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THURSDAY, APRIL 30, 2015
Donna RhoDes
Winnisquam Regional High School student Makayla Foster celebrates with Ag teacher Janet Rosequist, whom she successfully nominated as the district’s 2015 Teacher of the Year.
Janet Rosequist named Teacher of the Year at WRSDBY DONNA RHODES
TILTON — Winnis-quam Regional School District revealed the winner of their Teacher of the Year Award last Friday morning, and students and staff from the high school were ex-cited to learn that that distinction went to one of their own- Winnis-quam Ag teacher Janet Rosequist.
School board mem-bers Julie Lonergan and Tom Fulweiler were on hand to make the pre-sentation and they laud-ed Rosequist for years of dedication to both teach-ing and her involvement in activities at the dis-trict’s Agriculture Cen-ter.
“This decision is nev-er easy,” Lonergan said. “The application was
filled with such praise for this deserving teach-er though and several people contributed let-ters of support, includ-ing parents, teachers, and former students and colleagues.”
Students, she report-ed, said that Rosequist expects nothing but the best, while some even called her their hero.
Co-workers noted that she always has a student’s best interest at heart and promotes an excellent learning expe-rience.
“What I see on a dai-ly basis is the effect this teacher has on students and her ability to inspire them to be better peo-ple,” wrote one.
Others praised her dedication and leader-ship over the years and noted that her students
learn to embrace volun-teerism, service leader-ship and, ultimately, ca-reer success.
There was plenty of proof of that praise as well. In Lonergan’s in-troduction she listed many awards, achieve-ments and recognitions Rosequist has received over more than two de-cades in education.
Not only was she the first female president of the New Hampshire As-sociation of Agricultural Educators, but in both 1998 and 2009, Rosequist was named the state’s Outstanding Ag/ Teach-er/FFA Advisor of the Year.
In 2003, Rosequist was also the first female to serve as a final judge for the National FFA Par-
Blasting along Route 3 expected to cause traffic delays
BELMONT — Due to blasting, there will be some minor delays in traffic during the week-days along Route 3 in Belmont near the Belknap Mall from April 23 through May 29 at 10 a.m. and again at 3 p.m. Monday through Friday.
The blasting company Capitol Rock has per-mits to blast ledge for Hiltz Construction, which is building new businesses on property across the street from the Belknap Mall.
The blasting of ledge in close proximity to Route 3 will result in delays of approximately five to seven minutes in the morning and after-noon.
Roads affected are identified as Route 3, Ladd Hill Road, Durette Drive and Old State Road. The shutdown is necessary to ensure no errant debris affects passing motorists.
Uniformed officers, along with flaggers, will be bring traffic to a stop as a safety precaution a few minutes before the blast and then opening the roadway immediately upon receiving the all clear signal.
Advisory signs have been erected along the routes, giving advance notice of blasting and possible traffic delays.
Motorists are urged to seek other routes of travel at 10 a.m. and 3 p.m. if possible or be pre-pared to be patient while the area is in tempo-rary traffic shut down mode.
We thank the public in advance for their co-operation, understanding and patience during construction.
Donna RhoDes
Aimee Kustar, a sophomore at Winnisquam Regional High School, proudly displays her acceptance letter from the ASSE International Exchange Student Program, which awarded her their annual national scholarship to live and study in Japan for a full year.
WHRS student chosen for once-in-a-lifetime educational experienceBY DONNA RHODES
TILTON — Fifteen-year-old Aimee Kustar of Sanbornton was re-cently accepted into a cultural and educational exchange program that will provide her with the experience of a lifetime when she heads off to Ja-pan next March through the ASSE International Exchange Student Pro-gram, partnering stu-dents and families from all over the world for unique learning oppor-tunities.
“It’s a total immer-sion experience where the students are expect-ed to speak the language of the country they travel to and live as any student would in that country,” said Barbara Doone of ASSE.
Each year, the orga-nization awards select-ed students with either small regional grants or one large national grant to help pay for their participation in the program. Through the regional grants, par-ticipants get a 10-per-cent discount on their expenses but Kustar, Doone said, was chosen to receive the national grant, which will cover 90-percent of her expens-es to travel to Japan.
“We only choose one student each year for the national grant, and this year, we’re so excited to have Aimee as part of our program,” she said.
While Kustar will travel to Japan for her international experi-ence, other students from around the country will be headed for Tai-wan, Sweden, France, Australia and Great Britain.
Kustar first became interested in studying abroad a year ago when a teacher asked if she had ever considered such an
opportunity. She said she never thought it was anything she would be able to do, but out of cu-riosity, approached her guidance councilor to see if it might be possible after all.
“We looked at a lot of different programs but when she got a pamphlet from ASSE, that seemed like the best one for me to apply to,” said Kustar.
In January, she sent in her initial applica-tion, which she said was easy enough to complete, but when she was en-couraged to apply for the national grant, things became a bit more “nerve-wracking.”
In that application, due two months before the regional scholar-ship application, she was required to write an essay and include a letter to any future host family who may want to welcome her into their home.
Donna RhoDes
Mike Sweeney of New Hampshire Veterans’ Home in Tilton has received some much needed help from teens involved in the Youth Assistance Program. Helping him with grounds maintenance last Wednesday afternoon were Dylan G. and Dylan S., who have been volunteering their time over the past couple of weeks.
Youth Assistance Program helps with spring clean-up at Veterans HomeBY DONNA RHODES
TILTON — Some par-ticipants of the Tilton and Northfield’s Youth Assistance Program have recently rolled up their sleeves and vol-unteered to help with spring clean-up on the grounds of the New Hampshire Veterans’ Home on Winter Street in Tilton.
YAP Director Dawn Shimberg said she was contacted by NHVH Grounds and Utilities Director Jon Bossey, who informed her that his crew could use some assistance after the long, hard winter. Four lo-cal teens immediately signed up to spend a few hours each week helping them with gardening,
raking and cleaning de-bris around the facility and as a result they’ve
gained a real sense of pride by helping others in their community.
“They know they’re making some good things happen right
here, where they live,” Shimberg said.
It was two young men named Dylan who were assisting NHVH employ-ee Mike Sweeney last Wednesday afternoon, filling in ruts left by plow trucks, raking up
603-286-8633 Rick Perreault, Owner Jonathan Broome Owner - ASE Certified Service Manager - ASE Certified
May Highlights at Hall Memorial LibraryTilton/NorthfieldSpring Book Sale –
Monday, May 18 through Saturday, May 23
We’re weeding our shelves and offering great deals. Hardcovers are going for a dollar a book, paperbacks at 25 cents apiece or five for a dollar, and an assort-ment of DVDs are just a dollar a each. Stop in for great deals at our Spring Book Sale!
Art Wall - Photogra-phy by Don MacDonald
Don is well known for his passion of Chess here at Hall Memorial Library, but another strong interest is pho-tography. We’ll all get to view his work during May and June as our fea-tured artist. He especial-ly enjoys nature photos, preferring muted earth tones, but has also been known to shoot portraits with an emphasis on light and how it plays off a subject’s features. Be sure to take a lingering look at his lovely imag-es.
Display Case - Rocks and minerals from the collection of August Gauthier
Monday the 4th at 5 p.m.
Trustees Meeting - Open to the public.
Monday the 4th at 6 p.m.
Color Like a Kid - Family coloring time and pot luck… we’ll sup-ply the coloring pages, bring your own supplies or use some of our cray-ons.
Monday, May 11 -- An-gry Birds Live (ages six and up) at 3:30 p.m.
Play Angry Birds in real time… knock down piggies for tickets, trade them in for prizes.
Monday the 11th at 6:30 p.m.
“Norway and World War II: The Nazi Occu-pation of the North”
Learn about the unique role of Norway in WWII, a neutral coun-try with valuable nat-ural resources. We’ll look at the political ma-nipulation of the Nazi party in Norway and the eventual success of the Norwegian Resistance movement. Presented by Polly Fife
Wednesday the 13thScrabble Time... Take
a break and play a laid-back game of scrabble.
Thursday the 14th at 6 p.m.
Classic Book Group - “The Adventures of Tom Sawyer” by Mark Twain
“The Adventures of Tom Sawyer” is about a boy growing up along the Mississippi River. The story is set in the fic-tional town of St. Peters-burg, inspired by Hanni-bal, Mo., where Twain lived. Shunning formal schooling, Tom’s travels through life to the beat of his own drum, creat-ing clever schemes that get him in and out of trouble. (Amazon)
Friday the 15that 3 p.m.
Project Teen - Pick Your Flick… choose from Good Burger,
Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs or Dumb and Dumber. Refreshments served
Monday the 18th at 6:30 p.m.
The Bookers - “Hell at the Breech” by Tom Franklin
In 1897, an aspiring politician is mysterious-ly murdered in the rural area of Alabama known as Mitcham Beat. His outraged friends - most-ly poor cotton farmers - form a secret society, Hell-at-the-Breech, to punish the townspeople they believe responsi-ble. The hooded mem-bers wage a bloody year-long campaign of terror that culminates in a massacre where the innocent suffer along-side the guilty. Caught
in the maelstrom of the Mitcham war are four people: the aging sher-iff sympathetic to both sides; the widowed mid-wife who delivered near-ly every member of Hell-at-the-Breech; a ruthless detective who wages his own war against the gang; and a young store clerk who harbors a ter-rible secret.
Based on incidents that occurred a few miles from the author’s childhood home, “Hell at the Breech” chronicles the events of dark days that led the people in-volved to discover their capacity for good, evil, or for both. (Amazon)
Book Sale begins Monday the 18th, ends Saturday the 23rd
Thursday the 21st
Adult Card Class - Surprise a friend with a card of your own cre-ation, or follow Miss Ju-lie’s lead and copy her unique designs. A $5 materials fee is due on the night of the class.Saturday the 23rd at
11 a.m.Rainbow Magic Fairy
Tea Party (ages three and up) - Join us for a tea party inspired by the popular Rainbow Magic series by Daisy Mead-ows. Come hear a story, make some fun crafts and play a few games. Fairy snacks and iced-tea will be served. Wear your fairy wings!! Chil-dren under the age of 10 must be accompanied by an adult at all times.
Monday the 25thLibrary Closed for
Memorial DayTuesday the 26th at
noonNooners Book Group
- “Savannah: or a gift for Mr. Lincoln” by John Jakes
Georgia 1864: Sher-man’s army marches inexorably from Atlan-ta to the sea. In its path: the charming old city of Savannah, where the Lester ladies-attractive widow Sara and her feisty twelve-year-old daughter Hattie-strug-gle to save the family rice plantation. When Sherman offers the con-quered city to President Lincoln as “a Christ-mas gift,” Hattie and the feared general find themselves on a colli-sion course that will as-tonish both of them.
BELMONT — The Belmont Police Depart-ment responded to 150 calls for service and made the following ar-rests during the week of April 17 to April 24.
Trevor M. Bouchard, age 20, of Belmont was arrested on April 17 for Facilitating a Drug/Un-derage Alcohol House Party and Unlawful Possession of Alcohol. Three other individu-als, from Bristol, Moul-tonborough, and Tilton, respectively, were taken into protective custody for intoxication during the same Disturbance call.
Wayne B. McLean, age 42, of Belmont was arrested on April 20 for Issuing Bad Checks.
Jody Lee Hannan, age 40, of Belmont was arrested on April 20 for Driving After Revoca-tion or Suspension.
Joshua H. Hurst, age 21, of Belmont was ar-rested on April 21 for Theft of Lost or Mis-
laid Property and three counts of Possession of Controlled/Narcotic Drugs.
Raymond Scott Heim-lich, age 47, of Belmont was arrested on April 21 for Driving After Revo-cation or Suspension.
Trevor M. Partridge,
age 21, of Belmont was arrested on April 22 in connection with a war-rant issued by Merri-mack County Superior Court for Robbery.
Thomas T. Chambers, age 26, of Belmont was arrested on April 22 in connection with a war-
rant issued by the Belk-nap County Sheriff’s Of-fice.
Michael J. Flack, age 45, of Gilford was arrest-ed on April 22 in con-nection with a warrant issued by the Belknap County Sheriff’s Office.
TILTON — The Til-ton Police Department responded to 320 calls for service during the week of April 20-26. During that time, the depart-ment made seven ar-
rests, including:Matthew Robie for
Willful Concealment; Laura Smith in connec-tion with a warrant; and Casey Burke in connec-tion with a warrant.
