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Tilton chair‘protesting’regionalizationBY MEGHAN [email protected]

TILTON — Unlike sever-al neighboring BelknapCounty municipalities thathave voiced support for re-gionalization during theirtalks with the county com-missioners, Tilton may notbe quite as gung ho for suchintegrated services.

Board of SelectmenChair Katherine Dawsonsaid during the BelknapCounty Commissioners vis-it last Thursday that she was“protesting” the idea of im-plementing regionalizedservices. She pointed outthat the Tilton-NorthfieldFire Department is a well-es-tablished example of re-gionalization, as is the Win-nisquam Regional SchoolDistrict, which was one ofthe first school districts toform in the state.

“For us, we’re already do-ing it, have been for years,”

Dawson said. “Regionaliza-tion is nothing new to us.”

Throughout their recentmeetings with town officialsand residents from the coun-ty’s municipalities, the com-missioners have listened tofeedback regarding county-funded services andthoughts on potential proce-dural improvements. One ofthe most oft-repeated sug-gestions has been regional-ization in all kinds of areas.In Sanbornton, for example,town officials mentioned re-gionalized planning and in-surance coverage. Barn-stead talked about a solidwaste package,and in speak-ing with Gilford and Laco-nia, the idea of sharing sandand salt between the two wasraised.

“We’ve gotten bits andpieces of this in every town,”Commissioner EdwardPhilpot said.

Country Fair a ‘good ole’ time

BY DONNA [email protected]

NORTHFIELD — ThePines in Northfield was a hubof activity on Saturday as the29th annual Tilton-NorthfieldOld Home Day got underwaybased on the theme "Good OleCountry Fair."

Beginning with a Fun Runfor kids followed by the 5KDARE Race through the twotowns, people were lining thestreets early as they cheeredon the runners. Participantsfor the DARE race came fromas far away as Florida, whilethe youngest in the Fun Runwas 4-year-old Emily Page of

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Young friends Daniel Shedd and Braelyn Davis perch on a fence for a better look at the horses during Old HomeDay. Daniel's mom Christine (far left) helps keep an eye on the two.


Erc Proulx of Tanger Outlet Mall and Cindy Reinartz of Tilton Main Street Program hold the cermonial ribbonas Heidi Laramie of Tanger makes the traditional cut. Pat Consentino of Tilton then rang a bell to mark theopening of a new Wednesday Farmers market at the Route 3 outlet mall.


Steven Hanser of Sanbornton was all smiles as he posed for a photowith NASCAR rookie Joey Logano. Logano, driver of the Number 20Home Depot car, was at the Tilton Home Depot last Thursday to meetfans prior to winning the race Sunday at N.H. Motor Speedway.

Belgium, visiting family inNorthfield. There were 154registered for the race and Co-ordinator Bob Watson said itwas the biggest race in quite afew years. Watson has organ-ized the event for 20 years.

"It started as the Old HomeDay race for the first eightyears and has been a DARErace for the last 12," Watsonsaid. "I've been doing this fora long time - they won't let mequit."

Northfield Town Modera-

tor Scott McGuffin participat-ed in the race and praised Wat-son,his wife Diane and the en-tire race committee.

"They really deserve a lotof credit," he said. "They do aterrific job each year."

Cash prizes, gift certifi-cates and sweat shirts wereamong the many prizes foreach division and for a raffleheld after the awards were dis-tributed.

Umbrellas lined the paraderoute later in the morning but

they were meant to shield offthe sunshine, something notseen for some time in the area.Police cars from both townslead the floats and marchersthrough the streets andcrowds cheered as town offi-cials, local organizations andcivic groups as well as chil-dren and seniors alike made

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NASCAR fans getautographs from winning driver


TILTON — Joey Logano,the 19-year old Sprint Cupdriver of the Number 20Home Depot Toyota, callsNew Hampshire MotorSpeedway "home."

NHMS is the closest trackto his hometown of Middle-ton, Conn., and he won herein the Campers World RVrace when he was younger.On Sunday, the rookie out-strategized top drivers likeJeff Gordon by waiting for aweather caution before anecessary stop for fuel andtires.

Before Sunday's success-ful venture for the youngdriver, NASCAR fans linedup on Thursday afternoon tomeet him at an autographsession. A long line wrappedaround the store in Tilton asthe crowd wound their wayto the platform whereLogano awaited them. Hetook time with each fan forphotos, signing his name on

a variety of racing memora-bilia. Seated beside him washis famed crew chief, GregZipadelli, who drew a lot ofattention as well.

Logano had to leave hisseat to autograph one item-the hood from a car hewrecked during a race onceat Connecticut's Lyme RockSpeedway. Gary Trombley ofHartford, Conn., explainedto Logano he obtained theunusual souvenir from afriend who had been a crewchief at Lyme Rock. Loganolaughed, "Oh wow- I remem-ber that wreck. I try to forgetabout that night!"

Steven Hanser of San-bornton was patiently wait-ing for his time with Logano.Hanser was there with hismother, who works at HomeDepot. He arrived with abold number 20 painted onhis cheek in Logano's famil-iar orange, white and blackpaint scheme. Hanser wasimpressed that, unlike other

Groups team up to create Exit 20 farmers’ market


TILTON — The weather fi-nally cooperated last Wednes-day to shine on the merger oflocal goods and mall shoppingas Tanger Outlet Mall andTilton Main Street opened thenewest farmers’ market inthe Lakes Region.

The vendors are a collabo-ration of those who partici-pate in the Tilton and San-bornton markets who nowhave a second opportunityeach week to display theirwares.

Eric Proulx, general man-ager of Tanger, said this hadbeen something he has want-ed to do for a few years.

"It's just a perfect opportu-nity for us to give back to thecommunity," Proulx said. "Wecan bring in customers forthem and increase theirawareness of products in thearea."

Proulx and Assistant Man-ager Heidi Laramie said theirphone began ringing off thehook once word got out thatthe new marketplace wasforming. Local chefs were ea-ger to have a place to buy freshproduce and they received

many inquiries from farmsand home businesses wishingto participate.

"This has generated quite abuzz," he said.

Flyers were also distrib-uted to stores in the mall tohelp create excitement for thenew venture.

Pat Consentino, a select-man from Tilton, was one ofthe people who worked to getthe market up and running.On opening day she said shewas happy to see the welcomethey received from Tangerand the community.

"This has been an awesomeundertaking but we did it,"she said. "We have a tremen-dous diversity of vendorshere. It's just terrific."

Cindy Reinartz of TiltonMain Street and Proulx eachheld an end of a long purpleceremonial ribbon as

Laramie held a pair of largescissors. Consentino rang abell as Laramie snipped, indi-cating the market was offi-cially open. Shoppers hadbeen waiting anxiously forthe moment and quicklyspread out among the rows ofbooths.

Vince Paratore of TiltonMain Street Program lookedon with a smile as buyers be-gan making their purchases.

"This is such a great op-portunity," Paratore said. "Wecan do something at Exit 20that's related to downtown.The vendors here are also atTilton's Farmers Market onSaturdays and Sanbornton'son Fridays so this really helpsto cross-promote both."

He commended Consenti-no and Liz Merry of San-bornton on a job well done inorganizing the Wednesday af-ternoon market.

