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Split on Coös Planning Board led to last night’s work session

BY EDITH TUCKER

[email protected]

COLEBROOK — By the end of last Wednes-day’s unexpectedly con-tentious meeting of the Coös County Planning Board for the Unincor-porated Places, a com-

promise plan was forged during a recess called by chairman John Scarinza in which board mem-bers and Dixville Capital LLC development team members agreed to meet in a “work session” on Tuesday, Nov. 17, in Lan-

caster. By the time this paper

is in print, that meeting will have been held, too late for deadline.

A formal meeting will be held on Wednesday evening, Dec. 2, in Cole-brook.

Edith tuckEr

The Wednesday, Nov. 11, meeting of 10 voting members of the Coös County Planning Board for the Unincorporated Places revealed a deep divide on how much detail Dixville Capital, LLC, should be required to include in its application for a Planned Unit Development (PUD), designed to revive & expand the Balsams resort on over 8,000 acres in Dixville. On hand were county administra-tor & Board clerk Jennifer Fish, left; county commission chairman Tom Brady of Jefferson; attorney Tom McCue of Berlin; Mike Waddell of Gorham; former state Senator & vice chairman Fred King of Colebrook; chairman John Scarinza of Randolph; Rep. Leon Rideout of Lancaster, GOP candidate for District 1 Senate nomination; Mark Frank of Lancaster; Ed Mellett of Groveton; & entrepreneur Rick Tillotson of Colebrook.

The goal is to be ready to hold an up-or-down vote that evening on the developer’s application

for a Planned Unit Devel-opment (PUD).

Earlier, on Nov. 11, the Dixville Capital de-

Holiday makes for early deadlines

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Martin O'Malley to campaign in Gorham

BY EDITH TUCKER

[email protected]

GORHAM — Former Maryland Gov. Martin O’Malley is making the second trip of his cam-paign for the Democratic presidential nomination to the Androscoggin Valley. He stopped for breakfast on Monday, July 27, at the Eastern Depot in Berlin, where he recalled campaigning as a shy college student for then-Senator Gary Hart back in 1983, when the pulp and paper mills were still running.

O’Malley will speak at 7 p.m. on Tuesday, Nov. 24, at the Gorham Town Hall at 20 Park Street, at the edge of the town common. Hosted by the Coös County Democratic Committee, this meeting is free and the public

urged to come and partic-ipate in a town-hall-style forum in the state’s first-in-the-nation primary.

O’Malley is a former Mayor of Baltimore and, more recently, the for-mer Governor of Mary-land. During his terms as Governor (2007-2014), Maryland made great strides in improving public safety, college education, affordable healthcare, and econom-ic growth.

O’Malley is one of three major Democratic Presidential candidates still in the race, along with Senator Bernie Sanders and former Sec-retary of State Hillary Clinton.

For more informa-tion, email [email protected].

Edith tuckEr

Democratic presidential hopeful, former Gov. Martin O’Malley, will campaign at 7 p.m. on Tuesday, Nov. 24, in the Gorham Hall.

Gov. John Kasich to hold town hall forum at noon on Saturday at WMCC

BERLIN — Gov. John Kasich of Ohio, a Republican running for the presidential nomi-nation, will hold a town hall meeting at noon on Saturday, Nov. 21, in Rooms 143-145 at White Mountains Community College.

In Ohio he was re-elected last year by a 30-point margin after working with his fel-low Ohioans to turn an $8 billion shortfall into a $2 billion surplus, cut taxes $5 billion and make Ohio one of the top job-creating states in the nation, according to his online biography.

A nine-term Con-gressman, Kasich

served as chair of the Budget Committee where he led the effort to balance the federal bud-get for the first time in a generation and served 18 years on the House Armed Services Com-mittee where he was a strong ally of President

Reagan and his national security agenda.

Kasich also had a successful career as an investment banker, hosted “Heartland with John Kasich” on Fox News, and wrote two books — “Courage is Contagious” and “Ev-ery Other Monday” — that made the New York Times best-seller list. He and his wife Kar-en have twin teenage daughters.

The governor, a 1974 graduate of Ohio State, is originally from McK-ees Rocks, Penn., a blue-collar town outside of Pittsburgh where his father was a letter carri-er for 30 years.

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Gov. John Kasich of Ohio will speak at WMCC at noon on Saturday.

Edith tuckEr

Governor Maggie Hassan, who delivered the keynote speech on Sunday night, Nov. 15, at the first-ever Business & Industry Association’s two-day N. H. Leadership Summit at the historic Mountain View Grand Resort in Whitefield, posed in the Grand Ballroom with Senate Minority Leader Jeff Woodburn, left, and House Speaker Shawn Jasper, and Senate President Chuck Morse. Hassan pointed out that the Grand Hotel that reopened in 2002 following a $20 million restoration serves as a reminder of the importance of the Granite State’s travel and tourism industry, and that many state agencies and officials are working hard to help The Balsams Hotel and Resort reopen and expand in Dixville.She discussed the importance of combating the heroin and opioid addiction crisis that has led to 259 deaths so far this year by developing a comprehensive plan and keeping the economy healthy so that businesses can grow, thrive, and create more jobs, keeping well-ed-ucated N.H. in state and attracting those from away.

velopment team – David Norden, Ed Brisson, and

Weyerhaeuser to buy Plum Creek, including northern forest tracts

BY EDITH TUCKER

[email protected]

REGION — The in-dustrial northern for-est ownership patterns continue to change, this time in a proposed merger that will create

the world’s “premier timber, land and forest products company,” ac-cording to Plum Creek’s Web site. The combi-nation of two industry leaders — Weyerhaeus-er Company and Plum

Creek Timber Company — is designed to create a $23 billion timber Real Estate Investment Trust (REIT) with more than 13 million acres of the most productive and di-verse timberland in the

U.S. At closing, expected in the late first quarter or early second quarter of 2016, the combined company is expected to have an equity value of $23 billion based on cur-rent share prices. Wey-erhaeuser will keep its name. The shareholders of both companies must approve the deal.

Plum Creek holds 24,000 acres in New Hampshire, all in Coös County; 86,000 acres in Vermont’s Northeast Kingdom, and 861,000 acres in Maine, accord-ing to Mark Doty, Plum Creek’s community af-fairs manager in Fair-

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Rambling in Randolph: a trail running race in the Community Forest

BY DOUG MAYER

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RANDOLPH — When the Randolph Communi-ty Forest was created in 2001 the founders envi-sioned a shared natural resource that sustain-ably hosted a variety of outdoors activities. Just such an event was recently held: the Ran-dolph Ramble — a rug-ged, 10-kilometer-long trail race up Mount Cres-cent, and along Crescent Ridge, beginning and ending at the new Com-munity Forest trailhead on Randolph Hill.

On Nov. 1, 70 trail runners and 11 hikers gathered to take part, with the hikers partici-pating in a more leisure-ly “Limmer” walking di-vision. The weather was cool and overcast—ide-al, really, for a morning of exercise in the moun-tains.

Throughout the morning, the Randolph Ramble seemed to have spirit that felt unique-ly, well, Randolph. There was no shortage of smiles, laughing, and camaraderie among run-ners, hikers, and volun-teers.

Writing about the race later, runner Jim Graham commented, “Truly a superb week-end among kindred spir-its in the heart of gor-geous mountains.”

To make sure the event maintained an in-formal feel, there was a cap of 100 on the number

of participants. This also protected the trails, and reduced the impact on area wildlife. Race orga-nizers followed the event guidelines as outlined by the national non-prof-it, Leave No Trace. All proceeds from the event were split between the Randolph Mountain Club (RMC), and a Coos County effort to encour-age youth mountain bik-ing. The RMC received donations totaling $568.

More than two doz-en Randolph residents took part. Runners were evenly split between the local communities and afar, with a few coming from as far away as Bos-ton and southern Ver-mont.

Josh Ferenc, a nation-ally-noted trail runner who has raced around the world, won with a time of 58:04.7.

Meredith’s Leah Hart won for the women, with a time of 1:14:25.

Three RMC trail crew members participated, with the fastest local race result going to for-mer crew member Jor-dan Cargill, who was third overall at 1:03.59.

In keeping with the spirit of the event, there were no “store bought” awards. Each partici-pant received a small log with an orange blaze on it, orange being the color RMC uses to mark its trails on the Com-munity Forest. The top three men and women runners received large,

handmade wooden num-bers showing their fin-ish place.

The race over, ev-eryone gathered for a spectacular lunch from SAaLT Pub and Libby’s Bistro in Gorham. On a chilly November day, warm chili, bread and cookies fresh from the oven, and cups of cider were much appreciated by all.

By late afternoon, runners, hikers, and volunteers were on their way home. Red flagging that had marked the route of the Randolph Ramble was removed, and it would have been hard to know that just hours earlier, dozens of friends, new and old, were enjoying a late fall day in the Randolph Community Forest.

The organizers, all from Randolph — Doug Mayer, Mike Micuc-ci and Jeremiah Mc-Crae-Hawkins —would like to thank the Ran-dolph Community For-est and the Randolph Mountain Club for per-mission to hold the race on the Community For-est and on RMC trails. We hope the Ramble will become an annual tradi-tion, and take its place alongside other activi-ties that make this moun-tain community special. For more information on the Ramble and to see other comments, visit randolphramble.com or facebook.com/randolph-ramblerace.

Among the Ramble participants was MIT graduate student Ca-terina Scaramelli, who beautifully captured the experience of moun-tain running that day. She wrote: “I heard a rustling behind me, as I was balancing on the

sleek stones and sliding down the muddy path, covered in crumbled leaves. I grabbed a thin tree to slow down my fall. The rustling turned into a waterfall of steps. I stepped aside. A young woman ran past me, jumping down the path

with graceful speed and disappeared in the for-est. I continued to juggle with the uncertainty of the trail downhill, the surroundings becoming a whirl of reds yellows browns and water drops and the musky smell of autumnal soil.”

Jenn Scarinza

Randolph Ramble 10-K trail running race organizers — Jeremiah McCrae-Hawkins, left, Mike Micucci and Doug Mayer, all of Randolph — posed for a photo on race day and thanked all the many volunteers, the Randolph Community Forest, and the Randolph Mountain Club.

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Mike Pelchat, center, of Gorham was one of 70 trail runners to participate in the Nov. 1 inau-gural trail race — the 10K Randolph Ramble — on the Randolph Community Forest. Eleven hiked the route.

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NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING

The Androscoggin Valley Regional Refuse Disposal District will be holding a public hearing THURSDAY, DECEMBER 3, 2015 at 6:00 p.m. at the District Office, 15 Mt. Forist St., Berlin (Post Office building, Pleasant St. entrance) to present its proposed 2016 Budget.