Tilton/NorthfieldApril is National Po-
etry MonthThe Poetry Line -
Share your poems… hang a poem on our po-etry line for a chance to win a great prize.
Monday, April 27Chess Club, 4-7 p.m.Bingo for Books, 6
p.m.This bingo game is for
adults. Win books, have a snack, and a laugh!
Tuesday, April 28Spanish Club, 10 a.m.Craft Tuesday, 11
a.m.-3 p.m.Quilt and socialize
at Craft Tuesday, a pro-gram run by Nancy Smart. A $5 hourly fee is due on the day of the class. Stay for as little or as long as you like.
Nooners Book Group, noon
“The Cat who had Six-ty Whiskers” by Lillian Jackson Braun
Tech Tuesday, 2-4 p.m.Wednesday, April 29
Story Time, 10:30 & 11:30 a.m.
RainArts and Crafts, 3:30
p.m.Bubbles on BlackMagic: The Gather-
ing, 4 p.m.No Cards but want to
learn?... We’ll share and we’ll teach. No home-made cards please.
Thursday, April 30Children’s Book DayCheck out a children’s
book anytime today and get a sweet treat!
Friday, May 1Sit and Knit, 2-5 p.m.
New Books“Blood on Snow: a
novel” by Jo Nesbo“The Children’s Cru-
sade: a novel” by Ann Packer
“Desperate Fortune” by Susanna Kearsley
“Emma: a modern retelling” by Alexander McCall Smith
“Grow All You can Eat in Three Square Feet: inventive ideas for growing food in a small space” U.S. Editor Kate Johnsen
“Hot Pursuit” by Stu-art Woods
BELMONT — What’s going on at the Belmont Library during vacation week?
Monday, April 27, 3:30 p.m.: Family Game Time
Tuesday, April 28, 1 p.m. Vacation Crafter-noon: Origami
Wednesday, April 29, 10:30 a.m. Storytime: Rain
Thursday, April 30, 4 p.m.: T.A.G. (Teen Ad-visory Group); 5:30 p.m. Craft Night
BELMONT — At 6:14 p.m. on Monday eve-ning, firefighters in Bel-mont responded to the report of an outside fire located on Depot Street, just outside the village district.
Upon arrival, the first responders from Engine 1 realized they had a fast-moving brush fire to contend with and im-mediately requested a recall of all off-duty fire-fighters to help them get the situation under con-trol.
Despite an aggressive attack from the crews,
the flames still managed to jump a creek and head toward a nearby mobile home park however. It was then that Lt. Thom-as Murphy contacted the dispatch center at Lakes Region Mutual Aid for a first alarm response to bring in additional per-sonnel and equipment from other local fire de-partments.
Due to the rapid spread of the blaze, crews were forced to reposition their equip-ment but, with the added manpower, the fire was declared under control at just after 7 p.m. Bel-mont crews remained
on scene until 8:13 p.m., however, to address hot spots that continued to crop up for a short time.
There was no damage to nearby homes and no injuries were reported as a result of the inci-dent. The cause of the fire is considered to be suspicious and is un-der investigation at this time.
Coming to the aid of BFD were crews from the towns of Gilford, Gil-manton, Laconia, and Tilton-Northfield, while Sanbornton provided station coverage for Bel-mont.
Photo by Erin PlummEr
From left to right: Officer Adam VanSteensburg of the Gilford Police Department (with K9 Ike); Bowwow Fest organizers Claire Hebert-Dow and Anne Saltmarsh; Anne Boissoneau of the Lake Opechee Inn and Conference center (with canine friend Keegan); Off. Evan Boulanger of the Belmont Police Department (with K9 Vito); Chris Volpe, CEO of Melcher & Prescott Insurance; Michelle DuPont, co-owner of the Lake Opechee Inn and Spa (with friend Diamond); and Off. Mike Armstrong of the Laconia Police Department (with K9 Titan).
Bowwow Fest will benefit local police K9 programsBY ERIN PLUMMER
LACONIA - Dogs and their human friends are invited out for a day of outdoor fun and treats for both species during the fifth annual Bowwow Fest, which will benefit three local police depart-ments’ K9 programs.
Bowwow Fest will take place this Satur-day, May 2 in front of the Opechee Inn and Spa in Lakeport, which is also the head of the WOW Trail.
This will be Bowwow Fest’s fifth year. The name came from the caption on a newspaper photo showing a dog be-ing walked. This gave Bowwow Fest co-orga-nizer Claire Hebert-Dow the idea to talk with the WOW Trail committee and asked about having a Bowwow Fest. The event would be inde-pendent but would be a spring kickoff for use of the WOW Trail as well as an introduction to the trail.
Every year, between 100 and around 140 dogs come to the event. Thus far they have had noth-
ing but nice, sunny weather at every Bow-wow Fest.
That first year do-nations went to the Humane Society, then Hebert-Dow said the Humane Society want-ed to act more as a ven-dor. For the past three years the festival has benefited local police K9 programs. The event in 2013 raised money for
Gilford’s K9 officer Ike to undergo a procedure to prevent a stomach twist. Last year monies raised from the event benefit-ed both Gilford and La-conia’s programs. This year Belmont is also a beneficiary.
This year’s goal is to raise $3,000, with $1,000 going to each depart-ment.
The Bowwow Fest
to win. The event will also
feature a number of ven-dors providing dog-re-lated products and ser-vices. My Coffeehouse of Laconia will also serve coffee and baked goods.
The New Hampshire Humane Society will be at the event with dogs that are up for adoption.
Hebert-Dow said she had gotten much help from the rest of the committee, which also consists of Anne Saltmarsh, Cristy Mar-tel, Cathy Dumais, and Lisa Green-Barber. He-bert-Dow works on the event as a community service project as part of Melcher & Prescott In-surance.
“We’re very happy to support this initiative that we think is so im-portant to our quality of life and the econom-ic development of the community,” said Chris Volpe, CEO of Melcher & Prescott Insurance. “We are especially happy to participate in this event supporting the three po-lice departments.”
Volpe also praised He-bert-Dow’s efforts.
“She’s been instru-mental for us in helping to reach the communi-ty,” Volpe said.
The event will bene-fit the K9 programs for Laconia, Gilford, and Belmont. Participants can also make donations that will go to the depart-ments.
Vito, a half-German Shepard and half Bel-gian malinois, is the K9 partner of Officer Evan Boulanger of the
Belmont Police Depart-ment. Laconia’s K9 Ti-tan has been road certi-fied for under a year and works with Officer Mike Armstrong. In Gilford, K9 officer Ike has been working with Officer Adam VanSteensburg for over two years. The funds will greatly sup-port the three depart-ments’ programs.
Laconia and Gilford are looking to purchase new dog cages for their respective cruisers. VanSteensburg said with the replacement of the obsolete Crown Victoria the department will have to get a new cage for the K9 cruis-er. Armstrong said a new cage can run up to around $3,000
“It’s events like this that make that possible and help support this de-partment,” VanSteens-burg said.
The proceeds will also go toward the regular expenses for the K9 pro-grams. VanSteensburg said Gilford will be cre-ating a special fund dedi-cated to the K9 program.
Belmont’s K9 pro-gram is entirely funded through donations and is not in the town budget.
“This is our life-blood,” Boulanger said of fundraising efforts like this. “He needs any-thing from a leash to a harness to a bite sleeve.
Boulanger and Arm-strong both said it is also good to meet other local dogs.
“It’s great to meet them and learn their training mentality,” Armstrong said.
will feature the famous dog Hulk. Hulk is a 175-pound pitpull that has gained Internet fame for his huge frame and loveable demeanor. Hulk has received over 9 million hits online and has appeared on televi-sion. Hebert-Dow said she saw Hulk on “Good Morning America” and then heard his family lives in New Hampshire.
“I wrote him a letter as if he were human,” Hebert-Dow said.
In the letter she told Hulk about the Bowwow Fest and invited him and his human family to be a part of it
“He wrote back and he said ‘I’ll be there,’” Hebert-Dow said.
Local businesses have donated baskets that will be raffled off with proceeds going toward the cause. Participants do not need to be present
Franklin Regional Hospital to host local farmer’s marketSeeking vendors for summer market
FRANKLIN — Frank-lin Regional Hospital is excited to once again host a weekly Summer Farmer’s Market in collaboration with the Franklin Healthy Eating Active Living (HEAL) Coalition.
Join local vendors on the lawn at FRH on Tuesday afternoons from 3-6 p.m. beginning July 7, to be held each Tuesday through the summer season. Encour-aging healthy lifestyles
of community residents is the focus of the mar-ket and shoppers will get to enjoy locally-grown produce and other fresh local foods in an easily accessible location.
The market is now seeking applications from interested ven-dors. Ideal vendors will include local produce, meat, dairy, bread, and other food vendors such as local specialty items. There is no fee to par-ticipate as a vendor and
space is limited. Please call the number below for more information or a vendor application.
Eating a wide variety of fruits, vegetables, and lean protein sources are essential to a healthy body and mind. Stop by Franklin Regional Hos-pital on Tuesday after-noons this summer for the freshest, most deli-cious local food!
For more informa-tion, please call Melissa Lee in Education at 934-2060, ext. 8369.
LRGHealthcare is a not-for-profit health-care charitable trust representing Lakes Region General Hospi-tal, Franklin Regional Hospital, and affiliated medical providers. LRG-Healthcare’s mission is to provide quality, com-passionate care and to strengthen the well-be-ing of our community.
Sanbornton Historical Society hosting field trip to Governor’s Mansion
S A N B O R N T O N — The public is invited to join members of the Sanbornton Historical Society at 3 p.m. Thurs-day, May 14 at the Lane Tavern, 520 Sanborn Rd. (Route 132) to carpool for a tour of the Governor’s Mansion, also known as the Senator Bridges House, in Concord.
The home of former Sen. Styles Bridges was donated to the state of
New Hampshire after his death in 1961. During the administration of Gov. John Lynch, the home was restored un-der the guidance of the Governor’s wife with do-nations from the public.
All Sanbornton His-torical Society events are open to the public. For further information, call Linda Salatiello at 286-4526.
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Call 524-3252 or check www.nhhu-mane.org
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MVSB deserves thanks for grant to St. Vincent de Paul
Sanbornton selectmen should allowpublic comment at the start of meetings
To the Editor:The Laconia Conference of the St. Vincent de
Paul Society wishes to acknowledge the receipt of a grant from Meredith Village Savings Bank Fund of the New Hampshire Charitable Fund to support our Food Pantry.
Established in 1962, the New Hampshire Charita-ble Foundation is driven by a vision for a stronger, more just, and resilient Granite State. In pursuit of this vision, the Foundation invests charitable assets for today and tomorrow; connects donors to effective organizations, ideas and people; and leads and col-laborates on important public issues. Annually, the Foundation awards nearly 5,000 grants and schol-arships totaling $30 million. Based in Concord, the Foundation roots itself in communities across the state through its staff, board of directors, and eight regional advisory boards. For more information, please visit www.nhcf.org or call 225-6641.
The St. Vincent de Paul Food Pantry is one of the largest in the state of New Hampshire. The Pantry
provides food for approximately 370 households and over 1,000 individuals each month. In addition, the Pantry also provided over 800 turkey baskets last Thanksgiving.
The St. Vincent de Paul Society in Laconia has been active in the Lakes Region since 1991 and will mark its 25th anniversary in 2016. In addition to its Food Pantry, the Laconia Conference also operates a Thrift Store that provides about $20,000 annually in free clothing and furniture, a Financial Assistance program that helps with over $110,000 in direct as-sistance, the Children’s Foundation that provides school related to area children , and a prison min-istry. The Conference is an all-volunteer 501(c)(3) non-profit. In its entire history, it has never paid any wages or salaries. For more information or to volun-teer, please contact Erika Johnson at 524-5470 or visit their Web site at http://www.stvdplaconia.org/.
Erika JohnsonPresident
St. Vincent de Paul
To the Editor:I recently noticed that the public comment item
on the agenda, which had always been after the Pledge of Allegiance, was now placed after all other business. Please read the following letter expressing my concern about this decision by the board of se-lectmen.
