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As a result of an increase in Ade-quacy Aid to school districts state-wide, the Hillsboro-Deering School District is receiving over $575,000 in additional Adequacy Aid. This is due to changes proposed in the State budget that Gov. Chris Sununu signed last week. The in-crease was announced at Monday’s school board meeting.“This revenue wasn’t factored into the tax rate that was set last No-vember to facilitate our budget for the current school year,” Hills-boro-Deering business administra-

tor Lori Schmidt explained. “The school board needs to decide wheth-er to exercise their right under RSA 197:3-a to call a special meeting of the legislative body to consider an increase of appropriations made at the March annual meeting or return the funds to reduce the tax rate that will be set this fall.”One resident immediately called for the school board to return the money to reduce the tax rate to the school district’s taxpayers. And board members suggested various ways the money could be used, but didn’t commit to any suggestion made.

“If the school board wants to in-crease our budget for this existing year, then they have to have the meeting for taxpayers to vote on increasing the budget,” Schmidt added.The school board has decided to schedule an additional meeting on Oct. 17 to discuss what may be done with the funds. Although an increase to Adequacy Aid is good news, it has obviously become a problematic issue.“This is a very complicated and dif-fi cult decision for all stakeholders,” Hillsboro-Deering Superintendent Bob Hassett acknowledged.

Sununu sends $575K to HD school district

PTO President Deanna Neal and Treasurer Leah Hargreaves proudly announce the $75K needed to complete the fundraising eff ort for the new H-D Elementary School playground has been raised. See the PTO press release on page 2. (Michael Pon photo)

Elementary School playground $$$ raised!

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Nearly thirty Hillsborough residents gathered at the monthly meeting of Hills-borough Reborn at the American Legion on Monday for a round table workshop to con-tinue the effort to amplify the town’s best features. Members of the Economic Devel-opment Commission, Hillsborough Pride, the Conservation Commission and the selectmen attended. Town Planner Robyn Payson spoke to the group, encouraging them to continue brainstorming and work-ing projects.

At the last meeting of those participating in the effort about two weeks ago, groups were formed to address certain issues. Rob-in LeBlanc, Executive Director of Plan New Hampshire, the organization that provided professional volunteers for and structured the charrette, facilitated that meeting. She had residents pair off to share ideas, and then formed groups of residents to address certain topics. Those groups included the Nature Economy, Downtown Buildings and Parking, Kemp Park and trails, Signage, and Communication.

Monday’s meeting continued this orga-nizational effort.

“I loved to see the people from differ-ent groups all working together in the same room,” said Payson. I think it was a great kick-off. There were a lot of really great ideas. There are separate groups, but we are meeting in the same room to keep track of each other’s progress.”

“I thought it was very positive,” said se-lectman Jim Bailey. “We have to work to-gether, no more negativity. This weekend we’re going to start cutting brush on town property behind Tooky Mills. I’ll be the town representative there.”

The push to cut the brush and trees on that slope is to open up a view of the Con-toocook River and Kemp Park, a feature of the town not everyone knows about. Kemp Park is dedicated to the Kemp family and to Dick Kemp especially, who once had what he called a Truck Museum on the site.

Bailey said he and volunteer Ken Mat-thews will be working on the area with any other volunteers who show up. Bigger trees, Bailey said, will have to be taken down by the town crew.

Bailey said the selectmen are also in pro-

Residents act on charrette goals

The Hillsboro-Deer-ing Elementary School Parent-Teacher Organi-zation (PTO) is proud to announce that we have reached the $75,000 fund-raising goal for the new community playground in just two years! Several fundraisers, including the popular Ninja Challenge, and generous donations from local businesses and

individuals help us reach the goal. The efforts of the Hillsboro-Deering El-ementary PTO, students, staff and community pulled it off!

Our school’s efforts are half of it though. A new playground that is safe and accessible for all wouldn’t happen without the wider Hillsboro-Deering com-munity. With the help of the school board, a warrant article passed in March,

2019 that will match the $75,000 raised by the PTO, covering the quoted $150,000 cost of materials.

We’re hoping to begin construction in June 2020, after the end of the current school year. We’ll need, and appreciate, volunteers to donate time and skills to make this community build happen. Thank you to everyone for helping make our children’s days brighter!