Copies of the proposed budget will be available prior to the public meeting. Anyone wishing to review the budget prior to the hearing may do so from November 30, 2015 on by contacting the District Office, 15 Mt. Forist St., (Post Office Building), Berlin, Monday through Friday 9:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m. - Telephone: 752-3342.

A meeting of the District Representatives will be held immediately following the public hearing in order to finalize the budget.

Thursday, November 26, 2015

BY JODY HOULE

Contributing Writer

Stacy Brown, 35, of Berlin, was found guilty of D.W.I. and was fined $620. She was referred to the Impaired Driver Care Management Program (IDCMP) and her li-

cense was suspended for nine months.

Stephen Gregory, 27, of Berlin, was found guilty of excessive speeding and fined $372 suspended on the con-dition of one year good behavior.

Adam Fontaine, 25,

of Berlin, was found guilty of driving a mo-torcycle without a val-id license and fined $124.

A charge of driving after revocation or sus-pension against Amber Pinette, 30, of Berlin, was nolle-prossed.

BERLIN FIRST CIRCUIT COURT LOG

Supplemental EIS on proposed Northern Pass project released

WHITEFIELD — The federal Department of Energy on Thursday, Nov. 12, released a draft supplemental Environ-mental Impact State-ment (EIS) on the pro-posed Northern Pass Transmission (NPT) project plan to bury an additional 52 miles of its 193-mile-long route. It also announced that in mid-December it would hold three public hear-ings on the 36-page doc-ument, the closest on Dec. 15 at the Mountain View Grand.

Opponents of NPT project asked the DOE to do an addendum to the draft EIS on the route and other chang-es – announced in Au-gust - because they had not been includ-ed in DOE’s original draft EIS. Northern Pass now proposes to bury the line alongside highways from Beth-lehem to Bridgewater. Previously Northern Pass had only proposed burying about eight miles in Clarksville. Specifically, the Au-gust 2015 amendment proposes to bury an ad-ditional 52 miles of the transmission line, shift the international bor-der crossing location in Pittsburg by less than 100 feet, construct new transition stations — one in Bridgewater and one in Bethlehem — change the line be-tween overhead and underground, change the project’s size from 1,200 megawatts to 1,000 MW, and incorporate other design changes, including converter technology and type of cable.

The hearings are scheduled on Dec. 15 at the Mountain View

Grand in Whitefield, Dec. 16 in Concord, and Dec. 17 in Plymouth.

To ensure that the public has sufficient opportunity to evalu-

ate and comment on the Supplement to the Draft EIS and the Draft EIS, DOE has extended the public comment pe-riod to Jan. 4, 2016.

Photo by Jody houle

The ninth annual penny sale and silent auction was held on Saturday at the Northern Forrest Heritage Park. About 350 people throughout the day visited the park and made their bids on $30,000worth of donated items to benefit the Androscoggin Valley Chamber of Commerce. The sales exceeded last year, said chamber Executive Coordinator Paula Kinney. “The Chamber is pleased about the event all in all. Sponsors came through for us and businesses were very generous with donations, and, best of all, is that people came to the auction to support us. The auction is our biggest fundraiser of the year. We depend on this income for our operating budget so we can continue to market our area,” Kinney continued.

State Welcome Centers to open five days a week for three and a half months

The state’s three seasonal Welcome Centers in Colebrook, Littleton and Lebanon will reopen for this winter season — 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., Thurs-day through Monday, from Dec. 17 to March 21, 2016 — under a pilot project between the Bu-reau of Visitor Services (BVS) of the state De-partment of Economic Development (DRED)

and the state Depart-ment of Transportation (NHDOT).

“The winter season is a very important time for our tourism industry,” said DRED Commissioner Jeff Rose in a prepared statement. “Last year, more than seven mil-lion people visited the state during the win-ter months, spending more than $1.1 billion.

The gateway location of these facilities pro-vides us the opportuni-ty to welcome visitors. While this is a pilot for this winter of 2015-2016, the agency will be col-lecting information and assessing the needs of the traveling public for the winter months.”

“Interstates 93 and 89 as well as Route 3 are major entry points in the northern and west-

ern parts of New Hamp-shire,” said NHDOT Commissioner Victoria Sheehan in a prepared statement. “Through the cooperative efforts of DRED and the DOT, motorists will have

more options this win-ter for taking a break during their travels.”

The seasonal Wel-come Centers have been closed during the winter months since 2011. However, based

on the recently signed state budget and en-hanced agency operat-ing efficiencies, funds were allocated to sup-port restoring win-ter operations at the state’s three Centers.

A4The Berlin ReporterWEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 18, 2015

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Hillary’s disqualifying

voteThis editor decided long ago to support a bad

idea whose time had come. He will never vote for a politician who granted George W. Bush the authority to go to war in Iraq. Thus, Hillary Clinton will not win with my vote. Clinton’s ut-ter weakness in the 2002 Iraq debate, when she served as a U.S. Senator, means this editor will cast a vote for a minor party with no chance to win. Could the decision help lead to a Republi-can President extremely eager for more war in the Middle East? Perhaps, but one’s conscience sure can be a mysterious force.

Conscience led several thousand voters to make what turned out to be a big mistake in 1844. If moderate Henry Clay received just 5,200 more votes in the State of New York, the Presidency would have been his. Instead, some anti-slavery voters looking for purity they did not find in the slaveholder Clay gave their votes to a third party candidate. Thus, ardent pro-slavery expansionist James K. Polk won a narrow victory over Clay. During his term, Polk launched the disastrous war with Mexi-co, a decision Clay very likely would not have made.

While speaking to a crowd in Littleton re-cently, Clinton did not mention her vote for war in Iraq. However, she made a comment meant either as a sign of lessons learned about her horrible vote, or a craven effort to appeal to Democratic voters. Clinton declared, “Military force should always be a last resort.” The most fervent apologists for war in Iraq like to make the American people believe there was no oth-er choice but war in 2003, but they are wrong. The intelligence regarding Iraq’s (non-existent) weapons of mass destruction was not ironclad, with some debate among government agencies.

Clinton now uses the word “mistake” in her discussion of the Iraq war vote more than 13 years ago. All people, including those with the power to send thousands to their deaths, are imperfect. Many people have forgiven Clin-ton for her pro-war stance in 2002. Certainly, she can be forgiven, but any individual has the right to never forget, then vote accordingly.

In her pro-war speech on the Senate floor in 2002, Clinton expressed hope that the Bush Administration would not rush toward conflict with Iraq. Her fatal decision was to trust Bush in the first place, as a majority of her colleagues decided to do. Clinton acknowledged that the war resolution “is not as strong as I would like in requiring the diplomatic route first.” Re-gardless, Clinton continued, “I will take the President at his word that he will try hard to pass a UN resolution and will seek to avoid war, if at all possible.” Thus, in the most im-portant decision she would ever make, Clinton sided with Bush’s weak arguments, and signed on for a rush to war.

Between now and election day, nearly one year away, Clinton may prove to the American people that she is the best option, and then be-come our next President. But she will not do so with this editor’s vote. If enough people think the same way, I will then cross my fingers and hope the Republican President acts more re-sponsibly than James K. Polk.

Photo by Jody houle

Over 750 people showed up to support the newly formed professional Berlin hockey team the River Drivers during the first home game on Saturday at the Notre Dame Arena.

From wind tower scars to bears, and (yup, it’s time) Christmas trees

Wind towers and scars:

At least one wind tower proposal in New Hampshire has been de-feated, but others are ei-ther proposed or already up and running. Ditto for Vermont.

My opposition to wind towers was not neces-sarily about the towers themselves, which are bad enough but will come down in 25 years, their sites to be (in theo-ry) returned to as close to a natural state as possi-ble, but about the gigan-tic scars to ridges and mountains for the roads to get the components to the top. Because the spe-cial trucks to haul the 80-foot components are 100 feet long, wide loops are required for turns, vastly extending the damage to the landscape and effects on wildlife. The 33 towers that went up along the Dixville and Phillips Brook ranges south of the Balsams Ho-tel were a bitter loss, and a lesson.

Two years ago, a loosely affiliated group of wildlife experts and peak-lovers, Peak Keep-ers of Vermont, pub-lished a large-format booklet, “Impacts of Industrial Wind Devel-opment on Wildlife and Ridgeline Habitat,” con-taining jarring aerial and ground-level photos of road construction, and some outstanding wild-life images by acclaimed Guildhall, Vermont pho-tographer Roger Irwin.

I keep this heart-breaking publication, now in (at least) its sev-enth printing, in my kitchen as a reminder to household guests as to just how much is at stake, and how much we’ve lost. Anyone want-ing to see for themselves can go to [email protected] for a PDF —

John harrigan

Danny Beloin (left) and a pretty-close-to-perfect, non-Charlie-Brown tree, in front of his ancestral Stevens Hill farmhouse in Colebrook.

or can just Google the same address and view the whole stunning issue on line.

Nov. 10’s New Hamp-shire Union Leader ran an eye-catching front page story and photo on four bear cubs orphaned in Jackson after their mother was shot by a hunter who was, to quote John Koziol’s story, “act-ing within his rights under state law.” Well-known biologist and wildlife rehabilitator Ben Kilham is nurturing the cubs at his bear bene-factory in Lyme.

The mother bear had become accustomed to humans by being fed or by feeding on people’s laxly tended garbage and trash, and had become a human-induced nui-sance, and live-trapping and moving her would have been a touchy busi-ness what with the cubs and all.

Nonetheless, a nearby resident is planning to foster a bill in the Leg-islature to require hunt-ers “to pass” on a mother bear and/or cubs. Many hunters I know would do this anyway, but either way, in my experience legislation is a poor way to undertake wildlife management, which should be left to the pro-fessionals and regulato-ry process at Fish and Game.

Every day, I spread out on my kitchen count-er the New York Times and the Union Leader. This gives me, to put it mildly, two widely dif-fering viewpoints, both ideological and urban-vs.-small-town and coun-tryside life.

In the former paper the other day was yet another story about yet another crime, in which both criminal and vic-tims were described as living in “working class” neighborhoods.

This left me won-dering, and not for the first time: What does “working class” mean? Or “blue collar,” for that matter. Is there a “green collar” (working class?) neighborhood, or “brown collar” (presum-ably farmers and loggers and construction work-ers, and I fit in there somewhere)?

I’m not sure about the rest of you out there, but I’m sick and tired of this “class” business. Where

I grew up, we all played in each others’ back yards, were likely to eat supper at someone else’s house (by dint of a phone call to let Mom know), our families seemed to care not one whit about what other families did for a living or how much money they made, and everybody was the same at a basketball game, in a parade, or at town meet-ing.

