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Many if not most people inthis area know about David’sHouse in Lebanon, NewHampshire. For those of youthat do not know it is muchlike the more famous RonaldMcDonald houses across thecountry. The one big differ-ence is that David’s Househas no corporate sponsor-ship. It survives on donationsand fund raisers locally.

For those still not sureabout the mission of David’sHouse let me try to briefly ex-plain. It is a place for parentsand other family members ofsick children to stay whilethat child is being treated atDartmouth Hitchcock Med-ical Center. The house is lo-cated just a stone’s throwfrom the hospital. It featuressixteen bedrooms and eightfull baths. Each bathroom isfully handicap accessible.Each of the rooms at David’sHouse is known by a name,not a number. There is the

lion room, the sheep room,the favorite of most of theboys - the pig room, and oneof the newest rooms is thespace room. Along with thebed or beds located in eachroom the staff has cots, roll-aways and other items thatcan be moved from oneroom to another to fit theneeds of the family. Fami-lies staying at David’s Houseare asked to contribute $20per night. But no family isever turned away due to lackof funds.

Along with the baths andbedrooms there are severalcommon rooms where the vis-iting families can meet otherfamilies or where the kids canfind entertainment. The teenroom has bean bag chairs,game systems and more. Atpresent there is also a presentroom (usually the conferenceroom) that has plenty tochoose from for those whomight otherwise not be having

a very Merry Christmas.And what house is com-

plete without a kitchen?David’s House features anicely proportioned kitchenwith easy access from al-most any part of the house.Nightly, different volunteerscome in to prepare meals forthe families staying there.Each family also has a bin inthe refrigerator if they needone, and some cupboardspace is they have non-perishable food supplies.

As mentioned there is nocorporate sponsor forDavid’s House, but that is not to say they do not receivedonations from many different sources. From drink-ing water to an emergencygenerator, to weekly pizzaparties, to a NASCAR starwith a foundation set up forDavid’s House, they are ableto keep things going.

But what really makesthe smiles come out fromRichard Cyr, the man who’sson, David was the inspira-tion for David’s House, arethe donations from local or-ganizations and individuals.As Richard says, those folkswho can only give a dollar al-most always say, “I wish Icould give more”. It was inthat spirit that a group ofmembers from the CohaseLions Club of Woodsville re-cently traveled to David’sHouse to make what has be-come an annual donation.This year President RonFournier presented a check

for fifteen hundred dollars toDavid’s House. Other Lionsmembers who made the tripand were able to take a tourof David’s House were RogerFournier, John Aldrich, DaleBarber and Gary Scruton.

If you would like more

information about David’sHouse go to their site www.dav ids-house.org .Check the calendar of events and maybe even participate in the annual radiothon which will takeplace this week.

SPECIAL SALE OF THE DAY • WALK-INS WELCOMEDec & Jan Birthstone Earrings $10 w/FREE piercing

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Come and enjoy a moment with us, have some refreshments, save with our sales. Raffles, door prizes and stocking stuffers – take a chance to win prizes and say hello to stylists Donna and Tory andReiki Master Sue as we wish you and yours the Merriest Christmas ever and a Happy New Year!

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We are also selling Lighting The Night kits for the Support Center at Birch House.

A trio of residents at the Grafton County Nursing Homerecently displayed some of their work from the past twelvemonths. And what did they do will all of this fine work? Theydonated it to the Cohase Lions Club to be put in Christmaspackages that will be handed out to needy families in the area.

(l-r) Wilna Hicks, Bernice Blake and Catherine Dawsonknit and crocheted mittens, scarves and hats just for thejoy of the making and for the joy of helping those childrenthat otherwise might not receive such gifts during theChristmas season.

This is the second year that these ladies have geared uptheir fingers to make this type of contribution. According toBernice it may be more than just the thrill. She called it an addiction. When she gets up she just needs to pick up hercrochet hook and start crocheting. The children who will re-ceive these fine articles will be most grateful for her addiction.

Standing behind the hard working ladies are two Cohase Lions Club Members, Mike Conrad and Don Kimball. Don is the chairman of the Christmas basketscampaign for the Lions. Both members were joined laterby other Lions as well as many other residents of GraftonCounty Home to play Bingo. This is an event the Lions runthe second Thursday of each month from October throughApril for the residents.

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What is that big orangecaboose doing parked down-town? The trains aren’t run-ning again are they? No, no,it’s just the Haverhill HeritageCommission doing what itdoes best; raising the aware-ness of our town’s historyand taking exciting and cre-ative ways to preserve it! TheWoodsville district of thetown of Haverhill was oncean important railroad hub. Arailroad hub that at one timehad as many as 70 trains aday passing and or stoppingfor passengers, freight or re-pairs in the roundhouse.What a sight that must havebeen. It actually was the rea-son that Woodsville came tobe a town of significance in

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the donor desires. These willbe displayed in the park aswalls and or walkways, alongwith the “1899” elementaryschool marker recently re-covered by Roland Moore,after being lost for about 50years... We are having goodresponses is selling thesemarkers so get your requestin and help the town makethis a big success. E-mailinfo@wmtn.biz for more in-formation. Or you can callJim Hobbs at 603-747-4025or 603-787-2449 or contactthe town hall with a requestfor a participation form.

