November has indeedbeen a busy month for themembers of the Ross-WoodPost #20 American Legion inWoodsville.

The first big event of themonth was the annual Veter-ans Day Parade. November11 was originally ArmisticeDay signaling the end ofWorld War I. But history hascertainly told us that was notto be. Now know as VeteransDay it is designed to honorall those who have served inthe past, and those currentlyserving. This year, due to theefforts of Finance Officer,and acting Sargeant-at-arms, Walter Dellinger, thepost had a very impressive,and possible first time evermarching group. It was ledby the Commander of Ross-Wood Post #20, RodneyThompson. Behind him wasa five man front with rifles,US colors, the NH State flag,and the Post colors. The im-

pressive group came next.The five services, Army,Navy, Marines, Air Force &Coast Guard, were all repre-sented by flag bearers whowere past or present mem-bers of that branch, and whowore uniforms from thatbranch of the military. Behindthat group came more Le-gion members along withmembers of the Ladies Aux-iliary and the Sons of theAmerican Legion.

Also participating in theparade, as they always do,was an impressive colorguard, drummer, andmarchers from Haverhill Me-morial VFW Post #5245. Theparade was led, and trailed,by cruisers from the HaverhillPolice department.

The parade made its tra-ditional stop at the flag poleon Central Street inWoodsville where VFWmember, and Haverhill Se-lectboard Chair, Wayne

Fortier, gave the address.Members of the WoodsvilleHigh School band were alsoon hand to play a traditionmarch, followed by the Na-tional Anthem, and then tapsas the Commander placed awreath at the monument.The firing detail was alsoheard with their 3 gun salute.

From the monument, theparade continued to the RayBurton bridge for a secondwreath ceremony. It con-cluded at the Post Home onAmmonoosuc Street with athird and final wreath cere-mony, a second gun salute,and playing of taps.

All participants in the pa-rade were then treated to afine lunch prepared by sev-eral members of the post.

Next on the list of No-vember events was the 5thannual Turkey Raffle. Some20 turkeys were handed outto lucky winners on Fridaythe 16th. For as little as$1.00 participants boughttickets and when the wheelstopped spinning someonegot a 15 pound, or so, frozenbird. Some of the money

raised from this event wasearmarked for the Junior Or-atorical contest for 6th thru8th graders to be held laterthis winter.

Next on the agenda forRoss-Wood Post #20 in No-vember was the annual sen-ior citizen ThanksgivingDinner. This meal is alwaysserved the Sunday beforeThanksgiving. As she has forthe past twenty plus yearsRita Ames, an Auxiliarymember, headed up thishuge undertaking. Foodstarted arriving at the Postseveral days in advance.And some left again as sev-eral post members taketurkeys home to roast, orbread crumbs to make thatdelicious homemade stuff-ing, or apples to make pies.Many other items are left forthe Saturday & Sundaycrews to prepare on site.

When the final count wastaken about 80 meals wereserved upstairs at the post.Plus about 180 were boxed

up and home delivered tothose unable to personallyattend. Of course with thismuch food being prepared itis almost impossible to be

exact with the amounts. Justlike at your home there arebound to be leftovers. Butunlike your home, they won’tall fit in the refrigerator, andthey can’t just be thrown out,so there is a back up plan.For the past several yearsmembers of the AmericanLegion Post in Barre, VThave shown up to take careof those leftovers. Theypackage them up and takethem to Central Vermont foranother Thanksgiving Din-ner.

One final ongoing eventfor Ross-Wood Post #20 istheir December CalendarRaffle. At press time a fewtickets do remain. Fundsfrom this event are going tothe Haverhill/Newbury 250thCommittee to help bring theTravelin’’ Memorial to Haver-hill next May.

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Woodsville, NH – Once again,the Cottage Hospital Auxiliaryand Horse Meadow SeniorCenter will be joining efforts todistribute Personal MedicalRecord (PMR) forms to seniorcitizens in the area. Theholder that comes with thePMR form has a magneticstrip to affix it easily and promi-nently to a refrigerator. In thatway, emergency respondersanswering a call can haveready access to critical infor-mation about a patient, suchas medications, primary physi-cian, insurance coverage,emergency contacts, etc. Theform also includes a detach-able wallet size card that canbe carried on one’s person.

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I have fond memories ofthe homemade eggnog thatwas part of my family’s holi-day food tradition. Of coursethe recipe involved raw eggsand I now know too muchabout food borne illness toenjoy it. [Note: Even if theshell is intact, there is aroughly 1 in 20,000 chancethat it could contain the bac-teria Salmonella either be-cause the shell itself isslightly porous or becausethe bacteria was in the hen.The safest option is to findan alternative to raw eggs.]Fortunately, there are somevery good commercial sub-stitutes out there that usepasteurization to eliminatethe salmonella risk.

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The story then goes thatwhen the English settlerscame to America theybrought the recipe with thembut replaced the alcohol withrum which was more readilyavailable than either ale orwine. After the Revolution-ary War, rum became harderto find and was in turn re-placed with whiskey or bour-bon. Of course today peopleadd whatever kind of alcoholthey like or none at all ac-cording to personal taste.

But if the drink we knowtoday did start its life as analcoholic beverage namedposset how did we get from

there to “eggnog”? “EggFlip” was another name forposset which described theprocess of flipping or pouringthe drink from one pitcher toanother to mix it. “Noggin” isa term for a small woodencup, and “nog” is an old termfor ale. It is conceivable thateggnog could have devel-oped from some combina-tion of those words. Anothertheory is that egg could havebeen combined with “grog”which was the Colonistscatch-all word for any rumdrink.

Ironically, eggnog is nowmore popular in America andin Canada than it is in GreatBritain. Personally I imaginethe shift from ale or wine tobourbon or whiskey was theimprovement that allowedeggnog to stay popular in the

Americas. Much though I enjoy the

occasional glass of commer-cial eggnog, I still miss myMother’s recipe. So I wasvery happy when in thecourse of researching this ar-ticle, I found out that accord-ing to the American EggBoard I can eliminate the sal-monella risk and resuscitatethe tradition. All I have to dois cook the egg and milk mix-ture to 160°F and “until themixture is thick enough tocoat a metal spoon with athin film”. This website pro-vides more details(http://www.aeb.org/foodser-

vice-professionals/egg-prod-ucts/faqs-doneness-guide-lines). Another option is tobuy pasteurized eggs. Ithink I’ll try both.

Resources used in thisarticle were “Eggnog” byMary Rapoport in VirginiaCulinary Thymes Issue 10,Winter 2005; “Eggnog” byDebbie Stolpa, University ofMinnesota Extension 2010;“Eggnog Lifts Spirits for Hol-idays: But be Careful of RawEggs”, by Richard and AnnaKate Hartel, UW-Madisonpublished in the PreservingTimes, Nov 2011; andWikipedia

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’Tis The season For eggnogBy Heather Bryant, Regional Field Specialist, Food and Agriculture

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

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PLaCe yoUr eveNT For yoUr ToWN, SCHooL or orgaNIzaTIoN aT No CHarge. Submit your entries by:

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sundaysoPeN gym1:00 PM – 3:00 PMMorrill Municipal Building, North Haverhill

CrIbbage1:00 PMAmerican Legion Post #83, Lincoln

LINe DaNCINg4:00 PM – 5:00 PMStarr King Fellowship101 Fairgrounds Road, Plymouth

Monday/ThursdayNCymCa aerobICSStarting 9/24 til December6:30 PMWoodsville Elementary School

TuesdaysbreakFaST by DoNaTIoN8:30 AM – 10:00 AMHorse Meadow Senior Center, North Haverhill

oNe-oN-oNe CrIbbage roUND robIN9:30 AM Horse Meadow Senior Center, North Haverhill

UCC emergeNCy FooD SHeLF4:30 PM – 6:00 PM 802-584-3857Wells River Congregational Church

wednesdaysbINgo6:30 PMHaverhill Memorial VFW Post #5245North Haverhill

ThursdaysPLymoUTH area CHeSS CLUb7:00 PM – 9:00 PMStarr King Fellowship, 101 Fairgrounds Road, Plymouth

wednesday, noveMber 28CoPINg WITH grIevINg1:30 PM and 6:30 PMFirst United Methodist Church, LittletonSee article on page 13

