FREE IN PRINT, FREE ON-LINE COMPLIMENTARY Community ties strengthened in Newfound region during 2014

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1 Newfoud girls roll to 6-0 at the break Story o Page B1 Newfoud Ladig THURSDAY, JANUARY 1, 2015 FREE IN PRINT, FREE ON-LINE COMPLIMENTARY Commuity ties stregtheed i Newfoud regio durig 2014 BY DONNA RHODES INDEX Volume 2 Number 1 Year i Review Photos A2-A3 Opiio...A4 Obituaries...A5 Tows...A6 Churches...A6 Arts & Et...A7 & A9 Sports...B1-B3 & B6 Classifieds...B4-B5 16 pages i 2 sectios 2014, Salmo Press, LLC. Call us at (603) ewfoud@salmopress.com Drhodes@salmopress.com REGION Lookig over the past year, it seems clear that there is a real sese of commuity i the Newfoud Regio that ot oly has brought people together i fu ad fellowship, but has also reached out to embrace eighbors i eed. The shiig stars amog those helpig others this year were udoubtedly the youg boys ad girls who formed Kids for Key ad raised moey through their lemoade stad ad other efforts to assist eight-year-old Bristol residet Key Sabor ad his family as he battles Pleomorphic Sarcoma. Key s our fried, ad whe we heard he had cacer we were really sad, said Lillia Colby. We really wated to do somethig to help. Besides their lemoade stad ad collectio jars, they ad a team of adults also worked together ad held a highly successful spaghetti fudraiser that had people stadig i lie to get a seat. As Mom Je Boucher looked out across the room overflowig with people that ight, she said was overwhelmed by all the love that has bee show for her so. Key s my hero, ad I do t kow what I would do without all of this woderful support, she said. Everyoe s doe so may ice thigs to make our life a little better right ow. We re just blessed to be livig here i this commuity. I August, the Bristol Historical Society demostrated how blessed the tow was with talet whe they held their first ever Makig It i Bristol evet. With Cetral Square ad dowtow sidewalks recetly recostructed to promote pedestria traffic i SEE 2014, PAGE A10 Doa Rhodes Skiers ejoyed a quick trip up the slopes at Ragged Moutai Resort last week with the opeig of their ew high speed, quad chairlift, the Spear Moutai Express. Ragged Moutai celebrates opeig of ew chair lift BY DONNA RHODES Drhodes@salmopress.com DANBURY For may outdoor ethusiasts, witer vacatio meas it s time to hit the slopes, ad last weeked, those who visited Ragged Moutai Ski Area i Dabury were able to sped eve more time glidig dow the sowy trails thaks to their ew high speed quad chairlift, the Spear Moutai Express. Costructio of the ew ski lift bega last summer, ad a ribbo cuttig ceremoy for its grad opeig took place o Christmas Day. It s bee awesome. We had a really smooth start, reported oe lift attedat as people were whisked off to the top of Spear Moutai. Aother employee who was impressed by the ew four-perso chair lift was Sady, a logstadig member of the Ragged Moutai ski patrol. File Photo The shiig stars amog those helpig others this year were udoubtedly the youg boys ad girls who formed Kids for Key ad raised moey through their lemoade stad ad other efforts to assist eight-year-old Bristol residet Key Sabor ad his family as he battles Pleomorphic Sarcoma. What a differece. It used to be about a 13-miute ride to the top o the old Spear chairlift, ad we would use it as a chace to rest up a bit, she said. Now, you re at the top i four miutes ad 15 secods. It s icredible. Not oly was the ew lift a bous to skiers; there were lots of fu activities to draw everyoe to the moutai last week. Besides a Sparklig Wie Tastig party ad a Chocolate Fair there were some Mischievous Elves that provided free retur lift tickets for ayoe lucky eough to fid a elf hidde aroud the resort. Oe skier who was ejoyig a day at Ragged Moutai Resort was a SEE RAGGED, PAGE A9 Eergy upgrades will help BCS staff stay warmer this witer BY DONNA RHODES Drhodes@salmopress.com BRISTOL Eergy reovatios to the Bristol Commuity Services buildig o Pleasat Street are early doe, ad the board ad staff are lookig forward to ot oly a warmer witer i their ew locatio, but a big savigs o their eergy bills. This buildig was a fatastic purchase for us, with better exposure ad more space, but it was defiitely cold i here last witer, said BCS Director Susa Colby. The buildig was purchased i May of 2013, ad was previously the home of Buzzy s Market. BCS did some reovatio work to suit their eeds ad fially moved ito the ew locatio i October of that year. Over the witer moths, though, they oticed there was a cold breeze i the aex of the buildig, ad the oe small strip of baseboard heat was t eough to keep up with the chillig temperatures. We spet almost $6,000 o heat last year, ad we were still cold, Colby said. That was whe Bridgewater residet Craig Cadieux came to the rescue. Cadieux has a backgroud i eergy efficiecy ad reewable eergy, ad ow works as a Solar System Desiger with ReVisio Eergy, a compay which has doe may moey-savig solar istallatios throughout the state, icludig oe at Commuity Guaraty Savigs Bak i Plymouth. Cadieux completed a eergy audit o the buildig ad came up with may ways to improve its eergy efficiecy. The major discovery was that the fiber- Keep the Heat O auctio to feature familiar favorites ad excitig ew items! P L Y M O U T H Neighbors helpig eighbors. That s what we re kow for i New Hampshire. The Plymouth Area Commuity Closet (PACC) ad the Keep the Heat O (KTHO) Committee are grateful to our geerous frieds who have respoded to the urget appeal for fuel assistace fuds for our eighbors. Tickets for the10th Aual KTHO evet o Ja. 14 are sellig fast at Chase Street Market, sposors are sigig o to help i a big way, ad ew auctio ad raffle items are comig i ev- SEE HEAT, PAGE A9 SEE BCS, PAGE A10 Courtesy The Plymouth Area Commuity Closet (PACC) ad the Keep the Heat O (KTHO) Committee are grateful to our geerous frieds who have respoded to the urget appeal for fuel assistace fuds for our eighbors. Tickets for the10th Aual KTHO evet o Ja. 14 are sellig fast at Chase Street Market, sposors are sigig o to help i a big way, ad ew auctio ad raffle items are comig i every day!

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4 Opiio A4 Thursday, JANUARY 1, 2015 Guest Commetary Applause to Groto for stadig agaist ew turbie proposal Editor s ote: The followig guest commetary was submitted for publicatio by the members of New Hampshire Wid Watch. New Hampshire Wid Watch applauds Groto for its stad agaist additioal idustrial wid turbies i its tow, with 70 percet of the tow s registered voters takig part, ad 145 of 234 votes beig cast agaist additioal wid turbies. Groto already has Groto Wid, a 24 idustrial wid turbie complex for which there had bee o vote, or a process i place to otify area residets, ad it deforested/ destroyed miles of Cardiga/Newfoud regio ridgelies. NH Wid Watch was formed two years ago as a grass roots orgaizatio to brig awareess ad provide facts about idustrial wid turbies; sice the, ot a sigle tow i the Cardiga/Newfoud regio has voted to support idustrial wid complexes. The Groto vote was i respose to reports that Portuguese compay Eergias de Portugal (EDP) is plaig o seekig New Hampshire Site Evaluatio Committee (NHSEC) approval for its Spruce Ridge Idustrial Wid Project located i Caaa, Orage, Dorchester, Alexadria ad Groto, ad will be movig forward with tow meetigs as ow required by law. The Spruce Ridge project will cotai idustrial wid turbies, approximately 100 feet taller tha the idustrial wid turbies at earby Groto Wid which ca be see from Mout Cardiga as well as Newfoud Lake ad other locatios withi a 50-mile radius of the Groto wid turbies. The Groto Plaig Board created a ballot to determie if residets support future idustrial wid projects i their tow. The ballot was set to registered voters alog with a stamped retur evelope addressed to the Plaig Board. All ballots were serially umbered to esure pollig itegrity. To guaratee voter aoymity, the ballots were radomly iserted ito the evelopes. Based o this vote, the Groto Plaig Board will sed a letter to the NHSEC statig Groto s positio. The Select Board also stated they will sed a similar letter to the NHSEC with the same purpose. States Lori Lerer, Presidet of NH Wid Watch, A few years ago, Eergias de Portugal met with Groto tow officials to otify them of EDP s itet to develop a massive turbie complex across the regio. Last ight, the citizes of Groto joied like-mided residets of Alexadria, Hebro, Grafto, Dabury, Bridgewater ad Bristol i votig with huge turouts ad resoudig margis to reject yet aother idustrial wid complex i the Cardiga/Newfoud Regio. Idustrial wid has bee vigorously rejected by every tow i the regio. Eergias de Portugal has repeatedly stated that they wat local commuity support. They have o support here. Not ow. Not ever. Idustrial wid developers take otice... you are ot wated here. We have oe huge turbie complex here already. Oe is oe too may. Stick to your word EDP ad move o. Lerer cotiues, People live i this area because we do t wat to be urbaized. Now that the regio has bee turbaized by Iberdrola s vast Groto Wid complex, residets i all tows i the regio are comig together to fight this latest idustrial scourge from EDP as the residets of Groto did so overwhelmigly last ight. It has become abudatly clear to residets i the area that ay additioal idustrial wid will oly serve to icrease the cost of electricity ad trasmissio while doig virtually NOTHING to lower CO2 emissios. New Hampshire Wid Watch is a 501(c)3 orgaizatio i the Mout Cardiga/Newfoud Lake Regio of New Hampshire dedicated to providig educatio ad iformatio about Idustrial Wid Power Projects i New Hampshire. For more iformatio, visit NHWW s website or Facebook page Watch, or cotact ifo@nhwidwatch.org. 