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LITTLETON— With a feeling of somber re-spect in the air, the town’s Memorial Day parade and ceremony took place in a light shower on Monday. Hundreds were on hand to witness the commemoration of those who died in all of the nation’s wars.

Memorial Day, origi-nally called Decoration Day, was first observed in 1868 to remember those lost in the Civil War. Across the na-tion’s history, more than one million Amer-icans have given their lives in combat.

The color guard from the local Veter-ans of Foreign Wars post set the pace for the morning’s parade. They were followed by the White Mountains Regional High School

color guard, elected of-ficials, and representa-tives from local organi-zations. All made their way to Veterans Memo-rial Bridge.

Rev. Kurt Wiesner, of All Saints’ Episco-pal Church, provided the opening prayer at the ceremony. He said Memorial Day honors the fallen and gives determination to those blessed with liberty. The nation must re-member those lost in war, Wiesner said, be-cause “men and women died for peace that we may live in peace.”

Milt Bratz, Chair-man of the Selectmen, then read the town’s Memorial Day procla-mation. He noted the “long and proud histo-ry of service” found of Littleton. Bratz also commended the Veter-ans of Foreign Wars for their “countless hours” promoting the inter-

ests of veterans and the wider community.

Tina Greenlaw praised the example set by those who serve their country. “They did not fight for fame, glory, or fortune,” she said. Rather, Green-law continued, “They stared death in the face . . . to sustain our way of life.”

Local VFW member Ryan Trahan intro-duced the ceremony’s guest speaker, Lloyd Aucoin III, retired Gun-nery Sergeant, U.S. Ma-rines. Trahan called Aucoin, “a great man who has served our country, and served us all.”

In his Marine uni-form, Aucoin, who lives in Virginia, began his remarks by noting how New Hampshire’s motto, “Live Free or Die,” expresses the phi-

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Darin Wipperman/Littleton CourierWith shell casings flying through the air, members of the local Veterans of Foreign Wars fired a salute to the fallen near the end of Littleton’s annual Memorial Day ceremony.

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As in previous Memorial Day parades in Littleton, the symbolic power of the riderless horse was evident to the hundreds of people who lined Main Street.


The White Mountains Regional High School color guard proud-ly held the national and state flags aloft as they made their way to Veterans Memorial Bridge for the midday ceremony.


WLTN’s Phil Rivera received warm applause for his rendition of the national anthem.

BY DARIN WIPPERMAN

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LINCOLN— Negotia-tions between the town and Loon Mountain Resort have pushed out the timeframe for construction of the new Loon Mountain bridge.

Work will not begin un-til late this year. Town Manager Butch Bur-bank provided an up-date on Friday.

Tropical Storm Irene heavily damaged the original town-owned

BY DARIN WIPPERMAN

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L I T T L E T O N — Churches have the dual goal of spreading the traditional word while also appealing to those who have grown up on 21st Century tech-nology. First United Methodist Church, at 18 Main St., believes

some new equipment installed recently can accomplish both prior-ities.

Pastor Bob Schnei-der and several mem-bers of the congrega-tion spoke about the church’s new video and sound system last week. Schneider said

BY DARIN WIPPERMAN

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SUGAR HILL— An-other sunny morning meant more garden time for Reggie Tarr on Thurs-day. As he prepared the ground and tended to

cold boxes with flowers in them, Tarr provided an overview of his land, Tarrnation Farm. He grows and sells herbs, flowers, and vegetables from the spot, located at 96 Streeter Pond Road.

Life took Tarr from a degree in history at Rut-gers to Vermont and Col-orado. “I became a ski bum,” he said. A devo-tion to gardening started decades ago as he began to learn about organic

foods. He also remains interested in travel. Tarr arrived back in Sugar Hill nearly two months ago from a winter in Pan-ama.

A colorful lifeReggie Tarr prepares for another busy season


As he has done for decades, Reggie Tarr spends his days close to the earth. He was watering plants in cold boxes last Thursday morning, when he took some time out of another busy day to talk about his work at Tarrnation Farm.


Like the fields around his house, the flowers by Reggie Tarr’s front door welcome with the many hues of spring.

Loon bridge construction to start later this year

Technology helps First United Methodist Church touch more lives

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TecHnoLogy, PAGE A15season, PAGE A14

C O N C O R D — T h e New Hampshire Depart-ment of Health and Hu-man Services (DHHS) Division of Public Health Services (DPHS) is reminding residents that tick season is upon us once again and that people should take pre-cautions to prevent be-ing bitten by ticks and being potentially ex-posed to Lyme disease or other tick-borne ill-nesses. In 2013, 1,689 cas-es of Lyme disease were identified in the State of New Hampshire, with the highest rates of dis-ease in Hillsborough, Rockingham, and Straf-ford Counties.

According to the Cen-ters for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), there were over 30,000 cases in the United States in 2012 (the most recent year for which data are available), and New Hampshire had the

highest incidence rate of Lyme disease in the county.

Lyme disease is caused by the bacteri-um Borrelia burgdoferi and is transmitted to people by the bite of an infected black-legged tick (also known as the deer tick). The greatest risk for Lyme disease is between the months of May and August when the black-legged tick is in the juvenile stage; it’s the size of a poppy seed and very difficult to see, so individuals may be unaware they have been bitten. Ticks that trans-mit Lyme can also trans-mit otherdiseases, such as anaplasmosis, babe-siosis, and Powassan virus. Although not as common as Lyme, these diseases can also cause illness.

“Unfortunately Lyme disease remains common in New Hamp-

shire,” said DPHS Di-rector of Public Health Dr. José Montero. “We cannot afford to let our guard down since we also know that a high proportion of ticks in New Hampshire are in-fected with the Lyme spirochete. We would like everyone to consis-tently take the necessary precautions to protect themselves and their families from becoming ill from this and other tick-borne diseases.”

Symptoms of Lyme disease include fever, headache, fatigue, and often a skin rash that is round and looks like a bulls-eye. Lyme disease is treatable with antibi-otics, but if left untreat-ed can lead to severe headaches and neck pain caused by menin-gitis (inflammation of the spinal cord), pain and swelling in the large joints, shooting pains that may interfere with sleep, and heart palpita-tions and dizziness.

DHHS recommends taking the following precautions to prevent tick bites: Avoid tick-in-fested areas such as overgrown grass, brush, and leaf litter, Use in-sect repellent labeled as effective against ticks, Wear protective cloth-ing (long pants and long sleeves to keep ticks off skin) Do daily tick checks on yourself and family members, espe-cially after being out-doors.

Reduce ticks around your home by keeping grass short and remov-ing leaf litter. Speak with your healthcare provider if you are bit-ten by a tick or if you no-tice a large round rash anywhere on you.

For more information about Lyme disease and other tick-borne dis-eases, visit the DHHS website at www.dhhs.n h . g o v / d p h s / c d c s /lyme/index.htm or the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) website at www.cdc.gov/ticks/index.html.

BY DARIN WIPPERMAN

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MONROE — Being surrounded by books from an early age, Leah Holz seemed destined for a career linked to learn-ing. Earlier this month, Holz was selected as prin-cipal at Monroe Consoli-dated School. She served as acting principal since late last year.

Holz’s mom Sandy has served as the librarian in Whitefield for 40 years. A 1994 graduate of White Mountains Regional High School, Holz said, “I was literally raised in the li-brary. Reading and learn-ing have always been a part of my life.”

With such an interest in books, Holz originally thought about following in her mom’s footsteps as a librarian. She found education another nat-ural outlet, especially, Holz said, because “I knew pretty early on that I wanted to work with kids.”

After attending Whee-lock College in Boston, Holz decided the big city was not for her. She first worked at Barnet School, then became a long-term substitute in Monroe shortly after college. She has made her education career in town ever since.

Holz taught kinder-garten, first, and second grade during her time at MCS. She also started the school’s pre-school program. During profes-sional development time, Holz became interested in teacher leadership, which led to the idea of becoming a school admin-istrator.

After a return to Whee-

lock College for a master’s degree, Holz had her prin-cipal’s internship in Mon-roe while still teaching first and second grade. She then had the oppor-tunity to become interim and now the permanent principal at the school.

Holz is thankful for the opportunity the job provides, as well as the “huge outpouring of sup-port from members of the community and col-leagues,” she said. “I feel blessed to be working at a school that has such a great group of teachers,” Holz added.

Monroe Consolidat-ed School has about 75 students enrolled in K through eighth grade.

Communication is central to Holz’s philos-ophy of education. She believes administrators, teachers, parents, and students are all partners in the educational en-deavor.

Holz believes Monroe provides a good example of how good communi-cation supports the goals of taxpayers, parents,

educators and students. She said the town does a nice job rallying around the needs of children, “so that we can do the best for them.”

The town’s support for the school is evident, Holz continued. “The connec-tion between the school and the community has always been strong,” she said. The recent spring concert is an example of the bond people have with the school. The event was very well attended by peo-ple of all age groups, Holz noted. “I’m still hearing comments from people on how wonderful the con-cert was,” she said.

Holz sees the school as well positioned for chang-es looming in the areas of curriculum and student assessment. “We have embraced the Common Core standards for years now,” she said.

Work planned this summer will focus staff on how the school can be prepared for the shift from NECAP testing to Smarter Balance, Holz continued. The school will continue “to embrace the changes, and do the best we can to stay on top of them,” she said.

As someone who has already built a solid ca-reer in one place, Holz happily promotes her school. She concluded, “I want Monroe on the map because of the great school we are.”

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Standing outside her building on a pleasant spring day, Leah Holz recently became the permanent principal at Monroe Consolidated School. She has spent most of her educational career at the school, and had served as acting principal since December.

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L I T T L E T O N — Thanks to a unanimous vote from the planning board, the town took an-other step toward selling nearly half of the transfer station lot. The approved subdivision of 1213 Mt. Eustis Road was a neces-sary part of the process to sell more than 40 acres to the Littleton Industri-

al Development Corpo-ration for $1. A 135,000 square foot commercial complex to house two area businesses looking to expand is slated for the new lot.

The hearing last week was a joint meeting of the planning board and selectmen. The 2014 war-rant article authorizing the land sale required two public hearings pri-or to any deal between

the town and LIDC.The new subdivision

totals 41.96 acres, with the transfer station re-taining the remaining 43.66 acres of the original parcel. The town origi-nally purchased the lot in 1969.

Even though board members were united on the subdivision, the town heard dissent from Bruce

Transfer station subdivision approved


Colin Trahan, center, a new alternate member of the planning board, was asked to be a voting member last Tuesday evening. Members discussed the town’s request to subdivide the lot that includes the transfer station. Board members Jim Daly, left, and Val Poulsen, examined the subdivision plans with Trahan. A unanimous vote of the planning board authorized the proposal.

Transfer, PAGE A14

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BY DARIN WIPPERMAN

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LITTLETON— Cur-rently a member of the state legislature, Marilin-da Garcia, a Salem Re-publican, hopes to win the District 2 seat in the U.S. House of Represen-tatives. On Friday, she spoke to the Courier about her political phi-losophy and interest in national office.

Garcia was first elect-ed to the legislature in 2006, when she was just 23 years old. She said a central goal of her time in Concord has been “mak-ing sure our regulatory environment is as hospi-table as possible to our innovation economy.”

Garcia said she has en-joyed working with her colleagues in the legisla-ture. Members of both parties have a tendency to find common ground, she said. “It’s not like everyone walks around with an R or a D on their foreheads,” Garcia not-ed.

Health policy in New Hampshire is an area of interest for Rep. Gar-cia. She would like to see more data to help consumers make the best health care choices for themselves. Garcia believes the Affordable Care Act (also known as Obamacare) took the wrong approach. She re-mains concerned about the ability of people to ac-cess certain health care providers, like Cottage Hospital in Woodville, under Obamacare.

On Northern Pass, Garcia expressed con-cern about the tall elec-trical transmission towers that would take Canadian hydropower through New Hamp-shire. In addition to the effects on the state’s nat-ural beauty, Garcia said, “most of the benefits wouldn’t be to our state.” Burying the lines would be a much better option

for New Hampshire, she suggested.

Garcia said energy policy and changing the tax code are two major interests she would pur-sue if elected to Congress. She believes the innova-tion and natural resourc-es found in the United States can be brought together to improve our national security. By moving closer to energy independence, Garcia said, the United States would be “less beholden to many other foreign in-terests.”

The tax system is a major impediment to stronger national inno-vation, Garcia said. “Our tax code has become so complicated,” she stated. Garcia added that the In-ternal Revenue Service has too much power over people’s lives.

Additional areas of what Garcia called “fed-eral overreach” are of concern. In talking with farmers across District 2, Garcia has heard about the control national agencies have. She said too much power rests in

Washington, D.C. Gar-cia believes the residents of District 2 know “how to best be a steward and protector of our own nat-ural resources.”

Through more local control and an improved tax code, Garcia suggest-ed the country can truly create “an American environment of oppor-tunity for all.” If elected to Congress, she hopes to unite the people of District 2, listen to their concerns, and solve prob-lems. She said such an approach historically

has “made our country the exceptional one that it is.”

An accomplished harpist, Garcia finds both music and public service a way to unify people. Either playing the harp or working in elected of-fice can be a means “to achieve wonderful things that changes lives,” Gar-cia concluded.

The primary election occurs on September 9. The winner of the Repub-lican race will take on Democrat Ann McLane Kuster in November.

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Courier AlmanacThe word

“They did not fight for fame, glory, or fortune. They stared death in the face . . .

to sustain our way of life.”

Tina Greenlaw, speaking at the Littleton Memorial Day commemoration.

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The Necessary

Thanks, federal income tax gurus!

Spring is tickingIt took a while but spring is finally upon us,

though the calendar says it is the unofficial start of summer with Memorial Day. Warm weather is here and showers forecast as far as the eye can see. Of course New England weather is notoriously deceptive, especially so in North-ern New England. As Mark Twain once said, if you don’t like the weather in New England, wait a minute.

With each season comes its own problems. Last month we put up the Fish and Game warn-ing about putting birdfeeders away. We hope you did. If you didn’t, you likely got a visit from the large black omnivores, creating a problem for both you and the bears.

There is danger attracting bears. We can at-test to the veracity of that warning ourselves having a bear in the backyard last year under where the feeders had been removed only two days before. While it’s an exciting sight, it’s not something you really want in the yard—both for your sake and the bear. Bears that become accustomed to people and getting food from them often have to be killed by Fish and Game.

Spring also brings with it another less pleas-ant feature—ticks and constant tick checks. The nasty creatures, which seem to have moved north in force over the last five to 10 years, can take the joy out of warm weather, especially mid-spring through early summer. Say what you will about winter one nice thing is there are no ticks to worry about. This past weekend we found eight on us!

The beastly creatures shouldn’t keep you from going outside once they are out in force but a routine scan, especially of exposed skin, should be second nature, as should bug repel-lant and long sleeves if you are getting into brush.

I’m fairly certain that most of us have been to someone’s house in which was found a room and a sign stating “Nec-essary Room”. A quick look inside will give am-ple understanding as to what is “necessary”. Defining the word gives further understanding of what is going on when something is necessary: essential, required, need-ed, basic, vital and so on. Something taking place around us needs to be thoroughly addressed and changed if it is nec-essary. Imagine, then, what the use of the word necessary meant to those living in the 13 Amer-ican colonies, as well as King George III and members of Parliament on 1776, July 4. “When in the course of human events it becomes NEC-ESSARY...” These words were followed with a stat-ed decision to become free from English rule.

Now, sadly and erro-neously, we have been led to believe for too

long that the events that followed were a war of revolution. The colonists are accused of revolting against English control, law and rule. If you read the entire Declaration of Independence, you will note a listing of 26 griev-ances; legal claims of how George and his min-ions had sought to sub-jugate colonists even by use of invading British soldiers! Theirs was a de-fensive war for indepen-dence, not a revolution! Given the many ways in which the individual liberty of American citi-zens has been reduced or removed in the course of at least the last 100 years, one must wonder that if individual liberty is as important as life to you, at what point will we find ourselves having to say...”enough already, we are weary of the per-petual changes coming through government regulations, programs, bureaucrats that limit or destroy the freedoms once won for us by our

courageous founders”? Colonists didn’t just

take up arms to fend off British soldiers eating their food and living in their homes. Oh, no. Over many years they said in their declaration that “in every stage of these Oppressions we have pe-titioned for redress in the most humble terms...and we have been answered only by repeated injury.” It had become NECES-SARY for them to declare they must be free! Well, we know about a nec-essary room don’t we...BUT do we understand the necessity of having again restored room in our lives to live without the government always poking around telling us what we can or can’t do and listening to every conversation? Eternal vigilance is the NECES-SARY price of liberty.

Are we awake or asleep?

John SimpsonLyman

Imagine: angels of mercy in the federal tax realm. They do exist.

Just because math is not my gift of understand-ing doesn’t mean I’m not eternally grateful to those who do.

Some appear each year about income tax time, locally, at the Little-

ton Senior Center. Chuck Martingill leads these able AARP tax volun-teers, such as Sam Chase of Lancaster. They shep-herd those of us that need their understanding.

They set up a sched-ule for a number of af-ternoons before April 15 when our federal income

taxes are due. They ably and nimbly guide us through the federal tax form. They insert our figures into the required form and send it on its way.

Bless you mighty.

Stephanie EatonLittleton

76 Jerry West, Basketball Hall of Famer

70 Rudolph Giuliani, For-mer New York City may-or

70 Sondra Locke, Actress

69 John Fogerty, Rock musician (Creedence Clearwater Revival)

58 Jerry Douglas, Coun-try musician (Union Sta-tion)

46 Kylie Minogue, Rock singer

45 Justin Kirk, Actor (“Weeds”)

43 Marco Rubio, U.S. sen-ator, R-Fla.

37 Elisabeth Hasselbeck, TV host (“The View”)

1533 England’s Archbish-op declared the marriage of King Henry VIII to Anne Boleyn valid.

1892 The Sierra Club was organized in San Francis-co.

1934 The Dionne quintu-plets - Annette, Cecile, Emilie, Marie and Yvonne - were born to Elzire Di-onne in Ontario, Canada.

1937 Neville Chamberlain became prime minister of Britain.

1940 The Belgian army surrendered to invading German forces during World War II.

1957 The National League approved the move of the Brooklyn Dodgers and New York Giants baseball teams to Los Angeles and San Francisco, respective-ly.

1985 David Jacobsen, di-rector of the American University Hospital in Beirut, Lebanon, was ab-ducted by pro-Iranian kid-nappers.

1987 Mathias Rust, a 19-year-old West German pilot, landed a private plane in Moscow’s Red Square after evading Sovi-et air defenses.

1996 President Bill Clin-ton’s former business part-ners in the Whitewater land deal, James and Su-san McDougal and Arkan-sas Gov. Jim Guy Tucker, were convicted of fraud.

1998 Pakistan matched In-dia with five nuclear test blasts.

1998 Comic actor Phil Hartman of “Saturday Night Live” and “News-Radio” fame was shot to death by his wife, Brynn, who then killed herself.

2002 NATO declared Rus-sia a limited partner in the Western alliance.

2006 Barry Bonds of the San Francisco Giants hit his 715th home run to pass Babe Ruth on the career list and move into second place behind Hank Aaron.

2010 Gary Coleman, the former child star of the 1970s TV sitcom “Diff ’rent Strokes,” died at age 42 of a brain hemorrhage.

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An excavator was busy Friday morning preparing the Pollyanna View Deck. The spot, dug into the north side of the river-bank, will offer a place for people to relax and enjoy the Ammonoosuc. Revamped sidewalks, new light posts, and improved fencing are additional Mill Street changes linked to the town’s ongoing river district re-development plans. Private dona-tions are funding the work Dodge Contracting has been doing for nearly two weeks.

LANDAFF–The Lan-daff Volunteer Fire As-sociation, a charitable trust which serves the Landaff community, announced that for the second straight year, they have granted $500 cash scholarships to five Landaff graduating seniors. The recipients include: Dylan Blowey, Sydney Clement, Kayla Fifield, Destiny Presley and Cameron Smith.

Jason Cartwright, president of the Fire Association explained, “We’ve watched these kids grow up in our community, and they’ve helped out at many events, including waiting tables at the Grange Pancake Break-fast and Old Home Day Supper, picking up trash alongside the road, working at the snowmobile races and doing other little tasks which help our small town. By recogniz-ing those labors, we hope to build a spirit of community inter-

est in them, no mat-ter where they might live in the future. Our Board decided to ded-icate a portion of the proceeds from our fundraising efforts to create an endowment for these scholarships. The Association’s mis-sion of helping support the Landaff Volunteer Fire Department re-mains unchanged”, Cartwright said, “but we also like to encour-age our young people in a positive way and strengthen our commu-nity as a place where people want to live”.

The students grant-ed scholarships are all entering college or technical school and after they complete one semester and demon-strate a 2.8 grade aver-age, they are awarded the cash gifts. Award letters will be pre-sented at the Lisbon Regional High School Graduation on Sunday June 1.

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LITTLETON— After months of frustration, the planning board placed a phone call during last Tuesday night’s discus-sion of Old County Road. For their June 3 meeting, the board insisted on an in person update from Ben Osgood, who rep-resents property owners Dinesh and Kamlesh Pa-tel. The town, as well as the New Hampshire De-

partment of Transporta-tion, has expressed safety concerns in the area for more than two years.

DOT recently re-viewed a revised concept plan for improvements in the area. As noted in the letter, the state generally accepted the ideas, which include an expansion of parking for large vehicles near McDonalds. The state requested some modi-fications for the sake of traffic flow and the ease

of turning onto Meadow Street. DOT also recom-mended the town’s traffic engineer review the new plan.

The developer’s writ-ten response to the DOT comments was positive. On a key point, the Patels acknowledge that safety improvements currently planned may not be suf-ficient if proposed com-mercial and residential development occurs on Old County Road.

Osgood was called af-ter Vice Chairman Lin-da MacNeil noticed the developer’s letter merely promised a written up-date at the board’s June 3 meeting. MacNeil ex-pected an in person meet-ing to discuss Old County Road with Osgood, and perhaps the Patels, who live in Massachusetts.

MacNeil was adamant that someone be in Little-

ton to update the board on June 3. Expressing frustration that has built up in town since 2011, MacNeil said, “My good graces are gone . . . They have to be here June 3 with a construction plan.” After discussion with Osgood over the phone, the board was in-formed the June 3 update would occur in person.

During the meeting, the board and others fo-cused their discussion on the proposed new park-ing area, meant to ex-pand places where larg-er vehicles park. As a procedural matter, Eddy Moore, chairman of the zoning board, wondered if the new parking area would be separate from the McDonalds lot. If so, a special exception from the zoning board would likely be required, Moore said.

The current lack of room for larger vehicles along Old County Road has especially frustrated the Hadlock family, who operate an insurance

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LITTLETON DIS-TRICT COURT– Jona-than J. Dupont, 32, Lit-tleton, was found guilty of driving after revoca-tion and drug possession for a June 14, 2013 inci-dent in Bethlehem. He was fined $310 and $434, respectively.

A warrant was issued for the arrest of Paul Archibald, 32, Boston, Mass., for faiing to ap-

pear to answer a charge of conduct after an ac-cident for a Jan. 25 inci-dent in Franconia.

Justin T May-West, 25, Franconia, was found guilty of reckless oper-ation for a Feb. 15 inci-dent in Franconia. He was fined $620 and lost his license for 60 days.

Kelly A. Yeargle, 18, Littleton, was found guilty of simple assault for an Aug. 17 incident in Littleton. She was fined $200 and sentenced to 60 days in jail.

David Morris, 54, Colebrook, was found guilty of a yellow line violation for a Jan. 16 incident on Route 116 in Bethlehem and was fined $103.33.

A warrant was issued for the arrest of Dean Taylor, 59, Kensington, Conn., for failing to ap-pear to answer charges of drunken driving, driv-ing after suspension, and drug possession for a May 9 incident in Lit-tleton.

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HAVERHILL–James Bollman, 42, of Pike, was arrested May 19 for driving after revo-cation or suspension. Bollman was released on $350 personal re-cognizance bail and is scheduled to appear in the 2nd Circuit Court Haverhill District on June 2.

Police took a report of a missing handgun in North Haverhill. The complainant did not know if it was lost or stolen. The weapon was entered into the National Crime Infor-mation Center (NCIC).

Citations were is-sued to: Louisa Noble, 17, of Benton for speed; William Boutin, 28, of Pike for operating an uninspected vehi-cle; Lisa Famosi, 42, of Woodsville for speed; Jeffrey Sharon, 53, of Bradford, VT., for stop sign violation; Dustin Adams, 29, of Bath for speed; Robert Pringle, 75, of West Lebanon

for speed; Damodhar Timisina, 27, of Laco-nia for speed; Brandon Williams, 25, of North Haverhill for speed; Tucker Newell, 16, of Warren for speed; Ben-jamin Toomey, 16, of Warren for speed; Karl Johnson, 71, of Mon-roe, for speed; Christo-pher Couch, 29, of Can-dia for speed; Wanda Downer, 39, of Woods-ville for speed; Grace Kozik, 29, of Fairlee, VT., for speed; James Bollman, 43, of Pike for speed; Mary Farias, 49, of North Haverhill for speed; Brian Smith, 64, of Pike for speed and John Miller, 20, of North Haverhill for speed.

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LITTLETON--Little-ton Lions Club members Linda Collins and Rox-anne Bowker presented a $500 check to the Norris Cotton Cancer Center in St. Johnsbury, Vt. on April 24.

Lion Bowker com-mented that the Littleton area residents appreciate the excellent services provided by the Norris Cotton Cancer Center.

