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THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 17, 2011 GILFORD, N.H. - FREE
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Sparkling cleanGilford High School junior and National Honors Society member Isa Tetreault cleans windows of theRowe House in Gilford during NHS Week. See story on A7.
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Gilford Community Band has funding restored at deliberative sessionBY LAUREN [email protected]
Supporters of the GilfordCommunity Band madetheir voices loud and clearduring the 2011 town deliber-ation session and were tri-umphant in their endeavor,winning back a 50 percentbudget cut.
New Town ModeratorSandra McGonagle sweptsmoothly through her firstdeliberative session. Prior tothe session, she informed theaudience that a new law un-der House Bill 77, recentlysigned by New HampshireGovernor John Lynch,would allow voters to changethe dollar amount of an ap-propriation in a warrant ar-ticle, but not the subject mat-ter.
With 21 warrant articles
on this year’s town ballot, in-cluding four zoning amend-ments and five petitionedwarrant articles, GilfordCommunity Band managerDon Chesebrough was theonly resident to make anamended motion to the townwarrant.
His amendment to return$750 to the previous $1,500 inGCB funds increased the pro-posed budget from$11,209,988 to $11,210,738.
Chesebrough said thiswas the first year he felt littlesupport from the selectmenin regards to the GCB.
He explained that in ‘76,the town received a grant tobuild a bandstand, and a yearlater local musicians formedthe Gilford town band. In themid-70s into the early ‘80s,the Board of Selectmen at the
time voted to endorse theGCB. Over 15 years, he notedthat annual funds have onlyincreased by $500 and stillmeet the minimum necessi-ties.
“This year, with no coor-dination from the town tomanage the budget, the
Board of Selectmen selecteda decrease of 50 percent insupport,” said Chesebrough.“That’s not enough to pay thedirector, our most major ex-pense. I feel this cut wasmade without justification.”
Other representativesstood and said they felt the 50
percent cut was unjustified,considering the band’s 32-year tradition and the factthat small town bands, suchas Center Harbor, receive al-most twice the amount infunds.
After Chesebrough hadthe chance to speak, the ma-
jority of residents in the au-dience voted in favor ofadding $750 back into thetown budget, bringing theGCB’s total funds to $1,500, asit has been for the last fewyears.
SEE BAND FUNDING PAGE A9
Amendment to cut10 percent of $24-millionschool district budget failsBY LAUREN [email protected]
An amendment made dur-ing the school district delib-erative session to cut 10 per-cent from the $24,274,607budget was voted down 81-19.
The amendment, made byGilford resident BarbaraAichinger during the SchoolDistrict’s deliberative ses-sion last Thursday night,asked that 10 percent be cutfrom the district’s 2011-2012budget, which would have de-creased to $21,847,147 if ithad been approved.
With only four warrant ar-ticles on the 2011 school bal-lot this year, including a pe-titioned warrant article,many public comments fo-cused on the school’s pro-posed operating budget, Ar-ticle II.
“This 10 percent cut wouldbe on behalf of the taxpayershere in the town goingthrough a financial strain atthis time,” said Aichinger. “Iam asking the School Boardand the community to reachinto your heart and under-stand that we really need atax break here. This is thelargest item in the town.”
She said she believed that
the town tried its best to alle-viate the taxpayers this yearand now looked to the SchoolBoard to do the same.Aichinger said she wouldeven donate time of her ownto helping the district man-age these funds if cuts weremade.
Resident Joanne McNulty,a former member of localboards and committees, saidthe amendment was a goodidea. She said she could sym-pathize with those attempt-ing to make needed cuts oncommittees, and said she haddealt with similar “frustra-tions.”
“We’ve been spending waytoo much on way too manythings,” said McNulty.
On the other spectrum,Richard Nelson felt that pro-posing a last minute amend-ment to cut an arbitrary 10percent from the budgetwould be an “irresponsible”move.
While some residents feltthe principle of the amend-ment was worth votingagainst, other residents wereconcerned with how this cutof funds would affect the
SEE SCHOOL BUDGET PAGE A9
Fishing Derby createscommunity on the ice
PHOTO BY
Above, the sun sets over the bobhouses in Meredith Bay on Saturday. At right, MikeAinsworth of Meredith poses with his bobhouse dedicated to his time in the military.
BY ERIN [email protected]
MEREDITH — A prizefish was not the only catchfor anglers on the ice for theGreat Meredith Rotary Der-by; time with family andcommunity and taking partin traditions were among theother prizes of the weekend.
Thousands of people hitthe ice this weekend, not on-ly to fish but to mingle withtheir friends and new funand old traditions. Everybobhouse and fishing hole,from the largest and mostdecorated to the simplest,had a story behind it.
Sandy and George Frostof Meredith was out on theice in their Adirondackstyled “Bay View Cabin”with many home amenities.
This is the first time theFrosts have been out on theice. They live around a milefrom the ice and decided toput up a bobhouse after see-ing all of them year after
year. Sandy Frost said theyfound a used bobhouse onCraig’s List and her husbandgave it the Adirondackstyling.
Branches were used forcurtain rods and Sandy Frostmade the curtains. The ging-ham couch was made fromreupholstered camper cush-ions. French doors were putin, and there is a fencearound the back porch of the
house.“We made it like a cabin,”
Frost said. “We have lake-front property with no taxesand we have a better view ofMeredith Bay.”
Frost said they have re-ceived many visitors andmade new friends on the lake.A few neighbors helped thempull the house onto the iceand one neighbor broughtover steak tips.
Sandy Frost said the fish,however, didn’t want to jointhe party.
“It’s just so nice to mingleand meet all these local peo-ple who just do this,” Frostsaid. “We feel like we’re apart of the crowd.”
Mike Ainsworth ofMeredith dedicated his bob-house to his time in the mili-
SEE DERBY PAGE A9
Petition strikes debate atschool deliberative sessionBY LAUREN [email protected]
The School District’s op-erational budget wasn’t theonly hot topic last Thursdaynight, as it was followed by adiscussion of a petitionedwarrant article that couldpotentially eliminate the su-perintendent’s position.
During the School Dis-trict’s deliberative session,the fourth and final item onthe agenda addressed was apetitioned warrant articleseeking to change the ad-ministrative unit structureof Gilford School District.
While the School Boardhas openly opposed the ideaof this petition, the matterwas discussed in length dur-ing the deliberative sessionand is still set to be one of thefour warrant articles on theschool ballot on March 8. Noamendments were made tothe petition.
Gilford resident TerryStewart, a sponsor of the pe-tition, spoke to the contentduring the deliberative ses-sion. He explained that thefirst paragraph demandsthat the district go back to anoperational plan that wasvoted in favor of by taxpay-ers in 1998, yet never imple-mented by the School Board.Stewart clarified that thesecond paragraph notes
background history only,when Gilford broke from La-conia and SAU 30 to formtheir own single district.
As part of this breakaway,the designated PlanningCommission, the SchoolBoard, and the New Hamp-shire Department of Educa-tion recommended and ap-proved of these newly pro-
posed plans, which did notcall for a superintendent po-sition.
Stewart stated that the pe-titioned warrant articleasked the School District to“reverse its illegal actions”and to implement these planspreviously voted on by Gil-
SEE PETITION PAGE A9
Talk of social media guidelineswarrant further discussionBY LAUREN [email protected]
With social media outletssuch as Facebook, Twitter,and MySpace here to stay,more workplaces are devel-oping employee policies, andthe Town of Gilford will soonbe joining their ranks.
During a Board of Select-men meeting last Wednesdaynight, the board voted totable the first draft of socialmedia guidelines presentedbefore them. While the boardwill hold off on a discussionfor now, they said this policywill be necessary to addressin the new future.
Selectman Gus Benavidespointed out that most workplaces now have some sort ofmedia outline in place. Se-lectman John O’Brien also
felt that this matter has thepotential of becoming a per-sonnel problem if it is not ad-dressed and hinted that a fewinstances have already trig-gered the proposal.
The social media guide-lines will work as a technolo-gy supplement to the town’spersonnel policies, althoughit still awaits the board’s sig-natures after further discus-sion and a few slight changesfor the sake of clarity.
In the listed guidelines, itis stated that social network-ing is defined as “communi-cating and sharing informa-tion between two or more in-dividuals in an online or in-ternet community.”
These online social net-
SEE GUIDELINES PAGE A4
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Gilford PD respond to 259 calls Feb. 8-14
Police arrested Vincent A.Sopinsku, 21, of Gilford, andcharged him with theft byunauthorized taking.
Police arrested AdamMoulton, 19, of Gilford, on abench warrant.
Police arrested ThomasKevin Fuller, 46, of Gilford, ona warrant.
Police arrested Richard L.Emond, 42, of Laconia, andcharged him with theft byunauthorized taking or trans-fer, all other larceny.
Police arrested AndrewJoseph Mitza, 21, of Laconia,and charged him on default orbreach of bail conditions.
Police arrested WayneSteven Gray, 51, of Gilmanton,
and charged him with simpleassault.
Police arrested JoshuaMichael Poire, 30, of Belmont,and charged him with the vi-olation of a protective order,penalty, and resisting arrest.
Police arrested Joel Bar-low, 25, of Laconia, andcharged him with theft byunauthorized taking or trans-fer, theft from a building.
7 reports of suspicious ve-hicles
1 report of criminal mis-chief
12 alarms41 traffic checks5 motor vehicle complaints32 motor vehicle checks
GILFORD POLICE LOG●
15 calls for an ambulance1 report of harassment12 motor vehicle accidents5 report of suspicious per-
sons 8 larceniesalarm – burglary3 attempts to locate1 fingerprint case10 reports of existing con-
ditions3 lost/found itemsreport of shots fired15 abandoned vehicles2 burglaries in progress2 911 hang-ups11 services of paperwork7 animal complaints8 calls for the fire depart-
ment6 road/weather reports
4 lost/missing/wanted per-sons
5 requests for motorist as-sistance
1 drug case3 civil matters4 domestic disturbances6 motor vehicle lockouts3 reports of a juvenile1 request for contracted
services1 issuance of a parking
summons7 pistol permits1 stolen/wanted automo-
bile1 administrative relay2 intoxications1 other department investi-
gation
Mush!A sled passes through Laconia during the 82nd Laconia World Championship Sled Dog Derby. The annu-al even was hosted by the Lakes Region Sled Dog Club Feb. 11-13. Moultonboro’s Keith Bryar II cap-tured his second Laconia title in the three-day Open Class with Claude Belerieve and Guy Girard finish-ing second and third, respectively.
PHOTO BY JEFF LAJOIE
Gilford Youth Center announcesupcoming programs and events
FREE Ballroom Dance
Class: Beginning Feb. 22, theGYC is offering FREE Ball-room Dance classes on Tues-day nights, 7-8 p.m. The freesession will run for sixweeks. This is a beginner’scourse, designed for couplesand individuals, of ALLages, who are interested inlearning the basics in a re-laxed and fun environment.Participants will learn basicsteps for the Waltz, Polka,Foxtrot, Rumba, and ChaCha.
February Vacation
Camp: The Gilford YouthCenter is hosting a vacationcamp during February vaca-tion. The vacation camp isoffered to students in grades1-8.This is a full day camp,with drop off as early as 8:30a.m., and pick-up as late at5:30. This is a structured, su-pervised and organizedcamp, with group games, ac-tive and passive activities,and free time. The camp willalso take a field trip onWednesday.
Adult Yoga Class: A newYoga session will begin Tues-
day, March 15. Classes areheld on Tuesday evenings at5:30 p.m. There are six class-es per session. Cost for thesession is $45.
Adult Zumba© Class: Anew Zumba© session will be-gin Monday, March 7. Class-es are held Monday eveningsat 5:30 p.m. There are 4 class-es per session for $24, with a$7 “drop-in” rate.
LRKC Dog Obedience
Classes: The GYC will behosting Puppy and AdultDog Obedience classes onWednesday evenings, 6-8 p.m.The program is run by theLakes Region Kennel Club.This is a 7 week program, be-ginning Feb. 16. If interest-ed, please contact KathyBourne at 528-7845.
Birthday Party Rentals:
Let the Gilford Youth Centerhost your child’s next birth-day party! Our birthday par-ty package includes a 2-hourrental of our facility, equip-ment, tables and chairs, andyour choice of our jumpyhouse or game room, for on-ly $75! Additional rental op-tions are available including
face painting and an Elmocostume. Please contactScott at 524-6978 for avail-ability
After School Club: TheAfter School Club is still ac-cepting registrations for thisschool year. The ASC offersmiddle school and elemen-tary school students a safeand positive atmospherewhere students can interactwith fellow peers, gain self-esteem, and perform physi-cal activities. The programruns from 2:30-5:30 p.m.Please contact Scott at 524-6978 for more information.
Adult Tai Chi Classes:
They GYC has teamed upwith the Sachem School ofSelf Defense to offer Tai Chiclasses on Wednesday morn-ings at 9 a.m. For more in-formation on this class,please contact Russell Jonesat 524-4780.
To learn more about theseprograms and other GYCprograms, please visit us atwww.gilfordyouthcenter.com, or check us out on Face-book.
Chimney repairswill have to wait
Department of PublicWorks Director SheldonMorgan reported that lastMonday, the building’s chim-ney unexpectedly collapsedand fell off the top of the roof,due to a buildup of snow. Thesnow slid down the roof andtook the chimney with it.