CLINT bLaCk CoNCerT7:00 PMFuller Hall, St. Johnsbury AcademySee ad on page 5 and article on page 9

friday, noveMber 30CHrISTmaS CaroL7:30 PMJean’s Playhouse, Lincoln, NH

NorTH CoUNTry CHorUS CHrISTmaS CoNCerT7:30 PMFirst Congregational Church, Littleton

saTurday, deceMber 1groToN groWerS WINTer FarmerS markeT9:00 AM – 1:00 PMGroton Community BuildingSee ad on page 18

HoLIDay CraFT FaIr10:00 AMPiermont Village School

2ND aNNUaL CHrISTmaS FaIr12:00 Noon – 4:00 PMSt. Joseph's Church, Lincoln

SPagHeTTI DINNer6:00 PM – 7:00 PMSt. Joseph's Church, Lincoln

CHrISTmaS Tree LIgHTINg6:00 PMDorchester Town Common, Town House Road

CHrISTmaS CaroL7:30 PMJean’s Playhouse, Lincoln, NH

NorTH CoUNTry CHorUS CHrISTmaS CoNCerT7:30 PMWells River Congregational Church

sunday, deceMber 2CHrISTmaS arTISaN CraFT FaIr10:00 AM – 3:00 PMLittleton Opera House

CHUrCH bUILDINg’S 175TH aNNIverSary10:00 AMPiermont Congregational ChurchSee article on page 8

CHrISTmaS CaroL2:00 PMJean’s Playhouse, Lincoln, NH

NorTH CoUNTry CHorUS CHrISTmaS CoNCerT7:30 PMPeacham Congregational Church

Monday, deceMber 3gooD oLe boyS meeTINg12:00 NoonHappy Hour Restaurant, Wells River

Tuesday, deceMber 4PerSoNaL meDICaL reCorD Form DISTrIbUTIoN8:30 AM – 10:30 AMHorse Meadow Senior Center, HaverhillSee article on page 3

NH STaTe veTeraNS CoUNCILrePreSeNTaTIve8:30 AM – 12:00 NoonWoodsville American Legion Post #20

DINNer oUT W/bgCNC5:00 PM – 9:00 PMAll Good Foods, Lisbon

CoNNeCTICUT vaLLey SNoWmobILeCLUb moNTHLy meeTINg7:00 PMMorrill Municipal Building, North Haverhill

wednesday, deceMber 53 rIverS bUSINeSS aSSoCIaTIoN moNTHLy meeTINg8:00 AMWells River Savings Bank, Wells River

WooDSvILLe/WeLLS rIver 4TH oF jULyCommITTee meeTINg7:00 PMWoodsville Emergency Services Building

friday, deceMber 7PINe HILL SINgerS “WINTerLIgHT”7:00 PMAlumni Hall, HaverhillSee article on page 11

CHrISTmaS CaroL7:30 PMJean’s Playhouse, Lincoln, NH

saTurday, deceMber 8CraFT FaIr9:00 AM – 3:00 PM 802-333-4748West Fairlee Fellowship Hall, Rt. 113, W. Fairlee

braDForD FarmerS markeT10:00 AM – 2:00 PMMethodist Church, Main Street, BradfordSee article on page 4

gINgerbreaD TreaTS & TaLeS10:30 AMGroton Free Public LibrarySee article on page 8

mILeS & mILeS oF mUSIC1:00 PM – 5:00 PMRobert E. Clifford Building (Woodsville Armory)South Court St, Woodsville

SaNDy vICTImS beNeFIT SPagHeTTI SUPPer5:30 PM – 7:30 PM 802-222-4014Masonic Lodge, 1958 Waits River Rd., Bradford

CHrISTmaS CaroL7:30 PMJean’s Playhouse, Lincoln, NH

sunday, deceMber 9CHrISTmaS CaroL2:00 PMJean’s Playhouse, Lincoln, NH

PINe HILL SINgerS “WINTerLIgHT”3:00 PMSugar Hill Meeting HouseSee article on page 11

Monday, deceMber 10roSS-WooD aUxILIary UNIT 20 moNTHLy meeTINg6:00 PMAmerican Legion Home, Woodsville

wednesday, deceMber 12moNTHLy meeTINg - roSS-WooD PoST #20 amerICaN LegIoN6:00 PMAmerican Legion Home, Woodsville

friday, deceMber 14braDForD CommUNITy CHrISTmaS CaroLINg7:00 PMThe Gazebo, Denny Park, Bradford

PoLar exPreSS ParTy6:30 PMPulaski Lodge #58, Wells RiverSee ad on page 11

I didn’t know I was aboutto die. But little kids rarelyknow that.

I did know somethingwas wrong – something badwas happening. My happydays were gone - sweptaway by a torrent of soundand sight and movement andsmell and I was bawling loudwith fright. No one around tohelp me. Suzi and Pete werecrying too, my sister andbrother somewhere in theroom behind me.

The scary monster ofmotion and sound threat-ened just outside my win-dow. I was on the secondfloor of my house. If Igrabbed the windowsill withmy fingers and pulled up,and pushed up from theshaking floor on my toes Icould just see it. I didn’t wantto but I had to. I couldn’thelp trying to look out there,at the street in front of myhouse.

It wasn’t a street any-more. It was a boiling rivernow, a rushing brown dirtyriver, powerful and ugly, roar-ing down the sloping roadunderneath it. In the dimdaylight I could see woodenshacks and chairs and tablesand chickens and soppingbrown sheep, swirling andtumbling down in the flood.There were some peoplethere too, thrashing andscreaming for help, someoneto come help them. Worse,there were people in there Icould see who didn’t move orcall for help. They were list-less and just bobbing up anddown in the filthy rush, racingdownhill, silent. Every thingwas swept down and away ina wall of noise like never-ending thunder, God’s wrathturned loose and uncon-trolled.

I was four years old andfor me the world was ending.

And all this madnessstarted for me with the rain,the gentle sweet rain, daysago, falling down soft andeasy in my city, Bogotá, Co-lumbia in the very early1950s. Yes, I’m that old. It’sthe capital city of the north-ernmost country of SouthAmerica, bordering directlyto the north with Panama.Rather than hot and humid, itenjoys a subtropical highlandclimate as it sits nearly 9,000feet above sea level on ahigh plateau of the AndesMountains. There are rainyand dry seasons and thetemperature rarely risesabove 70 degrees.

Of course, I knew noth-ing of all this when I wasabout to die. I just knew the

floor kept shaking and theflood was a terrible world Ihad not seen before.

Rain still fascinates me,as it has for more than 60years since. A major part ofmy memory recall, it helpsme pinpoint who I was,where I was, what I was intime, with clarity and imme-diacy. Tears fall from peo-ple’s eyes because oflaughter as well as sadness.I see it that way in nature too.A sensual assault on theeyes, ears, nose, and body,rain, nature’s tears, can de-light you or drown you – ithas come damn close todoing both for me.

Ever notice that whenbirds are functional, theycan’t help but be beautiful?Comic objects of our affec-tion and attention on theground or the back deck rail-ing, pecking, flitting or hop-ping about, when they taketo the air, birds, all birds, setthe record straight. They’remasters. We envy them. Wedream we could do whatthey do. If they are not godsof the air, they are certainlyair angels. It’s enough tomake a nonbeliever turn spir-itual and pray thanks for theirexistence. I see a lot of birdsmaneuvering about aboveme just after a heavy rainand I wonder why – why somuch frantic activity just afterall that water falling?

Common sense tells menow that just like us ground

born mortals, they take coverduring the worst waterfall,then come out after. They doit to exercise too-long inac-tive wings, or to shake offmoisture, or to just see whatis going on below them afterthe storm. But I do wonder ifthere is more. Of course Iknow it’s a great time forbirds to worm hunt and feed.But the flying patterns are sofree-form and full of life – I’venoticed it here in New Hamp-shire with everything fromchickadees and ravens toblue jays, doves and barredowls – I wonder if the birdsare just showing off, havingfun, celebrating life and airmobility. Are they just tellingus all they are glad to bealive?

I don’t recall any birdsaround that day in Bogotá. Irecall the roof-drummingsound of the rain torrent, andthe wild wet smell. I’d beenhearing and smelling thosethings for days and now Iknew the horror outside mywindow.