Farmers, craftsmen, bak-ers, seamstresses and wood-workers alike were all happywith their new venue. DevynAbbott of Abbott Farmscalled the highly visible loca-tion an "untapped market."The booths and tables are setup in the parking lot by a pondalong Route 3 where thou-sands of people travel eachday. Residents and newcom-ers to the area will have achance to sample the freshproduce and shop for uniquelocally made goods. Organicfoods, maple products, woodcrafts, pottery, award-win-ning wines, folk art, ice cream

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July 2, 2009 WINNISQUAM ECHO

– PUBLIC NOTICE –The Tilton Zoning Board

Public HearingTuesday, July 21, 2009

AGENDA7:00 PM Call to Order

Review Minutes of May 19, 2009CorrespondenceAny other business

7:05 p.m. Case #09-09 Kevin Hobbs of Pajano “Fast Cash”.Applicant seeks Special Exception to Article VI Section Eof of Appendix B – e. Storage Trailer/container. Propertylocated at 516 Laconia Rd., Tilton, NH 03276 in the MixedUse District. Tax Map R10 Lot 8.

7:20 p.m. Case #09-10 Albert Fine. Applicant seeks an AreaVariance. A Variance is requested from Article VII –Appendix “C” - Table of Dimensional Values of the zoningordinance to permit a new house to be build on the footprintof the existing house in the setbacks on west side and rearof the lot. Property located at 32 Lake Rd, Tilton, NH 03276in the Resort Commercial District. Tax Map U2 Lot 38.

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– PUBLIC NOTICE –THE TILTON PLANNING BOARD

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Welfare dept. OK for now, worries for end of yearBY MEGHAN [email protected]

TILTON — In an update forselectmen, welfare directorHeather Thibodeau said that,as expected, there are moreapplications for assistancethan normal, but it’s the endof the year that she’s most

concerned about.As of last week, the welfare

department had spent ap-proximately $14,000, or 28 per-cent of its budget.

“Frankly, everything hasgone up,” Thibodeau said.

Using pie charts andgraphs, Thibodeau showed

the board the breakdown ofhow the financial assistancehas been spent. Rent accountsfor the majority, while electricbills, food and other necessi-ties, like clothing, constitutethe rest.

The welfare department al-so pays for final expenseswhen someone who uses theassistance passes away. Thisyear so far there have been twodeaths, whereas normally atthis point in the year there isonly one, or none at all. Thi-bodeau attributed it to the ex-tra economic stressors.

In total, 128 applicationshave been completed, Thi-

bodeau said, and there havebeen “quite a few more in-quiries.” Of those 128 appli-cants,28 have been granted as-sistance;those who are deniedare often referred to anotheragency, such as the Commu-nity Action Program.

Compared to the end ofJune last year, both the num-ber of applications and thenumber of people given assis-tance is up, Thibodeau said,though she was surprised thatJanuary,February and Marchweren’t as busy as she thoughtthey would be. Lately, though,that has changed.

“The last couple months

have been tough,” Thibodeausaid.

And she doesn’t expect it toget any better before the yearis out.“There are people whohave had little nest eggs whoare unemployed right now,”she said. Once those savingsrun dry and all assets havebeen liquidated, Thibodeausaid, she fears the people whoare just hanging on right nowwon’t be able to get by withouthelp.

“Come October, where willwe be?” she asked rhetorical-ly. “We’re the safety net.”

Thibodeau said that no par-ticular age or socioeconomic

group has been spared thisyear, because of the vastamount of layoffs and risingcosts.

“We’re seeing differentconfigurations of families,”she said. “People who had notlived together before are all ofa sudden seeing 11 people in ahouse.”

Thibodeau said she sendspeople out to do job searches,and she knows they’re actual-ly doing them, but they’re notbeing hired.

In her 16 years working inthe welfare department,“Thisis probably the most stressfulI’ve seen it,” Thibodeau said.

Flooding and fire mar Belmont weekendBY DONNA [email protected]

BELMONT — Fire, policeand public works crews werebusy Saturday evening whena storm ripped through Bel-mont, Gilmanton and Laco-nia. Heavy rains and hailcaused numerous washoutsand flooded roadways whilecrews struggled to keep roadsopen. The National WeatherService in Gray,Maine, issueda weather alert as two inchesof rain pummeled the area,with up to two more possible.Calls in Belmont began com-ing in shortly after 6 p.m. asdangerous conditions onBrown Hill Rd., Rte. 107(Province Rd.) and along Rte.140 arose. Old Marsh Hill Rd.and Swallow Rd. also suffereddamage, and ponding oc-curred along Rte. 106, Gale St.and other sections of thetown.Belmont Fire Chief JimDavis registered four inches

of rain in the short period oftime at his house and sawmany areas with water overthe road surfaces. As rain fell,it raced along the side of theroads and undermined thepavement, causing pavementin some sections to give way.But, the chief said, once thestorm passed the water ran offquickly. "For some reason theeastern part of the town gothit hard," Davis reported.N.H. Dept. of Transportationand Belmont Public Workscrews were called in to handleroads damaged by the fast-moving storm. DPW directorJim Fortin said crew mem-bers in some parts of the towndidn't even know a storm hadhit the eastern section of Bel-mont. "It was very strangehow it hit," Fortin said. "Butwe got out there and got themfixed. We had to make sureemergency vehicles could getdown these roads. The crew

worked hard and they got itdone." Fortin said they lost nopaved sections of town roadsbut did have to repair ditchesand shoulders of roads withwashouts as extensive as twoto three feet deep along them.DPW crews worked throughSaturday night until 2 a.m. onSunday to make sure roadswere passable. They wereback out later in the day onSunday for more repairs.Con-tinuing rain on Mondaybrought them some furtherminor roadwork, but repairsover the weekend held up.

Belmont Fire Deptartmentwas summoned again on Sun-day afternoon for a house fireon Grey Rock Rd. on the farside of the town. The callcame just before 1 p.m. andquickly grew to a three-alarmfire.Crews from Laconia,San-bornton, Tilton-Northfield,Franklin, Gilford, Gilmanton

and as far away as Alton,Meredith and Barnstead allresponded to the scene. Thefire remains under investiga-tion as officials look for apoint of origin and a cause.

"It's a big house," Davissaid. "It's in a tough part oftown for us to get to, but wehad a terrific response time ingetting there. It's a total loss,but the fact that there are stillfour walls standing showswhat a good job everyone didin knocking the fire down."

Davis praised Mutual Aidand those who responded. Henoted that it was also fortu-nate he had scheduled extrastaff at the Belmont stationfor the weekend crowds atnearby N.H. Motor Speedway.The extra hands were a bighelp, he said, in getting neces-sary equipment to the sceneof the fire in a very short time.

Summer GamesSeventeen student athletes from Spaulding Youth Center, includ-ing the one pictured here, participated in the NH SpecialOlympics Summer Games recently and brought home a multi-tude of medals as well as relationships with new friends and les-sons of being responsible and respectful team members.Beyond the medals earned by Spaulding’s athletes (an impres-sive 18 gold, 14 silver, and 12 bronze), the students’ experienceat this year’s Special Olympics was “magical and priceless,”according to Gary Lavallee, SYC’s Residential Program director.

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SANBORNTON — TheWinnisquam Village Associ-ation is having its 19th An-nual Boat Parade on LakeWinnisquam. Boats willmeet at 1 p.m. on July 4 at PotIsland (rain date July 5, same

time and place). The themethis year is "Your FavoritePastime." If you are not par-ticipating by boat you candecorate your shorefront.Many prizes will be given.Good Luck!

