2018: The Year in Pictures

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1 THURSDAY, JANUARY 3, 2019 FREE IN PRINT, FREE ON-LINE COMPLIMENTARY 2018: The Year i Pictures BY DONNA RHODES INDEX Volume 6 Number 1 Opiio... A4-A5 Obituaries...A6 Tows...A6 Churches... A6,A7 Busiess...A7 Sports...A11 & A14 Classifieds...A12-A13 14 pages i 1 sectio 2019, Salmo Press, LLC. Call us at (603) ewfoud@salmopress.ews drhodes@salmopress.ews REGION The Year 2018 was certaily a boost for the Newfoud Regio ad cotributig to that were the youg boys ad girls, youg me ad wome who rolled up their sleeves ad pitched i to make their commuity a better place to live. Tapply-Thompso Commuity Ceter has log bee kow as a place where childre thrive through sports, camp, ad other fu experieces. The TTCC Tee Coucil, comprised of studets from Newfoud Regioal High School, have foud ways to make a differece beyod those activities however. I the past few years they have held fudraisers to provide a ew water bubbler for the ceter, purchased safety pads for the gym ad are ow embarkig o a missio to replace old widows o the frot of buildig. Tee Coucil members also help with may commuity evets like Hallowee, Sata s Village, Old Home Day ad sports. Newfoud Memorial Middle School studets did their part i 2018, too. I November the Studet Coucil voluteered at the New Hampshire Special Olympics bowlig touramet at Fuspot. I additio to this the Studet Coucil created a kidess chai as a ati-bullyig message, said Pricipal Jay Lewis. I December coucil members traveled to the New Hampshire Veteras Cemetery i Boscawe to help lay wreaths o the graves of lost heroes. I hoor of Veteras Day, ad i keepig with their support of the military, they also raised $200 for the Wouded Warriors Project. I the days leadig up to Christmas the group also participated i the Bristol Festival of Trees, which beefitted commuity drama presetatios i the school district. They ad other local youth of all ages also took part i or helped with the aual N.H. Maratho, the Kids Maratho, the Lakes Regio Triathlo ad several 5K races throughout the year. Youger boys ad girls were part of several commuity activities as well. This summer those ivolved i Boy Scouts helped the Dowtow Decoratig Committee plat flower bulbs, held cleaup drives ad participated i a umber of fudraisig evets. Girl Scouts hosted a childre s Easter evet, took part i commuity activities ad also participated i the Veteras Wreath layig project. A salute to local youth does t ed there, however. Whe a devastatig fire broke out o Beech Street i Bristol last summer, local childre pitched i to do what they could to help. They held fudraisers, collected backpacks, otebooks, clothig ad shoes for their peers displaced by the fire, ad much more. I a time whe childre are facig so may ew life challeges, the Newfoud Area is blessed by those who choose to make their commuity a better place to live ad for this we salute them. Happy New Year to all, both youg ad old, from everyoe here at Salmo Press! FOR MORE PHOTOS SEE PAGES A2-A3

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3 Local A3 2018: The Year i Pictures TOWN OF ALEXANDRIA PUBLIC HEARING ON THE PROPOSED 2019 BUDGET Tuesday, Jauary 8, 2019 followig the Selectme s Meetig that begis at 6:00 p.m. The public hearig will be held i the Coferece Room at the Muicipal Buildig, 47 Washbur Road, Alexadria, NH If you would like to lear about the hoeybee ad the art of beekeepig - the Pemi-Baker Beekeepers Ass. have a BEE SCHOOL for you! Dates: Saturdays: Ja 26; Feb 2,9, & 16, 2019 Time: 9:00 am to 2:00 pm Locatio: America Legio Post 15; 39 Mai Street, Ashlad, NH Cost: $60 for iitial registrat (Icludes Study Guide; Beekeepig for Dummies; oe year membership to PBBA). There will be a $15 fee for a immediate family member who wishes to atted the classes (o extra materials available). (Childre uder 16 are free). Refresher Class: Space Availability Basis Please make checks payable to Pemi-Baker Beekeeper s Ass. Registratio form is o our website: Sed registratio form ad paymet to: Mary-Elle Godville, 1090 River Road Plymouth, NH 03264

4 Opiio A4 Thursday, JANUARY 3, 2019 From the Editor s Desk Makig a resolutio that will last With New Year s Day ow i our rear-view mirror, we, like may of you out there, are thikig about resolutios. We could debate that September is actually the start of a ew year give the clea slate of grades to start a ew school year, but a ew year is a ew year, ad ot all of us are still i school. More tha half of all resolutios ed i failure, but we like the fact that geerally, we, as people, seek to improve ourselves ad our lives. Oe reaso resolutios fail is that a perso just has't chose the right oe, somethig that has meaig. May people fail before the ed of Jauary. A resolutio is't the right oe for you if it's too vague, if it's someoe else's expectatios for you, or if you have o pla. The acroym SMART (specific, measurable, achievable, relevat ad time boud) ca be used to help facilitate your success. If you make a specific goal of losig a certai amout of weight, your goal will be easier to obtai. If you set a time limit (baby steps) by sayig I will lose oe poud each week, your pla becomes more effective. As a side ote o the baby steps cocept, if you have't see the comedy What About Bob? starrig Bill Murray, you must. We all like to see progress ad to see it fast. Oe way is to make somethig measurable. If you wat to scale back o somethig, say usig social media, you ca use the 'see how much time you've spet o Facebook' settig to watch your usage go dow. Or if you've set out to watch as may old classic movies or read as may Joh Grisham ovels as you ca this year, you ca make a check list, ad as you fiish each oe, check it off the list. Or brig a empty book case ito your house, as you fiish a book, pop it o the shelf. Pick a goal that is achievable. By takig a leap that is too big, you might fid yourself i over your head ad likely frustrated. Havig a goal of savig more moey tha you ca, will leave you hopeless, however if you ca put away $50.00 per moth, the you're o to somethig. Choose a resolutio that is relevat. Doig somethig for the right reasos is key. A relevat goal is a lastig goal. If you wat to do more research o your family's acestry, so that your family will have the iformatio for years to come, the what you're doig has meaig to ot oly you but to the people you care about. Choosig to brig others i o your goal is ever a bad idea either. We all eed a coach at times. Usig a timelie for your goals should be realistic. Kockig off small goals alog the way will lead you to your larger goals ad will also give you a chace to create your ew habit. Learig somethig ew is oe of the most refreshig thigs about beig alive. Beig able to cotiually grow ad morph ito the best versios of ourselves is what life is all about. The more you ejoy, the more meaig you get out of life. As the poet T.S. Eliot wrote, For last year's words belog to last year's laguage, ad ext year's words await aother voice. 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Free i Prit, Free Olie. PET of the Week Stayig with us sice July, Feldma has bee waitig patietly for his huma kidreds to come ad take him home. Like his amesake, Feldma is ot outrageous, ot udisciplied, but he is deeply lovig, suggly ad a active ivestigator. He s a four year old mixed breed ad his markigs brig forth remiders of Daiel Striped Feldma Tiger from Mr. Rogers fame. He is a bit stereotypical whe it comes to dogs. Not a fa. Because of his havig felie leukemia caot be i a home with other cats. Come ad meet ad talk with this gorgeous guy who has a lot to say, may stories to tell ad lots of love to give. You wo t regret discoverig that he belogs i your home. Iterviews for vigilat successors? BY VINCENT PAUL MIGLIORE Bridgewater It is the commo fate of the idolet to see their rights become a prey to the active. The coditio upo which we retai our liberty is eteral vigilace; which coditio if we break, servitude is at oce the cosequece. Little did Joh Curra kow whe he spoke these (slightly paraphrased) words, he spoke of a warig to registered voters of the Newfoud Area School District -- Alexadria, Bridgewater, Bristol, Dabury, Groto, Hebro ad New Hampto. But for oe or two, eergized o occasio or whe a hot issue surfaces that more fid