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On the revenue side,Smith said the Town willhave no issues in FY15.

“We’re at 97 percentfor the end of May. We’llclearly be over our totaltown-wide revenue esti-mate for this year,” hesaid, noting the estimatedoesn’t include the am-ount the Town will re-ceive for Land UseChange Tax. The Conser-vation Commission nowshares that tax with thegeneral fund for 60 per-cent of funds exceeding$100,000.

Smith said the excessrevenues are due in largepart to building depart-ment revenues, which are

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Town expendituresare back on trackafter a nearly three-

month, department-widespending freeze, TownManager Kevin Smith toldthe Budget Committeelast week.

“Town-wide, on theexpenditure side, weshould be just over 91percent expended at theend of May, and we’re at90 percent today. It’s bet-ter than what we werelooking at when the freezewas put in place. We wereanticipating at the end ofMay being 3 to 4 percentoverexpended,” FinanceDirector Doug Smith said

at the Committee’s May28 meeting.

When the spendingfreeze was implementedin March, the Town wasoverexpended by 4 to 5percent.

Post spending freeze,expenditures are “trend-ing pretty nicely” on atown-wide basis, Smithsaid.

And although Junetends to be a monthwhere employees usevacation time, Smith saidFire Chief Darren O’Brienis optimistic that over-time expenses for thedepartment, which signifi-cantly contributed to theneed for the spendingfreeze, are trending well.

Smith Says Town Budget Backon Track After Spending Freeze

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The Conservation Com-mission discussedthe need for a com-

prehensive natural re-sources management planfor the Musquash Conser-vation area.

Town Forester CharlieMoreno said much of thework has already beencompleted, and furtherstudies would help updatethe management plan.

Content could includea comprehensive ecolog-ical assessment of theforest, wildlife, wetlandsand soils; as well as pub-lic uses, managementobjectives and recom-mendations of the Com-mission, according toMoreno.

“We could map out all

the wetlands and talkabout the hydrology inthere,” he said. “There’s alot that can be broughtinto the ecological assess-ment, and it would serveas a good baseline for thefuture.”

Moreno also suggest-ed an inventory of timberin the Musquash, detail-ing species composition.

“For this much land,we could make it reallydetailed, or make it amedium-sized plan,” hesaid.

The plan would revealwhat the property maylook like 25 to 35 years inthe future, which wouldhelp the Commission withdecision-making movingforward.

“To me this is like ashopping list and each

has dollar value. If we’regoing to pay for it, howwill we use it?” Commis-sioner Mike Considineasked. “We don’t do any-thing with soils now.”

“This information aboutthe forest and having anunderstanding of what itis today, and why, andwhere it’s naturally goingadds background for allcivic and cultural deci-sions we’ll be making,”Commissioner Mike Speltz

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The Pettengill Roadconnection fromIndustrial Drive to

the Airport Access Roadis to be completed in thefall, Public Works DirectorJanuscz Czyzowski toldthe Town Council Monday

night.He noted that when

emergency response re-quired a detour earlierthis week, motor vehiclesdrove on the gravel onPettengill Road headedwest. “It was a wonderfulfirst test,” Czyzowski said.

Continental Paving sub-

graded the base of thenew road and surfaced itwith gravel and crushedgravel. The intersectionof Industrial Drive andPettengill was also recon-figured for a new set oftraffic lights to be in-stalled in September.

Pettengill Road Connectionto be Completed in Fall

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Gov. Maggie Hassanat a ribbon cuttingceremony last week

praised the revitalizedExit 5 Travel Plaza onRockingham Road as agreat example of a public-private partnership, cre-ating jobs and promotingtourism in New Hamp-shire.

“This is also a greatexample of all the workwe’re doing in New Hamp-shire to make sure we areencouraging people tocome to New Hampshire,”she said. “We are growingour travel and tourismbusiness every singleyear, and we’re trying to

invest smartly and strate-gically in the state budgetfor travel and tourismpromotion. And boy, doesit help when we have agreat travel tourism cen-ter like this one.”

Located at 137 Rock-ingham Road just offInterstate 93, the newLondonderry Travel Plazafeatures 19 fueling sta-tions, a Sunoco TravelCenter with a 3,000-square-foot conveniencestore, parking for trucks,tour buses and recre-ational vehicles, a newState Liquor and WineOutlet and a 24-hour RedArrow Diner.

Town Manager KevinSmith said at the Thurs-

day, May 28 ribbon cut-ting that re-developmentof the plaza is good forthe Town of Londonderrybecause it will spur fur-ther economic develop-ment in the area andboost surrounding prop-erty values.

“Re-development likethis begets other develop-ment, because it bringstraffic in,” Smith said.

“This is now theanchor for Exit 5 and forthe redevelopment sur-rounding the entire area,which will enhance every-one’s property values,”Town Council ChairmanJohn Farrell said. “All theway up this road, it’s com-mercial properties - this is

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going to help them.”“Twin Smoke Shop is

moving up the road, andthat property becomes allthe more valuable be-cause of what’s right here,across the street,” Smithsaid. “I think Exit 5 hasbeen on the cusp for awhile of really blowingout economically. Espe-cially with all the im-

provements they made tothe highway and im-proving Route 28 here, Ithink it’s only going tocontinue to develop overthe next decade.”

Smith and Farrell not-ed future development ofanother small plaza fea-turing a 50,000-square-foot supermarket andpharmacy has been pro-

posed down the road onthe other side of Exit 5 onRoute 28.

“This will probablyhelp them and open upmore opportunities forpeople to have more serv-ices near Exit 5, and theywon’t have to travel toRoute 102 to get moreservices in town,” Farrellsaid.

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approaching $500,000.“It’s a sign the econo-

my is doing well in Lon-donderry,” he said.

Member Dana Coonsasked Smith if they haveany thoughts on puttingsurplus money in a rainyday fund.

Smith said any surplusto the Town’s undesignat-ed fund balance is essen-tially a rainy day fund fora catastrophic event.

“I don’t think we’veever used it to offset thebudget,” he said. “Youdon’t want to have the bigswings in the tax rate.That fund is usually usedfor one-time expendi-tures.”

Smith noted restrict-ing use of the undesignat-ed fund balance to offsetthe budget also forcesdepartment heads toeffectively manage theirbudgets.