The Heritage Commis-sion is not neglecting otherprojects that are on our platewhile we build the RailroadPark. We are actively devel-oping the Hazen property inNorth Haverhill. If you are notfamiliar with the Hazen prop-erty it was the farm belongingto our first settler, JohnHazen... Built in 1765 it laterbecame the Moses Meaderproperty. (The local Sawyerfamily are direct descendantsof Moses and Kate Meader}.

The barn was destroyed byfire and the remaining housestructure was removed with-out preservation in mind. Itshistoric significance wasoverlooked for years but weare fortunate that the founda-tions of the house and barnsremain along with blueprintsof the original buildings. It sitson a two acre parcel of landthat borders the ConnecticutRiver down from the Pink IceCream stand. The Upper Val-ley Trust has been appointedas a conservator of the prop-erty which means that its usewill have to be carefullythought out. We are clearingthe property at this time ofovergrowth and clearly mark-ing the foundations. This is anexciting venture and we willreport on its progress soon.In the meantime we are forg-ing ahead with the clean-up!

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Through these projects,youth learn many importantlife skills, including planning,organization, time manage-ment, communication andteam work. Leaders of these4-H groups reported three-quarters of the participatingmembers now know moreabout their community, andmost youth are more confi-dent in helping others.

The majority of membersalso learned to follow aprocess to make decisionsand accept their share of responsibility. Thirty-one mem-bers submitted individual re-ports, with most indicating theycould make a plan to reachtheir goal, and organize an ac-tivity that includes others.

Many projects these 4-Hyouth have taken on made animportant impact on an indi-vidual, a group in need, or inthe community. One groupwas able to rescue a youngneglected colt from a localhorse auction, and he is now

starting to trust them throughtheir rehabilitation efforts. In Grafton County, we havethe county-wide Kids to Kids project. 4-H’ers andfriends create twin size quiltsthat are given to youth whoare displaced from their homedue to disasters, fires or familybreakups. To date, over 150quilts have been distributedthrough police departmentsand social service agencies.

A majority of groupsaround the state took on thechallenges of food security in their communities by help-ing at food pantries, raisinggardens and donating thefood, or setting up a foodshelf in their school to regu-larly collect canned goods.One 4-H afterschool groupprovides meals each week toa variety of families needingassistance.

Intergenerational com-munication is being en-hanced with such examplesas youth visiting seniors,helping the elderly with yardwork, and playing games orreading to nursing home res-idents. One entrepreneurialgroup performed a service tocitizens of the community byproviding a "grab and go"meal for those attending theannual town meeting.

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China, now A Great Power – Part iiBy George Clark

From the early 1920'suntil the Japanese invasion in1937, the situation for for-eigners in China continued toerode and those with anysense recognized that the“old days” were rapidly com-ing to an end. At first it wasChiang Khai-sheks armiesfighting the war-lords but alsothumbing their nose at theoccidentals. In fact his armiescame into close contact withand threatened foreignersevery place they connected.This was especially true inthe late 1920's when theywere fighting warlord armiesaround Nanking, because ofits contingency to Shanghai.The latter’s attempts to curtailtheir freedom to go wherethey wanted too, when theywanted too, was a little much.

Because of the Boxertreaties the inland rivers werealmost entirely “owned” by theforeigners. The Yangzte Riverwas heavily traveled by US,British and French naval war-ships all the way to Chungk-ing. They were there to protecttheir merchant ships and for-eigners settled in business ormissionary work. In fact, dur-ing the mid-nineteenth cen-tury, the USN had established

the “Yangtze Patrol.” A seriesof gunboats built for just thattraffic whose job was to pro-tect US commercial traffic upand down the river. What mat-ters most to us is that thoseforeign navies would allow (ordisallow) Chinese naval ves-sels up and down the river, IFthey decided it was accept-able. In effect, China had littlesay about plying their own in-land rivers.

Until Chiang’s advent thiswas hateful but accepted con-trol. He began pushing the“envelope” and the occiden-tals began sending increasingnumber’s of warships to thearea. But they couldn’t alwaysagree on the ultimate courseof action. The Chinese partic-ularly hated the British andJapanese. Mainly this was be-cause the British had beentheir adversaries for a hun-dred years or more and be-cause both ran factories witha Chinese force. These facto-ries were operated with al-most slave labor and manystrikes occurred which bothoccidental nations put downvery violently.

Unlike the other signato-ries to the unequal treaties,the US State Department

was trying to ease up in itsdemands but had a staff atthe Peking legation stronglyopposing that. As the situa-tion became more unpleas-ant, the US did agree to sendmore Marines to protect theAmerican population. Obvi-ously, and to each occidentalnation, conditions were be-coming nearly impossible toprevent any serious prob-lems. The US Marines arrivedin 1927 in several batchesunder the overall direction ofthe Corps’ most distinguishedfighting man, Brigadier Gen-eral Smedley Darlington But-ler. With a name like that hehad to be tough. He wastough and also possibly thebest “diplomat” the US mili-tary then had, and made it hisbusiness to allow the proudChinese as much discretionas he could, within his gen-eral orders.

