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THURSDAY, MARCH 26, 2015 GILFORD, N.H. - FREE Local teen headed for Miss NH competition COURTESY Kylee-Anne Drew BY ERIN PLUMMER [email protected] A local teen will be competing for the title of Miss New Hampshire at the end of next month. In the meantime, Kylee- Anne Drew will lead a fundraiser at Patrick’s Pub and Eatery in addi- tion to her many duties as a pageant titleholder Drew is 17-years-old and a senior at Gilford High School. She won the title of Miss Deer- field Fair, and will be competing at the Miss New Hampshire Schol- arship Program. The Miss New Hamp- shire Scholarship Pro- gram and its regional pageants are part of the Miss America Organiza- tion. Last year was Drew’s first year in the pro- gram. Drew said she had met some people who had competed, including her dance teacher who was Miss New Hamp- shire in 1997. She also knows the current Miss New Hampshire Megan Lyman. “I really got into it, and I started doing more and more,” Drew said. “It really showed me how much I could bene- fit.” She was in the Miss Teen NH Scholarship Competition, but aged out of the program. She was the first runner up at the Miss Winnipe- saukee and Miss Weirs Beach pageant. Drew said this is a good program that has helped her out greatly. She won a $1,600 scholarship as the win- ner of Miss Deerfield Fair and has received a few hundred more dollars from previous competitions. Drew said this money will help out greatly when she goes to college and can be applied to any school-re- lated expense. This espe- cially helps as she sees how much application fees and registration fees alone can be. She said public speak- ing comes easier to her now, especially speaking in class. “I’m excited to do it this year and see how far I go,” Drew said. Drew’s platform is the Boys and Girls Club. She also volunteers at the Boys and Girls Club of the Lakes Region, teach- ing hip-hop dance. From April 5-9, she will be taking part in a fundraiser for the Chil- dren’s Miracle Network at Patrick’s Pub and Eat- ery. The Miss America Organization’s nation- al platform is the Chil- dren’s Miracle Network Hospitals. During the fundrais- er, 25 percent of the pro- ceeds from the Patrick’s will go to the Children’s Miracle Network. Drew will also make appear- ances at Patrick’s pe- riodically through the fundraiser. Her mother, Darlene Sherman, said Patrick’s SEE MISS NH PAGE A11 Farmers’ Market looking for vendors BY CAROL LEE ANDERSON Contributing Writer With the unani- mous approval of the Gilford Select and School Boards, Thomp- son-Ames Historical So- ciety (T-AHS) is moving forward with its plans for hosting a farmers’ market in town. The market will be located at the historic Benjamin Rowe House on Belknap Mountain Road in Gil- ford, and will be open on Saturdays from 9 a.m. until noon, from June through September. The society is seeking farmers and others who wish to become part of this new and much an- ticipated farmers’ mar- ket. Those interested in participating should contact T-AHS board member Carmel Lancia at 293-2877 or gilford- farmersmarket@gmail. com for an application and further details. All proceeds from the market will benefit res- toration work made to the Rowe House. Owned by the town of Gilford, it will be undergoing criti- cal repair work this year as part of a three-phase restoration project un- dertaken by T-AHS. The society was recently awarded a $26,199 grant from LCHIP for exteri- or restorations, and the Bank of New Hampshire has contributed $1,000 toward Phase I of the project. The remaining phases of the project in- clude restoring the ell of the house and the sec- ond floor. For more informa- tion about Gilford’s Thompson-Ames His- torical Society and the farmers’ market, please visit gilfordhistoricalso- ciety.com. GHS production of “Eurydice” moves to state competition ERIN PLUMMER Eurydice (Kayla Zarella) reunites with her father (Ryan Hall) in the Underworld. BY ERIN PLUMMER [email protected] Gilford High School students’ production of a classic Greek tragedy with a new spin earned them a place in the state drama festival after win- ning high accolades at regionals. GHS students will bring their production of “Eurydice” to the stage at the New Hampshire State Theatre Festival following their success- ful performance at the regional competition, which took place at GHS. In the original story “Eurydice,” Orpheus travels through the un- derworld to rescue his deceased bride. The play, written by Rebecca Ruel, tells the story from Eurydice’s perspective and shows her conflict in wanting to be with her husband while wanting to stay with her late fa- ther in the Underworld. The GHS production was directed by senior Heather Hunt. Hunt said they greatly benefited from the festival expe- rience, saying she knew going in that this would be a new experience for everyone. She said the regional show was so far the best run of the show they had to that point. The pro- duction got high marks on the directing and the scene work. She said they commented that they did a really good job with the script itself, not- ing how the script is a bit challenging. Cast members Tom Pouliot and Ryan Hall won acting awards for the production. Hunt said they espe- cially benefited from the comments and questions from the panel. Hunt said a show like this should invoke discus- sions and questions. “Everyone has a dif- ferent view and different insight on it,” Hunt said. Additionally, Hunt said it was fun to see the other shows at the festi- val. The production will go to the state festival on Friday and Saturday at Sanborn Regional High School in Kings- ton. A production will take place in Gilford on Thursday night. Aside from Thurs- day, the cast and crew have been working on this show every day this week. Hunt said she wants to keep the energy and the morale going. Overall she said every- one is doing really well. “They’ve adapted to a number of things I’ve thrown at them in the past couple weeks,” Hunt said of the cast. Hunt gave special recognition to the work of Auditorium Director Scott Piddington. “Scott is one of the most talented theater people I’ve ever had the privilege of working with,” Hunt said. Overall, she said the whole tech crew has been amazing to work with. As a senior, she said she is going to miss ev- eryone when she gradu- ates. Sophomore Kayla Za- rella plays the title char- acter, Eurydice. “She’s torn between choosing her father and her husband,” Zarella said, though in the end she does make one de- cision. “It’s a constant war between herself, she loves them both.” Sophomore Jack Harding played Eury- dice’s mourning hus- band Orpheus. Harding said music and Eurydice are Orpheus’ life and music is the reason why Eurydice fell in love with him. “He’s kind of naïve and a romantic and he believes that no matter what him and Eurydice are meant to be togeth- er,” Harding said. Senior Ryan Hall plays Eurydice’s father. Hall said Eurydice’s father does not like Or- pheus much though they both have an “undying love” for Eurydice. He also remembers how to read and write, which other members of the SEE EURYDICE PAGE A11 Local students showcase their talents at Arts Alive ERIN PLUMMER Fourth grade clarinet players share their music at Arts Alive. BY ERIN PLUMMER [email protected] LACONIA — Instru- ments, puppets, dance, and singing were just a few talents displayed by Gilford students during the annual Arts Alive showcase. Arts Alive is a month long display at the Belk- nap Mill showing the artworks of students in grades K-12 all around the Lakes Region. Each year different schools will have special nights featuring the perform- ing arts talents of their students. The Gilford School District was represented at Arts Alive on Wednes- day night. Families and members of the public gathered in the third floor of the mill to see a variety of different tal- ents from students. The show opened with a piano performance by Sam Leggett followed by the National Anthem. The show also featured a group of “Fruity Pup- peteers” from the first grade and a showcase of STEAM (science, technology, engineer- ing, arts, mathematics) pumpkins by Elizabeth Macaione’s third grade class. The fourth grade cho- rus under the direction of Chris Anderson per- formed selections from “Pirates” and fourth graders showed their skills on clarinet. The seventh and eighth grad- ers from the Lakes Re- gion Festival Band and Chorus under the direc- tion of Denise Sanborn performed selections from their festival. The show ended with a series of dances from students at Edgewater Academy of Dance. Arts Alive director Kim Valpie said the event is a celebration of the integrated arts. As visual art by stu- dents was showcased in the mill, Valpie said the event shows that the per- forming arts including music, dance, and other forms are also valuable. “Any time you can give children an oppor- tunity to perform, it builds their self esteem; it makes the public aware of their talents,” Valpie said. Valpie said students are so committed to these programs and sharing that with the public brings joy to the SEE ARTS ALIVE PAGE A11
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THURSDAY, MARCH 26, 2015 GILFORD, N.H. - FREE
Local teen headed for Miss NH competition
Courtesy
Kylee-Anne Drew
BY ERIN PLUMMER
A local teen will be competing for the title of Miss New Hampshire at the end of next month. In the meantime, Kylee-Anne Drew will lead a fundraiser at Patrick’s Pub and Eatery in addi-tion to her many duties as a pageant titleholder
Drew is 17-years-old and a senior at Gilford High School. She won the title of Miss Deer-field Fair, and will be competing at the Miss New Hampshire Schol-arship Program.
The Miss New Hamp-shire Scholarship Pro-gram and its regional pageants are part of the Miss America Organiza-
tion. Last year was Drew’s
first year in the pro-gram. Drew said she had met some people who had competed, including her dance teacher who was Miss New Hamp-shire in 1997. She also knows the current Miss New Hampshire Megan Lyman.
“I really got into it, and I started doing more and more,” Drew said. “It really showed me how much I could bene-fit.”
She was in the Miss Teen NH Scholarship Competition, but aged out of the program. She was the first runner up at the Miss Winnipe-saukee and Miss Weirs
Beach pageant. Drew said this is a
good program that has helped her out greatly.
She won a $1,600 scholarship as the win-ner of Miss Deerfield Fair and has received a few hundred more dollars from previous competitions. Drew said this money will help out greatly when she goes to college and can be applied to any school-re-lated expense. This espe-cially helps as she sees how much application fees and registration fees alone can be.
She said public speak-ing comes easier to her now, especially speaking in class.
“I’m excited to do it
this year and see how far I go,” Drew said.
Drew’s platform is the Boys and Girls Club. She also volunteers at the Boys and Girls Club of
the Lakes Region, teach-ing hip-hop dance.
From April 5-9, she will be taking part in a fundraiser for the Chil-dren’s Miracle Network at Patrick’s Pub and Eat-ery.
The Miss America Organization’s nation-al platform is the Chil-dren’s Miracle Network Hospitals.
During the fundrais-er, 25 percent of the pro-ceeds from the Patrick’s will go to the Children’s Miracle Network. Drew will also make appear-ances at Patrick’s pe-riodically through the fundraiser.
Her mother, Darlene Sherman, said Patrick’s
SEE MISS NH PAGE A11
Farmers’ Market
looking for vendors
BY CAROL LEE ANDERSON
Contributing Writer
With the unani-mous approval of the Gilford Select and School Boards, Thomp-son-Ames Historical So-ciety (T-AHS) is moving forward with its plans for hosting a farmers’ market in town. The market will be located at the historic Benjamin Rowe House on Belknap Mountain Road in Gil-ford, and will be open on Saturdays from 9 a.m. until noon, from June through September.
The society is seeking farmers and others who wish to become part of this new and much an-ticipated farmers’ mar-ket. Those interested in participating should contact T-AHS board member Carmel Lancia at 293-2877 or [email protected] for an application and further details.
All proceeds from the market will benefit res-toration work made to the Rowe House. Owned by the town of Gilford, it will be undergoing criti-cal repair work this year as part of a three-phase restoration project un-dertaken by T-AHS. The society was recently awarded a $26,199 grant from LCHIP for exteri-or restorations, and the Bank of New Hampshire has contributed $1,000 toward Phase I of the project. The remaining phases of the project in-clude restoring the ell of the house and the sec-ond floor.
For more informa-tion about Gilford’s Thompson-Ames His-torical Society and the farmers’ market, please visit gilfordhistoricalso-ciety.com.
GHS production of “Eurydice” moves to state competition
erin Plummer
Eurydice (Kayla Zarella) reunites with her father (Ryan Hall) in the Underworld.
BY ERIN PLUMMER
Gilford High School students’ production of a classic Greek tragedy with a new spin earned them a place in the state drama festival after win-ning high accolades at regionals.
GHS students will bring their production of “Eurydice” to the stage at the New Hampshire State Theatre Festival following their success-ful performance at the regional competition, which took place at GHS.
