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THURSDAY, APRIL 2, 2015 GILFORD, N.H. - FREE
The coats off their backsEllacoya General Store makes winter a little warmer
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Nikki Brandt, manager of the Ellacoya Store and Deli in Gilford, organized a winter coat drive that benefited local families through the LRCS Family Resource Center in Laconia.
GILFORD — Often we read about service orga-nizations aiding people in myriad ways. But in-dividuals with an idea, focus and persistence of-ten step up to help orga-nizations in their com-munity efforts.
Nikki Brandt, manag-er at the Ellacoya Gen-eral Store and Deli in Gilford, is a good exam-ple. Brandt sponsored a coat drive this winter at
the store which netted an impressive amount of donations for Lakes Region Community Ser-vices’ Family Resource Center of Central New Hampshire in Laconia.
Brandt began think-ing about this because of her own life experience.
“I have four kids, and I’ve had to go to places for help before I started working, when we only had my husband’s wag-
es,” Brandt says. But she wasn’t think-
ing primarily of children for this effort.
“Some coats were do-nated for all ages, but mostly adults. There are many things done to help children. There isn’t too much thought for their parents. And parents spend what they have for their kids, not themselves” she said.
This past frigid win-ter led Brandt to think about warm coats.
“We have a chalk board at the store for spe-cials, and we just used that and word of mouth to let people know,” she said.
It was enough. During the month of January many, many coats—in the end, three and a half large trash bags full—were donated. They in-cluded both dress and work coats, and some really high quality mer-
chandise. “People really stepped
up. Some coats were new. Some customers donated the coats off
their backs,” recalls Jo-anne Piper Lang, Direc-tor of Development at LRCS.
Finding a recipient
for the donations though was initially trouble-some.
“That was the longest SEE COATS PAGE A11
School district’s administrative staffing
plans criticizedBY ERIN PLUMMER
A proposed plan to reduce and shift lead-ership positions in the school district has been met with criticism and concern from a number of residents.
Last Tuesday, par-ents and other town residents, as well as ad-ministrators, teachers, and staff members met for a forum to discuss proposed restructuring in the district’s leader-ship team. The proposal has been discussed for a while, though talk came more to the surface fol-lowing the resignation of Gilford Middle School Principal Sydney Leg-gett. Current Gilford High School Principal Peter Sawyer will take the GMS position on July 1.
Superintendent Kent Hemingway said the members of the lead-ership team have been looking at options for re-structuring in the wake of declining school en-rollments. Hemingway said this was a way of dealing with the issue in the most proactive way possible and not being “under the gun” of an impending budget dead-line or immediate crisis.
The current enroll-ment numbers for the district that were report-ed to the state on Oct. 1 show a total of 11,094 students. Hemingway said those numbers are projected to decrease in the next few years, nota-bly at the middle school. By the 2018-2019 school year, enrollment at the middle school is project-ed to decrease almost 22 percent. In contrast, the decline projections for the elementary school are 1.3 percent, and the high school is project-ed at 2.5 percent. Given the size of the eighth grade and the incoming freshmen from Gilman-ton, Hemingway said it appears projections for the high school will be flat. Gilmanton, on the other hand, recently ap-proved modular class-rooms to accommodate
the growth in their pop-ulation.
The position of assis-tant principal at Gilford Elementary School was previously eliminated, an action that Heming-way said was conten-tious in the community. Hemingway said that state standards recom-mend an assistant prin-cipal for schools of more than 500 students though they are not necessarily needed for schools with below 300 students.
He said the evalua-tion team is looking at staffing issues relative to enrollment status. There have been issues with the balance of adminis-trators and teacher su-pervision, especially in the elementary school. The principal at the el-ementary school is now responsible for all teach-er and staff supervision, whereas the high school has a principal, assistant principal, and a number of director positions.
Hemingway said the schools are safe and dis-cipline issues as a whole have been declining and there have been fewer reported incidents.
As the middle school is projected to have a population under 300 students in the next few years, he said having a full time position of as-sistant principal is not necessary. Responsibil-ities can be shifted else-where among other po-sitions. For example the elementary school does have staff member Dave Stephens act as manager of discipline and he does receive compensation for that position.
Hemingway said they are planning to extend the building level roles of directors. In the middle school especially, they would want those kinds of directors centered on language arts and writ-ing as well as sciences and math. There will be a greater need for teach-er supervisory roles at the elementary and mid-dle school levels than at the high school.
The curriculum coor-SEE SCHOOL PAGE A11
Students share their views for speech contest
erin Plummer
GHS students took part in the Gilford Rotary’s Four Way Speech Contest. From left to right: judge Shelley Proulx, timekeeper Peter Sawyer, contestant Ryan DuBois, contestant Stratton Coleman, contestant Max Troiano, judge Don Clarke, judge Alice Boucher, judge Chris Ray, and emcee Kent Hemingway.
BY ERIN PLUMMER
Three Gilford High School students shared their perspectives on different important is-sues during the Gilford Rotary Club’s Four Way Speech Contest.
The Four-Way Speech Contest is a project of the Gilford Rotary, and is open to Gilford High School students to par-ticipate. Students read their speeches during the contest on Wednes-day night that was em-ceed by superintendent Kent Hemingway.
On Wednesday, three GHS seniors read their speeches before a pan-el of judges including Chris Ray, Don Clarke, Alice Boucher and Shel-ley Proulx. The event
The speech was sup-posed to talk about the aspects of the Four Way Test on their lives. The Rotary’s Four-Way Test is: 1)“Is it the truth?” 2) “Is it fair to all con-
cerned?” 3) “Will it build goodwill and bet-ter friendships?” and 4) “Will it be beneficial to all concerned?”
Prizes were offered for first, second, and third place; meaning prizes were awarded to all entrants.
Stratton Coleman took first place in the
contest with her speech on of racial injustice in the United States, which she said lives in many facets of society.
She spoke of her own Irish immigrant ances-tors who were poor and societal outcasts. She said poverty is a major driving force in racial injustice, citing that
a third of poor men of color are in prison or on probation. She said many people will go along with the racial in-justice in society out of a fear of not appearing faithful enough to per-ceived American values and exceptionalism.
Coleman said, as SEE SPEECH PAGE A11
Penny Pitou Travel celebrates 40 years
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Penny Pitou Travel’s Executive Vice President Kim Terrio and President Penny Pitou with the cake by White Mountain Cupcakery celebrating the company’s 40 years in business.
BY ERIN PLUMMER
LACONIA — Penny Pitou Travel celebrated four full decades in busi-ness at the annual Pass-port to the Word Travel Tradeshow.
On Saturday, ven-dors from cruise ships to resorts to travel tours and beyond gathered at the Margate Resort for the annual Passport to the World Travel Trade-show. The show was a one-stop resource for people looking for infor-mation or to book on a variety of vacation op-tions.
The show is organized by Penny Pitou Travel. Kim Terrio, Executive Vice President of Pen-ny Pitou Travel, said it
seemed numbers were a little down this year, though there was high enthusiasm.
“The feedback I’ve been getting from the vendors is people here are excited for this
show,” Terrio said. She said most people
have been coming to the show with more of a focus on specific travel ideas and going right to the companies that can provide that.
At the show, Penny Pitou Travel officially celebrated 40 years in business with a special cake made by White Mountain Cupcakery of North Conway.
Aug. 1, 1974, Penny Pitou officially opened her new company Penny Pitou Travel. Terrio said they decided to celebrate the 40th anniversary at the travel show.
The business marked Pitou’s career shift from being a ski racer and in-
SEE PITOU PAGE A12
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BY MOLLY HARPER
Library Correspondent
One of the original 13 colonial states, New Hampshire has had a long time to build a his-tory full of humorous tall tales, fables, and cultural anecdotes. New Hampshire residents are frequently described by “flatlanders” as laid-back, but with a unique Yankee sense of humor. I’m sure you can easi-ly think of a person or situation in which the “New Hampshire-ness” of a person has resulted in a good chuckle. Our unique state and culture (not to mention our ac-cent!) is something to be proud of, and has been the butt of many jokes and humorous musings.
The Gilford Public Library has hosted a number of popular pro-grams in the past that poked gentle fun at the people and history of the Granite State, and we are fortunate enough to be able to offer another! Our latest program to take a humorous look at our great state and the
people who reside here is “New Hampshire – A State of Mind.” Present-ed by UNH Professor Carl Lindblade, this pro-gram will take place on Thursday, April 9 from 6:30 – 7:30 p.m. This pre-sentation will highlight Colonial Days, New Hampshire political tra-ditions, its culture, and more! Carl will take our audience through New Hampshire’s uniquely funny history from the time of King George II to the present.
A lecturer in the hos-pitality management department at UNH and a true New Hampshire native, Carl began his hotel career at the Bal-sams Resort in Dixville Notch and for the past 40+ years has operated 3&4 star hotels. In ad-dition to years of hands on experience he brings a commitment to com-munity and industry service. Among his as-signments he was a del-egate to the 1995 White House Conference on Travel and Tourism, Interim Director of the
New Hampshire office of Travel and Tourism Development, Innkeeper of the Year, Travel Per-son of the Year, and Past President of the New Hampshire Lodging and Restaurant Association. He enjoys teaching now because he gets a chance to share his many expe-riences with students.
This program is pro-vided in part by the UNH Speakers Bureau, an outreach service made possible by volunteer speakers from among the faculty and staff who teach, conduct research, study and work at UNH. This program is free and open to the public. Con-tact the Gilford Public Library at [email protected] or 524-
6042 for more informa-tion.
Classes & Special Events
Thursday, April 2Toddlertime, 10:30-
11:15 a.m.Open Painting at the
Library, 1:30-3:30 p.m.C o n v e r s a t i o n a l
French Class, 3:30-4:30 p.m.
Magic School Bus Adventures, 3:30-4:30 p.m. Ms. Frizzle and her classroom are coming to the library! Join us each month as we investi-gate different aspects of the science world. We’ll do some experiments, watch a video and chat about the results over a snack.
Crafter’s Corner,
6-7:30 p.m.
Friday, April 3 Storytime (Ages three
to five years) 10:30-11:15 a.m.
Social Bridge, 10:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.
Knit Wits, 1:30-2:30 p.m.
Conversational Ger-man Class, 2:30-3:30 p.m.
Monday, April 6Mahjong, 12:30-3 p.m.Lego Legion, 3:30-4:30
p.m.
Tuesday, April 7 Social Bridge, 10:30
a.m. - 12:30 p.m.Storytime (Ages three
to five years) 10:30-11:15 a.m.
Babygarten (Birth - 18 months), 11:15-11:45 a.m.
Drop-In Rug Hooking, 10:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.
National Poetry Month: Poetry Party, 6-7 p.m. Join us in cele-brating National Poetry Month with a Poetry Party! Part of a week-long, state-wide celebra-tion, this Poetry Party is a chance for people of all ages to come together to simply read, recite, or listen to poems they know and love. Bring a poem to share or just come to listen. Light re-freshments will be pro-vided.
Wednesday, April 8Line Dancing for Be-
ginners, 9-10 a.m.Check – Out – An – Ex-
pert!, 10 a.m. - noon.