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SUGAR HILL––Once Upon a Time, featuring cradles, clothing, books, toys, puzzles, and child-hood ephemera from bygone eras, will delight visitors at Sugar Hill His-torical Museum’s 2014 ex-hibit. It is truly a treasure house of memories.

Director/Curator Kitty Bigelow and her team of Co-Curators Mar-tha Evelyn and Nancy Martland along with Me-lissa Cole, Wendy Cole, Jean Goehlen and Joan Hannah have lovingly prepared this year’s visu-al feast of childhood mem-orabilia.

In the main exhibit hall, one will find pho-tograph walls with pic-tures grouped in various themes: grandparents with grandchildren, fam-ilies and generations, brothers and sisters, boys, girls and mothers and babies. In a nearby glass case is a collec-tion of tiny first shoes, a pair of leather shoes in their original box, a pair of bronzed baby shoes and grooming articles. Along the window wall is a group of baby record books arranged to show how these books changed through three genera-tions of one Sugar Hill family. A display of hand-made lace fills the back wall cases.

Toys, toys, toys every-where jostle one’s memo-ries of times past! Lovely infant clothing, bonnets, and christening dresses are displayed in the cen-ter of the main exhibit room along with a Victo-rian perambulator, the season’s signature hobby horse and a Victorian wicker bassinet. Bring your magnifying glasses to see the fine details of the handmade expertise in all of the baby cloth-ing and linens. Visitors will have a chance to vote for their favorite outfits found in the displays.

Joan Hannah’s eyes twinkled. “I enjoyed searching for things to bring to the exhibit. I love the spirit of the whole thing! It’s fun to shock people with the photo of me and my brother in our underwear and with the photo of my father asleep as he sits on his potty seat. Those were real life clothes on the farm and our experiences! Quite different from the hotel crowds.”

The main exhibit spills into the back room of the carriage barn where bicy-cles, wagons and larger toys are displayed with photographs of their orig-inal owners. Toddlers’ clothing covers the walls of the room filled with toys and lunchboxes.

This year the museum will sell raffle tickets for

a double-sided, twin-size quilt created by volun-teers Betsy Fraser (lead-er), Kathy Jablonski and Sue Rysanek from their materials donated to the museum. Also on sale will be a souvenir booklet with details of all items on exhibit in the museum.

Bigelow said, “The most surprising find during the gathering of items for displays this year was the quality of the outfits, the workman-ship and the huge num-ber of outfits that were kept and handed down from generation to gen-eration. These detailed, handmade outfits orig-inated in little sewing rooms of England and America. None are facto-ry-produced. Many out-fits are ‘recycled’ items. For example, one dress is made from a linen towel.”

Ann Hartmann has again collected a wealth of items related to this year’s theme for the mu-seum gift shop along with jewelry, antiques, items

crafted by local artists, books and other items to interest all ages. Look for two editions of the “Rocking Horse Book, A Collector’s Guide,” by Tony Stevenson and Eva Marsden (1993 and 2012), rocking horse decorative pieces and ornaments made of wood and pewter and old-time games like Tiddlywinks.™ Muse-um self-published books include “The Cookery: From the Kitchen of Peck-ett’s-on-Sugar Hill,” “Sug-ar Hill Then and Now,” Roger Aldrich’s history of the town, “Secession: The Birth of Sugar Hill,” and “Sugar Hill Treasures.”

The Sugar Hill Histor-ical Museum, 1401 Route 117 in the heart of Sugar Hill, is open from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m., Fridays and Sat-urdays, May 30 through Oct. 13 this year. Admis-sion is free, donations are graciously accepted. Group tours may be ar-ranged by calling Kitty Bigelow, 823-5336 or 823-5275.

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WHITEFIELD––For the fifth consecutive summer, Whitefield’s bandstand will host the popular Un-Com-mon Concert Series on Thursday evenings be-ginning tomorrow, May 29, at 6 p.m. Katie Rose and Julia Kamins will kick off the season with a special event for all ages. Come sing along with all the favorite songs of kids and “kids at heart”. Don’t miss this fun family event!

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July 5 – Jamaican Reggae artist, Progress

July 10 – FINALE EVENT – All featured artists and other sur-prises!

SWIFTWATER – The Bath Historical Society will hold its 13th Annu-al Ghost Walk on Fri-day, May 30 at 7 p.m. at Swiftwater Cemetery at the intersection of Cem-etery and Goose Lane Roads in Swiftwater.

The Town of Bath has a dozen cemeteries scattered throughout its many districts and the Society chooses a differ-ent cemetery every year as an opportunity to in-troduce the public to the past residents of Bath.

Swiftwater was once

a thriving little village with stores, a church, Grange Hall, creamery, tannery, wheelwright, bedstead and black-smith shops and bob-bin, shingle, saw, grist, clothing and starch mills.

The Ghost Walk is free and refreshments will be served after the program. Bring a chair and enjoy meeting and learning about the for-mer residents of Swift-water. For more infor-mation contact Sandra Peters at 747-2869.

Revisit precious moments of childhood in the Sugar Hill Historical Museum

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One focus in the main exhibit is a bronze sculpture of Joan Hannah as a toddler. The piece was crafted by her mother.

Museum Director/Curator Kitty Bigelow arranges last minute details of the main exhibit.

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STEWARTSTOWN — Legendary ski resort developer Les Otten of Newry, Me., energized a capacity crowd of nearly 300 on Thursday night at the annual dinner of the North Country Chamber of Commerce, held at the Spa Restaurant by ask-ing them to support him and his team, including Balsams View LLC own-ers Dan Dagesse and Dan Hebert, in their efforts to move forward to make their vision a reality.

Otten, a successful Baby Boomer who noted that he would turn 65 in two days’ time, shared his grand-scale vision for “the spectacular rebirth” of The Balsams.

“In early 2011, 155 years after its establishment in Dixville Notch, the histor-ic Balsams Grand Resort Hotel closed for renova-tion. Rather than to sim-ply refurbish the existing facilities, Dixville Capital LLC seeks to accentuate the splendor of the past with a deeply thoughtful, market-driven vision for the future. Today, a for-ward-thinking and eco-nomically viable plan is being created to stage a

rebirth of this spectacular property,” he said.

Otten pointed out that never before in his busi-ness career had he been received with such en-thusiasm and positive community support. The great state of New Hamp-shire, including DRED commissioner Jeff Rose who sat at a banquet ta-ble in front of the podium, has been willing to try to help. It was Rose, he said, who had come up with the best descriptive phrase for what he and his team have been trying to create as a worldwide destina-tion: “A Vision as Grand as the Location Itself.”

The experienced ski resort developer, who turned the then-tiny Sun-day River into a thriving multi-mountain ski re-sort at Sunday River and transformed the Bethel, Me. area into a job center, listed some of The Bal-sams’ assets, including today’s team: 10,500 acres of land; 150-year history; four seasons of mountain recreation and living; 100 kilometers (62 miles) of bike, run, walk, and cross country trails; 1,600 acres (2.5 square miles) of ski-able terrain; world-class golf on a Donald J. Ross course; breathtaking and

accessible wilderness; Coös County Farming Al-liance to create the “Pure-ly Balsams” and “Balsams Wilderness” brand; and mountain lakes on prop-erty — plus a team infused with “new-era thinking and planning” that is working on a “first-ever resort campus design,” in which cars are not needed and guests connect to the environment.

Otten explained that he is looking to create a destination resort that is relevant for members of the generation, now 25 to 35 years old, that’s ready to connect to the “real en-vironment” instead of one created by merely push-ing a button. Ultimately this generation will have its own children to bring to the resort.

The idea is to make the resort’s developed area very “dense” — only the “size of postage stamp” — so that its vast wilderness acreage can remain essen-tially as is.

In his PowerPoint pre-sentation, Otten showed four overlapping circles representing the well-springs success at the new Balsams that will keep guests for week- and 10-day-long stays: Wilder-ness (mountain biking, backcountry, snowshoe-ing, snowboard, snowmo-bile, horseback, fly-fish-

ing, hunting, ski and cross country); Wellness (local agriculture, farmer’s market, equine therapy, nutrition, spiritual, yoga, and golf); Celebration (races, events, festivals, competitions, and family gatherings), plus Water (spa, swim, kayak, hot pools, grand pool, aquatic wellness, stand-up paddle board, and boat house and pier, from which young-sters can jump into the water directly or swing from a rope into Lake Gloriette). Otten hopes to pump water up over Dix-ville Notch from the An-droscoggin River, some 10 or 12 miles away, for extensive snowmaking to create ski conditions that are equivalent to those at Aspen, Colo. He noted that over 250 inches of snow falls naturally each winter and that Dixville Notch enjoys five months

of below-32-degree tem-peratures.

There are conceptual plans to create a restau-rant in the original sec-tion of the Old Dix House and to build an outdoor marketplace patterned on the Granville Island Farmers Market in Van-couver that would feature local foods and crafts. Locally grown products could be ordered on the Internet and shipped from Coös or guests could take vacation home with them. The ski area would have state-of-the-art lifts and snowmaking, giving the resort a leg up on com-petitors. The vertical rise would be doubled, the ski-able terrain tripled, and up-mountain dining and ski facilities built. And he mentioned to a 400-key hotel and a tram lift that would span the narrow valley to the top of the ski area that would operate year-round

Importantly, Otten said, however, is that this vision is “not being dumped on you” but that “you’re joining with our vision; it’s one you want us to do.”

He urged local busi-nesspeople to think of themselves as investors

in the Balsams enterprise that, if its vision is ful-filled, would revive Coös County, attracting skiers and outdoor enthusiasts from across the East Coast in the winter and drawing 70 percent of its summer guests from farther away, including Paris, Lon-don, and Madrid. Otten pledged that the Wilder-ness Ski Area would not become a “cookie cutter” resort, typical in today’s world in which ski areas have become just another commodity.

He listed some major hurdles, without provid-ing much detail, that must be overcome, but point-ed out that many people are trying to help make it possible for $100 million in capital improvements by 2016 in the first phase of what would likely be five to 10 phases, poten-tially over many years, to create “thousands of new jobs” and revitalize Coös County and the townships of Colebrook and Errol.

“There’s no cap; the top is open!” Otten explained.

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Four of the very experienced members of the Balsams’ development team who are working with Les Otten, as well as Balsams View owners Dan Dagesse and Dan Hebert, stood up at Thursday night’s Chamber to be introduced: Joseph Banda, left, Burt Mills, David Norden, and Dave Despres.


Les Otten of Newry, Me., galvanized the audience at the annual dinner of the North Country Chamber of Commerce at the Spa Restaurant in Stewartstown on Thursday night by describing a tantalizing vision the future of The Balsams as a year-round destination resort that would create thousands of jobs in Dixville, Colebrook and Errol.

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Les Otten showed a conceptual drawing of what the Balsams Grand Hotel might look like if the plans to revive and redevelop the resort property go forward with an initial $100 million investment in Phase 1.

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LIN-WOOD––Kay-la Fadden, daughter of Lorie Stimson and Bill Fadden, of Lincoln is the class of 2014’s Vale-dictorian. Fadden has consistently participat-ed in two sports during her high school career, including basketball, softball and tennis as well as maintained an average of 90 or above in her academics. She has held a class officer role all four years of high school, including class president, treasur-er, and now secretary. During her senior year, Fadden was inducted

into National Honor Society and became an active member of her community; she spent many hours after school either tutoring students in mathemat-ics or working with the elderly. She will be at-tending Plymouth State University in the fall to major in Computer En-gineering.

Vincent Bomba, son of Stephen and Chris-tine Bomba of Lincoln is this year’s Saluta-torian. Bomba consis-tently works hard in school and maintains high honors throughout

high school. While not in school, he is working diligently at his job as a manager at McDon-ald’s. Hard work is an-other characteristic he has acquired in his high school career. Bomba was part of the Mento-ring club in his junior year and helped tutor students the beginning of the senior year. He was inducted into the National Society of High School Students (NSHSS) in 2014. Bomba will be attending Plym-outh State University in the fall to major in Ac-counting/Finance.

BEDFORD— Alzhei-mer’s disease can be an isolating disease and the Alzheimer’s Association is trying to decrease the isolation and increase understanding by offer-ing a unique program in the North Country. Us-ing a combination of vid-eo-conferencing and web links, Kesstan Blandin, PhD and program coor-dinator for the Alzhei-mer’s Association will present a series of educa-tional programs at hospi-tals in Berlin, Colebrook, Haverhill, Littleton, Leb-anon and Lancaster. The presentations will be simultaneous thanks to technology. All are free and open to caregivers.

“We will teach care-givers strategies that can make conversations, ac-tivities, and daily tasks more successful and help the person you are caring for remain active and engaged,” said Kes-stan Blandin. “We are pleased to make these programs available to caregivers throughout the North Country.”

The caregiver work-shop is in cooperation with Northern New En-gland Geriatric Educa-tion Centers (NNEGEC).

The workshop also addresses helpful ways to respond to difficult behaviors that can sometimes accompany dementia. According to

the Alzheimer’s Associ-ation, about 70 percent of those with the disease are cared for at home. However, Alzheimer’s can also be a very chal-lenging disease.

“We want people to have the information they need to care for their loved one,” said Blandin.

The Alzheimer’s Ed-ucation Series will be-gin Wednesday June 11 with changing weekly topics, running through June 25th. Each session runs from 1:30-3:30 p.m. For more information about this series, please contact the Alzheimer’s Association New Hamp-shire office, 606-6590.

WOODSVILLE—“It saddens us greatly to have to discontinue this service,” said Cottage Hospital’s CEO, Maria Ryan, after a vote on May 12 by the hospi-tal’s Board of Trustees to close the hospital’s birthing center. “At the same time, this move will enable us to use those resources to meet the needs of the com-munity for preventative and chronic care, behav-ioral health care and se-nior-related services.”

The Cottage Hospi-tal Community Health Needs Assessment, re-leased in September of last year, made clear the prioritized commu-nity needs. Access to primary care providers and behavioral health service providers; drug and alcohol education and early intervention; screening for heart dis-ease, cancer and other chronic illnesses, and chronic disease treat-ment were the top five priorities. These reflect the population in the hospital’s service area, which was character-ized in the report as be-ing “an older, quickly aging population with below state average fi-nancial means and edu-cational background.”

According to Steve Plant CFO, the birth-ing center use has con-sistently declined over the past seven years. In

2013, there were only 77 births at the hospital: an average of one birth every four to five days for a service staffed 365 days a year. The losses over the last seven years is approximately two million dollars. With five other hospitals with birthing centers; one with a neo-natal inten-sive care unit, within a 30 minute drive of our primary service towns, the hospital leader-ship made the decision knowing that local fam-ilies would have oth-er options. Ryan also stressed that the hospi-tal would continue to provide emergency care to expectant mothers, as well as prenatal labs, ultrasounds and other tests.

Ryan continued, “The birthing center has been a source of pride for Cot-tage Hospital because of the high-touch care our nurses and physicians provide. The main pay-or for most of the births is Vermont or New Hampshire Medicaid, which inpatient reim-bursement is approxi-mately 20 cents on the dollar. The income does not even come close to paying for the salaries of the nurses. Over the past five years, we have worked many efficiency plans to try to mitigate the loss of our birthing center, as we recognize the ‘life’ that this service

can bring to our commu-nity. We feel extremely fortunate to have such an exceptional group of board-certified Fam-ily Practice physicians who have provided extraordinary care to our maternity patients. However, as we embark on planning for the fu-ture of Cottage Hospital, we have to recognize the need for these finances to be utilized in areas that will benefit the ma-jority of patients in our community and help secure the long-term vi-ability of our hospital.”

Board of Trustees Chair, Mark Johnson remarked, “The board of trustees has a respon-sibility to the Cottage Hospital community and the employees of the hospital to act judicially in a manner that will protect and stabilize the future of our communi-ty health center. At the end of the day, we have to look at the hospital as a whole to prepare for future needs of our com-munity.”

Cottage Hospital is a community hospi-tal, located in Woods-ville. The hospital has been serving the Upper Connecticut River Val-ley of New Hampshire and Vermont for over 110 years with a broad range of services. For more information, visit www.cottagehospital.org or call 747-9000.

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WHITEFIELD — Both SAU #23 Superintendent Bruce Labs and Woods-ville High School prin-cipal Robert Jones were on hand on Wednesday morning, May 21, at the 9th Annual Recognition Ceremony for Outstand-ing North Country High School Graduates to laud the academic and oth-er accomplishments of high school valedictori-an Katherine Emley and salutatorian Julia Bow-man.

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hard-working and ex-cellent students as well as fine athletes who per-form community service and other good works.

Emley applied for and was accepted at a relative-ly new program. She is one of 65 students across the nation to accept a Kennedy-Lugar Youth Exchange and Study (YES) Abroad Program and will head to Ghana for an academic year on a full scholarship.

First authorized by the U.S. Congress in the aftermath of September 11, 2001, according to its website, the program seeks to increase mutual

understanding between the U.S. and select coun-tries with significant Muslim populations.

In 2007, the YES pro-gram was expanded to include YES Abroad, giving American high school students and re-cent graduates the oppor-tunity to live and study abroad in a YES partner country.

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Twenty-eight Outstanding North Country High School Graduates in the Class of 2014 were honored at the 9th Annual Recognition Ceremony held on May 21 at White Mountains Regional High School (WMRHS) in Whitefeild: Dalton Binette, front row, left, Berlin Regional CTE Center Student of the Year; valedictorian Kayla Mardin, Profile H.S.; salutatorian Caroline Eyman, Profile; salutatorian Erin Hamilton, Groveton H.S.; salutatorian Hannah Lavoie, Littleton H.S.; salutatorian Sage Purrington, Pittsburg H.S.; valedictorian Mikayla Nawojczyk, Pittsburg; salutatorian Alexis Lamontagne, Colebrook Academy; and valedictorian Olivia Paradice, Littleton H.S.; valedictorian Miriam Arsenault, left, middle row, Berlin H.S.; salutatorian Emily Landry, Berlin; valedictorian Brian Caputo, Kennett H.S.; Jennifer Vizard, Mt. Washington Valley CTE Center Student of the Year; salutatorian Talia Vaughan, Kennett; Garron Morneau, Hugh J. Gallen CTE Student of the Year; salutatorian Vincent Bomba, Lin-Wood H.S.; valedictorian Kayla Fadden, Lin-Wood; vale-dictorian Katherine Emley, Woodsville H.S.; and salutatorian Julia Bowman, Woodsville; Charles Clark, Arthur T. Paradice Regional CTE Center Student of the Year; valedictorian Kaitlin Wood, WMRHS; salutatorian Ethan Call, WMRHS; valedictorian Daniel Gadwah, Groveton H.S.; valedictorian Nicholas Bouchard, Colebrook Academy; valedictorian Tyler Sanschagrin, Gorham H.S.; and salutato-rian Brian Veazey, Gorham. Missing are valedictorian Rebecca Daniels and saluatorian Olivia Myers, both of Lisbon Regional High School. Executive director Lori Langlois of North Country Education Services welcomed the crowd of students, parents, high school principals, CTE directors, and 10 SAU superintendents who were on hand to recognize academic excellence. SAU 58 superintendent Dr. Carl Ladd congratulated the Outstanding Students for their hard work and perseverance that in addition to their aptitude and attitude required time management skills to reach this milestone moment. NCES and the North Country New Hampshire School Administrators Association, both chaired by Dr. Ladd this year, sponsor this celebratory event.

opening up the opportu-nity to explore religious diversity in a non-West-ern culture.

Following her aca-demic year in Africa, Emley will attend Har-vard College.

Bowman is heading to Salve Regina University in Newport, R. I., where she plans to earn a Bach-elor’s degree in Science, allowing her to fulfill her dream of being a Regis-tered Nurse.

The event is sponsored

by the North Country Ed-ucation Services (NCES) and North Country New Hampshire School Ad-ministrators Associa-tion and is held every year at White Moun-tains Regional High School, where a fruit and pastries breakfast is served to students, par-ents, superintendents, high school principals, and CTE directors by WMRHS CTE students in Culinary Arts and Moun-tain View Academy.


Woodsville High School valedictorian Katherine Emley, 2nd from left, and salutatorian Julia Bowman were bookended at the 9th Annual Recognition Ceremony held at WMRHS on May 21 by SAU 36 Superintendent Bruce Labs, left, and H. S. principal Robert Jones, right.

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CONCORD––If you haven’t submitted an application and want a chance to hunt moose in New Hampshire this fall, then you better get moving! The deadline for entering the New Hamp-shire moose hunt lottery is Friday, May 30. The New Hampshire Fish and Game Department will offer permits to 124 lucky winners for New Hamp-shire’s 2014 moose hunt, which runs from Oct.18–26. Last year’s statewide hunter success rate for moose was 64 percent.

It’s easy to enter. Visit http://www.huntnh.com to apply online or print out a mail-in application. You can also pick up a lottery application from any Fish and Game of-fice or license agent. The entry fee is $15 for New Hampshire residents and $25 for nonresidents. Lot-tery applications for 2014 must be postmarked or submitted online by mid-night Eastern Time, May 30, or delivered to N.H. Fish and Game head-quarters in Concord be-fore 4 p.m. that day.

Applications sub-mitted by mail must be postmarked no later than

midnight, May 30 to be eligible for the lottery. If submitting a paper appli-cation by mail on May 30, take it to the post office and try to have it post-marked while you are there; just dropping it in a mailbox does not en-sure that it will be post-marked by the deadline.

A word to the wise: apply online if you can; it greatly reduces the chance of leaving infor-mation off or making a mistake. And please don’t wait until the very last minute. Late or incom-plete applications are not accepted. Applicants can enter the moose hunt lot-tery only once each year.

A bonus point system improves the chances for unsuccessful applicants who apply each consec-utive year. Don’t miss a year or you’ll lose your points!

Winners will be se-lected through a comput-erized random drawing announced on Friday, June 20.

For more information on moose hunting in New Hampshire, visit http://www.huntnh.com/Hunt-ing/Hunt_species/hunt_moose.htm.

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NORTH HAVER-HILL––The Grafton County Commissioners and the County Farm employees, with assis-tance from the UNH Co-operative Extension in Haverhill, will give everyone a unique ex-perience when you vis-it the Open Barn Day on Saturday, June 7

from 10 a.m.–2 p.m. The farm complex is located at 3855 Dartmouth Col-lege Highway in North Haverhill. It is with great pride that this day is dedicated to our late County Commis-sioner Ray Burton who loved the farm and was very supportive of its programs.

The pastures and county lands adjacent to the full and swiftly moving Connecticut River are green and lush, osprey nesting platforms are await-ing their inhabitants, many crops have been planted and the scent of spring is finally in the air! Visitors will

enjoy wagon and van rides to the county properties in the for-ests and fields, as well as many educational exhibits, including an-tique tractors, watch the cows being milked in the historic barns, visit the pigs and their new piglets, kids can make their own butter,

and become acquainted with New Hampshire’s last county farm with a dairy herd. Free ice cream from Granite State Dairy Promotion and Cabot cheese will be available as well as a great barbecue for just $1!

So if you’ve ever won-dered what the Grafton County Farm looks like and what its history was make the beautiful drive to Haverhill (rain or shine) on Saturday,

June 7 to visit your county’s agricultur-al program, meet the County Commissioners and enjoy a spring day near the Connecticut River Valley.

For further ques-tions call Julie Clough, Grafton County Execu-tive Director at 787-6941 or Heather Bryant at 787-6944, UNH Co-oper-ative Extension. Check out the County’s web-site at www.co.grafton.nh.us.


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SARGENT’S PUR-CHASE — After hearing the details of the planned project to substantially improve the entrance to the state-owned Sher-man Adams Building (SAB) in Mount Wash-ington State Park atop the summit, all mem-bers of the Mt. Washing-ton Commission agreed at its May 13 meeting that using $100,000 in the Mount Washington Fund to help pay its to-tal cost is justified. The meeting was chaired by AMC senior vice presi-dent Walter Graff, who hosted the meeting in a classroom at the non-profit’s Pinkham Notch Visitor Center.

The state Bureau of Public Works had esti-mated that the capital project at the entrance to the 34-year-old build-

ing would cost $375,000 but the low bid of three, submitted by T-Buck Construction of Auburn, Me., came in at $496,630 — $121,630 more than an-ticipated.

Some of the needed funds will come from changing other capital projects, but using dol-lars set aside in the spe-cial account is the only way the project can be done this summer as planned, explained Di-vision of Parks and Rec-reation Director Phil Bryce.

Before that can hap-pen, Governor and Coun-cil must approve the con-tract, likely at one of its two meetings in June.

The contractor must then go before the Coös County Planning Board for the Unincorporated Places.

The very harsh, re-mote conditions under which the work must

be done as well — as the requirement that the fa-cility must remain open during the construction period — is thought to account for its high cost.

The project includes replacing the existing worn-out doors with two sets of new doors, creat-ing a windowed airlock in which passengers can wait to get back on the Mt. Washington Cog Railway. The traffic flow of visitors — Auto Road users, Cog passengers, and hikers — trying reach the reception-in-formation desk, the con-tract U.S. Post Office, and bathrooms is often blocked or impeded on busy days.

Closing in a part of the existing entryway canopy to create an un-heated garage with over-head sectional rolling steel doors in which to store the tracked Snocat, which is now kept out-

side and must often be de-iced before use is also included in the project, explained Mt. Washing-ton State Park manager Mike Pelchat.

Signs over the doors will allow visitors to see where the main entrance to the building is located, even when the summit is in the clouds.

