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1 Newfoud Ladig THURSDAY, MARCH 3, 2016 FREE IN PRINT, FREE ON-LINE COMPLIMENTARY Visitors experiece the best of the Newfoud Regio at Witerfest BY DONNA RHODES BRISTOL Chili, crafts, iformatioal booths ad other great activities made for a woderful Witerfest at the Tapply-Thompso Commuity Ceter last Saturday, ad may people took advatage of the suy weather to get out ad ejoy themselves. Sposored by the Stad Up Newfoud orgaizatio, there were also may other commuity orgaizatios that set up iformatio booths to let everyoe lear more about the services ad opportuities they offer. Amog those o had for the day were Bristol Commuity Services, Mayhew Program, Boy Scout Troop 50 ad the Christia Motorcycle Associatio. We ve had a lot of people stop to talk to us. It s bee a really good day, said Buck West of INDEX Volume 3 Number 10 Opiio... A4-A5 Obituaries...A6 Schools...A7 Tows...A9 Churches...A10 Arts & Et...A11 Health...A12 Busiess...A13 Sports...B1-B4 & B8 Classifieds...B6-B7 24 pages i 2 sectios 2014, Salmo Press, LLC. Call us at (603) ewfoud@salmopress.com CMA. There was also a free karate class for boys ad girls as well as a self-defese class for wome. Melissa Shadde was oe of the participats i that class ad she said she was glad she took part i it. I leared our body ca be a defese tool, ad they taught us some techiques to use if you ever fid yourself i a dagerous situatio, said Shadde. She also foud stregth she ever realized before whe she was able to break a block of wood i half with her had. I ever would have thought I could do that, Shadde said. The Bristol Historical Society also created a fu ad iformative scaveger hut where families followed clues that lead them to a doze historical sites i the dowtow Alexadria voters to decide whether to disbad police departmet BY DONNA RHODES drhodes@salmopress.com ALEXANDRIA As a SB2 tow, coductig all aual busiess through secret ballot rather tha a traditioal Tow Meetig, Alexadria voters will be facig a wide variety of issues o this year s warrat, icludig the electio of tow officials, with icumbet selectme Robert Piehler seekig a full term the board last year. Nearly all other positios will be left to write-i votes sice o iterested parties stepped forward to register for those opeigs by the Ja. 31 deadlie. Also o the warrat however, there are several articles up for cosideratio. First will be the $1,503,290 muicipal budget recommeded by selectme, with a default budget of $1,477,299, alog with added expediture requests for highway equipmet, repairs ad maiteace of paved roads. There is also a request for the approval of a $93,000 bridge repair o Brook Road, which will be fuded by the uassiged fud balace ad ot impact taxes. From there, voters will be preseted with a proposal, supported by selectme, to make the idepedetly operated Alexadria Voluteer Fire Departmet a muicipal departmet. Through Article 7, selectme would be resposible for appoitig the chief of such a fire departmet ad firefighters would the be appoited through recommedatios made to the board. Should voters agree to make that chage, it would ot go ito effect util July 1, However, should Article 7 cocerig the Fire Departmet fail, selectme would the request $20,900 to cotiue their voluteer services ad pay o leases for vehicles that were previously agreed upo i the past. While there are also requests for moetary additios to Capital Reserve Fuds, aother topic of commuity cocer will be Article 13, which was submitted by petitio. I that article, there is a request to abolish the existig Alexadria Police Departmet, ad that article was met with some emotio from both SEE POLICE, PAGE A13 Doa Rhodes Deb Bloui ad her ie-year-old so Josh read historical iformatio about the Tapply-Thompso Commuity Ceter, oe of a doze stops alog a scaveger hut at last weeked s Witerfest. area. Bloui. ite. SUN also offered a That was great. I The Chili Cook-Off This is very ice. umber of baked goods leared a lot about dowtow was aother big hit with There s a big variety of for sale to complete the Bristol that I ever people who got to sample chili here ad it was all luch ejoyed by may. kew before. It was really all the dishes etered good, oe getlema Besides the food ad iterestig, said Deb the vote o their favor- commeted. SEE WINTERFEST, PAGE A13 These woods are lovely, BY MARCIA MORRIS Cotributig Writer HEBRON What is so woderful as a walk i the woods i witer? That would be a walk i the woods with Dr. Rick Va de Poll of Ecosystems Maagemet Cosultats (EMC). Ad that is just what the Hebro Coservatio Commissio sposored last weeked i the Tow Forest for a ethusiastic group of itrepid ature ethusiasts. Va de Poll is well kow throughout New Eglad as a expert biodiversity coservatio ecologist, with a specialty i mycology, but uless you have walked a mile i his shoes, or at dark ad deep Marcia Morris Natures is the best classroom! Coservatio ecologist Dr. Rick Va de Poll spis a tale of witer wildlife o a trek with the Newfoud Trackig Team i the Hebro Tow Forest last weeked. least a few paces behid, ad listeed carefully as he tells his tales of mystery about our meadows, wetlads or woodlad habitats, you have t fully experieced the depth ad breadth of his kowledge of the local ladscape. About a doze lucky ature lovers, icludig several seasoed veteras from the Newfoud Trackig Team, followed Dr. Va de Poll, spellboud, o a meaderig tour alog the shores of the Cockermouth River ad up the Cockermouth Ledge Trail i the Hebro Tow Forest. The trek, which covered per- SEE FOREST, PAGE A13 Voters throughout Newfoud regio face a wide rage of issues Tuesday BY DONNA RHODES drhodes@salmopress.com With the Presidetial Primary ow a thig of the past, voters will be headig back to the polls o Tuesday, March 8, for more ballotig o elected officials ad matters that directly affect their idividual commuities. While some coduct all of their busiess by secret ballot, some tows will hold electios for tow officials that day, the meet agai withi the week to address other matters o their warrat. Dabury I Dabury, there is Doa Rhodes Dabury Tow Hall ad other commuity pollig locatios will soo see a lot of activity agai whe Tow Meetig time rolls aroud ext week. oly oe cotested race for the Board of Selectme where Jeremy Corell is challegig icumbet James Phelps for the positio. As a SB2 tow, other issues to be voted o this year are the purchase of a ew police cruiser to replace their 10-year-old Dodge Charger, ad a request to purchase the backhoe beig eased by the highway departmet. The Operatig Budget beig sought by the Budget Committee for 2016 is $1,171,698, up just $40,645 over last year. Also o the warrat will be a request to raise ad appropriate $2,500 for waste oil, which will be reimbursed to the tow through a grat from the New Hampshire Departmet of Evirometal Services, ad $57,000 to be placed i various Capital Reserve Fuds. Of special ote, should the tow vote to purchase a ew cruiser for the police departmet as stated i Article 5, $15,000 of that amout would ot be eeded SEE ELECTIONS, PAGE A14

2 Local A2 Hebro Fire Departmet celebrates arrival of ew truck HEBRON Last Saturday, Hebro Fire Departmet members gathered at the statio to celebrate the arrival of our ew fire truck. A sowy morig did ot dampe the excitemet whe it pulled ito the statio parkig lot about 10:30 a.m. Capt. Toy Albert immediately got out the hose ad started washig off the road salt, while Chief Joh Fischer sported a ear to ear smile ad Chief Egieer Mayard Youg ivetoried the equipmet he has bee stockpilig AMERICAN RED CROSS BLOOD DRIVES PLEASE JOIN US AT ONE OF THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS: Red Cross is urgig all doors to doate as soo as possible especially O Negative, B Negative ad A Negative! New Doors Welcome! Ay eligible 16 year old may give blood with paretal permissio. March 3, pm-5pm Newfoud Regioal High School 150 Newfoud Road Bristol, NH All Blood Types Needed! Make a appoitmet today at www. redcrossblood.org, RED CROSS or THANK YOU TO OUR SPONSORS 607 Teey Moutai Highway, Plymouth, NH WHITE MOUNTAIN JAZZERCISE FITNESS CENTER 95 Mai Street Plymouth, NH (603) whitemtjazz@gmail.com 366 Lake Street, Bristol, NH Lake Street, Bristol, NH GRANITE GROUP REALTY SERVICES Ala DeStefao, Broker/Ower to load the equipmet storage compartmets of the ew egie. The Hebro taxpayers were credited with foresight ad isightfuless i votig for the ew truck. Those of us workig i Fire ad EMS Safety truly appreciate the equipmet the tax payers provide. It makes a tremedous differece i the quality of services we are able to offer both Hebro ad Groto. The ew truck allows us to remove from service our oldest truck, Egie 2, a 1978 Ford jazzercise.com (800)FIT-IS-IT Where seeig is believig PLYMOUTH OPTICAL SHOPPE Village Square, 607 Teey Mt Hwy, Suite 101, Plymouth, NH % Buyer Friedly! Waterville Valley Campto Thorto Plymouth Area WWW. REDCROSS.ORG Courtesy Last Saturday, Hebro Fire Departmet members gathered at the statio to celebrate the arrival of our ew fire truck. Here, Capt. Toy Albert hoses road salt off the ew Egie 2. F800, with a 750 gallo water tak ad seatig for two, replacig it with the ew 2015 E1, ow desigated Hebro Egie 2, which carries 2,600 gallos of water, carries six fire fighters to the scee, has a upgraded commuicatios system that should work i some of our most remote locatios ad has multiple times the hose capacity. Oe of the may beefits of the ew truck is to carry eough water to attack a fire util mutual aid trucks ca arrive or a water source ca be established. The ew Egie 2 ca carry eough fire fighters to relieve the bottle eck of fire fighters havig to travel i their ow persoal vehicles to fires. Members of the Departmet have bee diligetly workig ights to outfit the ew truck. The ew Egie 2 will be i service primarily i Hebro ad Groto. Egie 1 will move to tow ad mutual aid resposes. Hebro taxpayers, your ew Egie 2 will be o display at Hebro Tow Meetig. Do t forget, this year s Tow Meetig will be o Saturday, March 12 at the Bridgewater/ Hebro School. Please atted, as the Hebro Fire Departmet is axious to show you your ew Fire Truck. Rememberig our lost arts at Dabury Farmers' Market DANBURY The Dabury Witer Farmers' Market o Saturday, March 5 will host a lost arts ad skills day durig the 9 a.m.-1 p.m. farmers' market. While local farms, artisas ad specialty food producers share the fruits of their labors upstairs, there will be demostrators showig off some of the skills that were oce commoplace i the home. There will be fly tyig, quillig, spiig ad sharpeig items with a gridstoe. Our Place Farm will be preset to showcase their braided creatios ad had spu yars. Doa Duquette from Ledge Hill Farm will be teachig those iterested how to crochet as well as displayig her crafts ad sewig skills. Margaret the local sock lady will have her atique kittig machie i operatio with her socks toeig alog at her side. Wat to keep a milk cow? Matty Huckis from Huckis Farm i New Hampto will led some advise as well as show you some products you ca get from that milk. While you are at the festivities, held at the grage hall at 15 North Rd. i Dabury, you check out what is beig served for breakfast or luch at the Blazig Star Bistro. The market is held every first Saturday of the moth November thru May. For more iformatio, call Doa at or blazigstargrage. org. St. Lawrece Uiversity studets amed to Dea's List CANTON, N.Y. The followig studets have bee selected for iclusio o the Dea's List for academic achievemet durig the Fall 2015 semester at St. Lawrece Uiversity i Cato, New York. Eliza R. Cowie of Ceter Harbor. Cowie is a member of the Class of 2017 ad is majorig i global studies. She atteded Holderess School. Ellory E. Shackett of Bridgewater. Shackett is a member of the Class of 2017 ad is majorig PLYMOUTH The New Hampshire Electric Cooperative Foudatio is pleased to aouce that applicatios are ow beig accepted for 2016 scholarships. The Foudatio will be offerig six, $1,500 scholarships. The scholarships are available to high school seiors, studets returig to college, ad o-traditioal studets. Oe scholarship will be reserved for a studet eterig a vocatioal or techical istitutio. All applicats must be a Co-op member, or a legal depedet of a Co-op member. Complete details ad applicatios are available olie at www. i history. She atteded New Hampto School. To be eligible for the Dea's List, a studet must have completed at least four courses ad have a academic average of 3.6 based o a 4.0 scale for the semester. About St. Lawrece Uiversity Fouded i 1856, St. Lawrece Uiversity is a private, idepedet liberal arts istitutio of about 2,500 studets located i Cato, New York. The educatioal opportuities at St. Lawrece ispire studets ad prepare them to be critical ad creative thikers, to fid a compass for their lives ad careers, ad to pursue kowledge ad uderstadig for the beefit of themselves, humaity ad the plaet. Through its focus o active egagemet with ideas i ad beyod the classroom, a St. Lawrece educatio leads studets to make coectios that trasform lives ad commuities, from the local to the global. Visit NH Electric Co-op Foudatio ow acceptig applicatios for 2016 scholarships hec.com/commuity_foudatio_scholarships, or by callig Applicats will be judged o work experiece, activities ad leadership cotributios, educatioal/career objectives, overall scholastic achievemet; ad a persoal iterview coducted by the Foudatio awards committee. The deadlie for applyig is Friday, April 15 at 4 p.m. All mailed applicatios must be postmarked by this date. Applicatios ca also be submitted via to thielbars@ hec.com by 4 p.m., April 15. For more iformatio about the New Hampshire Electric Cooperative Foudatio or to make a doatio, please cotact Audrey Goudie at or at goudiea@hec.com. NHEC is a member-owed electric distributio cooperative servig 83,000 members i 115 New Hampshire commuities. Scholarship fudig is provided by the NHEC Foudatio, a o-profit 501(c)(3) fud that receives cotributios from NHEC members who agree to have their mothly electric bill rouded up to the ext dollar with the proceeds beefittig the Foudatio.

3 Local A3 Strog turout for Rotary Derby BY ERIN PLUMMER MEREDITH Despite poor ice coditios aglers came out i strog umbers for the aual Great Meredith Rotary Ice Fishig Derby. O Saturday ad Suday, aglers came to derby headquarters i Meredith with fish caught across the state. The derby had bee postpoed from two weeks ago. This weeked, the ice was thi o Meredith Bay ad may surroudig areas, though there was plety of activity by the fish board. Derby chair Athoy Avrutie said the derby wet well overall ad ticket sales were a lot higher tha origially aticipated. The derby was ope to fish from all waterbodies across the state. The ice might have bee poor o Meredith Bay ad other local lakes, though Avrutie said coditios were better i other areas. Eve though the ice o Meredith Bay was ot good, the rest of the state there were may parts that were well froze, Avrutie said. Avrutie said people were careful with the ice ad safety coscious. This year the prize structure was chaged so the top wiers were picked from the weeked s seve heaviest fish each from the categories of raibow trout, lake trout, cusk, pickerel, white perch, yellow perch, ad black crappie. The first place wier of $15,000 was Joshua Philbrick of Kittery, Maie, who caught a 4.26-poud raibow trout. Secod place worth $5,000 wet to David Youg of Boylsto, Mass. with a 2.61-poud black crappie. Elijah Pitki of Fremot took third place of $3,000 with a 1.6-poud yellow perch. Each of the seve heaviest fish of the weeked wo $500 each for their aglers. The biggest white perch of the weeked was caught by eightyear-old Wyatt Buhrma of Ceter Harbor weighig at 2.86 pouds. This was Wyatt s first year fishig i the touramet. His 11-year-old brother, Va Buhrma, caught the third biggest white perch weighig 2.46 pouds. He had gotte a derby ticket for four years ad caught the third place white perch for three years. Both fish were caught Suday morig o Squam Lake, where both wet to fish with their parets Chuck ad Christie Buhrma. The derby is a family traditio for the Buhrma s ad they fished out of their bobhouse. The family was up aroud 4:30 a.m., Va said their dad woke them up. He tured o the lights, Va said. The ice was thicker o Lake Waukewa, where a umber of a- Eri Plummer Wyatt ad Va Buhrma hold up their wiig fish with their dad Chuck Buhrma i the back. Wyatt, eight, caught the weeked s heaviest white perch ad Va, 11, caught the third heaviest white perch. Eri Plummer A few bobhouses sit o Lake Waukewa, where the ice was thick but covered i puddles. glers took positios. Paul Robie, Kaleb Jeffers, ad Jim Leahy came from Belmot stayed for the weeked i aother fried s bobhouse o Waukewa. The compay said the fishig was bad overall with the ice coditios ad so may people i the same area. Regardless they still got to hag out with each other ad have a good time durig what has become a traditio. We do it every year, Leahy said. Brothers Paul ad Bria Butterfield came with family members ad frieds from Coecticut that weeked. They started o Meredith Bay o Saturday. Paul Butterfield said they caught a buch of perch ad were the oly oes out there. He said the ice o the bay was safe a little further out, but it was difficult to get there. The ext day, they moved over to Waukewa, fried Peter Dumaie said this was SEE DERBY, PAGE A13 HHHHHHHHH Eri Plummer Spectators lie up i frot of the board of the Great Meredith Rotary Ice Fishig Derby to see the biggest catches. Courtesy Garde Club members display floral desigs at Gordo-Nash Library Floral desigs created by members of the New Hampto Garde Club were o display all week at the Gordo-Nash Library i New Hampto. Garde club members desiged ad created floral pieces which complimeted some of their favorite literary works Pictured is club member Rosemary Perry's creatio. A doze desigs were o display icludig Rita- Field Curtis' air plat exhibit ad Carole Curry's uderwater desig. Other desigs were doe by New Hampto Garde Club members Ae-Marie McCormack, Eleaor Morriso, Sue Cram, Lida Dowal, Sady Simpso, Priscilla Toshack, Theo Deocour, Trudy Powers ad Eilee Curra-Kodrad. This is the fourth Books ad Blooms exhibit for the club which always attracts a appreciative crowd. The New Hampto Garde Club cotiues to support its commuity while sharig its love for floral desig ad gardeig. If you would like more iformatio about the club ad its activities or if you are iterested i joiig the club iformatio is available at the Gordo-Nash Library o Mai St i New Hampto. Their ext meetig is o Tuesday, April 5 at 9:30 a.m. at the library. All are welcome. HHHHHHHHH Poit of Law Do You eed a Lawyer for Your Divorce? You should meet with a attorey if: (1) you have childre; (2) you ow a home or ay other real estate; (3) you have ay retiremet accouts; (4) you have ay ivestmets; (5) you have a iterest i a busiess; or (5) either you or your spouse are employed. Eve if you thik your divorce is simple or Amicable, there could be uexpected cosequeces resultig from how you hadle ay oe of these issues.

