1. Art and Diseño

THURSDAY, JANUARY 29, 2015
GILFORD, N.H. - FREE
American Sign Language Club teaching important skills
BY ERIN PLUMMER
[email protected]
Members of a new
organization at Gilford
High School can be easily recognized by how
they talk to each other;
using their hands to
form words. Around 20
students are involved in
the American Sign Language Club at GHS, a
club formed by a student
with a great interest in
sign language.
The American Sign
Language Club meets every Tuesday after school.
Club founder Clara Jude
will spend the club’s sessions teaching words in
sign language to her fellow students. Over the
weeks the knowledge
will accumulate into
phrases, allowing them
to sign to each other.
Jude, a sophomore,
formed the club in October to share her interest
in sign language.
Jude said she and her
sister started learning
sign language at a young
age.
“In sixth grade, my
little sister and I thought
it would be cool to learn
something new,” Jude
said. “We started learning sign language, and I
got a book for Christmas
just so we can have our
own secret language.”
Jude is self taught,
learning
American
Sign Language through
a number of different
resources. When she
attended Holy Trinity
School in Laconia she
used to sign with her fellow students.
When she came to Gilford she wanted to share
this skill.
“I wanted to share
the deaf culture and
have other people to
sign with,” Jude said. “I
thought it was a really
important language to
know.”
Jude has used her
knowledge of sign language to communicate
with hearing impaired
people. She said there is
a little girl at her church
she signs with.
The American Sign
Language Club started in October of 2014.
Around 15 students are
in the club, with the
number each week varying depending on each
student’s schedules.
“I think it is awesome,” Jude said. “I
didn’t expect so many
people to want to learn
sign language or be interested.”
Jude said she prepares a list of words each
week on a specific topic.
She will also review the
words from the previous
week. Sometimes they
will also piece the words
together for phrases and
will work on grammar.
She still uses that
book she got for Christmas among other resources, including the
website Signing Savvy.
Since the club started,
Jude said she will see
students signing to each
other in the hallway.
Jude said she thought
knowing sign language
is a valuable skill as it is
an essential form of communication for many
people.
Co-advisor
Denise
Sanborn said the students in this club are
coming away with this
valuable skill.
“It’s a club where
they’re actually coming
and learning something
they can take away from
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Cape Cod’s “Island Castaway’s Band” will headline the Gilford Rotary “An Evening in Paradise”
presented by the Bank of New Hampshire Pavilion at Meadowbrook & Binnie Media, March 28
at the Gilford Youth Center.
Gilford Rotary teams with Youth
Center for Parrotthead event
Soon you will be tired
of winter, and dreaming
about warm weather
destinations. Gilford
Rotary will bring the
Caribbean to the Lakes
Region with a special
“Parrotthead” event at
the Gilford Youth Center, Saturday, March 28,
from 5:30 to 11 p.m.
“An Evening in Paradise,” presented by the
Bank of New Hampshire
Pavilion at Meadowbrook and Binnie Media,
will feature a Caribbean
style buffet and desserts,
special island drinks, a
silent auction, 50/50 raffle and dancing to the
tropical tunes of the “Island Castaways” band.
The Island Castaways Band plays a tropical rock genre of music
originally made famous
by Jimmy Buffett and
more recently by Kenny
Chesney and Zac Brown. The band is popular with
people who live the Margaritaville lifestyle no
matter what the climate
may bring. The band enjoys bringing a Key West
attitude to their originals as well as classic
rock, country and beach
tunes. See www.islandcastawaysband.com to
preview
This event is presented by the Gilford Rotary,
with all proceeds to benefit the Gilford Youth
Center and other local
charities.
Admission for this
adults only event is $60,
and includes a tasty
Caribbean style buffet,
deserts, door prizes, and
dancing with New England Parrotthead favorites the Jimmy Buffet
tribute band the “Island
Castaways” direct from
Cape Cod.
There will also be a
cash bar with special
tropical Island Drinks. “An Evening in Paradise” will be held at the
Gilford Youth Center, 12
Potter Hill Rd., Gilford,
with cocktail reception
at 5:30 p.m. and dinner at
6:30 p.m. Dance the night
away with the “Island
Castaways” from 7:30 to
11 p.m.
So,
bring
beachwear and
your
your
SEE PARROTTHEAD PAGE A9
Erin Plummer
Clara Jude teaches signs to Liam Drew, Nate Jude (her brother), Emily Curtis, and Emily Piper
during a meting of the American Sign Language Club at Gilford High School.
here and use,” Sanborn
said.
Club co-advisor Jenny Wyatt said she espe-
cially likes how this club
brings a variety of students together.
“People
from
all
walks of life are coming
together and learning
one thing,” Wyatt said.
SEE SIGN PAGE A9
GHS wins $3,000 grant
for performing arts
BY ERIN PLUMMER
[email protected]
Thanks to the support of the community,
Gilford High School’s
Performing Arts Department will be able to get
some new equipment.
Gilford High School
tied with Belmont High
School in Meredith Village Savings Bank’s
“What’s Not to ‘Like’”
competition and will
receive $3,000 for new
equipment for the chorus room.
The chorus room is
a multi-purpose event
and instruction room
for the Performing Arts
Department. Classes and
rehearsals take place
for chorus as well as
theater. The room also
becomes a small theater
during events such as
Coffeehouse, Classical
Night, and Unclassical
Night.
Despite its many uses,
Auditorium
Director
Scott Piddington said
that room does not have
any permanent lighting
or sound equipment.
Piddington will move
the equipment back and
forth between the theater
and the chorus room for
events. Piddington and
any assistants will have
to spend time mounting
the equipment every
time it is needed and
taking it down when the
events are done.
“Some of what we use
over there is ancient and
falling apart,” Piddington said. “I have to repair it before we can use
it each time.”
He said some of
the equipment is over
20-years-old and some
are over 25-years-old.
Piddington said at the
last Coffeehouse event
has had to take out a soldering iron and make
repairs to the equipment
before putting it in place.
In the “What’s Not to
‘Like’” contest, schools
in MVSB’s area could
apply for the grant with
their respective projects.
For a two-month period
visitors to the program’s
page on Facebook would
vote for each school by
“Likes.”
The contest took place
last year for technology
programs. Moultonborough Academy won the
competition and purchased a 3D printer.
Band director Lyvie
Beyrent said that over
the summer, the school
learned
that
MVSB
would have another
competition for area
schools, this one focusing on performing arts
programs.
Beyrent said they did
not know about the competition right away.
“Someone
reached
out to me a couple hours
before all the entry
forms were due and said
‘Why aren’t you doing
this?’” Beyrent said.
“Luckily, we got it in the
24th hour.”
The
information
packet was sent back
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GMS to perform “Willy Wonka” this weekend
BY ERIN PLUMMER
[email protected]
Willy Wonka’s magical factory will be opening for audiences this
weekend as the Gilford
Middle School production of “Willy Wonka”
will come to the stage.
Cast and crew have
been putting the final
touches on the production leading up to the
first curtain opening on
Thursday.
Around 104 students
will be taking the stage
in two different casts,
each cast performing for
two nights each.
Eighth graders Ryan
Witham and Cecilia Zarella play Willy Wonka
in their respective casts.
Witham said he has
been paying Wonka as
“kooky and crazy” and
Erin Plummer
Oompa Loompas practice their moves during rehearsals for the Gilford Middle School production of “Willy Wonka,” which will take the stage this weekend.
at times trying to scare
the kids coming through
the factory.
“It’s fun to get to be
crazy, get to be fun;
you get to be creepy at
times,” Witham said.
“It’s a lot of fun; there’s
a lot of funny moments
and it’s really a blast.”
Zarella said she has
been doing more of a
calmer version of the
character.
She
said
while she thinks Witham’s performance goes
closer to the Johnny
Depp’s portrayal of the
character in 2005, her approach has been closer
to the Gene Wilder’s performance from 1971.
“We both get a different spin on both,” Zarella said.
Both Witham and Zarella are stage veterans.
Both of them have been
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Almanac
A2 THE GILFORD STEAMER
THURSDAY, JANUARY 29, 2015
Notes from the Gilford Public Library
BY MOLLY HARPER
Library Correspondent
This month, Betty
Tidd will retire from
the library; tomorrow
marks her last day. It
won’t be easy for her,
though—she loves this
library. When I asked
her just why, exactly,
she loves it so much,
she raised her arms and
said, “This is a place
where anyone can come
to read any damn book
they want and not be
judged for it!” I agree
with her—I absolutely
do—but still I laugh a
bit at her response. So
she goes on. She says, “I
mean it! What other institution is there that is
like that? Tell me what
else there is!”
“A bar?” I offer tentatively. After thinking for
a moment, she tells me
that she doesn’t think a
bar is an institution.
Anyway, that’s not
what matters—or maybe it is, because the point
is that Betty is emphatic
about the library. She
believes in books; she
is steadfast and unwavering in her belief that
they not only enrich but
truly save lives.
But perhaps that’s
true of almost anyone
who works at a library.
What seems particular
about Betty is that her
enthusiasm for books
and the connections
they can create in the
community is so totally
personable. When Betty
first came to the library,
there were exactly two
volunteers. In part, her
job was to build that
program up. Now, some
fifteen years later, the library has over 70 active
volunteers who donated
more than 5,300 hours
last year alone.
Lately, I’ve been asking volunteers about
how it is that our program came to be so wildly successful. “Betty” is
the simple answer that I
have received almost every single time. As one
volunteer so aptly put it,
time and time again Betty has provided patrons
with a “sense of belonging to the community.”
She has made the people
who walk through these
doors feel needed and
valued.
I’ve also been asking
volunteers and patrons
to say a few things about
Betty. As a remarkable
testament to her personality, over and over
again the answers have
mirrored each other.
Here they are: Betty
knows your name, but
she doesn’t just say hi
to you—she seems genuinely thrilled to welcome
you into the library. She
also knows your reading
habits, and she’s become
an expert at matching
the right book with the
right patron. She knows
your hobbies and your
skills; if you’re making
chocolate or visiting
Spain or arranging flowers, she’ll take the time
to find out, and then
she’ll get you in here to
do a program to share it
with others. And, Betty
will answer your questions. As patrons, volunteers, and staff know,
she will answer them
tirelessly.
In short, Betty Tidd
has spent the last fifteen
years drawing people
out, and bringing them
in to a place where they
can feel at home. I know
she has—she did so with
me. When I moved to
Gilford, she shepherded
me into this library and
gave me a volunteer job
to do and very quickly
she made me a part of
this community. And in
my five or so years here,
I have watched her do
the same with so very
many people.
“When
she’s
not
there,” one patron said,
“something’s missing.”
It’s true. Betty will be
greatly missed. But we
are fortunate and excited to welcome the smart
and dynamic Kayleigh
Mahan, who comes to us
from Maine with a master’s degree in library
science and a particular
interest in public libraries.
And, Betty assures
us, after a year, she’ll be
back to volunteer.
Classes & Special
Events
Jan. 29 – Feb. 4
Thursday, Jan, 29
Toddler Time (Ages
two to three years), 10:30
– 11:15 a.m. Sign up in the
Children’s Room starting Dec. 15. Our theme
for this 6 week session is
Winter Wonderland
Open Painting at the
Library, 1:30 – 3:30 p.m.
Conversational
French Class, 3:30 – 4:30
p.m.