New Elementary School playground

now a reality

JP Stohrer, representing Hillsborough’s Open Door Coffeehouse, presents a $300 check to Meg Curtis-Sauer, owner of Stonewall Farm Bed & Breakfast. The check, a donation to The Skip Curtis Fund for Alzheimer ‘s research, is in thanks to Stonewall Farm for hosting The Open Door’s summer season at the B&B. (Courtesy photo)

Donation for Alzheimer’s Research

PTO Press release

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cess of replacing and adding to the amount of signs guiding people to public parking in the center of town, to make the parking more obvious.

“By the end of the meeting there was a positive and cooperative feeling between all the different groups in attendance,” said Re-

born chairman Ed Sauer.Anyone interested in pitching in can call

Payson at the town offices at 464-7971 or email robyn@hillsboroughnh.net and get on the list to be kept informed.

Another meeting will soon be scheduled.

Hillsborough Town Planner Robyn Payson addresses residents from various groups about making improvements in town on Monday. (Michael Pon photo)

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Henniker announced the hire of a new town ad-ministrator last week, to replace Matt Henry who stepped down in July to go on active military duty. Since then, Financial Ad-ministrator Russ Roy has acted as Interim Town Ad-ministrator. The new hire, Joseph R. Devine, will be-gin his duties with the town on Monday October 21.

According to a press release, Devine has served as the Compliance Offi-cer for the City of Roch-ester since 2016. Prior to working for Rochester he served as the Compliance Officer for the City of Somersworth, the Oper-ations Manager for First Protection Services, Di-rector of Strafford County Corrections, and as a Po-lice Officer in the City of Merrimack and the Town of Weare.

Devine, a resident of Rochester, is a board mem-ber of the Rochester School District. The press release describes him as “very involved within his local community and no strang-er to what the Board of Se-lectmen face.”

“The Board is very excited to welcome Mr. Devine to Henniker,” said Chairman of the Se-lectmen Kris Blomback. “Mr. Devine brings with him an array of skills and

experience, including a background in Code Com-pliance that in recent years

has become a concern within our community.”

His background and experience is what we have been looking for and his résumé doesn’t do his experience and knowledge justice,” said vice chair-woman Tia Hooper. “We are excited to have him on board and look forward to welcoming him and his family to our community.”

Devine has an Associ-ate’s Degree in Criminal Justice from the NH Tech-

nical Institute and is work-ing towards completing his Bachelor’s Degree in Public Administration at Southern NH University.

The selectmen unan-imously picked Devine, and they thank the search committee for their efforts in reviewing the appli-cants, conducting inter-views and recommending the final candidates from a field of 78 who applied for the position.

Henniker has new town administrator

Thanks to Tom Alberts, the owner of Tom’s Sloppy Joes in Hillsboro, who recently donated $373 to the food pantry. Of that, $73 was raised by the sale of the Tom’s Sloppy Joes Burger, which gives $1 to the pantry for each burger sold. Pictured is Gene Gould, Hillsboro District Food Pantry board member, and Tom, who recently made a donation to the fire department, and continues to support the pantry. (Courtesy photo)

Tom’s Sloppy Joes supports Food Pantry

Joseph R. Devine

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Join us on Monday, October 21st. at the Appleseed Restaurant between 5 – 7 p.m. to celebrate Dawn Rich’s many contribu-tions to our community. Refreshments will be served. The cost is $10 per person with any proceeds to be donated to a char-ity of Dawn’s choice.

Dawn Rich has been a longtime resi-dent and volunteer in the town of Bradford. She worked at the Kearsarge Regional El-ementary School in Bradford as the school secretary from 1988-1998. Dawn’s caring

nature inspired the creation of an award that is given annually to a fifth grade stu-dent who portrays the characteristics that make Dawn so special – someone who is kind and respectful as well as involved in the school and who shows a true caring for his/her school community.

Dawn is an ardent supporter of her community. Until this past year, she was a member of the Bradford Parks & Recre-ation Committee and served on the Brad-ford Area Community Center Governance Board. She has been passionate about the Bradford Area Community Center and

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Stone Bridge Postwas a founding member of the Friends’ of the Bradford Area Community Cen-ter. She’s worked tirelessly to see that the

Community Center offers programs and activities that benefit individuals of all ages in our community.