time to atted as a crowd (more o that below) a School Board meetig... held at your high school o the secod Moday of each moth at 6:30 p.m. -- for the most part, o oe appears (read: shows-up) to argue for the taxpayig citizery i the public forum provided to do so. Well, techically Mr. Archie Auger of Bristol s bee preset at umerous meetigs to watch what s bee goig o. He s spoke up ad both praised ad critiqued with severe chastisemet at times -- actios of the School Board. He comes with a broad breadth of extesive hads-o expertise as a log-term educator, district employee, school admiistrator, a fie purveyor of detailed kowledge i state law, as well as public servat ad as a competet past School Budget Committee Chairma. Mr. Archie Auger atteds every Deliberative (first) Sessio of NASD s school district ad votes i every electio held, (the secod sessio of the same meetig a moth later whe we vote at the polls). We will someday eed a omiee to take the reis from him, from his commitmet to eteral vigilace to be that local beaco to iform those who serve us they re beig watched carefully. With that omiatio may come the applicatio of a elixir to soothe ay pai we may feel as excess taxatio, which feelig this year has bee particularly justified. It stems simply from those i our admiistratio who fall back o the legal professio you employ o their behalf just recetly sayig... our lawyer said she is 60 percet certai she could defed our recommeded actio to the Board i court. Why ot make a more simple choice i the taxpayers favor istead of hopig ad gamblig you might be more right legally tha simply wrog i pricipal? A simple aalysis reveals from the district s ow publically available iformatio that the average uexpeded fud balace for each of the past seve years (read: the amout of moey left over i late sprig from our school budget that it turs out we did t eed to tax you for durig the prior year) has averaged roughly $952,000. This past year, we reported very late i the school year whe we were fially doe with scheduled ad budgeted spedig, a roughly $1,500,000 uexpeded fud balace (agai, read: the amout of moey left over from our school budget that it turs out i late sprig we did t eed to tax you for durig the prior year, but did so). The highest I ca ever recall. This past year, cosistet with several of the past recet years, our studet erollmet declied, ad while it varies it s always i egative double-digit umbers ad yet this et loss icludes havig those who tuitio-i to NASD from Hill. Yet, somehow, we always seem to eed build a budget that barely comes i just uder the tax cap (that oly allows a 2 percet icrease o moies raised from taxes durig the prior year ow do you uderstad why you get over-taxed each year? It allows us to come i just uder a HIGHER budget that we have t eeded to the tue of $952,000 per year, for the last seve). How about we stop that practice ad build a budget at this year s Deliberative Sessio o Feb with your help i attedig -- that simply does t overtax you almost a $1,000,000 more each year tha has actually bee eeded for the past seve years, based o our ow data? Is t that proof we have t had to come i just uder the tax cap i a cotiually decliig statewide ad local erollmet situatio? Why cotiue to grat so may more requests for fudig each year, providig a savory meu from which leftover taxpayer fuds ca be selectively spet prior at the ed of the fiscal year i Jue? Ad be told i the ewspaper the prior autum the list was hard to cut... how ca somethig be cut from somethig that does t exist yet? Are t those just items we d like to have, but would simply put us over our tax cap? Istead of focusig o all our buildig improvemets agai this year, why ot cosider givig our worthy support staff a modest raise to help with a icrease i a cost of livig? Our professioal staff is poised for oe. Does t it take a etire village to raise a child? You have a way to take back some modest cotrol with a petitioed warrat article optio at least oe this year, that advises your School Board with omipotet cotrol over spedig tax moey YOU choose to appropriate, to implemet a policy that allows you, as voters to decide whether capital improvemets should be completed or ot --- by a vote of the public aually, ot just by them. Please cosider supportig it. It s your moey that gets taxed so, should t you decide? To do this, pla to accompay Archie Auger your eterally vigilat public guardia of the public trust, to the district-wide School Meetig. Nomiatios so to speak, to add others to such public trust resources exemplified by him, are Saturday morig, Feb. 2 at 10 a.m. --- it s the Deliberatio Sessio meetig folks --- where you vote o matters put before you, decide what the voters will see o a physical ballot a moth later i March whe may more will visit the polls to cast their choice o what you (or your eighbor? Or oly your School Board?) will decide what they see o that fial ballot. This is where you will be further educated o how to take up this matle to get cotrol of the most sigificat local taxatio you cotrol each year. Remember, while our Cogress may very well be beyod our reach, your local govermet is ot... at least, yet. That s why we supposedly like local cotrol i New Hampshire. Now prove it. See you at the high school the oe time each year you have some say at 10 a.m. Saturday morig, Feb. 2. (The iclemet weather date is two days later o Moday). It is the commo fate of the idolet to see their rights become a prey to the active. The coditio upo which we retai our liberty is eteral vigilace; which coditio if we break, servitude is at oce the cosequece.

5 Opiio For most of us, a life is ot so well-plaed NORTH COUNTRY NOTEBOOK By JOHN HARRIGAN A5 The advet of a ew year is supposed to be a time of reflectio ad hope, a time to geerate the best of or biggest of or most importat of stories i my busiess---the ews busiess---or to make a Wish List for the ext twelve moths. This is ot easy whe your first thought is Wait- --what happeed to 2018? About 50 years ago, I was pushig lumber aroud oe afteroo at the Lorde Lumber Compay i Milford. I worked i the plaig mill, where rough boards were tured ito the smooth stuff people buy. My job was to stad ext to Ver Hall, the grader, ad double up pieces to make takeaway easier for the guys dow the lie, ad scoot away ay pieces Ver marked for cutoff. I this evet I had to yak the piece over to a swig-saw ad cut off a iferior ed to bump the piece up a grade or two I much of New Hampshire, away from the Iterstates, Keep Out sigs are still a rarity, ad the lad is ope to all o foot. was back i the days whe wid chill was ot for public cosumptio. Twety below meat twety below. I d bee out there pushig lumber aroud for half a hour whe I had a ispiratio: (a) I did t wat to sped aother witer ot kowig whe I d have to go out ito the freezig cold to push lumber aroud, (b) I did ot wat to sped the rest of my life dealig with a ever-edig stream of lumber, ad therefore (c) I was goig to come dow with a cold the ext day, ad sped it poudig aroud Nashua lookig for ay iside job I could get. My last stop tured out to be the Nashua Telegraph. I had o ewspaper experiece whatsoever, o college Joh Harriga degree (first-year dropout), ad could t eve type. But the Telegraph eeded a darkroom traiee. The darkroom was just off the ewsroom. I was i. SEE NOTEBOOK, PAGE A10 MARK ON THE MARKETS Hope or kow Charlie Log ra the plaer, a deafeig machie the size of a four-door seda. O this day he had hit a copper-jacketed bullet i a rough plak, ad had to shut dow ad take out the dulled kives (which most people would call blades) while he put ew kives i. I all the sawmills ad plaig mills I ever visited, by the way, operators kept cigar boxes ad shoeboxes ad the like cotaiig odd thigs they d hit. Charlie had a shoebox, which after I got to kow him he shared with me, as people ow so like to say. If Charlie were still aroud to hear this share busiess, I thik, he would throw up. I Charlie s boxes were copper-jacketed bullets, musket balls (old oes too, the real deal), barbed wire, ails, telegraph wire, balig wire, may a post-war arrowhead, ad a few pieces of fluted poits. Most of the time, he could spot such aomalies i a rough board before he fed it ito the plaer, because it caused some sort of bump or stai. Whe he did t, the kives got gouged ad he had to shut