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Sixty-four young women and men moved forward into the next part of their lives as they were honored at the Hop-kinton High School’s Class of 2019 Graduation last Friday. On a beauti-ful summer evening the class processional into Durgin Arena, the tradi-tional site of the school’s Commencement, marked their last action as High School Students. An hour later they would march out as graduates ready to “spread their wings across the nation” in the words of Principal Christopher Kelley. In his welcome he noted the graduates were headed to twenty-six dif-ferent colleges.
The fi rst student to speak at the podium,
Graduating Hawks spread their wings
The John Stark cannon fi re was loud, a crack that fi lled the big white tent and made a few jump in their seats, even though acting principal Brian Emery warned everyone sever-al times. That explosion
marked the beginning of life beyond high school for the 160 graduates about to fi le out into the world with their bright smiles and aca-demic robes, slapping high fi ves as they did under a sunny sky on Saturday morning.
Salutatorian Alexa
Archambault picked up on this very theme, when she said, “I encourage my classmates to welcome the unknown. Who knows what adventures await us in the future? I know ac-cepting the unknown may be hard for some people,
John Stark celebrates 160 in Class of 2019
Owen Payeur and Erik Hilyard lead the pledge to the fl ag at the start of John Stark Regional High School commencement. (Michael Pon photo)
Hopkinton H. S. Valedictorian Lily Tobin. (John Segedy photo)
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Antrim Police Chief Scott Lester promoted Sgt. Brian Lord to Lieutenant during a pinning ceremo-ny at Wednesday’s select-man meeting. He had the following to say about Lt. Lord’s contribution to the Police Department and the community:
“Brian has been a ded-
icated professional, serv-ing the town as a full-time employee for over 10 years. He has been assisting in the direction of the police department on a more con-sistent basis and acts on my behalf when I’m not avail-able or when directed to do so. He has become more involved in all administra-
tive functions of the po-lice department including operations, support staff, building maintenance and training. There is not a lot of opportunity for ad-vancement in a small agen-cy but I feel he has earned the title of Lieutenant and deserves the recognition from his peers.”
Sgt. Brian Lord makes Lieutenant
Newly pinned Lt. Lord with his daughters Logan (left) and Lyndsie. (Courtesy photo)
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The Hillsboro-Deering School Board heard from Principal Donna Furlong on Monday, who leads the upper grades in the Elementary School, in regards to improv-ing discipline issues. The school is now regarded to be in need of Comprehensive Support and Improvement (CSI) by the State Department of Education.
Although a Diagnostic Review of the school was done by West Ed, dated May 24, the school board members were par-ticularly interested in Furlong’s take on disciplinary and behavior issues affecting the school.
Chairman Kathryn McGinn pointed out that in a survey that was recently tak-en that only 13 percent of parents believed
discipline and behavior policy is very ef-fective.
“Have you dug into any of that?” Mc-Ginn asked.
“There is a fine line we walk. This school is where we teach right from wrong. But some kids haven’t been taught not to hit others at school. Research says suspen-sion is not effective. And we are looking at that, and developing procedures,” Furlong explained. “There is work scheduled for the summer to address these concerns.”
“At one point, do you call the parents in after the second or third time?” asked board member Paul Plater.
“I make ten or so phone calls a day,” Furlong pointed out. “We try desperately to work with parents. And many parents say they don’t have child-care for suspen-sions.”
Improving H-D Elementary School cultureBy Michael Pon
Stone Bridge Post“If you can’t get parents in, it doesn’t
seem like anything will change,” said Plat-er.
Furlong then recalled how it was in her home when she was a child student and her parents got a phone call from school.
“A phone call would mean trouble,” Furlong said of her own history. “But many parents aren’t owning their kids’ ac-tions, problems.”
However, Furlong described a different approach. Rather than suspending a repeat offender, she spoke of in-school commu-nity service.
“If a student is taking away from the school community then they must give back with community service. And they
learn to feel good about doing something for their school, and some want to return and do more,” said Furlong.
Community service for the children includes recycling, organizing library books, cleaning up classrooms.
Furlong said the Elementary School administration and faculty are meeting on July 15 to create a school improvement plan for CSI, and will be meeting in the fall as well. And they will be giving the school board regular progress updates.
The entire West Ed Diagnostic Review is in the 6-17-19 agenda packet which can be found on the HDSD homepage under the 2018-2019 school board minutes.
Faced with criticism by taxpayers attending the H-D board meeting on Monday, board members made no attempt to use any surplus money from this school year’s budget to pay for material requests made by the district’s principals.
Some $53,000 in re-quests for new lockers in the Elementary School and new tables and chairs in the Middle and High Schools were set aside to keep what is currently forecast to be a $500,000 surplus intact. Surplus is used to defray the cost of the next school year budget.
Last year at this time, district business adminis-trator Lori Schmidt pointed out the surplus was forecast at $700,000, but ended up over a $1 million. Schmidt advised that the $500,000 could be different by the time all is calculated.
Another moving target,
according Schmidt, is the forecasted 14 percent rise in local Hillsborough tax-es, and 7 percent in Deer-ing, to support the school district in the next budget. But these figures also could change.
During the public com-ment portion of the meet-ing, resident Ben Chadwick explained that he has ten-ants in an apartment build-ing he owns telling him they are moving to another town because they want their kids in a better school district.
Everett Chamberlain and Steve Blanchette also encouraged the board mem-bers to refrain from spend-ing surplus. Blanchette sug-gested buying used lockers and renovating them.
Although some school board members were sym-pathetic to replacing the lockers that keep falling apart that have been in the building since the mid-50s, they agreed to address the
lockers in the next budget, rather than using surplus.
“How can we justify spending $37,000 on lock-ers when we are looking at a potential 14 percent rise in local school taxes?” board member Rich Pelleti-er asked. “I know we need them, but I feel I can’t jus-tify it. How can we say that we’ve done everything to keep taxes down if we do? We can’t.”
Board member Chris Bober suggested that $37,000 wouldn’t impact the tax rate much.
“Will the world end without new lockers?” Mc-Ginn fielded.
When it came time to vote on spending any of the surplus, board member Paul Plater made a motion to spend zero percent. His motion was not seconded. But neither did any other board member make a mo-tion, so no vote was taken and the surplus remains un-touched.
H-D keeps surplus intact By Michael Pon
Stone Bridge Post
The Union Chapel located at 220 Sawmill Road in Hillsboro will hold three non-demomi-
national worship services on Sunday July 14, Sunday July 21, and Sunday July 28th. Each service will be-
gin promptly at 11am. All are welcome and fellow-ship will be held following each service.
Union Chapel summer services
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Have you ever learned about D.A.R.E? Well, if not, these are some things we learned in D.A.R.E. We learned that D.A.R.E. stands for Drug Abuse Resis-tance Education. Another thing we learned was about alcohol and how it can affect us. Also we learned about tobacco and a little of what is in it and how it can affect us. Also we learned different things about bullying. These are some of the different things we in D.A.R.E.