Morgan said that while afew bids have already beenmade, repairs to the chimneyat a $5,000 estimated value
will have to wait until springtime.
“People are skittish aboutgetting up on the roof thistime of year and doing theserepairs. Their preference isto postpone the work,” saidMorgan.
A temporary electric heat-ing system will be installeduntil the warmer months forthe sake of the now drafty of-fices below the roof.
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Teens leave no sprinkles behind in ‘Cupcake Wars’
PHOTO BY LAUREN TINER
Mykynzy Bartlett, 10, and Isabelle Moceri, 10, work together to makethe world’s best Valentine’s Day cupcakes.
BY LAUREN [email protected]
For teens, Valentine’s Dayisn’t just about their middleor high school sweetheart –it’s about the sugar high, con-versation hearts, and cup-cakes smeared with pinkfrosting.
The Gilford Library heldits first annual “CupcakeWars” competition for teenslast Thursday as a Valen-tine’s Day inspired afterschool activity.
Over a dozen teens dug in-to pink frosting, heartshaped marshmallows, rain-bow sprinkles, and red,white, and pink colored can-dies to transform bakedgoods from the mundane tofine works of art.
Participants were also giv-en pretzel sticks and straws
and encouraged to use theirimagination. While someteens stuck with more tradi-tional, individual cupcakes,others decided to build cup-cake forts and pyramids.
Librarians carefullyjudged the cupcakes submit-ted for three different cate-gories including the mostscrumptious looking cup-cake, the cupcake that bestrepresents an animal orcharacter, and the weirdest,wackiest cupcake.
The winner of each cate-gory received a $5 certificateto the Gilford Village Store.
Assistant librarian AbiMaxwell, manning the eventand attempting to hold downthe fort crowded with kids ona sugar high, explained thatthe library tries to hold athemed event specifically for
teens every month.“At the last teen reading
buffet, we through out ideas,and the teens favored the
‘Cupcake Wars’ idea (for Feb-ruary),” Maxwell said.
She said that cupcakes ap-pear to be a big hit with theteens, as cupcakes are alsopopping up in pop culture,from Food Channel chal-lenges to the modern daywedding cake, stealing thetraditional cake’s limelight.
Children’s librarianJessie Tanner planned a sim-ilar competition forpreschoolers this week. Shesaid both the preschoolersand the teens enjoyed thegingerbread competitions inDecember.
“We have cupcake deco-rating for the preschoolersnext week so I figured wecould try it with the teenstoo,” said Tanner, who bakedover 30 cupcakes for the com-petition. “The teens loved
the concept and other com-petitions have worked reallywell with different agegroups.”
While teens were temptedto eat their supplies beforegetting started, they onlystole a lick of frosting or twobefore working in groups tocreate sugary masterpieces;once cupcakes had beenjudged, though, participantsdidn’t hesitate to give them atry.
Individual winners of thethree categories included Ju-lia Normandin, 11, for theweirdest category, KaylaZarella, 12, for her pink pen-guin cupcake in the ani-mal/character category, andKiara Smith, 11, for the yum-miest
Recreation program fees will see a modest increaseBY LAUREN [email protected]
No matter what the sea-son, it appears that the Parksand Recreation Departmentis always in full gear.
During a Board of Select-men meeting last Wednesdayevening, Recreation DirectorHerb Greene shared his firstupdate since last fall.
Greene informed theboard that programs that
have come and passed in thelast year have been a success,including the third annualsoccer season in the fall. Theannual “Halloween Happen-ings” party in late Octoberwas also a success andbrought over 200 children andtheir parents to the GilfordMiddle School gymnasium.
The Recreation Depart-ment offered a second fall ses-sion of archery class held in
the ice rink during off sea-son, along with a new pro-gram, “Old School PE” in theGilford Youth Center.
“We have also run somenew, neat programs broughtin by Tracie Bettez andKristin Jarvi (departmentemployees) including a pre-school art program, JuniorPicasso. It allows children totry out different types of artevery week. It was very well
received,” said Greene.Another newly tweaked
program, “Mommy and MeCooking Class,” was alsoadded to the mix for youngchildren.
In December departmentemployees kept busy with thesecond annual Santa Land, inconjunction with the GYC.
Basketball season is alsowrapping up, and the annualFrancoeur/Babcock memo-
rial basketball tournamentwill conclude the winter sea-son.
Selectman Gus Benavidesasked if any complaints fromparents had been filed onrecreational games such asdodgeball, or other gamesthat could get out of hand orpresent a “violent” nature.
Greene said as far as heknows, there have been fewconcerns pertaining to thisissue. He added that duringgames such as dodgeball, asofter foam ball is used toavoid injuries.
While snowy and icy con-ditions have postponed somesports games, colder weatheris ideal to maintain thefrozen surface at the town icerink in Gilford.
“We have had very goodweather conditions for theice rink this year. We haveseen a modest increase inrink rentals this year,” saidGreene.
The board inquired howmuch the Recreation Depart-ment charges in renting feeson the ice rink for events suchas birthday parties. Greenesaid the rink rental fee is cur-rently $40 per hour. Select-men agreed this is a reason-able fee compared to other fa-cilities in the region.
The board was also inter-ested to see if the departmentoffered field trips and eventsnot only for youths, but foradults, and seniors.
In the past, Greene saidyouths were taken to gamesand aquariums, and more re-
cently an adult group wenton a bus trip to a Celticsgame, yet adult events seemto come to a higher price be-cause of all the comforts theyenjoy. Greene added that stu-dents may have no problemtraveling on a school bus, yetseniors usually lean towardscoach buses.
Greene mentioned thatthe department is seriouslyconsidering a “modest in-crease” in fees for the major-ity of their programs, espe-cially since employees areworking with a more chal-lenging budget this year. Be-navides suggested that the de-partment attempt to get theword out early so familiesaren’t surprised by the in-creases.
Greene said that heplanned to run the summerbrochure this coming Aprilwith all the fee prices listed.
“The department has beendoing the best it can to dealwith the budget cuts,” saidGreene.
The department is cur-rently planning programs forgrades one through five,nearing their February vaca-tion time at the end of themonth, the beginning of thetown winter carnival.
Other programs offered bythe Parks and Recreation De-partment this past fall andwinter include family hikingand snowshoeing, curling, af-ter school sports, adult flagfootball, adult volleyball,Bolduc skiing lessons, seniorprograms, and more.
Concord man wins top prize in Rotary DerbyBY ERIN [email protected]
MEREDITH — A Concordman is the winner of the32nd annual Great RotaryFishing Derby with histagged rainbow trout weigh-ing in at more than threepounds.
The 32nd annual derbytook place on Saturday andSunday with thousands ofanglers vying for thousandsof dollars in prizes, includ-ing the grand prize of an 18-foot Pioneer Sport Fiber-glass fishing boat worth$25,000.
Derby Chair Bob Walkersaid this year was “extreme-ly successful”and that every-thing ran smoothly. Around5,000 tickets were sold, put-ting sales “right on track”with last year.
Walker said the weatherconditions were good for thederby with thick ice yet tem-peratures that were not toocold.
“This year’s weatherstarted out great for us interms of ice conditions,”Walker said.
This year’s derby startedtwo weeks later than usual,which Walker said helpedthe derby.
“It gave people a chance toget out and enjoy their sur-roundings,” Walker said.
Walker said the fishcaught this year were largerthan fish caught in yearspast.
Anglers perched on theice across the area with hun-dreds of bobhouses set up onMeredith Bay alone. Fishwent up on the boards allweekend with the final dead-line of 3 p.m. on Sunday.
Around 4 p.m., Pat Kellyannounced the winners forthe biggest fish caughtthroughout the weekend aswell as raffle winners.
This year’s grand prizewent to Robert Laverdiere ofConcord for his 3.06 pound,19 inch tagged rainbow trouthe caught on Saturday morn-ing.
Laverdier said he hasbeen taking part in the der-by since 1989, saying he hadone fish on the board in a pre-vious derby but no majorwins.
Laverdiere caught thetrout at 10:15 a.m. on Satur-day.
“I almost thought it was asalmon and cut the line untilI saw the tag,” Laverdieresaid.
The fish went on the boardand he said he had been wait-ing anxiously through thederby to see if his was thewinner.
After the announcement,Laverdiere said it was “kindof surreal, hasn’t hit homeyet.”
His prize boat will come inhandy as he said there wasalready a line of people want-ing to take a ride.
Rene Johnson Jr.’s was thesecond place winner, catch-ing a 2.66 pound, 19 inchtagged trout with his brotherKevin Johnson. The brotherssaid Kevin Johnson caught itin his trap and Rene Johnsoncaught it.
Both brothers were in Der-by headquarters to claimtheir prize of a 2010 Polaris
Sportsmen 500 ATV andtrailer worth $7,000. KevinJohnson said they were“overwhelmed.”
“Out of all the people thatentered we just happened topull it out,” Kevin Johnsonsaid. “It was the longest 10minutes of my life at theweigh-in.”
Maurice Rheaume ofSouth Mills, N.C., has takenpart in the derby for fiveyears in a row but has notwon any prizes. This year,however, he caught the thirdheaviest tagged rainbowtrout, weighing in at 2.64pounds and measuring 17.5inches.
Rheaume said he waitedin anticipation for the finalcount, waking up at 2:30 a.m.in excitement.
“We said we’ll never knowuntil they count it,”Rheaume said. “I just thankGod.”
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EDITORIAL●
The process can workGilford’s town and school deliberative ses-
sions last week worked exactly as they are meantto. Though they weren’t well attended, consid-ering the number of registered voters in town,the people who did attend had a purpose andmade the most of their chance to affect change– whether it worked or not.
The town deliberative session allowed all theresidents who were ticked off about Communi-ty Band cuts to amend the budget and add thosefunds back in. From the moment the BudgetCommittee and selectmen decided to cut theband’s funding in half, people from Gilford andeven surrounding towns criticized the move. Sothose residents did what they needed to do – theyshowed up at the deliberative session and pro-posed an amendment to add that $750 back intothe budget. The amendment, voted on by a larg-er contingent of taxpayers than the selectmenand Budget Committee alone, passed.
The system worked. Voters on Election Daywill now be voting on a budget that includes fullfunding for the band. If more taxpayers than at-tended the deliberative session don’t want tofund the band, they can vote down the budget.But chances are, that extra $750 is not going tobe enough to make people veer toward the de-fault budget.
The school deliberative session also gave tax-payers a chance to weigh in. The much-debatedpetitioned warrant article that calls for the elim-ination of the superintendent position was ex-plained, and with no amendments will be placedon the warrant as written.
Meanwhile, a motion was made to amend thebudget by cutting 10 percent across the board.The amendment did not pass, but again, theprocess worked. One resident wanted a smallerschool budget; the majority of the people who at-tended the deliberative session wanted to voteon the budget as presented by the School Board.
Some might argue that the majority of peoplethere have a special interest in the schools – par-ticularly employees – and want a higher budget.There are two problems with that theory. First,if it is true, then the people who want a lowerschool budget should attend the deliberative ses-sion; there’s nothing stopping them from havinga say. Perhaps the amendment would havepassed had that been the case.
Second, this budget isn’t final. There’s stillElection Day. Whether it’s approved or not, thebudget is still in the hands of voters – as are allwarrant articles.
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February is Rescued Rab-bit Adoption Month, andNew Hampshire Humane So-ciety reminds all that thereare two bunnies calling ourfacility on Meredith CenterRoad, Laconia, home.
May we introduce Poppet,a little Dutch rabbit. Fond ofparsley and interior design,she likes to rearrange hercage quite frequently. Poppetwas the only rabbit not con-sumed while living outsidein a hutch with other bun-nies. Left as the sole survivor,the human family decidedthey just didn’t want her any-more.
A few myths to dispel:
Rabbits are inquisitive, in-telligent little pets, not bor-ing as some believe. Neitherare they mean biters – ratherthey are delicate social crea-tures who do like to feel theirlittle feet on the floor, or safesurface, like a human lapwhere they are happy tosnuggle. Poppet is no excep-tion, and will happily join afamily who are rabbit friend-ly, and not thinking of de-positing her in an outdoorhutch.
Come and see Miss Poppettoday. The shelter is openTuesday through Saturday.Check www.nhhumane.orgor call 524-3252.
Pet of the Week: POPPET
FROM OUR READERS●
Birthday wishes appreciatedTo the Editor:
Esther Peters is trulyhumbled by the many well-wishers, who attended her95th Birthday Party at theTaylor Community Feb. 7. Somany arrived and bestowedwell wishes, cards and flow-ers to Esther. LRPA-TV, un-der the direction of DeniseBeauchaine and DexterHecita, videotaped her partyfor her next Now &Then tel-evision show on Ch. 25. Es-ther is still broadcasting andjust may be setting a record.She showed her stamina asfriend after friend wished
her "Happy Birthday" andreminisced the span of manyyears.
From city officials, CityManager Eileen Cabanel andCouncilwoman Brenda Baer;to clubs - Opechee GardenClub, Laconia and LakeportWoman's Club, LakeportCommunity Association; tohistorical societies, LaconiaHistorical & Museum Soci-ety, Historic Belknap Milland Thompson-Ames Soci-ety; to friends from Laconia,Gilford and the Taylor Com-munity, Esther remainedalert and receptive to their
kind greetings.Esther's proud family,
Everett, Frank and AnneOehlschlaeger and sister-in-law, Terry Peters, were thereto share her moment. Be-cause of illness, her daugh-ter,Susan Peters of New Yorkwas unable to attend. Susanspends summers on CottonHill with her mother at their"summer estate."
