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BHS seniors raise more than$2,500 in support of Special Olympics

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Laura Davies (center) along with members of “Team Laura” from Belmont High School braved the frigid temperatures of Lake Winnipesaukee during the High School Winni Dip on March 15 as part of her senior project supporting Unified Sports and Special Olympics.

BY DONNA RHODES

[email protected]

BELMONT — They’ve been close friends since first grade,

and now, as seniors at Belmont High School, Laura Davies and Cas-sie Contigiani are also partners in a mission to

promote Unified Sports in schools as well as fundraising for Special Olympics New Hamp-shire.

Together, they raised $2,520 for the organiza-tion through the first ever Unified Basketball Jamboree and the 2015 Winni Dip, where they showed their support for SONH by jumping into Lake Winnipesaukee on a cold and snowy day last month.

During their years in elementary school, Davies and Contigiani

played soccer and other sports together, but as they got older and com-petitions became more intense, Davies, who has an intellectual dis-ability, was left cheering for her friends from the sidelines.

Through Unified Sports programs, how-ever, students with dis-abilities like hers get to play on a team with oth-

er classmates who are not involved in school athletics, and this year, BHS brought both bas-ketball and volleyball programs to the school.

Davies was a proud member of BHS’s inau-gural Unified Sports bas-ketball team, and is now doing her senior project on what the new pro-gram has done for her

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BHS seniors Cassie Contigiani and Laura Davies raised $2,520 for Special Olympics recent-ly through the first ever Unified Sports Basketball Jamboree and a chilly dip into Lake Winnipesaukee.

Compass Classical Charter Academy charter school to open in the Tilton area SeptemberTILTON — This Sep-

tember, the new Com-pass Classical Acade-my will be opening as a charter school for kin-dergarten through fifth grade students in Cen-tral New Hampshire, giving parents another option for educating their children. An addi-tional grade will be add-ed each year until Com-pass is a full K-12 school.

Charters schools are public schools that do not charge tuition, oper-ate with some freedoms from the regulations of many standard public schools, but agree to be upheld to a greater accountability in their programs for students.

They are open to all children who reside in the State of New Hamp-shire, and do not dis-criminate in their en-rollment. Charter school students are required to take the same tests as children in traditional public schools and have to meet the same educa-tional standards.

Compass Classical Academy will have a full-day kindergarten program and provide both a before and after school program for the convenience of families and students enrolled in the school.

The school believes that all students, regard-less of their socio-eco-nomic background or academic competence, benefit from a rigorous, content-rich, education-al program that devel-ops academic potential and personal character.

They further believe students will achieve their best potential

when taught foundation-al skills and informa-tion, and are challenged by high expectations.

As part of their mis-sion they will be utiliz-

ing “Singapore Math” and “Core Knowledge” curricula for their stu-dents. Each of these pro-grams will help to pro-vide children with the

knowledge they need to move forward in life.

The idea behind Core Knowledge is simple and powerful: knowledge builds on knowledge.

For more informa-tion on Compass Char-ter School, visit their Web site at www.Com-passClassicalAcademy.com or reach out to

them through Facebook at Compass Classical Academy for further contact information and enrollment applica-tions.

Belmont native to take part in Boston MarathonBeth Connolly hopes to raise funds for cancer research

BY DONNA RHODES

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BELMONT — When the starter pistol sounds for the 2015 Boston Mar-athon on April 20, Bel-mont native Beth (Rob-erts) Connolly will be among the thousands who will make their way from Hopkinton, Mass. to Copley Square in Bos-ton, and she hopes to raise a lot of money for cancer research with ev-ery step she takes along the 26-mile route.

The Boston Mara-thon began in 1897, and is the oldest continuous-

ly running marathon. While more than 20,000 runners take part in the event now, it is not a race just anyone can sign up for. Participants have to have run a prior sanc-tioned marathon approx-imately 18-months before the Boston race and must also meet the time crite-ria for their age category.

Connolly is one of the determined who met those qualifications and was accepted to take part in this year’s prestigious event.

As a high school ath-lete, Connolly began run-

ning to stay in shape for soccer, basketball and softball. When she got married seven years ago she began running more and more, taking part in 5K races and half-mara-thons, until she eventual-ly worked her way up to full marathons.

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Belmont native Beth Roberts Connolly was excited to be accepted in the 2015 Boston Marathon as part of the Dana Farber Marathon Challenge team and hopes folks in her hometown can help her raise $11,700 for cancer research.

Anonymous donor honors Bert Southwick’s memory by supporting scholarship fund

BY DONNA RHODES

[email protected]

NORTHFIELD — Multiple ways to cele-brate the life of North-field resident Bert Southwick, who passed away Feb. 1 at the age of 91, are now being arranged, and among them is the Bert South-wick Memorial Schol-arship Fund that was conceived and will be backed by a former res-ident of the community.

Southwick’s neigh-bor and friend Carolee Longley said she was

recently contacted by a gentleman who wishes to remain anonymous, but is willing to match community donations up to $10,000 for a schol-arship in Southwick’s name.

“This gentleman told

me that when he was growing up his family

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Northfield resident Bert Southwick, who died in February at the age of 91, is being remembered through a new scholarship fund and an anonymous donor has offered to match community contri-butions up to $10,000 to benefit Winnisquam gradu-ates for years to come.

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Volume 7 • Number 1424 Pages in 2 Section

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email: [email protected]

Editorial Page ..................A4

North Country Notebook A5

Schools ............................A7

Culture ...........................A11

Obituaries ........................A6

SEE SENIORS, PAGE A10

SEE BOSTON, PAGE A10

SEE HONORS, PAGE A10

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April 2, 2015 WINNISQUAM ECHO

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Thank you to the offi-cials and voters of Tilton and Northfield for sup-porting the Tilton-North-field Recreation Department/Pines Com-munity Center at Town Meetings on March 14. We are looking forward to offering another year of healthy and exciting programming to our con-stituents, and to working with and for the towns we serve.

Easter BreakfastJoin us at the Pines

Community Center on Saturday, April 4, for our Annual Easter Breakfast fundraiser. The Tilton-Northfield Recreation Council and the Pines staff will be serving a hearty break-fast of pancakes, French toast, sausage, bacon, scrambled eggs, toast, juice and hot beverages. Breakfast is served from 7:30 until 10 a.m. The Easter Bunny will vis-it between 8:30 and 9:30 a.m., and, weather and snow cover permitting, there will be an Easter Egg Hunt for children through grade five start-ing at 9 a.m. The cost of the breakfast is $5 for adults and $3.50 for chil-dren under age 12, the total cost per immediate family not to exceed $25.

Women’s Pick-Up Basketball

The start date for Women’s 18 & Up Pick-Up Basketball has been changed to Sunday, April 12. This is on Sun-day afternoons through June 21, at the Winnis-quam Regional Middle School. The time is from 4 to 6 p.m. The cost is $2 per diem for Tilton and Northfield residents, and $3 per diem for non-resi-dents. Pre-register in advance at the Pines, or online through our web-site. A minimum of four women, registered in advance, are needed to run this program. The Facilitator is Christina

Bradbury.

The Pines’ Running Club

The Pines Running Club, for kids ages six through eleven, will practice on Mondays and Wednesdays, April 13 through June 24, from 6 to 7 p.m. This club in-troduces kids to the fun of running in their ele-mentary school years, and helps them develop healthy habits that will stick with them for life. The cost for the pro-gram is $20 per child for Tilton and Northfield residents, and $25 for non-residents. A Pines Running Club t-shirt is included in the cost. Par-ents are welcome to run with their children. Ma-rie Hardy is returning as coach. The program meets at the Pines. Reg-ister in advance, online or at the Pines, by Fri-day, April 10.

Summer Camps and Swim

Registration is now open for the Pines’ Sum-mer Programs. Play-ground and Swim and non-camper Swim Les-sons are for children who are completing Kindergarten through Grade 5 in June 2015. Registration for both ends on June 12 and pay-ment in full for the sum-mer must be received by this date. Registrations received after this date will be charged a $50 late registration fee and put on a Waiting List. The total balance is due no later than June 12. There is a 10 percent dis-count off the total Play-ground program cost for those who pay in full by May 9. The Pines offers online registration for those who wish to pay by credit card. Playground is tentatively scheduled for June 22 through Au-gust 14, Monday through Friday, 8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Before and After Care is available. Swim-

ming Lessons are Mon-day through Thursday, June 29 through July 9 at Sandogardy Pond in Northfield. Parents are responsible for trans-portation for children taking lessons only. Van transportation is provid-ed for Camper Swim Les-sons.

Financial aid applica-tions for the Playground program will be avail-able on April 1. Parents must return this form, with their child’s regis-tration form, by May 1. Apply promptly; schol-arship funds are limited and there is always a great demand for them. We will not accept any fi-nancial aid applications after May 1.

Pre -Kindergarten Camp is for children ages three to five years old, who have not yet attended Kindergarten. Children will participate in a number of different activities including arts and crafts, physical ac-tivities, games, sports, and will have free time for playing with their peers. This is a half day camp from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m., July 6 through 17. Register in advance, online or at the Pines, by Friday, June 26. Children must be pot-ty-trained to participate in this program.

We have a Counselor in Training Program for teens ages 13 through 15 (must be 13 by Sept. 30, 2014) which runs concur-rently with the Summer Playground program. Applicants will be inter-viewed by our Program Director Brittni Stewart. CIT registrations and ap-plication packets are due at the Pines by May 13.

The Pines’ Teen Camp is for youth completing

Grades 6 through 9 this June. The tentative dates are July 13-August 7. There will be both Trip and Adventure Camp weeks; further details will be available soon.

Application forms and further informa-tion are available online through the Pines’ Web site.

Middle School DanceThe Pines is holding

a Middle School Dance on Friday, April 10, from 7 to 9 p.m. The cost is $5 per student, and re-freshments will be on sale. This dance is for students of the Winnis-quam Regional Middle School only. Students must have a valid stu-dent ID for admission. Tim Martin of MIX 94.1FM will be the DJ. Refreshments will be on sale. Parent chaperones are welcome.

April Vacation CampIt may not look like it

outside, but April is here, and that means April Va-cation at the end of the month for school kids. The Pines will have Va-cation Camp Monday through Friday, April 27 through May 1, for chil-dren in Kindergarten through Grade 5. Chil-dren may be dropped off as early as 7 a.m. and must be picked up by 5:30 p.m. The cost varies from day to day depend-ing on the activity. Chil-dren should bring their own lunches, snacks, drinks and come dressed for outdoor activities. One never knows, it may really be Spring by then! Monday, April 27, we will hike the Win-nipesaukee Trail to the Union-Sanborn School

playground. Cross your fingers that the weather will cooperate! The cost for the day is $30 and chil-dren must wear walking shoes. Tuesday, April 28, we will go to Smitty’s for a movie. The cost is $35, movie TBA. Chil-dren need to bring their lunches as usual since we will eat before we go to Smitty’s. Children should not bring their own money; the Pines will provide popcorn and drinks. Wednesday, April 29, we will take the Pines’ van to the South-wick School playground in the morning and go to Dairy Queen after lunch. The cost for the day is $30, and children should bring their own money for Dairy Queen. Thurs-day, April 30, there will be games and activities at the Pines. This is a day for non-video and, we hope, outside games. The cost for the day is $30. Friday, May 1, is Games Day with pizza lunch at the Pines. The cost is $32 for the day, and we will order out for pizza for lunch. Children may bring their own games and players; games must be rated E. Register now through Thursday, April 23, at the Pines or online through our Web site, www.pinescommunity-center.com.

Children’s Dance Classes

A Spring session of children’s dance class-es will start in April. The classes will move to Tuesday afternoons and will be seven-week ses-sions. The session will run April 14 through June 2, with no classes on April 28. Pre-K Bal-let, for children ages two to four, meets 4 to 4:30

p.m., and costs $35. Jazz and Hip-Hop, for chil-dren ages five to nine, is 4:30 to 5:15 p.m. costing $45. Children will need ballet shoes for the Ballet Class. The instructor is Katie LaRoche of Danc-ing Feet Studios. Five dancers, registered in advance, are needed to run each class. You may register online through the Pines’ website or in person at the Pines.

ZumbaThe Pines and Danc-

ing Feet Studios will offer a new Zumba session for teens and adults, Tuesdays, from 5:30 to 6:15 p.m., April 14 through June 2. There is no class April 28. The cost for the seven-week session is $45. Five par-ticipants, registered in advance, are needed to run the class. Register in advance, online or at the Pines, by Friday, April 10.

Spring Fling!Parents give your-

selves a night off for a Spring Fling, and let your Kindergarten through Grade 5 chil-dren have a Spring Fling of their own at the Pines. The program is from 5:30 to 10 p.m. and costs $25 per child. We will provide pizza for supper and do Spring crafts, games, cookie decorat-ing and other activities to celebrate the arrival of Spring. After supper kids may change into their pj’s for popcorn and a movie. Register in advance, online or at the Pines, by Wednesday, May 6. We need a min-imum of five children to run the program, and can accommodate up to 20.

U.S. Sen. Lindsey Graham to speak at next Belknap County Republican Committee meeting

BELMONT — The Belknap County Repub-lican Committee has an-nounced that US Senator Lindsey Graham, a po-tential presidential can-didate, will be their guest speaker on Wednesday, April 8 at 7:30 p.m. at the Top of the Town Restau-rant, 88 Ladd Hill Rd. in Belmont. Note: This month’s meeting will be-gin at 7:30 p.m., one hour later than normal.

Sen. Graham served in the US Air Force, the South Carolina Air Na-tional Guard, and the US Air Force Reserve at-taining the rank of Col-onel. He was elected to four 2-year terms in the US House of Represen-tatives from 1994 to 2002, was then elected to the US Senate in 2002 and 2008, and most recently was re-elected to a third term in the US Senate

in November 2014. He serves on the Appropri-ations, Armed Services, Budget, and Judiciary Committees.

With the presiden-tial race heating up so quickly, the Committee plans to bring as many potential presidential candidates to Belknap County, offering voters the opportunity to hear the candidate’s position on the issues and to ask them the tough ques-tions to help determine which candidate they’re going to support in New Hampshire’s First-in-the-Nation Presidential Primary scheduled for

Feb. 9, 2016. Belknap County

GOP meetings are open to all Republicans and like-minded Indepen-dents. Per their usual meeting format, if you're interested in having dinner (at your option) and/or wish to socialize before the meeting, plan to arrive as early as 6:00 pm. (Again, one hour lat-er than normal).

The Committee thanks its members for continuing to bring food pantry donations to the meetings, and again re-minds them to bring a non-perishable food item to this month’s meeting.

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The coats off their backsEllacoya General Store makes winter a little warmer

GILFORD — Often we read about service organizations aiding people in myriad ways. But individuals with an idea, focus and per-sistence often step up to help organizations in their community ef-forts.

Nikki Brandt, manag-er at the Ellacoya Gen-eral Store and Deli in Gilford, is a good exam-ple. Brandt sponsored a coat drive this winter at the store which netted an impressive amount of donations for Lakes Region Community Ser-vices’ Family Resource Center of Central New Hampshire in Laconia.

Brandt began think-ing about this because of her own life experience.

“I have four kids, and I’ve had to go to places for help before I started working, when we only had my husband’s wag-es,” Brandt says.

But she wasn’t think-ing primarily of chil-dren for this effort.

“Some coats were do-nated for all ages, but mostly adults. There are many things done to help children. There isn’t too much thought for their parents. And parents spend what they have for their kids, not themselves” she said.

This past frigid win-ter led Brandt to think about warm coats.

“We have a chalk board at the store for specials, and we just used that and word of mouth to let people know,” she said.

It was enough. During the month of January many, many coats—in the end, three and a half large trash bags full—were donated. They in-cluded both dress and work coats, and some really high quality mer-chandise.

“People really stepped up. Some coats were new. Some custom-ers donated the coats off their backs,” recalls Jo-anne Piper Lang, Direc-tor of Development at LRCS.

Finding a recipient for the donations though was initially trouble-some.

“That was the longest part of it all,” Brandt stated. “It took over a month. Some organiza-tions had already done their clothes drives. Then I contacted LRCS.”

The agency had many clients who could use the coats and was glad

to be involved.“At the Family Re-

source Center, we recog-nize the importance of supporting every mem-ber in a family-not just the children, in receiv-ing concrete supports in times of need. The Coat Drive allowed us

to provide coats to the parents and caregivers of children for the first time. While many fami-lies benefited, one strug-gling mother of three young children partic-ularly comes to mind. While she was doing the best she could to take

care of her children, it was discovered that she was lacking what she needed for herself. We had a blast looking through the wide vari-ety of coats donated by Ellacoya until she found her favorite one. It was a joy to see her walking out of our building a little warmer and with a little more pep in her step,” commented Erin Klasen, Family Support Manager

Like many who vol-unteer, Brandt got a lot out of the effort as well, and can recommend it.

