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GILFORD, N.H. - FREE APRIL 29, 2010 Perfect poetry Third grader Camden Gustafson smiles as he receives his first-place awards during the PTA’s annual poetry reading last week. See story and winning poems on A7. PHOTO BY LAUREN TINER Healthcare bill a mixed bag for local providers BY LAUREN TINER [email protected] With the passage of the Healthcare Reform bill in March, the general public, hospitals, and local providers will start to see some changes, but health- care professionals say the long-term effects of the bill are uncertain. Although some changes will take decades to process now that healthcare is being extended to millions of peo- ple, certain items on the bill will affect Americans and the future of healthcare al- most immediately. Within a year, the under- writing of children in the in- dividual market will be pro- hibited, and young adults can stay on their parents health plan until the age of 26. Vice President and CFO Henry Lipman of LRGHealthcare said some immediate changes will af- fect hospitals, and some will be more positive than others. Hospitals may lose revenue as a result of the recently passed bill, Lipman said, but it is important to provide op- timal healthcare to those in need and to prevent insur- ance companies from deny- ing coverage for ill patients. This year, insurance com- panies will be prohibited from revoking coverage when people become ill, and from setting lifetime limits on benefits. Small business- es will be eligible for new tax credits to offset their premi- um costs, and people with preexisting conditions will be eligible for subsidized cov- erage through a national high-risk pool. New limits will also be set for the per- centage of premiums that in- surers can spend on non- medical costs and, beginning in 2011, carriers that exceed those limits will be required to offer rebates to enrollees. Lipman said that Medicare will provide $250 rebates to beneficiaries who reach the “doughnut hole,” and Medicare will eliminate cost sharing for preventive services in Medicare and pri- vate plans. Lipman said he agreed with a recent New York Time’s article that said the bill really is “a mixed bless- ing” for hospital facilities such as LRGH. Hospitals have agreed to contribute $150 billion over 10 years, partly by accepting lower payments under the Medi- care program for elders. SEE HEALTHCARE PAGE A10 PHOTOS BY LAUREN TINER Hayden McLaughlin of Belknap Landscape shows a crowd of GHS Environmental Club students the ropes in planting an elm tree last Thursday, in honor of Earth Day. A tree grows in Gilford BY LAUREN TINER [email protected] To honor Mother Nature on Earth Day, Belknap Land- scape Company partnered with Gilford High School En- vironmental Club students to plant an American elm tree. The elm tree, between 5 and 7 years old, now stands behind the Gilford Fire Sta- tion. The tree was recently donated to the town and planted Thursday. It is also known as the “Liberty Tree” memorial. Hayden McLaughlin and his crew from Belknap Land- scape showed Environmen- tal Club students how to cul- tivate the root system of an elm with an air canon and properly plant it in the ground. This process allows for root “flair” to come out before the planting process, explained McLaughlin. He pointed to the roots on the tree after much of the dirt was blown away and said that more inadequate and harmful roots will eventual- ly “choke” themselves and die off, allowing the healthi- er ones to flourish. “This is part of the chal- lenge in this industry,” ex- plained Hayden. “We are al- most forced to do this type of procedure to inspect the roots (and make corrective adjustments to the root sys- tem).” GHS science teacher Polly Rouhan said students in the Environmental Club want to continue on with their elm and plant tending knowledge long after Earth Day has passed, since they are now the caretakers for the elm tree in the school courtyard. That tree was a gift from the Class of 2008. Club members also joined in on beautification on school grounds and became tree-care apprentices. With McLaughlin’s help, the stu- dents learned how to care for elms and other plants. McLaughlin has also spo- ken to the students about dif- ferent plants in the area, how to measure them and how to assess their ability to thrive in certain environments, said Rouhan. She said the students can apply their new knowledge and observations to their own elm tree, which could use some more tending to. “This fall, we planted an elm over two weekends. Now it is spring, and it is looking good, but some areas still need to be finished,” said Rouhan. “They are not just planting a tree – they are learning how to do it, and it is getting them interested in agriculture.” She said the memorial tree at school and a few vari- ous bushes have proved to be a challenge to care for, since no one was an expert on the matter beforehand. “So, through this planting and training, hopefully it will help in the long run and SEE TREE PAGE A10 Milfoil a potential ‘economic nightmare’ for the Lakes Region BY LAUREN TINER [email protected] The infestation of milfoil, an aquatic and invasive plant, is threatening to take over the lakes and ponds in this region, and while 2, 4-D treatment has proved to be moderately effective, re- search is still being conduct- ed on more innovative treat- ments. At the Lakes Region Plan- ning Commission’s meeting Monday night at the Gilford Community Church, Conser- vation Commission mem- bers, officials from the De- partment of Environmental Services, and Squam Lakes Association staff gathered to share research, concerns, and potential future innova- tive treatments, that may cut down and stop the growth of milfoil that spreads like wild- fire. Speakers claimed that variable milfoil, a feathery looking plant, is currently the number one invasive species in NH, and more so than other areas. Jody Connor, director of the DES Limnology Center, said exotic plants in this area start off small but can grow to “gigantic” measures, which poses a problem if ac- tion is not taken quickly. “It impairs our lakes and ponds, and people can’t go swimming,” said Connor. “Milfoil grows quickly. It can grow up to an inch a day, and cover a lot of areas in a short time frame.” Milfoil can reproduce in various ways and grows in a large range of conditions from mud to rocks, said Con- nor, which makes the inva- sive species difficult to keep track of at times. He added that, without a true predator, milfoil growth is not natu- rally controlled in the water. “It can take over areas (creating a monoculture) where native plants once dominated…it forces other animals to leave, and takes over the ecology. It’s an eco- nomic nightmare,” said Con- nor. SEE MILFOIL PAGE A10 Selectmen ‘unwavering’ in request for 100 percent coal tar removal BY LAUREN TINER [email protected] GEI Consultants Inc. re- cently conducted their latest groundwater chemical test- ing for the National Grid on the lower Liberty Hill Road site in Gilford and found that while some results are simi- lar, certain concentrations have increased. In a letter to the Board of Selectmen, Chuck Spalding, senior hydrologist of Mc- Donald Morrissey Associ- ates, said the Napthalene concentrations have in- creased from 238 ug to 912 ug within the last two years in the monitoring well located 40 feet from Jewett Brook. Napthalene is a toxic car- cinogenic hydrocarbon de- rived from coal tar or petro- leum. “McDonald and Morris- sey Associates has repeated- ly requested that GEI install another monitoring well (in this particular site) to fur- ther delineate the limits of contamination from the Lib- erty Hill site,” said Spalding. “Although contaminants could be discharging directly to Jewett Brook, it is also pos- sible that contaminants could be traveling parallel to the brook, along higher per- meability materials.” After reading the letter at the selectmen meeting last Wednesday, Chairman Kevin Hayes read a letter the town administration and select- men have drafted and plan to SEE COAL TAR PAGE A10 Blizzard sentenced to six months in jail BY LAUREN TINER [email protected] After being charged with negligent homicide for fail- ing to keep a proper lookout while piloting a boat that crashed into Diamond Island on June 15, 2008, Erica Bliz- zard has been sentenced to a maximum of one year in county jail. The crash killed Bliz- zard’s friend Stephanie Beaudoin of Meredith. Although Judge Kathleen McGuire sentenced Blizzard to one year in Belknap Coun- ty House of Corrections, she has recommended that Bliz- zard be eligible for work re- lease after six months and wear an electronic bracelet for the remainder of her sen- tence. Blizzard also faces two years of probation, 200 hours of community service, and must pay $15,248 to the Beau- doin family,along with $4,000 to the NH Marine Patrol. County Attorney James Carroll recommended that Blizzard serve up to three years in state prison as a re- sult of her charges, but Bliz- zard’s attorney,James Moir, argued that this could jeop- ardize her health. Blizzard’s face, severely injured in the initial crash, is still under corrective reconstruction surgeries and “in a fragile state,” he said. SEE BLIZZARD PAGE A5
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GILFORD, N.H. - FREEAPRIL 29, 2010
Perfect poetryThird grader Camden Gustafson smiles as he receives his first-place awards during the PTA’s annualpoetry reading last week. See story and winning poems on A7.
PHOTO BY LAUREN TINER
Healthcare bill a mixed bag for local providersBY LAUREN [email protected]
With the passage of theHealthcare Reform bill inMarch, the general public,hospitals, and localproviders will start to seesome changes, but health-care professionals say thelong-term effects of the billare uncertain.
Although some changeswill take decades to processnow that healthcare is beingextended to millions of peo-ple, certain items on the billwill affect Americans andthe future of healthcare al-most immediately.
Within a year, the under-writing of children in the in-dividual market will be pro-hibited, and young adults
can stay on their parentshealth plan until the age of26.
Vice President and CFOHenry Lipman ofLRGHealthcare said someimmediate changes will af-fect hospitals, and some willbe more positive than others.Hospitals may lose revenueas a result of the recentlypassed bill, Lipman said, butit is important to provide op-timal healthcare to those inneed and to prevent insur-ance companies from deny-ing coverage for ill patients.
This year, insurance com-panies will be prohibitedfrom revoking coveragewhen people become ill, andfrom setting lifetime limitson benefits. Small business-
es will be eligible for new taxcredits to offset their premi-um costs, and people withpreexisting conditions willbe eligible for subsidized cov-
erage through a nationalhigh-risk pool. New limitswill also be set for the per-centage of premiums that in-surers can spend on non-
medical costs and, beginningin 2011, carriers that exceedthose limits will be requiredto offer rebates to enrollees.
Lipman said that
Medicare will provide $250rebates to beneficiaries whoreach the “doughnut hole,”and Medicare will eliminatecost sharing for preventiveservices in Medicare and pri-vate plans.
Lipman said he agreedwith a recent New YorkTime’s article that said thebill really is “a mixed bless-ing” for hospital facilitiessuch as LRGH. Hospitalshave agreed to contribute$150 billion over 10 years,partly by accepting lowerpayments under the Medi-care program for elders.
SEE HEALTHCARE PAGE A10
PHOTOS BY LAUREN TINER
Hayden McLaughlin of Belknap Landscape shows a crowd of GHS Environmental Club students the ropes inplanting an elm tree last Thursday, in honor of Earth Day.
A tree grows in GilfordBY LAUREN [email protected]
To honor Mother Natureon Earth Day, Belknap Land-scape Company partneredwith Gilford High School En-vironmental Club studentsto plant an American elmtree.
The elm tree, between 5and 7 years old, now standsbehind the Gilford Fire Sta-tion. The tree was recentlydonated to the town andplanted Thursday. It is alsoknown as the “Liberty Tree”memorial.
Hayden McLaughlin andhis crew from Belknap Land-scape showed Environmen-tal Club students how to cul-tivate the root system of anelm with an air canon and
properly plant it in theground. This process allowsfor root “flair” to come outbefore the planting process,explained McLaughlin.
He pointed to the roots onthe tree after much of thedirt was blown away and saidthat more inadequate andharmful roots will eventual-ly “choke” themselves anddie off, allowing the healthi-er ones to flourish.
“This is part of the chal-lenge in this industry,” ex-plained Hayden. “We are al-most forced to do this type ofprocedure to inspect theroots (and make correctiveadjustments to the root sys-tem).”
GHS science teacher PollyRouhan said students in theEnvironmental Club want tocontinue on with their elmand plant tending knowledgelong after Earth Day haspassed, since they are nowthe caretakers for the elmtree in the school courtyard.That tree was a gift from theClass of 2008.
Club members also joinedin on beautification onschool grounds and becametree-care apprentices. With
McLaughlin’s help, the stu-dents learned how to care forelms and other plants.
McLaughlin has also spo-ken to the students about dif-ferent plants in the area, howto measure them and how toassess their ability to thrivein certain environments,said Rouhan. She said thestudents can apply their newknowledge and observationsto their own elm tree, whichcould use some more tendingto.
“This fall, we planted anelm over two weekends. Nowit is spring, and it is lookinggood, but some areas stillneed to be finished,” saidRouhan. “They are not justplanting a tree – they arelearning how to do it, and itis getting them interested inagriculture.”
She said the memorialtree at school and a few vari-ous bushes have proved to bea challenge to care for, sinceno one was an expert on thematter beforehand.
“So, through this plantingand training, hopefully itwill help in the long run and
SEE TREE PAGE A10
Milfoil a potential‘economic nightmare’for the Lakes RegionBY LAUREN [email protected]
The infestation of milfoil,an aquatic and invasiveplant, is threatening to takeover the lakes and ponds inthis region, and while 2, 4-Dtreatment has proved to bemoderately effective, re-search is still being conduct-ed on more innovative treat-ments.
At the Lakes Region Plan-ning Commission’s meetingMonday night at the GilfordCommunity Church, Conser-vation Commission mem-bers, officials from the De-partment of EnvironmentalServices, and Squam LakesAssociation staff gathered toshare research, concerns,and potential future innova-tive treatments, that may cutdown and stop the growth ofmilfoil that spreads like wild-fire.
Speakers claimed thatvariable milfoil, a featherylooking plant, is currentlythe number one invasivespecies in NH, and more sothan other areas.
Jody Connor, director of
the DES Limnology Center,said exotic plants in this areastart off small but can growto “gigantic” measures,which poses a problem if ac-tion is not taken quickly.
“It impairs our lakes andponds, and people can’t goswimming,” said Connor.“Milfoil grows quickly. It cangrow up to an inch a day, andcover a lot of areas in a shorttime frame.”
Milfoil can reproduce invarious ways and grows in alarge range of conditionsfrom mud to rocks, said Con-nor, which makes the inva-sive species difficult to keeptrack of at times. He addedthat, without a true predator,milfoil growth is not natu-rally controlled in the water.
“It can take over areas(creating a monoculture)where native plants oncedominated…it forces otheranimals to leave, and takesover the ecology. It’s an eco-nomic nightmare,” said Con-nor.
SEE MILFOIL PAGE A10
Selectmen ‘unwavering’ in requestfor 100 percent coal tar removalBY LAUREN [email protected]
GEI Consultants Inc. re-cently conducted their latestgroundwater chemical test-ing for the National Grid onthe lower Liberty Hill Roadsite in Gilford and found thatwhile some results are simi-lar, certain concentrationshave increased.