The windows, shin-gles, trim and finish work were all selected to blend in with the SAB’s distinctive 1980s appear-ance, designed to provide safe quarters for the Mt. Washington Observato-ry staff year-round and amenities for hundreds of seasonal tourists and hikers. The new entry-way windows that match the many existing ones in the SAB cost a total of $75,000.

An enclosed loading area will also be con-structed behind the en-trance, allowing deliv-

eries and trash pickups to be made in high-wind and driving rain condi-tions and will also pro-tect an existing potable water wellhead. New drains will be installed to send to surface water away from the well.

“This will all be a big improvement,” said Cog co-owner Wayne Presby.

In a change that was made when off-the-grid electricity was brought to the summit alongside the Cog Railway, electri-cal equipment fills most of the rest of the existing closed-in canopy space.

Longtime Observato-ry trustee, Commission member, and attorney Jack Middleton of Free-dom pointed out that another project — re-pairing the crumbling concrete on the Obs tower for some $70,000 — must be a top priority. Chunks of concrete have already fallen and water

is now leaking into the structure. This summer some repairs will be to the tower’s viewing plat-form that provides scien-tists access to a variety of weather instruments and communication de-vices. Even though it is the top priority item on the summit and monies have been allocated, the bulk of the project cannot be done until the good weather months in 2015, however, Bryce said.

The Division lacks ad-equate staff to plan and oversee the number of projects needed to bring the state’s park system up to today’s standards, he said. The Division chief explained that one or two new Parks Divi-sion positions could be created to provide staff architect-project manag-er Tom Mansfield with more help to reduce his long list of responsibili-ties.


At the Mt. Washington Commission’s May 13 meeting, State Parks Department architect-proj-ect manager Tom Mansfield pointed out details of the airlock that will be built this summer to improve the existing entrance to the Sherman Adams Building in Mt. Washington State Park in Sargent’s Purchase.


Mike Pelchat of Gorham, manager of the Mt. Washington State Park, explained some of the ways in which a $497,000 entranceway project at the summit will improve safety and staff efficiency.

Sherman Adams Building entrance upgrade to cost nearly $500,000

Grafton County Open Barn Day, June 7, dedicated to the late Ray Burton

LITTLETON––The Miss Littleton Area Scholarship Program, one of 28 Chapters of the Miss New Hampshire Scholarship Program, will be holding its 5th annual Scholarship Pag-eant on Saturday, June 21 at Littleton High School beginning at 7 p.m. As part of the anniversary celebration, the program will offer a new event on Friday night, June 20 with a procession of con-testants down Littleton’s Main Street at 6 p.m. to promote the following evenings pageant.

Contestants partici-pate in a private inter-view with the Judges in the afternoon. Then, the evening’s performance includes an Opening Number with all the con-testants, On Stage Ques-tions, Talent Competi-tion, Lifestyle & Fitness Competition for the MISS contestants, Sports & Fit-ness Competition for the OT contestants, Evening Gown Competition and finally the announce-ment of the winners.

Young women who are permanent residents or full time students in Grafton, Carroll or Coös County qualify to be-come contestants in the local competition. Con-testants this year are Amber Bissonette from Whitefield and a senior at WMRHS, Mariah Dex-ter from Whitefield and also WMRHS, Ciara Fer-land from Littleton and a junior at Littleton High School and Brittany Sul-ham from Bethlehem and a Senior at Profile Re-gional High School.

2014 will mark the sec-ond year for the Miss Lit-

tleton Area’s Outstand-ing Teen competition, a program for teens that are not as yet old enough to vie for the Miss Little-ton Area Crown. Contes-tants this year are Julie Downs from Gorham and Gorham High School, Reagan Murphy from Gorham and Gorham High School, Sage Gar-gano from Franconia and Profile Regional High School and Emma Bog-ardus from Littleton and Littleton High School.

The newly selected Miss Littleton Area will be awarded a $500 schol-arship with the First

Runners-Up receiving $150 and Second Run-ners-Up receiving $100. She will go on to compete for the 2015 Miss New Hampshire Title next April at Derrys Pinker-ton Academy. The newly selected Miss Littleton Areas Outstanding Teen will receive $100.

Special guests at this year’s pageant will be Miss New Hampshire 2014 Megan Cooley and Miss New Hampshire’s Outstanding Teen 2014 Caroline Carter. 2013 Littleton Idol Champion Max Sjostrom will also be performing. Tickets

are available through www.catamountarts.org or by sending a reserva-tion request to [email protected]. The General Admission for the pageant is $12 per per-son. Advance ticket hold-ers can show their ticket at the Topic of the Town Restaurant that night for 15 percent off their dinner check. “This is a great way to have a nice night out with dinner and a show”, comment-ed local Director Dennis Hartwell. Tickets will also be available at the door.

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On Memorial Day, LRH is pleased to recognize the dedication of our Veterans who collectively served in branches of the United States Military for more 110 years. Pictured from left is Robert Mach, U.S. Marine Corps, 5 years of service, Sergeant; Steven Larose, U.S. Marine Corps, 20 years of service, Gunnery Sergeant and Logistics Chief; Scott Vachon, U.S. Marine Corps, 1992-1998, Captain; Bill Covey, U.S. Army, 15 years of service, Military Police; George Brodeur, U.S. Navy, 1958 – 1962, 3rd Class Guided Missileman; Mike Richards, U.S. Navy, 6 years of service, Fireman’s Apprentice; George Whittum, U.S. Air Force, 1989 – 1993, Security Police Law Enforcement Specialist/Senior Airmen; Patrick J. Nestor, RN, BS, U.S. Air Force, 21 years of service, Master Sergeant; Harlan G. Herr, MD, U.S. Navy, 28 years of service, CDR MC USN Retired.

LITTLETON––Studio 42 is pleased to present ‘’Open to Interpreta-tion,” the first of many art shows that will be held within the gallery space on 42 Mill Street in Littleton. On May 31, from 6 to 9 p.m., Studio 42 will be opening their doors to the public for a fusion of art and mu-sic inspired by the wish to gather and connect people in a positive and creative environment. Admission is free and donations are welcome.

Andrea D’Alton, the instigator of the Studio 42 movement, credits her inspiration to her lifelong dream of facil-itating an artist co-op. Her dream was nurtured by friend and fellow art-ist Fallon O’Brien, who helped Andrea

to solidify her idea and shape the vision of Studio 42, to eventually bring it to its full poten-

tial. Following Fallon’s involvement, local mu-sician Pam McCann has began to hold vocal les-sons within the space as well.

The vision of Studio 42 is to provide a re-source for local artists who are looking for an outlet and place to show their work, while inspir-ing other people to do the same. The gallery space will be available for members of the public to showcase their art, teach classes and cultivate oth-er sorts

of community based functions. Artists of all realms and collabora-tions are welcomed and encouraged.

For more information regarding Studio 42, or if you are interested in renting out the gallery space for an idea of your own, please contact An-drea or Fallon at [email protected].

“Open to Interpretation” at Studio 42, May 31

Miss Littleton celebrates 5th year

WHITEFIELD––In celebration of May be-ing “International Luau Month”, Northern Hu-man Services/Common Ground, in conjunc-tion with the White-field Senior Meals, The McIntyre School Apart-ments and The Knights of Columbus in Little-ton, held their third An-nual Luau Party. The festivities were held at the McIntyre School Apartments in White-field on May 9. Common

Ground was represent-ed by its North Country agencies in Littleton, Whitefield and Berlin. Special thanks go out to Lisa Romprey (Pro-gram Manager at the McIntyre School Apart-ments), Vickie Pierce (Whitefield Senior Meals Director) and the many volunteers from Common Ground and The Whitefield Senior Meals Staff for helping with decorations and food.

National Luau Monthcelebrated by Northern

Human Services: Common Ground

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Ed Knox of Littleton Common Ground, with his wife, Jill, cele-brate National Luau Month.

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10 am – 4 pm, Rain or Shine Sugar Hill Meetinghouse, Carolina Crapo Memorial Building

and Sugar Hill Historical Museum

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or Call 603-823-8000

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Tarrnation Farm sits on a triangular proper-ty, with a brook on one side and trees along the boundary. A natural path, which Tarr calls a “grass ride,” goes around his property. Daffodils and crabapple trees, both of which beckon with their bright white color now, border a part of the trail.

Tarr said the field north of the house offers some good clover for deer and other animals, which helps keep them away from his plants. Nonethe-less, he diligently keeps a look out for critters that may want to munch on the wide variety of green-ery at the farm.

Gardening presents many challenges, wheth-er an individual is a nov-ice or expert. As Tarr said of his initial experi-ence, “The first year was a total disaster. I didn’t know anything.” Even now, after more than 30 years, he said many im-portant tasks, like getting the right compost mix, can be difficult.

Even with the un-knowns, Tarr views the long days in his gardens as fun, not work. Sim-ply taking a look around at the pleasing color that surrounds him, one can

see why Tarr finds de-light in all the labor.

Part of his morning was spent at cold boxes, which serve to warm some plants early in the season. Although conve-nient, the boxes require much attention on a sun-ny day. “I’ll open and close them at least a doz-en times” some days, he said. Without an inflow of cool air, the tempera-ture in the boxes would burn up his plants.

Tarr’s work is based on the weather, which can be enough to baffle any gardener. Last year’s snow on Memorial Day was a recent example of how Mother Nature’s unpredictability affects those who work the earth. Nonetheless, Tarr

learned long ago not to worry much about the weather.

Because of some per-sistent cold early on, he said, “This year we’re a little late.” He has some herbs ready now, but the busiest time will be July. “My main business is the cut flowers,” Tarr noted. He also sells some food to local restaurants, and has some landscaping con-tracts.

“All the veggies are organic,” Tarr said. He grows plenty to sell, and eats quite a bit of what he plants.

Tarr has owned Tarr-nation Farm since 1997. He previously rented the parcel and operated a landscaping business in the area.

bridge in August 2011. A temporary bridge was constructed to link Loon and the busy Kancamagus Highway (Route 112). The new span, with 95 percent of the funding coming from the Federal Emer-gency Management Agency and NH Depart-ment of Transporta-tion, will cost nearly $9 million.

Plans for the bridge construction, being de-veloped by HEB Engi-neers in North Conway, are subject to review by federal and state offi-cials. “We’re hoping certainly by the end of June to go out to bid” for the construction work, Burbank said.

Burbank said HEB is planning a four to six week bid response pro-cess. This means con-struction could begin in the fall or early win-ter this year. Original-ly the town was hoping to start the work this spring.

The permanent re-placement bridge will be constructed about 100 feet downstream from the existing tem-porary bridge. Delays in the construction pro-cess came about when research determined

Loon, rather than the town, owned the land where the bridge will go.

“We were negotiat-ing with Loon for the land we would need,” Burbank said. “The at-torneys are working on getting the land swap deeds and construction easements,” he contin-ued.

Another issue that required some nego-tiation was the status of any parking spaces under the new bridge. Loon’s President Rick Kelly spoke with the se-lectmen this month on the issue.

Burbank said a few dozen parking spaces were deemed “criti-cal” to the resort, but the town originally preferred, for liabili-ty reasons, to not have any parking under the bridge.

The two sides came to an agreement, Bur-bank said, “with Loon agreeing to indemnify the town for any dam-age” vehicles might cause to the new bridge. Thanks to the resolu-tion, he added, “We are well on our way” to the review of the legal doc-uments necessary for the land swap for the new bridge’s location.

Greg Kwasnik, of

Loon’s media office, agreed that the two sides have made good progress. “We have been working closely with the town on the bridge replacement,” he said. Kwasnik con-cluded, “We will contin-ue to cooperate and do what we can to see the project move forward as quickly as possible.”

The bridge might take two years to com-plete, with the tempo-rary structure continu-ing to serve as Loon’s main entry during that period. The original construction period was shorter, but, as Burbank said, “DOT thought our 18-month construction win-dow was too restric-tive.” With a two-year timeframe, the state believes contractors would have the needed flexibility to commit to the work.

The bridge is just one item of big interest at the resort. A proposed Verizon cell tower on Loon land near Gover-nor’s Lane has attract-ed many negative com-ments from abutters. Tonight at 6 p.m. in the town hall, the town’s planning board contin-ues the public hearing on the cell tower pro-posal.

losophy of a soldier. Aucoin also praised the people he has met in New Hampshire. “We’ve been blessed by the friendly faces and cordial atmosphere,” he said.

During Operation Iraqi Freedom, Au-coin served on a de-tail to escort bodies of the fallen home. He mentioned one fallen Marine, Joseph McCa-rthy, who was one of seven Marines killed in a roadside bomb at-tack on September 6, 2004. Although he did not know McCarthy, Aucoin said he would learn much about him from McCarthy’s fami-ly. “Let us recall their

stories of service and selflessness,” Aucoin said Monday.

Regarding all the fallen, Aucoin conclud-ed, “In essence, they chose to live free or die.”

Laying wreaths by each plaque on Veter-ans Memorial Bridge was another part of the ceremony. Each name was that of a fall-en local serviceman, from the Civil War to the War on Terrorism. Representatives from other towns, includ-ing Jerry Blanchard, a Bethlehem selectman, and John Monaghan, Franconia’s Chief of Police, assisted with the wreath laying.

Poems read during the service expressed the sentiment found on

the bridge. Bonnie Tra-han read, “Let Them In.” The third verse reads,

“May their peace be deep

Remember where the broken bodies lie

God knows how young they were

To have to die” “We Shall Keep the

Faith,” which Green-law read, promises how future generations will remember the nation’s sacrifice.

“We cherish, too, the poppy red

,That grows on fields

where valor led;

It seems to signal to the skies

That blood of heroes never dies”


With branches spreading in all directions, a big red oak appears to stand guard over some hostas and very vibrant Virginia Blue Bells in the front yard of Tarrnation Farm on Streeter Pond Road in Sugar Hill.

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Hadlock during the hear-ing. He had spoken out against the land sale at the first public hearing on May 12.

Hadlock opposes the sale to LIDC for several reasons. First, he not-ed the error made in the legal citation the town used in this year’s war-rant article. The RSA reference in the origi-nal article actually does not exist. Earlier in the meeting, Town Manager Fred Moody pointed the error out, but said town counsel believes the in-tent of the warrant arti-cle was clear, even with the erroneous citation.

On another point, Hadlock repeated his concern that the town was not selling the prop-erty for a reasonable price. The entire parcel is assessed at $689,000, including the land and buildings that will re-main part of the transfer station. A $1 sale price for the subdivided 42 acres is a bad deal for tax-payers, Hadlock suggest-ed. He said the town has “a fiduciary responsibil-ity to obtain the highest amount of money” from

the sale.Moody countered that

the property taxes paid by industrial park ten-ants are a major boost to town coffers. The Lit-tleton Coin Company, for example, sits on land adjacent to the parcel in question. LCC pays about $55,000 a year in property taxes, Moody said.

Marghie Seymour, who is the selectmen’s representative to the planning board, also re-futed Hadlock’s view. She said the wages paid to employees in the in-dustrial park “stays in this community” to a great extent. She said a fiduciary responsibility means taking a look at the big picture, not just the amount gained from the land sale itself.

Nonetheless, Hadlock still doubted the wisdom of the transaction. “You don’t give something away for a dollar,” he de-clared.

Another of Hadlock’s concerns was that the warrant article did not list the specific amount of land to be transferred to the LIDC. Because the article “was not written properly,” Hadlock said,

the issue was “not very well explained to the pub-lic.”

As discussion wrapped up, Milt Bratz, chairman of the board of selectmen, thanked Had-lock for his input. Bratz said, however, “We think we have the right to sell.”

The planning board’s deliberation on the issue focused on the existing town easement on the property, wetlands is-sues, and a covenant that will prohibit LIDC from granting PSNH a right to the new lot. A PSNH easement currently bi-sects the area.

Previously, the select-men expressed concern that PSNH could poten-tially use the property for purposes related to Northern Pass. Moody said language restricting PSNH’s use of the new lot is being developed.

With discussion wrapped up, the planning board passed a motion to grant the subdivision. The issue concluded with Chairman Charlie Ryan declaring, “The motion is carried. The subdivision is approved.”

The timing of the sale to LIDC has not been an-nounced.

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the big technology up-grade “had been in the works for almost four years.” Ray Hopkins, a member of the church council, said a great deal of research was done before a recom-mended plan was pre-sented for the congre-gation’s review.

Hopkins said the Methodist church in Portsmouth had a sys-tem that provided the Littleton congregation a vision of how video and sound can support the church. Of the integration of more technology into the timeless mission of the church, Hopkins add-ed, “Everybody is ex-cited about it.”

Some in the congre-gation were not so sure in the beginning of the project, however. Guy Harriman was one who doubted the idea at first, but he now sees how the technology helps on Sunday and other days, as well.

“A video system ap-peals to the senses,” Schneider said. During services, hymns are displayed on the large screen. This not only

makes words easier to read for some, and also allows people to avoid holding a hymnal for a long period. Hop-kins finds the ability to read the hymn without grasping a book as a great benefit.

The video screen can show movies mem-bers create, Schneider said, as well as musical performances. With the technological im-provements, he added, the church can “bring some of that new music that appeals to young people,” Schneider said.

Slideshows of com-munity events are an-other great use of the video screen, accord-ing to Deb Aldrich. With wireless capabil-ities, the church can also show video from YouTube and other on-line content. Pictures to update the congrega-tion can also scroll pri-or to the start of Sun-day services.

Control of the sound system couldn’t be eas-ier. Schneider said mobile devices can be used to make adjust-ments outside of the room where the system sits.

Schneider said the

technology could help the church host some regional meetings.

The church has about 225 members. Each Sunday service attracts around 80 to 90 people, Aldrich said.

Even with his ini-tial skepticism, Harri-man happily sees how the church will bene-fit from the video and sound improvements. “The future is wide open to us,” he said.

The church has made other upgrades recently. A multi-year project led to four re-vamped stained glass windows, which now shine brilliantly in the morning or afternoon sun. Also, a more ef-ficient heating system will keep the congrega-tion warm for less cost.

Aldrich views the improvements as a great way “to share the building with the com-munity.” First United Methodist is “on Main Street, and ready to welcome people,” she concluded. Such sen-timent links directly to the church’s mission statement from its web-site. The congregation wishes to be “A Bridge between God

and all the world.”


A group of parishioners, including Pastor Bob Schneider, fifth from left, posed under the new video screen in First United Methodist Church last week. A new sound system is also in place as another means for the church to expand its message.

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business east of McDon-alds. The adequacy of the new parking area was an item of concern to Casey Hadlock last week. He said the conceptual drawing for the space did not have a defined exit. Hadlock was concerned that several campers might simultaneously try to exit onto Meadow Street. “There has got to be some kind of traffic control,” Hadlock said. To the board, he contin-ued, “You have some say over what you like to see down there.”

Hadlock noted the town’s traffic engineer

has questioned wheth-er six proposed spaces were sufficient of the new parking lot. Board member Tony J. Ilacqua suggested the town’s de-partments should chime in on the overall safety of the proposed configu-ration.

The queuing line for the McDonalds drive through was another traf-fic flow matter the board considered. Selectman representative Marghie Seymour suggested the drive through be placed north of the new parking lot, and be made another entrance into McDon-alds. While he was on the phone, Osgood suggested

McDonalds would likely prefer having the drive through traffic on its own lot. However, he said, “as an alternative, maybe they would accept” Sey-mour’s idea.

Late this week, the board released a letter to Osgood summarizing the evening’s discussion. Under the signature of chairman Charlie Ryan, the letter reminds Os-good of the meeting set for June 3. Final con-struction plans for Old County Road and illus-trations of the turning radius for large vehicles in the area are just two of the items the board ex-pects to see next week.

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to minimize start-up costs and the start-and-stop na-ture of development that serves to cripple projects.

Scale is the second key in order to achieve desti-nation status in an other-wise remote location.

Differentiation is the third key, in order to pro-vide an alternative to the commoditized ski busi-ness, Otten continued.

The New Era Planning, Design, and Operations, designed to meet the changing needs and de-sires of today’s consumer, is the fourth key.

Fifth, is the Critical Mass of Phase I in order to ensure financial via-bility for all stakeholders, including investors, em-ployment base and local businesses.

And the sixth is snow and snowmaking and the water and power infra-structure to make it.

Conversations on these topics are taking place with Public Ser-vice of New Hampshire, Brookfield that has is 75-percent-owner in the Granite Reliable Power wind farm and has an in-terest in the water flow of the Androscoggin River, the Society for the Protec-tion of New Hampshire

Forests (SPNHF) which purchased a conservation easement on some 5,800 acres of Balsams’ prop-erty in 2012, designed to block the threat of North-ern Pass towers.

“Nobody’s standing there with a red flag,” Ot-ten said, noting that he and his team are paying their own bills “out of pocket” while they seek to find “a viable path for-ward.”

There was a strong po-litical side to the evening.

Gov. Maggie Hassan sent a strong written message of support: “The Balsams redevelopment project is a bold vision for the revitalization of this historic resort, and I am very encouraged by its progress and the proj-ect’s potential to create jobs and boost the North Country’s economy. We are committed to work-ing with all stakeholders t help make this project a reality and spur economic development throughout the region and our state.”

State Sen. Jeff Wood-burn of Dalton intro-duced Otten, and District 1 Executive Councilor Joe Kenney of Wakefield skipped onto the dais to be photographed with the ski resort guru. Three Coös state reps were on hand: Rep. Larry Rappaport, a

Republican of Colebrook; Rep. Wayne Moynihan, a Democrat of Dummer; and Rep. Herb Richard-son, a Republican of Lan-caster. Coös County com-missioners Paul Grenier of Berlin and Rick Sam-son of Stewartstown were also on hand.

The Congressional delegation’s North Coun-try on-the-ground reps — Chuck Henderson for Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, Mike Scala for Sen. Kelly Ayo-tte, and Brian Bresnahan for Congresswoman An-nie Kuster — read letters, congratulating the Cham-ber for its efforts.

Woodburn issued a next-day statement: “Our region and state govern-ment stand together to assist and support this project (to redevelop The Balsams). While various hurdles remain, this is an exciting new day in the North Country and sets us on a path toward revitalizing our economy by celebrating our cultur-al traditions and natural resources. This has been a long journey for those who love this landmark property and is a testa-ment to the resolve, com-munity spirit and vision of two native sons, Dan Dagesse and Dan Hebert, who took on this project when no one else would.”

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C O N C O R D – – T h e New Hampshire Divi-sion of Historical Re-sources is pleased to announce that the State Historical Resources Council has added five properties to the New Hampshire State Regis-ter of Historic Places.

The State Register helps to promote the significance of many historic properties across New Hampshire. Benefits of being listed on the State Register in-clude:

A c k n o w l e d g m e n t of a property’s histori-cal significance in the community; special consideration and re-lief from some building codes and regulations and designation of a property as historical, which is a pre-qualifi-cation for many grant programs, including Conservation License

Plate grants and New Hampshire Land and Community Heritage Investment Program (LCHIP) grants.

The most recent addi-tions to the New Hamp-shire State Register of Historic Places include the Union House Tavern in Haverhill. A locally significant brick build-ing in the tradition of the Upper Connecticut River Valley, the Union House served as a tav-ern and stagecoach stop for most of the 19th cen-tury. Associated with the early settlement of Haverhill, the property has also been a farm for much of its history.

Anyone wishing to nominate a property to the New Hampshire State Register of Histor-ic Places must research the history of the nom-inated property and document it fully on an individual invento-ry form from the New

Hampshire Division of Historical Resources. Having a property list-ed in the Register does not impose restrictions on property owners. For more information, visit www.nh.gov/nhdhr.

New Hampshire’s Division of Historical Resources, the “State Historic Preservation Office,” was established in 1974. The historical, archeological, archi-tectural, engineering and cultural resources of New Hampshire are among the most im-portant environmen-tal assets of the state. Historic preservation promotes the use, un-derstanding and conser-vation of such resourc-es for the education, inspiration, pleasure and enrichment of New Hampshire’s citizens. For more information, visit us online at www.nh.gov/nhdhr or by calling 271-3483.

WEDNESDAY–– Buf-fet. Guest chef, Rick Til-ton. The Bone Builders meet at 8:30 & 9:45 a.m. Music with Charles on piano. Foot Clinic. Gro-cery Bingo at 12:45 p.m.

THURSDAY––Ham & scalloped potatoes, as-paragus, marinated

vegetables, scones. The Bone Builders meet at 8:30 a.m. BP/BS Clinic from 11 a.m.-noon. Food raffle at 12:30 p.m.

FRIDAY––Pizza, Ital-ian vegetables, Caesar salad, oatmeal

cookies. 50/50 raffle at 12:30 p.m.

M O N D A Y – – T u n a noodle casserole, peas & carrots, fruit cup,

Jell-O.

TUESDAY––Maca-roni & cheese, sausage, green beans, spinach sal-ad, molasses cookie. The

Bone Builders meet at 8:30 a.m. Art class from 10-11:30 a.m. Line danc-ing at 1 p.m. Game Day at 1 p.m.

W E D N E S D A Y – –American Chop Suey, cauliflower, Caesar sal-ad, strawberry Italian ice. The Bone Builders meet at 8:30 & 9:45 a.m. Music with Charles on piano. Knitters Group at 1 p.m. Computer Class at 3 p.m.

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LITTLETON––Born on Dec. 24, 1973 in Lit-tleton to Vicki King and Steve Dovholuk, Chris passed away suddenly at Littleton Regional Healthcare on May 17. Chris attended Little-ton Schools. He trav-eled to Texas where he learned his passion for skydiving. Also, he loved fishing, biking, snowshoeing, photog-raphy animals and na-ture. He worked in car-pentry for most of his adult life.

