THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 4, 2014 GILFORD, N.H. - FREE

Cat Path designated a one-way roadBY EMILY WOODWARD

Contributing Writer

A public hearing was held during last Wednes-day’s selectmen’s meet-ing regarding the contin-ued issue of designating Cat Path as a one-way road. Numerous resi-dents of Cat Path spoke

in favor of the proposed measure, which was ap-proved by the Board of Selectmen.

The Cat Path Traf-fic Regulations will be amended to designate Cat Path as a one-way road. Vehicle traffic will be prohibited from trav-

eling in the downhill di-rection from NH Route 11-A towards NH Route 11-B.

Bruce Wright, a 42-year resident of Cat Path, stated that he’s seen many changes come about over the years from the once qui-et, peaceful road which at one time didn’t see much traffic. Wright speculated that this change would cut down on about fifty percent of

traffic on this road, sig-nificantly impacting the large volume of traffic on Cat Path and lower-ing the number of acci-dents.

Terri Paige, Regional Transportation Coordi-nator, Mid-State Region-al Coordinating Council (RCC) gave a brief pre-sentation at Wednes-day’s meeting regarding existing transportation resources in the region.

The Mid-State RCC

serves all of Belknap and Merrimack Counties and Deering and Hills-borough of Hillsborough County, with a mission of improving mobility and access for all by co-ordinating regional and local community trans-portation services and information.

The council includes various members of the community including selectmen and service providers and virtually

everyone and anyone impacted by transporta-tion.

The goal is to make transportation more ac-cessible as it is limited in some areas.

Mid-State RCC pro-vides transportation to people who do not have access to reliable trans-portation options due to age, disability, income, or other reasons.

For more informa-SEE CAT PATH PAGE A8

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Up with People visitsLakes Region RotaryThe Lakes region Rotary Club guest speakers, Misa Grenier and Brenda Lopez, gave a PowerPoint presenta-tion about Up With People. UWP is a global education and arts organization whose goal is to bridge cultural barriers and create global understanding through service and music. Their program offers a unique, unparalleled experience for its international students through the unique mix of program components. Misa and Brenda spoke about the upcoming stage performance to be done on September 5 & 6 at 7 pm at the Laconia Middle School. The program is sponsored by Bank of New Hampshire and AAVID Thermalloy. The cost is $15 for adults and $10 for students/seniors and children. Proceeds from the two-hour show/event will benefit “Stand Up Laconia.” They did indicate that 2014 is the 50th anniversary for the UWP organization. Pictured here are Scott Wilkinson, LR Rotary President, Misa Grenier and Brenda Lopez, Up With People (Advance Team).

Gilford schools open for a new yearBY ERIN PLUMMER

eplummer@salmonpress.com

School was back in session for Gilford students last week, with principals at all three schools reporting smooth openings.

Students were back in their seats and in the halls of Gilford schools on Thursday for a new school year. A new year also means many new projects for the schools.

Gilford Elementary School Principal Dan-ielle Bolduc said 331 kids

entered the building on the first day, including members of a “great kin-dergarten group.”

This year, the elemen-tary school became part of a federally assisted program providing stu-dents with free fruits and vegetables. Bolduc said there is a different piece of fruit or vege-table for each day, and kids can try out different types of fruits and vege-tables.

Bolduc said students are greatly enjoying the

program. It provides a free afternoon snack and it lets them try different healthy foods.

“Kids are loving that program,” Bolduc said.

This year, there will also be more of a focus on STEM (Science, Tech-nology, Engineering, and Mathematics) edu-cation. Bolduc said there are some great new classes and kids have been working together on different projects. She said students will be going out on the nature

trail and doing activities such as geocaching.

“We’re really focus-ing on the scientific process, and (learning) about science and doing a lot of investigation,” Bolduc said.

Gilford Middle School Principal Sydney Leg-gett said her school had a smooth opening day and everything was run-ning smoothly for the first few days of school.

This is Leggett’s first year as principal of

SEE SCHOOLS PAGE A8

Alton’s Havenstein makes a bid for the governor’s office

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Walt Havenstein greets Alton’s Ron Noble at the Tilt’n Diner during a campaign event last week.

BY JOSHUA SPAULDING

Editor — The Baysider

ALTON — It has been a busy few months for Alton’s Walt Haven-stein, but he’s been en-joying every step along the way.

Havenstein has been busy making his way

around the state, meet-ing residents and getting to know all the corners of the Granite State as he campaigns for gover-nor. The Alton resident took some time out of his schedule for a one-on-one interview with The Baysider last week.

The foray into the Re-publican race for gover-nor marks his first step into the political field.

“If ever, now, simply because I think the tim-ing is right — the timing is right for what we need here in the state, which is economic growth and job creation,” Haven-stein said. “If I bring anything to the plate, I bring that to the plate.”

Havenstein, who spent years working for Sanders and subse-quently BAE Systems, is eager to bring his plan to create new jobs to the state of New Hampshire and to slow the flow of younger residents going out of the state to find work.

“If there’s ever a time New Hampshire needs economic growth and leadership, now is the time for that,” he said. “The trends, to me, are so disturbing that if we don’t reverse those trends it becomes more and more difficult to do so.”

While the bid for gov-ernor marks his first po-litical race, he notes that he has always been up for a good challenge.

“I’ve always been in-terested in leadership challenges, and I think the issue facing New Hampshire is a lead-ership challenge,” he remarked. “Governor represents an opportuni-ty for a strong leader to have an impact in what I would say is a relatively

short period of time.”As a two-year posi-

tion, the governor has a relatively short period of time in which to put a plan in place and execute it. Havenstein notes that this was exactly what he encountered when he took over at Sanders in 1999 and had to make changes.

“I’ve led organiza-tions that have changed quickly, organizations right here in this state,” he said. “When I came here in 1999 to lead Sand-

ers, we had to make some very fast changes.

“We did that — in about 18 months, we fundamentally reshaped the company, and well on our way to reshaping the culture of the compa-ny,” he continued. “And frankly, that’s the same model I’d like to take to Concord.”

He noted that while it wouldn’t be exactly the same as the system he used at Sanders and BAE, the model he used SEE HAVENSTEIN PAGE A9

Don’t forget to vote!The state Primary

election to determine which Republican can-didates will square off against incumbents from across the aisle in November for a chance to fill key offices in-cluding New Hamp-shire’s Governor’s chair and the U.S. Sen-ate seat currently held by Jeanne Shaheen

will take place Tues-day, Sept. 9.

In Gilford, the polls will be open from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. at the Gilford Youth Center.

Whatever their po-litical affiliation, the staff of the Gilford Steamer encourages all of our readers to stop at the polls and make their voices heard.

Tilton Market Basket staff thankful to be back in business

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Mike LeClair, Store Director of the Tilton Market Basket, was happy to welcome customers back after an agreement to place Arthur T. DeMoulas back in control of the popular grocery store chain was reached just days before the busy Labor Day Weekend.

BY DONNA RHODES

Drhodes@salmon-press.com

TILTON — There was jubilance in the air as employees returned to work and customers filled the aisles at Mar-ket Basket in Tilton last week.

On Wednesday, Aug. 27, the company announced that a $1.5 billion agreement was reached for Arthur T. DeMoulas to buy the family-owned compa-ny he was ousted from earlier this summer by

the board of directors — a decision that was heavily influenced by his cousin, Arthur S. DeMoulas. Arthur T.’s dismissal by the board was the culmination of a long and bitter dispute between the two cous-ins and their respective sides of the family. At issue was Arthur T.’s practice of offering prof-it-sharing plans to em-ployees, which Arthur S. and his supporters with-in the family believed had unfairly deprived them of their rightful

share of Market Basket’s substantial profits.