“My advice to anyone with an idea to help peo-ple is, don’t give up. Keep trying. When you have something nice to put on, it just lifts you up. Knowing that someone is warmer when they go out to their work, or has a nice business coat for a job interview—and that I did that for people, is an amazing feeling,” she said.

Lakes Region Com-munity Services (LRCS) is a nonprofit, compre-hensive family support agency with a primary focus of providing sup-ports to individuals with developmental disabilities and/or ac-quired brain disorders and their families. A dy-namic human services organization, LRCS of-fers other essential and critical services to indi-viduals in the Lakes Re-gion from birth through-out their lifespan. At the core of LRCS’ work are inclusion, acceptance, and building strengths and partnerships – whether at the individu-al, family or community level. LRCS has offices in Laconia and Plym-outh which combine to serve families residing throughout Belknap and Southern Grafton Coun-ties. For more infor-mation, contact Joanne Piper Lang at 524-8811or visit www.lrcs.org.

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Nikki Brandt, manager of the Ellacoya Store and Deli in Gilford, organized a winter coat drive that benefited local families through the LRCS Family Resource Center in Laconia.

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Tilton/Northfield April is National

Poetry MonthThe Poetry Line -

Share your poems… hang a poem on our po-etry line for a chance to win a great prize.

The Poetry Challenge - Write a poem every day during the month of April. Post it on our Facebook page. Chal-lenge yourself further… write poems using a variety of formulas (ie Haiku, Limerick (keep it clean), a Ballad, etc. Vis-it www.poetrysoup.com for inspiration.

Monday, April 6

Chess Club, 4-7 p.m.Acrostic Poetry, 4

p.m.Come join us as we

explore various ways to

write quick poems to cre-ate our own. We will also read a few of our favor-ite short poems while we munch on some snacks. For kids ages 8 and up.

Trustees Meeting, 5 p.m.

Tuesday, April 7

Spanish Club, 10 a.m.Craft Tuesday, 11

a.m.-3 p.m.Learn to quilt or just

get out to craft and so-cialize at Craft Tuesday, a program run by Nancy Smart. A $5 hourly fee is due on the day of the class. Stay for as little or as long as you like.

Tech Tuesday, 2-4 p.m.

Project Teen, 3 p.m.Poetry Balls – Pen po-

ems on strips of paper, tape them all together and roll up your strip to form a ball. The more

you write, the larger it grows.

Wednesday, April 8

Story Time, 10:30 & 11:30 a.m.

CowsScrabble, 1 p.m.Arts and Crafts, 3:30

p.m.Moving LinesMagic: The Gather-

ing, 4 p.m.No Cards but want to

learn?... We'll share and we'll teach. No home-made cards please.

Thursday, April 9Haiku 4 U, 4 p.m.Come join us as we

explore various ways to write quick poems to cre-ate our own. We will also read a few of our favor-ite short poems while we munch on some snacks.

Classic Book Group, 6 p.m.

“Little Women” by Louisa May Alcott

Friday, April 10

Sit and Knit, 2-5 p.m.

New Books“Princes at War: the

bitter battle inside Brit-ain's royal family in the darkest days of WWII” by Deborah Cadbury

“The Bookseller: a

novel” by Cynthia Swan-son

“Where All Light Tends to Go” by David Joy

“Terminal: a Virals novel” by Kathy Reichs

“Hostage Run: the Mindwar Trilogy” by Andrew Klavan

“Breaking Sky” by Cori McCarthy

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Local churches collaborateon second annual EasterFest

BELMONT — In a col-laborative effort amongst Lakes Region Churches (LRC), Belmont Bap-tist Church, Lochmere

Baptist Church, Grace Capital Church, Laconia Campus, and Hope Com-munity Chapel of Frank-lin will help celebrate the

fun and meaning of Eas-ter by hosting the second annual EasterFest.

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Opinion

Colin Powell’s former Chief of Staff to speak in Plymouth

Budget crisis was manufacturedto distract from increased spending

Why take the risk with our drinking water?

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PET OF THE WEEK CHIALittle chubby CHIA really is the perfect pet.

She found herself deposited like lost luggage at a shelter in Texas, and luckily for her, found herself travelling to the weather cold, but people warm, North, to New Hampshire.

Chia loves, loves, loves to be cuddled. It’s her primary job, to simply sit in a lap and snuggle. Pick her up and hear the most adorable snuffling sounds and then be ready to spend however much time you wish cuddling this irresistibly cute tan Chihuahua girl.

She has spent time with other dogs, but given her ready devotion to a human that will love her, she really is all the dog anyone could need. Obvi-ously she requires a woolen coat when venturing outside, but really, it’s time now, for her forever home.

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Some context for the Red-tailed Hawk debate

Editor’s note: The following guest commentary was submitted by Rep. Christy Dolat Bartlett of Con-cord in response to the editorial published in last week’s edition concerning the debate over a bill submitted by a group of fourth grade students from Hampton Falls to have the Red-Tailed Hawk named our state raptor.

While we appreciate Rep. Bartlett’s attempt to shed light on why there was such vehement opposition to the students’ bill, we still fail to understand what harm its passage would have done, or how simply rub-ber-stamping it and letting the students go home with a sense of pride in their state’s government would have besmirched New Hampshire’s legislative process any more than the negative publicity generated by the com-ments made during the debate.

While jets crash, terrorists strike, and our state budget challenges loom, an astounding amount of at-tention has been devoted to the red-tailed hawk bill. In case you missed it, the state Legislature defeated a fourth-grade class proposal to make the hawk our state raptor, and the floor debate included a remark equating the hawk’s behavior with abortion.

This seemingly banal original issue has become a national, and indeed, an international issue fueled by adults. I’ve tried to allow the bill a dignified demise, as is the fate of three quarters of the bills filed in the House every year. However, I feel I need to provide some context, as the original objection to this bill has been lost or misunderstood.

As a legislator, I consider our job is to solve prob-lems. I try to glean from the hundreds of bills which ones deserve to become law because they provide workable solutions to real problems. As charming as the fourth graders were in proposing the hawk, we were concerned with the proliferation of this type of bill, particularly in a year when we are asked by leaders of both parties to focus on the budget and fis-cal matters. We did not think that the lack of a state raptor is a pressing problem. Only one other state has a state raptor, and New Hampshire has a state bird already.

The New Hampshire Legislature is part-time, virtually volunteer and meets annually to between January and June to review upwards of 1,000 bills-each potentially a new law-and also prepare and vote on a state budget. The week of the raptor matter, we voted on an astounding 246 bills, on Wednesday and Thursday.

In order to file, publish, distribute and review all bills, the 21 House committees meet once or twice a week with members commuting from all over the State. Every single bill receives a public hearing. Then the bill goes to a work session, and then to an executive session to vote making a recommendation to the full House. Every bill, no matter how trivial or profound, gets an up or down vote. So each bill represents a significant investment of time and re-sources, from the legislators themselves to the peo-ple who come to testify (including numerous senior state employees), legislative research staff, printing, mailing, and so on.

We understand that New Hampshire fourth grad-ers study New Hampshire History and government. The Legislature has received a series of bills naming various state symbols. In 1983, the state animal, the white-tailed deer, was named. In recent years, the state fruit, drink, bird, game fish vs fresh water fish, reptile & amphibian (sub-sets of animals), the state rock, gem, or mineral have all been named. Two years ago, we famously declared the white potato the state vegetable. And if you recall, that made nation-al news in thinly veiled comments about how we in the New Hampshire Legislature had nothing better to do. Additionally, the House has three other state symbol bills filed this year: a state poem, a state wild-

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To the Editor:On Saturday, April 18, at 9:30 a.m. will be the Sev-

enth Annual Conference on Building a Culture of Peace and Nonviolence: Overcoming Money in Pol-itics. The event starts in PSU's Boyd Hall, Room 144 (large, tiered classroom), with keynote by Col. Law-rence Wilkerson, Chief of Staff to Sec. of State Colin Powell. Wilkerson will discuss how the revolving door and big money in electoral politics and lobby-ing negatively affect our security by leading to waste and bad policy.

Wilkerson has criticized many aspects of the Iraq War, including his own preparation of Powell’s pre-sentation to the UN. He appears as a frequent Repub-

lican commentator on The Ed Show with Ed Schultz on MSNBC.

Sponsors include PSU Peace and Social Justice Minor, PSU Office of Environmental Sustainabili-ty, New Hampshire Peace Action, New Hampshire American Friends Service Committee, NH Rebellion among others.

Registration can be done through www.bit.ly/nhpeace. This is a good one not-to-miss, as we start our presidential primary time in New Hampshire.

Sincerely,Lynn Rudmin Chong

Sanbornton

To the Editor:Belmont, Northfield and Tilton residents need to

weigh in to protect our drinking water from expan-sion of the Bestway waste transfer station.

The Bestway transfer site lies on top of a shallow aquifer; a fragile resource where water pools and flows underground close to the surface. Water sup-plies for Belmont, Northfield and Tilton are drawn from this aquifer with local people using 800,000 gal-lons per day. Bestway wants to increase the transfer station's capacity from 153 tons to 600 tons of solid waste per day, bringing in trash from other areas. Potential for contaminants reaching our water sup-ply would increase significantly with this proposed expansion of the Bestway transfer station. The transfer station is located off Route 140 in Belmont.

How can you help? You can submit written com-ments by 4 p.m. on April 3 to New Hampshire Depart-ment of Environmental Services, 29 Hazen Drive, Concord, NH03301 or by email at swpublic.com-ment@des. Here's more information; go to: http:des.nh.gov/organization/divisions/waste/swmb/bdc.htm

So, what's the danger? Garbage contains heavy metals and contaminants that can seep through the sand and gravel on the surface and reach the shal-low aquifer that is our water source. Transferring material from trucks or dumpsters isn't a surgical process, contaminants and toxins can be released. Bestway already had one fire and was caught stor-ing and cleaning out portable toilets at this location previously. Bestway was purchased by Casella Waste Systems from Rutland, Vt. Unfortunately, Casella has a record of bad-faith negotiations and poor performance with towns in Maine, Vermont, New Hampshire, Massachusetts and New York over the last 20 years. According to a Letter to the Editor from Ginger Wells-Kay a year ago, I note that Toxic Actions Inc., a Boston environmental watch orga-nization named Casella one of its annual Top Dirty Dozen polluters. Surely, we can learn from others and avoid the risk to our drinking water. What's more basic than that?

Donna Hepp Belmont

To the Editor:We have a crisis — budget cuts are essential, times

are hard, and we'll need to lay off half of the Depart-ment of Transportation! Now that we have your at-tention, we can make all these troubles go away with an eight cent/gallon addition to the gas tax. This is the storyline being sold by Gov. Hassan and Speaker Jasper. Would you like to hear the truth?

The deep budget cuts that the Speaker refers to are simply the same old scam they use in Washing-ton, D.C.; the Governor's proposed budget increas-es spending by $1 billion (roughly a 10 percent in-crease). So, the deep cuts would be a reduction in the increase proposed by Gov. Hassan.

The Speaker seems to think the people of the state will accept an increase in what he is calling a 'user fee' or 'road toll.’ This tax increase is not needed. A

tax on gas is particularly hard on the hard working citizens with the lowest incomes. This is what is called a regressive tax; those with higher incomes can easily afford it, but those with the least will struggle to make ends meet.

This is a manufactured crisis targeting much needed infrastructure (roads and bridges) simply so that you might not notice the grand increase in spending presented in the Governor's budget. Speak-er Jasper is carrying water for Gov. Hassan; perhaps that was part of the deal he made with the Democrats to become their Speaker. As I type this, he is march-ing a bad budget bill through the House, and those who dare stick to their principles will be removed from committee assignments.

Many constituents have written me to remind me of something I know very well; our problem is spend-ing, not a lack of taxes.

Rep. Mike SylviaBelknap 6

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A recent column about weasels occa-sioned many replies. Ergo, I’ll begin this col-umn with a poem sent by a reader who identi-fied himself as “A. Non-ny Muhs. Now, I’m no poet, and if I tried poetry I’d identify myself as the same…

“I’VE SEEN A WEA-

SEL IN THE WILD”“We come to this place

called Bretton WoodsWith heavy parka,

gloves and hoodsOur main intent….to

have some funIn the shadow of

Mount Washington I’d no idea of what I’d

seeOf Mother Nature’s

sceneryThis place is special,

wild and coldMuch wildlife here, so

I’ve been told. We’ve skied here

many times before

And read about the re-gion’s lore

And seen the tracks of snowshoe hare

And looked at tree bark, moose tripped bare.”

The poem contains

this pertinent stanza:“A weasel dressed in

winter coatPure white twixt

black tail and snoutScurrying under the

abandoned houseSeeking to feast on

tasty mouse.” And the piece ends

with “I’ve seen a weasel in the wild.”

Not many people have. Weasels are large-ly nocturnal, and after spring and through fall they are dark, making them almost as hard to see as when they in they are in their white, or er-mine, stage in winter.

When I was a kid, I was snowshoeing up along an old stone wall east of Deadwater Stream, south of Lake Francis, when I encoun-tered a couple of weasels. They were just coursing around, hunting, I guess, just like me.

Weasels are curious creatures, and over they came, and proceeded to frolic around the tips of my snowshoes, pausing now and then to regard me with their bright lit-tle eyes.

Although I’ve tried to reduce my speaking in recent years, I’m still at it, getting hornswoggled into this and that. Cur-rently I have three danc-es on my dance card:

---Wolfeborough (or Wolfeboro, if you prefer the modern day spell-ing), Sunday, April 12, Club 59, 12:30 p.m., Moose Mountain Re-gional Greenways.

---Effingham Pub-lic Library, Thursday, April 16, 7 p.m.

---Woodsville Public

Library, Saturday, May 2, 7 p.m., at the Horse Meadow Senior Center, just south of the Graf-ton County complex on Route 10.

I go to these events to meet interesting people and have fun. Having to prepare a text is not fun, so I just do off the cuff stuff, like taking about bears, coyotes, ravens, cougars and wolves, and of course the holistic na-ture of things.

Typically I just scrib-ble several one-liners on a piece of scrap paper, to remind me of topics. And I leave plenty of time for questions and answers, which I love.

Hope to see you there. (This column runs in

weekly newspapers cov-ering two-thirds of New Hampshire from Con-cord to Quebec, and parts of northwestern Maine and Vermont’s Northeast Kingdom. Write to [email protected], or P.O. Box 39, Cole-brook, NH 03576)

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A weasel on the fly, with some kind of lunch for the kids in its mouth. Photo courtesy of WallpapersIII.Com.

By John harrigan

Columnist

FROM THE CAPITAL STEPSn

BY SEN. JEANIE FORRESTER

District 2

Last week, SB169, rel-ative to the use of Elec-tronic Benefit Transfer (EBT) cards, passed the Senate on a bipartisan basis. This is the same bill that I sponsored last session that the Senate also passed on a bipar-tisan basis but the bill ultimately failed in the House. SB169 directs those who receive ben-efits for food and other essentials, to make re-sponsible choices in how they spend taxpayer dol-lars. It prohibits spend-ing benefit dollars on alcohol, tobacco, lottery tickets, firearms, adult entertainment, and tat-toos.

What prompted the legislation to begin with was a September 2013 Legislative Budget Of-fice performance audit on the use of Electronic Benefits Cards in New Hampshire. The au-dit showed most EBT spending goes towards necessary living expens-es, like rent, food, and health care. But it also found that 78 percent of funds were withdrawn as cash at ATMs, with no accounting of how those funds are spent.

The audit made 10 recommendations to the Division of Family Assistance (DFA), the agency that administers the EBT program. Two of the recommendations required legislative ac-tion. The first recom-mendation was to clearly outline the goals of cash assistance in statute and

direct the DFA to adopt administrative rules for restrictions on the use of cash assistance and align them with state law. The second recommendation was to consider whether there should be further restrictions on the use of cash assistance.

As background, the DFA is responsible for administering several cash assistance pro-grams that are available to low income individu-als and families. To ad-minister these programs, DFA has several options on how to disperse the benefits, one of which is through the EBT card. If a cash assistance recip-ient also receives Food Stamps (a federal benefit that may also be provid-ed to low income individ-uals and families), these benefits are put onto the same card. Unlike Food

Stamps which are sub-ject to significant fed-eral restrictions, there is no state law defining restrictions nor does the DFA clearly define the objectives of the cash as-sistance programs or the specific types of items for which the assistance is intended to be used.

