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Sports .................................A11

Regional .............................A12

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

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

Business................................A6

Community...........................A5

North Country notebook....A10

Obituaries.............................A8

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SERVING TILTON, NORTHFIELD, BELMONT & SANBORNTON, N.H. FREETHURSDAY, NOVEMBER 27, 2008

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Young ArtistsSeventh-graders Michael Maier, left, Connor Austin, and Austin Gaska are under attack from Post-Impressionist Henri Rousseau’s “Tiger in the Storm.” See story on A7.

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A new home First Fruits Food Pantry in Sanbornton hopes to have its new building completed before Christmas. Findout how you can help on page A2

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Belknap County children still need Santas this yearBY MEGHAN [email protected]

LAKES REGION — WithChristmas less than a monthaway, the Belknap Countysector of Operation SantaClaus is looking for a fewmore sponsors to buy warmclothes and gifts for localchildren in need – andthere’s not much time left.

Operation Santa Claushas been an annual drivesince 1960 and is a collabora-tion of the State Employees’Association of New Hamp-shire and local divisions ofthe state’s Department ofHealth and Human Services.It reaches 3,000 of NewHampshire’s neediest chil-dren.

As of mid-November,there were still 92 families inBelknap County withoutsponsors, with many more

unsponsored familiesthroughout the state. Giftsneed to be dropped off byDec. 1.

That’s not to say that peo-ple aren’t stepping up. Natal-ie Bacon, operations direc-tor for the Division of Fami-ly Assistance in Laconia,said every child who hascome through her office hasbeen sponsored.

“My children are takencare of,” Bacon said. “We’rejust fortunate.”

However, on the other sideof the Laconia office, whichhouses the local Division ofChildren, Youth and Fami-lies, there were still childrenwithout sponsors. And al-though the kids under Ba-con’s purview have all beensponsored, there are manymore whom she’s had to turnaway.

“We’re still getting callsevery day from people whoneed help,” said Lisa Bouch-er, administrative supervi-sor for the Laconia DFA. “Wehave to cap it (to make sureeach child has a sponsor).”

The children have beenidentified by caseworkers atDHHS. Though confidential-ity prevents DHHS from re-vealing family names andidentifying traits, the list ofchildren that still need spon-sors includes a brief sum-mary of their situations.

For example, in BelknapCounty, a family with fourchildren – three boys ages 5,7 and 15 and one girl age 16 –needs help providing theteens with age-appropriateclothing, games and toi-letries, while the youngerkids need clothes and wouldlike art supplies and books.The teens had been living inan abusive home and arenow living with their fatherand stepmother and theirtwo step-brothers.

In another case, three sib-lings – infant twin boys anda 4-year-old girl – are inguardianship because theirmother is “not able to main-tain safe housing and lacksparenting skills.” They allneed clothing and toys.

There are many differentcircumstances that lead fam-ilies to seek help from DHHS.In one case, both parentswork two jobs but are stillstruggling to support theirfour girls, ages 3, 6, 8 and 10.They all need clothing.

Boucher said more peopleare seeking assistance thisyear. Many have been laid offfrom companies that arestruggling, she said. Her of-fice also works with a lot ofsingle-parent families andwith grandparents who havetaken in their grandchildrenand need help financially.

Tilton, Northfield,fire commissionersto meet formallyBY ERIK [email protected]

TILTON/NORTH-FIELD – The Tilton andNorthfield Boards of Se-lectmen will meet with theFire Commissioners onWednesday, Dec. 17, at 6p.m. in the new academicbuilding at the TiltonSchool.

Furthermore, the FireCommissioners author-ized Fire Chief StephenCarrier to use Fire Dis-trict resources to answerquestions that came out ofthe first joint meeting be-tween the Tilton andNorthfield Boards of Se-lectmen, at which the

boards discussed Tilton'sstudy of the Fire District.

At last Thursday's FireCommission meeting, thethree boards set the De-cember meeting date. TheTilton selectmen had re-quested to be on the FireCommissioner's agenda.Northfield SelectmenChairman Steve Bluhmmentioned that his boardhad received an invitationfrom the Fire Commis-sioners to attend lastThursday's meeting.

With both boards of se-lectmen and the Fire Com-missioners present, thefindings of the Tilton-

SRO, fire inspector nixed by chiefsBY ERIK [email protected]

BELMONT — The Policeand Fire Departments haveremoved new part-time posi-tions from their 2009 budgetrequests, meaning that therewill be no additional staffproposed for either depart-ment for next year.

At last Tuesday’s BudgetCommittee meeting, PoliceChief Vinnie Baiocchetti an-nounced that he was nolonger seeking to establish apart-time school resource of-ficer/juvenile prosecutor po-sition. The proposed $15,000contribution from the towntoward that position was re-moved from the preliminaryPolice Department Budget.

Additionally, a $35,000contribution from the Shak-er Regional School Districttoward the $50,000 positionwill not be requested.

Baiocchetti said that heno longer needed the posi-tion, because all vacanciesin the Police Departmentwill be filled by qualified peo-ple by the end of this year,“so I’m all set.”

Responding to a questionfrom Budget Committeemember David Morse, Baioc-chetti said that the currentschool resource officer at

Belmont High School will notbe retiring this year.

When the Police Depart-ment is fully-staffed, two po-lice officers act as school re-source officers, one at Bel-mont Middle School and oneat the high school.

Selectmen chair and Bud-get Committee rep RonCormier said that the townand School District wouldsoon discuss the funding ofthe school resource officer

positions, currently fully-funded by the town. BudgetCommittee chair RonMitchell said that he was sur-prised to learn that fact, be-cause the positions servicestudents from Canterbury aswell as Belmont.

The proposed part-timeposition, now null, camefrom conversations betweenBaiocchetti and members ofthe School Board, who said

Addresses needupdating too,say 911 officialsBY ERIK [email protected]

SANBORNTON — In ad-dition to changing similar-sounding street names toprevent confusion amongemergency responders, NHDivision of Safety Servicesofficials told selectmen attheir meeting last Wednes-day that some address num-bers should be changed aswell.

Division director BruceCheney told to the board thatwhile he sympathizes withresidents who have voicedconcerns about the incon-venience of an addresschange, “it should be fairlyeasy to make the changeswithout disrupting theirlives.”

Cheney noted that a deedneeds no updating until aproperty goes on the marketfor sale. Furthermore, hesaid, the Division of SafetyServices has had the cooper-ation of Postal Services,which typically agrees to de-liver mail addressed to boththe old street name and num-

ber and the updated address“for at least a year.”

While street names werechanged to prevent confu-sion with similar soundingnames, address numbersshould be changed to preventgeographic confusion, ac-cording to Cheney.

Field representative MikeKelleher, who Fire ChiefJohn DeSilva called San-bornton’s “point man” inmaking changes to accom-modate 911 services, notedthat the fact that some roadshave impassable sectionsmakes existing address num-bers misleading.

The selectmen have al-ready voted to change thenames of some roads withthat characteristic, which isnot uncommon in Sanborn-ton.

About a month ago, theboard approved a namechange to the stretch ofPound Road from BurleighHill to Route 127, because itwas impossible to accessfrom other stretches of

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Lochmere Sewer ProjectThe Tilton Sewer Commission would like to announce that a portion ofthe Lochmere Sewer Project has been granted substantial completion.The area that has received substantial completion includes: Silver LakeRoad, River Road, Church St. and the portion of Route 3 between Churchand Silver Lake Road.

Residents of the detailed area are now granted permission to hook up tothe line. The Tilton Sewer Commission must be contacted 48 hours priorto hookup. It is highly recommended that pictures of your actual connec-tion are taken, and a sketch detailing your service to your home are sup-plied to the Tilton Sewer Commission for your file.

Proper discontinuation of your current septic system includes filling thetank with sand. Prior to filling the septic tank with clean sand, it must bepumped clear of sludge and effluent. Your contractor should be able toprovide more details.

Grange Road, Lancaster Hill, Route 3 (North of Church St.), Lake Road,Lakewood Road, Contigiani Ave. and others not granted substantial com-pletion at this time, will receive more information as it becomes available.

Please call to confirm, especially if:1) There is any doubt as to if you can hook up or not, and2) To make arrangements for the inspection of your connection to the

system.

If you have questions regarding this project, please contact the TiltonSewer Commission at 603-286-4606.

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Church hopes food pantry will be up by ChristmasSANBORNTON — The

First Fruits Food Pantry willsoon be able to move into itsnew home on the corner ofUpper Bay Road and SteeleHill Road. Walls for the newbuilding went up this pastweek and the roof is sched-uled to be completed by thetime you read this article.

The First Fruits FoodPantry is a ministry of theSecond Baptist Church ofSanbornton, and for the pastthree years it has beenhoused in the back part ofthe old Town Hall in San-bornton Square. Donationsof food and financial supportare received from localchurches, organizations,and businesses, as well asfrom private individuals andfrom the Town of Sanborn-ton. In addition to its finan-cial support, the town hasgenerously donated the useof the old Town Hall, forwhich the pantry is grateful.The Second Baptist Churchcovers the cost of insuranceand other incidentals. Thosewho volunteer to help in thepantry donate their time andservices; no one is compen-sated in any way or reim-bursed for the use of theirvehicles.

The pantry is staffed withapproximately two dozenvolunteers who assist in var-ious ways. Some are there tohelp with the distribution offood on Pantry Day, the third

Wednesday of each month,or to deliver food when need-ed on an emergency basis.Others serve as shoppers forthings like milk, eggs, andhamburger, while still otherspick up food from the NHFood Bank each month, orfrom USDA in Concord.

In recent years, the num-ber of people who have beenserved has grown consider-ably, according to its current

director, Amanda Lewis, andthe need for a new facility hasbecome increasingly clear.At its annual meeting thispast January, the SecondBaptist Church voted to moveahead with the constructionof a new building designed tomeet the increased needs ofthe food pantry. A sub-com-mittee was formed under theleadership of Rob and GraceRoy, and thanks to the gen-

erosity of several membersand friends of the church,funds were made available tobegin the project.

Under the direction ofBob Presby, and with the as-sistance of the church’sTreasurer, Cindy Balint, anumber of people have do-nated their time, materials,and money to help bringthings along to the pointwhere the new building is ex-

pected to be completed bythis Christmas.

The Second BaptistChurch has assumed com-plete responsibility for theconstruction of this build-ing, which is dedicated ex-clusively for the use of thefood pantry. Members andfriends have contributed andthe church has receivedgrants from the Meredith Vil-lage Savings Bank and the

Laconia Savings Bank. Atthe present time, there isneed for additional fundingto cover the cost of complet-ing the parking area aroundthe pantry building. Thoseinterested in helping maysend their tax deductiblegifts (earmarked for the foodpantry building) to: SecondBaptist Church, 322 UpperBay Road, Sanbornton, NH03269.

Curbside recycling in Belmont’s near future?BY ERIK [email protected]

BELMONT — Curbsidepickup for recyclables maybe an option for voters to con-sider at 2009 Town Meeting.

According to Town Ad-ministrator JeanneBeaudin, the program wouldcost approximately $135,000the first year.That figure,shesaid, is the additional costthat Bestway Disposal Ser-vices would charge to pickup recyclable materials withthe trash it collects from1,895 Belmont households onWednesdays.

“We would hope that an ef-fective recycling programwould result in the overalltonnage of trash we produce,resulting in savings of thetipping fee and disposalcosts,” Beaudin said.

She said that there wouldbe an estimated 800-ton de-

crease in trash disposed bythe town should it adoptcurbside recycling. Current-ly, the town pays $42.55 perton to dispose of its trash,though that number is slatedto change this year, Beaudinsaid.

Additionally, she added,the town stands to makesome revenue from its recy-clables, depending on themarket. Through cost sav-ings and revenue generated,the town would hope thatcurbside recycling pays foritself at some point, Beaudinsaid.

The selectmen expressedsupport for curbside recy-cling at their Nov. 3 meeting,when Beaudin said thatChairman Ron Cormier hadrequested that the questionbe put on the 2009 Town War-rant.

“If it was an absolutelyvoluntary process, then I’dsupport it,” said selectmanReggie Caldwell.

Beaudin said curbside re-cycling would not meanmandatory recycling. Therewould be no new town ordi-nance, nor would garbagebags be checked for recycla-ble materials, she said. Recy-clables would also not needsorting, she added, but

would be “commingled” in asingle container.

