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On the CoverMUSIC BY MUZICKA Muzicka, a Czech ensemble, performed at the Jackson Public Library on July 28, the final stop on a 25 day United States tour.

Photo by Lisa DuFault

IndexValley Folks & Focus ....................Pages 10-13The Freedom Column ...........................Page 9Valley Business .....................................Page 18Valley Education ..................................Page 19Critter Corner ........................................Page 5Rockpile .........................................Pages 14-15News/Roundups ........ Pages 2-5, 6-7, 8, 16, 24Calendar .........................................Pages 20-21

InsideThoughts While Weeding NH Eat Local Month begins - Page 6

Money MattersHow to improve your credit score - Page 7

News/Round-UpsArts Jubilee continues its 31st summer concert season NORTH CONWAY

— Arts Jubilee begins the month of August with the first of two remaining concerts in the 31st summer concert sea-son, presenting high energy, world-class performers per-forming a wide range of enter-tainment hosted at Cranmore Mountain, North Conway.

Music that has stood the test of time will take the spot-light on Thursday, Aug. 1 as the Don Campbell Band presents a tribute to Dan Fo-gelberg. Don Campbell is an adult contemporary/country crossover and folk-rock sing-er-songwriter whose unique-ly clear and well-delivered presentation of music sup-ports the story in the song and welcomes the audience on board for the ride. Often compared to the sounds of Dan Fogelberg, Vince Gill, and Chris Isaak, Don and his ensembles are based out of New England. The band has been celebrating the release of their new CD in Fogelberg’s honor, “Kites to Fly.” What-ever the age, most people will recognize such Fogelberg hits as “Leader of the Band” and “Longer.” The double disc album tribute is named “Kites To Fly: Celebrating The Music Of Dan Fogelberg.”

Campbell has said that these treasured songs were like kites he had to fly, things to be put up there and given space to breathe and fly. Also appear-ing on stage with Don will be special guest, Tom Dyhrberg,

performing Gordon Lightfoot favorites.

Opening for the evening at 6 p.m. will be local band, Rek’lis. Started in 2009, Rek’lis over the years has evolved from a few friends

playing around having a good time into a band that has gained notoriety as one of the Valley’s well known groups. Starting off in the après mu-sic scene, Rek’lis has played at numerous venues through-out the area. With over 60 years combined experience they are known to please the crowd with an eclectic mix of 80’s, punk rock and new wave tunes. Rek’lis appeared in an opening concert for Arts Ju-bilee in 2012 and their good vibes and an endless amount of energy will get the evening off to a great beginning. The Don Campbell Band will take the stage at 7 p.m.

In keeping with tradition, the concert series will end with a “symphony pops” style performance on August 8th. Returning to the stage will be Clayton Poole and the New England Wind Symphony, but this year they will be pre-senting an all-Broadway show! Broadway Classics will feature hits from over 20 Broadway shows with vocals by Patty Barkas. Patty has performed, recorded and toured globally and she enjoys re-creating the classic vocal jazz interpreta-tions of the swing era as well as the fabulous iconic music of Broadway. The evening will

be hosted by the valley’s own theatrical celebrity, George Cleveland and will open with the vocal/instrumental duo, Dennis & Davey - whose mu-sic is known throughout the area as the next best thing to visiting the Emerald Isle.

Arts Jubilee’s outdoor festi-val concerts are found at the base of the North Slope at Cranmore Mountain in North Conway, New Hampshire. Headline concerts begin at 7 p.m., and a 'warm up' perfor-mance begins at 6 PM. Bever-ages and food available on the Deck at Zip's Pub with a full view of the stage. Picnic sup-pers are permitted, and please provide your own seating with a blanket or lawn chairs. Ad-mission is family friendly re-questing a small charge to help defray expenses for the series. Adults are $10, Seniors: $8 and kids 12 and under are free. Arts Jubilee is a non-profit or-ganization with support from area corporate sponsors, pri-vate donations, and grants. Our host sponsor, Cranmore Mountain provides ample free parking, indoor restrooms, and beautiful mountain views in a natural amphitheater set-ting. For additional informa-tion go to MWVEvents.com or call 1-800-Sun-n-Ski.

CourtesyDon Campbell and his band.

Attitash Mountain Resort hosting Blueberryfest summer fun event Saturday, Aug. 3BARTLETT — Attitash

Mountain Resort will cele-brate summer when it hosts the Blueberryfest at its base area Saturday, Aug. 3.

Attitash gets it name from the region's Native American Abenaki word for blueberry and early August is generally when New Hampshire's wild blueberries are in full bloom. The Blueberryfest event will feature a craft fair & farmers' market, field games, live mu-sic, BBQ-style food, season-al brews, and blueberry pie baking & pie-eating contests. No admission purchase is nec-essary to access the vendors or for live music and other events listed below. Use of Attitash summer attractions will require regular admission purchase and rates available at attitash.com

Crafters, farmers, and those

interested in entering the Blue Ribbon Blueberry Pie Baking Contest should contact Atti-tash Mountain Resort Events Coordinator Corey Madden at 374-2615 or cmadden@at-titash.com for more informa-tion.Blueberryfest will feature:

10 a.m. - 5 p.m. | Craft Fair and Farmers' Market

Visit the free craft fair and farmer's market.

Noon - 1 p.m. | Kids Crazy

Relay RaceTeams of two for kids 10

& under - Winners receive Mountain Coaster Tickets

1 p.m. | Blue Ribbon Blue-berry Pie Baking Contest1st Place Prize - Attitash

Summer Season Pass

1:30 p.m. | Blueberry Pie Eating Contest

Winner - Attitash Summer Season Pass

2 p.m. | Cornhole Bean Bag

Toss TournamentSingle Elimination Tour-nament 16 Teams of two -

Winners receive four Attitash Summer General Admission Tickets

3 - 6 p.m. | Ross Livermore Band

The Ross Livermore Band has been creating buzz in Bos-ton and gaining momentum along the East Coast. From modest beginnings at open mic nights to packing some of Bos-ton's most well-known music halls, RLB has a way of con-necting with their audiences that makes fans feel as though they've known them for years.

Taking cues from influences like Stevie Wonder, Incubus and Dave Matthews Band, the Ross Livermore Band blends

rock, funk and pop to create a profound and energetic sound that gets their fans dancing and hearts stirring.

T A M W O R T H — Award-winning magician Mike Bent brings his Read-ers of the Lost Book Magic Show™ to the Cook Memo-rial Library in Tamworth on Saturday, Aug. 3 at 12:30 p.m.

This program is sponsored by a grant from the Kids, Books and the Arts (KBA). Funding for KBA was pro-vided by the Byrne Founda-tion, CHILIS, the Cogswell Benevolent Trust, the NH Library Association and the NH State Library as well as a grant from the U.S. Institute

of Museum and Library Ser-vices.

This family-friendly pro-gram uses amazing magic, sto-rytelling, puppets, mind-read-ing ants and hilarious comedy to teach children about the importance of reading with fun and exciting stories that show kids that reading can be a real adventure! This arche-ology, dinosaurs, bugs and all things dirt show is designed to tie into the national 2013 summer reading theme “Dig Into Reading!”

Award winning magician to perform in Tamworth

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News/Round-UpsAdaptive athletes to ascend Mount Washington

PINKHAM NOTCH — On Sunday, Aug. 4, seven adaptive athletes will make the arduous climb up the Mt. Washington Auto Road to view the spectacular sight of the sun rising on the summit of Mt. Washington.

These athletes, including four from the North Country, will make the climb accompa-nied by more than 100 mules. These 111 volunteers are the team members who will some-times push, sometimes pull, and sometimes hike with the athletes who will make the climb on foot, in Trail Riders, in off-road wheelchairs, on a hand cycle and by foot.

Waiting at the summit will be 37 roadrunners. These vol-unteers will bring the adaptive athletes, their team members, and their equipment back to the base of the mountain in their vehicles. Once reunit-ed at the base, all athletes and volunteers will enjoy a cele-bratory brunch.

Adaptive athletes from the North Country are Lillian Lyndes of Lisbon, Bella Hib-berd of Bethlehem, Chester Eastwood of Conway, and Jeff Cleveland of Lyndonville, Vt. Also making the ascent will be Martin Wallem of Epping, Kevin Hillery of the greater Boston area and Mike Hanson of St. Louis Park, Minn.

Lillian Lyndes, 12, was born with a neuromuscular disor-der, which does not allow her to walk nor talk independent-ly. She was first introduced to the outdoors when she was 2 weeks old and went on her first camping trip with fam-ily. Her parents heard about the Adaptive Sports Partners of the North Country and en-rolled Lillian in the program. She has been able to partici-pate in many outdoor activ-ities through the ASPNC. One of her favorite sports is water-skiing. The community

of Lisbon worked together to help fund Lillian’s trip up the Mt. Washington Auto Road on Aug. 4.

Bella Hibberd, also 12, has Cerebral Palsy, but that has not stopped this young lady from enjoying challenges. She does downhill skiing, bik-ing and other outdoor sports with the use of adaptive sports equipment. The ASPNC has been able to introduce Bella to many activities, which allow her to experience the enjoy-ment and fulfillment of many sporting activities. This will be Bella’s third Sunrise Ascent and she is looking forward to the opportunity to see the sunrise over Mt. Washington.

Chester Eastwood is a 27-year-old young man with Cerebral Palsy. He lives with his mom, step-dad, and sister. An avid lover of the outdoors, sports, and chal-lenges, Chester is well versed in many activities provid-ed by the ASPNC. He does downhill skiing, hiking, wheel

chair racing, and swimming and participates in the Special Olympics. The Sunrise As-cent is a special challenge for him and his team.

Jeff Cleveland, 37, is the owner of PH Lawncare and Landscaping in Lyndonville. A motorcycle accident at age 16 left Jeff with a spinal cord injury. That did not stop him from attending Lyndon State College and starting his own business. He has been affil-iated with ASPNC since its beginning in 2009, both as an adaptive sports enthusiast and as a supporter of the organiza-tion. This year he will travel the Mount Washington Auto Road in a Leveraged Freedom Chair, a lever-powered all-ter-rain wheelchair develop by a team of mechanical engineers who met in the MIT Mobility Lab and are passionate about using technology to improve people’s lives.

Martin Wallem, 43, was a landscaper and avid outdoors-man who enjoyed hunting,

fishing, hiking, skiing and snowboarding. Around 13 years ago, he was diagnosed with amyotrophic lateral scle-rosis (Lou Gehrig’s disease). His wife Cara, his son Mar-tin, Jr., and the ASPNC have helped him stay involved in the activities he loves. Once again, Martin and his team are looking forward to reaching the 6,288 summit of Mount Washington with the use of a Trail Rider.

Kevin Hillery is a 2012 graduate of the US Naval Academy. His plans includ-ed attending law school at Georgetown. In 2011, while mountain biking, a large tree fell on Kevin. The tree broke his back and resulted in a com-plete T-11 spinal injury. De-spite being paralyzed from the waist down, he returned to the Naval Academy and graduated with his class. He has always loved the White Mountains and with the used of an off-road cycle will be climbing the Mt. Washington Auto

Road this summer with the ASPNC.

Mike Hanson of St. Louis Park, Minn. will participate in this year’s ascent. Although he is blind, Mike is an avid hiker. He first met David Smith of Bethlehem while he was hiking the Appalachian Trail. Smith is co-chairper-son of this year’s Sunrise As-cent on Mount Washington. Mike was so impressed with the ASPNC program, which is dedicated to enriching the quality of life for adaptive ath-letes that he decided to be part of this year’s ascent.

Fundraising for this event has already reached 60 per-cent of the ASPNC’s goal. These monies will be used to fund year-round programs for adaptive athletes of all ages living in and visiting the North Country. ASPNC is located in Franconia, and un-der the direction of Sandy Ol-ney, executive director.

Business sponsors for this year’s event are the Alpine Clinic, Franconia Gas, Beau-tiful Visions Window Clean-ing, Minute Man Medical, Franconia Notch Vacation Rentals & Realty, and Par-amount Electric. For addi-tional information, visit www.sunriseascent.org or www.adaptivesportspartners.org.

NORTH CONWAY — The Diabetes Support Group will hold its monthly meeting Aug. 7 in the Sun-room of the hospital from 5:30-6:30 p.m.

Our guest speaker this month will be Michele Keenan, MS,

CMA, who is the Coordinator of Heart Health and Wellness Services here at the hospital. She is also a Certified Yogafit Level 1 Instructor and Reiki Master. She will be speaking on yoga and demonstrating some yoga movements. Her

area of interest is in offering gentle Restorative Yoga for beginners and newcomers to yoga and helping those indi-viduals with chronic health issues that feel they can’t ex-ercise and showing them that they can do a gentle exercise.

Memorial’s Diabetes Support Group meets Aug. 7

It Pays To Shop Locally!!

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PRESIDENT & PUBLISHERFrank G. Chilinski

INFORMATION MANAGERRyan Corneau

FOUNDING EDITORSR. Stephen EastmanJane Golden Reilly

EDITORBrendan Berube

DISTRIBUTION MANAGERJim Hinckley

CONTRIBUTING WRITERS

Scott AndrewsAnn Bennett

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John HarriganDave Kellam and Clay Groves

Kathy LambertDarron Laughland

Laura LucySally McMurdo

Cynthia Watkins MelendyPeter MinnichJonathan Sarty

Pru SmithSteven D. SmithJoshua Spaulding

Lisa Wheeler

CONTRIBUTINGPHOTOGRAPHERS

Dennis CoughlinLisa DuFault

Joshua Spaulding

DISTRIBUTIONBill CollinsJohn Myers

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The Mt. Washington Valley MOUNTAINEAR is published on Thursdays as an inde-pendent newspaper by Salmon Press. Thepublication is printed 52 weeks each year andis distributed from Ossipee to Gorham, NewHampshire, and also in Fryeburg and west-ern Oxford County, Maine.The MOUNTAIN EAR office us locatedat 24 Reporter Court in North Conway,,New Hampshire. Please direct all corre-spondence to: the Mountain Ear, P.O. Box1890, North Conway, N.H. 03860The telephone number to call for generalinformation and display advertising is 603-447-6336.Classified advertising call 877-766-6891.The Fax number is 603-447-5474.Ear on Web: newhampshirelakesandmountains.comE-mail: for news earnews@salmonpr-ess.com or earsales@salmonpress.com for ad materialThe yearly bulk mail subscription rate is$35 and is payable in advance.

