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Randolph man attempts escape en route to prison

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Deval Patrick campaigns at January ThawBERLIN — Just two months after announcing

he would enter the crowded Democratic primary for president, former Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick stopped in Berlin for the Coos County

Democrats’ January Thaw on Thursday.The evening was billed as an opportunity for

BY BARBARA TETREAULTTHE BERLIN SUN

see WEYMSS page 3

Former owner of Groveton Paper dies

see PATRICK page 11

Presidential hopeful Deval Patrick attends the Coos County Democrats’ January Thaw at the White Mountain Chalet in Berlin on wThursday. The former Massachusetts governor chatted with state Rep. Larry Lafl amme and White Mountains Community College Vice President Martha Lafl amme. (BARBARA TETREAULT PHOTO)

GROVETON — One of the giants from the hey-days of the North Country paper industry has died.

James C. Wemyss Jr., who took over Groveton Papers Co. from his father and ran the mill for decades, passed away last Wednesday at his home in Ft. Lauderdale. He was 94 years old.

The relationship between the Wemyss family and Groveton goes back generations. Like the Brown family and Berlin, the Wemyss family pro-

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RANDOLPH — Wearing leg irons and partly handcuffed, a local man made a brief escape from a Coos County deputy sheriff while being transported Thursday and managed to fl ee to his own car before getting his vehicle stuck on a snowmobile trail.

Coos County Sheriff Brian Valerino said Robert Howard, 33, of Pinkham B Road was being transferred from the Woodstock police station to the state prison in Berlin after being picked up on a parole violation.

According to Valerino as the cruiser reached Gorham Hill on Route 2 shortly before noon, Howard told the deputy sheriff he needed to relieve himself.

The deputy sheriff stopped the cruiser and partially opened the back door to let Howard go to the bathroom.

Howard was wearing leg irons and had a handcuff on one wrist that was anchored to a belly belt. Valerino said Howard had injured the other wrist the day before and they were unable to put a handcuff that wrist.

Howard is reported to have over-powered the deputy and attempted to drive away with the cruiser.

The two men struggled and the deputy regained control of the cruiser.

Howard then allegedly forc-ibly stopped a passing motorist and climbed into the rear seat. But the deputy, whose name Valerino declined to release, deployed his Taser, thwarted Howard’s attempt to ride off.

As the deputy attempted to take Howard into custody, Valerino said he fl ed into the woods.

Afraid that Howard might try to

stop another car, the deputy kept traf-fi c fl owing on Route 2 and warned motorists not to stop for anyone.

A group of snowmobilers stopped at the crossing on Pinkham B Road had been notifi ed by law enforcement that police were looking for Howard and asked to call if they saw anyone meet-ing his description.

Just minutes later, the group observed Howard run to his house and get into his car.

One of the snowmobilers called 911 as Howard drove off and headed up a nearby snowmobile trail. The small car got stuck and Howard was appre-hended without incident.

Asked about the propriety of stop-ping along Route 2 to allow the pris-oner to relieve himself, Valerino explained that it poses a dilemma for

his department.If they don’t stop and the prisoner

relieves himself in the cruiser, the vehicle has to be taken out of service until it can be professionally cleaned because of the contamination by bodily fl uids.

Howard was on probation after pleading guilty to a 2016 charge of fal-sifying physical evidence by fl ushing an amount of a controlled drug (Psilo-cin and/or Suboxone) down the toilet.

Assisting the sheriff ’s department were Gorham, Randolph, Berlin and N.H. state police as well as the N.H. Division of Forest & Lands.

The incident is under investigation by state police and anyone who wit-nessed the incident is asked to call Trooper Mike Bruno at (603) 223-3796 or the Coos County Sheriff ’s offi ce.

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James Weymss

WEYMSS from page one

vided employment for hundreds and took a strong interest in the local community.

A successful businessman, a former town offi cial, and a Purple Heart recipient, Wemyss, was also someone who loved to tell stories and drive anything with a motor.

Three generations of Wemysses ran paper mills in Groveton, start-ing with James S. Wemyss, who pur-chased a small newsprint mill in Northumberland village. Young Jim Wemyss, as he was known, “had a particularly close relationship with his grandfather who taught him about business and the paper indus-try at a very young age,” said his grandson, Tom Wemyss.

In 1940, his father, James C. Wemyss Sr., purchased what became Groveton Papers Company, and began reviving the mill after the Great Depression. After serving in World War II, Jim Wemyss went to

work at Groveton Papers. By the early 1950s, he was run-ning the mill and within years, an unprecedented era of expansion, construc-tion and moderniza-tion of the mill was underway, accord-ing to Jamie Sayen, author of “You Had a Job for Life: Story of a Company Town.”

By the late 1960s, the Wemyss Family merged with Dia-mond Corporation and Jim Wemyss Jr., continued to run the Groveton mill and became vice president of Diamond and in charge of its paper mills. But in 1982, Sir James Goldsmith com-pleted a hostile takeover of Diamond and dismantled the company.

Sayen said Wemyss fought the Goldsmith takeover because he wor-

ried about the long-range consequences for his employees.

“He said ‘what about the people up in Groveton,’” Sayen said.

The Groveton mill ended up sold to James River Corpo-ration and later to Wausau Papers. It closed in 2007.

Located in the same complex under different owner-ship, Groveton Paper Board produced cor-

rugated medium.Wemyss continued to oversee

Groveton Paper Board until his retirement in 1998. That mill is also closed.

Stories abound about Wemyss’ quick temper and in his book, Sayen describes numerous incidents where Wemyss would get upset and throw

his jacket to the fl oor.“There’s no doubt if you were on

the wrong side of him, it could be unpleasant,” Sayen said.

But Sayen said there were also sto-ries of times Wemyss quietly helped people in the community.

Tom Wemyss said his grandfather often had a “commanding presence” but at the same time had a playful, loving, and soft side. He said Wemyss loved people and being with people and made friends even up to the last week of his life.

Groveton Businessman Barry Normandeau said Wemyss and his wife Zelma were among the fi ve most infl uential people in his life. He said until the end Wemyss was still giving him useful nuggets of infor-mation.

“I am blessed that he always gave me these opportunities,” Norman-deau said.

Tom Wemyss described his grand-father as a “resilient lover of life” who

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In violation of the separation of church and state, American tax dollars are fun-neled to fundamentalist private schools teaching crackpot absurdities — such as a claim that Noah probably took two baby dinosaurs onto his ark.

To me, it’s a form of child abuse to teach such lies to youngsters. However, that’s what happens under the voucher system sup-ported by U.S. Educa-tion Secretary Betsy DeVos and many Repub-lican legislators across America.

Under the banner of “school choice,” vouchers are a device to pour tax-payer money into reli-gion, despite the First Amendment’s prohibi-tion of it. Pious parents who don’t want their children exposed to public schools can obtain government vouchers to pay for reli-gious schooling — some of it Catholic but more of it evangelical. The born-again schools provide shabby education.

The Orlando Sentinel examined 151 pri-vate Florida schools with 140,000 students — most of them funded with tax dollars through a voucher plan passed by Republi-can legislators.The Sentinel’s report began:

Some private schools in Florida that rely on public funding teach students that dino-saurs and humans lived together, that God’s intervention prevented Catholics from dom-inating North America, and that slaves who “knew Christ” were better off than free men who did not.

It says some evangelical schools use texts from three fundamentalist publishers — Abeka, Bob Jones University Press and Accelerated Christian Education — adding:

The books denounce evolution as untrue, for example, and one shows a cartoon of men and dinosaurs together, telling stu-dents the Biblical Noah likely brought baby dinosaurs onto his ark.

Actually, the last dinosaurs became extinct nearly 65 million years before the fi rst early humans appeared.

