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Oliverian, An Alternative High School,Gives Back____________________________
By: Olivia Acker, Maya Centeno, and Hannah Greatbatch
Have you heard of the Empty Bowl Project?
The Empty Bowl Project, aninternational fundraiser aimingto end hunger around the world,has come to the Upper Valley.The project, which originated inMichigan in 1990, invites com-
munity members to craft hand-made bowls, and then and eatsoup together out of the donatedbowls. Participants are encour-aged to keep their bowls inexchange for a donation to alocal organization dedicated tofeeding the hungry.
Bessa Axelrod and LizSwindell, teachers at theOliverian School in Pike, NH,
Oliverian, An Alternative High School,Gives Back____________________________
Beekeepers To Meet___________________
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organized an Empty Bowlfundraiser at the school thiswinter, with the help of studentsand staff. Ms. Axelrod, Directorof Art, and Ms. Swindell, DormParent, first introduced this ideato the school community in thefall.
Students and staff were asked towork together with their dormsto create bowls in our potterystudio. At a recent family week-end event, parents, staff andstudents were encouraged tobuy one of the completed bowlsas a reminder of all the hungrypeople and empty bowls in theworld. Rather than price eachbowl, community memberswere asked to make anonymousdonations. The bowls soldquickly, and ultimately raisedover $400 for the HorseMeadow Senior Center inNorth Haverhill, NH.
Head of School Will Laughlinwas very pleased with the entireprocess. He said, “The EmptyBowl Project represents thespirit of Oliverian: We standshoulder to shoulder, staff andstudents, creative and meaning-ful.”
Oliverian students come fromall over world, and expressgratitude to this community formaking them feel welcome.Students wanted to help out andgive back in a different way,and to help those less fortunatein our community. Senior ChrisGeleske, of Illinois, didn’t cre-ate a bowl of his own, but “isproud to be a part of a schoolthat is aware of its communityand all it does for us, and tries
to give back.”
Everyone who participated inthe event was proud to be apart of it. Oliverian parent,Deborah Kaple, said “Mydaughter found a school thatshe enjoys, and giving back tothe community feels greatwhich is why we bought twobowls!”
One of the artists, Dorm parentReed McFarland, was happyto have the opportunity tohelp, and said the process ofcreating the bowls “was avaluable bonding experiencewith my residents.”
The Horse Meadow SeniorCenter, whose mission is tohelp older adults and adultswith disabilities living in ourcommunity with their healthand independent living, wasvery grateful for the donation.
Deb Foster, Director of theCenter, was happy to tourOliverian representativesaround the busy facility.Volunteers deliver 90-100homemade meals a day, andalso provide hot meals at theCenter for an additional 40-100 daily visitors.
The money donated byOliverian will be put towardscooking nutritious, balancedmeals for area residents inneed.
To learn more about the EmptyBowls Fundraiser, or to startyour own, please see empty-bowls.org.
The Bath 250th committee hasreceived a grant from the NewHampshire Humanities Councilto present Maggie Stier, “OnThis Spot Once Stood..."Remembering the ArchitecturalHeritage of New Hampshire”on Saturday, April 25th at 7:00pm at the Bath Village School.
New Hampshire has lost manyof its important historic build-ings to fire, neglect, intentionaldemolition and re-development.In some cases, a plaque ormarker provides a physicalreminder of what was, but inother examples, no tangible evi-dence remains.
Maggie Stier showcases someof the celebrated buildings thatNew Hampshire has lost, andexplores how and why weremember and commemoratethose losses. Her program willdraw from historical and con-temporary photographs, maps,
and other historical records toexplore the significance ofthese structures, explain theireventual fate, and analyze pop-ular responses to the loss.Particular attention will bedevoted to places where abuilding was memorialized insome way.
Examples in this illustrated talkwill include the simple woodensigns where the hotels inBethlehem once stood, a large-scale installation of architectur-al fragments in Concord, and
the birthplaces of severalnotable citizens.
Audiences will be challenged tothink about other examples, andconsider the ways in which weremember what is not there anylonger.
This program is free and opento the public.
For more information, contactthe Bath Public Library at 747-3372 or [email protected].
On a calendar of beekeepingduties according to months, ittells me to go throughout thehives on a 60+ degrees day—haha ha. Will we ever get thatwarm in April?
Seriously though, there are alot of things a beekeeper can bedoing now. Anyone who pur-chased a nuc or a package ofnew bees should be getting theirnew equipment ready. Newunfinished hive boxes need tobe painted. Select the bestplace on your property for yourbee yard.It should be as level aspossible with some wind pro-tection from shrubs or trees.Also think about installing anelectric fence to deter bearswho are waking up now and onthe prowl for food. They love
bee larvae.
Also many ways to keepinformed on beekeeping arereading books, subscribing toBee Culture magazine andAmerican Bee Journal both ofwhich have excellent informa-tion from the experienced pro-fessional beekeepers.Attending your local beekeep-ers association keeps you intouch with other beekeepers inyour area. The ConnecticutRiver Valley Beekeepers meetevery second Thursday eachmonth in the Grafton CountyExtension conference room onRoute 10 in North Haverhill.Any questions may be sent toMarguerite Christopher [email protected].
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On Saturday, March 28, over200 students from across thestate gathered at the FidelityInvestments Young Inventors’Celebration in Penacook, NewHampshire.
Local fifth grader, Kaitlin Clarkof Lin-Wood Elementary inLincoln, NH, presented herRube Goldberg machine, “ThePopper.” Clark's creation usedseveral found objects, includinga foosball game, PVC piping,house gutters, and children'sbooks to create a complicatedballoon-popping machine.
Kaitlin won Best IndividualEffort in a Rube Goldberg aswell as the Palleiko InnovationAward, a specialty prize nor-mally reserved for traditionalinventions. “Rube GoldbergMachines are the unsung heroesof invention conventions,” says
Ian Palleiko, program alumnusand judge. “If you've nevermade one, you have no ideahow much time and effort gointo it. Kaitlin’s machine wasgreat. It was almost entirelycreated from repurposed items.That, the creativity that wentinto the design, and Kaitlin’senthusiasm for her work are allreasons why she won this year.”
The Palleiko Innovation Awardis a cash prize assembled into a5-intersecting tetrahedra dodec-ahedron. “We're not going totake it apart, we're going tohang it from the ceiling!” saidKaitlin and her family after theevent. The presenter of theaward, Ian Palleiko ofRollinsford, NH, is a five-timecompetitor at the YoungInventors’ Program and nowvolunteers as a judge. “TheYoung Inventors’ Program is an
excellent opportunity for kidswho are interested in technolo-gy, mechanics, building, andart. There's nothing else like it,and I plan to support the pro-gram for as long as I can.” Ianalso presented Kaitlin with aDremel rotary toolkit as part ofthe award. “I hope to see herback at the state competitionnext year with an even morecomplicated machine!”
