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WASHINGTON (NY Times) — The Supreme Court unanimously ruled on Monday that the NCAA. cannot bar rel-atively modest payments to student-ath-letes in a decision that questioned the association’s monopoly power at a time when the business model of college sports is under increasing pressure.

The decision concerned only payments and other benefi ts related to education, but its logic suggested that the court may be open to a frontal challenge to the NCAA’s ban on paying athletes for their participation in sports that bring billions of dollars in revenue to American colleges and universities. In a concurring opinion, Justice Brett Kavanaugh seemed to invite such a challenge.

“Nowhere else in America can businesses get away with agreeing not to pay their workers a fair market rate on the theory that their product is defi ned by not paying their workers a fair market rate,” Justice Kavanaugh wrote. “And under ordinary

principles of antitrust law, it is not evident why college sports should be any different. The NCAA is not above the law.”

In a statement on Monday, the NCAA said the ruling “reaffi rms the NCAA’s authority to adopt reasonable rules and repeatedly notes that the NCAA remains free to articulate what are and are not truly educational benefi ts.”

The case before the Supreme Court did not directly touch on whether athletes may earn money off their names, images and likenesses, but the decision arrived on Monday with the NCAA already even more embattled than usual on that question.

Next week, student-athletes in at least six states are poised to be allowed to make money through endorsements — not because of action by the NCAA, but because of state offi -cials who grew tired of the industry’s decades-long efforts to limit the rights of players.

The NCAA’s response to the pressure routinely rising out of statehouses since 2019 has been, in effect, to stall.

Less than two weeks before some of the new laws are scheduled to take effect in Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Mississippi, New Mexico and Texas and allow athletes to make endorsements and make money from their social media presences, the NCAA has not agreed to extend similar rights to play-ers nationwide. And in a setback last week for the association, senior members of Con-gress said that they did not expect to strike a deal for a federal standard before July 1.

A powerful NCAA panel is scheduled to meet this week to discuss how players could profi t from their fame, but it is not clear when members will vote, particularly in the wake of Monday’s ruling.

Gabe Feldman, the director of the sports law program at Tulane University in New Orleans, said he saw the Supreme Court ruling as a modest victory for the NCAA’s critics, in part because the justices “had the opportunity to undercut the NCAA’s broader amateurism argument and chose not to.”

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11 states in the United States where at least 20 percent of older adults still haven’t received a COVID shot, potentially putting them at risk.

People 65 and older were given top priority for vacci-nations because they are far more vulnerable to serious ill-ness and death from the coro-navirus than younger people are. Those 65 and older have the highest rate of vaccination among all age groups, with 87 percent having received at least one dose, compared with 60 percent for people ages 18 to 64, and 31 percent for those 12 to 17. But in 11 states, seniors who have yet to get a dose of the vaccine pose a risk to their states’ recovery as most places remove restrictions aimed at limiting new outbreaks.

Most of them are in the South: Alabama, Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina and Tennessee. Georgia, Idaho and Missouri are at the 20 percent thresh-old. West Virginia and Wyo-ming also have more than 20 percent of people 65 and over without one dose.

“The 20 percent lines up pretty well with a group of people, especially in the South, who say, ‘No way, no how am I getting vaccinated,’” said Dr. Michael Saag, associ-ate dean for global health and professor of medicine at the University of Alabama.

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BERLIN — After approving a $600 sign-on bonus for year-round substi-tute teachers earlier this month, the Berlin Board of Education decided against extending that bonus to the district’s daily substitutes.

The decision came after a brief dis-cussion at the board’s regularly sched-uled meeting Thursday evening.

The board had originally approved a $600 sign-on bonus for specifi c year-round substitute positions at the June 3 meeting. At that time, board members wanted additional information before deciding whether to extend a bonus to the district’s daily substitutes.

During Thursday’s meeting, Berlin Public Schools Superintendent Julie King said that in the 2020-2021 cal-endar year, the district had 15 sub-stitutes on its daily list and that the number of substitutes was not suffi -cient during the last school year.

The options for possible incentives, including a bonus, were discussed as a way to possibly attract people to become substitute teachers for the school district.

King said that when a substitute is needed the district normally pulls from the list of available daily substi-tutes, but that the list can fl uctuate throughout the year as those on the list may not be available from time to time for a variety of different reasons.

King said that daily substitute teachers are currently paid $85 a day while substitute para-professional positions are paid $75 a day.

School board member Matthew

Buteau, who was not present at the June 3 meeting, said in general busi-ness practice sign-on bonuses are not normally allocated to part-time staffers.

Board Chair Ann Nolin said that she was OK with a bonus so long as it went to the year round positions, but not for daily substitute positions.

She noted that when the board pre-viously approved the $600 sign-on bonus for the year-round positions it was with the understanding that the $600 would be paid out in increments. Several of the board members noted concerns about how a similar $600 bonus would be paid out to daily sub-stitutes.

No motions were made by any of the board members as all of the mem-bers agreed not to extend the bonus. No other discussion was had regard-ing possible alternative methods to attract more substitutes.

During the meeting, King reported to the school board that the district had received instruction from the state Thursday afternoon that masks no longer be worn in schools. King noted that no changes to the district’s current mask mandates would be made for the last day of school Friday.

King also updated the board on the district’s budget. She said the dis-trict is still waiting on the fi nal state budget, but she noted that a draft of the state’s budget shows that the dis-trict will be getting about $1 million more dollars for the next school year, although she noted that nothing had been fi nalized as of yet and so the dis-trict was keeping its “fi ngers crossed” for the additional funding.

Berlin declines bonus for daily substitute teachers

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GORHAM — The select board voted unanimously to adopt a distinctive primary logo plus a secondary one at its June 14 meeting, and also offi cially named an existing wide one-mile-long non-motorized recreation path from Rte. 2 past the municipal airport.

Both actions are but small parts of an extensive multi-year effort to enhance everyone’s enjoyment of where they live as well as to continue

to grow its all-season appeal to tour-ists and potential residents.

Both logos were designed and then tweaked by Gorham resident Meag Poirier of Wild Roots Marketing.

The primary logo is expected to be used across media: letterheads, wayfi nding signs, vehicle decals, and apparel, such as T-shirts, sweatshirts, and parkas.

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The Biden administration has made some admirable moves and gestures toward addressing the immense challenges posed by climate-related migration. But it hasn’t adequately educated the American people about the issue, hamstringing its own efforts to advance an ambi-tious immigration agenda, including the creation of a path to citizenship for the 10.5 million residents who are undocumented.

Last February, the pres-ident signed an executive order that, among other things, called for a report to be written on the international security implications of climate-driven migration and on options for protecting and resettling people displaced by climate change. That report is due in August. In April, Biden asked Congress for $861 mil-lion in aid to Guatemala, Honduras, and El Salvador, money that would be spent on mea-sures to bolster economic opportunities, secu-rity, and resilience to climate change.

That same month, Sen. Edward J. Markey and Rep. Nydia M. Velazquez rein-troduced legislation, originally introduced in 2019 and co-sponsored by then-Sen. Kamala Harris, to develop a “global climate change resiliency strategy to guide U.S. government policy and programming,” and create a “U.S. resettlement pathway for cli-mate-displaced persons.”

Prior to visiting Guatemala and Mexico earlier this month, Vice-President Harris prefaced her trip by declaring her intention to focus on the root causes of migration, including climate change. But the adminis-tration’s messaging went in a different direc-tion, pushing the issue of climate-driven migration to the side. When she appeared at a joint press conference with Guatema-lan President Alejandro Giammattei, Harris declared, addressing would-be migrants, “I believe if you come to our border, you will be turned back. So let’s discourage our

friends or neighbors or family members from embarking on what is otherwise an extremely dangerous journey.”

