"This year's event is shap-ing up to be a fantastic onewith so much regional foodbeing represented, everyone'sfavorite beverages and greatmusic," says Lesa Lakeman-McDonald, one of the organ-izers of the Festival of EarthlyDelights. Celebrating it's 4thyear on Sunday, August 10thfrom 3-6pm, Earthly Delightsbrings together a showcase ofregional food, craft brews,wine and music.

The focus of the event islocally made products fromarea restaurants, artisancheesemakers, craft brew-

eries, wineries and confec-tionaries, all of which atten-dees get to sample. An addedfeature this year will give at-tendees the opportunity topurchase bottles of wine di-rectly from wineries to enjoyat home. Bring coolers asmany food items will also befor sale, allowing you to takeyour favorites home.

Paired with all these culi-nary delights will be the musicof master fiddler Patrick Ross,singer-songwriter Hunter Payeand the high energy of TheVan Burens. The event is fam-ily-friendly and kids should ex-pect an appearance fromJingo the Clown and facepainting.

Another big change mark-ing this year's Earthly DelightsFestival is the location. In pre-vious years it was held at the

North Haverhill Fairground,but the festivities this year willbe held at Alumni Hall inHaverhill Corner, the organi-zation's home base. "We havea beautiful historic buildingand we want to showcase it,"says Lakeman-McDonald ofthe move. The organization ismaking plenty of room forparking, including handicapaccess, and activities outsidewill be covered by tents.

The Festival is sponsoredby two long standing localbusinesses, The Dead RiverCompany of North Haverhilland Steenburgh Auctioneersof Pike, NH.

Tickets can be purchasedonline at www.courtstree-tarts.org or at the following lo-cations: An Affair toRemember (Woodsville, NH),Newbury Village Store (New-

bury, VT), The Local Buzz(Bradford, VT) and the Little-ton Co-op (Littleton, NH).

Admission includes sam-ples from over 30 participatingvendors, a souvenir glass, livemusic and a chance at greatdoor prizes and silent auction.The food only ticket is $20 andthe food and drink ticket is

$25. Kids are free when ac-companied by an adult. For afull list of vendors visit the or-ganization's website. Thosewishing to sample alcoholicbeverages should bring astate or government photo I.D.For more information call(603) 989-5500 or emailinfo@alumnihall.org.

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To have a successfulrestaurant is not the easiestof tasks. There are a widerange of variables, and inorder to make a restaurantsuccessful the managementteam needs to keep themall in balance.

The Happy HourRestaurant on Main Streetin Wells River seems to beone of those places that hasit figured out. The waitstaffis a mix of young enthusias-tic servers and some longtime employees who seemto know everyone whocomes thru the door. Thecooks have many, manyyears of experience cookingdishes that have alwaysbeen favorites, along withmonthly specials. The menuitself is a vital aspect of anyrestaurant’s success. TheHappy Hour menu includespub fare, appetizers, dailysoup specials, a full saladbar, and proven entrees.There is also a kids menuso that the whole family canenjoy a meal together.

Also a big part of anyrestaurant is the facility it-self. Again, the Happy Hourhas a successful formula.They are located right onMain Street in historic WellsRiver. Over the years thisrestaurant has seen somefamous people visit, (even aUS President) but also is acomfortable place for any-body to come thru the doorand feel at home.. Insidethere are a variety of com-fortable booths in the maindining room. Plus there is asecond dining room thathas a couple of boothsalong with some tables tohandle the larger (8-12 per-son) groups. Beyond thatroom is a third dining areathat often hosts plannedgroups but can also accom-modate the last minutegroup or the single personwho wants to be seated atthe bar. With the variety oftables in this area they can

be configured in any varietyof manners to seat up to al-most 40 people. This areaalso contains a bar that cancater to the assembledgroup and still handle theneeds of those in the otherdining areas. And if that isn’tenough, there is a fourthdining area that also has itsown bar, seating for 40 ormore and doors that canopen it to the other largearea so that even biggergroups can be welcomedand served in style.

Over the years I havehad the opportunity to dinein all four of these diningrooms. My wife and I havevisited on a spur of the mo-ment visit. I have gone witha group that made lastminute reservations for

lunch. There have beentimes where a monthlymeeting has been there forlunch and got a pre-arranged meal. And I havealso attended annual meet-ings that sat down for anevening meal ordered indi-vidually. In each occasionthe staff has made sure thatthe meals come out in atimely manner with consis-tency.

When you put all theseaspects of this business to-gether, you come up with afamily restaurant that hasbeen around for over half acentury. When you are look-ing for a lunch or dinner thatwill please the entire family,make sur ethat the HapyHour Restaurant is on yourshort list of places to visit

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The happy hour restaurantBy Gary Scruton

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QuESTION - Listen, whydon't you just open up a fewof those old wine books ofyours and pick out somestuff at random and tell meabout what you picked? Justopen 'em up and pick a page,any page at all, point your fin-ger and educate me, mayberelearn something yourself?

ANSWER – I thought you'dnever ask.

Q - Money's the same, right?You don't get docked forjumping around from onesubject area to another, justbased on chance, right?

A – Right, money's the sameand it's your time and mine.Books are open now, 6 of them,guess where my finger justlanded?

Q - This is a family newsmagazine, keep it clean now.

A – Here goes random. WINEMAP OF LEBANON, ISRAELAND TURKEY. In the bookcalled “Wines Of The World”page 432. Quote – Clusteredaround the eastern shores of theMediterranean are three nationsthat, despite their cultural andreligious differences, all share ahistorical attachment to wine.Vines have been cultivated inLebanon, (not New Hampshire,but the one located betweenSyria and Jordan over there)Is-rael and Turkey for centuries,and as modern practices pene-trate these areas, the wines arebecoming increasingly accessi-ble to the world market. Growingconditions in these countriescould not be more diverse –from the cooler northern areasof Turkey to the desert-likeNegev in Israel, high-qualitywines are now showing whatthe unique terroirs of Southeast-ern Europe have to offer.

Q - Yeah, right, try anotherbook, another page please?

A – Here goes. Venencia. (Ven-

NEN-see-ah) Schoonmaker'sEncyclopedia Of Wine, page356. Don't confuse this with theItalian way of pronouncingVenice, that northern state ofItaly. We're talking the geogra-phy of Spain here. There, it isan instrument used (like apipette or “wine thief”) in theSherry or Manzanilla country totake samples of wine throughthe bunghole (yes, you readthat right) of a cask. In its sim-plest form, it is a strip of bam-boo with one cylindrical sectionleft intact at the lower end, soas to form a little cup. This cupis now more often made of sil-ver, attached to a pliable whale-bone rod, with a silver hook toserve as a hangar at it's upperend. An expert can use his ve-nencia with extraordinary graceand skill.

Q - OK, what else?

A – Remember, this is justchance. Here are some wordsfrom the “B” section of The NewEncyclopedia of Wines andSpirits. BOCA – Italian red winefrom Piedmont. BOCK – Seebeer. BLENDING - The prac-tice of mixing together or “mar-rying” wines or spirits to obtainuniform quality from year toyear or to obtain a product bet-ter than any one of the compo-nents taken individually. Insome cases, blending is a prac-tical way of increasing quantity– but not quality. All Sherry isblended as is most Cham-pagne, Cognac, and whiskey.Here's another B – BODY - Awine with substance or bodyfills the mouth. Alcohol and tan-nin give the characteristic ofbody. Many great whites can belight, lacking body, but all greatred wines will have it. Whenyoung, a great red wine oftenhas excessive body – you candetect it as dryness on the roofof your mouth. Here's yet an-other B - BOMBOM CREMA –a honey-flavored Cubanliqueur. BOR – Hungarian termfor wine. BOXBEUTEL – Theflat, flask-shaped wine bottle of

Franconia (no, not in NewHampshire, but Germany thistime) and Austria rarely usedexcept for these wines. Re-member a famous Portuguesewine named Mateus Rose?That was a boxbeutel, orBOCKSBEUTEL.

Let's look at some “Cs” –CLOS (clo) – Originally inFrance, a walled or otherwiseenclosed vineyard, as in ClosDe Vougeot - (clo-d'-voo-ZHO).The term today is much moreloosely used, but may not ap-pear on a French wine label, aspart of a wine, unless the aClos, or vineyard, genuinely ex-ists, and actually produces thewine in question.

Q - Stop here. That's a fa-mous wine you just men-tioned – what is it?

A – Clos De Vougeot is a world-famous Burgundian vineyard,and also the name of the winethat's made there - the growingground is the largest of a fa-mous growing area in Bur-gundy called the Cote d' Or –(coat d' OAR). All that informa-tion means the wine is soft,succulent, flavor-full, roundedand downright great to drink.And expensive. Its average an-nual production is now in theneighborhood of 15,000 cases,which for that region is huge.

The pros who speak of thiswine use words like breed andbouquet, body and power. I talkabout it and talk about howpricy it is, which is why I haven'thad any for 20 years or more.

Let's look at another C here– CLEAN – Essentially, a cleanwine is a sound wine, one with-out any “off” aroma or taste,palatable, agreeable, refresh-ing. It is a term that can quiteproperly be applied to a youngwine as well as an old one, toan inexpensive wine as well asa very great one. A wine that isnot clean is bad, generally notfit to drink. And that means –CLOUDY – A wine that is notclear or brilliant. No sound andgood wine is ever cloudy, butthe term should NOT be ap-plied to a clear wine which hasthrown sediment in bottle.

Q - What's sediment beingthrown got to do with wine ina bottle?

A – I'm not going to look every-thing up for you. Find that outyourself and get back to me,maybe next column.

Q - But you're the teacher, soteach.

A – Sometimes teachers en-courage students to teachthemselves.