In the original story “Eurydice,” Orpheus travels through the un-derworld to rescue his deceased bride. The play, written by Rebecca Ruel, tells the story from Eurydice’s perspective and shows her conflict in wanting to be with her husband while wanting to stay with her late fa-ther in the Underworld.
The GHS production was directed by senior Heather Hunt. Hunt said they greatly benefited from the festival expe-
rience, saying she knew going in that this would be a new experience for everyone.
She said the regional show was so far the best run of the show they had to that point. The pro-duction got high marks on the directing and the scene work. She said they commented that they did a really good job with the script itself, not-ing how the script is a bit challenging.
Cast members Tom Pouliot and Ryan Hall won acting awards for the production.
Hunt said they espe-cially benefited from the comments and questions from the panel. Hunt said a show like this should invoke discus-sions and questions.
“Everyone has a dif-ferent view and different insight on it,” Hunt said.
Additionally, Hunt said it was fun to see the other shows at the festi-val.
The production will go to the state festival on Friday and Saturday
at Sanborn Regional High School in Kings-ton. A production will take place in Gilford on Thursday night.
Aside from Thurs-day, the cast and crew have been working on this show every day this week. Hunt said she wants to keep the energy and the morale going.
Overall she said every-one is doing really well.
“They’ve adapted to a number of things I’ve thrown at them in the past couple weeks,” Hunt said of the cast.
Hunt gave special recognition to the work of Auditorium Director Scott Piddington.
“Scott is one of the
most talented theater people I’ve ever had the privilege of working with,” Hunt said.
Overall, she said the whole tech crew has been amazing to work with.
As a senior, she said she is going to miss ev-eryone when she gradu-ates.
Sophomore Kayla Za-rella plays the title char-acter, Eurydice.
“She’s torn between choosing her father and her husband,” Zarella said, though in the end she does make one de-cision. “It’s a constant war between herself, she loves them both.”
Sophomore Jack Harding played Eury-dice’s mourning hus-band Orpheus. Harding said music and Eurydice are Orpheus’ life and music is the reason why Eurydice fell in love with him.
“He’s kind of naïve and a romantic and he believes that no matter what him and Eurydice are meant to be togeth-er,” Harding said.
Senior Ryan Hall plays Eurydice’s father. Hall said Eurydice’s father does not like Or-pheus much though they both have an “undying love” for Eurydice. He also remembers how to read and write, which other members of the
SEE EURYDICE PAGE A11
Local students showcase their talents at Arts Alive
erin Plummer
Fourth grade clarinet players share their music at Arts Alive.
BY ERIN PLUMMER
LACONIA — Instru-ments, puppets, dance, and singing were just a few talents displayed by Gilford students during
the annual Arts Alive showcase.
Arts Alive is a month long display at the Belk-nap Mill showing the artworks of students in grades K-12 all around
the Lakes Region. Each year different schools will have special nights featuring the perform-ing arts talents of their students.
The Gilford School
District was represented at Arts Alive on Wednes-day night. Families and members of the public gathered in the third floor of the mill to see a variety of different tal-ents from students.
The show opened with a piano performance by Sam Leggett followed by the National Anthem. The show also featured a group of “Fruity Pup-peteers” from the first grade and a showcase of STEAM (science, technology, engineer-ing, arts, mathematics) pumpkins by Elizabeth Macaione’s third grade class.
The fourth grade cho-rus under the direction of Chris Anderson per-formed selections from “Pirates” and fourth graders showed their skills on clarinet. The seventh and eighth grad-ers from the Lakes Re-gion Festival Band and
Chorus under the direc-tion of Denise Sanborn performed selections from their festival. The show ended with a series of dances from students at Edgewater Academy of Dance.
Arts Alive director Kim Valpie said the event is a celebration of the integrated arts.
As visual art by stu-dents was showcased in the mill, Valpie said the event shows that the per-forming arts including music, dance, and other forms are also valuable.
“Any time you can give children an oppor-tunity to perform, it builds their self esteem; it makes the public aware of their talents,” Valpie said.
Valpie said students are so committed to these programs and sharing that with the public brings joy to the SEE ARTS ALIVE PAGE A11
Notes from the Gilford Public LibraryA2 THE GILFORD STEAMER AlmAnAc THURSDAY, MARCH 26, 2015
Gilford Public Library Top Ten Requests
1. “The Nightingale” by Kristin Hannah 2. “The Girl on the Train” by Paula Hawkins 3. “Being Mortal” by Atul Gawande 4. “Mightier Than The Sword” by Jeffrey Archer 5. “A Spool of Blue Thread” by Anne Tyler 6. “First Frost” by Sarah Addison Allen 7. “Prodigal Son” by Danielle Steel 8. “All The Light We Cannot See” by Anthony Doerr 9. “Dead Wake” by Erik Larson 10. “Last One Home” by Debbie Macomber
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BY MOLLY HARPER
Library Correspondent
April is National Po-etry Month, and librar-ies across the country are celebrating in many ways. Poetry readings, poetry writing work-shops, even poetry par-ties! The possibilities are endless. National Po-etry Month was inaugu-rated by the Academy of American Poets in 1996, and has since grown to be one of the largest lit-erary celebrations in the world. National Poetry Month celebrates poets everywhere and poet-ry’s vital place in our culture as a creative, expressive outlet and serves to draw attention and support to poetry programs and emerging poets.
Here in New Hamp-shire our Poet Laureate, Alice Fogel, has been urging local libraries to celebrate National Po-etry Month with Poetry Parties! In a letter sent to New Hampshire li-braries, Alice invited all libraries to join in cel-ebrating our collective imagination by hosting a poetry party during the week of April 5 – 12. This April, Poetry Party is a chance for people of all ages to come together to simply read, recite, or listen to poems they know and love. No is writing involved—just an hour or two of shar-ing poems by local or famous or individual poets.
Gilford Public Li-brary will be hosting its Poetry Party on Tues-
day, April 7 from 6 – 7 p.m. Refreshments will be provided so all you have to bring is a poem to share or ears to listen! Join in this state-wide celebration of poetry and share a poem that you enjoy! I’ll be there to share a few of my favor-ites, and I look forward to hearing yours!
The Library is also fortunate enough to of-fer a second poetry pro-gram during National Poetry Month with Alice Fogel herself! Alice will present Strange Terrain: How Not to “Get” Poetry and Let It “Get” You, on Thursday, April 23 from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. Alice will walk you through eight simple steps to-ward understanding and appreciating more elements of poetry than you ever thought you could. She will also help you develop your own confident relationship with poetry’s shapes, words, images, sounds, emotions, mysteries and more. This program is provided by a grant from the New Hampshire Hu-manities Council and is free and open to the pub-lic. I would highly rec-ommend this program to anyone interested in better understanding po-etry, and to anyone look-ing for an interesting night out at the Library! I know I’ve had trouble “getting” some poems in the past, and a chance to learn more about un-derstanding poetry from Alice Fogel herself is not to be missed!
Contact the Gilford
Public Library at [email protected] or call us at 524-6042 if you have any questions. I encourage you to stop by the Library during the month of April and browse through a book of poetry. The poetry section starts at 811 in the non-fiction section, I’ll see you there!
Classes & Special Events
Thursday, March 26Toddlertime, 10:30-
11:15 a.m. It’s time to shake those sillies out...so join us with your lit-tle one. We’ll sing songs, move to the music, cre-ate a craft and make
memories. Sign up in the Children’s Room. Our theme for this 6-week session is, of course, “Shake Your Sillies Out”
Open Painting at the Library, 1:30-3:30 p.m.
C o n v e r s a t i o n a l French Class, 3:30-4:30 p.m.
Tales for Tales, 3:30-4:30 p.m. Children will have the chance to read stories to a therapy dog, Brady! Claire Her-bert-Dow has years of experience helping chil-dren read to Brady, and they will be visiting the library every Thursday in March!
Crafter’s Corner, 6-7:30 p.m.
Foreign Movie Night,
7-9 p.m. Join us for this month’s foreign movie from Japan!
Friday, March 27Storytime (Ages three
to five years) 10:30-11:15 a.m. It’s time to shake those sillies out...so join us with your preschool-er. We’ll sing our favor-ite songs, read a story or two, create a craft and enjoy a snack as we work on our early liter-acy skills. Sign up in the Children’s Room. Our theme for this six week session is, of course, “Shake Your Sillies Out.”
Social Bridge, 10:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.
Knit Wits, 1:30-2:30
p.m.Conversational Ger-
man Class, 2:30-3:30 p.m.
Monday, March 30Mahjong, 12:30 – 3
p.m.
Tuesday, March 31 Social Bridge, 10:30
a.m. - 12:30 p.m.Storytime (Ages three
to five years) 10:30-11:15 a.m.
Babygarten (Birth - 18 months), 11:15-11:45 a.m.
Wednesday, April 1 Line Dancing for Be-
ginners, 9-10 a.m.Check – Out – An – Ex-
pert!, 10 a.m. - noon
LRPC to host discussionof hazard mitigation plans
M O U L T O N B O R -OUGH — On Monday, March 30 at the Moul-tonborough Town Hall, 6 Holland St., Moulton-borough, the Lakes Re-gion Planning Commis-sion will hold its regular Commissioner meeting to discuss the value and importance of local Haz-ard Mitigation Plans (HMPs).
The panel for this discussion includes fed-eral, state and local per-spectives on why mu-nicipal officials should consider this planning
tool for their commu-nity. Panel members will be Elizabeth Peck, New Hampshire Home-land Security and Emergency Manage-ment (NHHSEM), State Hazard Mitigation Of-ficer, Parker Moore, NHHSEM, Hazard Mit-igation Planner; and David Ford, P.E., Wolfe-boro Director of Public Works and Water & Sew-er Utilities.
A transportation update portion of this meeting will briefly cover three topical ar-
eas: 1) the NH Depart-ment of Transportation (NHDOT) Ten Year Plan update has begun – what are the regional pri-orities; 2) on the heels of adopting The Lakes Region Plan 2015-2020 LRPCs proposed FY 16-17 transportation work program includes oppor-tunity to further explore the linkages between the transportation net-work and water quality; and 3) comments to date indicate the Lakes Re-gion Tour Scenic Byway may benefit by changing
some routes. All LRPC meetings
are open to the public. For additional informa-tion or special accom-modation, please con-tact the LRPC: 279-8171 or [email protected]. In the event of inclement weather, the meeting will be held on Wednes-day, April 1, same time at the Moultonborough Public Safety Building located at 1035 Whittier Highway (NH Route 25) Moultonborough.
Lakes Region Mutual Fire Aid Association earns risk management designation
LACONIA — The Lakes Region Mutual Fire Aid Association re-cently earned the PRIME designation from the New Hampshire Pub-lic Risk Management Exchange (Primex). The Governing Board accepted the award pre-sented by Robert Barry, Risk Management con-sultant, at their Feb. 11 meeting.
The PRIME program
represents Primex’s recognition of risk man-agement effort, and the LRMFA was acknowl-edged for implementing 10 risk management Best Practices aimed at protecting employees, residents, and facilities. Primex, a public entity risk pool with more than 400 members, assists all of its members by using PRIME as a framework for employing a contin-
ued risk management improvement process.
The designation il-lustrates the city’s com-mitment to controlling costs through sound risk management practices. The designation avails the Association to a 2.5 percent discount in their workers’ compensation and property and liabil-ity contributions which will total savings of ap-proximately $673 annu-
ally.Deputy Coordinator
John Beland and the Association’s Joint Loss Management Committee (safety committee) were instrumental in helping to implement the risk management best prac-tices. The Association is among a small group of Primex members who have achieved the im-portant designation.
Gilford Youth Center hosting indoor yard sale; sellers wanted
The Gilford Youth Center will be hosting an indoor community yard sale on Saturday, April 18, 8 a.m.-2 p.m.