Unfortunately, that message of deterrence became the major take-away from Harris’ visit, and the vice-president missed an opportunity to expand the urgent and necessary project of educating Amer-icans about climate-driven migration. In the past year, 40.5 million people around the world were displaced from their homes, princi-pally by extreme weather

events such as storms and fl oods. As cli-mate change continues to increase the fre-quency and severity of such events, many more millions will be displaced from their homes in the coming years.

Last year, writers from The New York Times Magazine collaborated with Pro-Publica and the Pulitzer Center to develop models charting anticipated impacts of climate change on migration. Focusing on Central America, they found that an “epic migration” has already begun, spurred by intensifying drought, extreme weather events like hurricanes and fl oods, loss of livelihood, and food insecurity. According to these models, between 680,000 to a million people will head northward to the U.S. over the next 30 years for climate-related rea-sons. The difference in these estimates will depend to a large extent on the degree to which climate change and climate impacts can be mitigated.

As long as the Biden administration cedes center stage on a critical issue like cli-mate migration, other voices will dominate the stage and defi ne the narrative. Texas Gov. Greg Abbott, for example, declared his intention to continue with the wall-build-ing that President Trump had begun, por-traying migrants as threats and vowing to arrest them.

Climate-related migration

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To the editor:Science should not be

subject to political correct-ness and cancel culture. Peer-reviewed clinical stud-ies are the gold standard in determining scientifi c truth. Listed below is a small por-tion of peer-reviewed clinical evidence that should be con-sidered when it comes to the policies that affect all of us.

Go to gbdeclaration.org to learn about the Great Bar-rington Declaration, a site created by three renowned medical experts and signed by over 50,000 medical pro-fessionals.

Go to swprs.org/face-masks-evidence to see information about peer-re-viewed clinical studies show-ing masks are not statistically effective in stopping the spread of viruses. In fact, there have been no peer-reviewed studies proving the effi cacy of masks. See vitalcolumns.com/do-face-masks-work-8-peer-reviewed-studies-on-pubmed-gov/. Especially look at the fi nal analysis after #8’s conclusion.

If you like anecdotal evi-dence, how about this? Two months after Texas dropped its mask mandate and lock-down, the state recorded zero covid deaths for the fi rst time while numerous other states that still have man-dates and lockdowns are recording increased cases and deaths (The Western Journal, June 4, 2021). In fact, peer-reviewed studies show that bacterial infec-tions are a result of con-sistent mask-wearing. See aier.org/article/the-dangers-of-masks/, especially para-graphs 6 and 7.

A recent FOIA release of Dr. Anthony Fauci’s emails

showed several astonish-ing things. He promoted to the public the idea that asymptomatic spread of the virus was common but pri-vately told his friends that it was a rare occurrence. The conclusion that no asymp-tomatic transmission took place with covid-19 is also substantiated by the CDC report Volume 27, Number 4. But the false assumption of asymptomatic spread was the very reason that Fauci demanded everyone wear masks. The emails also showed Fauci knew, since at least 2005, that hydroxychlo-roquine was effective against the sars-covid virus.

Dr. Fauci’s organizations, the NIH and NIAID, have been funding dangerous gain-of-function research in Wuhan, China for years. “Gain-of-function” is the process of weaponizing a virus for biological warfare. A March 2020 email from Adam Gaertner to Fauci had as the subject line, “Corona-virus bioweapon production method.” Whoa. The salu-tation said: “Hello Anthony, this is how the virus was cre-ated…” Created? So, covid-19 wasn’t a natural-occurring virus, but an enhanced viral bioweapon made in Commu-nist China.

More Fauci emails were released recently from ICAN (Informed Consent Action Network). You can read them at icandecide.org.

Dr. Fauci even predicted in early 2017 that President Donald Trump would have to deal with a pandemic sometime during his pres-idency. How could he be so sure about that? Hmmm.

True science considers all of the evidence

In the past year, 40.5 million people around the world were displaced from their

homes, principally by extreme weather events such as

storms and fl oods.

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To the editor:Those of us who are enjoying our

“seniorhood” live with a nagging worry. Every time we misplace something, or momentarily forget why we entered a room, or make some silly mistake, we think “Uh oh, I’m losing it!” The fear of Alzheimer’s is frighteningly real and certainly we would welcome a medical breakthrough!

But is Aduhelm, a drug that shows little or no evidence that it actually works and to which independent scientifi c advisers fi ercely objected, a medical breakthrough or a Big Pharma lobbying triumph?

Biogen has set the price at $56,000 per year per patient and says that this price is “substantiated” not by its cost to research and produce, but by “the value it is expected to bring to patients, caregivers and society.” Is Biogen prof-iting from its expertise or exploiting our fears? How cruel to raise hopes and make a huge profi t on a possibility.

Medicare Part B, which covers 80 percent of costs of drugs that are administered to seniors in doctors’ offi ces and other outpatient settings, will bear the burden of costs esti-mated to exceed $57 billion dollars a year — an amount far surpassing spending on all other Part B-covered drugs combined and roughly the same as Medicare paid for all hospital out-patient services in 2019. Consumers will pay the other 20 percent and the price will drive up everyone’s health insurance premiums.

And which taxpayers will foot the Medicare bill and fi nance Bio-gen’s bonanza. As Leona Helmsley famously (and accurately) said, “Only the little people pay taxes.” Wouldn’t our hard-earned money be better spent on development of a treatment that was proven to make a real differ-ence in our lives?

Cynthia MuseRye

Such appeals to fear and reliance on simplistic “solutions” can obscure, at least for a while, the reality that des-perate people will brave dangers and continue to come when complete loss of livelihood and violence give them no other option. And, as long as nativ-ist voices dominate the U.S. Senate, asserting that the “border crisis” must be resolved before DACA recipients and other undocumented immigrants can gain a path to citizenship, that path will never be opened.

Over the past year, the terrible suffering and loss of life infl icted by the pandemic raised anew questions about the meaning of national secu-rity, about what really makes Amer-icans safe. When one considers the pandemic, it’s clear that hundreds of billions of dollars spent on military technology could hardly match better funded, better-coordinated public

health programs. Biden’s recent com-mitment to send 500 million vaccine doses to other nations exemplifi es some awareness that true security, true safety, lies in a deep and nuanced understanding of the interconnected-ness of all the peoples on this planet.

The president, his vice-president, and their staff now need to step up and level with the American people: that the planet is changing, that these changes are impacting tens of mil-lions of people, and that a nation with a slowing population growth benefi ts from immigration. The U.S. is not alone in dealing with these changes, and it can exert global leadership in creating channels that can and must be forged to accommodate the changes, and the people, that are coming.

Andrew Moss, syndicated by PeaceV-oice, is an emeritus professor (English, Nonviolence Studies) at the California State Polytechnic University, Pomona.

MOSS from page 4

COVID “vaccines” are not approved by the FDA as vaccines but are con-sidered “emergency-use medical devices.” By law, “emergency vaccines” cannot be mandated. The US abides by certain international laws such as the Nuremburg Codes which say that vaccines can’t be mandated if other treatments are available. Ivermec-tin and HCQ are available and doc-umented around the world as viable therapeutics for covid-19. An interest-ing video at vimeo.com/513597654 is an excellent overview. By the way, the famed Lancet Study that stopped the

use of HCQ was retracted soon after publication by its authors because of obviously shoddy research. However, most news networks hid that fact until after Biden’s inauguration.

If we are to “follow the science”, let’s be sure we consider all of the evidence and not allow someone else to tell us how we should think. True science doesn’t squelch experts with differing opinions but allows for open dialogue to discover truth. Our nation needs intellectual honesty not personal aggrandizement or political agendas from those who form COVID policy.