4 Opiio A4 Thursday, MARCH 3, 2016 From the Capital Steps BY SEN. JEANIE FORRESTER District 2 Oe of the biggest decisios the legislature will make i this sessio is whether or ot to reauthorize the New Hampshire Health Protectio Pla (aka Medicaid Expasio). I wated to give you a brief update o this importat ad complex issue. I 2014, the legislature passed the New Hampshire Health Protectio Pla (NHHPP). This pla, crafted by the legislature, provides private health isurace to approximately 48,000 low-icome, uisured New Hampshire residets usig 100 percet federal fuds. The pla provides access to primary ad prevetive care, icludig cost-effective maagemet of chroic illesses ad metal health ad substace abuse services. Prior to the NHHPP, uisured folks accessed free care through emergecy room visits to their local hospital. This care did ot iclude prevetive or primary care. I 2014 aloe, prior to the implemetatio of NHHPP, the amout of free care provided by the hospitals was $427 millio. The cost of that free care is shifted to taxpayers i the form of higher premiums o their ow plas. Because of the NHHPP, there has bee a sigificat drop statewide i the umber of people without isurace seekig care. As of September 2015, there has bee a 30 percet decrease i uisured emergecy room visits, a 38 percet decrease i uisured ipatiet visits, ad a 28 percet decrease i uisured outpatiet visits. Health care coverage provided by the NHHPP substatially reduced ucompesated care costs, thereby reducig the health care cost shift, or hidde tax, to busiesses ad taxpayers. I 2015, the cost to New Hampshire of treatig uisured patiets dropped more tha $142 millio. The NHHPP is due to expire o Dec. 31, ad the legislature is ow workig o a pla to exted that coverage. House Bill 1696 reauthorizes the NHHPP for aother two years (Ja. 1, 2017 through Dec. 31, 2018). It requires the federal govermet, New Hampshire isurace compaies, ad the 26 New Hampshire hospitals to bear the cost of this reauthorizatio. Per the federal govermet s promise, it will pay 95 percet of the cost for private health isurace plas i 2017 ad 94 percet i The hospitals ad isurace compaies have agreed to split the remaiig balace (5 percet i 2017 ad 6 percet i 2018). If the NHHPP is t reauthorized, 48,000 Graite Staters will lose coverage to primary ad prevetive health care services, but will still have access to emergecy care. As a cosequece, ucompesated care will go up ad the burde of this care will agai be shifted to busiesses ad taxpayers. There are taxpayer protectios i HB1696. The NHHPP eds if the federal govermet reeges o its commitmet to payig 95 percet i 2017 ad 94 percet i The NHHPP eds if the hospitals or the isurace compaies reege o their promise to cover the balace i either of those years. The program must agai be reauthorized at the ed of The bill also requires extesive iformatio gatherig ad a pla for the future by settig up a Commissio to look at the efficacy of the program ad log-term fudig. The bill requires the recipiets of the NHHPP cotribute co-pays for misuse of emerge- SEE CAPITAL, PAGE A13 Newfoud Ladig Proudly servig Alexadria, Bridgewater, Bristol, Dabury, Groto, Hebro, Hill, New Hampto ad the surroudig commuities. Established September 18 th, 2014 Offices at 5 Water Street, P.O. Box 729, Meredith, New Hampshire Phoe: Fax: Frak Chiliski, Presidet & Publisher Rya Coreau, Iformatio Maager Breda Berube, Editor ewfoud@salmopress.com Joshua Spauldig, Sports Editor Doa Rhodes, Reporter Advertisig Sales: Tracy Lewis Distributio Maager: Jim Hickley Newfoud Ladig is published every THURSDAY by Salmo Press, P.O. Box 729, 5 Water St., Meredith, NH SALMON PRESS PHOTO POLICY: As a commuity orieted family of ewspapers, Salmo Press welcomes photos from readers, busiess owers, ad other outside sources for publicatio i ay of its titles. Ay photos submitted for publicatio become the property of Salmo Press, ad may be displayed i our ewspapers, as well as o our Web site. They may also be made available for re-sale, with ay proceeds goig to Salmo Press ad/or the photo re-prit vedor. Free i Prit, Free Olie. PET of the Week Some pets are more specialized i their eeds, such is the case with little Coco, a edearig Rabbit, though small i size, she s full of vim ad vigor. Coco arrived i Jauary with her caie compaio, yes you heard correctly, she was very cozy with a large, beefy terrier. Rabbits ca cohabite peaceably with other species especially sice they ejoy the compay of others as opposed to livig a solitary life. Coco is iquisitive, outgoig, ad likes to be the leader. Elighteed, rabbit-savvy homes kow how itelliget these Coco little creatures are, ad with appropriate care, ot outdoor livig, the may years of fu ad frolic they ca provide. New Hampshire Humae Society geerally focused o felie ad caie adoptios, of course, also provides care ad comfort for others, like Coco. Come ad meet her, sped a little time i our smaller social room where she lives with other cats- she may well be just the pet you are lookig for. Shelter is ope every day except Modays ad Wedesdays. Call or check for further details. Letters to the Editor Vote Joh Sellers for Bristol Select Board To the Editor: Joh Sellers is a qualified cadidate for the Bristol Select Board. Joh is holdig a Meet ad Greet at Kathlee s Cottage, Lake Street, Bristol, o Friday, March 4, startig at 7 p.m. I urge you to stop i ad meet Joh ad ask questios. I am supportig Joh Sellers for Bristol Select Board, because he will take the time to stop ad liste, research, ad carefully examie the issues. Joh is focused o the erichmet of our commuity through supportig local busiesses ad makig ecoomically soud decisios that will impact the tow of Bristol. To the Editor: After much thought ad cosideratio, I have decided to susped my campaig for Bristol Select Board. I am steppig aside ad puttig my support behid J.P. Morriso ad Joh Sellers. I wish to thak all those who ecouraged me to ru ad supported my cadidacy. My reasos for edig my campaig are may, but foremost is the desire to fiish out my term o the Bristol Budget Committee as a voice for the taxpayers to hold the lie o spedig with a eye to prioritizatio of projects ad support for the eeds of the departmets. Voters should be cocered with several treds happeig with elected positios. First is the tred for electig those who ed up makig decisios that directly impact them persoally. If you look at the Budget Committee oly, you will fid the majority of the officials are retired from or receive part-time wages from the tow as fire departmet ad other departmet employees. Some who are ruig for offices this year would preset the same issue. There is also a tred to vilify those who wish to do their due diligece as defied by NH RSA to serve the best iterest of the Tow ad the taxpayer. Steppig aside As a member of the Bristol Budget Committee, Joh has recommeded may cost savig suggestios. Oe example of these suggestios is he has provided a comprehesive aalysis of the ambulace service which would add reveue to Bristol by havig the other tows pay the real cost of the service. Joh is ot afraid to ask questios, take the time to gather iformatio, ad thik outside the box whe cosiderig the eeds of all the residets of Bristol. Vote Joh Sellers o March 8, ad come to Tow Meetig o March 12. Rebecca Boudreau Bristol My support will go to J.P. ad Joh as I believe they do ot stad to gai persoally ad will have the best iterest of the Tow foremost i their oversight ad deliberatios o our behalf. As we approach Electio Day March 8 ad Tow Meetig o March 12, I see us as approachig a fork i the road of either the cotiuatio of good hoest oversight of all departmets equally or a retur to govermet by the few for the few. Prioritizatio is the key with Tow Meetig Warrat articles this year. I ask that you cosider your vote carefully. Does it make sese to vote for cadidates that have special iterests i the outcomes of decisios o budgets ad projects or does it make better sese to elect cadidates that are lookig to serve with ubiased but focused itet i the best iterest of the Tow? What are the priorities facig our commuity right ow? Participatio is ecessary if you wat to take part i decidig the future of Bristol. Whatever your decisio, your vote is your voice. Please exercise it. Please joi me i votig at the polls ad at Tow Meetig as I feel your vote does matter o matter what your beliefs. Thak you, William (Bill) Cote Bristol Advocatig J.P. Morriso ad Joh Sellers for Bristol Selectma To the Editor: Some Bristol officials like to tell voters the Bristol tax bill ca t get ay lower sice the total tax rate i Bristol is i the lower third for NH commuities. I reality, the muicipal tax rate, the oly tax rate the Select Board is directly charged with maagig, is ear the 75th percetile of the most expesive tax rates i New Hampshire. With Morriso ad Sellers, o the Select Board, I believe we ca focus o addressig the followig taxpayer cocers. Stop over estimatig fudig whe buildig a budget The Departmet head is oly charged with makig the bottom lie balace out. Trasfers from uderspet lies to overspet lie items to achieve that balace Tackle the millio dollar ureserved fud balace This moey got there by over taxatio durig the greatest recessio i the past 75 years. We ca t go back i time ad correct that wrog, but we eed a board that will give this moey back to the taxpayers. Bristol should be improvig its ifrastructure, but a little more plaig eeds to be take ito accout. The philosophy of taxatio without plaig almost resulted i the Tow owig a very impractical ad expesive boat shop. This is oly a sliver of the work that eeds to be doe, but the first step requires votig March 8 for J.P. Morriso ad Joh Sellers for the Select Board. Paul Magaiello Bristol

5 North Coutry Notebook By Joh Harriga Columist Terrie Herr admits that it was ot exactly a glamorous momet that Letters to the Editor To the Editor: Voters ad citizes of Bristol, thak you for your support. For the last three years, I have bee servig the Tow ad its citizes as a member of the Select Board. This has bee a sometimes frustratig but also rewardig few years, ad I ca say that I hope to have served you all well. I my term, I have see some chages for the better ad some for the worse, but mostly positive movemet Please cosider me for Bristol's Select Board To the Editor: I am seekig oe of two available seats o the select board this year. I kow that most of the good people i our tow govermet have great itetios for our residets. But I also kow that there s always a limit, ad may of our residets seiors, sigle icome families ad sigle paret homes alike would appreciate a coservative voice represetig their wishes at tow hall. Because o matter how much we may thik ay departmet may eed more persoel or more equipmet or more space, we must ever forget the vast majority who pay for these thigs are hardly gettig by ad just a few cets o the tax rate ca take too big of a bite out of already straied family Lakes Regio Piao Studio PIANO LESSONS Call Melaie Siek at Schedule your weekly lessos i Holderess ow! Law Care Sow Plowig / Sadig Bark Mulch Deliverig Mulch, Loam, Sad/Stoe & More Property Checks ad much more! Opiio Mom told you Brush your teeth, right? Ad so you do, ad out comes a cougar budgets. You do t have to go far i ay directio to see the may woderful improvemets that we all ejoy daily made by may gifted ad committed citizes of our commuity. I believe we ca cotiue to ejoy these thigs without losig sight of where the moey comes from ad how ofte we ask for it. I have ejoyed this tow s past support i either electig or appoitig me to various boards, amely Budget, Zoig ad Selectme. I look forward to servig you agai if you see fit. I appreciate your cosideratio, ad hope you cast your vote for me o March 8. God Bless America ad our little tow of Bristol. Sicerely, JP Morriso Bristol Support cadidates with the taxpayers' iterests at heart To the Editor: O Tuesday, March 8, the Tow of Bristol will be holdig electios for tow officers. I urge each of you to cast your vote for the cadidate of your choice. As a taxpayer ad citize of Bristol, I will be votig for the cadidates for Selectma that I feel best represet the iterests of the taxpayers ad citizes of Bristol. While I realize that we, the taxpayers, have a obligatio to supply ecessary services to our citizes, our departmets have a obligatio led to her Close Ecouter of the Cougar Kid. I was brushig my teeth, she said, whe I caught this movemet out of the corer of my eye. What she saw out the widow of her bathroom was a aimal---a pretty Thak you for a great three years to supply those services i a resposible ad cost effective maer. Some departmets have a log history of achievig those goals; others ot so much. I hope you will joi me i supportig those cadidates who will work to provide those services i a resposible cost effective maer. Those cadidates who will work with a eye out for the taxpayer are Joh Sellers, JP Morriso, ad Bill Cote. Sicerely, Paul Simard Bristol big aimal with a very log tail---meaderig through the back yard. She made a dash for her camera, which happeed to be o the kitche couter, ad shot two frames through the widow. toward a better commuity. My mai goal was to brig trasparecy ad prioritizatio to the issues that face our commuity. I ca say that Select Board deliberatios are ow happeig with more trasparecy, though at times these were fiery debates ad sometimes without closure or full agreemet o decisios. I believe there is great value for the Tow i havig varied opiios i those servig i positios o the Board. It guaratees the citizes of our commuity due diligece ad well thought out decisios. Some would say that othig got doe i these last three years, but thaks to Bristol voters, Board cosideratio ad oversight, the diliget work of our great employees as well as some dedicated voluteers ad collaboratig commuity orgaizatios, the list below idicates that much has bee achieved: -Cetral Square Project completed offerig safer pedestria access to dowtow, improve water ad sewer ifrastructure ad a great gatherig space for special evets like the Christmas Tree Lightig ad Makig it i Bristol - I respose to commuity ad dowtow busiesses, a retur to agle i parkig i Cetral Square -Miot-Sleeper Library additio completed -Kelley Park improvemets icludig, ew desig ad equipmet to the playgroud, ew T-ball field, ad move to cotracted maiteace for cotiued ehacemet of the park for commuity evets ad ejoymet -A Settlemet of the Foot of the Lake Beach case i favor of the Tow -Old Tow Hall Restoratio Project progressio with iitial roof, guao & mold mitigatio, sills work ad exterior paitig completed ad iterior work o floors, ceilig, pait slated for Sprig this recetly awarded Natioal Historic Register buildig will cotiue serve the commuity for aother cetury or more -Cotiued progressio with Safe Routes to School projects for sidewalk improvemets alog School Street, North Mai Street, ad Mayhew Street with the work aticipated to begi i sprig Istallatio of ew ad uique Welcome to Bristol sigs by Artist Kare Bush -Support for Commuity Ecoomic Developmet with establishmet of a Ecoomic Developmet Task Force producig a busiess database, busiess survey, potetial commercial developmet lad database, a busiess brochure, busiess checklist ad commitmet to form a Ecoomic Developmet Committee to further efforts to improve busiess developmet ad retetio i Bristol -Adoptio of 79 E to assist revitalizatio i Cetral Square ad fializatio of Tow s applicatio process with deliberatio ad approval of 1st applicatio for property at 12 Cetral Square -Creatio of several additioal Cetral St. parkig spaces through collaboratio with Sprig Street property ower -After more tha 20 years of failed actio or iactio, discussio ad movemet toward actio o space eeds ad space deficiecies i the Police Departmet ad Tow Offices with warrat articles for cosideratio at the 2016 Tow Meetig with hopes to have support for project i Cotiued progress towards developmet of a multi-use trail coectig Cetral Square south to Profile Falls -Joiig surroudig tows i oppositio to both Idustrial Wid Turbie projects alog the ridgelies aroud Newfoud Lake ad filig Iterveer Status for Norther Pass -Istitutio, revisio JDT PROPERTY CARE Servig Campto, Thorto, Waterville Valley, Plymouth, Squam & Newfoud Lake areas. P.O. Box 66, Campto, NH jeff@jdtpropertycare.com A5 Commercial ad Residetial Property Maiteace at its fiest! L L C ad attetio to Tow ivestmet, grats, barterig ad purchasig policies -Recommedatio ad support for revolvig, capital reserve ad other fuds for log term purchasig ad specialized spedig -Numerous equipmet purchases for Public Works ad Public Safety Departmets -Oversight ad maagemet of the day to day operatios of the Tow There is still much to do to complete some of the items o this list that ca oly happe with the support of Tow Meetig voters ad ewly elected officials. There is also a lot more i the wigs to be cosidered. This is our commuity ad its future is ours to desig. It is importat for all of us to participate i the govermetal ad ecoomic future of Bristol. Your voice is your vote so hopefully I will see you at the polls o March 8, ad at our ext Tow Meetig o Saturday, March 12. Agai, thak you for givig me the opportuity to serve you these last three years. Jaet F. Cote Bristol Please vote for Morriso ad Sellers o March 8 To the Editor: As you may kow, I will ot be ruig for re-electio i March. I thak the people of Bristol for allowig me to serve o the Select Board for the past three years. Servig i this positio was a eye opeig experiece. The Select Board provides oversight of the tow s operatios ad officials. Providig this oversight is ot a easy job. Sometimes, you have to take a step back ad ask tough questios, hold people accoutable It was i o particular hurry, she recalled. Ad while she was pretty sure what she d see, whe her husbad David retured to their home i Caaa, Vermot, just across the Coecticut River above Colebrook, they looked at various refereces to be sure: it was cougar, moutai lio, pather, catamout, all right. They all mea the same thig, a big cat (a adult male ca grow to well over 200 pouds), with a log ad make difficult decisios. A yes vote may ot always be the correct aswer, while a o vote may ot always be the popular aswer. I have leared while holdig this positio it is your duty to ask questios, do your research ad ot rubber-stamp everythig that crosses the table. Some call this micro maagig. I cosidered it my resposibility to the taxpayers of Bristol. I March, we have three cadidates that are extremely qualified for the positio of Select Board member: Bill Cote, JP Morriso ad Joh Sellers. Ufortuately, oly two seats are ope. Agai, aother tough decisio, I must pick two out of three great choices. I ask Bristol voters to elect JP Morriso ad Joh Sellers, o March 8. JP has previously served o the Select Board ad Joh tail, that was part of the wildlife scee i orther New Hampshire ad Vermot util just after settlemet times. It looked like a immature adult, Terrie said, citig the fuzziess SEE NOTEBOOK, PAGE A14 is curretly servig o the Budget Committee. These me have what it takes to serve o the Bristol Select Board. Agai, thak you for allowig me the opportuity to serve the Tow of Bristol. I look forward to watchig JP Morriso ad Joh Sellers pick up where I will leave off. Betsy Scheider Bristol Factory Traied For Sales, Istallatio, Service ad Repairs MoriElectric@yahoo.com morielectricllc.com 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