The books teach Religious Right politics, saying the historic civil rights movement

occurred because “power-hungry individuals stirred up the people” — and that the Endan-gered Species Act is part of a “radical social agenda” — and they hint that gays are evil, and European whites are superior.

The Sentinel said some evangelical schools “hire teachers without degrees and with crim-inal records, and forge fi re and health inspec-

tion forms, and … hold classes in aging strip malls,” where some face eviction for nonpayment of rent.

The Huffi ngton Post likewise studied funda-mentalist private schools and concluded that they “teach lies. These schools teach cre-ationism, racism and sexism. They’re also taking your tax dollars.” It says one teacher

called environmentalists “hippie witches.”Intelligent, educated Americans should

pity children from born-again families who suffer indoctrination with such right-wing hate and superstition. When the youths enter adult life, they’re ill-equipped for modern scientifi c society.

Regardless, the GOP and DeVos want to increase tax money for religious schools, despite the separation of church and state. Here’s an ominous court case: Conservative Montana legislators passed a 2015 law let-ting religious parents donate to private church schools and write it off their taxes. In 2017, Montana’s Supreme Court struck down this taxpayer funding of faith. Right-wingers appealed to the U.S. Supreme Court, which heard Espinoza v. Montana on Jan. 22.

Secular groups have fi led briefs against the Montana travesty. But Republican appointees on the highest bench may ignore the First Amendment’s command that gov-ernment must stay out of religion.

Stay tuned. Keep watching to see whether conservative justices funnel your tax dol-lars to church schools teaching that Noah took baby dinosaurs on his ark.

James Haught, syndicated by PeaceVoice, is editor emeritus of West Virginia’s largest newspaper, The Charleston Gazette-Mail.

To the editor:Four years has almost

passed already, my how time goes just right by. Time to elect a president again.

What has the Democratic Party done for our country? Legalize abortion, same-sex marriages, allow terrorists and criminals in our coun-try, and be against President Donald Trump for every good thing he has done and tries to do, spend so much time in fi nding fault with him and to get him impeached.

Actually, what they’re showing us is how they are against Godly principles and show their true colors.

The EpochTimes on You-Tube interviewed Jaco Booy-ens, a man of valor who is helping victims of human traffi cking. What alarming stories, California has a large number of traffi ckers, Texas has over 79,000 victims a year. Jaco said “Build The Wall.”

The United States is worse than other countries. He brought out in the open how girls, boys, women are lured into it by way of the internet, traffi ckers hiding in business, churches, Hollywood, politics,

schools.Do be vigilant over your-

selves and your children, for once they fall prey there is only a 2 percent chance for a good recovery.

Navy Seals also are rescu-ing victims. I would like to share a story of what hap-pened to a 2-year-old but I think the paper would edit it; it is too demoralizing to share, so I will not.

Fires in California, Aus-tralia, so heart breaking. Do you suppose it isn’t climate change, it is the result of transgressions? People just want to do what they want, good or bad. God wants people to repent, change their evil ways, then He will heal them and their land.

“Perhaps the people will listen and give up their evil ways. If they do, then I will (God) change my mind about the destruction I plan to bring on them for all their wicked deeds.” — Jeremiah 26.3

Thank you to The Berlin Sun for bringing to us the news and printing our let-ters.

Diane T. TaupierBerlin

To the editor:The Great Northwoods

Carvers is a carving club that meets every Monday from 5-7 p.m. at 29 Bridge St. in Berlin (formerly E&S Rental).

The club is planning to conduct a junior woodcarv-ing class on Mondays from 3-5 p.m. at the same location.

The carving class would be open to anyone 14 years old or older.

Initially we will supply a carving knife and all safety equipment and instruc-

tions in the proper carv-ing techniques. Parent(s) or guardian(s) must sign a waiver prior to or at the fi rst class.

Adults wishing to learn the art of woodcarving are wel-come at any of the regular club meetings, from 5-7 p.m. Anyone interested, or for more information, can con-tact Ed (between 10 a.m.-6 p.m. only) at (603) 752-3625 or email egs65@hotmail.com.

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Flurry of snowmobile accidents over weekend, but no fatalities

COOS COUNTY — Four snowmo-bile accidents occurred around Coos County this past weekend, according to New Hampshire Fish and Game, but none of them was fatal.

One accident, in Berlin on Sunday, involved a collision between two rented snow machines.

Darius D. Joseph-Yancy, 22, of Boston, was seriously injured in the crash, which happened at about 3:40 p.m. on Corridor 12.

Joseph-Yancy was following another rider in his group when he slowed down considerably on the edge of the trail after ascending a slight incline.

As he came to a stop, his snow machine was struck in the rear end by the snow machine operated by Rayon A. Everett, 18 of Dorchester, Mass. This collision caused Joseph-Yancy to suddenly accelerate, lose control and strike a cluster of trees.

Both operators were wearing all required safety equipment; however, neither operator had any prior expe-rience operating a snow machine.

A fellow snow machine operator contacted 911 and alerted emer-gency personnel immediately after the collision.

Following the collision, person-nel from Berlin Emergency Medical Services, Berlin Fire Department, Berlin Police Department and a New Hampshire Fish and Game conser-vation offi cer responded to the scene.

Due to the seriousness of Joseph-Yancy’s injuries, he was provided medical attention at the scene by Berlin EMS and transported by ambulance to Androscoggin Valley Hospital in Berlin for further evalu-ation and treatment.

Based on information gathered at the scene of the collision and the hos-pital, offi cials said operator inatten-tion and inexperience appear to have been the two major contributing fac-tors in the collision. Alcohol or drugs were not a factor.

In another accident, Fish and Game conservation offi cers were called upon to investigate a single-vehicle snowmobile crash on the trail system in northern Pittsburg at about 1:45 p.m., on Saturday, Jan. 25.

Terri Chase, 39, of Kingston was injured when her snow machine went off the trail and hit an object under the snow.

Chase was transported to the warming hut at Deer Mountain Campground by members of her riding party, and from there, began transport via private vehicle toward Upper Connecticut Valley Hospital in Colebrook.

With her condition deteriorat-ing during the ride, the patient was intercepted at the Pittsburg Fire Station by Pittsburg Fire- Rescue fi rst responders and 45th Parallel EMS personnel.

Chase was transferred to the 45th Parallel Ambulance and transported to Upper Connecticut Valley Hospital for evaluation and treatment of seri-ous but non-life-threatening injuries.

Authorities were told that a mechanical failure of a front shock absorber or suspension component led to the machine going off the trail and striking a rock or stump under the snow and causing moderate damage.

An investigation that continued into the following day revealed that Chase had been the operator of the snowmobile and that her privilege to drive had been previously revoked. Operator impairment did not appear to have been a factor in the incident.

Chase was charged with operat-ing a snowmobile with a suspended/revoked license.

Also on Saturday at about 5:30 p.m., a male operator sustained non-life threatening injuries when the snow machine he had been operating veered off the trail and collided with a tree on Corridor 11 in Randolph.

The operator, John W. Kosiba, Jr., age 47, of Dunstable, Mass., was ejected from the snow machine as a result of the collision.

A fellow snow machine operator contacted 911 and alerted emer-gency personnel immediately after the collision. Medical personnel from Lancaster Ambulance, Twin Moun-tain Fire and Rescue, Jefferson Fire Department and Conservation Offi -cer’s from the New Hampshire Fish and Game Department responded.

Due to the location of the collision, the ambulance had to stage several miles from the scene at the junction of Ingerson Road and Pond of Safety Road.

Conservation offi cers transported the injured operator from the scene on the back of a snow machine and in a patrol vehicle to the awaiting ambulance. Ultimately, the operator was transported by Lancaster Ambu-lance to Weeks Memorial Hospital in Lancaster for further evaluation and treatment.

Based on information gathered at the scene of the collision and at the hospital, it appears that unreason-able speed for existing trail condi-tions was a major contributing factor in the collision.