Administered by the Academy
of Applied Science, the YoungInventors’ Program® reachesout to 600 New Hampshireschools and 5,000 students eachyear, bringing together studentsat an annual statewide celebra-
tion. To learn more about theprogram, or to get your schoolinvolved, contact PamelaHampton at (603) 228-4530, oremail [email protected].
Young inventor, Kaitlin Clark, is on the left. Ian Palleiko, pro-gram alumnus and judge, is on the right. See story on thispage. - NCN Courtesy Photo
“Incessantly scouring the uni-verse (and my back yard) forthe weird, the wacky, and thethoughtful so you don’t haveto.”
I have good news and bad news!First, this will be my last columnhere (I am not sure whether thatis the good or bad news). Theother (also not sure if it’s thegood or bad) is I am writing thison April 1st! Gotcha, didn’t I!Seriously, as I tell anyone whowill listen, I may have 30 sec-onds or 30 years left (as is truefor all of us – just tweak thenumbers to fit your age). Wenever know. I am not planningon going anywhere, so for nowyou are stuck with me.
As of this column appearing inprint, fishing season is wellunderway in NH. I’m thinking,why don’t fishermen and fisher-women (fisherpeople?) displaytheir catches by tying them onthe fenders of their cars. Theyused to do that with deer, didn’tthey?
I know I am on Facebook toomuch when the following jokeisn’t funny: Question: What isthe national language of theUnited States? Answer: Third-grade English! Budda-boom!While I used to be quite thereader, these days (nights, actu-ally) the only reading I do isbefore sleep – usually 20-30minutes, so it takes a couple ofweeks to get through mostbooks. It could be argued, how-ever, that my time spent onFacebook is like reading a novelexcept some of the charactersdon’t change and grow.
Revenge? A Pennsylvania manvisiting his mother-in-law’sgrave site was killed when herheadstone toppled on him.Stephen Woytack was decorat-ing the headstone with his wifefor Easter yesterday when thethawing spring ground apparent-ly caused the base to shift. “It isunimaginable,” says the localbishop. “Heartbreaking,” acemetery caretaker said. “It’sjust a freak thing that hap-pened.” Woytack’s burial plotwill be right in front of the head-stone that killed him. [Newser]
People behaving badly! Policein Akron, Ohio, said PhyllisJefferson, 50, allegedly stabbedher boyfriend in the groin with apen after he ate all the salsa intheir house. Jefferson’sboyfriend, Ronnie D. Bucker,61, told police that he and theaccused were arguing about thesalsa consumption when sheallegedly stabbed him with thepen. The suspect then allegedlywalked over to the TV andthreatened to knock it on thefloor. When Buckner grabbedthe TV, Jefferson supposedlywalked to the kitchen to grab aknife and used it to cut him inthe stomach. Jefferson fled thescene while Buckner called 911.[Huffingtonpost.com]
The Sixth Amendment talksabout enjoying the right to aspeedy trial. India doesn’t haveour Constitution, however. Theopen caseload there grew to31,367,915 by the end of 2013— a quantity that, if all of thecountry’s judges, workingaround the clock, each resolved100 cases an hour, it would stilltake 35 years to clear.
Bloomberg Business Weekreported that lawyers needlesslyfatten the backlog with multiplefilings, mainly to jack up theirfees (and thus encouraging“extortion threats,” in place of“law,” as the preferred methodof resolving disputes).
Lest anyone support ISIS, a raidon an ISIS safe house last fall inSyria turned up, among otheritems, a Dell laptop owned byTunisian jihadist “MuhammedS.,” containing (not unexpected-ly) recipes for bubonic plagueand ricin, and (less likely) arecipe for banana mousse and avariety of songs by CelineDion. [Foreign Policy] (If it hadsongs by Bieber, I’d really havesome concerns!)
If you ever started to lose faithin human competence, considerthe following: A radiation leak atan underground nuclear wastedump was partially caused bycat litter used to soak up con-taminated liquid inside the bar-rels. A drum of waste containingradioisotopes including plutoni-um was incorrectly packagedwith the wrong sort of cat litter.Scientists say the ensuing reac-tion caused the barrel to heat up,generating gases that pushed offits lid. The incident happenedlast year around half a milebelow ground at the site in NewMexico. The findings wererevealed in a new report by theUS Energy Department. Some22 workers were exposed toradiation but the amountreceived was not life threaten-ing. Key operations at the site -the only permanent undergrounddepository for radiologicalwaste from US nuclear laborato-ries and weapons sites - wereindefinitely suspended. NewMexico fined the EnergyDepartment $54 million as aresult of the accident.[news.sky.com]
Finally, to restore your faith inpeople, officials in an Illinois
town said new signs reading,“Stop pooping on bike path,” areaimed at pooping people ratherthan defecating dogs. ScotMcKay, Public Works supervi-sor for the Village of Hampton,said residents might confuse thetwo signs, which bear an emoji-like image of a smiling pile offeces, for a message to pet own-ers, but they are actually aresponse to human droppingsbeing found on the path multipletimes during the past two years.“It’s just pretty nasty to talkabout,” McKay told WQAD-TV.McKay said the feces are defi-nitely human, as the poop-itratortends to leave pieces of toiletpaper atop the piles. “Well ani-
mals don’t carry toilet paper andthen stuff it on the top,” he said.McKay said he is hoping thesigns will inspire potential poop-ers to take their business to near-by public restrooms. “It’s grossand other people shouldn’t haveto use our path like that,” hesaid. Hampton isn’t the onlyMidwestern city struggling witha poop problem — police inDayton, Ohio, recently releaseda picture of a man believed to beresponsible for dropping deuceson at least 19 parked cars in thecity. Sigh....
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While looking out on the deepsnow in our backyard, mythoughts turned to the way thetrails will look and feel whenwarmth returns to our mountains.That had me thinking about someof my favorite hikes, which hadme daydreaming about the trails,or sections of trails, that are myfavorites. But I wanted to whittleit down even further.
So here is something a little dif-ferent: my ten favorite one-milestretches of trail in the WhiteMountains. It was difficult tolimit it to only ten, which madethis list both a challenge but asfun to put together as a Christmaslist. I also have no doubt thatgiven a certain mood on a differ-ent day, some of my choicesmight change. Even as I getready to send this off to my goodeditor, I am contemplatingswitching out a couple for othersthat are very special.
I’ve listed them in no specificorder.