In D.A.R.E. we learned about tobac-co and how it is bad for you. We learned that a lot of deaths come from tobacco and health problems come from tobacco too. We learned that 400,000 people die from tobacco causes a year. Also we learned that 50,000 people die just from the tobac-co smoke, and that if you chew tobacco it can cause mouth cancer, tooth loss and other things. Another thing we learned was some things that are in tobacco. We learned that tobacco has a dangerous substance called nicotine. Nicotine is a substance that is very addictive and after having it a
few times it is very hard to stop having it. We also learned that there are more than 200 known harmful chemicals in tobacco smoke. Also we learned that it is illegal to sell tobacco to anyone under the age of 18 (19 in some states). This is one of the few things we learned about in D.A.R.E.
In D.A.R.E. we also learned about al-
cohol’s health effects and some facts about it. 75,000 people die from alcohol related causes a year. For example car accidents and alcohol poisoning. Also alcohol can weaken the heart muscle. It can also make you lose coordination, judgement, self con-trol and fast reflexes.
One of the last things D.A.R.E. taught us was about bullying. The definition of being a bully is someone using aggres-sive behavior against another person. We learned that there are four ways to bully.
One way is cyber bullying. Cyber bul-lying is when a person will send harmful things to a person through email or other technological ways.
The second way of bully is social. Social bullying is when a person will try to make the other person not as cool. Like choosing him/her last for a team and then saying to the other team captain here you take him/her, I don’t want him/her on my team, or
spreading rumors about the person. The third way of bullying is verbal.
Verbal bullying is when a person will say mean and nasty things to someone. Like calling them names like stupid and idiot.
The last kind of bullying is physical. Physical bullying is when a person will show aggressive behavior to another per-son.
These are the four different ways to bully.
The next thing we learned was the five W’s. The five W’s are who, what, when, where and why. You would do these for re-porting bullying. You would say who is be-ing bullied and who is doing it. After that you would say what is happening. Then thirdly and fourthly when it is happening and where it is happening. And lastly why it is happening. These are the things you should be writing when reporting bullying.
The last thing D.A.R.E. taught us about bulling is being an upstander. An upstand-er is someone who will step in and confront the problem and try and stop the bullying. So try and be an upstander. These are some of the things D.A.R.E. told us about bully-ing.
In D.A.R.E. they taught us about tobac-co and how nicotine has an addictive sub-stance in it. Also how it is illegal to sell al-cohol to anybody under the age of 21. And last but not least D.A.R.E. taught us to be an upstander and speak out when bullying is happening, whether it is standing up to the bully yourself or giving your teacher an anonymous letter. These are some of the things we learned in D.A.R.E. Now you can go out there in the world with all this knowledge and help somebody. Thank you for listening.
Antrim 5th grader is D.A.R.E. essay winner
HCS D.A.R.E. essay winner 5th grader Adam Bogle rode with Antrim Police Chief Matthew French during the Memorial Day Parade. (Michael Pon photo)
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Several Bradford residents attended a recent Select-man’s meeting to ask questions about the possibility of forming a new Town Hall Committee to give advice about renovation work on Town Hall. In response to a question from resident Andrew Pinard, Chairman Mi-chael James was interested in how the previous Com-mittee operated. Harry Wright, previous Committee member, indicated they provided guidance. Brackett Scheffy felt the Committee was not qualified and lacked control in spending and perhaps this could have been better handled by professionals. At this time the Select-men would be working with Mike Bauer, Building Con-tractor for decision making.
Jim Bibbo, who had also worked on the previous Committee as well as the Rural Heritage Connection (RHC), who had together created enthusiasm which pro-duced some private donations. Bibbo feels a Committee should be an advisory committee and make recommen-dations to the Select Board. Chris Frey addressed the issue, saying the Town Hall is a construction project and a new committee at this time would create more delays, causing higher costs. He suggested a Clerk of the Works could be hired, but the Selectmen should be responsible
for end results. In reply to a question from Pinard, Chairman James
responded there is no written plan to move the Town Of-fices back into the Town Hall at this time. There was no solution at this time for a new Committee or what their direction might be.
Marlene Freylor, a resident, questioned the Select-men for a clearer breakdown of how the $60,000 that was approved at town meeting for the Town Hall will be utilized.
In other renovation news, Road Agent Steve Hall provided three quotes and explained them to the Board, regarding repairing the five overhead doors at the High-way Garage. A proposal was signed by the Board with Overhead Door Co. $1,777, with the funds coming from the Highway Department Budget.
Selectman Jason Allen requested that all of the re-pairs be accomplished on the exterior of the Community Center in the repair article before any of the funds are used for LED lighting. Chairman James was in agree-ment. Bruce Edwards, Emergency Management, stated he would like to see the LED lighting be done. Edwards also inquired as to who is on the Bradford Area Com-munity Center Committee and if there were by-laws. Karen Hambleton, Administrator will follow up on this
for Edwards.John Pfeifle talked about the Selectmen’s walk
through of the Masonic Building on West Main Street, which has been completed. The building has been all cleaned out and ready for the Town to close on the pur-chase of it.
Appointments were signed for Seth Benowitz, Na-thanial Bruss, Ann Eldridge, Scott MacLean and Doug Southard for the Conservation Commission.
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computer-generat-ed the drawing from a photograph of the building in its later days.
The logo captures the goal of History Alive! Co-Chair Mar-ian Baker, which is to feature women, chil-dren and their help as they lived in our little village over 150 years ago. We hope our 21st century visitors will enjoy seeing photos and artifacts, watch-ing reenactments and participating in activities that depict how our ancestors lived in the 18th, 19th and 20th centuries. Check our website for volunteer opportunities and more details: HistoryAlivenh.org. Keep History Alive!
and see you there!
Submitted by Laurie Jutzi, Steering committee member.
ANNOUNCEMENTJR Bumford will turn 90 on Saturday, June 22 and his family would like to invite you to come and help us celebrate it with him. The birthday bash will be held at the Hillsboro American Legion from 1-5 pm. Please stop by and wish him a Happy Birthday. There will be a cash bar and munchies available.
History Alive! is coming! Our logo says it all, and it has an interesting story to tell. The logo is a collaboration of many people participating in the August 17 and 18, 2019 events at Jones Road and historic Hillsborough Center.
The design was inspired by an old photo in the possession of the owners of “The Yellow House” located where Center Road splits from East Washington. They purchased their house with all the con-tents, some of which dated back to the late 1800’s! An old photograph was discov-ered, of an elderly lady in an old-fashioned phaeton hitched to a dark horse. Phaetons were very fashionable light carriages that were popular from the 1860’s on. A young
man is seated behind her and could be her “tiger,” groom, or a young friend along for the ride. Sometimes there was just a plat-form rather than a seat, so this young man was lucky to be able to relax.
The photo, though intriguing, was very murky and the History Alive! Steer-ing Committee enlisted the help of Sissy Shattuck, the famous artist who lives at the Center, and she kindly created a charming black and white drawing of the two peo-ple in their carriage. The ghostly building at the back is a line drawing of the third “Old Meeting House,” built in 1789, which became known as the “Old Town House” after 1839 and which burned to the ground in 1892. Jon Daley, Committee Co-chair,
History Alive! Have you seen our logo?
