grades for ghs honors classes will be weighted again
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THURSDAY, MAY 7, 2015 GILFORD, N.H. - FREE
Doggone fun at fifth annual Bowwow Fest
Photo by Erin PlummEr
Officer Evan Boulanger of the Belmont Police Department demonstrates his K9 partner Vito’s skills with the help of Adam VanSteensberg of the Gilford Police Department during Bowwow Fest.
BY ERIN PLUMMER
LACONIA — Lake-port was the hottest place for dogs and dog lovers to be during the fifth annual Bowwow Fest.
On Saturday over 150 dogs with their human friends congregated in front of the Opechee Inn and Spa for a day of treats, tricks, costumes, and meeting a famous canine all to benefit local police dogs.
The event is held in conjunction with the WOW Trail, and raised money for Laconia, Gil-ford, and Belmont Police Departments’ K9 pro-grams.
Even co-organizer Claire Hebert-Dow said there were approximate-ly 150 dogs at the event from more than 50 differ-ent breeds.
She said this year’s crowds were a lot big-ger; people were com-ing from as far north as Moultonborough and North Sandwich, and as far south as Merrimack. The major draw was an appearance by Hulk, a 175-pound pit bull who has become an Internet sensation.
“He certainly is the gentle giant he’s ad-vertised as being,” He-bert-Dow said.
Social media also played a role in bringing people out. The day also saw perfect weather for the occasion.
“I’m overwhelmed by the response and tru-ly appreciative of how many people came out here to support the three police departments,” He-bert-Dow said.
Hebert-Dow works with the event as part
of Melcher & Prescott Insurance’s community service initiative. She said she is also appre-ciative of Melcher & Prescott giving her the opportunity “to put as much energy and time in this event.” She said she was also appreciated the WOW Trail for giving their approval for Bow-wow Fest.
“I thank these two or-ganizations in order to make this happen,” He-bert-Dow said.
This year, Bowwow Fest got a visit from a big canine star Hulk, who was available for photos beside a big doghouse.
Hulk and his owners, Marlon and Lisa Gren-nan along with their son Jordan, come from the Littleton area. The Gren-nan’s company Dark Dynasty K9’s breeds and trains dogs on their 150-acre open property. The company specializes in executive protection and
breeds and trains dogs for the police, military, private, and personal protection.
“We love to be out and about and raise money for whatever cause we can,” Marlon Grennan said.
People took numbers to pose for photos with Hulk and Hulk was available for anyone to pet.
Lisa Grennan said Hulk loves people with people, including kids, and other dogs.
Off. Evan Boulanger of the Belmont Police De-partment gave a demon-stration with his K9 partner Vito with some help from Off. Adam VanSteensberg of the Gilford Police Depart-ment.
The event featured a costume and trick con-test with judges that in-cluded Executive Coun-cilor Joe Kenney, state Sen. Jeanie Forrester,
and Laconia Mayor Ed Engler.
The winner of the costume contest was a 9-year-old golden re-triever named Shadow. Shadow was wearing a
shawl that matched her coat and made him look like a lion.
“Everybody just loves Shadow; he just thinks everybody’s his best SEE BOWWOW PAGE A11
Daisy mEDEiros — CourtEsy
Signs of springWith the long-awaited onset of spring, the daffodils are once again blooming at the Rowe House near Gilford Elementary School.
Photo by Erin PlummEr
Miaya Shurbert, an eighth grader at Gilford Middle School, will soon be traveling to Europe as part of the People to People program. Her family is seeking donations for a fundraising yard sale.
Gilford studentto journey to Europe
Family fundraising for big trip through People to PeopleBY ERIN PLUMMER
A Gilford Middle School student will soon be visiting some of the great historical sights of Europe and learning more about other cul-tures through a nation-al travel program. The community can help Miaya Shurbert with this trip of a lifetime by donating some unwant-ed items.
Miaya Shurbert is an eighth grader at Gil-ford Middle School. This summer, she will be traveling to Europe as part of People to People.
People to People is a travel organization for students, their Student Ambassadors program takes students in grades five through college to other countries. Miaya will be taking part in the European Heritage pro-gram traveling through the United Kingdom, France, Belgium, the Netherlands, Germa-ny, Switzerland, and Austria.
The group will visit many different land-marks including the Louvre, the Eiffel Tow-er, the London Eye, Nor-mandy Beach, and the
Normandy American Cemetery, among many others. They will also do activities such as hiking and biking and will do some community service activities in the Black Forest of Germany. The experience will also in-clude staying with host families at some point in the trip.
Miaya received a let-ter in the mail telling her about the program. She also had to get referrals form students telling what kind of a student she is.
Her older brother, who is now serving in the Army and stationed in Louisiana, also re-ceived a letter from Peo-ple to People but was not able to go in the pro-gram.
After being accepted into the program, Miaya and her family went to a meeting telling them what this was all about and showing a video on what to expect.
The upcoming trip has included some home-work to help students in
SEE JOURNEY PAGE A12
Gilford Community Church hosting Family
Cruise Night May 21The Gilford Commu-
nity Church is pleased to announce another edition of its success-ful “Spring Dust-Off” Family Cruise Night on Thursday, May 21 at the church parking lot in Gilford, starting at 5 p.m.
This event brings to-gether the best of all car hobby vehicles. Over the past several years, we’ve had high dollar hot rods, dragsters, fun-ny cars, sports cars, In-dianapolis racecars, fire engines, tractors, rare and not-so-rare antique cars, trucks, muscle cars, exotics and more to entertain participants and spectators alike! Admission to the event is free for both partici-pants and spectators.
An excellent pulled-pork barbeque is avail-able at 6 p.m. for $12 per person in advance. Tickets are available at the Gilford Community
Church office until May 19. A limited number of tickets may be available for $15.00 at the gate.
This year’s featured car has been built by one of our co-hosts, Dennis Franciosi. Dennis starts with an idea and trans-forms it into an amazing reality. The frame, in-cluding the running gear and body, were designed and hand-built by Den-nis in his local garage. Dennis did all the finish bodywork and painting and the result is an auto-motive work of art!
In the unlikely event of rain, the event will be re-scheduled for May 28. For more informa-tion, please contact Don Allard, 279-1070, Bill Lit-tlefield, 528-4394, Dennis Franciosi, 524-8384.
Gilford Community Church is located at 19 Potter Hill Rd., in the vil-lage of Gilford.
Grades for GHS honors classes will be weighted again
BY ERIN PLUMMER
Grades for honors courses at Gilford High School will once again be weighted, a decision made by the Gilford School Board following protests by parents and students against un-weighting the grades.
Grades for honors and Advanced Place-ment (AP) classes both had a one grade point adjustment. Last year the school board under the recommendation of GHS principal Peter Sawyer and other fac-ulty members removed the weighting from hon-
ors classes. In the past month, parents asked for the school board to reconsider this measure, expressing concern that it would discourage stu-dents from taking hon-ors courses and it could adversely effect stu-dents’ chances of getting into college. The school
board voted to reconsid-er the policy.
A parent forum was held a few weeks ago to take parent and student input on the policy. Saw-yer said factors behind the decision was made to remove competition between students on grades and to encour-age intrinsic motivation as opposed to extrinsic. A proposal was made to get rid of class rank though the school board opposed that.
Most of the parents and students who spoke at the forum opposed the change and spoke in favor of returning the weighting.
The matter was brought back to the Gil-ford School Board for consideration during Monday night’s meeting.
Gilmanton board member Frank Weeks, speaking as a parent, addressed the concern that students might not be able to get into UNH and other schools with the recent policy. Weeks said he spoke with UNH Admissions represen-tative Chelsea Warner about the school’s ad-mission policies and practices in relation to class rank and weighted grades. Weeks presented his findings in a hand-out at the board meeting including a number of statistics on UNH ad-missions considering class rank and weighted grades.
He said his findings found the school had no opinion on weighted ver-sus unweighted grades. Applications are consid-ered each students’ tran-scripts and each school is handled on its own merit.
He said class rank and GPA were import-
SEE GRADES PAGE A12
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BY MOLLY HARPER
Library Correspondent
As I write this, I have the window cracked open next to my desk and the sweet smells and sounds of spring are drifting through my window, pleasant-ly distracting me from the task at hand. After such a long winter, I’ve been looking forward to a beautiful week filled with sunshine and bird-song – at long last, this week has finally arrived!
If you’re a hiker like me, I’m sure you’re just as excited as I am to have nice warm spring week-ends for hiking. Did you know that the Gilford Public Library actually has a collection of local hiking maps available for sale? My favorite map to use is a complete map of the Belknap Range. Our copy was just updated by BRATTS this spring so it will be a valuable resource for those new to hiking the Belknap Range! We also have Hiking and Birding themed try-it-out kits that are perfect for spring explorations.
The Hiking Kit contains local hiking maps and a GPS so you don’t get lost and the Birding Kit has local birding guides and a really great pair of binoculars to spy on the birds with.
Speaking of birding…the Library is planning a birding walk to Ellacoya State Park on Saturday, May 9. Mike Coskren, our trusty birdwatch-ing guide for the last 4 years, will lead a group through the various habitats within Ellacoya State Park, listening and watching for birds that are migrating north. The group will leave promptly at 7:30 am and the walk is expected to take around two hours. Trail conditions may be muddy so please wear appropriate footwear, and bring your binocu-lars and bug spray. In the event of a rain can-cellation, the birding walk will take place on May 16 at the same time. Please sign up at the Cir-culation Desk for this birding walk so that we know who to call in case the first date gets rained
out. The rest of May and
into June will become gradually more full with programs, events and classes. Summer Read-ing starts at the end of June and we have plen-ty to keep you busy un-til then! Swing by the Library after the bird-watching program for Tech Talk: Google It! Learn about the many different services that Google offers like a cal-endar, Gmail, Google Docs, and more. Then, pick up a May calendar and see what else we have in store for these next, beautiful weeks of spring. As always, hap-py reading!
Classes & Special Events
Thursday, May 7Open Painting at the
Library, 1:30-3:30 p.m.C o n v e r s a t i o n a l
French Class, 3:30-4:30 p.m.
Magic School Bus Ad-ventures, 3:30-4:30 p.m. Mrs. Frizzle and her classroom are coming to the library! Join us each month as we investi-gate different aspects of the science world. We’ll do some experiments, watch a video and chat about the results over a snack
Crafter’s Corner, 6-7:30 p.m.
