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The survey is designed to fillgaps in Fish and Game’s exist-ng winter flock data collection

efforts, adding to theDepartment’s understanding of the abundance and distributionof turkeys during the winter months. Participants are askedto report the number of turkeysn the flock; where they were

seen; the type of habitat thebirds were observed in; and

what the turkeys were feedingon (for example, acorns, beech-nuts, seed at birdfeeders or cornsilage).This year, turkeys and other wildlife have had an easier win-ter due to the mild temperaturesand lack of snow cover, accord-ing to Fish and Game turkey

biologist Ted Walski. “Keepreporting those turkeys -- your observations contribute impor-tant information to our under-standing of winter turkey statusin an inexpensive, efficient and,hopefully, enjoyable way,” saidWalski.

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Smiling, the little guy pats myface. Pat pat pat.

“Aaaahhh gggggguuueeee.” Hesays, as I pull his arm throughthe jacket sleeve and pull up thezipper.

Snugging on his hat, I reply,“Right. Right. Totally makessense.”

Securing his waist in my arm, Istand up and carry him over to

the piggyback carrier.

“Aaahh!” He cries, as I drophim in.

“Don’t you wanna go for a walk outside?” I say, buckling himinto the carrier.

“Aaahhh guuuuuueeee.”Hereplies matter-of-factly.

Putting my arms through thestraps, I lift up the carrier, andfit it on my back.

As we walk to the front door, Ihear him giggle. Pat pat pat.

“I guess his spirit changed”, Ithink to myself. With a smile,we step outside.

If you saw me, you might think,a hipster-new-daddy-urbanite---a fish out of water---whywould he move here? Life isvery different in rural Northern

New England. It definitely is no New York City. You can’t ridethe train to work. You can’thave sushi delivered to your apartment at midnight. There’s

no waffle food truck. You can’tget your coffee fix on every cor-ner.

Instead this place has moun-tains and rolling hills, pasturesand fields, quaint homes, small-er offices, running brooks, troutfilled streams, kindly neigh-

bors, fresh clean air, dirt between our toes and treesabove our heads. It’s a placewhere you can raise a family,

where your dog can run free,where the farmer that producesyour food is right down theroad, a place where you canactually know your neighbors,and you can move at your ownlife’s pace.

There isn’t a coffee shop onevery corner. But that’s just it,right? That’s what makes this

place so great. That’s why Imoved here. That’s why I leftthe city.

As we step out into the sun, Ifeel the cool breeze brush myface. I see the trees above, andthe dirt below.

“Aaaaaaahhh guue.” The littleguy remarks.

As I turn my head, I catch aglimpse of him checking out thetrees and smiling.

Nodding, I respond, “Yup,you’re totally right Bud. Life isgood.”

The author, Geoffrey Sewake,

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I’m guessing that after eightyears Atticus and I have nowclimbed far more than five hun-dred four thousand-foot peaks inhe White Mountains. The bulk

of those were done in the firsthree years. Since then we haveaken to other mountains and

found the solitude of these small-er, less crowded peaks but no lessmajestic well worth the switch.It feels more like the wildernesswe sought when we first startedhiking.

In winter the trails to the four housand footers can be crowded

places. Hikers obsessed withwinter peakbagging break trailand consolidate the loose snowand make it easier, at least untilhe next snowfall. We do our

best to avoid the throngs. Thereare times though, that we misshese peaks we first came to

know and we’re called back tohem. But to avoid other hikers

we at often do them on off hours– even at night. That’s what

brought us to the trailhead withonly an hour of sunlight left the

other day and a storm due later that night.

With the last storm of winter approaching and expected todump anywhere between eightand eighteen inches, I kept aclose eye on the weather radar and Atticus and I started up the2.6 mile trail to Mount Jackson. Iwanted to reach the top, eventhough it would be dark, to feelthe energy of the upcomingstorm, rest for a bit, and thenhead down.

Daylight quickly waned in thefirst mile of the woods and myheadlamp came out quickly. Wemarched along the snowy trail,that beam of light chasing awaythe darkness ahead of us.Because it is a relatively shorthike and the storm wasn’t due infor several more hours weweren’t in much of a hurry. But

putting one foot in front of thehour in the dark seemed to get uswhere we were going sooner thananticipated.