*The first mile of the AttitashTrail heading from Bear Notch
Road to Table Mountain. Thewoods are enchanting – an ethe-real place of fairy songs andwood nymphs. Louisville Brookruns crystal clear next to much ofthe trail and you are compelled tostop and gaze into the rushingcurrent. At the end of a longhike, it is an excellent place tolinger. There have even beensome days when our only journeyconsisted of walking a mile inalong the brook to hear its songand wade through the cool water.
*The mile that stretches fromLittle Monroe to Mount Franklinalong the Crawford Path in theSouthern Presidentials alwaysreminds me of something fromout west. The high grass leanswith the wind and the mountainsfade off into an eternal blue head-ing toward various ranges to thesouth and west. It’s enough tomake you believe that thesemountains never stop.
*The first mile north along theFranconia Ridge Trail after theFollowing Waters Trail intersectswith it is something that willhook you on hiking for a lifetime.Looking toward Little Haystackis breathtaking enough, but tothen walk along the ridge and seeheavenly peaks and valley risingand falling is breathtaking. Youwant to laugh and scream and cryand pray and shout “thank you!”all at once.
*There is a haunting mile thatstretches from the summit ofMount Starr King to summit ofWaumbek. There the wind sighs,and sometimes roars, from thenorth through the saddle. Whatsits there are ancient trees andfallen trees and young trees andgreat draping ribbons of Old
Man’s Beard, that moss thatreminds you of the south. To methere is no finer example of lifeand death existing side by sidealong a trail. It is a mile ofbewitchment, especially whenthe wind cries and wraps you inits mournful spell.
*Entering the Kate Sleeper Trailfrom the South Tripyramid Slidewill make you feel like you’vestumbled into fictional realm.One where there’s a greaterchance of seeing a moose than aperson. That first mile you willfind the allure of fallen red nee-dles and wild green ferns and asea of quietude. Part of thecharm of this trail is that it’s near-ly always silent, other than thestir of breeze or wind, becausethere isn’t an easy way to get toit, or a reason to traverse it.
*Coming off the Twinway andcresting the summit of MountGuyot you’ll see a land of giants.These are mountains you’ve seenbefore, but not like this. Notfrom this angle as you walk downabout two tenths of a mile andthen take a turn left for anothereight tenths on the way to theBonds. This is the one trail I findmyself daydreaming of the most.Perhaps because it is a difficultplace to get to at Atticus’s ageand I realize we’ll most likelynever walk this path togetheragain. I still remember the firsttime. My legs went weak and myheart raced. “Such a placeexists?” I exclaimed in wonder.
*Just before reaching above tree-line on the Champney Falls Trailheading up Mount Chocorua,turn there is a short cut off to theleft toward the Three Sisters. Itbrings you out to the quiet open
ledges where you most likelywon’t see other hikers. (Althoughwe only do Chocorua at timeswhen others are not there, so wedon’t worry about the attendingsummit throng.) The summithorn is a stunning place to standatop of, but to see the horn as youapproach and traverse the ThreeSisters above treeline is evenmore special.
*Officially, the trail over MountClay, which stands betweenWashington and Jefferson, is 1.2miles, but what’s two-tenths of amile between friends. I’vealways liked crossing over Claywith views to the behemoths ofthe White Mountains such asWashington, Jefferson, Adams,and Madison, our four highestmountains, and contrasting viewsdown into the Great Gulf. (Thenagain, there are many trails in theNorthern Presidentials that couldmake this list.) Hold onto your-self on a windy day!
*Heading from North Kinsmanto South Kinsman along theKinsman Ridge Trail you movethrough a wonderful twisted for-est shaped by wicked storms andwhen you get closer to SouthKinsman the views of FranconiaRidge and Moosilauke open upand you feel like you are walkingacross a moonscape. One of myfavorite views is looking back atNorth Kinsman (it looks asthough the eastern half of themountain has been sheared off)and how the trail runs through thewoods, marvelously close to theeastern edge. Something aboutthe sight of it taunts my fear ofheights. (One Christmas DayAtticus and I followed mooseprints along the trail, but neversaw the magnificent beast.)
*Climb up the Stony Brook Trailand when you intersect theCarter-Moriah Trail on the wayto Mount Moriah, you’ll noticethe woods have a medieval feelto them. Pockmarked signs alongthe trail, boards to balance onacross the mud, and then comesthe expansive tiers of ledges thathave you looking down as you goup. Below is the lush Wild RiverWilderness one of the quietestspaces in the mountains, andthere are views to Evans Notchand into Maine in the distance,but not a sign of civilization.
This was such an engaging exer-cise, I asked hiking friends Kenand Ann Stampfer to add theirown ten favorite mile long sec-tions. Their list follows belowand they have also stipulated is inno specific order.
*Bicknell Ridge Trail to upperjunction with Baldface CircleTrail; *Crawford Path from junc-tion with Webster Cliff Trailtoward Mount Eisenhower;*Davis Path from MountCrawford to Mount Resolution(via Mount Parker Trail);*Garfield Ridge Trail fromSkookumchuck Trail to MountLafayette; *Greenleaf Trail fromGreenleaf Hut to summit ofMount Lafayette; *Gulfside Trailfrom Thunderstorm Junction toMadison Hut; *Mount Guyot toWest Bond via Twinway,Bondcliff, and West Bond Spur;*Kenduskeag Trail from RattleRiver Trail to Shelburne Moriah;*Kodak Trail toward MountCube after Hexacuba ShelterSpur.; *Willey Range Trail fromA Z Trail to Mount Field.
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Snow Rangers from the USForest Service MountWashington Avalanche Centerare reminding visitors that, eventhough the calendar says it isspring, winter weather and snowconditions still have a firm graspon Mt. Washington. “Late Marchand early April is a transitiontime,” said Snow Ranger JeffLane. “However, this year itseems that winter conditions areholding on longer than they havein recent years.”
“Usually around the end ofMarch we start seeing more ofthe spring skier crowd.” Lanesays. “Slopes finally filled inwith snow, the sun higher in thesky, and warmer, longer days cancontribute to a more comfortableexperience in the ravines.”However, the comforts are notwithout hazard. “We see some of
the largest and most destructiveavalanches of the season inMarch and early April, andunfortunately, we also see anincrease in the number of peopletraveling in avalanche terrainwithout the knowledge, skills,and equipment to do so safely.”
The U.S. Forest Service recom-mends visitors coming toTuckerman Ravine or elsewhereon Mt. Washington spend timeplanning their trip in advance ofarriving. This includes readingthe daily Avalanche Advisoryissued by the Forest Service. Iftraveling into Tuckerman Ravinewhen avalanche danger exists,visitors should carry avalancherescue equipment such as an ava-lanche transceiver, probe, andshovel. Hikers should plan forsteep icy slopes, days with poorvisibility, and winter wind and
temperatures. People withoutavalanche training and equip-ment should wait to visit until thesnowpack has had more time tostabilize later in the season.
