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See page B1.

What’s on the Warrant inBarnstead Saturday? See page A3.

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Enjoying the sunThese folks ventured across the frozen waters of Merrymeeting Lake on snowshoes Saturday, enjoyingthe warmth of the sunshine and mild temperatures. The outing was sponsored by Explore for Grown-Ups, which has a number of new educational opportunities beginning now. See page A5 for more info.

Limits set on Alton roadsALTON — The Alton Highway Department announces

that as of Tuesday, March 10, roads in Alton are postedwith a six-ton limit, and this will be strictly enforced.

BY BRENDAN BERUBE

Staff Writer

NEW DURHAM — Zon-ing board Chair and formerfire department memberTerry Jarvis edged out Pad-dy McHale by 35 votes Tues-day in a close race for PeterRhoades’ seat on NewDurham’s Board of Select-men.

Jarvis garnered 299 votesto McHale’s 264 in the con-test for a three-year term,while Bob Kroepel came in adistant third, with 29 votes.

With no challengers,Dorothy Martin Veisel easi-ly won election to McHale’sformer seat on the planningboard, earning 460 votes,while incumbent David Al-lyn was re-elected to a three-year term as Trustee of

Jarvis wins selectmen’s seat in New DurhamVote on proposed Business District Ordinance ends in a tie

Trust Funds, with 453 votes.Resident Joan Martin will

have a decision to make inthe coming days, after win-ning election as a write-incandidate to three-yearterms as both a cemeterytrustee and a library trustee.

As of press time Tuesdaynight, Town Clerk Carole In-gham said she had not yet re-ceived a response to an e-mail asking Martin whichposition she intended totake.

Vote deadlockedIn a turn of events that In-

gham said took her staff bysurprise, the final tally on acontroversial amendment tothe town’s zoning ordinanceproposed by the planningboard, which asked resi-dents to adopt a new TownCenter Mixed Use Businessand Residential Zoning Dis-trict, ended in a tie, with 293votes in favor and 293against.

Ingham was unable toconfirm at press timewhether the deadlocked vote(which was determined by ahand count) signified defeatfor the amendment, explain-

ing that she planned to con-sult the RSAs Wednesdaymorning.

A second proposedamendment to the zoning or-dinance, which asked votersto amend Article III by al-lowing the fire chief or build-ing inspector to condemn aburned or dilapidated build-ing without needing reviewby the planning board,passed with a vote of 383 to203.

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Star attraction“Ben,” a Clydesdale belonging to Barnstead resident Brett Tiede, received just as much attention as the candidates after bringing his own-ers to the polls at Town Hall Tuesday.

BY JOSHUA SPAULDING

Editor

BARNSTEAD — Resi-dents of Barnstead only hadone contested race on the bal-lot when they went to thepolls on Tuesday, and theyshowed their faith in PhilGrillo by returning him tothe board of selectmen forthree years.

Grillo, who was appointedto fill former selectman JackO’Neill’s seat last year, was

elected to a three-year termover challenger Doug Dar-rell. Grillo received 298 votes,and Darrell checked in at 148.

Grillo’s colleague on theboard of selectmen, GordonPreston, was elected to an-other one-year term on theboard with 372 votes.

Veteran treasurer Mar-jorie Terry was returned toher post for another three

Grillo defeats Darrell inB’stead selectmen’s race

SEE BARNSTEAD PAGE A6

BY JOSHUA SPAULDING

Editor

REGION — The childrenof the Governor WentworthSchool District were the bigwinners in Tuesday’s schooldistrict elections, as votersoverwhelmingly approvedthe school board’s plan for arenovation and expansion ofthe Kingswood complex.

Article II on the school dis-trict ballot was the expan-sion project and 2,954 districtvoters gave their approval tothe plan, while 999 voters vot-ed in the negative. The bondneeded a 60 percent vote topass and the school board’splan went through with 75

Kingswood renovation getsthe go-ahead from voters

SEE GWRSD PAGE A8

Alton voters turn down big ticket itemsTwombly property, operating budget, municipal

building renovations all go down to defeatBY BRENDAN BERUBE

Staff Writer

ALTON — The decliningeconomy appeared to be fore-most on the minds of the 958voters who weighed in on Al-ton’s town Warrant Tuesdayas they turned down a num-ber of big-ticket spendingitems, including the pro-posed 2009 town operatingbudget.

Article 20, which askedvoters to raise and appropri-ate an operating budget of$6,138,838 was rejected by amargin of 519-404, leavingthe board of selectmen witha default budget of$6,043,629.

Under the provisions ofRSA 40:13, X and XVI, the se-lectmen also have the rightto hold a special meeting onthe issue of a revised budg-et.

Article 12, which askedvoters to raise and appropri-ate $1,999,000 in municipalbonds and notes for exten-sive renovations to TownHall, the Central fire station,the police station and thePearson Road senior center,was overwhelmingly shotdown, with 682 voters oppos-ing the proposal, and 223 insupport.

Voters also rejected thefollowing articles:

Article 13, asking them toraise and appropriate $34,500

BY JOSHUA SPAULDING

Editor

ALTON — Unofficial re-sults from the Alton polls onTuesday showed that Altonresidents approve of the jobthat Selectman Steve McMa-hon is doing.

The incumbent won an-other three-year seat on theboard of selectmen, garner-ing 384 votes to hold off chal-lengers Harold Bothwick(283) and Bob Longabaugh(222).

Residents also faced an-other race for selectman, asa two-year seat was up forgrabs to replace formerboard member Alan Sher-wood, who resigned earlier

McMahon,Hussey getthe nods

Barnstead meetings coming upBarnstead Town Meeting: Saturday, March 14, 9 a.m.,

elementary school gymnasium

Barnstead School District Meeting: Saturday, March21, 9 a.m., elementary school gymnasium

for the purpose of purchas-ing and equipping a new SUVpatrol vehicle for the police

department (313-593);Article 17, asking for

$40,000 to be added to the

Building and Site Improve-ments Capital Reserve Fundfor the transfer station (363-

557);Article 18, asking for

$10,000 to be added to the

Sidewalk Capital ReserveFund (461-476);

Article 19, a proposal tochange the purpose of theBeach Capital Reserve Fund

SEE ALTON PAGE A8

SEE RACES PAGE A8

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BY BRENDAN BERUBE

Staff Writer

BARNSTEAD — Withtheir initial proposal havingfallen through due to issueswith financing, the coregroup of entrepreneurs whowon approval last year on be-half of Sanco Energy, LLCfor a biomass cogenerationfacility at the former Timcoproperty returned to theplanning board on March 5under a new name, and witha new site plan for a wood pel-let operation.

Greg True, former Presi-dent of Forest Products forSanco Energy, explained to

the board that he, his sonErik, and two other local in-vestors had scaled back theirplans for the 135-acre site inCenter Barnstead after prob-lems with Sanco’s short-termfinancing prevented the com-pany from purchasing theproperty by its Decemberdeadline, and narrowed theirfocus to the manufacture ofwood pellets under the aus-pices of a new company,Lakes Region Pellets, Inc. (ofwhich he was now the Exec-utive Vice President andChief Operating Officer).

After walking the boardthrough the process of con-

verting raw lumber into six-millimeter-sized, environ-mentally friendly pellets(which he said would be a 24-hour-a-day operation fueledby the re-activation of the ex-isting Wellons boiler at thesite at partial capacity), Truenoted that the company hadpre-sold its entire output forthe first year, ensuring thatthe funding was already inplace.

“It’s a pretty simple oper-ation,” he said, explainingthat the company had estab-lished an initial target offour tons of pellets per hour(roughly 80 tons per day),

with plans to increase pro-duction to 10 tons per hour assoon as possible.

Company President HalSmith, who currently ownsthe former Timco property,informed the board thatplans for the property in-cluded a retail locationwhere residents of Barn-stead and surrounding com-munities could purchase pel-lets.

Explaining that if all goeswell this year, the companyhopes to expand its operationby firing up the existing five-megawatt cogenerationplant at the site next year,

True pointed out that 20 to 30employees would be neededto run the wood pellet facili-ty.

The construction phase,he said, would bring an addi-tional 20 jobs to Barnstead,while the production of pel-lets could create up to 50 an-cillary jobs for local loggers,foresters and truckers.

“We’re very excited aboutit because it’s us,” he said,adding that the company’s of-ficers were all residents ofthe area, and that there hadbeen no outside involvement.

Erik True commentedthat if the town and school

Planners approve wood pellet operation at former Timco sitedistrict were to convert towood pellet heating systemsin their buildings at anypoint in the future, the com-pany would be willing to sup-ply them with pellets.