Friday, May 8
Social Bridge, 10:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.
Knit Wits, 1:30-2:30 p.m.
Conversational Ger-man Class, 2:30-3:30 p.m.
Saturday, May 9 Birdwatching at Ella-
coya, 7:30-9:30 a.m. Join us for the fifth annual birdwatching walk with Mike Coskren. We will meet at Ellacoya State Park and walk through the various habitats, listening for birds that are migrating north. Trail conditions may be muddy, please wear ap-propriate footwear, and bring you binoculars and bug spray. (Rain date is Saturday, May 16)
Tech Talk: Google It!, 1-2 p.m. Have you ever used Google to search on the internet? Did you know about the dozens of other services that Google provides, such as a free e-mail service, cal-endar, and maps? This drop in workshop will
give you a brief introduc-tion to Google and some of the great resources it has to offer. Learn how to make the most of your time online!
Monday, May 11Mahjong, 12:30-3 p.m. Tuesday, May 12 Social Bridge, 10:30
a.m. - 12:30 p.m.Storytime (Ages three
to five), 10:30-11:15 a.m. Sing songs, listen to sto-ries, and do a craft in this storytime designed for your child to attend independently. This week’s theme is Dino-saurs!
Lapsit Storytime, 11:15-11:45 a.m. Sing songs, listen to sto-ries and learn nursery
rhymes, finger plays, and early literacy tips with your child. For chil-dren under three years old, with caregiver. This week’s theme is Dino-saurs!
Gilford Clickers, 6:30-7:30 p.m. If you have an interest in and a desire to improve your photog-raphy skills this group is for you.
Wednesday, May 13
Line Dancing for Be-ginners, 9-10 a.m.
Check – Out – An – Ex-pert!, 10 a.m. - noon
Friends of the Gilford Library Meeting, 6:30-7:30 p.m. All interested in supporting the library are welcome to attend this dynamic group.
AARP Smart Driver course scheduled for May 20 at Taylor
LACONIA — The AARP Smart Driver Course, offered by AARP Driver Safety, is the na-tion’s first and largest re-fresher course designed specifically for drivers age 50 and older. For more than 30 years, the course has taught mil-lions of drivers proven safety strategies so they can continue driving safely for as long as pos-sible.
The new, updated course is scheduled for Wednesday, May 20, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. at Taylor Community’s Woodside Building, 435 Union Ave. Class size is limited to 20 people. To sign up, please call 524-5600, Monday through Friday between 8 a.m. and 4 p.m. The nomi-nal fee is $15 for AARP members and $20 for non-members, payable the day of class. AARP members should bring
their cards. There will be a break for lunch and the Woodside Café is available for dining.
This course will help participants:
- Learn research-based safety strategies that can reduce the likelihood of having a crash
- Understand the link among the driver, vehicle, and road envi-ronment, and how this awareness encourages safer behavior
- Learn how aging, medications, alcohol and other health-related is-sues affect driving abil-ity and ways to adjust how to allow for these changes
- Increase confidence- Know how to drive
safely when sharing the road with other road us-ers
- Learn the newest safety and advanced fea-tures in vehicles
- Learn when driving
may no longer be safe- Explore other ways
to travelSome automobile in-
surance companies in New Hampshire pro-vide discounts to par-ticipants who complete this course. People are encouraged to check with their respective in-surance agents for more information.
Taylor Community is a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit Continuing Care Retire-ment Community offer-ing a full continuum of care including Indepen-dent Living for active seniors, Assisted Living, Memory Care and Nurs-ing. Our mission is to provide the highest qual-ity retirement living options to support the independence, health and dignity of commu-nity residents. For more information, visit www.taylorcommunity.org, or call 366-1400.
Laconia Mayor Ed Engler to address Belknap County Republicans Wednesday
BELMONT — The Belknap County Repub-lican Committee has announced that their next monthly meeting has been scheduled for Wednesday, May 13 at 6:30 p.m. at the Top of
the Town Restaurant, 88 Ladd Hill Rd. in Belmont.
With the City of Laco-nia recently landing the much heralded Pumpkin Festival which the City of Keene decided not to hold this year, the guest speaker at the meeting will be Ed Engler, the Mayor of Laconia. May-or Engler will talk about how Laconia was select-ed out of a number of other towns and cities in New Hampshire, and he’ll also share the city’s plans to make the Pump-kin Festival a successful, annual event.
With four potential presidential candidates announced to attend the Belknap County Repub-lican Committee’s First-in-the-Nation Lincoln Day Presidential Sunset Dinner Cruise on May 29th, the Committee will also hear announce-ments about additional candidates who have
committed to attend the cruise. In addition, the Committee will be up-dated with the status of activities underway to make this year’s cruise a success again.
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 din-ner (at your option) and/or wish to socialize be-fore the meeting, plan to arrive as early as 5 p.m.
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.
For more informa-tion, please check their Web site at www.Belk-napCountyGOP.org, or send an email to [email protected].
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Annual Bike Safety Rodeo scheduled for Saturday, May 9The annual Bike
Safety Rodeo for Gil-ford children of all ages, sponsored by the Gilford Police Department and the Gilford Parks and Recreation Department, is scheduled for Satur-day, May 9 from 10 a.m. - noon at the Gilford Ele-mentary School.
Bicycle riders will ride through a short course to test their rid-ing skills, bicycles will be safety inspected, and participants will receive a license from the Police Department. Partici-pants will also have the chance to participate in a short, timed, off-road race course! All riders will receive a certificate of participation and bi-cycle safety information. The children will also receive tips on how to
keep their bikes in good riding order, obeying traffic laws, handling their bikes skillfully, and proper fitting for purchasing a new bike. There will also be a va-riety of prizes, including helmets, water bottles, reflectors, etc.. The ro-deo is free of charge to all participants. In the event of cancellation due to rain, the rodeo will be held on Sunday, May 10, from 1 - 3 p.m. at the Gil-ford Elementary School.
For more informa-tion, please contact the Gilford Parks and Rec-reation at 527-4722 or the Gilford Police Depart-ment at 527-4737.
Scotts Pitch, Hit and Run Competition on
Saturday, May 9The Gilford Parks and
Recreation Department in conjunction with the Gilford Cal Ripken League is sponsoring a local Scotts Pitch, Hit and Run competition on Saturday, May 9 at the Gilford Village Field. This program is open to boys and girls ages 7-14 and will be held at 12:30 p.m. with sign-in at 12:15 p.m. This is a fun compe-tition where each partic-ipant has a chance to hit off a tee, pitch to a target and round third base and head home! Participants have a chance to qualify to compete in the State Finals on May 17. There is no fee for this program and participants can reg-ister at the event.
For more informa-tion, please contact the Gilford Parks and Rec-reation Department at
527-4722.
Senior Moment-um Guest Chef Day on Monday, May 11
The Gilford Parks and Recreation Department is sponsoring Senior Moment-um Program on Monday, May 11. We will meet at the Gilford Com-munity Church, Fellow-ship Hall at 10 a.m. Our friend and guest chef Grace Herbert will once again dazzle us with her recipes and cooking tips! By request, Grace will be walking us through her recipe for Angel Food Cake. Please bring your own lunch – as always, coffee, tea, and water will be provided. We’ll do the recipe demo first, pop the cake in the oven, eat lunch, and then en-joy our creation with
some strawberries and whipped cream for des-sert! Participants are asked to RSVP by Fri-day, May 8.
To RSVP or for more information, please con-tact the Gilford Parks and Recreation Dept. at 527-4722.
Adult Spring Hiking Program begins on
May 12 The Gilford Parks
and Recreation Depart-ment is sponsoring a se-ries of spring hikes for any adults looking for fresh air, fun and exer-cise. The hikes will be held on Tuesday morn-ings through June 9. The first two hikes are scheduled for on May 12 at Winnipesaukee River Trail in Tilton and May 19 at West Rattlesnake in Holderness. Partic-ipants will gather each morning at 9 a.m. in the Gilford Town Hall before departing for the hike. All interested partici-pants are asked to RSVP at least one day in ad-vance to each trip. The cost of the hikes is $1 per person, per hike.
For more information or to RSVP, please con-tact the Gilford Parks and Recreation Depart-ment at 527-4722.
Bolduc ParkGolf Programs
The Gilford Parks and Recreation Depart-ment is offering a vari-ety of golf programs at Bolduc Park through the spring for children and adults. Youth and Adult Lessons are avail-able at Bolduc Park in two, three-class sessions during the evening this May and June. The ses-sion dates for youth les-sons for ages six and up are; May 12, 19 & 26, and
June 9, 16 & 23. The ses-sion dates for adults are; May 14, 21 & 28 and June 11, 18 & 25. Both Sessions have an option of a 5:30-6:30 p.m. or a 6:30-7:30 p.m. time slot. A Junior Golf League will also be available for youth play-ers with experience ev-ery Wednesday evening from 5 – 6:30 p.m. start-ing June 24 and running through Aug. 26.
Cost: Youth Lessons - $50; Adult Lessons - $70; Junior Golf League - $5
All programs have limited availability and registrations will be accepted on a first come first served basis. For more information, please contact the Gil-ford Parks and Recre-ation Department at 527-4722.
Shooter’s Gold Basketball CampThe Gilford Parks and
Recreation Department is once again inviting the Shooter’s Gold Bas-ketball Camp to come to Gilford this summer! The camp will be held in the Gilford Middle School Gym from July 6 – 10. Session 1 for chil-dren entering grades one to four will be run from 8 – 10 a.m. Session 2 for children entering grades five through eight will be run from 8 a.m. – noon. Participants may regis-ter by picking up a form from the Parks and Rec-reation office or by vis-iting the Gilford Parks and Recreation Web site at www.gilfordrec.com.Cost before June 1: $80 for Session I and $115 for Session II.
For more informa-tion, please contact the Gilford Parks and Rec-reation Department at 527-4722.
Exploring the Bible class offered at the Methodist Church
The First United Methodist Church of Gil-ford, located at 18 Wesley Way (near the Route 3/11 bypass) is offering an ed-ucational Bible Study from Exploring the Bi-ble: The Dickinson Se-ries – What is the Bible? Do you know the stories? Do you know how the Bi-ble is organized and how those texts were chosen? Have you ever thought about all the different ways people approach
the Bible and decided for yourself what to think? If you said “no” to any of these questions, you need “What Is the Bi-ble?”