”The people get to vote,”commented selectman JohnPike. “If they don’t want it,they don’t have to get it.”

Caldwell and Pike voted infavor of the solid waste budg-et, including the extra mon-ey for the start-up of curb-side recycling. Cormier waslate to the meeting and didnot vote on the matter,though Beaudin said that he

had previously expressedsupport for curbside recy-cling.

Beaudin said that themoney to begin curbside re-cycling would appear beforevoters as a separate warrantarticle, not as a line item inthe operating budget.

Beaudin noted that theConcord Regional SolidWaste/Resource RecoveryCooperative, of which Bel-mont is a member, is cur-

rently considering buildinga single-stream recycling fa-cility, which would eliminatethe need to sort recyclablesaltogether. A member of theConcord Coop OperatingCommittee, Beaudin saidthat the single-stream facili-ty would likely be in opera-tion in 2010, and that thegroup would ask Belmont ifit wants to participate.

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Board fears biomass heating project too much, too soonBY MEGHAN [email protected]

SANBORNTON — TheSchool Board is looking tocut heating costs in the fu-ture by building a biomasswoodchip heating plant forthree of its buildings, butconcerns that voters may notapprove the approximately$2.5 million project couldstall their efforts indefinite-ly.

Jim Lucy of Honeywell re-cently presented the board

with an update on the energyaudit process his companywas hired to do and discussedthe feasibility of building abiomass woodchip heatingplant that would heat thehigh school, middle schooland agriculture building.The “all-inclusive” prelimi-nary estimate ranged from$2.4-2.9 million, with a pro-jected savings of $136,000 peryear.

Honeywell has calculatedwood chips to cost $7.44 to

provide one million BTUs ofheat output,while #2 oil costs$31.25; natural gas came in at$21.65 and wood pellets at$20.12.

“The more lead time wehave to get information out… the better,” School BoardVice Chair Nina Gardnersaid, voicing concerns thatdistrict residents would beless likely to vote for the war-rant article if they don’t haveenough time to learn aboutit. “Time seems eternal, but

it’s not.”Gardner pointed to the ag

building proposal the SchoolBoard pushed for last year asan example of somethingthat didn’t pass, perhaps be-cause the public didn’t knowenough about it. She said forthis proposal, it would beprudent to make ample timefor question and answer ses-sions in each of the threecommunities.

The board agreed that theproject’s price tag is a bignumber, even with the possi-bility of 50-percent state aid.Gardner said she worriedthat state building aid maybe cut due to budget crisis,which made it even more im-portant to expedite theprocess.

“It’s really important thatwe line up all those ducks go-ing forward,” she said.

Lucy said he could havethe final proposal to make de-cisions from by January,which would allow the war-rant to be posted by Febru-ary, giving only a 20 to 30-dayperiod to get information outto the voters before theMarch district meeting. Ifapproved, Lucy said, Honey-well would “seek to be in aposition for constructionthis summer.”

“I don’t want people to feellike we’re trying to ramrod(this project) through,”Gardner said. “If this ispushed off a year or two,what do we lose?”

School Board Chair MikeGagne said he had spokenwith Superintendent Tam-my Davis, and the two hadagreed it would be a goodidea to send all the informa-tion they’ve received to theCapital Improvements Pro-gram Committee.

“If the committee isn’tvested in this, being on board100 percent, then we should-n’t do it,” Gagne said.

Lucy acknowledged that

with the “crazy rodeo ride”of gas prices, voters may beless likely to see the benefitsof biomass heating now, withgas prices hovering around$2 per gallon, than theywould have when the SchoolBoard first looked into alter-native heating. At that time,gas prices were closer to $4per gallon.

However, Lucy said, it wasbest to look at the history ofgas and oil prices when mak-ing the decision to move tobiomass heating. He showeda graph that highlighted therecent spikes and drops ingas and oil prices but thatshowed a steady increaseover a longer period of time.

“History is your best tes-tament of where the future isgoing,” Lucy said. “Over thelife cycle of the investment,it’s a sound decision.”

One of the school dis-trict’s concerns in recentyears has been the middleschool boilers, which, ac-cording to Lucy, are about 34years old. He said the typicalrate of life is 35.

“They’re getting to theend of their life, but there’s

some life left in them,” Lucysaid.

Lucy added that 85 percentof the heating load for thetwo boilers would be trans-ferred to the woodchip heat-ing plant, if the school dis-trict goes that route.

“Those won’t need to workas hard and you can extendtheir life, if you go with thebiomass plant,” he said.

Without the biomassplant, Lucy said the districtwould have to look at replac-ing both boilers at somepoint in the near future.Windmills erected to stop

Hunkins Pond bacteria growth

SANBORNTON — Theonset of winter is not the on-ly change going on at Hunk-ins Pond in Sanbornton.

The Belknap County Con-servation District is erectingsix windmills that will pumpair to the bottom of the pondthrough a series of hoses.The air bubbling up throughthe pond will help deter thegrowth of potentially toxicbacteria and help return thewater quality of the pondback to safe and acceptablelimits year round.

The bacterial culprit atHunkins Pond is cyanobac-teria Anabaena, also knownas blue-green algae. This wa-terbody has been experienc-ing potentially toxic algaegrowth for many years. Wa-ter testing for the past threeyears has shown cyanobac-teria Anabaena to be domi-nant. Under certain condi-tions cyanobactieria cancause organ damage, nerveparalysis, and death to live-stock, wildlife, pets, and hu-mans. The windmills wereproduced by the Koenderscompany and the installa-

tion is being contracted bythe Solar Stream company ofTemple. Solar Stream spe-cializes in renewable alter-native energy products andhas been helping BCCD withother projects in the county.

The funding for the proj-ect at Hunkins Pond has beenmade possible by a Conser-vation Innovation Grantthough the US Departmentof Agriculture-Natural Re-sources Conservation Ser-vice, a grant from the NH

Moose Plate program, fundsfrom Belknap County to helpcover staffing costs, and themany volunteers who havehelped on the project. Vol-unteers don’t donate dollars,but their time is recognizedby grantors as having valuetoward offsetting labor costs.

For more information onthis project, or to find outhow you can help BCCD se-cure funding from BelknapCounty in 2009, please con-tact the office at 527-5880.

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Belknap County Conservation District volunteers erecting a windmill near Hunkins Pond in Sanbornton. Thewindmill will pump air into the pond to improve the water quality.

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November 27, 2008

Winnisquam Echo

EDITORIAL■

It would be hard not to write the obligatoryThanksgiving-related editorial this week; no matter howcliché it seems, everyone can use a reminder of what itmeans to truly appreciate the holiday, to celebrate beyondthe turkey, the day off from work, and the Black Fridaybargains.

For some, it may seem harder this year to give thanks.In writing updates from various town welfare directors,and stories such as today’s article about Operation SantaClaus, we’ve heard more than once that many people whowere making ends meet before can no longer do so. Somehave been laid off, some have lost their homes and somehad to dip into their savings to pay for substantialincreases in the cost of food, gas and heating fuel. WithChristmas approaching, people in these unexpected andtrying circumstances can’t afford the “extras” – toys forthe kids to open on Christmas day or even warm clothingfor the already winter-like temperatures.

Whether you’re struggling this year or are fortunateenough to be in a position where you can help those whoare, try to find something to be thankful for. Who isn’tgrateful that gas prices have dropped (below $2 a gallon!)?Lots of people are thankful that we haven’t had a snow-storm yet. It could be your children, your friends, yourcat, or the stranger who bailed you out when you couldn’tfind enough change for the bus – you have someone orsomething to be grateful for. So tomorrow, when you’reeating turkey or ham – bought with your own money ordelivered by a local charity – take a moment and givethanks for what you can. That’s what Thanksgiving ismeant to be about.

In the same token, if you have the ability to help outthose who are struggling this year, there’s still time topick a name off a giving tree and buy some toys andwarm clothes for families in need. There are also binsand baskets set up in town halls, schools and businesseswhere you can drop off canned goods and other nonper-ishable items. Or, if you have some loose change janglingin your pockets as you leave Wal-Mart, stop and give it tothe Salvation Army’s bell-ringing Santa. Those who ben-efit from your contributions will undoubtedly be grate-ful.

Make Thanksgivingmore meaningful

LETTERS●

Thanks for the many contributionsTo the Editor:

I am writing to acknowl-edge and thank many com-munity members who havehelped New Beginnings in re-cent fundraising efforts. Inthese troubled financialtimes, people feel a greaterneed to watch their ownpocket books and keep theireye on the bottom line. Townand state budgets have gottentighter, sometimes resultingin not being able to fund NewBeginnings as they have inthe past. As economic timesget tougher, we are called up-on to provide more services,not fewer, and new avenuesof financial support are cru-cial to our ability to providethese services. This fall hasserved as an excellent re-minder that when a commu-nity comes together, evenwhen each individual only

contributes a little piece, theimpact can be very big.

We would like to thankThe Village Image in Bel-mont and Adding DefinitionHair and Spa in Tilton forparticipating in the first an-nual Cutathon. We would al-so like to thank anyone whoreceived services at either ofthese salons on Oct. 25, as aportion of the proceeds weredonated to New Beginnings.This year’s Cutathon was agreat beginning; we are ea-ger to build this annual pro-gram in the coming years.

We would also like tothank the Looney Bin fortheir generous donation.The Looney Bin held theirannual Pig Roast on Colum-bus Day weekend, a portionof the proceeds from whichbenefited New Beginnings.We would like to thank all thecustomers who attended this

event as well.We would like to thank

everyone who contributed toNew Beginnings’ clothingdrive to collect sweatpantsand underwear for victims ofsexual violence who seektreatment at LRGH. Wewould like to acknowledgeGilford Wal-mart and LakesRegion General Hospital forallowing us to use theirspaces as collection sites andshare our appreciation witheveryone in the communitywho contributed clothing ar-ticles or financial donations.This effort resulted in manypairs of sweatpants and un-derwear and in over $200 tobuy more clothing.

Finally, we would like tothank everyone in the com-munity who found some way,large or small, to help us ob-serve Domestic ViolenceAwareness Month this past

October. Domestic ViolenceAwareness Month is achance to remember thosewho have lost their lives toDomestic Violence, honorthe strength of survivors, cel-ebrate the work that has al-ready been done to end Do-mestic Violence and ac-knowledge how much morethere is to do. So to everychurch who added peoplewhose lives have been affect-ed by Domestic Violence totheir prayer list, to everycommunity group who tookthe time to learn more aboutDomestic Violence and toevery individual who foundher or his own way of ob-serving Domestic ViolenceAwareness Month: Thankyou.

Kitty KieferEducation & Outreach Coordinator

New Beginnings

Thank you for your votes and supportTo the Editor:

I want to thank the nearly200,000 voters who voted forme statewide in the guberna-torial election on Nov. 4.Many heartfelt thanks to myfamily, friends and support-ers who held signs, passedout literature and spoke ofour candidacy. It was a won-derful experience to meet somany great people aroundthe state of New Hampshireand to address their con-cerns.

It was clear from the be-ginning our campaign wasan uphill battle given the lim-

ited resources we had but itwas important for me to leavemy senate seat to voice theconcerns about the recordspending in Concord and thelack of direction and leader-ship. In the next two yearbudget we are face with a $500to $700 million shortfall, weneed to find another $100 mil-lion for the new education ad-equacy law and we need toaddress efficiencies such asin energy methods for statebuildings and a centralizedpurchasing system to savemoney.

I was disappointed theGovernor opted out of a Car-

roll County debate in Con-way to discuss important is-sues such as transportation,rural health care deliveryand economic development. Ibelieve the voters lost out inan important exchange ofideas.

My sincere thank you tothe voters of Senate District3 for their support over thelast six years. I congratulateall the legislators who wereelected and wish them wellin tackling the difficult is-sues in Concord this session.

At the end of the day ourcampaign theme was “Let’sKeep New Hampshire, New

Hampshire.” This themegave much time to pause andthink about what that means.To me, it means limited gov-ernment, individual respon-sibility and local control. Butit is also hanging onto theuniqueness of our state suchas the protection of our nat-ural resources, maintaininga good education system andkeeping crime down.

Thank you for the oppor-tunity to serve you.