dow. Chagig kives took about a hour, ad this beig a lumber yard ad maufacturig lie where o time was ever wasted, the etire plaig mill crew was set out ito the yard to tear dow stickered lumber. This meat tearig dow stacks of lumber that had bee dryig o thi sticks of wood betwee layers, ad makig a pile suitable for the frot ed of Charlie s machie O this day, it was aroud 20 below. This BY MARK PATTERSON We ca hope that our retiremet moey ivested i the stock market or mutual fuds will do well whe we are ready to retire. We ca hope that Social Security will be there for us whe were ready to retire. We ca hope that we are workig with a ivestmet professioal who uderstads the differece betwee accumulatio of assets ad distributio as icome. We ca also hope that our retiremet moey is beig maaged cost efficietly ad appropriately for our risk tolerace ad age. We ca hope that our retiremet icome pla is sustaiable, will provide steady icome ad has plety of liquidity. We ca also hope that we have the courage to pla for our retiremet icome ad ot bury our heads i the sad hopig that it ll all tur out okay. We ca also hope that we do ot get ill or die without a will or trust i place. If you fit the category of people who have put off plaig, do t feel bad you are probably i the majority. From 2001 util 2011, the markets wet owhere ad had a couple of sigificat draw-dows, (the lost decade). It is huma ature to receive your statemet from your brokerage ad just toss it i a drawer uopeed durig bear markets, because we really do t wat to see the damage. May people do ot have life isurace because they do t wat to face the fact that they may actually die someday. People ca also HIGHEST PRICES PAID All US ad foreig silver ad gold cois, estate jewelry, scrap gold, diamods. Free oral appraisals. NORTH COUNTRY COINS. Mai St., Plymouth, NH justify ot havig life isurace or disability isurace believig that they do ot eed it ay more whe i fact, there passig or disability would create a liquidity issue for their families. Istead of hopig all these thigs will be okay; why do t we kow that they will be okay? You ca fid out what your Social Security beefits will be depedig o whe you take them by goig to the Social security govermet website. If your 401(k), 403B or IRA are made up primarily of mutual fuds that are really desiged for accumulatio of assets ad ot for distributio as steady, sustaiable icome, you may wat to cosult Newfoud Ladig with a advisor that ca show you how to get predictable sustaiable icome from those ivestmets. Make sure that your assets are also liquid to the extet that you may eed moey for emergecies. You should mitigate market, credit ad iterest rate risk with your icome pla. The equity markets have bee good the last ie years, so it is easy to become complacet ad risk your retiremet moey i the equity markets. Do t rely o the equity markets for your retiremet icome. The equity markets are more a growth vehicle tha a icome producig vehicle. There s a humorous commercial o TV that shows a husbad-adwife doig every coceivable chore i the house or yard to avoid retiremet plaig. Across the street set their eighbors with a isurace salesma who flips aroud his laptop sayig they your retiremet pla is all doe. Both, i my opiio, are exaggeratios. A isurace product aloe is ot goig to solve your retiremet plaig eeds. Take the time ad muster up the courage to look at a retiremet pla that is sustaiable, steady ad desig for predictable, sustaiable icome plus growth. Mark Patterso is a advisor with M HP asset maagemet ad ca be reached at or Mark@MHP-asset.com. 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6 Obituaries / Tows / Churches A6 Jaice M. Chase, 87 HEBRON Jaice M. Chase, 87, died Saturday, Dec. 22, 2018 at her home after a period of decliig health. She was bor i Lewisto, Maie, the daughter of Wesley ad Gwedoly (Davis) Sabor. She lived i the Lacoia ad Belmot area much of her life, movig to her parets home i Hebro i Jaice was a woderful homemaker ad mother, providig for her four childre. She was passioate about her flower gardes that helped to attract the birds she loved to feed ad watch. Jaice loved sowme ad gomes ad had a amazig collectio decoratig her home both iside as well as outside. She loved all the holidays, especially Christmas ad ejoyed decoratig her home. Jaice touched the hearts of everyoe she met ad her sweet, kid, strog, ad vivacious ature will live o forever. She will be dearly missed by her childre, gradchildre, great gradchildre, the commuity, ad all who kew her. The family would like to recogize the several caregivers icludig the staff at Pemi Baker, which cared for her i the last six moths at her home. They provided lovig, getle care ad compaioship to our mother. She is survived by four childre (Norma Willey of Groto, Cheryl Porter of Lacoia,William Haso of Rochester, ad Maida Lessard of Goffstow); eight gradchildre; ad 11 great gradchildre. She was predeceased i May by her husbad, Gee Chase. A memorial service was held o Friday, Dec. 28, 2018 at 3 p.m. at the Uio Cogregatioal Church of Hebro, 16 Church Lae, Hebro. A private family itermet will be held i the sprig i the Hebro Cemetery. I lieu of flowers, doatios may be made i her memory to Newfoud Lake Regio Associatio, 10 N. Mai St., Uit 1, Bristol, NH Please ote Grey Rocks i the memo. Grey Rocks Coservatio ow exists i place of the Newfoud Maria built i the late 1950 s by her father, Wesley Sabor. How to Submit Obituaries & Aoucemets To Salmo Press Publicatios Obituaries ad Aoucemets of special evets such as weddigs, egagemets, ad aiversaries are published FREE OF CHARGE i ay/all Salmo Press ewspapers. Obituaries ca be set to: obituaries@salmopress.com Weddig, egagemet, ad aiversary aoucemets are welcome at: weddigs@salmopress.com Photos are also welcome, but must be submitted i jpeg format. Please cotact Executive Editor Breda Berube at (603) , ext. 111 with ay questios regardig the submissio process. Tows Groto Ruth Millett rem1752h@gmail.com No Select Board this week, but we d all like to wish you ad your families a woderful New Year. The ext Select Board Meetig is scheduled for Ja. 8. There will be time durig the Ja. 15 Select Board meetig to discuss the future of the Groto Police Departmet i order to prepare the subject for the Tow Meetig i March. There will be a Buildig Committee meetig o Ja. 17 at 7 p.m., ad a Road Committee meetig o Ja. 12 at 6 p.m. The Tow has acquired from doatios a large selectio of witer coats, sweaters, pats ad jackets i both childre's ad adult sizes. They are i the Tow Hall i the Commuity Room if you or someoe you kow has a eed help yourself. If you have specific eeds please let us kow ad we will attempt to help out. The Tow is still lookig for those who would be able to serve i differet capacities i the Tow. We are i eed of a Tow Auditor, Cemetery Trustees, Library Trustees, Old Home Day Committee members ad Emergecy Maagemet Director ad Deputy. If you would like to serve the commuity i ay of these ways, please cotact the Tow Offices at Soo we will be lookig to have people to sig up to ru for these offices ad others i the Tow Electios that will be held i March. We have several who are at the ed of their term ad will be lookig to be reelected, but some who are ready for a chage of pace ad so there will be lots of opeigs available. As these opeigs become evidet I will try to post them here so that whe the filig period comes aroud at the ed of Jauary we will have someoe to vote for. Scheduled Meetigs ad Office Closures Select Board Work Sessios Tuesdays, Ja. 8 ad 15 at 6 p.m. at the Tow House Select Board Meetigs (ope to the public) Tuesdays, Ja. 8 ad 15 at 7 p.m. at the Tow House Coservatio Committee Meetig Thursday, Ja. 10 at 7 p.m. Plaig Board Meetigs Wedesday, Ja. 23 at 7 p.m. at the Tow House Possible Plaig Board Hearig o Ja. 21 at 7 p.m. to discuss the Groto Proposed Zoig Ordiace. This meas a copy should be available i the Tow Offices by Ja. 10. Tax bills for the 2018P02 warrat were due Dec. 14. They will be accruig iterest ow at the rate of 12 percet. The total i taxes due the Tow o Dec. 28 was $178, Hebro Bob Brooks hebrohews@live.com Commuity Breakfast O Ja. 5, the First Churches Ashlad Commuity Church Ashlad Commuity Church is located at 55 Mai St., o Route 3 i Ashlad (across from Shurfie Market). Parkig is available