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 CASSIE Meet Cassie, a gorgeous bridle ad white youg lady with may miles of travel stamped o her doggie passport. Cassie came from the Miami-Dade aimal cotrol facility i south Florida by way of a rescue group operatig i the Sushie state. She travelled to New Hampshire Humae Society back i October ad is sadly, the oe remaiig dog still hopig for a forever home from her travel group. We thik she is a Pit Bull Terrier mix, oly official DNA testig will tell you for sure what her paretage actually is, but either way, a sweeter, more affectioate dog you will ot fid. While stayig at our shelter o Meredith Ceter Road, she has bee learig caie good maers ad socializatio skills. A lover of all humas, she ca be picky about her dog frieds, ad would be best placed i a home without cats. Lookig for a eergetic girl, with boudless ethusiasm, but just as happy to cuddle o the sofa, the Cassie might just be the perfect dog for you. To meet Cassie, call or check Letters to the Editor A big thak you to Bridgewater s Highway Departmet To the Editor: We live o a very steep hill i Bridgewater. The first questio we get from frieds ad relatives visitig us for the first time is ivariably, What s it like tryig to get up that hill i the witer? We always aswer, It s actually ot a problem. The tow does Pasquaey Sowshoe Club upcomig hikes Ja. 2: Full Moo Hike Call Leader for details: Ja. 4: Ispiratio Poit, Bristol (Easy/Moderate) This is the club s seaso starter evet. You will be rewarded with great views of the tow of Bristol ad the surroudig area. Meet at the Bristol Liquor Store parkig lot at 1. We will drive to the Keega s o Robie Road ad hike the trail to New Chester Road ad Ispiratio Poit. This hike will take about 1 hour. The trail is steep at the begiig ad the levels off to the road. North Coutry Notebook The Slim Baker Lodge will be ope ad warm for refreshmets after comig dow from the poit. A alterative to the hour hike would be to drive to the parkig lot for the lodge ad hike to the Poit. The lodge will be ope at 1 so if you wat to wait for the log hike group to arrive you could wait there. For ay more iformatio, please call the leaders at New members welcome! Check us out o Facebook at Pasquaey Sowshoe Club! address is psclub@metrocast.et. Some goals (okay, pedestria), as this year yields to the ext By Joh Harriga Columist This is writte o the 24th of December, ad will come out o the 31st of There are several thigs I ited to do to celebrate the New Year. Oe is to take a appreciative look at my Witer Piggybak Woodpile, which is what I hold i reserve whe I get sick ad tired of draggig ad cuttig up logs. So far, it looks good pretty good to get me past Mud Seaso. Aother is to shut dow the outdoor furace to let it cool dow so I ca clea it out. This, Joh Harriga The outdoor wood furace, ready (like me, I hope) for the dead of witer. The furace is why I get to claim that I m solar heated but it s 40 years old. two or three days later, ivolves me pullig my bucket-loader up to withi shovel-distace ad usig a flat-bottomed square shovel. If I m careful about plaig, there ll be eough coals that I ca sequester i a frot corer so I wo t have to rekidle. I m jealous of the celerystalk-sized kidlig that I take so much pleasure splittig up i the shop, i frot of the loggig camp Atlatic stove that I warmed myself i frot of i my tees. a great job sadig ad plowig. Ad they do. Thaks to the Tow, ad particularly the Highway Departmet, for doig such a great job. Jim Crawford Bridgewater Aother will be to appreciate, agai, where I live, what I see, ad what I do. I live i what I believe is the greatest coutry o the plaet, ad as a studet of history ad a guy from a family with a log history of military service, I appreciate what it took to make it so. But what I see what a glorious place. The view goes 35 miles. There are oly two all-ight lights i my visio. If I wat, I ca cacel them out by goig out oto the rooftop deck ad recliig o a sleepig bag, ad the Milky Way almost breaks my eyes. The fial thig I hope to do, before 2014 eds, is to set off some fireworks left over from the Fourth of July. No permit is eeded, because this is the Live Free or Die state, ad the Lad of the Free (because of the Home of the Brave), ad there is sow o the groud, the time-hoored requiremet for burig brush, if ot for settig off fireworks. For the eyes, ad the mid, ad the freedom, ad the stars, ad the best for 2015 ad beyod, Happy New Year. (This colum rus i a doze weekly ewspapers coverig two-thirds of New Hampshire from Cocord to Quebec ad parts of orthwester Maie ad the Northeast Kigdom of Vermot. Write to campguyhooliga@gmail.com, or P.O. Box 39, Colebrook, NH )

5 Joh F. Goddard, Jr., 92 Obituaries NEWFOUND LANDING, THURSDAY, JANUARY 1, 2015 A5 Keeth Sido Trujillo, 77 GILFORD Joh F. Goddard, Jr., 92, of 28 Dockham Shore Rd., died at his home o Friday, Dec. 26, Joh was bor Sept. 21, 1922 i Salem, Mass., the so of the late Paulie (Schrier) ad Joh F. Goddard, Sr. He resided i Swampscott, Mass. for several years before movig to Gilford eighty years ago. Joh served i the U. S. Army Air Corps durig WWII, ad was co-ower of Lacoia Hardware Store i Dowtow Lacoia for 50 years, ad was part ower of the Holusi Lodge i Groto. Joh was a avid sowmobiler ad huter. Two of his favorite places were his camp i West Stewartstow ad his Lodge i Groto. He was a member of the Lacoia Rotary Club, ad had perfect attedace for 50 years. He had bee a member of Mt. Lebao Masoic Lodge #32 F. & A.M. sice 1947, ad was Past Master i He was also a member of the Bektash Shrie, past presidet of the New Eglad Hardware Dealers, a past member of the Wiipesaukee Yacht Club ad a member of the Belkap Couty Sportsme s Club. Survivors iclude his wife of 65 years, Mary Lou (Spear) Goddard; a so, Gregory Goddard, ad his wife, Deise; ad a daughter, Wedy Barrett, all of Gilford; two gradchildre, Jeifer ad Jeremy; a brother, Wallace Goddard, of Saylorsburg, Pa.; a iece, Mary Jae Moir, ad husbad, Gle, ad their childre, Daiel Stoe ad Aika Stoe, all of Peacook; ad several ephews ad ieces. There will be o callig hours. A Memorial Service will be held o Moday, Ja. 5, 2015 at 3 p.m. at the Gilford Commuity Church, 19 Potter Hill Rd., Gilford. Rev. Michael Graham, Pastor of the Church, will officiate. Sprig burial be i the family lot i Pie Grove Cemetery, Gilford. For those who wish, the family suggests that memorial doatios be made to Special Olympics New Hampshire, 650 Elm St., Machester, NH Wilkiso-Beae- Simoeau-Paquette Fueral Home & Crematio Services, 164 Pleasat St., Lacoia, is assistig the family. For more iformatio ad to view a olie memorial, go to Locally kow author s latest takes readers o a humorous, isightful jourey BY DONNA RHODES Doa Rhodes Local author Maggie Aderso ad her travelig compaio, Etha the Teddy Bear, posed at a recet craft fair i Bristol with a copy of her ew book, Savig Your Saity Without Losig Your Mid: Oe Woma s Practical Guide to Buttig Heads with the Uiverse. Drhodes@salmopress.com REGION Now that the holiday rush is over, it s the perfect time to relax with a good book ad oe suggestio Maggie Aderso s ew release, Savig Your Saity Without Losig Your Mid: Oe Woma s Practical Guide to Buttig Heads with the Uiverse. While Aderso ad her husbad Hak live i Glecliff, she is a familiar face i dowtow Plymouth wheever she is ot off explorig the world. I her may travels, she has had a vast array of experieces, some that she chroicles i her latest book, ad she tells them all i a maer that makes ay reader eager to tur to the ext page. Oe woma told me she read half the book i just oe ight, which was really ice to hear, said Aderso. Tidbits of her life, from childhood memories o the West Coast to the struggles i the early years of her marriage, take the reader o a jourey that is poigat, humorous ad isightful. Eve the difficult times, whe Aderso faced the illess of a loved oe ad other persoal obstacles throw i her path, are served up with lessos she leared as she worked through it all ad maaged to still come out o top. Life is t always easy. This book is about how I ve maaged to get out of bed each day with a sprig i my step ad a smile o my face, she said. Writig is ot ew to Aderso. She has also published two books of poetry ad carries a tape recorder with her wherever she goes i case aother book looms i her future. There are some people who brush through your life like a whisper but they leave a impressio ad I like to capture those momets, said Aderso. I additio to writig, she is also kow for her fabulous miiature teddy bear creatios, which she brought to her a booth at Sata s Village ad Craft Fair i Bristol three weeks ago. May of her had crocheted miiature bears are so small that she keeps a magifyig glass hady so customers ca see the fie details of her work. I ve bee at Sata s Village every year sie I would t miss it, Aderso said. Accompayig her o each ad every jourey is her little teddy bear fried, Etha. Aroud his eck hags his passport, bearig stamps from Germay to Japa ad everywhere i betwee. Etha, she said, eve has a role i the promotios of her latest book. He told me to charge five cets to autograph the book ad he carries the chage i his little backpack, Aderso said with a smile. You also get a box of crayos with the autograph, but you have to read the book to fid out why. Savig Your Saity Without Losig Your SEE AUTHOR, PAGE A10 NEW HAMPTON Dorothy C. Guyotte, 94, logtime New Hampto residet, died o Dec. 21, 2014 at Golde view Healthcare Ceter i Meredith, followig a period of failig health. She was bor i Holderess o Nov. 30, 1920, the daughter of Regiald ad Maude (Pulsifer) Clark. Spedig her early years i Campto, she graduated from Plymouth High School, ad wet o to get her teachig degree from Plymouth Teachers College. After her school ALEXANDRIA Keeth Sido Trujillo, 77, died Dec. 25, 2014 at his home. He was bor i Riverto, Wyo., the so of Jose`ad Sarah (McKelvey) Trujillo. He was raised i Casper, Wyo. At the age of 17, Ke joied the US Navy. Durig his service, he was statioed i may locatios. While statioed at the Groto, Co. submarie base, he met his wife, Nacy Marie (Black). Ke served 24 years, icludig time durig the Korea ad Vietam wars. He retired from the Navy i 1978, ad the wet o to work as a cosultat with GE, RCA ad NBI. Ke was a member of the VFW. He ejoyed playig the piao ad guitar ad was a member of a pool league. Ke was also gifted as a paiter ad artist. He will be remembered as a rabid Republica, a lover of dogs, ad a fried to everyoe. Family members iclude his wife, Nacy Marie (Black)Trujillo of Alexadria; two daughters, Kedra Trujillo-Bradberry of Jefferso City, Mo. ad Deedra Carol Eckhoff of Phoeix, Az.; three gradchildre, Robert William Eckhoff III, Keeth Jose` Trujillo Eckhoff, ad Ashley Marie Cal- Dorothy C. Guyotte, 94 years, she was married to Alphose Guyotte, her husbad of 60 years. They later settled i New Hampto. Dot was a lifelog educator, teachig school i Alexadria, the Humisto School i Meredith, at her ow Kidergarte i New Hampto, ad at the Ashlad Elemetary School for may years. She was a member of the Ashlad Woma s Club. She ejoyed golfig, bowlig ad time with her family. She is survived by three sos, Robert C Guyotte of Holderess, Joh Jack Guyotte vetti; two brothers, Do Stoy of Oklahoma City, Okla. ad Doug Stoy of Norma, Okla.; three sisters (Toita` Ciseros of Pueblo, Colo., Berice Trujillo of Washigto, ad Debra Vigil of Pueblo, Colo.); may ieces ad ephews. He was predeceased by oe so, Keeth S. Trujillo, Jr. There were callig hours o Tuesday, Dec. 30, 2014 from 2-4 p.m. at the Emmos Fueral Home, 115 South Mai St., Bristol. VFW ceremoies ad military hoors were observed at 3:45 p.m. I lieu of flowers, doatios may be made i his memory to the NH Humae Society, PO Box 572, Lacoia, NH , or Navy-Marie Corps Relief Society, Att: Developmet, 875 N. Radolph St. Ste 225, Arligto, VA of Georgia, ad Bria E Guyotte of Ashlad; eight gradchildre ad five great gradchildre; four sisters (Mary McClure, Marjorie Clark, Kathlee Motgomery, ad Evely Calder), all of Califoria. Services will be held at the coveiece of the Family. Doatios may be made to the Ashlad Wome s Club PO Box 587 Ashlad, NH Dupuis Fueral Home i Ashlad is hadlig the arragemets. For more iformatio, go to: Dupuisfueralhome.com. AUTO HOME BUSINESS LIFE Village Square, 607 Teey Moutai Hwy. Plymouth, New Hampshire Phoe:

6 Tows A6 NEWFOUND LANDING, THURSDAY, JANUARY 1, 2015 Alexadria Judy Kraemer Bridgewater Happy New Year! This is a time for wishes ad dreams, ot oly for childre, but for all of us coected to ayoe else. Good Health, warm clothes ad food, a safe place to rest at the ed of a productive day. Do what you ca to help someoe s wishes come true, somewhere. From the tow Alexadria Selectme s Meetig Miutes Dec. 23, 2014 Toy Brow, Trasfer Statio There was discussio regardig quotes received for a ew closed top cotaier for the compactor ad estimates for repair to oe of the ope top cotaiers. The Selectme requested that Mr.Brow adjust his 2015 budget request to iclude the cotaier purchase ad the repair costs. Mr. Brow said the gate should be replaced this week. Mr. Brow said that he s holdig off o the purchase of a cover for the sad util ext year. There was discussio regardig repairig oe of the old highway departmet trucks for use at the trasfer statio or as backup for the highway departmet.the Selectboard will request that the Road Aget obtai estimates o repairig the truck. The Select board will cotact the Road Aget to istruct him to plow ad sad the trasfer statio. Busiess Notice: North Coutry Comprehesive Ecoomic Developmet Strategy: Mr. Tuthill aouced that there is a meetig of the North Coutry Comprehesive Ecoomic Developmet Strategy beig held i Bethlehem o Ja. 9, 2015; Mr. Tuthill was ot sure if he would be attedig the meetig. Educatio Tax Warrat for Tax Year 2015 (State): Mr. Tuthill read the letter received from the State of New Hampshire Departmet of Reveue Admiistratio regardig the amout to collect for the state educatio tax for 2015 is $432,271. Kathi Gickas Kbegor09@gmail.com Geerosity was, oce agai, abudat i the Newfoud area durig the holiday seaso. Twety-oe eedy childre from the Bridgewater Hebro Village School awoke o Christmas morig to the surprise of Sata leavig presets uder the tree. Alog with the childre, the families were thought of as well. Newfoud Grocery assembled food baskets for all the families. All of the families were ivited for hot cocoa ad cookies o Dec. 21 at the store. With special guest, Sata, flyig i (with the Grich) meetig everyoe. This attetio to supportig families i eed has bee ogoig for may years i the Tow of Bridgewater. Special thaks to followig: Newfoud Grocery ad its may elves, Bridgewater employees, The I o Newfoud Lake, Market Basket of Tilto, the Tows of Groto ad Bridgewater Selectboards, ad the kidess of residets who helped the parets of the youg childre breathe a little easier this Christmas. A substatial portio of the fudig came from the aual turkey trot evet as well as other sources. Happy New Year! Groto Jo O Coor grotoews@yahoo.com More turbies i Groto? A while back, the ewspaper reported the desire of aother wid farm compay watig to put up more turbies i Groto. I reactio to this iformatio, the Groto Plaig Board decided to sed out a questioaire askig Churches Bristol Uited Church of Christ Our message to everyoe i the commuity i this New Year is brief but a thought that resoates year roud Jesus Christ has come ad is comig. [We] wait i hope; live i faith; love ad kow peace; ad be joyful. Ame (From our Beedictio prayer) The church office will be closed New Year s day. We begi our Suday services by sayig to all who gather, No matter who you are or where you are o your life s jourey, you are welcome here. Durig the Suday service, ursery care is available for the yougest childre. Suday School meets after a message ad time of prayer with Revered Adrew. Joi us o Suday morigs at 10:00 am. You ca fid us o Facebook at Bristol UCC. Also, fid the church s schedule o our website: bristolucc.org. You ca also reach us by callig or bristolucc@myfairpoit. et. We are located at 15 Church Street, off Route 3-A, just south of Bristol s tow square. We have parkig aroud back ad are hadicap accessible. We have large prit bulletis, bibles ad hymals ad ehaced hearig assistace devices. Church of the Holy Spirit Episcopal Fid us o the Web at: The Church of the Holy Spirit worships every Suday at 8 ad 9:30 a.m. at 170 Mai St. The 9:30 service icludes music ad is followed by coffee ad refreshmets. Childcare is available at 9:30. Healig Service The ext Healig Service is o Ja. 7, at 12:30 p.m. i Griswold Hall (263 Highlad St.). The service of healig icludes prayer, aoitig with oil, ad Holy Commuio. Family Worship Groto voters opiios cocerig the addig o of more wid farms i Groto. A total of 365 ballots were set out; 234 postage paid ballots were retured. 89 voters were i favor of more turbies i Groto, 145 voters were opposed to more turbies i Groto. Spam? If you are gettig spam s, you ca forward them to the FBI list. Use lower case letters to uce. gov. You ca also get iformatio o how to stop spam by goig to spam@uce.gov ad gettig a Cosumer Actio hadbook a free publicatio o prevetig idetity theft. This site also has a list of other available pertiet iformatio like o uderstadig credit filigs, filig a cosumer complait, ad how to get rid of spam, etc. Cotiues o Ja. 14, 5:30-7 p.m.! This fu, casual family gatherig icludes dier, a Bible story, activity, ad short worship service. The first gatherig of 2015 will be at Holderess School, begiig with dier i Weld Hall. The story will be Jesus i the Temple. For details, cotact Grace at holyspiritrector@ gmail.com or NAMI-NH Support Group NAMI support group for those livig with or carig for someoe with metal illess, first ad third Modays at 7 p.m. i Pease Library. Rector s Ope House The Fourth Aual Christmastide Rector s Ope House is Suday, Ja. 4, 4-6 p.m. If you do t kow the address or how to get there, call the office at or Grace at Come hugry! Blood Drive Update The Nov.10 Blood Drive was a success, ad we would like to thak all of the blood doors, as well as everyoe who helped orgaize the evet. With our success, we will be hostig aother Blood Drive o Ja. 9th, so please save the date! If you d like to be ivolved i the ext drive, please cotact Joh McGover at Aual Meetig The Church of the Holy Spirit will hold its Aual Parish Meetig o Ja. 25, after oe Suday morig service at 9 a.m. Morig Prayer Morig Prayer is offered Tuesday-Friday, 8:30 a.m., at the Commuity Life Ceter, 263 Highlad St. Check out our welcome statemet: At the Church of the Holy Spirit, you are welcome! We welcome atives of New Hampshire, flatladers, foreigers, sowbirds, ad seekers of every sort. We are all stragers ad foreigers o the earth... seekig a homelad. (Hebrews 11:13-14) News at D Acres There are films of D Acres educatioal farmig ad other activities available o You Tube ad Vimeo. Easiest way to view the iformatioal series is to first go to the click o You Tube or Vimeo. Josh Trought has writte a book O the art of permaculture farmig etitled The Commuity-Scale Permaculture Farm ad is available at Amazo.com ad at Chelsea Gree Publishig.com. Here s wishig everyoe a very happy, healthy, peaceful ad prosperous New Year. May this New Year be blessed with health, happiess, peace ad prosperity to everyoe. The Bulleti Board Notices: Holiday times Thursday, Ja. 1, New Year s Day, all Tow s offices will be closed all We welcome those dressed head to toe i furs ad those dressed i faux everythig whatever it takes to get through our witers. We welcome carivores, locavores, omivores, vegetarias, vegas ad the glute itolerat you will fid spiritual ourishmet at the altar ad physical ourishmet at our Farmers Market. We welcome Republicas, Democrats, Libertarias, Socialists, ad oe of the above though you may wat to schedule your vacatio durig Primary seaso. We welcome the asexual, the heterosexual, ad those who self-idetify as LGBTQ; we welcome the sigle, the partered, the married, the divorced, ad those livig i families, o matter how fuctioal or dysfuctioal we gratefully ackowledge that we are all childre of God... ad joit heirs with Christ. (Romas 8: 16-17) We welcome both hawks ad doves as well as peregrie falcos, bald eagles, ad tamer critters such as dogs ad cats, especially durig our aual blessig of the aimals o the feast of St. Fracis. We welcome those who are addicted, those who are i recovery, ad those who have t yet realized they have a problem. All of us are i deial about somethig. As a imperfect people, we have welcomed God s love ad forgiveess as show i Christ. We ivite other imperfect people to joi us i this jourey of faith, discovery, ad growth. Holy Triity (Roma Catholic) Blessed New Year Each New Year presets us with a opportuity for progressig i the kowledge ad experiece of God s love ad care. May all of us take this challege seriously ad truly beefit from the grace God bestows. It is a pleasure to serve the Lord i your midst. We ask the Lord s blessigs upo you ad yours i this New Year Fr. Leo, Deaco Mike & day. Thursday, Ja. 8, 2015 the Coservatio Commissio will meet at 7 p.m. Thursday, New Year Eve the Trasfer Statio will be closed. Feb. 3, the Tow s Public Budget Meetig at 6 p.m., with Feb. 4 as the sow date. Hebro Bob Brooks hebrohews@live.com Hebro Commuity Breakfast The Hebro Commuity Breakfast will be Saturday, Ja. 3 from 7:30-8:45 a.m. The $4 doatio icludes eggs, baco, sausage, hash, pacakes, oatmeal, fruit, pastries, juice & coffee. Pasquaey Sowshoe Club Hike Ja. 4, Ispiratio Poit, Bristol (EASY/ MODERATE) This is Staff From Fr. Leo I the dizzyig array of holidays i this two week period, Christmas, Holy Family, New Year, ad Epiphay, it ca be difficult to keep up with the actio. We are i the midst of a seaso rich for its spirituality ad also for its secular activity. We are first of all still i the Christmas seaso despite what the store circulars tell us. This week, we celebrate the Holy Family, the awareess that God the Father wated his So Jesus, to grow up ormal, with a father ad a mother. We recogize i this day ad age that the family comes i varyig sizes, shapes, ad cofiguratios. The ideal America family of the 1950 s a la Father Kows Best with a mother, father, ad twothree childre is ow a miority of what we call family. All families are good, o matter how cofigured. We do ot live i a ideal world ad so all families as well as members are flawed. We do our best with what God gives us. If you stop to thik about the Holy Family, Jesus, Mary, ad Joseph they were ot a typical family either, because Joseph was Jesus foster father. Yet the Holy Family is held out as a ideal to us as a home commuity of persos who kew God s love ad tried to live that love for each other every day. We are all called to be holy families...to let the light of Christ shie through our every thought, word, deed...to strive mightily for uity ad harmoy, ad to give up ego ad selfishess out of care for others. Parets do their best but childre too ofte put adults to shame with heartfelt geerosity. Let us pray for all families, especially those beset by eormous obstacles or shrouded by great tesio. Thoughts from Pope Fracis... The followig excerpts were take from a talk that our Holy Father Pope Fracis gave whe visitig St. Joseph i the club s seaso starter evet. You will be rewarded with great views of the tow of Bristol ad the surroudig area. Meet at the Bristol Liquor Store parkig lot at 1 p.m. We will drive to the Keega s o Robie Road ad hike the trail to New Chester Road ad Ispiratio Poit. This hike will take about 1 hour. The trail is steep at the begiig ad the levels off to the road. The Slim Baker Lodge will be ope ad warm for refreshmets after comig dow from the poit. A alterative to the hour hike would be to