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Winning artThe Laconia Savings Bank presented the prizes for the annual Gilford Old Home Day Art Contest on June24. The bank hosted the contest asking residents to submit art based on the theme of Old Home Day.This year the theme was “Life on the Lake” and four winners were chosen. Pictured on the right (clock-wise from top) are: Elaine Miller, vice president/office manager LSB, Emily Johansson, junior at GilfordHigh School and Holly Cyr, GHS sophomore. Johansson and Cyr tied for third place. Pictured on the left(clockwise from top) are: Zachary Blake, first place, GHS senior Olivia Searle, second place, and HerbGreene, director of the Gilford Parks and Recreation Department. Blake won a savings bond and his art-work will be featured on the cover of the Old Home Day program booklets. Second and third place win-ners also received savings bonds and their entries will be printed inside the program.

PHOTO BY DANIELLE DELISLE

Signing onAustin Schinlever of Gilford signs on with a hand held radio as anew "ham." The teenager recently got his license after hearingabout ham radios through Boy Scouting. See story on B1.

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PHOTOS BY DANIELLE DELISLE

Sgt. Josh Dirth of Marine Patrol takes aim at a boat in the distance withthe new speed guns the department will employ to enforce the newspeed laws on Winnipesaukee. These guns, which use lasers to capturetheir target, have no margin of error and are the same make employedby State Police.

Inset: This is one of the many signs posted by the Marine Patrol inform-ing boaters of the new speed limits laws. If broken the boater pays a fineand the violation goes on his or her driving license record.

Marine Patrol cracking down on boat speeds and drinkingBY DANIELLE [email protected]

Though the weather so farthis season has kept manyboaters away, the Big Lakenonetheless is teeming withMarine Patrol officers whoare keeping speeds anddrunken boating in check onLake Winnipesaukee.

“There have been some ag-gressively for it,” Marine Pa-trol’s Sgt. Josh Dirth said ofthe new speed limit law, “andsome aggressively against it.

There were just more whofelt this was something thatneeded to be done.”

The new speed limit lawwent into effect on Jan. 1 andthe Marine Patrol has beenpreparing for the boatingseason ever since. The lawsays that boats shall go nofaster than 45 mph during theday and 25 mph at night. Thenighttime law goes into effectone half hour before sunsetand remains in effect untilone half hour after sunrise.

The law amends that thespeeds may be reduced ifthere are bad water or weath-er condition. Dirth said thatthey have a number of dif-ferent speed monitoring de-vices at the department in-cluding speed guns andDoppler.

In order to inform boatersof the new speed laws theyhave placed signs at keylaunch ramps and as publicservice announcements at lo-cal establishments. In addi-

County commissionersencourage town cooperationBY DANIELLE [email protected]

Nearing the end of theirtrip to all their county towns,the Belknap County Com-missioners encouraged Gil-ford officials to talk to othertowns and exchange ideas.

“I approve of a bottom upapproach to government,”said Richard Long, countycommissioner. “This issomething we have heard inother towns, and it can savemoney.”

This was in response to Se-lectman John O’Brien ask-ing if the commissioners hasconsidered arranging ameeting between the depart-ment heads of all the Belk-nap County towns. He usedthe Department of PublicWorks as an example. Longsaid that that towns hadsaved $20,000 in some casesby working together.

“I think it needs to be agrassroots movement,” said

O’Brien. “Those are the guysthat are out there and doingit. They are the ones that willbe able to go and get thingsdone.”

The commissioners gavea presentation, as they havedone in other towns, that fo-cuses on the structure ofcounty government andwhat the county pays forwith the money they receivefrom the towns. Gilford taxesmake up 14 percent of the to-tal received taxes for thetown. The only towns with alarger percentage are Laco-nia and Meredith.

“You pay a significant por-tion of the tax bill,” saidChristopher Boothby, chair-man of the commission.“You should know what youare getting for that money.”

Selectman Kevin Hayesasked about the money usedto fund outside agencies. Theissue of paying for non-gov-

ernmental agencies hasbeen a divisive issue in Gil-ford, Hayes pointed out, andas a result the agencies arevoted on individually on anannual basis. One of themain concerns for the townis that they have not seen acomprehensive budget forthe agencies.

“I was wondering if wecould somehow get a list ofexactly what they use themoney for and where theyget it from,” said Hayes.“That way people would bemore informed about whatthey are voting on.”

Commissioner EdwardPhilpot said that this not anew idea, and the commis-sion is trying to step awayfrom simply handing thetowns a bill for county taxes.He said they want to go intomore detail about what eachitem on the budget pays forand why it is there.

“Genesis is a perfect ex-ample,” said Philpot. “Theyget money from the town andfrom the state and from thecounty. People didn't under-stand that the money fromthe county is for a very spe-cific program that wasn'tfunded anywhere else.”

He explained that a lot ofpeople wonder why they arepaying from town, countyand state taxes for these pro-grams without realizing thatthe money from each place isused toward specific expens-es.

“If you have questionsabout this,” said Philpot,“then that is our failure forlack of communication.”

He said that the commis-sioners are re-organizing thebudget structure so therewill be more opportunitiesfor public input as they workthrough the upcoming budg-et cycle.

The commissioners alsomentioned the newly imple-mented House Bill 2 and its

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Police station survey’s initialresults show economy played a roleBY DANIELLE [email protected]

As promised, after beingvoted down for the new po-lice station addition, the Fa-cility Planning Committee isreviewing recently receivedvoter survey results.

The warrant article forthe police addition had beenin progress in various formsfor seven years. Because thewarrant article was a bond-ed warrant article the war-rant needed to pass by a 3/5majority according to statelaw. The article needed 780yea votes this year but got on-ly 661.

“We want to find out whythe voters voted they waythey did,” said Jim Mull,chairman of the FPC, short-ly after the ballot.

The survey consisted ofsix questions and allowed forgeneral comments from theresidents as well. Mull saidthey don’t want to move for-ward until they tally the re-sults and learn what theycan from them.

“In your opinion,” askedthe survey, “should the townmodify the police station ex-pansion and present it to vot-ers again?”

Town AdministratorScott Dunn reported recent-ly that they received an ap-proximate 50-percent re-sponse rate, which he called“phenomenal” for a survey.Out of the 500 surveys sentout to a random selection ofvoters, approximately 250were returned. He said theresponse ranged the spec-

Skydiving businessto hear final LAAdecision on July 16BY DANIELLE [email protected]

Sky Dive Laconia is head-ed to the final decision to op-erate out of the Laconia Air-port on July 16.

“We were originally hop-ing to open May 26,”said TomNoonan, who proposed thebusiness along with his wife.“The proposal required (La-conia Airport Authority) tobecome experts in our in-dustry almost overnight. Werealized that they needed totake their time to researchany information needed sothey would be satisfied.”

Noonan said that theywere asked to provide infor-mation of other airport-runsky dive businesses in com-parable communities lastwinter. He said they had beenhopeful they were close to adecision, but the Laconia

Airport Authority still hadsome questions regardingwhat strip the companywanted to use and proposedclient flow.

“We took that as a goodsign because they were get-ting down into details,” saidNoonan.

He said that since the be-ginning of the process theyhave provided the airportwith over 80 pages of docu-mentation, and he didn’t seeany reason why they wouldnot be approved on July 16.Since the season would beending if they were approvedat that meeting, Noon saidthey might do a soft start inAugust to present the prod-uct to the locals, with a fullopening held the following

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tion they have posted noticeson the Internet and put no-tices in local publications.

“I think with the aggres-sive campaign we have putout, I would be surprised ifpeople didn’t know about it,”said Dirth.

Though the law is new toLake Winnipesaukee, otherlakes, which are all moni-tored by Marine Patrol, haveemployed speed limits. Offi-cers were brought up fromother Marine Patrol stationsto teach the officers on LakeWinnipesaukee how to usethe equipment and fill outthe necessary paperwork forcitations.

If someone is found to bein violation of the law theywill receive a citation; at thebottom it will indicate thatthe amount of the ticket willbe determined by an areajudge. Dirth said that the finewould vary because somejudges might be more pas-sionate about the issue thanothers, and all circum-

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trum from “it’s the greatestthing since sliced bread” to“why are you guys botheringwith this?”

Dale Eddy, member of theFPC, said the dominate rea-son that voters were not in fa-vor of the police station pro-posal was residents not want-ing to spend the money forthe addition during this bad

economy. Eddy said that a lotof people felt that way, and hedidn’t think people realizedthat the project is not a short-term project, but will last 20years.

“For the most part it was-n’t surprising,” said Eddy. “Ithink if this plan had gone to

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A2 THE GILFORD STEAMER ALMANAC JULY 2, 2009

Gilford Public Library Top Ten Requests

For The Week of June 29, 2009

1. “The Help” by Kathryn Stockett 2. “Handle with Care” by Jodi Picoult 3. “The Shack” by William P. Young4. “The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society” by

Elizabeth Strout5. “Olive Kitteridge” by Mary Ann Shaffer6. “Gone Tomorrow” by Lee Child7. “Shanghai Girls” by Lisa See8. “Matters of the Heart” by Danielle Steel9. “The Scarecrow” by Michael Connelly

10. “Loitering with Intent” by Stuart Wood

1. The U.S. Postal Service moveshow many pieces of mail annual-ly: 50 million, 100 million, 200 mil-lion, 400 million?

2. How many U.S. vice-presidentshave ascended to the White Housebecause of a president’s death?

3. To what U.S. state does the UpperPeninsula belong?

4. How many movie sequels havewon an Academy Award for BestPicture?

5. In diplomatic circles what doesthe acronym SALT stand for?

1.200 million2.Eight3.Michigan4.One,The Godfather II5.Strategic Arms Limita-tion Treaty

Mr. Gil checked out a movie at the Gilford Cinema 8 last week. Canyou figure out where he is hiding this week?


Town officials drop flyer issueBY DANIELLE [email protected]

The Board of Selectmenhas decided not to pursuetheir request to the GilfordSchool Board to allow townnotices to be posted on schoolproperty and sent home withstudents.

“I think the decision wasbecause it was pretty obvi-ous to the selectmen thatnothing they said or didwould change the mind ofthe School Board,”said TownAdministrator Scott Dunn.

Recently, the school boarddecided to amend their poli-cy on events and programsadvertised on schoolgrounds. Previously, organi-zations outside the schooldistrict could post flyers andsend home pamphlets withstudents. The school boarddecided that they would nolonger allow outside notices

on school grounds.According to Margo

Weeks, chairman of theschool board, the insurancecompany and attorney thathandled the school districtinformed them that therecould be some concerns. Lastyear in Hudson, a residentwas banned from posting fly-ers about a non-profit reli-gious group at the localschool and subsequentlysued the school. The courtruled that if they allowedoutside materials to be post-ed in the school then they hadto allow all outside materi-als.

In light of this, the GilfordSchool Board decided that itwould be in the best interestof the school to ban all out-side flyers rather than makeexceptions.

The library and Parks andRecreation Department have

said that they use the schoolsto help target the intendeddemographic for their pro-grams, especially for after-school or day camp pro-grams run when school is notin session.

“We did a fair amount offlyers through the school,”said Katherine Dormody, di-rector of the Gilford PublicLibrary, at a previous select-men meeting. “One of thethings we are concernedabout now is our summerreading program.We have noidea what kind of impact itwill have on our numbers. Ithink some people came torely on learning things aboutthe town and the librarythrough their child’s back-packs.”

The selectmen did requestand then received writtencomment from the depart-ment heads regarding the is-

sue and how it would affecttheir activities. Herb Greene,director of the Parks andRecreation Department, saidthat handing flyers out at theschool is one of the majorways they distribute infor-mation about their pro-grams. He said previously allflyers had to be approved bythe superintendent, but theynever had any problem withthat in the past. He said theydo try to target their adver-tising for the age groups thata particular program is forand not mass advertise if it’snot needed.

“As much as I don’t like it,I vote we stop (pursuing thisissue) here,” said SelectmanKevin Hayes said last week.“I am sure it will come backaround again at some point.”

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James Sarver, 23, of 11 Win-sor Drive, Tilton, was arrestedand charged with criminaltrespass.

Lisa J. Ardinger, 51, of 16Kimball Road 35, was arrestedand charged with criminaltrespass.

Tom E. Richards, 49, of 153Dave Street, Manchester, wasarrested and charged withcriminal mischief.

Justin Ryan Kennett, 23, of20 Lakewood Drive, Belmont,was arrested and chargedwith criminal liability for con-duct of another.

Shelly Lynn Mongovan, 44,of 357 Old Lakeshore Road,was arrested and chargedwith aggravated driving whileintoxicated.

11 traffic stops were report-ed.

4 motor vehicle checkswere reported.

2 motor vehicle lockoutswere reported.

1 abandoned vehicle was re-ported.

6 calls for an ambulancewere reported.

6 calls for the fire depart-ment were reported.

7 reports of existing condi-tions were made.