Mary Butler Chapter Annual Pot Luck Luncheon honors Chapter Award winner
Nominee Karen Sullivan wins the New Hampshire DAR Outstanding Teacher of American History Award
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Pictured left to right: Karen Sullivan, NH DAR American History Teacher of the year winner and Mary Butler Regent Rosalie Babiarz.
LACONIA — The Mary Butler Chapter of DAR began their new year with its annual Pot Luck Luncheon meeting on Monday, March 16 at the Gilford Community Church. Hostesses for the event were Barbara St. Pierre, Polly Towle, and Darlene Sellars.
A special guest of the meeting was Karen Sullivan, New Hamp-shire DAR Outstanding Teacher of American History winner. Ms. Sul-livan was Mary Butler’s nominee for New Hamp-shire State DAR Ameri-
can History Teacher of the year and is an Amer-ican History teacher at Holy Trinity School in Laconia.
Helen Holbrook was announced as Mary But-ler’s nominee for the DAR New Hampshire Profile Award for her Service and Patriotism to the Mary Butler Chap-ter and the local commu-nity.
The Mary Butler Chapter of DAR meets the third Monday of the month from March through December. Vis-itors and perspective members are welcome at meetings. For more in-formation, contact Reg-istrar Mary Flaherty at
524-0723.The National Soci-
ety Daughters of the American Revolution was founded in 1890 to
promote patriotism, pre-serve American history, and support better edu-cation for our nation’s children. Its members are descended from the patriots who won American independence during the Revolution-ary War. With more than 165,000 members in ap-proximately 3,000 chap-ters worldwide, DAR is one of the world’s largest and most active service organizations. To learn more about the work of today’s DAR, visit www.DAR.org.
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LACONIA AIRPORT AUTHORITY The Appointive Agency for the Laconia Airport Authority is seeking applications for two volunteer positions on the Authority. The Authority typically meets once a month, in the late afternoon. Two, four-year terms are available and will be filled in April, 2015. One must be filled by a resident of Laconia and the other by a resident of Gilford. The ide-al candidate for appointment to the Authority is a person with an interest in the success and continued growth of the Lakes Region. Although some specific knowledge of, or interest in, aviation itself is not a requirement, it is de-sirable. Application letters are to include background and qualifications. Letters will be accepted through Friday, April 10, 2015, only to:
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Flashlight egg huntfor Gilford childrenscheduled for April 3
The Gilford Parks and Recreation Depart-ment is sponsoring their Annual Flashlight Egg Hunt on Friday, April 3 at 7:25 p.m. at the Gilford Elementary School.
This program is open to all Gilford children through the fourth grade. All participants must register in the Caf-eteria prior to the event. The event will be broken into three age groups; Kindergarten and younger, Grades 1-2 and Grades 3-4. There is no fee for this program, but all participants should wear appropriate foot-wear for conditions and bring their own flash-light and basket!
For more informa-tion, please call the Gilford Parks and Rec-reation Department at 527-4722.
Breakfast with the Easter Bunny
scheduled for April 4 The Gilford Parks
and Recreation and the Gilford Youth Center are co-sponsoring their Annual Breakfast with the Easter Bunny on the morning of Saturday, April 4. This program will be held from 8:00-10:00 a.m. in the Fellow-ship Hall at the Gilford Community Church. Community members are invited to come en-joy a pancake breakfast along with a coloring contest, door prizes and the opportunity to take your picture with the Easter Bunny. Parents are encourages to bring their own camera. The cost for this breakfast is $3 per child and $5 per adult.
For more informa-tion, please call the Gilford Parks and Rec-reation Department at 527-4722.
Southern Charm Tour – Informational Night
on April 15 The Gilford Parks
and Recreation Depart-
ment is partnering with Collette Tours and Pen-ny Pitou Travel to offer a seven-day “Southern Charm” tour from April 3-9, 2016. This tour will include stops in Charles-ton, Savannah, Jekyll Island, Jacksonville, St. Augustine and much more! Interested partic-ipants are invited to join us for an informational slide show and sign-up night at the Gilford Town Hall on Wednes-day, April 15 at 5:30 p.m. Any interested partic-ipants are welcome to attend and are asked to please RSVP for the slide show with the Parks and Recreation Office at 527-4722.
For more information on the trip, please call Kim Terrio from Putou Travel at 524-2500.
Senior Moment-um Bowling at Funspot
on April 6 The Gilford Parks and
Recreation Department is Sponsoring a Senior Moment-um Program on Monday, April 6. We will meet at the bowling counter at Funspot in the Weirs at 10:30 a.m. Participants will have a choice of candlepin or tenpin. The cost will be $4 per game, which in-cludes free shoe rental. After bowling, if you’re up for it, you can hang out and try your luck at some of the games or grab a slice of pizza. So come join us…and have a “ball!” Participants are asked to RSVP with the Parks and Recre-ation Dept. by April 3.
Senior Moment-um Dinner and Dance – Senior/Senior Prom
on April 22 The Gilford Parks and
Recreation Department in conjunction with the GHS Student Council and GHS Interact Club, is sponsoring a Senior/Senior Prom dinner and dancing evening for par-ticipants of the Senior
Moment-um Program. This activity is sched-uled for Wednesday, April 22. Participants will meet in the Gilford High School Lobby at 5 p.m. for a sit-down Din-ner, followed by a Se-nior/Senior prom with members of the High School Senior Class at 6 p.m. There is no fee for this program, but space is limited and partici-pants must RSVP’s with the Parks and Recre-ation Department. Par-ticipants are also asked to provide song requests in advance.
To RSVP or for more information, please con-tact the Gilford Parks and Recreation Depart-ment at 527-4722.
Tickets available for Red Sox bus trip on
July 31The Gilford Parks
and Recreation Depart-ment will be sponsoring a bus trip to watch the Red Sox at Fenway Park this summer. The trip is scheduled for Friday, July 31 to see the Red Sox play the Tampa Bay Rays. Travel to and from the game will be provid-ed aboard a Coach Com-pany, Luxury Coach fully equipped with cli-mate control, DVD vid-eo system and lavatory. This trip is limited to 53 participants, so register early!
Cost: $65 per person or $240 for a four-pack
For more informa-tion, please call the Gilford Parks and Rec-reation Department at 527-4722.
Opechee Garden Clubreports on the State of the Loon
at their April meeting
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Harry Vogel, Executive Director of the Loon Preservation Committee, has been researching and studying loons for decades. At his presentation for the Opechee Garden Club’s April meeting, he will report on the progress that may have taken the loon off the endangered species list and tripled the loon population.
On Monday, April 6 at 1 p.m., at the Gilford Community Church, 19 Potter Hill Rd. in Gil-ford, the Opechee Gar-den Club will begin its 76th year with a Busi-ness Meeting, followed by a program, “The State of The Loon -- The Natu-ral History, Challenges & Successes of the Loons in New Hampshire”, pre-sented by Harry Vogel, Senior Biologist and Ex-ecutive Director of The Loon Preservation Com-mittee.
Harry Vogel has been studying loons for more than 20 years, first as a researcher, then a Project Biologist for the Canadian Lakes Loon Survey of Bird Studies Canada, and now with the Loon Preservation Committee. He is also the Co-Chair of the Northeast Loon Study Working Group, a con-sortium of government and non-governmen-tal organizations from throughout the New England states and the Canadian Maritimes, working on issues affect-ing loons and other wild-life in the Northeast.
Since its creation in 1975, when concern about a dramatic de-cline in the loon popu-lation was recognized, The Loon Preservation Committee’s mission has been to restore and maintain a healthy population of loons in throughout New Hamp-shire, and to monitor the health and productivity of loons as sentinels of environmental quality. Through the efforts of the LPC the population
of loons has more than tripled since they were first listed as a “threat-ened species” in 1979. The Loon Preservation Committee was one of the first organizations anywhere to show that it was possible to reverse the decline.
In his presentation, Mr. Vogel will speak about the Loon Pres-ervation Committee’s continuing work to safe-guard New Hampshire’s loon population, as well as the special place they hold in the hearts of New Hampshire residents as a unique symbol of New Hampshire’s wild lakes.
Hospitality Chairs, Mary Lou John and
Joyce McMath, and their committee, Bev Martin, Elaine Gagnon, Nancy Fuchs, Patsy Moore, Eileen Russilil-lo, Susan Primeau, Flor-ence Merrill, Cynthia McNutt, Beth Clow and Eleanor Swain will pro-vide refreshments and table decorations.
Opechee Garden Club is a member of the New Hampshire Federation of Garden Clubs, and the National Garden Club, and welcomes new members. The Opechee Garden Club meets on the first Monday of most months, at 1 p.m., at the Gilford Community Church, 19 Potter Hill Rd., Gilford.
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Little chubby CHIA really is the perfect pet. She found herself depos-ited like lost luggage at a shelter in Texas, and luckily for her, found herself travelling to the weather cold, but people warm, North, to New Hampshire.
Chia loves, loves, loves to be cuddled. It’s her primary job, to sim-ply sit in a lap and snug-gle. Pick her up and hear the most adorable snuf-fling sounds and then be ready to spend however much time you wish cuddling this irresist-
ibly cute tan Chihuahua girl.
She has spent time with other dogs, but giv-en her ready devotion to a human that will love her, she really is all the dog anyone could need. Obviously she requires a woolen coat when ven-turing outside, but real-ly, it’s time now, for her forever home.
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Some context for the Red-tailed Hawk debateEditor’s note: The
following guest com-mentary was submitted by Rep. Christy Dolat Bartlett of Concord in response to the editorial published in last week’s edition concerning the debate over a bill submit-ted by a group of fourth grade students from Hampton Falls to have the Red-Tailed Hawk named our state raptor.
While we appreciate Rep. Bartlett’s attempt to shed light on why there was such vehement oppo-sition to the students’ bill, we still fail to understand what harm its passage would have done, or how simply rubber-stamping it and letting the students go home with a sense of pride in their state’s government would have besmirched New Hamp-shire’s legislative process any more than the nega-tive publicity generated by the comments made during the debate.
While jets crash, ter-rorists strike, and our state budget challeng-es loom, an astounding amount of attention has been devoted to the red-tailed hawk bill. In case you missed it, the state Legislature defeated a fourth-grade class pro-posal to make the hawk our state raptor, and the floor debate included a remark equating the hawk’s behavior with abortion.
This seemingly banal original issue has be-come a national, and in-deed, an international is-sue fueled by adults. I’ve tried to allow the bill a dignified demise, as is the fate of three quar-ters of the bills filed in the House every year. However, I feel I need to provide some context, as the original objection to this bill has been lost or misunderstood.
As a legislator, I con-sider our job is to solve problems. I try to glean from the hundreds of bills which ones deserve to become law because they provide workable solutions to real prob-lems. As charming as the fourth graders were in proposing the hawk, we were concerned with the proliferation of this type of bill, particularly in a year when we are asked by leaders of both parties to focus on the budget and fiscal mat-
ters. We did not think that the lack of a state raptor is a pressing problem. Only one other state has a state raptor, and New Hampshire has a state bird already.
The New Hampshire Legislature is part-time, virtually volunteer and meets annually to be-tween January and June to review upwards of 1,000 bills-each poten-tially a new law-and also prepare and vote on a state budget. The week of the raptor matter, we voted on an astounding 246 bills, on Wednesday and Thursday.