Joseph D. Kenney2008 Republican Nominee for

Governor

No paper-shedding at the White House

Selectmen stifling public comment

Honored by your trust

To the Editor:

December Harper’s maga-zine prints “Justice AfterBush,” listing crimes relatedto “wartime contracts to sub-standard vendors with insideconnections,” among others.Author Scott Horton raises

getting us into the Iraq warthrough false representa-tions. “No prior administra-tion has been so systemati-cally or so brazenly lawless.”I recommend this to readerswho will find depth on thecomplexity of options forGuantanamo detainees.

Look online at Harper’s mag-azine. The issue is in a rightsidebar.

Horton doesn’t considerimpeachment, built into theConstitution to protect theConstitution. He promotes acommission-form of redressthat could investigate for as

long as two years, and havesubpoena powers. It shouldundertake, from a focus onthe atrocity of legalized tor-ture under Bush and Cheney,what relates to that. It shouldinclude in its record the pa-pers of “the legal ground-work” the president and his

advisors created for their ac-tions.

Please, no paper-shred-ding suddenly at the WhiteHouse.

At investigation’s endwould it recommend pardon,prosecution, or reparations?“The commission would cer-tainly be staffed with somecareer prosecutors.”

With its garish cartooncover of Bush, Cheney,Rumsfeld behind bars – willthey read this? Will our sit-ting, remaining RepublicanSen. Judd Gregg read this?It’s only 11 pages, with space

taken by references and il-lustrations. It gives me hopein behalf of those “enemycombatants”who’ve sufferedbecause we had no politicalwill to end that suffering, un-til cleaning house, by elect-ing Barack Obama and JoeBiden and a host of new De-mocrats who should put sit-ting Democrats on noticethat they sat on too much, toolong. House Speaker NancyPelosi, briefed on the torture,for one, played possum andsaid nothing.

Lynn Rudmin ChongSanbornton

To the Editor:

The decision of the San-bornton Board of Selectmento reschedule public com-mentary from the beginningof regular Selectmen's meet-ings to the end of selectmen'smeetings is, as predicted, sti-fling public comment. Ac-cording to the selectmen,rescheduling was merely toexpedite the flow of the meet-ings. Most meeting attendeeswere sure that gagging pub-lic comment was the realgoal. Recent meeting min-

utes have no record of publiccomments being offered. Toexpect members of the pub-lic to wait patiently for hoursfor an unscheduled two orthree minutes hearing isclearly unreasonable.

Citizens would like to be-lieve that Sanbornton lead-ers are concerned about howthe public views their man-agement of town affairs. Un-fortunately, selectmen's ac-tions dispel this notion. Ourselectmen are increasinglysecretive and unavailable tothe public. Constructive sug-

gestions from the public arerarely welcome. This man-agement style might be tol-erable if the public was be-ing well served. Runawayspending in the face of a re-cession, lack of planning andan ever increasing town taxburden all show that we areheaded in the wrong direc-tion.

We believe the selectmenshould accommodate thepublic by encouraging(rescheduling) public com-ment at selectmen's meet-

ings. They may not alwayshear what they would like tohear, but response to the pub-lic is the job they are paid toperform. We now encouragethe public to voice their com-ments on Town governmentthrough the "letters to the ed-itor" columns in the localnewspapers. By using e-mail,it is inexpensive and easy todo.Writers will probably findmany others that agree withtheir views.

Donald FoudriatSanbornton

To the Editor:

We’re entering a time ofyear when so many things re-mind us of the importance ofgiving – of giving thanks forwhat we have, and giving toothers out of what we have.

For some that means shar-ing financial wealth withthose who have less. For allof us, that can mean givingtime to neighbors orstrangers who need our as-sistance, compassion andcomfort to those who are fac-ing difficult times. It canmean giving a “thank-you”to friends and family whohave supported and cared for

us. In a year where so manypeople are dealing with neweconomic uncertainty, it’smore important than everthat we all think about whatwe have to give to make ourcommunity strong and vital.

So at this time, I would liketo thank you for giving methe opportunity to representyou in the State House ofRepresentatives. I’m hon-ored by your trust, and prom-ise that I will give my hard-est work and best efforts toserving your interests.

Liz MerryState House Representative, Elect

Belknap County, District 2Sanbornton

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Hoodies and yoga pants stay comfortably the sameBY MARTHA LEFEBVRE

I don’t think of myself asa slave to fashion. In fact, mypreferred choice of clothing,when at home, has nothing todo with fashion or style. I’mall for comfortable, sloppyeven. I defy Clark Kent tochange into Superman anyfaster than I can get comfort-able as soon as I get homefrom work; this time of yearcomfortable equating to agray hooded sweatshirt andblack yoga pants.

However, one does have toemerge from the no-fashionzone of the homefront out in-to the world from time totime, in my case at 7:30 everymorning. My work, with theexception of three summerswaitressing at the JackO’Lantern resort during col-lege when my only fashiondecision was if my pumpkinapron was clean enough towear, has been in a more for-mal office setting where onehas to make more effort thana hoodie and yoga pants.Even I will admit that’sstretching business casual abit too far.

I’ve seen a lot of fashionfads come and go, and havetried, in my own modest way,to keep up. Fashion, however,is a moving target. One daywe think we look amazing; 10years later we look back atpictures of ourselves andcringe. I’ve noticed over theyears that new fads alwaysstart out reasonable but endup way too extreme beforethey die out and get replacedby the next fad.

I remember bell-bottompants came into style when Iwas in high school. Theystarted out with just a mod-est flare but the bells got larg-er and larger until by thetime I was a senior we werepractically wearing a puptent on each leg. And then itwas mini skirts. They gotshorter and shorter until fordecency’s sake many camewith matching underwear.

And then it was shoulderpads. A small shoulder padwas OK; it gave definition to

the shoulders. This wasn’tanything that I personallyneeded as I have pretty broadshoulders to begin with, butI could understand that it ap-pealed to some. By the end oftheir fashion popularity,shoulder pads were so outra-geous you could have landeda small airplane on them.

At the same time pantshad done a complete 180 andhigh-waisted pants with ta-pered legs were the rage.This was OK if you happenedto be six feet tall, which sofew of us were. In fact, I’m afairly small person. Withpants up under my armpitsand shoulders padded outlike a football player, this wasnot a good fashion time forme. To the best of my knowl-edge I have located and de-stroyed all pictures taken ofme during this trying fash-ion time.

Pants have since, thankGod, gone back in the otherdirection. It’s now all aboutthe rise; natural waist, mid-rise, low-rise and super low-rise, with the super low riseso low that the zipper is aboutan inch long – hip huggerswe used to call them. Butonce again, what started outas a good idea got a bit ex-treme. Pants have riddenlower and lower until thehips are barely even ac-knowledged in passing, letalone hugged.

Cropped shirts becamepopular. First a little stom-ach was exposed, then a lot ofstomach. Between the highshirts and the low pants, thiswas not a good fashion choicefor the winter months. Frost-bite was a real risk. Which ispossibly why shirts have re-cently also done a complete180. I went to replenish mytank tops and T-shirts overthe summer and everything Itried on went down to myknees. And while it was re-freshing not to have to keeptugging my shirt down sothat I wasn’t exposing mystomach along with the 16-year-olds, what does one dowith the extra 3 feet of mate-

rial? It’s exhausting trying to

keep up with all of thechanges I think it is a con-

spiracy of the fashion de-signers to force people to buynew clothes. I may have itright after all with my "com-

fort at all costs" fashion deci-sions made in the home.There are no extremes tohooded sweatshirts and

sweatpants – they are alwaysgloriously, comfortably thesame.

New members welcomed to T-N Rotary Club

TILTON/NORTHFIELD— On Sept. 24, the Tilton-Northfield Rotary Club in-ducted two of its newestmembers, Jeni Williams andRobert Cormier. Jeni is theBanking Center Manager forNorthway Bank in Tilton.Robert (Bobby) is Tilton’sChief of Police.

The Tilton–Northfield Ro-tary Club belongs to District

7870, which encompasses thesouthern part of New Hamp-shire and Vermont.

The club currently has 26members. Rotary is an or-ganization of business andprofessional people unitedworldwide who provide hu-manitarian service, encour-age high ethical standards inall vocations and help buildgoodwill and peace in the

world.On a local level, the T-N

Rotary Club has supportedthe annual kids fishing der-by, the senior fall foliage, hol-iday baskets, fishing pier forRiverfront Park, annualBook Awards, NorthfieldSkate Park (Dave TryonPark), Savina Hartwell Sum-mer Concerts on the Island,Merrimack County Nursing

Home (FunFest), Adopt aHighway, Making Stridesagainst Breast Cancer, andmany, many more activities.The Tilton-Northfield RotaryClub meets every Wednesdayat the Lochmere CountryClub at 12:15. For more infor-mation, please visitwww.tnrotary.org

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Jenifer Williams, Northway Bank, Pecco Beaufays, Club President, and Robert Cormier, Tilton Chief of Police

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am. Shaw’s will supply fresh-ly baked cookies and drinks.Children of all ages will beable to visit with Santa andhave their photo taken. Hewill be arriving with a littlehelp from the Belmont FireStation and will be broughtto the mall on one of their

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as early as 6 a.m., with allstores offering holiday spe-cials. Santa will be at theBelknap Mall for photosevery Saturday from 11 a.m.– 7 p.m. and Sundays fromnoon to 4 p.m. for the monthof December until returningto the North Pole to get readyfor making his deliveries.Please call the Belknap Malloffice for more information,524-5651.

Santa to arrive at the Belknap Mall Friday

TILTON — As soon as theThanksgiving dinner is fin-ished, thousands of holidaybargain hunters will haveone thing on their minds –outlet shopping at Tanger.That’s because the TangerOutlet Center in Tilton isopening at the stroke of mid-night on Thanksgivingnight, Thursday, Nov. 27, forits third annual Biggest Mid-night Madness Sale.

“Shoppers look forward toour Midnight Madness eventall year long,” remarked Er-ic Proulx, Tanger GeneralManager. “It’s the perfect op-portunity for families andfriends to get together, havesome fun and kick off theirAfter Thanksgiving week-end shopping. With all of thegreat deals they are going tofind at midnight and duringthe weekend, Tanger shop-pers know they are going to

save plenty on all of thebrand name gifts they pur-chase.”

Beginning at midnight onThanksgiving night, the first100 shoppers, 18 years of ageor older, visiting the TangerCustomer Service Centerwill receive a free $10 TangerGift Card. The next 200 shop-pers, 18 years of age or older,will receive a free “ChrisMoose” plush holiday toy.There will be no purchasenecessary. To insure thateveryone is in the holidayspirit, Midnight Madnessshoppers will enjoy strollingentertainment, free refresh-ments and they’ll be suppliedwith money-saving coupons

from many of their favorite,brand name Tanger stores.Also, purchase $200 in same-day Tanger Gift Cards and re-ceive one free lift ticket cour-tesy of Ski New Hampshire(one lift ticket per person perday while supplies last).

Because the entire AfterThanksgiving weekend issuch a popular holiday shop-ping period, Tanger is ex-tending its event this year toaccommodate After Thanks-giving gift buyers, no matterwhen they want to shop.Tanger will offer special Af-ter Thanksgiving Early BirdSavings on Friday from 7a.m. until 11 a.m. and Satur-day morning from open until

11 a.m.; Night Owl Savingsfor those shopping Fridayand Saturday evening from 5p.m. until closing and the Af-ter Thanksgiving Big OutletSale all day Sunday.

Before heading to Tanger,a quick visit to www.tanger-outlet.com/tilton is a greatway to get organized andmake the most of yourTanger holiday shoppingtrip. Online you’ll find a com-plete listing of participatingMidnight Madness stores,After Thanksgiving weekendspecial offers and promo-tions, holiday shoppinghours, helpful shopping tipsand much more.

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Vintage clothing store sets up in TiltonBY ERIK [email protected]

TILTON — Three monthsin existence on Main Street,P4 Consignment and More isthriving, according to KimChadwick, who owns and op-erates the vintage clothingstore with her husband,Roger Pitzer.

The store is located nextto Pauli’s Bakery and Restau-rant.

“I think the economy hascertainly been a help for us,”said Chadwick, expressingan uncommon sentimentamong business owners as oflate. “This gives people theopportunity to continue to beconsumers, and not breakthe bank.”

P4 Consignment and Moreoffers high-quality, name-brand clothes for women andmen, Chadwick said.