2 suspicious vehicles werereported.

1 suspicious person was re-ported.

1 possible burglary inprogress was reported.

1 untimely death was re-ported.

4 alarms were reported.2 calls for motor vehicle as-

sistance were reported.13 animal complaints were

made.3 motor vehicle complaints

were made.7 motor vehicle accidents

were reported.3 domestic disturbances

were reported.1 report involving a juve-

nile was made.8 reports of criminal mis-

chief were made.1 investigation was made to

another department.4 services of paperwork

were reported.2 civil matters were report-

ed.5 lost/found items were re-

ported.1 request to see the com-

plainant was made.3 larcenies were reported.1 assault was reported.1 master name check was

reported.1 pistol permit was report-

ed.2 reports of shots fired

were made.6 yard sale permits were is-

sued.2 reports of harassment

were made.8 fingerprint requests were

made.

2 9-1-1 hang up calls weremade.

2 lost/missing/wanted per-sons were reported.

9 parking summons wereissued.

2 drug cases were reported.1 report of road and weath-

er conditions was made.1 report of a prank was

made.

GPD respond to 142 calls for service

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The Gilford Community Youth Group members are just some of thechurch volunteers who help out at the Salvation Army Friendly Kitchenonce a month.

‘Friendly Kitchen’ welcomes everyone with open armsBY DANIELLE [email protected]

Hungry? You may be sur-prised to know that you willbe welcomed at the SalvationArmy’s Friendly Kitchen nomatter what your reasonsare for being there.

“We are open to anyonewho wants to come,” said DotLabonte, one of the foundersof the program. “Anyonewho wants to eat.”

That means anyone. Ifyou’re shopping in Laconia,have friends over, or justdon’t want to cook, you canstop by. The lunchroomopens at 11:30 a.m. on Tues-days, Wednesdays and Fri-

days at the Salvation Armyon 177 Union Avenue in La-conia. This time of year thekitchen serves their summermenu of sandwiches andcold salads. In the wintermonths they serve hotcasseroles and soups.

The Friendly Kitchenstarted nearly 17 years agoalmost by happenstance.

“I was at the hospital wait-ing for a ride and I saw allthese older people wander-ing around,” said Labonte. “Ithought ‘There must be someplace they can go’ so I decid-ed to find out.”

Finding nothing in the La-conia area, which included

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Former editorAlec O’Meara marries

A warm and sunny springmorning provided the per-fect setting as Jessica LynnScott and Alexander ScottO’Meara, both of Manches-ter, exchanged wedding vowsSaturday, April 25, in a sweetand simple outdoor serviceat the Pembroke home of thebride’s parents, Walter andDana Scott. Father MatthewMichaud performed the dou-ble-ring ceremony, with thebride given in marriage byher father.

The bride’s attendantswere Samantha Graves ofLowell, Mass., and MichelleCushion of Nashua.Matthew Fenton of Canter-bury served as best man andMarc Kopreski of Lee servedas an usher. The bride’sbrother, Benjamin Scott ofConcord, looked after themusic.

A wedding reception fol-lowed at The Common Manin Concord.

The bride, daughter of Pa-

tricia and Robert Gilzingerof Londonderry, and Walterand Dana Scott of Pembroke,is a graduate of Londonder-ry High School, and a 2004graduate of the University ofNew Hampshire with a de-gree in communications. Sheis currently the customerservice representative forthe U.S. Department of Hous-ing and Urban Development,Manchester Field Office.

The bridegroom, son ofKatharine and RichardEaton, Sr. of Wolfeboro, andScott and Sheila O’Meara ofRumney, is a graduate ofPhillips Exeter Academy,and a 2001 graduate of NewYork University with a de-gree in communications. Heis a freelance news corre-spondent for the NH UnionLeader.

Following a honeymooncruise to the Caribbean, Mr.and Mrs. O’Meara reside inManchester.

Gilford, she decided to talk tothe reverend at her church,the Gilford CommunityChurch, about finding a lo-cation to serve a hot meal.Reverend Wixson suggestedthe Salvation Army, and theprogram has been going andgrowing ever since. Now 10other organizations groupshelp bring the meals to resi-dents of the Lakes Region.They serve them whetherthey have no place to go orjust want to come in and so-cialize and meet their neigh-bors.

“We have between 20 to 60people come in during onelunch,” said Labonte.

The Gilford CommunityChurch still takes their turnto serve the meal on the lastFriday of every month. Theservers are all volunteersand different groups withinthe church like the youthgroup, give their time everymonth. Any food left overgoes to the food pantry sonothing is wasted.

Kelsey and CatherineBuckley, teens whose familyis new to the Gilford church,said that they saw the call forvolunteers in the church bul-letin and thought it would bea good way to meet others in

their church. On this day theBuckley sisters busied them-selves handing out drinksand sandwiches to the pa-trons. To their surprise peo-ple were waiting outside wellbefore 11:30 a.m. for the roomto open.

“We go by here on his wayto work,” said Joyce Louns-burg, pointing to Roy Small.“It’s easy and we know peo-ple here.”

John Leary said he comeshere often because the peo-ple are so friendly and thefood is good, plus it meansnot having to cook a meal.Mary Leary said they helppeople out by carrying theirtray or bringing them refillsinstead of making them goup and get it themselves.

“That makes it reallynice,” said Leary, “like arestaurant.”

Labonte wanted to makeespecially sure everyone inthe community knows theyare for everyone; the mainpurpose is for have a placefor local people to get togeth-er and meet each other.

“Sometimes people arejust talking after the meal,”said Labonte. ‘That’s thewhole idea.”

Gov. Island property case carries onBY DANIELLE [email protected]

The ongoing property dis-pute between the Aichingersand the Suttons on GovernorIsland will continued a littlebit longer than expected, af-ter the Zoning Board of Ad-justment again tabled thematter last week.

The continuance is due totwo ZBA members recusingthemselves from the issueand the chairman of theboard, Andy Howe, being un-able to attend the meeting.This left only three membersable to hear the case. Threemembers is a quorum, butthe Aichingers chose to waituntil they had at least fourmembers available to contin-ue with the case.

“If this is a quorum thenwe would like to go forward,”said Tom Maloney, attorneyfor the Suttons.

“We would like to wait fora full board,” said Pat Wood,attorney for the Aichingers.“We want to have at leastfour.”

The conflict between thetwo parties began when theAichingers decided to buildanother home on 554 Edge-water Drive. The land is ad-jacent to 558 Edgewater Dri-ve, which is also owned bythe Aichingers. TheAichingers believed they hadtwo lots at the time construc-tion started on the new home.

They later found out that theland was actually mergedand is now considered by theSuperior Court to be one lot.If this is held up to be true bythe Supreme Court and thetown then the Aichingerswould no longer be able tobuild on the land.

The ordinance, 9.1.1,states that when two or morelots have the same owner andare contiguous, and one ormore is nonconforming to itssize the owner shall be re-quired to merge the lots.There are two exceptions tothis ordinance the first isthat if the land has a preex-isting principle use, as listedin Article 4 or the lots are pro-tected from merger by theprovisions in RSA 674:39,then the owner is not re-quired to merge the two prop-erties.

Barbara Aichinger hassince gone before the Plan-ning Board, ZBA and theBoard of Selectmen askingthem to look into the ordi-nance and making changesto “protect the propertyrights of residents.”Aichinger added in thosemeetings that she wanted toprevent her situation fromhappening to another resi-dent.

Town Administrator ScottDunn suggested that theyhold the case indefinitely un-til the Supreme Court ren-

ders their decision on thesame case. The SuperiorCourt has already renderedits decision on the case, a de-cision which both parties areappealing. The SuperiorCourt decided that the prop-erty is one lot instead of two,which the Aichingers are ap-pealing. The Suttons are ap-pealing the rest of the deci-sion, which allows the town

to designate the land as twolots.

Maloney reminded theboard that if they issue ismoved to another date thenthat requires more moneyand time from both the in-volved parties. Still, theboard decided to hold thecase until July 1 and attemptto have at least four memberspresent to hear the case.

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A4 THE GILFORD STEAMER OPINION JULY 2, 2009

It’s a sad day when the school district and thetown it’s in can’t cooperate. It’s even sadder whenthe issue they can’t seem to agree on involves a fewpieces of paper. In this case, we wholeheartedlyagree with town officials, the Parks and Recre-ation Department, and the library. All have spokenagainst the school district’s decision to ban anyand all flyers from all of its schools. In order toavoid potential discrimination lawsuits, the dis-trict will no longer allow any organization, re-gardless of its ties to the school, to post flyers onschool grounds or send them home with students.

We can only hope that Gilford parents and stu-dents are aware of the variety of fun and/or edu-cational programs happening at the library andthe rec department, but we’re not confident thatit’s going to be quite as easy for them to keep trackof the offerings without a reminder, which hadpreviously been in the form of a flyer or noticesent home with students. We’re all so busy thesedays that’s it not too hard to overlook something,to look at a calendar on a Friday only to find thatyou’d missed what looked like a good opportunityThursday night, or to get halfway through sum-mer before realizing you really should havebrought the kids to the library for the summerreading program.

It’s a shame that some of the very activities thatmake Gilford a great place to live will likely be by-passed because people don’t know about them.

True, anyone who wants to advertise a programcan do so in a different – and possibly more costly– manner, but that’s not the point. The point is thatthe school district should be working in conjunc-tion with the town to get as many people involvedin these worthwhile activities as possible. Thetown isn’t asking for money or labor; they’re ask-ing for space on a wall or in a backpack.

Living in fear is counterproductive. An infinitenumber of potential liabilities exist in every class-room, every day. It’s a sad truth – no matter howcareful we are, there’s some unheard of lawsuitwaiting around the corner. It is impossible and il-logical, though, to live in a bubble.

If in the future someone is obnoxious enough tosue the school district because it denies a requestto post religious flyers or other flyers it doesn’twant floating around the schools, deal with it then.Like Town Administrator Scott Dunn said, makethe decision based on the good of the community,“and let the chips fall where they may.” That’swhat insurance is for, he said, and we couldn’tagree more.

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Wandering in Gilfordback in the autumn of 2008,Rachel, as all her friends atNew Hampshire Humane So-ciety know her as, is leadinga double life.

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LEGISLATIVE ALERTBudget the best of a bad lot

Winston Churchill is credited withthe admonition that “democracy is theworst form of government except for allthose others that have been tried” – thebest of a bad bunch. I would argue thatthis same thought can be used to de-scribe the biennium budget passed bythe legislature last week. Certainlyeveryone can find something in thebudget (or missing from it) they don’tlike. The budget manages to spread thepain across a wide spectrum.

Let’s start with the “dislikes”: signif-icant layoffs for state employees or thepossibility of furloughs. The Rooms andMeals tax was increased by 1 percentand extended to campgrounds. The Cor-rections Department and the Judiciaryreceived cuts that may jeopardize pris-oner safety and a timely justice system.A variety of programs for low-incomeand elderly households were either cutor reduced. The budget relies on “one-time” money such as the economic stim-ulus funds and the surplus from the med-ical malpractice fund. The municipali-ties will not receive revenue sharing. Wepay for state services by “nickel-and-diming” the public. There’s no expan-sion of gambling, but a new 10 percenttax on gambling winnings.

Is there anything good to say aboutthe budget? Well, we will fund school ad-equacy for the first time and keep thestate Supreme Court off our backs.There’s no significant increase in busi-ness taxes, resulting in the last minutesupport of the budget from the Businessand Industry Association. The schooldistricts will receive building aid (al-though you may not like how the statewill fund it). There’s no gas tax, althoughyou may not like the fee increases nec-essary to replenish our highway fund.The budget employs federal funding in away to avoid major cuts in medical as-sistance and increases in social servicecaseloads. We managed to extend thecaps on county sharing of elderly care,avoiding higher local property taxes.There’s no expansion of gambling. In-terestingly, this finds its way into boththe world “dislikes” and “likes!”

I voted to approve the budget. LikeChurchill, I found it to be the best of abad lot. First, we were dealt with theworst economic scenario in 60 years thathas driven state revenue down a majorhole, while increasing the demand andnecessity for state service much higher.Unlike the private business world thatcan reduce costs as profits lag, the stateexperienced a “perfect storm” ofsharply falling revenues and rising costsdue to higher unemployment, loss ofmedical insurance and other social serv-ice needs.

If the bad news is that the pain was

widely spread, the good news is that thewide spread avoids overly penalizingany particular group. We will be able tomaintain a reasonable level of state serv-ices despite the state of the economy. Ac-cording to the non-partisan NH Centerfor Public Policy, General Fund expen-diture increased approximately 5 per-cent, much lower than one would expectwith the greater demand for servicesand much lower than historical increas-es. We will avoid any damaging taxes onstate business, hopefully allowing for abusiness resurgence out of our currentrecession.