The spending freezehas not yet been lifted,but Smith said he plannedto meet with departmentheads this week to reviewthe numbers and deter-mine the appropriatecourse of action.

Additionally, the TownManager said they plan tobegin preparing for theFY17 budget.

“We’re going to inter-nally start our processearlier than we have donein the past so we can doforensic looking at all theline items moving for-

ward, particularly as itrelates to the defaultbudget. Some depart-ments pay electricitycosts that have remainedflat, or in this case havegone up,” he said.“Department heads havesaid some lines needadjustment based oninflation and costs goingup. We will be looking his-torically at line items ineach department to see ifthey have been trendingover or under. If in the lastfive years an item hasbeen performing 10 per-cent under budget, weshouldn’t keep funding itat the full rate; or if some-thing is tipping over, wecan reallocate the moneyelsewhere.”

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The School Board wasto consider at itsJune 2 meeting a

final report the Communi-ty Auditorium Committeesubmitted late last month.

Presentation of the re-port at this week’s meet-ing, which took place afterthe Londonderry Timeswent to press, was contin-ued from the Board’s May19 meeting due to timeconstraints. That meetingran well past 11 p.m.

In his report, a copy ofwhich was included in theMay 19 agenda packetsubmitted to the Boardand published on theSchool District website,Committee chairman TonyDeFrancesco thanked theboard for its support ofthe project and took per-sonal responsibility forfailing to bring a positivevote on the auditoriumproject.

DeFranceso cited voterapathy and the Commit-tee’s failure to properlymarket and promote theproject as the key reasonsvoters did not approvearchitecture and engi-neering costs for the audi-torium.

Asked about thereport by the Londonder-ry Times, DeFrancescosaid he could not com-ment on a report he hadnot yet presented to theBoard.

School Board ChairSteve Young said becausethe warrant article to payfor architecture and engi-neering for the proposedauditorium failed inMarch, the Board cannotspend any money onarchitecture and engi-neering for the auditori-um this year.

When asked if theBoard could fund con-struction of the auditori-um, Young said “that

would be insane.“Let’s say next year

people come in andinstead of teaching aides,they want to modify thebudget up to $10 millionfor an auditorium andspend it all in one year.That’s certainly possible,but that would just bringthe Town to its knees,” hesaid. “As a business per-son, you don’t spendexpense money for capi-tal improvements, youbond capital improve-ment money.”

Young said he thinksit’s very likely the Townwill see the auditoriumback on the ballot.

“There are many proj-ects that took two votes,”he said. “The South Schoolrenovations to get rid ofthe portables lost byseven votes, and it wasbrought up the following

year and passed that year.And the MaintenanceTrust Fund failed last year.It was re-presented thisyear, it wasn’t even repack-aged, and it passed.”

In moving forwardwith presenting the audi-

torium project to the vot-ers again, DeFrancescowrote of a need to ad-dress concerns he heardfrom people at the pollsrelated to parking, thetwo-step process of fund-ing the architecture and

engineering costs for theauditorium before fund-ing construction, a per-ceived lack of fundraisingfor the project, and thenature of the auditorium’suse.

“An auditorium needs

to be built at Londonder-ry High School, and I hopethat as a school boardyou agree and will, in thenear future, continue thequest to figure out a wayto get one built,” hewrote.

Auditorium Committee Report Goes to School Board

said. “Having a goodunderstanding of layoutsof habitat will help pulltogether the interfacingspecies of concern. Basicmapping of wetlands,soils, and natural commu-nities is an add-on, it’s notabsolutely necessary tohave that. This is some-thing to fall back on sowhen our friends from(Eversource) come withproposals, we can answer

the question of whetherthere will be impacts. Orif there’s policy about treestands or bear baiting, wehave this background tofall back on.

“It will help us justifythe decisions we make,”Speltz said. “To me that’sthe key use to this, tounderstand in detailwhat’s out there and howa proposed action wouldimpact it.”

With the assessmentof the land, the Commis-sion should also includein the management plan a

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better definition of theobjectives for the proper-ty, Moreno noted.

“You may see otheropportunities or objec-tives that are more gener-al, you may have a recre-ational use you’re goingto devote part of the for-est to,” he said. “The firstpart of the plan is deter-mining what’s out there,the second part is whatdo you want to do with it,how should we get it doneand what does it take tomake it happen?”

Moreno said he could

begin assessments in theMusquash in the fall, com-pleting the work in thewinter or spring of nextyear.

The Commission ask-ed Moreno to come backwith an estimate of costsfor the work and the num-ber of hours it will take tocomplete.

Moreno said he wouldreturn with multiple pro-posals detailing the laborand cost for a comprehen-sive plan and a stream-lined plan.

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LettersStaff AppreciationTo the editor:On behalf of the entire

Matthew Thornton Schoolstaff I would like to extenda sincere thank you to theMTPTA.

Throughout Staff Ap-preciation Week we weregiven a tremendous arrayof treats. We would like toespecially thank ShawnaCarroll for organizingsuch a wonderful week.She cleverly designed anentire week that followedthe theme “How Sweet ItIs To Be Taught By You!“

The staff enjoyed smooth-ies, lunches, a candy bar, avisit from the Kona IceTruck, a raffle, and gifts.The week was filled withcolor, creativity, and manykind words. We were over-whelmed by the amountof gratitude that was

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thank the citizens of Lon-donderry for coming outto this year’s MemorialDay parade. The turnoutwas the largest in recentmemory!

We couldn’t havemade the parade happenwithout the help of thetown, police and firedepartments. Thanks to

the audio visual depart-ment for providing uswith a microphone andspeakers so everyone canhear the ceremony.

We’d like to thank theLHS band for doing anoth-er great job playing for us!We were also assisted byBoy Scout Troop 521 andCub Scout Pak 521.

Prior to the parade theLHS Pay-It-Forward teamhelped place flags on thegraves of veterans buriedin town.

Finally, I’d like to thankthe Post 27 Auxiliary andSons of the AmericanLegion, who were instru-mental in making the daya success.

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EditorialIn Our Thoughts Always

Now that Memorial Day is a mem-ory, with the flags and buntingsstored away until the Fourth of Julyrolls around, most people are backto focusing on their own lives andare content to leave the honoring ofservice men and women until Veter-ans Day.