A public reading of one of the 19th century’s most famous speeches will take place at noon on July 3rd at the Warner Town Hall, 5 East Main Street.
“What to the Slaves is the Fourth of July?” asked Frederick Douglass in 1852.
Douglass, one of our na-tion’s greatest orators and abolitionists, was asked to speak at an event in com-memorating the signing of the Declaration of Indepen-dence.
In his provocative speech, Douglass said, “This Fourth of July is yours, not mine. You may rejoice, I must mourn.” And he asked, “Do you mean, citizens, to mock me, by asking me to speak to-day?”
Douglass’s speech re-
mains emotionally power-ful and thought-provoking more than a century and a half after he gave it.
People of all ages and different walks of life have been asked to gather at noon at the Warner Town Hall to take turns reading parts of the speech until the entire speech has been read. There is a section that we will all read together. Please come to listen if you would rather not read.
Community leaders around the country partic-ipate in these readings—people such as town offi-cials, teachers and activists, the police and fire chiefs, and heads of key organi-zations come together with ordinary neighborhood folk.
Reading Frederick Dou-
glass causes us to think in new ways about our na-tion’s history, affords op-portunities to open up dis-course about race relations and citizenship, and raises awareness of the role slav-ery and race continue to play in our history and na-tional discourse.
Libraries, churches, his-torical societies, commu-nity service groups, social justice organizations, and schools are encouraged to participate in the reading.
This free public event is sponsored in part Eastern Bank and is a program of the Black Heritage Trail of New Hampshire in collabo-ration with the Warner His-torical Society.
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Warner Historical Society invites residents to read Douglas speech
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After considerable dis-cussion regarding the pros and cons of hiring a town administrator at their lat-est meeting, Kimberley Edelmann commented about some old records from the June 28, 2005 work session, that the sec-retary had e-mailed to the Board stating the reasons why the town needed an Administrator.
Chairman Carson stat-ed that over the years, things have become more complicated, consequent-ly he feels the need for an Administrator. He also feels the increased work-load and is putting in more time addressing dai-ly items that an Adminis-trator would take care of. Another thought was that it is getting near time to work on Budgets, which would also be handled by an Administrator.
In talking about nec-essary qualifications of an Administrator, Judy
Newman-Rogers com-mented it is important to know where to find an-swers, which are already known to them.
What it would cost to hire an Administrator was not discussed.
On another topic, Hast-ings Rigollet came to talk to the Warner Selectmen about a studio located at 110 Red Chimney Road that is being refurbished into a residence, and he is questioning the possible necessary requirements. Rigollet indicated the owner does have a Build-ing Permit.
Several questions were brought up by Rigollet. Do they need the water source/well inspected, is a septic design approval required, and do the abut-ters have to be notified? The roof has been torn completely off and some excavation has been done in front of the building as well as some sill work done. Could this be con-sidered a change of use?
Chairman Clyde Car-son indicated that these issues are usually part of a Building Permit, howev-er, the Board will follow up on these questions and get back to Rigollet.
The Selectmen had been unaware that Peter Wyman filled in for Build-ing Inspector, Tom Baye, when he was unavailable. Judy Newman-Rogers stated the Board should be made aware of the changes when they occur.
A motion was made by Chairman Carson to ac-cept the lease agreement between Olde Window Restorers and the Select-men as the Town Attor-ney had prepared it. This one-year lease is for the Old Fire Station at 27 East Main Street at $1,500 per month, commencing June 1, 2019 and renewable at the end of the first year. The lease terms also in-clude a $1,500.00 security deposit. The motion car-ried unanimously.
Members and friends of the Washington Congre-gational Church met this week to assemble “Emer-gency Cleanup Buckets” for destinations in the USA where homeowners have suffered devasting dam-age due to flooding. Each bucket contains cleaning supplies, dust masks, trash bags, brushes and sponges,
bug spray and other items specified by Church World Service.
The cost to fill each of the 20 buckets being do-nated by WCC’s Mission Group is estimated at $75. Most of the items were do-nated by church members. Other projects the group works on each month in-clude blankets for Project
Linus and Hygiene kits (also given through Church World Service).
All are invited to join the group on the second Tuesday of each month in the lower level of the church at 10 a.m.. For more information, please contact the Mission Group leader, Donna Andersen, at 478-5823.
Emergency cleanup buckets
Friends and members of the Washington Congregational Church. (Courtesy photo)
As we approach the end of the 2018-19 school year, I’d like to share my tremen-dous appreciation for Henniker Commu-nity School Principal Karen Raymond as she move on. It has been a pleasure work-ing with Karen as a leader at the Henni-ker Community School. The list of attri-butes Karen possesses is many, but her most outstanding quality is her ability to look beyond any immediate situation and ensure that her decisions are always stu-dent-centered. Karen has shown concern not only for students’ academic achieve-ment but also for those skills that will serve our children well as they enter into young adulthood; respect for themselves
and others, honesty, trustworthiness, and compassion for others.
As a commitment to this mission, Karen revived the Ambassadors of Kind-ness initiative that remains a hallmark of the Henniker Community School. Karen lives and leads by the motto, “Kindness Matters.”
Karen has been a member of the Hen-niker Community School since 1995, first as a middle school math teacher and then as an assistant principal. Karen served as Interim Principal in 2016 and was named principal of HCS the following year. Her leadership of the school has been out-standing, though I believe her heart never
HCS principal recognized by superintendent
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left and will never leave the classroom. She is a natural, kind leader and teach-er, who loves sharing her enthusiasm for learning, holds high standards for herself and for those around her and she simply enjoys being with kids.
We have been fortunate to have Kar-en as an integral part of our community for nearly 25 years. We wish her well in
her retirement, but she will certainly be missed. We know she will appreciate the new found time she will have with her family and grandchildren, but she knows she is always welcome in SAU 24.
Sincerely, Lorraine Tacconi-Moore,
Ed.D., Superintendent of Schools
The GEP Dodge Li-brary, in Bennington, NH will have its annual Sum-mer Reading program run from Monday, July 1 through Friday, August 2. This year’s theme is ‘A Universe of Stories!’ Join
us for 5 weeks of stories, crafts, programs, work-shops, games, field trips, movies, a bike rodeo and a trivia night. All age groups are encouraged to sign-up. Registration began on Monday, June 10 and will
run through the start of the program. You are never too young or too old to join in the fun! Please call the library for more informa-tion: 603-588-6585.
A Universe of StoriesBennington Library summer program
Warner selectmen consider hiring town administrator
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including myself, but it is an important aspect of life and will allow us to experience all that life has to offer.”
Lucas Guerrette, Senior Executive Stu-dent Council reminded his fellow graduates to appreciate the many moments that summed up their high school careers, from their first freshman day getting off the bus and getting lost looking for their classrooms to their ju-nior and senior years full of new responsi-bilities with SATs, AP
classes, driving, get-ting their first jobs and searching for the best colleges to fit their am-bitions.