Crafter’s Corner, 6 –
7:30 p.m.
Fifty Shades of Radio,
6:30 – 7:30 p.m. Come
meet Mike Morin, author of “Fifty Shades of
Radio: True Stories of
a Morning Radio Guy
Being
Wired,
Tired
and Fired.” Forty three
years as a radio personality have taken him all
over the country most
recently to New Hampshire where he co-hosted
a daily morning show at
WZID-FM in Manchester until earlier this past
June. Join us!
Friday, Jan. 30
Storytime (Ages three
to five years), 10:30 –
11:15 a.m. Sign up in the
Children’s Room.
Social Bridge, 10:30
a.m. – 12:30 p.m.
Knit Wits, 1:30 – 2:30
p.m.
Conversational German Class, 2:30 – 3:30
p.m.
Monday, Feb. 2
Mahjong, 12:30 – 3
p.m.
Lego Club, 3:30 – 4:30
p.m.
Tuesday, Feb. 3
Social Bridge, 10:30
a.m. – 12:30 p.m.
Drop-In Rug Hooking,
10:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.
Carol Dale will lead a
‘hook-in’ on the first and
third Tuesday of each
month. Anyone interested is invited to join Carol
and learn the history of
the craft, suppliers and
techniques.
Storytime (Ages three
to five years) 10:30 – 11:15
a.m. Oh the weather outside is frightful, but here
in the library it’s delight-
ful. Join us with your
preschooler. We’ll sing
our favorite songs, read
a story or two, create a
craft and enjoy a snack
as we work on early literacy skills. Sign up in
the Children’s Room.
Babygarten (Birth 18 months), 11:15 – 11:45
a.m. Sign up in the Children’s Room.
Writing Expert, 3 – 5
p.m. Want some extra
writing help? Come
“check out an expert”.
Bring any type of writing
- schoolwork, resumes,
fiction, poetry, family
history - and we’ll work
together on it. Half-hour
blocks, no renewals.
Wednesday, Feb. 4
Line Dancing for Beginners, 9 – 10 a.m.
Check – Out – An – Expert!, 10 a.m. – noon
Laconia Historical and Museum Society announces
Annual Meeting and February Lecture Program
LACONIA — Laconia
Historical and Museum
Society will hold its Annual Meeting on Tuesday,
Feb. 23 at The Laconia
Public Library beginning
at 6:30 p.m. The meeting
will include a report of
the Nominating Committee and election of officers
for the upcoming year.
Immediately following
this brief meeting, Laconia Historical and Museum Society will welcome
Larry Leonard to present
the Society’s February
lecture program, “The
Historic Organs of Laconia,” scheduled to begin
at 7 p.m.
Larry Leonard is a
native of Randolph, Vt.,
where he studied organ
with the legendary Florence Scholl Cushman.
He has been a resident of
Laconia since 1959, where
he plied his profession
as a pharmacist for the
past 55 years, having retired only two years ago. He was organist at both
United Baptist Church in
Lakeport and St. Joseph
Catholic church here
in the city for almost a
quarter of a century. Mr.
Leonard will share his
vast knowledge of the
pipe organs in the various city churches of Laconia.
This program is free
and open to the public. For more information
about the LHMS Annual
Meeting or the lecture
program, call Laconia
Historical and Museum
Society at 527-1278, email
at
lhmslpl@metrocast.
net or on the web at laconiahistorical.org.
LACONIA — Wescott
Law is proud to announce the addition of
Attorney Kathrine Lacey to the firm.
A 2014 graduate of
the University Of New
Hampshire School Of
Law, Lacey worked as a
law clerk for the firm for
eighteen months prior
to her admission to the
New Hampshire Bar on
Nov. 17.
A graduate of Bay
Path College, Lacey
graduated Summa Cum
Laude with a BA in Legal Studies. In addition,
she has attended both
the Collaborative Law
Alliance training and
the New Hampshire Bar
Association’s
Divorce
Camp.
Lacey maintains a
general practice, but primarily focuses on Family Law with a collaborative approach, which
introduces a coach and a
financial advisor.
“The coach gives emotional support and helps
the team understand the
emotional responses of
the clients while the financial advisor projects
the economic decisions
for the parties,” explains
Lacey. “For example,
when two parties seek
to dissolve a marriage,
if the husband takes the
house in exchange for
giving up any rights to
the wife’s retirement,
the financial advisor will
help assess whether he’s
able to afford the house
or if it is likely that the
house will appreciate in
value less than the retirement funds.”
In 2011 Lacey, her
husband, and her two
children relocated to Gilford where she now volunteers as a co-leader of
the local Brownie Troup.
“I worked in retail
management for a long
time, but have always
wanted to pursue a career in law,” states Lacey. “The opportunity
finally presented itself.”
During her years of
study, Lacey worked as
a paralegal for law firm
Marien & Hodge, PC of
Springfield, Mass., as
well as at internships
in the City Prosecutor’s
Office in Franklin and
Laconia.
Lacey’s goal is to preserve her clients’ best
interests during challenging personal times.
“In addition to her legal skills, Kathrine has
practical real life experience which enables her
to present realistic solutions to real life problems,” notes Attorney
Rod Dyer, a partner in
the firm.
To read more about
Lacey, or any of the
firm’s other attorneys
and
practice
areas
covered, go to wescottlawnh.com.
Larry Leonard seated at the United Baptist Church Organ in Lakeport.
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Gilford Public Library
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“Betrayed” by Lisa Scottoline
“Black River” by S. M. Hulse
“The Escape” by David Baldacci
“Wild” by Cheryl Strayed
“All The Light We Cannot See” by Anthony
­Doerr
8. “Gray Mountain” by John Grisham
9. “Leaving Time” by Jodi Picoult
10. “Die Again” by Tess Gerritsen
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THURSDAY, JANUARY 29, 2015
Local News
THE GILFORD STEAMER
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Pond Hockey Classic returns this weekend
BY ERIN PLUMMER
[email protected]
MEREDITH — Teams
and spectators from
across the country will
descend on Meredith
Bay for another weekend of pond hockey as
the sixth annual New
England Pond Hockey
Classic will get underway on Friday.
Starting on Thursday,
250 teams accounting for
around 1,700 players will
gather in Meredith for
the annual Pond Hockey
Classic starting on Friday morning and running through Sunday.
The games will go on
at rinks in front of the
Inn at Bay Point, and
will be surrounded by
a player village and a
number of other special
features.
Teams will be coming from every New England state, especially
Massachusetts and New
Hampshire. There will
also be teams from New
Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Washington,
D.C., California, Colorado, Michigan, and North
Carolina.
Teams will be put
into different divisions:
Open, 50+, Women’s,
30+, 40+, Shinny under 35, Shinny 35+, and
Twig.
Tournament founder
Scott Crowder said that
things are shaping up
nicely for the coming
tournament.
The event is sold out
for team sign ups, and
this year, the tournament was opened up
for 25 additional teams.
Overall, 1,700 participants are expected on
the ice over the weekend
with 24 rinks set up for
all of them to play on.
Crowder said the ice
conditions are looking
fantastic for next weekend. He said the warmer temperatures in De-
cember “were a little
unnerving,” but the cold
snap in January made
for great ice conditions.
Crowder said there is
around a foot of ice in
Meredith Bay right now.
The tournament fist
got underway in 2010
and has become a major draw for the region.
Over the years the tournament has evolved.
“The previous five
years, I think we’ve
learned a lot, the area’s
learned a lot,” Crowder
said. “The small community businesses, I think
they’ve kind of learned
to look for the Pond
Hockey weekend.”
Crowder said the
tournament has made
many business partners
from local to international businesses, all of
whom are listed on the
tourney’s banner.
“It’s just a nice kind of
portfolio of partners that
help us run this event
File Photo
Hockey players will be taking the ice again this weekend for the sixth annual New England Pond
Hockey Classic in Meredith Bay.
and made it the success
it is,” Crowder said.
This year, in partnership with The Common
Man and with the sponsorship of Bank of New
Hampshire Pavilion at
Meadowbrook, a large
tent will be put in the
parking lot of Lago and
will become the LaBatt
Beer Garden. Inside
there will be live music
over the course of the
weekend.
This year, the Pond
Hockey Classic will
also have a mobile app
for both iPhone and
Android. The app will
have schedules, team
lists, maps, brackets,
and other features to
put information right
Veterans Home suspends visits amid flu concerns
BY DONNA RHODES
[email protected]
TILTON — As of Friday, Jan. 23, the New
Hampshire
Veterans’
Home has suspended
visits to the facility, located at 139 Winter St.
in Tilton, in an attempt
to curb the spread of
any flu virus to not only
residents, but the public
as well.
“We don’t want it
coming in any more
than we want it going
out,” Program Information Officer Len Stuart
informed local media
outlets last week.
The restriction includes family, friends,
and outside groups who
also visit the facility to
meet and interact with
residents.
Prior to the temporary ban on visitations,
families of the residents
were called by social
workers from NHVH
who wanted them to be
the first who were informed of the decision.
All
family
visits
are not being banned
though as those who
have a loved one in a
Courtesy
The Amy Annis Volleyball Tournament Gold Division Champions
The Killer Coaches. Front row (l to r), Michelle Martin, Ashley
Nichols, Mollie Greely, Amy Tripp. Back row (l to r), Bill
Beaudet, John Martin, Sam Plypczuk, Dave Detcher.
hospice situation may
be allowed to visit their
loved ones.
“It’s all being done
on a case by case basis,”
Stuart said.
As of early this week
there were two residents confirmed to have
the flu as well as two
staff members. Stuart
said more lab work was
due back on 14 other
suspected cases where
people who live or work
at the facility were exhibiting symptoms of
the flu.
He added that the clo-
sure was voluntary and
done with an abundance
of caution in order to
give residents and staff
time to recuperate with
no further spread of any
viruses.
On Monday Stuart
said everyone continues
to use good infection
control practices that
include face masks, antibacterial hand washing and gloves when
necessary. In addition
to that, some larger
congregate gatherings
of residents have been
scaled back as a tempo-
rary measure to minimize contact between
healthy residents and
those who have shown
symptoms of illness.
“Even the Recreation Department has
been visiting each of
the units individually to
help keep the possibility
of spreading any germs
from one unit to another
at a minimum,” he said.
Because of the frail
population of elderly
adults in their care,
Commandant Margaret
LaBrecque said she felt
it the duty of NHVH staff
and employees to protect their residents from
any potential health
emergencies, like one
that occurred in 2013
when 20 residents died
in just six weeks.
“We never want to
see that. As you can
imagine, it was devastating to both our residents and our staff,” she
told reporters last week.
As soon as the threat
of flu virus is over, the
restriction will be lifted
and activities will resume as normal.
in the hands of attendees. Crowder said it is
the “easiest most convenient way to stay up to
date.”
Crowder said crewmembers have been
bringing
equipment
down to the ice over the
course of the week.
Crowder said there
seems to be much excitement among pond
hockey enthusiasts and
players. He said for the
days leading up to the
event players will be doing their daily work and
then will come up to play
some pond hockey over
the weekend.
The games will run
from 8 a.m.-4:35 p.m. on
Friday and Saturday,
leading up to the playoffs
on Sunday. The playoffs
will run from 9 a.m.-12:45
p.m. on Sunday. The last
teams will play in the
championship
games
starting at 2 p.m.