Board member ChrisCarazzo asked whether thecompany’s site plan wouldmeet the requirements ofthe town’s Large BuildingFire Protection code.

Greg True replied that af-ter walking the site and mak-ing a few suggestions recent-ly, Fire Chief Geroge“Rusty” Krause “couldn’tsee anything” that mightplace the company in viola-tion of the code.

Asked by Carazzo to elab-orate on the company’s pro-posed hours of operationand any potential for noiseor light pollution, Greg Trueexplained that the pellet fa-cility would operate 24 hoursa day, seven days a week,with approximately fourtruckloads of pellets leavingthe site each day.

There would be no noisedue to the fact that the equip-ment would be located insidea well-insulated building, hesaid, adding that the only dis-turbance abutters might ex-perience in terms of noisewould be during the processof grinding down raw lum-ber, which would be done nomore than once a month dur-ing daylight hours.

Asked by alternate boardmember Jim Fougerewhether any change in airquality would result fromthe operation, True repliedthat with the boiler operat-ing at only 15 percent of theallowable level for emis-sions, the air would remain“clean.”

Board Vice Chair BillEvans asked what timeframe the company had es-tablished for its start-update.

True explained that thenecessary equipment wouldbe arriving in two to threeweeks, and that the companyhoped to have the operationon-line by mid-June.

With the boiler permit al-ready in place, he added, theonly documentation thecompany had yet to obtainwas a building permit.

Selectman Gordon Pre-ston announced for therecord that in light of theproposed facility’s potentialto bring up to 30 jobs into thecommunity, his boardplanned to hold a publichearing during its March 17meeting on its applicationfor a community develop-ment block grant of up to$20,000 from Belknap Coun-ty in support of the project.

With no further inputfrom the public, the boardvoted unanimously to ap-prove the site plan.

Next meetingThe board’s next regular

business meeting has beenscheduled for Thursday,April 2, at 7 p.m. in TownHall.


BY KATIE TOTHILL

Contributing Writer

NEW DURHAM — TheMarch 2 meeting of the NewDurham selectmen markedthe final meeting for Chair-man Peter Rhodes, who didnot run for reelection in2009. Selectmen’s secretaryand librarian Cathy Allynpraised Rhoades’ hardwork during his time as aselectman.

“I think this town has noidea, none, how fortunatethey are that there is some-one who is actually pas-sionate about the town’s in-terests, the individual’s in-terests and the resident’sinterests,” said Allyn. “Theamount of sacrifice goeswithout saying. This townis lucky, because [Peterdoesn’t] back down fromthings that are good forthem.”

Rhoades thanked Allynfor her comments.

“The people that I knowand the experiences thatI’ve had energize me to giveback,” said Rhoades. “Ihope the town will enter-tain me possibly [servingon the board of selectmen]

again someday.”The board voted unani-

mously to increase specificsolid waste, municipal andbuilding inspection fees.New solid waste rates in-clude new rates for pickuptruck loads. According tothe 2008 fee schedule, pick-up truck loads were notcharged, but the new ratesinclude $50 for pickuptrucks with an eight-footbed, $40 for a six-foot bedand $60 for a one-ton pickuptruck. A new rate of $1 peradditional cubic foot oftruck bed length was alsoinstituted. Seventeen-inchtires with and without rimswere not charged in 2008,but would now be subject tofees of $10 and $8, respec-tively. The new solid wastefees will go into effect im-mediately.

The municipal rate of$2.50 for the Town Clerk’sregistration was increasedto $3. In 2008, the towncharged a fee of $2.50 plusan additional 50 cents forstate registration renewalmailings. The town nolonger requires the fee of 50cents, as the Town Hall

completes the renewalprocess. The 50 cents be-came part of the total reg-istration fee via unanimousvote. The new municipalfees will go into effect im-mediately.

Building Inspector andCode Enforcement OfficerArthur Capello presentedthe increased building andhealth inspection fees, in-cluding flat rates designedto save homeowners money.Capello proposed flat ratesfor square footage based up-on the Building Construc-tion Cost Data for 2007, cit-ing issues of inaccuracywith the previous methodof quoting rates based onthe square footage in thebuilding permit. The ratesinclude $70 per square footfor a residential building,$35 per square foot for nonlivable space and $30 persquare foot for remodeledspace.

“[The square footagerates] take the guessworkout for the homeowner, forthe builder and for thetown,” said Capello. Addi-tional rates include a build-ing permit fee of $30 plus

Peter Rhoades earns praise in final meeting as selectmanan additional $5 per $1,000of value, increased from arate of $10 in 2008, as wellas flat electrical and plumb-ing permit fees of $50, in-creased from a rate of $3 per$1,000 of value in 2008.Capello explained that hehoped to make the BuildingInspection department

“self sustaining” so thatonly the residents that usethe services pay for them.The new building inspec-tion fees will go into effecton April 1.

The next New Durhamselectmen’s meeting will beheld on March 16 at 7 p.m.in Town Hall.

ALTON — The bone mar-row registration drive origi-nally scheduled to take placeat the Alton Central Schoolthis past Monday was post-poned due to inclementweather, and has been re-scheduled for Monday,

March 16, from 3 to 7 p.m.Due to a scheduling con-

flict, the American Red Crosswill be unable to conduct theblood drive it planned in con-junction with the marrowdrive until May.

Bone marrow drivepostponed once again

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BARNSTEAD — Follow-ing a recommendation fromthe Fire Department StudyCommittee (FDSC), Barn-stead’s Board of Selectmenare hoping to begin the tran-sition to a municipally-man-aged fire department at Sat-urday’s Town Meeting byasking voters to pave the wayfor a board-appointed full-time chief.

Article 4 on the 2009 townWarrant asks voters to ap-prove a re-organization ofBarnstead Fire/Rescue (thetown fire department) in ac-cordance with RSA 154:I(b),under which the selectmenwould have the authority toappoint a full-time fire chief,as well as firefighters (basedon the chief ’s recommenda-tion).

The importance of find-ing and appointing an indi-vidual capable of runningthe department on a full-time basis emerged as a cen-tral issue during several FD-SC meetings last year, withselectmen and current part-time Fire Chief George“Rusty” Krause agreeingthat it would be a key com-ponent in the process oftransitioning away fromBarnstead Fire-Rescue, Inc.and toward a fully munici-palized fire service.

If Article 4 passes, thechange would not take placeuntil next March.

Article 5, which asks vot-ers to increase the number offull-time police officer posi-tions in Barnstead from sixto seven at a cost of $67,980(including outfitting, train-ing and a benefits package)is also expected to spark de-bate.

Brought forward by theboard of selectmen (who vot-ed not to recommend its pas-sage) in an effort to make thetownspeople aware of the po-tential costs involved in hir-ing a seventh full-time offi-cer (which the board was ad-vised to do by voters at the2007 Town Meeting, but laterdetermined that there wasno justification for the addi-tional manpower), the arti-cle would add approximately12 cents per $1,000 of valua-tion to the town’s tax rate.

During discussion of Ar-ticle 18, which asks voters toraise and appropriate thetown’s 2009 operating budg-et, the selectmen plan to de-fend their recommendedbudget of $3,213,444 againstthe budget committee’s rec-ommendation of $3,123,471,determined after the com-mittee made approximately$98,000 in cuts (including areduction in proposed raisesfor town employees fromthree percent to 1.9 percent).

The Warrant at a glanceWith the exception of Ar-

ticles 1 (the election of townofficers); 2 (a series of pro-posed amendments to thetown’s zoning ordinance); 3(the reports of agents, audi-tors, committees, or offi-cers); and 19 (a vehicle forconducting any other busi-ness that might come beforethe meeting), the remainingarticles on Barnstead’s War-rant include:

Article 6, asking voters toraise and appropriate$100,000 to be placed in theEmergency ManagementExpendable Trust Fund.

Article 8, asking voters toestablish an Emergency Fu-

Full-time fire chief proposal tops Barnstead Warrantel and Heating Oil Expend-able Trust Fund for the pur-pose of meeting the cost ofunanticipated gasoline,diesel and heating oil ex-penses, and to raise and ap-propriate $39,000 to be placedin the fund.

Article 9, asking voters toraise and appropriate $6,000for an energy upgrade to thelighting and fixtures in townbuildings.

Article 10, a petitioned ar-

ticle asking voters to raiseand appropriate $5,000 formilfoil treatment of the Sun-cook River, and for divers.

Article 11, asking voters toestablish a Professional Plan-ner Expendable Trust Fundfor the purpose of retaininga professional planner whenexpertise is needed duringinvestigations of technicaland complex planning is-sues, and to raise and appro-priate $5,000 to be placed in

the fund.Article 12, asking voters to

authorize the board of se-lectmen to merge a parcel oftown-owned property ac-quired by tax deed in No-vember 2003 with propertybelonging to Melanie Horo-hov.

