THURSDAY, APRIL 21, 2011 GILFORD, N.H. - FREE

Fiddling aroundLocal musician Ellen Carlson has played the fiddle for the past 35 years, and served as quite the treatfor Gilford residents during a special presentation at the library last Thursday evening.

PHOTO BY LAUREN TINER

Town supports NHDOT proposalBY LAUREN TINERLTINER@SALMONPRESS.COM

Both the Board of Select-men and Gilford residentssupport the New HampshireDepartment of Transporta-tion’s recommended safetyimprovements to Route 11A.

During a Board of Select-men meeting last Wednesdaynight, the board reviewedNHDOT’s recommended al-terations to 11A along Belk-nap Mountain Road andSchoolhouse Hill Road, andlooked to the public beforemaking a final decision.

After hearing positive re-marks from residents, theboard decided to go aheadwith DOT’s latest recom-mendations, with a few sug-gestions of their own.

The board is currently inthe process of sending a let-ter to the state on theirstance; if all goes according-ly, DOT would put their pro-posal to work as soon as pos-sible to avoid further poten-tial accidents at the site.

“We are looking to miti-gate some of the accidentcauses on Belknap Road andalong School House Road,”explained Selectman Hayes,while pointing out a map ofproposed improvements tothe audience.

Selectmen provided thepublic with a summary ofNHDOT recommendations,

including the installation ofsidewalks along Route 11A,increased speed limit en-forcement, the relocation ofor trimming of certain treeswhich may cause visual im-pairments along School-house Hill Road, and theclearing of vegetation, an-other visual obstruction,along the intersection.

Other suggestions includethe installation of an “Inter-section Ahead” sign thatfaces Schoolhouse Road, theenlargement of speed limitsigns, the removal of direc-tional signs and installationof rumble strips, and the low-ering of the grade alongRoute 11A eastbound and re-location of an existingguardrail, to be moved fur-ther away from the west-bound section of the inter-section.

While many of these sug-gestions have been taken in-to consideration by the Se-lectmen, the board also had afew suggestions of their ownto submit to DOT, including aproposal to paint speed lim-its right into the pavementfor increased visibility, sincespeed is prominent issuealong the intersection.

Hayes noted that the risealong Belknap MountainRoad, towards Schoolhouse,has been a concern to many,

although the leveling out ofthis section has also referredto as a “last case scenario” byDOT.

Gilford resident MarkCorry said he had some con-cerns with the idea of mov-ing back the guardrails,sincea river runs right behind thesite, and felt that the inter-section should instead by lev-eled out first, and perhaps re-located second.

“You mentioned movingthe rails back; how far canyou move them before im-pacting the river rightthere?” asked Corry. “I sug-gest you look at the levelingfirst.”

Selectman Gus Benavidessaid he asked himself thesame question about thenearby body of water, al-though he noted that the railwould only be pushed back36 inches.

While Benavides said heappreciated Corry’s com-ments, and felt them to be rel-evant, he added that this pro-posal is really in the power ofthe state at this point in time,and is not necessarily drivenby the Selectmen, althoughthe board is in support of itsefforts.

“We, as Selectmen, havepushed for this in regards to

SEE DOT PAGE A11

PHOTO BY LAUREN TINER

High school junior Connor Mcgaffigan shows off an electric guitar solo during the “Spoken” event last Fridaynight at the library.

Local teens have ‘Spoken’BY LAUREN TINERLTINER@SALMONPRESS.COM

Different venues are nowoffering teens different waysto express themselves in af-ter school hours, encourag-ing students to branch out tothe greater community whenit comes to showing off theirtalents.

The Gilford Library is justone of these venues, and witha few new staff members onhand, including assistant li-brarian Abi Maxwell, moreand more teen catered eventsare popping up on the librarycalendar.

Last Friday, the libraryhosted their first ever openmic for teens, dubbed “Spo-ken” by Maxwell, who hopesto integrate similar pro-

grams geared towardsyouths into the library agen-da during the remainder ofthe school year.

A dozen local teens at-tended “Spoken” last Fridaynight in a quaint, coffee shop-like setting and showed offtheir guitar skills, vocals,and more. While most stu-dents at the first open micperformed original tunes,Maxwell said she hopes to at-tract young poets and story-tellers as well, inviting allteens to express themselvesthrough writing and music.

“We just want to get moreteens involved at the library,”said Maxwell, who also runswriting workshops and vari-ous teen activities. “We en-courage original songs, poet-

ry, and stories at this event. Ifthis is successful, we will cer-tainly hold another eventsoon.”

Since local youths didshow an interest last Fridaynight, Maxwell is looking tohold another “Spoken” openmic in the next couplemonths. She encouraged per-formers to chat with theirpeers about the event, andadded that the librarians arealways open to consultingand collaborating with inter-ested teens.

Gilford High School fresh-man Sally Tinkham acted asthe official MC at the open-ing of the event, which mor-phed into an acoustic café of

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Skydive Laconia proposalremains unsupportedBY LAUREN TINERLTINER@SALMONPRESS.COM

Despite pleas from theproposed business operatorsof Skydive Laconia, the Gil-ford Board of Selectmen hasdecided to stand its ground,and made it clear the boardis not in support of the pro-posal.

Proposed business opera-tors Tom and Mary Noonanaddressed a letter to theboard in regards to theirvote, made at a prior meet-ing, to not support the pro-posal to jump start SkydiveLaconia at Laconia Airportin Gilford, mainly due to po-tential liabilities involved.

Chairman of the BoardJohn O’Brien noted that theboard did, in fact, receive theletter in response to theboard’s stance, yet felt theboard was unwavering intheir current opinion of theproposal in Gilford.

“We received a letter fromthe proposers; he was un-happy that we did not listento his proposal from him,”said O’Brien last Wednesdaynight. “As Selectmen, wehave a responsibility to lookat liabilities and the impacton public property and abut-ters.”

While the board is con-cerned with the potentiallanding area, in close prox-imity to the fire training fa-cility, the police pistol range,and potential controlled firesin the training facility area,Selectman Kevin Hayes saidthe board is also concernedwith the relative proximityto the Laconia Airport alto-gether.

The Laconia Airport Au-thority also does not supportthe Skydive Laconia propos-al at this time.

Hayes explained thatwhile the business proposerscould perform a skydivingdemonstration or presenta-tion in order to assuage con-cerns, the board felt that a

demo or presentation on theactual plan would not changeor reduce the chance of lia-bilities within the plan thatGilford may face if the townand the LAA were to supportthe proposal.

While liabilities are a con-cern, so are the conse-quences of these potential li-abilities in the eyes of the Se-lectmen.

“Right now, the airport isself funded. Some planes’ in-surance carriers may not al-low them to fly or land at La-conia Airport in this case,”said Hayes.

Noonan and his wife still

feel strongly about the pro-posal, which was evident inhis latest letter addressed tothe board, where Noonan of-fered to publically presenthis business proposal. Noo-nan said while areas such asGilford Fire Rescue’s train-ing facility are a concern, henoted that modern day para-chutes also have increasedaccuracy and directionalcontrol similar to an aircraft.

Noonan also addressedconcerns over aircraft in theproximity of skydivers. Hesaid that while there is a rare

SEE SKYDIVE PAGE A11

New superintendenttransitions to GilfordSchool DistrictBY LAUREN TINERLTINER@SALMONPRESS.COM

Now that Paul DeMinicohas decided to retire thisJune, Kent Hemingway willtake over as the official Su-perintendent of Schools forGilford School District, andhas already developed a longrange strategic plan.

The Gilford School Boardheld a meeting Monday nightto discuss Hemingway’s sub-mitted superintendent entryplan and transitional goalsinto the Gilford School Dis-trict, as well as long termstrategic goals.

While Hemingway will of-ficially take the reins of thedistrict in June, he is alreadywell into his transitional rolefrom Rochester to GilfordSchool District, SAU #73, andis attending various meet-ings and reaching out to theschool community.

School Board member SueAllen said she was pleased,but certainly not surprised,to see that Hemingway is al-

ready ahead of the game andpreparing for his future roleat GSD.

“Kent, since I’ve knownyou as a potential candidate,I am not surprised to see yourmotivation in already reach-ing out to others,” said Allen,who suggested that Heming-way meet with the GilfordBudget Committee, and fa-miliarize himself with themunicipal officials of Gil-ford.

While Hemingway hasspoken with the Gilmantonsuperintendent on severaloccasions, he has also sched-uled a meeting to sit and dis-cuss plans with Gilmantonschool representatives.

To familiarize himselfwith both towns, Heming-way said he will also make ita point to attend graduationthis year, and to visit differ-ent community events andget to know representativesbehind local organizations.

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1. “Sing You Home” by Jodi Picoult2. “Unbroken: A WW II Airman’s Story of Survival, Re-

silience, and Redemption” by Laura Hillenbrand 3. “The Fifth Witness” by Michael Connelly4. “Chasing Fire” by Nora Roberts5. “Tick Tock” by James Patterson6. “Night Road” by Kristin Hannah 7. “Live Wire” by Harlan Coben8. “The Help” by Kathryn Stockett9. “The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet’s Nest,” by Stieg

Larsson10. “Heaven is for Real” by Todd Burpo

From April 12-19, the Gil-ford Police Department re-sponded to 240 calls, includ-ing:

Police arrested Richard L.Royea, 29, of Meredith, andcharged him on a bench war-rant.

Police arrested Rodney E.Michaud, 25, of Laconia, andcharged him with arrest on awarrant.

3 reports of suspicious ve-hicles

1 report of criminal mis-chief

13 alarms118 traffic checks1 motor vehicle complaint29 motor vehicle checks12 calls for an ambulance1 motor vehicle accident3 reports of suspicious per-

sons 1 larceny4 fingerprint cases2 reports of existing condi-

tions2 lost/found items

5 abandoned vehicles1 911 hang-up1 service of paperwork8 animal complaints1 yard sale permit7 calls for the fire depart-

ment2 road/weather reports1 lost/missing/wanted per-

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sistance1 drug case

2 civil matters2 domestic disturbances1 motor vehicle lockout2 reports of a juvenile1 request for contracted

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Notes from the Gilford LibraryBY ABI MAXWELLLIBRARY CORRESPONDENT

“It’s funny that we thinkof libraries as quiet, de-mure places where we areshushed by dusty, bun-bal-ancing, bespectacledwomen,” remarks EmmyAward winning comedianPaula Poundstone, whosevoice you may have heard onNPR’s “Wait, Wait, Don’tTell Me.”

“The truth,” she goes onto say, “is that libraries areraucous clubhouses for freespeech, controversy andcommunity.”

She points out that li-braries are places for injus-tice to be countered, fornoisy toddlers to be heard,and for illiterate adults to behelped.

“Libraries,” she remindsus, “can never be shushed.”

Yet our library—and somany more around thecountry—would be ines-timably poorer without aFriends Group, that hard-working nonprofit volun-teer organization dedicatedto raising money for, andpublic awareness about, thelibrary.

Here in Gilford, theFriends began in the 1970sand revitalized in the 1990s,and has seen a steady mem-bership of more that 200people for the last 20-plusyears.

If you’ve ever been to thelibrary’s bookstore, ifyou’ve browsed the summerbook sale or enjoyed dessertat the annual pie and icecream social, if you’vepicked up a Bingo Card toplay our summer readinggame or checked out a mu-seum pass, if you’ve read anewsletter, sat in a recentlyreplaced chair or even ifyou’ve just set foot in thenew library building, you—

and all of us who are a partof the library—have theFriends of the Gilford Li-brary to thank.

So as we prepare for sum-mer, the season when theFriends are the busiest,we’d like to take a minute tothank these tireless volun-teers, and to encourage new-comers to join. Currently,the Friends group meets onthe fourth Wednesday ofeach month, from 6:30 to 7:30p.m. If you’d like to becomea member—in any capacity,no matter if you’d want toattend each meeting or justhelp out with the book salein the summer—stop by thelibrary or call for moredetails.

Programs &

Special Events

Brown Bag Book Dis-

cussion, Thursday, April

21, 12:30 - 1:30 p.m. Thismonth’s pick is “BreakingClean,” a memoir by award-winning author Judy Blunt.Born to a Montana ranchingfamily, Blunt’s memoir ex-amines what it means to bea woman in the man’s worldof ranching, and what ittakes to leave a family lega-cy behind. All are invited toattend; copies are availableat the circulation desk.Bring your lunch and we’llprovide dessert!

Tales for Tails, Thurs-

day, April 21, 3:30 - 4:30

p.m. Join us in the Story-time Room to read a story toone of our furry friends,Brady the Maltese.

Evening Book Discus-

sion, Thursday, April 21,

6:30 - 7:30 p.m. Thismonth’s pick is “BreakingClean,” a memoir by award-winning author Judy Blunt.Born to a Montana ranchingfamily, Blunt’s memoir ex-amines what it means to be

a woman in the man’s worldof ranching, and what ittakes to leave a family lega-cy behind. All are invited toattend; copies are availableat the circulation desk.