This is your opportu-nity to buy and sell new
and used merchandise, clothing, and collect-ibles. Admission to the event is free! Sellers are wanted, only $15 to re-serve a table/space. To reserve a table, or to
learn more about the event, visit www.gil-fordyouthcenter.com, or by calling 524-6978. Deadline to reserve a table is April 15. Space is limited! The Gilford Youth Center is located at 19 Potter Hill Rd., Gil-ford, NH 03249.
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THE GILFORD STEAMER A3 Local NewsTHURSDAY, MARCH 26, 2015
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Mimi Hosmer (Laconia) and Mitch Townsend (Gilford) deplane following their chance to fly an aircraft as part of the 2014 ACE Academy Flight Orientation Program.
ACE Academies:Where STEM comes alive
GILFORD — “Every day, my son comes home and tells us about his ad-ventures, fun facts and what he learned.”
“Based on our son’s attitude after each day at camp, we feel this pro-gram [ACE Academy] was overall a positive learning and social expe-rience.”
These quotes were two of the testimonials received from parents following the 2014 ACE Academies where hands-on STEM activities come to life. WinnAero, the non-profit organization which runs ACE Acad-emies, in conjunction with the FAA, is looking to expand enrollment this year along with student activities. One new initiative is Space Camp, designed for Mid-dle School children.
The full ACE Acad-emy schedule for 2015, with all sessions meet-ing at the Laconia Air-port, is as follows:
July 13-17 and re-peated July 20-24…..ACE Aviation Camp for Grades 3-5. Meets mornings only from 8:30-Noon.
July 13-17….ACE Aviation Camp for high school students; meets full days.
July 13-17….ACE Space Camp (new in 2015) for middle school students; meets full days.
July 20-24….ACE Avi-ation Camp for middle school students; meets full days.
All camps are co-ed and faculty members are New Hampshire certi-fied teachers under the leadership of WinnAe-
ro Board member and ACE Academy Director Dan Caron. Caron holds numerous awards for teaching excellence in STEM-related activities. “We’re already signing up some early applicants for 2015 so we encourage parents and students to download an application from our Web site to get started,” Caron stated.
The Web site is www.winnaero.org. Tuition for the various camps is also on the website along with financial assistance information and a list-ing of various hands-on activities planned by age group. Caron encourag-es families to check out the Web site to see why ACE Academies have grown in enrollment ev-ery year.
Parks & Rec hosting Senior Moment-um Oatmeal Rolls Baking Program
The Gilford Parks and Recreation Department will be sponsoring a Se-nior Moment-um pro-gram on Monday, March 30.
We will be meeting in the Fellowship Hall at the Gilford Community Church at 11 a.m. as our favorite guest chef Grace Herbert will be return-ing to share with us her recipe for oatmeal rolls. Bring your lunch and join us as we learn this new and delicious reci-
pe!For more information
or to RSVP, please call the Parks and Recre-ation Office at 527-4722.
Tickets for Red Sox bus trip on July 31The Gilford Parks
and Recreation Depart-ment will be sponsoring a bus trip to watch the Red Sox at Fenway Park this summer. The trip is scheduled for Friday, July 31 to see the Red Sox Play the Tampa Bay
Rays. Travel to and from the game will be provid-ed aboard a Coach Com-pany, Luxury Coach fully equipped with cli-mate control, DVD vid-eo system and lavatory. This trip is limited to 53 participants, so register early!
Cost: $65 per person or $240 for a four-pack
For more informa-tion, please call the Gilford Parks and Rec-reation Department at 527-4722.
Gilford Community Church to host Maundy Thursday service
There will be a Maundy Thursday ser-vice held at the Gilford Community Church on Thursday, April 2 at 7 p.m. Rev. Michael C. Graham will lead the service of worship and
the Gilford Community Church Chancel Choir and the Wesley Choir from the First United Methodist Church in Gilford will sing. A woodwind quartet will perform.
‘Spring into Action’ coming to Patrick’s
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Belknap Mill Managing Director, Beth San Soucie, and Patrick’s General Manager, Megan Page, invite the public to participate in the Spring Into Action event in Gilford on March 29 through April 2.
GILFORD — With springtime on the minds of New Hampshire res-idents and visitors, ‘Spring Into Action’ will be sponsored at Pat-rick’s Pub & Eatery in Gilford to support the historic Belknap Mill. Guests who visit for lunch or dinner on Sun-day, March 29 through Thursday, April 2 can enjoy the opportunity to have 25 percent of their meal cost donated to the Belknap Mill.
Patrick’s General Manager, Megan Page, shared, “Patrick’s man-agement and staff are proud of our commit-ment to support commu-nity organizations. As a business member of the Belknap Mill, we are hopeful that many cus-tomers will invite their friends, family and busi-
ness associates to partic-ipate in this ‘Give Back’ event.”
Belknap Mill Manag-
ing Director, Beth San Soucie, added, “When you visit Patrick’s
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The kitty that came in from the cold, that’s Sweet Pea. Her name purrfectly describes her personality, just adorable, and pretty as a picture for an older girl.
This little black and white cat lived for many years in a barn on a farm in Belmont. The owner of the farm had his own calamity earlier in the year. By the onset of winter, he realized this demure feline really shouldn’t have to exist in a drafty barn anymore.
Sweet Pea has been staying at New Hampshire Humane Society
for about three months now. It’s warm and cozy, regular food, a nice soft bed, and tidy surroundings, better than a bit of straw to lay on in the dank cold of living in the elements, but not quite the home she deserves.
We know she’s older, wiser, perhaps resigned to what life brings her. Could the reward for being such a sweetheart be a loving indoor forever home at last?
Please visit Sweet Pea. We are sure you will find her irresistable.
Call 5243252 or check www.nhhumane.org
Pet of the Week: Sweet Pea
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I would like to thank the people who held my campaign signs at the Gilford polls; my mom and dad, Thelma and Harry A. Bean, Jean Ferreira, my sisters Cindy Murphy and Sheri Dow, my grandson Harry S. Bean, V and Michelle Dargy. (I was out of town on a prior work related commitment.)
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And last but definitely not least, I would like to thank all of you who have placed your trust in me to do all I can do to see to it that your tax dollars are spent responsibly and not unnecessarily.
Congratulations to all who have won the election, especially my fel
low Budget Committee running mates Norm J. Silber and Leslie Suranyi, Jr.
P.S.: Good job on Article 26. Almost 70 percent of you voted to allow but regulate fire works; now only the ones who use fireworks irresponsibly will pay the price, rather than all of us.
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A civics lesson we should all learn from
We do not often use this space to spotlight events that take place beyond the borders of our coverage area, but the atrocious treatment of a fourth grade class from Hampton at the hands of our state legislature last week affected us so deeply that we could not, in good conscience, let the incident pass without comment.
As part of what their teacher had initially planned as a lesson in civics, a group of fourth graders from the Lincoln H. Akerman School in Hampton Falls traveled to the State House last week to submit a bill they had drafted aimed at designating the Red Tailed Hawk as New Hampshire’s official state raptor. The exercise should have been an educational demonstration for the students of how New Hampshire’s legislative process works. It should have been a moment of pride for them. Instead, what they were subjected to when the bill was introduced on the floor of the House was nothing short of bullying. One after another, several representatives stepped up to mercilessly ridicule the bill, complaining that too much of their time had been wasted on such silly requests, some going as far as to question, in a cruelly joking manner, whether they would be asked to name an official state hot dog next.
Perhaps the most distasteful comments made that morning, however, came from Rep. Warren Groen of Rochester, who ventured as far as to suggest that the Red Tailed Hawk would make a better mascot for Planned Parenthood due to its habit of tearing its prey limb from limb.
We can only shake our heads in disbelief and wonder at the unmerited savagery with which the House debated and subsequently shot down the students’ bill. We assume that Groen and others who spoke against the proposal must have been aware of its origins, so what, exactly, was their purpose in dismissing it so cruelly? What message did they intend to send to the Akerman School students? What lesson was this horrifying display intended to teach them?
This ugly incident also holds an important lesson for the rest of us as voters and residents of this great state whose image has been tarnished by Groen and others who so crassly made a group of school children the target of their verbal assaults. Their inexcusable behavior gives us all cause to reflect on whether those we have sent to Concord to look after our interests are truly speaking for us.
Conservation District offers thanks to supporters and County Commissioners
To the Editor:The Belknap County
Conservation District (BCCD) appreciates the many letters of support and those that spoke on our behalf during the Belknap County Convention process for the 2015 budget. It is clear that many Belknap County residents recognize the importance of conserving soil and water resources in retaining the health of our environment and economy in the Lakes Region. As former BCCD Director Jan Hooper suggested to the Convention, the socalled “outside agencies” are really Supporting Agencies which provide vital services to the
County and its Towns and residents.
BCCD would also like to thank the Belknap County Commissioners for their generous offer to colocate the Conservation District and UNH Cooperative Extension at the County Courthouse. This move will provide better access to our services than our current location; facilitate our cooperative efforts with Extension; and save the County money.
Our mission is to help landowners, communities and other organizations conserve soil, water and the natural resources of Belknap County. BCCD achieves
its mission by:• Identifying critical
natural resource conservation issues and needs
• Initiating projects that demonstrate conservation best practices
• Delivering conservation information and training
• Creating access to technical and financial resources that enable conservation action
From our annual plant sale, to stream restoration projects, to community workshops on protecting water resources, to assistance with grants to towns and landowners, BCCD is committed to serving our County. We invite
anyone who is interested in natural resource conservation to participate in our programs and to learn more about what we do. Our Web site is at www.belknapccd.org/.
We are heartened b the support provided by the County Board of Commissioners and the public and look forward to continuing to serve the people of Belknap County.
Belknap County Conservation District Board of Supervisors
John Hodsdon, Chair - Meredith
Dean Anson - LaconiaEarl Chase - BarnsteadDonna Hepp - Belmont
Ken Kettenring - New Hampton
Straight away, when it was ten below this
morning, March 20, I’d decided to go up and write when I was fresh. So I did.
I’d shut my computer down, probably a mistake, the night before. Normally I do not do that. How to turn it back on?
The designers produce the buttons and knobs black on black. Really, how stupid can you be? Who can see black on black, any more than white on white?
As a longtime printer, I can see the reason. One less pass through the press.
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When I let my dog, Millie, out this morning into the run that I’ve cleared lo these many winter months, and waited for her to do her business, I thought about the outhouses that kids and adults had to go to in times past.
These were horrid affairs. The adults did their best to make them comfortable, but they were not. At best, the kids could bring along a hot brick to keep their upper selves warm. Imagine making that trek all the way from warm kitchen down through (maybe) warm ell and through the shop and down through the main barn, and perhaps ancillary barn, to the outhouse.
In my case, when I dropped out of college in my first year my parents were so outraged that they gave me the sentence of destroying the ell and the barn of the old farm house they were renovating. In there I
found the remains of a threeholer. What stories there were to tell.
+++++Finally, black flies.When people ask
what’s the best time to come visit, my answer invariably is anytime, because I love company, but the best answer is October, because the land is bare and you can see its contours, or early May, because the land is bare, it’s warm, and it’s before the bugs.
“The bugs” means before black flies. If you get here before the second week of May, you get to see everything without getting bitten to smithereens.
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New ZealandReflections on Christchurch — December 20, 2011
BY BONNIE CARNIVALE
Contributor
In the US news we watched the iconic Christchurch Cathedral crumble before our eyes; again and again. That was September 2010, 15 months ago. There were many aftershocks in the months that followed. In February a second quake hit, also con-sidered an aftershock. More damage resulted from this event.
We left our mo-tel not sure what to ex-pect. We walked toward city-center across Hag-ley Park which embrac-es the oldest golf course in NZ, a rugby field, an events center, a pond (now empty) and a huge botanic garden. What we found on the other side of the park was a city largely shut down. Scaffolding and cranes pierced the skyline. We felt as if we were walking on the set of a post-apocalyptic movie.
Sections of roads were closed. Bridges were unsafe for vehicle traffic. Chain link and orange cones were ev-erywhere. Vacant lots dotted the landscape. We’d see an empty build-ing and look for the no-tice — red if it was to be demolished; green if it could be saved; white if the authorities were un-sure. Perhaps it hadn’t been examined by the structural experts, or a determination hadn’t been agreed upon by the government, the experts, the insurance companies and the own-er.