6 Obituaries/Tows A6 Tows Alexadria Judy Kraemer Sprig sigs All alog the east wall of the door yard little Sedum shoots, lookig like Brussel sprouts, have broke groud i the sushie. Time to put the egg shells out i the garde. The birds will add them to their diets for stroger shells of their ow eggs. Hair clippigs will be useful for est material. From the tow February's repeatedly poor weather coditios o Tuesday eveigs has caused postpoemet of Select Board meetigs. March may be more cooperative. Dabury Doa Sprague hutoofarm@myfairpoit.et Lost Arts & Skills Day is Saturday, March 5 from 9 a.m.-1 p.m. at the Dabury Witer Market, 15 North Rd. i Dabury. There will be demos, displays ad local vedors sellig farm products, crafts ad specialty foods. The tow votig day will be March 8, begiig at 11am at the tow hall. The grage commuity service committee will be holdig a food sale ad luch durig this time. Fuds from the day will be used for projects throughout the year. The South Dabury Church Speaker series was held o Friday, Feb. 26. Soup ad salad was available before the program which ivolved slides of several state wide reovatio projects uder LCHIP grat fudig. The program also detailed how reovatios are differet whe historic buildigs are ivolved. A brief history of chages to the church were used to explai the uaces of updatig, reovatig ad restorig our historic buildigs. The church has started fudraisig for a major project which icludes a matchig Euice E. Chase, 88 LACONIA Euice E. Chase, 88, of 30 Couty Home Drive passed away peacefully at the Belkap Couty Nursig Home o Saturday, Feb. 20, Euice was bor o Jue 28, 1927 i Belmot, the daughter of Otto ad Daisy (Patte) Sawyer. Euice worked at Alle Rogers for may years before retirig to her home i Saborto where she spet her time sewig, crochetig may lovely afghas for family ad frieds as well as carig for youg childre who treated her as their ow gradmother. I 1998, she moved to Lakebreeze Mobile Home Park i Gilford, where she resided util August She also ejoyed goig to the Seior Ceter ad Die Arouds where she had made may frieds. Euice is survived by two daughters, Priscilla Kaiser of Gilford ad Moa Smith of Saborto; six gradchildre (Jesse Chase, of Boscawe, Triste Chase ad Cory Smith of Alexadria, Beau Chase of Saborto, Greg Kaiser of Orlado, Fla. ad Chris Kaiser of Gilford); two step gradchildre, Niki Polish ad Kyle Smith; five great gradchildre (Stephe Kaiser, Brayde Chase, Owe Smith, Arthur Smith ad Huter Chase) ad may ephews ad ieces. I additio to her parets, she was predeceased by her husbad, Ralph Clayto Chase, who died i 2003; her three brothers, George grat from LCHIP. The church will celebrate fouders day i Jue i hoor of the 150th aiversary of the meetig betwee the families that decided they should build their a meetig place for worship i their ow commuity. The church eeds foudatio repairs ad draiage work to protect the buildig from water damage. alog with other projects aimed at good stewardship of the buildig. The Friday ight series will cotiue every other Friday ight with the ext program beig o Friday March 11th o loggig tales. DCC This Friday, March 4, at 6:30 p.m. is card party ight at the DCC. If you do t kow how to play kitty whist, they promise to teach you. Perhaps you ca wi the bid to call trump for the ight. If you thik this is politic talk, you could t be more wrog! Doatio is $3, with light refreshmets available. Frieds of the Library The first book club meetig of the George Gamble Library will be Wedesday, March 23 at 6:30 p.m. at the library. There will be a discussio o favorite authors ad books. Library request There is a wide assortmet of books for ejoymet readig, learig, plaig ad gardeig. Drop by the library ad check out their offerigs. The trustees have permissio for libray patros to park at the Uited Church. The libraria is askig occasioal library patros to let her kow what author or subject might iterest you. They have bee weedig out some books that have t bee read for the past 10 years however does t wat to take books off the shelf oly to have someoe come i ad ask for a author. The library trustees do have a large library shelf for sale. It may be see by appoitmet or durig library hours which are Wed from 1-6pm ad Saturdays Sawyer, James Sawyer ad Fred Sawyer; ad a ephew, James Sawyer, Jr. There will be o callig hours at her request. A Memorial Service will be held o Saturday, March 5, 2016 at 2 p.m. at the Church of Latter Day Saits, Old North Mai Street, Lacoia. A Graveside Service will be held o Moday, May 9, 2016 at oo at the New Hampshire Veteras Cemetery, Boscawe. For those who wish, the family suggests, memorial doatios may be made to the charity of their choice. Wilkiso-Beae- Simoeau-Paquette Fueral Home & Crematio Services, 164 Pleasat St., Lacoia, is assistig the family with the arragemet. For more iformatio ad to view a olie memorial, go to com. Groto from 10 a.m.-3 p.m. The library s address is: daburylibrary_adelphia1@comcast.et. The Uited Church of Dabury ivites you to joi them for a pot luck bruch followig their service o March 20th which is Palm Suday. Jo O Coor grotoews@yahoo.com We re all gettig geared up for the Tow Electios comig up o March 8. We had our first Meet the Cadidates Night last Tuesday. Not all the cadidates were preset but those that were had a opportuity to itroduce themselves residets that atteded that ight. Those that are ruig o the ballot for positios i the Tow: Supervisor of the Checklist for six years: Pamela Hamel Zoig Board for three years: Frak Grelle, Gle Hase, ad Otto Jesperse Library Trustee for three years: Sharo Nelso Library Trustee for two years: Elizabeth Jesperse Library Trustee for oe year: Otto Jesperse Cemetery Trustee for three years: Otto Jesperse Plaig Board for three years: Gle Hase ad Elizabeth Jesperse Tow Clerk/Tax Collector for two years: Ruth Millett Selectma for three years: Christia Goodwi There are may positios that o oe is ruig for so if you are iterested i ay of the followig ad would like to be a Write I for ay of these please let people kow ad get your ame out there. Moderator for two years Trustee of the Trust Fud for three years Tow Auditor for oe year Supervisor of the Checklist for two years Doa Bryat also stood as write-i for the BRISTOL Mauree Jea Brow passed away peacefully after a brief illess, at Lakes Regio Geeral Hospital o Friday, Feb. 26, Her life expectacy was five years; she was 62. Mauree was small of stature, but had a big heart, ad whe she smiled, her eyes crikled at the edges. She ejoyed music, dogs ad cats, observig life aroud her, ad goig for car rides-as log as it was t cold or wet- all the LOUDON Richard P. Hobart, 73, a residet of Loudo for the past five years, died Suday, Feb. 21, 2016 at the Cocord Hospital followig a period of failig health. Richard was bor i Plymouth, Sept. 19, 1942, so of the late Lawrece C. ad Mario E. (Daforth) Hobart. Richard spet part of his youth i Plymouth ad atteded schools there; he later lived i Grafto, ad for may years i Bristol. He served as a voluteer with the Bristol Fire Departmet for may years. He was employed for more tha 30 years with IPC, Freudeberg NOK i Bristol i Productio Cotrol ad Security. I his spare time, he especially ejoyed bowlig ad fishig. I additio to his parets, he was predeceased by a brother, William Hobart, ad sisters Mary Tow Clerk s positio. O the School Ballot the followig positios are o the ballot: For the School Board Alexadria for three years: Suzae Cheey Bridgewater for three years: Vicet Paul Migliore Dabury for two years: Sharo Klapyk For the Budget Committee Alexadria for three years: Harold Skip Reilly ad Kimberly Bliss Dabury for two years: Ruby Hill District Moderator for oe year: Edward Ned Gordo There is oe ope positio for Budget Committee for Bridgewater for three years. Sample Ballots are hagig i the Tow House ad Absetee Ballots are ow available for both the Tow ad School. Equalizatio Ratio is fially set for The Media Ratio which is used for assessmet purposes was percet, which meas that the assessmet is a little high, however, the tow will be reassessed this year ad we will hopefully see a adjustmet made. The assessig firm will be sedig out letters ad will have a timelie with times that we ca speak with them. Please keep tued for more iformatio about this. We hope to have a fial umber i August or September. Oe residet who was at the meetig brought up that he felt the State is layig too much salt o the roads this year. We have had a lot of ice, but it seems that is more Mauree Jea Brow, 62 while carryig her little chage purse of the momet. She also ejoyed a hearty appetite-especially if it ivolved chocolate ice cream. She will be missed so much by so may whose lives she touched. She was predeceased by her parets, Staley ad Reita Brow, ad is survived by her sister, Gail Bartlett of Bristol; her aut, Waeta Calley of Hill; her ucle ad aut, Gloyd ad Jaet Calley of Sadwich; ad Richard P. Hobart, 73 salt tha sad beig used which may have a evirometal impact. Joh will cotact the state about this ad let our cocers be kow. Aoucemet for the Tow Groto Tow Electios March 8 polls ope at 8 a.m. ad close at 7 p.m. Come out ad let your voice be heard. The Coservatio Commissio will be meetig at the Tow House Thursday, March 10 at 7 p.m. The Groto Tow Meetig will be March 12 We look forward to seeig you all there. Select Board Office will be closed March 18th ad April 25 through 29. Tow Web page Please take some time to visit the Tow of Groto web page at There you will fid miutes from the Select Board meetigs ad other useful iformatio. Keep up to date with what is happeig i our tow. Did you kow you ca pay for taxes, register vehicles, obtai dog liceses ad request vital records olie? We have had a bit of trouble with the olie paymet system, but it seems to be up ad ruig ow. (Just a ote about makig paymets olie; we are ot able to accept Credit Cards. Paymet type available is E-Check so please have your checkig accout umber ad routig umber available whe goig olie for this purpose. Thak you). There is also a order form for 911 reflective sigs available through the Hebro Tow Offices. For addresses, phoe umbers ad other iformatio please may cousis. A fueral service was held Wedesday, March 2, 2016 at 2 p.m. at the Emmos Fueral Home, 115 South Mai St., Bristol. Burial will be i Homelad Cemetery i the sprig. I lieu of flowers, doatios may be made i her memory to the New Hampshire Humae Society, PO Box 572, Lacoia, NH or Newfoud Area Nursig Associatio, 214 Lake St., Bristol, NH Guiott ad Jaet Graves. He leaves his wife of 52 years, Doris L. (Lamere) Hobart of Loudo; his so, Richard Hobart, ad his wife Cidy of Tilto, ad their childre, Brittay A. Hobart ad Richard E. Bartz; daughters Doree Gree ad her husbad, Jeffrey of Loudo ad their so, Forrest Gree; Diae Pretice ad husbad Roger ad their childre, Geoffrey Joyce ad his wife, Ashley, Mega Joyce ad fiacé, Patrick Root; brother, Robert Hobart of Vero Beach, Fla.; sisters, Carol Cram ad her husbad, Leoard of Caterbury, Judy Perry of Vero Beach, Fla., ad Lida Graves ad her husbad Robert of Vero Beach, Fla.; three great-gradchildre; ad umerous ieces ad ephews. Callig hours were held Friday, Feb. 26, 2016 from 5 to 7 p.m. at the William F. Smart Sr. Memorial Home, Frakli-Tilto Road (584 West Mai St.) i Tilto. A graveside service will be held later i the sprig. Those wishig may make memorial cotributios i Richard's ame to the Cocord Regioal VNA ad Hospice, 30 Pillsbury St., Cocord, NH For more iformatio, go to visit the Tow of Groto Web page. Hebro Bob Brooks hebrohews@live.com Meet the Cadidates Night Thursday, March 3, 6 p.m., Hebro Commuity Hall Come ad meet the cadidates for tow offices! Hope to see you there Commuity Breakfast The mothly Commuity Breakfast at the Uio Cogregatioal Church Commuity Hall is Saturday, March 5 from 7:30-8:45 a.m.: Scrambled Eggs, Pacakes, Frech Toast, Baco, Sausage, Hash, Oatmeal, Fruit, Pastries, Coffee & Juice all for the cost of $4. The 2016 Hebro Tow Meetig will be held o two days: Day 1 - Tuesday, March 8, 11 a.m. - 7 p.m. Where: Commuity Hall (Church basemet) What: Votig for tow officials ad ay ballot questios Day 2 - Saturday, March 12, 9 a.m. - adjourmet Where: Bridgewater-Hebro Village School Gymasium * What: Busiess sessio of Tow Meetig Newfoud Area Churches Lete Schedule Newfoud Area Churches (NAC) will be holdig their aual Lete services o each Wedesday from Feb. 10 through March 16. Each service will begi at oo with a light lucheo to follow. The rotatio of churches will SEE TOWNS, PAGE A7

7 Tows/Churches A7 Tows FROM PAGE A6 be as follows: March 9 -- Alexadria Uited Methodist Church, ad March New Hampto Commuity Church. This year's theme is "Walkig toward Easter." If school is closed due to weather, there will be o NAC service. For more iformatio, please call Churches Ashlad Episcopal (St. Mark s Church) Witer combied Suday services for the parishes of St. Mark s Ashlad ad Church of the Holy Spirit, Plymouth at Plymouth 9:30 a.m. Ayoe eedig a ride from Ashlad to Plymouth, please call Bea Thibeault at or Shirley Splaie at The Choir sigs every other Suday ad welcomes ew sigers. Rehearsals are Thursdays at 7 p.m. at Holy Spirit or for those uable to come i the eveig, 9 a.m. Sudays that the Choir sigs. Suday School uder the directio of Jea Murphy ( ) meets i the udercroft of Holy Spirit at 9:30 a.m. The subject lesso for Let is The Color Purple the color of preparatio for major holidays Christmas ad Easter. Lessos iclude three thigs about preparatio; radom acts of love, what will you give up, ad what will you do with this kowledge. The ext subject will be Prayer what does it mea to talk to God. Nursery care is provided for toddlers. Easter Programs for Ashlad ad Holderess: St. Mark's Lete Commuity Breakfast 8:30 a.m. Saturday, March 12. Everyoe Welcome. St. Ages ispiratioal Taize service o Suday, March 6 at 6:30 p.m.; preceded by a soup supper at 5:30 p.m. i the church hall.; Holderess Commuity Church: Surise Service Suday, March 27 at 6:30 a.m. o the top of Shephard Hill, breakfast to follow at the church. Weekly programs for St. Marks: Healig Eucharist celebrated by Vicar Rady Dales i Sherrill Hall at 11 a.m. every Thursday; Sewig lessos (or just come ad joi the group with your eedlework project) dowstairs i Sherrill Hall every Tuesday at 2:30 p.m.; Office ope at Sherrill Hall every Moday 9:30 a.m. 1 p.m. for busiess or to talk with Rev. Dales. Christia Sciece Society, Plymouth Trust i the Lord with all thie heart; ad lea ot uto thie ow uderstadig. I all thy ways ackowledge him, ad he shall direct thy paths. [from The Proverbs]. We would love to have you joi us for our 10 a.m. Suday services ad 6 p.m. Wedesday meetigs held at 7 Emerso St. i Plymouth. For more iformatio about Christia Sciece Society, Plymouth ad Christia Sciece go to our Web site, or to com. Family Worship Ceter Ply. Assembly of God Thursday, March 3, 6:30-7:30 p.m., please joi us for our regular Thursday ight activities. We offer Godly miistry for childre, youth ad adults, with programs for people of all ages: Royal Ragers Club for boys elemetary through high school, Mpact Club for girls preschool through high school, ad Adult Bible Studies. Pastor Gle is coductig a Study Group, Foudatios For Faith: The Life of Jesus as Recorded i the Bible. Scott Gusha is teachig a course o Galatias. Do come for this great time of fellowship ad learig. Suday, March 6, you are ivited to joi us at 8:30 a.m. for bagels, coffee ad juice; 9 a.m.-bible Educatio for all age groups preschool through Adult Bible Studies. 10 a.m.: Suday morig service with Cotemporary music ad Biblical teachig. Nursery for ages ewbor to three. 