BRATTS, Thursday,

April 21, 6:30 - 7:30 p.m.

Belknap Range Trail Ten-ders maintain the hikingtrails in the Belknap Range.Led by Hal Graham, this ac-tive group is meeting to dis-cuss what has been accom-plished and future projectsto tackle this year. All inter-ested in hiking and trailmaintenance are invited toattend.

Crafter’s Corner,

Thursday, April 21, 6 - 7:30

p.m. Needle arts coordina-tor Dawn Lemay will facili-tate all interested crafterswho love knitting, crochet-ing, and other needleworkprojects. Bring your latest

design and work in a relaxedcorner of the library.

Drop-In Storytime, Fri-

day, April 22, 11:30 a.m. -

12:15 p.m. All children ages2 - 5 are invited to sing songs,listen to a story, and create acraft. No sign up necessary.

Knit Wits, Friday, April

22, 1:30 - 2:30 p.m. It’s stillcool enough to bundle up!Join the weekly knittinggroup to work on a project,meet other knitters, andlearn some new techniques.All knitters welcome.

Mahjong, Monday,

April 25, 12:30 - 3 p.m. Oneof the oldest board games inthe world, Mahjong dependsupon skill, strategy, and acertain degree of luck. Joinus! New players welcome.

Philosophy Club, Tues-

day, April 26, 6:30 - 7:30

p.m. Take a break from thedaily routine to contemplate

and discuss life’s questionsin a comfortable, friendlyenvironment. All are wel-come.

Check-Out-An-Expert,

Wednesday, April 27, 9:15

- 11 a.m. Whether you havebasic questions about com-puter use or you need helpdownloading an audio book,our expert is here to helpyou navigate the technolog-ical world.

Lifelines Poetry Work-

shop, Wednesday, April

27, 3 - 5 p.m. This four-weekcourse, led by published po-et and Gilford native KelleyWhite, MD, welcomes poetsof all levels to come togeth-er with an open 'beginner’smind' to make poems. We'llexplore the basics of thecraft in a challenging butsupportive environment.Expect to be surprised bythe poems you create. Space

is limited, so sign up today!Tales for Tails, Thurs-

day, April 28, 3:30 - 4:30

p.m. All children are invit-ed to choose a story to readto our furry friend, Bradythe Maltese.

Crafter’s Corner,

Thursday, April 28, 6 - 7:30

p.m. Needle arts coordina-tor Dawn Lemay will facili-tate all interested crafterswho love knitting, crochet-ing, and other needleworkprojects. Bring your latestdesign and work in a relaxedcorner of the library.

Foreign Movie Night,

Thursday, April 28, 7:00 -

9:00 p.m. We'll watch “TheColor of Paradise” (RatedPG) from Iran. This 1999film explores the relation-ship between an 8-year-oldblind boy and his widowedfather who is embarrassedby him.

Volunteers needed for town committeesThe Gilford Board of Se-

lectmen is seeking civic-minded residents to serveas community volunteers.

There are currently va-cancies for three citizens toserve on a newly formed Po-lice Department MissionStatement Committee.Meetings of this group willbe held at the convenienceof the members over thenext 60-90 days with partic-ipation from four of Gil-ford’s finest police officers.

In addition, the Town isaccepting applications foran interested citizen toserve as Gilford’s represen-tative to the Board of Direc-tors for the Lakes RegionPublic Access CommunityTV Association. This groupcurrently meets on the lastTuesday of the month andoversees operations of the

regional public, education,and government (PEG) ca-ble television channels.

Anyone interested may

apply by April 29 by letter orusing the volunteer formthat may be found on theTown’s Web site, www.gil-

fordnh.org, or contact se-lectmen@gilfordnh.org formore information.

LACONIA — Several areaDJ’s will gather at ChristmasIsland Steakhouse to raisemoney for the Belknap Coun-ty Nursing Home Resident’sActivities Fund.

The event, which will beheld on Saturday, May 7 from7 p.m. to midnight, will fea-ture local disk jockeys fromSmooth Entertainment,French’s Karaoke and CenterStage Entertainment battlingfor the best round of applauseas they each attempt to be thebiggest crowd pleaser.

The disk jockeys are do-nating their time and talentsfor the evening entertain-

ment, which was organizedby Mike Lemay of SmoothEntertainment, who is an em-ployee of the Nursing Homeand has entertained residentsas a volunteer for many years.

Christmas Island Steak-house has generously agreedto donate the $5 cover chargeto the Nursing Home Activi-ties Fund. In addition, theyare inviting patrons to comefor dinner and receive $5 offtwo entrees by presentingtheir ticket to the waitstaff.

The Nursing Home Activi-ties fund is used to provideweekly music programs, bin-go prizes, religious services,

games, a cotillion, a luau, andmuch more. The home alsooffers outings to the SquamLakes Science Center, MountWashington Cruises, ball-games and shopping, to namea few.

Belknap County NursingHome is owned and operatedby the county. It is home to 94residents, with a variety ofprivate and semi-privaterooms. It’s mission is to carefor residents with compas-sion, dignity and respect.

The Battle of the DJ’spromises to be an eveningfilled with a lot of fun, danc-ing and great music.

Battle of the DJ’s will benefit nursing home

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ALTON ZONING BOARD OF ADJUSTMENTNOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING

The Alton Zoning Board of Adjustment will hold Public Hearings on Thursday, May 5, 2011,during its meeting commencing at 7:00 p.m. at the Alton Town Hall to consider the follow-ing applications (the applications listed in this notice are in no particular order):

Case Z11-04 Map 30 Lot 17 VariancePaul Blackwood 47 Letter S Road

This is a request to build a garage four (4) ft. from the property line on Letter S Road and tobuild a deck on the back of the house two (2) ft from shoreline of Merrymeeting River. Thisproperty is zoned Residential. The Zoning Ordinance in question is Article 300 Section 327.

Case Z11-05 Map 67 Lot 18 Special Exception & Variance Thomas & Lorraine Mitchell 23 Lady Slipper Lane

This is a request for a Special Exception to Article 300 Section 320 to permit a new, full foun-dation under an existing cottage and a request for a Variance from Article 300 Section 327 ofthe Zoning Ordinance to permit part of an existing cottage with a new foundation to be less thanten (10’) feet to the property line. The closest part of the building will be five (5’) feet to theproperty line. This property is zoned Rural.

Case Z11-06 Map 8 Lot 49 Special ExceptionRobert H. Carleton Rev. Trust Off Rte 28 S. B., just S. of Traffic CircleRobert H. Carleton, Trustee

This is a request to permit a Special Exception to Article 400 Section 401 to develop an 150unit campground for recreational vehicles on a portion of parcel 8-49. Much of the land wherethe campground is to be located has historically been used as a gravel pit. This property iszoned Rural.

Case Z11-07 Map 9 Lot 53 & 53-1 Appeal of Admin. DecisionAlton Bay Campmeeting Association 117 New Durham Road

This is a request to Appeal an Administrative Decision of the Code Enforcement Officer that theuse is abandoned and to not approve a building permit to reconstruct a multi-family structurewith more than two (2) dwelling units. This property is zoned Rural/Residential. The ZoningOrdinance in question is Article 300 Section 320A(2).

Plans are on file in the Planning Department on the first floor of the Alton Town Hall. You areinvited to come in to view them during our regular business hours of 8:30 to 4:00 Mondaythrough Friday.

Belknap Mountain due for a new antenna towerBY LAUREN TINERLTINER@SALMONPRESS.COM

Monday night set forth alengthy agenda for the Gil-ford Planning Board, includ-ing two proposals to expandexisting restaurants, and al-so a presentation on the re-moval of an existing antennasystem atop Belknap Moun-tain.

While board members didnot have to vote on Jones andBeach Engineers, Inc. andthe State of New HampshireDRED proposal in regards tothe removal of an existingantenna atop the fire toweron Belknap Mountain, theboard did listen intently tofuture plans.

After the removal of theantenna from the fire tower,a new, separate antenna tow-er will be constructed withrelated equipment, includingan onsite building and infra-structure. The current radio

tower is 80 feet, and the firetower is 50 feet. The new in-frastructure will be an esti-mated 180 feet, in close prox-imity to a 20-foot by 50-footbuilding.

The building will alsohave an ice shield. This three-legged self supporting toweris designed with public safe-ty in mind. The structure it-self is specifically designedfor the conditions on Belk-nap Mountain, and meets iceloading and wind loadingcodes for this area, and is al-so equipped with anti-climb-ing and fall devices.

In order to blend in withits surroundings, the towerand building will encompass“rustic” aesthetics and sidepaneling to avoid being aneyesore for hikers. DRED be-lieves this will “soften” thelook of the structure.

The point was also madethat regardless of this pro-

posal, the antenna atop thefire tower was overdue for areplacement. To avoid heavytraffic or congestion on themountain, the project will bebuilt by helicopter, while con-struction workers will hikeup the mountain on workdays.

Chair of the PlanningBoard Polly Sanfacon askedwhen construction is sched-uled to start, and Jones andBeach representatives an-swered that the project willproceed this June or July, andas the state requested, wrapup by September.

While the antenna propos-al atop Belknap Mountainwas set for public discussiononly, the Planning Board de-cided to table a proposal inregards to an expansion ofthe existing restaurant site,Ellacoya Barn and Grille,and also approved a proposalto expand the site at Sawyer’s

Dairy Bar throughout thecourse of the meeting.

Steven Buzzotta, owner ofEllacoya Barn and Grille, lo-cated on Lakeshore Road inGilford, has proposed to ex-pand the existing restaurantto accommodate 85 patrons,add 859 square feet to thebuilding, and reconfigure theparking area.

While board membersagreed to hear the presenta-tion, members then voted totable the matter until an on-site visit since these detailedplans are still subject tochange, and must also go be-fore the Zoning Board of Ad-justment before a final, con-cise decision can be made.The 77 proposed parkingspaces may also have to be re-duced in the process and re-configuration of the site tomeet all setbacks.

Seat numbers on the ex-isting patio will also have to

be reduced from 32 to 16, al-lowing the owner to increasethe seating capacity insidethe building, which will nowcall for the installation of anindoor sprinkler system.

At the end of the meeting,board members voted totable the matter and hold asite walk on May 16, with theinclusion of items andchanges that the board willneed to be aware of beforetaking a final vote.

The board also reviewedand approved a proposal sub-mitted by Litchfield DairyHoldings LLC in regards toexpanding the outdoor siteand seating area of Sawyer’s

Dairy Bar. Two tents werepresented to the board, al-though stipulations ask thatthe restaurant utilize onetent onsite at a time. Tents in-clude a 20- by 30-foot tent anda 28- by 37-foot tent, bothstructured for outdoor din-ing and parties. An eight- by20-foot storage unit will alsobe on site.

Gilford Director of Plan-ning and Land use John Ay-er explained that Sawyer’sDairy Bar has become moreefficient over the years, andfeels that the restaurant andits staff can now accommo-date more patrons during thesummer months.

LRGHealthcare receives Patriotic Employer Award

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LRGHealthcare was recently honored with the “Patriotic Employer”Award from the Department of Defense in recognition of its support foremployees called up for service in the National Guard and Reserve.

LACONIA — The Depart-ment of Defense organizationEmployer Support for theGuard and Reserve (ESGR) re-cently presented LRGHealth-care with the “Patriotic Em-ployer Award” in recognitionof LRGHealthcare’s supportof employees called up to ful-fill their Reserve and Nation-al Guard assignments.

The current National De-fense Strategy indicates thatthe National Guard and Re-serve will be important part-ners in the fully integrated To-tal Force, and reserve forceswill spend more time awayfrom the workplace on as-signments around the world.The cooperation and supportof civilian employers is cru-cial to the success of this mod-el.

In his nomination state-ment, Dr. Aldridge wrote, “Asa vascular surgeon and chair-man of the Department ofSurgery, my deployments cre-ate a significant increaseworkload and financial loss toLRGHealthcare and my prac-tice associates, yet they haveremained extremely support-ive, emotionally and finan-cially, during my deploy-ments in 2003, 2005, and 2010.LRGHealthcare makes it pos-

sible for me to continue mymilitary career, and withoutsuch support, I would beforced to resign my commis-sion.”

Employers such asLRGHealthcare not only com-ply with laws intended to pro-tect Reservists’ jobs throughtheir time of service, but goover and above by supportingand assisting their employeesin other ways. For example,LRGHealthcare pays staffduring periods of militarytraining and also maintainsinsurance benefits to familymembers of those deployed.

LRGHealthcare also offersa unique program VetLink,that has helped 800 veteransof conflict from WWII to Iraqfind their way into the VA sys-tem. LRGHealthcare employ-ees also demonstrate individ-ual support by taking the timeto write letters and send carepackages to the troops.

LRGHealthcare is a not-for-profit healthcare charitabletrust representing Lakes Re-gion General Hospital,Franklin Regional Hospital,and affiliated medicalproviders. LRGHealthcare iscommitted to making healthcare available, accessible, andaffordable to you.