We entered Cathedral Square through a gate with a warning sign. “This space is still dan-gerous. Please have your ID on your body, not in a bag.” A worker with a hand-held counter al-lowed only 300 people at a time in the “war zone”. Another person counted those exiting. The odor of concrete dust was in the air.
There is much con-troversy over whether the front of the cathedral can be saved. The Angli-can Church has a new bishop, a woman, for the first time in NZ history. She is doing a fine job but comes under scru-tiny and controversy because of her gender. She believes the front of
the church should come down, carefully, and be reconstructed to earth-quake standards using some of the original ma-terials. She has her sup-porters, and opponents, not always members of the church, who can’t bear the destruction, even in part, of the cen-terpiece of the city.
A cracked clock tow-er in Victoria Square tilts, shored-up, belted by bungee cords, its face permanently still. An-other historic building, surrounded by the ubiq-uitous chain link, still has its spire — on the front steps. As we passed a small group of well-dressed people, I over-heard one man calmly telling the others, “Yes, those two vacant lots were my family’s busi-nesses.”
Later in the day we took a ride in hopes of finding a more cheer-ful spot for lunch. It was south to the seaside town of Sumner. The main road winds next to the ocean. Opposite the road is a steep cliff with holiday houses perched on the edge . . . some are no longer perched! 61 container cars line the road beneath the cliffs, with 61 more atop them, situated to keep more falling rock, debris, houses, from landing in the road. Ahead, a sec-tion of the road is closed completely.
The next day we vis-ited Glen and Alison at the farm in Amberley. During lunch we learned more about the earth-quakes.
The situation in Sumner was a result of “slipping.” Friends of Alison live below the cliffs. An enormous boulder “slipped” from above, landed, not on their house, but in their garden. Authorities, months later, have de-termined that the house, though completely in-tact, is unsafe because of the danger of more slipping. The insurance company will pay them nothing because the house is sound, yet they are ordered to evacuate!
We learned that you don’t have to be on a fault line to experience a major earthquake. This city accepted that it was safe. The faults are beneath the moun-
tain ranges and in the sea. What the residents now understand is the concept of liquefaction. The earth of this volca-nic island is made up of topsoil, clay and then schist (porous volcanic rock). Liquid from below the schist slid through the layers and moved up-ward during the quake causing violent lateral shaking. No huge cracks occurred for the most part. The second quake caused the water not only to slide back and forth but churn upward. Now the movement was not only back and forth, but up and down like a washing machine agi-tator, explaining why the quake in February, though of lesser magni-tude did more damage.
We live in a safe zone in New Hampshire: rare hurricanes or tornadoes, minimal earth tremors, no volcanoes. Our solid granite state gives us a sense of stability; leaves us unprepared for disas-ter beyond ice storms and spring flooding.
We’ve been to a land that experiences thou-sands of earth tremors a year, some of which cause immeasurable damage; a land that erupts daily in steam, hot pools and bubbling mud, and as recently as 2007, in volcanic force on a ski area. One might think the people of this country are anxious, agitated or high-strung. The opposite is true. No worries.
However, 6000 people have left Christchurch . . . forever. Christchurch, where residents believed they were safe. No fault line here. Christchurch where, since September 2010, 3 and 5-year olds have learned to calcu-late the seismic level of an after-shock from ex-perience alone. “Don’t worry, Mommy, it was just a 3.2.” After fifteen months some people are still in limbo. But the big surprise is the pre-vailing attitude of the majority of people. “It will all work out. We will rebuild.”
Dear Readers, I hope you have enjoyed our travel tales of NZ even a fraction as much as I have enjoyed bringing them to you. Happy trav-els to all.
One night, two American legends
Gregg Allman & The Doobie BrothersAugust 22 at the ’Brook!
GILFORD — Amer-ica’s greatest blues leg-ends take the Bank of New Hampshire Pavil-ion at Meadowbrook stage Saturday, Aug. 22! Tickets ranging from $29.75 to $59.75 go on sale Friday, March 20 at 10 a.m. Contact the Box Office at 293-4700 or log on to www.BankNHpa-vilion.com to get your tickets!
Four-time Grammy award winners and American institution, The Doobie Brothers, bring their classic blues rock back to New Hamp-shire! The Doobie Broth-ers sound has become a part of America’s mu-sical sound, rocked out on dance floors across the US, reinterpreted on shows like American Idol and a fixture on ra-dio formats from Top 40 pop to classic rock.
The Doobie Brothers’ music, which boasts one of the most loyal fan bas-es in the industry, con-tinues on with new ma-terial, world tours and an exploration of their musical connection with Nashville.
M u l t i - i n s t r u m e n -talist, songwriter and founding member of The Allman Brothers, Gregg Allman brings the lega-cy of The Allman Broth-ers, the blues and a long solo career to Gilford! Allman states this tour has one of the best group of players he’s ever had.
A cross-section of his entire career, featuring music from the “Low Country” album, his solo albums, some reworked Allman Brothers clas-sics and “killer covers” – putting together a show for all ages.
Spend your Aug. 22 Saturday night with
these American blues legends! Get on your feet and sing along to all the songs you know with Gregg Allman and The Doobie Brothers! Get your tickets Friday, March 20 at 10 a.m.! Con-tact the Box Office at 293-4700 or log on to www.BankNHpavilion.com!
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Obituaries THURSDAY, MARCH 26, 2015
Christene F. Peebles, 98
Christene Peebles
LACONIA — Chris-tene F. Peebles, 98, of 21 Ledges Drive, and formerly of 13 Anthony Drive, Laconia, died on Monday, March 9, 2015 at Taylor Community at Ledgeview. Mrs. Pee-bles was the widow of Wallace A. Peebles, who died in 1976.
Mrs. Peebles was born July 21, 1916, in Laconia, the daughter of Harry M. & Mildred (Stone) Far-rar, and had lived most of her life in Laconia. She graduated from Laconia High School in 1934, and later attended the Con-cord Business School. She had been employed at the Sulloway Hosiery Mill in Franklin for 23 years, retiring in 1957. In 1958, Mrs. Peebles married Wallace A. Pee-bles and moved to New York City, returning to Laconia in 1962.
Mrs. Peebles had been a member of the First United Methodist Church of Laconia-Gil-ford since April 5, 1931. She was a former mem-ber of the Rebekah Lodge #24 of Franklin.
Mrs. Peebles was predeceased by her hus-band, Wallace A. Pee-bles, in 1976.
At Mrs. Peebles’ re-
quest, there will be no calling hours or funeral service. A private in-ternment service will be conducted at the family lot in Bayside Cemetery in Laconia.
In lieu of flowers, me-morial donations may be made to the Taylor Home Sunshine Fund, 435 Union Avenue, La-conia, NH 03246 or to the New Hampshire As-sociation for the Blind, McGreal Sight Center, 25 Walker St., Concord, NH 03301.
Wilkinson-Beane-S i m o n e a u - P a q u e t t e Funeral Home & Cre-mation Services, 164 Pleasant St., Laconia, is in charge of the arrange-ments. For more infor-mation and to view an online memorial, go to www.wilkinsonbeane.com.
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Wilbur J. Messier, 91Wilbur J. Messier, 91,
of Cherry Valley Road, Gilford, formerly of Manchester, Conn., died peacefully after enjoying one of his favorite things, dining out and a martini on Wednesday, March 18, 2015 at Lakes Region General Hospital.
Mr. Messier was born on Sept. 26, 1923 in Man-chester, Conn., the son of Wilbrod and Agnes (Tournaud) Messier. Wilbur graduated early from Manchester High School to serve as a Ser-geant in the 1st Marine Division of the U.S. Ma-rine Corps during WWII in the South Pacific. Af-ter serving in the war, he attended college gradu-ating from University of Connecticut.
Mr. Messier was a Se-nior Training Officer for Aetna Life & Casualty Co. He was a member of the Army & Navy Club and the Bridge Club in Manchester, Conn. Wil-bur enjoyed golfing but most of all spending time with his grandchildren and great grandchildren.
Mr. Messier is sur-vived by three sons (Kenneth J. Messier and his wife, Katherine, of Simsbury, Conn., James R. Messier and his wife, Linda, of Vernon, Conn. and Thomas C. Messi-er and his wife, Lisa, of Quincy, Mass.); three daughters (Claudia A. Messier, of Gilford, Mary M. Wrinn and her husband, James, of S. Yarmouth, Mass. and Su-
san M. Holland and her husband, Todd, of Am-herst, Mass.); 18 grand-children; 14 great-grand-children; a son-in-law, Lawrence Cagianello, of Middletown, Conn.; and by the Finnegan step children and their fam-ilies.
In addition to his par-ents, Wilbur was prede-ceased by his first wife, Betty Jane (Whitham) Messier, and by his sec-ond wife, Lucille (Fin-negan) Messier and by his daughter, Kathryn E. Cagianello.
Calling hours were held on Monday, March 23, 2015 from 4 – 8 p.m. at the Holmes Funer-al Home, 400 Main St., Manchester, Conn.
A Mass of Christian Burial was celebrated on Tuesday, March 24, 2015 at 10 a.m. at St. James Church, 896 Main St., Manchester, Conn.
Burial with Military Honors followed in St. James Cemetery, Man-chester, Conn.
For those who wish, the family suggests that memorial donations be made to St. James School Foundation, 73 Park St., Manchester, CT 06040.
Wilkinson-Beane-Simoneau-Paquette Fu-neral Home & Cremation Services, 164 Pleasant St., Laconia is assisting the family with the ar-rangements. For more information and to view an online memorial, go to www.wilkinsonbeane.com.
Ann Marie Skulski, 62
Ann Skulski
NOTTINGHAM — Ann Marie Skulski, 62, of Nottingham, and a longtime resident of Gil-ford, passed away with her loving children by her side on Thursday, March 12, 2015 at the CRVNA Hospice House in Concord.
Born in Malden, Mass., and a 1970 grad-uate of Stoneham High School, Ann Marie loved gardening, bird watch-ing, sewing, BINGO, and was a huge Patriots fan. She raised three beau-tiful children and loved family time with her seven grandchildren.
Ann Marie is sur-vived by her daughter, Sarah Olson and hus-band Craig of Notting-ham, daughter Kelli
Powers of Gilford, and son Dana Powers and his fiancée Kim Ells-worth of Tilton; a broth-er, William Skulski and his wife MaryLynne Marnell of Kennebunk, Maine; seven grandchil-dren whom she adored (Tanner, Teagan, Jesse, Riley, Sophie, Grace and Hannah).
Family and friends
Eli O. Stockwell, 21
Eli Stockwell
GILMANTON — Eli O. Stockwell, 21, of Beechwood Drive, died on Saturday, March 21, 2015 at home.
Eli was born on Nov. 15, 1993 in Concord, the son of Andrew Stockwell and Arlene Green. Eli was a lifelong resident of Gilmanton.
Eli was a machinist for Baron Machine, La-conia for the past three years.
Eli was a 2012 graduate of Gilford High School. He was Captain of the football team his senior year, and a member of the Lacrosse team. Eli enjoyed hunting, fishing and working on “rusty” tractors with his Dad. He coached football for the past three years for the Gilford-Belmont team.
Survivors include his mother, Arlene Green of Center Barnstead; his fa-ther, Andrew Stockwell and his fiancé Jane of Gilmanton; two broth-ers, Benjamin Stockwell of Barnstead and Caleb Stockwell of Gilman-ton; his maternal grand-mother, Theresa Perkins of Barnstead; his pater-nal grandfather, Clifford Stockwell and his wife Jan of Gilmanton; his paternal grandmother, Frances Stockwell of Bel-mont; four aunts; an un-cle; several great-aunts, great-uncles, cousins; and his Jack Russell dog, “Steve.”