On Jackson’s summit we wereabove the trees but swallowedwhole by the night. And let metell you, that can be a frighteningfeeling. To be so far away fromeveryone, to be perhaps the onlytwo on the trails with an oncom-ing storm. I checked my child-hood fear of the dark, let it turninto a bit of exhilaration instead,and then I checked my iPhone.Radar showed the storm was stilla ways off. I considered how Ifelt, checked on Atticus, and thenI decided not to turn back.Instead we took off for MountPierce and dropped down off of the summit cone.

The trail from Jackson to Piercecan be a bit confusing in winter

and wind and previously fallensnow concealed the way at timesso I had to use my imagination. Ihad been using my MicroSpikes

but switched quickly to snow-shoes and that was a smart move.

Through the night we pushedthrough the snowy open area andthrough the ghostly woods.When the climb started weslowed our pace and trudged upPierce. Just below the summitthe battery to my headlamp wasfailing and I pulled out another headlamps. Soon enough wewere on top of Pierce and I heldAtticus in my arms, fed himsome peanut butter crackers, andwe looked into the darkness andslowly turned to look in all direc-tions. Nothing but night.

There was no wind, just an eerienothingness. As we stood there Iwas at once pulled both to gethome into the warmth and com-fort of bed and driven to go evenfurther. I’m not sure what it wasthat drove me forward but after looking at the weather radar again I decided we still had plen-ty of time. And so our hike upMount Jackson hadn’t stoppedthere as planned. It had alsotaken us to the summit of Pierce.But the night continued to call tome and since we were feelingstrong, we didn’t turn and headhome, but headed for MountEisenhower instead.

In daylight this is a marvelousstretch of trail that is mostlyabove treeline. Alone at night itfelt as though I was Orpheusheading into the underworld toretrieve his late wife Eurydice.But we weren’t there to retrieve alost soul, we were simply com-

pelled to be up there, I imaginedto bring something to my own

soul. And that’s what it felt like.

The night takes so much awaywith its mysterious gloom andyet, as I’ve found out through theyears, it also adds something tome when I’m on a mountain. It’sa feeling of completeness – to beout there by ourselves in a beau-tiful place under an amazing set-ting.

We’ve been on these same peakson clear nights and had my sens-es washed clean by falling stars.But on a cloudy night, whilethere was no heavenly firmamentto keep us company, I foundinstead a deeper mysterious feel-ing. I felt as though we were atone with the mountains and yetinvisible to everyone we know.We were out there, the mountainsto ourselves, moving through theshroud of darkness and cloudsand kept company by the thrillthat pulses through the air thatcomes before a big storm.

The last climb up Eisenhower had us moving slowly and a fewwayward flakes began fallingand I was wondering if the radar had been wrong. On top of thatimmense bald peak we took onlast prolonged break, checked theradar again, and I fed Atticusmore peanut butter crackers, andthen we turned for home.

Of course home was four milesof hiking and another thirty miles

by car away. But still it felt com-forting to be heading back. Theradar was right and those fewflakes were harmless and theystopped and with that my mindeased a bit and we made our waydown the Crawford Path, andafter a short road walk back toour car. It was just before 1:00

am.

We had climbed three peakthe dark, walked eleven mand if you ask me why we chto do it when we did, I’m not I could give you a sound answOr at least one that would msense to you.

Thoreau wrote, “When I wrecreate myself, I seek the dest wood, the thickest and minterminable and, to the citimost dismal swamp. I entswamp as a sacred place, a satum sanctorum. There isstrength, the marrow, of Natu

Whenever I need to “recrmyself,” or at least get bac“me”, I take to the mountainnight. I never think it out – othan to plan what we are bringwith us for safety and Icourse, watch the weatheinstead I’m simply compelleleave the safety of home beh

and journey out in a manner used to feel uncomfortable to

When we woke up the morning the snow had bfalling for a few hours and it thick in the trees and on ground and I thought back toadventure of the night beforeit felt more like a dream reality. But then again, I hcome to see all the best adventures that way. They liin memory as if they weregood to have ever actually hhappened. They linger likdream. They keep me compand remind me of my strengthtimes of worry or concern. Tfeed me and nurture my sensadventure again, at least untilnext time we’re called and c

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The Boke of St. Albans, a 15thcentury sportsman’s handbook,decreed that only a noblemancould hunt with a falcon, but amere yeoman might settle for agoshawk. These days it is thevery wildness and willfulness of he goshawk that bestows a

badge of courage on those whowould train one.

