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Alvin B. Milchen, 85, for-merly of Amherst and Nashua, NH and Lexington, MA, died on July 27, 2009 after a courageous battle with Alzheimer’s. Mr. Milchen was born on June 15, 1924 in Boston, MA. He was the son of Harry and Frances Milchen. He graduated from the Boston Latin School, University of Pennsylvania, and the Wharton School of Busi-ness. He was a 1st Lt. during World War II and a navigator on B17’s. He was National Accounts Manager for Sharp Industries and later an In-dependent Rep for the Food Service Industry. Al enjoyed tennis, music and woodworking. Family mem-bers include his wife, Jane (Steele) Gallagher Milchen of Amherst, NH; a son, Jeffrey Milchen and his wife, Jennifer of Bozeman, Mon-

tana; a stepson, Stephen Gal-lagher and his wife, Sarah of Fairfax, VA; a stepdaughter, Laurie Gallagh-er Holder and her husband, Rick Holder of Amherst, NH; seven grand-children, Bai-ley Hutchinson and her hus-band, Jeremy of Greenfield, NH, Chris, McKin-ley and JoJo

Curro, all of Amherst, NH, Charles, Carrie and Douglass Gallagher, all of VA; two great grandchildren, Logan and Avery Hutchinson of Green-field, NH. A small family memorial service will be held at a later date in Amherst, NH. Smith & Heald Fu-neral Home, 63 Elm Street, Milford, is handling arrangements. To leave an online condolence, please go to www.smith-heald.com

Alvin B. MilchenWWII Vet, National Accounts Rep

Mary GokeyAMHERST – Mary Gokey, 77,

resident of Amherst died August 22, 2009 at the Elliot Hospital, Manchester.

She was born in Boston, MA on July 30, 1932, a daughter of the late John A. and Carmella (Parsi) Del-Corso.

Mrs. Gokey was raised and edu-cated in Roslindale, MA and gradu-ated from Roslindale High School.

She has been a resident of Am-herst for more than 30 years.

In her younger years, she had worked for John Hancock Insur-ance Company, Boston, MA.

Mrs. Gokey was an avid reader, enjoyed trips to the ocean, going to

yard sales and flea markets. She was a loving wife, a devoted mother and grandmother.

Family members include her hus-band of 53 years, Frederick J. Gokey of Amherst; three daughters, Car-olyn Gokey of Manchester, Ruth P. Connolly of Lewisburg, PA and Jennifer K. Chandler of Milford; a son, John F. Gokey of Pawtucket, RI; three granddaughters and two grandsons.

There are no services. Smith & Heald Funeral Home, 63 Elm Street, Milford, is handling arrangements. To leave an online condolence, please go to www.smith-heald.com

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Open Mic Night at First Thursday Event at the Currier Museum of Art

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Boys & Girls Club of Souhegan Valley Goes Green

MILFORD – Youth members of the Boys & Girls Club of Souhegan Valley were able to learn about the importance of recycling in a fun and exciting way during “Go Green Week” at Camp Souhegan. Campers were encouraged to bring in and use recycled products to design robots for the weekly camp competition. The teen groups also created a recy-cled percussion band and performed for the whole camp at the end of the week. Teen campers brainstormed ideas at camp and used recycled items such as milk cartons, card-

board boxes, and trash bins to put together a “green” performance.

“It’s good to recycle and you can make cool things like robots and music,” stated second-grader Emily Garib. “You don’t have to just make music with instruments; you can make it with cans and other recy-clables.”

“I learned that even though it isn’t Earth Day or any kind of special clean-up day, we can still pick up trash,” stated Nicole Barrett, a sec-ond-grade camper. “Don’t pass it up, pick it up!”

MANCHESTER — Creativity will flow in different forms at the Cur-rier Museum of Art as poetry joins with art. On Thursday, September 3, from 5:30 to 7:30pm, the Currier is hosting an Open Mic Night featur-ing New Hampshire’s Poetry Slam team fresh off their participation in the National Poetry Slam. A poetry slam combines poetry and perfor-mance and on this evening the NH Poetry Slam Team will share their creative expression of language and performance with museum visitors. Visitors are invited to join in on the

slam and share their own poem. This special First Thursday event

features a social hour from 5:30-6:30pm; a 15-minute Talk ‘Poet-ry and Art’ at 6pm; the NH Poetry Slam team from 6:30-7pm; and an Open Mic period from 7-7:30pm.

This evening is free with museum admission: $10 for adult non-mem-bers, $9 for seniors (65 and older), $8 for students (with student ID), free for children 17 and under, and free for members. Reservations can be made online at www.currier .org or by calling 669-6144 x 108.

MILFORD – The youth members of the Boys & Girls Club of Souhe-gan Valley raised over $400 for the SHARE Organization through a “Kiss A Python” fundraiser. The Boys & Girls Club of Souhegan Val-ley partnered with the Wadleigh Memorial Library to support the Li-brary’s Read to Feed summer read-ing programs. The fundraiser al-lowed campers to place money in camp counselors’ jars, and the coun-selor who raised the most money had to kiss a python on stage on July

15th. The teen group that donated the most money was able to visit and tour the SHARE site in Milford to understand the operation of the organization and how their dona-tion helped.

“We got to take a tour and learn about the people who use SHARE and how everything works there,” stated sixth grader Jared Blanc who donated $55 of his own money to the fundraiser. “I think SHARE is a great program because it helps peo-ple who need it the most.”

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