So what could have been the alterna-tives? The House and/or Senate couldhave voted down the budget recom-mended by the Committee of Confer-ence. It only passed the Senate by twovotes and the House by 19 votes on HB1and 18 votes on HB2. A continuing reso-lution based on a 2/3 vote would have al-low the state to “remain in business”while the negotiations began anew.Based on legislative history, these nego-tiations would have continued for atleast three months at a cost to the stateof about $11 million a month, leaving aneven bigger hole to fill. And what if thecontinuing resolution doesn’t pass, youask? The state government would cometo a stop – a possibility that’s unthink-able given the need for state services. Wewould also have lost a significantamount of federal stimulus dollars. Fi-nally, distribution of funds to the citiesand towns would have been, at best, de-layed and more likely been significantlyreduced.

The issue of expanded gambling war-rants additional comment. It’s been nosecret that I have been a long-time oppo-nent of this method of funding stateservices. Having lived in New Jersey fora number of years, I was able to witnessthe failed promise of gambling in At-lantic City. The development of casinoswas supposed to end the state’s need forincreased taxes and rehabilitate theslums of the city. It never happened foreither the state or the city.

I considered the Senate’s version ofnew gambling especially onerous. Itwould have given a state monopoly to asmall number of companies withoutcompetitive bidding, there would nothave been adequate regulation (the At-torney General’s office would have hadonly a few months for backgroundchecks), and there was no House reviewof the specifics. Further the proposaldid not provide for revenue sharing withthe towns and cities, especially impor-tant given the increased law enforce-ment and welfare costs that expandedgambling would surely bring. However,the revenue estimates were badly

flawed. Despite proven experience fromother states that required a minimum oftwo years to be “up and running,” thisproposal used a six-month timeframe.This would not have been the budget fixthat its proponents promised.

A couple of procedural issues remain“stuck in my craw.” First, the process ofreaching agreement of a compromisebudget required much last minute cutsin spending and new or expanded taxesand fees. The changes to the liquor com-mission’s mission were not well plannedor thought out, the extension of therooms & meals tax to campgrounds wasnot vetted adequately, and the use of sig-nificant “one-time” funds are detrimen-tal to proper long-term planning.

Representatives of the committee ofconference scheduled a presentation ofthe compromise budget for the entireHouse. As there were a number of sig-nificant changes from the originalHouse and Senate versions of the budg-et, I thought it important to go and lis-ten to the discussion and debate. How-ever, only about one-half or approxi-mately 200 state representatives both-ered to show up. The attendance of Belk-nap County representatives faired bet-ter; I counted about 12, or two-thirds, ofour delegation. You have to wonder howthose missing from the presentationformed their important decision-mak-ing.

Finally, the problems of funding stategovernment in New Hampshire re-mained rooted in the lack of a signifi-cant, dependable source of revenue. Thefact that our revenue streams do notkeep up with expenditure growth equateto a continual structural deficit that law-makers must confront even in goodtimes. The problem is exacerbated intimes of economic distress, as this yearproved. Until this issue is resolved, ourlegislature and governor, whether con-trolled by either party, will be foreverscrambling, in the words of Huey Long,“to tax the man behind the tree.”

At this stage, I’d normally just wishyou and your families a great summer,as the session is over until the fall. How-ever, the aforementioned surplus ($110million) in the state’s medical malprac-tice fund is now tied up in the courts. Ifthe courts rule against the state, we’ll beback at it. So, enjoy your summer, butstay tuned!

Bill Johnson is a State Representativefrom Gilford representing Belknap Coun-ty District 5, which includes Alton, Barn-stead, Belmont and Gilford. He can bereached at [email protected] or524-8949.

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An aerial view of the Ethan Allen factory, taken by Lucie D. Fillion in 2006.

It was more than just a factory, and now it’s going to be goneThe news that the Ethan

Allen furniture factorywould close at the end of thesummer was like a blow tothe stomach for all who liveand work in the North Coun-try. It was the last major em-ployer in the entire region,and the loss of its 260 jobswill have immediate and rip-ple effects that will be felt byevery facet of economic,community and social life.

Better known as theBeecher Falls Factory by itslocation on a northern Ver-mont site bordering north-western New Hampshire andLower Quebec, the plant hasbeen a mainstay of liveli-hood and the area’s economyfor more than three-quartersof a century. Many of itsworkers are fourth and fifthgeneration employees. Formany families, the factory isthe only employment theirwage earners have everknown. And it’s been a proudtrade and tradition, makingsome of the finest furniturein the country.

The announcement wasthe latest in a series of hor-rendous blows to the region’speople and economy, and per-haps the last. In recent yearspaper mills in Gilman,Groveton and Berlin haveshut down, eliminating thou-sands of jobs, and the Tillot-son Corporation, once a ma-jor employer, is a job-dwin-dling shadow of its formerself. And the Ethan Allenclosing can be viewed as thefinal blow, because there isnothing left to be shut down.

..................Like many others who live

in the Colebrook-Pittsburgarea, I once worked at theBeecher Falls plant andmoved on, but retain a lot offondness and memories.Like the Balsams Grand Re-sort Hotel, where I also onceworked, the place always feltlike home.

After dropping out of col-lege in my first year in 1966,I couldn’t stand to sponge offmy parents and got the firstjob I could as fast as I could,which was at the BeecherFalls Factory. As the low newhire on the totem pole, I wasgiven what were consideredas the lowest jobs on the Ma-

chine Floor, which were (a)helping Freddie Stewartmove freight, and (b) run-ning the slot and bore ma-chines, which were the rigsthat made the slot in bedposts for the rails and insert-ed the two little metal pegsthe rails hooked onto.

Fred hadn’t been relegat-ed to moving freight becausehe was low on the totem pole,but because he was old andpretty well worn out. While Idid most of the heavy pullingand pushing of carts loadedwith stock headed to or com-ing from machines, he re-galed me with his rich storeof the plant’s history. Whatwas then the pallet-nailingstation near bottom of thefreight elevator, for instance,once had been part of a smallmill pond, and workers exca-vating for the present foun-dation had found the re-mains of a rowboat there.

Fred kept telling me thatfactory work was honorablework but that I shouldn’t bethere and should go on tosomething else. One day onthe loading dock he told methe story of Leon Ripley. “Hewas working right here oneday when the boys told himthat he should get out ofhere, he didn’t belong here,”said Fred, “and Leon said ‘Bydamn, you’re right!’ andstuck his axe into that beamright there (showing me themark), and left.” Leon Ripleywent on to college and lawschool, and became a Cole-brook attorney and civic

leader.All of us on the Machine

Floor were on piece-work,meaning that you got paid astarvation flat rate but couldearn more if you exceededhandling so many pieces perhour. The slot and bore sta-tion was shunned by all, inthe belief that its setup wasso ludicrous that it was im-possible to beat the rates.

I’ve never liked the word“can’t” and set about someextremely hard thinkingwhile I worked. In time, I fig-ured out how to plant my feetjust so to enable me to pivotrather than step, like a bas-ketball player out of drib-bles. And I began scrutiniz-ing the machines, piece bypart.

Billy Allen was the ma-chinist down in the shop, amechanical genius. It wassaid that Bill could makeanything, even from just arough sketch. One morning Iwent to him with two roughsketches. “These are for theslot and bore machines,” Isaid, “but I don’t know if

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making them is feasible.”Bill snatched them from myhand, and within two days Iwas mounting improvisedadd-ons onto the machines,one in particular saving mean entire step on the hardestbed post, the cannonball, al-lowing me to not only beatthe rate handily but almostdouble it.

I learned to get to the fac-tory earlier than most so thatI had plenty of empty carts topile finished pieces into andso I could line up my jobs forthe day’s work, starting fromsmall bed posts and workingthrough to bigger ones, or theother way around, depend-ing on where I’d finished theday before. This saved valu-able time in tearing down orbuilding up my machines,slight adjustments versusmajor ones. I learned to movebetter, more efficiently andfaster. All this, aided by ma-chine innovations, soon hadme beating the rates andearning a pretty nice pay-check.

And then, of course, theoffice noticed, and a rate-evaluating team came andwatched me work one morn-

ing and re-set my rates. Still,I found ways to save time andmotion, and kept making agood paycheck.

All this taught me lessonsI still use in everyday life to-day. In any task at hand I fig-ure out what I’m going toneed, plan the job, keep stepsand trips to an absolute min-imum, and just as at the fac-tory, where the last half hourof the day was allotted forcleanup, reserve time to puteverything away and sweepup.

..................I can savor my memories

and make use of the factory’slessons and write about it all,but 260 people are losingtheir paychecks, more like asledgehammer to the headthan a blow to the stomach.What are they going to do?Much is made of govern-ment-funded “retraining,”but retraining for what?Where? As several peoplequoted in the news storiespointed out, in the state’sSouthern Tier jobless work-ers can retrain and drive fif-teen minutes or a half hourto a new place of employ-ment. Not so here, not at all.

Everything is too far away,and you can drive an hourand a half or two hours, andthere’s still nothing whenyou get there.

The times when the pota-to industry was king andscores of factories and plantsbig and small made myriadthings from wood are longgone. Dairy farming is hang-ing on by an ever-slimmerthread. The logging industrylives on, but ever more labor-reduced and mechanized.And now the last major man-ufacturing plant will soon begone.

So we are down totourism, which dependsnearly totally on our scenery,which we seem bent on de-spoiling as fast as the eco-nomic times and technologywill allow. As the land be-comes ever more fragmentedand the all-night-lights blinkon across the landscape, eventhe jobs flipping burgers andturning bed sheets seem en-dangered.

(John Harrigan’s address:Box 39, Colebrook, N.H. 03576.E-mail: [email protected])

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CENTER HARBOR — A.Donald Thurston, 84, for-merly of 15 Colonial Drive,Gilford, and Venice, Fla.,died at his daughter’s homein Center Harbor on Friday,June 19.

Mr. Thurston was bornMarch 1, 1925, in Leomin-ster, Mass., the son of Al-fred C. and Dorris F. (St.Onge) Thurston.

Mr. Thurston graduatedfrom Leominster HighSchool in 1943. He took var-ious special courses in busi-ness management. Heworked in sales and salesmanagement plus foundingof Airkem Sales of Iowa,Inc. He went on to Har-nisphager Institute of Mil-waukee, Barber-GreenSchool, Link-Belt SpeederCrane courses then on to bea co-founder with his sonJeffrey of Thurston Enter-prises, Inc., and served aspresident and treasurerfrom 1972 until he retired in1989. He had lived in Exeterfor 10 years before movingto Gilford.

Mr. Thurston was amember of the LaconiaCongregational Churchand St. Andrew UnitedChurch of Christ, Saraso-ta, Fla. He sang in thechurch choir in Laconiaand in Florida as a memberand soloist and served as aDeacon and Trustee in

A. Donald Thurston, 84

U.C.C. Churches where helived. He was a member ofthe Laconia Congregation-al Church Friendship Club.He was a 50-year Mason anda member of Mt. LebanonLodge #32 F. & A. M., a mem-ber of the WinnipesaukeeShrine Club in Laconia, amember of Sahib ShrineTemple, Sarasota, Florida,and was a Shrine Chantersmember and soloist. For 50years, he was noble andchanter of the Shriners ofNorth America.

Mr. Thurston served onetwo-year term in the NewHampshire House of Repre-sentatives and served as adirector for the Lakes Re-gion Chamber of Com-merce and the YMCA in La-conia.

Mr. Thurston is survivedby his wife of 65 years, JoanEdith (Killelea) Thurston ofCenter Harbor and Florida;

five sons, Jeffrey P.Thurston and his wife, Peg,Donald J. Thurston and hiswife, Sandy, and Bruce A.Thurston and his wife,Karen, all of Gilford, MarkE. Thurston and his wife,Pam, of Sanbornton andDavid A. Thurston and hiswife, Cathie, of Newport,Rhode Island; a daughter,Pamela A. Perkins and herhusband, Dave, of CenterHarbor; seventeen grand-children; seventeen great-grandchildren; a sister-in-law, Marjorie O’Neil ofWashington, D.C., and hersix children.

A memorial service washeld June 30 at the LaconiaCongregational Church, 18Veterans Square, Laconia.Rev. Dr. Warren H. Bouton,Pastor of the Church,officiated.

Burial was in the familylot in Pine Grove Cemetery,Gilford.

In lieu of flowers, memo-rial donations may be madeto Community Health &Hospice, Inc., 780 NorthMain Street, Laconia, NH03246, or to the ShrinersHospital for Children,Boston Burns Unit, 51 Blos-som Street, Boston, MA02124.

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MEREDITH — F. AndreNormandin, age 68, a longtime volunteer at the Sa-cred Heart Church in Laco-nia and also at St. CharlesBorromeo Church inMeredith, died at 9:12 p.m.on June 28 after a long,courageous battle with can-cer.

Born in Laconia on Nov.26, 1940, he was the son ofLauretta Normandin andthe late F.A. Normandin.He was also predeceased byhis identical twin, F. Ar-mand Normandin in 1989,and sister, Elizabeth in1938.