ext to ad behid the church. Pastor Erie Madde Phoe: accerie@hotmail.com Website: ashladcommuitychurch.com Sudays: 9 a.m. - Early Worship Service, followed by coffee ad fellowship i the church diig room. 10:30 a.m. - Cotemporary Worship Service. Coffee ad sacks are available i the back of the sactuary before the service. Toddler Zoe (for ifats - five years old) ad KidZoe (for K-6th grade) are available durig the Cotemporary Service. Special Needs Class - For tees-adults at the Cotemporary Service. Participats meet i the sactuary for sigig, ad are dismissed to their class at approximately 10:45 a.m. Kidzoe: Debbie Madde leads the K-sixth grade class. Kids will love the great videos ad games that teach age appropriate lessos i a lovig atmosphere. Alcoholics Aoymous Group: Moday's at 8 p.m. i the church diig room. It is our desire to help you uderstad God's icredible grace, mercy ad love. We believe that you will love Ashlad Commuity Church. We are a friedly, lovig, ad carig church that studies ad shares the word of our dear Lord ad Savior. Our Visio is to become a church that uchurched people will love to atted. Our missio is to lead people to live ad love like Jesus ad to help others to do the same. If you have ay questios please do't hesitate to cotact Pastor Erie Madde at ay of the cotact iformatio above. Real Church, Real People, Real Simple Bristol Uited Church of Christ ( the Church o the Hill ) We are hadicapped accessible! Our doors are always Commuity Breakfast of 2019 will be held i the Commuity Hall of the Uio Cogregatioal Church of Hebro. For $4, we will be servig eggs, baco, sausage, pacakes (ad maybe frech toast), ope wide to all those seekig to fid a safe, but ivigoratig place for spiritual life, growth, fellowship ad service. Wherever you are o your spiritual jourey, you are welcome here! Sudays Pastor: Rev. Adrew MacLeod Itergeeratioal Service: 10 a.m. Coffee Fellowship: Followig service Suday School: 10 a.m. We look forward to seeig you o Suday, ad remember to just come as you are. No perfect people allowed! Notes Wheelchair accessibility ca accommodate up to three wheelchairs i our Sactuary! Locatio: P.O. Box 424, 15 Church St., Bristol, NH Phoe: Office Hours Mai Office Moday through Friday - 9 a.m. to oo Pastor's hours: Moday through Thursday - 9 a.m. to oo ad other times by appoitmet Rev. Adrew's Home Phoe: pastorbucc@ myfairpoit.et Weekly Evets: Modays A.A. Step meetig 7:30 p.m. Bible Study 7 p.m. Tuesdays Boe Builders 9:30 a.m. Seior Crafts: 9:30 a.m. Seior Lucheo Noo AA Discussio 8 p.m. Wedesdays Due to popular demad, Morig Reflectios will cotiue through the witer moths, as weather permits, with Rev. Adrew moderatig, o Wedesday morigs at 7:30 a.m.! Coffee will be provided. Fridays Boe Builders 9:30 a.m. Mothly Evets WIC (Wome/Ifat/ Childre) Cliic 2d Moday at 8:30 a.m. Wome's Fellowship Next meetig will be held o Thursday, Ja. 10 at 10 a.m. i Fellowship Hall. All are welcome! Choir rehearsal cotiues at 4 p.m. every Wedesday. Ogoig Bristol Commuity Services is i eed of spaghetti sauce, baked beas, caed fruit, jelly, ad caed peas. Please help if you ca!! Takig a break i December, The Dyamite Dier Crew will resume o Ja. 12 with a hash, oatmeal, yogurt, fruit, pastries, juice, coffee ad tea. But you must be a early riser as breakfast is served from 7:30 to 8:45 a.m. Happy New Year! chowder supper! Chowders will be prepared by the Wome's Fellowship. Adults $9. Childre $4. Servig 5:30 to 7 p.m. Take Out Available: The ukelele bad is ow i full swig, ad havig a lot of fu! If you are iterested i joiig, please cotact Debbie Doe. The bad is gettig together oce a week o Wedesdays at 8:30 a.m. i Fellowhip Hall for lessos ad practice. Look for aother performace this comig February! Rev. Adrew has idicated that several people have approached him with iterest i meditatio as a self-care practice. Please cotact him if you are iterested i havig a weekday program for meditatio. It's possible the group could meet ad lear ad practice a differet meditatio techique at each sessio. Remaider of the hour would be for quiet, idividual meditatio i whatever style works for you. Based o iterest, we will the proceed to schedulig. We are hopig to brig a labyrith to church durig the Lete seaso. If you would like to help with the plaig of this special eve, cotact Rev. Adrew! A big thak you to Tom Keega for shovelig our church walks ad pathways util someoe else is available! B.U.C.C. cooperates with other churches ad commuity orgaizatios to serve the eeds of all people who live ear us. Our reach exteds aroud the world through our work with other members of the Uited Church of Christ! Hebro Uio Cogregatioal Church All are welcome to joi i our worship services o Sudays at 10 a.m., followed by fellowship ad coffee. Please come meet our Iterim Miister, Rev. Earl Miller. Oce a moth, we make soup for members i our greater church commuity. Our ext Soup Route is Ja. 14. If you would like to receive soup, or would like to voluteer to make or deliver soup, please cotact the Church Secretary at the cotact iformatio listed below. Bible study will resume o Thursday, Ja. 10 at 9:30 a.m. i Commuity Hall. Ayoe is welcome to joi us. Our church is located i the ceter of SEE TOWNS, PAGE A7

7 Busiess / Tows / Local A7 The Real Report RECENT REAL ESTATE TRANSACTIONS Tow Address Type Price Seller Buyer Alexadria 60 Kig Rd. Sigle-Family Residece $189,000 Shaw P. Demers ad Chelsea R. Kliger Jorda P. Smith ad Audrey J. Rouleau-Smith Ashlad 141 Owl Brook Rd. Sigle-Family Residece $234,000 Steve ad Lisa Marshall Kyle A. Mirabile Ashlad 44 School St. Sigle-Family Residece $80,190 Kare Potter ad Peymac Loa Services Peymac Loa Services Ashlad 8 Squam River Ladig Residetial Developed Lad $137,600 EHFAR LLC Guy S. ad Rosemary M. Reyolds Ashlad N/A N/A $267,000 EHFAR LLC Steve W. Davis ad Nicholas J. Peterso Bridgewater 6 Moutai View Rd. Residetial Developed Lad $165,000 William Coulter ad Kevi Marcotte Timothy P. ad Mackezie Boer Bristol 360 Brookwood Park Rd. Sigle-Family Residece $143,000 Nacy A. Cate Becky L. Cartier Bristol W. Shore Road (Uit 12) Codomiium $450,000 Baker Fiscal Trust Bria ad Gretche Deagelo Campto 205 Beaver Brook Rd. Sigle-Family Residece $260,000 Silvia 1 Fiscal Trust Gerossie Fiscal Trust Campto 13 Chapma Circle Sigle-Family Residece $207,000 David ad Eri Hegarty Michael G. Haapaoja ad Christia M. Marchad Campto 11 Morrill Circle Sigle-Family Residece $168,000 Melaie A. Trusty Michael Nordberg Campto N/A N/A $254,933 Cavaagh Family LP Stephe ad Claire Gilso Dorchester N/A N/A $130,000 Richard J. Harcar Sadra K. Gree 2015 RET Ellsworth Sutherlad Road Residetial Ope Lad $57,733 Arold J. ad Robert W. Grat Robert J. Smith Hebro 69 Bear Moutai Rd. Sigle-Family Residece $478,000 Adrew ad Adriee Du Todd W. Lambert Hebro Ledges Newfoud Lake, Uit 39s Codomiium $300,000 Gle ad Judith Nesbitt Buckigham RET New Hampto 112 Blake Hill Rd. Sigle-Family Residece $239,933 Michael W. Sirois 2018 Trust Dusti G. Harroff Plymouth 14 Lacourse St. Mobile Home $30,000 Rafael E. ad Melissa Puga Kathlee R. Youg Thorto Fodue Drive N/A $28,000 Maria T. Dubach Terri H. Haas 2003 Trust Thorto 100 Thorto Gore Rd. N/A $800,000 Barro Moutai Club Ic. David J. Hirsch ad Amy E. Fallo Warre 507 NH Route 25 Sigle-Family Residece $239,933 Eugee ad Jae Whitcher Curtis ad Barbara Cummis Wetworth N. Dorchester Road Residetial Ope Lad $75,000 Doald E. Brady Lawrece D. ad Jill M. Pickett Wetworth 124 NH Route 25a Sigle-Family Residece $169,933 Kevi ad Kimberlee J. Wheeler Christopher G. Dow ad Kedra Olso-Dow ABOUT THE REAL REPORT Here are recet real estate trasactios i Alto ad the surroudig areas. These sales summaries are iformatioal oly, ot a legal record. Names show are Seior Ceter plaig trip to Islad of Courdes usually the first listed i the deed. Sales might ivolve additioal parties or locatios. Prices are usually based o tax stamps ad might be iaccurate for public agecy sales. Refer to actual public documets before formig opiios or relyig o this iformatio. Additioal publicly recorded iformatio o these sales, prior sales ad data from Departmet of Reveue Admiistratio forms is available at or Copyright Real Data Corp. I the colum Type : lad= lad oly; L/B= lad ad buildig; MH= mobile home; ad COND=codomiium. P L Y M O U T H Plymouth Regioal Seior Ceter, part of