry items for theprize baskets were donated byour helpful community. Equip-

ment was borrowed from theLancaster Fire Department.Countless hours were con-tributed by dozens of volunteers.Thank you to all our faithfulBingo players for assisting theWMRHS Class of 2012 t ofundraise for their Chem-FreeCelebration.

Sincerely,Sherri Lowell

WMRHS Parent

Now is the time! In order toprevent a penalty from the IRS,you must file your federalreturn by April 17th! If youhaven’t filed your taxes and tak-en advantage of the freeVolunteer Income TaxAssistance (VITA) Programoffered by the Family ResourceCenter, we are running out oftime. The free service will beavailable for last call taxreturns on Saturday, April 14thfrom 9:30 a.m. until 3 p.m. atthe Family Resource Centerlocated at 123 Main Street inGorham. For this day only, youcan walk in and have your taxesprepared, or make an appoint-

ment ahead of time.Taxpayers earning less than

$58,000 are eligible for thisservice free of charge. IRStrained volunteers will work tohelp you claim all the tax creditsavailable to you, including theEarned Income Tax Credit,Child Tax Credit and more.

VITA Volunteers havealready assisted over 500 localfamilies with their tax returnsthis year. Returns are filed elec-tronically and refunds can bedirect-deposited into a checkingor savings account. Please callThe Family Resource Center at466-5190 with any questions orto make an appointment.

Last call for FREE tax help!

Don’t miss the opportunity tovisit Weeks Medical Center onApril 19 and 20 when theAuxiliary sponsored Books areFun Fair is in progress. Thereare books, unique gifts, gamesand more, for all ages. Hours arefrom 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. on the19th and 7 a.m. to 1 p.m. on the20th. Proceeds from the sales

help the Auxiliary to purchaseequipment for Weeks MedicalCenter. Other upcomingAuxiliary events are the annualGolf Tournament on June 2nd,Cow Chip Bingo at the StreetFair on July 28th and the returnof the ever-popular No BucketPenny Sale on Saturday, Oct.13.

Auxiliary Book Fair comingon April 19 and 20

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