Chris is survived by his eight-year-old daughter, Liliana Chris-tine Sanchez-King; mother, Vickie King; brother, Jason King; grandmother, Sandra Enderson; sisters, Bry-anna Dovholuk, Holly Dovholuk and Sara Ol-iver; aunts, uncles and cousins. He is pre-de-ceased by his father, Steve Dovholuk. Chris will be missed by all.

A memorial service was held on Saturday, May 24 at Moore Dam,

Exit 44 of Interstate 93 in Littleton with a gath-ering that followed at his aunt’s home at 57 Elm Street in White-field.

Donations may be made to Joslin Diabetes Center & Joslin Clinic, One Joslin Place, Bos-ton, MA 02215.

G R E E N F I E L D , Mass.––Alberta G. (Gi-rard) “Bert” Farr, 91, a resident of 102 Maple Street, died peacefully at home on Monday, May 19, 2014 in the com-pany of loving family, following a period of de-clining health. A native of Montague, Mass., she was born on July 2, 1922 to John J. and Alexan-drine M. (Descoteaux) Girard. She attended the former St. Anne’s Parochial School and graduated from Turners Falls High School in the Class of 1942.

Bert worked for the former Gem Market (which was owned and operated by her father) and later for the former First National Store and Black’s IGA in Turners Falls, Mass. She was best known for work-ing as a sales clerk for 15years at the former Brown’s Toy Store in Greenfield, Mass.

Bert was an avid Red Sox fan and attended her first game at the age of 86. She enjoyed jig saw puzzles, read-ing, animals and wild-life. She was a staunch supporter of various animal and wildlife hu-mane societies. She was a communicant of Our

Lady of Peace Church in Turners Falls, Mass. She enjoyed spending time with her fami-ly, in particular her granddaughter Jasmine Farr-Marcum.

She married Kimball D. Farr on June 27, 1949 in Turners Falls and cel-ebrated 52 years of mar-riage prior to his pass-ing in December 2001. Bert is lovingly remem-bered by her children: Arlene B. Farr and her wife, Catherine Mar-cum and their daughter Jasmine, of Greenfield, Mass. and George K. Farr of Turners Falls, Mass. Additionally, there are several nieces, nephews and grandniec-es and nephews, as well as many friends and neighbors who adored her. Bert is reunited with her beloved dog “Riley”, as well as her two cats “Pickles” & “Kosher” who were her beloved companions.

She was predeceased by her siblings, Rita Fournier and John Gi-rard, Sr., and his wife, Patricia.

Funeral services in celebration of Bert’s life took place on Friday, May 23 with a Liturgy of Christian Burial at Our Lady of Peace Church,

90 Seventh Street, Turn-ers Falls, Mass. Rev. Fr. Stanley J. Aksamit, Pas-tor, was the celebrant. Rites of committal and burial followed in St. Anne’s Cemetery, Turn-ers Falls, Mass. Guests are asked to convene di-rectly at the church on Friday morning.

Expressions of affec-tion in lieu of flowers are encouraged in Bert’s memory to: Hospice of Franklin County, 329 Conway Street, Green-field, MA 01301 or to Our Lady of Peace Church, 90 Seventh Street, Turn-ers Falls, MA 01376.

The McCarthy Fu-neral Homes of Green-field and Turners Falls, Mass. have been entrusted with the ar-rangements. Guest book, condolence mes-sage available at www.mccarthyfuneralhomes.com.

LISBON– Charles E. Smith, Jr. passed away on Tuesday, May 13, 2014.

Charles was born in 1944 in Littleton to Charles and Alice (Pat-enaude) Smith.

He worked many jobs in the Littleton area: Mittersill Ski Area; H. G. Wood; Clin-ton Clough Construc-tion and Country Bear Florist to name a few. Charles became dis-abled but continued

his favorite pastime of mowing lawns until re-cently. He loved work-ing with his hands and enjoyed carpentry very much.

Charles is survived by his long-time com-panion, Lorraine C. Bezanson; a son, Kim and wife, Xondra of Littleton; a daughter, Tammy Matthews of Hensley, Arkansas; seven grandchildren; brothers, Harlan and John Smith of Little-

ton and Dale Smith of Florida.

A Graveside Service was held on Thursday, May 22 at 2 p.m. in the Glenwood Cemetery with Rev. Flo Corey of-ficiating.

Arrangements and care have been en-trusted to the Pills-bury Phaneuf Funeral Home and Crematori-um. For more informa-tion, please visit our website at www.pills-buryphaneuf.com.

MONROE––- Betty Jane (Pierce) Ward, 85, passed away on Tues-day, Feb. 18, 2014, at the Lafayette Center in Franconia.

Betty was born in Lyndonville, Vt., on Nov. 19, 1928, to Leslie and Mildred (Grady) Pierce.

She graduated from Lyndon Institute, Lyn-donville, Vt. Betty later graduated from Bright-look Hospital School of Nursing as a registered nurse in St. Johnsbury, Vt. She married Philip H. Ward on Sept. 3, 1950. Betty and her husband, Philip, owned and oper-ated the Mt. View Farm in Monroe.

She was predeceased

by her husband of 58 years, Philip H. Ward on Nov. 16, 2008; a sister, Marjorie Pierce and two brothers, James Pierce and Wallace Pierce.

Survivors include: her six children, Lin-da Clark and husband, James of Monroe; Sha-ron Ward of Monroe; Pamela VanDenBerg and husband, James of Green Bay, Wis.; Gary Ward and wife, Tina of Monroe, Philip M. Ward and Terri of Littleton and Bryan Ward and Debbie of Monroe; four grandchildren; three great-grandchildren; three sisters, Jean Wake-field of Lyndonville; Jan-ice Trush and husband, Paul of Lyndonville and

Colleen Kerr and hus-band, Tom of Waitsfield, Vt. and several nieces, nephews and cousins.

There will be no call-ing hours.

A graveside service will be on Saturday, Aug. 2 at 11 a.m. at the North Monroe Cemetery.

In lieu of flowers, me-morial contributions may be made to the Mon-roe FAST Squad, c/o Robert Regis, 233 Stan-ton Road, Monroe, NH, 03771.

For more informa-tion, or to offer an online condolence, please visit www.rickerfh.com.

Ricker Funeral Home & Cremation Care of Woodsville is in charge of arrangements.

Betty Jane Ward, 85

Alberta G. Farr, 91

Christopher S. King, 40

Charles E. Smith, Jr., 60

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Hanover High School student Connor Cryans served as a State Senate page during last week’s session. Afterward, he posed with North Country Sen. Jeff Woodburn, left and his father, County Commissioner Michael Cryans.

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of Historic Places

BY DEB MAES & ALICE MULLEN

Regional Field Specialists, Food Safety

UNH Cooperative Extension

The phone rings on a pretty regular basis at the Extension Office. It could be someone worried about bugs on a plant or a landown-er wanting to put their land in current use. Close to summer, a 4-H member might want to make sure their ap-proval forms are in so that they can show their animals at the fair. If the caller wants information on growing vegetables, managing forest land or starting a 4-H club, one of the other educators gets the question, but when the caller wants to know if their dinner is safe to eat, how long to can their green beans or if food in the cupboard is safe, then we get to an-swer the call.

As Food Safety Ed-ucators with years of experience, we think we have heard all of the possible questions, yet we continue to get new inquires each year. Our job as Extension Educators is to use research-based infor-mation that provides the guidelines and rec-ommendations to help the caller make an in-formed decision. Our job is not to tell some-one what to do and we don’t head over to their home to see if they made the right decision after speaking with us. But we’re convinced that, when presented with all the facts, they will come to the best decision for their situation.

Several years ago we received a call from a school program because the turkeys they had prepared for lunch had been stuffed that morn-ing and then school was cancelled. They won-dered if it was safe to cook the meat the next day. Since stuffing pro-vides the warm, moist environment that bac-teria need to reproduce, we suggested that it was better to not cook the turkeys, especially since young children were going to be eating the food. They agreed and changed their menu plans.

Sometimes people call Cooperative Ex-tension because they have the unwelcomed task of cleaning out the cupboards when a fam-ily member has passed. Any food that was prop-erly canned according to USDA recommenda-tions is considered safe for 12 months. Think of what might be hiding in your own cabinets. One colleague recent-ly found a 13-year-old jar of homemade salsa that had mold grow-ing inside the sealed jar. We tell people to check commercially processed cans to make sure they aren’t rusty, leaky, badly dented. If there is a best-by or use-by date, consider that. If the food is a low acid product (like beans, corn, beets) it shouldn’t

be kept for more than 2-5 years. The old stand-by “when in doubt, throw it out” is still a good rule to follow.

Other clients want to know if raw eggs are safe to eat. This is likely to be the topic of a call during the holiday sea-son making eggnog, but in the summer it might be for a homemade ice cream recipe. The USDA recommends not eating raw eggs or food containing raw eggs. We don’t have a quick or easy way to deter-mine if an egg contains bacteria. We recom-mend that you try using frozen or pasteurized egg products for your recipes instead.

We often get ques-tions about whether food in the fridge is safe to eat. Perhaps someone smelled the milk and since it hadn’t reached the use by date, it must still be OK, right? The first question we ask is “What is the tempera-ture of your refrigera-tor?” Most people don’t know or they will say, “The dial is set to 7.” Your fridge should be 40ºF to hold food safely. The only way to know the temperature is to have a thermometer placed in the warmest

part of the fridge. The warmer your food is kept, the shorter the time will be before it starts to spoil. To avoid having food spoil quick-ly, buy a thermometer, place it in your fridge and check the tempera-ture regularly.

When the fall hol-iday season arrives, so do the turkey ques-tions. People either forget to thaw the tur-key, start cooking it too soon, have company running late, or just ar-en’t good at making all the food come out at the same time. When we receive those calls, we follow the USDA guide-lines that state that tur-key should be cooked in a 325ºF oven. The turkey is cooked when the meat temperature reaches 165ºF. Turkey should never be thawed on the counter, but can be thawed in the fridge, plan on 24 hours for every 4 pounds of meat. If you don’t have that much time, con-sider submerging your wrapped turkey in cold water that is changed every 30 minutes. If you are really in a jam, you can put the frozen turkey in the oven and cook it until the meat reaches 165ºF. Always

put cooked food in the fridge within two hours to keep it safe.

Remember that the consumer always makes a choice and sometimes it is to as-sume a certain amount of risk. This might ap-ply to over-easy eggs, eating rare hamburg-ers, picking food off the floor (no, there really isn’t a 3-, 5- or 10-second rule or chowing down on the pizza that was left in your car over-night. As food safety ed-ucators, none of those options are safe, but as a consumer, you make your own decisions.

You can get the an-

swers to many food safety and storage ques-tions by checking out the Food Keeper pub-lication found on-line athttp://www.ctahr.hawaii .edu/new/re-sources/foodkeeper.pdf. This document is

one we use regularly and was developed by the Food Marketing In-stitute with help from Cornell’s Extension program. You can talk to a trained volunteer by calling the UNHCE Info Line at 1-877-398-4769 to ask your ques-tions. In addition, the Food & Drug Admin-istration keeps a data-base of fact sheets for consumers athttp://www.fsis .usda.gov/wps/portal/fsis/topics/food-safety-education/get-answers/food-safe-ty-fact-sheets and the UNHCE Food Safety Team keeps an updat-ed web site of useful information at https://extension.unh.edu/Agriculture/Food-Safe-ty. Whatever resource you use, there is plenty of useful information to help you decide if the food you want to eat is safe for you and your family.

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LITTLETON––River-glen House in Littleton is pleased to announce highlights from recent events calendars. The last week of April fea-tured two events in fond memory of Littleton au-thor Eleanor (Hodgman) Porter’s beloved and opti-

mistic literary character, “Pollyanna”! Local histo-rian and Pollyanna au-thority, Karen Keazirian, led the residents in the making of spring hats on April 28 and returned the following day to present a show and tell, featuring artifacts from the life of

the author and also relat-ing to the story itself. The month culminated in the yearly Chamber of Com-merce (COC) After Hours event on the evening of April 30, during which local business people made their way to River-glen House to enjoy hors

d’oeuvres while having light conversation with one another and with the residents.

The month of May (thus far) has included our annual Mother’s Day Dinner, which provided all attendees with a gour-met meal, and each lady

with a tulip in celebra-tion of motherhood. Our May Men’s Luncheon featured Mark Breen of The Fairbanks Museum & Planetarium as speak-er and Tuesday, May 20 marked the 100th birth-day celebration of our resident, Mr. Charles

Weston, past president and chairman of DYNAC Corporation, a manu-facturer of dust particle monitors. Charlie has also been instrumental in constructing local housing developments and he is also a member of The Profile Club.

Riverglen House, recalling fond memories

COC After Hours: Left-Right: Operations Manager, Myra Page, local businessman, Jere Eames; Owner/Executive Director, Jason Purdy; Marketing Director, Michele Arnone; Activities Director/Publicity Manager, Ryan Wood.

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Pollyanna-Spring Hats: Clockwise Left-Right: Operations Manager, Myra Page; Activities Director/Publicity Manager, Ryan Wood; Pollyanna Coordinator, Karen Keazirian; Residents: Betty Bickford, Evelyn Klein, & Jean Martin.

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LITTLETON–– In recognition of National Nurses’ Week, Littleton Regional Healthcare’s nursing staff hosting their 1st Annual Nursing Excellence Poster Con-test inviting Lafayette Regional School, Lake-way Elementary School,

Whitefield Elementary and Lisbon Regional El-ementary schools to par-ticipate in this special event. Kindergarten stu-dents through grade five were asked to design a poster of “What a nurse means to me”.

Linda Gilmore, CAO/

CNO was pleased with the number of partici-pants from area schools who participated in this year’s contest stating, “More than 150 students turned in posters that were displayed through-out LRH for patients and visitors to enjoy.”

Winners of the poster contest were recognized with a celebratory cer-emony held at LRH on Wednesday, May 14.

Winners are as fol-lows, kindergarten win-ners: 1st place, Patrick Fitzpatrick, Lafayette Regional; 2nd place: Ad-dison Manning, Lake-way Elementary. 1st-grade winners: 2nd place Coen Mullins, Lafayette Regional; 3rd place El-lie Maccini, Lakeway Elementary. 2nd grade winners: 1st place Riley Plante, Lafayette Re-gional; 1st place Made-line Koehler, Lafayette Regional; 2nd place Ke-irra Charest, Lakeway Elementary; 3rd place Blake Stacey, Lakeway Elementary. 3rd grade winners: 1st place Josh-ua Beckett, Whitefield Elementary; 2nd place Justin Baez, Whitefield Elementary; 3rd place Kimora Gooden, White-field Elementary. 4th grade winners: 1st place Makala Gapa, Lakeway Elementary; 2nd place Sophia Eddy, Lafay-ette Regional, 3rd place Carlie Mason, Lakeway Elementary. 5th grade winners: 1st place Nic-oria Johnson, Lakeway Elementary; 2nd place Peyton Clark, Lisbon Regional; 3rd place Brit-tnay Ward, Lakeway El-ementary.

For additional nurs-ing information, please contact Linda Gilmore, RN, BSN, CHC, CPHRM at 444-9280 or via [email protected].

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WOODSVILLE — On Wednesday, May 22, the Woodsville baseball team hosted the Lin-Wood Lumberjacks on what was a perfect day for baseball. However, the Lumberjacks made the best of the day with an important win and the Engineers are dealing yet another loss to their record and of a key defen-sive player in Dan Roy.

The game started out tight with Jacob Tetley on the hill for the Engi-neers and Max Dovholuk for the ‘Jacks. But it was the Engineers who jumped out to a 2-0 lead in the second after some timely hitting.

Unfortunately for the Engineers, the Lumber-jack bats came to life and stayed that way for the remainder of the game. The Lumberjacks erased the 2-0 deficit in the fourth and added to the lead in the following innings, tallying a grand total of 12 runs.

As for the Engineer offense, the bats were quieted until the final inning, when the Engi-neers did their best to cut into the lead. The En-gineers were only able to scrape in four as they were handed their 10th loss of the season.

For the Engineers, the loss of the game was just the tip of the iceberg. In

the top of the fifth inning, Engineer catcher Dan Roy went down to block a low pitch. The ball then ricocheted off the dirt and into his wrist, which had been surgical-ly repaired in the past. Unable to work out the kinks in the wrist, Roy was sent off to get x-rays as a precautionary mea-sure. The results of the x-rays came back nega-tive but there is no telling how long Roy will be out or how effective the wrist will be in the remaining regular season games for the 1-11 Engineers.

Right now the En-gineers are sitting just outside of the playoff picture. However the Groveton Eagles have the same record of the Engineers and have been falling in the standings as of late. The prospects of the Engineers mak-ing the playoffs are still there, but with Roy ques-tionable the team will have to come up big.

As for the Lumber-jacks, the team made the best of what started out as a rough week with a loss to the Lisbon Panthers. Currently in 12th place, the Lumberjacks would be on the road for the first round of the playoffs if they started after their win over Woodsville. But with three games left there is still plenty of time for the team to find a better seeding.

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BETHLEHEM — On a soggy Monday after-noon, the Profile soft-ball team was dealt its third loss of the sea-son. This time it was at the hands of the gritty Groveton Eagles.

Coming into the game both teams were desperate for wins as the final week of the season approached. However, the Patriot bats were kept rather quiet in an error filled affair. Groveton pitch-

er April Smith held the usually lively Patriot bats to just six hits in her complete game ef-fort.

Nicole Compo had an equally impressive performance for the Pa-triots. Compo dazzled with nine strikeouts in her complete game ef-fort. But again, it was errors that proved cost-ly for both clubs.

The two clubs bat-tled back and forth in the beginning of the game. The Patriots did their best to match

the Eagles tenacity on the base paths; how-ever, the arm of Eagle catcher Hayleigh Mar-tin kept the Patriots at bay.

It was in the fifth that the Eagles began to pull away. With the 8-5 lead headed into the inning, it was becom-ing apparent that this could turn into anoth-er Patriot nail-biter. But the Eagles quashed any hopes of a Profile comeback when Compo beaned Jourdain Gou-let, who would later score on a seeing-eye single by Tanisha Sing-er.

With the loss, the Patriots fell to 8-3 on the season. The club, which had to overcome a coaching change in the off-season, has been playing a great brand of ball this season. But after a few losses in recent weeks the Pa-triots have stumbled a bit coming down the homestretch of the reg-ular season. Fortunate-ly the Pats were able to get back on tack later in the week when they toppled the Littleton Crusaders to improve to 9-3.

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LISBON — The “bull dog” mentality of the Lisbon baseball team has been developing all season long and it shows no signs of stop-ping. Coming into last week the Panthers were undefeated. Following the week it still remains true.

Before the Panthers 10-run ruled the Ca-naan-Pittsburg Yel-low Jackets on a soggy Thursday afternoon, the Panthers found an-other win versus the Lin-Wood Lumberjacks. Although the Lumber-jacks offered a bit more resistance than the Yel-low Jackets, the Pan-thers were still able to keep their sluggers hot and their pitcher’s arms rested.

The game started out well for the Panthers defensively. Again, just as it has all season so far, the Panther pitch-ing was stellar. Getting the start on the hill for the Panthers was senior Kyle Lyndes. Lyndes and Dylan Blowey have been the primary start-ers for the Panthers throughout the season with Jackson Smith filling in the gaps. All three have been near-ly un-hittable in all of their appearances. This game versus the Lum-berjacks would be cate-gorically the same.

Lyndes had arguably his best start of the sea-son. With a powerful fastball, Lyndes has been able to throw heat-ers by the opposing hit-ters. This game Lyndes was coupling his fast-ball with two other fan-tastic off-speed pitches, which led to 12 strike-outs in six innings of work for the senior hurler.

Looking to combat the great pitching of Lyndes and trying to quiet the red hot Pan-ther bats was Max Dovholuk. Dovholuk,

LINCOLN — Loon Mountain Resort is ex-cited to announce it will host the fourth annual Monster Mud Run on July 12, giving adven-ture-seekers a race that will be more challeng-ing – and muddier – than ever before.

Returning for its fourth year, this fiend-ishly filthy 5k will test competitors with more than 20 mucky obstacles and some of the muddi-est, most rugged terrain in the White Mountains. Along the way, racers will drag snowmaking

hoses through the mud, crawl beneath barbed wire, and test them-selves in new and excit-ing ways.

The designers of this year’s race have spent considerable time craft-ing new challenges and tweaking favorite ob-stacles from past races. Along the 5k course, competitors will negoti-ate obstacles with names like Snowmaking Boot Camp, Sadistic Slalom, Plunge of Paul Bunyan, and Bear Claw Forest. This year’s race will also feature a free Mini Mon-

up to this point in the season had seen a good deal of action for the Lumberjacks. His expe-rience and skill was nul-lified, as the Panthers jumped on him early. The Lumberjacks would shuffle through four pitchers in the game en

route to the loss.Leading the charge

for the Panther offense was Jackson Smith. Smith was able to send two long balls over the fence for the Panthers en route to a two-for-four game with three runs and three runs bat-

ted in. Jon Brooks also had a big game for the Panthers, going two-for-three with two runs.

When all was said and done the Panthers were able to score in ev-ery inning of the affair. As a result the Panthers came away with a 10-4

victory over the Lum-berjacks to remain un-defeated.

Headed into the final week of the season the Panthers are still sitting atop the Division Four standings and they are not showing any sign of leaving that spot. To

make things better for the Panthers, the sec-ond place and defend-ing champion Pittsfield Panthers have two loss-es to their record, giv-ing Lisbon two losses in insurance with four games to go in the sea-son.

sters race for kids, with pint-sized obstacles for children under 14.

Following the race, competitors will enjoy a relaxing summer after-noon with live music,

lawn games and barbe-cue. An awards ceremo-ny will also follow the race, with prizes going to top individuals and teams.

To register for the

fourth annual Monster Mud Run, watch the video teaser, and to get more detailed race in-formation, please visit LoonMtn.com/Monster-MudRun.


Lisbon’s Dan Plante blasts a single to right in a win over Canaan-Pittsburg.

Panthers continue to roll, two more wins last week

Monster Mud Run returns July 12

Eagles edge Pats, 9-7

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BETHLEHEM — On Wednesday, May 22, the Littleton and Pro-file baseball teams re-newed their rivalry. This time around the Crusaders earned their second win versus the Patriots despite trav-eling the five miles to play in hostile territo-ry.

Nick Walsh got the start again for the Crusaders with a win streak on the line that has seen his club climb from the bottom of the standing to one win above .500 coming into the bout. However, Jar-ed Gunter got the start for the Patriots, giving Walsh a run for his money. As a result, the two battled a pitching duel that kept both of-fenses at bay.

The Crusaders and the Patriots both made small mistakes that resulted in both teams having one run to their credit heading into the final stanza. The Cru-saders were able to take the lead with some timely hitting from the bottom of their lineup, which made the differ-ence. After Ethan El-lingwood was able to make his way to third on passed balls and a botched pick off, Mike Miller came to the plate a smacked a shot to deep left the rolled to the fence, driving in Ellingwood for the 2-1 Crusader lead.

In the bottom of the seventh, Littleton coach A.J. Bray elected to send sophomore Ty-ler Brown to close out the game for Walsh and the Crusaders. Brown made a quick work of the Patriots, striking out the final three bat-ter of the game en route to the save and the 2-1 rivalry win for the Cru-saders.

With the loss, the Pa-triots are looking at a 7-5 record and are cur-rently in eighth place. If the regular season were to end now the Pats would be at home

for the first round to host the Wilton-Lyn-deborough Warriors. But with four games still remaining in the Patriots season and with four teams with five losses, if they are unable to get back on track the Patriots could be on the road in the first round.

As for the Crusaders,

with the win versus the Patriots and a win over Woodsville on Thurs-day, they have surged from 15th place to sixth in just over one week. If the season were to end now the Crusaders would be slated to host the 6-6 Gorham Huskies

at Remich Park. How-ever, if they can keep their winning streak intact, each successive ranking has only one loss less than the Cru-saders, which means the Crusaders surge up the standings could be far from over.

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(Note: The following are not official standings. They are only the accumulation of results called in by parents and coaches.)

School Wins Losses Points Rating1.) Woodsville 12 1 48.00 3.69232.) Wilton-Lynde. 10 2 40.00 3.33333.) Sunapee 10 3 41.00 3.15384.) Ports. Christ. 12 4 49.00 3.06255.) Profile 9 3 36.00 3.00006.) Lisbon 8 4 32.00 2.66677.) Colebrook 8 5 32.00 2.46158.) Groveton 8 5 32.00 2.46159.) Nute 6 6 24.00 2.000010.) Hinsdale 6 7 25.00 1.923111.) Gorham 5 6 20.00 1.818212.) Moultonboro 5 8 22.00 1.692313.) Newmarket 5 8 20.00 1.538514.) Derryfield 4 9 16.00 1.230815.) Epping 4 9 16.00 1.230816.) Littleton 3 10 12.00 0.923117.) Canaan-Pitts. 3 11 12.00 0.857118.) Lin-Wood 2 11 8.00 0.6154

19.) Pittsfield 0 14 0.00

(Note: The following are not official standings. They are only the accumulation of results called in by parents and coaches.)