Grafto Couty Seior Citizes Coucil, would like to exted a ivitatio to atted a iformatioal sessio, to ayoe iterested i participatig i a trip to the Caadia Islad of Coudres i mid-september. You do ot eed to live i Grafto Couty or be a participat of ay of our Seior Ceters. The iformatioal sessio will be held o Thursday, Ja. 17 (sow closure date will be Thursday, Ja. 24), at 10:30 a.m., at Plymouth Regioal Seior Ceter, 8 Depot St., Plymouth. For directios or more iformatio please cotact Robi Koczur at or at rkoczur@gcscc.org. Churches FROM PAGE A6 historic Hebro village at the itersectios of North Shore Road ad West Shore Road. Our admiistrative assistat s office hours are Tuesdays from 9:30-11:30 a.m. ad Wedesday ad Thursday afteroos from 1-3 p.m. ad our phoe umber is Our address is 16 Church Lae, PO Box 67, Hebro, NH The secretary s address is staff@hebrochurchh.org. To fid out more about our church, please visit the church website at Rev. Miller is also available to meet with parishioers ad commuity members. You ca call him at or you ca make a appoitmet by cotactig the Admiistrative Assistat, Lida Kriss, usig the cotact iformatio i the above paragraph. Restoratio Church, Plymouth (Assemblies of God) Greetigs from Restoratio Church Plymouth, located at 319 Highlad Street, Plymouth, NH If you do ot have a home church we ivite you to come ad joi our warm ad friedly family here at Restoratio Church. Please feel free to cotact us at hello@restoratiochurch.cc.. Our church phoe umber is still the same, Our schedule has chaged to the followig: Suday: 10:30 a.m. Morig Service Moday: First ad third Moday of the Moth Noo-2 p.m. Helpig Hads Food Patry Friday: Secod Friday of the moth 6 p.m. Food, Fu, Fellowship O Suday, Nov. 5, 2017, we officially lauched as Restoratio Church Plymouth. More details about this service will be icluded i the ext article. We also started a ew series etitled, Stories. We will be cotiuig this series this week as well. We have our ow worship team durig our services i our auditorium ad the we watch as a Pastor Nate Gage preaches via video durig our service. Our Missio Statemet: Just Oe More! Everyoe is wel- come to all of our services. The church is hadicapped accessible o the east etrace Star Kig Uitaria Uiversalist Fellowship Starr Kig Uitaria Uiversalist Fellowship, 101 Fairgroud Rd., Plymouth, is a multigeeratioal, welcomig cogregatio where differet beliefs come together i commo coveat. We work together i our fellowship, our commuity, ad our world to urture justice, respect, ad love. Visit our Web site Thaks for a great year With over 20 years experiece, Dr. Kirscher combies cuttig edge detal techology, with a carig & getle touch. We give our patiets somethig to smile about! Call for a Appoitmet Today Now Acceptig: Courtesy Plymouth Regioal Seior Ceter, Newfoud Area Seior Services ad our paret Agecy, Grafto Couty Seior Citizes Coucil, wish to exted heartfelt thaks to local tows, participats, voluteers, staff ad to our commuities for a woderful 2018 ad the amazig outpourig of geerosity, support, voluteerism ad fu to the Seior Ceters. We are a vibrat ad diverse Agecy reflectig you! Thak you ad Happy New Year. You ca fid us at 8 Depot St. Plymouth, ad o lie at: gcscc.org, you are always welcome. Pictured here is the 2018 Christmas trees doated to the Plymouth Seior Ceter by Baker Pemi Seior Club ad Peter Brow, metal artist.

8 Where to Fid Us! A8 Lookig for the Newfoud Ladig? Coverig the Newfoud Lake Area & Surroudig Commuities Fid it FREE Olie at: Or FREE at these fie local busiesses: BRIDGEWATER: Newfoud Grocery BRISTOL: Bristol Post Office (Outside Box) Bristol Tow Hall Bristol Laudry Cumberlad Farms Bristol Park & Go Bristol Shacketts Rite Aid Bristol Haaford Wizard of Wash DANBURY: Dabury Coutry Store PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY! HEBRON: Hebro Post Office(Outside Box) Hebro Tow Hall Hebro Village Store HILL: Hill Public Library NEW HAMPTON: Mobil Gas Statio Irvig Gas Statio PLYMOUTH: Teey Mt. Store RUMNEY: Commo Café Stiso Lake Store A ew publicatio full of local ews, sports & happeigs from the followig commuities: Alexadria Bridgewater Bristol Dabury Groto Hebro Hill New Hampto Headquarters: 5 Water Street, P.O. 729 Meredith, New Hampshire (603)

9 Local A9 Happy New Year from Artistic Roots Courtesy Happy New Year from all the artisams at Artistic Roots, 73 Mai St., Plymouth, NH 03264! PLYMOUTH Artistic Roots artisas wish you all a Happy New Year. We wish to thak all our patros for your support over the past year. We also wish to thak the Jack ad Dorothy Brye Foudatio for their geerous grat of $3000. The foudatio s support over the past three years have allowed us to male may improvemets to the gallery most otably the improved teachig space. We welcome visitig artist, Carol Pheix, will offer a six week Portrait begiig o Ja. 10 from 1 to 3 p.m. Classes cotiue o Ja. 17, 24, 31 ad Feb. 7 ad 14. Ms. Pheix s course descriptio is as follows: The ability to capture a likeess is surely oe of the most satisfyig i a artist s skill set. This short course will cover some fudametal practices ad ways of seeig that ca greatly ehace accuracy i portraiture. We will do some short exercises, clothe a skull, work from cast heads, practice from photo referece ad master drawigs; ad complete oe or more fial portraits usig photo referece of the studets choosig. Studets eed to provide the followig materials: 11X14 drawig pad, drawig pecils HB-6HB, keaded eraser, Soft Charcoal Sticks, willow/vie charcoal, ad White Drawig pecil. The cost for members $150 ad for o-members $175. This class requires a miimum of three studets ad a maximum of 14. Jayde Gaulocher-Bergma will offer two felted classes this moth. O Ja. 5, he will teach Felted Foxes ad o Ja. 26 a felted Pada Bear from 10 a.m. util oo. You will lear the basics of eedle feltig ad how to add persoal touches to your creatios. The cost for members is $20 ad $25 for o members. O Ja. 17, Ly Haust will offer a Melted Glass Su Catcher Class from 5-7 p.m. Participats will create beautiful glass desigs to place i a widow ad catch the light. They ca also make a ightlight. Studets will lear to use strigers, frit ad how to cut ad place glass. Cost of the class is $25 for members ad $35 for o-members. Ja. 12 from a.m., Suza Gaett will offer a free Foam Pritig Class for Childre. She will teach studets how to desig a foam prit o a collage of their had. Please sig up if you are iterested i attedig so that we have supplies available for studets. Suza Gaett will offer a two sessio Watercolor Class: Witer Scee o Ja. 22 ad Ja. 29 for oo to 2 p.m. Studets will lear to use watercolor paitig techiques usig a variety of techiques. You ca choose to take oe or both classes. The cost for a sigle class is members $25, o-members $30; for the series is members $45 for members ad $55 for o-members. O Ja. 23, Suza Gaett will offer a Make Your Ow Earrigs Class from 5-7 p.m. Studets will lear how to make 3 differet wires ad to add semi precious stoes or artisa made flame work beads. You will begi with copper wire before movig to Sterlig Silver. Cost is $25 for members ad $30 for o-members. Each moth Artistic Roots also offers a Ope Fiber Class held weekly o Sudays from 2-4 p.m., sposored by fiber artist, Polly Bartlett. This class is free ad all are welcome to atted. All classes are offered i our ewly reovated studio. Come Jeie Blake studets lobby for eergy upgrades ad see what a great space Artistic Roots has for offerig art classes to our commuities. Please ote that util a class is paid for, you are ot officially erolled. All classes should be paid for at least by the day before the class. You ca sig up by callig or visitig the gallery. Scholarships are available for all classes, simply write suzagaett@ymail.com to request a class. Become a Supportig Member! The cost is $25 aually for a idividual ad $40 for a family ad you receive a discout o all classes offered at the gallery. Artistic Roots is o 73 Mai St. i Plymouth. Courtesy Jeie D. Blake Elemetary studets of Hill, Liam Callaha, Casey Bush ad Elijah Joes alog with Pricipal Bria Coelly, atteded the last NH Goveror ad Coucil meetig to advocate for ageda #32a, to provide fudig support for the allowace ad implemetatio of eergy efficiecy projects ad upgrades, i the amout of $100,000 for their school. Fudig came from the State Eergy Fud. Pictured with studets is their District 1 Executive Coucilor Joe Keey, Coucilor Adru Volisky, Gov. Chris Suuu, Coucilor David Wheeler, Coucilor Chris Pappas ad Coucilor Russell Prescott New Hampshire Weddigs & Parties Guide Published: February 14, 2019 Sales Deadlie: Jauary 16, 2019 Full Color o Every Page Limited Availability Call Tracy at or Lori at tracy@salmopress.ews lori@salmopress.ews