“I take people’s good qual-ity, current-style clothing,and sell it for them,” she said,adding that, in consignment,the consigners, or originalowners of the clothing, get apercentage of the profit, andthe store also takes a per-centage.

P4 has suits from BrooksBrothers, $100 ties, and racksand racks of women’s cloth-ing, from jeans to partydresses, all “the kinds ofthings you would find at Ma-cy’s or your better stores,” ac-cording to Chadwick.

The difference, she addedis that at P4, “you will payone-fourth or less of what itwould cost you at a regularstore.”

And the store has some-thing for everyone, Chad-wick noted, everyone from“14-year-olds buying funkystuff for Halloween” to 80-year-olds, and people in allshapes and sizes, “from size00 to size 26.” P4 offers every-thing but children’s clothing.

“It’s all over the board,”she said. “There doesn’tseem to be a group that’s leftout, which is kind of nice.”

The merchandise isdrawn from a growing poolof about 90 active consigners,Chadwick added, noting thattoday’s pool is huge com-pared with what the store

had three months ago.“That’s a pretty quick

thing for a town with 5,000people in it,” she comment-ed.

Chadwick noted that theconsigners are as diverse asher customers. Some are em-ployees of the nearby TangerOutlet stores, who consignthe clothes they purchased attheir places of work. Othersare just people going throughchanges, “gaining weight,losing weight, having chil-dren,” etc., said Chadwick.

The store welcomes cus-tomers with a hipster, bo-hemian atmosphere. In addi-tion to clothing racks, vari-ous figurines, Carl Jung ac-tion figures, pop art pieces,and paintings adorn thestore.

“Some stuff is so funnythat I couldn’t not buy it,” ex-plained Chadwick, addingthat the décor serves a dualpurpose.

“Everything has a pricetag,” she said.

The “P4” in the namestands for project four; it isthe fourth endeavor under-taken by Chadwick and herhusband. To start the busi-ness, Chadwick scouredCraigslist and “hooked into”her friends to find enoughclothes to open the store.

“There’s nothing morefrightening than a store thatdoesn’t have anything,” shesaid.

Chadwick and Pitzer havebeen living in Tilton for eightyears. A couple that camefrom California and Col-orado, respectively, theymoved to Bridgewater, onNewfound Lake, after Chad-wick had read some NewEngland literature and“thought I might be a coun-try person.”

The couple decided to be-come more “townie” afterthe first flakes fell and theirneighbors abandoned theirhomes for Florida.

“I felt like I was in the mid-dle of ‘What Lies Beneath,’”Chadwick said, “the peoplestranded on the lake…”

In Tilton, she said, she andher husband feel fully em-braced by the community.

They have been impressedwith the recent growth of theTilton Main Street Program,especially the Summer Fair.

“It’s always nice to have

people concerned about thetown you are in, whetheryou’re trying to do business,or just trying to live there,”Chadwick said.

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Adam Boehner, MarkBrown Jr., Destiny Camire,Margaret Dampier, AlyshaElliard, ChristopherFontone, Derrick Fortin, Jes-sica Grant, Stephen Gregg,John Hembree, BenjaminKimball, Rebecca Living-stone, Daniel Loring, There-sa Miner, Nicholas Moore,Tyson Morrill, Ryan Nitz,Patrick O’Connell, JonathanO’Sullivan, Samantha Rolfe,Abigail Romprey, RichardRusso, Kurtis Sawyer, Mar-tin Smock-Joyal, Renee St.Germain, Katlyn Van Horn,Kyia Weber

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Michael Allen, TylerBryant, Amy Buckle,Matthew Collins, MelodyDaddio, Andrew Gagnon,Shelby Harriman, AmberHubbard, Jacob Jordan,Matthew Kimball, KathrynKlem, Samantha Lovett, Hi-lary Matte, MeganMcWilliams, Katelyn Patten,Jillian Snow, Anthony To-bine, John Walsh-Wadlegger,Matthew Zulauf


Amanda Berger, MichaelFarkas, Timothy Gurshin,Hannah Julian, RachelMacpherson, Brendan Mc-Cauley, Sean McCauley, An-drew Norkiewicz, CarlynReep, Annie Roberts

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Samantha Bartlett, PeterCloutier, Chelsea Cooper,Sarah Curran, Delia Day, TiaDesgroseilliers, JenniferDonelan, Taliah Dumont,Kerstyn Flack, Joanna

Frangiudakis, Bryan Hamil-ton, Ashlea Haskell, Kira Ja-cobsen, Lucas Knapp, MickiLavin, Kasey Manning,Kelsey McGettigan, ZacharyMellett, Hayden Moon, Jessi-ca Palmer, Jordan Patten,Reid Plimpton, Nathan Pow-ell, Nicholas Riendeau,Sarah Schott, BrittanySmith, Sherrey Smith,Winona Wixson


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David Alberts, MichaelBills, Megan Bolstridge,Christopher Boudreau,Mark Chapman, CameronClairmont, Litteera Clark,William Fortier, MeganFritzky, Kaitlin Gagnon,Natasha Guyotte, LaurenHarrison, Alexandria Howe,Kaitlin Levesque, Cody Mc-Graw, Andrew McKenney,Alexandria Mouzon-Reynolds, Thomas Nelson,Jillian Otto, Virginia Rice,Nicolas Robinson, EdwardRogacki, Eduardo Ruiz,Melissa Sulloway, EmilyWhite


Michele Cantelo,Courtney ClaryGrade 10-Honors

Oshee Baugus, JesseBerwick, Gregory Bickford,Danielle Bilodeau, Ryan Bla-jda, Jesse Blanchard,Christopher Brace, JacobBryant, Jarek Caldwell, Pe-ter Chynoweth, NicholasClements, Tyler Dami, Tyler

Debonee, Molly Dole, OliviaDoucette, Jack Estes, PatrickFlynn, Nicole Gagnon,Stephanie Guerin, ShaunGuertin, Callie Hampton,Kendra Jalbert, Jordan La-coste, Bing Yi Lui, RobertLowe,Sean McWilliams,Tay-lor Morrill, Jennifer Or-takales, Julia Pinette, DanielPowell, Sara Prout, JoshuaRomprey, Chelsea Smith,Ariel Wright


Roll

Christopher Anderson,Katelyn Boudreau, KaylaCormier, Miranda Currier,Harold Davis, Morgan Davis,Alexander Desmarais, AmieEmmons, Joseph Fitzgerald,Chantel-Renee Gagne, Court-ney Gilbert, Kierstin Houle,Lily Macey, Victoria Miracle,Nicholas Paquette, ChristiePerry, Joy Piper, Ryan Pooler,Samantha Ranger, RayannaRobak, Elizabeth Russo,Hillary Taillefer

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Tate Beauchesne, KyleBjelf, Deanna Brouillet,Kaila Burrows, EmilyChase, Jonna Clark, Bonnie-Ann Cleveland, CawlinClough, Ashley Debonee,Christopher Despres, GeneDuclos, Calsey Fontaine,Rachel Guyer, AlexandraHeimlich, Cody Henry,Jamie Hunt, Caila Kelloway,Olivia Kostusky, FrankLandry, Kearra Lorette,Vanessa Moses, SarahMunn, Camron Perry,Samantha Phelps, DavidProvencher, Corey Schi-avoni, Rachel Segelstrom,Desiree Smith, Alisha St.George, Amanda Titus, Cor-rina Turcotte, AndreaTuthill, Taunya Wilcott,Samantha Wilson

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Young artists appreciate child-like painterBY ERIK [email protected]

TILTON — Sixth, seventh,and eighth grade artists atWinnisquam Middle Schoolstudied the work of a man

not too different from them-selves last month. FrenchPost-Impressionist HenriRousseau (1844-1910) hasbeen categorized as a Naïvepainter, for his child-like in-

terpretations of events andplaces he has never seen.

A huge silkscreen of“Tiger in the Storm,” a de-piction of a tiger in a tropicaljungle, hangs in the hallway

at the Middle School to in-spire student artists.

“I enjoyed the fact that hedrew all these things but hadnever been out of Paris,”said Hannah Livernois, astudent in Marie Johnson’sart class. “It was kind of hisimagination.”

Rousseau based his jungledepictions, a recurrence inhis work, on visits to botani-cal gardens in Paris, andfrom books read and storiesheard. He did not beginpainting seriously until his40s, and had no formal train-ing. He became a full-timepainter at 49, retiring fromhis day job as a tax collector.

Though Rousseau was of-ten snickered at for his so-called childish artwork, hewas apparently good enoughto be sought out by Pablo Pi-

casso. According to legend,the artist, lucky enough toenjoy success and fame dur-ing his lifetime, happenedupon a Rousseau paintingthat was being sold only forthe underlying canvas.

The students enjoyedRousseau’s imagination, un-fettered by facts and experi-ence.

“It was just fun to makedifferent pictures like he did,because he had a creativeway of doing animals andtrees and things,” said Jor-dan Bluhm. “He drew ani-mals how he wanted them tolook; he gets to express hisway of creativity.”

Rousseau has also beennoted for his deft use of col-or.

“He blends the colors sowell,” said Myasia Lewis,who made her ownRousseau-inspired depictionof a silver elephant emerg-ing from the jungle. “He mix-

es certain colors to make dif-ferent colors.”

Johnson said that her stu-dents used several methodsto capture Rousseau’s spirit.One, called a “resist,” doneby the sixth graders, in-volved a base picture in oilpastels, topped with water-colors. The oil base resiststhe watercolor application;hence the name.

Johnson explained thatthe traveling art display is anannual fixture in her class.Last year, the students stud-ied Rousseau’s friend, Picas-so.

While painting and draw-ing like Rousseau, the stu-dents supplemented their ac-tivities with conventionalclassroom endeavors: theywatched a video on the artist,picked out the painting notby Rousseau, and wrote ashort story to go with aRousseau painting of theirchoice.


Myasia Lewis proudly displays her own Rousseau-inspired work, a depiction of a silver elephant emerging fromthe jungle.

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Dorothy L. Dane, 65TILTON — Dorothy L.

Dane, 65, a longtime residentof the Winnisquam area ofTilton died suddenly, Nov. 13,2008 in Saratoga Springs,N.Y., where she resided since2004.

She was born in Salisbury,Feb. 8, 1943, daughter of thelate Elmer and Emeline(Spaulding) Dane. She livedin Winnisquam for manyyears and prior to moving toNew York lived for a time inCanterbury. Dotty was agraduate of Franklin HighSchool, Class of 1961. Fol-lowing high school she wentto work with the ConcordGroup Insurance Companyin Concord, retiring as a pay-roll specialist for New Eng-

land in 2003, following over40 years of employment. Shethen worked for a time atHavenwood in Concord. Shewas a member of theFranklin United MethodistChurch. Dotty enjoyed at-tending local craft shows andspending time at fairs, espe-cially the Eastern States Ex-po. She had a great fondnessfor animals, travel and tripsto the ocean. While in NewYork she worked as a hostessat the Saratoga Springs RaceTrack and was a banquet spe-cialist for the Holiday Innthere. Dotty enjoyed countryand western music. She wasa friend to those who wanteda friend.

She leaves her special

friends Norman Gaudette ofBelmont, Sandi (Jacques)Flanders of Franklin, andElaine (Heath) Bennett of La-conia.

Calling hours were heldNov. 21 at the William F.Smart Sr. Memorial Home,Tilton. A funeral service washeld Nov. 22 at the MemorialHome in Tilton. Burial fol-lowed in Franklin Cemeteryin Franklin.

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Constance Lee Mirski, 60BELMONT — Constance

Lee Mirski, 60, of Belmont,died at the Lakes Region Gen-eral Hospital, Laconia onTuesday, Nov. 18, 2008.

Born in Bowling Green,Ky., on Jan. 7, 1948 to Mary M.and Charles A. Deakin, Con-nie was an Army daughterand lived throughout theUnited States, graduating inWahiawa, Hawaii, fromLeilehua High School in 1966.From there she traveled toMiami, Fla., where she grad-uated from Barry College in1971.

In 1972 she married thelove of her life, Mark Mirski,and together they moved toWinnisquam where they be-gan the innovative silk-

screening business Freedomof Expression. They eventu-ally moved to Belmont, intothe family homestead. Con-nie worked as a Special Edu-cation/ESL Teacher in theGilford School Districtwhere she enriched the livesof many children. She lovedher students. Her favoriteoutdoor activities includedkayaking, snowshoeing andgardening.