“In the talons there was death,”wrote T. H. White, who famouslychronicled his naive attempt to“man” one of these “murderous”raptors in The Goshawk. “Hewould slay a rabbit in his grip bymerely crushing its skull.”Goshawks are the largest of theaccipiters, a genus that includeswo exclusively North American

species, the Cooper’s and thesharp-shinned hawks. Goshawksare identifiable by a white eye-brow stripe beneath a slatecrown. In eastern North America,heir range extends from

Newfoundland south toVirginia’s AppalachianMountains. They maintain dis-inct breeding and foraging terri-ories within their range. Some

adults and juveniles may be seenwell outside of this area but,nsisted David Brinker of

Maryland’s Department of Natural Resources, who monitorsgoshawks and numerous other birds, this seasonal relocation isnot migration.

Meghan Jensen, who studies thegenetics and ecology of NorthAmerican accipiters, explainedhat migration is unnecessary

because many of the animalsgoshawks eat – crows, snowshoehares, squirrels, grouse – don’tmigrate either. As for the cold,said Jensen, “feathers are amaz-ng insulators, much better than

fur or hair.”

Jensen explained how goshawk wings are ideally suited to hunt-ng in forests. Falcon wings are

“long and sickle-shaped,” engi-neered for speed in the open sky.Eagles and red-tailed hawks havebroader, deeper wings, adaptedfor soaring over open spaces.Goshawks are ambush predatorsof the woods; their shorter,rounded wings allow them tomaneuver around and betweenrees and shrubs. Even with a

wingspan averaging forty-sixnches, a female goshawk can

navigate a space no larger thanher own girth.

They’re relentless hunters. Whileother raptors will occasionallypursue their prey on the ground,goshawks and other accipitersmake a habit of this behavior.“They will even crash throughbrush and potent ially injurehemselves in the process of run-

ning after a meal,” said Jensen.Collected specimens often revealfractured pelvic girdles, or collar-bones, that have healed after col-isions with trees.

Goshawk breeding pairs typical-ly return to the same nesting areafor multiple years. In winter,however, they hunt independent-ly. According to David Brinker,goshawks typically hunt awayfrom the nesting area during thewinter, to avoid depleting local

prey populations, but will makeoccasional visits to the nestingarea. Changes in the food supplymay force them to change their

plans. For example, a goshawk pair may depend heavily onsnowshoe hares, which breed so

prolifically that “they literally eatthemselves out of house andhome,” said Brinker. When thehare population crashes, thegoshawks relocate.

Raising chicks is a co-operativeventure. The male, or tiercel,maintains and defends the breed-ing territory, and is the first back to the nesting area. When thefemale arrives they build, or per-haps refurbish, a nest of smallsticks that is, according toBrinker, “about the size of a

bushel basket,” just under thecanopy in a mature forest with anopen understory. Should his matefail to arrive, a male will courtany young female who enters histerritory. According to Jensen,

it’s not clear whether the desir-ability of the male or the qualityof the nesting area is what closesthe deal.

Goshawks typically produce twoto four eggs. Once she lays andincubates her eggs, the femalerarely leaves the nest. She must

protect her offspring from scav-engers and from other birds of

prey, and she’s notoriously effec-tive at it, charging at any per-ceived threat, including humans.

In patchy forests, her biggestthreat may be a nighttime attack from a great horned owl.Mounting evidence, said Brinker,suggests that fishers account for agrowing number of nest failures.“A fisher is capable of killing anadult female goshawk on thenest.”

The job of feeding the familyfalls mostly to the male. Atroughly one third smaller thanthe female, he is a quicker andmore nimble hunter than hismate. He is both monogamousand reliable. If you find a male ata nest with a female and chicks,Jensen assured me, you know heis the father.

No one is sure how wellgoshawks are faring in NorthAmerica. Timber harvesting has

prompted some monitoring of Western populations, especiallyin national forests. In the East,lamented Brinker, “there is noregional monitoring protocol in

place … that really works.” Whatmapping data is available indi-cates that numbers have declined.In White’s England, where “near-ly everything concerned with fal-conry was illegal” except falcon-ry itself, human activity had

eradicated native goshawk popu-lations. Ironically, it is the falcon-ers, holdovers from a bygoneage, whose release of captivegoshawks into the wild hasrestored them.