According to the operator, he was following another rider in his group and attempting to make a turn prior to losing control and colliding with the tree. The operator was wearing all required safety equipment and has many years of experience oper-ating snow machines.

Alcohol or drugs were not a factor in the collision.

In Colebrook, at about 4 p.m., on Sunday, conservation offi cers

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PUBLIC NOTICERESIDENTS OF MILAN

FILING PERIOD FOR MARCH ELECTIONJanuary 22, 2020, to January 31, 2020

Town Term

School Term

Cynthia Woodward, Town Clerk Milan, New Hampshire

NOTICE TO RESIDENTS OF THE TOWN OF GORHAM, NH &

GRS COOPERATIVE SCHOOL DISTRICT

with the Town/School Clerk on Wednesday, January 22 through Friday, January 31, 2020. Filing closes at 5:00 pm on Friday, January 31, 2020. The following positions will

Town Ballot 1 Selectman for 3 yrs1 Town Clerk for 3 yrs1 Moderator for 2 yrs1 Trustee of Trust Funds for 3 yrs1 Trustee of Trust Funds for 2 yrs1 Supervisor of the Checklist for 6 yrs

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the GRS Coop School Board to include warrant articles for the March 5th School Meeting (RSA 32:5-a) Carol Turcotte Porter; Town/School Clerk

Fallen 7 Ride organizers thank state agenciesCONCORD — Members

of the two state agencies that helped organize a safe memorial ride on Saturday, July 6, that drew thousands to the horrifi c accident site on Route 2 in Randolph where seven motorcyclists were killed on June 21, 2019, were presented with a unique plaque on Thursday, Jan. 23.

The handmade painted American fl ag, made of 13 strips of wood, is embossed with all the names of the Fallen 7 bikers, fi ve of whom were Marine veterans who were active members of the Jarheads Motorcycle Club. The Marine Corps emblem — eagle globe, and anchor — is centered in the fl ag’s star-studded fi eld of blue on the left side as well as the words: “NEVER FORGET THE ‘FALLEN 7.’”

“I was just thinking how thankful I am to be able to give back to these people who did so much to help us out and plan the ride in only 10 days,” explained Brian DeSimone of Derry, president of the Ride for the Fallen 7 Foundation in his opening remarks. Forty people, including acci-dent survivors and other Jarheads M.C. members, were gathered in the Department of Safety Incident Plan-ning and Operations Center, the place

where many meetings were held to organize the ride.

“Everyone from the Department of Safety and the Department of Trans-portation who was involved wanted the ride to be safe, and they went above and beyond to offer support to victims and their families, and we owe them all a big debt of gratitude,”

DeSimone said.The “Ride for the Fallen 7” attracted

an estimated 4,500 motorcyclists to the makeshift shrine that was created at the site of the crash to honor those who died nearby: Michael Ferazzi, 62, of Contocook; Desma Oakes, 42, of Concord; Aaron Perry, 45, of Farm-ington; Daniel Pereira, 58, of River-

side, R.I.; and Jo-Ann and Edward Corr, both 58, of Lakeville, Mass.

“Trust me when I tell you this was a tough incident for all the police, fi re, EMS, family members, not only the Marines, but we become stronger for it,” said Robert Quinn, commissioner of the Department of Safety. “Our culture here is to encourage safe driving.”

“We thank you for this recognition,” said Transpo-ratation Commissioner Victoria Sheehan. “We will continue to partner with the Department of Safety and the Foundation, as we look to the future and make sure that no one forgets what happened in Randolph.”

Another memorial ride is planned in July, with all proceeds once again going to benefi t the crash survi-vors and family members of those who were killed.

In October 2019,the about 70 people who responded to the June 21 crash were collectively named as the North Country Public

Safety Foundation’s 2019 police, fi re and EMS heroes at the foundation’s annual dinner in October 2019. More than half received their medals and an handshake of gratitude from U.S. Sen. Maggie Hassan (D-N.H.) at the Omni Mount Washington Hotel in Bretton Woods.

Participants in the Thursday, Jan. 23, presentation of a plaque, designed to thank employees of two state agencies for their help in organizing last summer’s safe, respectful memorial “Ride for the Fallen 7,” included (from left) Department of Transporta-tion Director of Operations Dave Rodrigue; Jarheads M.C. “Mighty Mouse;” Department of Transportation Commissioner Victoria Sheehan; Jarheads M.C. “Papa;” Ride for the Fallen 7 Foundation President Brian DeSimone; State Police Col. Christopher Wagner; Department of Safety Assistant Commissioner Perry Plummer; Homeland Security and Emergency Management Director Jennifer Harper; Emergency Services and Communications (9-1-1) Director Mark Doyle; and Department of Safety Commissioner Robert Quinn. (EDITH TUCKER PHOTO)

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Bill cosponsored to support maternity care in rural areas

WASHINGTON D.C. — In a bipar-tisan effort to help rural communi-ties thrive, U.S. Sens Susan Collins (R-Maine) and Maggie Hassan (D-N.H.) introduced The Success for Rural Students and Communities Act of 2020.

Their bipartisan bill would help rural students reach their higher edu-cation goals and connect them with employment opportunities in their hometowns.

“Far too many young people in rural communities struggle to fi nd higher educational opportunities that align with the needs of businesses in their local communities,” said Hassan. “Our bipartisan bill would help build part-nerships between local businesses and schools to ensure that students can get the education they need both to expand their own opportunities and also spur innovation and economic growth in their communities.”

“We are very excited to see the focus on providing support and erasing bar-riers for students in rural areas to pursue higher education,” said White Mountains Community College Presi-dent Charles Lloyd. “At the end of the day there will be a signifi cantly posi-tive impact on students, their fami-lies, and the local economy.”

“Partnerships created through this important legislation will increase college access for students from rural communities, ensuring an educated

workforce for New Hampshire’s future,” said Deborah Scire, presi-dent of New Hampshire College and University Council. “These strategic efforts between our colleges and uni-versities and community based orga-nizations will be leveraged in new ways to create new opportunities and economic growth.

Rural students tend to graduate from high school at higher rates than their peers in urban districts, and at about the same rate as their subur-ban peers; however, only 59 percent of rural graduates go straight to college, whereas 62 percent of urban gradu-ates and 67 percent of suburban grad-uates do so.

The Success for Rural Students and Communities Act aims to improve col-lege access for rural students by spur-ring innovation and investment in new strategies.

Specifi cally, the bill would create a demonstration program to encour-age rural community stakeholders to partner together to help their stu-dents matriculate, graduate and enter the workforce. These partnerships would draw on the talents of local school districts, institutions of higher education, regional economic develop-ment entities, and rural community-serving organizations.

The bill takes a holistic approach

Pictured at the ribbon cutting opening the new clinic, from left:Peter Minich of Passumpsic Bank; Thomas Mee, CEO of North Country Healthcare; Ruby Berryman, Weeks Medical Center board member; Rona Glines, Weeks Medical Center vice president of physician and administrative services ; Lisa Tet-reault, Weeks Medical Center executive assistant to the CEO; Sarah Desrochers, vice chair of Weeks Medical Center board; Troy Merner, N.H. state representative; Mike Lee, CEO of Weeks Medical Center; Scott Burns, former Weeks Medical Center board member; Jamie Neefe, architect at Stone River Archi-tects; Chris Hebert, construction manager with Daniel Hebert Inc. (COURTESY PHOTO)

Nominations sought for Sylvia Evans AwardBERLIN — Coos County

Family Health Services is seek-ing nominations from members of the greater Androscoggin Valley Region for this year’s Sylvia Evans Citizenship Award.

Each year, a woman is chosen to receive the award from a list of nominees who have devoted their time and energy toward commu-nity service to improve the lives of North Country residents.

The Sylvia Evans award pro-vides an opportunity to highlight the extraordinary and often unrec-ognized contributions that women have made to our region. It also serves as a means of providing a role model for us all to emulate.