Avalanche danger is rated dailyfor Tuckerman and HuntingtonRavines throughout the spring.The scale ranges from Low dan-ger (generally safe avalancheconditions; small avalanches inisolated areas or extreme terrain)to Extreme danger (avoid all ava-lanche terrain; natural and humantriggered avalanches are certain.)Most springtime visitors comewhen danger is rated Low. Warmdays and cold nights eliminatethe winter layers within thesnowpack and create the soft sta-ble slopes that lure spring skiers.It often only takes a couple con-secutive warm days and cold
nights to stabilize much of thesnowpack in Tuckerman. ButLane warns, “It also only takesone late season snowstorm foravalanche danger to rise back upto dangerous levels.”
Snow Rangers frequently remindpeople of the meaning behindModerate danger. Across NorthAmerica Moderate is defined as“Heightened avalanche condi-tions on specific terrain features.Evaluate snow and terrain care-fully; identify features of con-cern.” The likelihood of ava-lanches at Moderate is “Naturalavalanches unlikely, human trig-gered avalanches possible.”
“Many people don’t understandthat Moderate is a rating appliedto a natural phenomenon that caneasily cause serious injury or
death to those involved. It’s amistake to think that it’s not dan-gerous just because of its rela-tively lower position on the scale,but we see it all the time. Peopleflock to the area with the lowestrating, even when there are sig-nificant avalanche issues there.”Lane recommends visitors fightthe tendency to follow others.“Make up your own mind. Don’tassume that the person who putthe tracks chose a safe route orthat they’re going to act safely ifthey’re still above you.”
Please visit thehttp://www.mountwashington-avalanchecenter.org for the latestavalanche advisory. For moreinformation about the WhiteMountain National Forest, pleasev i s i thttp://www.fs.usda.gov/white-mountain.
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The Thayer Stage at the NorthHaverhill Fairgrounds has beenthe sight for many up and com-ing country music stars in thepast. Such names as KeithUrban, Luke Bryant and BlakeShelton have stepped foot onthat stage and entertained thegathered crowd with some greatmusic. Even last year’s featuredartist, Frankie Ballard, hasmoved forward with two #1 hitsand a third one currently climb-ing the charts.
It is time now to announce the2015 name to very possibly beadded to that list. The winner ofSeason 7 of NBC’s “The Voice”is the next star to shine onThayer Stage. Craig WayneBoyd not only won The Voice,with help from Thayer Stageveteran, Blake Shelton, but healso accomplished somethingthat only one other artist hasever done. His single “MyBaby’s Got a Smile on HerFace” was listed as the #1 song
on the US Hot Country Songschart the first week it appeared.The other artist to do that wasGarth Brooks.
The success of Craig WayneBoyd is, like so many other“overnight” sensations, any-thing but. Boyd spent over adecade in Nashville chasing hisdream of being a country musicstar. He wrote songs and per-formed a lot during that time,but almost quit before gettingthe break he needed when hewas asked to audition for “TheVoice”.
The second single to come fromBoyd “I’m Still Here” is a songhe wrote during the last week ofhis winning season. That songwas debuted during his live per-formance on March 19, 2015 inVegas. Time will tell how wellthis new song performs.
The North Haverhill Fairappearance of Craig WayneBoyd will be Friday, July 24 at8:30 PM. As in past years yourpaid gate admission is all youneed in order to enjoy the con-cert.
While on the fairgrounds therewill be plenty of other venues tovisit. Besides the concert,Friday also will again feature
the 4-cylinder DemolitionDerby. Plus you can visit thecommercial building, theStoddard Building with 4-Hand Grange displays along witharts & crafts and photographyexhibits.
Other events that make a returnto the 71st annual NorthHaverhill fair will be theWednesday night mini-van and6 & 8 cylinder demolition der-bies. Wednesday will also fea-ture a ride special from FiestaShows. Other ride specials willbe Thursday night and Sundayafternoon.
Thursday’s entertainment willsee North Haverhill’s GotTalent on the Thayer Stage.Those who wish to take a shotat the cash prize are encouragedto take their spot in the spotlight.
Thayer Stage will also hostSurvey Says on Sunday asteams will compete for the 2015bragging rights. Sunday willalso see the return of the big4x4 Truck Pull.
For more details on the 2015edition of the North HaverhillFair check the websitewww.nohaverhillfair.com orlike us on Facebook.
The Grafton CountyRepublican Committee hasannounced that their nextmonthly meeting will be heldon Sunday April 19 at 2:00 PMat The Littleton Senior Center -77 Riverglen Avenue, LittletonNH.
Former State Senator andPrimary Candidate for the USSenate Jim Rubens will speak.
In addition, the Committee willprovide an update regarding thevarious events featuring poten-tial Presidential candidates inNew Hampshire, and discusshow to get involved in the cam-paigns of your favorites.
GCRC meetings are open toRepublicans and like-mindedIndependents from GraftonCounty and any other towns inNew Hampshire.
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WOODSVILLE, NH- Great opportunity to ownyour own home. One level living with LivingRoom, Eat-In Kitchen with appliances, 2Bedrooms, and den area. Laundry hookups onfirst floor. This 14 x 60 mobile home is situat-ed in downtown Woodsville on its own level0.30 lot. Has a paved driveway, public utili-ties, metal roof, cable internet or DSL, cableTV. Close to shopping, banks and more. Shortsale. $18,500.LITTLETON, NH- . Country Ranch home with avery roomy Living Room with fireplace and slid-er to stone patio overlooking the 12.9 Acres ofrolling pasture, pond and barns. Dining area,Kitchen with appliances, 2 Bedrooms, hard-wood flooring, sitting area. Horse barn with 5stalls with 24 hr. turn out, large tack room, haybarn, run in sheds, bring the chickens, green-house to start the spring garden. $195,900HAVERHILL, NH- Summer time is right around thecorner. Enjoy a home that overlooks the lake withjust steps to the water’s edge. Open style Chalet.Living Room with woodstove, open to the Kitchenarea/Dining, Loft with view of lake. 2 Bedroomsfirst floor, Partially finished lower level with aFamily Room, additional room and laundry. GreatDeck for entertaining or kick back and enjoy thewarmth of the sun. Enjoy Mountain Lakes ameni-ties. $179,000.
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I would like to comment on aletter that appeared in theLittleton Courier last week enti-tled “Opposed to Iran letter”.
The writer of this letter attemptsto disparage U.S. Senator KellyAyotte and 46 other Senatorswho signed a letter entitled “AnOpen Letter to the Leaders ofthe Islamic Republic of Iran”.