(Editor's Note – Roudebush

worked for years in restaurants

as a wine specialist and sub-

mits occasional articles on the

wonderful world of wine – and

how to do your own research

sometimes.)

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By Robert Roudebush

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During the past session,numerous bills were submit-ted relative to: NorthernPass, Medicaid Expansion,School Construction, High-way Funding, Gaming, GasTax and more.

Among legislative deci-sions to be made during theupcoming 2015 session, theissue of funding state gov-ernment will be hotly de-bated. Depending uponone’s perspective, balancing

the state operational budgetmay be viewed as a revenueshortfall or a spending prob-lem.

As with the familybudget, the state operationalbudget must be balancedand sustainable. Per capitaincome and household me-dian income vary widely fromone NH community to an-other. For example, if yourlocal property tax is above$28.55 per $1000, your com-

munity is among the highest25 taxing towns in the state.Towns or precincts in this re-gion with a total tax rate of$28 to $30 per $1000 have ahefty tax burden and thesetaxpayers must deal with in-creasing living expenses dif-ferently than those in townssuch as New Castle, He-bron, and Moultonboroughwhere the tax rate is signifi-cantly lower.

Living with high propertytaxes may be more manage-able depending upon one’spersonal income, debt, areatax base, and living ex-penses, and we know thatsince 2000, living expenseshave skyrocketed. In a brief14- year period, a barrel ofoil has gone from $24.11 to$100. Annual health carespending (per capita) hasjumped from $4,550 to$9,300. Ground beef has in-creased 96.3% from $1.90 to$3.73. The new family carthat once cost $20,300 is ashocking $31,500 today.Then there’s the averagemonthly rent that has grownfrom $635 to $890.

Some may contend thatgrowing income offsets livingexpenses. According to USCensus figures, median NHhousehold income rose from$49,467 in 2000 to $64,925in 2012. Although averagehousehold income in NH hasincreased by more than$15,000, this is not the casefor Haverhill where the aver-age household income is$43,307, well below thestate’s average, 14 yearsago. In addition, Haverhill’sper capita income ranks230th at $21,587. The localtax burden, along with dis-parity issues among less af-fluent communities, certainlyprovides reason for closelyscrutinizing the upcomingstate budget. Before votingon the next biennium budget,representatives should care-fully consider and balancestate level financial decisionsbased upon impacts to localtaxpayers and job producingbusinesses.

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Bradford, VT: Old ChurchTheater’s mid-August pro-duction is a stage adaptationof the famous and belovedstory “Little Women” byLouisa May Alcott. Written byPeter Clapham and directedby Gloria Heidenreich, theplay faithfully follows the fa-mous novel, interweaving thelives of the March sisters,Meg, Jo, Beth, and Amy, andLaurie, the boy next door, asthey grow up together in asmall town in Massachusettsin the 1860's during the civilwar.

The overtones of gaietyand the undertones of sad-ness come to life on stage asthe March family struggles tocope with the family's declin-ing wealth during the warwhile gaining insight as theylearn the importance of doingkindness to those less fortu-nate. Appearing in the cast of11 are Mercy Simpson, Des-tiny Lange, Mikaela Keith,Erin Haley, Joan Cooke,Athene Chadwick, Melissa J.Mann, Parker Hogan,Theodore Kenyon, ChuckFray and Brian Kenyon.

The play opens in Brad-ford on Friday, August 15,and plays again Saturdayand Sunday, repeating thefollowing weekend. Curtain isat 7:30pm except for Sun-day’s matinee at 4pm. Tick-ets at the door are $10, $5.00for students. Thanks to thegenerosity of Modern Wood-man of America, a cashmatch has been made avail-able for any tickets sold thefirst weekend to help coverthe cost of the thousands ofdollars of improvementsmade to the theater this year.

Director Gloria Heidenre-ich, with her husband andtechnical director Jim, andher stage manager DianeFray, have jointly presentedmany memorable plays at

Old Church Theater, includ-ing “Heidi”, “Anne of GreenGables”, and “EnchantedApril”. Heidenreich’s other di-recting credits at Old ChurchTheater include “The MiracleWorker”, “The Diary of AnneFrank” and “The Fantastiks”.

Reservations for “LittleWomen” may be made bycalling the box office at 802-222-3322 or online at reser-vations@oldchurchtheater.org. Preview photos, availablea few days before opening,

may be viewed at www.old-churchtheater.org.

The next and final pres-entation of Old Church The-ater’s 2014 season will be acollection of short plays“Caught in the Acts” openingin late September. OldChurch Theater is a non-profit community theater andwill be celebrating its 30th an-niversary in 2015 with a spe-cial production of “Harvey” asa part of the regular five playseason.

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louisa M. alcott’s “little Women”

Old Church Theater’s “Little Women” opens in Bradford

August 15. All ticket sales will be matched the first weekend

by Modern Woodman of America to help defray the the-

ater’s extensive upgrades this spring. In the roles of Amy,

Meg, Beth and Jo are, from left to right, Mercy Simpson,

Erin Haley, Destiny Lange and Mikaela Keith.

The other day when myhusband was in the post of-fice, he heard two womentalking about volunteering.One woman was saying thatshe didn't feel like doing anyvolunteering but felt she hadto do it "with a smile on myface".

I got to thinking about theCracker Barrel and how it isno more, due to the lack ofpeople to volunteer to helpto put it on. After manydecades of this event, it hasfinally come to an end, andprobably rightly so.

I remember the CrackerBarrel in the 70's when it in-cluded a 3-day antiqueshow, a common filled withmany kinds of vendors, won-derful church suppers andan atmosphere of excitementand fun. Gradually theseevents have either goneaway or drastically reducedin size.

Of course the churchsuppers and the Fiddlers

Contest have remained, butit has been harder andharder to maintain the at-mosphere of old.

Like a lot of things, noth-ing remains the same. Per-haps it is time for the CrackerBarrel to go its way. Butthere are many other eventsthat go on--250th anniver-saries of a town, for in-stance, where volunteerismis necessary to carry themoff.

And this is where all of usneed to stop and decide if wewant to help. Do we want tohead up a committee? Workon a specific event? Helpcook a church supper?Demonstrate a craft? Con-tribute money?

And if we do decide tohelp out--let's decide to do itwith a smile on our face, be-cause we are members of acommunity, or interested indoing a good job.

And if we don't--just sayNO.

Just say noBy Elinor P. Mawson

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Calendar of EventsThis is a full page of Calendar of Events for local non-profits. Courtesy of Trendy Times.

Put YOuR FREE listing here!

PLACE YOuR EVENT FOR YOuR TOWN, SCHOOL OR ORgANIzATION AT NO CHARgE. Submit your entries by:

Phone: 603-747-2887 • Fax: 603-747-2889 • Email: gary@trendytimes.comDeadline for submissions is Thursday, August 14th for our August 19th issue.

saturdaysgROTON gROWERS FARMERS MARKET9:00 AM – 1:00 PMGroton Community Building

FREE BLOOD PRESSuRE CLINIC10:00 AM – 12:00 Noon Littleton Fire Station

BINgO6:00 PMBlue Mt. Grange Hall, Ryegate Corner

sundaysCRIBBAgE1:00 PMAmerican Legion Post #83, Lincoln

Monday/thursdayADuLT INTERVAL AEROBIC CLASS6:30 PMWoodsville Elementary School

tuesdaysBREAKFAST BY DONATION8:30 AM – 10:00 AMHorse Meadow Senior Center, North Haverhill

uCC EMERgENCY FOOD SHELF4:30 PM – 6:00 PM 802-584-3857Wells River Congregational Church

T.O.P.S. (TAKE OFF POuNDS SENSIBLY)Weigh In – 5:00 PM – 5:45 PMMeeting – 6:00 PMHorse Meadow Senior Center, North Haverhill

WEIgHT WATCHERS MEETINg5:30 PMOrange East Senior Center, Bradford

AA MEETINg (OPEN BIg BOOK)7:00 PM – 8:00 PM St. Luke’s Parish Hall121 Central Street, Woodsville

wednesdaysBINgO6:30 PMHaverhill Memorial VFW Post #5245North Haverhill

FridaysLYNDON FARMERS MARKET 3:00 PM – 6:00 PMBand Stand Park, Rte 5, Lyndonville

AA MEETINg (OPEN DISCuSSION) 8:00 PM – 9:00 PM Methodist Church, Maple Street, Woodsville

tuesday, august 5NH STATE VETERANS COuNCILREPRESENTATIVE8:30 AM – 12:00 NoonWoodsville American Legion Post #20

CONNECTICuT VALLEY SNOWMOBILECLuB MONTHLY MEETINg7:00 PMMorrill Municipal Building, North Haverhill

thursday, august 7MuSIC IN THE PARK: KAREN KRAJACIC6:00 PMGroton Veterans Memorial Park

Friday & saturday

august 8 & 9ST J PLAYERS PRESENT THE DININg ROOM7:30 PMSt. Johnsbury School

Friday, august 8AMERICAN LEgION RIDERS MONTHLY MEETINg6:00 PMAmerican Legion Home, Woodsville

saturday, august 9PANCAKE BREAKFAST8:00 AM – 10:00 AMLakeview Grange, West Barnet

WEST NEWBuRY SuMMER FESTIVAL8:00 AM – 3:00 PMWest NewburySee ad on page 8

gIgANTIC TENT SALE9:00 AMMeadow Street, LittletonSee ad on page 14

18 ANNuAL PLAYINg FOR CLOVER 4-HgOLF TOuRNAMENT & SILENT AuCTION10:00 AM – 3:00 PMBlackmount Country Club, North Haverhill See ad on page 7