The award has been given each

year since 1981 and is named after Sylvia V. Forman Evans, a remarkable local leader who died on March 31, 2005, in Danville, Calif. This year’s award presenta-tion will occur on April 10 at the White Mountain Community Col-lege in Berlin.

The winner of the 2019 award was Pam Couture, a retired educa-tor and Special Olympics local pro-gram coordinator, who received the 36th annual award for her role as a volunteer who has improved the lives of women and young people in her community.

As in past years, Coos County Family Health Services is also seeking nominations from the com-munity for their “Young Leadership

Award,” recognizing an outstand-ing female high school student from the Androscoggin Valley who has worked to improve the lives of people in her community.

Any group or individual wish-ing to make a nomination may do so by sending a written description of the nominee’s contributions in this region, along with the nomi-nee’s name, address, telephone number and email address to Coos County Family Health Services, Attn: Sylvia Evans Committee, 54 Willow Street, Berlin, NH 03570.

The deadline for nominations is Wednesday, Feb. 12. For more information, call Ken Gordon at (603) 752-3669 ext. 4018, or email kgordon@ccfhs.org.

Pam Couture, retired educator and Special Olympics Local Pro-gram Coordinator, was awarded the Sylvia Evans Award in 2019. (COURTESY PHOTO)

see MATERNITY page 9

Lancaster Clinic now openLANCASTER — A grand opening

for the new Lancaster Clinic of Weeks Medical Center was held on Thurs-day, Jan. 16. More than 300 people attended the event and were treated to tours of the new facility as well as a meal prepared by the culinary arts

students at White Mountain Regional High School. The new Lancaster Clinic offers expanded primary care, wound care, oncology, behavioral/mental health, orthopedic and cardiol-ogy services. A ribbon cutting offi cially opened the event.

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‘Citizens United’ stopped planto curb surprise medical billing

CONCORD — As the 10th anniver-sary of the U.S. Supreme Court’s Citi-zens United decision takes place, Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, (D-N.H.), said the nation’s “broken” campaign-fi nance system has stopped Congress from fi xing the issue of surprise medical billing.

As Shaheen recalled, lawmakers had been working on making sure that patients don’t get sticker shock from their medical bills, when two huge, Wall Street private-equity fi rms poured $50 million into ads that misled and confused the public. Sha-heen said a group with an innocent-sounding name — Doctor Patient Unity — was making scary claims about possible impacts on patients.

“Turns out, it wasn’t concerned about patients at all,” said Shaheen. “What they were concerned about was the bottom line of two private-equity companies who had invested in doc-tors that specialized in surprise bill-ing. And the voters had no idea.”

According to the Center for Respon-sive Politics, groups have spent $1 bil-lion of so-called “dark money,” hiding donors’ identities, since the verdict in

Citizens United v. Federal Elections Commission.

Supporters defend the court’s deci-sion, however, saying that political speech, including ads, should be pro-tected by the First Amendment.

A report from the watchdog group Public Citizen found that the top 25 donors are responsible for nearly half of all contributions to super PACs.

Since being enabled by Citizens United and similar decisions, Sha-heen said, their infl uence is stopping Congress from doing what the public wants and needs.

“This dishonest campaign around surprise medical billing is ‘Exhibit A’ in how broken our campaign-fi nance system is — the confusion, the mis-information and the destruction that happens because of Citizens United,” she added.

A bill that would require disclosure of dark-money sources has passed the U.S. House, but is being blocked from discussion by Republican leadership in the Senate.

Polls show more than three-quar-ters of Americans would like to see Citizens United overturned. The 10th anniversary of the decision was Tues-day, Jan. 21.

that assists students from high school to obtain their fi rst job by:

• Encouraging rural students to pursue higher education. The bill calls for partnerships to coalesce around approaches that boost the higher edu-cation enrollment rates of rural stu-dents, including by exposing students and their families to college cam-puses, courses, programs and intern-ships, and to the career pathways to jobs at home.

• Removing barriers to graduation from post-secondary education. Many rural students are the fi rst in their families to attend college. The bill would give partnerships the authority and resources to help rural students

navigate some of the common chal-lenges of higher education, such as fi nancial aid and selecting the edu-cational programs that meet their needs.

• Putting students on pathways into the high-need jobs available where they live. The bill would encourage partnerships to work with employ-ers to determine what credentials are needed for rural students to be hired, whether that is a college degree, a skilled trade credential, or a profes-sional certifi cate.

A number of strategies could be developed and tested, including work-based learning opportunities such as apprenticeships, internships and stackable career credentials.

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BY DAN HEYMANNH NEWS CONNECTION

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Norma L. Fournier, 72, of Berlin, N.H., passed away on Jan. 25, 2020.

She was born in Berlin on April 5, 1947, and lived most of her life in Berlin.

She was the daugh-ter of Norman G. and Pauline (Roy) Rollins, and the wife of Wil-fred J. Fournier, Jr.

Norma graduated from Notre Dame High School in 1965. She worked for Smith and Town for 25 years, for the Berlin Reporter for 10 years and as a dispatcher for the Berlin Police Department.

Norma was always helping others. She enjoyed wintering in Florida for 10 years, and loved to travel. She also enjoyed making jewelry. She loved her husband, kids and grandkids above all.

Norma is survived by her husband Wil-fred J. Fournier, Jr. of Berlin, N.H.; son Kevin Fournier and wife Donna of Silver-lake, N.H., daughter Kathy Moore of Ken-nebunkport, Maine, son Keith Fournier

and wife Lauren of Houston, Texas; fi ve grandchildren: Ashley, Stephanie, Andrew, Emily, and Hunter; as well as many nieces, nephews, and cousins.

A Mass of Christian Burial will be held on Thursday, Jan. 30, 2020, at 10 a.m., at St. Anne Church of Good Shepherd Par-ish.

A private burial will take place in the spring in Mt. Calvary Cemetery. There will be no calling hours.

In lieu of fl owers, donations may be made in Norma’s memory to either the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation, 4550 Mont-gomery Ave., Suite 1100 N, Bethesda, MD 20814 or to the ALS Association, Gift Processing Center, P.O. Box 37022, Boone, IA 50037.

Arrangements are entrusted to the Bryant Funeral Homes, Berlin and Gor-ham, N.H.

Messages of condolence may be shared online at bryantfuneralhome.net.

Norma L. Fournier

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Merle S. Cole, Sr., 84, of Berlin, N.H., passed away on Saturday Jan. 25, 2020, at his home.

He was born in Gilead, Maine, on Nov. 11, 1935, the son of the late Clifford O. and Mary (Lorry) Cole and graduated from Gould Academy in 1953.

He lived in Gilead for 27 years and moved to Berlin after he married his wife, Carol.

Merle had served as a selectman in Gilead for three years and served on the Berlin City Council for eight years.

He was employed as a heavy equipment operator for Local No. 4 in Boston; he was a site manager at Heritage Park in the de-velopment years, and the maintenance director at the Horton Cen-ter in Gorham, N.H.

He enjoyed hunting, fi shing and four-wheeling, and spending time with his family.

The family includes his daughters Sheila Bisson and husband Danny of Berlin, Brenda Bergeron and husband Jeffrey of Berlin, and Melanie Cousino and husband Jeff of New Ipswich, N.H.; son Merle S. Cole, Jr. of Bartlett, N.H.; 11 grandchildren, Jason, Brandon, and Dylan Bisson, Christina Torrey and hus-band Benny, Mariah, Brenden, and Mor-gan Bergeron, Misty Silva and husband John, and Tyler Hynes, Addison Carter,

Dan Cousino; one great-grandson Elias Silva; sister Mary Tyler of Gilead, and brother Daniel Cole of Gilead; nieces, nephews and cousins.