10 Local / The Rest of the Story A10 Eversource doatio supports software upgrade at PBCH PLYMOUTH Sata came early to Pemi-Baker Commuity Health with a little help from Eversource. The eergy compay s recet cotributio will be used to purchase ad trai PBCH employees o Forcura, a ew computer software system for medical iformatio. Pemi-Baker Commuity Health has 40 visitig urses, therapists ad social workers takig care of more Courtesy Marty Humphrey, PBCH Board Presidet, ad Chadra Egelbert, PBCH Executive Director, gratefully accepted a doatio check recetly from Eversource Commuity Relatios Specialist Catalia Caletao. Stories of survival Notebook FROM PAGE A What moves people to do what they do? O televisio, which I watch oly for ews ad old movies, there are ads for a wellplaed life. Ad I m thikig Right, whe pigs fly. Most of us, I thik, are tossed ad tured about ad aroud ad up ad dow by currets beyod our cotrol, ad just fetch up here, ad the fetch up there. Ask people you ve oly recetly met how they started out, ad how they woud up where they are today, ad you ll get a whale of a story. All you have to do is liste. My parets, havig watched me kick aroud at baggig groceries, haulig wood, carryig golf bags, droppig out of college, workig at Beecher Falls Factory, ad pushig lumber aroud at Lorde s, ever figured me for a job at a ewspaper. Whe I came home oe weeked ad aouced it just before supper, my father almost fell through the floor Today, after may a twist ad tur, I m back i that very same house, still writig ad lovig it, still lovig the very same view. A couple of guys, oe a logtime fried, were workig o what bega as a small costructio Courtesy O Friday, Dec. 14, Newfoud regioal High School had our first ever assembly called Stories of a Survivor. We had three preseters betwee the ages of 24 ad 30 who discussed their stories of survival. They discussed their persoal stories ragig from metal health, suicide attempts, addictio, trauma, abuse & recovery. This presetatio was i hoor of Natioal Survivors Day o Nov. 16, ad to cotiue promotig our district goal this year which was to raise awareess of metal health i our schools. job i the house, ad durig a break started jabberig i some sort of strage togue, ad cuffig each other aroud. Evetually I recogized the laguage. That s TV trash talk, I kidded. Cheap stuff. Meas othig. Talk tured to life s decisios, ad how much moey a soul ca get. I geeral, the farther south you go, the better the pay. Both of these guys could double their moey dow aroud Bosto. What is uofficially kow as the Postig Lie, where the No Trespassig sigs begi to outumber the acres of ope lad, is creepig ever orthward i New Hampshire. Hutig ad fishig frieds tell me this. To me the lie is tha 900 patiets i 14 local tows. I this techological world, health care facilities eed to costatly upgrade their software to maitai accuracy ad efficietly commuicate ad collect sigatures from physicias, said Chadra Egelbert, Executive Driector. Focura software will aroud the foot of Wiipesaukee. But look at that, I said, gesturig toward Carleto Hill, ad Titus Hill, ad the vast coutry beyod. You ca put your luch i a pack ad draw a bead o a moutaitop ad just go, with ary a by your leave to ayoe. What s that worth? Whereupo we agreed that we were all pretty damed rich, just ot the kid of rich you ca put i the bak. (This colum rus i ewspapers from Cocord to Quebec ad parts of Maie ad Vermot. Letters, with cotact iformatio for questios, welcome at campguyhooliga@ gmail.com or 386 South Hill Road, Colebrook, NH ) streamlie referrals ad authorizatios ad facilitate commuicatio betwee PBCH s employees i the field ad its office staff i a HIPAA-compliat tool. We re grateful for the opportuity to support Pemi-Baker Commuity Health i upgradig its software to better serve its patiets, said Eversource New Hampshire Commuity Relatios Specialist Catalia Celatao. We have a strog commitmet to servig the eighborhoods where we work ad live ad welcome the opportuity to support other o-profits makig a differece here i New Hampshire. Whether it s for larger orgaizatios like the Uited Way, Special Olympics, Easter Seals, or workig with may smaller orgaizatios makig a big differece i the commuities Eversource serves, the eergy compay recogizes parterships with charitable orgaizatios as part o their missio of deliverig reliable eergy ad superior customer service. Eversource employees also take great pride i helpig to build healthier, stroger commuities by participatig i voluteer evets that support local o-profits i eighborhoods where they work ad live. I 2018, more tha 5,000 Eversource employees voluteered more tha 28,000 hours at 150 evets across New Hampshire ad New Eglad. For more tha 51 years, Pemi-Baker Commuity Health, a o-profit orgaizatio, has brought compassioate health care ito the homes of this commuity. Without the geerous support from commuity parters like Eversource, Pemi-Baker would ot be able to cotiue providig care, ad they are very thakful durig this holiday seaso. PBCH services iclude at-home healthcare, hospice ad palliative care, o-site physical/occupatioal/aquatic rehab therapy ad fitess memberships, 90-degree therapy pool ad fitess gym. Please visit their Web site, www. pbhha.org, or visit us o Facebook. Paid Advertisemet Paid Advertisemet Paid Advertisemet Paid Advertisemet Paid Advertisemet Witer is here agai which may make you wish you were somewhere else. You might be thikig how pleasat it would be to become a sowbird ad move to a warmer climate for the seaso. Of course, your stage of life will help determie if you are prepared to be a sowbird ow or if you re just hopig to be oe i the future. But i either case, you ll eed to be fiacially prepared. So, let s look at what it would take to be a sowbird tomorrow ad today: Edward Joes: Fiacial Focus Sowbird tomorrow The further ahead you pla, the more optios you re likely to have whe you embark o the sowbird life. If you re goig to be retired, you ll eed to review all your sources of retiremet icome Social Security, your 401(k) or other employersposored pla, your IRA, ad so o to determie if you ll have eough moey available for your yearly sowbird trips without jeopardizig your retiremet lifestyle. Your calculatios will deped o what sort of sowbird existece you have i mid. Do you wat to buy a secod home or just ret? Fiacial Tips for Sowbirds Preset ad Future Will you be goe just a few weeks each year or several moths? Clearly, to esure a successful sowbird experiece, you ll eed to idetify your goals ad create a strategy for achievig them. Sowbird today If you ve reached a poit where you ca ideed make your sowbird dream a reality, ad you re ready to pack your bags, you ll eed to take actio o some practical matters, such as these: Secure your home. If you have a security system, make sure it s armed ad workig properly. Stop your ewspapers ad magazies, forward your mail, ask your eighbors to remove ay stray papers, flyers ad advertisemets from your porch or etryway, ad arrage to have your sow shoveled. Notify your bak. To fight theft, the fraud departmets of may baks are gettig more aggressive i spottig ad deyig uusual charges. That s why it s importat to give your bak your temporary address ad cotact iformatio before you leave. By doig so, you ca reduce the risk of your accout beig froze temporarily if your fiacial istitutio ca t reach you with questios about charges from a uexpected locatio. You also might fid it useful to ope a bak accout at your sowbird site. Pay your bills. If you already pay all your bills automatically through bak authorizatios, you may ot have to do aythig whe you leave. But if you still pay some bills the oldfashioed way, with checks ad evelopes, look for these bills i your forwarded mail. Track your ivestmets. You ca probably track the progress of your ivestmets olie, ad it s a good idea to do so, just as you would at your permaet