“What I want to do for my final callback of the day is to have all of you think about your favorite moment that you had this year, and think about why you call it your favor-ite,” said Guerrette. “Was it because your sports team winning a championship? Or was it a club, or a class, or a trip? Whatever gave you the best moment of
this year so far, I want you to think of it, to remember it, and to re-member it well.”
Guerrette went on to acknowledge that “John Stark has given me so many of these great memories, that trying to focus on any one in particular is vir-tually impossible. And for all of the friends I’ve made, the opportu-nities I’ve had, and the memories that come with them both, I am forever grateful.”
Both Archambault and Guerrette made a point of thanking ev-eryone involved with
their years at Stark, in-cluding a “big ol’ thank you” from Guerrette, “ for our acting principal, Mr. Brian Emery, for stepping up this year and being a phenome-nal leader.”
“I wish my class-mates the best,” said Archambault. “As you continue to change and discover yourselves, don’t be afraid to ac-cept your failures. Ac-cept that the future is a mystery and accept the changes to come. Thank you and con-gratulations!”
Class President Hen-ry Lavoie, gave a nod to his female class-mates while speak-ing of his interest in history. Speaking of the ratification of the 19th amendment – giving Women the right to vote – and Henry Burns listen-ing to his mother’s advice when casting the key final vote in the Tennessee legisla-ture, the final state to ratify it, Lavoie noted they should “occa-sionally listen to their parents.”
Salutatorian Clara Walling, while ac-knowledging her small stature having to lower the micro-phone, truly stood tall reminiscing of her classes travel through childhood and education urged them to “take one day at a time” as a man-tra going forward. Making the Commencement Address, teach-er Robert Nadeauurged the grad-uates to “use common sense” as they move forward with their lives. Likewise, Superintendent Steven Chamberlin’s words of advice were to “hurry slowly to
become the best version of your-selves”.
Valedictorian Lily Tobin not-ed that “people say to us - ‘Save the world from the mess it’s in’ - no pressure there.” She summed up her remarks saying; “We’re all on the road to somewhere, we just don’t know where.”
Hopkinton High School graduates celebrate. (John Segedy photos)
Hopkinton Salutatorian Clara Walling.
Hawks, continued from page 1Grads, continued from page 1
Senior Executive Council member Lucas Guerrette gives his graduating commentary to the crowd.
Salutatorian Alexa Archambault accepts her diploma from John Stark School Board Chairman Zack Lawson. (Michael Pon photos)
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Stark students receive $97K in scholarshipsJust under $100,000 in
scholarships and 11 book awards were presented to students at John Stark Regional High School as graduating and rising se-niors and their families and friends gathered for the Annual Scholarship and Awards Night on June 11.
Some of the many high-
lights from the evening in-cluded the presentation of several new scholarships and awards. New scholar-ships this year were the Eric Chapman Memorial Schol-arship, NH Chapter 42 Vietnam Veterans of Amer-ica, and the Hesser College Alumni Association Schol-arships, which were award-
ed to 14 students. Additionally, eight John
Stark faculty members do-nated vouchers from their Running Start work with the NH Community Col-lege System and present-ed 9 John Stark students with nearly $3,000 in NH Community College credit vouchers.
Brandon Langdon was awarded the Nancy Kataja Memorial Scholarship, with a value of $20,000 over 4 academic years, by JSRHS Interim Principal Brian Emery. Brandon will attend UNH in the pre-veterinary program.
Junior Marcus McFall received the St. Anselm College Book Award with Trinette Hunter who will attend Wellesley College. Trinette received the Evelyn H. Bean, Henniker Woman’s Club Educational, and Hesser Alumni Association Scholarships.
Shawna Murdough and Riley Zanella. Shawna will attend Franklin Pierce University and she received the Andress-Lewis Memorial, Beth Borden Memorial, and the Henniker Teach-er’s Association Scholarships. Riley will attend Stonehill College and received the Eleanor Campbell, JS Generals Football Booster Club, and the Weare Police Association Scholarships
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Camille Gibson has opened a portion of their Washington residence as an Art Gallery at 26 North Main Street across from the General Store, where her husband, Jon Gibson, a pewter craftsman, also has his Gibson Pewter gallery and studio.
Camille has been a long-term juried mem-ber of the League of NH Craftsmen since the late 1990’s. Over that period of time, Camille has ex-hibited and won awards for her quilts, clothing, and soft sculpture. Since her move to Washington in
2015 Camille’s focus has been on her new mixed media designs, which in-corporate small art quilts, her hand-painted animal designs, as well as painted paper and botanicals.
She has also developed a rapport with many artists and musicians in the area and has decided it was time to share her large studio/gallery space with them.
On Saturday June 8, Jon and Camille hosted a reception for several of these artists, whose work she has displayed in the gallery space. There are paintings by Kathy Depot,
Roger Goode, painted folk art by Jim Lambert, etched glass by Tara Van Meter, painted floor cloths and jewelry by Lynn Hendrick-son, artisan dolls made by Linda Ross, and Gibson family art by Jon, Camille and Mary Ann Gibson.
The gallery is at 26 North Main Street in Washington across from the General Store. The hours are Wednesday and Thursday from 10 – 5, Fri-day and Saturday 10 – 8, Sunday 12 – 4. For more info about visiting the Gib-son Art Gallery, please call 603-495-4630.
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Painter Roger Goode takes in Camile Gibon’s framed art quilts. (Michael Pon photos)
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Drivers started arriving at Tire Warehouse in Hillsborough early Wednesday morning with fl at tires, after driving along Bog Road. A total of 11 drivers came in with fl ats. The culprit? It appears the fault lies with insulated brass staples used to hold wires to telephone poles. Eversource had been work-ing on the road in the last few days.
“So far we’ve had a total of 8 people just today,” said Assistant Tire Warehouse manager Dylan Morse on Wednesday. “I heard there was one person yesterday and another the day before. One fl at per car. It affected quite a few people fi nancial-ly.”
Morse also noted that an eleventh guy came in with a fl at who works for Ever-source and was reading me-ters on Bog Road. He said he would check with Ever-source about the staples.
Although no customers had more than one fl at tire, several had to get multiple
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The Toadstool Bookshop in Peterborough will be wel-coming Lita Judge, Melody Zahn Russell, and Richard Roy on Saturday June 22nd as they discuss and sign their recent books. Lita’s event is at 11 am. Richard Roy and Melody Russell arrive at 2 pm to jointly present their new book.
Peterborough artist and author Lita Judge has been writing and illustrating picture books for children for a dozen years. One Thousand Tracings published in June of 2007 is based on true events, and tells the story of an American family who establishes contact with a German family after World War 11 and sends them a package of much-needed supplies, including shoes. Since then she has gone on to publish over 15 titles many about the nat-
ural world. Homes InThe Wild is her new picture book for children and depicts the dwellings of over 20 mam-mals from burrows deep underground to nests high in the trees. Also newly available are Penguin Flies Home featuring “Penguin”, who mastered his quest to soar with the eagles in Flight School, now heads home to teach his friends in this sweet and inspiring stand-alone companion story. Board book editions of the earlier books Born In The Wild: Baby Animals And Their Parents and Flight School have just been published. Lita will also be a speak-er at this summer’s Monadnock Lyceum discussing Mary Shelley and the creation of Frankenstein based on her book Mary’s Monster.