drive to the parkig lot for the lodge ad hike to the Poit. The lodge will be ope at 1 p.m., so if you wat to wait for the log hike group to arrive, you could wait there. Ay questios, please call the Leader at Meet: Bristol State Liquor Store at 1 p.m. Rome o Gaudete Suday. Pope Fracis met with the sick, a group of gypsies, a First Commuio class, ad couples whose ewbor babies were baptized i the last year. No sait was ever kow for havig a fueral face, Pope Fracis said; the joy of kowig oe is loved by God ad saved by Christ must be see at least i a sese of peace, if ot a smile. Be joyful as you prepare for Christmas, he told them at Mass, urgig as a first step that people thak God each day for the blessig they have bee give. A Christia s Christmas joy has othig to do with the cosumerism that leads to everyoe beig axious o Dec. 24 because, Oh, I do t have this, I eed that -o, that is ot God s joy. With Christmas comig very soo, he asked them to pray. Do t forget, we pray for Christmas joy. A Christia is oe who has a heart full of peace because he or she kows how to fid joy i the Lord eve whe goig through difficult momets i life. Havig faith does ot mea ot havig difficulties, but havig the stregth to face them kowig we are ot aloe. Whe joy or at least peace shies through a perso s face, he said, others will woder why, opeig the possibility of sharig with them the Gospel. With Christmas approachig, the Pope said, the church ivites us to give witess that Jesus is ot just a historical figure; He is the word of God who cotiues to illumiate people s paths today; His gestures, the sacramets, show the tederess, cosolatio of love of the Father for every huma beig. Christia joy, he said, comes from prayer ad from givig thaks to God. It grows as oe reviews all of the blessigs that God has give. Meditatio Look to this day! For it is life, the very life of life. I its brief course lie all the verities ad real- SEE CHRUCH, PAGE A7

7 Arts & Etertaimet NEWFOUND LANDING, THURSDAY, JANUARY 1, 2015 A7 Solomo Kee returs to Meredith! MEREDITH The Iterlakes Summer Theatre is proud to aouce that Solomo Kee will be returig to Meredith with the latest versio of his Sammy Davis, Jr. show o Saturday, Feb. 7 at 2 ad 7:30 p.m., ad Suday, Feb. 8 at 3 p.m. Mr. Davis, A Night with Sammy is the ew Sammy Davis, Jr. musical show. Audieces will be trasported to the Las Vegas Strip ad, you re sure to believe you re sittig at the Sads Hotel sigig, swigig, ad crooig with Sammy. The show highlights classic hits like Cadyma, Mr. Bojagles, Oce i a Lifetime, ad What Kid of Fool Am I? Kee is astoishigly like Sammy Davis, Jr. i both sog stylig ad body laguage, says Iterlakes Theatre producer, Nacy Barry. The show is t about imitatio. I m just beig Solomo o stage, says Kee, who plays Sammy. I sig his sogs ad add a few Sammy Davisisms here ad there. I do t believe ayoe ca impersoate him. He was oe of a kid. I just waa make the world taste good like he did. Solomo Kee performed his oe-ma show here i October 2013, ad sice has cotiued the developmet with help from New York City producers ad directors. He returs with his Musical Director, Joshua StecherRoss ad Iterlakes favorites David LeBlac ( Dave, the drummer ) ad bassist Dr. Athoy Varga. Everywhere I go i tow, folks have asked me to brig him back, so o my recet trip to NYC, Solomo & I Courtesy Solomo Kee returs to Iterlakes Summer Theatre i February with his show Mister Davis-A Night With Sammy. For tickets, visit iterlakstheatre.com or sat dow together ad made a pla! says Barry. All tickets are $25 ad ca be purchased by callig , by visitig our Web site, or ca be purchased at the door. Seatig is reserved. CHURCH FROM PAGE A6 ities of your existece. The bliss of growth, the glory of actio, the spledor of beauty For yesterday is already a dream ad tomorrow is oly a visio. But today...well lived... makes every yesterday a dream of happiess ad every tomorrow a visio of hope. Look well, therefore, to this day! Youth Corer The Polar Express: The Bristol Cofirmatio youth voluteered at the Polar Express i Licol recetly. Those who participated were Molly Croxo, Brad MacDoald, Kylee MacDoald, Juliae Marchad ad Athoy White. They met the trai at its arrival at the North Pole where they got a chace to meet ad talk with the families o their way iside. The youth really ejoyed beig with the families ad explaiig their jobs as bakers, jigle bell testers ad toy makers. The kids were so cute, said Kylee. I wat to come back ext week ad do this agai, said Juliae. Molly was impressed by a six-yearolds wish for a chemistry set! The boys especially ejoyed sigig Rudolph i the elf parade iside. The storyteller iside reads the classic book The Polar Express. I the story a youg boy is questioig if there is a Sata Claus. He goes o a trai ride with other childre where he meets a hobo who tells him seeig is believig. He arrives at the North Pole ad desperately tries to see Sata ad evetually receives the first gift of Christmas, which is a bell from Sata s sleigh. All of the childre are delivered back to their homes by the trai The Polar Express. O his ride back the coductor stops ad says to the boy, Seeig is believig, but sometimes the most real thigs are those you caot see. Souds a lot like Hebrews 11:1, Faith is the realizatio of what is hoped for ad evidece of thigs ot see. New Year s Day Mass Schedule Solemity of Mary: New Year s Eve at Our Lady of Grace at 5 p.m. ad New Year s Day at St. Matthew at 10:30 a.m. Day Away Merry Christmas from the staff ad voluteers of Day Away. We will reope o Jauary 8, ad are still lookig for participats, as well as voluteers. Day Away is a program that allows caregivers a Day Away while their loved oe is cared for by experieced staff ad traied voluteers i a carig ad fu eviromet. The Day Away program takes place o Thursdays at Simard Hall i the basemet of Our Lady of Grace Chapel. Please feel free to stop by o ay Thursday to see what we are all about. We are also lookig for participats who meet our itake assessmet guidelies. If you are carig for a loved oe with demetia, please call Fra Olso at to discuss the program ad schedule a visit with our staff ad director. Bible Study Bible Study is led by Deaco Mike. Joi us at 9 a.m. i Bristol at the Maria Ceter, ad at 3:30 p.m. at St. Matthew Church dowstairs i the meetig room. We will be studyig First Corithias from St. Paul together come to 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 study, share, pray, ad brig your Bible. All are welcome. Daily Mass The Passio of Jesus Christ is the greatest love story of all time. We Catholics believe that to celebrate the Lord s Supper is a sacred evet that dyamically uites us to the eteral sacrifice of Jesus o the cross. Here at Holy Triity, we have the opportuity o most days of the week to participate i the holy sacrifice of the Mass. You will fid the schedule for this week o page 1 of the Bulleti or by checkig olie. Morig Prayer, Liturgy of the Hours, is prayed at 7:40 a.m. before each weekday Mass. If you would like to iclude a loved oe i the published Mass itetios this moth, or ay time durig the year, please call the parish office earest you a few weeks i advace Eucharistic Adoratio Eucharistic Adoratio is a gift of comfort ad peace every Thursday at St. Ages. Quite a few parishioers have siged up for a hour each week, prayig for the eeds of our commuity of faith...prayig for all of us. Begiig with Mass at 8 a.m., the day cotiues i uiterrupted silece ad prayer. Adorers are always eeded. Please cosider committig to a holy hour. Ca you sped a hour before the Lord oce a week or oce a moth? To see what it s like, stop by for a few miutes of quiet prayer or reflectio o ay Thursday util 6 p.m. Icidetals Holy Triity Parish would like to thak our sposors, Boyle Law Office, PLLC, Larry Stears Electrical Cotractig, Kights of Columbus #10307 ad Kights of Columbus Coucil #7073 for their geerous doatio of our woderful Caledars. We are so grateful for their service. Save paper. Save time. Ad make your offertory gifts work harder tha ever for our miistries by participatig i our Olie Givig program. Whe you give olie, you ca use your debit or credit card to set up automatic paymets that will go directly to the church coveietly ad securely. Log o to our Web site, ad click o the Parish Life tab to sig up. If you are affected by celiac disease, please call or either parish office (see bulleti cover for cotact iformatio) so that you ca be iformed about your optios for receptio of Salmo Press is pleased to aouce... Newfoud Ladig Coverig the Newfoud Lake Area & Surroudig Commuities Alexadria Bridgewater Bristol Dabury Groto Hebro Hill New Hampto A ew commuity publicatio full of local ews, sports & happeigs. FREE i Stores! FREE Olie! Reserve your ad space today! ONLY $7.00/pci Call Tracy Lewis at (603) tracy@salmopress.com Holy Commuio. 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. If you have scheduled a aouced Mass ad would like to brig up the Gifts at that Mass, please let oe of the ushers kow before Mass. Please call the rectory if a loved oe is hospitalized. It is the oly way we ca kow whom we should visit. 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9 Arts & Etertaimet NEWFOUND LANDING, THURSDAY, JANUARY 1, 2015 A9 Streetcar Compay seekig performers of all kids for Barum auditios GILFORD Callig all jugglers, aerialists, lio tamers ad more! Streetcar Compay aouces auditios for huge productio of Broadway musical Barum: The life ad times of P.T. Barum. This productio requires performers with may types of talet! We will be auditioig for our usual sigers, dacers, ad actors, but we also will be lookig for folks with circus type acts. Jugglers, acrobats, dog acts, fire eaters, sword swallowers, aerialists, you ame it. We also eed folks willig to take o small roles like bearded lady, strog ma, geeks ad freaks! Opportuities are available for people of almost ay age. We are castig kids ages three ad up as circus aimals ad clows, older kids as chorus members ad adults i all kids of roles! Kids actig auditios will be Suday, Ja. 11 at 3 p.m. with circus acts to follow at 5 p.m. o the same day. Suday eveig at 7:30 p.m. will be our first ope sigig, actig ad dace auditio for folks ages 16 ad over. Moday, Ja. 12 at 7 p.m. will be aother roud of musical ad actig auditios as well a chace for us to look at people a secod time if we desire. Please brig your A game ad be ready with a short prepared sog to sig with the piao as well as a readig from the provided script. All auditios will be held at the Methodist Church o Route 11A i Gilford. For more iformatio please visit our Web site, www. streetcarcompay.com or the director, J Alward, at alward@metrocast.et. Show dates are i late April, ad the rehearsals will be o Suday afteroos ad eveigs, Moday eveigs, ad Thursday eveigs. People are also eeded to work o various productio jobs. or atted auditios to get ivolved i all kids of roles! Kids actig auditios will be Suday, Ja. 11 at 3 p.m., with circus acts to follow at 5 p.m. o the same day. Suday eveig at 7:30 p.m. will be our first ope sigig, actig ad dace auditio for folks ages 16 ad over. Moday, Ja. 12 at 7 p.m. will be aother roud of musical ad actig auditios as well a chace for us to