THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 18, 2010 GILFORD, N.H. - FREE Phys ed for adults Kyle Holub of Belmont runs as fast as he can during a game of “cor- ner ball” at the youth center last Friday during the Old School PE program. For story and more photos, see page A3. PHOTO BY LAUREN TINER Tigers run past Gilford in title game Newport’s relentless ground game keeps Golden Eagles from claiming first football title PHOTO BY JOSHUA SPAULDING Gilford’s Brendan Murphy fights off a Newport tackle during action Saturday in the Division Six championship game. PHOTO BY JOSHUA SPAULDING Coach Mark Brewer holds the runner-up plaque with captains James Seager and Brendan Demo following Saturday’s Division Six champi- onship game. BY JOSHUA SPAULDING [email protected]Gilford football coach Mark Brewer knew that the Newport Tigers squad that his team had beaten a few weeks earlier was not the team that was going to show up for the Division Six cham- pionship game on Saturday afternoon. He couldn’t have been more right. The second-seeded Tigers pulled into Gilford on Satur- day, scored on their second offensive play of the game and never looked back, rolling to a 35-0 win over the top-seeded Golden Eagles. For the Tigers it was the first championship since 1995. The Gilford boys were look- ing for their first champi- onship in two appearances in the title game. “The bottom line is they wanted it today more than we did,” Brewer stated. “We were down here three times and we couldn’t put points on the board. “They played the better game. I thought we had enough weapons, but we didn’t.” Brewer expected Newport to do a lot of running up the middle with Brendan Hogan and Harrison Wade and they did just that, as the backs ate through the middle of the Gilford defense for much of the afternoon. “They didn’t do anything we didn’t expect them to do,” Brewer stated. It looked like Gilford was going to get off to a good start, as the Eagles received the opening kickoff and quickly moved down the field. Brendan Murphy, the junior back who gained 1,800 yards on the season, picked up 31 yards on the first play from scrimmage, moving the ball all the way to the 27-yard line. Three plays later he was inside the 20 with a fourth down and two and 10 minutes to play in the first quarter. However, Murphy was dropped in the backfield and Newport took over on downs. The Tigers wasted no time in getting on the board. After a one-yard run on first down, quarterback Josh Stout broke free for a 75-yard dash to the end zone. The Tigers drilled the extra point and took a 7-0 lead with 9:05 to play in the first quarter. Gilford went with a healthy dose of Murphy on the ensuing drive and the junior picked up a key first down. Sophomore Matt Dean also picked up a first down on the ground and the Gold- en Eagles moved inside the 30-yard line for the second time on the afternoon. How- ever, on fourth and three, Dean came up just short and the Newport boys got the ball back with their second fourth-down stop. This time, however, after a couple of penalties, the Gold- en Eagles were able to keep Newport from moving the ball and got the ball back. After Murphy was stopped in the backfield on first down, quarterback James Seager hit Ronny Bean for a gain of 38 yards. Dean then carried twice, in- cluding a big gain on third down, bouncing off tackles to bring the ball to the eight- yard line as the first quarter expired. Back-to-back carries by Dean and Murphy put the SEE FOOTBALL PAGE A12 Three-way stop in Gilford is here to stay BY LAUREN TINER [email protected]More than 20 residents signed a petition in favor of removing the three-way stop at Sunset, Bedford, and Ridgewood Avenue in Gil- ford, but after hearing from residents who support the new stop signs, the Board of Selectmen has decided to them in place. Resident Joe Polovick of Countryside Drive asked that the speed limit be dropped on the roads rather than regulating speed with the three-way stop, which he said is an inconvenience to those who live on the sur- rounding roads. This area is known as the “Laconia By- pass” to some commuters who cut through Gilford to avoid Union Avenue. Selectmen said the safety of young children on nearby streets comes before driver inconvenience, and many residents who spoke during the board meeting last Wednesday night were in fa- vor of keeping the stop sign up. Resident Ernest Goodwin has lived on the corner of Sleeper Hill Road since 1987 said he is for the three-way stop sign. For the first time in years, he said traffic has reduced significantly along these once potentially “dan- gerous” roads. “A lot of people use those roads for walking their dogs or walking with their kids,” said Goodwin. “Many people use it to avoid Union Ave in Laconia to get to Lakeport.” Drivers are also slowing down in preparation for the newly installed stop sign ahead, said Goodwin. He added that he has seen his share of accidents in the area. “There are also lots of houses with children beyond the stop sign. It’s a good thing,” said Goodwin. “Traf- fic at noon and 5 p.m. used to be unbelievable. At least with the stop signs, people will have to stop and think a little SEE 3-WAY STOP PAGE A12 Selectmen keep assistant position vacant for now BY LAUREN TINER [email protected]Budgets are tight this year and the Board of Selectmen has reduced staff positions in several departments, in- cluding the Town Clerk/Tax Collector’s Office. For now the office’s assis- tant position will remain va- cant, unless Town Clerk/Tax Collector Denise Morris- sette Gonyer can come up with new sources of revenue to offset the cost of this posi- tion. While the selectmen de- cided to cut the vacant posi- tion this September after a retirement, Gonyer still feels strongly and believes that the benefits for the residents would outweigh the costs of the assistant’s 24 hour per week position were filled once again. “The board cut the posi- tion and the Budget Commit- tee accepted it,” Gonyer said Wednesday night at the Board of Selectmen meeting. “Yet there are negative im- pacts on not having the posi- tion filled.” She said her concerns have remained steady, espe- cially after an incident last week where one office em- ployee had an emergency and the office was down to one person, while Gonyer herself had an appointment she needed to attend. At one point, she said there was the potential of having no one on staff at the office. “Our employees did their time and they deserve their time off, but we were down to one person on staff and had no one to cover the area,” said Gonyer. “We had a good response at the election but I feel we need that extra per- son.” She told the selectmen that her office creates rev- enue and that there are new possibilities in the mix for creating enough revenue to potentially fill the vacant po- sition once again. “There are other ways to create revenue if that’s some- thing the board wanted to look at to offset the position since the response is that the service cut does not match the cuts made,” said Gonyer. Board Chairman Kevin Hayes said he would be in- terested in hearing some of Gonyer’s ideas on creating new sources of revenue. In that case, Hayes said he would consider the vacant position and weigh the bene- fits of the position once again. Selectman John O’Brien agreed and said it would be worth looking into extra rev- enue to match other areas, even if the position were not in the picture. Selectman Gus Benavides said he wanted to make it clear that creating more rev- enue through the use of in- creasing fees at the TC/TC Office would in fact be equal to raising taxes in order to increase payroll for this va- cant position. Gonyer said that some fees would need to increase for revenue to increase, al- SEE VACANT PAGE A13 Fish market may partner up with auto repair service BY LAUREN TINER [email protected]If all goes accordingly, the owner of Fin’s Seafood Mar- ket in Gilford will have an ex- panded market as well as an automobile repair and sales business located in the south side of the retail store. Owner of the retail seafood store Kim Cedarstrom requested to cre- ate a storage place within his existing building, which the Planning Board seemed OK with but tabled Monday night because of another re- quest that did not sit as well. Cedarstrom also planned to rent a portion of his prop- erty to businessman Phil Ringer who intends to run an automobile repair and out- door display area by the re- tail space. The two business- es would be separate entities and are divided by separate walls in the existing space. The proposed plan would include the expansion space within the interior of the market by removing a wall for products other than the given seafood, such as a nat- ural foods display. The automobile repair and sales services would be run by Ringer and his one mechanic who would clean cars, offer oil changes, and more. Twenty eight spaces on the auto service plan would include a display of cars for sale. Twelve spaces would in- clude a display of snowmo- biles and jet skis. A mini- mum of nine parking spaces must also be available to the market customer as well as handicapped accessible parking places and access to the building. While the Planning Board acknowledged that the appli- cant’s plans to do not involve grading with little site changes and are on an im- permeable service, members still agreed that looking to the Conservation Committee for a few questions could not hurt because of the prospect of working with oils and re- tail in the same lot. SEE FISH MARKET PAGE A13
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THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 18, 2010 GILFORD, N.H. - FREE
Phys ed for adultsKyle Holub of Belmont runs as fast as he can during a game of “cor-ner ball” at the youth center last Friday during the Old School PEprogram. For story and more photos, see page A3.
PHOTO BY LAUREN TINER
Tigers run past Gilford in title gameNewport’s relentless ground game keeps Golden Eagles from claiming first football title
PHOTO BY JOSHUA SPAULDING
Gilford’s Brendan Murphy fights off a Newport tackle during action Saturday in the Division Six championshipgame.
PHOTO BY JOSHUA SPAULDING
Coach Mark Brewer holds the runner-up plaque with captains JamesSeager and Brendan Demo following Saturday’s Division Six champi-onship game.
Gilford football coachMark Brewer knew that theNewport Tigers squad thathis team had beaten a fewweeks earlier was not theteam that was going to showup for the Division Six cham-pionship game on Saturdayafternoon.
He couldn’t have beenmore right.
The second-seeded Tigerspulled into Gilford on Satur-day, scored on their secondoffensive play of the gameand never looked back,rolling to a 35-0 win over thetop-seeded Golden Eagles.For the Tigers it was the firstchampionship since 1995.The Gilford boys were look-ing for their first champi-onship in two appearancesin the title game.
“The bottom line is theywanted it today more thanwe did,” Brewer stated. “Wewere down here three timesand we couldn’t put pointson the board.
“They played the bettergame. I thought we hadenough weapons, but wedidn’t.”
Brewer expected Newportto do a lot of running up themiddle with Brendan Hoganand Harrison Wade and theydid just that, as the backs ate
through the middle of theGilford defense for much ofthe afternoon.
“They didn’t do anythingwe didn’t expect them to do,”
Brewer stated.It looked like Gilford was
going to get off to a goodstart, as the Eagles receivedthe opening kickoff and
quickly moved down thefield. Brendan Murphy, thejunior back who gained 1,800yards on the season, pickedup 31 yards on the first playfrom scrimmage, moving theball all the way to the 27-yardline. Three plays later he wasinside the 20 with a fourthdown and two and 10 minutesto play in the first quarter.However, Murphy wasdropped in the backfield andNewport took over on downs.
The Tigers wasted no timein getting on the board. Aftera one-yard run on first down,quarterback Josh Stoutbroke free for a 75-yard dashto the end zone. The Tigersdrilled the extra point andtook a 7-0 lead with 9:05 toplay in the first quarter.
Gilford went with ahealthy dose of Murphy onthe ensuing drive and thejunior picked up a key firstdown. Sophomore Matt Deanalso picked up a first down
on the ground and the Gold-en Eagles moved inside the30-yard line for the secondtime on the afternoon. How-ever, on fourth and three,Dean came up just short andthe Newport boys got the ballback with their secondfourth-down stop.
This time, however, after acouple of penalties, the Gold-en Eagles were able to keepNewport from moving theball and got the ball back.
After Murphy wasstopped in the backfield onfirst down, quarterbackJames Seager hit RonnyBean for a gain of 38 yards.Dean then carried twice, in-cluding a big gain on thirddown, bouncing off tacklesto bring the ball to the eight-yard line as the first quarterexpired.
Back-to-back carries byDean and Murphy put the
SEE FOOTBALL PAGE A12
Three-way stop in Gilford is here to stayBY LAUREN [email protected]
More than 20 residentssigned a petition in favor ofremoving the three-way stopat Sunset, Bedford, andRidgewood Avenue in Gil-ford, but after hearing fromresidents who support thenew stop signs, the Board ofSelectmen has decided tothem in place.
Resident Joe Polovick ofCountryside Drive askedthat the speed limit bedropped on the roads ratherthan regulating speed withthe three-way stop, which hesaid is an inconvenience tothose who live on the sur-rounding roads. This area isknown as the “Laconia By-pass” to some commuterswho cut through Gilford toavoid Union Avenue.
Selectmen said the safetyof young children on nearbystreets comes before driverinconvenience, and manyresidents who spoke duringthe board meeting lastWednesday night were in fa-vor of keeping the stop sign
up.Resident Ernest Goodwin
has lived on the corner ofSleeper Hill Road since 1987said he is for the three-waystop sign. For the first timein years, he said traffic hasreduced significantly alongthese once potentially “dan-gerous” roads.
“A lot of people use those
roads for walking their dogsor walking with their kids,”said Goodwin. “Many peopleuse it to avoid Union Ave inLaconia to get to Lakeport.”
Drivers are also slowingdown in preparation for thenewly installed stop signahead, said Goodwin. Headded that he has seen hisshare of accidents in the
area.“There are also lots of
houses with children beyondthe stop sign. It’s a goodthing,” said Goodwin. “Traf-fic at noon and 5 p.m. used tobe unbelievable. At least withthe stop signs, people willhave to stop and think a little
SEE 3-WAY STOP PAGE A12
Selectmen keep assistantposition vacant for nowBY LAUREN [email protected]
Budgets are tight this yearand the Board of Selectmenhas reduced staff positionsin several departments, in-cluding the Town Clerk/TaxCollector’s Office.
For now the office’s assis-tant position will remain va-cant, unless Town Clerk/TaxCollector Denise Morris-sette Gonyer can come upwith new sources of revenueto offset the cost of this posi-
tion.While the selectmen de-
cided to cut the vacant posi-tion this September after aretirement, Gonyer still feelsstrongly and believes that thebenefits for the residentswould outweigh the costs ofthe assistant’s 24 hour perweek position were filledonce again.