The Chief Assessor in New London, Normand G. Bernaiche CNHA, has just released the new assess-ments for property owners, but wishes to remind every-one that the assessment is just a piece of the new tax rate.

“Please note that you should not multiply your new assessment by the current tax rate as it will

produce an erroneous tax amount,” Bernaiche writes. “The tax rate will be set in October and will be applied to your new assessment for the tax bill that is due on January 2, 2020.”

Assessments are cre-ated by comparing prop-erties that have sold over the past two years to other properties and, making ad-justments, coming up with a fair market price. Infor-mation also comes from

physical inspection neigh-borhood visits, and building permits, along with other marketing and sales tools.

“When the total taxable grand list goes up” Bernaic-he wrote,” the tax rate gen-erally goes down,” which should be what happens in this cycle.

A revaluation page is set up on the town’s website: nl-nh.com where you can find revaluation information and links to property cards.

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Washington Artisans Tour still active this weekend

Woodworker Reid Schwartz carves a spoon. (Michael Pon photos) Candice Labree displays her various versions of craftwork at the Grange Hall in East Washington.

Lynn Hendrickson concentrates on her unique bead work. Fred Stinton takes in Marianne Stillwagon’s folk and fine art.

The Bradford selectmen are still in a quandary regarding the disposition of the recently purchased Masonic Hall Building on West Main Street. Architect Jay Barrett advised it would be best to heat the build-ing. The building has not been heated over the past several years according to Chris Frey. The selectmen came to the decision of not heating it either. At this time the

Board is interested in ideas from Towns-people regarding what might be the best possible and most cost-effective measure to utilize the space.

A new Police cruiser type was dis-cussed with the Select Board with Police Chief Valiquet and Officer Shaughnessy, whether a Hybrid vehicle or electric ve-hicle would be the better choice. Motion was made by selectman Jason Allen to opt for the Hybrid to be purchased at Erwin

Motors, outfitted by Adamson Industries and Art Work done by Dale Flewelling of Newport.

Devin Pendleton representing Parks and Recreation requested the Selectmen close West Main Street on Halloween. The selectmen were all in agreement, so on Oc-tober 31, 2019 West Main Street will be closed from 5 to 8 p.m. to through traffic. The Police Department concurred with this decision.

Parks and Recreation are also holding a candy drive and any unopened candy packages may be dropped off at the Town

Office anytime between now and August 30th. This effort is to help residents on West Main Street provide treats.

A complaint from a resident was shared by Road Agent Steve Hall. This resident lives at 127 Pleasant View Road near a cul-vert that has failed and is covered with a temporary steel plate which rumbles when large vehicles drive over it. This vibration is felt in their home and they are concerned it could cause structural damage. The cul-vert is on the replacement list. However the selectmen are not sure if that will correct the vibrations.

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West Main Street to be closed for Halloween

Find Washington’s area artisans showing their work on Oct. 12 – 13 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.

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Bethel Farm Field Day draws big crowd

Brian Coy presses apples for fresh apple cider. (Michael Pon photos)

Shana Brautigau teaches vegetable fermentation to make sau-erkraut and kimchi.

Liane Tyrrel shuffling Tarot Cards to provide readings for self reflection.

Bruce Bailey, Justin Thyme and Leaf Laray admire Shana Brautigau’s pottery, as Leaf plays one of her ceramic flutes.

Thank you from Babe Houghton familyThe family of Babe Houghton would like to thank everyone for your heart felt support, cards, flowers, and food in our time of sorrow. Babe had touched the lives of so many, which was seen by the number of people that attended his cel-ebration of life. Thank you, Janis Houghton and children

The Bethel Farm Field Day on Satur-day provided many workshops, including all levels of yoga, Tai Chi and Qi Gong,

making herbal tea, learning oral tradition songs, composting, sustainable building, balancing on a slack line, even hula hoop

making and tie dyeing. The event also featured music by Ajeet

and Ezra. The Bethel family expressed

“major gratitude” to all who made the day possible, and “namaste” to all.

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Trick or Treaters be-ware of the Hall of Ghouls with a cemetery, a torture chamber and witches lair that will scare you out of your shoes --- Ha-ha-ha-haaaaa! Come to 60 Meet-ing Hill Road off Bible Hill Road in Hillsborough for a Halloween scream of a time!

