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THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 1, 2012 GILFORD, N.H. - FREE Winter Hours: Open Thurs. - Sun. 8 am - 6 pm Wine Tasting Fridays at 4 pm WILD COD $ 5 99 lb. Opera comes alive in competition PHOTO BY ERIN PLUMMER Jessica Jacobs performs with David Collins on piano. Jacobs won second place in the competition. BY ERIN PLUMMER [email protected] GILFORD — Singers from across the US and Canada showed off their talents in Just Love to Sing’s Sixth An- nual Opera Competition this past weekend. More than 40 singers gath- ered at the Gilford Commu- nity Church on Saturday for the daylong competition, with 17 finalists going before an audience at a perform- ance that evening. Singers belted out selections from various operas, from classi- cal pieces to more contempo- rary composers. Just Love to Sing! is a non- profit organization dedicat- ed to vocal performance and education throughout New Hampshire. Just Love to Sing! Co-Director Jane Cormier said this year’s com- petition saw a good sized turnout, with more people coming from out of state. Cormier said the economy had major impacts on this year’s competition. The com- petition was initially a two- day event, with participants staying in hotels for its dura- tion. Cormier said the first three or four years saw a steady rise in participants, though the numbers have gone down a bit in the past few years. The reason for this was found to be the length of the competition, with fewer people able to afford the lodg- ing. The decision was made this year for the competition to be a one-day event. The event has usually been held at the Concord City Auditorium, though the cost of the venue was difficult for the competition this year, es- pecially with the loss of two top sponsors. Instead, the competition was brought to the Gilford Community Church. Meredith Village Savings Bank and Opera NH provided generous sponsor- ship. Singers from across the US and Canada came to the competition. Around 50 signed up, and 42 competed at the all-day event at the Gil- ford Community Church. Performances began around 9 a.m. on Saturday and lasted through 4 p.m. At the end of the day, 17 finalists were cho- sen to perform in front of an audience that evening. The 15 female singers and two male singers performed selections from operas from classical composers such as Mozart and Handel to more current American com- posers, including Leonard Bernstein and Samuel Bar- ber. Final performers came from across New Hamp- shire, the Boston area, and other New England points to Florida, Michigan, Alberta and many places in between. David Collins accompa- nied most of the performers on piano, one exception be- ing Julie Olsson of Jamaica, Vt., whose husband Ken played accompaniment. Each final performance was reviewed by three judges, who scored the singers in several areas in- cluding vocal quality, dic- tion, expression, and many others. Audience members also cast their votes for the Audience Favorite award given in memoriam of Nor- ma L. Harrison. The winners were an- nounced at the end of the show. “It was a very, very tough decision,” said judge and Just Love to Sing! Co-Direc- tor Carlos Martinez, who said the top three differed by two points each. The first place winner was Amy Oraftik from Boston. Oraftik, a soprano, performed “Composer’s Aria” by Richard Strauss from the opera “Adriane auf Naxos.” She received a prize of $750 provided by Just Love to Sing! “It was such an honor, I can’t believe it,” Oraftik said right after her win was an- nounced. Oraftik has been singing since she was eight, starting out in children’s choir. This was her first time perform- ing in Just Love to Sing’s competition. Oraftik said she was amazed by the talent she saw from her fellow performers. She said she worked hard for this competition and was amazed with her win. SEE OPERA PAGE A11 Make your voice heard Gilford residents are encouraged to cast their votes in the 2012 Gener- al Election Tuesday, Nov. 6 from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. in the Gilford Middle School gymnasium. View from the Mount Reader Martha Kane submitted this photo of the Gilford shoreline as seen from the deck of the M/S Mount Washington during a recent Sunday cruise. MARTHA KANE — COURTESY Selectmen set payment schedule for Gilford Meadows sewer bill BY DAN KANE CONTRIBUTOR At the Oct. 24 selectmen’s meeting, the board once again took on the issue of whether to give an abate- ment to the Gilford Meadows Condo Association for their sewer bill. The town had been un- derestimating the bill for the past two years, so the most recent, cumulative bill came out to be higher than expect- ed. “They were actually con- serving water, but we weren’t high enough in our estimates,” Selectman Kevin Hayes said. Gilford Meadows Trea- surer Ray Boelig argued that the town was at fault, and ought to at least lower the cost of the bill. “We made a good faith payment of $2,300, but the re- mainder of $3,000 is a signif- icant number,” he said. “We’re looking at a very size- able dollar amount for some- thing that was totally un- planned for. Who puts that kind of money aside for a sewer?” Hayes offered a compro- mise in which the town would split the most recent bill into four payments, due each quarter. “In my mind, this money is due,” Hayes said. “We’re giving you an interest free loan. You used the sewer services. You need to pay for them.” Selectman John O’Brien concurred, adding, “How SEE SELECTMEN PAGE A11 GHS students turn out creepy, creative pumpkins PHOTO BY ERIN PLUMMER Gilford High School students decorated pumpkins in many creative styles as part of a Student Council team- building activity. The pumpkins were on display in front of the school this past week. BY ERIN PLUMMER [email protected] GILFORD — Pumpkins, paints, and other decorations recently provided a fun team- building activity for students at Gilford High School. This past week, 46 pump- kins lined tables at the front of the school, showing an ar- ray of creative designs. All of the pumpkins were decorat- ed by students under the dif- ferent advisories in the school. The project was organ- ized by the Student Council as a team building exercise with the different advisors. “We always try to do some- thing that helps improve the students’ outlook here at Gil- ford,” said Student Council advisor Sally Sessler. The Student Council pur- chased a number of pump- kins, and many were donated by Beans and Greens of Gil- ford, Picnic Rock Farm of Meredith, and Walmart. The pumpkins were given to each of the 46 advisors for each of their classes to decorate. The pumpkins could not be carved, and the groups could not seek supplies and assistance from the art room. The project was en- tirely in the hands of stu- dents, and teachers were not allowed to decorate the pumpkins. The pumpkins were put on display in the front hall- way, grouped by class. Independent judges were tasked with picking the four best pumpkins, and the stu- dent body could vote for their favorites. Students could pay 25 cents to vote, with pro- ceeds going toward the stu- dent council. Sessler said the activity seemed popular with the kids, with the students com- ing up with clever designs. “It was a huge hit; the kids were excited,” Sessler said. The hardest part of the project was making sure the pumpkins did not rot while on display. Sessler said the Student Council will try to do the event every year.
Transcript of Opera comes alive in competition
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 1, 2012 GILFORD, N.H. - FREE
Winter Hours:Open Thurs. - Sun. 8 am - 6 pm
Wine TastingFridays at 4 pmWILD
COD$599
lb.
Opera comes alive in competition
PHOTO BY ERIN PLUMMER
Jessica Jacobs performs with David Collins on piano. Jacobs won second place in the competition.
BY ERIN [email protected]
GILFORD — Singers fromacross the US and Canadashowed off their talents inJust Love to Sing’s Sixth An-nual Opera Competition thispast weekend.
More than 40 singers gath-ered at the Gilford Commu-nity Church on Saturday forthe daylong competition,with 17 finalists going beforean audience at a perform-ance that evening. Singersbelted out selections fromvarious operas, from classi-cal pieces to more contempo-rary composers.
Just Love to Sing! is a non-profit organization dedicat-ed to vocal performance andeducation throughout NewHampshire. Just Love toSing! Co-Director JaneCormier said this year’s com-petition saw a good sizedturnout, with more peoplecoming from out of state.
Cormier said the economyhad major impacts on thisyear’s competition. The com-petition was initially a two-day event, with participants
staying in hotels for its dura-tion. Cormier said the firstthree or four years saw asteady rise in participants,though the numbers havegone down a bit in the pastfew years. The reason for thiswas found to be the length ofthe competition, with fewerpeople able to afford the lodg-ing. The decision was madethis year for the competitionto be a one-day event.
The event has usuallybeen held at the Concord CityAuditorium, though the costof the venue was difficult forthe competition this year, es-pecially with the loss of twotop sponsors. Instead, thecompetition was brought tothe Gilford CommunityChurch. Meredith VillageSavings Bank and Opera NHprovided generous sponsor-ship.
Singers from across theUS and Canada came to thecompetition. Around 50signed up, and 42 competedat the all-day event at the Gil-ford Community Church.Performances began around
9 a.m. on Saturday and lastedthrough 4 p.m. At the end ofthe day, 17 finalists were cho-sen to perform in front of an
audience that evening.The 15 female singers and
two male singers performedselections from operas from
classical composers such asMozart and Handel to morecurrent American com-posers, including Leonard
Bernstein and Samuel Bar-ber. Final performers camefrom across New Hamp-shire, the Boston area, andother New England points toFlorida, Michigan, Albertaand many places in between.
David Collins accompa-nied most of the performerson piano, one exception be-ing Julie Olsson of Jamaica,Vt., whose husband Kenplayed accompaniment.
Each final performancewas reviewed by threejudges, who scored thesingers in several areas in-cluding vocal quality, dic-tion, expression, and manyothers. Audience membersalso cast their votes for theAudience Favorite awardgiven in memoriam of Nor-ma L. Harrison.
The winners were an-nounced at the end of theshow.
“It was a very, very toughdecision,” said judge andJust Love to Sing! Co-Direc-tor Carlos Martinez, whosaid the top three differed bytwo points each.
The first place winnerwas Amy Oraftik fromBoston. Oraftik, a soprano,performed “Composer’sAria” by Richard Straussfrom the opera “Adriane aufNaxos.” She received a prizeof $750 provided by Just Loveto Sing!
“It was such an honor, Ican’t believe it,” Oraftik saidright after her win was an-nounced.
Oraftik has been singingsince she was eight, startingout in children’s choir. Thiswas her first time perform-ing in Just Love to Sing’scompetition.
Oraftik said she wasamazed by the talent she sawfrom her fellow performers.She said she worked hard forthis competition and wasamazed with her win.
SEE OPERA PAGE A11
Make yourvoice heard
Gilford residents areencouraged to cast theirvotes in the 2012 Gener-al Election Tuesday, Nov.6 from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. inthe Gilford MiddleSchool gymnasium.
View from the MountReader Martha Kane submitted this photo of the Gilford shoreline as seen from the deck of the M/SMount Washington during a recent Sunday cruise.
MARTHA KANE — COURTESY
Selectmen set paymentschedule for GilfordMeadows sewer bill
BY DAN KANECONTRIBUTOR
At the Oct. 24 selectmen’smeeting, the board onceagain took on the issue ofwhether to give an abate-ment to the Gilford MeadowsCondo Association for theirsewer bill.
The town had been un-derestimating the bill for thepast two years, so the most
recent, cumulative bill cameout to be higher than expect-ed.
“They were actually con-serving water, but weweren’t high enough in ourestimates,” Selectman KevinHayes said.
Gilford Meadows Trea-surer Ray Boelig argued thatthe town was at fault, andought to at least lower thecost of the bill.
“We made a good faithpayment of $2,300, but the re-mainder of $3,000 is a signif-icant number,” he said.“We’re looking at a very size-able dollar amount for some-thing that was totally un-planned for. Who puts thatkind of money aside for asewer?”
Hayes offered a compro-mise in which the townwould split the most recentbill into four payments, dueeach quarter.
“In my mind, this moneyis due,” Hayes said. “We’regiving you an interest freeloan. You used the sewerservices. You need to pay forthem.”
Selectman John O’Brienconcurred, adding, “How
SEE SELECTMEN PAGE A11
GHS students turn out creepy, creative pumpkins
PHOTO BY ERIN PLUMMER
Gilford High School students decorated pumpkins in many creative styles as part of a Student Council team-building activity. The pumpkins were on display in front of the school this past week.
BY ERIN [email protected]
GILFORD — Pumpkins,paints, and other decorationsrecently provided a fun team-building activity for studentsat Gilford High School.
This past week, 46 pump-kins lined tables at the frontof the school, showing an ar-
ray of creative designs. All ofthe pumpkins were decorat-ed by students under the dif-ferent advisories in theschool.
The project was organ-ized by the Student Councilas a team building exercisewith the different advisors.
“We always try to do some-thing that helps improve thestudents’ outlook here at Gil-ford,” said Student Counciladvisor Sally Sessler.
The Student Council pur-chased a number of pump-kins, and many were donatedby Beans and Greens of Gil-
ford, Picnic Rock Farm ofMeredith, and Walmart. Thepumpkins were given to eachof the 46 advisors for each oftheir classes to decorate.
The pumpkins could notbe carved, and the groupscould not seek supplies andassistance from the artroom. The project was en-tirely in the hands of stu-dents, and teachers were notallowed to decorate thepumpkins.
The pumpkins were puton display in the front hall-way, grouped by class.
Independent judges weretasked with picking the fourbest pumpkins, and the stu-dent body could vote for theirfavorites. Students could pay25 cents to vote, with pro-ceeds going toward the stu-dent council.
Sessler said the activityseemed popular with thekids, with the students com-ing up with clever designs.
“It was a huge hit; the kidswere excited,” Sessler said.
The hardest part of theproject was making sure thepumpkins did not rot whileon display.
Sessler said the StudentCouncil will try to do theevent every year.
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Notes from the Gilford Library
Gilford Public Library Top Ten Requests
1. “Gone Girl” by Gillian Flynn2. “Following Atticus” by Tom Ryan 3. “A Casual Vacancy” by J. K. Rowling4. “The Panther” by Nelson Demille5. “NYPD Red” by James Patterson6. “The Racketeer” by John Grisham7. “Mad River” by John Sandford8. “Killing Kennedy” by Bill O’Reilly9. “Winter of the World” by Ken Follett
10. “The Kitchen House” by Kathleen Grissom
The Gilford Police Depart-ment reported the followingactivity from Oct. 22 to Oct.29.
Kayla C. McCarthy, age 20,of Gilford was arrested onOct. 22 in connection with abench warrant.
Heidi L. Williams, age 49,of Gilford was arrested onOct. 24 for Possession of Con-trolled/Narcotic Drugs andManufacture of ControlledDrug.
Brandon R. Pestana, age
24, of Franklin was arrestedon Oct. 28 for Driving WhileIntoxicated.
Kathy E. Gonyer, age 51, ofTilton was arrested on Oct.29 for Reckless Conduct;Placing Another in Danger.
A juvenile, age 16, was ar-rested on Oct. 29 for Unlaw-ful Possession of Alcohol.
4 suspicious vehiclechecks
15 alarms78 traffic checks
GILFORD POLICE LOG●
8 motor vehicle com-plaints
16 motor vehicle checks15 calls for an ambulance4 motor vehicle accidents2 reports of suspicious
persons 7 larceny8 reports of existing con-
ditions6 lost/found items6 abandoned vehicles6 service of paperwork8 animal complaints5 calls for the fire depart-
ment3 lost/missing/wanted
person8 requests for motorist as-
sistance3 pistol permits2 burglaries in progress13 checks of road & weath-
er conditions4 escorts1 fingerprints requested2 town ordinance enforce-
ment1 stolen/wanted automo-
bile3 see complainant9 domestic disturbance1 drug case5 civil matter1 DWI1 request for additional
help1 report of criminal mis-
chief1 juvenile incident2 attempt to locate1 untimely death3 reports of shots fired2 reports of harassment1 yard sale permit issued3 requests for contracted
services
BY ABI MAXWELLLIBRARY CORRESPONDENT
“I’m interested in the ro-mance of the Lakes Regionand the White Mountains,”said historian, writer, andprofessor Bruce Heald, whohas written numerous his-tory books and articlesabout the area, and who hasworked as Senior Purseraboard the M.S. MountWashington for 46 years.Heald will be at the GilfordPublic Library on Thursday,Nov. 8, from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m.to talk about his most recentbook, “New Hampshire andthe Civil War: Voices fromthe Granite State.”
Heald, who teaches mili-tary history at PlymouthState University, wrote“New Hampshire and theCivil War” after he gainedaccess to hundreds of “orig-inal, personal” letters writ-ten by soldiers during theCivil War. The letters camefrom many places, but mostfrom New Hampshire. Theydetail camp life, battles, im-prisonment, and hospital
stays, offering first-handknowledge of what the warwas like for New Hampshiremen. In addition to these let-ters, Heald also had the priv-ilege of reading one com-plete diary that belonged toa solider from Sanbornton,which details day-to-day lifeduring the War. The lettersand portions of the diaryare in the book, along withHeald’s introductions toeach volunteer regiment theletters originated from.
“I have fun doing this,”Heald said of his research.“And this topic”—the voicesof New Hampshire men inthe Civil War—“had neverbeen done before.”
That’s one criterion forHeald, who has written 37books so far.
“If I get an idea,” saidHeald, “I ask myself, ‘Is thisinteresting to other peo-ple?’”
From there, he considerswhether or not it has beendone before, and if the an-swer is no, he drafts a pro-posal for his publisher.
Heald’s career as a writerbegan in 1968, when he re-alized while working aboutthe Mount that the boat hadno travelogue.