He graduated from As-sumption PreparatorySchool in Worcester, Mass.,in 1959, and later studied atSt. Anselm College in Man-chester.

During the Vietnam War,he served with the US AirForce as an AdministrativeSpecialist in Phan Rang,and subsequently servedsix years in the Air ForceNational Guard. In 1967, hejoined the NH Departmentof Safety as a license andregistration clerk and thenbecame a Hearings Exam-

F. Andre Normandin, 68

iner in 1972 and served inthat capacity for the next 27years until his retirementin 2001.

He was a communicantof St. Charles BorromeoChurch, Meredith, and washeavily involved in churchaffairs.

As Director of the LakesRegion Drum and BugleCorps for over seven years,he was very involved withyouth of the community.

He is survived by his lov-ing wife of 46 years, formerBelknap County Registrarof Deeds Rachel M. (La-pointe); three children, Al-lan and wife Cheryl Nor-mandin of Center Conway,

Scott and wife Laura Nor-mandin of LaGrange, Ky.,and daughter, Danielle andhusband Michael Fisch ofBrewster, N.Y.; nine grand-children; a sister, M. Alice(Normandin) and husbandMichael Phelps of Allens-town; a brother, Dr. DenisNormandin and wife Karenof Augusta, Maine; andmany nieces, nephews andcousins.

As per Andre's request,calling hours will be from10 a.m. to noon on July 2 inthe Narthex at St. CharlesBorromeo Church, Route25, Meredith. Funeral Masswill immediately followwith the Rev. Richard B.Thompson, Vicar forPriests in the Diocese ofManchester and CabinetSecretary for Ministry For-mation. Burial will be at alater date.

In lieu of flowers, dona-tions may be made to Com-munity Health and Hospice,780 N. Main St., Laconia,NH 03246.

The Dewhirst FuneralHome, 1061 Union Ave., La-conia, is assisting the fami-ly with the arrangements.

Westley C. Vann, 56, ofCanoga Park, Calif., diedthe evening of June 21,2009, at his home.

He was born July 26,1952, in Burbank, Calif., theson of Stephen R. Vann and

Westley C. Vann, 56the late Virginia H. (Dew-hirst) Vann. He was a grad-uate of Canoga Park HighSchool and had attendedseveral colleges.

At the time of his death,he was self-employed as anarchitectural engineer,with his primary efforts inthe Santa Barbara area.

Wes is survived by his fa-ther, Stephen R. Vann ofGilford; his sister, Paula J.Nehen and family of Palm-dale, Calif.; his niece, KristiE. Heck and family of Palm-dale, Calif.; and his nephew,Peter C. Nehen and familyof Atlanta, Ga. He was pre-

deceased by his mother, Vir-ginia H. (Dewhirst) Vann ofGilford on Nov. 25, 2005.

Services will be held onSunday, July 5, 2009, at 11a.m., in the Lorenzen Mor-tuary, 19300 Sherman Way,Reseda, CA 91306.

In lieu of flowers, dona-tions may be made to theNational Multiple SclerosisFoundation, c/o Donations,6350 North Andrews Ave.,Fort Lauderdale, FL 33309-2130.

The Dewhirst FuneralHome, Laconia, is assistingthe family with localarrangements.

Students take a bite out of tooth decayLAKES REGION — On

Friday, May 29, as part of theNew Hampshire StatewideSealant Project, twenty-sev-en first, second, and thirdgraders from area schoolswere given dental exams.Doctors from the LRGHealth-care Dental Resource Centerand New Hampshire OralHealth Program hygienistsidentified students in need ofdental sealants. The collabo-rative efforts resulted in over27 local students receiving108 sealants.

While tooth decay is themost common chronic child-hood disease in America, it islargely preventable. Sealantscan prevent up to 90 percentof tooth decay in children.Studies have shown that chil-dren with dental sealantsand regular dental visitshave one fourth the amountof tooth decay as children

who do not have dentalsealants and access to regu-lar dental care.

With permission fromtheir parents, children trav-eled in rented buses to theDental Resource Center to re-

ceive sealants. Hygienists forLakes Region General Hospi-tal DRC doled out goodie bagsand high fives, exams andoral health education mak-ing the day productive andfun.

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Arts on the Edge Wolfeboro presents the

Choir of Christ’s CollegeCambridge

July 3, 7:30pm

St. Katharine Drexel Church,Alton

Tickets $20

Available at Black’s or onlinewww.artsedgewolfeboro.org

POPS CONCERTSaturday, July 11, 8pm

Gilford Auditorium,

GHS, Gilford

U P C O M I N G C O N C E R T SYOUNG STARS ON THE RISE. LINCOLN, MARCHES & SALUTES.Classics Concert Light Classics ConcertThursday, July 16 Saturday, July 18Silver Center for the Arts, Plymouth Gilford Auditorium, GHS, GilfordLaura Jackson, conductor Michael Krajewski, ConductorSergey Antonov, guest cellist Henry Fogel, guest narratorMusic of Dvorak, Mozart, Kodaly Includes Copland’s Lincoln Portrait

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Michael Krajewski, conductor Jennifer Sanon, vocals

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Lessons learned by the side of the swimming poolBRINGING UP BEN AND BABY

Meghan Siegler / [email protected] ●

For weeks, Ben couldn’twait for his swimming les-sons to begin. He practicedswimming in the bathtuband eagerly picked out a newDiego bathing suit. From themoment I told him I’d signedhim up for lessons, he wouldask whenever we left thehouse whether we were go-ing swimming. Not yet, I’dsay. In a couple weeks. Nextweek. Tomorrow. Today!

The day finally arrived,and Ben was all ready to go.His class wasn’t until 5:30p.m., so he had to wait out theday at the nanny’s. I got a callaround noon saying the firstclass was cancelled due torain. Brandyn had to breakthe bad news when he pickedthe kids up, and he planned a

special trip to McDonald’sfor ice cream so Ben would-n’t be too upset. It worked,and Ben instead got psychedup to go swimming the nextday.

When your child gets ex-cited for something, it’s hardnot to be excited with him.Just as Ben was looking for-ward to swimming lessons, Iwas looking forward towatching him learn to swim,to interact in a class settingwith other kids, and to havefun doing something new. Sothe afternoon of his first les-son, Ben put on his newbathing suit and we happilydrove to the pool. Despiteovercast skies and none-too-hot temperatures, Ben wasready for the water.

Everything was going fineuntil the lesson actuallystarted. Things went down-hill as soon as the instruc-tors, well, instructed. Theyhad all the kids sit on theedge of the pool. They allcrowded together – exceptfor Ben. He sat by himself.When the rest of the kidsjumped in the water, Ben’sbutt stayed firmly planted.And when the two instruc-tors took turns holding thekids while they “swam”across the pool, Ben said,“No. I don’t want to.” He didget in the pool, but not forlong. Despite my attempts toignore him, I had to help himout when he kept saying,“Mommy! I have to go potty!”

To get him back in thepool, I tried coercion, but tono avail. I let him stand byhimself for a while, thinkingthat maybe if he watched theother kids having fun in thewater, he’d eventually wantto join in. No such luck. Fiveminutes before the lessonwas supposed to end, we left.

The whole incident both-ered me more than it shouldhave. It’s not that he doesn’twant to swim; I’m not in ahuge rush for him to perfecthis doggie paddle or any-thing. But I so badly wantedhim to be part of a group, tocontinue being as excitedabout the reality of swim-ming lessons as he was aboutthe idea of swimming les-sons. I knew I should just letit go, but I couldn’t help it – Ispent much of the next day

asking if he was ready to goback to the pool and tryagain. I even bribed him withpizza after his lesson if hewould get back in the pool,and eventually he started toget that excitement back. Heput on his bathing suit a cou-ple hours before we had toleave, and, like the day be-fore, talked about swimmingas we drove to the pool.Against my better consciousjudgment, I got my hopes up.

I don’t really know whenthings fell apart the secondtime. He took off his shirtand shoes with no trepida-tion and walked over to theside of the pool. The instruc-tors were throwing out toys,and the kids were runningthrough the water to getthem.

“Jump in!” I said.

“No. I don’t want to,” Bensaid.

Great. I was actually a lit-tle relieved when one of theinstructors came over andsaid, “Come on Ben, get sometoys,” and proceeded to pickhim up and put him in thepool. I was at a loss for whatto do, so I was grateful to havesomeone else take over. Ex-cept that, once he was waistdeep in water, Ben startedcrying. I tried halfheartedlyto get him to play in the pool,even if he didn’t want to lis-ten to the instructors (hey,there were a couple otherkids doing their own thing),but he was done. So I pickedhim up, and we left, headednot for home but for Papa Gi-no’s. I didn’t want Ben tothink he had let me down,even if it was a little bit true.

I know he wasn’t not swim-ming to make me sad or an-gry; he’s just not ready.

Eating cheese pizza in ourbackyard a while later, Benthanked me for letting himget pizza even though he did-n’t swim. After that, neitherof us brought it up again,and we had an evening farmore relaxing than onespent arguing by the side ofa pool.

If Ben wants to learn toswim this summer, we’llpractice with him. If he’drather splash around with-out a care in the world, we’llbe his lifeguards. But whensummer ends and it’s timefor Ben to go to preschool, wemay have a problem. I’mcrossing my fingers thatclasses on dry land will beeasier for him to stomach.

Experience SoulFest 2009The mountains of New

Hampshire are about to befilled once again with the one-of-a-kind energy that isSoulFest.

In its twelfth annual year,SoulFest is the largest multi-day music festival of its kindin the Northeast, attractingover 13,000 attendees. Thisfour-day music festival, heldJuly 29 - August 1, featuresworld-renowned Christianmusic of all genres on fiveseparate stages, guest speak-ers and authors from all overthe globe as well as numerousother activities including ex-treme sports, swimming,mountain biking, horsebackriding, hiking and lots ofgreat food. As if that wasn’tenough, SoulFest takes place

at Gunstock Mountain Re-sort, which sits atop theWhite Mountain range ofNew Hampshire and providesan idyllic haven for soul reju-venation and celebration.

SoulFest exists to cele-brate and advance the love ofGod and love for neighborsthrough an annual festival ofMusic, Love and Action. En-couraging all who attend tolive from the inside-out assoul-connected believers inTrue Love, the theme forSoulFest 2009, attendees areshown opportunities to fightagainst social injustice, helpthe poor or those in need, andto “love their neighbor” righthere in New England. There-fore, SoulFest serves as a plat-form for several regional, na-

tional, and internationalcharities. This year’s pri-mary charities include:

The Not For Sale Cam-paign, which will be offeringan Abolitionist Academy anda series of daily educationalworkshops

New Hampshire basedChild Voice International,Global Benefit, Save Giovan-ni’s Friends and NH Food-Bank

Helping Every Soul basednorth of Boston

National charities includ-ing To Write Love On HerArms, Mercy Ships and TheLove Alliance.

Each year brings new fes-tival offerings and improve-ments. This year’s changesand special events include aperformance by Christianmusic legend the Newsboyswith prior frontman PeterFurler in his final New Eng-land performance side byside with new lead singerMichael Tait and a partner-ship with the Scream thePrayer Tour to bring a full-day of some of the best hardmetal Christian music to oneof the festival’s stages.

At SoulFest you will havethe opportunity to experi-ence many genres of popularmusic, get involved in socialjustice causes and will be giv-en the chance to transform somuch about your life all in abeautiful location. To pre-view the artist lineup, eventschedule, or to purchase mul-ti-day or single-day SoulFesttickets in advance, visitwww.thesoulfest.com. Dis-count and group ticket dealsare available in advance bycalling New Sound Interna-tional at (978) 346-4577. Tick-ets will also be available atthe gate.

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Library programs for children, teens and adultsBY JEAN M. CLARKELIBRARY CORRESPONDENT

The summer reading pro-grams are in full swing at thelibrary and adults, teens, andchildren are encouraged tosign-up for bingo. Complete arow on your bingo card andreceive a special prize. Spe-cial events at the library forthis week include:

Music with Mar instruc-tor Julie Wirth will join usfor a musical program whereboth children and their care-givers participate in musicalactivities. The mission of theMusic with Mar program isto get more parents involvedwith their children in posi-tive activities while usingmusic to prepare them forthe future. The child’s musicabilities can be nurturedalong with motor, social, lan-guage, safety and cognitiveskills. Visit www.mu-sicwithmar.com for more in-formation. Thursday, July

9, at 2 p.m.

The cook-off craze has hitGilford and teens are invitedto the Gilford Library to joinin the fun. Combining the in-gredients provided, whip upa delicious concoction thatwill “wow” our expert panelof judges based on presenta-tion, taste and originality.Find out if you have what ittakes to be named “Gilford’sBest Cook” by the end of theevening. Sign-up is required.Tuesday, July 7, 6:30 p.m. -

8 p.m.