In a letter to the Board ofSelectmen, Chuck Spalding,senior hydrologist of Mc-Donald Morrissey Associ-ates, said the Napthalene
concentrations have in-creased from 238 ug to 912 ugwithin the last two years inthe monitoring well located40 feet from Jewett Brook.Napthalene is a toxic car-cinogenic hydrocarbon de-rived from coal tar or petro-leum.
“McDonald and Morris-sey Associates has repeated-ly requested that GEI installanother monitoring well (inthis particular site) to fur-ther delineate the limits ofcontamination from the Lib-
erty Hill site,” said Spalding.“Although contaminantscould be discharging directlyto Jewett Brook, it is also pos-sible that contaminantscould be traveling parallel tothe brook, along higher per-meability materials.”
After reading the letter atthe selectmen meeting lastWednesday, Chairman KevinHayes read a letter the townadministration and select-men have drafted and plan to
SEE COAL TAR PAGE A10
Blizzardsentencedto sixmonthsin jailBY LAUREN [email protected]
After being charged withnegligent homicide for fail-ing to keep a proper lookoutwhile piloting a boat thatcrashed into Diamond Islandon June 15, 2008, Erica Bliz-zard has been sentenced to amaximum of one year incounty jail.
The crash killed Bliz-zard’s friend StephanieBeaudoin of Meredith.
Although Judge KathleenMcGuire sentenced Blizzardto one year in Belknap Coun-ty House of Corrections, shehas recommended that Bliz-zard be eligible for work re-lease after six months andwear an electronic braceletfor the remainder of her sen-tence.
Blizzard also faces twoyears of probation, 200 hoursof community service, andmust pay $15,248 to the Beau-doin family, along with $4,000to the NH Marine Patrol.
County Attorney JamesCarroll recommended thatBlizzard serve up to threeyears in state prison as a re-sult of her charges, but Bliz-zard’s attorney, James Moir,argued that this could jeop-ardize her health. Blizzard’sface, severely injured in theinitial crash, is still undercorrective reconstructionsurgeries and “in a fragilestate,” he said.
SEE BLIZZARD PAGE A5
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A2 THE GILFORD STEAMER ALMANAC APRIL 29, 2010
GPD responded to 212 calls from April 20-26GILFORD POLICE LOG
●Police arrested Boun-
thavy Sonthikoummane, 29,of Laconia, NH, and chargedhim with aggravated drivingwhile intoxicated.
Police arrested MichaelTardy, 30, of Gilford, NH, andcharged him with drivingwhile intoxicated and as afelon in possession of dan-gerous weapons.
Police arrested ZacharyWilson, 21, of Gilford, NH,and charged him with driv-ing while intoxicated and fortraffic control devices.
Police arrested juvenile,17, and charged them with
possession and use of tobac-co products by minors, pos-session of controlled/narcot-ic drugs with intent to dis-tribute,and a controlled drugact.
4 reports of suspicious ve-hicles
2 reports of criminal mis-chief
7 alarms49 traffic checks5 motor vehicle com-
plaints27 motor vehicle checks6 calls for an ambulance3 reports of harassment
3 motor vehicle accidents4 larcenies1 alarm – burglary1 attempt to locate1 fingerprint case7 reports of existing con-
ditions4 lost/found items23 abandoned vehicles1 burglary in progress1 911 hang-up3 services of paperwork20 animal complaints1 yard sale permit7 calls for the fire depart-
ment3 road/weather reports1 lost/missing/wanted
person3 requests for motorist as-
sistance1 drug case1 civil matter1 domestic disturbance1 motor vehicle lockout6 pistol permits2 mental persons2 other department inves-
tigations1 other department re-
ferred to1 criminal threatening1 intoxication1 report of rape1 send for additional help1 littering
Gilford Public Library Top Ten Requests
For The Week of April 26, 2010
1. “Wench” by Dolen Perkins-Valdez 2. “Caught” by Harlan Coben 3. “House Rules” by Jodi Picoult 4. “Cutting for Stone” by Abraham Verghese 5. “The Help” by Kathryn Stockett 6. “Major Pettigrew’s Last Stand” by Helen Simonson 7. “Claiming Ground” by Laura Bell 8. “Every Last One” by Anna Quindlen9. “Lucid Intervals” by Stuart Woods
10. “Page from a Tennessee Journal” by Francine T.Howard
Stolen safe foundOn Friday, April 23, the
Gilford Police Departmentrecovered a stolen safe at thePemigewasset River & Route104, initially taken during aburglary at Beans & Greenson 245 Intervale Road in Gil-ford during August 2009.
Derek Foss, 22, is current-ly serving up to a four-year
sentence for the initial bur-glary this summer. TashaShuten, 24, and RandyCharnley, 35, have both beenconvicted of receiving thisstolen property. JacobPerkins, 35, and George An-thony Emerson, 25, are cur-rently waiting on a trial inthe Belknap Superior Court.
Rotary donates shelter for Lily Pond recreation areaBY LAUREN [email protected]
The Gilford Rotary Clubgot the go-ahead from theBoard of Selectmen lastweek to continue with plansto construct a shelter nearLily Pond, to provide a restarea for those participating
in nearby recreation.Rotary member Neil Fla-
herty said the Rotary Clubinitially wanted to donatetwo shelters to Gilfordaround the Lily Pond area,since many people will fishand otherwise recreate inthis undeveloped area of
land. Until now, there has notbeen a designated place totake a load off, eat somelunch, and get out of the sunor the rain.
“It’s gratifying wheneveryone thinks what you’redoing is a good idea. At thisstage in the game, we are fair-
ly optimistic,” said Flaherty.The Rotary Club is cur-
rently working with SteveSmith, owner of Steve andAssociates who also con-structed a shelter at Glendaleand Gunstock, to map out thelocation and construction ofone shelter. Although the
plan is on Gilford property,the area is left of the airportand owned by the City of La-conia by a state road, but Fla-herty said he has already spo-ken with airport commis-sioners.
“We want to provide somesort of shelter for folks. Withyour blessing, we can moveon with the shelter,” said Fla-herty. “Smith suggestedbuilding something over thewater (and building a dock).By doing so, he said some as-pects of the environmentallaw and the DES will be eas-
ier to meet.”Flaherty said he believes
no building permit or siteplan approval will be re-quired from the PlanningBoard, since this project iscoming from a “governmententity,” and added that theRotary Club is “doing a favorfor the City of Laconia andGilford.”
For now, Steve and Asso-ciates will focus on the con-struction of one shelter withthe help of the Departmentof Public Works.
ENGAGEMENT●
Natasha Jolene Furbish ofGilford is set to wed RyneLawson of Stevenson, Ala.,Nov. 11, 2011 at Gilford Com-munity Church.
Furbish is the daughter ofCarol E. Daigle, Norman R.Daigle Jr. and the lateRichard G. Furbish.
She graduated from Gil-ford High School in 2005 and
will graduate from the Uni-versity of New England in2012.
Lawson is the son of Vic-ki Lawson and Donald Law-son. He attended West Alaba-ma University and was draft-ed in 2006. He currentlyworks as a pitcher for theBoston Red Sox.
Art of Ikebana at Opechee Garden ClubMembers of the Opechee
Garden Club will welcomeJoanne Krause as its pro-gram presenter for its nextmeeting to be held Monday,May 3.
Mrs. Krause is past pres-ident of the NH Federation
of Garden Clubs and has apassion for the art of Ike-bana. She is the recipient ofmany awards, most recentlya Blue Ribbon for her designentry in the 2010 BostonFlower Show. She will shareher knowledge as she cre-
ates Ikebana designs to beraffled to some very luckyindividuals.
Ikebana is the Japaneseart of arranging flowerswhich can be traced back tothe sixth century. It is an ide-alized approach to nature
involving discipline, knowl-edge of the rules and forms,and artistic insight.Branches, flowers leaves orbuds or even a single flowerare some materials used.The word “Ikebana” comesfrom the the Japanese lan-guage, IKE (ikeru) means toarrange and bana (hana)means flowers.
The meeting will be heldat the Gilford CommunityChurch, Potter Rd. in Gil-ford at noon.
If you would like to be aguest or are interested in be-coming a member contactMembership Chairman,Eleanor Swain at 293-6273 orgo to www.OpecheeGarden-Club.com for more informa-tion.
As a reminder: Markyour calendar for OGC An-nual Garden Tour, Gardensof Gilford, and Luncheonon Saturday, July 10. Tick-ets go on sale in May. [email protected] for ticket sale loca-tions.
Thompson-Ames Historical Societypresents landscaping program
The Thompson-Ames His-torical Society will kick offits 2010 program season onThursday, May 6, at 7 p.m.with a presentation by AynWhytemare of Found WellFarm in Pembroke.
Development and envi-ronmental pressures havecompromised or destroyedmany areas of native vegeta-tion in New Hampshire.Whytemare will explain thealterations to the ecosystemand how you can incorporatenative plants in wild andhome landscapes for restora-
tion and enhancement pur-poses.
As the owner and founderof Found Well Farm, shestrives to provide locallyraised or disease-resistantnursery varieties that willenhance our unique coun-tryside. Don't miss the op-portunity to learn how youcan incorporate nativeplants into your sustainablelandscaping this season.
Whytemare holds a B.A.in Environmental Sciencefrom Columbia Universityand an M.S. in Forest Ecolo-
gy from the University ofWashington. She is a mem-ber of the New EnglandWildflower Society and theNortheast Organic FarmingAssociation. Found WellFarm is dedicated to organicand earth-friendly practices,and has been certified by theNational Wildlife Federationfor making contributions topromote wildlife conserva-tion.
The program will be pre-sented at the Union Meet-inghouse, 24 Belknap Moun-tain Rd. in Gilford.
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Development activity in the LakesRegion: annual report released
LAKES REGION — TheLakes Region Planning Com-mission recently completedthe 2010 version of “Devel-opment Activity in the LakesRegion.”
This report is a compila-tion of commercial, indus-trial, and residential permit-ting activity and residentialsubdivision activity for theLakes Region from 2008. TheNH Office of Energy andPlanning (NH OEP) and theLRPC conduct complemen-tary annual surveys, the re-sults of which provide thedata for the report.
The Development Activi-ty in the Lakes Region 2010Annual Report confirmsthat the total annual resi-dential housing permits inboth the state and the regionhave steadily declined in thelast five years (2004 to 2008).Statewide, the number ofpermits issued fell from 9,067in 2004 to 3,078 in 2008, for a66 percent decline. The dropin total issued residentialpermits fell even further inthe Lakes Region: from 1,186in 2004 to 196 permits in 2008,or a total decline of over 83percent. Multi-family per-mitting also experienced sig-
nificant loss during the sametimeframe, dropping 82 per-cent overall. However, 52multi-family permits wereapproved in the region in2008, which is higher thanany other year before 2005.
Commercial developmentin the Lakes Region rosefrom 120 permits issued in2007 to 265 permits in 2008.
It should be noted thatcommercial information forLaconia, Tilton, and Tam-worth is missing from thistotal. The town of Alton is-sued the greatest number ofcommercial permits (166).The next highest commer-cial permitting was inMeredith (35). Industrialpermitting stayed relativelythe same going from ten per-mits in 2007 to nine permitsin 2008.
Electronic copies of thereport have been provided toarea municipalities.Printed
copies are available from theLakes Region Planning Com-mission for a fee; the reportcan also be accessed at theLRPC website, www.lakesr-pc.org.
The Lakes Region Plan-ning Commission acknowl-edges the support receivedfrom the NH Office of Ener-gy and Planning, as well asthe essential cooperationfrom the area’s thirty mu-nicipalities, which makesthis report possible.
For additional informa-tion, please contact LRPC at279-8171 or e-mail us at [email protected].
BY MEGHAN [email protected]
LAKES REGION — De-creased funding from thestate has posed financialchallenges for Lakes RegionChild Care Services, but Di-rector Marti Ilg says it’s notall bad – the hardships haveforced the organization to getcreative, and the communityhas rallied around the non-profit to help it continue toprovide quality childcare tolow and moderate-incomefamilies.
Quality childcare for all
LRCCS offers childcare atits refurbished old mill facil-ity in Laconia as well as atthe Belmont Early LearningCenter at the old mill in Bel-mont. The facility in Laco-nia, which also houses theLRCCS offices, is licensed for110 children. The Belmont fa-cility is licensed for 45 chil-dren and serves Belmont,Tilton, Sanbornton, Concordand Gilmanton. Both facili-ties have classrooms for in-fants, toddlers, 3 and 4-year-olds, and 4 and 5-year-olds.
In Laconia, there’s a largeopen area used for trainingthat LRCCS also opens up toarea childcare providers. Ilgsaid that LRCCS works withthe Laconia School District
to align its curriculum withthe elementary schools, bet-ter preparing the children forthe transition to school.
Students during a recentvisit to the 3 and 4-year-oldclassroom in Laconiashowed off their new recy-cling bin, acquired during afield trip to the Laconia CityWorks Department. It wasEarth Day, and the kids werelearning the value of recy-cling, as well as what can andcannot be recycled.
The playground in Laco-nia is a natural playscape de-signed to accommodate alarger age span. They can usedifferent elements of theplayground “as their bodiesand minds grow andchange,” Ilg said.
There’s also a garden thatgrows fruits and vegetables,as well as a butterfly garden.
Belmont’s playground is“adequate,” Ilg said, and willstay adequate for the foresee-able future. She had hired anarchitect to design plans fora new playground, with abike path, a garden, moretrees, a climbing wall andnew fencing. Because offunding issues, those planshave been shelved for now.
Both facilities have an on-site meal service. The Laco-nia facility’s cook has been
featured on Rachael Ray andJaime Oliver’s websites forher “innovative” cooking,which Ilg said is actuallymore old-fashioned than in-novative. It involves cookingfrom scratch and using freshingredients.
“It’s really home cook-ing,” Ilg said.