Connie was an amazingwife, mother, daughter, sister,teacher and friend. Her gen-erosity and hard work was al-ways appreciated and thelove she shared with otherswas an example for all to liveby. She will be missed bymany but will live on in the

hearts of all those she leavesbehind.

Survivors include herhusband, Mark Mirski;daughter, Kassia Mirski;mother, Mary Guarnieri;three sisters, Angie Speak-man (Steve),Liz Hart (Frank)and Helen Guarnieri; broth-er and sister-in-law Paul andKay Mirski; niece SaraSpencer; nephews, ChristianMirski, David Speakman andWalker Guarnieri.

Those who preceded herin death include her father,Charles A. Deakin; step-fa-ther, David C. Guarnieri;grandparents, Myrtle andJohn Schaeufele, and Renaand Augustus Deakin.

Many thanks go to the

wonderful CommunityHealth and Hospice nursesand staff of Laconia and thespecial doctors and staff ofDana-Farber Cancer Insti-tute of Boston.

A Celebration of Connie'sLife was Nov. 21 at CenterStage Cafe, MeadowbrookPerforming Arts Center, Gil-ford.

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While most families re-quest modest gifts for thechildren, some kids havehigher hopes. One boy inBelknap County has askedfor an electric scooter, for ex-ample.

“Some of the big-ticketitems are hard to come by,”Bacon admitted.

But Boucher also saidtheir office tries its best toaccommodate the wishes ofthese young children. Lastyear, when someone askedfor a computer, they workedwith Dell to get a refurbishedcomputer.

“With some calling, somegifts become a possibility,”Boucher said.

The deadline for collect-ing gifts is Monday, Dec. 1.The average gift package is$75 per child. Gifts of NEWclothing or toys can be pur-chased directly by the donorand dropped off at OperationSanta Claus Headquarters,11 Stickney Ave., in Concord,across from the Concord BusTerminal off Loudon Road.Call 271-6530 for more infor-mation.

On Thursday, Dec. 11, SEAvolunteers will load all of thegifts into National Guardtrucks for delivery to eachdistrict office. Once deliv-ered, DCYF Case Workerswill ensure each child re-ceives their gift prior toChristmas Day.

Governor John Lynchand Miss New HampshireRachel Barker have been in-vited to join Operation San-ta Claus volunteers andmembers of the New Hamp-shire Army National Guardas they load presents ontolarge military trucks.

Donations can be made bycash or check and sent toSEA, 105 North State Street,Concord, NH 03301.

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they missed having a consis-tent SRO presence in theschools. The town-fundedSROs were pulled into regu-lar police duty when theshort-staffed departmentneeded the manpower.

Concerning the Fire De-partment, Chief Jim Davisread from a prepared state-ment announcing that hewas no longer requesting apart-time fire inspector. Theposition had also been re-quested last year. Davis saidthat individual would helpthe department catch up onfire inspections and fire pre-vention education services.

“While this position isvery much needed,” saidDavis, “we feel at this timethat it would be prudent forus...to take this out.”

Davis said that the FireDepartment would re-re-quest the position when theeconomic climate of thetown and beyond improves.

“By no means does thisdemean the importance ofthis position,” he said.

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funded fire study, performedby Municipal Resources Inc.,was not discussed. The threeboards did, however, scratchthe surface of their relation-ship within the Fire District,and their views of publicsafety in a general sense.

Specifically addressingFire District employees,Tilton selectman Tim Pear-son stated that his townwants to remain in the dis-trict.

“For the benefit of anyFire District employees pres-ent...we are supportive ofmaintaining the structure ofthe Fire District, that of theemployees and the Fire Dis-trict,” Pearson said.

Getting down to business,Tilton Selectmen Chair

Katherine Dawson noted thatat the two boards' joint meet-ing earlier this year, both theTilton and Northfield select-men agreed that “safety is thefirst priority” in the Fire Dis-trict.

“What the first priority ofthe Fire Commissioners?”she asked.

“The first priority for any-one, I think, who is involvedin public safety, is public safe-ty,” said Fire CommissionChairman Kevin Waldron,“but not public safety at allcost.”

Asked to elaborate on hisstatement by Tilton select-man Tom Cavanaugh, Wal-dron replied that as long ashe has observed, the Fire Dis-trict has shown “increase af-

ter increase after increase,”budget-wise, and has, in hisopinion, “run rampant” be-yond the control of the FireCommissioners.

“I've maintained since dayone that that's backwards,”Waldron said. “Policy shouldbe set by the commissionersand carried out by the em-ployees.”

Cavanaugh respondedthat the MRI study had high-ly complimented Fire Dis-trict employees.

“It would seem to me thatif it is running rampant, itwas running well while itwas running rampant,” Ca-vanaugh said.

Commissioner PaulAuger told the Tilton select-men that his “biggest con-

cern is, do the people ofTilton feel they're gettinggood service?” Auger saidthat he was in favor of ad-dressing Tilton's concerns,but he said the communityhas to be patient.

“I'm willing to do that, butit just won't happenovernight,” he said.

Responding to Auger'squestion, both Dawson andPearson said that they didnot feel that Tilton was get-ting adequate coverage fromthe Fire District. Auger not-ed that Northfield had causefor concern regarding cover-age as well. Some responsetimes in parts of Northfieldhave been as long as responsetimes to east Tilton, the areaconstantly cited by the Tilton

selectmen as needing im-provement.

Dawson replied thatthough her board is awarethat concerns exist in North-field, “but we are the Tiltonselectmen, and we are con-cerned with the product thatwe purchase from the FireDistrict.” She added that shefeels coverage is inadequatein east Tilton, “and we havea report that suggests that.”

Waldron responded thatdiscussion of the MRI firestudy was not on the agendafor last Thursday night.

“We will have a later meet-ing to discuss this,” he said.

Discussion also touchedon the fact that three fire-fighters have left the districtin the past three months.

Dawson noted that an exit in-terview with one firefighterrevealed that he left the dis-trict because the district doesnot pay for a family healthplan.Waldron noted that ben-efits policies had been set bya prior board of commis-sioners, and that the districtdoes pay 100 percent of thepremium for a single policyholder.

The Fire Commissionersdebated some before granti-ng Tilton's request that theFire Chief be allowed at theupcoming Dec. 17 meeting toanswer certain questionsthat, according to Dawson,“neither of the Boards of Se-lectmen could answer.”

“If you are referring to

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questions generated from theMRI report, and that reportis somehow incomplete, thenyou need to go back to MRI toget your answers,” said Wal-dron. He added that he didnot want to spend Fire Dis-trict funding to answer ques-tions on a report the Fire Dis-trict did not fund.

After the Tilton selectmenrequested that the commis-sioners vote on the request,it was granted 2-1, with Wal-dron voting against author-

izing the chief to answerquestions.

Also at last Thursday'scommissioners' meeting, thecommission agreed to meetwith the newly-formedTilton-Northfield Fire Dis-trict union on Monday, Nov.24. The commissionersagreed to have an introduc-tory discussion on the unionand why it was organized,but they declined discussionon “the political climate” inthe Fire District and recentemployee resignations.

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Pound Road. An emergencyresponder may think he canget to that section from an-other section of Pound Road,but his vehicle would not beable to pass the more-or-lessdirt trail that connects thetwo sections.

Last winter, the Fire De-partment was not able toreach a section of Calef HillRoad when its truck got stuckon the unmaintained, ClassVI section of road linkingtwo developed sections. Lastmonth, the selectmen agreedto essentially extend thename of Threshing MillRoad through the portion ofCalef Hill Road with confus-ing access.

Concerning the num-bered addresses, Kellehernoted that Sanbornton’s oddroad access creates a similarproblem. From access points,address numbers are some-

times running backwards, orsometimes running in un-usually high numbers, hesaid.

“I’m the first house on myroad, but I’m number 68,”commented selectmen chairAndrew Livernois.

The Division of SafetyServices officials said thatPound Road, Old RangeRoad, Threshing Mill Road,and Willow Road all had sec-tions with street numbersthat the town should consid-er changing.

Cheney said that typically,address numbers increase asproperties radiate outwardfrom the town’s center, orthey increase from a road’saccess point.

Cheney said that once 911services makes a town awareof a possible confusion, thetown has the obligation to fixit. A Supreme Court decisionregarding the town of

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ple died, and the town wasresponsible,” he noted.

“E-911 doesn’t just comehere and ask you to do thisout of a lark,” he said.“There’s reasons for it.

“This is the age of mutu-al aid,” Cheney added.“(Chief DeSilva) may knowwhere these places are, butwhat about the guy from theLaconia Fire Department?”

In addition to the addresschanges, Cheney and Kelle-her informed the selectmenthat businesses along the so-called Daniel Webster High-way in Sanbornton, whichapparently doesn’t actuallyexist, officially, are actuallyon Tilton’s Laconia Road. It’sa case where the road is inTilton but the businessbuildings are in Sanbornton,Cheney said.

The selectmen havescheduled a public hearingabout two weeks from nowon the proposed changes.

From one turkey to another, a vow, ‘Nevermore’North Country Notebook

John Harrigan

Between us my wife and Ihave raised all kinds of crea-tures, from calves to pigs tochickens to goats to sheep tokids, but to this day I haven’tfigured out what it was thatmade us go into turkeys. Per-haps it was because we like afresh turkey and BobbyDavis, the habitual local rais-er of same, was no longerhere to raise them. Whatev-er, as the kids say, rollingtheir eyes. Suffice to say that

all I recall is a vague conver-sation, and suddenly therewas a call from ConnieAngevine down at the feedstore. “Your turkeys are in,”she said sweetly, as if noteven trying to suppress agrin.

These were bronze turkeychicks. “We don’t sell bronzeones any more,” Connie saidwhen I called her up to do myusual thorough fact-check-ing for this piece. “We onlysell the white ones.”

I smelled a story here.“How come white ones on-ly?” inquiring minds wantedto know.

“They pluck better,” Con-nie replied, “especially thepinfeathers.” (Note: Not“cluck better,” but “pluckbetter.” There’s a decided dif-ference, as in “life anddeath.”)

This intrigued me. Wasthere some genetically in-duced miracle of breeding

that made white turkeys eas-ier to pluck after scaldingthan bronze ones? Specifi-cally, do the white turkey’spinfeathers come out easierand more completely? “No,”Connie confessed, “it’s justthat people aren’t quite aslikely to spot any missedwhite pinfeathers and bebothered by them. They cansee the bronze ones.”

Anyway, back when wewent through our one andforever only turkey experi-ence we got bronze, and verysoon the dozen tiny puffballswere pounding down the gro-ceries and packing on thepounds. Came the week be-fore Thanksgiving and wehad gigantic turkeys roam-ing the territory and scrap-ing yawning holes in thelandscape and peckingeverything peckable to bits.It was time.

The plan was fairlystraightforward. We knowwhere our food comes fromand are used to growing andkilling things in both garden

and barn, so we were pre-pared with buckets for en-trails, a tub of hot water forscalding, and bags for feath-ers.

Turkeys are gluttons forgrain and you just grab themby the feet, no mean feat.This is when furious flap-ping and much vigorouspecking ensues. With two ofthese behemoths in hand,flapping B52-size wingspansfor all they’re worth, it’s awonder you don’t go air-borne.

Turkeys are nasty crea-tures, in my book even nas-tier than chickens, and that’ssome nasty. For still un-known reasons my daughterKaren happened by andmade the consummate mis-take of stopping by to help, adecision she regrets to thisday. Somewhere we have apicture of her lugging twomonstrous turkeys to thekilling site, their beatingwings a blur and Karen’sfront covered in mud andmuck. “Never again,” shesays quickly whenever Ibring it up. “That smell.”

The killing site was theold iron swing set, built forour childhood long years agoand made to last, on whichseveral birdfeeders usuallyhang. On this occasion it wascleared for hanging turkeysupside down, by their feet.When you do this, the turkeywill stop flapping after a fewseconds and calmly crane itsneck up so it can peeraround,periscope-like,at theworld as a turkey knows it,which is not much.

Some people shoot theturkey right behind the eyewith a .22 short, a mercifulend, and others use a verysharp knife, and as I recallwe did both (sensitive read-ers may want to stop hereand go read something else).But I had a strong desire todispatch at least one of ourturkeys the way my grandfa-ther Carl Harrigan in Lisbondid it, with an axe on a chop-ping block.