Don Foudriat and I both wrote letters of concern to the BOS and the media the last time the board of selectmen took the same action in 2008. Please re-consider, and move the Public Comment item back where it belongs.
2008 published letterTo the Editor:
Moving the “Public Comment” portion of the BOS meeting to the end of the meeting agenda, after all other business items have been discussed, is a dis-service to the residents of Sanbornton.
Average meetings run approximately three or more hours and it seems unfair that residents at-tending the meeting will now have to wait almost that long before they have an opportunity to express their concerns.
I would hope that the selectmen’s motive in mak-ing this decision was not to discourage our elderly, or any other town resident, from having an oppor-tunity to speak out on important issues. I do under-stand that the BOS want to speed up the business portion of the meeting, but that should not be done at the expense of our concerned taxpayers.
It is the responsibility of the BOS Chairman to re-spectfully limit the time allowed for individual pub-lic comments and to move the meeting along giving everyone an opportunity to speak.
Unfortunately, the only other option for address-ing the selectmen at a meeting involves having to first schedule an appointment by noon of the Friday preceding the following Wednesday’s meeting to get on the agenda. That’s not very practical when some-thing urgent has to be addressed.
Selectmen, reconsider your decision and place public comments back on the beginning of the meet-ing agenda.
Bill WhalenSanbornton
BY BARBARA SCOTT, RN
Let’s talk about the Hospice caregiver. This is the most difficult job most people will ever have. The caregiver is usually a family mem-ber that is staying with the hospice patient. Lucky families have many members willing and able to care for their loved one. It’s a full time job!
When a person de-cides to become a hos-pice patient, it’s also a decision to rely on a caregiver for most of his or her needs. This may not sound like it’s very difficult, but think about the need on any given day at 2 a.m., a time when symptoms always seem much worse and the caregiv-er is tired. This is when the caregiver needs physical support from other family, friends or even a paid caregiver. The hospice nurse can always be reached by phone and will come to the house for symptom control. But, most care-givers really need fam-ily support and relief as well, whether with help changing a bed or doing loads of laundry. It seems that some care-givers feel they should be able to do everything for their loved one by themselves and so some-times neglect their own well-being. They feel that because their loved is facing a terminal ill-ness, their own needs are unimportant. This is something to can-didly discuss with the hospice patient and the rest of the family. Most hospice patients would
tell their caregiver that they would feel better knowing that the care-giver is taking care of him or herself. And this is certainly a time to call upon family and friends for support. When some-one asks what they can do for you – have a list! Most people are happy to be given a job and to feel they are helping.
Hospice can provide many supports for care-givers, ranging from a home health aide to as-sist with bathing, dress-ing and other personal care to a medical social worker and/or chaplain to provide emotional support, grief counseling and to help find resourc-es to support the hospice patient staying at home or being placed in a full care situation. This team also provides support af-ter the patient’s death, with bereavement sup-port for the next year.
If you or a loved one are considering hospice, please take time to sit and talk about who the caregiver will be and how to best support that person. The hospice team will be happy to meet with you to help you decide how best to meet your loved one’s needs.
Barbara Scott is a reg-istered nurse and works with Hospice patients and their families at Franklin VNA & Hospice, 75 Chest-nut St., Franklin. Please feel free to call Franklin VNA at 934-3454 for more information.
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Tilton/NorthfieldMonday, May 4
Chess Club, 4-7 p.m.Trustees Meeting, 5 p.m.Color Like a Kid, 6 p.m.Family coloring time and pot luck... We’ll sup-ply the pages, bring your own coloring supplies or you are welcome to use ours. Bring a dish to share!
Tuesday, May 5Spanish Club, 10 a.m.Craft Tuesday, 11 a.m.-3 p.m.Quilt and socialize at Craft Tuesday, a pro-
gram run by Nancy Smart. A $5 hourly fee is due on the day of the class. Stay for as little or as long as you like.Tech Tuesday, 2-4 p.m.Project Teen, 3 p.m.Cinco de Mayo Fiesta
Wednesday, May 6Story Time, 10:30 & 11:30 a.m.DinosaursArts and Crafts, 3:30 p.m.Foil PaintingMagic: The Gathering, 4 p.m.No Cards but want to
SEE LIBRARY, PAGE A5Franklin Regional Hospital Auxiliary members celebrate past year’s successesNew members welcome!
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Franklin Regional Hospital Auxiliary members recently con-vened for their Annual Meeting where they reviewed ini-tiatives and accomplishments of the past year. Pictured (L to R): Cynthia Langevin; Wanda Belyea; Franklin Regional Hospital Auxiliary Secretary Jo Brown; Treasurer Ellen Hurst; Vice President Christine Dzujna; Ellie Collins; New Member Stephanie Caldon; and President Linda Finnie.
FRANKLIN — Mem-bers of the Franklin Re-gional Hospital Auxil-iary recently held their Annual Meeting to re-view initiatives of the past year and ways to best support the hospi-tal and community ser-vices moving forward. Inspired by a long his-tory of fundraising and philanthropic giving, the group welcomes new ideas, new requests, and new members.
In early December, the Auxiliary’s signa-ture fundraising event brings community mem-bers together for the an-nual Lights of Memory
celebration. In its 31st year, this past ceremo-ny honored dear friend Becky Ames, and rec-ognized countless loved ones. $1,795 was raised from this heartfelt event in 2014, with funds ben-efiting the employee scholarship program.
The Gift Shop at Franklin Regional Hos-pital continues to thrive as volunteers stock its shelves every month with new and unique gifts. The shop offers everything from flow-ers and cards to beauti-ful jewelry and gifts for
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WINNISQUAM ECHO April 30, 2015
By John harrigan
Columnist
Some idle thoughts on the cusp of the seasonNORTH COUNTRY NOTEBOOK
May is National Physical Fitness and Sports Month. This “month” is designed to encourage people to follow a healthy, active lifestyle. You can take steps toward this goal, of course, but why not carry the concept of improving health to other areas of your life — such as your investments?
Toward that end, consid-er these suggestions:
• Give your portfolio a regular “check-up.” To maintain your fitness, it’s a good idea to visit a doctor for a check-up on a regular basis. And to help ensure the “health” of your portfo-lio, you may want to peri-odically review it with the assistance of a financial pro-fessional — someone who can point out gaps in your existing holdings or changes that may need to be made.
• Follow a balanced investment “diet.” As you know, nutrition experts rec-ommend that we adopt a balanced diet, drawing on all the major food groups. Too much of any one category — for example, an excess of meat or of dairy products — can lead to health con-cerns. An analogous situa-tion exists when you invest — if you own too much of one particular asset class,
such as aggressive growth stocks, you might expose yourself to an “unhealthy” degree of risk, because you could take a big hit during a market downturn. But not all investments move in the same direction at the same time, so if you own a mix of stocks, bonds, govern-ment securities and other vehicles, you can lessen the impact of volatility on your portfolio. In investing, as in all walks of life, balance and moderation are important.
• Don’t let investments get “lazy.” Exercise is essential in staying fit and healthy. Yet, exercise can also be hard work, causing many of us to put it off to “another day.” Some of your investments may also not be working hard enough for you. To cite one possi-bility, you might own quite a few certificates of depos-it (CDs). There’s nothing “wrong” with CDs, and they do offer a high degree of preservation of principal, but they provide very little in the way of return, partic-ularly in a low-interest-rate environment, such as we’ve had over the past few years. So, if you have a plethora of CDs, you might be depriv-ing yourself of the oppor-tunity to own other invest-
ments that “work harder” by offering you the growth potential you’ll need to make progress toward your long-term goals.
• Avoid “unhealthy” hab-its. Many of us are guilty of unhealthy habits, such as eating too much or fail-ing to address stress. Taken together, these bad habits can harm the quality of our lives. As an investor, you can also fall into some bad habits. To name just a cou-ple, you could waste time and effort by chasing after “hot” investments, which may already be cooling off by the time you hear about them, or you could decide to take a “time out” from investing when the markets are turbulent. Another bad habit: Investing either too aggressively or too conser-vatively for your goals and risk tolerance. By avoiding these and other negative habits, you can help your-self stay on track toward your objectives.
It takes diligence and vigilance to stay physically fit and healthy. And these same attributes are just as important in keeping your investment strategy in good shape.
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Friday, May 8Sit and Knit, 2-5 p.m.
Saturday, May 9Magic Fairy Party, 11 a.m.For kids ages three and up... story – crafts – games - snack
New Books
“Inside the O’Briens” by Lisa Genova“Miracle at Augusta” by James Patterson“Normal: a novel” by Graeme Cameron“Pretty Ugly” by Kirker Butler“A Reunion of Ghosts” by Judith Claire Mitch-ell“The Royal We: a novel” by Heather Cocks
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every occasion. Each purchase supports im-portant initiatives at Franklin Regional Hos-pital, ultimately benefit-ing patients and staff.
Franklin Regional Hospital Auxiliary is also involved in the Life-line program – a commu-nity and FRH initiative that offers seniors in surrounding towns spe-cial access to emergency services. The Auxiliary is proud to donate the Lifeline service to select community members who may otherwise be restricted by financial barriers.
The Auxiliary sup-ports community ini-tiatives through events such as the Red Dress Gala, the Tanger Fit for a Cure 5K, the LRG-Healthcare Golf Classic, and Franklin Communi-ty Day. The Auxiliary is proud to be a $5,000 Cor-nerstone Level donor to
the LRGHealthcare Cap-ital Campaign.
In addition the Frank-lin Regional Hospital Auxiliary has purchased important equipment for hospital departments over the past year, in-cluding a much-need-ed bariatric scale with hand rails at the Special-ty Clinic, and a computer on wheels for the Outpa-tient Rehabilitation De-partment. They offered financial assistance in the form of scholarships
to employees seeking certifications and fur-ther education in their field, and also helped to enhance patient comfort through a donation of hand-made pillowcases to pediatric patients.
The Auxiliary is al-ways looking for enthu-siastic new members! If you’re interested in learning more please call: 934-2060, ext. 8780 or email: [email protected].
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John harrigan
“Sugar snow” makes even the mundane look beautiful.
Howard’s Restau-rant, a fixture in Cole-brook long before I was born, is open again. It has long been a stop for people involved in pres-idential primary cam-paigns.
New owners and operators Kevin and Betsey Ducharme (he shares cooking duties, she waits on tables and handles the register) seem affable and ready for the assault. There are 18 or so runners (so far) in the Republican
primary.When I had breakfast
there the other day, I recalled Herc Lemieux leaning out of the re-stroom window to lasso a calf stranded on an ice floe that was swiftly moving down the Mo-hawk River. He made the catch, and hauled
the calf through the window. Elizabeth said “You know, I’d heard that story.”
+++++I maintain a day
book, which too often contains appointments, which I loath. More and more I hate having to be in a particular place at a
particular time.But I do delight in
making seasonal notes, which beginning on my birthday, April 22, have said on that day and subsequent days, “snow, snow, snow” and continued to today, as I write this April (26) “snow.” I had, as of this
morning, an accumula-tion of four to six inches of new snow, depending on where and which the way the wind was blow-ing, although it began melting plenty fast by noon.
We are on the cusp of a season. I love this time of year, even the smell of mud.
+++++Speaking of mud,
I drive a big honking Ford 250 with the best snow tires money can buy, and I very nearly got stuck coming up the hill ten days ago. It was a situation where I was almost ready to back down, pull over, and get out and slog home with dog and duffel bag. But we made it.
And I still love this place, and this way of life.
+++++If lovers of the print-
ed word (and there are still legions of us, de-spite the naysayers) notice the glaring omis-sion of the word “that” where it is desperately needed, it can often be laid at the feet of ei-ther journalism school or editors who’ve been schooled to save space. This is a legacy from the famed newsprint short-age of the 1970s.
Often the lack of “that” jars the reader’s sensibilities and defies logic. When training new newsroom people, and I’ve trained many over 46 years, and to un-train them, in some cases, I said “Suppose you’re writing a story about the girls’ basket-ball team coming home from a championship game, and your story is on the front page,
and it says “The coach felt the girls” and then beaks (jumps) to Page Two, where it continues to “played pretty well.” That first part of the sentence is where the word “that” would be sorely needed.