Now, that water wasrushing up our drivewaybelow me, and I heard thesplintering sound as itcrashed against the garagedoor, and then into it. Themonster was coming to me,coming to get me. I ran to thedoor of my room and lookeddown the stairs and therewas the flood now, in ourhouse, invading my safespace. It was an angry

ocean of mud chargingaround and breaking every-thing. I was on my kneesnow, trying to stay steady onthe bucking floor. Boys aren’tsupposed to cry but I was. Iwondered where Mom was. Ididn’t wonder about Dad. Iknew my Dad had to work,and Moms were supposed tostay home.

I ran back to the windowand saw Dad’s green Stude-baker half drive and half floatthrough the rushing waterwith the flow from uphill andmanage to be pushed intoour driveway and slam intothe garage. I did hear himyell, “Robby, Robby, Pete,Suzi, where are you ?Robby?” Then he was half-swimming and climbing thestairs outside my door and

he came to me now huddlingand trembling in the big bed,too scared to talk. I recallbeing swept up in Dad’sarms so hard I could hardlybreathe. He ran with me tothe stairs and carried me upto the third floor where myMom had already carriedPete and Suzi. Momscreamed when she sawme, screamed and laughedat the same time, and fellagainst my Dad and me,wrapping her arms aroundus, crushing me against himeven tighter. It was the firsttime I saw my Dad cry – I didnot know Dads cried – and Iwould not see that again fornearly 60 years.

I can’t fly but I do knowhow the birds feel after therain.

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rain rules – Air Angels And DestructionBy Robert Roudebush

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The Piermont Congrega-tional Church will have aspecial celebration of thechurch building’s 175th an-niversary during their regularworship time of 10am onSunday, Dec 2. There will bespecial appearances by for-mer revivalist LymanBeecher, former PresidentJohn Quincy Adams, and

General Robert E. Lee.Word is that musicians andcomposers Francis ScottKey and Fanny Crosbyamong others may show up.

The entire community isinvited to attend. This spe-cial service will also give thechurch the opportunity to in-troduce our full time minister,pastor Malcom Kircher and

his wife Diane. They will bemoving to the church par-sonage January 1st. Follow-ing the service at noon willbe a community dinner withturkey and all the fixins’. Anyoffering given for the mealwill be given to the fund forthe Town of Piermont’s 250Year Celebration.

Piermont congregational church

celebrates 175 years

We are very pleased topresent the results of the fifthedition of the Library JournalIndex of Public Library Serv-ice (LJI), a measurementtool that compares U.S. pub-lic libraries on the quantitiesof services they deliver. The2012 LJIndex, brought toyou by Baker & Taylor’s Bib-liostat Collect and Connect,is based on Institute of Mu-seum and Library Services(IMLS) data for 2010.

This year, 262 librarieshave received Star designa-tions based on their serviceoutput. Over the five editionsthere have been 1,296 Starawards conferred upon 455libraries representing 44U.S. states. On average, 259Star Libraries have receivedthese designations per edi-tion (the number varies byyear owing to occasionalties). Though a significantnumber of libraries post re-peat performances, turnoverin the annual roster of StarLibraries has been moder-ate. In any given edition,about 200 libraries receivedrepeat Star honors (thoughnot necessarily the identicalStar count), while roughly 60additional libraries earnednew star designations.

THE ONLY NEW HAMP-SHIRE LIBRARY CHOSENAS A FIVE STAR LIBRARY 5YEARS IN A ROW

An impressive 111 publiclibraries received Starawards in all five LJI edi-tions, and 30 select librariesearned 5-Star ratings in allfive editions. The Lincoln Li-brary of New Hampshire israted in this category.

Even with such exam-ples of success, describingthe contributions that publiclibraries make to their com-munities remains a chal-lenge. On this very topic, ifyou will indulge us, we wouldlike to quote from our No-vember 2009 article: “Oneclear and positive lessonfrom these distressing eco-nomic times is that we needricher, more relevant data todemonstrate the value of li-brary services.” Not that thisidea originated with us. Thishas been the sentiment ofpublic library directors forsome time. For instance, inthe past, directors of Star Li-braries have emphasized theneed for more electronicmeasures, such as counts ofWi-Fi access; percentage oftime public Internet terminalsare available; library website,

database, and ebook usage;and so on. Meanwhile, direc-tors are becoming more cog-nizant of the need todocument services morecreatively and thoroughly.

We are gratified that theLJ Index uses traditional li-brary statistics to promotethe mission of libraries andto confirm how libraries con-tribute to their communities.And we will continue to cam-paign for the identification ofmore relevant and up-to-date output measures toserve this same purpose.Surprisingly, despite the dra-matic changes in public li-brary services over the pastfive years, no new outputmeasures (e.g., library web-site visits, Wi-Fi usage) havebeen forthcoming in the an-nual national data fromIMLS, and only a small hand-ful of states have begun tocollect data on new outputmeasures. Before nextyear’s edition of the LJIndex, we will be examiningnew data from those statesto assess whether any of thenew measures correlate suf-ficiently strongly with the es-tablished LJ Index measuresto encourage their adoptionnationwide.

America’s star Libraries, 2012:Top-Rated Libraries Chooses

Lincoln Public Library five years in a row. The only 5 Star library

in New Hampshire.

Saturday, Dec. 8: Ginger-bread Treats & Tales!S.A.M. (Stories And More)takes place on the secondSaturday of every month at10:30am. Preschool-ers andelementary school-ers areinvited to enjoy read-aloudstories along with a craft.Snack provided by Modern

Woodmen.All of our programs are

free and open to the public -- check out our new website:www.grotonlibraryvt.org.Drop-ins welcome, or signup through grotonlibrary@fairpoint.net or call802.584.3358.

upcoming Program

At The Groton Free

Public Library

Inspired by the heart-warming story in HelpingSanta: My First ChristmasAdventure with Grandmawritten by Willem Lange andillustrated by Bert Dodson,we began organizing coastdrives last year and were to-tally blown away by folksgenerosity, collecting over400 coats. The message inthe book, fully encompassesthe spirit of Christmas andreassures us that we neverhave to stop believing inSanta Claus. A young boywith Grandma’s help buysand secretly delivers a coatto a classmate who can’t goout to recess for he doesn’town a coat.

This year the drive willrun from Nov. 17th until Dec8th and there are 5 drop offlocations. Bradford, VT:Hill’s 5 & 10 & Odell InsuranceFairlee, VT:Chapman’s Country StoreLyme, NH:Stella’s Italian Kitchen & MarketPiermont, NH:The Piermont Village School

White River Junction, VT:Oodles

Each person who do-nates a coat will be able toenter into a raffle for a copyof the book, Helping Santa.The winners will be drawnand notified on Dec 8th. Thecoats will be distributed toOperation Santa Clause andThe Upper Valley Haven.

Also like last year we willagain be giving 25% of theroyalties earned from thesale of this book to OneWarm Coat www.onewarm-coat.org. to support theirwork. We support theirdream; One Warm Coat willbecome a part of the Ameri-can lifestyle; that when acoat is no longer needed,people will think of us anddonate it; that donors will bewarmed by the knowledgethat their coats will go di-rectly to children, womenand men in need.

The book is available atyour local bookstores, if notin stock just ask them toorder it.

Bunker hill Publishing

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The 2012 helping

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Country music superstarClint Black has amassedmore than 30 singles on theUS Billboard country charts.Thirteen of them havereached number one. In ad-dition to his career as singer-songwriter, he’s also arecord producer and multi-in-strumentalist. Married to ac-tress Lisa Hartman, Blackhas also worked as an occa-sional actor in films and TVprograms including Maver-ick, Wings, and The LarrySanders Show.

Kingdom County Produc-tions will present Clint Black

will perform an exclusiveNew England concert at7pm, Wednesday, Novem-ber 28th at Fuller Hall, St.Johnsbury Academy. Open-ing Black’s show will be ris-ing star and American Idolsemi-finalist Ayla Brown.Tickets are now sale at theCatamount Arts RegionalBox Office or by calling 802-748-2600. Online sales andinformation are available atCatamountArts.com.Clint Black has released ninestudio albums and severalcompilation albums. A mem-ber of the “Grand Ole Opry”

since 1991, Black’s bestknown songs include Killin’Time, A Better Man, Like theRain, Untanglin’ My Mind(written with Merle Haggard),Summer’s Coming, Nothin’But the Tailights, and TheShoes You’re Wearing.