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Broadband expansion to help rural health careThe COVID-19 pandemic underscored the need to

expand broadband infrastructure as a critical and necessary piece of the nation’s overall infrastructure needs, according to U.S. Sen. Maggie Hassan (D- N.H.) during a roundtable discussion held Friday.

Hassan hosted a virtual roundtable discussion regarding the need to expand broadband access in the state and nationwide, especially in rural areas.

“Broadband isn’t a luxury, it is a necessity,” Hassan said. “Especially in rural New Hampshire it is important to ensure all Granite Staters can get reliable broadband.”

One of the focal points for Hassan is expanding telehealth access for state residents.

Coos County Family Health Services Chief Execu-

tive Offi cer Ken Gordon said that broadband access was important to his orga-nization prior to the pan-demic as they were using it for speciality services, spe-cifi cally pediatric specialty services.

During an interview Monday morning, Gordon explained that for the last couple of years Coos County Family Health Services has been con-necting with Dart-mouth-Hitchcock Medical Center via a video link for specialty care providers

in the area of pediatric care. He noted that families would normally be required to travel approximately two hours each way to receive in person medical care and that often such trips were inconvenient.

He said patients come into the clinic and the clinic provides the telehealth link so that patients could receive medical care/advice. He added that sometimes that interaction involved a doctor at Dartmouth interacting with a nurse at the clinic who might assist the doctor in observing a patient through the video link. Other times it may simply be the parents interacting with the doctor and asking questions regarding their child’s specifi c needs.

During Friday’s discussion, Gordon mentioned that community health centers throughout the state Sen. Maggie Hassan

Sununu holds 111th news conference on COVID-19CONCORD — Gov. Chris Sununu

held his last regularly scheduled press briefi ng related to the coronavirus pan-demic on Thursday, noting that while the state has crossed the fi nish line on the crisis, the concerns for COVID-19 remain.

It was the 111th press conference

held related to the pandemic and it came 458 days after his declaring a state of emergency on March 16.

In that time, 1,366 residents, mostly elderly people have died from COVID-19. More than 100,000 children’s schooling was disrupted, businesses were closed and have reopened with

help and almost 100,000 of the state’s 1.4 million citizens – 99,226 have tested positive for COVID-19.

Over the course of those months, Sununu used the metaphor of being in a marathon.

Have we crossed the fi nished line? he was asked.

“On the crisis, yes,” Sununu said, “but it does not mean we just ignore

COVID.” He said the biggest regret he had was that he relied on the federal government until the state had its team fi x things. One example of that was their rollout of the vaccines and the dif-fi culties people had scheduling a second shot in a timely manner until the state stood up its own VINI registration site.

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use broadband access in the form of telehealth for regular primary care, behavioral health services and for disciplines such as teledentistry.

He said his hope was that his organization could continue to offer these forms of care and more in the future. He said that patients like the program and that it creates effi ciencies, especially in a rural envi-ronment.

Gordon also said one of the things he would like to see in the future is programs to assist patients in learning how to use the relevant telehealth tech-nology.

Gordon followed up his desire on Monday by noting that around 20 to 40 percent of residents in Coos County haven’t had exposure to telehealth options due to affordability and access of broadband in their area and that it would help to familiarize

them with the approach.Gordon also noted that New Hampshire is one of

the oldest states in the country by average age of res-idents and that technology could be helpful for those who may have diffi culties in making it to the clinics. He also noted diffi culties during winter months such as traveling long distances to make doctor’s appoint-ments and in person meetings and that technology could help to bridge that gap.

“Telehealth doesn’t replace face-to-face visits, but it can be a complement to face-to-face,” he said.

Gordon said that during the pandemic, over half of doctor’s visits were being done through tele-health and that it would be an important method of patient-doctor interaction going forward.

During Friday’s discussion, Hassan said she recently introduced a bill to expand telehealth options and that it would be important moving for-ward.

Hassan also said she recently reintroduced the Rural Broadband Financing Flexibility Act. She noted that the purpose of the act would be to pro-vide state and local governments with innovative fi nancing options as a way to give state and local governments the tools to invest in their own broad-band infrastructure.

In addition to the act, Hassan also said that the Federal Communications Commission approved $7.17 billion in relief funding to expand broadband access to schools and libraries. Ramesh Nagarajan with the FCC said that the window for schools and libraries to apply to receive some of the funds would open on June 29.

Hassan noted that all the various funding mecha-nisms being discussed would focus fi rst on unserved and underserved areas with the goal of getting that funding to state and local governments to give them freedom to act according to their respective needs.

HEALTH CARE from page 6

“I don’t think we have had a big failure,” he said and by comparison, the state has weathered the rav-ages of the pandemic better than others, he said. Now, more than half of all residents are fully vaccinated.

His greatest pride, he said was in the team that came together at the state.

The governor said he learned that when times are good, that is when you work the hardest to get your team, infrastructures, and fi nancials done right “so that when the crisis hits you can rely on that team….so yeah, the biggest lesson is work hard in the easiest of times to get your infrastructure right…so hope-fully you won’t miss a beat.”

Abortion restrictions The governor said he is pro-choice but is against

abortions later in pregnancy. Sununu maintained he would not veto the $13 billion biennial budget pack-age over a provision of the abortion ban language that would mandate ultrasounds for all women seek-ing abortion care, at any stage of pregnancy. The ban has stirred controversy.

Main Street Relief funds clawbacksOn June 24, the state will be setting up a means

for businesses to be able to calculate and keep federal CARES Act funds through the clawback from the fed-eral government for businesses that did not realize losses but received COVID-19 relief funds. The plan, approved by the feds, will allow any business with less than $10,000 in relief funds to keep it without having to itemize.

Businesses will self-attest for recoupment under $20,000 and those who received over $20,000 without experiencing a loss will still be able to retain some of those funds with some documentation.

Under the new American Rescue Plan, communities across the state will have until Aug. 18 to apply for $112 million which will be doled out over two years in two

bundles of about $56 million. Money will also be avail-able through that act to help performing arts venues and hotels which were some of the hardest-hit areas of business during the pandemic, the governor said. Orga-nizations can apply directly at: goferr.nh.gov/apply.

UnemploymentSaturday, June 19 federal unemployment benefi ts

ended in New Hampshire. The state will continue to offer its own state benefi ts. In recent weeks, over 10,000 individuals have gotten off unemployment rolls and the state now has an unemployment rate of 2.5 percent, down from a high of about 17 percent during the pandemic.

COVID-19 case updateDr. Benjamin Chan, the state epidemiologist, said

there were 30 new cases of the coronavirus in the state on Thursday, with the state averaging about 30 to 34 new infections per day, a decrease. There are now 265 active cases in the state and the active positivity rate is 1.3 percent, down from last week. Hospitalizations are at 17, down also from last week. However, there were two new deaths to report for the coronavirus, both residents of long-term care facilities.

Chan noted there has been a dramatic drop in com-munity-level transmission over the past few months. Still, he said the best way to get things back to normal is to get vaccinated and encouraged all age 12 and older to become fully vaccinated.

There are now 13 cases of the Delta variant in the state and there have been a number of breakthrough cases, about 335 of people who had been fully vacci-nated but got COVID-19.

Mask useChan said the state is recommending that asymp-

totic persons can choose to go without face masks in most indoor and outdoor settings. He said businesses will still be able to make the call on whether masks are required inside.

Vaccination updateDr. Beth Daly, who heads up the infectious dis-

ease department within HHS said there have been 1,486,000 doses of the vaccine administered in the state to date, including 821,000 receiving their fi rst dose and more than 718,000 fully vaccinated. Over half the state is fully vaccinated she said.

At this point, supply is exceeding demand for vac-cines with 450 locations having access, she said, including some outpatient provider offi ces. Providers can get access to the vaccines by going to the state’s COVID-19 website, she said.