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‘Would there be a response?’ and ‘Would it be worth-while?’ were the questions foremost on our minds— but the overwhelming support the Steamer hasreceived from the local community since its debutnearly seven years ago (we still find it hard to be-lieve it’s been that long already) has convinced usto create a new homepage on Facebook.

Our purpose in venturing into cyberspace goesfar beyond keeping track of old friends, however.We intend to use Facebook as yet another instru-ment in our growing arsenal of tools for keepingreaders up-to-date on the news that matters to themas it happens.

Being first on the scene for breaking news usedto be the exclusive province of the daily newspa-pers in our area, but over the past few years, wehave been working to develop some new tools tohelp us close that coverage gap.

Many of you may already be familiar with thenew Web site that our parent company, SalmonPress, debuted in the fall of 2009 — www.newhamp-shirelakesandmountains.com — offering each ofits 11 newspapers, for the first time, an opportuni-ty to post breaking stories on the front page of thesite. That feature has proven to be an invaluable re-source for keeping readers updated on rapidly de-veloping stories like the recent murder of Gilfordresident Roberta Miller without the inconvenienceof forcing them to wait a week for the latest infor-mation.

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Keeping up with thetimes…and the news

Mayflower has the perfectname to describe her jour-ney thus far: into every life,a little rain must fall. Weknow the other old saw:April showers bring Mayflowers.

Her life thus far has beena bit of a cluster of rainydays.

Abandoned in a home,someone else living therebrought her to our MeredithCenter Road shelter back inDecember 2010. Did theroommate move out andleave the cat behind? Wasthere a tiff in whichMayflower was caught in themiddle? It’s all a little cloudy.

She is a magnificent graygirl, about eight years old.

We at NHHS have provid-ed care above and beyondanything Mayflower likelyreceived in her former life,including dental cleaningand careful monitoring ofher health, which was, for awhile, up and down.

Mayflower really needs anew home. She’s enduredshelter life long enough — allthe comings and goings, andnoise, and frenetic activity;it’s enough to make an oldergirl throw up her paws in an-guish, claiming, “Is there no

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quiet corner in this world forme?”

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Mayflower’s adoption feeis just $25.

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brings with it the promise ofsunnier days in a new adop-tive home.

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“Customer convenience” could come at a high priceTo the Editor:

I am asking for your assis-tance to defeat SB156!

This legislation is beingsold from the New Hamp-shire Dealer’s Association as“customer convenience.”The Legislation would allowNH Dealers to register motorvehicles at the time of pur-chase.

I encourage you to contactyour representatives and op-pose SB156, as residency isone of the main issues of con-cern here in Gilford. One ex-ample I have given is if a per-son moves into the “PaugusBay Plaza,” aka “One GilfordPlace,” aka “131 Lake Street”address and purchases a ve-hicle from a NH dealer, and ifthe dealer registers a vehicleat this address, it would enti-tle the registrant to use ourschool system, as they havenow paid a personal “proper-ty tax” to Gilford and are nowconsidered to be a “taxpay-er,” and it establishes themas a “resident” of Gilford.

At the cost of $12,000 -$19,000 per student, you cansee that one minor mistakelike that can cost the taxpay-ers plenty! This bill does notaddress the current residen-

cy issues that we face on adaily basis, and this legisla-tion will be a cost to the realestate property taxpayers ofGilford.

Many people think that a“property taxpayer” is some-one that pays real estate tax-es; a car registration is also aform of personal “propertytax,” which is why it is al-lowable to claim as a de-ductible for the IRS; a regis-tration is limited to residents(with one exception to thatrule).

Allowing individuals toregister motor vehicles herewho are not residents will in-crease insurance fraud, andcar insurance rates will beinflated for the residents thatdo live here. I am very wor-ried and concerned that ifNH dealers are allowed toregister vehicles on behalf ofthe Town Clerks that thedealers will not know the lo-cal zoning ordinances anddeed restrictions; clerks arefamiliar with their local zon-ing issues and deed restric-tions – clerks are the “gatekeepers” of the community.The State DMV already is-sues driver’s licenses to thisaddress on a regular basis!

With 92 units at this particu-lar address, I’m sure you canunderstand my concerns; wehave many other propertieswith these same residency re-strictions - they are consid-ered transient addresses andresidency is not allowed.

With vehicle registrationsbeing our second highestsource of revenue for thetown (currently $1.3-mil-lion), I am apprehensiveabout allowing anyone intoour town coffers! Allowingprivate industry to make de-cisions on the costs of carregistrations is beyond theirscope of business, and goesbeyond “customer conven-ience.” Allowing SB156 re-moves the checks and bal-ances that are currently inplace to protect the consumerand the town.

SB156 will authorize NewHampshire dealers to collectlocal town fees, but NewHampshire boat dealers(marinas) are required to ob-tain an appointment by theTax Collector or Board of Se-lectmen for authorization tocollect boat fees on town’s be-half and act as an “agent.”This legislation as written re-moves the local control and

allows all NH Dealers to beagents of the cities/towns.

To sum it up, the SB156creates concerns in the fol-lowing areas:

• Residency Issues• Removes Checks and Bal-

ances• Insurance Fraud Issues• Removes Local Control• Inflates Town Costs of

Auditing

I am asking the residentsand taxpayers of Gilford tocontact their local Legisla-tures by calling or emailingthem (contact information ison the state Web site,www.nh.gov, and on thetown’s Web site, www.gil-fordnh.org, choose Town Ad-ministrator’s Dept and forms& documents) and let themknow that what appears onthe surface to be “customerconvenience” comes at a highprice to the property taxpay-ers in Gilford, and we can’tafford this legislation!

Denise Morrissette Gonyer, CMC,NHCTC

Town Clerk - Tax CollectorGilford

Just Love to Sing! announces summer events

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The staff at Just Love to Sing! is hoping aspiring singers from the localarea will take advantage of the organization’s summer programs.

ALTON — Just Love toSing!, a newly formed 501©(3)performing organization inAlton, looks forward to a busyspring/summer season.

“Not only will we be busywith voice, piano, and guitarlessons; we look forward toour First Annual SummerFestival in July, and our weeklong music theatre summercamps,” says Carlos Mar-tinez, Music Director atJLTS!

“I look forward to workingwith our students as teacherand director, and hope every-one will take advantage ofwhat we have to offer atJLTS!,” says Martinez.

In addition to being MusicDirector at JLTS!, “Mr. M” isa music teacher in the Shak-er Regional District, and Di-rector of the Center HarborTown Band. Martinez

also runs a thriving voicestudio in Manchester, with

many of his students findingwork on the professional

musical stage.“Some of our students

have even performed onBroadway in New York City,as well as other professionalvenues. We are very proud ofour young singers,and we feelblessed to work with such tal-ented youngsters,” says Mar-tinez.

The Just Love to Sing! FirstAnnual Summer Festival willoffer a fully staged produc-tion, “Mary Magdalene,” atthe Concord City Auditoriumin July. Sung in English witha chamber orchestra, thisproduction will feature win-ners of the opera competitionheld annually in November.

“These young operasingers are ready to join theworking ranks in opera, andwe look forward to havingthem with us for the sum-mer,” says Martinez.

JLTS! is still looking forcommunity people to join thechorus on the stage for “MaryMagdalene,” with rehearsalsstarting in June.

JLTS! Theatre Camps runJune 27 – July 1 and Aug. 1 – 5at the Alton Studios. Eachweek will run from 10 a.m. – 3p.m., and will feature songsfrom musical theatre .

“Our students love to write

their own musical play, so wejust add the music according-ly. The performance on eachFriday is usually very imagi-native, and the students ownit completely,” says Martinez.

For more information or toparticipate in any of JLTSprograms, call 781-5695 or vis-it JLTS! @www.justlovetos-ing.com.

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John Harrigan

Sick of dealing with firewood? Wood pellets may be the answer

Say yours is one of thethousands of households innorthern New Englandheating with wood. Sayyou’ve been heating withwood and handling fire-wood for close to a lifetime.Say you’re getting sick andtired of bucking it up, split-ting it up, stacking it up todry, moving it inside in thefall, and handling it all overagain to your stove or fire-place.

And let’s say you’re get-ting older and find han-dling firewood increasinglydifficult, or just have hadenough of it, and in partic-ular are sick of the bark,dust, dirt and even insectsthat come into the houseright along with the wood.But one reason why youstick with wood is that it’s asustainable, job-creating,home-grown product, andyou don’t want to burn oilor gas, for obvious and myr-iad reasons.

What do you do? You dowhat thousands of north-ern households have doneand are increasingly doing— you buy a wood-pelletstove and get your 20- to 40-year-old stored solar powerin 40-pound bags. Presto! —your house is now heated bya regionally grown and pro-duced renewable resource.

Although I’ve seen manya pellet stove in operationand talked with their own-ers, and although pelletsmay sound like old news tothe thousands of largely ru-ral and small-town peoplewho have made the switchover the past decade, manyothers in larger towns andcities remain clueless aboutthe wood-pellet option.Wood-pellet stoves are notsuitable for every dwellingin every location, of course,but they certainly are a vi-able option for anyoneburning wood, and even fortens of thousands who arenot.

As a result, the pellet-stove and pellet manufac-turing industries are grow-

ing like Topsy. No oneseems to have the numberson households burningwood pellets, which wouldbe pretty much useless any-way, because the number isgrowing so fast.

Jim Kane and DennisSabourin run one of north-ern New England’s largestpellet stove and pellet sup-ply companies, Great BearRenewable Energy in theformer Stinehour Pressbuildings on Route 102 inLunenburg, Vt., across theConnecticut River fromLancaster. A visit to theiroperation can be a real eye-opener for anyone not al-ready familiar with thewhole pellet-heating move-ment.

When I made a post-visitfollow-up call, the more peo-ple-person half of the duo,Jim Kane, was away at aHeating the Northeast WithRenewable Biomass infor-mation-sharing conventionat the Radisson Hotel inManchester. That the occa-sion drew 500 or so atten-dees from 14 states, threeCanadian provinces and acouple of foreign countriessays something about howbig the wood-pellet busi-ness is, and how likely it isto grow much bigger.

So I relied on DennisSabourin, who is more of atechie and fixer-upper andsalesman and freight-mover, for answers to closeto a dozen questions:

---A pellet stove costsfrom $1,500 to several thou-sand dollars, depending onmake, hopper capacity, sizeof the stove, and ornamen-tation.

---Pellets come in 40-pound bags and retail ataround $6 per bag, or can bepurchased in 50-bag one-tonpallets for from $240 to $299per ton, depending on vol-ume, promotional dis-counts and pre-pay con-tracts.

---Some households canget by on one bag per day,while larger and less insu-lated households might re-quire two or more.

---On average, one bagcan last for 24 hours insmaller homes, 18 hoursduring the colder parts ofwinter. Put another way,that’s a bag to a bag and ahalf, or 40 to 60 pounds a day,depending on the weather.

---Some homes can getthrough the winter withthree tons (at around $249 aton, that’s $747), some fourtons ($996) and some, ofcourse, a ton or two more,again depending on sizeand insulation.

---The length of heating

time between fillings de-pends on the type of pelletstove, the size of the feed-hopper, and the setting ofthe burning level (as in low,medium, high) or thermo-stat.

---There are hardwoodpellets, softwood pellets,and pellets that are 20 per-cent softwood mix. The soft-wood-hardwood pellets ig-nite faster and yield moreBTUs with thermostat-con-trolled stoves.

---Pellets are manufac-tured by grinding wood-chips up, heating the fineparticles, dicing them, put-ting the mix into a huge flatmould consisting of a met-al sheet containing hun-dreds of pellet-shaped in-dentations and a huge pres-sure plate, and subjectingthem to ten tons of pres-sure. No artificial bindersare added: The naturalresins in the wood areenough.

If anyone knows most ofwhat there is to know aboutpellet-making and the in-dustry’s marketing, growthand future, it’s CharlieNiebling, the point-man forNew England Wood Pelletin Jaffrey. As former execu-tive director of the NewHampshire TimberlandOwners Association, one ofthe largest resource-basedorganizations in the state,he’s pretty much seen it all.To say that he’s enthusedabout the industry and azealot for weaning north-ern New England and par-ticularly New Hampshireaway from dependence onexpensive, foreign-bases oiland gas is an understate-ment.

“One pellet plant capableof producing 100,000 tons ofpellets a year could helpevery single household inthe state get away fromburning oil and gas,” hesaid.

That, of course, assumesthat every household is in aposition to burn pellets. Formore on this, pelletwannabes can visit his com-pany’s Web site, NE Bio-heat.org (click on “VisionStatement”).

I asked Charlie a trickyquestion, which is how pel-lets rate in BTU costs ver-sus other fuels. He said sea-soned, dry firewood at $200per cord (an admittedlylow-range figure) can pro-duce one million BTUs at acost of $14, while the figurefor the same BTU output is$16 for pellets at $229 perton, $36 for oil at $3.83 pergallon, and $45 for gas at$3.54.