“The Orange Thief” is thefeatured film for ForeignMovie Night at the library.Join us for this 84-minutemovie rated PG-13. The or-ange thief and his fellowcountry-wise ruffians stealfruit for sustenance, profit,and the sheer excitement ofcourting danger. After thethief ends up in a Sicilian jailhis life takes an unexpectedturn when his bunkmatepromises him a deal. Thurs-

day, July 9 at 7 p.m.

Programs & Special

Events

Learn how to GO

GREEN Series with Chris

Jacobs, Thursday, July 2, 7

p.m. - 8:30 p.m. Come learnabout wind energy and howyou can reduce your energycosts. Chris Jacobs is a part-ner with Emergent EnergyGroup in Boston. He willmake a short presentationand leave time for discussionand questions. Join us! Thisprogram is in partnershipwith the Gilford EnergyCommission.

Watercolor Open Ses-

sion, Friday, July 3, 11 a.m.

- 1 p.m. Improve your skillsand have fun with other be-ginning or advanced water-colorists. Bring your sup-plies and join us for a “drop-in” painting session.

Knit Wits, Friday, July

3, 1:30 - 2:30 p.m. and

Thursday, July 9, 6 p.m. - 8

p.m. Gather with fellowknitters to exchange knittingtips, patterns, techniques,and conversation.

Open Mah Jong, Mon-

day, July 6, 1 p.m. - 3 p.m.

One of the oldest boardgames in the world –Mahjong – depends on skill,strategy and a certain degreeof luck. Join the beginners’table (instruction provided)or regular play.

Teen Crazy Cook-Off,

Tuesday, July 7, 6:30 p.m. -

8 p.m. The Cook-Off Crazehas hit Gilford and you’re in-vited to the Gilford Libraryto join in the fun! Sign-up isrequired.

Summertime Story-

time, Wednesday, July 8,

10:30 a.m. - 11 a.m. Join usat the library for some “sum-mertime” fun and build ear-ly literacy skills in your pre-reader. We’ll sing classicsongs, dance, read storiesand more. The theme for thisweek is camping.

Check-Out-an-Expert,

Wednesday, July 8, 3 p.m. -

4 p.m. If you’ve got basicquestions about your com-puter, meet with our com-puter expert and receivesome assistance. First-come,first-served.

Music with Mar, Thurs-

day, July 9, 2 p.m. - 3:30

p.m. Julie Wirth, a Musicwith Mar instructor, willpresent a musical programin which both children andtheir accompanying adult

will participate in variousmusical activities designedto develop and enhance thechild's basic learning skills.

Foreign Movie Night,

Thursday, July 9, 7 p.m. -

8:30 p.m. “The OrangeThief ” is an Italian movie

with twists and turns thatwill keep you guessing untilthe very end. Rated PG-13. 84minutes.

Holiday Closing: The li-brary will be closed on Sat-urday, July 4, and will re-openMonday, July 6.

Gilford Community Band summer schedule setThe Gilford Community

Band opened its 2009 Sum-mer Concert Series on

July 1 at the Weeks Band-stand at the Gilford VillageField.

The concert performanc-es will continue every otherWednesday, July 15, July 29,Aug 12, and Aug 26, all at 7:30p.m. In addition, the bandwill perform in the Old HomeDay Parade on Saturday, Aug.29,and the evening 8 p.m.con-cert prior to the fireworks.

The band is directed byLyvie John. Lyvie has been a

long time member and is theInstrumental Director at theGilford High School. She willbe assisted by Associate Di-rector AJ Coppola, who is a2005 graduate of Gilford HSand just received his degreein music education fromIthaca College in May. AJ hasbeen playing the bassoonwith the GCB for a few yearsand we are thrilled with hisparticipation.

Originally organized in1978, the Gilford CommunityBand is a concert band spon-sored by the Gilford Recre-

ation Commission to provideentertainment for the publicand a venue for area musi-cians to perform. The bandconsists of volunteer musi-cians from throughout theLakes Region with meber-ship exceeding 50 musiciansof all ages. Additional musi-cians are welcome and en-couraged to become part of awonderful and proud organi-zation.

Rehearsals will continueeach Tuesday for the re-mainder of the season. Re-hearsals are held at the Gil-

ford High School PerformingArts Center Band Room andrun 7-9 p.m. Interested musi-cians may contact DonChesebrough for more infor-mation or simply attend thenext rehearsal.

For more informationabout the Gilford Communi-ty Band, contact Don Chese-brough at 524-9054/[email protected] or vis-it www.geocities.com/gil-fordband.

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Potter Cohen Caswell of Center Harbor will display and sell his hand thrown pottery at the 38th AnnualGunstock Arts and Craft Festival taking place at Gunstock Recreation Area in Gilford July 4 and 5. Cohen willdemonstrate freehand wheel throwing creating ceramic bowls, mugs, pots and vessels.

Celebrate Fourth of July weekend at craft festivalThe Gunstock Recreation

Area will come alive withcolor, flavor and music forthe 38th Annual GunstockArts & Crafts Festival on Sat-urday, July 4, and Sunday, Ju-ly 5.

This nationally recog-nized event hosts over 75 Ju-ried Craftsmen and Arti-sans. Among the work on dis-play and for sale are CountryWoodcrafts, Photography,Fine Jewelry, Primitive andFolk Art, Soaps, Fiber Arts,Silk and Dried Floral, FolkToys, Blown Glass, ScrollWork, Pressed Flowers,Wearable Art, Pottery,Stained Glass Nightlights,Birdhouses, Yard Art, Orna-ments, Silhouettes, Pewter,Felting, Tole, Pillows, MetalGarden Art, Herbal Dips,Home-made Fudge, OrganicSalsa, Honey Products andmore.

The Gunstock Arts &Crafts Festival is held rainor shine and is handicap ac-cessible. Friendly pets arewelcome on a leash. Festivalhours are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.daily. Admission and park-ing is free.

While at the Festival taketime to enjoy the GunstockWetlands Boardwalk, a uni-versally accessible ? mile,self guided, educational

boardwalk as well as numer-ous hiking trails. Access tothe Wetlands Boardwalk is

free and maps are availableat the Gunstock WelcomeCenter. For more informa-

tion call 332-2616 or visitwww.castleberryfairs.com.

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effect on the amount thecounty and state have to payfor certain services. BeforeHB2 the county paid for Aidto Permanent and TotallyDisabled, Old Age Assis-tance, 50 percent of ChildServices and 50 percent ofnon-federal nursing carecosts. The state paid 50 per-

cent of Child Services and 50percent of non-federal nurs-ing care costs.

After HB2 the county ispaying for 100 percent of thenon-federal nursing carecosts while the state pays forOld Age Assistance, APTDand 100 percent of Child Ser-vices.

“The problem with that isthe state could never meet

their obligation,” said Booth-by. “This may seem like weare getting the short end ofthe deal, but what made itpalatable for us is the cap onwhat the county pays for thenursing home costs.”

Boothby said as long as thecap remains in place thecounty should be fine. He not-ed that there was a time whenthe nursing home put money

back into the county, but thatwas about 12 years ago.

Boothby invited the townto attend their open sessionafter they have visited all thetowns to discuss what thecommissioners learned anda course of action.

“We are non-judgmentalhere,” said Boothby. “We re-ally want your feedback andopinions.”

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spring.“We are going to be a part

of the second jump overMount Everest in the fall,”said Noonan. “That will takeup most of September andOctober.”

They Noonans once livedin New Hampshire and arelooking to move back to thestate and run the skydivingoperation they’ve proposed.The husband and wife teamare both expert skydiversand have experience in run-ning drop zones. Tom Noo-nan has recently returnedfrom the first sky dive overMount Everest and a trip toEcuador, where he jumped

with the Ecuadorian presi-dent.

Noonan said that manypeople have misconceptionsabout the sport. He said forhim and his wife, this is theirprofession, and they take itvery seriously.

Noonan said there are few-er than 100 licensed skydivers in New Hampshire,and the site in Laconia whenit opens will be one of onlytwo within 100 miles of a met-ropolitan area – in this caseBoston. In the billions ofjumps that were performedlast year, only 17 resulted infatalities, and those weremainly sport solo jumps.

New Hampshire is one ofonly two states that do not

have a drop zone. Noonansays their business will prob-ably consist of people whoare looking for a one-time ex-perience during the summer.They will have staff depend-ing on the number of jumpsthey receive in the first year,but are looking to have fourtotal workers the first year.

Since bringing the propos-al forward Noonan said theyfound out about a forum onthe Internet at www.win-nipesaukee.com where athread was opened up to dis-cuss the potential businessventure. He said that therehave been some negativecomments, but 99 percent ofthem have been positive, andit gave the Noonans an op-

portunity to answer residentquestions.

In response to a concernby a poster about jumpers fly-ing above and jumping outabove homes, Noonan re-sponded with probabilities.He wrote that the event of ajumper landing on some-one’s house is so remote thatit would be more likely that aplane would land on a house.He added the caveat that theydon’t attempt to stop a planefrom flying over residentialareas.

“Everybody has been sounderstanding of our situa-tion,” said Noonan. “I thinkit will be highly unlikely thatwe will be turned down.”

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SKYDIVING

Boat, bike, ride or drive for Easter SealsLAKE WINNIPESAUKEE

— In a spirited show of sup-port, New Hampshire LakesRegion businesses gatheredat Patrick’s Pub in Gilford tokick off the summer’shottest event—the ninth an-nual HK Powersports Land& Lake Poker Run to benefitEaster Seals NH and dedicat-ed to the memory of PeterMakris and Mike Whalley.

Want a little summer fun?Hop in your boat, personalwatercraft, motorcycle,

truck or car and join EasterSeals NH and the HK Power-sports for the region's hottestLand and Lake Poker Run atLake Winnipesaukee Satur-day, July 11. After a great dayat the lake, head to the NaswaResort for more fun and food.

Participants stop at achoice of checkpoints, de-pending on mode of trans-port, and pick up pokerchips. The last stop for allparticipants is the famousNaswa Resort and Beach Bar,

where participants turn intheir chips for a poker hand.It's that easy and it's not arace!

“Everyone is being im-pacted by the economy in dif-ferent ways—we are all mak-ing choices about how tomanage our finances,” saidEaster Seals President andCEO Larry Gammon. “Thereality for Easter Sealsclients and families is thatthey do not have the luxuryof choosing to deny them-selves or their loved one thecritical services that EasterSeals provides. Even in thistough economy, we still needto provide those services andit is more important thanever to raise significantfunds for our clients. We aregrateful to Poker Run spon-sors and participants forjoining us in this importantwork.”

Pre-registration is recom-

mended. Early registrationis $45. Register by July 8 andyou will receive informationand treats in your goodie bagon event day. You may alsoregister on the day of theevent for $50.

There are four chance towin the following greatprizes: Sea Doo RXP Water-craft w/ trailer, Suzuki KingQuad LTA400FK9 ATV, OldTown Rogue River 14’ Canoeand an Old Town Frenzy 9’Kayak. You do not have to bepresent to win. Cash prizes,sponsored by Harley David-son Motorcycles of Nashuaand Manchester, are given tothe top two winning pokerhands.

Sponsors of this event in-clude The Naswa Resort,Mix94.1, Metrocast, MTS Associ-ates, Irwin Marine, Suzuki,Sea Doo, Laconia SavingsBank,Gamache Enterprises,SYSCO of Northern NewEngland, Inc., Kids Only,Brady Sullivan Properties,SouthEnd Media, Baron’sMajor Brands, Patrick’s Puband Eatery, Coors Light, USI,Zero Waste & Recycling Ser-vices, Inc., Pepsi, PDF Plas-tic Distributors and Fabrica-tors, Inc., UNO ChicagoGrill, Wentworth Truck andTrailer Repair and Para-digm Plumbing and Heating.

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stances of a stop are differ-ent. He added that unlikemost boat violations, thiswould go on the operator’sdriving record as points.

The speed guns used forcatching speeders have nomargin of error, Dirth said.A viewer at the top allows theofficer to look through thegun at their target. A laserdot pinpoints, and pullingthe trigger captures thespeed and displays it in reddigital letters in the viewer.This means the officer doesnot have to take their eye offthe boat to determine if thereis a speed violation.

“We want people to havefun,” said Dirth, “but wewant them to do it safely andresponsibly.”

A campaign dubbed “Op-eration Dry Water” has offi-cers on the lookout for, andwarning residents against,drinking alcohol while boat-ing. This nationwide cam-paign is sponsored by the Na-tional Association StateBoating Law Administratorsand has departments partic-ipating all over the country.Dirth said that most of the

time they catch offenders bystopping them for somethingelse and then noticing theyare impaired.

“They make a safe passageviolation,” said Dirth, “orthey might be straddling thebow. When we stop them inthose cases we may noticethey are impaired or theyhave open containers, whichis not illegal on a boat.”