+++++When I was a kid, not
so long ago, every now and then I’d wake up in the middle of the night and peer down to see my Dad watching TV, a device we did not ac-quire until I was 13, in 1960. Sometimes my fa-ther would spot me and beckon me down.
And sometimes he’d be watching wrestling, just for the sheer ridicu-lousness of it all. There would be people throw-ing chairs around, and the occasional grandma avenging her grand-son’s injury, and best of all, an Eastern Europe-an tag-team match.
It somehow reminds me of this coming year’s New Hampshire first in the nation primary .
+++++People are sick of
snow and mud, but in another week or ten days it’ll all be over, and green grass will be shooting up, and I’ll have animals in my pas-tures, and have a pack basket on my back, and be headed into camp.
(This column runs
in weekly newspapers covering two-thirds of New Hampshire from Concord to Quebec, and parts of northwestern Maine and Vermont’s Northeast Kingdom. Write to [email protected], or P.O. Box 39, Colebrook, NH 03576.)
Humming bird feeders, glass or plastic, big or small?
BY STEVE WHITE
Wild Bird Depot
The winged jew-
els will be traveling to your area soon. Are you ready for them with the correct humming bird feeders? Each spring migration brings a re-newed anticipation of the world’s smallest wild bird. Depending on where you live will determine the humming bird feeder best suited for your location.
The ruby-throated hummingbird is the lone inhabitant east of the
Mississippi River. This single dominance brings a challenging effort on the part of humans to at-tract and keep this mag-nificent wild bird. The male is very aggressive in defending his territo-ry from all other hum-mingbirds, including its mate and offspring. The best humming bird feeder for these back-yards are the small styles. More humming bird feeders in differ-
ent locations will make it difficult for the ter-ritorial male to defend completely. It is best to spread out the feeders around the four sides of your house. This way, you can easily keep more than one family of ruby-throated hum-mingbirds at your habi-tat all summer long.
The rest of the Conti-nental United States are home to between 10-12 varieties of humming-
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April 30, 2015 WINNISQUAM ECHO
Winston D. Caldon, 94 Dorothy Lee Prentiss, 67
Madeleine A. VanHagen, 95
Ruth E. Turner, 73
BELMONT — Win-ston D. Caldon, 94, of Belmont, died Monday, April 20, 2015 at the White River Junction VA Medical Center in Vermont.
He was born on March 9, 1921 in Campton, the son of the late Arthur N and Elizabeth (Fifield) Caldon. Winston served in the US Army during World War II. He worked as a carpenter for over 65 years. He attended First Baptist Church of Belmont and was a life member of the VFW Post 1670 in Laconia and a member of the Winni-pesaukee Squares. Win-ston enjoyed dancing, horseback riding, hunt-ing and fishing.
He is survived by his two sons, Thomas W. Caldon and his wife Su-zann of Gilmanton and Douglas K. Caldon of Laconia; one daughter, Betsy Beattie, and her husband Ross of Laco-nia; one sister, Nancy
Manning of California; seven grandchildren (James, Scott and Todd Rollins, Justin and Brett Caldon, Melissa Angle and Rebecca Crowe), 20 great grandchildren and four great-great grand-children; several nieces and nephews; and his cousin, Barbara Han-naford of Kittery, Maine.
In addition to his par-ents, he was predeceased by his wife, Loise (Gal-lagher) Caldon in 1991; one daughter, Joan R. Caldon; three brothers, Newton Caldon, Donald Caldon and Leslie Cal-don; and two grandchil-dren, Jeff and Joshua Caldon.
Calling hours were held from 4 to 7 p.m. on Friday, April 24, 2015 at the Wilkinson-Beane-Simoneau-Paquette Fu-neral Home, 164 Pleas-ant St., Laconia, using the Carriage House en-trance. A Funeral ser-vice was held at 10 a.m. on Saturday, April 25, 2015, also at the funeral home. Burial followed in the family plot at Highland Cemetery in Belmont.
For those who wish, memorial contributions may be made to the American Diabetes As-sociation, 249 Canal 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.
BELMONT — Doro-thy Lee Prentiss, 67, of Edgewood Drive, peace-fully passed away on Tuesday, April 21, 2015 at Lakes Region Gener-al Hospital.
Dorothy was born on Nov. 2, 1947 in Somer-ville, Mass., the daugh-ter of the late John and Margaret (McPhee) Lepelley. She worked as a Quality Assurance In-spector for Bailey Corp in Seabrook. She was a member of the Laconia Elks Auxiliary and a member of the Moose Lodge in Virginia. Dor-othy was a communi-cant of St. Joseph’s Par-ish in Belmont.
Survivors include her son, Peter M. Row-ell, Jr. of Jacksonville, Fla.; a daughter, Amy Cilley, and her husband Ralph of Belmont; one
grandchild, Nova Cil-ley of Belmont; a broth-er, Harold Lepelley and his wife, Caryl of Cali-fornia; two sisters, Mil-dred Jameson and her husband, Ronnie of Til-ton and Barbara Chre-tien and her husband, Chris of Franklin; and many nieces and neph-ews.
In addition to her parents, Dorothy was predeceased by her husband, Raymond F. Prentiss, in 2014; one sister, Vera Prescott;
and two brothers, Brad-ford Lepelley and John Lepelley.
There will be no call-ing hours.
A committal service will be held at 11:30 a.m. on Thursday, April 30, 2015 in the chapel of the New Hampshire State Veterans Cemetery in Boscawen.
For those who wish, memorial donations may be made to Saint Joseph Parish, PO Box 285, Belmont, NH 03220.
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 fami-ly with arrangements. For more information and to view an online memorial, go to www.wilkinsonbeane.com.
LACONIA — Made-leine A. (Kingsley) Van-Hagen, 95, formerly of 22 Heritage Terrace, Bel-mont, passed from this life on Friday, Feb. 13, 2015 at Genesis Laconia Rehabilitation Center af-ter a brief period of fail-ing health.
She was born on April 25, 1919 in Whitehall, N.Y., the daughter of the late Charles and Alma (Guyotte) Kingsley. She was a 1937 graduate of Whitehall High School, and also was a graduate of St. Margaret’s House and Hospital in 1941. Madeleine was married to Charles VanHagen in February of 1944, liv-ing in Long Island, N.Y. They moved to Plymouth in 1958, and were active
in the Plymouth Method-ist Church, as well as lo-cal community projects. Madeleine was proud to be part of the cre-ation of the Pemi-Baker Home Health Agency in Plymouth and it’s first Chairman of the Board. Her true joy came from spending time with her children, grandchildren and great grandchildren. She loved any excuse for a family gathering. She retired to Belmont in 2006, where she was a member of the First Bap-tist Church.
She is survived by her husband of 70 years, Charles S. VanHagen of Laconia; one son, Philip K. VanHagen, and his wife Jeannette of Belmont; two daugh-
ters, Sandra VanHagen of Belmont and Karen White and her husband David of Belmont; three grandchildren (Timo-thy VanHagen of Dal-las, Ga., Jennifer Green of Moravia, N.Y. and Christopher White of Pembroke); three great grandchildren; nieces and nephews.
In addition to her parents, she was prede-ceased by her two sis-ters, Leona Marianiello and Mildred Kingsley, and one brother, Charles L. Kingsley.
Madeleine’s family wants to extend a heart-felt thank you to the nurses and staff of Gen-esis Laconia Rehabilita-tion Center for the won-derful care they gave her during her stay there.
There will be no call-ing hours.
A memorial service will be held at 11 a.m. on Saturday, May 9, 2015 at the First Baptist Church of Belmont, 49 Church St., Belmont. Burial will be privately held in Greenmount Cemetery in Whitehall, N.Y.
Contributions in her memory may be made to Pemi-Baker Commu-nity Health and Hospice, 101 Boulder Point Drive, Plymouth, NH 03264, an organization that meant a lot to Madeleine.
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.
S A N B O R N T O N — Ruth E. Turner, 73, of Sanbornton, formerly of Hampstead, died at home on April 24, 2015.
The daughter of Jo-seph and Gertrude Chechowitz, Ruth was born in Haverhill, Mass. on Nov. 6, 1941. Ruth graduated from Haver-hill High School in 1959.
While in Hampstead, she was a parishioner of St. Anne’s Church, and was later a parishioner of St. Gabriel Catholic Community in Tilton. She volunteered with several organizations, sewing sleeping bags for the homeless with My Brother’s Keeper in
Plaistow, and helping with her parish’s food pantry and mercy meal program.
She leaves behind her husband of 52 years, Philip M. Turner of San-bornton, as well as her siblings, Joan Hegarty and Joseph Chechowitz.
She was predeceased by her brother, Richard Chechowitz.
She was the mother of three children, Natasha Dorschutz, Shon Turn-er, and Kristi Durant. She is also survived by two grandchildren, Katherine and Katrina Dorschutz.
Visiting hours were held Tuesday, April 28
at Paquette-Neun Fu-neral Home, 104 Park St., Northfield. A Mass celebrating Ruth’s life was held on Wednes-day, April 29, 2015 at 10 a.m. in St. Mary of The Assumption Church, 16 Chestnut St., Tilton.
Donations in lieu of flowers may be made to Doctors without Bor-ders, P.O. Box 5030 Hag-erstown, MD 21741 or My Brother’s Keeper, 17 Chandler Ave., Plaistow, NH 03865.
For directions and an online guestbook, please visit www.neunfuneral-homes.com.
Belmont High School honor rollBELMONT — Bel-
mont High School has re-leased its honor roll for the third marking term of the 2014-2015 academic year.
Grade 12High Honors: Louisa
Bergeron, Makayla Don-ovan, Daniel Iacopucci, Alexandra Lugar, Alexa Silakka, Karl Wieck, Catherine Witschonke
Honors: Colton Cadarette, Cassandra Contigiani, Andrew D’Amour, Ryan Despres, Ashley Fenimore, Ni-
Achievement Roll: Chayleigh Cadarette, Shannon Conway, An-drew Derosia, Jakob Desgroseilliers, Rudol-phe Dion Jr. , Isaak Foraker, Hayleigh Ford, Alicia Gebo, Emily Hauptman, Skyler Jud-kins, Desiree Kuchin-
sky, Nicholas Oakes, Lukoda Palmer, Chris-topher Spooner-Bishop, Brooke Thurber
Grade 11High Honors: Emily
Ashey, Veronica Harris, Tayla Jacques, Carol Lipshultz, Jacob Mar-tin, Eric Osgood, Nina Papps, Michael Sanborn, Alise Shuten
Honors: Natalie Annis, Jason Brown, Karlyn Brown, Michae-la Chandler, Courtney Clairmont, Ryan Con-tois, Emily Ennis, Mad-
ison Hartford, Ethan Johnson, Asia Merrill, Melanie Nix, Camer-on Paquette, Clorissa Roode, Ian Rupp, Anna Scott, Mercedes Scott, Leanne Smock, Sarah Thayer, Charles Witham
Achievement Roll: Joshua Atherton, Aus-tin Bergeron, Colby Leroux, Colin O’Leary, Megan Prescott, Alexis Sanborn, Katherine Sin-clair, Ben Van Cleave, Jacob Whitcomb
Grade 10High Honors: Sarah
Chase, Jacqueline Han-son, Isaiah Knowlton
Honors: Nicole An-tonucci, Patrick Baker, Emma Chase, Corey Derosier, Ryan Gelinas, Trevor Hunt, Michael Iacopucci, Jonathan Leclair, Nicholas Mack-es, Aryssa McCarter, Sarah McGlynn, Ethan Merrill, Elizabeth Nix, Calvin Poitras, Adam Smart, Talia Sperduto, Jasmine Syed
Achievement Roll: Spencer Battle, Matthew Boschi, Alex Carmody, Nina Didsbury, Danielle
Fritzky , Thomas Hayes, Kaleb Hibbard, Mikayla Howes, Lindsey Huck-ins, Nicholas Keifer, Taylor Lavallee, Saman-tha Lugar, Makenzie Morse, Nicholas Rolfe, Maximilian Schott, Han-nah Shirley, Michael Vandine, Logan Wilder
Grade 9High Honors: Kaleb
Brown, Abigail Camire, Alexus Day, River Mathieu, Harrison Par-ent, Nicholas Randos, Emeli Reed, Katherine
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Median % orig $ Avg.Town # Sold <100K 100-200K 200-300K 300-400K >400K Sell Price to $ sold DOM
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Franklin 9 4 5 0 0 0 135,000 99% 105
Northfield 4 1 3 0 0 0 175,000 98% 97
Sanbornton 4 0 2 1 0 1 208,500 97% 108
Tilton 1 1 0 0 0 0 37,000 62% 112
Credit Scores Many of us look at credit scores as only being associated with buying big ticket items such as a new car or a home. Credit scoring goes much farther than that. Your credit score can affect your ability to get a good rate on things such as car insurance, cell phones or even determining whether or not you get a job you may want. The credit score gives the likelihood of a consumer to pay off debt without being late. Some of the factors that are used to determine your score are Payment History 35% impact( paying debt on time and in full) , Outstanding Credit Card Balances- 30% impact (a consumer should keep balances as close to zero as possible and definitely below 30% of the available credit limit especially 2-3 months prior to buying a home), Credit History -15% impact (length of time since credit has been established)Type of Credit- 10% impact ( a mix of auto loans and credit cards and mortgages is more positive) and Inquiries - 10% impact (the number of inquiries made on a consumers credit) If your credit score needs improving lenders can generally assist you with what you can do to position you for the home buying process. Having a better score can positively help you in getting the best rate possible for buying a home which will increase your buying power. Spring is here regardless of the temps and many homes are being listed. Get yourself ready to buy.