He was predeceased by his wife Carol Ann (Seman) Cole and a sister Sandra Laughy.

Funeral services will be held on Friday, Jan. 31, 2020, at 1 p.m., at the Bryant Fu-neral Home, 180 Hillside Ave., Berlin.

Relatives and friends may call at the funeral home on Thursday, Jan. 30, 2020, from 2-4 p.m. and 6-8 p.m. Donations in his memory may be made to the Horton Center, 140 Sheep David Rd., Pembroke, NH, 03275. Find the online guestbook at bryantfuneralhome.net.

Merle S. Cole, Sr.

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Coos Democrats to get together one last time before the Feb. 11 primary and talk the national candidates. Local and state candidates were invited to introduce themselves to the party faithful.

While all the presidential hope-fuls had staff and tables located with campaign literature and parapher-nalia, Patrick was the only one there in person.

Before arriving at the White Moun-tain Chalet for the event, Patrick did a brief phone interview with The Berlin Sun.

He revealed he had planned to announce for president back in late 2018, but his wife Diana was diag-nosed with uterine cancer and had surgery. Instead, he announced he was not running.

But a year later, his wife was cancer free and Patrick said the polls show many voters are undecided.

Deciding he offers a different approach and a mix of government and private experience, Patrick fi led with the Secretary of State one day before the deadline. He is building a campaign structure fast and doing extensive campaigning. Much of his time has been spent in New Hamp-

shire, a state he says he loves.“I take nothing for granted,” he

said.Patrick said he brings to the race

his record of achievement as gover-nor of Massachusetts for eight years, from 2007-2015.

“Everyone had plans but I have results,” he said.

By the end of his time in offi ce, Pat-rick said his state ranked fi rst in the nation in student achievement, in health-care coverage, in veteran ser-vices and entrepreneurial activity. He said he was successful because he was able to get people to work together and said that is needed today.

Patrick said he has an opportunity agenda to expand economic oppor-tunity to all areas of the country including distressed rural areas like the North Country. We need, he said, to grow our economy out as well as up. To achieve that he listed three pillars — education, innovation and infrastructure.

Patrick calls for providing all Americans a first-rate education that includes life-long workforce development and retraining. He stressed he believes in revising the public role in public education. Pat-rick said he supports free commu-

nity college tuition and affordable college education.

“A dollar spent in education is probably the most valuable invest-ment we can make,” he said.

Patrick said the country should cultivate innovative industries that pay high wages. His list includes pre-cision manufacturing, cyber security, transportation, fi nancial services and health care. In rebuilding and modernizing the nation’s infrastruc-ture he refers not only to the physi-cal infrastructure of roads, bridges, housing and universal broadband, but also to the social infrastructure, including social services, anti-pov-erty and work protection.

Patrick noted that he implemented the health-care program enacted under his predecessor, Mitt Romney.

That program was the model for Obamacare.

He said he is committed to provid-ing health care for all Americans by supporting and expanding Obam-acare to include a public option.

One of Patrick’s signature propos-als is universal national service for all 17- or 18-year old teens.

He said the program would bring together teens from all parts of the country and provide them an opportunity to get to really know

and understand young people with different backgrounds and experi-ences.

Patrick said he has seen the value of that experience fi rst-hand. He grew up on the South Side of Chi-cago, in a two-bedroom tenement with his grandparents, his mother and sister, much of the time on wel-fare. Through the national non-profi t organization, A Better Chance, Pat-rick was able to go to high school at the private Milton Academy in Milton, Mass.

Patrick said he learned to bridge both worlds — retaining old friends in Chicago while making new ones at Milton.

After graduating from Milton Academy, he went to Harvard, even-tually earning both bachelor and law degrees. After law school, he joined the NAACP Legal Defense Fund and then led the Civil Rights Division of the U.S. Justice Depart-ment.

Patrick also served as a corporate lawyer for Texaco and later Coca-Cola, before running for governor in 2006.

After two terms as governor, Pat-rick returned to the private sector, joining the private equity fi rm Bain Capital.

PATRICK from page one

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TOWN OF SHELBURNE

PUBLIC HEARINGON TOWN BUDGET

The Budget Committee will hold a Public Hearing on the Town Budget as per RSA 32:5, on Wednesday, February 5th, 2020 at 6:30 PM at the Shelburne Town Hall.

FILIING PERIOD FOR ERROL SCHOOL DISTRICT OFFICERS

January 22, 2020 – January 31, 2020 (1) School Board Member 3 years (1) Treasurer 1 year

Filing Applications available during regular Town

School Clerk will also be available January 31, 2020from 3:00 – 5:00 pm

Cheryl L. LordErrol School District Clerk

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Funeral Services for Andre J. Berthi-aume, 78, of Berlin, were held on Jan. 8, 2020 at St. Anne Church of Good Shepherd Parish, following prayers at the Bryant Funeral Home. The Mass of Christian Burial was celebrated by Reverend Kyle Stanton. The pall and crucifi x were placed by Andrea Thomas, the readings were done by Katherine

Souther and the words of remembrance were by Tammy Berthiaume. The pall bearers were Michael Berthiaume, Joshua Berthiaume, Jason Berthiaume, Donald Bouchard, Brian Donovan and Cameron Donovan. Interment was in the St. Kieran Cemetery. Father Kyle read the committal prayers. Many rela-tives and friends attended the service.

Andre J. Berthiaume

A Mass of Christian Burial for Jean-nine Rose Gosselin, 81, of Berlin, were held on Saturday, Jan. 11, 2020 at St. Anne Church of Good Shepherd Par-ish with the Rev. David Wong serv-ing as the celebrant. The pall was placed by her Jeffrey Gosselin and Elise Blanchette and the crucifi x was placed by Ryan Gosselin. The readings were offered by Zachary Gosselin and Alex Gosselin. The offertory gifts were presented by Cari Perreault and Alex Gosselin, Kristen Roy shared words of remembrance.

Interment will take place in the St. Pius Cemetery in Errol, N.H. in the spring. All seven of her grandchildren served as pallbearers, Kristen Roy, Jeff Gosselin, Ryan Gosselin, Zachary Gos-selin, Cari Perreault, Alex Gosselin and Elise Blanchette. Many relatives and friends attended the service, includ-ing a delegation of Marie Rivier Asso-ciates. Arrangements were entrusted to the Bryant Funeral Homes, Berlin and Gorham, N.H. Memories and con-dolences may be shared online at www.bryantfuneralhome.net

Armand M. ‘Tibi’ Leveille

Mary E. Lodar, 72, of Gorham, N.H., passed away on Wednesday, Jan. 22, 2020, at her home.

She was born in Berlin, N.H., on March 14, 1947, the daughter of the late Edwin B. and Dorothy E. (Don-aldson) Forsythe.

Mary was a life-long resident of Gor-ham, graduating from Gorham High School in 1965. She had been employed for 31 years at Gorham Sand and Gravel and was a member of Holy Family Church.

Family includes her brothers Edwin Forsythe Jr. and his wife Vicki of North Conway, N.H., and Wayne Forsythe and his wife Ursula of Milan, N.H.; step-sons Kenneth Lodar of Hilton, N.Y., and Ronnie Lodar of Rochester, N.Y.;

grandson Adam Lodar; nieces Kath-erine, Rebecca and Jennifer; and cous-ins. She was pre-deceased by her husband Raymond Lodar in 2005.

The family wishes to thank Steve Le-beau, who played a big part in the care during her illness.

A Mass of Chris-tian Burial will be celebrated on Wednesday, Jan. 29, 2020, at 10 a.m. at Holy Family Church. Interment will follow in the

Lary Cemetery. There will be no calling hours. Donations in her memory may be to the American Cancer Society Re-lay for Life. The Bryant Funeral Home in Gorham is in charge of the arrange-ments. Find the online guestbook at bryantfuneralhome.net.