Charlie is by no meansalone in his enthusiasm forwood pellets. The same en-thusiasm permeates the

JOHN HARRIGAN PHOTO

Potential customer Nancee Harrigan watches Great Bear’s DennisSanbourin pour wood pellets into a stove’s hopper.

JOHN HARRIGAN PHOTO

Wood pellets are virtually free of dust and odor, and burn with great effi-ciency when automatically fed from hopper to burning chamber below.

non-smoky atmosphere atthe Great Bear enterprisein Lunenburg. It only start-ed up in late August, andJim and Dennis have al-ready sold more than athousand tons of pellets.

A big boost in businesscame from their attractive(and well-visited) booth atthe Lancaster Fair.

“We did a lot of businesswith our compressed-pelletbricks for wood stoves, too,”said Dennis.

The two-pound brickssell for from $265 to $299 aton, depending on advancepayment plans, a moisturecontent of four to six per-cent (compared to 15 per-cent in kiln-dried wood),and yield one and a halftimes the heat output of dryfirewood).

Which leaves the side-line observer wondering:Why isn’t there a pelletplant right here in theNorth Country, smack inthe middle of one of thegreatest expanses of wood-lands in the entire North-east?

(This column runs in adozen weekly papers cover-ing the northern two-thirdsof New Hampshire andparts of Maine and Ver-mont. John Harrigan’s ad-dress: Box 39, Colebrook, NH03576, or hooligan@-ncia.net)

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Proposed farm storeto open soonBY LAUREN TINERLTINER@SALMONPRESS.COM

Locals may see a new ad-dition to Ramblin’ VeweFarm this summer, includ-ing plans to open a Shep-herd’s market, which will al-so serve as a visitor center tothe farm and its abundanceof trails, all open to the pub-lic.

Farm manager and shep-herd Jeffrey Keyser, alongwith his wife, Joyce Keyser,has resided on Ramblin’Vewe for more than a decade,located on Morrill Street inGilford. With Keyser’s expe-rience on the farm and hiswife’s background in busi-ness, the couple has proposedplans to open an onsite farmstore under a home occupa-tion.

While a few minor detailsstill need to be added to theplan, the Gilford PlanningBoard approved the proposalMonday night. As long as theZoning Board of Adjustmentgrants the applicants a spe-cial exception under homeoccupation, store plans areset to go.

“As the wife of a farmmanager, I’ve lived on Ram-blin’ Vewe for 14 years now,and would like to put mybackground in business togood use,” said Joyce Keyser.

“This store would include afarm stand and gifts, includ-ing products we make our-selves and products from thewool and sheep industry. Wewould like to keep everythingas local as possible. If theproduct doesn’t come direct-ly from us, it will still bemade in the U.S. and in NewEngland.”

As part of their businessproposal, the farm would al-so produce and sell their ownlamb meat, eggs, wool, maplesyrup, and hot and colddrinks for trail hikers.

The market store is esti-mated to be about 57 feet inwidth, and would also in-clude an overflow parkingarea. Existing parking is alsoavailable, and often used forseasonal events.

“We would also serve as awelcome center for the farmand its trails, and sell differ-ent products with the Ram-blin’ Vewe logo to keep theFarm Trust going. We arehoping to achieve all thiswhile working along with thefarm,” said Joyce. “Thisstore will also serve as an op-portunity for people to learnmore about sheep shearingand wool. We would also liketo give demonstrations, spin,weave, and make felt with thewool.”

Board members asked forspecificities on the selling oflamb, and Jeff Keyser ex-plained that this lamb meat,right off the farm, is alsocalled “freezer lamb.” Thelamb is transferred to, andbutchered at, a heavily in-spected, approved slaughterhouse in Goffstown, and thentransported back to the farmin Gilford by Keyser himself.

“We bring our own ani-mals down and back. We haveabout 70 sheep in a flock, andabout 100 at the end of thelambing season,” saidKeyser, who added that thespecial black lamb, born lastyear, still happily resides onthe farm.

The market will run as apart time operation, mostlikely from 2-7 p.m., Monday– Friday, excluding Thurs-days during farmer’s marketseason in Laconia. The storeseason would begin in Juneand July. After the fallmonths, the store would po-tentially open on Saturdaysonly, up until Christmastime, and then close down forthe winter season.

“We enjoy meeting newpeople that are interested inand appreciate the farm, andwe hope to meet and bring inmore people through thismarket,” said Keyser.

Gilford Youth Centerannounces upcoming events

GILFORD — The GilfordYouth Center will be host-ing a wide array of pro-grams in the coming weeks,including:

Breakfast With The

Easter Bunny - Saturday,April 23, 8-10 a.m. at Fellow-ship Hall in the GilfordCommunity Church. This isa pancake breakfast withraffles, face painting,prizes, coloring contest, anda meet and greet with theEaster Bunny. $5/adult,$3/child. Proceeds to helpfund future GYC programs.

Ballroom Dance Class-

es - Classes are held onTuesdays, 7-8 p.m., begin-ning April 19. This is a be-ginners/intermediatecourse designed for couplesand individuals of all ages.You will learn basic steps inthe Waltz, Polka, Foxtrot,Rumba and Cha Cha.

Adult Yoga Class - Newsession begins April 26.Classes are held Tuesdayevenings, 5:30-6:45 p.m.Classes are designed forthose people wanting tobuild strength, increaseflexibility, increase lung ca-pacity, decrease stress, in-crease energy, and increasebody awareness.

Children’s Yoga Class -New session begins May 4.Classes are held on Wednes-

days, 12:45-1:30. This class isopen to three-to-five-year-olds accompanied by a par-ent/caretaker. The class willhelp develop and improvestrength, flexibility, balanceand coordination. It will al-so help improve concentra-tion, focus, attention, andbody awareness. There willbe a free demo class offeredon Wednesday, April 27 at12:45.

Children’s Ballet Class

- Beginning May 2, the GYCwill be offering Children’sBallet classes on Mondays,12-12:45pm. Children willlearn the basics of balletthrough story-telling, mu-sic, and creative move-ments. The class will en-hance children’s self-es-teem, coordination,strength, balance and flexi-bility.

Camp “I CAN”

Preschool Summer Camp

- The GYC is proud to an-nounce that it will be offer-ing a summer camp to pre-school children of the LakesRegion. Camp I Can is a six-week program, beginningJune 27. The camp will beopen Monday-Friday, 9-11:30a.m. Camp I Can provides a

safe, nurturing and fun en-vironment in which chil-dren can make new friends,enjoy new activities, createworks of art and learn newskills. The camp will be heldat the Village NurserySchool (located next to theGilford Youth Center). Thecamp will also utilize ourplayground area, the Gil-ford Youth Center, and Gil-ford Library.

Middle School Summer

Camp - The GYC will onceagain host a seven-weeksummer camp for middleschool students of the LakesRegion. The program is heldMonday-Friday, 8:30-4:30p.m. The camp will be heldat the Gilford Youth Center,and will offer weekly tripsto the Gilford Beach, Gun-stock Mountain, and otherlocal attractions. Scheduledfield trips include, CanobieLake Park, NH Fisher CatsGame and Whales Tale Wa-ter Park.

To learn more or to regis-ter for any of these pro-grams, please visit us atwww.gilfordyouthcenter.com. The Gilford Youth Cen-ter is located at 19 Potter HillRd., Gilford.

Gilford resident namedlifetime member ofTheatre Guild

GILFORD — At its annualmembership meeting onSunday, April 3, the NewHampshire Educational The-atre Guild honored two of itslong-time members by con-ferring life membership inthe organization.

Sarah Bunkley of Ply-mouth and Scott Piddingtonof Gilford have each servednearly three decades on theboard of directors for theNHETG.

At the meeting on Sunday,board president Lee Man-nion nominated both Bunk-ley and Piddington, who im-

mediately received a stand-ing ovation from the hun-dreds of students and adultsin attendance. Life member-ship is a rare honor used torecognize outstanding con-tributions to the Guild.

The NHETG promotes ed-ucation through and aboutthe art of theatre, sponsorsworkshops, and conducts fes-tivals statewide. Bunkleyand Piddington both begantheir volunteer service forthe organization in the 1980’sand continue today as Guildrepresentatives to the NewEngland Drama Council.

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Meadowbrook prepares to host some “Sharp Dressed” menGILFORD — The bearded

Rock gods ZZ Top will be atthe Meadowbrook U.S. Cel-lular Pavilion on Saturday,Aug. 27 as part of the East-ern Propane Concert Series.

Tickets go on sale Friday,April 22 at 10 a.m. To chargeby phone, call 293-4700, orpurchase tickets online atwww.meadowbrook.net.

Billy Gibbons, thefounder of ZZ Top, formedthe band in 1969; Dusty Hilland Frank Beard joined thatsame year. Their debut al-bum was released in 1971,and they developed a strongfollowing in their home stateof Texas. They exploded in-to the mainstream withtheir 1973 single “LaGrange,” from the record“Tres Hombres.” By the mid

1970’s, their concerts werebreaking attendancerecords.

At the height of their pop-ularity, ZZ Top took a two-year break from touring.When they began touringagain, Gibbons and Hillemerged with their signa-ture chest-length beards.They returned only to seetheir popularity reach at-mospheric levels.

Since their return to tour-ing, they have not taken abreak, and have been rockin’for more than 40 years.

ZZ Top is one the mostprolific Rock bands in musichistory, having released 14studio albums which havesold more than 50 millioncopies worldwide. The bandhas recorded 31 singles that

have reached top 10 on theAmerican Rock Billboard, 12of which maintained a posi-tion at number one. Theirchart topping hits include“Tube Snake Boogie,”“Gimme All Your Lovin,”“Got Me Under Pressure,”“Sharp Dressed Man,”“Legs,” “Sleeping Bag,”“Stages,” “My Head’s in Mis-sissippi,” “Doubleback,”“Concrete and Steel,” “Pin-cushion” and “She’s JustKilling Me.”

One of their most popu-lar tracks, “Cheap Sunglass-es,” came from their sixthstudio album, “Deg¸ello.”

ZZ Top is also involvedwith films and television.They made a cameo appear-ance as the “band at the par-ty” in the movie “Back to the

Future Part III.” They havealso appeared in episodes of“King of the Hill” and “Twoand a Half Men.” In 2008,during the “American Idol”season 7 finale, they per-formed “Sharp DressedMan” with David Cook.

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As part of a “Create Your Own Story” theme at the Gilford Library last week, Tilton fiddler Ellen Carlson and afellow musician put on a show, considered part concert, part history lesson.

Local musician provides some fiddlin’ funBY LAUREN TINERLTINER@SALMONPRESS.COM

Tilton resident and profes-sional fiddler Ellen Carlsonproved last week that the ori-gins of music, storytelling,and the importance of gener-ational traditions are still aprominent part of our genet-ic makeup.

During National LibraryWeek last Thursday, fittinglydubbed “Create Your OwnStory,” Carlson told a story ofher own through the act of fid-dling at the Gilford Library.She told a story of her family,of her love for music, and al-so provided the history of fid-dling within New England.

This generational act andtelling of a story through mu-sic dates back to 1922, whenthe first chords ever played infiddling history were record-ed within the ears and heartsof many. Fiddling is similar totraditional and oral story-telling in the way that a storycan be passed down by mem-ory, as well as song.

While Carlson knowsmany songs by heart, she alsofinds it important to jot downthe music notes to ensure thatthis tradition is never lost inthe sands of time.

“I started fiddling at 11years old,” said Carlson, whohas played the fiddle for 35years. “My great grandfather

was a fiddler, and both my un-cles played the banjo and oth-er instruments. I played flutein school, but I learned the fid-dle by ear, and by listening toother musicians.”

Carlson, one of six chil-dren, grew up with an ear formusic and looked up to herolder brother, an avid fiddlerhimself during their child-hood years. While she learnedfiddle by ear, she also studiedthe fiddle, closely observedher musical family members,and even attended squaredancing performances in or-der to closely acquaint herselfwith this style of music.

One of Carlson’s unclescame from Sweden, where aparticular fiddling style tookshape and rubbed off on her.Her uncle was also one of thefirst musicians to perform inHenry Ford’s sensational fid-dling contests held in NewEngland, since Ford himselfwas an advocate of tradition-al music.

According to Carlson,Swedish style fiddle playinglater became dance music inthe 1800’s and involved manylayers of harmonies. Sheplayed a Swedish inspiredsong for the crowd that can in-corporate up to a 35-person en-semble, and explained the rel-evance and variation of thisinstrument within different

countries.“Fiddling is influenced by

many different countries. Itwas developed in the 1500’s onearly forms of the fiddle, andaround the 1700’s, the stan-dardized fiddle instrumentcame to be; the design hasstayed true since then,” saidCarlson. “Fiddles were alsopopular because they weresmall, easy to carry, and solid-ly built. It was once the mostpopular instrument.”