5 p.m.: Prayer meetig. Please put prayer requests i the gree box marked Prayer Requests o the hall table. Please joi us for this importat time of itercessio for our church, commuity, coutry, missioaries, ad each other. Moday, March 7, oo-2 p.m. the Church's Helpig Hads Food Patry ad Free Clothig will be held. Much help ad fiacial support is eeded. Tuesday, March 8, 6:30-8 p.m., potluck supper ad Bible study at the home of Joyce ad Keith Farrell. Cotact them at for iformatio. Ayoe who would like to go ad eeds trasportatio ca call Cady Gusha at Suday, March 13, fellowship lucheo followig the morig service. Please brig food to share. Part of the Church roof has bee repaired, ad we are grateful to the compay who did the job so well, ad for the doatios towards this project. The church is ow holdig a Raise the Roof project i a effort to pay this off quickly, so all doatios ca be made out to Family Worship Ceter ad marked Roof Project, ad are greatly appreciated. Ayoe desirig Church membership, please cotact Pastor Yughas at or Our Missio statemet is Trasformig lives through God's Word. Our church is collectig fuds for priso miistry, also alumium cas to support the cost of miistry supplies such as Bibles ad prited literature. A collectio barrel is at each church etry. Please cotiue to support this miistry. Moey doatios may be made to the church, marked Priso Miistry. Prayer requests for the bulleti may be give to Cady Gusha at craftmom03264@yahoo.com. Please give aoucemets for the Suday bulleti to the Church office by 4:30 p.m. o Tuesdays by ig fwcag@ hotmail.com or Pastor Yughas at gyughas@hotmail.com, or phoig the church at or Pastor Gle at Everyoe is welcome at all of our services. The Church is hadicapped accessible, east etrace. Hebro Uio Cogregatioal Church All are welcome to joi i our worship services o Sudays at 10 a.m., followed by coffee hour. We gather oce a moth to make soup for people i our local commuities. Our ext soup route is o Moday, March 14 at 6 p.m. While we are makig soup for others, we also share a meal of soup, salad, bread ad dessert. If you would like more iformatio about Soup Route or would like to receive soup from us, please cotact our church secretary usig the cotact iformatio listed below. Our Bible study meets o Thursday morigs at 9 a.m. Our ext Church Cabiet & Fair Meetig will be o March 13 at 11:30 a.m. There will be three services durig Holy Week. At 7 p.m. o Holy Thursday, March 24, we will meet i Rev. Fischer s office ad trasitio to Commuity Hall for a special service. At 7 p.m. o Good Friday, March 25, there will be a solem service i the sactuary. Our Easter Service is at 10 a.m. Our church is located i the ceter of historic Hebro village at the itersectios of North Shore Road ad West Shore Road. Our church secretary 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 Web site at www. hebrochurchh.org. Church of the Holy Spirit Episcopal Holy Week Services Easter comes early this year, o March 27, so it's time to save the date! This year, the Church of the Holy Spirit will cotiue i its traditio of a shared Liturgy of the Palms with Plymouth Uited Cogregatioal Church o Palm Suday. We ll oce agai have the Maudy Thursday meal ad strippig of the altar, Good Friday statios of the cross, ad the Great Vigil before celebratig Easter Suday! Mark your caledars for the followig services: March 20: Palm Suday - oe 9:30 a.m. service, meetig at the traffic circle with PUCCC for the Liturgy of the Palms March 24: Maudy Thursday - 6 p.m. Agape Meal ad Strippig of the Altar March 25: Good Friday - oo & 7 p.m. - Statios of the Cross March 26: Holy Saturday - 8 p.m. - Great Vigil (this will be a brief service, lastig about a hour) March 27: Easter Suday - 8 & 9:30 a.m. Eucharist Vestry Meetig The ext Vestry meetig will be Suday, March 13, immediately followig the 9:30 service i the back of the church. All parishioers are welcome to atted. If you have somethig you wish to have icluded i the ageda, please speak to Joa or to Rady. Seekig a Greeter Coordiator! We're lookig for someoe to help fid greeters--ad let the office kow who is greetig--for March, April, ad May. If you are willig to help out, please let Melissa kow! If you ca't commit to three moths but would like to fill i as a greeter, that's OK, too! Holy Triity (Roma Catholic) From the Pastor's desktop Whe Let begis, we sometimes feel that we've got plety of time to recommit to prayer; give up bad habits or take o good oes; ad cotribute our time, talet, or treasure to carig for our eighbors. We have six weeks, right? Well, we're two ad a half weeks ito Let, so it might be good to check i ad see how you're doig. It's ot too late to atted the Statios of the Cross o Fridays. It's ot too late to give up a day of social media each week to sped more faceto-face time with family or frieds. Ad it's ot too late to voluteer at a commuity supper i your area, such as Food for All o Tuesdays at 5:00 PM i Ashlad's Booster Club or Meals for May o Thursdays at 5 p.m. i the basemet of Plymouth's Cogregatioal Church. Cosider attedig the etire Sacred Triduum this year. These three days, which iclude the iitiatio of our ew members o Easter Vigil, defie who we are as Catholic Christias ad the beauty ad mystery of our faith. Do t forget! It s early this year. Holy Thursday is March 24. The Holy Week schedule is i this bulleti. Parish leaders have all received the Prayer for The Year of Mercy from Pope Fracis. It will be prayed at parish meetigs ad gatherigs throughout the year. Fr. Leo Lete Prayer ad Erichmet Opportuities Taize Service: There will be a Lete Taize service at St. Ages Church o Suday, March 6, at 6:30 p.m. There is a soup supper i the hall precedig the service at 5:30PM. Taize is a meditative ad peaceful experiece where through chatig ad silet prayer, we ca be still ad liste to the Lord. SYMBOLON The Catholic Faith Symbolo Sessios: It is ot too late to joi us for Symbolo. Each sessio stads aloe so you ca joi at ay time! For each of the dates metioed, there are two sessios. Morig Sessio: 9 to 10:30 a.m. Eveig Sessio: 6:30 to 8 p.m. Thursday, March 3 at the Maria Ceter, Tuesday, March 8 at St. Matthew Hall, Thursday, March 10 at Maria Hall, Tuesday, March 15 at St. Matthew Hall, Wedesday, March 16 at Maria Hall Eucharistic Adoratio Moday 8:30 - Newfoud Ladig 9:30 a.m. ~St. Matthew Church~ Thursday 8:30 a.m. - 6 p.m. ~ St. Ages Church~ Friday 8:30-9:30 a.m. ~North America Martyrs Statios of the Cross Friday Noo ~St. Matthew Church~ 4 p.m. ~St. Ages Church~ 6 p.m. ~ Our Lady Of Grace~ Rosary Tuesday at 8:30 a.m. at North America Martyrs Wedesday at 5 p.m. at North America Martyrs First Suday of the Moth at St. Matthew Church before 11:30 Mass. Weekly Meetigs: Thursday, March 3 Day Away Program, Simard Hall, 9 a.m.- 3 p.m. RCIA, St. Matthew Rectory, 6:30 p.m. SYMBOLON, Maria Ceter, 9:00 AM - 10:30 AM 6:30 PM - 8:00 PM Suday, March 6 Kights of Columbus Breakfast, St. Matthew Hall, 7:00 AM Rosary, St. Matthew Church, 11:10 AM FAITH FORMATION: Ashlad, St. Ages Hall, 9:15 AM - 10:45 AM Bristol, Simard Hall, 10:30 AM - 12:15 AM CONFIRMATION: Bristol, Maria Hall, 10:30 AM - 12:15 PM (icludig Mass) Plymouth, St. Matthew Meetig Room, 10:15 AM -12:30 PM (Icludig Mass) Boy Scouts, St. Matthew Hall, 6:00 PM Lete Taize Prayer Service, St. Ages Church, 6:15 PM Soup Supper at 5:30 PM, St. Ages Hall ~AA meetig Moday-Saturday, St. Matthew Hall, 11:00 AM~ Schedule for the Sacramet of Recociliatio 24 Hours of Mercy Friday, March 4th North America Martyrs 8:45-10:00 AM St. Matthew Church 11:30 AM-12:30 PM Our Lady of Grace 5:00 PM - 6:30 PM Saturday, March 5th St. Matthew Church 2:00 PM - 3:30 PM Peace Service Moday, March 14th St. Matthew Church 7:00 PM Catholic Daughters of SEE CHURCHES, PAGE A9 Coverig the Newfoud Lake Area & Surroudig Commuities Alexadria Bridgewater Bristol Dabury Groto Hebro Hill New Hampto A commuity publicatio full of local ews, sports & happeigs. 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9 Churches FROM PAGE A7 the Americas: The Catholic Daughters wish to express our gratitude to all who atteded The Cabi Fever Supper. Because of your geerosity we collected $ The proceeds from the dier will be doated to local charities. Thak you! Liturgy Corer: The Statios of the Cross are a depictio of the fial hours of Jesus, ad the devotio commemoratig the Passio. The traditio bega with St. Fracis of Assisi ad exteded throughout the church durig the middle ages ad is most commoly doe durig Let, especially o Fridays ad o Good Friday. The object of the Statios is to help the faithful to make a spiritual pilgrimage of prayer, through meditatig o the chief scees of Christ's sufferig ad death. It has become a sigificat Lete devotio. You ca participate i the Statios o Fridays at oo at St. Matthew, 4 p.m. at St. Ages ad 6 p.m. at Our Lady of Grace Chapel durig this holy seaso. Lookig Ahead : Triduum Schedule Holy Thursday: March 24 7:00 PM Our Lady of Grace Chapel Good Friday: March 25 5:00 PM Our Lady of Grace Chapel 7:00 PM St. Matthew Church Easter Vigil: March 26 7:30 PM St. Matthew Church Easter Suday: March 27 7:30 AM, St. Matthew Church 9:30 AM, Our Lady of Grace Chapel 11:30 AM St. Matthew Church Campus Miistry Thak you to Shaw Russell for a delicious supper for the studets at the rectory with Fr. Leo last Suday after the mothly prayer service. Look! There's Mary! At the weekly studet meetig o Wedesday, March 2, at 7 p.m., Fr. Leo will discuss Maria apparitios. Meetigs take place i the Reflectio & Spiritual Care Ceter, across from Lamso Library. As always, refreshmets are served, ad all studets are welcome. First Suday Rosary: O Suday, March 5, joi PSU studets i prayig the Rosary at 11:15 AM before Mass at St. Matthew s Church. Next Bible Study offered by ad for PSU studets will be o Tuesday, March 8, at 6:30 p.m. i the Reflectio & Spiritual Care Ceter, across from Lamso Library. Lete Taize prayer service: Suday, March 6, after 5:30 p.m. soup supper at St. Ages Church. This ispirig cotemplative prayer experiece is adapted from the prayer traditio cultivated by the moks of the iteratioal, ecumeical Beedictie moastery i Taizé, Frace. Meditative sigig, brief biblical readigs, ad periods of silece characterize a Taizé service. It will be offered by Holy Triity s Music Miistry ad PSU s Catholic Campus Miistry. Studets iterested i attedig should cotact Kathy Tardif at kmtardif@plymouth. edu so that we ca oraize a carpool. Day Away program If you are carig for a loved oe with Demetia, there comes a time whe the caregivers eed care themselves because they are overwhelmed with the daily, costat eeds of their loved oes. Day Away is a social daycare program that gives a much-eeded break to caregivers, while their loved oes ejoy a day of supervised, safe stimulatio. Voluteers are traied ad a RN is o staff. Ope to adults i the early to mid stages of demetia, Day Away is available to qualified participats i the Lakes Regio who could beefit from the program regardless of creed ad is held o Thursdays from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. i Simard Hall at Our Lady of Grace Chapel i Bristol ad luch is icluded. For more iformatio cotact Fra Olso at or fraeolso@ gmail.com. Voluteers are always eeded for three hour morig ad/or afteroo shifts. Curretly there are opeigs for qualified participats. St. Patrick s Day Dier Fudraiser St. Ages Church Saturday, March 19 from 5-7 p.m. Admissio: $7 for adults, $3 for childre ad $18.00 for families. To help with the meal or for additioal iformatio, call Elea Worrall at Olie resources The Parish Web site (holytriityparishh. org) acts as a valuable clearig house of worldwide resources for all of us. Uder Adult Formatio click o the Liks ad Resources sectio of the site ad you will be guided to diocesa ad Vatica pages as well as a myriad of liks to sites that provide guidace ad educatio i Christia livig ad Theology most of it free. You will fid sites devoted to daily prayer, Bosto College ad Notre Dame Sites offerig credit ad o-credit courses olie, home study courses ad much more. The olie versios of several Catholic ewspapers are liked to our site as well as resources for liturgical miisters. The Parish site is updated o a daily basis, so check back ofte for updates. Icidetals All parish groups ad orgaizatios wishig to pla a evet o ay campus must book that evet through Sady i the Plymouth office at Thak you. Would you be willig to give someoe a ride to Mass? If so, please call either parish office. From time to time, we have parishioers i eed of a ride. Please call the rectory if a loved oe is hospitalized. It is the oly way we ca kow whom we should visit. Federal law prevets hospitals from otifyig local clergy whe a parishioer is hospitalized. Starr Kig Uitaria Uiversalist Fellowship Starr Kig Uitaria Uiversalist Fellowship 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. Suday, March 6, 9:30 a.m. Faith is a Forest Rev. Dr. Judith Smith-Valley, Worship Leader Sarah Da Joes, Music Director Betty A Trought, Worship Associate Our past, preset ad future coverge ad we are caught. If you are lost i the forest, stad still. The trees are ot lost. This quote, jotted dow from a ukow source, may come from a remembered versio of the poem Lost by David Wagoer. I take the ame of this sermo from a UU hym Faith is a Forest. Uitaria Uiversalism is a theological forest that surrouds us, eve whe we feel lost. Visitors are ivited to atted the service as well as all programs at the church. Nursery care is provided for ifats ad toddlers. The childre s program is held dowstairs cocurretly with the service. Joi us for coffee ad coversatio followig the service. Childre ad Youth Religious Educatio, Meredith Fly, DRE Storytime- Our yougest childre i preschool through first grade will hear The Little Red He ad talk Churches/Arts & Etertaimet about the importace of helpig others. They will act out the story together. Moral Tales- The secod ad third graders will read a Buddhist story called The Plum Tree. They will make a plum tree with tissue paper ad paits. I Our Hads- The fourth through sixth grade will explore the cocept of cooperatio ad discuss how it ca help i coflict situatios, as they cotiue to lear about coflict resolutio. Comig of Age- The seveth through teth graders will be workig o their persoal credos today, as they begi to prepare for their affirmatio service. Youth Group- Our eighth though 12th graders meet the secod ad fourth Sudays of the moth from 6-7:30 p.m. i the upstairs coferece room. All are welome! Social Justice Outreach for March - Geesis Behavioral Health, is a private, o-profit orgaizatio desigated by the State of New Hampshire as the commuity metal health ceter servig Belkap ad souther Grafto Couties. Fouded i 1966, GBH provides comprehesive, itegrated metal health treatmet for people livig with - ad recoverig from - metal illess ad/or emotioal distress. I Fiscal Year 2015, GBH s 164 employees served 3,843 childre, adults ad families ad provided early a quarter of a millio dollars of charity care. Geesis Behavioral Health s missio is to provide itegrated metal ad physical health care for people with metal illess while creatig welless ad uderstadig i our com-muity. Their visio is to be the commuity leader providig quality, accessible ad itegrated metal ad physical health services, delivered with dedicatio ad compassio. For more iformatio or to joi their mailig list, visit the website at Please brig caed or dry packaged food items for our local Commuity Closet collectio basket i the foyer. There is also aother collectio basket i the foyer for ext summer s GOT LUNCH! PLYM- OUTH program. Small jars of peaut butter ad jelly, ad caed tua or chicke may be placed there. SKUUF Auctio of Goods ad Services will be held Saturday, March 12, 6 p.m. startig with a silet auctio. Coffee ad sacks will be available. Ogoig activities Choir meets for rehearsal most Thursday eveigs, 7-8:30 p.m. i the sactuary. 1st Friday morig Breakfast Group We will meet o Feb. 5 at the PSU diig hall o High Street, Plymouth at 8:30 a.m. for a casual gatherig of SKUUF members ad frieds for good food ad discussio wherever it leads. Cotact Deedie at cdkriebel@ gmail.com for iformatio about widshield sig for parkig lot ad ay adveture activity afterward. Starr Kig Me s Group meets every first ad third Suday from 6-8 p.m. i the Coferece Room. Secod Suday Hike We leave from the 844-4BARNZS Week of 3/4-3/10 ZOOTOPIA PG Friday - Saturday: 12:20, 2:50, 5:10, 7:30 & 9:50 Suday: 12:20, 2:50, 5:10 & 7:30 Moday -Thursday: 2:50, 5:10 & 7:30 LONDON HAS FALLEN R Friday - Saturday: 12:45, 3:45, 6:45 & 9:45 Suday: 12:45, 3:45 & 6:45 Moday Thursday: 3:45 & 6:45 SPOTLIGHT R Friday Saturday: 1:00,4:00, 7:00 & 10:00 Suday: 1:00, 4:00, 7:00 Moday Thursday: 4:00 & 7:00 Fid us olie at BarZs.com A9 SKUUF lower parkig lot at oo. Cotact mitch@ewfoudfarm. org or Deedie at cdkriebel@gmail.com to register ad receive updates. Ucommittee Gatherigs will meet every secod ad fourth Tuesday, 4-6 p.m. i the Coferece Room. Brig your ow craftig supplies. Cotact Virgiia Miller at seabeas@ roadruer.com for ifo ad ay chages. Wise Wome i Traiig is a wome s group to discuss issues related to wome. Each meetig will have a theme that will be facilitated by a voluteer member of the group. Cotact Betty A Trought at batrought@ gmail.com or just come ad meet with this welcomig group. Wise Wome regularly meets every secod ad fourth Wedesday from 10:30 a.m. to oo i the upstairs coferece room. Bridge players meet o Thursdays i the Coferece Room from 1-4 p.m. Getle Yoga meets i the Fellowship Hall o Wedesdays from 5 6 p.m., ad Saturdays from 8:30-9:30 a.m. For iformatio, cotact Darlee Nadeau at Starr Kig UU Fellowship is located at 101 Fairgrouds Rd., Plymouth. The phoe umber is The Web site is where you ca access Newsletters to read, or prit out, ay of several past issues; Podcast to ejoy listeig to sermos you have missed, or just wat to hear agai; Evets Caledar to fid out what is goig o i our Fellowship. The egie of Grad Fuk Railroad comes to Plymouth Courtesy Mark Farer, former vocalist ad guitarist of Grad Fuk Railroad, performs all his hits ad more at The Flyig Mokey Performace Ceter o Saturday, March 12 at 7:30 p.m. PLYMOUTH Mark Farer, former vocalist ad guitarist of Grad Fuk Railroad, performs all his hits ad more at The Flyig Mokey Performace Ceter o Saturday, March 12 at 7:30 p.m. Farer is kow for peig ad sigig hits like I m you re Captai, Are You Ready, ad We re a America Bad. Regioal rock roller The Da Lawso Bad will ope the show. Tickets for this cocert start at $49. The eigmatic Farer is best kow as the co-fouder of America s premier power-trio, Grad Fuk Railroad. As the bad s frot ma, lead vocalist, lead guitarist ad primary sogwriter, he propelled them to multi-platium superstardom as oe of Capitol Records top sellig acts eve sellig out New York s Shea Stadium faster tha The Beatles! Farer s live delivery of the hits, I m Your Captai / Closer to Home, Some Kid of Woderful, The Loco-Motio, Bad Time (to be i Love), ad We re A America Bad are the stuff of leged. Farer ad his Flit, Mich., bad helped rule the rock world i the first part of the 70s, sellig out stadiums, collectig platium records ad scorig hit pop sigles alog the way. They were eve kicked off a 1970 tour as opeers for Led Zeppeli after upstagig the headliers. We are excited to host oe of rock roll s pioeerig iflueces o our stage, says Seth McNally of The Flyig Mokey. Mark Farer was the voice of Grad Fuk Railroad i their heyday, makig him a idelible part of classic rock itself. Tickets to see Mark Farer are $49, ad $59 for premium seats. For tickets ad more iformatio o cocerts ad the Flyig Mokey Performace Ceter, visit com or call