“The board cut the posi-tion and the Budget Commit-tee accepted it,” Gonyer saidWednesday night at theBoard of Selectmen meeting.“Yet there are negative im-pacts on not having the posi-tion filled.”
She said her concernshave remained steady, espe-cially after an incident lastweek where one office em-ployee had an emergencyand the office was down toone person, while Gonyerherself had an appointmentshe needed to attend. At onepoint, she said there was thepotential of having no one onstaff at the office.
“Our employees did theirtime and they deserve theirtime off, but we were down toone person on staff and hadno one to cover the area,”said Gonyer. “We had a goodresponse at the election but Ifeel we need that extra per-son.”
She told the selectmenthat her office creates rev-
enue and that there are newpossibilities in the mix forcreating enough revenue topotentially fill the vacant po-sition once again.
“There are other ways tocreate revenue if that’s some-thing the board wanted tolook at to offset the positionsince the response is that theservice cut does not matchthe cuts made,” said Gonyer.
Board Chairman KevinHayes said he would be in-terested in hearing some ofGonyer’s ideas on creatingnew sources of revenue. Inthat case, Hayes said hewould consider the vacantposition and weigh the bene-fits of the position onceagain.
Selectman John O’Brienagreed and said it would beworth looking into extra rev-enue to match other areas,even if the position were notin the picture.
Selectman Gus Benavidessaid he wanted to make itclear that creating more rev-enue through the use of in-creasing fees at the TC/TCOffice would in fact be equalto raising taxes in order toincrease payroll for this va-cant position.
Gonyer said that somefees would need to increasefor revenue to increase, al-
SEE VACANT PAGE A13
Fish market may partnerup with auto repair serviceBY LAUREN [email protected]
If all goes accordingly, theowner of Fin’s Seafood Mar-ket in Gilford will have an ex-panded market as well as anautomobile repair and salesbusiness located in the southside of the retail store.
Owner of the retailseafood store KimCedarstrom requested to cre-ate a storage place within hisexisting building, which thePlanning Board seemed OKwith but tabled Mondaynight because of another re-quest that did not sit as well.
Cedarstrom also plannedto rent a portion of his prop-erty to businessman PhilRinger who intends to run anautomobile repair and out-door display area by the re-tail space. The two business-es would be separate entitiesand are divided by separatewalls in the existing space.
The proposed plan wouldinclude the expansion spacewithin the interior of themarket by removing a wallfor products other than the
given seafood, such as a nat-ural foods display.
The automobile repairand sales services would berun by Ringer and his onemechanic who would cleancars, offer oil changes, andmore.
Twenty eight spaces onthe auto service plan wouldinclude a display of cars forsale. Twelve spaces would in-clude a display of snowmo-biles and jet skis. A mini-mum of nine parking spacesmust also be available to themarket customer as well ashandicapped accessibleparking places and access tothe building.
While the Planning Boardacknowledged that the appli-cant’s plans to do not involvegrading with little sitechanges and are on an im-permeable service, membersstill agreed that looking tothe Conservation Committeefor a few questions could nothurt because of the prospectof working with oils and re-tail in the same lot.
SEE FISH MARKET PAGE A13
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GPD responds to 220 calls Nov. 9-15
Police arrested Anita E.Erb, 43, of Laconia, andcharged her with driving af-ter revocation or suspen-sion and drivers license pro-hibitions.
Police arrested BritanyVankeuren, 20, of Laconia,on a bench warrant.
Police arrested Amy L.Dobbins, 31, of Sanbornton,and charged her with dis-obeying an officer, drivingafter revocation or suspen-sion, a bench warrant, and
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for an unregistered vehicle.Police arrested Dennis G.
Rice, 54, of Laconia, on abench warrant.
Police arrested WendyJean Monmaney, 56, of Gil-ford, as a habitual offenderand on a bench warrant.
Police arrested juvenile,17, with transporting alco-holic beverage by a minor,possession of drugs in a mo-tor vehicle, possession anduse of tobacco products byminors.
Police arrested juvenile,17, with carrying/sellingweapons and an unlawfulpossession of alcohol.
Police arrested James Ed-dy, 19, of Laconia, on a war-rant.
Police arrested NicholasDegrace, 23, of Thornton,and charged him with sim-ple assault and criminalmischief.
Police arrested MichaelD. Patsos, 53, of Meredith,and charged him with driv-ing while intoxicated.
4 reports of suspiciousvehicles
3 reports of criminal mis-chief
11 alarms55 traffic checks11 motor vehicle com-
plaints16 motor vehicle checks14 calls for an ambulance2 reports of harassment1 escort requested8 motor vehicle accidents1 report of suspicious
persons 2 larcenies5 attempts to locate2 fingerprint cases8 reports of existing con-
ditions6 lost/found items9 abandoned vehicles1 burglary in progress911 hang-ups3 services of paperwork11 animal complaints7 calls for the fire depart-
ment2 road/weather reports1 lost/missing/wanted
person2 requests for motorist as-
sistance1 drug case5 civil matters2 domestic disturbances3 motor vehicle lockouts1 request for contracted
services1 master name check1 assault2 pistol permits1 criminal trespass1 other department re-
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Gilford Public Library Top Ten Requests
For The Week of November 8, 2010
1. “Freedom” by Jonathan Franzen 2. “The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet’s Nest” by Stieg
Larsson3. “The Reversal” by Michael Connelly4. “The Confession” by John Grisham5. “The Girl Who Played with Fire” by Stieg Larsson 6. “Moonlight Mile” by Dennis Lehane7. “Worth Dying For” by Lee Child8. “Eat, Pray, Love” by Elizabeth Gilbert 9. “Don’t Blink” by James Patterson
10. “Painted Ladies” by Robert Parker
Marketing medicineGunstock Marketing Coordinator Jonah Fernald plays doctor at The Boston Ski Show, which was held atthe World Trade Center. The show was held from Nov. 11 to 14.
PHOTO BY GEORGE REGAN
Belknap County NursingHome Craft Fair Nov. 20
LAKES REGION — OnSaturday, Nov. 20, from 9 a.m.to 3 p.m., the Belknap Coun-ty Nursing Home will befilled with area crafters, ven-dors and baked goodies forthe Annual Holiday Fair.This much anticipated eventhas been going on for manyyears and draws some of thebest crafters in the area.
Area businesses have gen-erously made donations thatwill be grouped in basketsand raffled off. Raffle ticketswill be available the day ofthe event.
New this year, wonderfulbaked goods will be donatedby the Church of Latter DaySaints, The Lakes RegionCommunity College Hospi-tality Program and the HuotTechnical Center CulinaryArts Program. Both schoolsoffer culinary classes thatproduce some of the tastiesttreats in the area. Theseitems may be purchased dur-ing the event.
All proceeds from theevent benefit the ResidentActivities Fund. This fundenables the staff to take resi-
dents on outings, hire localmusical talent, purchase sup-plies and hold in-houseevents, such as a Cotillionand Hawaiian Luau. Resi-dents love the activities andthe entire staff of the Nurs-ing Home is dedicated to pro-viding each resident withquality care and stimulatingactivities.
There is no admission feefor the fair and the public iswelcome and encouraged tovisit on Nov. 20 and helpmake this a successful event.
Wesley Woods hosting free wellness seminarsWesley Woods will be host-
ing three wellness designedto help folks gear up for win-ter. While geared toward sen-iors, all ages are welcomeand would certainly benefitfrom the advice.
Nov. 23 at 11:30 a.m.: PutYour Best Foot Forward
Madeline Dauphinais,RNC, former Assistant Di-rector of Nursing at St. Fran-cis Rehabilitation and Nurs-
ing Center will talk about theimportance of foot care, es-pecially during the wintermonths, common foot ail-ments, proper nail care, andDiabetic foot care.
Dec. 1 at 11:30 a.m.: StressFree Holidays
Bill York from Live FreeHome Health Care
Holidays should be timesfor relaxation and joy, butsometimes they become
overly stressful, creating ten-sion and unhappy times,rather than the anticipatedenjoyment. But with a littlethought and pre-planning,these stress factors can meltaway for a more enjoyabletime for all.
Dec. 14 at 11:30: ExerciseFor Arthritis/Fibromyalgia– Megan Huntoon, a Physi-cal Therapist at LRGHealth-care, will talk about the im-portance of exercising andhow it keeps the symptomsof arthritis and fibromyal-gia at bay.
A light lunch will beserved at all of the seminars,so please RSVP to Stace at528-2555. Wesley Woods is lo-cated behind the First Unit-ed Methodist Church off Rte11A in Gilford.
Eat pancakes,help Silverhawks
Friends of Gilford Football is hosting a pancake break-fast fundraiser at Applebee's in Tilton. Come join us onSaturday, Nov. 20, from 8-10 a.m. Tickets are only $5/per-son. Please support Gilford Silverhawks football for 2nd- 8th grade youth.
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THE GILFORD STEAMER A3Local NewsNOVEMBER 18, 2010
ALTON BAY EXCAVATION“If it’s in the dirt, we’re there!”
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There’s a new and excit-ing way for adults to stay inshape as the Gilford Parksand Recreation Departmentunveils its Old School PE pro-gram.
Old School PE originatedat the Recreation Depart-ment of Newport, whichpatented the program andmade it accessible to the pub-lic nationwide.
“This program is foradults 18 and over and givesthem the opportunity to getback to their childhood,”saidGilford Parks and RecreationDirector Herb Greene.“These are competitivegames, but it is friendly com-petition and we don’t keepscore.”
He said this is Gilford’sfirst time utilizing the pro-gram, and dozens of partici-pants from all over the LakesRegion have made it a pointto stop by the Gilford YouthCenter on Friday eveningsfor the past month.
Old School PE activities
are reminiscent of gym classback in the day for adultswho used to love playing withthe rainbow colored para-chute, participating in relayraces, and playing competi-tive games such as capturethe flag, floor hockey, kick-ball, dodge ball, ultimateFrisbee. Many of the gamesare combinations of severalsports, including “spasticball,” a mix between soccer,basketball, and Frisbee, aswell as “corner ball,” a playon baseball and kickball.
“We warm up with gamessuch as the ‘shoe relay’ al-though the physical activitybecomes more strenuousthroughout the night,” saidGreene. “It’s good for thosewho don’t necessarily workout all the time. It’s also goodfor those who like staying ac-tive and are looking for some-thing fun to do.”
Participants last Fridaynight warmed up with a re-lay race and then got right in-to an intense game of “cor-ner ball” involving hulahoops, a kickball, and lots of
running on the GYC court.Although the program is of-fered in Gilford, participantscame from all over the regionto try out this unique pro-gram.
Bonnie Rudolph of Laco-nia said last Friday was thefirst time she ever tried outthe Old School PE program,and she had fun from thestart.
“I just wanted to get outthere and get into some ac-tivities,” said Rudolph.
Friends Elaine Miller andSandy Hailey from Laconiawere inspired to try out theclass because of the encour-agement from their friendJoni Mercer, who said shehad a blast the first time sheparticipated in the program.
“This is the closet PE ac-tivity in the area for adults,”said Miller.
Like many participants onFriday, Kyle Holub of Bel-mont said he decided to tryout Old School PE because hewas anxious to get out of thehouse.
“I wanted to get out, be ac-
Fire wages up slightly due to increase in severe callsBY LAUREN [email protected]
The Budget Committeehas accepted Gilford Fire De-partment’s proposed budgetof $1,817,227 for 2011, a 1 per-cent or $17,000 increase fromlast year.
Gilford Fire Rescue ChiefJohn Beland said the depart-ment has worked hard thisyear to reduce the overallbudget in light of economichardships, and if not for cost-shifting, it would have beenalmost 8 percent below lastyear.
Wages and benefits are up4.3 percent, or $63,000, par-tially due to overtime, up 3.6for sick time and vacationcoverage, and also because ofcall company pay.
Six additional membersnow work with 24 other callcompany members, andthose seeking more certifica-tions will be paid more fortheir time. Call pay increasedby 5.6 percent.
On call members were
needed more this year sinceemergency calls are upslightly in the department,with 1,236 calls as of lastThursday evening. Belandsaid the severity of calls hasalso increased this year. Peo-ple have been trapped withintheir vehicles, which havecalled for “the jaws of life,”and the department has re-sponded to six multiplealarm fires.
About 1,200 are ambu-lance calls, and the remain-ing 800 are fire-rescue calls.
While overtime is slightlyup, Beland said full-timeworkers were also willing togive up two hours for onehour of call back time in se-vere emergencies and fires,which went into effect lastyear.
“We also restricted callbacks for routines – theymust be fires and big emer-gencies,” said Beland. “Thefirefighters have voluntarilydone this.”
Operating expenses are al-
so up 4.6 percent, or $9,000due to two thermal imagingcameras at a price of $13,500,which will be used by fire-fighters upon two separateentries into homes or build-ings.
Vehicle maintenance is up11.6 percent, or $3,000, to re-pair rust damage on one ofthe department’s fire en-gines.
Professional developmenthas decreased by 22.2 per-cent, or $5,500, which coversmandatory training and cer-tifications.
Budget Committee mem-ber Terry Stewart noted thatthe department’s hours forthe fire inspector have in-creased, and suggested that afirefighter become certifiedor take on the inspector’sroles.
Beland explained that fulltime members have multipleduties on their hands, and a
certified building inspectormust undergo more in depthtraining and have a largeknowledge of expertise inthe field.
He said the inspector ad-dresses life safety issues, andthe town decided to fund thisposition years back becauseof a clear need for it. Belandsaid he also believes thatsome of the fees collected toinspect a building also offsetsome of the pay that the in-spector receives.