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Aurore A. Lavoie, 81, Berlin, N.H., passed away on Tuesday, Jan. 21, 2020, at Androscog-gin Valley Hospital after a period of fail-ing health.

She was born on May 10, 1938, in Berlin to Arthur and Anita (Demers) Martel. She attend-ed Berlin Public Schools.

Aurore went to work at Brown Company. She met Richard Lavoie and the couple married in 1956 at St. Pat-rick’s Catholic Church. She later went on to work at the Dana Place Inn in Jackson as the breakfast cook. She enjoyed play-ing cards and never missed Wednesday evening Bingo at St. Anne’s.

Aurore is survived by her husband of 64 years, Richard L. Lavoie of Berlin; a son Richard T.D. Lavoie, Berlin; two daughters, Mary Lavoie of Berlin, and

Sally Bisson and her husband Fred of Berlin; six grand-children; 12 great-grandchildren (and one more on the way); two brothers, Norman Martel of North Carolina and Albert Martel of Newport News, Va.; three sisters Lucille Frechette of Berlin, Loretta Michaud of Berlin and Cecile Poulin; and several nieces, nephews and close friends.

Calling hours will be Tuesday, Jan. 28, 2020, from 10

a.m.-12:30 p.m. at Fleury-Patry Funeral Home, 72 High St., Berlin.

A Mass of Christian Burial will be cel-ebrated on Tuesday, Jan. 28, 2020, at 1 p.m. at St. Anne Church of Good Sheph-ard Parish followed by interment at St. Kieran Cemetery.

To share memories and condolences go to fl eury-patry.com.

Aurore A. Lavoie

Dennis R. Thom-as, 65, of Berlin, N.H., passed away on Thursday, Jan. 23, 2020, at the An-droscoggin Valley Hospital.

He was born in Berlin on April 5, 1954, the son of the late Harold A. and Claire I (Hood) Thomas Sr. and was a lifelong resident.

He attended Ber-lin schools and had been employed by the local paper mill as a millwright for 32 years and later was a dump truck driver for Piper Construction.

Dennis was a member of the Frater-nal Order of Eagles and the Millsfi eld Club and enjoyed camping at Log Ha-ven for many years, hunting, fi shing, his grandchildren and ice fi shing at his bob house at Pontook.

The family in-cludes his daughter Amanda (Thomas) Reed of Berlin, N.H.; grandchildren Jus-tin and Joey; sister Sherry Fontaine and husband Leo of Berlin, N.H.; nieces, nephews, aunts, un-cles and cousins. He was predeceased by his brother Harold “Bubsy” Thomas, Jr.

Funeral ser-vices were held on Saturday, Jan. 25, 2020, at 4 p.m., at the Bryant Funer-al Home, 180 Hill-side Ave., Berlin.

Relatives and friends called at the funeral home on Saturday from 2-4 p.m., prior to the service.

Donations in his memory may be made to the American Heart Associa-tion. Find the online guestbook at bry-antfuneralhome.net.

Dennis R. Thomas

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were called to Diamond Pond Road to investigate the cir-cumstances surrounding a snowmobile incident, which resulted in serious injury to the operator.

Robert Rosselli, 25, of Milton suffered a serious injury when he fell from his machine while riding in a privately owned fi eld in the vicinity of Trail 18.

After the incident, Ros-selli was able to return to his nearby family camp, where a 911 call was placed for help.

Members of Colebrook Fire and Rescue quickly responded to the camp, providing injury

assessment and fi rst aid to Rosselli.

Rosselli was subsequently transported by 45th Parallel EMS to Upper Connecticut Valley Hospital in Colebrook for further assessment and treatment.

The snowmobile was not damaged as a result of the incident and neither speed, nor alcohol appear to have been factors.

Rosselli was wearing proper safety gear at the time of the incident and initial investiga-tion pointed to Rosselli losing his balance while practicing tight turns in the fi eld.

ACCIDENTS from page 5

A damaged snow machine sits near trees it hit in an accident on Corridor 12 in Berlin on Sunday. The driver, Darius D. Joseph-Yancy, 22, of Boston, was seriously injured in the crash. (COURTESY PHOTO)

TUESDAY DAILY CALENDARAlcoholics Anonymous. Noon-1 p.m. Monday-Friday

at the Berlin Recovery Community Center 823 Main Street, Berlin.

Berlin Vet Center. Free, confi dential readjustment coun-seling and referred services for combat zone veterans and their families. Open Monday, Wednesday and Thursday 7:30-5:30 p.m., Tuesday & Friday, 7:30-4:30 p.m. FMI call (603) 752-2571 or stop in at 515 Main St. Suite 2, Gorham.

Recovery Center. Berlin Hope for New Hampshire Recovery, 823 Main St.,is open Mon. and Wed., 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. Tue., Thur., and Fri. from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Narcotics Anonymous meeting Mon. and Wed. 6 p.m. to 7 p.m. FMI (603) 752-9900 or fi nd them on Facebook at Berlin Hope for New Hampshire Recovery.

Serenity Steps Peer Support. Serenity Steps Peer Sup-port Center open Mon.-Wed. 9 a.m.-6p.m., Thurs., 10 a.m.- 7 p.m. and Fri. 11 a.m.- 7 p.m.

Thrift Store. St. Vincent de Paul Society & Thrift Shop, 153 Grafton St., Berlin. Upstairs Tues.-Fri. 10 a.m.-4 p.m.; Sat., 10 a.m.- 2 p.m. Downstairs Wed., and Sat., 8 a.m. - 2 p.m. 752-4844.

TUESDAYSTEM Program. The Gorham Public Library for 6-10 yr.

olds, 3-4 p.m.Alcoholics Anonymous. St. Barnabas Church at 7 p.m.Chess Club. All levels of players, Gorham Recreation

Department, corner of Exchange & Railroad St., 6-9 p.m. Lessons free. FMI contact Al French @ 915-0134.

AVH Diabetes Support and Information Meetings. Meets the fi rst Tues. every other month, 6 p.m. Androscoggin Valley Hospital. FMI contact AVH Diabetes Education at 326-5631.

Berlin Kiwanis Club. Northland Restaurant & Dairy Bar at 6:30 p.m.

Berlin Senior Center. Craft classes from 1-3 p.m., 610 Sullivan Street. FMI cal (603) 752-2545.

Senior Meals, Tri-County CAP. Berlin Senior Center, 610 Sullivan St., 752-3010, Mon.-Thurs. noon. Fri. breakfast 8-10 a.m. Summer every Wed. at the Dummer Town Hall. Shelburne breakfast at the Shelburne town hall every Tues. 8-9 a.m. Suggested donation $3 for those 60 years of age and older, under 60 $8 fee.

Vet-To-Vet. Peer-to-peer support for veterans, fi rst & third Tuesday of each month, 6:30 p.m., Family Resource Center, 123 Main St., Gorham, FMI 752-5773 or lambscha-pel@msn.com.

White Mountain Ridge Runners Meeting. First Tues-day, clubhouse on Route 110. 7 p.m.

Salvation Army Food Pantry. Tues. & Thurs., 9 a.m. to noon.

Lodge meeting. Gorham-Sabatis Lodge 73, F&AM. second Tuesday. March-December, 7 p.m.Park St. in Gorham, FMI 466-5739 or 466-5960.

Support Group. A relationship support group sponsored by Coos County Family Health Services meets from 6:30-8 p.m. every Tuesday. Transportation available. Limited space. FMI 603-752-5679.

Food Pantry. Salvation Army Social Services holds a food pantry, 9-noon.

enjoyed ATVing, snowmobiling and cruising around Maidstone Lake on his pontoon boat listen-ing to big band music.

“He pretty much loved any-thing that moved,” he said.

He also had a reputation as a storyteller.