10 Arts & Etertaimet A10 Plymouth State Theatre presets Romeo ad Juliet March 3-6 at the Silver Ceter Traditioal laguage with music ad desig that is Reaissace Meets 2016 PLYMOUTH The Departmet of Music, Theatre, ad Dace at Plymouth State Uiversity ivites you to experiece Shakespeare aew whe they perform a 2016 versio of the wellkow classic Romeo ad Juliet. Your ear will recogize the traditioal laguage, but the PSU iterpretatio icludes music ad desig that is Reaissace meets 2016, icludig a bit of rap to which the timeless play s iambic petameter leds itself well, accordig to director Sharo Paquette. Although Romeo ad Juliet is a tragedy, there is plety of comedy i this play that is as much about robust ad brimmig youthful eergies as it is about petty grievaces held too log by the older geeratio, Paquette says. The drama moves from comedy to tragedy, but we are holdig o to the comedy util we have to leave it. Professor Elizabeth Daily is the voice coach for the productio, helpig studets with text ad breathig techique sustaiig a log lie ad fidig a appropriate place for breathig that correspods to the meaig of the lie. Daily says, Both Tyler Rich 07 ad I have worked with studets o what is called First Folio Techique, which icorporates recogizig ad uderstadig clues i the text to the author s itetios for the actor. Sarah Leibowitz, a juior Eglish major ad theatre mior from South Hadley, Mass. is assistig as dramaturg ad providig additioal assistace with uderstadig of vocabulary ad its various meaigs. The cast icludes: From the House of Escalus Price Escalus is portrayed by Jacly Goodrich, a seior theatre arts major from Machester; Cout Paris is portrayed by Brade Alward, a sophomore ex- PSU hosts daylog ercise ad sport physiology major from Gilford; Mercutio is portrayed by Bria Chris Williams, a seior theatre arts major from Ceterville, Mass.; ad the Paris page is portrayed by Sophia Shay, a first-year theatre arts major from Derry. From the House of Capulet Capulet is portrayed by Nick Kalatzakos, a seior theatre arts major from Adover, Mass., Capulet s wife is portrayed by Karielle Azaldi, a seior theatre arts major from Newto; Juliet is portrayed by Alexadra Flammia, a first-year theatre arts major ad dace mior from Stoeham, Mass.; Tybalt is portrayed by Myles Parsos, a juior theatre arts major from Alto; the Nurse is portrayed by Darcy Graham, a seior theatre arts major from Machester; Peter is portrayed by Cam Dowig, a juior theatre arts major from Cadia; Gregory is played by Molly Ricker (also a watchma), a Cotemporary Music Festival for youg piaists PLYMOUTH The Departmet of Music, Theatre, ad Dace at Plymouth State Uiversity will host the 18th Aual Cotemporary Music Festival March 12 at the Silver Ceter for the Arts. Free public evets iclude: 9 a.m. A competitio for grades 7-12 piao studets 11 a.m. A public lecture recital o Music of the 21st Cetury for two piaos, eight hads performed by the PSU Piao Quartet: Costace Chesebrough, Alla DiBiase, Da Perkis ad Carlee Graff. The quartet will perform Jambalaya: A Portrait of Old New Orleas by Eugeie Rocherolle; Lig Kub Seur (The Mokey Plays with the Tiger), a lighthearted arragemet of a traditioal Thai tue by Robert Walker; 8 til Late, takig listeers to a jazz club with a relaxig ight out with music ad frieds; Water Blooms by Kyog Mee Choi, ispired by the Clarece F. Buckigham Memorial Foutai i Chicago; ad Quodlibet o 6 America Folk Tues: The Facy Blue Devil s Breakdow, by Igolf Dahl. 1:15 p.m. A semiar with Professor Joatha Satore o Careers i Music 2 p.m. A master class for pre-college piaists with Professor Carlee Graff 3:15 p.m. A public cocert by wiers of the morig competitio ad PSU piao studets. Iformatio about the Departmet of Music, Theatre, ad Dace is olie at Plymouth. edu/departmet/mtd. Iformatio o the Piao Area is olie at Plymouth.edu/go/ piao Iformatio about the Silver Ceter for the Arts is olie at plymouth.edu/silver. CASS INSURANCE INC. Nac & Michelle PO Box 406 Newport, Vermot PERSONAL AUTOS, WORKMAN S COMP. GENERAL LIABILITY AND EQUIPMENT HOMEOWNERS, SNOWMOBILES, ATVS Work FAX cassisurace@myfairpoit.et sophomore theatre arts major ad Eglish Major from Coway; ad Samso (also 2d Watchma) is portrayed by Jared Cotrada, a first year udeclared major from Salem. From the House of Motague Motague is portrayed by Sam Clifto, a first-year theatre arts major from Plaifield; Motague s wife (also apothecary ad choreographer) is portrayed by Carly Usherwood, a seior theatre arts major from Marlborough, Mass.; Romeo is portrayed by David MacNeill, a juior Eglish major from Tygsboro, Mass.; Bevolio is portrayed by Joh Rumore, a sophomore theatre arts major from Salem; Balthasar is portrayed by Valerie Umbro, a juior theatre arts major from North Weymouth., Mass.; ad Abraham is portrayed by Sophia Shay, a firstyear theatre arts major from Derry. Other characters Friar Laurece is portrayed by Leo Curra, a seior theatre arts major from Braitree, Mass., Friar Joh, Petruchio ad Rosalie are portrayed by Paige Mac- Doald, a first-year theatre arts major/dace mior from Radolph, Mass.; Esemble: Nicole Morris, a first-theatre arts major from Woodstock, Vt., ad Maggie McGover, a sophomore theatre arts major from Widham, Maie. Performaces of Romeo ad Juliet are March 3 ad 4 at 7 p.m., March 5 at 2 p.m. ad 8 p.m., ad March 6 at 2 p.m. i Haaway Theatre at the Silver Ceter for the Arts. Tickets are available at the Silver Ceter Box Office, (603) or (800) Tickets are also available olie at silver.plymouth.edu. Big, Heavy, Other: Recet Works by Phil Loerga at PSU's Karl Drerup Art Gallery PLYMOUTH The Karl Drerup Art Gallery ad Exhibitios Program at Plymouth State Uiversity will preset works created by Professor of Art ad Director of Sculpture Phil Loerga March 1 April 2, with a opeig receptio from 4 6 p.m. Tuesday March 1. Loerga took a while to get ito the field of higher educatio. He eared a Bachelor of Arts degree i psychology from Sait Thomas College i Miesota ad the spet two years as a boat builder i Swede, several years as a furiture builder i New Eglad, ad a year i Australia miig opals, before earig a Master of Fie Arts degree i sculpture from SUNY-Albay i New York. Loerga came to Plymouth State Uiversity i For may years, Loerga idetified himself as a craftsma, cuttig dovetails by had, learig to carve ad chisel ad usig complex geometry to figure out how to create a form that perfectly embodied his artistic visio. All of these elemets are still egraied i his work, ad the techical skill he developed his craftsmaship still sets his work apart i some ways. Followig his 2014 academic sabbatical however, Loerga bega to questio this way of makig, ad started explorig differet artistic processes that poke holes i some of my former emphasis o hadwork ad craft, he says. Sice so may objects are o loger made by had, he wodered If art is, i may ways, a reflectio of our society, how does the hadmade object reflect or critique NijaFlex Self-portrait by Phil Loerga the world we live i today? What would happe to me as a artist, ad to my work, if I set aside my ow persoal emphasis o craft ad vetured ito ew territories? Some of the territories Loerga explores i his curret show stem from his ew work i digital media. He ad his studets have embarked o projects usig digital video ad three dimesioal (3-D) pritig, causig him to thik about sculpture as a four-dimesioal art. Ad he has explored how his traditioal traiig as a maker ca be useful to him if he leaves the chisel ad welder behid. Big, Heavy, Other focuses o itermediary media the pathways that took Loerga from traditioal sculpture ad craft ito more postmoder ways of makig, icludig digital media ad 3-D pritig. Some of the works display fie craft ad the precisio of the furiture desiger he oce was, ad some reflect the sculptor who played with scale ad perspective i whimsical or beautiful objects. But Courtesy may of the processes he used i this istace are very differet from the traditioal makig he did before his sabbatical. Much of the work i this exhibitio was desiged o a computer, usig software rather tha a saw, he says. Some of it was fabricated i factories by paid workers usig tools that I do t have i my ow home studio. Some of it was prited o shared 3-D priters that are part of a etwork of diverse makers i our regio. The work i Big, Heavy, Other represets where Loerga says he is right ow, caught betwee my past as a master craftsma ad my emergig iterest i digital processes, crowdsourced fabricatio ad playful exploratio of a sculptor s place i a chagig world. The Karl Drerup Art Gallery is i the Draper ad Mayard Buildig o North Mai Street i Plymouth. Gallery Hours are Moday, Tuesday, Thursday ad Friday, 10 a.m. 4 p.m.; Wedesday, 10 a.m. 8 p.m., Saturday 1 4 p.m., ad by appoitmet. There is o charge for admissio. Geeral iformatio about the Karl Drerup Art Gallery is olie at Plymouth.edu/ gallery. Geeral iformatio about evets at Plymouth State Uiversity is olie at ThisWeek@PSU, thisweek.blogs.plymouth.edu.

11 Arts & Etertaimet/Health & Welless A11 Artistic Roots features Jeifer Alba as our Teachig Artist of the Moth PLYMOUTH Jeifer Alba, is cotiuig her embroidery classes this moth. Her class is called, Draw, Stitch ad Chat with Je Alba o March 12 from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Alba is kow for her amazig desigs o her ow clothig ad those pieces that she sells i the gallery. For this class, you are requested to brig a piece of your ow clothig that you wish to decorate (should be deim, lie, or cotto). You will be supplied with all that you eed to make your desig come alive! Cost of the class is $60 for members ad $65 for o-members. Embroidery ethusiasts may atted without istructio; cost is $10 for members ad $15 for o-members. Ly Haust is offerig three classes this moth. The Glass Fusig Class, teaches participats to create beautiful fused glass creatios to place i a widow to catch the Simple solutios to keep agig ski healthy BY JENNIFER HARVEY, RN BSN CDP Cliical Director LIVE FREE HOME HEALTH CARE While may Americas sped hudreds of dollars a year o products that claim to defy age, the simple truth is that the ski does chage with age, ad these age-related chages leave older adults at a icreased risk for certai ski issues. While we may ot be able to completely stave off wrikles, there are some simple solutios that ca help older adults overcome commo age-related ski problems ad maitai healthy ski. Dryess Dry, flaky ski affects 75 percet of people over the age of 65, accordig to Medscape. Lower legs, elbows, ad forearms ted to be especially susceptible to dryess ad irritatig itchiess. This occurs because as a perso ages, the umber of sweat ad oil glads i his or her body decreases, cotributig to dry ski. Some simple solutios to help combat dryess ad itchig i agig ski iclude: Takig warm rather tha hot baths or showers ad bathig less ofte. Usig oly mild soaps ad shampoos. Some people may require a special soap or shampoo such as Nizoral which is made for special ski coditios. Moisturizig ofte, especially after a bath. Avoidig perfumes, which may irritate the ski. Drikig plety of fluids to rehydrate the ski. Usig a humidifier i the witer or i dry climates. Avoidig overexposure to the su ad usig sublock. Bruisig Thiig ski ad weakeed blood vessels cause older adults to be more susceptible to bruisig, eve followig mior bumps ad scrapes. Some simple solutios to help prevet bruisig or to help existig bruises heal iclude: Applyig a cold compress to the bruise for about 20 miutes to reduce blood flow to the area ad decrease iflammatio. Elevatig a bruised foot or leg. Gettig plety of vitami C. Vitami C plays a importat role i the productio of collage, which ca protect agaist bruisig. Wearig log sleeves ad log pats whe doig tasks that may ijure the ski. Accordig to the Mayo Cliic, if a bruise is large ad paiful or if bruises appear for o reaso, especially if ew medicatio is beig take or bleedig i other areas is oticed, such as o the ose ad gums, call a physicia. Pressure Sores Pressure sores also called bed sores or pressure ulcers are ski ijuries that result from prologed pressure agaist the ski that ihibits a adequate supply of blood to the ski. Pressure sores ca develop quickly ad are ofte difficult to treat; however, there are strategies to help prevet them, icludig: Chagig positios frequetly (every oe to two hours) to avoid puttig too much stress o oe area of the ski ad icrease blood flow to the area. Usig supportive surfaces, like cushios, pads ad special mattresses to relieve pressure. Ispectig the ski daily to idetify vulerable areas or early sigs of pressure sores. Carig for the ski is vital as a perso ages. A professioal home care agecy, such as Live Free Home Health Care, uderstads ski care eeds due to agig ad ca assist with: Bathig ad moisturizig. Ispectig for chages to the ski. Icotiece ski care. Preparig healthy, diet-specific meals. Assistig with a physicia-approved exercise/activity regime. For more iformatio about elder care services, or more tips o carig for agig ski, please visit www. LiveFreeHomeHealth- Care.com. About Live Free Home Health Care Servig the Lakes Regio ad Cetral New Hampshire, Live Free Home Health Care, LLC is dedicated to providig top quality care i the comfort of home, wherever home may be. Locally operated by its fouders, Live Free Home Health Care offers a wide rage of services, from compaio care ad assistace with activities of daily livig to skilled ursig. All care is supervised ad updated by a registered urse, who is specially traied to watch for ew or chagig health issues. Whether the eed is for short or log term care, Live Free Home Health Care works with each cliet s physicia to provide a cotiuum of care uparalleled with other agecies, ad the compassioate staff promises to treat each cliet respectfully ad like a cherished family member. Live Free Home Health Care also offers medical alert systems to provide extra peace of mid should a emergecy care eed arise. For further iformatio, cotact or visit ad follow us o Facebook. Your Favorite Decorator For Sewig doe right Jodie Favorite Ower #36 Baker St. Slipcovers Bristol, N.H Cushios Widow Treatmets Office: Pillows & Accessories Cell: Upholstery jfavorite@ttlc.et Alteratios Facebook: Your favorite decorator Website: yourfavoritedecorator.com Courtesy This beautiful lie dress is a example of Je Alba s work. Joi her at Artistic Roots o March 12 from 10 a.m.-1 p.m. i her class, Draw, Chat ad Stitch with Je. Brig your ow clothig item to tur ito a oe of a kid wearable piece of art. light. You will lear to use strigers, frit ad how to cut ad place glass. The class is taught o Saturday, March 12 from 10 a.m. to oo ad agai o March 21 from 5 to 7 p.m. Cost is $25 for members ad $30 for others. She will also offer a Kil Fired Glass Pedat class at her Witerhill Studio o March 19, 10 a.m.-oo ad the secod class is March 26 from 10 a.m.- oo. Cost of the class is $110. Ly for further istructios o this class at Witerhillglass@gmail.com. Suza Gaett is a multi-medium artist workig i watercolors, Ze Doodles ad jewelry (makig her ow flame work beads). She will be teachig a class for childre o March 12 called Ze Doodle Aimals for Kids. This class will meet from oo to 2 p.m., ad the cost is $10 for members ad $12 for o-members. She will offer a adult class o March 14 called Shamrocks ad Eggs. This is hoor of Sait Patrick s Day ad Easter. This will be the theme of our desigs for the moth. This class will meet from 5-7 p.m., ad the cost is $20 for members ad $25 for o-members. She is also offerig adults a Watercolor Class, desiged for the begiers o March 28. We will look at how to pait flowers i a vase usig a live model. This class will meet from 5-7 p.m., ad the cost is $30 for members ad $35 for o-members. Each moth, Artistic Roots also offers a ope class i Kittig 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. Become a Supportig Member! The cost is $25 aually, ad you receive a discout o all classes offered at the gallery. Artistic Roots is o 73 Mai St. i Plymouth. You ca register for classes by stoppig by the gallery or phoig