Now with a brigade ofMarines, in a balanced unit,the US, at least was preparedfor almost anything. This was,in fact, the first time the US orfor that matter, any nation,had put together a unit with allthe modern ingredients; in-fantry, artillery, tanks, andplanes. However, Butler wasa man who preferred peace-ful methods and it wasn’t longbefore the Chinese and hewere palsy-walsy. In fact,when Butler was leavingChina with most of his force,the grateful Chinese pre-sented him with the highesthonor of their nation, an Um-brella of Ten Thousand Bless-ings an almost unheard ofgesture for any foreigner. Butthat wasn’t all, they decidedto present him with a secondumbrella, both of which I sawin his West Chester, PA,home many years ago.

Butler and most of hisbrigade left China in 1929,but one regiment, the 4thMarines remained in thenewly established Americanconcession at Shanghai. Thatcity had been, more or less,created by foreigners with theresult that it was China’scommercial center. TheBritish and French, and soonthe Japanese, would eachhave concessions which theyoccupied and ruled as anequal part of their own nation.It was their nation’s laws thatwere imposed on everyone,including upon those Chinesecitizens that lived and workedin each concession.

Over the following dozenyears or more, conditions forforeigners became more diffi-cult, even in the concessions.Strikes were put down usingmilitary force which createdmore hatred and unplesant-ness. Conditions for individualoccidentals, otherwise, were

of the highest standards. Liv-ing was a genuine treat inChina, whereas in othercountries the depression washard, heavy and hitting manypeople. Money went fourtimes as far in China, allowingliving conditions unlike any toordinary people in their previ-ous lives. Military people es-pecially loved China duty.They were hardly required toperform any service whereChinese could be hired to dothe ordinary barrack duties:laundry, cleaning, makingbeds, you name it and theChinese did it, for paymentthat even privates could af-ford. However, those werejust the unequal conditions,but they added insult to injuryand created more animosity.

In 1937, after severalprevious military adventures,Japan’s army and navylaunched an attack uponChina, which would continueuntil Japan was thoroughlydefeated in 1945. Conditionswere terrible for the Chinese,as the enemy with extremecruelty rode rough-shod overmuch of China’s terrain. Thetreaty nations came in forsome rough treatment aswell, and especially in placeslike Shanghai where theJapanese tried several timesto push into the various con-cessions and were urged outby the limited military forcesof the US, Britain andFrance. Fortunately theywent but in truth if they haddecided to extend their ad-venture by fighting thosethree at the same time, whatwould have curtailed them?

Later, in 1939 whenBritain and France were atwar, and the latter defeatedin 1940, it was a wonder theJapanese didn’t try to takeover those concessions. Butthey tried nearly everythingelse. In fact they purposelydestroyed a US ship, thegunboat Panay in 1937, thenapologized. But to observers,if was a deliberate act andshowed how little the Japan-ese cared how the US re-acted to their aggression.

At any rate, by 1940 theBritish had pretty much leftChina, as had the French andmost other European nationsand only the US still had thelone 4th Marines in Shang-hai. Then, somebody decidedthey, about 800 Marines, hadno chance if a war with Japancame and pulled them out on28 November 1941. Soonafter they arrived in thePhilippines where not longafter they too would be fight-ing the Japanese.

Until 1945 this meant aChina free of every foreignnation, except Japan. TheChinese, Communists and

Fascists fought them untilJapan was defeated by thecombined forces of the US,Australia, New Zealand, andof course China. Within a fewyears the Communists over-whelmed Chiang’s troopsforcing them off-shore to theisland of Formosa, nowknown as Taiwan. Sincethen, at least up until a fewyears ago, the Chinese nation has been wary of any contacts with foreign nations, establishing rela-tions but building up a pow-erful military/naval force topreclude any attempts byany nation to try any encroachment upon them asa sovereign nation. Do youwonder why they feel thatway? Well, lets look at whatthey tolerated and make afew suppositions.

Suppose the Chinesesent a regiment of theirMarines to occupy a sectionof San Francisco; we or theycould call it the Chinese con-cession, where they ruledand would only allow SanFranciscans to work there intheir factories. They woulduse military force to put downany labor actions which wewould be powerless to reacttoo. And, of course, theirnaval ships would ply theMississippi River and onlyallow US ships access up-river when they believed itwas non-threatening to them.

How about Britain? TheChinese could have the Is-land of Man as a base, sortof like Hong Kong had been,and run it as a Chinese pos-session while forcing theBritish to accept the importa-tion of Heroin or even Opium.Their factories in Liverpooland other coastal townscould produce, with lowlypaid English employees,goods for distribution overmuch of Europe.

Then, in France and Italythey would be allowed to ownfactories and implant theirBuddhist religion (if by then itwas allowed), plus controlmuch of both territories, es-pecially on their coasts.

I could go on with this butperhaps you may now havesome impression of what aproud people like the Chi-nese, tolerated for so manyyears, and I do not believewill allow to ever happenagain. Wouldn’t you agree?

Much of the details in thisarticle was taken from mytwo books on the subject ofUS Marines in China. Tread-ing Softly now published byABC Clio, and Few Scars ofViolence, Few Wounds toHeal by the Brasshat. Thelatter is still available andcovers the US presence inChina from 1819 to 1949.

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Scrutonized

The following essay was retyped from anemail sent on January 30, 1997 from DawnNelson to several people including my wife.

Obviously the authors of “The AmericanLanguage - Scrutonized” are not alone intheir head scratching over this interesting butfrustrating language.