“I wrote one,” he said,“and then I became inter-ested in the lake, the oldboats, the mail boat, and therailroads.”
His books include “A His-tory of the Boston andMaine Railroad,” “Rail-ways and WaterwaysThrough the White Moun-tains,” “A History of DogSledding in New England,”“Steamboats in Motion,”and many more.
During his visit to theGilford Public Library,Heald will show copies ofthe original letters, talkabout the impact NewHampshire had upon theCivil War, and answer ques-tions. His visit will takeplace on Thursday, Nov. 8,from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. Ifyou’re interested in ourpast, this is an excellent op-portunity to meet an experton New Hampshire history.The program is co-spon-sored with the Thompson-Ames Historical Societyand is free and open to thepublic; all are welcome andencouraged to join!
Programs & Special
Events
Thursday, Nov. 1
Toddler Time (18
months – three years),
10:30 - 11 a.m. Help fosterearly literacy skills in yourtoddler. We'll sing songs,read stories and create acraft. Sign-up is required in
the Children's Room.Conversational
French, 3 - 4 p.m. You don’twant to lose your Frenchlanguage skills, so sign upto converse with a fun-lov-ing group led by Trudy Hast-ings. Space is limited to 8people, so sign up soon.
Crafter’s Corner, 6 -
7:30 p.m. Needle arts coor-dinator Dawn Lemay will fa-cilitate all interestedcrafters who love knitting,crocheting, and other nee-dle work projects. Bringyour latest design and workin a relaxed corner of the li-brary.
Friday, Nov. 2
Social Bridge, 10:30
a.m. - 12:30 p.m. Do youlove to play bridge and justcan’t get enough? Come play‘social’ bridge at the library!
Storytime (three to five
years), 10:30 - 11:15 a.m.
Help foster early literacyskills in your preschooler.We'll sing songs, read a sto-ry and create a craft. Groupsize is limited to enhancethis special time for toddlersand their caregivers. Sign-up in the Children's Room isrequired. The theme for this6-week session is NurseryRhymes, Fairy Tales, andFables.
Knit Wits, 1:30 - 2:30
p.m. All knitters welcomed!
Monday, Nov. 5th
Mahjong, 12:30 - 3 p.m.
One of the oldest boardgames in the world –Mahjong – depends on skill,strategy, and a certain de-gree of luck. Join us!
Lego Legion (Ages sev-
en & up), 3:30 - 4:30 p.m.
Got Lego fever? We’ve gotthe cure! We’ll host a Legoclub on the first and thirdMondays of each month.Come tap into the magic inyour mind! Sign-up in theChildren’s Room.
Tuesday, Nov. 6
Drop-In Rug Hooking,
10:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. Car-ol Dale will lead a ‘hook-in’!
Storytime (three to five
years), 10:30 - 11:15 a.m.
Help foster early literacyskills in your preschooler.We'll sing songs, read a sto-ry and create a craft. Groupsize is limited to enhancethis special time for toddlersand their caregivers. Sign-up in the Children's Room isrequired. The theme for thissix-week session is NurseryRhymes, Fairy Tales, andFables.
Babygarten (Birth - 18
months), 11:30 a.m. -
noon. Help foster early lit-eracy skills in your baby.We'll sing songs, move tomusic, share stories andmake a craft. The theme forthe six weeks is NurseryRhymes, Fairy Tales, andFables.
Gilford Clickers, 6:30 -
8 p.m. The Clickers meetmonthly to improve theirphotography skills. Newmembers welcome.
Wednesday, Nov. 7
Check-Out-An-Expert!,
10 a.m. - noon. Do you havebasic questions about whatto do with your computer orneed help with downloadingaudio books or using our tel-escope? Come Check – Out –An - Expert! and receive theassistance you need. Youmust have a Gilford Librarycard. 20 minutes max ifsomeone is waiting.
Social Bridge, 10:30
a.m. - 12:30 p.m. Do youlove to play bridge and justcan’t get enough? Come play‘social’ bridge at the library!
Gilford Write Now
Writers’ Group, 3:30 - 5:30
p.m. This group, led byChris Roderick and BonnieCarnivale, is open to all Gil-ford Library cardholders.Writers of all ability levelsare invited at any time.
Gunstock Ski Club preparesfor annual sale
Gunstock Ski Club isholding their annual ski &snowboard sale again thisyear at Gunstock MountainResort Saturday, Nov. 3 from9 a.m. to 3 p.m.
More than $1 million ofinventory will be spreadover three floors from 14 lo-cal area ski shops. Expertswill be on hand at the sale tohelp you get booted and suit-
ed for the winter. In additionto alpine racing skis, twintips, snowboards, boots, hel-mets, poles, the sale in-cludes hats, mittens, jack-ets, cross-country skis,snowshoes, hockey skatesand gear, figure skates, andmore.
Consignment drop off fora small fee is available onFriday, Nov. 2 from 4 to 8 p.m.
Cash, credit card, andcheck payments are accept-ed at the sale.
Gunstock Mountain Re-sort has generously donateda Prime 2012/2013 seasonpass for one lucky raffleticket holder.
Go toGunstockSkiClub.com formore information, or callRuth at 528-5553.
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Pumpkin carving fun for kids at Gilford Library
PHOTO BY ERIN PLUMMER
Ron Lien and Laura Shute help their kids, Jax and Ava Lien, carve their pumpkins.
BY ERIN [email protected]
GILFORD — Kids had cre-ative and messy fun whilecarving pumpkins at the Gil-ford Public Library lastweek.
On Wednesday, childrenfrom toddlers to older stu-dents gathered at the libraryto carve their own creativedesigns into pumpkins.
“We try to do differentprojects about once amonth,” said Children’s Li-brarian Tracey Petrozzi.
This was the first pump-kin carving event for chil-dren and teens. Petrozzi saidthe library usually doespumpkin decorating, butthis was the first year chil-dren actually carved thepumpkins.
“I always did carving withmy kids,” Petrozzi said. “I al-ways thought it would be agreat idea with the teens. Mykids always enjoyed it.”
A number of children,from three-year-olds to olderkids, carved open theirpumpkins and scooped outthe insides, some by them-selves and some with helpfrom parents.
Jillian Palisi and Nick
Hinds said they liked eatingthe seeds while Jillian alsolikes pumpkin bread. AlexisDorman said the liked thefeeling of the pumpkin as shewas scooping it out.
A few said they wanted tobring the seeds home toroast, while a few nibbled onseeds when they were right
out of the pumpkin.Children then carved dif-
ferent designs into theirpumpkin, some designsdrawn out on paper that wastaped onto the pumpkin andcarved them out.
Ava Lien was taking partin the event on her sixthbirthday.
“I like carving them,” shesaid.
Her three-year-old broth-er Jax said he likes carvingthe face.
More Halloween eventswere scheduled at the GilfordLibrary, including a partyand parade on Halloween.
DALE SQUIRES – COURTESY
Gilford Rotary Club Charter Member Alley Boucher helped extract the existing paver stones and carefully setthe first commemorative paver stone in place. To left is the Bicentennial granite marker commemorating boththe 200th Anniversary of the town installed by Belknap Landscape’s Masonry Supervisor Rich DuBreuil.
Gilford Rotary Club sets it in stone!The Gilford Rotary invites
local residents and business-es to create a lasting memo-ry to honor or rememberfamily & friends with an en-graved paver at the newly re-stored the Rotary FlagpoleGarden.
Perfect to commemoratespecial occasions, such as abirth, anniversary, wedding,or to send a positive message,each personalized engravedfour-by-eight-inch paverstone will become part of thepermanent Gilford RotaryFlagpole Garden. Fundingwill help support the GilfordRotary Club’s ongoing localfundraising efforts and tohelp pay for the restorationof the Gilford Rotary Flag-pole Garden, built this pastsummer by local BelknapLandscape Company withBelgard paver stone dona-tions from Gilford HomeCenter and cobblestone edg-ing donated by GilbertBlock. The garden was re-stored to help the Town ofGilford commemorate theirBicentennial and turned outto be a central point for a va-riety of celebrations.
Included in the RotaryFlagpole Garden restorationwas a circular paved patiohemmed by semicircularhand-laid stone wall. Nowflanking the Town of Gil-ford’s Flagpole are matchinggranite markers commemo-rating both the 175th and the200th Anniversary of thetown. Attractive raisedplanting beds with nativespecies planting now greetvisitors to the public park.
Extracting the existingpavers and setting engravedpavers was easier than Clubmembers had anticipated.All 28 engraved pavers in thefirst batch were installed inan afternoon; more to go inas orders are received. Char-ter Club Members Alley &Charlie Boucher were onhand to assist and to see howthe process works first hand,extracting the existing paverstones and carefully settingcommemorative stones inplace.
To order an engravedpaver, print out the Paver Or-der Form from the Club’sFacebook page, completeand mail, enclosing a $50check, payable to Gilford Ro-tary. Mail Check & Paver Or-der Form to P.O. Box 7091,Gilford NH 03247. Residents& visitors are asked to orderearly as only 150 pavers maybe sold! A terrific way to
leave a lasting impression.Gilford Rotary is an or-
ganization of business andprofessional men andwomen who have acceptedthe ideal of service as a basisfor attaining fulfillment inour business, personal, andprofessional lives, and byserving our community. The
Club meets every Fridaymorning at 7 a.m. at Patrick'sPub in Gilford.More picturesand more information of theClub’s charitable activitieswere uploaded on the GilfordRotary Facebook Webpage, aWebpage anyone may see at:http://www.facebook.com/GilfordRotaryClub.
Opechee Garden Clubhosting “Round
Robin” workshopThe Opechee Garden
Club (OGC) welcomes itsmembers to participate in around robin of holidayworkshops demonstrated byits own members at theirNov. 5 meeting at 1 p.m. atthe Gilford CommunityChurch, Potter Hill Road,Gilford.
Following light refresh-ments and the businessmeeting, five members willbe presenting demonstra-tions: Sally Doten will showhow to plant spring bulbs incontainers to “winter over”for either indoor or outdoorspring flowers; CarolynTemmallo will demonstrateholiday arrangements in oa-sis cages for either a hang-ing swag or table center-piece; Sandy Gove will showhow to use greens in can-dlestick inserts for table ormantle displays; and JaneRollins’ demo will be on at-tractive winter containersusing greens and other ma-terials.
Groups will rotate to eachof the demonstrators whilethe fifth demonstrator, Don-na Vernon, will instruct onthe art of bow making to allmembers. Members whowish to follow along willneed their own wired ribbon(up to two and a half incheswide and 10 yards would
make up to three bows).Judy Nelson will take or-
ders for holiday wreathsand greens. Other orderswill be taken for the oasiscages, candle ring forms,etc. used in the demonstra-tions. These will be avail-able at the Greens Workshopon Nov. 27 at the Weirs Com-munity Center, where mem-bers may create a variety ofarrangements for theirhomes to be beautifully dec-orated for the holidays.
Chairs Jessie Lacombeand Sandy Stafford andhostesses – Cindy Ander-son, Elaine Gagnon, Christi-na Halstead, Barbara Har-ris, Trudy Hastings, SandraHickok, Mary Jane Hoey,Betty Hovey, Mary Lou Johnand Pati Litchfield willserve refreshments.
The Opechee GardenClub meets the first Mondayof the month at 1 p.m. (un-less otherwise noted) at theGilford CommunityChurch, Potter Hill Road,Gilford. New members arealways welcomed to join intime to celebrate the 75thAnniversary in 2014. WritePO Box 6025, Laconia, NH,call 293-7357, email [email protected] or visit www.opecheegar-denclub.com.
Gilford Youth Centerto host Turkey Trot 5KThe Fifth Annual GYC
Turkey Trot 5K Race andFamily Walk will be held onThanksgiving morning at 9a.m.
This race will help benefitfuture programming at theGilford Youth Center, as wellas fund scholarships and fi-nancial aid for their summerand school vacation camps.
The course runs throughGilford Village and is consid-ered flat and fast. All familymembers are encouraged toattend, including pets. Reg-
istrations can be found at gil-fordyouthcenter.com, or canbe picked up at the GilfordYouth Center or Gilford Vil-lage Store. $24 per per-son/$65 Family rate (up tofive people).
Register before November5th and receive a free longsleeve Turkey Trot shirt.
The Gilford Youth Centeris located at 19 Potter Hill Rd.,in Gilford.
Questions? Contact Scottat 524-6978.
A4 THE GILFORD STEAMER OPINION NOVEMBER 1, 2012
COMMENTARY●
FROM OUR READERS●
United Way looks tomake an impact…
collectivelyEditor’s note: The follow-
ing guest commentary wassubmitted for publication byAlan Robichaud, CommunityDevelopment Director for theLakes Region United Way.
There has been a lot oftalk lately about CollectiveImpact as a new way of con-ducting business. Thinktanks from business, educa-tion, politics and social serv-ices are using the concept tosuggest a new iteration ofworking together that, withthorough understanding andimplementation of core ele-ments, sets the conditionsunder which communitiescan realize significantchange in the issue they hopeto change. While on the sur-face, some may feel this isjust another word for collab-oration, Collective Impacthas been given focus of lateby John Kania and MarkKramer of the FSG consult-ants, particularly throughtheir seminal article pub-lished in the Stanford SocialInnovation Review by thesame name.
The authors point to hownon-profits all-too-often findthemselves working in isola-tion to identify and apply asolution to complex social is-sues only to find them im-possible to resolve. Socialproblems are often the by-product of government,business or other decisionmaking authorities whichcause varying levels of com-plexity that ultimately relyon cross-cutting coalitions toresolve. Social services arenot singularly equipped toimpact the change requiredto move the individual,group or community for-ward. In looking at initia-tives across the country andother places around theglobe, Kania and Kramer’swork has identified five con-ditions that, if properly im-plemented, seemingly makethe difference in what otherscall needle-moving initia-tives (those which improvepositive outcomes or de-crease negative impacts by aminimum of 10 percent inthe favored direction). Theconditions include that thoseengaged in the changeprocess formulate a commonagenda, establish systems ofshared measurement, en-gage in mutually reinforcingactivities, practice continu-ing communication strate-gies, and are supported bywhat they refer to as back-bone support organizations –those which require a dedi-cated staff separate from the
participating organizationswho perform roles as projectmanager, data manager andfacilitator.
The Lakes Region UnitedWay has been involved in thischange process over the pastfew years, bringing peoplefrom various communitysectors together to mutuallyaddress broad, complex so-cial issues. In its latest andmost complicated area yet –that of reducing poverty inBelknap County by 20 per-cent by 2020 – the United Wayplans to apply some of thislatest research to this initia-tive. To that end, the LakesRegion United Way will hosta national conference at Wa-terville Valley featuring theTamarack Institute for Com-munity Engagement in On-tario, Canada. Tamarack hasbeen addressing poverty re-duction and many other so-cio-economic issues for sev-eral years, with great suc-cess. Working closely withPaul Born of Tamarack toplan this conference, key pre-senters, including John Ka-nia (FSG Consultants), AnneKubisch (Aspen Institute’sRoundtable on CommunityChange) and Paul Schmitz(Public Allies and the WhiteHouse Council 0n Communi-ty Solutions) will be joinedby more than 160 partici-pants representing 80 agen-cies and organizations from18 states. Through partici-pant fees and support fromthe New Hampshire Charita-ble Foundation, the Endow-ment for Health, and GraniteUnited Way, the Lakes Re-gion United Way has madethis timely topic, provided byinternationally renownedthought leaders who are lead-ing the country in collectiveimpact research and applica-tion, accessible to nearly fourdozen Lakes Region agencyrepresentatives and over 100attendees from across NewHampshire. Experiencinglearning with those who aresetting the pace and thosewho wish to apply collectiveimpact strategies in commu-nities across the country willgive New Hampshire and theLake Region a leg up on tack-ling broad social issues thatimpact our children, familiesand communities.
For more informationabout Collective Impact orhow to become involved withthe Lakes Region UnitedWay’s Poverty Reduction ini-tiative, please call 524-6864 orvisit the Web page athttp://www.lruw.org/in-dex/fsp.asp.
Election common senseTo the Editor:
For the past 100 years, nopresident has ever been re-elected to office with unem-ployment above 7.2 percent.When you vote next Tuesday,unemployment will be about8 percent. It has been 8 per-cent or higher almost everyday since Obama was elect-ed. There are still more peo-ple unemployed today thanthe day Obama took office.Hesays he created millions ofjobs, while forgetting to men-tion he lost just about thesame number. Unbelievably,some people are still consid-ering a vote for Obama, defy-ing the common sense prece-dent set by our mothers, fa-thers and grandparents overgenerations. I ask them, andI ask you, if what we haveseen under Obama for thelast four years does not rep-resent complete and total
failure of the highest order,what in God’s name does?Obama has been a one manwrecking ball of destructionto America on every level,economically and socially. In-transigent unemployment isjust one negative side effectof what has been failed poli-cy, failed decision makingand failure to be the leaderAmerica so desperatelyneeds.