12 Health & Welless/Busiess A12 PSU studet practitioers preset Naturally Fit at ALLWell North PLYMOUTH Studet practitioers Tim Walsh ad Samatha Urbo will be offerig a effective ad ispirig physical traiig program ope to studets ad commuity members begiig i March 2016 at the ALLWell North track ad field facility. Naturally Fit is a total-body coditioig program desiged by Tim ad Samatha based o best practices i exercise sciece. The program is part of a Health Educatio ad Promotio course supervised by Dr. Barbara McCaha. There is o cost for this program. Across a four-week series of workout sessios, participats will receive istructio o complex exercises for flexibility, core, ad balace traiig. Idividualized coachig will help athletes to idetify ad work towards persoal goals. Methods will iclude exercises that will gradually progress from moderate to higher itesity ad greater complexity. Committed participats ca expect to begi developig total body stamia that ca be applied to a wide variety of recreatioal ad sports activities. Group activities will be coupled with both group ad persoal challeges i ways that will provide measurable improvemets i both physical fitess ad metal disciplie. Ayoe iterested i this program is asked to eroll for oe of three itroductory/orietatio sessios which will be held; March 4, 7 & 9 at 12:15 p.m. at the ALL- Well Track. At these meetigs participats will receive a pre-assessmet ad complete registratio materials. The full program sessios will be every Moday, Wedesday ad Friday at 12:15-1 p.m. from Moday, March 21 util April 29 at ALLWell North. Showers ad chagig areas are available - participats must brig their ow water bottles, towels ad other supplies. Idoor traiig shoes are required. Sig up for a orietatio sessio to secure a place i this program at: geius.com/go/30e- 0b44a5a82ba3fe3-aturally. Limited to 20 participats. For additioal iformatio, call Dr. Barbara McCaha at THE WINNIPESAUKEE TALKIE February, YTD home sales soar, sustaied recovery aticipated BY RANDY HILMAN February home sales rose sharply year over year, pushig up total sales for the ew year early 31% compared to the same period last year, sales figures show. Although February home sales i Belkap, Carroll ad Grafto couties fell 23 percet from the previous moth to 121 closed trasactios, the story developig i early 2016 is oe of year over year advaces i closed ad pedig sales, media home price, sales dollar volume ad a shrikig ivetory of sigle family homes, all of which bodes well for a repeat of the 11 percet sales gai realized i 2015, experts say. Save for a few expesive outliers where low ivetory ad high prices have become the orm, a balaced (growth) market is aticipated for much of the coutry for the foreseeable future, the New Hampshire Associatio of REAL- TORS wrote i its 2015, year-ed report. NHAR oted that a healthy, yearlog demad for housig was spurred o by a improvig jobs market ad iterest rates that remaied historic lows. The Federal Reserve raised its short-term bechmark iterest rate i December ad more icreases are expected this year as the ecoomy cotiues to improve, but NHAR wrote i its December report that the housig market appears to have accepted the ievitability of risig rates ad most housig experts predict that additioal iterest rate hikes by the Fed will have oly a egligible impact o log-term fixed rate mortgages. I the three-couty regio covered by this report, YTD homes sales rose 30.7% year over year to 294 closed trasactios, accordig to market data supplied by the New Eglad Real Estate Network Multiple Listig Service. The impressive gai was buoyed by super strog year over year activity last moth, which saw sigle-family home sales rise 40.7 percet to 121 uits. February pedig home sales were up 7.2 percet with pedig sales for the year up 18.4 percet year over year to 206 active cotracts i the sales pipelie. Meawhile, the media price of a home sold i the three-couty regio fell percet last moth, but iched upward YTD to $185,000, a 2.8 percet gai from the first two moths of 2015, NEREN data shows. The dollar volume of completed sales rose a substatial 25.5 percet last moth to $27.6 millio, while YTD that figure stood at $76.7 millio, a impressive year over year icrease of 39.3 percet. Risig dollar volume idicates growig demad ad a shrikig homes ivetory. Witer ivetory i the three couties stood at 12.8 moths supply at the ed of February, dow 36 percet from the same period last year, accordig to NEREN. Statewide, similar results are aticipated, although NHAR has ot yet published its sales data for I the three-couty Lakes Regio, however, Belkap Couty led February sales with 39 closed trasactios, up 62.5 percet year over year. YTD sales were up 31.9 percet to 91 closed sales, accordig to NEREN. Pedig sales for the year, meawhile, were up 66 percet to 71 trasactios compared to Dollar volume, too, was up 60.5 percet last moth ad up 24.1 percet for the year at $24.6 millio ad housig ivetory dropped 39.7 percet a 11.7-moth supply. YTD, the media price of a home i Belkap Couty fell 7.5% to $185,000. February home sales i Grafto Couty also rose substatially above the previous year with 45 closed trasactios, a icrease of 55.2 percet. YTD, 99 homes sold, a gai of 25.3% over the previous year. Pedig sales were up 11.9 percet for the same period with 66 trasactios i the sales pipelie. While the media price of a Grafto Couty home dropped 21.4 percet for the moth, year over year, it was up 14.7 percet YTD to $164,000. Dollar volume was up 54.7 percet, year over year, to $23.7 millio while the supply of available housig shruk to 13 moth, a declie of 31 percet, accordig to NEREN. YTD sales i Carroll Couty grew 35 percet year over year, to 104 closed uits. I the moth of February, 37 homes closed, a 12 percet year over year gai, palig i compariso to the robust icreases logged i Belkap ad Grafto couties. Pedig sales i Carroll Couty were dow 8.8 percet for the year to 62 cotracts, NEREN data shows. Dollar volume was flat for the moth of February but up a substatial 42.5 percet to $28.4 millio for the year. Witer ivetory there, meawhile, fell 40 percet, year over year, to 12.9 moths. Do you have specific questios pertaiig to real estate activity i your eck of the woods? Are you thikig of sellig your home or do you kow someoe who may be plaig to buy or sell a home i the ear future? Either way I ca help. The real estate market is ever chagig. What you do t kow about it could cost you time ad moey. Cotact me today by or phoe to schedule a free, ostrigs cosultatio. Meawhile, thak you for readig The Wiipesaukee Talkie. The Wiipesaukee Talkie is a real estate feature colum produced by Rady Hilma, a award-wiig former busiess jouralist for The Teessea, a Gaett daily ewspaper located i Nashville, Te. Mr. Hilma today is a associate broker at Keller Williams Lakes & Moutais Realty, Wolfeboro. He ca be reached at or by at rhilma@ radyhilmahomes. com MARK ON THE MARKETS BY MARK PATTERSON Whe you hear the phrase risky ivestmets, thigs like pey stocks, futures cotracts, optio cotracts or juk bods likely come to mid. But those ivestmets or whatever you wat to call them are typically used for speculatio or as it used to be called takig a flier or chace, kowig your odds of success are ot great. Futures ad optios are ot risky per say, just leveraged so that they move faster i or away from profit. They ca be used for risk mitigatio i some circumstaces. The risk that I wated to address though was the risk i owig Risky ivestmets thigs i your ivestmet portfolio that you may believe are safe icome producig vehicles like divided payig stocks, preferred stocks, MLP s or bod fuds. Whe a stock or bod is purchased for icome or the divided it becomes that much more sesitive to iterest rate fluctuatios. As a example; because yields o CD, s, bods ad fixed icome i geeral are so low, ivestmet moey has sought out ay vehicle that pays a good divided or yield. That i tur drives the price up ad yield dow, so whe you have a lot of moey chasig this yield you get iflated prices of the stock or bod. Now I am ot coviced that rates will go up sigificatly all that soo, i fact I believe that we have a lot of deflatioary issues to get through before we worry about real iflatio. Just realize that abrupt currecy value chage or a host of exteral global factors ca chage the iterest rate picture very quickly creatig a real jolt to those iterest rate sesitive vehicles. Kow that I am ot agaist bods, just bod fuds. Bod fuds are typically perpetual i ature, i other words, the bods are bought ad sold by the fud maager with o maturity date as far as you are cocered. Iflows ad outflows make holdig a bod till maturity a challege for fuds. Typically if rates go up you lose value, if they go dow you gai value. If you wat exposure to bods you might cosider idividual treasuries, corporate or muicipal bods with varied maturity dates, referred to as ladderig. Ladderig is just a method of staggerig maturity dates from short term to log, with a strategy that the ear term maturities may be reivested ito a potetial risig rate market. This is referred to as immuizig the portfolio. If you buy idividual bods you will at least kow what you paid, what your yield, maturity date will be ad have more cotrol over the ivestmet. If you do ot feel that you have eough assets to justify idividual bods I would just take a pass o the bod fud at this stage of the game ad fid somethig else for icome. Of course, all these strategies ca be debated, I just wat you to be active ad aware of what is goig o with your moey whether you maage it yourself or have someoe maagig for you. Mark Patterso is a Ivestmet Advisor with MHP Asset Maagemet LLC, ad ca be reached at or Mark@MHP-Asset. com

13 Busiess A13 Witerfest FROM PAGE A1 fu, there was a serous side to the day, too, as people gathered to watch The Opiod Effect the participated i a pael discussio o the opiod crisis that has spread throughout the etire state. Moderated by Judge Ned Gordo, members of the pael were Lt. Timothy Woodward of the Bristol Police Departmet, Firefighter/Paramedic George Clayma of Bristol Fire Departmet, Dr. Adrea Berry of Midstate Health, Polly Morris from CADY, ad Da Farrel, a former Forest FROM PAGE A1 haps a little more tha a mile of terrai, took four hours, with frequet stops to aalyze ad iterpret the evidece of thigs usee i the form of aimal tracks, scat ad other sigs of wildlife alog the way. Not two miutes ito the hike, Va de Poll stopped alog the ecotoe, a richly diverse edge zoe betwee the former agricultural meadowlad ad forest, to call attetio to the presece of small mammals, meadow voles or shrews, burrowig beeath the crust of sow uderfoot. Suddely, lookig across the vast, seemigly silet, still ad sow-covered ladscape he cojured up a image of itese aimal activity takig place just below the surface. Stop the ma at radom aywhere i the woods ad he fill fid somethig iterestig to talk about...at legth! As the afteroo cotiued to ufold, the Professor ad his studets paused alog the way to examie a myriad of aimal tracks to determie which critters had recetly bee frolickig ad foragig i the forest. The team followed the footsteps of a River Otter as its trail skirted the riverbak, slidig ito the Cockermouth. The mottled texture of beaver gaw marks o a brach was admired Doa Rhodes Bristol Lios Club Presidet Merle Lyo ad Brya Richardso of Stad Up Newfoud sample some of the delicious chili dishes etered i the Chili Cook-Off at Witerfest last Saturday i Bristol. drug user who is i logterm recovery. It was very productive ad there was a lot of etworkig that wet o afterward. That s the kid of thig it s goig to take to beat this, said Clayma. for its artistry. Beaver tracks were spotted o the shorelie. Team members measured footprits ad aalyzed the imprits i the sow, focusig i o the spacig ad patter of tracks to determie the gait, size ad probable idetities of dozes of creatures alog the way, distiguishig amogst kow octural eighbors which may have left their mark o the ladscape overight. I this way the foresic ecologists were able to sketch a busy picture of aimal activity i the forest. A gouge out of the bark of a red pie, made by a bear rubbig his back agaist the truk to mark territory, merited a a aimated demostratio by Dr. Va de Poll. The exposed veis of a recet star-osed mole tuel i the sow was the occasio of a detailed lecture o differetiatig betwee the sigs of several small mammal species. The afteroo s yield icluded tracks of Sowshoe Hare, Fisher, Coyote, Grouse, Fox ad eve, sigs of Flyig Squirrel estig i the trees. The team of citize scietists stopped to measure Bob s Pie ad calculate the height of what is curretly speculated to be perhaps the tallest tree i the forest. At approximately 127 feet, the veerable Pie towers overhead, but the verdict is still out o Brya Richardso of SUN said he was pleased with the turout for their first Witerfest ad looks forward to other commuity evets ad discussios i the future. whether it is the local champio. There is so much more explorig to do! The afteroo woud up with a pizza party i the basemet of the Hebro Commuity Church, followed by a fasciatig eveig slide show ad lecture accompaied by Va de Poll s travelig road show hides from coyote, beaver, fox ad mik. The overflow crowd for the evet was ivited to touch the luscious furs for a more tactile experiece of the aimals featured i the presetatio o our local wildlife. A popular visitor, Dr. Va de Poll will retur to Hebro for repeat performaces i the future, icludig a scheduled stit as a preseter at the Newfoud Audubo s Red Bar Lecture series this upcomig August, held every year at Pete Carey s Meadow Wid property i Hebro. So stay tued for more outdoor activities sposored by the Hebro Coservatio Commissio s Suzae Smith ad Martha Twombly. Local ladowers who would like to tour their property with a team of traied Newfoud Trackers are ecouraged to cotact Newfoud Trackig Team members Lida Walsh at , or Martha Twombly at , to schedule a guided adveture o their lad. You ever kow what you are goig to fid out there! Police FROM PAGE A1 sides at the Feb. 6 Deliberative Sessio, where may residets spoke out o the topic. While oe getlema cited may reasos ad icidets where he felt the tow has ot received proper respose ad service from the departmet ad therefore proposed turig law eforcemet duties over to the New Hampshire State Police, others disagreed. Highway Director Jeff Catara said there are may icidets where a police officer is required to help him i his duties ad State Police officers would ot take time to deal with such mior issues ad ifractios. He remided residets that the Alexadria Police Departmet was es- Derby FROM PAGE A3 he first year they have ever fished o that lake. Paul Butterfield has bee doig the derby for aroud 11 years, Bria has doe if for eight. setially a two-perso departmet ad those two officers could ot be expected to be available 24/7, which is why the State Police step i after hours or whe APD is busy with a court case. Abolishig the departmet, he felt, would be a dagerous move. We do t wat Alexadria to become the wild, wild west, he said at the February deliberative sessio. Others agreed with Catara ad eve praised the departmet for its assistace i times of eed ad, because they could ot remove a petitioed article from the ballot, those i attedace that day begrudgigly passed the article o to the March Tow Meetig for a tow wide vote. There will be two They said they usually fish o Meredith Bay. We miss the show, Bria Butterfied said. We miss all the vedors, Paul Butterfield said. That s kid of fu. They still had a good weeked together with other petitioed articles o the warrat as well, icludig oe to raise ad appropriate $5,000 for the Hayes Library Associatio to be used i buildig repairs ad maiteace eeded for the library to remai i operatio. The secod requests that the tow adopt a official Budget Committee, cosistig of seve members appoited by the Moderator util ext year s Tow Meetig whe those positios would be put forth for electio uder staggered terms. Votig for curret opeigs for tow officials as well as these ad all other matters before the tow i 2016 will take place o March 8 from 11 a.m. 7 p.m. at the Alexadria Tow Hall, located at 45 Washbur Rd. i Alexadria. family ad eighbors. Dumaie said he ejoys the camaraderie of the evet. With aother derby i the books, work is already startig o the ext oe. As of Moday we ll start o ext year s derby, Avrutie said. Capital FROM PAGE A4 cy rooms. It also has work requiremets for able-bodied childless adults. These adults must sped at least 30 hours a week at work, traiig, commuity service or oe of several other qualifyig work activities. HB1696 is a good start, but it eeds some work. First, I do t believe New Hampshire s budget should be egatively impacted by the NHHPP. HB1696 proposes that the isurace premium tax (the tax paid by the isurace compaies for the NHHPPs) will be used to help fud the program. Curretly, the isurace premium tax ($9 millio) goes ito the state s geeral fud. Those fuds should cotiue to go to the geeral fud. The Departmet of Health & Huma Services also testified that they expect to sped $1 to $2 millio a year i admiistrative costs for this program. I believe that cost should be also bore by the isurace compaies ad the hospitals. Secod, there eeds to be trasparecy. The HB1696 should require every hospital ad medical office publish all of their pricig for procedures (cash vs. isurace) ad post ay other valuable data like success rates or ifectio rates. We eed to provide good iformatio to cosumers so they ca make iformed choices about their health care. Fially, there should be a accoutability measure to assure that the paymets made by the isurace compaies ad the hospitals are ot cost-shifted to taxpayers through higher premiums or services. I look forward to workig with my colleagues i creatig a fial package that provides private health isurace to those who ca least afford it, while assurig that New Hampshire taxpayers are protected. As always, I wat to hear from you. If you have a cocer you d like to share, a evet you d like me to atted, or a problem you thik I might be able to help with please call or ( [o] or jeaie@ jeaieforrester.com). If you would like to subscribe to my e-ewsletter, visit ad sig up.