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BELMONT — AdamSegelstrom, who is work-ing toward becoming anEagle Scout in BelmontTroop 65, is hosting aspaghetti dinner on Mon-day, July 6, at 6 p.m. at St.Joesph’s parish in down-town Belmont.

The cost is $5 per per-

son. Advanced tickets areavailable by calling 369-9710.

The church is handi-cap accessible. Deliveriesare available if arrangedby July 2, and if the re-cipient lives within 15miles of the church.

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BY LAUREN TINERSTAFF WRITER

New Hampshire farmsopen up stands across thestate this time of year for theirfresh, bright red berries, witha sweet yet tart flavor. LateJune and early July is thepeak of strawberry seasonbut the colder, rainy weathermay have an impact on theoutcome of strawberries thisyear.

John Moulton, the ownerof Moulton Farm in Mered-ith, sends his young crew outabout 7 a.m. every morning topick strawberries right offtheir patches.

Crew leader and “head

strawberry picker,” as Moul-ton calls him, Shawn Flynnexplained that growing straw-berries is a year long process.

“You usually have to plantthem a year ahead. We could-n’t pick any at all last year,”said Flynn.

The weather is always afactor when it comes to straw-berries, even if it was last sea-son or last year’s forecast, ac-cording to Moulton employeeRicky Higginbothan.

“Some strawberries aremore rotten because of lastyear,” said Higginbothan whopicked up a moldy strawberryand referred to it as a “ghostberry.”

Despite the weather, themajority of Moulton Farm’sstrawberries are abundantand ripe for the picking thisseason.

“We picked strawberriesall week and a lot yesterday,but not next week,” said Fly-nn who added that strawber-ries are the most popular itemat the farm this time of year.

Children are also able topick their own strawberriesat the beginning and the endof the season at MoultonFarm.

Surowiec Farm in San-bornton is now open and pick-your-own is available at selecttimes. Katie Surowiec report-ed that her strawberries aredoing just fine, even with therainy weather.

“The weather hasn’t af-fected us at all, or the quality.The strawberries are justripening a little different,”said Surowiec.

She explained that moldcan sometimes be a problemdue to rain. She said sheavoids this by setting out ear-ly in the morning, and some-times in the afternoon as well,to pick strawberries as fast asthey ripen to avoid taintedberries. The Surowiecs alsogrow their strawberries onplastic to keep them cleaner.

The Surowiecs have someof their own strategies whenit comes to strawberries.

“Typically, a crop is plant-ed in the spring of the previ-

ous year, but we plant in thefall and use plugs, which arealready established plants,”Surowiec said. “This way, wedon’t lose the summer andhave productive land.”

The strawberry season be-gan on June 23 at their farmand will go on for another twoto three weeks at the most,Surowiec said. TheSurowiecs have already at-tended several farmers’ mar-kets so far this season.

Smith’s Farm Stand in Gil-ford, owned and operated byNathan and Carolyn Smith,has experienced some weath-er-related challenges.

“My mother (Carolyn) hasbeen telling people the coldand wet weather is better

than warm, rainy weather,”said Brent Smith.

He explained that moistureand warmth could cause fun-gus on strawberries, so theSmiths were fortunateenough to have some coolweather, although they werepushed back three to fourweeks, according to Smith.

“The yield on plants hasbeen excellent. You can picka quart of strawberries easi-ly,” said Smith, who reportedto have 800 plants, which needtheir four “beds”replaced and

rotated everyday.“Growing takes more

maintenance, and in the firstyear there are no berries,” hesaid. “We typically weed bedsthree to four times a year.”

Smith said the peak ofstrawberry season hit in midand late June and will trickleinto early July.

The Smith Farm Stand al-so has pick-your-own avail-able, depending on the weath-er.

PHOTOS BY LAUREN TINER

LEFT: Shawn Flynn picks a pint at Moulton Farm. RIGHT: Taylor Sperry shows off a freshly picked pint of straw-berries at Moulton Farm.

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If you can’t get the crowds to come to you, you goto the crowds; that’s the idea behind the new farm-ers’ market at the Tanger Outlet Center in Tilton,and we’ve got to say, it’s genius.For the past few years, the farmers’ market held indowntown Tilton every Saturday hasn’t exactlyflourished. It’s been difficult for marker organizersto get consistent, quality vendors, and business hasnever really boomed. The new market at Tangeropened with much fanfare last Wednesday, andthere was probably more foot traffic there duringopening day than during a whole season at thedowntown market.

At first we thought the creation of this newfarmers’ market was counterproductive to thetown’s constant struggle to get people to take a rightat the end of Exit 20, toward downtown, rather thana left toward the outlets. The Main Street Programhas strived since its inception to attract peopledowntown to the stores and businesses along thatstrip – and away from the outlets and other big boxstores. So why did the Main Street Program have ahand in putting this new market together? Onehyphenated word: cross-marketing.

Trail Mix, a Main Street ice cream store, willhave a stand at the new farmers’ market. You couldlook at it as a betrayal to Main Street, but really it’sa smart tactic; once people have a taste of some-thing cold and creamy from Trail Mix, they maywell want more – but not necessarily from 3-6 p.m.on a Wednesday. We’re quite sure owner Liz Merry(who incidentally helped organize the market) willbe more than happy to point people toward her shopon Main Street to accommodate those untimelycravings.

After grabbing a bite at Trail Mix, Merry’scustomers may wander into another shop or two,possibly stores they never knew existed. It may onlybe a couple extra people a couple times a month, butthe key word here is “extra:” potential customerswho wouldn’t have otherwise come downtown.So for three hours one day a week, the farmers’ mar-ket may draw more people away from Main Street.But in the long run, Main Street businesses thatsupport or participate in the market have a chanceto lure new customers downtown.

Meanwhile, the local farmers and craftsmenwho couldn’t make much money at the downtownmarket (still being held on Saturdays) will now haveaccess to a heck of a lot more potential customers,many of whom, especially at first, will have proba-bly come out just to shop at the outlets and may belured in by the fresh produce and homemade goods.These will be incidental buyers; they’ll be local res-idents and tourists with money to burn. And whatbetter way to spend it than on New Hampshire’sfinest products?

New market a smartmarketing scheme

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LEGISLATIVE ALERTBudget the best of a bad lot

Winston Churchill is cred-ited with the admonition that“democracy is the worst formof government except for allthose others that have beentried” – the best of a badbunch. I would argue that thissame thought can be used todescribe the biennium budg-et passed by the legislaturelast week. Certainly everyonecan find something in thebudget (or missing from it)they don’t like. The budgetmanages to spread the painacross a wide spectrum.

Let’s start with the “dis-likes”: significant layoffs forstate employees or the possi-bility of furloughs. TheRooms and Meals tax was in-creased by 1 percent and ex-tended to campgrounds. TheCorrections Department andthe Judiciary received cutsthat may jeopardize prisonersafety and a timely justicesystem. A variety of pro-grams for low-income andelderly households were ei-ther cut or reduced.The budg-et relies on “one-time” moneysuch as the economic stimu-lus funds and the surplusfrom the medical malpracticefund. The municipalities willnot receive revenue sharing.We pay for state services by“nickel-and-diming” the pub-lic. There’s no expansion ofgambling, but a new 10 per-cent tax on gambling win-nings.