Economy: It survives ane-mically on Fed life support,requiring 24/7 money print-ing stimulus in order tobreathe. 2012 average eco-nomic growth is 1.7 percent.This year’s economic growthlower than 2011. 2011 eco-nomic growth lower than2010. In baseball, this wouldbe like striking out 50 timesin a row. During the sametime period, Ronald Reagancreated $1.2 trillion more in
GDP output than Obama has,which supported brisk em-ployment activity. The fail-ure of Barack Obama is sim-ply mind boggling. That any-one would still consider vot-ing for such failure I findeven more mind boggling.
Hiring: Our country’s cor-porations and businesses areparalyzed from Obama in-duced tax uncertainty, andthe impact of employeehealth care costs. Companiesreadily admit they are hold-ing back hiring given the eco-nomic threats, political dys-function and unknowns thathang above their heads likethe sword of Damocles. Cap-ital spending is on hold,while global investment inAmerica dries up with con-cerns over lack of leadershipto resolve roadblocks toprogress. A record 42 millionAmericans are eating beans
tonight on food stamps forone reason. The President ofthe United States refuses tolead, negotiate and problemsolve. He has been on theroad for a year, fundraising,flip flopping, demonizing anddividing America consumedwith what deodorant MittRomney uses. All as Americateeters on the brink of finan-cial disaster eight weeksfrom a fiscal cliff of spend-ing cuts and tax increasesJan. 1 that every economistguarantees will put us backin recession if not reversed.Obama refuses to talk aboutthe cliff, the future insolven-cy of Medicare & Social Se-curity, or the now bankrupt-cy of the U.S. Post Office.Could presidential failure beany clearer.
Tony BoutinGilford
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Anthony is the perfect mixof Black Labrador-GermanShepherd-canine Einstein.Yes, you read that right, he isan incredibly intelligent dogwho will outsmart the averageowner every time.
Ergo, we are looking for theexceptional dog owner.
So far Anthony has showedhe can steal food off low lyingsurfaces, but at the same timelook at you with those wonder-ful brown eyes sitting immedi-ately and waiting for your nextcommand. Smart, so smart,and devilish to boot.
He knows how to make good
decisions, he just doesn’t al-ways feel like doing so.. kind oflike the smartest kid in schoolsitting at the back of the classthrowing spitballs!
Anthony is very compan-ionable with other dogs. We’dlike to see him in an adults on-ly home. He will assume catsare play toys so best to stickwith a dog friendly household.
Come and see Anthony, takehim out on our woodland trailhe walks beautifully on leash.You will fall in love.
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Support your democratic candidates on Nov. 6To the Editor:
To the voters of Gilfordand Meredith, I’m asking foryour vote for one of the Belk-nap County District #2 StateRepresentative seats on Nov.6, and your support of my De-mocratic colleagues runningfor the other three seats - LisaDiMartino of Gilford andKate Miller & Sandy Mucciof Meredith.
I offer you a candidacywith the deepest and mostvaried experience. In termsof government service, Ihave served previously twoterms in the New HampshireHouse of Representatives,and I am currently an Incor-porator of the Belknap Coun-ty Economic DevelopmentCouncil. I have been a smallbusiness owner, managed
numerous local non-profits,and held various manage-ment positions in privatebusiness since the 1960’s.
I served in the US MarineCorps. I have been an educa-tor on the college and highschool levels in New Hamp-shire, holding graduate de-grees in Political Science. Ihave shown my dedication toLakes Region communitiesand its citizens through myvolunteer work with the St.Vincent de Paul Society,Ozanam Place and the Neigh-bors in Need fund. I was hon-ored to share with my wife,Erika, the 2006 Norm MarshAward for “exceptional lead-ership” in the Lakes Region.Erika and I will celebrate our45th wedding anniversary inFebruary, have raised four
children, and now enjoy oureight grandchildren. Wehave lived in the Lakes Re-gion for 21 years
I pledge to represent all ofthe voters of the two townsin every way I can – throughcommunication and atten-tion to our communityneeds. I promise to listen toyour views and ideas andcommunicate my thoughtson the various issues facingstate government. You willalways know where I standon important legislation. AsI’ve proven in the past, I willdo this with regular newspa-per articles, telephone con-versations, emails and pub-lic appearances.
I have been honored to runwith Lisa, Kate, and Sandy inthis election. They are can-
didates of outstanding expe-rience, dedication, and per-ception. As a team, we offerthe voters candidacies ofmoderation, practicality andbipartisanship. We look tofind practical solutions to theproblems of the state and ourdistrict, return civility andopenness to Concord, and todeliver government servicesin an effective and efficientmanner
We would appreciate yourvotes on Election Day. Re-gardless of how you vote,please vote on Nov. 6. The is-sues couldn't be more impor-tant. Thank you for your sup-port.
Bill JohnsonGilford
Time to throw the rascals outTo the Editor:
The system is broke, andthe voters are now overduein throwing the rascals out.
To open with my qualifi-cations with respect to eval-uating the system as being
broken: In my 63 years of vot-ing, I have only missed oneelection due to having re-lo-cated, and thereby missingthe residency requirementin our new state. Which is tosay that I am boasting that I
have a 100 percent atten-dance record for all the elec-tions in which I was quali-fied (even without a photoID!).
Consider my position onwhy the voters should beturning all the rascals out ...
In the nation's Capital, theRepublicans had only one ob-jective in mind, which was tomake Barack Obama a one-term president. That trans-lated into the non-actions ofthe House of Representativeswhereby they opposed any ofthe President's proposals toimprove the economy. Mindyou, the nation's populationwas caused to suffer longerthan need be all in order forthe electorate to be unhappywith the President's "non-performance" and vote forthe other guy on Nov. 6.
Those rascals are overduefor being thrown out.
In Concord, it is a differ-ent, but also worthwhile, rea-son for turning the rascalsout. The New Hampshire leg-islature became the juicy fod-der for all the late-night TVcomedians to poke fun at thelatest stupid — and hilarious— action that the majorityparty had performed by fol-lowing their leader, SpeakerO'Brien. One can only be re-minded of the song "Bring InThe Clowns."
Which is my second casein point: the New Hampshirelegislature is even more evi-dence that the rascals de-serve to be thrown out.
Fellow voters, think aboutyour agreement or disagree-ment with what I have writ-ten above. And then vote ac-cordingly.
Respectfully submitted,Bob Longabaugh
Alton Bay
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Honest budgeting and living within our means hascreated jobs in NH
To the Editor:Rather than highlight
their goals and their plans toimprove life in the GraniteState, New Hampshire De-mocratic hopefuls continueto try to cloud, mislead, slan-der, and distract voters whoshould instead be evaluatingthe efforts of the current Re-publican Senators and Rep-resentatives, as they havesuccessfully addressed budg-et deficits, practiced fiscal re-sponsibility, succeeded increating jobs and in welcom-ing new businesses to NewHampshire.
The budget submitted inthe past term by the Republi-cans—one which few De-mocrats supported—has cre-ated New Hampshire jobsand encouraged job growth;
it lowered taxes and fees; itbalanced a budget facing anear billion-dollar deficit.Facts are facts, so what is thereal truth?
Let’s look at the numbers:in June 2011, according to theU.S. Department of Labor,696,375 New Hampshire resi-dents were working. In Feb-ruary 2012, the reportshowed 704,283 employedNew Hampshire residents.That's an increase of 7,908jobs since Republicans' statebudget took effect in July2011. 7,908 jobs equates to anaverage of almost 1,000 newjobs every month for the pasteight months. Democrats canscream about social issuesand try to take the focus offthe economy but they can'targue facts. The Republican
budget has worked—withoutrequiring the increase or ad-dition of a single tax or fee.
Now, let's take a walkdown memory lane: remem-ber the fiasco that was the De-mocrats' LLC and camp-ground taxes of 2009. Let's re-member how the Democratsraised many different taxesand fees that took hard-earned money from yourfamily and wasted it on abloated, over-spent budget.Let's remember SB 500,which paroled violent crimi-nals early. Let's rememberthat in the midst of a reces-sion, Democrats were debat-ing transgender bathroombills and trying to find moreways to spend your money onnon-essentials at a timewhen money was short and
each family had to stretchtheir income to put food onthe table, gas in the car, heat-ing fuel in the tank, and keeptheir mortgage paymentscurrent.
When the Democrats areslinging mud in an effort todistract you from the NewHampshire Republicans' job-creating success and ourhonestly balanced budget,don’t forget their trackrecord and their failures.
Please support your Re-publican candidates to keepNew Hampshire moving for-ward. We ask for your voteon Nov. 6.
Respectfully submitted,
Colette WorsmanNH House of Representatives
Gilford & Meredith
The right candidates no longer represent theDemocratic party
To the Editor:Can you imagine if we had
a state law that forced you, asa homeowner, to pay to joinan organization just becauseyour neighbors have voted tojoin that organization? Therationale from this organiza-tion would be that it’s for thegood of the entire neighbor-hood, and protects your prop-erty values. I think we would
all scoff at that idea. Howcould there be a state law thatwould force us to do this?
Well, that is exactly whatthe Right to Work issue is allabout. If workers want tounionize, they should nothave a state law that forcestheir co-workers who do notwant to join to pay anyway. Itis just plain wrong.
Our Democratic House
and Senate candidates favora continuance of this flawedphilosophy. Why? Becausethey have taken money fromthese same organizations,and they want to win thosemembers’ votes. It is justwrong for politicians to favorthis kind of role for the stategovernment. It just goes toshow, you we don’t have theright candidates represent-
ing the Democratic Partyanymore. How far they havefallen from the time when theDemocrats favored the rightsof the individual. As a reg-istered independent, I will bevoting for our RepublicanHouse and Senate candi-dates.
For liberty,Barbara AichingerGovernor’s Island
Gilford
O’Brien will have one of my votesTo the Editor:
Well, Election Day is fastapproaching, and I have beenevaluating the candidates forthe House of Representativesfrom the Gilford-Meredithdistrict. Since there is nosure way of assuring thattwo representatives willcome from each town, I willhave to chose four of the can-didates to vote for. To beginwith, I have always voted forthe candidate I thoughtwould do the best job repre-
senting me. In other words, Ivote for individuals, not par-ties.
I have been disappointedin the partisan behavior andlack of civility in politics ingeneral in Washington andConcord. I believe that gov-ernment doesn’t work as wellwhen it comes from the ex-tremes of left or right as itdoes when it comes from themiddle. I expect that peopleelected to represent me willtry to improve the state for
the benefit of its residents,and will be prepared to com-promise to get the job done.
With that in mind, one ofmy four votes will go to JohnO’Brien. As an Independentcandidate, he can representour interests, not those ofany particular party. He willnot take his marching ordersfrom either party boss. Johnhas shown his devotion to theGilford community by serv-ing and continuing to serveas a Gilford Selectman. He
has also shown his loyalty toour country by courageousservice in Viet Nam forwhich he was awarded a Sil-ver Star, a Bronze Star, andthe Viet Nam Cross of Gal-lantry. He obviously has thecourage to stand up for hisbeliefs. John is one of thefour candidates I am going tovote for.
Peter MillhamGilford
FROM OUR READERS●
PHOTO BY BONNIE CARNIVALE
Monument Valley from Goulding’s Lodge.
The Four Corners ofthe Southwest
Editor’s note: The fol-lowing journal entry chroni-cles contributing writer andGilford resident Bonnie Car-nivale’s journey through theSouthwest from Aug. 28 toSept. 9, 2012.
Day Six: Culture Shock,
A Day of Contrasts
We left Monument Valleythis morning driving east.We had been in Navajo coun-try for days; the land thatseemed so forbidding wassoon reflected in our rearview mirror. It difficult toexplain what it was like.Strikingly beautiful but des-olate; the Navajo friendlybut wary. Poverty appears tobe their way of life. Is it achoice? Is cultural simplici-ty and respect for the envi-ronment the reason theylive so simply? MonumentValley is a tourist destina-tion; a drive-by to gape at theiconic monoliths, spectacu-lar no doubt but once expe-rienced it was time to moveon.
As we drove, the land-scape began to change.Sandstone became lime-stone, not as visually aes-thetic; Ute Territory. As weapproached Cortez, Colo.,the views abruptly changedto green fields, shade treesand distant mountains. Wehad opted to drive to Tel-luride, a ski town and hostof a film festival takingplace this very weekend.The drive was at first lovely
along the Delores River,then eye popping as themountains arose. As far asbeauty is concerned Tel-luride, tucked away fromthe interstate, surpasses As-pen and Vail, in our opinion.But the culture shock, fromstark Navajo country to op-ulence, was disturbing.
The town is charmingwith upscale stores andrestaurants. Oh yes, thebank in town was the site ofButch Cassidy’s first bankrobbery. We enjoyed moun-tain vistas from the free gon-dola built solely for easy ac-cess to Mountain Village, aski resort. The Village ishome to hotels, condos,restaurants, shops, andbanks designed around acentral plaza, very Euro-pean. $$$$$
We drove 72 miles back toCortez, then 9.5 miles downCounty RD G, then threequarters of a mile on a dirtroad to Kelly Place B&B,adobe, rustic, set on 100acres of land, including acanyon with numerousPueblo ruins and artifacts.We checked in and settledand before we could sayAnastazi, our hosts weregone and we had the place toourselves. It was a delight tohave a comfortable outdoorspace for cocktails and a pic-nic dinner on the patio fol-lowed by a stunning sunset.I stayed out until I there wasno more light by which tojournal.
Make your voice heard on replacementof GES playground
To the Editor:According to the long
range strategic plan, the Gil-ford Elementary School play-ground is due to be replacedin 2015-16. However, a num-ber of staff and communitymembers have expressedtheir desire to expedite theprocess, due to safety con-cerns and difficulty super-vising the area. I have beenapproached by a number ofparents who have offered tofundraise and write grantsto help fund this project.
I understand that this is a
sensitive issue, and thatthere are community mem-bers and staff on both sides.Before any fundraising canoccur, we will need to comeup with a playground design.I believe an extremely im-portant part of the process isto obtain ideas, suggestionsand feedback from students,staff and community mem-bers before moving any fur-ther with this project.
I would like to invite youto join us in the GES libraryon Nov. 13 at 6:30 p.m. for anopen discussion to share
ideas and address concernsregarding construction of anew playground. We have so-licited a third party, KarenWelford, Director of theFamily Resource Center, tohelp facilitate our discus-sion, ensuring everyone’svoice is heard regarding thisimportant topic.
I look forward to hearingyour thoughts and ideas.
Thank you,Danielle Bolduc
PrincipalGilford Elementary School
We support Bill JohnsonTo the Editor:
Bill Johnson of Gilford ispassionate about supportingfamilies. His credentials in-clude experience as a NewHampshire legislator, educa-tor, successful businessman,dedicated community ser-vant and family man. He isalways open to hearing ourviewpoints and communi-cating about key communityissues. That's why we are vot-ing for Bill for state repre-sentative for District #2!
Butch & Judi Taggart, Gilford Erin MacNamara Friedman, Gilford
Fredda & David Osman, GilfordDennis & Sally Doten, Gilford
Claire & Roger Morel, Gilford Marcia & Mike Tocci
Don Morrissey, Gilford Judy Scothorne, Gilford
David Berube & Mary Michaud,Gilford
Jeannette Buckley, Meredith Paula Trombi, Meredith Linda Swenson, Gilford
Sara Allen, Gilford Ron Silver, Gilford
Kevin & Pam Hayes, GilfordJulie McConnell, Gilford
Sue Martino, Gilford Don & Paul Spink, Gilford
Pam Paquette, Gilford Paula Berthold, Gilford
Rita Kelley, MeredithCindie Graham, Gilford Chuck Barnett, Gilford
Jo Ann Wilson, MeredithLawrence Murphy, Gilford
Rita Nelson, Gilford Charles & Pattie Patridge, Gilford
Rick & Dori Cote, Gilford
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A6 THE GILFORD STEAMER Obituaries / Local News NOVEMBER 1, 2012
OBITUARIES●
LACONIA — Gerhard“Jerry” Robert Hassler, 84,of Gilford, died at LaconiaRehabilitation Center-Gene-sis on Friday, Oct. 26, 2012.
Mr. Hassler was bornSept. 7, 1928 in Austria, theson of the late Luisa Born.
He was a long time resi-dent of Framingham, Mass.before moving to Gilford. Hehad been employed as a trav-el agent for Crimson Travelfor 25 years.
Mr. Hassler was a com-municant of St. JosephParish in Belmont.
Mr. Hassler traveled ex-tensively around the world,and spoke seven languages.He was an avid sports en-thusiast and played profes-
Gerhard Robert Hassler, 84
sional hockey.Survivors include his
wife, Rose Lucy Hassler ofBelmont; two sons, Rick Has-sler and his wife Jolie of Gil-
ford and Gary Hassler andhis wife Karen of Switzer-land; and seven grandchil-dren (Danielle, RJ, Mike,Mark, Max, Nick andJanelle).
There will be no callinghours.