Thank you to the TaylorCommunity for helping tohost Esther's party and veryspecial thanks to Debbie Car-bone and Dan Brunette.Thank you to those who do-
nated and more well-wishersmay continue to acknowl-edge Esther's fine contribu-tions to her communitythrough donations to EstherPeters Scholarship Fund c/oLakes Region ScholarshipFoundation, PO Box 7312,Gilford, NH 03249-7312.
Esther says "Thank You"to all who took the time to vis-it her at the Taylor Home, of-fer their best wishes and tohelp her welcome the start ofher 96th year.
Dorothy DuffyLaconia
New program will feed kids in the summerTo the Editor:
A recent article in the pa-per stirred some members ofthe Congregational Churchof Laconia to respond to aneed they read about. Thearticle stated that close totwo-thirds of Laconia schoolchildren qualify for Free andReduced Price Lunch duringthe school year. The concern;what do all those children eatduring the summer?
With great enthusiasmthe idea of developing a Sum-mer Lunch Program wasbrought to Better Together, agrassroots effort to rekindleour spirit of neighborhoodand community in the LakesRegion. Thanks to this grow-ing organization we nowhave close to 15 people inter-ested in supporting and pro-moting this idea, and weknow there will be many
more joining us.Thank you, Better Togeth-
er for all your work in thecommunity and for provid-ing a venue for ideas to grow,be nurtured and to turn intoaction.
If anyone is interested inparticipating please call ourchurch office (524-0668), leaveyour name and phone num-ber and someone will getback to you. Organizations
wishing to partner with usare welcome as well. We an-ticipate needing volunteersand donations as we contin-ue to construct a programthat will ensure that no chil-dren in Laconia go to bedhungry this summer.
Rev. Paula GileAssociate Pastor
Congregational Church of Laconia
Boys & Girls Club to host Business After HoursLAKES REGION —The
Boys & Girls Club of theLakes Region will host aLakes Region Chamber ofCommerce Business AfterHours event on Feb. 23 attheir center on 50 Washing-ton St in Lakeport.
The Boys & Girls Club ofthe Lakes Region missionstatement is “to enable allyoung people, especiallythose who need us most, toreach their full potential asproductive, caring, responsi-ble citizens.” In every com-munity, boys and girls are leftto find their own recreationand companionship in thestreets. An increasing num-
ber of children are at homewith no adult care or super-vision. Young people need toknow that someone caresabout them.
Started in 1999 after a vio-lent incident between youngteens this galvanized thepublic and provided the in-spiration for developing asafe and supervised place forteens in this community, theBelknap County Teen Center.
In 2007 the teen center de-cided to broaden its base andbecame the Boys & GirlsClub of the Lakes Region,and has now blossomed intoa place where youth from 1stgrade to 12th can find posi-
tive interaction with caring,kind and an impassionedstaff whose goal is to providehope and opportunity to allthose who enter no matterwhat their circumstancesare.
The “Business AfterHours” event is from 5 to 7p.m. on Thursday, Feb. 23, atthe Club’s center located at50 Washington Street (in the
basement of the Our Lady’sChurch) in Lakeport Join theBoys & Girls Staff, volun-teers and kids, and Lakes Re-gion Chamber of Commercemembers for door prizes anddelicious refreshments.
For more information,please contact Dave Parker,Executive Director, at 528-0197 or visit http://www.bg-clronline.org.
Attend a Retirement U seminarPlanning to retire or al-
ready retired? Interested inlearning more about how tohave a financially successfulretirement utilizing strate-gies and financial tools toachieve your dreams andgoals? Then plan on attend-ing our Retirement U semi-nars – held bi-weekly – pickand choose which programsare of interest to you.
Retirement U addressesthe unique needs of pre/postretirees and seniors and thespecific areas that are of con-cern to them, namely retire-ment income planning,health care planning, estateplanning and wealth distri-bution, and final needs plan-ning.
Attendees will also learnhow the various pieces – per-sonal savings, Social Securi-ty, long-term care insurance,annuities, life insurance, es-
tate planning, and transfertechniques – can fit togetherto help you achieve a com-fortable and secure retire-ment. LightPoint Financialand Retirement PlanningCenter helps individuals andfamilies evaluate and strate-gically plan for a retirementthat may last almost as longas their working years.
Retire right. Retirement Useminar series begins Feb. 22with a program on “Retire-ment Income PlanningStrategies” and March 2 with“Maximizing Your Social Se-curity Benefits.”
Seminars will be held atthe LightPoint RetirementPlanning Center, 401 GilfordAve. in Gilford from 4:30-5:30pm. All programs are free tothe community.
Reservations are requiredby calling the Center at 345-6755.
works include Facebook,Twitter, MySpace, YouTube,AOL, and similar websites. Itis also noted that while thesewebsites can no longer be ac-cessed on town owned com-puters, laptops, and smartphones, with the exception ofwritten authorization by adepartment head, theseguidelines do not prohibitthe access of personal e-mailaccounts or text messaging.
Guidelines also state thattown employees will nolonger be able to post or dis-tribute any images obtainedfrom a work place while onduty, including scenes of ac-cidents, crimes, fires, train-ing sites, or any other mu-nicipal activity without au-thorization.
Employees may also beasked to refrain from identi-fying themselves as or refer-ring to other employees byjob title, rank, classification,or position when utilizing asocial network.
While town employeesmay lose privileges at work,the guidelines also state thatemployees must keep some
professionalism outside ofthe work place as well.
The guidelines state that,“Employees who participatein social networking whileoff-duty shall maintain anappropriate level of profes-sionalism and decorumwhen making reference tomunicipal operations or oth-er town employees, agents orofficials.”
Actions that would not betolerated include usingdefamatory, slanderous, orunlawful language in refer-ence to a town official, usingconduct that interferes withessential work place tasks,actions of obscene or deroga-tory nature which can threat-en the town’s reputation, andcyber-bullying another townemployee.
According to guidelines,the town also reserves theright to require an employeeto provide access to their per-sonal sites during an em-ployment process or as partof an investigation in re-gards to alleged violations ofthe above actions.
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THE GILFORD STEAMER A5Community CommentaryFEBRUARY 17, 2011
GILFORD SCHOOL DISTRICT"Meet the Superintendent Candidates Night"
Gilford High School AuditoriumTuesday, February 22, 2011 at 7:00 pm
All Gilford residents, school district faculty and staff areinvited to meet the three finalist candidates for the positionof superintendent of schools. There will be a formal ques-tion and answer period in the school auditorium followed byan informal meet and greet session in the school cafeteria.
ALTON ZONING BOARD OF ADJUSTMENTNOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING
The Alton Zoning Board of Adjustment will hold Public Hearingson Thursday, March 3, 2011, during its meeting commencing at7:00 p.m. at the Alton Town Hall to consider the following appli-cation (the applications listed in this notice are in no particularorder).
Case Z11-01 Map 15 Lot 15-3 VarianceRonald B. Arsenault Route 28A #749The applicant Ronald B. Arsenault is requesting a variance fromArticle 400 Section 452 (A) & (D) to have an existing two bedroomapartment with 896 square feet attached to a single family home.
Plans are on file in the Planning Department on the first floor of theAlton Town Hall. You are invited to come in to view them duringour regular business hours of 8:30 to 4:00 Monday throughFriday.
MENTAL HEALTH MATTERSBy Kristen Welch, Public Relations & Communications Manager, Genesis Behavioral Health ●
Parity: Inching the Door OpenFor mental health advo-
cates and providers, parity (alaw requiring benefits forsubstance abuse and mentalillnesses to be on par withbenefits for medical illness-es) was a long time coming.Passed in 2008 as part of theMental Health Parity and Ad-diction Equity Act, the law
was expanded to a muchwider pool of Americanswhen the Obama Adminis-tration issued new rules inearly 2010.
The law began to take ef-fect in July 2010 and the men-tal health community cele-brated many aspects of it. Itis now possible for millions
more people to get the samecoverage for substance abuseand mental illnesses, such asschizophrenia and depres-sion, as they would for otherchronic diseases like canceror diabetes. Given that theGlobal Burden of Diseaseshows that mental illness ac-counts for over 15 percent of
the burden of disease in theUnited States, more than thedisease burden caused by allcancers. This is significantprogress.
Half of all mental illness-es start by age 14, and three-quarters of them start by age24. Since they start so earlyin life, they are likely to beclassified as a pre-existingcondition. Parity is intendedto improve access to care foryouth in this situation, al-though it is worth noting thatthe protections for most peo-ple with pre-existing condi-tions will not go into effectuntil 2014. Under the newhealth care law, dependentchildren can now be coveredunder family plans until theyare 26 years old. Familieswho previously encounteredbarriers to treatment due tomental illness being classi-fied as a pre-existing condi-tion will, hopefully, see somerelief.
It’s true that parity willgive people with mentalhealth issues access to muchneeded medical treatment,allowing them to participatemore fully in their commu-nities. The National Allianceon Mental Illness (NAMI) es-timates that the economiccost of untreated mental ill-ness is more than 100 billiondollars each year, most of
which is a loss of work pro-ductivity as a result of the ill-ness.
The caveat here, however,is insurance. Parity has in-deed opened the door slight-ly for some—but the door re-mains closed all too often forthe uninsured. People withmental illnesses are morelikely to be uninsured thanthe general population, andit is the responsibility of usall to not lose sight of the factthat parity is not a panacea.Our advocacy and attentionmust continue to be drawn tothe need for access to mentalhealth treatment for all.
At Genesis BehavioralHealth, 9 percent of our cur-rent patients are uninsured.Some of them might onlyneed minimal services, butmany others need more in-tensive, and costly, care. Thiscomes at a significant ex-pense to both the patient andthe organization. Last year,nearly 4 percent of Genesis’budget was spent on charitycare for patients who couldnot pay for their services.For Genesis, the ability toserve these patients and pro-vide them with essentialmedical treatment comes inpart from the support we re-ceive from the Counties andthe towns. Belknap andGrafton Counties grant
funds to help support the costof therapy to the uninsuredin the Adult Outpatient Pro-gram, while the towns areasked to appropriate fundsfor Emergency Services, a24/7 crisis intervention pro-gram available to all resi-dents of the town regardlessof their ability to pay. Theselocal funds help Genesisleverage fundraising andgrant dollars to ensure pa-tients receive the care theyneed.
We hope that the door toaccessible mental healthtreatment will be wide openfor all, sooner rather than lat-er. Treatment improves thelife of the patient and theirfamily. It strengthens com-munities. For Genesis andthe patients we serve, thosecommunities are a great allyin achieving our goals.
Genesis Behavioral Healthis designated by the State ofNew Hampshire as the com-munity mental health centerserving Belknap and south-ern Grafton Counties. A pri-vate, non-profit corporation,Genesis serves over 3,000 indi-viduals each year. For moreinformation, call 524-1100 ext.445 or visit the website atwww.genesisbh.org.
Come fishing at the libraryBY ABI MAXWELLLIBRARY CORRESPONDENT
Tonight the sun will waituntil 5:19 to set—proof thatspring is coming. Soon therivers will run high and withthem the sap, the lake ice willsplit open and it will be lightand warm again. In antici-pation of that time to come,on Tuesday, Feb. 22, from 6:30– 7:30 p.m., the Gilford PublicLibrary will host a presenta-tion by one of New Hamp-shire’s favorite fisherman,Jim Norton.
A native of New Hamp-shire, Jim Norton has beenfishing, guiding fishingtrips, and telling storiesabout fishing for most of hislife. Jim ties his own flies,fishes in the waters fromAlaska to Newfoundland,and after almost twentyyears of writing columns forthe NH Union Leader, he nowwrites for the NH OutdoorGazette.
Though we might not re-member it now, while thewoods are covered in ice,New Hampshire is home towild brook trout, landlockedsalmon, Atlantic salmon,rainbow trout, and browntrout, and Jim Norton haswalked the woods and river-banks across the state insearch of the best spots tofind these fish. With a won-derful mix of fishing tips andhilarious anecdotes,Jim willtell us of his adventures inthe sport. All are welcomeand encouraged to join.
Programs & Special
Events
Toddler Time, Thurs-
day, Feb. 17, 11:30 a.m. –
noon. Bring your toddlerages 18 to 36 months to sing
songs, share stories, andmove to the music. Sign upin the Children’s Room forthis 6 week session.
Tales for Tails, Thurs-
day, Feb. 17, 3:30 – 4:15 p.m.
All children are invited tojoin Holly and her dog Benon the 1st and 3rd Thursdayof every month. Ben loves tolisten to children read, sobring your favorite book orchoose a new one from hisspecial Bag of Books.
Foreign Movie Night,
Thursday, Feb.17, 7 – 9 p.m.
Looking for something dif-ferent to do? Join us for for-eign movie night! Thismonth’s pick is “Carol’sJourney,” a coming-of-agestory that takes place at theheight of the Spanish CivilWar.
Valentine Cupcake
Craft, Friday, Feb. 18, 11:45
a.m. – 12:15 p.m. Childrenages 2 – 5 are welcome to usetheir creativity to make thisspecial edible craft.
Knit Wits, Friday, Feb.