While Carlson does nothail from Irish descendents,

she is familiar with Irish stylefiddling, and believes that Ire-land had much influence overthe development of the fiddleand various styles of music.She performed Irish inspiredsongs, including “Eavesdrop-per” and “Apples,” and ex-plained that this type of mu-sic is known for its left hand-ed techniques, such as the“roll” and the “cut,” alsoprominent in U.S. fiddling.She said these particular tech-niques give Irish music itscharacter, which points to the

origins of both pieces. Thesetwo songs are considered“jigs,” and encourage danc-ing.

Scottish music also hasstrong ties to fiddling, and in-fluenced fiddling within thestates when immigrants trav-eled over to the U.S.

Carlson added that Scot-tish immigrants in particularinfluenced the history of fid-dling in New Hampshire. Sheplayed both “Mason’s Apron”and “Big John McNeil” forthe crowd, explaining thatScottish fiddling often incor-porates several songs, andmerges them into one.

While Irish and Scottishfiddling styles have strongties to New Hampshire, Cana-da has also heavily influencedmusic styles within northernNew Hampshire, includingQuebec, a prominentlyFrench speaking area. Oddlyenough, this French Canadi-an style sparked the traditionof Cajun music, which incor-porates much dancing and

several different stringed in-struments.

She noted that the NewEngland style fiddle possess-es strong, heavy beats, whichencourage dancers to “feelthe music.” This style of mu-sic also inspired the waltz, aswell as the song, “Emelia’sWaltz.”

Audience members got ataste of history in just aboutevery style of fiddling lastThursday night, including aJewish style of fiddling, oftenplayed at traditional Jewishwedding receptions.

Fiddling also had a role inthe development of the Blues,and has the ability to matchthe tone of a human voice, oreven birdcalls, more so than astringed instrument, includ-ing the guitar. Blues songs in-fluenced by the fiddle includedifferent variations of songssuch as “Sitting on Top of theWorld,” which Carlson sangout loud for the crowd.

“Rhythm was very impor-tant to the African Americanlifestyle and the developmentof the Blues,” explained Carl-son throughout this perform-ance.

She demonstrated the styleof a few “old time” songs in-fluenced by the south, and al-so got the crowd giggling dur-ing a demo of various quick,rhythmic hand movementsnamed the “ham bone,” the“gallop,” and the “lawnmow-er.”

Through Irish, Scottish,French Canadian, bluegrass,jazz, and western-swing stylemusic, Carlson was able todemonstrate the versatilityand the significance of thefiddle, and its origins, whichinevitably influenced the tra-dition of music within theU.S., as well as the origin ofher love for music.

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LACONIA — Elliott W.Taylor, 74, of 83 Opechee St.died Friday afternoon,April 15, 2011 at Lakes Re-gion General Hospital, La-conia, with his family by hisside.

He was born Jan. 5, 1937,in Savannah, Ga., the son ofthe late John W. and EvelynC. (Kerr) Taylor. He was along time resident of Laco-nia before retiring to Orlan-do, Fla. He returned to La-

Elliott Taylor, 74

conia in 2004 to be closer tohis grandchildren.

Elliott was a restaura-teur, owning 11 restaurants.Locally, he owned ColonialHouse in Gilford, Pits Bar BQ Barn in Weirs Beach andEvergreens in Ogunquit,Maine.

After retiring to Orlando,Fla., he enjoyed working atDisney World as a cast mem-ber.

He was a member of theGilford Rotary Club, andwas a former member of theGilford CommunityChurch.

Elliott is survived by hiswife of 15 years, Diana L. Pe-terson-Taylor of Laconia;sons Thomas Taylor andScott Taylor, both of Bel-mont, Richard Taylor ofValley Village, Calif., ChrisTaylor and his wife Jenniferof Meredith, Jon Taylor ofNorthfield, Eric Bredburyof Alton and Eric and hiswife Erica Grant of Gilford;daughters Barbara Taylorof San Diego, Calif., Carrieand her husband Roger Or-dway of Laconia, Cindy

Jacks of El Dorado Hills,Calif., Kathy Bredbury ofO'Fallon, Ill. and Mary andher husband Dan Hoyt-Bourgeois of Gilford; 18grandchildren; a greatgranddaughter; his formerwife, Carole Taylor of Laco-nia; a brother, JohnLawrence, and his wifeEllen Taylor of Bloomfield,Conn.; several nieces andnephews.

He was predeceased byhis parents and a brother,Robert L. Taylor, Sr. of Wa-terford, Conn.

There were no callinghours. Friends and rela-tives were invited to attendfuneral services on Tuesday,April 19, 2011 at 11 a.m. inthe Dewhirst FuneralHome, 1061 Union Ave., La-conia, with the Rev. SharronLamothe, pastor of the Unit-ed Baptist Church of Lake-port, officiating. Burial fol-lowed in Pine Grove Ceme-tery, Gilford.

In lieu of flowers, dona-tions may be made to theMake A Wish Foundation,814 Elm St., Suite 300, Man-chester, NH 03101-2230 or onthe Web at newhamp-shire.wish.org.

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Elliott Taylor

Lots on tap at Gilford Parks & RecThird Annual Flashlight

Egg Hunt April 22

The Gilford Parks andRecreation Department issponsoring the Third Annu-al Flashlight Egg Hunt onFriday, April 22 at 7:20 p.m. atthe Gilford ElementarySchool. This program isopen to all Gilford childrenthrough the fourth grade.All participants must regis-ter in the cafeteria prior tothe event. The event will bebroken into three agegroups; Kindergarten andyounger, grades 1-2 andgrades 3-4. There is no fee forthis program, but all partici-pants should bring their ownflashlight and basket!

For more information,please call the Gilford Parksand Recreation Departmentat 527-4722.

Second Annual Breakfast

with the Easter Bunny

scheduled for April 23

The Gilford Parks andRecreation and the GilfordYouth Center are co-spon-soring the Second AnnualBreakfast with the EasterBunny on the morning ofSaturday, April 23. This pro-gram will be held from 8-10a.m. in the Fellowship Hallat the Gilford CommunityChurch. Community mem-bers are invited to come en-joy a pancake breakfast,along with a coloring con-test, door prizes and the op-portunity to take your pic-ture with the Easter Bunny.Parents are encourages tobring their own camera. Thecost for this breakfast is $3per child and $5 per adult.

For more information,please call the Gilford Parksand Recreation Departmentat 527-4722.

Red Sox bus trip tickets

open to all

The Gilford Parks andRecreation Department willbe sponsoring three trips towatch the Red Sox at FenwayPark this spring and sum-mer. The first trip is sched-uled for Saturday, May 7 tosee the Red Sox Play the Min-nesota Twins. The secondtrip is scheduled for Friday,

Local DWIrevocations

releasedCONCORD — The Direc-

tor of Motor Vehicles,Richard C. Bailey, Jr., has re-leased the following list ofDriving While Intoxicatedrevocations, noting that theactual date of revocationmay have preceded this an-nouncement.

• Gilford — Richard Dargy

Sunday, July 24 to watch theRed Sox play the SeattleMariners. The third trip isscheduled for Sunday, Sept.18 to watch the Red Sox playthe Tampa Bay Rays. Travelto and from each game willbe provided aboard a CoachCompany, Luxury Coach ful-ly equipped with climate con-trol, DVD Video System andLavatory. These trips arelimited to 53 participantseach, so register early!

For more information,please call the Gilford Parksand Recreation Departmentat 527-4722.

Annual Bike Safety

Rodeo scheduled for

Saturday, April 30

The annual Bike SafetyRodeo for Gilford children ofall ages, sponsored by the Gil-ford Police Department andthe Gilford Parks and Recre-ation Department, is sched-uled for Saturday, April 30from 10 a.m. to noon at theGilford Elementary School.Bicycle riders will ridethrough a short course to testtheir riding skills, bicycleswill be safety inspected, andparticipants will receive a li-cense from the Police De-partment. All riders will re-ceive a certificate of partici-pation and bicycle safety in-formation. The children willalso receive tips on how tokeep their bikes in good rid-ing order, obeying trafficlaws, handling their bikesskillfully, and proper fittingfor purchasing a new bike.There will also be a variety ofprizes, including helmets,water bottles, reflectors, etc.The rodeo is free of charge toall participants. In the eventof cancellation due to rain,the rodeo will be held on Sun-day, May 1 from 1 – 3 p.m. atthe Gilford ElementarySchool.

For more information,please contact the GilfordParks and Recreation at 527-

4722 or the Gilford Police De-partment at 527-4737.

Pheasant Ridge Adult

Beginners Golf Clinic

The Gilford Parks andRecreation Department issponsoring a two-day “AdultBeginners Golf Clinic” atPheasant Ridge Golf Club.The clinic is open to adultsages 18 and up, and will beheld on Wednesday May 11and Wednesday, May 18 from5 – 6:30 p.m. The clinic willbe lead by Jim Swarthout,P.G.A. Master Professionaland coach of the GilfordHigh School Varsity Team.The cost for the clinic is $60per person.

For more information,please contact the GilfordParks and Recreation De-partment at 527-4722.

Bolduc Park Golf

Programs

The Gilford Parks andRecreation Department is of-fering a variety of golf pro-grams at Bolduc Parkthrough the spring for chil-dren and adults. Youth andAdult Lessons are availableat Bolduc Park in two, three-class sessions during theevening this May and June.The session dates for youthlessons are; May 10, 17 & 24,and June 7, 14 & 21. The ses-sion dates for adults are; May12, 19 & 26 and June 9, 16 & 23.Both Sessions have an optionof a 5:30-6:30 p.m. or a 6:30-7:30 p.m. time slot. A JuniorGolf League will also beavailable for youth playerswith experience everyWednesday evening from 5 –6:30 p.m. starting June 1 andrunning through Aug. 31.

All programs have limitedavailability and registra-tions will be accepted on afirst come first served basis.For more information,please contact the GilfordParks and Recreation De-partment at 527-4722.

LRPC Brownfields Committeemeets Tuesday

MEREDITH — The LakesRegion Brownfields Adviso-ry Committee (BAC), repre-senting local officials andresidents from the region,will meet on April 26 at 2:30p.m. in the first floor confer-ence room of the HumistonBuilding, located at 103 MainSt., Meredith.

The purpose of this meet-ing is to review the status ofEnvironmental Site Assess-ments being conducted byLakes Region BrownfieldsConsultant, Credere Associ-ates, LLC, on sites previous-ly approved by the BAC. TheBAC will also discuss the se-

lection of additional sites forPhase I assessments as wellas the schedule for conduct-ing Phase II EnvironmentalSite Investigations followingthe completion of Phase I as-sessments. Funding for theLakes Region Brownfields ef-fort has been provided by theU.S. Environmental Protec-tion Agency and, in part, bythe Lakes Region PlanningCommission. BAC meetingsare open to the public.

For additional informa-tion, please contact the LakesRegion Planning Commis-sion at 279-8171, or es-enecal@lakesrpc.org.

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Nickel and dime fees can add upManaging the cash you

hold is already a challenge,given the low interest ratespaid on bank accounts, CDsand other short-term sav-ings instruments. Recentregulations have limitedwhat fees banks can chargefor various services they pro-vide, but it hasn’t stoppedthem from creating newcharges.

Many of the new fees maybe for services that were pre-viously provided for free.You will likely receive notifi-cation of these charges, butthe details can easily be lost

in the fine print. It might beworth a call to your institu-tion to determine if any newcharges are applicable toyour accounts.

Where new fees

may apply

Among the new fees youmay confront in the comingmonths are:

• ATMs – a variety of newfees are being applied to con-sumers who use AutomatedTeller Machines (ATMs).Typically, this will result inhigher charges if you use an

ATM that is not associatedwith your primary institu-tion. Most institutions won’tcharge a fee for using theirown ATMs so that is yourbest option whenever possi-ble. Since fees are usually ap-plied for each use of an ATM,it is best to minimize yourtrips to the cash machine.

• Credit card fees – keepa close eye on communica-tion from your credit cardproviders. Some are addingannual fees that might nothave existed before. For ex-ample, selected companiesmay apply a fee if the total

value of transactions onyour card does not exceed acertain dollar amount dur-ing the year. Some card is-suers are adding servicecharges to accounts whereannual spending does not ex-ceed approximately $2,500.New fees may also apply forthose individuals who havequestionable credit history.

• Paper Statements –banks are trying to cut theirown costs by encouragingcustomers to access monthlystatements online. Some arebeginning to charge a fee tosend you monthly or quar-terly account statements inpaper format. If you have in-ternet access, online state-ments can be accessed morequickly, and it reduces theamount of mail clutter athome.

• Account fees – it may be

getting harder to find op-tions such as “free” check-ing accounts. Some institu-tions are adding charges toaccounts that might not havehad them before. Again, youwill need to check with yourlocal institution and keep aneye on any communicationthey send to you.

• Personal help – somefees are being added whenyou phone your institutionfor personal assistance.While the charge may onlybe a few dollars per call, thecosts can add up if you haveto ask for help multipletimes.

• Use of debit cards – an-other fee that some banks areadding is for the use of deb-it cards. In some cases, feesof up to $3/month are beingadded to accounts where thecustomer makes use of a deb-

it card.

