THURSDAY, MARCH 15, 2012 GILFORD, N.H. - FREE

GHS FIRST Robotics Team heading to World Championship

PHOTO BY JEFF FERLAND

GHS Robotics team-members and mentors accept a $2,500 donation from the Gilford Rotary Club, presented by Club President Rick Moses.

BY JEFF FERLANDJFERLAND@SALMONPRESS.COM

For the first time in its his-tory, Gilford High School’sFIRST Robotics Team hasearned a spot at the WorldChampionship competitionin St. Louis, but first, theymust raise about $32,000 toget there.

“The kids did a fantasticjob getting the robot going.Now we are in full motion toraise money,” said RoboticsTeam Mentor Jackie Drever.

Going into the regionalcompetition, the team wasranked 23rd out of 50 teams,and earned a quarter-finalspot. They made the finalround, where the first seatedteam chose Gilford as theiralliance partner against thedefending champions.

The Gilford team came outon top. Now they are on to St.Louis, where they will faceoff against more than 300teams from around theworld.

Team members and fami-lies planned fundraisers, in-cluding a spaghetti dinnerFriday, March 23 and a LEDlight bulb sale endorsed bythe FIRST program.

According to MentorsChris Drever and Mike An-drews, NASA developed theLED bulbs, sponsered byGoogle, which are dimmable,last about 20 years, cost about$1 to operate for a year, con-tain no lead or mercury, andemit a blue light which is

more natural and easier onthey eyes than light from atraditional bulb.

So far, the group has re-ceived donations fromMeredith Village SavingsBank, Eptam Plastics and theGilford Rotary Club, which,on top of their yearly thou-sand-dollar donation, gavean additional $2,500 this year.

The mentors were proudof the team’s success andglad that students, includingsome who have been on the

team since middle school,were able to attend the worldchampionship.

“They have all workedhard, and they deserve it,”said Drever.

According to Andrews,lead mentor and manufac-turing engineer, team mem-bers and mentors workedmany late nights designingand building their robot inthe six-week allotted period.

“We know what time theautomatic lights turn off,”laughed Drever, thankingstudents for their dedicationand parents for their supportduring the longs nightsbuilding the robot.

This year, the team de-signed a robot which couldput basketballs throughhoops.

Andrews explained theimportance of the FIRSTprogram in getting studentsexcited about the field of en-gineering, which is alwaysin need of young talent.

According to Drever,NASA offers a streaming livebroadcast of the competi-tion, which runs fromWednesday, April 25 throughSunday, April 29.

Fire-Rescue celebratespromotions, new hires

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Deputy Fire Chief Richard Andrews and Chief Stephen Carrier look on as Administrative Assistant Jan Fabianadministers the Oath of Office to Lt. Jeff Madon. Madon’s wife Karen, along with daughters Kendall andKaelyn, are ready to assist with pinning on his new badge.

Friends and family ofGilford Fire-Rescue gath-

ered at the station onWednesday, March 7 to wel-

come some new faces to thedepartment, and congratu-late a pair of veterans whoreceived promotions inrank.

Two members had re-cently been promoted:Richard Andrews, fromLieutenant to Deputy Chief,and Jeffrey Madon, fromFirefighter to Lieutenant.Three new full-time fire-fighters joined the depart-ment: Firefighter/EMT-INate Hanson, FF/EMT-IBrian Clarenbach, andFF/EMT-I Nate Lemay.

In addressing the 50 peo-ple in attendance at the cer-emony, Chief Stephen Car-rier said, “I am extremelyproud of each of the gen-tlemen that will receive theOath of Office tonight.Each of them had to maketough decisions to get tothis point – stepping out oftheir comfort zones or, leav-ing another department.We are happy to have all ofthem!”

Administrative Assis-tant Jan Fabian adminis-tered the Oath of Office toeach employee. Familymembers assisted by pin-ning the employees withtheir new badges.

“It is a great night for thedepartment. These guysare our future,” the Chiefsaid.

Incumbents rule the day in town, school district elections

JEFF FERLAND

Candidates and supporters remind residents how to vote as they enter the poles at Gilford Middle School.

BY JEFF FERLANDJFERLAND@SALMONPRESS.COM

Residents cast their votesfor the 2012 Town and SchoolDistrict Election Tuesday,March 13, with 1,682 voterscasting ballots and 31 new vot-ers who registered.

Voters reelected incum-bent Selectman John O'Brienwith 1,341 votes over JosephHoffman, with 134 votes.

Incumbent Sandra McGo-nagle won the two-year Mod-erator position with 1,533votes over Hoffman, with 66votes.

Mary Villaume ran uncon-tested for a six-year term asSupervisor of the Checklist.With no candidates filing forthe two-year term, ConnieMoses won with 34 Write-invotes.

Incumbent Thomas Spacewon reelection for the three-

year term as Trustee of TrustFunds, with 1,373 votes overHoffman with 99 votes.

For the two three-yearterms as Trustee of Public Li-brary, incumbent Jack La-combe and Daryl Thompsonwon with 681 votes and 1,096votes, respectively, over LeonAlbushies with 373 and Hoff-man with 106.

Nine candidates competedfor three seats on the budgetcommittee. Phyllis Corriganwith 886 votes, Richard“Rags” Grenier with 857votes, and Allen Voivod with671 votes will each serve threeyear terms on the budget com-mittee. Incumbent David“Skip” Murphy fell shortwith 616 votes, followed byBarbara Aichinger with 547,Stuart Savage with 517, J.

Voters turn down taxcaps, fire engine purchaseBY JEFF FERLANDJFERLAND@SALMONPRESS.COM

Along with voting fortheir preferred candidates,residents cast their votes forthe many warrant articlesand petitioned warrant arti-cles on Gilford’s town andschool district ballots Tues-day, voting down the pro-posed tax cap and spendingitems like the new fire truckand motion light sensors.

Voters turned down all cit-izen petitioned warrant arti-cles, which were all posted bylead petitioner BarbaraAichinger.

The zero percent increasetax cap failed in the townvote, 998 to 605, and by 1,004to 629 in the school districtvote.

The article to place the for-mulation of town and school

default budgets in the handsof the budget committeefailed by a margin of 1,011 to531 in the town vote and 1,015to 588 in the school districtvote.

The article to change theelection date to May failed by1,280 to 314 in the town voteand 1,294 to 328 in the schooldistrict vote.

The article which wouldhave required voter approvalfor School District non-unionemployee contracts failed,1,199 to 428.

The article which wouldhave required voter approvalfor town personnel policychanges also failed, 989 to 618,and the article which wouldhave required voter approvalfor non-union town employ-ee contracts failed 1,226 to370.

Residents voted down acontroversial $450,000 re-quest for a new fire engine,915 to 709.

Also rejected by voterswere requests for $74, 670 foroccupancy light sensors atthe high school and middleschool, by a vote 998 to 614.

Voters approved the pro-posed town operating budgetof $11,067,315 by a vote 1,282to 290, and approved $24,142,615 for the school budget by avote of 1,391 to 219.

Voters again approved$3,500 for Child and FamilyServices by a vote 885 to 720,$8,236 for Community ActionProgram by a vote 921 to 683,$13,434 for Genesis Behav-ioral Health by a vote 831 to773, and $25,000 for NH VNAand Hospice by a vote 940 to645.

SEE ELECTION, PAGE 12

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Notes from the Gilford Library

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1. “Private Games” by James Patterson & Mark Sullivan2. “Victims” by Jonathan Kellerman3. “Home Front” by Kristin Hannah4. “Talk Funny Girl” by Roland Merullo 5. “Kill Shot” by Vince Flynn6. “Private #1 Suspect” by James Patterson & Maxine

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From March 6 - 13, the Gil-ford Police Department re-sponded to 267 calls, includ-ing:

Police arrested MeganMalette, 22, on a warrant.

Police arrested Steven Si-moneau, 56, of Gilford on awarrant.

Police arrested DavidPiper, 40, of Gilford andcharged him with driving af-ter revocation or suspen-sion.

Police arrested JamesSarver, 25, of Albion, Mont.and on a bench warrant andcharged him with bail jump-ing and possession of con-trolled/narcotic drugs.

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4 reports of suspicious ve-hicles

1 report of criminal mis-chief

9 alarms108 traffic checks2 motor vehicle complaint33 motor vehicle checks13 calls for an ambulance6 motor vehicle accident5 reports of suspicious

persons 7 larceny4 reports of existing con-

ditions1 lost/found item9 abandoned vehicles3 911 hang-up4 service of paperwork4 animal complaints3 calls for the fire depart-

ment2 road/weather reports

1 lost/missing/wantedperson

13 requests for motoristassistance

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BY ABI MAXWELLLIBRARY CORRESPONDENT

Recently, my father, who isa very literary person, men-tioned that he had never read“Jane Eyre” or “WutheringHiehgts,” or anything else byeither Bronte sister, and hewent on to say that when hewas in school, none of the re-quired texts were by women.

To modern ears, this canseem shocking, but in my ex-perience, it’s still not so farfrom the truth; I was an avidreader in high school, and Iremember very clearly arriv-ing at college and realizingthat I could not think of onesingle woman writer whom Ihad studied in school. Andthe writers were certainly outthere—so why the discrepan-cy?