Article 13, a petitioned ar-ticle asking voters to accept astretch of roadway leadingfrom Beaver Ridge Road toBeaver Pond Road to Hazel

Clark Road as a Class V road.Article 14, a petitioned ar-

ticle asking the town to over-see the care of Forest Road,including plowing, sandingand maintenance.

Article 15, asking voters tochange the position of roadagent from an elected posi-tion to an appointed one.

Article 16, asking voters tochange the position of Wel-fare Officer from an electedposition to an appointed one.

Article 17, asking voters tochange the position of Trea-surer from an elected posi-tion to an appointed one.

Town Meeting is sched-uled to begin at 9 a.m. on Sat-urday, March 14, in the Barn-stead Elementary Schoolgymnasium.


BY BRENDAN BERUBE

Staff Writer

ALTON — An Alton cou-ple with plans to convert aportion of the antique barnon their property into a wa-ter bottling plant weregranted permission by theboard of selectmen lastweek to retain a historicpreservation easement onthe building.

Deanna O’Shaughnessy,owner of Sunny SlopeFarm on Old WolfeboroRoad, and her companion,Tim Morgan, received ap-proval from the planningboard last month to set up asmall-scale bottling planton the lower level of the his-toric barn in order to har-vest water from the proper-ty for local distribution.

Although the couplehave no plans to alter thehistoric upper portion ofthe barn, Morgan ex-plained during the select-men’s March 4 meeting thatthey had come before theboard seeking to hold ontothe discretionary preserva-tion easement they placedon the structure severalyears ago under the provi-sions of RSA 79-D, whichentitles them to an annualdeferment of $300 on the as-sessed value of the proper-ty.

According to the guide-lines set down in the RSA,the penalty for having thepreservation easement re-moved from a structure is$6,000.

Noting that the issue athand was whether puttingthe bottling plant in thenewer portion of the barnconstituted a change fromthe building’s current agri-cultural use, Morgan saidthat from his andO’Shaughnessy’s perspec-tive, it did not.

Sunny Slope Farm owners retain preservation easementSelectman Peter Bolster

explained that the issue onwhich the board was beingasked to rule was whetheror not they agreed with thetown assessor’s recommen-dation to allow the defer-ment to continue while as-sessing the bottling opera-tion at its full commercialvalue.

Board Chairman SteveMcMahon said he had beenunder the impression thatthe easement had beengranted with the under-standing that the barnwould not be altered in anyway.

Commenting that shefelt the $6,000 penalty wasout-sized in comparison tothe $300 annual benefit ofthe easement (which shesaid did not even begin tocover the cost of the cou-ple’s contractual obligationto maintain the barn’s his-toric exterior), O’Shaugh-nessy explained to theboard that the easementwas originally granted un-der the criteria that thebarn was visible from bothRoute 28-A and OldWolfeboro Road (a situationthat she said would notchange).

The only change to thestructure, she said, wouldbe the addition of newequipment to the garagearea on the lower level.

McMahon said he had “aproblem” with the idea of

continuing to grant theproperty owners a tax breakwhile they installed a mon-ey-making business in thebarn.

Directing his colleagues’attention to the originalsigned agreement estab-lishing the preservationeasement, which stated thatany additions or improve-ments to the barn were tobe assessed at their full val-ue, Bolster advised themthat, “we’ve got a legal doc-ument here, and we’ve gotto follow the guidelines.”

Selectman Loring Carrdisagreed with Bolster, stat-ing that he did not feel thewording of the agreementobligated the board to con-tinue the easement.

Adding that before grant-ing his approval toO’Shaughnessy and Mor-gan’s request, he wantednew wording added to theagreement specifically stat-ing that the planned im-provements would be as-sessed at their full commer-cial value, Carr moved to al-low the couple to retain the

easement.The motion passed 2-1,

with McMahon dissenting.

Ice storm reimbursementrequested

Town AdministratorRussell Bailey informed theboard during his report thathe had recently filed a re-quest with FEMA for reim-bursement of 75 percent ofthe costs the town incurredduring the December icestorm.

Due to the fact that thestorm happened in 2008, hesaid, the money, when re-ceived, will go directly intothe general fund for use inoff-setting next year’s taxrate.

No information has comethrough from the state re-garding its 12.5 percentshare of the remainingamount, he added.

Odds and endsIn other business, the

board approved a septicwaiver requested by engi-neer Tom Varney, and alsoapproved Solid Waste Facil-

ity Director Scott Simonds’request to re-locate thetown swap shop to a newsite across from his officefor safety reasons; a hawk-ers and vendors permit forWhite Mountain KettleCorn (which will be at thebay on several occasionsfrom June through Septem-ber); the annual ProspectView Housing payment inlieu of taxes; six intents tocut, three abatements, twoveteran’s credits, two dis-abled exemptions, a currentuse application, and threeland use change taxes rec-ommended by the assessor;and two pole petitions fromthe New Hampshire Elec-tric Co-op, one on SpringStreet and the other onAfrica Road.

Next meetingThe board’s next meeting

has been scheduled forMonday, March 16, at 6 p.m.in Town Hall.


BARNSTEAD — A nightout of dinner and a moviewith the family not in yourbudget? Think again. Enjoya delicious home-cookeddinner and watch “EvanAlmighty” on Saturday,

March 28, at 6 p.m. at theBarnstead Town Hall. Youcan’t beat the cost – dona-tions. That’s right. Suggest-ed contributions of $8adults/$5 kids are welcome.Proceeds will be split be-

tween the Barnstead FoodPantry and the Children’sProgram of the Congrega-tional Church of NorthBarnstead. Contact KatieWhiteman to reserve a spotat 540-5356.

Dinner and a movie March 28 in B’stead

OpinionOpinionTHURSDAY, MARCH 12, 2009 THE BAYSIDER SECTION A, PAGE 4

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Packing upThe weekend’s balmy weather was apparently enough to convince at least one of the ice fishermen on Alton Bay to begin packing up for the sea-son.

More to comeThe front page of this issue contains our

Election Day coverage, the results of races inour three towns, as well as decisions on theAlton town and school Warrant.

While we were able to hold our front pagefor these results, pushing back the deadline abit to allow that information to appear, thedeadline for this page was a bit earlier, soresults were unknown as of this writing.

However, we hope that no matter what theresults, no matter who is now in an electedposition, that the boards continue to carryout the wishes of the townspeople they serve.

We know that there were some contentiousissues on the ballot in Alton, from the pur-chase of land for the school district to therenovation of the Town Hall, police station,fire station and senior center. In tight eco-nomic times, we understand that voters areforced to vote more with their wallet thanwith their hearts, and that could lead to sometough choices for some voters, having tomaybe choose one ‘big ticket’ item overanother.

Whatever the outcome, the will of the peo-ple has been made known and it is up to theselectmen and other town officials to followthe path that the voters have headed down,and continue to do what is best for the town.

With Alton’s voting in the books (and NewDurham’s Town Meeting after deadlineWednesday night), the attention now turns toBarnstead, where voters will now have thenext two Saturdays to hash out issues regard-ing everything from a teachers’ contract to afull-time fire chief.

This Saturday is Barnstead’s TownMeeting, while the School District Meeting isset for next Saturday, March 21.

While we have no problems with SB2, thetraditionalist in us, the native NewEnglander, loves the appeal of Town Meeting,the feeling of democracy in action, the feel-ing of the residents of town coming togetherto decide the direction the town (or schooldistrict) will take in the next year. TownMeeting has a true New England feel that aDeliberative Session never quite has.

We like the idea of townspeople from allwalks of life coming together under one roof,hashing out their differences and figuringout what’s best for the town, lawyers, carpen-ters, accountants, plumbers and public offi-cials all working together.

Then again, maybe it’s the Rockwelliannotion of Town Meeting that we like, the“Freedom of Speech” moment that sitsframed and signed by the artist near the frontdoor of an old New England home. Surely allTown Meetings aren’t like that idealisticscene, but the idea behind it is what makes usa fan of the Town Meeting style of govern-ment.

So, we urge Barnstead residents to head tothe elementary school on Saturday morningand put in their two cents toward the direc-tion of the town for the next year.