A prayer service will beheld on Sunday, Nov. 4, 2012at 10:30 a.m. at St. JosephParish, 96 Main St., Belmont.
Wilkinson-Beane-Si-moneau-Paquette FuneralHome & Cremation Services,164 Pleasant St., Laconia, isassisting the family. Formore information and toview an online memorial, goto www.wilkinsonbeane.com.
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Jerry Hassler
NEW BERN, N.C. — Ber-nice E. Sears, formerly ofGilford, passed away on Oct.2, 2012 at Carolina East Med-ical Center in New Bern, N.C.after a brief illness. She was80 years old.
Bernice was born inAbington, Mass. to the lateWesley and Ethel Sears. Shegraduated from RocklandHigh School, Rockland,Mass. and Westfield StateTeachers College, Westfield,Mass. Ms. Sears was in-volved in elementary and
middle school education for41 years. Her teaching careerstarted in Massachusetts;she then spent seven yearsin California, and finally re-turned to New England andtaught at Gilford MiddleHigh School from 1980-1994.There, she loved to share herappreciation of reading andlanguage arts with her sixthgrade students.
Bernice was instrumentalin keeping the Friends of theGilford Library going duringthe 1980’s and 1990’s, and pub-
lished their newsletter. In2005, she moved to Grants-boro, N.C. to be near her fam-ily.
She is survived by her sis-ter, Janice S. Davis and broth-er-in-law, Arlen “Dave”Davis of Grantsboro, andseveral nieces, nephews, andgreat nieces and nephews.
In her memory, donationscan be made to: The Friendsof the Gilford Public Library,33 Potter Hill Rd., Gilford,NH 03249.
Bernice E. Sears, 80
Lakes Region Chordsmenhosting spaghetti dinner
The Lakes Region Chords-men Barbershop Chorushaving completed anothersuccessful summer season inWeirs Beach, and is offeringa spaghetti and meatball din-ner/concert with quartetsand silent auction.
Dinner will be catered byPatrick’s Pub & RestaurantNov. 11 at 5 p.m. in the Gilford
Community Church hall inbasement. The church is lo-cated at 19 Potter Hill Rd.,Gil-ford. Tickets are $8 adults, $4children 15 years and under.Contact Ed Farmer, 253-8523,Harvey Beetle 528-3073 or anychordsman for tickets.
Those having items to do-nate for silent auction, pleasecontact Bob Burke at 875-
0022.For those who have at-
tended our last two Christ-mas dinner cabarets, thisdinner replaces it.
We continue to look formen who enjoy singing.
We meet Monday nights inthe same location as abovefrom 7:15 to 9:30 p.m.
Quilters Guild to host wallhanging workshopLACONIA — The Belknap
Mill Quilters Guild will beholding a workshop to com-plete a "Woven Sunflower"wallhanging on Thursday,Nov. 29, at the Laconiabranch of the Meredith Vil-lage Savings Bank from 9a.m. to 3 p.m.
The workshop will be led
by Sue Collier of Michigan,an experienced quilter whovisits the Lakes Region an-nually. She will teach thetechnique of weaving stripstogether, fusing and stitchingwith a raw edge applique.The project does not have tobe quilted after completion.
Cost for the class is $20 for
members and $35 for non-members. A kit which in-cludes all materials exceptthe backing and border canbe purchased for $45 in ad-vance.
Quilters should contactLinda McCloskey at 293-2975to register.
NH’s Lakes Region to be featuredin Essentially America magazine
TILTON — Amy Landers,Executive Director of theLakes Region Tourism Asso-ciation, has announced thatthe international publicationEssentially America will fea-ture the Lakes Region of NewHampshire and its autumnglory in their “North Ameri-ca’s Best Fall Foliage Townsand Villages” article.
The issue is packed full ofexcursion ideas for “leafpeepers” in the Lakes Regionof New Hampshire, includingcruising with the M/S MountWashington as the best fall fo-liage viewpoint and taking inviews from Castle in theClouds.
“We are so honored to have
the Lakes Region of NewHampshire recognized by Es-sentially America magazinefor our beautiful fall foliage,”states Landers. “Many peoplethink of the Lakes Region inNew Hampshire as a summerdestination, especially withWolfeboro being the ‘OldestSummer Resort in America,’as the article states. Whilethis is certainly true there’struly nothing like an autumnday touring our lakes andmountains!”
The Autumn 2012 Essen-tially America issue is onstands now, and would be agreat collector issue for any-one who lives and loves theLakes Region of New Hamp-
shire.The Lakes Region Tourism
Association is the officialtourism board of the region,representing close to 100 com-munities, 273 lakes andponds, and more than 400businesses in central NewHampshire, including area at-tractions, restaurants, retailestablishments and accom-modations. For more infor-mation or visitors guides, vis-it LakesRegion.org or followon Facebook or Twitter. TheLRTA office and Visitor Cen-ter is located at 61 LaconiaRd., Tilton, just off Exit 20 onI-93 and can be reached bycalling 1-800-60-LAKES or 286-8008.
SCORE Lakes Region to offerQuickBooks workshop
PLYMOUTH — SCORELakes Region is offering aQuickBooks Workshop forSmall Businesses on Wednes-day, Nov. 7 in Plymouth.
It is well known that thevast majority of small busi-nesses utilize QuickBooks ac-counting software to satisfytheir bookkeeping needs. Of-ten, however, to become profi-cient in the use of this tool anintroduction to basic finan-cial management and how thesoftware operates are needed.
During this interactivesession key discussion topicswill include: Financial Man-agement Introduction, Essen-tial Concepts & Terms, WhyAccounts are Important,QuickBooks setup & opera-tions, Using Reports within
QuickBooks, and ManagingEssential Tasks.
The co-presenters are Kan-di Edson, C.P.A. Edson pos-sess a wide variety of audit,tax and consulting experi-ence in many industries in-cluding construction, real es-tate, service and non profit or-ganizations. Her practice cov-ers tax issues and strategies,tax planning for businessesand servicing high net-worthclients.
Marsha Felder, co-founderof a successful cable systemcompany, managed a wide ar-ray of small business opera-tions. Her extensive experi-ence with various accountingand manufacturing businesssoftware provides her with areal world perspective. She
has been a QB user for 20 plusyears and currently providesQuickBooks consulting tosmall business owners
The workshop will takeplace from 5-8 p.m. at PeasePublic Library, located at 1Russell St., Plymouth, NH,NH 03246. For more detailsand to register, call SCORELakes Region at 524-0137, orpreferably visit www.lakesre-gion.score.org. A $25 tuitionpaid upon registration or $30at the door is required. Veter-ans and students may attendfree. SCORE counselors willbe there to answer your busi-ness question. Also, attendeesmay register for one-on-onebusiness mentoring for thelife of your business.
All Brite Cleaning announcesThird Annual Bowling Tournament
LACONIA — All BriteCleaning & Restoration, Inc. ishosting the Third AnnualBowling Tournament atFunspot in Laconia on Nov. 7to benefit the Laconia Salva-tion Army. The cost is $120 perteam of four, including shoerental, two strings of bowling,and pizza. All proceeds bene-fit the Laconia SalvationArmy. Lane sponsorships areavailable for $50.
The Bowling Tournamentis the kick off to All BriteCleaning & Restoration, Inc.’s
Sixth Annual Food Drive. AllBrite’s employees donate theirtime to stand outside MarketBasket three Saturdays in themonth of December to collectnon-perishable food items. Forevery item collected, All Britethen matches.
“All Brite is not a franchise;we’re a community-drivenbusiness. We try to give backwhenever we can,” says RobStewart, owner of All Brite.
This year, they will be atMarket Basket Dec. 1, 8, & the15th from 10 a.m.-2 p.m.
For more information,please call 524-4889 or [email protected].
All Brite Cleaning &Restoration, Inc. was estab-lished in 1986, and is about andwill continue to be about pro-viding valued and qualityservices, building relation-ships and having cutting edgetechnology and products forclients who demand an out-standing service experience.
To learn more about theirservices, visit www.allbrite-cleaning.com.
New Urban Farmers to speak at GMSOn Thursday, Nov. 8 at the
Gilford Middle School, Gilford,starting at 6:30 p.m., the NewUrban Farmers, a successfulproject based inner city agri-cultural organization operat-ing in Rhode Island, will pres-ent an overview of their group,its mission, and success sto-ries.
A few of the projects of notefor the New Urban Farmersare the start up of a mobilefarmers market, a one acre in-tensive growing operationwithin a housing develop-
ment, the use of geodesic domegreenhouses, and incorporat-ing aquaponics into their pro-duction methods. This organ-ization believes that ‘througha small system of satellitefarms within the city - not on-ly can we grow food but we canrebuild our community -Growing minds is our job -what grows from there is lim-itless!’ Also part of the pres-entation will be John Lash,Food Service Director for theGilford School system andKevin Halligan of the Local
Eatery in Laconia to discusshow they find and incorporatelocally grown foods into theirmenus.
Locally grown/producedrefreshments will be served atthis event. There is a small feeto attend this program and theregistration deadline is Nov. 5.For more information on theprogram, please contact theBelknap County ConservationDistrict at telephone 527-5880or visit the Web site,www.belk-napccd.org, to download theregistration information.
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Humane Society in searchof local foster families
BY DONNA [email protected]
LACONIA — October wasAdopt a Shelter Dog Month,and while 14 of the NewHampshire Humane Soci-ety’s friendly canines found aforever home, many more arestill looking for love.
That’s why NHHS directorMarylee Gorham is lookingto develop a bigger pool of fos-ter families to help some ofher four-footed friends stillliving at the shelter.
“We have quite a few dogswho would do much better ina home situation until theyget a permanent home,”Gorham said.
Currently, 40 dogs are stillin residence at NHHS, andgood foster care, Gorhamsaid, is very much in need.Whether for socialization orto recouperate from minormedical problems, many ofthose dogs would do better ina comfortable home environ-ment.
Fostering is usually limit-ed to two months per house-hold so people don’t grow tooattached to an animal theyvolunteer to temporarily carefor. Gorham said she alsogives plenty of notice when adog will either return to theshelter or move on to a per-manent or new foster home.
“Personally, I feel it’s justgood to have a cut-off time forfostering. We’ll even sendsomeone out to help peopledetach because it’s easy to fallin love with an animal in ashort time,” Gorham said.
Those willing to take a dog,or even select members of thefacility’s cat population intotheir household find many re-wards for their generosity. Be-sides enjoying the animal’scompany, foster homes helpdevelop well-rounded, social-ized pets.
While some people mayeventually decide to adopt theanimal they harbor, that isnot the purpose of the pro-gram however. NHHS simplyhopes to make these animalsfeel comfortable and valuedas they await an adoptive fam-ily.
“Dogs are adaptable crea-tures who live in the moment,and are so appreciative ofanyone who cares for them.You can help pay it forward tothe people who eventuallyadopt these pets by having
them in your home for a shorttime, and helping them be-come a terrific part of ahousehold,” she said.
In the meantime, veteri-nary needs of all fostereddogs are provided by NHHS,and foster families may alsobe asked to bring the animalsto the shelter to visit with any-one interested in adoptingthem.
“None of that is up to thefoster homes. These are ourdogs, and we’ll handle theirmedical needs and the adop-tion process, if that arises,”said Gorham.
Many people see photos ofdogs up for adoption in theHumane Society’s Pet of theWeek columns, and wouldlike to select the dog they fos-ter, but in actuality, she ex-plained, that dog may not besuited for their home or thefostering program. NHHSstaff members decide whichdogs are most in need then fitthem with appropriate fosterhomes.
“If people wish to workwith particular breeds,though, we do keep that inmind as needs arise,” shesaid.
Interested parties areasked to fill out an applicationfor the program and need tobe willing to have a brief safe-ty and security check of theirresidence. Friendly, well-mannered pets already in ahome are not an issue but ide-ally NHHS would like some-one who will be aroundthroughout the day to workwith any dog they take in andprovide them with proper in-struction and companion-ship.
“These dogs have a realneed to be part of a home, soit’s important for people tospend a lot of quality timewith them,” she said.
Beside the foster program,NHHS also has Pet Therapyprograms at several locationsin the region. Shelter dogswith good manners and a re-al love for social settings getthe opportunity to “get theirface out there” in public tohelp people.
Through Pet Therapy, bothhumans and canines reap thebenefits of “puppy love.” Ithas been shown that interac-tion with a dog can relievestress and anxiety and bringa smile to the infirm and eld-
erly, as well as having a calm-ing effect on people of all ages.
As an added benefit, thatoccasionally results in thesedogs finding a permanenthome.
“We’ve had a few nursesand families adopt the dogswe’ve brought in for Pet Ther-apy so that’s been wonderful,too,” said Gorham.
NHHS brings their dogs tovisit places such as the NewHampshire Veterans’ Home,Forestview Manor, MeredithBay Colony, Golden ViewHealthcare Center, GenesisBehavioral Health and theBelknap County NursingHome.
“We could always use out-side certified therapy dogs tojoin us though on these tripsif anyone owns one and is in-terested,” Gorham added.
To apply for the fosteringprogram or inquire aboutsigning a certified therapydog up to join the Pet Thera-py program, people are askedto contact NHHS at 524-3252,stop by their facility at 1305Meredith Center Rd. in Laco-nia, or visit their Web site,www.nhhumane.org to learnmore on how they can help.
Youth Basketball registrationdeadline is Nov. 13
The Gilford Parks andRecreation Department iscurrently accepting registra-tions for the Youth Basket-ball Program for Gilford chil-dren in grades one throughsix. The registration dead-line for all divisions is Tues-day, Nov. 13. Any registra-tions submitted after the 13thwill be accepted on an avail-ability basis only.
For more information,please contact Parks andRecreation Director HerbGreene at 527-4722.
Gunstock Ski/Snowboard
Program registration
deadline Nov. 15!
The Gilford Parks andRecreation Department isonce again sponsoring a six-week learn to ski/snowboardprogram to be held at Gun-stock Ski Area for Gilfordchildren in grades K-6. Thisprogram will be runningfrom 4:30 – 8:15 p.m. everyTuesday from Jan. 8 – Feb. 12,2013. There is also rentalequipment available to thosewho need it. Registrationdeadline is Thursday, Nov. 15.No registrations will be ac-
cepted after this date!For more information
please contact Parks andRecreation Director, HerbGreene at 527-4722.
Senior Moment-um
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Night, Nov. 15!
Gilford Parks and Recre-ation, in conjunction withthe GHS Interact Club andGHS Performing Arts, issponsoring a Dinner andTheatre evening for partici-pants of the Senior Moment-um Program. This activity isscheduled for Thursday, Nov.15. Participants will meet inthe Gilford High School Lob-by at 5 p.m. to enjoy a nicepasta dinner put on courtesyof the High School InteractClub. Following dinner wewill head into the Auditori-um to watch the HighSchool’s performance of “In-to the Woods.” There is nofee for this program, butspace is limited and reserva-tions will be accepted on afirst come basis. Partici-pants must RSVP no laterthan noon on Friday, Nov. 9.
For more information or
to RSVP, please contact theGilford Parks and Rec. De-partment at 527-4722.
Celtics Bus Trip tickets
now available!
The Gilford Parks andRecreation Department issponsoring a trip to watchthe Boston Celtics play theOrlando Magic at the Gardenon Friday, Feb. 1. Travel toand from the game will beprovided aboard a CoachCompany Luxury Coach ful-ly equipped with climate con-trol, DVD video system andlavatory. This trip is open toGilford residents only; how-ever, any tickets unsold as ofNov. 15 will be made availableto residents of other commu-nities. The cost of this trip is$80 per participant, and in-cludes your ticket to thegame and travel aboard thecoach bus. This trip is limit-ed to 27 participants, so reg-ister early!
For more information,please call the Gilford Parksand Recreation Departmentat 527-4722.
Welcome the season at UMC’s Glad Tidings Christmas Fair
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Enjoy a wonderful start to the Christmas season by attending the Glad Tidings Christmas Fair Saturday, Nov.10 at First United Methodist Church in Gilford.
Enjoy a wonderful start tothe Christmas season by at-tending the Glad TidingsChristmas Fair Saturday,Nov. 10 at First UnitedMethodist Church in Gil-ford.
The festivities begin at 9a.m., when there will be plen-ty to see and do. Browsethrough various tables topick out Christmas gifts foreveryone in your family.Among the many selectionswill be handcrafted knit andsewing items, antiques andcollectibles and a wide arrayof jewelry items. There willbe a room filled with books,a flea market room and manyitems of holiday décor.
In the Fellowship Hall,you will be treated to a largebake sale and cookie walk,house plants, jams and jel-lies, and many items provid-ed by local crafters who setup their tables year afteryear at this popular fair. Intoyland, Santa and Mrs.Claus will be on hand to greetyoung children and take
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In addition, chairpersonof this event Jane Reep tellsus, “We are always addingnew things. This year, we areoffering an Arts and Crafts
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200x2020 Initiative to hostcareer exploration panel
LACONIA — A career ex-ploration panel for highschool students will be of-fered by the 200x2020 Initia-tive on Thursday, Nov. 8 at theHuot Technical Center toprovide information aboutcareers in Law, Public Safety,Corrections and Security.