I think of our country asone of freedom—I can wearwhat I want, go where Iplease, and stand up for whatI believe in. That’s why I’m al-ways so stunned to be re-minded of the facts: it wasn’tuntil 1920 that the 19thAmendment—grantingwomen the right to vote—waspassed; and it wasn’t until1963 that the Equal Pay Actwas passed. That means thatmy grandmother was borninto a world where womencould not vote, and all of her

children were born beforewomen were required by lawto earn equal pay for equalwork.

Perhaps the relative re-centness of women’s rights inour country can help to shedlight on why—or at leasthow—books by women haveso often been overlooked, andthought of as “woman’sbooks,” rather than simply asbooks. But the history ofwomen in literature is fasci-nating, and so very tied to cul-ture. It wasn’t until the end ofthe 17th Century that awoman first made moneywriting—before that, as Vir-ginia Woolf points out in “ARoom of One’s Own,” it wasseen as frivolous for a womanto write, and it was a mark ofa distracted mind; “nowoman of sense and modestycould write books.” However,as the 18th Century ap-proached, one middle-classwoman, Aphra Behn, was“forced by the death of herhusband and some unfortu-nate adventures of her own tomake her living by her wits.”She worked hard, and madeenough to live on, and sheproved that “money could bemade by writing at the sacri-fice, perhaps, of certainagreeable qualities; and so bydegrees writing became not

merely a sign of folly and adistracted mind, but was ofpractical importance.” Afterthat, hundreds of women be-gan to make some pocketchange through the trade ofwriting.

It was only after AphraBehn wrote that our earliestwomen novelists appeared:Jane Austen, George Elliot,Charlotte Bronte, and EmilyBronte. Three of them used amale penname. All of themwrote in the midst of commonsitting rooms where they“never had a half-hour … tocall their own.” The fact thatthe novels of these womenshould even be written, muchless be such incredible storiesthat still endure, is somethingremarkable, and worth cele-brating.

This month is Women’sHistory Month, and in cele-bration of that, stop by the li-

brary and check out a book bya woman. It could just offeryou with a different voice orperspective. Happy reading!

Programs/Special Events

Thursday, March 15

Toddler Time (18-36

months), 11:30 a.m. - noon.

The theme this week is Sham-rocks!

Foreign Movie Night, 7-9

p.m. We’ll watch “The Owland the Sparrow” (PG-Viet-nam)

Friday, March 16

Drop in Story Time (two

to five years), 10:30-11:15

a.m. Share a story and createa craft to take home. This is adrop-in program. No sign upis required. The theme thisweek is Shamrocks!

Knit Wits, 1:30-2:30 p.m.

All knitters are welcome.

Monday, March 19

Mahjong, 12:30-3 p.m.

Join us for one of the oldestboard games in the world.

Tuesday, March 20

Storytime (Ages three to

five), 10:30-11:15 a.m. Sharea story, and create a craft totake home. Sign up is re-quired for this six week ses-sion. The theme this week isMonsters!

Drop In Rug Hooking,

10:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. Car-ol Dale will lead a 'hook-in' onthe first and third Tuesday ofeach month. Anyone interest-ed is invited to join Carol andlearn the history of the craft,suppliers and techniques.

Babygarten (Birth-18

months), 11:30 a.m. - noon.

No sign up required. We'llsing songs, share a story, andmove to the music.

Wednesday, March 21

Check Out an Expert! 10

a.m. – noon. Mike Marshallwill answer your computerquestions on a first come firstserved basis.

Storytime (ages three to

five), 10:30-11:15 a.m. Sharea story and create a craft.This week’s theme is Mon-sters!

Gilford Write Now Writ-

ers Group, 3:30 - 5:30 p.m.

This group, led by BonnieCarnivale and Chris Roder-ick, is open to all Gilford Li-brary card holders. In the on-going format, we welcomenew members at any time andwriters of all levels of abilityare invited to join.

Friends of the Library

Monthly Meeting, 6:30-7:30

p.m. Anyone interested insupporting the library is in-vited to attend.

Retired Educators to meet March 20The Lakes Region Retired

Educators Association willbe meeting on Tuesday,

March 20 at the PheasantRidge Country Club in Gil-ford.

The meeting will begin at11 a.m., followed by a BakedChicken Buffet. The cost ofthe buffet will be $14, whichincludes the tax and tip.Please make your reserva-tions with your Phone Cap-tain as soon as possible, or bycalling Bev Jones at 524-3377.

Following the meal, wewill have an acclaimedspeaker from Plymouth StateUniversity. Joseph Mon-ninger is an American au-thor of 11 novels and threenon-fiction books. He has re-ceived two National Endow-ment for the Arts Fellow-ships. He also has previous-ly worked as a Peace CorpsVolunteer in Africa, and has

been a director of summercamps. He has been a teacherfor 30-plus years, and ispresently a Professor of Eng-lish at Plymouth State Uni-versity. He says his motto is"What you lose in the Whirly-gig, you get back in the dingdong." Please come to learnmore about this motto andthe wonderful experienceshe has had in his life.

Celebrate St.Patrick’s Daywith St. AndreBissette ParishLACONIA — The St. An-

dré Bessette Roman CatholicParish of Laconia, Lakeportand Gilford is hosting its an-nual St. Patrick’s Day Din-ner on Saturday, March 17 at5:30 p.m. in the Sacred HeartParish Hall (gym). A com-plete corned beef dinner willbe served.

Ticket prices are $8 foradults and $5 for childrenaged six to 15; children fiveand under are free. Don’tmiss this evening of goodfood, fun and fellowship.

To reserve tickets or atable of eight or more, pleasecall the parish office at 524-9609 or call Armand St.Pierre at 524-4786. Only 325tickets will be sold. Ticketsmust be paid for and pickedup in advance of the event.

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Don Cheseborough’s Gilford Outing Club

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This 1970’s photo from the archives of Gilford’s Thompson-AmesHistorical Society shows Don Chesebrough, left, as he jokes with mem-bers of the Gilford Outing Club. Chesebrough recently passed away afterhaving long been a cherished member of the local community.

BY CAROL LEE ANDERSONGUNSTOCK MOUNTAIN HISTORICPRESERVATION SOCIETY

The recent passing of DonChesebrough on Feb. 29 sad-dened many, as the local com-munity realized it had sud-denly lost a resident knownfor his big smile, tremendousenergy and volunteer spirit.Moving to Gilford in the fallof 1973, he easily contributedmore to life in town thanmany natives. He was alwayswilling to lend a hand at Gun-stock, Bolduc Park, and withone of his favorite groups,the Gilford Outing Club.

Born in Westerly, R.I., itseemed he was always drawnto New Hampshire. As ayoung boy, he and his familywould venture to the state toski during school vacationsand weekends. While ayoung man attending col-lege, he returned to ski in thenorthern part of the state.Upon retiring from the Army

after a 20-year career, hebrought his wife, son anddaughter first to Derry, andthen to Gilford. Gilford hadeverything Don and his fam-ily wanted.

During an interview withCorning Benton in 1994, heexplained simply how he feltabout the town and his firstimpression of it, saying, “Wecame up here looking for Gil-ford Village - we turned andheaded for Gilford Village,and I suddenly realized thatwe had just driven throughit! I liked the town. I had achance to pick up the houselot here, and we built on itand moved in the fall of 1973.We have never regretted it.We love Gilford - you can saythat the taxes are high, butyou still get your money’sworth.”

It was the real estate agentthe Chesebroughs wereworking with that first men-tioned the Gilford Outing

Club, explaining to them howit was an asset to the town.The club had provided flyersto real estate agents in thearea so they could tell clientsabout its benefits. Because ofthat flyer getting into theright hands, the club soongained another wonderfulfamily.

Don and his wife, Mary,quickly became volunteers ofthe organization, and re-mained active members un-til it disbanded in 1992. Marycould often be seen on theslopes teaching the youngestof skiers, while Don wasmost often found at the con-trols of his favorite “Imp”SnoCat groomer. He eventu-ally became head of mainte-nance.

Weekends for the Chese-brough family were almostalways spent at the organiza-tion’s ski area on Cherry Val-ley Road, just down the roadfrom the town hall. Don will

always be remembered forthe delicious meals hecooked during the club’s bar-beques at the town beach.

The Chesebroughs werecontent to teach and mentor

young skiers, but were al-ways up for a challenge. Inthe early 1990’s, Don andMary decided after some urg-ing to sign up for one of Pen-ny Pitou’s ski trips, some-

thing they continued to dosince that first trip. Pitou,Gilford’s two-time OlympicSilver Medalist, grew up as amember of the Gilford Out-ing Club.

During Benton’s 1994 in-terview, Don explained howmuch he enjoyed skiing withPitou, explaining, “We weretold that we ought to go onone of her ski trips becausethey were fun. We went onour first trip with Penny, andwe just had an absolute ball.It was a marvelous trip - she’sa lot of fun to ski with. Wewere able to keep up with hermost of the time, but shewould wait for us to catch up.Whoohoo - does she ski - she’sa very good skier!”

Over the years, Pitou be-came close friends with theChesebroughs, and wasdeeply saddened at hearingof the loss of her closefriend, but was able to ex-plain all that Don was as shesaid, “Don lived life to itsfullest. He had projectsevery day and people to vis-it. He was very generous andloved buildings things forfriends. He was in my officetwo days before he passed,and although he was weakfrom his recent stay in thehospital, he was ready to goon his annual scuba divingtrip in March and sign up fornext year’s ski trips. Weshould all have that much en-ergy and joy of life.”