$3,908 for emergency man-agement, $51,066 for fire pro-tection, and $6,000 forforestry are also includedwithin the $1.8 million budg-et.
During the budget meet-ing last Thursday night,members also voted in favorof a proposed $77,189 Healthand Welfare Departmentbudget.
tive, meet new people andhave a good time. This activ-
ity is definitely different, andhaving a variety of thingsyou can do keeps you inter-ested,” said Holub.
The Parks and Recreation
Department’s first session ofOld School PE came to an endlast Friday, but its popularitymeans more sessions willlikely follow.
PHOTO BY LAUREN TINER
Players stood at the plate, ready to kick the ball as far as they could during an Old School activity.
PHOTO BY LAUREN TINER
“Corner Ball” players honed their pitching skills last Friday during theOld School PE program.
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Slow down –you move too fast
It’s strange that people are complainingabout an inconvenience added to their driv-ing routes despite the fact that this “incon-venience” is making their roads safer. Youwould think keeping people safe wouldtrump the ability to go a little faster and nothave to stop at a stop sign.
Apparently a lot of people who live in thearea of Sunset, Bedford, and Ridgewood Av-enue think so too, and we were happy to seethat they went to the Board of Selectmenmeeting last week to speak in favor of thenew three-way stop. This crowd said thatsince the stop has been put in, there is lesstraffic and less speeding. They can let theirchildren ride bikes or be near the road with-out worrying quite as much, or get the mailwithout fearing for their lives. And all it tookwas some stop signs, a minor impedimentthat solves a big problem.
On the other end of the opinion spectrum,some are complaining about the inconven-ience of having to slow down and stop,adding time to their travels. Seriously? Arewe really so rushed and harried these daysthat adding a stop sign to our commute isworth petitioning the board to remove it? Ifthe three-way stop wasn’t making the roadssafer in any way, maybe we could understandthe rationale. But according to a lot of hap-py residents, the stop signs are doing whatthe board intended – reducing traffic andspeed and thereby making the roads moreresidential and less “Laconia Bypass.” Re-moving the stop signs may free up another10 seconds in the day, but at what cost?
For those who petitioned to remove thethree-way stop, consider this: every time youstop at one of those stop signs, just remem-ber how nice it is to live in a small commu-nity, where the installation of one three-waystop is big news. It’s not a sign (so to speak)that traffic lights are going start popping upall over the place, as if Gilford is becomingbig-city. So embrace the change, take yourfoot off the pedal, and relax. Slowing downmight be as good for you speedy drivers as itis for the people who live on these roads.
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Let’s start with the factthat Malaki, 4 years old, agrey tabby cat, has been atNew Hampshire HumaneSociety waiting for a homesince December 2009.
Interestingly he came inas a stray – but not beforewe had already accepted adog from the same down-on-their-luck household asa temporary foster, verysoon afterwards placedpermanently in a greathome. Malaki has not en-joyed such good luck. He’sa good sized cat, beautiful-ly marked, and oh so de-spondent no one wantshim.
Pet of the Week: MALAKIMalaki truly deserves a
quiet home, he has enduredso much upheaval beingpushed from pillar to post –and now, residing with somany others, althoughsurely one can agree, hisstory is far more poignant.
Malaki qualifies for ourreduced adoption fee ofjust $25, and we hope hewill be adopted before theAnnual Adopt A Thon,hosted at Belknap MallNov. 26 and 27. Perhapsyou’ll see him there and fallin love, but wouldn’t it bebetter to visit New Hamp-shire Humane Societyright now and adopt him?
Thanks, and I’m not leavingTo the Editor:
I’d like to say to everyonein Alton, Barnstead, Bel-mont, and Gilford; it’s been apleasure serving you in theNH House of Representa-tives for the past two years. Ithank you for the opportuni-ty to represent you; it’s beena privilege of the highest or-der. I hope I’ve made somesmall difference in how Con-cord impacts on your lives.
Thanks for your commu-nications, your votes, and
your support. To those whoworked on my campaign, Ican never repay your gen-erosity. The fact that it wasunsuccessful is not in anyway attributable to your won-derful efforts.
But today is a new day! Icongratulate all the candi-dates who will now representthe towns in Belknap CountyDistrict #5. For the nearterm, my wife, Erika, and Iawait the arrival of our sev-enth grandbaby and look for-
ward to spending the holi-days with family. However,our commitment to the com-munity continues with St.Vincent de Paul, Neighborsin Need, and any other waywe can serve the Lakes Re-gion.
I also do NOT intend toleave the political world. Ihave already contacted the lo-cal newspapers about contin-uing my “Legislative Alerts,”only now as an outside com-mentator. As one editor put
it, I will now be a part of the“loyal opposition.” My analy-sis of future legislation andbudgets will be disseminatedas in the past – both via news-paper “op-ed” articles and byemail to the district’s voters.
In the meanwhile, enjoythe coming holidays withyour families and friends.
Bill JohnsonGilford
Get ready to plungeTo the Editor:
The sixth annual Salva-tion Army Turkey Plungewill take place on Saturday,Nov. 20, at Weirs Beach. Gatesopen at 11 a.m. with spon-sored plungers taking a dipin Lake Winnipesaukeestarting at noon.
This is a fun family eventwith many Plungers wearingcostumes for the Plunge.Funds generated from thisevent support the many wor-thy programs of the localbranch of the SalvationArmy including the onlyhomeless shelter in Belknap
County, the Salvation Army’sCarey House. Over 100Plungers are expected withhundreds more spectatorsthere to cheer them on.
Following the Plunge, a de-licious luncheon will beserved across the street atThe Weirs Beach LobsterPound Restaurant whoseowners have donated the useof their dining room. Restau-rants donating food for theluncheon include Patrick’sPub & Eatery, Kitchen Crav-ings, Lago, Hart’s TurkeyFarm, T-Bones, Fratello’sand O Steak & Seafood.
Desserts and service will besupplied by the CulinaryArts students of the LakesRegion Community Collegeand beverages are compli-ments of Coca-Cola of North-ern New England.
The general public is in-vited to the luncheon for a $5 per person donation whilePlungers eat for free. Doorprizes will be awarded tosome lucky attendees.
Any individual or groupinterested in participating inthe Plunge may get registra-tion forms at any branch ofthe Meredith Village Savings
Bank or from the SalvationArmy by calling 524-1834.
The Turkey Plunge Com-mittee is also requesting anylocal business with a mar-quee or electronic messageboard to promote the TurkeyPlunge by placing a publicservice ad on their sign forjust a day between now andNov. 20 promoting thePlunge. Thanks to all oursupporters and we hope tosee you at Weirs Beach for thePlunge!
Don MorrisseyPlunge Committee
Gilford
It does take a villageTo the Editor:
A few times in life one hasan extraordinary experi-ence. This is how I would de-scribe my involvement in theGilford Sidewalk Projectwith my former students. Wehad a vision to make a posi-tive safety contribution toour Gilford community, bymaking a commitment toraise money for Gilford side-walks.
It all started in 2005 whenmy seventh-grade studentsand I began the Gilford Side-walk Service Learning Pro-ject. Every seventh gradestudent (class of 2010 and2011) worked on this commu-nity service project as part ofthe Family and ConsumerSciences Service LearningCurriculum, “Solving Real
Issues.”Our project consisted of
two sidewalks in Gilford Vil-lage Phase IV and Phase Vsurrounding the schools. InNovember 2008, we dedicatedthe completed Phase IV side-walk in front of the GilfordElementary School alongBelknap Mt. Rd. toHawthorne Way to the townof Gilford at no cost. Thesecivic minded students hadraised the entire cost of thissidewalk through fund rais-ing efforts and with in-kindservice donations of gener-ous community businessesthat worked on the sidewalk.
In 2007, I wrote a Trans-portation Enhancementgrant which the Gilford Mid-dle School students present-ed to the Lakes Region Plan-
ning Commission and theState Department of Trans-portation in Concord. Wewere awarded the grant forGilford Sidewalk ProjectPhase V for $186,000. PhaseV sidewalk follows AlvahWilson Rd providing safe ac-cess along the side of GilfordHigh School and in front ofGilford Middle School.
A group of 12 dedicatedstudents choose to stay withthis project from seventhgrade through high school.Calling ourselves the GilfordSidewalk Project CoreGroup, we continued to workon the fruition of the com-pletion of both sidewalks. Iam very proud of these stu-dents making communityneeds a priority in their lives.They have developed critical
skills that will enable themto continue to be concerned,caring, and active communi-ty members. In November2010 we see the completion ofthe Alvah Wilson Rd. side-walk Phase V!
It is with deep gratitude,admiration, and respect Ithank and commend the fol-lowing 12 Outstanding Stu-dents of the Gilford SidewalkCore Group: Monique Baron,Megan Belville, HeatherBlandford, Chelsea Cosse-boom, Nick Denver, AlyssaHemcher, Tiffani Hemcher,Amy Meyers, Travis Ritson,Ian Shurbert, John Stacy, andMegan Wernig. We leave youwith our motto that inspiredcommunity service in us and
Clearing up misconceptions of Winsheblo conservationTo the Editor:
While there have been sev-eral small articles about therecent conservation of CampWinsheblo, in Gilford, therehas not only been a seriousreporting error, but the cred-its for protecting this parcelhaven’t been duly given.
The major credit, first ofall, goes to each of the mem-bers of the Laconia Girls Cor-poration, Inc. for their con-sideration and caring for the210+ acres of land at the endof Liberty Hill Road knownas Camp Winsheblo. Theynot only sold this beautiful210+ acre parcel to the Soci-ety for the Protection of NewHampshire Forests, but didso at a greatly reduced price
to fulfill their desire that it beprotected forever. To eachand every member, go ourthanks and appreciation foryour foresight and actions toensure its conservation.
The second major creditfor this land acquisition andprotection goes to the NewHampshire Society for theProtection of New Hamp-shire Forests (SPNHF). Theyput two years of efforts intothis project, purchasing theland at what is termed a “bar-gain sale” of $225,000.
However; Gilford’s Con-servation Commission’s andLand Conservation TaskForces’ input into the projectwere minimal and Gilforddid not contribute 75 percent
of the purchase price as pre-viously reported. Rather, wepartnered with the SPNHFand contributed slightly over$75,000 toward the purchaseprice and closing costs, draw-ing the money from theTown’s Land ConservationFund.
In return, the Town of Gil-ford now holds the easement,and should the SPNHF everbecome defunct, the landwould revert to the Town.(This is the land on the lefthand side of Liberty HillRoad where it becomes agravel road, not on the rightwhere the actual Winsheblobuildings were.)
While those are points ofclarification, the bottom line
here is that major credit hasto be given to the SPNHF fortwo years of work, and espe-cially to Tom Howe, SeniorDirector of Land Conserva-tion, whom we have had thepleasure of working with onthis transaction.
It is primarily because ofthe efforts of both the Laco-nia Girls Corporation, Inc.and the SPNHF that we herein Gilford reap the benefits ofhaving another beautifulprotected parcel of land.Speaking on behalf of the cit-izens of Gilford. Thank you!
Everett McLaughlin, ChairGilford Land Conservation Task Force
Gilford Conservation Commission
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THE GILFORD STEAMER A5Community CommentaryNOVEMBER 18, 2010
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As you can imagine, wehad a lot of help from othersto reach our goals. We arevery grateful for the love andsupport of our families. Aspecial thanks to my hus-band Mark. Thank you toJim Kemmerer, our MiddleSchool principal, for believ-ing in us from the beginningto end. Thank you Dr. PaulDeMinico, Scott Isabelle andthe Gilford School Board.Thank you Sheldon Morgan,Director of Gilford DPW andDustin Mussey for theirwork on this project fromconception to completion,overseeing the project, andcontinue with on going side-walk maintenance.
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MENTAL HEALTH MATTERSBy Kristen Welch, Public Relations & Communications Manager,
Genesis Behavioral Health ●
Giving thanks, this season and alwaysThe holidays are around
the corner, and the givingseason is upon us. For Gen-esis Behavioral Health andmost non-profit organiza-tions, the giving season isthe time to reach out to ourstakeholders and the com-munity. More importantly, itreminds us of our apprecia-tion for our supporters andreinforces the critical rolethey play in achieving ourmission.
We choose to give to ourfavorite charities for manyreasons. For some, it is pure-ly to experience the joy ofgiving, to meet personalneeds or to make a differ-ence. For others, it is a re-sponse to being asked, to ac-knowledge a relationshipwith the organization orsimply to demonstrate a be-lief in the organization andits good work. Individualgiving is essential to chari-table organizations, ac-counting for 75 percent of to-tal contributions (GivingUSA 2010).
Arthur Brooke has pro-vided us with some interest-ing statistics on philanthro-py and charitable giving.We know that the workingpoor give a higher percent-age of their income than themiddle class or rich. In ad-dition, religious people givemore money and time thansecularist people, even be-yond churches. Giving andvolunteering have beenfound to improve physicaland mental health. InBrooke’s study, 43 percent ofgivers were more likely tobe “very happy” while 25percent of givers are morelikely to say their health isexcellent.
Giving USA 2010 report-ed that total charitable giv-ing fell almost 4 percent in2009, the steepest declinesince they began issuingtheir annual reports in 1956.We can obviously attributethe decline to the poor eco-nomic climate. AlthoughAmericans are worriedabout the future and morecautious about how theyspend their hard-earned dol-
lars, it is important to notethat they did in fact contin-ue to give to charity.