The panel will run threetimes over the course of theday. Students from any HuotCenter sending school mayattend during their school’sregularly scheduled block atthe Huot. Permission slipsare required for this eventand may be obtained througheach high school guidancedepartment. The schedule isas follows:
9:03 to 10:33 a.m. (FranklinHigh School & Gilford HighSchool)
10:36 a.m. to 12:06 p.m. (La-conia High School & BelmontHigh School)
12:34 to 2:04 p.m. (Win-nisquam Regional HighSchool & Inter-Lakes HighSchool)
The list of panelists in-cludes Superintendent Wardfrom the Belknap County
Jail; Chief LaChapelle of theFranklin Fire Department;lawyer Emily McLaughlin ofMcLaughlin Law Office;lawyer Matt Huot of Wescott,Dyer, Fitzgerald & Nichols;Leslie Cartier, HazardousMaterials Coordinator withNew Hampshire Departmentof Safety; Park Ranger TraciShorb with the NationalParks Service; Allen Coen ofthe Fire Technology Pro-gram at Lakes Region Com-munity College; and CaptainCanfield of the Laconia Po-lice Department, who is alsoinvolved in the Huot’s LawEnforcement Program.
This event is the first offour career exploration pan-els organized by the 200x2020Initiative for the 2012-13 aca-demic year. The panels aredesigned to provide informa-tion and guidance to highschool students seeking tolearn more about local ca-reer options. The other pan-els this year are:
Architecture & Construc-tion on Jan. 11, 2013
Science, Technology, En-gineering & Mathematics
and Advanced Manufactur-ing on March 15, 2013
Arts, Audio/Video Tech-nology & Communicationson May 3, 2013
The 200x2020 Initiative isa workforce developmentpartnership between LakesRegion United Way, LakesRegion Chamber of Com-merce, Belknap County Eco-nomic Development Coun-cil, Lakes Region Communi-ty College, the Huot Techni-cal Center, Greater MeredithProgram, NHWorks, andmany school-to-career coor-dinators and guidance coun-selors from our local schools.The goal of the partnershipis to get a minimum of 200businesses signed on by 2020to provide local students ac-cess to a full range of voca-tional, technical and occupa-tional experiences through-out the school years to sup-port our region’s long-termworkforce developmentneeds. In addition to the ca-reer exploration panels,200x2020 is currently devel-oping an on-line database ofhigh school internship andjob shadow opportunities inthe Lakes Region which willbe available starting in the2013-14 school year.
Regional manufacturing leaderssupport LRCC curriculum
LACONIA — Lakes Re-gion Community College re-ceived unanimous supportFriday from more than 20 re-gional advanced manufactur-ing leaders of the curriculumit is designing to prepare NewHampshire workers and jobseekers for success in high-skill, high-tech positions.
The voice vote was takenduring a meeting of LRCC’s“business advisory commit-tee” to update entrepreneurson progress the school hasmade under the $19.9 millionfederal Trade AdjustmentAssistance Community Col-lege and Career Traininggrant, approved in 2010 andawarded to Great Bay Com-munity College inPortsmouth and its six con-sortium colleges. Funds fromthe grant are being used todevelop or update advancedmanufacturing curriculumsand laboratories across theCommunity College Systemof New Hampshire.
The initiative has been em-braced by manufacturersacross the state, who havestruggled to find enoughqualified people to keep upwith demand for their prod-ucts, which are used by com-panies in industries as di-verse as aerospace, medicaland automotive.
The call for help was re-peated Friday, with GaryGroleau, corporate managerof labor relations for NewHampshire Ball Bearings,based in Laconia, saying thediscussion of how to create apipeline of qualified job ap-plicants for companies des-perate for workers beganyears ago and “the hiringproblem is not going away.”
“We need an orderly wayto bring new people in,” hesaid. “We need a program likeTAACCCT to do it.”
Carl Daniels, energy serv-ices and technology head atLRCC and former AavidThermalloy employee,
agreed, and added that theworkforce need is nation-wide.
“These are good people,”he said of the hordes of jobseekers, from recent highschool graduates to veteransreturning from military serv-ice, to workers displaced dueto layoffs, to currently em-ployed people whose skillshave fallen behind currenttechnologies. “But they justdon’t know how to do thework.”
The curriculum being de-veloped at LRCC and the sixother colleges in the consor-tium was developed to aligndirectly with the needs of re-gional manufacturers. Busi-ness leaders were brought into guide the developmentprocess and have even donat-ed thousands of dollars inequipment to ensure asmooth transition from train-ing and education programsat the community collegesonto the manufacturingfloors of their companies.
The curriculum approvedby manufacturers Friday in-cludes courses as part of anadvanced manufacturing cer-tificate; an associate’s degreeprogram is in the works.Courses cover machineprocesses, blueprint readingand solid modeling, comput-er numerical controlled ma-chining and machine toolmath.
Math, in particular, is aconcern of employers look-ing to make hires, but goingto college to brush up or learnit “doesn’t have to be scary,”according to Jennifer Scot-land, director of theWorkReadyNH site at GreatBay Community College inPortsmouth. The program,free to people ages 18 and overwho are unemployed or un-deremployed and who are notfull time students, providesprofessional assessments toparticipants in technical andsoft skill competencies, pro-
vides 60 hours of trainingand then awards tiered certi-fications, which job seekerscan cite as part of the appli-cation process and which canhelp employers quickly sortresumes.
A gateway program aimedat decreasing unemploy-ment, it is considered an ac-cessible first step of sorts to-ward earning a full degree.
WorkReadyNH sites, fund-ed in part by the TAACCCTgrant, are up and running atfour of the seven communitycolleges, and a location is ex-pected to open soon at LRCC.
The words “urgent” and“need” were used repeatedlyduring the meeting, and areno surprise to Don Brough,TAACCCT project director atLRCC.
Excited about the unani-mous vote of support for thenew curriculum, he said ashe showed off space that willhouse a new manufacturinglab at LRCC that the college’sindustry partners are cryingout: “You must do this!”
And as he plans the layoutof the lab, purchases com-puters and other equipmentand adds to the growing listof industry supporters, he’shappy to oblige.
After all, he said, Laconiahas a lively history of manu-facturing, and he wants totake it into the next genera-tion.
To learn more about theTAACCCT grant in NewHampshire and advancedmanufacturing programs atGreat Bay Community Col-lege, Nashua CommunityCollege, Manchester Com-munity College, NHTI – Con-cord’s Community College,Lakes Region CommunityCollege, River Valley Com-munity College and WhiteMountains Community Col-lege, email TAACCCT mar-keting coordinator DesireeCrossley at [email protected].
Lakes Region Tourism Assn. awards scholarshipMEREDITH — The Lakes
Region Tourism Associationannounced the winner oftheir two scholarships attheir annual meeting held onOct. 17 at the Lyons’ Den in
Meredith.Anca Muresan of Tran-
sylvania, Romania wasawarded the Mildred A.Beach Hospitality Scholar-ship. The award has been giv-en annually since 2001 to astudent majoring in the hos-pitality field. Muresan is astudent at Lakes RegionCommunity College, whereshe is president of the Hos-pitality Club. In addition tostudying Hospitality man-agement, she works at theCommon Man Family ofRestaurants part-time man-aging Lago and full-timeserving at the LakehouseGrille.
The LRTA also awardedthe first annual Mel BorrinScholarship in honor ofMelvin “Mel” Borrin, a pastpresident, board of directorsmember and treasurer of theassociation, to Sarah Man-zoni of Italy. Manzoni is a Co-
BA Honors Student at Ply-mouth State Universitystudying in the Business Ad-ministration Program. Shehas worked in the hospitali-ty industry in Italy, Spainand England and modeled forAbercrombie & Fitch. Cur-rently she works as a tutor atPlymouth State Universityand plans to start work in theCenter of Global Engage-ment Office at the Universitysoon.
The Lakes RegionTourism Association is theofficial tourism board of theregion, representing close to100 communities, 273 lakesand ponds, and more than 380businesses in central NewHampshire, including areaattractions, restaurants, re-tail establishments and ac-commodations. For more in-formation or visitors guides,visit LakesRegion.org or fol-low on Facebook or Twitter.
THE GILFORD STEAMER A9North Country NotebookNOVEMBER 1, 2012
What? You don’t have a will?
It’s not my back yard, it’s everyone’s, as a get-rich scheme goes haywire
By JOHN HARRIGAN
COLUMNIST
The people pushing theNorthern Pass proposal, thegigantic for-private-gaintransmission line that wouldcut a whole new gash downthrough 40 miles of some ofnorthern New Hampshire’smost scenic landscape, havebeen telling loggers andtruckers and contractors, lo-cal scuttlebutt says, that theproject is a done deal — thatthe proponents have naileddown the last pieces of prop-erty and the project is now a“Go.”
Not true.A friend of mine in Pitts-
burg, where the line’s 180-foot-wide right of way and85-foot towers would crossfrom Lower Quebec into theUnited States, caught me atthe office the other day.
“Hey, everybody’s talkingabout Northern Pass finaliz-ing its route,” he said.“They’ve bought the lastpieces of land, and it’s a donedeal.”
No, it’s not, I replied, andanyone who reads the news-papers, both local andstatewide, would know it.There are four landownerswhose properties are nowunder conservation con-tracts with the Forest Soci-ety, and no way is NorthernPass getting through there.
“Well, they’re still sayingthat it’s a done deal,” he re-peated.
“Well, they’re not readingthe newspapers,” I saidagain.
Meanwhile, NorthernPass staged two diningevents, one at the Inn atWhitefield and the other atLog Haven on Route 26 inMillsfield, at which it laid outwhat kind and number ofjobs might be created andwhat materials night be pur-chased locally. Churlish cadthat I am, I wondered, con-sidering the rumor all alongthat Northern Pass promot-ers had a war chest of $16 mil-lion to throw around as sortof chump change, what themenu might look like.Steamship round of beefseemed a good bet, andmaybe lobster stew, but Ihaven’t heard from my spiesyet.
People who were at theevents confirmed what manyobservers already knew, thatthe best-paying jobs would begoing to workers and compa-nies that specialize in build-ing a big powerline, whichonly makes sense. This wasthe case, after all, with thepipeline and wind tower proj-ects. The workers and com-panies that specialize inthese narrowly focused en-deavors literally travel allover the nation to take uptemporary residence whileapplying their specializedskills to the task at hand.
Any and all employmenton the project would be tem-porary, of course, and I givethe actual effect on local em-ployment a grade of “F” or,really, three F’s — flippingburgers, folding sheets, andwaving flags.
It’s amazing to me that af-ter all these months — near-ly two years, actually, of theDavid-Goliath struggle overNorthern Pass, so many peo-ple are still unaware of thescope of the project or the
devils in the details:-Quebec’s surplus hydro
power, which it is desperateto sell, is not for the benefit ofNew Hampshire rate-payers.All along, it’s been aimed atthe Boston-Hartford-NewYork markets. What little isdiverted to New Hampshireis projected to save rate-pay-ers less than one cent perkilowatt hour.
-Even if some of the pow-er were intended for NewHampshire, the state doesn’tneed it. New Hampshire ex-ports almost 80 percent asmuch power as it uses.
-The line could be buried,largely along existing rightsof way for highways and per-haps other transmission linecorridors or railroad beds.Other companies’ proposalsand actual job sites — Maine,for instance — are showingthat this can be done, and isindeed being done. The factis that Northern Pass plan-ners picked the shortest andleast expensive and mostprofitable (for Public Ser-vice) route through a state itfigured would roll over andplay dead. Big mistake there.Instead, it got a fierce, vis-
ceral, grassroots reactionthat swiftly turned into a pop-ulist land-based groundswellmovement unlike anythingin the North Country’s histo-ry. It’s a movement with noreal leaders, no real struc-ture, and not even a singlename for itself. Someonestands on a hilltop and blowsa bugle, and everyone comeson the run, to the StateHouse, to another rally, to yetanother strategy session, orto another march along MainStreet. Think “Attack of theMushroom People.”
-How, by any stretch of theimagination, can Quebec’shydro-power be considered(or touted as) “green”? It hashad disastrous and far-reach-ing effects on millions ofacres of landscape, itswildlife, its vegetation, andits native peoples. Hundredsof thousands of acres ofwildlife habitat have beendrowned. Thousands of peo-ple have been displaced, theirfishing and hunting sites andvillages and burial groundsburied underwater. Billionsof carbon-sequestering, oxy-gen-producing trees havebeen inundated, not even cut
and salvaged for use beforethe waters rose. Hugeamounts of mercury are be-ing released by decay, a little-known side-effect that takes35 years to dissipate.
-Property owners abuttingor overlooking the right-of-way corridor from Grovetonto Franklin are in for a realshocker when crews startcutting trees to widen theswath to accommodate thehuge new transmission line.It’ll be like ramming I-93down a two-lane countryroad. Wait ‘til Channel 9 fi-nally recognizes the full im-pact of Northern Pass and itsblow straight to the state’smid-section. Film at 11.
-If Northern Pass plan-ners were caught off guardby the fierce opposition fromproperty owners and loversof the landscape in the NorthCountry, they ain’t seen noth-ing yet, as the old saying goes.If the planners manage tofind a route around the block-ing tactic currently thwart-ing it in the Bear Rock valleyin Stewartstown, it’ll stillhave to have a special permitto enlarge its right of waythrough ten miles of the
White Mountain NationalForest. And will there be up-roar from local, state, region-al and nation-wide conserva-tionists over its horrendousvisual impact? You bet.
-Finally, we all need to putthis NIMBY garbage to thesword. This supposition thatopposition to Northern Passis just another “not in myback yard” example of peo-ple’s selfishness is utter rot.We are not the Kennedys andother rich and privileged cot-tage owners in Hyannis grip-ing about wind towers far outto sea. The vast majority ofpeople opposing NorthernPass would not even be ableto see if from their land, andI’m one of them.
No, I say whenever andwherever I have the chance,it’s not NIMBY, it’s EBY—everyone’s back yard.
(This column runs in 13weekly papers covering thenorthern two-thirds of NewHampshire and parts of Ver-mont’s Northeast Kingdomand northwestern Maine.John Harrigan’s address:Box 39, Colebrook NH 03576,or [email protected])
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No huge towers would mar the view from my rooftop deck, with Vermont’s Mount Monadnock and the ranges of the Northeast Kingdom in the dis-tance, but that other big piece of wild and beautiful landscape over my left shoulder, out of sight, in East Columbia, Bungy and Stewartstown, well,that’s sort of my back yard too.
A10 THE GILFORD STEAMER Business NOVEMBER 1, 2012
Business is growing onGilford East Drive
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Dr. Rob McDonald of McDonald Veterinary Clinic, alongside office histeam, Barbara Cavalley, De De Haley and Robin Fernald, give a warmwelcome to their new location on Gilford East Ave. with Weeks agentKevin Sullivan.
Gilford East Drive ap-pears to be the hot new busi-ness avenue in the Lakes Re-gion.
With the recent move ofMacDonald Veterinary Clin-ic from Union Avenue in La-conia to the former Wain-wright Insurance building,there has been a wave ofbusiness growth on thissmall Gilford corridor. KevinSullivan of Weeks Commer-cial was a driving force inhelping Dr. Robert MacDon-ald and his wife Susan, selecta location and space neededto expand the growing busi-ness of four years. The build-ing located at 43 Gilford EastDrive is positioning Dr. Mac-Donald with a future to dou-ble his business.
“Treating small compan-ion pets (cat, dogs, small ro-dents) on Union Avenue inLaconia allowed for a greatfoundation for our business;however, the need for morespace and a quieter environ-ment for our pets was cru-cial to keep moving for-ward,” stated Dr. MacDon-ald. “The building in Gilfordwas a great fit from the start,one that happened to be clos-er to the majority of our pa-tients, as well as creatingroom to expand.”
Dr. MacDonald also offersthe exclusive veterinaryclinic that treats chicken andother farm poultry in theState of New Hampshire; thepeaceful environment ofthis location is perfect fortheir animal patients.
“The properties, land, andbusiness spaces available onGilford East Drive lent a per-fect match for MacDonald’sVeterinary needs,” offeredSullivan. “Dr. MacDonaldhas certainly carved a nichefor his practice in the LakesRegion, and this acquisitionwill assist him in meeting
his goals for the future. Thebuilding is also home toGator Signs and The TalonHair Salon.”