So all was in readiness,my biggest and sharpest axe

and big chopping block outthere on the back lawn whereall the rest of the mayhemwas going on, and I grabbedmy turkey with one handand my axe with the other,right down on the haft, andlaid the turkey’s neck on thechopping block, and do youknow, this was a turkey ofthe particularly curiouskind, and it kept trying topeer around and see howmuch it could be dimlyaware of, and when I struckI just missed cutting com-pletely through just a tinystrip of skin, enough appar-ently to keep the turkey hot-wired enough to take off,which it did, in the generaldirection of the adjacentalder swamp and, theoreti-cally, northwestern Maine.“Sweet Jeezus!” I yelled, orwords to that effect. “Some-one get that turkey!”

It was a short-lived dra-ma. The turkey was streak-ing off like a trotter at theFair one minute, and folded

its wings and collapsed intoan edible heap the next. Andthen it was on to the dippingand plucking and cleaning.

That particular turkey,which as always I cooked,graced our crowded tablethat Thanksgiving and wasdelicious, as were the veg-etables from the garden andthe apple pie from our ownapples and the squash andpumpkin pie from the vinesaround the manure pile andthe jelly from the high-bushcranberries in hedgerowsand woods.

But thereafter I vowed tostick to raising simple thingslike sheep and pigs, especial-ly pigs, which contrary topopular assumption are ex-tremely clean animals if giv-en the right environment, donot have to be picked up bythe feet, and have no filthywings to flap in your face.

(John Harrigan’s address:Box 39, Colebrook, N.H.03576. E-mail:[email protected])

SANBORNTON — On Sat-urday, Dec. 6, from 9 a.m. to 3p.m. the Sanbornton Histori-cal Society will present itsannual Christmas Wreathand Craft Fair at the LaneTavern, 520 Sanborn Road(Route 132), SanborntonSquare. Proceeds from theChristmas Wreath and CraftFair go to the continuingmaintenance of the historicLane Tavern and other SHSprojects. Local artisans willbe selling oil paintings; handsewn fabric and knit goods;honey and maple products;unique herbs and spices;jams and preserves; breads,cookies and pies; goat milksoaps; wooden toys; hand-crafted paper; both new andestate jewelry, and muchmore. The Lane Tavern giftshop will be open and thereis a raffle for a door prize.

The fair features a cookiewalk with home baked goods.Free coffee and hot mulled

cider is available. Lunch canbe purchased for a nominalfee. Christmas wreaths areavailable at the craft fair andrange in price from $12 to $42.These wreaths are premiumdouble-faced, thickly fash-ioned and handcrafted. Theyhave doubled needled balsamtips and are made from thefreshest greens. Wreaths aredecorated with weather re-sistant red velvet bows. Thewreaths can also be pre-or-dered--payment with the or-der is appreciated. Orderfrom Dave Witham, 286-9590,or order forms can be down-loaded from: http://lanetav-ern.org. Return this form toSHS, PO Box 204, Sanborn-ton, NH 03269. Make checkspayable to Sanbornton His-torical Society. Mark mailedenvelopes “Wreath Sale.” Forgeneral information contact:Claudette Varney, 267-9022,or Linda Salatiello, 286-4526,or [email protected].

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The Winnisquam Region-al Cal Ripken Youth BaseballAssociation recently held anawards banquet to celebratethe 2008 season and conductBoard of Director electionsfor the 2009 season. Joiningreturning Treasurer KatinaLemay on the Board will beRick Correia as President,Matt Harmon as Vice Presi-dent and Sherry Correia asSecretary.

At the present time, nom-inations are being acceptedfor additional WinnisquamCal Ripken Board members.

Voting Board Member Vacancies:

Player AgentIt is the Player Agent’s du-

ty to work to the best of theirability to maintain equityamong the teams. It is alsothe Player Agent’s responsi-bility to handle issues withparents as they arise, and ifunable to provide a resolu-tion, bring it before theBoard for a group resolution.

Umpire in ChiefThe Umpire in Chief shall

be responsible for choosingumpires for the League, fa-cilitating their training, andensuring that they have theproper equipment. It is alsothe Umpire in Chief ’s re-

sponsibility to schedule andcoordinate umpires for theLeague’s games.

Non-Voting Vacancies:Equipment ManagerThe Equipment Manager

shall be responsible for or-ganizing and distributingequipment used by theLeague, including posses-sion of keys to various facil-ities (excluding concessionstand equipment).

Uniform ManagerThe Uniform Manager

shall be responsible for uni-forms used by the League. Itis the Uniform Manager’s re-sponsibility to select, order,distribute and maintain in-ventory on regular seasonand all-star uniforms, in-cluding hats, shirts andsocks.

Field MaintenanceLeaderThe Field Maintenance

Leader shall be responsiblefor routine field mainte-nance, including pre-seasonclean-up, field improvementsand coordinating the pre-game preparation.

Field Scheduling LeaderThe Field Scheduling

Leader shall be responsiblefor coordinating practices

and games as well as coordi-nating field availability forall teams, including Major,Minor and Rookie levels.

Fundraising CoordinatorThe Fundraising Coordi-

nator shall be responsible forcoordinating the League’sfundraising activities to in-clude research of fundrais-ing opportunities and pres-entation to the Board for ap-proval. Once approved, theFundraising Coordinatorwill coordinate timing, dis-tribution and collection offundraising materials.

Concessions CoordinatorThe Concessions Coordi-

nator shall be responsible formanaging the activities asso-

ciated with the League’s con-cession stand. This includescoordinating staffing andmaintaining inventory offood items and supplies.

Nominations for theseopen positions will be ac-cepted until Nov. 30. Anyonewith questions or interestedin pursuing one of the posi-tions listed above should e-mail [email protected] or call 738-0248. Ad-ditional information can befound atwww.eteamz.com/wrcr/.Winnisquam Cal Ripken is achartered Cal Ripken Leaguewithin the Babe Ruth Orga-nization. WRCR is not affili-ated with the WinnisquamRegional School District.

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GILFORD — Gunstock be-gan to make snow on Nov. 18,and the Gunstock FreestyleAcademy is getting ready forseason two.

The Academy providesfreestyle skiing and snow-boarding instruction focus-ing on safety and fun. Be-cause of Gunstock’s conven-ient location and multipleparks, GFA’s participantscome from all areas of NewHampshire, Maine, andMassachusetts. The profes-sional coaching staff workswith a variety of individualskill levels and has helpedskiers and boarders learntheir favorite tricks and ad-vance their individual goals.Coaches are looking forwardto the high advancement inskills that year two brings.Last year a dozen skiers andriders participated in the in-augural year.

The Academy meetsevery Saturday and Sundayfrom mid December untilmid March providing a lot oftime for personal growth andfreeriding.

“My favorite part of theprogram is the price. It is af-fordable and focuses on hav-ing fun while advancing myson’s skills. He would live onthe mountain if he could,”commented Anne Guyotte,parent of a young snow-boarder.

Bryce Quigley, who par-ticipated last year, said hehad a great time hanging out

with friends skiing andlearning at the same time.

For parents that are look-ing for a positive learning ex-perience on the mountainThe Gunstock FreestyleAcademy is an independentnot for profit organizationrun by the parents of the pro-gram. Additionally, it givesskiers and riders the abilityto develop skills in the parkswith excellent fun guidance.

The goal of the GFA is tooffer complimentary pro-gramming to the very suc-cessful Gunstock Ski Cluband Gunstock Nordic Asso-ciation for families lookingfor different types of oppor-tunities for their kids.

Additional information,photos, and coaches bio’s canbe found at http://www.gun-stockfreestyle.com.

GunstockFreestyle Academyset for season two

Coombs-McDaniel and Oriakhi make it official with UConnTILTON —University of

Connecticut-bound TiltonSchool students JamalCoombs-McDaniel ofDorchester, Mass., and AlexOriakhi of Lowell, Mass.,have committed to UConnand head coach Jim Cal-houn following an impres-sive summer in 2006 on theAAU circuit with BABC.

Both Coombs-McDanieland Oriakhi have a long listof accomplishments indi-vidually and collectivelythrough their playing daysas AAU and prep schoolteammates. With BABC,one of the nation’s top AAUprograms, the pair won the2006 15U AAU NationalChampionship, 2007 NikeBoo Williams National In-vitational, 2007 16 AAU Na-tional Super Showcase and2008 King James NationalInvitational. As juniors atTilton School last year, they

earned co-Most ValuablePlayer honors as theycruised to the NEPSACClass-B Championship.

Coombs-McDaniel wasthe team’s leading scorer asa junior at 22ppg, while heaveraged 9 rebounds and 4assists per game. Oriakhiwas a dominant force in thepaint with 17 points, 10 re-bounds and 3 blocks percontest. Tilton enters the08-09 campaign as one ofthe favorites in Class-B,while the pair is ranked byall national recruiting out-lets as elite nationalprospects. Both players arepoised for another greatseason. Tilton School HeadBoys’ Basketball CoachMarcus O’Neil said, “Jamal(Coombs-McDaniel) is asfierce a competitor as youwill find. He is intelligent,tough, versatile and un-selfish on the court. He

makes his teammates bet-ter and almost always findsa way to win. He is a guyyou want in your fox hole.”

In addition, O’Neil said,“Alex (Oriakhi) is long, ath-letic and extremely strong.His offensive skills are far

beyond what you expect ofa prep school post player. Heanchors our defense andcan make all the playsaround the basket. Hisshooting range extends tothe three-point arc. The fu-ture is bright for Alex.”

COURTESY PHOTO

Tilton School’s Alex Oriakhi (left) and Jamal Coombs-McDaniel signbasketball National Letters of Intent to the University of Connecticut.Also pictured are Tilton School head coach Marcus O’Neil (far left)and Tilton School assistant coach Brian Aron (far right).

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MEREDITH—Fantastic home with great views ofLake Winnipesaukee. An architectural gem.Located in an area of fine homes Within minutesof Meredith Center. Cherry floors and a chefsdream kitchen. A barn to house miniature horsesrecently added but can accommodate full sizehorses. $ 1,399,900

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BRISTOL—QUALITY, LOCATION, STYLE & VIEWS!Beautiful and well designed home overlookingNewfound Lake and surround mountains. Enjoybreathtaking sunsets and amazing all season viewsfrom this lovely home nestled in a large wooded lot.Perfect vacation or primary home sharing 400' sandybeach, day dock, and mooring field with reasonablewait list. Ski, hike, swim, and unwind. $439,900

BRISTOL—Great in town location. Within walk-ing distance to local services from this 3 bedroom,3 bath condo. This unit has a Master Bedroomsuite and even has a 1 car heated garage! Freshlypainted, ready to move right in. Private back patiowith nice yard area. Close to Newfound Lake areaamenities with 2 town beaches. Why not livewhere you play? $ 199,500

CAMPTON—Beautiful Cedar log home. Built in2006, great mountain views to the west. Hickorycabinets in the kitchen, tile and pine flooring, withtongue and groove finish work. Large deck, 4 bed-rooms, 3 baths. Great vacation home or yearround home on 2.6 acres. Walkout finished base-ment with kitchenette. $359,900

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Houses For SaleOssipee 1700’s Cape with Acreage 4 bedroom, 1.5 bathroom, center chim-ney, hand-hewn beams, granite foun-dation, large shops, woodshed and storage buildings. 25 acres of quiet field and forest, two springs. $249,000.

Call 603-868-6269

ROOM FOR EVERYONE! – Energy efficient 3+ bedroom ranch built around a mobile home. New kitchen, baths, floors, windows, in-law suite & 7 acres. Offering $3,000. toward clos-ing costs, it’s only $149,900.

Old Mill Properties. 744-8526

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$49,995 Modular Cape, delivered. www.CamelotAffordableHomes.com. Sat. & Sun. 10 to 5 & Daily 10 to 6. Closed Wed. Camelot Homes Rt.18, Littleton, NH, and Rt. 3,Tilton, NH.