Calling hours will be held on Thursday, March 26, 2015 from 5 – 8 p.m. at the Wilkinson-Beane-Simoneau-Paquette Fu-neral Home, 164 Pleas-ant St., Laconia, using the Carriage House en-trance.
A funeral service will
be held on Friday, March 27, 2015 at 11 a.m. at the Gilmanton Communi-ty Church at the Four Corners. Pastor of the church, Chris Stevens, will officiate.
Burial will be held in the spring in Smith Meet-inghouse Cemetery, Gil-manton.
In lieu of flowers, do-nations may be made to the Gilford-Belmont Football Program attn: Dave Pinkham, 88 Alvah Wilson Rd., Gilford, NH 03249.
W i l k i n s o n - B e a n e -Simoneau-Paquette Fu-neral Home & Cremation Services, 164 Pleasant St., Laconia, is assisting the family with the ar-rangements. For more information and to view an online memorial, go to www.wilkinsonbeane.com.
Peter Madsen Kling, 83
Peter Kling
LACONIA — Peter Madsen Kling, 83, of Laconia and Concord passed on March 15, 2015 at the Mountain Ridge Center in Franklin.
Pete was born in La-conia on Jan. 9, 1932, the son of Milton Casper Kling and Ardella Tay-lor Davis Kling. Pete attended schools in La-conia, Concord, and graduated from Stevens High in Claremont in 1950. He was a 1954 grad-uate of Amherst College.
Skiing and sailing were his passions. He
was a long-time mem-ber of the Winnipesau-kee Yacht Club and an avid member of the “Old Timers of Cannon
gathered at the Olson family home in Not-tingham on Saturday, March 21, 2015, for a cel-ebration of Ann Marie’s life.
Later this spring, a private burial is be-ing planned at the Pine Grove Cemetery in Gil-ford.
The family would like to express their gratitude to Concord Re-gional Visiting Nurses Hospice House and the Cornerstone VNA for their care of Ann Marie, as well as her family.
Donations can be made in her name to the National MS Society, www.nationalmssoci-ety.org or the American Cancer Society, www.cancer.org.
Mountain.” He loved Wells Beach in Maine, bow-hunting from a wooden canoe and ice-boating on Lily Pond and the Big Lake, as well as a keen competitor on a Flexible Flyer.
Pete’s children are Kurt Kling of Starks-boro, Vt., P. Chase Kling of Orford, Julie Kling of Florence, Mass., and Peer Kling of San Antonito, N.M. He is survived by his sister, Patricia Kling Lam-bert of Exeter, and her daughter, Liz Lambert of Washington, D.C.; the mother of his children, Cynthia Kling of Starks-boro, Vt.; and his broth-er-in-law, Larry Guild of Laconia. Pete had six grandchildren and two great grandchildren, Forest Madsen Kling and Heath Colin Kling of Orford.
Interment will be pri-vate.
Wilkinson-Beane-S i m o n e a u - P a q u e t t e Funeral Home & Cre-mation Services, 164 Pleasant St., Laconia, is assisting the family with the arrangements. For more information and to view an online memori-al, go to www.wilkinson-beane.com.
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THE GILFORD STEAMER A7Our Local SchoolsTHURSDAY, MARCH 26, 2015
You might not think that 70½ represents any particular milestone. But when you do reach this age, you will have to make some decisions that affect an important aspect of your life — your retire-ment income.
Here’s the background: Once you turn 70½, you will need to start taking withdrawals from your 401(k) or similar employ-er-sponsored retirement plan and from your tradi-tional IRA (but not your Roth IRA). Actually, you will need to begin these withdrawals — known as “required minimum distri-butions” (RMDs) — by April 1 of the following year and continue tak-ing them by December 31 each year after that. These RMDs are calcu-lated by dividing your account balance at the end of the previous year by your life expectancy, as determined by IRS mortal-ity tables. If your spouse is your sole beneficiary and is more than 10 years younger than you, you’d use a separate table. Don’t worry too much about the number crunching, though — your financial advisor generally can do the calcu-lations for you.
What you should con-
cern yourself with, howev-er, are the first two words of RMD: “required” and “minimum.” These words mean what they say. If you don’t take withdrawals, or if you withdraw less than you should, you could face a 50 percent penalty tax on the difference between what you withdrew and what you should have with-drawn — and then you’ll still have to take out the required amount and pay taxes on the taxable por-tions of those withdrawals. So it’s a very good idea to take your withdrawals on time — and without “shortchanging” yourself.
Of course, you can cer-tainly take more than the required minimum amount — but should you? The answer depends on wheth-er you need the money. But even if you have to take larger-than-minimum withdrawals, you’ll want to be careful not to take out more than you need — because if you “over-with-draw” year after year, you run the risk of outliving your resources. That’s why it’s so important, during the early years of your retirement, to establish a sustainable withdrawal rate for your retirement accounts. Your withdrawal rate will depend on a vari-
ety of factors, such as your other sources of income — Social Security, earnings from employment, sav-ings, etc.— your lifestyle choices, your estimated longevity, and so on. In any case, once you have arrived at an appropriate withdrawal rate, you’ll need to stick to that rate unless your circumstances change.
If you have multiple IRAs, you’ll also face another decision, because, once you’ve calculated your total RMDs for the year, from all your IRAs, you can take that amount from one or more of them. Depending on the invest-ment mix of these individ-ual IRAs, you may find it beneficial to take the money from one account and leave the others intact, to potentially grow fur-ther. (If you have multiple 401(k)s, though, you will likely need to calculate and withdraw the sepa-rate RMDs for each plan.)
Other issues are also involved with RMDs, so, when the time approach-es, consult with your tax and financial advisors. By studying all your options before you begin taking these withdrawals, you should be able to maxi-mize their benefits.
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has released its honor roll for the second tri-mester of the 2014-2015 academic year.
Grade 5High Academic
Honors: Emily Crow-ell, Matthew Farah, Ri-ley McDonough, Mack-enzie Roys, Mitchell Townsend.
Academic Honors: Anthony Aguiar, Wyatt Bilodeau, Jack Cenna-mo, Jaxen Cole, Anna Cook, Alyssa Craigie, Jack Curley, Vanessa Genakos, Dylan Hamel, Abigail Jarvi, Kelin Jeffreys, Nicholas Ka-minski, Ashley Kulcsar, Sophia Lehr, Alexa Leonard, Haiden Lewis, Avery Marshall, Molly McLean, Harper Mee-han, Harry Meehan, Austin Normandin, Bly-the O’Connor, Shannon O’Riordan, Alainnah Penney, Jalen Reese, Peyton Sawyer, Lauren Sikoski, Kiera Spencer, Catherine Stow, Haley White.
Grade 6High Academic
Honors: Angela Bon-nell, Jason Callahan, An-drew Flanders, Harrison Laflamme, Kayla Lou-reiro, Kelsey McKenna, Sofia Sawyer, Kenaniah Valentine.
Academic Honors: Alex Aquaro, Jayden Barton, Alec Beland, Gerron Belanger, Alex Berube, Kyle Brent, Darren Brown, Tyler Browne, Lily Burleigh, Thomas Cain, Alexan-der Cheek, Jack Chris-tensen, Kayla Cisneros, Bryce Cote, Eric Elling-son, Taryn Fountain, Brandon Gallagher, Madelyn Gallant, Ella Harris, Ashley Hart, Al-yzabeth Havonglasan, Jacquelyn Jaran, Ken-dall Jones, Mae Kenny,
Madison Lemire, Noah Marshall, Evelyn Mar-tel, Logan McBride, Brayden McDonald, Madyson McDonald, Colin McGreevy, Jack McLean, Leilani Mc-Math, Katalyna Mitch-ell, Jacqueline Nash, Kaelan O’Connor, Car-son Ormes, Alaina Os-burn, Kathryn Osburn, Nathaniel Peterson, Jen-na Pichette, Malik Re-ese, Brianna Ryan, Hil-da Servin, Alexa Smith, Bethany Tanner, Emma Tierno, Jordan Witham, Kaley Zingg.
Grade 7High Academic
Honors: Myranda Byars, Jenna DeLucca, Caitlin Jalbert, Lucy Jude, Sophie Leggett, Connor Sullivan, Elena Uicker.
Academic Honors: Julie Auld, Joseph Blake, Cody Boucher, Katrina Boucher, Colby Butter-field, Jaiden Carter, Re-ese Clark, Shelby Cole, Madison Eastman, Nao-mi Eldridge, Brianna Fraser, Natalie Fraser, Michelle Gallant, Benja-min Gardiner, Shannon Gately, Laurel Gingrich,
Aurelienne Griggs, John Guest, Gage Jalbert, Cameron Jarvi, Emily Lafond, Sydni Lehr, Ol-ivia Lofblad, Neal Mill-er, Nicholas Murphy, Abigail O’Connor, Emi-ly O’Connor, Jillian Pal-isi, Kolbi Plante, Taeylor Plante, Charles Purcell, Lucy Salesky, Maxwell Stephan, Ian Taylor, Joshua Testa, Cyndal VanSteensburg, Hunter Wilson, Colton Work-man.
Grade 8High Academic
Honors: Nicole Beru-be, Camryn Dembiec, Ashley Loureiro, Greg-ory Madore, Matthew McDonough, Zoey Nash-Boucher, Laurel Normandin, Joshua Val-entine.
Academic Honors: Kendall Boisvert, Pierce Brown, James Carr, Brandon Cole, Josey Curley, Rhiannon Day, Troy Gallagher, Steven MacDonald, Margaret McNeil, Samuel Mercer, Hannah Perkins, Alex Richardson, Alexander Rives, Olivia Salesky, Cal Schrupp.
GHS student receivesGold Key for photography
The Gilford High School art department is pleased to announce that Eamon Aldridge re-ceived a National Gold Key Medal for his Pho-tography Portfolio.
The prestigious award was given to 17 students nationally and selected from a pool of more than 7,000 regional winners.
“Eamon is able to take the mundane world and transform it into poetic imagery,” says Hettie Haudenshield, photogra-phy teacher at GHS.
Aldridge’s work will be exhibited in New York City at Carnegie Hall for the National Scholastic Art Award Ceremony in June, and he will be the recipient of a $10,000 scholarship to pursue his artistic studies next year in college.
Regionally, Gilford High School received 29
awards from the New Hampshire Scholastic Art Awards. Additional-ly, students successfully participated in two ju-ried exhibits put on by the Plymouth Friends of the Arts and the Sharon Arts Center. Below is a list of award recipients.
NH Scholastic Art Award RecipientsGold Key: Ria Mor-
ris, Lauren Emond, Kaeli Minton, Eamon Aldridge, Emily Parker, Helen Jude, Dana Ruchi, Maddie Laflamme
Silver Key: Kayla Vieten, Hayley Graton, Kelsey McCarter, Olivia Edson, Heather Hunt, Maddie Laflamme, Cort-lynn Danby
Honorable Mention: Hayley Graton, Powell Wilson, Johanna Mor-ris, Maddie Laflamme, Ria Morris, Kelsey Mc-Carter, Ali Nault, Tayla
Dion, Josh Paradis, Bro-gan Hurst, Helen Jude
Plymouth Friends of the Arts Juried Show
Individual pieces: Helen Jude Award for Sculptural Excellence, Honorable Mention; Ea-mon Aldridge; Olivia Edson; Kiersten Welch; Kendra Tibbals; Kaeli Minton; Kelsey McCar-ter; Siobhan Lofblad
2015 Juried High School Art Exhibition put on by Sharon Arts
CenterThe students with
accepted are: Brogan Hurst, Helen Jude, Dana Ruchti, Kylee Drew, Emily Parker, Eamon Aldridge, Kendra Tib-bals—Best in Digital Art Category, Kelsey McCar ter, Zakaria Mor-ris, Caledonia Hackley, Heather Hunt
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GHS students selected for All NE Music FestivalGilford High School is proud to announce the following students were accepted into the 2015 All New England Music Festival. In Chorus Performance, Dawson Ellis (Base) and Kayla Zarella (Alto), and in Orchestra, Leah Gardner (Percussion), and Hayley Graton (Piccolo). These students auditioned in December and participated in the Festival March 19-21 at Keene High School. In addition, Dawson Ellis was accepted into the All State Jazz Festival held in February at Pinkerton Academy and Leah Gardner was accepted into the All New England Jazz Festival held at Plymouth State University on March 24.Congratulations to these students on their remarkable talent and achievements.