Thomas Ames Jr. is the author and photographer of numerous

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Several years ago I had the pleasure of meeting a new family that had moved into town and actually became neighbors of mine.

David and Jenette had moved into Glencliff and their children, Dave, Courtney and Evan were great neighbors and friends.They were dearly missed when David moved into the house at the

Hatchery.

David served on the Fire Department, first as a member, thenbecame the elected Chief. A thankless job that requires manyhours beyond the regular meetings and calls for service, however Dave did it with pride and excellence.

I learned today that the Town of Warren has a new Fire Chief,that David stepped down from his position to retire, so to speak.

I for one Dave want to thank you personally; for responding tomy folks’ chimney fire and not making dad feel foolish for trying to clear our blocked up chimney by firing his handgun up thechimney. You also responded quickly to our house when our car burned up in the driveway and I’m sure you were there whenStephanie got a tootsie roll lodged in her throat.

David Riel, you were a GREAT Fire Chief and one hell of niceneighbor and friend. I hope that your retirement is enjoyable.

My only regret is that I am not able to attend a warm reception in your honor. I am sure it would be well attended.

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Barry S. MacDonald Mount Dora, Florida

Does my vote Count in this Democracy? Let the Peopledecide....

No matter Who gets the most votes in the Primary for the

President of the United States(POTUS), Its the

Delegates, Super Delegates,Caucas's and sometimes a

member of the US SupremeCourt (SCOTUS) that ends upappointing the President of theUnited States.

Its time, way past time, to doaway, with the way we elect the

POTUS. It time to have a Pres. Primary where the "people" actually decide who their can-didate for POTUS well be. Not the Delegates, Super Delegates,Caucas nor the SCOTUS. Oncethe first vote is cast in the

Presidential Primary, we seeboth parties, Democrats and

Republicans connecting withCampaign leaders, scampering around trying to finagle a wayto get their candidate nominat-ed.

To heck with the People’s vote,the "Popular vote. Just whothey want as POTUS. It hap-

pened with Gore v Bush and it could and probably will in this2016 election. We cannot change it now, but we should doit for 2020.

To Cast a vote for the POTUS inUS Primary: One Day, One

person, One vote, Nationwide, just like the General election.

No Delegates, No Super Delegates, No Caucas, NoConvention to decide theOutcome of the Presidential

Election.

Whoever, has the most Votes, by

the people, in each Party will be the Nominee in the General

Election for Our POTUS.General election, as before,One Day, one person, one vote,

Nationwide, for POTUS, NOresults until the last Citizen getsto Vote. Then they can be count-ed and announced.

This is what a Democracy is all about. People should questionthe decisions of the govern-ment, but not reject the govern-ment’s authority. When youmake demands, you should understand that in a democra-cy, it is impossible for everyoneto achieve everything theywant. (as once said Chairmanof the Republican Party NoCompromise) That is not

Democracy.

Democracy requires compro-mise. Groups with different interests and opinions must bewilling to sit down with one

another and negotiate. democracy, one group doealways win everything it w

Different combinations groups win on different isOver time, everyone wins thing. If one group is aexcluded and fails to be hit may turn against demoin anger and frustration.

In order to be consider Democracy, all citizens have the right to Vote. vote must be counted, count.

My Vote must count!

Nancy Leclerc North Woodstock, NH

We need a bowling center in the Plymouth NH area. Surely,there are people and organiza-tions out there who can donatethe monies to build a bowling center. There are a few abandonbuildings big enough to put inbowling alleys.

We need activity centers for all ages. Indoor sports are needed

for the winter months and rainydays.

There used to be bowling and roller skating in Plymouth. It is

possible to build a recreationcenter.