Right? But it shouldn’t be.As the Vietnam War showed us,

it’s never too late to say thanks forthe service provided by so manyyoung men and women whoreceived the opposite of a welcomehome when they returned stateside.

And we have plenty of militaryserving in war zones right now, peo-ple we need to keep in our thoughtsand wishes for a safe return home.

Last week, the Derry Rotary andDerry Village Rotary clubs joinedtogether for their annual Veterans’Barbecue. Each year the Rotarianshost a big meal, complete with giftsand plenty of thanks. In a lot ofways, the thanks rank at the top.

James Hall, drafted in 1968,attended the banquet and said hisVietnam experience was “trying tostay alive…hoping everything cameout okay.” That could be said of mil-itary fighting all wars.

South School in Londonderryheld a Memorial Day ceremony thatbrought military parents into theirchildren’s classrooms, and remind-

ed everyone that in addition to thesacrifice made by a service man orwoman, the family makes sacrificesas well when a parent is called tooverseas duty. The students withparents in the military shared theirthoughts, and gave thanks for theirmilitary parents spending time withthem, and for telling them why theyhave to leave and how long they willbe away.

And Pinkerton Academy broughtthe message of Memorial Day downto the personal level with a presen-tation about Paul Demeo, a Pinker-ton Class of 2007 graduate who diedwhile serving as an Army Ranger.

We all know people who haveserved, whether during the intensepatriotism of World War II, thetumultuous years of Vietnam, or themany wars that followed and contin-ue to this day.

While Memorial Day has passed,remembering those who serve andsacrifice is relevant every day of theyear. Today there are men andwomen – often very young – servingoverseas in dangerous conditions,and there are parents and spousesand children at home who are cling-ing to any hope they can for theirloved one’s safe return. Ourthoughts should go with all of them,along with our thanks for their sacri-fices, every day of the year.


The Town Council ap-proved at their Mon-day night meeting

several expenditures forvarious departments, in-cluding a $47,327 with-drawal from the CapitalReserve Fund for FireDepartment equipment.

Fire Chief Darren O’Briensaid the funds will beused to purchase a powerstretcher to replace theDepartment’s last remain-ing manual stretcher.

The stretcher will beused on the third replace-ment ambulance the De-

partment purchased fromAmerican Emergency Ve-hicles, following a Re-quest for Proposals.

O’Brien said the newambulance is expected toarrive in Londonderry ineight to nine months.

The department willalso purchase a five-yearextended warranty fromZoll to maintain automat-ed external defibrillator(AED) devices.

Additionally, the Coun-cil approved with a 4-0vote the expenditure of$5,641 from the Expend-able Maintenance TrustFund for repairs at Town

Hall and the Senior Cen-ter, as well as the installa-tion of infrastructure tosupport a new lightingsystem for the bandstandon the Town Common,which cost $4,139 (seerelated story page 8).

Councilor John Farrellwas not present for themeeting.

The Council also ap-proved the expenditure of$2,500 from the Cemetery,Acquisitions, Maintenanceand Repairs Reserve Fundfor the removal of a deadmaple tree in the ValleyCemetery.

Town Council OKs Expenditures

Moving forward, crewswill construct sewer thatwill service the PrologisDistribution Center at 52Pettengill Road, and even-tually, a pumping station.

Headed east on Pet-tengill Road, signalizedlights are also to beinstalled at the intersec-tions of Harvey Road andAirport Access Road.

“We don’t want to

install lights now in caseit will have to be a differ-ent design,” said Czy-zowski, who recommend-ed installing all infrastruc-ture for the traffic lightsexcept the bases andlights themselves andputting the Town’srequired $250,000 contri-bution, raised throughthe Airport Tax IncrementFinance (TIF) District, inescrow in the meantime.

Funds remaining in theRoad Maintenance TrustFund will be used to

repave sections of Indus-trial Drive and HarveyRoad that Czyzowski saidare falling apart.

“There’s a section ofIndustrial Drive that’scracking pretty badly,” hesaid, adding he hopes oneday to close the loopbetween Interstate 93 andthe Everett Turnpike.

“I always believed thisis the bread basket forLondonderry - to bringaccess to the EverettTurnpike, and I see it hap-pening,” he said.

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The Conservation Com-mission voted 5-0 torecommend with no

objections the issuance ofa Conditional Use Permitto Eversource for geot-echnical boring in emer-gent wetlands.

The work will provideinformation on the physi-cal properties of soil androck at the proposed sitesof towers being installedin Londonderry as part ofthe Merrimack Reliabilityproject, a transmissionline project from the Sco-bie Pond substation toTewksbury, Mass.

The Conditional UsePermit (CUP) was filed onMay 14 with the PlanningBoard.

The transmission lineproject is to be approvedthrough the New Hamp-shire Site Evaluation Com-mittee (SEC), but Ever-source is pursuing localand state wetlands per-mits for the geotechnicalboring work, which mustbe completed to finalizedesign of the project,according to Sherrie Tre-fry, director of energyservices for VHB engi-neering consultants inBedford.

Trefry said at the Com-mission’s Tuesday, May26 meeting that they don’tanticipate any of the tow-ers will require founda-

tions, but the boring workis required to supportthat design.

“Not all the transmis-sion projects require bor-ings,” she said. “In thiscase, some of the struc-tures are quite large anddesigning the foundationwill be based on the con-dition of the wetlands.Given the size of this proj-ect and level of designthey need to finalize theapplication, the boringsneed to be completed.The project needs to be inservice by 2017. If theywait to do the geotechni-cal borings and don’t getthe bid out for the founda-tion and steel, they won’tmake this end date.”

Trefry noted Ever-source is working to noti-fy abutters of the boringthat is to be conducted toensure they understandit’s not work to install newtowers.

“We tried to be liberalwith the notifications -particularly being sensi-tive this has been de-scribed as a long process,so people are aware thatthere will be equipmenton the right-of-way sepa-rate from the overall proj-ect,” she said. “Once theengineering work is done,the SEC filing will be com-pleted at the end of June.Once that’s filed, they willcome back for anotherround of open houses.