At Genesis BehavioralHealth, we are fortunate tohave a solid base of com-mitted and generous donorswho consistently supportour mission each year. Theirsupport is invaluable andhas helped the bottom lineof the agency in a time ofState-level budget cuts, de-creased reimbursementrates and capitation to manyof our services.
Towns and counties are acritical component of ourfunding as well. Each fall,Genesis embarks on the“Town Project,” where alltwenty-four towns in ourcatchment area are asked toappropriate funds to theEmergency Services pro-gram. The amount request-ed is calculated using a for-mula based upon the previ-ous year’s Emergency Ser-vices deficit and the popula-tion residing in that town.Emergency Services is asafety net for every residentof every town in Belknapand lower Grafton Counties,providing access to a Mas-ter’s level clinician and psy-chiatrist 24 hours a day, sev-en days a week. Services areprovided in person, over thephone or via telemedicine atFranklin Memorial Hospi-tal and Speare MemorialHospital. Genesis providesEmergency Services to any-one in need, regardless oftheir insurance or ability topay.
In 2009, despite the toughtimes, towns contributednearly $66,000, a 27 percentincrease over the previousyear. In addition, Belknapand Grafton Counties areeach asked to contribute tothe Adult Outpatient Pro-gram, which provides short-term therapy to adults whoare uninsured. In recentyears, this program hasseen significant growth, at-tributable to the economicconditions causing job loss-es and subsequent loss of in-surance. The generous sup-port from each county gives
us the ability to help peoplein need who would not oth-erwise have access to men-tal health care.
Genesis was privileged toreceive several grants inFiscal Year 2010 to help sup-port programs and improveoutcomes to our clients.These included grants from3M, New Hampshire Chari-table Foundation-Lakes Re-gion, Philbrook Children’sFund of the New HampshireCharitable Foundation, TheSamuel P. Pardoe Founda-tion, the State of NewHampshire Bureau of De-velopmental Services, theState of New Hampshire De-partment of Transportationand the State of New Hamp-shire Office of MinorityHealth. The investmentsmade by these funders havehelped Genesis provide bet-ter services to children, fam-ilies and adults with mentalillness or emotional dis-tress.
Genesis could not accom-plish our mission withoutthe support of our donors,local government, commu-nity and funders. And so, onbehalf of our clients, staffand Board of Directors, wegive thanks for your sup-port, this giving season andalways.
To make a tax-deductiblecontribution to Genesis Be-havioral Health, please con-tact Kristen Welch at 524-1100x445 or [email protected]. Your gift will help usprovide mental health treat-ment and services to chil-dren, families, adults andolder adults. Genesis is des-ignated by the State of NewHampshire as the communi-ty mental health center serv-ing Belknap and southernGrafton Counties. A private,non-profit corporation, Gen-esis serves over 3,100 chil-dren, families, adults andolder adults each year. Formore information or toschedule an appointment,call 524-1100 or visitwww.genesisbh.org.
All fun and gamesOver 200 residents attended Family Fun Night Nov. 5, an evening of pizza and games at the GilfordElementary School for families of GES students. The event was sponsored by the GES Volunteer SteeringCommittee, which promotes and implements existing and new program activities and acts as liaisonbetween the GES principal, staff, and volunteers. With the assistance of Papa Gino’s Restaurant inGilford and a donation by the Gilford District Parent Teacher Association, the Volunteer SteeringCommittee offered free pizza to families who then spent quality time playing various board games,memory games, and card and dice games.
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When it comes to academ-ic goals, Gilford High Schoolsenior Ryan Carr wants tokeep his grades up for col-lege opportunities; when itcomes to sports, football ishis primary focus.
Carr has played on theGHS football team for threeyears and got to see his teammake it to the championshipgame, something he and histeammates worked hard for,he said, particularly the sen-iors who were playing theirlast games for GHS.
Now that the football sea-son is over, Carr will moveright into basketball, whichhe’s also played for threeyears at GHS. Carr said par-ticipating in sports has mo-tivated him to keep hisgrades up in the hopes thatone day he’ll play at a collegelevel.
“I want to try to get intocollege, and to try to keep mygrades where they are to dothat,” said Carr. “I don’tknow where I want to go yet,but I know I want to higher
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my education and possiblyplay sports.”
Carr has always madefriends along the way whileparticipating on sportsteams, a great help consider-ing he was home schooledhis sophomore year outsideof GHS until September ofhis senior year, when he re-turned back to school.
“I could still participate insports and make friends. Ijust decided I wanted to tryout being home schooled,”said Carr. “Coming back toschool, it’s a lot differentthan it is at home. It’s all in-dependent studying and
then I come here and I haveclasses with peers and ateacher.”
Carr said having ateacher in person is a plusbut his time away from GHShas also given him some use-ful tools to continue on withhis own learning.
“I am more independentin my studying now,” saidCarr, who believes this hadto do with the responsibilityhe took on in his homeschooling years.
Carr also tries his best inclasses, and while he doesnot have a favorite subject,he said he feels that the sub-ject of social studies comesto him naturally.
Carr feels teachers appre-ciate his diligence and re-spect within the classroom,especially while the teacheris speaking or going over alesson for the class, and be-lieves this may have led tohis nomination for Studentof the Month.
Peers at GHS have also de-scribed him as an “outgoing”and “fun loving” person.
In his time away fromschool, Carr works at the La-conia Country Club.
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Ryan Carr
DAR Good Citizens 2010 announcedLAKES REGION — Mary
Butler Chapter DAR an-nounces the selection of fivearea high school seniors asDAR Good Citizens.
They are: Daniel Powell,Belmont High School; CaitlynCennamo, Gilford HighSchool; Matthew Otis, Inter-Lakes High School; JaredGuilmett, Laconia HighSchool; and Stephanie D’Ab-braccio, Winnisquam Region-al High School.
The five seniors were se-lected by vote of the facultyand senior class of eachschool for their qualities ofService, Dependability, Lead-ership, and Patriotism. Eachof the students is an excellentscholar and has a record ofleadership in school clubsand athletics. The five win-ners have also contributed totheir communities as volun-teers on many occasions.
Members of the Mary But-ler Chapter honored the fiveGood Citizens at the GilfordCommunity Church Nov. 15.Good Citizen Chairman JudyWilson, assisted by ChapterRegent Rosalie Babiarz, willpresent the awards. Parents,family members, friends andfaculty are invited.
Daniel Powell, BelmontHigh School’s DAR Good Cit-izen, is the son of Jonathanand Becky Powell of Bel-
mont. A member of BelmontHigh School’s Student Coun-cil, he also participates in theNH Association of StudentCouncils. He has been activein Civil Air Patrol grades 9-12. Daniel served as team cap-tain and team mentor for hisschool’s Robotics team. Hewas selected to attend the Ro-tary Youth Leadership Con-ference. His list of communi-ty activities is lengthy, in-cluding acting as a volunteerat the Timberman Triathlon.He has worked at Jordan’s IceCreamery and Gunstock Mt.Ski Resort.
Caitlyn Cennamo, a seniorat Gilford High School, is thedaughter of John and LilyCennamo of Gilford. Cait-lyn’s activities include Na-tional Honor Society, MathTeam, Interact Club, FrenchClub, Rotary Club LeadershipForum, and Project Unity. Sheis involved in Lacrosse, SwimTeam, basketball, and ran inthe Seacoast Half Marathon.She has worked at theWine’ing Butcher and OSteaks and Seafood.
Matthew Otis of Inter-Lakes High School in Mered-ith is the son of Robert andTheresa Otis. Matthew hasbeen active on the high schoolmath team, outing club, AfterHours Drug and Alcohol Freeactivities group, and the Stu-
dent Council. Three sportshave kept him busy allthrough high school: trackand field, soccer, and basket-ball. He has worked at theTown Docks, Pizzeria Venti,and Real Green Lawn Care.
Jared Guilmett, LaconiaHigh School’s DAR Good Cit-izen, is the son of Chris andMarlee Guilmett of Laconia.Jared is involved in the fol-lowing clubs: Interact , Math, French, and Engineering, aswell as Yearbook, StudentCouncil, and National HonorSociety. He attended the Ro-tary Lakes Region YouthLeadership Program in hissophomore year. He hasearned the 1st degree BlackBelt in Aiki Kemp Karate. Hehas worked at Laconia HighSchool painting, doing re-pairs and renovations duringsummers and vacations.
Winnisquam RegionalHigh School’s DAR Good Cit-izen Stephanie D’Abbracciois the daughter of Thomasand Melissa D’Abbraccio ofNorthfield. A standout leaderat WRHS, Stephanie is presi-dent of Student Council, arole that she performs withutmost responsibility. A classofficer for three years, she al-so plays volleyball, basket-ball, and softball. She hasachieved the status of StateScholar all four years of herhigh school career. She teach-es religious education andhas worked as a summercamp counselor and as a salesassociate in a retail store.
The DAR Good Citizencompetition is sponsoredworldwide by the NationalSociety of the Daughters ofthe American Revolution.The national winner will beinvited to attend DAR Conti-nental Congress in Washing-ton, D.C. to receive the na-tional award of a $3,000 schol-arship to be sent to the schoolof the winner’s choice.
LAKES REGION — ThePemigewasset Choral Societyopens its 38th season in a newvenue on Thursday, Dec. 9,7:30 p.m., at St. Charles Bor-romeo Catholic Church inMeredith.
There will be no concert inLakeport due to the closing ofOur Lady of the LakesChurch.
The second is Friday, Dec.10, 7:30 pm at St. Paul’s RomanCatholic Church in Franklin.The final performance is Sun-day,Dec.12,3 p.m.in HanawayTheatre on the Plymouth
State University campus.All concerts are open to the
public; admission is by dona-tion in Meredith andFranklin. Tickets at $10 eachfor adults, $5 for students andseniors are required for thePlymouth performance. Theymay be purchased in advancethrough the Box Office or onsite prior to the concert.
The title of the concert is“Joy to The World!” and willinclude a variety of choralmusic, vocal and trumpetsoloists, and an audience singalong.
Pemi Choral Societyannounces holiday concerts
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The term “To getsluiced” has always tickledme, it being an old woods-men’s and river-drivingterm meaning to be sweptaway, as in “to oblivion.” Itis not to be confused with“To get juiced,” which iswhat the river-hogs didwhenever the log-drive gotanywhere near a town. For
more on the latter, see“likkered up” and “throwninto the slammer.”
Many of the men whoworked the river-drives - thedays when long-logs and lat-er pulp-wood were dumpedinto lakes and rivers andstreams to be floated downto mills or landings far be-low - could not swim. Theirchief survival tools weretheir caulked boots, theirpike-poles used for balanceas well as snagging errantlogs, and their agility. Theirworst fear, other than notbeing kept in decent gruband not getting paid, was be-ing swept away.
“Sluiced” comes from thefact that dams had sluice-ways, a sort of chute wheretenders could send logs sort-ed from various owners’booms shooting through anarrow opening to resumethe downriver journey.Booms were logs connectedby short chains that served
If I have to get sluiced, I’ll take Long Island Soundto keep different types ordifferent owners’ logs sepa-rated. Men sorting out andtending out on these logsjust above and at the lips ofdams had some of the morehazardous jobs in the log-ging industry.
If a sorter, tender or riv-er-hog fell into swift water,it was often the end. Thishappened with remarkablefrequency. Indeed, it wassuch a common occurrenceas to warrant hardly morethan a paragraph in the lo-cal newspapers. The walk-ing boss would direct thecrew to do their best to findthe body, the man’s spikedboots would be hung in ariverside tree as a sort ofmemorial, and the drivewould go on.
The fear of being sluicedwas often used as a wry, gal-lows-humor sort of joke,and as I kid I often heard itfrom the old river-drive vet-erans who were still fre-quenting Colebrook’s beer-joints and thumping theircanes on the Main Streetsidewalk. They were a rarebreed. “Want a beer, Mar-gin?” one would croak. “I’dbe sluiced if I didn’t,” camethe reply.
To me this is not such an-cient history. Pittsburg’sAndy Anderson graciouslylet me accompany him fortwo days back in the ‘70s onhis rounds as a Forest Ser-
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Above: The Camp 25 crew at leftwatched as pulpwood began mov-ing down South Valley Brook onthe Swift Diamond in the springfreshet of April 1938.
vice fire warden, and onetruck-trip took us to the farnorthern reaches of IndianStream, where Andy point-ed out an ancient pair ofspiked boots handing froma limb.
To this day, I use
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River hogs at work bringing up the rear of a drive at Pontook Falls, onthe Androscoggin north of Berlin, in May of 1944. If a man fell into fastwater and couldn’t get out, he was sluiced.
“sluiced” for my ownwarped sense of humor. If Iget sluiced, I tell whoever isunfortunate enough to lis-
ten. I’d rather it not be inthe Androscoggin drainage,from which I’d wind up inthe Gulf of Maine and indanger of being sliced up bypleasure boats. I’d rathertake my chances with theConnecticut watershed,dams and all, and Old Say-brook and Long IslandSound.
To end this, two notes:First, for anyone inter-
ested in the history, yarns,legend and lore about log-ging in northern New Eng-land (and somewhat be-yond), I warmly recom-mend Robert Pike’s “TallTrees, Tough Men” and itscompanion book “SpikedBoots.” I say “warmly” be-cause I actually got to meetand talk with Robert Pike,at the time a living bridge toanother whole era, and hisdaughter Helen is a friend.Her father walked andtalked with many of the old-timers who were on handfor the first big cut of old-growth timber in northernMaine, New Hampshire andVermont, and with manyveterans of the classic long-log river drives.