In recent years, Don con-tinued to contribute to thepreservation of the historyof the Gilford Outing Club.He donated the wooden Gil-ford Outing Club sign that hemade to Thompson-AmesHistorical Society, alongwith the historical docu-ments of the club. As therestoration of its warminghut has progressed over thepast few years, he would of-ten take time to explainwhen critical changes hadbeen made to the building orcertain facts about the cluband its ski area. He was nev-er ready to stop giving.

So many organizations inthe community greatly ben-efited from his relentless ef-fort to make life better forthose around him. His vol-unteer spirit was a large partof what made him tick, andto him there was no otherway to be. As those aroundhim mourn his loss and alsocelebrate his life, his com-mitment to helping otherswill never be forgotten. It isa shining example of how allof us can improve the com-munity - each in our ownway.

Lakers Youth Hockey team celebrates a successful season

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The 2011-2012 Lakers Lakes Region Youth Hockey Mites-Two team and coaches.

BY JEFF FERLANDJFERLAND@SALMONPRESS.COM

The Lakes Region YouthHockey Association Mites-Two team celebrated the endof a successful season Satur-day, March 10, along withtheir families and siblings atthe Gilford Youth Center.

“It was a great seasonwith a lot of dedication,”said Mary Morin, whose sonJaden plays on the team.

As the young teammatesbonded over season, parentsalso became close.

“We've become like a bigextended family. A real tight-knit group,” said Morin.“The parents are part of theteam. We're all here for thesame reason; to support ourkids.”

Head Coach Greg Stefansaid that while they do notkeep score during the games,players are able to learn the

game and improve on thefundamentals as they growand move up to the Squirts

team.According to Stefan, dur-

ing the season, the team

played more than 30 gamesaround the state. This gaveteammates an opportunity to

bond and make friendshipsthrough the program.

“They get to meet kidsfrom other towns who theynormally wouldn't meet.Some of them will be friendsfor a long time,” said Stefan.

On the team were six kidsfrom Gilford, along withplayers from Laconia, San-bornton, Meredith andMoultonborough. The teamroster for the 2011-2012 sea-son included Brett Caswell,Trevor Chassie, Mischa Fay,Patrick Goodwin, EvanGuerin, Damien Harlow,Jaden Morin, Logan Moul-ton, Evan Rollins, AndrewRowley, Zachary Spicuzza,Zoltan Stefan, Griffin Ton-dreau and Kameron Young.

Coaching staff includedStefan, Assistant CoachesTodd Rollins, Matt Tron-dreau and Joe Spicuzza, andTeam Managers Terry andKenny Young.

Team-members wanted tothank their sponsor, Fay'sBoat Yard, along with themany individuals and com-panies who contributed tothe team over the year, in-cluding Scott Hodsdon withthe Gilford Youth Center,Patrick Bolduck with Piche'sSki and Sport Shop, LarryPoliquin of Hannaford Su-permarket, Fratello's, Domi-no's Pizza, Dunkin Donuts,Papa Gino's, Walmart,Friendly's, Pizza Hut, HillerOrthodontics, Shaw's Super-market, KFC, Dairy Queenand Coca-Cola.

Parks & Rec announces upcoming Senior Moment-um programThe Gilford Parks and

Recreation Department willbe sponsoring a Senior Mo-ment-um program on Mon-day, March 19.

We will meet at the Com-munity Church, FellowshipHall at 9 a.m. for “Coffee anda Classic”! We will be screen-ing “Lord of the Dance.” Themovie and coffee are free ofcharge. We will also havebreakfast available for any-one interested at $2 per per-son, which includes cornedbeef hash and eggs. Soplease join us to watch thistimeless classic! Anyone in-terested in breakfast mustRSVP by Friday, March 16.

Senior Moment-um

Dinner and Theatre

Night on March 21!

Gilford Parks and Recre-ation in conjunction with theGHS Performing Arts, issponsoring a Dinner andTheatre evening for partici-pants of the Senior Moment-um Program. This activityis scheduled for Wednesday,

March 21. Participants willmeet in the Gilford HighSchool Lobby at 5 p.m. for aCorned Beef Dinner, fol-lowed by the High SchoolDrama Club’s performanceof “You Can’t Take It withYou” at 6 p.m. There is no feefor this program, but spaceis limited and RSVP’s will beaccepted on a first come ba-sis.

To RSVP or for more in-formation, please contactthe Gilford Parks and Recre-ation Department at 527-4722.

Red Sox bus trip tickets

now available to Gilford

residents

The Gilford Parks and

Recreation Department willbe sponsoring three trips towatch the Red Sox at FenwayPark this summer. The firsttrip is scheduled for Friday,June 22 to see the Red SoxPlay the Atlanta Braves. Thesecond trip is scheduled forTuesday, July 17 to watch theRed Sox play the ChicagoWhite Sox. The third trip isscheduled for Friday, Sept. 7to watch the Red Sox play theToronto Blue Jays. Travel toand from each game will beprovided aboard a Coach

Company luxury coach fullyequipped with climate con-trol, DVD video system andlavatory. These trips areopen to Gilford residents on-ly; however, any tickets un-sold as of March 26 will bemade available to residentsof other communities. Thesetrips are limited to 53 partic-ipants each, so register ear-ly!

For more information,please call the Gilford Parksand Recreation Departmentat 527-4722.

A4 THE GILFORD STEAMER OPINION MARCH 15, 2012

MENTAL HEALTH MATTERS●

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Opening minds withlistening ears

BY KIRSTEN WELCHGENESIS BEHAVIORAL HEALTH

Active listening has itsroots in the fields of coun-seling and psychotherapy.Developed by a clinical psy-chologist, this therapeuticskill can be very useful inmany everyday situations.

At Genesis BehavioralHealth, we use this skill inour clinical work, and we un-derstand its importance be-yond the therapy.

School psychology andcounseling programs em-phasize and challenge stu-dents to be truly active in lis-tening. It takes practice andskill to be a proficient listen-er. On the surface, it mightnot seem so hard, but withour multi-tasking and infor-mation overload world, it’snot an easy thing to do. Ac-tive listening requires you tobe quiet. For some, this ismore difficult than others. Alistener must be open and at-tentive to not only the wordsbeing spoken, but to the feel-ings and intent of the speak-er. The word ‘active’ impliesaction, and the action is theclarification and paraphras-ing the listener does to besure they understand whathas been said and conveyedto them. Effective listenersare acutely aware of theirown feelings and opinionsthat may influence their abil-ity to hear the words of oth-ers.

Today, we are bringing ac-tive listening from the tradi-tional therapy session intothe public. Mental health isa cause that carries a tremen-dous stigma and, for many,strong opinions. Our pa-tients rarely choose to go in-to the public eye to champi-on their cause, and familymembers often shy awayfrom doing so, as well. Thereis not much evidence thatmany are willing or wantingto listen, and the barriersseem insurmountable. Voic-es cannot be heard withoutlisteners. The role of Gene-sis then changes from treat-ment provider to raising

voices and demanding lis-teners. Today, we take everyopportunity to spread theword, to give a voice and de-velop understanding fromthe public and decision mak-ers. We implore all to listen.

Are you listening? Really,truly listening?

We hope so. We need youto listen. Thousands of peo-ple with mental illness needyou to listen and hear whatyou can do to advocate ontheir behalf. We need you toopen your mind throughyour listening ears.

We hope you have beenreading our monthly articlesand learning more aboutmental health. Listening andlearning is essential, butmore than that, we want toengage in a dialogue withyou. We want to answer yourquestions, give you informa-tion, and clarify any miscon-ceptions you may have aboutmental illness and our workat Genesis BehavioralHealth.

Our upcoming communi-ty forums are an excellent op-portunity for both of us to lis-ten and to learn. The forumswill be held in May in honorof National Mental HealthMonth, and will take place onMonday, May 14 at the Ply-mouth State University IceArena Welcome Center, Ply-mouth, and on Tuesday, May15 at Taylor Community,Woodside Building, Laconia.Both events will be held from5:30 to 7:30 p.m., and are freeof charge. We encourage youto attend—with an openmind and with listening ears.

Genesis Behavioral Healthis designated by the State ofNew Hampshire as the com-munity mental health centerserving Belknap and south-ern Grafton Counties. A pri-vate, non-profit corporation,Genesis serves over 3,000 indi-viduals each year. For moreinformation or to schedule anappointment, call 524-1100 orvisit the Web site at www.gen-esisbh.org.

Two-way Laconia street a pet project?To the Editor:

Lots going on around theLakes Region lately; providesfor lots of topics to expressopinions on. Where to begin?

Gilford School Board’s ar-rogance to taxpayers, whovoted no to Superintendentsystem and no to all daykindergarten, but schoolboard implemented bothanyway? Next week’s elec-tions should be very interest-ing, if people get out and vote.Problem is that historyshows people do not get outand vote, so all us taxpayerssuffer with boards doingwhatever they want. Canvotes for a certain candidatebe considered only advisoryto the Gilford School Board ifthey do not like the candi-date, like they did with theSuperintendent and All dayKindergarten votes of thetaxpayers?

Voters in those towns con-sidering the SB-2 systemshould pay close attention tothe newspaper article thatsaid the “Lakes Region Lis-

tens” group said they did notwant members of the Laco-nia City Council or PlanningBoard Members to attend the“forum,” “meeting,” or what-ever they called that “brain-storming session” on Mon-day, March 5 “because thefear was that, if the decisionmakers are present at any ofthe discussions, the resi-dents either will be intimi-dated and not speak up orchange their opinion”! Is thatnot what happens every yearat Town Meeting and SchoolDistrict Meetings, when resi-dents are intimidated by Se-lectmen, School Boards, De-partment Heads, Special In-terest Groups, Town “Bul-lies” looking down on themto hear what they say or howthey raise their hands tovote? Would a Secret Ballotin a Private Voting Booth getmore people involved and outto vote? You decide, then getout a make your vote heardon the SB-2 issue this year!