Seiberth, Grace Shaw, Rachael Violette
Honors: Bryanna Ber-ry, Jacob Bowser, Lydia Daigle, Kacey Didonato, Hunter Dupuis, Jessica Dion, Vincent Fleck, Jessica Hutchinson, Mary Lacey, H Lavallee, Thomas Pare, Ian Re-menar, Jordan Sargent, Josephine Scarponi, Sydney Shepherd, Rob-ert Skaff
Achievement Roll: Jacob Blackey, Miles Defosses, Calvin Freer, Connor Jackson, Amber Lemay, Kayla Messier, Wyatt Paquin, Matthew Pluskis, Jason Powell, Chloe Sottak, Brian Trottier, Emily Vachon, Noah Witham, Meagan Wong, Tanner Woods
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Sant Bani School honor rollS A N B O R N T O N
— Sant Bani School in Sanbornton announc-es its honor roll for the third quarter of the 2014-2015 school year.
LRCC offers new Archaeology courseLakes Region Community College (LRCC) Liberal Arts Professor, George H. McCluskey (Gilmanton), takes a break from presenting a new course to LRCC’s Curriculum Committee today. McCluskey presented Introduction to Archaeology that will likely be offered in the fall of 2015. “I appreciate the Curriculum Committee considering the new anthropology course, Introduction to Archaeology,” says McCluskey who teaches Cultural Anthropology in the Liberal Arts program of study at LRCC. “It provides a new and interesting elective and a core course for those students who wish to transfer and major in anthropology.” He is a registered professional archaeologist and former senior archaeologist with the Department of Arkansas Heritage. McCluskey has a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Anthropology from University of Alabama. He also earned his Master’s Degree in Anthropology from the University of Oklahoma. He has 45 years of experience in the field of archaeology. For additional information, call the Admissions Department at 524-3207, ext. 6766. One may also visit the Web site at lrcc.edu.
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LRCC holds Discovery DayLakes Region Community College (LRCC) Nursing Department Head, Marty Pasquali (Laconia-left), displays “Hal,” one of LRCC’s new high-fidelity simulation manikins for Laconia High School (LHS) student, Sacoia Brown (Laconia-right). The new manikins were shown to a number of LHS and Franklin High School students as part of LRCC’s Discovery Day held Friday. “The new simulation manikins are ideal in presenting multiple scenarios to LRCC Nursing students,” says Pasquali. “They will run temperatures, vomit, and do most things that true patients would do in hospitals across America. Students get an incredible real-life experience using the high-fidelity simulation manikins.” LRCC’s Discovery Day was sponsored by Bank of America and LRCC Running Start program. For additional information, contact LRCC’s Admissions Department at 524-3207, ext. 6766. One may also visit the Web site at www.lrcc.edu.
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LRCC Advanced Manufacturing CoalitionLeft to right are Lakes Region Community College (LRCC) Advanced Manufacturing Professor, Michael LaBrecque (Alton), New Hampshire Ball Bearing Corporate Manager of Labor Relations & Organizational Development, Gary Groleau (Laconia), and Huot Technical Center Machine Tool Technology Program Instructor, Ken Martin (Northwood), following LRCC’s Advanced Manufacturing quarterly meeting recently. The gentlemen have put together a new initiative with support from Laconia Memorial Middle School Principal, Chris Ennis (Laconia- not pictured), in applying to a statewide Community College System Chancellor’s Innovation Fund award. They are looking to set up Computerized Numerical Control (CNC) and Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) driven Skills Competition where each team would have a middle school, high school, and community college student. Each team would assemble a fully operational desktop size CNC machine and then program it to make a “Soap Box Racing Car” and then be judged on their car’s design, quality, and speed. “Ken, Gary, Chris, and I want to encourage middle school students to be interested in STEM learning and in particular enrolling in area machine tool technology programs that begin in high school,” says Professor LaBrecque. “Everything that can be done to encourage continued training and career choices provides value to the area’s Advanced Manufacturing industry.”
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LRCC professor wins Mercury Marine Instructor of the Year AwardLakes Region Community College (LRCC) Marine Technology Program Coordinator, Brian Morgan (Moultonborough- right), receives congratulations from Tom Miller (Fond du Lac, Wisc.), Director of Service Training, Mercury Marine Corporation. Professor Morgan is accepting the Mercury University National Instructor of the Year Award for 2014. Morgan is a long-term LRCC professor who has been instrumental in training hundreds of marine technicians involving state-of-the-art Mercury engines and drive trains throughout New England. “It is an honor to once more be recognized by Mercury Marine corporate headquarters personnel in Fond du Lac, WI as National Instructor of the Year,” says Morgan. “Mercury is a top-notch company which has supported LRCC’s Marine Technology Department for 20 years.” For additional information on LRCC’s Marine Technology program of study, contact the Admissions Department, at 524-3207, ext. 6766. One may also visit LRCC’s Web site, www.lrcc.edu.
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Treat mom to brunch on the lake and help kickoff the M/S Mount Washington’s 2015 season during the Mother’s Day Cruise on May 10.
Treat mom to Mother’s Day brunch aboard the M/S Mount Washington
LACONIA — Treat mom to brunch on the lake and help kickoff the M/S Mount Washing-ton’s 2015 season during the Mother’s Day Cruise on May 10.
During this annual event, enjoy a two and a half hour scenic cruise around Lake Winnipe-saukee complete with a champagne brunch and entertainment for all ages. Cruise at 10 a.m. or 2 p.m. Tickets are $44 for adults, $22 for children five to 12 and children four and under are free. A sample brunch menu and tickets are available
online at http://crui-senh.com/mothersday.php.
The official 2015 daily cruising season for the M/S Mount Washington, and her sister vessels, runs from May 16 un-til Oct. 18 offering daily cruises from its summer port of Weirs Beach and servicing the other ports of Alton Bay, Center Har-bor, Meredith and Wolfe-boro. Cruising times and options vary depending on the season with July and August having the most cruises available. Options include daily scenic, evening dinner
dance and island mail delivery cruises.
To learn more about
the various vessels (Mount Washington, Do-ris E. & Sophie C.) and
to view a more complete schedule with cruise times and ticket prices,
visit www.cruisenh.com or call 366-5531.
Gloria Brisson joins MVSB and the Merrimack as Assistant Vice President, Loan Servicing
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Gloria Brisson, Assistant Vice President, Loan Servicing and Imaging for New Hampshire Mutual Bancorp.
MEREDITH — Mer-edith Village Savings Bank (MVSB) and Mer-rimack County Savings Bank (The Merrimack), subsidiaries of New Hampshire Mutual Bancorp (NHMB), are pleased to welcome Gloria Brisson to their loan servicing team. As Assistant Vice Pres-ident of Loan Servic-ing, Brisson will over-see operations for Loan Servicing and Imaging
for The Merrimack and MVSB.
Brisson brings more than 30 years of bank-ing experience to this position, most recent-ly managing Loan Op-erations and Imaging at Northway Bank for nine years. Previous to that, she was branch manager at Northway for seven years.
“Gloria has great depth of knowledge from her diverse ex-
perience within bank-ing,” said Angela Strozewski, Senior Vice President, Opera-tions Officer. “She has filled roles that ranged from branch manage-ment to loan opera-tions, from directly interacting with cus-tomers to operational roles. This gives Gloria a unique perspective that serves to enhance customer experiences. We’re very pleased to
have her on our team.” Brisson was Vice
President of the North-ern Gateway Chamber of Commerce and Trea-surer for Weeks Medi-cal Center’s Auxiliary in Lancaster. She has chaired the planning board in Lancaster and is currently a member of the planning board in Groveton. She re-sides in Groveton.
About New
HampshireMutual BancorpNew Hampshire
Mutual Bancorp was formed in 2013 as an alliance between Mer-rimack County Savings Bank and Meredith Village Savings Bank. Through this alliance the Banks partner to address industry chal-lenges while strength-ening each Bank’s abil-ity to serve its local community.
About Merrimack County Savings Bank
Merrimack County Savings Bank is an in-dependent community bank serving organiza-tions, individuals, and families throughout the region. Founded in 1867 in Concord, it now has eight full service of-fices in Concord, Bow, Contoocook, Hooksett and Nashua. The Mer-rimack is known for its commitment to a mutual form of owner-ship, and to the people who matter most – its customers, employees and the communities it serves. It provides economical and sensi-ble products that meet the needs of today’s business and retail cus-tomers. Bank assets total over $700 million. For more informa-tion, please visit www.TheMerrimack.com.
About MeredithVillage Savings Bank
Meredith Village Savings Bank, founded in 1869, is an indepen-dent mutual savings bank with 11 offices serving individuals, families, businesses and municipalities in the Lakes Region and the Plymouth area. The bank and its employees are inspired by MVSB’s core values: respect, in-tegrity, teamwork, ex-cellence, and steward-ship. These values are intrinsic to every deci-sion made at the bank and are illustrated by the high priority they place on trust, quality service, and commit-ment to community support. MVSB strives to make the communi-ties it serves a better place to work and live. Bank assets total more than $700 million. For more information, please visit www.mvsb.com.
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Ask SCORETransfer your technology needs to a qualified consultant
In many ways, nav-igating the world of in-formation technology (IT) has never been eas-ier. Websites that once required extensive pro-gramming and develop-ment can now be creat-ed within hours using WordPress and other technologies. You can pick up a Wi-Fi router and be online from any-where in your facility the same day. The pro-liferation of hardware—PCs, laptops, tablets, and mobile devices—allows you to make purchases based on price as well as capability.
Not all aspects of IT
are so easily mastered, however. Things like internal networks, serv-ers, and Internet support require a certain level of expertise. Then there’s the matter of system maintenance and trou-bleshooting problems when they arise.
That’s why many small businesses opt to outsource some or all of their IT requirements to qualified consultants. They are typically en-trepreneurs themselves who apply their knowl-edge of technology sys-tems to meet the needs of other small enterprises. Because they’re special-
ists who stay abreast of emerging trends in IT, they can provide expert advice on what’s needed to keep your technology investment in step with your small business needs.
And most important, they can respond im-mediately to emergency problems and minimize downtime—something no small business can afford in the digital age.
Selecting a qualified IT consultant does re-quire some upfront work on your part. You must first determine what your IT needs are, and which ones you want to
outsource. Though most consultants offer a wide range of services, it may be more practical to keep some functions in-house.
An Internet search will likely turn up sev-eral consultants in your area, but you can also ask your small business colleagues for referrals. Consider several candi-dates before making a selection. Look for some-one who has demonstrat-ed expertise in key ar-eas, and has done work for businesses similar to yours.
Interview the can-didates as you would prospective employees.
After all, you’ll be work-ing closely with them, so you’ll want to have a good comfort level as well as confidence in their abilities. A key consideration is their ability to convey tech-nical jargon in plain terms, both to you and to any employees they may work with.
And be sure to request and check references. Ask about the consul-tant’s responsiveness to problems, as well as his/her initiative in assess-ing your needs. Who-ever you choose will be responsible for a critical component of your small
business infrastructure, and you want to be sure it will be well taken care of.