14 The Rest of the Story A14 Electios FROM PAGE A1 for the Police Cruiser Capital Reserve ad Article 8 will become ull ad void whe the votes are tallied. The polls will be ope at the Dabury Tow Hall from 11 a.m. 7 p.m. for electios ad votig o all warrat articles. New Hampto New Hampto is aother SB2 commuity ad voters will fid o cotested races for tow offices this year, but will have to make decisios o 19 other articles o their ballots. Besides four zoig amedmets, the ballot will seek approval for the upcomig operatig budget of $2,723,852, a amout that s $41,465 more tha i Voters will also be asked to make a partial paymet of $25,000 o the Public Safety Buildig loa (the remaiig amout of that paymet is icluded i the operatig budget) ad to raise $37,945 to purchase ad outfit a ew police cruiser. The fire departmet has several articles o this year s ballot, icludig the purchase of a ew ambulace through a grat ad moey from the Fire Departmet Special Reveue Fud. Through their Reveue Fud they also ask permissio to withdraw moies for portable radios ad related equipmet, a rescue saw ad Firehouse Software. The oly article requirig moey raised through taxes is Article 15, which asks for $36,950 for the lease/purchase of a defibrillator. The first $16,000 paymet toward that agreemet would be made through the withdrawal of moey from their Special Reveue Fud with the balace of the $20,950 to be fiaced through the lease/purchase agreemet. The article will require a 3/5 majority to pass. Last but certaily ot least are requests for a total of $105,000 to be placed i four separate Expedable Trust ad Capital Reserve fuds. Registered voters i New Hampto will be able to cast their ballots betwee 11 a.m. ad 7 p.m. at the Tow House, located at 86 Tow House Road off Route 104. Bridgewater Voters i the Tow of Bridgewater have the lightest warrat of all area commuities this year with o cotested races ad oly oe article to vote o at Tow Meetig- the $1,385,599 operatig budget. We got everythig doe last year, said the selectma s Admiistrative Secretary, Kathi Gickas. The shortest tow meetig we ever had was six-ad-a half miutes ad this year we hope to break that record. Tow Meetig will be held at the Tow Office Buildig at 8 p.m. o March 8, ad if Gickas s lighthearted predictio comes true, it could ed by 8:05 p.m.. Notebook FROM PAGE A5 ad slightly visible rigs o its tail. Her experiece came as o great surprise to other people aroud Caaa Hill, o or ear which several people have reported excellet sightigs, icludig oe residet o the souther side of the hill who took a photo of a adult moutai lio walkig amog his backyard apple trees. I have the picture, ad it s beyod doubt. Cougars have bee extirpated (facy word for locally wiped out ), at least i the Northeast, sice the tur of the last cetury. May sightigs are reported each year, however, especially i orther parts of Maie, New Hampshire ad Vermot. Wildlife officials typically dey their existece, citig the lack of solid proof such as hair samples, scat, uassailable photos or film, or a carcass from a road kill or someoe protectig livestock. Cospiracy theorists, however, suspect that the deial is based o state wildlife officials uwilligess to cope with yet aother edagered species, ad the presumed headaches it would etail. Others poit to Officialdom s dismissal of udeiable sightigs or pictures as escaped pets. Hebro Voters i Hebro will see oly two cotested races for tow officials whe Barbara Brooks ad Suzae Appleto face off for oe six-year term as a Supervisor of the Checklist ad both William York ad William Powers vie for a three-year term as a Library Trustee. Tow Meetig will the recovee o Saturday, March 12, to cosider other articles icluded i this year s warrat. The first will be Are you i favor of chagig the term of the elected tow treasurer from oe year to three years, begiig with the term of the tow treasurer to be elected at ext year's regular tow meetig? The proposed Operatig Budget of $1,194,533 will also be up for cosideratio alog with a few other items ot icluded i that proposed figure. Additioal expeditures will iclude $90,000 for improvemets to Paorama Road, $80,540 to be placed i a umber of Capital Reserve fuds, ad $7,420 raised by taxatio to be added to the fud balace withdrawals, doatios ad grats for the Gazebo Programs. There are a few other housekeepig items up for approval from the tow, such as upcomig perambulatio expeses to be paid for through the fud balace, the discotiuace of the Charrette Fud ad other moetary trasfers. Pollig for elected officials will take place from 11 a.m. util 7 p.m. at the Hebro Commuity Hall o March 8th, while Saturday s Tow Meetig will begi at 9 a.m. i the Bridgewater-Hebro Village School, located at 25 School House Road, off the Mayhew Turpike i Bridgewater. Hill The Tow of Hill will also see oly oe cotest- Challegers of these deials, meawhile, ote that the whole edagered thig is a federal matter, ad thus there are huge amouts of federal dollars waitig i some giat Edagered Species Bi to be raied o a state agecy if called for. They also wryly observe that there is o such a thig as a secret i small-tow, rural America, ad if ayoe was keepig a cougar as a pet it would quickly be kow (ot ecessarily i order) by eighbors, relatives, etire eighborhoods, the gag at the gas statio, the biligual crowd (oe of the thigs I love about where I live) at the Spa Restaurat, the police chief, the local coservatio officer (a.k.a. game warde, fish cop), ad ideed, by far-off skeptical, pooh-poohig, i-deial Officialdom itself (Motpelier, Vermot; Cocord, New Hampshire). Further, twice durig my more tha three decades of writig Woods, Water & Wildlife" for the statewide New Hampshire Suday News, I asked readers if ayoe kew of or ever heard of aybody keepig a moutai lio as a pet, recet-past or preset, ad received ot a sigle respose. (A little geographical explaatio here: Both states have their Caaas ad Moadocks; oe pair is i southwester New Hampshire; the other is i the Northeast Kigdom of Vermot). Nothig much seems impossible for a cougar, which i ormal circumstaces rages 50 miles without pausig for breath, ad ca rage much farther whe hormoes ad goads replace brais ad a youg male idulges i waderlust. Several years ago a cougar was killed i the road i Greewich, Coecticut, just 40 miles or so orth of New York City. Geetic researchig ad backtrackig for hair samples ad abudat trail-camera images proved that it was a youg adult disperser male o the log-distace prowl for a mate---i this case, all the way from the Black Hills of South Dakota, some 1,800 miles. With that ad other evidece i mid, those who questio authority reset the federal govermet s declaratio several years ago that the Easter Cougar---Norther New Eglad s very ow cougar of atiquity---is extict, ad poit to uquestioable ecouters ad sightigs as evidece that ative ed race o their ballot ext Tuesday whe Alexader Aukem ad J. Michael Brady will each look to replace a seat beig vacated by curret Selectma Mark Dow. Judith Brady is seekig a oe-year term for tow Treasurer, Gerard Desrochers seeks the positio of Moderator ad Kathlee Kelley looks to fill oe of the two opeigs for Library Trustee. With four opeigs o the Budget Committee, oly Deise Robie siged o for re-electio ad all other opeigs i the tow remai uspoke for at this time. At Tow Meetig, voters will be asked to approve a $972,410 muicipal operatios budget, up $5,100 from the 2015 figures, as well as $21,630 for paymet o the lease to purchase agreemet made i 2013 for a fire truck. The tow also looks to establish a ew Capital Reserve Fud for future office equipmet purchases, with a iitial deposit of $5,000. Voters will also be asked to approve $2,500 for the purchase of a trailer to house electroics disposed of at the Tow Trasfer Statio. Moey for that expese would be withdraw from the Trasfer Statio Improvemets Capital Reserve. As the fial article o the warrat, voters are additioally beig asked to allow for the withdrawal of $39,196 from the Edwi W. Ferri Memorial Trust that would the be deposited i the Geeral Fud to offset Geeral Govermet Expeses. I Hill the polls for tow electios will ope at 11 a.m. i the Hill Public Library o Crescet Street, while Tow Meetig will begi at 7 p.m. o Thursday, March 10, at the adjacet Jey Blake Elemetary School where voters will discuss ad vote o the remaiig articles. moutai lios hug o all these years i the wilds of orthermost Maie ad the Maritimes. The big cats are back, they believe, ad are slowly reoccupyig their acestral rage. Ideed, the presece of youg kits i several of the better ecouters gives rise to the coclusio that there are at least a few deig pairs i orther Maie, New Hampshire ad Vermot. Where does all this leave excited ad fortuate-feelig cougar spotters like Terrie Herr? Feelig really, really lucky to have see such a aimal, swishig its icredibly log tail as it walked through their little piece of God s Coutry. Ad feelig chagried, o doubt, that those i deial ad the Doubtig Thomases will ot stop deyig ad doubtig util preseted with a carcass. Ad hopig, at the same time, that it wo t come to that. (This colum rus i weekly ewspapers coverig two-thirds of New Hampshire from Cocord to Lower Quebec ad parts of wester Maie ad ortheaster Vermot. Write to campguyhooliga@gmail. com or Box 39, Colebrook, NH )

15 Newfoud Ladig Sports B Sectio Thursday, Thursday, March 3, 2016 What s O Tap Just a few games remai o the regular seaso schedule for the local high school teams ad playoffs fill the rest of the schedule for those that qualified. The Keett hoop boys will be at Widham today, March 3, at 6:30 p.m. ad will host Machester West o Friday, March 4, at 6:30 p.m. The Plymouth hoop boys play their fial regular seaso game, hostig Bishop Brady at 6:30 p.m. toight, March 3. The Divisio II boys hoop touramet will be startig o Wedesday, March 9, at the home of the higher seed at 7 p.m. The Divisio III boys hoop touramet will cotiue with secod roud actio today, March 3, ad quarterfial actio o Saturday, March 5, both at the home of the higher seed at 7 p.m. The semifials are Wedesday, March 9, at Souther New Hampshire Uiversity at 6 ad 8 p.m. The Divisio II girls hoop touramet cotiues with quarterfial actio at the home of the higher seed o Friday, March 4, at 7 p.m. The semifials are Moday, March 7, at Souther New Hampshire Uiversity at 6 ad 8 p.m. The Divisio III girls basketball fials are scheduled for Saturday, March 5, at 4 p.m. at Souther New Hampshire Uiversity. The uified basketball touramet begis today, Thursday, March 3, ad cotiues o Moday, March 7, ad Wedesday, March 9, all at the home of the higher seed at 5 p.m. The Divisio II boys hockey touramet starts o Wedesday, March 9, at 6 p.m. at the home of the higher seed. The Divisio III touramet does t start util March 12. Slow start dooms Bears i playoff tilt Newfoud girls upset by Campbell i opeer BY JOSHUA SPAULDING Sports Editor BRISTOL The Newfoud hoop girls had a rally or two i them i the secod roud of the Divisio III touramet o Thursday, Feb. 25. However, the rally was t quite eough to overcome a 11-0 deficit out of the gate ad the fifth-seeded Bears were bumped from the playoffs by 12th-seeded Campbell, It took them a while to adjust to it whe you do t see it a lot, Newfoud coach Karri Peterso said of Campbell s physical style of play. I do t kow aybody that played that physical all year. Additioally, the scoutig report had the Cougars playig mato-ma defese almost exclusively ad they came out i a ad the Bears took a while to adjust. The scoutig report said they play mato-ma agaist everyoe, Peterso said. We were expectig a ma-to-ma defese, JOSHUA SPAULDING Amada Johsto drives to the hoop for two of her 14 poits i the Bears playoff game with Campbell last week. we were really prepared for a ma-to-ma defese. The team s offese did t quite work as well agaist the differet defese offered up by the Cougars ad that allowed the visitors to get out to a quick lead. It took four or five plays to get that, Peterso said of the adjustmets made to the JOSHUA SPAULDING Bridget Lavi looks for a passig lae durig her fial game i gree ad white last Thursday. offese. Campbell came out ad showed the Bears they were goig to be a hadful, scorig the first 11 poits of the game for a quick 11-0 lead. Bridget Lavi did t get Newfoud s first hoop of the game util halfway through the quarter but the Cougars aswered that SEE GIRLS PAGE B6 Newfoud spirit team headig to State Meet BRISTOL Newfoud Regioal High School s varsity spirit team started its competitio seaso o Feb. 21 at Astroblast, at Pikerto Academy i Derry, where the Bears placed third, beatig out last year's witer state champs for Divisio 4. The Bears competed agaist may teams. First place was take by Masceic with a score of 82, followed by Eppig with a score of 69 ad Newfoud took third with a score of NRHS head coach Katie Likkila stated, "These athletes have worked very hard i this seaso. Ulike a majority of the schools we compete agaist that have fall spirit, we oly have witer seaso to get ready. Over the past four years, we have moved from doig basic skills ad this seaso we have completed some extreme skills at the highest level. We are up agaist great competitio but are ready for the challege of the Divisio 4 State Meet." Newfoud is ow oto the Divisio 4 champioship o Suday, March 6, where they will compete with seve other teams, all lookig to qualify for the state champioships o Suday, March The Newfoud spirit team will be competig i the Divisio IV champioships this weeked. Youth softball, baseball registratio ow ope BRISTOL Registratio is ow ope for the Tapply Thompso Youth Ceter youth baseball ad softball programs. Cotact the TTCC or olie. Sprig traiig started Feb. 29, assessmets at Newfoud Regioal High School will take place o March 5. Rookie baseball assessmets are at 8:30 p.m., Mior baseball is at 9:30 a.m., Major baseball is at 10:30 a.m. 8u softball is at 12 p.m., 10U softball is at 1 p.m. ad 12U softball is at 2 p.m. Softball opeig day is at Wells Field o May 7. All this ifo is at youth_programs/baseball-softball-t-ball/. COURTESY PHOTO 580 Teey Moutai Hwy., Plymouth Sports Editor - Joshua Spauldig (phoe) (fax) - sportsgs@salmopress.com

16 Sports B2 Hockey all the rage i NH ski tow WATERVILLE VAL- LEY Hockey is back. Of course i New Eglad it ever really leaves, especially i places like Waterville Valley. The Waterville Valley Ice Area sees hockey actio early year roud, but the fall seaso brigs the excitemet, competitio, talet ad promise to a whole differet level. Recetly the New Eglad Wolves have become a real feature i Waterville Valley, as they are surely o their way to becomig a staple of this resort set i the middle of the White Moutai Natioal Forest. The ice area has log bee a host to youth hockey touramets, sychroized figure skatig troupes ad ope public skatig. Back i 2011 the area took o a ew residet the Wolves. This year, as part of seaso, the Wolves will make their much-aticipated debut i the Easter Hockey League (EHL). Additioally, they are joied by the New Eglad Wolves of the AEHL. The emergece of teams ad their movig from league to league ca get cofusig, but to simplify, the Waterville Valley Ice Area will host two Juior Hockey teams, both cosistig of cosiderable talet. Now that [the EHL] is i its fourth year, it s becomig pretty established, said Waterville Valley Ice Area maager Da Salzer. Which meas, you re goig to see some top level hockey. The Wolves are t a professioal team, they are t eve a college team; but they are the future of New Eglad collegiate hockey. Sice 2012 early 30 Wolves alums have either goe o to play, or have committed to play, hockey at a New Eglad college or uiversity. Ad, while there are higher levels of hockey those familiar with Juior Hockey ca attest to the quality of play. Cosiderig the commitmet that is required to play o these teams, it s o surprise that the o-ice product is top otch. The Wolves, ad other teams of the EHL, are made up of athletes betwee 18 ad 20 years old from aroud the coutry. But the Wolves fill the majority of their roster with local flair, primarily New Eglad atives. Teams of the EHL are allowed just two iteratioal athletes, esurig that what you see is some of the best that the US has to offer i youg talet. The primary goal here is college hockey, Salzer said. While they re here they live i codos ad get a chace to pick up some college credits at Plymouth State Uiversity. But playig here helps maitai their college eligibility ad gives them a extra year or two of serious hockey. For the past couple years, Divisio III hockey has bee the fial destiatio of the majority of the Wolves alumi. However, as the teams build their reputatio ad cotiue to sed a few players off to the likes of Uiversity of New Hampshire ad Uiversity of Maie (as they ve doe recetly) the Wolves will see a icrease i Divisio I talet. For the most avid of hockey fas it takes oly the sport itself to brig i spectators. As log as the quality of play is there, hockey purists will fid their way to games. For those more iterested i attedig a game because they thik they might ejoy the hockey experiece, look o further tha Waterville Valley. The ice area, which has evolved greatly over the years from the origial outdoor rik, has become a part of a reaso to take i a hockey game i Waterville Valley, alog with the teams themselves. The rik, which is of NHL regulatio i size, is set i what looks like a classic red bar. From iside, the rik s classy fiish with a appropriate New Eglad look ad feel comes with plety of seats, great lightig ad moder ameities. The area ca hold 250 spectators, who Salzer said ot oly show up, but really get ito the actio. The atmosphere here i the witer is great, he said. It s free admissio to all the games so we get some pretty decet crowds. Also, the thig about our rik is the coditios. Fas ad people who play hockey ca really appreciate just how hard ad fast the ice is here. While the typical hockey fa may ot cosider ice quality whe takig i a game, fas experiecig a Wolves game are afforded the opportuity to do just that. The Waterville Valley Ice Area offers daily public skatig ad frequetly offers stick ad puck sessios a perfect opportuity to get a sese of what some of the best youg hockey players i the ortheast are playig o. With a seaso lastig from September ad carryig o ito March, there are plety of opportuities to make your way up to Waterville Valley to check out the New Eglad Wolves. For schedules ad iformatio cotact the ice area at or at ifo@wvicearea.com. A curlig ope house is scheduled for Plymouth State o March 16. COURTESY PHOTO Curlig ope house is March 16 PLYMOUTH I all likelihood, you have already heard of the remarkable sport of curlig. It is growig as oe of the favorite pastimes i witer ad mud seasos aroud New Eglad. What you may ot have heard is curlig is available i your ow backyard. The Plymouth State Ice Area i Plymouth is home to the Plymouth Rocks Curlig Club, which hosts a adult league every sprig, summer ad fall. The sprig seaso kicks off i March with a free curlig ope house o Wedesday, March 16, at 6 p.m. Deliver your first stoe by steppig ito the hack, or foothold, o the ice surface of the Plymouth State Ice Area. You may be surprised how much fu a little stoe ca geerate. If you are iterested i attedig the ope house or playig i the Plymouth Rocks Curlig League, please psu-icearea@plymouth.edu. For more iformatio, visit www. plymouth.edu/area/ curlig. Lear what climate chage meas for fish ad forests o March 15 PLYMOUTH Lear what scietists at the Hubbard Brook Experimetal Forest, Woodstock, are learig Woderful Thigs Come I Small Packages... Old Ma Pedat from $35 especially if they re from Ala F. Soule Jewelers W. Mai St. Ttilto, NH (across from Wiisquam HS) Gold Sterlig Diamods Colored Stoes Repairs Custom & Hadcrafted Items Weddig & Family Jewelry about New Hampshire's chagig climate ad what this meas for forests ad fish. Climate chage cotiues to evolve as the sigle most challegig ad debated evirometal issue of the 21st cetury. Dr. Lidsey Rustad, Research Ecologist with the USDA Forest Service, shares what the iteratioal sciece commuity has leared about climate chage at the global scale ad what New Eglad scietists have leared about climate chage at the Hubbard Brook Experimetal Forest i New Hampshire ad what this meas for forests ad cold water fisheries. Rustad has a Ph.D., from the Uiversity of Maie, Plat Sciece, 1988, M.F.S., from the Yale School of Forestry ad Evirometal Studies, 1983 ad B.A., from Corell Uiversity, Philosophy, 1980 Rustad will share her studies o March 15 at 7 p.m. at the Commo Ma I, Plymouth. All are welcome. Sposored by Pemigewasset Chapter #726 of Trout Ulimited. 