The letter in question, attemptsto explain to the leaders of Iranjust how our ConstitutionalRepublic is intended to func-tion. In particular, the letterexplains the role of Congress inratifying international agree-
ments and points out that anyagreement not so ratified wouldbe “a mere executive agree-ment” between PresidentObama and AyatollahKhamenei. The letter alsoinforms the leaders of Iran that“the next president couldrevoke such an executive agree-ment with the stroke of a penand future Congresses couldmodify the terms of the agree-ment at any time”.
Such a letter would perhaps nothave been necessary if we didnot have a lawless presidentwho has repeatedly demonstrat-ed himself to be dismissiveand/or hostile toward theUnited States Constitution andthe liberty it has engenderedand protected in this greatcountry.
We owe a debt of gratitude toSenator Ayotte and 46 otherSenators for standing up forNew Hampshire and for theU.S. Constitution.
Russell T. CumbeeFranconia, NH
Another band-aid,
I've stated before that theDepartment of Fish & Game isin the throes of an 3.5 milliondollar shortfall in their 2015-2016 bi-annual budget andexpect to get a $1.5 million dol-lar bailout from the state's gen-eral fund, so where is the rest ofthe money to come from?
The House FinanceCommittee's proposed HB-2,directs the Dept. of F&G to raiddedicated funds. The proposedbudget requires Fish & Gameto use the Wildlife HabitatAccount, RSA-214:1,F and theFisheries Habitat Account, RSA214:1,G, "to support staff costs,wages, salaries, benefits andother expenses of the depart-
ment employees".
These two accounts are in placefor the "management, preserva-tion, conservation, restorationand maintenance of wildlifeand fisheries habitat on bothpublic and private lands" with50% of the annual revenue to bededicated to pay the cost oflabor and materials for directWildlife and Aquatic manage-ment activities. Any remainderof funds in these accounts is tobe used for the acquisition ofprivate land to protect criticalwildlife and fisheries habitat.
In addition, the $5.00 boat reg-istration surcharge that isintended for the purposes of thestatewide public boat accessprogram, RSA 233-A:13, willnow go to offset the operating
expenses of the Dept. and itsemployees.
None of the monies from thesethree accounts were everintended to be used to " fund "staff or operating expenses. Bydiverting this money from itsintended purposes the depart-ment fails in its primary mis-sion and we might as wellchange the name to theDepartment of semi-public BaitHunting and Fishing Employeesupport Fund.
This is just another band-aidsolution, what happens in the2017-2018 bi-annual budget?What other programs will begutted?
Eric T. RotteneckerBristol
I would like to thank NancyLeclerc for her many letters tothe editor. Anyone that ques-tions the accuracy of the con-tents of her letters should checktheir facts and then they woulddiscover that her statements areindeed correct.
The British government issuedthe Balfour Declaration in1917 which allowed Jews toestablish a homeland inPalestine. It was this decisionthat precipitated the slaughterof hundreds of thousands ofArab men, women and childrenand the loss of much of theirland to Zionists.
Yes, for centuries the Jews havebeen persecuted all over theworld and of course we shouldnot forget the Holocaust andthe six million Jews who wereexterminated but does this justi-fy the treatment of thePalestinians by the Israelis, thestealing of their land and givingthem no future to look forwardto? I don't think so! Do many
Arabs hate Americans andIsraelis? Of course they do!
Yes, Prime Minister, BenjaminNetanyahu is a warmonger andis never satisfied until he getsthe U.S. Involved in anotherwar with an Arab nation. It wasNetanyahu along with Cheney,Rumsfeld, Wolfowitz, Pearleand a few others who got usinvolved in the endless war inIraq and were responsible forthe many wasted lives thatresulted and continue to be.
As along as the Israeli lobbyinggroup in Washington is so pow-erful and our politicians cowerto them in fear of losing theirjobs our Middle East foreignpolicies will continue to be dic-tated by Israel and weAmericans will be the losers fornot sticking up for what is right.
Keep up the good work, NancyLeclerc, you are truly anAmerican patriot.
Jerry GherardiPike, NH
Annemarie Godston, recent res-ident of Mountain Lakes inHaverhill, NH and a CertifiedMaster Gardener in both NewHampshire and Connecticut,has just published a book enti-tled: “A Year in My NewEngland Garden”.
She has had a gardening blogfor many years for the purposeof answering gardening ques-tions on-line, for gardenersaround the globe.
Her book, “A Year in My NewEngland Garden” provides aNew England gardening calen-dar, as well as the sharing ofpersonal experiences in her owngardens.
While residing in NewHampshire, Ms. Godston was amember of the Grafton CountyUNH Extension ServicesAdvisory Board. She served asChair of the Haverhill ZoningBoard and ConservationCommission. She also servedas Secretary, for the CohaseChamber of Commerce Boardof Directors.
Ms. Godston taught a numberof Gardening classes for Osher,at Dartmouth, when it was stillknown as ILEAD (Institute forLifelong Education AtDartmouth).
The book is available as a soft-cover book, and soon as an e-book. They are both availableon Amazon.com. This link willtake you directly there:https://www.createspace.com/5092026
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Warren Masonic Hall - breakfastfrom 7-9 on the first Sunday ofeach month. Hope to see youthere.
The First Masonic Breakfast willbe on April 12th due to EasterSunday falling on the 5th 7:30amto 9:30am!-----------------------------------------Breakfast, every second Sundayof each month, at 8 AM.Masonic Hall, 1262 St. JohnsburyRd, Littleton, (The big log buildingwith the blue roof.) Donation:$7.00 Adult, $3.00 child under 6-----------------------------------------The Warren/Wentworth FoodPantry, serving residents inWarren, Wentworth and Glencliff,is located behind the WarrenWentworth Ambulance Servicebuilding and is open every Fridayfrom 1 p.m. - 3 p.m. For eligibilityinformation or to make a dona-tion, stop by or call 764-5265. Thepantry gratefully accepts food ormonetary donations as well asdonations of personal and house-hold care items.-----------------------------------------Nightly Entertainment
Woodstock Inn, Station &Brewery 745-3951, Lincoln.www.woodstockinnNH.com-----------------------------------------Haverhill Memorial Post 5245 andtheir Ladies Axillary hold theirregular monthly meeting at 7pmon the third Thursday of eachmonth at the VFW Post in NorthHaverhill. All members are invitedto attend.-----------------------------------------Piermont Parents meeting theChallenge NAMI (NationalAlliance on Mental Illness) sup-port group meets the 1st and 3rdWednesdays of each month, 7-9pm at the Horse Meadow SeniorCenter, North Haverhill, NH.Please Call Rebecca Ladd at 603-989-5476 or email [email protected] with anyquestions.-----------------------------------------For all upcoming events at DAcres - (D Acres is located at 218Streeter Woods Road inDorchester, NH.) Visitwww.dacres.org.