18, 1:30 – 2:30 p.m. Winter’sthe time to bundle up in wool!Join the weekly knittinggroup to work on a project,meet other knitters, andlearn some new techniques.All knitters welcome.
Family Matinee, Satur-
day, Feb. 19, 11 a.m. – 1 p.m.
Bring your family andfriends for a free matinee atthe library. This month’spick is “Open Season 3.”We’ll provide the popcorn!
Gone Fishin’ with Jim
Norton, Tuesday, Feb. 22,
6:30 p.m. – 7:30 p.m. JimNorton is a licensed NHguide and a member of theNH Guides Association. Hewill share where the biggestfish are and how to catchthem. Jim spends most of his
time guiding on NH watersbut has also fished from Alas-ka to Newfoundland.
Pre-School Storytime &
BabyGarten Sign-up,
Tuesday, Feb. 22, 9 a.m. – 6
p.m. Stop by the library tosign up for these six-weeksessions to have fun and en-hance early literacy skills.Pre-school Storytime willrun on Tuesdays from 10:30 –11:15 a.m. and BabyGartenwill run on Tuesdays from11:30 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.
Philosophy Club, Tues-
day, Feb. 22, 6:30 – 7:30 p.m.
Take a break from the dailyroutine to come to contem-plate and discuss life’s mostpressing questions in a com-fortable, friendly environ-ment. All are welcome.
Check-Out-An-Expert,
Wednesday, Feb. 23, 9:15 –
11 a.m. Whether you havebasic questions about com-puter use or you need helpdownloading an audio book,our expert is here to help younavigate the technologicalworld.
Brown Bag Book Dis-
cussion, Thursday, Feb. 24,
noon – 1 p.m. Pack yourlunch and head to the libraryfor a book discussion. Thismonth’s pick is “Love in theTime of Cholera” by GabrielGarcia Marquez. Copies areavailable at the library, andall are welcome to join.
Book Discussion,
Thursday, Feb. 24, 6:30 –
7:30 p.m. Head down the li-brary for an evening bookdiscussion. This month’spick is “Love in the Time ofCholera” by Gabriel GarciaMarquez. Copies are avail-able at the library, and all arewelcome to join.
SIMPLE SECRETS FOR PERSONAL SUCCESSBy Michael “Mike D.” Dolpies ●
‘Green Eggs and Ham’You know the story of
“Green Eggs and Ham,”right? Sam I am?
This week I was remindedof the wisdom contained inthe legendary Dr. Seuss clas-sic.
You remember. After sev-eral tries the character is fi-nally open to trying those“Green Eggs and Ham.”
He was stubborn. It the be-ginning of the story youwouldn't have guessed he'deventually give in and actu-ally enjoy them.
Of course, if you have kidsor have ever seen a kid youknow every parent workshard to get their kids to trynew foods.
I read a study this week in“Psychology Today” that itcan take up to 15 exposuresbefore a child will open theirmind to a new food. But mostparents give up.
So I guess it comes downto persistence.
I know, we've all heardhow important persistenceis! But sometimes it's notwhat we know or have heardbefore, or are aware of.
Maybe the business per-son understands it's gonnatake two to 10 contacts beforethe prospect will considerhim. Maybe he's aware that agood website with follow upbuilt in to it can help him au-tomate the process of stay-ing in touch. Maybe he'saware making a few phonecalls a week can drum upbusiness.
Maybe the job applicant isaware of the importance offollow up to the perspectiveemployer. Or she under-stands getting out from be-hind the computer screenand going to see a perspec-tive employer can work bet-ter.
But nothing happens withsimple awareness. It's aboutgetting in motion and stay-
ing in motion. It's about tak-ing consistent action even inthe face of adversity.
So I guess it's about per-sistence. Sam I am!
Mike Dolpies is an authorand long-time small businessowner. He often speaks for dif-ferent business groups in NewHampshire. His book is avail-able at www.motionbefore-motivation.com and he can becontacted throughwww.askmiked.com.
Candidate withdraws fromsuperintendent selection process
The Gilford School Boardhas announced that one ofthe four finalists vying for aposition as Gilford SchoolDistrict Superintendent ofSchools has chosen to with-draw from the selectionprocess.
William Lander, superin-tendent of Fremont SchoolDistrict informed the SchoolBoard that he has decided towithdraw his name due toprofessional and personalcommitments.
The selection process willproceed with the three re-
maining finalists: Dr. John“Jack” Billings, ThomasChristensen, and Kent Hem-ingway.
As part of this selectionprocess, a “Meet the Candi-
dates” forum is scheduled forTuesday, Feb. 22, at 7 p.m. atGilford High School. All Gil-ford residents and school dis-trict faculty and staff are in-vited to attend.
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A6 THE GILFORD STEAMER North Country Notebook FEBRUARY 17, 2011
OBITUARIES●
Helen S. Dockham, 80, of192 Potter Hill Road, died atDartmouth Hitchcock Med-ical Center, Lebanon onThursday, Feb. 10, 2011.
Mrs. Dockham was bornMarch 4, 1930 in Gilford, thedaughter of Clarence E. andMaude (Sleeper) Sawyer.
Mrs. Dockham was a life-long resident of Gilford. Shehad been employed at NewEngland Telephone, LakesRegion Transit and for 18years had been employed atthe Citizen Publishing Co.
Mrs. Dockham was amember of The Lakes Re-gion Vineyard Church.
Survivors include herhusband of 52 years, DonaldR. Dockham, of Gilford; twinsons, Dean C. Dockham andhis wife, Lisa, of Gilmanton
Helen S. Dockham, 80
and Dennis V. Dockham andhis fiancée, Tammy Chaper-on, of Gilford; two grand-sons, Justin Michael Dock-ham and Joshua Dean Dock-ham and their mother Tere-sa A. Dockham of Mich. In
addition to her parents, Mrs.Dockham was predeceasedby a sister, Beverly Sawyer.
Memorial calling hourswere held at the Wilkinson-Beane-Simoneau-PaquetteFuneral Home on Feb. 15.
A Memorial Service washeld at the Gilford Commu-nity Church Feb. 16.
Burial will be in the fami-ly lot in Pine Grove Ceme-tery, Gilford in the spring.
For those who wish, thefamily suggests that memo-rial donations be made toThe Lakes Region VineyardChurch,175 Mechanic Street,Lakeport, NH 03246.
For more information andto view an online memorialgo to www.wilkinson-beane.com.
COURTESY PHOTO
Helen S. Dockham
North Country Notebook
John Harrigan
Yeah, sure, it’s pretty and all, but where’s the next batch going?
This is a tale that beginswith snow and ends withsnow, with a lot in between.And of course it doesn’t (Ihope) stop there.
The thought of this littlestory came to me this morn-ing while I was out with thechain-equipped four-wheel-drive tractor, piling up andpushing back the high banksof snow that have accumu-lated around the back drive-way and barnyard, trying tomake room for the nextbatch.
Thoughts drifted.My siblings and I never
expected any automatic com-pensation for helping withhousehold and outdoorchores, but my Dad reward-ed us with a little pocketchange nonetheless. Andwhen I say “a little,” it meansjust that: a quarter here, aquarter there, enough so thaton a hot summer day I couldrun down the street to Sims’Dairy and buy an OrangeCrush and an ice creamsandwich, my favorite treat.
But I wanted more moneyto save up for birthdays andChristmas. You can’t do that
on the odd quarter.One of my best friends in
the neighborhood, RonnieLawton, was in the sameboat. His parents had a hugefamily - 13, I think - and hisfolks did well to put food onthe table.
I don’t know whose idea itwas - I’ll credit Ron - but onemid-winter day we were slog-ging down Park Street andnoticed all these adults,young, middle-aged and old,out there trying to cope withabout a foot of new snow.There were no young peoplein sight. Off skating, maybe.
The light bulb went on,and after a hasty conferencethe Harrigan-Lawton SnowClearing Company wasformed, the names in that or-der because of alphabeticalrank, and because the sylla-bles roll off the tongue betterthat way.
On a bright weekend daywe went around our neigh-borhood and as far south(gasp!) as Pleasant Street, po-litely peddling our services.Lo and behold, we turned upseveral relieved customerson the very first pass, “re-lieved” meaning that theywouldn’t have to move anymore snow.
Thus it was that if itsnowed during the night,Ron and I were up well be-fore daylight and totingshovels and pushing woodenscoops down the street to ourfirst customer of the day.And then it would be on tothe next, and the next. Andwe had to finish all that wecould in time to run home,grab something to eat, andhead for school.
Our prices? Ten cents for
a front sidewalk, 25 for an av-erage-size driveway. Plus, ofcourse, tips. Claude Linnell,just two houses down frommine, was a great tipper, al-ways good for half a buck,and then, after we expandedour route further into town,so was Andrew George onBridge Street.
Every day, I put my earn-ings into a big wide-bot-tomed jar atop the refrigera-tor, which we continued tocall the icebox because ourparents did. As Mud Seasonneared, after an entire win-ter of scooping and shovel-ing, I couldn’t contain my-self, and emptied it onto thekitchen table to count. Itcame to $52 and change, a for-tune for a kid of 12. It was toolate for Christmas, but therewere those birthdays comingalong.
Over ensuing years therewere other jobs: picking po-tatoes, caddying, bagginggroceries, helping buildboats, haying, peeling pulp.The latter sticky choreserves as a reminder thatthere’s more than one mean-ing for “spud.”
I awoke from this dream-like trip down Memory Lanejust in time to avoid smash-ing the bucket into the out-door furnace. Here I am, Ithought, out here more thanhalf a century after the Har-rigan & Lawton Snow Re-moval Co., still moving snowat five below, and no one’seven paying me to do it.
(This column runs in adozen weekly papers coveringthe northern two-thirds ofNew Hampshire and parts ofMaine and Vermont. JohnHarrigan’s address: Box 39,Colebrook, NH 03576, [email protected])
PHOTO BY JOHN HARRIGAN
The mid-sized Ford bucket loader, four-wheel-drive with chains on the rear, is a great rig for pushing backsnowbanks back. Barely visible at left is the outdoor furnace, chuffing away. Next to it is the Deep WinterWoodshed, its contents, appropriately, about halfway gone.
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KatherineRice
BY LAUREN [email protected]
Gilford High School soph-omore Katherine Rice is ajack of all trades when itcomes to sports and academ-ics.
While Rice would like tobecome a nurse practitionersomeday because she enjoyshelping people, she also en-joys a variety of subjects andactivities in school.
Rice is a varsity player onthe girls GHS soccer teamand is currently enrolled ina year-round soccer club. Shealso took up lacrosse lastyear with GHS and saidwhile the sport is relativelynew to her, it has been a funexperience.
When she isn’t playing onthe green grass during fall,
Steamer Student Spotlight
spring, and summer, Ricecan be found skiing on thesnowy slopes of Gunstock.
While sports are a largepart of her life, Rice alsotries her best to stay involvedwith curricular activities.She is currently the sopho-more class secretary, a
French Club member, and anInteract Club member.
“We (Interact Club) set updinners and meals for thesenior citizens when theycome and watch the plays,”said Rice.
When it comes to academ-ics, Rice produces A’s for themajority of her classes.
“I try my hardest. I like toget organized and get betterat things,” said Rice.
She enjoys learning dif-ferent languages, includingFrench. She said languagestudies and English classesseem too come more easilythan math or science classes.
Her favorite class tends tochange when each trimesterchanges, and Rice haslearned she is also a bit of anartist in her latest ceramicsclass. She may not spend herdays painting and drawing,but has come to realize thatshe has a knack for creatingsculptures and other handson art.
Despite her love for lan-guages and arts, Rice is cur-rently flirting with the no-tion of becoming a nursepractitioner someday, al-though she has yet to look atcolleges.
“I have always liked help-ing people and being socia-ble. I know I want kids whenI’m older. I can have flexiblehours and still have a goodcareer,” said Rice. “I like tochallenge myself.”
When asked why she wasnominated for Student of theMonth, Rice said her teach-ers appreciate the fact thatshe tries hard in class andsets a good example for oth-er students. She said thatpeers might also have votedfor her because of her ac-cepting nature of others.
PHOTO BY LAUREN TINER
Katherine Rice
NHS students serve up more than service
Grant and scholarshipfunding available
LAKES REGION — Appli-cations for the 2011 annualOpechee Garden Club Ever-Green Awards are now avail-able for interested applicantsand not-for-profit organiza-tions.
This annual award hasbeen established to promoteeducational and/or careerbuilding skills within the dis-ciplines of conservation, en-vironmental science,forestry, horticulture, land-scape design, or any otherarea supported by theOpechee Garden Club with afocus on the environment.
Since 2009, the OpecheeGarden Club has opened thisaward up to local not-for-profit organizations whowish to apply for an environ-mentally based project thatwill benefit the greater Laco-
nia-Gilford community. Sam-ple projects would includefield work, research, or class-room work focusing on theconservation and preserva-tion of the natural environ-ment for future generations.
The application deadlineis April 15 for awards to bemade in May.
The Opechee Garden Clubis established exclusively forcharitable purposes and theprimary purpose of the Clubis to stimulate interest in gar-dens, nature study, and con-servation for the bettermentof the community.
To request an application,please write to: Opechee Gar-den Club, PO Box 5483, Laco-nia, NH 03247 or email us [email protected].