In July, the non-union-ized employees took to the sidewalks to express their displeasure at the changes being made at the corporate level and demanded that “Artie T.” be reinstated. Cus-tomers stood with them, most refusing to shop at Market Basket until the situation was rectified, costing the company (which owns 71 stores throughout Massachu-setts and New Hamp-SEE MKT. BASKET PAGE A8

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BY MOLLY HARPER

Library Correspondent

It’s that time of year again, the temperature is cooling off and the kids are heading back to school. If you have younger children that aren’t quite old enough for school, you may be looking for some day-time activities now that the summer excitement has died down. Luckily for you, the Children’s room librarians have been busy preparing a fall schedule full of activ-ities for babies, toddlers, and preschool-aged chil-dren. Storytime, Toddler Time, and Babygarten start up next week, so now is the perfect time to stop by and sign up! Storytime (ages three to

five), Babygarten (birth – 18 months), and Tod-dler Time (under three) are fun and exciting pro-grams geared towards specific age groups. During sessions, we will sing songs, do a themed craft, have a themed snack, and of course - read some great stories! A guided storytime or story-themed activity is a great way to foster a love of reading in chil-dren, and for them to meet other children in their age group. Even if children are too young to actually read for them-selves, reading aloud to kids has been proven to have a multitude of ben-efits.

Research evidence shows that reading

aloud to children is the single most important activity for creating mo-tivated readers. Reading aloud, particularly to young children, helps to stimulate imagination, expand vocabulary, fos-ter natural curiosity, in-crease attention spans, and develop early lan-guage skills. In a Guard-ian Teacher Network article, “How to Help Children Discover They LOVE Reading,” author and teacher Neil Grif-fiths shares suggestions on how to deliver a story well, and capture young attentions. He recom-mends reading through a story first before read-ing aloud to plan key moments of emphasis and excitement, and to practice reading in an engaging and expressive tone. He also suggests using your body to its fullest; move about to express mood and use arm and exaggerated facial gestures to illus-trate the story. To help attract the attention of children, plan questions to ask throughout the story – even if the child can’t read yet, answer-ing questions about the story and pointing to pictures can help them feel more involved in the activity.

Letting children se-lect the books they want to read is also a great way to get them interested in books at a young age. Whether they are inter-ested in trucks, princess-es, or a funny cat with mis-matched shoes, in-volving the child in the book selection process can help motivate them to seek out even more books.

If you can’t make it to the Library Story-time, try taking home an interactive Literacy Kit. These kits contain resources to encourage reading, role-play, and literacy development. Some favorite kits are the Pirate Fun Kit, Mu-sic Kit, Fitness Kit and best of all – the Dinosaur Kit!

Help the children in your life discover a love of reading by visiting the Library for Storytime, and discover what other resources the Library has to offer by signing up for our weekly newslet-ter by emailing library@gilfordlibrary.org. If you don’t yet have a library card, stop by and sign

up! September is Library Card Sign-Up month, and the perfect time to start exploring all of the different materials and programs the Library has to offer!

Classes & Special Events

Thursday, Sept. 4Open Painting at the

Library, 1:30-3:30 p.m.Crafter’s Corner,

6-7:30 p.m.

Friday, Sept. 5Social Bridge, 10:30

a.m. - 12:30 p.m.Knit Wits, 1:30 – 2:30

p.m.Conversational Ger-

man Class, 2:30-3:30 p.m.

Saturday, Sept. 6Drop-In Craft, 10:30

a.m. - 1 p.m.

Monday, Sept. 8Mahjong, 12:30-3 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 9

Storytime (Ages three to five years) 10:15 – 11:15 a.m. We’ll sing songs, listen to stories, enjoy a snack and create a craft. It’s a perfect way to work

on early literacy skills and gain a little sense of independence. Group size is limited to 12 chil-dren. Sign-up in the Chil-dren’s Room is required.

Babygarten (Birth - 18 months), 11:15-11:45 a.m. Calling all little ones and their caregivers! There’s no time like the pres-ent to start that love for learning! Come join the fun. We’ll sing songs, move to music share a snack and make a craft. Sign up in the Children’s Room for this eight-week session.

Game Day, 3:30-4:30 p.m. Come join the fun at Game Day!

Gilford Clickers, 6:30-7:30 p.m.

Wednesday, Sept. 10Line Dancing for Be-

ginners, 9 - 10 a.m.Check – Out – An – Ex-

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Friends Monthly Meeting, 6:30-7:30 p.m.

Sheriff Craig Wiggin to address Belknap County Republicans

BELMONT — The next monthly meeting of the Belknap County Republican Committee has been scheduled for Wednesday, Sept. 10 at 6:30 p.m. at the Top of the Town Restaurant, 88 Ladd Hill Rd. in Bel-mont.

The Primary Elec-tion is taking place on Tuesday, Sept. 9. So, the next evening, when the Belknap County Repub-licans hold their regu-larly scheduled month-ly meeting, the initial

topics will be “election results,” “party unity,” and “preparation for the November election.” Then, the Committee will hear from the eve-ning’s guest speaker, Sheriff Craig Wiggin. Sheriff Wiggin will be given the floor to discuss the critical drug prob-lem in Belknap County and the steps being tak-en to address it.

Belknap County GOP meetings are open to all Republicans and like-minded indepen-dents. Per their usual

meeting format, if you’re interested in having din-ner (at your option) and/or wish to socialize be-fore the meeting, plan to arrive as early as 5 p.m.

The Committee once again reminds everyone planning to attend to bring a non-perishable food item to the meeting for distribution to local food pantries.

For more informa-tion, please check our website at www.Belk-napCountyGOP.org, or send an email to alan.glassman@gmail.com.

Lakes Region Camera Club hosting presentation on

“Lighting and Photography”MEREDITH — On

Thursday, Sept. 4, at 7 p.m., local photographer Alan MacRae will pres-ent a program on ‘Light-ing and Photography’ to the Lakes Region Cam-era Club.

While MacRae is best known for his project

Portraits of Laconia - a photographic salute to residents of Laconia and surrounding towns who have made outstanding contributions to their communities, he is a talented portrait photog-rapher in studio or on

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Gilford Got Lunch marks a successful first summer

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Volunteers with Gilford Got Lunch hold up their banner.

BY ERIN PLUMMER

eplummer@salmonpress.com

After a year of hard work and vast commu-nity support, the Gil-ford Got Lunch program packed its last lunches for the summer. Orga-nizers are now looking at ways to expand the program to help more kids in need.

On Aug. 18, volun-teers met for the last time for this summer to pack lunches and send them to kids in the school district. It was the culmination of a year of planning and commu-nity support that led to the program’s successful first summer.

Gilford Got Lunch provides five days worth of lunches to children in the Gilford School Dis-trict who might not have access to food outside of the school year. The pro-gram was based of the Laconia Got Lunch pro-gram and falls under the financial umbrella of the Gilford Youth Center.

GYC Director and

Got Lunch board mem-ber Scott Hodsdon said one of the GYC’s goals is to meet the needs of the community and Got Lunch addressed a sig-nificant need.

The Got Lunch com-mittee received the blessings from the Gil-ford School Board, then raised funds and gath-ered volunteers

Gilford’s Got Lunch program officially start-ed around June 30. Food was stored and packing was done at the Gilford Youth Center. Every Monday, volunteers gathered at the GYC to pack lunches and deliver them to students.

Hodsdon has worked with a number of agen-cies for the program. He made weekly trips to the New Hampshire Food Bank in Manchester throughout the summer. He also manages the group’s website.

Meg Jenkins, the school nurse at Gilford High School, acts as vol-unteer coordinator.

“We learned each week, and by the end of the summer, it was a well oiled machine for us,” Hodsdon said.

The program ran un-til Aug. 18, that week bags were packed with enough lunches for a week and a half before school returned to ses-sion. Overall, around 600 lunches were packed and delivered over the summer.