More costs, less service

The fees that some insti-tutions are adding may be, inpart, their way of making upfor other charges that havebeen prohibited by recentlegislation. The trend amongsome banks appears to be toprovide less personal serviceto their customers, and makebanking much more of a “do-it-yourself” process.

Options to consider willinclude searching for com-peting institutions thatwon’t charge excessive feesand consolidating your ac-counts there. If fees begin toadd up in your accounts, itmight be an appropriatetime to consider alternativesto what have been your tra-ditional banking relation-ships.

MONEY MATTERSBy Robert J. Kennelly, CFP®, Financial Advisor, Ameriprise Financial, Meredith, 279-5393 ●

New VP/loan officer joins Franklin Savings FRANKLIN — Liam S.

Moquin has joined FranklinSavings Bank as Vice Presi-dent and Commercial LoanOfficer, according to today’sannouncement by Jeff Sav-age, President and CEO.

Moquin will be responsi-ble for managing and devel-oping commercial relation-ships, working out of thebank’s Gilford office.

Moquin comes toFranklin Savings Bank fromBank of America, where heserved as Vice President, Se-nior Approval Officer ofbusiness banking. Previous-ly, he worked as a Commer-cial Loan Officer with Laco-nia Savings Bank.

According to MichaelToomey, Senior Loan Officerfor Franklin Savings Bank,“We are proud to have Liamjoin our community bank.Throughout his career,Liam has consistentlydemonstrated his strongcommitment to serving in avolunteer capacity tostrengthen our communi-ties. Liam enjoys working

with local businesses andlooks forward to workingwith them.”

Moquin is a graduate ofthe University of Houston,where he earned a Bache-lor’s degree in Business Ad-ministration and Finance.He is also a retired memberof the U.S. Air Force Re-serve. Active in communityorganizations, Moquin cur-rently serves as assistanttreasurer of his local RotaryInternational chapter and

as a mentor for youths at thePine Haven Boys Center pro-gram.

When he is not working,Moquin enjoys quality timewith his wife Patricia, chil-dren and grandchildren. Heis an avid golfer and fan ofBoston sports teams.

Franklin Savings Bank, amutual savings bank, hasprovided loan, deposit andinvestment services to thecentral and lakes region ofNew Hampshire since 1869.All deposits are insured upto the allowable limits by theFederal Deposit InsuranceCorporation. The bank hasoffices in Franklin, Bristol,Boscawen, Tilton, Laconia,New Hampton and Gilford.Investment, insurance andfinancial planning servicesare offered through Inde-pendence Financial Advi-sors, the bank’s whollyowned subsidiary. FranklinSavings Bank can bereached at 1-800-372-4445, on-line at www.fsbnh.com andon Facebook at facebook.-com/franklinsavingsbank.

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Liam S. Moquin

New tie-dying shop opens SaturdayLACONIA — Tom &

Heather Hickey are pleasedto announce their GrandOpening of a tie dye shopand make-your-own studioon Saturday, April 23.

The shop is located onRoute 3, Laconia, at WeirsBeach Go-kart track, andwill be open daily 10 a.m.-4

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Visit us and shop onlineatwww.livefreeandtiedye.com. Questions? Call Heather,387-8100.

Sandra Curtis Designs earnsGold Cornerstone Awards

GILFORD — Sandra Cur-tis Design is honored withtwo Gold CornerstoneAwards in the event spon-sored by the Sales and Mar-keting Council of the HomeBuilders & Remodelers As-sociation of New Hamp-shire (HBRANH).

The event was held onApril 7 at the Center of NewHampshire in Manchester.

The Cornerstone Awardsare presented to recognizeexcellence in the buildingindustry in several cate-gories, including Design,Renovations, and New Con-

struction. Members ofHBRANH are encouraged toenter their best work to bejudged by industry profes-sionals from across thecountry.

The categories in whichSandra Curtis Design washonored is Residential Inte-rior Design - Bedroom andBathroom Remodel.

Sandra Curtis Design,LLC is an full-service resi-dential interior design stu-dio providing clients withdesign consultation andproducts for their homes in-cluding window treatment,

flooring, lighting and furni-ture. Whether the project islarge or small, their missionis to create beautiful, cus-tomized interiors ~ spacesthat reflect the people wholive in them.

Interior Designer andowner of the firm, Sandra J.Curtis, is a professionalmember of ASID, is NCIDQ-certified with nearly twodecades of experience in in-terior design.

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LRGHealthcare annual meeting focuses on challenges, opportunities REGION — During

LRGHealthcare’s 2011 An-nual Meeting, held at theLake Opechee Inn & Confer-ence Center recently, offi-cials spoke about the chal-lenges and opportunitiesahead for the not-for-profithealthcare charitable trust.

During the financial re-port, Finance and Invest-ment Committee ChairmanDr. Robert Evans said thatthe organization finished itslast fiscal year with an oper-ating loss of $2.3 million. Hecited a number of factorsthat contributed to the fi-nancial results, including asluggish economic recoverymarked by persistent unem-ployment that has reduceddemand for discretionarycare; rising levels of chari-table care and uncollectabledebt as more people lose ac-cess to health insurance;

and the fact that the fiscalplight of both State and Fed-eral governments has re-duced Medicare and Medic-aid reimbursements.

He also explained thatthere are a number of fac-tors beyond our control thatwill continue to pose chal-lenges to our local health-care system, including theactions of the State govern-ment to further reduce re-imbursement, the diversionof uncompensated carefunds, and additional cuts tothe larger healthcare sys-tem.

Dr. Evans went on to ex-plain that, despite the chal-lenges, there is some goodnews. So far, in Fiscal Year2011, LRGHealthcare ismore than $400,000 in theblack, posting a small posi-tive operating margin eachmonth since August. He also

said that while there are anumber of factors projectedto further challenge hospi-tals’ ability to control ex-penses in the next couple ofyears, LRGHealthcare isahead of the curve in imple-menting strategies that havepositioned us well to with-stand these challenges.

Dr. Evans also spokeabout the difference be-tween the operational andcapital cycles, and the wis-dom of moving forward oncapital projects in spite ofshorter term funding chal-lenges. Some examples ofcapital investment includethe expansion and renova-tion project currently un-derway at LRGH, as well asthe recent projects complet-ed at FRH, and the InterlakesMedical Center in Meredith.Dr. Evans explained thatthese projects were all sub-

ject to third-party review,and were deemed both ap-propriate for our communi-ty’s needs, as well as fiscallysound. He also shared that,despite financial challenges,LRGHealthcare gave back toour community more than$30 million (valued at cost)in community benefit lastyear, in the form of pro-grams and services.

During the meeting,LRGHealthcare President &CEO Tom Clairmont pre-sented the Rhoda Ladd and

Sally Proctor Awards forservice to healthcare in ourcommunity. Longtime Laco-nia resident and State Rep-resentative Don Flanders re-ceived the Rhoda Laddaward, in recognition of hismany years of service toboth healthcare and the larg-er community through hiswork on the LRGHealthcareboard and through othercivic organizations. The Sal-ly Proctor Award was pre-sented to Kathy Fuller ofFranklin, whose 38-year his-

tory of work as a nurse andcare manager at FranklinRegional Hospital touchedmany lives, and whose in-volvement in her communi-ty schools and other serviceactivities improved thehealth and quality of life ofthe entire Franklin commu-nity.

To view LRGHealthcare’s2010 Annual Report or ourCommunity Benefit Report,please visit the LRGHealth-care website atwww.lrgh.org.

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Kicking off the third annual Make Your Home Beautiful, hosted by the LRGH Auxiliary (left to right): owner ofthe Home Beautiful Bruce Hamel, LRGH Auxiliary Member Barbara Tuttle, LRGHealthcare President and CEO,Tom Clairmont, LRGH Auxiliary President Nancy Paterno, South End Media Representative Kurt Muhlfelder,Mix 94.1 Morning Show Hosts, Amy Bates and Fred Caruso, LRGHealthcare Philanthropy Director BillParkinson and Vice President of the Home Beautiful Tom Dubois.

Make Your Home Beautiful raffle returns LACONIA — The Lakes

Region General Hospital Aux-iliary is pleased to announceits third annual Make YourHome Beautiful raffle.

Participants have 11chances to win a home or of-fice makeover from TheHome Beautiful. The grandprize is $5,000; first prize$3,000; second prize $2,000;third prize $1,000; two prize

awards of $250 and fiveawards of $100.

Raffle proceeds will beused to purchase high to lowsafety beds for the LRGH El-dercare unit and Staxi trans-port wheelchairs usedthroughout the hospitals.The Hi/Lo beds are designedto assist patients who havedifficulty getting in and out ofregular hospital beds, and are

identified as “high-risk” forfalls. The bed is also helpfulwhen transferring a patientwith limited mobility from awheelchair or stretcher.

“LRGHealthcare partici-pated in a state-wide initia-tive to reduce patient falls.Because the Hi/Lo bed is ca-pable of being lowered to sev-en inches from the floor therisk of a patient falling andbeing injured is greatly re-duced. The high/low bed al-so provides a better er-gonomic approach to patientcare for staff, and may reducethe risk of injury to staffwhen transferring a patientto and from the bed,” stated,LRGHealthcare Director ofMedical Safety & HealthcareManagement, Gloria Thor-ington.

Raffle tickets sell for $5each, three for $10 or the bestvalue of 10 for $25. They areon sale from now until No-vember 8, and are available atthe LRGH Gift Shop, FRH GiftShop, The Home Beautiful,Gilford Gift Outlet, Keller-haus, Lee’s Candy Kitchen atMill Falls, and The LaconiaAntique Center.

The LRGH Auxiliary sup-ports the provision of health-care in the LRGHealthcarecommunity by raising fundsto enhance patient care andprograms. Founded in 1898,the LRGH Auxiliary has along tradition of fulfillingneeds for special medicalequipment, supplies, renova-tions, patient care services,student scholarships and ed-ucational materials forLRGHealthcare.

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the intersection for fouryears. We are happy to seeDOT is now on the scene,”said Benavides.

Gilford resident SusanLeach said she was pleasant-ly surprised to hear thatDOT was currently targetingRoute 11A.

“I am glad this issue is be-ing addressed. It would benice if we could plow thesnow back a little more in thewinter. I am like a sittingduck in my car, and have tostick out half way just to seeat times,” said Leach.

Another resident of Gil-ford said she was also glad tosee that the intersection wasfinally receiving improve-

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“It’s a shame, really,” stat-ed Noonan in the letter. “Notthat you voted to oppose ouroperation, but that you did itwithout seeking out all of theavailable data. We are ex-perts in our industry, and Ican assure you of a numberof things.”

Noonan stated that the La-conia Municipal Airport isan “ideal location” in terms

of size and air traffic. He al-so touched on the economicbenefits of the proposal, andstated that this operationalone could produce a dozennew jobs in the area andbring in more than 20,000people from April – late Oc-tober.

Noonan believes that theLAA has used “big govern-ment bureaucracy” to stallthe proposal, and that thegeneral public would sup-port the idea otherwise.

“The airport is intendedto serve the community as awhole, not just a select few in

a position of power and au-thority. As Selectmen, it isyour duty to ensure that anydecision that affects the com-munity as a while and itseconomy is reviewed to thefullest extent before issuinga rule,” stated Noonan.

While business proposershave pushed to address theboard’s concerns in an open,public forum, the Selectmenagreed to keep their stanceas is, and are not in supportof skydiving operations atLaconia Airport.

SKYDIVE (Continued from Page A1)

In the meantime, he hasimmersed himself in SchoolBoard meetings, and plans tomeet and collaborate with allschool principals, as well asattend school meetings opento the public and open hisdoor to parents with variousconcerns.

While this transition isstill a work in progress,School Board members hadpositive reactions to Hem-ingway’s superintendent en-try plan.

Goals include acquiringan understanding of educa-tional goals and objectives ofGSD; to learn more about theschools, staff members, andthe community; and to ex-amine key issues in theschools during the last twoyears in an effort to under-

SUPERINTENDENT (Continued from Page A1)

stand the dynamics of deci-sion making, the impact ofprevious procedures, prac-tices and policies.

Hemingway also refers tothis transition as an “intro-duction,” and looks to strikeup a conversation over hisphilosophy, learning style,and methodology. He alsolooks to open lines of com-munication, form strong re-lationships within theschool, the town, and thecommunity, and collaboratewith the board to set realis-tic, practical goals.

In terms of collaboration,he plans to attend NewHampshire School Board As-sociation sponsored work-shops with School Boardmembers, determine imme-diate and future concerns ofthe board, work alongsidethe Administrative Leader-ship Team, work to imple-ment the best practices toraise the level of studentachievement, and to also im-prove communicationsthrough the use of a futuresuperintendent Web site.

During this time, Heming-way also aims to familiarizehimself with School Boardrules and procedures, to leaddiscussions on future goals,and to establish and addressconcerns or priorities ofboard members.

Throughout his transi-tion this spring into the sum-mer, Hemingway will alsoimmerse himself in commu-nity oriented “entry activi-ties,” and already has a list totackle, including the reviewof various policies, docu-ments, and classroom visita-tions.