If Senate Bill 169 be-comes law, it will pro-hibit the purchase of tobacco, alcohol, lot-tery tickets, firearms, or adult entertainment with EBT funds. Fur-ther, the EBT card could not be used at business establishments primar-ily engaged in the prac-tice of body piercing, branding, or tattooing. EBT cards could still be used at gas stations, grocery stores, and any-where that accepts debit and credit cards.

The bill also directs

the NH Department of Health and Human Ser-vices to report to the Fiscal Committee on the adoption and implemen-tation of restrictions on the use of cash assis-tance. The report would include an outline of the goals of cash assistance, review applicable state and federal regulations governing restrictions on the use of cash assis-tance, summarize the department’s finding regarding enforcement, and make recommenda-tions relative to the regu-

lation of cash assistance programs. The report would also include an education plan for recip-ients regarding the per-missible and prohibited use of cash assistance.

For some legislators, this bill does not go far enough; for others, they believe it goes too far. Some believe that the state should not be tell-ing recipients of state cash assistance how to spend this benefit nor restrict its use. One leg-islator testified that by allowing recipients to

use the funds for gam-bling or the purchase of alcohol, that we would be generating revenue for the state. Other legis-lators believe that there should be photo ID on the card and a total elim-ination of being able to withdraw cash.

Most folks don’t abuse these state benefits that are made possible by taxpayer funding. But when 78 percent of EBT funds are withdrawn in cash with no account-

It’s unfortunate but true: The elderly population is tar-geted for financial abuse or exploitation. In fact, by some estimates, this type of target-ed abuse results in billions of dollars in losses each year. If you have elderly parents, what signs should you watch for to determine their vulner-ability? And what can you do to help protect your parents from being victimized? In regard to the first question — signs of vulnerability — the most important thing to watch for is your parents’ mental state. As you know, many people go through their entire lives with their faculties intact — but even if this is the case with your parents, you still may want to be on guard against them falling prey to unscrupulous operators. And if you have noticed your parents becoming forgetful, confused, overly agitated or showing any other signs of possibly diminished mental capacity, you may want to be particularly vigilant for the appearance of financial irregularities. If you don’t think your parents are, as yet, victims of fraud or abuse, you can take steps to help pro-tect them. Most importantly, maintain constant commu-nication with them and be aware of what’s going on in their lives. Also, consider the following actions:

• Advise parents on pre-

cautionary measures. Suggest to your parents that they take several common-sense steps to avoid financial scams. For example, urge them to never give personal information over the phone or in response to emails. Since these types of requests are the most com-mon methods used to perpe-trate scams, encourage your parents to put all such solici-tations — as well as requests for money — in the “trash” folder. Also, ask your parents to remove paper mail prompt-ly from their mailbox — resourceful identity thieves have been known to steal mail and extract key piec-es of personal information from financial statements or correspondence from Social Security. And if your parents don’t already have a paper shredder, present one to them as a gift — and show them how to use it to delete old statements, credit card offers and similar documents.

• Check for legal docu-ments. Your parents, like everyone, should have a will and a durable power of attorney. These documents will enable someone they trust implicitly to handle their finances if they can’t. Discussing these types of issues with your parents may not be easy — but it’s certain-ly important.

• Review parents’ situa-tion regularly. Many parents

are not comfortable sharing the specifics of their finan-cial situation with their adult children. Yet, as much as you can, try to periodically review your parents’ insur-ance, banking and investment statements. These meetings give you good opportunities to look for irregularities or suspicious activities, such as significant changes in their spending patterns, unusual cash withdrawals or transfers from their bank accounts, or sudden transfers of assets to a relative or someone outside the family.

• Know the profession-als. Your parents may not be totally at ease involving you with their financial and tax advisors. However, using your discretion, see if you can accompany your parents when they meet with their advisors. If these people are legitimate professionals, they will not object to your interest in your parents’ affairs — in fact, they should welcome it.

Your parents have done a lot for you. You can help repay them by doing your part to help protect them from threats to their finan-cial security. Edward Jones, its employees and financial advisors cannot provide tax or legal advice. You should con-sult your attorney or qualified tax advisor regarding your situation.

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Theresa G. Fitts, 88

George Gonyer, Sr., 82

Eugene Gawron, 72

Joanne Marie Sweeney, 62

MEREDITH — The-resa G. Fitts, 88, of 19 NH-104, died Tuesday, March 24, 2015 at Golden View Health Care Cen-ter in Meredith.

She was born on Nov. 6, 1926 in Laconia, the daughter of the late Cyprien and Emelia (Lavatue) Pelchat. She worked for the State of New Hampshire at the Laconia State School for 25 years, until her retirement in 1991. The-resa enjoyed reading, visiting with family and friends and loved going for rides, camping and the ocean. She resided in Belmont for 43 years before moving to Forest-view Manor in Meredith in 2011.

She is survived by her children, Diana Jacques and her hus-

band, Steven, Sr., of Bel-mont, Armand P. Fitts and his wife, Sue, of Hill and Merrill Fitts Jr. and his wife, Brenda, of Bel-mont; 11 grandchildren and six great grandchil-dren.

In addition to her parents, she was prede-ceased by her husband of 55 years, Merrill T. Fitts Sr., her brothers; Robert Pelchat and Ge-

rard Pelchat, her sisters; Doris McCormick and Rita Pelchat and one granddaughter, Crystal Fitts.

There will be no call-ing hours.

A graveside service will be held in the spring at Sacred Heart Ceme-tery, Laconia.

For those who wish, memorial contributions may be made to Central NH VNA & Hospice, 780 North Main St., Laconia, NH 03246.

Wilkinson-Beane-S i m o n e a u - P a q u e t t e Funeral Home & Cre-mation Services, 164 Pleasant St., Laconia, is assisting the family with the arrangements. For more information and to view an online memori-al, go to www.wilkinson-beane.com.

LACONIA — George Gonyer, Sr., 82, passed away Monday, March 23, 2015, peacefully with his family by his side.

George was born March 30, 1932 in Laco-nia, the son of Fred L. and Yvonne (Breton) Gonyer. He attended Sa-cred Heart School and served in the Korean War in the U.S. Army from 1949-1952. George worked for Pike Indus-tries, and also ran his own painting business for many years, as well as an inspector at Baron Machine.

George loved hunt-ing, fishing, music, play-ing the spoons, and al-ways looked forward to the nice warm weather so he could head to the ocean in his camper. He also enjoyed walking the beach, playing cribbage and always looked for-ward to Patriots games. George was also very dedicated to donating to

the local Food Pantries. Love never dies, it

lives in our hearts forev-er. Open your wings and fly dad, you are in the arms of an angel. We all love you and you will be greatly missed.

George is survived by his daughters, Cin-dy Marcotte and her husband, Bob of Laco-nia, Karen Labreque of Laconia, Kim Dennis and John Doubleday of Sanbornton, Kathy Gonyer of Lochmere, George “Joe” Gonyer, Jr. of Lochmere, and the

mother of the children Betty Gonyer of Loch-mere, his special com-panion of many years, Rachel Romprey, as well as several grandchil-dren and great-grand-children. George was predeceased by three brothers; Henry, Al-fred, Roger and three sisters; Anne Haines, Irene Boucher and Betty Paquette and a grand-child, Tasha Dennis.

There will be no call-ing hours.

A graveside service will take place in the spring in the family lot at Sacred heart Ceme-tery.

Wilkinson-Beane-S i m o n e a u - P a q u e t t e Funeral Home & Cre-mation Services, 164 Pleasant St., Laconia, is assisting with the ar-rangements. For more information and to view an online memorial, go to www.wilkinson-beane.com.

BELMONT — Eu-gene “Gene” Gawron, 72, of Belmont, died Sun-day, March 26, 2015 at Lakes region General Hospital.

He was born on Sept. 26, 1942 in Springfield, Mass., the son of the late Walter and Bertha (Jagadowski) Gawron. He served in the US Air Force. Gene was a lifelong lover of music who played the organ and the accordion. He played as a studio mu-sician and also played in his band “Surprise Package.” He worked not only as a musician but as a printer and a appliance repairman for Bunn’s Appliance.

He is survived by his wife, Cheryl Gawron of Belmont; his three chil-dren (Christopher Gaw-ron of Hollis, Maine, Kimberlee Leger of New Ipswich and Melody Lee of Tyngsboro, Mass.); four step-children (Jona-

thon Levasseur of Ohio, Neil Levasseur of Geor-gia, Jovia Levasseur of Milton, and Nathaniel Moore of Maine); one sister, Leonora Prasol of Venice, Fla.; seven grandchildren; many step grandchildren and several great grand-children and step great grandchildren. He is also survived by his extended family, Paula Arsenault of Laconia, Butch Arsenault of Bel-mont and his music partner, Lee Elliot San-dler of Maine.

Calling hours will be held from 4 to 7 p.m. on Thursday, April 2, 2015 at the Wilkin-son-Beane-Simoneau-Paquette Funeral Home, 164 Pleasant St., Laco-nia, using the Carriage House entrance. A time of sharing will follow at 7 p.m., also at the funer-al home.

In lieu of flowers, me-morial contributions may be made to the New Hampshire Music Fes-tival, 7 Main St., Plym-outh, NH 03264 or to the National Kidney Foun-dation of NH, INC., One Tremont St, Concord, NH 03301.

Wilkinson-Beane-Simoneau-Paquette Funeral Home & Cre-mation Services, 164 Pleasant St., Laconia, is assisting the family with the arrangements. For more information and to view an online memorial, go to www.wilkinsonbeane.com.

LACONIA — Jo-anne Marie Sweeney, 62, a lifelong resident of Laconia passed away peacefully at her home Thursday, March 19, 2015 with her family by her side after a coura-geous battle with can-cer.

Joanne was born Nov. 24, 1952 in Plym-outh, the daughter of Fred and Bertha (Wil-lett) Goodwin.

Her interests includ-ed shopping, Bingo, tak-ing trips to Foxwoods Casino, yard sales, and spending Christmas Eve with her family. Joanne’s family meant everything to her.

Joanne is survived by her children, Mi-chael Sweeney and his partner Lisa Bushee of Belmont, Cindy Swee-

ney Manseau and her husband Ron of Alton, Alice Sweeney and her partner Steve Lev-eille of Franklin, and Melanie Sweeney of Laconia; her brothers Dale, Robert and Bran-dy Goodwin; her sis-ters Nancy Goodwin, Bonnie Goodwin Davis and Patricia Goodwin Boucher; 14 grandchil-dren, 11 great grand-

children, several niec-es and nephews and a dear friend, Rose Suit-ter of Laconia.

She was predeceased by her parents, six sib-lings and a grandson, Scott Deforge, in 2014.

A Celebration of Jo-anne’s life will be held Saturday, April 4, 2015 at 2 p.m. at the Wilkin-son-Beane-Simoneau-Paquette Funeral Home, 164 Pleasant St., Laconia, using the Car-riage House entrance.

Wilkinson-Beane-Simoneau-Paquette Funeral Home & Cre-mation Services, 164 Pleasant St., Laconia, is assisting the family with the arrangements. For more information and to view an online memorial, go to www.wilkinsonbeane.com.

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Breakfast with the Easter BunnyFamilies in Belmont enjoyed a delicious Easter Bunny Breakfast at the elementary school last Saturday, where a small donation provided them with pancakes, sausage and a drink along with some fun holiday crafts and a keepsake photo. Shown sharing a special moment with the “Big Bunny” himself are Jaidyn and Tristan Smith.

BELMONT POLICE LOGn

NORTHFIELD POLICE LOGn

BELMONT — The Bel-mont Police Department responded to 105 calls for service and made the following arrests during the week of March 20 to March 27.

An adult female from Belmont was involuntari-ly admitted for emergen-cy treatment on March 20.

Andrew Jon Cham-berlain of Belmont was arrested on March 25 for Simple Assault and Do-mestic Violence; Assault. Chamberalin was sub-sequently charged with Default or Breach of Bail Conditions.

Audriana Martinez of Laconia was arrested on

March 25 for Theft; All Other.

Stanley O’Neil of La-conia was arrested on March 25 for Theft; All Other.

Rachel A. Casavant of Goffstown was arrested on March 26 for Posses-sion of Controlled/Nar-cotic Drugs.

NORTHFIELD — From March 23 – March 29, the Northfield Police Department responded to 112 calls for Service.

Taken into custody:Edward Crotty, 44, of

Derry for Driving after

Revocation/Suspension.Troy Fugere, 46, of

Northfield for Domestic Violence/Assault (three counts).

Juvenile Male of Northfield for Protective Custody; Child in Dan-

ger.Other Calls for Ser-

vice: Thefts, Violation of Protection Order, An-imal Involved Incidents, Residential Alarm Ac-tivations, Domestic Disturbances, Juvenile Complaints, Motor Ve-hicle Accident/Com-plaints/Lockouts, Noise Complaint, Sex Offender Registration, Stranded Motorist, Suspicious Ac-tivity/Vehicle and Per-sons.

Thoughts from the Thrift ShopNews from the Gilmanton Community Church Thrift Shop and Food Pantry

Spring has arrived and so has spring & summer clothing at the GCC Thrift Shop. All during the month of April children's cloth-ing will be 50 percent off.

Starting Monday, April 6, the Thrift Shop and Pantry will also be open on Mondays from 1 - 5 p.m.

Visit us on Facebook at: www.facebook.com/GilmantonCommunity-Church to see what ad-

ditional events may be taking place.

Donations of food and clothing are needed and graciously accept-ed. Thank you for help-ing us assist our neigh-bors and friends in Gilmanton. If you are interested in volunteer-ing, helping hands are always welcome. Con-tact Barbara Reed, Vol-unteer Coordinator at 556-9449 or drop by the Thrift Shop during open hours for an applica-

tion. We would love to have you join the team.

We look forward to seeing you soon.

Hours: Monday, 1 - 5 p.m., Wednesday, 3 – 7 p.m. and Saturday, 10 a.m. – 2 p.m.

Telephone: 364-0114.Location: Route 140,

Gilmanton Iron Works.Parking & Entrance:

Gilmanton Community Church Parking Lot.

Mailing Address: Post Office Box 16, Gil-manton, N.H. 03237.

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Lakes Region Mom Prom/Girls Night OutBELMONT — Look-

ing for a fun “Girls Night Out” in the Lakes Region? We’ve got just the event! Last spring, we held our first Mom Prom and had so much fun that this year we want to make it bigger

and better. Belmont High School PTO has been busy planning the deli-cious treats, bright deco-rations and upbeat music to make Saturday, April 18 a memorable evening. Gather your girlfriends,

relatives and co-workers to share an inexpensive night of dancing and socializing all for just $20 per ticket ($25 at the door).

Come enjoy the eve-ning and dance to music

from the ‘70s, ‘80s, and ‘90s and beyond. The DJ will hit “Pause” through-out the evening to draw lucky winners of crazy door prizes. The event will run 7-10 p.m. in the perfect prom setting…

the high school gym. Get dressed up or come as you are. Totally up to you! Don’t forget to look for that dress hanging in your closet that you ha-ven’t worn in years, or shop the local consign-

ment and thrift shops to find a cocktail dress, bridesmaid dress, or prom dress. The evening is all about having fun, so don’t stress over the dress! Search the web for pictures from other Mom Proms held across the US if you need a bit of inspiration. These events have proven to be a successful way to raise funds for various organi-zations. Proceeds from our event will assist us in offering programs and funding initiatives for BHS faculty, students, parents and the general public.

Included in your tick-et is our beautiful Des-sert Table. Also back by popular demand is our Candy Bar to provide you with extra energy, along with a great selection of non-alcoholic beverag-es to keep you hydrated. After all, dancing counts as heart-healthy aerobic exercise and chocolate is supposed to be good for you! Not into dancing? Take the time to catch up with old friends in a lively and entertaining setting. “Girl Talk” is encouraged, but not re-quired!

It’s shaping up to be the perfect “Girls Night Out” to start the spring season. Saturday, April 18 at Belmont High School 7-10 p.m. Tickets for $20 are available in advance via our email ad-dress at [email protected] or by call-ing Gretta Olson-Wilder at 524-2782.

Belmont Elementary School Tiger RollBELMONT — Bel-

mont Elementary School has released its Tiger Roll for the second tri-mester of the 2014-2015 academic year.