Emergency powersThe governor said the chief executive offi cer will

always need to be able to make split-second decisions but there is reason to get legislative input on how dol-lars can be allocated.

A discussion on limiting gubernatorial powers was being discussed at the statehouse during the press conference and the governor said he would wait to see what was voted on.

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on Thursday night, June 17, by select board chair and planning board member Mike Waddell. He said he was speaking on behalf of both selectmen Judy LeBlanc and Adam White.

“We have been meeting, off and on, with the new owners of the paper mill, and we still haven’t come to a mutual agreement on property taxes, which doesn’t come as any great surprise,” Waddell said. “We did a complete site tour recently, and we were impressed with the amount of work that’s they’ve done, particu-larly around the one remaining paper machine.”

That tissue machine was installed under a differ-ent ownership nearly a decade ago at a cost of $45 million.

Members of the select board have talked with the mill’s CEO Price Howard, who is one of several part-ners in Gorham Acquisitions LLC, an investment vehicle of the Behrens Investment Group of New York City.

The mill property, which was bought out of bank-ruptcy court just before New Year’s, includes land in both Gorham and Berlin.

“I’ve been very clear with the new owners that their plans will be subject to site plan review, and there are signifi cant changes you’re going to see up there. Roughly two-thirds of everything that you know is about to be removed. And I feel very strongly that that entire process needs to be trans-parent and, by state law, they are held to the same standard as everyone else.

Howard clarifi ed in a Friday phone call that only about 40 percent of the exterior of the mill buildings will be demolished, with the remaining 25 percent being removed from inside of the structures.

One building is being completely gutted, so that its envelope can be reused, Howard explained.

The demolition process results in usable items and materials that can be sold for their scrap value and the proceeds reinvested in the mill.

“We sold some motors we didn’t need, for exam-ple, and have already spent the money on improve-ments,” he said.

Waddell noted, “As this stuff comes down — and most of it that’s going to come down really has to come down; it’s a horror show. “Clearly, something needs to be done,” he said.

He recalled that in 2013 he toured the mill when it was being valued for property tax purposes, and eight years later it looks worse.

“There are going to be impacts on Cascade Flats and elsewhere in town,” Waddell said.

Because of the venerable mill’s location on the

The new owners of the venerable White Mountain Paper Co. in Gorham plan to demolish 40% of all its buildings’ exteriors and remove 25% of what’s inside, cutting overhead costs so its only paper (tissue) machine (inside boxy building, right) turns a profi t, allowing them to make further investments, plus attract other industries to the site. (EDITH TUCKER PHOTO)

Androscoggin River, Howard said they are working closely with New Hampshire Department of Envi-ronmental Services.

The town’s code enforcement offi cer, John Scarinza, has already issued the mill a permit for minor demo-lition within its buildings.

Waddell assured planning board members that as the mill owners get close to starting to remove the exteriors of whole buildings, he would notify chair-man Paul Robitaille.

“We’re hoping that the new owners in fact have a future here, and that this isn’t going to be a ‘tear-down and leave,’” Waddell said.

“I never thought I’d say this, but really Walmart at this point is worth fi ve times what that mill is worth on the tax rolls, and when you look at the employ-ment numbers, same thing.

“So, yes, we’d like to have a viable paper mill, and we’re willing to invest time and energy making sure it remains a viable paper mill and that the 50-acre site will be developed so other industries come in, bringing diversity to the Valley’s economic plan.”

Waddell reported on some of the challenges the new owners are trying to meet in addition to right-sizing: selectively retooling an archaic elec-trical system; catching up on maintenance work on the tissue machine that was neglected for the past six years; removing tools that are no longer used and are problematic under today’s OSHA rules; and deciding how to address parts of the mill, including

subterranean work areas, that are now hazardous.The mill owners will be required to secure state

and federal demolition permits for the bulk of the planned work, and they are being asked to send the town copies, Waddell explained.

The planning board will be sent a copy of the mill owner’s demolition plan, recognizing that it likely will be revised over the next two-plus years.

At Waddell’s suggestion, the planning board voted unanimously to authorize its chairman to work with the board of selectmen on this ongoing process, which could call for hiring a consultant.

Howard reported that there are currently 70 team members on payroll. Interviews for an on-site operations manager are underway. Howard lives in Greenville, S.C., with his wife and children, although he lamented that they sometimes say he now lives in New Hampshire.

Medium-range plans for the next three to fi ve years include installing two additional tissue machines, one at a time.

Plans also call for installing a rewinder, allowing the mill to fabricate 2- and 3-ply parent rolls. “This would give us a better platform for higher quality sales,” Howard said. Parent rolls can be made up to 84-inches in diameter and 103.5 inches tall.

After these steps are taken, a serious look will be taken to understand the pros and cons of installing a converting machine to allow the mill to produce rolls of toilet paper directly for the retail market.

PAPER MILL from page one

Gorham mill to explore removing wastewater lagoonsBERLIN — White Mountain Paper Company

is asking Berlin and Gorham to support a request for federal stimulus funding to look at removing its wastewater lagoons in Cascade. Under the concept being explored, mill effl uent would be treated by the Berlin and Gorham wastewater treatment plants and returned to the mill as process water.

Representing the owners of the Gorham mill, con-sultant Alexandra Richie said the idea is to create a closed-loop waste treatment system between Gorham, Berlin and the mill. After a presentation Monday night, the council agreed to support a joint application for funds to undertake needed engineer-

ing analysis to look at the feasibility of the concept. Both city offi cials and Richie acknowledged there are too many unknowns at this point for any com-mitment beyond agreeing to a study.

Richie said when the new ownership acquired the mill at the end of 2020, the town of Gorham said it would like to see the lagoon decommissioned, if possible. She stressed that White Mountain Paper is operating within all its existing permits and there is no requirement that it close the lagoon. But Richie said the mill understands the lagoon is an environ-mental liability to the state and historically has been a source of odors for the neighborhood around it. She said it also limits future expansion.

Richie said splitting the mill effl uent between the

two treatment plants would provide the mill with important redundancy especially in high water season. The treated effl uent would be returned to the river through the treatment systems, eliminat-ing the need for the lagoon and the mill discharge into the river. She acknowledged the proposal would likely require some upgrades to the two municipal systems but said that could position them to miti-gate risk and handle future growth for the area.

She said a similar system has worked in Utah and is the case study for this option.

Richie said a working group from the two commu-nities and the mill has been put together to explore

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the concept and former N.H. Com-missioner of Resources and Economic Development George Bald is provid-ing his input and support. She said everyone recognizes the idea is in the conceptual stage and more informa-tion is needed to vet its viability.

Richie said Bald suggested the pro-posal would be a strong candidate for federal stimulus funding for water and wastewater infrastructure being over-seen by the state Department of Envi-ronmental Services. The study would look at the design and the cost of install-ing the new system, upgrading the municipal treatment plants and decom-missioning and removing the lagoon.

She said White Mountain Paper is willing to prepare the application but would like the municipalities to take a lead role in submitting the application as part of a collaborative effort.

Mayor Paul Grenier said the proj-ect would likely trigger an upgrade of Berlin’s wastewater treatment system and said how to pay for those upgrades needs to be part of the discussion.

Berlin Wastewater Department Superintendent Jon Goodreau said he wanted to raise some concerns he has. He said having a study performed makes sense.

“There’s a lot of things we need to look at,” he said. He said if it goes forward, the proposal will require a major upgrade of the city’s present wastewater treatment plant.

Goodreau said Berlin’s treatment

plant is currently designed to treat an average daily fl ow of 3 million gallons of wastewater.