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17 Sports B3 JOSHUA SPAULDING Maddie Folcik goes ito the corer for the puck i actio agaist Co-Val last week. Folcik scored the team s third goal i the wi. JOSHUA SPAULDING Adrew Chabot battles durig a faceoff at the Jaso Ritchie Area i Wichedo, Mass. o Saturday. Cats get back o track with shutout of Cougars BY JOSHUA SPAULDING Sports Editor WINCHENDON, Mass. The Kearsarge-Plymouth hockey team was i eed of a wi, comig off a trio of tough games that saw the Cats outscored 16-1 by three of the teams above them i the stadigs. Ad while it may ot have bee the prettiest of victories, the team s 3-0 wi over Co-Val o Saturday, Feb. 27, i Wichedo, Mass. was ideed a wi. The wi defiitely felt good today, said KP coach Dave McKeey. They (Co-Val) played a strog game, they wated to wi oe i frot of their home crowd. KP had plety of chaces i the early goig but they were uable to get thigs started i the offesive zoe. Alex Nagle had a shot tured away ad Nagle also coected with Adrew Chabot for a look i close that was deied. Libby Schwaer ad Bert Price also Bobcats wi Teey Moutai Hwy, Plymouth, NH Lake Street, Bristol, NH Lake Street #1B, Bristol, NH BRISTOL, NH- Perched o the Easter shore of Newfoud Lake you will fid your dream home! This home is very surprisig offerig 4 bedrooms ad 2 baths there is plety of room for family ad fieds. Eter from the covered porch to the large kitche completely remodeled with tile floor, maple cabiets ad graite couters. The large livig room offers maple floors, great light a cozy area for coversatio ad relaxatio. The covered porch is used for a diig area ad geeral gazig at the lake... The first floor master has a large walk i closet, there is a additioal first floor bedroom ad full bath. as you eter the secod floor your will fid a large loft sittig area great to curl up with a book o this level there are 2 more large bedrooms ad a bath. This property comes with a moorig o Newfoud lake just get o your boat ad go $279,000 combied o a chace but could t get the puck i the et. Richie Caro made a save i the et for the Cats ad his teammates came back with some chaces, as Jakob Arold, Nagle ad Chabot cotiued their charge ito the offesive zoe but could t covert. Gordie Hoyt also had a bid deied for the Cats. The Cats took the game s first pealty with 8:42 to go i the first period ad Co-Val had some chaces, but Caro held his ow i the et ad Toy Velez came up with a good shorthaded opportuity as the Cats killed the pealty. Cody Rowe replaced Caro i the et for the Cats ad Alex Swords helped him out with a good clear from the zoe as the Cats played good defese i frot of their keeper. The Cats were able to get o the board with 2:01 to go, as Velez took a feed from Arold ad buried the puck for a 1-0 lead. Chabot, Nagle ad Doug Breault all had chaces i the fial miutes but the lead stayed at 1-0 after oe period of play. The Cats had to kill off a pealty to start the secod period ad Nagle ad Chabot had good shorthaded bids ad Arold carried the puck i o his kees for a good look as well ad the Cats killed off the pealty i fie fashio. The Cougars had a bid go off the cross bar ad Rowe made a ice save o a chace i close for the Cougars. Elliot Tucker, Specer Haso ad Nagle cotiued with the pressure ad Garrett Demas had a shot go wide o a reboud. The Cats were able to get the lead to 2-0 with 7:23 to go i the period, as Velez set a pass i the slot to Chabot, who fired it home for a 2-0 lead. Max Phillips, Bailey Barber ad Jack Sulliva cotiued with good pressure i the zoe for the Cats ad Chabot ad Nagle teamed up for STEPHEN GREENWOOD The Plymouth boys hoop team defeated Kigswood i the loe game of the week o Tuesday, Feb. 23. The Bobcats will be wrappig up their regular seaso today, March 3, with a home game agaist Bishop Brady at 6:30 p.m. The Divisio II touramet o Wedesday, March 9, at the home of the higher seed. Graite Group REALTY SERVICES a bid but the Co-Val keeper made a ice save to keep the score at 2-0. The Cats wet o the power play with 3:24 to go i the period ad Arold, Velez, Chabot ad Price all had looks o et but the pucks were all tured away ad the game wet to the third period with the Cats takig a 2-0 lead. KP got a early power play i the third period but could ot capitalize, with Arold ad Breault gettig the best chaces. Co-Val came back with some looks at the other ed but the pucks wet wide of the et. Velez ad Tucker had chaces for the Cats that the Cougar keeper tured away. With 6:39 to go, the Cats got a little isurace, as Maddie Folcik delivered a goal from the blue lie to push the lead to 3-0. Phillips got the assist ad the Cats put it i cruise cotrol from Paid Advertisemet Paid Advertisemet Paid Advertisemet For may people, the cocept of retiremet ca be scary, both emotioally ad fiacially. If you, too, feel somewhat axious about what awaits you, you might feel more comfortable i kowig that, depedig o where you work, you might be able to retire i stages. As its ame suggests, retirig i stages typically ivolves reducig oe s work hours from full-time to part-time, ad the, evetually, to complete retiremet. If you ejoy the social relatioships of work, ad you defie part of your idetity with what you do at your job, this type of gradual trasitio may be easier for you to accommodate tha the abrupt trasitio from worker to retiree. As for the fiacial aspects of such a move, you will wat to pla ahead. A phasedi retiremet ca affect your ivestmet ad icome strategies i several areas, such as these: Social Security You ca start collectig Social Security as early as age 62, but your mothly paymets will oly be about 75% of what you d get if you wait util you reach 66 (assumig that 66 is your there, fiishig up the 3-0 wi. McKeey oted he wated to get both goalies a little work as the team heads ito the fial week of the regular seaso with two more weeks to go util the playoffs. It s good to get a little wiig i each of them comig off a few losses, McKeey said. It got the blood flowig i a positive directio. The Cat coach poited out that it was key for his team to keep their respective heads, as Co-Val was pushig hard for a wi i their fial home game. He also praised the Cougars for maitaiig their composure despite the tough seaso. The key was keepig our heads because they played a very physical game, McKeey said. We had to cocetrate o that. Should You Retire i Stages? full retiremet age). Ad the paymets get larger from there, util they max out at 70. So, if you had plaed to retire at 62 but istead retired i stages, you could possibly afford to delay takig Social Security util your checks were bigger. You could work ad receive Social Security, but if your earigs exceed a certai amout, some of your beefits may be withheld, at least util you reach full retiremet age after which you ca ear as much as you wat with o withholdig of beefits. However, your Social Security could still be taxed based o your icome. Required miimum distributios Durig your workig years, you may well have cotributed to taxdeferred retiremet accouts, such as a traditioal IRA ad a 401(k) or similar employersposored pla. But oce you tur 70½, you must start takig withdrawals ( required miimum distributios, or RMDs) from these accouts. You ca t delay takig these paymets, which are taxable. But if you did retire i stages ad cotiued to work parttime, past whe you expected to completely retire, you may be The kids did a great job playig solid ad keepig their heads, McKeey added. KP opeed the week with a 4-1 loss at Keett. Arold got the loe goal o assists from Velez ad Breault. Caro had a strog game i et ad McKeey praised the Keett goalie s play as well. The Cats fiished the regular seaso after deadlie o Wedesday at Moultoborough-Iter-Lakes. The Divisio III touramet does t get uder way util Saturday, March 12. Give results from other games o Saturday, it looks like the Cats may draw defedig champio Belmot-Gilford i the first roud. Joshua Spauldig ca be reached at or sportsgs@salmopress. com. able to stick with the required miimum withdrawals at least for a while, rather tha takig out larger amouts immediately. I this way, you could potetially keep more of your retiremet fuds growig i your tax-deferred accouts. Ivestmet mix If you plaed to retire at a certai date, you might have created a specific mix of ivestmets desiged to provide you with sufficiet icome to last your lifetime. But if you cotiue to work, you may ot have to rely so heavily o your portfolio that is, your IRA, 401(k) ad all ivestmets held outside these retiremet accouts to help you meet your icome eeds. Cosequetly, durig these extra years of work, you may be able to withdraw less from your portfolio, thus potetially havig more assets to provide for your icome eeds dow the road. As you ca see, a phased-i retiremet could help provide you with optios i makig a variety of fiacial decisios. So, pla carefully before you exit the workforce a gradual departure may be a good way to say goodbye. 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 Jacquelie Taylor, Fiacial Advisor, at or Jacki at Jacquelie.Taylor@edwardjoes.com. 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20 Sports B6 Across the coutry ad back agai, all i a day My love of Survivor is well-documeted ad I ve made a habit of makig trips to New York City for Survivor gatherigs. Most of the evets I atted are hosted by Rob Cesterio, the two-time Survivor ad the host of Rob Has a Podcast, of which I am a avid listeer. There s a pretty good chace that if you see me at the gym i the morig ad I have my headphoes o, I m listeig to oe RHAP podcast or aother. Each Survivor seaso, Rob hosts a live recordig of the show i New York City ad ivites listeers to come ad watch the episode ad the recordig of the podcast. There s usually a umber of former Survivors that show up as well. This year, Rob decided to host a live evet closer to his home i LA, offerig listeers o the west coast a easier chace to see the show. But ot watig to miss a live show, I did a little research ad foud plae tickets for less tha $300. To save moey ad ot miss may work evets, I booked my flights o the same day, meaig I did t have to get a hotel room. That also made SPORTING CHANCE By JOSHUA SPAULDING I GOT A chace to hag out with Oscar last week i LA. fully executed the sceario ad escaped the room. We the headed over to the Hollywood Improv for the show, where Rob ad cohost Stephe Fishbach, who was makig his first live appearace back o the podcast after appearig o Survivor i seaso 31, discussed the episode ad took questios. Former Survivors Joatha Peer (seasos 13, 16 ad 25), JOSHUA SPAULDING Corie Kapla (seasos 17 ad 26) ad Max Dawso, Tyler Fredrickso ad Je Brow (seaso 30) all made appearaces as well. Because I had a overight flight, I had to for a log day. My alarm wet off at 2:30 a.m. last Wedesday ad I headed south to Dover, where I picked up the bus to Loga Airport. My flight took off at 8 a.m. ad we laded i LA just after 11 a.m. o the west coast. I left i the middle of a rai/ sow storm ad laded i 80+ degree weather, so that was t a bad chage. For the first time ever, I used the Uber app o my phoe ad got a ride from the airport to West Hollywood, ear to where the evet was takig place later i the eveig. My first stop was for luch, which i LA had to be at I N Out Burger. After luch I spet some time walkig aroud Hollywood ad got to see the settig for the Oscars, as there were plety of people ruig aroud gettig thigs set up for Suday s ceremoy. I had siged up for a Escape the Room game with some other listeers of the podcasts ad the six of us successtake off before the after party ad I caught aother Uber outside the club ad got to the airport ad through security i plety of time. Though I have to admit, the fact that the plae was packed o a overight flight from LA to Bosto o a Wedesday ight was a little surprisig to me. I was able to get some sleep o the flight back ad was back i the office by 1 p.m. ad ready to cover some playoff basketball later that eveig. It was a lot of travel for a short trip, but it was a ice chace to get away for a little bit. Ad i April they ll be aother evet i NYC ad I ve already got my ticket. Fially, have a great day Rick ad Pam Hederso. 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 sportsgs@ salmopress.com, at , or PO Box 250, Wolfeboro Falls, NH Newfoud searchig for JV volleyball coach BRISTOL Newfoud Regioal High School is lookig for a JV volleyball coach. Please sed letter of itet, resume ad ames/phoe umbers of three refereces to Superitedet Stacy Buckley, SAU Office, 20 North Mai St., Bristol, N.H Questios should be directed to Peter Cofra, Athletic Director at pcofra@ sau4.org or , x1507. Girls FROM PAGE B1 with a basket. After Amada Johsto coverted a three-poit play for the Bears, the Cougars came back with a threepoit play to go up Savaa Boy fiished up the third quarter with a three-poiter ad Newfoud was withi eight at 16-8 headig to the secod quarter. Campbell opeed with a free throw but the Bears scored the ext six poits. Boy hit a free throw, Lavi draied a three-poiter ad Ashlee Dukette put back a reboud, cuttig the lead to However, the visitors aswered with a free throw ad a hoop ad pushed the lead back to six. Kaitly Frech hit a free throw ad Johsto fiished off a Lavi steal to cut the lead to three agai but the Cougars hit a hoop to go back up by five. Molly Schillig draied a hoop after Johsto made a great hustle play to save a ball headig out of bouds ad the Bears were back withi three. However, the Cougars cotiued to have a aswer, hittig a free throw ad a hoop to go up by six at Dukette hit a hoop ad Jasmie Patte hit a free throw to cut the lead to but the visitors got the fial hoop of the half ad took a lead to the halftime break. Alexis Vatil started the third-quarter scorig with a hoop ad the Bears were agai withi three but the Cougars followed with 10 poits i a row to tur the three-poit lead ito a 13-poit advatage. The Bears did t paic, however ad slowly bega workig their way back ito the JOSHUA SPAULDING Molly Schillig puts up a shot durig playoff actio agaist Campbell o Thursday. game. Johsto ad Vatil hit free throws ad after a Campbell free throw, Johsto put back a reboud to get the game withi 10. Dukette the drilled a three-poiter ad a Johsto hoop had Newfoud withi five at The Cougars aswered with a fivepoit ru to go up by 10 agai but a Boy three-poiter ad a Lavi steal ad hoop as the clock ticked uder a miute to go put Newfoud withi five at Boy the draied a three-poiter with 30 secods to play to cut the lead to two at However, the Cougars got the fial poits of the frame o two free throws ad they took the lead to the fial eight miutes. The Bears were t doe yet, however, After the Cougars opeed the fourth with a three-poiter, A Frech reboud ad hoop ad Johsto bucket cut the lead to The Cougars scored the ext five poits before Boy coverted two free throws to get Newfoud back o track. After aother Cougar hoop, Dukette draied a three-poiter ad Boy hit two more from the lie to cut the lead to As they seemed to all ight, the Cougars had a aswer, hittig a hoop to get the lead back to five. Frech hit two free throws with 3:46 to go to cut the lead to three ad the 20 secods later put the ball i the hoop to get Newfoud as close as they d bee all ight at However, the Cougars cotiued to aswer, hittig three free throws to push the lead to four with 3:06 to go. A pair of free throws from Johsto, the secod comig with 1:12 to play, cut the lead to The Cougars gave the Bears hope by missig four cosecutive free throws but hit four dow the stretch to pull away with the wi. After the first few miutes, they fought hard, Peterso said of her team. They got dow by 12 ad got it to oe. The Bear coach lameted the graduatio loss of Lavi, who she oted has bee about as cosistet a player as could be over the last few years. Bridget s goig to be tough (to replace) because she s so cosistet, Peterso said. But the good thig is we have six of the seve (i the regular rotatio) back. The Bears will also lose role players Patte ad Natalie Haskell to graduatio this Jue. Johsto ad Boy each put i 14 poits to lead the way for the Bears i the fial game of the seaso. Newfoud fiished the regular seaso at 15-3 ad eared the fifth seed i the Divisio III touramet. NRHS CHS Newfoud 58 Frech 2-3-7, Lavi 3-0-7, Boy , Johsto , Schillig 1-0-2, Vatil 1-0-2, Dukette , Patte 0-1-1, Totals Campbell 64 Lacroix 2-1-5, Reidy 1-0-2, Sott 0-1-1, Maig 2-0-5, Putzlocker , Lavige 1-0-2, Rousseau , Gibbos , Totals Joshua Spauldig ca be reached at or sportsgs@salmopress.com.