Grade 2Jeffrey Anstey, Mad-

elyn Besegai, Lucille Boisselle, Morgan Bre-ingan, Rick Carroll, Ra-chel Chiu, Ethan Chur-chill, Riley Cotnoir, Emerson Decato, Megan Divers, Isabella Dooley, Megan Dutton, Rebekah Edgren, Jaxson Em-bree, Theresa Gamache,

Nathan Gerbig, Sophia Gilbert, Beckett Gil-bert, Austin Hopler, Ashlee Knox, Mathias Krauchunas, Nolan La-france, Autumn Lufkin, Mariah McKim, Jake Michaelsen, Tommy Monasky, Bryson Mur-phy, Jaelyn Nialetz, Jen-nie Padovan, Lydia Pic-kowicz, Odin Provost, Desiree Rouleau, Ayden Savage, Brenden Scho-field, Madison Smith, Shane Sturgeon, Adeline Takantjas, Evan Tuck-er, Kate Walker, Macy Welsch

Grade 3Bree Bailey, Stella

Bamford, Collin Besegai, Brice Boisselle, Jaelyn Bresse, Courtney-Lynn Brown, Sophia Cluett, Hailey Deflumeri, Emi-lie DeFrancesco, Nich-olas Durrette, Abigail Dutton, Kristpher Edger-ly, Chloe Elliott, Hunter Erlick, Tyler Flanagan, Logan Gebhard, Tatyana Gendron, Emma Had-dock, Hadley Hartford, Richard Johnson, Ava LaPlante, Jocelyn Le-clair, Zakkary Ober, Ele-ni Papadopoulos, Abby

Paquette, Stacia Paul, Jessica Preston, Yesenia Quezada Arellano, Adam Ribeiro, Zachary Rolfe, Sean Sargent, Jaidyn Smith, Sebastian Tilton-Smith, Abigail Vaughn, Lilly Vaughn, Colby Vet-ter, Avery Vonkadich, Hannah Watson

Grade 4Jacobb Bivens, Gabe

Bridges, Tylor Car-roll, Emily Charleston, Emma Cullen, Kathryn DeLeon, Trenten De-schuiteneer, Carly Drou-in, Trinity Dunn, Alyssa

Edgren, Jillene Firth, Jamison Gaudette, Ab-igail Gilbert, Madison Heitz, Hayden Howes, Michael Howes, Sydney Irons, Kailynn Kim-ball, Eva Knox, Patri-sha Ladd, Christopher Lemay, Liam Lichocki, Nadia Malcolm, Brooke Matthews, Tanner McK-im, Kim McWhinnie, Kyle Messier, Mark Murphy, Alanna Os-good, Madison Stephen, Allyssa Stone, Liberty Tremblay, Brooke Vet-ter, Victoria Weisman

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Girl Power at the 2015 Girls Technology Day at NHTIBelmont High School students had the privilege of meeting Governor Hasson who offered her support at the 2015 Girls Technology Day at NHTI. She encouraged the BHS girls to “stay focused, keep up on homework, and don’t be afraid to ask questions if you need it.” Students spent the day exploring technology, discovering new career paths, and gathering advice from professionals in the STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics), Information Technology, Manufacturing, Education, and Business fields. Pictured are Katherine Seiberth, Bryanna Berry, Meagon Wong, Josie Scarponi, Rachael Violette, Gov. Hassan, Kacey DiDonato, Jessie Dion, Emily Elliot-Lucas, Lydia Daigle, and Miracle Dillon.

Belmont High School PTO hosting “It Takes a Village”

workshopBELMONT — Belmont

High School PTO is excit-ed to continue the series of “It Takes a Village” work-shops. All parents and High School students from the Lakes Region are invit-ed to attend this free work-shop Wednesday, April 15 at the Belmont High School Cafeteria from 6:30 – 8:30 p.m. Knowledge is power!

Brought to you in part-nership with Belmont High School Guidance De-partment, Belmont Police Department, and Belmont High School PTO.

It truly does “take a village to raise a child” in these times. As par-ents, we need a realistic understanding of what challenges our kids face and how we can support them. Together, we can create awareness while developing a community of parents dedicated to the safety and security of our children.

This “It Takes a Village” workshop is will prove to be extremely informative.

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Laconia Eye and Laser Center kicks off scholarship fund in

memory of John H. Bancroft, Sr.GILFORD — Dr.

Douglas Scott and Dr. Andrew Garfinkle, Board Certified Oph-thalmologists, and own-ers of the Laconia Eye and Laser Center, have been supporters of the Lakes Region Scholar-ship Foundation over the years and recent-ly through a substan-tial donation they are launching a scholarship fund in memory of John H. Bancroft, Sr.

In Dr. Scott’s words, “John Bancroft has left a legacy of caring and sup-port for the community through his dedication to many worthwhile programs. As a good friend of John’s and a former board member of LRSF, I am so pleased that this fund is being established in his honor. John truly was an ‘un-sung hero’ in the Lakes Region. Dr. Garfinkle and I are proud to be a part of this special schol-arship fund that will rec-ognize and perpetuate John’s spirit of giving and, in turn, will give back to the community we serve.”

“Although John was friendly and outgo-ing, he was a humble, hardworking man, and would not flaunt his pro-fessional achievements and personal altruism,”

said Carolyn Bancroft, “but as a staunch sup-porter of education, he would be so gratified that this scholarship fund will continue his goal of helping local stu-dents.”

“It has been a plea-sure knowing and work-ing with John and Caro-lyn Bancroft,” said Joan Cormier, Executive Director of LRSF. “As

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Beginning at 11 a.m. at the Belmont High School April 4, the event will run until 2 p.m. The

inaugural EasterFest will provide area chil-dren and their families a FREE day of fun and excitement. Our plan is to hold the largest Easter Egg hunt in the

state, with more than 15,000 eggs available to find. There will also be a bouncy house and climbing wall for the children to enjoy free of charge. Door prizes will

also be awarded.Along with our Easter

Eggs we will be provid-ing free hot dogs, and drinks to everyone in attendance. We estimate that 250 children and

their families will be in attendance.

Many local business have come together in support of the event.

LRC as a group is thrilled to be able to cel-

ebrate Easter with the community at large with this collaborative effort to bring fun, excitement and the true meaning of Easter together with our community.

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cat and a state fossil.The students had been

allowed to speak at the executive session of the Environment & Agricul-ture committee, because they’d been unable to attend the two days that had been scheduled for their public hearings, as each day had been a school snow day. They had an indication that it was possible the commit-tee recommendation of Ought to Pass would be defeated as the commit-tee had split 10-8 after de-bate. In fact, the House defeated the OTP recom-

mendation by 133-168.Ironically, the com-

mittee originally decided to not oppose the raptor bill on the Floor, but simply state our opposi-tion in the House calen-dar, where all the bills are listed and majority and minority positions written. After all, our major concern was that too much time is being taken up by these kinds of bills (which has now been proven beyond our wildest imaginations). But after another long, tedious House session the week before, we de-cided some levity would be welcome, and decid-ed to do a simple Floor

statement. There has been loud

criticism of how the de-bate on the House floor was conducted. This is difficult to rebut as there is an argument for judgment, respect, and decorum. As often as we disagree on many issues, the right to free-dom of speech is a basic principle of our society and government. Many times we cringe hearing some of what is said and vehemently disagree with the words used, but we also would defend the right of the person to speak. It’s a difficult bal-ance to achieve.

I cannot defend the

intent of the representa-tive from Rochester, and how he chose to make his point. The represen-tative from Goffstown, however, had his re-marks taken out of con-text and I don’t believe should have been pillo-ried for his attempt at hu-mor. Rep. Burt has spon-sored a “hot dog day” at the State House for a number of years and the proceeds are contributed to charity. The gallery’s audience was not privy to that information and may have felt they were not being shown respect when we chuckled.

During the remarks made by the representa-

tive from Hampton this past week in apologizing for the entire House to the school children, he gave an example of why he had become interest-ed in state government while in high school. His example was regarding lowering the voting age that affected him person-ally. If the 4th graders or any of the NH students and their teachers inter-ested in how law is made would review the many bills filed each year, I’m sure they could find an issue of interest and could research together. We could use their help when we are reviewing many bills, and this exer-

cise might also provide a more lasting lesson than coming up with another state symbol.

This is a budget year, and many on both sides of the aisle feel that our attention and energy needs to be invested in how the people of NH will be affected by our de-cisions. These same chil-dren who tour the State House and, perhaps, ad-vocate for a position, will find that their cities or towns and schools will provide less for them unless we invest in their future. I would hope that we turn our attention now and do the people’s business.

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ing of how the funds are spent, it is the legisla-ture’s responsibility to

assure state funds are being used in a respon-sible fashion. Currently our state law does not clearly address where those cash benefits could

or could not be used. By aligning our state laws with federal laws on re-stricted use and inform-ing recipients about those restrictions, we

take a step in the right direction in assuring limited resources are used correctly.

As always, I want to hear from you. If you

have a concern you’d like to share, an event you’d like me to attend, or a problem you think I might be able to help with–please call or email

(271-4980 or [email protected]). If you would like to subscribe to my e-newsletter, vis-it www.jeanieforrester.com and sign up.

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Jennifer Parker, a Li-censed Alcohol and Drug Counselor in the state of New Hampshire. She has been working at Phoe-

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Concord. She is involved in the Franklin Mayor’s Drug Task Force and the Capital Region Commu-nity Prevention Coalition through Granite United Way.

Officer Evan Belanger, Senior Patrolman for the department, assigned as the K-9 Handler and the department’s Drug Recog-nition Expert.

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owners of J & J Printing, they had been providing scholarships for many years and were also very generous with quality printing services for LRSF. Anyone wishing to contribute to the John H. Bancroft, Sr. Memo-rial Scholarship may send a check to LRSF at PO Box 7312, Gilford NH 03247-7312 or check our website (www.lrschol-arship.org) for access to PayPal.”

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Representing Laconia Eye & Laser Center: Dr. Andrew Garfinkle (left) and Dr. Dougls Scott (right) Center holding pic-ture of John Bancroft are Joan Cormier and Carolyn Bancroft.

LRGHealthcare Diabetes Education Program merits ADA RecognitionLACONIA — The pres-

tigious American Diabe-tes Association (ADA) Education Recognition Certificate for a quality diabetes self-management education program was recently awarded to the LRGHealthcare Diabetes and Nutrition Center on March 25. The program was originally recognized in June of 2002. ADA be-lieves that this program offers high-quality educa-tion that is an essential component of effective diabetes treatment.

The Association’s Ed-ucation Recognition Cer-tificate assures that edu-cational programs meet the National Standards

for Diabetes Self-Man-agement Education Pro-grams. These Standards were developed and test-ed under the auspices of the National Diabetes Ad-visory Board in 1983 and were revised by the dia-betes community in 1994, 2000, 2007 and 2012.

Programs apply for Recognition voluntarily. Programs that achieve Recognition status have a staff of knowledgeable health professionals who can provide participants with comprehensive in-formation about diabetes management.

“The process gives professionals a nation-al standard by which to

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Education Recognition status is verified by an official certificate from ADA and awarded for four years.

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teammates, the school and herself.

“Sports are a huge part of my life, but I’ve never been able to play sports at Belmont be-cause only the best players get picked,” she wrote in her project pro-posal. “People like me who have disabilities at BHS can (now) play Uni-fied Sports.”

Davies project fo-cuses on the benefits of school sports for all, such as exercise, team-work and the ways in which it brings people of all abilities together.

The SONH Winni Dip was the “main event” in her project. Joining her on Team Laura that day were Contigiani, a school staff member and 10 classmates.

“That was awesome because all my friends were there and we got

a lot of donations,” she said. “My friend told me, ‘Laura you changed the whole entire school, you changed my life, you changed everyone’s life.’ When she said that to me, it made me feel so awesome. It makes me feel so confident.”

Her friend Conti-giani, who plays on the BHS girls’ varsity bas-ketball team, also took on the task of organizing the Unified Basketball Jamboree as her senior project. She said that over the years, she’s en-joyed the tournaments her team has played in, and wanted Davies and others to have that same experience.

She first had to re-ceive permission from the New Hampshire In-terscholastic Athletic Association though.

“The scariest thing I had to do was send an email to the NHIAA to set it all up and pick a

non-conflicting date for the tournament,” Conti-giani said.

Once she had a date approved, it was months of hard work in putting together all the details then six hours of set up time the day before the tournament.

Taking part in the jamboree were Unified teams from Belmont, Winnisquam, Gilford, Laconia and InterLakes. Contigiani organized the tournament so that all of the teams got to play against each other in a series of 16-minute games. There were also refreshments, raffles and other fun activities, and all the athletes re-ceived a tee shirt for par-ticipating.

“Kyle Patten helped out by designing the logo for the jamboree as part of his own senior proj-ect,” said Contigiani. “We also had some break dancing during the time

outs and Gilford and Winnisquam’s mascots got out and danced, too.”

For Davies and her fellow athletes, it was all a dream come true.

“It was like going to the prom. We had a ball,” she said.

In fact, it was such a success that Conti-giani is now starting on the blueprint for next year’s tournament, even though she’ll be away at college.

She and Davies also made a video about the project that they hope will win them the oppor-tunity to present their story at a Youth Leader-ship Summit to be held during the July Special Olympics World Games in Los Angeles.

“I put together a ‘tool kit’ on how we did the jamboree step by step, and if we’re chosen, they’ll fund $1,500 of what we would need to create another jamboree

next year,” said Conti-giani. “We’re making all of this legit now by form-ing a committee with applications to work on it. It’ll be like a full time job.”

In the meantime, their own full time com-mitment is to spread the word about Unified Sports and how much it means to the athletes. Their video application for the leadership sum-mit was shown at the last sports awards night at BHS and the two were invited to make a pre-sentation at the recent Student Athletic Leader-ship Conference.

Davies also deliv-ered a special address at the February Pen-guin Plunge for SONH at Hampton Beach and again at the High School Winni Dip in March.

She and her team-mates, she said, are now proud members of their school community and

excited to be represent-ing Belmont High School through Unified Sports.

“I loved playing bas-ketball. I was just so excited to finally wear a Belmont uniform. It’s about time,” she said.

For Contigiani the whole experience has been inspirational. Through her jamboree she discovered that it didn’t matter what team anyone was on. They all cheered for each other and enjoyed playing bas-ketball together. Most of all, the smiles on every-one’s faces were some-thing she will long re-member.

“What they got to do that day was something I always just took for granted. To watch my girl Laura and everyone out there playing like that was awesome. It’s made me take a second look at what I do in my own sports,” Contigiani said.

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“I kind of got addict-ed to running and all the endorphin release your body gets from it,” she said.

A graduate of Belmont High School in the Class of 2000, she now holds a PhD. degree in psychol-ogy and works in private practice with adolescents of the Nashua area as a clinical psychologist. It was there that she first learned of Dana Farber Cancer Institute’s Mara-thon Challenge.

“Through my job, I’ve had professional relationships with peo-

ple impacted by cancer and I thought this was a great opportunity to help raise money for cancer research,” said Connolly.

Those who signed up for the challenge could agree to run in memo-ry of someone who lost their life to cancer or for someone who is a patient at DFCI. Connolly opted to partner with a child who is currently fight-ing cancer and had the opportunity to meet the young woman she will represent in her mara-thon journey.

“They partnered me with a 16-year-old who’s dealing with her second bout with cancer and

actively undergoing che-motherapy right now,” Connolly said. “I’m for-ever changed just by knowing her. Even on days when she feels she has no energy, she can still light up a room.”

It turned out to be a perfect match for the two as Connolly’s partner also wants to be a psy-chologist one day. They stay in close touch now and Connolly said her new friend will also be bringing her a lot of in-spiration on race day.

“She told me she’ll be at Mile 25 for the mar-athon and in the mean-time she’s taken on the role of my coach. It’s giv-

en her something else to think about, a nice dis-traction from what she’s going through,” said Connolly.

Besides the guidance and support from her partner, Connolly and others running for Dana Farber’s challenge have also been training with the 1976 Marathon win-ner Jack Fultz.

“I feel really lucky to have the chance to train with him,” she said.

On race day Connol-ly will be receiving a lot of moral support from friends and loved ones as well. Her co-workers will be looking for her to run by at Mile 10, her parents

will be cheering her on at Mile 13, and finally, her husband will be awaiting her at the finish line.

Finishing the gruel-ing run is not her only goal though. Besides her training regime, Connolly has been busy raising money to benefit the Claudia Adams Barr Program in Innovative Basic Cancer Research at DFCI.

“The minimum you had to sign on to raise was $4,000, but I set a goal of $11,700 and all of that will go toward find-ing a cure for cancer,” she said.

Through a lot of hard work, Connolly is near-

ing that initial goal now but she still needs help to get her over the top.

People can donate any amount they wish by going to the Dana Far-ber Marathon Challenge online fundraising site, www.rundfmc.org/2015/bethc, or checks may be mailed to Beth Connolly, 17 Hickory Court, Man-chester, N.H. 03103.

“This has all been so powerful. Learning everyone’s stories has made me definitely feel connected to Dana Far-ber now. This started out as a one-time deal but now it’s something I hope to do again,” she said.