BY LAUREN [email protected]
National Honor Societymembers aren’t just consid-ered students with goodgrades, but students of dis-tinctive character, willing tobranch out and help those inneed.
Gilford High School con-cluded its second annualNHS Week, part of a state ini-tiative to showcase all pillarsthat a carefully selected NHSstudent represents, includ-ing service, character, aca-demics, and leadership.
Last week GHS junior andsenior NHS students showedtheir appreciation of high
school staff members byserving up muffins, coffee,and hot chocolate. Through-out the week, volunteer stu-dents ran a school wide sup-plies drive, which also helpedparticipants earn points forthe upcoming winter carni-val competitions.
Last Tuesday students vis-ited the Taylor Communityin Laconia to spend timewith the elderly, and also aid-ed the Thompson-Ames His-torical Society by doing someearly spring cleaning in thehistorical Rowe House andthe Grange.
On Wednesday, students
held the second annual freeice cream social at the Gil-ford Youth Center.
For the final day of activi-ties, the honor studentsserved lunch at the SalvationArmy Soup Kitchen in Laco-nia, as they did last year, andtook some time after schoolto write appreciative lettersand put together care pack-ages for soldiers.
GHS science teacher andNHS adviser LorienneValvoanie said she was satis-fied with the large turnoutfor NHS events last week. Sheexplained that NHS Weekhelps to put aside miscon-
ceptions that membershipsare based on academicsalone.
“The application processinvolves pretty high stan-dards. We are not just look-ing at grades. We look at lev-els of service, grades, char-acter, and levels of leader-ship. We really wanted tobring in that other elementand philosophy, and to giveback to the community,” saidValvoanie.
While many of the eventscarried over from NHS Weeklast year, in the near futureValvoanie said she wouldlike to see the program groweven more so. Now that jun-ior students are inducted asmembers, these events havethe potential to grow.
“We had a couple juniorsas organizers of events thisyear and you can see themgetting even more into theirrole through this week’sevents. It also gets themready for next year,” saidValvoanie. “So far, NHSWeek has been the focalpoint of their membership.”
While this week aids inhelping students rack uptheir mandatory volunteerhours as NHS members, it al-so goes above and beyondthese expectations. And evenif these volunteer hoursweren’t required, many ofthe students have experi-enced community service ontheir own.
“The students are alreadygiving back yet this givesthem an experience they per-haps did not have before. Itgets them out into the com-munity,” said Valvoanie.“Even if the state hadn’t ini-tiated this for the secondyear, we wanted to make sureit became an annual eventfor our Gilford chapter.”
She referred to the Salva-tion Army, and said manystudents were surprised tothat the average family nextdoor may also be one of themany families in need of alittle extra help.
A visit to the Taylor Homewas a first for many partici-pating students this year.
“The kids were really ex-cited. They played balloonvolleyball in their seats andgot to know the residents atthe Taylor Home,” saidValvoanie. “It makes a niceconnection with the stu-dents and the older genera-tion.”
On Tuesday, junior IsaTetreault, senior JenniSmith and senior Paige Mar-tinez volunteered to help pol-ish, dust, and mop the his-
torical Rowe House in down-town Gilford.
“This week is represent-ing the service part of ourchapter by helping out thecommunity,” said Smith. “Itsymbolizes what we areabout and gives us our dis-tinction.”
Martinez added that theirtime spent at the Rowe Housewith historical society mem-bers was a historical, educa-tional experience.
“This experience has beenreally interesting,” said Mar-tinez. “We are not just clean-ing; we are also learning.”
Most spectators touringthough the Rowe House willappreciate the now sparklingclean downstairs, yet the stu-dents were the only specta-tors allowed to take a full tourof the house and venture up-stairs in closed quarters.
Historical Society mem-ber Kathy Lacroix said thishistorical home, built in 1838and furnished with ArthurTilton’s furniture, needsquite the sweeping everyyear. She felt appreciativethat GHS students took time
to help clean after school.Tasks that usually wouldhave taken Lacroix a full dayto complete only took a cou-ple hours.
Students including seniorKyle Middleton, juniorSarah Anderson, and VicePresident of NHS KurtChapin rolled up theirsleeves and got to work lastweek as well, serving upscoops of ice cream at theGYC social.
“This week is not justabout grades. It’s about help-ing out. An NHS student is awell rounded student thathelps in the community aswell,” said Anderson.
Chapin agreed that thispast week was all about giv-ing back, yet it is also aboutbeing a positive role model toyounger students, includingthe youths at the ice creamsocial last Wednesday.
NHS Week will officiallyconclude with the second an-nual Charity Ball in Man-chester, a celebratory eventthat also benefits a goodcause and honors all NHS inthe state.
PHOTO BY LAUREN TINER
Gilford High School senior and National Honor Society student PaigeMartinez volunteers to dust at the historical Rowe House last Tuesday aspart of NHS Week services.
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Eighth graders take ‘Are You SmarterThan a 12th Grader?’ challengeBY LAUREN [email protected]
Eighth graders are cur-rently choosing their classesfor freshman year of highschool, but guidance coun-selors are taking this processa step further and asking stu-dents to consider college aswell.
Activities including the“Are You Smarter than a 12thGrader?” program, present-ed by the New HampshireHigher Education Assis-tance Foundation weeksback at Gilford MiddleSchool, cover not only need-to-know high school infor-
mation, but college informa-tion as well.
NHHAEF representativeLee Waldvogel, wearing asweatshirt with the logo“College,” made a pit stop toall eighth grade GMS class-rooms this past month. As arepresentative of the Centerfor College Planning, he cov-ers the entire Lakes Regionby the end of the school yearto get the message out: high-er education is accessible toall students.
“We touch on transitioninformation that will be help-ful once these students get tohigh school. Using activitiesis just a fun, interactive wayto talk about high school
years,” said Waldvogel.“Eighth grade is almost overfor these students, so we aretouching on next year andtheir high school careerthrough the use of a game.”
Games such as “Are YouSmarter Than a 12th Grad-er?” a spin off of the show“Are You Smarter Than a 5thGrader?” and a previous ac-tivity implemented into lastyear’s curriculum, “WhoWants to be a College Gradu-ate?” a spin off of “WhoWants to be a Millionaire?”touch on high school transi-tion as well as informationstudents must know in orderto continue on to college.
GMS guidance counselor
Chantelle Moynihan ex-plained that similar statefunded NHHAEF programshave been implemented intothe eighth grade curriculumfor the past eight years.
“It’s part of the transitionprocess and its what coun-selors must do to help thestudents prep for highschool,” said Moynihan. “Wetry to present this in a dif-ferent way to keep the kidsengaged, rather than justhaving the counselors talk tothem every year.”
Moynihan said whilesome students are more pre-pared for high school thanothers and also playing withthe notion of college, somestudents have yet to considertheir future. Either way, shesaid GMS makes it a point to“deliver the message” andhope that students will lis-ten.
Moynihan added that thisparticular program takesplace during the wintermonths. The NHHAEF pro-gram directly precedes thetime frame in Februarywhen eighth grade studentsmust select courses for theirfreshman year of highschool and start thinking ina different mindset.
Throughout the schoolyear, similar programs areimplemented into curricu-lum and many GMS studentsare already familiar with acollege setting thanks totours to colleges such as theUniversity of New Hamp-shire, which exposes and fa-miliarizes students to a col-lege campus and what cam-pus it has to offer to its po-tential students.
During the activity “AreYou Smarter Than a 12thGrader,” three eighth gradeteams in GMS teacher Nan-cy Allen’s science class splitup to answer questions fromvarious categories including9th – 12th grade questions,with 12th grade having thehighest point value.
While questions focusedmostly on high school, it be-came evident to studentsthroughout the programthat decisions and properpreparation in high school iskey to being accepted into acollege or university ofchoice.
Subject matters includedquestions on high schooltranscripts, GPAs, class andsubject levels, positive rea-sons to attend college, ma-jors and minors, the collegeadmission process, studentfunding, public vs. privateschools, and the ins and outsof a college campus.
Musicians fine tune their trade at New England Music Fest
PHOTO BY LAUREN TINER
Gilford High School students selected to perform in the New England Music Festival this March include DanielleJanos, Roland DuBois, Corwin Leber, Parker Ayer, and Nick Denver.
BY LAUREN [email protected]
For the first time in almost18 years, five musicians willrepresent Gilford High Schoolat the New England Festival,a solo and ensemble concert,this March in Burlington, Vt.
While in years past two orthree GHS students on aver-age from band and chorushave been selected out of aconsiderably competitivepool, Band Director LyvieBeyrent said 1992 marks thelast year five GHS studentsperformed at the annual mu-sic festival.
Students will be chal-lenged by more advanced mu-sic, work with nationally rec-ognized directors, and havethe chance to make new ac-quaintances throughout theregion.
Beyrent said that whilemany talented musicians andsingers tried their hand at au-ditions this year, luck alsoplayed a part because of high-er than average participationnumber. Two students wereon the borderline during au-ditions, but when two stu-dents from other schoolsdropped out, these two GHSstudents earned themselves aconcert seat.
Students participating inthe music festival March 17-19include GHS junior ParkerAyer, a tenor, freshmanDanielle Janos, a clarinetplayer, senior Nicholas Den-ver, a bass singer, senior Cor-win Leber, a saxophone play-er, and sophomore singerRoland DuBois.
Students auditioned in De-cember, and unlike the AllNew England Festival, themain New England festival al-lows for musicians to select aprepared piece of their ownprior to auditions.
All five students are new tothis particular music festivalthis year, and while some just
want to have fun, other stu-dents are looking at the festi-val as a stepping-stone togreater professional paths inmusic.
Janos, a freshman, said sheplans to participate in com-petitive music festivals out-side of GHS all four years ofhigh school.
“It’s really important forme because I want to major inmusic in college. It’s impor-tant to make All State and theAll New England festivalsevery year,” said Janos. “I’veplayed the clarinet sincefourth grade. Music is some-thing I am good at; I love andenjoy it. Unlike some subjects,I can really get into music andexpress myself.”
Ayer said he decided to au-dition for the music festival tostep his musicianship up alevel and better himself. Hesaid while the average chorusconcert is a lot of fun, he is de-termined to push himself totry more challenging endeav-ors.
“I’ve been singing since Iwas little - my mom caught mein my room singing opera. Forme, singing is one of the great-est forms of worship; it’s themusic I feel the most passion-ate about,” said Ayer. “It’swhat keeps me going.”
Denver, a senior, has per-formed at the All State festi-val, but this will be his firsttime traveling to Vermont forthe regional concert.
“I made All State as a fresh-man. I have been busy, but Idecided to try another festivalagain before I graduate. I didit for fun, not just to pave a ca-reer path,” said Denver.
For Leber, auditioning andparticipating in new concertsserves as a challenge andkeeps his musicianship fine-tuned. Leber has played thesaxophone since fifth gradeand said while he enjoys mu-
sic, he doesn’t look at his in-strument as a key to a careerpath, but as a “big hobby,” al-though he added that hewould like to minor in music.
DuBois said he has alsobeen involved with music andconsidered himself a singersince sixth grade. While manymay refer to a singer as a vo-calist, he said he would stillconsider himself to be a mu-sician, and his vocals his in-strument.
“I got more into singing inhigh school. I enjoy the peopleI meet and the things I sing. Itcertainly is an optional careerpath for me,” said DuBois.
Beyrent said these five mo-tivated students need self-dis-cipline while preparing forthe upcoming New EnglandMusic Festival by practicingafter school on their own time.
The material for this con-cert also differs from many av-erage high school pieces andincludes a Japanese piece,classical, and gospel songs.
THE GILFORD STEAMER A9The Rest of the StoryFEBRUARY 17, 2011
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While no more changeswere made during the towndeliberative session, resi-dents and elected officialsalike said they felt torn onthe issues of outside agen-cies, including petitionedwarrant articles submittedby Child and Family Ser-vices, Genesis BehavioralHealth, Community Health& Hospice, Laconia AreaCenter, and New Beginnings.
The selectmen votedagainst all five petitionedwarrants, and the BudgetCommittee voted against allexcept for the Laconia AreaCenter. Chair of the BudgetCommittee Dick Hickok ex-plained that fewer commit-tee members were presentfor the final vote, which ex-plains its inconsistency withother votes.
Board of SelectmenChairman Kevin Hayes saidthat by law, the selectmen
and Budget Committee arerequired to vote, and resultsare printed on this year’s bal-lot.
“We always struggle withthese articles. We see themon the ballot, yet we don’twant to vote for or againstthem,” said Hayes.
Speaking for all the select-men, he said the board de-cided to vote against all thepetitioned articles becausethey felt the agencies did notprovide them with adequatefinancial information as re-quested. Hayes stressed thatit was not necessarily thesubject matter that the war-rants held, but the lack ofknowledge on where fundscome and go for these outsideagencies.
Hickok said he couldshare the board’s frustrationon the matter.
“The committee has alsostruggled with these outside
agencies for years. None ofus are against the needs ofthe town, yet we have alwaysstruggled with fundingthese,” said Hickok.
A small number of resi-dents spoke against the peti-tions, while half a dozen res-idents felt the need to expresstheir support for outsideagencies. Some residentswere simply for the causeand believed these agenciescould benefit the community,while others had experi-enced the kindness of theseagencies first hand whenfamily members of their ownwere in need.