BACKSHED STRINg BAND6:00 PM – 8:00 PMRailroad Park, Woodsville

DANCE: MIRAgE8:00 PM – MidnightAmerican Legion Home, WoodsvilleSee ad on page 8

sunday, august 10BENEFIT TExAS HOLD ‘EM TOuRNAMENTSatellites 11:00 AM - Tournament 1:00 PMBreslin Center, Main St., Lyndonville

FESTIVAL OF EARTHLY DELIgHTS3:00 PM – 6:00 PMAlumni Hall, HaverhillSee article on page 1 and ad on page 3

PARKER HILL RDBLuEgRASS, MODERN, POP6:00 PM – 8:00 PM Rain or ShineCorner of Main St & Prospect St, Bethlehem

Monday, august 11HAVERHILL SELECTBOARD MEETINg6:00 PMMorrill Municipal Building, North Haverhill

ROSS-WOOD AuxILIARY uNIT 20 MONTHLY MEETINg6:00 PMAmerican Legion Home, Woodsville

wednesday, august 13MONTHLY MEETINg - ROSS-WOOD POST #20 AMERICAN LEgION6:00 PMAmerican Legion Home, Woodsville

thursday, august 14MuSIC IN THE PARK: EMILY & THOMASINgER & ANDRu6:00 PMGroton Veterans Memorial Park

Friday & saturday

august 15 & 16PAMFEST

Peacham VillageSee article on page 9

ST J PLAYERS PRESENT THE DININg ROOM7:30 PMSt. Johnsbury School

Friday, august 15SuMMER READINg PARTY & OPEN HOuSE3:00 PM – 6:00 PMGroton Free Public LibrarySee article on page 7

LITTLE WOMEN7:30 PMOld Church Theater, BradfordSee article on page 5 and ad on page 10

saturday, august 16WEST NEWBuRY BACK ROOM YARD SALE1:00 PM – 3:00 PM7292 Rt 5, South Newbury, VT

CHICKEN PIE SuPPER4:30 PM – 7:00 PM / 802-429-2204First Congregational Church of NewburySee ad on page 9

TExAS HOLD’EM TOuRNAMENT6:00 PMOrange East Senior Center, BradfordSee article on page 7

LITTLE WOMEN7:30 PMOld Church Theater, BradfordSee article on page 5 and ad on page 10

sunday, august 17BENEFIT TExAS HOLD ‘EM TOuRNAMENTSatellites 11:00 AM – Tournament 1:00 PMAmerican Legion Post #58, St. Johnsbury

ST J PLAYERS PRESENT THE DININg ROOM2:00 PMSt. Johnsbury School

LITTLE WOMEN4:00 PMOld Church Theater, BradfordSee article on page 5 and ad on page 10

BACK SHED STRINg BANDBLuEgRASS6:00 PM – 8:00 PM Rain or ShineCorner of Main St & Prospect St, Bethlehem

Monday, august 18MOVIE NIgHT7:00 PMGroton Free Public LibrarySee article on page 7

tuesday, august 19NH STATE VETERANS COuNCILREPRESENTATIVE8:30 AM – 12:00 NoonWoodsville American Legion Post #20

EMERgENCY FOOD SHELF4:30 PM – 6:00 PMWells River Congregational Church

All events held at the SeniorCenter are open to the publicunless otherwise advertised.

We are looking for volunteers forthe kitchen for Tuesday, Thurs-day and Friday. If you are inter-ested, please call or come by.

There will be a community pic-nic on Wednesday, August 27,at 6:00 p.m. at Elizabeth’s Park.We will be having BBQchicken, macaroni and dillsalad, four bean salad, punchand strawberry shortcake. Thecost is $8.00 for adult, $6.00 forseniors, $5 for children. Thispicnic is open to the communityand everyone is welcome. Incase of rain, the picnic will becancelled.

Orange East Senior Center willbe going to Cape Cod and theIslands September 8-12. Formore information, please callVicky at 802-222-4782. Every-body is welcome to come.

The next Texas Hold’em Tour-nament will be on August 16.There is a $50 entry fee-thedoors open at 5:00 p.m. andthe tournament starts at 6:00p.m. This fundraiser benefitsMeals on Wheels.

Weight Watchers is now meet-ing at the Orange East SeniorCenter on Tuesdays-the meet-ing starts at 5:30 p.m.

The Senior Center has a footcare clinic on the secondWednesday of the month. Thenext clinic is August 13. If youwould like an appointment,

please call.

There is now a computer classat the Orange East SeniorCenter. The class is being heldon Wednesdays from 10 a.m.to 12 p.m. All levels of knowl-edge are welcome.

Tai Chi Easy classes are onWednesdays at 8:00 a.m.

The Orange East Senior Cen-ter is available for rent. Wehave a capacity of 125. If youwould like to book your wed-ding reception or birthday partyor if you have any questions,please give us a call.

The Orange East Senior Cen-ter now has a Wii game systemfor the seniors to come and try.There are golf, tennis, baseballand bowling games. Pleasecome join us for some fun!!!!!We have started the bowling

league but we still would likemore people to join us in ourfun!!!

If you are in need of any med-ical equipment, please checkwith Vicky to see if we have it toborrow before you purchaseany.

There is space available in theMonday, Tuesday, Thursdayand Friday exercise class. Theclass begins at 9:00 a.m. andends at 10:00. It is a strengthbuilding class.

There is balance class is beingheld on Tuesdays at 9:40 a.m.This is to help with not slippingand falling.

Orange East Senior Center isholding informal Line Dancingclasses for exercise and justplain fun, each Tuesday at 10a.m. Come On Down!

Fri, Aug. 15, 3-6pm: Sum-mer Reading Party & OpenHouse. Our closing celebra-tion for our Summer ReadingProgram! We’ll raffle off ourprizes for our summer read-ing prize drawing, and allregistered readers will re-ceive a certificate and take-home goody. Projects, crafts& snacks for kids of all ages.Hope you can drop in -- noregistration required for thefun!

Mon, Aug. 18, 7pm: MovieNight! Join us for big-screenshowing of 2013 based-on-real-life film starring Judy

Dench, rated PG-13 & basedon the book by Martin Six-smith. (Call/email for addi-tional title information.) Freenight out, light refreshments,and good company!

Mon, Aug. 25, 7pm: BookDiscussion of Philomena: AMother, Her Son, and a Fifty-Year Search by Martin Six-smith, part two of ourPage-to-Screen SummerSeries. Contact Anne at thelibrary if you would like toborrow a he book.

Every Wed, 1-3pm: Crafts &Conversation (for adults).

Join us with your ideas andprojects-in-process – or –just join us!

All of our programs are freeand open to residents of alltowns. Find us on Facebook(Groton Free Public Library)or contact Anne: grotonli-b r a r y v t @ g m a i l . c o m ,802.584.3358. Open Hours:Mon 2:30-7pm, Wed 10am-4pm, Fri 2:30-7pm.

Visit us on Facebook:www.facebook.com/Groton-FreePublicLibrary and at ourwebsite: www.grotonli-braryvt.org

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orange East senior center

Groton Free Public library Events Third summer Program

From haverhill historicalHaverhill, NH – The HaverhillHistorical Society will pres-ent its third and final summerprogram on Tuesday Aug. 12at 7:00 PM at Alumni Hall onCourt Street in Haverhill.Marcia Schmidt Blaine of

Plymouth State Universitywill address New Hamp-shire’s early role in the cre-ation of the National Forests.Admission is free and opento the public.

The Peacham AcousticMusic Festival (PAMFest) re-turns on Friday, August 15thand Saturday, August 16th forwhat has come to be a highlyanticipated weekend of music,dance, and fun for young andold alike set in idyllic PeachamVillage. Through broad com-munity support PAMFest hasbecome one of the premierevents in the region.

This year PAMFest againbrings a variety of acousticgenres to the stage. There willbe blues, bluegrass, old timemusic, classical, and folkmusic with workshops and jamsessions. The dance offeringshave grown with three contradances and one family dancealong with some special danceworkshops. The craft fair re-turns this year and will againfeature the Family Tent withhands-on activities for the kids,and back by popular demandis the Instrument Petting Zoo!

Local organizations includ-

ing the Town of Peacham, theTown of Danville, the PeachamCongregational Church, Fire Department, Library,Peacham Community Hous-ing, Peacham Historical Asso-ciation and others are involved.The backbone of the event isthe Peacham residents whosevolunteer support makes PAM-Fest work. Catamount Arts isalso a partner and key contrib-utor to the success of PAMFestby providing help with promo-tion and ticket sales.

The heart of the festival re-volves around a schedule ofworld class concerts presentedin three very different setting -the historic Peacham Congre-gational Church, the Entertain-ment Tent, and new for 2014 –the intimate setting of thePeacham Café

Friday Evening Concert –5:45-10:00 – PeachamChurch, Jonathan Edwards -

Warm as summer sun-shine, real as the truth, inti-

mate as a long overdue visitbetween old friends … such isa Jonathan Edwards concert.

But before Jonathan takesthe stage, the Friday EveningConcert opens with the skirlingof the pipes as local piper BenPost officially opens the festivalwith his highland artistry.

Carl Jones (returning forhis 4th year) and Erynn Mar-shall – Hailing from Galax,Virginia - Erynn and Carlbring their own brand ofsouthern old-time song-duetsand fiddle/banjo/mando tunesto the Peacham stage. Carlis a favorite on the PAMFeststage and Erynn is arenowned fiddler – don’t missthis dynamic pair.

Wayne Henderson andHelen White - Hailing from the“mecca” of traditional mountainmusic, Wayne and Helen pro-vide a visit to an Appalachianporch. Helen’s simple, strongguitar backup provides a solidfoundation for Wayne’s amaz-

ing guitar wizardry. The folksongs, fiddle tunes (andmaybe a clawhammer banjotune or two) allow an audienceto experience a nice sample ofAppalachian music.