J. Malonson

Warren,NH

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To find out the on-going happen-ings at the AMC Pinkham NotchCenter where programs are free &open to the public: AMC PinkhamNotch Visitor Center, Route 16,Pinkham Notch, NH. For moreinformation contact the AMC at(603) 466-2727 or www.out-doors.org.-----------------------------------------For on-going events at WREN(Women's Rural EntrepreneurialNetwork) of Bethlehem, please

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www..plymouth.edu/silver-----------------------------------------Friends of the Library have estab-lishing a Conversational Frenchgroup at the Joseph Patch Library in Warren. We meet on Mondaymornings, 9-10 . Join us! All skilllevels are welcome. For questionsor sign up: call Luane Clark, coor-dinator, at 764-5839, or the JosephPatch Library at 764-9072.-----------------------------------------

Wentworth Historical Society meets monthly, 7:00 p.m, everythird Thursday, April - Dec. atthe Historical Society Museum in

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Admission free. Memberships anddonations gratefully accepted.Special tours may be arranged. Forinformation, call Director Kitty Bigelow at 603-823-5275.-----------------------------------------

The Baker's River Grange meetsthe 2nd and 4th Friday everymonth, 7:30 p.m., Grange Hall,Rte.25, Rumney. Visitors wel-comed!-----------------------------------------Gentle Yoga - Saturdays 8:30-9:30; Wednesdays 5:00-6:00pmat Starr King Fellowship,Plymouth,NH. Contact DarleneNadeau 536-1179.-----------------------------------------Scottish Country Dance Lessons,Fairlee Town Hall, Wednesdayevenings from 7 - 9 PM. Cost$3.00 (first time free). All dancestaught. No partner necessary.Beginners welcome. For moreinformation, call (802) 439-3459or e-mail [email protected]."-----------------------------------------

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IceAs could be expected, in pastwinters I’ve written about:snow. My words have touchedon snow’s consistency; it’s huesand shades as dawn becomesday becomes dusk; how it blan-

kets, blows, and fills; the pathscut through it; the shovelingrequired by it; the slumber it

brings to our landscape inautumn, and the way it meltsand wakens our world comespring.

Surely, you can anticipatewhere this is heading...my museis sorely lacking this winter!But, there is another in its stead.Indeed, it is ice that leads usfrom our front door to thewoodpile, from the stoop to theroot cellar, from our homesteadalong our wooded trail to our vehicles parked by the townroad. It is the nuances of ice,hielo, glace, glacies that now

accompany our slightest move-ment, our smallest chore.Rather than melting snow for our cooking, washing, anddrinking water, it is now ice I’mmelting after collecting rainwa-ter and letting it freeze in our numerous buckets below the

eaves. In place of raking snowoff our greenhouse plastic, I amknocking ice chunks that haveaccumulated above the roll-up

bar (we have our greenhousesides half-open this year inorder to hydrate the greenhouse

beds natural ly). Instead of judging the temperature by howsqueaky, light, wet, or slushythe snow is, Ryan and I arecommenting on the day’sweather based on how glassythe ice is, and how well - or not- our boots are able to gain trac-tion.

A walk around the “river loop”upstream from our property thisweekend began to imbue ice

with greater poetics. Therewasn’t, actually, much ice at all.The river raged around sharpelbow turns, hugged the treetrunks marking disappearing

banks, and rushed along thehumble valley, inextricably andintuitively being pulled towardthe ocean it could not yet knowit would reach. The water waschurned and dark, a few iceflows surviving the rapids andthe boulders only to speeddownriver submerged, unableto float, continually pushed

beneath the surface by the pat-

ternless force. It looked cold.Smelled cold. The river’sappearance itself threateneddanger.

Later that very day, Ryan hadhung our sugar buckets and wasstriding below the hillock thatholds our clearing. He called to

me, insistent that I come see theriver. He pulled out his agedfilm camera from it’s fabriccase.

His insistency was surelydeserved. There, down thesteep banks, was all the ice. Imean, all the ice. For a hundredfeet or more, ice flows takingshapes that have no geometricdefinition were stacked uponthe river’s rocks, covering thelowlands along the banks andfilling the branches of conifers,witch hazel, birches, and

maples. For reasons wecouldn’t know, the ice sonoticeably absent upriver hadall been held up right here,

beneath our cabin. No wonder the river sounded so loud andviolent these past couple days!Feet upon feet of ice wasstacked up, jumbled together,

shoved unceremoniously jammed into awkward sIt was thick, it was striawas clear, it was cloudy, iglassy, it was dirty. It wasiniscent of shorelines were glaciers have crumthe heap of frozen water rat harsh angles until forwarm temperatures wrchange, again.