Mrs. Binnacle is a collaboration written by
Dr. Richard Roy and illustrated in full color by Melody Zahn Russell. This picture book set on Matinicus Island off the coast of Maine it is the story of a widow, the island children and a mysterious dolphin that leads to a spiritu-al healing. Richard has practiced dentistry in Wilton for more than 35 years. Over the years he and his family have spent many memorable days along the coast and islands of Maine. The beauty of the landscape and the ethos of the maritime culture were the inspirations for the book. Mel-ody is an experienced Waldorf inspired art educator well known locally for her potato print cards.
Both events are free and all are welcome. For more in-formation call the bookstore at 924-3543.
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Conval’s Assistant Superintendent, Dr. Ann Forrest, revealed a new technology plan to the School Board this week, which replaces and improves upon the 2016-19 program that just wrapped up.
According to the 34-page guide, the mission of the district’s technology plan is to provide “an intentional roadmap for the district’s blended learning environment,
which orients, supports and scaffolds stu-dent learning and technology skills as they successfully prepare for college and ca-reer.”
Calling it a “future-ready framework,” Forrest gave the Board an overview and explained that while the last plan focused on hardware and infrastructure, this one will concentrate on teaching and learning, and includes some of the recommenda-tions made by the previous committee, like
having quarterly group reviews instead of biannually.
Conval has set three overarching goals regarding technology. First, they strive for “educational equity,” meaning that each student should receive an education that takes into account their abilities, inter-ests and strengths. Second, every student should have the opportunity to work to-gether with their educators to create a per-sonalized learning path through planning,
setting goals, and tracking their progress. Finally, technology in the district needs to track and manage the needs of students as well as provide access to content, resources and opportunities.
The “collaborative leadership team” oversees the program, and will come to-gether quarterly to review goals and prog-ress, and in the spring present a report to the board with recommendations going forward.
ConVal unveils technology planBy lucy Pivonka
Stone Bridge Post
Convicted sex offender James Calder, 53, of Antrim, has been arrested on similar charges stemming from a theft report.
Recently there was a break-in in Antrim and a tablet computer was taken. When the owner approached Calder he admitted to the theft and returned the computer. How-
ever when the owner inspected it he found it contained child pornography and turned it over to the police.
Antrim Police are continuing their in-vestigation with the help of the New Hamp-shire Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force, but Calder was arrested for vi-olating bail conditions. Less than a month ago Hillsborough police arrested Calder
for neglecting to register as a sex offender, and he was out on bail for that charge, as well as under investigation from a March search warrant on his Antrim home from the Hillsborough police.
According to Antrim Police Chief Scott Lester, Calder has waived bail, and will most likely appear before a judge in mid-July when he’ll face two counts of
child pornography, one count of theft, and a breach of bail conditions.
In 2015 he was convicted in Massachu-setts for nine counts of possession of sexu-al abuse images of a minor and two counts of dissemination of visual material of a na-ked minor, and was ordered to register as a sex offender.
Antrim sex offender Calder waives bailBy lucy Pivonka
Stone Bridge Post
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High School Sports By john Segedy Stone Bridge Post
The John Stark Athletic department gathered last Wednesday along with parents and community members to recognize its spring athletes.
Sportsmanship awards were presented to Maddox Duquette (Boys JV Lacrosse), Jack Labounty (Boys Varsi-ty Lacrosse), Tyler Hazzard (Boys Varsity Track and Field), Owen Payeur (Boys Varsity Volleyball), Brooke Blackburn (Girls JV Lacrosse), Olivia Dame (Girls Varsity Lacrosse), Sarah Ferguson (Girls Varsity Softball), Chloe Astholz (Girls Varsity Track and Field), Devin Menard (JV Base-ball), Sophia Lemay (JV Softball), Madison Dionne (Uni-fied Volleyball) and Glen Spooner (Varsity Baseball).
Scholar Athlete Awards were presented to: Matthew Abbott, Joshua Albert , Chloe Astholz, Collin Astholz, Eliz-abeth Aubin, Madeline Aucoin, Elizabeth Barnes, Spencer Beahm, Logan Beliveau, Nikos Biskaduros, Brooke Black-burn, Brennan Bodner, Brianna Bodner, Gracie Bolduc, Braileigh Booker, Christopher Brennan, Katelyn Brennan, Grace Caplan, Jacob Cole, Meghan Cole, Ian Combs, Ja-
son Crean, Andra Dagenais, Tyler Descoteau, Anthony DeTone, Madison Dionne, Cordell Drabble, Kayden Easter, Emma Edwards, Bowdyn Egner, Sarah Ferguson, Bran-don Firman, Ryan Flaherty, Aram Fowler, John Hagan Jr., Maria Hagar, Anthony Hagar, Devin Hamilton, Tyler Hazzard, Nathan Innerfield, Nathan Isabelle, Anna Ishak, Owen Jones, Carina Keirstead, Alyson Kenney, Alexandra Knapton, Kali Kolehmainen, John Labounty, Edward Lac-roix, Brianna Langdon, George Lord, Riley Lord, Nicholas Lundeen, Christopher Mann, Hannah Marquis, Madison McDonald, Devin Menard, Christopher Metcalf, Kaylee Montgomery, Orry Murdough, Autumn Nelson, Sydney Nelson, Jaden Nelson, Katie Palmateer, Brett Patnode, Brooke Patnode, Devin Patterson, Sydnee Pelletier, Brady Philibotte, Carter Pike, Samantha Porter, Cooper Rivers, Emaly Roy, Anna Salisbury, Nolan Scott, Jackson Smith, Olivia Sohl, Sunnie Steinbach, Lillian Stogner, Destiny Vickers, Kacie Weston, Caroline Wetherbee, Tryten Wil-liams, Alison Wright and Riley Zanella.
Earning 4 year Awards were Glen Spooner (Varsity Baseball), Ethan Konrad (Boys Lacrosse), John Labounty (Boys Lacrosse), George Lord (Boys Lacrosse), Christo-pher Mann (Boys Lacrosse), Peyton Marden (Boys La-crosse), Aiden Moser (Boys Lacrosse), Michelle Hunter (Girls Lacrosse), Alexandra Knapton (Girls Lacrosse), Hannah Marquis (Girls Lacrosse), Autumn Nelson (Girls Lacrosse), Samantha Porter (Girls Lacrosse), Olivia Sohl (Girls Lacrosse), Riley Zanella (Girls Lacrosse), Haleigh Bilodeau (Track and Field), Katelyn Brennan (Track and Field), Erik Hilyard (Track and Field), Anna Ishak (Track and Field), Alison Wright (Track and Field), Nathan Isabelle (Baseball), Jason Johannisson (Baseball), Jaimason Lac-asse (Baseball), Aaron Robertson (Baseball), Glen Spooner (Baseball), Benjamin Stogner (Baseball), Tyler Descoteau (Softball), Sarah Ferguson (Softball), Kali Kolehmainen (Softball) and Kyle Bowen (Unified Volleyball).