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was struggling to make ends meet, and Bert would bring them veg-

etables and eggs from his farm. He never left a bill, he just left the food

at their door, and this man never forgot Bert’s kindness,” said Longley.

Southwick lived all of his life on a 250-acre farm on Zion Hill, which his family purchased in 1918. He left school after sixth grade to help in the daily operations of the farm and continued that work right up until his death. For 75 years he delivered his eggs from a horse-drawn wagon each week and came to be known as Bert the Egg Man in the commu-nities of Northfield and Tilton.

He never married and never took a vaca-tion. His home had no television, no telephone, and few modern conve-niences.

But he had an in-credible work ethic and a heart of gold, always willing to help and nev-er asking for anything in return.

Approximately 20 years ago, Southwick sold a portion of his farmlands to the Winn-isquam Regional School District for a generous price.

On that land, the man who never got beyond sixth grade watched as the community built an elementary school that the children voted over-whelmingly to name “Southwick School.” He was an honor he cher-ished.

As Southwick got old-er, his farm gradually fell into disrepair and last year the communi-ty was able to repay the man who had always done so much for others.

Longley helped orga-nize “Bert’s Angels” to raise money for repairs and the group organized

work days to hay the fields, stack wood, clean and repair the barns, paint his home and much more.

“Bert couldn’t under-stand why people would come up and work on his farm. When I asked him didn’t he think it was time people helped him for a change, all he said was ‘Nope.’ I’ll nev-er forget that,” she said.

That didn’t mean he didn’t appreciate all the volunteers did. He was actually very touched, just not accustomed to the being the person oth-ers were willing to help.

Through the new scholarship, Southwick will continue his dedi-cation to helping others though.

Longley and her daughter Cheyenne re-cently met with Win-nisquam High School principal Tom Laliberte and district superinten-dent Dr. Tammy Davis to discuss the memo-rial scholarship. Both educators were excited about the prospect.

“Bert Southwick has contributed significant-ly to Southwick Elemen-tary School to optimize the learning environ-ment for students. The high school scholar-ship fund will continue his legacy of giving to the students of Winnis-quam. We are incredi-bly grateful for this op-portunity,” said Davis.

Beginning most like-ly in 2016, scholarship money will be awarded annually to a student who is seeking higher education in forestry, agriculture or a similar career.

“Recipients will have to have demonstrated

exemplary communi-ty service, too, because that was what Bert was all about,” said Longley.

The Bert Southwick Memorial Scholarship Fund has already been established at Frank-lin Savings Bank. The Longley family opened the account with $25 then challenged their friends and neighbors to at least match that amount.

“As word’s gotten out on our challenge it’s re-ally catching on,” Long-ley said. “We now want to challenge local busi-nesses to donate $250 or more and then in turn challenge other busi-nesses they know to do the same.”

Cheyenne is also encouraging others to contribute. She spent last year working on the farm and visiting with Southwick and said she was touched by the “humble, selfless man” he proved to himself to be. Through the scholar-ship, she hopes to keep that generous spirit alive.

“I know Bert's light will be shining down on whoever receives this scholarship for years to come,” she said.

Cash donations or checks made out to the Bert Southwick Memo-rial Scholarship may be dropped off at any of the Franklin Savings Bank locations found throughout central New Hampshire. Each dollar raised, up to $10,000, will then be matched by the anonymous donor.

For more informa-tion on the fund, Long-ley may be contacted at 393-9177 or by emailing [email protected].

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LACONIA — Pit-man's Freight Room at 94 New Salem St. in Laconia is pleased to announce the following events for this weekend:

Friday, April 3, 8 p.m., $15 ($12 for

Seniors):Ameranouche Gypsy

JazzPitman’s Freight

Room presents The Am-eranouche Gypsy Jazz Band which features two French acoustic Gypsy jazz guitars and upright bass, and is a winner of Best of New Hampshire awards as well as being veter-ans of the famed New-port Jazz Festival. The group tours nationally, year-round, and has released two albums, largely of original mu-sic inspired by legend-ary Gypsy guitarist, Django Reinhardt. Na-tional Lampoon direc-tor, Kevin Wheatley, calls Ameranouche "the new sound of Ameri-ca". After hearing these folks sail through a me-lodious tune with such love, musicality, and signature, jaw-dropping velocity, you'll be hard pressed not to agree. www.ameranouche.com has plenty of tunes to check out -- if you've never experienced hot acoustic swing music, now's your chance to fall in love with the joyful, uplifting, and dance-inducing sounds of Gypsy jazz.

Catered dinner buf-fet available before the show. Please call for dinner reservations. www.pitmansfreight-room.com.

Saturday April 4, 8

p.m.. $15: The Willie J. Laws Blues Band

Willie J. Laws has over 25 years of perform-ing experience and has traveled the world mak-ing music. The influenc-es heard in the music of the Willie J. Laws Band are many and eclectic. There are deep roots in Texas music tradition and uniquely American roots music. Raised in the Gulf Coast of Tex-as, Willie J. developed his "funky blues" guitar and vocal sound, influ-enced by Texas Blues and R&B, Tex-Mex Teja-no/Conjunto, Louisiana Zydeco, and Country.

Fans call him "the

Real Deal.” His work over the past 25 years includes performing as the house band for The House of Blues in both Las Vegas and New Orleans, and as

well as Margaritaville in the "Crescent City.” He performs national-ly and international-ly with the Grammy award-winning Tejano band "Los Texmaniacs".

While living in Texas, Louisiana, Nevada, and California he repeated-ly opened for BB King, Etta James, Buddy Guy, Willie Nelson, Hall & Oates, Lynyrd Skynyrd

and numerous others. Willie now lives in Massachusetts, trav-els from NH to NYC to Texas and beyond, and plays hardcore, authen-tic Blues with a twist of

Zydeco, R&B and Funk. Catered Dinner buf-

fet available before the show. Please call 527-0043 for dinner reser-vations. www.pitmans-freightroom.com.

April brings showers, flowers, and the powers of magical theater to FranklinFRANKLIN — While

Spring tries desperately to bring warmer tempera-tures to eradicate the snow and foster new growth, Franklin Footlight Theatre shall endeavor to tickle fun-ny-bones and induce intro-spection with a bevy of the-atrical beauties in the form of five one act plays.

On Friday, April 10 and Saturday, April 11 at 7:30 p.m., with a third show on Sunday, April 12 at 2 p.m., the Franklin Opera House (inside Franklin City Hall, 316 Central St.) will part its curtain to reveal four comedies and a drama de-buting the directorial tal-ents of Annette Andreozzi, Robbie LaPlante, and John Masse, and showcas-ing the veteran abilities of Ryan Clark and Leigh Webb. The talented ensem-ble cast includes Summer McGaffigan, Benjamin Heath, Saige Granger, De-nise Steadman, Kristine Snow, Jack Finley, Spencer Costigan, Joshua Bradley, Tia Turgeon, Wendy De-Sousa, Meaghan Corning, Karielle Anzaldi, Cricket Basha, Sue Bitteto, Rebec-ca Turmel, Selena Durette, Sheri Collins, Jule Finley, Cameron Brand, and Vince Ribas.

The offerings differ considerably in tone, with "Void" by Donald Tongue being esoterically and cerebrally tongue-in-cheek, "Accused of Come-dy" by Carl L. Williams re-lying heavily on clever puns and a touch of slapstick, "Find Me" by Dennis Bush (both "Accused of Comedy"

and "Find Me" produced by special arrangement with Brooklyn Publishers, LLC) a thought-provok-ing drama of insight and revelation, with "General Hurtspital" by Franklin resident Leigh Webb sa-tirically sending up serial soaps and their attendant day-time commercials, and "The Real Problem" aiming its comical message at the female audience in tune with the collected works of Shakespeare, somewhat at the expense of men.

Behind the scenes Sue Bitteto once again put her considerable expertise to work gathering and cre-ating props, Mark Bitteto shines as Stage Manager, Ryan Clark not only dou-bles as House Manager,

but shot and edited vid-eo footage for "General Hurtspital,” Dan Darling

is on lights, Chelse Proulx and Jack Finley are help-ing out with sound, and

Annette Andreozzi creat-ed costumes for "The Real Problem.”

Tickets are $12 with seniors and students dis-counted to $10, and can be purchased online at the Franklin Opera House Web site, www.franklinopera-house.org, by making ar-rangements with the box of-fice via telephone, 934-1901, or of course, at the door prior to a performance. Please indicate when mak-ing advance purchases if a wheelchair will need to be accommodated. All perfor-mances are open seating, "first come, first served.”

Celebrate spring with a heaping helping of comedy and drama at the venerable Franklin Opera House in April!

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On Friday, April 10 and Saturday, April 11 at 7:30 p.m., with a third show on Sunday, April 12 at 2 p.m., the Franklin Opera House (inside Franklin City Hall, 316 Central St.) will part its curtain to reveal four comedies and a drama debuting the directorial talents of Annette Andreozzi, Robbie LaPlante, and John Masse, and showcasing the veteran abilities of Ryan Clark and Leigh Webb.

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Meredith Village Savings Bank sponsorsKidworks “Comedy Night” event at Church Landing

MEREDITH — MVSB is proud to support Kid-works Learning Center by sponsoring their up-coming Comedy Night fundraiser. The fifth annual Kidworks Come-dy Night will take place on Friday, April 3 at Church Landing in Mer-edith.

“We’re very grateful for MVSB’s continued support of our comedy night fundraiser event,” said Jennifer Weeks, Ex-ecutive Director of Kid-works Learning Center. “The support we receive from local communi-ty-oriented businesses like the Bank enables us to provide high-quality care and education for local children at an af-fordable cost to working families.”

The April 3 fundrais-er starts with a recep-tion and cash bar at 7 p.m., followed by a com-edy show featuring na-tionally celebrated tal-ent, Juston McKinney, beginning at 8 p.m.

Tickets to the show are $25 per person and include a coupon to buy one entree and get the second entree half price (valid for use on April 3 only) for one of several Meredith eateries: the Lakehouse, Camp, Lago

or Giuseppe’s. Tickets can be purchased in advance at Kidworks (Monday through Fri-day) or at the Meredith Mobil Station, across from Town Docks, in Meredith.

Comedian Juston McKinney began his career in New York City, where he worked his way into the week-

end line-up at several comedy clubs. Juston has appeared on a num-ber of Comedy Central specials, including his own half hour and full hour feature. He has appeared on “The To-night Show with Jay Leno,” Conan O’Brien, and was chosen to be a part of Comedy Cen-tral’s Blue Collar Com-

edy Next Generation Tour with Bill Engval, airing on TBS. Justin’s TV credits include “The King of Queens,” “The Sidney Lumet Drama” and “100 Centre Street.” Film credits include The Zoo Keeper and Here Comes the Boom. He is currently developing his web series “Hosed” into full-length feature film.

Juston resides in New Hampshire with his wife, kids and dogs.

The mission of the Kidworks Learning Center is to provide high-quality early child-hood education and childcare programs at an affordable cost to families. The center pro-vides a warm, safe and nurturing environment

with developmentally appropriate materials to foster individual-ized learning. Program goals and curriculum have been developed to promote the emotion-al, social, cognitive and physical development of each child. Through daily activities children are provided with a va-riety of opportunities to explore and develop to their maximum poten-tial.

Meredith Village Sav-ings Bank, founded in 1869, is an independent mutual savings bank with 11 offices serving individuals, families, businesses and munici-palities in the Lakes Re-gion and the Plymouth area. The bank and its employees are inspired by MVSB’s core values: respect, integrity, team-work, excellence, and stewardship. These val-ues are intrinsic to ev-ery decision made at the bank and are illustrated by the high priority they place on trust, quality service, and commit-ment to community sup-port. MVSB strives to make the communities it serves a better place to work and live. More in-formation can be found at www.mvsb.com.

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Meredith Village Savings Bank Assistant Vice President Charleen Hughes (left) presents a $1,000 check to Kidworks Learning Center Executive Director Jennifer Weeks (center) and Board President, Michelle Brown (right). This check represents a spon-sorship for Kidworks Learning Center's Annual Comedy Night Event, which will be held on April 3 at Church Landing in Meredith.

TangerSTYLE kicks off spring season with Style Guide, coupons, and shopping spree

Save big on must-have fashions for spring at Tanger OutletsGREENSBORO, N.C.

— Tanger Factory Out-let Centers, Inc. is cele-brating spring fashion with its annual Tanger-STYLE guide, savings coupons, and the chance to win a $1,000 shop-ping spree available at www.tangerstyle.com. From March 20 through April 20, shoppers can access the latest spring fashions from top brand name and designer stores for less at Tanger Outlets.

"Spring is always an exciting time for fantas-tic deals at Tanger and this year we're offering shoppers huge savings on this season's biggest trends showcased in our TangerSTYLE Guide," said Tanger Outlets' CEO Steven B. Tanger.

The latest Tanger-STYLE collection high-lights spring's most wearable trends; from iconic black and white to romantic sheer pieces and fresh ventilated cut outs. In addition, Tan-ger Style Maker Briana Gurley is sharing her "Spring it List" for the top five picks of the sea-son:

-Shiny Track Pants – a staple to keep daytime casual or glam up for a night out

-Raindrop Earrings – shiny and cylindrical to help you sparkle as you move

-Cinch Bags – a fresh take on the structured bucket bag that comple-ments any style

-Polished Gunmetal Cuffs – the perfect com-bination of fierce and elegant

-Canvas Sneakers – a classic comfort throw-back returns for spring

"While this season is blooming with exciting

trends, these five easy pieces for spring will add a 'wow' factor to any outfit; they're easy to wear and easy to find at Tanger," Gurley said.

Tanger is also giving away a $1,000 shopping spree for a complete wardrobe spring clean-ing. Shoppers can enter

to win by tagging #tan-gerstyle in their social media posts while shop-ping at Tanger Out-lets. All shoppers can access 20 percent off spring savings coupons at www.tangerstyle.com and come check out these spring styles and much more during

TangerSTYLE season.

About Tanger Fac-tory Outlet Centers,

Inc.Tanger Factory

Outlet Centers, Inc. is a publicly-traded REIT headquartered in Greensboro, North Carolina that operates

and owns, or has an ownership interest in, a portfolio of 44 upscale outlet shopping cen-ters in 24 states coast to coast and in Canada, totaling approximate-ly 13.7 million square feet leased to over 2,800 stores operated by more than 440 different

brand name companies. More than 185 million shoppers visit Tanger Factory Outlet Centers annually. For more in-formation on Tanger Outlet Centers, call 1-800-4TANGER or visit the company's Web site at www.tangeroutlet.com.

SCORE hosting accounting workshopLACONIA — Ac-

counting is fundamen-tal to operating a small business. Accounting basics: the definition of terms, understanding the statements, and uti-lizing the information should be helpful parts of business planning and operations.

Preparing for your tax obligations is how the government uses your accounting infor-mation. You should be making use of the in-formation produced by your business for deci-sion making. Whether

you do or do not do so probably is more im-portant to the longevity of your business than many of the things you are doing.

In order for you to get more from your business’ accounting, SCORE Lakes Region brings you our work-shop, “Making Sense of Financial Information,” sponsored by Bank of New Hampshire.

This workshop will not make you a CPA. What it will do is help you understand what a balance sheet is, what

an income statement is, what a cash flow statement is and how to use the information they contain. Our hope is that if you struggle with accounting and business numbers, this workshop will take some of the mystery and frustration out of the process.

Discussion topics during this session in-clude:

• Cash management;• Application of

breakeven analysis to making business deci-sions;

• Basic financial ra-tios;

• Tracking progress in your business.

Registration is re-quired. Seating will be limited to the first 15 registrants for the April 14 workshop. The work-shop will be held from 5:30 – 7:30 p.m. with reg-istration and network-ing from 5-5:30 p.m. at the Lakes Region Chamber of Commerce Building in the upstairs conference room, 383 South Main St., Laco-nia, across the street

from Vista Foods. Tui-tion is $30 per person. Checks will be accepted at the door or they may be sent to SCORE Lakes Region, 383 South Main Street, Laconia, NH 03246. Register online at: http://lakesregion.score.org/localwork-shops.

SCORE Lakes Region is a local non-profit, all volunteer organization and a Small Business Administration re-source fostering vibrant small business commu-nities through mentor-ing and education.

2015 vacation rentals on the rise in Lakes RegionM O U L T O N B O R -

OUGH — With more American travelers expected to choose va-cation rentals this sum-mer, 2015 is expected to be a record-breaking year for Preferred Vaca-tion Rentals.

According to a 2014 survey conducted by TripAdvisor, more than half of the responders said they’d prefer rent-ing a home, where they can share time with loved ones in a comfort-able, home-like setting, to staying in a hotel. Fif-ty-two percent of those U.S. travelers said they

were planning a rental stay, compared to 44 per-cent in 2013. In addition, 94 percent of Americans who’d recently stayed in a vacation rental were reportedly satisfied with the experience.