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LETTERS POLICYThe Mountain Ear welcomes Letters to theEditor pertaining to local community issues.All correspondence should be signed, includea return address, and be addressed to P.O.Box 1890, North Conway, N.H. 03860.faxed to (603) 447-5474 or e-mailed toearnews@salmonpress.com. All letters shouldbe received prior to publication and be nolonger than 300 words. The Mountain Earreserves the right to edit letters for length andclarity and to not publish letters deemedunsuitable.

SALMON PRESS PHOTO POLICYAs a community oriented family of newspapers,Salmon Press welcomes photos from readers,business owners, and other outside sources forpublication in any of its titles. Any photos submit-ted for publication become the property of SalmonPress, and may be displayed in our newspapers, aswell as on our Web site. They may also be madeavailable for re-sale, with any proceeds going toSalmon Press and/or the photo re-print vendor.

News/Round-UpsFreedom Old Home Week’s

parade full of musicFREEDOM — Freedom’s

Old Home Week’s big kick off event is the parade on Sat-urday, Aug. 3 starting at 10 a.m., and this year it will be chock full of music. Experi-ence Freedom is the theme of this year’s events. Join in the fun and experience all that this quintessential New England town has to offer.

A featured entry this year is the William Diamond Junior Fife & Drum Corps from Lex-ington, Mass. They are a cel-ebrated youth fife and drum corps comprised of boys and girls ages eight to eighteen. Corps members come from several of the New England states. They play instruments similar to the Colonial Era and are a uniformed corps wearing uniforms modeled after those worn by Massachusetts Regi-ments during the Revolution-ary War. They have marched

in New York City’s 250th St. Patrick’s Day Parade where they placed third in the fife and drum division. Last year they traveled to Switzerland to perform in an invitational fife and drum muster. And this summer they will perform at Walt Disney World.

Performing next to the Freedom Village Store start-ing at 9:30 a.m., prior to the parade will be the Mango Groove Band. They are a lo-cal favorite providing uplift-ing Caribbean sounds from traditional steel pans. Add in an array of percussion in-struments and you get a full, rich sound with the infectious rhythm only a steel band can create.

Returning to march in the parade again this year is the Ancient Order of Hiberni-ans’ (AOH) bagpipe and drum band from Manchester. The

band draws members from several New England states and has been together since 1998. They have performed all over New England, neigh-boring states and Canada as well as overseas in Ireland and Scotland. The roots of the AOH trace back to the 16th century in Ireland. The AOH raises funds to support their charity work while carrying on their traditions showcas-ing the Irish contributions to American life. The AOH bag-pipe and drum band will also perform at 1pm on Saturday before the cardboard boat rac-es.

Also returning to the parade this year is the Mount Wash-ington Valley Band. They are a traditional New England community band playing all types of music in the valley for over 40 years. For the parade they will be performing tradi-

tional marching music.New to the parade this year,

but not new to the area, is the Bluegrass Country Boys. For over 35 years they have been a high energy band perform-ing tight vocal harmonies on old bluegrass and country fa-vorites all over New England. The members are local resi-dents of Ossipee, Wolfeboro and Freedom. They have one CD out, “Songs We Almost Know,” and are working on another to be released soon.

Freedom’s parade is always “twice as nice” as the parade route doubles back so you get to see the whole parade a sec-ond time. And Mango Groove will perform in the center of town while waiting for the pa-rade to return.

For a full line up of all the week’s events visit the Web site at www.freedomoldhome-week.org.

‘Dance and Move!’Creative movement experience offered for children of all abilities

NORTH CONWAY — “Dance and Move!” — a four-week series of creative dance classes for children of all abil-ities — will be offered from 4 to 5 p.m. on Tuesday, Aug. 6, 13, 20 and 27.

The program is for children ages 4 to 10. It will be held at The Branch, an extension of Jeanne Limmer Dance Cen-ter, Reporter Court Eastern Slope Plaza (off Main Street) in North Conway. Classes will be led by experienced danc-

er and teaching artist Jeanne Limmer, who is a roster art-ist with the New Hampshire State Council on the Arts and has many years of experience working with students of all ages and abilities

“Dance and Move!” is de-signed for children with and without disabilities, with the goal of providing participants an opportunity to create their own unique movement, using their bodies for free creative expression.

“Creative movement en-hances body awareness,” says Limmer. “It builds physical endurance, control, balance and rhythm, improves motor skills and sensory integration, fosters cognition, and builds self-awareness.”

Participants will develop new skills and interact with others in a warm, affirming environment.

Props such as scarves, elas-

tics, hoops and balls will be incorporated into movement activities to increase explora-tion and engagement.

“Dance and Move” is of-fered as part of the Arts in Inclusive Learning program of the Arts Alliance of North-ern New Hampshire and VSA New Hampshire, through a contract with the John F. Ken-nedy Center for the Perform-ing Arts.

“In creative dance there is no right or wrong way of mov-ing,” notes Frumie Selchen of the Arts Alliance. “There are no routines to learn. Fun, imaginative movement explo-rations are guided in a com-pletely noncompetitive way so that children of all abilities can experience success and feel ap-preciated.”

Participating children are encouraged to bring a friend or family member. Suggested donation is $20 for the 4 class-es; participants are invited to come to as many as they can. Scholarships are available if needed.

To register for the classes, please contact the Arts Alli-ance of Northern New Hamp-shire at 323-7302 or email info@aannh.org. Anyone who is interested in the program, but for whom the time doesn’t work, is invited to call as well.

Courtesy

Ten Nights in a BarroomThe Barnstormers Theatre in Tamworth presents: “Ten Nights in a Barroom.” You are aware of the evils of drink, are you not? If not, you’d better catch the musical which will explain to you in a fine and tuneful way that rum is demon and whiskey’s the devil. You will also learn that fallen women can have a heart of gold and that love conquers all, at least some of the time.

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Indoor Yard Sale

Furniture: Couches, Sleep Sofas,Chairs, Dining Sets, Lamps, Tables, Day Beds, Headboards & Bed Frames, Chests, Sectionals, Recliners, Office Work Station, etc.

Appliances: Dishwashers, Refrigerators, Freezer, Stoves, Washer & Dryers

Building Materials: Tools, Sinks, Toilets, Doors, Windows, , Light Fixtures, Soft Hot Tub, Hardware Items

Proceeds Benefit Mount Washington Valley Habitat for Humanity

Saturday, August 10 8:00am-3:00pm • Bear Peak Lodge

The lodge is located 4.4 miles West of Rt. 302/16 Intersection in Glen. Turn left from Rte. 302 at the Grand Summit Hotel sign.

Critter Corner/News

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We have some oldies but goodiesThis is Frankie, and she would like you to know that she, along with her friends Weedles and Lolly, would make the most wonderful companions if you are looking to adopt an older, more experienced dog. All three are small dogs and in good health. We also have some lovely older cats looking for someone to love them. Miss Kitty, Patches and Samantha as well as a few other older cats are waiting to meet you. And don't forget, we have our Lifelong Friends program that matches older pets with senior adopters. That means you pay no adoption fee at all! Please come meet these wonderful and deserving animals at The Conway Area Humane Society at 223 E. Main St. in Conway.

BARTLETT — Bartlett Congregational Church is excited to announce it is hav-ing Vacation Bible School at the church entitled "Big-Heart Farms Where God's Creation Grows and Pros-pers" from Monday, Aug. 19 through Friday, Aug. 23 from 9 - 11:30 a.m. for children in grades K thru 5.

Please consider registering your children for a week in

which they will learn about becoming more loving, joy-ful, peaceful, kind, and faith-ful. There will also be lots of fun with games, crafts, music, snacks and a visit to see the an-

imals at George's Farm. Hope you will come and join us. For additional information and registration forms, please call Rev. Charles Nichols at 726-0713.

Bartlett Congregation Church announces Vacation Bible School

JACKSON — Dance the night away under the stars and the Jackson Covered Bridge on Saturday, Aug. 3 ... Jon Sarty and the White Mountain Boys, a local favor-ite, are back again.

This event certainly will get your feet moving and, everyone knows, music and dance is good for the soul. Music starts at 7 p.m. Come early, find your favorite spot and have something to eat before all the fun starts. Ta-bles and seating are on a first come, first get basis, there-fore, if you do not come early you may wan to bring your chairs, blankets, and don't forget your friends. This is a Jackson Village Community Event is still being offered to you free because of our spon-sors; Flossie's General Store, Homer's Appliance Repair, the Inn at Jackson, Whitney's Inn at Jackson and the Shovel Handle Pub.

If you haven't been able to attend this event in the past now is your chance... the 2013 Covered Bridge Dance is gearing up to be one of the best community events of the year. It isn't often you see any of New Hampshire Cov-ered Bridges closed to vehi-

cles... but on this very special night the Jackson Covered Bridge will be closed from 5:30 until 11 p.m. for this great event. You know an event is worth the trip when it stops traffic! Of course... signs will be posted indicat-ing that you can enter the Jackson Village loop by con-tinuing north on Route 16 to the northern entrance less than 1/2 mile from the bridge and our finest Jackson Police crew will be on hand to redi-rect traffic as needed. Please note... all Jackson Village businesses normally opened at the time of the dance will remain opened for business during the event. Be sure and mark your calendars to join us for a night of Dancing un-der the Stars and the Jackson Covered Bridge.

The Jackson Fire Depart-ment will be holding a 50/50 raffle, selling T shirts and of-fering some other fun things to help raise money for their 2013 expenses. Donations will be happily accepted.

Parking for this event will be marked. Call the Jackson Area Chamber of Commerce at 383-9356 for complete details. Remember to bring your dancing shoes!

Jackson Area Chamber celebrates the 10th Covered Bridge Dance

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Thoughts While WeedingNH Eat Local Month and Farmer’s Market Week

By Ann Bennett

August is New Hampshire Eat Local Month across New Hampshire. A moveable feast of sorts, Eat Local Month is a collaboration of the NH Department of Agriculture, along with dozens of business-es, individuals, and groups throughout the state.

Central to the month-long celebration of Granite State agriculture is NH Farmers Market Week, which runs through Aug. 4-10 in 2013. Here at the height of the sum-mer season, it is prime time to visit one of the state’s more than 60 markets. The recent remarkable heat coupled with showers this past week have fueled progress for home gar-deners and commercial grow-ers alike, making for summer produce at its best—including corn, tomatoes, peppers and other consumer favorites.

Joining the ranks this sea-son is the North Conway Farmer’s Market. The effort was launched this spring by a group of local growers and volunteer organizers, includ-ing Janet Wilkinson, execu-tive director of NOFA-NH, and William Abbott, Upper

Saco Valley Land Trust execu-tive director, which is serving as fiscal agent. Kirsten Hjelm-stad is the market’s volunteer director, and the North Con-way Community Center is hosting it.

The market takes place on Sunday mornings from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., and the vendor list has grown steadily since early June to include 23 produc-ers. Offerings include fresh vegetables, fruits and berries, meats, dairy products, maple, baked goods, fish, ice cream, locally roasted coffee, soaps, crafts and a weekly raffle to benefit local food pantries.

Mt. Washington Valley’s largest is the Tamworth Mar-ket, open Saturdays from 9 AM-noon in Tamworth Vil-lage, May through October. Several dozen vendors offer locally grown fruits, vege-tables, meat, fish and dairy products, eggs, jams and baked goods, along with maple syrup and honey, soaps, wool, yarn, herbs and herbal cosmetics.

The market, located in the Unitarian Church parking lot in the center of the village, features artisan demonstra-tions and music as well. Tam-worth also has evolved into a

winter market from Novem-ber through March, on Satur-days from 10 a.m.-1 p.m.

The Jackson Farmers Mar-ket is held on Saturdays, from 9 a.m.-1 p.m. in the center of the village. Eggs, meat, dairy products, maple syrup and lo-cal fruits and vegetables are offered, along with crafts and a variety of other products and baked goods.

In the North Country, WREN sponsors two popular markets in Berlin and Bethle-hem. The Local Works Berlin Market is held at on Pleasant Street on Thursdays from 3-7 p.m., featuring vegetables, flowers, fruits, maple, meat, dairy, baked goods, prepared foods, and crafts. A winter market is also in the works in Berlin, which is the latest effort of Bethlehem-based Women’s Entrepreneurial Network, which sponsors its well-attended Bethlehem market on Saturdays from 10 a.m.-2 p.m.

For more information on the Berlin initiative, WREN’s Bethlehem market, and other programs, check out the or-ganization’s Web site at wren.community.org. For details, times and dates about the

state’s other farmers markets are available at www.nhfma.org.

The recent success and growth of farmers markets has been bolstered by consumer interest in eating locally pro-duced food, a healthy trend for NH agricultural. Like small farms across Ameri-ca, NH producers have sur-vived challenging decades of change. For years, economic growth has focused on the service and tech sectors, but the fact remains that agricul-ture, along with tourism and forest products, are still the mainstays of the Granite State economy. According to NH Department of Agriculture statistics, the value of the in-dustry is nearly $935 million. This includes $554 million in direct sales of agricultural and other horticultural products and services and $381 million in direct spending by agricul-ture related tourists

Equally important, as the continuing influx of folks from away creates pressure on undeveloped land, the reality is that farming activity pro-vides the fields, pastures and pastoral views that buffer resi-dential and commercial devel-opment.