Stark Athletes receive spring awards
The Hillsbro-Deering Athletic Department, parents and community members gathered last Tuesday to rec-ognize the schools spring athletes. Jay Wood, Athletic Director and emcee for the night opened the night with a series of congratulations. Many of these were directed to the Track and Field team including Ben Ketterer winning the Division III championship in the 100 meter Dash & Long Jump as well as being runner up in the Triple Jump. New school records were acknowledged being set by Ben in the Long & Triple Jumps, Charles Veitch in the Shot Put & the 4x100 meter Relay Team of Jordan Berrocales, Thomas Gramitt, Cameron Jones and Ben Ketterer.
All-State selections noted included Gunner Hagstrom to the Baseball 1st Team, and Jack Ferguson to the Base-ball 3rd Team as well as Ben Ketterer to the Track & Field st Team.
Turning to the Team awards, Softball Coach Jim Bailey presented the Most Valuable Player Award to Erin Dean, the Coaches Award to Elizabeth LaBier and the Most Im-proved Award to Madison Podsadowski.
Baseball Coach Erik Hagstrom presented the Most Valuable Player Award to Gunner Hagstrom, the True Grit Award to Jack Ferguson and the Most Improved Player
Award to Logan Clough. Also presented were NHIAA sportsmanship awards to Edwin Figueroa and Izaac Healy. Receiving the “Anonymous Umpire” award was Gunner Hagstrom for representing his school with charac-ter and good sportsmanship.
Presenting awards to the Track & Field team Coach Susan Else granted the Coaches Award to Lily Gibson; Most Improved Athlete Awards to Alaina McGillicuddy and Riley Jones and Most Valuable Athlete Awards to Kaylea Davison, Charles Veitch and Ben Ketterer.
Hillcats recognize athletes with awards night
HD Spring Athletic Award Winners. (John Segedy photo)
Ben Ketterer holds 1 of 3 banners he earned this year that will hang in the gym. (Courtesy Photo)
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The Hopkinton Athletic Department, family and community gathered last Wednesday to honor the schools spring athletes. In the words of Athletic Direc-tor Dan Meserve as he spoke to the crowd - this has been the year of the Hawks. Along with the individual awards during the ceremony the team captains present-ed the three championship plaques and a runner up plaque to Principal Chris Kel-ley, making a total of nine State Cham-pionships for the year.
Undoubtedly contributing to the Hawks success was the fact that 214 of 303 HS students played a sport and 66 of those students were Scholar Athletes (played at least two sports and made Honor Roll).
Four Year Awards were presented to Kiernan Byrne, Amelia Bassett, Amelia Thomas, Lyndon Flanagan, Sage Hubic-ki, Anna Hoffman & Ellie Morrall for Lacrosse; Clara Walling for Softball; Megan Ellsworth for Track and Field; and Larsen Burack and Ca-leb Yianakopolos for Baseball.
NHIAA Sports-manship Awards were earned by Larsen Bu-rack in Varsity Base-ball, Lauren Secore in Varsity Softball, Shep-yrd Murdough and Lily Sabol in Track and Field, Elizabeth Berliner and Carter Haley in Varsity Lacrosse, Heath Duggan
in JV Boys Lacrosse, Madison Secore in JV Softball, Quinn Whitehead in JV Baseball and Ana Miller in JV Girls La-crosse.
Baseball Coach Dave Chase awarded Caleb Yianakopolos the Offensive MVP Award and Sam Crawford the Coach’s Award. Softball Coach Dan Meserve gave Kally Murdough the Rookie-of-the-Year award and Megan Kimball-Rhines the Coach’s Award. Track & Field Coaches Rob Rothe presented Daniel Miner and Cailey Stockwell Outstanding Athlete Awards and Megan Ellsworth and Thomas Hoffmann Coach’s Awards. Amelia Bassett and Ellie Morrall re-ceived Co – MVP Awards from Girls Lacrosse Coach Tim Bassett while Boys Lacrosse Coach Deacon Blue present-ed Allan Faulkner the Most Improved Award and Corey Breault the Doug May-nard Spirit Award.
Abby Simpson earned the JV Softball
Coach’s Award and Angelica Pasquali the JV Softball Most Improved Award. Owen O’Brien received the JV Baseball Coach’s Award and Kody Dexter the JV Baseball Most Improved Award. Kate-lyn Bouchard and Izzy Holmes were given JV Lacrosse Coach’s Awards, Josh Duval the JV Lacrosse MVP Award and
Preston Hall the JV Lacrosse Most Im-proved Award.
Concluding the evening was presen-tation of the Athlete-of-the-Year Awards and Scholarships to Amelia Thomas and Paul Molnar. As is custom the awards were presented by last years winners Gerry Donahue and Taylor Signor.
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Tuesday June 25ANTRIM — Antrim Tuttle Library, 6:30 pm. In 1869, John Wesley Powell pushed off from Green River, WY with four small wooden boats to explore and map the Green and Colorado Rivers, 150 years later, the U.S. Geological Survey and partnering organiza-tions are marking the anniversary with a 70 day 1,000 river mile expedition led by the University of Wyoming. Melissa Lombard, Antrim resident and hydrologist with the U.S. Geological Survey, will share her experiences as part of this modern day expedi-tion.
Wednesday June 26HILLSBOROUGH — There will be an organizational meeting of interested regis-tered Republicans and Undeclared voters at 6 pm at the American Legion Hall Post 59 on West Main St. for the sole purpose of chartering a Greater Hillsborough Republican Town Committee.
Thursday June 27ANTRIM — Interested in a personal tour of the New Hampshire State House as it celebrates its 200th anniversary?Take off time is 9:15 am sharp from the Antrim Presby-terian Church, 71 Main Street Antrim. We will be using the Town bus, so no driving or parking worries!. The cost is $5 and should be paid in a check to the “Town of Antrim” and submitted to Antrim Town Hall. After our tour, we will be having lunch in the State House cafeteria (cost up to individual eater) and we will be inviting our four state reps and one state Senator to join us.We should be starting home around 1:15 pm.HILLSBOROUGH — Headed to the House by Road for plant and fl ower shopping. Fee is $. Lunch on your own. We leave Shaw’s at 10:30 am. Call Marie Mogavero at 464-4726 to join on this adventure.HILLSBOROUGH — Showtime Steve will be at Fuller Public Library for a 7 pm program. Dubbed as “The Human Variety Show,” Showtime Steve is a one-of-a-kind variety performer, harnessing his signature off-the-cuff comedy and show-stopping stunts to create a high-energy show unlike any other! Hope to see you at the show!HILLSBOROUGH – Bingo at the American Legion Post 59. Doors open at 5 pm, games start at 6 pm. Kitchen is now open. Come for a night of games and food!
Saturday June 29DEERING — Deering Community Church BBQ from noon-2 pm. Invite your friends, your family, wanderers and strangers you meet to join in on this community BBQ. Ev-eryone is welcome.