Holy Trinity School Spring Auction set for April 11
LACONIA — The first sign of spring is here - The Holy Trinity School’s Annual Spring Auction! This year’s event will be “Future Fantastic,” themed around the future of our students and our school!
Mark your calendar for Saturday, April 11, starting at 5 p.m. The 2015 HTS Spring Auc-tion takes place at the St. Andre Bessette Parish Hall, 31 Gilford Ave., La-conia, and is graciously presented by Bank of New Hampshire and Au-toServ of Tilton. We are also proud to announce our new platinum spon-sor, Howard Precision, Inc. Live Auction spon-sors include Paradigm Plumbing & Heating, Cathcart Construction, and the Rowley Agency. Proceeds from the eve-ning’s event support the School’s financial aid scholarship program, advanced curriculum components, and contin-ued classes of art, music, and physical education. The evening’s silent and live auctions feature local and regional prod-ucts and gift certificates – sure to offer something fantastic for everyone. As always, guests will be treated to a delight-ful dinner, graciously provided by Fratello’s Restaurant; gourmet
appetizers donated and served by Pauli’s Restau-rant; sweet treats from Shaw’s Gilford; and cup-cakes from Gilford Gour-met.
This year’s auction block includes items such as the following: watersports fun; Red Sox and Bruins tickets; tickets to see our Super-bowl Champions, the New England Patriots; NHMS July NASCAR
race tickets; weekend get-aways; spa services; and, of course, those coveted Lake Winnipe-saukee summer camp gift certificates which inevitably cause a bid-ding frenzy! Unique handmade items creat-ed by our HTS students will also be up for bid. The Silent Auction bid-ding and Dinner start at 5 p.m. The Live Auction
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LRCS celebrates its 40th Anniversary on April 9 with filmmaker Dan Habib
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Award winning photographer and filmmaker, Dan Habib of the UNH Institute on Disability will speak at the LRCS 40th Annual Celebration in Laconia on April 9 at the Beane Conference Center.
LACONIA — Lakes Region Community Ser-vices announces its 2015 Annual Celebration will be held on Thursday, April 9, 4:30-6:30 p.m. at the Beane Conference Center, 35 Blueberry Lane, Laconia — an event that marks 40 years of community service (1975-2015). The Celebra-tion features a presenta-tion by award-winning documentary filmmaker Dan Habib of the Univer-sity of New Hampshire’s Institute on Disability speaking on ‘Creating a Culture of Inclusion.’
Following a 4:30 p.m. reception, the program will begin with recogni-tion and appreciation of long term community partners.
“Partnering with
our communities has always been essential to our work. Inclusion
of vulnerable citizens – children, families, indi-viduals and elders can’t be sustained by a single person or single organi-zation – it takes a com-munity effort. We look forward to celebrating this milestone with the community and thank-ing those who have been with us in this mission over the long term as well as welcoming new friends,” commented Christine Santaniello, LRCS Executive Direc-tor.
At 5:30 p.m., Dan Habib, creator of the award winning films “In-cluding Samuel,” “Who Cares About Kelsey,” “Restraint and Seclu-sion: Hear Our Stories” and many other films on disability-related topics
will take center-stage. Habib has screened his films hundreds of times at conferences, univer-sities and independent theaters across the coun-try and internationally.
Before his son Sam-uel was diagnosed with cerebral palsy, Habib rarely thought about the inclusion of people with disabilities. Now he thinks about inclu-sion every day. Habib will share how inclusive education is preparing Samuel for an adult life of community inclusion, as well as the powerful impact inclusion has on people without disabili-ties. In 2013, Habib deliv-ered a highly acclaimed TEDx talk titled “Dis-abling Segregation” on the benefits of inclusion
to students without dis-abilities.
“We are so pleased to have Dan Habib speak at the LRCS 40th. He is rec-ognized throughout the world for his work com-municating about inclu-sion for people with dis-abilities. We also want to thank Devine Millimet Attorneys at Law for their generous sponsor-ship of Dan’s presenta-tion,” stated Santaniello.
Seating is limited. Guests are asked to RSVP by April 3 to Judy Maguire at 603-581-1504 or [email protected]. For more informa-tion about the program, contact Joanne Piper Lang at 524-8811or visit www.lrcs.org.
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LRGHealthcare celebrates a decade of strong women
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The Laconia Strong Women Strength Training Class cel-ebrated the program’s 10th anniversary. Left to right: Simone Routhier, Anita Littlefield, Instructor Carolyn Muller of LRGHealthcare, Linda Turner, and Barbara Sweetser.
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The Northfield Strong Women Strength Training Class recently celebrated the program’s 10 year anniversary. The class is held at the Pines Community Center in Northfield and led by Instructor Melissa Lee of LRGHealthcare.
LACONIA/NORTH-FIELD — Ten years ago, LRGHealthcare be-gan offering The Strong Women Strength Train-ing Program at both the Laconia Community Center and the Pines Community Center in Northfield. In early March, the groups host-ed a celebration of this ten year anniversary. In Laconia, two members of the group celebrated ten years of participating twice weekly in the exer-cise program. In North-field, five members cele-brated a decade together of the program and in both locations multiple members celebrated five years of participation.
The program is spon-sored by LRGHealthcare and follows the Tufts University Program de-signed by Dr. Miriam Nelson. “Lifting Wom-en to Better Health” is
the programs tag line and summarizes the program. This evidence based program helps women to maintain mus-cle mass, strength, and function as they age.
When asked about what keeps women ex-
cited about the program and keeps them com-ing, class leaders Caro-lyn Muller and Melissa Lee, Community Health Educators with LRG-Healthcare stated “It’s the connection to others that keeps people com-
ing back. Most of the la-dies enjoy not only the exercise but the social connection and a feeling of belonging to a group. They all know they could do the exercises at home, but enjoy the op-portunity to gather and
work together. Many of them feel that they bene-fit from the program not only physically but men-tally.”
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When I say “Off the Grid,” most people prob-ably think of indepen-dence from the electric company via solar or the ability to have a self- sustainable food supply with a garden or rais-ing livestock. In other words, just living like people did many years ago detached from pow-er companies, grocery stores or town sewer and water. Staying with that theme, I would like to talk about saving mon-ey and investing “off the grid” or detached from conventional beliefs. There is a real trend developing centered around the lack of sav-ing and investing by the
younger people in this country.
You could make the case that the job market for younger people is not very good thus not hav-ing money to save and invest. But when I speak with younger working people, I do not get the sense that they believe in the same methods of saving and investing like generations before them. Going back just 20 years when I started a career with the bro-kerage firm, Tucker An-thony, there were the seasoned brokers that typically bought and sold stocks in a few se-lect companies or maybe bought some preferred stock or municipal bonds for their clients. A few of these brokers were buying shares for their clients and their own accounts in a com-pany called “Berkshire- Hathaway” which is a conglomerate holding company whose CEO is Warren Buffet. Well, I probably do not have to tell you that these bro-kers made many of their clients and themselves wealthy. About that time you could see the indus-try moving away from hands-on brokers to as-set gathering sales-ori-ented financial advisors. These new advisors were in charge of collect-ing assets and allocating these assets to third par-ty managers and mutual funds.
The stock broker has now morphed into a fi-nancial advisor whose
time was reallocated to sales and asset gather-ing rather than stock picking or hands –on portfolio management. Now we are conditioned to have a 401K, 403b or IRA and to defer taxes until retirement when we are led to believe that we will be in a lower tax bracket. Younger work-ing people are not buy-ing into the same story that older generations have just apathetically owned. We older gener-ations have dumped an $18 trillion debt on the younger working people that do not believe that Social Security will be there for them, and they will be forced to carry the increased tax burden of retiring baby-boom-ers. All these factors make a case for all of us to look to ways of saving and investing different-ly than even 20 years ago. It is unrealistic to return to the days of be-ing a stock broker, the equity (stock) markets have changed anyway. We, as advisors need to view the world through the eyes of those want-ing to build wealth in a day and time when the old rules do not apply anymore. Think “off the grid” and explore some non-traditional saving and investing.
I will follow this with some “off the grid” ideas in future articles.
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Franklin Savings Bank Community LearningCenter hosting next Chamber Meet & Greet
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Franklin Savings Bank and The Lakes Region Tourism Association will be hosting the Lakes Region Chamber of Commerce Meet & Greet on Wednesday, April 1 from 4:30-6:30 p.m. at the Franklin Savings Bank Tilton location off I-93, Exit 20 at 61 Laconia Rd. in Tilton. Pictured are Ken Sawyer, FSB; Pam Hannan, IFA; Karmen Gifford, LR Chamber of Commerce; Amy Landers, Lakes Region Tourism Association; and Ron Magoon, FSB.
TILTON — On Wednesday, April 1, the new Community Learn-ing Center, Franklin Savings Bank, Indepen-dence Financial Ad-visors, and the Lakes Region Tourism Asso-ciation invite you to the Lakes Region Chamber of Commerce Meet and Greet event.
Area business profes-sionals and organization representatives are in-vited to the Community Learning Center in the Franklin Savings Bank and Lakes Region Tour-ism Association Office (near the Tilt’N Diner), from 4:30-6:30 p.m. This networking opportuni-ty provides a compli-mentary way to connect with others while learn-ing about these business-es and Independence Financial Advisors, Cen-
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Following the new Center’s ribbon-cutting ceremony, attendees will gather information and materials on edu-cational opportunities, services, resources, and attractions; tour the of-fices; enjoy appetizers and beverages; enter to win door prizes; enter raffles in support of the 2015 Charity Softball Tournament; and more. Spend your April Fool’s Day wisely, with two hours of learning and networking.
Information about reserving the new Com-munity Learning Cen-ter will be available to non-profit organizations and other community groups wishing to hold seminars, presentations and workshops at this location, right off I-93, Exit 20 at 61 Laconia Rd. in Tilton.
For more information or to register to attend, contact the Lakes Region Chamber of Commerce at 524-5531. Registra-tion is now open on the Chamber’s Web site at www.lakesregioncham-ber.org.
Fusion introduces educational series: ThoughtFaucet
LACONIA — On Tuesday, March 31, Fu-sion will hold its first session of its new educa-tional series ‘Thought-Faucet,’ which is being held at The Commons at Lakes Region Communi-ty College, located at 379 Belmont Rd. in Laconia.
This first session, ThoughtFaucet: How to Impact Change in Your Local Community, is an interactive panel discus-sion about local govern-ment including how it works, opportunities to interact in your town or city, and the importance of getting involved in the
decisions being made at the local level that affect current citizens and future generations. The session is targeted to homeowners, par-ents, business owners, and community boards looking to improve their communication with local government and impact change in their community. Though hosted in Laconia, this discussion will be appli-cable to all areas of New Hampshire.
Beginning at 5 p.m., there will be a network-ing social hour with
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The Miss New Hamp-shire competition will run from April 30 through May 2, with re-hearsals and different categories on different days.
The Miss New Hamp-shire contestants will be 27 women who have won titles across the state. Drew said all of them are close.
“We’re there for each other all the time; we call it a sisterhood,” Drew said.
Her time as Miss Deerfield Fair has in-volved many interviews and a lot of community
service work. She does rehearsals for the Miss NH competition twice a week. Sherman said the to directors of the Miss Deerfield Fair pageant have been great with helping her through the process.
Sherman said this is a wonderful program.
“I’m extremely proud of her,” Sherman said.
Sherman has helped her daughter out through the process and said this experience has brought them closer to-gether.
“I’ve enjoyed every moment of it,” Sherman said.