They will use the openhouses to get feedbackfrom local communitiesas to their concerns relat-ed to the project.”

Impacts to wetlandsresulting from the boringare expected to be mini-mal. The probe used toinvestigate the locationsis about 4 inches in diam-eter, according to Trefry.

There will be one bor-ing, or probe, at eachstructure location, andcrews will use existingaccess as much as possi-ble, she said, adding,“There are some locationsthat are in forested areas,where there may be someminimal clearing of vege-tation to get in among thetrees and get the boringsin. We will do our best tonot disturb as much aspossible.”

Swamp matting is tobe used where necessary,and equipment will bebrought in on tracks toavoid impacts to the wet-lands as they enter theemergent wetland areas.

In terms of restora-tion, the matting won’t bein the wetlands for longerthan a day in most cases,according to Trefry.

“Usually, when we layswamp mats down, emer-gent marsh vegetationpops back up,” she said.“They will not be creatingany rutting because thematting disperses theweight enough.”

In planning the loca-tion of new towers, Trefrysaid pole sites have beenshifted, in some cases, toreduce impacts that wouldaffect rare species.

“At one site we learn-ed there was a vernal poolwhere a rare turtle ap-peared to be living. Insome places the poles arein wetlands because theyhave to be,” she said.

Commissioner MikeConsidine asked if thetowers will look differentfrom what’s already in thewetlands.

Eversource spokes-man Elizabeth LaRoccasaid the towers will looksimilar to existing struc-tures, with the talleststructures proposed toreach 106 feet.

Work in Londonderryis expected to include theconstruction of about 75new structures, with theaverage height anticipat-ed to be 88 feet above

ground.The new, 24-mile, over-

head transmission line willpass through Londonderry,Hudson, Windham and Pel-ham. A total of 18.1 miles ofthe transmission line willrun through New Hamp-shire, with 8.1 miles to runthrough Londonderry.

LaRocca told the Com-mission the purpose ofthe proposed transmis-sion line is to address agrowing demand for elec-tricity in the region, pre-venting potential over-loads on existing trans-mission lines.

Commissioner MikeSpeltz said the Commis-sion has discussed in-stalling a parking lot atthe end of Hickory Hill, onEversource’s easement,near the location of pro-posed construction forthe new transmission line.

“What’s Eversource’sposition on that?” heasked.

“As the underlying land-owner, you could do whatyou wanted as long as theparking lot meets clear-ance requirements,” La-Rocca said. “We realizethe Musquash is an im-portant resource for the

Conservation OKs Conditional Use Permit for Eversource Wetlands BoringTown of Londonderry. Ifthere’s any way we canaccommodate what you’retrying to do, we’d like tofacilitate that.”

LaRocca told the Com-mission she would taketheir comments to theteam working on the proj-ect in Londonderry andsee if they can help.

“I’d be happy to movethis forward for you,” shesaid.

Eversource held apublic information ses-sion May 6 as part of itsapplication process withthe SEC and the companymust hold a joint publicinformation session withNational Grid in eachcounty affected by theproject within 45 daysafter their application isfiled. The SEC will holdadditional public hearingswithin 90 days of its appli-cation’s being accepted.

Residents may contactEversource with ques-tions and concerns relat-ed to the project by phoneat (844) 646-8427 or byemail at [email protected]. For more infor-mation, visit the project'swebsite at www.MA-NHSo-lution.com.

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The Conservation Com-mission will pursueestablishing a full-

time land steward posi-tion to monitor conserva-tion properties through-out town.

Chairman Marge Bad-

ois said at the Commis-sion’s May 26 meeting thatshe has spoken with TownManager Kevin Smith, andhe has recommended thegroup put the paid posi-tion to the Town for a vote.

Including the position inthe Town’s budget wouldensure funding would be

available even in yearswhere there is no land usechange tax, she said.

In total, CommissionerMike Speltz estimates theland steward would beresponsible for 552 hoursof work annually. Respon-sibilities would includewalking and monitoring

conservation parcels aswell as coordinating withthe town forester on amanagement plan, main-taining records, checkingtown-owned propertiesfor illegal uses, easementmonitoring and disputeresolution.

Property monitoring in-cludes walking the bound-aries of the site, makingsure abutters aren’t en-croaching, and ensuringthere aren’t any activitieson the property that

aren’t permitted.Additionally, a land

steward would assist withmaintaining relationshipswith conservation proper-ty owners.

Speltz noted that hav-ing discussed as a Com-mission installing a picnicarea off South Road, theland steward could alsomonitor the space toensure it’s free of litterand illicit activity.

The land steward couldoffer dedicated monitoring

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Conservation Commission May Ask Voters to Fund Land Stewardof conservation and recre-ation areas the police areunable to, Badois said.

Speltz asked if theemployee would be depu-tized to issue summons-es, but Eugene Harringtonsaid generally a land stew-ard or ranger calls thepolice if illegal activity isobserved.

The group agreed toconsider at its next meetinga detailed job descriptionfor the land steward posi-tion to present to Smith.


Matthew ThorntonElementary School’sfirst Recess Acad-

emy concluded last weekwith a visit from highschool students to checkin and see how rules theyestablished in the fall aremaking a difference onthe playground.

“It brings it all full cir-cle,” Principal Sharon Put-ney said of the May 27event.

Recess Academy wascreated to help preventfeuds over the rules topopular games played atrecess and to level theplaying field so all stu-dents can participate inthe fun.

Matthew Thornton Phy-sical Education teacherDan Wrubleski created aset of rules for all the pop-ular games students playat recess; then, guidancecounselors, teachers, anda group of 35 athletesfrom the high schoolimplemented the programearly in the school year.

As part of Recess Aca-demy Part II, 28 studentswho have been following

the rules and acting asleaders at recess, encour-aging good sportsman-ship among their class-mates, were awarded thePrincipal SportsmanshipAward and were treatedto a pizza luncheon withtheir high school men-tors. The lunch was spon-sored by Josh Dube ofHorace Mann Investors.

High school studentsspent the day playing withstudents and observingtheir improvement fromthe beginning of the year.

“This visit was moreinteractive and handson,” Londonderry HighSchool senior Nick Bar-bera said.