Additional Gilford EastDrive activity and businessgrowth can be seen with BillSeed’s, another Weeks agent,coordination of the formerGould’s Garden Center (‘Ag-way’), owned by Jeff and Tra-cy Gould, sale to Bill Finethyof Gilford Home Center re-cently opening Gilford TrueValue; and Sullivan’s workwith Rich Vickery on the ac-quisition of 29 Gilford EastDrive, where Weldfab andWatermark Marine Con-struction are currentlyhoused. Catherine CrearOwner, Esthetician at SkinCare Plus Day Spa openedher new business this yearalongside Budget Tax Ser-
vice and More, LLP, a full-service accounting and taxservices firm, where part-ners Shelli Boucher, CPA andKaren Winkelmann, CPA arededicated to providing indi-viduals and small businesseswith professional account-ing services of the highest in-tegrity. These women entre-preneurs worked with Weeksagent Warren Clement andsigned leases with MRRB –Real Estate Ventures at 57East Gilford Drive. Five newbusinesses, one great loca-tion, and direct accessibilityhighlight a stable economicand business growth for 2012.There are still a couple ofother opportunities on Gil-ford East Drive, for thoselooking to capitalize on thisenergy in the Lakes Region.
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After a couple of years of higher use than anticipated, the Morrill Street entrance road to Ramblin’Vewe Farm’strail system badly needed a face lift. Fortunately, several local corporations stepped forward and donated thematerial, transportation, heavy equipment and expertise to construct a new surface on our entrance road.
Local companies pitch in to repairRamblin Vewe Farm entrance roadAfter a couple of years of
higher use than anticipated,the Morrill Street entranceroad to Ramblin’ VeweFarm’s trail system badlyneeded a face lift.
Fortunately, several localcorporations stepped for-ward and donated the mate-rial, transportation, heavyequipment and expertise toconstruct a new surface onour entrance road. Ramblin’Vewe Farm wants to publicly
express our gratitude tothese local companies somembers of our communitywho use our recreationaltrails will know who helpedus out. Thanks to the follow-ing companies who donatedthe following services:
· Pike Industries donatedthe material, both ledge packand asphalt.
· GMI Asphalt, Nutter En-terprises, Cormier Corpora-tion and Belknap Landscap-
ing Co. hauled the ledge packfrom Pike Industries facili-ties to Ramblin Vewe Farm.
· John H. Lyman & Sonsdid some of the initial con-struction.
· Breton Constructionprovided the equipment,time and expertise to fill, lev-el and pack the new surfaceand pave the first 50 feet atthe entrance.
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Joan Hill (right), manager of Laconia Antique Center, admires the neck-lace designed by artisan, Sue Andrea, owner of Bella Beads in CenterHarbor. Artisans Depot plans to feature Sue Andrea Designs along withthe work of another thirty plus area artisans.
Laconia Antique Center announcescreation of Artisans Depot
LACONIA — The LaconiaAntique Center has an-nounced that plans are un-derway to convert the DepotStation featured within their22,000-square-foot retailspace as a venue for regionalartisans.
The mock railway stationwill be renamed “ArtisansDepot,” and will feature aneclectic mix of fine art andhandcrafted items offeredfor sale directly by the arti-sans.
According to Joan Hill,manager of the Laconia An-tique Center, approximately40 artisans will initially beaccommodated. A commit-tee of the Laconia AntiqueCenter, which includes sev-eral local artisans, will haveselected all artisans leasingexhibit/sales space. To en-sure a diversity of work, alimit on the number of arti-sans working in a particu-larly medium/category hasbeen established. The cate-gories include, but are notlimited to, clay, glass, wood,metal, photo, fiber, jewelry,and mixed media.
Any artisan interested inleasing sales/exhibit spacecan request an applicationform at the Antique Center’sCustomer Service Counteror by phone at 524-9484.
The Laconia Antique Cen-ter, which is now in its third
year, is one of New Hamp-shire’s largest multi-dealershops. More than 150 dealersoffer a wide array of qualityantiques and collectibles.The center also delights visi-tors of all ages with their re-stored soda fountain, Con-nie’s Ice Cream Counter. TheLaconia Antique Center is lo-
cated at 601 Main Street indowntown Laconia and isopen daily except in the win-ter when it is closed on Tues-day. To learn more, call 524-9484 or visit their Web site atwww.thelaconiaantiquecen-ter.com. Artisans Depot willopen in mid-November.
Ford test drives net $1,480 for Lakes Region United WayLACONIA — The Lakes
Region United Way's annualfund drive received a $1,480boost from Ford Motor Com-pany on Wednesday, thanksto a "Drive 4 UR Community"event hosted by Irwin Auto-motive Group.
The fundraising event in-vites members of the public
to visit the dealership to testdrive a new Ford. For eachdrive, Ford donates $20 to theorganization of the dealer-ship's choosing. Up to $6,000could be raised at each event.
Betty Ballantyne, used carsales manager, said the deal-ership chose the United Waybecause, "we felt that touched
on many community organ-izations — we wanted tomake the biggest impact."
This was the third suchevent hosted by the localdealership. The first two ben-efited the Laconia HighSchool Band and DramaClub.
By the end of the day, 74people participated in theevent. Organizers reportedthat most-requested vehiclesto test were Focus, Edge, F-150, and the new C-Max Hy-brid, which the dealershipfirst received only 10 daysprior.
Dave Burnham, from Al-ton Bay, asked to take an Ex-plorer for a spin. He said hecame to the event because ofthe way Irwin does business.
"They do a lot for theircommunity, they do a lot fortheir customers,” he said. “IfI'm around, I'll try to stop in."
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She received support fromher boyfriend at the per-formance, though there wasone person in particular shecouldn’t wait to share thenews with.
“I can’t wait to tell mymom,” she said.
Jessica J. Jacobs ofBoston won second place forher performance of “So an-ch’io la virtu magica” fromGaetano Donizetti’s opera“Don Pasquale.” Jacobs re-ceived $500 from MeredithVillage Savings Bank.
Third place of $250 fromOpera NH went to RobynLamp of Boston for her per-formance of “Depuis le jour”from Gustave Charpentier’sopera “Louise.”
Stephanie M. Benkert ofSalem won the Audience Fa-vorite in memoriam NormaL. Harrison Award of $100for her performance of
“Kommt ein schlankerBursch gegangen” by CarlMaria von Weber. She waspresented the award by Mor-ris Harrison.
The show also includedvocal performances by twostudents who have taken les-sons as part of Just Love toSing.
Cormier said competi-tions like this one are impor-tant for upcoming perform-ers. Singers can put competi-tions on their resume andsingers could be offered con-tracts from this event.
“We are here for theseyoung performers who needto build a resume,” said em-cee Sue DeLemus. “Tonight,you’re here to support themin that ballot to get in theirresume ‘You have a competi-tion win.’”
Plus it gives the singers anaudience to witness their tal-ents.
“I think it’s important tooffer the kids a way to sing,”Cormier said.
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can we justify giving a dif-ferent rate of payment forthese sewer services to youall?”
Boelig continued his re-buttal after the selectmengave their input.
“It really doesn’t just comedown to the dollar amount,”he argued. “We run the con-do association as a business.We’re trying to improve thebuildings, but this bill is put-ting significant cost issueson our members.”
The board ultimately ap-proved a no-interest, fourpart payment for the re-mainder of the bill. Hayes al-so recommended that PublicWorks Director SheldonMorgan look online for a newsewer meter reader becausethere have been mistakenreadings at other properties,as well.
The town saw a good re-turn in property taxes for thesecond month in a row, andat this point, 96.7 percent oftaxes have been paid.
“Year-to-date revenues areup, and I expect they shouldstay up for the rest of the
year,” Finance Director Ge-off Ruggles said. “Expensesare down, specifically in ve-hicle expenses and in the firedepartment building andgrounds.”
The Appraisal Depart-ment has set the final 2012property values. The town isstill waiting on the Depart-ment of Revenue to set nextyear’s tax rate because theyare having trouble with new,online forms. The tax rate isexpected to drop due to theexcess in schools from theprevious year.
“We should have a taxrate, hopefully, within thenext two weeks,” Rugglessaid.
In other financial matters,the board is looking at whatto do with its roughly $46,000surplus. Much of the moneywill likely go to the fire de-partment, which is in need ofa new roof because the oldone is outdated at roughly 16years of age. Any savingsthat the town has this yearwill roll over into next yearwithout impacting the taxrate formula.
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ing Gilford MethodistChurch’s creative painters,photographers and craftersfor your viewing pleasure.”
After browsing all thesewonderful and distinctiveitems, lunch will be in order,and will include Ruth Gill’sfamous corn chowder,Chick-en noodle soup, sandwiches,hot dogs and sweet treats.
The church is located onRoute 11A near the Laconia-Gilford by-pass. Hours are 9a.m. to 2 p.m. Church officephone number is 524-3289.
GLAD TIDINGS(Continued from Page A7)
Tommy Turkey gearing up forEighth Annual Turkey PlungeLACONIA — Tommy
Turkey wants to remindeveryone that the Eighth An-nual Salvation Army TurkeyPlunge will take place atOpechee Cove Beach on Sat-urday, Nov. 17, starting atnoon. Gates open at 10 a.m.
This family-oriented funtime features folks inbathing suits or costumesplunging into the balmy wa-ters of the lake while raisingfunds for the SalvationArmy. Once again, NassauBroadcasting DJ Pat Kellywill handle the announcingtasks, and urge the crowd tocheer on the participants.The public is also invited tothe delicious chili, chowderand turkey soup luncheonprovided by well-known arearestaurants and catered bythe Culinary Arts studentsof Lakes Region CommunityCollege immediately after
the Plunge at the LaconiaMiddle School cafeteria.Last year’s Plunge featurednumerous teams from areahigh schools and businessesincluding the I-L Lakers, theLaconia Sachems, the Bel-mont Red Raiders, Patrick’sPub & Eatery, Meredith Au-tohaus, Fratello’s and T-Bones Restaurant.
Salvation Army Com-mander Captain Steve War-ren urges sports teams, busi-nesses, church and schoolgroups to start assemblingtheir team of intrepidPlungers to help raise aware-ness of, and financial sup-port for, the local SalvationArmy. Last year’s Plungegenerated more than $15,000,but the needs are great inthis economy, said CaptainWarren. He has offered tohave Tommy Turkey visityour business or group topersonally collect pledge
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Dr. Rob McDonald of McDonald Veterinary Clinic, alongside office histeam, Barbara Cavalley, De De Haley and Robin Fernald, give a warmwelcome to their new location on Gilford East Ave. with Weeks agentKevin Sullivan.
cards for the NovemberPlunge. Contact CaptainWarren at 524-1834 if inter-ested in a Tommy visit. Youmay register on-site the
morning of the Plunge as anindividual or as a team.You’ve heard about thePlunge, come on out and jointhe fun. See you at the Beach.
A12 THE GILFORD STEAMER Opinion NOVEMBER 1, 2012
Sen. Forrester well prepared at forumTo the Editor:
Having attended the HomeBuilders sponsored Forum inMeredith last week, I wasamazed at how District 2 Sen-ate Candidate Robert Lamband Senate District
7 Candidate Andrew Hos-mer were un-informed whenresponding to questions fromthe audience.
A question posed from aperson in the audience askedSenate candidates: how wouldyou address the increasinghealth insurance premiumsfor individuals and businessesin New Hampshire? Mr. Lambtook the easy way out and stat-ed, "More federal regulation isthe answer.” Mr. Hosmer didnot do any better,parroting Mr.
Lamb's position. Both skirtedthe issue, and never addressedthe question of increasedhealth insurance premiums.
Sen. Forrester, on the otherhand, clearly had a grasp ofthe question, and formed herresponse with sensible solu-tions. She quickly outlined afew remedies that would bebeneficial to both consumersand insurance companiesalike. She remarked:
First: New Hampshire mustdevelop more competiton inthe market stating; "contrastthe current market place withjust six insurance companiesand prior to 1994 the state had26 health insurance compa-nies, clearly not a competitivemarket for the consumer.” Sec-
ondly: legislation must becrafted in allowing consumersand insurance companiesalike in offering plans thatcater to individual and busi-nesses needs. And Three: per-mit consumers and businessesto purchase insurance acrossstate lines, similar to what iscurrently allowed in purchas-ing life and automobile insur-ance.
From my perspective, Sen.Forrester clearly understandswhat the citizens of NewHampshire expect of our sen-ators and in my opinion, is em-inently qualified in represent-ing District 2.
George HurtFormer representative
to the NH HouseGilford
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A highlight of community involvementTo the Editor:
One of the many wonder-ful projects that Beans andGreens Farmstand shareswith the community it servesis its collaboration with thechildren of Temple B’nai Is-rael religious school.
Toward the end of the har-vest, Farmstand ownersAndy and Martina Howe in-vite the children to practicethe biblical injunction to“glean” the four corners ofthe fields for charitable pur-poses. The children, in turn,take their share of the har-vest back to the templekitchen and make gallons ofvegetable soup to be served
at Salvation Army lunches.This fall, the children
braved a cold rainy day andharvested carrots, cabbages,kale, zucchini, green beansand tomatoes. They tooktheir harvested vegetablesback to the temple kitchenand, under the tutelage ofparents and teachers,washed, chopped and sea-soned the food, turning it in-to delicious vegetable soup.The first batch was served ata Salvation Army lunch a fewdays later. The rest wasfrozen for future SalvationArmy lunches – although abatch was sampled by thechildren who deemed it “de-
licious.”One of the most important
lessons taught in SundaySchool is that of Tzedakah,acts of charity. The collabo-ration of Beans and Greens’contribution, the work of thechildren and the gift of sus-tenance to those in need, is avivid demonstration of com-munity at its’ best.
This project is an annualactivity and is appreciated byall those involved, those whogive and those who receive.The Temple communitythanks Beans and Greens forcontinuing to make this pos-sible.
Marsha OstroffGilford
Taxes, fiscal discipline and prosperityTo the Editor:
How does it help you if your"rich" neighbor's taxes go up?Does it put any money at all inyour bank account? Does itmake your next fill-up more af-fordable? Let's stop the classwarfare, shall we, Mr. Obama& Ms. Shea-Porter? Our coun-try has a mushrooming budg-et deficit because this admin-istration in Washington con-tinues to borrow & print mon-ey it doesn't have, not becausewe aren't taxing "the rich"enough. Besides, how doesraising taxes fix the underly-ing problem that created thisdeficit? That being our gov-ernment spends more moneythan it takes in. If we simplyraise taxes rather than controlspending, then we have no day
of reckoning, and will only bediscussing this issue again atan even higher deficit level. Inthe history of the world, nocountry has ever taxed its wayto prosperity.
We need principled repre-sentatives in Washington to fixour spending problem. MittRomney has a mile-long trackrecord of balancing budgetswhile Governor of Massachu-setts and closing deficits likehe did in the 2002 WinterOlympics in Salt Lake City.Frank Guinta has shown sim-ilar leadership as Mayor ofManchester, when he cutspending and reduced thecity's borrowing, all the while,working with 11 Democratsand just two Republicans onthe Board of Aldermen. Carol
Shea-Porter has claimed "I'mnot going to pretend to workwith Republicans." This divi-sive attitude just won't get uswhere we need to go. She hasno economic vision for ourcountry nor our State and isfollowing in the path of classwarfare put forth by our Di-vider-in-Chief. She supportsmore blind loans to companieslike Solyndra, that have squan-dered billions under Obama'sfailed vision of green energynow.
Our path forward is clear.Fiscal discipline and prosperi-ty with Rep. Guinta or more ofthe same as we sink deeper in-to the Shea-Porter Swamp ofinternational bankruptcy.
David StrangGilmanton
When regulations make no senseTo the Editor:
When you listen to localbusiness owners and hearthe really erratic regulationsthat have been set upon themby the state, you wonderwho’s running the ship? It’samazing to realize that as alogical person, who wouldwant to make up these laws.
As one example, a localbusiness has given theirwaste engine oil to the townso that the town can heattheir large DPW garage al-
most for free - what a greatplan! And this was a largequantity that benefits boththat business and the town asit did not cost anything to getrid of the waste oil and thetown has a great reduction inheating costs. But, a new lawrequires that the town can ac-cept only 10 gallons or less(primarily from a house-hold), and guess who loses –both the business and thetown! However, an addition-al concept was added to help
(?). The business can give theoil to a middleman and thetown can buy it from thesame middleman. That’s agreat idea! Let’s add anotherdistribution layer, and addsome costs so the town willpay more for the same wasteoil that they have received forfree in the past…
And you wonder why Iwant to go to Concord…
John T. O’BrienIndependent Candidate
for State Rep., District 2Gilford
My vote will be for Ed PhilpotTo the Editor:
I'll be voting for Ed Philpotfor Belknap County Commis-sioner. Ed is an enlightenedfiscal conservative with aproven track record on theCounty Commission. Underhis leadership, the commis-sion has wisely overseencounty operations spendingmoney to save money to in-crease efficiency and cuttingcosts wherever possible byeliminating duplication of
services and consolidatingoperations.