And the traffic flowaround Laconia is interest-

ing to read about. If theywant two-way traffic on Bea-con Street West, I certainlyhope they straighten it outfirst. Cars switch from left toright to left lanes numeroustimes during their Mario An-dretti race around those pret-ty nifty S-curves up to CourtStreet! Most of the time, youcannot get into the right turnlane to reach Court Street, asthe “race cars” straddle thelane lines when stopped atthe traffic light.

Someone wants to raisethe Main Street Bridge soboats can go under it? OK,butafter they go under thebridge, where do they go? Isit even 100 yards from theMain Street Bridge to thedam? Does that make anysense to anyone, as it makesno sense to me. Or maybe Iam thinking of a differentbridge. Please, someone en-lighten me! Is it worth thecost?

Two way traffic on BeaconStreet East was said, bydowntown business people,

not to be feasible for turns on-to Main Street near Sawyer’s.So it was suggested they al-low two-way traffic on Bea-con Street East, from ChurchStreet at the Post Office to thearea of Citizens Bank,Hanover Street, is it? Youthink the current traffic flowis bad, wait until you seewhat happens when two-waytraffic stops half way downBeacon Street East! It wouldbe laughable if the idea wasnot so dangerous. And thesechanges are being proposedto help visitors to downtownLaconia?

I will have to delay mycomments on President Oba-ma not allowing the oilpipeline from Canada ormore off shore drilling in theUS, but he sends Brazil over$30 billion so they can ex-plore off shore drilling inBrazil! Will Brazil sell us oil,and at what price?

Jim MartelGilford

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It is true to say, Miss Elle —Ellie Elle to her friends — is abit of a prima donna! She wasmost displeased upon arrival,having been surrendered byan owner that couldn’t keepher and her housemate any-more.

Elle was not happy aboutliving at the shelter, and shedecided she didn’t like any ofthe staff who were trying tocare for her. So, we tried her inher own personal space, notsequestered in a cage, and shedid better. She likes to overseemeetings, and participates involunteer classes and staffmeetings.

Slowly, over time, living inthe administrative offices, shehas decided that the shelter is-n’t quite so bad a place to be —she gets attention all day long,she talks to staff and volun-teers, she is tolerant of dogsand other cats that might bein her area. It’s true, she is avery large black cat. We aremonitoring her rotundity, andhelping her lose a littleweight; she will be more com-fortable.

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HB 1607 will improve the quality of public educationTo the Editor:

There is a bill (HB 1607)I'm watching in the NH legis-lature which will help lowand moderate income par-ents looking for quality edu-cation options for their chil-dren.

Ironically, in a countrythat thrives on choice andcompetition, the alternativesto public education seem on-ly for the wealthy. The reali-ty is that the current system

is elitist - if you have themoney, you have choice; ifyou don't, you are stuck withwhatever your town has to of-fer. If you are lucky, it will bean excellent education in anenvironment in which yourchild thrives. If you are un-lucky, it is a school with apoor academic performance,or an environment not suitedto your child.

HB 1607 offers an opportu-nity for families to make a

choice best suited for them.It is not an attack on publiceducation. There are somepublic schools that demon-strate excellent results. Ifyou are happy with your pub-lic school, you will continueto enjoy free public educa-tion. In cases where the pub-lic school isn't a good fit forthe student, the scholarshipsmake an alternative educa-tion possible. Where schoolbudgets aren't set on the

number of students, I believethis bill will actually allowmore money to be spent perpupil in the public system.Across the country, whereprograms like this exist, theparents have been extremelyhappy with the results. It's awin - win - win scenario, andI am very much looking for-ward to the passage of thisbill.

Heidi FerreLaconia

Obama’s policies have been successfulTo the Editor:

I continually hear Repub-lican candidates state theneed to rid this country ofPresident Obama and hisfailed policies.

For Mitt Romney, onefailed policy would be thebailout of the auto industry.Candidate Romney takes theposition that General Motors(GM) and Chrysler shouldhave gone through managedbankruptcies financed byprivate capital. What Mr.Romney fails to tell theAmerican public is that therewere no private capital in-vestors willing to finance

those companies under anycircumstances! Supportersof Mr. Romney should askhim to provide names of will-ing investors. I doubt that hewould be able to do so.

The federal financing ofthe GM and Chrysler was ini-tiated by President George W.Bush in 2008. Without hishaving done so, both compa-nies would not have been ableto pursue Chapter 11 reor-ganization. If those compa-nies had shut down, morethan a million jobs wouldhave been lost. Think aboutthe repercussions on the USeconomy, especially the Mid-

west, if that had happened.Think about what wouldhave happened in NewHampshire, where the autoindustry supports 23,000jobs, or 2.7 percent of thestate’s workforce.

Candidate Romney alsocriticizes President Obama'splan to bail out the auto in-dustry because, according tohim, it trampled on bank-ruptcy precedents, and eventhe law. Again, Mr. Romneyfails to share the fact thatPresident Obama’s plan wassuccessfully litigatedthroughout the federal courtsystem.

It has been less than threeyears since the bailout, andboth companies are report-ing a profit, and are in theblack. Michigan's unem-ployment rate had dropped(albeit still high), and tax-payers will receive backmuch of the $82 billion thatwas invested.

The plan to bailout the au-to industry was not a failedpolicy, and President Obamashould be commended formaking the morally correctdecision.

Sincerely,Marcia Hayward

Laconia

Elle has informed us she isready for a cat savvy, friendlyto older, chubbier girls kind ofhome. A home that will un-derstand she has needs, and

will happily cater to her. In theworld of felines, Elle is stillquite young, just about sixyears old; thus, she has manyyears of companionship to of-

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THE GILFORD STEAMER A5OpinionMARCH 15, 2012

North Country Notebook

John Harrigan

A trek from one season to another, to the tune of “Don’t Fence Me In”

PHOTO BY JOHN HARRIGAN

Snowshoes in the snow bank, back home after a climb over that, andanother climb over an as-then-unseen closed gate. There’s never a snow-shoe trip without a discovery of some sort, snow-fleas and fisher (cat)tracks being among them.

This may fall under the“Why we live here” category,and it may not. The “not”refers to those of us who lovethis corner of the world withall the fiber of their being,but nonetheless flee it for thecold months, shacking up inthe likes of Florida and Ari-zona before the end of MudSeason compels them tostart packing for home.

So far, I’ve resisted thetemptation to join the ranksof the Snowbird crowd, al-though I’ve had more than ataste of the lifestyle by dintof visiting family andfriends in Florida, in placeslike Lady Lake (which some-how always makes me thinkof butter) and Palmetto,

where a certain alligatorand a large, periscopingsnake will always stick outin my mind, and Port Char-lotte, reached by an alwaysinteresting drive from Or-lando down through what’sleft of rural Florida alongRoute 17, with its intersper-sion of fruit stands, cattle,and time-warped stores andbars offering everythingfrom fireworks to fresh-roasted nuts to whatever’sice-cold and on tap.

So here I was on one near-zero morning a week or soago, strapping on snowshoes(in the Fish and Game Room,where it was at least heatedto the bare minimum) toclomp out, cross the road,climb a three-foot snow bank(the lingering result of awinter’s worth of plowingby the town road crew) andstrike off across the pasture,the intent being to create apath for one last cross-coun-try ski trip before the climb-ing sun finishes its work onthe snow-pack, at least forthat stretch, and the frozenroad turns to mud.

It was tough going for alittle while — we had anoth-er substantial contributionof snow over the first week-end of March — but it waseven harder when I reachedthe gate that was supposed

to be open, but was frozenclosed. I’d neglected to place

a rock or piece of junk woodagainst its open end late in

the fall, and the wind hadlong since blown it shut. Itwas far too buried now infrozen slush and snow to digit out and swing it openenough for me to passthrough.

So I elected to climb it.This entailed working onesnowshoe into a strut on thenear side, heaving myself in-to the top, and balancingthere until I could swing theother snowshoe over and geta toe-hold on the far side.This involved both armsstiffened to holding me alofton the top of the gate, to pre-vent sudden bodily contactduring the swinging-overmaneuver. I was thinking“The flying Walendas,” ormaybe “The Vienna Boys’Choir.”

Gate conquered, the restof the trip was a breeze, lit-erally, the wind-chill factorturning the environment in-to something like six belowdespite the climbing sun. Noproblem there — a lifetimeof this kind of foolishnesskeeps the exposed facial fea-tures lined and inured, andthe load on the heart spurs itto provide all the heat it can.

As I reached the woods atthe far end of the pasture, Ibegan seeing rabbit tracks,ever more numerous as Ireached the line of soft-woods and the now-faintwoods road that would takeme to the long driveway thatmy neighbors Wayne and Lizkeep open by means of a tow-el hung on the mailbox to sig-nal the plowing contractor,and eventually back home.Lest I get the usual re-minders on this subject fromtut-tutting readers (blessthem all), I am fully awarethat these are not technical-ly rabbits, but snowshoehares, or varying hares, orArctic hares (actually dis-tant cousins), best known fortheir ingrained ability tochange color from brown towhite at the onset of serioussnow, for protection fromhawks and foxes and fishercats, until the onset of MudSeason triggers somethingin their furry little systemsto start them turning backinto brown again.