Those trends are con-sistent with those in the Lakes Region. Just days into spring, Mark Bor-rin, owner of Preferred Vacation Rentals, re-ports that the 2015 sum-mer season is already off to a promising start. In March, Borrin said that he’s already seen a 17 percent increase in bookings over this time

last year, indicating that the demand for quality rental options will con-tinue to rise.

Fortunately, Borrin and his staff have been planning ahead. Striv-ing to meet growing demands, Preferred Va-cation Rentals opened a second office in Wolfe-boro this past December. The family-owned com-pany, founded by Bor-rin’s parents, Mel and Tina, in 1978, now oper-ates out of two locations in the heart of the Lakes Region: its flagship site at 34 Whittier Hwy and its newer office, locat-

ed at 25 N. Main St. in Wolfeboro.

Borrin and his team are actively seeking ad-ditional rental proper-ties to ensure all clients can enjoy their dream Lakes Region vacation.

“It’s a great way for a homeowner to cap-ture some additional income,” he said, noting that Lakes Region vaca-tion rental rates average over $2,600 per week.

With well over 200 va-cation properties in its listings, ranging from quaint wooded cottag-es to sprawling island estates, Preferred Vaca-

tion Rentals is the place where Lakes Region summer fun has begun for several generations of vacationers, while putting property own-ers’ cares to rest.

“It’s not just about renting properties,” Bor-rin said. “Our team is dedicated to helping ev-ery visitor have the very best experiences possi-ble in the Lakes Region. We consider ourselves the finest vacation rent-al company in the re-gion, as we strive to pro-vide exceptional service to both our homeowners and our guests.”

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The Winnipesaukee TalkieRenovate or sell “as is?” That is the question

BY RANDY HILMAN

You're planning to sell your home. You've lived in it more than 15 years, made a few

improvements in that time and now you're ready to turn the page to the new chapter of your earthly journey.

Naturally, you want the best possible price, with the least amount of hassle. But what's it going to take to get top dollar in the current market? Will a renova-tion help, or should you sell your house just as it is, fixing only those items which are related to maintenance?

It depends on a num-ber of factors, not the least of which is the spread between your adjusted basis (original cost plus capital replace-ments/improvements) and the net sale price. It is also important to re-member that one should not over renovate. That's

because renovations add value only to the extent that they bring your home in line with area homes competing for the same buyers and similar homes that have sold.

Having said this, though, I tend to favor renovations, especially the less expensive kind, because it is my expe-rience that sparkling homes priced to mar-ket tend to sell fast and achieve the best prices.

The REALTOR you've chosen to list your home should be able to share insights that are

appropriate to and will complement your particular financial sit-uation and return on in-vestment.

The practical truth is that buyers, especially those in our buyer driv-en market, don't care what you paid for your home or how much you invested in it over the years. They are seeking ownership benefits to-day and they perceptual-ly equate those benefits with value.

Buyers quickly sense what works for them and what doesn't. What they see when touring a home influences their perception of value. The response is visceral, not rational. It is only their conscious minds that try to rationalize the feel-ings they experience.

People who flip hous-es for a living know this principle all too well. One's mind processes the value of what one sees. Unless structural and mechanical systems are completely worn out and require immediate replacement, buyers will tend to accept older equipment and structur-al elements like furnaces and roofs, if the living spaces feel fresh, con-temporary and accom-modating.

This is why you should consider invest-ing in low cost enhance-ments that will improve the price/value relation-ship.

Freshly painted rooms in neutral tones adds considerable value

relative to cost. Nicely polished wood floors enhance the quality feel of interior spaces. New carpeting adds bounce under foot.

Just like people, homes get old and tired. The eye goes to wear and tear. It also goes to style. Assess your kitchen's cabinetry with the help of a kitchen specialist or professional home stag-er. I have seen paint and the latest contemporary hardware transform cab-inets into remarkably attractive fixtures. The kitchen today is a key living space in contem-porary lifestyles. Why stop with cabinetry? Consider replacing your old Formica brand kitch-en counters with granite and your white applianc-es with a matched set in stainless steel. The pric-es are relatively low for the upscale, contempo-rary look they

create.You can achieve the

same contemporary facelift with lighting fixtures throughout the

house, contemporary sink faucet sets and new vanities. Curb appeal, too, is a kind of reno-vation that yields great results. My years in commercial real estate taught me the value of exterior enhancements to real estate assets. Whenever my company was

planning to sell a com-mercial office building or apartment complex, one of the first things we would do is attack the exterior with upgrades, such as new signs, light-ing fixtures, contempo-rary paint colors, drive-way sealing and grounds improvements, especial-ly freshly mulched plant-ing beds.

Even sophisticated investors are uncon-sciously influenced by the appearance of real estate assets they are considering for pur-chase. Renovations can influence prospects who view your home as well. But remember this: ren-ovations that are not de-ferred maintenance-re-

lated add value to your home, but only to the ex-tent that they make your property competitive. Deciding where to invest in upgrades requires a careful evaluation of your property and a plan that fits both your budget and financial sit-uation. I can help you with that and all other questions you may have about buying and selling homes in the beautiful Lakes Region of New Hampshire. Feel free to contact me for a prompt reply.

The Winnipesaukee Talkie is a real estate feature column produced by Randy Hilman, an award-winning former business journalist for The Tennessean, a Gan-nett daily newspaper lo-cated in Nashville, Tenn. Mr. Hilman today is an associate broker at Keller Williams Coastal, Lakes and Mountains Realty, Wolfeboro. He can be reached at 610-8963 or by email at [email protected].

Mark on the MarketsOff the grid #2

BY MARK PATTERSON

Last week, I intro-duced an article that may be controversial to many in the “establish-ment” of the investment business. It is not that I want to change the tra-ditional way of invest-ing, but to respond to the changes that Wall Street, the investment community and media have preached, so that we do not assume that their rules are a suc-

cessful formula for all going forward. Before we get into diversifica-tion of portfolio I would like to examine what I see in many investment portfolios and what my belief is regarding real asset diversification.

It states right in the text books that “a com-bination of non-cor-related assets should enhance yield and re-duce risk over time.” So why do I see an en-tire portfolio made up of a half dozen funds in the same mutual fund family and asset class? Because the investor has been led to believe

that they are diversified with five funds with dif-ferent names and that there are different stock holdings in each fund. Each of these funds are independent of each other and invest in the manner that their doc-uments suggest. So if it is a large cap, value, growth, growth and in-come or S+P index; you may have much of the same companies over-lapping to give you way too much of the same thing. They are also all equities! Bond funds are mostly perpetu-al in nature. In other words the fund manag-

er is buying and selling bonds, so the fund nev-er arrives at maturity. If interest rates go up, bond prices go down and your fund declines in value, but if you own the individual bond it matures at a date in the future at a preset price, so If you hold on to the bond you will get exact-ly what you bargained for. A fund will just go down in value as yields go up. I am not against bonds, I would prefer to ladder a portfolio with individual bonds with a fixed or callable maturi-ty date.

So the first “off the

grid” move is to not just plow money into a fam-ily of mutual funds that sounds diversified, but examine the top hold-ings inside each of these funds and make sure that there is not too much overlap between funds. Look for the fees associated with the fund to make sure that they are reasonable. If you use a broker or ad-visor for these funds, check on the share class of these funds. If the advisor is charging management fees, make sure that the advisor is not using share class-es that provide them

a “trail commission” in addition to the man-agement fees they are already charging. Make sure your broker or ad-visor is adding value to your portfolio.

Next week, I will in-troduce the second “off the grid” move that in-volves a different kind of diversification that may address your taxes and a major role it can play in your future and retirement.

Mark Patterson is an advisor with MHP Asset Management and can be reached at 447-1979 or [email protected].

Bank of New Hampshire once again awarded Best “Local Bank for Small Business”LACONIA — Bank

of New Hampshire has been selected as a win-ner in New Hampshire Business Review’s 2015 BOB Awards, which honor the Best of Busi-ness in New Hampshire in more than 90 cate-gories. Bank of New Hampshire was honored in the statewide readers' survey for the Best Lo-cal Bank for Small Busi-ness category.

“Bank of New Hamp-

shire is honored to receive a BOB Award for the third year in a row in the Local Bank for Small Business cat-egory,” stated Mark Primeau, President & CEO of Bank of New Hampshire. “Bank of New Hampshire takes the time to understand you, your business, your goals, your cur-rent financial situation and your anticipated fi-nancial needs. We take

great pride in our com-mitment to this great state and are dedicated to good corporate citi-zenship and understand that small businesses are vital to the growth of many communities.”

All of the winners were honored at a wild west-themed event held from 5:30 to 8 p.m. on Thursday, March 5 at the Grappone Confer-ence Center in Concord.

"With 2,700 ballots

cast for the 2015 Awards, the BOBs continue to be considered a stan-dard of excellence in New Hampshire’s busi-ness community," said Jeff Feingold, Editor of NHBR. "This year, we’re celebrating with a Wild West theme – the per-fect cure for cabin fever. So dig out your cowboy hats and spurs and come on out for the BOBs.”

Bank of New Hamp-shire, founded in 1831,

provides deposit, lend-ing and wealth man-agement products and services to families and businesses through-out New Hampshire. With 21 banking of-fices throughout New Hampshire and assets exceeding $1 billion, Bank of New Hamp-shire is the oldest and

largest independent bank in the state. Bank of New Hampshire is a mutual organization, focused on the success of the bank’s custom-ers, communities and employees, rather than stockholders. For more information, call 1-800-832-0912 or visit www.BankNH.com.

Jennifer Cotton Grad, BSN, MSNinth Annual Memorial Scholarship

LACONIA — The fam-ily of the late Jennifer Cotton Grad, BSN, MS, will be awarding the ninth annual Jennifer Cotton Grad Memorial Nursing Scholarship.

Jen was known for al-ways having a positive attitude and outlook. She loved life and had great relationships with her co-workers at LRG-Healthcare. Nursing and education were Jen’s passions. From 1987 to 2000 she performed many roles and was connected to several departments at LRGHealthcare, in-cluding floor nursing, Intensive Care, the Com-

munity Wellness Center, and Clinical Education Services. Whether it was direct patient care or teaching, Jen’s enthu-siasm was evident and countless people benefit-ed from her commitment.

Members of Jen’s family have established two $500 scholarships for 2015, and they are searching for individuals who have the qualities and attributes that Jen possessed. Special con-sideration will be given to students who demon-strate financial need, and to graduates of Inter-lakes High School who have been accepted into

a nursing program or to LRGHealthcare nurses who are planning to con-tinue their education.

The deadline to send applications is May 1. Please contact Darcy Peary at LRGHealthcare: 737-6720 or [email protected]. The award will be presented by Jen's fami-ly.

LRGHealthcare is a not-for-profit health-care charitable trust representing Lakes Region General Hospi-tal, Franklin Regional Hospital, and affiliated medical providers. LRG-Healthcare’s mission is to provide quality, com-

passionate care and to strengthen the well-be-ing of our community.

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A legacy of giving backLACONIA — Larry

Thorne’s family will tell you he led a good life. He served his country with honor and courage in WWII, travelled exten-sively and celebrated a spectacular business ca-reer. On top of all of that, he modeled the impor-tance of giving back to his community by serv-ing as a school board member, rotary club president, and trustee for the Taylor Home and Lakes Region General Hospital (LRGH).

So it is no surprise when Thorne passed away at the age of 94, his family chose to follow his example by asking fami-ly and friends to make memorial donations in his honor to the LRGH Auxiliary. Gifts re-ceived have helped with the purchase of Xenex Germ-Zapping Robots™ for room disinfection. The disinfection system is a proven solution to destroy the deadly mi-

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LRGHealthcare Philanthropy Manager Maureen Wilkins gratefully accepts memorial donations from the LRGH Auxiliary on behalf of Larry Thorne. Gifts helped with the purchase of Xenex Germ-Zapping Robots. (From left to right: LRGH Auxiliary President Nancy Paterno, Wilkins and LRGH Auxiliary Board Member Sue Dalton).croorganisms before they can harm patients and healthcare work-ers. The germ fighting robots take cleaning and decontamination to the next level by using full spectrum, high intensi-ty UV-C rays to quickly destroy infectious germs in rooms vacated by pa-

tients.“By designating the

LRGH Auxiliary as the recipient of memorial gifts, the auxiliary can help to carry on Mr. Thorne’s legacy of giving back,” stated president of the LRGH Auxiliary Nancy Paterno. “This thoughtful expression of

remembrance is helping to support best care stan-dards for patients in the Lakes and Three Rivers Regions.”

The LRGH Auxilia-ry has been giving back for more than 122 years. The auxiliary gift shop is operated completely by volunteers, and pro-ceeds support hospital programs and services, which ultimately bene-fit the community. The gift shop is located in the lobby at Lakes Region

General Hospital, and is open weekdays, and some weekends. It is the only authorized distribu-tor of Alex and Ani® jew-elry in Laconia, and also offers a wide assortment of fashionable scarves, earrings, necklaces, bracelets and unique gifts to dress up any home décor. Easter and Mother’s Day are right around the corner, and the auxiliary gift shop is ready with some of the best gifts for the special people in your life.

The spirit of philan-thropy was the force that founded the LRGH Auxiliary, and that same generosity of spir-it continues to nourish the growth of our not-for-profit hospitals and services throughout LR-GHealthcare. To learn how you can support LR-GHealthcare with a gift, please contact the Office of Philanthropy: 737-1042 or [email protected].

LRGHealthcare is a not-for-profit health-care charitable trust representing Lakes Region General Hospi-tal, Franklin Regional

Hospital, and affiliated medical providers. LRG-Healthcare’s mission is to provide quality, com-passionate care and to strengthen the well-be-ing of our community.

have diabetes. While an estimated 21 million have been diagnosed, unfortu-nately, 8.1 million people are not aware that they have this disease. Each day approximately 4,657 people are diagnosed with diabetes. Many will first learn that they have diabetes when they are treated for one of its life-threatening complica-tions – heart disease and stroke, kidney disease, blindness, and nerve dis-ease and amputation. About 1.7 million new cases of diabetes were diagnosed in people aged 20 years or older in 2012 in the US. Diabetes con-tributed to 234,051 deaths in 2010, making it the seventh leading cause of death in the US. Overall, the risk for death among people with diabetes is about twice that of people of similar age but without diabetes.

The American Diabe-tes Association is the na-tion’s leading non-profit health organization sup-porting diabetes research, advocacy and informa-tion for health profes-sionals, patients and the public. Founded in 1940, the Association has an area office in every state and conducts programs in communities nationwide.

For more information on Recognized education programs in your area or other American Diabetes Association programs, call your local ADA office or contact the ADA online at www.diabetes.org/erp.

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Drouin, D'Amour earn All-State honors BY JEFF LAJOIE

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REGION – The 2014-15 hockey season was cer-tainly memorable for the local sides, as both Bel-mont-Gilford and Moul-tonborough/Inter-Lakes reached the playoffs, with the Bulldogs cap-turing their first-ever NHIAA Division III state championship thanks to a dramatic 3-2 overtime win over Berlin in the title tilt at the Verizon Wireless Arena.

Despite an inexpe-rienced and smaller roster, the Renegades closed the regular sea-son with eight wins, earning the sixth and final playoff spot thanks to key wins over power-houses like Berlin and Kennett. MAIL lost in its opening round tilt to Berlin, but the season was a nice step forward for the program under second-year head coach Chuck Yaeger.

Speaking of Yaeger, the crafty hockey veter-an was honored for the good work he did behind the MAIL (8-10-1) bench this season. Yaeger was tabbed as the Division III Coach of the Year for his efforts, as the All-State honors were re-cently announced.

Belmont-Gilford se-nior defenseman Bro-gan Hurst took the top individual honors on the ice, as the senior earned Player of the Year ac-colades after a monster 2014-15 season. Hurst finished the season with nine goals and 25 assists for 34 points while serv-ing as the backbone of the team's defensive unit in front of goalkeeper Bailey Defosie. Hurst as-sisted on all three goals in the state title win over Berlin, and scored in the semifinal win over Kennett. He tallied a hat

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Senior Andrew D'Amour was named to the Division III All-State Second-Team this winter after finishing second on Belmont-Gilford in scoring with 46 points.

trick in a win over Man-chester West during the season and also scored twice in a win over John Stark.

In addition to Hurst, B-G also had two other players named to the All-State squads. Fellow senior Andrew D'Amour and junior Caleb Drou-in anchored the top line and came up huge in the postseason just like Hurst, and Drouin cracked the First-Team while D'Amour took home Second-Team hon-ors.