A Norman Rockwell, Ozzie and Harriet hazy sort of dream? I don’t think so. I think that this way of life, and this mindset and tradition, are still very much the norm in the world mil-lions upon millions of Americans still live in. Big Media just don’t know about it or can’t identify with it.

My camp partner went hunting far to the south of camp, along the slopes north of Route 110 between Groveton and Shelburne, and came home with no deer but with two ticks, both of them deer ticks, about the size of the head of a pin.

Ticks, which have been extending their range northward along with the warming trend, do so chiefly by migrat-ing up rivers and their watersheds, which means that deer ticks and dog ticks I’ve now encountered around my fields and woodlands have come up the Con-necticut, then up the Mohawk (briefly), and then up Beaver Brook, and eventually into one of the many fingers that form it, three of them running through my woods. Or, of course, they could have been

carried hither by vari-ous creatures, including deer and moose.

Ticks are (to me) loathsome things, and despite all this stuff about loving and appre-ciating each and all of God’s little creatures great and small, and the Lord God love them all, and add on ad nause-am, not that the books weren’t great, I’ve yet to meet anyone who loves a tick.

I always think of that great scene in “The Afri-can Queen,” when Hum-phrey Bogart, having gone overboard into the muck to push the boat through the reeds, clam-bers aboard to find leech-es all over his chest and back. “Get ‘em off, get ‘em off!” he yells, franti-cally swiping and pluck-ing away---about the way I feel about ticks.

Neighbor Danny Be-

loin and I were kidding around about Christmas trees when I had to drop a chainsaw off at his place for the kind of small-en-gine work I’m just not good at. He and his crew of assorted Beloins and crew were working like banshees, cutting trees, dragging trees, loading trees onto farm trailers and wagons, hauling trees to yarding sites, running trees through a netting-wrapper and stacking trees in huge roadside piles to be load-ed onto 18-wheelers via conveyor.

Dan hopes to move 14,000 trees this season, and with trucking to be-gin soon there’s no time to be lost. They were out there working, in the

see NOTEBOOK, page A11



SCHOOL ADMINISTRATIVE UNIT #58

NORTHUMBERLAND-STRATFORD –STARKINVITATION TO BID

The Stratford School District is looking for the following bid proposal for work at the Stratford Public School (19 School Street, North Stratford, NH).

1. Plowing, sanding, and snow removal.2. Spring clean-up (removal of sand/debris from winter plowing).3. Cleaning the drywell out behind the building by the storage shed.

Cover will need to be removed and debris cleaned out.4. Providing a clear and safe passage for the students, staff and

public at the Stratford Public School for the 2015/2016 school year. 5. This will include the driveway around the school and all parking areas.

The entrance/hill section on both sides is the responsibility of the town.Bids will be received at SAU #58, 15 Preble Street, Groveton, NH 03582

until 12:00 pm on Friday, November 20, 2015. All bids will be publicly opened and read aloud at that time. Envelopes containing bids shall be marked as follows:

“Bid Proposal-Plowing-Stratford”

Please submit your bid based on the criteria stated above and bidders may contact Joe Hakey for plowing specifications at 603-922-3387.SAU #58 reserves the right to waive any informalities in the bids, to accept or reject any or all bids, and to award the contract as it deems to be in the best interest of the School District.

Photos by Jody houle

After a series of ceremonies to observe Veterans Day on Wednesday, a group of veterans gathered for the grand opening at the new location of the American Legion Post 36 at 97 Main St.Lorraine Kelley (front middle), who is 95, was among the veterans at the event. She was a frontline nurse in the U.S. Army during a gruesome part of World War II. She has received a number of bronze stars and the French Legion of Honor for her heroism. Also pictured here (from left) is Sons of American Legion Commander Rene Poulin, Post 36 President Laura Botting, Mike Kelley who is Lorraine Kelly’s son, and Post 36 Commander Warren Bedard.

Photos by Jody houle

There was a good turnout and pleasant conversation at the grand opening of American Legion Post 36.

Local veterans celebrate grand opening of new Legion

State Prison chef accused of smuggling drugs to inmates

BERLIN — A state Department of Cor-rections employee — Charles Hanson, 49, of North Woodstock — was arrested on Thurs-day, Nov. 12, for al-legedly bringing drugs into the Northern N. H. Correctional Facility. The arrest came after a lengthy investigation by both the state De-partment of Corrections Investigation Unit and the State Police Troop F in Twin Mountain. The Corrections Depart-ment received informa-tion that Hanson, who is employed as a chef, was allegedly bringing con-traband into the state prison. State police say the investigation is on-going and more arrests could be made.

Hanson was arrested for allegedly attempting to bring a large amount of controlled drugs to in-mates, with an estimat-ed prison value of over $67,000. He was charged

booking Photo

Charles Hanson, 49, of North Woodstock was arrested on Thursday, Nov. 12, on a Class B felony charge of delivery of contrabrand articles to prisoners incarcerated in the Northern New Hampshire Correctional Facility in Berlin, where he is a chef.

with Delivery of Arti-cles to Prisoners that is classified as a Class B Felony. Hanson was lat-er released on personal recognizance bail and is scheduled to appear for arraignment at 8 a.m.

on Tuesday, Dec. 29, in the 1st Circuit Court — Berlin Division.

Anyone with any in-formation on this mat-ter is asked to be con-tact Det. Sgt. Sheldon Belanger at 846-3333.

Second Annual Gorham Turkey Trot 5K Family

Run/Walk/WaddleG O R H A M - - T h r o w

your turkey in the oven, grab your run-ning or walking shoes, a non perishable food item and join us on Thanksgiving morn-ing at the Edward Fenn School for our second annual Gorham Tur-key Trot 5K Family Run/Walk/Waddle.

The event will begin Thanksgiving morning with race registration at the Ed Fenn from 8 to 8:45 a.m. A pre-school age kids fun run will begin at 9 a.m. At 9:15 a.m., there will be a school age fun run. The 5K for walkers and runners will begin at 9:30 a.m.

The 5K course is a relatively flat stroller friendly course begin-ning and ending at the Ed Fenn School.

Top three male and top three female racers will be awarded along with all children par-ticipants.

While there is no race fee, Corrigan Screen Printing has

created a long sleeved race shirt for purchase. Racers can purchase a race shirt by regis-tering for the event by Nov. 18.

Registrations can be found at the Ed Fenn Elementary School, Gorham Recreation Department, Gorham Middle High School, Berlin Recreation De-partment and the Fam-ily Resource Center.

This event was cre-ated with the intention of providing people in the North Country with an opportunity to get out and get active while also benefiting our local food pantries. We are hoping that families, individuals, the old, the young, ac-complished runners or professional couch potatoes will all take part.

Volunteers are also welcome.

More information can be found on our Facebook page Run For You or email us a [email protected].



– Obituaries –

St. Anne’s Roman Catholic Church of Good Shepherd Parish

345 Pleasant St., Berlin • 752-2880Rev. Kyle F. Stanton, Pastor • Rev. Andrew K. Nelson, Assoc. Pastor

Weekend Mass Schedule: Saturday evening 4:00p.m., Sunday Morning 7:00a.m. & 9:00a.m., Saturday night 6:00p.m.

Daily Mass Schedule Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday & Friday 8:00a.m.Holydays Vigil 6:00p.m., Feast 8:00a.m. & 12:05p.m.,

Confessions 3:00p.m. or by appointment

Bread of Life ChurchApostolic Pentecostal • 603-869-3127 • 35A Mill St., LittletonSunday Worship: 3:30 p.m. • Thursday Bible Study: 7:00 p.m.

Pastor: James F. SullivanHarvest Christian Fellowship A Foursquare Church

219 Willow St., Berlin • 752-5374 • Pastor: Bill DonahueSunday Morning celebration begins at 10:30 am

with children’s church and nursery provided • Wednesday Bible Study 6:30p.m.Christian Science Society

Main St., Lancaster, NH • Sunday 10:00 am Service & Sunday SchoolReading Room in Church 2nd & 4th Wednesdays • 10-2 p.m. (June - August)

West Milan United Methodist ChurchBible Study every Thursday at 7 p.m. at Andrew Mullins, 449-2159

Pastor William Simpson

Milan Community Methodist ChurchMain St., Milan • Parsonage-3344 • Church- 449-2026

Rev. William Simpson • Sunday School and Sunday Worship10:30a.m.Gorham Congregational Church, UCC

143 Main St., Gorham • 466-2136 • Rev. William B. Jones, Pastorwww.gorhamnhucc.org • Sunday Worship 10 am • Bible Study Wed. 4:30-5:30 pm

Holy Communion is celebrated the first Sunday of each month.Welcoming all people who seek a relationship with God through Jesus Christ.

Men’s breakfast at 7:00am 2nd Friday from Sept. – June

Heritage Baptist Church Independent-Fundamental207 Jericho Rd., Berlin • 752-4523 • Rev. Dana C. Hoyt, Pastor

Sunday School 9:30, Worship 10:30, Evening 6:00 • Thursday Bible Study 7:00

Word of God Christian ChurchServices at corner Hill & E. Side River Road, Dummer

449-6628 or 449-6765 • www.wordofgodchristianchurch.comSunday Worship & Sunday School 9:30 am

Bible Study after service and Wednesday at 7 pm

Lamb’s Chapel Christian Center214 School Street, Berlin • 752-5773 • www.lambschapelberlin.com

Monday Worship & Prayer 7:00 pm; Monday Men’s Fellowship 6:00 amSunday Worship 10:00 am; Thursday Bible Study & Worship 7:00 pm

Community Bible Church593 Sullivan St., Berlin • 752-4315

Wednesday Youth & Group Prayer Service 7 pmSunday Family Bible Hour 9:45 am

Morning Worship 11 am • Evening Worship & Praise 6 pmSt. Paul Lutheran Church

Rev. Gail Bauzenberger, PastorSt. Paul Lutheran Church is located on the corner of

Norway and 7th St. in Berlin, NH. Our Worship services are Sunday mornings at 10:30 am. No Sunday School

during the summer months. For more information, call 603-752-1410.Holy Family Roman Catholic Church

7 Church St., Gorham • 466-2335Rev. Kyle F. Stanton, Pastor • Rev. Andrew K. Nelson, Assoc. Pastor

Weekend Masses Saturday 6:00p.m. & Sunday 11:00a.m.Reconciliation Saturday 5:15 - 5:45p.m. or by appt.