Items on this list includeparticipation on the ParentAdvisory Board, participa-tion in Gilford and Gilman-ton Old Home Day, and meet-ings with the Gilford FireChief, Police Chief, Directorof Public Works, and theTown Administrator. Estab-lished entry plans also in-clude Selectmen meetingsand an introduction to the lo-cal Lion’s Club, Rotary Club,Chamber of Commerce, andother community groups.

ments. She said her son hadonce gotten into an accidentin that very intersection, andwhile he survived, his car didnot.

Several residents notedthat abutters to the intersec-tion and neighbors along theGilford Village area were al-so happy to hear about thepotential safety improve-ments to Route 11A – a townconcern for several years.

During the public hear-ing, it was also noted thatDOT did not suggest in-stalling traffic lights at theintersection. Town Adminis-trator Scott Dunn explainedthat while the state had ini-tially considered a set of

lights, the proposal seemedout of the question at thispoint.

“A set of lights was ban-tered about a previous meet-ing, yet the numbers of vehi-cles that pass through the in-tersection are not sufficientenough to install a set oflights,” said Dunn, whoadded that a set of lights alsocomes at a high price – some-thing the state might not beable to take on at this time.

At the end of the publichearing, the board agreed towrite a letter to the state, infavor of the majority of pro-posed safety improvementsto Route 11A.

Gilford student makes Johns Hopkins Dean’s listBALTIMORE, Md. — Gor-

don Scott of Gilford wasnamed to the Dean’s list foracademic excellence for thefall 2010 semester at theJohns Hopkins University.

To be selected for this hon-

or, a student must earn agrade point average of 3.5 orhigher on a 4.0 scale in a pro-gram of at least 14 credits,with at least 12 graded cred-its.

Scott is the son of Douglas

and Alison Scott, and attend-ed Gilford Middle HighSchool in Gilford.

Scott, who is majoring inmolecular and cellular biolo-gy, will graduate in May 2013.

A12 THE GILFORD STEAMER Local News APRIL 21, 2011

as the library closed downand set the stage with moodlighting, coffee, treats andall.

GHS junior Derek Guay isno stranger to the guitar, andshowed off his talents on Fri-day night, singing and pro-viding music for several ofhis peers and fellow bandmates throughout the night.Guay is already an advocatefor music, and found the li-brary’s new perspective onteens to be a refreshingchange of pace.

“I heard about this eventat school. I am also startingup an open mic at the Gun-stock Inn, and figured thiswas up my alley. I also play atlocal venues,” said Guay.

Singer and music enthu-siast Danica Baxter of GHSfind out about the event“Spoken” through her peers,and was excited to show offher vocals right downtown.

“It’s something to do atthe end of the week, andsounded really fun, so Ijumped at the chance. I’vebeen singing for a few years;the first time I ever per-formed in public was at afifth grade talent show,” saidBaxter. “I love singing infront of people.”

Baxter’s peer and GHSjunior Joshua Ritson said healso appreciated the oppor-tunity to perform at a localvenue, such as the library.

“I was surprised to seethat the library was holdingan open mic. When you thinkof the library, you don’t nec-essarily think of music, sothis is a different experienceperforming here,” said Rit-son. “I’m here to play guitarand perform in front of thecommunity. I can never passup on open mic.”

Ritson said the library al-so provided him with a lessintimating, friendly envi-ronment, and gave him achance to jam with his peersin a more relaxing atmos-phere, while still showing offhis talents to the world.

While each teen displayedindividuality through origi-nal music, self-expressionand themes of youth, younglove, and life struggles werealso evident and well “Spo-ken” during a first, of per-haps many, local open mics.

TEENS (Continued from Page A1)

PHOTO BY LAUREN TINER

High school junior Danica Baxter shows off her vocals during an eventdubbed “Spoken” in Gilford last Friday.

Genesis announces community forums REGION — In recognition

of Mental Health Month inMay, Genesis BehavioralHealth will host its annualcommunity forums.

The theme for 2011 is “Cre-ating Advocates Among Us:Community ConversationsAbout the Future of MentalHealth in the Lakes Region.”

A forum in Plymouth isscheduled for Thursday, May5 from 6 to 8 p.m. at PlymouthState University’s Ice ArenaWelcome Center. Dr. GailMears, Incoming Dean ofPlymouth State University’sCollege of Education, Healthand Human Services, willprovide welcoming remarks.

A second forum will beheld in Laconia on Monday,May 9 from 6 to 8 p.m. at Tay-lor Community, WoodsideBuilding. Ken Norton, In-coming Executive Director ofNAMI NH, will provide wel-coming remarks.

“Genesis and its patientswill face significant chal-

lenges as a result of the pro-posed budget cuts, as will somany of our communitypartners,” said MaggiePritchard, Executive Direc-tor of Genesis BehavioralHealth, “It is essential thatwe engage our stakeholdersin a conversation about whatlies ahead, and work togeth-er to advocate for the servic-es we know to be critical tothe health and well-being ofour patients and our com-munity.”

Light refreshments will beprovided at both forums.Please RSVP to KristenWelch, Director of Develop-ment and Communications,

at kwelch@genesisbh.org or524-1100, ext. 445, by April 29.Directions and parking in-formation are available onthe website at www.genesis-bh.org.

Genesis Behavioral Healthis the Lakes Region’s Commu-nity Mental Health Center,serving Belknap and South-ern Grafton Counties. A non-profit organization, Genesisprovides services and pro-grams to the community’schildren, adults and elderlyand serves over 3,000 individ-uals each year. For further in-formation, call 524-1100 or vis-it www.genesisbh.org.

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Eagle softball girls knock off defending champs

PHOTO BY JEFF LAJOIE

Sophomore Abby Harris clubbed a two-run home run in the fourthinning to propel Gilford to a 10-4 win over Franklin.

PHOTO BY JEFF LAJOIE

Sydney Strout delivers a pitch against Franklin during Gilford’s 10-4 winon April 16.

BY JEFF LAJOIEJLAJOIE@SALMONPRESS.COM

FRANKLIN – It was agreat start to the season forthe Gilford High School soft-ball team last week, as theGolden Eagles jumped outto an 8-0 lead and held on,knocking off four-time de-fending Class M championFranklin, 10-4, in chilly con-ditions at Odell Park inFranklin on April 16.

“Our offense is produc-ing early in the season,which is unusual, especial-ly on a cold day” said Gil-ford coach Joan Forge. “Andwe ran the bases smart. Wewere able to take advantageof some of their miscuesand it worked out for us.”

After beating ProspectMountain, 10-0, in the open-er a day earlier, Gilfordwasted little time in scoringagainst Franklin. PitcherSydney Strout walked in thetop of the first, and catcherPaige Laliberte sacrificedher over. With two outs,sophomore Abby Harrisroped a base hit to rightfield, plating Strout for thequick 1-0 lead.

The Eagles saw their leadgrow in the second inning,as freshman Mollie Dignanled off with an infield singleand advanced on a MelissaRyan sac bunt. Dignan stolethird base and was able toscore the second run of thegame on a passed ball. Aftera walk to Lisa Buckley in thenine-spot, shortstop MollyDietrich hit a shot to centerfield that was dropped, al-lowing Buckley to score all

the way from first base forthe 3-0 advantage. Dietrichwould score one batter laterwhen Strout helped her owncause with an RBI single upthe middle and a 4-0 Gilfordlead.

“Anytime someone has tothrow the ball, especially ona cold day like today, thingscan happen out there,” saidForge of her team’s aggres-sive play that led to threeFranklin errors.

The lead would growagain in the fourth, as Diet-rich singled and camearound to score on a passedball. With two outs, Lalib-erte reached after a droppedthird strike, setting thestage for Harris, who strokea two-run home run thatwent all the way to the fencein deep right center field.

While the Gilford batswere doing the job at theplate, Strout was just as sol-id on the mound through thefirst four innings, as she al-lowed just two hits until thefifth inning.

Dignan singled andscored in the fifth inning,and Gilford appeared well incontrol with a commanding8-0 lead.

But despite losing an out-standing senior class tograduation, perennial pow-er Franklin fought back inthe fifth, cutting the lead inhalf with four runs on threehits. Bry Danisi and JillRoberts each hit home runsin the frame, and a pair ofGilford errors allowedFranklin to get within 8-4.

“Defensively, it’s all

freshmen and sophomoresout there except for one sen-ior,” said Forge. “We made

some mistakes but theywere solid enough to get thejob done.”

Gilford tacked on twomore runs in the sixth, high-lighted by a Laliberte RBItriple and a Lisa OsborneRBI groundout that made it10-4.

Strout finished the gamein impressive fashion, strik-ing out five batters in her fi-nal two innings of work tosecure the victory. The soph-omore hurler finished theday with eight Ks and justone walk.

“She was freezing out

there but she did a wonder-ful job,” said Forge of heryoung pitcher. “We had afew double plays we turnedthat came in big spots andthose obviously helped us aswell.”

Dignan had an impres-sive day at the plate in justher second varsity game, asthe second baseman fin-ished 3-for-4 with two runsand a pair of stolen baseswhile Strout and Harriseach had two hits.

Adventuresin Sports Reporting

By JEFF LAJOIE

How about a little historylesson?

There’s a Monday everyApril that commemoratesthe first battles of the Revo-lutionary War in Lexingtonand Concord. Most of youare probably aware of Pa-triots’ Day, as it was ob-served in Massachusettsand Maine earlier thisweek, but I’m sure many ofyou haven’t taken part inthe festivities. While I per-sonally think the holidayshould be observed allthroughout New England(random fact alert: publicschools in Wisconsin get theday off), I encourage you allto take Patriots’ Day offnext year and head toBoston.

If you’re looking for areason, look no further thanthe historical significance(it’s definitely an excuse).Re-enactments of the bat-tles take place every year, al-though I can speak frompersonal experience thatthe timing isn’t ideal. Inkeeping with tradition, thebattles are re-enactedbright and early (startingaround 6 a.m.), meaningyour day will begin well be-fore any day really should.My parents dragged me andmy siblings to these battleswhen we were kids and letme tell you, nothing is par-

A busy Monday morning in Boston

ticularly exciting at thathour. Is it too much to askthat the colonists could havestarted the brouhaha a littlecloser to noon?

But while you can justifyescaping work for a day bysaying you’re there to takein all of the history Patri-ots’ Day has to offer, the re-al reason to head to Bostonis for ‘Marathon Monday.’The combination BostonMarathon/Boston Red Soxgame has been a dynamiteduo for decades, with the un-usual baseball start time of11:05 a.m. coinciding withthe race kicking off just alittle bit earlier. I can admitthat I was suspiciously illjust about every Patriots’Day in high school so I couldstay home and watch thevarious events on TV. Otherthan watching ‘The Price isRight,’ it was one of my fa-vorite things to do when Iwasn’t in school.

I did make it down toBoston for the festivities afew years ago, and it was amemorable experience.With the whole city ofBoston practically shut

down, there are all sorts ofpeople around and things tosee in addition to thegame/marathon. But if youget a chance to watch themarathon in person, it real-ly makes you feel good aboutyourself, especially towardsthe final miles. I respect theheck out of anyone thatwould ever run the race, butto see how much painthey’re in down the stretch,it makes me happy to knowthat I’m not out there my-self.

So while New Hampshiredoesn’t technically cele-brate Patriots’ Day, thatdoesn’t mean you can’tmake it your own personallittle holiday. If not for you,do it for Paul Revere, be-cause I’m pretty certain he’sa Red Sox fan. Likely not aJohn Lackey supporter, butthat’s a different story alto-gether.

Jeff Lajoie covers sportsfor the Gilford Steamer,Meredith News and Win-nisquam Echo. He can bereached at jlajoie@salmon-press.com.

Upton, Galligan lead boys’ lax in opening win

PHOTO BY JEFF LAJOIE

Gilford’s Christian Bos makes his way around a Laconia defender duringthe first half of the Golden Eagles’ 13-7 win on April 12.

BY JEFF LAJOIEJLAJOIE@SALMONPRESS.COM

GILFORD – It didn’t takelong for the Gilford HighSchool boys’ lacrosse teamto get its footing in the sea-son’s first game.

Brendan Murphy talliedjust 20 seconds into the firstquarter and Alex Boucherfollowed just over a minutelater as the Golden Eaglesdefeated Laconia, 13-7, inthe season opener for bothsquads at Gilford Meadowson April 12.

“We scored a couple ofearly goals and I think thatreally helped with our con-fidence the rest of the way,”said Gilford coach DanKallmerten. “All-in-all, Iwas pretty pleased with theway they played.”

Gilford came out flying

with the two early goals, andsenior Andy Upton made it3-0 when he weaved throughtraffic and beat Laconiakeeper Collin McCarn uphigh with 4:15 left in theopening period.

“I didn’t really expect toget out to the start we did be-cause usually when we playLaconia the games are pret-ty close the whole way,” saidUpton, who finished with ahat trick. “We knew we hadsome talent coming into thisseason so it was good to geta win under our belts.”