He said they have a num-ber of field sobriety tests thathave been modified for useon a boat. If necessary the of-ficer can bring the boat inand perform land-based so-briety tests. The Web site ofMarine Patrol athttp://www.nh.gov/safety/divisions/ss/marinepatrolcontains information onfines and laws for drinkingand speed violations. Dirthsaid he encouraged anyonewho wants to know the de-tails of boating laws andfines should visit the Website.

“I don’t want to ruin any-one’s day,” said Dirth, “but Iwould rather do that thanhave to call up a spouse andtell them a loved one is notcoming home.”

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vote with the economy of twoyears ago it would havepassed hands down.”

Eddy said he didn’t thinkthe FPC was going to changethe plans much because theyall felt it was a good plan. Hesaid that the contractor mayhave to adjust for the rise ordecrease in material prices,but they will have to wait toconfirm that. There may alsobe stimulus money to helpwith the construction, but

there is no confirmed wordat the present time.

The FPC will meet againin September to decide whatto do about the survey resultsand the future of the policeaddition project. Eddy saidthe fact that a majority of thepeople voted for the project,even if it wasn’t the 3/5 ma-jority needed, is a good sign.

“It’s just my opinion,”saidEddy. “I can’t speak for theFPC, but I think if this proj-ect doesn’t get off the groundthis year or next, it’s dead.”

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Rock’n Ribfest is an annual fundraiser for Gilford Rotary.

Plans underway for Gilford Rotary’s Rock’n Ribfest The Gilford Rotary Club

will present its fifth annualRock’n Ribfest on Saturday,Aug. 8, from 11a.m. to 6 p.m.at Gunstock Mountain Re-sort on Route 11A in Gilford.

Last year approximately2,500 people attended to en-joy the food, fun, and enter-tainment. Returning thisyear is some of New Hamp-shire’s best “ribbers,” in-cluding T-Roy's Barbecue -Amherst; C J's Great WestGrill - Manchester and Laco-nia; Smoke Shack SouthernBarbecue - London; and Wig-gie's Sticky Ribs - Rochester.

Live, free music featuresThe Route 56 and RobertGraves Leonard's SlipperySneakers Zydeco Band. Inaddition to many children’sactivities, there will be a dis-play of classic cars, and rideson the Panorama Ski Lift tothe top of Belknap Mountainfor spectacular views of LakeWinnipesaukee.

The Rock'n Ribfest is afund-raising event. The Gil-ford Rotary Club is a serviceorganization that sponsorsmany hands-on projects andalso donates money to localcommunity organizations.

Your participation in thisevent will help assure thatthe people and organizationsin need of help will get the re-sources they need throughour efforts. Adult admissionis $5 (non-refundable) andchildren 5 years of age andunder are free. Food, bever-ages, and the Panorama SkiLift ride will have charges.

Visit www.gilford-rotary.org/ribfest for moreinformation. Want to be asponsor for this worthwhileevent? Call Chris Ray at 528-2920.

Be a Meadowbrook RockstarThe Meadowbrook U.S.

Cellular Pavilion and Rock-star Energy Drink, a productof Pepsi Cola, have teamedup to offer local bands thechance of a lifetime. Localbands can compete to be apart of either July 11 for Off-spring and Sum 41 or for Aug.23 for Judas Priest andWhitesnake. One lucky bandwill get to open the mainstage for one of these rockIcons.

“Building on the successwe had in involving local tal-

ent in the Rock On Fest, wedecided to offer bands anoth-er opportunity to be a Rock-star at Meadowbrook,” saidRJ Harding, president andgeneral manager of theMeadowbrook U.S. CellularPavilion.

Bands that are interestedare asked to send their My-Space page link, to [email protected], tobe approved for the contest.Approved bands will receivea code to promote their band.The code will give ticket buy-

ers the chance at a meet andgreet with the headliners.Each band will receive 10 per-cent of the face value of tick-ets sold using their code andpoints to determine the win-ners of the contest. The bandwith the most points will winthe opening slot on the mainstage, the runner up will playon the Magic Hat secondstage before the show, andthird place will play the Mag-ic Hat second stage after theshow.

Rock-n-Roll Monday nightsaboard the M/S Mt. Washington

WEIRS BEACH — If youare young at heart or lookingfor a party with a retro vibethis summer, the M/S MountWashington is the place to beon Monday nights. EachMonday this summer, theMount will be rocking androlling along Lake Win-nipesaukee while offeringdinner and dancing.

On these evenings theM/S Mount Washington hon-ors the young at heart. TheRock, Roll & Remembercruise departs each Mondayfrom Weirs Beach. Boardingtime is 5:15 p.m. for thecruise, which lasts from 6-9p.m. Cool musical tunesrange from the “Fabulous50’s” to “Rock & Roll.” These

nights are a great way for thebig daddies and cool cats toget together for a nostalgicbash on the lake. Passengersover 60 years of age receive a$10 discount off the regularticket price. All other ticketsare $43/adult and $33 for chil-dren.

On Monday, July 13, therewill be a special cruisetheme, “Tribute to Elvis.”This event will be dedicatedto Elvis and his music. Joinother Elvis fans for anevening of dining and danc-ing aboard the M/S MountWashington. Other specialthemes on these Mondayevening cruises will be fea-tured throughout the sum-mer. Check the dinner and

dance schedule atwww.cruisenh.com/sched-ule for more information.

The M/S Mount Washing-ton is a large ship with fourlevels, three dance floors andseveral outside areas for en-joying the cruise at sunset orby moonlight. The officialcruise season runs from May23 through Oct. 24. To learnmore about Mount Washing-ton cruises, now in their137th season, to request abrochure, purchase gift cer-tificates or select from a va-riety of season passes nowavailable, please visit theirWeb site or call 366-5531; toll-free at 1-888-843-6686.

Fireworks, cruising, diningand dancing on the lake

LAKE WINNIPESAUKEE— The M/S Mount Washing-ton is partying on July 4 andinvites families aboard tojoin the fun.

Passengers can enjoy anevening of dining and danc-ing while cruising the lakelooking for fireworks. TheJuly 4th Fireworks PartyCruise departs from WeirsBeach, and is from 7-10 p.m.The boarding time for this

cruise is 6:15 p.m.The M/S Mount Washing-

ton offers dinner dancecruises four nights a week onLake Winnipesaukee fromWeirs Beach. All dinnerdance cruises include a buf-fet dinner. The M/S MountWashington is a smoke-freevessel.

The M/S Mount Washing-ton is a large ship on four lev-els with three dance floors,

several outside areas for en-joying the cruise at sunset orby moonlight.

Visit their Web site forcruise schedule informationat www.cruisenh.com.

A12 THE GILFORD STEAMER Parks and Recreation JULY 2, 2009

Gilford Parks and Recreation NewsBY HERB GREENEDIRECTOR

Adult Co-ed Pick-up

Softball

The Gilford Parks andRecreation Department issponsoring a Pick-Up Soft-ball Program for adults ages18 and older. The programcontinues on Tuesday

evenings from 6– 8 p.m.through July 21. This pro-gram to be held at the HighSchool Varsity Softball Fieldis geared towards a fun, re-laxed program for players ofall abilities. Each week, play-ers will be divided into twoteams to play a fun game. Thecost of the program is $5 per

person for the season or $1per day. Participants can reg-ister ahead of time at theParks and Recreation Officeor show up at the field on theday of play to register. Formore information, pleasecontact the Gilford Parks andRecreation Department at527-4722.

Old Home Day Committee

Accepting Parade Apps.

and Sponsor Forms

The Gilford Old Home DayCommittee is currently ac-cepting Parade Applicationsfor the Old Home Day Paradeas well as Sponsor Forms tohave your name listed in theOld Home Day Booklet.

These forms are available atthe Gilford Public Library,the Gilford Village Store, theGilford Community Church,both Laconia Savings Banklocations in Gilford, Mered-ith Village Savings Bank Gil-ford Branch, Franklin Sav-ings Bank Gilford Branch,TD Banknorth Gilford

Branch, the Gilford TownHall and Recreation Depart-ment Office. For more infor-mation, please contact theGilford Parks and Recre-ation Department at 527-4722.

Tennis Lesson Program

The Gilford Parks andRecreation Department is of-fering tennis lesson pro-grams for youth and adultsages 5 and up this summer.Professional Instructorsfrom the Gilford Hills TennisClub, will be leading a four-week session on Mondaysand Wednesdays from July 6– July 29. Session times willbe broken up by age. All ses-sions have limited availabil-ity and registrations will beaccepted on a first come firstserved basis with prioritygiven to Gilford residents.For more information,please contact the GilfordParks and Recreation De-partment at 527-4722.

Senior Moment-um Trip

to the Loon Center

The Gilford Parks andRecreation Department issponsoring a Senior Mo-ment-um trip to the LoonCenter at the MarkusWildlife Sanctuary in Moul-tonborough on Monday, July13. Participants will meet atthe Gilford Town Hall at 11:00a.m. before departing for theLoon Center where we willbe walking the nature trailsalong Markus Wildlife Sanc-tuary. Participants shouldbring a picnic lunch to enjoywhile at the Loon Center. AllParticipants are asked toRSVP by Friday, July 10. Formore information or toRSVP, please contact the Gil-ford Parks and RecreationDepartment at 527-4722.

British Challenger/Play

Soccer Summer Camps

The Gilford Parks andRecreation Department issponsoring two weeks of soc-cer camps this summer. Thefirst week will be the “Chal-lenger British Soccer Camp”from July 13 – July 17. Thesecond week will be the“Play Soccer Camp” from Ju-ly 27 – July 31. Both campsoffer a 3-hour program forchildren ages 7-12 and a 1 ?-hour program for childrenages 4-6. Participants mayregister by picking up a formfrom the Parks and Recre-ation office or by visiting theGilford Parks and Recre-ation website at gilford-rec.com. For more informa-tion, please contact the Gil-ford Parks and RecreationDepartment at 527-4722.

Shooter’s Gold Camp

The Shooter’s Gold Bas-ketball Camp will be held inthe Gilford Middle SchoolGym from July 6 – July 10.Session 1 for children enter-ing grades 1-4 will be runfrom 8 a.m. – 10 a.m. Session2 for children enteringgrades 5-8 will be run from10:15 a.m. – 2:15 p.m. Partic-ipants may register by pick-ing up a form from the Parksand Recreation office or byvisiting the Gilford Parksand Recreation website atgilfordrec.com.

Youth Golf Lessons

The Gilford Parks andRecreation Department stillhas space available in theSession II of the Youth GolfLessons available throughPheasant Ridge Golf Club.These lessons are availablefor children ages 7 and upand are led by Golf Pro andGilford High School GolfCoach, Jim Swarthout.These lessons will be held onWednesday evenings this Ju-ly. Session 2 runs July 15, 22and 29, from 5 – 6:30 p.m. Reg-istration is limited and willbe accepted on a first come,first served basis.

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Ten years of artistic impressions at Forever BonnieBY SARAH [email protected]

MEREDITH — A littleover 10 years ago, ForeverBonnie opened its doors inMeredith to make an artisticimpression on the mind (andskin) of many customers.

Owner Bonnie Parkeropened her business, creat-ing tattoos and piercings, onJune 17, 1999, in the middleof Motorcycle Week. With ashort move down the road,and with the addition ofParker’s daughter, HalleyMason, as a partner artist,Forever Bonnie celebratedits 10th anniversary in June,just before entering the busysummer months of July andAugust.

Despite her time in thebusiness, Parker initiallythought that her foray intolearning the art of tattooingwas “a fluke.” Since she al-ready was an artist workingon watercolors, her spouseencouraged her to take class-es in tattooing.

“It was kind of just afluke,” said Parker. “The op-portunity presented itself. Ididn’t even know that’s whatI wanted to do until I had funwith it. I hadn’t even beenaround tattoos or peoplewith them, but I had fun withit. I didn’t expect to like it asmuch as I did.”

Parker apprenticed with atattoo artist in Hollywood,and “from there, it took off.”

After moving to Meredith,Parker named her new busi-ness “Forever Bonnie.” Withits black and white tile, plush

red couches, and hearts andbirds logo, Parker said thatForever Bonnie is “a girlyshop.” Part of that atmos-phere is her tiny poodle,Emily – dyed bright pink byDoggie Designs as her “sig-nature color.”

The walls of Forever Bon-nie’s lobby are lined withdrawings of potential tattoodesigns – wolves, tribal sym-bols, fairies, butterflies,skulls – but each tattoo, Park-er said, is customized for theindividual that requests it.

“The process is differentfor every client,” said Park-er. “Some people will bringin a drawing, and othershave no idea, so you draw iffor them to get a better ideaof what they want. Whatsomeone likes, anothermight not want, so it’s a ques-tion of working with eachcustomer to give them whatthey want.”

It’s a skill she’s passed onto Mason, who works withher after apprenticing forseveral years. Mason, who isalso an artist outside of thetattooing industry “since Icould hold up a pencil,”working on paintings andvarious forms of mixed me-dia, said it takes serioustraining to become a tattooartist.