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Apartments For Rent1 BR APT. RTE 25 in Moultonboro. Heat and air conditioning included. Laundry facilities avail. NO smokers. No pets. Avail. early Oct. $750/mo. 603-476-5154

ACT NOW! RUMNEY/PLYMOUTH: 1 & 2 BEDROOM APTS NOW AVAILA-BLE! $650-$850 INCLUDES HEAT,HT WTR, CLEAN AND SPACIOUS! CALL NEW ENGLAND FAMILY HOUSING NOW @ 603-744-3551 OR EMAIL [email protected]

Apartments; Ashland, Campton . Clean, quiet, well maintained, 1 & 2 bedrooms. Heat & hot water included. NO pets, No smoking. From $585/mo. Call 726-7135

Ashland 1 Bedroom plus den apart-ment. Recently remodeled. Dish-washer, porch, laundry. Heat and hot water included! $750/month. Call 536-2479

Bristol, 3BR, 2 bath, Duplex, cable, satellite, plowing included, W/D, Re-frigerator, Stove on site. Cute, Clean, Quiet, Pets negotiable. $1000/mo. 603-744-3356

CENTER SANDWICH ATTACHED CAPE COD SMALL HOUSE/APT. ADULTS ONLY, COUNTRY SETTING. $625 PLUS UTIL.(approx.$225/mo.) 1 LARGE SUNNY BEDROOM, KITCHEN, LIV-ING ROOM WITH FIREPLACE, FULL BATH, GAS HEAT, IN-CLUDES: HOT WATER, SATELLITE TV, PET CONSIDERED. PREFER NON SMOKER, 1 YEAR LEASE, 1ST. AND LAST MO. SEC., REFER-ENCES CHECKED. CALL 284-6832

Franklin 3Br, 1.5 bath Townhouse, A/C, W/D hookup, dishwasher, eat in kitchen, dining room. $1050/mo. plus utilities. Call 603-965-5045.

FRANKLIN: Very nice two bedroom apts. available. Secure building, off street parking, on site laundry. $700 per month plus utilities. 603-455-5055 or [email protected]

Apartments For RentGilford Large 1BR apt with fully appl eat-in kitchen. Full bath, LR, includes h/htw and W/D. Awesome views, mins to Gunstock and Lakes with access to private beach. No pets/non smoker. $800.00 a month

Holderness, 1st floor, 2 bdrm. apart-ment in duplex. Yard and plenty of parking. Heat,electric and snow plow-ing incl. $825. mo. No dogs please. Available immediately. Call 279-5012.

Meredith 2Br in town apartment, many updates, laundry on site, $800/mo. plus utilities. Call 603-393-6442.

Meredith along water 100’ from Mere-dith Yacht Club--25D Pleasant St., all new large 1BR, big closets, W/D hook-ups, refrigerator, stove. No animals. $995/mo. plus deposit. Includes heat, H/W. 867-8678 or 622-1940

Meredith Area Lake Front WinterRentals- 1 BR Apt w/garage, $675+, 2 BR Apt.-$975 + Wood or Oil Heat. Pets OK. Call after 5 PM, 508-740-9035 .or [email protected]

Meredith Downtown Apartments - Unfurnished

1Bdr Apt 2nd floor with limited views of Meredith Bay - $650 1Bdr Apt 2nd floor with private screened in porch over looking Mere-dith Bay - $750Utilities included are heat, hot water, snow plowing and trash removal.

(603)785-4490 to set up appt.

Meredith Studio Apartment, sin-gle family home with private en-trance, convenient country loca-tion. $750/mo. includes heat, lights, cable and internet. No smoking, no pets. Call 279-4376.

MEREDITH: Best apartment best neighborhood, best landlord - that’s what our previous tenant said! Bright, sunny, cheerful, totally renovated, 1260 sq. ft., 2 bedrooms, 2 baths. Completely new eat in kitchen w/dish-washer. Laundry room on premises. 2 miles from downtown. Trash removal & parking. Beach rights. $1150 IN-CLUDES HEAT. Security Deposit and references required. Available Dec. 1st. Call 279-5426 by 8PM for an appoint-ment.

Plymouth - Student Rentals. 2/3BR APT. Great Location. Available now by month or by semester. Also - Female roommate needed for 4BR House & Female roommate needed for 3BR Apt. 536-2398

PLYMOUTH. Modernized great room with loft, two bedrooms, 1.5 bath, storage, parking. $700 plus heat & utilities. Call 254-6808

ROOMMATES WANTED to share Meredith Colonial. Walking distance to town/lake. Cable, W/D, heat and utilities inc., 2 brand new remodeled spaces. From $100-$175/wk. 1 week deposit. Call Barbara 603-707-7279.

Tilton: Main street, 5 rooms, 2 bed-room apt. $850/mo. utilities not in-cluded. Available Dec. 1st. Altura Properties 603-491-2139

Waterfront Suite Belmont YrRnd, $850/month includes 1 queen bed, furnishings, appliances, basic cable, 30ft dock, on site maintenance & snow removal. No Smoking, No Pets. 1st + Security+References.

Dana 603-661-6311

Commercial Space ForRent

Best location in Meredith!! (Directly across from the post office) 1100 square feet Commercial Space Sunny location. Oil FHW heat. $950.00 mo. plus utilities. Sec. Dep. and lease re-quired. Call Butch 455-4851.

LITTLETON DOWNTOWN MAINSTREET, prime location, 2900 square feet retail/commercial space, brick his-toric building, heat included, available immediately.

Call Doug at 603-231-9346.

Meredith Downtown Office Retail Space, Approx. 500SF, $600/mo. in-cludes heat and hot water. Call 603-651-7582

Rt. 302/16, Glen, NH. High Visibility Location, 3,000SF building, 10 rooms, 40’ covered “L” shaped farmers porch, 3 baths, now available, Retail/ Office/ Housing, etc. $1,200/mo. plus. Or For Sale Brokers Welcome. Call 603-383-4536. [email protected]

Space For Lease Northfield,NH, 123 Park Street, over 300 SF, great visibili-ty, plenty of off street parking, office space or previously has been used for a Hair Salon. $600/mo. includes all util-ities. Call 286-3996. Stop by and see!

Commercial Space ForRent

Tilton Mainstreet storefront 750 square feet. Located between two thriving businesses. $650/mo rent. Call (603)-491-2139

Condo For RentACT NOW! NEW HAMPTON: EXECU-TIVE CLASSY STYLE BRAND NEW CONDOS FINISHED! RENT, R.T.O, AND OWNERSHIP AVAILABLE! ONLY $1200 PER MONTH! CALL NEW ENG-LAND FAMILY HOUSING NOW! ONLY A COUPLE LEFT! 603-744-3551

AFFORDABLE, SPACIOUS, IMMAC-ULATE 1 king bdrm, furnished, water-front condo on Newfound Lake & Rte 3A between Plymouth & Bristol. Tranquil, quiet, amazing views, cov-ered patio, gas grill, full kit & bath. Inc heat, hot water, elec, cable TV, plowing. No smoke/pets. Ref Req. Avail Nov-May. $675/mo.

Call 603 929 3550

Condo’s for Rent Plymouth and Campton from $800/mo. Furnished 2 & 3 bedroom. Includes gym member-ship or slopeside. Gas or oil heat. Ref-erences and lease.

Call Alan at 236-4900 X206.

Holderness: 2BR, 2BA unfurnishedcondo, 1 story, garage, private and quiet. Snow, trash removal, water. Minimum 6 month lease. No pets/smoking, freshly painted, cleaned, 5 min to Plymouth, golf course, and mountain view, pool, tennis. $1250/mo.

Mike 703-470-1181 [email protected]

MEREDITH BELOW MARKETRENTAL!! END UNIT, 2 YEAR OLD IMMACULATE TOWNHOME! $1,200 PER MONTH, 1400 SF, 2 BEDROOMS, 3 BATHS, HW, GRANITE, FIREPLACE, GARAGE, MANY MORE LUXURIOUS UP-GRADES! CALL NICOLE @ 603-809-3215

Houses For RentCenter Harbor 3+BR, 1.5 Bath, full basement, no smokers, no pets. Secur-ity deposit, $1,000/mo. plus utilities. Inter-Lakes School District.

Call 738-1223

CENTER HARBOR BAY MOULTON-BORO 2 BR,WATERFRONT furnished Ranch. Oil heat, very clean, cable, washer/dryer,plowed, Lakeshore Drive. Avail Nov.-June 13th. No pets, no smoking. $550/mo plus util & sec. dep. Call Bob 781-439-8727.

FREE HEAT to start! Moultonboro 2+ BR water access house for rent. 1 year lease. $1000/mo + utilities and security. washer/dryer, large deck, plenty of storage. No pets/no smokers. Call John @ 253-4487.

Holderness House for rent, Heritage Hill, 3BR, 1&3/4 bath, family room, office, 2 car garage, great neighbor-hood, $950.00 per month. 1 yr lease. First & last security deposit. No Pets, No Smokers. 603-726-3112

Meredith One bedroom mobile home with nice yard. Newly remodeled. One mile from downtown. Trash removal, plowing, and yard maintenance in-cluded. Forced hot water heating. Low heating cost. 850/mo. First month plus security deposit and references. Non-smokers please. Call 279-8093.

Moultonboro 2BR, 1 bath, unfurnish-ed, beach rights, non-smoker, dog considered, 1 month security, $900/mo. plus utilities. Reference check. Available Dec. 1st.

Call 603-253-5361

PLYMOUTH. Spacious six room, three bedroom, one bath, washer/dry-er, storage & parking. $1000 plus heat & utilities. Call 254-6808

Winter Rental, House with apartment included for rent, 3 Bedrooms, 2 Baths, Garage, Water front Meredith Area, $1395+ Call 508-740-9035

Rental SharingMEREDITH Rent within home. Sepa-rate floor bedroom, bath, living room, own entrance. Share kitchen, laundry room. Deck, great location. $600/mo. includes utilities. 279-4179

Rooms For RentMEREDITH: ROOM IN Quiet, spa-cious home with fantastic views. $600/mo. Call 603-279-0788PLACE YOUR AD, Get Read,

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Homes for Rent:Moultonboro - #902 - 3BR, 1.75 BA, w/ new heating system. $1000/mo. Plus utilitiesMeredith - #920 - 3BR, 2.5BA, new construction home. $1500/mo. Plus utilities

Apartments for Rent:Moultonboro - 907 - 2BR, 1BA. $840/mo. Including heatMoultonboro - 924 - 3BR, 1BA. $1100/mo, including heat & hot waterMoultonboro - 941 - 3BR, 2 BA. $1000/mo. Including heat & hot water

Condos for Rent:Laconia - 903 - 2BR, 1.5BA. $975/mo. Plus utilitiesLaconia - 929 - 2BR, 1.5BA, $1350/mo. Plus utilitiesLaconia - 981 - 2BR, 1.5BA, $1100/mo. Plus utilities

12 Month Lease Required

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Seasonal RentalsCenter Harbor Bay Moultonboro 2 bdrm waterfront, newly renovated condo, fully furnished, direct TV, screened porch & dock. No pets, non smoking. Heat included. $850/mo, 1st + 1 months security.

Available Sept-June www.lakewinnipesaukeerental.com

Call 603-623-4508

Furnished Winter RentalAvailable September thru May

Pets negotiable. Reasonable rates

Call 603-253-9226

Storage/Garages ForRent

ALTON GARAGE 12 x 24 W/9’W 7’H DOOR, CEMENT SLAB, NEW ROOF MIN 4 MONTHS $125.00 MONTH. LIMITED WINTER ACCESS. 875-3988

GARAGE STORAGE RENTALSPLYMOUTH: 8’x18’ garage $500/year,

$300/6 months, $200/3 months, 5’x20’ storage $375/year, $220/6 months,

$150/ 3months. Stoppe Management Services

603-536-2479

Vacation RentalsFLORIDA KEYES CONDO on Atlan-tic with dock, sleeps 6, 1 king, 1 queen and 2 twins, fully equipped, will match reasonable rates. For pictures and info www.vacationrentals.com,#8906, or call 239-438-7347

FLORIDA WINTER RENTAL—An-glewood Home, gulf beaches nearby, 2BR/2BA, garage. Convenient location for golf, shopping, boating, biking, movies. NH owner. 3-months mini-mum. Jan/April. No pets/No smoking. Inquire 941-473-4915.

FLORIDA: ST. PETE'S BEACH. Don't fret those high oil prices, escape this winter to a 2 BR, 2.5 bath condo on the intercoastal water way with pool and 2 car garage, close to all amenities, excellent location. $2,300/month or $4,000/2 months. Call 569-1984.