Weekday Mass Wednesday 5:00p.m.The Salvation Army

15 Cole St., Berlin • 752-1644 Sunday - Sunday School 9:45 - 10:45 am

Monday - Friday Prayer 9 - 10 am

Riverside Assembly of GodBerlin/Gorham Rd. • 466-2851 or 466-5478 • Pastor Paul Lavigne

Sunday Worship 10:30 am • Sunday School 9:30 am • Wednesday 7:00 pm

First Baptist Church79 High Street, Berlin • 752-6215 • Reverend Dean Stiles

Sunday School 9:45 am ~ Nursery availableSunday Worship 11 am • Monday Night Bible Study 6:30 pm

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints (Mormon)

Top of Gorham Hill on the left • 466-3417 Geoff Parkerson, Branch Pres. • 752-6243

Sunday Meetings Sacrament 10 am • Sunday School 11:15 amPrsthd & Rel Soc 12:15 pm

Robert O. Vallee, 91GORHAM--Robert O.

Vallee, 91, of Gorham, passed away on Wednes-day Nov. 11, 2015 at the Androscoggin Valley Hospital in Berlin. He was born in Berlin on May 21, 1924, the son of Arthur and Lucilda (Lessard) Vallee and was a lifelong resident of the area. He was a U.S. Army Air Corps Veteran of World War II and flew 35 missions as a tail gun-ner in a B-24. He was the last surviving member of his flight crew. Robert had been employed as a shoe maker and then

by the Gorham School system for 21 years. He was a member of Holy Family Church, the Du-pont-Holmes Post #82 American Legion and the White Mountain Post #2520 VFW.

Family includes his wife Pauline (Garneau) Vallee of Gorham; son, Dennis Vallee and wife, Denise of Gorham; grandchildren: Denielle Maguire and husband, Michael, of Saranac Lake, N.Y. and Denah Malespini and husband, Steven, of Naples, Maine; great grandchildren,

Sophia and Sonia; sis-ter, Cecile Poirier and husband, J.P., of Berlin; brother, Gideon Vallee of Berlin; several niec-es and nephews. He was predeceased by his siblings Lucien Vallee, Rosario Vallee, Gerard Vallee and Gertrude Ouellette.

A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated on Monday, Nov. 16, 2015 at 10 a.m. at Holy Family Church. Interment will be in the Holy Family Cemetery. Relatives and friends may call at the Bryant Funeral Home, 1 Promenade St., Gorham, on Sunday from 3 to 6 p.m.. Donations in his memory may be made to the Holy Family Church Building Fund. Online guestbook at www.bry-antfuneralhome.net.

Anita R. Leveille, 94BERLIN--Anita R.

Leveille, a longtime resi-dent of Mannering Street and Mims, Florida, passed away Saturday, Nov.7, 2015 at the Nevins Nursing and Rehab Cen-ter in Methuen, Mass. She was 94.

Born on June 9, 1921 in Berlin, N.H., she was the daughter of Napo-leon and Eva (Pelchat) Groleau.

Anita was a 1940 graduate of Berlin High School.

She was a homemak-er and a communicant of St. Joseph Church, now Good Shepherd Parish, in Berlin. Some of her favorite activities were camping and en-joying the family beach vacation at Old Orchard Beach. She cherished

wintering with her hus-band Hector, grandchil-dren and family in Flor-ida. She was also an avid knitter, bowler, baker and card player. Above all, Anita loved her fam-ily and grandchildren dearly and spent as much time with them as she could. She was loved by all and will be remem-bered for her kind words and welcoming smile.

Anita is predeceased by her husband, Hector A. Leveille; her sister, Jeannette Drouin and

her brother, Paul Grole-au.

She leaves two sons Albert Leveille of Bell-ingham, Mass. and Rich-ard Leveille of Topsham, Maine; three daughters: Colette Weitzel of Ponte Vedra Beach, Fla.; Ja-nine Parent and Lucie Melhem of Salem, N.H.; 13 grandchildren, one great-grandchild, sever-al nieces and nephews.

A Mass of Christian Burial was celebrated on Thursday, Nov. 12 at St. Anne Church of Good Shepherd Parish in Ber-lin. Burial followed at St. Kieran Cemetery.

Lorraine Lettre, 82

MANCHESTER--Lor-raine Lettre, 82, of Man-chester and formerly of Berlin, passed away on Monday, Nov. 9, 2015 at the Elliot Hospital in Manchester. Mrs. Lettre was born in Berlin on Aug. 16, 1933, a daughter of the late Simeon and Rose (Couture) Grenier and was a graduate of Notre Dame High School. After high school she moved to Nashua and then to Canton, Mich. where she was a Teach-er's Assistant for many years and returned to Manchester after retire-ment.

Family members in-clude her son, David Lettre of Manchester, two sisters: Theresa Di-pesa of Berlin and Jean-nine Coulombe of Ber-lin; two brothers: Victor Grenier of Nashua and Donald Grenier of Nash-ua; nieces, nephews and cousins. She was prede-ceased by her husband Bernard E. Lettre and two brothers Raymond Grenier and Maurice Grenier.

A Mass of Christian Burial was celebrated on Friday, Nov. 13 at St. Anne Church of Good Shepherd Parish in Ber-lin. Interment followed in Holy Family Ceme-tery in Gorham. Online guestbook at www.bry-antfuneralhome.net.

Maurice J. Côté, 70STARK--Maurice J.

“Moe” Côté of Percy Road passed away Satur-day, Nov.14, 2015 at Coös County Nursing Home in Berlin following a pe-riod of declining health. He was 70.

Born on May 26, 1945, he was the son of Rob-ert J. and Irene D. (Roy) Côté.

Moe attended St. Jo-seph School until the 4thgrade and was a grad-uate of St. Regis School and Notre Dame High School Class of 1963. He then attended St. Philip Neri Seminary in Bos-ton.

On Sept. 1, 1974, he married Julienne F. Mc-Gee.

In earlier years, he was employed at James River Paper Mill in Groveton. For many years, he owned and op-erated North Country Aquarium and Pet Store with locations in Berlin and Lancaster. In retire-ment, he worked for Tri County Cap’s Step One Program as residential staff.

He was a member of Holy Resurrection Or-thodox Church in Berlin where he was a reader. He also attended St. Mar-guerite d’Youville Parish in Groveton.

Moe’s past times in-cluded vegetable and plant gardening, fish and animals, an avid bird watcher, doing geneal-ogy and working out at the gym.

His greatest joy was spending time with fam-ily especially his grand-children.

He leaves his loving wife of 41 years, Juli-enne Côté of Stark; a son, Michael Côté and wife, Mandi, of Gorham; a daughter, Anne Dunn and husband, John, of Epsom;, grandchildren: Monique Côté; Michael Côté, Jr. and William

Dunn; a brother, Richard Côté of Groveton; step-mother, Jeannette Côté of Birch Grove, Gorham; an aunt, Jeannette Tur-geon of Berlin; Several nieces, nephews, cousins and a close friend, Rob-ert Gendron of Gorham.

A Mass of Christian Burial was celebrat-ed on Tuesday, Nov.17 at St. Anne Church of Good Shepherd Parish in Berlin. Rev. Daniel De-Veau of St. Marguerite’s Church in Groveton offi-ciated.

Calling hours will be held Monday, Nov. 16 at Fleury-Patry Funeral Home, 72 High Street, Berlin, N.H. Funeral Matins, a sixth century service of St. John of Da-mascus, was celebrated for Maurice at the funer-al home.

In lieu of flowers, me-morial donations may be made to the Coös County Nursing Home, c/o Pa-tient Activity Fund, 364 Cates Hill Road, Berlin.

Online guestbook at www.fleury-patry.com.

Catherine Pederson, 95B E R L I N - - F u n e r a l

services for Catherine (Rozek) Pederson, 95, formerly of Berlin were held on Saturday, Nov. 7, 2015 at the Bryant Funer-

al Home in Berlin, Rever-end Eleanor McLaughlin officiated. Interment fol-lowed in the New City Cemetery in Berlin.

Kenneth W. Corrigan, 83GORHAM--A Mass

of Christian Burial for Kenneth W. Corrigan, 83, of Randolph, was cele-brated on Saturday, Nov. 7, 2015, at Holy Family Church in Gorham, fol-lowing prayers at the Bryant Funeral Home in Gorham. Reverend Kyle Stanton officiated.

The readings were done by Lynn Corri-gan and Andrew Cor-rigan. The gifts were presented by John and Heidi McCauley. Altar servers were John Fre-chette, Ayden Corrigan and Ethan Corrigan. In-terment with military honors followed in the Randolph Cemetery. Mil-itary honors were pro-vided by the U.S. Army., the White Mountain Post #2520 VFW in Berlin and the American Le-gion Post 82 in Gorham. The flag was folded and presented to his wife Jeannette Corrigan. Pall bearers were Lee Cor-rigan, Wally Corrigan Jr., Mark Corrigan and Daniel Corrigan. Many relatives and friends at-tended the service.

Donald J. Mangine, 80BERLIN — Donald

J. Mangine, 80, passed away on Sunday morn-ing, Nov. 15, 2015 at home.

He was born in Buf-falo, N.Y. on Feb. 2, 1935, the only son of Joseph and Ona Mangine.

He received his Mas-ter’s degree from Uni-versity of Pittsburgh in Public Administration and moved his family to Berlin in 1965 to be-gin his job as Executive Director of the Berlin

Housing Authority, a po-sition he held until retir-ing in 2000.

He is survived by his wife of 57 years, Mary; sons Joe and John; grandchildren Lauren, Kelsey and Adrian; and

great grandson Nolan. Don worked tirelessly

to realize his vision of a revitalized Berlin and provide quality, afford-able housing to its elder-ly and others in need. Don loved horse racing, vacationing with Mary in Saratoga Springs ev-ery August for nearly 50 years.

There will be no call-ing hours or service.

On line guestbook at www.fleury-patry.com.

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Weekly

CALENDAR of Events


Ongoing Events:

LEGO Monday, 3:30-4:30 p.m. A variety of LEGO bricks and Suplos invites children to ex-plore creativity while building sensory-motor skills in a cooperative environment. Gorham Public Library.

Plug-in to the Li-brary, Tuesdays, 3:30-4:30 p.m. An electricity program for school-age kids that enhances ac-ademic skills through school-subject relevant toys and crafts. Gorham Public Library.

Who-Who is Reading?, Wednesdays, 3:30-4:30 p.m. School curriculum and routines introduced as fundamental compo-nents in the 1000 Books before Kindergarten lit-eracy program for chil-dren ages newborn to 5 years of age.

Weeks Diabetes Sup-port Group - The group meets the 3rd Tuesday of every month at 7 p.m. in the Weeks Hospital Board Room. The hos-pital is located at 173 Middle Street Lancaster, NH. The group is for di-abetes patients, as well as friends and family of people with diabetes. Please contact Casey Dowland at 788-5294 for more information. The Diabetes Support Group Newsletter can be found at weeksmedical.org.