Drouin had the most points on the B-G roster this year, as he scored 24 goals and added 23 assists for 47 points, just one ahead of line-mate D'Amour. Drou-in's game-tying and

Tilton School's Mannnamed Gatorade Player of the Year

TILTON – Tilton School basketball start Terance Mann learned late last month that he has been named the 2014-15 New Hampshire Boys’ Basketball Gato-rade Player of the Year. The announcement was made by The Gatorade Company, in collabo-ration with USA Today High School Sports. Mann is just the second Tilton Ram to receive the honor, joining Alex Oriakhi ’09.

“Terance Mann is a tremendous competitor and a complete basket-ball player,” said Tilton School head coach Mar-cus O’Neil. “He’s a terrif-ic player on both ends of the court and puts him-self ahead of the team.”

The 6-foot-6, 205-pound

senior guard and for-ward from Lowell, Mass. led the Rams to a 29-5 record this year and to the NEPSAC AA Cham-pionship. The Rams also advanced to the second round of the National Prep Tournament. Mann averaged 23.1 points and 7.3 rebounds per game while shooting 61 per-cent from inside the arc.

He was also named the 2015 NEPSAC AA Player of the Year, a First Team All-NEPSAC Selection and a McDon-ald’s All-American nom-inee. While playing in Manchester, England's Haris Tournament over the winter break with the Rams, Mann notched

his 1,000th career point.An honor roll student,

Mann has also served as a volunteer youth bas-ketball coach and vol-unteered at Spaulding Youth Center in North-field.

Upon his graduation from Tilton School in May, Mann will play Di-vision I basketball for the Florida State Semi-noles. He chose Florida State while also consid-ering offers from Boston

COURTESY

Tilton School's Terance Mann was named the New Hampshire Gatorade Player of the Year after guiding the Rams to a 29-5 record this season.

SEE HOCKEY, PAGE B10

SEE TILTON, PAGE B10

B2 SPORTS n


Progression of a program:How B-G rose to a state crown

JEFF LAJOIE

Helmets are strewn across the ice following Belmont-Gilford's celebration of a D-III state title last month.

JEFF LAJOIE

After slowly building towards it, the Belmont-Gilford captured that elusive state title last month.

BY JEFF LAJOIE

[email protected]

LACONIA – Brogan Hurst's career was build-ing towards this. Same for Andrew D'Amour. Af-ter three years of tough playoff exits haunted the first three years of their high school careers, the Belmont-Gilford seniors didn't want to end their final season with any-thing short of a Division III state championship.

“All of the seniors and all of the upperclassmen, we have worked harder than anyone before us and we just really, real-ly wanted it this year,” said Hurst after hoisting the state title. “We have the best coaching staff probably in all of New Hampshire. It's just a great feeling that all of the hard work paid off.”

In addition to Hurst and D'Amour, the six-person senior class of Jamie Gill, Nikolai Fernandez, Powell Wil-son and Beck Stecher all came up clutch through-out the stretch run of the season. The Class of 2015 has certainly set the stage for the future of a program that had everything but a state championship before this season.

“Hopefully this means that they're go-ing to keep rolling and keep getting here,” said D'Amour of the state fi-nals. “This was an unre-al experience and I want

teams in the future to get here and experience it as well because it was the best game of my life. I had so much fun.”

The transformation of the program the last few years has been im-pressive to say the least. Going from the team's first-ever home playoff game just a few short years ago to the state championship this year, the B-G program, which is still in its infancy, is now a fixture in the dis-cussion of the top pro-grams statewide, regard-less of division.

“I definitely think that it was a culture that we've been build-ing up with this team,” explained Hurst. “We ended up with the low-est number of penalty minutes of any team in the league this year and that was due to our great coaching staff putting in the extra hours to watch film and come up with game plan. That's defi-nitely what it was. And then of course the sense of brotherhood that we had this season. I think this was the closest bond I've ever had with any team. There was no dis-crepancy between any of the classes. We were cohesive and worked together to get the ulti-mate prize and we did it.”

Enter Berlin, a team that quickly became the popular pick to capture a

state title after winning 12 straight games with its full lineup back in-tact following some ear-ly season injuries. While many picked the Moun-taineers to claim the crown (it would've been their first since 1976), B-G was still the number one seed for a reason –

and they knew it.“Berlin was rolling

on all cylinders since the beginning of Febru-ary so it was definitely nerve-wracking coming in here knowing they had so much momen-tum and they've won 12 straight or whatev-er it was,” admitted

D'Amour. “But we knew they had to come beat us still. We were the first seed and they had to bring it to us. We were able to shut them down.”

Hurst liked the way the Bulldogs were play-ing coming into the fi-nals, especially after the 3-2 victory over Kennett

in the semis.“We had some good

momentum coming in. We knew how to play down a goal when the game was really close against Kennett, learned how close things can be. We kept our cool, just kept playing the way we needed to play,” he said.

Top players led the way for B-GBY JEFF LAJOIE

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LACONIA – Bel-mont-Gilford head coach Jay Londer al-ways preaches how his best players need to play their best in the biggest games. That formula certainly worked for the Bulldogs this season.

The Bulldogs had an embarrassment of rich-es at the top of the depth chart, with the top line of Andrew D'Amour, Caleb Drouin and Dylan Treamer combining to score five of the team's six playoff games this season. Add in senior standout defensem-an Brogan Hurst, who scored the sixth playoff goal, and the quartet was in the middle of just about everything for the 'Dogs this year.

B-G's top line, the 'Blue line' as they were known around Laconia Ice Arena this season, didn't begin the season playing together. But once the trio combined

JEFF LAJOIE

Junior Dylan Treamer was a key member of the core for Belmont-Gilford this season, and he'll be counted on to lead the way as a senior next winter.

forces, coincidentally enough in a regular sea-son win against eventu-al state runner-up Ber-lin, things quickly fell in line.

“Those guys are three of the best players in the league,” said Londer. “It just so happens we put them together when we played Berlin the sec-ond time at our place when we won 6-3 (on Jan. 24). We made that change after the first pe-riod, said we have to get some offense. So we put them together and here we are playing Berlin again (in the finals), and they were able to capi-talize. We haven't lost a game when all three of them are in the lineup.”

D'Amour and Hurst served as co-captains

this winter, with Hurst marking his second sea-son as a captain. Londer said the pair were the perfect leaders to guide the Bulldogs to the state championship.

“Our co-captains, Brogan and D'Amour, they're big leaders and they both stepped up again big tonight,” said Londer after the win. “They're going to be surely missed. They're probably two of the best players who have ever come through the program. Brogan's been a two-year cap-tain, D'Amour joined him this year. We're definitely going to miss them next year because they're everything that B-G hockey is.”

B-G still has a little

time left with Drouin and Treamer atop the offensive unit, as the ju-niors will have to help fill in for the gradua-tion losses to Hurst and D'Amour next winter. Treamer proved he's one of the most skilled players in the Divi-sion III this year, while Drouin's flare for the dramatics (game-tying goal, game-winning goal in the finals) was well documented. He also reached the 100-point mark this year as a ju-nior and, according to Londer, he's a monster of a player.

“He's a big, ol' bear. Just a big, ol' bear,” Londer said. “He shakes your hand and grabs your elbow at the same time.”

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Thursday, April 9TRACK

Laconia, Newfound, Woodsville at Winnis-quam, 4 p.m.

Saturday, April 11TRACK

Inter-Lakes, Winn-isquam, Gilford at Bel-mont, 10 a.m.

Monday, April 13BASEBALL

Winnisquam at Laco-nia, 4 p.m.

SOFTBALLWinnisquam at Laco-

nia, 4 p.m.

Wednesday, April 15UNIFIED

VOLLEYBALLWinnisquam at Gil-

ford, 4 p.m.

Thursday, April 16TRACK

Newmarket, Frank-lin at Winnisquam, 4 p.m.

Friday, April 17BASEBALL

Campbell at Winnis-quam, 4 p.m.

SOFTBALLCampbell at Winnis-

quam, 4 p.m.


M o u l t o n b o r o u g h , Belmont, Winnisquam at Newfound, 10 a.m.


Winnisquam at Bel-mont, 4 p.m.

SOFTBALLWinnisquam at Bel-

mont, 4 p.m.

Tuesday, April 2TRACK

Winnisquam, Frank-lin, Epping, Newmarket at Gilford, 4 p.m.

Wednesday, April 22BASEBALL

Winnisquam at Bish-op Brady, 4 p.m.

SOFTBALLWinnisquam at Bish-

op Brady, 4 p.m.UNIFIED

VOLLEYBALLBelmont at Winnis-

quam, 4 p.m.


Monadnock at Winn-isquam, 4 p.m.

SOFTBALLMonadnock at Winn-

isquam, 4 p.m.

Monday, May 4BASEBALL

Mascoma Valley at Winnisquam, 4 p.m.

SOFTBALLMascoma Valley at

Winnisquam, 4 p.m.

Tuesday, May 5TRACK

M o u l t o n b o r o u g h , Winnisquam at Bel-mont, 4 p.m.

Wednesday, May 6

BASEBALLWinnisquam at Ber-

lin, 4 p.m.SOFTBALL

Winnisquam at Ber-lin, 4 p.m.

UNIFIEDVOLLEYBALL

Winnisquam at Franklin, 4 p.m.

Friday, May 8BASEBALL

Newfound at Winnis-quam, 4 p.m.

SOFTBALLNewfound at Winnis-

quam, 4 p.m.

Saturday, May 9TRACK

Newmarket, Ray-mond, Campbell at Win-nisquam, 9 a.m.


Prospect Mountain at Winnisquam, 4 p.m.

SOFTBALLProspect Mountain at

Winnisquam, 4 p.m.

Tuesday, May 12TRACK


Wednesday, May 13BASEBALL

Franklin at Winnis-quam, 4 p.m.

SOFTBALLFranklin at Winnis-

quam, 4 p.m.UNIFIED

VOLLEYBALLInter-Lakes/Moul-

tonborough at Winnis-quam, 4 p.m.


Winnisquam at Fall Mountain, 4 p.m.

SOFTBALLWinnisquam at Fall

Mountain, 4 p.m.


Inter-Lakes, Winnis-quam at Newfound Bris-tol Lions, 10 a.m.

Tuesday, May 19SOFTBALL

Winnisquam at Gil-ford, 4 p.m.

BASEBALLWinnisquam at Gil-

ford, 4 p.m.


Belmont at Winnis-quam, 4 p.m.

SOFTBALLBelmont at Winnis-

quam, 4 p.m.


Winnisquam at In-ter-Lakes, 4 p.m.

SOFTBALLWinnisquam at In-

ter-Lakes, 4 p.m.


Wilderness League Championships, Gilford High School, 9 a.m.


Bishop Brady at Win-nisquam, 4 p.m.

SOFTBALLBishop Brady at Win-

nisquam, 4 p.m.UNIFIED

VOLLEYBALLWinnisquam at Laco-

nia, 4 p.m.


Winnisquam at Franklin, 4 p.m.

SOFTBALLWinnisquam at

Franklin, 7 p.m.


NHIAA Division III state championship,

Stevens High School, 10 a.m.

Wednesday, June 3UNIFIED

VOLLEYBALLPembroke at Winnis-

quam, 4 p.m.

BELMONT HIGHSCHOOL SPORTS SCHEDULE

COURTESY PHOTO

New England qualifierNine-year-old Ela Goucher of the Lakes Region Wavemaker Swim Team qualified for the New England Championship age group 12 and under meet. She is a swimmer with determina-tion and one who will not be left behind. She has swum with the Wavemakers for three years. She qualified in the 50 and 100 backstroke. She has been known to want to wear her swim cap to school and never likes to miss a practice.


Inter-Lakes, Winn-isquam, Gilford at Bel-mont, 10 a.m.

Monday, April 13UNIFIED

VOLLEYBALLInter-Lakes at Bel-

mont, 3:30 p.m.

Tuesday, April 14BOYS LACROSSE

Inter-Lakes at Bel-mont, 4 p.m. (JV)

GIRLS LACROSSEBelmont at Gilford, 4

p.m.

Wednesday, April 15BASEBALL

Belmont at Laconia, 4 p.m.

SOFTBALLBelmont at Laconia, 4

p.m.

Thursday, April 16GIRLS LACROSSELaconia at Belmont, 4

p.m.


Berlin at Belmont, 4 p.m.

SOFTBALLBerlin at Belmont, 4

p.m.


Moultonborough, Bel-mont, Winnisquam at Newfound, 10 a.m.



SOFTBALLWinnisquam at Bel-

mont, 4 p.m.

Tuesday, April 21BASEBALL

Belmont at Bow, 4 p.m.SOFTBALL

Belmont at Bow, 4 p.m.TRACK

Belmont home meet, 4 p.m.

Wednesday, April 22UNIFIED

VOLLEYBALLBelmont at Winnis-

quam, 4 p.m.

Thursday, April 23GIRLS LACROSSEPlymouth at Belmont,

4 p.m.


Belmont at Farming-ton, 4 p.m.

SOFTBALLBelmont at Farming-

ton, 4 p.m.


Inter-Lakes, Belmont, Gilford at Merrimack Valley, 10 a.m.


Belmont at Franklin, 4 p.m.

SOFTBALLBelmont at Franklin,

4 p.m.GIRLS LACROSSEBelmont at Con-Val, 4

p.m.

Wednesday, April 29GIRLS LACROSSEBelmont at Coe-

Brown, 4 p.m.

Thursday, April 30GIRLS LACROSSEOyster River at Bel-

mont, 4 p.m.


Belmont at White Mountains, 4 p.m.

SOFTBALLBelmont at White

Mountains, 4 p.m.


Belmont at Gilford, 4 p.m.

SOFTBALLBelmont at Gilford, 4

p.m.GIRLS LACROSSEPelham at Belmont, 4

p.m.

Tuesday, May 5SOFTBALL

Belmont at Prospect Mountain, 4 p.m.

TRACKM o u l t o n b o r o u g h ,

Winnisquam at Belmont, 4 p.m.


Belmont at Prospect Mountain, 4 p.m.

GIRLS LACROSSECoe-Brown at Bel-

mont, 4 p.m.

Friday, May 8GIRLS LACROSSEBelmont at Bow, 4 p.m.BOYS LACROSSE

Belmont at In-ter-Lakes, 4:30 p.m.


Belmont at Gilford, 10 a.m.


Inter-Lakes at Bel-mont, 4 p.m.

SOFTBALLInter-Lakes at Bel-

mont, 4 p.m.GIRLS LACROSSEBelmont at St. Thom-

as, 4 p.m.UNIFIED

VOLLEYBALLGilford at Belmont,

3:30 p.m.




Belmont at Newfound, 4 p.m.

SOFTBALLBelmont at Newfound,

4 p.m.

Thursday, May 14GIRLS LACROSSEBelmont at Plymouth,

4 p.m.

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Town of Moultonborough Job Opportunity

Police OfficerThe Moultonborough Police Department is actively seeking candidates to fill an anticipated vacancy in a full-time patrol officer position. Join the team of dedicated professionals in this community oriented, professional law enforcement agency serving a varying population ranging from 4,000+/- year round residents to 24,000+/- with seasonal residents. The Town of Moultonborough is located in the Lakes Region of New Hamp-shire on the northerly shore of Lake Winnipesaukee with 66+/- miles of shore frontage and is a short drive from the White Mountains National Forest.

Successful candidates for this law enforcement position will be at least 21 years of age, a United States citizen, high school graduate or equivalent, have a current drivers license and be able to pass a comprehensive physical agility, background investigation, and psychological and polygraph examination. Advanced education, military or law enforcement experience are desirable attributes. Those with a current NH Police certi-fication, or able to obtain the same, are preferred. Candidates without current NH certification are encouraged to fully ex-plore the rigorous requirements, including a physical agility test, imposed by the NH Police Standards and Training Coun-cil before they apply (www.pstc.nh.gov/faqs).

If you understand what it means to be part of a community and look forward to policing in that role, submit your appli-cation letter, resume, copies of any required or preferred cer-tifications and standard town application form, available at www.moultonboroughnh.gov (Click on Paid, Volunteer and Contract Opportunities) or Town Hall, to Mr. Carter Terenzini, Town Administrator, 6 Holland Street, PO Box 139, Moulton-borough, NH 03254. Position(s) open until filled; application review begins on April 16, 2013. Applicants not selected for the current position will remain on an eligibility list for one year. EEO Employer

Outstanding benefits, team environment with opportunity for advancement. Generous vacation and holiday policy – starting with 3 weeks and 11 paid holidays in year one.

Outpatient Clinician: Applicants should be master’s level, license eligible, comfortable with a varied caseload. Experience in either substance abuse and/or children’s service a plus.