He said under state regulations, once a treatment system consistently reaches 80 percent of its design fl ow,

White Mountain Paper is asking Berlin and Gorham to be part of a collaborative effort to seek funds to study removing the wastewater lagoon in Cascade and moving to a closed loop system waste treat-ment system with the two communities. Berlin gave its support to seeking federal funds for a study at Monday’s city council meeting. (BARBARA TETREAULT PHOTO).

or 2.4 million gallons in Berlin’s case, it has to upgrade its facility. He said over the past 12 months, the Berlin plant has handled an average daily fl ow of 2.02 million gallons.

The mill’s system is designed to

treat six million gallons per day but current fl ow levels are described as far below that fi gure. He said the Gorham wastewater treatment facility is rated at .75 million gallons per day.

Goodreau said Berlin also has to consider that if it undertakes a major upgrade of its wastewater treatment system and the mill shuts down, the city will be left with a treatment plant too large for its needs.

Goodreau said the treatment system depends on microorganisms that digest the organic and dissolved waste. He said managing the microor-ganisms will be diffi cult if fl ow levels fl uctuate because of shutdowns or slowdowns at the mill.

Goodreau also noted White Moun-tain Paper is one of four companies on the Androscoggin River responsible for the operation of the Gulf Island oxy-genation system in Maine. He said the study should look at whether Berlin and Gorham would be required to take on those costs if White Mountain Paper is no longer discharging into the river.

Richie again stressed there is no requirement for the mill to close the lagoon. She said the White Mountain Paper is operating within all of its existing permits.

Richie said the advantages of the project are many including reducing discharges and intake to and from the river, removing the lagoon and its odor from the neighborhood. She said the mill would also expect to pay the communities for servicing the mill’s wastewater and water needs.

LAGOONS from page 8

iar Moriah Range as seen from the Mascot Mine area, evergreens, a river set in a natural and bright color palette, the marketer explained in writing. The phrase “Where Trails Begin…” can easily be incor-porated.

The secondary logo is a simpler, stream-lined interpretation of the primary logo for use for recre-ation campaigns, events, banners and clothing, Poir-ier pointed out. Tree, river and bicycle icons can be swapped out with others, if desired, making this logo quite versatile.

More than a dozen names were submitted after a

call for ideas for recreation path names was posted on the town website. Suggestions included Abby Way, to acknowledge Evankow’s activism; Libby Way, to honor the family who owns 20 percent of the town’s land base; to Jerry Baker Memorial Trail, to

LOGO from page 3

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east on their motorcycles to the American Legion Post in Gorham when the group collided with a pick-up truck and fl atbed trailer driven by Volody-myr Zhukovskyy.

Since the deadly crash, Gov. Chris Sununu said the state has worked nonstop to make major improve-ments at the Division of Motor Vehicles to make its roads safer.

“As we refl ect on the two-year anniversary of the tragic crash in Randolph, our prayers go out to the victims, the survivors, and the friends and family of the Jarhead Motorcycle Club,” said Sununu.

“We have more work to do, but citizens can rest assured that we remain committed to making sure meaningful reforms are followed through on and the citizens are served,” he said.

New Hampshire has become the 34th state to join the State-to-State Verifi cation Service, which allows participating states to electronically check driving records. The state just joined the service last weekend after fi rst obtaining the necessary legislative approval.

After the June 21, 2019, deadly crash, it was dis-covered that Massachusetts had failed to suspended Zhukovskyy’s commercial driver’s license despite written and electronic notifi cation from Connecticut that his driving privileges in that state had been sus-pended after he refused a drug test. In addition to the arrest in Connecticut, Zhukovskyy had rolled over a tractor-trailer in Texas just weeks before being hired

by Westfi eld Transport. At the time of the Randolph crash, he was on his fi rst trip for Westfi eld.

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The State to State Verifi cation system allows par-ticipating states to see if a driver holds a license in any of the states. The program is voluntary and states enforce their own rules and regulations.

In addition, Sununu said New Hampshire and Mas-sachusetts have set up an electronic fi le exchange system to notify each other of convictions and with-drawals. He said the DMV is also now allowed to ini-tiate immediate disqualifi cation of commercial drivers and/or commercial motor carriers.

Sununu said the state has additional steps it is roll-ing out including an online self-service for customers requesting a copy of their motor vehicle records.

The crash killed seven members of the Jarhead Motorcycle Club, made up of current or retired U.S. Marines and their families. Killed were Albert Mazza, 59, of Lee; Daniel Pereira, 58, of Riverside, R.I.; Michael Ferazzi, 62, of Contoocook; Aaron Perry, 45, of Lee; Desma Oakes, 42, of Concord; and Edward and Joan Corr, both 58 of Lakeview, Mass. Three others were injured.

Zhukovskyy of West Springfi eld, Mass., has been charged with multiple counts of negligent homicide, negligent homicide-DUI, and manslaughter. Zhu-kovskyy, 25, of West Springfi eld, Mass., has pleaded not guilty to all counts and is contesting being held in preventive detention without a bail hearing. He has a June 29 hearing on his appeal to the state Supreme Court for an evidentiary bail hearing.

The crash lead The Boston Globe newspaper to examine the failure of states and the federal gov-ernment to get reckless truck drivers off the road for which the newspaper won the 2021 Pulitzer Prize for investigative reporting.

The Jarheads Motorcycle Club has scheduled its annual ‘Fallen Seven Ride to Remember’ for July 31.

FALLEN 7 from page one

A new memorial to the seven members of the Jarheads Motorcy-cle Club killed in the Jan. 21, 2019 accident on Route 2 in Randolph was unveiled Saturday. (COURTESY PHOTO)

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The selectmen, however, chose to offi cially name the trail for Casey Hodgdon, for whom this path’s hand-some bridge over the Moose River is named. Hodgdon started his North Country career working for the Appa-lachian Mountain Club as both his brothers did. Longtime hut manager Joe Dodge nicknamed him “Casey” because when he was a boy he often rode in his father’s locomotive cab on the Boston & Maine RR’s Moun-tain Division and fell in love with the White Mountains. He never used his given name, Russell, except on offi cial papers after that.

He served in the Navy as the Korean War wound down and, once out of uni-form, spent two more years at AMC Pinkham Notch before becoming a weather observer at the Mount Wash-ington Observatory.

He later worked for the U.S. Forest Service and then for the Town of

Gorham.He was a “redliner” who had hiked

every one of the trails on the AMC map. When he was in his 70s he had a

wonderful time working with Brad Washburn, who was then creating a new “from-scratch” map of Mount Washington and much of the Pres-idential Range, using the then-lat-est surveying equipment before GPS technology was available.

Hodgdon died nine years ago and his widow, Julia, in March. Both are mourned by their two children, Travis and Trisha.

LOGO from page 9

Gorham has a secondary logo, that’s more stream-lined, also created by Meag Poirier of Wild Roots Marketing.

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COMMUNITY

Salve Regina Academy staff honoredGORHAM — The staff at Salve Regina Acad-

emy have recently been honored with the 2021 Recognizing Excellence Awards, by the Diocese of Manchester Catholic Schools Offi ce.

Three teachers were nominated for the St. John Baptiste de la Salle N.H. Catholic School Teacher of the Year: Melanie Johnston, Veronica Young and Jeanne Nadeau.

Deacon Mitch Couture, permanent Deacon at Good Shepherd and Holy Family Parishes, received the 2021 St. John Vianney Cleric of the Year Award, and the Berlin Knights of Colum-bus were honored with a St. Joseph the Worker Superintendent’s Award for their support of the Academy.

“Having our teachers, clergy, and community

members recognized in this way is truly a joy,” said Rev. Kyle Stanton, pastor and head of school at Salve Regina Academy. “Our staff is dedicated to forming the students in their care and these awards represent a state-wide recognition of that effort and highlights the great things hap-pening at the academy, and in our Catholic com-munity as a whole.”