To the Editor:Thanks to all who attended last year’s

Town Meeting. Because of your efforts,our tax rate remained unchanged from2007. On Saturday, March 14, we will bevoting on this year’s town budget. Theselectmen have requested an increasein the operating budget. They have re-quested $31,000 for a town administra-tor, along with approximately $20,000 inbenefits for that position. The select-

men are requesting a three percentraise for all town employees, retroactiveto Jan. 1. That comes out to a rate of 4.5percent for the year. There is also a War-rant article to set aside $100,000 in anEmergency Management ExpendableTrust Fund as well as $39,000 in anEmergency Fuel and Heating Oil Ex-pendable Trust Fund. The selectmenhave made these requests despite thedecrease in town revenues and the un-

certainty of state funding. If you wouldlike to be heard on these and other is-sues in the town’s budget, you must at-tend this meeting. Are you willing tospend four hours of your time on a Sat-urday to keep our taxes reasonable? Youcan be sure that the people advocatingfor those expenses will be there.

Be there! Be heard! Vote!Paul Landry

Barnstead

Make your voice heard Saturday

To the Editor:I wanted to tell your readers about

the robotics competition my husbandand I attended this past weekend. Therewere some things I already knew, suchas my sons were working with a team todesign and build a robot, the robot hadto meet a challenge, the robot’s name isBob, and that Mr. Hikel and Mr. Marceauhad been their coaches.

After attending the FIRST RoboticsCompetition in Manchester, I learnedsome very interesting facts. First, itcosts each team $6,000 to enter. Second,the Granite State Regional Competitionis sponsored by BAE Systems. There are40 regional competitions around thecountry. Third, many colleges offer

scholarships, totaling $9 million, to highschool students that participate on theteam. Fourth, many teams have parentand community support, groups thathelp raise money and promote the pro-gram. They have corporate sponsorssuch as NASA, Lockheed-Martin,Raytheon and Texas Instruments, justto name a few. They also get funds frommembers of their community. Fifth,this is a wonderful way to promote tech-nology and engineering at the highschool level.

While PMHS wasn’t a top-seededteam, they were invited by the top teamto participate with them in the finals.They will be competing in several “mi-ni-competitions” in the near future, so

watch for “Big Bad Bob” announce-ments.

I would encourage anyone who hasor knows a student that could benefitfrom this program to get involved.

If you would like to help promotetechnology education through this pro-gram please e-mail me [email protected] and I will putyou in touch with the right people.

Now that my youngest sons are inhigh school, I’m a robotics mom insteadof a soccer mom.

Heartfelt thanks to Mr. Hikel and Mr.Marceau for their time and dedicationto our high school students.

Linda MonaskyAlton

Now she’s a robotics mom

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To the Editor:When it comes to priorities, I am

amazed by the apparent lack of localwisdom. Yesterday at the State House,state sovereignty was a huge issue(HCR6). However, considering declin-ing resources such as cheap crude oil,little attention is being given to region-al food production. Less than five per-cent of food consumed in New Hamp-shire is grown here. Cheap oil enablesits transport from Florida, California,Chile, China, etc. This is clearly unsus-tainable. When fossil fuels skyrocketagain, so will food and domestic energy.

So many people are now “on the edge,”we must reconsider priorities.

So,we in Barnstead are in the processof co-creating a permaculture farmschool, where anyone (especially youngpeople) can learn to produce local foodwithout poisons, GMOs and petro fer-tilizers and do it year round. We areopen to co-participation, investors, stu-dents and teachers, more land and fa-cilities. We have survival in mind. Wethink folks are ready. Our PC school willbe farm-based on the following princi-ples:

- Positive pan-loving relationships;

- Enhancing biological and culturaldiversity;

- Blending with nature;- Global connections and synergies;- Bioregional self reliance (localiza-

tion);- Grassroots democracy, etc.We hope farm schools will pop up

everywhere. For more insight, we en-courage you to google “The Power ofCommunity.”

Talk to us at Greenfire PermacultureFarm at 776-7776 or visit www.eco-topia.us.

Bruce ShearerBarnstead

Help make local food a priority

To the Editor:The Oscar Foss Memorial Library in

Center Barnstead would like to say ahuge thank you to the members of theCenter Barnstead Christian Church.

On Sunday, Feb. 7, we discovered abroken air handling unit in the base-ment of the library, which basicallyturned the library basement into asauna and there were several inches ofwater on the basement floor.

Rick Simoneau, one of the membersof the board of trustees, noticed that wehad a room full of books for our book-sale and wanted to get them out fast.There were also several storage booksand goods that we kept in the basement.Rick made a quick trip over to the Cen-ter Barnstead Christian Church andcame back with a large group of veryhelpful volunteers who proceeded to“bucket brigade” the books upstairs.

They took an hour out of their busylives to help us save what we could andwe wanted everyone to know how verygrateful we are. It is so nice to know thatthere are always caring, giving peoplewho are there to help you out. Thanksagain to each and every one of you foryour help.

The staff of the Oscar Foss MemorialLibrary

Barnstead

Library thanks church members for their help

To the Editor:The puppets still dance. Perhaps you

have been reading our letters fromLocke Lake Colony about three ladiesand a confrontation with Mrs. Ranaldi.

On Saturday, Feb. 28, there was a “trial”held. Several people spoke in favor ofthe ladies. We were told the board wouldmake a decision and we would be noti-fied by mail. The decision was made.

No reprimand. Mr. Ranaldi still pullsthe strings on his puppets even when heis not in the room.

Dorothy ChioccolaBarnstead

Still controlling the puppets

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ALTON — A recent in-crease in the number of stu-dents approaching PrincipalJames Fitzpatrick to ask whythey had not received apromised credit on theirtranscripts for taking Alge-bra I in eighth grade prompt-ed an extensive discussionabout Prospect MountainHigh School’s course creditpolicy during the JMAboard’s March 3 meeting.

Explaining that herdaughter, currently a sopho-more, was one of the stu-dents who received a letterfrom the high school in 2006informing her that shewould receive a non-Mathcourse credit for successful-ly completing an Algebra Icourse in middle school,Barnstead resident KristineJaninni voiced her concernat not having seen that prom-ised credit on her daughter’sreport card, and urged theboard to follow through onwhat the letter had prom-ised.

Asked by board memberJeff St. Cyr whether stu-dents would still be requiredto take three years of Mathunder the new credit policy(which Superintendent PaulBartolomucci said was draft-ed specifically to cover Math,but could eventually be usedfor Language and other sub-jects in the future), Fitz-patrick answered “That’s theplan,” stating his personalbelief that students shouldhave at least three credits un-der their belts in Math beforegraduating.

Explaining the rationalebehind the proposed policy,Bartolomucci said he and hiscounterparts in Alton andBarnstead felt that studentswho were excelling at the Ad-vanced level in middleschool would be highly moti-vated to continue on thattrack in high school.

Pointing out that Math isone area in which both thecommunity and the countryas a whole has struggled inrecent years, board Vice

Chair Keith Couch said hehad concerns with the ideaof offering incoming stu-dents a credit that might en-able them to avoid taking aMath course in high school.

“I don’t see what the hand-icap is … or where we’reholding anyone back,” hesaid, adding that he would be“fine” with the idea of cred-iting students for their workin middle school if the highschool’s graduation require-ments were changed, and therequired number of Mathcredits “bumped up.”

Board member Diane Bei-jer commented that to thebest of her knowledge, amemorandum of under-standing had been drawn upbetween Barnstead’s eighthgrade Math teachers and thehigh school Math programdirector on the idea of stu-dents taking Algebra I at thehigh school, but there hadbeen no mention of studentsreceiving credit for eighthgrade course work.

Board member Sandy Wy-att, a resident of Alton, saidher daughter, a junior, hadreceived a letter from thehigh school promising hercredit for Algebra I.

Board member EuniceLandry recalled BarnsteadElementary School’s princi-pal at the time talking in 2006about the opportunity foreighth grade students to re-ceive credit for Algebra I.She did not, however, re-member anything havingbeen finalized.

Agreeing with an earliercomment from Couch, boardmember Terri Noyes saidshe wanted to see a recom-mendation from the admin-istration.

“What is the value of it?”Couch asked.

Commenting that in hisprior experience with simi-lar policies, “we don’t losethe student,” Bartolomucciexplained that the eighthgrade teachers would have tobe qualified to teach at thehigh school level, and wouldbe required to use the same

Joint Maintenance board reviews Math credit policycurriculum, assessmentschedule, and competencytools as his or her counter-parts at the high school.

St. Cyr noted that studentson a Calculus track who weredenied credit for taking Al-gebra I in middle schoolwould be required to com-plete five separate Mathcourses at the high school be-fore advancing to Calculus, anearly impossible task due totime constraints.

Couch replied that he feltthe credit system had beendesigned to enable incomingstudents to proceed directlyto Algebra II, providing themwith an opportunity to dou-ble up on courses if neces-sary if they chose to proceedtoward Calculus.

Chairwoman LyndaGoossens felt that the boardhad an obligation to followthrough on the credit prom-ised to students.