“As a grandson, it was incred-ible to hear all of his stories, from the horrors of war, to solv-ing problems at the mill, to gen-

eral shenanigans. It’s easy for me to see why he is considered to be part of the “Greatest Gen-eration,” said Tom Wemyss.

While he grew up mostly in Connecticut, Wemyss consid-ered Groveton his home and he loved his summer home at nearby Maidstone Lake, Vt. He served as selectman for a time and Tom Wemyss said his grandfather often gave back to the community by fi xing things like the town pool and the high

school after a fi re caused exten-sive damage.

“Groveton and Jim Wemyss are a powerful argument for local ownership,” Sayen said. “I think he really did view the mill as family.”

Wemyss is survived by a son, James Wemyss III, a daughter, Heather Petryk, fi ve grandchildren and seven great grandchildren.

The family plans a celebration of life for both Jim and Zelma Wemyss in Groveton sometime this summer.

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DEAR ABBY: My mother is in a locked ward of a nursing home because she has Alzheimer’s and is a fl ight risk. My stepfather has begun dating her best friend. He doesn’t consider it dating because, at 85, he’s no longer capable of having a physical rela-tionship. However, taking someone to dinner, the theater, church or to a movie constitutes a date to me. People in our small town are talking. I don’t care about that. It’s not their business. I don’t begrudge my stepfather and his lady their relationship, but he no longer visits Mom as often as he used to. He looks for any excuse not to. An example: He will say he doesn’t want to drive in the rain, then drive in a downpour to go on a date with “The Other Woman.” He says Mom forgets he was there fi ve min-utes after he leaves, which, unfortunately, is true. But she lights up when she sees him, and it gives her a moment of joy to visit with him. She knows he’s her husband, and the last time we had a family visit, she snuggled up to him and said, “I love you.” Am I wrong to think my stepfather is not fulfi lling his vows by neglecting his wife of 25 years? I truly do not mind that he’s lonely and dating, but I feel he should balance his time between the two women in his life. -- FAIR-MINDED IN TEXAS DEAR FAIR-MINDED: You say you don’t begrudge your step-father having a social life, and yet you call what he’s doing ne-glect. Whether your mother is aware of the fact that he’s spending time away from her is debatable. I assume she’s receiving excel-lent care, and that both of you check to ensure it. Quite frankly, what I think about this is irrelevant. The person with whom you should discuss this is your stepfather. Unless you

have walked a mile in his shoes, I do not think you should judge him. DEAR ABBY: I love my brother, but my sister-in-law, “Daisy,” drives me crazy. Luckily, they live in another state. I want to see my brother, but getting together always involves his wife. When they travel to see us, they stay for about a week. All Daisy wants to do when they are here is shop. My husband and brother have no interest in going, so it’s just the two of us. My problem is, whatever I buy, she buys the same thing. Or, if she sees me wear something she likes, she looks for the same thing to buy. She thinks it’s OK because they live in a diff erent state. Daisy does this with her other sister-in-law, too, and they live in the same city. We’re both fed up. What should we do? -- COPIED IN FLORIDA DEAR COPIED: It is said that imitation is the sincerest form of fl attery. Daisy may be insecure about her own fashion choices, which is why she copies yours. Because this bothers you to the degree that it does, the direct way to deal with it would be to tell Daisy it makes you feel encroached upon. Either that or, when you take her shopping, tell her you are going along only to keep her company while SHE shops, and keep your wallet in your purse.

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Steve’s Sports Shorts

Unifi ed basketball team victorious a BelmontSteve Enman

Berlin High’s Unifi ed basketball team travelled to Belmont last week and were victorious, 60-43, to up their record to 2-0, while Bel-mont is now at 2-2.

Coach Karen Turgeon said she was, “very pleased with the win, as we played well, ran the fast break and had some great passing, espe-cially from the main scoring ath-letes on the team.”

Speedster Kolbe Delafontaine let the team with 22 points, many coming off the fast break, and he was followed by Chris Trask, 10; Roger Belanger, eight; Randy Belanger, seven; Felix Frechette, Ross Belanger and Lee Ann Trem-blay with four each. Candice Howry and Autumn Johnson were held scoreless due some “hard defensive pressure on them all night.”

NFL connectionsThere are two Bosa boys: Nicho-

las and Joey play football in the National Football League — Nick for the San Francisco 49ers and Joey for the Los Angeles Chargers. Their dad, John, also played pro football — three seasons for the Miami Dolphins. And they all have

Berlin Unifi ed Basketball, 60; Belmont, 43.Berlin boys’ hockey: Berlin 4, Belmont-Gilford, 1; and Berlin 6, Alvirne-Milford 1. Berlin boys’ basketball — Gilford, 67; Berlin, 31.Berlin girls’ basketball Gilford, 59; Berlin, 27.Gorham boys’ basketball - Derryfi eld, 63; Gorham, 59.Gorham girls’ basketball - Derryfi eld, 62; Gorham, 37.Berlin-Gorham girls’ hockey - Berlin, 7; Kingswood, 0.

Recent high school games

see SPORTS SHORTS page 18

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SPORTS SHORTS from page 17

Boys hockey team brings home two victoriesThe Berlin boy’s hockey team con-

tinues to outplay their opponents with two big wins this week, the fi rst one being a 4-1 win over rival Belmont-Gilford (a team that handed Berlin their only loss thus far, the fi rst game of the year, and by a 3-0 score), before overpowering Division II Alvirne-Mil-ford, 6-1, on Saturday night.

Both games were at the Notre Dame Arena.

The fi rst game against Belmont-Gilford resembled the John Stark-Hopkinton game, in terms of the 4-1 victory, as well as the come-from-behind win, dominating in shots on goal and at both ends of the ice and having a what looked like a goal called back as the net was moved from its mooring just before the puck went in.

The visiting Red Raiders scored fi rst (at 1:19) to take an early lead, before Carter Poulin scored that goal that did not count.

Not losing heart, however, Ben Estrella caught a high pass with his glove hand (getting ready for baseball), set it on the ice, skated with it and took a shot that bypassed the goalie to tie things up at 5:31. The assist went to Trevor Breault.

Second period action was evenly matched by both teams, until about half-way through when the Mountaineers picked up the pace and put tremendous and continuous pressure on the guests, but just couldn’t fi nd the back of the net.

At 13:13, a Berlin player was whistled for a fi ve-minute major penalty, one that could have really helped Belmont-Gil-ford, but during a scrum directly after the major was called a Red Raider cross checked a Berlin player and received a two-minute minor penalty, resulting in

four-on-four play with a three-minute Berlin-Gorham advantage, instead of the original fi ve minutes. No damage was done during the remainder of the period.

Period 3 saw a continuation of the four-on-four action for 13 seconds, and then the Raiders went on a power play for three minutes, one that Berlin killed excellently with Tyler Rousseau actu-ally having two great scoring chances. Then at 5:14, Estrella picked the puck up in his own end, skated end to end, gathering speed as he went, bypassed everyone and scored an unassisted goal to give Berlin a 2-1 lead.

Later, at the 6:24 mark, Griffi n Melan-son had the puck behind the net, sent a pass out in front of the net and onto Brody Duquette’s stick, who one-timed beyond the goal line for a 3-1 lead.

Finally, at 12:22 Estrella got the puck

try, with the Morrissette, Ottolini, Peloquin, Bugeau, Boucher and other families. I will be researching that family a bit more, because other than the Manning Family, to the best of my knowledge, there are no other combinations of a father and two sons who played in the NFL. See my email below if you have further information on this family. Mr. and Mrs. Nadeau at the Moffi tt house are also helping me out with this.Basketball

The Berlin High School girls’ basketball team lost three games recently against Mascoma Valley (57-51), at White Mountain Regional (52-43) and at Gilford (59-27). Coach Don Picard said: “When we score 50 or more points, it should be enough to win, but due to the fact each of the girls did not play physically, and did not box out on every possession, losing those three games because of that is not acceptable.”