To learn more, contact SCORE Lakes Region by calling 524-0137 or log on to www.scorelakesre-gion.org and link to Free Counseling. Experi-enced business advisors are available to offer free and confidential advice. SCORE is a nonprofit or-ganization of more than 10,500 volunteer. Also, if you are interested in offering a small amount of your time by sharing your business experi-ence to others please contact our office.
Gatsby guests win $10,000 grand prizeSeveral hundred guests attended the April 10 event
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Natick, Mass. residents Jessie and Bob Michaud, left, accepted a $10,000 check from Amy Landers of the LRTA (center) and Mark Borrin of Preferred Vacation Rentals (right) during the April 10th Great Gatsby Party at the Lake.
MEREDITH — One lucky couple at the Lakes Region Tourism Association’s Great Gatsby Party at the Lake left with an extra $10,000 in their pockets.
The April 10 event at Church Landing in Meredith, NH, presented by Preferred Vacation Rentals, was attended by approximately 300 guests. Following a fun-filled evening of Roaring Twenties-inspired enter-tainment, dinner, cock-
tails, a silent auction and raffles, Jessie and Bob Michaud of Natick, Mass. were named the grand-prize sweepstakes winners.
The annual sweep-stakes event, which was organized by a group of dedicated LRTA vol-unteers, raised funds for the Lakes Region Tourism Association: a nonprofit organization whose mission is to pro-mote the Lakes Region of New Hampshire.
This event was spon-sored by Preferred Vaca-tion Rentals, Mills Falls at the Lake, The Lawson Group, New Hampshire Employers Insurance Company, Performance Business Solutions, The Common Man, Bank of New Hampshire, Steele Hill Resorts, LTD Com-pany, Amoskeag Bever-ages, Gunstock Moun-tain Resort, Checkmate Workforce Management Solutions, Meredith Vil-lage Savings Bank, Mar-
tignetti Companies of New Hampshire, , Lake-house at Church Land-
ing, The Boston Globe, Lakes Region Commu-nity College, Steven E.
Geer CPA, Tylergraph-ics and Waste Manage-ment.
Patrick’s Pub to host Pub Mania Bingo to benefit Children’s Auction
GILFORD — Patrick’s Pub is hosting Pub Ma-nia Bingo on Sunday, May 3 beginning at 3 pm in their newly renovated Emerald Room. Lucky bingo winners will be awarded prize packages with a total value of over $2,000, in addition to cash games. A $1 dona-tion per bingo game card is requested, with cash games offered at $5 per bingo card. There is no admission fee. Proceeds will benefit Pub Mania and the Children’s Auc-tion.
Judi Taggart, Tagg Team Pub Maniacs Co-Captain, would like to thank Patrick’s for hosting this communi-ty gathering and local businesses for offering a variety of items for prize packages.
“Bingo games move along quickly as bingo cards have only three playing cards to cover to win. We’ve gathered prizes that will make perfect gifts for Moth-er’s Day, including two chances to win a one-night stay offered by Mill Falls at the Lake and aerial treetop adven-ture excursion tickets at Gunstock,” said Taggart.
In addition to two cash jackpots, gift cer-tificates and prizes will be awarded from Al-terations Plus, Angels in the Attic, Café Déjà Vu, Center for Thera-peutic Massage, Clarks, Crazy Gringo, Dairy Queen/OJ, Fire Clean-up Services, Fratello’s or Homestead, Funspot, Giuseppe’s Pizzeria, Gunstock Mountain
Resort, Hanaway The-atre/PSU, Hannaford, Hart’s Turkey Farm, Heaven Scent Design, Lyons’ Den Restaurant & Tavern, Mill Falls at the Lake, Papa Gino’s, Patrick’s Pub, Pizza Ex-press, Sawyer’s Dairy Bar, Scentsy by Eileen Burnell, Shaw’s, Shoot-er’s Tavern & Pizze-ria, Squam Lakes Nat-ural Science Center, T-Bones/CJ’s, Walmart, Wine’ing Butcher, Win-nipesaukee Playhouse, Yikes Gallery and 405 Pub & Grill.
For more informa-tion, visit www.patrick-spub.com, the Pub Ma-niacs Facebook group page, or contact Taggart at [email protected] or call 493-9524.
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liamentary Procedure Career Development event and in 2010 she was recognized with the National Citizenship Ed-ucation Teacher’s award for New Hampshire high school teachers.
Rosequist was nomi-nated for WRSD’s Teach-er of the Year award by student Makayla Foster, who called her “an ad-mirable teacher, mentor and friend.”
“She’s an educator who truly cares about a student’s growth,” she
said before addressing Rosequist herself. “It was a pleasure and an honor to nominate you as Teacher of the Year, and if anyone deserves it, it’s you.”
Rosequist was met with thunderous ap-plause from the student body as she eagerly ac-cepted her award.
She said that over the years she has taught many wonderful teens who have rewarded her through all of their hard work and dedication. She acknowledged that
many of her colleagues work just as hard as she does though and that made being this year’s recipient of the award all the more special.
“This is an honor. There are so many teach-ers here who deserve this but I’m so thrilled, I’m not going to give it to anyone else. It’s a real privilege,” she said with a broad smile and a few tears in her eyes.
On hand to help cel-ebrate her recognition were former colleagues, administrators and dis-trict representatives as well as all of the school and Ag Center’s teachers and staff members.
Principal Thomas Laliberte said he was
happy to send students off on their April vaca-tion on such a high note and praised Rosequist for all she does each and every day.
“She brings students out of their comfort zone to try new things. She puts a lot of time, effort and pride in what she does and she’s very de-serving of the award,” he said.
As this year’s re-cipient of the district’s Teacher of the Year Award Rosequist will now get the honor of selecting a deserving senior who will receive a $500 scholarship for their future education, which will be presented on Class Night this June.
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“I didn’t think I was going to win the national scholarship, but I decid-ed I would never know unless I tried,” said Kus-tar. “In my letter, I had to tell them all about myself, my hobbies, my interests and things like that, then I just had to wait and see what hap-pened.”
That application was most impressive to the ASSE panel though and certainly worth her ex-tra efforts as she found out early last month.
Kustar, it turns out, is a most ambitious multi-lingual student who really wanted to heighten her cultural awareness through a year of studies in Japan.
The daughter of par-ents who were born and
raised in Slovakia, she was born in the Unit-ed States but raised bilingual. As she grew older, she went on to study Spanish at school before taking her love of language one step further through the Vir-tual Learning Acade-my where she has been studying Mandarin Chi-nese.
That wasn’t enough to satisfy her however and
she independently began studying Korean online as well.
Not only is Kustar now multi-lingual, she is also a top scholar and member of the National Honor Society at WRHS. While much of her time is taken up by her stud-ies, she has also made room in her schedule to join student coun-cil. Through the two organizations she also
volunteers for school and community events throughout the year.
Her next mission is to learn as much Japanese as she can in the next 10 months.
“That’s kind of scary to me but I think it will be really interesting and fun,” Kustar said.
To get that process underway, she turned to the internet once again where she has been busy downloading work-sheets for the phonetic alphabet and buying textbooks that will aid in her studies.
She calls the Japanese written language com-plex, yet beautiful, and has enjoyed practicing the strokes of the vari-ous characters in the al-phabet. There are a min-imum of 2,000 characters she will need to learn in order to read a standard newspaper though.
“That’s really the hardest part. I love prac-ticing their writing and learning all the strokes but reading the charac-ters can be a bit confus-ing. I think I’ll figure it all out in time though,” she said.
ASSE has their stu-dents follow the tradi-tional academic sched-ule of the countries they visit so Kustar will not be leaving for Japan un-til March of 2016 and will return in April of 2017 for the last few months of her senior year.
Whether or not the credits she will earn in Japan will count toward her high school diploma though are of little con-
cern.“By the end of my
junior year, I’ll have enough credits to grad-uate anyway so it won’t really matter if I my credits transfer or not,” Kustar said.
The only thing that really matters is what her parents think of the whole adventure and she said while they were a bit nervous at first they are now solidly behind her.
“My mom said she’s happy I have the oppor-tunity to do something like this, and my dad agreed. They both said they would have done this themselves if they had had the chance,” she said.
In the end, the expe-rience of living in Ja-pan for a year will go a long way toward boost-ing her future plans to study business where multi-lingual skills can be a huge asset to any company.
“I’ve been saving my money since I was little for something important and this is what I want to invest in now,” said Kustar.
Besides American students interested in studying abroad, ASSE International Student Exchange Program is always seeking families here in the United States who would like to host an exchange student for a year. New England Area Coordinator Barbara Doone may be reached at [email protected] or by calling 1-800-677-2773 for more information.
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loose gravel and getting everything spruced up for the nice weather that is right around the cor-ner.
“They’re doing a real-ly good job, and they’re saving us time and man-power by doing things that might otherwise not get done right now,” said Sweeney.
F i f t e e n - y e a r - o l d Dylan G. said he’s en-joyed helping with gar-
dening and grounds clean-up while his part-ner, 14-year-old Dylan S., said that when this proj-ect is done he hopes to continue to volunteer at the residential facility.
“I’d like to work in-side next so I can get to know some of the peo-ple who live here and talk with them about all they’ve done,” he said.
Shimberg said that besides this particular project at the veterans’ home, students who come to her take part in
a lot of other communi-ty service projects and participate in a growing number of programs her agency offers to teens in the two communities.
YAP recently re-ceived a grant from the 3M Company that will allow the organization to run several summer programs this year that will help expand their community outreach.
The nonprofit organi-zation also hopes to form a Youth Board that will help determine what
projects local teens want to become involved with and Shimberg has plans to begin an anti-bullying campaign along with programs on other top-ics of importance to to-day’s youth.
“Another thing I’d like to do is establish a Youth Crew made up of teens who would be available to help with community events whenever a group or civic organization needs an extra hand,” she said. “The more our teens
can become involved in things, the better they feel. We want to help them all be physically, mentally and emotional-ly strong so they can be more positive in their community.”
As part of their mis-sion,YAP offers guid-ance for youths at risk and helps them to make better choices in life. They are also available to help young people with problems they may encounter at school, at home or with their
friends, as well as with peer pressure issues and anger management. The trained staff can even assist their families through education, pre-vention and interven-tion assistance, and is available to refer people to other agencies outside their scope of services.
For more information please visit their Web site, www.yapnh.org, or contact their office at 286-8577.
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birds. For these loca-tions the larger volume humming bird feeders are the wisest choic-es. There are nectar feeders with huge 72 oz. capacities that can accommodate the hun-dreds of hummingbirds that can flock to your backyard in Southwest-ern locations. Success-ful backyard birders
can easily serve gallons of sweet nectar on a daily basis. Now that’s what I call taking care of your birds!
The choices between glass and plastic hum-ming bird feeders are a classic discussion that has gone on for ages. Plastic is a saf-er choice and weighs less. Glass is easier to keep clean and longer lasting. Depending on
the size of the humming bird feeder you choose will have a greater ef-fect on the choice of materials. If you go through large quanti-ties of nectar, you may choose plastic for great-er convenience. Small nectar feeders that will require greater care may be better suited made of glass.
Hint: If bees are a problem, stay away
from the color yel-low. Yellow to bees is like waving a red cape at a charging bull.
Humming bird feed-ers are designed for the human eye as well as for providing food for wild birds. If you take pride in your gardens, you may wish to own a nectar feeder that is designed for the dis-criminating homeown-er. There are many
pleasant designs of humming bird feeders on the market for all styles and budgets.
Enjoy your birds!
Wild Bird Depot is located on Route 11 in Gilford. Steve White is a contributing author in major publications, a guest lecturer at major conventions in Atlanta and St. Louis as well as the host of WEZS
1350AM radio show “Bird Calls” with Lakes Region Newsday at 8:30 a.m. Wild Bird Depot has donated over $5,000 to local rehabilitators and local nature cen-ters since 1996. Be sure to check out our blog “Bird Droppings” via our website www.wild-birddepot.com. Like us on Facebook for great contests and prizes.