address. Eve if you re oly goe a couple of moths, you may eed to make some ivestmet moves, so stay o top of your accouts ad cotact your ivestmet professioal, as eeded. As always, though, do t overreact to sudde market swigs ideally, you ve got logterm strategies i place that ca serve your eeds i most ivestmet evirome ts. The life of a sowbird ca be a pleasat oe. So take the ecessary steps before you leave ad ejoy your days i the su. This article was writte by Edward Joes for use by your local Edward Joes Fiacial Advisor. For more iformatio or to sig up for their mothly ewsletter, cotact your local Fiacial Advisor. Devo Gay Fiacial Advisor (603) Meredith, NH Be Wilso, AAMS Fiacial Advisor (603) Lacoia, NH Christopher D. Steveso Fiacial Advisor (603) Belmot, NH Keith Britto Fiacial Advisor (603) Moultoborough, NH Edward Joes, its employees ad fiacial advisors are ot estate plaers ad caot provide tax or legal advice. You should cosult your estate-plaig or qualified tax advisor regardig your situatio. Jacquelie Taylor Fiacial Advisor (603) Meredith, NH Edward Joes is a licesed isurace producer i all states ad Washigto, D.C., through Edward D. Joes & Co., L.P. ad i Califoria, New Mexico ad Massachusetts through Edward Joes Isurace Agecy of Califoria, L.L.C.; Edward Joes Isurace Agecy of New Mexico, L.L.C.; ad Edward Joes Isurace Agecy of Massachusetts, L.L.C. Member SIPC

11 Newfoud Ladig Sports A Sectio Thursday, Thursday, December 20, 2018 What s O Tap The local high school teams will kick off 2019 with a full slate of regular seaso games. The Newfoud uified hoop team will be at Berli at 3:30 p.m. today, Thursday, Ja. 3, ad will be at the Belmot Jamboree o Saturday, Ja. 5, before hostig Haover at 4:30 p.m. o Tuesday, Ja. 8. The Newfoud hoop boys will be at Iter-Lakes o Friday, Ja. 4, at 6 p.m. ad will be at Wiisquam at 7 p.m. o Tuesday, Ja. 8. The Bear girls basketball team will be hostig Iter-Lakes o Friday, Ja. 4, at 6:30 p.m. ad will be hostig Wiisquam at 6:30 p.m. o Tuesday, Ja. 8. The Newfoud ad Plymouth alpie teams will be at Kig Pie o Friday, Ja. 4, at 9:30 a.m. ad the Bears will also be at Mout Suapee o Tuesday, Ja. 8. The Plymouth gymastics team will be at Salem for a 7 p.m. meet today, Ja. 3, ad at Bishop Guerti at 11 a.m. o Suday, Ja. 6. The Bobcat Nordic ski team will kick off the seaso with a meet Great Gle at 2:30 p.m. today, Ja. 3. The Plymouth hoop boys will be hostig Keett at 6 p.m. o Friday, Ja. 4, ad will be hostig Kigswood at 6:30 p.m. o Tuesday, Ja. 8. The Bobcat girls basketball team will be at Keett for a 6:30 p.m. game o Friday, Ja. 4, ad will be at Kigswood for a 6 p.m. game o Tuesday, Ja. 8. Plymouth s wrestlig team will be at Nashua South o Saturday, Ja. 5, at 10 a.m. ad will be hostig Newport o Wedesday, Ja. 9, at 6:30 p.m. Plymouth s uified hoop team will be hostig Lacoia at 3:15 p.m. o Tuesday, Ja. 8. The Kearsarge-Plymouth hockey team will be at Berli o Saturday, Ja. 5, at 6 p.m. ad will be at Joh Stark-Hopkito o Wedesday, Ja. 9, at 7:30 p.m. Plymouth s ski jumpers will be jumpig at Proctor Academy o Wedesday, Ja. 9, at 6 p.m. Wilkis, Norto expected BY JOSHUA SPAULDING Sports Editor BRISTOL The Newfoud ski team will feature a solid umber of returig athletes ad coach Joatha Youg is excited to see the improvemet the skiers have made comig ito the ew seaso. Very excitig year, the Bear coach said of his expectatios as the seaso got uder way. The Newfoud boys team will be led by fouryear skier Reid Wilkis, who returs for his seior seaso. He is joied by classmates Cia Coor, Jacob Pfister ad Gabe Bauer, all of whom retur to the slopes for the Bears. Youg also otes that returig juiors Tua Nguye ad Brado Marcoux ad three returig sophomores, Owe Hery Matt Karkcheck ad Jacob Bloui have all improved ad he s lookig forward to seeig that improvemet. For the Newfoud girls, the oe returig seior is Sophia Pettit ad returig juior Stephaie Norto is expected to be oe of the team s top racers. Sophomore Haah Owe returs to the fold after a ijury last seaso ad Youg says she looks good early o. Youg also otes that freshma Hayse Broome will be very competitive ad Cassadra Zick ad Elsa McCoologue will also be excitig to watch over the ext couple of years. The Bears kicked off the seaso at Bretto Woods o Dec. 20. The schedule will also iclude oe race at Kig to lead Bear skiers Reid Wilkis is oe of the key returig members of the Newfoud alpie team. Early hole siks Bears agaist Berli BY JOSHUA SPAULDING Sports Editor BRISTOL The Newfoud hoop boys took o Berli prior to the holiday break ad took a loss to the Moutaieers. We got ourselves i a 10-poit hole i the first half ad could t fid our way out, said coach Jesse Mitchell. But overall, it was our best-played game this seaso. Tyler Boulager came through with a huge game for the Bears, kockig dow 24 poits while Maso Dalphose also reached double figures with 10 poits. The Bears headed ito the Lakes Regio Holiday Touramet, which took place after the early holiday deadlies, still lookig for their first wi ad Mitchell was hopeful that the break would brig some time to thik about basketball. I hope this break Pie, two races at Suapee ad four races at Gustock. The state meet will be held o Feb. 11. Next up, the Bears will be skiig at Kig Pie at JOSHUA SPAULDING (Left) Justi Shokal ad the Newfoud hoop boys dropped a tough game to Berli prior to the holiday break. gives the players time to thik about the seaso ad just thik about basketball, Mitchell said. I just wat my guys to go i there ad have fu, use this break ad this touramet just to play the game they love. I wat them to focus o what we wat to do goig forward i the seaso but ot stress about it, the Bear coach cotiued. It s a great touramet ad I wat them to ejoy it ad just play for each other. The Bears retur to actio agaist Iter-Lakes o Ja. 4, i Meredith at 6 p.m. ad will be at Wiisquam at 6 p.m. o Tuesday, Ja. 8. Joshua Spauldig ca be reached at , ext. 155 or josh@ salmopress.ews. 10 a.m. o Friday, Ja. 4. Joshua Spauldig ca o Paulia (Huckis) ad Ashlee (Dukette) iside. We just could t get aythig goig. The third period featured eve less offese, as the Bears outscored Berli by a 6-5 score ad took the oe-poit lead to the fial eight miutes. Williams decided to put the full-court press o i the fourth quarter ad it was effective, as the Bears outscored the hosts 15-5 i the fial frame to leave tow with the wi. We got a few quick turovers ad from there, we played really well, Williams said. Tiffay Doa had a pair of huge three-poiters i the fourth quarter, which forced Berli to come out to defed ad that opeed up Dukette iside ad she scored six poits i the fourth quarter. We ve got to be able to hit the outside shots, Williams said. We eed to start puttig more poits o the board. Dukette led the way for Newfoud with 16 poits o the eveig while Huckis fiished with eight poits ad did a ice job of opeig up outside shots by drawig defeders iside. Madi Dalphose also had a quiet eight poits for the Bears. It was a good wi for us, Williams said. We eeded to see where we stack up agaist teams like that. Newfoud will retur to actio o Friday, Ja. 4, hostig Iter-Lakes at 6:30 p.m. ad will be hostig Wiisquam o Tuesday, Ja. 8, at 6:30 p.m. Joshua Spauldig ca be reached at , ext. 155 or josh@salmopress.ews. Sports Editor - Joshua Spauldig (phoe) (fax) - josh@salmopress.ews JOSHUA SPAULDING be reached at , ext. 155 or josh@salmopress.ews. Strog fourth quarter leads Bears by Moutaieers BY JOSHUA SPAULDING Sports Editor BERLIN The Newfoud hoop girls wet to the holiday break with a solid wi o the road i Berli o Dec. 19. It was a great game, I was very happy with that oe, said coach Kammi Williams of her team s wi over the Moutaieers. Williams oted that the game started out much like the team s previous game agaist Fall Moutai eded, as the Bears were uable to shoot with accuracy from outside. We could t hit a sigle outside shot, Williams stated. The Bear defese did a ice job, however, limitig Berli s scorig bids ad after oe Newfoud had a 10-9 lead. The Moutaieers outscored Newfoud by oe i the secod quarter ad the two teams were tied at 21 at the halftime break. They were givig us the outside shots, Williams said. Ad they were playig ma to ma JOSHUA SPAULDING Tiffay Doa had a couple of key three-poiters agaist Berli prior to the holiday break.