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The public is invited to join the Tucker Free Library Trustees and the Friends of Tucker Free Library on Sun-day, October 27 at 2 p.m. as SMP Architects will be on hand to share the latest design for the library building proj-ect. The project includes adding an elevator to improve accessibility for all to all levels of the library, adding addi-tional, ADA compliant bathrooms to increase safety and accessibility to those facilities, and renovating the attic (the last viable space in the building) for programs. Fol-lowing SMP Architects’ presentation, there will be time to ask questions, make comments, and suggestions.

“The whole idea of this building project began several years ago as the Board struggled with what to do with our current lift, which is now nearly 30 years old and no longer serviced by the company,” said Patti Osgood, Tucker Free Library Board Chair. “When library director Lynn Pi-otrowicz had reported to the Board about the lift breaking when someone was on it, we knew it was time to consider options. Lynn also repeatedly reported about the need for public bathrooms that were NOT tucked in the very back of the library and accessed only by going through both children’s rooms. That’s when the Board decided to pro-ceed with a plan that would replace the lift, fix the bath-room issues, and include the last space for the library to

grow.”“To remain a vital part of our community fabric, the

library must address these accessibility and safety issues,” stated Piotrowicz. “Some patrons struggle to use the li-brary and we don’t know who isn’t coming to our building because the entrances and stairways are seen as barriers. The goal is to serve everyone in our community. One el-derly patron looked at our stairs and lift, turned around and left the building. A mother with a twin stroller tried pulling it up the stairs and couldn’t so she left the building. Another patron tried to navigate the stairs using crutches and couldn’t.”

At the 2018 Town Meeting, the Town appropriated $10,500.00 to hire an architect to begin to study and plan for the project. In 2019, an additional sum of $70,000.00 was appropriated to generate more detailed plans so the project cost could be more accurately calculated. Milestone Con-struction has been hired to complete preconstruction esti-mating and project phasing. GeoTech studies and property surveys have been completed. Additionally, the Friends of the Tucker Free Library have reorganized and now have non-profit, tax-exempt 501c3 status and will sup-

port project fundraising. A small building committee has been created and includes Henniker residents Theodore Kupper and Jon Routon.

SMP Architects will have a project cost estimate at the October 27 meeting. Past meetings with SMP Architects can be seen on the library website at http://www.tucker-freelibrary.org/building-project-archive/

Additional Tucker Free Library Board of Trustees members include John Capuco, Deb Kreutzer, Angelica Ladd, and Anne Crotti.

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Tucker Free Library Director Lynn Piotrowicz and Library Board Chairman Patti Osgood proudly show off the library’s proposed project plans during the Music on Main Street event in September. (Michael Pon photo)

Reaching Higher: The Accessibility and Safety Project October 27

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High School Sports By jOhn segedy Stone Bridge Post

The Hillcats Volleyball team got their first victory of the season at their Homecoming match last Friday against Ste-vens 3-1 (25-22, 23-25, 25-22, 25-14). The Hillcats choose this night to sponsor a DIG PINK event to raise money and awareness for the fight against breast cancer.

Highlights were provided by Kelsey Powell (18-3), Ire-na Rose (15-1), Co-captain Kaitlyn Schoeneman (12-3) and Captain Tempest Przybyla (14-0). Cassidy Marshall had two big plays at the net while Hope Kennedy set the tone for the back row in defense.

“Our serve was on tonight and there is no denying that,” said Head Coach Christa Liquori. “We lost eight players last year, so saying this is a rebuilding year is a gross under-statement. But even with that, these girls come to practice every day and work hard to improve and be more competi-tive. It’s just really gratifying to see all their work pay off.”

The girls play at Prospect Mountain on Tuesday.

Boys Soccer The Hillcat Boys won their homecoming game over

Derryfield 2-1 in overtime. Hillsboro-Deering came back from a 1-0 half-time deficit with a second half goal by Ju-lian Howell assisted by Kieren Kennedy to tie the game. The winning goal was scored by Ben Ketterer assisted by Kaden Garvin about a minute into overtime. Coach Glenn Winters commented: “Excellently played game by the team. (They) Played really well defensively. (It was a) Good win for the boys. Well deserved”.