Let’s face it -- English is a crazy lan-guage. There is no egg in eggplant nor hamin hamburger: neither apple nor pine inpineapple. English muffins weren’t inventedin England or French fries in France. Sweet-meats are candies while sweetbreads, whicharen’t sweet, are meat.

We take English for granted. But if weexplore its paradoxes, we find that quick-sand can work slowly, boxing rings aresquare and a guinea pig is neither fromGuinea nor is it a pig.

And why is it that writers write but fin-gers don’t fing, grocers don’t groce andhammers don’t ham? If the plural of toothis teeth, why isn’t the plural of booth beeth?One goose, 2 geese. So one moose, 2meese? One index, 2 indices?

Doesn’t it seem crazy that you canmake amends but not one amend, that youcomb through annals of history but not asingle annal? If you have a bunch of oddsand ends and get rid of all but one of them,what do you call it?

If teachers taught, why didn’t preacherspraught? If a vegetarian eats vegetables,what does a humanitarian eat? If you rote aletter, perhaps you bote your tongue?

Sometimes I think all the English speak-ers should be committed to an asylum forthe verbally insane. In what language dopeople recite at a play and play at a recital?Ship by truck and send cargo by ship? Havenoses that run and feet that smell? Park ondriveways and drive on parkways?

How can a slim chance and a fatchance be the same, while a wise man andwise guy are opposites? How can overlookand oversee be opposites, while quite a lotand quite a few are alike? How can theweather be hot as hell one day and cold ashell another?

Have you noticed that we talk aboutcertain things only when they are about?Have you ever seen a horseful carriage ora strapful gown? Met a sung hero or expe-rienced requited love? Have you ever runinto someone who was combobulated,gruntled, ruly or peccable? And where areall those people who ARE spring chickensor who would ACTUALLY hurt a fly?

You have to marvel at the unique lunacyof a language in which your home can burnup as it burns down, in which you fill in aform by filling it out and in which an alarmclock goes off by going on.

English was invented by people, notcomputers, and it reflects the creativity ofthe human race (which, of course, isn’t arace at all). That is why, when the stars areout, they are visible, but when the lights areout, they are invisible. And why, when Iwind up my watch, I start it, but when I windup this essay, I end it.

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How do I say good-bye to mydad, will he be upset with me if I cry,should I cry, what if I don’t feel likecrying, what if…what if…what if. Somany questions run through myhead as we are waiting for the cere-mony to start I just can’t seem tofocus on one but I know I need tofocus on the short time I have leftwith Dad. This is our dad’s seconddeployment as a Vermont Army Na-tional Guardsman, but this deploy-ment seems to be more confusingand painful. We have had a cousin,Andrew Gendron, seriously injured inAfghanistan just a few months ago,his brother, Travis, is still inAfghanistan. Even though Andrew isdoing well and recently was dis-charged from the hospital; thethought of a possible middle of thenight call from the Army will nowlinger over our dreams at night.Dad will be able to come home for 10days for Christmas this year, it will beabsolutely great to have him thereand not be missing him this year butthe great sadness of another good-bye will be just around the corner.Dad will be returning back to IN formore training and then will be leavingfor Afghanistan sometime in Febru-ary (to the best of our knowledge but

the military can change their mind ina blink of an eye). Once he leaves inFebruary our communication will be

dwindled down to email, face bookand letters, our communication be-comes much better and stronger be-

cause he is not here to see the dayto day childhood events unfold so wehave to write it the best we can sopossibly he could close his eyes andenvision what it is we were writingabout. He will miss the birth of agrandbaby, he will miss a JuniorProm, he will miss our birthdays, ourholidays, he will miss college visits,he will miss so much, mostly he willbe missing us.

Our dad has been in the NationalGuards since we were born, we havebeen thru weeks and sometimesmonths of him being gone for train-ings, but we knew he was safe, nowwe just have to pray God will keephim safe. It is not easy to be a childof a soldier but it does give you asense of pride that some wouldnever know or understand. It createsemotion that can be overwhelming tothe point of a tear when the NationalAnthem is played, a tear to look upinto the stands and see the spotwhere he usually sits filled by an-other spectator, a tear when it is ourbirthdays and he is not there, a tearknowing he won’t see his new grand-baby be born, a tear bursting withpride and happiness to know ourdaddy is protecting our freedom.Can you say conflicting emotions?

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through the eyes of ChildrenWritten by the family of SSG Ralph Messenger

Blakelee and Jobin Messenger saying good bye to their dad

Ralph Messenger, of Bradford on Sunday December 6 at the send off

ceremony for phase one of the Vermont National Guard Deployment.

Photo courtesy of Shelly Messenger

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At a recent meeting of Ross-Wood Post #20 American Legionin Woodsville awards were presented to Leah Rutherford, age8, and Laura Rutherford, age 12, for their assistance in theannual Thanksgiving Dinner served at the post on November22. Both girls volunteered several hours of their time to helpprepare, serve and clean up the meal. Legion CommanderGary Scruton awarded the girls certificates along with thanksfrom the post members. Courtesy of Marilynn Rutherford.

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A new history book isabout to reach the schools in the Haverhill/Newburyarea. It is very unlike mosthistory books, however.There are several reasonsfor this difference.