All of this has been avail-able for 40 years to childrenwhose families rely on statesupport. It was started bySarah Pilliod as Lakes Re-gion Daycare in 1967 to pro-vide care as more and morewomen began to enter theworkforce. Though the non-profit has been constantly re-assessing its purpose andservices over the years, it hasalways strived to meet theneeds of the community.
Now, state funding cutsare making that goal harderto reach.
State funding reduced
Ilg said they were in-formed of the impendingfunding changes in July 2009.For the first time ever, a wait-ing list for state childcare as-sistance started in October. Itis expected to reach 3,000 byJune. When that happened,families that had been eligi-ble before were put on thewait list and had to either
find childcare elsewhere orpay full rates. Ilg said LRCCShas the lowest rates for a li-censed childcare facility in a50-mile radius, yet some fam-ilies that were put on the waitlist still can’t afford it.
“A lot of people chose tostay home, to quit their job,or found non-licensed care,”she said.
Between the removal ofservice fees and the elimina-tion of quality awards, LR-CCS lost approximately$106,000 in funding, or 10 per-cent of its annual budget.
“Those (decisions) weredirect hits to childcare or-ganizations,” she said.
In March, the state also de-creased the amount paid forevery child on subsidy.
Ilg cited one example of asingle, professional mommaking a good wage, withthree kids. She had been pay-ing $90 per week. When thisfunding decrease went intoeffect, her rate went up to$300 per week.
Community support
Ilg said the upside of thefunding challenge has beenthe collaborations betweenlocal service organizations,such as St. Vincent de Paul’s.
Together, these organiza-tions pooled their resourcesand developed support fundsfor people on the wait list andfor those whose state subsi-dies have decreased. Ilgcalled it a “total grassroots”effort, spearheaded by StateRepresentative Bill Johnson.They developed a model com-plete with forms and othernecessary paperwork andbrought it to Early LearningNH “so other communitiescan do this,” Ilg said.
She said that Lakes Re-gion Child Care Services isworking with organizationsthat may have been consid-ered “competitors” in thepast in terms of funding. Forexample, LRCCS, the Boys &Girls Club of the Lakes Re-gion, Laconia Parks andRecreation and Project Ex-tra! are hosting the first an-nual Walk for Youth on May22.
“If things had stayed thecourse, we wouldn’t be work-ing together,” Ilg said.
Ilg also credited individu-als and smaller groups, suchas the Belmont Board of Se-lectmen, for helping the or-ganization out during thistime. The selectmen allowedthe Belmont Early learning
Center to continue its leaseat the same cost per month ithas been paying, with no in-creases.
“There are people who areresponding to the need, andit’s wonderful,” Ilg said.
Changes within
LRCCS has also tightenedits belt to cope with some ofthe funding challenges. Thisincludes little things, such asturning off the lights manu-ally instead of with an elec-tric timer and switching toMetrocast. Each of thosechanges saved $200 permonth. Ilg said they alsoeliminated two administra-tive positions, which helpedoffset the $106,000 shortfall.
Hope for the future
Ilg said that in terms ofstate funding, it looks like thesituation is stabilizing. Shewent to a legislative hearingin Concord two weeks ago,where it was decided thatthere would be no furthercuts to childcare services.Furthermore, the state willbe providing $1 million to get200 children off the wait list.
“I’m hoping that we’ll goup from here,” she said.
PHOTO BY MEGHAN SIEGLER
Justin Sanville, 4, and Liam Waldron, 6, play outside at the Belmont Early Learning Center.
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Lakes Region Child Care Services, like manyother nonprofit organizations, is feeling thepinch of state funding decreases. But instead ofwhining about it, they’re finding the good in abad situation.
In a recent interview with a Salmon Press re-porter, LRCCS Director Marti Ilg spent far lesstime bemoaning the injustice that the state gov-ernment has thrown at them and instead saidthat the nonprofit is looking at it as a challengethat can help them refine their administrativeprocess. They made small changes, such as turn-ing off lights manually and switching cableproviders to save several hundred dollars amonth, as well as larger, more difficult changes,such as cutting two administrative positions.
Ilg said the cuts have also provided the oppor-tunity for LRCCS to work with other local or-ganizations that in the past have been looked atas “competition” in terms of getting funding.Now they’ve joined with nonprofits like St. Vin-cent de Paul’s to create a fund for the familiesthat have been affected by the state’s childcarebudget cuts, to help them pay for the licensedchildcare provided by LRCCS. They’re workingwith groups like the Boys & Girls Club of theLakes Region on a Walk for Youth coming up inMay. They’re taking action to improve whatcould have been a disastrous situation for boththe organization and the families it serves.
What a fine example Lakes Region Child CareServices is setting. Everyone is sufferingthrough a bad economy right now, and it’s in-spiring to watch not only LRCCS taking thereigns to streamline its own processes, but alsothe work and time that local organizations areputting in to alleviate the financial distress thatmany Lakes Region residents are feeling.
Childcare is just one of many areas facingstate funding cuts, and even with help from oth-er sources, people are still feeling the pinch –maybe now more than ever, despite what seemsto be a leveling off of the economy. No longer ina downward slide, the economy is going to con-tinue facing significant challenges in the com-ing years.
This may be a good time to look for the silverlining. Maybe a job loss now means a better jobin the future. Maybe not being able to pay the ca-ble bill has brought a family closer together be-cause they’re talking instead of staring at theTV. Maybe asking for help has brought people to-gether who otherwise never would have met.
As Ilg pointed out, it’s not all bad.
Boycott Lakeport LandingTo the Editor:
I have been a resident ofGilford and Laconia for over40 years and I am very upset
by the Erica Blizzard sen-tencing six months jail timeand six months house arrest.This is a joke and as a boater
the only protest I can think ofis to boycott Lakeport Land-ing Marina and hope otherswill join me.
Thank you.
Bill LesslieGilford
Such a checkered past this gorgeouslong haired black cat has. She thoughtshe had a great home, which was thecase, sort of, until she was given away toa friend. Her name then, Iris. The orig-inal owner even had her microchipped,a rare occurrence in cats; folks are moreapt to do this procedure with dogs. Butthere it was, Iris, microchipped, andtherefore trackable, given to anotherunder the impression all would be well.
Sadly this was not the case. A namechange, inexplicably to Henrietta, andfinally unceremoniously just kicked outon the street, because the second owner,just didn’t want her anymore.
Lucky for this beautiful animal, shearrived at New Hampshire Humane So-ciety as a stray, but not quite - remem-ber that microchip. We were able to findthe first owner, who told us were shewent next. Meanwhile, psychically, wehad named her IRIS! Her real name!
She is willing to accept humans inspite of the up-until-now bad hand offate.
Can you promise to keep her, love her,
brush her? Then please, come and seeIris-Henrietta.
Saturday, May 1, NHHS will be hold-ing a one day adoption special. Selectedcats and those who prefer outdoor liv-
ing will be offered at reduced adoptionfees. Perhaps it will be Iris' lucky day.
Call 524-3252 or check www.nhhu-mane.org for details.
Pet of the Week: Iris-Henrietta
Offer your land to othersTo the Editor:
Re: heat needs versusGore’s make believe "globalwarming." A survey of muchof the land in Gilford revealsthat there is enough standingor downed trees to provide allthe heat needs for the closesthouse (if burned in an effi-cient wood fire boiler as we
use). Unharvested, all thatwood will decay, releasing asmuch carbon dioxide as ifburned for the heat. Obvi-ously, harvesting all the deadtrees (standing or down) forheating fuel will be good forthe environment.
Maybe a lot of homeown-ers don’t want to bother with
installing an efficient woodheater, or the effort to use it,but many do use wood forheat and are always lookingfor fuel source. Just offeringyour land to others to harvestdead trees and clean up thelot, can be useful to thelandowner, fuel seeker, andthe environment!
This is far too useful andsimple an idea for Gore, oranyone else in government toeven consider, but we don’tneed them to do what is right!Landowners and wood users,jump on this idea!
Jack Stephenson Gilford
LEGISLATIVE ALERT“Sophie’s Choice.” Much like the be-
leaguered mother in the 1982 movie, theHouse was faced with making a decisionbased on alternatives that only lead tonegative outcomes. If you listened tomany political pundits and even some ofour legislative brethren in the Houseand, especially, the Senate, our choicewas to pass expanded gambling or beforced to make significant and painfulcuts in badly needed state programs.
The primary gambling bill on theHouse calendar for April 21 was SB489.The debate on this bill dominated theday, lasting over two hours with thelengthiest list of speakers so far thisyear. The proponents of expanded gam-bling argued about needed revenues toavoid drastic cuts in state services andthe creation of jobs in a high unemploy-ment environment. The opponentstalked of increased social costs, highercrime rate, the unconstitutional granti-ng of monopolies, and the lack of a prop-er regulatory structure. Hanging overthe entire debate was the specter of apromised veto by the Governor, whoawaits his own study commission on thesubject.
In the end, the House said “no” to ex-panded gambling. The expected closevote never materialized; the final votewas 212 to 158, a 54-vote margin. The votecut across many lines – Democratsjoined with Republicans on both sides ofthe issue. The vote blended Liberal andConservative ideology.
Despite years of my opposition tomore gambling in the state, I was “on thefence” on SB489 until the very morningof our session. After years of dedicatingmy life to helping the most vulnerable ofour citizens – the elderly, the young, thepoor – I couldn’t stomach the idea of vot-ing to remove or decimate programs thatwere vital to their lives. The lure of thepromised revenues from gamblingseemed too tempting, despite the associ-ated social evils. I knew from statisticalevidence that gambling, especially slotmachines, was, in all reality, a tax thatfell mostly on low and middle incomefamilies. But it was their choice, wasn’tit?
In the end, though, I voted with the
majority. I decided that the sweet musicof expanded gambling was really a“sirens’ song” that promised much, butwould deliver more problems to the peo-ple of New Hampshire than its benefits.In addition to the issues mentionedabove, I became convinced that expand-ed gambling would, in the end, lead tothe postponement of dealing with the re-al underlying problem in our state – a to-tal restructuring of our tax system.
It is well known that New Hampshirehas a “structural deficit.” By that, wemean that revenues do not keep up withexpenditures. A number of policy think-tanks in the state have written analysesover the years showing that the types oftaxation and fees not only don’t matchthe growth of state spending, but are notcommensurate with state economic anddemographic growth. Compoundingthis problem is the growing disparity ofour taxes with the ability of our taxpay-ers to pay. We have continued to over-burden our property and business own-ers alike. It’s no secret that New Hamp-shire has some of highest property andbusiness taxes in the country.
I am convinced that the penalizing ofthese groups of taxpayers will NOT stopuntil and unless the state governmentfaces this reality and finds the politicalgumption to change the system. Thinkof our state government as a current day“Willie Sutton.” We will, as the infamousbank robber did, go where the money is– our businesses and property owners.Adopting expanded gambling with itssuspect revenue predictions won’t solvethe problem. It fact, as I’ve indicated, itonly prolongs the problem. The Gover-nor, in another piece of legislation, callsfor a special study commission to look atour business tax system. This is a wor-thy venture, as the New Hampshire sys-tem of business taxes is one of the mostconvoluted and discriminatory in thecountry. It sends all the wrong messagesto the business community, especiallythe small and emerging entrepreneursin our state. However, this study com-mission won’t accomplish anything, un-less its recommendations are made in amuch larger context – that of a major re-form of our entire tax system.
I’ll bet that many of you reading thispiece are thinking that I’m secretly pro-moting an income tax. I’ll tell you what– it’s NO SECRET. Without an incometax, we will never develop a system oftaxation that’s fair, reasonably depend-able, and based on an individual’s orfamily’s ability to pay the tax. Withoutan income tax, we will never provideproperty tax relief, especially for oursenior citizens on fixed incomes. With-out an income tax, we will never struc-ture business taxes in a manner thatgives incentives to the formation of newbusinesses in the state. Without an in-come tax, we will always provide valu-able state services “on the cheap.” With-out an income tax, we will forever belured by the enticing promises of ex-panded gambling.
The political gumption that I men-tioned earlier has to start with the manin the corner office – our three term (andseeking a fourth) Governor. His threat-ened veto of any broad based tax hangslike a pall over the legislature. Hey, Gov-ernor, if you don’t think we already havea broad based tax, ask the business lead-ers and the property owners of the state.For any real reform of our tax system,an income tax has to be on the table,along with reductions in business taxesand property taxes. The Governor nowhas a new website entitled “LynchLeads.” If the website is to be accurate,he needs to lead on tax reform.
So, what do we do in the interim? Wewill do what we’ve always done in NewHampshire, piece together a hodge-podge of some cuts, some one-time mon-ey, some accounting gimmicks, andsome small tax increases to plug thebudget hole. Maybe, just maybe, we’lllimp through another year. The hodge-podge has already reached the House, anamendment the Governor sponsored toSB450. You’ll hear more about it in thecoming weeks. Stay tuned.
Bill Johnson is a state representativefrom Gilford representing Belknap Coun-ty District 5, which includes Alton, Barn-stead, Belmont and Gilford. He can bereached at [email protected] or524-8949.
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CLUTTER CONTROLBy Cindie Graham
It’s too beautiful to write an articleIt is a gorgeous day as I
write this. The last thing Ifeel like doing right now isthinking and typing - well,maybe having a tooth ex-tracted would be the real“last thing.”
I have not been homemuch in the last two weeksfor three reasons: a lovely va-cation given to us by a gen-erous friend, the BostonMarathon and our daugh-ter’s giving birth to our sec-ond grandbaby. Let’s just saythat among all the packing,unpacking, repacking anddriving, it has been a bit hec-tic lately.
My husband will tell youhe wimped out; it was not hisbest marathon (after all, theKenyan winner beat him byan hour and a half). I tend tobelieve it was the distractionof knowing his daughter washitting her 30th hour of la-bor as he ran. We (my daugh-ter Katie and my friendwhose husband was runningwith mine) were there toshout encouragement to ourguys to keep running a greatrace. Instead, when they ranby, they shouted to us, “Boyor girl?” to which we an-swered “No baby yet!”