At 2:45 p.m. will be
the awards presentation
with the presentation of
the Lake WinnipeHockey Cup to the winners.
For a full list of teams,
a schedule of events, and
more information on
the New England Pond
Hockey Classic visit
www.pondhockeyclassic.com.
There will be three
more
Pond
Hockey
Classics this year: Lake
Champlain in Colchester, Vermont Feb. 13-15;
Montana in Kalispell,
Montana on Feb. 20-22;
and Big Apple at Bryant
Park in Manhattan Feb.
28-March 1.
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Amy Annis Volleyball Tournament Silver Division Champions
All Sets Are Off. Front row (l to r) Saralyn Marquis, Jessica
Millman, Ally Murphy. Back row (l to r), Tyler Murphy, Dan
Quinn, Shawn Murphy.
Amy Annis Volleyball Tourney raises more than $2,200
GILFORD — The
fourth annual Amy Annis Volleyball Tournament was a huge success.
The tournament was
held on Sunday in the
Gilford High School and
Middle School gyms. Sixteen teams consisting of
high school, college and
adult players competed
in four different pools.
After the completion of
pool play, the top two
teams with the best record went into the Gold
Division single elimination tournament and the
bottom two teams from
each pool went into the
Silver Division single
elimination tournament.
The 16 teams were
Team Amy, All Sets Are
Off, Central Lakes Region Movers, Chafing the
Dream, Frog Rock Tavern, Irish Setters, Killer
Coaches, Lakers, Sets
in The City, Spikeaholics, Tata Savers, Team
Ibuprofen, Team Jonny,
The Brook, The Dream
Team and Titeflex.
In the Gold Division
semifinal
matchups,
Frog Rock Tavern beat
The Brooke and Killer Coaches beat Team
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THURSDAY, JANUARY 29, 2015
Pet of the Week: Gobble-Gobble
SO, BEFORE you
scream with laughter
upon hearing this handsome cat’s name, know
that it’s a clue to how
long he has been living
at New Hampshire Humane Society.
This bebonaire grey
tabby boy was discovered hopelessly entangled in barbed wire on
Thanksgiving Day. Not
as wiley as the wild bird
he is named after, poor
Gobble had to be rescued by the Gilford Police Department. He was
initially treated by our
friendly veterinary part-
ner, Lakes Region Veterinary Hospital – Gilford;
afterwhich he arrived at
our shelter in search of a
safe adoptive home.
At the shelter he is
quiet and reserved but
has shown what he really wants is a family to
snuggle with. Once settled, we know he is a lap
cat for sure.
Come and visit him
at New Hamsphire Humane Society on Meredith Center Road, Laconia.
Call 524-3252 or check
www.nhhumane.org
TRAVELS WITH BONNIE
New Zealand, Part 8
BY BONNIE CARNIVALE
Contributor
Ali Baby and
Glen Dahling
We rented the Inness’ holiday house in
Moepetu on the south
island for three nights.
In an email, sent before
we left the states, Glen
wrote that he and Alison
would like to cook dinner for us the first night
of our stay and, if we
didn’t mind, they would
spend the night in the
back bedroom and make
us an English breakfast the next morning
before heading back to
their full-time home in
Amberley, just north of
Christchurch. The rental cost of the house was a
bargain, throw in a free
dinner and breakfast,
and unless Mr. and Mrs.
Inness were international serial killers, this was
some deal!
Glen had retired from
school administration
as a vice principal at
the age of 54, much to
Alison’s surprise! He
turned to landscape design as a second career,
right up his alley since
even then he and Alison
were accomplished gardeners. They now run a
12 acre farm lot in Amberley for a Taiwanese
couple who will take it
over in two years.
Glen, plump, wispyhaired and red faced,
loves center stage telling endless entertaining
and informative stories.
He is the consummate
teacher. We visited at
the Amberley farm at
the end of our vacation
and Glen gave us a tour
of their hazelnut crop.
“We have planted Italian Alders, a-l-d-e-r-s, as
a wind block from the
northeast — those harsh
hot winds — to protect
the hazelnut trees. Have
you ever seen hazelnut
trees before? These are
seven years old. These
are the nut clusters, see,
sometimes 3 or 5 or up to
9 or 10 in a cluster. They
are ready for harvest in
March; they fall off the
trees. The nuts are fine
for 6 to 8 weeks on the
ground so we have time
to pick them up. Over
there is a pollinator tree.
We have them planted
every second row. The
wind carries the pollen,
not bees. The pine trees
over there help block the
southwesterlies — cold,
like today. And they absorb water to protect the
hazelnuts from root rot.”
Alison is all English
in appearance, fair, a
sharp aristocratic nose,
soft lively blue eyes
and receding chin. She
speaks from one side of
her mouth, barely opening it wide enough for
the words to escape. Her
contributions to the conversations are enthusiastic though without
Glen’s drama. She too
was a teacher and school
administrator, recently
retired.
As guests of Glen and
Alison, we were invited along with them for
cocktails and hors d’oeuvres at a neighborhood
Christmas
gathering.
Back at their home, the
Rodericks and we sat on
the deck enjoying New
Zealand wine while the
Inness’ — exchanging
terms of endearment —
prepared our feast. “Ali
Baby, have you seen
the curry?” “Glen Dahling, pass me the eggs,
please.”
The meal included
local delicacies: Green
mussels from nearby
Havelock, a town of
about 500 people, the
green-shell muscle capital of the world; whitebait fish netted themselves on a recent family
trip, an annually awaited event; and Alison’s
signature Pavlova. Pavlova, a dessert first created by a New Zealand chef
to honor the Russian ballerina, Anna Pavlova,
visiting the country in
the 1920’s, is a baked meringue dessert topped
with whipped cream,
Thoughts from the Thrift Shop
News from the Gilmanton Community Church
Thrift Shop and Food Pantry
The year in review
During 2014, the Gilmanton Food Pantry &
Thrift Shop has been
successful in our efforts
to provide supplemental
assistance to members
of the Gilmanton community to ensure that
every person’s basic
needs are met.
We would not have
been able to do so without the help and support
of the greater community. The number of
persons, businesses and
organizations are too
numerous to list individually; however, the volunteers at the Gilmanton Food Pantry & Thrift
Shop want to extend our
sincere appreciation and
thanks to one and all for
your donations of food,
money, toys, clothing
and time. No donation
is too small whether it
be a single can of food
or extra change when
purchasing
clothing.
Everything helps and is
appreciated by those of
us who help to manage
the pantry & thrift shop
as well as the families
and children who we are
able to help.
Through your support, the Gilmanton
Food Pantry was able to
provide generous holiday baskets to make an
otherwise simple holiday meal something
special as well as school
kits, gifts for children at
Christmas and winter
clothing for children in
need. This is in addition
to monthly allotments
of food throughout the
year. The sales from our
thrift shop go to support
these wonderful programs as well.
We thank you all for
giving so generously
and making everything
we do at the food pantry
possible.
Our next event to
benefit the Food Pantry
is coming up on Feb. 14.
There will be music and
many luscious desserts.
Admission is free, donations are welcome. This
will take place at the
Gilmanton Community
Church in Gilmanton
Iron Works. Watch for
further details and save
the date.
The Gilmanton Food
Pantry Committee extends wishes for a peaceful, joyful, healthful and
Happy New Year!
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fresh kiwi and berries.
“Chris, Bonnie, you
might want to take pictures of the whitebait,”
Glen called from the
kitchen. And we with our
cameras left the deck. On
a platter on the kitchen
table, the raw, defrosted
whitebait, in pale-green
translucent
splendor,
lay; their sperm-shaped
bodies draped upon each
other, displaying dozens
of pairs of blindly-staring pin-point black eyes.
They would be mixed
with beaten egg, a bit of
flour, and seasonings,
made into patties, fried,
then served with fresh
lemon picked earlier
from a tree near the
deck. Had we not seen
the “before” we might
have smacked our lips
over the patties and not
had nocturnal visions
of squiggly creatures
swimming in our stomachs and intestines. (We
didn’t tell the men.)
In addition to the
signature dishes, Glen
and Alison put out a
beautiful spread: celery
stuffed with curried rice,
dilled smoked salmon
on bread, asparagus
wrapped in pastry, hazelnuts from their farm
and more. To complete
the New Zealand experience, at 7:20 p.m., still at
the table on the deck enjoying dinner, we heard
a roar, felt the earth
move and for 20 seconds
experienced a 5.7 magnitude earthquake. “If
this lasts any longer, I
advice you to get under
the table,” said our host
matter-of-factly.
When we saw the
couple at the end of our
holiday Glen gave us
the tour of the farm and
the disobedient merino
sheep. We enjoyed lunch
and wine at the Mud
Winery, talked about the
devastation of Christchurch, travel and life.
What a treat to have new
friends in New Zealand.
THURSDAY, JANUARY 29, 2015
Health &Wellness
THE GILFORD STEAMER
A5
The antidote for caregiver stress? Become engaged
BY MARTHA SWATS
Owner/Administrator
Comfort Keepers
More than five million Americans today
live with some form of
dementia, and caring
for those afflicted creates significant stress
on family caregivers.
Current figures place
the number of family
and friend caregivers at
about 15.4 million (approximately 60 percent
of these are women);
these caregivers spend
an estimated 17.5 billion
hours of unpaid time at
a cost of $216.4 billion annually. In addition to the
time and cost impacts,
caregivers suffer emotional,
psychological,
and social impacts as a
result of their caregiving
responsibilities.
Studies indicate that
caregivers are more
prone to suffer from depression and anxiety
disorders, social isolation, sleep problems,
and increased risk for
prolonged
infections
and health problems.
There is also data that
indicate that higher levels of caregiver stress
is a determining factor
in nursing home admissions for dementia sufferers, and it is not uncommon for caregiver
stress to contribute to familial conflicts and loss
of work productivity.
Given these statistics,
preparing caregivers for
and aiding them during
their time caring for
their loved ones plays an
important role in diminishing the stress levels,
and thereby the health
impacts for both the
caregivers and dementia
sufferers.
For caregivers of
seniors with dementia, stress levels can be
further heightened by
mood changes in the senior caused by the disease, which affects approximately 20 percent
to 24 percent of seniors
with dementia. Not surprisingly, the degree of
stress in the caregiver
is relative to the senior’s
cognitive
impairment
and the severity of the
mood changes. This
stress is amplified as
well because caregivers
often over- or underestimate the abilities of the
person with dementia.
Intervention research
has uncovered a number of techniques to reduce caregiver stress,
including
counseling,
Adult Snowshoeing program
­continues on Tuesday mornings
The Gilford Parks and
Recreation Department
is sponsoring a series of
snowshoe hikes for any
adults looking for fresh
air, fun and exercise on
Tuesday mornings this
winter. Participants will
meet in the Gilford Town
Hall at 9:30 a.m. prior to
each hike. The schedule
of upcoming hikes includes, Jan. 27 at Ahern
State Park in Laconia,
Feb. 3 at Weeks Woods
in Gilford and Feb. 10 in
Waukewan Highlands
Park. If you are in need
of snowshoes, we do
have a limited supply
available for each hike
at a nominal fee. First
time snowshoeing? let us
know and you can rent
them for free! They may
be reserved one hike in
advance on a first come
basis by calling the
Parks and Rec office. All
interested participants
must RSVP at least one
day prior to each hike.