Of course, the face of New Hampshire agricultural has gone through a dramatic tran-sition. While once the dairy industry was king, wildly fluctuating milk prices have driven many producers either out of farming, or led them to diversify to supply the chang-ing tastes and needs of today’s consumers.

But small diverse opera-tions are holding their own in the current market, with

some 3400 operations that qualify as commercial farms in New Hampshire manag-ing 450,000 acres of cropland, pasture, maple, Christmas tree production, conservation and other agricultural uses. In addition to products sold within the state’s borders, New Hampshire exports over $36 million annually in food and agricultural products.

Fruit and vegetable crops account for $16 million in sales annually. The top gross-ing vegetable commodities are pumpkins, tomatoes, and sweet corn, with peppers, cu-cumbers, greens and a host of others grown as well. Nine-ty-five percent of this bounty is purveyed at farm stands and farmers markets across the state.

The leading moneymaker and fastest growing segment of New Hampshire agricul-ture is ornamental horticul-ture, comprised of greenhouse and nursery production, flow-er, turf, landscape materials and services. Specialty foods is another fast-growing sector, including ice cream, yogurt and other dairy items, along with jams, jellies, condiments, baked goods and other value added products.

The fact that New Hamp-shire agriculture has con-tinued to grow and thrive through uncertain economic times comes down to indi-vidual tenacity and ingenuity, and the support of NHDA and other organizations. NH Eat Local Month is one of nu-merous initiatives to reinvig-orate existing Granite State agriculture—so join in, and enjoy the best of the summer season.

FREEDOM — The annu-al Freedom Old Home Week Book and Bake Sale sponsored by the Friends of the Library will be held Friday, Aug. 9 from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. and Sat-urday, Aug. 10 from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.

This year, the Book Sale will be held at the Freedom Public Library on Old Portland Road and will have books for sale both outside on the lawn and

inside our Book Sale Room. There will be hundreds of bargains from every catego-ry: adult, children, fiction, non-fiction, hardcover, paper-back, audio books, DVD’s and jigsaw puzzles. The Book Sale will be held both Friday and Saturday.

The very popular Bake Sale will again be held on the lawn in front of The First Christian Church on Elm Street and will feature an array of delicious home baked treats including cookies, brownies, breads, cakes and pies. The Bake Sale will be held on Friday at this location and at the library on Saturday.

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By Myles Crowe

Repairing bad credit is not quite as simple as repairing your car or a broken vase. It can take years for your cred-it score to bounce back from a delinquency or default. And without a good credit score, you can find yourself fielding rejection notices when you apply for a loan or credit card. Or you could have to pay a significantly higher interest rate to borrow than someone with a higher score.

Why is your credit score so important? It's the number (usually between 300 and 850) that lenders use to gauge how likely you are to repay debts on time. It is derived from in-formation compiled in a credit report -- including your pay-ment history, the amount you owe creditors compared with the amount of credit that is available to you, and the ex-tent of your credit history. Generally speaking, the high-er your score, the lower your perceived risk to lenders.

Know your numberBefore launching a cam-

paign to raise your credit score, know what you are shooting for. Get a current copy of your credit report and review it for accuracy. All consumers are entitled to free annual credit reports from the major credit reporting agen-cies, Experian, Equifax, and TransUnion. You can request all three reports at www.An-nualCreditReport.com. Un-like credit reports, your credit score is not free. You can pur-chase your score from one of the above-mentioned agencies or from myFICO.com.

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credit score.

1. Pay your accounts on time and keep your month-ly balances low. Lenders are looking for a proven track record of making timely pay-ments. Payment history de-termines about 35 percent of your credit score.

2. Be conservative in the amount of available credit you use at any given time. About 30 percent of your score is de-termined by what the industry refers to as your "utilization ratio," which is the amount you owe in relation to the amount of credit available to you. If that percentage is more than 50 percent, it will have a negative impact on your score.

3. Hold on to older, un-used accounts. While it seems counterintuitive to hold on to accounts you no longer use, keeping an older credit card or bank account open actu-ally can work to your advan-tage. The longer an account has been open and managed successfully, the higher your score will be.

4. Maintain a diversified credit mix. If you hold an auto loan, a home mortgage, and credit cards that are well managed, you will generally have a higher credit score than someone whose credit consists mainly of finance companies.

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TAMWORTH — The Tamworth Outing Club is sponsoring a contra dance at the Tamworth Town House this Saturday evening. The dance will be called by Jackie and Dudley Laufman. Time: 7:30 to 10:30 p.m. It's a fam-ily event or an evening out with a date or solo! The rate for a family is $15. Adults $ 7. Come and enjoy a summer

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News/Round-Ups14th Annual Seek the Peak Hike-a-Thon raises

$240,000 for Mt. Washington observatoryMOUNT WASHING-

TON — Despite an omi-nous forecast predicting hur-ricane-force winds, severe thunderstorms and hail, an estimated 400 hikers and their families came out for Mount Washington Observatory’s 13th annual Seek the Peak hike-a-thon July 19-21. To avoid the dangerous condi-tions, participants were direct-ed to hike on Sunday instead of the usual Saturday ascent, and were rewarded for their efforts with more than $30,000 in prizes and incentives, as well as a huge after party with live music and an all-you-can-eat feast. The event was presented by Eastern Mountain Sports, Subaru and Vasque, with sup-port from Fairpoint Commu-nications and Blue Cross Blue Shield in New Hampshire.

“Our ‘lucky’ number thir-teen event threw us a major curveball with the weather, but our hikers adjusted their plans accordingly and I’m happy to report that everyone enjoyed the weekend without incident,” says Mount Wash-ington Observatory Executive

Director Scot Henley.

The usual two-day event be-gan with free food and drinks from Flatbread Company and Tuckerman Brewing Compa-ny on Friday, July 19, followed by the famous after party on Saturday, July 20. Due to Sat-urday’s severe weather, the hike was moved to Sunday, July 21, when hikers enjoyed a complimentary tour of Mount Washington Observatory’s mountaintop weather station.

All hikers who met the event’s $200 fundraising min-imum were given an Eastern Mountain Sports Techwick t-shirt and an EMS day pack loaded with freebies. Those who exceeded the $200 mini-mum were awarded incentives based on their fundraising total, including headlamps, multi-tools, jackets, tents, kay-aks and more.

The top fundraiser was Chris Choma of Reading, Mass., who single-handedly raised $19,025. He was re-warded for his efforts with a “Keys to the Castle” ultimate Mount Washington adven-

ture featuring private snow cat transportation and over-night accommodations for six at the Observatory’s moun-taintop weather station. Cho-ma’s team, Team Chawkanaw, clenched first place in the team division with $20,000 raised, and were each award-ed $100 gift cards to Eastern Mountain Sports. The second place team, The Kilted Hik-ers, raised $8,662.20 and re-ceived $50 gift cards. 36 hikers raised $1,000 or more, each receiving an Eastern Moun-tain Sports soft shell jacket embroidered with the Mount Washington Observatory and Seek the Peak logos.

Other prizes included a one-year lease on a 2014 Sub-aru Outback, a $500 shopping spree at Settlers’ Green Outlet Village, an all-inclusive Mount Washington Observatory win-ter day trip for two, a $250 Eastern Mountain Sports gift card, and outdoor gear and gadgets ranging from boots, to backpacks, to GPS units.

“Prizes provide a power-ful incentive for our partici-pants,” says Events and Mar-

keting Manager Krissy Fraser, “and our sponsors make that possible. We are incredibly thankful for their support.”

Seek the Peak has raised more than $1.3 million over its thirteen year history, sup-porting the nonprofit Mount Washington Observatory’s work in weather observation, research and education. This success has been possible not only through the efforts of dedicated hikers, their donors, and corporate sponsors, but also a small army of volun-teers.

“54 volunteers donated their time and talents this year,” says Fraser. “It’s an un-derstatement to say that this event would not be possible without them.”

The 14th annual event will

be held July 18-19, 2014, and registration is scheduled to open December 2, 2013. To learn more about becoming an event participant, sponsor, or volunteer, visit SeekthePeak.org or call 356-2137, 231.

About Mount Washington

ObservatoryMount Washington Obser-

vatory is a private, non-profit, member-supported organiza-tion with a mission to advance understanding of the natural systems that create the Earth's weather and climate. Since 1932, the Observatory has been monitoring the elements in one of the most extreme locations on Earth, using this unique site for scientif-ic research and educational outreach. For information, call (800) 706-0432 or visit MountWashington.org.

CONWAY — Mountain Top Music is presenting “Jazz in the 1930’s” this summer, a series of weekly music appre-ciation lectures, discussions, and listening sessions for adult and high school students and jazz fans in the community. Open to the public, drop-ins are welcome at the next two sessions of the series, Wednes-day nights from 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. on Aug. 7, and Aug.14, at the Mountain Top Listening Room at Pequawket Park in the middle of Conway Village. There will be no charge for those who wish to “try-out” the class for the first time; thereafter, the cost is $10 per person for each session.

Led by Sax/Clarinet per-former Mike Sakash, classes feature the “Big Band” sounds of iconic groups such as the Benny Goodman, Duke El-lington, and Count Basie orchestras. In-class listen-ing, live demonstrations, and easy-to-understand discus-sions allow attendees to in-teract with the group at their own level in an engaging and friendly setting. No question

is too simple to pose and no previous jazz experience is re-quired, just a love of great mu-sic and the wish to learn more about this very special musical genre from an expert teacher and musicologist.

Sakash currently performs locally and with the 18-mem-ber Portland Jazz Orchestra, and teaches jazz on both sax-ophone and clarinet at Frye-burg Academy and Mountain Top Music. He holds a degree from the University of Massa-chusetts in Saxophone Perfor-mance, African-American Jazz Studies, and Music Education, and a Master’s degree in Jazz Studies and Contemporary Media from the Eastman School of Music. Before com-ing to the Valley, he was an Associate Professor at Wash-ington and Jefferson College in Pennsylvania.

No advance reservations are needed to attend class and drop-ins are welcome. For more information on the summer jazz series, see www.mountaintopmusic.org or call Belle at the Mountain Top Music, 447-4737.

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Top Music this summer

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The Freedom ColumnBy Lisa Wheeler

The friends of Fred Sawyer will be hosting a yard sale Aug. 10 and 11 at Freedom Market to benefit Fred, who is battling cancer. Fred’s chemo and sur-gery have left him unable to work and his friends are seek-ing donations or help in any-way: customers. tables, volun-teers, etc. All proceeds of the sale are going directly to Fred. For more information, contact Russ at rdavisnh@gmail.com.

The 2013 Freedom Club tile features a beautiful drawing of Ossipee Lake by artist Nancy McClare. Tiles will be avail-able this week at the Freedom Village Store or at Peg Scul-ly's Gallery. They will also be sold on Parade Day, Aug. 3, in front of the Church before the parade. Tiles are $12 and proceeds benefit the Freedom Beach Club.

The 115th Old Home Week kicks off on Friday. The 10 days of Old Home Week are filled with events sure to please all ages. Keep-ing with the mission of Old Home Week most events are free. The Lawn party on Fri-day evening is a great chance to catch up with old friends and enjoy live music. Satur-day morning marching bands, floats, mini cars and more all combine to make the parade fun for everyone. Following the parade, the Freedom Vil-lage Condos will be the site of a pipe and drum concert, and the fourth annual card-board boat race. (Dick Many has carpet tubes available for boat construction. 301-1107). Details of all the events can be found at the freedomold-homeweek.org website. Ev-eryone is invited to participate in the parade, contact Sylvia at

539-5799 for details.Details of all the events can be found at the freedomoldhomeweek.org website or pick up your calen-dar at the post office. Every-one is invited to participate in the parade, contact Sylvia at 539-5799 for details.

The Ladies Guild of First Christian Church will be hold-ing their Old Home Week Quilt Sale on Saturday, Aug. 3 at the church. Quilts and a va-riety of other handmade items will be on sale from 9 a.m.-1 p.m. Second hand bikes, etc. are also on sale at the church barn on Elm Street. So, come to Freedom and enjoy the Bike Sale at the church barn as well as the quilt sale at the church and all of the other Old Home Week Festivities in Freedom! If you miss the sale on Aug. 3, stop by the Freedom Elemen-tary School on Aug. 9 for the Old Home Week Craft Fair. The Ladies Guild will have Quilt Raffle Tickets and a va-riety of quilts and other hand-made items for sale. For more information, contact Nancy-Wogman@aol.com.

The annual Freedom Old Home Week Book and Bake Sale sponsored by the Friends of the Library will be held Fri-day, Aug. 9 from 9 a.m.-3 p.m. and Saturday, Aug.10 from 10 a.m.-1 p.m. This year the Book Sale will be held at the Library on Old Portland Road and will have books for sale both outside on the lawn and inside our Book Sale Room. There will be hundreds of bargains from every catego-ry: adult, children, fiction, non-fiction, hardcover, pa-perback, audio books, DVD’s and jigsaw puzzles. The very popular Bake Sale will again be held on the lawn in front of The First Christian Church

and will feature an array of delicious home baked treats including cookies, brownies, breads, cakes and pies. The Bake Sale will be held on Fri-day at this location and at the library on Saturday. There will also be a raffle for a chance to win a beautiful framed 18-inch-by-24-inch watercol-or painting on Bristol board by outstanding Freedom’s own Peg Scully. This painting will be on display at the library until Aug. 10 when the lucky winner’s name will be drawn. All proceeds support Freedom Library programs. For more information, call the library at 539-5176.