In order to file, pub-lish, distribute and review all bills, the 21 House committees meet once or twice a week with members commut-ing from all over the State. Every single bill receives a public hear-ing. Then the bill goes to a work session, and then to an executive ses-sion to vote making a recommendation to the full House. Every bill, no matter how trivial or profound, gets an up or down vote. So each bill represents a signifi-cant investment of time and resources, from the legislators themselves to the people who come to testify (including numerous senior state employees), legislative research staff, printing, mailing, and so on.
We understand that New Hampshire fourth graders study New Hampshire History and government. The Legis-lature has received a se-ries of bills naming var-ious state symbols. In 1983, the state animal, the white-tailed deer, was named. In recent years, the state fruit, drink, bird, game fish vs fresh water fish, reptile & amphibian (sub-sets of animals), the state rock, gem, or mineral have all been named. Two years ago, we famously declared the white po-tato the state vegetable. And if you recall, that made national news in thinly veiled comments about how we in the New Hampshire Legisla-ture had nothing better to do. Additionally, the House has three other state symbol bills filed this year: a state poem, a state wildcat and a state fossil.
The students had
Do feeders create dependency?
BY STEVE WHITE
Wild Bird Depot
Feeding wild birds, especially during the winter months, general-ly is assumed to be ben-eficial. But could there be a downside to this en-joyable hobby that over 63 million people partici-pate in? If birds become overly dependent on hu-mans and their feeders, would they fail to devel-op, or lose, the ability to forage efficiently on nat-urally occurring foods?
Our loyal costum-ers and listeners to our radio show have many questions regarding this topic. We will be using an actual scien-tific study to help you understand this ongoing debate about serving food to wild birds and then you decide. This will be a two-part series. Today’s article will de-scribe, in detail, the ac-tual process used in the
study. Next article, we will report the findings and conclusions of this exhaustive study.
From 1984-1988, Pro-fessor Margaret Britting-ham of the University of Wisconsin conducted scientific studies involv-ing black-capped chick-adees. Chickadees are one of the smallest birds that remain in the north during winter. They are also one of the most common resident birds found in most regions of the northern range of the USA. The small body size and high met-abolic rate create a large need for energy. They spend much of the day-light hours foraging for food. At night, they roost in protected areas and become hypother-mic. Even with this pro-cess, chickadees can lose 10% of their body weight overnight. They must find food to survive each and every day during the winter months.
Professor Britting-ham decided to compare two very distinct groups of chickadees in the Wisconsin regions. She banded both groups with the help of volunteers and monitored their food intake. The first group of chickadees, about 35, had never seen bird feed-
ers. We know that chick-adees have a limited feeding range, approx-imately one mile. She chose an area of woods miles away from any human habitat. The sec-ond group of chickadees was located in the same region, but near human feeders that had been in existence for over 20 years. These potential-ly-dependent birds were about 49 in total. The col-or coded bands allowed researchers to monitor the number of visits to feeders filled with sun-flower seeds that each bird used prior to the start of the study.
Both groups were ob-served in their natural surroundings for two years. After that, she had the volunteers im-mediately remove all bird feeders from the second group before the next winter season ap-proached. Both banded groups of chickadees would experience the same weather during the upcoming October-April study period. Aver-age low temperatures were below freezing with many days during this time frame below zero. No attempts were made to offer any human foods sources.
After generations of
human feeding, would the second group of chickadees know how or where to search for natural foods sourc-es? Could these feed-er-dependent birds sur-vive a typical winter without succumbing to the elements?
In our next article, we will answer these and many more questions regarding wild bird de-pendency on backyard bird feeders. In the meantime, enjoy the ex-traordinary sights that birders are experiencing this winter season. It is probably the best in over a decade.
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located on Route 11 in Gilford. Steve White is a contributing author in major publications, a guest lecturer at major conventions in Atlanta and St. Louis as well as the host of WEZS 1350AM radio show “Bird Calls” with Lakes Region News-day at 8:30 a.m. Wild Bird Depot has donated over $5,000 to local reha-bilitators and local na-ture centers since 1996. Be sure to check out our blog “Bird Droppings” via our website www.wildbirddepot.com. Like us on Facebook for great contests and prizes.
been allowed to speak at the executive session of the Environment & Ag-riculture committee, be-cause they’d been unable to attend the two days that had been scheduled for their public hear-ings, as each day had been a school snow day. They had an indication that it was possible the committee recommen-dation of Ought to Pass would be defeated as the committee had split 10-8 after debate. In fact, the House defeated the OTP recommendation by 133-168.
Ironically, the com-mittee originally decid-ed to not oppose the rap-tor bill on the Floor, but simply state our opposi-tion in the House calen-dar, where all the bills are listed and majority and minority positions written. After all, our major concern was that too much time is being taken up by these kinds of bills (which has now
been proven beyond our wildest imaginations). But after another long, tedious House session the week before, we de-cided some levity would be welcome, and decid-ed to do a simple Floor statement.
There has been loud criticism of how the de-bate on the House floor was conducted. This is difficult to rebut as there is an argument for judgment, respect, and decorum. As often as we disagree on many issues, the right to free-dom of speech is a basic principle of our society and government. Many times we cringe hearing some of what is said and vehemently disagree with the words used, but we also would defend the right of the person to speak. It’s a difficult bal-ance to achieve.
I cannot defend the intent of the represen-tative from Rochester, and how he chose to
make his point. The rep-resentative from Goff-stown, however, had his remarks taken out of context and I don’t be-lieve should have been pilloried for his attempt at humor. Rep. Burt has sponsored a “hot dog day” at the State House for a number of years and the proceeds are contributed to charity. The gallery’s audience was not privy to that in-formation and may have felt they were not being shown respect when we chuckled.
During the remarks made by the representa-tive from Hampton this past week in apologizing for the entire House to the school children, he gave an example of why he had become interest-ed in state government while in high school. His example was regarding lowering the voting age that affected him person-ally. If the 4th graders or any of the NH students
and their teachers inter-ested in how law is made would review the many bills filed each year, I’m sure they could find an issue of interest and could research together. We could use their help when we are reviewing many bills, and this exer-cise might also provide a more lasting lesson than coming up with another state symbol.
This is a budget year, and many on both sides of the aisle feel that our attention and energy needs to be invested in how the people of NH will be affected by our decisions. These same children who tour the State House and, per-haps, advocate for a position, will find that their cities or towns and schools will provide less for them unless we in-vest in their future. I would hope that we turn our attention now and do the people’s business.
By John harrigan
Columnist
Think: Hey, look, there’s a weasel!
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A weasel on the fly, with some kind of lunch for the kids in its mouth.
A recent column about weasels occa-sioned many replies. Ergo, I’ll begin this col-umn with a poem sent by a reader who identi-fied himself as “A. Non-ny Muhs. Now, I’m no poet, and if I tried poetry I’d identify myself as the same…
“I’ve Seen A Weasel
In The Wild”“We come to this
place called Bretton Woods
With heavy parka, gloves and hoods
Our main intent….to have some fun
In the shadow of Mount Washington
I’d no idea of what I’d
seeOf Mother Nature’s
sceneryThis place is special,
wild and coldMuch wildlife here,
so I’ve been told. We’ve skied here
many times beforeAnd read about the
region’s loreAnd seen the tracks of
snowshoe hareAnd looked at tree
bark, moose tripped bare.”
The poem contains
this pertinent stanza:“A weasel dressed in
winter coatPure white twixt
black tail and snoutScurrying under the
abandoned houseSeeking to feast on
tasty mouse.” And the piece ends
with “I’ve seen a weasel in the wild.”
Not many people
have. Weasels are large-ly nocturnal, and after spring and through fall they are dark, making them almost as hard to see as when they in they are in their white, or er-mine, stage in winter.
When I was a kid, I was snowshoeing up along an old stone wall east of Deadwater
Stream, south of Lake Francis, when I en-countered a couple of weasels. They were just coursing around, hunt-ing, I guess, just like me.
Weasels are curious creatures, and over they came, and proceeded to frolic around the tips of my snowshoes, pausing now and then to regard me with their bright lit-tle eyes.
Although I’ve tried to reduce my speaking in recent years, I’m still at it, getting hornswoggled into this and that. Cur-rently I have three danc-es on my dance card:
---Wolfeborough (or Wolfeboro, if you prefer the modern day spell-ing), Sunday, April 12, Club 59, 12:30 p.m., Moose Mountain Re-gional Greenways.
---Effingham Pub-lic Library, Thursday, April 16, 7 p.m.
---Woodsville Public Library, Saturday, May 2, 7 p.m., at the Horse Meadow Senior Center, just south of the Graf-ton County complex on Route 10.
I go to these events to meet interesting people and have fun. Having to prepare a text is not fun, so I just do off the cuff stuff, like taking about bears, coyotes, ravens, cougars and wolves, and of course the holistic na-ture of things.
Typically I just scrib-ble several one-liners on a piece of scrap paper, to remind me of topics. And I leave plenty of time for questions and
answers, which I love.Hope to see you there.(This column runs in
weekly newspapers cov-ering two-thirds of New Hampshire from Con-cord to Quebec, and parts of northwestern Maine and Vermont’s Northeast Kingdom. Write to [email protected], or P.O. Box 39, Cole-brook, NH 03576)
Southern Rock takes over the Lakes Region June 27
GILFORD — Rock and Roll Hall of Fam-ers, Lynyrd Skynyrd, bring southern rock to the stage at Bank of New Hampshire Pavilion at Meadowbrook Saturday, June 27! Tickets go on sale Friday, April 3 at 10 a.m., and range from $29.75 to $59.75. To get your tickets, call the Box Office at 293-4700 or log on to www.BankNHpa-vilion.com.
With a legacy that be-gan over 41 years ago, Lynyrd Skynyrd con-tinues to bring the best music in southern rock to their fans. With a cat-alog of more than 60 al-bums, Skynyrd remains a cultural icon, appeal-ing to all generations with crowd favorites like “Gimme 3 Steps,” “What’s Your Name” and more. This rock and roll powerhouse contin-ues to tour each year,
bringing that multi-de-cade legacy to fans who simply love the music. Band member Johnny Van Zant says it best…Skynyrd is “still unbro-ken…I don’t think any of us needs the money…it’s just that we love the music, it’s bigger than the money…”
Joining Lynyrd Sky-nyrd on June 27 are southern rockers Black-berry Smoke. One of America’s hottest live rock ‘n’ roll outfits, Blackberry Smoke con-tinues to be a grass-roots phenomenon. A blue-collar work ethic group of guys with a fiercely loyal fan base. Blackberry Smoke con-tinues to extend and ex-pand the southern rock tradition.
Rounding out the night’s massive tri-ple-bill is The Cadillac Three. Childhood musi-
cal co-conspirators and bandmates Jaren, Neil and Kelby bristle with energy and explode on-stage for excited fans. With a sound that works well in front of an amphi-theater of fans, as it does in the dark corners of a dive bar, The Cadillac Three brings hit songs like The South with a new edge that’s bigger and badder than ever!