Second, delving into theabove topics gave me myfirst opportunity to visitPlymouth State Universi-ty’s excellent collection ofBrown Company photo-graphs from logging andriver driving days of yore,rescued from uncertain andobscure storage in Berlinand environs and now un-der PSU’s care and cata-loging. It is well worth vis-iting at http://go.ply-mouth.edu/beyond-brown_exibition, but bewarned: like eating peanutsor popcorn, once you start,it’s hard to stop.
(This column runs in adozen weekly papers cover-ing the northern two-thirdsof New Hampshire andparts of Maine and Ver-mont. John Harrigan’s ad-dress: Box 39, Colebrook, NH03576, or [email protected])
THE GILFORD STEAMER A9CultureNOVEMBER 18, 2010
Parents, as a general rule,do not like Daylight SavingsTime. According to my re-search (performed in part bystudiously reading posts onFacebook), parents dislikethe beginning and end ofDaylight Savings Time be-cause of its impact on sleeppatterns and general irri-tability. But when it ends,that extra hour is really akiller.
Babies with carefully or-chestrated schedules sud-denly want to eat at 3 a.m.when they had been sleepingthrough the night. Older kidsjump out of bed when the suncomes up, ready to face the
day at 5 a.m. – quite literallya rude awakening for par-ents. And then the very samekids crash around dinner-time, their bodies yearningfor sleep despite the fact thatthe clock says bedtime is twohours away.
Ben and Eisley were no ex-ception. They started rub-bing their eyes around 6 p.m.after Daylight Savings Timeended, and Ben actuallyasked to go to bed at 7 p.m.,half an hour earlier than hisusual school-night bedtime.But as much as I wanted tosend them upstairs immedi-ately after dinner, I knew theearlier I put them to bed, the
earlier they’d bewaking me up inthe morning – andI prefer a badevening to a badmorning.
I used to love“falling back” anhour. Way back inB.C. (Before Chil-dren) I looked for-ward to grabbingan extra hour ofsleep or havingmore time to snug-gle under a cozyblanket with agood book. Butnow I dread the moment thattime stands still; that extra
hour makes for thelongest day everspent with chil-dren whose inter-nal clocks are con-fused and cranky.
And do youthink for a mo-ment that anychild from pre-teen-aged on downwants to use thatextra hour forsleep? Heck no. It’sjust an invitationfor trouble, an ex-tra hour for Ben topick a fight with
Eisley, or for Eisley to coloron the floor.
MEGHAN SIEGLER
THE PARENT
TRAP
It’s been more than a weeksince the time change, andEisley finally slept throughBen waking up, getting readyfor school, and getting on thebus. For the first two monthsof school, she never woke upbefore he was gone; after weset the clocks back, she tookon the task of being myalarm clock, standing in hercrib waiting for me to dragmyself out of bed. It’s infi-nitely easier to get Ben readyfor school without Eisley fol-lowing us around, askingwhere “Ben skoo bus” is and
trying to eat whatever I’mtrying to get Ben to eat.
I’m hopeful that ourschedules are going back tonormal, at least in the morn-ing. The sun setting at 4:30p.m. is another story, thoughalso something we’ll get usedto as we start hunkeringdown for the winter. Adjust-ing to seasonal changes is afact of life in New England asmuch as adjusting to tem-peramental changes in grow-ing children is a fact of lifefor parents.
Extra hour an extra headache for parents
Gilford Public LibraryPrograms andSpecial Events
Open Storytime, Friday,
Nov. 19, 11:30 a.m. – noon.
Help foster early literacyskills in your preschooler.We'll sing songs, listen to astory and create a craft. Nosign up required.
Knit Wits, Friday, Nov.
19, 1:30 – 3 p.m. It’s mittenweather! Time to gather upyour needles and wool andjoin the Knit Wits for knit-ting and conversation.
Mahjong, Monday, Nov.
22, 12:30 p.m. – 3 p.m. Oneof the oldest board games inthe world - Mahjong - de-pends on skill, strategy, anda certain degree of luck. Joinus!
Check Out an Expert,
Wednesday, Nov. 24, 9:15
a.m. – 11 a.m. Do you havebasic questions about yourcomputer? Are you interest-ed in downloading audiobooks, using the Kindle orthe telescope? Library vol-unteer, Mike Marshall, willbe available to find the an-swers.
Holiday Hours: In ob-servance of Thanksgiving,the library will be closingearly on Nov. 24 at 5 p.m. andclosed Nov. 25 and Nov. 26.The library will re-open onSaturday, Nov. 27, from 10a.m. – 2 p.m.
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Children’s Art Workshop now bookingLAKES REGION — The
Winnipesaukee Playhouse isgiving children in grades K-6a rare opportunity to explorenot one, but five different artforms in one action-packedday.
Nov. 20 is integrated artsday at the Playhouse’sMeredith Campus and allarea kids are invited to at-tend the daylong Children’sArt Workshop.
Participants will be divid-ed into groups based on theirage and will rotate throughfive workshops, led by pro-fessional educators, in dra-ma, dance, music, visual artand language arts. Each ofthe workshops revolvesaround the theme of “ReallyRosie,” the musical by Car-ole King based on MauriceSendak’s beloved children’sseries which is also the Win-ni Players Youth Ensemble’swinter musical. Kids willhave the opportunity to getin the groove with favoritesongs like “Chicken Soupwith Rice” and “AlligatorsAll Around.” Kids don’t needto be familiar with “Really
Rosie” in advance as the mu-sical is only a jumping offpoint for the fun, interactivelessons.
This exciting day is spear-headed by new PlayhouseEducation Director KateWisnioski, who says, “Ele-mentary school aged kids –both boys and girls - have agreat capacity to be creativeand explore their artisticsides. This is a complete dayof arts activities that mayopen them up to some newideas and creative outlets.Plus, parents can get a jump-start on their holiday shop-ping while ensuring thattheir kids are in a safe, edu-cational and imaginative en-vironment.”
The workshop costs $25per child and runs from 9a.m.-2 p.m. at the Playhouse’sMeredith Campus at 50Reservoir Road. Childrenshould bring a bagged lunch,snacks will be provided. En-rollment is limited and ap-plications can be found atwww.winniplayhouse.comor by calling 366-7377.
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Members of the cast of “Really Rosie.”
A10 THE GILFORD STEAMER Lakes Region News NOVEMBER 18, 2010
Altrusa Club of Meredith readies for Annual Festival of TreesMEREDITH — The Al-
trusa Club of Meredith isplanning a spectacular Fes-tival of Trees to celebratethe 15th annual Lakes Re-gion holiday season event.
The event will be heldDec. 2-5 at the WaukewanGolf Club, located onWaukewan Road in CenterHarbor. The Altrusa Club ofMeredith is grateful to ourhosts, the Hale family, fortheir generosity and contin-ued support.
The Festival Silent Auc-tion and Gala, Thursday,Dec. 2, 5:30-8 p.m., will openthe three-day event. Guestswill enjoy the picturesqueNew England barn settingfeaturing the huge rusticfireplace and bidding onmany great items con-tributed by area businesses.Pat Kelly, a Lakes Region fa-vorite, will be on hand asMaster of Ceremonies.
Enjoy music, hors d’oeu-vres and desserts, and a
wine and beer cash bar. TheNoel Shoppe will feature abook signing with local au-thor and illustrator, KarelHayes.
Tickets are available atthe Greater Meredith Cham-ber of Commerce, Cackle-berries Garden and GiftShop in Meredith, and Fash-ion Forward in Moultonbor-ough. Pre-purchased ticketsare $12 and $15 at the door.Make your holiday sparklewith a spectacular tree fromthe ‘Tis the Season Raffle.Tickets will be for sale dur-ing the Festival.
From Friday, Dec. 3,through Sunday, Dec. 5, vis-itors may view the beautifultrees that have been con-tributed and decorated byarea businesses, nonprofitorganizations, individuals,and families. Altrusa dis-tributes all donated treesthrough area Christmasfunds and other outreach or-ganizations following the
Festival.Trees will be available for
viewing on Friday, Dec. 3,from 2-8 p.m.; Saturday, Dec.4, 9 a.m.-5 p.m.: and Sunday11 a.m.-5 p.m. Admission is
the same as in past years: $3for adults and free for chil-dren 5 and under. In addi-tion to viewing the excep-tional collection of unique-ly decorated trees, visitors
can enjoy tasty treats, pur-chase products made by lo-cal artisans in The NoelShoppe, and take chances towin fabulous raffle baskets.
Something new this year:The spirit of Christmascomes alive in “A Wish to bea Christmas Tree” byColleen Monroe, the magi-cal tale of an evergreen treewho wishes to be a beautifulChristmas tree. Children 3-8, in their pj’s, are invited tobring their favorite adultsand visit the enchantedWoodland Cabin for storytime. Pre-registration issuggested for either the 5p.m. or 7 p.m. readings, asspace is limited. Admissionis $3. Children 5 and underare free.
All proceeds from theFestival benefit the Inter-
Lakes Christmas Fund, theMoultonboro Santa Fund,area food pantries, and oth-er Altrusa initiatives.
The Altrusa Club ofMeredith, Leaders in Ser-vice, is grateful for the pastsupport from the Lakes Re-gion community. Your par-ticipation has made the Fes-tival of Trees a great suc-cess and has benefited manyfamilies in need. Please helpus bring the magic of thisspecial season to others thisyear.
Individuals, families,clubs and local businessesare encouraged to enter atree, donate item for the auc-tion or become a sponsor.Please Contact HildaSchmidt, [email protected] or call 253-7166.
PHOTO COURTESY OF BONNIE EDWARDS
Altrusa Festival of Trees 2009 at Waukewan Golf Club
THE GILFORD STEAMER A11Lakes RegionNOVEMBER 18, 2010
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ball at the five-yard line andon third down, Seager hitAlec Boucher in the end zone.However, the ball bounced offthe receiver’s hands and fellincomplete, setting up fourthand goal at the five. Murphywas stopped short of the goalline and for the third time onthe afternoon, Newport hada fourth down stop and gotthe ball back on downs.
The Tigers then ate up theclock, moving the ball up thefield completely on theground and Wade carried infrom three yards out with4:12 to go in the half. TheTigers missed the extra pointbut still led 13-0.
Seager hit Bean with apass to open up Gilford’s nextdrive, but the ball was fum-bled and Newport recovered,taking over at the 41-yardline.
The Tigers never took theball off the ground until thefinal play of the drive, whenStout hit Nick Sullivan in theend zone from four yards out.The Tigers made the two-point conversion and took a21-0 lead with 32 seconds leftin the half and took that leadto the break.
The Gilford defense cameout stout in the second half,as the Golden Eagles kept theTigers from moving the balltoo far and got the ball backafter nice defensive playsfrom Dean and Jacob Harper.
A solid run by Murphy onsecond down gave Gilford afirst down, but a penalty
backed them up five yards.Seager hit Murphy with ascreen pass on third down,but the Golden Eagles werestill five yards short. Murphywas stopped on fourth downand for the fourth time, New-port took over on downs.
However, the Tigers didnothing, going three and outand punting away and Gil-ford went with a heavy doseof Dean, as he ran the ballthree straight times for a firstdown. A penalty on firstdown backed Gilford up andSeager’s second pass was in-tercepted by Greg Beaulieuand returned to the 30-yardline. One play later, the thirdquarter ended, with Gilfordtrialing 21-0.
The Tigers continued torun the ball and three playsinto the fourth quarter, car-ried in from eight yards out.The Tigers converted thetwo-point conversion andhad a 29-0 lead with 10:51 toplay.
Looking to avoid theshutout, Gilford came backwith a strong drive, led by thefeet of Murphy, who broke offa big run of 53 yards to movethe ball to the 14-yard line.However, Gilford couldn’tcapitalize and Newport tookover on downs again with7:15 left in the game.
The Tigers needed just sixplays and three minutes fortheir next drive, carrying theball 80 yards on the groundand capping it off with a five-yard push to the end zone.
FOOTBALL (Continued from Page A1)
bit.”He said he believes many
drivers would rather gothrough the lights or find analternate route rather thanstopping at another stopsign.
Carolyn Ellingson ofRidgewood said she also sup-ports the stop signs, althoughshe would oppose the use of
3-WAY STOP (Continued from Page A1)
They converted the two-point play and took a 35-0lead with 4:15 to play.
Gilford continued to fightto avoid the shutout, withSeager hitting Boucher witha pass and another to Mur-phy, but on fourth down, Sea-ger was intercepted, sealingthe game shutout for theTigers.
“We didn’t play our gametoday,” Brewer said. “Theytook away our game. Theyhad our number today.”
The Golden Eagles coachsaid he told his team in aspeech the previous nightthat they were all winners inhis book already just formaking their march to thechampionship game.
“It was kind of nice to bethe only team left playing inthe Lakes Region,” he said.
Brewer also noted he hasa significant group of kidscoming back next year.
“Hopefully we’re going tolearn from this,” he said.“We’ve got a lot of talentback for next year.”
PHOTOS BY JOSHUA SPAULDING
Above, left: Quarterback James Seager looks for a place to throw the ball during championship game actionSaturday in Gilford. Agove right: Ronny Bean hauls in a pass for a big gain during action Saturday in theDivision Six title tilt.
speed bumps.“Instead of ignoring the
stop signs, please think of theyoung children,” said Elling-son in defense of the newstop. “Stopping at the signwill only add a few seconds toyour time.”