Preschool storytime meets on Wednesdays at 10 for ages two to five and their caregiv-ers. At the same time, there is a writing workshop for stu-dents going into fifth grade and older. Refreshments will be served. Teen Night for stu-dents going into seventh grade and older meets on Thursdays at 5:30 p.m. This week we are having a photo scavenger hunt followed by the movie "Warm Bodies." Pizza is $4 per per-son. On Fridays at 3:30 p.m. is Fun Fridays for elementary age. This week is something different. We will be meeting at the Freedom Town Garage on Loon Lake Road (just past the elementary school) for Touch a Truck. We will have many construction, logging and emergency vehicles for kids to get in and see. Pizza & Movie follows at 5 p.m. back at the library. The movie is the wonderful "Iron Giant," rated PG. Pizza is $3 per person. Be sure to call ahead if you will be late so we can order enough pizza.

Got Milk? The Freedom Village Store now has milk

locally made and processed from Sherman Farms in Con-way. Since we have opened, there have been periodic re-quests for milk. Now that we have it, we need you to show that you want us to keep pro-viding it, by stopping by and purchasing some. Milk has a real shelf life and the store has to buy a minimum order for re-sale. Our margins are thin, so come support the milk sales. We do not have the lux-ury of months, as we do with honey and maple syrup, to wait for a market to develop. The refrigerator is full with all the different types and flavors and sizes that Sherman Farms sells. We also have their lem-onade. Both are sold in return-able glass bottles. A deposit on those bottles is made when you buy and returned to you when you return the bottle.

So if you like milk, with those rich flavors that you grew up on, stop by the Freedom Vil-lage Store and buy some. The store is looking for someone to sell water bottles during the parade on Saturday. To learn more email jennifermolin@verizon.net.

Congrats to the students from Freedom Elementary on the fourth quarter honor roll! High honors: Melissa Jones,-Patrick Cloutier, Christopher Desmarais, Jackson Ogren, Brianna Boynton. Honors: Jassmyn Baker, Mathieu Bra-bant, Hunter Krebs, Daniel Morrow, Abbi Boucher, Chel-sy Dame, Cameron Emmett, Silas Feuerborn, Connor Glavin, Sam McKinley, Dan-ielle Moard, Keegan Nason, Brock Boucher, Matthew Costantino, Annikah Dubois, Gaven Ferry, Hannah Marx.

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Ruth (Smith) Twombly and Edith Finnemore represented the Kennett High School class of 1932 at the Alumni Association's July 27 Summer Outing. Finnemore is 100 years old, and Twombly will turn 100 in September.

Kennett High School's 1947 graduates attending the summer outing were (front l-r): Willie Frechette and George Fuller (Back l-r): Barbara (Schoolcraft) Wilkins, Marilyn (Crouse) Hill-Chappee and Kay (Merrill) Frechette.

Heather (Hamilton) Tower, KHS 1988, Saralyn Smith, KHS 2002 and Megan Darcy, KHS 2011 circulated through the crowd selling raffle tickets at the Alumni Association's annual Summer Outing.

Ingrid (Carlson) Dewitt and Tiffany (Gardner) Murray serve other Kennett graduates at the annual Summer Outing on July 27.

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Kennett alumni outingThe Kennett High School Alumni Association hosted their annual sum-mer outing at the Fryeburg Fairgrounds on Saturday, July 27. The oldest attendees were from the graduating class of 1932, the youngest (aside from current Key Club members who served the guests) from the class of 2011.

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Fryeburg's own Sally Whitaker greeted guests at the Historical Society's dedication of the Col. Samuel Osgood Museum on July 27.

Clad in period costume, Nancy Ray prepares to lead a tour through the newly restored Col. Samuel Osgood House, the new home of the Fryeburg Historical Society.

Fryeburg Historical Society members (l-r): Faylene Rogers, Diane Jones, Linda Emerson and Linda Drew in front of the Col. Samuel Osgood House during the dedication ceremony on July 27.

Ed and Erlon Jones are ready to load the replication Fryeburg Horse Railroad at the Historical Society's dedi-cation of the Col. Samuel Osgood House. The car was created by Ed in 1990.

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Fryeburg historical home dedicationThe Fryeburg Historical Society held a dedication ceremony on July 27 for the "new" house they have spent the past year restoring. The circa 1815 cape houses a museum of local artifacts and has been named in honor of Col. Samuel Osgood, a former owner of the property. Tours were given and guests came from as far away as Houston, Texas to celebrate the project.

Doug Somerville was one of the blood donors at the North Conway Grand Hotel on Saturday, July 27.

Mount Washington Lodge Master, Dave Correa, and Paulette Combgreeted blood donors at the American Red Cross Blood Drive on July 27.

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Red Cross blood driveThe American Red Cross bloodmobile came to the North Conway Grand Hotel in North Conway on Saturday, July 27, sponsored by the Mt. Washington Masonic Lodge #87. Their next visit to the Valley will be on Aug. 8.

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Under the watchful eyes of local actor Joe LaFrance, children in Center Stage Theater's summer theater workshop use paper mache to create stones.

Hannah Johnson leads the ensemble of "Beauty and the Beast - A New Musical" in their dance moves.

Jordan Meier, who is one of three Beauties in Center Stage Theater's upcoming performance, practices her song during rehearsals.

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Center Stage TheaterCenter Stage Theater's two-week summer theater camp is in the final week of preparations for their performance of "Beauty and the Beast - A New Musical.” Thirty-four youngsters are learning the various jobs in theater and will present their production on Aug. 2 at the Leaura Hill Eastman Performing Arts Center in Fryeburg.

Friends of the Conway Public Library board member Eileen Brochu arranges books during the July 27 Big Book Sale to benefit the library.

Marcia Cohl, of the Friends of the Conway Public Library shows off one of the raffle baskets at the annual Big Book Sale.

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Pastor Tim LeConey, Al Pierce and Arlin Bigelow barbecued lots of chicken for the crowd that attended the July 27 Blueberry Festival in Fryeburg.

Blueberry pies to go! (l-r): Kathy Keefe, Lori Osborn, Ozzie Osborn and Glenn Keefe leave the Fryeburg Congregational Church Blueberry Festival with home-baked blueberry pies.

Linda Russell (left) and Trudy Atkinson (right) serve up blueberry pie during the July 27th Blueberry Festival in Fryeburg.

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Blueberry Festival at FCC FryeburgThe First Congregational Church of Fryeburg held their annual Blueberry Festival and Chicken Barbecue at Pythagorean Masonic Hall on July 27.

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Brianna Goldblatt and Megan Martin were happy to help out at the July 27 Conway Methodist Church Supper.

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Church supperThe Center Conway Methodist Church hosted their monthly sup-per on July 27, offering an Italian theme. Monies raised from the meal will go to the Missionary Covenant Fund.

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MuzickaFriends of the Jackson Public Library hosted a 10 person tradi-tional Czech folk music ensemble from Praque on July 28. Muzicka has been touring the USA this summer and one musician has ties to the North Conway area so they visited the Valley on their journey.The library was full for the final US Muzicka concert.

Performers from the Czech ensem-ble Muzicka at the JAckosn Public Library.(right)

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On the Rock PileBy Tom Padham

Summit Intern

This week’s weather on the summit was fairly active, with a strong cold front crossing the region early Wednesday and a coastal system brushing the area on Friday. The week started Monday with a stalled out frontal system situated over Southern New England helping to keep the summits firmly in the fog for most of the day. By Tuesday, a strong cold front was quickly diving south out of the northern plains, with a warm front ex-tending ahead of this system bringing rain to the summit for much of the day, with 1.1

inches recorded. Wednesday the cold front crossed the area in the morning, with

CourtesyThe summit from near Mount Clay.

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Peak Wind gust was on July 24 from the W at 52 MPH.

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temperatures actually falling throughout the day, starting at 51 near sunrise and falling to a chilly 37 degrees by evening.

By Thursday, building high pressure and relatively dry air allowed for nearly perfect vis-ibility to the northwest, with even Mount Marcy 134 miles away in the Adirondacks visi-ble early in the morning. Only 24 hours later, on Friday, a coastal system moved up the coast, bringing visibility back to nearly zero along with a few rain showers. As this storm departed high pressure brief-ly built in just in time for the weekend, with light winds and plenty of sun allowing for a warm and pleasant day. Plen-ty of visitors took advantage of the great weather on the Rockpile, with Saturday likely being one of our busiest days of this summer season. Sun-

day saw another storm system approach from the west, with a warm front bringing a few showers by the afternoon and continuing the active weath-er pattern on the Northeast’s highest peak.

If you’re looking for some-thing fun and free to do in North Conway, why not stop by the Weather Discovery Center? It has several inter-active exhibits detailing the extreme weather of Mount Washington that are great for the entire family. If you visit us at 11 a.m. or 2 p.m., you can even connect to the sum-mit via a live video connec-tion, and talk to an observer. The Weather Discovery Cen-ter is located across the street from the Eastern Slope Inn in North Conway Village, and is open daily from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.

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Magic, from pg. 2Bent was named “Best of

Boston” by Boston Magazine and won the 2009 “Nickel-odeon Parents’ Picks Award” for “Boston’s Best Children’s Entertainer.” He has been called “one of the world’s best kid-show magicians” by Hollywood’s Magic Castle. In April, he made his seventh ap-pearance at the annual White House Easter Egg Roll. He is also the author of “The Ev-erything Guide to Comedy

Writing” and teaches comedy writing at Emerson College in Boston.

Kids will enjoy the magic and the message of the Read-ers of the Lost Book Magic Show™ and will be inspired to find out more about all the great resources the library has to offer! For more informa-tion, go to www.abrakidabra.com, www.mikebentpro-grams.com and twww.tam-worthlibrary.org.

Books, from pg. 6board by outstanding Freedom artist Peg Scully. This painting will be on display at the library until Aug. 10, when the lucky winner’s name will be drawn.

All proceeds support Free-dom Library programs. For more information, call the Freedom Public Library at 539-5176.

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Maine at GettysburgOn Sunday, Aug. 4 at 6 p.m., the Lovell Historical Society will host a presentation by Jack Kelly on Maine’s role at the Battle of Gettysburg.Jack Kelly will present a talk recounting Maine's reg-imental history at the Battle of Gettysburg during the American Civil War, with a particular focus on the 16th and 20th regimen-tal units. Jack has done extensive research on Civil War history, especially the Battle of Gettysburg. He has presented historical lectures to The Greater Boston Civil War Round Table, historical societies and the Gettysburg Discussion Group, of which he is a longtime member. He also is an active member of the Friends of the National Park at Gettysburg, Fort Ticonderoga and the Little Big Horn Battlefield. The talk will be held in the barn of the Historical Society’s 1838 Kimball-Stanford House. The building is at the corner of Route 5 and Old Stage Road (across from the Lake Kezar Country Club) in Lovell. For more information, call 925-3234 or visit the Society’s Web site at lovellhistoricalso-ciety.org.

Lovell Brick Church offers free music theater camp for children

LOVELL, Maine — Do the children in your household, your family, or your neighbor-hood love music, acting, move-ment, dance, and song? This opportunity is for them! The Brick Church for the Perform-ing Arts in Lovell will be offer-ing a week-long musical theater camp for boys and girls six years old and up. Thanks to a gen-erous donation from the Sear Family Foundation, registra-tion in the camp will be free – but only the first ten children to register can be accommodated.

The camp will run from Monday to Friday, Aug. 5-9. Activities will be varied. Chil-

dren will be singing and enjoy-ing movement and dancing, but they will also have craft sessions creating costumes, props, and sets for their scenes. At the end of the week – Friday eve-ning and Saturday afternoon – the children will perform an unforgettable variety show of songs and dance drawn from a musical that will be chosen to suit the ages and interests of the children enrolled in the camp. Snacks and drinks will be pro-vided each afternoon.

Director of the camp Lily Bayrock has extensive expe-rience working with children and with music. Since the age

of 18 she has performed in mu-sical theater, opera, and light opera, in college (Skidmore and New York University) and thereafter in theaters in New York City. She has directed shows and assisted with the-atrical projects. Recently she co-directed and performed in “One Grain More,” a hilarious food-allergy-themed parody of “Les Misérables” (available on YouTube at http://tinyurl.com/onegrainmore). Assisting Lily with the Lovell camp will be Chloe Johnson, a young dancer who has worked with children in various activities including movement and gymnastics.

Camp sessions and perfor-mances will take place at the Brick Church for the Perform-ing Arts, 502 Christian Hill Road in Lovell, Maine. Camp will meet from noon until 4:00 pm, Monday through Friday, Aug. 5-9; performances, free and open to the public, will take

place on Friday, Aug. 9 at 7 p.m. and Saturday, Aug. 10 at 2 p.m. Refreshments will be served.

For more information or to register children for the camp, please email Lily Bayrock at BrickChurchTheaterCamp@gmail.com or call Susie Mosca at 207-925-3322.

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Valley BusinessMemorial Hospital announces its Second Annual Legacy Gala Event

Sept. 28 fundraiser to be held at Attitash Grand SummitNORTH CONWAY —

Supporters of Memorial Hos-pital are encouraged to break out their finest evening attire and make plans to attend the Second Annual Legacy Gala event, taking place Sept. 28 at the Attitash Grand Summit.

The Gala—a Red Carpet, Black Tie Event—will offer guests an elegant evening of culinary delight and superb musical and theatrical enter-tainment, with proceeds to fund much needed renova-tions to the hospital’s primary care treatment areas. Tickets are $150 per person.

“These improvements will be designed to expedite and enhance services and care to patients,” stated Memori-al’s CEO Scott McKinnon. “These renovations will be of benefit to residents of the Val-ley for many years to come.”

Last year’s Gala proceeds went towards renovations and upgrades to Memorial’s Emer-gency Department.

“The new Emergency De-

partment now offers three new treatment rooms for our new Express Care service. This service has allowed patients to spend less time waiting and still have the advantage of quality assessment by emer-gency-trained clinicians,” con-tinued McKinnon.