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Fusion to recognize community leaders at First Annual Impact AwardsLACONIA — On May
7 from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m., Fusion will hold its first annual awards ceremo-ny to acknowledge com-munity members who support the future de-velopment of the Lakes Region. The nominees have been narrowed
down to 7 finalists: Krysten S. Adel, Alli-son Ambrose, Laura L. Brusseau, Amy Nutter Burke, Ashley Halsey, Don Morrissey and John Walker. The 3 winners will be announced the evening of the event. The event judges, Allan
Beetle, Carmen Lorentz, Scott Myers and Michael Seymour, will present the awards to the win-ners.
First announced in November 2014, the First Annual Impact Awards are sponsored by Belk-nap EDC and Beyond the
Belt and will be hosted at the newly renovated clubhouse at Laconia Country Club. Fusion’s Impact Awards were cre-ated to recognize mem-bers of the community that personify the Fu-sion mission to cultivate a network of individuals
that are committed to supporting the Lakes Re-gion. Award nominees are leading the way to a brighter future for the Lakes Region and sup-porting the next genera-tion of leaders.
Come interact with the nominees and show
your support of the com-munity. Tickets are only $10 in advance or $15 at the door. Advance tickets can be purchased through Eventbrite. The evening will include fun activities, hors d’oeu-vres and a cash bar.
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PLYMOUTH – A late push in the first half and a strong start to the second half gave the Belmont High School girls' lacrosse team hope, but the Red Raid-ers ultimately fell on the road against Plym-outh, 19-7, in Division III action on April 23.
Allivia Burbank scored for Belmont to
get the Raiders on the board with 19:10 left in the first half, but Plym-outh started the game on a tear and stormed out to a 7-1 lead at home.
Jen Hamilton even-tually cut the deficit to 7-2 with 10:33 left in the half, but the Bobcats scored three straight to push things to 10-2.
Down but not out, the Raiders responded from there. Anna Scott
and Burbank found the back of the net to pull the visitors within 10-4 and Burbank notched her third of the half with eight seconds re-maining to make it an 11-5 game at intermis-sion.
Burbank buried her fourth of the game just 42 seconds into the sec-ond half to continue the strong run of play for the Raiders and make
it an 11-6 game. But Plymouth had another run left in it, and the Bobcats scored the next eight goals to put them-selves on top, 19-6.
Hamilton got one more goal for Belmont, as she netted her second of the contest thanks to some nice moves on the keeper and a backhand-ed shot in close with 2:22 left to account for the 19-7 final.
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Belmont's Katherine Jeas sprints past a Plymouth player on April 23.
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Anna Scott of Belmont fights through traffic in her team’s 19-7 loss on the road at Plymouth on April 23.
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Belmont's Emily Ennis looks for an opening with a Plymouth defender in her way during the Red Raiders' 19-7 loss last week on the road.
Funds sought fornew BHS soccer scoreboard
BELMONT – Fund-raising is under way to support a new score-board for the lower soccer field at Belmont High School.
In addition to the up-coming golf tournament hosted by Belmont High School, there will be
two italian dinner fund-raisers to help raise the $6,000 necessary for the new board. BHS will host a dinner on May 7 at 5:30 p.m., while the Canterbury Elementary School will host a May 14 dinner, also at 5:30 p.m. Tickets are $5 for
adults and $3 for student and seniors, with tickets available at the SAU Of-fice, 58 School St. in Bel-mont. Advanced tickets can be used for either site.
Public and private donations will be col-lected over the course of
the next few weeks. You can drop off your dona-tion checks at the SAU Office Monday through Friday, give them to the BES, CES, BMS, or BHS school offices, or bring your checkbook to the Italian Dinners on May 7 or May 14.
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BELMONT – Behind deep performances from both sides, the Belmont High School track and field teams posted strong showings in a five-school meet hosted at BHS on April 21.
The boys' team won the meet with 110.5 points, narrowly edg-ing second-place Bow with 108.5 points. In the girls' race, Bow was the winner with 143 points, while Belmont wound up third with 63 points.
The boys' team claimed the top individu-al spot in several events to push them over the edge. Ian Rupp won the 800 meters, an event that has historically been very strong for the Raid-ers, with a time of 2:08.7, nearly six full seconds ahead of the next-fastest finisher.
Kyle Gelinas bested a sizable field in the 1,600 meters, as his time of 4:46.20 gave him the vic-tory over runner-up Av-ery Traffie of Mascenic (4:47.50).
Senior Bruce Zimmer took care of business once again in the shot put. Zimmer's toss of 44 feet, two inches eas-ily distanced the field by over eight full feet. Brandon Scheffer and Al Clark-Patten took fourth and fifth respectively in the event to make it three scorers in the shot for Belmont. Zimmer was also second over-all in the discus with a heave of 94-6.
The Raiders won both relays contested, as the 4x100 meter squad crossed in 48.80 seconds and the 4x400 team edged Portsmouth Christian by 0.50 seconds with a time of 3:55.20.
Belmont went 2-3 in the 100 meters, with River Mathieu taking second (12.40 seconds) and Scheffer finishing third (12.50), while Eli Allman (third, 300 hur-dles), Adam Sojka (third, triple jump), Ellis Roun-dy (second, high jump) and Scheffer (third, jav-elin) all cracking the top three in their respective events to aid the scoring cause.
In the girls' race, the Raiders had three indi-vidual winners en route to the third place team showing. Rachael Vio-lette scored a first place finish in the javelin, eas-ily out tossing the rest of the field by nearly seven feet with a heave of 75-2.
Jasmine Syed led a top four Belmont sweep in the 800 meters. Syed's time of 2:40.20 scored eight points towards the team total, while fellow Raiders Alexus Day, Sarah Chase and Jessica Hutchinson finished 2-3-4 behind Syed.
Kylie Donovan was Belmont's other win-ner on the day, as she topped the podium in the 100-meter hurdles in 18.20 seconds.
Veronica Harris (third, discus), Karlyn Brown (second, 300 hur-dles) and Emma Chase (second, 1600) also added
JOSHUA SPAULDING
Belmont's Ellis Roundy flies through the air during the long jump at Merrimack Valley on Saturday.
JOSHUA SPAULDING
Bryan Slaters of Belmont clears a hurdle during the 110 meters at Merrimack Valley on Saturday.
Locals brave toughconditions in 119th Boston Marathon
BOSTON, Mass. – Not rain, nor cold, nor wind could keep the locals from getting to Boston.
Tough conditions plagued the runners at the 119th Boston Mara-thon, but five locals com-pleted the 26.2-mile trek last week.
Leading the way as the top local finisher
from Jeffrey Ladiau of Belmont. The 40-year-old Ladiau took off with the elite runners in Wave 1, and he finished 5,146th overall. His time of three hours, 12 minutes and 22 seconds put him at a 7:21/mile pace.
Next across was Brian Collins of Canterbury, who finished 11,597th overall in the race. The 59-year old Collins
clocked an impressive time of 3:34:28, good enough for an 8:11/mile pace.
Gilford's Kim Goff was the top female local finisher, as she wound up 13,985th overall and 4,597th in the women's division. Goff's time of 3:41:47 comprised an 8:28/mile pace.
Nancy Druke of Can-terbury was not far be-
hind Goff, as she finished with a time of 3:52:17 (8:52/mile pace). That put Druke 16,994th overall (6,448th in the women's division).
Canterbury's Ste-phen Barrett also ran the Boston Marathon, as he crossed the finish line with a time of 4:08:45 (9:30/mile), placing the 59-year old 20,336th over-all.
VacationAdventures in Sports Reporting
By JEFF LAJOIE
Happy April Vacation week.
Besides a few games at Belmont High School and one at Winnisquam, this week serves as a break from the spring sports schedule. Most of the lo-cal schools take the week off from game action, though with the way the winter dragged on this year, a break isn't exactly needed. Some teams have only played a couple of games so far, with sev-eral baseball and softball squads just opening their slates a week ago.
It's crazy that May is upon us, and there's really only one more full month of sports left before the postseason begins at the end of the month/early June. Win-ter season is a marathon, lasting from practice in late November until the state finals in March. That's almost four full months. Fast-forward to spring, and you'll got about 8-10 weeks to pack everything in, and that's
including preseason practices.
The Boston Marathon took place last week, with a million people lin-ing the 26.2-mile course from Hopkinton to Bos-ton. Two of my good friends ran the race, so while I couldn't be there in person, I signed up and received text mes-sage updates from each checkpoint. It was a good way to keep in touch with how they were doing – a cool service that technol-ogy has developed.
My buddy Shaun Dev-er, who used to live right next to me in Meredith before recently mov-ing to the Boston area, finished an impressive 639th overall in the race, crossing the tape with a time of 2 hours, 47 min-utes and 1 second. That's a 6:23/mile pace if you're keeping score at home, certainly much faster than I could ever imagine running. Dever taught at the Southwick School in Northfield for three
years before leaving for a job in Lexington this past fall.
The wet weather on Marathon Monday cer-tainly didn't make life easy for the competitors, nor did it make life easy for the Boston Red Sox in their traditional Mar-athon Monday morning game. The Sox took a 7-1 lead on the Baltimore Orioles before rain sent the game into a lengthy delay. Marathon Mon-day is always one of my favorite days, especially if I'm making the trek down to Boston to take it all in. This year how-ever, I wasn't exactly dis-appointed that I couldn't attend, as sitting in the rain watching the Sox or out in the rain along the course was not the most
desirable thing in the world.
Finally, this weekend is shaping up to be one of the best sporting week-ends of the year. With the much-anticipated May-weather-Pacquiao fight on Saturday night as well as the Kentucky Derby and NFL Draft, I will certainly have the TV re-mote working overtime. I know the fight will likely disappoint with all the hype surrounding it, but that won't stop me and my buddies from drop-ping the $100 to watch it on PPV.
Jeff Lajoie covers sports for the Meredith News, Winnisquam Echo and Gilford Steamer. He can be reached at [email protected]
strong finishes for the Raiders in their home
meet.“Lots of good depth,
even with missing a few (athletes),” lauded head
coach Aaron Hayward of his team's performance.
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BELMONT – It seems every time they get together, crazy things happen.
The Belmont and Winnisquam baseball teams were at it again last week, playing an-other in what has be-come a series of tight and unpredictable games over the past few years. The match-up at Bryant Field was no different, as Bel-mont's TJ Hennessey scored on a ball put in play by Chris Marden for a walk off 3-2 win over the Bears in Divi-sion III action.
Ever since taking over the varsity club in 2011, Belmont skip-per Matt LeBlanc has watched his team play nip and tuck games with Winnisquam and coach Fred Caruso's side.
“That's what I said to Fred afterwards, ev-ery single time we play it's a game like this,” LeBlanc said. “We're always neck and neck. It almost doesn't matter the talent levels of the teams, it's always neck and neck. It's stressful but it's really good to be on the winning side of it.”
Hennessey singled with one out in a tie ballgame in the sev-enth, and he stole sec-ond base to put the winning run in scoring position. Back to back walks to Colby Leroux and Ryan Gelinas load-ed the bases, forcing Winnisquam to bring its infield in. Marden tagged one to second base, and the short hop wasn't handled cleanly, allowing Hennessey to scamper home with the winning run.
Junior Caleb Drou-
in pitched all seven innings for Belmont to earn the win, as the left-hander struck out 10 and allowed just two hits and three walks.
“He had them off bal-ance,” said LeBlanc of his southpaw. “(Winn-isquam) scored 14 runs (the day before) and we were able to hold them down to just a couple of hits.”
Belmont took a 1-0 lead in the third inning when Joey Levesque singled, Drouin walked and Cole Contigiani walked to load the bases. Catcher Doug Price earned an RBI after drawing a walk of his own to force in Levesque.
Winnisquam scored both of its runs in the top of the fourth inning to take a 2-1 advan-tage. Tucker Normand walked, stole second and third base, and
Mikey Lowery drove him in with a two out RBI single. Lowery would also steal second and third, and his ag-gressiveness ultimate-ly paid off when Tim Harmon drove him in with a shot to shortstop for the 2-1 lead.
The Raiders tied the game in the bottom of the fourth, as Marden walked, stole second and took third on a wild pitch. Corey Derosier picked up the RBI, as his sacrifice fly plated the speedy Marden to tie things at 2-2.
Price was the lone Red Raider with two hits on the day, while Levesque and Marden were both on base three times a piece in the win.