look at people a secod time if we desire. Please brig your A game ad be ready with a short prepared sog to sig with the piao as well as a readig from the provided script. All auditios will be held at the Methodist Church o Route 11A i Gilford. For more iformatio please visit our website, or the director J Alward at alward@metrocast.et. Show dates are i late April ad the rehearsals will be o Suday afteroos ad eveigs, Moday eveigs, ad Rig i the New Year with some dow ad dirty blues at Pitma s LACONIA O Wedesday, Dec. 31, at 8 p.m., Pitma s Freight Room will host a New Year s Eve Party with the Racky Thomas Blues Bad. Rig i the New Year with a dace ad delightful hors d oeuvres buffet at Pitma s Freight Room. The Racky Thomas Blues Bad has bee a torchbearer for the blues sice its formatio i 1995, whe Racky Thomas collaborated with bassist Todd Carso, guitarist Nick Adams, ad drummer Ted Larki to make a demo cd, ad do some gigs aroud the Bosto area. Thomas has a vast repertoire of tues blues from worldclass bluesme, platatio gospel (the origial blues), rockig electric blues, classic ad obscure blues, ad Racky Thomas blues icludig Matchbox Blues, Biscuit-Baki Woma, Moa, Sugar-coated Love, Big Road Blues, Hoochie-Coochie Ma, ad Mojo Worki (to ame a few). Gutsy vocals, dow ad dirty harmoica, smokig guitar, a killer rhythm sectio deliverig pure uadulterated blues, ad you ve got the Racky Thomas Bad. Complimetary champage toast at midight! or call for reservatios. Thursday eveigs. People are also eeded to work o various productio jobs. or atted auditios to get ivolved! Childre s Arts Festival by ETC Jauary 10th Programs for childre Grades K-6 PLYMOUTH Childre i grades kidergarte through six are ivited to participate i the aual Educatioal Theatre Collaborative (ETC) Childre s Arts Festival Saturday, Ja. 10, 2015, at Plymouth State Uiversity. This special evet offers opportuities for childre to lear differet aspect of the arts music, dace, theatre, visual ad laguage arts while experiecig the themes of the curret productio, The Soud of Music. I The Soud of Music, Captai Vo Trapp takes o a ew goveress, Maria a u too free spirited for ay covet to look after his over-disciplied childre. The rebellious childre first reject Maria, but lear to love her free-spirited ature as she itroduces them to art, music, freedom ad love. It is a egagig story with drama, itrigue, romace, comedy, history ad lyrical music, set i Austria just as the Germa Army is takig over that coutry. ETC co-producer ad festival coordiator Robb Dimmick says, ETC s Childre s Arts Festival is a daylog adveture i music, dace, actig ad the art of laguage. The Festival takes youth o a jourey through the magic ad possibilities of musical theatre. This year childre will experiece their favorite thigs, selectig from amog five workshops guided by some of the areas fiest teachers ad artists. Festival hours are 8:30 a.m. 2:30 p.m. at PSU s Silver Ceter for the Arts o Mai Street i Plymouth. I additio to workshops, the day icludes a behidthe-scees look at the Soud of Music set, ad a special performace, Bright Copper Kettles ad Warm Woole Mittes, by the hilarious Jim Gleich. Workshops iclude: Brow Paper Packages Tied up with Strigs: Art, with Deise Plate-Reaud Wild Geese That Fly with the Moo o Their Wigs: Dace, with Emily Mower Doorbells ad Sleigh Bells: Music, with Kirste Mohrig Crisp Apple Strudels ad Schitzel with Noodles: Laguage Arts with Kare McLoud Raidrops o Roses ad Whiskers o Kittes: Actig with Fra Page The Childre s Arts Festival registratio fee is $35 per child. Please submit oe registratio form for each child. Some scholarships are available. Please brig a bag luch. Sacks will be provided. Register i advace olie at evets.uh.edu/registratioform.p.m? evet_id=17159/ or call Pam Irish at Cotact Robb Dimmick at ribooks@aol. com for further iformatio. Ad do t forget your tickets ow for The Soud of Music, Ja at Plymouth State Uiversity s Silver Ceter for the Arts Box Office, or (800) The box office is closed Dec. 13-Ja. 1, but tickets are available olie at silver.plymouth.edu. Begiig Ja. 2, Box Office Hours will be 11 a.m. 4 p.m., Moday through Friday. ETC iformatio is olie at Geeral iformatio about evets at Plymouth State Uiversity is olie at ThisWeek@ PSU, blogs.plymouth.edu. HEAT FROM PAGE A1 ery day! The live auctio with Lisa Lovett ad Terri Daucher will be the culmiatio of a fu-filled eveig that will iclude a silet auctio, raffle, ad buffet dier supplied by more tha 20 of our fiest area restaurats ad their chefs all to raise moey for local families i eed of home heatig fuel assistace. The cotributios for the raffle ad auctios both silet ad live are truly extraordiary, so be sure to brig your checkbook to KTHO ad help us reach this year s goal of $50,000 for fuel assistace! Do you dream of escapig to a exotic locatio? You ca bid o a photo safari for two to South Africa! Somethig a little closer to home? How about Park-Hopper passes to Disey, or a Natucket Seaside getaway? For those who revel i our New Hampshire witers, we have lift tickets to your favorite ski areas, a dog sled ride, or a Alpie Adveture! If you prefer the comforts of home, we have a wide variety of choices, icludig two origial paitigs by local artist Cam Siclair, a cord of firewood, ad a whiskey tastig for six. For the foodies, we have a iteratioal buffet for eight, a special dier for four, ad a progressive dier. The silet auctio will feature products, services, ad gift certificates doated by our may geerous area busiesses ad craftspeople. Too umerous to list, they rage from practical (a oil & filter chage for your car or a tue-up for your bike) to luxurious (several lovely pieces of jewelry ad a beautiful hadmade quilt) to excitig (a ride i a seaplae!). Oce agai, PSU s Prospect Hall will provide the ideal browsig veue, ad the KTHO decoratig committee is plaig the most elegat settig ever, with backgroud music by the taleted Jim Alba! There are multiple reasos to go to KTHO: you ll fid some fabulous deals i the silet auctio, you ll ejoy a delicious meal created by our best local restaurats, ad you ll be etertaied by the terrific live auctio team of Lisa Lovett ad Terri Daucher all for the very importat goal of helpig your eighbors i eed. If you ca t be there, please cosider joiig as a sposor or auctio door. The eed has ever bee greater, ad every cotributio helps! Tickets for the 10th aual KTHO are o sale at Chase Street Market for $35, ad are available i umbers. To reserve a table, call Veroica Barbadoro at KTHO is orgaized ad sposored by the Plymouth Area Democrats, partered with the Plymouth Area Commuity Closet i their cotiued missio to provide assistace to our eighbors. KTHO ad the fuel assistace it helps provide are etirely o-partisa. RAGGED FROM PAGE A1 youg ma amed Coor, who was visitig from Illiois. The coditios are great. We do t have sow or moutais like this i Illiois so it s bee refreshig to get a chace to be out here to ski with my frieds today, he said. Marketig Director Tyler DeVaux was also takig a few rus o Friday ad said a little rai earlier i the week had t doe ay damage that sow gus ad some skilled groomig ad could t fix. It all tured aroud yesterday whe we got suy skies. We ve had a great turout this week, he said. Both DeVaux ad Evets Coordiator Amada Mclai said their sow makig crew is very passioate about their jobs ad have provided a great surface to kick off the seaso as the await Mother Nature to do her part, too. There were 15 trails ope last weeked that allowed skiers plety of opportuities to ot oly have some fu but to test their skills a bit. Besides ovice, itermediate ad advaced trails at Ragged Moutai, there are also double diamod expert trails ad some challegig glade skiig for the more adveturous that they hope to have ope i the ear future. We d rather have a smaller amout of trails ope right ow ad have them all i excellet coditio. We ca guaratee people a good amout of rus here right ow ad their skis will be safe from bumps ad bruises, said Mclai. Over the weeked, the Piacle Pluge Tubig Park also opeed for the seaso, offerig families aother form of great outdoor fu. The park will be ope Thursdays through Sudays begiig at 9 a.m., with desigated two hour slots per perso to isure a safe ad fu experiece with o crowdig o the slope. DeVaux said the Spear Moutai Express chair lift was purchased through the reowed Doppelmayr USA compay ad is oly oe of may more chages to come to Ragged Moutai i the future. While the ski area curretly ecompasses two moutais peaks, Spear Moutai ad Ragged Moutai, a twoto-three-year expasio oto abuttig Piacle Peak is uderway that will iclude two more lifts, several more trails ad aother sectio of glade skiig off the summit. Other plas are for upgrades to be made to the Elmwood Lodge ad the additio of two ew diig areas where skiers ca relax both durig ad after a day o the slopes. Whe that s all completed, we ll be the third largest ski area i New Hampshire, DeVaux said. Ragged Moutai Resort is located at 602 Ragged Moutai Highway (Route 104) i Dabury ad is ope seve days a week. Besides iformatio o weather coditios ad upcomig evets, both daily tickets ad seaso passes are also available for a time-savig olie purchase at their Web site, 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

10 The Rest of the Story A10 NEWFOUND LANDING, THURSDAY, JANUARY 1, 2015 AUTHOR FROM PAGE A5 Mid: Oe Woma s Practical Guide to Buttig Heads with the Uiverse was released i paperback this past November ad is gettig rave reviews, both from local readers ad those who have posted their thoughts olie. Maggie s book is like a bowl of chicke soup cooked with delicious motherly/sisterly wisdom that soothes my pai ad eergizes me for a better future, oe reader wrote. This is a book I will keep o my bookshelf for log time ad will read wheever I am i eed of comfort ad wisdom. Besides Dressers Ulimited, copies of Aderso s book may also be purchased at the Warre Public Library or olie through Amazo.com. BCS FROM PAGE A1 glass isulatio was poorly istalled ad left may gaps to the outside. A blower door test, Cadieux reported, also showed that the buildig was experiecig early three complete chages of air every hour. The stadard, he said, is a air exchage of oly oe oe-third of a buildig s volume every hour. This buildig was ie times leakier tha it should have bee if it was built to curret New Hampshire Eergy Code requiremets, said Cadieux. Widows o the frot of the buildig that were oce used for walk-up ice cream service as Buzzy s Market, were also ot as efficiet as they should be ad a old air coditioig uit i the attic was allowig eve more cold air to seep ito the buildig. Plas were made to remedy the situatio but first moey had to be raised to get the work doe ad there Cadieux also pitched i to help BCS keep that fudraisig to a miimum. Workig with the New Hampshire Retail Associatio he was able to obtai 30-percet of the costs for the improvemets through a busiess eergy efficiecy program, sposored by the Regioal Greehouse Gas Iitiative. I December, J. Myers Builders of Lisbo, a compay that specializes i eergy efficiecy improvemets, the stepped i to perform the work. The compay blew i a closed cell spray foam that provides the highest