This year’s initiative sup-ported by the Gala will also impact patient experience and patient care, albeit in a dif-

ferent way. The renovations to Memorial’s Primary Care Practice will allow health care providers, nurses, medical as-sistants and other staff to work as a team in an open-concept setting in close proximity to treatment rooms. This en-hanced workspace will im-prove communication as well as responsiveness and accessi-bility to care – ultimately cre-ating the work environment needed to meet the shift in

health care towards providing a coordinated, preventative model of care delivery. “Pri-mary Care serves as the front line in guarding our health and they are increasingly be-ing seen as the key to the best possible care, as well as a prac-tical solution to holding down healthcare costs,” stated Ray Rabideau, Memorial’s Chief Medical Officer.

The evening starts at 6 p.m. with a walk down the red car-pet where each guest will have an opportunity to have their picture taken by local photog-rapher Karen Stancik while enjoying a glass of chilled champagne. Guests will be served appetizers by formal-ly-attired servers which will also be displayed on beauti-ful ice sculptures. Everyone will have time to mingle with friends and enjoy music by the Mountain Aire Strings in the Summit Cocktail Lounge. At 7 p.m., there will be an eclectic dinner menu offered with dual entrées of Skewered Lobster Tail Topped with a Cognac Sauce, Grand Summit Steak sliced and topped with a Port Demi Glaze, Pan Seared Breast of Chicken stuffed with Fontina Cheese and Pro-sciutto drizzled with Aged Balsamic Vinaigrette, Grilled Manicotti Roulade stuffed with Ricotta Cheese and Veg-etables topped with a Garlic Cream Sauce, or Local Heir-loom Tomatoes with Quinoa,

New World Vegetables served over a Bed of Greens with Yel-low Pepper Coulis. The menu is completed with a signature trio of Chef inspired desserts.

During dinner, the spot-light will be on a talented cast of performers from the Arts in Motion Theater Company who will once again delight the audience with a “Brat Pack” inspired dinner club cabaret performance. The evening will be reminiscent of the elegant supper clubs of the ‘50’s and ‘60’s. These clubs, in their heyday, stayed true to their cabaret roots by entertaining guests with a combination of music, dance and humor.

The entertainment will fea-ture the music of the popular stars of the era Frank Sina-tra, Bing Crosby, Tony Ben-nett, Judy Garland, Rosemary Clooney, Peggy Lee, Dean Martin, Ray Charles, Bobby Darren, and Billie Holiday, to name a few.

After dinner festivities, the Franconia, NH based 10-piece ensemble The Wick-ed Smart Horn Band will add a rousing finish to the evening with dancing well into the night.

The Legacy Gala Commit-tee is grateful to its current corporate sponsors: Maine Health, Hinckley, Allen & Snyder, Memorial Hospital Medical Staff, Colliers In-ternational, Bryan Company, Kline Seminars, DG Roofing, Wise Construction, Spectrum Medical Group, Berry, Dunn, McNeil & Parker, Rinder Morgan, Amerisourceber-gen Drug Company, North-East Kittredge Food Service Equipment, Attitash Grand Summit, Comfort Inn and Clean-O-Rama. More spon-sors are being added all the time; those shown here were accurate as of press time

There is a wide range of sponsorship opportunities still available. Businesses in-

CourtesyThe 2013 Memorial Hospital Gala Committee (from left to right): Becky Adams, Karen Davenport, Joan Phillips, Michelle Capozzoli, Mary Vigeant, Patty Keane, Marcia Keeney, Mike Davenport, Kimberly McKinnon, Kathy Bennett, Carol Westervelt, Cindy Foster, June Waltz, Dr. Miles Waltz (not pictured: Ellen Ohlenbusch).

Legacy, to pg. 19

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Valley Education

Almost There – AlbanyJuly 26 - Simon Crawford Band/

every Friday @ 4pm

Attitash Mountain Resort – BartlettAugust 3 – Slopeside Mountain Series -

Ross Livermore Band (A) 3pm

The Corner House Inn – Center Sandwich

August 2 - Peter Lawlor 6:30-9:30pm

Delaney’s – North ConwayAugust 7 – Shine It On

The Inn at Thorn Hill – Jackson

August 3 – Mike Jewel

May Kelly’s Cottage – North ConwayAugust 2 – Dennis & Davy, 8pmAugust 3 – Irish Seisium, 3-7pm

McGrath’s Tavern – North Conway

August 1 - Rek’Lis

Rafferty’s Restaurant & Pub – North Conway

August 5 – Monday Billiard-Golf Night

Red Parka Pub - Downtown GlenAugust 2 - Tim Theriault 9pm

August 3 - Duke 9pmAugust 4 - Rafe Matregrano 5-8pm

August 4 - Open Mic’ with Ryan St. Onge

Shannon Door Pub – Jackson VillageAugust 1 – Dennis O’Neil &

Jon Deveneau 7pm

August 2 – Kevin Dolan & Simon Crawford 8pm

August 3 – Dennis & Davey 8pmAugust 4 – Kevin Dolan & Simon Crawford 7:30pm

Shovel Handle Pub – JacksonAugust 2 – Pat Foley 6:00-9:30pm

August 3 – Closed for private functionAugust 4 - Tim Gurshin

Wentworth – JacksonAugust 2 – Ronnie Chase (D) 8pmAugust 3 – Ronnie Chase (D) 8pm

White Lake Inn and Tavern – Tamworth

August 2 – The Carol Ramsey Band 7:30-10:30pm

August 3 – Open Mic Night

White Mountain Hotel – North ConwayAugust 2 – Mike Jewel (D) 6pmAugust 3 – Kelly Muse (D) 6pmAugust 4 – Mike Jewel (B) 10am

Wildcat Inn & Tavern – Jackson Village

August 4 - Croon at the Moon with Jonathan Sarty 7:00-9:00pm

August 6 - Headwater Guitar Circle 6:30pmAugust 6 - Hoot Night Open Mic with

Jonathan Sarty 8pmAugust 7 - Al Shafner 6-8pm in the Tavern

Wolverine Grille - North ConwayAugust 2 - Black Mountain Ramblers 8:30pm

August 3 - Ricky and the Giants 8:30pmAugust 7 - Open Mic with

Simon Crawford 7pm

Entertainment Lounges, Taverns & Pubs

terested in becoming sponsors should contact Memorial’s Di-rector of Philanthropy, Karen Davenport at 356-5461, ext. 2268 or email kdavenport@memorialhospitalnh.org.

The Gala is being organized by a committee made up of community members:

Co-Chairs: Carol Wester-velt and Kimberly McKin-non, Marcia Keeney, Mary Vigeant, Patty Keane, Dr. and

Mrs. Miles Waltz, Cindy Fos-ter, Michelle Capozzoli, Ellen Ohlenbusch, Becky Adams, Karen and Mike Davenport, Joan Phillips, and Kathy Ben-nett.

For more information on the gala or to reserve tickets go to Memorial’s website at: www.memorialhospitalnh.org, or contact Joan Phillips at: jphillips@memorialhospital-nh.org; 356-5461, ext. 2264.

Legacy, from pg. 18

Student art on display at Memorial HospitalNORTH CONWAY —

It seems only fitting that a health facility hosts the artistic talents of our area youths as it has been shown that nurturing the creativity juices enhances one’s well being.

According to the National Institutes of Health, there are several developmental ben-efits of art. For Motor Skills developmental milestones around age three should in-clude drawing a circle and be-ginning to use safety scissors. Around age four, children may be able to draw a square and begin cutting straight lines with scissors. Many preschool programs emphasize the use of scissors because it devel-ops the dexterity children will need for writing. The motions involved in making art, such

as holding a paintbrush or scribbling with a crayon, are essential to the growth of fine motor skills in young children.

Language Development is directly influenced by art. For very young children, mak-ing art—or just talking about it—provides opportunities to learn words for colors, shapes and actions. When toddlers are as young as a year old, parents can do simple activi-ties such as crumpling up pa-per and calling it a “ball.” By elementary school, students can use descriptive words to discuss their own creations or to talk about what feelings are elicited when they see differ-ent styles of artwork.

According to a report by Americans for the Arts, art education strengthens

problem-solving and criti-cal-thinking skills. The ex-perience of making decisions and choices in the course of creating art carries over into other parts of life.

“If they are exploring and thinking and experimenting and trying new ideas, then creativity has a chance to blos-som,” says MaryAnn Kohl, an arts educator and author of numerous books about chil-dren’s art education.

Drawing, sculpting with clay and threading beads on a string all develop visual-spa-

tial skills, which are more important than ever. Even toddlers know how to oper-ate a smart phone or tablet, which means that even before they can read, kids are taking in visual information. This information consists of cues that we get from pictures or three-dimensional objects from digital media, books and television.

The “student art gallery” at Memorial Hospital now it its eleventh year, features a wonderful variety of artwork created by students in kinder-

garten through middle school. It is appreciated by staff and visitors alike. The collection changes annually and is open to all schools in SAU#13, SAU#9 and SAD#72. This year’s participating schools in-clude John Fuller Elementary School, Conway Elementary, Pine Tree Elementary, Josiah Bartlett Elementary School, Jackson Grammar School, Kenneth Brett School, Free-dom Elementary School and Kennett Middle School. The project is coordinated by the office of Volunteer Services.

BURLINGTON, Vt. — The following area students have been named to the dean's list for the spring 2013 semes-ter at the University of Ver-mont:

Taylor M. Gardella of Chocorua, a sophomore ma-joring in Communication Science & Disorders in the College of Nursing & Health Sciences.

Meagan E. Perley of Jack-son, a senior majoring in Ani-mal Sciences in the College of Agriculture & Life Sciences.

Elizabeth V. Kennett of

North Conway, a senior ma-joring in Biological Science in the College of Arts & Sci-ences.

Taylor M. Schoonover of North Conway, a first-year student majoring in Animal Sciences in the College of Ag-riculture & Life Sciences.

Luke P. Apfeld of Wolfe-boro, a senior majoring in En-glish in the College of Arts & Sciences.

To be named to the dean's lists, students must have a grade-point average of 3.0 or better and rank in the top 20

percent of their class in their respective college or school.

Chartered in 1791, UVM was the first college or uni-versity in the United States that did not give preference to a religious sect in its char-ter. UVM now has nearly 10,490 undergraduates in sev-en schools and colleges, 1,540 graduate students and 449 medical students. As a small, comprehensive university, it blends the academic heritage of a private university with service missions in the land-grant tradition.

Local students named to Dean's List at the University of Vermont

LOWELL, Mass. — A re-cord number of graduates – 3,169 – were presented with diplomas at UMass Lowell's 2013 Commencement exer-cises on Saturday, May 18 at the Tsongas Center at UMass Lowell.

For the second year, UMass Lowell held two Commence-ment ceremonies because of the increase in graduates – up more than 250 since last year, and more than 1,000 since 2007, a period that has seen a 40 percent increase in enroll-ment and rising retention. It is the sixth year in a row that a record number received de-grees.

Both ceremonies were pre-sided over by UMass Lowell Chancellor Marty Meehan. The first event honored bach-elor's degree recipients and featured Commencement ad-dresses by Boston Police Com-missioner Ed Davis and student speaker Mary Kathryn Hazel, a history major and Common-wealth Honors Scholar from Chelmsford. The second cere-mony recognized recipients of

master's and doctoral degrees, at which Commencement addresses were delivered by UMass Lowell alumnus Har-ish Hande, a social entrepre-neur bringing solar-powered electricity to rural India, and Janet Johnson of Dracut, a re-cipient of a master's degree in peace and conflict studies.

The following local students received diplomas:

Jessica Greene of North Conway.

UMass Lowell is a national research university located on a high-energy campus in the heart of a global community. We offer more than 16,000 students bachelor's, master's and doctoral degrees in busi-ness, education, engineering, fine arts, health, humanities, sciences and social scienc-es. UMass Lowell delivers high-quality educational pro-grams, vigorous hands-on learning and personal atten-tion from leading faculty and staff, all of which prepare graduates to be ready for work, for life and for all the world of-fers. www.uml.edu.

Local residents graduate from UMass Lowell

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Ongoing Events:Weather Discovery Cen-

ter – Free Interactive Science Museum, open daily 10am-5pm, 2779 White Mountain Highway, North Conway, 800-796-0432.

“Live from the Rockpile” – free family friendly video chat with an Observatory scientist living and working in the moun-taintop weather station, offered daily at 11:15am and 2:15pm.

Contribute to the Conway Public Library Collection. $20 Donation will purchase a book in the genre of your choice. Or-der form is available at the Li-brary or call 447-5552.

Resale Shops to Benefit An-imals at Conway Shelter. Re-tail Boutique featuring upscale clothing & accessories located in Norcross Place across from the Courtyard Café; open Tues. through Sat. 10am-3pm or The Harrison House offering a vari-ety of domestic goods and much more; located at 223 E. Main St at driveway entrance to the shelter Shop or re-purpose your items to help the shelter. Open Tues. Thurs. Sat. & Sun. 10am-3pm. FMI call 447-5605.

Taoist Tai Chi offers class-es for the beginner, continued learning and health recovery in North Conway, E Madison, Tamworth and Brownfield ME. In North Conway at the East-ern Slope Inn Plaza. FMI call 603-356-5581 or visit newen-gland.usa.taoist.org.

Gibson Center Carriage House Thrift Shop. Gently used clothing, house-wares, and more. Monday –Friday 10am-2ish; Saturday, 9am-1ish.

Carroll County RSVP Bone Builders, a low impact exercise program for seniors who are interested in a mild program to strengthen their bones and muscles. At the Eaton Town Hall on Tuesday and Thursday 9-10am; at the North Conway Congregational Church on Tuesday and Thursday 11am-noon. FMI: CCRSVP Mon-day-Friday, 8am-4pm at 356-9331.