Lest I get yet more mailfrom finger-wagging readers

(bless them all), I’m fullyaware that a fisher is not acat, although it’s close to theright size of a big puffed-outbarn cat and, in the rightlight and posture, could bemistaken for one. It is tech-nically just a fisher, and yes,has been known (and still is)to every now and then inter-rupt its omnivorous wander-ings to dip a fast front pawinto a little pool here andthere to snag and flip out oneof those small, bright brook-ies that I sometimes try tosnag and flip out too.

Fisher cats are hard-working little animals.While you and I were asleepunder quilts, or in Florida’scase, flimsy and close toscandalous bedroom attire,the fishers had been busy inthe short stretch of woodsthat separates neighbor PhilLambert’s land from thedriveway that keeps Wayneand Liz connected with whatpasses for civilization.

Three well-worn paths inthe snow, almost otter-likebobsled chutes, marked thefishers’ coursings in thenight in search of their fa-vorite prey, although fishers,being fishers, will take any-thing they can get — squir-rels, chipmunks, porcu-pines, a wide range of fruitsand berries, and yes, the er-rant barn- or back-yard cat.This is one reason why I’vealways tried to keep a sparecat, the other one being thatI like (and need) cats. Think“grain” and “rodents.”

In this same stretch ofwoods, I’ve slinked around(slunk?) with shotgun inhand, trying to get the jumpon a rabbit, and have gonehome with supper swingingat my side. But the Ides ofMarch were nigh, and it wastime to snowshoe and thenslog along home on foot,from one season to a keenlyanticipated another, mudand all.

(This column runs in 13weekly papers covering thenorthern two-thirds of NewHampshire and parts ofMaine and Vermont. JohnHarrigan’s address: Box 39,Colebrook, NH 03576, orhooligan@ncia.net)

THE WRITER’S NOOK●

One of the many new pro-grams growing in popularityat the Gilford Public Libraryis “Write Now,” a weeklygathering of aspiring writerswho meet Wednesday after-noons from 3:30 to 5:30 p.m. toshare ideas, develop their tal-ents, and broaden their writ-ing capabilities.

As an ardent supporter ofthe written word, the Steam-er is pleased to showcase se-lections from members of theWrite Now group.

The author of this week’sselection is a lover of lan-guage, as well as a jokester.Be sure to have a dictionaryhandy as you delve into theirlatest offering.

Truancy and Other

Character Flaws

By E. D. PattisonI have, from time to time,

been accused of eschewingplebeian argot in favor ofmore arcane, elaborate ormulti-syllabic locutions. Myeditor, if I had one, wouldprobably return my manu-scripts to request that I avoidthe more esoteric vocabu-lary (the common phrase is‘dumb it down.’) I have pre-pared several appropriate re-sponses should the

occasion arise. I couldprovide foot notes, but no onereads them, or the publishercould prepare a glossary tosupplement the piece. As amarketing stratagem theymight offer discounts forWebster’s, American Her-itage, or even Oxford EnglishDictionary. She should knowthat I, as a solipsist, willdeem her request inane.

I did have one editor at myfirst job after graduateschool. I was a Sales Corre-spondent and in the courseof my duties I often relayedmissives from Sales to Man-ufacturing. The editor, ablond, blue eyed Italian fel-low, perused every memo-randum prior to dispatch.His retraining mantra con-sisted of, “This is to the PlantManager who is an educatedman. If he accedes to yourproposal, he will delegate itto a subordinate. After mul-tiple permutations it will de-volve to the plebe who mustimplement it. This soul may

have a third grade educationand is accustomed to writingwith crayons. He will do ashe surmises you intend, butthe result will be an unmiti-gated disaster.”

I have only recently triedto discover the origin of mypredilection for hyper vocab-ulary locutions. What comesto mind is the first time Icommitted “Truancy.” I waseight years old. My fatherworked for Hartford ElectricLight Company. He traveledthe hinterlands of Hartfordin his Willis Knight coupetrying to convince reluctantagriculturists to bring the in-novation of electricity to the

farm. I still have some of the‘Chicken Brooder Lights”that he used as an induce-ment for recalcitrant cus-tomers to lure then into theTwentieth Century. One dayI foreswore traditional edu-cation in favor of exposure tothe

real world traversed by myfather. In those days the land-scape looked like endlesslakes with shimmering re-flections of tobacco tentcloth that cloaked acres of‘Shade Grown Cigar Wrap-per Tobacco.’ Drying sheds,large barns, were islands inthe lakes. In the course of ourperegrinations we encoun-

tered a smoldering heap ofash. I spent the rest of theday memorizing and practic-ing proper elocution of thesoliloquy my father pre-pared for my return to schoolthe next day.

My mother’s note re-questing clemency for mytransgression, suggestedthat as penance I should de-liver an oral report. I told myclassmates, “We viewed theremains of a magnificent ed-ifice reduced to an obsidianheap of detritus in a mon-strous conflagration. The at-tending fire chief speculatedthat spontaneous combus-tion was the genesis.”

I received no detention.

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LACONIA — Thomas F.Broderick, Jr., 75, of 79 DeerRun Lane,Gilford,died at theLaconia Rehabilitation Cen-ter-Genesis on Tuesday,March 6, 2012.

Mr. Broderick was bornMarch 25, 1936 in Boston,Mass., the son of Thomas F.and Mary ( McDonough)Broderick, Sr. He resided inLynnfield, Mass. until mov-ing to Gilford 16 years ago.

Mr. Broderick was an at-torney at law. He was a grad-uate of Boston Universityand the Suffolk UniversitySchool of Law. He was anavid reader. Mr. Broderickwas a communicant of St.Andre Bessette Parish-Sa-cred Heart Church.

Survivors include his wifeof 51 years, Stephanie(Legro) Broderick of Gil-ford; a son, Thomas F. Brod-erick III of Gilford; a daugh-ter, Cheri Anderson of Litch-field; two grandchildren,

Thomas F. Broderick, Jr., 75

Ashley and Richard Ander-son, both of Litchfield; abrother, Joseph Broderick ofNatick, Mass.; a sister,Frances Jacoby of N. Read-ing, Mass.; and severalnephews and nieces.

He was predeceased by hisparents and by a brother,John Broderick.

Calling hours were heldon Thursday, March 8, 2012

from 7 –9 p.m. at the Wilkin-son-Beane-Simoneau Paque-tte Funeral Home, 164 Pleas-ant St., Laconia, using theCarriage House Entrance.

A Mass of Christian Bur-ial was celebrated on Friday,March 9, 2012 at 11 a.m. at St.Andre Bessette Parish-Sa-cred Heart Church, 291Union Ave., Laconia.

Spring burial will be in Sa-cred Heart Cemetery, Laco-nia.

For those who wish, thefamily suggests memorialdonations be made to theAlzheimer’s Association, 5Bedford Farms Drive, Suite201, Bedford, NH 03110.

Wilkinson-Beane-Si-moneau-Paquette FuneralHome & Cremation Services,164 Pleasant St., Laconia, isassisting the family with thearrangements. For more in-formation and to view an on-line memorial, go towww.wilkinsonbeane.com.

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Thomas Broderick, Jr.

LACONIA — Catherine L."Cathy" (Bowles) DuBois, 56,of 16 Rowell St., Laconia,died Monday afternoon,March 5, 2012, in Lakes Re-gion General Hospital, Laco-nia.

She was born Jan. 14, 1956,in Laconia. She was a grad-uate of Laconia High School,and was a life long residentof Laconia.

Prior to her retirement,she was employed as a clerkin the stock room of NewHampshire Ball Bearings for17 years.

Cathy was a 14-year breastcancer survivor. She workedtirelessly for Breast CancerAwareness, and always had apositive attitude that she dis-played with great courage.

She is survived by herhusband of 38 years, Gary L.DuBois of Laconia; herdaughter, Jody L. Gillis, andher husband Scott of Laco-nia; grandsons Scott E.

Catherine L. DuBois, 56

Gillis, Jr. and Joseph P. Gillis,both of Laconia; her mother,Beverly (Andrews) Moore,and her husband Courtneyof Lakeport; brothers Court-ney Moore, Jr. of Manches-ter, Myron Bowles of Laco-nia and Michael Bowles ofBelmont; sisters Donna Ar-dine of Belmont, JanelleWoodland of Contoocook,Dawn Kilgellon of Laconia,

Leslie Cyr of Gilford andNancy Waldron of Florida;several aunts, uncles, niecesand nephews.

A calling hour was heldFriday, March 9, 2012, from 1-2 p.m. in the Dewhirst Fu-neral Home, 1061 Union Ave.,Laconia, followed by servic-es at 2 p.m. with the Rev.Michael C. Graham, pastorof the Gilford CommunityChurch, officiating. Privateburial will be in the NH StateVeterans Cemetery,Boscawen.

In lieu of flowers, dona-tions may be made to eitherCentral NH VNA and Hos-pice Laconia, 780 N. Main St.,Laconia, NH 03246, or to theOncology Department ofLRGH, 80 Highland St., Laco-nia, NH 03246.

Please visit us at www.de-whirstfuneralhome.com, tosend condolences or for moreinformation.

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Cathy DuBois

TILTON — H. HallockRichards, age 95, passedaway on March 8, 2012.