Fitzpatrick agreed, stat-ing that in light of the letters,he thought the board had nochoice but to allow the stu-dents to receive credit fortheir eighth grade coursework.

Re-iterating his stancethat students should be tak-ing three years of Math at thehigh school level, regardlessof any credit earned for theirmiddle school efforts, hecommented that statistics

have shown that students onthe advanced track in middleschool often continue on thatpath once they reach highschool.

Couch continued to ex-press doubts, however, par-ticularly in light of discus-sions at several past boardmeetings about the possibili-ty of re-examining credit re-quirements due to the risingnumbers of seniors filing forpermission to graduate ear-ly.

“All this concern aboutearly graduation, and we’rethrowing credits over thewall … I don’t get it,” he said.

Goossens voiced heragreement with Couch’sopinion that Algebra II, andnot Algebra I, should be thefirst Math course appearingon the transcripts of stu-dents who successfully com-plete Algebra I in eighthgrade.

Noting that colleges tradi-tionally look for evidencethat prospective studentshave taken challengingcourses, Beijer said AlgebraI should appear on students’transcripts if they receivecredit for having taken it inmiddle school.

Explaining that he saw theproposed policy as “a docu-ment to move us forward,”Bartolomucci said that whileit would be important to ex-

plore the origin of the letterssent out to students in thepast, he felt it was equally im-portant for the board to findsome way to forge ahead.

Couch suggested that Bar-tolomucci contact the De-partment of Education(DOE) to ask how the issuehas been dealt with acrossthe state.

Clarifying for the board’sbenefit that her daughterhad been told that she wouldbe required to take threeMath credits at the highschool, Janinni added (in re-sponse to Couch’s question-ing of the value of creditingmiddle school course work)that to her, the value lay inthe fact that her daughterand other students werepromised credit for their ef-forts.

“I don’t see what the bigdeal is,” she said, asking howthe denial of credit for Alge-bra I might affect seniorswho suddenly found them-selves one credit short of thegraduation requirements, orstudents whose focus was notMath and who might havebeen freed up by the AlgebraI credit to take anothercourse.

Couch assured her thatthe board and administra-tion would look into the mat-ter.

No waiver needed for snowdays … yet

Bartolomucci informedthe board during his reportthat as of March 3, the fivesnow days built into the highschool’s 2008-09 calendar hadbeen used, meaning therewas no need yet for adminis-trators to request a waiverfrom the DOE.

Announcing that the ten-tative last day of school iscurrently set for some timeon or around June 23, Bar-tolomucci said he wouldbring a proposed graduationdate to the board in April.

Odds and endsIn other business, the

board approved a correctiveaction plan for addressing is-sues from the school’s latestaudit; approved the plannedsenior class trip to Six FlagsNew England; and granted fi-nal approval to a Drug-FreeWorkplace policy and a poli-cy prohibiting the use of to-bacco products on schoolgrounds.

Next meetingThe board’s next meeting

has been scheduled for Tues-day, March 31, at 6:30 p.m. inthe high school media center.


NEW DURHAM — TheExplore for Grown-UpsSpring 2009 class schedule isavailable to everyone locatedin the newsletter “What’sHappening in NewDurham?” Classes for thespring session are startingand there are a number ofclasses now available just foryou.

The adult computer class-es at the New Durham Li-brary with instructor MaxCrowe, Town Librarian, willbe starting soon. Learn howto create your own blog, surfthe Internet like never be-fore, and/or learn a new ap-plication. Come and ‘“tin-ker” around and see whatnew things you may discov-er.

The spring session willhelp you break out of yourstandard routine and can of-fer you something different.Yoga and the healthy holisticwell-being classes have start-ed at the New Durham Ele-mentary School. Eliminatethe daily stress you are ex-periencing or shed those ex-tra pounds you have gainedover these past wintermonths. Focus on achievableexercise goals. Classes are

Explore for Grown-Ups offers wide variety of classesavailable for men andwomen, and newcomers arewelcome to join at any time.

Are you wondering aboutyour past? Think you wouldlike to research your familyhistory, but do not knowwhere to begin? The Geneal-ogy 101 class will soon beavailable, check with theNew Durham Library for thenew start date. Learn how tocreate a family tree that youcan pass on to your next gen-eration.

Have you ever thoughtabout being in a situationwhereby you did not have theknowledge and skills to helpsave a life? The New DurhamLibrary will host the Ameri-can Heart Association First

Aid, CPR/AED classes thisspring. Think how good youwill feel knowing that youcould assist a child or anadult until the ambulance ar-rived. You will have the abil-ity to become certified, andyou could save a life someday.Upon completion of theclasses, participants will re-ceive their certification ac-cordingly.

Do not forget about themorning and evening adultbasic education classes thatare open to all. Set aside theworry of not having a goodjob. Dedicate yourself now,and attend one of the adultbasic education classes. Startpreparing yourself for yourGED. Contact your local li-

brary for further informa-tion.

Fiddle and guitar lessonsare being offered at the NuteLibrary and the FarmingtonHigh School is having the Hand R Block public educatorsoffering some workshops onfirst time filers, the new taxchanges, missed deductionsand more.

Check out the creativecrafts, historical and literaryclasses coming up. There issomething for everyone. Calla friend or neighbor to comealong with you, or just comeon your own. Everyone iswelcome to sign-up for class-es or workshops in NewDurham and in neighboringcommunities.

ALTON — With the up-coming celebration of St.Patrick’s Day, many folks willhave had their fill of cornedbeef and cabbage. If you’dlike something different, theMasons of WinnipesaukeeLodge #75 in Alton have justthe ticket in their buffet

breakfast, which will be hotand waiting for all comers onSunday, March 15, from 7 to11 a.m.

The Masons will be readyand eager to serve everyoneall sorts of breakfast de-lights. And to top it all off,they do all the clean-up as

well, all at a reasonable price.Please join the Masons on

Sunday, March 15 for the bestbreakfast around. They aresure you’ll be glad you did.

For more information onthe breakfast or on the Ma-sons, call David Cummingsat 875-2715.

Masons hosting breakfast Sunday morning

ALTON — The AltonGarden Club would like theparents of seniors in Altonand Barnstead to know thatthe applications for theclub’s scholarship are nowavailable at the guidance of-fice at Prospect MountainHigh School.

The Alton Garden Club

Doris Barnes Scholarshipis for $500. It is for a studentpursuing a career in land-scaping, horticulture,forestry, environmental sci-ences or earth sciences. Inthe event that there are noapplicants, the scholarshipwill be opened to a previousgraduate currently pursu-

Garden Club scholarship applications availableing higher education inthese fields. In this econo-my, the Alton Garden Clubis pleased that it is able tohelp in some small way.

ALTON — Jon and Ka-reen Briggs of West Altonare pleased to announce thebirth of their twin daugh-ters on Feb. 8 at Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Centerin Lebanon. Alexis RoseBriggs was born at 11:59a.m., weighed four pounds,six ounces and measured 17and a half inches. MadelynMargaret Briggs was bornat 1:23 p.m., weighed threepounds, two ounces andmeasured 15 and a halfinches. Maternal grandpar-ents are David and SusanMerfeld of West Alton. Pa-ternal grandparents areFred and Judy Briggs ofBedford.

Briggs familywelcomes twindaughters


BY ELIZABETH CANTRALL

Contributing Writer

BARNSTEAD — Barn-stead Fire-Rescue, Inc.(BFRInc.) President NickRott met with the town’s se-lectmen at their March 3meeting. Rott and the select-men met to further discussthe proposed termination ofthe contract betweenBFRInc. and the town at theend of next year.

Chairman Gordon Pre-ston told Rott that the boardwas “happy” with what hasbeen presented in the newagreement, other than theproposed Length of ServiceAwards Program (LOSAP)requested by BFRInc.

At the Feb. 17 meeting,Rott arranged for a presen-tation on LOSAP by Bedfordfireman Tom Green.

The board, however, letRott know that they stillwere not interested in theLOSAP.

“I would not sign a con-tract with LOSAP in there,”stated Selectman JimBarnard.

Barnard went on to saythat he felt it was a “fire de-partment issue” and that hedid not believe in a pensionprogram where the recipi-ents do not contribute finan-cially.

Selectman Phil Grilloasked Rott if he thought themembership of BFRInc.would have a problem withthe town wanting to take theLOSAP item out of the newcontract.

“I’ll take it before them,”replied Rott.

“In fairness, it did comeout of left field,” said Pre-ston.

“It is something that canbe brought up by the chief inthe future,” said Vice-ChairDave Kerr.

Rott again said he wouldtake it before the member-ship and let the selectmenknow what happens.

Another item of concernmentioned was the mort-gage and the timing of thetown taking over the build-ings. Rott wanted to makesure the mortgage was goingto be paid in full before thetransition to becoming a mu-nicipality was complete.