The boys host Belmont on Friday and Monadnock on Tuesday.

Girls SoccerThe Lady Hillcats garnered a 9-0 shutout victory over

Monadnock on Homecoming Saturday. They lay at Der-ryfield on Wednesday.

Cross CountryAs part of Homecoming Hillsboro-Deering hosted

their annual Hillcat Invitational last Friday. With 113 total runners. Hillcats running in the boy’s race were Elias Ek (27th), Izaac Healey (41st), Sean Austin (44th) and Nathan Ledvina (55th ). The boy’s winner was Colin Lessard from Bow.

The sole Lady Hillcat running was Emma Curley (31st). The first place girl was Margaret St. John from Hinsdale.

Redhawks FootballThe Hillsboro-Deering-Hopkinton Redhawks football

team lost to Lebanon by a score of 62-14 Saturday after-noon. The Redhawks entered the game, still banged up from their previous weeks game against Newport but still played a very competitive first half. The second half was a different story, with injuries affecting their lineup, and per-

Hillcat Homecoming yields four victories

Hillcat Goalie Noah Urban smothers a Derryfield shot on goal. Hillcat Goalie Noah Urban smothers a Derryfield shot on goal.

Lady Hillcats Volleyball team celebrates their first win of the season at Homecoming.

Boys are off and running at Hillcat Invitational.

formance. The Redhawks had 5 turnovers on the day, 2 for touchdowns which didn’t help things. Colby Quiet again led the offense with 223 yards rushing for the Redhawk’s two touchdowns along with an eight-yard reception from Mike Oberheim.

The boys play at Monadnock Friday night.

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John Stark’s boy’s soccer team defeated the Kennet Golden Eagles 5-0 on Tuesday. The Generals scored all five goals in the second half after a tightly played first. Marc Morette led the Generals offense with 2 goals, while Josh Reynolds, Jackson Ugarte and Riley Brooks each had one. Daniel Hilyard earned his 4th shutout of the season in the goal and Joseph Wegman played great on defense.

FootballThe Generals Football team lost 34-0 to Kennett last

Saturday. Coach Kevin McGinity noted that “Jacob Ride-nour and Thomas Johnston had good games in the loss.”

Field HockeyThe Lady Generals Field Hockey team defeated Pem-

broke 4-0 last Friday and then fell to Bow on Tuesday 1-0. In Pembroke Gracie Bolduc scored two goals, while Meg Girardet and Elizabeth Aubin each contributed a goal and an assist. Courtney Cranshaw had an assist, her first on varsity.

VolleyballAfter a 3-1 defeat of Oyster River last Friday the Lady

Generals Volleyball team fell to Gilford 3-2 on Tuesday.

Girls SoccerThe Lady Generals played to a 0-0 tie against Oyster Riv-er last Friday and then lost to Hanover 8-0 on Wednesday.

Cross CountryThe Generals Cross Country team competed in the

Belmont Jeri Blair Invitational last Friday with the boys coming in eleventh and the girls fourth.

Brianna Langdon (10th) led the scoring for the girls followed by Katie Palmeter (21st), Madison McDonald

(24th), Grace Caplan (34th) and Libby Barnes (57th).

Boys scoring were Jack Ha-gan (33rd), Reece Montague (61st), Jack Barnes (67th), Devin Patterson (103rd) and Marcus McFall (107th).

Homecoming Saturday’s Homecoming

opens at 10 a.m. with the Girls Soccer team taking on Ke-arsarge. The Volleyball team takes on Somersworth at 11:00, the Field Hockey team plays Pelham also at 11:00. At noon the Boys Soccer team hosts Stevens and at 3:00 the Foot-ball team lays Pembroke. The Cross Country team will be racing in Pelham.

Generals’ boys soccer team gets solid win

Marc Morette takes aim at the net. (John Segedy photos)

Quarterback Nathan Tower takes a keeper up the sideline. Riley Brooks advances from the left side of the field.