Bob Amos & CatamountCrossing returns for their 4thyear at PAMFest with specialguest Sarah Amos. This su-perb group presents originaland traditional bluegrass fea-turing Gary Darling (mandolin),Bob Dick (bass), FreemanCorey (fiddle), and SteveWright (guitar).

Saturday - PeachamChurch – 6:00–10:30 pm TheGrand Finale Concert

Del Rey – PAMFest isproud to welcome back DelRey! Del started playingclassical guitar when she wasfour. As a teenager, she metbluesman Sam Chatmon whoinspired her to become ablues queen.

Also on Saturday night,we start the evening with An-

nemieke Spoelstra McLaneas she returns to the PAM-Fest stage offering her beau-tiful presentations onclassical piano.

Our next performers arean exciting new trio featuringJeremiah McLane (accordion),Owen Marshall (guitar) andEthan Hazzard-Watkins (fid-dle) will offer a diverse selec-tion of traditional music, fromhigh energy jigs & reels tohauntingly beautiful airs, on ac-cordion, fiddle, banjo, bouzoukiand guitar.

The concert will closewith Tritium Well - a high-en-ergy, local, acoustic, Latin-spiced, folk-rocked,red-barned, reggae, rock,funk, roots, and blues group.

Saturday – Outdoor En-tertainment Tent – 10:00 am-4:00 pm

Live entertainment is ad-jacent to the craft fair areaagain this year, housed in alarge tent to provide perform-ers and patrons with rain orshine protection. The musicstarts at 10 am and continuesuntil 5 pm. Look for DougPerkins, Carl Jones & ErynnMarshall, Wayne Henderson& Helen White, Del Rey, theBand Scramble, and TritiumWell “under the big top!”

Saturday – PeachamCafé – 11:30 am–5:30 pm

The new Peacham Café isready to open after a long effortby a dedicated group ofPeacham citizens. PAMFest isproud to present a series ofperformances in the Café thatwill provide an intimate settingwhere musical magic is ex-pected. The inaugural groupwill be the Bayley Hazen Boysfollowed by Doug Perkins,Ethan Azarian, Alan Greenleaf& the Doctor, Wayne Hender-son & Helen White and ErynnMarshall & Carl Jones.

Saturday - PeachamChurch – 12:30–5:00 pm

A favorite part of the Sat-urday daytime schedule hasbeen the performances at thevenerable Peacham Congre-gational Church. The after-noon offerings start early thisyear with Guthrie’s Ghostleading a sing-along in mem-ory of the great Pete Seeger,then Annemieke SpoelstraMcLane, Bob Amos & Cata-mount Crossing w/SarahAmos, and closing with theBayley Hazen Boys.

Tickets for PAMFest areavailable at Catamount ArtsRegional Box Office, St.Johnsbury or by calling 802-748-2600. 24 Hour Onlinesales are available atwww.catamountarts.org.

The Peacham AcousticMusic Festival is produced byFrank Miller and CopithornProductions in partnershipwith Catamount Arts and sup-port from VPR and Passump-sic Financial Advisors. Formore information and a com-plete schedule and artist line-up, visit www.pamfest.com .

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This magic cooking/dri-ving/heating fluid is calledBIODIESEL and it is “... usedvegetable cooking oil whichis chemically changed to beequivalent to petroleumheating oil or to be used aspart of petroleum diesel fuelin vehicles.” So says WhiteMountain BioDiesel PlantGeneral Manager Bruce Lar-marre.

The used cooking oil -also known as “yellowgrease” - is collected fromrestaurants who save it bythe barrel and it is then col-lected professionally andtransported to WMB by thetanker-full. The used cookingoil comes from restaurant“fryolators”, or “deep-fryers”.No individual donations ofused cooking oil from localresidents are accepted byWMB these days, although itis possible for folks to asktheir local restaurants if it ispossible to donate usedhome-cooking oil to them toadd to their regular sched-uled collection.

AFTER THE OLD COOKINg OIL IS

COLLECTED AND DELIVERED, THEN WHAT?

The cleaning processstarts – water and solids areremoved by sedimentationsettling and the use of ahigh-speed centrifuge. Thenext two steps are called“ESTERFICATION” and“TRANS-ESTERFICATION”,converting free-fatty acidsinto Biodiesel, a clean-burn-ing alternative fuel, producedfrom renewable domestic re-sources. It contains no pe-troleum, but it can beblended at any level with pe-troleum diesel to create bio-diesel blends. And thoseblends can be used in com-pression-ignition (diesel) en-gines with little or no

modifications. It is simple touse, biodegradable, nontoxicand essentially free of sulfurand aromatics.

General ManagerLamarre's background in-cludes a degree in chemicalengineering and he hasbeen involved with WMBD'sHaverhill production plant- itsonly one - since its begin-ning, long before productionever began – designing thestructure of the plant, choos-ing the equipment and creat-ing the production system.He and Production Supervi-sor Josh Aldrich spoke re-cently with TRENDY TIMESabout the upcoming expan-sion of their business, whichalready qualifies as thelargest bio-diesel productionplant in New England. Join-ing the conversation at onepoint were two other keyplant employees, StefanKuhsel, Sales and Purchas-ing Manager (as well as theson of Robert Kuhsel, one ofthe owners), and ProductionEngineer Jordan Cesca.Some of the information forthis article also came directlyfrom the internet, by simplygoogeling WHITE MOUN-TAIN BIODIESEL.

HOW'S BuSINESS?Plant officials say the

place is operating at full ca-pacity right now, 24 hours aday, 7 days a week, and theeye-catching presence ofseveral huge shiny metalholding tanks just recentlydelivered to the plant onBusiness Park Road are tes-tament to the fact thatWMBD has more businessthan it can currently handle.

The new 15,000 gallon ca-pacity tanks, and more tocome for a total of 10 in all,were once used in wine clar-ification. The tanks will nowprovide storage space for in-coming used oil, as well asspace for the finished prod-uct and one of the by-prod-ucts, glycerin. WhiteMountain is pleased that itwill soon be looking to hiremore employees to handletheir increased production.While the plant currently op-erates on two twelve-hoursshifts, near future plans arethat operations will shift intothree eight-hour shifts.

WHY NOT JuST CONTINuE TO uSE OIL?

The company believes,“...that the age of oil is rapidlycoming to an end.” They ref-erence the CIA's World FactBook which indicates that theworld consumes 85 millionbarrels of oil a day, or 31 bil-lion a year. At current con-sumption rates, the bookindicates, the oil left on theplanet will all be gone in lessthan 50 years. And the fight-ing over these reserves hasalready begun. The belieffrom these facts is that ournation's wealth is being ex-hausted by buying and pro-tecting petroleum. WMBbelieves in “thinking locally,acting globally.”

WMB also sells specialtyproducts made from bio-diesel, and they collect andprocess by-products createdduring the bio-dieselprocess, glycerol. They helpfarmers and land owners re-turn fallow and unused openland to productivity through

the planting and harvestingof oil seed crops.

THE MOuNT WASHINgTON COg

RAILWAY CONNECTIONSome of the owners of

WMB also own the MountWashington Cog Railway. In2008 the Railway decided toconvert its coal-fired locomo-tives to diesel to reduce visi-ble pollution and do their partto save our environment.The old locomotives burneda ton of coal every trip up themountain. The new locomo-tives designed and built at

the Mount Washington CogRailway burn 18 gallons ofbio-diesel per trip. If you'dever traveled up the moun-tain during the total coal-burning days, as I have,you'll recall favorably or oth-erwise the constant streamof small crunchy bits of coalblowing through the win-dows, coating you and theseats with a certain bit of tan-gible atmosphere.

White MountainBiodiesel 35 Business ParkRoad, North Haverhill, NH03774. 603-728-7351.

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First They cook With it Then you Drive

With it or heat your home With itBy Robert Roudebush

Pictures courtesy of Joe McQueeney.

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The 12th Annual Cottage Hospital Auxiliary golf outing took place on Saturday, June 21,2014 and was held at the Blackmount Country Club in North Haverhill.

Wells River Chevrolet had a 2014 Chevy Impala parked on the golf course hoping forsomeone to make a hole-in-one on the first green., not to be made again this year. Goodluck to someone for next year!

This year's event was a huge success and the proceeds will be going to Cottage Hospitalfor the new Stress Test Treadmill System.

The Auxiliary would like to thank the many businesses and individuals who sponsoredtees and greens, gave us door prizes or donated items to be included in the Silent Auction.We would also like to thank all the players who came out to play in the tournament. Hopeeveryone had a great time and we will see you again next year.

Also pictured above are the winners of the

tournament. First Place was team the The

Smith Team: Samantha, Ryan, Angie and

Peter Smith.

Second Place team was The Claflin Team:

Sharon Claflin, Jon Vielleux, Erik Zambon

and Chad Claflin.

Third Place team was The Ottina Team:

Bob Powers, Charlie Ottina, Charlie Smith

and Terry Gorham.

Pictured above are Jeff Moore, General

Manager of Wells River Chevrolet and Maria

Ryan, PhD, CEO of Cottage Hospital of

Woodsville. Pictured behind them are Marcia

Selent, Marilyn Bedell, Linda Pair and Susan

Aldrich, all members of the Auxiliary.

Pictures courtesy of Joe McQueeney.

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PERSONAL: For Sale, Wanted, Lost, Found: Up to 30 words FREE for 2 issues.BuSINESS: Help Wanted, For Rent, etc. $10/2 Issues, $20/5 Issues, $50/15 Issues.Price reflects classifieds up to 30 words. For longer classifieds premium may be charged.MAIL OR DROP OFF: Trendy Times, 171 Central Street, Woodsville, NH 03785EMAIL: gary@trendytimes.com We accept checks, credit/debit cards or even cash!