“Hal” lived in Moulton-borough, and resided at theNH Veterans Home.

He was born in Chatham,N.J., the son of George D. andAnne H (Hallock)

Richards. He was educat-ed in Chatham Schools.

He was inducted into theArmy in February 1942, andafter leaving OCS was as-signed to the 10th MountainDivision at Camp Hale inColorado. In June of 1944, hejoined the 83rd Infantry Di-vision, and served combatduty in the European The-ater, and was awarded thePurple Heart.

Mr. Richards’ business ca-reer in Sales and Marketingcovered both retail and in-dustrial marketing. At vari-ous times, he resided in NewJersey, Massachusetts, NewHampshire, and Colorado.

H. Hallock Richards, 95

He was an ardent Fly Fisher-man, Mountaineer, and Ski-er.

After retiring and return-ing to New Hampshire, he be-came interested in lake wa-ter quality. In 1984, he was co-founder and first Presidentof the Lakes Region Federa-tion, which soon became theNew Hampshire Lakes Asso-ciation. In 1992, the present

NHLA was formed by themerger of the Lakes Associ-ation and the Lakes Coali-tion.

Family members includesons George “Chip”Richards of Moultonbor-ough and Bruce H. Richardsof Sedalia, Colo., and threegrandsons, Seth, Scott, andDuncan of Moultonborough,and loving companion ChipSorlien.

Mr. Richards was pre-de-ceased by wives Lucia MullerRichards and Mary (Lang)Engle Richards and a broth-er, Foster C. Richards

There will be a memorialservice at the convenience ofthe family.

Kindly omit flowers; con-tributions may be made tothe New Hampshire LakesAssociation, 3 Silk Farm Rd.,Concord, NH 03301, or the10th Mountain Foundation,133 So Van Gordon St., Suite200, Lakewood, CO 802228.

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Hal Richards

Hillside’s Joyce Meiselnamed president of NHASA

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Joyce Meisel

The board of New Hamp-shire Ambulatory SurgeryAssociation announced theelection of Officers at theFebruary Meeting.

Joyce Meisel, RN,BSN,CASC, Administrator ofHillside Surgery Center, Gil-ford was named President;Beverly Primeau, RN, MBA,CASC, Administrator ofConcord AmbulatorySurgery Center, as Vice Pres-ident/Treasurer; and LaurieRoderiques, RN,CRNFA,CASC, Center Director ofNortheast Surgical Care ofNewington as Secretary.

NHASA is a non-profit or-ganization focused on the ad-vancement of the ambulato-ry surgery center industrythrough legislative and reg-ulatory advocacy. NHASA is

devoted to promoting a highstandard of practice and pro-fessional conduct througheducation and ethical devel-opment. NHASA maintainsa full time presence at the

state legislative level, and ona national level, the NHASAworks with the AmbulatorySurgery Center Association(ASCA). This cooperation al-lows NHASA members toadd their influence to activi-ties at the Federal level.

Meisel sits on the ASCAState Affairs Committee, aswell as the ASCA State Lead-ers Committee. Primeau andRoderiques are both Accred-itation Association for Am-bulatory Health Care(AAAHC) surveyors. Ms.Roderiques is also a memberof the 2012 education com-mittee for ASCA.

In addition, KevinHutchins of OrthologixSource, a distributor forMitek was elected to theboard as an Industry repre-sentative. Mr. Hutchins hasbeen with Orthologix forfour years, and has alsospent 12 years in Pharma-ceuticals and Training andManagement.

Boys & Girls Club Director to speak at March Zonta Club meetingLACONIA — The Lakes

Region Zonta Club will holdit's monthly meeting onTuesday, March 27 at 7 p.m.at the Woodside Building onthe Taylor Community Cam-pus, Union Avenue in Laco-nia. Guests are welcome toattend.

The speaker will beCheryl Avery, Executive Di-rector of the Boys and GirlsClub. Ms. Avery joined theBoys and Girls Club as Exec-utive Director in October of2011. Ms. Avery's education-al background is in EarlyChildhood Education, Psy-chology, and Family Sys-tems. She has managed childcare centers, outreach pro-grams for residential facili-ties, domestic violence shel-ters, and most recently hasrepresented the best inter-ests of children in Court aswell as through legislativeadvocacy. Ms. Avery bringsthis experience to the Boysand Girls Club at a time oftransition and growth for theorganization. She is a nativeof the Lakes Region, resid-ing for many years nearNewfound Lake and most re-cently in Laconia. She is themother of two sons.

The Boys and Girls Clubserves children ages six to 18from across the Lakes Re-gion. It provides quality careand programs for youth dur-ing the critical “out ofschool” hours. Families payfor these services on a slid-

ing fee basis, yet no child isturned away due to an in-ability to pay. Programs atthe Club emphasize positiveactivities, self-esteem, andhealthy living.

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Left to right are Board Members and Ambassadors from Lakes Region Chamber of Commerce and BelknapCounty Economic Development Council, along with Laconia city officials and Belknap County officials, gath-ered for a Grand Opening/Ribbon Cutting event at Irwin Hyundai. First row: Elaine Blinn, Belknap Point Motel;Sandy Marshall, LRGHealthcare; Warren Bailey, Comcast Spotlight; Lynn McGrath, MVSB; Chris Irwin, Ownerof Irwin Automotive Group; Karmen Gifford, Executive Direct at LR Chamber of Commerce; Jane Wood, PatrickWood Law Office; Deb Bolduc, BizBuzz Marketing Partners. Second row: John Thomas, Belknap CountyCommissioner; Bob Hamel, Ward 5 City Councilor; Henry Lipman, Ward 3 City Councilor; Gary Adams, CentralNH Employment Services Inc.; Tony Ferruolo, Hospitality Consultant. Third row: Larry Hahn,TownPlace Suites;Scott Myers, Laconia City Manager; Travis Cole, ReMax Bayside; Randy Eifert, Cross Insurance.

LACONIA — Members ofthe Irwin Auto Group andLakes Region Chamber ofCommerce hosted the grandopening of the new IrwinHyundai facility at 446 UnionAve. Laconia on FridayMarch 9.

Irwin Auto Vice PresidentChris Irwin was excited tocut the ribbon at their newshowroom and conclude thetransition from the Belmontfacility.

According to Irwin, alongwith the cars, they broughtall staff members to the newlocation. The new five-vehi-cle showroom and seven-bayservice center offers almostdouble the area of their for-mer location.

Irwin added the Hyundaibrand in June 2011, and wasglad to bring their productsto the group.

“Hyundai provides an out-standing value with its greatwarranty and Hyundai As-surance program, turningHyundai owners into some ofthe most loyal car owners inthe country,” said Irwin.“We’re also excited to an-nounce that the 2012 Elantrajust took top honors in themost exclusive award inNorth America when it wasnamed 2012 North AmericanCar of the Year.”

According to Irwin, the Ir-win Auto Group was foundedin 1951, and has grown to bethe largest dealerships incentral New Hampshire, sell-ing Ford, Lincoln, Toyota,Scion and Hyundai.

According to Karmen Gif-ford, Lakes Region Camberof Commerce Director, thecompany has also been gen-erous to the community, with

donations to many charitiesand local organizations, in-cluding funds for the eleva-tor at the Laconia Libraryand the Little League score-board.

In addition to contribu-tions to the community, Gif-ford commended their localemployment opportunities.

“Irwin Automotive Groupcurrently provides local jobsto 115 employees,” said Gif-ford. “In total, employeecount has risen from 75 in2007 to what it is today. Theyhave over a dozen employeeswho have been with the com-pany longer than 10 years,some as many as 30-plus-years. In today’s economy,this is important to recog-nize as well as the supportthey give back to our localcommunity.”

Belmont’s GMI Asphalt to hostupcoming Chamber event

BELMONT — Chambermembers and guests are wel-come to attend the Lakes Re-gion

Chamber of CommerceBusiness after Hours, beingheld at GMI Asphalt LLC of-fice in Belmont on Thursday,March 22 from 5-7 p.m.

Join GMI Asphalt in kick-ing off the 2012 paving andconstruction season withsome networking and re-freshments at their NEW of-fice and shop facility at 288Laconia Rd., Belmont, onlytwo miles south on Route 106from downtown Laconia.Visit GMI Asphalt for somerefreshments from O Steaksand Seafood, network withother businesses; enter towin one of several doorprizes, and more! GMI willalso have information abouttheir products and servicesthey offer to both commer-cial and residential cus-tomers.

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GMI Asphalt LLC is hosting the Lakes Region Chamber of CommerceBusiness after Hours being held on March 22 from 5-7 p.m. WarrenColby, General Manager/ Owner of GMI Asphalt LLC along with CoOwner Marc Bourgeois, Chamber executive director Karmen Gifford andTravis Cole were joined by some of the team at GMI Asphalt.

central New Hampshire'smost relied upon asphaltpaving companies. The grad-ing, paving and constructioncrews take great pride intheir work, assuring thehighest quality and promptservice. Their managementteam consists of two sales-men and three superintend-ents who are readily accessi-ble, and understand the im-portance of communication.

If you would like a com-

petitive quote, or need helpon any of your projects,please give GMI’s office a callat 524-0200. Also, you can faxat 524-3700 or go to their Website at www.gmiasphalt.com.

GMI Asphalt appreciatesyour business, and looks for-ward to your visit on March22 for some networking andrefreshments.

To RSVP, please contactyour Lakes Region Chamberof Commerce at 524-5531.