-----------------------------------------If you have any talent at all, comejoin us on Thursday Evenings,Open Mic Night, at theGreenhouse Restaurant in Warren,NH. Come by to listen or join in!Junction of Routes 25 & 25-C inWarren, NH. Support our areamusicians. Come join us!-----------------------------------------Franconia Heritage MuseumEvents & Exhibits - Fridays &Saturdays, 1-4pm (and by specialrequest) at 553 Main Street (Route18), Franconia (603) 823-5000.www.franconiaheritage.org. Thenon-profit Council operates theFranconia Heritage Museum andthe Iron Furnace InterpretiveCenter. Work continues on a scalemodel of the Brooks and WhitneyBobbin Mill. The Brooks familyexhibit will be displaying artifactsand items throughout the muse-um's 1800s farmhouse and out-buildings.
On-Going Events -----------------------------------------Lisbon Area Historical Society,Fridays, 1-3pm . Pickwick-Clough Room - Lisbon PublicLibrary, 45 School Street, Lisbon,(603) 838-6146 or (603) 838-2228. www.aannh.org/heritage/grafton/lisbon.php. Lisbon AreaHistorical Society meets everyother month downstairs in theLisbon Public Library in thePickwick-Clough Room. The pub-lic is welcome to attend meetingsand visit the historical room. ThePickwick-Clough room houses acollection of artifacts, correspon-dence, photographs and genealogyfrom the early settlers to presentday.-----------------------------------------To find out the on-going happen-ings at the Squam Lakes NaturalScience Center in Holderness,NH. You can call 603-968-7194 orvisit them online at: www.nhna-ture.org-----------------------------------------To find out the on-going happen-ings at the AMC Pinkham NotchCenter where programs are free &open to the public: AMC PinkhamNotch Visitor Center, Route 16,Pinkham Notch, NH. For moreinformation contact the AMC at(603) 466-2727 or www.out-doors.org.-----------------------------------------For on-going events at WREN(Women's Rural EntrepreneurialNetwork) of Bethlehem, pleasevisit www.wrencommunity.org orcall them at: 603-869-9736.-----------------------------------------For ongoing schedule at SilverCenter for the Arts, Plymouth,NH, call 603-536-ARTS or visitthem on the web at: www..plymouth.edu/silver-----------------------------------------Friends of the Library have estab-lishing a Conversational Frenchgroup at the Joseph Patch Libraryin Warren. We meet on Mondaymornings, 9-10. Join us! All skilllevels are welcome. For questionsor sign up: call Luane Clark, coor-dinator, at 764-5839, or the JosephPatch Library at 764-9072.-----------------------------------------Wentworth Historical Societymeets monthly, 7:00 p.m, everythird Thursday, April - Dec. atthe Historical Society Museum inWentworth. Join us for historicaltopics and stimulating conversa-
tion.-----------------------------------------For on-going programs, concertsand events at COURT STREETARTS, Haverhill, please visitwww.alumnihall.org or call 603-989-5500. Classes, art shows,Shakespeare in the Valley, Music,wide variety of programming.Join us!-----------------------------------------Sugar Hill Historical Museum:Open Fridays & Saturdays, 11a.m. to 3 p.m. Enjoy the newexhibit in honor of Sugar Hill’s50th birthday: 50 Years Young:Five Decades of the Youngest OldTown in New Hampshire.Genealogy Library, HistoricalPhotograph Archives, Gift Shop.Main Street, Sugar Hill, NH.Admission free. Memberships anddonations gratefully accepted.Special tours may be arranged. Forinformation, call Director KittyBigelow at 603-823-5275.-----------------------------------------The Baker's River Grange meetsthe 2nd and 4th Friday everymonth, 7:30 p.m., Grange Hall,Rte.25, Rumney. Visitors wel-comed!-----------------------------------------Gentle Yoga - Saturdays 8:30-9:30; Wednesdays 5:00-6:00pmat Starr King Fellowship,Plymouth,NH. Contact DarleneNadeau 536-1179. -----------------------------------------Scottish Country Dance Lessons,Fairlee Town Hall, Wednesdayevenings from 7 - 9 PM. Cost$3.00 (first time free). All dancestaught. No partner necessary.Beginners welcome. For moreinformation, call (802) 439-3459or e-mail [email protected]."-----------------------------------------Tuesdays - T.O.P.S. (Take offPounds Sensibly) Weigh in - 5 PM- 5:45 PM; Meeting - 6 PM atHorse Meadow Senior Center,North Haverhill.-----------------------------------------Anxiety Umbrella is a new PeerSupport Group for people withAnxiety related disorders. Theseinclude: Generalized or SocialAnxiety, Panic (attacks), ObsessiveCompulsive, Phobias & fears.This group will meet the 1st & 3rdThursday of each month at theCottage Hospital OccupationalTherapy Waiting area at 6: PM.
For more info. [email protected] or callLurette @ (603)838-5595 orRobin @ (603) 747-2527. You arenot alone in your struggle!-----------------------------------------Calamity Jane’s Retaurant will holdan on-going bake sale the lastweek of each month to benefit theMake-A- Wish Fundation. All pro-ceeds will go to Make A Wish.The Annual Make-A-Wish Benefitis also slated for June 27th.
North Country Home Health &Hospice Events - March 3rd,Foot Clinic at Horse Meadowfrom 10-1 and on March18thfrom 9-12 and on March 26thfrom 12:30 to 2:30. Please call forappt at 603-787-2539. Also, BloodPressure/Blood Sugar Clinic at theOpera Block on March 17th10:30-11.-----------------------------------------Whitefield - The Harlem Rocketswill be perform at the WhiteMountain Regional High School
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on Thursday, April 9th at 6 pmto benefit 2015 Chem Free gradu-ation party. Advance tickets canbe purchased at the High School,Passumpsic Savings Bank’sWhitefield and Lancaster branchesand Lancaster and WhitefieldHardware stores. For more infor-mation [email protected]. ----------------------------------------- TAX RELIEF DINNER' at theAmerican Legion Post, MainStreet, Lincoln, NH on Saturday,April 11th from 5-7pm. Public iswelcome. Roast Pork, mashedpotatoes & gravy, apple sauce, veg-etable, rolls, homemade dessertsand a beverage. Ages 10 and up$10 per person; Ages 4-9 $5.00 perperson; Ages 3 and under Free.Hosted by Unit 83 AmericanLegion Auxiliary to BenefitAuxiliary Projects.-----------------------------------------Penny Social - VFW & LAVFW,Sat. April 11th at the HaverhillMunicipal Building. Doors open1:00pm. Drawings start 2:00pm,benefit North Haverhill VFW &AUX. #5245. COME ONE--
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Sugaring SeasonRyan tapped the first sugarmaples over President’sWeekend, the customary timeto do so. As with many years,we were expecting to be busycollecting sap and stocking thesugaring fire through the monthof March. So it’s perhaps a littleunusual - though not unheard of- to be titling this article“Sugaring Season” now in thebeginning of April. But so it is
- as it was last year, remember?