Is there anything good tosay about the budget? Well,we will fund school adequacyfor the first time and keep thestate Supreme Court off ourbacks. There’s no significantincrease in business taxes, re-sulting in the last minute sup-port of the budget from theBusiness and Industry Asso-ciation. The school districtswill receive building aid (al-though you may not like howthe state will fund it). There’sno gas tax, although you maynot like the fee increases nec-essary to replenish our high-way fund. The budget em-ploys federal funding in a wayto avoid major cuts in med-ical assistance and increasesin social service caseloads.We managed to extend thecaps on county sharing of eld-erly care, avoiding higher lo-cal property taxes. There’s noexpansion of gambling. In-terestingly, this finds its wayinto both the world “dislikes”and “likes!”

I voted to approve the budg-et. Like Churchill, I found itto be the best of a bad lot.First, we were dealt with theworst economic scenario in60 years that has driven staterevenue down a major hole,while increasing the demandand necessity for state serv-

ice much higher. Unlike theprivate business world thatcan reduce costs as profits lag,the state experienced a “per-fect storm” of sharply fallingrevenues and rising costs dueto higher unemployment,loss of medical insurance andother social service needs.

If the bad news is that thepain was widely spread, thegood news is that the widespread avoids overly penaliz-ing any particular group. Wewill be able to maintain a rea-sonable level of state servicesdespite the state of the econ-omy. According to the non-partisan NH Center for Pub-lic Policy, General Fund ex-penditure increased approxi-mately 5 percent, much lowerthan one would expect withthe greater demand for serv-ices and much lower than his-torical increases. We willavoid any damaging taxes onstate business, hopefully al-lowing for a business resur-gence out of our current re-cession.

So what could have beenthe alternatives? The Houseand/or Senate could have vot-ed down the budget recom-mended by the Committee ofConference. It only passed theSenate by two votes and theHouse by 19 votes on HB1 and18 votes on HB2. A continuingresolution based on a 2/3 votewould have allow the state to“remain in business” whilethe negotiations began anew.Based on legislative history,these negotiations wouldhave continued for at leastthree months at a cost to thestate of about $11 million amonth, leaving an even big-ger hole to fill. And what ifthe continuing resolutiondoesn’t pass, you ask? Thestate government wouldcome to a stop – a possibilitythat’s unthinkable given theneed for state services. Wewould also have lost a signifi-cant amount of federal stim-ulus dollars. Finally, distribu-tion of funds to the cities andtowns would have been, atbest, delayed and more likelybeen significantly reduced.

The issue of expandedgambling warrants addition-al comment. It’s been no se-cret that I have been a long-time opponent of this methodof funding state services.Having lived in New Jerseyfor a number of years, I wasable to witness the failedpromise of gambling in At-lantic City. The developmentof casinos was supposed toend the state’s need for in-creased taxes and rehabili-tate the slums of the city. Itnever happened for either thestate or the city.

I considered the Senate’s

version of new gambling es-pecially onerous. It wouldhave given a state monopolyto a small number of compa-nies without competitive bid-ding, there would not havebeen adequate regulation (theAttorney General’s officewould have had only a fewmonths for backgroundchecks), and there was noHouse review of the specifics.Further the proposal did notprovide for revenue sharingwith the towns and cities, es-pecially important given theincreased law enforcementand welfare costs that ex-panded gambling would sure-ly bring. However, the rev-enue estimates were badlyflawed. Despite proven expe-rience from other states thatrequired a minimum of twoyears to be “up and running,”this proposal used a six-month timeframe. Thiswould not have been the budg-et fix that its proponentspromised.

A couple of procedural is-sues remain “stuck in mycraw.” First, the process ofreaching agreement of a com-promise budget requiredmuch last minute cuts inspending and new or expand-ed taxes and fees. Thechanges to the liquor com-mission’s mission were notwell planned or thought out,the extension of the rooms &meals tax to campgroundswas not vetted adequately,and the use of significant“one-time” funds are detri-mental to proper long-termplanning.

Representatives of thecommittee of conferencescheduled a presentation ofthe compromise budget forthe entire House. As therewere a number of significantchanges from the originalHouse and Senate versions of

the budget, I thought it im-portant to go and listen to thediscussion and debate. How-ever, only about one-half orapproximately 200 state rep-resentatives bothered to showup. The attendance of Belk-nap County representativesfaired better; I counted about12, or two-thirds, of our dele-gation. You have to wonderhow those missing from thepresentation formed their im-portant decision-making.

Finally, the problems offunding state government inNew Hampshire remainedrooted in the lack of a signif-icant, dependable source ofrevenue.The fact that our rev-enue streams do not keep upwith expenditure growthequate to a continual struc-tural deficit that law-makersmust confront even in goodtimes. The problem is exacer-bated in times of economicdistress, as this year proved.Until this issue is resolved,our legislature and governor,whether controlled by eitherparty, will be forever scram-bling, in the words of HueyLong, “to tax the man behindthe tree.”

At this stage, I’d normallyjust wish you and your fami-lies a great summer, as thesession is over until the fall.However, the aforementionedsurplus ($110 million) in thestate’s medical malpracticefund is now tied up in thecourts. If the courts ruleagainst the state,we’ll be backat it. So, enjoy your summer,but stay tuned!

Bill Johnson is a State Rep-resentative from Gilford repre-senting Belknap County Dis-trict 5, which includes Alton,Barnstead, Belmont and Gil-ford. He can be reached [email protected] or524-8949.

To the Editor:

In regard to the proposedEmerson Brook Developmentproject, I believe it would havebeen more appropriate for thedeveloper to have scheduled apublic meeting inviting all theSanbornton residents to a for-mal project presentation. Giv-ing a presentation to theBoard of Selectmen, I believe,was not very productive. Thedevelopment team shouldhave followed normal proce-dure and presented their planto the Planning Board as all

subdivision applicants are re-quired to do.

If this project is going tomove forward at all, it wouldseem that a number ofchanges to our current zoningordinances would be re-quired. In the end it will be upto the residents of Sanborn-ton, and not a special com-mittee or those already takinga position in the media, to de-cide if the project will be ben-eficial to our town.

Bill WhalenSanbornton

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To the Editor:

On June 20, four members ofthe Sanbornton Energy Com-mittee attended a statewide con-ference of Local Energy Com-mittees in Concord. About 300attendees participated in pre-sentations and discussiongroups throughout the day cov-ering a wide variety of energyand resource conservation ma-terial. It was a very positive andrewarding day for all, as it is notoften in these times that anyone

can be immersed in possibili-ties that combine saving money,conserving resources, and do-ing good things for the commu-nity with the same stroke.

Three prime pervasive is-sues were the hot topics of theday: the availability of EnergyEfficiency and ConservationBlock Grant Program($9,593,500 competitive grantprogram available to NH mu-nicipalities and counties withOEP oversight) monies totowns; the urgency for creating

comprehensive energy use au-dits for all of our municipal(and commercial) buildings;and the need for towns to adoptinnovative land use planningfor the future.

It is unfortunate that reces-sion, fuel cost increases, andproperty tax payments are cre-ating hardships for Sanborntonand other local residents. It isalso true that it seems to havetaken this perfect storm of com-bined events to push us out ofour complacent inefficiencies

and structured wastefulness.Tax dollars wasted heating in-efficient municipal facilitiesmust be eliminated because taxrevenue is shrinking and fuelcosts are predicted to double ortriple. The EECB Grant pro-gram will assist towns in doingso, but comprehensive auditsmust be completed to qualify forfacility specific improvementgrants. The Sanbornton Ener-gy Committee has collected en-ergy use historical data for ourTown buildings. Ask your local

municipal leadership if this isbeing done in your town.