LRBRA opens March meeting to the publicMEREDITH — The Lakes

Region Builders & Remodel-ers Association, or LRBRA,is one of nine New Hamp-shire builder trade groupswithin the statewide HomeBuilders and Remodelers As-sociation (HBRANH).

LRBRA has arranged fora March Membership Meet-ing, and has opened themeeting to the public. Anylocal contractor or individ-ual may attend for a nominalfee and learn more about theboth the state of the LakesRegion construction busi-ness and the benefits of LR-BRA membership.

A buffet breakfast will beserved Thursday, March 15,7:30 a.m. at Hart’s TurkeyFarm Restaurant, 233 DanielWebster Highway in Mered-ith. The meeting agenda in-cludes introductions and up-dates on LRBRA marketingefforts from LRBRA execu-tive officer Dale Squires ofBelknap Landscape Co.

Linda Harvey, ExecutiveDirector of the Laconia AreaCommunity Land Trust (LA-CLT), will discuss heragency's unique ability tobuild neighborhoods andchange lives with workforcehousing initiatives. Harveyis the founding director ofLaconia Area CommunityLand Trust, a nonprofit com-munity development organi-zation committed to the de-velopment of permanentlyaffordable housing and sup-port programs. LACLT re-cently celebrated 19 years ofsuccess, which includes thedevelopment of 205 perma-nently affordable housingunits and another 24 unitsunder construction. TheTrust has housed and sup-

ported more than 1,400 peo-ple in their apartments, in-vested more than $45 millionin the community, and paid$1.7 million in property tax-es. More than 1,700 peoplehave participated in their fi-nancial and homebuyer edu-cation programs. They havecreated 218 known homebuy-ers who purchased $32.2 mil-lion in real estate and assist-ed 96 other homeowners, sav-ing their homes from fore-closure. More atwww.laclt.org.

James Siedenburg ofESG, the Eco Services Group,Ltd., is contracted to providemarketing support servicesfor the HBRANH includingthe production of this year'sHBRANH State Home Show,will be reviewing two prod-ucts, Home Show All Year -the online version of the NHState Home Show, and theHomeOwnersNoteBook, theonline place for homeownersin the NH area to connectwith products and services,including select LRBRAmember companies. Sieden-burg is a consultant and mar-keter, previously GM ofMoosehead Cedar LogHomes in Greenville, Maineand head of operations forMy Green Cottage in Reston,Va. His company, Eco Ser-vices Group (ESG), does mar-keting and developmentwork for green, building andeco oriented companies.More at www.ecoservices-group.com.

Tammie Mahoney, Mort-gage Loan Officer from La-conia Savings Bank (LSB),will speak about the state oflocal lending for new homes,new construction and re-models. LSB constructionloans, refinance loans, equi-ty loans, appraisals and morewill be covered. Mahoneyhas more than 27 years of ex-perience in banking, ofwhich, 13 years has been fo-

cused on mortgage origina-tion and sales. Before joiningLaconia Savings Bank in2008, her professional back-ground included branchmanagement experience anda Sales Manager position.Mahoney has earned variousbanking related recognitionsand has been a member ofthe Lakes Region Board ofRealtors since 1999. More atwww.laconiasavings.com/MortgageConsultants.aspx.

LRBRA is a group ofLakes Region constructionindustry professionals dedi-cated to providing qualityhousing opportunitiesthrough education, visionand advocacy for the better-ment of our communities.LRBRA provides consumersaccess to professional, rep-utable building and remodel-ing contractors and standsunited to foster proper, eco-friendly building & remodel-ing practices. LRBRA hostsan annual August golf tour-nament to benefit the WLNHChildren’s Auction and therecently revived YouthTrades Scholarship Pro-gram, awarding up to $1,500annually to area youth pur-suing careers in the trades.The Association also workswith local high school tech-nical centers, introducingstudents to prospective Mem-ber Builders for employ-ment, including J. OliviaHuot Technical Center stu-dents. Collectively, com-pelling reasons to choose aLRBRA Member Builder foryour nest construction proj-ect. LRBRA invites the pub-lic to follow their activitiesthrough Facebook, and tolearn more at www.lakesre-gionbuilders.com.

For more information,contact Dale Squires, LR-BRA Executive Officer, bycalling 415-1594 or by emailat lakesregionbuilders@gmail.com.

Meredith Chamber announces spring seminarsMEREDITH — The

Meredith Area Chamber ofCommerce announces thecontinuation of its spring se-ries of seminars designed toprovide business owners andleaders with pertinent infor-mation relating to businessissues.

On Thursday, March 29,the seminar will be entitled“Every Door Direct Mail,”and will be presented by Lin-da McNutt of the MeredithPost Office. Every Door Di-rect Mail services allow busi-nesses to send mailings to a

defined geographic acci-dence in order to reach newcustomers. McNutt willpresent the benefits and thedetails of this new programto those attending.

On April 5, the presenta-tion will be “Marketing andBranding Your Business,”presented by Fran Orensteinof UnFed Design. This work-shop will focus on the impor-tant topic of branding yourbusiness. Branding can in-clude logo design, letterhead,business cards,brochure anddirect mail pieces, as well as

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The seminars will takeplace at the Meredith Com-munity Center, beginning at3:30 p.m., and will last ap-proximately an hour. Therewill be an opportunity forquestions and discussion fol-lowing the presentation. Ad-mission is free, but seating islimited, so early registrationis encouraged. Contact theChamber at 279-6121 or emailmeredith@lr.net if you planto attend.

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Belknap Landscape engages students at 2011 Lakes Region PLANET Day of Service projects - Winnisquam AgCenter Students are shown here at Buffalo Park in Tilton.

NH Landscape Associationjoins Planet Day of Service

The New HampshireLandscape Association(NHLA) has just sanctionedanother community out-reach effort, partnering withthe National Landcare Net-work, known as PLANET, byparticipating in a nation-wide public space beautifica-tion effort known as PLAN-ET Day of Service duringEarth Week, 2012.

PLANET Day of Serviceis a grassroots effort and op-portunity for green industryprofessionals to come togeth-er across the country for aday of giving back to theircommunities through volun-teer landscape, lawn care,tree care, irrigation, and in-terior plantscaping projects.Such efforts are designed toshowcase the environmentalstewardship that lives with-in our industry, bring NHlandscapers’ good deeds tothe surface and brand NHLAmembers as good corporatepartners within their respec-tive communities, anotherreason for consumers tochoose an NHLA Membercompany for their landcareneeds.

Dale Squires, MarketingManager of Belknap Land-scape Company, a NHLAmember and participatingPLANET Day of Service par-ticipant, said, “This is ourcompany’s third participat-ing year and the Fourth An-nual Day of Service. In 2011,about 3,200 people participat-ed in more than 200 projectsin 43 states. We’re excited tosupport such a terrific coastto coast program, sprucing-up community places andparks and schools.”

He continued, “As to ex-panding this statewide to theLandscape Association,what a perfect opportunity toleverage the collective skillsand manpower of NewHampshire’s finest landscap-ers for the public good.”

Healthy and beautifulgreen spaces are a vital partlife in New Hampshire, andNHLA member companiesplay a vital role as stewards.Members will be identifyingand selecting their own land-scape enhancement projects

and coordinating the workwith landscapers all overAmerica, centered on EarthDay 2012. Companies willthen registering their eventson the PLANET Web site andexecuting clean-up and en-hancement efforts duringEarth Week, April 16 to 20.

“New Hampshire resi-dents may review the proj-ects and volunteer to assistlocal landscapers in their en-deavors,” added Squires.“Just go to the Planet Day ofService Web site and do aquick search for your countyor town at www.planetdayof-service.org.”

This Web site allows in-terested participants andconsumers to find a projectin their area, a feature thatPLANET hopes will help tofurther increase the numberof volunteers.

PLANET is the associa-tion of members who createand maintain the quality oflife in communities acrossAmerica. With approximate-ly 3,500 member companiesand affiliates, these firmsand their employees repre-sent more than 100,000 greenindustry professionals. Someof these professionals havetaken the extra step of be-coming certified throughPLANET and bear the dis-tinction of being known asLandscape Industry Certi-fied.

The New HampshireLandscape Association Website at www.nhlaonline.orgprovides the public with con-venient access to memberswho share a common inter-est and love of landscape de-sign, construction and main-tenance, providing quality,Green Industry goods andservices. Besides informa-tion about the organization,the public can access indi-vidual members, to learnmore about what they haveto offer and how they mightwork together. Our member-ship directory provides abrief description of eachmember company and theservices they offer. Whateveryour specific needs, you willfind a NHLA company thatcan provide you with great

service. By hiring a NHLALandscaper, you are hiring aprofessional who is part of astatewide organization withaccess to many different ed-ucational opportunities andwith a commitment to envi-ronmental stewardship. Ourmembers are kept up to dateon the latest horticulturalpractices, pruning tech-niques, lawn care, irrigation,and lighting and hardscapepractices through a year-round selection of seminars,workshops, and meetings.

The New HampshireLandscape Association hasalso created a Certificationprogram, closely tied to sim-ilar programs in several oth-er New England states. Thiscourse is several weeks long;culminating in two rigoroustests, and requires work ex-perience. Upon passage ofthe test new certified mem-bers can truly call them-selves a Certified NH Land-scape Professional.

Northway Bank helpsfund affordable housing

REGION — NorthwayBank has donated $5,000 tothe Homeownership and Fi-nancial Success Program ofthe Laconia Area Communi-ty Land Trust.