This first course of Exploring the Bible: The Dickinson Series gives students a broad over-view of the entire Bible, including chapters on how to select a Bible suit-able for your needs, how the Bible is organized, how the collection of
books that comprise the Bible were chosen, dif-ferent ways that people approach the text, and what archaeology has to tell us about the text and its stories. Taught by Rev. Tom Getchell-Lac-ey, this six-week course in basic biblical literacy assumes no prior knowl-edge of the Bible and is not biased toward any particular Christian tra-dition. In fact, it is being successfully used in both
Protestant and Catholic churches, in ecumen-ical groups, interfaith groups, and in groups that mix church folks, agnostics, and atheists.
Join us beginning on Tuesday, May 12 to ex-plore the Bible. There are two classes each Tuesday for six weeks at two times - 2 or 7 p.m. Call 524-3289 or e-mail the church office at [email protected] to sign up.
Stone Gate Vineyard comes to an endThe owners of Stone
Gate Vineyard, Peter and Jane Ellis, have de-cided to remove all of the grapevines from their vineyard. They are offer-ing them to anyone who would like whole vines or cuttings. Everything is free for the taking, as at the end of the day, whatever is left over will go on the brush pile.
These are all wine grapes, which do dif-fer from table grapes in that they have seeds in the fruit, but are also much sweeter then ta-ble grapes. There will be five varieties available: Cayuga White, Seyval (a white), Marechal Foch, Leon Millot and Fron-tenac (all reds). These
are all French Hybirds, which allows them to survive and grow in the cold climate. Stone Gate has never lost a vine to the winter weather.
Whole vines will be removed gently from the ground with a tractor and then, before replant-ing, the canes need to be removed and the root system cut back to fit the new hole. The trunk will sprout new canes as the vine catches hold. Canes can be used to start new plants, merely by stick-
ing the cane into the ground with at least one bud below the surface and most of the plant-ings will take hold.
This is a one day event, on Saturday, May 9, at 27 David Lewis Rd., Gilford, from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Anyone is wel-come. UNH cooperative
Extension specialists, Kelly McAdam (phone 524-5475) and Bill Lord, will be in attendance to assist any new growers with advice.
Also, anyone desiring grape vines for making wreaths may have any-thing remaining in the vineyard.
A4 THE GILFORD STEAMER OpiniOn THURSDAY, MAY 7, 2015
Beautiful as her name implies, Miss Bella Luna awaits a second chance at New Hampshire Hu-mane Society.
Quite possibly a Bos-ton Terrier mix, - not the type of dog we have often at our shelter- with a little mystery DNA thrown in, she is but a little bundle of cuteness in a two years young brindle body.
Bella Luna is a lot of dog in a petite brown striped coat. We’d pre-fer she be the only child in a home with adults. Adopted and returned because she and the resident dog didn’t hit
it off – a shame because the humans loved her dearly and she loved the company of the cat; they played and cuddled reg-ularly!
Now that we are final-ly enjoying Spring, vis-it Bella Luna, take her for a walk on our trail system and really get to know her. A little dog just waiting to finally unpack her suitcase of hopes and dreams.
NHHS now offers ex-tended hours on Thurs-days and Sundays.
For more details, call 524-3252 or check www.nhhumane.org
Pet of the Week: Bella Luna
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Low & middle income homeowners are eligible for tax reliefTo the Editor:
The New Hampshire Department of Reve-nue Administration has alerted Low and Moder-ate Income Homeowners that they may receive State Education Proper-ty Tax relief by applying with Form DP-8 for such relief during the annual filing period - after May 1 but no later than June 30.
The Low and Moder-ate Income Homeowners Property Tax Relief pro-visions were designed to lessen the economic burden of the State Ed-ucation Property Tax on certain taxpayers. In 2014, over 10,200 claims were submitted and over $2.02 million of property tax relief was distribut-ed to valid claim appli-cants; resulting in an av-erage of approximately $200 of State Education Property Tax Relief per household.
New Hampshire res-idents may now apply for property tax relief for year 2014 during the
filing period - after May 1, but no later than June 30 if they:
own a homestead sub-ject to the State Educa-tion Property Tax,
resided in the home-stead as of April 1, 2014,
and have a total household income of $20,000 or less if a sin-gle person (or $40,000 or less if married or head of household)
Application Forms and Instructions - Low & Moderate Program (Form DP- 8) is available on the New Hampshire Department of Revenue Administration’s Web site at http://revenue.nh.gov/forms/low-mod-erate.htm and may be filed online or copies printed.
Older versions of the Form DP-8 will not be accepted by the Depart-ment. The 2014 Form DP-8 with instructions and Frequently Asked Questions brochures are also available at most local municipal offices.
In addition, many New Hampshire libraries allow residents to uti-lize their computer In-ternet services to com-plete and print a Form DP-8 for submission by mail (Low & Moderate Income Homeowner’s Property Tax Relief, PO Box 299, Concord, NH 03302-0299). Residents who do not have access to the Internet or who cannot pick up a form at their local municipal of-fice may request a Form DP-8 by calling the De-partment’s Forms Line at 230-5001. (Other num-bers listed online to call are 230-5920 or 230-5947.
Granite State res-idents can find more information about the Low & Moderate Income Homeowners Proper-ty Tax Relief program and check the status of their application on the Department’s website (www.revenue.nh.gov) . One of the most common reasons an applicant may see a delay in the response is due to lack
of proper attachments. Completed claim forms must be accompanied by a copy of the 2014 final tax bill from the munic-ipality where the appli-cant resides along with a copy of the applicant’s 2014 federal income tax return (1040-EZ, 1040A,etc). Applicants are reminded that the NH Department of Rev-enue Administration is a state taxing agency and cannot determine an individual’s federal tax liability. If you are unsure whether you are required to file federally, you may contact the IRS at 1-800-829-1040. If you are not required to file with the IRS, you may check a box on the Form DP-8 indicating this.
Homesteads held in trust must also be veri-fied by submission of the trust document, but may still qualify for relief.
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Time to change the makeup ofthe Fish and Game Commission?
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WILD BIRD DEPOTl
It’s called a Phoebe
BY STEVE WHITE
Wild Bird Depot
Have you noticed the beginnings of nests on the beams under your deck lately? Are the tops of your carriage lamps outside your doors or decks gather-ing more moss than usu-al? If so, you have more than likely attracted an Eastern Phoebe to your home.
Phoebes love to nest near people. These friendly birds will pay for their tenancy by consuming vast quanti-ties of unwanted insects by snatching them from the air. In fact, the best way to identity a phoe-be is to look for a small, grey bird perching on a slender branch, with a constantly wagging tail. Phoebes have a fa-vorite hunting branch they use to locate flying insects. It is because of their diet that these “tyrant flycatchers” have been a favorite of gardeners and poultry farmers.
An Eastern Phoebe was trusting enough to allow John James Audubon, back in 1840, to pick it up off its nest and band a leg with a silver thread. This history-making event in ornithological his-tory is the first record of a bird banding ex-periment to trace mi-gration. It proved that phoebes will return to the same, successful nesting site each year.
Phoebes prefer to build their nests on any structure that serves as a platform, even exten-sion ladders hanging on the sides of garages. If you wish to attract these birds, a simply shelf under an eave, roof, or deck is all that is needed.
Typically, they like
to be near a source of water. Habitats near streams, small rivers or wetlands are the favor-ite sites of nest build-ing. Any diet consist-ing almost exclusively of insects dictates that water be a main com-ponent of a phoebe’s territory. A simply wa-ter garden will suffice if your area is void of any nearby natural wet sources.
Besides their trade-mark tail wagging, phoebes can also be identified by their namesake. The calls vary somewhat be-tween species, however the traditional “fee-be, fee-be” sounds are un-mistakable in the East-ern USA. Black-capped chickadees have been known to vocalize this sound as well, so look for these medium sized birds almost solid grey with white underbel-lies. Unlike other fly-catchers, the Eastern Phoebe does not have an eye ring and the adults lack the conspic-uous wing bars.
In most backyards throughout the East-ern seaboard, if a small water source is near, at sometime in your future, your house will attract a nesting pair of phoebes. The location of the nest may incon-venience your lifestyle for a short while as you witness, up close, the marvels of the Eastern Phoebe.
Enjoy your birds!
Wild Bird Depot is located on Route 11 in Gilford. Steve White is a contributing author in major publications, a guest lecturer at ma-jor conventions in At-lanta and St. Louis as well as the host of WEZS 1350AM radio show “Bird Calls” with Lakes Region Newsday at 8:30 a.m. Wild Bird Depot has donated over $5,000 to local rehabilitators and local nature centers since 1996. Be sure to check out our blog “Bird Droppings” via our Web site www.wildbirddepot.com. Like us on Face-book for great contests and prizes.
Should the makeup of the New Hampshire Fish and Game Commis-sion, created in Colonial times, be reconstituted to be “more inclusive,” meaning to include peo-ple who do not hunt or fish?
Full disclosure: I’ll admit that I have a dog in this fight. And she is going to fight her own fight. But I’ve long felt that Fish and Game has been exclusive.
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I had a great letter
(and I get many). “Why
does Fish and Game go to such great lengths to get people to take their bird feeders down, when the Department allows baiting bears to kill them?”
Why, indeed? To me, and I’ve written this quite a few times over 46 years in this business, (a) taking bird feeders down is like treating tooth decay, and (b) shooting bears over bait its treating the states’ largest predator like a rat at the dump. (Dis-closure: I allow a close friend to bait for bears on my Pittsburg land. But he is a good and careful hunter who eats what he gets, and takes care of my land.)
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I met some people
at the newly reopened Howard’s Restaurant, at the intersection of Routes 145 and 3 (the for-mer always in my book the best way to get to not just Pittsburg but also my camp), and we had a fine time visiting. They have a second home here, and will soon make it their last.
My experience is that
that such people make great contributing citi-zens. They add to a fine mix. That would be us.
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Finally, but I hope not, Charlie Barry’s book. (Sample question, often from a visitor from Down Below, “Have you lived up here all your life?” The answer being “Not yet.”)