“I’m going to tell them atthis Town Meeting that therewill be a warrant article topay off the mortgage nextyear,” said Barnard.

“That is a hunk of changethat has to come from some-where,” said Rott.

Preston expressed that hedid not think this would be aproblem with the town sinceit is money they have to payanyway.

“I think we are in agree-ment that in order for us tosign the paperwork on April1 [2010] the mortgage has tobe paid,”said Selectman PhilGrillo.

Highway departmentRoad Agent Chris Caraz-

zo met with the board and thetop issue was what still need-ed to be done regarding thediesel tank being put in atthe highway department.

Carrazo brought the se-lectmen a quote on costs forthe equipment needed to fin-ish the tank project. Oneitem covered in the quotewas the cost of a keypad sys-tem.

“I thought we were goingwith a lock and key for now,”said Grillo.

Barnard told Carazzo hewas going to have to come upwith a book that has copieswhere everything could berecorded manually. Barnardsaid a copy needed to go toCarazzo and another copyneeded to come to the board.The book would stay in thetruck with the driver.

Carazzo told the boardthat for $3,300 they couldhave the key system they

Rott, selectmen continue fire department discussionswanted and it would be muchmore effective than depend-ing on the drivers to keep anaccurate log, especially whenthey are tired after a longshift.

“It is so much cheaperthan what we got with thefirst quote,” said Carazzo.

Barnard asked Carazzo ifhe had price quotes for thecost of the concrete pad thatwould have to go under thetank, and for the fence that isrequired to go around the

area.Carazzo told the board

that he felt it would be bestfor them to buy the fence sup-plies and put the fence upthemselves. He said it wasthe cheapest way to go.

As for the concrete pad,Carazzo presented the boardwith two quotes he had ob-tained. One quote was $3,590and the other was $5,720.

Carazzo also told theboard that the tank wouldhave to be certified at the end

of the project and the esti-mated cost for that would bebetween $600 and $1,000.

Preston asked the boardhow big a value they shouldput on keeping track of thefuel.

Barnard again said hewould like to use a book tokeep track.

“I’d like to go for the keysystem now. It would showthe town that we are trying tohave good control over thediesel,” said Kerr.

Grillo stated he agreedwith Kerr.

“If you are going to do it,you might as well do it whilethe prices are low,” stated Se-lectman Andy Houle. “Aslong as it [the whole projectremaining] doesn’t go over$7,000, I’m for it.”

Kerr pointed out that whatwas left did go over $7,000. Hesaid the cost would be $8,300with the pad and fence added,and then there was still thecertification.

Carazzo again said theywere going to do the fencethemselves and it would becheaper that way.

“That keypad would prob-ably pay for itself,” said Gril-lo.

“We are looking at $10,000,not a nickel more,” statedPreston.

“It could be less,” saidCarazzo.

For a story on the board’sFeb. 24 meeting, see page B4.

NEW DURHAM — Dr.Bob Jones III, chancellor ofBob Jones University inGreenville, S.C., will speak atThe First Free Will BaptistChurch, Depot Road, NewDurham, on Tuesday, March17, at 7 p.m.

Dr. Jones served as presi-dent of BJU for 34 years, re-tiring in 2005, the third tohold that office since theschool’s founding in 1927 byhis late grandfather. In addi-

tion to earning two degreesfrom the school, he took ad-ditional graduate work atNorthwestern and New YorkUniversities and holds hon-orary doctorates from Pills-bury Baptist Bible College inMinnesota, San FransciscoBaptist Theological Semi-nary in California andMaranatha Baptist Bible Col-lege in Wisconsin.

Each year Dr. Jones re-ceives more requests to

speak than he is able to fill.These engagements have tak-en him to all parts of theworld, and he has conductedtours of the Holy Land andEurope. An accomplished ac-tor, Dr. Jones performs regu-larly in Shakespearean pro-ductions at the university,and he has played severaldramatic roles in threeaward-winning films pro-duced by the university’s mo-tion picture unit. He has ap-

Dr. Bob Jones III to speak in New Durham Tuesday night

ALTON — The WolfeboroSenior Citizen’s Club onceagain welcomes all Altonseniors to its March meetingon March 18 at 1:30 p.m. at theAll Saints Episcopal Church.

Entertainment for the day,organized by the club’s vicepresident Georgiana Nason,will be the Sea ShanteySingers, from the UNH Ma-rine Docenta. Refreshmentswill follow the entertain-

ment.Also, the first meeting of

the Alton Senior Associationwill be held on April 8 at 1p.m. at the Alton Senior Cen-ter.

All members are asked toattend.

Everyone is requested tomake an Easter Bonnet towear at the meeting.

A prize will be awarded forthe most original.

Alton seniors invited toWolfeboro club’s meeting

peared on such national tele-vision programs as “Night-line,” “Good Morning Amer-ica,” “Donahue,” “Mac-Neil/Lehrer Report” and“Freeman Reports.”

He is also chairman of theboard for the BJU Museumand Gallery, which housesone of the most prestigiouscollections of religious art inAmerica, with 30 galleriescontaining more than 400paintings by the Old Mas-ters.

His wife, Beneth Jones, al-so an accomplished actress,is the author of severalbooks, hosts a daily radioprogram: “Sunshine on theSoapsuds,” and in demand as

a speaker at women’s gather-ings across the country. Shewill speak to the women andgirls in the church fellowshiphall at 6 p.m., preceding the 7p.m. meeting with Dr. Jonesin the sanctuary.

The local church has sixof its eight college studentsattending BJU this year, con-tinuing its average of half adozen each year for the past25 years. The university cur-rently enrolls thousands ofstudents from across the na-tion and more than 45 foreigncountries and territories.

The church is handi-capped accessible and thesemeetings are open to the pub-lic.

years with 411 votes, whileStuart “Twink” Merrill waselected to the three-yeartrustee of the trust fundsseat with 403 votes.

Sally Kallgren received402 votes in her bid for athree-year seat as a librarytrustee.

Nobody entered the racefor a one-year seat on thebudget committee, but BrianWhite was the top write-invote getter with 85 votes.Catherine Kowalski (289)and Bruce Grey (288) wereboth reelected to the budgetcommittee for three moreyears.

Elaine Swinford waselected to another year asOverseer of Public Welfarewith 376 votes.

Clarke Goodrich received372 votes for a two-year seat

on the planning board, andincumbents Nancy Carr(353) and Amy Jennings (311)were both elected to three-year seats.

For the school district,Chris Hipkiss was reelectedas moderator for one yearwith 393 votes, while AnnaWilliams will return to herseat as clerk for another yearwith 369 votes. Nobody wason the ballot for treasurer,but Frank Conti was the topwrite-in candidate with 64votes.

Diane Beijer was reelect-ed to the school board for an-other three years with 305votes.

Barnstead residents alsohad four questions to vote on.

Question 1 sought todelete the shoreland protec-tion ordinance in the town’sZoning Ordinance and re-place it with wording refer-

ring to the ComprehensiveShoreland Protection Actpassed by the state Legisla-ture in July. This passed by a270-132 margin.

Question 2 was a house-keeping question to defineshoreline lots and passed bya 387-160 tally.

Question 3 sought to allowan open deck up to eight feetwide for all shoreline lots andthis passed by a 327-119 mar-gin.

The final questionchanged the sunset date onthe growth management reg-ulation section of the ZoningOrdinance from April 1, 2009to April 1, 2014.

A total of 472 votes werecast on Tuesday.

Barnstead’s Town Meet-ing takes place on Saturday,March 14, at 9 a.m. in the el-ementary school gym.

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BARNSTEAD: Town Meeting is Saturday

ALTON — The EasternLakes AAU basketball clubwill be holding tryouts at Al-ton Central School in Alton.Eastern Lakes stresses thefundamentals of basketballand is committed to teachingthe game. They will have sev-eral teams this year. Theplayer’s age group is basedon his or her age as of July 1,2008. Parents should accom-

pany players on the first dayof tryouts to complete regis-tration forms. There will be aregistration fee. Each agegroup will be participatingin six tournaments (fourgames each tournament) thisseason. The total cost for theseason includes tourna-ments fees, insurance, uni-form, and coaches’ stipend.

Tryout times are:

10, 11 and 12 year olds:March 14 and 15, 10 a.m. –noon.

Please arrive 15-20 min-utes early to fill out the ap-propriate paperwork.

If you have any questions,please call Jeri Blair at 520-6497, Rebecca Morse at 630-1301 or Mark Dionne at 340-1281.

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SPRING HILL, Fla. —Nancy Fuller Palmer, age 44,of Spring Hill, Fla., and for-merly of Ossipee, went hometo be with the Lord on Sun-day, Feb. 8.