North Conway Model Rail-road Club’s Open House takes place every T-TH-S from may-Oct. 18. 10am-4:30pm. In the freight house at Conway Scenic Railroad’s yard in North Con-way. As many as seven trains op-erate concurrently. Admission is free but donations are gladly ac-cepted. FMI: www.ncmrrc.com

Train Rides by donation at the Silver Lake Railroad! Join us for an affordable, volunteer run, family fun journey through the scenic backwoods of Mad-ison NH. On this hour-long trip we pass scenic vistas of bea-ver ponds, lakes, streams, and mountains. The ride departs a beautifully restored and main-tained 1910 railroad station, 1941 Sterling Diner and other historic buildings and equip-ment. Train Rides this weekend are FRI at 5:30, 6:30, and 7:30 (SUNSET) PM, SAT 11AM, 12, 1, 2, 3 PM and Sunday 11AM, 12, 1, 2, 3 PM. Madison the Moose and her baby daugh-ter are loose and appearing sporadically! You are cordially invited to join us for a ride!

Stay cool with sum-mer skating lessons: Though temperatures are rising, the MWV Skating Club would like to remind everyone that we offer Summer Ses-sion ice skating lessons. Group lessons are of-fered for all ages and abilities in Figure Skat-

ing as well as Learn to Skate for Hockey. Classes will be offered beginning June 30th on Sun-days, Tuesdays and Thursdays. A second summer session will begin on August 4th. For more information visit www.mwvsc.org.

MWV Children’s Museum 2936 Rt16 North Conway - Kids History Tree House: A safe indoor Tree House for kids to play in with the near by History Tree exhibit. Dress-up Drama Center: for Kids 0-9 can dress-up in a multitude of costumes then put on their on performance on the little stage. Thomas the Train: kids can make an electric train weave in and out of rooms. Also play with a miniature “Thomas the Train” set. Outer Space Exhibit: kids can wonder thru the out-er space hallway full of “glow in the dark” views and inspire curiosity of the mysteries of our universe. FMI for all events at MWV Children’s Museum call (603) 356-2992 or www.mwvchildrensmuseum.org

Mid Summer $ 1 A Bag Sale August 3- 3l at the Thrift Shop of the Lovell United Church of Christ on Rte.# 5 in Center Lovell, ME. Shop hours are Mondays, Wednesdays, Satur-days from 10am to 12noon.

Mall-Wide Tent Sale Thurs-day, August 1 – Sunday, August 4. Settlers’ Green Outlet Vil-lage, North Conway.

Character Appearances at StoryLand; Thursday, August 1 - Saturday, August 3 Martha the talking dog, 10am-3pm, ½ hour appearances with 15 min-ute breaks between; lunch 12-12:45, last appearance at 3pm. For a list of character appear-ance dates, visit storylandnh.com.

Thursday:Mt. Top Music for babies

(free). Babies from birth through eighteen months play interac-tive games involving familiar songs, rhymes and rhythm. Ev-ery Thursday from 9:30-10:am. For toddlers and their care-giver’s dance, play rhythm and acoustical instruments, sing and play games using familiar songs. Thursday 10:15–11:00am. FMI call 447-4737.

Jackson Public Library hosts monthly storytime; held the 3rd Thursday of each month at 10am. The program is free and open to all. Call the library for more information at 383-9731.

Each Thursday Mt Wash-ington Valley Habitat for Hu-manity volunteers meet at 42 North Road in Conway to work on the current home. We provide on site construction management to coordinate the work effort. Hours are from 8:00am-3:00pm. Any amount of time you can spend on the site is helpful. Special skills are not required. Lunch is provided. If you would like to volunteer, please fill out the Volunteer Form on our web site www.mwv-habitat.org and bring it with you.

Conway Public Library. 3:30-5:00pm. The Library’s after-school club for teens and tweens Bring a friend. For de-

tails call the library at 447-5552 or visit online at www.conway-publiclibrary.org

Friday:Madison Library; Friday

morning, 10am playgroup/pre-school story time. Social time for babies and toddlers, parents and caregivers, age-appropriate stories FMI Call 367-8545 @madisonlib on Twitter for a clue.

MWV Children’s Museum 2936 Rt16 North Conway - Music For Tots held at MWV Children’s Museum. Mountain Top Music with Sharon Novak every Friday at 11am. FMI for all events at MWV Children’s Museum call (603) 356-2992 or www.mwvchildrensmuseum.org .

BINGO! Sponsored by Theatre North, every Friday night at 6:30pm, doors open at 3:30pm. Located at St. Anne’s Hall on School Street, Berlin Largest payout in the area.

AMC Pinkham Notch Visitor Center Friday Flicks! Join us for an after dinner movie. AMC Staff picks the flick, you sit back and enjoy. For details, call 466-2727.

Bingo is held every Friday night at the Lovell VFW Hall - Early Bird starts at 6:30pm.

Saturday:Eastman-Lord House Mu-

seum tours; Memorial Day to Labor Day: Saturdays, 1-4pm; Tours are conducted by Con-way Historical Society member volunteers. Reservations are not necessary, but groups are en-couraged to call at least three days ahead and leave a message, 447-5551.

There will be a FREE Adult Learner Study Group meeting by appointment on Saturdays for 10am-noon at Carroll Acad-emy, 11 Runnell’s Hall, Choc-orua (across from the Chocorua Library). Focus will be on all 5 content areas: Reading, So-cial Studies, Science, Math and Writing. FMI: Elisabeth Swir-iduk at 603-323-5100. There are a limited number of seats available, so call now to reserve. Remember: You can do it!

Open Door Bible Church, 2324 Rt. 16 (next to West Os-sipee Post Office). Saturday Community Prayer at 9:00am. FMI: Pastor John Donovan 508-380-0471.

Tamworth Farmers’ Market from 9am-12noon in the park-ing lot of the Unitarian Church in Tamworth. Vegetables, herb, and flower seedlings, breads, baked goods, prepared foods for breakfast and lunch. Arti-san demonstrations, live music, community fundraising. FMI: Peg Loughran 323-2368; Bob Streeter 323-2392.

Sunday:St. Margaret of Scotland

Church 85 Pleasant Street, Conway holds a weekly adult study program. The study group meets every Sunday from 11:00am to Noon, in the parish hall after Sunday service.

The early 8:30am service has begun at the Madison Baptist Church, 53 Conway Rd., every Sunday this summer. This ser-vice is in addition to the 10am traditional service and is a more family oriented contemporary service. FMI: 603-367-4705.

Open Door Bible Church, 2324 Rt. 16 (next to West Os-sipee Post Office). Sunday wor-ship at 9:30am. FMI: Pastor John Donovan 508-380-0471.

North Conway Farmers’ Market from 9am-1pm North Conway Community Center. FMI: email northconwayfarm-ersmarket@gmail.com.

Monday:WILD NIGHTS traveling

zoo program fundraiser! Mon-days in July and August at 6pm. MWV Children’s Museum. 603-356-2992.

The Breakfast Club, the monthly M&D Productions’ Executive Director meeting is held the 1st Monday of each month at M&D Productions, call Mark at 603-662-7591 to reserve your seat.

The First Christian Church of Freedom Ladies Guild meets every Monday (except holidays) from 9am-2pm. Join us for a few hours and bring your lunch. We make quilts that are distrib-uted to area nursing homes and to young children in the area. FMI: NancyWogman@aol.com. We always need extra hands!

Brownfield Rec. Dept., Walk-ing Program. Do you like to walk? Shed some extra pounds? Meet new people? Runs every Monday, Wednesday, Friday at 9:30am, 3:30pm, 6:30pm at the Brownfield Community Cen-ter. No need to commit to this free program – just come when you can. Please bring your own water.

Conway Public Library offers conversational Spanish work-shops every Monday evening in June. Lilly Flores, a native Spanish speaker, is generously donating hr time and knowl-edge so all sessions are free and open to the public. Registration is encouraged. FMI: 447-5552.

Tuesday:Alzheimer’s Support Group

meets second and fourth Tues-day of each month at the Merri-man House, Memorial Hospital. Caregivers will find sympathetic and knowledgeable support and advice. FMI: 356-5461 ext. 194.

The Cook Memorial Library in Tamworth holds “Stories and Songs” a story time for young children on the first 3 Tues-days of each month at 10:30. Tech Tuesday is held from 3:00-4:00pm. FMI: 323-8510.

Overeaters Anonymous. Tuesdays 5:30-6:30pm at the Ossipee Valley Bible Church (near Napa Auto). FMI: Vikki at 323-3369.

CoDA Meetings a Twelve Step Fellowship of men and women in the development and maintenance of healthy re-lationships. Tuesdays at 7pm at Eastern Slope Inn, Gibson Suite, No. Conway FMI 207-283-3267 or email Bill @ wil-liambean@msn.com.

MWV Band Concerts will be at 6:00pm every Tuesday evening all summer at the ga-zebo next to the North Conway Community Center. Donations accepted but not required.

Great Glen Trails holds a weekly mountain biking series from 3:30-7pm every Tuesday through August 27th. Riders compete against the clock in this fun, easy going series. Reg-ister online, http://greatglen-trails.com/events or at Great Glen Trails.

Wednesday:North Conway Community

Legal Services (CLS) has a low cost legal clinic (by appoint-ment only) every Wednesday in North Conway. FMI 888-696-3393 or 473-2002. CLS is a 501 c 3 non-profit Check us out at www.lowpaylaw.org or www.nhcommunitylegal.com.

The White Mountain Stamp Club meets twice monthly year-round on the second Wednes-day at 1:30pm and on the third Tuesday at 7:00pm at the home of Barbara M. Savary, 1724 NH Rte #16 on the corner of the South end of Bald Hill Road.

Everyone interested in stamps is welcome! FMI 447-5461 or email Barbara, bmsavary@gmail.com.

Eastman-Lord House Muse-um tours; Memorial Day to La-bor Day: Wednesdays, 2-4pm; Tours are conducted by Conway Historical Society member vol-unteers. Reservations are not necessary, but groups are en-couraged to call at least three days ahead and leave a message, 447-5551.

“Care for the Caregiver Sup-port Group” Self-care for those caring for a loved one at home is the focus of this support group that meets Wednesday’s at the Gibson Center at 12:30pm. No registration necessary. For more information, call F. Gardner Perry, D. Min., CPC at 603-662-9552.

AMC Pinkham Notch Visitor Center Wednesday Night with a Ranger: Join staff from the White Mountain National For-est. Rangers will present a pro-gram every Wednesday in July and August. FMI: 466-2727.

Loss and Recovery Group. For those who have lost a loved one, this group meets Wednes-day’s at 5:30pm at Visiting Nurse, Home Care & hospice of Carroll County, 1529 White Mountain Highway (former Lenox Bldg). Experience shows that a group process aimed to-ward recovery from the loss of a loved one can significantly en-hance one’s quality of life. No registration necessary. FMI: F. Gardiner Perry, D. Min, CPC at 603-662-9552.

Open Door Bible Church, 2324 Rt. 16 (next to West Os-sipee Post Office). Wednes-day Bible Study and Prayer at 6:30pm. Saturday Community Prayer at 9:00am. FMI: Pastor John Donovan 508-380-0471.

Wednesdays at Wildcat pro-vide opportunities to explore Wildcat Mountain with a Tin Mountain Conservation Cen-ter naturalist, learning about the diverse ecology of Pinkham Notch in the White Mountain National Forest. July and Au-gust - FMI: skiwildcat.com/events

Walk –in –Wednesdays. 9am-4pm. Visiting Nurse, home Care & Hospice of Carroll County, 1529 White Moun-tain Highway, NC. Next to Green Granite Inn. Basic health screenings, blood pressure, foot checks, advance directives, questions about home health care services. Free and open to the public. FMI: 603-356-7006 or 1-800-499-4171.

Kiwanis Club of the Mount Washington Valley meets every Wednesday evening at the New England Inn at 6pm. Kiwanis is a global organization of vol-unteers dedicated to changing the world, one child and one community at a time. FMI: 603-722-7267.

Bridgton Recreation Depart-ment hosts a program for wood carvers 7-9pm each Wednesday. This program is free and light refreshments will be served. Held at 26 North High St, which is behind the old town hall in the Bridgton Ice Rink. FMI: Bob Carey at 978-290-1879 or Tom Tash at 207-647-1126.

Conway Public Library offers Summer Story Time for age 3 and under every Wednesday through August 21. No regis-tration is necessary. Join us for: “Dig into Reading” fun with earth science, growing things, construction vehicles and dirt!

Remick Farm Museum Field & Forest Herbal Series every

SAVE THE DATEBlueberry Buckle Festival -

Saturday, August 3rd -

Conway Village Congregational

Church - 1:00pm to 4:00pm

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Friday, 8/26:00a Conway Budget Committee (7/31)8:00a Let's Move!9:00a Granite State Outdoors9:30a North Conway Water Precinct (7/31)10:30a Lost in Movies12:00p Recreation Weekly12:30p Breakfast with Willie1:00p Bradley Park Concert3:00p Conway Budget Committee (7/31)5:00p Granite State Outdoors5:30p North Conway Water Precinct (7/31)6:30p Lost in Movies7:00p Charity Chatter7:30p Remember When8:00p Eggs & Issues9:15p Arts Jubilee concert: Don Campbell

Saturday, 8/36:00a Arts Jubilee concert: Don Campbell8:00a Let's Move!9:00a Charity Chatter9:30a Remember When

10:00a Eggs & Issues12:00p Granite State Outdoors12:30p North Conway Water Precinct (7/31)1:00p Lost in Movies2:30p Arts Jubilee concert: Don Campbell4:45p Charity Chatter5:15p Remember When5:45p Eggs & Issues7:00p Conway Budget Committee (7/31)9:00p Recreation Weekly9:30p Breakfast with Willie10:00p Bradley Park Concert

Sunday, 8/46:30a Eggs & Issues8:00a Let's Move!9:00a Charity Chatter9:30a Remember When10:00a Arts Jubilee concert: Don Campbell12:00p Pastor Tim12:30p Fryeburg Municipal Programming

Monday,8/56:00a Arts Jubilee concert: Don Campbell8:00a Let's Move!