Chronic Disease Self-Management Work-shops “Better Choices, Better Health” is a free 2-hour 6 week peer sup-ported workshop held each week for people liv-ing with chronic illness or caring for someone with a chronic illness. Connect with others who

understand. Topics cov-ered include nutrition, stress-management, ex-ercise, and communica-tion. Offered in Littleton, Haverhill, Berlin, North Conway and Plymouth. Contact Becky at 259-3700 or [email protected] for dates and locations of classes.

Jefferson Historical Society - Open mid-May to mid-October and by appointment on Thurs-days and Sundays from 1- 4 p.m. offering exhibits and a varied collection. For more info: Call Win-nie at 586-4372.

TOPS (Take Off Pounds Sensibly) meets Thursday evenings at the Lancaster Emer-gency Medical Services (LEMS) Building, 19 Mechanic Street, Lan-caster. Weigh - in is 5-6 p.m., followed by a meet-ing at 6:15 p.m. Parking and entrance at rear of building. Call Bonnie at 802-892-6614 for more in-formation.

Lancaster AA Meet-

ings - Sundays 9:30 a.m. 3rd and 11th Step meet-ing at Weeks Hospital, 3rd floor conference room. Wednesday's 7 p.m. - 12 & 12 discussion group, Weeks Hospital 3rd Floor conference room; Thursday's 8 p.m. open discussion, at All Saints Catholic Church, Main St., Lancaster. Sat-urday's 7 p.m. Big Book discussion group, Weeks Hospital, 3rd floor con-ference room. Ongoing.

Groveton Weight Watchers meets Mon-days at the United Methodist Church in Groveton at 6:30 p.m.

Weight Watchers meets Thursdays at the

Christ United Methodist Church in Lancaster at 6:30 p.m.

The Presidential Gem and Mineral Society meets the 2nd Thursday of the month. There is a program, raffle and refreshments. Jeffer-son Town Hall 6:30 p.m. Open to all. For more info call Sharon O'Neill at 466-2395 or Dave Tell-man at 837-9764.

Guildhall Public Library will be open starting Saturday, June 1 from 9 a.m. – 1 p.m. Library also open Mon-days and Wednesdays from 2- 8 p.m.

Randolph Public Li-brary-Open Monday and Wednesday from 3- 8 p.m. and Friday and Saturday from 10 a.m. - noon.

Jefferson Christian Church Sunday Ser-vices, 8:30 a.m. at the IOOF Hall, across from the Town Hall. Sunday School offered during these services. Everyone welcome.

Coös County Repub-licans meet on the third Thursday of each month at the Water Wheel in Jefferson at 7 p.m. For more info regarding top-ic and speakers: contact Eric, 348-1140.

Stark Heritage Cen-

ter, Now Open Satur-days and Sundays from noon-3 p.m. through October, Call Dennis Wayne Lunn at 636-1881 for other openings.

Addiction Recovery Program - LDS Family Services of The Church of Jesus Christ of Lat-ter-day Saints sponsors weekly Addiction Re-covery Meetings. Ad-

dictions can include tobacco, alcohol, coffee, tea, drugs (both pre-scription and illegal), gambling, codependen-cy, self-destructive eat-ing patterns and com-pulsive spending. The program is based upon the Twelve Steps of Al-coholics Recovery meet-ings are confidential, free and ongoing, and all discussion is held in strict confidence. Dress is informal and any-one is welcome. Group Leaders: Elder and Sister Putnam, 435-720-2856, [email protected]. Colebrook: Wednesday, 6:30 p.m., United Meth-odist Church, 26 Bridge Street, Colebrook. Starts Wednesday March 11, 2015

Randolph: Tuesday, 6:30 p.m, Randolph Hill #5, US Route 2, Ran-dolph.

The First Baptist Church of North Strat-ford will again host monthly potluck suppers on the second Saturday of each month starting March 14. A variety of casseroles, salads, baked beans and pies will be served. Suppers are at 5:30 p.m. The price is $7 adult.

North Country Toast-masters now meets at Bailiwicks Restaurant, 106 Main Street in Lit-tleton. 6:30-7:30 p.m. Practice your commu-nication and leadership skills in an easygoing, no pressure, supportive atmosphere. Meet every 2nd and 4th Thursday at Littleton. Open to the public, ages 18 or older. Please contact [email protected] or call Elaine at 802-473-0120 to go to northcountrynh.toastmastersclub.org for more information.

Narcotics Anony-mous - Trinity Unity Methodist Church, Lan-caster Road, Whitefield. Wed. 7- 8 p.m.

Groveton Farmer's Market at Caron's Gate-way Real Estate on Fri-days from Noon to 6 p.m.

Lancaster Historical Society Flea Market, starting time 7:30 or 8 a.m. Oct. 4, Oct. 11

Robots Arrive to Plug-in to the Library!- Every Tuesday from 3:30-4:30pm, the Gorham Public Library runs an electricity program (Plug-in to the Library!) that is designed to teach school-age kids about the different types of en-ergy. In addition to snap circuits; squishy circuits made with home-made play dough; LED lights; and other amazing elec-tronic devices...the li-brary now has two robots available during this program. Recon 6.0 Pro-grammable Rover robots may be programmed to get a snack and come back, patrol and protect one’s surroundings, per-form spy missions, etc. What a super opportu-nity for kids to get elec-trified, through playing with age-specific learn-ing toys and inventing, while advancing core subject knowledge and skills (i.e. science, math, English, history-social studies). Contact Sue @ 466-2525 for more details.

This Week’s Calendar of Events:

Friday, November 20Northwoods Home

Health and Hospice, a member of the Northern New Hampshire Health Care Collaborative, is

offering a Foot Care Clinic at the lower level of the AVH Profession-al Center every Friday in November from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. For an appointment, please call 800-750-2366.

Saturday, November 21

Annual Holiday Sale 9 a.m.- 3 p.m. at First Baptist Church located on 79 High Street but the entrance to the sale is on the School Street side. As

always, the ladies re-mind people that there are no early birds al-lowed.

Annual AVH Aux-iliary Christmas Fair, 9:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. at AVH. Over 40 new and returning crafters will be present to sell their hand-made items and home-made jams, jel-lies, dips, sauces, and candies. In addition, the Auxiliary will be selling baked goods and hold-ing a 50/50 raffle, “Se-cret Santa” raffle, secret gift raffle, decorative wooden snowman raffle, and more! All proceeds benefit patient care. For more information, please call Linda Morris at 326-5676.

Tuesday, November 24

Soup Night, 5-6:30 p.m. through the end of March 2016 (except Nov. 25, Dec. 22 & Dec. 29). St. Paul's Episcopal Church, 113 Main St., Lancaster.

PLEASE FORWARD CALENDAR ITEMS FOR CONSIDERATION FOR THE COÖS COUN-TY DEMOCRAT AND BERLIN REPORTER TO [email protected] or call 603-444-3927.

Taproot opens Root Seller Marketplace, Grand Opening on Dec. 3

LANCASTER — Tap-root Farm & Environ-mental Education Cen-ter, a registered N.H. nonprofit organization, has opened the Root Sell-er Marketplace on Main Street, next door to the Polish Princess Bakery.

“We are in the midst of our soft opening, pro-viding us time to work through any bugs and also giving us time to fully stock the market-place,” explained the organization’s founder and director Melissa Grella.

The Grand Opening is scheduled on Thurs-day, Dec. 3, coinciding with Lancaster’s Old Tyme Christmas.

“We will be open for our regular business hours that day, but then at 5 p.m. will kick off our Grand Opening with a ribbon-cutting, music, and some of our Farm-ers Direct vendors on hand for the celebration, offering samples of their local fare,” Grella said.

The Root Seller Mar-ketplace sells food in two ways.

The first is via Farm-ers Direct: the consumer

buys products directly from the farmer. Essen-tially, it is an indoor farmers’ market, so there is no markup on the farmers' prices. The money from all purchas-es goes directly back to the farmers, minus a small consignment fee. Food sold in this man-ner must be in accor-dance with USDA regu-lations, and vendors are required to carry prod-uct liability insurance.

The second is a tradi-tional retail store where food is bought whole-sale and then sold to the public. Bulk food and northern New England beer and wine will be sold this way. Regional food products will also be purchased to fill any gaps left by the Farmers Direct vendors.

The Root Seller Mar-ketplace is in the process of becoming able to ac-cept SNAP benefits, and is also in discussions about joining the Gran-ite State Market Match program that doubles SNAP benefits when lo-cal fruits and vegetables are being purchased.

In addition to selling

Courtesy

Some members of the board of Taproot Farm & Environmental Education Center — Leo Breault, left, Kyle van der Laan, Winnie Ward, and Kris von Dohrmann — recently gathered at the entrance to the Root Seller Marketplace with Taproot’s executive director, Melissa Grella, seated.

food, the Root Seller Marketplace will offer educational opportuni-ties to the general public that align with Taproot's mission of nurturing care for the environ-ment by educating, in-spiring and connecting communities to the land, to their food and to each other in a holistic manner.

“We are very excited about the many oppor-

tunities that are coming down the pipe, and look forward to collaborating on these ventures with other like-minded orga-nizations in the area,” said Grella.

The Root Seller Mar-ketplace is now open from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., Wednesday through Fri-day; from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Saturday; and from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Sunday.

Thanksgiving Weekend at Appalachian Mountain Club

C R A W F O R D NOTCH– The Appala-chian Mountain Club (AMC) is pleased to offer 4 days of holiday themed events over Thanksgiv-ing Weekend.

Starting on Thursday, Nov. 26 and continuing through Sunday, Nov. 29, daily family-friendly nature walks, day hikes, holiday crafts and kids’ activities will be offered throughout the weekend. Our locally renowned Thanksgiving dinner will be served on Thurs-day from noon-6 p.m. (reservations required).

New for this year, we’ll be hosting a Hol-iday Artisans Fair on Saturday, Nov. 28, from 10 a.m.-2 p.m. This event combines a celebration of local artists and an opportunity for holi-day shopping, with all gift items unique to our region. Featured ven-dors include jewelers, silversmiths, potters, photographers, artists, craftsmen and more. On Saturday Nov. 28, at 7:30 p.m., we’ll host a lively musical performance by

Islay Mist Ceilidh, the North Country’s own Celtic Band!

All programs are free and open to the public. For more information or to make meal reserva-tions, please contact the AMC’s Highland Center at 278-4453.

Founded in 1876, the Appalachian Mountain Club (AMC) promotes the protection, enjoy-ment, and understand-ing of the mountains, for-ests, waters, and trails of America’s Northeast. AMC helps people of all ages & abilities to ex-plore and develop a deep appreciation of the natu-ral world. With chapters from Maine to Washing-ton, D.C., guidebooks and maps and unique lodges and huts, AMC helps people get outdoors on their own, with family and friends and through activities close to home and beyond. We invite the public to support our conservation advocacy and research, youth pro-gramming and care of 1,800 miles of trails.