Ed has good ideas for thefuture. He is working withhis fellow commissionersand the criminal justice sys-tem to develop workable so-lutions to deal with drug re-lated crimes and criminalswith drug problems in ourarea. Ed has a history of vol-unteer service to our com-munity in a variety of waysin addition to his work with
the commission. As a volun-teer basketball referee forLAYBL, he's helped out foryears even long after any ofhis kids could have been play-ing. He's a model of honestyand integrity and a great rolemodel for our kids. He's alsoa proud parent, doting hus-band, successful local busi-nessman, and heckuva niceguy. Why fix what ain'tbroke?
Dave PollakLaconia
Leadership at the county levelTo the Editor:
Ed Philpot has been Coun-ty Commissioner for the lastfour years, and I think othercommissioners during thattime would agree that he hasprovided vision and leader-ship while collaborating on abi-partisan basis with his col-leagues.
Ed puts the well-being ofthe county up front, and hashelped develop a new strate-gic plan for the county, look-
ing at the long term needs ofBelknap County and balanc-ing them with the financialconstraints and challenges oftoday. We need his voiceagain at the table.
Continuity of leadershipis critical. During Ed'stenure, relationships withthe local towns have im-proved, thanks to the regularCounty Conversations thathave been held each year. Un-derstanding the role and con-
tribution made by each levelof government in BelknapCounty has been clarified sothat there are good workingpartnerships between themall. We need to continue tofoster good working relation-ships, effective and transpar-ent conversations that are inour mutual best interests.Please support Ed, and votefor him on Nov. 6.
Elizabeth "Liz" MerryLaconia
Asking for your voteTo the Editor:
My name is Lisa DiMarti-no, and I am a candidate forNew Hampshire State Repre-sentative for the towns of Gil-ford and Meredith. Over thelast several months, I have at-tended numerous forums, pub-lic events, and have knockedon many doors in Meredithand Gilford, getting to knowmany of you and listening toyour concerns. I would like tothank all of you for your en-gagement, candor and pa-tience with the electionprocess on both the local andnational level. I would also liketo thank everyone that em-braced my candidacy and sup-ported me to date.
Now that the elections arefinally upon us, I would like toask for your vote on Nov. 6. AsI indicated in a letter severalmonths ago introducing my-self, I decided to run for StateRepresentative because I amconcerned about the currentpolitical climate in Concord,and I want to ensure that NewHampshire is moving forwardin the right direction, andmeeting the needs of NewHampshire citizens now andinto the future.
For those of you that I did-n’t get a chance to meet, I havelived in Gilford with my fami-ly for many years, have beenactively involved in communi-ty affairs, and was a Children’sLibrarian at the Gilford PublicLibrary. I also worked forLakes Region Community Ser-vices as a Family to Family Co-ordinator and a Legislative Li-aison, where I advocated forthe special needs community. I
currently serve on numerousstatewide committees to in-clude the New Hampshire Gov-ernor’s Commission on Dis-ability, the New HampshireMedical Care Advisory Com-mittee, the New HampshireCoalition of Caring Commit-tee, and the Brain Injury As-sociation Legislative Group,among others.
I was born and raised inBrooklyn, N.Y., earned a B.A.from Rhode Island College, at-tended the Master’s in SocialWork Program at the Univer-sity of New England, and I ama graduate of the New Hamp-shire Leadership Programthrough the Institute on Dis-ability at UNH.
Besides my experience asan advocate, I also have expe-rience in business, having heldmanagement positions in bothhealth care and retail. My hus-band and I are small businessowners, so I understand theimportance of a strong econo-my, job growth and tourism inNew Hampshire and the LakesRegion. I am also a strong sup-porter of local businesses. Myother priorities include quali-ty education, fiscal responsi-bility with priority spending,quality community services,protecting women’s health is-sues, effective and efficientgovernment, and protectingour environment.
New Hampshire has one ofthe lowest overall tax burdensin the nation, and our goalshould not be to see how lowwe can go, but rather, how wecan continue to maintain theNew Hampshire advantage oflow tax burdens while still re-
taining our quality of life, anda strong economy. I do not be-lieve in an agenda of makingcuts to the state budget just forthe sake of cutting. Thought-ful consideration must be giv-en to the ramifications it hason people’s lives, and the costshifting that occurs to our lo-cal communities which affectsproperty taxes and local townbudgets.
We need to balance strate-gic revenue intake with prior-ity expenditures in order tokeep us moving forward in theright direction. That means in-vesting in our future in areaslike education, energy and in-frastructure, but also ensuringthat safety nets are in place forour most vulnerable citizensto include those with specialneeds, mental health issues,seniors and our veterans. I be-lieve we can accomplish thesegoals and still keep the NewHampshire advantage of lowtaxes, quality of life, and astrong economy by applying acommon sense, balanced ap-proach to our budget process.
I know that you have manychoices on Nov. 6, and I re-spectfully ask for your vote. Itis important that you have astrong, committed and sensi-ble advocate representing youin Concord. If elected, I willwork tirelessly and passion-ately on your behalf, and I willalways put you and your fami-ly ahead of politics. You de-serve no less! Thank you foryour consideration.
Respectfully,Lisa DiMartino
Candidate for NH StateRepresentative
Gilford and Meredith
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Early PK sinks GilfordGolden Eagle soccer girls drop 1-0quarterfinal decision at Raymond
PHOTO BY JOSHUA SPAULDING
Abby Harris goes up strong against a Raymond player for a headerchance in playoff action Oct. 27 in Raymond.
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Lisa Osborne controls the ball during first half action in Raymond onOct. 27.
BY JOSHUA SPAULDINGSPORTS EDITOR
RAYMOND — It’s not toooften that a soccer game isdecided in the first two min-utes.
And while there wereplenty of anxious momentsand good chances at bothends of the field, Saturday’s
Division III quarterfinal tiltbetween the fourth-seededRaymond Rams and the fifth-seeded Gilford Golden Eagleswas indeed decided in thefirst two minutes.
Just about a minute and ahalf into the game, Gilfordwas called for a takedown inthe box, resulting in a Ray-
mond penalty kick. Gilfordkeeper Paige Laliberteguessed correct and dove toher right, but the ball justmissed her fingers and set-tled into the bottom cornerof the goal for a 1-0 lead. Thatlead never disappeared andnever increased, as the Ramsearned a return trip to theFinal Four.
“She came about as closeas she could have to savingthat,” coach Becky Zumbachsaid of her senior keeper. Itwas Laliberte’s saves onpenalty kicks againstProspect Mountain in theopening round that allowedthe Golden Eagles to moveon.
“If that was not decidedin the way it was, I think we’dbe in overtime right now,”Zumbach said, noting theevenness of the two teams.
All day long, right fromthe start, the Gilford girlswere stymied by strong de-fense from the Rams. GabiDefregger had a good chanceon a corner but couldn’t con-vert. The Rams had chancesat the other end as well, withAbby Harris and Molly Diet-rich providing good defense,while Sarah Veazey came upwith a great clear to keepthings out of the zone.
Gilford had a couple ofchances again, this timewith Dietrich making a nicecross to Cassidy Bartlett thatthe defense cleared out andVeazey launching a long shotthat the keeper corralled fora save.
Laliberte, meanwhile, didher part, making a nice saveon a deflection, while Veazeyalso stepped up with somemore solid defense in front ofthe Gilford net. KatherineRice just missed on a cornerand the Rams turned thingsaround and got a couple ofcorners at their end, only tosee Veazey and Emily Park-er boot the ball out.
Dietrich just missed con-nections with Sydney Stroutand then had another shotsaved. Strout had one gowide and then had a crosscleared out of the way. On thedefensive end, Lalibertemade a couple of nice saves,including one on a greatcross. Dana Ruchti alsohelped out with a solid clearand the teams went to the
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PHOTO BY JOSHUA SPAULDING
Mikaela Mattice punches the ball over the net during playoff actionagainst Somersworth on Oct. 27.
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Kirsten Dionne goes up for a kill during action against Somersworth onOct. 27.
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Charleyne Panner sets the ball for a teammate during playoff action Oct.27 in Gilford.
Fighting on throughGilford volleyball overcomes
early deficit for quarterfinal winBY JOSHUA SPAULDINGSPORTS EDITOR
GILFORD — Though theGilford volleyball team does-n’t have tons of experienceplaying from behind thisyear, the team is always pre-pared for just about anythingthrown its way, including anearly deficit.
“We do a lot of mentalpreparation, it’s been ourforte,” coach Joan Forgesaid. “So they’ve been therebefore, even if they reallyhaven’t been there before.”
The mental preparationpaid off in a big way againstupstart Somersworth in theDivision II quarterfinals onSaturday, Oct. 27, as the Gold-en Eagles found themselvesdown 1-0 after the openingset.
The defending champscalmly pulled it together andcame battling back, winningthe next three sets to take a3-1 win and earn another tripto the Final Four, where theyfaced off against Oyster Riv-er after deadline on Tuesday.
“It was a terrific game,”Forge said. “There were longvolleys and both teamsplayed defense like crazy.
“It was great stuff,” shecontinued. “We were readyfor it, excited for it and wegot what we wanted.”
Gilford opened up an 8-2lead in the first game, with anice tip from Jessa Critesand a kill from Jordan Deanhelping the hosts get thatlead, but the ‘Toppers didn’tback down in the face of ad-versity, instead fightingback.
Jessa and Kira Crites andCharleyne Panner all hadnice plays at the net for theEagles to keep them in thelead, but the ‘Toppers keptchipping away and eventual-ly caught the hosts, tying theset at 16-16.
From there, the squadswent back and forth, withJessa Crites getting a big kill,but Somersworth pulledahead by a 22-18 score. A killfrom Kira Crites after a vol-ley that included a great playat the net from KirstenDionne helped the hosts cutthe lead to three at 22-19 andan ace from Sophie Bruntmade it 23-22, but the ‘Top-pers got the next two pointsand took a 25-22 win.
The Crites sisters and
Panner helped Gilford getout to an early lead in the sec-ond set, but again Somer-sworth fought back and tiedthe game at seven. A Deankill put Gilford back on topand a Panner kill and an ace
from Kira Crites allowed thehosts to slowly build on theirlead. Jessa Crites had anoth-er big kill and an ace fromMikaela Mattice and a pair ofaces from Jessa Crites
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Comeback falls shy for Eaglesin loss to Newport
BY JEFF [email protected]
GILFORD – In a yearwhere not much went rightfor the Gilford High Schoolfootball team, the Golden Ea-gles nearly pulled out whatwould have been their bestwin of the season on Oct. 27in the finale.
Gilford (1-8) fell just shy ofwhat would have been an ex-cellent comeback, as visitingNewport left the Meadowswith a 27-20 win in DivisionVI action.
“It was a microcosm ofwhat the season was for us,”said Gilford coach BradArcher of the loss. “We keptcoming back, kept overcom-ing adversity. It would’vebeen easy for the kids to puttheir heads down but theyjust kept staying with it andthat’s all we can ask for ascoaches.”
The Eagles played wellearly on, jumping out to a 12-0 lead thanks to rushingtouchdowns from MalcolmBenavides and JackAthanas.
Newport came back andcut the lead to 12-7 with ascore, and the Tigers took ad-vantage of a pass interfer-ence call in the end zone toscore the go-ahead TD justbefore halftime for a 14-12 ad-
vantage at intermission.Newport (5-4) extended its
lead to 21-12 in the third quar-ter and the Tigers took a twotouchdown advantage withless than five minutes left inthe fourth quarter when theywent ahead 27-12.
Down but not out, the Ea-gles responded. Athanas con-nected with sophomore BeckStecher on the first play ofthe ensuing drive for a 65-yard touchdown pass, bring-ing Gilford within 27-20 aftera successful two-point con-version.
Newport tried to run theclock out and hold on for thewin, but senior Malcolm Be-navides forced a fumble onthe next Tiger possession. Ja-son Hayden pounced on thefree ball, recovering for Gil-ford at its own 42 yard line.
With time ticking away,Athanas appeared to connectwith Hayden for whatwould’ve been the game-ty-ing score, but the ball justglanced off his fingertipsand the Eagles fell short.
“It was a great game withsome great football on bothsides,” Archer said. “Thekids played unbelievablywell. I’m just so proud of thisgroup. With what we wentthrough with our injuriesand everything, these kids
just never quit.”Benavides led the offense
with 116 yards rushing on 13carries and a TD, including abig 51-yard run early in thefirst quarter. Athanas com-pleted seven of his 22 passesfor 135 yards, while GunnarStecher had five catches for64 yards.
“We’re a young team andwe didn’t have much depththis year,” began Archer. “Itwas a new year for me andcoaching staff, having thekids get used to our coachingstyles. We’ll hopefully be ateam to contend with in thenext two to three years.”
Offense explodes as Eagles open playoffs with 8-0 win
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Gilford’s Sam Prescott (left) battles with Pelham’s Raphael DeCamposduring the Eagles’ 8-0 win in the Division III preliminary round on Oct.25. Prescott scored a goal in the victory.
PHOTO BY JEFF LAJOIE
Bertalan Marias of Gilford scored the first goal of the game to help theEagles rout Pelham, 8-0, on Oct. 25.
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Gilford’s Chris Medlin keeps the ball away from a Pelham defender dur-ing first half action on Oct. 25.
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Gilford’s Anthony Diamantoplos dribbles through the midfield during histeam’s 8-0 win over Pelham on Oct. 25.
BY JEFF [email protected]
GILFORD – It wasn’t sup-posed to be that easy. But itsure looked that way for theGilford boys’ soccer team onOct. 25.
The sixth-seeded GoldenEagles scored four goals ineach half, dominating theirDivision III preliminaryround playoff game againstnumber 11 Pelham in an 8-0rout.
“Everything we’ve beentold about (Pelham) is thatthey were a strong offensiveteam but they come out andare vulnerable to long ballsover the top,” said Gilfordcoach Dave Pinkham. “And Ido think that we can reallyscore goals. We’ve got a lot ofoffensive capable players.”
It certainly didn’t have thefeel of a postseason game inthe usually balanced Divi-sion III. Bertalan Marias gotthe scoring started for the Ea-gles just 7:47 into the firsthalf, as a deflection off a Pel-
ham defender landed on hisfoot. Marias dribbled past thelast line of defense, flickingthe ball into the back of thenet for a 1-0 lead.
Sam Prescott doubled thelead with 23:08 left in the halfthanks to a little bit of luckand some poor goalkeeping.Prescott’s cross from theright side was mishandled byPelham goalie Brian Get-tings, and the ball trickledacross the line and in for a 2-0 advantage.
Ryan Brown added a pairof goals before halftime to ex-tend the lead to 4-0, with An-thony Diamantoplos pickingup a smooth assist on the firstone when he dribbledthrough the Pelham defenseand laid the ball off for aneasy Brown tally
Gilford goalkeeper BrettHanson didn’t even touch theball for the first time untilthe final five minutes of thehalf, as the defense of MattSaulnier, Jackson Hills-grove, Alex Simoneau and
Prescott shut down a Pelhamoffense that was shut out justtwice in the regular season(Hopkinton, Windham).
“We’ve changed an awfullot of things since the begin-ning of the year and you cansee how some of those thingshave made us a better team,”Pinkham said.
Gilford (14-3) continued itsdominance right away in thesecond half, as Diamantoploswas taken down in the penal-ty area after beating a Pel-ham defender. The juniormidfielder was awarded a
penalty kick, and he snuck ashot by Gettings for a 5-0 lead.
Colin Hildreth, Tim Ryanand Caleb Orton all addedsecond half goals for the Ea-gles, as they pulled away forthe convincing 8-0 win.
“If we play like this, Ithink we can beat anyone,”said Pinkham of the win.“We’ve played well the lastsix or so games and this wasanother good effort.”
Pinkham did refer to theinjuries that have plaguedhis team however, most no-tably the absence of forward
Dan Dormody (appendix).All told, five players missedthe game against thePythons. Fortunately, theyweren’t needed in theblowout win.
“Losing Danny has hurt alot but it’s given opportuni-ties for some other players tostep up,” the veteran mentorexplained.
Pelham finished the sea-son 9-8 overall, though theteam’s record was a bit de-ceiving. The Pythons openedthe year 6-1 overall but fin-ished 3-7 over their final 10
games. Gilford and Pelhamhad no common opponentsduring the regular season.
The Eagles could move onno further however, as a tripto third-seeded Bow (16-2)saw Gilford fall, 5-0, in the D-III quarterfinals on Oct. 28.
The host Falcons scored apair of goals a minute apartat the halfway point of thefirst half and didn’t lookback, as Bow coach GeorgePinkham won the matchupof coaching brothers on thisparticular afternoon.
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By JOSHUA SPAULDING
This long journey officially begins with one big stepSo, what does anyone
know about Sochi? All I cantell you is that it’s in Russiaand it’s the host of the 2014Winter Olympics.
And there’s a good chanceI will be there when the“youth of the world” gatherfor those 2014 games.
Consider it the best newsI’ve ever gotten in a BurgerKing parking lot.
First and foremost, myresolution of a few years agowas not broken, I still havenot eaten at any fast foodrestaurant in a few years.However, my big news didcome while I was in the Burg-er King parking lot in NorthConway.