Few country singers filltheir albums primarily withtheir own material. AlthoughRCA Records often pushedBlack to record the materialof other artists, he refused.Many were incredulous thatsuch a young man (27 at therelease of his first album)could have such "a remark-ably mature perspective."According to Black, "To me,a song is more than justsomething to sing. It's some-thing to learn from. It's some-body else's true feeling. I'malways trying to get at themeaning. When I write a line,I'm doing the same thing. I'mlooking at it from the per-spective of if I was drivingdown the road listening to it,what am I gonna get out ofit?"

Opening act Ayla Brownskyrocketed into the publiceye thanks to her perform-ance as a semi-finalist on the2006 edition of AmericanIdol. She has recorded fouralbums with her first album,“Goodbye for Good” stayingstrong at #1 atCDbaby.com’s CountryRock, Country Pop, and

Overall Country charts forweeks—and beating outWillie Nelson and otherprominent country artists.Brown received an addedboost of notoriety on electionnight 2010 when her fatherScott Brown won the Massa-chusetts U.S. Senate seatformerly held by the lateSenator Ted Kennedy.

The November 28th ClintBlack concert is being pro-duced by Kingdom CountyProductions working in asso-ciation with Catamount Artsand Lyndon State College.For more information contactKingdom County Produc-tions artistic director JayCraven (jcraven@marlboro.edu).

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SANTA’S WORKSHOP

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Nov. 28 in st. Johnsbury

eagle scout

court of honorZachary Whipple, at the age of 16, was

found worthy of the rank of Eagle Scout by theEagle Scout Board of Review. Each candidatemust earn 21 required merit badges, serve invarying leadership roles over the years and suc-cessfully coordinate and complete a communityservice project of over 100 hours. Across the na-tion, only 4 percent of all Boy Scouts attain theEagle rank.

Zachary exceeded those requirements andearned 22 merit badges and completed his com-munity service project of 140 hours of work withhis fellow scouts and other volunteers to supplyEmergency/First Aid Kits to the elderly and disad-vantaged in the Woodstock/Lincoln communities.

In honor of achieving Scouting’s highest rank a Court of Honor was conducted onSaturday, November 3, 2012. Police Chief Douglas Moorhead was Master of Cere-monies. Seventy five friends and relatives were in attendance. Some of the guests in-cluded; Executive Councilor Ray Burton, Senator Jeanne Forrester, RepresentativesEdmond Gionet and Lester Bradley and Mark Callahan, Executive Director of the DanielWebster Council, Sergeant Major Michael Bruno and Mindy LeBrecque ScoutmasterTroop 224.

Zachary is the son of Terry Whipple, Woodstock , NH and is a Junior at Lin-WoodHigh School.

Wobble 'n GobbleThe Second annual 5 K "Wobble 'n Gob-ble" race drew 296 runners, walkers androllers and raised $10,000 for theLafayette Recreation Department andAdaptive Sports Partners of the NorthCountry. The event was held on Thanks-giving Day in Franconia. From the left isOfficial time-keeper Sue Ford, a StateRepresentative from Easton, State Sena-tor-elect Jeff Woodburn, Sandy Olney, Ex-ecutive Director of the Adaptive Sports Partners of the North Country and Kim Cowles,Lafayette Park and Recreation Director. (Courtesy Photo)

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10 On Wednesday, November 14th,Reggie Hunt, Post Adjudant of theAmerican Legion Ross Wood Post#20 of Woodsville presented aCertificate of Appreciation toBruce Leach for all the work hedoes and has done for the Post.Bruce recently retired from the po-sition of Finance Officer.

Photo courtesy of Oliver Brooks.

Quality Consignment Clothing & AccessoriesMusic CD’s & Movie DVD’s

171 Central StreetWoodsville, NH 03785603 747 3870

Tuesday Friday1st & 3rd Saturdays

9:30 5:00

December 2012 Hours

Tues. - Fri. (thru Dec. 21st) 9:30 to 5:00 Saturday Dec. 1st & Dec. 15th

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Closed for Vacation Dec. 22 thru Jan. 1st

Reopening Wed., January 2nd at 9:30

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173 Main StreetBradford, VT 05033

(802) 222-9211 / 800-654-3344 Locally Owned & Operated - Since 1926

The Pine Hill Singers in-vite you to welcome winterand the holiday season withtheir winter benefit concertunder the musical direction ofJudy Abbott with Anita Bon-nevie as their accompanist.The program, “Winterlight” ,will be presented on Friday,December 7th at 7:00pm atthe Alumni Hall in Haverhill,NH and on Sunday, Decem-ber 9th at 3:00 pm at theSugar Hill Meeting House.“WInterlight” displays manymoods of the season, includ-ing moving contemporary bal-lads; holiday spirituals; andfolk songs from Ethiopia, Is-rael, and France. Also fea-tured are Leonard Cohen’sHallelujah, George Handel’sSing for Joy!, and John Rut-ter’s Angels’ Carol. A highlightof the concert is the songcycle, Appalachian Carols, byVermont composer, GwynethWalker. Admission is by dona-tion and for the shared benefitof The Pine Hill Singers,Alumni Hall, and the Pine HillSingers Annual Musical Awardfor a graduating high schoolsenior who is pursuing musi-cal interests

For more than 15 years,the Pine Hill Singers havebrought outstanding perform-

ances to the local area. Theirconcerts include a large reper-toire from classical to jazz,Broadway to patriotic, and se-rious to silly. The close knitchoral singers from NH andVT meet weekly. From thisweekly sharing of music, theyknow the personal healing aswell as the community out-reach in the joy of music. Justafter 9/11 the singers began toinsert on all of their programsa quote attributed to LeonardBernstein – “This will be ourreply to violence: to makemusic more intensely, morebeautifully, more devotedlythan ever before.” Thus, thePine Hill Singers have estab-lished a fund for future musi-cians. They will be selectingtheir fifth award recipient in

June 2013.Each venue offers a time-

less concert experience. Thebeautifully restored AlumniHall, located at 75 CourtStreet, was once the GraftonCounty Courthouse. It is nowin its 7thyear as a regional cul-tural center. Open year-round,it offers music, dance, film,photography, art and quilt pro-grams and exhibits, and isavailable for rental for private,community, commercial andcorporate events. The SugarHill Meeting House, locatedon Main Street, Sugar Hill,was built in 1830 and is atreasured center for concertsand town gatherings.

Come to “Winterlight!”.Welcome winter and start yourholiday season off right!

The Pine hill singersWinter Benefit concert

“WiNTerLiGhT!”

Newbury, VT—each year or-ganizations around the coun-try devote an entire day tohonoring our nation’s war vet-erans, our most importanttreasure. These men womenand their families make sacri-fices each day that as “civil-ians” we can barely imagine,and many have made thesupreme sacrifice for whichwe owe a debt of gratitude.

This year Oxbow SeniorIndependent Program (OSIP)in Newbury hosted several

local vets including TrendyTimes Publisher Gary Scru-ton, and writer Robert Roude-bush to a luncheon in theirdining room.

Tribute to these wonderfulmen included special readings,poetry, a quiz about the day,and stories from the vets them-selves. After their term of serv-ice, many held jobs and somedid volunteer work as well.

We thank them, we honorthem and we pray that all ofus may see peace in our time.

osiP honors VetsBy Marianne L. Kelly

PEACHAM, VT—PeachamHistorical Association (PHA)was presented with an Awardof Excellence in a Publicationfrom the Vermont HistoricalSociety’s League of Local His-torical Society Awards on Nov.2 during the 59th AnnualLeague of Local Historical So-cieties & Museums Meetingheld at the North UniversalistChapel in Woodstock.

The Peacham HistoricalAssociation’s book, “A Ver-mont Hill Town in the CivilWar; Peacham's Story” waspublished this past May. LisaEvans, League of Local His-torical Societies Managerstated: “The committee unan-imously agreed that the publi-cation is truly outstanding anddeserving of an Award of Ex-cellence.”

For 59 years, the VermontHistorical Society has pro-vided outreach and support toVermont’s local history com-munity. Each year, the Ver-mont Historical Society’sLeague Program recognizesachievements of local histori-cal societies, museums andindividuals.

The 2012 Vermont LocalHistorical Societies & Muse-

ums Achievement Award rec-ognizes the Peacham Histori-cal Association for the work topreserve Peacham’s history.