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time is here again, time to get ready for Olde Tyme Christmas! There are many things being planned and things for you to get involved in! We are going to have a decorated house con-test so you need to start hanging those lights while the weather is warm! We will have a first, second and third place for houses entered within two miles of the center of Lancaster and we will do the actual judging on Dec. 17 to give everyone time to get your houses into that holiday spirit. We will have cash prizes and you can sign up during Olde Tyme Christmas at New To You, Riffs Flower

Shop, Woodsville Bank at Shaws, at the Craft Fair with Zelda, Verizon Wireless and the Town Hall.

Another thing to get ready for is the Ginger-bread house Contest being judged at the Li-brary. You can make the houses with ginger-bread or graham crack-ers, but you can’t use one of the kits! It must be made with “mostly” edible decorations and you can get very clever! There will be two new categories this year… a section for high school aged contestants and a section that would be fun to really get going is a category for Lan-caster Town buildings! The prizes are always

fabulous, and of course your creation can stay on display to be admired by all.

Olde Tyme Christmas begins Thursday Dec. 3 at 5 p.m. with Santa's arrival at the lighting of the Christmas tree in front of The Lions Den.

Heart and Sole Mates for Relay for Life at Colonel Town Kitchen will have food to offer! Smokin’ T’s will be at the Town Hall, and the Lions Club always has warm and yummy offer-ings! The Passumpsic Bank will again have their apple crisp, always popular!

The Wagon rides with Stubby Phillips and crew will start in the Welcome Center lot!

Decorate a ginger-bread cookie in the Wel-come Center!

Vendors at both the Town Hall and Colo-nel Town will have ev-erything you need for Christmas shopping…

John Jaworowski does music extraordi-naire.

Window Decorating by the downtown mer-chants something to see!

Santa will be at the Town Hall.

Write a letter to Santa with your wishlist!

Cheryl LaPointe will be photographer for Santa pictures.

Toys for Tots will be collected at Peter Pow-ells Real Estate, the Pas-sumpsic Bank and F.B. Spalding Company.

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WMUR reporter Stephanie Woods interviewed John Scarinza of Randolph, chairman of the Planning Board for the Unincorporated Places, before the Nov. 11 public hearing began on the Balsams redevelopment project application. The hearing was held on the second floor of the Tillotson Center for the Arts in Colebrook, literally putting the Board on stage.

Motor vehicle crash U.S. Route 7 / Locust Hill Road

S H E L B U R N E - - O n Nov. 10, at approximate-ly 0549 hours, Shelburne Police Department, Shel-burne Fire Department and Shelburne Rescue responded to a report of a pedestrian struck by a vehicle. The incident oc-curred near the intersec-tion of U.S. Route 7 and Locust Hill in the Town of Shelburne. When Of-ficers arrived on scene a female pedestrian was lo-cated in the north bound lane of U.S. Route 7. The pedestrian suffered non-life threatening injuries and was transported to the University of Ver-mont Medical Center by Shelburne Rescue.

South Burlington Police Accident Recon-struction Team also responded to the crash scene to provide assis-

tance in the investiga-tion. At this time, the names of those involved will not be released due to the ongoing investiga-tion.

Investigators believe another vehicle may have been involved, possibly a Subaru. Shel-burne Police are asking anyone who may have been in the area at be-tween 0540 hours and 0600 hours to contact the Shelburne Police De-partment at 802-985-8051. This information will greatly help the crash in-vestigation.

The Shelburne Police Department would like to express our thanks to the two Nurses who stopped and rendered aid to the pedestrian in this incident until Res-cue could arrive.

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the request of State Fire Marshal J. William De-gnan and The Carbon Monoxide Work Group, New Hampshire Gov-ernor Maggie Hassan signed a proclamation to declare November as Carbon Monoxide Awareness month. Mar-shal Degnan and the New Hampshire Associ-ation of Fire Chiefs’ pres-ident and Goffstown Fire Chief Richard O’Brien want to remind resi-dents about the dangers of carbon monoxide lev-els in your homes. “Car-bon monoxide (CO) is produced whenever any fuel such as gas, oil, ker-osene, wood, or charcoal is burned. As the winter

months come upon us, our use of fuel for heat-ing increases thereby, increasing the potential for elevated levels of carbon monoxide,” said Marshal Degnan.

Nationwide, hun-dreds of people die acci-dentally every year from CO poisoning caused by malfunctioning or improperly used fu-el-burning furnaces or appliances. This year in New Hampshire there was one reported fatal-ity due to CO exposure. Chief O’Brien advises, “Unvented space heaters should never be used as a primary source of heat. Should your family need

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Burt Mills — presented a project overview on more than 8,175 acres in Dixville (not includ-ing Colebrook) with a “density cap” of 4,600 allowable development units, each on average able to accommodate 3.5 people.

The team pointed out that 54 percent of the Dixville acreage would be conserved: 3,685 acres under a Forest Society (SPNHF) ease-ment plus 735 acres in proposed mitigation.

The ski area would include a series of bowls on the south side of Route 26: 23 lifts with 2,000 acres with trails and 800 acres of glade or “side country” ski-ing, likely making it the Northeast’s largest ski area.

The highest estimate for ski area visitation is 15,000 on a single day with another 2,000 enjoying the spa, Nor-dic skiing, and other amenities. This would mean that up to 17,000 visitors would want to spend the night.

A slide in its Pow-erPoint presentation explained that a PUD conditional use per-mit would be directed at reaching four goals: “approval of concept; establishes regulations and guidelines; estab-lishes vesting rights; and provides basis for (the required) Develop-ment Agreement.”

At some future point, possibly at the end of the projected Phase I $143 million invest-ment, the whole project

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would be “vested,” re-assuring potential in-vestors. This means no zoning changes could be made mid-stream, the team explained.

Site Plan Review would still be required, however.

At the time of the public hearing, Plan-ning Board attorney Bernie Waugh of Leba-non had not yet drafted a Development Agree-ment. The Board’s oth-er consultant, senior planner Tara Bamford who is under contract from North Country Council, had reviewed Dixville Capital’s up-dated application, but it was not discussed.

During the public hearing, the develop-ment team said that it expects to bring the 18-hole Donald-Ross-de-signed Panoramic Golf Course back to its “authentic” roots and to renovate the exist-ing Club House; that no new wind turbines would be erected and that discussions are underway with Brook-field that believes the on-site turbines are in “an insurable situ-ation;” and that some construction contracts would go out to bid and some negotiated; a sat-isfactory meeting had been with NHDES on Tues., Nov. 10, to work out some issues.

DRED Commission-er Jeff Rose said that being on the cusp of the Balsams’ revival — with its promise of North Country jobs — is “exciting, exhilarat-ing, and inspirational” and he urged the Plan-ning Board to be “expe-ditious” in its delibera-

tions.District 1 Executive

Counselor Joe Kenney also said that the Plan-ning Board should feel “a sense of urgency,” since 100s of paychecks are at stake.

Town manager Becky Merrow and Chamber of Commerce spokesperson Britni White also said that locals are eager and ready for an economic turnaround.

County commission-er Rick Samson of Stew-artstown and Pittsburg selectman Steve Ellis said that Coös County needs the project right now.

Once the public hearing was closed, Board vice chairman King said that if the Board doesn’t want to be screwed, then it must “dot all the i’s and cross the t’s,” because the zoning rules can-not be changed once vesting takes place. He cautioned that getting it right is also import-ant because Board de-cisions can end up in court.

Developer Mills said that “markets can come and go” and that the Balsams must be “unique enough to compete in the inter-

national marketplace. We must get out of here with something we can take to the market-place.”

Board member Waddell said that the developer’s concept plan as written is a “carte blanche,” that is, open-ended. “What if Dixville Capital sells some or all of this prop-erty to another entity or entities?” he wor-ried. “Do I think we need to look ahead? Yes, I do! We need to understand what we’re approving and realize what actually ‘runs with the land’ no mat-ter who owns it.”

Scarinza noted an ex-ample of what is in the application that must be removed is on page 15, since it exceeds the Board’s authority. The paragraph says the Bal-sams would only pay for direct infrastruc-ture impacts, leaving indirect one for county taxpayers to pay.

Both Board members Rideout and Brady said they are very frustrated with the bureaucratic approach being taken by the Planning Board leadership, reminding them of the now-typi-cal behavior of those in Washington, DC.

Rideout discussed the continuing eco-nomic hardship in Coös where nearly all mills have closed for-ever. “This board has become a bureaucracy that’s blocking econom-ic development here in Coös County,” he said.

“This discussion is driving me nuts!” com-plained audience mem-ber Rep. Larry Rappa-port of Colebrook.

Board member Rick Tillotson, whose fami-ly has had a long asso-ciation with the shut-tered and deteriorating Grand Hotel, moved to approve the developer’s application.

Board member Mc-Cue said that although he has looked forward to approving the pro-posed project, the Board has not yet prop-erly reviewed the docu-ment as now written, so he would vote “no.”

Waddell said that the Board must insist on getting the level of clear and specific detail that it would require if the project were a tenth of the size of the Balsams, and that he, too, would vote “no.” “We must do this correctly and as though the property is owned by somebody else,” he explained.

King, who has been an unabashed and en-thusiastic proponent of this project from Day One, said that he, too, would vote “no,” since he is “uncomfortable” with application’s lack of detail and the possi-bility that it does not adequately protect the county’s interests. He said that if the motion did pass, he would im-mediately resign his seat.

Scarinza said that he has invested 100s of hours trying to en-sure that this project would be a good one. After spending 30 years in law enforcement in Troop F, he said he understands as well as anybody the need for economic devel-opment in the North Country. Nonetheless, Scarinza said, it would be a mistake to ignore attorney’s Waugh’s cautions and to rush to a “yes” vote of ap-proval without a sound and thorough review. He said the proposed project’s build-out will likely be ongoing over 20, 30 or 40 years, mak-ing it essential that it be done right. Other-wise, Scarinza warned, it will “come back and haunt the county.”

field, Me. Plum Creek manages its New and NEK tracts from its Colebrook office.

More than half of what had formerly been Plum Creek’s timber-land holdings in Coös are now conserved, the bulk

of it as “working” forest. “We appreciate that

Plum Creek Timber Company has been very willing to consider con-servation sales as part of their corporate real estate strategy,” said J. T. Horn, senior project manager for the Trust for Public Land in N.H.

and Vt., headquartered in Montpelier. “TPL and Plum Creek were able to conserve over 31,000 acres in N. H. as part of the Androscoggin Head-waters project in Errol, Cambridge and Went-worth’s Location, which closed in 2014. “These lands are now perma-

nently protected for rec-reational access, wildlife conservation and sus-tainable forestry,” Horn continued via e-mail. “We hope that conser-vation will continue to be part of the corpo-rate strategy after they merge with Weyerhae-user.”