R-value per square ich ad does ot allow air to move through it like fiberglass isulatio does. They replaced the former ice cream couter widows with more efficiet widows ad sealed the space where the air coditioer oce sat. Most of our homes ad buildigs were built durig the age of cheap fuel. At the time they were built, makig them eergy efficiet was ot a priority, Cadieux said. With a small ivestmet ad workig with a cotractor whose focus is o makig a buildig more eergy efficiet, ad ot just throwig i more isulatio, it s ot ucommo for a buildig ower to realize a percet decrease i their fuel costs. With the work complete, it is ow estimated that BCS will use 700 gallos less i fuel this witer, which will be a savigs of more tha $2,100 per year. BCS made aother improvemet to the frot room this year whe the cemet floor had to be jack hammered i order to fix a plumbig problem. Colby said whe that job was completed a ew carpet was laid dow that will help keep the room more comfortable, too. Last witer, we had to keep a light o i the utility closet to keep thigs i there from freezig ad we worked i figerless gloves, so we re really lookig forward to stayig warm this witer, she said FROM PAGE A1 Bristol, the society felt the ew gree space that work created would be perfect for a oe day marketplace. It s a beautiful gree that is t used much. We thought that holdig a evet there, right i Cetral Square, would also help brig eve more people ito dowtow Bristol, said Lucille Keega. BHS also brought people together agai i the square i December with carolig, the lightig of the tow Christmas tree ad may other family activities. Others let their time to fudraisig efforts to beefit local oprofit groups through Ru Your Bus Off race, the Turkey Trot i Bridgewater, Freudeberg NOK s ca challege that collected operishable foods for the local food patry ad much, much more. Bristol Fire Departmet also had a successful first year i providig witer coats for Newfoud area childre through Operatio Warm, ad the Bristol Police Departmet s Duk A Cop fudraiser beefited youth baseball ad softball programs. Aother large show of commuity support occurred this past summer whe youg ad old came together to build a ew playgroud at Kelley Park i Bristol. The playgroud was made possible through grats, the geerosity of local busiess ad idividual doatios, may voluteer hours ad the Bristol voters who approved two warrat articles i March that brought more tha $38,000 forward to help make it all possible. The tow was so supportive of this project at Tow Meetig ad we re very grateful, said Dorcas Gordo who sat o the playgroud committee. I Dabury, the Blazig Star Grage had great commuity support i restorig a historic stage curtai ad Ragged Moutai Resort i Dabury opeed their doors ad ski slopes to beefit CHaD ad its programs for seriously ill childre just this past moth. The House i Hauted Hill tured screams ito dreams for other local oprofit agecies ad may orgaizatios like the Hebro Fire Departmet, Newfoud Pathways ad others beefited through Hebro s summer cocert series. It s a ice fudraiser to beefit busiesses ad orgaizatios from right here i our commuity, said cocert co-orgaizer Kathlee Flemig, but they re also a great way for families to relax, ejoy the beauty of the stars ad the sky, ad ot worry about makig dier that ight. Other ways to relax over the summer were the widely aticipated ad highly successful Hebro Church Fair, the Bristol Old Home Day celebratio, as well as the Daddy-Daughter Dace ad other commuity evets at Tapply-Thompso Commuity Ceter. Dabury pulled out all the stops to celebrate 100 years of their aual Grage Fair while traditioal bea hole suppers ad tos of fu, family-orieted activities took place durig both Bridgewater ad New Hampto s popular Old Home Day celebratios. New busiesses cropped up aroud the regio, commuity theater both ivolved ad etertaied may, ad a turtle amed Diae had a lot of fu whe her fas helped celebrate her 46th birthday i her home at Twi Desigs Gift Shop. Fially, September of 2014 brought a ewspaper back to the regio ad we at Salmo Press are hoored by the receptio The Newfoud Ladig has received. As 2014 comes to a close, we thak you for all you do for your commuities ad for your eighbors, ad we look forward to all the great thigs to come i the year before us. Traiig with Persoality 58 Mai St., Ashlad NH (Next to the Commo Ma) We have several educated / experieced Persoal Traiers to choose from... Classes we are offerig for the New Year, New You!!! Yoga with Shao Modays 6:30 pm $12 pp Cardio Class with Dusti 10:00 am Saturdays starts Ja 3rd $ pp Educatioal Classes Kettle Bell Class starts Ja 7th Wedesdays $15 pp 8 week Program. Must sig up, o more tha 5 people. Lear a ew techique!! 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11 Newfoud Ladig Sports B Sectio Thursday, Jauary 1, 2015 What s O Tap The local high school teams start returig to regular seaso actio as 2015 kicks off. At Newfoud, the boys basketball team returs to regular seaso actio o Tuesday, Ja. 6, at 6 p.m. agaist Iter-Lakes, while the Bear girls will be o the road at Iter-Lakes o Tuesday, Ja. 6, at 6 p.m. The Plymouth boys hoop team will be opeig up the 2015 portio of its schedule at home agaist Joh Stark at 3:30 p.m. o Saturday, Ja. 3. The boys will be at Lacoia at 6 p.m. o Tuesday, Ja. 6, ad will be hostig Merrimack Valley at 5 p.m. o Thursday, Ja. 8. The Bobcat hoop girls will be at Joh Stark o Friday, Ja. 2, at 6:30 p.m. ad will be hostig Lacoia at 6:30 p.m. o Tuesday, Ja. 6. The girls will host Merrimack Valley at 6:30 p.m. o Thursday, Ja. 8. The Plymouth wrestlig team will be at Newport o Friday, Ja. 2, at 2 p.m., at Keee at 9 a.m. o Saturday, Ja. 3, ad will be at Bow o Wedesday, Ja. 7, at 6 p.m. The Plymouth ski jumpig team will be at Gustock at 6 p.m. o Wedesday, Ja. 7. Newfoud hoorig 1995 champs o Feb. 7 BRISTOL Newfoud Regioal High School will be celebratig the 20th aiversary of the 1995 Class M boys basketball champios o Saturday, Feb. 7. The boys basketball team will be hostig Hillsboro-Deerig with the JV game startig at 2 p.m. Members of the 1995 team iclude coaches Da Peters, Howard Deuso ad Gary Barey. Players were Eric Pesciski, Toby Kowlto, Wally Laws, Mike Bruo, Peter Bascom, Ke Mackay, Etha Holmes, Matt Bose, Kevi Steves, Mike Peabody ad Ke Dearbor. To help with the success of this evet, Newfoud Regioal High School Athletic Director Peter Cofra eeds help from team members. If ay of the players are iterested ad willig to help orgaize, please cotact Cofra at , ext. 119 or pcofra@sau.4org. Newfoud girls roll to 6-0 at the break BY JOSHUA SPAULDING Sports Editor BRISTOL The battle of the Bears tured out to be ot much of a battle at all. The udefeated Newfoud hoop girls played host to the wiless Wiisquam girls i the fial regular seaso game of 2014 o Moday, Dec. 22, ad walked off with a resoudig wi to improve to 6-0 o the seaso. The Newfoud girls held WIisquam to just three poits i the secod half, icludig oe field goal i the first miute ad a free throw i the fial miutes. They have t give up may poits all seaso, Newfoud coach Karri Peterso said of her girls. They re workig hard defesively, they re workig hard i the presses. I ca give them differet looks ad they just go ad do it, she added. Bridget Lavi had the hot had early, cotiuig her scorig from the previous game. She hit two jumpers to help Newfoud get out to a 4-2 lead. A Shelby Nostrad hoop ad a pair of free throws from Amada Johsto pushed the lead to 8-2. After Wiisquam hit a hoop, Lavi hit aother basket ad Johsto hit aother free throw. Karissa Boy put back a reboud for a 13-4 lead ad Lavi hit aother hoop before a Boy steal ad basket fiished up the quarter, givig Newfoud a 17-4 lead. Lavi drilled the first bucket of the secod quarter for the gree ad white Bears, but the visitors rolled off six poits i a row goig iside ad cut the lead to After Savaa Boy hit a hoop to get Newfoud o track, Wiisquam hit aother hoop to keep the score withi ie. However, that was the last hoop the visitors would hit i the frame, as Lavi came back with aother basket ad Savaa Boy hit a free throw. Alexis Vatil hit a bucket ad Karissa Boy added a pair of free throws ad added a hoop to close out the half with Newfoud holdig a lead. After Wiisquam hit the first hoop of the secod half, the hosts held them scoreless the rest of the quarter. Lavi started the 18-0 ru with a bucket ad the Karissa Boy added a three-poiter. Johsto got the ball iside for a bucket ad Karissa Boy added aother three for the lead. Johsto put back a reboud ad Savaa Boy coected o a pair of three-poiters, sedig the lead to after three quarters of actio. Newfoud cotiued the ru to 28-0 i the fourth quarter. Savaa Boy started the quarter by puttig back a reboud ad the fiished off her ow steal for a lead. Lavi added aother basket ad Kaitly Frech fiished off the scorig by puttig i a pair of hoops to make it Wiisquam got the fial poit of the game, puttig i a free throw for the fial. Peterso was excited by the way Lavi cotiued to put the ball i the et. Bridget has always bee oe who s capable of scorig, but she s ever really take o that JOSHUA SPAULDING Bridget Lavi drives toward the basket durig actio agaist Wiisquam o Dec. 22. role, Peterso said. I the last game she got hot i the third ad that cotiued toight for her. She just stepped up ad shot the ball, the vetera coach cotiued. She s always bee oe of my most cosistet outside shooters. It s good to see her get the cofidece. Lavi hittig the early buckets forced Wiisquam to come out of the box ad oe defese quicker tha they might have wated to. She also oted that Savaa Boy cotiues to grow more comfortable with the varsity role. I wat her to grow ito the positio ad get her cofidece, Peterso said. Toight was the best defese I ve see her play all year. Additioally, she praised Lavi ad Karissa Boy for the work that they cotiued to do ad oted Vatil ad Frech also did a ice job comig off the bech ad spellig the starters. All four girls iside, they are all sophomores (Nostrad, Johsto, Vatil ad Frech) ad each game they re get- We are o loger at The Belkap Mall PLEASE VISIT OUR NEW LOCATION 1 mile south o Rte 3. NEXT TO ATLAS FIREWORKS!!! JOSHUA SPAULDING Amada Johsto puts up a shot durig her team s wi over Newfoud o Dec. 22. tig better, the Bear coach oted. Lavi fiished with 16 poits o the ight to lead the way, while Karissa Boy added 15 ad Savaa Boy added 13. The Bears closed the previous week with a trip to Lacoia o Friday, De. 19, walkig SEE HOOPS PAGE B6 $10.00 OFF Ay Oil Chage Must preset coupo. Oe coupo per customer. Not to be combied with ay other offer. Expires 2/2/15. $50.00 Full Wax, Buff, Wash & Vac Must preset coupo. Oe coupo per customer. Not to be combied with ay other offer. Expires 2/2/15. Sports Editor - Joshua Spauldig (phoe) (fax) - sportsgs@salmopress.com