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The Lady Hawks soccer team beat Prospect Moun-tain 6-0 on Tuesday for their second consecutive shutout, starting the game with two quick goals. First Annie Hig-ginbotham (1A) dribbled into the box and passed to Lillie Presti (1G) for the goal. Three minutes later Caitlin Clark (1A) passed a through ball from midfield to Loren Char-ron who shot past the keeper. Just before halftime Char-ron hit a low cross to Jess Carney (1G) who looped it over the keeper.

In the second half, Madison Carmichael (1G) received a weighted through ball from Elise Miner (1A). Carmi-chael dribbled around the onrushing keeper to score. Charron had the 5th from a Melana Curley (1G, 1A) free kick. Curley had the last goal shooting inside the box off a cross from Charron.

Boys SoccerTuesday the Hawks played a heavyweight match

against Gilford to a 0-0 tie. After a relatively calm first half, Gilford seemed to be in the ascendancy for the start of the 2nd half. As the game wore on, however, the Hawks regained some traction including an extremely controver-sial off-sides call that stopped a breakaway. Hopkinton’s momentum continued into a completely dominate over-time with many shots on net and a few just wide, while allowing Gilford zero chances on net. The Hawks had a

1-on-1 breakaway broken up by the Gilford keeper.Coach Scott Zipke commented: “...Mike Baer and

Peyton Marshall were the men of the match. Peyton, in particular, stepped up as he stopped Gilford phenom Sam Sawyer (one of the best players in DIII) from finding much room to work with all night. Keeper Aiden Burns also played very well, breaking up the aforementioned crazi-ness in the 2nd half and also cleanly punching away a dan-gerous corner in overtime.”

Field HockeyThe Lady Hawks won a pair of games this week de-

feating Bishop Brady 6-0 on Friday and then Stevens 1-0 on Wednesday.

Cross CountryThe Hawks kept up their pace at the Belmont Jeri Blair

Invitational last Friday. The girls placed 1st and the boys 4th.

Emma Rothe(3rd) led the girls scoring followed by Cailey Stockwell(6th), Hannah Bennett(7th), Anna O’Reilly(8th) and Lily Sabol( 11th).

Boys scoring were Michael Eggers-Emerson (17th), Nick Simpkins ( 31st ), Parker Wuellenweber (32nd), Hayden Lynch (93rd) and Alex Pantano (101st).

GolfThe Hopkinton golf team finished strong winning their

last 14 matches with an 18-2 record tied for the #1 seed. The Hawks defend their title (2018) on Oct. 17th at King-swood Country Club in Wolfsboro. Qualifing golfers rep-resenting Hopkinton will be seniors: Daniel Miner, Colby Marshall and Andrew Fairneny. Sophomore Kody Dexter and Freshmen: Hal Stokes and Evan Fairneny. The team really finished well and are hoping for a good day on the 17th. If any of the golfers finish in the top 14 they will play in the states individuals on Sunday Oct. 20th at Beaver Meadow in Concord.

Lady Hawks shut out Prospect Mountain

On a drizzly day in October, Ad-vanced Drawing and Photography students from John Stark Regional High School traveled to Odiorne Point State Park in Rye to study how to cap-

ture moving water and atmospheric perspective through on-site drawing. During their study, Governor Sununu happened by and excitedly talked to the students about their drawings,

asked questions about how they used chalk pastels, and discussed the amaz-ing programs at Odiorne Point State Park such as seal preservation.

Gov. Sununu enjoys an art lesson

L to R: Madison Dionne, Quinn Antle, Brianna Bodner, Stephanie Rodonis, Camron Fortin, Governor Sununu, Lauren Zervos, Dalton Tibbets (back row), Bonnie Bragdon, Johanna Von Hollen, Chloe Astholz;  Kneeling, Ashton Clow and Sydney Talbert. (Courtesy photo)

Melana Curley takes aim at the net. (John Segedy Photos)

Lilia Klingler fights for the ball inside the box.

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Friday October 11DEERING — Lullabye of Broadway Singers’ Production at Deering Community Church, 7 pm. Come enjoy familiar songs from our favorite Broadway Musical Shows: “Fiddler on the Roof,” “Sound of Music,” “Hair,” “My Fair Lady,” “Westside Story,” “Music Man,” “Man of La Mancha,” “Oklahoma,” “Godspell” and others! A star-stud-ded cast of singers with whom you are familiar, and new ones, will present these as solos/ensemble in a simulated stage setting. FREE with donations most appreciated.