This year was exciting for us, asother work commitments andprojects filled our sugar seasonthe past two years, and kept usfrom making syrup. Thoughwe tapped less than two dozentrees this year, it marked a turn-ing point in our balancing actbetween paid work and homework. To conscientiously allo-cate time for work on the home-stead over the opportunity for
paid work symbolized not justwhere are hearts lie, but also astep towards the dream of self-sufficient living from the land.
Ryan did a short boil in mid-March - syrup which he hasbeen relishing on morning pan-cakes since then. This pastweekend we did another. Smallbatches yielding a quart or twoare ideal for our backyard sys-tem. Old cinder blocks arestacked to form our fire pit,with large, deep stainless steelcatering trays becoming ourevaporator pans. A stacked pileof balsam and pine from thin-ning cuts made last year sitsdry, nearby.
The wood crackles and burnshot, keeping the sap at a roilingboil. In a matter of two hourswe have everything we’ve col-lected in the pans. In this case,watched pots do boil. We take
turns, splitting wood and stok-ing the fire, gathering more sap,straining ash and debris fromthe open pans, ladling sap frompan one to pan two, the finish-ing pan. A couple times we gettoo close to the flames, a fewsizzled hairs all the evidence weneed to know it. Our clothestake on the sweet smokiness ofthe work, and we enjoy bothsilence and conversation as theheat of the fire gradually trans-forms the sap towards syrup.
As the process nears comple-tion, we transfer the golden sap-not-quite-syrup to a smallercookpot and bring it into thewoodstove within the cabin.Here we can regulate theprocess more closely, and workaround the pan without dangerof burning ourselves nor oursyrup.
With great attention we watch
the texture of the bubbles as itboils, and study the way thethickening syrup fans off thespoon when we ladle it. With alook passed between us and fewnods of our heads, we aree. It’scompleted.
We filter it twice and let thesyrup’s own heat seal it withinthe sterilized quart jar. A prom-ise of more sweet meals tocome!
Meanwhile, though, the springweather continues to draw sapup the trees, dripping into ourbuckets by the warmth of theday.
The footpath through our youngsugarbush is crusty and hard,and leads us from bucket tobucket as, by the evening light,we collect this sweet water,already preparing for the nextday of boiling.
Springtime means gardentime!This is the season to tidy yourperennial garden, pull theweeds from your vegetablepatch, or design a new gardenspace. Contact Beth [email protected] for allyour garden needs: annual,perennial, herbal, edible, orornamental (see BusinessDirectory listing under ‘GardenDesign & Services’).
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The Youth Conservation Corp(YCC) is a summer employ-ment program for youth ages15-18 who will work, learn, andearn together in the great out-doors. The purpose of the YCCprogram is to accomplish need-ed conservation work on publiclands. The program is hostedby the Pemigewasset RangerDistrict of the White MountainNational Forest.
The eight week YCC programwill run from the end of Junethrough the middle of August.
Application deadline is May8th.
For more information, or toprint an application, see the2015 YCC recruitmentannouncement athttp://www.fs.usda.gov/white-mountain, or contact RyanTwomey, PemigewassetDistrict YCC Program Managerat: [email protected] or 603-536-6103. USDA is an equalopportunity provider andemployer
By David Falkenham,UNH Cooperative ExtensionGrafton County Forester
The freeze-thaw action of latewinter has finally set the snowup for great snowshoeing and Itrudge along, sinking only inch-es into the snow, which I knowis still several feet deep. Thedogs are elated to finally beable to walk on top of the snowand stretch their legs, havingbeen trench trapped in an
impassable wall of white formost of this winter. I pause atthe edge of a beaver pond, tak-ing a moment to feel the sun.
Early signs of spring offer hopeof what is to come. Our localwildlife know that spring iscoming and their activity levelhas increased significantly inthe last few weeks. Much ofthis activity can be observednear water and this is a greattime of year to hike or ski intoremote beaver ponds to get aglimpse of deep forest life inearly spring.
The heat of the sun warms thebare trees, increasing insectactivity in the bark and wood.Woodpeckers, who have beenstarving for most of the winterare suddenly drawn to the treesto feast, which explains the sud-den appearance of woodpeckerholes in trees this time of year.Bobcats, fisher and coyote takeadvantage of the great walkingconditions to hunt for theirfavorite food. Barred owls areactive in late winter searchingfor food and mating and canoften be heard hooting through-out the day and night. Otters aswell, are very active and theirplayful slides often go on forseveral yards as they travel overland and through waterways,hunting beneath the snow andice.
And of course there is thebeaver, the masterful and over-motivated engineer who hasdesigned and built this greathabitat that I am currently walk-ing along. Beavers are entirelyvegetarian and feast mostly onthe twigs, bark, and leaves ofhardwoods. The chisel sharpteeth of beavers are constantlygrowing and they must chew
wood throughout the year tomaintain their proper length.
Beavers are slow on land, butthey are masterful swimmers.Open water provides safeaccess to the trees they need toeat. When this water is notavailable, beavers buildimpoundments that enable themto swim to their food. Beaversbuild incredible dams, and willraise the water level as high asthe landscape allows and as theneed for food continues. I haveseen dams as high as 10 feet talland once witnessed a deer usinga dam for safe passage to theland that was over a hundredyards to the other side.
Beavers will use the water tofloat small trees and the branch-es of trees back to their lodges.They will secure the branchesto the bottom of the pond withmud which gives them a winterfood supply that can beaccessed from the safety of thewater. Late in the winter, whentheir food cache dwindles,beavers will occasionally leavethe safety of the pond to findtrees and restock their supplies.Their sudden activity is anothersign that winter is slowly losingits grip on the North Country.
Historically beavers have beentrapped for the trade of furs andfor their castor glands (scentglands) which are used to thisday to make expensive per-fume. Regulated trapping is apastime that is enjoyed by ahandful of hearty individuals.Trapping beaver is a lot of hardwork and commitment and itensures healthy populations ofbeaver whose engineering feats,while entirely admirable, cansometimes become a challengealong roads and in urban areas.
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Recently, many maple syrup producers throughout the area opened their doors to the publicfor the Annual Maple Weekend Open House. Above, The Sweet Drop, located in Warren, NHowned by the Bixby family opened their doors and offered a variety of different sweets for peo-ple to taste and enjoy. Top left, Sam Bixby enjoys a treat and his grandfather Larry Bixbychecks on the progress of the boiling. -Harry Wright Photography
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I get questions in the shop onhow I can keep my computerclean and if those advertisedcleaning programs on TV reallywork. Here is information fromFred Langa, of Windows Secretson that topic.