12 Sports B2 THE NEWFOUND LANDING, THURSDAY, JANUARY 1, 2015 Bears battle, but fall i overtime BY JOSHUA SPAULDING Sports Editor BRISTOL After a couple of games where their oppoets pulled away ad took double-digit wis, the Newfoud hoop boys put up quite a battle i game three of the seaso. With Lacoia i tow o Friday, Dec. 19, the Bears did fall behid ad could t catch up util the fourth quarter, whe they came chargig back ad forced overtime before droppig a decisio to the Sachems. After roarig back, the Bears actually had a chace to close out the wi ad take their first victory of the year. However, they were uable to hit shots from the lie Paid Advertisemet Paid Advertisemet Paid Advertisemet Cosider These New Year s Fiacial Resolutios at crucial momets ad had to settle for overtime. We missed a lot of foul shots ad gave up some offesive rebouds, coach Adrew Szedre said. We could ve iced the game at the ed, but we missed free throws. He oted that for his team, it s a matter of learig how to close thigs out ad seal a victory. We ve got to lear to wi games ad close them out, Szedre oted. The Bears ad Sachems were tied at 53 at the ed of regulatio, but Lacoia outscored the hosts by four poits i the extra frame to walk off the wi. Despite the loss, Szedre came away impressed with how far his team has come i just three games. We ve come a log way i just the first couple of weeks of the seaso, the first-year head coach said. We re a lot more competitive. The Bears were led by a moster game from seior Remmi Ellis, who cotiues o his quest to reach the 1,000-poit mark, hittig 32 poits ad grabbig 18 rebouds. The Bears came up agaist a very strog Wiisquam team o Moday, Dec. 22, droppig a decisio i Tilto. Gocha gets a wi ad a secod place i first meet of idoor seaso BY JOSHUA SPAULDING Sports Editor HANOVER The Plymouth idoor track team opeed the seaso with a trip to Dartmouth for a meet o Saturday, Dec. 20. The boys fiished ith overall with 11 poits o the day, led by seior Malcolm Gocha. I the 55-meter dash, he raced to secod place i the prelimiaries with a time of 6.76 secods ad the came out with the wi i the fials with a time of 6.66 secods. James Wieliczko was 20th i 7.29 secods, Garrett Macomber was 33rd i 7.49 secods ad Kevi Vuog was 43rd overall i 7.63 secods. I the 300 meters, Gocha ra to secod place overall with a time of secods. Aida Nelso-Peck fiished i 58th place i secods. I the 600 meters, Adrew Chabot ra to 10th place overall i 1:37.26, while i the 1,000 meters, Liam Riehs took 18th place i 3:05.16 ad Chris Schwartz ra to 25th i 3:22.6. Chabot also ra to 10th i the 1,500 meters, fiishig with a time of 4:43. He the teamed with Riehs, Schwartz ad Macomber to ru i the 4X400-meter dash, where they took 12th place overall i 4: Wieliczko fiished 11th i the shot put with a toss of 34 feet, 8.25 iches ad Macomber was 21st at 30 feet, 1.5 iches. O the girls side of thigs, Margaret Gocha fiished i 15th place i a time of 8.2 secods i the 55 meters. I the hurdles, both Aeke Huye (10.65 secods) ad Riley Karp (11.1 secods) qualified for the fials, with Huye fiishig seveth i secods ad Karp fiishig eighth i secods. Joshua Spauldig ca be reached at or sportsgs@salmopress.com Now that 2015 is upo us, you may be thikig about makig some New Year s resolutios. Perhaps you ll decide to take up a musical istrumet, or hit the gym more ofte, or eve lear a ew laguage. All these are worthy goals, of course but you could also gai some key beefits by workig to achieve some fiacial resolutios. Here are a few to cosider: Fill gaps i your ivestmet portfolio. From time to time, you or possibly your fiacial advisor, if you work with oe might idetify gaps i your ivestmet portfolio. For example, you might fid that you are makig isufficiet progress o a key goal, such as savig for a child s college educatio. Or you might discover that you eed to place additioal resources i a particular asset class to achieve proper diversificatio, which ca help reduce the impact of market volatility o your portfolio. (Keep i mid, though, that diversificatio by itself ca t guaratee profits or protect agaist loss.) So put fillig portfolio gaps high o your list of New Year s fiacial resolutios. Boost your 401(k) cotributios. If your salary has goe up with the ew year, cosider boostig your cotributios to your 401(k) or similar employer-sposored retiremet pla. You may ot be able to afford to cotribute the maximum aual amout which i 2015 is $18,000, or $24,000 if you re 50 or older but if you icrease your cotributios every year, you ca greatly speed your progress toward your retiremet savigs goals. You ca put this New Year s resolutio ito effect by cotactig your huma resources or beefits departmet as soo as you get back to work i Elimiate uhealthy ivestmet habits. As part of your geeral New Year s resolutios, you may have decided to cut back o carbs ad sugar-laced soft driks, with the expectatio that these moves could help your overall health. But you ca also make uhealthy fiacial moves, such as chasig after hot stocks (which may already have cooled off by the time you fid them) or sellig quality ivestmets just because their price has temporarily dropped. Strive to focus more itetly o your logterm ivestmet strategy, as opposed to reactig to shortterm stimuli. Review your estate strategy. Durig ay give year, you might experiece major chages i your life marriage (or remarriage), ew child, ew home, etc. ad these chages will have profoud effects o your estate plas. But whether or ot you ecoutered ay of these evets i 2014, it s a good idea to look over your estate plaig documets* such as a will, livig trust, power of attorey ad so forth to make sure they are still curret with your wishes. It s especially importat to update beeficiary desigatios o your isurace policies ad retiremet accouts so that they are aliged with the wishes you have expressed i your will. Ad if you have t draw up your estate plas* yet, make a New Year s resolutio to do so i 2015 because it s ever too soo to take the steps ecessary to protect your loved oes i the future. Ulike some New Year s resolutios, these fiacial oes wo t require a big shift i your lifestyle. But if you ca stick to them, they ca make a big differece i your life. 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. Her office is located at 14 Mai Street, Dowtow Meredith. For more iformatio, see com/ or like her o Facebookwww.facebook.com/ EJAdvisorJacquelieTaylor. They have a reletless press, they re a wellcoached team, Szedre said. Kevi (Dame) is ruig a tight ship with them right ow. The team was i actio after (early) deadlie i the Lakes Regio Holiday Hoop Touramet i Gilford the week after Christmas. Look for that story i ext week s editio. The Bears will be returig to actio o Tuesday, Ja. 6, for a 6 p.m. game at home agaist Iter-Lakes. Joshua Spauldig ca be reached at or sportsgs@salmopress. com CJ s Pealty Box, Rollig Rocks remai udefeated i broomball play BY RAY O HARA Cotributig Writer WATERVILLE VAL- LEY With three games i the books, WV Broomball League 2014 champio, CJ s Pealty Box, remais udefeated at 3-0. The Waterville Valle Rollig Rocks, last year s semi-fialist, also remai udefeated. The ight s opeig game o Dec. 18 was a major upset, as the Campto Moutai Yetis, dow 3-1 at the ed of the first period, scored four uaswered goals to defeat The Crushers, 5-3. Katie Dodge opeed the scorig for The Crushers oe miute ito the game. The Yetis Rya Mae tied the score at the 7:20 mark. The Crushers Matt Atwood put his team up 2-1 at 6:20 ad scored agai 50 secods later puttig the Crushers up 3-1. I the secod period, the Mae scored early i the period the completed his hat trick to tie the game at the 5:20 mark. Five miutes ito the fial period, Eric Hiltz gave the Yetis their first lead of the seaso ad Specer Petz scored oe miute later for a commadig two-goal lead. The Yeti defese kept the Crushers off the board for the balace of the game. After beig shutout i their first two games while givig up 10 goals, it is apparet that the Yetis are begiig to tur thigs aroud. The secod game saw udefeated CJ s Pealty Box (2-0) face off agaist a much improved Mad River Taver Team (1-1) that had surredered just two goals i their first two games of the seaso. CJ s goalteder, Mark McGee ad a seasoed CJ s defese came ito the game with zero goals agaist. Defese ruled i this game, as Mad River Taver (MRT) put up a quality effort agaist a exceptioal CJ s team. The league scorig leader, Jay Duguay maaged to put a hard shot ito the et with 5:45 remaiig i the first period. From that poit o the Mad River Taver defese kept this league leadig CJ s offese off the board util Kyle Weede gave CJ s a commadig 2-0 lead at 12:40 of the third period. MRT goalie Mike Bowes remaied strog i et, but Mad River Taver s offese could ot score as Mc- Gee otched his third cosecutive shutout. Oe of the league s greatest rivalries gave the crowd a show i the third game as the udefeated Waterville Valley Rollig Rocks (2-0) faced XXX, lookig for their first wi of the seaso. After years of domiace i this league, XXX has bee i a re-buildig mode with a umber of ew players. The WV Rocks exceptioal defese ad goaltedig came ito this game 2-0 with two shutout wis. Dusti Showers scored his first goal of the seaso o a slap shot from the slot at 13:15 to give the Rocks the lead. A few miutes later, XXX s Casey Blachard scored his secod goal of the seaso to tie the game. Ray Hoyt took advatage of a XXX defesive miscue to score with just 26 secods left i the period for a 2-1 Rocks lead. The secod period was all defese util the last two miutes. Jimmy Keefe scored his secod goal of the seaso with 1:55 remaiig to give the Rocks the lead. At 42 secods, XXX s Ashley Fracis made a great deflectio o shot across the crease to remai oe goal dow at 3-2. Nie secods later, Rocks captai Tom Hoyt put the Rocks up 4-2 with just 34 secods o the clock, a devastatig reversal for XXX. Early i the third period, Billy Drake scored his first goal of the seaso for XX, makig it a game at 4-3. XXX s hopes for a tie eded four miutes later as the Tatyaa Hoyt scored o a assist from her dad Tom to put the Rocks up 5-3. The Rocks put the game away with 5:40 remaiig as Hailey Johso gaied cotrol of the ball behid the et ad passed to Tom Hoyt, who stuffed the ball ito the et off the left post. With just 1:29 remaiig, Hailey Johso scored her first goal of the seaso for the Rocks, positioed i the slot ad her back to the goal, she took a pass tha backhaded it through her legs ad ito the et past a surprised goalteder for the 7-3 fial for the Rocks. The victory kept the Waterville Valley Rollig Rocks tied for first place with a record of 3-0. They will face CJ s Pealty Box i game four o Ja. 8. Week four Broomball schedule o Thursday, Ja. 8, at the Waterville Valley Ice Area will see the Rollig Rocks ad CJ s at 6:30 p.m., Mad River Taver ad The Crushers at 7:30 p.m. ad XXX vs. Campto Moutai Yetis at 8:30 p.m. Admissio is free. The Waterville Valley Co-ed Broomball League is sposored by Amoskeag Beverages of Machester ad Cocord. For more iformatio about the Waterville Valley Broomball League, go to sites.google.com/site/ wvbroomball/. Coaches sought at Newfoud BRISTOL Newfoud Regioal High School is lookig for varsity ad JV softball coaches, a spirit coach ad a track assistat coach. Iterested idividuals should sed a letter of itet, resume ad ames ad phoe SPREAD THE WORD! Buy the Jumbo Ad ad reach readers i ELEVEN NH Weekly Papers. From the Lakes Regio to the Caadia Border. Call salmopress.com umbers of three refereces to Peter Cofra, Athletic Director at pcofra@sau4.org.