Got Lunch committee president Thom Fran-coeur said around 120 people volunteered for the program over the summer, whether rep-resenting businesses or volunteering individu-ally.

“The volunteers were outstanding,” Francoeur said.

Throughout the pro-cess, the program has received strong support from the community.

Francoeur said Su-perintendent Kent Hem-ingway has been exceed-ingly supportive of the program.

A number of business-es and organizations held food drives for Got Lunch. Francoeur said he knew of some drives held by Fay’s Boat Yard, Cantin Chevrolet, Be-yond the Belt karate school with more sup-port from Bank of New Hampshire, Meredith Village Savings Bank, and the WLNH Chil-dren’s Auction.

The effort got some help from members of Up with People, who will perform in Laconia in September. Members of the group volunteered to pack lunches on the last day. Francoeur said around 40 percent of the proceeds made from Sep-tember’s show will go to-ward Gilford Got Lunch.

“I’m just thrilled peo-ple will actually come and volunteer and drive or bag groceries or both and on top of that they will give us money,” Francoeur said.

Many people gave monetary donations, in-cluding $110 to sponsor a child.

Francoeur told of one story where a volunteer told her hairstylist of her work delivering lunch-es. The stylist then hand-ed her a check for $100.

“Its just unbeliev-able,” Francoeur said. “These people keep com-ing up with these dona-

tions. The private sector seems to be giving tre-mendously.”

Francoeur said driv-ers would tell the other volunteers a story every week from their experi-ences delivering food. The stories allowed those packing the lunch-es to make the connec-tion that the work they were doing was having great benefit.

“It was just some real-ly heartwarming stories, just really neat stuff that really kind of tied it all together from the sto-ries of the drivers; how receptive these people were, how happy to have this happen to them” Francoeur said.

Hodsdon said overall it was a successful sum-mer.

“I thought the sum-

mer couldn’t have gone better,” Hodsdon said. “The amount of involve-ment from the commu-nity; just so many peo-ple each week willing to help out and help those in need. That made it easy.”

Hodsdon said with so many organizations working together, like the school, the GYC, and many others, that coop-eration made everything easier.

Got Lunch will con-tinue next year. The committee is working on a weekend program, where students will re-ceive lunches from Fri-day through Sunday. The program needs ap-proval from the school board and will likely go before the board in Oc-tober.

Beans and Greens — a success storyOn Wednesday, Sept.

10 at 6:30 p.m., come to the Beans & Greens Farm and Pavilion in Gilford to learn how one farm and its agricultural land has been preserved. Martina and Andy Howe will give a brief history of the farm, telling how it evolved since the late 1770’s. Sue Harris will share personal mem-ories about when she and her husband Arthur and their three children lived in the house that had been in her hus-band’s family for gener-ations (some of you may remember seeing their Hereford beef cattle grazing in the fields).

Martina and Andy Howe have worked dil-igently to create the Beans & Greens Farm. They will give a brief history and tell how they

developed their farm-stand, (which is way more than a farmstand), into the fascinating op-eration that it is today. Learn about the special events that take place at the Pavilion, how their son, over many years, has created the corn

maze, and about the an-imals that children love to pet, plus much more.

Every year, the Gil-ford Historical Society and the Laconia His-torical Society share a joint meeting. This year it was decided that we

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Thanks to all who took partin Old Home Day 5K

To the Editor:Once again, fortu-

itously, the 37th Annual Gilford Old Home Day 5K Road Race was greet-ed by a beautiful, cool morning perfect for the 155 runners who “com-peted” to get done and move onto the pancake breakfast, the parade, and grilled sausages and pepper subs.

On behalf of the Gun-stock Nordic Ski Associ-ation who hosted the race this year, I would like to thank all those gracious people who sponsored the race, donated goods, or volunteered their time and baking skills.

GNA is ever grateful to this years sponsors: Rice Law Office, Belk-nap Landscape Co, Inc., Troy Schrupp DDS, Chil-dren’s’ Dentistry of the Lakes Region, Patrick’s Pub and Eatery, Mor-gan Stanley, Piche’s Ski and Sport Shop, Road ID, Delta Dental, Advanced Orthopedic Specialists of Gilford (did not need their services during the race), and Laconia Bak-ery. As always, Gilford EMT services were on hand and appreciated along with the support of Herb Greene and The Gilford Old Home Day Committee helping us

run things smoothly. The Laconia Athletic Tri-Club donated volun-teers who made regis-tration less frantic and padded the course for runner support. GNA members all pitched in with baking skills, wa-ter stations, setting up and picking up. And of course, it wouldn’t have been the same without the runners who showed up, ran, and didn’t com-plain (to me). Thank you to all. See you next year.

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Beautiful, elegant, queenly, purrfect and apt descriptive words for this stunning Choc-olate Pointe Siamese cat – whom we called Isis after she was brought to New Hampshire Hu-mane Society as a stray, back in the winter.

Those mysterious azure eyes will never reveal her entire story, that she came into the shelter on Meredith Cen-ter Road, Laconia, in the middle of winter, with nary a mark of the cold on her. Never claimed, no calls looking, already spayed, the mystery

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Money from pasturing beef cows and horses buys the diesel fuel to keep the rest of the farm’s old openings open.

One evening a week or so ago, I had to mooch a ride home from an an-ti-Northern Pass gather-ing, and observed that a road posted with “Not Maintained for Winter Travel” offered a short-cut. “It’s way shorter than going all the way down Bear Rock Road and then all the way back up South Hill,” I shilled.

Bob, the driver of the not-quite-an SUV vehi-cle, immediately turned onto the rock-studded road, full of conquering confidence, his wife, in the back, much less so. It was, and is so far, one of the few undevel-oped back-country farm roads left in my part of the state. It is wood-lands left and right now, solid trees on either side, but moss-covered stonewalls and here and there the remains of a split-cedar fence belie the one-strong presence of farming. It is a ride through the barely vis-ible remains of a way of life long gone by.

“We’ll be going by fields that were hayed up until last year,” I said. “Take a good look, because in a few years they’ll be gone.”

I’ve written about this before, but it’s worth a refresher, so quickly

are New Hampshire’s marginal fields and pas-tures being reclaimed by the inexorable forest reoccupation known as succession. This is not the case in the southern two-thirds of the state, where marginal farm-lands are quickly bought up for one form or oth-er of development. It is particularly the case in the northern part of the state, where if land is not under agricultural use, it’s growing trees---and it’s a very quick leap, in Mother Nature’s long clock, from one to the other.

The concentration of small farms into ev-er-bigger farms, and the loss of small dairy farms in particular, have creat-ed a situation in which there is a diminishing rate of return on keep-ing marginal, far-away fields and pastures in production. As small farms have gone out, maintaining their open-ings has increasingly been decided by three factors: Distance from the home farm, the cost in diesel fuel and man-hours, and the price of fertilizer.

Pastures and fields and fences that were worth keeping up be-cause they were an in-

tegral part of a nearby farm are now just not economically viable. Only the nearby pres-ence of a barn full of cows once made them worth the effort. As mar-ginal farms went out and the farther these pieces became from the me-ga-farms, the less viable they became. Add to that the fact that you can’t keep making good hay on fields that don’t get fertilizer in return, and the die was cast.

My own farm that is now not quite a farm is a good example. For years we ran a pretty sizeable sheep operation, a large-herd endeavor that justi-fied haying some fields and building and main-taining good tight fenc-es to pasture others. We fertilized fields where and when we could, and in the pastures I bush-hogged what the sheep didn’t eat. There was, we deluded ourselves into thinking, at least some economic justification for keeping the old open-ings, hard-won in settle-ment times, open.

Not anywhere near so now. We never made a dime on the sheep op-eration and knew it all along, and ultimately had to throw in the tow-el. Still, the modest fee I get these days for letting friends pasture horses and cows gives me just enough money for the diesel fuel to mow be-hind fences, and bush-hog everything once or twice a season to keep the ever-advancing fe-cundity of the woods at bay.