Dale Dormody, speakingon his own behalf, also hap-pens to be a Budget Commit-tee member, and mentionedthat most committee mem-bers were split on their sup-port, which resulted in nu-merous ties this year.
BAND FUNDING (Continued from Page A1)
School District and its stu-dents.
“As far as cutting 10 per-cent, we’ve been watching fu-el prices and medical insur-ance prices go up,” said resi-dent Paul Buckley. “If we cut10 percent from the budget,how many teachers, aids, andsports programs would wehave to cut in order to meetthis?”
David Horvath also spoketo the issue with a few statis-tics in hand, and stated hisconcern with an increasingSchool District budget overthe years, yet a decreasingstudent body population.
Horvath said 13 years ago,the school population was1,561 compared to a projectednumber for next year, 1,228.
“That is 300 students lessthan 13 years ago, yet thebudget is rising with lesskids,” said Horvath. “The
school population is decreas-ing and the budget is in-creasing while individualtaxpayer costs are astronom-ically rising.”
Based on statistics, he saidthat the average cost per Gil-ford student is estimated tobe $19,768 while years back itwas $18,635. Later on headded that the national aver-age per student is still about$10,000 and $12,000 on aver-age for New Hampshire dis-tricts.
Despite this new informa-tion, resident Leo Sanfaconsaid as a father, a grandfa-ther, and a former SchoolBoard member still involvedwith education, this 10 per-cent cut would be a hardnumber to swallow, since ed-ucation is number one in hiseyes.
“Schools are becomingmore competitive for stu-
dents; everyone realizes thequality of education is veryimportant to students,” saidSanfacon. “If anything, Iwould advocate for evenmore funding to achieve stu-dent excellence.”
School Board Chair KurtWebber had the last com-ment on the proposed amend-ment.
“Making an arbitrary cutwould hurt programs andpersonnel. The Budget Com-mittee already had thechance to make changes,”said Webber. “We strive hardto come in with a responsiblebudget and to ensure a qual-ity education for students atan affordable cost.”
A request to vote on theamendment by a paper ballotwas accepted and conductedduring the deliberative ses-sion, and the amendmentfailed handily.
SCHOOL BUDGET (Continued from Page A1)
tary, painting it himself incamouflage with “US NavySeabees Can Do” painted onthe outside.
Ainsworth served in theNavy from 1987 to 1992,spending time in theSeabees. He then served inthe Army from 2003 to 2004.
Ainsworth drives trucksfor the town of Gilford andsaid he found the bobhouseabandoned on a beach. Hesaid used about 20 cans ofspray paint to paint the cam-ouflage onto the house.
Ainsworth said he grewup in Meredith but lived inMissouri for about 15years.He returned to Meredith twoyears ago.
“It’s home. It’s nice to bearound all the activity,”Ainsworth said.
His father-in-law came upfrom Texas and his two step-sons, ages 9 and 12, joinedhim and his wife.
“I love it, it’s just a greattime to be out, enjoy being to-gether, spend quality timewith each other,” Ainsworthsaid.
Mike Sleeper of Meredithsaid he used to go to the der-by every year but stopped sixyears ago after the birth ofhis son Carson. The familyreturned with Carson and 4-year-old daughter Delaneyalong with their 5-year-oldcousin Uma Connoly ofEliot, Maine.
“I’ve been coming to thisfor as long as I can remem-
DERBY (Continued from Page A1)
ford taxpayers in 1998“In summary, this petition
is directing the School Boardto omit its illegal actions.This is not asking for any-thing new,” said Stewart.
He referred to School Dis-trict attorney BarbaraLoughman’s opinion that thepetition is advisory only, andwould be considered non-binding if the warrant werevoted in favor of at the polls.
“It’s not advisory only ifvotes count for anything.Why else vote or have this de-liberative session?” saidStewart. “It is up to the citi-zens of this town to read theplan and come up with theirown interpretation.”
Loughman stated at thedeliberative session that inher legal opinion, the articleshould be taken as advisoryonly and non-binding.
“I took a look at the plans.There is nothing there thatprevents the board fromforming the current planthat is in place by the SchoolDistrict. The state board isonly interested in makingsure all necessary servicesare provided under the SAU,”said Loughman. “Nothing in-hibits the School Board fromhiring a superintendent. TheSchool District is allowed torun its own SAU and theboard clearly has the author-ity to say who will providethose services.”
Stewart said that in theproposed plans, the word “su-perintendent” was never ac-
tually mentioned, and theplans stated that a businessadministrator would beneeded to head the schools.
Loughman countered thisby saying the plans only re-ferred to an “administrator,”and since the plans did notspecify whether or not thiscould be a superintendent,the board still had some lee-way if reading into the war-rant.
Resident Joanne McNultysaid she recalled when theSchool Board first decided tosplit and create an SAU oftheir own – to gain someequality in votes and to re-duce school district costs.
Former School Boardmember Leo Sanfacon saidhe remembered the reasonsfor splitting from Laconia asquite different. He said Gil-ford was providing for moreand more students and some-what “reluctantly” decidedto build their own district,inviting Gilmanton to jointhem.
“I cannot conceive nothaving a superintendent be-hind me when I was chair ofthe School Board. We talkabout providing for the kidsand a superintendent is a bigpart of that,” said Sanfacon.
Richard Campbell said hecould also recall when heworked on the PlanningCommission which proposedthe plans at the time. Hehelped to brainstorm differ-ent ways to function withoutthe use of a superintendent,
and also with a decreased ad-ministrator’s salary.
“It was the School Board’sprerogative, but I was cer-tainly disappointed whenthey didn’t adopt that as partof the plan,” said Campbell.
Resident Dale Dormodymade the point that whileCampbell was disappointedwith the outcome, he did ac-knowledge that this decisionwas in fact the SchoolBoard’s decision in the end.
Dormody continued thatthe citizens of Gilford havealready had their chance tovote in a different SchoolBoard with different views,yet citizens did not. He addedthat for the average citizen,the petition is also unclearand poorly written, referringto a situation that happened13 years ago.
School Board ChairmanKurt Webber said that in ‘98,the School Board decided notto go along with plans toforego a superintendent.
“They felt it was not in thebest interest of the commu-nity or the students. The cur-rent School Board feels thesame way,” said Webber.“There is still no district thesame size of Gilford that doesnot have a superintendent.The three building princi-pals already have way toomuch on their plates rightnow. This is why the boardhas unanimously agreed notto move ahead with thismodel.”
PETITION (Continued from Page A1)
ber,” said Uma’s father DavidConnolly.
“They love it. They’vebeen ice skating, they tookthat ice fishing class (held byNew Hampshire Fish andGame) and they loved it,”Sleeper said.
Sleeper said the familycaught four pickerel.
Those on the ice could gettheir meals from many bob-houses and stands set up byeveryone from local restau-rants to local organizationsto individuals wanting to sellfood.
Zacky’s Pizzeria ofMeredith was one of themany businesses that hadtheir own bobhouses out onthe ice selling their product.The restaurant was featuredin Pizza Today magazine inDecember and has been try-ing to get the word out abouttheir food.
“We felt we’d bring thebusiness to them,” said own-er Dave Eliot.
Eliot and friends got a“Cadillac of bobhouses”with a double sunroof foryear round use. Theyequipped the bobhouse to sellfood, including putting in afryolater and a pizza warmer.Pizzas were delivered fromthe restaurant to the bob-house.
An outdoor fireplace andilluminated sign were set upoutside to attract attentionand create for a cozy envi-ronment.
Eliot said the house can beused year round and plansare in the works to set it upat places such as fairs and lo-cal events like Fourth of Ju-ly events in Hesky Park. Eliotsaid he wants to get more in-volved in the community andthis house is a way to reachout.
The stand first went on theice for the Pond Hockey Clas-sic and proved to be a suc-cess. More customers werecoming in during the fishingderby.
“We get to meet peoplefrom all over the communi-ty,” Eliot said.
Annie Verville and Krys-tle Cilley sold burgers, bakedgoods, and other ice-friendlyfare out of their bright pinkbobhouse for Two Chick’sSnack Shack. Verville runsAnnie’s Café and Catering inLaconia and Cilley hasserved as her intern.
“We came here last year.My boyfriend had chili and itwasn’t that good,” Cilleysaid. “I figured I could makebetter chili.”
Verville said she liked theidea, so Cilley’s father builtthe house, customizing it tothe specifications of the ven-ture. During the weekendCilley and Verville sold an ar-ray of food popular with an-glers.
“We’re having fun, (and)we’re making a little money,”Verville said.
LAKES REGION — Laco-nia Savings Bank supportsthe Belmont-Gilford HighSchool Ice Hockey teamwith a $500 donation.
During the past eight sea-sons, the Belmont-GilfordHigh School Ice HockeyBoosters Association hasbeen able to fund the teamthrough the generosity and
support of organizationslike Laconia Savings Bankand the Lakes Region com-munity. Although the play-ers enjoy the challenges andrewards of participating ina varsity sport, the teammust underwrite increasedcosts including ice rentals,replacement jerseys, hock-ey bags and equipment.
“With the continued sup-port of businesses such asLaconia Savings Bank, wecan defray the costs associ-ated to operate our pro-gram,” stated Peter Kara-gianis, president of the Bel-mont-Gilford High SchoolIce Hockey Booster Associa-tion.
LSB supports Belmont-Gilford hockey
A10 THE GILFORD STEAMER Lakes Region News FEBRUARY 17, 2011
Meredith Village Savings Bank Fund awards nearly $50,000 to local non-profitsLAKES REGION —
Meredith Village SavingsBank (MVSB) has an-nounced that the charitable
fund that carries its namehas awarded $48,292 in grantsto 18 area nonprofits. Thesegrants are in addition to the
bank’s contributions in theform of sponsorships, dona-tions and scholarships, aswell as the extraordinary vol-
unteer efforts of its employ-ees.
The recently selected 2010MVSB Fund recipients are:
Appalachian MountainTeen Project of Wolfeboro -Awarded $1,000 for localteens struggling with social,emotional, economic chal-lenges to participate in aleadership-training pro-gram with other youth fromthroughout the U.S.
Baby Threads of NewHampshire of Belmont -Awarded $2,592 to purchasesewing machines to allowBaby Threads to increase thenumber of hand-sewn quiltsthey donate to low-incomefamilies each year.
Boys & Girls Club of theLakes Region of Laconia -Awarded $2,000 to offerhomework assistance and tu-toring for 6- to 18-year-olds.“Power Hour: Making Min-utes Count” offers a struc-tured environment for staffand volunteers to help stu-dents complete their home-work, prepare for class, andtake pride in their hard workand accomplishments.
Campton Area ResourceCenter of Campton - Award-ed $2,500 to purchase energy-efficient refrigerators andfreezers to accommodate do-
nations of freezable breadand meats at its food pantry.The funds will also be usedto install shelving and otherfixtures to allow for greatercapacity, efficiency and or-ganization.
The Carey House of Laco-nia - Awarded $7,500 to pur-chase and install new wash-ers and dryers to provide freelaundry facilities for resi-dents and others with limit-ed financial resources.
Community Food Centerof Sandwich - Awarded$2,000 to continue to provideemergency food for people inneed. The center requestedthe funds in response to a 40percent increase in the num-ber of people accessing thefood pantry over the pastyear.
First CongregationalChurch of Meredith - Award-ed $3,000 to help the churchreplace its entire roof andsteeple, an historic Meredithlandmark that is rotting dueto water damage. The projectwill include raising thechurch bell and repaintingthe face of the “Town Clock,”which was donated in 1903by Virginia Ladd, the daugh-ter of MVSB’s founder,Seneca A. Ladd.
Genesis BehavioralHealth of Laconia - Awarded$5,000 to purchase six laptopcomputers to support treat-ment for children and adultswith mental illness. The newlaptops give staff immediateaccess to client informationin any setting and reducetravel to and from the officeto complete paperwork.
Gunstock Ski Club (GSC)of Laconia - Awarded $2,500to modernize an obsoleteand unsafe electrical systemat their 30-year-old club-house.
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Workman, Ostrand lead Gilford alpine to pair of runner-up finishes
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The Gilford boys’ alpine team finished in second place on Feb. 8 at Pats Peak.
BY JEFF [email protected]
HENNIKER — While theGilford High School alpineski teams proved to be pow-erhouses all season, the Gold-en Eagles each ran intoformable foes last week at theDivision III State Champi-onship meets held at PatsPeak.
The Gilford boys’ finishedsecond to state championBow High School while thegirls’ also came in second be-hind Bishop Brady.
Michael Workman led theboys’ side, as he had an out-standing day en route to apair of second place finishesin the morning Slalom (69.91seconds) and afternoon Gi-ant Slalom (80.91). Workmanwas just .03 seconds behindBow’s Cali Hatem in the SLand just .37 seconds behindBow’s Anders Hanson in theGS.
“It was snowing during
the Slalom so that threw us alittle curveball,” said Work-man. “It’s a little frustratingthat we didn’t win but we hada fun year. It just didn’t hap-pen for us today; that’s skiracing.”
Gilford had some difficul-ties in the Slalom, as Bow putthree skiers in the Top 10 andthe Golden Eagles had one ofits top skiers fall.
“One of our top four fellwhich in theory shouldn’tmake much of a differencebecause we have some greatdepth on the team but it hurtus when Bow had such astrong morning,” said Gil-ford coach Steve Selig. “Bowjust skied better today thanwe did. We’re a little disap-pointed because I thought wematched up well with thembut it was just one of thosedays.”