And change it would, of cOur noticing it was a stroluck, or coincidence, or hastance. Sliding (yes, on i

we walked uphill back tcabin the ice underfoot senothing more than a pienature’s greater artwork. ice could take us to our with a misstep; but the and chaos of that ice jamour minds, as well, hu

before our grand world.

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The latest scam that is goingaround is someone calling yousaying they are from Microsofttelling you they have been track-ing your computer and havefound some problems with it.Most of the times these peoplehave an Indian accent and theywill want you to allow them intoyour computer so they can repair errors in your computer. If youshould allow this they will steal

personal information from your computer and also install a virusso they can get into your comput-er when they want, ask the caller for their telephone number soyou can call them back to verifywho they really are, if they hangup on you then you know it is ascam. There is another scamwhere a pop-up comes up onyour computer that says your computer is infected and youneed to call this number to get itfixed. When you call the number the person on the other line willask for permission from you togo into your computer to check itout< after they browse around inyour computer looking not doinganything they will then point outa couple issues that has nothingto do with a virus. If you ask them how much to fix it they willtry to sell you a one year mainte-nance plan for around $200.00 to$500.00. The plan they sell doesnothing and you lost your money!

Let me point out that unless youhave called Microsoft and havean open work ticket with them,they will never cold call you.How do they know your phonenumber and who you are, andalso how do they know you owna computer. Here is a link to aYouTube video recording of thescam keep in mind the victimknows what is going on and is

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When customers bring their computer into the shop for a cleanupthey ask me is there a scheduleon what I should do to keepviruses from my computer. I havesaid in previous articles no oneantivirus is going to protect your computer allot depends on whatyou do on the internet, where youdown load your files from andwhat emails you open, don’tclick on any pop up you see onyour computer that is whatinfects it. Here are some of mysuggestions;

Weekly update your antivirusthere are approximately 2500new computer viruses releasedon the internet each day. Just

because you have an antivirus donot feel to confident your com-

puter is protected. Unless theantivirus software definition filesare updated it does not knowwhat new viruses exist, and ittake the antivirus software com-

panies about 48 hours to releasean update for any new virusesthat are discovered.If you do not have a antivirus

program you can download a freeone from Microsoft atwww.microsoft.com/security_essentials.

Update your firewall version, if you use ZoneAlarmwww.zonelabs.com or any other

program such as Norton InternetSecurity or McAfee SecuritySuite; make sure you check for any updates to that program.

Antispyware programs areimportant to keep your computer working properly. Like virusesthey can slow your computer down and give you annoying popup while on the internet. You

should run and keep updaleast two antispyware proAdaware www.lavasoft.coSpybot Search and Destwww.safer-networking.orgMalwarebytes at www.ma

bytes.org, are three goo programs that will help ke bad guys from your compu

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Go ahead, take my picture. Na, na, na, na, na, na.......... Great photo of a White Tailed Deer sticking its tongue out at photographer Harry Wright Jr....- Harry Wright Photography, Warren, NH

The Cathouse in Bethlehem, NH

The story takes place in Bethlehem, New Hampshire, located onCherry Valley Road. I first heard about the Cathouse from mycousin who was a frequent visitor of the not so famous ghost des-tination back when the paranormal didn't fascinate me as much ast does now. The Cathouse is a run down home that has beenabandoned for more then thirty-five years (so I've been told).Back then, I was told that two women lived there, a mother and adaughter, and they "mysteriously disappeared." Not really. Inreality, the older lady is (or was) in a nursing home and I have notheard of the supposed daughter's whereabouts.

One thing is for sure though is that the older lady had a lot of cats.Some have gone as far as saying she had over a hundred (I'm justrepeating what I heard!) Now, I’m a cat lover myself, but that’sust ridiculous. I’d hate to see the cat food/litter bill even for it

being that long ago. But fast forward years later and the house isabandoned. I got an email roughly a year ago, from a reader telling me she was actually inside the house and that it was a dis-aster. Papers, gross smells, and even a mummified cat were foundn this home, but after my experience I strongly believe that theres something more there.

I have been inside the house, but that's another story for another day, but an outside glance would show that the house is run downand vandalized. Most of the windows are smashed, the front door ooks to be kicked in, there was an old car out front, but that's

recently been removed. Did I believe it was haunted when I firstsaw it? No. I just thought it was just an abandoned home and thekids breaking in have given it that haunted/scary look.