Many of the fields and pastures that are growing back to woods, very quickly, create the foreground to the thou-sands of views and vis-tas that help drive New Hampshire’s tourism industry. Why, I’ve long wondered, can’t a small portion of the state’s rooms and meals tax be set aside to pay landown-ers for their time, tractor upkeep and diesel fuel so they can mow, to keep at least the most vital of these taken-for-granted openings open?

(This column runs in a dozen or so week-ly newspapers covering two-thirds of New Hamp-shire from Concord to Lower Canada and parts of northwestern Maine and the Northeast King-dom of Vermont. Write to campguyhooligan@gmail.com, or P.O. Box 39, Colebrook, NH 03576.)

Gilford Historical Society pleasedby all who toured its buildings

To the Editor:Gilford Historical

Society members were very pleased to see so many people touring our three buildings during Old Home Day. We ap-preciate the fact that so many people value our historical buildings and want to learn and see what life was like be-fore electricity. We were especially glad to see so many young people interested and asking questions.

We will have the 1857

Grange (opposite the Vil-lage Store) and the 1838 Rowe House (beside the elementary school) open on the first Saturday of September and October, from 10 a.m.-2 p.m., as we did in July and Au-gust.

We especially hope that parents/grandpar-ents will want to bring their children to see what life would have been like for them in the 1800’s and early 1900’s. I know that when the four classes of second graders

from Franklin visited in the spring, they were in-terested and had many questions, and were sur-prised by some of the an-swers. This is a chance for adults to share a learning experience with their young ones. If you would like a “sneak peek” at what our build-ing/exhibits look like, go to gilfordhistoricalso-ciety.org.

Kathy LacroixGilford Historical Society

Let’s open New Hampshirefor business again

To the Editor:To the residents in

District 7 (Gilford, Laco-nia, Belmont, Franklin, Northfield, Andover, Canterbury, Boscawen, Salisbury and Webster):

My name is Kathy Rago, and I am running for State Senate because I believe that our state government needs ca-pable people to provide careful fiscal analysis and a willingness to make tough decisions. As an accountant and a CPA, a prior House Representative and a mom of three great kids, I know how important it is to create a careful budget and live within our means. According to multiple news sources, New Hampshire stands on the precipice of an-other $100 million short-fall due to overspending in Concord.

Since 2006, we have not only had three dem-ocratic majorities, but also severe overspend-ing problems. It seems reasonable to assume that if re-elected, these

same law makers will be incapable of living within the extremely accurate revenue projec-tions provided to them and once again over-spend your hard-earned money. No one thus far predicts that the current overspending will top that of the 2008-2010 bi-ennium, when the dem-ocratic majority over spent by approximately $800 million, but this must stop! Increasing the gas tax and other fees to try and offset this out-of-control spending is not right and our tax-payers deserve better. Who will look out for the working families that are already struggling and hold Concord ac-countable? I will.

The first thing we will need to do is intro-duce careful cost reduc-tions in all departments to stem the bleeding. But soon after, we will need to take actions to jumpstart our economy to build a welcoming business environment, grow jobs and get us out of this awful stagnation.

When we, once again, welcome businesses to the state...and when we provide an environment for businesses to grow, we will see more people hired and fewer having to leave our state to find suitable employment. How do we get there? We need to cut business tax-es (currently third high-est in the country), we need to reduce or eliminate burdensome regulations without jeopardizing safety or our environment, we need to get our energy costs under control and finally we need to stop wasteful spending. (Per-haps you’ve heard me speak about the wasteful $79,000 door in the state-house?). But absolutely everything should be on the table for review to jumpstart job growth in our state.

I ask for your vote on Nov. 4 so that we can, once again, place an “Open for Business” sign in New Hampshire.

Kathleen Lauer-RagoCandidate for

Senate District 7

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Hampshire’s GOP Primary

To the Editor:It is obvious that

Scott Brown has been anointed “the one” by the Establishment GOP. The commercials show-ing Brown vs. Shaheen show that they appear to believe that the prima-ry, therefore our votes, don’t matter. Reminder to our “leaders:” This is supposed to be a “cit-izen government,” not a government that is com-posed of those that best serve their own party. “We the people” are in charge.

Howie Carr, Boston radio host, is support-ing Scott Brown openly and making decisions on which information, from which sources, will be al-lowed on his show. This prompted me to write a letter to Howie:

“Hello, Howie!I’m a big fan and love

your writing, but you have me totally per-plexed lately. Part of the reason I sent money to Scott Brown’s Mass. campaign, after Kenne-dy died, was because I wanted him to be THE vote that would stop Obamacare. YOU were behind him, so I was in. He got to DC, didn’t get to be THE vote, settled into DC, and became a Massachusetts republi-can, which is essentially ‘Democrat Lite.’ He vot-ed 62% with the liberal agenda; he is for gun control (took $100,000 from Bloomberg), and he is pro-abortion, not pro-life. What part of that says, ‘Live free or die’ to you? Howie, you were on the ‘Scott Brown has failed us’ bus too, once his voting record showed liberal tendencies. Late-ly, you seem to be a big supporter. Why IS that? I am even MORE upset with you mocking Bob Smith as an ‘old man.’ He’s only slightly older than you, Howie. He sees the mess this coun-try is in, and knows how to help it. He came back to the political world to help us. He’s a true conservative, a pro-life, pro-gun, veteran that will defend the Constitu-tion, not try to morph it into some Progressive’s desired shape. Make no

mistake, Scott Brown is a Progressive Republi-can. All Progressives, whether a D or an R behind that name, are essentially for bigger government, more con-trol, and therefore less freedom for us ... ‘We the People.’

I would appreciate you apologizing for mocking Senator Smith as an old man. It was cer-tainly unbecoming con-duct on your part. You also need to reevalu-ate your perspective on Scott Brown. Brown is backed by the elite Es-tablishment GOP, and he will not stand with Jeff Sessions, Mike Lee, Tim Scott and Ted Cruz to save our country. The elite Establishment on either side of the aisle just wants to keep their power. They will each grow the government; just at a different rate, as you well know.

I’m a big fan, Howie, but you have truly disap-pointed and insulted me and a whole lot of people up here in NH who sup-port truth and support true conservatives to get our country back on track; to stop the social-ist decline that is taking place. AND ... you’re making comments and pushing one side, and trying to sway opinions in a race that is NOT IN YOUR STATE!! Discuss Massachusetts politics, please, not New Hamp-shire’s. Or give equal time to Bob Smith.

62% liberal voting record. THAT’S Scott Brown. That may be acceptable to Massachu-setts, but not up here in New Hampshire.

Thanks for listening.Jean in NH”

Jean FerreiraGilford

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Russ Dumais for District 2 RepresentativeTo the Editor:

Russ Dumais has the experience and the qual-ifications to best repre-sent Gilford and Mere-dith at the State House in Concord.

A lifelong resident of New Hampshire, he served three terms as a Selectman in the town of Gilford, and has been a member of the Gilford Budget Committee. He will bring with him to

Concord an understand-ing of town, as well as, county needs and what it takes to fulfill those needs. He is an environ-mentalist who served 8 years as a member of the State Water Sup-ply & Pollution Control Commission, as well as the Chairman of the Committee that wrote the first Petroleum Un-derground Regulations. He will work to preserve

the environment and the unique beauty of the “Lakes Region.”

He has been a mem-ber of the Laconia Air-port Authority for over 20 years, and a former President of the Lakes Region Chamber of Commerce. If this were not enough to more than qualify him to serve, he is also a successful Lo-cal Businessman. He has “met a payroll,” he

knows how to balance a budget and that we all have to live within our means personally and in Concord. Russ Dumais has been a dedicated public servant for years who will make a big dif-ference in Concord.