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low-hanging clouds and freezing rain. He and his extended family and crew actually sell some of those trees retail, at lots in Bedford and Manchester. For them, the Christmas tree sea-son is from cut to sale.

We both recalled our younger days when we scoured the woods for wild-grown trees---un-shaped, un-sheared, un-shorn, untouched by human hands until the day we cut them---for the best of a wild and scraggly lot. “We’ve spoiled ‘em with these perfect trees,” I said.

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for sale. “We could advertise it as wilder-ness grown,” Danny said. “Free-range,” I offered. “Home-grown, of course, and all-nat-ural,” Danny added. “And having lived a happy life,” I chimed in.

And we both added, more or less at once, “Do you think they’d buy it?” which, of course, could be taken both ways.

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S P A R T A N B U R G , S.C. — Elizabeth Harp Moreau, 95, died Satur-day, Nov. 14, 2015.

Born June 27, 1920 in Daeman, Lebanon, Eliz-abeth was a daughter of the late Richard Assad and Jennie Habib Harp. She moved to the United States at the age of seven, where she lived in Berlin for the majority of her life until she moved to Spartanburg, S.C. two years ago. Elizabeth was an avid Bridge player, accomplished seam-stress, and voracious reader. Her nieces and nephew remember her making the best snick-erdoodles and multi-di-mensional Jello desserts. She always took pride in her appearance, and had a keen sense of style. As an early practitioner of yoga, she remained in great physical shape and her mind was sharper in her nineties than many at any age. Elizabeth watched Jeopardy night-ly and could answer most of the questions. She was a volunteer at Andro-

scoggin Valley Hospi-tal and a member of St. Anne’s Catholic Church in Berlin, and was a de-vout Catholic.

Elizabeth is survived by her brother, Antho-ny Harp of Spartanburg, S.C.; sister in-law, Nan-cy Harp of Spartanburg, S.C.; nephew and nieces, Richard Harp and his wife, Terri, of Spartan-burg, S.C., Amy Harp and Thomas Hausle of Winston Salem, N.C., Diane and Ford Rayfield of Riverside, Ill., Susan Harp and Jim Prostka of Redmond, Wash., Lisa and John Zinck of Bar-rington, Ill.; and great nephew and nieces, Cole and Ryan Harp, Brian and Christian Hausle, Ashley and Cassidy Ray-field, Anna, William, and

Michael Prostka, and Mitchell, Patrick, Jack-son, and Kelly Zinck.

In addition to her husband, she was prede-ceased by brothers, Aziz and Emile Harp; and sisters, Julia and Helen Harp.

A Mass of Christian Burial was held Tues-day, Nov. 17, 10 a.m. at St. Paul the Apostle Cath-olic Church in the His-toric Chapel, conducted by the Reverend David R. Whitman. Relatives and friends are invited to attend the Committal prayers at the Bryant Fu-neral Home, 180 Hillside Ave., Berlin, on Friday, Nov. 20, 2015 at 10 a.m. with Rev. Kyle Stanton. Interment will follow in St. Kieran Cemetery. In remembrance of Eliz-abeth, memorials may be made to Food for the Poor, P.O. Box 979005, Coconut Creek, FL 33097-9005. Condolences may be made to the family at www.JMDunbar.com. Arrangements by the JM Dunbar Funeral Home, Sportenburg, S.C.

Henry RancourtBERLIN--A Mass of

Christian Burial was celebrated for Henry Rancourt, formally of Berlin, on Saturday, Nov. 14, 2015 at St. Anne Church of Good Shepherd Parish with Reverend Andrew Nel-son as Celebrant. The Cantor was Shirley Jackson, accompanied by Sandra Patrick as organist. The Altar Servers were Bob Pel-chat and Doug Roy.

The Pall was placed by his sons Richard and Ronald Rancourt; his wife, Pauline, placed the cross. Serv-ing as readers were his grandchildren Ty-ler Rancourt and Dr. Monica Rancourt-Es-tes. The offertory gifts were presented by his grandchildren John and Justin Rancourt and Mandy Scott.

Interment followed the services at St. Kier-an’s Cemetery, Berlin. Serving as Pallbear-ers were his grand-sons Justin, John and Tyler Rancourt and

his grandson in laws Travis Estes and Rob Scott.

The Knights of Co-lumbus honored their fellow knight during calling hours.

The service was well attended by family and

friends from near and far.

To post a tribute, please visit www.fleu-ry-patry.com.

Arrangements were under the care of Fl-eury-Patry Funeral Home, Berlin.

the extra warmth and use an unvented space heater, be sure to in-stall a carbon monoxide alarm.”

Fire departments responded to 876 New Hampshire households for CO concerns and NH hospitals reported treat-ing 117 patients. That is why CO alarms are so important. Infants, elderly people, unborn babies, and people with anemia or with a history of heart or respiratory disease can be especially susceptible. Symptoms of CO poisoning may include headache, dizzi-ness, weakness, nausea, vomiting, sleepiness and confusion. Do not ignore symptoms, particularly if more than one person is feeling them. Marshal Degnan warns, “If you suspect CO poisoning, get outside to fresh air immediately and then call 911.”

Techniques to reduce the risk of CO poisoning in your home when us-ing fuel-burning devices include:

Have a trained profes-

sional inspect, clean, and tune-up central heating system (furnaces, flues and chimneys) annually. Repair any leaks prompt-ly.

Install CO alarm(s) with battery backup out-side of sleeping areas.

Test your CO alarm(s) frequently and replace dead batteries.

Do not use a gas oven to heat your home, even for a short time.

Keep gas appliances properly adjusted.

Do not use any gas-oline-powered engines, such as portable genera-tors, in enclosed spaces, including your garage and locate them at least 10 feet from your house with the exhaust facing away from the building.

Do not idle your vehi-cle inside a garage.

Do not sleep in any room with an unvented gas or kerosene space heater.

Make certain that doors on all wood stoves fit tightly.

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Berlin’s Jensyn Dandeneau was named Division III Player of the Year.

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REGION — The an-nual All State lists have been announced for field hockey and soccer.

For Division III field hockey, White Moun-tains Samantha Newell made First Team, along with Berlin’s Jensyn Dandeneau, Chelsey Caron and Mary Cord-well. For the Second Team, Berlin’s Emily

Tennis, Kate Maccarone and Genna Truland were all voted in.

Dandeneau was also named Division III Play-er of the Year for her work on the field this season.

Berlin’s Nicole Ar-guin was named the Di-vision III Coach of the Year after leading her team to an undefeated season and another state championship.

In boys’ soccer, An-drew Pond of White Mountains earned Hon-orable Mention for Divi-sion III.

Girls’ soccer All State honors went to White Mountains Sierra Lam-phere, who earned an Honorable Mention along with teammates Alex Curtis and Corrin-na Boggess. Berlin’s Ry-lie Binette also earned an Honorable Mention.

River Drivers lose first two home games

BERLIN — The No-tre Dame Arena was ready, the Berlin River Drivers were ready and the fans were definite-ly ready for the River Drivers’ inaugural sea-son home opener Sat-urday. Unfortunately the Danville Dashers were ready, riding a three-game win streak and undefeated on the season.

After a year of wait-ing, New Hampshire Executive Councilor

for District 1, Joseph Kenney, dropped the ceremonial puck to kick off the River Driv-ers’ home opener in front of more than 850 fans to start history in Berlin.

The Danville Dash-ers scored first when Ray Tremblay found the back of the net in the first period with as-sists coming from Geh-rett Sargis and Grant Holliday. Brent Clarke added to the Dashers’

lead, scoring on a pow-er play with assists from Justin Levac and Ray Tremblay early in the second period.

Cameron Yarwood scored the River Driv-ers’ franchise’s first home goal on a power play with assists from Troy Polino and Tyler Prendegast at the 7:20 mark of the second period. Dasher Justin Brausen scored off as-

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Over the years, Lahout’s has made a name for itselfBY TARA GILES

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LITTLETON — In ev-ery small town across America, you will find the staples, such as a library, the post office and other places that hold historical value. On more occasions than not you will drive by a building that holds the “once was” title, as in that old building once was a drug store or once was a skating rink or a flower shop, and you’ll find yourself on memo-ry lane, filling yourself with memories of the good ol’ days.

In Littleton, tucked away in the White Mountains, one place that has stood the test of time is Lahout’s Ski Shop. In 1920 the shop began as a general store selling penny candy, beer, cheese and other groceries. Slowly over the years it evolved into a shop that sells outdoor gear for all seasons.

Grandson Anthony Lahout teamed up with Nick Martini of Stept Productions and pro-duced a short film hon-oring his grandfather and his place in ski his-tory.

Lahout’s is the oldest ski shop in America. So what does it take to run a small, successful busi-ness that has been going strong for 95 years? It’s simple. Heart and pas-sion.

Here’s the story of Joe Lahout Sr. and how his shop went from bustling with neighborhood kids wanting to buy a pop and some penny candy to those same kids’ chil-dren and grandchildren getting excited after be-ing fitted for a new pair of skis.

In 1898, Joe Sr.’s fa-ther, Herbert Lahout

ver lining then on a pair of skis for a good adrena-line rush.

In the film, 93-year-old Joe Sr. said, “Just the freedom of being on a pair of skis and out in the weather and the speed, the turning, fol-lowing someone and someone following you is a good feeling.”

Joe Sr. taught himself to ski at Remich Park us-ing two wooden planks and a set of mechanic rubber bands to hold his boots on to the skis. Eventually he moved on to Cannon and began entering races, and he was fast. In 1947, after returning home from World War II, Lahout won the Golden Cannon Medal at the Cannon Mountain annual down-hill. “Directly after the war, I put the goddamn skis on and got out there and did it.”

It was Joe Sr.’s idea to start selling skis and anything to do with the outdoors along with gro-ceries.

With the boom of the ski industry, the sport grew to be expensive, allowing for only privi-leged children to enjoy the several benefits of the sport. Joe Sr. was not having it and insist-ed that the local chil-dren be outfitted with winter gear. Lahout of-fered his products at dis-counted prices that in turn dubbed him a cast out at ski sales, where he was not welcome. La-hout took the blow and continued to deliver his

gear the way he want-ed, which was from the heart.