And while playing withthe students, senior Jack-ie Curtin said she couldsee an increase in sports-manship since their lastvisit, when the new ruleswere implemented.

“They’re not pushingand shoving as much, andthey’re monitoring eachother,” she said.

Senior Lukas Charbon-neau said the studentsseemed to appreciate thatthe rules make their gamesfair.

“Before, it would beone kid who would havethe football the wholetime,” he said.

Kyle Rondeau, a fourthgrader who earned thePrincipal SportsmanshipAward, said games atrecess are more fun withthe new rules, especially

kickball.For example, the rule

eliminating captains pro-vides students more free-dom to play, according toRondeau.

“With captains, all theboys playing wouldn’tpick the girls. This way,no one gets picked last

and it’s more fair,” saidfourth grader AmandaFawcett, who also earnedthe sportsmanship award.

Implementation of theRecess Academy at Mat-thew Thornton was not inresponse to any particu-lar issue with conflict onthe playground, but was

an opportunity to helpprevent issues and teachchildren how to respondto disagreements appro-priately, Putnam said.

“It teaches good lifeskills, like communicationand working together,”Barbera said of the pro-gram.

Recess Academy Boosts Sportsmanship, Fun on Playground

Rachel Stevens, a Londonderry High School sen-ior, hangs out with Brooke Eacrett on the

swings at Matthew Thornton School.

LHS student Casey Bracket coaches a group of Matthew Thorntonsecond graders as they play soccer during Recess Academy at the

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Fourth-graders at NorthElementary School an-swered a series of

unconventional questionsat the annual science fairon Friday, May 29.

Teachers Kris Fran-coeur and Niccole Mar-tinez had their classes setup in the cafeteria, wherestudents displayed theirwork on tri-folds and gavebrief presentations.

Students worked indi-vidually and covered awide variety of topics.

Ana Georgopoulos, astudent in Martinez’ class,observed how a flower isaffected by noise andsilence. She conductedthe experiment over 15weeks, leaving one flower-pot alone and playing the

violin to the other.“I thought that flowers

were kind of like peopleand would like all of thenoise,” Ana said. “But itturned out that it grewbetter in the silence.”

She said she liked tak-ing care of the flowersand having her ownresponsibility.

Another one of Mar-tinez’ students, BridgetMyron, discovered whichpopcorn brand producesthe most kernels. She con-sidered Orville Reden-bacher, Jolly Time andPop Secret in her experi-ment.

After making threebags of each brand andcounting the kernels,Bridget concluded thatJolly Time yields thegreatest amount.

Other students alsoused food in their proj-ects.

Aaron Owre, a studentin Francoeur’s class, ana-lyzed the effects of an eggplaced in different liquidsover a period of fourweeks. He used vinegar,Sprite and water and doc-umented the changesthrough photographs.

“The vinegar took theshell off of the egg,” Aaronsaid. “Nothing really hap-pened with Sprite orwater.”

He said he would liketo see what happens tothe egg if he uses Coca-Cola instead of Sprite.

The science fair prov-ed to be a learning experi-ence for many students.

Jillian Donlan of Mar-tinez’ class studied whichmetals were magnetic.She said she had some dif-ficulty in decorating hertri-fold with magnets, butshe never lost interest inthe topic.

“I learned that not allmetals are magnetic, but

certain objects are moremagnetic than others,” Jil-lian said. She tested thistheory with earrings,paperclips and nuts andbolts.

“(Martinez) told us tochoose a topic we werereally interested in,” shesaid. “And magnets havealways been interesting tome.”

In a different part ofthe building, three otherfourth grade classes heldscience expositions - butthese projects involved

North Fourth Graders Highlight Their Science Experiments

magic. Students woreblack top hats to appearas magicians and answer-ed questions about boun-cing eggs, invisible inkand mind reading.

One of the teachers,Sue Raymond, said shewas happy with her stu-dents’ effort in their proj-ects. She said the magicelement added a fun andinteresting aspect to theirtopics.

“The kids really enjoydoing it,” Raymond said.

Fourth graders Bridget Myron and Jillian Donlan pose in front of their experimentswith Alexis Morin, a third grader. Photos by Chris Paul

Ana Georgopoulos shows third grade teacher Dianne Hammond her science project, which observed how a flower is affected by sound.


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During her life, she was an active member of ChristEpiscopal Church, Needham, where she had once taughtSunday school. It was there she met and married her hus-band, Roger D. Goodwin, also of Needham, MA. Patty lovedto cook and entertain; she had a beautiful voice and sangwith several Episcopal Church choirs. Patty’s greatest joycame from her family and many cherished friends. She wasalways cheerful, supportive, and extremely proud of eachand everyone’s accomplishments no matter how trivial.

Patty was preceded in death by her husband, her half-brother Ernest H. Osgood, Jr., and beloved son, William A.Goodwin.

She is survived by her remaining three children: RogerD. Goodwin, Jr. and his wife Barbara of Gaithersburg, MD,Diana K. Meloni and her husband Gregg of Fairhaven, MA,and Janet C. Singh and her husband Darshan, of London-derry, NH, as well as her daughter- in- law Susan Goodwin,of Manchester, CT. She is also survived by twelve grandchil-dren: Justin, Chandra, Caitlin, Jessica, Sarah, Emily, Claire,Alex, Michael, Bryan, Zachary, and Nikki, and by five great– grandchildren: Kathryn, Keira, C.J., Aidan, and Julia, aswell as two brothers: John A. Osgood and his late wifeMary, of Phoenix, AZ, and Geoffrey H. Osgood and his wifeCarolyn, of Monson, MA and many nieces and nephews. Hergiving spirit and love for all will be greatly missed. Visitinghours will be held in the Eaton Funeral Home, 1351 High-land Ave, Needham on Sunday, May 31st from 4-7 PM. Rela-tives and friends are kindly invited to attend. A Funeral Ser-vice will be held in Christ Episcopal Church, 1132 HighlandAve Needham on Monday, June 1st at 10:00 AM. Intermentwill take place at Needham Cemetery. In lieu of flowersdonations in Patty’s name may be made to Friends of Musicc/o Christ Episcopal Church, 1132 Highland Ave NeedhamMA 02494. For obit, directions or to share a memory ofPatty please visit www.eatonfuneralhomes.com

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Constance GosselinConstance P. Gosselin, 76, of Londonderry died May 27,

2015 at Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center in Lebanonafter a lengthy battle with Leukemia.