Saturday October 12DEERING — Public Safety Day 8 am-1 pm, Deering Town Deering Town Hall 762 Deering Center Rd;8-10a m Free Pancake Breakfast (sponsored by Project Gene-sis),8am-1pm Police, Fire and EMS Demonstrations. Kids of all age event, participate in demonstrations and learn how your community is supported by public safety offi -cials.DEERING — Free Community Concert at 6 pm, Bel Aires New England award win-ning DooWop vocal quintet (sponsored by the Ruth Clement Arts Fund) Deering Town Deering Town Hall 762 Deering Center Rd; people of all ages will enjoy dancing and singing along with this upbeat performance.HILLSBOROUGH— Warner’s Fall Festival Enjoy all the activities, vendors, foods, etc. as we celebrate Fall! Departing Shaw’s at 9:30 am. with plans to return at 2 pm. Call Marie Mogavero 464-4726/724-5272. Transportation fee $3.

Sunday October 13EAST WASHINGTON — Lamplight Hymn Sing, 7 pm, East Washington Baptist Church, 2234 East Washington Road. Come and join us for an old fashioned hymn sing. Bring a friend and a fl ashlight. Questions call Ron at 495-3186.HENNIKER — Craney Hill Fire Tower will be open to the public 10 am-4 pm, weath-er permitting! For more information, call 428-3840.

Monday October 14HENNIKER — Craney Hill Fire Tower will be open to the public 10 am-4 pm, weath-er permitting! For more information, call 428-3840.HILLSBOROUGH — 10 am at St Mary’s- Crafty Critters Come help tie quilts for Kay Daniels. Place stitches and make square knots. These quilts are donated to the Concord Hospital. Any help is welcome. Come and have a good morning doing com-munity service. Call Barbara Hays, 464-2692, if you have questions.WASHINGTON — Washington Historical Society invites you for cider and doughnuts and a discussion with Phil Barker on the founding of the Historical Society as well as interesting items in the Museum and Barn. Camp Morgan Lodge, Millen Pond Road at 6:30 pm. All are welcome.

Wednesday October 16ANTRIM — At 10:30 am at the Antrim Presbyterian Church, Eric Tenney will discuss the Civil War and, especially, New Hampshire’s and Antrim’s involvement. Tenney, is a Cornell graduate, a retired U.S. Navy offi cer, a three-time Selectman, and long-time Treasurer of the Antrim Historical Society. For more information, email Steve Ullman at stephenhullman@gmail.com.HILLSBOROUGH — A Mystery Trip! Always a GHSS favorite. We’ll be head-ing north with multiple stops and adventures. Leaving Shaw’s at 9:30 am. Call Marie Mogavero 464-4726/724-5272 to sign up. Fee $13

Thursday October 17HILLSBOROUGH — Hillsborough, Thursday Oct. 17th Senior Luncheon 12 noon at St. Mary’s. The menu for this month is chicken pot pie, Caesar salad, rolls and butter and a tasty dessert. The fee is $5.00 Call Marie Merrow at 464-3067 by Monday the 14th.

Saturday October 19ANTRIM — Plastics and Climate Change at the James A. Tuttle Library, 1 - 2:30 p.m. Join us as Chris Balch, State Representative and former science teacher will present on plastics and climate change, how the greenhouse effect causes global temps to climb, and the 8 tons of plastics in the oceans.EAST WASHINGTON — The annual Fall Holiday Festival will be held at Purling Beck Hall, 9 am-3 pm, There will be a bake sale, crafts, quilts, accessories, decorations etc. The Soup Café, a variety of homemade soups will be available from 11 am-3 pm. Sale to benefi t Purling Beck Hall, 2278 East Washington Road.Hillsborough Tuesdays/Thursdays October 8th, 10th, 15th & 22nd Mall Walkers This newly formed GHSS group will walk the Steeple Gate Mall rain or shine. Great form of exercise! Departing Shaw’s at 9:30 a.m. Fee $6. Call Marie Mogavero 464-4726/724-5272 to register for this activity.

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During the summer months, I enjoy going barefoot and dipping my feet into the lake. My husband and I experience our own version of a pedicure when we wade in a shallow sandbar and the minnows swimming there nibble on our toes. It scared me at first – and grossed me out to be honest – to think they were eating on our toes. But it only tickles and is actually pleasant once you get used to the idea of a small fish treat-ing your skin like a smorgasbord.