Future residential develop-ment cannot continue in its cur-rent form; the status quo is un-affordable now and will neverbe affordable in the future. I en-courage readers to investigate“Smart Growth in NH”http://www.nh.gov/oep/pro-grams/SmartGrowth/index.htm and also innovative land useplanning for NHhttp://des.nh.gov/organiza-tion/divisions/water/wmb/repp/innovative_land_use.htm. Iquote the introduction to thispublication:

“With growth comes change.Many New Hampshire commu-nities express in their masterplans the desire to grow or to re-duce the tax rate while main-taining the community charac-teristics that distinguish onetown from another and thatidentify with the regional char-

acteristics of New England.Master plans typically call forpreservation of rural charac-ter, thriving downtowns, and asustainable working landscape.These quality of life issues de-pend on a healthy environmentand a thriving economy. Often,land use regulations fail to im-plement these goals.” Theseguides and techniques can beused to create sustainablegrowth so that our children andtheir children can have a placein New Hampshire’s future.Ask your planning board rep-resentative if they have consid-ered including innovative zon-ing for the community. I havemade several copies of this ma-terial on CD and will ask theSanbornton Library if they canmake them available to resi-dents.

Andrew SanbornSanbornton

To the Editor:

Let’s review some of thehighlights that our wonderfulgovernor and state legislaturehave been able to accomplishsince January 2009.

1) They have ensured that ateenage girl still has the right togo down to her local clinic andabort her child (the one indi-vidual who is truly innocent inall of this), without the consentor knowledge of the baby’s fa-ther or even her own parents.How ironic is it that this samechild couldn’t even receive somuch as an aspirin from herschool nurse without permis-sion from a parent.

2) My friends Adam andSteve are now free to marryeach other, even though Gover-nor Lynch had previously ex-pressed his personal belief thatmarriage should be reservedfor unions between one manand one woman. And finally, 3)even though they managed to

rack up a record budget deficit,every one can rest peacefullyknowing that we can now gospend our hard earned moneyon slot machines at New Hamp-shire dog/horse race tracks(which the legislature wouldprefer don’t actually do any liveracing). Bravo, GovernorLynch and Company!

It is true that I am deeply op-posed to all three of these mis-guided follies, but what bothersme more is the lack of integri-ty we see from our politiciansthese days. Can somebodyplease just take a stand on an is-sue, without offering this dis-claimer or that qualifier- so asnot to offend these constituentsor those voters? What does it re-ally mean when GovernorLynch (or President Obama)say that they are “personally”opposed to abortion or they“personally” believe that mar-riage should be between oneman and one woman, but thenturn around and support legis-

lation that counters these socalled personal beliefs? Somepeople might argue that theseindividuals are being open-minded or tolerant of others be-liefs. Maybe that is true, ormaybe it is just another exam-ple of a spineless politician do-ing what they do best- playingpolitics. I was always taughtthat the true test of a person’scharacter was in how they puttheir beliefs into action. Guesswhat, if you vote for (or sign)legislation that legalizes gaymarriage,then you ARE for gaymarriage. If you pass a law thatmakes it legal for someone tohave an abortion, then you DOcondone abortion. It really isthat simple, Governor.

So let’s do everyone a big fa-vor and stop treating each oth-er as if we were little childrenwho don’t understand how thegame is played. Let’s stop talk-

ing in coded messages and in-nuendos. You know where Istand on the issues, and now (fi-nally!) we all know where youstand as well.

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Summer's here! Alongwith swimming, playing out-door games and riding bikes,some of our most enjoyablesummer hours are spentreading the kinds of bookswe like best.

This year librariansacross the state have createdspecial programs based onthe slogan "Summertime andthe Reading is Easy." This an-nual statewide program issponsored by CHILIS (Chil-dren's Librarians of NewHampshire) to encourageyear-round reading by chil-dren. Students who read dur-ing summer months retainmore of their reading skillsand are better prepared forschool in the fall.

Programs will be offeredat the Sanbornton Public Li-brary every Wednesday at 11a.m., starting on July 8. We

kick off our six-week pro-gram with "Tales from theDeep: Legends of the LivingWaters," performed byaward-winning storytellerand musician Michael Cadu-to.

This celebration of fresh-water life is a perfect fit forthe Lakes Region. Michaelwill share with us Native sto-ries, songs and chants and in-vite everyone to join in adance. Hear how Azeban theraccoon tricks the crayfish(Abenaki, from New Hamp-shire and Vermont), how Ko-luscap defeats the WaterMonster (Chippewa), andhow Tortoise is saved from agreat drought by his friends,the Cranes (Tibetan).

Children who register andkeep track of their readingover the summer will receivespecial prizes and certifi-

cates at the end of the pro-gram on Aug. 12. There areno set reading lists andyounger participants canearn credit for being read to.

For a complete scheduleof events and more informa-tion about our program,please contact the Sanborn-ton Public Library at 286-8288.

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BRINGING UP BEN AND BABYBy Meghan Siegler/ [email protected] ■

Lessons learned by the side of the swimming poolFor weeks, Ben couldn’t

wait for his swimming lessonsto begin. He practiced swim-ming in the bathtub and ea-gerly picked out a new Diegobathing suit. From the mo-ment I told him I’d signed himup for lessons, he would askwhenever we left the housewhether we were going swim-ming. Not yet, I’d say. In a cou-ple weeks. Next week. Tomor-row. Today!

The day finally arrived,and Ben was all ready to go.His class wasn’t until 5:30p.m., so he had to wait out theday at the nanny’s. I got a callaround noon saying the firstclass was cancelled due torain. Brandyn had to breakthe bad news when he picked

the kids up, and he planned aspecial trip to McDonald’s forice cream so Ben wouldn’t betoo upset. It worked, and Beninstead got psyched up to goswimming the next day.

When your child gets ex-cited for something, it’s hardnot to be excited with him.Just as Ben was looking for-ward to swimming lessons, Iwas looking forward to watch-ing him learn to swim, to in-teract in a class setting withother kids, and to have fun do-ing something new. So the af-ternoon of his first lesson,Ben put on his new bathingsuit and we happily drove tothe pool. Despite overcastskies and none-too-hot tem-peratures, Ben was ready for

the water.Everything was going fine

until the lesson actually start-ed. Things went downhill assoon as the instructors, well,instructed. They had all thekids sit on the edge of thepool. They all crowded to-gether – except for Ben. He satby himself. When the rest ofthe kids jumped in the water,Ben’s butt stayed firmly plant-ed. And when the two in-structors took turns holdingthe kids while they “swam”across the pool,Ben said,“No.I don’t want to.” He did get inthe pool, but not for long. De-spite my attempts to ignorehim, I had to help him outwhen he kept saying, “Mom-my! I have to go potty!”

To get him back in the pool,I tried coercion, but to noavail. I let him stand by him-self for a while, thinking thatmaybe if he watched the oth-er kids having fun in the wa-ter, he’d eventually want tojoin in. No such luck. Fiveminutes before the lesson wassupposed to end, we left.