Get your summer sea-son off to a rockin’ start with favorites like Free Bird and Sweet Home Alabama with Lynyrd Skynyrd, Blackberry Smoke & The Cadillac Three, Saturday, June 27 at the Bank of New Hampshire Pavilion at Meadowbrook! Contact the Box Office at 293-4700 or log on to www.BankNHpavilion.com Friday, April 3 at 10 a.m. for your tickets.
Wheels of Soul roll in to the ‘Brook July 25GILFORD — Bank
of New Hampshire Pa-vilion at Meadowbrook brings blues, soul and funk to the Lakes Re-gion, Saturday, July 25! Tickets ranging from $29.75 to $75.75 (including family four-pack on the lawn for $75) go on sale Friday, March 27 at 10 a.m. To get your tickets, call the Box Office at 293-4700 or log on to www.BankN-Hpavilion.com.
In short order, Te-deschi Trucks Band, led by husband and wife duo – Derek Trucks and Sharon Tedeschi, has taken its hearty, roots-rich mix on the road, creating a musical pow-erhouse. The Wheels of Soul 2015 Tour will be the road-tested and approved summer desti-nation for fans and their families.
Joining Tedeschi Trucks Band is one of the leading forces in the revival of classic soul and funk, Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings. Having toured
the globe for more than a decade, the band contin-ues to delight fans with their electrifying live performance and raw, hand-crafted sound.
Rounding out this sol-id triple bill is one of the most distinctive vocal-ists, guitarists, compos-ers & producers in con-temporary music today – Mr. Doyal Bramhall II. Having graced stages and collaborated with musical icons like Eric Clapton, Elton John and more, Bramhall brings his much anticipated fourth solo album to the stage.
Plan for an extraordi-
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A6 THE GILFORD STEAMER
Obituaries THURSDAY, APRIL 2, 2015
Mario Catalano, 94
Mario Catalano
LACONIA — Mario Catalano, 94, of 406 Court St., died Monday, March 23, 2015 at Lakes Region General Hospital.
He was born on Dec. 18, 1920 in Norwood, Mass., the son of the late Pasquale and Ro-sina (Spinelli) Catala-no. Mario served in the US Coast Guard during World War II. He worked as the owner and opera-tor of White’s Tavern in East Boston, Mass. for a number of years. Later, he worked as a Fireman for General Electric. Ma-rio had a quality many were drawn to and was a man everybody who met him could not help but love. He was a proud East Boston native who loved his Italian heritage. Ma-rio appreciated the small things in life and was known as a loving hus-band, father and grand-father.
He is survived by his two sons, Dr. Stephen Cat-alano and his wife, Mar-garet Catalano-O’Donnell of Gilford and Dr. Patrick Catalano and his wife Syl-vie Hauguel of Cleveland, Ohio; five grandchildren (Gina, Hannah, Hadley, Claudia and Amelia); one great grandchild, Ryan Holbrook; and one sister, Josephine Barra, and her husband Guy of Canton, Mass.
In addition to his par-ents, he was predeceased by his wife of over 50 years, Elisa (Stizzo) Cata-lano, in 2004.
Calling hours were held from 9:30 to 11:30 a.m. on Thursday, March 26, 2015 at Wilkinson-Beane-Simoneau-Paquette Fu-neral Home, 164 Pleasant St., Laconia, using the Carriage House entrance. A Mass of Christian Buri-al followed on Thursday
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at noon at St. Andre Bes-sette Parish - St. Joseph Church, 30 Church St., Laconia. Burial was held on Friday, March 27, 2015 at noon in the chapel of St. Anne’s Cemetery in Cranston, R.I.
For those who wish, memorial contributions may be made to either St. Francis Rehabilitation and Nursing Center or Bishop Bradley Senior Living Community, both located at 406 Court St., Laconia, NH 03246.
W i l k i n s o n - B e a n e -Simoneau-Paquette Fu-neral Home & Cremation Services, 164 Pleasant St., Laconia, is assisting the family with the ar-rangements. For more information and to view an online memorial, go to www.wilkinsonbeane.com.
E. Kevin Thorsell, 71
E. Kevin Thorsell
LACONIA — E. Kev-in Thorsell passed away on March 24, 2015 due to complications of Parkin-son’s disease.
E. Kevin Thorsell was born July 9, 1943, the son of Rev. Ernest A. Thor-sell and Helen L. Con-nolly of Framingham, Mass. He attended high school at Proctor Acad-emy in Andover and Gilford College, where
he received his BS in Biology. It is during his years at Gilford College in Greensboro, N.C. that he met his wife, Elinor Hugh Anderson of Eden, N.C. After graduation and one-year teaching chemistry at Munson Academy in Massachu-setts, they were married and moved to Upper Marlboro, Md., where Kevin set up the science department at St. Ann’s Academy. Two years later, he received a call from Lyle Farrell direc-tor at Proctor Academy to join the faculty in An-dover, NH as science de-partment head. During his tenure at Proctor, he earned his MST at UNH in Biology.
Kevin left Proctor to attend Harvard graduate
school of education and earned his MA in Educa-tion (1974).
He spent a year as Headmaster of Lake City Academy, SC. He re-turned to New England with his wife and two children, Nathan E. and Erika Lynn.
That year, 1976, he be-came head of the science department at Laconia High School and bought the house on Pleasant Street becoming a per-manent resident of La-conia.
During a one-and-a-half-year pause in his career, he edited text-books for DC Health.
Joanne Marie Sweeney, 62
Joanne Sweeney
LACONIA — Joanne Marie Sweeney, 62, a lifelong resident of Laconia passed away peacefully at her home Thursday, March 19, 2015 with her family by her side after a coura-geous battle with can-cer.
Joanne was born Nov. 24, 1952 in Plym-outh, the daughter of Fred and Bertha (Wil-lett) Goodwin.
Her interests includ-ed shopping, Bingo, tak-ing trips to Foxwoods Casino, yard sales, and spending Christmas Eve with her family. Joanne’s family meant everything to her.
Joanne is survived by her children, Mi-chael Sweeney and his partner Lisa Bushee of Belmont, Cindy Swee-
ney Manseau and her husband Ron of Alton, Alice Sweeney and her partner Steve Leveille of Franklin, and Mela-nie Sweeney of Laconia; her brothers Dale, Rob-ert and Brandy Good-win; her sisters Nancy Goodwin, Bonnie Good-win Davis and Patricia Goodwin Boucher; 14 grandchildren, 11 great grandchildren, several
nieces and nephews and a dear friend, Rose Suit-ter of Laconia.
She was predeceased by her parents, six sib-lings and a grandson, Scott Deforge, in 2014.
A Celebration of Jo-anne’s life will be held Saturday, April 4, 2015 at 2 p.m. at the Wilkin-son-Beane-Simoneau-Paquette Funeral Home, 164 Pleasant St., Laconia, using the Car-riage House entrance.
Wilkinson-Beane-S i m o n e a u - P a q u e t t e Funeral Home & Cre-mation Services, 164 Pleasant St., Laconia, is assisting the family with the arrangements. For more information and to view an online memorial, go to www.wilkinsonbeane.com.
The following year (1983) he took the AP Biology position at Kingswood Regional High School in Wolfeboro, where he remained until the nine-ties when he retired due to the diagnosis of Par-kinson’s Disease.
In retirement, he stud-ied for and received his coast guard certification for a Captain’s license and launched a Special Charter Service out of Kennebunk, Maine. His knowledge of marine and pelagic life and the islands in the waters of the Gulf of Maine en-abled him to continue teaching- this time to ea-ger passengers.
Kevin is a published nature photographer with photos in maga-zines and books of Tim Deitz. He also painted, and sketched to record his observations. He loved to listen to jazz and the blues. He played clarinet and guitar.
Early on he and his wife took the advice of Dr. William Clough- who had delivered his first child at New London Hospital, “Don’t ever leave your children at home. Take them with you wherever you go.” And he did. Whether on the Georgia Sea Is-land with alligators or the Bosque del Apache Wildlife Refuge in New Mexico or a Bob Dillon
concert at UNH they were with him. He, his wife Elinor and children Nathan and Erika were always together.
Adventure was his second nature, thus the photo: His first helicop-ter ride at the Pittsfield Balloon Rally.
Kevin leaves his wife Elinor Hugh, his son Nathan and wife Cathy, and his daughter Erika Lynn.
There will be no fu-neral or wake at his re-quest. The family plans an intimate gathering in late spring/early sum-mer to place his urn in the family plot at Mount Auburn Cemetery in Cambridge, Mass.
In lieu of flowers and in memory of E. Kev-in Thorsell, the family requests donations be made to: The Mass. Gen-eral Hospital (M.G.H.) – Parkinson’s Disease (P.D.)– Lewy Body Fund M.G.H. Development Of-fice, ATTN: Shawn Fitz-gibbons , 100 Cambridge Street , Suite 1310, Bos-ton, Mass. 02114.
Wilkinson-Beane-S i m o n e a u - P a q u e t t e Funeral Home & Cre-mation Services, 164 Pleasant St., Laconia, is assisting the family with the arrangements. For more information and to view an online memori-al, go to www.wilkinson-beane.com.
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THE GILFORD STEAMER A7ObituariesTHURSDAY, APRIL 2, 2015
It’s unfortunate but true: The elderly population is tar-geted for financial abuse or exploitation. In fact, by some estimates, this type of target-ed abuse results in billions of dollars in losses each year. If you have elderly parents, what signs should you watch for to determine their vulner-ability? And what can you do to help protect your parents from being victimized? In regard to the first question — signs of vulnerability — the most important thing to watch for is your parents’ mental state. As you know, many people go through their entire lives with their faculties intact — but even if this is the case with your parents, you still may want to be on guard against them falling prey to unscrupulous operators. And if you have noticed your parents becoming forgetful, confused, overly agitated or showing any other signs of possibly diminished mental capacity, you may want to be particularly vigilant for the appearance of financial irregularities. If you don’t think your parents are, as yet, victims of fraud or abuse, you can take steps to help pro-tect them. Most importantly, maintain constant commu-nication with them and be aware of what’s going on in their lives. Also, consider the following actions:
• Advise parents on pre-
cautionary measures. Suggest to your parents that they take several common-sense steps to avoid financial scams. For example, urge them to never give personal information over the phone or in response to emails. Since these types of requests are the most com-mon methods used to perpe-trate scams, encourage your parents to put all such solici-tations — as well as requests for money — in the “trash” folder. Also, ask your parents to remove paper mail prompt-ly from their mailbox — resourceful identity thieves have been known to steal mail and extract key piec-es of personal information from financial statements or correspondence from Social Security. And if your parents don’t already have a paper shredder, present one to them as a gift — and show them how to use it to delete old statements, credit card offers and similar documents.
• Check for legal docu-ments. Your parents, like everyone, should have a will and a durable power of attorney. These documents will enable someone they trust implicitly to handle their finances if they can’t. Discussing these types of issues with your parents may not be easy — but it’s certain-ly important.
• Review parents’ situa-tion regularly. Many parents
are not comfortable sharing the specifics of their finan-cial situation with their adult children. Yet, as much as you can, try to periodically review your parents’ insur-ance, banking and investment statements. These meetings give you good opportunities to look for irregularities or suspicious activities, such as significant changes in their spending patterns, unusual cash withdrawals or transfers from their bank accounts, or sudden transfers of assets to a relative or someone outside the family.