CleaningCLEANING GURU will unleash your home’s inner sparkle because you’ve probably got better things to do. Relia-ble, Competent, Enthusiastic, and In-sured. Homes, Ski Condo’s, Vacation Rentals. Call 236-2171.

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Classifieds HELP WANTEDA16 • Thursday, November 27, 2008 MEREDITH NEWS/THE RECORD ENTERPRISE/WINNISQUAM ECHO

NORTHERN COMMUNITYINVESTMENT CORPORATION

ANDROSCOGGIN VALLEY ECONOMICOPPORTUNITY DIRECTOR

Northern Community Investment Corporation has an opportuni-ty for an experienced economic opportunity director with aBachelor’s Degree in Business Management or other economicdevelopment related field and 3-5 years demonstrated solid eco-nomic development experience. Each additional year of eco-nomic development experience can be substituted for a year ofeducation. The director must have the ability to assist directlywith deals for the expansion of existing businesses and assistwith and facilitate deals to bring new businesses to the area.

Specifically, the director should have no less than three yearsof demonstrated solid economic development experience in amanagement position which demonstrates the ability to iden-tify potential funding sources, acquire grants, manage largeand multi-source budgets, communicate effectively both orallyand in writing, embrace the concept of collaboration and com-munity and provide informed leadership to board and the com-munity at large.

If you enjoy spectacular mountain views and the four seasons,don’t miss this opportunity to live and work in Northern NewHampshire. Nature-lovers, hikers, kayakers, skiers and snow-mobilers will be impressed with what the area has to offer.Experience healthy living at its best in the White Mountains ofNew Hampshire.

We offer a competitive benefits package including paid vaca-tions and holidays, 403(b) retirement plan and health insurance.

Application deadline: December 5, 2008

For a full job description and application requirements, go towww.ncic.org, click on Androscoggin Valley Job Opportunity.

HELP WANTED:Full-time Grounds Maintenance

Apply in person.

B & D STONEPROPERTY MGT.

35 Tecumseh Road Waterville Valley, NH

Northway Bank, the largest independent community commercialbank in New Hampshire is looking for exceptional candidates forthe following job opportunity.

Head Teller

Candidates must enjoy working with the public and possess theinterpersonal skills to provide excellent customer service in a pro-fessional work environment.

Prior Banking experience is required.

At Northway Bank• We focus on our customers and provide excellent

customer service.• We respect, care for and recognize our employees for

excellent performance.• We actively participate in the communities in which we

do business.

Northway Bank offers a competitive salary, excellent benefits, apositive work environment, and future career growth opportunities.Interested applicants may view Northway Bank CareerOpportunities and apply online via our website listed below.

Northway BankHuman Resources Department

Apply Online: www.northwaybank.com

Equal Opportunity Employer/Affirmative Action employerWomen and Minority Applications Encouraged

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TThhee TToowwnn ooff AAsshhllaanndd iiss aacccceeppttiinngg aapppplliiccaattiioonnss ffoorr aann EEqquuiippmmeennttOOppeerraattoorr//LLaabboorreerr.. Position will work part time with the HighwayDepartment as an equipment operator/laborer and part time at the SolidWaste Facility as an attendant. This position will work approximately 40hours per week, including 8 hours on Saturday. The schedule for the posi-tion will be Tuesday through Saturday.

QQuuaalliiffiiccaattiioonnss:: The position performs routine work at the solid waste facili-ty and highway department, requiring the ability to do heavy physical laborefficiently. Possession of a CDL-B required, or must be acquired within sixmonths. The job description, including the benefits offered, can be obtainedfrom the Ashland Town Hall during normal business hours.

SSaallaarryy:: Starting rate of pay is $12.32/hr and increases to $13.22/hr after a sixmonth probation period.

AApppplliiccaattiioonnss aarree aavvaaiillaabbllee aatt tthhee AAsshhllaanndd TToowwnn HHaallll and completed applica-tions must be received no later than Friday, December 5, 2008.

The Town of Ashland is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

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Black Diamond and Seasons is looking for:SERVERS BUSPERSONHOSTESS AM DISHWASHERS

AM LINE COOKS PM LINE COOKS(Breakfast, Lunch) (Dinner)

Viaggio Spa is looking for:PT NAIL TECHNICIAN

PT MASSAGE THERAPIST(NH Licensed)

CONTACT:Kara Taylor, Human Resources/Payroll Manager

Mountain Club on Loon603.745.2244 x5361 • Fax: 603.745.2317

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Benefits also include discounts at Viaggio Spa,Health Club Membership and Restaurant Discounts.

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Please submit résumé and cover letter to: Sandy Sexton, Human Resources Mgr., PO Box 600,

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EOE

We are seeking an energetic self-starter with strong management andinterpersonal skills to oversee our residential and foster care programs.This person must have the ability to organize and manage residentialprograms, as well as provide clinical oversight for the children’s’ services.The ability to communicate at all levels in a manner that fosters collabo-ration, empathy, and problem solving is a must. Duties also includeensuring that quality services are provided in accordance with all stateand federal regulations, and the responsibility for the ongoing develop-ment of newly licensed foster care programs.

The position requires that the person have a master’s degree and a clini-cal license. Five years of social service management experience is pre-ferred. We offer a competitive salary commensurate with experience.Medical insurance and paid vacation is included in our benefit package.

Located in one of the most beautiful areas of New Hampshire, border-ing the White Mountain National Forest, with our own private sandybeach on Stinson Lake in Rumney NH, and many hiking trails, NEWENGLAND SALEM CHILDREN’S VILLAGE & THEHUNTER SCHOOL are non-profit, private facilities specializing in astrength-based model of care and education for vulnerable and at-riskchildren. Our 137-acre campus encompasses family modeled residences,a private K-8 school for children with ADD/ADHD and other learningdiagnoses, an independent living program, and a foster care program.

FULL & PART TIME YEAR ROUNDPOSITIONS AVAILABLE


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ATTENTION OUTDOOR AND SPORTS ENTHUSIASTS!!Do you like working with adolescent children? Do you enjoy being apositive role model and mentor for the male youths in your community?Does the idea of having nearby hiking trails and ski areas, as well as theuse of a mountain lake on the property of your work place appeal to you?If you answered, ”Yes”, to any of these questions, we’d like to talk to youabout the career opportunities we have available working with the boysplaced at our facility.

Located in the White Mountains of New Hampshire, New EnglandSalem Children’s Village and The Hunter School are year roundfacilities and maintain family modeled homes and school dormitories ontheir 137 acre campus.

Applicants must be at least 21 years of age, have education related to childdevelopment or a related field, experience working with children, andhave the ability to work within a team as well as independently. Salary iscommensurate with experience, and full time employees are eligible formedical insurance and paid vacation as part of the benefit package.

PARAPROFESSIONAL OPENING FOR 2008-2009 SCHOOL YEAR


Rumney NH 03266-0600 or FAX: 603/786-2221 [email protected]

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The Hunter School currently has a Paraprofessional Positionopening for the 2008-2009 School Year working with an eleven-year-old boy who requires 1:1 assistance with his classroom studiesand doing outdoor physical activities. The days and hours for thisposition is Monday to Friday, 8:30 am to 2:00 pm., and the pay is$11.00 per hour.

The ideal candidate will be team-orientated, energetic, and haveexperience with children in an educational setting. Applicants mustbe at least 21 years of age and have a clean driving and criminalrecord.

Located in the White Mountains of New Hampshire, The HunterSchool and New England Salem Children’s Village are yearround facilities, and maintain a private K – 8 school for children withADD/ADHD and other learning diagnoses, family modeled homes,and school dormitories on their 137 acre campus overlookingStinson Lake in Rumney NH.


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Just Kidding■ A17THE RECORD ENTERPRISE, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 27, 2008

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FOUR BEDROOM, TWO BATH CAPE with twocar garage on three acre lot in Holderness. NEWCUSTOM DECK ADDED IN AUGUST. Well thoughtout details. Wide hallways, hardwood flooring,French doors. Large attic space. Partially finishedwalk out basement. Close to nationally acclaimeduniversity & hospital in Plymouth. Pleasant living &convenient location. Listed at $249,000

FREE HEAT—OWNER WILL SUPPLY 7 CORDS ofLOG LENGTH FIREWOOD - WOOD FURNACE Thismeticulous dormered cape with 3 bedrooms and 2baths is situated on 5 acres with a private yardwith farmers porch overlooking established peren-nial gardens. The kitchen with dining area flowseasily to the spacious deck and above ground poolfor entertaining. Listed at $239,900

SPACIOUS & SUNNY 4 BEDROOM CAPE on1.55 acres in excellent condition. Walkout base-ment can easily be finished for additional livingspace. Nicely landscaped yard with brook frontagein a private setting. Only a short distance toPlymouth. Year round recreation at your door step.Listed at $224,900

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REALTYP.O. Box 55, Plymouth, NH 03264

(603) 536-4155Susan Morton, Broker

Tara Gowen, Associate BrokerRichard Gowen, Sales Associate

Zonta house offers spectacular views and local craftsBY DANIELLE [email protected]

For the past seven years,Jan and Melissa Phillipshave made a tradition out oftaking in the sights andsounds of the Zonta Club’sHoliday House to kick off theseason.

“It’s something we can doas grandmother and grand-daughter,” said Jan. “We doa little early Christmas shop-ping and it really gets us inthe holiday mood.”

The Zonta House, as it isknown, is the only fundrais-er for the Zonta Club of theLakes Region, and planningthe event takes the wholeyear.

Sally Lynch and GailMenard, event co-chairs,said that they are alwayslooking for potential sites forthe event and have some-times gone and knocked ondoors as they were runningerrands around the region.The house needs to be of suit-able size so it can accommo-date the approximately 1,500people who visit the chosenhouse each year.

This year the home is thePiper Mountain Estate inGilford, an 11,000 plus sq. ft.home with a heated pool, 11

gas fireplaces, a privatemovie theater and a steamroom – just a few of theamenities, along with viewsall the way to Mt. Washing-ton and Vermont. Fireworks

can be seen from 10 differenttowns from the great roomon the 4th of July. The estateis also the largest space theclub has ever used for thefundraiser.

“This house just seems toinvite you in,” said BernieGarneau. “It’s not drippingchandeliers.”

Once the house is foundand the owners give consent

then the club membersswing into full gear findingartisans and craftsman to fillthe house with saleable prod-ucts. The crafts are thenpriced and used to decoratethe home in holiday style.Over 69 crafters and 25 newartisans brought their waresto sell at the Zonta House.The event lasts for one week-end a year and those eager toget a head start can try andget tickets for the previewparty, limited number of pa-trons, on Friday for opportu-nity to buy the items beforeeveryone else.

“About half of our itemsare already sold by Satur-day,” said Lynch.

Saturday and Sunday pa-trons parked at the Gilfordtown hall and were bused upto the estate where theycould browse the clothing,paintings, furniture, jewelry,ornaments and other craftsfor sale. Pieces are paid forby the patrons and markedwith a sold sticker by theZonta members.

“We don’t want the décorof place to be unbalanced,”said Lynch. “Everyonecomes and picks up whatthey bought on Sunday.”

Alicia Rossman, MissLakes Region 2008, wasamong those perusing thecrafts and scenery. Rossmanwill be competing in the MissNew Hampshire pageant inApril and said that the views

from the main room on theestate were inspiring. Shesaid her favorite room wasthe kitchen. Other patronsspecified the pool or movietheatre as their favoriterooms.

“Everyone likes some-thing different,” said Lynch.“We have people who lookforward to this every year.When we go around with theprograms they grab and askus where it is. They are eagerto find out.”

Though the club has beendoing the Zonta House formany years they do try new

things occasionally. Some-thing new the club broughtto the house this year wascatering by the Lakes RegionCommunity College Hospi-tality Group, with foodserved by students. Lynchsaid the club has had a longstanding relationship withthe college and this is a goodopportunity for the studentsto get first-hand experience.

“The club is a group ofprofessional women,” saidLynch. “We use the moneyraised by the Zonta House tofund scholarships and do-nate to local charities.”

PHOTO BY DANIELLE DELISLE

Alicia Rossman, Miss Lakes Region 2008, checks out the merchandise atthe annual “Zonta House” event coordinated by the Zonta Club and heldthis year at the Piper Mountain Estate.

PHOTO BY DANIELLE DELISLE

One tiny example of the many decorations that adorned Piper MountainEstate, this year’s “Zonta House.”

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