The cost of the hikes is $1
per person, per hike and
snowshoe rentals are $4
per hike.
For more information
or to RSVP, please contact the Gilford Parks
and Recreation Department at 527-4722.
Senior Moment-um
Pizza Hut Trip on
Monday, Feb. 2
The Gilford Parks and
LRCC holds LNA graduation
Recreation Department
is sponsoring a Senior
Moment-um
program
on Monday, Feb. 2. We
will be meeting at Pizza
Hut on Union Avenue
in Laconia to enjoy a
buffet lunch. The buffet
includes salad, various
types of pizza, pasta and
breadsticks. Each participant is responsible
for their own lunch cost
which is $5 for the buffet plus the cost of their
drink. Participants are
asked to RSVP by Friday, Jan. 30.
For more information
or to RSVP, please contact the Gilford Parks
and Rec. Department at
527-4722.
Courtesy
Lakes Region Community College (LRCC) Licensed Nursing Assistant (LNA) graduates are
pictured following their Certificate Ceremony recently. Front row, left to right, are Amanda
Kerestes (Franklin), Cassondra Ayers (Campton), Sophie Lemire (Gilmanton), and Aubrie
Andrews (Northfield). Back row, left to right, are Sara Nelson (Ashland), Isaac Gillard
(Gilford), Shane Moulton (Ashland), and Tyler Lawrence (Sanbornton). The students completed their clinical at St. Francis Rehabilitation and Nursing Center in Laconia. “LRCC
faculty, staff, and students are happy that the Certificate recipients have successfully
passed their LNA State Competency Exam,” says LNA Program Coordinator, Cathy Weigel
(Meredith- not pictured) enthusiastically. “LNA classes at Lakes Region Community College
start in January, March, May, September and October 2015.” For additional information
and to register for LRCC’s LNA program, contact LRCC Program Assistant, Andree Thibault
(Tilton- not pictured), at 366-5420. One may also contact Cathy Weigel at 366-5310.
Local family dental practice
to offer free care Feb. 12
TILTON — On Thursday, Feb. 12, the family
dental practices of Dr.
Nanarao
Krothapalli,
including Tilton Family
Dental at 468 W. Main St.
in Tilton, will offer dental care free of charge to
patients as part of “Doctors with a Heart.”
“We are pleased to
provide dental care for
individuals and families in need,” said Dr.
Nanarao
Krothapalli.
“Too many people put
off important dental care
because they are uninsured, underinsured, or
simply don’t have the
money to pay. Doctors
with a Heart is one small
step to help people get
the care they need.”
Dr. Krothapalli’s family of dental practices
are conveniently located
in Londonderry, Nashua, Allenstown, Raymond, Weare, and Til-
ton, as well as Fitchburg,
Mass. All of the practices will be offering dental
services without charge
on Feb. 12, including urgent dental care, fillings,
oral cancer screenings,
x-rays, cleanings, fluoride treatments, and
homecare instruction.
This is the third year
Dr. Krothapalli has participated in the Doctors
with a Heart program at
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skills training, training
in preventative health
practices and medications for the dementia
sufferer. A promising
technique that benefits
the dementia sufferer
while decreasing the
stress the caregiver experiences is the Tailored
Activity Program (TAP)
developed by a team of
researchers led by Laura Gitlin at the Thomas
Jefferson University’s
Center for Applied Research on Aging and
Health. The research
showed that engaging
seniors with dementia
in activities they can do
successfully reduces the
incidence of aggressive
behaviours and could be
more effective than medications, which can carry serious side effects.
Unlike other approaches
that focus on patients
living in an institutional
setting, however, TAP
targets seniors with dementia living within the
community and involves
the caregiver in the activity strategies.
As part of TAP, caregivers receive training
on how to implement
the activities through
role playing and demonstrations to the senior
with dementia. They
also learn stress-reduction techniques, such as
deep breathing, to allow
them to maintain a controlled tone with the senior with dementia. As
the senior masters each
activity, the caregiver
introduces another to
continue engagement.
The caregivers are also
taught how to simplify
the activities in preparation for the future cognitive decline the senior
with dementia will experience. Thus, the caregivers are not only given
strategies relevant for
the moment, but are also
prepared with strategies
for the future.
TAP has been shown
to be effective in reducing shadowing, repetitive questioning, and
aggressive
behavior,
which have been shown
to compel stressed caregivers into placing seniors with dementia
in nursing homes. Researchers believe this
decline in negative behaviours is due to the
seniors experiencing a
stronger self-identity by
being able to perform
activities and express
themselves positively.
Because the activities
are tailored to the seniors’ abilities, they
are able to successfully
engage in and complete
tasks rather than suffer
frustration at their inabilities. Additionally,
since the activities are
simplified and presented
at a pace that is comfortable for the seniors, they
do not suffer from sensory overload, which often
precipitates aggressive
behaviours.
TAP has also been
shown to provide positive effects for the caregivers. Caregivers experience the joy of seeing
their loved ones’ moods
and interest in life improve since the tailored
activities provide pleasure rather than frustration. Caregivers are
also able to better judge
their loved ones’ capabilities so expectations are
more realistic, which
reduces the caregivers’
frustration as well as
the seniors’ frustration,
resulting in fewer instances of aggressive
behaviours. Moreover,
caregivers
discovered
that rather than requiring more work on their
part, TAP’s targeted,
structured activities are
easy to implement and
reduce the time required
for daily care.
TAP programs and
studies repeatedly show
that engaging seniors
with dementia in meaningful tasks tailored to
their current cognitive
abilities has a positive
outcome for everyone
involved. It enhances
the quality of life for
seniors suffering from
dementia and improves
interactions between the
seniors and their caregivers. It also results in
fewer hospitalizations
and lower nursing home
admissions for the seniors with dementia.
How Comfort Keepers® Can Help
Many Comfort Keepers® locations offer specialized dementia care
and can also provide respite for caregivers. Interactive Caregiving™ is
the unique way our caregivers, or Comfort Keepers®, deliver care to our
clients. It centers on four
interrelated
aspects:
mental
engagement,
physical activity, proper
nutrition, and safety. As
the TAP and other studies show, keeping dementia sufferers active
and engaged in meaningful activities increases the quality of life for
everyone involved.
Caregivers can also
benefit from our respite
services. Our Comfort
Keepers can offer caregivers much-needed personal time so they can
attend to family matters,
personal appointments,
or simply take some time
off to relax. Contact your
local Comfort Keepers
office for more information on how we can help.
About
Comfort Keepers
Comfort Keepers is
a leader in providing
non-medical
in-home
care consisting of such
services as companionship,
transportation,
housekeeping,
meal
preparation, medication
reminder, bathing, mobility assistance, and a
host of additional items
all meant to keep seniors
living
independently
worry free in the comfort of their homes. Comfort Keepers have been
serving New Hampshire
residents since 2005. Let
us help you stay independent. Please call 5366060, toll free 800-990-0727
or visit our Web site at
www.comfortkeepers.
com/office-633 for more
information.
A6
Business
THE GILFORD STEAMER THURSDAY, JANUARY 29, 2015
Mark on the Markets
Roche Realty Group, Inc.
State of the markets names Top Producer for 2014
BY MARK PATTERSON
On more than one occasion, I have made the
statement that “low volatility precedes high volatility,” which sounds
kind of stupid because
of its simplicity. But it is
true. I believe that we as
investors or even casual
observers tend to find
comfort with complacency and low market volatility. Even if the world
is crumbling around
us, we tend to want to
chalk these issues up to
the “wall of worry” that
makes me want to gag
every time I hear it from
the financial media’s
mouths!
Ever since March
of 2009, the US equity
markets have been on
an upward move that
has really not had any
substantial corrections.
This has been a result
of the Federal Reserve
Bank throwing more
free money in the form
of Quantitative Easing at the markets and
more specifically the institutional traders who
are competing for their
annual
performance
bonus. In other words,
their performance bonus
does not get enhanced by
a conservative or cautious stance in the equity
Good news on the horizon?
Place an announcement
in your local paper!
markets.
Just before the New
Year, we had a pullback in the equity or
stock market that was
about five percent. Then
in a very low volume
pre-Christmas rally, we
pushed back up to new
highs or close to new
highs. Then we open the
New Year with a return
to the original retracement that had sent us
down prior to the New
Year. Oil, or the low
price of crude oil is what
the main catalyst for
the pull-back was. I too
enjoy $2 gas, but from a
global perspective, this
is not a positive for the
world economies. Petro
states like Russia and
the former Soviet Union
have been hurt very badly by this crude collapse.
Desperation can create a
dangerous environment.
So the recent attempt at
a correction has been
thwarted not by our Fed,
but by the President of
the European Central
Bank, Mario Draghi,
who has announced a
bond repurchase program in Europe similar
to our very own Quantitative Easing. The US
markets rallied as a
knee jerk reaction. The
traders are like Pavlov’s
dogs, drooling when
they hear about more
free money. But this will
weaken the Euro currency in relation to the US
dollar that will in turn
not be a stimulus for the
US equity markets. The
Swiss now have a negative interest rate that is
a result of money going
to Swiss currency driving Swiss bond prices
so high that the yield is
negative.
Deflation is just as
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scary as out of control
inflation; and a combination of financial asset deflation and cost of health
care, education food and
energy inflation creates
the scariest cocktail of
all. At least energy is not
in an inflationary mode
right now.
As I have said before
and probably will again;
pay attention to your
investment
portfolio!
Do not assume that “the
markets will always return to normalcy”. Review your retirement
money plans and allocations and if you do not
know what to look for,
find an advisor who is
market savvy.
Mark Patterson is a
market savvy advisor
with MHP-Asset Management and can be reached
at 447-1979 or Mark@
MHP-Asset.com.
LACONIA — Roche
Realty Group, Inc. with
offices in Laconia and
Meredith, congratulates
Realtor® Kevin Shaw
as the top agent for 2014
with more than $7.8 million in sales volume.
In addition, Shaw had
a large number of rentals. He also has many
homeowners that he
represents for property management. When
asked about his plan
for 2014 and how he
achieved this, Shaw explained that the key to
his success is teamwork
and having a good base
of people around him, including other Realtors®,
staff, finance people, and
closing companies.
Shaw states, “We
don’t necessarily sell
homes; homes sell themselves. The key is to listen to your clients. A
good agent will listen
to their clients and find
Kevin Shaw
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out what their wants and
needs are. The reward of
being a Realtor is seeing
their client happy in a
home that fits their family and lifestyle perfectly.”
In the business since
2000, Shaw has been in
the top five agents at
Roche Realty Group for
the last five years. The
hard work has paid off
in being Roche Realty
Group, Inc.’s top agent
for 2014. One of the advantages that Shaw has
selling property in central New Hampshire is
being born and raised
in the Lakes Region
with a comprehensive
knowledge of the topography of the region and
Lake
Winnipesaukee.
Shaw has coached soccer and baseball in Gilford across the middle
school and high school
levels. He is an avid skier, swimmer and loves
sports and boating.
Since 1997, when the
Northern New England
Real Estate Network
was formed, Roche Realty Group has produced
total sales in excess
of $1.5 billion in New
Hampshire. During that
timeframe, Roche Realty
Group has been ranked
in the top 10 firms in the
state out of 2,190 firms
reporting sales during
that 18-year period.