Charles E. Barry (for-mal title a conservation officer, not a game war-den), served as a game warden up in my neck of the woods in the ‘60s. He rose to be director of the Northern Division, and finally headed up the en-tire department. We met many times on the ice or the on the snow, or in the woods. I wonder how many times that hap-pens any more.
But not to take away from the people being the best they can be, with today’s budget con-straints and “social jus-tice” bindings. They are still out there doing the best they can, and often risking life and limb.
I had breakfast at Howard’s close by one conservation officer I ad-mire the most, especial-
ly because of the search and rescue missions that I know he and others have been on, in misera-ble (and life threatening) conditions. I don’t think the average person has any idea.
He and his son were, before and after break-fast, trying to get a tur-key. I thought “Good for you, Dad, for getting out there with your kid.” But of course there was no way I’d ever tell him that. Okay, it’s a Guy Thing.
“Come up to my house,” I said “Often when I do dishes, I see two jakes (young male turkeys) strutting around behind my out-door furnace, and all of my land is open for all to use. Go get ‘em’”
And I meant every word.
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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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Orchestra comes to the ‘Brook July 27
GILFORD — In an un-precedented event, Bank of New Hampshire Pavil-ion at Meadowbrook is partnering with the New Hampshire Music Festi-val to bring “The Wizard of Oz” with full orches-tra to Gilford, July 27. Tickets ranging from $24.75 to $49.75 go on sale Friday, May 1 at 10 a.m. Special family-friendly pricing is being offered with Family Four Packs for just $99 (limited sup-plies are available – on-line only). To get your tickets contact the Box Office at 603-293-4700 or log on to www.BankN-HPavilion.com.
Premiering in the late 1930’s, “The Wizard of Oz” was a technical marvel for MGM Studio. MGM has stunningly re-mastered this time-less classic. With bril-liantly restored images, this one-of-a-kind film is accompanied by the New Hampshire Music Festival’s full sympho-ny orchestra. Hearing Judy Garland’s 1939 original recording of “Somewhere Over the Rainbow,” backed by an amazing live orchestra-tion will transport chil-dren and adults alike!
The New Hampshire Music Festival is a sum-mer music festival that honors the tradition of classical music while exploring new artis-tic paths. This is their 63rd year of bringing classical music to New Hampshire! For near-ly 20 years, the Festival has been in residence at Plymouth State Univer-sity, and is now a fixture at the Hanaway Theater at the Silver Center for the Arts. Conductor Dan Perkins will take you down the yellow brick road with his full sym-phony orchestra.
A night like no other, live music and the big-screen experience, an Oscar-winning film as it has never been seen be-fore. Treat yourself and your family to a unique theater adventure with “The Wizard of Oz” and full symphony orches-tra, July 27 at the Bank of New Hampshire Pa-vilion at Meadowbrook. Family-friendly pricing is available in limited supplies. Get your tick-ets Friday, May 1 at 10 a.m. by contacting the Box Office at 293-4700 or log on to www.BankN-Hpavilion.com.
Winni Players present “Baby the Musical”MEREDITH — On
Mother’s Day week-end, the Winni Players Community Theatre group will be birthing a Baby. That baby is the little-known, but much loved, Broadway musical Baby which will take to the stage at The Winni-pesaukee Playhouse on May 7-10. With a book by Sybille Pearson, mu-sic by David Shire, and lyrics by Richard Malt-by, Jr., Baby is about the painful, rewarding and agonizingly funny conse-quences of the universal
experience of pregnancy and upcoming parent-hood.
Set on a college cam-pus, the show focuses on three couples of varying ages who are all grap-pling with the highs and lows of having – or wanting to have – a baby. Catchy songs like “Fa-therhood Blues” and “I Want it All” express the character’s hopes and de-sires which are relatable to most moms and dads during pregnancy and child-rearing.
The three couples
are played by Teghan Kelly and Evan Clin-ton (Lizzie and Danny), Amelia Hamilton-Miller and Daniel Adams (Pam and Nick), and Tamara McGonagle and Rod-ney Martell (Arlene and Alan). The rest of the cast portray the various facul-ty and students at the col-lege, as well as doctors, nurses, and even a danc-ing egg and sperm. The company includes: David Bownes, Greg Fischer, John Piquado, Jim Rog-ato, Susan Andersen, Ursula Boutwell, Johan-
LRSO Youth Concert benefits the young women’s Circle Program
na Halperin, Annmarie Karayianes, Valerie Kim-ball, ValerieAnn March-and, Diane Nickerson, Dorothy Piquado, Karen Rines, Rachel Fischer, Jaydie Halperin, Janney Halperin, Jack Harding, Heather Hunt, Sophie Pankhurst and Sarah Watson.
The production is di-rected by Bryan Halperin with music direction by Judy Hayward and cho-reography by Jenna Rog-ato. The stage manager is Judi Rogato.
The production is sponsored by Plymouth OB/GYN. Performances are Thursday, Friday and Saturday at 7:30 pm and Sunday at 2 pm. Early reservations are strong-ly encouraged. Tickets can be ordered by calling (603) 279-0333 or by credit card at www.winnipesau-keeplayhouse.org.
Discount tickets are available for the Thurs-day evening performance to anyone who brings a donation of packages of diapers, women’s socks, or packaged pillows which will all be donat-ed to New Beginnings Women’s Crisis Center. Friday evening is Girl’s Night Out and groups of four or more ladies can receive discounted tick-ets. On Mother’s Day, moms in the audience will be given a special treat. Please inform the box office when making your reservation if you are brining a special mom.
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The Lakes Region Symphony Orchestra’s annual Youth Concert this year will benefit the Circle Program.
REGION — To the musicians of the com-munity based non-profit Lakes Region Symphony Orchestra, making mu-sic and sharing it with others is their greatest joy. Musicians come from New Hampshire, Maine, and Vermont once a week to rehearse all kinds of orchestral music.
After several weeks of rehearsal, each year the orchestra performs sev-eral classical concerts, a holiday pops concert, and a spring pops con-cert during their per-formance season. Audi-ences are treated to the sound of magnificent mu-sic right in their own geo-graphical neighborhood.
Sharing musical ex-
pression with adult au-diences has been very rewarding but the orches-tra also wanted to have a connection with a young-er audience. For the past two years, the orchestra has performed a “spe-cial” concert for young audiences. Performances included music that was chosen to demonstrate each instrument’s sound and personality. Then the orchestra would put all of these instruments together to perform a piece which gave a great visual and emotional pic-ture of what an orchestra really can do.
As a further connec-tion to young people, the orchestra chose to make the performance a bene-fit to an organization that
also attempts to make a difference in young peo-ples lives. This year the Circle Program was cho-sen as the recipient of a $500 donation from the Lakes Region Symphony Orchestra. The Circle Program is a youth ac-tivity and mentoring pro-gram for young women in the Lakes Region area. Young girls experience summer camp, winter ac-tivities, and female adult mentoring friendships throughout the girls’ for-mative years.
For the orchestra, it was a wonderful feeling to have many of the girls attend the Youth concert and then be the repre-sentatives to receive the check from the orchestra.
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Obituaries / Local News THURSDAY, MAY 7, 2015
Albert C. Burbank, 89
Albert Burbank
VERO BEACH, Fla. — Albert C. Burbank, 89, of Vero Beach Fla. and Warner passed away peacefully April 25, 2015 at the VNA Hospice House.
Al was born Dec. 8, 1925 in Plymouth, Mass. to Elliott Bur-bank and Lydia Jones Burbank. He was proud of attaining the rank of Eagle Scout, and was very involved with scouting as a young boy. He graduated from Ha-nover High in 1943, and attended Dartmouth College, enrolling in the Naval Aviation training program in connection with St. Mary’s College, Berkeley, Calif., where he attended flight school.
He went on to attend the University of New Hampshire, attaining a Bachelor of Science de-gree in 1949. He taught music at Middlebury High School in Vermont for one year before at-tending the Cincinnati Conservatory, where he studied trumpet with Frank Simon, and ob-tained a Master’s of Mu-sic in 1950. He then be-came the Band Director in Fairview, Mont. from 1950-57. In the early ‘60’s, he continued his teach-ing career in Waterford and Wilton, Conn. until his retirement.
He received a Master of Education at Colum-bia University in 1975, and went on to pursue his Doctorate.
During his time of teaching, he spent sum-mers building his motel
on Lake Winnipesaukee, The King Birch Motor Lodge, which he ran for 25 years.
He enjoyed skiing all his life, and was a mem-ber of the Dartmouth Ski Team.
In the mid 90’s, he began spending his win-ters in Vero Beach.
Al is survived by his wife, Catherine Burbank; his neph-ew, Frank Burbank; their three sons, Rich-ard, Dale and Brian; and three nieces, Lydia, Joan and Betty.
A memorial service in celebration of Al’s life will be held at The Com-munity Church of Vero Beach on May 7, 2015 at 1:30 p.m.
There will also be a celebration service at the United Church of Warner at a later date.
In lieu of flowers, me-morial contributions may be made to the VNA Hospice, 1110 35th Lane, Vero Beach, FL 32960 or to the Church of your choice.
A guest book may be signed at www.coxgif-fordseawinds.com.
THE GILFORD STEAMER A7Our Local SchoolsTHURSDAY, MAY 7, 2015
CORRECTIONl
The time of a memo-rial service for Betty Persons was changed after her obituary had already gone to press in last week’s edition of the
Gilford Steamer.The memorial service
will start at 9 a.m. Sat-urday, May 10, and not 10 a.m., as stated in the published obituary.
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LRCC Culinary, Advanced Manufacturing programscollaborate at LRCCLakes Region Community College (LRCC) professors, Patrick Hall (Concord-left), and Mike LaBrecque (Alton-right), display ravioli makers manufactured by Advanced Manufacturing (AM) student, Edward Kenney (Meredith- not pictured), at the Canterbury Shaker Table, LRCC’s student-run gourmet restaurant. Hall is the LRCC Culinary Program Coordinator and LaBrecque is LRCC’s AM professor who started full-time in December. “Credit goes to Ed for thinking outside the box,” says LaBrecque, a former Patternmaker at WATTS Water Technologies in Franklin. “Ed presently works at WATTS as I did for several years. Everyone benefits!” “It is great to work collaboratively with LRCC AM program participants,” says Hall. “Various items are being discussed for future collaborations. Mike is a great gentleman and tremen-dous asset to LRCC!”