The first difference no-ticed when one looks at thisnew history book is that it ismore like a booklet than abook. A very nicely donecover is followed by a 24page booklet of interestinginformation and some veryold maps.

The next difference no-ticed is that this historicalbooklet pertains to a verysmall piece of our world. That

area is referred to by manydifferent names even withinthe booklet. The title calls thearea the Koas Meadows. It isalso referred to as the LittleOxbow and Big Oxbow area.Some refer to this area as theLower Cohase Region. Thereis also reference to the areaas: “The Place of the WhitePines” or Cahass, Cohas-siac, Coos, Coosuc, Cowa-suck, Cowass, Cohas andCohase. Many of these maybe simply explained as differ-ent spellings. But the differ-ence in the names can alsobe related to the fact that thisarea has been inhabited forthousands of years by the

native Abenaki people. Thosenative Abenaki of this partic-ular area are also known asthe Kiasek.

That brings us to thethird uniqueness of thisbooklet. It was written andproduced by those same Ki-asek Abenakis. More exactlyit was a creation from theWhite Pine Association,(WPA) a non-profit organiza-tion headquartered in New-bury, Vermont and Haverhill,New Hampshire. The WPA ismade up of Abenaki descen-dents as well as other con-cerned citizens who havemade this region their homefor generations.

Not only has this wonder-ful history booklet been pro-duced, but WPA has alsocopied CD’s of the Abenakilanguage in an effort to savethis language from extinction.Those CD’s along with a dic-tionary are available to thosewho are interested in learn-ing the language and carry-ing on the Abenaki tradition.

So if you are attendingschool in the Haverhill/New-bury area, especially ingrades four, five & six, youhave a new history book tolook forward to. If you are ateacher in this area and havenot yet seen this booklet askfor a copy and be part of thecontinuing history of theKoas Meadows.

Painting by Nancy Millette who continues to write grants andwork on other fund raisers in order to expand this booklet. If youwould like to donate check out whitepineassociation.org

Attention All Snowmobilers

The snowmobile trailswill be opened on de-cember 15th providingwe have adequatesnow cover per RSA215C. At that time, youwill see the gates willbe open and thegroomer will be out. Ourtrail system will have alot of new changes thisyear as we have lost the useof a major part of our traildue to disrespect to the landowner. He was tired of pick-ing up trash that peopletossed out on his land andfor failure to stay on themarked trails.

Our trail system is wellmarked again this year and inmany places we have ropedoff trails going across fields.

We are asking everyoneto PLEASE obey the signsand stay in the trails andkeep out of any place that ismarked with No Snowmobil-ing signs. Do not go outsidethe marked trails and stay offany trail that is marked witha dead end sign for these areaccess trails only.

Do not try to cut acrossany field that is not markedto try to save time. We try touse the outside edge of afield for our trails to cut downon crop damage.

All effort must be madeto respect the land ownerswhose property we use.

PLEASE respect quietzones and watch your speed in areas where thereare homes.

If you pack food anddrinks in on your ride, pleasetake your trash back out with you.

Snowmobiling is a privi-lege, not a right and manyhours of hard work as well asmoney goes into maintainingtrails that goes to wastewhen a trail is closed. Pleaseenjoy our trails and ride withsafety and respect.

We invite you to attendour meetings that are heldon the first Tuesday of eachmonth at the Municipal Build-ing in North Haverhill at 7:00PM and to also give us ahand working on the trails.We meet at Aldrich GeneralStore on Sundays at 8:00AM and work till noon.

Connecticut Valley Snowmobile Club

A brief History:From the koas Meadows to you today

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Possible Grant Money For Woodsville ArmoryBy Robert Fillion, Woodsville, NH

The state of New Hamp-shire is turning over to thetown of Haverhill its nolonger used armory inWoodsville. The select boardappointed a committee to ad-vise on the uses to which thetown might put the building.Robert Fillion of Woodsvilledelivered a memorandum tothe committee on December3 that outlines the possibleuse of the armory as an

information services andcommunity activities center.He has advised that he isproposing to offer as muchas $500,000 to adapt the building for town use butonly if the center is fully established and funded. Thegrant money would be avail-able as it becomes neededand before the town commitsexpenditures.

Fillion states that the

purpose of the center wouldbe to ensure that residents ofthe town have access to sev-eral information and commu-nity services that theypresently do not have, aswell as to improve or in-crease any relevant presentservices. The center couldcoordinate and plan commu-nity activities, such as recre-ational activities, youthservices, exhibitions, mu-seum, and cultural events. Itwould provide space andother resources to supportindependent study and re-search as well as to supportformal (classroom) study. Itwould provide for informationliteracy including offeringcomputers for public use. Itwould offer literature and in-formation that is relevant toadult education, basic liter-acy, career development,

local history and genealogy,pre-school learning, homeinstruction, agriculture, andcommerce. It would be ableto provide community infor-mation, which consists offacts about the communityincluding town agencies andorganizations. It would beable to offer a wide array ofliterature, both serious andpopular, that is geared to theexpressed interests ofHaverhill people.

The center might organ-ize educational and culturalactivities, such as lectures,concerts, and book discus-sions. It could hold exhibi-tions of various kinds. It couldadminister a program ofbringing people in the com-munity together to deal withcommunity issues as well asissues that extend beyondthe community.