The whole incident both-ered me more than it shouldhave. It’s not that he doesn’twant to swim; I’m not in ahuge rush for him to perfecthis doggie paddle or any-thing. But I so badly wantedhim to be part of a group, tocontinue being as excitedabout the reality of swim-ming lessons as he was aboutthe idea of swimming les-sons. I knew I should just letit go, but I couldn’t help it – Ispent much of the next day

asking if he was ready to goback to the pool and try again.I even bribed him with pizzaafter his lesson if he would getback in the pool, and eventu-ally he started to get that ex-citement back. He put on hisbathing suit a couple hoursbefore we had to leave, and,like the day before, talkedabout swimming as we droveto the pool. Against my betterconscious judgment, I got myhopes up.

I don’t really know whenthings fell apart the secondtime. He took off his shirt andshoes with no trepidation andwalked over to the side of thepool. The instructors werethrowing out toys, and thekids were running throughthe water to get them.

“Jump in!” I said.

“No. I don’t want to,” Bensaid.

Great. I was actually a littlerelieved when one of the in-structors came over and said,“Come on Ben,get some toys,”and proceeded to pick him upand put him in the pool. I wasat a loss for what to do,so I wasgrateful to have someone elsetake over. Except that, once hewas waist deep in water, Benstarted crying. I tried half-heartedly to get him to play inthe pool,even if he didn’t wantto listen to the instructors(hey, there were a couple oth-er kids doing their own thing),but he was done. So I pickedhim up, and we left, headednot for home but for Papa Gi-no’s.I didn’t want Ben to thinkhe had let me down, even if itwas a little bit true. I know he

wasn’t not swimming to makeme sad or angry; he’s just notready.

Eating cheese pizza in ourbackyard a while later, Benthanked me for letting him getpizza even though he didn’tswim.After that,neither of usbrought it up again, and wehad an evening far more re-laxing than one spent arguingby the side of a pool.

If Ben wants to learn toswim this summer, we’ll prac-tice with him. If he’d rathersplash around without a carein the world, we’ll be his life-guards. But when summerends and it’s time for Ben to goto preschool, we may have aproblem. I’m crossing my fin-gers that classes on dry landwill be easier for him to stom-ach.

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It was more than just a factory, and now it’s going to be goneNorth Country Notebook

John Harrigan

The news that the EthanAllen furniture factory wouldclose at the end of the sum-mer was like a blow to thestomach for all who live andwork in the North Country. Itwas the last major employerin the entire region, and theloss of its 260 jobs will haveimmediate and ripple effectsthat will be felt by every facetof economic, community andsocial life.

Better known as the Beech-er Falls Factory by its loca-tion on a northern Vermontsite bordering northwesternNew Hampshire and LowerQuebec, the plant has been amainstay of livelihood andthe area’s economy for morethan three-quarters of a cen-tury. Many of its workers arefourth and fifth generationemployees. For many fami-lies,the factory is the only em-ployment their wage earnershave ever known. And it’sbeen a proud trade and tradi-tion, making some of thefinest furniture in the coun-try.

The announcement wasthe latest in a series of hor-rendous blows to the region’speople and economy, and per-haps the last. In recent yearspaper mills in Gilman, Grove-ton and Berlin have shutdown, eliminating thousandsof jobs, and the Tillotson Cor-poration, once a major em-ployer, is a job-dwindlingshadow of its former self.Andthe Ethan Allen closing canbe viewed as the final blow,because there is nothing leftto be shut down.

Like many others who livein the Colebrook-Pittsburgarea, I once worked at theBeecher Falls plant and

moved on, but retain a lot offondness and memories. Likethe Balsams Grand ResortHotel, where I also onceworked, the place always feltlike home.

After dropping out of col-lege in my first year in 1966, Icouldn’t stand to sponge offmy parents and got the firstjob I could as fast as I could,which was at the BeecherFalls Factory. As the low newhire on the totem pole, I wasgiven what were consideredas the lowest jobs on the Ma-chine Floor, which were (a)helping Freddie Stewartmove freight, and (b) runningthe slot and bore machines,which were the rigs that madethe slot in bed posts for therails and inserted the two lit-tle metal pegs the rails hookedonto.

Fred hadn’t been relegatedto moving freight because hewas low on the totem pole, butbecause he was old and pret-ty well worn out. While I didmost of the heavy pulling andpushing of carts loaded withstock headed to or comingfrom machines, he regaledme with his rich store of theplant’s history.What was thenthe pallet-nailing station nearbottom of the freight elevator,for instance, once had beenpart of a small mill pond, andworkers excavating for thepresent foundation had foundthe remains of a rowboatthere.

Fred kept telling me thatfactory work was honorablework but that I shouldn’t bethere and should go on tosomething else. One day onthe loading dock he told methe story of Leon Ripley. “Hewas working right here oneday when the boys told himthat he should get out of here,he didn’t belong here,” saidFred, “and Leon said ‘Bydamn,you’re right!’and stuckhis axe into that beam rightthere (showing me the mark),and left.”Leon Ripley went onto college and law school, andbecame a Colebrook attorneyand civic leader.

All of us on the MachineFloor were on piece-work,meaning that you got paid a

starvation flat rate but couldearn more if you exceededhandling so many pieces perhour. The slot and bore sta-tion was shunned by all, inthe belief that its setup was soludicrous that it was impossi-ble to beat the rates.

I’ve never liked the word“can’t” and set about some ex-tremely hard thinking while Iworked. In time, I figured outhow to plant my feet just so toenable me to pivot rather thanstep, like a basketball playerout of dribbles. And I beganscrutinizing the machines,piece by part.

Billy Allen was the ma-chinist down in the shop, amechanical genius. It wassaid that Bill could make any-thing, even from just a roughsketch. One morning I wentto him with two rough sketch-es. “These are for the slot andbore machines,” I said, “but Idon’t know if making them isfeasible.” Bill snatched themfrom my hand, and withintwo days I was mounting im-provised add-ons onto the ma-chines, one in particular sav-ing me an entire step on thehardest bed post, the cannon-ball, allowing me to not onlybeat the rate handily but al-most double it.

I learned to get to the fac-tory earlier than most so thatI had plenty of empty carts topile finished pieces into andso I could line up my jobs forthe day’s work, starting fromsmall bed posts and workingthrough to bigger ones, or theother way around, dependingon where I’d finished the daybefore. This saved valuabletime in tearing down or build-ing up my machines, slightadjustments versus majorones. I learned to move better,more efficiently and faster.All this, aided by machine in-novations, soon had me beat-ing the rates and earning a

pretty nice paycheck.And then, of course, the of-

fice noticed, and a rate-evalu-ating team came and watchedme work one morning and re-set my rates. Still, I foundways to save time and motion,and kept making a good pay-check.

All this taught me lessonsI still use in everyday life to-day. In any task at hand I fig-ure out what I’m going toneed, plan the job, keep stepsand trips to an absolute mini-mum, and just as at the facto-ry, where the last half hour ofthe day was allotted forcleanup, reserve time to puteverything away and sweepup.

I can savor my memoriesand make use of the factory’slessons and write about it all,but 260 people are losing theirpaychecks,more like a sledge-hammer to the head than ablow to the stomach.What arethey going to do? Much ismade of government-funded“retraining,” but retrainingfor what? Where? As severalpeople quoted in the news sto-ries pointed out, in the state’sSouthern Tier jobless work-ers can retrain and drive fif-teen minutes or a half hour toa new place of employment.Not so here, not at all. Every-thing is too far away, and youcan drive an hour and a halfor two hours, and there’s stillnothing when you get there.