The Recognizing Excellence Awards were cre-ated in 2016 by the Catholic Schools Offi ce to honor those who work tirelessly to advance the mission of Catholic education in the Diocese.

Deacon Mitch becomes the fi fth cleric to receive this award since the Recognizing Excel-lence Awards were created. Last year, the award was given to Rev. Kyle Stanton.

Deacon Mitch Couture (center), the 2021 St. John Vianney Cleric of the Year, pictured with his mother, Pierrette, and his wife, Terry. (COURTESY PHOTO)

Camp Sebago applications availableBERLIN — The Salvation Army has openings for com-

munity children to attend camp this summer at Camp Sebago on the picturesque Sebago Lake in Maine.

This is an opportunity for children to fellowship with their peers in a safe, fun and enjoyable manner in a Christian centered atmosphere. The offer is for 19 children, ages 7-12, for one Camp session, from July 19-23.

The Salvation Army fi rmly believes that all children should be able to experience summer camp regardless of the family’s fi nancial situation and as such offers

these spaces at minimal cost to families.The spaces are very limited for all sessions. Trans-

portation is provided to and from camp. This is an over-night camp experience. For fi ve days at camp, it will only cost $25. For application appointments, and more information, contact The Salvation Army at (603) 752-1644, or stop in at 15 Cole St., Berlin, Monday through Thursday between 11 a.m.-1 p.m.

Those interested in sponsoring a child to attend Camp Sebago may also contact the offi ce at the number above. All contributions are tax deductible.

April may not be the cruel-est month, as Ezra Pound sug-gests.

But this year, I might agree to a point, as I recently banged up my left knee and am spend-ing time with it elevated.

Anyway, I am looking forward to summer when I’m hoping it will be better and the trails inviting. More on how this injury occurred in the mountains and my exiting them very soon.

In the meantime, thinking of warm weather hikes and thought I’d plant an idea in some hiker’s minds of a great place to go by revisiting an old favorite during early summer.

I was up in Chatham one morning, and thinking about doing a hike in the Evans Notch area. My mind alighted on the 5.5-mile Moriah Brook Trail up in the Wild River Valley, and I was drawn there — north through Evans Notch on Route 113 to Hast-ings and down the 5 mile dirt Wild River Road to the hiker parking lot next to Wild River Campground.

Walking through the campground to access the Wild River Trail, neither the campground caretaker nor any campers were present.

That set the tone for the day, as I would see no one on the trail all day, and my car was the only one there when I returned later.

In a quarter mile, I turned right on the Moriah Brook Trail, with the intention of crossing the sus-pension bridge over the Wild River in a few yards. It was quite a surprise upon reaching the bridge to see it was boarded up with a sign that read: “Bridge Closed — seek alternate crossing. (Note: The bridge was totally removed later that summer).

Looking beneath the bridge, the current in the Wild River was low so I descended the bank, took off my boots and crossed quickly, and was back on the trail with minimum delay.

I was in “go” mode, and didn’t want to waste any time. Not only did I get a late start at 9:45 a.m. but I was undecided as to how far I wanted to go.

Years ago, I had done a big 16-mile loop starting with the Moriah Brook Trail up to the Carter-Mo-riah Trail on the ridge, over Mount Moriah and Shelburne Moriah, down the Shelburne Trail to the Wild River and fording it, then a mile and a quarter back on the road to my car.

I liked the idea of doing it, but with a late decision about my itinerary and not a lot of sleep the night before it seemed unlikely.

Just getting to the fi rst lookout on Carter-Moriah Trail would be enough, then retracing my steps on the 5.5-mile Moriah Brook Trail. Including the quarter mile back to the campground, it would be a 12-mile hike.

I really liked the idea of spending the day on the Moriah Brook Trail. Few hikers do that, as they usu-ally go one way on a multi-day backpack.

For many White Mountain veterans, this trail is one of their favorites. It follows the beautiful Moriah

Spending the day on Moriah Brook Trail

Hiking–––––

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Brook up a long valley, passing many waterfalls and nearby gorges, passes beneath the impressive South Cliffs of Mount Moriah and climbs to the junction. A short way further on the Carter-Moriah Trail is an eastern lookout with the Moriah Brook valley spread out at your feet.

Once across the river, I followed the trail upstream a way then headed at an angle up into the valley on the old logging railroad bed.

Soon, I crossed the brook above Moriah Gorge. Most of the gorge was not visible from the trail. I added to my itinerary a scramble down the gorge later in the day, including a swim.

Soon after passing above the gorge, I teetered across a beaver dam on a small tributary, and paused to look for the trail in the vegetation on the other side.

For those who love water in all its magical forms, this is the perfect valley to pass through. To my right the main stream marched silently past.

Further on, the stream had a lot more to say as it fell over an infi nite variety of waterfalls and cas-cades.

Through the trees I began to see hints of a rocky ridge to my right on a fl ank of Mount Moriah. As I fi nally approached the ridge ahead, the steep South Cliffs rose up into blue from the green world that I walked through.

For a while, the narrowing watershed caused the trail to be muddy. I tried to hop from rock to rock and took advantage of a few old split log bridges. At one point, my right foot took a mud dive, and I had to stop at the narrowing stream to freshen up.

After the long gentle grade up through the valley, I was glad to be fi nally climbing a steep trail up to the junction. The shortness of that section surprised me, and suddenly I was on the Carter-Moriah Trail. I took a right without pause and quickly hiked to the fi rst lookout.

The eastern view had great depth. Directly to my left the South Cliffs of Mount Moriah poked out of the conifers. In the distance, though a ridge of Middle Carter blocked part of the view of the Moriah Brook valley, it was enough to sense the distance I had come.

On the horizon was South Baldface, and in the hidden valley beyond that the AMC Cold River Camp, which I had briefl y visited on my way north that morning.

My traditional trio of PB and J sandwich, a good apple and a carrot bolstered me for the return jour-ney.

Pausing on the descent for a cold swim in Moriah Brook Gorge. (ED PARSONS PHOTO)

The state of mind of an unhurried descent is much different that an upward push.

I seemed to fl ow down through the valley next to the fl owing stream, the green leaves occasion-ally spurred by a breeze and surrounding me with motion. This was the closest to music the physical world gets.

I fi nally crossed the stream above Moriah Gorge and took an old spur path through the trees down to it. I scrambled out on the rocks and slowly made my way down the gorge, pausing at a big pool for a swim. Then I climbed a steep slope back to the trail.

The rest of the way down I saw no one and paused briefl y at my solitary car to put on dry shoes and socks. June was a good time to go to the quiet Wild River Valley.

Ed Parsons writes a weekly hiking column for The Conway Daily Sun.

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PLYMOUTH — Local students have been named to the Plymouth State University President’s List for the Spring 2021 semester.

To be named to the President’s List, a student must achieve a grade point average of 3.7 or better for the Spring 2021 semester and must have attempted at least 12 credit hours during the semester.

Alexa Goyette, Brandon Bedard, Sydney Buck, Tiffi ney Poirier, Samantha McCann, and Bridget Gibbons of Berlin, Delaney Macdonald of Gorham, Kennah Leavitt of Milan, and Hunter Moore of Shel-burne were named to the President’s List

Established in 1871, Plymouth State University serves the state of New Hampshire and the world beyond by transforming their students through advanced practices where engaged learning pro-duces well-educated undergraduates and by provid-ing graduate education that deepens and advances knowledge and enhances professional development.