• Know the profession-als. Your parents may not be totally at ease involving you with their financial and tax advisors. However, using your discretion, see if you can accompany your parents when they meet with their advisors. If these people are legitimate professionals, they will not object to your interest in your parents’ affairs — in fact, they should welcome it.
Your parents have done a lot for you. You can help repay them by doing your part to help protect them from threats to their finan-cial security. Edward Jones, its employees and financial advisors cannot provide tax or legal advice. You should con-sult your attorney or qualified tax advisor regarding your situation.
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George Gonyer, Sr., 82
George Gonyer, Sr.
LACONIA — George Gonyer, Sr., 82, passed away Monday, March 23, 2015, peacefully with his family by his side.
George was born March 30, 1932 in Laco-nia, the son of Fred L. and Yvonne (Breton) Gonyer. He attended Sa-cred Heart School and served in the Korean War in the U.S. Army from 1949-1952. George worked for Pike Indus-tries, and also ran his own painting business for many years, as well as an inspector at Baron Machine.
George loved hunting, fishing, music, playing the spoons, and always looked forward to the nice warm weather so he could head to the ocean in his camper. He also enjoyed walking the beach, playing cribbage and always looked for-ward to Patriots games. George was also very dedicated to donating to
the local Food Pantries. Love never dies, it
lives in our hearts forev-er. Open your wings and fly dad, you are in the arms of an angel. We all love you and you will be greatly missed.
George is survived by his daughters, Cindy Marcotte and her hus-band, Bob of Laconia, Karen Labreque of La-conia, Kim Dennis and John Doubleday of San-bornton, Kathy Gonyer of Lochmere, George “Joe” Gonyer, Jr. of Lochmere, and the moth-
Louise Mitchell, 93
Louise Mitchell
PITTSBURG — Lou-ise Mitchell, 93, of Pitts-burg, died Friday, March 13, 2015 at the Coös Coun-ty Nursing Hospital.
She was born Oct. 24, 1921 in Laconia, the daughter of Pearl and Oscar Joseph Gauthier. She was raised by her be-loved grandparents, Per-ley and Josephine Cross, whose roots were in the North Country.
Louise and her old-er brother John had an idyllic childhood, living on the shores of Lake Opechee in La-conia. Although they were growing up during the Depression, Lou-ise, her best friend Ivie, John, and their Boston cousins, all swam in the lake, went to the movies, worked in the garden, played with what toys they could make or find, and had the best child-hood anybody ever had. Louise told stories about that childhood--and her grandparents, who had the patience of saints, she said--for the rest of her life, to the delight of her children and grand-children.
In 1940, Louise grad-uated from Laconia High School; two years later, she married Ed-mund Mitchell, the love of her life. While Mitch was busy in the Navy, and WWII was raging, one job Louise held was as a “Rosie the Rivet-er” at a Pratt and Whit-ney airplane plant in Bridgeport, Conn. Af-ter the War ended, she worked many interest-ing jobs, including the first woman inspector at a ball bearing factory in Tilton; and lab techni-cian, inspecting all the water and milk for the City of Laconia Health Department. She was hard-working, smart, and never too busy to lend a hand.
In her spare time, she loved to paint in oils, and many of her love-ly paintings grace the walls of her children’s homes. Other talents included swimming (ex-ecuting a perfect swan dive without a splash) and ballroom and swing dancing. She loved to knit and crochet, mak-ing everything from Scandinavian sweaters to many afghans in her later years, and she was a die-hard Red Sox fan.
She was an avid read-er, especially medieval mysteries; she was an expert on British and Egyptian history; and she loved dogs and cats. She traveled extensively with her husband and children by car through-out the U.S. in earlier times, and with friends and family around the world later on. Most of all, she was known for her sharp wit and hilar-ious stories, which will live as long as those who love her remember her.
Louise and Mitch raised their family in Laconia, camping in Pittsburg on weekends, and in Yuma, Az., where they later ended up re-tiring. In 1970, they settled in Pittsburg, where they owned and operated Edgewater Realty--the first real es-tate brokerage business in Pittsburg--for many years. After retirement, they spent winters in Yuma and summers in Pittsburg. After Mitch’s death in 1993, Louise continued to make the flights in spring and fall, between her east-ern and western homes, for over 20 years. In her last years, she spent her winters with daughter Terry in Las Vegas and summers with daugh-ter Marsha in Pittsburg, and finally, her care was shared by daugh-ters Marsha and Nancy in Pittsburg, assisted by other caregivers, until she moved to CCNH in 2014.
Louise is survived by four daughters (Nancy
er of the children Betty Gonyer of Lochmere, his special companion of many years, Rachel Romprey, as well as sev-eral grandchildren and great-grandchildren. George was predeceased by three brothers; Hen-ry, Alfred, Roger and three sisters; Anne Haines, Irene Boucher and Betty Paquette and a grandchild, Tasha Den-nis.
There will be no call-ing hours.
A graveside service will take place in the spring in the family lot at Sacred heart Ceme-tery.
Wilkinson-Beane-Simoneau-Paquette Fu-neral Home & Cremation Services, 164 Pleasant St., Laconia, is assisting with the arrangements. For more information and to view an online memorial, go to www.wilkinsonbeane.com.
Renaudette and hus-band Leo of Canaan, Vt., Marsha Clifford and husband Earle of Pitts-burg, Terry Reynard and husband David of Las Vegas, Nev. and Heather Mitchell and husband Mark Amey of Clarks-ville); eight grandchil-dren (Lisa Morse and husband William, Jr. of Jay, Vt., Kevin Renau-dette and companion Ai-mee Martineau of Beebe Plains, Vt., Sean Clifford and wife Kristen of Aus-tin, Texas, Christopher Mitchell Small of Seal Beach, Calif., Andrea Ripley of Marina, Calif., Chantel Amey Randall and husband David of Kirby, Vt., Dana Amey and husband William Graves of Halifax, Mass., and Christen Knapp and husband Ste-phen of Tacoma, Wash.); and ten great-grandchil-dren (Austin Pombrio of Beebe Plains, Vt., Ryan Morse of Jay, Vt., Kassi-dy and Carmina Clifford and Madeleine Gran-ville of Austin, Texas, Andrew Ripley of Mari-na, Calif., Donovan and Colin Mitchell Randall of Kirby, Vt., and Owen and Julia Graves of Hali-fax, Mass.); one brother, John E. Gauthier, USAF (Ret.) of Laconia; her best friend since first grade, Ivie Willhite of Joplin, Mo.; and many nieces and nephews.
She was predeceased by her beloved husband, Edmund Mitchell, in 1993.
A graveside service will be held in Laconia in May, and a memori-al celebration of her life July 18 at the Methodist church hall in Pittsburg.
Wilkinson-Beane-S i m o n e a u - P a q u e t t e Funeral Home & Cre-mation Services, 164 Pleasant St., Laconia, is assisting the family with the arrangements. For more information and to view an online memori-al, go to www.wilkinson-beane.com.
U.S. Sen. Lindsey Graham to speak at next Belknap County
Republican Committee meetingBELMONT — The
Belknap County Repub-lican Committee has an-nounced that US Senator Lindsey Graham, a po-tential presidential can-didate, will be their guest speaker on Wednesday, April 8 at 7:30 p.m. at the Top of the Town Restau-rant, 88 Ladd Hill Rd. in Belmont. Note: This month’s meeting will be-gin at 7:30 p.m., one hour later than normal.
Sen. Graham served in the US Air Force, the South Carolina Air Na-tional Guard, and the US Air Force Reserve attaining the rank of Col-onel. He was elected to four 2-year terms in the US House of Represen-tatives from 1994 to 2002,
was then elected to the US Senate in 2002 and 2008, and most recently was re-elected to a third term in the US Senate in November 2014. He serves on the Appropri-ations, Armed Services, Budget, and Judiciary Committees.
With the presiden-tial race heating up so quickly, the Committee plans to bring as many potential presidential candidates to Belknap County, offering voters the opportunity to hear the candidate’s position on the issues and to ask them the tough ques-tions to help determine which candidate they’re going to support in New Hampshire’s First-in-
the-Nation Presidential Primary scheduled for Feb. 9, 2016.
Belknap County GOP meetings are open to all Republicans and like-minded Indepen-dents. Per their usual meeting format, if you’re interested in having dinner (at your option) and/or wish to socialize before the meeting, plan to arrive as early as 6:00 pm. (Again, one hour lat-er than normal).
The Committee thanks its members for continuing to bring food pantry donations to the meetings, and again re-minds them to bring a non-perishable food item to this month’s meeting.
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Gilford Elementary’s “Homemade Breakfast” a success with outpouring of support from Gilford parents
The line of students went out the door of Gil-ford Elementary’s Cafe-teria Wednesday morn-ing when more than 200 students purchased a “Homemade Breakfast,” organized by Gilford El-ementary Food Services and a new grassroots group, Gilford Commu-nity for Healthy Kids.
“Our goal today was to create an event that would give Gilford par-ents the opportunity to show their support for healthy food at the Ele-mentary School,” said Bethany Cote, a found-ing member of Gilford Community for Health Kids, “This turnout speaks volumes of what our community values.”
According to Kim Dubuque, Food Ser-
vices Director of Gilford School District, there were a total of 214 break-fast sold on Wednesday morning. The average sales for school break-fast are typically 60-80 per day. The year-to-date participation is 17.9 percent at Gilford Ele-mentary School, while Wednesday’s Home-made Breakfast had a participation rate of 62.2 percent. The menu con-sisted of a real egg ched-dar cheese omelet, whole wheat toast, orange slic-es, and choice of milk or juice. The Gilford Ele-mentary Food Services Department executed the event flawlessly de-spite the colossal, and unexpected, participa-tion increase.
This was the first
event organized by Gil-ford Elementary Food Services and Gilford Community for Healthy Kids. The event was marketed via facebook, a flyer, and word of mouth. The flood of sup-port from Gilford par-ents is fueling Gilford Community for Healthy Kids to continue it’s mis-sion with a second event focusing on lunch.
“While marketing this event to the commu-nity, we received a great deal of feedback from parents, asking us to focus on school lunch,” said Jen Coapland, one of the organizers of Gil-ford Community for Healthy Kids, “and that is what we would like to focus on next.”
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Our mission is to improve the health, well-being and academic success of our students through community en-gagement and the em-powerment of Gilford School District leaders to provide healthier food
options in our school menus.
Our specific goals in-clude:
1. Reduce highly pro-cessed food through in-creased “in-house” cook-ing.
2. Reduce/eliminate artificial dyes & flavors and preservatives.
3. Reduce the amount
Gilford High School hosting Health & Wellness Fair
In celebration of Na-tional Public Health Week, April 6-12, Gil-ford High School will be sponsoring a Health & Wellness Fair on Thurs-day, April 9, from 8 a.m. to noon.
The fair is offered
to students and faculty only and will be held in the gymnasium at Gil-ford High School.
Students and faculty will have the opportuni-ty to interact with a vari-ety of speakers and hear information on such top-
ics as: life coaching, sui-cide prevention, healthy eating, behavioral health, dental care, well-ness, physical fitness, money management, and personal safety to name a few.