Let’s go backward a bit. Inlate August, I stumbled uponthe media credential requestfor the 2014 Olympic Gamesin Sochi. Knowing that I hada chance of having a numberof athletes with local tiescompeting, I figured I mightas well fill out the applicationand send it in.
It was obvious from the ap-plication that weekly news-papers were down on the listof priority for credentials. Iunderstand that, with majornetworks, newspapers andmagazines covering thegames, there’s only so muchroom. But again, I figured itwouldn’t hurt to fill out the
application.A few weeks ago, as I was
leaving a game at KennettHigh School, my cell phonerang and it was an editorfrom a newspaper in Buffalo.I pulled into the Burger Kingparking lot to be sure I didn’tlose my cell connection. Sheasked me a number of ques-tions about our papers andwhat my plans were if grant-ed credentials. While shewasn’t making the decisions,she was submitting the in-terview information to theUS Olympic Committee.
For some reason, the 3Gwireless service on my iPaddoesn’t work at Kennett HighSchool, but at the bottom ofEagles Way, it works just fine.So, after every Kennett gameI make it a point to pull intothe Burger King parking lotto check all my e-mails andupdate the sports sectionFacebook page.
Friday night was no ex-ception and coincidentally,in the same spot that I did theinterview with the womanfrom Buffalo, I got the letterconfirming that I had been
granted credentials for theWinter Olympics in 2014.
Needless to say, I was morethan shocked. I figured it wasa long shot at best. But I havea letter on my desk with thewords “we are pleased to in-form you that we were able togrant the requested creden-tials.” That’s good enough forme.
The next major step inmaking this a possibility isthe funding, but step one iscomplete and that in and ofitself is a huge foot forward.
I also really need to cheeron the Olympic hopefulswith local ties to make thetrip make sense for me. I’mlooking at you Leanne Smith,Julia Ford, Sarah Hendrik-son and Hannah Kearney.And for that matter, anybodyout there with Olympicsdreams.
Finally, have a great day,Mike Whaley.
Joshua Spaulding is theSports Editor for the GraniteState News, Carroll CountyIndependent, Meredith News,Gilford Steamer, WinnisquamEcho, Plymouth Record-En-terprise and The Baysider. Hecan be reached at [email protected], at569-3126, or PO Box 250,Wolfeboro Falls, NH 03896.
Winning teamClear weather and warm sunshine on a beautiful autumn day made for a great day of golf for the sec-ond annual Holy Trinity Catholic School Golf Tournament on Monday, Oct. 15, at Lochmere Country Club.The event was presented by Hynes Communications and AutoServ NH was the hole-in-one sponsor. Theirgenerosity was supported by many local businesses and HTS families that sponsored, played, donatedand/or provided raffle prizes and goody bag items. Congratulations to this year’s winning team, TeamGarrity, featuring (l to r), Father David Steffani, Nathan Garrity, Tom Garrity and Armand Bolduc.
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LaFrance, Danby pace Eagles at state championshipPHOTOS BY JOSHUA SPAULDING
Left, Gilford’s Ryan LaFrancefinished in 12th place to leadthe Gilford boys’ cross countryteam at the Division III StateChampionships on Oct. 27 atDerryfield Park inManchester.
Right, Sophie Czerwinski ofGilford completes the courseat Derryfield Park en route toa 62nd place finish on Oct.27.
Below, Gilford’s MichaelCzerwinski and JustinBellissimo traverse the courseat Derryfield Park on Oct. 27.
BY JEFF [email protected]
MANCHESTER – A pairof youngsters showed the fu-ture of the Gilford HighSchool cross country teamsare in good hands on Oct. 27,as the Golden Eagles com-peted in the NHIAA DivisionIII state championship meetheld at Derryfield Park.
Freshman RyanLaFrance led the boys’ teamto an 11th-place team finishin D-II with a 12th-placeshowing overall, as his timeof 17 minutes, 34 seconds ledhis team of five racers.
Sophomore MatthewYoung was 58th overall forGilford in 19:08 while fresh-man Justin Bellissimo took87th overall in 19:53. CodyMacLeod (90th, 20:01) andCharles Jenot (169th, 22:37)were the other Eagles to race.
Gilford amassed 342points, good enough for 11thplace as a team with 28 D-IIIsquads registering teamscores. Hopkinton HighSchool won the title with 65points while Fall Mountainwas the runner up with 81points.
The girls’ team saw soph-omore Kendra Danby comethrough with another strongperformance, as she finished13th overall with a time of21:18. Classmate Sophie Cz-
erwinski was next across theline for the Eagles with a62nd place showing in 24:47,while Olivia Palmiter (112th,27:43) and Brooke Poll (147th,35:44) also competed for Gil-ford.
LaFrance and Danby both
earned the right to competeat the Meet of Champions,which is held on Saturday,Nov. 3, at Nashua South HighSchool. The girls start at 2:30p.m. and the boys start at 3:20p.m.
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Gilford senior goalkeeper Paige Laliberte is mobbed by her teammatesafter making a save in penalty kicks that secured the victory overProspect Mountain on Oct. 24.
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Gilford’s Dana Ruchti gets her head on the ball during the Eagles’ winover PM in penalty kicks on Oct. 24.
PHOTO BY JEFF LAJOIE
Lisa Osborne looks to clear the ball out of the zone during first halfaction against Prospect Mountain.
PHOTO BY JEFF LAJOIE
Senior Sydney Strout heads the ball towards a teammate on Oct. 24.
Laliberte, Dietrichlead Eagles to victory in PKs
BY JEFF [email protected]
GILFORD – Composure.The Gilford High Schoolgirls’ soccer team had plentyof it when the game was onthe line on Oct. 24. As a re-sult, the Golden Eagles gottheir postseason off to agreat start.
After 120 minutes of soc-cer wasn’t enough to settlethe difference, seniors Syd-ney Strout and Molly Diet-rich scored penalty kicks,and fellow senior goalkeeperPaige Laliberte made threesaves as the fifth-seeded Ea-gles earned a 2-1 win overnumber 12 Prospect Moun-tain (2-0 in PKs) in the Divi-sion III preliminary round.
With the game tied 1-1 af-ter regulation, Gilford (11-5-1) wasn’t able to convert oneof its several chances in ei-ther of the two 20-minuteovertime periods. That sentthe game into penalty kicks,with each side sending fiveplayers to the line one-on-onewith the goalkeeper.
“I know that we were real-ly confident in Paige,” ex-plained Gilford coach BeckyZumbach of Laliberte, the re-liable senior keeper. “I knewthat confidence was going tokeep her in it mentally.”
While the regular seasondoesn’t feature penalty kicksto decide ties, playoff soccerpresents a different beast.
Laliberte felt ready to gowhen she was called uponhowever.
“What’s going throughyour head is trying to keepeverything out of yourhead,” the keeper admitted.“It’s hard not to let the scopeof the situation get to you butI think over four years,you’ve kind of learned whatworks for you.”
PM’s Kelly Jones led off inPKs, and her shot on Lalib-erte was turned away nicely.Strout followed for the Ea-gles, and her shot rang offthe inside of the post and into give the hosts a 1-0 advan-tage.
“I think we felt preparedbut once we got that first saveand first goal, we were feel-ing even better aboutthings,” Zumbach said.
Laliberte made anothersave on Kali Gadomski, andwhen Abby Drouin failed toconvert in the third round,Dietrich made it 2-0 Gilfordwith a shot that also rico-cheted off the post and wentin.
“For me, all I did was go inthere with 100 percent confi-dence,” said Dietrich. “I toldeverybody ‘We are going towin this, you are going tomake your shot.’ There’s noway you can miss this. Youpractice this. You’re ready togo.”
Laliberte sealed the winin the fourth round, as sheturned away Lexi Brown andwas mobbed by her team-mates immediately after.
“You can tell that theywere really uptight just bytheir confidence level,” ad-mitted PM coach Matt Locke.“It was down. They rip (PKs)in practice. It was just a mat-ter of nerves, I think.”
The T-Wolves (8-9) got thestart they were looking for inthe first half, as Jones tookadvantage of a failed Gilfordclearance and broke in aloneon Laliberte. The speedy for-ward found the back of thenet, putting PM up 1-0 just6:53 into the game.
“They got a great break-away off a small mistake onour part,” said Zumbach. “Itcost us big and we spent therest of the game trying tomake up for it.”
Gilford would try and getthe equalizer in the first half,but PM goalkeeper ShannonMeyer was more than up tothe task. Meyer made sever-al diving saves, turning awayDietrich on three differentoccasions to allow the T-Wolves to keep the 1-0 ad-vantage into halftime.
“I thought Shannon did afabulous job in the goal,made some fantastic saves,”Locke said. “She’s improvedso much. She really kept usin the game. It could’ve been3-1 or 4-1.”
Despite trailing, the Ea-gles stayed focused. WhileCassidy Bartlett’s shot on abreakaway went wide after a
terrific pass from Lisa Os-borne, Dietrich finally gotthe goal Gilford had beenwaiting for with 20:55 re-maining. The center mid-fielder corralled a longthrow in just inside the 18-yard box, and she dribbled ina bit before blasting a shotthat beat Meyer to the nearpost to make it a 1-1 game.
“We know just don’t giveup, keep fighting,” explainedDietrich. “Just stay in thegame until the whistle blows.Just keep your composure.”
Gilford had the bestchance of the overtime peri-ods with 15:45 left in the firstOT, as Gabi Defregger’s shotoff a corner kick fromKatherine Rice hit the un-
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half with the Rams up 1-0.Both teams had early
chances in the second half,with Dietrich and Bartlettsending shots wide, whileHarris, Veazey and Parkerwere solid on defense andLaliberte made a couple ofsolid saves in the net.
The two teams went backand forth, with Rice, Defreg-ger and Ruchti all turning insolid defense, while Bartletthad a shot stopped by theRam keeper.
Perhaps Gilford’s bestchance of the day came onnice passing from Dietrich toStrout to Bartlett, who put anice shot on the net, but theRam keeper made a big saveto preserve the shutout.
Gilford continued withsome good pressure, withBartlett just missing Diet-rich on a scoring bid and De-fregger sending a shot wide,but the Rams were solid onthe defensive side, turningaway Gilford’s advances.
Laliberte made a nice saveon a header to keep herteam’s hopes alive, but the of-fense couldn’t breakthrough.
In the final minutes of
play, the Golden Eagles had acorner kick chance that pro-vided one of the best oppor-tunities of the night. Witheveryone (including Lalib-erte) crowded into the offen-sive zone, Rice lifted a kickinto the middle of the box,looking for a Gilford foot orhead. However, the Raymondkeeper came up with a bigsave in traffic and the Ramstook the 1-0 win and ad-vanced to the semifinals.
“They defended verywell,” Zumbach said of theRams. “When they went up,they knew they needed tojust stay there and they did agood job holding the lead.”
The Golden Eagle coachalso noted that the Ramswere able to mark up Diet-rich very well and keep herfrom getting lots of goodscoring chances.
“They were definitelyaware of her talent,” Zum-bach said. “She only had afew chances.”
Despite the disappointingend to the season, Zumbachnoted that the Eagles hadnothing to hang their headsabout after a 10-5-1 regularseason and a thrilling penal-
SOCCER (Continued from Page B1)
PHOTO BY JOSHUA SPAULDING
Gabi Defregger beats a Raymond defender to the ball during playoffaction in Raymond Oct. 27.
pushed the lead to 20-13.Two nice plays by Dionne
helped upped the lead to 24-15 and Kira Crites sealed thewin with perfect placementon a shot for the 25-15 win.
Panner, Jessa Crites andMattice helped the hosts toa 5-0 lead to open the thirdgame and the Golden Eaglesled 10-3 at one point, butagain, despite the work ofJessa and Kira Crites andDean at the net, Somer-sworth came battling back,cutting the lead to 13-12.Panner picked a nice spot toget the next point for Gil-ford, but Somersworth cameback and tied the set at 14.
Gilford didn’t fall behind,as a Jessa Crites kill and anace from Mattice opened thelead up a bit. A big kill fromKira Crites and some per-fect placement from Pannergave the Eagles the 25-18 winand a 2-1 lead.
The Crites sisters got Gil-ford out to an 8-1 lead in thefourth game and a JessaCrites ace and kills fromDean and Kira Crites helpedthe Golden Eagles open up a15-3 lead. A pair of niceshots from Jessa Critesquelled a ‘Topper rally a bitand the champs closed outthe 25-16 win and a 3-1 quar-terfinal victory.
Forge gave Somersworthcredit for coming out strongand noted her team neededtime to adjust.
“We hadn’t played themsince the first game of theseason,” Forge said. “Ittakes a defense time to readwhat the other team’s doing.
“You really have to studythe other team and analyzeand figure things out,” sheadded. “It took a while, butthat’s going to happen
against a great team.”For Panner, it was just
good to be back in the line-up. The senior setter missedthe entire month of Octoberwith an injury, returning inthe team’s first round winover Pelham.
“We didn’t know if I wasgoing to come back or not,”she said. “But it’s really niceto be back. I missed it somuch, I can’t explain it.”
Panner finished with 32assists and seven kills, thelatter impressing Forgefrom the setter position. Jes-sa Crites had 19 kills, oneblock and 11 digs, while Ki-ra Crites had 10 kills and 20digs. Dean had five kills andKelly Gallant had 25 digs.Danica Gelotte had 10 digson the night and the teamfinished with 43 kills on thenight.
“I’m proud of the girls fortheir composure,” Forgesaid.
The Golden Eaglesmoved on to the Division IIsemifinals, held after dead-line Tuesday at PinkertonAcademy, with sixth-seededOyster River on the otherside of the net.
“We had to push throughtonight and it just gets hard-er and harder from here,”Panner said. “But I knowwe’ll give it our all and nev-er ease up.”
Should the Eagles be vic-torious in their semifinaltilt, they will play in the fi-nals on Saturday, Nov. 3, at 7p.m. at Pinkerton Academyin Derry.
Joshua Spaulding can bereached at [email protected] or 569-3126.
VOLLEYBALL (Continued from Page B1)Convincing win for Eagles in sweep of PelhamBY JEFF [email protected]
GILFORD – The defendingchampion Gilford HighSchool volleyball teamopened up its 2012 postseasonin convincing fashion on Oct.25,as the second-seeded Gold-en Eagles swept number 15Pelham, 25-10, 25-12, 25-4 inthe Division II preliminaryround.
Senior setter Charleyne
Panner dished out 22 assiststo pace the Gilford offense,which finished with 25 kills.All told, Gilford made justthree errors on its 71 spike at-tempts.
“This is as close to perfectas we can get,” said Gilfordcoach Joan Forge. “Plus oneout of three attempts was putdown for kills. This is a verynice start to the tourna-ment.”
Sophomore Jessa Critesled the offense with 10 killswhile sister Kira Crites to-taled seven kills. Other hitterthat contributed to the of-fense were Jordan Dean(three kills), Mikaela Mattice(three kills),Panner (one kill)and Maddie Harris (one kill).
The Eagles broke a schoolrecord from the service lineby serving 29 aces on thenight. The previous record
was held by the 2008 teamwith 28 aces in one match.
Jessa Crites led with 12aces while Mattice (five aces),Kira Crites (four), Kelly Gal-lant (four), Danica Gelotte(three) and Panner (ace) alljoined in the fun.
Defensively, Gilford waspaced by Gallant and Gelotte,as the duo combined for 12digs. Dean finished with apair of blocks in the win.
ty kick shootout win overProspect Mountain in theopening round of the tour-nament (see separate story).
“They had a great sea-son,” she said. “I am really
proud of what they accom-plished this year.”
Joshua Spaulding can bereached at [email protected] or 569-3126.
derside of the crossbar andbounced straight down.Prospect Mountain’s EllaMontminy was able to clearthe zone however, keepingthe visitors alive for the timebeing.
“They played their heartsout,” said Locke of his club.“Gilford’s a good team andwe had some chances but wewere out of gas. No doubtabout it, we were hurting.But we played better than theprevious two times weplayed them (a pair of 2-0losses).”
Stamina was indeed at apremium late in the game, asboth teams struggled to keepplugging along for both over-time frames.
“It got to the point whereit was just adrenaline. Andluckily my team had a lot ofit,” Zumbach said. “As thegame went on, I felt like wewere able to keep up our mo-mentum.”
That momentum carriedinto penalty kicks, whereLaliberte and companysaved their best for last.
“Having confidence in ashootout is one of the biggestadvantages that you can
EAGLES (Continued from Page B4)
have,” the keeper said. “Hav-ing that mindset of ‘I’m notgoing to be beat’ can helpmake the difference.”
The loss saw PM’s seasoncome to an end with an 8-9record. The T-Wolves wereone of the hottest teams inDivision III entering the post-season, as they won their fi-nal three games of the year.
That included wins over Bel-mont and White Mountains,two of the top seeded teamsin the draw.
“I thought we peaked atthe right time,” said Locke.“We had won three in a rowagainst some ranked teams. Ithought we played decent.Just not decent enough.”
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