She was born Jan. 15, 1939 in Nashua, the daughter ofArmand and Rosilda Ivon.

She was raised and educated in Nashua and had been aresident of Londonderry since 1973.

Mrs. Gosselin had been employed as a bookkeeper withKlev-Bro Shoes of Derry for many years.

She was a communicant of St. Jude Parish of London-derry, where she acted as an usher and was a longtimemember of the women’s guild. She was also a member ofthe Londonderry Senior Citizens.

She is survived by a sister-in-law, Priscilla Lavoie ofMerrimack; two brothers-in-law, George Gosselin ofFrancestown and Jean Gosselin and his wife, Louise, ofGoffstown; her god-child, Nicholas Gosselin; and severalnieces and nephews. She was predeceased by her husbandof 47 years, Leo O. Gosselin, in 2013.

Calling hours were May 31 at the Peabody FuneralHomes and Crematorium, Londonderry. A Liturgy of Chris-tian Burial was celebrated June 1 at St. Jude Parish, Lon-donderry, with burial at St. Frances Cemetery of Nashua. Inlieu of flowers, donations may be made to the St. JudeBuilding Fund, 435 Mammoth Road, Londonderry, NH 03053or the Sisters of Holy Cross Development Office, 377 IslandPond Road, Manchester, NH 03109. To send a condolence orfor more information, visit www.peabodyfuneralhome.com.

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years, retiring in 2009 from the Andover, Mass., branch asChief for Planning and Analysis Staff. While working at theIRS, she met Pat and Alice, and they became known as the“Three Musketeers.” They enjoyed traveling together andvisiting casinos.

She enjoyed her usual staples: Original Cheerios, Skip-py peanut butter, and Cherry Pepsi. An avid reader andcontract bridge player, she was a member of the London-derry Rotary Club. She enjoyed the annual summer tripwith her family to Ocean City, NJ, where she had grown up.

She is survived by one daughter, Jennifer Judge of Lon-donderry; one grandson, Christopher Judge of Londonder-ry; one sister, Barbara (Pettit) Prasch of Canton, Ga.; twobrothers, Dr. Paul Pettit of Loudon, Tenn., and Randy Pettitof Marietta, Ga.; and many nieces and nephews.

Following cremation, memorial calling hours will be Sat-urday, June 6, from 1 to 3 p.m., with a memorial service at3 p.m. in the Peabody Funeral Homes and Crematorium, 290Mammoth Road, Londonderry. In lieu of flowers, memorialcontributions may be made to the Londonderry RotaryClub, Londonderry, NH 03053 or Londonderry Dollars forScholars, P.O. Box 473, Londonderry, NH 03053. To send acondolence or for more information, visit www.peabodyfu-neralhome.com.

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Asubstantial dona-tion from PhillipsColor Kinetics will

light up the LondonderryArts Council’s Concertson the Common seriesthis summer.

Stephen Lee, principalmechanical engineer atPhillips Color Kineticsand a member of the ArtsCouncil, developed withhis co-workers the light-ing design for the band-stand as part of a seven-week course led by theirLighting Designer in Resi-dence, Etta Dannemann.

“This is our 14th sea-son of Concerts on the

Common. We realizedearly on the lighting couldbe a lot better. The lightsthere are really behindthe performers. It’s a diffi-cult stage to light becausethe stage goes past theroof,” Lee said. “It didmake it a little challeng-ing.”

Everyone who partici-pated in Dannemann’straining was tasked withdesigning their own light-ing of the bandstand andpresenting their ideas tothe group.

“Some designs werevery theatrical, with spotlighting; some were whitewashing. It was one ex-treme to the other and

everything in between,”Lee said. “(Dannemann)really did the final design,then we did an on-sitemock-up in April. We gath-ered the lights we pickedfor the design and had towire them up. We wereout there with ladders,holding lights up and see-ing if they were doingwhat we thought theywere going to do.”

The Town helped byhiring an electrician towire the bandstand, in-stalling six branch cir-cuits, along with 35 elec-trical boxes at a cost of$4,139.

Electrical junction box-es on the bandstand areready for the multi-pur-

pose, outdoor, architec-tural lights Phillips isdonating to the Town,which Lee said he hopesto install before the thirdconcert in this summer’sseries.

The new lighting de-sign features white lighton all the performers,with color lighting on theside, ceiling and back wallthat’s programmable andcontrollable, according toLee.

“Performers on stagewill always be in differenttypes of white light,” hesaid. “It will be really coolonce we get it going.”

The design also fea-tures lighting that willwash the trees behind the

bandstand with a whiteglow.

The programming ofthe lights will be user-friendly and accessible tohigh school students in-terested in learning aboutlighting.

Lee hopes the newlighting will not onlyenhance performances onthe Common, but alsobring attention to thesummer concert series.

“There are still somany people who areunaware of the Concerts

on the Common. It’s sucha great facility and a greatvenue where people canbring their families. Kidsare out throwing balls andFrisbees, while others arelistening to music,” hesaid. “The new lighting willdefinitely make the con-certs more interesting.”

For more informationabout Concerts on theCommons and a scheduleof performances, visitwww.londonderryartscoun-cil.org/wordpress/ and seecalendar item on page 20.

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The Matthew ThorntonElementary Schoolstudent council,

made up of fourth andfifth graders, raised over$1,000 for various chari-ties during their first yearas an organization.

The students chosefundraisers at monthlymeetings and held eventsfor Beautify Londonderry,the Sonshine Soup Kit-chen in Derry, Earth Dayand breast cancer.

The most recent fund-raiser was for the NationalEczema Association andtook place Friday, May 29.Council member PaigeBoyon, who has a younger

brother affected by thecondition, presented theidea. Throughout theschool day, students wereencouraged to dress up astheir favorite characterand donate a dollar to sup-port the charity. All donorswere entered into a rafflefor a gift card to Sweet KiwiFrozen Yogurt. The councilraised $220 in donations,which Boyon’s father’sbusiness matched.