School Wins Losses Points Rating1.) Lisbon 12 0 48.00 4.00002.) Pittsfield 12 2 48.00 3.42863.) Sunapee 10 3 42.00 3.23084.) Ports. Christ. 10 6 41.00 2.56255.) Newmarket 8 5 32.00 2.46156.) Littleton 8 6 28.00 2.xxxx7.) Colebrook 7 5 28.00 2.33338.) Profile 7 5 28.00 2.33339.) Wilton-Lynde. 7 5 28.00 2.333310.) Derryfield 7 6 28.00 2.153811.) Gorham 6 6 24.00 2.000012.) Lin-Wood 6 7 24.00 1.846213.) Canaan-Pitts. 5 8 20.00 1.538514.) Nute 3 9 12.00 1.000015.) Epping 2 11 8.00 0.615416.) Groveton 1 11 4.00 0.333317.) Woodsville 1 12 4.00 0.307718.) Moultonboro 1 12 4.00 0.307719.) Hinsdale 0 13 0.00 0.0000

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BASEBALL: 5/28 Lisbon Panthers

(12-0) vs. Littleton Cru-saders (8-6) – Neighbor-ing schools battle in the final week of the season. The Crusaders would like nothing more than to put the first blemish on the Panthers’ perfect record and keep their winning streak intact.

5/28 Profile Patriots (7-5) at Gorham Huskies (6-6) – The Pats are look-ing to rebound after a tough loss to Littleton last week. Especially with a first round home game on the line.

5/30 Woodsville En-gineers (1-12) vs. Moul-tonborough Panthers (1-12) – The Engineers need a win in the final week of the season to have a chance at a play-off berth. What better team to beat than the team in the same posi-tion as you and in the final game of the season no less.

5/30 Profile Patriots (7-5) vs. Lisbon Pan-thers (12-0) – The Pan-thers will be looking to finish off the perfect season with a win over their rival Patriots. But the Patriots will be des-perate for a win in both teams final regular sea-son game.

6/2 – NHIAA releas-es official tournament pairings.

SOFTBALL:5/28 Lisbon Pan-

thers (8-4) vs. Littleton Crusaders (3-10) – With the Crusaders on the cusp of falling out of the playoff picture, win-ning out would be ideal for the club. The Pan-thers on the other hand are fighting for seeding at this point with a top five spot in sight.

5/28 Profile Patriots (9-3) at Gorham Hus-kies (5-6) – The Pats travel northeast to take on the Huskies and hold onto a top five seed for the playoffs.

5/30 Woodsville En-gineers (12-1) vs. Moul-tonborough Panthers (5-8) – The Engineers have been in first place all season and the de-fending champs would like nothing more than to remain there headed into the playoffs. A win in their final game of the season would sure help.

5/30 Profile Patriots (9-3) vs. Lisbon Pan-thers (8-4) – This game promises to feel more like a late round playoff match up than a regu-lar season game. With a higher starting seed at stake it might as well be.

6/2 NHIAA releas-es official tournament pairings.

6/4 Preliminary round of playoffs be-gins. Games will be held at the home field of the higher seeded team.

NHIAA Div. IV varsity baseball standings

NHIAA Div. IV varsity softball standings

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Crusaders extend win streak to five


Jared Gunter sends a pitch to the plate in a previous game for Profile. Gunter was given the loss on Monday in the 2-1 loss to Littleton.


Littleton’s Tyler Brown deals a pitch earlier in the season. Brown earned the save Monday versus Profile.

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WREN among organizations grant will help

C O N C O R D — T h e NH Community De-velopment Finance Authority (CDFA) has approved a Communi-ty Development Block Grant (CDBG) award of nearly $500,000 to a group of economic de-velopment organiza-tions that offer services and programs for mi-croenterprises. The or-ganizations work with low- and moderate-in-come people who either own or want to start up a micro-business. The grant is made to Graf-ton County, which will oversee implementa-tion of the awards, then subgranted to these five programs.

“As small business is an important part of New Hampshire’s econ-omy, microenterprise efforts assist business-es with fewer than five employees,” said Kevin

Flynn. “In order to get out of the garage, the pantry, or the home of-fice, these new company owners need training in planning, marketing, and financial manage-ment they might not otherwise receive.”

The $499,934 award is divided among econom-ic development centers from every corner of the state. Among the orga-nizations are:

$146,663 to the Wom-

en’s Rural Enterprise Network (WREN) in Bethlehem, to fund a series of workshops and classes for women entrepreneurs in areas such as business coach-ing, e-commerce, social marketing, and website design. The funds will help an estimated 39 microbusinesses in the North Country.

A grant of $86,452 for training and technical assistance programs to the Enterprise Center of Plymouth (ECP). A partnership between the Grafton County Economic Development

Corporation and Plym-outh State University, ECP will offer programs on topics such as lend-ing advice, workshops on business skills, and one-on-one counseling for microenterprises that demonstrate prom-ise for success. The award will allow ECP to staff and market their training programs, and benefit at least 35 entre-preneurs in Grafton and Belknap counties in the next year.

“This grant will cre-ate 80 new jobs, retain 107 existing jobs, and provide services to a minimum of 239 peo-ple,” said Flynn. “The majority of the benefi-ciaries are low-to-mod-erate income residents who are looking for empowerment to start a business and be job creators themselves. The quality microenter-prise initiatives provid-ed around the state are critical for our growing economy.”

The grant awaits fi-nal approval from the Executive Council.

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SUGAR HILL––The Sugar Hill Lupine Cele-bration Market on Sat-urday and Sunday, June 7-8, will have over 50 ven-dors with a bit of some-thing for everyone from alpaca wool to zucchini relish. The market hosts artisan demonstrations, seminars, workshops, and concerts from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Sugar Hill Meetinghouse and the Carolina Crapo Memo-rial Building. All events are free and held rain or shine. Plenty of parking is available behind the Meetinghouse.

On Saturday, at 10:30 a.m., the first seminar will be on NH Wildlife by The Rocks Estate of Beth-lehem. Moose and Bear will be featured, with tidbits about a few other local animals including porcupines. During this program, animals’ se-crets are divulged using their antlers, pelts and skulls as part of this edu-cational and entertaining discussion of habitat and habits. The session will also discuss The Rocks Estate role as the North Country Conservation & Education Center for the Society for the Protection of New Hampshire For-ests. The Rocks Estate will have a booth at the market with more infor-mation and items from their gift shop. The Rocks Estate trail system and grounds are open to the public and their Maple Museum is open June 1 through Columbus Day. Stop by to learn more about this gem that is just up the road.

On Saturday, June 7 at 11:30 a.m., author Eric Pinder shares stories, photographs and videos of living and working at the top of Mt. Wash-ington. Have you ever wondered what it is like to live on the summit, where it snows in July and hurricane-force winds are commonplace? Eric‘s book, “Life at the Top: Weather, Wonder & High Cuisine from the Mount Washington Ob-servatory” captures the

life of those hardy souls who live and work at the top of Mount Washing-ton year-round. The crew and their cats enjoy this crazy home, even with 100-mph winds, wander-ing moose and odd ques-tions from visitors. One of the more famous resi-dents of the Observatory was Nin. Eric wrote the children’s book, “Cat in the Clouds,” a glimpse of Nin’s life. Eric will be at the market on Saturday so if you miss his presen-tation, stop by and he will gladly answer questions, share anecdotes about life on the rockpile and autograph copies of his books.

At 12:30 p.m. on Sat-urday and at 11:30 a.m. on Sunday, Sara Booth-man Glines will share northern New Hamp-shire’s history using her Boothman family stories from the 1870s to today. Sara combines family history with her folk art of handcrafted wooden figures. Each figurine represents a moment in time of a real person in the Boothman family and is complete with the tools of his or her trade, from miniature snowshoes to a miniature basket. Did you know that an iris stem can be turned into a fishing rod?

During Sara’s semi-nars, she shares northern New Hampshire history through the personalities of her family of farmers, woodsmen, homemak-ers, hotel proprietors, carpenters and photog-raphers. She introduces us to these characters, their lives and their per-sonalities. Listen to their stories and hear how New Hampshire shaped the family and how the family helped shape New Hampshire. It is the sto-ry of a farm family who turned their home into a hotel, which led to be-ing a trail guides for tourists and building the first AMC hut. The fam-ily history also includes the widow that had to return to the city mills and leave her children

behind; another part of living in northern New Hampshire. Fascinating glimpses back into time are revealed through each story. Sara will have a booth at the market, so if you miss her talks, stop by for a personal visit and story.

Free Hands-on Photog-raphy Workshops: Spend time with professional photographer, George Mitchell of GM Fotogra-phy on Saturday at 10:30 a.m. or at 12:30 p.m. And on Sunday, at 11:30 a.m. and 1:30 p.m., join Meg Brown of Megabug Pho-tography. George and Meg will share photog-raphy tips and encour-age you to put the tips into action as you snap photos around the Sugar Hill Market. Maybe your market photo will win the Lupine Photo Con-test. George Mitchell is well known in our area as you often find him photo-graphing or volunteering at local events. Meg’s pho-tography career is just taking off but she is also an active volunteer, pho-tographing local events. On Sunday, Meg will emphasize floral photog-raphy. We think you will enjoy spending time with these photographers and looking through your camera lens with them.

At 1 p.m., there will be free concerts thanks to the sponsorships of local businesses. On Satur-day, The Kid Jazz Band of Bristol, NH is coming with swing, bop and jazz from the 1930’s to original pieces of their own. This band has been featured on WMUR’s Chronicle and plays around the state. Sunday, The Back Shed String Band with their mix of bluegrass, original tunes, classic country, folk and old-time music will entertain us. The concerts will be held at the Sugar Hill Meeting-house and, if nice, will be outside, so bring your lawn chairs.

For more informa-tion, visit www.Harman-sCheese.com/market or call 823-8000.

CONWAY — The Grand National Curling Club (GNCC), curling’s governing body for the Eastern U.S., holds the Arena Club Champion-ship each year at one of the arena member’s club and on June 26, 27, 28 and 29 it will be played Con-way. This is the fifth an-niversary of this cham-pionship and this year 32 teams are expected, from as far south as Florida and as far west as Penn-

sylvania. The Mount Wash-

ington Valley Curling Club was founded in the spring of 2011 and cur-rently boasts 65 mem-bers. League play is on Wednesday and Satur-day at the Ham Arena in Conway. In addition to hosting the champi-onship, the club runs its own Bonspiel the third weekend in September. Information on both bon-spiels are available at

www.mwvcurling.org. The Grand National

Curling Club (GNCC) was formed 1867 as the national governance body for curling in the USA. As curling de-veloped to the Midwest and Far West the United States Curling Associ-ation was formed. The GNCC has 48 member clubs and holds 20 re-gional championships, many leading to national and world titles.

BY RAYMOND KUCHARSKI

Contributing Writer

My father and I en-joyed catching fish. Part of that enjoyment was “Limiting Out;” keeping as many fish as the law allowed re-gardless of species (six trout in lakes, 12 trout in brooks, five pickerel, etc.). Catching the limit brought bragging rights and showed our prowess as fishermen. We would fill our stringers to the max, but we also enjoyed eating everything we caught. My mother had recipes for every species of fish.

As I grew older and became a fly-fisherman, attitudes changed. I became aware of Lee Wulff’s proclamation made in 1939, “a game fish is too valuable to be caught only once.” In 1952 Albert Hazzard wrote an article titled Better Fishing—and how implying exposing some hot tips. The arti-cle went on to explain how releasing trout re-

sulted in better catch-ing, seems intuitive to me today. Mr. Hazzard referred to the plan as “Fish for Fun.”

More and more fishing organizations jumped on this concept of better fishing by re-leasing the fish, so they could be caught again. At the end of the 20th century catch and re-lease was widely accept-ed. Laws were passed establishing catch and release sections of riv-ers and reducing limits on some trophy waters. Barbless hooks were en-couraged.

It’s been my experi-ence that waters with

catch and release or a limited catch regulation produced better fishing throughout the year.

I remember talking with an out-of-state visi-tor that had been fishing the Pemigewasset River for a week and had some good fishing and eating the first couple of days. He told me he fished the same pool everyday; the first day he caught 12 trout, the second day three trout, the third day one fish, then nothing for the rest of the week. He said, “I didn’t under-stand it.” I replied, “Yes I don’t understand it ei-ther. I wonder where the fish went.”

CDFA Awards $500,000 to Microenterprise

Rhonda Rosand completes Intuit Field Service Management training

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Rhonda Rosand

Catch and releaseFins and Feathers

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Catching the limit is no longer the norm.

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The Kid Jazz Band of Bristol will perform at the Sugar Hill Lupine Celebration Market.

Sugar Hill Lupine Market Events

Curling championships coming to Conway in June

Lancaster, NH – Offering the perfect blend of old world charm and modern amenities, this five bedroom, four bath 1850 Colonial known as “Cold Spring Farm” is a piece of Lancaster’s history. The welcoming front porch will invite you in and once you are inside you will know you are home. Spacious country kitchen and a dining room with built-in china hutch, exposed beams and large bay window are just a few of the many features of this home. A large entertainment room is located above the attached 2 car garage. Lovely view of the local mountains, +/- 9.5 acres of rolling pasture lined with stone walls and a 20x40 barn are all waiting for you to enjoy..........$229,500 (MLS #4232997 )

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Groveton, NH - Great Location! This in-town home is close to schools, shopping and recreation opportunities. This New Englander starts with a great floor plan, offering 3 bedrooms, 1.5 baths and a three season enclosed porch to relax on. Features a spacious kitchen, formal dining room and a 1st floor bedroom. There is a large room on 2nd level off the bath which could be updated for an extra bedroom or office space. Most rooms have hardwood floors. A new furnace installed during the 2010-2011 winter season plus a one car garage with overhead storage, a well groomed yard and close proximity to town add to the value of this great home.......$86,900 (MLS # 4185906)

Jefferson, NH - An area was recent-ly cleared on the property to open up this 5+ acre lot and provide access into the land expos-ing the mountain view. Located on a beautiful coun-try road in scenic Jefferson, the prop-erty is minutes from the Mountain View Grand, Santa’s Village and other local attrac-tions. This is the perfect site for the outdoor enthusiast with ski-ing, hiking and fishing nearby..............$48,000 (MLS# 4184236)

Guildhall, VT - Just off of Granby Road sits this +/- 3.3 acres which was at one time a gravel pit. Nice level open area is perfect for a camper or tenting. Land is surrounded by property owned by Meadowsend Timberlands Ltd., a forest management company which allows low impact recreation on their land. There is no deeded ROW access to property at this time. Get back to nature on this private and peaceful lot..................$12,500 (MLS #4354427)

Groveton, NH - Great in-town loca-tion and close to all amenities. With 3 bedrooms and 1 bath this home offers a great floor plan featuring a first floor bedroom, kitch-en, living room and a family room/sun room with laundry hook-ups. A storage shed and full basement offer plenty of space for storage and a carport to keep the snow off your car in the win-ter. Property is sold “as is, where is”.....$19,500 (MLS #4333803)

Guildhall, VT - Neat as a pin. This home has been meticulously main-tained by its owner and is move-in ready. Includes a 2005 14’x44’ two bedroom mobile home sited on +/- 2.9 acres. Great one level living, 3 storage sheds and a 3 bay carport. Ride your ATV right from the property and enjoy the beauty of the Northeast Kingdom. Perfect for year-round or vacation use............$74,500 (MLS #4354180)

Lancaster, NH - With an incredible mountain view, a spring-fed pond and located on a Designated Scenic Road, this 3 bed-room, 3 bath home is sited on over 12 acres and is bor-dered by the Week’s State Park. Property includes a 24’ X 36’ 2-story barn with 6 horse stalls, hay storage above plus a huge workshop on the side. A great horse property or a get-a-way to appreciate all the North Country has to offer. Bank owned and sold “as is, where is....$179,000 (MLS #4355630)

Guildhall, VT - Peace and tran-quility await you at this privately sited home on over 13 acres. Offering 2 bedrooms on the main level and 2 bonus rooms in lower level, this tastefully decorated and well-maintained home is move-in ready. Home features a galley kitchen with stainless steel appli-ances, open concept living room with a wood fireplace, a three season sun room, a family room with a HD Theater System, including a wall screen and an over-sized laundry room. Multi-level decks extend the living space outdoors to enjoy the nat-ural setting and mountain view. A 3-bay garage and a wood shed expand the storage space for all the extras. Beautifully landscaped grounds with many perennials, shrubs, blueberry bushes and a raspberry patch. Land features a good mix of open meadow and light forest with the VAST snowmobile trail system nearby. A very private location with a nice view, yet only minutes from schools, parks and shopping. A must see! .....$199,900 (MLS #4349064)

Whitefield, NH – Nestled among the pine trees and within a short stroll along the deeded ROW access to Forest Lake this 20x40 two-story building is waiting for you to make memories here. Finish off the second floor and enjoy the wall of windows which affords a seasonal view of the lake. Lower level offers a 2 car garage with oversize doors and 10 ft. high ceilings. Property features an open building site if you wish to build a house, a dug well, electric service, an expired septic design and a gravel driveway with dual access to a town maintained road. Public boat access is within a few hundred feet of the property line...............$134,900 (MLS #4234478)

Lancaster, NH - Live in the country yet be only min-utes to town in this charming country cape. This warm and inviting home features a reno-vated kitchen, a large family room warmed by a propane stove, a formal dining room and a living room with a view of the local mountains. Three bedrooms and a full bath are located on the 2nd floor. Built-in shelves and wide pine floors add to the natural beauty of the home. Relax on the screened-in porch to enjoy the view and listen to the sounds of nearby Mardin Brook which traverses the edge of the property............. $202,500 (MLS #4356286)

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Littleton, NH – In a newer neighbor-hood, this nice two bedroom ranch with two-car attached garage is on a level 0.42 acre lot. The family room off the kitchen has a pellet stove and hearth. A living room, dining room, two bedrooms and a full bath complete the layout. Furnishing are negotiable.

MLS #4355584Offered at $147,500

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603-444-1294

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603-278-1140

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603-823-5700

Real Estate At Public Auction SATURDAY, JUNE 7, 2014 @ 12 NOON

338 River Road, Bath, NH On the above date we will sell at Public Auction the Bath, NH property of the late Raymond S. Burton. Mr. Burton was the longest serving Executive Council member in New Hampshire history and this home and property was the scene of public gatherings featuring notables from all shades of the political spectrum.

Situated on 45 +/ - acres with a ca. 1860 home & barn in need of restoration and with approx. 1000’ +/- frontage on the Ammonoosuc River this property present limitless opportunities for the prospective buyer.

Best Directions: Since the Historic Bath Covered Bridge is undergoing extensive restoration and is closed, pro-ceed to Central Street in Woodsville, NH. At Central & Route 32 cross the Raymond S. Burton bridge and follow detour and or auction signs to the auction site. Terms of the sale: A deposit in the amount of Twenty-Five Thousand Dollars ($25,000) must be tendered to the auctioneer in order to bid in the form of cash, certified check or bank check. The balance of the bid shall be due in cash, certified check or cashier’s check upon delivery of the Warranty Deed within 30 days of the auction. The Mortgagee reserves the right to amend the terms before or at the time of sale. Sale per order of Duane Baxter, Executor of the Estate of Raymond S. Burton. Inspection: Friday, June 6, 2014 from 12 - 2 PM. and morning of the sale commencing at 10 AM

Reference: The deed to the property may be examined at the Grafton County Registry of Deeds, Bk 1850 Pg. 706. For Additional information please contact the auctioneer, Archie H. Steenburgh 603-989-5361.

779 Jeffers Hill Rd., Pike, NH 03780Telephone (603) 989-5361 • e-mail: [email protected] • www.steenburgh.com

Steenburgh Auctioneers & AppraisersArchie H. Steenburgh & Joshua W. Steenburgh

NH Lic. #2194 & 2754

STEENBURGHAuctioneers & Appraisers Since 1972

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SPECTACULAR CEDAR PROW-FRONT CHALET set up high staring at awesome mountain views -- Adams on the left to Moosilauke on the right. All glass means views from just about anywhere in the home. Hardwood floors, vaulted ceiling, loft office area looking out, state-of-the-art Buderus furnace, almost no lawn to mow, privacy galore and the low-low tax town of Easton, NH all rolled into one neat phenomenal package just waiting for you to come take a look !!! Offered at just $449,000 (#4283)

LET YOUR LANDLORD GET LOST!! Tour this two-bedroom ranch located in Littleton. No more rent to pay. Walking distance to schools, park and pool. Easy maintenance. New roof in 2013 plus renovations. Includes fireplace and appliances. One-car garage. Come see - you’ll be surprised at an affordable $89,900.

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Bethlehem—NEW LISTING: Picturesque 2 bedroom plus Loft, 2 Bath Log Home located on 1+ acres at the end of the road, surrounded by 13 acres of Conservation Land. Mountain Country Peace & Quiet plus a whole lot more awaits. Call to View Today! MLS# 4354940

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Mountain Lakes: Come see this lovely chalet with 3 finished levels, Mtn. views and privacy. Enjoy the lakes, trails and amenities in this special community. $155,000.

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OMG!Whitefield - A 3 level building at town common in overall very good condition. Offers 5 rental units: store front available for any use, 2 apts - smaller one rented, lg one good for living or commercial venture, & 2 attractive walkout basment level business spaces, one leased. Windows replaced, separate electric meters, oil/fhw baseboard w/ hot water super stor & 5 zones, sprinkler system & covered fire escape. Being sold for Health & Retirement issues which has sellers giving it away for only $85,000yes you read that right.........$85,000

Nice Home For Low PriceWhitefield - In a desirable area on 1.6 ac w/700’ road frontage is a cozy raised ranch with 6 rooms, 2 bedrooms & full bath. Big eat-in kitchen w/plenty of cabinets; living room w/brick wall for woodstove, atrium door to deck, ceiling fan & antique beamed ceiling. Master br with walk-in closet; 2nd bedroom with walk-in closet; finished room w/closet in raised basement. Deck & cozy screened poarch w/storage below. Large yard & more land ... only $109,000

Enjoy The Sweet LifeDalton - Sitting on 5.3 acres of beautiful land located in a private, serene & attractive setting is this 3 bedroom 1300+SF, 1999 mfg home w/2 car insulated garage/workshop. Add’l portable garage for vehicle or storage. An appealing home that comes with central air conditioning, washer, dryer, refrigerator, dishwasher, trash compactor, gas range & an automatic propane generator. The kitchen boasts a center island w/double sink & breakfast bar in addition to a dining area & very nice oak cabinets. The expanded master bedrm has master bath & walk-in closet, 2 smaller bedrooms, 2nd full bath, 3 season knotty pine room with air cond., comfortable living room & 7 new Thermopane vinyl windows. The land offers a large open area, has scenic views & 135’ of frontage on the John’s River. This well maintained home & property offers quite a lot for this very low price of only ... $119,000

Real Estate Auction-Bank ForeclosureMay 30, 2014 @ 10:00 AM

516 Pettyboro Road, Lyman, New Hampshire

2 Bedroom home on 1.7+/- acres

TERMS OF SALE:A deposit of FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS ($5,000.00)

in the form of cash, certified check, cashier’s check, or other form of payment agreeable to the Mortgagee, will be required to be delivered at or before the time a bid is offered.

The successful bidder will be required to execute a written memorandum of sale, immediately after the close of bidding. The balance of the purchase price shall be paid upon delivery of the Foreclosure Deed to the purchaser within forty-five (45) days of the sale date.

The Mortgagee reserves the right to bid at the sale, to reject any and all bids, to continue the sale and to amend the terms of the sale by written or oral announcement made before or during the foreclosure sale and such change or changes will be binding upon all prospective bidders.

Said premises will be sold subject to all taxes or liens and encumbrances which may be entitled to precedence of the dais Mortgage. Property will be sold “AS IS”. Auction held on site.

Auctioneers:Lussier’s Auction Service, Lyndonville, Vermont

New Hampshire License #2431 David Lussier 802-626-9541 802-274-0747 Reg Lussier 802-626-8892 802-535-6100

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603-745-3951135 Main Street

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Parts & Service Clerk• Applicant must have excellent computer and communication skills.• Knowledge of Heavy Equipment, Hydraulic components and hydraulic schematic is a plus• Mechanically inclined• Understand and Identify parts from blueprints/CAD drawings• This is an office setting and most work will be done over the phone• Competitive wages and insurance package• Must have or be able to get a passport• Presently taking resumes

If interested please send resumes to:Mike Currier - Operations Manager

162 Rotobec Drive, Littleton N.H. 03561603-444-2103 • Fax 603-444-0327

E mail [email protected]

Allstaff Hours: Monday-Thursday (7 a.m.-4:30 p.m.), Friday (6 a.m.-4 p.m.) No appointment required. Temporary, Seasonal, Part Time and

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• Specialized Machine Operators 1.) 5yrs. + in a manufacturing environment in a set-up /

leadership role. Progressive track record a plus.2.) Tool and Die experience. Plus would be in a stamping

press /machining operation.3.) Familiar with basic machining equipment i.e. -

Bridgeport, drill presses, grinding,4.) Robotics and automated machinery a plus.5.) Blue print reading and measuring tools need to be at an

expert level• Sr. MFG Maintenance Mechanic – 3rd shift: Previous

experience as an manufacturing maintenance mechanic, ability to trouble shoot, repair and set up of new machinery. This position is full time and comes with an excellent benefit package.

• Utility Operators: Operates production machines from operation sheets, prints, written work instructions, or verbal instructions. Observes machine operation to detect work piece defects or machine malfunctions. Measures work piece dimensions to determine accuracy of machine operation. These positions are on the job training.

• Machine Operators: The right candidates will work in a team environment, previous experience and the ability to read micrometers, venires, blue prints, and calipers is a plus, but not a requirement.

• Plating Tech.: This position operates assigned equipment used in executing metal finishing operations. Loads and unloads tote pans of parts, follows procedures for processing, maintains cleanliness of tanks and work areas inspects quality of product for delivery. This position requires the ability to work with slight odors, extreme heat at times, wet and/or humid conditions and lift/move up to 50 lbs.