Nearby neighbor KristinJarvi’s lawn was actually thesite of a high speed chase
gone bad earlier this yearwhen a car spun out in frontof her house. She said thather two young children couldhave easily been playing outin the yard during this inci-dent, but fortunately theywere not.
“Yes it is an inconven-ience, but it is also a safetyconcern,” said Jarvi. “You
could change the speed limit,but people will still speed onthe road.”
She added that it has alsobeen difficult until now tocross the road to meet herchildren who get off the busevery afternoon and that shemust be extra cautious of thespeeding traffic around ablind corner.
Resident BlytheGustafson said ever since thestop sign has been installed,she can now allow her kids toride their bikes on the street,something she found to betoo dangerous before.
“In just the last fewmonths, traffic has been go-ing slower,” said Gustafson.“My 10-year-old boy can ridehis bike up the street nowand we don’t have to worryas much about traffic andspeed.”
Resident Paul Warnickagreed with other speakersand said that the “demo-graphic” has changed quite abit since the stop was in-stalled and that almost halfof the neighborhood hasyoung children.
“There has been a notice-able reduction in speed, al-though I have heard the stop-ping and going. However thisdoes improve the safety. It isalso easier to pull in and outof our driveway,” said War-nick.
He said he had concernswith pets on the road, andeven simple things such asgoing out to fetch the mail inheavy traffic was worrisomebefore improvements weremade.
“Drivers have many otheroptions, so if stop signs are anuisance, take another road.Thanks to the stop sign, mystreet is now safer,” said War-nick.
After much public com-ment Selectman Gus Bena-vides said he knew these spe-cific roads were a concernworth looking into, yet he didnot realize how hazardousthe roads were.
“This seems like the mostdangerous road in Gilford,”said Benavides.
He asked if the road hadever been studied, not in-cluding the studies done inthe last few months.
Finance Director GeoffRuggles said he has lived onthe Ridgewood Ave for over adecade now and does recallconcerns made over the traf-fic and speeding years ago,but it has become more of aconcern over the past fewyears.
“It’s unfortunate that thetown did not address thisyears ago. We are always go-ing to air on the side of Gil-ford, especially when chil-dren are involved,” said Be-navides.
THE GILFORD STEAMER A13Lakes Region News / The Rest of the StoryNOVEMBER 18, 2010
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though she added that her of-fice creates revenue on a dai-ly basis and felt that the lossof a position has decreasedsome of the services that thetown can offer to its resi-dents.
“Because of the cut of theposition, we really need tolook for extras. I think thisoffice pays for itself,” saidGonyer.
During the meeting, Plan-ning and Land Use DirectorJohn Ayer also addressed areduction in staff hours thatbumped one full time posi-tion to a part time position,meaning the employee willno longer receive health in-surance benefits.
“This will require us to do
some serious juggling,” saidAyer referring to contrastinghours employees spend inthe office to answer calls andto customers.
He said that the impact ofa reduction in one employ-ee’s hours will also be deter-mined after the high or lowneed for permits and servic-es this year is clearer, since itis always hard to determinethe demand for a year ahead.
“We made a very leanbudget and difficult cuts,”said Hayes referring to re-ductions in staffing andhours in several depart-ments. “I would hope that wewould look for other ways tomake the system work beforerevaluating it again.”
VACANT (Continued from Page A1) Cedarstrom requested awaiver of the requirementthat would ask him to ad-dress aquifer protection orpotential wetland impacts,and while the board ac-knowledged he does not haveany immediate impacts onthe water, they wanted toknow a little more aboutdrainage possibilities.
Planning Board memberDennis Corrigan said he feltthis first requested waivershould be addressed becausewhile the site is not com-pletely changing, differentsoaps and car oils will nowbe used on the premise.
“They will be washing thecars, they will have oil, and amechanic will be there. Heshould address how he is go-ing to use drainage,” said
Corrigan. “We should waiton accepting this applicationuntil a storm drain unit ispresented.”
Members were also in-formed that the market lo-cated on Lily Pond Road withits trademark mural on theoutside of the building wasonce a more run down mari-na and construction areawith trailers and debris inplain view by the inter-section.
Cedarstrom purchasedand cleaned up the propertyand did continue with mari-na services for a while.
At the end of the meetingMonday night, the boardagreed to table the applica-tion and wait on feedbackfrom the Conservation Com-mittee.
FISH MARKET (Continued from Page A1)
Taylor Community’s president/CEO elected board member of IAHSA
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Tim Martin
LAKES REGION — TimMartin, president/CEO ofTaylor Community, was vot-ed in as a board member ofthe International Associa-tion for Homes and Servicesfor the Aging, taking one offour representing the Unit-ed States.
Martin received a call inOctober from the nominat-ing committee of IAHSAand was asked if his name
could be placed into nomi-nation to become a boardmember of its association.He contacted JanetMitchell, chairwoman ofthe Trustees for the TaylorCommunity, who felt itwould be a great opportuni-ty and honor for Taylor tohave its President/CEO in-volved in such an importantrole.
“Having Tim on the
Board of the IAHSA is veryexciting. It will offer TaylorCommunity a greater per-spective of what is happen-ing worldwide with agingservices and allow us to usethe information to enhancethe quality of life for ourresidents,” said Mitchell.
Martin called the IAHSAback and accepted the nom-ination. Subsequently he
was notified that he wasunanimously elected to theboard. On Nov. 1 Martin wassworn in at the AAHSA An-nual Meeting (AmericanAssociation of Homes andServices for the Aging) inLos Angeles. AAHSA is acollaborative organizationof the IAHSA.
Martin, who took overthe reins at Taylor Commu-
nity in June of 2009, hasbeen involved for eightyears with IAHSA; over 20years with AAHSA, includ-ing serving on a variety ofcommittees, the House ofDelegates and chairingsome innovative housinginitiatives; and has 30 yearsexperience in the non-prof-it industry.
“I am honored to be elect-ed to the Board of Directorsof IAHSA. It is a truly greatorganization which pro-vides leadership, innova-tion and research that ben-efits all those involved withthe senior communities andservices world-wide,” saidMartin.
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Ray C. Stickney, 59, of 12Breton Road, died on Tues-day, Nov. 9, 2010.
Mr. Stickney was bornNov. 6, 1951 in New Haven,Conn., the son of Robert W.and Mona (Eisenhauer)Stickney. He lived in Floridafor many years before mov-ing to Gilford four and a halfyears ago.
Mr. Stickney is survivedby his wife, Patricia Alexan-
Ray C. Stickney, 59
der Stickney, of Arizona; twodaughters, Dannielle Stick-ney of Northfield, and LeighShinn of Vermont; threegrandchildren, Hayley, Gregand Kaitlyn and his mother,
Mona Stickney, of Gilford;his brother, Robert Stickney,of Dover and his sister, Di-ane Modugno, of Loudon. Hewas predeceased by his sis-ter, Robin Lynn (Stickney)Brown.
Calling hours were Nov. 13at the Wilkinson-Beane-Si-moneau-Paquette FuneralHome, Laconia.
A memorial service fol-lowed the calling hours.
The family requests thatdonations be made to DianeModugno, 33 Iris Lane, Box13, Loudon, N.H. 03307 to-ward a college fund for Mr.Stickney’s granddaughter,Hayley.
For more information andto view an online memorialgo to www.wilkinson-beane.com.
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Ray C. Stickney
The Lakes Region Wavemakers dive into actionLAKES REGION — The
Lakes Region Wavemakerskicked off their 2010-11 sea-son in Manchester at the YM-CA Tigershark Team Invita-tional Swim Meet.
Teams from all over thestate came together this pastweekend to participate in theseason’s first meet. The YM-CA was buzzing with antici-pation and excitement asyoung athletes eager to show-case their abilities gatheredwith their coaches, team-mates, friends, and familiesfor the meet.
The Wavemakers gath-ered together on deck full ofenthusiasm, mixed with thenervous excitement ofthings to come. For some itwas a chance to experiencethe thrill of competition forthe first time, for others itwas a time to see how theirhard work and practice
would pay off. The Wave-makers would not be disap-pointed.
The morning sessionswere comprised of swim-mers aged 10 and under.Olivia Morea (10) posted per-sonal best times in fourevents and two overall top tenfinishes in the 50 Fly, and 100IM, and added 27 point to theteam’s totals. Laurel Gin-grich (8) posted personal besttimes in all four of herevents, racked up 52 pointsfor the team and came in sec-ond place overall in the 25Freestyle. Daniel Ellis (10)posted a top 10 finish in the100 back, and posted a per-sonal best in the 50 Free. Tay-lor Hough (7) posted two per-sonal best times, two top 10overall finishes, and added 26points to the team’s totals.Natalie Paine (10) knocked17.03 seconds off her 100
backstroke for a new person-al best. Eric Phelps (9) hadfive top tens, five new per-sonal best times, and talliedup 57 points for the team.
The afternoon sessionsfeatured swimmers from 11to 18. Kayla Phelps (12) post-ed one personal best time,and racked up eight top tenfinishes while adding 95points to the team’s totals.Autumn Bos (13) had two newpersonal best times. Anna El-lis (13) posted a personal bestin the 50 Free, as did EmmaGilman in the 50 Breast, andSharon Gilman (15) in the 100Free. Zoe Fullerton (11) andKatherine Gingrich (13) hadpersonal bests in all three oftheir events. James Collis(17) posted three top ten fin-ishes in as many events. Mar-garet Hess (18) posted a topten in the 500 Free. ElizabethLaw (17) had two new per-
sonal best times, as did Kait-lyn Mowery (11). MatthewSundius (11) posted a newpersonal best in the 100 back-stroke. Sarah Sundius (14)had two new personal besttimes. Hannah Willcutt (16)scored a top ten in the 200back, and Rachel Willcutt
(14) posted two new personalbests.
The Wavemakers’ Star ofthe Meet was Rebecca Cook.The 12-year-old swimmerhad two new personal besttimes one of which, the 500Freestyle gave her a newLRW team record. She swam
in nine events and postednine top tens, including a sec-ond place finish in the 200 IM,third place finishes in the 200and 100 Freestyle, and the 100backstroke. Cook also ran upan impressive 131 points forthe team’s totals.
THE GILFORD STEAMER COMMUNITY BNOVEMBER 18, 2010
Gilford Parks and Recreation NewsBY HERB GREENEDIRECTOR
Mommy and Me
Cooking Class
The Gilford Parks andRecreation Department issponsoring a four-week cook-ing class for children ages 2-6 on Friday mornings from10:15 – 11:45 a.m. This pro-gram will run from Nov. 19through Dec. 17 (No Programon Nov. 26) and will be held inthe Fellowship Hall andKitchen in the Gilford Com-munity Church. Each weekchildren will learn a fun newrecipe that they can make ontheir own with limited assis-tance from their parents.Space in this program is lim-ited, so register early!
Cost: $20 for the session,which includes all cookingingredients
For more information,please call the Parks andRecreation Department at527-4722.
Bolduc Park Cross Coun-
try Ski Program
The Gilford Parks andRecreation Department willbe offering four weeks ofCross Country Ski Lessons atBolduc Park this winter.Lessons begin on Saturday,Jan. 8, and will continuethrough Jan. 29, (in the eventa day is cancelled because ofpoor weather, it will be madeup the week(s) following Jan.29). Lessons begin at 10 a.m.and rental skis may be pickedup at 9 a.m. at Piche’s SkiShop!
Registration forms areavailable at the Gilford Parksand Recreation Department,Bolduc Park and Piche’s SkiShop. Please mail, fax ordrop off your registrationsdirectly to Piche’s Ski Shop.
Cost: $60 per person in-cludes rental equipment; $30per person if you have yourown equipment.
If you have any questions,please contact Bob or Pat
Bolduc at 524-2068.
Senior Moment-um
Movie and Breakfast
The Gilford Parks andRecreation Department willbe sponsoring a Senior Mo-ment-um program on Mon-day, Nov. 29. We will meet atthe Community Church, Fel-lowship Hall at 9 a.m. for cof-fee and a movie. We will bewatching “It’s a WonderfulLife.” The movie and coffeeare FREE of charge. We willalso have breakfast availablefor anyone interested at $1per person which includespancakes, sausage and or-ange juice. So please join usto watch this timeless clas-sic. Anyone interested inbreakfast must RSVP byTuesday, Nov. 23.
To RSVP or for more in-formation, please contact theGilford Parks and RecreationDept. at 527-4722.
Audience gets a few surprises during high school musicalBY LAUREN [email protected]
Opening night of “Josephand the Amazing Technicol-or Dreamcoat” had cast andcrew members eagerly await-ing reaction from the audi-ence as they got ready to putmonths of rehearsals to thetest.
While the Gilford HighSchool cast was excited toperform the musical’s hitsongs, crew members saidFriday night that they werelooking forward to the audi-ence’s reaction to a big setchange in the second act,when Israel transformed in-to Egypt, complete with largepyramids built by the techcrew.
In this unique musical byAndrew Lloyd Webber andTim Rice, main characterJoseph, played by student Za-ck Tousignant, literallyshined with his Technicolordream coat, given to him byhis father. This gesture isviewed as a symbol of his fa-ther’s preference for himover Joseph’s 12 brothers,and also a sure sign that hewill someday rule.
Inspired by a story of theBook of Genesis, Joseph isconsidered a dreamer. Likeany story, Joseph must firstface many obstacles includ-ing the devious plot set by hisenvious brothers, and theturmoil that leads him toEgypt in the second actwhere he becomes a slave andmust work his way up theranks to survive and rightwhat has been wronged.