“Student council hasprovided a really greatleadership opportunityfor a lot of our students,”Katie Miller, one of twoadvisers of the council,said. “They feel more con-nected to our school com-munity.”

Council president BenMartin said the organiza-tion gives students a voteand an opinion.

With 24 members, thecouncil is made up of tworepresentatives from eachfourth and fifth gradeclass. Six members are offi-cers and hold the positionsof president, vice presi-dent, secretary, treasurer,publicist and historian.

Miller explained thatthe students run themeetings themselves, andthey needed to be electedin order to be in theorganization.

All officers are fifthgraders and were requir-ed to give speeches be-fore the election.

Vice president ColbyLynch recalls asking thecouncil to stand and sitdown during his speech.Once everyone was sit-ting, he said, “See? I am aleader. I asked everyoneto stand, and you stood. Iasked everyone to sit,and you sat.”

He also used a mottoduring his campaign: “Don’tbe a Grinch. Vote for Lynch.”

Ben Martin explainedthat while he was runningfor president, he placed a“Vote for Ben Martin” signamong those of profession-al politicians like FrankGuinta. When he grows up,he aspires to become apolitician or a judge.

Miller was impressedby the sportsmanship ofthe students during andafter the campaign. Shesaid she saw both Martinand Lynch shake theiropponents’ hands andcommend them for theirhard work after the

results were revealed.Adviser Ann Smith said

the students are morethan just leaders in theschool, and she is proudof all their hard work.

“The kids all work reallywell together,” Smith said.“And they’re so earnesttoo. The philanthropy inthis school is amazing.”

As the school year iscoming to a close, the

council is beginning tothink about new officersand representatives. Elec-tions will take place inearly October, and noneof the current membersare guaranteed a spot.

Miller said there willbe big shoes to fill nextyear, and Lynch jokinglyresponded, “But I don’treally have big shoes. I’monly a four and a half.”

Matthew Thornton Student Council Brings in Money for Charities

Matthew Thornton Student Council Vice PresidentColby Lynch and President Ben Martin are picturedwith fellow councilor Paige Boyon, who suggested a

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The new devices are awelcome addition as someof the department’s appa-ratus are outdated.

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With the projectsranked, the Hazard Mitiga-tion Committee will beginto draft the final report,which will be submitted toHomeland Security. The

Hazard Mitigation Plan isdeveloped before disas-ters occur in an effort toreduce or eliminate long-term risk to human lifeand property.

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these areas less vulnera-ble. It could also steergrowth to less risky areas,according to a press re-lease from the SouthernNew Hampshire PlanningCommission (SNHPC).

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Other projects includeupdating the school’semergency plan, mobiletruck safety inspectionissues and constructingfire lanes, such as anemergency access intothe Musquash.

In discussing the con-struction of emergencyroads, Fire Chief DarrenO’Brien said creating anaccess road to a centrallocation in the Musquashwould not only make iteasier for the Departmentto bring a wildfire undercontrol, but also to treat

someone having a med-ical emergency on one ofthe trails.

At its May 30 meeting,the committee discussedconsulting with the SchoolDistrict on updating theschool’s emergency planand agreed to delete sev-eral projects from the listthat have been complet-ed, including developinga local sheltering plan,upgrading inadequate cul-verts, adopting new FAA(Federal Aviation Admin-istration)/Airport Author-ity noise overlay zoning

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The North Schoolcommunity welcom-ed a new addition

last week - 11 fluffy duck-lings that are being care-fully guarded by their vigi-lant mother in theschool’s courtyard.

Watching from the win-dows of classrooms andthe library, students areenjoying a unique oppor-tunity to observe scienceand nature as it unfolds,Principal Paul Duttonsaid.

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try to poke their headsout, but their motherpushes them back inunder her,” third graderBrooke Secor said as shewatched the family fromthe library on Tuesday,June 2.

“They’re cute,” thirdgrader Genna Greene said.

Staff first noticed themother duck was hangingaround the courtyard afew weeks ago.

Dutton discovered herlittle hatchlings when hearrived at school on Mon-day, May 25.

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and they said we couldleave them where theyare,” he said.

The school custodianbrought in a small, green

pool to serve as a pond ofsorts, so that the duck-lings have access to waterand can practice theirswimming. And teachers

have been leaving food forthe family to eat.

The school is evenwatching out for the safe-ty of the little ones - theschool custodian covereda drain in the courtyard toensure none of the duck-lings would fall in, andDutton checked on thefamily over the weekend.

“They will probablystay for the rest of theschool year. It will beabout nine to 11 weeks

before the ducklings canfly,” Dutton said.

Although this is thefirst time the school isaware of a mother ducklaying her eggs in theschool courtyard, im-printing in ducks makes itlikely they will return forfuture visits, according toDutton.

“We have adoptedthem here at the school,”he said.

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North School Adopts Family of Ducklings and Their Mom

A mother mallard is raising 11 ducklings in NorthSchool’s courtyard, and students and staff are

enjoying watching their daily progress from class-room windows. Courtesy photo



Nancy Shambergersat at her grand-daughter’s desk and

flipped through a collec-tion of watercolors andwords at North Elemen-tary School’s Young Au-thor’s Night on Wednes-day, May 27.

“It’s all beautiful,” Sham-berger said, stopping at apage with two paper hearts,decorated with antennaeand legs to look like but-terflies. In the upper leftcorner, a crayon messageread: “It used to be aheart, but now it’s a but-

terfly.”Shamberger explained

that butterflies have a spe-cial meaning to her family,especially to her grand-daughter, Ryhan Kelley, asecond grader.

“Whenever (Ryhan) seesbutterflies, she says ‘thatreminds me of Mom,’ or‘Mom’s sending us a mes-sage,” Shamberger said.“Hearts always turned intobutterflies, and butterfliesare how she remembersher mom.”

Ryhan said it was niceto have her grandparentsand other visitors cometo the school and see her

work.“I like having it dis-

played because it’s prettyand neat,” she said.

Ryhan’s teacher, Con-nie Murabito, was one oftwo teachers hosting theevent.

“We collect writingand artwork that secondgraders do in the class-room throughout theentire year, and this is theculmination for the par-ents,” Murabito said. Herclassroom was decoratedwith books and drawingsmade by her students.