Grafton Countyinvites applicants for

the position of:Dispatcher - Sheriff’s Department

32 Hours Per Week (4/5 Benefits)Varied Shifts – Weekends and Holidays

SALARY: $16.23 - $22.47JOB SUMMARY:Mans the County Public Safety Communications Center; responds to a wide variety of routine and emergency calls; dispatches fire, police and EMS and monitors their status in the field; completes related documentation and filing.

QUALIFICATIONS:Knowledge of radio transmission and computer skills equivalent to completion of a high school diploma, or equivalent combination of education and experience. Ability to assimilate a multitude of information simultaneously and correctly assess the scope and magnitude of emergencies. Must be able to think and act quickly and calmly. Requires ability to speak concisely and distinctly. Keen vision, hearing and eye/hand coordination are essential. Must have ability to learn operation of communications equipment and the geography of service areas. Ability to multi-task is crucial. Must be available to work varying shifts, including weekends, overnights, and holidays.

Apply at:Grafton County Human Resources

3855 Dartmouth College Highway, Box 3North Haverhill, NH 03774

Tel: 603-787-2034 • Fax: 603-787-2014E-mail: [email protected]

Apply online at: www.graftoncountynh.us

PART-TIME SECRETARY/BOOKKEEPER8 – 12 hours a week

Send resume to:Janet Lombardo, Interim Rector

St. Paul’s Episcopal Church113 Main Street

Lancaster, NH 03584

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Now Hiring Maintenance Mechanic 2nd Shift

Nipro Consumer Health Care, formerly P.J. Noyes, is a growing manufacturing com-pany located in Lancaster NH. We are a company with a 150-year legacy of quality rooted in the product development and manufacturing of nutraceuticals and per-sonal care products which are found in all major retail outlets and on many shelves around the world. Recently acquired by Nipro Diagnostics, Inc., P.J. Noyes Compa-ny (re-named as Nipro Consumer Healthcare, Inc.) is growing rapidly. We currently have an opening for a permanent, full-time Maintenance Mechanic on 2nd shift.

The Mechanic will be a member of the maintenance team reporting to the Produc-tion Manager. This person will learn and use the computer preventative maintenance software. You will troubleshoot and repair equipment as production requirements are followed according to all OSHA regulations and guidelines. Working as the only maintenance person on the second shift, you must perform minor electrical repairs (changing fuses, repairing broken wires, using fluke meter) and be able to do tasks ranging from simple to very complex. You will also document maintenance activities.

The ideal candidate will have a high school diploma or equivalent. Computer literacy and the ability to prioritize and good communication skills required. One to three years experience in the maintenance or related fields required. Certifications related to the maintenance field a plus.

We offer competitive wages commensurate with experience and an excellent benefits package. Interested applicants may email resumes to [email protected] or com-plete our application through this URL: https://home.eease.adp.com/recruit/?id=9384601

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RN/LPN/MNA POSITIONAVAILABLE

Competitive Pay and Benefits

Fax cover letter and resume to:Tanya Ingerson - Human Resources

603-823-7173Or apply online @ www.genesishcc.com

You may also call 603-823-6514to inquire about the position.

RiverbankMOTEL AND CABINS

WANTEDHOUSEKEEPERS

For the summer Season20 to 25 hours/week

Call Deanna for an appointment745-3374

183 Connector Road, Lincoln, NH

FULL-TIME JOB OPPORTUNITY

CNC Operators Needed• Applicants must have excellent Operator skills.• Knowledge of Milling Machines is a plus• Mechanically inclined• Understand and Identify parts from blueprints/CAD drawings• Proficient in the use of all measuring devices• Competitive wages and insurance package• Presently taking resumes for 11-7 shift

If interested please send resumes to:Mike Currier - Operations Manager

162 Rotobec Drive, Littleton N.H. 03561603-444-2103 • Fax 603-444-0327

E mail [email protected]

HELP WANTEDOptical Assistant

Our busy optometric office has an opening for a self-motivated, career-minded person to join our team. Duties include frame styling, optical repair, and clerical duties. Experience optical sales and dispensing is preferred but we will train the right

person for this full time position. Attention to detail and good math skills are a must. We offer competitive

pay and benefits with advancement opportunities.

Please apply in person with resumeand references at:

Littleton Eye Care Center104 Meadow StreetLittleton, NH 03561

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TOWN OF BETHLEHEMTOWN OWNED

PROPERTY SALEThe properties that the Town of Bethlehem are offering for sale, by sealed bid, have been acquired by the Town by tax deed, through the tax collection process. The Town will be conveying the properties by quitclaim deed. Buy-ers are urged to consult with their attorney and have a title search performed on the property before closing.

TERM OF THE SALEA minimum bid as listed for each parcel sold, and a twen-ty percent nonrefundable deposit (if bid is accepted), by bank check, will be required at the time of the bid. The balance must be paid within thirty (30) days by cash or bank check.

INFORMATIONAL PACKETSInformation packets covering all of the parcels to be auc-tioned may be purchased for $5.00 at the Selectmen’s office at 2155 Main Street, Bethlehem, NH 03574. The packets will also be available on the Town’s website www.bethlehemnh.org or can be emailed for no charge.

BIDSSealed bids will be accepted beginning 05/23/14 and ending 06/02/14 at 3pm. All bids must be submitted to the Selectmen’s office at 2155 Main Street, Bethlehem, NH 03574 in person during regular business hours or mailed to PO box 189, Bethlehem, NH 03574. Envelopes MUST have Map and Lot numbers on the outside of the enve-lope. For multiple bids please either use individual enve-lopes or put individual envelopes in a larger envelope. The bids will be opened at the Select Board meeting on June 02, 2014 at 6:00pm.

FAILURE TO MAKE FULL PAYMENT WITHIN THIRTY (30) DAYS: The failure on the part of the bidder to make full payment within THIRTY days of 06/02/14 will make the sale null and void, and result in the forfeiture of the deposit. In the event that the original bidder’s sale be-comes null and void the property will be offered to the next highest bidder with payment in full due within 30 days of the offer.

The Board of Selectmen has the right to refuse any and all bids.

TOWN OF LYMANSUPERVISORS OF THE CHECKLIST

WILL BE IN SESSION AT THE TOWN HALLTUESDAY, JUNE 3, 2014, 7.00 - 7.30 PM

Change of Party Affiliations Accepted.Annie Baker, John Murray, Larry Schieman

TOWN OF BETHLEHEMNOTICE

SUPERVISORS OF THE CHECKLISTThe Supervisors of the Checklist for theTown of Bethlehem will be in session forvoter registration, party changes or other

changes to the checklist in the office of theTown Clerk in the Town Hall Building on:

TUESDAY, JUNE 3, 2014From 7 PM to 7:30 PM

Stephen Oliveira Ellen Roy Barbara Waites

PICTURE ID, PROOF OF CITIZENSHIP,AND RESIDENCE REQUIRED.

PUBLIC NOTICETown of LincoLn PLanning Board

Wednesday, June 11, 2014 – 6:00PMLincoln Town Hall, 148 Main Street, Lincoln, NHOn Wednesday, June 11, 2014, commencing at 6:00 pm the Planning Board will hold Public Hearings on the following applications:

Application for Site Plan Review approval for development of 24 residential housing units to be constructed on 8.26 acres of forested land within the Forest Ridge Development to be called “The Pines at Forest Ridge”. Agent, Marc L. Burnell, Project Engineer for Horizons Engineering, Inc., of 34 School Street, Littleton, NH 03561 filed the application on behalf of Applicant Mount Coolidge Construction, LLC (principal signatory being Rick Elliott) of 32 Hartwell Brook Drive, Nashua, NH 03060 and Property Owner New Jefferson Holdings, LLC, (principal signatory being Rick Elliott) of Nine Triangle Park Drive, P.O. Box 2650, Concord, NH 03302-2650. Applicant requests Site Plan Review approval to develop 24 residential housing units (12 duplexes) to be constructed on a 8.26 acres of forested land (not yet subdivided) within the Forest Ridge Development to be called “The Pines At Forest Ridge” in accordance with a Forest Ridge Development Master Plan (not yet submitted) under Article IV of the Lincoln Site Plan Review Regulations and Article VI, Section B, Paragraph 2, Chart of Residential Uses, and Section C, Cluster Development of the Land Use Plan Ordinance. The proposed lot will be located just north of the southern portion of Woodland Loop (a portion of Tax Map 114, Lot 080) located in the Rural Residential (R.R.) District.

Upon a finding by the Board that the application meets the submission requirements of the Land Use Plan Ordinance and Site Plan Review Regulations, the Board will vote to accept the application as complete, and, if the Planning Board finds the application to be complete, then a public hearing on the merits of the proposal will follow immediately.

Should a decision not be reached at the public hearing, this application will stay on the Planning Board agenda until such time as it is either approved or disapproved.

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EXPERIENCED CHEFS/LINE COOKS,wait staff, managers and Dishwashersneeded for finer restaurant. Must be ableto work weekends. Cooks must have expe-rience in cooking from scratch using fineringredients. Higher profile position withchance to work on Food Network events.(NYCWFF) Great opportunity for exposureand to showcase your talents. Call 203-305-6529 to set up an interview.

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HOTEL ROOM ATTENTANTS…PartTime/Full time Room Attendants: Positionrequires applicants to have excellent cus-

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Positions require flexibility of Holidaysand weekends. Apply in person at the

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Hampton InnAttn: Brandy Donahue

580 Meadow StreetLittleton, NH 03561

IF YOU’RE LOOKING FOR VARIETY,this is the job for you! Work rotates fromlog home maintenance, furniture mak-ing, and general yard work. Mainte-nance jobs involve travel as a crew toand from site. Ladder work a must. Parttime or full time. Submit application andresume to Josselyn’s Sawmill Inc, 306North Road, Jefferson NH 03583.Phone 586-4507.

Line Cook & Prep CookStart ASAP

Summer & Fall SeasonPay based on experience

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96 Main StN. Woodstock, NH

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Paralegal / Legal SecretaryLancaster, NH. Responsibilities: tran-scribing, editing, retrieving, transmittingdata, drafting documents, analyzing in-formation, case preparation. Teamplayer with strong organizational skills,responsible work ethic, professionalcommunication skills and extensive ex-perience with Microsoft Office. Fulltime entry level position. Benefits.Send resume and references to P. O.Box 29-B, Lancaster, NH 03584. EOE.

General HelpWanted

PAVING COMPANY HAS an immediateposition available for a truck driver with aCDL “A” license. Duties to include work-ing with our paving crews and occasional

equipment moving. Will be working out of our Littleton loca-tion. Competitive wages. Health insur-ance available. Please apply in person:Blaktop Inc, 73 Elm Street West, West

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Real EstateSEASONAL HOME ON MerrymeetingRiver, Alton, NH. Corner Lot. Sleeps 6.Screen Room, Shed, Patio. Rec Hall, Fish-ing, Boating, Swimming Pool. Asking$4,500.00, plus Park Rent. Appointment(978)836-0706

RentalsWHITEFIELD: OFFICE FOR rent: on thecommon, next to gun store. Receptionarea, private office, & conference room.Heat, hot water, trash pick -up & parking in-cluded. References & 1 month security de-posit required. $500/month.(603)-837-2345 days; (603)-837-9194evenings.

Apartments ForRent

BETHLEHEM - LARGE one bedroom du-plex style apartment with big front porch.Plowing, mowing included. $625.00/mo in-cludes heat. First, security deposit, refer-ences and lease required. 603-869-54747AM-7PM

GROVETON: 3 BEDROOM 1st floor apart-ment. Heat & Hot water included. $625per month. References, lease & securitydeposit required. Call 603-744-8114

JEFFERSON: 2ND FLOOR 1 BEDROOM.PET FRIENDLY, $650/MOWHITEFIELD: 1 BR apt, 1st floor. Heat,hot water, trash removal, laundry serviceson site. $549/mo.

1st month and damage required, refer-ences for both listing.

603-586-4009 for more information.

LISBON, LARGE 2 bedroom, 2 full bathapartment in nice neighborhood. Largeyard, off street parking, plowing and rub-bish removal included. $725.00/month in-cludes heat & hot water. No smoking. Nopets. Call (603) 616-7477

LITTLETON - 2 bedroom, Main St. Heat,utilities included. No pets. No smoking.$750/mo. Call Dan 444-7776

LITTLETON––2 BEDROOM, 1ST floorapt. Heat, rubbish & snow removal. Nosmokers. $850 per month. Security de-posit, 1 year lease, references. Call 444-7630.

ONE BEDROOM FULLY handicap acces-sible apartments available in N. Stratford.Spacious apartments with heat & hot waterincluded. Plenty of parking. Rent based onincome. Income limits do apply. EqualHousing Opportunity. Barrier free.Pleasecall for an application at 444-5244.

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email:[email protected]

Lancaster1 bdrm 2nd flr with Heat & HW $500/mo

Lisbon2 bdrm Ground Flr with Heat & HW -$700/mo

Littleton3 bdrm 2nd flr with Heat & HW$1100/mo

STARK NH— SECTION 8 Housing,one bedroom, available 2-person, 62-years and over, and/or disabled. Freelaundry and free satellite for all tenants.Call Lisa Demers 603-636-1776.

TWIN MOUNTAIN-- LARGE 2-bdrm apt. innice building located in a great part of town.All new carpet, new kitchen, lots of win-dows. Available now at $750/mth, includesheat/hot water. Call Jim Drummond at 616-5857.

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LittletonLarge Efficiency, Heat, HW & Elect.included, No Pets $600/mo2 bdrm, Heat & HW $750 & $7001 bdrm, Heat & HW $6752 bdrm Home, No Utilities, No Pets,$900/mo

Lisbon 3rd fl 1 bdrm Heat & Hot water incl.$650/mo 2nd fl 2 bdrm Heat & Hot water incl.$725/mo

Houses For RentLANCASTER HOUSE FOR Rent-- Threebedroom 2 and 1/2 bath, washer/dryerhookup, detached one car garage. NoSmoking, heat and electricity not included.Available July 1st. $1000 603-631-1711

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MOUNTAIN VIEW FARMHOUSE -Easton/Franconia - 2040ft², renovated,3 acres, 3-4 bedrooms, 2 full baths,$1450 +utilities, lawncare includednew roof, sidings, windows, paint, ap-pliances, washer/dryer, oil furnace &tank, hardwood floors. horses welcome,large barn+15-acre pasture for addi-tional fee. 603 823-5323

NORTHUMBERLAND, NH 2 BdrmHouse Modern Spacious Quiet Radi-ant Floor Heat Parking Plowing WashDry Hookup Utilities not included NoSmoking No Pets $675/mo SecurityDep References.

OWNER FINANCING: WHITEFIELDBrand new 2013 upgraded Colony Mo-bile home. Move in today. 14’ by 80’concrete pad, 2-bedroom, 2-bath,den/office. Lg lot, roofed porch, trees.1000 sq feet of luxurious living space.Close to Mountain View Hotel in Coun-try Village Mobile Home Park. ownyour own home/taking applicationsnow, (15% down-$850/mo.Includes lotrent). No credit checks. call 603-837-2767

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Maine railroad man who first taught me to hoe a row and put four seeds of corn to a hill---”One for the blackbird, one for the crow, one for the soil and one to grow” goes the age-old adage. All this is an amusement for those of us who survive gardening in a hostile environment, who avoid being carted away to the Funny Farm, and may-be actually get to eat an ear of corn or two in late August, before the bears and raccoons make off with the rest.

Well, make that Sep-tember for me, at eleva-tion 1553 just shy of the 45th Parallel. Did I men-tion that before?

The connection to the land that I feel is now the latest catch-all phrase and is much ballyhooed in conservation circles and is called “Sense of Place,” or “Place-Based Education,” which by the way I often see de-void of the hyphen. What is this world coming to? Next is the demise of the apostrophe, already an endangered species and rightly relegated to the Apostrophe Police. Sample roadside sign: “Eat’s. Ton’s of Food. Owner’s: Bill and Bev. Order’s to go.” This re-minds me that as a long-time hard-assed country newspaper editor I could make a living editing and proofreading, if I could get the trade.

The Indians taught the European settlers to plant their corn when the shad bush leaf was the size of a mouse’s ear.

Well, (A) I couldn’t find a shad bush be-

cause I’m far above the river and its shrubber-ies (don’t we all think of Monty Python when “shrubberies” comes up? Well, okay, just the demented among us), and (B) What sort of shrubbery would suf-fice?, and (C) Could a bird fly with it? And (D) Would this be the irre-sistibly cute little kan-garoo mice (woods mice, deer mice, white-footed mice, gravity-defying mice, rafter-runners, jumping mice, jaw-drop-pers, Can’t Bear to Kill ‘Em Mice, and on and on in camp lore) that some-times run across our fac-es as we slumber away in camp, at risk of our inhaling a mouse and being far beyond rescue, as if DART could even get in, and if our sorry, worn-out carcasses mat-tered?

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North Country NotebookAll this legend and lore stuff, and Jack Frost beats us to boot (And some of it was true)

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The Vermonter, on its way from Washing-ton to St. Albans, trav-els backwards from Penn Station NYC to Springfield, Mass. Then it goes forwards to points north. This was a surprise to us, because the business class was sold out for once. We never no-ticed this reversal in business class.

While we waited to switch from electric to diesel in New Haven I congratulated our Con-ductor on behalf of all of them who correctly say New HAVEN. Be-cause there’s a virus going around down there that makes some people say NEW Hav-en, without the sense to know that they’re not in Vermont. Same as if when you know you’re in Vermont you say CharLOTTE so people

don’t think you mean North Carolina.

Conductors always know best. Back in the old days when you could ride in style from White River to Boston, they’d roll out a route in patter song that ended up “...Nashuay, Lowell and Boston.”

The Brooklyn Bo-tanic Garden was full bloom in Japanese Cherries, of which there are untold num-bers of variety. And Magnolias. I soon dis-covered that I would never keep up with the oaks. White, red, black, and swamp white are my standards, but they proliferate even to oak oaks. I gave those up real quick. Of course, we knew the ancient gingkos and the Juras-sic metasequoia that the Arnold Arboretum long ago rescued from

China and propagated here. But then I found myself stuck on the firs and spruces. Of which there are too many: Ab-ies this and Picea that. I was doing OK for a while, but then gave up in disgust when I en-countered Picea abies!

Before that we saw a terrific period produc-tion of Sheridan’s play “The Rivals.” That’s the one with Mrs. Mal-aprop, whose last word closed the play: “All men are Bavarians!”

She meant Barbar-ians, of course.

Before that: Mo-zart’s zany and most gloriously musical Così fan Tutte. Oh, the little duet when the men aspire to make themselves accept-able to the sisters (the wrong ones when they

It has always been risky planting anything at about this time, just shy of Memorial Day, the traditional plant-ing time, and just shy of the 45th Parallel, at elevation 1553. It is on the margin of corn’s survival. This is a place that is like a slice of Lab-rador carved out by the last glacier, 12,000 years ago, and plunked down in whatever morass was here before.

As I planted my corn, the leaves were just barely turning out in the poplars in the home pasture, the black cher-ry soon to follow. When I was down in Rumford, Maine and then Spring-field, Massachusetts less than a week before, foli-age was in full cry and flowers were bursting forth everywhere.

Hardy denizens in Colebrook, Stewart-stown, Clarksville and Pittsburg and Errol and beyond know that they’re two to three weeks behind Manches-ter in terms of planting stuff and hoping to see it to fruition before kill-er frosts in September. These vast disparities in the seasons are often lost on visitors, who only see the peaks, not the lows.

The Indians, the Coashaukees, an off-shoot tribe of the Abena-ki, the People of the Dawn Land, used the northern third of New Hampshire as a sort of pantry. They hunt-ed woodland caribou, still extant here as late as 1905 or so, and vari-ous smaller prey. They fished for salmon---At-lantic salmon---which somehow managed to surmount daunt-ing falls and rapids to reach their ancestral spawning grounds in feeder streams high up on the Connecticut Riv-er watershed. Atlantic salmon are document-ed as having reached First Connecticut Lake in Pittsburg, some 410 miles from the sea. What a feat. What a fish.

I write this on the 14th of May, having against all odds, sort of like the salmon in a less lunging and leaping and dramatic way, planted corn. This goes against my grandfather Har-rigan’s advice, which was don’t plant before Memorial Day because your seeds have a pretty good chance of rotting, and anything you plant after Memorial Day will soon catch up anyway. Still, he was known for sneaking out under cov-er of darkness, or maybe moonlight, trying to get the first peas in Lisbon, which he almost always did.

He was a complicat-ed guy, this Boston and

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As this photo of the terrain from Titus Hill Road in Colebrook shows, finding a shad bush leaf as big as a mouse’s ear might be a tall order. What’s up---first, catch a mouse, or find a shad bush? The potential garden at lower left is a sea of mud called “Hope.”

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BY STEVEN G. HERBERT

This is Part 2 in a four-part series on nat-ural and organic meth-ods of lawn care. It will appear monthly and run through the spring and into early summer. In Part 1 we learned that mowing and watering, as well as weed, disease and pest control are the main cultural practic-es in which we indulge in pursuit of the perfect lawn. Here we covered landscaping design and seed selection as the first steps in a non-tox-ic and environmentally friendly and responsible alternative approach. We continue this month with proper mowing and watering techniques

In an existing land-scape, the single most important effective step one can take in creat-ing a healthy lawn is adopting proper mow-ing practices. Both public and private re-search has shown that this alone can control as much as 80 percent of potential weed prob-lems. The first rule is to mow high. The proper mowing height depends on the variety of grass, but for most it is three inches. Secondly, one should never remove more than one third of the height of the grass blade. In other words, the grass should not be higher than 4 ½ inches when mowed. Longer grass blades are stron-ger, by virtue of having move surface area to photosynthesize, and help shade or crowd out weeds while better pre-venting the underlying soil from drying. Taller grass will also develop deeper roots, thus giv-ing more drought re-sistance and less need for fertilizer. Also, re-sist the urge to mow more frequently than is necessary, especially in shady areas where grass must maximize its

photosynthetic ability.The mower blade

should be kept sharp, such that it makes a cleaner cut rather than tearing the grass. Such tearing makes the grass more susceptible to infection and disease. Torn grass tips turn brown, causing a brown cast to the lawn. Sharp-ening should be done once or twice during the season depending on area, or after every eight hours of mowing. Furthermore, a sharp mower blade can reduce fuel consumption by as much as 25 percent. A spare blade can be changed out quickly so that the job can be com-pleted while the dull blade is being serviced. It is a good practice also to hose down the under-side of the mower after each use for cleaner cut-ting and more efficient mulching. Do not mow when the grass is wet. Finally, mow in the eve-ning or the cool part of the day, and choose a different direction each time.

The typical gas-pow-ered push mower, ac-cording to one study by the Union of Concerned Scientists, emits as many pollutants in an hour as eight new model cars driving at 55 mph during the same time. This is because a mow-er does not have a cata-lytic converter, though new EPA standards have required them on all small gas engines since 2010. A gas mower is also noisy, because it doesn’t have a muffler. Another disadvantage is the fumes you are ex-posed to while pushing one. The gas spilled an-nually in the US while filling outdoor power equipment is estimated at 17 million gallons, more than was spilled in the Exxon Valdez in-cident.

An alternative is the electric mower, either the plug in variety or

the cordless model. One might even try a solar charged unit. Electric mowers, like the Neu-tron or Black & Deck-er, emit half the noise, weigh less than half, have negligible fumes and require lower main-tenance. At $200 to $500, the initial cost may be higher, and a battery charge will take 60 to 90 minutes. If your lawn is a half acre or less (5,000 to 8,000 square feet), you may opt for the most eco-friendly choice, the reel mower ($80 to $200). Be aware that some models don’t have the capacity to adjust as high as three inches, but the Scott’s Reel Mower is one that does. Also, it is advised not to take off more than one inch of blade per mowing with a reel mower, so more frequent mowing may be required. You will burn approximately 300 calories per hour push-ing a reel mower as an-other benefit.

Careful monitoring of moisture levels and proper watering is an-other necessary and effective step in creat-ing and maintaining a healthy lawn. Efficien-cy is key, however, as this is another cause of environmental abuse. Watering the lawn can consume more water than all other household functions put together, especially in summer. About 8,000 gallons per year are used on the av-erage American lawn, and according to the EPA, too high a percent is wasted through ex-cess watering. This is a preventable expense of hundreds of dollars as well. The total amount of water a lawn should receive between you and Mother Nature is one inch per month to one inch weekly in the driest time. It is possi-ble to overdo, as the soil

needs to retain air as well.

Watering infrequent-ly and deeply, leaving the top three inches of soil dry most of the time will cause roots to go deeper, giving the grass a survival advantage in drought and against weeds. Conversely, more frequent water-ing for shorter periods and to shallower depths only feeds the weeds, while causing roots of the grass to extend side-ways, producing thatch. Shallow rooted grass will start to curl when heat stressed and then turn brown. Pushing a spade into the ground is a way to check the moisture conditions in the soil, and judge whether watering is needed or not. Alterna-tively, one can purchase a soil-moisture sensor. A rain gauge is another useful monitoring tool. Some are even capable of turning on the sprin-kler only when neces-sary. Keep in mind that grass naturally will go dormant in the hotter months and green up again later. Finally, wa-tering is best done in early morning (before 8 AM) as dampness left on grass all night after an evening watering can encourage fungal diseases to develop. Ob-viously, watering side-walks and driveways is a waste. Another moni-toring tip is, if your foot leaves an impression in the grass, the lawn needs watering.