Personal-computer salvation?Or snake oil?You’ve undoubtedly seen theads; they state something simi-lar to: “This software is guaran-teed to make your PC run likenew! Download it for free!”
The ads often promise a fix forevery PC affliction: “It’s theonly software that instantlyspeeds up your PC, preventscrashes, fixes system errors,boots Windows faster, deletesmalware and junk files …” andso on, and so on.
For many PC users, that soundsgreat. Simply click a button andeverything gets magicallyfixed. That’s certainly easierthan trying to use all those toolsalready built into Windows —
or the myriad of specialized,third-party maintenance tools.
But in truth, there never hasbeen one application that fixesall Windows problems — andit’s doubtful there ever will be.Windows is simply too com-plex, and the range of PC con-figurations is virtually infinite.A suite of tools might do thetrick, but then there’s the ques-tion of free versus paid.
Windows has built-in tools fornearly any problem — and they,along with many third-partytools, are completely free. Mostof the do-it-all maintenanceapplications are paid. (Thesecommercial products oftenoffer a free scan; but to fix anysystem errors they might find,you have to accept a paid sub-scription.)
Naturally, you’d assume thatcommercial maintenance toolsoffer significantly better andeasier troubleshooting than doWindows’ free tools. But do
they? Clearly, this questioncalls for a test.Using a relatively simplebefore/after comparisonIn outline form, the test plan forthis series of articles is simple:
-Take a mainstream, real-lifePC and get it running as well aspossible, using only Windows’built-in maintenance tools andconventional maintenance tech-niques.
-Once the test PC is thoroughlycleaned, measure maintenance-related variables such as start-up/shutdown speed, free diskspace, number of reportedWindows errors, and so forth.
-Make a system image of thenow clean, baseline setup.
-One by one, run several full-blown, commercial mainte-nance tools on a freshlyrestored system image of thebaseline PC. That’ll give eachcommercial tool exactly thesame starting conditions.
-Note what each commercialtool finds, and see whether itimproved the system’s overallperformance. Also note any
nonquantifiable, subjective ele-ments of each tool’s operation.
The results will then showwhether the commercial main-tenance tools can improve thetest PC beyond what Windows’built-in and free tools can do.A comparison of techniques,not productsAt this point, you might thinkthis article is a standard soft-ware review. But it’s emphati-cally not!
There are numerous reviews ofcommercial PC-maintenanceproducts on the Web. But theresults of those reviews all havean important shortcoming: theyapply only to the machine usedto test the software. No matterwhich PC configuration I chosefor maintenance tests, it would-n’t be exactly like yours. Infact, it might not even be close.
Ultimately, the purpose of thisMaintenance Challenge is notto find the best maintenancetool for the test PC. The goal isto help you find the tool or toolsthat work best with your specif-ic combination of hardware,software, skills, and personalpreferences.
To that end, these articles havean optional hands-on compo-nent that lets you work alongwith me. It’ll let you safely pro-duce your own custom testresults.
For example, in this article I’lldiscuss how I used Windows’
built-in maintenance tools tocreate a clean test system that’slean, secure, and stable. (Linksto previous Windows Secretsarticles will tell you how toproperly use the tools.)
If you wish, you can go hands-on, giving your PC the samethorough tune-up I gave the testPC. (You can do it even as youread this article.) Or you cansimply read the articles, usingmy results as a general guide tofree and commercial mainte-nance tools and techniques.
That said, if you do choose thehands-on option for this article— and I hope you will — yourPC will almost surely end upleaner, cleaner, more secure,and closer to error-free than it isnow. That’s a worthy goal initself!
Follow the MaintenanceChallenge through to its con-clusion, and you should have aset of custom test results thatapply to your PC. You’ll defini-tively know whether free orcommercial maintenance toolsare the right fit for your uniquemix of hardware, software, skilllevel, and personal preferences.
Let’s get started!I will continue with this topic inmy next articles any questionsyou can call me at (603)747-2201, email [email protected] or visit mysite www.paigecomputerser-vices.com.
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Longtime Fish & Game Conservation Officer And Former Director Pens New Memoir________________
During a career that spannedthree decades, northern NewHampshire native CharlesBarry lived on the “wild” side,first as a longtime conservationofficer for the Granite State’sFish and Game Department,and then later as the stateagency’s executive director.This month, stories fromBarry’s long career with Fishand Game are recounted in anew memoir being publishedby Littleton-N.H.-basedBondcliff Books.
In Behind Badge 32, Barry’sengaging new memoir, theauthor recounts many of hismost memorable momentswhile working as a game war-den in New Hampshire’sremote North Country andalong the state’s scenicConnecticut River valley andWhite Mountains region. Thesetales, which span Barry’s entirecareer with Fish and Game,cover everything from night-time stakeouts of deer poachersand dangerous mountain res-cues, to wildlife encounters andtramping the high peaks withformer New Hampshire gover-nor Meldrim Thomson. Theauthor also writes of his manyexperiences working with hisdad, Everett Barry, anotherlongtime Fish and Game con-servation officer.
“Charlie Barry has written abook that will resonate with alloutdoor enthusiasts, includinghunters, anglers, and hikers. His
stories reveal the working lifeof a New Hampshire conserva-tion officer and all the triumphsand tragedies of this trulyunique line of work,” said MikeDickerman, publisher andauthor of Stories from theWhite Mountains and numer-ous other New Hampshiretitles.
The 238-page softcover bookalso includes many never-before-published images fromvarious incidents that Barry wasinvolved in during his longcareer with Fish and Game.
These include previouslyunpublished photos from thefamous “Missing Doctors”plane crash incident from the1950s.
Barry was a conservation offi-cer who served more than twen-ty years enforcing the GraniteState’s various fish and wildlifelaws and regulations. He alsoserved eight years as Fish andGame’s executive director atthe agency’s headquarters inConcord. In retirement, theFranconia, New Hampshire,resides in North Haverhill withhis wife, Becky, and theirspringer spaniel.
Bondcliff Books is an inde-pendent book publisher special-izing in titles related to New
Hampshire, the WhiteMountains and northern NewEngland. Since its founding in1996, the Littleton companyhas published several dozenbooks, including hiking guidesand books on White Mountainlogging and railroading history.
Behind Badge 32: True Storiesof a New HampshireConservation Officer is nowavailable in retail stores acrossthe region. Copies may also bepurchased directly from thepublisher by visiting BondcliffBooks’ website (www.bond-cliffbooks.com), by calling603-444-4880, or by writing tothe publisher at P.O. Box 385,Littleton, NH 03561.