“You have to have a knowl-edge of composition andshading to work tattoos,”said Mason. “That’s the work

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Mason and Parker agreedthat artists have to be able tokeep their clients relaxedduring the application of thetattoo or during a piercing.To do this, they might keepthe client chatting duringthe tattoo process – the pres-ence of Emily as a “comfortdog” also helps.

“We have a non-intimidat-ing shop, one that people canfeel comfortable going into,”said Mason.“We offer a cleanand tidy environment, andclean and tidy artwork. Mostof our clientele comes byword of mouth, and peoplecome from all over.”

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THE GILFORD STEAMER COMMUNITY BJULY 2, 2009

Summer strawberries are in their primeBY LAUREN TINERSTAFF WRITER

New Hampshire farmsopen up stands across thestate this time of year fortheir fresh, bright redberries, with a sweet yet tartflavor. Late June and earlyJuly is the peak of strawber-ry season but the colder,rainy weather may have animpact on the outcome ofstrawberries this year.

John Moulton, the ownerof Moulton Farm in Mered-ith, sends his young crew outabout 7 a.m. every morningto pick strawberries right offtheir patches.

Crew leader and “headstrawberry picker,” as Moul-ton calls him, Shawn Flynnexplained that growingstrawberries is a year longprocess.

“You usually have to plantthem a year ahead. We could-n’t pick any at all last year,”said Flynn.

The weather is always afactor when it comes tostrawberries, even if it waslast season or last year’s fore-cast, according to Moultonemployee Ricky Higginboth-an.

“Some strawberries aremore rotten because of lastyear,” said Higginbothanwho picked up a moldy straw-berry and referred to it as a“ghost berry.”

Despite the weather, themajority of Moulton Farm’sstrawberries are abundantand ripe for the picking thisseason.

“We picked strawberries

all week and a lot yesterday,but not next week,” said Fly-nn who added that strawber-ries are the most popularitem at the farm this time ofyear.

Children are also able topick their own strawberriesat the beginning and the endof the season at MoultonFarm.

Surowiec Farm in San-bornton is now open andpick-your-own is available atselect times. Katie Surowiecreported that her strawber-ries are doing just fine, evenwith the rainy weather.

“The weather hasn’t af-fected us at all, or the quali-ty. The strawberries are justripening a little different,”said Surowiec.

She explained that moldcan sometimes be a problemdue to rain. She said sheavoids this by setting out ear-ly in the morning, and some-times in the afternoon aswell, to pick strawberries asfast as they ripen to avoidtainted berries. TheSurowiecs also grow theirstrawberries on plastic tokeep them cleaner.

The Surowiecs have someof their own strategies whenit comes to strawberries.

“Typically, a crop is plant-ed in the spring of the previ-ous year, but we plant in thefall and use plugs, which arealready established plants,”Surowiec said. “This way, wedon’t lose the summer andhave productive land.”

The strawberry season be-gan on June 23 at their farm

PHOTO BY LAUREN TINER

Taylor Sperry shows off a freshly picked pint of strawberries at MoultonFarm.


Moulton Farm’s strawberries are part of a variety of colorful seasonalofferings.


Shawn Flynn picks a pint at Moulton Farm.

and will go on for anothertwo to three weeks at themost, Surowiec said. TheSurowiecs have already at-tended several farmers’ mar-kets so far this season.

Smith’s Farm Stand inGilford, owned and operatedby Nathan and CarolynSmith, has experienced someweather-related challenges.

“My mother (Carolyn) hasbeen telling people the coldand wet weather is betterthan warm, rainy weather,”said Brent Smith.

He explained that mois-ture and warmth could causefungus on strawberries, sothe Smiths were fortunateenough to have some coolweather, although they were

pushed back three to fourweeks, according to Smith.

“The yield on plants hasbeen excellent. You can picka quart of strawberries easi-ly,” said Smith, who reportedto have 800 plants, whichneed their four “beds” re-placed and rotated everyday.

“Growing takes moremaintenance, and in the firstyear there are no berries,” hesaid. “We typically weed bedsthree to four times a year.”

Smith said the peak ofstrawberry season hit in midand late June and will trick-le into early July.

The Smith Farm Stand al-so has pick-your-own avail-able, depending on theweather.

Clubs ‘ham’ it up for nationwide field day and practice drillBY DONNA [email protected]

BELMONT — Crypticmessages such as "This isWhiskey Charlie One No-vember Hotel. Please let meknow if you copy," and thesteady tapping of Continu-ous Wave (Morse Code) couldbe heard across the BelknapCounty Fairgrounds over theweekend as ham radio oper-ators from the Central N.H.Amateur Radio Club partici-pated in a nationwide fieldday.

Sponsored by the Ameri-can Amateur Radio League,the event challenged clubs tocontact as many other opera-tors as possible as they viedfor bragging rights for theweekend. WC1NH was thecall sign for the CNHARC op-erators, signing on as a unitfor the weekend.

Gov. John Lynch declaredJune as Amateur Radiomonth, recognizing andthanking ham radio opera-tors for their communityservice. The CNHARC hasparticipated as a communi-cations and safety aide forthe dog sled races in Laconiaand also in Sandwich Notch,where they helped locate andrescue a lost team a few yearsago. They also assisted in therecent Mt. Washington RoadRace and have been key com-

munications factors in othernotable events such as the an-nual Reach the Beach Race,the New HampshireMarathon, the BostonMarathon and more.

Club President Cliff Dick-inson said "hams" can beready with little notice to re-store communications in al-most any type of disaster.

"We can even send photosof a situation," Dickinson ex-plained. "A sound card in acomputer hooked to the ra-dio can transmit the imagethrough a microphone. Thereceiving radio gets thesewaves and transfers themback to a photo again."

Dick Christopher, clubmember and instructor inham operations, said priceranges of this hi-tech equip-ment varies. He demonstrat-ed a VX1R hand held radiothat sells for under $200. Hiscar, like those of most clubmembers, is equipped with amobile unit, and desktopmodels range from basic tothe most high-tech available.

"It's like any hobby,"Christopher said. "It can beas expensive as you want it tobe."

The weekend drill, Dick-inson said, was actually twoexercises for the club. Firstwas to simulate an emer-


Jack Barbera and wife Shirley wait for a reply on a ham radio as theyparticipate in a Field Day and practice drill for ham radio operatorsacross the United States.


Dick Christopher shows how smalland portable some ham radiosare. Christopher, a longtime mem-ber of the Central N.H. AmateurRadio Club, also instructs classesfor people interested in getting anFCC license.

gency situation where therewas no power and no inhab-itable building to use; thusthey were assembled in afield where they had to erectantennae and bring inportable power sources forthe equipment. Secondly,they were challenged to con-tact as many other radio op-erators as they could. Pointswere awarded for each con-tact, and bonus points wereincluded in the tally.Visitors,emergency personnel, politi-cal representatives, solar-powered operations andmuch more counted as extrapoints for each club.

At 2 p.m. Saturday thefour official transmitterssigned on and the group be-gan teamwork attempts tocontact other clubs and op-erators. One person acted asthe team operator while theother logged the call signsthey communicated with in-to a computer.

"It's just a matter of reach-ing someone, getting theircall sign and moving on tothe next,” Dickinson said.

The information was lat-er transferred into a data-base to compile a list of allcontacts made over the 24-hour operation. A fifth sta-tion was set up where visi-tors, past members and any-one interested could try tomake contacts also. The "GO-TA" (Get On The Air) stationgave them a taste of the funin being a "ham."

Jack Barbera oversaw theoperations of the GOTAtransmitter. It was his son,Todd, who got him interest-ed in ham radios.

"Our son got his novice li-cense at 10 years old," Bar-bera's wife Shirley said. "By14 he had his ‘extra’ license.Jack got interested when heretired and has been in-volved ever since."

"Extra" is the highest lev-el FCC license available forham operators.

Some of their son's more

CLUTTER CONTROLBy Cindie Graham

Summer (?) musingsIt is raining steadily as I

write, and I can hear thesounds of my daughter andson-in-law laughing as theirson Jaden entertains themon the main floor while I typeaway up here in our little of-fice nook. We watched Jadenwhile mom and dad were at awedding in Massachusetts.Until they came back I amafraid I got little done, butboy did I have a good time. At16 months Jaden can repeatwords and sounds with thesame intonation you madeback to you. He is full ofsmiles, giggles and energy.He demands all of our atten-tion and he gets it because weall love him to pieces. So, ithas been a challenge to get anarticle started, let alone fin-ished, with this house full ofwild and crazy toddler ca-vorting going on.

Summer is such a longawaited season when you livein the northern climes. Wewant to pack so much intosuch a few short months. Sowhat has all of this to do with

organizing? It really has todo with having less stuff inour homes and lives. The lesswe own, the less we have tocare for. Therefore, we cantake the time to sit on theporch swing with a greatsummer read from our love-ly library, stop by Sawyersand enjoy an ice cream cone,go on a picnic hike to the topof Mt. Major, travel up to theFlume and take some gor-geous scenery pictures, or goto the beach (because afterall, sand castles are easier tobuild when it’s wet). Perhapsyou will decide to take yourchildren or grandchildren toNorth Conway, like our edi-tor Meghan, for Thomas theTank Engine followed by din-ner for mom and dad at Belli-ni’s (my favorite Italianrestaurant – the Chicken Flo-rentine is incredible).

However you decide tospend your time, it will bemuch more enjoyable if youspend it mindfully. Thatmeans mentally stoppingyourself to live in the mo-

ment and be thankful forwhat you are enjoying thatvery minute: the sounds ofchildren’s laughter, the birdstrilling in the trees, the waythe bark on those trees is soblack against the brightgreen leaves when it rains.

There are so many thingswe have to be grateful for. Atruly wonderful book thatMichael and I read recentlyis “Love and Death” by For-rest Church. Mr. Church’smantra goes along very wellwith what I do for a living -Clutter Control. It is simplythis: “Want what you have,do what you can and be whoyou are.”

So many of us think wewill be happy if we can justacquire whatever the adver-tisers are selling to make ourlives easier. All most of thesethings do is clutter up ourhomes and give us more toclean.

Did you know that a clut-tered home takes 40 percentlonger to clean because you

notable contacts had been a"ham" in the Jonestown com-plex shortly before the masssuicide occurred. He alsomade contact with fellowham enthusiast King Hus-sein of Jordan once.

"He made some interest-ing contacts," she laughed."It's a fun hobby."

Up and coming "ham"Austin Schinlever of Gilfordwas introduced to the groupon Field Day as a newly li-censed operator. The 13-year-old just completed Christo-pher's recent class afterlearning about the hobbythrough Boy Scouting.

"My troop (Laconia Troop68) has a radio club," saidSchinlever, "and I thought it

might be fun to get a licenseand get on the air."

Belmont Police Chief Vin-nie Baiocchetti and Lt. MarkLewandowski stopped by tolearn more about the opera-tions of a ham radio. After ademonstration by club mem-ber Ed Ahearn, Baiocchettiwas impressed.

"The more I find out aboutthis," he said, "the more I cansee some good applicationsfor them, like ice storms orwhen our antenna may godown."

Lewandowski was equal-ly impressed, noting that sit-uations like the tornado lastJuly was a classic example ofoccurrences that could affect

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B2 THE GILFORD STEAMER Sports JULY 2, 2009

PORTRAITS • WEDDINGS • SCENICS • EVENTS

NASCAR fans wind up with autographs from race winnerBY DONNA [email protected]

TILTON — Joey Logano,the 19-year old Sprint Cupdriver of the Number 20Home Depot Toyota, callsNew Hampshire MotorSpeedway "home."

NHMS is the closest trackto his hometown of Middle-ton, Conn., and he won herein the Campers World RVrace when he was younger.On Sunday, the rookie out-strategized top drivers likeJeff Gordon by waiting for aweather caution before a nec-essary stop for fuel and tires.

Before Sunday's success-ful venture for the youngdriver, NASCAR fans linedup on Thursday afternoon tomeet him at an autographsession. A long line wrappedaround the Home Depot inTilton as the crowd woundtheir way to the platformwhere Logano awaited them.

He took time with each fanfor photos, signing his nameon a variety of racing mem-orabilia. Seated beside himwas his famed crew chief,Greg Zipadelli, who drew alot of attention as well.

Logano had to leave hisseat to autograph one item-the hood from a car hewrecked during a race onceat Connecticut's Lyme RockSpeedway. Gary Trombley ofHartford, Conn., explained toLogano he obtained the un-usual souvenir from a friendwho had been a crew chief atLyme Rock. Logano laughed,"Oh wow- I remember thatwreck. I try to forget aboutthat night!"

Steven Hanser of San-bornton was patiently wait-ing for his time with Logano.Hanser was there with hismother, who works at HomeDepot. He arrived with a boldnumber 20 painted on his

cheek in Logano's familiarorange, white and blackpaint scheme. Hanser wasimpressed that, unlike otherdrivers he had met in thepast, Logano was not only ontime, he was actually early.