In Part 2, next month, will be covered alterna-tives to chemicals in fer-tilization and in weed, disease and pest control in organic lawn care.

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Steven Herbert, a na-tive of Littleton, is an earth scientist, transper-sonal anthropologist and international dows-er. He served as an agro-forestry extension agent as a US Peace Corps vol-unteer in Senegal, West Africa, before obtain-ing Master Gardener, Master Composter and Urban & Community Forestry certifications through the state of Ver-mont where he now re-sides. There he manages the Water fro Humanity Fund, funding water resources development worldwide.

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LANCASTER––Lan-caster resident and au-thor Karin Matey will hold a Children’s book reading at Weeks Memo-rial Library on Thurs-day, June 5 from 3-4 p.m. She will read and share personal stories from her newest book, “Sebas-tian’s Adventures: An American Horse Fami-ly”. “Sebastian’s Adven-tures” is a warm, sad, but often-funny story about how six horses from dif-ferent places became an American horse family.

A book signing will follow on Saturday, June 7 from 10 a.m.-noon at the Library. Come and join the fun and meet the au-thor in person!

Matey is a modern children’s book writ-er who has raised and trained four young hors-es from foal to champi-onship. She was born on her parents’ farm in Germany, where her love for animals developed early. As a child, she was constantly with animals on the farm. When she was a teenager, she im-migrated to the United States and now lives on a farm with her husband, daughter and six horses. Matey believes that ani-mals, especially horses, have taught her to re-main humble and that a life spent surrounded by nature and with horses provides a person with true wealth. She graduat-

ed from Newbury College in Boston with a degree in Applied Science and studied the art of Shaolin Kempo Karate in which she achieved the rank of fifth degree black belt. She traveled the United States for seven years and competed in many state and national karate tour-naments, earning numer-ous awards. Later, Matey opened Matey Martial Arts, a black belt karate school for students of all ages. In search of excel-lence, she studied at the Elizabeth Grady School of Esthetics in Boston, Mass. and graduated with her state Esthetics license, then opening a Wellness Spa on her farm in Northern New Hamp-shire (Lancaster). Matey continues her education with the American Acad-emy of Anti-Aging Med-icine in Chicago, Ill. She has written two other books: “Keanu the Ara-bian Spirit Lives in You” and “Sebastian’s First Dressage Show”. These books are available in e-book format.

Recently, Matey com-pleted a marketing cam-paign for “Sebastian’s Adventures: An Amer-ican Horse Family”, which included establish-ing a professional blog and several social media accounts. She was recent-ly featured as a live guest during a WLTN Mix 96.7 FM Book Show.

B E T H L E H E M – –There’s no farce quite as farcical as a British farce and “Alan Par-tridge”, screening May 30–June 4 at The Co-lonial Theatre, proves

the rule. Alan Partridge (Steve Coogan) has had many ups and downs in his life. National television broadcaster. Responsible for killing a guest on live TV. Lo-

cal radio broadcaster. A nervous breakdown in Dundee. His self-pub-lished book, ‘Bouncing Back’, subsequently re-maindered and pulped. “Alan Partridge” finds Alan at the center of a siege, when a disgrun-tled fellow DJ (Colm Meaney) decides to hold their station hostage after learning that he’s getting sacked by the new management. The character Alan Par-tridge first appeared over twenty years ago as a BBC sports reporter on the radio show, “On The Hour”. Since then, this wonderfully conceited, petty, anal, idiosyncrat-

ic comic creation has flourished across virtu-ally every medium you can think of. He’s been a sports reporter (again) on the seminal TV news spoof, “The Day Today”, host of his own TV chat show, “Knowing Me, Knowing You,” star of the fly-on-the-wall sitcom “I’m Alan Par-tridge” and most recent-ly, “Mid-Morning Mat-ters”.

On Thursday, May 29, at 7:30 p.m., The Colonial will present “Hendrix 70: Live At Woodstock”. Released in celebration of the 70th Anniversary of Jimi Hendrix’s birth,

experience Hendrix’s unforgettable August 1969 Woodstock concert on the big screen and in surround sound. The performance stands as one of the finest in rock music history and in-cludes “Voodoo Child (Slight Return),” “Fire,” “Purple Haze” and “Foxy Lady” as well as Hendrix’s dramatic in-terpretation of the “Star Spangled Banner”. This special presentation is the kick-off for a series of classic and contempo-rary rock concerts run-ning through the sum-mer at The Colonial. Wear any band T-shirt and get in for half price!

NEW feature movie showtimes this year are Friday and Saturday, 5:30 and 8 p.m., Sunday–Tuesday, 7:30 p.m. and Wednesday Buddy Nite (Two for One when you bring a friend) at 5:30 p.m. For more informa-tion about upcoming movies, concerts and other special events call 869-3422, find The Colonial on Facebook or Twitter, visit on line at www.BethlehemCo-lonial.org. or tune in to Bethlehem’s own com-munity radio, WZNC, broadcasting from atop the historic Colonial Theatre at 99.9 on the FM dial.

SUGAR HILL––Mez-zo-soprano Amy Mitz and accompanist Anita Bonnevie will present a concert on Thurs-day, June 5 at 7 p.m. at the Sugar Hill Meeting House. This concert is part of the Annual Cel-ebration of Lupines and will also include several local guest artists.

Freewill donations and a raffle will benefit Unified Sports and other

Unified Partnership pro-grams at Profile School. These partnerships pair peers in supportive en-vironments so all stu-dents can participate more fully in school and community activities.

Don’t miss this chance to celebrate spring with music, a few fun surprises and a show of support for great programs at our local school.

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BURLINGTON, Vt.––Joshua Clark of Littleton graduated from Cham-plain College during the 136th Commencement

that took place outdoors under a tent on Edmunds Field in Burlington, Vt. on Saturday, May 3. In all, 476 undergraduates

earned their degrees. Clark received a bach-

elor’s degree in Comput-er Science and Innova-tion.

BENNINGTON, Vt.– Adam Haynes of Little-ton graduated Magna Cum Laude with a Bach-elor of Science degree in Radiologic Sciences from Southern Vermont College (SVC) in Ben-nington, Vt., on May 10.

This spring, Haynes received the Center for

Teaching and Learn-ing (CTL) Student of the Year Award and the JRCERT Certificate of Excellence at the College’s Honors Con-vocation. Haynes is a member of Alpha Chi, a national scholarship recognition society and the Japanese Culture

Animation Club and he was a Community Advi-sor on campus. Haynes has been on the honor roll for all four years at SVC.

Haynes is a graduate of Littleton High School and he is the son of Nan-cy and Peter Haynes of Littleton.

KEENE––About 1,470 students have been named to the spring 2014 dean’s list at Keene State College. To qual-ify for the dean’s list, Keene State undergrad-uates must be enrolled in a degree program and must have completed a minimum of six credit hours in the semester, receiving no failing or incomplete grades. Stu-

dents must achieve a 3.5 or higher grade point average on a 4.0 scale to earn dean’s list honors.

Among this semes-ter’s honorees are the following local students:

Erin D’Aleo of Plym-outh

Ian McMahon of Plymouth

Emily Yepez of Plym-outh

Sarah Bean of Littleton

Sarah Stinehour ofLittleton

Katelyn Sirois of Bethlehem

Travis Horan of Franconia

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Jessica Laundry of Haverhill

Emily Lloyd of North Haverhill

Courtney Musty of North Haverhill

BOSTON, Mass.––Kyle Lavoie of Little-ton was named to the Dean’s List for the Spring 2014 semester at Wentworth Institute of Technology.

Founded in 1904, Wentworth Institute of

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L Y N D O N V I L L E , Vt.––Vermont’s Lyndon State College handed out 273 degrees during the Commencement Ceremony on Sunday, May 2014. Vermont Pub-lic Radio’s Jane Lind-holm was guest com-mencement speaker; Nichole Slabinski gave the greeting from the Class of 2014. They were joined on the dais by Honorary Degree recip-ient, broadcast pioneer Joe D’Aleo and Presi-dential Medal of Dis-tinction winner Gary Moore. Kali Colapietro was named Outstand-ing Senior by the LSC Alumni Council.

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President Joe Bertolino encouraged the gradu-ates to reflect on the mo-ments that transformed them as an individual and to “fearlessly seek these moments” as they “move through life.”

The following stu-dents graduated from Lyndon State College during the Spring 2014 commencement exer-cise:

Carlene Gadapee of Littleton with a Masters of Education.

Catherine Currier of Monroe with a Masters of Education.

Meghan Gadapee of Littleton with a Bach-elor of Science in Ex-ercise Science/Self De-

signed Program.Robert Pratt of Ly-

man with a Bachelor of Arts in Liberal Studies.

Emily Buckley of Lit-tleton with a Bachelor of Arts in Graphic De-sign with a concentra-tion in Print.

Lyndon State balanc-es liberal arts and na-tionally recognized pro-fessional programs that integrate theory with hands-on experiences to prepare individuals for success. Nestled in northeastern Vermont, the college of 1,500 stu-dents is well known for its tradition of enthu-siasm, community ser-vice and friendliness.

Clark graduates from Champlain College

Adam Haynes of Littleton graduates from Southern Vermont College

Local students named to Keene State’s Dean’s List

Lavoie named to Dean’s List at Wentworth Institute of Technology

Local students graduate from Vermont’s Lyndon State College

B E R L I N – – W h i t e Mountains Community College’s set of advanced welding certificate pro-grams is known for three things: hands-on teach-ing of advanced welding skills, training on the most cutting-edge equip-ment and creating not just welders, but high-ly skilled professionals ready for hire.

“We’re fighting off the employers,” joked AMPed NH Project Coor-dinator John Holt, who actually would never turn away an opportuni-ty to build a relationship that could lead to more employment options for WMCC students. “They love our welders.”

And it’s true. Every single graduate of the welding program last year was hired within weeks of completing the program, and Holt ex-pects the same for this year’s class.

WMCC Alumnus and Army veteran Ben Day joined the program after returning from deploy-ment to Kuwait and was hired by Nordic Con-struction “immediately” after completing the pro-gram. He is currently in the welding apprentice-ship program at Ports-mouth Naval Shipyard.

“The time I spent at

White Mountains Com-munity College was so precious to me,” Day said. “Not only did I become a good welder and a safe, hard worker, I earned the career of my choice and built some incredible re-lationships. The instruc-tors at WMCC are pro-fessionals. They taught me more than how to be a talented welder. I use the lessons I learned every day.”

It’s all evidence of the quality of instruction and ability to stay at the fore-front of the field; to meet the needs of advanced manufacturing hiring managers, the program is intensive and a sig-nificant amount of time is spent learning tech-niques that are directly applicable in the indus-try.

And now WMCC is introducing another of-fering: the Advanced Welding Associate De-gree. One might ask why, given the perfect student employment rate already in place? Because, Holt said, students are com-ing out of the certificate programs with good jobs; they’re making good money; but an associate’s degree will most certain-ly increase both options for and speed of advance-ment. And who doesn’t

want that?Building on stackable

credits that are part of WMCC’s certificate pro-gram, the associate’s de-gree track provides more hands-on instruction in advanced processes and techniques.

The base for the pro-gram is the Advanced Welding Certificate. This certificate program is unique in that it includes all costs, preparation and testing necessary for stu-dents to achieve Amer-ican Welding Society certification in multiple processes. Through a combination of classroom and laboratory training, the student will learn the applications of Shielded Metal Arc Welding, Gas Metal Arc Welding, Flux Core Arc Welding, Sub-merged Arc Welding, and Gas Tungsten Arc Weld-ing, as well the necessary safety, blueprint reading and practical application skills needed for employ-ment in today’s welding industry.

“I would guess that we are likely the only pro-gram in the Northeast to include all that,” said Holt. “It’s really above and beyond to certify in all three major processes (SMAW, FCAW/GMAW and GTAW) as part of one program.”

The Pipe Welding Certificate program pro-vides students with skills necessary to achieve the American Society for Me-chanical Engineers certi-fication. Program admis-sion is limited to students who have successfully completed the Advanced Welding Certificate pro-gram and have passed the American Welding Soci-

ety certification, or with instructor permission.

The Precision Weld-ing Certificate is an alter-nate option that covers much of the same ma-terial as the Advanced Welding Certificate. It also includes an opportu-nity to practice the skills learned throughout the school year in a Co-op or Capstone program in an advanced manufacturing environment over the summer.

While students agree that instructors hold them to the highest de-gree of professionalism in the teaching lab, it’s apparent they’re also having fun as they learn.

“When I got into the welding lab, I fell in love,” said student Nate Ecken-rode. “I was in another program, and I switched right away. Welding is a constant challenge, but the program is based on your skills and the in-structors will adapt their teaching to challenge you or support you as needed. They all have different work experience, so we benefit from that, too.”

Advanced welding training and education programs are also offered at Manchester Commu-nity College and Great Bay Community Col-lege. Under a $20 million TAACCCT grant from the U.S. Department of Labor’s Employment and Training Adminis-tration, advanced manu-facturing labs at each of NH’s community colleges were opened or over-hauled with state-of-the-art technologies found on professional production floors. Curricula was also expanded and updated at each of the colleges. The colleges are part of NH’s Advanced Manu-facturing Partnerships in Education, a statewide initiative that unites the colleges, more than 100 industry partners and state and federal agen-cies to develop and deliv-er industry guided and approved education and training programs de-signed to provide seam-less transitions from classroom to career for advanced manufacturing students. To learn more about WMCC’s Advanced Welding Associate’s De-gree program, contact Admissions at [email protected] or 752-1113 ext. 3000.


Milestones / Arts & Leisure

PROVIDENCE, R.I. – Margaret North, a res-ident of Franconia, who was awarded a bachelor’s degree during Provi-dence College commence-ment ceremonies held on May 18, 2014, was recently honored for her academic achievements.

North received the Highest Academic Re-cord in Art History Award. She was also a recipient of the “Who’s Who Among Students in American Universities and Colleges” award. North held an internship at the Bert Art Gallery in the city of Providence. She was an admissions ambassador at PC and graduated with summa

cum laude honors.After graduation, she

will be interning at the Rhode Island School of Design Museum for the summer.

Providence College is the only college or univer-sity in the United States administered by the Dominican Friars. The Catholic, Liberal Arts College has an under-graduate enrollment of approximately 3,900 stu-dents and offers degrees in 49 academic majors. Since 1997, Providence College has consistently been ranked among the top five regional univer-sities in the north accord-ing to U.S. News’ Ameri-ca’s Best Colleges.

FINDLAY, Ohio––Ma-rissa Snelling earned a bachelor of sciences de-gree in animal science with a minor in chemis-try from the University of Findlay during their May 2014 Commence-ment ceremony. Snelling graduated magna cum lauda and a member of the Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society.

Snelling took part in several internships during her undergrad-uate studies including working with specialists at Merritt & Associates Equine Hospital in Wau-conda, Ill. and assisting a dairy veterinarian in Plattsburgh, N.Y. She worked at the Universi-ty of Findlay’s Western and English Farms over school breaks, was stu-dent vice-president of Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society Chapter 310 and took class notes for fel-low students through the Academic Support and Disabilities office.

Snelling is the daugh-

ter of Richard and Caryn Snelling of Bethlehem and the granddaughter of Mr. and Mrs. Richard Webster of Lancaster. She graduated from Pro-file High School in 2010. Snelling will be con-tinuing her education at Auburn University’s College of Veterinary Medicine where she will complete a four-year pro-gram resulting in a Doc-torate of Veterinary Med-icine. As the country’s seventh oldest veterinary school and the oldest in the South, Auburn is one of the nation’s premiere institutions for research, teaching, diagnosis and treatment in many spe-cialties of small and large animal medicine.

Franconia resident honored for Academic Achievement

at Providence College

Snelling earns degree from University of Findlay

A. Whether or not you choose to plant garden impatiens (Impatiens wallerina) this year will depend on whether or not you’re willing to risk that impatiens downy mildew may take them out later this summer.

Downy mildew thrives during cool, wet weather and is difficult to control. It is caused by a water mold, (Plas-mopara obducens). Ini-tial symptoms include downward curling of the leaves, leaf yellow-ing and stunting of the plants. A light gray, fluffy growth often ap-pears on the undersides

of the leaves. Eventual-ly the plants look like barren stalks with just a few small, yellow leaves clinging to them. Con-ditions that promote long periods of leaf wet-ness like high humidity, dense shade, overhead irrigation and close plant spacing favor the disease.

The spores of this dis-ease are easily spread by splashing water, wind or handling. In 2012, we had a cool, wet summer with several major storms moving up the east coast from the south. The risk for impatiens downy mildew was high and we

did see a number of cas-es in 2012. Last year, we had a dry summer with few storms so the poten-tial was low and only a few cases were reported. Unfortunately, the po-tential is always there because we can’t predict the weather two to three months ahead.

If you plant impa-tiens and it gets downy mildew remove the plants from the soil, put them in plastic bags and throw them away (do not compost). Unfortunate-ly, spores can survive the winter in weeds and plant debris. Next year you will need to plant

an alternative like New Guinea impatiens, co-leus, caladium, begonia or another shade plant. You can find a full list of alternative plants by go-ing to extension.unh.edu and typing Alternatives to Garden Impatiens into the UNH Coopera-tive Extension search engine.

Got questions? UNH Cooperative Extension Education Center’s Info Line offers practical help finding answers for your lawn and garden questions. Call toll free at 1-877-398-4769, M-F, 9 a.m.-2 p.m. or e-mail us at [email protected].

White Mountains Community College ups ante, adds degree

UNH Cooperative Extension Question of the Week

Q. Is it safe to plant impatiens again?


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HEALTH RELATED &SUPPORT GROUPS

Bereavement support group, 1-2:30 p.m., 1st and 3rd Tues., at North Country Home Health & Hospice, 536 Cottage St., Littleton; call 444-9221 or 444-5317.

Caregivers Support Group, 9:30–11 a.m. First Tuesday of every month. Riverglen House, 55 Riverglen Lane, Lit-tleton. For more infor-mation call Servicelink, 444-4498 ext. 1502.

Support Center at Burch House, ongoing support group for women and teens; call 444-0624.

NAMI support group for families living with men-tal illness, 6:30-8:30 p.m. 3rd Thursday of each month, at All Saints Par-ish House, School St, Lit-tleton; 846-5554.

New mothers’ group, 10:30 a.m.-noon, every Wed., Littleton Regional Hospital; 444-9335.

Breast cancer support group/Rally Round, 5-6:30 p.m., 2nd Thurs. monthly, North Country Home Health, 536 Cottage St., Littleton; 869-5441.

Sight Services for Inde-pendent Living, vision rehabilitation group, 1-3 p.m., 2nd Thurs. even months, at Community House, Littleton.

AA meetings:• St. Catherine’s Church, Highland Street, Lisbon. Wed. 7 p.m.; 747-2038.• Littleton Congregation-al Church, M-F, noon (speak/discuss) and Sat., 7:30 p.m. (speak/discuss) Wed., 7 p.m. (Big Book); 444-3376• Methodist Church Parish Hall, Littleton, Thurs., 8 p.m., 12-step; 444-5567.• Littleton Hospital, Sat., 8:30 a.m., 12-step study group; 444-9000.• United Methodist Church, Woodsville, Fri., 8 p.m., (speak/discuss); 747-3122.• White Mountain Chris-tian Church, 70 Redding-ton St., Littleton. Mon.-Fri., Morning Spiritual (read/discuss), 8 a.m.• Our lady of the Snows Church, Main St., Fran-conia. Sun., 6:15 (begin-ner group); 7:30 (speak/discuss). 444-2593.

Al-Anon meeting, St. Johnsbury Al-Anon 7 p.m., every Tues.,Thurs. Kingdom Recovery Center (Dr. Bob’s birth-place) 297 Summer St.

Al-Anon meeting, 10am Saturday Unitarian Uni-

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Al-Anon meeting, 7 p.m., every Weds., at First Con-gregational Church on Main St., Littleton; 444-3376.

Al-Anon meeting, 6 p.m., every Sun., at Trini-ty United Methodist Church, 18 Lancaster Road (Rt. 3) in Whitefield; call 837-2083 for more info.

Cloverleaf Drop-In Center peer support outreach, 3-9 p.m., Sun.-Thurs., and 1-9 p.m., Fri. and Sat., 241 Cottage St., Littleton; 444-5314.

Littleton Peer Support Group, 9 a.m.-4 p.m., Monday thru Friday, 46 Cottage St., Littleton, tel./fax 444-5344. We are geared around Mental Health and Recovery. To EMPOWER and facili-tate groups. To give tools so you can be self suffi-cient. All programs are free.

Reiki healing, 6:30-9:30 p.m., 2nd and 4th Tues. each month; donation, $15, at Thyme to Heal Herbals, 113 Main St., Lisbon; 838-5599.

Caregiver Support Group, 10-11:30 a.m., third Thursday of every month at the Lyndon-ville, Vt., United Method-ist Church (handicap ac-cessible). Call Riverside Life Enrichment Center at (802) 626-3900 or 1-866-926-3900 for more infor-mation.

Survivors of Suicide Peer Support Groups—Plymouth Region SOS Group, meets 7-9 p.m. on the fourth Thursday of the month beginning in March at the Starr King Universalist Fellowship. Contact Marcia Vander-Mast at 764-4352, eve-nings.

North Country SOS Group, meets 7-9 p.m. on the second Thurs-day of the month at the Family Resource Center, Gorham. Contact Diane Bunnell at 752-5984, eve-nings. SOS is for those who have lost a fami-ly member, friend, or co-worker to suicide.

Chair Yoga for Wellness, 1-2 p.m., Mondays, Little-ton Area Senior Center. Appropriate for all ages. Improve flexibility, bal-ance and ability to reduce stress. Call Katrine with questions at 838-2421.

NCHRA meetings. 8-10 a.m., third Tuesday of each month at the Little-ton Learning Center, 646

Union St. Members are $7 and Non-Members are $10. Call NCHRA Chair, Anne Quinn, at [email protected] or 444-2464 x 132.

Brain Injury and Stroke Support Group, 2nd Wed. every month, 6 p.m., at the Ammonoosuc Com-munity Health Center, 25 Mt. Eustis Rd., Littleton. Jackie 616-1468 or Steve 444-2464 X9123.

Cancer support group, for cancer patients and their families, 3rd Wednesday of each month, 6 p.m., at Cottage Hospital, 90 Swiftwater Road, Woods-ville; 747-9156.

Diabetes support group, for people with Diabetes and their families, 2nd Monday of every month, March-December, 7-8:30 p.m., at Cottage Hospi-tal, 90 Swiftwater Road, Woodsville: 747-9313.

Childbirth education classes, at Tuesdays 6:30 p.m., Cottage Hospital Birthing Center, at 90 Swiftwater Road, Woods-ville; 747-9145 Call for availability. Overeaters Anonymous Meeting, Mondays, 5 - 6 p.m., All Saints Episcopal Church House, School Street, Littleton. Call 444-6541.

Overeaters Anonymous Meeting, Thursday at 2 p.m. to be held in the La-dies parlor of the First Congregational Church, 189 Main St., Littleton. 603-444-3376.

Weekly Blood Pressure Check, 10 a.m.-noon. At Littleton Fire Rescue/Fire Station. Free to the public. Walk-in clinic, no appointment necessary. For more information, please call Bill at 444-2137.

Free Ongoing Silent Meditation, Meet on Mondays at 6 p.n. at the new Bethlehem Town Library, 2245 Main St., Bethlehem. ½-hour si-lent meditation begins at 6:15 p.m. through 6:45 p.m. We will leave by 7 p.m. All are welcome. Bring your own cushion or use library chairs. Please call 991-8844 for directions and more in-formation.

RSVP Bone Builders At Littleton Regional Healthcare RSVP (Retired Senior Volunteer Program) Bone Builders is a strength training and balance exercise pro-gram designed to address the issue ofosteoporo-sis. Classes meet twice a

week at LRH on Tuesday and Thursday mornings at 10:30 am at LRH, 600 St. Johnsbury Road, Lit-tleton - Medical Office Building – take elevator to 2nd Floor! Classes are ongoing, so you can join anytime. The classes are FREE of charge and weights are provided.

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Whitefield Senior Center Meals, noon, Mon. at Highland House and McIntyre Apts.; Wed. at McIntyre Apts.; Mon., Wed., and Thurs., at Mc-Kee Inn, Lancaster, 837-2424. Alternates Friday between McIntyre and McKee.

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Literacy program, 7-9 p.m., Mon. and Thurs., N. Woodstock Town Office; call 745-9971.

Toddler Tales, 9:30 a.m., Tuesday, at Littleton Pub-lic Library, Main St.; 444-5741.

Pre-school Storytime, 9:30 a.m., Wednesday, at Littleton Public Library, Main St.; 444-5741.

FREE HiSET (High School Equivalency Test and English as a Second Language classes. Call Adult Learner Servic-es at 444-6306 or email [email protected] for more information. 75 Bronson St., Littleton

HISTORICAL SOCIETIES

Littleton Area Historical Society, open Weds. Only, 10 a.m.-2 p.m., Or by ap-pointment, at 1 Cottage Street, Littleton Opera House. 444-6435

Franconia Heritage Mu-seum, 1-4 p.m. Friday and Saturday, Memorial Day through Halloween, other times by special re-quest call 823-5000.

Dalton Historical Socie-ty, 7 p.m., first Thurs., at Dalton Town Hall; call 837-9120.

Bethlehem Heritage Society Museum, Main Street, open daily, July 1-Labor Day, 11 a.m.-4 p.m., Meetings held in the Visitor’s Center the third Friday of the month at 7 p.m.; call 869-3330 or 869-3409.