Peacham’s book sharesthe story of a Vermont town’scontributions to the Civil Warthrough letters, diaries andmemoirs saved 150 years. Inthe words of the soldiers, thereaders get firsthand perspec-tives of Vermont soldiers fromthe call to arms in April 1861

to the journey home. Thebook is a detailed account ofthe Civil War experience andincludes biographical informa-tion of 169 Peacham soldiers.The book is featured in theVermont Historical Societybookstore and in their 2013New Titles listing. The book isavailable at PHA’s website,www.peachamhistorical.org,$25 for softcover and $35 forhardcover.

Peacham civil War Book receivesVermont historical society Award

The award was presented by Mark Hudson, executive Di-

rector of the Vermont HistoricalSociety, pictured on the far

left. Accepting the award for Peacham (beside Hudson, left

to right) were co-editors Jutta Scott and Michelle Arnosky

Sherburne and contributor Lynn Bonfield.

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Editor’s Note: Portions of thisarticle were written by JimHeidenreich, a publicity di-rector for OCT.

The Old Church Theaterof Bradford started it’s newyear on Sunday, November18. That was the date of theirannual meeting and electionof officers. This year saw abit of a change with the lead-ership of this group that isnow a full fledged non-profitorganization. Barbara Swan-tak was elected as presidenttaking over for Paul Huntwho had served in that posi-tion for the past few years.Paul is not going far as hewas elected to the position ofTechnical Director for the en-suing year. Other officers in-clude Diane Chamberlain asVice-President; Gloria Hei-denreich will continue asSecretary; Diane Fray keepsher important position as

Treasurer; Peter Richardsremains the Librarian; SheilaKaplow is the Historian; JimHeidenreich once again willhandle Publicity; and RobertO’Leary is the At-LargeMember.

The other big news fromthe group is that Old ChurchTheater will be presenting aspecial winter production atAlumni Hall in Haverhill, NHin late February 2013. Di-rected by Peter Richards,“Death by Golf” by GregKreutz is a lively combina-tion of uproarious comedyand terrifying murder mys-tery. Open auditions will beheld Saturday, December 1stand Sunday, December 2ndat the Bradford Congrega-tional Church at 2pm (next toOld Church Theater at 137North Main Street in Brad-ford). The play has roles for2 women and 3 men. Youmay call the director at 802-

222-5801 for questions or analternate audition date, or toread the script beforehand.You can also come to the au-dition with prepared material,or ask for the director to pro-vide you with audition mate-rial.

The characters includeGRANDPA, a scrappy old-timer with a good heart who'snot as befuddled as he atfirst appears; ASHLEY, whois a little frantic, a little impul-sive and bright; MURIEL is aserious-minded attorney, notabove looking out for num-ber one; TONY is the sub-ject of a five-state manhuntand thereby very anxious;and, PRESCOTT who is ar-ticulate, resourceful, charm-ing and homicidal. Theaction takes place in Florida.“Death by Golf” is the the-ater’s first winter play, to bepresented in co-operationwith Court Street Arts at

Alumni Hall in Haverhill. Old Church Theater is

known for its May to Septem-ber five-play productionschedule. The full 2013schedule of plays will be re-leased by the board of direc-tors in February. Amongthose being considered are“Heidi”, “Mr. Roberts” and“Catch Me If You Can”.

Another production willbe “Caught in the Acts”, anevening of 6-8 original oneact plays. And here may beyour opportunity to partici-pate as a writer. Your theater

is requesting original scriptsby Vermont and New Hamp-shire writers for considera-tion. John Hunt, will producethe event and the Board ofDirectors are looking for tenminute (give-or-take) come-dies/dramas/farces. Emailyour script to info@old-churchtheater.org or send itvia mail to PO Box 304,Bradford, VT 05033. DEAD-LINE JANUARY 11, 2013

There is nothing like livetheater!

Keep your entertainmentlocal!

old church Theater Prepares For 2013

American Legion Color Guard and others at

Pine Grove Cemetery on Veterans Day.

Just a few of the many helping hands in the kitchen

getting the annual Thanksgiving dinner prepared.

Ross-Wood Post #20 American Legion

Commandar Rodney Thompson helps

with the senior meal.

Veterans Day three gun salute being performed by

members of Ross-Wood Post #20 American Legion.

An impressive array of flags has the marchers stand at

attention on North Court Street in Woodsville.

Legion member Bruce Leach manned

the chair lift to assist those who wanted

a ride to the second floor for dinner.

upstairs at the American Legion home things

are just about ready to serve the annual

Thanksgiving dinner.

The Central Street, Woodsville, flagpole

and monument where Veterans Day and

Memorial Day ceremonies take place.

many thanks to the contributing photographersfor the pictures on this page & page 1.

North Country HomeHealth and Hospice Agencyis pleased to offer a facilitateddiscussion about grievingduring the holidays, andwould appreciate your sup-port in inviting people to thisfree and public presentation.

Thanksgiving, Chanukah,Christmas, New Year's, birth-days and anniversaries usu-ally bring back a flood ofhappy memories spent withfamily and friends. For thosewho are grieving, however,they can be very difficultdays. The holidays don'thave to be all sad. They canbe easier when you knowhow to care for yourself,make decisions about how to

celebrate, anticipate and pre-pare for difficult moments,and set realistic expectations.

Please join others for ameaningful discussion aboutgrieving well through the holi-days on Wednesday, Novem-ber 28th at 1:30 pm and 6:30pm at the First United

Methodist Church FellowshipHall, 18 Main St, Littleton, NH.

Sponsored by North Coun-try Home Health & HospiceAgency, this discussion will be facilitated by Sue Buteau,Bereavement Counselor forNCHHHA. For additionalinformation call 603-444-5317.

Wells River, VT – Louise“Betty” Emery, 79, died on Fri-day, November 16, 2012 atthe Cottage Hospital inWoodsville, NH.

She was born in Bath,NH, August 30, 1933, thedaughter of Dexter and Hazel(Tewksbury) Whitcomb.

Betty graduated from theWoodsville High School, classof 1951. She married Craw-ford F. Emery and togetherthey operated the WagonWheel Restaurant in Groton,VT. She waitressed for manyyears for local restaurants inthe area including the HappyHour Restaurant, P & H

Truckstop, and TJ’s LunchCounter all of Wells River.Betty had a passion for cook-ing and baking. She loved towatch the Boston Red Sox.She was a member of theRoss Wood Post # 20 Ameri-can Legion Auxiliary inWoodsville.

She was predeceased byher husband, Crawford F.Emery on August 4, 1993 anda son, Gregory A. Emery onJuly 15, 1973.

Survivors include herthree daughters, Paula Sgroand husband Russell of Or-mond Beach, FL, Kathy Guayand husband Marty of NorthHaverhill, NH, and GlendaHofmann and husband Bill ofWells River; five grandchildrenand three great grandchildren;two sisters, Joyce Corey ofFranconia, NH and Lois Shel-try of New Britain, CT; twobrothers, Arlen D. “Skin” Whit-comb and Richard Whitcomb

and wife Carolyn of Sebring,FL; her companion of 19years, Clifford Ashford ofWells River, VT; and severalnieces, nephews, andcousins.

There will be no callinghours.

A funeral service will be onTuesday, November 27th, at11 AM at the Wells River Con-gregational Church, UCC, 76Main Street, Wells River, VT,with former Pastor Jane Wil-son officiating. Burial will be inthe Groton Village Cemetery.

In lieu of flowers, memo-rial contributions may bemade to the Cottage HospitalOncology Department, POBox 2001, Woodsville, NH03785.

Ricker Funeral Home,Woodsville, NH is in charge ofarrangements.

For more information or tooffer an online condolenceplease go to www.rickerfh.com

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13oBiTuAry – Louise “BeTTy” emery

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Dear Editor:Around the country, women and families spoke up to the

Republican party’s intent to turn back the clock on women’sprivacy in regards to health care and family planning. Speak-ing of undoing union gains likely had the same bring-out-the-vote effect. Some ideas are just plain rotten. People get that.

Monday before voting day I was in Manchester for mycar’s winter maintenance. In the waiting room a youngwoman spoke because of the TV’s news, saying, “I’m notmuch for following politics. But if it weren’t for Planned Par-enthood’s health care, I wouldn’t have known I had ovariancancer and had it taken care of.” She was voting againstRepublicans the next day.

Granny D talked about the politics of greed and the pol-itics of love. Greed must include greed-for-power. Let’s askthat our new legislators actually prefer loving their state andcountry and the people within, letting go of ego-building as-sociations with power.