Join me in supporting Russ Dumais on Sept. 9.

John A. KaneGilford

A vote for Burchell is a vote for fiscal soundnessTo the Editor:

Seldom do I weigh in on candidates during a Republican prima-ry. Usually, I have found the Republican prima-ry winner, whether or not he/she was my first choice, to be far better for the taxpayers than the Democrat candidate.

This year, howev-er, there is a primary race in Belknap Coun-ty that doesn’t fit that scenario. State Rep. Dick Burchell is run-ning against an incum-bent for a County Com-missioner seat. Since the

two of them each have extensive voting re-cords, it’s easy to see the significant contrast in how they represent their constituents, particular-ly in fiscal issues.

Dick’s opponent as a commissioner proposed budgets that would have increased the amounts assessed the towns, and ultimately the taxpay-ers, by nine percent in 2013 and eight percent in 2014. The Delegation, with Dick playing a strong role, had to prior-itize competing budget items to keep the hit on

the taxpayers to a more reasonable amount.

Likewise, Dick’s op-ponent and his fellow Commissioners pro-posed a $42 million re-placement of the County Correction Facility. In spite of much criticism of greatly exceeding re-quired standards result-ing in the huge cost, the Commissioners have declined to reduce the scope, though Dick’s op-ponent now says his pro-posal will come in at $30-$35 million. Many other similar facilities that meet all required stan-

dards have been built at far less cost. Dick has looked at this extensive-ly, and I look forward to a much more realistic and taxpayer friendly solution when Dick be-comes a Commissioner.

Republican voters in Belmont, Tilton, Gil-manton, and Barnstead are urged to turn out on Sept. 9 and vote for Dick Burchell and keep fiscal soundness in Belknap County.

Frank TiltonState Representative

Laconia

An Independent voice for District 8To the Editor:

To the voters of Belk-nap House District #8 (Alton, Gilmanton, and Barnstead):

My name is Peter Bol-ster, and I am running for State Representative as an Independent in Belknap District Eight. I am a semi-retired Bap-tist Pastor and former two term selectman in Alton, as well as having served two terms as your State representative.

After about a year into my first term in the House, a member of the House leadership explained to me that there were two reasons for people being in the House — one group were politicians, and the other group considered themselves legislators.

He said, “I’m a politican, and you , Peter, are a legislator.”

I took that as the ul-timate compliment for a rookie legislator, and it defined exactly why I was down in Concord, seeking to represent the people of Alton, Barn-stead, Gilmanton (Belk-nap District 8). The po-litical games don’t really interest me. I am only interested in protecting the rights of citizens from each other and

from over intrusive gov-ernment, and improving the lifestyle of the citi-zens of my district and the state. I served on the Recreation, Resources and Development Com-mittee in my last two terms, and have been very active in trying to bring diverse interests together to find common ground, rather than the all too common attitude of “if your party is for it, I have to be against it.” This is the culture that

is keeping us at each oth-er’s throats and stalling the process toward solv-ing the very real prob-lems before us.

I believe that govern-ment should be very careful when passing laws which seek to reg-ulate human behavior. Instead, our government should bring stakehold-ers together to create the means of mutually find-ing solutions to commu-nity needs. Government

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LACONIA — Eve-lyn F. Daigneault, 93, of Academy Street, died peacefully at her home on Sunday, Aug. 24, 2014. She was the widow of Francis Daigneault, who died in 1980.

Mrs. Daigneault was born Aug. 23, 1921 in Laconia, the daughter of the late Arkino and Evon (Guay) Russilillo. She was a lifetime resi-dent of Laconia, and had been employed at Scott & Williams and Bergen-Pa-terson before retiring in 1986. After her retire-ment, she worked with her niece at Village Bak-ery, Laconia.

Mrs. Daigneault was a communicant of St. Joseph Church and was a member of St. Joseph Ladies’ Guild and the

Catholic Daughters of America and enjoyed playing “Bingo.”

Survivors include two grandchildren, Scott F. Daigneault and his wife Judy of Gilford and Deborah “Debbie” L. Grant and her husband Michael of Laconia; four great grandchildren; three great-great grand-

children; a sister, Eliza-beth “Betty” Gilbert, and her husband, “Rene J.” of Gilford; a daughter-in-law, Elizabeth “Betty” Daigneault of Laconia; and many nephews and nieces.

In addition to her par-ents and her husband, she was predeceased by her son, Normand F. Daigneault, in 2002, and by a brother, Lorenzo Russilillo, in 1993.

Calling hours were held on Thursday, Aug. 28, 2014 from 6-8 p.m. in the Carriage House of the Wilkinson-Beane-Simoneau-Paquette Fu-neral Home, 164 Pleas-ant St., Laconia.

A Mass of Christian Burial was celebrated on Friday, Aug. 29, 2014 at 10 a.m. at St. Andre

Bessette Parish, St. Jo-seph Church, 30 Church St., Laconia. Burial fol-lowed in the family lot at Sacred Heart Cemetery, Garfield Street, Laconia.

For those who wish, the family suggests that memorial donations be made to St. Andre Bes-sette Parish, 291 Union Ave., Laconia, N.H. 03246 or to St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, PO Box 1000 Dept. 142, Mem-phis, TN 38101-9908.

Wilkinson-Beane-S i m o n e a u - P a q u e t t e Funeral Home & Cre-mation Services, 164 Pleasant St., Laconia, is assisting the family with the arrangements. For more information and to view an online memori-al, go to www.wilkinson-beane.com.

Charlotte Duponte, 48LACONIA – Char-

lotte Duponte, 48, of 106 Messer St., died Wednes-day, Aug. 27, 2014 in her home after a period of failing health.

Charlotte was born on Nov. 5, 1965 in Mal-den, Mass., the daughter of Stephen and Donna (Wiggin) Grace and was

a longtime resident of Laconia.

Charlotte was very giving and caring and she loved unconditional-ly. She loved motorcycle riding and her dog, Zoey.

In addition to her par-ents of Salem, Charlotte is survived by a son , John Spiegler of Laco-

nia; a daughter, Heather Pomeranz, of Nashua; two grandchildren, Jen-na and Jacob Spiegler, both of Meredith; a brother, Joel Grace, of Reno, Nev.; two sisters, Alyson Nummela of Ux-bridge, Mass. and Sha-ron Adrien of Concord; and her former husband, Stuart Spiegler, of Laco-nia.

Calling hours were held on Saturday, Aug. 30, 2014 from 10 a.m.-1 p.m. in the Carriage House of the Wilkin-son-Beane-Simoneau-Paquette Funeral Home, 164 Pleasant St., Laconia. A Funeral Service fol-lowed the calling hours

at 1 p.m., also at the Fu-neral Home.

For those who wish, the family suggests that memorial donations be made to the American Diabetes Association, 10 Speen St., Second Floor, Framingham, MA 01701 or to the American Heart Association, 2 Wall St., Manchester, NH 03101.

Wilkinson-Beane-S i m o n e a u - P a q u e t t e Funeral Home & Cre-mation Services, 164 Pleasant St., Laconia, is assisting the family with the arrangements. For more information and to view an online memori-al, go to www.wilkinson-beane.com.

Laconia Multicultural Festival kicks off

Saturday morningLACONIA — The 13th

Annual Laconia Multi-cultural Festival, a hall-mark of Lakes Region events, takes place rain or shine in downtown Laconia, Rotary River-side Park and The His-torical Belknap Mill on Sept. 6. Activities start at 10 a.m. and end at 4 p.m. Included in the day are free entertainment, food and craft venders--some local and many repre-senting a wide variety of cultures--along with exhibits, children activ-ities, and the traditional parade.