BOAT SERVICE: Is your boat unreliable andready to go? Doesn't have the power it used to?Our Certified Technicians fix things right. We canwater test or dyno test so you know it's fixed.Fairlee Marine www.fairleemarine.com 802-333-9745 09.02

ROTO-TILLINg, WEED WACKINg, gENERALLAWN CARE, WOOD CuTTINg AND SPLITTINg.Minimum charge. Personal transportation alsoavailable. Frank 802-461-5896, Ryegate 09.16

REIKI RETREAT: Barbara L. Smith RMT, Reikisessions & classes. 10 years experience. Nowalso offering massage & Reflexology. Gift certifi-cates available. 90 Farm St, East Ryegate, VT. 802-757-2809. reikiretreat@charter.net,www.vtreikiretreat.com

STILL WATERS HERBAL gIFT SHOP, 376Coppermine Road, Monroe, NH 603-638-3017.Reiki Treatments using crystals. Over 100 looseherbs, herbal supplements and products. Hand-crafted items, gemstones and more. Margie Em-mons, RMT, CHT. Open by appointment.www.stillwatersherbalgiftshop.com 12.23

HAND CROCHETED BLANKETS, MuLTI-COL-

ORED. Fits up to queen sized bed. $100. each.

Also hand knit slippers, men, women, children

sizes. Great gift, multi-colors. $5 each. Contact

Penny 802-757-2824 08.19

2005 STARCRAFT PONTOON BOAT: 20' withtrailer, 25 hp 4 stroke, good condition, radio/cd,sonar/gps, livewell, $9000/BRO 838-500508.19

CONTENTS FROM HOME DEMOTION INMONROE, NH. Windows, doors, cabinets, fix-tures, tubs, sinks, etc. or whole house. Call forpricing and info. 603-638-2200 08.19

1971 CHEVROLET 1 TON, dual wheels, 350, 4speed, cab and chassis. $1,500 or best offer.1969 Chevrolet 1/2 ton, 4 wheel drive, V8, 4speed.$1,000 or best offer. 603-272-4903 08.19

uTILITY TRAILER: W 6' 6", L 7' 7", sides 2'high, excellent shape $635. Also PV steel ChevyRims $10 each, call Dick 802-684-3961. 08.19

VARIOuS ITEMS: Peach colored sofa bed $125or BO. Bar, school desk, kitchen table, coffee ta-bles, drop leaf table, humidor stand, wood rock-ing horse, “patriots” portable grill, w wood chairs.603-869-3202 08.05

VARIOuS ITEMS: New king sized bed ensemble- sheets, pillowcases, summer weight floweredbed spread $35 cash. One regular foam pad $10cash. One inflatable foam pad $15. 802-439-5554 08.05

gOLF CLuBS: Clubs, pitching wedges, and driv-ers for sale. Various prices. Buy one or all. Lo-cated in Newbury VT. 802-429-2163 08.05

TWO LAKE LOTS: 2.6 ac on Streeter Pond,Sugar Hill w/300’ shared lake frontage. Great troutfishing, and views to the White Mountains. App.septic & elec. Reduced to $79,000 each. Owner315-834-9784 09.02

NEW BOAT PACKAgES are coming in soon. Wecarry Avalon Pontoons, Polarkraft aluminum, & Car-olina Skiff fiberglass boats. With Mercury or Hondamotors. Fairlee Marine 802-333-9745 09.02

LIgHTWEIgHT BOAT DOCKS. 1 person can in-stall or take them out. In stock. Standing, floating,or roll-in. Fairlee Marine, see them on our websiteat www.fairleemarine.com 802-333-9745 09.02

CERTIFIED uSED BOATS Lots of good usedboats to choose from. Checked over by our cer-tified technicians. If it's not reliable, we won't sellit. Fairlee Marine, see them on our website atwww.fairleemarine.com 802-333-9745 09.02

OLD FASHION COuNTRY KITCHEN CABINET:

Wainscoting with old fashioned latches. Pictureavailable. 603-348-7172. $400. 08.19

LEgO STAR WARS DEATH STAR: Completelyassembled $100. 603-991-0485. 08.19

ANTIQuE JELLY CABINET, top portion. No backw/4 shelves. 5 ft wide by 4 ft high. Picture avail-able. $100. 603-348-7172. 08.19

ADORABLE FuLLY FuRNISHED A-FRAMED

HOME near Harvey’s Lake beach, VT. $90/nightor or $590/week. Call 802-633-4490 or 802-274-3923 09.30

WELLS RIVER HOuSINg - 2 BD: Section 8Subsidized apartment. Rent is 30% of monthlyhousehold income. Rent includes heat, trashand snow removal. Walking distance to banks,stores and laundry mat. Income restrictionsapply. For an application call Shelly at 775-1100Ext. #7 or e-mail shelly@epmanagement.com.E.H.O. 08.05

WELLS RIVER COMMERCIAL - Business op-portunity in Wells River. Store front and/or frontoffice available, next to Laundromat. Ideal forprofessional office; large front room with privateoffice. Rent includes heat and electric. Call 802-775-1100 Ext. #7. 08.05

AFFORDABLE APARTMENTS FOR RENT! In-come based or market rent. Clean, safe, main-tained year round. Income qualifications apply. Allproperties are non smoking. For families, seniors,or persons living with a disability. Located in NH &VT. All rentals include heat and hot water! AHEADis an equal housing opportunity provider. ISAwww.homesahead.org. 800-974-1377, press 2 forAHEAD Property Management TODAY! 08.05

BOAT RENTALS, Pontoon, Canoes, Kayaks,Runabout ski boats. Daily and weekly rentals.We launch and pick up. Fairlee Marine www.fairleemarine.com 802-333-9745 09.02

INSTRuMENT LESSONS: Offering privatepiano, guitar, banjo & clarinet lessons for begin-ner & intermediate students of all ages. 30+years instructing. Call 603-398-7272. 07.22

50 YEAR OLD MALE. 6’0”, blonde, blue eyes,big muscular build. Looking for long term femalerelationship. No Alcoholics, Addicts or Smokers.802-454-7824 08.05

PAYINg CASH FOR OLD WATCHES & POCKETWATCHES: working or not. Also old fewelry, hunt-ing knives, gold & silver items. Masonic & militaryitems, American & foreign coins, old unusual items.We make house call. 603-747-4000 07.08

CONSIgNMENTS: We take good late modelboats in to sell for you. We do the sale and war-ranty, you collect the cash. They sell fast and getas much or more than selling it yourself. FairleeMarine, see them on our website at www.fair-leemarine.com 802-333-9745 09.02

uSED OIL. We pay 50¢/gallon. We are a certifiedburner, so we will satisfy your legal disposalneeds. Fairlee Marine 802-333-9745 10.14

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Beverly Ruth EllsworthApril 6, 1926-July 21, 2014

A beautiful mother, wife,and grandmother has transi-tioned to be with the Lord. Beverly was a caring, gentle,sweet soul with unlimited kind-ness and smiles for everyone.

Bev is survived by her de-voted husband and best friendof seventy years, BobEllsworth; her three childrenand their spouses, Lynn (Jay),Lori (Lou), and Bob, Jr. (Di-anna); her three grandchil-dren, Eric, Sean, and Kristina;and her three sisters-in-law,Alleda, Cathy, and Lori.

Bev loved gardening,

reading, traveling, music, andspending time with family andfriends. She loved her dog,Gus, and enjoyed playing thepiano. For years she partici-pated in the Meals on Wheelsprogram.

The Ellsworth family is sograteful to all the staff ofGrafton County NursingHome for their heartfelt careand devotion and to their won-derful friends.

In lieu of flowers, you maydonate to Second Chance An-imal Rescue, HorsemeadowSenior Center, GraftonCounty Nursing Home –Alzheimer’s Unit, Friends ofBath or the charity of yourchoice.

Services will be held in thefall.

For more information or tooffer an online condolence,please visit www.rickerfh.com

Ricker Funeral Home &Cremation Care of Woodsvilleis assisting the family witharrangements.

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North Haverhill, NH -Chalmer Ray Hysong, 72, along time resident of theGrafton County NursingHome, died there on Sunday,July 27, 2014, comforted bythe care of his family.

Ray was born in Trafford,PA, on August 11, 1941, toRalph Vinton and Eva (Lewis)Hysong.

Ray moved from Lees-burg, FL to North Haverhill in1986. He was a member ofthe Trinity Church of theNazarene in North Haverhill.He loved his Lord and attend-ing his church. He enjoyedgospel music, a good jokeand laugh with his friends,and regular meals.

Ray was predeceased byhis two brothers, Rev. WayneHyson and Rev. RalphHysong.

He is survived by two sis-ters-in-law, Muriel Hysong ofTavares, FL and Mary Eliza-beth “Betty” Hysong of NorthHaverhill; and several nieces,nephews and cousins.

A memorial service isbeing planned for the con-

gregation of the TrinityChurch of the Nazarene andthe Grafton County staff at alater date at the GraftonCounty Nursing Home withRev. George Hemway of theTrinity Church of theNazarene, officiating.

Memorial contributionsmay be made to either theTrinity Church of theNazarene, 41 NazareneDrive, North Haverhill, NH03774 or to the GraftonCounty Nursing Home, 3855Dartmouth College Highway,North Haverhill, NH 03774.

For more information or tooffer an online condolence,please visit www.rickerfh.com

Ricker Funeral Home &Cremation Care of Woodsvilleis in charge of arrangements.

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Bath, NH - Diane Irene Fil-ipek, 68, of Hill Road, diedunexpectedly at DartmouthHitchcock Medical Center,Lebanon, NH on Wednes-day, July 23, 2014.

Diane was born in Attle-boro, MA on July 21, 1946, adaughter of Roger andDorothy (Lennox) Racicot.She was a graduate of Attle-boro High School and at-tended business school.She married David Filipek onFebruary 5, 1972.