Leadership Lakes Region’s Educational Issues Day
REGION
— The
non-profit group, Leadership Lakes Region, recently conducted its annual educational issues
Day.
The day, sponsored
generously by Northeast
Delta Dental, began with
presentations at the Gilford Elementary School.
Following an introduction by Superintendent
of Schools and Leadership graduate, Kent
Hemingway and Principal Danielle Bolduc,
groups of fourth graders demonstrated active
learning by showing the
class of 23 professionals
how they built and operate a robotic mover
device. Fourth graders
John, Seth and Declan
demonstrated
their
proficiency in computer-based learning using
Smartboards, Dreambox
and Code.
The
Leadership
Group then traveled to
the Huot technical Center in Laconia for a delicious lunch prepared
by the culinary arts students under the expert
guidance of instructors
Jack Aldrich and Rhonda Fahrner. Next up was
former Huot Center Director, Scott Davis, who
led the group through a
team building/problem
solving exercise using
individual photo fragments of a scenic view.
Always a hit with leadership classes, the exercise is both funny, chal-
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Tom Raffio, Northeast Delta Dental CEO and President, second from right, posed with three
members of the Leadership Lakes Region class after speaking to the class about leadership.
With Raffio are, left to right, Lissa Mascio of the Martin, Lord and Osman Law Firm, Meredith
Horton of Northway Bank and David Warrender of the Huot Technical and Career Center.
Northeast Delta Dental sponsored the group’s annual Educational Issues Day.
lenging and, at times,
frustrating until the
solution is found. This
led to a tour of the Huot
Center and its many
educational programs
led by leadership class
member David Warrender, the Huot Center
Director. Following the
tour, the CEO/President of the sponsoring
organization, Northeast
Delta Dental, engaged
the class in a leadership
discussion centered on
the book he co-authored.
Tom Raffio co-wrote
the book on leadership principles entitled
There Are No Do Overs
in partnership with his
former colleague Barbara McLaughlin and Boston Celtics Hall of Fame
basketball player, Dave
Cowens. Raffio used his
book, which the class
had been assigned to
read in advance, as well
as humorous anecdotes
to speak about leadership in the workplace.
The day’s planners decided to incorporate private schools into Educational Issues Day to gain
insights into how they
operate and their respective missions. The
Head and co-founder of
Sant Bani School, Kent
Bicknell; the co-founder
of the Lakeland School,
Pearl Sandy; Rick Duba,
Headmaster of Laconia Christian Academy
and Mary Jane Cooney,
Principal of Holy Trinity
School fielded questions
about their schools,
their unique educational offerings for students
and how they mesh with
the overall public education system.
The last panel of the
day was comprised of
two leadership class
members, Kirk Beitler, Assistant Superintendent in the Laconia
School District and Laconia Police Chief, Chris
Adams plus School Resource Officers Steve
Orton of Laconia Police
Department and Dan
O’Neil of the Gilford Police Department. The
panel discussed and
answered class questions concerning school
security, preparedness
and possible emergency responses. The next
program Day for Leadership Lakes Region is
scheduled for February
3 and is Economic Issues Day. Anyone seeking more information
about Leadership Lakes
Region is invited to visit the group’s Web site;
www.leadershiplakesregion.org.
Business
THURSDAY, JANUARY 29, 2015
THE WINNIPESAUKEE TALKIE
Five tips and tricks to help you
save your home in winter
BY RANDY HILMAN
January, I suppose,
is about as good a time
as any to talk about selling homes in winter and
whether now is a good
time to sell your home.
There is always considerable
discussion
on the subject. Conventional wisdom holds
that buyers retreat in
winter and inventories
diminish as seller’s remove their homes from
market. The National
Association of REALTORS® reports that, by
January, housing inventories across the nation
seasonally decline some
27 percent from September into the new year.
In Belknap, Carroll
and Grafton counties,
home inventories, that
is, houses available for
sale today, are down
about 25 percent from
August. Average monthly unit sales, meanwhile,
have declined about 33
percent in the same period.
The result is an increase of nearly one
month in housing supply even though fewer
houses are offered for
sale today than were offered in August. Okay,
it does appear that our
local real estate market has slowed in step
with winter markets
elsewhere in the nation.
Given this, the question
is, should you put your
home on the market
now†or wait until the
snow melts and the natural landscape returns
to life? If your home has
been on the market for
much of last year, consider letting the listing
lapse for up to 60 days
before putting in back
into the Multiple Listing
Service (MLS). Days on
Market, or DOM as we
call it, is a formidable
enemy of homes for sale.
Otherwise, give it a
whirl. Ours is a market
with slightly less competition. Homes are selling, even now. Here are
some helpful tips that
just might improve your
chances:
1) Publish summer
photos that showcase
your property/If you
have them from last
summer, tell your agent
you want photos without snow published in
the MLS, especially
those taken during peak
growing season. This is
important because from
the MLS, your listing
and photos will be syndicated to all the ma-
jor Internet real estate
portals, such as Zillow,
Trulia, Realtor.com and
NNEREN.com. Having
summer photos is the
next best thing to a summer showing and it can
help buyers “visualize”
landscaping, driveways,
walkways and views, especially waterfronts, if
there are any.
2) Winterize on the
outside of your home.
Plow and sand driveways, shovel and sand
walkways and remove
snow from the first three
feet of your roof. Having
your home accessible to
buyer prospects ought
to be a no-brainer when
selling a home. You
might be surprised by
how often snow removal
is overlooked. If you’re
not living in your home
while it is listed for sale,
have a plan for the removal of snow and ice
on driveways, walkways
and stairs. Want your
home shown? Make sure
it is accessible. Also,
take steps to prevent the
formation of ice dams on
your roof. Ice dams can
cause considerable damage to home exteriors
and interiors. Buyers
run from water damage
every time.
3) Warm and cozy.
Yes, I know it’s an overused phrase, but in
winter, it’s apropos. A
warm home is an inviting home. If you are living in your home while
it is offered for sale and
have a wood stove or
fireplace, make sure a
fire is burning whenever
showings are scheduled
(but only if you’ve had
a chimney sweep clean
and inspect the flue). If
you do not have an open
flame source of heat, at
least have the temperature up to a comfortable
75 degrees. Consider,
too, having quilts and
lap throws scattered
about the furniture, especially near stoves and
fireplace.
4) Light Light Light.
Dark and dreary are
two more enemies of
beautiful homes. We all
Daily
Specials
know that winter days
are often characterized
by low light. No drawn
curtains, blinds or lowered shades on showing
appointments,
please.
If you’re away for the
winter, tell your agent
that you expect every
light turned on and every window uncovered
during showings (have
your windows cleaned
inside and out). If you’re
living in the home, light
candles to add ambiance (please keep away
from flammables) and
play upbeat string quartet music quietly in the
background. Cheery music enhances light and
warmth.
5) Good†smells; holiday cheer. Nothing
spells home like iconic
home smells. Cookies
baking in the oven or
cinnamon sticks and
lemon in water simmering on the stove top are
tried and true favorites
as are cinnamon, lavender or apple scented
candles. Consider setting the dining table to
look as if dinner is about
to be served. Be sure to
include stemware and a
festive center piece.
There’s more, much
much more than space
will allow. If you would
like more winter home
selling tips from the
pros, send me an email
with your name, address
and phone number and I
will be happy to forward
a feature article on the
subject written by real
estate agent and feature
writer William Gassett.
It’s good stuff.
The
Winnipesaukee
Talkie is a real estate
feature column produced
by Randy Hilman, an
award winning former
business journalist for
The Tennessean, a Gannett daily newspaper located in Nashville, Tenn.
Mr. Hilman today is an
associate broker at Keller
Williams Lakes & Mountains Realty, Wolfeboro.
He can be reached at 6108963 or by email at [email protected].
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Bank of New Hampshire ­promotes
Barry S. Leonard, Jr. to
Chief Commercial Banking Officer
LACONIA — Bank
of New Hampshire is
proud to announce that
Barry Leonard has been
promoted to Senior Vice
President - Chief Commercial Banking Officer
after the recent retirement of Louis H. Guevin,
Jr.
“Lou’s contribution
to our organization has
been exceptional and
critical to developing
our Commercial Lending division,” said Mark
Primeau, President &
CEO of Bank of New
Hampshire. “He has
been a true asset to our
organization and we are
grateful for the leadership he has provided
over the past 15 years.
As his successor, we
look forward to the experience and knowledge
Barry has to offer.”
Leonard joined Bank
of New Hampshire in
February 2010, and has
more than 15 years of experience in the financial
services industry. He
has played a key role in
the growth and development of the Commercial
Banking Division since
that time. Leonard holds
a degree in business
management from Notre
Dame College, is a graduate of the ABA Graduate Commercial Lending School and the ABA
Stonier Graduate School
of Banking as well as the
Barry Leonard
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Executive
Leadership
Program at Wharton.
In 2012, the Union Leader named him one of
the 40 future leaders of
New Hampshire under
the age of 40. Leonard is
very active in his community having served
on the boards of the
Lakes Region Chamber
of Commerce, the Meadowbrook
Charitable
Foundation and currently serving on the board
of the Belknap Economic Development Council
and the Palace Theatre
Advisory Board.
“As a full service
bank, we offer state of
the art Treasury Man-
agement and Commercial Lending products
and services delivered
with the highest level of
customer service,” stated Leonard. “With over
300 years of commercial
banking
experience,
our commercial banking team understands
the day to day challenges businesses face and
have a proven expertise
in finding the best solutions for our customers.
I am very proud to be
a part of this dynamic
team and look forward
to leading the Commercial Banking Division in
helping New Hampshire
businesses reach their
full potential.”
Bank of New Hampshire, founded in 1831,
provides deposit, lending
and wealth management
products and services to
families and businesses
throughout New Hampshire. With 21 banking
offices throughout New
Hampshire and assets
exceeding $1 billion,
Bank of New Hampshire
is the oldest and largest
independent bank in
the state. Bank of New
Hampshire is a mutual
organization, focused on
the success of the bank’s
customers, communities
and employees, rather
than stockholders. For
more information, call
1-800-832-0912 or visit
www.BankNH.com.
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hosting luncheon Monday
Wesley Woods will
host a luncheon on Monday, Feb. 2 at noon. Take
a break from the kitchen
and the cold. Enjoy some
warm soups, breads and
conversations.
All are welcome,
but please let us know
if you are coming - we
don’t want to run out
of soup!! RSVP to Stace
at 528-2555 or sdhendricks@wesleywoodsnh.
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As you’ve no doubt
noticed, your trips to the gas
station have been a lot more
pleasant these past several
months. There’s not much
doubt that low oil prices
have been welcome to you
as a driver. But when oil is
cheap, is that good for you
as an investor? There’s no
clear-cut answer. But consider the following effects
of low oil prices:
• Positive impact on
economy — When you
spend less at the gas pump,
relative to recent years,
what will you do with your
savings? Like most people,
you’ll probably spend most
of it on goods and services.
If you multiply the amount
of your increased spending by the millions of other
Americans who are also
saving money on gas, you
can see that you and your
fellow consumers are likely
adding billions of dollars
to the economy. Typically,
a strong economy is also
good for the financial markets — and for the people
who invest in them.
• Different results for different sectors — Different
sectors within the financial
markets may respond in different ways to low oil prices, even if the overall effect
is generally positive. For
example, businesses such
as consumer goods companies and auto manufacturers
may respond favorably to
cheaper oil and gas. But
the picture might be quite
a bit different for energy
companies.