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Saturday June 22ANTRIM — The Antrim Historical Society will introduce several new displays at an Open House on Saturday, June 22nd, from 10:00 to 12:00 noon in the historical room at the Tuttle Library. There will also be a special unveiling of a new Presidential Plaque.HENNIKER — The Contoocook Valley Radio Club will be operating “Field Day,” an an-nual Emergency Preparedness Exercise at 49 Corbin Road. If you would like to participate, or learn more about Amateur Radio, please call: 428-3840.HILLSBOROUGH — Kick Off Summer Reading, A Universe of Stories, with Fuller Public Library at Farmer’s Market in Butler Park! We will be there from 10-11 am where kids can sign up for Summer Reading and make a pinwheel to take home.
Sunday June 23DEERING — Join Monadnock Music here at the Deering Community Church at 3 pm for a FREE concert. Monadnock Music is devoted to promoting access to world-class live classical music performances in intimate and informal settings around the Monadnock Re-gion. Headquartered in beautiful and historic Peterborough we have the honor of present-ing remarkable musical talent from all over the world. Everyone is welcome. The Deering Community Church is located at 763 Deering Center Road.HENNIKER — Greet the start of summer with song and pie at 6:30 pm. All ages are wel-come to our third annual Solstice Sing and Pie Social. Held at Henniker Quaker Meeting, 529 Quaker St., led by members of Weare Friends Meeting.We sing along on favorite old hymns, folk songs, etc. as a summer solstice version of our annual Christmas Carol sing. Free. JFor more information, call 478-5650.HENNIKER — The Contoocook Valley Radio Club will be operating “Field Day,” an an-nual Emergency Preparedness Exercise at 49 Corbin Road. If you would like to participate, or learn more about Amateur Radio, please call: 428-3840.WASHINGTON — Mainstreet Bookends of Warner will have Rhythms of Jamaica fea-turing Mike Stockbridge and his special surprise guest from Kingston, Jamaica with tradi-tional Reggae music. This afternoon entertainment starts at 3 pm and is free and open to all.
Monday June 24HILLSBOROUGH — Crafty Critters: Paint Your Own Pottery at St. Mary’s at 10 am. Two techniques will be used: a coloring book technique on a plate is $20 and/or watercolor technique on a mug for $15. All supplies are included in the price. After the projects are fi red for about 7 days, they will be dishwasher and food safe. Call Marie Mogavero at 464-4726 to participate.
The New England Foundation for the Arts has awarded a grant to History Alive! for partially underwriting the cost for respected storyteller/artist Gwendo-lyn Quezaire-Presutti to present the life of “Oney Judge Staines,” the escaped slave of Martha and George Washington who lived most of her life in hiding in Greenland, NH.
Compellingly described in the book Never Caught by Erica Armstrong Dunbar, Oney lived through the early phases of the United States evolution into a nation, and
her challenges and dilemmas foreshadow the fragile underpinnings of the union. Ex-posed to emancipated slaves while Wash-
ington was president governing from Phila-delphia, Oney was exposed to both sides of the slavery issue, which was to fracture the country completely within 65 years. Her escape to Portsmouth, NH and the subse-quent actions of the Washingtons are fasci-nating and relatively unknown episodes in American history.
The book of her life was on the reading list for the Military History reading group at Fuller Library. The library has a copy of the book available for checkout. Everyone
who has read it has found it revelatory. You can read about Oney in Never Caught or visit the websites of our featured presenter: https://www.quezaire-presutti.com/index.html and https://www.creativeground.org/profi le/gwendolyn-quezaire-presutti-0.
Ms. Quezaire-Presutti will be present-ing Oney’s story at the Hillsborough Cen-ter location of History Alive! on both Sat-urday, August 18 and Sunday August 19, 2019. For further details, check website: HistoryAlivenh.org.
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SLICES OF LIFEby Jill Pertler
I spotted the fi rst one out of the corner of my eye, just outside the kitch-en window. A bunny! And then there were two of them. Hopping in the yard and eating grass.
They were brown with white tails. Nothing fancy, just common garden-vari-ety bunnies, but I marveled at the way they blended in with the still-brown grass and patches of white snow not yet melted from win-ter. They served as a true demonstration of nature’s perfect camoufl age right there in my own backyard.
It turns out there’s more than camoufl age working in the color of their body (and tail) fur. Researchers believe that the white tail evolved as a way to confuse predators that give chase. These predators focus on the white tail. As Mr. Rab-bit darts back and forth the white tail fl ashes in and out of sight, confusing said predator and giving our friend, the bunny, an ad-vantage. Sounds good to me. I’ve always had a soft spot for bunnies.
The rabbits in my yard weren’t worried about predators. They seemed fo-cused on eating.
That, and doing the thing that rabbits do best: making more rabbits.
One rabbit – the bigger of the two and probably the
female – took a hop toward her counterpart. He leapt backwards high in the air – or at least high for a twitter-pated bunny. It happened again. And again. In the midst of this curious back-ward hopping dance, they took a break and stood nose to nose. It looked like they were kissing, but I realize they were more likely sniff-ing each other out. They stayed locked in this stance for a few seconds before the smaller bunny took another leap backwards, apparently demonstrating his extreme hopping aptitude and verti-cal prowess to his soon-to-be bride and mother of his children (not necessarily in that order).
He took about ten hops away before turning to the female. She hopped in the opposite direction. An at-tempt at coyness to be sure.
Not to be outdone, he ignored her for a while, eating brown grass. She used her back leg to scratch her ear. He looked at her, twitched his nose and used his front paws to wash his face. I feared we might be at an impasse. Perhaps no baby bunnies would be made today.
Or maybe they would. The bunnies in the yard continued their unique mating, hopping, dancing ritual. At fi rst, their inter-action piqued my curios-
ity. I’d never seen rabbits interact in such a manner. I was glued to the kitchen window.
But after a few minutes, I began to feel like a voy-eur – infringing on what they surely thought was a private, not to mention in-timate, backyard moment.
At what point does watching bunnies get weird and perhaps a little creepy?
I decided I didn’t want to go there, so I left the window and let bunnies be bunnies. If they are like most rabbits, they’re proba-bly growing a half a dozen or so baby bunnies that will be born soon enough. Rab-bit gestation is between 30 and 33 days, with another three weeks spent in the nest before they are ready to romp in the yard on their own.
Which means in a cou-ple of months my yard could be littered with bun-nies – literally. Now that would be something worth watching. Hashtag cute-ness overload.
Jill Pertler is an award-win-ning syndicated columnist, published playwright, au-thor and member of the Na-tional Society of Newspa-per Columnists. Don’t miss a slice; follow the Slices of Life page on Facebook.
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The Yankee Chefby Jim Bailey
There are times(yes, even me)that you simply crave chocolate. But I would rath-er eat chocolate not for pleasures sake, but as a utilitarian. What I mean is if I am going to enjoy my chocolate fi x, it is go-ing to serve a purpose as well as satisfy-ing my sweet tooth. So a muffi n is perfect because it satisfi es my hunger at the same time. Boy, when I think about it, I really AM a Yankee and Puritan. Anyway, you will notice I want you to let the batter sit for at least 10 minutes before baking. This is because whole wheat fl our needs hydra-tion more than all-purpose. So if you see that your batter has thickened more after it sits than when you fi rst prepared it, add a touch more milk in order to bring it back to the consistency you originally began with. Keep this handy tip in mind whenever you use whole wheat fl our.