The modern day audiencecan appreciate the well
known musical for its vastvariety of music genres and“pop opera” style that allowsfor little to no dialogue.
On Friday, Tousignantsaid waiting for the first mo-ment to step on stage in hisfirst main at GHS could onlybe described as “nervewrecking,” although heknew once he got onstagethose feelings would subside.
“The crowd will love themusical since we are doingour best. I think we have beendoing pretty well in our re-hearsals and we are ready,”said Tousignant.
While he was most look-ing forward to the openingprologue, he said the crowdmay love another tune thebest.
“The crowd will love the‘Pharaoh Song.’ It’s the songof the king with an ElvisPresley theme and a lot offun and dancing,” said Tou-signant.
Joseph’s brother Issacharplayed by Cameron Hobbssaid he believed the crowdwould love the “mega mix” ofmusic the most, since allthese songs come together tocreate one musical and flowas if they are one song.
“I feel like everyone willdo well,” said Hobbs. “Wehave all been working hardthese last 10 weeks and weare excited.”
Hobbs said he was mostlooking forward to his solo“Go, Go Joseph,” during themusical.
Olivia Testa, an “adoringgirl,” felt a bit nervous beforethe curtain opened but saidshe knew her cast had a great
show to put on and that theaudience would enjoy theperformance.
“This is different fromwhat we have done in thepast. It’s a lot of fun and Ihope the audience likes it,”said Testa. “(‘Pharaoh Song’)opens the second act and it isdefinitely a good start.”
The “Pharaoh Song” hasthe adoring girls and wivessinging with the Pharaoh,played by Josh Ritson.
Senior tech crew memberMariah Smith said althoughthe musical has only twoacts, the two separate sets, Is-rael and Egypt, were quitelarge.
“We got a lot done ahead oftime this year for the show,”said Smith.
Smith said the main chal-lenge the crew had to face af-ter completing the two setswas to switch Israel over toEgypt during a 15-minute in-termission.
“We have been practicingsince last Monday and wewere under 15 minutes lasttime with relatively noslips,” said Smith.
While the audience wasready for some dramatic andfun song and dance numbers,Smith said she believed thatthe crowd would be sur-prised and impressed by thetwo sets as well.
“Seeing the great differ-ence in both sets shouldthrow them through a whirl,including the changing col-ors and pyramids set up tomove on track sets. The pyr-amids will look like they areflying,” said Smith.
PHOTO BY LAUREN TINER
The Potiphar, played by Cameron Graaskamp, and Mrs. Potiphar, played by Shannon McQueen sing a few tunestogether prior to the opening night of the musical.
PHOTO BY LAUREN TINER
Joseph’s brothers and surrounding cast members in the musical “Joseph and the Amazing TechnicolorDreamcoat” warm up their vocals before the first at Gilford High School last Friday night.
PHOTO BY LAUREN TINER
The Butler, played by Alysa Hemcher, stands next to the baker and other cast members prior to opening nightFriday, warming up vocals and shaking off the jitters.
Holidays are nearing, and so isthe need for extra precautionBY LAUREN [email protected]
Families are already plan-ning Thanksgiving menusand prepping for a monthfilled with holiday spirit andcheer, but some favorite tra-ditions can come at a costlyprice if precautions aren’ttaken.
Thanksgiving dinner willbe on many tables in the na-tion next Thursday. Over thepast few years the trend offrying turkeys in a deep fry-er has become more populardue to a decrease of prepara-tion time, yet this method hasalso caused a few accidentsover the years.
While Gilford Fire Chief
John Beland said familiesneed to take precautionswhen frying turkeys. He saidit is preferable to keep the fry-er outside, while still keep-ing it in full view while cook-ing in an open area.
“Never keep the fryer in,on, or under a garage or in abreezeway. Avoid the porchor anything else that cancatch on fire,” said Beland.
He agreed that the biggestmisconception is that thecook can safely dump afrozen turkey into the fryer,which is not a true statement.
“The turkey should bethawed because wetnesscauses oil to splatter and cancause a fire because of the
open flame. You can get someserious burns. Oil and waterdon’t mix,” said Beland.
The thawed turkey shouldalso be placed into the fryervery slowly and the cookshould cover bare skin toavoid burns, though looseclothing could catch on fireas well.
Just as the fryer itselfshould be watched, so shouldthe oil temperature and anydetection of smoke.
If smoke does start, thegas should be turned off im-mediately, and if a fire starts,Beland said to avoid throw-ing water on the fire, which
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Belknap Landscape Snow and Ice Management crews prepare for this winter’s fury.
Belknap Landscape prepares for snow and iceBelknap Landscape Com-
DuBreuil leads the BLCSnow Division into wintereach season with a trainingsession for all staff mem-bers to insure snow cus-tomer satisfaction.
“It begins with educationand continues with serv-ice,” DuBreuil said. “Be-coming Snow & Ice Manage-ment Association CertifiedSnow Professional or CSPprovides the skills needed toexcel at servicing large com-mercial accounts.”
DuBreuil obtained theCSP credential by complet-ing a set of courses and pass-ing a stringent examina-tion. SIMA is a trade associ-
ation fostering professional-ism and safer communitiesby helping those who man-age snow and ice master es-sential skills and practices.This industry-standard des-ignation is a must have forany New Hampshire snowservice provider.
In the heat of this pastsummer DuBreuil and fourother BLC Snow Crew Su-pervisors received a certifi-cate from the New Hamp-shire Department of Envi-ronmental Services on saltreduction techniques. Thismakes sense in light of Belk-nap Landscape’s ongoingcare and protection for theLakes Region environment,especially the area’s vitalwaterways. BLC employeesRich Lemoine, JeremyClark, Tracy Lutz and DanMakely were all certified atthat same time.
This year’s BLC Snow
Meeting was held on Nov. 3at the Belknap CountySportsman's Club, adjacentto the Belknap LandscapeLilly Pond Road facility.Snow shovelers, equipmentoperators, plow drivers su-pervisors, managers, officestaff met to discuss and planthe activities necessary toservice dozens of Lakes Re-gion snow accounts, includ-ing The City of Laconia,area Shaws, Lowes, Wal-marts and even the TangerOutlet Mall.
The meeting included is-suance of Safety Packets, asafety vest, warm winterclothing and a viewing of asafety video. The teams thenplanned staking out theplowing limits to insureproperty protection andwent on to coordinate thebuilding of satellite stationsfor sand, salt and smallequipment storage sites
within the company’s 10snow routes, spanning anarea from Plymouth to Gil-ford.
“It’s really quite an un-dertaking,” commented
Randy Wood, who managesthe BLC Walkway Crews.“Coordinating heavy equip-ment and plow truck opera-tors, sanding crews, snowshoveling crews, fueling,
equipment maintenance of-ten in the middle of thenight, all the while trackingthe intensity of a storm canbe a daunting task.”
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Pick the perfect pet atannual Adopt-A-Thon
BELMONT — Mark yourcalendar Friday, Nov. 26, andSaturday, Nov. 27, for theNew Hampshire HumaneSociety annual Adopt-A-Thon hosted for the secondyear at the Belknap Mall.
Innovative adoption feespecials will be offered atthis two-day adoption blitzat the Belknap Mall in Bel-mont New Hampshire, thesecond year at this locationand the fifth year all ani-mals available for adoptionhave been available off site,away from the animal shel-ter in Laconia.
Cats over the age of 6months will be available fora reduced adoption fee ofjust $25.
With over 90 cats beingadopted in the month of Oc-tober, staff at the MeredithCenter Road shelter fully ex-pect to exceed that numberwith the Adopt-A-Thonhelping even more felinesfind happy forever homes.Anyone sitting on the fenceabout adopting a cat shouldbe easily swayed to make
that decision during the up-coming holidays.
Dogs and puppies will al-so be at the Mall looking fora perfect match.
Prospective adopters canexpect same day service ifall necessary documenta-tion is in order; proof ofhome ownership, or leaseagreement stating pets al-lowed. Proof of rabies cer-tificate for currently ownedanimals in the home (perstate law). And, most impor-tantly, that all the family ispresent to make the adop-tion experienced as stream-lined as possible.
NHHS Staff and volun-teers will be on hand toguide likely new pet ownersto the perfect animal fortheir home and lifestyle.
Marylee Gorham, direc-tor at NHHS said, “We’ve en-joyed phenomenal successwith the ThanksgivingAdopt-A-Thon in the past. Inprior years every dog at theshelter, and upwards of 40percent of the entire catpopulation has found a lov-
ing home at this time, some-times you simply have tobring the mountain to Mo-hammed.”
Given the triumph of re-cent high adoptions in Oc-tober, New Hampshire Hu-mane Society hopes to equalor surpass successful place-ment of many homelesscreatures.
Village Perk of Meredithwill offer hot refreshmentsfor those shopping or wait-ing to finalize the paper-work of their newest four-legged family member.
New Hampshire HumaneSociety has consistently en-joyed fourth highest adop-tion rates of all shelters inthe north east. No animal iseuthanized for time orspace constraints, rather allenjoy care and comfort un-til a loving new home isfound, no matter how longthe wait may be.
For a preview of avail-able animals, and detailsabout the Adopt-A-Thon,check www.nhhumane.org
Savings begin at midnight onThanksgiving night at Tanger
TILTON — Thousands ofshoppers will be making alist, checking it twice andthen heading to the TangerOutlet Center in Tilton a lit-tle earlier this year to gettheir holiday shopping start-ed.
Tanger is giving its value-conscious customers a jumpon their holiday gift givingand the opportunity to real-ize bigger, bonus savings attheir favorite brand nameand designer outlet stores.
Beginning Oct. 26, the sea-sonal TangerStyle 20-percentoff campaign kicks off andruns through Nov. 21. Then,it’s the merriest shoppingand saving event of the year- Tanger’s Fifth Annual Mag-ic at Midnight and AfterThanksgiving Weekend Sale.
TangerStyle coupons areone of the easiest ways tosave when you shop at anyTanger Outlet Center Oct. 26through Nov. 21. When youpresent your TangerStylecoupon at participatingstores, you’ll get an instant20 percent off on a singleitem. Receiving TangerStyle
Coupons is as simple as aclick of the mouse. Beforeheading to the Tanger OutletCenter, visit www.tangerout-let.com/tilton. A completelist of participating Tanger-Style stores is also availableon Tanger’s website or at theTanger Shopper ServicesCenter.
At the stroke of midnighton Thursday, Nov. 25,Thanksgiving night, the ex-citement and the bonus sav-ings of Magic at Midnighttakes place at the Tanger Out-let Center. Once the Thanks-giving dinner is finished, it’stime to think about gettingtogether with your friendsand neighbors for some realholiday shopping fun and bigsavings. The first 250 shop-pers, 18 or older, in line atTanger Shopper Services atmidnight on Thanksgivingnight will receive a free $10Tanger gift card compli-ments of Chase Freedom, theindustry-leading cash backcard that provides customersa simple and straight for-ward way to earn cash backon everyday purchases.
The free $10 gift cards areredeemable at all of thestores at the Tanger OutletCenter in Tilton, while sup-plies last. Participatingstores will be offering specialdeals beginning at midnighton Thanksgiving night andalso throughout the week-end, Friday, Nov. 26 - Sunday,Nov. 28.
Tanger is also offering itsshoppers many new holidaysavings and winning oppor-tunities this year. FacebookDeals of the Day gives Face-book fans the opportunity tolog on to Tanger’s Facebookpage to download bonus sav-ings offers from Nov. 22 - 26.Exclusive Choose Your Dayspecial offers will be avail-able all After-ThanksgivingWeekend long atwww.tangeroutlet.com.
Text To Win - MagicalSweepstakes will give cus-tomers using mobile devicesthe chance to win one of four$1,000 Tanger ShoppingSprees during the AfterThanksgiving shoppingweekend.
MEREDITH — Travis P.Cole has joined RE/MAXBayside as the newest mem-ber of this dynamic salesteam.
Travis, a full time REAL-TOR, specializes in listing,marketing and selling resi-dential homes, waterfrontproperties and condomini-ums throughout the LakesRegion of New Hampshire.Travis, a native of Maine,moved to the Lakes Regionin 1996 where he managed alandscape business.
During that time Travisalso became involved withreal estate and made his ca-reer change to real estate in
2005. Travis believes bykeeping the customer and
client’s needs first he willcontinue his success as hemoves forward in this pro-fession.
Travis is a full time realestate professional, full timedad, supportive husband,current president of theLakes Region Rotary Cluband second vice chair of theLakes Region Chamber ofCommerce. Travis presentlyresides in Gilford with hiswife Michelle and their twochildren.
Travis can be reached atRE/MAX Bayside, 208Daniel Webster Highway,Meredith, 279-0079 or his cell455-0855.
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Travis P. Cole
Cole joins RE/MAX Bayside
THE GILFORD STEAMER B3CommunityNOVEMBER 18, 2010
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Left to right: Bryan Halperin, Executive Director - Winnipesaukee Playhouse; Barbara Zeckhausen, Vice-President of the Board of Trustees –Winnipesaukee Playhouse; Thomas Garfield, Executive Vice President - Consumer Services, Laconia Savings Bank; Vickie Routhier, Vice President –Director of Marketing and Public Relations, Laconia Savings Bank.
Laconia Savings Bank purchases Playhouse tax creditsLAKES REGION — Laco-
nia Savings Bank has be-come the first business tosupport The WinnipesaukeePlayhouse’s new MeredithCampus by “purchasing”$100,000 worth of tax creditswhich the Playhouse wasawarded by the NH Commu-nity Development FinanceAuthority.
