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SportsFolio ........................... 15

Mont Vernon ........................ 16

Next Issue: February 22, 2011

Deliberative Meetings: Feb. 8–sHs scHool District / Feb. 9–town oF aMHerst / Feb. 10–aMHerst scHool District

LettersLetters in support of the Amherst Town Library budget are included in today’s issue.

Letters & Opinion page 3

B R I E F S

Deliberative SeSSionS:

Souhegan Cooperative School District

The Deliberative Session of the Souhegan Co-operative School District will be held on Tuesday, February 8, 2011 at 7:00 p.m. at Souhegan High School.

Town Of AmherstThe Deliberative Session of the Town of Am-

herst will be held on Wednesday, February 9, 2011 at 7:00 p.m. at Souhegan High School.

Amherst School DistrictThe Deliberative Session of the Amherst

School District will be held on Tuesday, February 10, 2011 at 7:00 p.m. at Souhegan High School.

election DayVoting for Town and School District Officers

and Warrants will be held on Tuesday, March 8, 2011 at Souhegan High School, 6:00 a.m. - 8:00 p.m.

Mont Vernon Voters-Mont Vernon Village School, 7:00 a.m.-7:00 p.m

toWn oF aMHerStPUblic notice

The Amherst Supervisors of the Checklist will be in session at the Town Clerk’s office at the Amherst Town Hall on Saturday, February 26, 2011 between 11:00 a.m. and 11:30 a.m. This session will be the last time residents may reg-ister to vote or make corrections to the checklist until the March 8th town and school elections. Please bring proof of residence and identification with you. Voting will be at the Souhegan High School from 6:00 a.m. to 8 p.m.

Fan appreciation night rescheduled for Souhegan Girls basketball

On Saturday, February 19 the Souhegan High School Girls Basketball team will be hosting a Fan Appreciation Night. Each person who attends the game will be given a chance to win one of many prizes to be raffled off that night. Top prize is a 2 night stay for four at Kelly’s Landing (Moosehead Lake)! Other prizes include a $50 Sports Author-ity gift cards, NH Fisher Cat tickets, Silpada jew-elry, Toadstool and Panera Bread gift cards, Mike’s Auto gift basket and many, many other fun prizes! Two free raffle tickets will be given with each paid admission. Souhegan fans will be given a free Sa-bers Basketball wristband ! We hope to Pack The House!

Come to Souhegan High School on Saturday night (2/19) to watch the JV (5:00) and Varsity (6:30) games! All student athletes (middle school age and younger) who attend the game in their team jersey are admitted free!

Come and join in a fun and festive atmosphere in support of Girls Basketball and have a chance to win a great prize! The Souhegan Girls Basket-ball program appreciates their FANS!!!

February Meeting of Historical Society announced

Please join the Historical Society of Amherst on February 14th at 7:30PM as we welcome Eric Hahn to discuss the history of the Amherst Fire Department.

Mr. Hahn is a current member of the AFD and will present on topics such as past AFD mem-bers, development of fire-fighting apparatus in Amherst, fire reservoir management, and past engine houses.

The program takes place in the vestry of Con-gregational Church of Amherst and is free and open to the public.

Refreshments will be provided.

SportsFolio page 15

SportsFolioSouhegan’s Alpine ski team finishes the year in costume during senior week.

LibraryNautical Archeologist, David Switzer discusses the remains of submarine USS 0-9, February 22.

Town News page 4

Jim O’Mara being sworn into office by newly appointed N.H. Supreme Court Justice, Linda Dalianis.

Gov. Lynch Nominates O’Mara to Labor Relations Board

John Paul’s TRAINWRECK Returns to Souhegan for Jazz Night #2

Bullying Program Presented by SAU #39

Amherst Town Library

The Back Bay Guitar Trio In Concert

AMHERST – In the sec-ond concert of the Sun-day at 4 Music series at the Amherst Town Library, The Back Bay Guitar Trio per-forms on Sunday, February 20th from 4:00 to 5:00 PM. Their program includes a variety of music from around the world. The trio performs the piano music of Brahms, South American arrangements by Astor Pi-azzolla and Paulo Bellinati, and contemporary compo-sitions from Fernando Bran-dao and New Hampshire composer Frank Wallace. “The Back Bay Guitar Trio can conjure a sweet choir of angels or rip into the strings with the percussive fervor of a jazz drummer,” says Kar-en Campbell of the Boston Globe.

The Back Bay Guitar Trio formed in 2002 and has performed at the House of Blues and the world re-nowned Boston Hatch Shell along with many other ven-ues. They have also been featured artists in the Bos-ton Classical Guitar So-ciety concert series. The trio toured Germany in the

summer of 2009. Musi-cians David Newsam, John Mason, and Sharon Wayne comprise the trio.