Celebrating the worldwide inclusiveness of the day, the Parade of International Flags, or-ganized by Larry Frates, leads off the day. As a special part of the day Up With People will join in with their flags. Tra-ditionally, many flags are available to be car-ried. All are invited to find a flag of theirs or another cultural heri-tage and participate in the parade. It starts in the NH Bank area about 10:15 a.m. and marches around downtown Laco-nia to Rotary Park.

Wah Lum Kung Fu and Tai Chi Academy of Malden, Mass. are a stunning addition to the day. Wah Lum Kung Fu and the Academy are well known throughout the Greater Boston Area and New England for their professional lion dance, dragon dance, drumming, and kung fu/tai chi performanc-es. They are recognized for the study of Chinese Martial Arts in an en-vironment meaningful for the development of strong mental and phys-ical well-being. They make positive cultural

and community connec-tions. They were voted as “Best of Malden” for seven consecutive years. Be sure to see them!

The Black Thunder Singers keep the old tra-ditions as taught by the elders, both in their per-formances and in their daily lives. They bring their powerful drum-ming, dancing, and sing-ing to the park. They are in high demand for pow wows on the east coast. Since they consider their songs as belonging to the people, they do not believe in making a prof-it for singing or danc-ing. All profits beyond expenses are donated to charity.

This year LMF has its very own cookbook: Tastes of Nations! It will be for sale at the LMF tent. The cookbook contains over 100 reci-pes collected from our original immigrants to the most recent ones. Not only will you find recipes, but some great stories and pictures of those who have shared their recipes. Please stop at the Festival booth to check it out!

With the construction and other activities in downtown Laconia, con-tinuous shuttle bus ser-vice has been arranged from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Beacon Street East is the central area for the Festival. The shuttle will pick you up and drop you off at various park-ing lots near the center of Laconia, going to and from Beacon Street East. Parking for the Festival can be found in the fol-lowing areas: St Joseph’s Church parking lot on Church Street, the Laco-nia Clinic area, and the

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THE GILFORD STEAMER A7Local NewsTHURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 4, 2014

On Sept. 8, we observe National Grandparents Day. If you have grandchildren, they will hopefully mark this occasion by sending a card, making a call or, best of all, paying a visit. But however your grandchildren express their feelings for you, you undoubtedly have a very big place in your heart for them. In fact, you may well be planning on including your grandchildren in your estate plan. If that’s the case, you’ll want to do the best you can to preserve the size of your estate — without sacrific-ing the ability to enjoy life during your retirement years.

Here are a few sugges-tions to help you achieve this “balancing act”:

Expect market volatili-ty — and don’t overreact. If you’ve been investing for a while, you know that vola-tility in the financial markets is normal. In fact, it’s not unusual for the market to drop 10%, or even more, in a year. Try not to over-react to this type of vol-atility. For example, don’t immediately sell investments just because they’ve had a down year — they may well bounce back the next year, especially if their fundamen-tals are still strong.

Diversify. It’s always a

good idea to diversify across a range of investment vehi-cles — stocks, bonds, gov-ernment securities, certifi-cates of deposit (CDs) and so on. While diversifica-tion can’t guarantee a profit or protect against loss, it can help reduce the effects of volatility on your portfolio.

Maintain a cash cush-ion. During your retirement years, you may face unex-pected expenses, just as you did when you were work-ing. To help pay for these expenses without being forced to dip into your long-term investments, try to maintain a “cash cushion” that’s sufficient to cover six to 12 months’ worth of liv-ing expenses.

Limit withdrawals from your investments. To keep your investment portfolio intact for as long as possible, set limits on your annual withdrawals. Your with-drawal rate should be based on a variety of factors — age at retirement, other sources of income, lifestyle choices, etc. A financial advisor can help you calculate a with-drawal rate that makes sense for your situation.

Delay your generosi-ty. It can be tempting to provide for your grandchil-dren — and perhaps even

your grown children — as soon as you can. But you need to balance this impulse with the financial challenges that two or three decades of retirement can bring. It’s not being “selfish” to take care of yourself first — in fact, by doing everything possible to remain financially inde-pendent, you will be helping your family in the long run.

Don’t delay creating your estate plan. If you are com-mitted to leaving a generous legacy for your grandchil-dren, you need a comprehen-sive estate plan. And it’s best to create this plan as soon as possible, while you are men-tally and physically healthy. You may never become incapacitated, of course, but the future is not ours to see. In addition to starting early with your estate plan, you’ll need to assemble the right team, including your finan-cial advisor, legal profes-sional and tax expert.

You might enjoy receiv-ing attention on National Grandparents Day. But you’ll get even great-er pleasure out of knowing that you’re maximizing your efforts to leave the type of legacy you want for your grandchildren — while still enjoying the retirement life-style you desire.

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Region Spot Lights pro-gram on LR Public Ac-cess. Look for the week-ly program schedule on Chanel 25 and find out about the 13th Annual Laconia Multicultural Festival and what could be expected on the big day.

The Laconia Multi-cultural Committee is especially appreciative of our many sponsors. We thank: the Laco-nia Human Relations Committee; the Penny Pitou-Milo Pike Fami-ly Fund; the Well Sense Health Plan; Genesis Behavioral Health; the

Bank of NH; the North-way Bank; and Lutheran Social Services!

All entertainment is free through our spon-sors and the many oth-ers whose donations we have received! Raffle tickets are available at the LMF booth. To relax in the park it is helpful to bring your own chair.

For more information visit www.laconiamulti-culturalfestival.com and like us on Facebook.

The Laconia Human Relations Committee is joined by Laconia Main Street and the Historical Belknap Mill in hosting the Laconia Multicultur-al Festival.

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Author shares his ‘Motley Collection’ of knightsBY ERIN PLUMMER

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A local author shared the history of knight-hood, and the history of his colorful collection of knights, during a pre-sentation at the Gilford Public Library.

On Thursday night, Leo Rogers present-ed his book “Medieval Knights: Chronicles of a Motley Collection” with excerpts from the book telling the stories behind some of his 85 knights.

Rogers lives in New Jersey and summers in Gilford. In his book, Rogers illustrates the history of knighthood and the tools and weap-ons of knights through pictures and stories from his huge collection of medieval knights. As of now, Rogers said he has between 80 and 85 knight prints, posters, sculptures, figurines, and knickknacks rang-ing from a few inches to a few feet high.

All of his knights are kept in his dining room,

named “The Great Hall” in honor of the great hall in castles.

Rogers said someone might ask him, “Why in the world would some-one waste his time and get interested in collect-ing knights?”

He said his interest in knights goes back to childhood. As a child, he loved the “Prince Val-iant” comic strip by Hal Foster, a strip that con-tinues in newspapers today.

“When I was a kid I couldn’t wait for that color comic strip on Sun-day,” Rogers said.

“I still (read) it today. That’s the first thing I look at on Sunday when the Star-Ledger comes.”

Rogers also became interested in the legend of King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table.

Rogers said he grew up in a row house in Trenton, New Jersey. He was never interested in moving to the suburbs, but his dream would be

to live in a castle. His collection started

in 1980. One evening in the fall, he and his wife Carol went to an antique show at the Morristown National Guard Ar-mory. He then spotted a nearly three-foot-tall metal knight. He did not buy the knight that day, though he said he thought about it that night.

“He had succeeded in rebuilding my long held interest in knights and castles,” Rogers read from his book.

The next day he asked his eight-year-old son Douglas if he wanted to “see a place with lots of interesting stuff,” men-tioning the knight. They went back to the an-tique show and saw the knight. His son got ex-cited about the find and they talked about swords and helmets and other knight topics. Rogers bought the knight, find-ing out form the dealer it had been found in an old barn in Lancaster face down in one of the lofts. Rogers said he discussed price, saying that “the boy really wanted it.”

When they got home, “My bemused wife just smiled probably rolled her eyes.”