I will not leave you in sus-pense. Our daughter finallygave birth to another littleboy, but not until thatevening after almost 39 hoursof labor. We were thankfulthat, although it was long,Holly and the baby were per-fectly fine – just tired! Thebest surprise came whenthey told us they had decidedto name our grandbaby “Gra-ham Benjamin.” That meanta lot to my husband and hisfather.
This week found us tryingto get to Connecticut as soonas possible to meet our new
grandbaby and assure “BigBrother Jaden”that he is stilltreasured. Both of our littleboys are wonderful, and wefeel so blessed.
So, here I am trying to fig-ure out what any of this hasto do with organizing. I guessit is just this - being organ-ized and on top of life’s dailychores helps us to be able todrop everything and go at amoment’s notice with noworries. When we take careof the little things on a dailybasis and put systems inplace for all the minutia oflife we can rest assured that
whatever life throws at us,we will be able to handle itwithout undue stress. That,dear readers, is a wonderfulfeeling.
Gilford resident CindieGraham is a member of theNational Association of Pro-fessional Organizers andmanager of Clutter ControlLLC. Email [email protected] for more informa-tion.
PHOTO BY KEVIN CONWAY
Susan Nadeau (left) volunteers weekly at the Lakes Region United Way, assisting President Jack Terrill (right) and the rest of the LRUW staff in theirmission to advance the common good in the Lakes Region.
How a volunteer turned Monday into FridayBY JACK TERRILLPRESIDENT, LRUW
For the last eight years ofmy career, I have been de-pendent upon volunteers toensure our organizationalwork gets done. Now whenyou think about that, at leaston the surface, it sounds a lit-tle scary. After all, a volun-teer is exactly that, someonewho does not get paid to showup, and their commitment toany group is backed only bytheir strength of word andcharacter.
Of course, I have seensome amazing people accom-plish highly impressivethings in their role as a vol-unteer. In fact, at times theonly thing holding thesefolks back has been me get-ting in the way. But I learn asI go, and along the way I havebeen inspired countlesstimes by the selfless citizenswe call volunteers. And wecount our lucky stars everyday for the people who haveworked so hard on behalf ofthe Lakes Region United Way.
In particular, we are verythankful for our volunteerwho turned Monday into Fri-day: Susan Nadeau.
Susan volunteers at ouroffice every Monday, forabout three hours. She wasoriginally engaged as a vol-unteer by the previous exec-utive director, so she hasbeen working here since be-fore I came on board, and wasalso here before Judi, Alanor Kevin were on staff, so weall consider Susan to be thesenior person.
Like clockwork we hearSusan’s steps coming downthe stairs after receiving aride from the Lakes RegionCommunity Services sup-port staff, and like clockworkwe go through our morninggreetings. Once Susan is sat-isfied we are all present oraccounted for, and once wehave dealt with the issue ofany possible upcoming holi-day and what celebration we
might have for that holiday,she heads down the hall tomake her beloved cup of cof-fee.
Following a few more wit-ty observations, and a re-minder that she wants a com-puter for her birthday, she re-ceives her weekly assign-ment from Kevin. Susan doesa lot of different things forus, and despite her chal-lenges, she puts more thanher share of heart into everytask. More often than not, ifyou have received one of ourthank you postcards in themail, Ms. Nadeau was theone who put the label on itand ran it through thepostage machine.
There is often organizingwork to do which Susan as-sists with, and there are al-ways forms to be counted andstacked, which she happilytackles while keeping half aneye on a Disney movie or two.Occasionally I will ask her todo a task that doesn’t quitemeet her standards of ac-ceptability, at which pointshe will tell me how muchshe misses my predecessor,Bruce.
For those three hours Su-san stays busy, and impor-tant work is accomplishedwhile enabling the staff tostay focused on other tasks. Isay three hours, but this doesnot give proper credit to herlunch, which is an elaborateaffair with really good foodthat she brings from home.She often compares herlunch to what I might be hav-ing, and she usually has meoutclassed.
So Susan is driven hereonce a week and we get somethings accomplished. But itgoes much further than that.As a volunteer, she is not justfunctional; she is transfor-mational. She brings usalong for the ride that is Su-san. With Susan, the sun isalways out, the problems ofthe world are to be brushedoff the shoulder and life is
about just being here and be-ing happy. I don’t know muchabout her life, but I am sureshe has had her share of tri-umph and tragedy. And whileI don’t know the details, I cantell you for sure that everyMonday Susan takes me toschool on how to deal withlife. She is a ray of sunshinewhen she enters our office onMonday mornings. It is heroutlook on life that makesher transformational, and itis her presence that makesour Mondays seem like Fri-days.
Susan is a special volun-teer for us, but there aremany, many volunteers outin the community who aremaking a huge difference fortheir adopted causes. Whilethere are differences be-
tween volunteers, abilities,and levels of commitment, Ithink it is safe to say that thecollective body of volunteersfor all organizations in theLakes Region go well beyondfunctional to transforma-tional. If there is any ques-tion, all we have to do is takea minute and think aboutwhat kind of a region wewould be without our volun-teers.
Thank a volunteer todayand remember that they cantake Monday and make it feellike Friday. Thank you for allthat you do to make our com-munity a better place to live,work and play.
Jack Terrill is president ofthe Lakes Region United Way,whose mission is to advance
the common good throughthoughtful and sustainablesocial investment. For moreinformation you can log onto
www.lruw.org, fan us on Face-book, follow us on Twitter, orgive Jack a call at 524-6864.
Carroll also recommend-ed that Blizzard give up herdriver’s license and boatinglicense up to five years, al-though this was not ad-dressed by McGuire in hersentencing.
On a charge of negligenthomicide, Blizzard potential-ly could have faced up to sev-en years in prison. Carrollsaid he believes McGuirelowered the sentence be-cause of the injuries Bliz-zard has suffered, her ongo-ing reconstructive surgeries,and the fact that she does nothave a criminal record.
Carroll said that McGuirehas approved Blizzard for anelectronic monitoring de-vice, much like a GPS device,after six months, so that shecan continue to work at Lake-port Landing Marina nowthat her father has retired.This is contingent on hermeeting county jail regula-tions, Carroll said.
Carroll first pushed for asentence of two to threeyears in prison. He said theBeaudoin family supportedthat, but they are still satis-fied with the outcome.
“I took the time to speak
with the victim’s family.They are supportive of whatI’ve proposed, and with thefinal results,” said Carroll.“They have never taken theposition that they were in-tent on anyone suffering, butthey wanted her to be heldresponsible.”
Carroll said he is not par-ticularly happy with the re-sults, but that he is satisfiedand “deeply respects” JudgeMcGuire’s disposition on thematter.
“People will have a widerange of thoughts as to whatoccurs,” said Carroll.
Blizzard was also pulledover on Interstate 93 forspeeding at 84 mph and al-most hitting an officer theday after she was chargedwith negligent homicide fornot keeping a proper lookout.She will be sentenced on aminor violation in May, butCarroll said that should notaffect her most recent sen-tence.
Due to another correctivefacial surgery set for May,Blizzard will start servingher sentence in the countyjail on June 1.
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KaraLeClair
BY LAUREN [email protected]
Gilford High School sen-ior Kara LeClair is busywhipping up good gradesand an array of extra cur-ricular activities, but nextyear she’ll be whipping upbaked goods and pastries incollege.
LeClair has been accept-ed to Johnson & Whales Uni-versity in Providence, R.I.,with a concentration in bak-ing, pastry arts and nutri-tion. Her choice stems fromchildhood memories and hereating preferences – LeClairis currently a vegan.
“My mom bakes a lot. Igrew up always helping herin the kitchen,” said LeClair.“People have always sug-gested to me that I shouldcontinue baking.”
Aside from future plans,LeClair is currently a mem-ber of the National HonorSociety. She has been a
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dancer for 15 years and afield hockey player since thesixth grade. She is also amember of Youth and Gov-ernment program, whereonce a year she gets to travelto the state capital for a mocklegislation and to write bills,which she said she findsquite interesting.
LeClair said she had topick from slim honors classofferings this year, yet sheloves history class and de-veloped even more of an in-
PHOTO BY LAUREN TINER
Kara LeClairPHOTO BY LAUREN TINER
The sixth and seventh/eighth grade mathletes both took home first place in this year’s Lakes Region MathalonTeam meet, with the help of their coaches Barbara Strohm and Lori Hanf. Winning students include sixthgraders Carter Mercer, Patrick McKenna, Nick Prescott, Lillian Fay, Sarah Lachapelle (missing from photo),Jordan Dean, Maddie Harris, Laura Zalcorchemny, Mariah Nelson, Cassidy Bartlett, and Tessa Schrupp. Seventhgraders include Hunter Anderson, Ryan DuBois, David Mccutheon, Michael Madoce, Cole Lieberman, EthanTheberge, Jake Adams, Sophie Czerwinski, and Emily Hanf, along with eighth graders Mian Horvath, SallyTinkham, and Andres Garreaud.
GMS mathletes excel at sports for the mindBY LAUREN [email protected]
The Gilford MiddleSchool sixth-grade Math-alon Team and the continu-ously victorious seventh andeighth-grade math teamboth took first place in a re-cent competition against 10other Lakes Region schools.
Eighth-grade Mathalonmember Andre Garreaudsaid the seventh and eighth-grade math team have beenreigning champions for anumber of years, and al-though their beloved and de-termined math teacher Mrs.Leitch has retired, her stu-dents have made sure to liveup to her expectations. Hesaid that fellow students feelgood about their winningstreak and hope this tradi-tion will continue.
K-8 math specialist LoriHanf, along with seventh-grade math teacher BarbaraStrohm and sixth-grademath teacher Kate Fox saidthat since October, their stu-dents have practiced once aweek after school to preparethemselves for competition.Math meets had them an-swering questions involvingarithmetic, concepts, geome-try, pre-algebra, word, andteam questions.
Students explained thateach question was worth twopoints on the easier side,
three points for moderatequestions, and five points forthe hardest questions, for apossible total of 30 points inall. Team questions, whichany student could answer, en-compassed four, six, and 10point questions for a total of20 points.
The sixth-grade’s pointsystem worked slightly dif-ferently with three meets asopposed to the seventh andeighth-grade team’s fivemath meets on a monthly ba-sis. Both came out on top inthe end, with 12 points for theseventh and eighth graders,and 11 points for the sixthgraders.
Hanf said the older mathteam had a close win againsta Plymouth school but stillmanaged to win a golden tro-phy and plaque in the finalcompetition by one merepoint that made quite the dif-ference.
Mathalon students saidthey attribute their successto the GMS math programand past teachers such asLeitch who always encour-aged them to try their hard-est.
Hanf said she and Strohmworked as co-coaches for theseventh and eighth-gradeteam, which she referred toas “mathletes or academicathletes.” Hanf added thatthis team’s regional winning
streak will perhaps shed anew light on the school dis-trict’s math program and stu-dent ability to acquire strongmath skills.
“This is a positive part ofschool that doesn’t alwaysget recognized, yet there arealways things going on tobuild the math program,”said Hanf.
Fox, whose sixth gradestudents won for the firsttime this year in the mathmeet, said current studentsare not only successful, butmotivated to participate insuch events and dedicatetime to their academics.
“It is nice to see that stu-dents do excel at math. Some-times (perceptions of math)can be misleading. Thesekids want to participate andenjoyed the meet, whichmakes them more motivat-ed,” said Fox. “Some stu-dents struggle, but some stu-dents also excel.”
Strohm said she agreedthat misconceptions maylead people to believe all stu-dents struggle with math, yetshe said most assessments donot show entire story.
“I think testing gradesdoes not always show the fullpicture. There are other as-pects and strong elements tothe math program,” saidStrohm.
terest for it after taking anadvanced placement U.S.government class last year.She also has flair for Frenchclass and for the arts.
“I really like photography.I am in a class we have here,and I have taken three out ofthe four photography classesoffered,” said LeClair.
She said she thinks shemay have been picked forStudent of the Month by fac-ulty and peers because shetries to be friendly to every-one and enjoys the time shespends inside and outsideschool grounds.
LeClair said she wants tomake the most out of her lasttrimester at school. She alsoplans to spend time withloved ones and enjoy hersummer break before sheheads off to Providence forschool next fall.
“I’ll be working andspending time with myfriends,” said LeClair.
She also plans to visit herbrother in Idaho thissummer.
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The newest members of the National Honor Society
Gilford NHS inducts new membersThe Gilford Chapter of the
National Honor Society in-ducted 28 new members onthe evening of April 20 witha traditional candle-lightingceremony. PresidentMonique Baron presidedover the Induction as the oth-er officers lit candles repre-senting the society’s four corevalues: Scholarship, Leader-ship, Service, and Character.
Guest speaker and socialstudies teacher Cory Nazergave a humorous yetpoignant speech, which re-
flected on being mindful,thinking about others, andkeeping in touch with friendsand family. Each new in-ductee was then introducedand inducted by a currentmember, receiving their to-kens of membership fromPrincipal Ken Wiswell andAssistant Principal PeterSawyer before they returnedto their seats.
It is with pride that we wel-come our newest members:Jessica Bowen, Patrick Buck-ner, Caitlyn Cennamo, Curtis
Chapin, Bethany Clarke,Mariah Cleveland, JamesCoddington, Matthew Cote,Stefan Defregger, NicholasDenver, Patrick Donohue,Cameron Graaskamp, RyanHaddock, Norman Harris,Alysa Hemcher, Emily Jo-hansson, AndrewKwist, Katie Laurent, AmberMatsumoto, Carson Quigley,Parker Raus, Melissa Ryan,Olivia Searle, JenniferSmith, Olivia Testa, JacobTinkham, Andrew Upton,and Kelly Welch.