Upton’s goal prompted atimeout by the Sachems, asthe visitors looked sloppywith their passing and hadall sorts of trouble scoopingup ground balls.

“Scoring those earlygoals took a lot of pressure

off everyone,” said Gilfordsenior goalie Norm Harris.“It definitely relieves thepressure off me in goalwhen you have a few goallead to work with.”

Laconia picked up itsplay as a result of the time-out however, and cut intothe lead with a goal just overa minute later. But Gilfordfreshman Tre Galliganscored his first varsity goalonly 25 seconds later, as hisbouncing shot found theback of the cage to give hisside a 4-1 advantage.

Christian St. Cyr, RyanBrown, Chris Medlin andUpton all scored for the Ea-gles before halftime as theteam took an 8-3 lead intointermission.

“After three weeks ofpractice, the guys were anx-ious to start playing gamesand we looked pretty goodin the first half,” saidKallmerten. “We had a fewkids out so we had to adjustthe lineup a little bit lastminute. Some of theyounger guys stepped upand the defense did whatthey’re capable of doing inthe first half.”

Galligan picked upwhere he left off in the sec-ond half, as he scored back-to-back goals in the thirdquarter to give himself ahat trick and Gilford led 10-4. Upton, Brown and EvanKaragianis finished off thescoring in the fourth as La-conia tallied three times inthe last two minutes to closethe final gap to 13-7.

Boucher finished withfour points on the day (twogoals, two assists) while Up-ton and Galligan combinedfor six goals.

“I’m just going to keep

doing whatever I have to forus to win,” said Upton. “I re-ally think we have a goodchance to make it pretty farthis year.”

The veteran defense ledby Brendan Demo, Eli

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Stockwell, James Seager,Guy Rice and Ben Morriskept Laconia bottled up, andthe Sachems were forced tosettle for outside shots forthe majority of the game.

“The defense did a great

job and they kept control, es-pecially in the first half,”said Harris. “It’s an experi-enced group so it’s easy tocommunicate with them.They made me feel prettycomfortable back there.”

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PHOTO BY JEFF LAJOIE

Brendan Murphy scored just 20 seconds into the contest to lead Gilfordto the 13-7 win.

PHOTO BY JEFF LAJOIE

Players from both sides battle above Laconia goalie Collin McCarn as hepounces on a loose ball near his cage on April 12.

Gilford boys’ tennis, girls’ lax kick off seasonBY JEFF LAJOIEJLAJOIE@SALMONPRESS.COM

MEREDITH – After drop-ping a tough match to newDivision III foe Kearsarge inthe season-opener, the Gil-ford High School boys’ tennisteam rebounded nicely onApril 15, as the defendingClass M champs beat lastyear’s finalist, Inter-Lakes, 8-1, to improve to 1-1 on theyoung season.

“Nice to get back on thewinning track,” said Gilfordcoach Terry Wilson of thevictory. “Nothing really out-standing, just everybodyplayed well.”

Gilford got things rollingwith five wins in the singles,starting with Curt Chapin’s8-4 win over Aaron Ingari atnumber one. Andrew Kwistwas impressive at number

two, as he dispatched SvenGustafson, 8-1, while ParkerRaus was an 8-3 winner atnumber three.

Max Fisher (8-2) and TylerCaulfield (8-6) captured winsat numbers four and five,while Mason Peverly was thelone I-L winner at numbersix, edging James Curtis 8-6.

All three doubles matcheswere tight, but Gilford held

on to sweep the trio of tilts.Chapin and Kwist teamed foran 8-4 win over Ingari andGustafson at first doubles,while Raus and Fisher won8-5 at number two. Caulfieldand Curtis were 8-6 winnerover Peverly and Reese Chap-puis at third doubles.

Girls’ lacrosse falls to

Plymouth

The Golden Eagles saw amuch better result in theirsecond game of the seasonon April 14, as Gilford fell toPlymouth, 14-5, at GilfordMeadows after dropping itsopener to Derryfield, 20-4.

Kenzie Keefe was the topGilford scorer on the after-noon, as she registered threegoals to lead the offensive at-tack. Grace McLaughlin ac-counted for the other two Ea-gle tallies, with Caitlyn Cen-namo recording an assist.

In her second game in thecage, goalie Lindsey Hansonturned back 15 shots in abusy day of action.

JV baseball opens with

convincing victory

It was a great way to openthe season for the JV base-ball team on April 16, as theEagles picked up an impres-sive 15-3 win over Franklinin five innings.

On a chilly afternoon thathad temperatures at or be-low freezing, sophomoreMax Desmarais allowed justfour hits on the mound whilestriking out nine and not is-suing a walk for Gilford.

Anthony Diamantoploswent 3-for-4 with three runsscored to pace the offense,while Cam Patridge, DavidSykie, Andrew Stokes, ColbyScribner and Ross Breton allhad two hits apiece as the Ea-gles combined for 15 on theday while committing justone error in the field.

Varsity softball beats

Prospect in opener

Sydney Strout recorded 12

Gilford High SchoolSports Schedule

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Saturday, April 23

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Gilford at Newfound, 10 a.m.

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Gilford softballCatcher Paige Laliberte squares around to deliver a sacrifice bunt in the first inning of Gilford’s 10-4 winover Franklin.

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strikeouts as Gilford pum-meled Prospect Mountain,10-0, in the team’s season-opener on April 14.

Gilford exploded for eightruns in the bottom of thesixth inning on five hits, fourwalks and two sacrifice flyballs to open the flood gates.

The Golden Eagles offensepounded out 11 hits and the

defense was solid with onlytwo errors. The offense wasled by sophomore Molly Di-etrich (two hits, RBI, stolenbase), Strout (two hits, twoRBI), Alyssa Wilson (twohits, RBI), Lisa Osborne (twohits), Abby Harris (hit, twoRBI), Paige Laliberte (hit,RBI), and Mollie Dignan(hit).

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Gilford sweeps girls tennis win over Inter-Lakes

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Junior Olivia Broderick picked up the match-clinching point for Gilfordwith an 8-1 victory on April 14.

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GILFORD – After bothsquads were victorious inopening matches, the Gil-ford High School girls’ ten-nis team used its team fullof returnees to capture aconvincing 9-0 win over In-ter-Lakes High School onApril 14.

“Everyone had to movetheir feet a little bit betterand be more active afterour first match and I thinkwe did that today,” saidGHS coach Hermann De-fregger after the win.

Gilford got its first pointat number two singles, assophomore Charleyne Pan-ner defeated I-L’s Tona Lil-ley, 8-0.

“A lot of number twosstruggle with Charleyneand you can see she’s a lotmore mature out there thisyear as a sophomore,” De-fregger said.

The Lakers were playingwithout number one sin-gles player Galya Martin,who is sidelined with an ill-ness for the early portion ofthe season, and ArianaGunderson (injury) atnumber four. Without thepair in the lineup, I-L shift-ed its squad up, with soph-omore Mikaela O’Neilgrabbing the top singlesslot and Lilley competingat number two.

“Even at full strength,this would’ve been a toughmatch,” said I-L coachSteve Langevin. “In someways it was good to havethis one early in the seasonand hopefully we’ll behealthy down the road.”

Gilford’s KatelynAchorn made it 2-0 after

her 8-0 win over Kim Ryanat number four singles,while the Eagles alsopicked up wins at numbersthree (Jennifer Daviault),five (Olivia Broderick) andsix (Sarah Anderson).

The match of the day

was played at first singleshowever, as a pair of soph-

omores stayed closethroughout the match be-fore Gilford’s CheralynnCorsack edged O’Neil, 8-6.Corsack led 3-2, 5-4 and 6-5before finally holding offO’Neil for the win.

“Mikaela has a wonder-ful forehand so you reallyhave to watch out when youplay her,” said Defregger.“Cheralynn’s backhandhas improved tremendous-ly, as has her demeanor, andthat was one of her bigstrengths today. But ifMikaela plays like that go-ing forward, she will defi-nitely succeed.”

Langevin was also im-pressed with O’Neil’s ef-forts despite playingthrough an illness.

“She was definitely abright spot today, playingup at number one and stay-ing right in the match,” theI-L coach said. “She reallystepped it up against atough opponent who isprobably one of the betterplayers she’ll see thisyear.”

Corsack and Pannerteamed for a win at firstdoubles, as the pair ofsophomores beat O’Neiland Lilley, 8-3, in a well-played match despite atricky wind.

Daviault and Achornpicked up an 8-2 win at sec-ond doubles over AshleyHood and Ryan while Brod-erick and Anderson defeat-ed Valy Plaza-Erazo andMegan Reid, 8-2, to close

out the day at third doubles.“The biggest thing I’m

trying to get through to thekids is to play to their ad-vantages,” Defregger said.“If you’re athletic, movearound and make your op-ponent have to keep up. Ifyou hit the ball hard, putyourself in position to beable to do that.”

While the Eagles edgedStevens, 5-4, in the season-opener earlier in the week,Defregger was much morepleased with the way histeam played the secondtime around.

“If they played like thisthe other day againstStevens, it wouldn’t havebeen as close,” he said. “Butfirst match of the year, the

kids are nervous and theyhaven’t been outside muchdue to the weather so I washappy with the improve-ment.”

Inter-Lakes pulled out a6-3 win over Wilton-Lynde-borough in the season-opener on April 11, asO’Neil, Lilley, Ryan andPlaza-Erazo earned singlesvictories.

“That match was a real-ly good experience for thenew kids and they wereable to get some confidenceunder their belts,” saidLangevin. “Seeing somesuccess right off the batcan only bode well for thefuture, especially with howinexperienced of a team wehave.”

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Gilford’s Tim Ryan competes at the US National Freestyle Championships held at Stratton Mountain, Vt. in March.

GILFORD — Tim Ryanwrapped up his 2010-2011freestyle skiing season at theUS National Freestyle SkiingChampionships held at Strat-ton Mountain in Vermont onMarch 24-27. Ryan wasamong the top 30 halfpipeskiers in the nation who wereinvited to participate in thecompetition, finishing 18th.

The Gilford eighth graderattended Waterville ValleyAcademy full time from Jan-uary to March this yearwhere he attended school,skied and lived.

“That was an awesome ex-perience and the key to myimprovement this season,”said Ryan. “To be able to getquality coaching every dayand ski with really goodteammates was the best partof the winter.”

Ryan grew up snowboard-ing at Gunstock from age fiveto 11 and then switched to ski-ing after trying a friend’s skisone day. His freestyle skiinglargely self-taught at Gun-stock over the past threeyears, Ryan met a WVAcoach at a camp last year whoencouraged him to look into

the school. He knew it was agood fit after visiting severaltimes in the fall.

“The classes took somegetting used to because it waseither just one or two stu-dents working with theteacher, but you could reallyget so much done. And I knewI needed coaching if myfreestyle skiing was going toprogress.”

As a member of the WVAFreeride A Team, they trav-eled northern New Englandtaking part in the US Ski andSnowboard Association (US-SA) Eastern Freestyle Touron weekends.

“Being able to compete atso many different mountainsand parks was incredible,”he said.

Ryan’s WVA Freeridecoaches, Dan Shuffleton andGreg Ruppel, traveled withand coached the entire teamat each event. They werepleased with his progressionthroughout the season. Theteam trained on snow andtrampolines together allweek, working to developnew skills and perfect exist-ing ones. During the summer

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the snow is replaced by wa-ter ramps, trampolines anddry-land training.

At the Eastern Regional

Freestyle Championshipsheld at Waterville Valley inearly March Ryan finishedfourth in the Halfpipe andseventh overall (Halfpipe,Slope Style and Aerials). Atthe conclusion of the compe-tition he was named “East-ern Freestyle Halfpipe Rook-ie of the Year.”

His results throughout theseason earned him an inviteto compete in Halfpipe at the

Junior Nationals held inSteamboat Springs, Colo.and later the US Nationals atStratton.

“To be invited to those twoevents really made my yearbecause I was able to com-pete with some of the elitefreestyle skiers in the coun-try. It motivated me andshowed me where I need tobe to get to the next level.”

Ryan is currently spon-

sored by Volkl skis, Markerbindings and works closelywith Piche’s Ski and SportShop in Gilford.

“Piche’s and my sponsorswere huge for me this yearbecause this sport can behard on equipment, so hav-ing great sponsors andequipment and the Piche’steam behind me was great,”said Ryan. “Even though thecompetition season just fin-ished, I can’t wait to trainthis summer and get on thesnow to compete next year.”

WOLFEBORO — TheMuddy Moose Trail Races re-turn to Wolfeboro on May 1.

The Muddy Moose con-sists of two races, one a four-mile race and the other a 14-mile race. Both races are runthrough the woods on trails,logging roads and a wide va-riety of surfaces. Runnerscan expect to find plenty ofmud and even some snowalong the way.

Registration for the raceis now open online atwww.runreg.com/events/register.asp?EventID=2662 andrunners can sign up betweennow and April 29.

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