Sincerely, Lynn Rudmin Chong

Letter To The Editor

Lynn,

I think your Granny D said it well. Our legislators should

be working on behalf of the voters, and those they represent,

not their own interests. Of course we will never all agree on

every vote each of our representatives makes. There are simply

too many variables and opinions for that to happen. However,

the bottom line needs to be “For the People”, meaning as

many as possible, not just a few.

Now is a good time for all voters and patriots to commu-

nicate with your representatives, local, state and national. Tell

them your opinion. After all, it is their job to listen to us.

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Could be you have someof the same thoughts I doabout what just happened onthe national election scene.- My lord, I’m glad it’s over- too much money again- way too long, again- how come we all hate each

other so much?.Not good lessons, any of

them, so why do we have tokeep getting beat over thehead with them each andevery four years lately?

TOO MUCH MONEY?I’d say anytime the mediaboys and girls begin talkingabout what it takes to financeour last Presidential cam-paign and start with ONEBILLION DOLLARS, thenmove to TWO BILLIONDOLLARS and then moveon to SIX BILLION DOL-LARS when you include thetop state races, you’re talk-ing obscene amounts ofmoney. Levels of money theregular man or woman in thiscountry, in this state, in thistown, has no part in andmaybe no benefit from.Who’s giving all this money,for what reason – what dothey want? What do thegivers get for what theygive? Harder and harder totell these days who is evengiving it, but I’m pretty sureanybody giving that kind ofmoney doesn’t even knowwho I am nor care what Iwant.

Too mUCH TIme?When the campaign, (andthose endless commer-cials), go on so long thatthe average person justtunes everything out,stays away from the Tv,radio and papers, and justthrows away the junk mailbrochures for weeks at atime because they are sofed up, I’d say that is toolong. When the candidatesthemselves are gettingangry and stupid andsmall-minded and tellinglies about each other asmajor part of their cam-paigns, I’d say that’s toolong. When other civilizedcountries with a represen-tative process can do it in6 weeks, start to finish,why do we need 18months or longer?

HOW COME WE ALLHATE EACH OTHER SOMUCH? I’m not sure we do.But you can create hate byjust expressing it so loud andoften, that no emotion canmatch it in quantity – butremember that that of levelintense emotion, no matter

how well- or ill- founded,makes for good television (orbad television, take yourpick). We’re talking ratings.And ratings makes for greattelevision ad selling, and lotsof political pundits, advertis-ing spin artists, consultantsand comedians make a lot ofmoney during this televisedhate fest. How about the restof us who just want to get thejob done, and wonder whythe boys (mainly boys, in-creasingly girls) at the topcan’t do that?

What are we teachingour kids? by example, thatenough money can buyanything – issues, morals,decisions, and of coursepoliticians. In the absenceof strong family structuresand examples, and withenough money, black be-comes white, good be-comes evil, up becomesdown, and simple becomescomplicated. There’s littleroom for truth if it is notprofitable on the airwaves.

We are also teaching –each and every four years –one of the saddest truths thatexists today in WashingtonD. C. – tell a lie long enoughand loud enough ( directtranslation to huge TV adver-tising dollars )and beforelong, it seems to be the truth.Enough money can corrupt

that special magic of decep-tion into a not-special thing,an everyday thing. We justsaw it happen again. Howabout the next big election?

What DO I like? Nationalelections or not? I like beingan American living and vot-ing in America. I like espe-cially living in a small NewEngland town like Haverhillwhere we practice “participa-tory democracy” at its mostbasic level – we still make amark on a paper ballot onvoting days that real peoplework together to count afterthe polls close. We still go toannual meetings where weactually sit in the samespace and talk about andargue about and vote in agroup about what we wantand don’t want. I like being aveteran too, and am proud ofwhat comparatively little I didto qualify as one. Lotta folkshave paid far higher pricesthan me. Believe it or not, Ialso find some value andsome fun in living longenough to qualify now as asenior citizen. These years,I look forward to and enjoyone of the finest practices afree country can offer - freeelections - so what I don’tlike is that they seem to becosting more and more eachyear. And I’m not sure I likewho’s paying the bill.

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What Next? Who Decides?By Robert Roudebush Dear Editor,

The final results of the election are in and I will beserving as the Senator for District 2 for another two years.

A very sincere thanks to the voters for your faith inme—I will continue to work hard so that you will be con-fident your vote for me was a wise one.

This election was won because of the hard work ofso many supporters, who kept a positive focus on the ac-complishments of the last two years. I am so very proudof the campaign we ran and immensely grateful to allthose who made it possible.

I look forward to working with our new Governor andlegislature in ensuring that we are doing the right thingsto keep our state fiscally sound while addressing someof the tough challenges we will face in this economy.Thank you again!

Jeanie ForresterNH State Senate, District 2

Letter To The Editor

Jeanie,

Congratulations to you on your re-election.

Also a big thank you to you for the past two

years worth of informative monthly articles in

Trendy Times. I know that I have learned certain

facts from your writings and look forward to an-

other two years of such information coming

from one of our elected officials in Concord.

As a note to other elected officials in the

area, if you would also like such a column,

please contact me and we can certainly discuss

the logistics and possibilities.

Gary Scruton, Editor

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St. Johnsbury- The St.Johnsbury Chamber of Com-merce has begun work on atown wide market analysis. Atown wide market analysis isthe process of documentingdetails about the downtown’scurrent condition, exploringchanges occurring in the mar-ketplace, verifying what con-sumers want, discoveringwhat businesses the marketwill support, and creating abusiness development strat-egy.

Many communities hireprofessional consultants for asubstantial fee in order to haveaccess to this important toolused by businesses, propertyowners, developers, bankersand investors for making bet-ter-informed decisions. TheSt. Johnsbury Chamber ofCommerce will complete the

market analysis by assem-bling a team of volunteers whowill receive free technical as-sistance provided by the Uni-versity of Vermont Extension.This free technical assistanceis one of the many benefits St.Johnsbury receives as a des-ignated Vermont Main StreetAssociation Community.

In the months to come, StJohnsbury will see the St.Johnsbury Chamber volun-teers inventorying town busi-nesses and buildings,surveying consumers andbusiness owners, writing adowntown market profile, andweighing the supply of variousbusiness categories againstthe demand for those busi-ness categories.

Once they have a detailedpicture of the town’s economy,The St. Johnsbury Chamber

of Commerce will shape abusiness retention campaignthat includes providing assis-tance and training to existingbusinesses and helping themto expand. Next they willshape a recruitment campaignto complement existing busi-nesses and buildings. Recruit-ment will target businessesthat people want and that themarket will support. With theirmarket analysis in hand, TheSt. Johnsbury Chamber willhave a stronger chance ofbringing business prospects totown.

Interested parties may vol-unteer for the market analysiscommittee team or find outmore information by calling theSt. Johnsbury Chamber at802-748-7121 or emailing asstdirector@stjchamber.com.

st. Johnsbury chamber in Partnership With

uVm extension Begins A st. Johnsbury market Analysis

Waterbury, VT – ACT officialshave announced a 14-raceschedule for the 2013 Amer-ican Canadian Tour seasonat eleven different Northeastshort tracks. The schedulewill include three new addi-tions to the Tour schedule.There will also be three morenon-point counting specialevents during the 2013 cam-paign.

The Tour will return to2012 tracks Lee USA Speed-way, Thunder Road, Devil’sBowl Speedway, AirborneSpeedway, White MountainMotorsports Park, andBeech Ridge Speedway in2013. A visit to RiversideSpeedway in Groveton, NHis planned for a 150-lapevent on Sunday, June 2nd,and will mark the first timeACT has raced there since2004. The American Cana-dian Tour will also head toCanaan Fair Speedway on

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2013 AcT scheduleAnnounced

LINCOLN, NH - Make sureto look for those yellowPlanet Aid Boxes that willsoon be located at the Lin-Wood Community Center.

The new Recreation Pro-gram Coordinator, HeatherHoyt encourages people todonated used and new cloth-ing shoes and toys to thePlanet Aid bins outside theCommunity Center. “Lincoln-Woodstock Food Pantry willreceive 2 cents for everypound of clothing collected.Every little bit counts and willnot be overlooked.” saysHoyt. “And if any local busi-ness would like to host aPlanet Aid box at their busi-ness location, LWFP re-ceives 2 cents for everypound of collect the businesshas collected as well. It’s awin-win!”