Joe Sr. says one of his fondest memories was inviting needy families over for an Arabic meal during Christmas time. Each year the families would place their names into a hat. The family name chosen would be outfitted from head to toe in brand new winter gear. Today the Lahout family still insists on making sure the local youth is taken care of. Joe Sr.’s wife, the late Loretta Lahout, creat-ed the Lahout Snuggly Winter Clothing Fund. The charity takes a se-lect number of kids each winter from financially challenged situations and outfits them for the entire season. Local race teams are also given a discount.

Back in the day, La-hout would ski at Can-non for about the price of a gumball in today’s world. “It was the be-ginning of skiing in the east, you used to buy a ticket for 25 cents and I skied there all my life, and we skied hard,” he said. Joe Sr. and sister Gladys ran the shop so that each could go to Cannon mid day and make a few turns before returning back to work. Being flexible made for a successful team. Gladys was a favorite with the customers with her big personality and ability to make everyone feel like they just walked into the home of a family

member. The Old Grange Hall

wasn’t just a shop to Joe Sr.’s young children, Ron, Joe Jr., Nina and Herb, but a playground and home as well. Over the years the Lahout family has grown, how-ever remain close and use the shop as home base.

Patrons passing through it’s original door, include locals, tourists to skiing su-per stars such as Jean-Claude Killy who visit-ed the store in the late 60s during a World Cup event being held at Can-non. Several Olympians such as Gordie Eaton and Alberto Tomba have also visited the store.

While Lahout’s has strong ties to the sport of skiing, they have also meshed perfectly with all winter sports includ-ing snowboarding. The snowboarding trend took off in the late 80s to early 90s, often sans the greatest reputation. However the Godfa-ther of NH skiing says, “Snowboarding pro-gressed winter sports and motivated the ski in-dustry to modernize.” It seems as though all Joe Sr. wants from anyone he meets is to simply enjoy the outdoors in a healthy way.

Anthony Lahout, the spearhead behind the film project, said he was unaware at how unique his family was until he moved out west. “I never

knew it wasn’t normal to have your uncle live next door or have your grandfather attend all of your soccer games.” The love for skiing has been passed down through the generations and young Anthony says he has an innate passion for it.

“When I lived out west, I lived out of my car just skiing. I didn’t want to crunch numbers anymore I just wanted to ski. Even though my parents weren’t happy with my choice to be a ski bum for a season I still had the support of my grandfather,” An-thony said. “Whenever I would talk to my grand-father the only question he would ask is how’s the powder?”

Anthony says he has a friendship with his grandfather that is un-like any other. Joe Sr. made sure his children all did what they wanted to do. “My grandfather wasn’t able to do what he wanted because he needed to take care of his family, so he wants his children and grandchil-dren to enjoy life and do what makes them hap-py.” Lahout says, “My family has more flaws than most with all kinds of crazy personalities good and bad, but we are loyal.”

Joe Sr. never left Lit-tleton on account of the continued support from the community.

In the Lahout family the need for speed and the thrill of flying down the slopes will be ev-erlasting. When asked who the fastest skier in the family is, Anthony responded with a laugh then said, “Well, we are all avid skiers, but my Uncle Herb lives in Austria and is the best powder skier and Ron skis several times a week at Cannon and loves the front five.”

For a blast from the past, one of the original metal gas pumps from the general store was re-cently found in a family attic and brought into the store for show.

A portion of the pro-ceeds from the Joe Sr. Lahout apparel will be given to fund the Mt. Eu-stis project.

Sr., emigrated from Leb-anon at the age of 14. In 1919 Herbert met and married his wife Anne. The two began pedaling goods from a horse and wagon throughout the North Country as well as at the Old Grange Hall that would become the site of the Herbert Lahout General Store and eventually what is known today as La-hout’s Ski Shop.

Joe Lahout Sr. was born in 1922 in the apart-ment above Lahout’s and took over the family business just 12 years later after his father died suddenly from appendi-citis. Joe Sr. helped run the shop with his moth-er and sister Gladys and still lives there today.

During his teenage years, Joe Sr. avoided feeling the burden of being raised by a single mother and running the family business by falling in love with the sport of skiing. What better way to find the sil-

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Joe Lahout Sr. poses with an old pair of ski boots

Wobble’n Gobble race set for Thanksgiving

BY COREY MCKEAN

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FRANCONIA — On Thursday, Nov. 26, at 9 a.m., the Lafayette Rec-reation Department will hold its fifth annual Tur-key Day Wobble‘n Gob-

ble race. A perfect start to a strenuous day of feasting with friends and family. Get your turkey stuffed and in the oven, grab the kids and start or continue an awesome Thanksgiving Day tradi-tion.

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benefits for all of our guests. By partnering with the ski club, we’ve opened up new terrain and made significant improvements like snowmaking, which will allow all of our guests more access to Mittersill, more often, with better snow condi-tions.”

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This fall, snowmak-ing pipe and hydrants were installed on Bar-on’s Run, Way Back, Sky Line, Ridge Run and a new connector trail (to be named later).

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not in use for racing, it will be open to the public. Taft Training Slope will not be used for training or racing during the 2015-2016.

Baron’s Run has been widened and im-proved to accommo-date giant slalom and super giant slalom training and racing.

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sists from Daniel Tur-geon and Brent Clarke to give the Dashers a 3-1 lead after two peri-ods.

The River Drivers came out fast to start the thid period. Yar-wood scored his sec-ond goal of the night a little over a minute into the period off an assist from Matt Sopra-no. Cody Dion scored the second goal of the period for the River Drivers off assists from Prendergast and Troy Polino at the six-min-ute mark of the period, tying it up at three.

The Dashers came into the game unde-feated in the games on the season and they battled back, scoring three straight goals to end the third period and the game. Clarke tallied his second goal of the night at the 11-minute mark off as-sist from Andrew Har-rison. Harrison scored off assists from Scott Morongell and Grant Holiday just before the 18-minute mark of the period. Brausen added an unassisted empty net goal to make the final Dashers 6, River Drivers 3.

The only game on the Federal Hockey League schedule on Sunday matched the hometown River Drivers against the Danbury Titans in their first visit to the Notre Dame Arena and for the first game be-tween these two fran-chises.

The first period was owned by the goalten-ders and through 20 minutes of play neither team was able to find the back of the net. The Titans outshot the Riv-er Drivers 21-6 during the opening period, both the Titans’ Alex Vazzano and River Drivers’ Bradley Bar-one stood tall in their respective creases.

Both teams came out in the second period with a little pep in their skates and the Titans opened the scoring at the three-minute mark when Phil Bronner scored off assists from Dean Yakura and Ty-ler Gjurich. Bronner’s goal started a flurry of scoring by the Titans. Ryan Patsch scored three minutes later, taking assists from Gjurich and Yakura. Matt Caranci scored off an assist from Al Graves just before the 16-minute point of the period to give the Ti-tans a 3-0 lead. Pren-dergast broke up Vaz-zano’s shutout, scoring off an assist from Poli-no at the 17-minute mark. Just a few sec-onds later, the Titans responded with their fourth goal of the peri-od as Patsch and John Scorcia assisted on Gjurich’s goal.

The final period saw shots exchanged and goals scored by both teams. Titan Zach Tatrn scored at the four-minute mark, taking an assist from Frank Schumacher. Prendergast scored his second goal of the after-noon with assists from Polino and Dion at the 5:34 point of the period. When the final buzz-er sounded, the Titans had handed the River Drivers a 5-2 loss.

The River Drivers next home game will be against the Danbury Titans on Wednesday, Nov. 25, game starts at 7 p.m. Tickets are now on sale by calling the River Drivers’ front office at 752-4100 or 915-3063 or you can e-mail [email protected]. For ad-ditional information and to stay current on the RiverDrivers visit them online at River-DriversHockey.com, on Facebook, and on Twit-ter (@GoRiverDrivers).

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Black and Blue Trail Smashers selected as Olympic Development Program

W A T E R V I L L E VALLLEY — The Wa-terville Valley Black and Blue Trail Smash-ers Sports Educational Foundation has been selected by the United States Olympic Com-mittee as a Community Olympic Development

Program. WVBBTS, a premier snow sports training and competi-tion center, is the first mountain sports orga-nization in the eastern United States to receive the designation and is one of 15 CODPs nation-wide.

Created by the USOC in 1998, the CODP part-ners with sport commu-nities across the country to help enhance high quality, intermediate sports programs for tal-ented youth, while maxi-mizing their potential in Olympic and Paralym-

pic sports. Since 1966, WVBBTS has provided accessible, family friend-ly snow sports program-ming, helping develop more than 25 U.S. Olym-pians in skiing and snowboarding.

“We are thrilled to receive the CODP desig-nation,” said WVBBTS CEO Peter Stokloza. “This aligns WVBBTS with the U.S. Olympic Committee and other organizations that devel-op athletes in Olympic sports. This partnership will provide WVBBTS access to current re-sources, best practices and highly trained edu-cators who will help our organization develop young athletes to their full potential. This alli-ance will keep the Olym-pic spirit alive in our community.”

“The USOC is pleased to welcome WVBBTS to its diverse portfolio of CODPs,” said Alicia McConnell, USOC di-rector of training sites and community part-nerships. “The center’s commitment to excel-lence and youth develop-ment is evident in their

athletes’ success, both on and off the snow.”

As part of the CODP designation, WVBBTS will continue to provide leadership and guidance in helping athletes strive for elite performance in alpine racing, free-style skiing and snow-boarding. Through the partnership with the USOC, the center will have access to nutrition research, sport psychol-ogy and programs that emphasize coaching techniques and athlete development. The goal of the partnership is to broaden interest and participation in ski-ing and snowboarding, while maximizing the program’s potential for Olympic athlete develop-ment.

“Congratulations to all WVBBTS families and staff on the desig-nation as a Community Olympic Development Program,” said Wesley Preston, freestyle pro-gram director and for-mer U.S. national team member. “The Olympics are about sportsman-ship. They are about be-ing the best that you can be. It is more about per-sonal growth than it is

about winning. This fits well with the mission of WVBBTS. I am proud to be a part of WVBBTS and the Olympic Move-ment.”

“I’m very excited for our organization to be-come a larger part in the advancement of the Olympic Movement,” said Dan Shuffleton, WVBBTS freeskiing pro-gram director and 2014 U.S. Ski and Snowboard Association Freesking Domestic Coach of the Year.

“From Waterville Valley Resort’s found-ing by two-time Olym-pian Tom Corcoran to the recent Olympians who have been trained by WVBBTS, the CODP designation continues a proud tradition,” said Pete Sununu, marketing and communications co-ordinator of Waterville Valley Resort. “We’re excited to see WVBBTS recognized as a pillar of winter sports, not just in our community, but among world-class ski-ers and snowboarders.”

For more information about the USOC’s Com-munity Olympic Devel-opment Program, visit TeamUSA.org/CODP.

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