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“Harmony of Life” By Camden Gustafson
I hear an orphan cry to a maid for his sister,it pierces my heart to know he is leavingThe cry of a night cat striking the skylike the blow of an axeThe brittle hands that touch you from an elderthe ring that locks you into an undying loveI hear a cry, a loss of a relative –but a better haven awaitsI hear the chattering of a jay interruptedby the sputtering and humming of a trackerAs if the water danced around melike the music of a fluteI hear the crashing and bombs from a trainas the bombs burst outsideSparkling sands like diamond dancersSwaying in a musical wayGrass swaying as houses rockThe crashing streak of lightning like a torn shirtA deer dancing here and there then stops andtakes haste into the wood like the sound of a cello
“Lines in the Sand” By Killian Gallagher
Lines criss-cross the streetsEtching the patterns of existence.They are underfoot, overheadAnd many other places.Metaphorically speakingMany parents draw them.Saying “Clean your room!”“Do the dishes!” “You’re grounded!”Countries squabble overwhere lines are on maps.They’re drawn by artistsSquatting on the street corner for coins.They guide people in signing their lives away to big corporations.But they’re stillbasically lines in the sand.
“Seventy Years” By Ashley DiMartino
Mom said Nana was beautiful once.Looking at her across the tableI can almost picture it;Her face youthfulWith the elimination of theDeep lines near her lips.Nana’s sister says we look alikeAnd I can see her face mirrored in mine.“She can’t understand you,” Mom whispers,As a nurse wheels her backTo her bedroom in the “Old People’s Home.”I’m only seventeen –But I feel stunned as ifI just saw my own faceAged seventy years.
From kindergarteners to high school seniors, poetry speaks volumesBY LAUREN [email protected]
The Gilford PTA’s ninthannual poetry competitionlast Thursday evening hon-ored 15 students as part ofNational Poetry Month.
Gilford ElementarySchool third grader CamdenGustafson won first place forhis poem titled “Harmony ofLife,” Gilford Middle Schoolstudent Killian Gallagherwon for “Lines in the Sand,”
and Gilford High School sen-ior Ashley DiMartino wonfirst place for “SeventyYears.”
The top three winners hadtheir names and poems pub-lished on 5,000 bookmarks,which will circulate through-out the schools and local li-brary. The top winners, out ofan average of 300 submittedpoems, also received a $100savings bond from LaconiaSavings Bank, which has do-nated bonds each year sincethe competition began.
PTA President DonnaSnow said that she was morethan pleased with theturnout last Thursday nightat the poetry competitionand reading, where ribbons,medals, and awards were giv-en out to potential future Po-et Laureates, while theirproud parents and siblingslooked on.
“Normally, we have a fewshy students that ask us toread the poems for them, butthis didn't happen this year.It is a very good experiencefor the students to read inpublic,” said Snow. “The old-er students enjoy seeing theyounger ones read their po-ems and vice versa.”
Although some studentsworked on their poem as-signments integrated intocreative writing classes,suchas GHS teacher Scott Hutchi-son’s class, Snow said manystudents took it upon them-selves to submit any type ofpoetry and subject theywished to focus on.
“In honor of National Po-etry Month, we are gettingkids to branch out,” saidSnow. “Different people usedthe competition in differentways. The high school en-couraged the numbers. Wehad over 300 entries for thewhole district, some repeatwinners, and some re-en-tries.”
She said the only set re-quirement was a maximum
15 line poem, so that the win-ning words could fit onto thepersonalized bookmarks af-ter poems were judged by lo-cal poets and teachers.
After five students fromeach school read their poems,Snow shared the judge’s com-ments for the top three over-all poems from each school.
She said judges describedGustafson’s poem as wiserthan its years.
“What’s incredibly(unique) about this elemen-tary school poem is its matu-rity. The images within ‘Har-mony of Life’ come from boththe good and the bad cornersof experience, and youngGustafson sees them all andrecognizes that both the goodand the bad combine to cre-ate a quality, and a harmonyto life,” Snow read.
Judges were also im-pressed with the maturity ofGallagher, an eighth grader,and his use of figurative lan-guage.
“Poems can teach us les-sons, and Gallagher’s poemdoes just that. Robert Frostonce wrote about walls - real,literal walls that create sepa-
rations. Gallagher goes a stepfurther, writing about theimaginary lines and bound-aries people can create, andhe teaches us to think aboutthose lines, to see if we real-ly want to draw them.”
Although senior AshleyDiMartino could not make itto the reading, her winningpoem was read out loud byher writing teacher, Hutchi-son, and Snow followed thisreading with final commentsfrom the judges.
“What’s striking about Di-Martino’s poem is theteenaged voice that reachesan epiphany. Many timesadults talk about teens, say-ing that teens think they are‘invincible’ and that they’lllive forever. DiMartino dis-pels that notion, showing usjust how deeply a teenagercan feel when confrontedwith the prospect of aging,”read Snow.
2010 Gilford PTA
9th Annual Poetry
Competition Results
Kindergarten: DylanHamel - “Skateboard Skate-
board”1st grade: Jacquelyn
Marie Jaran - “The Ocean”2nd grade:Taeylor Plante
- “One Windy Autumn Day”3rd grade: Cal Schrupp -
“Flash!”4th grade: Christopher
Weimann - “Thunderstorm”Elementary School Win-
ner: Camden Gustafson -“Harmony of Life”
5th grade: Jack Harding -“My Mistake”
6th grade: Tessa Schrupp- “Outcast”
7th grade: Becca Roberts- “Untitled”
8th grade: Shayna Tom-linson - “Fire”
Middle School Winner:
Killian Gallagher - “Lines inthe Sand”
9th grade: David Chong -“Becoming An American”
10th grade: Mary Snow -“The Cello”
11th grade: Caitlyn Cen-namo - “Youth”
12th grade: Olivia Searle- “Imagining”
High School Winner:
Ashley DiMartino - “SeventyYears”
PHOTO BY LAUREN TINER
Kindergarteners and Gilford Elementary School students look on as fourth grader Christopher Weimann readshis poem titled, “Thunderstorm,” during the ninth annual PTA poetry competition last Thursday night.
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At many spots along northern New Hampshire’s highways and byways - this one along the KancamagusHighway - Groundwater is held by perched water tables until it seeps out of ledges and cliffs.
National Geographicmagazine has been part ofmy life ever since I learnedthat a stack of previous is-sues our parents stored inthe dining-room closet of-fered a look at the entireworld, far beyond the narrowconfines of our little town ina small state in a more or lesslow-profile corner of north-ern New England.
The fact that its pages con-tained my first cognizantlook at, well, naked people,was neither here nor there.Anyway,I’ve continued to getthe magazine all my life andcannot imagine life withoutit.
National Geographic doestend to dwell on far-off issuesand places, but once in awhile it strikes quite close tohome. Its landmark issue acouple of years ago on losingthe darkness of the night-time sky struck a chord, withits unforgettable satellite im-ages of just how much thecontinental U.S. is aglow, andhow little isn’t. The most jar-ring example of the formerwas the unbroken stretch oflight all down the Easternseaboard, from Portland to
Washington and only inter-mittently broken all the wayto Miami. On a more reas-suring note, the northernparts of Maine, New Hamp-shire and Vermont appearedalmost totally black.
Those of us lucky enoughto live in such places tend toforget how priceless a light-free night can be. At ourfarmhouse three miles fromtown, a deck graces the ellroof, and guest from placesto the south who repose onsleeping bags and low-slungchairs there are mesmerizedby the blackness of the nightsky and the brilliance andunfathomable multitudes ofstars distant beyond imagi-nation.
A recent Geographic is-sue mostly devoted to theworld’s fresh–water situa-tion struck equally close tohome. It was an eye-openerfor anyone who tends to takeclean and abundant waterfor granted, as we do,perched as we are near thetop of a ridge where everydrop of water that falls (andthat’s plenty) is on the inex-orable move downhill viahillside trickles to brooks tostreams to rivers and, in-evitably, Long Island Soundand the Atlantic Ocean.
**********The Geographic articles
conveyed some sobering re-minders and eye-openingfacts about water, of whichthe following are a smallsample:
-The human body consistsof two-thirds water.
-Earth is not the onlyplace in the solar systemholding water. It’s been dis-covered on the Moon andprobably exists on Mars. Iceunder part of Jupiter could
hold twice the Earth’s water,but we may never reach oth-erworldly water and what wehave might be all we’ll everget.
-Of all of Earth’s water, 97percent is salty and two per-cent of freshwater is lockedup in snow and ice, leaving ascant 1 percent for humani-ty’s existence.
-Sunshine can clean uppolluted water. If a plasticbottle of water, labels peeledoff, is left on a metal sheet infull sun for six hours, UVAradiation will kill parasites,viruses and bacteria, ren-dering it safe to drink.
-So intense has the com-petition for water becomethat Colorado law preventsmost homeowners from us-ing water collected fromtheir roof runoff, out of fearsthat down-watershed ranch-ers and farmers will be de-prived.
-Salty or brackish wateris now the only recourse for300 million people world-wide, double that of 10 yearsago. Desalination is now em-ployed in 150 countries, butthe method is expensive andleaves troublesome concen-trated salt residues.
-Two-thirds of the Earth’sfresh water is used to growfood, with the need growingby 83 million more mouthsper year.
-The average Americanhome uses 100 gallons of wa-ter a day, while the world’spoorest populations get byon less than five. Nearly halfthe world’s people do nothave water piped to theirhomes.
-The Tibetan Plateau,which provides runoff formajor rivers that supply al-most a third of the world’speople, is under grave threatfrom ill-conceived dam proj-ects and steady melting of itsglaciers.
-Vast undergroundaquifers are being used upfar faster than they can berecharged by rainfall. NorthAmerica’s famed Ogallalaand High Plains aquifers aredropping alarmingly, and insome arid lands in Africasub-surface levels havedropped hundreds of feet.
-A new purifying powderdropped into a container of
water not only kills bacteriaand viruses but also concen-trates parasites, metals anddirt so they can be removed,all in 30 minutes.
-One out of eight of theworld’s people lacks access toclean water, and 3.3 million ayear die from water-relatedafflictions.
-Water storage and hydro-power dams have displacedaround 80 million peopleworldwide.
-U.S. swimming pools lose150 billion gallons of water ayear to evaporation. In Flori-da, golf course watering con-sumes 3,000 gallons for eachgame played.
**********This last statistic struck
close to home mentally, if notgeographically. For threedecades, I made annual tripsto Florida to visit friends andrelatives and saw first-handthe seemingly endless, ram-pant, out-of-control develop-ment there. On the drivefrom Orlando up to Leesburgand Lady Lake, in particular,it seemed that each yearhousing construction hadgobbled up another two milesof Route 27’s landscape.
We knew from years of
reading and talking withFlorida residents that thestate was already in troublewith its water supply back inthe ‘70s. Surely, everyonethought, politicians, plan-ners and conservationistshad a plan to put the heedlessconstruction to a halt until aplausible water plan for thefuture had been mapped out.Not so. The current slumpaside, endless-frontier-driv-en speculation and develop-ment promise to resumeapace, and never mind a po-tentially water-starved fu-ture.
Even closer to home issoutheastern New Hamp-shire’s water situation. Be-cause that part of the state isrelatively flat and low in ele-vation, ground-water pro-vides much of the supply. Yetmuch of the region hassandy soils that do not holdwater well, and rapid devel-opment threatens to outstripthe supply. There is some fu-rious and controversial plan-ning going on concerningsewage disposal, but Ihaven’t yet heard of any planthat addresses the equallycomplicated and more cru-cial problem of water.
Finally, what’s the situa-
tion at home itself ? Totallydifferent, to the point wherewe’d be hard put to relate toproblems elsewhere if wehadn’t traveled extensivelyor viewed television pro-grams to see for ourselves.
We live just south of the45th Parallel at elevation1,556 on a ridge within sightof northeastern Vermontand Canada, in a regionthat’s about 90 percent forest-ed. The northern New Eng-land region receives one ofthe continent’s highest an-nual rainfalls, and itsspongy-surfaced, clay-un-derlined soils and topogra-phy constitute one of bestwater retention and slow-re-lease systems on the conti-nent. And because so fewpeople live in what to manyseems a harsh climate andremote region, actual per-capita water use and demandon the supply are next tonothing.
In fact, most of the waterthat falls in this isolated andlightly populated region isquickly on the move, downthrough surface vegetationand loam and gravel soils tolayers of clay left by the gla-cier, along which stored wa-ter creeps until it seeps outof countless side-hill seepsand springs. Eventually therainfall finds its way, in ourneck of the woods, from ourfields and woods into BeaverBrook and thence into theConnecticut River and on 400miles down to the sea.
In this scenario it makeslittle or no differencewhether or how much thewater is used as it goes by,and whatever is used, main-ly for animal and humanconsumption, is swiftly re-turned to the system. And abrick or two in the toilet tankor even a whole new water-conserving unit? Hardly aneed, except for the rare andbrief dry-spell.
But with good fortunecomes responsibility, andnorthern New England hasmade great strides in sewagetreatment plants and water-shed protection, even as theprivate landowner takespains to avoid erosion andprotect ponds and streamsfrom over-cutting and pollu-tion. Globally, water threat-ens to be the next cause forstrife between peoples andnations, and in our caseshould be no more unappre-ciated than the wonderfullydark and increasingly rarenighttime sky.
(This column runs in adozen weekly papers coveringthe northern two-thirds ofNew Hampshire and parts ofMaine and Vermont. JohnHarrigan’s address: Box 39,Colebrook, NH 03576, [email protected])
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Lipman said expanded en-rollments in the low-incomeMedicaid program couldpose concerns in terms of fi-nancial resources, sinceMedicaid already tends topay hospitals a mere per-centage of the full price forcare, a percentage that maycontinue to be shaved downover the years.
“There are some longterm credit challenges. Howthis will impact hospitals fi-nancially is really a discus-sion on how the bill will beimplemented,” said Lipman.“We will be paid less nextyear for the same service.”
Although the financial im-pact on local hospitals maybe a downside to the bill, Lip-man said certain items in thebill will “enhance” health-care and allow for millions toobtain insurance coverage.He added that there would besome reimbursement protec-tions for hospitals and thattax incentives for smallerbusinesses may help employ-ees maintain their insur-ance.
“In the long run,more peo-ple will have access throughMedicaid and insurance ex-changes. For the community,this should be positive. Forthe public at large not cov-ered now, this is a net plus,”
said Lipman. “For peoplecovered now, it remains to beseen.”