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Belmont High School PTO hosting “It Takes a Village” workshop
BELMONT — Bel-mont High School PTO is excited to continue the series of “It Takes a Village” workshops. All parents and High School students from the Lakes Region are invited to at-tend this free workshop Wednesday, April 15 at the Belmont High School Cafeteria from 6:30 – 8:30 p.m. Knowledge is pow-er!
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It truly does “take a village to raise a child” in these times. As par-ents, we need a realistic understanding of what challenges our kids face and how we can support them. Together, we can
create awareness while developing a community of parents dedicated to the safety and security of our children.
This “It Takes a Vil-lage” workshop is will prove to be extremely informative. Our guest speakers will include:
Steven Steiner - Dads and Moms Against Drug Dealers (DAMMAD) was founded by Steven H. Steiner in 2001 after his 19-year-old son died from an accidental drug overdose. Since, then, DAMMAD has taken a grassroots approach to helping law enforcement fight against the drug problem in our commu-nities, our workplaces and our schools.
Jennifer Parker, a Li-censed Alcohol and Drug Counselor in the state of New Hampshire. She has
been working at Phoenix House for the past six years, providing coun-seling and education in a short term residential setting. Ms. Parker has her associates degree in addiction studies from NHTI- Concord. She is involved in the Frank-lin Mayor’s Drug Task Force and the Capital Re-gion Community Preven-tion Coalition through Granite United Way.
Officer Evan Belanger, Senior Patrolman for the department, assigned as the K-9 Handler and the department’s Drug Rec-ognition Expert.
Bring your friends and come join us. There is no pre-registration re-quired for this free work-shop. All are welcome!
For any questions, email Donna at [email protected].
Laconia Eye and Laser Center kicks off scholarship fund in
memory of John H. Bancroft, Sr.GILFORD — Dr.
Douglas Scott and Dr. Andrew Garfinkle, Board Certified Oph-thalmologists, and own-ers of the Laconia Eye and Laser Center, have been supporters of the Lakes Region Scholar-ship Foundation over the years and recent-ly through a substan-tial donation they are launching a scholarship fund in memory of John H. Bancroft, Sr.
In Dr. Scott’s words, “John Bancroft has left a legacy of caring and sup-port for the community through his dedication to many worthwhile pro-grams. As a good friend of John’s and a former board member of LRSF,
I am so pleased that this fund is being established in his honor. John tru-ly was an ‘unsung hero’ in the Lakes Region. Dr. Garfinkle and I are proud to be a part of this special scholarship fund that will recognize and perpetuate John’s spirit of giving and, in turn, will give back to the community we serve.”
“Although John was friendly and outgoing, he was a humble, hard-working man, and would not flaunt his profession-al achievements and personal altruism,” said Carolyn Bancroft, “but as a staunch supporter of education, he would be so gratified that this scholarship fund will
continue his goal of help-ing local students.”
“It has been a plea-sure knowing and work-ing with John and Caro-lyn Bancroft,” said Joan Cormier, Executive Director of LRSF. “As owners of J & J Printing, they had been providing scholarships for many years and were also very generous with quality printing services for LRSF. Anyone wishing to contribute to the John H. Bancroft, Sr. Memo-rial Scholarship may send a check to LRSF at PO Box 7312, Gilford NH 03247-7312 or check our website (www.lrschol-arship.org) for access to PayPal.”
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THE WINNIPESAUKEE TALKIE
Renovate or sell “as is?” That is the question
MARK ON THE MARKETSOff the grid #2
BY MARK PATTERSON
Last week, I intro-duced an article that may be controversial to many in the “establish-ment” of the investment business. It is not that I want to change the tra-ditional way of invest-ing, but to respond to the changes that Wall Street, the investment community and media have preached, so that we do not assume that their rules are a success-ful formula for all going forward. Before we get into diversification of portfolio I would like to examine what I see in many investment port-folios and what my belief is regarding real asset diversification.
It states right in the text books that “a combi-
nation of non-correlated assets should enhance yield and reduce risk over time.” So why do I see an entire portfolio made up of a half dozen funds in the same mu-tual fund family and asset class? Because the investor has been led to believe that they are di-versified with five funds with different names and that there are dif-ferent stock holdings in each fund. Each of these funds are independent of each other and invest in the manner that their documents suggest. So if it is a large cap, value, growth, growth and in-come or S+P index; you may have much of the same companies over-lapping to give you way too much of the same thing. They are also all equities! Bond funds are mostly perpetual in na-ture. In other words the fund manager is buying and selling bonds, so the fund never arrives at maturity. If interest rates go up, bond prices go down and your fund declines in value, but if you own the individual bond it matures at a date in the future at a preset price, so If you hold on
BY RANDY HILMAN
You’re planning to sell your home. You’ve lived in it more than 15 years, made a few im-provements in that time and now you’re ready to turn the page to the new chapter of your earthly journey.
Naturally, you want the best possible price, with the least amount of hassle. But what’s it going to take to get top dollar in the current market? Will a renova-tion help, or should you sell your house just as it is, fixing only those items which are related to maintenance?
It depends on a num-ber of factors, not the least of which is the spread between your adjusted basis (original cost plus capital replace-ments/improvements) and the net sale price. It is also important to re-member that one should not over renovate. That’s because renovations add value only to the extent that they bring your home in line with area homes competing for the same buyers and similar homes that have sold.
Having said this, though, I tend to favor renovations, especially
the less expensive kind, because it is my expe-rience that sparkling homes priced to mar-ket tend to sell fast and achieve the best prices.
The REALTOR you’ve chosen to list your home should be able to share insights that are appro-priate to and will com-plement your particular financial situation and return on investment.
The practical truth is that buyers, especially those in our buyer driven market, don’t care what you paid for your home or how much you invested in it over the years. They are seeking ownership benefits today and they perceptually equate those benefits with value.
Buyers quickly sense what works for them and what doesn’t. What they see when touring a home influences their perception of value. The response is visceral, not rational. It is only their conscious minds that try to rationalize the feelings they experience.
People who flip hous-es for a living know this principle all too well. One’s mind processes the value of what one sees. Unless structural and mechanical systems are completely worn out and require immediate replacement, buyers will tend to accept older equip-ment and structural ele-ments like furnaces and roofs, if the living spaces feel fresh, contemporary and accommodating.
This is why you should consider investing in low cost enhancements that will improve the price/value relationship.
Freshly painted rooms in neutral tones adds con-siderable value relative to cost. Nicely polished wood floors enhance the quality feel of interior spaces. New carpeting adds bounce under foot.
Just like people, homes get old and tired. The eye goes to wear and tear. It also goes to style. Assess your kitchen’s cabinetry with the help of a kitchen specialist or profession-al home stager. I have seen paint and the latest contemporary hardware transform cabinets into remarkably attractive fix-tures. The kitchen today is a key living space in contemporary lifestyles. Why stop with cabinetry? Consider replacing your
old Formica brand kitch-en counters with granite and your white applianc-es with a matched set in stainless steel. The prices are relatively low for the upscale, contemporary look they create.
You can achieve the same contemporary facelift with lighting fixtures throughout the house, contemporary sink faucet sets and new vanities. Curb appeal, too, is a kind of renova-tion that yields great re-sults. My years in com-mercial real estate taught me the value of exterior enhancements to real es-tate assets. Whenever my company was planning to sell a commercial office building or apartment complex, one of the first things we would do is at-tack the exterior with up-grades, such as new signs, lighting fixtures, contem-porary paint colors, drive-way sealing and grounds improvements, especially freshly mulched planting beds.
Even sophisticated in-vestors are unconsciously influenced by the appear-ance of real estate assets they are considering for purchase. Renovations can influence prospects who view your home as well. But remember this: renovations that are not deferred maintenance-re-lated add value to your home, but only to the ex-tent that they make your property competitive. Deciding where to invest in upgrades requires a careful evaluation of your property and a plan that fits both your budget and financial situation. I can help you with that and all other questions you may have about buying and selling homes in the beau-tiful Lakes Region of New Hampshire. Feel free to contact me for a prompt reply.
The Winnipesaukee Talkie is a real estate fea-ture column produced by Randy Hilman, an award-winning former business journalist for The Tennessean, a Gan-nett daily newspaper lo-cated in Nashville, Tenn. Mr. Hilman today is an associate broker at Keller Williams Coastal, Lakes and Mountains Real-ty, Wolfeboro. He can be reached at 610-8963 or by email at [email protected].
to the bond you will get exactly what you bar-gained for. A fund will just go down in value as yields go up. I am not against bonds, I would prefer to ladder a port-folio with individual bonds with a fixed or callable maturity date.
So the first “off the grid” move is to not just plow money into a family of mutual funds that sounds diversified, but examine the top holdings inside each of these funds and make sure that there is not too much overlap between funds. Look for the fees associated with the fund to make sure that they are reasonable. If you use a broker or advisor for these funds, check on the share class of these funds. If the advi-sor is charging manage-ment fees, make sure that the advisor is not using share classes that provide them a “trail commission” in addi-tion to the management fees they are already charging. Make sure your broker or advisor is adding value to your portfolio.
Next week, I will in-troduce the second “off the grid” move that in-volves a different kind of diversification that may address your taxes and a major role it can play in your future and retire-ment.
Mark Patterson is an advisor with MHP Asset Management and can be reached at 447-1979 or [email protected].
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part of it all,” Brandt stated. “It took over a month. Some organiza-tions had already done their clothes drives. Then I contacted LRCS.”
The agency had many clients who could use the coats and was glad to be involved.
“At the Family Re-source Center, we rec-ognize the importance of supporting every mem-ber in a family-not just the children, in receiv-ing concrete supports in times of need. The Coat Drive allowed us to pro-vide coats to the parents and caregivers of chil-dren for the first time. While many families benefited, one struggling mother of three young children particularly comes to mind. While she was doing the best she could to take care of her children, it was discovered that she was lacking what she need-ed for herself. We had a
blast looking through the wide variety of coats donated by Ellacoya un-til she found her favorite one. It was a joy to see her walking out of our building a little warmer and with a little more pep in her step,” com-mented Erin Klasen, Family Support Manag-er
Like many who vol-unteer, Brandt got a lot out of the effort as well, and can recommend it.
“My advice to anyone with an idea to help peo-ple is, don’t give up. Keep trying. When you have something nice to put on, it just lifts you up. Knowing that someone is warmer when they go out to their work, or has a nice business coat for a job interview—and that I did that for people, is an amazing feeling,” she said.
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hensive family support agency with a primary focus of providing sup-ports to individuals with developmental disabil-ities and/or acquired brain disorders and their families. A dynam-ic human services or-ganization, LRCS offers other essential and crit-ical services to individ-uals in the Lakes Region from birth throughout their lifespan. At the core of LRCS’ work are inclusion, acceptance, and building strengths and partnerships – whether at the individu-al, family or community level. LRCS has offices in Laconia and Plym-outh which combine to serve families residing throughout Belknap and Southern Grafton Coun-ties. For more infor-mation, contact Joanne Piper Lang at 524-8811or visit www.lrcs.org.