Local students named to Plymouth State President’s List

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(Answers tomorrow)RAVEN UNCLE GRIMLY MANTRAJumbles:

Answer: The young pitcher struggled to throw a breaking ball because there was a — LEARNING CURVE

ARIES (March 21-April 19). You'll get through the day as you would a math quiz, one problem at a time. Just keep your mind

on what you're solving and by evening, you'll be done with the hard stuff and delighted by your scores.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20). The action will be an adventure, not a chore, although it may come in a package labeled "work." You've never been afraid of work, only of not knowing how to

the fun. GEMINI (May 21-June 21). What you think

you should be doing and what you are doing may be two different things. The lesser activity isn't "bad"; it's just not all you're capable of. You've the grit to answer your more noble calling.

CANCER (June 22-July 22). There's a sage feeling under your ribs steering you toward or away from someone; heed it, even if it's illogical. Your body has plenty of intelligence and feeds your conscious mind on a need-to-know basis.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22). Some see the negative space as full of potential to put

something into. Others hold the space as a sacred and essential balance to the main beauty. To you, the beauty is the space. You'll honor it, creating much peace for yourself. VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22). The most exciting thing you can do today is a piece of decidedly unglamourous work. It turns out the key to creation is mostly humble actions in service of a splendid cause. LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23). A relationship is better played out than analyzed, which is like

hand as it is observed. Stay in the moment, appreciating the natural environment of a thing. SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 21). What another

it without really owning it is weak. Better to make the choice yourself and stand by it, not because they want you to but because it's something you can get behind. SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21). Your mental process is settling into a new order. It's like answers are coming to you from outer space and painting your inner space in a new hue that will have you "redecorating" for weeks. CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19). Repetition

doesn't have to be tedious; in fact, it can be quite brilliant, a comfort and a deepening pleasure. The key here is progress. Repetition without

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18). You may be allowing yourself an unhelpful habit that is keeping you from realizing something very important to you. You can push through it. The

its name. PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20). Prioritizing will be a little tricky today, since important items go masquerading as simple moves. The one

of who you are, why you're here and what you want. TODAY'S BIRTHDAY (June 22). You're so inspired by what you love you will attempt to produce a kind of sublime echo of it and be as pleased with the results as any artist could be. This is only possible because you make the time, not once or twice but just about daily -- an act of dedication on repeat that transforms you and enriches your life in innumerable ways. Taurus and Leo adore you. Your lucky numbers are: 8, 6, 15, 46 and 12.

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DEAR ABBY: My daughter is separated from her husband, who rents a room from me. Recently, without telling her, he dropped her from his insurance. Now she wants me to kick him out and she’s mad at me because I refuse to do it. She says it shows I approve of his be-havior. She tells me that he’s no good, he used her and he hit on her girlfriend. She’s threatening that if I let him stay, we won’t be close anymore.

He pays me on time, and I hardly ever see him because he works at night. I need the rent money, and we have always gotten along great. I say this is my house and I should decide if he leaves. What do you think? -- IN THE MIDDLE IN FLORIDA

DEAR IN THE MIDDLE: You need to explain to your daughter that the reason her husband is living with you is because you need the income. Even if you wanted, you might not be able to kick him out right away because of whatever eviction laws may exist in your state. This is your house, and the decision whether to evict him should be yours. However, if you continue allowing him to rent from you, it may cause a breach with your daughter that could be permanent.

DEAR ABBY: I often feel left out. This past weekend on Facebook I saw two co-workers and a former co-worker went on a weekend get-away. I wasn’t invited. Should I retaliate, or must I act like it doesn’t

things like this. I’ll comment on their post -- “looks like fun” -- but never get invited. How should I feel about this and what should I do? -- OVERLOOKED IN MINNESOTA

DEAR OVERLOOKED: What you should “do” is recognize that

your co-workers are not obligated to include you in anything outside of work. They may have mutual interests that bring them together, or chemistry that they don’t have with you. Instead of fuming and fantasizing about “retaliating” (which would be uncalled for and in-appropriate), form relationships outside this circle of co-workers and friends, and do things on weekends for yourself that are satisfying. If you do, you will be less dependent upon these individuals and less disappointed if your relationships with them aren’t as close as you wish they were. DEAR ABBY: I have been reading your column for many years, but haven’t seen this question before. I’m a senior citizen with a do-not-resuscitate order. I am concerned that if something were to happen to me and I was taken to a nearby hospital, they wouldn’t know I have

responders know? Thank you for the continual service you provide. -- LAST REQUEST IN CALIFORNIA DEAR LAST REQUEST: Many individuals accomplish this by posting a notice near their bed, on the refrigerator or in their cell-phone contact list designated as ICE (In Case of Emergency). There are also cards that can be carried in the wallet to alert the EMTs about the patient’s wishes. Your health care provider can tell you how to get one.

— • —Dear Abby is written by Abigail Van Buren, also known as Jeanne Phillips, and was founded by her mother, Pauline Phillips. Contact Dear Abby at www.DearAbby.com or P.O. Box 69440, Los Angeles, CA 90069.

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DEAR ABBY by Abigail Van Buren

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Irene PowellIrene Powell, 80, of Barton, Vt., passed away on

May 25, 2021, in Newport, Vt.She was born on Feb. 28, 1941, in Berlin, N.H., to

the late Richard and Bella (Nadeau) Bellerose.Irene worked as a LNA for many years at Maple

Lane Nursing Home in Barton and also for the State of Connecticut Department of Developmental Ser-vices. She enjoyed gardening and farming, and had a real passion for her work as an LNA.

She is survived by her children John T. “Tommy” Powell Sr., Elizabeth Kneeland, Timothy Powell, and Paula Powell; her grandchildren John T. Powell Jr., William Powell, Amanda Stevens, Michael and Alan Kneeland and Matthew Powell. She is also sur-vived by many great grandchildren and her brother Norman Bellerose.

She was also predeceased by her husband John William “Billy” Powell Jr., and her step father Edward Marchand.

Funeral services will be held at 12 p.m., Saturday July 10, 2021, at Calvary Cemetery in Lancaster, N.H. If friends desire, memorial contributions may be made in Irene’s name to the Parkinson’s Foun-dation New England Chapter, Attn: Donor Services, 200 SE 1st Street Suite 800 Miami, FL, 33131. On-line condolences may be made at curtis-britch.

com. Arrangements are entrusted to the care of Cur-tis-Britch & Bouffard Funeral Home & Cremation service, locally family owned and operated.

KINGSTON, R.I. — Each year, the University of Rhode Island honors graduating seniors for their superior academic achievement. Their selection is based on grade point average, as well as other crite-ria determined by their individual academic depart-ments. For example, criteria might include an honors project, a research presentation, or a student’s profes-sional promise.

Each recipient of a University Academic Excellence Award receives a certifi cate of academic excellence suitable for framing and a URI lapel pin. Awards were conveyed in a special ceremony held in Edwards Hall. Due to COVID-19 restrictions, attendance was limited to award recipients with the event streamed live for family and friends.

Allison Gallagher of Berlin earned an award for out-standing academic achievement from the College of the Environment and Life Sciences in Marine Biology.

“As educators, there is little we cherish more than the celebration of excellence - that is students who rise above the challenges and realize their full poten-tial,” said URI Provost and Vice President of Academic Affairs Donald H. DeHayes. “This group of distinctly capable and resilient students that we honor today found a way to rise above and endure the challenges of the past 15 months. And through sheer grit, hard work and determination they stayed focused on their work and continued to perform at the absolutely high-est level academically. We congratulate each of them for their spectacular achievements.”

Dalton passes emergency zoning by 5 votes

At Dalton’s town meeting day, a measure to extend temporary emergency zoning for another year passed in a narrow vote, 135-130. Those in sup-port of the measure hope it will help prevent a pro-posed landfi ll from being sited next to Forest Lake State Park.

This issue, which has divided the town, has also become a statewide debate about whether addi-tional environmental protections are necessary to preserve the state’s parks and protect the tourism industry.

The town has had temporary emergency zoning in place since 2019, when Casella Waste Systems fi rst made its plans to develop a new landfi ll known to the town.