The times when the potatoindustry was king and scoresof factories and plants bigand small made myriadthings from wood are longgone. Dairy farming is hang-ing on by an ever-slimmerthread. The logging industrylives on, but ever more labor-reduced and mechanized.And now the last major man-ufacturing plant will soon begone.

So we are down to tourism,

which depends nearly totallyon our scenery, which weseem bent on despoiling asfast as the economic times andtechnology will allow. As theland becomes ever more frag-mented and the all-night-lights blink on across the land-

scape, even the jobs flippingburgers and turning bedsheets seem endangered.

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Edward Heinstrom, 87NORTHFIELD — Edward

R. Heinstrom, 87, of 5 HiddenLane in Northfield died at hishome, surrounded by his fam-ily, Monday, June 22, 2009.

He was born in Waltham,Mass., July 7, 1921, son ofArthur E. Heinstrom Sr. andLillian I. (Boudreau) Hein-strom. He raised his family inWeymouth, Mass. and later

moved to Easton, Mass. Hesummered for over 40 years atHermit Lake in Sanbornton,moving there permanently 27years ago. During the wintermonths he traveled the Unit-ed States in his motorhomeand later wintered in Florida.

He was a former Mason.Hewas a U.S. Navy Veteran ofWW II. Following the war he

Leslie Van Hoose, 59MEREDITH — Leslie M.

Van Hoose, 59, of 246 DurrellMtn. Road died at her homeon Tuesday, June 23.

Leslie was born Feb. 10,1950 in Perth Amboy, N.J., thedaughter of Helen (Brown)Musolf. She lived in Belmontfor three years, coming fromMeredith. She had been em-ployed as a clinical researchassistant at AlcheraBio inNew Jersey.

Leslie had a love of hors-es and was a devoted hockeymom.

Leslie is survived by herhusband, Charles Van Hoose,of Belmont; a son, JoshuaVan Hoose, and his wife,Bethany, of Laconia; a broth-er, Kevin Musolf, and hiswife, Debbie, of Hillsbor-ough, N.J.; her father-in-lawand mother-in-law, Eugeneand the late Marion VanHoose, of Port Clinton, Ohio;two brothers-in-law and sis-ters-in-law, Barry and KarenVan Hoose, of Shorewood,Ill., and Paul and JenniferVan Hoose of Jacksonville,Fla.; a nephew, KC Musolf,and a niece, LeeAnn Musolf,both of Hillsborough, N.J.She was predeceased by her

parents.Calling hours were held

June 26 in the Wilkinson-Beane-Simoneau-PaquetteFuneral Home, Laconia.

A funeral service was heldJune 27 also at the FuneralHome.

Burial followed in the fam-ily lot in Village Cemetery,Meredith.

In lieu of flowers, memo-rial donations may be madeto Jake Brien MemorialFund, c/o WinnipesaukeeVeterinary Emergency Cen-ter, PO Box 924, Meredith,NH. 03253. (Please makechecks payable to WVEC.)

For more information andto view an online memorialgo towww.wilkinsonbeane.com.

F. A. Normandin, 68MEREDITH — F. Andre

Normandin, age 68, a longtime volunteer at the SacredHeart Church in Laconiaand also at St. Charles Bor-romeo Church in Meredith,died at 9:12 p.m. on June 28,after a long, courageous bat-tle with cancer.

Born in Laconia on Nov.26, 1940, he was the son ofLauretta Normandin andthe late F.A. Normandin. Hewas also predeceased by hisidentical twin F. ArmandNormandin in 1989, and sis-ter Elizabeth in 1938.

He graduated from As-sumption PreparatorySchool in Worcester, Mass.,in 1959, and later studied atSt. Anselm College in Man-chester.

During the Vietnam War,he served with the US AirForce as an AdministrativeSpecialist in Phan Rang, andsubsequently served sixyears in the Air Force Na-tional Guard. In 1967, hejoined the NH Department ofSafety as a license and regis-tration clerk and then be-came a Hearings Examinerin 1972 and served in that ca-pacity for the next 27 yearsuntil his retirement in 2001.

He was a Communicant ofSt. Charles BorromeoChurch, Meredith, and washeavily involved in churchaffairs.

As Director of the LakesRegion Drum and BugleCorps for over seven years,he was very involved withyouth of the community.

He is survived by his lov-ing wife of 46 years, formerBelknap County Registrar ofDeeds Rachel M. (Lapointe),

and three children; Allanand wife Cheryl Normandinof Center Conway, Scott andwife Laura Normandin ofLaGrange, Ky., and daughter,Danielle and husbandMichael Fisch of Brewster,N.Y., nine grandchildren, asister, M. Alice (Normandin)and husband Michael Phelpsof Allenstown, a brother, Dr.Denis Normandin and wifeKaren of Augusta, Maine,and many nieces, nephewsand cousins.

As per Andre's request,calling hours will be from 10a.m. to noon on July 2 in theNarthex at St. Charles Bor-romeo Church, Route 25,Meredith. Funeral Mass willfollow immediately with theRev. Richard B. Thompson,Vicar for Priests in the Dio-cese of Manchester and Cab-inet Secretary for MinistryFormation. Burial will be ata later date.

In lieu of flowers, dona-tions may be made to Com-munity Health and Hospice,780 N. Main St., Laconia, NH03246.

The Dewhirst FuneralHome, 1061 Union Ave., La-conia, is assisting the familywith the arrangements.

worked for the former ForeRiver Shipyard in Quincy andlater worked as a linear typeoperator for Boston newspa-pers. He retired as an inspec-tor after 20 years with theMassachusetts Registry ofMotor Vehicles in Quincy andlater Brockton. His family in-cludes sons Gary E. Hein-strom of Sanbornton, GalenJ.and his wife Lori Heinstromof Weymouth,Mass.,and Gar-rett T. and his wife Jane Hein-strom of Meredith; daughterTrina M.and her husband Jay

Chambers of Northfield; sixgrandchildren; one great-grand son; sister Ruth Pare-lius of Barnstead; brotherArthur E. Heinstrom Jr. ofPort Charlotte, Fla.; andnieces and nephews.

A celebration of his lifewas held June 28, 2009 at theChamber’s home in North-field.Arrangements are un-der the care of the William F.Smart Sr. Memorial Home inTilton.For other informationgo to www.smartfuneral-home.com

Students take a bite out of tooth decayLAKES REGION — On Fri-

day,May 29,as part of the NewHampshire Statewide SealantProject, twenty-seven first,second, and third gradersfrom area schools were givendental exams. Doctors fromthe LRGHealthcare DentalResource Center and NewHampshire Oral Health Pro-gram hygienists identifiedstudents in need of dentalsealants. The collaborative ef-forts resulted in over 27 localstudents receiving 108sealants.

While tooth decay is themost common chronic child-hood disease in America, it islargely preventable. Sealants

can prevent up to 90 percent oftooth decay in children. Stud-ies have shown that childrenwith dental sealants and reg-ular dental visits have onefourth the amount of tooth de-cay as children who do nothave dental sealants and ac-cess to regular dental care.

With permission fromtheir parents, children trav-eled in rented buses to theDental Resource Center to re-ceive sealants. Hygienists forLakes Region General Hospi-tal DRC doled out goodie bagsand high fives,exams and oralhealth education making theday productive and fun.

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their way from Union-San-born School to the Pines.

Notable entries were theresidents of the N.H.VeteransHome and their float titled"Charlotte's Web Goes to theFair" and the children andfarm animals on floats fromTractor Supply company andthe 4-H organization.