The knight was named Sir Douglas of Lancaster after his son and the location where the knight was found.

Rogers has named many of his other knights in similar fash-ion, naming them after a person who helped him get the knight and after the place the knight was found.

Another knight was found when he and his wife went to buy drapes for their 18-year-old son Matt, who had just gotten his first job in

Lambertville, N.J. They drove around the street to see how the new drapes looked in Matt’s home, then Rogers said he saw a knight in the window of an antique store.

He did buy the knight, naming it Sir Matthew of Lambertville.

Rogers also has a number of knights and prints based on histori-cal figures such as Rich-ard I, George Clifford, the Third Earl of Cum-berland, Edward the Black Prince, and many others.

Rogers has collected knights from his travels all over the world with some interesting stories behind their procure-ment.

Vladimir of Mon-tenegro was procured while they visited the Dalmatian Coast. Rogers and his wife engaged in simultaneous and con-flicting quests to find a knight figure for Leo and some cappuccino for Carol. The search resulted in Carol find-ing a wooden Byzantine knight high on a shelf in one shop.

Loic de Perigeaux was a figure sculpted by Jean-Loup Delaroche found in France. During a tour, Rogers found the sculpture in a store that was about to close

for lunch. After some negotiations with the shopkeeper and some anxious moments relat-ed to time, the group’s tour guide Loic helped stall the group so Rogers could have the knight. Rogers got the 18.5-inch, 12-pound concrete sculp-ture and named him af-ter the tour guide that cooperated with him.

Lord Taylor V was first spotted in a Christ-mas window in a depart-ment store. After see-ing this knight for two years, Rogers did not see the knight in the win-dow one year and asked if he could purchase it. He got the knight, but it had a broken leg and a missing lance.

He took it to the Doll and Teddy Bear Hos-pital in Secaucus, N.J. The knight was fixed up, receiving a new lance, a sturdy wooden base, and had its cracks and im-perfections fixed.

Rogers ran into some issues with airport se-curity with one mario-nette. He found Ludvic of Prague in 2005 on a Vi-king River Cruise down the Danube River. They were going to fly out of Paris back to the United States, then a security guard saw the mario-nette’s small sword and insisted it was a knife. This resulted in a few

tense moments between Rogers and a host of security guards. Carol Rogers eventually got hold of an Air France agent and after 10 more minutes of waiting the marionette and his sword were cleared to go on the plane.

Other notable knights in his collection includes one made by Conrad Gersuny, a noted jewel-er in Greenwich village who worked with stars such as Joan Baez, Pete Seeger, and a host of oth-ers. Sir Boris is a knight made from Pepsi bottle-caps that as found out-side a monastery outside of Moscow.

A Very Kind Knight and a Contented Dragon were found at an arts and crafts fair in Morris-town, N.J. sold by a pew-tersmith with a knack for puns.

Rogers collection also includes William of Tif-fany, who is 100-years-old.

A few knights in his collection are made by New Hampshire arti-sans, including Sir Tim-othy of Keene made by Tim Campbell and Sir Brian of Tuftonboro made by woodcarver Brian Stockman.

Rogers showed off an antique “Prince Val-iant” shield and sword he has acquired.

Parks & Rec Old Home Day wrap-upthe weather was beau-

tiful! Annual activities included the parade, en-tertainers, woodsman competition, pie-eating contest, egg toss, band concert, community dance and fireworks! The parade award win-ners were as follows:

Grand Prize, Best Overall – St. Baldrick’s

Neighborhood Floats

– 1st Place to Gilford Pub-lic Library, 2nd Place to Street Car Company and 3rd Place to Lake Shore Park

Commercial Floats – 1st Place to Bank of New Hampshire, 2nd Place to Franklin Savings Bank and 3rd Place to Belknap County Snowmobilers

Mini Floats – 1st Place to Gilford Robotics, 2nd

Place to Lakes Region Chordsmen and 3rd Place to The Thurston’s

Neighborhood March-ers – 1st Place to Up With People

Antique Vehicles – 1st Place to Hayden McLaughlin, 2nd Place to Kelly White and 3rd Place to Knights of Co-lumbus; Other Vehicles

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Also at Wednesday’s meeting was the review of the town of Gilford’s firework ordinance. Se-lectman Richard Greni-er decided to revisit this issue as the previous ordinance altogether banned fireworks in the town. Selectmen Greni-er proposed a line be in-cluded in the ordinance to state certain times and dates when fire-works would be allowed, and to remove the need

to obtain a firework per-mit.

Residents spoke ad-dressing concerns and stating they are in favor of the current ordinance of no fireworks due to heavy wooden areas around their homes.

Former selectman Kevin Hayes spoke re-garding the change to the ordinance regarding firework permits. He stated he needs a permit to have a campfire in a specially designed pit in his yard, and feels it should be the same for firework use.

After consensus, the board amended the fire-

work ordinance to allow fireworks during the hours of noon to 10 p.m. Extended hours would exist on New Year’s Eve and July 3 -5, when fireworks would be per-mitted until 12:15 a.m. With the new proposed ordinance, it would not be illegal to possess or transport fireworks but will impose fines if fire-works are used during timeframes when they are prohibited. A public hearing on the proposed fireworks ordinance will be held on Sept. 10 at 7 p.m. at Gilford Town Hall.

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GMS. In June, Principal Marcia Ross retired and Leggett took her place.

“I feel pretty lucky to be here,” Leggett said. “I think it’s already a great school. It’s really exciting to have the kids back and the staff back. I think it all show signs of being a fantastic year.”

Leggett said the fac-ulty and staff is now working together to put

together building goals for the year. Leggett said they are looking at the school’s priorities going forward.

Gilford High School Principal Peter Sawyer said he feels lucky to have a staff, from teach-ers, custodians, guid-ance counselors, and ev-eryone in between, that got the school ready for the opening.

“(It) always amazes me in how flawless it is,” Sawyer said.

Sawyer visited each of the classes throughout the day and said the stu-dents were exceptionally well behaved that day.

“They seemed to be happy to be back,” Saw-yer said.

He said only two stu-dents were late to school, which Sawyer said is a

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shire) an estimated $1 million a day.

“Thank God we get our store back,” said one local resident on a social media site that lit up with the news last week.

Many part time em-ployees had lost their hours as the protests wore on, and they, too, were happy to be back on the schedule, work-ing for a company they love and believe in.

Outside the Tilton store, employee protest signs of the past five weeks were quickly re-placed overnight with posters thanking cus-tomers for their loyalty.

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“We wouldn’t have been able to do this with-out our customers,” one employee said.

“Welcome back!” could be heard time and time again as custom-er service representa-tives, cashiers and more greeted the hordes of shoppers heading for the newly restocked shelves.

“We had crews in here stocking the shelves up again at 6:30 Thursday morning, and people were waiting at the door for us to open at 7,” said Store Director Michael LeClair. “It’s time to get back to work. We’ve got fresh seafood and pro-duce again, and it’s busi-ness as usual, like noth-ing ever happened.”

LeClair was greet-ed by many customers as he made his way through the aisles, each expressing how happy they were to have the store up and running again. Many added that they were proud of the way in which Market Basket employees unit-ed in their support for someone they believed

in — their boss.“Congratulations,

and thank you. What you all did took a lot of guts. It’s too bad there’s not more out there like you,” said one custom-er as he shook LeClair’s hand.

For Michael McGin-ley of Gilford, news of the purchase by “Artie T.” was something he has long awaited, too. His company, McGinley Development, Inc., has been in discussions for more than a year to bring Market Basket to Plym-outh’s Riverside Land-ing on Tenney Mountain Highway. The DeMou-las family feud put any agreement on hold, but with a resolution in the works, McGinley now looks to move forward with those plans.