Lipman said the health-care bill breaks down and af-fects different groups of peo-ple in contrasting ways, al-though the outcome of thebill as a whole is still notclear, and perhaps will not beclear for years to come.
“Some providers will getless from the government,yet the hospital associationfeels it is important to in-crease insurance access. Thebottom line is, it’s hard to tell,but providing more coverageis a step in the right direc-tion,” said Lipman.
Lipman said there are pro-visions in the bill that showpromise, and offer the more“vulnerable” access to prop-er healthcare and protec-tions against discriminatorytreatment.
“The most vulnerable willbe helped. It may be an eco-nomic strain, but it might notbe life or death for us, as it iswith other people,” said Lip-man. “In this area, we hope itwill be positive, and we willtry to make it work.”
Gilford general surgeonShafique Taj also describedthe healthcare bill as “amixed bag” and said he sup-ports extended health care
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taking care of the trees atschool,” said Rouhan.
She said the students pre-pared for Earth Day well inadvance, attendeding the NHStudent EnvironmentalSummit hosted by St. Paul’sin Concord, which gave clubmembers a few fresh ideas.All week long, students soldreusable water bottles andtote bags during lunch hoursand collected used cellphones to recycle. The per-son who turned in the mostcell phones won a t-shirt.
Rouhan said the Environ-mental Club focuses on recy-cling throughout the schoolyear.
“We do all the recycling atthe high school, and a week-ly collecting of paper andbottles. This is a busy group,and they are going up and be-yond their duties,” saidRouhan. “This is for a verygood cause; we need to takecare of our earth.”
The GHS environmentalclub is also a member of theNortheast Resource Recov-ery Association and plans toattend their convention inManchester, where they willbe provided with materialsfor a compost bin drive. Com-post bins can be used to en-hance gardens with nutri-ents and keep trash out ofthe waste stream. Rain bar-rels will also be available toconserve water for gardens.
TREE (Continued from Page A1)
He said that boats, motors,and trailers can unfortu-nately work as a transporta-tion method for milfoil,which can grow and spreadby fragmentation in the wa-ter, by its seeds, and createnew plants. Connor said hisdepartment has reportedabout 83 infestations in 74water bodies throughout theLakes Region, such as Win-nipesaukee, now prevalentwith exotic plant growth.
Control strategies, otherthan herbicide treatments,are on the move, said Connor.Methods such as restrictingareas in the water, installingfragment barriers, usingdash units that act as vacu-um cleaners, benthic barri-ers to keep out sunlight, ordredging can be used to con-trol milfoil. Although alter-natives to herbicides arebreaking through, Connorsaid they cannot foregochemical treatments all to-gether, since they haveproved to be one of the mosteffective methods.
“We are moving forwardon various and innovativetechniques to hold off on mil-foil longer,” said Amy Smag-ula, exotic species programcoordinator with DES. “Mil-foil is our number one prob-lem in the state, more so thanother places. It is our num-ber one focus, and we arespending most of our re-search dollars on it.”
Under numerous conduct-ed studies, Smagula said in-novative techniques, such asdropping freeze dried nema-todes into the water that
spring back into life and eataway at milfoil, are now onthe horizon. Although inno-vative methods may be prom-ising, some of their overalleffects are not yet under-stood, and studies haveshown that 2, 4-D treatment,in its granular form, is stillthe most effective, said Smag-ula.
One member of the audi-ence asked if 2, 4-D has any-thing to do with the decreaseof salmon in local waters,and Smagula answered that2, 4-D does not affect the fish-eries, yet if milfoil got out ofcontrol, it could ruin thestructure of the habitat bycreating a monoculture ofthe same plant.
Brett Durham, a staffmember for the Squam LakeAssociation, said the SquamLake area has a total of 38acres of milfoil. He said thata combination of labor in-tensive hand pulling insmaller areas of infestation,using 2, 4-D in larger areas,and encouraging neighbors“to keep an eye out” for mil-foil before it progresses, hasproved to be considerably ef-fective.
With the cost of equip-ment, supplies, consulting,volunteer labor/divers, andSLA labor, Durham said mil-foil treatment for the SLAadds up to over $200,000 ayear.
Smagula added that NH isstill getting funds for milfoilresearch, and althoughgrants are no longer in themillion-dollar level, researchis slowly progressing.
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send in response to the latestwater testing.
“We are concerned thatthe three-fold increase (ofNapthalene concentrations)is being falsely character-ized and downplayed,” readHayes.
The letter addressed theselectmen’s continuous con-
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coverage and some of the vi-tal protections it offers, yetwhen it comes to its futureaffect on local providers, heis not sure which way the billwill go.
“The whole bill and theway it is right now – no oneknows how it will impactanyone. The problem lies inthe implementation of it,”said Taj. “What it is doingwith insurance companies isthe right thing to do. Theyshouldn’t be refusing people.More people getting insuredis a good thing, if it’s imple-mented properly.”
Taj said one favorable ele-ment of the bill is the factthat insurance companieswill spend 85 percent for di-rect healthcare. However, hesaid the Medicare reim-bursement formula shouldbe corrected and has yet tobe addressed, even though itis a concern of local physi-cians and surgeons. Headded that the bill does notaddress medical liability onthe cost of healthcare.
“It’s impossible to tell howit will affect us over the next40 years. The truth is, it’ssomewhere in the middle;there are a few good things,”said Taj. “We don’t knowhow it will affect physicians,and if it will result in cuts ofphysicians. It’s a mixed bagright now.”
cerns over the lower LibertyHill site, and their efforts toensure that 100 percent ofcontaminations in the siteare removed, rather than thesmaller percentage of re-moval that has been recom-mended by National Grid.
In the letter, Hayes saidthe selectmen are particu-larly concerned over the lo-cation of these groundwaterresults, since they are nearJewett Brook, which canlead to larger sources of wa-ter.
“The Gilford Selectmenare unwavering in their re-quest for 100 percent re-moval,” said Hayes, who de-scribed this process and theresults as “a nightmare” thatneeds to be corrected. “Wewant an environment cleanof pollutants, and safe waterfor our residents. We wantall contaminants removed assoon as possible.”
The selectmen have askedthat all documents and GEIdata be included in responseto the test, and also request-ed that an additional ground-water well be installed in thehigher concentrated sitearea, holding the NH De-partment of EnvironmentalServices responsible forwhatever results or proce-dures may follow.
PHOTO BY LAUREN TINER
GHS Environmental Club students look on at the cultivated roots of ayoung elm tree they helped plant last Thursday during Earth Day, behindGilford Fire Rescue.
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LACONIA — Nanna M.(Sander) Peterson, 89, for-merly of Gilford and Largo,Fla., died on April 24, 2010 atGenesis Healthcare, Laco-nia. She was the widow ofthe late Oscar R. Petersonwho died in 1992. They weremarried for 49 years.
Mrs. Peterson was bornon July 18, 1920 in Dorch-ester, Mass., daughter of thelate John Richard and AnnaMaria (Carlson) Sander. Shegrew up in the Dorchesterand Hyde Park areas ofBoston, graduating fromHyde Park High School andthe Boston CommercialBusiness School.
Nan met her husband in1939 on a Swedish-AmericanClub ski train trip to Conway.She was fond of saying “Imet Oscar on that train trip.He asked me to dance andwe’ve been dancing eversince.” They were marriedin 1943 and lived in theBoston area until Mr. Peter-son enlisted in the Army AirCorps during WWII. Theymoved several times duringhis training and after herhusband served in the Asian-Pacific Theater, the couplemoved to Walpole,Mass.,andthen to Wilton.
Mrs. Peterson was activein Wilton community proj-ects, serving as Girl Scoutleader and was also a mem-ber of Eastern Star and Re-becca Lodge. In 1961, theymoved to Gilford as part ofthe new New HampshireBall Bearing, Inc. manage-ment team. At that time, sheworked at Palmer Plumbingin Laconia. She also volun-
Nanna M. (Sander) Peterson, 89
teered at the Gilford Elemen-tary School and was active inthe Gilford Outing Club, Gil-ford Old Home Day commit-tees and the former Win-nipesaukee Ski Club.
The Petersons retired in1979 and moved permanent-ly to Largo, Fla. During theirretirement, they bought atravel trailer and joined theGood Sam’s Club and trav-eled extensively throughoutthe USA and Canada. InLargo, she worked part-timefor ServCorp. She was afounding member of theMM&M Investment Club, amember of the WelcomeNewcomers Club and the Re-gal Park Welcome Lady. Sheenjoyed traveling, garden-ing, swimming, using hercomputer and bingo. Mrs. Pe-terson moved back to theLakes Region in August 2009to be closer to her daughter.She was a lovely addition tothe Genesis HealthcareHomestead Wing. The Gene-sis Center staff provided ten-der and compassionate care,especially during her lastdays.
Mrs. Peterson is survivedby her daughter and son-in-law, Nancy (Peterson) and Dr.Joseph Paterno of Gilford; ason-in-law, George Brou-saides, of Largo, Fla.; adaughter-in-law, Mrs. Cecilia(Peterson) Brooks, ofPocatello, Idaho; four grand-children, Joanna PaternoBergman of Gilford, Karland Adam Brousaides ofConnecticut and Emma Pe-terson of Idaho; two greatgrandsons, Bradley andBrendan Bergman of Gil-ford; a sister-in-law, Mrs. Flo-rence Sander, of Rockford,Ill.; nieces and nephews andseveral cousins in Sweden.
She is predeceased bythree brothers: HarrySander of Sweden, ArneSander of Rockford, Ill., andMalte Nils Sander of PonteVedra, Fla. She is also prede-ceased by her daughter, Di-ane Brousaides, of Largo,Fla., in 2009 and by herbeloved son, Ronald R. Peter-son, of Pocatello, Idaho, in2002.
Mrs. Peterson was a lov-ing wife, mother, grand-mother and friend and willbe missed.
There will be no callinghours. Funeral services willbe private.
In lieu of flowers, dona-tions may be made to Gene-sis Healthcare (HomesteadWing Activities Fund), 175Blueberry Lane, Laconia,NH 03246.
For more information andto view an on line memorialgo to www.wilkinson-beane.com.
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Nanna M. Peterson
Carl L. Braun, Jr., 90, ofCherry Valley Road died at thePine Rock Manor, Warner, onThursday, April 22, 2010. Hewas the widower of Pauline(Tarr) Braun who died in 2008.
Mr. Braun was born April25, 1919 in Lowell, Mass., theson of Elizabeth (Alexander)and Carl L. Braun, Sr.
Mr. Braun was raised inLowell. He attended LowellHigh School and graduatedfrom New Hampton SchoolFor Boys in New Hampton. Hegraduated from Boston Uni-versity where he was an out-standing pitcher for the base-ball team. He served in the U.S. Army during WWII and Ko-rea.
He resided in Lowell formany years before moving toGilford 32 years ago, where hewas a real estate broker andowner of Carl L. Braun Real-tors in Gilford and Laconia,retiring in 2003.
While living in Lowell, hewas the owner and operator ofthe Commodere Ballroomfrom the 1940’s - 1970’s.
Mr. Braun enjoyed fishingand watching sports on tele-vision. He loved his familyand doted on his three grand-children and great-grandchil-dren.
Carl L. Braun, Jr., 90Mr. Braun is survived by
his daughter, Karen B. Burttof Gilford, and son, Carl L.Braun III of Gilmanton; threegrandchildren, Carl L. BraunIV of Sanbornton, Robert A.Braun of Birmingham, Ala.,and Noel P. Burtt-Rockwell ofLondonderry; and two great-grandchildren, Zachary CarlBraun and Sophia LorraineBraun.
Calling hours were Mon-day, April 26, at the Wilkinson-Beane - Simoneau-Paquette
Funeral Home, Laconia. A fu-neral service was held onTuesday, April 27, at LowellCemetery, Lowell, Mass. Bur-ial followed in the family lot inLowell Cemetery.
In lieu of flowers, memori-al donations may be made tothe Alzheimer’s Association,1 Bedford Farms Drive, Suite105, Bedford, NH 03110.
For more information andto view an online memorial goto www.wlkinsonbeane.com.
Mathurin “Mat” Allanos,80, of Gilford, died at Forest-view Manor in Meredith onFriday, April 23, 2010. He wasthe widower of Irene (Boul-ard) Allanos who died in 2001.
Mr. Allanos was born July15, 1929 in France, the son ofGuillaume and Louise(Daoupharx) Allanos.
Mr. Allanos served in theU.S. Army. He lived in Syos-sett, N.Y., for several years be-fore moving to Gilford fortyyears ago. He was employedas a chef for fifty years andhad been employed byLehman Bros., Brickyard Mt.Inn, The Depot and the Mar-gate Resort before retiring
January, 1988.Mr. Allanos is survived by
his son, Marc Allanos, of Gil-ford and by a sister, SolangeLermonier, of California. Inaddition to his wife, Mr. Al-lanos was predeceased by hisparents.
There will be no callinghours. A memorial servicewill be held at a later date.
In lieu of flowers, memori-al donations may be made toCommunity Health & Hos-pice, Inc., 780 North MainStreet, Laconia, N.H. 03246.
For more information andto view an online memorialgo to www.wilkinson-beane.com.
Mathurin Allanos, 80
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Jim Bender runs for Senatewith three simple platformsBY ERIN [email protected]
MEREDITH — Control-ling spending, setting Con-gressional term limits, andsimplifying government reg-ulation are at the heart ofJim Bender’s campaign forthe United States Senate.
Bender, a Republican fromHollis, and his wife Susanmade a stop at the SalmonPress office in Meredith onFriday as part of a multi-town tour of the state.
Bender visited Meredithafter a tour of towns in thenorthern part of the state, in-cluding Berlin, Gorham, Lit-tleton, and Conway. Afterstopping in Meredith, hewent to Laconia and pointssouth.
“There’s 235 towns in NewHampshire and we’re goingto make sure we visit everyone of them,” Bender said.
Bender and his wife Susanhave lived in Hollis for thepast 24 years. His daughtersJackie and Lauren are bothgraduates of Boston College,with Jackie working as a tel-evision reporter and Laurenworking in healthcare.