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LRCC professor wins Mercury Marine Instructorof the Year AwardLakes Region Community College (LRCC) Marine Technology Program Coordinator, Brian Morgan (Moultonborough- right), receives congratulations from Tom Miller (Fond du Lac, Wisc.), Director of Service Training, Mercury Marine Corporation. Professor Morgan is accepting the Mercury University National Instructor of the Year Award for 2014. Morgan is a long-term LRCC professor who has been instrumental in training hundreds of marine technicians involving state-of-the-art Mercury engines and drive trains throughout New England. “It is an honor to once more be recognized by Mercury Marine corporate headquarters personnel in Fond du Lac, WI as National Instructor of the Year,” says Morgan. “Mercury is a top-notch company which has supported LRCC’s Marine Technology Department for 20 years.” For additional infor-mation on LRCC’s Marine Technology program of study, contact the Admissions Department, at 524-3207, ext. 6766. One may also visit LRCC’s Web site, www.lrcc.edu.
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LRCC holds Multicultural DayFlamenco dancer and actress, Auxi Fernandez (center), entertains the audience in Lakes Region Community College’s (LRCC) new Health and Science Building on Prescott Hill. The event was part of LRCC’s Multicultural Day which celebrated many of the world’s cultures. On the back left is flamenco dancer, choreographer, and percussionist, Jose Moreno. Moreno performs with com-panies around the world and with distinguished artists, most recently in the Metropolitan Opera of NYC’s Carmen. Playing guitar on the back right is Jonathan “Juanito Pascual” Gordon, acclaimed as one of the top flamenco guitarists on the international music scene. National Public Radio has called Pascual, “one of the hottest flamenco guitarists in recent years.” The Boston Globe describes Pascual as a “flamenco phenom.” The group performed for LRCC students and staff on Multicultural Day Wednesday. “I believe that this year’s Multicultural Day was one of the best ever,” says LRCC Student Services and Enrollment Management Vice President, Dr. Larissa Baia. “Thanks are in order to the Student Senate for spon-soring the event. The flamenco performance was certainly a highlight of the day!” A huge buffet was prepared by LRCC’s Hospitality Club and enjoyed by the LRCC commu-nity. Foods representing many regions of the world were provided to all who attended.
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LRCC announces Common Man partnershipLeft to right are The Common Man Family of Restaurants, Owner/Chief Executive Officer, Alex Ray (Lincoln); Common Man Culinary Manager, Malik Hammond (Ashland); Lakes Region Community College (LRCC) Culinary Arts honor student, Kaitlyn Mercier (Manchester); and LRCC Culinary Arts Program Coordinator, Patrick Hall (Concord). Ray, Hammond, Mercier, and Hall are celebrating the partnership between Common Man and LRCC in providing employment for LRCC hospitality students in the new Common Man Quick Service Restaurants (QSR) at the Hooksett toll booths. “Alex Ray’s restaurants provide a professional learning community where students can connect and continue in post-secondary education, staying in New Hampshire,” says Professor Hall. “It looks as if Alex will be hiring 100 people for his new Hooksett toll booth businesses and college personnel are elated to see the Common Man’s expansion!” For additional information about Culinary Arts, Pastry Arts, and Restaurant Management degrees and certificates, contact LRCC’s Admissions Department at 524-3207, ext. 6766. One may also visit LRCC’s Web site at www.lrcc.edu.
Winnipesaukee Playhouse Summer Camps move to New Hampton School
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The grounds of New Hampton School will be filled with the sound of music this summer. Not only that, there’s bound to be some drama, creativity and a whole lot of laughter as The Winnipesaukee Playhouse moves its popular summer camp program to the beautiful school campus this year.
MEREDITH — The grounds of New Hamp-ton School will be filled with the sound of music this summer. Not only that, there’s bound to be some drama, creativity and a whole lot of laugh-ter as The Winnipesau-kee Playhouse moves its popular summer camp program to the beautiful school campus this year.
The Playhouse’s sum-mer camp continues to offer programs for children ages five to 14. The “Summer of Story-telling” incorporates themes such as fantasy, epic tales, history, sci-ence fiction, mystery, and action to serve as a guide for the camp sessions. Students will spend weeks exploring, playing, and learning in a fun theatrical setting. They will enjoy their time immersed in dif-ferent aspects of theatre, music, art, and dance, all culminating to a final showcase for friends and family.
Camp 1 (age five to eight) and Camp 2 (age nine to 11) sessions will explore different ways of telling stories each week. The morning (9 a.m.-noon) focuses on the basics of theatre. The afternoon (1-4 p.m.) dives into music, dance, and art. Students may attend either session or opt for the full day (9 a.m.-4 p.m.) experience.
The Upper Camp (for ages 12-14) allows for a more in depth experi-ence, with two-week ses-sions for the full day (9 a.m.-4 p.m.). This extend-ed camp experience pro-vides time for increased script comprehension, as well as more in-depth rehearsal and an oppor-
tunity to refine each student’s craft. These groups tend to run a lit-tle smaller, so individual attention is guaranteed.
Education Director Timothy L’Ecuyer says, “We’re putting together another fantastic team of instructors this year
who will continue to bring top-notch arts ed-ucation to our campers. What this collaboration with New Hampton School will bring us is a venue that matches the quality of our program-ming. Final presenta-tions will now take place
at the McEvoy Theatre at the school, a perfect location for them.”
Sessions are current-ly booking online at www.winnipesaukeep-layhouse.org. For more information, call 279-0333 or email [email protected].
24th Annual Craft Festival returnsto Mill Falls Memorial Day weekend
MEREDITH — The scenic Mill Falls Market-place in Meredith, New Hampshire will once again come alive with col-or, flavor and music for the 24th annual Memorial Weekend Craft Festival on Saturday, May 23, from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., Sunday, May 24 from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. and on Monday, May 25 (Memorial Day) from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
More than 100 Juried Craftsmen and women from all over New En-gland will display and sell their work, including
Fine Jewelry, Scarves, Tapestry, Photography, Country Woodcrafts, Pot-tery, Soaps, Wall Hang-ings, Primitive and Folk Art, Carved Wildlife, Slate, Fleece, Calligra-phy, Doll Clothes, Em-broidery, Toys, Baskets, Blown Glass, Lamps, Signs, Aroma-therapy, Candles, Plush, Floral Design, Intarsia, Wear-able Art, Paper Cutting, Turned Wood, Snow Shoes and more.
Come and sample the culinary delights of herb-al dips, maple, sauces,
jams, jellies & more.The Fair is held rain or
shine, handicap accessi-ble and admission is free.
Mill Falls Marketplace is located directly on Route 3 in lovely Mere-dith.
Directions: From I-93, take Exit 23 or arrive by boat on Lake Winnipe-saukee.
Food sales benefit Lakes Region Altrusa Club. For more informa-tion, call 332-2616 or visit us at www.castleberry-fairs.com
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Culture THURSDAY, MAY 7, 2015
Mother’s Day is almost here. This occasion may have special significance for you if you’ve been fortunate enough to have your mother around for your adult life. So naturally, you’ll want to bring Mom some flowers or another gift. But if she’s planning to retire soon, you may want to think about a longer-term way to improve her life — namely, by initi-ating a conversation about her retirement income strat-egy.
Of course, she may already have matters well in hand. But a great many peo-ple on the verge of retire-ment have not planned for those years, so you may be able to provide some valu-able suggestions. Here are a few ideas:
• Boost contributions to retirement plans. If Mom is still working, urge her to contribute as much as she can afford to her IRA and her employer-spon-sored retirement plan, such as a 401(k). The chances are pretty good that she will be spending many years in retirement — in fact, the average life expectancy for a 65-year-old woman is 20.5 more years, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. So she’ll want to accumu-
late as much as possible before she bids “adieu” to the working world.
• Discuss appropriate withdrawal rates. Encourage your mother to meet with a financial professional to determine an appropriate rate of withdrawal from her investments. To help ensure that she doesn’t outlive her resources, she needs to avoid taking out too much during her early years of retirement.
• Take care of legal arrangements. If you hav-en’t already done so, ask your mother if she has drawn up the important legal docu-ments related to her estate plans. Does she have a will? Has she created a durable power of attorney, which allows her to name someone to make financial and health care decisions on her behalf if she becomes incapacitat-ed? As you know, this is a sensitive topic, so you’ll want to approach it with care.
• Evaluate Social Security options. Your mother is probably well aware that she can start taking Social Security as early as age 62, but will get much bigger monthly payments if she waits until her full retire-ment age, which will likely be 66 or 67. But she may
not know that she might be able to benefit from a Social Security “spousal strategy” that could result in her receiving more income than she could get by just taking her own benefits. For example, if her spouse is the higher wage earner and can afford to delay taking benefits, your mother could eventually receive higher survivor benefits. Or, your mother and her spouse could employ a “file and suspend” strategy. Under this strate-gy, her spouse, upon reach-ing full retirement age, files for retirement benefits and then immediately requests to have those benefits sus-pended. As a result, your mother can file for spousal benefits, which would be larger than what she would receive at her full retire-ment age. To make sure they are making any Social Security-related moves cor-rectly, though, your mother and her spouse will want to consult with a tax advisor who is thoroughly familiar with Social Security rules.
You want your mother to enjoy a long, happy and active retirement. So, talk to her about the moves she can make to help turn that aspiration into reality.
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Nationally acclaimed North Shore Acappella entertained a sellout and enthusiastic audience at The Winnipesaukee Playhouse on Saturday, May 2 for an event sponsored by Temple B’nai Israel of Laconia, with the net proceeds benefiting Genesis Behavioral Health, a perfect start to Mental Health Month.
North Shore Acapella performs to sell-out crowd at Winnipesaukee Playhouse
MEREDITH — Na-tionally acclaimed North Shore Acappella en-tertained a sellout and enthusiastic audience at The Winnipesaukee Playhouse on Saturday, May 2 for an event spon-sored by Temple B’nai Israel of Laconia, with the net proceeds benefit-ing Genesis Behavioral Health, a perfect start to Mental Health Month.
The audience was daz-zled by the smooth har-monies and special chem-istry of the group which has been performing for over 30 years. The group performed songs from
their huge repertoire including Elvis, Sam Cooke, The Temptations, The Beach Boys, Dion, Ben E. King, Frank Sina-tra, Nat King Cole, Bruno Mars and many others. Attendees feasted on a variety of refreshments, included in the ticket price, including a deli-cious array of homemade desserts. This event was part of the temple’s We Care program which sup-ports local nonprofits.