Gunnar Stecher had a sol-id day for the Eagles, as heput together a fourth place
run in the GS (81.93) and fin-ished 11th in the SL (76.17).Michael Xiao (76.17) took15th in the SL while Andy Up-ton (81.45) also figured intothe scoring for Gilford in theSlalom.
In the afternoon, TannerHowe (83.05) finished 10thand teammate Garrett Work-man (83.18) was right behindin 11th place as the four Gil-ford skiers finished in theTop 11 to rebound in the GS.
Bow’s 768 points gavethem the title while Gilfordfinished with 736 points.Kearsarge (699) was thirdwhile Bishop Brady (654) andOyster River (632) round outthe Top 5.
The girls’ team saw topskier Julie Ostrand continueher excellent season, as shewas second in the SL (79.73)behind Bishop Brady’s Brid-get Bryck (79.21) and third inthe GS (86.15) behind winnerDanielle Tidd of Prospect
Mountain (84.69).“Julie really skied well,”
said Selig. “I mean, she fin-
ished second and third. Youcan’t get much better thanthat.”
Grace McLaughlin addeda pair of Top 10 finishes forthe Eagles, as she was fifth inthe SL (83.66) and eighth inthe GS (89.76). Megan Pleeterovercame a fall and DNF inthe SL with a ninth placeshowing in the GS (89.94)while Carson Quigley per-formed nicely in placing 12thin the GS and the SL.
“In the end, I think Bish-op Brady was just too strongof a team,” said Selig.“They’re really deep and allsix of their skiers did well so
they deserved it.”Rachel Colbath was 26th
in the SL while Emily Wat-son’s best finish was 32nd inthe SL.
Bishop Brady’s total of 764points left them 31 pointsclear of Gilford (733). Bow(697) was third whileKearsarge (674) and OysterRiver (670) took home fourthand fifth.
“It was a strange yearoverall because of all thesnow and cancellations tosome meets,” Selig said. “Wehad a great year though, bothteams were strong and I washappy with how they skied.”
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The Gilford High School swim team – (l to r) Brian Burns, Christian Bos, Courtney Leach, Ben Whitaker,Spencer Bos and coach Jeff Whitaker – pose for a picture at the Division II State Championship meet held Feb.12 at UNH.
Leach, Whitaker, Burns compete at State swim meetBY JEFF [email protected]
DURHAM — It was a sol-id weekend for the GilfordHigh School swim team, asthe Golden Eagles capped offtheir season at the DivisionII State Championship heldFeb. 12 and 13 at UNH.
Ben Whitaker closed outhis career as he competed inboth the 50 and 100-Freestyle.The senior took fourth placein the 100, as his time of 52.41seconds was a personal bestand qualified him for theMeet of Champions held thenext day at UNH. At theMOC, Whitaker came ineighth place and will be onthe wait list for the New Eng-land Championships onMarch 5.
“They take the Top 6 fin-ishers at the Meet of Cham-pions for New Englands buta lot of times, you’ll havesome kids that can’t go for avariety of reasons,” said Gil-ford coach Jeff Whitaker.
In the 50 free, Whitakerfinished in fifth place in theState Championship meetbefore registering the ninthplace time at the MOC.
“I think Ben’s okay with
his finishes,” said Whitaker.“He probably wanted to do alittle better but it’s alwaysnice to get up on the podiumand get a medal.”
Junior Courtney Leachswam a pair of excellentraces in her two events, asshe was fifth in the 100 Free(57.11 seconds) and seventhin the 50. Leach, who lowered
her seed time in the 50 freebut came up just short ofqualifying for the MOC,swam her fastest 100 Freeever to reach the MOC. Foran encore, she improved onthat time again in the MOC,as he placed eighth with atime of 57.01 seconds.
“Ben and Courtney willstill have to stay in shape and
see if they get selected to theNew England meet,” saidWhitaker.
Brian Burns was the oth-er Gilford swimmer to quali-fy on the individual side, ashe competed in the 100Breaststroke. Burns swamright around his seed timebut didn’t reach the Top 6.
“I’d say qualifying was hishighlight,” said Whitaker.“He didn’t sneak in either, hewas right around three sec-onds clear of the qualifyingtime so he was pretty solid.”
While an illness prevent-ed the Golden Eagle girls’team from competing in therelays, the boys’ squad ofBen Whitaker, Burns,Spencer Bos and ChristianBos took part in the 200 Med-ley Relay and the 200Freestyle Relay. Gilford wasseventh overall in the med-ley, taking four seconds offits best time in the process.In the freestyle relay howev-er, the squad was disquali-fied for taking off early on achangeover. The Eagleswould have finished in fifthplace had they not beenDQ’d.
“The guys are handling itwell,” said Whitaker. “Theywere stoked right after theswim because all four boystook time off so it was un-fortunate.”
With the season over now,Whitaker was able to reflectpositively on the year as awhole. Perhaps the biggestdisappointment was that theabundance of snow forcedthe cancellation of severalkey meets that potentiallywould’ve had Gilford qualifymore individuals for the
SEE SWIM MEET PAGE B3
BY JEFF LAJOIE
Adventures in
Sports Reporting
People in the sports worldare very superstitious by na-ture, especially at the profes-sional level. I know when Iwas working my way upthrough the baseball ranks, Ihad this ritual where I wouldstrike out three times in agame just so I could get a hitthe fourth time up. My highschool coach wasn’t a hugefan but hey, it’s all aboutwhat works, right?
With superstitions inmind, you can’t help butthink about the proverbialjinx. We all have that one guyor girl in our group offriends who brings aboutbad luck. The one who can’tkeep their mouth shut orsneezes on your birthdaycake. You never want to bethe jinx.
I remember watching theNew England Patriots-NewYork Giants Super Bowl withsome buddies and every-thing was going okay untilmy friend TJ got up to usethe bathroom. When hecame back into our livingroom, he inexplicably decid-ed to sit on the floor insteadof in the chair he had beenin all game. What the heckwas he thinking? You knowwhat happens next: DavidTyree (now bagging gro-ceries somewhere) catches apass that sticks to his helmetand the Giants rally to winin the last minute. Thanks alot TJ. I still don’t think Tom
Brady has forgiven him.With all that in mind, I am
sorry to say that I may havebeen a bit of a jinx last week.I know what you’re thinking,“you can’t possibly be a jinxJeff, you’re so awesome andyou drive a Honda Civic.” Iknow, believe me, I wasn’t ex-pecting it either. But I have toadmit, I think I brought somebad luck to skiers at the Di-vision III State Champi-onship held at Pats Peak inHenniker on Feb. 8.
Let me set the scene foryou: it’s snowing out and I’mat the mountain to cover theBelmont and Gilford boys’alpine teams. I decide to hikeup the course some and findthe best spot to snap somepictures. I set up shop nearone gate but it didn’t providea great angle for me (label un-der obvious foreshadowing).I keep climbing up the hill,slipping and sliding thewhole way up.I make it abouthalfway up and decide I’vefound the perfect spot, rightnext to a blue set of GiantSlalom gates. End of storyright? Not so much.
Within about three min-utes, I see my first skiercrash right at my gate. Fourskiers later, the next guy goesdown. A steady stream ofcrashes fills the next hourthat I’m taking pictures, andeach time I find myself div-ing or jumping out of theway just to make sure I don’ttumble down the mountainthanks to a blow to the headfrom a stray ski.
I decide it’s time to moveaway from what I’m now call-ing the “Blue Death Gates”and shimmy down the moun-tain to a lower, hopefullyfriendlier red gate. The firstskier comes by and wipes outright into the red gate, mean-ing my day is over and I’vedecided to save countless
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Perez scores 30 points as Belmont beats GilfordBY JEFF [email protected]
BELMONT — While bothteams had chances to win itat different points late in the
game, the Belmont HighSchool boys’ basketball teamsaw its big players step upwhen needed to lead the RedRaiders past Gilford High
School, 58-54, in double over-time Feb. 8.
“It looked pretty bleak forus at a couple points but wepicked it up when we neededto and just stayed tough topull it off,” said Belmontcoach Scott Currier.
Belmont point guardRichie Perez poured in agame-high 30 points, includ-ing 10 coming in the fourthquarter and the overtimes.After a slow first quarter,Perez picked up his gameand slashed his way to thebasket. The senior foundhimself on the free throwline often as a result, and hetook advantage with 10points coming from the char-ity stripe.
“When Richie’s aggres-sive and decisive with thebasketball, he can get to therim pretty much wheneverhe wants to,” said Currier.
Chris Brace’s layup with3:33 left in the fourth quartergave Belmont (5-9) a 43-35lead and it appeared theRaiders would be able to holdon for the victory. But Gilfordhad other ideas, as MattDean’s offensive reboundand putback got the rallystarted. Sam Prescott sank a
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PHOTO BY JEFF LAJOIE
Belmont’s Richie Perez drives to the basket during his team’s 58-54 winover Gilford on Feb. 8.
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Gilford Varsity ScoreboardSPORT DATE VERSUS RESULT
Boys’ basketball Feb. 8 at Belmont L, 58-54 (2OT)Feb. 9 at Winnisquam W, 60-38Feb. 12 Somersworth L, 62-52
Girls’ basketball Feb. 8 at Belmont L, 42-39Feb. 9 Winnisquam W, 40-39Feb. 11 at Berlin L, 48-41
Hockey Feb. 9 at Somersworth L, 8-3Feb. 11 Laconia/Winnisquam W, 9-0
Boys’ alpine skiing Feb. 8 at Pats Peak – States 2 of 13
Girls’ alpine skiing Feb. 7 at Pats Peak – States 2 of 13
Boys’ Nordic skiing Feb. 9 at Gunstock – States 4 of 8
Girls’ Nordic skiing Feb. 9 @ Gunstock – States 2 of 7
GilfordSports
ScheduleThursday, Feb. 17
BOYS BASKETBALL
Gilfordat Newfound, 6:30 p.m.
Saturday, Feb. 19
HOCKEY
Souhegan atBelmont/Gilford,
6 p.m.
Wednesday, Feb. 23
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Laconia Leafs play their own Winter Classic
Cal Ripken season gets underwayGilford Cal Ripken Base-
ball is pleased to announceour registration for the 2011season on March 12 and 13at the Francoeur-BabcockMemorial Basketball tour-nament at the Gilford Mid-dle School.
Pre-season skill buildingworkshops are being heldthrough March 20 on Sun-
day afternoons from 4:30 to6 p.m. All sessions are con-ducted at the Gilford HighSchool by Varsity BaseballCoach John Lord for a nom-inal fee of $10 per family.
Please email PresidentTom Winkelmann for regis-tration packets at [email protected].
spans across many sports.
Do you have any pre-
game/race rituals?
Red Bull and some goodmusic.
What is your favorite
memory of competing in
high school so far?
Winning the soccer cham-pionship this past fall is mymost fulfilling sportsmemory.
The Arthur A Tilton icearena on Varney Point Roadhosted the Laconia Leafs Ju-nior hockey team's first-ever outdoor game on Feb.8.
The NHL plays an annu-al game at an outdoor venueeach Jan. 1. The game,dubbed the Winter Classic,is played before extravagantcrowds, and Will Fay, Leafs’coach and manager, wantedto generate similar excite-ment here.
"We wanted to get back tothe roots of the game," Faysaid. "My coaches and Ithought it would be fun, and a great event, creating our
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The Laconia Leafs Junior hockey team competed in an outdoor game atArthur Tilton arena in Gilford on Feb. 8.
own Winter Classic in away."
The Leafs’ practice andplay games at the LaconiaIce Arena but Fay thought itwould be a nice change tobring his teams to the Gil-ford arena.
"It is where I learned to
play as a kid, there, and onthe lake at the family boatyard in Smith cove" Faycommented. "This is a greatexperience for our playersto play in this environment,even though there is a roofover their heads, most play-ers in our program havenever experienced some-thing like this."
The event had a throw-back theme for everyone in-volved, and Fay feels thatthe game can grow. Hehopes that next season, witheven more awareness, thatmore and more people willcome watch the game.
The game was an intra-squad game, as the Leafsfield two teams, a JR "A" andJR "B" team. The playersare between the ages of 16and 20, and participate inthe program for develop-ment and college exposure.
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Gilford, Belmont cap off Nordic season at State ChampionshipBY JEFF [email protected]
GILFORD – Despite thefreezing temperatures, thebrave members of the Gil-ford High School and Bel-mont High School Nordic skiteams took to the snow andcompeted in the Division IIIState Championship at Gun-stock Feb. 9.
Gilford sophomore GuyRice was the top finisherfrom the pair of teams, as hefinished third in both themorning Classical and after-noon Skate race. Rice’s timeof 14 minutes, 17 seconds inthe Classic was behind onlyIsiah St. Pierre of Fall Moun-tain (13:11) and Tristan Ama-ral of Kearsarge (13:17). St.Pierre and Amaral also went1-2 in the Skate race.
“I was happy with how Idid overall,” said Rice. “Thetop two guys are really greatskiers so I was happy to comein right behind them. I had apretty good season and Imade a lot of my goals so thatwas a good thing.”
Above left: Gilford’s Guy Rice took third place in both the Classic and Skate races at the Division III StateChampionship held at Gunstock on Feb. 9. Above right: Rachael Colbath was the top Gilford finisher on thegirls’ side at the Division III State Championship meet on Feb. 9.