Although the grant wouldstipulate that the informationcenter be subject to the statelaw that governs libraries, itwould not perform as presentlibraries in Haverhill do. Aboard of trustees elected attown meeting would governthe center and be subject todecisions of voters at townmeetings. It would operateopenly and would be subjectto the state’s right-to-knowlaw, to reporting require-ments, and to audits andevaluations. The centerwould submit annual budgetsthat outline how the centerwould plan for uses of its ap-propriations.

The center could also provide for outdoor activities such as a sculpturegarden, horticultural garden,playground, picnic facilities,boat launch, skating rink,and trail center for skiers,boaters, bikers, cyclers, andsnowmobilers.

The center could provideservices for nearby townsthat contribute to its opera-tional costs.

The center would needaround 4800 sq. ft. or about1/3 of the armory interiorspace. Most of the spacewould be available for otherfunctions.

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Citizens Work on use of Woodsville Armory

executive Council Report by Ray Burton

The NH Operation LifeSaver Committee has beenin existence since 1983.

Our focus is three fold- education, engineeringand enforcement where railroads come into contactwith highways.

This 27 member commit-tee is a part of the New Eng-land Health and SafetyCouncil with offices in Con-cord, NH. Committee mem-bers include railroadowners/operators, statesafety officials, driver educa-tion teachers, and interestedcitizens. Over the years wehave conducted mockrail/vehicle crashes, havetrained presenters for class-room presentations, partici-

pated in railroad promotionmarketing days, trade showsand local chamber of com-merce events. We meetabout 4 times per year.

The NH Highway SafetyAgency is a key to purchas-ing educational informationalitems to distribute.

If anyone is interested infurther information pleasecontact our Executive Direc-tor Lyman Cousins at 796-6446. Or contact my of-fice at 747-3662.

With season's greetingsto all.

Ray Burton338 River RoadBath NH 03740

ray.burton@myfairpoint.net

An ambitious group ofcitizen volunteers have beenmeeting to work on compil-ing information for the usageof the Woodsville Armory bythe Town of Haverhill. Afterthe Town of Haverhill heldpublic meetings to determineif its citizens wanted theTown to acquire the armory,the Selectboard began theacquisition process based onthe positive citizen input.

From the public hearings,many individuals steppedforward and volunteered towork on a committee to com-pile ideas to determine thebest usage of the Armory.This group has seen Peter

Conrad, Larry Corey, JoelGodston, Alex Graham,Howard Hatch, SamanthaHuntington, Mike King, JimPeterson, Ana Peterson,Regis Roy, Cole Rutherford,Gary Scruton and LynnWheeler putting their headstogether to come up withsome outstanding ideas.

Their first meeting onDecember 3rd. began with avisit to the Armory to assessthe size and physical layoutof the facility. An enthusiasticgroup had lots of questionsand ideas after the initial re-view. Members have goneback out in the community togather additional information

about the physical plant, dayto day operation of the build-ing and where we can obtaininformation to assist in thislarge project. Plans of theproperty are being acquiredfrom the National Guard.

In addition, Town Man-ager, Glenn English hasarranged with LightTec ofMerrimack, New Hampshireto begin an energy audit ofthe facility. The first portionof the audit was put in placeon, Tuesday, December 8th.This has been made avail-able through the Office ofState Planning. A secondaudit will be done of theheating system.

At the second meeting ofthe group on December 10th.,the group brainstormed onideas for usage. Prior to themeeting written input hadbeen gathered from theRecreation Committee andthe Haverhill Police Depart-ment as well as a statementof purpose of the Committeefrom the Selectboard. Gath-ered information has beencategorized and is beingweighted by the Committee.The additional informationgathered from the nightsmeeting will be catalogedalong with the previous gath-ered information. During themeeting it was stressed that

the Selectboard would like theproject to be cost neutral dur-ing these very difficult times.

The next scheduledmeeting of the WoodsvilleArmory Advisory Committeewill be December 17th. at7:00 p.m. at the MunicipalBuilding in North Haverhill.The public is welcome to at-tend. If you have informationthat would be helpful for theCommittee, please feel freeto leave it at the MunicipalBuilding for Lynn Wheeler.

Lynn WheelerCharperson

Woodsville Armopry Advisory Committee

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Calendar of EventsTHuRsDAy, DECEMBER 17WOODSVILLE ARMORY USE COMMITTEE7:00 PMMorrill Municipal Building, North Haverhill

fRiDAy, DECEMBER 18ANNUAL HAVERHILL POLICE DEPARTMENT BLOOD DRIVE12:00 Noon - 6:00 PMMorrill Municipal Building, North Haverhill

sATuRDAy, DECEMBER 191ST ANNUAL READING OF CHILDREN HOLIDAY STORIES4:00 PM - 5:00 PMPatten Library, North Haverhill

suNDAy, DECEMBER 20LESSONS & CAROLS / ADVENT SERVICE10:00 AMSt. Luke’s Episcopal Church, Woodsville

LIGHTING OF THE MEMORY TREE2:00 PMBethany Church, United Church of Christ, Pike

MONDAy, DECEMBER 21HAVERHILL SELECTBOARD MEETING6:00 PMMorrill Municipal Building, North Haverhill