“I continue to commu-nicate with them, and my hope is that Plym-outh will soon get a re-newed look for the place-ment of a new Market Basket store in the very near future,” McGinley said.

rare occurrence. Sawyer said he told the students they “set the bar pretty high.”

This year, the school is working to improve its advisory program. Groups of 10 to 16 stu-dents will meet with a teacher twice a week as part of their advisory program. Sawyer said this lets students have a direct connection with an adult in the building.

Sawyer said the school will also begin an anti-bullying program through the advisories that is anticipated to start in the next cou-ple weeks. Sawyer said these efforts are meant to support students social-ly and create a positive culture in the school.

He said he had a con-versation with a teacher and both agreed that as staff members they feel lucky to be in the school.

location, and also photo-graphs local events.

As all photographers know, photography is really all about light. LRCC members will take away more knowledge about how to use and manage light in a variety of shooting situations. For more information and samples of MacRae’s work, visit his Web site at http://alanmacrae.photography.com.

The Lakes Region Camera Club is a local

organization of photog-raphers of many skill levels, and welcomes guests to attend a meet-ing or two before joining the Club. The Club Meet-ings are held at The Trin-ity Episcopal Church in Meredith on the first and third Thursdays of the month with presen-tations, competitions, field trips, and other ac-tivities. Scheduled meet-ing times are 7-9 p.m. For more information, www.lrcameraclub.com.

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wanted to share a story about a historical farm that was saved from be-ing developed into house lots. We thank the How-es for being willing to present this program, free of charge, at their Pavilion and to Sue Har-

ris for sharing her story of living there.

Bring a sweater if the weather is cool and en-joy learning about a suc-cess story-that of Beans and Greens Farm and all it has to offer to us in the Lakes Region.

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Havenstein’s plan, entitled 81517=25,000, is modeled after a program he put in place at Sand-ers called 81500.

“We looked at all the things we had to do… we decided to focus on one particular aspect of the business and make sure we did that very, very well,” he said. “We picked a particular proj-ect, a particular date cer-tain that we wanted to make sure everyone was focused on.”

That project was the F22 fighter jet, for which Sanders was developing software for for Lock-heed Martin. The lead-ership group picked that project because it was the most import-ant project for the most important customer for Lockheed Martin’s most important customer, the US military.

The date certain for that project was Aug. 15, 2000, or 81500.

“If we didn’t hit that date, if we weren’t suc-cessful, that program was in jeopardy of being cancelled,” he said.

From that point on, 81500 became a rallying cry for the company and

everyone throughout the company bought into it.

“It’s that same sort of inspiration and lead-ership that I want to see applied to state gov-ernment when it comes to creating a business friendly environment,” he said. “The govern-ment does not create jobs, the private sector creates jobs.

“But what we do in government, having worked on both sides, government can create an environment where jobs can be created in the private sector,” he continued. “I know there are a lot of things we have to do in this state, that’s my priority.”

He noted that the lack of job creation could have devastating im-pacts when it comes to younger residents leav-ing the state for work.

“What you have to do is control your spend-ing,” he said. “Spending is what dictates if you have a sales or income tax.

“If you keep state spending in line with the growth of the economy, you have the flexibility to fix some problems,” Havenstein added.

The 81517=25,000 plan calls for the creation of

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25,000 jobs by Aug. 15, 2017. He points to Gov. Steve Merrill as a good example of creating many jobs in his two terms and notes that he’s spoken with numer-ous leaders in the state senate about whether they can make the small changes over time to cre-ate the new jobs and he has gotten replies in the affirmative.

“I tend to be much more practical in terms of under-promising and over-delivering,” Haven-stein said, using a term that is common in his industry. “Make sure we can deliver on our prom-ises instead of trying to pull a rabbit out of the hat every so often.”

He also vows to have an open and transparent government, something he doesn’t believe is hap-pening in the governor’s office now.

Havenstein notes that his run for governor was actually inspired by his son moving out of state for a job because his opportunity for promo-tion couldn’t be accom-plished in New Hamp-shire.

“Clearly, I had not realized how negative the trends had gone,” he said.

He and his wife Judy

began exploring the idea of running in January and decided in April to make the run.

“It’s not an easy de-cision,” he said. “But I have a lot of energy, and I think I have a lot to of-fer.”

He also pointed out that Judy has also been a key component.

“We’re not looking for a second career,” he said. “I’m looking in the encore part of your life, where can you make a difference.

“If what I offer voters is a stark difference to the voters of this state in terms of where we’re going to take this state, we accept that and I’m all in,” Havenstein con-tinued. “If they choose that’s not the way, I un-derstand that too.”

Havenstein has also been heavily involved in FIRST (For Inspira-tion and Recognition in Science and Technology) since before he came to New Hampshire. FIRST sponsors programs starting with younger kids and Lego leagues and moves all the way up the robotics compe-titions at high schools. Havenstein has served as chairman of the board and still serves on the board. Prospect Moun-

tain’s FIRST team made it all the way to the na-tional championships this past year. Haven-stein and his wife were sponsors of that team (and Kingswood’s team this year) and spoke at the sendoff for the Pros-pect team before the trip to nationals.

FIRST was started by New Hampshire’s Dean Kamen. Judy, who set up the juvenile diabetes association in the state, became acquainted with Kamen through that or-ganization. Havenstein noted FIRST was a nat-ural fit for Sanders and BAE.

The idea was for engi-neers with the company a chance to be mentors to the kids and gave real world inspiration to the kids in seeing what they could aspire to.

“It allowed us to start working with young peo-ple, inspire young people and often times we’d fol-low them right through college,” he said, noting the students often in-terned with the compa-ny and in some cases came back to work for the company.

More information on Havenstein’s campaign can be found at walt-fornh.com.

is far cheaper when agencies and towns and competing interests work together. Far too often, political power is about “How I can force my ideas and needs upon others?” rather than re-specting the diversity of our state and nation and determining common goals, allowing others the freedom to live lives that they choose, even if I feel they are wrong.

As an Evangelical

Christian, I have very strong beliefs about right and wrong, and that is the way I would preach. But, as a Rep-resentative in the New Hampshire House, I may often have to fight for the right of people to freely choose their own path. America is about freedom, not just for me and my group, but for everyone. We need to find greater efficiencies in providing the neces-

sary services expected from government in this complex modern era. We need to keep spending down, and productivity and responsiveness up. We need to maintain our extensive infrastructure and protect the vulner-able among us, while more fairly sharing the

tax burden needed to achieve these limited roles of government. If you see fit to return me to Concord for a third term, I will open-mind-edly consider the merits of all issues and bills, listen to your ideas and vote for the best inter-ests of the towns and

individuals I represent, first and foremost. That is how I have operated in the past, and I will con-tinue to follow that path. If this is the kind of rep-resentative you want, I would appreciate your vote in November.

Peter Bolster Alton

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Parks and Rec would also like to offer a special thanks to all the people who have worked so hard to make Gilford Old Home Day a success. A special thank you to the Old Home Day Commit-tee for their tireless effort and time, the Gunstock Nordic Association for their assistance with the day before prep and the morning after clean-up, the Bank of New Hamp-shire for their sponsor-ship of Paul Warnick and Friends, Franklin Savings Bank for their the King Chrome Band, Shaw’s Supermarket for their sponsorship of our annual Pie-Eating Contest and all the Town Departments for their assistance throughout the event. To all others who helped to make the day so great, thank you!

Senior Moment-um Gilford Parks and

Rec will be sponsoring an end of the summer Senior Moment-um pro-gram on Monday, Sept. 8 at Gilford Town Beach at 11:30 a.m. for potluck lunch and a game of boc-ce ball. Parks and Rec will provide the drinks and paper goods and participants are asked to bring a dish to share with the group. If you have a lawn chair, please bring it!

Participants must RSVP with the dish they plan to bring at 527-4722 by Sept. 5. The rain date will be Tuesday, Sept. 9.

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