1 cup all-purpose fl our3/4 cup whole wheat fl our3/4 cup brown sugar1/4 cup cocoa powder2 teaspoons baking powder1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1 cup milk1/3 cup butter or margarine, melted1 egg, beaten1 teaspoon vanilla1 cup chocolate chips, plus 1/4 cup for sprinkling
Line a standard 6-cup muffi n tin or a 12-cup mini muffi n tin with paper liners; set aside. In a large bowl, blend fi rst 6 in-gredients together very well. Add next 4 ingredients and stir until well incorporat-ed, but NOT lump free! Let batter sit on counter while heating oven to 350-degrees F, at least 10 minutes.
Fold in a cup of the chocolate chips and spoon into prepared muffi n cups with equal amounts in each, fi lling one before continuing with the next. The batter should come up to the top of the muffi n liners. Sprinkle remaining chips over the tops of each Bake 18-20 minutes, or until a tooth-pick inserted in the middle comes out clean or a muffi n bounces back when gently pressed in the middle. Remove from oven to cool before enjoying.
Simple, Moist and Easy Chocolaty Muffi ns
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18 June 21, 2019 • Stone Bridge Post www.StoneBridgePostNH.rocksand became an American citizen, of which she was proud, and later became a dental technician specializing in the field of orthodontics.
Her creative personality and boundless spirit took her into the private sector where she created and invested in small businesses during a time when it was still a man’s world and women stayed home. Kati’s sacrifices were enormous and her leap of faith venturing into the unknown was not for the faint of heart. She was no mere mortal in her accomplishments.
Where some would have caved under the pressure of starting over with dependents, her love and dedication gave her the strength and ability to create a secure home in her adopted country. Kati was a tower of strength, a pioneer and a loving mother respected by all who were graced by her friendship.
She is survived by her sister, Magdalin Laszlo and her family of Vezsprem, Hungary; son, Laszlo (Jane) Potyondy of Hopkinton, NH; daughter, Livia Klaus of Paoli, PA; and grandchildren Leah Potyondy-Edens (Ashley) of Renton, WA; Peter Potyondy of Budapest, Hungary, and Tyler Klaus of Ardmore, PA.
A celebration of her life will take place this summer. The Holt-Woodbury Funeral Home & Cremation Service Henni-ker, NH is assisting the family.
For more log on to www.holtwoodburyfh.com
Donald A. DunlapDonald A. Dunlap 84, of Antrim, NH died Thursday
June 13, 2019 at the Cheshire Medical Center in Keene, NH. Donald was born June 16, 1934 in Antrim, NH to the late
Fred J. and Irene R. (Cramp-ton) Dunlap, also predeceased by his first wife Elizabeth A. (Sweet) Dunlap who died in 1995, his second wife Joan L. (Cummings) Dunlap who died in 2017, also one sister Doris Brown, three brothers Paul, Carl, and Robert Dunlap.
Donald worked as a store manager at the First National
Stores, and also worked at Wettesaw Foods as director of merchandising. From the grocery business he went to his first love, cabinet making, reproducing Dunlap Style Furni-ture for forty-plus years and sold the furniture through-out the United States.
He was a 66-year member of the Antrim Baptist Church,
and was a past deacon of the Church, member of NH His-torical Society, and History New England. His hobbies were hunting, fishing and gardening.
Donald was survived by two step-sons, Barry Laraway, and Steve Laraway, one step-daughter, Debora Chambers, and nieces and nephews.
Graveside Services will be held Saturday July 13, 2019 at 11 am in Maplewood Cemetery in Antrim. The Rev. Charles V. Boucher will officiate.
The Holt-Woodbury Funeral Home & Cremation Service Hillsboro, NH is assisting the family.
For more log on to www.holtwoodburyfh.com
Edward A. LemireEdward A. Lemire (Eddie), of Hillsborough, NH passed
away suddenly on June 17, 2019 at the age of 60. Eddie was predeceased by his father, Roland Lemire Sr., and his mother, Evelyn Lemire.
Eddie was a third generation logger and proud of the con-tinuing legacy of R. Lemire & Sons Logging in Antrim. Eddie had a passion for logging, out-doors, his grandchildren, and loved spending as much time as he could with his beloved fam-ily.
He is survived by his wife Lisa Goss, daughters Heidi Lemire, Michelle Lemire-Whit-temore, Sarah Edwards, and son
Travis Cornock, grandkids, Kyle Lemire, Matthew and Lo-retta Lemire-Whittemore and Mr. Carter Edwards. Also by sons-in-law Barry Whittemore, Matthew Whittemore, and Eric Edwards; and by siblings, Roseann Lemire LaPointe, Regina Wright, Lori Tubbs, Roland Lemire Jr., Theresa Lemire, Lisa Lemire, Joanna Lemire; and many nieces and nephews and extended family.
A celebration of life will be held Sunday, June 23, 2019 at 1-5 pm at the American Legion Post 59 in Hillsborough.
Here’s to you as good as you are . . .In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to: New Hamp-
shire Timberland Owners Association, (NHTOA), 54 Ports-mouth Street, Concord, NH 03301.
The Holt-Woodbury Funeral Home & Cremation Service Hillsborough, NH is assisting the family.
For more log on to www.holtwoodburyfh.com
Katalin Horvath PotyondyKatalin Horvath Potyondy of Hopkinton passed away
peacefully on June 3rd, following a period of declining health.She was born in Hungary March 23, 1927, daughter of the
late Dezso and Erzsebet (Bertalan) Horvath. Katalin, known as Kati, was a petite woman with a larg-
er than life personality. She was a powerhouse and a force to be reckoned with in all aspects of her incredible and tumultuous journey through life.
She shared her childhood with two sisters and three broth-ers growing up in the bucolic setting of her father’s mill in the countryside outside of Budapest, Hungary. Graduating from a
girls private boarding school in Sopron to working for the Red Cross and marrying Laszlo Potyondy during Hungary’s unstable political climate, she weathered through the tyranny and suppression of occupied Hungary.
Kati was a woman of single mindedness, courage and a vision that compelled her to escape her home country and bring herself and her two children to the United States in search of peace, opportunities and freedom. Her story begins as a young woman who looked to the sky and was mesmer-ized by a silver sun streaked plane gliding over the horizon. She pointed to the airplane above the clouds and told her friend, “One day that will be me on the plane,” and so began the next chapter of her life.
Without goodbyes for fear of changing her mind and hurt-ing those she loved, she packed a few belongings and left her family and friends behind and a country she would never again call her home. Now a political refugee, Kati crossed the Hungarian border into Austria during the wee hours of the night. Intending to find asylum in South America with cousins, her fate took a different turn.
Participating countries that welcomed the displaced during the 1956 Hungarian uprising were closing their bor-ders and the last plane to take flight from Austria was bound for NYC in the United States and Kati’s dream became a reality. Life was not easy in her new country, but with de-termination and newfound friends she recreated herself and provided sanctuary for herself and children. She studied hard
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