Planet Aid was foundedin Boston in 1997 and as anon-profit organization, thework to make it possible forindividuals to contribute toimproving conditions forthose in need. Planet Aid isproud to provide support andaid to local, regional and in-ternational charities. ALL do-nations made to Planet Aidare tax deductible. Dona-tions of clothing, shoes andtoys should be secured inplastic bags. For more infor-mation about receiving yourtax deduction go towww.planetaid.org/get-a-re-ceipt.

Hoyt reports, “Now thatwinter is coming the LWFP isin need of items such asdried milk, butter, peanut but-ter, juice, lunch meat, meatand baby formula.”

Food Pantry donationscan be dropped off at theLin-Wood Community Cen-ter located on 194 PollardRd., Lincoln NH, Monday-

Friday 10am-2pm. There is ablue bin located outside theMain Entrance for donationsdropped off after hours.

If you would like to host aPlanet Aid box at your busi-ness, please contactHeather Hoyt at the Lin-Wood Community Center at603-745-8958 or email com-munitycenter@lincolnnh.org

We’re well into the holiday season now.And while the holidays are joyous, they canalso be expensive. In fact, at this time of year,many people make spending decisions theyend up regretting. But you can enjoy the hol-idays and still stay on track toward your finan-cial goals by following a few simpleguidelines, including the following:• Set a budget — and stick to it. Whether

you’re buying gifts or hosting holiday parties,you need to establish a budget and not ex-ceed it. The people to whom you’re givinggifts and entertaining do not expect you todig yourself into a financial ditch on their ac-count — and they wouldn’t want you to doso, either.

• Compare prices. With some search-ing, youcan almost always find less expensive ver-sions of those gifts you’re considering. Buta word of caution: The earlier you start hunt-ing for bargains, the better your chances offinding good prices.

• Watch for “after-holiday” sales. The best bar-gains typically appear when the holidays areover. While these sales may not benefit youthis year, they can prove quite valuable ifyou decide to “stock up” on gifts for the nextholiday season.

• Don’t over-use your credit cards. Try to limityour credit card purchases over the holi-days. If you must use a card, at least pickthe one with the lowest interest rate — anddo the best you can to pay off the cardquickly. Over the last few years, Americans

have actually done a prettygood job of lowering theirhousehold debt levels — andthat’s definitely a movementin which you’ll want to partic-ipate. Keep in mind that thehigher your debts, the lessmoney you’ll have availableeach month to invest for re-tirement, college for your chil-dren or any of your otherfinancial goals.

• Avoid dipping into long-terminvestments. If you find your-self coming up short whendealing with holiday ex-penses, you may be temptedto cash out at least a portionof your long-term invest-ments. But this should beavoided, for at least two rea-sons. First, depending on theaccount you’re tapping into,you may face penalties, feesand taxes. Second, and per-haps even more importantly,you’ll be depriving yourself ofresources you had ear-marked for your key goals,such as a comfortable retire-ment. Of course, you mayeventually be able to replacethe funds you’ve withdrawn.But in the meantime, you’ve

lost out on the growth poten-tial these investments mayhave provided — and thatperiod of lost opportunity typ-ically cannot be regained.

• Build a “holiday fund.” Itmight be too late for this yearbut, once the holidays areover, set up a special ac-count for next holiday sea-son. Even if you put in only asmall amount each month,you’ll be pleased with howmuch you can accumulate ina year. Keep the money in aliquid, low-risk account —one that’s separate from anymoney you use for your nor-mal day-to-day expenses.

By following these sug-gestions, you may be able totake some of the stress out ofthis holiday season — andpossibly evenbrighten all theother seasonsof the year, too.

This articlewas written byEdward Jonesfor use by yourlocal EdwardJones Finan-cial Advisor.

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The intricacies of awoman’s body are extraordi-narily tuned and balanced.When health imbalancesoccur in a woman, they donot only affect her physicalstate, but cause a lack ofunion between her mind andbody. When she loses theoneness with herself, bothphysiological and emotionalproblems result. Connectingto the earth is essential forwomen to feel whole in hercreative process. Herbs, es-sential nutrients of the earthand its regenerating design,are primarily body balancersand work so amazingly wellwith a woman’s system.

A healthy endocrine systemis a must for solving femaleproblems. Hormones-incredi-bly potent glandular secre-tions, seem to be at the root ofmost women’s problemssome hormones have almostimmediate effects, some along delayed reaction. Even intiny amounts they have dra-matic effects.

Drugs, chemicals and syn-thetic medicines, standingoutside the body’s naturalcycle often do not bring pos-itive results for women atdeep body levels like glandsand hormones. Women withhysterectomies are only be-ginning to see the harm thatremoving delicate glands, ortreating fragile hormoneswith drugs can do. Otherwomen are acquainted withthe unpleasant side effects ofcontraceptive and hormonereplacement drugs. A widerange of female problemsare caused by too much es-trogen production. Breastand uterine fibroids, en-dometriosis, PMS, andheavy, painful menstrual pe-riods are good examples.Research shows that theseproblems and even breastcancer is caused by over-stimulation of the glands bysynthetically reproduced hor-mones.

Herbs work-instead, witha woman’s own hormone ac-tion for body balance. Herbaltherapy supports in a broadspectrum., like the femaleessence itself, and awoman’s body responds to iteasily without side effects.Plant or “phyto-hormones”are remarkedly similar tohuman hormones. They canbe accepted by hormone re-ceptor sites in our bodies. At1/400th to 1/50,000th thestrength of circulating hor-mones, they are gentle andsafe, exerting a tonic effectrather than drug-like activity.Herbs such as Dong QuaiRoot, Black Cohosh Rootand Wild Yam Root clearly

show hormone-normalizingeffects.

What about environmen-tal estrogens and a woman’sglandular health?

Only in the last ten yearshas anyone realized howcommon environmental es-trogens are in our society.Pesticides, herbicides andmany other new chemicalscontain man-made estro-gens. Estrogens and otherhormones are common todayin meats, dairy products, anddrugs such as HRT’s (Hor-mone replacement thera-pies). Science is justbeginning to accept, althoughnaturopaths have known forsome time, that man-madeestrogens can “stack thedeck” against women by in-creasing their estrogen levelshundreds of times.

There is a link betweenpesticides and breast cancer.Pesticides, like pollutants,are stored in body fat areaslike breast tissue. Some pes-ticides including PCB’s andDDT compromise immunefunction, overwork the liverand affect the glands andhormones the way too muchestrogen does. The dramaticrise in breast cancer is con-sistent with the accumulationof organo-chlorine residuesin the environment

Good nutrition and herbaltherapy for the glands can“change the world” for awoman. Using herbal therapyto rebalance hormone ratiosgently harmonizes your body,rather than regulating hor-mone levels by injection.Women can have a greatdeal of confidence thatherbal therapy will work forthem. Herbs are in the fore-front of modern sciencetoday with the proven valueof ancient wisdom thatwomen prize. Most womenknow their bodies better thananyone else, and can instinc-tively pinpoint foods within adiet range that are right fortheir personal renewal andbalance. Relief, and re-sponse time are most oftenquite gratifying.

What about Breast &Uterine Fibroids?

Disheartening statisticsshow 1 out of every 1500American women betweenthe ages of 35 and 49 havefibroid growths; and the riskof getting them increasesdramatically with age. Hor-mone imbalances, primarilytoo much Estrogen and anunder active thyroid are theusual cause. Customarymedical protocol prescribesregular mammograms forearly detection, surgical biop-sies and then fibroid removal.Yet, there is a very real risk inreceiving regular doses of ra-diation through mammo-grams, even through x-raydosage is creasing. Breasttissue is so sensitive thatsometimes the time betweena having a mammogram andgetting a fibroid growth maybe as little as three months.Since fibroids are not cancer,and have little chance of be-coming cancerous, manywomen are turning to alterna-tive methods to reduce them.Natural therapies focus onimproving lifestyle habits forprevention, and herbal sup-plementation to rebalancegland and hormone activity.

Tumor growth deterents in-clude– Echinacea Root,Panax Ginseng, Pau D’ArcoBark, Licorice Root,Kelp/Sea vegetables,Chamomile, Garlic, Gold-enseal Root, Evening Prim-rose.

Hormone balancing herbs in-clude – Dong Quai Root,Sarsaparilla Root, Wild Yamroot, Burdock Root, LicoriceRoot, False Unicorn Root,Peony Root, Black CohoshRoot, Red Raspberry.