During the summer I become more aware of feet. It’s probably be-cause they are more available and viewable during the height of sandal season.

This can be good or bad, depend-ing on the overall state of the feet within question or within view.

Feet are as different as the peo-ple walking atop of them. Some are short, some long. Some are wide, some narrow. Some are hairy, some bald. Some have polished toenails; others go for a more natural look. Some are rather cute, others eye averting (ahem).

Like many things in life, my hus-band and I differ on foot stance. We are definitely not feet twins; our toes are not even distantly related.

The height of my toes decreases

from the tallest big toe to the short-est little toe in a uniform fashion. I am able to trim my toenails straight across because they grow straight and end straight. I have very neat and orderly feet. (I wish the same could be said about the rest of my body and my life in general, but that’s another topic.)

The length of my husband’s toes conjures up a one-word description: anarchy. There is no law, no order, no pattern of tidiness; it’s simple dis-array. His toenails are not cut neatly straight across because they do not grow neatly straight across. They are jagged and curved in places where jags and curves are unneeded and unwanted.

Yet he doesn’t care and is basical-ly unaware of the chaos living under his ankles.

My husband doesn’t give much thought to his toes, which is a good thing because pondering the subject would likely bring about frustration. What can a person do to change their toes? Not much besides polish and it’s highly unlikely my husband would ever go there. No, you’ve got to work with the hand (or in this case foot) you’re dealt.

Despite the fact that I’m okay with the overall look of my feet in

sandals, I real-ize this is not the reason feet were

put on earth. Feet have so much more to do than look pretty in flip-flops. They are workhorses in the plainest sense of the word.

Our feet carry the entire weight of our bodies – all day, every day. Every step we take is dependent on one foot or the other. When we go barefoot, they get dirty. When we wear shoes they get sweaty. They get calloused and ingrown from every-day wear and tear. They get blisters when we wear the wrong shoes. We moisturize our face, arms, legs and body but often forget about our feet until sandal season is looming and they are literally calling out for help. They do so much, and all we give them in return is the occasional ped-icure, which if I am being honest, I have never experienced.

I hear many people think pedi-cures are fantastic. Luxurious even. I don’t think I could enjoy one; some-one picking at and messing with my feet just seems a little too up close and personal.

Unless it was a school of min-nows. Then I could do that.

Jill Pertler is an award-winning syn-dicated columnist, published play-wright, author and member of the National Society of Newspaper Col-umnists. Don’t miss a slice; follow the Slices of Life page on Facebook.

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TOWN Of HILLSBOROUGHPUBLIC NOTICE

The Town of Hillsborough is offering the follow-ing property for sale by sealed bid. Tax Map 5 Lot 52 - Land Only County Road consisting of 1.1+/- Acres.All bids are due in the Selectmen’s Office at the above address no later than Friday, Octo-ber 25, 2019 and must clearly be marked with words “Sealed Bid – County Road” (Do Not Send Payment with Bid). Property is sold as is/as seen and will be transferred via a Quit Claim Deed. The Board of Selectmen reserves the right to accept or reject any and all bids.

Warner Cemetery Trustee Ken Cogswell approached the selectmen to inform them there will be some added costs in next year’s Cemetery care. This is a result of some small outlying Cemeteries the American Legion has tak-en care of in the past. There was a $1,200 per year cost previously and those who mow the grass do not feel that amount is adequate. Cogswell will contact legion mem-ber Paul Violett for additional information on these small Cemeteries around town.

The Warner Town Hall is in need of a new dishwasher and the total cost and associated fees are $5,500. Of this amount, $3,050 has already been secured. Nancy Ladd who is working on this project has suggested approach-ing the Fall Foliage Festival Committee for $2,450 if the Town cannot finance it in 2019. It was stated that an actual contract would need to be procured prior to year’s end for the town to set the funds aside for next year. The board approved unanimously for Ladd to request the balance re-quired to purchase the dishwasher from the Town, and if there is money left over at the end of 2019 they could al-locate the funds and to not be concerned about requesting the fund from the Fall Foliage Festival.

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