She was born in Rochesteron June 25, 1964. She was thewife of Fred E. Palmer andmother of two daughters,Cara Paige Michaels Palmerand Jill Ann Jackson. Shewas stepmother to ShawnPalmer of Hampstead,Nicole Pettengill of Sandownand Darren Palmer of Hamp-stead. She was the daughter

of Virginia A. Fuller ofBrooksville, Fla. and the lateJohn C. Fuller. Sisters SallyA. Casoni of Alton Bay, Su-san E. Fuller of Falmouth,Maine and Elizabeth J.Fuller of Beverly, Mass. andbrother Larry G. Westover ofLoudon, will miss her brightsmile, sweet disposition, herability to find humor in everysituation and wisdom be-yond her years.

There will be a memorialservice held in Ossipee some-time this summer.

Nancy Fuller PalmerFound humor in every situation

OSSIPEE — ThereseMarie (Elliott) Boyd, 50, ofChickville Road, Center Os-sipee, passed away on March2, peacefully in her home,surrounded by her close fam-ily and friends.

Although born in ExeterJan. 23, 1959 and raised inNorth Hampton, she foundher home in Ossipee, whereshe lived with her fiancé andbeloved Black Labrador Re-trievers.

During her courageousfight with a terminal illness,she still found peace andtranquility within her gar-dening, which she enjoyedtremendously.

Therese was a very proudand thankful person for allthat she had, and broughtsuch joy and laughter to allshe knew. From a stranger inthe store to lifelong loved

ones, she made all happy toknow her.

Although predeceased byher mother, Marion (Dumb-rowski) Elliott, who lovedher dearly, she will foreverlive in the hearts of thosesurvived by her, includingher son, Jeffrey Boyd ofNewmarket, fiancé, JamesChase of Ossipee, father, Ju-nior H. Elliott of Hudson,Fla., brothers Richard El-liott of New Port Richey, Fla.and Charles Elliott of NewPort Richey, Fla., sistersMaureen Winn of Hudson,Fla., Susan Jones of Ho-mosassa, Fla. and NancyFrank of New Port Richey,Fla., along with six niecesand nephews.

Services were Thursday,March 5, at the Baker-GagneFuneral Home and Crema-tion Service, Wolfeboro.

Therese Marie BoydFound tranquility in gardening

NEW DURHAM —Daniel Henry Gauthier, 61,died Thursday, March 5, aftera short illness.

Born in Webster, Mass., hewas the son of Leo Danieland Simone (LaPalme) Gau-thier.

Daniel served in the USNavy during the Vietnamconflict. He worked as a ma-chinist in Manchester for 25years at Freudenburg-NOK.He also worked at PrecisionTool and Dye in Concord, Sig-Sauer in Exeter and at thePortsmouth Naval Shipyard.

He was a member of Goff-stown Fish and Game for 25years, teaching hunter safetyand was treasurer and secre-tary for Goffstown Fish andGame.

Mr. Gauthier was a mem-ber of Immaculate Heart ofMary Church in Concordand sang in the choir andserved as cantor.

He loved music, fishing,the ocean, sport shooting andplaying computer gameswith his grandchildren.

He was predeceased byone brother, Paul Gauthier.

Survivors include hiswife, Gail (Holmes) Gauthierof New Durham; his sonMichael Gauthier of DesMoines, Iowa; his daughterAmy Smith of California;

five step children, RussellLandry of Haverhill, Mass.,Robert Landry of Loudon,Randolph Landry ofWatkinsville, Ga., and NicoleLandry of New Ipswich; twobrothers, Leo Gauthier ofSouth Windsor, Conn. andEdward Joseph Gauthier ofCromwell, Conn., two sisters,Suzanne Welch of Loudonand Mary Renaud of NorthGrosvenordale, Conn.; twogranddaughters, 10 stepgrandchildren, four stepgreat-grandchildren and sev-eral nieces and nephews.

Calling hours were heldon Sunday, March 8, at theBennett Funeral Home, Con-cord.

A funeral mass was heldMonday, March 9, at Immac-ulate Heart of Mary Church,Concord.

Memorial contributionsmay be made to ImmaculateHeart of Mary Church, 180Loudon Road, Concord, NH03301, or to the American As-sociation of Cancer Re-search, AACR Foundation,615 Chestnut Street, 17thFloor, Philadelphia, PA19106. Friends are invited tosign an online guestbook atwww.mem.com.

The Bennett FuneralHome of Concord is incharge of the arrangements.

Daniel Henry GauthierUS Navy veteran

NEW DURHAM — HelenV. Nixon, 86, of Shepherd-stown, W.V., formerly of NewDurham, died Feb. 25, inCarehaven Center, in Mar-tinsburg, W.V., after a shortillness.

Born in Newark, N.J., sheworked at the United StatesPost Office in New Durhamfor 39 years, and was thetreasurer of the UnitedChurch of Gilmanton IronWorks. She was an activemember of the WolfeboroWranglers Square DanceClub, the Grange, the NewDurham Volunteer Fire De-partment Ladies’ Auxiliaryand the New Hampshire Re-publican Party for manyyears.

She is survived by her sis-ter, Lorraine W. Roller ofConcord, N.C.; nephew,

William R. Nixon, Jr. ofBloomfield Hills, Mich.;niece, Kathe’ Reed of Los An-geles, Calif.; nephew, WayneR. Nixon of HuntingtonBeach, Calif.; nephew, JohnH. Roller of Concord, N.C.;niece, Ruth H. Roller of Shep-herdstown, W.V.; niece, Bar-bara A. McNally ofAnalomink, Pa.

Burial will be in thespring at Smith MeetingHouse Cemetery, in Gilman-ton. Arrangements are inthe care of Peaslee FuneralHome, 24 Central Street,Farmington. If desired, me-morial donations may bemade in her memory to theUnited Church of GilmantonIron Works, NH 03837 orRural District Visiting NurseAssociation, 178 FarmingtonRoad, Rochester, NH 03867.

Helen V. NixonWorked at New Durham post office

WOLFEBORO —Lawrence F. “Sid” Cedrone,age 80, of Wolfeboro, for-merly of Canton, Mass.,died Friday, Feb. 20, at Hug-gins Hospital in Wolfeboroafter a long illness.

Beloved husband of 48years to the late Jacqueline“Kiki” (Whalen) Cedrone,he was also the devoted fa-ther of Robert W. Cedrone ofStoughton, Mass., Jay M. Ce-drone of Wolfeboro andGary S. Cedrone of Mans-field, Mass. and grandfatherof Kyle J. Cedrone and CoryJ. Cedrone of Mansfield,and Richard M. Cedroneand Angela L. Cedrone, ofStoughton, Mass. He was thebrother of Ronald Cedroneof North Quincy, Mass.

Born and raised in NorthQuincy, Mass., “Sid” waslong recognized as one ofthe greatest all-aroundMassachusetts schoolboyathletes of his era. He wastwice selected to the All-New England Team in bas-ketball, and once held thestate record for scoring over50 points in a game in 1946.He once pitched a no-hitterfor the North Quincy Highbaseball team, was an All-Star halfback in football,where he finished second inClass A in scoring his sen-ior year, and was a 10.2-sec-ond 100-yard dash man as

well as a 21-foot long jumperin track. A member of theNorth Quincy High SchoolHall of Fame, he went on toBoston University beforeenlisting in the UnitedStates Navy, where heserved during the KoreanWar. He was an avid golferand a member of KingswoodGolf Club.

After serving his country,he went to work for InstronCorp. of Canton, Mass.,where he worked for morethan 40 years until his re-tirement in 1992. He was thefounder and initial presi-dent of the Canton Associa-tion of Industries and a for-mer member of the CantonRotary Club. In 1993, he be-came the owner of the Lake-view Inn of Wolfeboro,where he lived until hisdeath.

Visiting hours were Tues-day, Feb. 24, and the servicewas at St. Katharine DrexelChurch in Alton on Wednes-day, Feb. 25. Donations inlieu of flowers may be madeto the Prostate Cancer Foun-dation, 1250 Fourth St., San-ta Monica, CA. A funeralmass and burial will followin the spring.

The Baker-Gagne Funer-al Home and Cremation Ser-vice of Wolfeboro is incharge of the arrange-ments.

Lawrence F. “Sid” CedroneFormer standout high school athlete

BARNSTEAD — Callingall men. The Center Barn-stead Christian Church willbe having a free Men’s Break-fast on Saturday, March 14, at7:30 a.m. This will be a goodtime of food and fellowship.Don Hackett will be thespeaker and will be sharing

his testimony. The churchfamily looks forward to see-ing you there. The CenterBarnstead Christian Churchis located next to the TownHall on Route 126, off Route28. For more information,please call the church at 269-8831.