The temple’s next We Care musical event is scheduled for Nov. 14 at The Winnipesaukee Playhouse and will fea-
ture the big band and vo-calists from BC bOp! with the net proceeds bene-fiting Central NH Visit-ing Nurse Association. There will be more infor-mation available about the November event in the fall, but first, the tem-ple is busy planning their 18th Annual Jewish Food Festival which is sched-uled for Sunday, July 12, from 11 a.m.-2 p.m. at the temple. More infor-mation about the Jewish Food Festival, as well as the November musical event can be found at http://tbinh.org.
Racky Thomas Blues Band returns to
Pitman’s this weekendLACONIA — Pit-
man’s Freight Room at 94 New Salem St. in Laconia is pleased to announce the following events for this weekend:
Friday, May, 8, 8 p.m.,
$15 (Seniors $12):The Ervin Dhimo
Jazz TrioEuropean Bass Player
Ervin Dhimo presents his dynamic jazz-funk project The Ervin Dhimo Trio, featuring world-known Berklee Professor Keyboardist Steve Hunt and prodigy Percussion-ist/Drummer Vancil Cooper.
The Albanian-born electric bassist and his trio specialize in fierce, soulful, funky workouts on jazz, pop, and original tunes.
Come out and see them, you won’t be disap-
pointed! Catered dinner buf-
fet available before the show. Please call 527-0043 for dinner reserva-tions. www.pitmans-freightroom.com
Saturday, May 8,
8 p.m., $15: Racky Thomas Blues Band The Racky Thomas
Band has been a torch-bearer for the blues since its formation in 1995, when Racky Thomas col-laborated with bassist Todd Carson, guitarist Nick Adams, and drum-mer Ted Larkin to make a demo cd, and do some gigs around the Boston area. Racky Thomas has a vast repertoire of tunes – blues from world-class bluesmen, planta-tion gospel (the original blues), rocking electric blues, classic and obscure
blues, and Racky Thom-as blues! including “Matchbox Blues,” “Bis-cuit-Bakin’ Woman,” “Mona,” “Sugar-coated Love,” “Big Road Blues,” “Hoochie-Coochie Man,” and “Mojo Workin’” (to name a few).
Gutsy vocals, down and dirty harmonica, smoking guitar, a killer rhythm section deliver-ing pure unadulterated blues, and you’ve got the Racky Thomas Band. Twice nominated for Boston Music Awards, and winners of the 1997 Battle of the Blues bands you’ve only got to expe-rience them once to be-come a believer.
Catered dinner buf-fet available before the show. Please call 527-0043 for dinner reserva-tions. www.pitmans-freightroom.com.
The Holycow! Band to rock2015 WOW Sweepstakes Ball
LACONIA — The Holycow! Band will be ROCKIN’ the 12th An-nual WOW Sweepstakes Ball on Saturday, May 16 at the Conference Cen-ter at The Lake Opechee Inn & Spa. This “casual dress is cool” fundraiser features great food and a great time. All pro-ceeds benefit the Phase 2 expansion of the WOW Trail. Only 300 tickets will be sold, with one lucky person walking away with the $10,000 grand prize! Buy your ticket today at Patrick’s Pub, Laconia Athletic &
Swim Club, or online at www.meadowbrook.net.
For more than two decades, the Holycow! Band and their popular DJ Service have been in high demand entertain-ing wedding and corpo-rate events all over New England. Twice awarded “Best Live Band - Dance” category by NH Bride Magazine, the Holycow! Band’s high-energy set-lists span a vast reper-toire of musical genres that brings all ages to a frenzy on the dance-floor. If there has been one, constant accolade
made of the band all these years, it’s clear-ly “They are having as much fun together on stage as the audience is having on the dance-floor!” For more infor-mation, please visit: www.holycowband.com.
The WOW Trail is a not-for-profit 501 (c) 3 organization dedicated to building and main-taining a nine-mile rec-reation path through the City of Laconia as a part of the regional trail network that will one day connect Meredith to Franklin.
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Fifth Annual Autism Center Walkathon set for Sunday, May 17
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Walkers of all stripes have fun for a great cause at the Annual Walkathon to benefit the LRCS Family Resource Center’ Autism Center. The Fifth Annual Autism Center Walkathon is Sunday, May 17, 10 a.m. on the WOW Trail in Laconia.
LACONIA — The Fifth Annual Autism Center Walkathon will be held on Sunday, May 17, 10 a.m.-1 p.m., on the WOW Trail in Laconia. Walkers of all ages gath-er at Lakes Region Com-munity Services’ Main Office, 719 North Main St. in downtown Laco-nia, adjacent to the en-trance of the WOW trail (across from the Laconia Clinic). The roundtrip route for this popular, family event is approx-imately 3.2 miles. Baby strollers and dogs on leashes are welcome on the Wow Trail.
The LRCS Autism Center, a program of the Family Resource Cen-ter, empowers parents to educate, encourage, support and advocate for their child with an Au-tism Spectrum Disorder. The Autism Center’s team teaches parents strategies to incorpo-rate into their everyday
family routines. The teaching model provides measurable goals and objectives in a natural, child-friendly environ-ment and the Center’s early education staff work with each family to meet their specific needs.
“Each year, this com-munity-based event grows, and we are so grateful for the support we receive. Funds raised help us with outreach and to provide resourc-es for the expanding number of families with young children on the Autism Spectrum in need of services,” com-mented Jennifer Doris, Manager of LRCS Fami-ly Resource Center’ Ear-ly Childhood program.
In addition to the event’s long-time Spon-sors – Kara Financial, LLC, Syl LaPierre Ma-sonry and Peanuts Auto, LLC – all of whom are connected to the Autism
Center through a child who has been enrolled in the program- Infocus Vi-sion & Therapy Center; William J. White M.Ed, Educational and Behav-ioral Consulting Ser-vices; Well Sense Health Plan; and New Hamp-shire Healthy Families, have also signed on as sponsors. And again, the Region III Family Sup-port Council will spon-sor a lunch immediately following the Walkathon offering grilled hot dogs, snacks & soft drinks – of-fering a fun way to un-wind, relax and social-ize after completing the walk.
Many walkers form teams and ask their friends and family to support their fundrais-ing. Participants can also fundraise online by creating a charitable Web page through Go-FundMe. The links is available on the www.lrcs.com home page. Pledge forms are also available on the LRCS website. GoFundMe sends the donations col-lected online directly to LRCS, less process-ing fees. Lakes Region Community Services is a certified charity with GoFundMe.
Pre-registration is not required and there is no registration fee to partic-
ipate in the Walkathon. However, letting LRCS know you plan to attend is appreciated. Please email [email protected] with the number of walkers and to reserve T-shirt sizes (available for raising $25 mini-mum) or call Joanne Pip-er Lang at 524-8811.
For hundreds of fam-ilies living in the Lakes Region each year, the Family Resource Center of Central New Hamp-shire, a program of Lakes Region Commu-nity Services, offers re-spectful, non-judgmental education, early inter-vention, and support to
assist families in their efforts to meet needs, make positive connec-tions, and prepare chil-dren for success today and tomorrow because the Family Resource Center believes strong families lead to strong communities.
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 disabil-ities and/or acquired brain disorders and their families. A dynam-ic human services or-
ganization, LRCS offers other essential and crit-ical services to individ-uals in the Lakes Region from birth throughout 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.
Committee on Aging meets Friday morningGILFORD — Belknap
County Area Committee on Aging will meet on Friday, May 8 at 10 a.m. for a program on Public Policy Awareness – the benefit of understand-ing what goes on behind the scenes. Steve Norton from New Hampshire Center for Public Poli-cy Studies will discuss “An Aging New Hamp-shire in a changing pol-icy landscape.” As we all know – there is a lot going on in our state to-day – don’t be fooled into thinking it doesn’t affect you. It does affect you.
This event is open to the public and free of charge. Questions are encouraged, so please write them down and bring them with you to all sessions. Please con-tact Stace at 528-2555 or [email protected] for more information.
The mission of the Belknap County Area Committee on Aging is to advocate and inform the public on matters relating to the develop-ment and implementa-tion of local, state and federal programs / is-sues affecting well-be-ing, independence and dignity in keeping with New Hampshire’s goal to keep seniors healthy, helping us to realize full potential.
The Belknap Coun-ty Area Committee on Aging meetings start at 10am, the 2nd Fri-day of each month. The committee meets in the
Wesley Woods Commu-nity Room off Rte. 11A, behind the First United Methodist Church in Gilford. All are wel-come.
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THE WINNIPESAUKEE TALKIEUnit home sales soar, April median sale price rises
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April area home sales increased a whopping 40 percent from this time last year and housing prices climbed, too, up 10 percent month over month, according to the Northern New England Real Estate Network Multiple Listing Ser-vice.
Regional gains in both units sold and me-dian home sale price are hailed as yet another strong monthly indica-tor of a real estate re-covery fueled by rising prosperity and available cheap loans.
“On average, more people are employed and making more mon-ey than they were at this time last year,” report-ed the New Hampshire Association of REAL-TORS® in its latest hous-
ing report. “The jobs pic-ture, as a whole, looks promising. Employment drives home-buying ac-tivity, so it is ever crit-ical to watch labor sta-tistics as akey indicator for the residential real estate market. Coupled with the mostly positive jobs picture, it is widely expected that mortgage rates will remain as they are for at least the first six months of the year.”
The rate of sales of all single-family dwell-ings and condominiums in Carroll, Belknap and Grafton counties was up 40 percent to 222 units, compared with 204 units sold in March and 158 sales in April 2014, the MLS data shows.
Meanwhile, the medi-an price of a home over the three-county region was roughly unchanged from March to April, but up 10 percent to $186,000 from $169,000 in April 2014, the statistics show. And pending sales, those ready to close, were up 55 percent at the end of April to 160 homes, compared to 103 units in March.
The big gainer in unit volume was Grafton County, which posted 94
closed sales, up 14.6 per-cent compared to April 2014. Belknap County, meanwhile, saw the larg-est monthly year-over-year jump in the median home sales price with an increase of 51 percent to $211,000 from $161,000 a year ago, according to the NNEREN MLS.