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dinator would also take more of a building role. The current assistant principal at the middle school would be put in more of a curriculum level supervision posi-tion.
Concerns and criti-cisms were expressed for this proposal.
Hemingway was asked how much plan-ning on this proposal was done with the teach-ers. He said he had a meeting with teachers just that day and the goals of staff reduction have been discussed an-nually with the budget presentation. He said he wanted the board’s go ahead for the proposal before discussing this with the teachers and staff.
Attendees made the suggestion that teachers and staff be part of the discussion process.
A common concern was having enough peo-ple able to work with children, and the con-cern that children would be the ones to lose out in this arrangement. This was of particular concern for special ed-ucation students and students with other spe-cial needs. Another con-cern was that the cur-
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youth leaders, her gen-eration needs to take charge of this issue and fight racial injustice in society. Students have the tools of technology, such as social media, to spread this message.
“You are more than the color of your eyes, the skin over your heart,” Coleman said. “We must understand the truth that racial in-justice is still present with us.”
She said she want to make sure the goal of in-terracial good will does not take a backseat in the agenda of change.
Coleman said like the settlers, people can use this knowledge and ac-tion to build a new kind of nation.
Max Troiano came in second place with his speech centered on his personal experienc-es with how people in school are categorized. He said for most of his youth he has been an athlete and he thought that would put him in a certain category, where-as he did not reach out-side those circles.
This all changed in his sophomore year when he “made a serious mistake.”
“My problem with that was the way people responded to it,” Troia-no said. “I felt like that mistake was going to de-fine me.”
He said he lost the respect of many of his friends and his friends’ parents saw him as a bad influence. He decid-ed to make “bold and courageous actions” and in the process he tried to determine what defined him. By senior
year, he was captain of the football team and he also took part in the fall musical.
In the process of do-ing the play, he said he made many new friends. He said this has helped him not see his peers by categories but as his friends, asking others to do the same.
“You will have a more optimistic outlook on the world and you will meet some unbelievable people,” Troiano said.
Ryan DuBois talked about freedom of opin-ion, a concept that be-comes complicated espe-cially on the Internet.
“Developing your own opinion is your right, yet moving for-ward in this day and age, people forget that,” Du-Bois said.
DuBois said he has been told he is argumen-tative, though he has learned how to listen to and work with the opin-ions of others. He said while having an opinion is a right, it is not right to trample on others for it.
He said he enjoys a good debate but a debate should not turn into a personal conflict. He said it is not possible to develop one’s own opin-ion without talking to other people.
Expressing opinions can take an ugly turn on social media and different sides will join up and lead to written wars between people. He said social media is not meant for heated ar-guments but for people to share themselves and their lives.
“While we can’t al-ways sway the opinions
of others, we can respect them,” Dubois said.
He said if someone’s opinion makes one feel lesser of that person, the best thing would be to talk about it and debate it.
The first, second, and third place winners won $300, $200, and $100, re-spectively.
Coleman said she wrote the speech over the course of four days and spent three days practicing it to loved ones. She said this is the first time she has really given this speech for an audience of more than two people.
Coleman also recog-nized the two other par-ticipants.
“These two boys were amazing; it was an hon-or to win, to do it along-side them means more than anything,” Cole-man said.
GHS Principal Peter Sawyer, who acted as the event’s timekeeper, praised the students’ hard work and dedica-tion.
“I can’t say enough about the bravery that it takes for these three young adults to come here tonight,” Sawyer said.
Sawyer said it was remarkable that these students would be will-ing to out these speech-es together and come to school on a Wednesday night to share them.
“You’re here tonight on your own time, giv-ing of your time and tak-ing a chance,” he said. “I wouldn’t have done this in high school. That’s how you succeed in life; by taking chances.”
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rent teachers and staff would have too much to deal with. Some peo-ple echoed the concerns from when the assistant principal was cut from the elementary school.
Pamela Hayes has worked in the elemen-tary school, and said she recalled situations where Stephens was needed at the office at the same time that some-one needed to be in his technology class.
“It was tough; you cannot be in two places in one time, and you can-not effectively deal with diverse situations,” Pam Hayes said.
Pam Hayes said that if discipline issues are not being reported because Stephens is in his role as technology teacher then teachers will have to find solutions for disci-pline issues, wither find-ing someone else who ca
help or working with the issue themselves.
Kevin Hayes asked if having the current as-sistant principal as prin-cipal would have been a better idea. Hemingway said the middle school’s next principal has al-ready been established.
“Shame on you,” Hayes said.
Board member Jack Landow said this is not something for the im-mediate time period but was something being discussed for the future.
School board member Karen Thorndike said they will have another board meeting on this topic, and likely more public forums. She said she does not foresee any decisions having to be made, at least until bud-get season and they are not looking to put this in pace for at least another year.
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structor to being a travel agent.
“I didn’t know what to do with myself after doing the ski schools,” Pitou said.
Amidst a lot of soul searching, she attended a career development school in Durham. She was told her ideal ca-reers could be running an Outward Bound group, a forester, or a tour guide.
In 1974, she found a
travel agency for sale in Laconia called Lakes Travel and decided to try being a travel agent. Being completely new to the industry, she took classes and learned the business.
Penny Pitou Travel has been keeping ahead of unfolding innova-tions, starting in a time when tickets were writ-ten by hand. They were the first travel agency in New Hampshire to of-
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fer Foreign Independent Tours (FITS).
Most of the people who have been working at the agency have been there a long time such as 15 to 30 years and some for more.
Terrio came onboard with the company short-ly after Pitou opened shop.
“In a way, I can’t even believe it’s been 40 years,” Terrio said. “It’s been fun; the best part of this job is it’s fun.”
Terrio said around 1995 the common as-sumption was that trav-el agencies were becom-ing obsolete and their
business was supposed to be going out.
“Here we are in 2015 thriving and busy,” Ter-rio said.
Kim Chase came in as a young field broker and has been with the com-pany for 31 years. Jane Chauvin has been with the company around 29 years
The company also gained four agents from Apollo travel in Concord. One of those agents, Don Clarke, wanted to work out of the main office in Laconia
“I’m just thrilled we’re doing very well; people seem to be seek-ing us out from all over, not just New Hampshire, for complicated travel,” Pitou said.
While the company excels at complicated
travel services it does offer basic services in-cluding airline tickets, tickets to Disney World, and others. They will or-ganize skiing and hiking trips and a full range of other trips.
Pitou said she is proud of the people who work for the company.
“You have to do some-thing you’re passionate about and we’re passion-ate about the world,” Terrio said.
Terrio said the staff has been vital to the company, especially considering many mem-bers have been with the company for so long.
“We would not be doing this if not for the staff that we have,” Ter-rio said. “They’re the best in the business as far as I’m concerned.”
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Sophomore James Buckley was a Division III All-State Honorable Mention pick this winter.
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Gilford’s Brogan Hurst hoists the Division III state championship plaque after helping the Belmont-Gilford hockey team to its first-ever title last month. Hurst was named the Division III Player of the Year for his efforts.
BY JEFF LAJOIE
REGION – The 2014-15 hockey season was cer-tainly memorable for the local sides, as both Bel-mont-Gilford and Moul-tonborough/Inter-Lakes reached the playoffs, with the Bulldogs cap-turing their first-ever NHIAA Division III state championship thanks to a dramatic 3-2 overtime win over Berlin in the title tilt at the Verizon Wireless Arena.
Despite an inexpe-rienced and smaller roster, the Renegades closed the regular sea-son with eight wins, earning the sixth and final playoff spot thanks to key wins over power-houses like Berlin and Kennett. MAIL lost in its opening round tilt to Berlin, but the season was a nice step forward for the program under second-year head coach Chuck Yaeger.
Speaking of Yaeger,
the crafty hockey veter-an was honored for the good work he did behind the MAIL (8-10-1) bench this season. Yaeger was tabbed as the Division III Coach of the Year for his efforts, as the All-State honors were re-cently announced.
Belmont-Gilford se-nior defenseman Bro-
gan Hurst took the top individual honors on the ice, as the senior earned Player of the Year ac-colades after a monster 2014-15 season. Hurst finished the season with nine goals and 25 assists for 34 points while serv-ing as the backbone of the team’s defensive unit in front of goalkeeper
Bailey Defosie. Hurst as-sisted on all three goals in the state title win over Berlin, and scored in the semifinal win over Kennett. He tallied a hat trick in a win over Man-chester West during the season and also scored twice in a win over John Stark.
In addition to Hurst,
B-G also had two other players named to the All-State squads. Fellow senior Andrew D’Amour and junior Caleb Drou-in anchored the top line and came up huge in the postseason just like Hurst, and Drouin cracked the First-Team while D’Amour took
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Progression of a program: How B-G rose to a state crown
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Helmets are strewn across the ice following Belmont-Gilford’s celebration of a D-III state title last month.
JEFF LAJOIE
After slowly building towards it, the Belmont-Gilford captured that elusive state title last month.
BY JEFF LAJOIE
LACONIA – Bro-gan Hurst’s career was building towards this. Same for Andrew D’Amour. After three years of tough playoff exits haunted the first three years of their high school careers, the Bel-mont-Gilford seniors didn’t want to end their final season with any-thing short of a Division III state championship.
“All of the seniors and all of the upperclassmen, we have worked harder than anyone before us and we just really, real-ly wanted it this year,” said Hurst after hoisting the state title. “We have the best coaching staff probably in all of New Hampshire. It’s just a great feeling that all of the hard work paid off.”
In addition to Hurst and D’Amour, the six-person senior class of Jamie Gill, Nikolai Fernandez, Powell Wil-son and Beck Stecher all came up clutch through-out the stretch run of the season. The Class of 2015 has certainly set the stage for the future of a program that had every-thing but a state cham-pionship before this sea-son.
“Hopefully this means that they’re go-ing to keep rolling and keep getting here,” said D’Amour of the state fi-nals. “This was an unre-al experience and I want teams in the future to
get here and experience it as well because it was the best game of my life. I had so much fun.”
The transformation of the program the last few years has been im-pressive to say the least. Going from the team’s first-ever home playoff game just a few short years ago to the state championship this year, the B-G program, which is still in its infancy, is now a fixture in the dis-cussion of the top pro-grams statewide, regard-less of division.
“I definitely think that it was a culture that we’ve been build-ing up with this team,” explained Hurst. “We ended up with the low-est number of penalty minutes of any team in the league this year and that was due to our great coaching staff putting in the extra hours to watch film and come up with game plan. That’s defi-nitely what it was. And then of course the sense of brotherhood that we had this season. I think this was the closest bond I’ve ever had with any team. There was no dis-crepancy between any of the classes. We were cohesive and worked to-gether to get the ultimate prize and we did it.”
Enter Berlin, a team that quickly became the popular pick to capture a state title after winning 12 straight games with its full lineup back intact following some early
season injuries. While many picked the Moun-taineers to claim the crown (it would’ve been their first since 1976), B-G was still the number one seed for a reason – and they knew it.
“Berlin was rolling on all cylinders since
the beginning of Febru-ary so it was definitely nerve-wracking coming in here knowing they had so much momen-tum and they’ve won 12 straight or whatev-er it was,” admitted D’Amour. “But we knew they had to come beat us
still. We were the first seed and they had to bring it to us. We were able to shut them down.”