Drew is a senior at Gilford High School and will graduate with her
class on June 6. She is a member of the Interact Club and plays lacrosse. She has also been a dancer since she was a toddler.
She has not decided on a school or a career, though said she would like to explore dentistry. She will be doing a job shadow for her own den-tist soon.
Drew is also open to meet with children who would want to have lunch and have their pic-tures taken with a real life princess. Any par-ents who might be inter-ested in their children meeting Drew can email her at [email protected].
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dead should not know. “He’s probably the
anchor for reality for all the kooky craziness in the Underworld,” Hall said.
Sophomore Tom Pouliot plays the Lord of the Underworld. Pouliot said he played him as a scheming character who made sure of the final outcome.
“I personally believe he has this all planned out,” Pouliot said.
At one point the Lord of the Underworld ap-pears as a child, which Pouliot said was part of his strategy.
Rounding out the cast were the three stones: Jake Adams as Big Stone, Emily Hanf as Lit-tle Stone, and Delaney Andrews as Loud Stone.
Both Pouliot and Hall won acting awards for their performances. Both said it felt great get-ting the awards they did.
This was Pouliot’s first festival performance.
“Honestly, I can’t take all the recognition,” Hall said. “This entire cast is amazing, and they all de-serve such great recogni-tion.”
Cast members said the work leading up to this point has been greatly rewarding.
“It’s been such an amazing experience; our director is so amazingly talented,” Zarella said.
“I wouldn’t change a thing about the process,” Pouliot said. “We all get along really well.”
Harding said the cast of seven people has real-ly bonded in the process.
The cast gave huge credit to Hunt for her work on the play. Both Zarella and Pouliot said they would not be where they are if not for Hunt’s direction.
“Heather is just amaz-ing,” Hall said. “Without
her, I don’t think I would have an acting award.”
Zarella said Hunt took each individual scene and ripped it piece by piece. Pouliot said he got comfortable as the character.
Harding also recog-nized the tech crew of the show.
“Even though the set has been a challenge for them, they’ve done it marvelously,” Hard-ing said, also saying the crew will, “keep their cool with us as actors.”
Pouliot said he looks forward to seeing the other schools’ shows and presenting the hard work they have done. He is also looking forward to meeting the many friends he made at the last festival.
“I can’t wait to share this experience with everyone else,” Zarella said.
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community. Two of the district’s
music teachers said they saw the great benefit this showcase has. Sanborn said giving students this opportunity gives them a sense of pride in what they do.
“They like sharing this, they like being out there in front of family and showing what they can do,” Sanborn said.
Anderson said this
teaches many things about the performing arts, including how spontaneity is an im-portant thing for the stu-dents to learn as they do the arts.
“They’re going to get up and perform and do their best,” Anderson said. “Spontaneity is im-portant in being a musi-cian.”
Arts Alive will be displayed at the mill
through the end of the month. Valpie coordi-nates with the schools to get student artwork as well as arrange the indi-vidual showcase nights.
Valpie said another aim of the program is to showcase the Belknap Mill itself and show the great resource the mill is in the Lakes Region community.
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during our Spring Into Action event, be sure you mention the Belk-nap Mill to insure that your server records the 25 percent donation from your tab. On behalf of our Board of Directors and members, we want to express our sincere appreciation to Patrick’s and to all who partici-pate in this 5 day fund-
raiser.”The Belknap Mill, at
25 Beacon St. East, La-conia, is the oldest, un-altered brick textile mill in the country, built in 1823. It has a permanent exhibit that interprets the history of the textile industry in Laconia, and has changing monthly exhibits focusing on the arts and history, as well
as educational programs for all ages. For further information on the Mill and its events, visit www.belknapmill.org or call 524-8813.
PATRICK’S (Continued from Page A3)
will be kicked off with a karate demonstration featuring HTS students currently enrolled at Beyond the Belt Martial Arts Center, followed by the Live Auction, host-ed by the magnificent, well-known auctioneer, Warren Bailey, who will promptly start the bid-ding at 7 p.m.
The entrance fee is $15 per person, which includes dinner and a bidder’s paddle. Reser-vations are encouraged;
however, walk-ins are always welcome! Tables for eight guests can be reserved for $150 (din-ner and bidder’s paddle included). Don’t miss out on one of the hot-test Lakes Region social events of the spring sea-son! To purchase your tickets, call Holy Trinity School today at 524-3156!
Holy Trinity School helps local families nav-igate the many chal-lenges facing students in today’s society. For
decades, Holy Trinity School has been pro-viding high quality ed-ucation for students of the Lakes Region. The school’s motto of “Ed-ucate the Heart, Mind, and Spirit” can be seen daily with the interac-tions between faculty, students, and parents. If you know of a business that would like to make a donation to our Auction, please e-mail [email protected] or call 219-3748.
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appetizers by Fratello’s Laconia. Then the panel discussion, moderated by Kate Bishop Hamel of Community Matters, will start at 6 p.m. The panel includes Chase Hagaman (NE Regional Director of The Concord Coalition), Ed Engler (Mayor of the City of La-conia), Rebecca Perkins (Founding Member of the 603 Initiative) and Scott Myers (Manager of
the City of Laconia).The event is free and
open to the public. As seats are limited to 50 guests, Fusion asks that attendees RSVP by re-serving a ticket through Eventbrite. Links to register can be found at Eventbrite.com or through Fusion’s Face-book page.
The purpose of Fu-sion NH is to develop fu-ture leaders, encourage
civic involvement and contribute positively in the communities we serve. Fusion is located in Laconia (PO Box 6503, Laconia, NH 03247). For more information about what Fusion can do to support your business or organization, and how to get involved, please con-tact us via email at [email protected] or visit FusionNH.org.
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First-Team selection for Gilford’s Bartlett
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Gilford junior point guard Cassidy Bartlett earned a Division III All-State First-Team selection after helping the Eagles to the D-III title game.
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Junior Madison Harris (14) of Gilford joined classmate Jordan Dean as All-State Honorable Mention choices.
BY JEFF LAJOIE
REGION – With two Lakes Region teams in the Final Four, the NHIAA Division III girls’ basketball scene was chalk full of local talent this winter. Gil-ford High School nearly ran the table undefeat-ed, losing its only game of the year in the state championship tilt to Conant. Laconia High School climbed through its bracket to join the Ea-gles in the Final Four.
The New Hampshire Basketball Coaches Or-ganization (NHBCO) announced its All-State and All-Academic teams last week, officially recognizing the top stu-dent-athletes on and off the court.
With the success of the local teams in mind, individual play-ers followed suit. While Conant’s Madison Springfield (150 points) was the D-III Player of the Year after leading the Orioles to a state ti-tle, two locals and four Lakes Region players made their way onto
the First-Team All-State squad.
Belmont High School senior Chayleigh Cadarette had the fourth-highest total in balloting (88 points), scoring a First-Team se-lection. A walking dou-ble-double, Cadarette keyed a veteran Belmont club into a dangerous foe come the end of the sea-son. While her rebound-ing skills were evident, Cadarette made her liv-ing with an impressive turnaround jumper in the paint.
Gilford junior point guard Cassidy Bartlett was also on the First-Team, as the scrappy and crafty guard was the engine for the Eagles this winter en route to the state runner-up fin-ish. Bartlett scored 85 points in D-III balloting.
Joining the pair from the Lakes Region on the First-Team were New-found’s Karissa Bony (114 points) and Laco-nia’s Kailey Nute (84 points), while Spring-field and Campbell’s Hannah Neild com-prised the rest of the
six-member First-Team.Behind Bartlett, Gil-
ford had two more play-ers from its outstand-ing team earn All-State status. Fellow juniors Madison Harris and Jor-
dan Dean were selected as Honorable Mention picks after big seasons in leading the Eagles in the post.
Belmont senior point guard Cassie Conti-
giani joined teammate Cadarette on the All-State list, as the team’s battery pack was an Honorable Mention choice.
In Division IV, Little-ton’s Madi McNamara was the Player of the Year, while Littleton’s Dale Prior took home Coach of the Year hon-ors.
Several area stu-dent-athletes were also awarded All-Academic
honors from the NHB-CO. This award is given to 11th and 12th grade varsity basketball play-ers that are in the top 20-percent of their class and/or have a B+ or bet-ter GPA.
Belmont’s Cadarette and Contigiani earned All-Academic status, as did teammates Jackelyn Robarge, Makayla Don-ovan, Karlyn Brown, Courtney Clairmont,
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Orton earns Second-Team All-State honorsBY JEFF LAJOIE
REGION – It was quite a season for the lo-cal boys’ basketball pro-grams. Two area teams came just one win away from Final Four berths, while two individu-al players toppled the 1,000 career point mark during their outstanding 2014-15 campaigns.
The New Hampshire Basketball Coaches Or-ganization (NHBCO) announced its All-State and All-Academic teams last week, officially rec-ognizing the top stu-dent-athletes on and off the court.
In Division III, Pel-ham’s Keith Brown was the Player of the Year, to-taling 134 points to lead the way on the individ-ual balloting. Pelham’s Matt Regan was the D-III Coach of the Year.
Winnisquam junior point guard Christian Serrano led the way for
the locals, as the shifty and talented floor gen-eral was named to the Division III First-Team All-State squad after a monster winter that saw him put the Bears within just one point of a potential trip to the Fi-nal Four. Winnisquam lost its D-III quarterfinal by just one point on the road at Berlin. Serrano, who scored the second most points in balloting behind Brown with 116, also passed the 1,000 point milestone, reach-ing it in a late season victory over Franklin at home. He’ll look to add a nice chunk of points to his career total next winter.
Gilford High School senior forward Kaleb Or-ton followed Serrano’s lead, as the hard-work-ing Golden Eagle earned selection on the Divi-sion III All-State Sec-ond-Team. Orton was a walking double-dou-
ble this season, closing out his fine career by leading Gilford into the D-III quarterfinals and a matchup with eventual state champion Pelham.
Winnisquam senior guard Torrey Martinez and Inter-Lakes senior guard Dillon Dow round-ed out the locals tabbed as All-State performers in D-III, as the pair were Honorable Mention picks after big individ-ual seasons. Martinez
was a perfect back court partner in crime comple-ment to Serrano, while Dow joined Serrano as 1,000 point scorers this season. The I-L shooting guard guided his team to a playoff appearance, scoring his 1,000th ca-reer point on a 3-pointer during the postseason loss on the road at Ste-vens.
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The All Tournament Sportsmanship Team from the 2015 Francoeur-Babcock Memorial Basketball Tournament: Back row (left to right): Dylan Dickey, Allison Carr, Ben Rollins, Nate Sottak and Madison Carrigan. Front row (left to right): Jonathan Mitchell, Sam Cheek, Lucas Kirk and Lauren Wilcox. Missing from the photo were Sabrina Rainville, Alaina Hoey and Leighton Morrison.
BY JEFF LAJOIE
GILFORD – Yet an-other year is in the books, as the 22nd annu-al Francoeur-Babcock Memorial Basketball Tournament continued a successful run for the tournament named in honor of the late Aaron Francoeur and Nathan Babcock earlier this month.
Three different pro-grams captured titles in the three divisions, as Sanbornton won the Junior Co-Ed Division (third and fourth grade), Belmont won the Senior Girls Division (fifth and sixt grade) and Lou Athanas (Laconia) won the Senior Boys Division (fifth and sixth grade).
Sanbornton’s Alex Nichols led the tourna-ment in scoring, pour-ing in 75 points in four games (18.8 points per game) to lead the Junior Co-Ed team to a cham-pionship. Belmont’s Jackson Ruelke was the only other player to top the 20-point mark in the tourney, as he dropped 21 points in his team’s 42-35 loss to Gilford in Senior Boys play.
In the Junior Divi-
sion finals, Lou Athanas knocked off Sanbornton to force a decisive win-ner-take-all champion-ship tilt later in the day. Despite 15 points from Nichols, Sanbornton fell, 27-25, to set up the must-win.