You could spend a lot
of time and effort trying
to adjust your investment
portfolio in response to
low oil prices. In fact, you
may well want to consult
with your financial professional to determine which
moves might make sense
for your individual situation. Yet there’s actually a
bigger lesson to be learned
here: Don’t overreact to
temporary developments.
The recent decline in oil
prices has certainly had an
economic impact, but no
one can predict how long
these prices will stay low
or what other factors may
arise that would affect the
financial markets. That’s
why you can’t reconfigure
your portfolio based on
particular events, whatever
they may be — oil price
drops, interest-rate fluctuations, political squabbles
at home, natural disasters
in faraway lands, and so
on. If you can keep from
being overly influenced by
specific events, you may be
able to gain at least two
key benefits: First, by not
making trades constantly in reaction to the headlines of the day, you can
avoid piling up heavy fees
and commissions —costs
that can reduce the return
rate on your investments.
Second, you’ll find that if
you aren’t always thinking
about what’s going on in the
world today, you can focus
your investment efforts
more intensely on where
you want to be tomorrow.
The most successful investors set long-term goals
and don’t focus on factors
they cannot control, such
as oil prices, interest-rate
changes or other economic
events. Instead, these investors make adjustments, as
necessary, to accommodate
changes in their goals as
well as other changes, such
as revisions in tax laws —
but they basically stick to
their same approach for the
long term. So be aware of
low oil prices, but don’t get
so “pumped” about them
that you sludge up your consistent investment strategy
— because that strategy has
the energy to keep you moving toward your important
objectives.
What Do Low Oil Prices
Mean for Investors?
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Our Local Schools
THE GILFORD STEAMER THURSDAY, JANUARY 29, 2015
Gilford swimmers compete Huot Center hosts exploration panel
for plumbing and HVAC careers
at Bobcat Invitational
DURHAM — The
Bobcat Invitational had
more than 550 swimmers
competing on Sunday,
with Gilford one of the
teams in attendance.
Captains
Rebecca
Cook and Katie Gingrich
are two out of the four
Gilford swimmers who
have qualified for Division II state championship meet thus far this
season.
Gingrich, a senior,
qualified at the Bobcat
for both the 50 free at
27.75 and the 100 backstroke. She swam strong
in the 100 free as well. Senior Chrissy Leach has
not been able to compete
this season due to an
injury. Cook placed second in two of her events
at the Bobcat, the 200
free and 100 free at 56.11
seconds. Her 100 back
got her a third place for
the day. Cook has qualified for states in seven
events.
Owen Sanborn swam
strong in the 100 free, 50
free and 100 fly. Autumn
Bos tried her hand at the
200 IM, requiring the
use of all her hard work
in stroke development
throughout the season.
She also achieved a best
time in the 50 free. Laura Zakorchemny, a firstyear swimmer, achieved
best times in both of her
events the 50 and 100
free. Kaitlyn Egbert held
strong in her 200 and 50
free, as she has all season. Sophomore Michael
Hart swam his first 200
free this season with a
2:27.13 and a 50 free. Zoe
Fullerton swam a 28.63
in the 50 free achieving
best times in the 50 and
100 free. She tried the
100 butterfly for the first
time and came in first
in her heat. Kyle Davies
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Captains Rebecca Cook and Katie Gingrich await the final race
at the Bobcat Invitational at UNH on Sunday.
dropped three seconds
in his 100 free for a best
time, with a best time in
his 50 free as well. Beck
McLean has recently
been out with an injury,
hoping he will be able
to return for the state
championship.
Freshman Olivia Morea swam
strong in her 50 free, 10
butterfly, dropping two
seconds off her 100 free
time. Morea will also be
joining the two captains
at states for the 50 free.
Michele Young dropped
three seconds off her 100
butterfly and one second
off her 50 free. Katilyn
Callahan came in first
in her heat of the 50 free,
achieving a best time.
She too applied her hard
work at practice to trying the 100 butterfly. The
team has had a great
season, swimmers have
worked hard at practice
on stroke development,
dryland training and
building their endurance to swim events like
the 100 butterfly and 200
individual medley, or to
swim harder and stronger to achieve personal
best times.
LACONIA — On
Wednesday,
January
14, The Huot Technical
Center offered exploration panel to provide information about careers
in Plumbing and HVAC
systems. Students from
the Huot Center Plumbing and Heating Class
and the regional sending schools attended the
panel discussion made
up of guest speakers
from local companies
and agencies.
Students had the opportunity to hear firsthand how their education will play out in the
real world - and the future is bright! The Heating and Plumbing field
has been established
by the Federal Government as a “Bright Outlook” field, meaning
employment is expected
to grow rapidly for the
next several years and
will have large amounts
of openings, including in
areas of new and emerging occupations. The
plumbing industry is an
up-and-coming
career
that requires training
Reduce building energy costs
with the BOC course at LRCC
LACONIA — Building managers can reduce operating costs and
improve building performance by enrolling
in the Building Operator Certification (BOC)
course at Lakes Region
Community
College
(LRCC) that starts Friday, Feb. 20.
The eight-day BOC
program helps large
building operators find
cost-effective ways to
reduce energy. It is en-
dorsed by New Hampshire’s public energy
utilities -- Liberty Utilities, New Hampshire
Electric
Cooperative,
PSNH and Unitil -- who
offer a 50 percent tuition
discount for their New
Hampshire commercial
and industrial customers. Topics include building
operations
and
maintenance,
energy
benchmarking, efficient
lighting, HVAC controls
and operations, indoor
air quality, electrical
systems and energy
management planning.
The course is taught
by LRCC Energy Services faculty who have
a distinguished background in facilities management and energy
­efficiency.
“LRCC’s BOC program is a great opportunity for building operators,” says Andy Duncan
(Concord), PhD, professor and chair of LRCC’s
Energy program. “We
help these building professionals reduce their
energy costs. “Most buildings have
multiple opportunities,”
Duncan notes. “For example, many parking lot
lights are now obsolete. They can be cost-effectively retrofitted with
super-efficient
LED
[light emitting diode]
lighting. Likewise there
are tremendous energy
saving
opportunities
from tuning up air delivery in large buildings.”
“Thanks for the great
training over the past
Fridays,” says Scott
Lindquist
(Durham),
Fall 2014 LRCC BOC student. “Lots of great information with involved
instructors.” Lindquist
is Zone Energy Manager
at the University of New
Hampshire,
Durham. Previous BOC classes
have drawn building operators from all over the
State, including Keene,
Merrimack and Portsmouth, in addition to the
Lakes Region.
The Spring 2015 BOC
program is eight full
days, every other Friday
from Feb. 20 to May 29 at
Lakes Region Community College, Laconia.
Experienced facilities
management staff who
successfully
complete
LRCC’s BOC course are
awarded the nationally recognized Building
Operator Level I Certification as well as a
LRCC Energy Services
­Certificate.
Class size is limited. For registration information go to www.lrcc.
edu/energy/energy-calendar.
For more information
contact Duncan at 3665329.
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near I-93. Perfect gentleman’s farm with
room to move, mature landscaping & large
deck overlooking an open field. Cathedral
ceilings, fieldstone FP, gorgeous kitchen,
1st floor master, partially finished basement
& oversized 2-car garage.
$379,000
Jim O’Leary 455-8195
GOVERNOR’S CROSSING. New construction! Custom built home in a great location
built with energy consciousness in mind.
Several models available offering great
flow with spacious rooms and so many
available options at a great value. 2-car
garage, large lower level, Work with the
builder and finish for you!
$239,900
Kristi Johnson 387-6903
OUTSTANDING POSSIBILITIES. Exceptional
3 BR home offers much charm w/built-ins,
large rooms & a great layout. Attached barn
has plenty of storage & large parking area.
Ideal for antique center/store. 1 bedroom
apartment just needs finishing touches for
extra income. Wonderful front porch & plenty of sun. Zoned residential & commercial.
$189,900
Scott Knowles 455-7751
IN-LAW APARTMENT. Gilford home has
attached 2 story in-law apartment. 4 BRs,
2 1/2 baths, finished family room in the
basement & 2 back decks. The large, well
landscaped lot has a nice level back yard
and wonderful fruit trees. Public water &
sewer. Attached 1 car garage plus an outbuilding for extra storage.
$249,900
Bob Gunter 387-8664
www.baysidenh.net
Courtesy
Career Panel presenters included Jason Cross and Cliff Grenon
of Laconia Refrigeration; Fran Wendelboe of the Belmont 4-H
Fairgrounds; RJ Pauley of Granite State Heating and Plumbing,
LLC; Bob Terrio of Stafford Oil; Harvey Woodside of The
Granite Group.
and a strong, dedicated
personality. Becoming
a plumber with the education from the Huot
Plumbing
program
helps ensure a secure
job, and a good income.
During the discussion,
students discovered that
the plumbing industry
is one of the most stable
careers in the country,
and trained workers in
the heating and plumbing fields are in high demand in today’s world. Harvey
Woodside
of the Granite Group
echoed these statements,
explaining that once
trained, a plumber could
gain employment in
any location around the
country and the world.
Bob Terrio of Stafford
Oil, explained how the
majority of the plumbing
and heating workforce
are seasoned employees,
and the need for a young
competent workforce is
immanent. Cliff Grenon,
an alumni from the Huot
Tech Plumbing and
Heating class 2001 and
Jason Cross, both from
Laconia Refrigeration,
explained how their role
relies on self-discipline,
and is challenging; always varied with opportunities to constantly
learn new approaches
and work with new technologies. RJ Pauley,
a 2014 Huot Plumbing
and Heating Alum, discussed how he gained
successful employment
at Granite State Heating
and Plumbing, LLC and
enrollment into the apprenticeship program.
Pauley shared how the
Huot program helped
him advance in his apprenticeship. Because
his class hours at the
Huot were taken into
consideration, he was
able to complete the typical 4-year program in
only 3. Fran Wendelboe,
President of the Belmont
4-H Fairgrounds, described how the second
year plumbing students
have been invaluable
in the renovation of the
300 year old building.
Fran gave great advice
of work practices and
expectations, and tied in
local industry practices
with state legislation.
Students were encouraged to ask questions and talk individually with the employers.
They were excited about
the potential areas of
employment which include: Private Contractors, Plumbing Supply
Companies,
Building
Supply Companies, Federal State and Local Governments, Industry and
Institutions
(Maintenance), Heating Supply
Companies, Air Conditioning Supply Companies, Fuel Oil Companies.
The Huot Technical
Institute is grateful for
the continued relationships within the community. The local guest
speakers offered a face
and inspiring testimonial to the purpose of what
students are learning.
Students walked away
with a greater insight
into their options after
completing the Heating
and Plumbing program,
and the possibilities of
pursuing a successful
career.
For more information
on the Huot Technical
Center Plumbing and
Heating Program, please
contact Mike Schofield
[email protected].
THURSDAY, JANUARY 29, 2015
The Rest of the Story
Mary Mattson promoted to
Senior Vice President at Bank of NH
LACONIA — Bank
of New Hampshire is
proud to announce that
Mary Mattson has been
promoted to Senior Vice
President - Commercial
Banker & Team Leader for the Commercial
Banking Division. Mattson joined Bank
of New Hampshire in
October of 2011, and has
more than 25 years of
experience in the financial services industry,
including commercial
lending, portfolio management and new business development.