Hurst liked the way the Bulldogs were play-ing coming into the fi-nals, especially after the 3-2 victory over Kennett in the semis.
“We had some good momentum coming in. We knew how to play down a goal when the game was really close against Kennett, learned how close things can be. We kept our cool, just kept playing the way we needed to play,” he said.
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Back row (l to r), Olivia Morea, Angela Bonnell, Sanela Kosut, Owen Sanborn, Katie Gingrich, Rebecca Cook, Michelle Young, Beck Mclean, Alexandra Dimarzio, Alyxandra Huckaby and Kaitlyn Callahan. Third row (l to r), coach Lyndsey Cochrane, coach Jill Whitaker, Brooke Vetter, Maria Rivero Ayala, Thor Burr, Laurel Gingrich, Miranda Coffey, Clara Bates, Coach Lynne Morea, head coach Dave Gingrich. Second row (l to r), Hannah Verville, Sydney Irons, Emily Hutchins, Alexa Lazazzera, Chloe Brown, Jacob Dumais, Ethan Vachon, Garrett Shafer, Lauren Sikoski, Bridget Wilcox, Josh Kelleher, Murphy Harris, Charlotte Philippy. First row (l to r), Preston Kennell, Kendra Blouin, Sydney Philippy, Ella Tryon, Hayley Cochrane, Dagon Burr, Ela Goucher, Ruby Walker, Emmie Goucher, Meredith Gerken and Edward Goucher. Not pictured: Joe Bonnell, Josh Buzza, Kaitlin Egbert, Abigail Frankauski, Colleen Harriman, Olivia Hutton, Kaylee Jones, Alexa Leonard, Kaylee Smith, and Matthew Sundius.
Wavemakers celebrate the winter seasonGILFORD — The
Lakes Region Wavemak-ers celebrated the con-clusion of their 33rd win-
ter season last week with the annual end of season banquet, a fun filled event that highlights the swimmers’ successes. Many individual awards and thank yous were handed out throughout
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One of the highlights of the evening is the announcement of the Wavemaker and Rip-ple of the Year award. This award is presented to the swimmer who is selected by their peers and is viewed to have demonstrated a passion for the sport, dedication and leadership, as well
as good sportsmanship and support of the other swimmers on the team. Again this year, the re-cipient of the 2014-15 Wavemaker of the Year was Rebecca Cook. The 2013-14 Ripple of the Year was awarded to Ela Goucher.
Two Wavemakers were acknowledged for their 10 years of dedi-cation to competitive swimming, Cook and Ka-tie Gingrich. Gingrich was also highlighted for being the team’s senior swimmer, she will be graduating from Gilford High School this June.
The evening conclud-ed with many thank yous to all the coaches, parents, swimmers and
the community spon-sors – AFL, Bank of New Hampshire, Children’s Dentistry of the Lakes Region, Interlakes An-imal Hospital, Kennell Orthodontics, MC Cy-cle, Patrick’s Pub and Eatery, Pepi Herrmann, Pirates Cove Mini-Golf and State Electric, all helped make the season successful.
The Wavemakers will be back in the pool for their April Wave Swim Clinic (April 13) and the start of the summer swim season in May (May 18). Information on both these events can be found at www.lakesre-gionwavemakers.com.
SWIMMING (Continued from Page B2)
JEFF LAJOIE
Junior Dylan Treamer was a key member of the core for Belmont-Gilford this season, and he’ll be counted on to lead the way as a senior next winter.
Top players led the way for B-G
BY JEFF LAJOIE
LACONIA – Bel-mont-Gilford head coach Jay Londer always preaches how his best players need to play their best in the biggest games. That formula certainly worked for the Bulldogs this season.
The Bulldogs had an embarrassment of rich-es at the top of the depth chart, with the top line of Andrew D’Amour, Caleb Drouin and Dylan Treamer combining to score five of the team’s six playoff games this season. Add in senior standout defensem-an Brogan Hurst, who scored the sixth playoff goal, and the quartet was in the middle of just about everything for the ‘Dogs this year.
B-G’s top line, the ‘Blue line’ as they were known around Laconia Ice Arena this season, didn’t begin the season playing together. But once the trio combined forces, coincidentally enough in a regular sea-son win against eventual state runner-up Berlin,
things quickly fell in line.
“Those guys are three of the best players in the league,” said Londer. “It just so happens we put them together when we played Berlin the second time at our place when we won 6-3 (on Jan. 24). We made that change after the first period, said we have to get some offense. So we put them together and here we are playing Berlin again (in the finals), and they were able to capitalize. We haven’t lost a game when all three of them are in the lineup.”
D’Amour and Hurst served as co-captains this winter, with Hurst marking his second sea-son as a captain. Londer said the pair were the perfect leaders to guide the Bulldogs to the state championship.
“Our co-captains, Brogan and D’Amour, they’re big leaders and they both stepped up again big tonight,” said Londer after the win. “They’re going to be surely missed. They’re probably two of the best
players who have ever come through the pro-gram. Brogan’s been a two-year captain, D’Amour joined him this year. We’re definitely going to miss them next year because they’re ev-erything that B-G hock-ey is.”
B-G still has a little time left with Drouin and Treamer atop the offensive unit, as the ju-niors will have to help fill in for the gradua-tion losses to Hurst and D’Amour next winter. Treamer proved he’s one of the most skilled players in the Division III this year, while Drou-in’s flare for the dramat-ics (game-tying goal, game-winning goal in the finals) was well docu-mented. He also reached the 100-point mark this year as a junior and, ac-cording to Londer, he’s a monster of a player.
“He’s a big, ol’ bear. Just a big, ol’ bear,” Londer said. “He shakes your hand and grabs your elbow at the same time.”
Wernig closes indoor track season for UNH at
conference championship
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Emily Wernig of Gilford threw both the shot put and 25-pound weight during a successful freshman season at UNH.
BY JEFF LAJOIE
NEW YORK, N.Y. – It’s been a busy fresh-man season for Emily Wernig. The University of New Hampshire fresh-man and former Gilford High School standout recently closed out her indoor track and field season at the 2015 Amer-ica East Conference Championships held at The Armory Track and Field Center in New York City.
Wernig competed in both the shot put and 25-pound weight throw at the America East Championships. In the shot put, she placed 17th overall with a top heave of 33 feet, 5.25 inches. Ozioma Edokobi of Maryland-Baltimore County won the event with a throw of 48 feet, 4.75 inches.
In the 25-pound weight throw, Wernig tied for 17th place with a throw of 42-6.25, the same heave as Maine’s Ashley Donohoe. Briana Cherry-Bronson of the University at Albany was the winner, toppling the 60-foot mark in 60-3.25.
“The America East meet could have gone better, but I was grateful just to qualify and make it there,” said Wernig. “I know I could have thrown better because I had better performances throughout the season. But overall the meet was a great experience because I got to see and cheer on my teammates. It was also cool to see how talented all of the athletes were in both the running and field events. It was a great team bond-ing experience and I look forward to the outdoor season where I will be throwing the hammer, discus, and shot put.”
Overall it was an outstanding rookie win-ter for Wernig, who set school records at GHS during her senior cam-paign, including a sec-ond-place finish at the D-III state meet in the discus. In a final tuneup just before the America East Championship, she finished second in the weight throw (45-3.5) and fourth in the shot put (35-7.25) at the University of Maine.
“I thought the indoor season went better than expected,” said Wernig. “I thought it would be difficult to get through because discus is an outdoor event and was my favorite in high
school. I never thought I would enjoy throwing the indoor weight be-cause I thought I would not be strong enough, which ended up not be-ing a problem. I was also never a big fan of the shot put, but I have improved greatly since high school. It was great being on a team where everyone liked going to practice everyday.”
UNH’s second-ranked thrower throughout the course of the winter, Wernig was seeded 15th in the weight and 22nd in the shot put entering the conference champi-
onship.Wernig also had a
big season in the class-room, where she posted a 3.91 GPA and made the Highest Honors at UNH during her first semes-ter.
“The throwing and lifting coaches have ex-ceeded my expectations and made me a better athlete,” she said. “I am also enjoying my classes and believe that the Art Program fits me perfect-ly. UNH is the perfect school for me and I have greatly enjoyed my time here.”
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WOLFEBORO: An ideal setting to enjoy the Wolfeboro area. Year round, Smith River waterfront home with dock and access to Lake Wentworth and/or Crescent Lake. 2BR/1.5 BA Ranch, lower level family, deck, patio, garage under and walking trail to town just steps away. $399,000 MLS #4336301
BROOKFIELDWentworth Rd. - A great building lot with plenty of room to roam around on the 4.6 acres of pretty level, wooded land with an older tennis court on the property that is fenced in. Peaceful setting for your dream home! $59,900 MLS #4357848
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Medal winnerLocal teen Kaleb Shumway will be heading to Copper Mountain in Colorado this month to compete in the national championships sponsored by the United States of America Snowboard Association (USASA). Shumway ranks second in New Hampshire Series for the 12-13 year-old snowboard slopestyle division and 55th out of more than 280 competitors for the national rankings. This is his first year working on his talents of freestyle snow-boarding. With the help of Gunstock Freestyle Academy’s coaches he was able to take it one step further to the competition side of the sport. “The first time I realized Kaleb’s passion for learning freestyle moves on his snowboard was watching him do flips on our trampoline in the backyard, then in a friend’s backyard doing backflips off a small jump they made. I knew I had to find someplace that would help him advance with his talents and take it one step further,” said his mother Shelli Shumway. Shumway spends five days a week riding at Gunstock Mountain, two of which involves training with the GFA coaches or competing at different events for the New Hampshire Series.
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home Second-Team hon-ors.
Drouin had the most points on the B-G roster this year, as he scored 24 goals and added 23 assists for 47 points, just one ahead of line-mate D’Amour. Drou-in’s game-tying and game-winning goals in the state championship game were historic mo-ments for the program, and he also toppled the 100-point mark for his career during the sea-son. Drouin scored hat tricks against Con-Val, MAIL, Laconia-Winn-isquam and Kennett on the year.
D’Amour, who scored twice in the semifinal win over Kennett, fin-
ished the season with 27 goals and 19 assists. He had four hat tricks on the year, coming in games against Ke-arsarge, Souhegan, MAIL and Laconia-Win-nisquam. More impres-sively, D’Amour had goals in 16 of his team’s 20 games during the sea-son.
Moultonborough/Inter-Lakes senior de-fenseman Dylan Shee-han led his team on and off the ice this season, and he was rewarded with a Second-Team All-State selection. Sheehan scored 12 goals and add-ed 13 assists on the year as the team’s top defen-seman, including three game-winning goals.
His 25 points put him in a tie for second on the team with Gus Kromer (16 goals, nine assists), behind top scorer Cody Burns (18 goals, 19 as-sists).
Rounding out the locals on the All-State teams was Belmont-Gil-ford defenseman James Buckley, who was an Honorable Mention se-lection. Buckley scored four goals and added six assists on the year as part of the top defense-man pairing with Hurst. He scored the game-win-ning goal during a regu-lar season victory over Kennett, and added tal-lies against Sanborn, Con-Val and Manches-ter West.