Lisbon Area Historical Society, open Friday 1 p.m.-3 p.m. May through October or by chance or appointment, at 6 South Main Street (Parker Block). Meetings third Weds. of the month at 6:30 p.m. Call 838-6146.

Sugar Hill Historical Museum - 2014 Opening: May 30, 2014. This year’s exhibit, Once Upon a Time, features the muse-um’s extensive collection of clothes, cradles, books, toys, puzzles, ephemera, and childhood memories of bygone eras. Other dis-plays include the main room of the old Cobleigh Tavern, photograph and genealogy library, gift shop, carriages and sleighs, full-size model of a local blacksmith’s shop, public signs, and a 1939 Ford fire truck. Hours: 11 a.m. to3 p.m., Fridays and Saturdays, May 30 to October 13. Admission is free - Donations are accepted. For large and special groups, private tours may be arranged. For Information: Contact Executive Director Kitty Bigelow, 603-823-5336 or [email protected].

CULTURE & RECREATION

Littleton Area Garden Club meets third Thurs-day monthly at 1:00 pm. Membership open to men and women of all ages, from all communi-ties who are interested in gardening. Please call 823-5459 for location and program details.

Live performances, mov-ies and children’s events, at Colonial Theatre, Main St., Bethlehem; 869-3422, www.bethlehemco-lon-ial.org.

The Arts Gallery, 28 Main St., Lisbon, fine art of the North Country.

Catamount Arts films, 7 p.m. weeknights, East-ern Ave., St. Johnsbury, Vt.; Sat., 7 and 9 p.m., and Sun., 1:30 p.m.; 1-888-757-5559.

Littleton Quilt Guild, 7 p.m., 3rd Thurs., at Lit-tleton Community House Annex off Main St.; 444-7760.

North Country Toast-masters, 6-7:30 p.m. Meet every 2nd and 4th Tues-day at The Beal House Inn, 2 West Main Street, Littleton, NH. Practice your communication and leadership skills in an easy going, no pres-sure, supportive atmos-phere. Open to the public ages 18 and older. Stop in or contact Elaine for more info: [email protected]. Find us on-line athttp://1431722.toastmas-tersclubs.org

VETERANS

Rep. of State Vet Council available 1st and 3rd Fri.,

8 a.m.-noon, American Legion Post, 4 Ammo-noosuc St., Woodsville, and 2nd and 4th Fri. at N.H. Employment Secu-rity Office, Littleton. Call 444-2971 for appointment.

MISCELLANEOUS

The Dinner Bell Meal will be served at 5 p.m. every Tuesday (except July &Aug.) at All Saint’s Episcopal Church, 35 School St., Littleton. All are welcome to this free community sup-per, which is sponsored by our organizations, churches and schools.

Emergency Food Cup-board, 9-10 a.m., each Tues., Thurs.,Sat., 35 School St., at All Saints’ Church, Littleton.

Good Neighbor Food Pantry, 1-4 p.m., every Tues. at Franconia Community Church of Christ; 823-8421.

Friday night suppers, 6 p.m., at Littleton VFW, 600 Cottage St.

Littleton Conservation Commission meeting, 7 p.m., 2nd Mon., Littleton Area Senior Center off Cottage St.

Ammonoosuc Valley Softball board meetings, 7-8 p.m., 2nd Wed., public session at Littleton High School.

Civil Air Patrol, Mt. Washington Flight, 6:30 p.m., 1st and 3rd Tues., CAP hangar, Mt. Wash-ington Regional Airport, Whitefield.

The Ammonoosuc River Local Advisory Commit-tee Meeting, 4:30 to 6:30 p.m., held on 1st Wednes-day each month, at the Littleton Area Senior Center. All meetings are open to the public.

Easton Conservation Commission monthly meetings, 6:30 p.m., 2nd Wednesday of every month, Easton Town Hall, 1060 Easton Valley Rd., Easton. For more information, please call 823-5755.

PRAYER SERVICE- Dur-rell Methodist Church 2057 Main Street Beth-lehem, NH Every Tues-day, 7 p.m. We Welcome Everyone!

Outreach Center at 16 Pleasant St, Littleton is an extension of the First United Methodist Church. It is a thrift store selling gently used do-nated items of all kinds. Open Tuesdays and Fri-days each week from 9 a.m.-1 p.m.

CalendarWEDNESDAY, MAY 28

Teen Writers Group, 3:30 and on the 3rd Wednesday of every month to gain inspi-ration, share writing, and explore other for-mats. Notebooks will be provided, but you are welcome to bring your own Notebook, laptop or iPad. This program is for ages 12-18 and all are welcome! April’s theme is Poetry. For more information, contact Youth Services Librarian, MacKenzie Ross at [email protected].

Yoga in the Gallery, every Wednesday, 5-6:30 p.m. Yoga Q & A, Yoga Flow Light, 5:30-6:45 p.m. Drop-ins welcome. WREN, 2011 Main St., Bethlehem. For more information, please contact Katrine

at 838-2421.

THURSDAY, MAY 29

Peacham Corner Guild, Open daily 10-5, Sunday 11-5, closed Tuesdays. Featuring small antiques, fine handcrafted gifts, spe-cialty foods and plants. 643 Bayley Hazen Road, Peacham, VT. 802-592-3332.

First Thursday Wine Tasting, 2 p.m.- 6 p.m. and first Thursday of each month. Organ-ic wines. Stop in for a sample. St. J. Food Co-op, St. Johnsbury, Vt.

Qigong and T’ai Chi, 5-6 p.m. at Franconia Community Church. Tuition is $12 per class; drop-ins welcome, $15. Mary Sturtevant, M. Ed. Certified teacher of health and healing arts

for 20+ years and certi-fied teacher of Qigong and T’ai Chi. For reg-istration info, please call Mary at 823-8780 or email [email protected].

FRIDAY, MAY 30

Story Time, 10:30 a.m. Children’s Library at St. Johnsbury Athe-naeum. This Acorn event is recommended for ages 0-6.

Grand Opening of the Sugar Hill Historical Museum. 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. at 1401 Route 117 - in the heart of Sug-ar Hill. Once Upon a Time, the 2014 exhibit, is filled with precious memories of bygone eras of childhood. The museum is open from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Fri-days and Saturdays, May 30 through Octo-

ber 13. Admission is free - donations are graciously accepted. Open House every Fri-day, 1-3 p.m. Please stop by the Mittersill Al-pineResort, 193 Mittersill Rd., Franconia. For more information, please visit our web-site @ mittersillresort.com or call 823-5511.

The Pine Hill Singers’ Spring Concert - “The Nature of Love!”. 7 p.m. A program that sweeps across the many faces of love throughout na-ture and humankind with a varied selec-tion of musical genres. Alumni Hall, 75 Court St., Haverhill. Admis-sion by donation. Come share the love!

Friday Flicks, 8 p.m. Join us for an after-din-

ner movie. AMC In-formation Desk staff picks the flick and you just sit back and enjoy. AMC Pinkham Notch Visitor Center.

SATURDAY, MAY 31

Lisbon Area Historical Society Museum Open House, 10 a.m.-3 p.m., 6 South Main Street (Parker Block) during Lisbon’s Lilac Time celebration. 838-6146

MONDAY, JUNE 2

The Pine Hill Singers’ Spring Concert - “The Nature of Love!”. 4 p.m. A program that sweeps across the many faces of love throughout nature and humankind with a var-ied selection of musi-cal genres. Sugar Hill Meeting House, Main Street, Sugar Hill. Ad-

mission by donation. Come share the love!

T’ai Chi Class, 5:30-7 p.m. All Saints Episco-pal Church, Littleton. Call Maggie 444 -5515 or Email Paul [email protected].

TUESDAY, JUNE 3

Missionaries visit to Pemi Valley Church, 7 p.m. Ron and Gerry Childs will share sto-ries of their work over the past 37 years. Please come and learn about their interesting work. Pemi Valley Church, 10914 Daniel Webster Highway, Woodstock. For more information, please call 726-3340.

Dinner Bell, 5 p.m. Community Meal. All Saints’ Episcopal Church, School St., Lit-tleton.

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are in “disguise”): Sec-ondate aurette amiche, is a corker.

Way before that last fall we saw Strauss’s beautiful and equally silly Die Fledermaus and also the Frick Collection’s Vermeer exhibit, so this time we went so look at the Frick’s own collection, and they have put their three wonderful Ver-meers together. There is a note on one to the effect that it was Hen-ry Clay Frick’s very last purchase, and to get it he sold two Rem-brandts. Says some-thing about the price of scarcity. He still has three nice Rembrandts across the room. Also in this room are three big Turners of Italian harbor scenes in ochre, a great surprise for one who is used to very dif-ferent J M W Turners.

And in another room they have the fa-mous painting of Saint Francis of Assisi by Bellini on one wall, and portraits of both Thom-as More and Thom-as Cromwell by Hans Holbein the Younger on the opposite wall. Oh, it’s fine collection, right there on Fifth Av-enue against the Park.

Back home I found for the hundredth time the stub end of an ancient a 5/8-inch pipe sticking out of the ground by the barn door and started digging in an idle mo-

ment. Got down about a foot and could wiggle it and even turn it a bit, and saw it was bent, but it wouldn’t come out. After a night or two of plotting in my near-sleep I suddenly said “Spanish wind-lass, you dope!” So next morning I hauled out the step ladder and a small log chain, put some good turns on the pipe, took the grab hook tight up onto the step leg of the chain, stuck a piece of wood between the two parts of the chain, gave a few twists, and out she came, all 27 inches. No idea why she was ever there, but progress is progress even if it takes forty years.

In the woods where the loggers worked there are cherry blos-soms on the detached branches lying on the ground.

Were we the only people on Earth who complained 20 years ago or so when the squashed fly biscuits disappeared? It did no good, the dumb crack-er makers did a buy-out and decided to stop making those flat rai-sin crackers that we all loved so much as kids. But all is not lost when one has a watchful wife. They are made in England and called Garibaldi. There is a country store some-where in Vermont that sells them, and I’ll bet you can order them there by mail.


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Bring your Family to a House of WorshipBETHLEHEM

BETHLEHEM CHRISTIAN CENTERNon-Denominational

1858 Maple St., Bethlehem • 869-5401Sunday Worship: 10 a.m.

Youth Group: 6 p.m.Pastor: Steven M. Palmer

BETHLEHEM HEBREW CONGREGATIONConservative-Egalitarian

39 Strawberry Hill, BethlehemShabbat & Holiday Services

Life Cycle Celebrations • Extensive Jewish LibraryReligious School • Adult Education

Call 603-869-5465 or 603-823-7711www.bethlehemsynagogue.org

Community Participation Welcome

DURRELL UNITED METHODIST Box 728 • 869-2056

Morning Worship and Sunday Schoolfor nursery through fifth grade at 11 a.m.

Pastor: R. Kelly Harvell

NEW LIFE ASSEMBLY OF GOD475 Whitefield Rd., Bethlehem • 444-1230Sunday Morning Worship ±: 10:30 a.m.

Wednesday Evening 6:30 p.m. PrayerFood Pantry: Every 3rd Monday 9 a.m.-Noon

Office hours: M-T 9 a.m.-noon 444-1230Pastor: Rev. Jay Dexter

FRANCONIAFRANCONIA COMMUNITY

CHURCH OF CHRIST (UCC) 44 Church St (Box 237), Franconia 03580

Office phone: 823-8421 • Email: [email protected] site: www.franconiachurch.org

Office Hours: Mon., Tues., Thurs. & Fri. Noon-4pmSunday Worship: 10:30am8

Choir Practice: Sun. 9:30am, Thurs. 7pmGood Neighbor Food Pantry Hours: Tues. 1-4pm

Pastor: Barry Jacobson

OUR LADY OF THE SNOWS CHURCHRoman Catholic

Main St., Franconia • 444-2593Mass: Saturday at 6 p.m.

JEFFERSONJEFFERSON CHRISTIAN CHURCHMeeting at the I00F Lodge on Route 2

752-6215 • Affilated with CCCC(Conservative Congregational Christian Conference)

Worship Service: 8:30 a.m.Children’s Sunday School: 9:00 a.m.

Weekly Bible StudiesRev. Dean A. Stiles

LINCOLNST. JOSEPH CHURCH

Roman Catholic • Church St., Lincoln • 745-2266Saturday Mass: 4:30 p.m.

Saturday Confession: 3:50 and 4:20 p.m.Sunday Mass: 7:30 and 10:00 a.m.

Daily Mass: Tues. 5 p.m.; Wed. 8 a.m.; Thurs. 5 p.m.; Fri. 8 a.m.

Eucharistic Adoration: 9 a.m.-9 p.m. Mon. & Wed.Pastor: Rev. David Kneeland

LISBONLISBON BIBLE CHURCH

Non-Denominational21 Woolson Rd., Lisbon • 838-6184

Sunday School: 9:15 a.m.Worship Service: 10:30 a.m.

Wednesday Prayer Meeting: 7 p.m.Pastor: Russ Wing

CHURCH OF THE EPIPHANYEpiscopal • School Street, Lisbon

Sunday Worship: 9 a.m., and coffee fellowshipPastor: Rev. Noel Bailey

CHURCH OF THE NAZARENESunday School: (all ages) 9:30 a.m.

Worship Service: 10:30 a.m. at Lisbon Regional School Library

(Nursery, Children’s Church up to age 8)Sunday Evening Study: 6 p.m. in private home

Wednesday Prayer Meeting:6:30 p.m. in private home

Friday: SonShine Club (Oct.-Apr.) up to age 12)Pastor: Tracy Davis, 838-5138

ST. CATHERINE OF SIENA CHURCHRoman Catholic • Highland Ave., Lisbon • 747-2038

Lord’s Day Mass: 9 a.m.Pastor: Reverend Jeff Statz

[email protected]

LISBON-LANDAFFTHE SHARED MINISTRY

Landaff & Lisbon, U.M.CLisbon Congregational, U.C.C.Meeting in the brick church,

Main Street, Lisbon, through winter.Sunday Worship: 10 a.m. with child care

and children’s Sunday SchoolPrayer Groups: As scheduled

Bible Study: Weekly at the ParsonagePastor: Rev. Lyn Winter

838-5008 (Parsonage)[email protected]

LITTLETONBREAD OF LIFE UPC

Apostolic Pentecostal • 603-869-312735A Mill St., Littleton

Sunday Children’s Church: 10 a.m.-11:15 a.m.Sunday Worship: 11:30 a.m.

Thursday Bible Study: 7:00 p.m.Pastor: James F. Sullivan

CROSSROADS CHURCHBible-Based • 1091 Meadow St., Littleton • 444-2525Contemporary Sunday Worship: 10:30 a.m.

Nursery care provided. Children’s ministry and education.Bible Study: Tuesdays, 5:30 p.m.

Men’s Bible Study: Every other Wednesday (check website for dates)

Time for Women: 3rd Wed. of month, 6:30-8:30 p.m.Pastor: Mark Clements

Website: www.crossroadsoflittleton.comEmail: [email protected]

ALL SAINTS’ EPISCOPAL CHURCHInfinite Respect – Radical Hospitality

35 School St. in Littleton New Hampshire 603-444-3414Email: [email protected]

Holy Eucharist: All welcome to 8 AM and 10 AM services.Food Cupboard: 9 AM Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday

Men’s Breakfast: 8 AM 2nd Wednesday every month

Dinner Bell: Tuesdays at 5 PMOffice Hours: Monday through Wednesday 9 AM

to 2 PM and Thursday from 9 AM to NoonFind us at www.allsts.org

On Facebook @All Saints’ Episcopal Littleton NHRector: The Reverend Kurt C. Wiesner

Administrator: Patricia Laurino

FAITH BIBLE CHURCHEvangelical • Christ-centered • 355 Union St., Littleton

Sunday worship: 8:00 & 11:00 AMfrom Father’s Day through Labor Day 8 & 10 AM

blend of traditional & contemporary music@ 2nd service only: Nursery care & Children’s Church

Sunday School for all ages: 9:30 AMno S.S. from Father’s Day through Labor Day

Adult ministries & Small GroupsMore information: www.nhfaith.com

Contact us: [email protected]: 444-2763

Pastor: Rev. Mac Starring

FIRST CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH, UCC189 Main St., Littleton • 444-3376

Office Hours: M-F 9:00 a.m.-1:00 p.m.Email: [email protected]: www.1stconglittleton.org

Sunday Worship & Sunday School: 10 a.m.Saturday: 7:30 p.m., AA Meeting

Monday-Friday: Noon AA Meetings in Church HallTuesday: 6 p.m., Al Anon Meeting

Wednesday: 7 p.m., Big Book AA MeetingPastor: Rev. W. David Weddington

FIRST UNITED METHODIST CHURCH18 Main St. Littleton • 444-5567 • [email protected]

Office Hours: Monday-Friday 9 a.m. - 12 noonSunday Worship: 8 and 10 a.m.

Sunday School: 10 a.m. (Nursery care provided at 10 a.m.)

Thursday: AA, 8 p.m.

Pastor: Rev. Robert K. Schneider, 603-444-2152

LIGHT OF CHRIST FELLOWSHIPAdvent Christian Church • 45 Lafayette Ave.

(next to Littleton Water & Light and Littleton Millworks)Adult Sunday School: 9:00 a.m.

Sunday Worship: 10:30 a.m. and Bible teaching. Young children attend Sunday School during the message; nursery and childcare is available.Men’s & Women’s Encouragement Group:

Thursdays at 6:30 p.m.Wednesday Sing & Study: 6 p.m.Pastor: Mark Bickford, 444-1381

Showing Love - Sharing Jesus

LITTLETON BIBLE BAPTIST CHURCH(KJV ONLY)

Sunday School: 10 AMMorning Service: 11 AMEvening Service: 6 PM

Wednesday: Prayer Meeting 7:00 PMDinner on Grounds: 1st Sunday of month

with no Evening ServiceContact: Pastor Ed Small, (603)444-2880

Email: [email protected] site: littletonbiblebaptistchurch.org

ST. ROSE OF LIMA CHURCHRoman Catholic • High St., Littleton • 444-2593Masses: 4 p.m. Saturday; 8 a.m. & 10:30 a.m. Sunday

WHITE MOUNTAIN CHRISTIAN CHURCHChrist-centered, charismatic,

contemporary worship70 Redington Street, Littleton, NH 03561

602-444-6517 • www.wmcchurch.com Jim Anan, Pastor

Sunday service 10:00 amKids church 10:00 am (ages 5-12)

Nursery provided

SUGAR HILLST. MATTHEW’S CHAPEL

Episcopal • Rte. 117, Sugar Hill, NHSunday Services: 10:00 a.m. in July,

August & the 1st Sunday in SeptemberAll are welcome.

Refreshments following service.

SUGAR HILL COMMUNITY CHURCHNon-denominational • Pastor: Ned Wilson

Rt. 117, Sugar Hill • 823-9908Adult Sunday School: 10 a.m.Child Sunday School: 10 a.m.

Sunday Worship: 11 a.m.

WHITEFIELDTHE CHAPEL OF THE TRANSFIGURATION

(Located behind the Laconia Bank on Elm St.)Rectory: 837-2724 • All Other Inquiries: 837-2552

Celebrating its 127th year of continuousSummer Service in Whitefield.

Join us in worship Sunday mornings at 9 a.m. from July 1 to August 26

TRINITY UNITED METHODIST CHURCH25 Lancaster Rd., WhitefieldServices: Sunday at 9 a.m.Pastor: Rev. Kelley Harvell

VICTORY BAPTIST CHURCH(Meeting in the McIntyre School Apts. Auditorium)

“Church the Way it Ought to Be”Sunday School for all ages: 10 a.m.

Worship Service: 11 a.m. Call for locations of weeknight Bible studiesPastor: Rev. Daniel Boyce • 603-846-5400

[email protected]

WHITEFIELD COMMUNITY BAPTIST CHURCH27 Jefferson Rd., Whitefield • 837-2469

Office Hours: Monday-Friday 7:30-11:30 a.m.www.cbc1816.org • email: [email protected]

Sunday Worship & Sunday School: 9:30 a.m.Bible Study: Wednesday nights, 7:00 p.m.

Men’s Breakfast: 3rd Saturday of the month, 8:00 a.m.Ladies’ Circle: 3rd Thursday of the month, 1:00 p.m.

Outreach ministries: Friends-N-Neighbors Thrift Shop and Food Pantry, 837-9044

Pastor: Rev. Clifford W. Vendt

WHITEFIELD CHRISTIAN CHURCH3 School St., Whitefield • 603-837-8849

www.whitefieldcc.comPlease visit our website for opportunities

of fellowship and worship and for updated youth and children’s ministry information.

Sunday Schedule:10:30am Morning Worship

WOODSTOCK/N. WOODSTOCKCHURCH OF THE MESSIAH

School St., No Woodstock • 745-3184Wednesday Service: 6:30 p.m.

Sunday Service: 9:00 a.m.Priest in Charge: Teresa Gocha

PEMI VALLEY CHURCHRte. 3, Woodstock • 745-6241

(11⁄2 miles north of Exit 30or 4 miles south of the light at Rte. 118 & Rte. 3)

Wednesdays: Prayer Group, 6:30 p.m.Sunday Service: 9:00 a.m.

Pastor: Rev. John Muehlke Jr.

WOODSVILLEST. JOSEPH CHURCH

Roman Catholic21 Pine St., Woodsville, NH

Lord’s Day Masses: Sat. 5:00 p.m.;Sun. 7:15 a.m.; Sun. 10:45 a.m.

Sacrament of Reconciliation:Sat. 4:00-4:45 p.m.

ST. JOHNSBURY, VTUNITARIAN UNIVERSALIST CHURCH

Corner of Cherry St. & Eastern Ave.802-748-2442 • All WelcomeSunday Services: 10:30 a.m.Choir: 2nd and 4th Sundays

Children’s religious education programand childcare available.

Buddist Study & Meditation Group: Meets 12 p.m. 2nd and 4th Sundays.

Minister: Rev. Brendan Hadash

Religious Directory

SWIFTWATER (Continued from Page C1)

“We” have “discov-ered” that 51 percent of the people don’t believe that the universe be-gan with a big bang 13 some-odd billion years ago. Actually that re-sult comes from a dif-ferent way of phrasing the question. Before, only 34 percent doubt-ed the big bang theo-ry, when the question was framed in strict-ly factual terms. The new result comes from a new statement that begins “Astronomers say....”. If I were to ask you if that car we see is running backwards down the driveway, you would answer yes or no with a definitive result. If I asked you if Jed thought that car was running back-

wards, you might be somewhat more cagey in your reply. At least, so I believe. Lots of us recognize facts, like gravity pulling us to-ward the center of the Earth, but are a bit more wary about the authority game.

I actually have the tail of a dog in this hunt. Long, long ago when there were wolves in Wales and we lived in Norway, we were at a cocktail party. Among the flurry of languag-es there came a voice with a stammer that was particularly USA. It came from a burly fellow with a shock of curly hair. So we got to chatting and I asked what he did and he said he was finishing

a post-doc as Caltech. On what? says I. On the age of the Universe, says he. There ensued an intense conversa-tion. Turns out he was estimating the age of the Universe by the ra-tios of heavy metal iso-topes in stars and su-pernovas I guess, and anyway he was coming up with an age of about 13 billion years, which was a new big deal, as it turned out. Along with other astronomi-cal measurements (and of course the big bang idea itself) there came to be quite a good con-sensus.

His name was Da-vid Schramm. I knew his very famous ad-visor at Caltech and over time we became

good friends. David Schramm was an air-plane pilot, and one day in Colorado he made a mistake that no one un-derstands, and left this planet for another part of the Universe.

When you get close to the science you know we’re not talking about belief systems here. It’s about facts, and nature has a way of releasing them to us pretty often. That makes life fun.

And also sometimes as poignant as seeing wild cherry blossoms on branches that have no trees any more.

S. A. Morse writes his Swiftwater Diary as from Goose Lane Farm in Swiftwater.

Across1. Aged4. Anxiety9. Fink13. Reduce, as expenses15. Harder to find16. Burrow17. Disembowel19. A chip, maybe20. Reverberate21. System to reduce indoor

temperature and humidity (shortened)

23. Goes after24. Inquirer25. “Harper Valley ___”26. Those who select29. Memory units32. ___ Miller, big band musi-

cian33. Oolong, for one34. Knowledge gained through

tradition35. They’re entered in court36. Numero uno37. “___ we having fun yet?”38. Archaeological find39. Adhesive40. Cooperative effort by a

group42. “Gee whiz!”43. Angler’s gear44. Botches48. Gunk50. Medicated lozenge51. “___ of the Flies”52. Vexation54. Biblical shepherd55. Who “ever loved you more

than I,” in song (2 wds)56. Absorbs, with “up”57. ___ mortals58. Ratty place

59. “Comprende?”Down1. “Lohengrin,” e.g.2. Washes3. Towels off4. Anatomical ring5. Nostrils6. Alum7. Undertake, with “out”8. ___ Act of 1571, forbade criti-

cism of the British monarchy9. Round lot’s 10010. Coalesces11. A chorus line12. “___ here long?”14. Coop flier18. I.O.U.’s22. Religious image: Var.24. Up, in a way26. Court employee27. Medical advice, often28. Fill29. Make a harsh or raucous

noise30. Auld lang syne31. Chief financial officer32. Dirty look35. Calls from radio listeners

(hyphenated)36. Outlaws38. Draft39. Ziti, e.g.41. Be a busybody42. Fellow44. Acadia National Park locale45. Hodgepodges46. Run off to the chapel47. Taste, e.g.48. Brickbat49. Brain area50. Figurehead’s place53. ___ v. Wade

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