“Mary has been instrumental in building
commercial
relationships in the Manchester
and Bedford markets,”
stated Barry S. Leonard,
Jr., SVP – Chief Com-
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out of the
Finance
and Accounting. She is Laconia office, located at
a strong supporter of 62 Pleasant St. and can
her community and is be reached at 528-8150 or
GRANT
and GHS became part
of the competition. The
contest officially opened
on Oct. 1 and voting ended on Dec. 29.
“It started off right
from the get go; on the
first or second day, Gilford and Belmont had
the lead,” Beyrent said.
Beyrent said members of the Performing
Arts Department tried
many different ways
to get the word out and
get people to vote for
the school. Flyers were
handed out at the fall
musical and during the
senior craft fair. An announcement was also
made before intermission during the production of “West Side Story.”
Supporters
with
Facebook accounts also
shared links.
Student Stevie Orton
said it was frustrating
only being able to vote
once.
“I kept trying to get
my family members to
vote,” Orton said.
The results were neck
and neck with Belmont
for most of the contest,
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especially in the last few
days.
“The last four days
of the contest, we were
watching it on an hourly
basis,” Beyrent said.
The contest officially
ended at midnight on
Dec. 29. By the close of
the contest, Belmont was
ahead by 17 votes. However, contest details stated that the winner would
be officially announced
in January.
Around New Year’s,
they found out both Belmont and Gilford had
won in a tie.
Beyrent said they
were told that if it ended
in a tie that both schools
would receive the full
$3,000 prize.
“I’m really glad that
it ended in a tie with
Belmont,” Beyrent said.
“It was hard to see how
many schools out there
needed the money. Everyone needed the money.”
“For the community
and our students to support the performing arts,
it’s a great thing and it
shows a great commitment to the arts in Gil-
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friends. Margaritas will
be the specialty drink of
the evening for the Parrotheads. The cash bar
will also offer beer and
wine.
Tickets can be purchased online at www.
gilfordrotaryevents.
weebly.com
or www.
gilfordyouthcenter.com. Tickets can also be purchased by mail by sending a check for $60 per
person a contact name
and phone number to:
Gilford Rotary, PO Box
7091, Gilford, NH 03247.
SIGN
Wyatt said the students will be excited
about what they learned
and show their skills.
The class has also
helped out another student in the club. Wyatt
there is also a club member who has difficulty
with verbal communication. She said sign language has been helping
him learn more communication skills.
Jude said she is not
just teaching the other
students, they have been
teaching her as well.
“It’s so cool to see that
I have a part in that,”
Jude said.
Jude wants to bring
her interest and knowl-
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Tickets are also available through Club members.
Special Rates are
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For additional information contact Blandine
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Proceeds from this
event will go to the many
non-profit activities supported by Gilford Rotary
in Gilford and the Lakes
Region area.
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ford,” said theater director Matt Demko. “We’re
excited to use this grant
to help our students further their arts education.”
With the grant, the
room will have readily
available lighting and
sound equipment for
any purpose.
Sound equipment will
also be available, including plugging in an MP3
player or other device
for chorus, musical rehearsals, and any other
purpose. Piddington said
he is looking into some
AMY ANNIS
Jonny. This set up the
Gold Division championship match featuring
Killer Coaches against
Frog Rock Tavern. Killer Coaches won in two
games by the scores of
25-15 and 25-19 to win the
Gold Division championship.
In the Silver Division
semifinal
matchups
Chafing the Dream beat
Sets in the City and All
Sets Are Off beat The
Dream Team. This set
up the Silver Division
championship
match
featuring All Sets Are
Off against Chafing the
Dream. All Sets Are Off
won in two games by the
scores of 25-17 and 25-21
to win the Silver Division championship.
The event raised
$2,246 for the Amy Annis
Scholarship Fund and
breast cancer research.
Annis lost her battle to
cancer and this tournament is a celebration of
The
LED lighting that will be
able to turn any color the
operator wishes.
“It will also be a place
where students can experiment with lighting
much more easily than
they can over here (at
the theater) because it’s
a smaller facility,” Piddington said.
Piddington said he
was excited about the
results.
“It’s been a longtime
dream, and it’s nice to
finally see that dream
come to fruition,” Piddington said.
(Continued from Page A3)
her life and passion for
team sports.
A special thanks goes
out to the companies and
people who sponsored
each of the team’s entry
fee: Mas-Con Corp, Pass
Set Crush Volleyball
Camp, Meadowbrook/
Bank of New Hampshire, Friends of Martha
Clark, Central Lakes
Region Movers, The
Galleria Salon, Titeflex,
Frog Rock Tavern, Kim
Dubuque and the Gilford
High School faculty. The
champions of the Silver
and Gold Division were
given prizes donated by
Piche’s Ski and Sport.
Also
organizers
would like to extend
their thanks to the Gilford School District for
their support in allowing this event to be held
and to Jim Babcock and
Shawn Murphy, NHIAA
volleyball officials, who
volunteered to officiate
some of the matches.
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LRCC announces
fall honors students
LACONIA — Lakes
Region Community College in Laconia announces its President’s and
Vice President’s lists for
the fall session ending in
December 2014.
The President’s List,
designating a 3.75 grade
point average or above,
is the highest honor a
student can achieve. The
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(Continued from Page A5)
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offered on a first come,
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The Rest of the Story
THURSDAY, JANUARY 29, 2015
WONKA
in middle school productions, as well as part of
the Streetcar Company.
Zarella said this experience has been unique
and they have gotten
to do so many different
things.
“It’s been a lot of fun
getting to know all these
people; different age
groups and stuff,” Zarella said. “Everyone gets
along. We’re all kind
of like a family even
though we’re all different grades.”
Witham said he has
been happy with how the
process has gone leading
up to the show.
“Everything’s been
going great,” Witham
said. “The set’s awesome, the costumes are
awesome we’ve had a
lot of fun. We’ve all been
working together.”
Both Witham and Zarella said they want to do
theater when they get to
high school.
Sixth grader Mae
Kenny plays Veruca
Salt, who she described
as “this snobby, bratty
character.”
“It’s kind of hard because I’m not a really
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bratty person and I have
to push to get that,” Kenny said.
Kenny said this is
the first big play she
has done and she has
been having a lot of fun.
She said she loves “just
seeing how everything
turns out with so many
people.”
“Seeing the set, it really helps because it’s
like your touring the factory,” Kenny said.
She was excited that
she gets to go down a
slide at the end of her big
scene.
Kenny praised the
work of director Matt
Demko, teacher Aaron
Witham who coordinated the set and tech
efforts as well as high
school auditorium director Scott Piddington for
their work on the production.
Overall, she said this
has been a cool production and everyone has
been helping each other
out.
Eighth graders Laurel Normandin and Zoey
Nash Boucher play for
the first time and Oompa
Loompas as well as other
side characters such as
squirrels and kids. This
is the second time Nash
Boucher has been in a
play and this is the first
time for Normandin.
“We decided this one
because it was our last
year here,” Normandin
said.
Normandin said there
are many different roles
to get into with a lot of
costume changes.
“It can be stressful
but it’s a lot of fun,” Normandin said.
“It’s cool being able
to play different parts
and do different things,”
Nash Boucher said.
Normandin said the
process has been a lot of
fun.
“It’s good meeting
new people in different
grades,” Nash Boucher
said.
Normandin said she
has enjoyed working
with, “People you normally wouldn’t talk to.”
“Willy Wonka” will
take the state at the Gilford High School Auditorium on Jan. 29, 30, and
31 at 7 p.m. with a matinee performance on Saturday, Jan. 31 at 2 p.m.
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Alpine boys, girls win at Gunstock
BY JOSHUA SPAULDING
Sports Editor
GILFORD — The Gilford alpine team competed in a slalom meet at
Gunstock on Jan. 22.
The Gilford girls won
the race with Caitlin
Houston skiing to the
win in 58.58 seconds.
Bailey Hildreth was
third overall in 1:04.21,
followed by Emily Hanf
in 1:12.52 for sixth place.
Reese
Henderson
rounded out the scoring
in 14th place in 1:38.63.
Jenny Hancock also
completed both runs, finishing in 1:40.11 for 15th
place overall.
The boys also won the
race, with Keaton Quigley taking top honors in
49.43 seconds.
Tyler Hanf was second overall in 58.51 and
Colin Hildreth was seventh in 1:12.17.
Daniel Ellis rounded
out the scoring in 1:20.01
for 11th place.
Nick Van Bennekum
was 112th in 1:20.29,
Devin Akerly was 15th
in 1:29.89, Bradley Bergman was 16th in 1:30.68,
Brendan Bergman was
20th in 1:38.23 and Zach
Hancock was 36th in
2:13.79.
Joshua Spaulding can
be reached at 569-3126 or
sportsgsn@salmonpress.
com.
Mercuri leads
Gilford in Maine
TARA GILES – COOS COUNTY DEMOCRAT
Seth Valpey skis during Saturday’s New Hampshire Coaches
Series race in Whitefield.
Gilford boys take
second in Whitefield
BY JOSHUA SPAULDING
Sports Editor
WHITEFIELD — The
Gilford Nordic ski team
competed in the first
New Hampshire Coaches Series race at White
Mountains Regional on
Saturday.
The Gilford boys
skied to second place
overall, finishing behind
reigning Division II
champion Kennett.
Matt Young led the
way for the Golden Eagles, finishing third in
11:48.
Mark Young skied to
11th in 12:37, with Seth
Valpey next for Gilford
in 15th place in 12:45.
Sander Valpey rounded out the scoring, as he
finished in 27th place in
a time of 13:15.
Ryan LaFrance finished in 79th place in
14:26 to round out the
field of Golden Eagles.
For the girls, Maggie
Fillion led Gilford in
43rd place in a time of
16:33, while Dana Ruchti
finished in 95th place in
18:29.
In the junior high
race for girls, Catherine
Stowe was fifth in 17:45
and Vanessa Genakos
was 57th in 23:00.
Josh Valentine won
the boys’ race in 13:36,
with Cal Schrupp in
fourth in 14:25, Mitch
Townsend in 24th in
18:02, Tyler Pearson in
38th place in 20;25 and
Eddie Demers in 53rd in
22:51.
Joshua Spaulding can
be reached at 569-3126 or
sportsgsn@salmonpress.
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BIDDEFORD, Maine
— The Gilford girls’ indoor track team had a
good meet at the University of Southern Maine,
on Sunday. It was a Division III only meet.
Lauren
Mercuri
won the high jump and
placed second in the
long jump. Freshman
Maddy Relf placed fifth
in the 3,000 meters with
a PR of 13:01, a nine-second improvement from
her last meet. Her twin
sister, Lizzy, placed 13th
in the 1,500 meters with
a PR of 6:13, a 10-second
improvement.
Mercuri has qualified
for the next meet (long
jump and high jump),
Sunday, Feb. 1, at UNH,
where she will look to
jump a little higher and
further to qualify for the
Division II state meet on
Sunday, Feb. 8, at Dartmouth.
STEPHEN GREENWOOD
Attention
coaches and ADs
MEREDITH — Since
Jeff Lajoie left his position just before Christmas, we have been involved in the process of
hiring someone to fill
that job. That position
will be filled on Feb. 2
Because of this, we are
asking coaches and Athletic Directors to please
send any game results
and information prior
to that time to Sports Ed-
itor Joshua Spaulding
at [email protected] for inclusion
in the papers next week.