She explained thatwriting is not usually pop-

ular among students ini-tially, but that changes bythe end of the year. Shesaid many students nowhave secret journals andwant to write all the time.

“Seeing their expres-sions when they see theirfinished products...it’s real-ly awesome,” Murabitosaid. “I have goosebumpsjust thinking about it.”

In a different hallway,Kristy Cardin was alsoholding a Young Author’sNight for her students.

Tables were filled withstudent-made books onnumerous subjects, in-cluding bats, mascots and

deserts.Malia Sivigny, a stu-

dent in the class, said herfavorite was a self-por-trait book, which includ-ed individual photographsof students throughoutthe semester.

Although Malia does-n’t think that she’s chang-ed, her mother, Christine,said the pictures showhow her daughter is grow-ing up, little by little.

Connor Ward, one ofMalia’s classmates, saidhe thinks his smile is oneof the only things abouthim that is different fromthe beginning of the year.

His mother, Sarah, dis-agrees. She said Connorused to misspell wordsthat he now writes cor-rectly, and she is proud ofher son and his accom-plishments.

According to Cardin,the self-portrait bookshows how her studentsare getting bigger andsmarter over the courseof the school year.

“Everything changes,”Cardin said. “Their hand-writing, their confidence...it’s amazing.”

Other classrooms willhold their Young Author’sNight at a later date.

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Members of the Mas-ter Plan Implemen-tation Committee

discussed at a sparselyattended meeting lastweek the need to holdmeetings less frequentlyand to find a way toincrease engagement.

GIS (Geographic Infor-mation Systems) ManagerJohn Vogl suggested meet-ing annually or bi-annuallyto update the Comprehen-sive Master Plan Recom-mendations list.

“I think monthly is def-initely too often,” he said.“These projects take solong to get done. The zon-

ing audit is a six-month toa year process. Items willsit here at 10 percent(complete) for the nextsix months.”

Member Mike Speltzrecommended meetingsfocus more on updatingthe list, rather than onpolicy.

Priorities the Commit-tee agreed to consider,based on various aspectsof the Master Plan, in-clude promotion of urbanagriculture and agro-tourism, energy efficien-cy, Conservation transferof development rights,promotion of bicycletransportation and com-plete streets, improving

intersections in the NorthVillage area, beginningstudies recommended inthe Master Plan as a basisfor further planning -especially studies onwater quality and quanti-ty and sewer capacityover time; and allowingaccessory dwelling units.

Vogl noted at the Com-mittee’s May 27 meetingthat providing for acces-sory dwelling units wascovered in affordablehousing updates present-ed to the Planning Board.

The Committee alsodiscussed as prioritiesimplementing rules andrequirements to build acomprehensive network

of sidewalks, paths andpassage ways that makewalking more convenientand enjoyable; and con-tinuing town wide thefundraising campaign tobuild the rail trail.

About two-thirds of the

recommendations in theCommittee’s Comprehen-sive Master Plan are insome stage of process - 55percent are 10 percentunder way, 8 percent are 50percent under way, and 27percent of the recommen-

dations have yet to be con-sidered, according to Vogl.

The Committee’s an-nual report to the Plan-ning Board is almost com-plete and is to be present-ed at the Board’s June 10meeting.

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With more time todedicate to hercraft, Londonder-

ry painter Christine Sam-olyk is enjoying a newphase in her journey as anartist and rediscoveringthe beauty of the townthrough her work.

As the Leach Library’sfeatured artist for June,Samolyk’s work will be ondisplay for residents toenjoy over the comingweeks.

In paintings like “Mack’sWelcomes Spring” and“Spring on Pillsbury,”both of which are fea-tured in her exhibit,Samolyk shares a uniqueperspective on popularlocations throughout Lon-donderry.

“I like views that arejust a little different,” shesaid.

For example, her paint-ing “Spring on Pillsbury”illustrates an obscured

view of the church as shewas coming up a hill onthe road.

With art having alwaysbeen her passion, Sam-olyk, who was a Fine Artmajor at Providence Col-lege, said she has found away to use her gift throu-ghout her career.

Starting as a bullpenartist in New York Citydrawing ads, Samolyk’sart matured and she mov-ed on to a computer com-pany where she createdan in-house ad agency,

“I began to move moretowards marketing. Everyartist has another side;mine is math and logic,”she said.

Samolyk ended hercareer in marketing withHewlett Packard, whereher role was focused onverbal and written com-munication.

After starting a familywith her husband, Brian,Samolyk left her careerfor the next chapter of her

life as a mother andhomeschooled her chil-dren, whom she calls her“great love.”

Now that her daughterhas moved on to her ownhome and career and herteenage son is heading offto college in the fall,Samolyk said she hasfound herself in a transi-tional time that has pro-vided her with the oppor-tunity to reconnect withher gift and passion forexploring new placesthrough her art.

“My art focuses onplaces I have been orthings I have done thatwere really meaningful tome,” she said. “I happento be somewhere thatmakes my heart just flip,and I have to paint it. Artis an experience to me.”

In her painting “Moth-er’s Day at Woodmont,”one of her favorites,Samolyk captures heremotions on a special daywhen her children took

her to the farm to see theapple blossoms.

“It was so special,” shesaid. “While we werethere, I just had one ofthose incredibly happymom moments.”

Although she is notactively marketing herwork, Samolyk, who tookclasses with artist ElaineFarmer, said she is opento the idea of making herartwork a second career.

“I’m thrilled to be

showing at the library,because it’s one steptowards marketing mywork. But it’s nice to dosomething for the joy ofit,” she said. “Any artistwill tell you that whenthey’re marketing, they’renot painting. And whenthey’re painting, they’renot marketing.”

Other pieces Samolykplans to share in her exhib-it are “Golden Fields,”acrylic; “Golden Fields II,”

watercolor; “Katie andSammy,” an oil of herdaughter as a toddlersharing a special momentwith her friend; “Waitingfor the Rowers,” oil; “AWeekend in Rye,” oil; and“Mount Vernon Garden,”oil.

Samolyk installed herwork earlier this weekand the pieces will remainon display until the end ofJune.

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The Leach Library’s featured artist in June, Christina Samolyk, displays her oilpainting “Mount Vernon Garden.” Photo by Kaitlyn G. Woods

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