THuRsDAy, DECEMBER 24CHRISTMAS EVE SERVICES6:00 PMBethany Church, United Church of Christ, Pike

7:00 PMWells River Congregational Church, Wells River

7:00 PMEast Peacham Baptist Church, East Peacham

7:30 PMOrfordville Church Building, Orford

suNDAy, DECEMBER 27CAROL SING9:00 AMBethany Church, United Church of Christ, Pike

CAROL SING10:30 AMUnited Congregational Church of Orford, Orford

suNDAy, jANuARy 3BRING A BELL AND RING IN THE NEW YEAR9:00 AMBethany Church, United Church of Christ, Pike

BRING A BELL AND RING IN THE NEW YEAR10:30 AMUnited Congregational Church of Orford, Orford, NH

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New Year’s Eve marksthe 17th annual First Nightcelebration of the arts in St.Johnsbury.

It all starts in St. Johns-bury at 4 pm on December31, 2009 and finishes withbright bang at the midnightfireworks finale on January1, 2010. That leaves eighthours to choose from amongthe 100 performances by 50different artists or showsbeing presented at 19 ven-ues on and near Main StreetSt. Johnsbury. Hear musicfrom many traditions, includ-ing folk, pop, rock, blues,bluegrass, Broadway, sa-cred, contemporary andclassical piano. See moderndancers, break dancers, ma-gicians, a hypnotist, jugglers,a one-man band and com-edy shows. Dance the nightaway to swing or hot rock, incountry squares or contradance lines. Let the kidswork off some energy withgiant inflatables and enjoycraft activities at the FamilyFun Fare.

In between favoriteshows, enjoy the diverse se-lection of food and beverageat several churches andother venues. And the freelate night pancake supper isalways popular.

The entertainment linedup this year includes manyfavorites of former FirstNights and a number ofdebut performances.

Among the new acts thisyear is Leonard Solomon’sone-man variety show featur-ing some of the most bizarrehomemade instruments everseen or heard. Conceivedand constructed in his base-ment, the goose-honking andtrain-whistle cacophony of theMajestic Bellowphone ren-ders symphonic compositionsarranged for dog whistles andbicycle horn. Solomon roundsout the show with a polishedjuggling routine.

Equally unusual is themusic of Kevin Colosa whoplays the world’s oldest elec-tronic musical instrument,the Theremin. By skillfullymoving his hands near itstwo antennas to control oscil-lators for pitch with one handand volume with the otherColosa gives a new dimen-sion to favorite show tuneson this strangely compellinginstrument.

First Night is a showcasefor new young performers.

Local college students makeup two alternative rockbands--Sidrak & Bokkus andThe Rêves. Other young per-formers coming of age atFirst Night are Walker Storzwith two groups: Rubato andDerk & the Avengers.Twelve-year old Ashley Milesis already an award-winningcountry singer. The BethelAnabaptist Musicians are de-vout young people whomake heavenly music.

You Already Know is agroup of young men whogrew up with each other andbecame the self-proclaimed"world’s greatest streetdance crew." They performon the streets of Boston,showing off their gymnastic"styles" in breakdance, hip-hop, house, krump, rave,popping and locking.

After she performs withthe Thrive Dance Company,dancer Laurel Askren teamsup with visual artist JesseProia for a unique moderncollaboration.

And the sketches of theKingdom County Comic The-ater always welcomes newstudent comedians.

In addition to perform-ances by the young, there aremany shows especially for theyoung, including the comicantics of the King of Silly andthe delightful songs of JamesLamar. For pure amusementand amazement there’s BobShelley in three magical incar-nations as Ishkabibble andProfessor Marvel, and finally,for older kids and up, BobShelley the Hypnotist.

And for the young at heartLewis Franco and the MissingCats swing onto the stagewith their gypsy rhythms.

Tenor saxophonistBenny Sharoni comes upnorth from the Boston jazzscene with three of his fa-vorite sidemen to play an en-ergetic blend of straightahead bop with Latin fusions. With a strong emphasis onclose harmonies backed withfiddle, guitar, bouzouki, but-ton accordion, and sundrypercussions, Fifth Businessproduces songs with roots inAmerican, British, and Celticmusic, plus some originalcontemporary compositions. Guitarist Linda Warnaar, withMicah Carbonneau on bassand Alex Wolften on trumpet,sings original songs thatblend Latin, jazz, and funkrhythms with her new band,

the Tessellations. Derby Line is a local bar-

bershop quartet that special-izes in Tin Pan Alley andVictorian-era classics. Thefoursome may also break outin doo-wop, show tunes, andballads when the spiritmoves them.

Mark Shelton will finishthe evening with his lateshow of Vegas vocal imper-sonations, including the King.

And the Catamount Artstheaters will be showing twofilms continuously--the firstrun of the offbeat comedyThe Men Who Stare atGoats and the very on-the-beat concert film Soul Power.That’s just the new stuff. FirstNight welcomes back anarray of returning musicians:the rockabilly beat of theBurke Mountain Bandits, therhythms of the St. JohnsburyDrum Ensemble, bluegrassby Banjo Dan the Mid-nitePlowboys, folk tunes by Notthe Best and the Moore Fam-ily, folk rock by the Bob AmosBand, jazz by the Maple LeafSeven, close harmonies byWindrose, the DonahueFamily Singers, and Bobbie& Me & Dr. D, solo piano withPina Antonelli and CodyMichaels, solo pipe organ byPaul Connelly, and solo harpwith Bill Tobin.