PHOTOS BY JEFF LAJOIE
Rice’s performancespaced the Golden Eagles
boys’ squad, as they skied toa fourth place team finish be-
hind Fall Mountain, Bow andWhite Mountains.
Gilford’s Michael Czer-winski was the next Eagleacross the line, as he tookhome 11th place in the Clas-sic race (15:36) and 14th inthe Skate (14:19).
Mitchell Fillion (19th CL,25th SK), Hendrik Linde-mann (22nd in both), LeviDavies (23rd in both) andDavid Chong (26th CL, 28thSK) all competed for Gilford.
Junior Adlai Gordon hadan outstanding Classic raceto lead the Belmont boys’squad, as was just behindRice in fourth place with atime of 14:33. Gordon tookhome 17th place in the after-noon Skate.
“Having two races in thesame day is tough so I wasn’treally used to that,” said Gor-don. “After about five min-utes in the second race, mybody reminded me that I hadalready done one. But in themorning, everything wasperfect. My wax was perfectand I just got into a tranceand gave it everything I had.When I finished, I fell overbecause I put everything in-to it.”
Peter Chynoweth (25thCL, 27th SK), Chris Sanborn(27th CL, 31st SK) and NickClements (28th CL, 26th SK)also scored for Belmont asthe Red Raiders skied to afifth place finish on the day.
On the girls’ side, Gil-ford’s Rachael Colbath had apair of Top 10 finishes to leadthe Golden Eagles to a sec-ond place finish behind pow-erhouse Bow High School.Colbath was seventh in theClassic (18:03) and ninth inthe Skate (16:44).
“I thought I’d be reallytired for the Skate but I actu-ally felt pretty good,” saidColbath. “I love the Skate; it’sdefinitely my favorite of thetwo races.”
Gilford was well repre-sented in the top half of theleaderboard, as MariahCleveland (ninth CL, 10thSK), Bethany Clarke (10thCL, seventh SK), MeganGuarino (15th CL) andMikayla Clarke (15th SK) allfigured into the scoring forthe Eagles.
Belmont finished in fifthplace on the girls’ side, as theRed Raiders Top 4 were close-ly bunched in both races.Holly Julian, Nina Gordon,Courtney Clary and KathyLipshultz all finished be-tween 17th and 25th place inboth the Classic and Skate.
The Top 10 in each raceare expected to take place inthe Meet of Champions withskiers from all four divi-sions, although the date ofthe meet is undetermined.
Belmont pulls out squeaker over Gilford
PHOTO BY JEFF LAJOIE
Belmont’s Sam Phelps pushes theball up court with Gilford’s OliviaBroderick chasing duringBelmont’s 42-39 win on Feb. 8.
BY JEFF [email protected]
BELMONT — Two even-ly-matched teams went toe totoe on Feb. 8, as host BelmontHigh School survived a last-second three-point attemptto hold off Gilford HighSchool, 42-39, in Division IIIgirls’ basketball action.
“You knew it was going tobe a good game,” said Bel-mont coach Amy West. “Itwas pretty similar to thegame we played at the Christ-mas tournament in Decem-ber but we were happy to beable to pull it out.”
Neither team led by morethan six points the entiregame, with the second halfbeing especially tight. Bel-mont led 19-18 at halftimeand the two teams tradedbaskets throughout the thirdquarter. Belmont’s SaraProut hit a three-pointerwith just 30 seconds left inthe third to give the RedRaiders a 30-26 advantageheading into the fourth.
Mikaela Guertin (14points) scored the firstpoints of the fourth quarterto extend the Belmont lead to32-26, but Gilford had an an-swer. Paige Laliberte (sevenpoints) drained a 3 and SarahVeazey (14 points) added alayup to put the Golden Ea-gles right back in it at 32-31.
“Gilford just wouldn’t goaway,” said West. “I thoughtwe might pull away a bit af-ter we went up by six early inthe fourth but they stayedright with us.”
Veazey’s hoop was just thebeginning of her hot fourthquarter, as she scored Gil-
ford’s next six points as theEagles drew even at 37 with1:38 left when she buried ajumper.
“She did a nice job of be-ing aggressive and went on alittle roll,” said Gilford coachRick Forge.
Britni Spaulding put Bel-mont back on top when shebanked home a jump shotwith 1:05 left and Guertin’slayup gave the Raiders a 41-37 lead with 41 seconds left.
But the Eagles continuedto hang around, as HayleyJakubens (five points, six re-bounds) connected on a
jumper from the foul line tocut it to 41-39 with 10 secondsleft. Spaulding was fouledand hit one of two freethrows with nine secondsleft, setting the stage for a po-tential dramatic finish. Gil-ford got the ball up the floorand the ball found its way in-to the hands of Veazey, buther heave from just outsidethe three-point line came upjust short to secure the Bel-mont win.
“We got the shot we want-ed and we went with Sarahbecause she had the hothand,” said Forge. “It wastwo evenly matched teamsand in the end, they just hada little bit more outsideshooting than we did.”
Belmont had to play formost of the night without for-ward Myranda Lewis, whosuffered an ankle injury ear-ly in the second quarter. WithLewis, a top rebounder, out ofthe lineup, junior LaurenPrice stepped up inside andhad a solid night. Price fin-ished with nine points, in-cluding three big free throwsin the fourth quarter.
“Lauren was physical in-side and she played aggres-sively getting to the basketwhen we needed her to,”West said. “Losing Myrandawas a tough loss and if we’regoing to have to be withouther for a period of time,we’regoing to need some othergirls to step up.”
Sam Phelps scored sevenpoints for Belmont (6-9) whileMolly Dietrich (five points,seven steals) and Abby Har-ris (six rebounds, six assists)paced Gilford (3-11).
Both teams may partake
in a play-in game for the Di-vision III Tournament. Play-in games are scheduled forFeb. 18 with preliminaryround contests slated for Feb.23.
Gilford Parks and Recreation NewsBY HERB GREENEDIRECTOR
Adult Snowshoeing
The Gilford Parks andRecreation Department issponsoring a series of “getout of the house” snowshoehikes for any adults lookingfor fresh air, fun and exercisethis winter. The scheduledhikes will be held on Tues-day mornings with partici-pants meeting in the GilfordTown Hall at 9:30 a.m. priorto each hike. The hikes willconclude on Feb. 22 atPrescott Farm in Laconia. Ifyou are in need of snow-shoes, we do have a limitedsupply available for eachhike at a nominal fee. Theymay be reserved on a firstcome basis by calling theParks and Rec office in ad-vance. All interested partici-pants must RSVP at least twoday in advance to each trip.The cost of the hikes is $1 perperson, per hike.
For more information orto RSVP, please contact theGilford Parks and RecreationDept. at 527-4722.
Ice Skating Party
The Gilford Parks andRecreation Department issponsoring a Community IceSkating Party on Friday, Feb.25, to kick off February Va-
cation Week. This skatingparty will be held from 6:30 –8 p.m. at the Arthur A. TiltonIce Rink located on VarneyPoint Road. This will be afamily oriented, open skateparty (no sticks and pucks)with music and hot choco-late. Participants shouldbring their own ice skatesand dress appropriately forthe weather. As there is lim-ited parking available at theice rink, participants are re-minded that there is addi-tional parking in the lot ad-jacent to the rink (boat trail-er lot) and at the Town Beach.We ask participants to pleasenot park along the road.
For more information,please contact the GilfordParks and Recreation De-partment at 527-4722.
February Vacation
Winter Carnival
–The Gilford Parks andRecreation Department isplanning some Winter Car-nival activities for the wholefamily on Wednesday, March2. These activities will in-clude a Cardboard Box SledDerby and Curling Games.
The Cardboard Box SledDerby competition will beheld on March 2 from 10 a.m.- noon at the Gilford OutingClub sledding hill on Cherry
Valley Road. Participants inthis program will build theirown sled ahead of time andcompete in a variety of racesat the sledding hill the day ofthe event. This program isopen to participants ages 5and up. All interested par-ticipants must pre-registerby Monday, Feb. 28. All in-terested participants shouldcontact the Parks and Recre-ation Department for Derbydesign guidelines.
The Curling Games will beheld at the Arthur A TiltonIce Rink on March 2. A funintroduction to the sport ofcurling will be open to anyinterested participants. Agame for children ages 6-17will be held from 2-3 p.m. anda game for adults ages 18 andup will be held from 3-4 p.m.Curling is the sport of “slid-ing stones” down the ice inan attempt to get your“stones” closer to the targetthan your opponent. Al-though this activity is heldon the ice, participants do notwear ice skates. Participantsshould dress to be outsideand should wear sneakers orboots. All participants mayregister at the event.
For more information onany of these programs,please contact the GilfordParks and Rec. at 527-4722.
SWIM MEET (Continued from Page B1)
state meet.“I had at least three swim-
mers that I think would’vegotten cut times in otherevents, which would’ve been
lives by giving up and goinghome.
On the plus side, I did getan awesome shot of my bootas I snapped away whilefalling backward.
So I just want to make itknown that I am sorry to allthose affected by my abilityto be a jinx. Maybe it was kar-ma for laughing at the per-son who face-planted walk-ing down Loon Mountain theday before. I can’t help thefact that it’s funny when peo-ple fall. If it wasn’t funny,Youtube wouldn’t be nearlyas popular. I’m hoping this isall behind me and I can goback to what I do best. Is itbaseball season yet?
ADVENTURES(Continued from Page B1)
nice,” he said. “But all-in-all,it was a really good seasonand there was a lot of im-provement. Some of thefreshmen really stepped it upand had a good season. We’regoing to lose three seniors(Ben Whitaker, Spencer Bosand Caitlyn Cennamo) butwe should have another goodgroup next year.”
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OSSIPEE: Just listed and won’t last long at thisprice! Brand new 3BR/2A Ranch, “To be Built”on a 1.5 acre lot in a new subdivision with easyaccess to Route 16 and in a quaint village set-ting. Amenities include 1st floor laundry, masterBR with bath and a full unfinished basement too.A great deal for $149,000 MLS #4043593
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SCHOOL ADMINISTRATIVE UNIT #49CHILDFIND NOTICE
It is the responsibility of the Governor Wentworth RegionalSchool District (Brookfield, Effingham, New Durham,Tuftonboro, Ossipee and Wolfeboro) to seek and identifychildren who may have an educational disability. If you sus-pect that a child has a disability, please call the school inthe town in which the child resides and ask to make a refer-ral. For youngsters of middle or high school age the referralshould be made to Kingswood Regional Middle School orKingswood Regional High School. If you have questions,please call the Special Education Director at 569-5167.
Kingswood Regional High School is seeking to contact stu-dents with educational disabilities who have left schoolprior to graduation or turning twenty-one years of age. Theschool would like to invite these students to return toschool. For additional information, please contact theDiagnostic Prescriptive Teacher’s Office at 569-2055.
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PUBLIC NOTICEPUBLIC HEARING – NEW DURHAM NEW HAMPSHIRE
Pursuant to RSA 91-A, the New Durham Library Trustees will hold a pub-lic hearing for the purpose of receiving public comment for withdrawalsfrom the following Capital Reserve Fund.
Where: Tuesday, March 1st, 2011Time: 6:30 PMPlace: New Durham Public Library
$1500 from the Technology CRF ~ Article 8 of the 2007 town warrant.
Richard McCormack, Chairman, Board of Trustees
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jumper to cut the deficit to43-39 with 2:48 left and Dean’slayup with 1:59 remaining
got the Golden Eagles withintwo points.
Belmont forced a turnover
BOYS BB (Continued from Page B1)
with 40 seconds remainingand looked to run out theclock, but Dean stole the ballat midcourt and was fouledgoing in for a layup with 21seconds left. The sophomoreforward sank both freebiesand the game went to over-time tied at 43.
Gilford continued the mo-mentum into overtime, asCurt Chapin and Prescottcombined for the team’s first7 points and the Eagles led50-45 after Chapin’s layupwith just 36 seconds remain-ing. But this time it was Bel-mont with an answer incrunch time, as Perez scoreda hoop to cut it to 50-47 with29 seconds left.
After Gilford was fouled
and missed the front end of a1-and-1, Belmont guard SeanMcWilliams went to the hoopand hit a layup while beingfouled. McWilliams hit thefree throw with 16 secondsleft to tie the game at 50. Deanhad a chance to send Gilfordhome with a victory but hisjumper at the buzzer hit therim, forcing double OT.
“We just talked about giv-ing ourselves a chance to getanother four minutes,” saidCurrier. “Our guys were a lit-tle frustrated late in thegame because we hadworked so hard all game butthey kept plugging away.”
Gilford led 54-52 afterJohn McGonagle’s secondstraight hoop with 1:20 left,but Belmont would makesure there wouldn’t be athird overtime. McWilliamsand Perez hit back-to-backlayups after a pair of GHSturnovers to give the Raidersa 56-54 advantage with 22 sec-onds remaining. After Gil-ford miss at the other end,McWilliams was fouled with11 seconds left and hit bothfree throws to ice the victory.
McWilliams scored all 13of his points in the fourthquarter and overtimes, in-cluding seven in the secondOT.
Gilford, which lost Deanas he fouled out early in thesecond overtime, was led byRonny Bean’s 16 points whilePrescott also had a solidgame with 14 points.
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