Men’s breakfast is Saturday


percent approval.The plan took the majori-

ty of votes in each of the dis-trict’s six towns.Brookfield’stotal was 154-41, Effinghamvoters were in the affirma-tive 147-103, New Durham’smargin was 303-220, Os-sipee’s tally was 353-173,Tuftonboro’s vote was 418-124 and Wolfeboro voters ap-proved the proposal 1,581-338.

Article III sought fundsfor a new roof on the OssipeeCentral School gym and vot-ers gave that the thumbs upacross the district, 3,299 to892. This article needed a 60percent approval and easilycleared that hurdle.

Article IV was for repairsand improvements for all ofthe district’s buildings and

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GWRSD: Fenderson wins New Durham seat

this year.Three residents threw

their hats into the ring forthat seat and planningboard member Dave Husseywas the choice of the vot-ers, receiving 408 votes.Budget committee Chair-man Steve Miller finishedsecond with 331 votes andPaul White tallied 106 votes

to finish third.The only other contested

race on the Alton ballot wasfor a three-year position astrustee of the trust funds.

In that race, David St. Cyrbested Mark DiVito by ascant 12 votes, 438-426.

On the school districtballot, all races were un-contested, with Terri Noyesand Lynda Goossens eachearning another three-year

term on the school board.

Editor’s note: TheBaysider offers its sinceregratitude to Alton residentBob Longabaugh for provid-ing these unofficial results.The official results did not ar-rive in The Baysider’s officeby deadline Wednesday morn-ing. Look for a full rundownof tallies in next week’s edi-tion.

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RACES: School board members unopposed

to the Recreation FacilityCapital Reserve Fund (357-553);

Article 23, asking for$36,000 for the purpose ofpurchasing and equippingan SUV command vehicle toreplace the fire department’sunserviceable 1998 SUV (404-526);

Article 37, asking for$10,000 to be placed in theBenefit Pay ExpendableTrust Fund for benefits ac-crued by retiring town em-ployees (427-493);

Article 39, asking for$29,000 for the purpose of re-fitting the town fire boatwith dual engines in order toensure stability and improveresponse time (461-471);

Article 40, a proposal toadopt the provisions of RSA72:69 for a property tax ex-emption on alternativewood-heating energy sys-tems (397-503).

With a final tally of 480-435, Article 38 (which askedvoters to change the purposeof the Beach Capital ReserveFund to allow its use formaintenance of the existingtown beach on Route 28-A)failed to win the two-thirdsmajority support it wouldhave needed to pass.

All other non-housekeep-ing articles on the town War-rant passed, including:

Article 2, an amendmentto the zoning ordinancebringing it into compliancewith the ComprehensiveShoreland Protection Act(CSPA) by stipulating a 50-foot setback from any river,perennial stream, lake,pond, or impoundment.

Article 3, an amendmentto Article 600, Section 601 ofthe zoning ordinance refer-ring applicants to the morestringent requirements ofthe CSPA.

Article 4, an amendmentmoving Article 600, Section601:J of the zoning ordi-nance (Commonly Used Wa-ter Front Parcels or Lots) toArticle 300 as Section 326 inorder to retain language notincluded in the CSPA.

Article 5, an amendmentaimed at strengthening theElderly Housing ordinanceand clarifying existing defi-nitions.

Article 6, an amendmentto the Design Criteria forContinuing Care Retirement

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ALTON: Twombly property purchase comes up just more than 20 votes short of approvalCommunities aimed at clari-fying existing definitionsand making the ordinancemore restrictive.

Article 7, an amendmentaimed at making the defini-tion of “open space” morestringent.

Article 8, an amendmentaimed at creating a new defi-nition for windmills.

Article 9, an amendmentadding the definition of“small wind energy system”to Article 200 of the zoningordinance.

Article 10, an amendmentadding “small wind energyfacilities in all zones [withheight requirements]” toSection 401, Permitted Uses.

Article 11, an amendmentremoving the phrase “nomore than four dwellingunits per structure” from Ar-ticle 400, Section 463 (2) andreplacing it with “no morethan five dwelling units perstructure” in order to bringthe ordinance into compli-ance with the WorkforceHousing Act.

Article 14, which askedvoters to raise and appropri-ate $10,000 to be added to theLandfill Closure Capital Re-serve Fund.

Article 15, which askedvoters to raise and appropri-ate $15,000 for the purpose ofpurchasing and installing anemergency generator atTown Hall.

Article 16, which askedvoters to raise and appropri-ate $10,000 to be added to theSolid Waste Equipment Cap-ital Reserve Fund.

Article 21, an appropria-tion of $139,000 for the am-bulance lease payment, withthe full amount to be with-drawn from the AmbulanceOperation Fund.

Article 22, an appropria-tion of $50,421 for the leasepayment on the fire-rescuevehicle, with the full amountto come from the fund bal-ance.

Article 24, an appropriateof $750,000 to be added to theHighway ReconstructionCapital Reserve Fund, with$167,712.09 to come from theHighway Block Grant Fund,and the remaining amount tobe raised through taxation.

Article 25, an appropria-tion of $8,996 for the Com-munity Action Program.

Article 26, an appropria-tion of $11,654 for VNA Hos-pice.

Article 27, an appropria-tion of $5,000 in support ofthe Youth Services Bureau.

Article 28, an appropria-tion of $5,100 in support ofCommunity Health and Hos-pice.

Article 29, an appropria-tion of $2,283 in support ofthe American Red Cross.

Article 30, an appropria-tion of $10,000 in support ofAlton Community Services.

Article 31, an appropria-tion of $163 in support of theMedication Bridge Prescrip-tion Program.

Article 32, an appropria-tion of $1,500 in support ofNew Beginnings.

Article 33, an appropria-tion of $7,500 in support ofGenesis.

Article 34, an appropria-tion of $2,000 in support ofCaregivers Transportation.

Article 35, an appropria-tion of $500 in support ofCourt Appointed Special Ad-vocate (CASA).

Article 36, an appropria-tion of $3,000 in support ofthe Appalachian MountainTeen Project.

School district resultsThe reluctance of voters

to endorse large-scale spend-ing items extended to theschool district Warrant, withArticle IV (the proposed pur-chase of the Twombly prop-erty on Depot Street and theevaluation of its suitabilityfor use as a future locationfor the Alton CentralSchool’s athletic fields at acost of $500,000) failing topass by 21 votes (452-473).

The remaining non-housekeeping articles onthis year’s school districtWarrant met with voter ap-proval, including:

Article II, setting thesalaries of the district Clerkand Moderator at $200 permeeting; the Treasurer’ssalary at $2,000; the schoolboard chair’s salary at $2,100;and the salaries of boardmembers at $2,000.

Article III, which askedvoters to raise and appropri-ate an operating budget of$13,216,515 for the 2010 fiscalyear.

Article V, an appropria-tion of $150,000 to be added tothe Building and GroundsExpendable Trust Fund es-tablished last year.

Article VI, an appropria-tion of $60,000 to be added to

that received a positive voteof 3,416-810.

The school board alsosought a boundary line ad-justment on the Kingswoodcomplex in Wolfeboro, whichwill allow the town to installa cell tower on the water tow-er on the property, and votersapproved that by a 3,344-797margin.

The district’s operatingbudget also met with the vot-ers’ approval, with 2,896 ap-proving and 1,205 voting inthe negative.

Article VII sought to es-tablish a feasibility studycommittee to explore the op-tion of a budget committeefor the district and this itemfailed 2,293 to 1,691. This wasa petitioned article.

The final article was onlyin the event that Article VIIpassed, so it was rendered

null and void by Article VII’sfailure.

There were no contestedraces on the school board bal-lot.

Wendi Fenderson willserve three years as the newboard member from NewDurham, garnering 3,338votes, including 515 in herhometown.

John Widmer will contin-ue as the board’s representa-tive from Tuftonboro, as hereceived 3,438 votes acrossthe district.

Ernie Brown will also con-tinue on the school board asa member-at-large, pickingup 3,458 votes.

The top vote getter of theday in the school district wasRandy Walker, who was elect-ed to another one-year termas moderator with 3,573votes.

BRENDAN BERUBE ■

ALTON SELECT BOARD candidates Steve Miller (left) and Steve McMahon (right) stood side-by-side to greetvoters outside the polls at Prospect Mountain High School Tuesday.McMahon retained his seat and Miller cameup short in his bid.

the Special Education Capi-tal Reserve Fund.

Article VII, which askedvoters to establish a new con-tingency fund for the pur-pose of meeting unanticipat-ed utility expenses at AltonCentral during

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