On Tuesday, the town also voted on one seat on the select board, which the incumbent, Carol Sheltry,

won in another narrow vote against Kevin Whittum Jr., 180 to 173. Those opposing the landfi ll were con-cerned that Whittum would be friendly to Casella. In a Facebook message, Whittum said he was nei-ther supportive nor unsupportive of the landfi ll, but that he was open to discussing the possibility with the company.

Jon Swan, a Dalton resident who started an organization called Save Forest Lake opposing the landfi ll, ran for town clerk and tax collector but was defeated by incumbent Jessie Wentworth. Went-worth had announced that she would be retiring in February, which would have left the seat open. She subsequently decided to run for re-election and won. Wentworth has held the position for the past 21 years.

The town meeting didn’t wrap up until three in the morning, according to staff at the town offi ce.

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Gray, Dobson win Mount Washington racePINKHAM NOTCH — Mount

Washington is known to be home of the world’s weather. Over the week-end, nearly 900 runners got a fi rst-hand taste of “the beast of the East,” in the 60th Northeast Delta Dental Mount Washington Road Race.

The race was broken up into two days due to COVID-19 precautions, but the 7.6-mile races still generated plenty of excitement.

There was no surprise when Joe Gray, 37, of Colorado Springs, Colo., a four-time winner of Mount Wash-ington and the reigning World Moun-tain Running Champion, started in the lead at the sunny and pleasant base and did nothing but increase his advantage to the foggy, cold and wind-swept fi nish on Sunday morning.

On Saturday, Kim Dobson, 37, of Eagle, Colo., ran away from the fi eld to win the women’s race in 1:11:16 on Saturday. It was Dobson’s sixth win in six tries.

Ashley Brasovan, 30, of Golden, Colo., took an early lead out of the gates and pushed the pace until being passed and dropped by Dobson around the 1.5-mile mark. Dobson’s lead at the halfway mark was around a minute over Brasovan. By the 5-mile mark, Dobson’s lead was insurmount-able, and she continued to pull away until the end.

Brasovan held off a late surge from Samantha Diaz, 29, of Jackson, Wyo., to take second place in 1:14:28. Diaz fi nished strong in 1:15:24, good for third place.

For the men, Gray’s lead was a minute by the halfway mark, and he more than doubled the lead in the second half of the race. Gray fi nished in a time of 1:01:40 and has won the race the last fi ve times he has entered.

When asked what keeps him moti-vated, Gray replied, “It’s all about the personal challenge. Whether you fi nish fi rst, middle pack or last, in running you are always challenging yourself.”

Gray rose to the challenge on this day. While Gray led all the way, the ageless Eric Blake,42, of West Hart-ford, Conn., and a four-time champion was running side by side with Lee Berube, 30, of Syracuse, N.Y. Blake and Berube ran shoulder to shoulder for most of the race.

Rounding out the top fi ve for the women was 2019 co-winner Heidi Caldwell, 29, of Craftsbury Common, Vt., 1:19:11, and Ashley Busa, 36, of Portsmouth, 1:21:34.

As the fi rst fi nisher from the Gran-ite State, Busa received the Crossan

Cup.Kim Nedeau, 41, of Leverett, Mass.,

fi nished sixth and won the master’s division in 1:21:46. Making Nedeau’s fi nish even more impressive was she hadn’t run for almost 2 years and had trained almost exclusively on an ellip-tical machine.

However, the big star of Saturday’s race was Mount Washington and the famous weather. What looked like a rainy day hours before race time, turned into a mostly sunny and muggy start. During the fi rst several miles runners were treated to rela-tively sheltered winds and fairly dry conditions.

Dobson took full advantage of the conditions and was on a record-set-ting pace, with a course record and a $5,000 bonus insight. As the race hit

the 5-mile mark Dobson was still set-ting a record pace, but it was here that the weather took control and center stage.

What was a relatively nice day was erased all at once. From mile fi ve until the end, runners were greeted with 40-50 mph winds with gusts over 60. If the winds were not enough, the fog was so thick that visibility was dimin-ished to almost nothing.

Dobson quipped when she was done that she was not concentrating on her times, but just running the best she could. When asked if she was ever looking over her shoulder, Dobson responded with “it wouldn’t do any good, I wouldn’t know if anyone was there.”

Like the women on Saturday, the men were setting a blistering pace in the pleasant, lower elevations. But, as the runners approached 5000 feet, the conditions became blustery, the fog (clouds) rolled in, temperatures dropped and the speeds suffered. Blake dug deep and dropped Berube in the fi nal stretch of the race to take second overall and fi rst master (over 40 years old) in 1:03:53. Berube fi n-ished third in a time of 1:04:28. It was Berube’s second consecutive third-place fi nish.

Rounding out the top fi ve was Samuel Fazioli, 29, of Salem, fi nishing in fourth in a time of 1:06:06. Fazioli won the Crossan Cup. And, clocking a time of 1:07:17 was Eric Lipuma, 28, of Richmond, Vt. Fazioli and Lipuma improved on their 10th and ninth-place fi nishes, respectively, in 2019.

There were 442 fi nishers for the women and 435 for the men. Local fi n-ishers included Amy Wilson, Berlin,

Kim Dobson, 37, of Eagle, Colo., ran away from the fi eld to win the women’s race in 1:11:16. It was Dobson’s sixth win in six tries. (JOE VIGER PHOTO)

see RACE page 20

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BERLIN — In Post 36 Legion Ball Berlin defeated Londonderry 7-6 in an eight inning contest on Sat-urday. Henry Shaw and Sam Seavey both had two hits in the contest.

Shaw also pitched four innings, while Landyn Croteau earned the win from the mound. Kolin Melanson helped close out the scoring with a game winning walk-off hit.

Coach DJ Johnson had this to say about his team’s performance, “Not our best game but we grinded it our and got the win.”

Sunday the team picked up a 12-1 win over Hudson. Shaw went 3 for 3, including a single, double and triple, one of which he hit opposite-handed. Seavey and Brody Labounty pitched well in the fi ve-inning mercy-rule shortened game.

“The boys are really coming together and we showed that as we came out swinging in the game against Hudson,” Johnson said. “Even though it is early in the season we now are in fi rst place in our district.”

The team’s next game is in Lebanon next week-end.

Gorham men’s softball leagueThe bats of Nucar were on fi re last week as the

team downed Remax 12-2. B. Hood, Erik Tremblay and Luke and Ethan Enman led the way for Nucar offensively. Don Hood pitched wonderfully as he was able to keep the Remax hitters off balance. Kevin Allain took the loss for Remax despite pitching well. Joe Monza and Carlos Borrayo led the way offen-sively for Remax.

The Land was able to come from behind off the bat of Gavin Cook who hit a two-run homer to give The Land the late lead in their 9-7 win over Berlin City. Todd Freschette of Berlin City hit a towering homer in the fi rst inning.

Rollie Poirer through the ball well in the winning effort. Kevin Trask was effective all night, changing speeds and location despite taking the loss.

Steve’s Sports Shorts Steve Enman

Berlin picks up 2 wins in Legion ball

2:15.04, and Jason Cohen, Dummer, 2:01.07.Sponsored by Northeast Delta Dental, the race

ascends the Mt. Washington Auto Road from Pinkham Notch to the 6288-foot summit of Mount Washington.

In addition to the unrelenting grade averaging 12 percent, runners face the added challenge of Mount Washington’s famously high winds, precipitation and unpredictable temperatures.

Prizes include $1,000 apiece for the fi rst male and female fi nishers, smaller cash prizes for the next fi ve men and women and the top three male and female masters (over 40), prizes for the fi rst male and female fi nishers from New Hampshire, and a $5,000 bonus for setting a new course record.

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