Local selectmen from eachtown waved from vehicles andState Representatives LizMerry and Joy Tilton as wellas Executive Councilor RayBurton walked their wayfrom Tilton to Northfield tosay hello to members of theirdistrict Little league teams,gymnasts and several localbusinesses joined in on thefun, too.

At the Pines vendors trans-formed the area into an out-door market, with shirts, trin-

kets, jewelry and toys. Enter-tainment ranged from climb-ing walls to bouncy rooms andgames of chance as musicfrom Rocky Mountain Wayrang out beneath the trees.Horseshoes clanked as teamsengaged in friendly competi-tion and families surroundedthe fenced-in enclosure wherehorse pulling contests wereheld.

Some hungry souls bentdown to compete in the old-fashioned Pie Eating Contestwhile others chose their lunchfrom the many civic organi-zations who were flippingburgers and grilling hot dogsand sausages for the crowd.

Capping the day's eventswere an "ole fashioned" chick-en barbecue and fireworksdisplay by the river runningbetween the two towns.

FairFROM PAGE A1

and fruits and vegetables asthey come into season areamong the many items forsale.Sixteen vendors will beon hand each Wednesdayfrom 3-6 p.m. Currently thereis a waiting list of people look-ing to participate in the week-

ly market. Tilton Main Streethas also set up a non-profittable for people who wouldlike to sign up for a time slotto promote their organiza-tion. Interested groups maycontact Tilton Main Street at286-8668 for more informa-tion.

TeamFROM PAGE A1

Dawson, however, said shedoesn’t want to see the coun-ty’s communities, some ofwhich are very different fromone another, melding servic-es.

“I’d be concerned,” shesaid. “We’re all unique com-munities – I’d hate to have usbe compared to Meredith …I’m protesting it.”

State Representative LizMerry of Sanbornton toldDawson that regionalizationwas nowhere near being adone deal and at this point issimply a topic of discussion.

“We’re going to pick upthemes that towns want totalk about,” Merry said. “Oneof them might be regionaliza-tion.”

Commission Chair ChrisBoothby took it a step further,saying that the commission-ers will not start any new ini-tiatives without many more

conversations.“What I can definitely

promise is, because I feel thesame way you do, nothing isgoing to be imposed on you,”Boothby said.

“I think most importantlyit has to work to everybody’sbenefit,” Philpot agreed,adding that Tilton has the ad-vantage of having experi-enced regionalization. “Youguys have model in place tosay how or how not to do some-thing.”

After taking her stance onregionalization, Dawson alsomade sure the commissionersknew their visit was appreci-ated.

“In my nine years as a se-lectman, this is a first; (usual-ly) they’re just sending us thebill,” she said. “It is excellentthat you are here.”

Though the commission-ers didn’t show the PowerPoint presentation in Tilton

that they’ve shown in othertowns, they highlighted someof the county’s programs andexplained funding. Tiltonpays for 5 percent of the coun-ty budget, slightly more thanSanbornton and Center Har-bor but significantly less thanGilford and Meredith.

One of their most valuedservices, the commissionerssaid, is their restorative juve-nile justice programs. They

emphasized that prevention –keeping youth out of the courtsystem – saves money in thelong run, and that citizens’concerns that some outsideagencies might be “doubledipping” by requesting fundsfrom the county and individ-ual towns are unfounded.However, they have repeated-ly said that they are workingto reconfigure juvenile justiceservices to make them less

costly and more efficient.“We do extra here in Belk-

nap County,” Philpot said.“We’ve seen a lot of supportfor our outside agencies inthese discussions.”

The County Commission’sstop in Tilton was one of itslast, as its “County Conversa-tions” tour winds down. Thelast scheduled meeting with atown board will be thisevening in New Hampton. Af-

ter that, the commissionershave said they want to hold aforum where all the ideasthey’ve been presented withcan be discussed.

“Whatever happens withthis … is a matter of all peo-ple being involved,”State Rep-resentative Alida Milham ofGilford said. “It’s gonna takeeverybody working together.”

ChairFROM PAGE A1

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Please donate on Friday,July 10, at the Historic Belk-nap Mill at 25 Beacon StreetEast in Laconia between thehours of 9 a.m. and 3 p.m.

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The game was a pitchersduel for two innings betweenMikey Hoey of Top Notchand Greg Hunt of Legend In-teriors.

Top Notch got on theboard first in the top of the3rd inning scoring two runsoff of Greg Hunt behind aTim Harmon single, andback-to-back triples byMikey Hoey and JackDecormier.

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The score remained 3-2until the 5th inning. WithGreg Hunt out of the game,Top Notch rallied againstTorrey Martinez. Tim Har-mon led off the inning witha walk and Jack Decormierbrought him home with hissecond triple of the after-noon to make it a 3-3 game.

Legend stormed ahead inthe bottom of the 5th inningagainst new Top Notch pitch-er Tim Harmon. Taking ad-vantage of three Top Notchfielding errors they scoredtwo unearned runs to makeit a 5-3 game. Tyler Arnoldthen came on to pitch for Leg-end Interiors and silencedthe Top Notch bats to pre-serve the victory.

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Tilton Selectmen Katherine Dawson, Norm Boudreau, Sandra Plessner and Pat Consentino smiled their wayalong the parade route from Tilton through Northfield. Fellow selectman David Wadleigh Sr., Tilton's Citizen ofthe Year, preceded them in a car honoring his recent award.

Northfield Selectmen Deb Shepard and Steve Bluhm are joined byShepard's granddaughter Mckenzie Jean as they ride along the paraderoute on Old Home Day.

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Marty’s Musings

Clearly Indians didn’twear flip-flops – not a shoethat you can tread quietlythrough the forest in.Around the house I neverreally noticed what a rack-et they make and sincethey’re my preferredfootwear in the warmweather, I should know. IfI thought about the sound aflip-flop made at all, it wasjust one of the sounds ofsummer, like a lawn-mow-er buzzing away on theneighbor’s lawn or musicbooming from the openwindows of a car drivingby. Until one night I waswatching a movie at Smit-ty’s and got up to go to thebathroom. Every flip andevery flop echoed through-out the quiet theater. It be-came the longest walk ofmy life.

I tried to walk slowly tosee if I could be more qui-et, but it just dragged outthe ordeal, long slow flipsfollowed by long slow flops.It was like some kind ofChinese water torture. Ipictured the audience sit-ting on the edge of theirseats, waiting for me to fi-

nally put my foot down andget it over with.

I try not to live my lifeworrying about what otherpeople think of me, but I’monly human. I was so em-barrassed that I actuallywalked back through thetheater barefoot, carryingthe offending flip-flops, try-ing not to think what Imight be walking on anddebating how I could beststerilize my feet once I gothome. I wore sneakers, mysecond favorite shoe, for allfurther trips to the movies.

In the summer I’m bare-foot when possible, in flip-flops or sneakers other-wise. In the winter I’ll ditchthe flip-flops and bare feetand add fuzzy slippers andsocks. My favorite slippersare woolly lined moc-casins, so maybe I do havesomething in commonwith the Indians after all.It’s all about comfort when-ever possible as far as I‘mconcerned.

I don’t know who decid-ed that high-heels would bea bright idea. Whoever didobviously had no issue

The music of flip-flops, andother shoe ruminations

A field guide is handy forbirding - so is a map

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