We want to include as
much as we can in each
paper and we are hopeful that coaches can help
us reach that goal until
the person hired begins.
We thank you for
your consideration in
this time of transition.
Looking to the hoop
Gilford’s Michael Madore looks to the basket during
action on Friday, Jan. 23, against Inter-Lakes. The Golden
Eagles picked up a 49-29 win to move to 6-3 on the season. Gilford hosts Laconia today, Jan. 29, and Franklin on
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with stone fireplace. Large U-shaped
dock & perched sandy beach.
Shelly Brewer 581-2879
Meredith • $639,000 • #4399096
Easy walk to downtown from this
recently updated Waukewan home on a
nice level lot with sandy beach
and dock.
Susan Bradley 581-2810
Winnipesaukee Compound in Wolfeboro ready for conversion to condominiums. 735’ lakefront, 2.7 acres. Multiple
permitted docks. Boathouse w/permits.
Three yr-rnd homes + seasonal cottage.
Engineer’s prospectus available.
Call 569-3128
$1,595,000
Spectacular Winnipesaukee views
and shorefront. Custom built home
in Moultonborough with gourmet
kitchen, 2 fireplaces and open floor
plan. Detached garage with guest
quarters. Very special!
Call 253-9360
$1,175,000
Amazing 665’ of gorgeous Winnipesaukee shoreline set on 2.35 private
acres in Moultonborough! Beautiful
sandy beach plus dock, great views,
lovely open concept 3BR year round
residence w/stone fireplace!
Call 569-3128
$925,000
BARNSTEAD - Great setting w/southwesterly views ~ all day sun, sunsets
too ~ 125’ lakefront w/airplane hanger,
large decks, guest house, detached
garage, outbuildings & 2 finished levels
on upper Suncook Lake.
$395,000 (4334382) Call 875-3128
ALTON - Custom Cape, gentleman’s
farm w/attached 2-car garage on 16.8
acres. Sunny garden area & views.
Subdivision potential with 1,551’ of
road frontage. 30’ x 24’ barn on a full
foundation. Area to raise dogs.
$350,000 (4375376) Call 875-3128
HOLDERNESS - Easy and affordable
single level living in this “like new”
property. Sits on 3+ acres, enjoy both
Squam Lake and Lake Winnipesaukee.
Close to shopping & highway for easy
commuting.
$239,900 (4351711) Call 253-9360
ASHLAND - Squam River shorefront
within steps from your deck. 2 Bedroom
home with open floor plan. Peaceful
views with a private setting. Gives
access to Big Squam and convenient
to I-93.
$229,000 (4392833) Call 253-9360
ALTON - 3 Bedroom, 2 Bath, well
maintained home on 2 acres with oversized detached 2 car garage. Newly
paved driveway, deck off kitchen, large
back yard, fully furnished.
NEW DURHAM - Contemporary Ranch
with 92’ frontage on Jones Pond. Enjoy
kayaking and fishing. Large deck off the
living room for water views. Abundance
of plantings, fruits and garden area!
$224,900 (4347811) Call 875-3128
$132,000 (4378427) Call 875-3128
Moultonborough • $589,000 • #4400155 Moultonborough • $585,000 • #4371287
Tuftonboro • $499,000 • #4048297
Charming 2 bedroom yr rnd cottage
Cute Lake Winnipesaukee cottage set at the Live in your own beautiful home which comes
with 106’ of southern exposure on Lake
water’s edge, 127’ of frontage, beautiful sandy with a deeded boat slip & fabulous beach at Red
Winnipesaukee. Huge living room that faces bottom, enclosed porch, multiple dock space, Gate Cottage Colony. Income from the 5 rentals
the lake, enclosed porch, pretty views.
pays much of your mortgage & expenses.
large commercial size garage with three bays.
Barbara Mylonas 603-253-4345
Bill Richards 603-253-4345
Bob Williams & Danielle McIntosh: 603-253-4345
Meredith • $429,000 • #4373128
Serenity Farm,
come for a visit you may not want to
leave this lovely home on 6 acres
abutting a golf course.
Judy McShane 581-2800
Alexandria • $214,000 • #4345604
Cape style Farmhouse
with wrap around farmers porch
keeps with the period feel but updated
with newer modern features.
Reed Heath 581-2822
Belmont • $299,900 • #4347933
Exceptional Lake Winnisquam views
from this brand new
3 BR, 2 BA Ranch
with attached 2 car garage.
Shelly Brewer 581-2879
Farmington • $270,000 • #4398940
6.88 commercial acres with over 1,000’
of road frontage on Route 11 and
Ridge Road. Great commercial location
with many possibilities!
Reed Heath 581-2822 & Melanie Tripp 581-2855
Meredith • $159,000 • #4400249
Plymouth • $155,000 • #4362165
A 24’ deeded dock comes with this lot which Over half an acre walk to downtown &
Plymouth State University. 5 bedrooms,
is a short walk to a wonderful beach and
2 baths. 3 bedrooms have tenants for
community tennis courts. Great community
the fall semester at $3,000 each.
surrounded by many Lakes Region attractions.
Lynn Durham 603-253-4345
Bill Richards 603-253-4345
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Laconia • $142,000 • #4391471
Well built two bedroom home with
living room & fireplace, den and family
room. Short walk to beach, playground
and schools. One car garage & carport.
Barbara Mylonas 603-253-4345
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Magnificent Ossipee Lake Waterfront
home on peninsula with incredible 505’ of
waterfront with boat dock, and completely
surrounded by sand! Sunsets, relaxation,
and spectacular mountain views!
Gilford • $66,900 • #4258120
PRICE JUST REDUCED! Misty Harbor Resort
is one of Lake Winnipesaukee’s finest vacation
facilities. Great amenities, 355’ of private sandy
beach, convenient Lakes Region location.
Ellen Mulligan 603-253-4345
$799,000 (4358513) Call 569-3128
Bringing People and Vacations
Together in the Lakes Region for
over 60 years…
SEASONAL AND
LONG-TERM RENTALS
Joe and Jaci Dussault
@ 253-9360 (Center Harbor Office)
Pat Isaacson and Diane Booth
@ 875-3128 (Alton Office) or e-mail
[email protected]
Owners please call about
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LAND
ALTON - Nice 11.1 acre building lot. Close to Merrymeeting
Lake, Alton Bay and an easy commute north or south. Just
minutes from Wolfeboro.
$75,000 (4364335)
Call 875-3128
ALEXANDRIA - Private 5 acre lot off a town maintained road
with possible views to the west. Great spot to build your
dream home. $39,900 (4169897)
Call 253-9360
27 South Main Street • Wolfeboro, NH
603-569-0101
www.WolfeboroBayRealEstate.com
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Office Building … Turn-key well maintained building, 4 separate units used as
offices, each with their own bathroom, ample parking and tons of storage! Walk to
town & docks. Owner/Broker.
Tilton, NH
NOW ACCEPTING
APPLICATIONS FOR
OUR WAITING LISTS
Wolfeboro Multi-Unit Apartment Building!
Great opportunity for a first home buyer. Live
in this separate 3 bedroom home with 3 car
garage and have 2 other apartments help pay
your mortgage!
SEEKING SUMMER 2015 RENTAL INVENTORY...
Visit www.wolfeboro.co/rentals
We are looking for
“well maintained” properties
to rent to quality, repeat tenants
from $1,500 to $15,000/per week
in 2015!
Call today for a professional
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569-0101 ext. 415
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Spacious 2 Bedroom
Townhomes
2 BR HC Accessible Units
Heat & Hot Water Included
WD Hookups, Storage
Income Restrictions Apply
Rent based on
30% of Households Income
Credit, Criminal, & Landlord
Checks - No Pets Allowed
CONTACT US TODAY!
1-800-742-4686
The Hodges Companies
201 Loudon Rd., Concord, NH 03301
Proudly owned by
NEW DURHAM - Nice 3.9 acre country building lot in quiet
subdivision, easy commute to town. Just minutes to lakes
and mountains. $39,000 (4393960)
Call 875-3128
ASHLAND - Exceptional buildable sloping lot offering both
privacy & convenience. Minutes to town beach and public
boat launch. Nearby ski mountains and golf course. Fantastic
location. $32,600 (4393149)
Call 253-9360
MaxfieldRealEstate.com
15 Railroad Ave., Wolfeboro 569-3128 / Junction Routes 25 & 25B, Center Harbor 253-9360
108 Main St., Alton 875-3128
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BARNSTEAD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
Barnstead Activity Zone
Site Coordinator
Immediate opening for after school program Site Coordinator at Barnstead Elementary School. Hours are 2:006:00 p.m., 5 days a week (including early release days)
plus 4 weeks in the summer. Person must have experience working with children in a programmatic setting and
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Please provide resume, letter of intent and three current
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Self Pay Liaison
No Pets Allowed
Littleton Regional Healthcare is looking for a full time Self
Pay Liaison to join our Patient Financial Services team.
CONTACT US TODAY
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The person in this role is responsible for resolving
customer’s billing issues/disputes, daily file transfers/
reconciliations and acting as the primary point of contact
for third party collections vendors. The self pay liaison will
resolve outstanding receivables through direct payment,
payment negotiation, bad debt write off, revenue reversals
and agency assignment for accounts as well as provide
information and assistance to patients and insurance
companies. This person must be detail oriented, with
excellent Excel skills, strong customer service skills and the
ability to work independently in a fast paced environment.
1-800-742-4686
(603) 224-9221
The Hodges Companies
201 Loudon Rd.
Concord, NH 03301
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Alton Central School
Technology Forum
Associates or Bachelor degree in Business or Accounting
required. A minimum of two years previous administrative,
customer service, medical billing, third party or agency
(Medicare/Medicaid) experience is required. Patient follow
up experience is strongly preferred; medical terminology
and knowledge of various reimbursement/billing
formularies (ICD-9; CPT4; DRG) strongly preferred.
Littleton Regional Healthcare offers competitive
compensation and a generous benefits package.
Qualified candidates are invited to apply
at our website www.lrhcares.org
Join us for a presentation on the
infrastructure, current operations and
proposed initiatives of the
Alton Central School Technology
Department followed by a Q&A session.
LITTLETON REGIONAL HEALTHCARE
Tuesday, February 3, 2015 at 5 p.m.
in the ACS Middle School Library
EOE
Snow date: Thursday, February 5, 2015 at 5 p.m.
Human Resources Department
600 St. Johnsbury Road, Littleton, NH 03561
Phone: 800-464-7731or 603-444-9331
Fax: 603-444-9087
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Behavioral Health Specialist
A Full-time (32 – 40 hours/wk) position is
available at our Corner Medical Primary
Care office setting in Lyndonville, VT. Applicant will need to understand the
concept of integrating behavioral health
in a primary care office setting. This
person will also need to have the ability
to make prompt clinical assessment of
behavior and mental conditions using
assessment tools and provide appropriate
interventions and short term solution
based therapy. Will refer to community
therapists
as needed.
Masters Level Clinical Social Worker or
Psychologist only - VT License required.
If you are interested, please call Carol
Chmura, Human Resources Manager for
more information at 802-748-7525 or
email [email protected].
To apply on-line, please visit:
www.nvrh.org
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