He went on to say, “Kaylee Peare is playing very well and fi nding ways to score but the rest of the girls are not supporting her offensively, and we are commit-ting lots of turnovers that have led to easy baskets. We need to work on those things.” KayleePeare scored 51 points in those three losses to lead the team, with Makenna Balderrama (18) and Makenna Peare (17) the only other girls scoring in double fi gures during that time span. Berlin falls to 4-6.

The Berlin boys’ basketball team has fallen on hard times with a couple of tough losses this past week, losing to White Mountain Regional, 68-32, in a game where Jalen Lacasse had 15; Shaun Goyette, fi ve; and

Kevin Murphy, four, to lead the Mountaineers, while Jackson Curtis had 20 for the Regional.

Friday night a very strong, athletic and depth-fi lled Gilford team came to town and beat Berlin, 67-31.

Gilford played an aggressive extended half-court defense that limited the hosts for most of the fi rst half and part of the third quarter.

Berlin went on an 11-4 run at the tail end of the third period, and later, in the foruth period, a 6-0 run but Gilford closed out the game with a 8-0 run to win going away.

Berlin was led by Lacasse with 22 hard-earned points, followed by Goyette with three and two points each for Murphy, Victor Morales (with a nice spin move, reverse layup in the paint) and Jeremyah Dow.

To add to Berlin’s woes, their 5-foot, 11-inch sopho-more starter Jacob Mercier is out indefi nitely with a broken fi nger.

Gorham’s girls and boy’s basketball teams were at Derryfi eld Friday and both teams lost, the girls by a 62-37 score and the boys in a barn-burner, 63-59.

I am always looking for unique sports’ stories, ideas or results from other sports in the area. All you have to do is email me at steenm6@aol.com. I look forward to hearing from you.

Upcoming eventsToday

• Berlin boys’ basketball at Winnisquam at 7 p.m.

to Brayden Riendeau who made a nice spin-move followed by a backhanded pass to Tyler Rousseau for the fi nal score of the game to give Berlin the vic-tory. The hosts weren’t too hospitable to the guests as they not only outscored them but outshot them by a 36-19 margin, with Berlin’s Anthony Pizzuto coming up with some dazzling saves in amongst the 18 he made.

Of special note, Berlmont-Gilford has some Berlin connections on their team: Head Coach Jason Parent, son and assistant coach, Harrison Parent, son and player, Hayden Parent, (also Kari Harris’ sons) and Owen Guerin, son of John and Dawn (Albert) Guerin.

John Stark has a freshman, Samuel Patrick, on the roster, who’s dad is former Berlin boy,(and one of my top junior high basketball centers) Mike

Patrick.On Saturday night, the Mountain-

eers hosted Division II Alvirne-Milford and defeated them by a 6-1 score.

I had just fi nished my pizza and hot chocolate, and chatting with Ron Legere, Gump Nolin, DoDo Lacroix and Dick Villeneuve in the lobby and was headed into the arena when Landyn Croteau scored (at 0:13) with help from Griffi n Melanson to get things going for the local boys.

At 3:38, Ben Estrella scored with an assist from Brayden Riendeau, and then Anthony Pizzuto sent the puck to Tyler Rousseau, who skated the length of the ice between a number of defend-ers and scored (at 9:29).

It didn’t end there, as at 13:04 Griffi n Melanson took a pass from Jonah Ber-thiaume and repeated the Rousseau routine to get one of his own. Berlin was up 4-0 at the fi rst beak.

Second period action saw no scoring but there were four penalties, one a fi ve-minute major on Alvirne, which they killed adequately.

Rousseau had a short-handed break-away but just missed the net. The visi-tors scored at 3:13 of the fi nal period when they scored on a two-on-one break.

At 9:30 Rousseau scored his second goal on a slap shot, that was set up by Riendeau and Estrella, and then com-pleted the three-goal hat trick when Riendeau got the puck to him that found the back of the net and led to the fi nal score of 6-1.

Berlin outshot their guests 27-11 and upped their record to 8-1, with two games on the road this week.

Coach Mike Poulin said, “In both games, we played well at times, but really need to put forth a full 45 min-utes of quality play.”

BY STEVE ENMANTHE BERLIN DAILY SUN

Berlin's Ben Estrella headed through a host of Belmont-Gilford players enroute to an end-to-end, unassisted goal against the Red Raiders, a game Berlin won, 4-1. (ANDY RANCLOES PHOTO)

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• Berlin girls’ basketball hosts Win-nisquam at 6:30 p.m.

Wednesday• Berlin Nordic Ski Team at Whita-

ker Woods at 2 p.m.• Berlin boys’ hockey at Lebanon at

5 p.m.• Berlin-Gorham girls’ hockey at

Exeter at 4 p.m.• Gorham girls’ and boys’ basketball

at Lin-Wood at 5 and 6:30 p.m.Saturday, Feb. 8

Berlin-Gorham girls’ hockey plays Bedford. This game will be a benefi t

game to honor the memory of Shawn Cooney and raise money for prostate cancer research and awareness. Stay tuned for more on this shortly.

Also, believe it or not, the Roland Chabot Memorial Hockey Tournament will be taking place towards the end of March — more details soon.

Speaking of that tournament I got a chance to “visit” with NHIAA Hockey referee and former Berlin boy Brian Desilets, who refereed the Berlin and Bel-mont-Gilford high school game the other night, two teams coached by locals Mike Poulin and Jason Parent, Brian’s team-mates for the Chabot tournament.

Brian said, “There is nothing quite like offi ciating a Berlin High School Hockey game at the Notre Dame Arena!”

He has been working with three young offi cials who are learning the game through the Berlin Youth Hockey Association, a group that is “great to work with and one that treats offi cials respectfully.”

Brian keeps himself busy as a middle school principal and referees games in the NHIAA, the New England Prep School and state and local USA Hockey games.

I want to send a “shout out” to Nathan Roberge for a speedy recovery.

Send your sports news to Steve Enman at steenm6@aol.com.

SPORTS SHORTS from page 18

GORHAM — The Gorham Middle-High School Ski team competed in two meets last week, the fi rst being the Kanc Classic Slalom last Wednesday and, as Coach Sherrill Tracy said, “at the Lin-Wood Recreation Area, under the lights with the old time rope tow (remember them?). Unfortunately, this was a rescheduled meet and confl icted with Gorham’s mid-term tests, so a number of varsity skiers were not able to attend.”

Those who did enjoyed themselves and did a fi ne job. Ben Harmon fi nished seventh with a combined

time of 48.10; followed by Tristan Robertson-18th, 56.10; and Luke Olson, 27th, 63.96. Teagan Leclerc fell on his fi rst run and ended up in 30th place.

The Gorham team fi nished fourth out of fi ve teams.

Amira Robertson was 11th at 58.05 and Alexa Pelky gained valuable experience with a 24th place, timed at 85.17, for the girls.

On Friday, Jan 24, they were at Cannon/Mittersill for a giant slalom race, which as Coach Tracy described: “consisted of two morning runs with combined times on a hill that was steep and unforgiving.”

Gorham ended up in third place with 360 points,

behind Profi le (389) and Lin-Wood (381), and ahead of Littleton (347) and White Mountain (170).

Leclerc had a standout day with two solid runs to fi nish ninth with a combined time of 1:26.74. Ben Harmon was in sixth place after the fi rst run but fell on the second one but still ended up a respectable 13th, with a time of 1:30.91.

Lex Mayerson was 15th (1:32.70) and Josh Godin 17th at 1:38.13.

On the girls side of things, Olivia Halle fi nished 16th with a time of 1:36.58 and Amira Robertson was 17th, at 1:37.09.

Next meet is this Friday at Wildcat, 10 a.m.

BY STEVE ENMANTHE BERLIN DAILY SUN

Gorham ski team performs well at Kanc Classic, Cannon

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