13 Tilto Witer Farmers Market 67 East mai St., Tilto, NH Exit 20 from I-93 Toward Tilto SATURDAYS 10AM-2PM UNTIL MARCH 28 Woderful Thigs Come I Small Packages... Old Ma Pedat from $55 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 Sports THE NEWFOUND LANDING, THURSDAY, JANUARY 1, 2015 Elks Hoop Shoot wiers crowed, compete agai Suday PLYMOUTH The Plymouth Lodge of Elks #2312 is pleased to aouce the wiers of its recet 42d aual Hoop Shoot Champioship held at Plymouth Regioal High School. More tha three millio yougsters will participate at all levels of this activity throughout the coutry this year. The Natioal Elks Hoop Shoot Champioship will be held i Sprigfield, Mass. at the Basketball Hall of Fame i April The local champioship featured the school wiers selected i each of the six divisios from the Campto, Holderess, Plymouth, Rumey ad Thorto Elemetary Schools, with the 27 fialists participatig i the local Elks Champioship. The local wiers were as follows. For the 8-9 girls, first wet to Kierra Brow of Campto ad secod wet to Alyssa Woodward of Plymouth. For the girls, first wet to Riley Flaherty of Holderess ad secod wet to Hope Qualey of Plymouth. For the girls, Leia Brut of Plymouth eared first place ad Amada Dougherty took secod place. For boys i the 8-9 age group, first place wet to Orio Browe of Plymouth ad Christopher Rubbe of Campto took secod. For the boys, Hayde Whitma of Plymouth was first ad Parker Keey of Campto was secod. For the boys, Marcus Morel of Campto took first ad Bredao Olivier of Plymouth was secod. Brut, the first place wier i the year-old girl category, was the state wier last year i the year-old category. The first place wi- Amy Ais tourey set for Jauary 25th GILFORD The fourth aual Amy Ais Volleyball Touramet is scheduled for Suday, Ja. 25, startig at 11 a.m. ad will take place i both the Gilford Middle School ad High School gymasiums. This fudraisig evet is a fu recreatioal co-ed volleyball touramet for high school age studets through adults. All proceeds go to the America Cacer Society for breast cacer research as well as the Amy Ais Scholarship Fud. This scholarship is give aually to a graduatig seior. The etry fee is $100. There is a 16-team limit ad will be o a first registered basis. Sixtee teams will be playig o four courts ad each team will be guarateed three matches i pool play ad oe match i the touramet roud. To register a team or fid out more iformatio, please cotact Joa Forge at or forge@worldpath.et. Lacrosse ope gym sessios start Ja. 4 LACONIA Eve though it has bee cold the sprig lacrosse seaso is fast approachig. Lacoia Lacrosse will be holdig free ope gym sessios o Suday eveigs, begiig Ja. 4. If you are iterested i tryig lacrosse for the first time or gettig back ito shape for the sprig seaso, this is a great opportuity to get movig. Please brig a stick, helmet ad gloves ad be ready to have fu. If you do ot have equipmet, there will be a limited supply of sticks, gloves ad helmets available to use for first time players. Lacoia Lacrosse Club is available to residets of Lacoia, Belmot, Meredith, New Hampto, Ceter Harbor, Barstead ad Gilmato. Oce agai these are free sessios with o obligatio. The boys ad girls times are Suday eveigs begiig Ja. 4, with U9-U15 girls from 6:30 to 8 p.m. at the Lacoia Middle School gym, the U9-U11 boys will meet i the Lacoia High School gym from 5 to 6 p.m. ad the U13-U15 boys will meet i the Lacoia High School gym from 6 to 7 p.m. Coaches will be o had to help develop skills ad teach the basic fudametals to ew players. For boys please brig helmets, gloves ad a stick. There may be equipmet available o a limited basis if you are tryig the sport for the first time ad do ot have ay. All players must be members of US Lacrosse to play durig the seaso. Studets age 15 ad uder ca register with US Lacrosse for as little as $25, ad the olie registratio will direct you to US Lacrosse to complete registratio before you ca register with LLC. Elks Hoop Shoot participats pose for a photo at Plymouth Regioal High School. ers will represet the Plymouth Lodge of Elks #2312 i the North District Champioships, to be hosted this year by Plymouth, o Suday, Ja. 4, at Plymouth Regioal High School, at 9:30 a.m., with registratio startig at 8:30 a.m. There will be a awards lucheo at the Plymouth Elks Lodge after the competitio. They will compete agaist Pride N Groom All Breed Dog Boardig ad Groomig Breda ad Jamie Sulliva Owers/Operators pridegroom1992@yahoo.com 476 Berry Road Alexadria, NH (603) Ask about our special programs! B3 COURTESY PHOTO the Elks Lodge wiers from Frakli ad Lacoia for the East District Champioship. Bobcats fall i fial game of 2014 BY JOSHUA SPAULDING Sports Editor PENACOOK The Plymouth girls basketball team closed out the 2014 portio of its schedule with a trip to Merrimack Valley o Friday, Dec. 19, for a varsity doubleheader. The defedig champios used a strog third quarter to pull away from the Bobcats ad walked off with a decisio. Plymouth trailed by just 10 poits at the halftime break, but Valley s Cassidy Huckis came out ad hit four three-poiters comig out of the half o her way to seve threes o the ight ad 23 poits to lead all scorers. She was the differece maker i this game, Plymouth coach Tom Lamb stated. Alliso Carey led the charge for the Bobcat girls, as she put i 10 poits o the eveig, High School Slate Friday, Ja. 2 PLYMOUTH Girls Hoops at Joh Stark; 6:30 Wrestlig at Newport; 2 Saturday, Ja. 3 PLYMOUTH Boys Hoops vs. Joh Stark; 3:30 Wrestlig at Keee; 9 Tuesday, Ja. 6 NEWFOUND Boys Hoops vs. Iter-Lakes; 6 Girls Hoops at Iter-Lakes; 6 PLYMOUTH Boys Hoops at Lacoia; 6:30 Girls Hoops vs. Lacoia; 6:30 Wedesday, Ja. 7 PLYMOUTH Ski Jumpig at Gustock; 6 Wrestlig at Bow; 6 Thursday, Ja. 8 PLYMOUTH Boys Hoops vs. Merrimack Valley; 5 Girls Hoops vs. Merrimack Valley; 6:30 JOSHUA SPAULDING Kelsey Malm ad the Plymouth hoop girls are back i actio o Ja. 2 at Joh Stark. while Jessie McDoough ad Kelsey Malm each chipped i with four poits. The girls will retur to regular seaso actio o Friday, Ja. 2, whe they hit the road to Weare to take o Joh Stark i a 6:30 p.m. cotest. The girls are hostig Lacoia at 6:30 p.m. o Tuesday, Ja. 6. The girls will play host to a rematch with Merrimack Valley o Thursday, Ja. 8, oce agai playig a varsity doubleheader. The girls are slated to play at 6:30 p.m. Joshua Spauldig ca be reached at or sportsgs@salmopress. com

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16 Sports B6 THE NEWFOUND LANDING, THURSDAY, JANUARY 1, 2015 Skatig clubs begi witer sessio Ja. 4 ad 5 TILTON Magic Blades Figure Skatig Club of Tilto held its aual holiday party ad skills exhibitio o Moday, Dec. 15, at the Tilto School ice area. Studets of all levels performed skills they have leared with family ad frieds ad the ivited everyoe to take the ice to celebrate the ed of the first sessio. Advaced skaters Ila Bartestei, Maggie De- Voy ad Collee Harrima were additioally hoored by Skatig Director Barbara Adams for their achievemets i the US Figure Skatig Associatios advaced testig program. Bartestei recetly passed Pre-Prelimiary Freestyle, ad Pre-Juveile Moves i the Field; Harrima has passed the Pre-Prelimiary Moves ad Prelimiary Freestyle tests; ad De- Voy, who is a appretice coach with Magic Blades, has completed Hoops FROM PAGE B1 away with a wi. The Sachems held close i the first half, as the Bears led after oe, but the third quarter was the differece as the Bears jumped out to a lead after three. The turig poit was the third quarter, Peterso said. The press created some turovers ad led to some easy baskets. Lavi led all scorers with 14 poits o the ight, while Karissa Boy added 13 poits, 11 COURTESY PHOTO Collee Harrima was oe of the skaters hoored at the Magic Blades holiday party. her Pre-Juveile Freestyle ad Pre-Juveile Moves i the Field tests. Magic Blades ad its associate program at the Plymouth State Skatig Academy, offer begier skaters membership i US Figure Skatig s Basic Skills Program, begiig with Sowplow Sam through basic rebouds ad five steals. Frech added eight poits, while Johsto chipped i with 15 rebouds. The girls are playig hard ad tough with some thigs to still improve o, Peterso oted. The Bears were i actio after (early) deadlie i the holiday hoop touramet i Gilford. They retur to regular seaso actio o Tuesday, Ja. 6, at 6 p.m. at Iter-Lakes. freestyle levels. The seior club, Magic Blades, is a advaced club that ecourages idividual achievemet through the advaced US Figure Skatig testig ad competitio program. The witer sessio of skatig will begi agai o Ja. 4 i Plymouth, ad Ja. 5 i Tilto. NRHS WRHS Newfoud 58 S. Boy , K. Boy Johsto , Vatil 1-0-2, Lavi , Nostrad 1-0-2, Totals: Wiisquam 15 Goodridge 1-1-3, Kelly 1-0-2, Laga , Totals: Joshua Spauldig ca be reached at or sportsgs@salmopress. com It s late December ad I really should be back o skis (ad I am) Oce agai, Kig Pie did t disappoit. Every seaso, the Keett ad Kigswood alpie ski teams kick off the year at the Madiso ski area. With just the two teams i attedace, the kids are able to get i six giat slalom rus. This always works out as a great, relaxed way to kick off the seaso for both teams. Ad as is usually the case, Kig Pie came through with some great sow, despite the fact that we have had some less tha favorable weather over the course of the previous week. However, with the cold weather back i November, the sowmakers ad groomers were able to get out ad establish a great base ad because of that, the coditios were quite ice. I always use the first meet at Kig Pie as my first time out o the slopes for the seaso. Traditioally, I do t get i tos of skiig durig the year uless it s at a ski meet, so this is a good chace for me to get out ad get a few rus i. I will ever claim to be a expert skier. I am a adequate skier, I ca make it dow the hill without fallig, but I m ot goig to look like Bode Miller by ay stretch of the imagiatio. SPORTING CHANCE By JOSHUA SPAULDING I really do ejoy skiig ad gettig out o the slopes for the first time is always a treat. The folks at Kig Pie are fatastic ad it was ice to catch up with vetera coaches Kris Niiler ad Eddie Bradley ad see the kids compete. But it was also ice to do some rus o my ow i the morig ad at luch. A couple of years ago I missed the etire ski seaso because of my broke leg ad comig back the ext year was iterestig ad Kig Pie provided me a ice way to ease back ito the sport after a year away. Last year, I also missed my favorite week of the etire high school sports year, the skiig state meet week. Of course, last year I missed that week because I was i Russia at the Olympics, so the tradeoff was OK. But I am already lookig forward to gettig out o the slopes ad gettig some rus i ad gettig some great pictures. That s just aother reaso why I love ski meets. Alpie pictures, whe I push the butto New skaters are welcome at both programs. To cotact either program about registratio, Rose Marie Mariace at ifo@magicblades.org, or Sarah Pirrotta-Beoit at sapirrotta@plymouth.edu. right ad everythig works properly, are some of the best pictures I take all year log. There are oly a few photos that I ve take o the walls of my office. Oe is of Feway Park, oe is a great graduatio shot, two are of Carrie Uderwood ad two are of alpie ski racers at Cramore. I love alpie pictures, which might explai why I had more tha 300 to sort through after the first meet of the seaso. With the first ski meet i the books ad my first time o skis for the seaso i the rearview mirror, I am sure the seaso will begi to fly right alog. Here s hopig that the seaso brigs plety of time o the sow, both for work ad for pleasure. Fially, have a great day Dari Wipperma ad Happy New Year to all the readers out there. 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 ad The Baysider. He ca be reached at sportsgs@salmopress. com, at , or PO Box 250, Wolfeboro Falls, NH