Days on market for sold homes, statistics show, declined an aver-age of 21 percent in both Carroll and Belknap counties with homes in Carroll County selling 36.6 percent faster in April than during the same month last year.
Despite higher prices and a stepped up sales pace, housing inven-tory rose 12.5 percent to an 11-month supply, or 3,101 single-family homes and condomini-ums available for sale in the three-county region, MLS figures show. Ex-perts consider a real es-tate market to be in bal-ance or equilibrium and transitioning to a seller’s market when the sup-ply of available housing stands between a four- to five-month supply.
Local experts note, however, that the stepped up demand for
housing in the greater Lakes Region is churn-ing the market vigor-ously and helping to inch prices upward in what is technically still a buyer’s market. Other local brokers have ex-plained that the nine- to 11-month gross invento-ry over three counties is not indicative of many local markets, such as the Bristol, Newfound Lakes areas, where available housing is in far shorter supply than is indicated by the larger area statistics.
“Available housing over entire counties may still reflect a nine-plus-month supply and it’s understandable as this is typically a season-al trend as we approach warmer weather, but in a good many specific local markets, like ours in the Newfound Lake area, that supply has dwindled to the point that we’re now facing inventory shortages and we’re experiencing the beginning of a transi-
tion from too few buyers chasing too many homes to the reverse,” said Alan DeStefano, recent past president of NHAR and owner broker of Bristol-based Granite Realty Group.
Statewide, monthly year-over-year hous-ing supplies declined 12.8% to 7.5 months for single-family units, and 15.8 percent to 6.4 months for condos in March (NHAR’s latest report). The Median Sales Price around the Granite State was up 7.6 percent to $226,000 for single-family homes and 6.6 percent to $159,950 for condo properties, in the March year-over-year comparison, according to NHAR’s report.
Year-to-date closed single-family homes and condominiums were up 2.2 percent and 5.8 per-cent respectively, com-pared to 2014, NHAR re-ported.
Wondering about sales activity in your neighborhood or com-
munity? I can supply reliable figures that will help you determine the value of your home to-day, especially if you’ve been considering plac-ing it on the market for sale. I am always ready to help my readers sell their homes so they can get on with their plans. Send me an email with your name, phone and specific request for in-formation or assistance and I will promptly re-ply.
The Winnipesaukee Talkie is a real estate feature column pro-duced by Randy Hilman, an award-winning for-mer business journalist for The Tennessean, a Gannett daily newspa-per located in Nashville, Tenn. Mr. Hilman today is an associate broker at Keller Williams Lakes & Mountains Realty, Wolfeboro. He can be reached at 610-8963 or by email at [email protected].
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friend,” said his owner Amy Fedorczuk of Laco-nia.
Bowwow Fest includ-ed a blessing of the an-imals followed by a pet parade down the WOW Trail.
Mya and Nazzy from WLNH emceed Bowwow Fest and held a live re-mote.
Students from four local schools provided art for the event. Stu-dents from The Lake-land School in Meredith, Holy Trinity and Wood-land Heights in Laconia, and Gilford Elementary School did drawings that appeared in the event posters.
A number of vendors were at the event offer-ing pet-friendly goods and services.
Four Paws Inn of Mer-edith was at the fest for the second year in a row. This year owner Cristy Martel was a member of the event committee and helped put togeth-er this year’s Bowwow Fest. She said she had a lot of suggestions after last year, then she was asked to help out with the event.
Martel said she was seeing a lot of her clients at the fest, saying it was good to see her clients outside of the facility and out in a public space.
“Good event for the dog-loving community, a place where you can take your dog on a Satur-day,” Martel said.
Great Bay Commu-nity College was also a vendor at the Bowwow Fest. Katie Valovanie of Laconia presented in-formation on the Ports-mouth-based school’s Veterinary Tech pro-gram.
“We feel like it’s kind of a field people know exists, but people don’t know about,” Valovanie
said. Valovanie, who is a
student in the Vet Tech program, said she wants to get more people in the field of veterinary assistant. She said a few people did approach the table and asked about the program, including some high school-age students.
“It’s still something to think about even when you’re a younger teenag-er,” Valovanie.
Valovanie said it is a fun program and she is greatly enjoying it.
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M/S Mount Washington passes annual inspection to begin 2015 season
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Now that ice is finally out on Lake Winnipesaukee, let the cruising season begin. With the successful completion of its annual inspection by the New Hampshire Departments of Safety, Marine and Fire Safety Divisions, the venerable M/S Mount Washington returned to its summer port of Weirs Beach Wednesday and is ready to kick off its 2015 cruising season.
LACONIA — Now that ice is finally out on Lake Winnipesaukee, let the cruising season be-gin. With the successful completion of its annual inspection by the New Hampshire Departments of Safety, Marine and Fire Safety Divisions, the venerable M/S Mount Washington returned to its summer port of Weirs Beach Wednesday and is ready to kick off its 2015 cruising season.
“We’re looking for-ward to getting back out on the big lake and for a successful cruising sea-son,” says Captain Jim Morash, General Manag-er of Mount Washington Cruises.
The New Hampshire Department of Safety an-nually inspects the ves-sels before issuing the cruise line its license to
operate. “Safety is the number
one priority with our vessels and our relation-ship with the Marine and Fire Safety Divi-sions is very important to us,” says Captain Paul Smith. “We are in con-tact with them through-out the year and open to their suggestions in how to improve our opera-tion in terms of safety. In addition we’re always making improvements and updating older sys-tems with the newer technology available.”
Upholding a long-standing tradition, Mother’s Day Brunch Cruise, Sunday, May 10 will be the first cruise available to the public. The two and a half hour scenic cruises, of Lake Winnipesaukee, feature a champagne brunch
that all clients are risk adverse until they can prove otherwise. What I mean by that is; expec-tations must be reason-able to meet, based on the investable assets and age of the client. If a cli-ent truly has assets over and above what they need to sustain a com-fortable life style, then we can stretch for addi-tional yield. A difficult
situation is when the cli-ent needs to take on too much risk because they do not have sufficient assets to sustain that lifestyle. Retirement and Social Security Plan-ning sooner, than later, can make a big differ-ence with the client’s re-tirement income.
Long term care, life insurance or other types of asset preservation
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and entertainment for all ages. There are two brunch cruises to choose from: 10 a.m. or 2 p.m. Tickets are available for both.
The official 2015 daily cruising season for the M/S Mount Washington, and her sister vessels, runs from May 16 until Oct. 18, offering daily cruises from its summer port of Weirs Beach and servicing the other ports of Alton Bay, Center Har-bor, Meredith and Wolfe-boro. Cruising times and options vary depending on the season with July and August having the most cruises available. Options include daily scenic, evening dinner dance and island mail de-livery cruises. To learn more about the various vessels (Mount Washing-ton, Doris E. & Sophie
C.) and to view a more complete schedule with
times and ticket prices, visit www.cruisenh.com
or call 366-5531.
tools are much cheap-er and attainable the younger you are. Long term care, in my opin-ion is very important for a certain asset level or family health history, but may not be the best product for many people. There are some hybrid life insurance policies that may be a better fit. It depends on the clients specific needs.
The message I want to convey is simple: Pro-tect the principal and
assets that you have ac-quired, especially if you are nearing or have en-tered retirement. Even if you plan on working and investing for ten or more years longer, an-other “lost decade” may be lurking around the corner.
Mark Patterson is an investment advisor with MHP Asset Manage-ment and can be reached at 447-1979 or [email protected].
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the program learn more about the places and cul-tures they will be expe-riencing. Miaya said the students have portfolios of essays and assign-ments to do and hand in every week to get them ready for the trip as well as online quizzes.
Miaya said she is ex-cited to go to France, as she has been taking French in school.
“It’s going to be ex-citing to use that stuff,” Miaya said. “I’m excit-ed to try new foods, but I am kind of nervous about it too.”
Her mother Katrina Shurbert said this expe-rience will encourage kids to try new foods. During one session the students tried horse-meat, which is a deli-cacy in some European countries.
The group consists of 12 students from New Hampshire and two from the delegation in Vermont. Miaya works with a group based out of Concord, and is the only student from the Lakes Region who will be going on this trip.
In England, they will meet with two groups of students from Wiscon-sin and Illinois. Katrina Shurbert said all of the kids have been writing to each other and learn-ing more about each oth-er before the trip.
Miaya will be journ-aling through her trip. The trip will also earn her credits for social studies.
Miaya needs to raise around $6,700 for her trip; so far she has raised a little over $4,000. Stu-dents in the group set up their own Go Fund Me accounts and she has raised $2,168 on her Go Fund Me account thus far.
The Shurbert’s will be holding a yard sale on May 16 and 17 to raise money for the trip.
“We have a lot of ex-tra stuff, there’s just plenty of things we could sell,” Miaya said. “We thought we could make some money off of it.”
Katrina Shurbert said they have been asking members of the community if they have anything do donate for the sale. Miaya said peo-ple might want to get rid of stuff but do not want to have their own yard sale.
Word was also out put on Facebook about the sale and flyers were posted at the Gilford Village Store and the Gilford Public Library. Katrina Surbert works as a secretary at ortho-pedics at Lakes Region General Hospital and has received inquiries through work.
Katrina Shurbert said
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ant factors in the ad-mission consideration process but they were not required. The aver-age GPA was 3.43 with modifications based on weighting, factoring half a point with honors courses and a full point for AP classes. SAT/ACT scores were import-ant and required in the admissions process.
Parent Holly Vieten said that GHS does use rank now and removing the honors weighting effects students’ class rank.
Vieten said at the last parent forum 40 parents spoke and all but one spoke against the change in policy. She said she has never been at a meet-ing where so many peo-ple gelled together over one issue. Vieten said she heard form many students who said this was an important issue to them.
She said she hoped the board members, as elect-ed officials representing students and parents, heard the parents loud and clear that night.
It was generally agreed that there was a philosophical difference between the two ap-proaches that had their pros and cons on both sides.
One major argument in favor of bringing back the weighting was it would motivate students to take more challenging classes and encourage rigor. Parents said hon-ors courses are already difficult and require stu-dents to have a lot more work and a few hours of homework.
Janet Breton said her daughter is an honors student and she almost encourages her to pull back. She said dropping the weighting and class
rank sets students up for failure before they get anywhere. Breton said she would hope if weigh-ing is gone that she can encourage her daughter to drop that extra hour of homework by taking different classes.