"I like that," Hanser said."Most driver's are late show-ing up. He's not my favoritedriver, but he's a new driverand I'm going to wish himwell."

Hanser said meeting adriver in person is a great ex-perience. "People just lookmore real in life than in themagazines and on TV," hesaid after posing for photoswith the driver. "This wasvery good. We only had towait about 30 minutes."

Store manager Lisa Cor-nish was kept busy makingsure everything ran smooth-ly for the autograph session.Cornish had the chance tomeet with Logano when he


Steven Hanser of Sanbornton was all smiles as he posed for a photo with NASCAR rookie Joey Logano. Logano,driver of the Number 20 Home Depot car, was at the Tilton Home Depot last Thursday to meet fans prior towinning the race Sunday at N.H. Motor Speedway.

arrived and was happy tohave him at the Tilton store.

"This is very exciting,"she said. "Joey and his fami-ly are very personable.”

Well-wishes were calledout as, one by one, peoplewalked away with prized au-tographs. The Lanciani fam-ily from Westborough,Mass., had driven all the wayto Tilton that day just for thechance to meet their sonNick's favorite driver.

"We couldn't miss this.We're going home tonightbut we'll be back on Sundayfor the race," they said.

Another out-of-towngroup were the Fletchersand Vales from Ontario,Canada. It was the family'sfirst trip to NHMS, said momBrenda Vale, and the familywas enjoying the sights andespecially the chance to meeta driver. Nine-year-oldsBrock Vale and BraydenFletcher were all smiles asthey held up their auto-

graphs from Logano. Meet-ing the driver, they said, wasa highlight for their trip toNew Hampshire.

Each year Home Depottries to give race fans an op-portunity to get up close andpersonal with the driver ofthe Home Depot-sponsoredrace team. In the past, TonyStewart has appeared atHome Depot stores through-out the area. Logano, new tothe number 20 car this year,enjoyed his first trip to the

Tilton store, thanking all ofthe fans for taking the timeto drop in and meet him.

"This is my second timeracing (Sprint Cup) in NewHampshire," Logano said. "Imade my debut at this tracklast year. It's a great place tocome to and I want to thankall the fans who came out to-day to say hello."

Those happy fans can nowsay they met the winner ofthe 2009 Lennox IndustrialTools 301 race.

have to move so much stuffaround? How about givingaway some of the things tak-ing up valuable real estate inour homes?

There are so many thingswe’ve bought or received asgifts for which we have nouse. Why not bless someoneelse with them? Old HomeDay is coming up next monthand the Gilford CommunityChurch welcomes donationsfor the White Elephant ta-bles. New Beginnings,Ozanam Place, St. Vincent

DePaul, The Salvation Army,including The Carey House,and Goodwill are all wonder-ful organizations that arehappy to receive your dona-tions.

Let’s lighten our loads andfree up time to enjoy thiswonderful place in which weare so fortunate to live. Hap-py summer to us all!

Gilford resident CindieGraham is a member of TheNational Association of Pro-fessional Organizers andmanager of Clutter ControlLLC. Email [email protected] for more information.

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AAU teams offer Gilford boys baseball outside of schoolBY DANIELLE [email protected]

Youth who are really intobaseball might be pleased toknow that Amateur AthleticUnion teams offer a chanceto play the sport outside ofGilford school teams.

“I wanted to play some-thing that was a little morecompetitive,” said AlexWinkelmann. “Just playingon one team wasn’t enoughfor me.”

Winkelmann and Gunnar

Stecher both attend GilfordHigh School. The two friends,along with three other Gil-ford students, play on theAAU teams. Stecher andWinkelmann play for the U14Concord Quarry Dog AAUteam. The three other stu-dents play on different teams.

“You get to travel to otherplaces,” said Stecher, “seeother towns.”

There are nine teams intheir division that playagainst each other for a place

in the New England Tourna-ment. The top 24 teams in theNew England AAU will get achance to play against eachother for the regional title.The winner of the title willgo on to the national tourna-ment. Currently the QuarryDogs have a record of 8-6, anda win on June 30 would haveearned them a place in theNew England tournament(game results weren’t avail-able before the paper went topress).

Above left: Gunnar Stecher waitsfor the pitch as a member of theU14 Concord Quarry Dog AAUteam. The team consists of areayouth who play teams from allover New England.

PHOTO COURTESY OFWINKELMANN FAMILY

The teams start with tryouts, and the first practicesare in January and Februarywith the first games takingplace sometime in April.Winkelmann said during theschool baseball season hehas to work around bothteams and school. Over thecourse of the AAU seasonthe team will play approxi-mately 40 games.

“It’s nice to play againstteams you don’t get to play atthe high school,” saidWinkelmann.

Tom Stecher, father ofGunnar, said that a lot of thekids played Cal Ripken, andit’s a good experience forthem as players to work withdifferent coaches than theones they see every year. Asa result, Stecher said,Winkelmann played for theGHS varsity baseball teamas a freshman.

“It really prepares themto play competitive ball,”said Karen Winkelmann,Alex’s mother.

Tom Stecher added thatsometimes the kids and par-ents might think the teamsfurther south will be expo-nentially better than them.He said the players realizethat they are all 14 years oldand they can hold their own,though Alex said it takesmore than just one person tomake a team and that every-one contributes.

He said that there a lot ofdifferent components to the

game and to have a good teamyou need to have membersthat are strong in one ormore of them, because every-one has components they cando better than others. Gun-nar added that a big key isshaking off mistakes andkeeping focused. Both men-tioned that practice would al-ways improve your game.

“It’s always good to playmore baseball,” said Alex.

“It’s experience. It will al-ways make you better.”

Information on the teamsand tournaments can befound at www.aau.org.Teams are formed by agegroups and some areas havechildren as young as 6 learn-ing baseball.

“The team is pretty seri-ous,” said Alex of his team of14-year-olds. “It’s made up ofkids who really want to play.”

Above right: Alex Winkelmann winds up for a pitch as a member of theU14 Concord Quarry Dog AAU team. The team consists of area youthwho play teams from all over New England.

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I’m beginning to wonderif I shouldn’t rename thiscolumn “What Not to DoWhen Birding.”

If you go out birding on atrail or in the woods, bring agood map. Even better, get apersonal GPS unit to helpguide you back to where youshould be.

Guess what I didn’t do?I took a vacation last

month, and went down to thecoastline south of Durham,among the rocky beachesand thick marshes, to lookfor new birds that I hadn’tseen. I know this column isnamed “Wings Over Win-nipesaukee,” but I was re-luctant to navigate throughMotorcycle Week for thesake of location.

Instead, my mother and Idecided to take a quick bird-ing trip through the Lubber-land Creek Preserve, be-tween Newmarket andDurham. Fairly easy to getto, the online descriptionpromised a blue heron rook-ery, and the possibility of anosprey nest. Thebrochure/map we found atthe trailhead promised anengaging one-mile loop trail.

From almost the momentwe parked at the trailhead,the wildlife in this preservewas evident. It wasn't fardown the trail till we heardtwo birds making a racket inthe canopy around themarsh. We scanned thecanopy for movement, butsaw nothing. As we got clos-er to the screaming, sudden-ly, a huge bird took off fromthe treeline, harrassed bythe smaller birds. It was anowl - I'm not sure what kind.It wheeled around into aclump of trees and out ofsight before we could gathermore detail. We stepped clos-er to the marsh, though, andsaw half a dozen frog headspop up to regard us from thefloating vegetation. Scan-ning the marsh with herbinoculars, Mom pointed outa beaver lodge, and a snap-ping turtle sunning in themiddle of the marsh. Thiswas no ordinary snapper.How big is your coffee table?That's probably a little small-er than the size of the shellwe saw on this snapper. Un-fortunately, my camera was

Wings Over WinnipesaukeeA field guide is handy for birding - so is a map

back at the office.We kept going down the

trail, finding more songbirds- red-winged blackbirds, bluejays, several warblers that Icouldn’t bring close enoughto identify on sight - identifi-cation by song is still out ofmy league. After a surpris-ingly longer walk than we'dthought, over bumpy ter-rain, we found more marsh-land.

One of the best partsabout birding is the ability tostay in one place and watchthe wildlife return to activi-ty. Animals that would nor-mally run or stay away whenyou stomp down a trail findtheir courage when you qui-et down. Mom and I shel-tered under a copse of hem-lock trees, looking out overthe marsh. A grackle flittedaround the marsh, whilefrogs and fish suddenly be-came more active.

Then, I spotted a hugenest in the top of a dead treein the midst of the marsh.We got excited, because we'dheard about an osprey fami-ly taking over a heron rook-ery on the preserve. We gotcloser to the nest, and foundfive nests in all. As we gotcloser, we could hear a raspy,duck-like call that died downthe closer we got to the nests.Looking up at two of themwith my binoculars, I sawseveral fuzzy-headed heronchicks looking down at meover their long yellow beaks.Across the marsh, we heardcoughing, and focused ourbinoculars in time to see amother or father arriving ata nest and feeding the chicks.

To cap it off, we saw a malebelted kingfisher flittingthrough the treetops.

Well, Mom and I kept go-ing down the trail. We fig-ured we'd walked about twoand a half miles, and startedto wonder when we'd see theend of the loop trail. Finally,after about three miles in all,we hit a gravel road. The ar-rows pointed us to the right,and would set us back downthe trail. Mom wanted to goto the left. I had no idea, butwe knew we needed to get

home. This is where weshould have just turnedaround and gone back.

So, after some confusingand contradictory advicefrom two passing bikers,who squinted at the poormap in our LubberlandCreek brochure, we wentleft. For about two miles.Nothing, not even anyhomes. Our Deet began towear off, and mosquitoesswarmed back. I was ha-rassed by two horseflies thatfollowed me for miles, bitingat the skin in the part in myhair.

Without any success, webegan wondering if weshouldn’t head back,and just

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emergency communica-tions. At times such as that,ham radios would be essen-tial in allowing agencies toremain in touch.

Cell phones can also jamfrom overuse in disasterslike 9/11 or even on a small-er scale like the BostonMarathon where largecrowds, all placing calls in asmall vicinity, break downcommunications.

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FROM PAGE B1

HAMSthe job of a ham operator, butlightning can affect trans-missions. Towering anten-nae like those erected at thefairgrounds over the week-end pose a hazard.

"Safety first," Dickinsoncautioned early in the day."There is a possibility ofstorms, and we don't wantanyone getting hurt."

Saturday evening theteam got to practice a few oftheir emergency measuresas a severe storm did racethrough the area. Thunderrumbling in the distancecaught their attention andoperations were suspendedfor a few hours.

Even with that hiatus, theclub made contacts all across

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walk the five miles overagain, despite the fact thatthe afternoon shadows weregrowing long. The dangerouspart - and I can see how peo-ple get lost this way - is thecontinual thought of, “Don’tgive up now, it’s just aroundthe bend!”

Finally, we met an oldergentleman walking his bikeup a hill. We stopped him,asked him for directions. Hesaid he could tell we werevery lost, and offered to giveus a ride back to the lot, orwhere he thought the lotwould be. He told us to keepwalking the way we werewalking, and in the mean-time, he would bike back tohis truck and come by andpick us up.

So we hiked another twomiles down the road, won-dering if he'd keep to his

word. At this point, wethought he'd just given up.We had walked by a farmwith two women outsidegrooming a horse, and Iwalked up to get directions. Ithought Mom would stay onthe road to flag down the guyin his truck if he came by, butshe didn't. As luck wouldhave it, that's when he wentby. I apologized like crazy toa quietly fuming Mom, butluckily, he realized that he'dmissed us and circled back.

This is where I made whatcould possibly have been amistake. We were lucky. Oth-ers might not be. I thoughtthe guy looked trustworthy,and I was tired. So when hemoved aside his rifle to makeroom for me in the back seatof his cab, I hopped in.

This gentleman, though,was a true Good Samaritan.We chatted - he was a font ofknowledge about the area

and was eager to share it. Hetold us that he'd been the po-lice chief of a nearby town,and that's why he knew heneeded to pick us up.

"I didn't like the idea ofyou two young ladies walk-ing around here. This placegets some shady characters,"he said.

Once we were back on themain road, I realized our mis-take - we were about 10 milesfrom our car, and had beengoing in the wrong direction.He drove us back to the rightparking lot, and bid usfarewell.

Moral of the story - knowyour trail, and carry a sparemap. We found out later thata new trail had been blazedthrough the LubberlandCreek Preserve - thebrochures, unfortunately,hadn’t been updated.

FROM PAGE B7

BIRDINGLife List

Fifteen Blue HeronsOne Indigo BuntingOne GrackleOne Owl of indeterminate

speciesOne Belted KingfisherTen mallardsOne LoonOne Rose-Breasted Gros-

beak

Eight Blue JaysDozens of Red-Winged

BlackbirdsOne KestrelSix Cedar WaxwingsOne Red-Tailed Hawk

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