In between acts andshows there are demonstra-tions of fire dancing on thestreet and art exhibits atGatto Nero and the Cata-mount Gallery, this year fea-turing the Kirby Quilters’traditional yet timeless craft.The complete schedule forFirst Night St. Johnsbury isposted on the web atwww.firstnightstj.com.

First Night buttons are onsale at most area banks anda number of other businessesand also at TrendyThreads/Trendy Times inWoodsville, NH. Given thecurrent economy, organizersare pleased to hold the pre-New Year’s Eve price to $10.The price for adults doesjump to $15 on December 31,but the student price remainsat $10. And pre-schoolersnever need a button.

First Night volunteerswho work a shift hosting at avenue on New Year’s Evecan get free buttons. To become a volunteer, complete the form on theFirst Night website or call802-748-2603.

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BETHLEHEM — When fanseager to hear fiddler PatrickRoss at a family-style holidayconcert at the Rocks Estatelast week had to be turnedaway, the organizers quicklydecided to put together an-other “Evening of HolidayTunes with Patrick Ross” totake care of the overflowcrowd and encourage otherswho would like to hear thisyoung musician to be able to

do so. The second concert is scheduled for Thursday,December 17 at 7 p.m. in the cafeteria at Profile High School on Route 18 in Bethlehem.

Patrick is no stranger toProfile, where students thereenjoyed a session with himseveral years ago, said Principal Mike Kelley.

Patrick will welcome oldfriends and new to the De-cember 17 concert, wherehe promises to play lots oftoe-tapping fiddle tunes witha holiday flavor.

The program, presentedby the Arts Alliance of Northern New Hampshire, isone of a series of informalevents celebrating the holiday season.

Patrick is a native ofCanaan, Vermont and a fifth-generation fiddler. He and hisfiddle have traveled around

the world making music andfriends along the way. Afterfiddling through Ireland, Italy,Hungary and Nicaragua,Patrick now makes his homein Groveton.

His newest CD, “In DeGood Mood,” traditionalFrench Canadian tunes thathe recorded with Jean NilTheroux of Canaan, Ver-mont, will be available, as willolder recordings.

Anyone needing addi-tional information can call 837-2275 or emailEileen@aannh.org. There isplenty of space at Profile, andthere is no need to make areservation for this concert.The suggested donation is $7.

Profile High School is located at 691 Profile Road,Bethlehem, near the intersection of I-93 andRoute 302.

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This picture is of my hus-band, Robert (Bob) Bigelowof Passumpsic, Vermont, withthe buck he harvested on No-vember 11 around 8:30 a.m.in Moscow, Maine. The deerwas a 9 pointer and weighed220 pounds dressed. Basedon the Biggest Bucks inMaine Club the live weight

calculation is 264 pounds. Bob had hunted the first

week of Maine’s rifle seasonand came home for hisgrandson Dylan’s 17th birth-day. He told us of this cut hehad been hunting and all thedeer sign he had seen. Weall encouraged him to goback up to hunt some more

so he headed back up Mon-day morning. Bob and I havebeen hunting partners forseveral years now, but unfor-tunately I was unable to goup with him so he was hunt-ing solo when he got thisbruiser. I can only imaginethe excitement he felt whenhe talks about watching twodoes come out of the swampand forty-five minutes laterthis guy came down the trailfollowing their scent. Bob isa retired state employee with40 plus years of service andmissed out on a lot of deer

hunting. I can’t think of any-one who deserves to getsuch a beautiful trophy likethis than him. I am very

proud of his patience andperseverance because thatis what you need to hunt thebig woods in Maine.

the Maine Reason to ReturnBy Carolyn Bigelow

In the December 8th edition of Trendy Times there was an article thatstruck a nerve of at least oneof our readers.

First let me apologize ifany article written by a con-tributor or myself has of-fended anyone. That wascertainly not the intent.

However, I believe thateveryone deserves a voice.Whether I agree or disagreewith a viewpoint, that view-

point has the right to beheard, or in our case writtenand able to be read.

One of the unique aspects of the written word;everyone has a choicewhether or not to read it. A reader can read it at theirown pace, and possibly mostuniquely, they can interpretthe words as they wish. But written words are perma-nent and what you write iswhat you write. It is there in

black and white. And my interpretation may well bedifferent from another. The perspective, which is different for virtually everyone of us, will tilt your viewone way or another. In factsome articles can be vastlydifferent depending on yourview. Because of this, andthe fact that I can only look at any submitted article froma limited number of thoseview points, some articlesmay be printed that will affect some readers in amanner unforseen by thewriter or myself.

I must say that TrendyTimes is not by any meanstrying to dodge our responsi-bility to edit and on rare oc-casions reject an article thatis submitted. But at the sametime, we should not, and willnot suppress the views andopinions of our contributors.

So again, apologies ifwritten words in TrendyTimes have caused ill feel-ings. I strongly believe it wasnot intended as such.

And finally, let me invitethose with opposing views totake the time to write yourwords down, send them inand let your voice be heard.It is one of the main missionsof Trendy Times.

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