He has worked for nearly25 years in business as an ex-
ecutive and entrepreneur incompanies including IDEA,aware, and the Nashua-basedLogicraft, where he served aspresident. Bender said he hasspecialized in turningaround troubled companies.
He previously worked inWashington, D.C. as a re-porter covering Congression-al actions, which he said gavehim insight into the work-ings of Congress.
“I’m very disturbed withwhat I see going on in Wash-ington these days,” Bendersaid.
His concerns especially in-clude government spending
as well as the size and in-volvement of government.This concern is especiallyrelevant with around 55,000people in New Hampshire un-employed and many more un-deremployed.
“In order to have a sensi-ble economy we need less op-pressively big government,”he said. “I think corruptionis at an all-time high. It’s nowgotten to a point where it’sspilling out at the seams.”Bender said the state in gov-ernment is “a pattern of self-assured incompetence. We’venow reached a point wherewe have engaged self-assuredincompetence.”
Bender said no one side isto blame for this state, butthere has been a period ofeconomic illiteracy and mas-sive debt.
“Those who do under-stand what’s going on havenot been articulate in ex-plaining it,” Bender said.“We need to have a greatersense of responsibility onCapital Hill. We need to havea sense of being a public ser-vant again.”
Bender said this is espe-cially reflected in the lastworks of the Declaration ofIndependence: “…we mutu-ally pledge to each other ourlives, our fortunes and our sa-cred honor.”
“By saying these words,they set a standard wherethey held the people abovethemselves,” he said. “Thatone sentence encapsulatedwhat a public servant shouldbe in a democracy.”
Bender said that the prob-lems in government can besolved branching off fromthree main issues: reducingspending and the federaldeficit, simplifying govern-ment regulation and compli-ance requirements startingwith the federal tax code, andexpanding the establishingcongressional term limits byextending the 22nd amend-ment that already sets limitsfor Presidential terms.
“The Congress should nev-er write anything for itselfthat doesn’t apply to allAmericans,” he said.
Bender said he would leada crusade to establish termlimits in Congress, saying 12years is enough time for amember of Congress to serve.
“I think if I can accom-plish these three things it willhave been a very good termfor me,” Bender said.“(These) three encapsulatelots and lots of others. Thesethree are the major thingsthat threaten our countryright now.”
Bender said the country isfaced with a $14 trillion debt,a number unfathomable bymost people, as well as thedropping value of the dollar.
Bender said he and hiswife are not looking for newcareers in this venture, say-ing this run is about publicservice.
“Somebody needs to dosomething. It’s not an easything to do,” Bender said.“Somebody’s got to do it.”
For more information onJim Bender and his cam-paign, visit benderforsen-ate.com.
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Mother’s Day favorites: a good book and a cup of teaBY JEAN M. CLARKELIBRARY CORRESPONDENT
On May 7, 1914, PresidentWilson signed a resolutiondesignating the second Sun-day in May as "Mother's Day,"the official day for honoringmoms.
If you’re looking for waysto brighten your mother’sspecial day, look no furtherthan the Gilford Library.With our hand-picked collec-tion of Mother’s Day fa-vorites, you’ll find inspiringmemoirs, great new fiction,and much more.
Just a few suggestions:“House Rules” by NewHampshire author Jodi Pi-coult; “Hannah’s List” byDebbie Macomber; “The Alo-ha Quilt” by Jennifer Chi-
averini; and, a fantastic fam-ily movie, “The Blind Side”with Sandra Bullock andTim McGraw.
Kids, bring your mom,grandma, aunt or just-like-a-mom friend on Saturday, May8, and celebrate Mother’s Daytogether! Library staff andvolunteers will be “puttingon the ritz” with a tradition-al tea party including the fan-cy china, silver service,linens, and delicious refresh-ments. To remember thisspecial day, a photo of eachfamily group will be takenand available to bring home.The party is scheduled from11 a.m. to noon and sign-up isrequired.
Celebrate your mom witha visit to the library this
week!
Programs and Special
Events
Foreign Movie Night,
Thursday, April 29, 7 p.m.
– 9 p.m. Join us to watch thefilm “Osama” (PG 13). This2003 film was made inAfghanistan by Siddiq Bar-mak. It tells the story of ayoung girl living inAfghanistan under the Tal-iban. In order to support herfamily, she disguises herselfas a boy and takes the nameOsama.
Knit Wits, Friday, April
30, 1:30 – 2:30 p.m. and
Thursday, May 6, 6 p.m. – 8
p.m. All are welcome forknitting and conversation!
Drop-In Craft Project,
School Vacation Week,
April 26 – April 30, 10 a.m.
– 2 p.m. Join us for a spring-time craft project in the Sto-rytime Room.
Mah Jong, Monday, May
3, 1 p.m. – 3 p.m. One of theoldest board games in theworld – Mah Jong – dependson skill, strategy and a cer-tain degree of luck.
Camera Club, Tuesday,
May 4, 6:30 p.m. – 7:30 p.m.
Shoot! Come to our Photog-raphy Club and get hands onlearning as we help each oth-er become better photogra-phers. This is our secondmeeting- bring your ideasand suggestions as we shareour interest in this excitinghobby.
Rug Hooking 101 Class
Begins Tuesday, May 4, 6
p.m. – 7:30 p.m. Carol Dalewill be teaching a four week(May 4, 11, 18 and 25) rughooking class for beginnersor those needing a refreshercourse. $30/per participantplus materials cost. Carolwill cover basic rug hookingtechniques, color theory, andfinishing methods. Sign-upat the library.
Mother’s Day Tea, Sat-
urday, May 8, 11 a.m. to
noon. Join us for our annu-al Mother’s Day Tea. Enjoythis special time set aside formoms, grandmas, aunts andchildren. Sign up in the Chil-dren’s Room.
Kids get on their feet and dance to the beat of ‘Bebop with Aesop’
PHOTOS BY LAUREN TINER
Left: Aesop, played by GES fourthgrader Ethan Ormes, and themilkmaid, played by GabbyPodmore dance during the open-ing scene of their star companyproduction, “Bebop with Aesop,”last Wednesday night.
Below: Fourth grader Erin Gatelyplays the part of the Hare in the“Slow and Steady Wins the Race”scene, and although she doesn’twin the race, she has fun dancing.
BY LAUREN [email protected]
Frogs, grasshoppers,sheep and milkmaids filledthe Gilford ElementarySchool stage last Wednesdaynight for the fourth gradeStar Company’s imaginative“Bebop with Aesop” per-formance.
Aesop, the Greek slaveand storyteller that datesback to 620 B.C., was knownfor his fables and his use ofanimal and human charac-ters, also known as “charac-ter education,” where hedemonstrated human natureand spread lessons throughhis stories, which tend to bemost popular among chil-dren, making this play a shoein for this year’s GES StarCompany production.
Students got their owntaste for storytelling duringthe musical and narrated Ae-sop’s timeless tales to the au-dience amidst acting outtheir scenes, creating storiesfilled with simple words ofwisdom passed along for cen-turies.
The musical encompass-es five of Aesop’s well knownfables with catchy songs anddances including “Look Be-fore You Leap,” “Don’t Putoff Until Tomorrow,” “Don’tCount Your Chickens BeforeThey Hatch,” “Slow andSteady Wins the Race,” and“The Boy Who Cried Wolf,”followed by the “Bebop” fi-nale.
Frogs learned to be morecautious and observant,while grasshoppers learnedhow to balance work andplay, milkmaids tried not toget ahead of themselves, ahare learned it pays off toslow down sometimes, and a
young shepherd boy decidedhe will never “cry wolf ”again.
Gilford Middle Schoolmusic teacher Paul Warnickand GES music teacherChris Anderson said theychose the play for its upbeatmusic and appeal to the kids,and because of the positive
message of citizenship, War-nick said.
Although Aesop cannottell a story without teachingthe reader a lesson, young-sters in the crowd appreciat-ed the lively music and be-gan to sing and dance duringthe performance, while thefourth graders had just asmuch fun acting, singing,and dancing in their creativeand colorful critter cos-tumes.
The 27 fourth grade castmembers were a more thanenthusiastic bunch, saidWarnick, who added thatthese children choose to par-ticipate in Star Company,part of GES’s enrichmentprogram, because they areinterested in theatre, music,and dancing. He said thechildren were a great bunchof kids to direct during prac-tice twice a week for sixweeks to prepare for theirstar moment on stage, sincethey genuinely enjoyed per-forming the musical andproved to be cooperative inthe process.
Warnick said every childhad the chance to shine inthe show, as well as equalstage time and behind thescenes participation, sincethey did work hard on theirown costumes, and evenmade up a lot of their ownchoreography moves.
Although “Bebop withAesop” is not integrated intoregular GES class curricu-lums, Warnick said the kidsare familiar with Aesop andhis fables. He also said thekids will be able to carry onthese lessons and perhapsperform their own acts of cit-izenship on a daily basis.
Library volunteers serenaded during National Volunteer WeekBY LAUREN [email protected]
Gilford Library staff tookNational Volunteer Week tothe next level and serenadedtheir cherished volunteerslast Thursday during theirannual tea party, whichturned into a sing-along withmaracas and sombreros.
Library Director Kather-ine Dormody said their an-nual gathering is usuallyheld in June, but she found itfitting to celebrate and thanktheir volunteers right smackin the middle of NationalVolunteer Week.
“This is a great time to cel-ebrate, since volunteers arecelebrated nationwide,” saidDormody. The library alsocelebrated National LibraryWeek recently. The themethis year was “CommunitiesThrive.”
“Communities thrive be-cause people care – and whata great way to go into volun-teer week,” Dormody said tothe volunteers. “You make usa better place, and it’s so fit-ting that you’re a diversegroup of people since the li-brary serves everyone, withdifferent backgrounds andbeliefs. It’s a great way to cel-ebrate our diversity.”
Over 30 volunteers wentaround the room and intro-duced themselves. Volun-teers ranged in age and du-ties from Library Trustees,to Friends of the Library,club members, teens whowork in the children’s room,and adults who cataloguebooks and keep records, allto make sure the library runssmoothly.
After staff members stoodin front of the crowd andsang their original song“Volunteer at the Gilford Li-brary,” spirits were liftedover the lighthearted and hu-morous chorus, which the
audience then joined in on.Assistant librarian and
volunteer coordinator Betty
Tidd said she couldn’t thankthe volunteers enough for alltheir work, and handed out
small gifts as tokens of ap-preciation to those at the cel-ebration.
“You do so much and makethe library what it is. Youbring all your abilities and
gift of your time to the com-munity and the library,” saidTidd.
PHOTO BY LAUREN TINER
Gilford Librarians and assistants came together to serenade a crowd of volunteers last Thursday during National Volunteer Week, and let them know how much they appreciate all thethings they do for the community.
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Junior boys step up as leaders for tennis teamBY LAUREN [email protected]
Although five of seven topplayers on the Gilford HighSchool boys tennis teamgraduated last year, the var-sity team has so far managedto maintain a strong seasonwith a 6-1 record.
Coach Terry Wilson saidhe is pleased with his teamso far this season and feelsthat many junior playershave stepped up their game.
“My top six players are alljuniors and they are verystrong. I have them for thesetwo more years. They cer-tainly have stepped up interms of leadership and onthe court,” said Wilson.
Last year, the team fin-ished with a 12-1 season andlost against Derryfield in theend, their ultimate rivals,said Wilson. Derryfield haswon the state championshiptitle for seven years.
“Our goal is to beat themat the end in the tournament.We have met them the lastthree of four years in finals,”said Wilson.
Wilson said he has a nicemix of players this year with10 on the older, more experi-enced team, and eight in thebeginner group. He said he iscurrently working on basicskills with the youngergroup, including grips andswings, while the more ad-vanced players are aiming tohit higher level strokes anddevelop more strategy incompetitive matches.
“The goal is to make themall good players. They arehere because they love ten-nis and want to get better atit. We practice every day, in-
cluding Saturday,” said Wil-son. “It’s a good group – avery smart and well roundedgroup.”
Wilson said it doesn’t hurtthat he has coached the samegroup of players for threeyears and that his team isnow ready to take the nextstep in their game.
“I know we have a lot morework after yesterday’s (lastWednesday’s) loss,” said Wil-son.
Co-captain and juniorKurt Chapin said he feels thetennis team is heading in theright direction this year.
“This is a good year for theteam. I am expecting a lot andeveryone is pulling togethernicely. It’s an improvement,”said Chapin. “Individually, Ihave some tough opponentsout there, and hopefully I willdo well.”
Chapin said he enjoys
playing and practicing withmembers of the team andsaid they have “good chem-istry,” since many of histeammates have played to-gether for a number of years.He said many of his team-mates also share the samegoal.
“I definitely want to beatDerryfield. I think that is inall of our minds. We want astate championship, and weare all working towardsthat,” said Chapin.
Junior co-captain AndrewKwist said considering theteam lost five seniors, theteam is doing pretty well.
“We lost yesterday, butoverall we only lost seven orso (single) matches out of 45or so matches, which is pret-ty good,” said Kwist.
He said the team couldbenefit from working on dou-bles matches, and that team-
work and chemistry will benecessary in masteringthese matches and stayingconsistent.
The only senior on the ad-vanced team is Belgian ex-change student Antoine En-gelen, who said he joined thetennis team because itseemed like fun and was in-
PHOTOS BY LAUREN TINER
Junior co-captain Kurt Chapin of the advanced GHS boys tennis teamgives his all during practice time last Thursday.
Above: Junior tennis player Parker Ross jumps off ofhis tip-toes to ensure a tennis ball doesn’t fly pasthim.
Top right: Matthew Saulnier, the only freshman onthe advanced tennis team, practices his serves tomake sure he keeps up with the older players.
Bottom right: Junior co-captain Andrew Kwist squatsdown low in anticipation for a serve from his fellowcaptain, Chapin.
spired by Chapin, who is hishost brother.
“I think the team is doingreally well. They could gofar,” said Engelen.
Engelen said tennis is thesecond most popular sport inBelgium, after soccer. Hefeels he has improved at hisgame while playing on theGHS team and said he wantsto get better and keep havingfun.