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14 Sports A14 Madiso Kiley avigates the balace beam durig a home meet o Dec. 22. Bobcat gymasts take secod at home meet HOLDERNESS Plymouth Regioal High School is fieldig a gymastics team for the first time ad the team held its first meet FINS & FEATHERS Black ice COURTESY PHOTO Nia Morel uses the ueve bars durig a meet o Dec. 22. COURTESY PHOTO BY RAYMOND KUCHARSKI Cotributig Writer The NH Fish ad Game departmet has bee warig ice fisherme to be cautious o veturig out o the ice for the first time. The US Army Corp of Egieers Cold Regio Research ad Egieerig Laboratory recommeds six iches of hard ice for foot traffic ad 8-10 iches for sow machies or OHRV traffic. Years ago, my dad, Walter, my ucle, Hery, ad I did our ow research o the safety of ice. Walt ad I were cautious as it came to walkig o froze water. Hery was the adveturous oe who pushed the limit of safety. Lakes do t always freeze evely so Hery was the oe who fell through, luckily it was always ear shore ad he oly got wet up to his waist. Our research o ice developed a vocabulary to differetiate the various types of ice. Skim ice was whe lakes ad pods first skimmed over. It was readily apparet that skim ice was oly a fractio of a ich thick ad was t safe to walk o. After a couple of more cold ights our favorite ice is formed, what we called black ice. Black ice was our favorite ice because it was strog ad clear. Two to three iches of black ice was strog eough to support us. We could visually track the ice thickess as we walked alog by watchig the thickess of the expasio cracks. Be- Black ice is the writer s favorite type of ice. cause the ice was clear, I always had the feelig of wakig o water. I especially liked lookig at the lakes bottom ad beig able to see fish swimmig below me. Ufortuately, black ice ever lasted for a log time. Bubbles of air would form ad sow would fall ad melt to weld to the black ice to form sow ice. Four to five iches of sow ice was safe to walk o. But because it was opaque it had to be costatly moitored. As we walked alog we would test the ice thickess with our ice-chisels. Whe the su got high i the sky ad sow ad ice bega to melt we got what we called gray ice. Gray ice was safe to walk o as log as it was more tha six iches thick. Whe a warm day worked o gray ice we called it sprig ice. Sprig ice was full of air pockets ad always called for cautio. Sprig ice could disappear quickly. I the morig, we could walk out o the ice with o problem but by oo the ice ear shore would melt causig problems gettig off the ice. Sprig ice was ature s COURTESY PHOTO of the high school seaso o Dec. 22d. This is our first year as a full team ad our team did ot disappoit, said coach Carrie Kiley. The Bobact team is made of three veteras i juior Madiso Kiley, juior Morga Kigsbury ad sophoway of lettig us kow it was time to put away the chisels, jigger-sticks, heavy coats ad boots ad wait for ice out. A whole ew Olympic experiece? My blog ( com) has geerally come alive aroud the Witer Olympics. Or at least whe the credetial applicatios ad approvals for the Witer Olympics come ito play. However, as we sit i December of 2018, the ext Witer Olympics, i Beijig, Chia i 2022, are a log way away. Ad the credetial process is still more tha a year ad a half away. However, as of Suday, there is a ew post o the Olympics. That s because for the first time, I applied for credetials for the Summer Olympics, which will be held i the summer of 2020 i Tokyo, Japa. Havig talked to may jouralists who ve covered multiple Olympics, the summer games ot oly feature more athletes ad more evets, but more jouralists as well. Goig ito the process, I was ot terribly COURTESY PHOTO The Plymouth gymastics team hosted its first meet o Dec. 22 ad fiished i secod place. more Kelly Daugherty ad four ewcomers i freshme Aquiah Allai, Cathry Paus ad Nia Morel ad juior Mega Gelsi. SPORTING CHANCE By JOSHUA SPAULDING high o my chaces to receive credetials, but I figured just puttig my ame out there would t be a bad thig ad if I did t get them, that was fie too. A little more tha a moth ago I got a call o my phoe from Matt Pepi, the Bosto Globe Sports Editor. I had the pleasure of meetig Matt i PyeogChag over the course of the Witer Olympics. He was truly oe of the icest guys you could possibly meet ad he helped me make a few coectios with local athletes that I was t eve aware of. Ayway, Matt was callig to coduct my iterview for the credetial process. Prior to Sochi, my first Olympic I a packed house at Top Gu Gymastics, the Bobcats had solid routies o all evets. The fial team results saw Lododerry take first place, followed by Plymouth i secod place the Salem ad Bishop Guerti roudig out the field. experiece i 2014, I was iterviewed by a jouralist from a ewspaper i Buffalo. The idea is that experieced jouralists do the iterviews ad pass alog recommedatios to the US Olympic Committee, which i tur assigs the credetials to members of the media. I spet some time talkig to Matt ad explaied to him my situatio ad my plas. I was happy that Matt was my iterviewer, sice he had see the work ad hours I put i while i Korea ad surely could covey that to the powers that be. At the same time, I also made sure to tell him that I completely uderstood if I did t get credetials, sice weekly ewspapers are low o the list of priority for the credetials. He told me I d hear by the ed of the year. Sure eough, just last week I received a from Peggy Mater of the US Olympic Committee, lettig me kow that the USOC had approved oe credetial for Salmo Press, meaig if I wat it, I ca be i Tokyo for the 2020 Summer Olympics. I am excited for the opportuity, somethig that s a little bit differet. Istead of cold ad widy, I have bee told to expect hot ad humid i Tokyo i July ad August. But at the same time, there are a umber of differeces to deal with, somethig I leared whe I dowloaded the media mauals. The first two Olympics I atteded were i relatively small cities but this oe will be i a huge metropolis. There will be o media village i which we all live, istead media will be housed i regular hotels aroud Tokyo. There will be the ormal media trasportatio buses, but we will also get trasit cards to use o the subway ad trais, which from all accouts, are quite ice. There is a little trepidatio o my part, simply because I kow the expese of attedig the Olympics ca be a bit much. However, I am also eager to see somethig totally differet ad to check out the Summer Olympics for oce. Ad I promise, if all goes as plaed ad I make the trip to Tokyo i 2020, I will take everyoe alog with me through stories, colums, blogs ad photos. Fially, have a great day Diae ad Frak Sulliva. Joshua Spauldig is the Sports Editor for the Graite State News, Carroll Couty Idepedet, Meredith News, Gilford Steamer, Wiisquam Echo, Plymouth Record-Eterprise, Littleto Courier, Newfoud Ladig, Coos Couty Democrat, Berli Reporter ad The Baysider. He ca be reached at josh@salmopress.ews at , or PO Box 729, Meredith, NH