Body chemistry balancers in-clude– Kelp/Sea vegetables,Alfalfa, Chlorella, Squawvine,Astragalus Root, DandelionRoot, Cramp Bark, Ashwa-ganda Root, Ginsengs.

Iron-rich herbs for thyroid bal-ance – Watercress, Kelp/Seavegetables, Spirulina, Bor-age Seed, Ginger Root, Cap-sicum, Nettles, Alfalfa, IrishMoss.

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Melanie Osborne is the owner of Thyme to Heal

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What would happen ifthere was no Above theNotch Humane Society?

Our organization hasmade it our mission to pro-vide care and protection forabused, stray and unwanteddogs within our surroundingcommunities. We also pro-vide education to the publicin the areas of proper petcare and welfare.

However, as a result of adecrease in donations dueto these hard economictimes, we are no longer ableto accept strays and we areasking for your assistance.We have provided quality,caring service to our localtowns for many years whichincludes taking in strays,looking for and finding lostdogs, accepting surren-dered dogs, finding newhomes for our shelter ani-mals, providing free dogtraining for newly adoptedcanines, providing low costSpay and Neuter clinics,seeking medical treatmentfor our shelter dogs whennecessary and the list goeson.

Each dog that is broughtinto our shelter is given all ofthe necessary care until ei-ther the owner is found or itis put up for adoption. How-ever, there is no telling howlong the dogs will be at our

shelter as we are a no-killfacility. We do have anadoption process to find theright home for each dog, butsome of our furry friendshave been with us for a yearor more before we are ableto find the right “foreverhome”. If one of our dogsis in need of medical treat-ment, he is brought to a vet-erinarian as quickly aspossible. All of this caretakes time and money in ex-cess of $10.00 per day/ perdog for the basic food andshelter care and then addi-tional funds would need tobe allocated if a stray orabandoned dog needs anymedical treatments. Theseexpenses normally amountto a whopping $25,000.00plus per year! We are a501c 3 non-profit organiza-tion and do not receive anylocal, state or federal fund-ing so we operate strictlythrough donations, whichare 100% tax deductible.

We have been ex-tremely lucky to have volun-teers sign up to help us withtheir time. We sincerely ap-preciate their willingnessand assistance. However,right now, we are in a raceagainst time to keep ourdoors open. What we needis monetary support fromthe public whom we serve

and who have been so verygenerous in the past. Inorder for us to continue ourlabor of love for these poordefenseless dogs and ourcommunities, we are askingfor your help and support.We are the voice for theseanimals who cannot speakfor themselves. They look tous for care and compassionand we are looking to youon their behalf. Please helpus to continue our missionto help as many innocentdogs in need as possible.

In order for our organi-zation to move into the fu-ture, we need your help toSave Our Strays. We thankyou for your continued sup-port.

If you wish to make adonation, please send it to:Above the Notch HumaneSociety, PO Box 456, Little-ton, NH 03561 or by visitingwww.atnhs.org.

Life Without The AboveThe Notch humance society

Dr. Telisa Stewart (at left), director of community preven-

tion and education at Norris Cotton Cancer Center, and

Mark A. israel, MD, director Norris Cotton Cancer Center,

presented an award to Cottage Hospital Ceo, Dr. Maria

Ryan, recognizing the hospital’s efforts in a collaborative

community outreach program focused on cancer preven-

tion and early detection.

Cottage Hospital, a criti-cal access hospital based inWoodsville, NH, was re-cently honored by the NorrisCotton Cancer Center atDartmouth-Hitchcock for tak-ing a leadership role in a col-laborative outreach programcentered around cancer pre-vention and early detection.

In collaboration with theNorris Cotton Cancer Center,Cottage Hospital piloted a ro-bust community outreachprogram that began fouryears ago. In the initial pro-gram, Cottage Hospital part-nered with schools, localbusinesses, and other areaorganizations to provide ed-ucation on tobacco cessa-tion, sun safety, andcolorectal cancer screeningand prevention.The successof the program, led to a sec-ond phase in which CottageHospital and other leadingarea employers launched asecond, similar campaign,focused on disseminatingmessages at the work place.Based on its leadership rolein the development and exe-cution of the programs, Nor-ris Cotton Cancer Centerrecognized Cottage Hospitalwith a community outreachaward.

Telisa Stewart, DrPH,MPH, director of communityeducation and prevention atNorris Cotton Cancer Center,credits the success in theWoodville community to thecommunity’s desire to behealthy and to “persistentand consistent” communica-tions. “We crafted a set ofeasy-to-understand mes-sages for the community,which were disseminatedthrough a wide variety ofchannels. Our communica-

tions also included clear callsto action that communitymembers could take to re-duce their risks. The resultwas a campaign that effec-tively reached people andencouraged a positive be-havior change.”

Norris Cotton CancerCenter conducted pre- andpost-surveys as part of theproject. The results indicatedthat the campaign had suc-cess, particularly in conjunc-tion with the tobaccomessaging. Approximately10% of respondents reportedquitting tobacco and 13% re-ported changing their behav-ior regarding second-handsmoke.

Maria Ryan, PhD, APRN,Cottage Hospital’s chief ex-ecutive officer, emphasized: “As with other health outreachcampaigns, the key to thesuccess of this program wascollaboration. Our overall col-laborative efforts with otherarea employers and the Nor-ris Cotton Cancer Center arecore to our mission ofstrengthening the health ofour community. Further, thepartnerships we developedwith local community organi-zations as part of this efforthave allowed us to build aplatform to launch similarcampaigns in the future.”

“Creating and distributingmessages that effect healthbehavior change is always achallenge, but that is partic-ularly the case in rural com-munities,” says Dr. Stewart.“The success achieved byCottage Hospital and its col-laborators with this programdemonstrates that coordi-nated efforts within a com-munity can make the needlemove.”

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In the last Trendy Kitchen, I promisedyou the recipe for the wonderful soup Leslie,Carol, and I had a few weeks ago. Beingone to always (well, almost always) keep mypromises, I will give you that recipe now.But, here’s the hitch: We were so busy chat-ting and visiting and chopping and dicing, wekind of forgot to locate the written recipe, soit became a soup experiment, and then, afterwe ate our meal, we (meaning me) kind offorgot to write down exactly what we did.OOPS! So this week, I made the soupagain, using the method I usually utilize, andsure enough, it produced a smooth, slightlythick and cheesy (but not too cheesy) broth,punctuated by the flavor and texture of thesautéed root vegetables. Success!! Whenwe originally made the recipe, Leslie hadpurchased some lovely little bay scallops,along with a can of frozen lobster meat,which transformed this simple soup into avery luxurious and satisfying meal. Youcould just as easily replace the seafood withdiced ham, or chicken, or just stick with thebasic vegetable version; it’s totally up to you.

Now, let me explain the secret ingredientthat is the key to making this delicious con-coction (drum roll, please….) believe it or

not, it’s VELVEETA CHEESE!! Yup, that’sright, the same good ‘ole Velveeta that realcheese aficionados scoff at as a “cheese im-poster” that only a redneck could like. Buthere’s the thing about Velveeta: Since it isactually a blend of cheese, emulsifiers, andoil, it is a much more stable product whichwill not break down and curdle like REALcheese is apt to do when it’s added to hotsoup. Instead, it just melts down and addsa richness of flavor, the origins of which noone will ever be able to figure out unless youopt to tell them. So, as Elmer Fudd wouldcaution, “Shhh…be vewy, vewy qwiet!”

1/2 stick (4 tablespoons) butter1/2 cup celery, diced 1/2 cup onion, diced1 cup carrots, dicedSalt & pepper to taste2 to 3 cups potatoes, diced3 to 4 cups water

3 or 4 Bouillon cubes 1 can evaporated milk16 oz. Velveeta cheese, cubed1 tablespoon parsley, chopped (for garnish)Optional: 2 cups of cooked ham, chicken, orseafood

Melt the butter in a large pot over medium heat. Add the celery, carrots and onions, andsauté until the onions and celery are translucent. Add the potatoes, salt, pepper, bouilloncubes and enough water to cover (go light on the salt, as both the cheese and the bouillonare salty). Bring to a boil then simmer until the potatoes and carrots are tender. Off heat,add the evaporated milk, and the cubed cheese, stirring until completely melted. If neces-sary, reheat over low heat, taking care not to boil, and adding meat or seafood, if desired.Garnish heaping bowls with a sprinkle of parsley before serving.

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