During her working ca-reer, she worked in purchas-ing for HR Harrington inGardner, MA. She alsoserved as the bookkeeper

for her husband’s furniturebusiness. After moving toBath, she assisted folks as apersonal care aide.

Along with her husband,Diane moved from New Ip-swich, NH to Bath in 2001. Inher free time, she enjoyedhandiwork, knitting, and craftsand she dabbled in painting.She was a communicant atSt. Joseph Catholic Church,Woodsville, NH. Diane treas-ured the moments she spentin prayer and praying for peo-ple. She has been describedas a “victim soul”…a personwho takes the pain and suf-fering from others…and as anintersessor for the sick.Diane was brought to Bathand its greater area on a mis-sion by The Lord to pray for itspeople.

Diane is survived by herhusband of 42 years, DavidFilipek of Bath; two sisters,Paula Rocha and husbandJames, Jr. of Attleboro and

Cynthia Rocha and husbandLouis of Swansea, MA; aniece, Aimee Rocha and twonephews, Jeffrey Rocha andCollin Rocha.

There was a calling houron Friday, August 1 from9:30-10:30 AM at Ricker Fu-neral Home, 1 Birch Street,Woodsville, NH with a Massthat followed at 11 AM at St.Joseph Catholic Church, 15Pine Street, Woodsville.Burial will follow in St.Joseph’s Cemetery, Bath,NH.

Memorial contributionsmay be made to St. JosephCatholic Church, 21 PineStreeet, Woodsville, NH03785.

For more information orto offer an online condo-lence, please visit www.rick-erfh.com

Ricker Funeral Home &Cremation Care ofWoodsville is in charge ofarrangements.

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Gary Murphy was born inBarre on June 4, 1949, a sonof Harland Murphy andAnnie Carpenter. On July11, 2014 he passed away,surrounded by loving familyand friends at DartmouthHitchcock Medical Center inHanover, NH, the result of atragic fall at his home inSouth Ryegate.

Gary grew up in Barreand Wells River, graduatedfrom Wells River HighSchool as valedictorian in1967, and from the Univer-sity of Vermont in 1971.

Following college gradu-ation, Gary worked at vari-ous jobs in Vermont andNorth Carolina.

He married MarielynChadwick on 15 March 1992at Post Mills, VT; they laterdivorced.

Gary worked at CapitalCity Press in Berlin for sev-eral years, but was laid off

when the company movedits operations out of state in2005. Since then he hasworked at Shaw’s Supermar-ket in Woodsville, NH, and atJiffy Mart in Bradford, as wellas embarking on a websitedesign and computer repairbusiness, in which he collab-orated with his son, Gaelan.

Gary’s life has been oneof activism, working as aunion organizer and unionrepresentative at Capital CityPress, and more recentlyplaying a prominent role inthe quest for a VermontState Bank. He careddeeply about social justiceand was a frequent contribu-tor to the opinion page of theCaledonian-Record. Hiscontributions were never vit-riolic, but well-reasoned andto the point. He was alsovery active in organizinglocal groups for causes thathe was passionate about.Gary has been involved withlocal softball leagues. Hewas a sports enthusiast andcheered on all the New Eng-land teams, especially theRed Sox. Gary was also anavid reader and history en-thusiast. He was a selflessman who was respected by

many and will be missed byall who knew him.

Gary leaves behind hisson Gaelan of South Rye-gate, brothers Bob (Lynda)of Barre, Ron (Vicki) ofShaftsbury, Dennis (Linda) ofPeterborough, NH, sisterJanet Bryer (partner ChristosManinos) of Groton, formerwife Marielyn Chadwick ofSouth Ryegate, and manyuncles, aunts, nieces,nephews and cousins.

A celebration of Gary’slife was held on Sunday, Au-gust 3rd at 1:00 pm at theRyegate Corner Presbyte-rian Church, 48 BayleyHazen Road, Ryegate, VT.

Should family andfriends desire, contributionsin his memory may be madeto the Gaelan Murphy Edu-cation Fund, in an accountset up at the Wells RiverSavings Bank, PO Box 645,Wells River, VT 05081.

For more information, orto offer an online condo-lence, please visit www.rick-erfh.com

Ricker Funeral Home &Cremation Care ofWoodsville assisted the fam-ily with arrangements.

oBiTuary – Gary MurPhy

oBiTuary – DianE irEnE FiliPEk

Wilma,

You are right that I did not answer this immediate concern. And I am still

not sure that I can honestly address that issue. Hundred or thousands of children

and teens who are here illegally is an issue that will indeed, one way or another,

affect us all. If you are correct and the government sends them all to New England

I don’t know how we

will handle it.

But let me say

this. Sending those

youth here is a major

error. Why spend all

that extra money to

send them here? Spend

the money where they

are. Put up some tents

or whatever until they

can be processed and

returned home, or

given asylum. Bring in

extra judges, lawyers

or whoever else is

needed to make the

process go quickly and

get the job done.

Gary Scruton, Editor

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It’s not just the loss of business fromthe West side residents. It’s snowmobilers,hunters and ice fisherman in the winter. It’sATVers, fisherman, tubers, swimmers, hik-ers, and bikers in the summer. We havehad suppliers drop us because we weren’tselling enough of their products. Despiteour customers’ best intentions, in reality, ifthey have to drive through Woodsville orLisbon to get to Bath, why not just get whatthey need in those towns?

We are hopeful that we will get some ofthose customers back after the bridge re-opens, but people may have gotten usedto their new stops. Even if we get them allback, it will not replace the income lost overthe past two years.

We are grateful for the business wehave received from the bridge crew. Wehave seen them working in all kinds ofweather, on days when we don’t even wantto set foot outside our door. They are to becommended for doing a fabulous job undervery difficult circumstances, including hav-ing to put up with all kinds of “interaction”with the public. If people are unhappy withthe progress and they need more informa-tion, they should attend the Bridge Com-mittee’s or Selectmen’s meetings.

Sincerely,Mike & Nancy Lusby

The Brick Store, Bath, NH

Letter To The Editor

Mike & Nancy,

As with almost any issue there are two sides. In this case, the east side and

the west side of the bridge. There are also those who believe the crew is doing a

great job, and those who feel it could have been more quickly.

The one fact is that most everyone will be thrilled to see the bridge reopen

and therefore allow life in Bath to get back to normal. This historic structure has

been an intricate part of Bath for many years, and with this reconstruction, it

should remain a vital part for many years to come.

Let me also remind our readers that The Brick Store is listed as the longest

continuously running general store in America. So here’s hoping that business

does indeed pick up and that you can keep this landmark operating for many years

to come as well.

Gary Scruton, Editor

To the Editor,Your response to Lunda Riley did not

address her immediate concerns about thechildren/teens entering our country. Herconcerns are immediate and cannot waitfor immigration reform. In Sunday's paper,I see there is a strong possibility that thou-sands of those children will be sent to NewEngland, Vermont and New Hampshire in

particular. Are you ready? There are majorhealth issues, for one. Can the states'economy support them? Do you havehousing, staff? Read her letter again tohelp you get ready.

You have a great newspaper. I amfrom out of state, but I really enjoyed it, in-cluding the ads!!

Wilma Franz

Letter To The Editor

“I won a ribbon, I won aprize!”, chanted Jillian Robieof Alexandria, NH, as shedanced out of the StoddardArts and Crafts Building onSaturday, July 26, 2014. Jil-lian was the third place winnerof the youth division of theKing Arthur Baking Contestheld at the North HaverhillFair.

Adults and youth were en-couraged to enter carrotcakes and classic blueberrymuffins, respectively, in thisyearly contest. Contestantsmust use King Arthur Flourand the provided recipes inorder to compete in the event.

This year nine youth andnine adults entered theirbaked goods.

For the youth division,judge Gabrielle Granger-Clark of Littleton’s East StreetSweets, complimented all thebakers. “You all had that tra-ditional blueberry flavor. Gen-erally, your muffins weregood.”

That being said, threecontestants stood above therest. Emily Cheeves ofLebanon , NH, earned thefirst place rosette and a$50.00 gift certificate providedby King Arthur Flour of Nor-wich, Vermont. Placing sec-ond and earning a $25.00 giftcertificate and a red rosettewas Abbie Clark of Warren,NH. Third rosette winner, Jil-lian Robie, received a KingArthur Cookie CompanionCookbook.

Scoring was close in theyouth division, with only athree point spread among thetop winners. Granger-Clarkpointed out that the only differ-ence between the top threeand the folks who didn’t placewas over mixing. KathyJablonski, Field Specialistwho organized the youth divi-sion of the contest, remindedcontestants to only moistentheir ingredients as overbeat-ing makes a muffin less ten-der.

The nine youth contest-ants included: sisters Oliviaand Emma Desilets ofCharlestown, NH; sistersClaire and Lindsay Miller ofRumney, NH; Macy Adams ofLittleton, NH; Annie Reall ofPawtucket, RI and the threewinners.

In the adult division, Little-ton’s Debra Harris- Stinehourreceived first place for her ren-dition of carrot cake as well asa $75.00 gift certificate fromKing Arthur Flour. Secondplace winner was DarrellChase of Claremont, NH

earning a $50.00 gift certifi-cate with Judith Vaughan ofNewbury, Vermont, placingthird and winning a KingArthur Baking CompanionCookbook. Chase, a previousentry in King Arthur contestsand last year’s winner, sharedhe learned to cook after retire-ment by using the internet. Hebought back his own cake andhe and his wife sampled aslice before bringing it backhome. Vaughan purchasedher own cake to take home forher birthday celebration as her4-H Club was showing cattlethat day at the fair. Harris-Stinehour’s winning entry wasbought by one of the manyon-lookers who couldn’t waitto sample what had beentempting visitors to the fairthroughout the judging.