The only freshman on theadvanced team, MatthewSaulnier, said he moved upfrom the beginner team with-in a couple weeks of practice
and game time. He said hehadn’t played tennis for awhile and needed to brush upon his skills before compet-ing with the more advancedplayers.
“I like a challenge. It is funplaying with the older guys,and getting a lot of experi-ence. It’s a good team. Every-one’s nice and welcoming,”said Saulnier. “I look up tothem,and I want to be as goodas they are. I think we are go-ing to have a really good teamnext year, and I’m lookingforward to it.”
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Case Name:In the Matter of Cheryl Harbaugh and Richard Harbaugh, Jr.
Case Number: 650-2010-DM-00171
On March 24, 2010, Cheryl Harbaugh of Ctr Barnstead, NH filed in this Court, a
Petition for Legal Separation/Motion for Alimony/Motion for Child Support with
requests concerning:
The original pleading is available for inspection at the office of the Clerk at the
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ALTON ZONING BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT
NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARINGSThe Alton Zoning Board of Adjustment will hold Public Hearings on
Thursday, May 6, 2010; during its meeting commencing at 7:00 p.m. at the
Alton Town Hall to consider the following applications (the applications list-
ed in this notice are in no particular order):
Case Z10-11 Map 38 Lot 16 Equitable Waiver
George Annis 357 Mt. Major Hwy.
Application submitted by Michael Lacasse on behalf of applicant
George Annis to request an Equitable Waiver of Dimensional
Requirements from Article 300 Section 327 Setbacks to allow a bulk-
head within the side setbacks. Due to an accidental oversight a build-
ing permit has been issued for this project and construction has been
completed. This parcel is located in the Residential Rural zone.
Case Z10-12 Map 43 Lot 39 Special Exception
Paul Vallee 339 Trask Side Road
Application submitted by Paul Vallee to request a Special Exception
from Article 300 Section 320 B 2 (c) to allow the expansion of his
existing home to include a second story. This parcel is located in the
Lakeshore Residential zone.
Case Z10-13 Map 63 Lot 19 Special Exception
Gary Wasserman 14 Peters Path
Application submitted by Todd Bernasconi of TBR Enterprise on behalf
of applicants Gary & Molly Wasserman to request a Special Exception
from Article 300 Section 320 B 2 (c) to allow the construction of a deck
above the existing porch. This parcel is located in the Lakeshore
Residential zone.
Plans are on file in the Planning Department on the first floor of the
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regular business hours of 8:30 to 4:00 Monday through Friday.
Alton Central SchoolAlton, NH
The Alton Central School, a Pre-K – 8 School, is seeking
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Full time Occupational Therapist (OT) positionavailable for 2010/2011 school year
• Work collaboratively with COTA & other
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• In Lakes Region Elementary School setting
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Please forward a letter of interest, resume, copies of transcripts, proof
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Catherine Dix-Herndon, Special Education Director
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Gilford Parks and Recreation NewsBY HERB GREENEDIRECTOR
Annual Bike Safety
Rodeo
The annual Bike SafetyRodeo for Gilford children ofall ages, sponsored by theGilford Police Departmentand the Gilford Parks andRecreation Department isscheduled for Saturday, May1, from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. at theGilford Elementary School.Bicycle riders will ridethrough a short course to testtheir riding skills, bicycleswill be safety inspected, andparticipants will receive a li-cense from the Police De-partment. All riders will re-ceive a certificate of partici-pation and bicycle safety in-formation. The children willalso receive tips on how tokeep their bikes in good rid-ing order, obeying trafficlaws, handling their bikesskillfully, and proper fittingfor purchasing a new bike.There will also be a varietyof prizes, including helmets,water bottles, reflectors, etc.The rodeo is free of charge toall participants. In the eventof cancellation due to rain,the rodeo will be held on Sun-day, May 2, from 1-4 p.m. atthe Gilford ElementarySchool.
For more information,please contact the GilfordParks and Recreation at 527-4722 or the Gilford Police De-partment at 527-4737.
Bolduc Park Golf
The Gilford Parks andRecreation Department is of-fering a variety of golf pro-grams at Bolduc Parkthrough the spring for chil-dren and adults. Youth andAdult Lessons are availableat Bolduc Park in two, three-class sessions during theevening this May and June.The session dates for youthlessons are May 4, 11 and 18and June 8, 15 and 22. Thesession dates for adults areMay 6, 13 and 20 and June 10,17 and 24. Both Sessions havean option of a 5:30-6:30 p.m.or a 6:30-7:30 p.m. time slot.A Junior Golf League will al-so be available for youthplayers with experience
every Wednesday eveningfrom 5:00 – 6:30 p.m. startingJune 2 and running throughAug. 25.
All programs have limit-ed availability and registra-tions will be accepted on afirst come first served basis.For more information,please contact the GilfordParks and Recreation De-partment at 527-4722.
Senior Moment-um
Wright Museum Trip
The Gilford Parks andRecreation Department issponsoring a trip to theWright Museum inWolfeboro for participants ofthe Senior Moment-um pro-gram. Participants will meetat the Town Hall at 9:30 a.m.prior to departing for themuseum. Each participantshould bring their ownbagged lunch to enjoy whileexploring the World War IImuseum. The cost for thistrip is $5 per person. Inter-ested participants are askedto RSVP by Thursday, May 6.
For more information orto RSVP, please call the Parksand Recreation Departmentat 527-4722.
Adult Spring Hiking
The Gilford Parks andRecreation Department issponsoring a series of springhikes for adults looking forfresh air, fun and exercise.The hikes will be held onTuesday mornings throughthe end of May. The programcontinues with hikes on May
4 at West Rattlesnake inHolderness and May 11 atLocke’s Hill in Gilford. Par-ticipants will gather eachmorning at 9 a.m. at the Gil-ford Town Hall before de-parting for the hike. All in-terested participants mustRSVP at least one day in ad-vance to each trip.
For more information orto RSVP, please contact theGilford Parks and Recre-ation Department at 527-4722.
Winni Playhouse presents ‘A Yearwith Frog and Toad’ musical
LAKES REGION — Be-ginning Friday, April 30, theWinni Players, the communi-ty theater branch of the Win-nipesaukee Playhouse, willbe presenting “A Year withFrog and Toad,” a musical byRobert and Willie Reale.
This delightful show isbased on Arnold Lobel’s talesof the adventures two am-phibious friends.
The musical earned three
Tony Award nominationswhen it ran on Broadway in2003. Developed by Mr. Lo-bel's daughter, Adrianne Lo-bel, the stage musical re-mains true to the spirit of theoriginal stories as it followstwo great friends, the cheer-ful and popular Frog and therather grumpy Toad throughfour fun-filled seasons. Wak-ing from hibernation in thespring, the proceed to plantgardens, swim, rake leavesand go sledding, learning lifelessons along the way, includ-ing a most important oneabout friendship and rejoic-ing in the attributes thatmake each of us different andspecial. Audiences will alsoget to meet the other animalswho populate the world offrog and toad including asnail, an obnoxious turtle,some moles and more.
Bryan Halperin directs theproduction along with musi-cal director Christine Melan-son and choreographer CathyDefregger. Matt McGonagleand Rodney Martell take theleads as Frog and Toad with acast that includes Matt Finch,Diane Nickerson, TamaraMcGonagle, Ben Kace, Ursu-la Boutwell, Doreen Shep-pard, Jennifer Hughes, Jen-nie Leonard, Katie Dunn,
Joanne Morin and KathyLockwood. The magicalwoodland setting is designedby Dan Daly with lighting byNeil Pankhurst. JohannaHalperin, Kathy Lockwoodand Lori McGinley providethe fanciful costumes.
According to Halperin,“this is the first musicalwe’ve done with the adultcommunity group for severalyears and we’re happy topresent a production that istruly for everyone. Kids willenjoy the show but it’s equal-ly entertaining for adults bythemselves. Audience mem-bers need not feel they needto bring kids along withthem!”
A Year with Frog and Toadwill be performed at the Win-nipesaukee Playhouse,Routes 3 and 11B, WeirsBeach on April 30–May 2 andMay 7– 9. Performances areFridays and Saturdays at 7p.m. and Sundays at 2 p.m.Tickets are already sellingbriskly and early reserva-tions are strongly encour-aged. While the show is suit-able for all ages, due to thefact that it is a full-length mu-sical, the production is notrecommended for childrenunder the age of 4.
Caregiver Networkannounces raffle
LAKES REGION — At theCaregiver Network’s AnnualPotluck Lunch March 20, anew fundraising raffle wasannounced.
The Caregiver Network israffling three items againthis year to help finance theircaregiver related activitiesthroughout the year, includ-ing a free annual dinner dur-ing National CaregiverMonth in November for Care-giver Network members andtheir care-recipients at a lo-cal restaurant.
What’s in the raffle? Abeautiful, handmade, knittedafghan, 54” x 62” quilt “Pur-ple Mountain Majesty,” a pil-low with the Caregiver Net-work logo, and a 14” X 16 ?”framed watercolor print enti-tled “Robin’s Egg Blue,” all
done by local caregivers.Tickets are $1 each or six tick-ets for $5 and are available atthe Caregiver Network/Ser-viceLink office, 67 Water St.,Suite 105, Laconia.??
The Caregiver Network issponsored by the Ser-viceLink Resource Center ofBelknap County and theLakes Region Partnership forPublic Health.
To learn about CaregiverNetwork activities and get onour mailing list, call 528-6945or 527-3791, email [email protected] or vis-it www.caregiversnet-work.org.
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MONEY MATTERS●Declare your ‘Financial Arbor Day’
The national celebrationof Arbor Day happens on thelast Friday of April, al-though some states have des-ignated other dates for theirown Arbor Day observances.Over the years, Americanshave planted millions oftrees on this day, improvingthe environment, reducingerosion and leaving an in-valuable gift to future gener-ations. But the concepts be-hind Arbor Day can also betransferred to other realms— such as investing. So thisyear, why not take steps to es-tablish your own FinancialArbor Day?
Here are some ideas toconsider:
• Plant some “seeds.” Eventhe mightiest trees startedout small — and the same istrue of the portfolios ofmany successful investors. Ifyou’re just beginning to in-vest, consider putting what-ever you can afford, howeverminimal, into an IRA and a401(k) or other employer-sponsored retirement plan. Ifyou’ve been investing for awhile but still need to movecloser toward your goals, youmay have to seek out somenew fields of opportunityand invest in them.
• Nurture the “roots.” Togrow, roots need to be fedthrough water, oxygen andminerals. Once you’ve plant-ed the seeds of your invest-ments, they need to be nour-ished, too. For example, onceyou’ve opened a 401(k), try toboost your contributionswhenever you get a salary in-crease. Also consider fullyfunding your IRA untilyou’ve reached the annuallimits.
• Seek out variety. If youlook around your neighbor-hood, you will likely findmany different types of trees.And that’s a good thing, be-
cause when Dutch elm dis-ease or some other ailmentstrikes one type of tree, youand your neighbors still haveothers that can thrive. Thesame principle applies to in-vesting: If an economicdownturn or some otherevent primarily strikes onetype of asset, and most ofyour money is tied up in thatasset, you could run intotrouble. That’s why youshould diversify your invest-ment dollars among stocks,bonds, certificates of deposit(CDs), Treasury bills and oth-er securities. While diversifi-cation, by itself, cannot guar-antee a profit or protectagainst loss, it can help re-duce the effects of volatility
on your portfolio.• Be patient. When you
plant a seed, you know it willtake many years for your ef-forts to reach fruition. Overtime, your tree will lose somebranches and bark, and itwill be buffeted by heavywinds, scorching sun anddriving rains. However, if ithas a strong set of roots, itcan survive and grow. Youneed to show the same pa-tience with your investmentportfolio, because it, too, willface a variety of challengesover the years, and at times itmay appear beaten down.But if you follow a consistentstrategy, supported by a mixof quality investments thatreflect your risk tolerance,
time horizon and long-termgoals, and if you have the pa-tience and discipline to rideout downturns, you can helpyourself reach your objec-tives.
When people use theirshovels and hoes on ArborDay, they can create some-thing that will literally last alifetime. And the same thingcan happen when you declareyour own Financial ArborDay — so get out your invest-ment “tools” and get to work.
This article was written byEdward Jones and submittedby Financial Advisor ErnieWillis of the Meredith office.Willis can be reached at 279-3161.
LACONIA — AAA North-ern New England is pleasedto announce that Cantin’sCollision and Paint Centerhas been awarded the 2009New Hampshire’s Auto BodyFacility of the Year Award.
The facility of the yearaward honors one outstand-ing auto body repair facilityin each of the Northern NewEngland states.Scoring is de-rived from an annual cus-tomer satisfaction ratingbased on AAA’s service eval-uation card responses. Can-tin’s Collision and Paint Cen-ter in Laconia scored thehighest AAA rating of allparticipating auto body
shops in New Hampshire.AAA’s Approved Auto
Body program highlightsoutstanding service facili-ties throughout NorthernNew England. To qualify as“AAA Approved” the autobody facility must meet thestrict criteria for techniciancertification, customer satis-faction, and warranty cover-age including a 12-month/12,000 mile warranty onparts and labor and AAA-me-diated dispute arbitration.
Cantin’s Collision andPaint Center located in Laco-nia has earned the Facility ofthe Year distinction due totheir 100 percent customersatisfaction rating in 2009.Cantin’s Collision Center ex-ceeds AAA’s Approved AutoBody program requirementsby offering a lifetime war-ranty on all repairs.
“This is an outstandingbenefit to customers needinga quality repair after an autocollision,” said Tom Giasson,manager of AAA ApprovedPrograms.
Cantin’s Collision andPaint Center is located at 623Union Ave. in Laconia andcan be reached at 524-0770 oron the Web at www.can-tins.com.
AAA offers a free publicservice to assist consumersin their search for a qualityauto repair shop. AAA Ap-proved Auto Repair, Ap-proved Auto Body and Ap-proved Auto Glass facilitieshave met stringent standardsfor customer service, qualityand expertise. A listing ofAAA Approved Auto Repairshops is available atAAA.com/repair.
Local shop scores perfectcustomer satisfaction rating
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