This generous donationwill contribute to the Play-house’s efforts to convertthe former Annalee Dollcomplex on Reservoir Road,into a state-of-the-art the-ater campus.
The Tax Credit Programprovides businesses aunique opportunity to con-tribute to the Playhouse’scapital campaign and re-ceive a 75 percent state taxcredit for that contribution.
Playhouse Executive Di-rector Bryan Halperin said,“We’re thrilled that LaconiaSavings Bank has gotten theball rolling with this gener-ous contribution. Onceagain, they have proven thatthey are truly dedicated tothe arts and education inthis community. Their sup-port will go a long way toseeing the realization ofthis ambitious project. Weexpect to be able to an-nounce contributions fromother community-mindedbusinesses in the near fu-ture.”
Laconia Savings Bank’scontribution will be dou-
bled through a challenge bya couple of generous theatersupporters who will matchany donation to the capitalcampaign up to $1 millionbetween now and the end of2011.
Halperin said, “We needthe entire community to getbehind this project. Localbusinesses play a large rolein supporting our efforts,but individuals play a partas well. It’s easy to forgetthat large entities such asLaconia Savings Bank aremade of up individuals likeits President, MarkPrimeau, and its Board andstaff, who see the value ofhaving a year-round per-forming arts complex intheir community.”
The Playhouse was one of12 projects awarded creditsby the NHCDFA, which wascreated by legislation in1983, as a nonprofit publicinstrumentality of the Stateof New Hampshire. The en-tity also administers Com-munity Development BlockGrants and NeighborhoodStabilization funding.
Holiday parade and Santa Fund Train Ride scheduled for Nov. 28LAKES REGION — Laco-
nia Main Street Program, Al-trusa of Laconia and theLakes Region Chamber ofCommerce are collaboratingtheir efforts for the annual
Santa coming toKellerhaus Nov. 26
LAKES REGION — SantaClaus is coming to our Haus!
With over 101 deliciouslydifferent candies being madeonsite daily, can you think ofa better place than Keller-haus to plan your child's vis-it with Santa? You are invit-ed to join us at Kellerhaus forCookies and Milk with Santaon Friday, Nov. 26, from 2-4p.m.
Your cameras are wel-come to capture the moment.Bring your family and sharesome wonderful handmadechocolate samples. Free bal-loon treats from Mo the Bal-loon Buffoon. Enter to wingreat raffle prizes. Santa'selves will also be on hand tohappily wrap your holidaygifts found in our eleven giftrooms stuffed with mar-velous finds for all ages andbudgets!
While in our candy shop,be sure and take a moment to
see how our Snowman Non-Pareils, Chocolate CoveredCherries, Chocolate Trees orSantas are made first hand!
Using a Ribbon Candycrimper that was manufac-tured in 1886, Kellerhaus stillmakes fresh Ribbon Candyand old-fashioned CandyCanes using the same candymaking techniques, recipesand equipment that Otto G.Keller used in 1906! Keller-haus is one of the few candyshops in New Hampshirestill making Ribbon Candyand Candy Canes by hand.
Kellerhaus sits high aboveLake Winnipesaukee onRoute 3 between Meredithand Weirs Beach. We're openWednesday - Monday from 10a.m. to 6 p.m. Visit our Alpinestyled shop or make your se-lections online atwww.kellerhaus.com forquick delivery.
All New England BandFestival at PSU Nov. 22
PLYMOUTH — The an-nual All New England BandFestival, featuring 176 highschool musicians, will cul-minate in a performance onMonday, Nov. 22, at 7 p.m. atthe Silver Center for theArts on the Plymouth StateUniversity Campus.
The concert will con-clude a daylong event in-volving honor band mem-bers representing 58 highschools from all six NewEngland states. The stu-dents were chosen frommore than 350 who appliedfor the festival from a totalof 66 high schools. Selec-tions were based on stu-dents’ individual musicalachievements while attend-ing the schools they are rep-resenting. More than two-thirds of those selected havebeen members of their re-spective all-state band or or-chestra.
Guest conductors for the
2010 festival are Brant Kar-rick and Vince Gassi. Bothare internationally knowncomposers of band musicand have many publishedand recorded works to theircredit.
The festival bands willshare the concert with thePlymouth State UniversitySymphonic Band, conduct-ed by Professor Gary Corco-ran. The university bandwill perform “Angels in theArchitecture,” a major workby Frank Ticheli. The con-cert will feature works byJohn Williams, Brian Bal-mages, Dave Grusin, RobertSheldon and Adam Hudec.
Tickets for the perform-ance are $7 and will be avail-able at the door. Call 535-ARTS (2787) or (800) 779-3869for more information. Ifspecial accommodationsare needed, please call in ad-vance.
Join the FHL Foundation Vendor Fair for holiday funLAKES REGION — The fi-
nal vendor list is in for thefirst annual Vendor Fair,hosted by the Faith,Hope andLove Foundation.
On Sunday, Nov. 21, from11 a.m.-3 p.m. at the WeirsBeach Community Centerwill be transformed into aHoliday extravaganza. Ad-mission to the event is free.Make it a family day. Comeon down and shop local ven-dors, businesses andcrafters, let the kids colorand get their face painted, en-joy a visit with Mr. SantaClaus, check out the rafflesand sing along with Holiday
tunes to get us all in the spir-it.
Many thanks go out to ourcommunity for participatingin this event: Project D.J.,New Beginnings Shelter, In-terlakes High School Class of2012, Miss Behavior DogTrainer, Happy Tails DogPark, Dog Days Baking Com-pany, Usborne Books, Shak-lee, AffirmWater, Mary Kay,Arbonne, Candle Lite, Pam-pered Chef, Tastefully Sim-ple, Thirty One Gifts,Tatouage Designs & The WellVersed Wall, HBMM – Fash-ion Accessories, Lia Sophia,Twice Loved Treasures by
MaeLiz (Second Hand Cloth-ing & Gifts) and Lady Rube-nesque (Second Hand PlusSize Women’s Clothing).
With such an amazing lineup, how can you miss thisevent?
It is our mission to bringrelief to children and youthsuffering from poverty,hunger or homelessness andto bring them hope throughfaith and love so that theymay accomplish theirdreams. All proceeds fromthis event will benefit NH’schildren and youth by way ofour grant and scholarshipfund.
Three Gilford homes featuredin 2010 Homes for the Holidays
LAKES REGION —Opechee Garden Club willsponsor its third “Homes forthe Holidays,” a strollthrough five festively deco-rated homes in the Lakes Re-gion, on Saturday, Dec. 4, andSunday, Dec. 5, from 10 a.m.to 4 p.m., each boasting a spe-cial theme.
This self-guided tour of-fers a wonderful variety ofhomes with three located inGilford: these include“Christmas at StonybrookFarm,” a sprawling farmbuilt as a summer home forthe vice president of a majorsoft drink company that be-gins with extensive stencil-ing and ends in an importedEnglish conservatory; a “ANatural Artist’s Retreat,” alakefront setting with aworking artist studio locatedon prestigious Governor’s Is-land; and a visit to “Christ-mas All Over the House,” re-flecting the spirit of the hol-idays in a warm, family set-ting where you’ll find bothformal and informal areasand a delightful choice of col-or schemes.
Also included in the touris "A Grand Victorian Christ-mas" reflecting the buildingmaterials and fine crafts-manship of a bygone era,Venetian glass lights, and tinceilings, complimented byperiod antique furnishings;and Hearth and Hospitality”a contemporary home withreaching water views builtfor entertaining with adream kitchen and diningthat comfortably seats 20!
Saturday, Dec. 4, at 1 p.m.Just Love to Sing will per-form a variety of holiday mu-sic in period costume at the1823 Belknap Mill in down-town Laconia, the historicbuilding being showcasedthis year as part of the tour.
The Mill is listed on the Na-tional Register of HistoricPlaces and designated the Of-ficial Meetinghouse of NewHampshire.
This stately brick build-ing, dressed in candlelightand greens, will be the venuefor a variety of other holidayactivities on tour days in-cluding its exhibit of Treesfor the Holidays decorated byarea organizations alongwith tours of the mill. Sun-day, the Mill will sponsor aHoliday Bazaar with offer-ings from jewelry to chil-dren’s items. Other enter-tainment from guitar and pi-ano to the Gilford schoolchoir will delight tour goers.The Raffle table will surelytempt with a variety of itemsincluding a child’s rocker. Amoment with a light refresh-ment will allow time to reflecton this holiday event not tobe missed.
“The homes are truly spec-tacular this year,” said Car-olyn Temmallo, event chair-person. “We are so grateful tothe homeowners who share
their homes and to the dis-tinguished Belknap Mill forits participation. We are for-tunate to once again have thesponsorship of Laconia Sav-ings Bank and support ofarea businesses, and we wel-come Belknap Landscape Co.who is ably assisting withthis event that offers such asuperb holiday experience.”
Throughout the event thegarden club's Greens Bou-tique located in the Mill’sgallery will offer a variety offresh greens from boxwoodtrees and topiaries, swagsand centerpieces for yourown holiday home to hand-made wooden stockings, me-morial sprays, variousarrangements, and pressedflowers for that special gift.The efforts of the entire clubis needed to make this holi-day experience a reality, ei-ther working with the home-owners, creating items forthe Fresh Greens Boutique orworking on the club’s entryin the Mill’s tree exhibit orbehind the scenes. Seeingsmiles on visitors’ faces, and
the opportunity to give backto the community seems tomake it all worthwhile.
Carmel Lancia, OpecheeGarden Club president, said,“While our Homes for theHolidays may rival more ex-pensive tours, we are sensi-tive to the economy and ourticket price remains modestso many might have an op-portunity to enjoy this holi-day experience—the gardenclub’s gift to the communi-ty—while still enabling us toraise funds for scholarships,grants and support to othernon-profits in the Lakes Re-gion.”
Tickets at $10 can be pur-chased in advance from theGilford and Laconia Li-braries, Kitchen CravingsRestaurant, the Belknap Milland garden club members.On tour days, tickets areavailable at the Belknap Mill,25 Beacon Street East in La-conia. Contact Nancy at 524-8813, Carolyn at 293-8197,Sandy at 524-2555 or [email protected].
Laconia Holiday Parade fol-lowed by the train ride withMr. and Mrs. Santa Claus tobe held on Sunday, Nov. 28.
Festivities will begin at11:30 a.m. and the parade willstart promptly at 1 p.m. fromWyatt Park and will continuedown Main Street, ending atVeteran’s Square with thelighting of the ChristmasTree at the historic train sta-tion in Veterans Square Park.There will be both pre and
post-parade entertainmentfollowed by the Santa FundTrain Ride with Mr. and Mrs.Santa Claus. This year’s ridesare sure to be a hit with theyoung and the young at heart.
Just bring a new un-wrapped child’s toy to getyour “ticket” to ride from La-conia to Lakeport and backin the company of the mostfamous jolly man around! Allgifts are donated to the Citi-zen’s Santa Fund, which as-
sists many underprivilegedkids during the holiday sea-son. Tickets can be obtainedat the Lakes Region Chamberof Commerce located at 383South Main Street, Laconia,prior to the day of the trainrides or at the Chamber’sticket booth at the train sta-tion. Hot chocolate and cook-ies will also be available.
Last year a record numberof 72 floats and marchinggroups participated in the
holiday parade and severalthousand viewers lined thestreets of downtown Laconia.
To learn more about theevent, obtain informationabout parade registration,volunteering or contribu-tions to support this commu-nity event, please call theLakes Region Chamber ofCommerce at 524-5531 or onthe web at www.lakesregion-chamber.org.
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ALTON ZONING BOARD OF ADJUSTMENTNOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARINGS
The Alton Zoning Board of Adjustment will hold PublicHearings on Thursday, December 2, 2010; during itsmeeting commencing at 7:00 p.m. at the Alton TownHall to consider the following applications (the applica-tions listed in this notice are in no particular order):
Case Z10-29 Map 69 Lot 9 Special ExceptionWilliam H. Wickwire 7 Perkins RdApplication submitted by Paul F. Zuzgo, L.L.S. on behalf ofapplicant William H. Wickwire to request a SpecialException from Article 300 Section 320 B 2 (c) to allow theraising of the existing house and replacing the block foun-dation with a concrete foundation and raising the sill eleva-tion three feet and to raise the holding tank. This parcel islocated in the Rural zone.
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view instruction manuals touse the correct amount of oil.
Beland suggested first test-ing out the measurement ofoil with water and a dryturkey to get a feel for the
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“If using live trees, makesure they stay as fresh as pos-sible. The tree also needs tobe kept away from gas stovesand fireplaces, although ifthe tree is well maintainedit’s generally not an issue,”said Beland. “It’s time to getthe tree out if you see signsof it drying out, or even be-fore these signs.”
The lights on a live treemust be maintained as welland checked for proper insu-lation, any frays or brokenlights.
“You could easily over-load lights,” said Beland whoemphasized that this couldbe the biggest hazard of all.“We don’t like to see exten-sion cords used extensively.Don’t overload electrical out-lets and do use UL approvedequipment.”
It is also best not to burywires beneath furniture orcarpets in case of any insu-lation issues gone unnoticed.
He said candles must bewatched at all times, andadded that there are nowplenty of alternatives to can-dles with products that havethe same ambiance and noopen flame thanks to newtechnology. Wax also gets ex-tremely hot and a knockedover candle could have thesame effect as splattered oil.
It may sound like a given,but is it also important toavoid ever putting lit candleson trees, including artificialtrees with approved safetylabels.