Judging the adult eventwas Lisa Ford, Nutrition Con-nections Program Coordinatorfor UNH Cooperative Exten-sion and a graduate of theCulinary Institute of America.Ford complimented the bak-

ers on their presentations, therichness of flavors and thetexture of their winning en-tries. For those that were in-terested, she madesuggestions for improvingtheir cake the next time it wasmade.

Deb Maes, Field Special-ist, Food and Agriculture, or-ganized the adult divisioncontest.

Judges for the event werepresented with a King ArthurFlour burlap tote as a token ofappreciation for their volunteerservice.

Once the judging wascomplete, the entries weresold to fair visitors and the pro-ceeds donated to the GraftonCounty 4-H Leaders’ Associa-tion.

For more informationabout the King Arthur BakingContest at North HaverhillFair, visit the NoHaverhillFair.com website or the exten-sion.unh.edu/Grafton website.The 2015 contest will beposted after April 1, 2015.

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The Horse Meadow Sen-ior Center will host their FirstAnnual Fall Festival on Sat-urday, October 4, from 9-3.This fund raiser will helpraise funds for a new activityroom.

This festival features anoutdoor flea market and anindoor craft show. The fun in-cludes live entertainment,giant yarn sale, face paint-ing, wagon rides, candy ap-ples, a cake walk, anddrawings for prizes. Burgers

and hot dogs on the grill willbe available as well as cof-fee, home baked goodiesand other vendor food in-side.

The fee for a 20’ x20’ fleamarket space is $30. Theflea market is outside only.The fee for an 8’x10’ spaceinside is $20.

For more informationcontact Activities Director,Michelle Grabowski at (603)787-2539.

horse Meadow senior center hosts

1st annual Fall Festival

BakinG WiTh PriDE –

north haverhill Fair king arthur Baking

contest Draws Junior and adult BakersBy Kathy Jablonski, Field Specialist, University of New

Hampshire Cooperative Extension, 4-H Youth and Family

Abbie Clark, second place winner of the youth division of

the King Arthur Baking Contest at North Haverhill Fair,

July 26, 2014.

If you’re a baby boomer, you’re at the pointin life where, if you haven’t actually entered re-tirement, you’re at least approaching the out-skirts. But if you’re like many of your fellowboomers, you may be experiencing more thana little trepidation over your financial prospectsas a retiree. That’s why it’s so important for youto determine what steps to take to help im-prove your chances of enjoying a comfortableretirement.

Just how worried are baby boomers abouttheir future? Consider these numbers: Seventy-two percent of non-retired boomers think theywill probably be forced to delay retirement, and50% have little confidence that they will ever beable to retire, according to a recent AARP sur-vey. Other surveys show a similarly bleak out-look among the baby boom generation.

Fortunately, when it comes to building re-sources for retirement, you have options. Ofcourse, if you’re in one of the younger age co-horts of the baby boom generation, your pos-

sibilities are greater — youmay still have time to takemeasures such as boostingyour 401(k) and IRA contribu-tions, reducing your debts andpositioning your portfolio toprovide you with a reasonableamount of growth potential.

But even if you are

pretty close to retirement, or atleast close to the point whereyou initially expected to retire,you can act to better your out-come. For one thing, youcould re-evaluate yourplanned date of retirement. Ifyou really don’t mind your joband could extend your work-ing life for even a couple ofyears, you could help yourselfenormously in at least threeways:

You’ll add on to your re-tirement accounts. The longeryou work, the more you cancontribute to your IRA andyour 401(k) or other employ-ers-sponsored account.

You may be able to delaytaking Social Security. Youcan start taking Social Secu-rity as early as age 62, butyour benefits will be perma-nently reduced unless youwait until your Full RetirementAge (FRA), which will likely be66 or 67. Your payments canincrease if you delay takingyour benefits beyond your FullRetirement Age, up to age 70.

You may be able to delaytapping into your retirementvehicles. The longer you waituntil you begin withdrawalsfrom your IRA and 401(k), themore time you are givingthese accounts to potentiallygrow. (Once you turn 70 ½,you will need to generally starttaking withdrawals from a tra-ditional IRA and a 401(k) orsimilar plan, but you don’t facethis requirement with a Roth401(k) account.)

As an alternative to delay-ing your retirement — or pos-sibly as an additional step youcan take along with a delay —you may be able to adjustyour investment mix to pro-vide you with the combinationof growth and income that canhelp carry you through yourretirement years. You canalso be strategic about whichinvestments you start takingwithdrawals from, possibly al-lowing your portfolio to growmore than you had envi-sioned.

Start thinking now aboutways you can help yourselfachieve the retirementlifestyle you’ve pictured. Youmay want to consult with aprofessional financial advisorwho can suggest the strate-gies and techniques most ap-propriate for your situation. Inany case, with some carefulplanning, you can be aboomer whose retirementplans don’t go bust.

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are you a Baby Boomer? Don't

let retirement Plans Go Bust.

One more step and shewas there at the big, white,pearly gates. She wasn’tmoving entirely by herself,the rest was magic.

An old man was waitingfor her. He had on an old pairof jeans, a plaid shirt, and abaseball cap.

“There’s my baby girl!”he rasped out in a raspy yetgentle voice. The old manwalks over and picks thebaby girl up.

“Hello, Anna Marie,” hesaid. His name is GrandpaRalph. He kisses the tinybundle in his arms. “Comeon into Heaven baby girl.”

Grandpa Ralph walkedover to the gates and theymajestically opened up witha touch of his hand. GrandpaRalph walked over to a cloudhigh off the ground. Some-how he floated up to it. Heset the baby called AnnaMarie into the cloud; shegave a soft wail in reply.

“You’ll like it hear; you’llgrow up and play, and neverdie.” He gave a tiny sniff.

In a few years AnnaMarie grew to be the age oftwelve, it was magic again.

“Grandpa Ralph,” said

Anna Marie one day, “whathappened to me? Why am Iin Heaven?”

“Well,” Grandpa Ralphdrew in a deep breath. Heknew this question wasgoing to come soon. “Well,when you were born youwere born about threemonths early. You were avery sick baby and your bodyand lungs weren’t fully devel-oped. Your body finally saidit was done.”

“Oh,” said Anna Marie. “Imiss Mommy and Daddylots. I bet they miss me too.”

There was a long pause,then Anna Marie stated, “I-Iremember a warm purpleblanket.”

“Ah, your sister, Kaitlyn,made that for you.”

“I have a sister?“Yes, and two brothers

and a dog.”“Wow,” whispered Anna

Marie. She never knew shehad siblings.

A few years passed, butonly for people in Heaven.For people down on Earth ithad been 45 years.

That day Anna Mariatook a walk by the big whitegates. There was a man cry-ing and looking at her.

“My baby girl!” criedAnna Maria’s father.

Editor’s Note: The above ar-

ticle was written as a school

project by twelve year old

Kaitlyn Camarato and is

based on the passing of her

own sister.

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During the hot summermonths, both large and smallanimals can suffer unwantedattention from biting flies andmosquitoes. These flies arenot only the typical “houseflies” we see, but speciessuch as black flies, deer flies,and horse flies. In manycases, the mosquitoes andflies prefer to “strike” the sen-sitive and fairly thin skin ofthe animal’s ears. This haslead to the common term “flystrike” as a means of describ-ing the problem. Mosquitoescan carry disease to smalland large animals. Hot dayswith little wind allow these in-sects to attack and causemore problems than dayswith a brisk breeze. Fly strikeis uncomfortable for the ani-mal and can be seen ascrusty and/or oozing lesionsalong the ear flaps: as theears are continuallywounded, more flies are at-tracted and bite.

Be particularly carefulwith older, long-haired petswho may not be very activewhen outside. In areas of thebody prone to moisture andsoiling, especially the rearend, it is common to find skindamage from the fly larvae(maggots). If you notice thisproblem, bring your pet toyour veterinarian as soon aspossible to avoid serious sys-temic illness.

In horses, biting flies cancause decreased perform-ance and certain mosquitoescan transmit disease such as West Nile Virus(WNV) and Eastern/Western Equine Encephalitis Viruses(EEE/WEE). Besides this,they are annoying andpainful to your horse, just asthey are to you. There aremany things you can do toprotect your horse from thesepesky insects.

Help reduce the mos-quito population by removingstanding water(where mos-quitoes breed), if possibleadd fish that eat mosquitolarvae to water sources, andcompletely empty the stocktank periodically to rid it ofany mosquito larvae. Keephorses stalled during peakmosquito feeding times ofdusk and dawn and use mos-

quito repellants on them.Most products that repelmosquitoes will also repel bit-ing flies. Many horse ownerswill attach insect proof facemasks to their horses, to helpprevent clusters of flies gath-ering around their eyes.Since wild birds are thesource of WNV infection tomosquitoes, discouragethem from roosting in thehorse barn/stables. It is im-portant to also talk with yourveterinarian about vaccina-tion for the viral diseases.

In our companion ani-mals, fly strike can cause in-fection and pain. Mosquitoescan transmit potentially fatalheartworm disease to bothcats and dogs Cats in partic-ular can be extremely sen-sitive to mosquito bitesaround their ears and face,leading to scabs, swelling,and itching

To help prevent fly strikeand mosquito bites, try not toleave your pets outside allday long during hot summerdays. Eliminate standingwater to help reduce themosquito population. Whilethere are many productsavailable to repel flies andmosquitoes, it is extremelyimportant that you talk toyour veterinarian before ap-plying a human over thecounter insect repellant:many of them contain ingre-dients that are toxic to dogsand cats. In addition, don'tassume that if the product isokay to use on dogs that youcan use it in cats. There aremany over the counter anddog-only products that cankill your cat. A monthly heart-worm preventative (either atopical or a pill) can help pre-vent heartworm disease inyour dog and cat, and sometopical products now repelmosquitoes.