The Sharks turned the tides in the champi-onship, as Evan Lessard scored 12 points, Nich-ols chipped in seven and Ben Rollins added six points to lead San-bornton to the title with a 29-26 win over Lou Athanas.
The Senior Girls fi-nals featured another
close game, as Belmont held off Lou Athanas, 23-20, behind a balanced scoring attack that saw four different players (Rebecca Fleming, Sa-vannah Perkins, Isabella McDonald and Lindsey Duggan) with four points each. Lou Athanas was led by Sierra Halligan’s eight points.
Rounding out the champions was the Lou Athanas Senior Boys side, which closed out its tournament with a 42-26 win over Gilford in the title tilt. Logan Dee led all scorers with 16 points for Lou Athanas while
Alex Cheek powered Gil-ford with 10 points and teammates Jonathan Mitchell and Andrew Flanders combined for nine points.
The final results in each division were:
Junior Co-Ed: San-bornton (first), Lou Athanas (second), Gil-ford (third), Gilmanton (fourth).
Senior Girls: Belmont (first), Lou Athanas (sec-ond), Gilford (third), S a n b o r n t o n / P i n e s (fourth).
Senior Boys: Lou Athanas (first), Gil-ford (second), Belmont (third), Sanbornton (fourth).
There were plenty of big awards handed out on the weekend, as Lindsey Nelson was pre-sented with the Nathan J. Babcock Volunteer Award. The Denise Sou-cy Memorial Coaches Award went to Tom Mor-rison of the Sanbornton Senior Boys team.
The Aaron Fran-coeur All-Tournament Sportsmanship Teams (presented to one player from every team in each division at the conclu-sion of the tournament) were:
Junior Co-Ed: Sam Cheek of Gilford, Sabri-na Rainville of Gilman-ton, Lucas Kirk of Lou Athanas and Ben Rollins
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Quartet of Eagles ski at Eastern Championships
JEFF LAJOIE
Gilford’s Sander Valpey was one of four Eagles to race for Team New Hampshire at the annual NENSA Eastern High School Championships last weekend at Black Mountain Ski Resort in Rumford, Maine. The Granite State took fourth place out of five states in the competition, which was won by Vermont.
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Seth Valpey joined brother Sander along with brothers Matt and Mark Young as Gilford skiers competing in the NENSA Eastern High School Championships.
BY JEFF LAJOIE
RUMFORD, Maine – While the snow has slow-ly melted and spring is at least officially under way, winter was still in full effect last weekend. Seven local nordic ski-ers saw their high school seasons come to a close, qualifying and compet-ing in the annual NEN-SA Eastern High School Championships at Black Mountain Ski Resort March 20-22.
Team New Hamp-shire finished fourth out of five states on the weekend, compiling 10,432 points in Maine. Vermont claimed the top spot with 15,904 points, while Massachu-setts (13,009) and Maine (12,660) were third and fourth, respectively. New York rounded out the competing squads in fifth position with 7,217 points.
The skiers selected for the event qualified during the high school season, with the top fin-ishers at the two New Hampshire Coaches Se-ries races being picked for the regional compe-tition.
NHIAA Division III state champion Gilford High School had four boys’ skiers compete in the Eastern Champion-ships. Leading the way was senior Matthew Young, the D-III indi-vidual state champion in both the classical and freestyle disciplines this winter. Young was 28th overall at the Eastern Championships, scoring 287 total points towards New Hampshire’s total.
Mark Young was next for the Golden Eagles, finishing 42nd over-all over the weekend with 242 points. Sander Valpey was 58th over-all (187 points) while brother Seth Valpey also competed and scored 104 points, good enough for 90th position.
After capturing the NHIAA Division IV state title this winter, Inter-Lakes High School sent three skiers to the Eastern Championships. Senior Trevor Colby, a double state champ in the individual events, was the top Laker in Maine, as he scored 174 points to take 63rd over-all. Junior Cameron Daly was next for I-L in 80th place (128 points), while senior Ben Crosby rounded out the Laker trio with 74 points (104th overall).
The weekend kicked
off on March 20, with an afternoon 5K free-style race. Matt Young was 36th overall in the opening event, crossing the line with a time of 13 minutes, 5 seconds. Next from the Gilford contin-gent was Mark Young, taking 49th in 13:24 and Sander Valpey in 65th with a time of 13:48. Seth Valpey was 104th over-all, crossing in 15:09.
Daly had the fastest time for the Lakers, as the speedster crossed in 14:18 to claim 84th posi-tion. Next came Colby in 91st position (14:27) and Crosby in the 95th slot (14:43).
The Saturday morn-ing (March 21) 7.5K clas-sical race came next, the longest race of the week-end for the competitors. It was also the best finish of the weekend for Matt Young, who cracked the top 20 with a 19th place showing in 19 minutes, 43 seconds (107 points to-wards the team total).
Mark Young was also solid in the classical, fin-ishing 33rd overall with a time of 20:16. Sander Valpey (71st, 21:34) and Seth Valpey (89th, 22:15) combined to score 95 points in the event for the Gilford crew.
Colby moved up nicely in the classical, crossing into the top 50 finishers by taking 46th overall (20:43, 80 points). Daly’s time of 22:10 put him 86th in the event (42 points) while Crosby took 94th overall (22:25, 37 points).
Saturday came to a close with an afternoon 1.2K freestyle sprint, and Matt Young again had the fastest time of the lo-cal seven by taking 36th overall (2 minutes, 30 seconds). The short race had times very bunched up, with Mark Young (54th), Sander Valpey (56th) and Seth Valpey (62nd) all finished less than two seconds of each other.
Colby had the fastest sprint for the Lakers by nabbing 73rd posi-tion (2:36), while Daly (88th, 2:42) and Crosby (109th, 2:59) all bested the three-minute mark.
The busy weekend came to a conclusion on Sunday (March 22) with a 4 x 2.5K mixed medley relay with two girls and two boys comprising a multitude of quartets. Mark Young’s relay team was the fastest of the locals in 22nd place (34 minutes, 4 seconds), just one spot ahead of Matt Young’s 23rd place
relay squad (34:10).Colby’s quartet fin-
ished 28th in the relay
(34:28), while Sander Valpey (35th, 35:35) and Seth Valpey (36th, 35:54)
came next. Daly’s crew took home 51st place (38:33), just ahead of
Crosby’s 52nd place re-lay side (38:45).
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Swedberg represented his team at the All-State level, as the guard/for-ward was a Division IV Honorable Mention selection after helping
the Panthers to an 11-8 record and a postseason berth. MA ultimately fell on the road to Woods-ville in a tight prelimi-nary round contest.
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Senior Kyle Gaudet was one of four Gilford boys’ basketball players to earn All-Academic honors.
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Gilford senior forward Kaleb Orton earned NHIAA Division III All-State First-Team honors after leading the Eagles to the quarterfinals this winter.
Wilton-Lyndebor-ough’s Jordan Litts was the D-IV Player of the Year, while Derryfield’s Rob Bradley took home Coach of the Year hon-ors.
Several area stu-dent-athletes were also awarded All-Academic honors from the NHB-CO. This award is given to 11th and 12th grade varsity basketball play-ers that are in the top 20-percent of their class and/or have a B+ or bet-ter GPA.
Belmont was rep-resented by Austin
Bergeron on the list, while Gilford’s Michael Madore, Kyle Gaudet, Carter Mercer and Shane Podmore were hon-ored. Inter-Lakes’ Erik Boquist, Dillon Dow, Sam Otis and Jonah Steiss were All-Academ-ic picks, as were MA’s Riley Swedberg, Matt Tolman and Andrew Porusta. Winnisquam’s Tucker Normand, Luke Morrison, Marshall Bordeau, Tim Harmon, Mike Buxton and Nick Weisman joined the rest of the locals.
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TwirlingThe Lakes Region Twirlers attended their first team competition on March 14 in Merrimack at the New Hampshire State Championships. They placed second in the beginner small juvenile dance twirl division. Additionally, in individual competition, Ali Lyman had a first place win in the six and under novice division and Lilly Farrar had a third place win in the 7-9 novice division. In the picture, from the left is coach Allie Nault, a junior and feature twirler at Gilford High School, Lauren Sikoski of Gilford, Lilly Farrar of Laconia, Emily Hansen of Laconia, Ali Lyman of Gilford, Evelyn Smith of Laconia and Sidney Bartlett of Gilford. For information on joining the Lakes Region Twirlers, contact [email protected].
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Tim Ryan (left) stands on the podium at the conclusion of the Aspen Freeskiing Open.
Ryan podiums at Aspen OpenASPEN, Colo. – Tim
Ryan of Gilford finished third in a field of 100 competitors in the men’s slopestyle competition at the 2015 Aspen Freeski-ing Open last month on Buttermilk Mountain at Aspen/Snowmass.
The Aspen Open is one of the last and lon-gest running indepen-dent open competitions in the nation, unique in the fact that it opens up the X Games Aspen slopestyle and superpipe courses to amateur and professional level ath-
letes.Ryan won his quali-
fying heat of 25 compet-itors to move onto the semifinals, then finished within the top 12 to earn a spot in the finals and eventually place third with a score of 85.33, finishing behind Willie Borm (USA) 89.17 and Teal Harle (Canada) 87.50.
Upcoming competi-tions for Ryan include the SFR Freestyle Tour finals in La Clusaz, France, the Freeski World Cup in Corvatsch,
Switzerland and the Dumont Cup at Sunday River in Bethel, Maine. When not competing, Ryan trains with Team Park City United in Park City, Utah and his spon-sors include Volkl skis, Marker bindings, Dal-bello boots, Oakley and Monster.
of Sanbornton.Senior Girls: Elaina
Hoey of Belmont, Allison Carr of Gilford, Madison
Carrigan of Lou Athanas and Lauren Wilcox of the Pines.
Senior Boys: Nate
Sottak of Belmont, Jona-than Mitchell of Gilford, Dylan Dickey of Lou Athanas and Leighton Morrison of Sanbornton.
The All-Tournament Sportsmanship Teams feature many familiar names from over the years, including some of the top current crop of high school players. Bel-mont High School var-sity stars Trevor Hunt and Shannon Davies
both earned All-Tour-nament honors back in 2011, as did Gilford High School freshman phen-om Brooke Beaudet.
Gilford’s Maddie Har-ris, Jordan Dean, Carter Mercer, Michael Madore and Nate Davis were all once All-Tournament Sportsmanship selec-tions, as was Belmont’s Makayla Donovan and Laconia’s Natalie Compton.
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Laconia • $184,900 • #4364989A lot for a little. Priced to sell. Well
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Gilford • $299,900 • 4380312New Construction 3 BR Cape with
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level living w/finished living rooms in lower level.Barbara Mylonas 603-344-8197
Meredith • $299,900 • #4361912Seeing is believing. 4 bedrooms, 1 full
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Belmont • $395,000 • #4407420Silver Lake Waterfront w/2 yr rd homes
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Tilton • $120,000 • #4407019Watch the boats go by at this lovely Lake Winnsiquam condo w/large sun deck & your own dock. Plus be close to Gunstock in the winter for skiing.
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Meredith • $274,900 • #4400739A deeded dock that will handle a 26’
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Belmont • $449,000 • #4407298Secluded waterfront home offers everything you desire in lakeside living-private 40’ dock,
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Jennifer Hamilton and Megan Prescott.
Gilford had six play-ers on the All-Academic team, led by senior Alex Harris. Juniors Bartlett, Dean, Harris, Shannon Mercer and Mariah Nel-son were also honored.
Inter-Lakes High School seniors Kylie Dickinson and Ter-ri Folsom were joined by juniors Julia Eifert and Kaylee Converse
as All-Academic picks, while Moultonborough Academy had the largest local contingent select-ed with Lauren Blake, Kelsey Coppinger, Ve-ronica Diltz, Jamie Ma-son, Kyla Wyman, Al-anna Bengston, Eleanor Eaton, Alana Fifield, Gwen Fifield and Aman-da Woodward represent-ing the Panthers in Divi-sion IV.
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