Tuesday, 8/69:00a Pawprints9:30a Conway Library Presents Tom Seiling

10:15a Conway Library Presents Hope ForHealing

12:00p Charity Chatter12:30p Remember When1:00p Arts Jubilee Concert3:00p Recreation Weekly3:30p Breakfast with Willie4:00p Bradley Park Concert5:00p TBA7:00p Harvest Hills7:30p Conway Rec Softball Playoffs game 18:30p Couch Potatoes9:00p Conway School Board (8/5)

Wednesday, 8/76:00a Conway School Board (8/5)8:00a Let's Move!9:00a Harvest Hills9:30a Conway Rec Softball Playoffs game 110:30a Couch Potatoes12:00p Conway School Board (8/5)3:00p Conway Selectmen (8/6)5:00p Harvest Hills5:30p Conway Rec Softball Playoffs game 16:30p Couch Potatoes7:00p Rec Weekly7:30p Breakfast With Willie8:00p Left & Right9:30p Conway Selectmen (8/6)

Thursday, 8/86:00a Conway Selectmen (8/6)8:00a Let's Move!9:00a Rec Weekly9:30a Breakfast With Willie10:00a Left & Right12:00p Harvest Hills12:30p Conway Rec Softball

Playoffs game 11:30p Couch Potatoes2:30p Conway Selectmen (8/6)5:00p Rec Weekly5:30p Breakfast With Willie6:00p Left & Right7:00p Conway Rec Softball Championship8:00p Conway Library presents Butterfly pro-

gram and t-shirt dying9:00p Lost in Movies9:30p County Commissioners

Wednesday in July. Learn to identify & dry herbs, infuse us-ing dry and fresh herbs, make a tincture, and make oils. Each class fee varies; Pre-registation is required; Farmhouse Kitch-en Brown Bag Meals are avail-able 5:30-6:30pm, if reserved; workshops are 6:30-7:30pm. Call 603-323-7591 or 800-686-6117.

White Mountain National Forest “Wednesday Night with a Ranger”. Rangers present a program every Wednesday in July and August at the AMC Pinkham Notch Visitor Center. For full details, call 466-2727.

Big Bands of the 30s. Moun-tain Top Music presents its pop-ular weekly music appreciation class on Wednesdays from 5:30 to 6:30 pm at the MTM Center in Conway village. This sum-mer’s series entitled “Jazz in the 1930s” led by Sax/Clarinet teacher and performer Mike Sakash features lively discussion and selected listening sessions to the Big Band sounds of the Benny Goodman, Duke Elling-ton, Count Basie, and XYZ or-chestras. August 7th and 14th are the last two classes. Drop-ins are welcome – bring a friend – or phone 447-4737 FMI. No charge to “try-out” a first class.

Recurring Events at the Gibson Center:

Mondays:*Chair Exercise at 10:30am.*Bowling after lunch. Board

the bus and travel to Saco Val-ley Sports Center; bowl two strings., for only $9.

* Yoga at 12:30pmTuesdays:

*Second Tuesday each month: Blood pressure Clinics and VNA foot checks at 11:am to 12:00 and the last and blood pressure checks.

*Lunch & games at Silver Lake Landing. Lunch is at noon, followed by games or a movie.

*10:00am Strength, Balance & Stretch with Bobbi Broeme.

* Fran’s Flicks, after lunch 2nd & 4th Tuesdays.

Wednesdays: Last Wednesday of the

month: Ambulance Blood Pressure Clinics from 11:45 to 12:45.

*Wii practice from 10:30 to 1:30. Practice your golf swing, tennis game or bowling. Game day at 12:30. Play bridge, scrab-ble, Cribbage, Canasta, Rummy or board games.

Thursdays:*Belly Dance Class at 9:0am.*Chair Exercises at 10:30am.

Fridays:*Stretch, Balance & Strength.

10-11am in the activity room.

Calendar of EventsThursday 8.1

Mount Washington Valley Economic Council & New Hampshire Electric Co-Op present Eggs & Issues, with New Hampshire House Repre-sentative Gene Chandler, who will address the New Laws Af-fecting NH Business Owners. Networking begins at 8:30am, program from 9:00am to 10:30am at Technology Village in Conway. Register at 447-6622.

Arts In Motion Theater Company “The Hobbit” East-ern Slope Playhouse - 7:00pm. Advance tickets 356-0110 or purchase at the door.

Friday 8.2Friday Painters meet every

Friday from 9:00am-12:30pm begin outdoor work. Snow Village Inn, 356-2787 or visit: www.mwvarts.org.

Believe in Books Children’s Summer Theater Series “Ra-punzel”, 10:00am, Theater in the Wood, Intervale. presented by the Papermill Theatre of Lincoln. FMI: 356-9980.

Theater-ific Children’s The-ater presented by Arts in Mo-tion Theater Eastern Slope Playhouse in North Conway Village. Children of all ages will be enchanted with this won-derful production of Little Red Riding Hood, performed by the AIM troupe of young adults, at 11:00am and again at 1:00pm. Tickets at the door or by calling 356-0110.

Freedom Old Home Week events: First Christian Church Music Camp event at Freedom Elementary School. Touch a Truck at the Town Garage, Piz-za & Movie “The Iron Giant” at Freedom Library Lawn Party at the Freedom Gallery. For a full list of the weeks events, vis-it: www.freedomoldhomeweek.org.

Arts In Motion Theater Company “The Hobbit” East-ern Slope Playhouse - 7:00pm. Advance tickets 356-0110 or purchase at the door.

Center Stage Theater’s “Beauty & the Beast - A New Musical”, 7:30 pm at the Leura Hill Eastman Performing Arts Center in Fryeburg. Culmina-tion of the 2-week workshop led by Mary Bastoni-Rebmann..

AMC Highland Center in Bretton Woods 7:30 pm Fea-tured Film “Over the Hedge”. FMI: 278-4453.

First Friday Art Walk Main & Portland Streets – Fryeburg 4-7pm

Saturday 8.3Tin Mountain Conservation

Center trip to Lake Umbagog National Wildlife Sanctuary where loons, bald eagles, os-prey, and moose abound. Bring binoculars and a hearty lunch. Use your canoe/kayak or bor-row theirs. Space is limited; Call 447-6991 for reservations.

Freedom Old Home Week events: breakfast at the Masonic Lodge from 7:30am to 9:30am. Other events include Ladies Guild quilts & crafts, Mango Groove Band, Cardboard Boat Race, Concert, Food and Des-sert. For a full list of the weeks offerings, visit: www.freedo-moldhomeweek.org.

Take a closer look at chem-ical free methods of prevent-ing and dealing with pests, and gather valuable tips on manag-ing weeds naturally. Pest Man-agement and Weed Control in Your Garden workshop 9:00am to 10:30am at Remick Country Doctor Museum in Tamworth. Pre-registration is required by phoning 800-686-6117.

The South Eaton Meeting House will hold its 37th Annu-al Fair and Gourmet Luncheon following the Freedom Parade. From 11:30am to 2:00pm, hungry folks gather to sample grilled specialties, a select salad bar and home made desserts. There will also be white ele-phants, a bake table, a raffle and an artists’ display.

Blueberry Buckle Festival at the Conway Village Congrega-tional Church from 1:00pm to 4:00pm. In addition to warm blueberry buckle with vanilla ice cream, there will be blueber-ry sauce sundaes, iced blueberry coffee, and iced blueberry tea.

Dance the night away under the stars and the Jackson Cov-ered Bridge, featuring Jon Sarty & the White Mountain Boys. Annual Jackson Area Chamber of Commerce event begins at 7:00pm.

Arts In Motion Theater Company “The Hobbit” East-ern Slope Playhouse - 7:00pm. Advance tickets 356-0110 or purchase at the door.

AMC Highland Center in Bretton Woods 7:30 pm Fea-tured Film “Wall-E”, FMI: 278-4453.

Attitash BlueberryFEST 11:30am-6:00pm; BBQ, Craft

Fair/Farmers’ Market, Field Games & Music, Blue Ribbon Pie Baking Contest, Blueberry Pie Eating Contest, Ross Liv-ermore Band. FMI: cmadden@attitash.com.

The Corvettes Doo Wop Re-vue – Leura Hill Eastman Per-forming Arts Center, Fryeburg Academy 7:30pm Box Office (207) 935-9232.

Sunday 8.4Freedom Old Home Week

events: “Welcome Home Breakfast” at the Town Hall from 8:00am to 9:30am. Fol-lowed at 10:00am by a “Wel-come Home” Church Service and Music Camp performance at Freedom Elementary School. Blessing of the Animals, in front of First Christian Church, 1:00pm. For a complete list of the week’s activities, visit: www.freedomoldhomeweek.org.

Arts In Motion Theater Company offers a matinee per-formance of The Hobbit at Eastern Slope Playhouse at 4:00 pm. Tickets may be purchased at the door or reserved and paid for in advance by calling 356-0110.

Ossipee Sunday Concert Series, 6:30 pm at Veteran’s Memorial Park at the Ossipee Town Hall. Judy Pancoast of-fers a high-energy performance for children and families. Con-certs are all free and open to the public. FMI contact the Ossipee Recreation Department at 539-1307.

AMC Highland Center in Bretton Woods 7:30pm Fea-tured Film “The Muppets”. FMI: 278-4453.

Monday 8.5Freedom Old Home Week

events: Town Forest interpre-tive guided tour, Water Sports at Freedom Club Beach and “State of the Loon” presenta-tion by Harry Vogel. For a com-plete list of the week’s activities, visit: www.freedomoldhome-week.org.

AMC Highland Center in Bretton Woods 7:30 pm Fea-tured Film “Ice Age”. FMI: 278-4453.

Tuesday 8.6Tuesday Night is Flatbread

Fund-Raiser Night! A portion of the proceeds from all flatbreads sold tonight between 4:00pm and 9:00pm will be donated to Carroll County RSVP. Funds raised will provide reimbursement to volun-teers who deliver Meals on Wheels and drive for the medical transpor-tation program. The raffle quilt will also be on display.

Freedom Old Home Week events: Land Sports at the Free-dom Ball Field and a Ping-pong Tournament at Town Hall. For complete details, visit: www.free-domoldhomeweek.org.

Bradley Park Concert Series, Fryeburg, 6:30pm Al Shafner and the Revtones, performing music from the 50’s, 60’s and 70’s. In case of rain, performances are held at the Performing Arts Center.

Movies on the Green every Tuesday night in July & August. Settlers’ Green Outlet Village, Giant 16-foot movie screen and Blu-ray projector, comfy out-door lounge chairs for the first 30 guests, full dinner menu, ice cream and popcorn, all on the lawn on a warm summer night! Movies start at dusk and are all family films. This week – Stuart Little (Colum-bia).

AMC Highland Center in Bret-ton Woods 7:30 pm Featured Film “The Lorax” . FMI : 278-4453.

Wednesday 8.7The Conway Public Library’s

series of free guest programs con-tinues this Wednesdays at 4:00pm with “Dig into Dinosaurs” pre-sented by the Boston Museum of Science. This hands-on program gives children a chance to think like paleontologists and explore the world of dinosaurs. Registration is necessary with workshops at 4:00 and 5:00pm. Each session is limit-ed to 24, so call 447-5552 to sign up your child.

Freedom Old Home Week events: Canoe/Kayak Regatta, “Early Industry” historical walk with Carol Foord at Ossipee Riv-er mill sites, Wildlife Encounters with Derek Small and Family Bin-go. Visit www.freedomoldhome-week.org for more details.

Each Wednesday evening in August the Bartlett Recreation Department hosts “Concerts In the Park”. These concerts are FREE… bring a blanket or chair. Make sure you bring your appetite and enjoy some BBQ burgers and dogs cooked up by Bartlett Recre-ation Department Staff. All pro-ceeds help defray the costs of the series. Tonight, enjoy the music of Kevin Dolan and Simon Crawford from 6:30 pm to 8:00 pm.

Arts In Motion Theater Com-pany “The Hobbit” Eastern Slope Playhouse - 7:00pm. Advance tickets 356-0110 or purchase at the door.

AMC Highland Center in Bret-ton Woods 7:30 pm Featured Film “Horton Hears a Who”. FMI: 278-4453.

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By Steve SmithThere are few nicer plac-

es to hike in the Whites than the Zealand Valley. Locat-ed to the west of Bretton Woods Ski Area and the Wil-ley Range, this remote region was scorched by forest fires in 1886 and 1903 following tim-ber baron J.E. Henry’s logging operations. In a classic exam-ple of forest regeneration, the Zealand basin – which one writer called “Death Valley” after viewing the post-fire des-olation - is once again green, lush and lovely.

Several hiking options are available off the Forest Ser-vice’s 3.5-mile long Zealand Road, which leaves Route 302 three miles west of Bret-ton Woods. Over the past two weeks, I’ve enjoyed great views from two Zealand van-tage points – one requiring a full day hike, the other only a short morning or afternoon jaunt.

Carol and I took the longer outing to the fabulous Zeacliff overlook, and beyond to the 4,260-foot summit of Zealand Mountain, during the mid-Ju-ly heat wave. That day, luck-ily, there was enough breeze to keep the heat manageable for an all-day trek, though I

did drink five quarts of water along the way.

We parked at the end of the Zealand Road and followed the mostly easy and always delightful Zealand Trail 2.5 miles up the valley. The last ¾ mile wanders through a won-derful area of beaver ponds and meadows, offering views ahead to Zealand Ridge. At peaceful Zealand Pond, we turned right onto the Twinway for a short, steep climb to the AMC Zealand Falls Hut. Of the eight high-country huts

– which are celebrating their 125th anniversary this sum-mer – Zealand is my favorite, for its serene and scenic set-ting beside the ledgy cascades of Whitewall Brook.