Lowery drew the start for the Bears before giving way to Hunter Tierney for the final few innings.
JEFF LAJOIE
Chris Marden was on base three times to help Belmont past Winnisquam, 3-2, last week.
LRFFL men's leagues set for spring REGION – The Lakes
Region Flag Football League has moved its men’s summer league to the spring time for the 2015 season. They are of-fering an 18+ competitive division and a 30+ divi-sion, which will still be
competitive but more for fun. The league is open to all men in the Lakes Re-gion area over 18, age as of May 1.
Form your own team (roster size up to 12 play-ers max) or free agents are also welcome, as the
league will find a team for those looking to partici-pate. Team captains will be able to register team online at lrffl.com.
Fee for the season per team is $450 and you pro-vide t-shirts with color and name, or $475 per
team and the LRFFL will provide t-shirts with LRF-FL logo on them. Your choice of color is wide open and a large array of colors is available. Free agent fee is $40 per player.
Games will be played Friday nights at the In-
ter-Lakes High school turf field, with some games be-ing held in Laconia at the Laconia High School turf field.
The season will begin on Friday, May 1, with a demo day at the In-ter-Lakes High School turf
field in Meredith. The sea-son ends Friday, July 10, with Super Bowl champi-onship games in both divi-sions. Complete schedule can be found at lrffl.com.
BELMONT HIGH SCHOOL SPORTS SCHEDULEThursday, April 30GIRLS LACROSSEOyster River at Bel-
mont, 4 p.m.
Friday, May 1BASEBALL
Belmont at White Mountains, 4 p.m.
SOFTBALL
Belmont at White Mountains, 4 p.m.
Monday, May 4BASEBALL
Belmont at Gilford, 4 p.m.
SOFTBALLBelmont at Gilford, 4
p.m.
GIRLS LACROSSEPelham at Belmont, 4
p.m.
Tuesday, May 5SOFTBALL
Belmont at Prospect Mountain, 4 p.m.
TRACKM o u l t o n b o r o u g h ,
Winnisquam at Bel-mont, 4 p.m.
Wednesday, May 6BASEBALL
Belmont at Prospect
Mountain, 4 p.m.GIRLS LACROSSECoe-Brown at Bel-
mont, 4 p.m.
Friday, May 8
GIRLS LACROSSEBelmont at Bow, 4
p.m.BOYS LACROSSEBelmont at In-
ter-Lakes, 4:30 p.m.
WINNISQUAM REGIONAL HIGH SCHOOL SPORTS SCHEDULEMonday, May 4
BASEBALLMascoma Valley at
Winnisquam, 4 p.m.SOFTBALL
Mascoma Valley at Winnisquam, 4 p.m.
Tuesday, May 5TRACK
M o u l t o n b o r o u g h ,
Winnisquam at Bel-mont, 4 p.m.
Wednesday, May 6BASEBALL
Winnisquam at Ber-lin, 4 p.m.
SOFTBALLWinnisquam at Ber-
lin, 4 p.m.UNIFIED
VOLLEYBALLWinnisquam at
Franklin, 4 p.m.
Friday, May 8BASEBALL
Newfound at Winnis-quam, 4 p.m.
SOFTBALLNewfound at Winnis-
quam, 4 p.m.
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BEAUTIFULLY PRESERVED neigh-borhood home is well cared for. 4 BRs, brook side location, walk to the park & downtown. Central air, cobblestone FP, original woodwork, 3-season porch, large backyard. Cozy breakfast nook, arch ways & 2 garages.$179,500 Jim O’leary 455-8195
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MORTGAGEE’S SALE OFREAL ESTATE AT PUBLIC AUCTION FRIDAY, MAY 15, 2015 @ 11 AM52 Mountain View Lane, Bethlehem, NH
For the enterprising buyer in search of that PERFECT ski house this may be just what you’re searching for. Situated 3.3 acres in 1986 and located just 20 minutes from world class CANNON MOUNTAIN in Franconia, NH & 45 minutes from Bretton Woods & Mt. Washington it must be seen to be appreciated. Directions: From Main Street (NH Route 302 ) in Bethlehem, NH take Mt. Agassiz Road for approx. 1 mile to Mountain View Lane and the auction site. Terms Of Sale: In order to bid a deposit of $10,000 by cash, certified check, cashier’s check or any other form of payment agreeable to the Mortgagee must be presented to the auctioneer prior to the sale. Balance due on delivery of deed within Forty Five (45) day. The mortgagee reserves the right to amend the terms before or at the time of sale.The original mortgage instrument may be examined by any interested party during regular business hours at the Thomas Pancoast Law Office, 141 School Street, Littleton NH.Deed is recorded at at Grafton County Registry of Deeds, Bk. 1201, Pg. 248.Sale per order of the Mortgagee by its Attorney, Thomas M. Pancoast, 141 School Street, Littleton, NH 03561-4822, (603) 444-7764. Additional information please contact the auctioneer, Archie H. Steenburgh (603) 989-5361.Prior to the auction all prospective bidders should make any and all such investigation as they deem appropriateAll above information is subject to errors and/or omissions.
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Warren, NH – This home is truly an antique treasure! An older, more experienced Cape with areas added; brick hearth with woodstove and four bedrooms. Loads of well- preserved features throughout. There is even a built-in ice box in the kitchen. There is a new big workshop area attached to the home. You are sure to admire the King pine and hardwood floors. Outside is a detached garage and a nice large 2.6 acre lot with 1.6 acres across the street! Come and enjoy the privacy and the charm!
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TOWN OF NORTHFIELDSEASONAL LABORER
(2 positions)The Town of Northfield is looking for team player for two summer seasonal Laborer positions in the Highway Department. Responsibilities include routine unskilled manual labor involving repair and maintenance of roads, parks and other facilities utilizing hand tools, power tools, mowers and other equipment.
A position description with a list of job requirements and application instructions is available at Northfield Town Hall and at http://www.northfieldnh.org
The Town of Northfield is an equal opportunity employer.
FULL-TIME POSITION
Service Technician• Must have experience with service and warranty• Willing to work in an office setting• Must be mechanically inclined, and willing to travel in USA when needed
to troubleshoot and guide mechanics on repair• Must have experience on Hydraulics and general knowledge of heavy
equipment• Must be able to communicate with customers and try to troubleshoot
and solve their problem over the phone• Must have or be able to obtain a passort for travel to Canada for training• Must have great computer skills
Rotobec does offerHealth Insurance Package, Holiday Pay, Vacations, Sick Time
Please send resumes to:Rotobec USA
Mike Currier - Operations Manager162 Rotobec Drive, Littleton N.H. 03561
Will Train. Valid Driver’s License required.Application available at:
630 Daniel Webster Hwy.Plymouth, NH 03264
(603) 536-3533
Leading Pre Engineered Metal Building Co.
SCHOOL ADMINISTRATIVE UNIT #48Plymouth, New Hampshire
FULL CHARGEBOOKKEEPER – SAU #48
July 1 Start
Experienced, motivated bookkeeper sought for full time position. Municipal Experience with Fund Accounting will be highly preferred in candidates. Proficiency with Excel, Word, & email is essential; experience with Alio financial management software would be a plus. Strong knowledge of a complex General Ledger will be critical to your success. Ability to work in a team environment is essential. A competitive salary and generous benefit package will be offered to the right candidate. Please send Resume, Letters of Reference, and Salary History to:
Lynn Davis, Human Resources AssistantSchool Administrative Unit #48
47 Old Ward Bridge RoadPlymouth, NH 03264
MARINE MECHANIC
Immediate Opening,Full time year around employment.
Experience required - Automotive OK -Paid Vacations, Retirement Account,
Health Insurance Available,and Paid Life Insurance.Call or stop in today at
INDEPENDENTMARINE, INC.
1204 Whittier Highway (Rt. 25)Moultonborough
Directly across from the Moultonborough Airport476-5580
Please ask for either Jon or Janice.
24 hours a day
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Misc. For SaleMOVING SALE EVERYTHING must go!
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OLD NH FISH and Game, ca. 1890, bear-ing laws, penalties and seasons on moose,caribou, furbearers, fish, etc. measures12”x18”/ May be seen at the Coos CountyDemocrat, 79 Main St., Lancaster, NH.Price, $4; if mailed, $8.Call 603-788-4939 or [email protected]
Barn/Garage/YardSale
BOY SCOUT TROOP 58Campton-Thornton-Waterville
is having their AnnualMemorial Day Yard Sale
May 30th 9-1Thornton Collision
Rt3.Campton, NH 03223
Donations for yard sale items are appreciatedPlease call:
Dean Johnston 254-5922Dennis Fort 726-2038Steve Hines 238-6887
Troop 58 Thanks You for your Support!
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N.H. DEPT. of Agriculture Weights& Measures Law requires: thatcordwood (firewood) must:1. Be sold by the cord or fraction of acord;2. Contain 128 cubic feet per cordwhen stacked;3. Be accompanied by sales slip stat-ing the amount of wood sold & theprice.
Pets/Breeders
N.H. Law Requires that dogs andcats...
1. Not be transferred before 8weeks old.
2. Have Vet’s health certificatewithin 14 days of transfer
3. Be inoculated.This applies to all dogs & cats, mon-grel or purebred, gift or sale, plannedor accidental litters.
Childcare Employment
MEREDITH IN HOME childcare.Quality care for infant to pre-k
has FT opening. CPR certified,
B.A. education degree and references.Call Amy 603-303-2384
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General HelpWanted
RESORT MANAGER — Previous experi-ence necessary, must be able to accept re-sponsibilities with good communicatingskills, knowledge of the hospitality businessa plus. References necessary. Call 603-520-0666 and leave message.
Requirements: 21+, NO criminal history,must have driver's license/vehicle, working cell phone. To apply, online
application at: www.AdvancedSecurity-Services.net
No experience needed, we will train anduniform you
Professional/Technical
RIVER RESORT CURRENTLY has a parttime front desk position open. Evenings
and weekends required. Please apply in person at
Rivergreen Resort, 48 Cooper MemorialDr. Lincoln, NH.
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Apartments ForRent
Berlin, NH- Historic Notre Dame Apart-ments: Immediate Openings: One bed-room apartments for Seniors age 62 orolder. On site laundry and meal option. In-cludes heat, hot water, and electric. Rentis 30% of income. 800-974-1377. Appli-cants must income qualify. Equal HousingOpportunity. ISA www.homesahead.org
LINCOLN, NH- SENIORS (age 62 orolder) and People Living with Disabilities.One and Two Bedroom units. Rent is 30%of income and includes heat and hot water.Great community room. On-site laundry fa-cility and mail delivery/pickup. Smoke free.Contact AHEAD Inc. at 800-974-1377. Ap-plicants must income qualify. Equal Hous-ing Opportunity. ISA www.homesahead.org
PLYMOUTH; ONE BEDROOM at FoxPark Apartments. Rent & deposit, $660.Free Wi-Fi, H/C water, on-site parking,24/7 supervision and maintenance.Cats, no dogs.
Call for application ~ 536-4027
Comm. Space For Rent
FOR LEASE~ 1600-SQ ft commercial/in-dustrial space. In Meredith close to 104and I-93. Masonry building with loading
Rental SharingLACONIA: CLEAN, QUITE, Sober envi-ronment. Will go Fast! $125-$150/week.Call 603-455-2014
Houses For Rent
BEAUTIFUL 2 BEDROOM 1.5 bathcondo with private deck at MeredithBay Village. Amenities includewasher/dryer, game room, exerciseroom, and much more. Rent includescondo fee and water &sewer.$1200/mo. Call 603-677-2861
CENTER SANDWICH VILLAGE beautifulhistoric home, long term lease. $1,265/month, call 986-0129.
Mobile/ModularHomes
$29,995, 14 WIDE.$49,995, 28 wide, 3 bds, 2 bath,
with fireplace. $74,995, Cape
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55+ MODEL HOMES“Open Sundays 12 to 2”
$89,995 with Porch.$139,900 with 2 car garage.
Yes we can finance. RT 93 exit #23
right to Post office, left 800’ or call 603-387-7463
Mansfield woods, 88 north, Rt 132,
New Hampton. NH
MEREDITH NEWS/THE RECORD ENTERPRISE/WINNISQUAM ECHO Thursday, April 30, 2015 • B7
Route 3 • Meredith, NH • 03253
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