One night, when I was about sixteen or seventeen, me and mycousin went to Hell (again, another story for another day), andafter we went to Hell, we went to the Cathouse. This was an expe-rience that I soon not forget, and will take it to my grave. Wedrove up beside the house, my cousin looking for her digital cam-era and I was just looking at the house. The house itself had thisglow to it. Not a ghostly glow, but as if the house was alive. Mymind started to play tricks on me (or did it?); I started to hear acat’s meow as if it was right next to me. I looked and there wasnothing there, but the cracked pavement.

My cousin found the camera, but no batteries. As we were look-

ng for batteries, I remember that I looked into the glove compart-ment and something made me look out my cousins window as thehouse is on the left side of the road. Standing in the door way wasan old lady. She had a dress on (looked early 1900's to me), and Icouldn’t really make out the face. The thing that got me though,was her eyes, or where her eyes were suppose to be. They werebright blue, as if someone took her eyes out and replaced them

with blue sapphires. It was bothfascinating and frightening allat the same time. The only

problem was, she was stillthere. Even after a minute of mestaring at her. She was stillthere, like she didn’t care thatthe living saw her. After snap-

ping a few pictures we left, butwhat I saw has been on mymind for quite some time after that.

I have had plenty more experi-ences thanks to my time with

NEPI, as well as other times as

well, and I hope it never stops.But if I ever make a book on the

paranormal, the first person Iam thanking, or well I'm sorry,the first spirit I'm ever thanking,is the Cathouse spirit inBethlehem.Want more scares? Enter mywebsite if you dare! Go toscaredsheetlessncn.blogspot.com and check out some of myolder stories, some famousghost photos, and some other cool features that will leaveyour spine tingling for times tocome.

James Paradie is currently oof the paranormal, but hallowed the Northcountry Neto publish some of his oarticles. He is more focused his fictional writing career ahis first published book,

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Franklin, NH – Elaine Belyea,71, formerly of Glencliff, NH,died on Saturday, February 27,2016, at the Peabody Home,Franklin, NH.

Elaine was born on February 6,1945, the daughter of CharlesM. and Alberta (Harriman)

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She graduated from HaverhillAcademy and Plymouth StateCollege. Elaine was a elemen-tary school teacher for 3 yearsin Littleton, NH and 33 years inSanford, ME. Following retire-ment she moved back home toGlencliff.

She was predeceased by her parents, Charles M. Belyea onMarch 1, 1980 and Alberta(Harriman) Belyea onDecember 28, 1994; a sister,Phyllis Redman in 1988; andtwo brothers, Delbert Belyea in1994 and Charles “Neal”Belyea on June 30, 2014.

Elaine is survived by her broth-er, Keith Belyea and wifeWanda of Franklin, NH; and bynieces, nephews, and cousins.

Calling hours were held onWednesday, March 2, with afuneral service that followed atthe Ricker Funeral Home, 1Birch Street, Woodsville, NHwith Pastor Jim Burow officiat-ing.

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Wentworth, NH – RobertEdward Dow, 74, died onFriday, February 19, 2016, atthe Grafton County NursingHome, North Haverhill, NH.

He was born in Wentworth, NH, March 2, 1941, a son of Willie and Dorothy (Timson)Dow. Robert graduated fromOrford High School. He enlist-ed with the U.S. Army on July11, 1966 and was honorablydischarged on July 10, 1972. Inhis younger years he worked for Ruggles Mine in Grafton, NH.He went on to work at Equity

Publishing Company in Orford, NH for nearly 30 years in the bindery department and later heworked for Dartmouth Printingin Hanover, NH for 10 years.Robert loved the outdoors,hunting, fishing, hiking, camp-ing, and enjoyed vegetable gar-dening. He also had a passionfor restoring old cars and mak-ing maple syrup.

Robert was predeceased by his parents Willie and DorothyDow and a nephew BobbyDowning.

Survivors include his son,Michael Dow and wife Juleah

of Wappingers Falls, NY; twosisters, Eleanor Delsart andhusband Louis of Wentworth,

NH and Margaret “Peggy”Downing and companion OlanAllen of Newbury, VT; a broth-er, Willie Dow and wife Trudiof Plymouth, NH; severalnieces and nephews.

A celebration of Robert’s lifewas held on Saturday, March

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