David Newsam currently works as an assistant pro-fessor in the Guitar Depart-ment at Berklee College of Music where he has taught since 1989. He is also em-

ployed as a senior lecturer in music at Dartmouth Col-lege where he teaches guitar and jazz improvisation. Da-vid created the jazz guitar program at the University of New Hampshire where he teaches, directs the UNH Jazz Guitar Ensemble and coaches jazz ensembles. He

has performed in concerts and clinics with many noted musicians. He has extensive theatre experience includ-ing performances with Jack Jones, Mitzi Gaynor, Dianne Carroll, The Fifth Dimen-sion, The Shirelles and Car-

Amherst EMS

When to Call an Ambulance

AMHERST – How do you tell the difference be-tween a true emergency and a minor problem? Certain symptoms are so alarming that the need for emergency care or even an ambulance is obvious. But what should you do about more common illnesses and injuries? Do you call 911 instead of driv-ing to the hospital?

What would parents or friends do if the person they are driving to the hospital takes a turn for the worse and convulses, vomits blood or passes out? Without medical training, and lim-ited to two hands, they can only drive faster and pray they reach help in time. By calling 911 first, the emer-

Amherst resident Jim O’Mara was sworn into a second six year term to the New Hampshire Public Employee Labor Relations Board (PELRB).

The PELRB was estab-lished in 1975, by the state legislature, to “foster har-monious and cooperative relations between public employers and their em-ployees and to protect the

public by providing the or-derly and uninterrupted op-eration of government.”

The PELRB has admin-istrative and adjudicating functions. Administrative functions include bargain-ing unit formation, repre-sentation requests and cer-tifications as well as neutral appointments of mediators

AMHERST - The Souhe-gan High School Music Department presents its second “Night of Jazz” on Friday, February 18th at 6:00pm. The SHS Jazz Night Concert Series is in its 9th year and this concert marks the second Jazz Night con-cert of this season. A native of New England, John Paul (myspace.com/johnpaul-productions) began guitar at an early age and has contin-ued to play, record and teach throughout New England. Steeped in the tradition of jazz fusion, the Trainwreck will present some high en-ergy music featuring some unparalleled improvisation.

John will be joined by Steve Hunt (stevehuntjazz.com) on keyboards, Dave Buda on Bass (myspace.com/da-vidbuda) and Dave DiCen-so on drums (davedicenso.com). All are faculty mem-bers of the Berklee College of Music in Boston.

Souhegan High School, Milford High School, Bed-ford High School, Pelham Middle School and the Manchester Community Music School. Admission at the door is $10 for adults and $8 for students. Doors will open at 5:30pm. For more information, please contact Carl Benevides at cbenevides@sprise.com .

AMHERST – On March 9 from 6:30-8:00 p.m., SAU #39 will present a program for parents in the preven-tion, identification, response and reporting of incidents of bullying or cyberbully-ing. This presentation is for parents and for parents who volunteer in any school. This program will be con-ducted at the Amherst Mid-dle School Cafeteria. Child care will be available. Please contact

Paula Learoyd at plear-oyd@sprise.com or 673-2690, ext 113 should you wish to sign up for child

care. The training will be con-

ducted by Sharon Cowen, the Family and Consumer Resources Educator with UNH Cooperative Exten-sion. Sharon Cowen has been working for UNH Cooperative Extension in Hillsborough County since November 2002. Sharon provides county education-al programs to individuals, families, and communities in family resource manage-ment, parenting, and hu-man development.

The Pupil Safety and Vi-olence Prevention Act, NH

Statute 193-F was amended during the 2010 NH Legisla-tive session. School Districts have specific policy and procedural requirements as a result of this amendment. The districts within SAU #39 are actively working to-ward fulfilling the legisla-ture’s affirmation relative to “protecting children from physical, emotional, and psychological violence by addressing the harm caused by bullying and cyberbully-ing in our public schools.” (RSA 193-F:2, 1).

Throughout the 2010-2011 school year, each

school within SAU #39 has scheduled the required de-velopmentally appropriate, evidence based educational programming to their stu-dents.

SAU #39 believes that all students have the right to at-tend public schools that are safe, secure and respectful environments. Each school board has adopted a policy that not only prohibits bul-lying, but also provides for ongoing prevention and in-tervention activities in or-der to protect students.

Spelling Bee Winner at Wilkins School

AMHERST – The 2011 Spelling Bee winner at Wilkins School is 4th grader Nicki Hitt who is also this year’s winner of the National Geo-graphic Geography Bee. Coming in as runner-up was Seth Facey. The contest started with 14 finalists on stage: Max Karparwich, Alana Hoskins, Nicki Hitt, Margot Redway, Hannah Schmidt, Ben Laflamme, Khaled Nazeer, El-eanor Farris, Abby Kirk, Steven Pariselli, Seth

Facey(runner-up), Sloan Facques, Devon Her-nandez and Miranda Lau Quan.

Reading specialist, Becky Flynn was the an-nouncer. Judges were Katy Kennedy, literacy coach and Joanna Bacon, grade 4 teacher. “Cre-puscular” was the word that determined the winner. Congratulations to all the finalists.

Reading specialist, Becky Flynn, Nicki Hitt (2011 Spelling Bee winner), Seth Facey (runner-up), and Katy Kennedy, literacy coach.

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House number is clearly dislayed on mailbox.

ArtsThe Nashua Chamber Orchestra performs in Nashua, February 18 and Milford, February 19.

Arts & Entertainment page 9

SchoolsStudents are recognized in PTA Reflections competition and NH Scholastic Arts Awards.

Schools page 12

David Newsam, John Mason, and Sharon Wayne will perform Sunday, February 20.