Send cover letter and resume to NHS:

Attn: HR, PO Box 599, Littleton, NH 03561or email: [email protected].

EOE/AA

REDIMIX COMPANIESIS CONDUCTING AJOB FAIR

Are you looking for a challenge? Are you looking for a change? Join our team, a leader in the ready mix concrete industry! This progressive employer offers competitive wages, and the opportunity to grow with the company.

Redimix will be accepting applications for Drivers. Please bring a copy of your resume and driving redord and be ready to interview on site. VALID CDL A OR B LICENSE WITH AIR BRAKE ENDORSEMENT IS REQUIRED FOR ALL DRIVING POSITIONS.

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WHEN: TUESDAY, APRIL 7, 2015 • 9:00 AM - 2:00 PM

WHERE: The Common Man 231 Main Street, Plymouth, NH 03264

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is seeking an

Conference Sales ManagerWaterville Valley Resort, with its iconic “Town at the End of the Road” brand seeks an experienced Conference Sales Manager to generate and build revenue by propagating leads and converting them to conference and banquet sales. Heaviest emphasis and responsibility will be placed on building relationships of new corporate and social groups for the Resort’s multi-site banquet and meeting room facilities. The manager will also service existing contracts; offering personalized client solutions (for all) which enhance our reputation and business. Works closely with banquet operation’s and resort management teams; ensures proper communication to impeccably execute and fulfill conference details which exceed guest expectations. The ideal candidate will display a passion for the events industry and have a strong track-record in corporate/social group sales with a solid background in event delivery and logistics. Candidates should be proactive, professional, guest-centric, hard-working, and motivated to work under their own initiative. Successful candidates should have a strong commercial mind-set with the ability to identify opportunities for revenue growth with the ability to strategically plan and deliver. Bachelor’s degree with excellent verbal and written communication skills.

Waterville Valley is an “at-will, equal opportunity employer.

Send resume and letter of interest to:Waterville Valley Resort

Attn: Judy RolfePO Box 540

Waterville Valley, NH 03215or [email protected]

HIGHWAY EMPLOYEETown of Plymouth

The Town of Plymouth Highway Department is currently accepting applications for the position of Highway worker to work within the Town’s Highway department. Successful candidates need no previous experience but a positive attitude and a willingness to learn is a must. This is a position which preforms work in all areas of construction and other assigned projects to include summer and winter maintenance of roads. Duties will include operating heavy machinery necessary for road maintenance, maintaining municipal equipment, and plowing roadways for winter operations, and other labor intense road maintenance tasks. Candidate must hold a valid driver’s license with CDL-B endorsement. Candidate will be required to be on-call for a week at a time on a rotating schedule. We are willing to train the right individual who meets the character traits mentioned above. The town of Plymouth is a equal opportunity employer.

Applications are available at the Plymouth Town Hall (536-1731) or at the Plymouth Highway Department (536-1623) from 8:00am to 4:00pm, Monday through Friday. Applications will be accepted until a suitable candidate is appointed. Full benefits and good starting pay included.

To be considered, applicants must submit a Town application, resume, and cover letter addressed to Joe Fagnant, Highway manager, to:

Town of PlymouthAttn: Joe Fagnant Plymouth Highway Department6 Post Office SquarePlymouth, NH 03264

Irrigation TechnicianNeeded

Experience preferred but willing to train.Great pay and overtime.

Must have valid NH driver’s license.

Please submit resume [email protected]

The Town of Sandwichis accepting applications for a full-time

Parks and Recreation DirectorBachelor’s Degree in Parks and Recreation Administration or related fields and/or experience in recreation management are desirable. The Director must demonstrate competency in program planning, managing a budget, supervising others, operating equipment, collaboration with neighboring towns, and computer use. The Director must have strong inter personal, verbal and written communication skills, time management skills, and a positive customer service orientation.

Job description and application available at Town Hall. Excellent benefit package.

Application and resume must be received by Monday, April 27, 2015 by 4:30 P.M. For inquiries, please call 2847701 or email [email protected]. Equal Opportunity Employer.

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Looking for an experiencedBUCKET TRUCK OPERATOR -EHAP Certification is preferred.

Please call 603-254-5128.

56 Meadow View Drive Home: 603-536-3509Holderness, NH 03245 Cellular: 603-254-5128Lot Clearing Residential Take Downs

HIXON LOGGING & TREE SERVICEFully Insured - Free Estimate

Join Our TeamThe Corner House Inn

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Now Hiring:

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Waitstaff

ACCEPTINGAPPLICATIONS

Sawmill and Planer Mill WorkersDaytime Shift, Benefits include vacation,

sick and holiday pay, insurance,credit union, 401(k) plan.

Apply in person:PRECISION LUMBER INC.

576 Buffalo Road • Wentworth, NH 03282

TOWN OF ASHLANDThe Town of Ashland is seeking qualified applicants for the following positions:

Code Enforcement OfficerBuilding InspectorElectrical InspectorPlumbing Inspector

All of these positions are Part-Time. Interested applicants should submit a cover letter and resume to the Town Administrator, Town of Ashland, P O Box 517, Ashland, NH 03217

Positions will remain open until filled.EOE

TOWN OF RUMNEYPolice Officer Position

The Rumney Police Department has an opening for a full-time police officer.

• Applicants must be 21 years of age or older and must

• Successfully complete a full background investigation, psychological evaluation, a physical agility test, medical and polygraph examinations.

• Applicants must be full-time certified or be able to complete the N.H. Police Academy to become certified.

• Certified officers are encouraged to apply.The starting salary range for this position is negotiable depending upon experience.

Benefits include: Medical Insurance; NH Retirement; Short-Term Disability

Position will remain open until filled.

Send resume and cover letter to:ATTN: Chief of Police

PO Box 175Rumney, NH 03266

THORNTON SCHOOL DISTRICTThornton Central School2015-2016 School Year

ANTICIPATED GRADE 1-5 ELEMENTARY TEACHER

Please send letter of intent,resume, certification, transcripts and

references to:

Jonathan Bownes, PrincipalThornton Central School

1886 NH Rte 175Thornton, NH 03285

NO ON-LINE APPLICATIONS

Campground Manager(or Manager Couple)

Beaver Trails Campground in Lancaster, NH isseeking a manager or manager couple for the 2015 season. The campground has no store and will have a separate activities coordinator, so manager tasks are simplified. Primary tasks are:

• Continuous campground coverage • Checking in/out campers and visitors • Maintaining pool (water, pump, heat, etc.) • Ensuring campground cleanliness • Enforcing campground rules • Selling wood and propane • Collecting and recording laundry sales • Providing daily update to owners • Mowing, raking, trimming as necessary

Compensation to be determined and willinclude full hookup. Please contact Brandon

at [email protected] or at(603) 435-5005.

Currently Hiring

Full Time Line Cooks3 years minimum experience in a full service restaurant.

Apply in person at 53 S. Main Street in PlymouthOr call Patty at 254-3324

HELP WANTEDHousekeeping

Front Desk Associate

Looking for high energyindividuals to join

our team.

If interested, please stop in and fill out an

employment application.

527 US Route 3Lincoln, NH 03251

603-745-8141Woodwardsresort.com

WATERVILLE VALLEYELEMENTARY SCHOOL

2015-2016 SCHOOL YEARArt Teacher (20% - Mondays)

(1-year position)(Must be NH Certified)

Please send letter of intent, resume,references and certification to:

Gail Hannigan, PrincipalWaterville Valley Elementary School

11 Noon Peak RoadWaterville Valley, NH 03215

Steel Erectors, Metal Roof & Siding Installers

Foreman, LeadmenAnd Laborer Positions

Will Train. Valid Driver’s License required.Application available at:

630 Daniel Webster Hwy.Plymouth, NH 03264

(603) 536-3533

Leading Pre Engineered Metal Building Co.

Allstaff Hours: Monday-Thursday (7 a.m.-4:30 p.m.), Friday (6 a.m.-4 p.m.) No appointment required. Temporary, Seasonal, Part Time and

Full Time Permanent Positions Available.

Kate Cassady - Executive Director • Brian Smith - Office AdministratorWWW.golittleton.com/allstaff

Please send resumes to: [email protected]

551 Meadow St., Suite 1, Littleton, NH 03561603-444-1261

Fax: 603-444-4895

JOB FAIR – APRIL 11th, 2015 9AM – 12PM

All Hitchiner employees are Welcomed EXCELLENT STARTING WAGE – ONE OF

THE HIGHEST IN THE NORTH COUNTRY!BURNDY —WHERE THE EMPLOYEES MAKE A DIFFERENCE

ALL POSITIONS COME WITH AN EXCELLENT BENEFIT PACKAGE: MEDICAL, DENTAL, PAID HOLIDAYS, PAID VACATIONS, GAIN SHARING

AND CAREER OPPORTUNITIES TO GROW WITH THE COMPANYCar Pooling available!

Specialized Machine Operators1.) 5yrs. + in a manufacturing environment in a set-up / leadership

role. Progressive track record a plus.2.) Tool and Die experience. Plus would be in a stamping press /

machining operation.3.) Familiar with basic machining equipment i.e. - Bridgeport, drill

presses, grinding,4.) Robotics and automated machinery a plus.5.) Blue print reading and measuring tools need to be at an expert level

• Maintenance Mechanic: Previous experience as an mfg maintenance mechanic, ability to trouble shoot, repair and set up of new machinery. This position is full time and comes with an excellent benefit package.

• Utility Operators: Operates production machines from operation sheets, prints, written work instructions, or verbal instructions. Observes machine operation to detect work piece defects or machine malfunctions. Measures work piece dimensions to determine accuracy of machine operation. These positions are on the job training.

• Machine Operators: The right candidates will work in a team environment, previous experience and the ability to read micrometers, venires, blue prints, and calipers is a plus, but not a requirement.

• Plating Tech.: This position operates assigned equipment used in executing metal finishing operations. Loads and unloads tote pans of parts, follows procedures for processing, maintains cleanliness of tanks and work areas inspects quality of product for delivery. This position requires the ability to work with slight odors, extreme heat at times, wet and/or humid conditions and lift/move up to 50 lbs.

Specializing in Engineering,

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game-winning goals in the state championship game were historic mo-ments for the program, and he also toppled the 100-point mark for his career during the sea-son. Drouin scored hat tricks against Con-Val, MAIL, Laconia-Winn-isquam and Kennett on the year.

D'Amour, who scored twice in the semifinal win over Kennett, fin-ished the season with 27 goals and 19 assists. He had four hat tricks on the year, coming

in games against Ke-arsarge, Souhegan, MAIL and Laconia-Win-nisquam. More impres-sively, D'Amour had goals in 16 of his team's 20 games during the sea-son.

Moultonborough/Inter-Lakes senior de-fenseman Dylan Shee-han led his team on and off the ice this season, and he was rewarded with a Second-Team All-State selection. Sheehan scored 12 goals and add-ed 13 assists on the year as the team's top defen-seman, including three game-winning goals. His 25 points put him in a tie for second on the

team with Gus Kromer (16 goals, nine assists), behind top scorer Cody Burns (18 goals, 19 as-sists).

Rounding out the locals on the All-State teams was Belmont-Gil-ford defenseman James Buckley, who was an Honorable Mention se-lection. Buckley scored four goals and added six assists on the year as part of the top defense-man pairing with Hurst. He scored the game-win-ning goal during a regu-lar season victory over Kennett, and added tal-lies against Sanborn, Con-Val and Manchester West.

HOCKEYCONTINUED FROM PAGE B1

College, Florida, Iowa State, Maryland and VCU.

“I feel very ready for college thanks to Tilton,” said Mann in November, when he signed his Na-tional Letter of Intent at Tilton. “I have become an honor roll student,

and playing in the NEP-SAC for Tilton has made me a better player. I am excited to keep getting better at Florida State for coach Leonard Ham-ilton.”

TILTONCONTINUED FROM PAGE B1

BASEBALLRaymond at Belmont,

4 p.m.SOFTBALL

Raymond at Belmont, 4 p.m.


Moultonborough, Gil-ford at Belmont, 10 a.m.


Gilford at Belmont, 4 p.m.

SOFTBALLGilford at Belmont, 4

p.m.UNIFIED

VOLLEYBALLBelmont at Laconia,

3:30 p.m.GIRLS LACROSSE

Gilford at Belmont, 4 p.m.


Inter-Lakes, Belmont, Plymouth at Moulton-borough, 4 p.m.


Belmont at Winnis-quam, 4 p.m.

SOFTBALLBelmont at Winnis-

quam, 4 p.m.

Thursday, May 21GIRLS LACROSSEBishop Brady at Bel-

mont, 4 p.m.


Somersworth at Bel-mont, 4 p.m.

SOFTBALLSomersworth at Bel-

mont, 4 p.m.


Wilderness League Championships, Gilford High School, 9 a.m.

Tuesday, May 26BASEBALL

Laconia at Belmont, 4 p.m.

SOFTBALLLaconia at Belmont, 4

p.m.

Thursday, May 28GIRLS LACROSSEBelmont at Laconia, 6

p.m.


NHIAA Division III state championship, Ste-vens High School, 10 a.m.

BHSCONTINUED FROM PAGE B3

Wavemakers celebrate the winter seasonGILFORD — The Lakes

Region Wavemakers cel-ebrated the conclusion of their 33rd winter season last week with the annual end of season banquet, a fun filled event that high-lights the swimmers’ suc-cesses. Many individual awards and thank yous were handed out through-out the evening.

Receiving certificates for Most Improved in an event(s) were: Ken-dra Bouin, Hayley Co-chrane, Meredith Gerken and Edward Goucher for the eight and under age group; Ela Goucher, Sydney Irons, Charlotte Philippy, Dagon Burr and Ethan Vachon for the 9-10 age group; Chloe Brown, Kathryn Hawkes, Josh

Kelleher and Garrett Sha-fer for the 11-12 age group; Miranda Coffey, Laurel Gingrich, Alyxandra Huckaby, Thor Burr and Eric Phelps for the 13-14 age group; Clara Bates, Alexandra Dimarzio, Ka-tie Gingrich, Beck Mc-lean, Owen Sanborn and Matthew Sundius for the 15 and older age group.

One of the highlights of the evening is the an-nouncement of the Wave-maker and Ripple of the Year award. This award is presented to the swim-mer who is selected by their peers and is viewed to have demonstrated a passion for the sport, ded-ication and leadership, as well as good sports-manship and support

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of the other swimmers on the team. Again this year, the recipient of the 2014-15 Wavemaker of the Year was Rebecca Cook. The 2013-14 Ripple of the Year was awarded to Ela Goucher.

Two Wavemakers were acknowledged for their 10 years of dedication to competitive swimming, Cook and Katie Ging-rich. Gingrich was also highlighted for being the team’s senior swimmer, she will be graduating from Gilford High School this June.

The evening concluded with many thank yous to all the coaches, parents, swimmers and the com-munity sponsors – AFL, Bank of New Hampshire,

Children’s Dentistry of the Lakes Region, Inter-lakes Animal Hospital, Kennell Orthodontics, MC Cycle, Patrick’s Pub and Eatery, Pepi Herr-mann, Pirates Cove Mini-Golf and State Electric, all helped make the season successful.

The Wavemakers will be back in the pool for their April Wave Swim Clinic (April 13) and the start of the summer swim season in May (May 18).

Information on both these events can be found at

www.lakesregionwave-makers.com.

COURTESY PHOTO

Back row (l to r), Olivia Morea, Angela Bonnell, Sanela Kosut, Owen Sanborn, Katie Gingrich, Rebecca Cook, Michelle Young, Beck Mclean, Alexandra Dimarzio, Alyxandra Huckaby and Kaitlyn Callahan. Third row (l to r), coach Lyndsey Cochrane, coach Jill Whitaker, Brooke Vetter, Maria Rivero Ayala, Thor Burr, Laurel Gingrich, Miranda Coffey, Clara Bates, Coach Lynne Morea, head coach Dave Gingrich. Second row (l to r), Hannah Verville, Sydney Irons, Emily Hutchins, Alexa Lazazzera, Chloe Brown, Jacob Dumais, Ethan Vachon, Garrett Shafer, Lauren Sikoski, Bridget Wilcox, Josh Kelleher, Murphy Harris, Charlotte Philippy. First row (l to r), Preston Kennell, Kendra Blouin, Sydney Philippy, Ella Tryon, Hayley Cochrane, Dagon Burr, Ela Goucher, Ruby Walker, Emmie Goucher, Meredith Gerken and Edward Goucher. Not pictured: Joe Bonnell, Josh Buzza, Kaitlin Egbert, Abigail Frankauski, Colleen Harriman, Olivia Hutton, Kaylee Jones, Alexa Leonard, Kaylee Smith, and Matthew Sundius.

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