Remember, all of our live-stock and companion ani-mals are prone to mosquitobites and fly strike. For pre-vention, keep animals in atpeak feeding times of thesepests, do what you can tohelp eliminate standingwater, and talk to your veteri-narian about preventativesand repellents for our ani-mals’ protection.

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There are more than8,100 farmers marketsthroughout the country, 70 ofwhich are in Vermont.

Recognizing the increas-ingly important role farmersmarkets play in our agricul-tural and food economy,Agriculture Secretary, TomVilsak declared the week ofAugust 3-9, “National Farm-ers Market Week.”

This week farmers mar-kets across the country arehosting special events high-lighting the services theyprovide that support familyfarms, availability of locallygrown food that help growand sustain rural economies.

Farmers Markets are keyin providing local residentswith fresh, convenient,healthy products affordably,and educating them in theiruse and in meal preparation.They are a great place forsmaller, newer operations toget off to a good start.

A growing trend seesmany farmers markets nowaccepting EBT cards, Farmto Family and Harvest Healthprograms, that help provideeasy access of healthy prod-ucts to low-income residents.Another growing trend is

public recognition that buy-ing from farmers markets notonly assures them of freshlocal products, but themoney spent usually re-mains in their communities.

On August 8, the USDAFarmers Market headquar-tered in Washington, DC willhost a Healthy Back-To-School Challenge to showstudents and their familieshow to cook simple, healthy,delicious meals and snacksusing fresh seasonal ingredi-ents. In Vermont, the North-east Organic FarmingAssociation (NOFA-VT) con-tinues to strengthen VermontFarmers markets by support-ing, educating and raisingawareness of the benefitsthat farmers markets bring toresidents throughout thestate.

Locally, there are twofarmers markets makingtheir mark on our communi-ties.

The Groton GrowersFarmers market, establishedin 1995 by two friends whowanted a place for localgrowers to sell their produce,humbly began on the stepsof a storefront in GrotonCenter.

Growing in stature overthe years, Groton Growersmoved from Veterans Parkto its current location on thelawn of the Groton Commu-nity Building. This popularcommunity market boasts aplethora of vendors fromGroton and surroundingcommunities offering freshseasonal produce, seasonalplants for the garden, home-made jams, jellies, pickles,relishes, baked goods, localmeats, and unique gifts pro-duced by local artisans.Those with extra producefrom their gardens are en-couraged arrange to sellthem at the market.

Visitors to this marketcan have their knives, scis-sors and small tolls sharp-ened by a local professionalsharpener while they shop orenjoy lunch.

The Groton Growers ac-tively offers, supports, pro-motes and encouragesprograms and workshops ongrowing and preparing one’sfood, and seeks ways to in-volve entire families in thisendeavor. Like many mar-kets, they constantly seekways to involve and educatechildren and families in theimportance of choosinghealthy food and snacks,and encourage participationin market workshops andevents. Their fall children’sevents such as pumpkincarving and their holidaymarkets are long standingcommunity favorites.

Groton Growers acceptsEBT and Debit cards, as wellas Farm to Family and Har-vest Health coupons.

The summer markettakes place every Saturdayfrom 9-1. The winter markettakes place in the gym insidethe building every third Sat-urday from 10-1. Check outtheir Facebook page for in-formation, activities andevents. New vendors arewelcome.

The area’s up and com-ing market is located in Brad-ford, on the lawn of theBradford Academy Buildingon Route 5. Here as in Gro-ton, you will find a widerange of seasonal vegeta-bles, plants, baked goods,local meats, and local arti-sans selling their creations.They also encourage peopleto bring their extra gardenproduce to sell to the com-munity, and can accommo-date a few more vendors.

One goal of this marketis to become a communitygathering place. Another is toimplement a program mod-eled on the Power of Pro-duce (POP), a nationallyrecognized children’s pro-gram begun in Oregon thatencourages and gives chil-dren incentives to come to

market and learn more aboutwhere their food comesfrom. They also seek to workwith a farm coordinator toencourage students to cometo the market to meet and in-teract with local farmers.

The Bradford SummerMarket takes place everySunday, on the lawn of theBradford Academy Building,Route 5, and is open from10:30-2. The winter markettakes place next door in thehall of the Methodist Church,the second and fourth weekof each month from 10-2.Check their Facebook pagefor more information.

Both markets work tire-lessly to be an important partof their respective communi-ties, and a sustainable mar-ket for vendors.

National Farmers Marketweek is the best time to visityour local farmers markets,meet your local growers andtreat yourself to GMO freeproduce. Remember thedollars you spend at yourlocal market stays in yourcommunities, and that bene-fits everyone.

See you at the markets!

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agriculture secretary Declares 15th annual

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SCULLCAP HERB: (Scutel-laria Latiflora), An aromaticpowerful nervine, with wideranging sedative, anti- spas-modic and calming use. Pri-mary Uses: as a specific forevery nervous system prob-lem, including D.T.’s, insom-

nia, hysteria, convulsions,tremor and palsy, muscle ticsand twitching, neuralgia,Parkinson’s disease, vertigo

and many others; for nerv-ous tension and emotionalupset; an excellent herb for aformula to break alcohol anddrug addiction; as an anti-spasmodic for menstrualpain and cramping; as part ofa formula for epilepsy, petitmal and seizures; as part ofa high blood pressure com-bination. Secondary Uses:as part of a treatment forbedwetting; as part of a tonicfor promoting focused medi-tation; to relieve hiccups. Nu-trients: calcium, iron,magnesium, manganese,phosphorus, potassium, se-lenium, zinc. vitamins B1,B2, B3 & C.

HOPS FLOWER: (HumulusLupulus), A sedative relaxantfor the central nervous sys-tem. Primary uses: as a spe-cific in formulas for insomnia,or to relax tension and anxi-ety. Secondary uses: as a re-laxing astringent for controlof nervous colitis and stom-ach ulcers; to decreaseDelerium Tremens and de-sire for alcohol. Nutrients:Amino acids, calcium,chromium, magnesium,potassium, selenium, silicon,zinc. Vitamins B1, B3 & C.

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nervous Tension

Melanie Osborne is the owner of Thyme to Heal

Herbals and practices on Route 302 in Lisbon, NH.

She has been in practice since 1991. She is certified

in Therapeutic Herbalism through the Blazing Star

Herbal School in Shelburne Falls, Massachusetts.

Much of her work is private health consultations,

teaching herbal apprenticeships and intensive work-

shops, Reiki I, II & III into mastership. In her Shoppe

located in Lisbon are over 200 medicinal bulk herbs,

teas and capsules, all made on premise. 603-838-5599

thymetoheal01@yahoo.com

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Preheat oven to 400°F with rack in the middle. Butter and flour a 9-inch round cake pan.Whisk together flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt.

Beat butter and 2/3 cup sugar with an electric mixer at medium speed until pale and fluffy,about 2 minutes, and thenbeat in vanilla. Add egg andbeat well.

At low speed, mix in flourmixture in 3 batches, alternat-ing with buttermilk, beginningand ending with flour, and mix-ing until just combined.

Spoon batter into pre-pared cake pan, smoothingtop. Scatter raspberriesevenly over the top (if using

Whenever I see a recipe for asmall cake, I always give it asecond look, and here’s why:Unless I’m having company, ormaking it specifically for a gath-ering, I find full-size cakes oftendon’t get eaten before they getstale or dry. I hate wasting time,effort, and ingredients to end upwith what amounts to expen-sive food for the wild birds! Igleaned this little gem from thepages of the June 2009 issue of Gourmet magazine, and since we are in the middle of raspberryseason, I thought now would be a great time to share it with you. Don’t be put off by the fact thatthe word “buttermilk” is in the title. While buttermilk is a wonderful ingredient, the plain old truth isthat I rarely have it on hand, because there just aren’t that many uses for it, and I certainly am notgoing to buy a quart for the mere 1/2 cup required here. There is a very old and very simple trickfor making a substitute for buttermilk, and it works every single time. Just add a little white or cidervinegar to regular milk and let it sit at room temperature for a while. VOILA!!! The acid works itsmagic, and you can just pretend that you’re one of those people who actually keep buttermilk onhand! I also found that you can happily substitute the whole frozen raspberries (not the kind insyrup) for the fresh ones without any discernible difference in the end product. Just toss the frozenberries with a bit of flour before adding to the batter to keep them from sinking to the bottom. Again,sometimes a much more economical choice in the middle of winter! Thanks to the buttermilk (fakeor otherwise), this cake has a really nice, fine crumb, and the sugar sprinkled on the top just beforebaking adds a great little crunch to it. Served with a scoop of vanilla ice cream and a cup of hotcoffee or tea, it’s my definition of a perfect dessert!

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By Ronda Marsh

the frozen berries, toss them with a little flour to coat beforescattering them, to prevent them from sinking to the bottom)and sprinkle with the remaining 1-1/2 Tablespoon sugar.

Bake on center rack of oven until cake is golden and awooden pick inserted into center comes out clean, 25-30 min-utes (the truth is, my oven actually takes more like 45 minutes.)Cool in pan 10 minutes, then turn out onto a rack and cool towarm, 10-15 minutes more. Invert onto a serving plate.

1 cup all-purpose flour1/2 teaspoon baking powder1/2 teaspoon baking soda1/4 teaspoon salt1/2 stick butter, softened2/3 cup sugar (and another 1-1/2 tablespoonfor sprinkling the cake top)

1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract1 large egg1/2 cup buttermilk (OR, scant 1/2 cup milkwith 1/2 teaspoon vinegar added)1 cup fresh raspberries (OR individuallyfrozen raspberries)