Deb Mercer said if the honors courses re-mained unweighted her daughter said she would only want to take honors courses she would do well in. In the process she would drop some ex-tra homework time that she spends now as she balances honors classes with extracurricular ac-tivities.
Board member Sue Allen moved that the weighting be returned to the honors courses and for the policy to be retroactive to the ninth graders who have taken classes in the 2014-2015 school year. Also under the motion students in eighth grade who have been recommended to take honors classes by their teachers or incom-ing high school guidance counselors should have another opportunity to revisit their schedules.
Board member Jack Landow said he wanted to decide this issue more on facts than emotions.
“I get a feeling people speak more of fear of what might happen than what happened,” Land-ow said.
Landow said he sup-ported the research and the recommendations made by the adminis-tration on this. He said the teachers and ad-ministrators would not do anything to harm the students and would make decisions on what they think is best.
Weeks said the vast majority of students are not taking AP courses
and putting that one-point weight on both honors and AP is penal-izing students who do not take those courses. Weeks said UNH does already weight grades based on honors and AP courses.
Landow also said there is too much compe-tition over grades and it can become destructive.
Gilmanton School Board member Adam Mini, however, said that competitiveness is not going to change. He said the schools should motivate the students to strive for greater. Mini said he himself was an underachiever in school and he regrets it. He said there are many students in the schools just like he was.
“You need to push them to want those things,” Mini said. “At least they’re trying, at least they’re not penal-ized by saying, ‘I’m not getting a C.”
Allen said she put a lot of weight from the feedback received from the parents and students at that forum.
“They are the ones that are living in trench-es taking these courses,” Allen said. “I heard loud and clear the stress the students are under. If it’s a case of giving them a weighted grade, encour-aging them to take those course, I’m in favor.”
Landow said, howev-er, that the parents at the meeting were not a valid cross section of parents in the district; Allen said she disagreed.
Board member Rae Mello-Andrews said it is important to have this kind of encouragement in general.
“If there’s no carrot let me tell you the quali-ty of worker is pathetic,” Mello-Andrews said. “If we don’t offer them this carrot by adding these
weighted grades in, do you know what’s going to happen to society as whole?”
Board member Chris-topher McDonough also said he as trying to look at both sides, though the response from the par-ents, students, and com-munity especially struck him.
“The public spoke loud and clear and I heard them,” Mc-Donough said. “That’s how I’m going to vote, for the people who voted for me to represent them on the school board.”
Board chair Karen Thurston said she heard and considered all sides. She said she had a child who was in special ed-ucation and expressed concern that his grades would be valued less than another child who took honors courses.
She also said she was concerned about the de-mands put on students, from honors an AP courses to all their extra-curricular activities.
“I don’t know how they do it, but I don’t want to take their hard work away from them,” Thurston said.
Thurston also said this is an issue that needs to be visited again and they will have to look at changes.
Landow also said his intention was not to hurt or denigrate anyone in the audience and he re-spected how the parents have spoken out on this issue.
The motion passed with five voting in favor and two (Landow and Weeks) voting against.
Allen said she would recommend that the dis-trict form a taskforce in the future to examine this issue more in depth, including address areas that might have been missed.
people have dropped off bins of items.
Anyone who wishes to donate items to the yard sale is asked to contact Katrina Shurb-ert at 455-4820. They will also pick up items from people’s homes if that is more convenient.
Miaya is also looking for donations on her Go
Fund Me account, which can be found at http://www.gofundme.com/h3bq0s.
On May 9, the stu-dents will be doing a group bake sale in Con-cord. Each student will provide at least five items for the bake sale, which will take place at the Shaw’s on Loud-
on Road, which offered space for the group to do their fundraiser.
Katrina Shurbert said she wants Miaya to have the opportunity to open up more, see the world, and see the many differ-ent opportunities she has.
“This isn’t it, there’s so much out there for
her,” Katrina Shurbert said. “I’ve never trav-eled to Europe, I want my kids to have so much more and to see so much more than I have and to me more comfortable with herself and what she’s capable of doing.”
Miaya said she hopes to expand her horizons.
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2004: Diamond Eagles both off to 7-0 startsBY JEFF LAJOIE
Note: This is an ongo-ing series of pieces that will highlight some of the local sporting events in the history of the Gilford Steamer.
Talk about a perfect start to the season.
This week back in 2004, the Gilford High School baseball and soft-ball teams were off and running in a big way.
Behind a 2-0 victory over Franklin, the soft-ball team moved to a per-fect 7-0 to begin its 2004 campaign. The baseball team also went to 7-0 fol-lowing a win over Bel-mont.
“7-0... I am very happy about that,” said GHS baseball coach John Lord. “We have been im-proving all season and we are going to contin-ue to improve. We have great pitchers and have
been playing great de-fense.”
The 1-2 punch of starting pitcher Luke Demko and Tom Dunlap got much of the atten-tion during the baseball team’s hot start. The hard-throwing Demko recorded 54 strikeouts and just four walks during the early portion of the season. He also tossed the program’s first-ever perfect game in a 2004 victory.
Dunlap whiffed 28 to just three walks and dominated in the win over Belmont, striking out 11 batters for the Ea-gles.
“It was a good team ef-fort, a good win for us,” said Dunlap. “Belmont is definitely a good team. Today was a good dis-play of what we can do.”
The softball team was also playing well during the early-going, as the win over Franklin saw
Alyssa Crowell allow just one hit while strik-ing out 10 and walking just a single batter.
“Katrina Howe called an exceptional game be-hind the plate,” lauded Gilford assistant coach Rick Forge of his team’s catcher. “I’m very proud of Alyssa and Katrina’s performance today. Our goal against Franklin was to defending their short game and stop their running game. Our defense achieved those goals today.”
The Eagles took a 1-0 lead in the second in-ning when Howe led off with a walk and moved up to second and third on back to back wild pitches. Jacqui Feehily drove in Howe with an RBI single.
In the sixth inning, Gilford added an insur-ance run. Tricia Curri-er singled and moved to second on a sacrifice
bunt from Ally Murphy. Currier reached third on a wild pitch and Kris-ta Konrad singled her home for the 2-0 lead that would ultimately prove
to be the final score.Not to be outdone, the
JV softball team moved to a perfect 3-0 that same week, as the squad out-scored opponents by a
whopping 51-3 margin behind the pitching tan-dem of Felicia Bua and Erin Wheeler (25 strike-outs in 17 innings).
COURTESY PHOTO
Tennis champsDavid Tothill of Barnstead (left) and Barry Chapin of Gilford (right) won the Men’s B Doubles Winter League at Gilford Hills Tennis and Fitness Club in Gilford.
Locals honored as Nordic All-StateREGION — The New
Hampshire Nordic Coaches Association would like to announce the nordic skiers who qualified to their N.H. All-State Team this past ski season. All-State honors are awarded to skiers who placed in the top 10 finishers in either of the NH Nordic Coaches Series Races, which took place this winter. White Mountain Regional High School
in Whitefield hosted the skate race, which took place Jan. 24. The final event was a classic race hosted by Plymouth High School on the trails of Waterville Valley Nordic Center on Feb. 5. More than 800 skiers compete in these races from throughout the state. The following NH skiers to the 2015 All-State Nordic Ski Team:
BoysCalvin Bates
PJ BensonTrevor Colby, In-
ter-LakesTim CunninghamAndrew DohertyMatt DoyleAdam GlueckOwen Kanter
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GOVERNOR WENTWORTHREGIONAL SCHOOL DISTRICT
EARLY CHILDHOOD PRESCHOOLApplications are now being accepted for the New Durham Early Childhood Preschool 2015-2016 school year to be held at the New Durham School.
The New Durham Early Childhood Preschool is an educa-tional preschool program, with a limited number of openings for typically developing children residing within the Town of New Durham. The program offers developmentally appro-priate activities to foster children’s language, cognitive, social and physical development.
v The Preschool is open to children of residents of New Durham. If the number of applications exceeds space availability, children will be accepted on a first come, first serve basis.
v Your child must turn three on or before September 30, 2015, and be less than five years of age on September 30, 2015.
v The program will be held 4 times a week for 4 year olds 3 times a week for 3 year olds at the New Durham Central School. Morning session, 9:00 AM until 11:30 AM.
v PARENTS ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR TRANSPORTING THEIR CHILD TO AND FROM THE PROGRAM.
v Tuition is $75 per month for 4 year olds and $56.25 for 3 year olds payable in advance.
v Applications will be accepted from April 30th to May 30th for enrollment in the 2014-2015 school year. In the event that the program is full and additional slots become avail-able, parents will be notified in the order that applications were received.
v If all openings are not filled by New Durham residents, ap-plications will be accepted from residents of surrounding towns within GWRSD.
v Status of your child’s application will be confirmed in writing by June 30th. Applications are available at New Durham School, at 859-2061.
Assistant Nurse Manager/Out Patient Services
Littleton Regional Healthcare is seeking a full time Assistant Nurse Manager to join our team. Under direction of the Clinical Director of Outpatient Services, the Assistant Nurse Manager assumes leadership accountability and responsibility for the nursing care team operations while maintaining responsibility as defined in the RN job description. Responsibilities include nursing care team development, program planning, and monitoring of financial and human resource process improvements. Participates in and accepts responsibility for functions delegated by the Clinical Director. This position directs, collaborates with and evaluates all assigned nursing staff according to hospital, nursing and unit philosophy and objectives. Utilizes and acquires knowledge of current and best practices in the specified clinical and management areas of nursing. The incumbent in this position will support the mission, vision, values and strategic initiatives of Littleton Regional Healthcare and must demonstrate a commitment to quality service to patients, physicians, the public and co-workers.The Assistant Nurse Manager directs, by licensure, all nursing activities performed by professional and ancillary staff assigned to the units in conjunction with the Clinical Director of Outpatient Services.Viable candidates must be currently licensed as a Registered Nurse in New Hampshire. Graduate from an accredited school of nursing. BSN or related degree required. MSN degree preferred. Three to five years experience in Emergency Nursing. Leadership experience preferred. Certification within clinical area(s) of responsibility is preferred. Membership in a professional organization is preferred. ACLS, PALS, NRP preferred, required within one year.
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Fax: 603-444-9087
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