Above the hut we churned out the rocky 1,000-foot climb to the Zeacliff outlook. The view from this perch peers down into slide-scarred Zea-land Notch and sweeps across the rolling backcountry of the eastern Pemigewasset Wil-derness to the massive blue humps of Mount Carrigain and Mount Hancock. Even through the midsummer haze it was an exhilarating vista, in my opinion among the top ten in the Whites.

Though it was broiling hot on the ledges, Carol and I decided we would contin-ue along the mostly gentle crest of Zealand Ridge to the wooded summit of Zealand Mountain. This is one of our favorite ridge walks, leading a mile and a half through boreal forest laced with stark bands of dead trees known as “fir waves.” Carol headed out first, while I lingered at the outlook, chatting with an Appalachian Trail thru-hiker from Missou-ri known as “Whiteout.” He was impressed that no sign of civilization could be seen from the crags of Zeacliff.

The Twinway was busy

along the ridge with hut-to-hut hiking groups and oth-er folks just out for the day, including several people we knew. Carol and I took a long break at the little clearing that marks the summit of Zealand Mountain.

On the way back, we made the short side trip down to Zeacliff Pond, a tiny tarn tucked into a bowl under the cliffs of “Zeacliff Pond Peak.” After soaking in the views again from the Zeacliff ledges, we turned our boots down to-wards the hut, the valley, and home. The round trip hike to Zeacliff is 8 miles with 1,650 feet of elevation gain. Add three and a half miles and 750 feet for the summit of Zealand Mountain.

Last Monday, I returned to the Zealand Valley for a morning hike on the Sug-arloaf Trail to Middle and North Sugarloaf. This short jaunt, which starts a mile up the Zealand Road, is one of the “biggest bangs for the buck” in the mountains. For a modest three and a half mile round trip with 1,100 feet of elevation gain, your reward is two open summits with views in nearly all directions.

From 1986-2005, my friend Bill Vecchio of Twin Moun-tain and I were the volunteer “adopters” of the Sugarloaf

Trail, and we climbed the Sug-arloaves dozens of times. This was my first trip back since 2005, and it was neat to see the trail with fresh eyes.

The interesting path starts off easily along the scenic Zealand River, then weaves through some huge boulders and climbs sharply to the saddle between Middle and North Sugarloaf. I headed left towards Middle, where a lad-der assists hikers up the last steep pitch.

The Zealand fires bared vast expanses of ledge on the broad top of Middle Sugar-loaf. I spent an hour wander-ing around, taking in the views of the Zealand Valley, North Twin Mountain, Mt. Hale, the Willey-Rosebrook Range, the great spread of the Presiden-tials, and lowlands stretching out to Vermont. And there were plenty of blueberries to munch on!

I paid a quick visit to North Sugarloaf, which also has some fine open ledges, then descended back to the road, chatting with John Dicker-man, manager of Crawford Notch State Park, along the way. Before heading home, I took a walk out to Wildlife Pond, starting at a sign diago-nally across the road from the Sugarloaf trailhead. From the

Steve SmithCarol Smith takes in the view of the Pemigwasset Wilderness from the Zeacliff viewpoint, located along the Twinway at the east end of Zealand Mountain. This spectacular perch is reached by an eight-mile round trip hike from the end of the Zealand Road, west of Bretton Woods.

Steve SmithOpen ledges, views and blueberries abound on the summit of Middle Sugarloaf, reached by a short, fairly steep hike along the Sugarloaf Trail from the Zealand Road. The massive peak of North Twin Mountain is seen in the background.

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Kids on Bikes: Racing family styleBy Sally McMurdo

“Are you pedaling?” mom yelled back to her tag-a-long partner as they climbed to the race course finish line. He im-mediately spun the pedals and gave her the boost she needed. They finished, with smiles and style. They were just one of the family groups I encoun-tered at the Great Glen Sum-mer Mountain Bike Series on Tuesday night. I met Emma, age eight, and her dad, Bri-an Labonte from Whitefield, warming up before their rac-es. She was doing the “mini course”, while he tackled the short course. Novices to rac-ing, they had so much fun the first time, they came back again to race the clock and themselves.

What motivates families to sign up to race? Why spend money and time getting ev-erything and everyone loaded in the car to ride for less than an hour? Ask any of the fami-lies doing either the Red Jer-sey or the Great Glen moun-tain bike race series “why?” and you’ll hear the five “F’s” –fun, family-oriented, fitness, friends, and finishing. A Gor-ham family, Aaron and Lily (age six) Gorban, and Nicky Pizzo, come to GGT for the family-friendly series. Lily’s parents love mountain biking and the opportunity to do it together as a family. When Lily rides the mini course (0.8 mile loop), Nicky runs along. They both get a good work-out. Then Aaron races the Expert Male Long Course (five miles), while Nicky rac-es in the Sport Female Short Course (3.5 miles) category. Everyone races at their com-fort and fitness level.

For some families, it’s the other families they meet and friends they make while par-ticipating in the race activity. Both Aaron and Nicky enjoy seeing the same people and families year after year and forming bonds with them.

They become a mountain bik-ing community. Some adults start by bringing their children along to watch while they race, but soon the kids want to try the action, too, and sign up to race. The format is so low-key with individual start times that no one feels intimidated or left behind. Riders just race to finish in the best fashion they can. The only competition is between their last week’s time and this week’s. Most people, kids included, want to see progress, not placing. The goals are to ride faster and better each time and to con-quer those stumbling blocks of roots, rocks, and hills.

Fitness while having fun is a double benefit of racing. While you’re out there crank-ing up the hills and negoti-ating the single track, you’re building muscles, stamina, and confidence. But you’re also having fun, pushing your lim-its, enjoying the ride. Kids can feel that, too, and they come back each week to try it again. There are no real winners or losers, but just participants having a good time. If it wasn’t fun, kids and adults wouldn’t do it.

Finishing is an accom-plishment in itself. For a first timer, the goal is to complete the course. The next time, it might be to finish without fall-ing or walking. The ultimate goal will be a faster time than last week. Since the course is usually the same each week at the GGT and Red Jer-sey’s series, riders can perfect their strategies and approach-es. Each time they race, they learn something, and build their confidence and skills.

Red Jersey Cyclery’s Sum-mer Race Series has been going on in the Valley for 18 years in various locations. The last two years, the five-race series has been at Whitaker Woods on Thursday nights, with a free kids’ mini race(-Super Mini’s) for kids six and

under before the main event at 6. When I arrived after 6 last Thursday, Halle Mor-neau, six, of Madison had just completed her mini, while her brother, Super Junior Kylan, nine, was out on the course with the other racers. His friend, Scottie Mohla, nine, was racing with his granddad, Rob Zimmerman, for the first lap, before Rob took off on his own for the 2nd. Among the kids last Thursday were several Kennett Mountain Bike team members practicing their racing skills. Depend-ing on their age and catego-ry, racers complete from 1 to 5 course laps. Super Juniors (seven to 12 years) race the one lap course for $10. Ju-niors (age 19 and under) race for $15 with an Eastern Fat Tire Association license, $ 20 without, and complete in ex-pert (5 laps), sport (3 laps), or novice (2 laps) classes. Adults pay $20/$25. Thursday, Aug. 1, will be the final night of the series, and will be followed by an awards party complete with food and a raffle.

Great Glen’s Summer Mountain Bike Series goes for 8 weeks, from July 9 through Aug. 27. Every Tuesday night, racers come to GGT be-tween 3:30 and 7 to race on short (3.5 miles), and long (5 miles) courses. Young kids race the mini course (.8 miles). The racers have individual start times, so they race only against the clock. The cost for the series is $60 for adults, $30 for Juniors 17 and under. One time race fee is $12 (adults) and $7 (Juniors). Categories include expert, sport, and nov-ice in all age groups for both long and short courses. An end of the season awards party and raffle is held for racers who have completed five out of the eight races.

If you haven’t tried racing with your kids, give it a try. It’ll be good family-friendly fitness fun for all the finishers!

Sally McMurdoSix year old Ellie Nelson of Intervale gets a starting push from her mom, Jen Nelson, at the Great Glen Summer Mountain Bike Series.

Sally McMurdoRob Zimmerman and his nine year old grandson, Scottie Mohla of Madison, smile after they finish their laps at Red Jersey Cyclery's Summer Race Series in Whitaker Woods.

Sally McMurdoEmma, eight, and dad Brian Labonte from Whitefield warm up before their races at Great Glen Trails last Tuesday night.

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Zealand, from pg. 22grassy shore there were ex-cellent views of Mt. Hale and the impressive cliffs of Middle Sugarloaf – well worth the easy half-mile round trip.

Note: The Forest Service has announced that the pop-ular Lincoln Woods Trail off the west end of the Kancama-gus Highway will be closed for six to eight weeks starting in early to mid-August to repair a major washout from Tropical Storm Irene. As of this writ-ing, the exact dates were not finalized; check the WMNF Web site (www.fs.usda.gov/whitemountain) for details.

FRYEBURG, Maine — The Corvettes Doo Wop Revue will perform at the Leura Hill Eastman Perform-ing Arts Center on Saturday, Aug. 3 at 7:30 p.m. Tickets are $20 for adults, $15 for seniors (65-plus) and $5 for students (18 and under). Tickets may be purchased at the Box Office by calling (207) 935-9232 or on-line at www.fryeburgacademy.org/pac. Group discounts are available to parties of ten or more. The theater is located at 18 Bradley St., on the Campus of Fryeburg Academy in Frye-burg, Maine. Parking is free.

The Corvettes Doo Wop Revue is dedicated to preserv-ing and performing the great-est music ever made - the mu-

sic of the 1950’s Doo Wop era. From New Hampshire to New Orleans and Virginia to Vegas, The Corvettes perform the great music of the Doo Wop era with a fresh new energy. Their incredibly entertaining show and comical stage antics have left many a happy audi-ence screaming for more! In the tradition of legendary Doo Wop revivalists Sha Na Na, every Corvettes show is more than a concert - it’s an all out a Doo Wop Celebration!

In addition to performing their own outstanding con-certs, the Corvettes tour with many legendary Doo Wop groups including The Drift-ers, The Tokens, Danny & The Juniors, The Platters,

The Corvettes Doo Wop Revue at the Leura Hill Eastman Performing Arts Center

"A rollicking ride through the good old days of Rock & Roll"The Marvelettes, The Shangri Las, The Shirelles, The Bel-monts, Gary U.S. Bonds, The DelVikings, The Teenagers and many more.

Some of the great hits you might expect to hear at a Cor-vettes Doo Wop Revue show:

“Come Go With Me” – “Lit-tle Darlin’” – “Whole Lotta Shakin’ Goin’ On” – “At The Hop” – “The Twist” – “Earth Angel”- “Sea Crusie” – “Rock Around The Clock” – “In The Still Of The Night” – “Run-around Sue” – “Runaway” –

“Palisades Park” – “Twistin’.” The Night Away - Splish Splash - Shake Rattle & Roll And many more!

For more information about the Corvettes Doo Wop Re-vue, please visit http://cor-vettesdoowop.com.

AIM rolls out exciting new arts education programming: “Theater-rific”

NORTH CONWAY — Arts in Motion Theater Com-pany is delighted to announce the debut of its exciting new arts education programming, Theater-rific.

In conjunction with AIM's mission to enrich our commu-nity through the promotion of arts and arts education, The-ater-rific offers two exciting components in the summer of 2013: the return of weekly children's theater productions to the heart of North Conway Village and a summer theater camp in which children will have the unique opportunity to

interact with the The-ater-rific performers while putting on a show of their very own.

Since becoming the East-ern Slope Inn's resident the-ater company earlier this year, AIM established as a priority the return of weekly children’s theater productions to this popular in-town location. An appealing weekly event for many years, these plays were presented to sold out crowds of residents and visitors alike. With Theater-rific: Playhouse Tales for Young Audiences, AIM hopes to spark future generation of theater-lovers through these wildly enter-

taining shows. Children of all ages will be enchanted by original presentations of Grimm's Fairy Tales, as per-formed by an AIM troupe, including Director Morgaine Andrews, along with a colorful cast of local favorites includ-ing Andrew Clark, Kelsey Lil-jedahl, Ged Owen and Zach-ary Whitley. As in the past, performances will be held on Fridays at 11am and 1pm with a ticket price of only $5.

The schedule is as follows: July 19: “Hansel and Gretel”; July 26: “Cinderella”;

Aug. 2: “Little Red Riding Hood”; and Aug. 9: “Sleeping Beauty.” Group rates are avail-able for camps and daycares!

Theater-rific's Playhouse Tales for Young Audiences se-ries will culminate in a brand new summer camp offering. This week-long Theater-rific programming, for children in grades three through six, will offer daily structured lesson plans, through which chil-dren will be engaged in inspi-rational play which nurtures each child's creative potential while fostering confidence and self-esteem. From set building to costume design to make-up and performing, participants will benefit from exposure to the many aspects that go into

putting on a production of their own: "The Golden Goose." Theater-rific camp will be held on Monday, Aug. 19 through Friday, Aug. 23 from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Eastern Slope Inn Playhouse. The cost is just $125, and reg-istration is currently underway at www.artsinmotiontheater.com, where you can also learn more about the Theater-rific cast and camp staff.

Arts in Motion Theater Company is a community theater education and pro-duction company which pro-vides youth and adults of the greater Mount Washington Valley area with opportuni-ties to learn basic performing arts skills while promoting the development of self-esteem, creativity, and self expression. AIM not only brings afford-able, high quality entertain-ment to the Valley's residents and visitors, but also gives community members the op-portunity to participate in its diverse productions. To learn more about

Theater-rific or AIM, vis-it www.artsinmotiontheater.com.

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