The donation will help theprogram continue with itshighly successful trackrecord after federal fundingcuts.

The program’s mission is“to assist low and moderateincome families achieve eco-nomic self-sufficiencythrough the development ofpermanently affordablehousing opportunities andassociated support pro-grams.” Laconia Area Com-

munity Land Trust has in-vested more than $48 millionin neighborhood revitaliza-tion projects, and was namedNew Hampshire Business ofthe Decade in 2010 in the Con-struction/Real Estate/Engi-neering category.

“In the wake of Federalfunding cuts, we are evenmore reliant on private do-nations. Northway Bank hasonce again stepped up andhelped this program at a crit-ical juncture. Northway hasalways supported our home-ownership program, and hasbeen a valued member of theLand Trust,” said Nancy Mc-Curry, Deputy Director of

Laconia Area CommunityLand Trust.

Richard Sidor, CRA Offi-cer for Northway Bank,added, “As a local communi-ty bank, Northway is proudto be able to support the workof LACT as they help ourneighbors achieve the dreamof homeownership and man-age the responsibility ofowning a home during thisdifficult economy.”

To learn more about thisprogram, visit the LaconiaArea Community LandTrust’s Web site at www.la-clt.org.

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Thom Roy

RE/MAX Bayside agent namedone of New England’s best

LACONIA — Thom Roy,with RE/MAX Bayside inMeredith and Laconia, isranked in the Top 25 ofRE/MAX agents in New Eng-land for sales volume in Jan-uary of 2012.

This is Roy’s first awardfrom RE/MAX New Eng-land.

Originally from Laconia,Roy worked in the real estateindustry in the MidwesternUnited States for severalyears before returning to theLakes Region. In Ann Arbor,Mich., he was recognized forbeing a Multi-Million DollarProducer, Top Office Agent,and a Shining Star Recipi-ent.

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LRSO to perform AmericanOrchestral concert March 24MEREDITH — The Lakes

Region Symphony invitesyou to its concert of Ameri-can Orchestral Music on Sat-urday, March 24 at 7:30 p.m. atthe Inter-lakes auditorium inMeredith.

For the past few years atits March concerts, the LR-SO has celebrated Americanmusic. These performanceshave included music fromthe Broadway stage, Jazz andPop and Rock music from the‘60’s, ‘70’s and ‘80’s. In addi-tion, we have featured localmusicians as soloists at eachof these concerts.

On March 24, the orches-tra will present a concert ofAmerican Orchestral musicfrom the mid 1920’s to the ear-ly 1970’s. Music Director BenGreene’s goal with this con-cert is to present both oftenperformed and less often per-formed pieces which cele-brate our American her-itage.

The LRSO will perform“An American in Paris” byGeorge Gershwin, “A Letterfrom Home” by Aaron Cop-land, “The Cowboys Over-ture” by John Williams, and“Afro American Symphony”by William Grant Still.

“An American in Paris” isperhaps Gershwin’s secondmost popular standalone or-chestral score, second only to“Rhapsody in Blue.” Fromsoaring melodies to Parisiantaxi horns, this piece re-counts Gershwin’s travels inParis in the mid 1920’s.

“The Cowboys Overture”is John Williams’ score to the1972 John Wayne classic“The Cowboys.” It is a mas-terful soundscape of the oldWest with the unmistakableflair of John Williams.

Aaron Copland’s “A Letter

from Home,” commissionedby Paul Whiteman in 1944, isa sweet sentiment of what itmight be like for a service-man overseas to receive a let-ter from his family backhome.

“Afro American Sympho-ny” represents a major or-chestral work composed byan African American, andhas been rarely performed inNew Hampshire. Composedin 1930, this piece is based ona blues progression and Ne-gro spirituals, and soundssimilar to some of Gersh-win’s orchestral music. Com-poser William Grant Still isquoted as saying, “I seek inthe ‘Afro-American Sympho-ny’ to portray not the highertype of colored American,but the sons of the soil, whoretain so many of the traitspeculiar to their Africanforebears; who have not re-sponded completely to thetransforming effect ofprogress.” The piece also in-cludes the use of the tenorbanjo and harp.

The LRSO has always of-fered half-price tickets forchildren and students upthrough high school. But weare pleased to extend the dis-count to young college stu-dents. Tickets are $12 foradults and $6 for children andstudents. Tickets are avail-able for purchase by mail, on-line at www.LRSO.org/tick-ets, or from our ticket outlets.These include InnisfreeBookshop and the Mobil sta-tion across from the towndocks in Meredith; Green-law’s Music in Laconia; andBayswater Books in CenterHarbor. Any unsold ticketswill be available at the doorstarting one hour before eachconcert.

The LRSO appreciates thesupport of its season spon-sor Meredith Village SavingsBank. Their generous com-munity support is a big partof what makes the LRSO, acommunity orchestra, possi-ble.

The Lakes Region Sym-phony Orchestra is a Mered-ith-based, non-profit orches-tra that performs throughoutthe fall, winter, and springmonths. Orchestra membershave ranged in age from 13through retired seniors, rep-resenting over 36 communi-ties in the Lakes Region.

About The Lakes Region

Symphony Orchestra

The Lakes Region Sym-phony Orchestra is a non-profit organization that pro-vides classical music per-formances for central NewHampshire during the tradi-tional concert season.The or-chestra provides an opportu-nity for a wide range of mu-sicians to come together tomake music, and through ed-ucational and general per-formances, it hopes to in-crease students' exposure toand appreciation of the com-positions that comprise thestandard repertoire.

GHS musicians selectedfor Sousa Honor Band

The Music Department atGilford High School ispleased to announce thatsophomores Danielle Janos(clarinet) and Katelyn Mc-Cutcheon (flute/piccolo) andsenior Corwin Leber (tenorsaxophone) have been select-ed to participate in the JohnPhilip Sousa National HonorBands — New England Re-gion on April 19, 20, and 21, tobe hosted at The BromfieldSchool in Harvard, Mass.

The festival is open to themost outstanding woodwind,brass, and percussion play-ers from Connecticut, Maine,Massachusetts, New Hamp-shire, Rhode Island and Ver-mont in grades seventhrough 12. More than 1,2000schools in this six-state re-gion were mailed invitationsto recommend students forthis special event, and ap-proximately 250 studentswere selected from amongthe many applications re-ceived.

This is the fourth time thisfestival has been organized.Students will be staying atThe Holiday Inn BoxboroughWoods, Boxborough, Mass.,located three miles from theschool. A concert will be giv-en at the conclusion of the

festival on April 21 at 3 p.m.in the Richard Cronin Memo-rial Auditorium at TheBromfield School, 14 Massa-chusetts Ave., Harvard,Mass.

There will be two honorbands: one group will be anhonors Symphonic Band,consisting primarily of stu-dents from grades ninethrough 12. The secondgroup will be an honors Con-cert Band, consisting prima-rily of students from gradesseven and eight.

The guest conductor ofthe Symphonic Band will beLewis J. Buckley. He wasborn in Columbus, Ohio, andearned his undergraduatederee from the EastmanSchool of Music and his Mas-ter’s degree from Connecti-cut College. He enlisted intothe U.S. Coast Guard Band in1969, where he served asPrincipal Trumpet andTrumpet Soloist for sixyears. Then, in 1975, he be-came the Coast Guard Band’sfifth Director, a post he heldfor more than 29 years, be-coming the longest-tenuredconductor of a senior mili-tary band in American histo-ry. Under his baton, the CoastGuard Band became a famed

national touring organiza-tion; released some 20 record-ings; aired more taped andlive concert broadcasts onNational Public Radio thanany other concert band, mil-itary or civilian, in the Unit-ed States; and earned a repu-tation as one of the most ac-complished wind bands inthe world. In 2007, he wasnamed Music Director andConductor of the Metropoli-tan Wind Symphony, a su-perb community wind bandin the Boston area.

Fran Shelton, conductorof the Concert Band, is Di-rector of Bands at Hender-sonville High School in Hen-dersonville, N.C. After grad-uating from HendersonvilleHigh School,she received herBachelor of Music degreefrom Mars Hill College, grad-uating cum laude. She re-ceived her Master’s of Musicdegree from AppalachianState University. Sheltonholds membership in theNorth Carolina Bandmas-ters Association, NEA,Women Band Directors In-ternational, National BandAssociation, and AmericanSchool Band Directors Asso-ciation.

NH Music Festival announces 60th anniversary season

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Maestro Paul Polivnick, newlyminted Conductor Laureate of theNew Hampshire Music Festival.

PLYMOUTH — The NewHampshire Music Festivalproudly announces its 60thanniversary season, whichwill take place from July 10through Aug.17 in Plymouth.

The season will be a retro-spective of the music andartists that have highlightedthe Festival’s longevity, andwill also focus on the futureof the Festival, with daringnew works, brilliant youngsoloists, and a first look atcandidates vying to be theFestival’s next Music Direc-tor.

This season also marks a

permanent return to the Sil-ver Center for the Arts on thecampus of Plymouth StateUniversity. The Festival re-cently agreed upon a longterm relationship with Ply-mouth State, emphasizingthe historical relationshipand solidifying it for years tocome. At the Silver Center,the Festival’s programmingwill feature classics and Popsorchestral concerts, cham-ber music performances andfree pre-concert lectures.

The Festival’s newly mint-ed Conductor Laureate, Mae-stro Paul Polivnick, will re-

turn to the podium for thefirst three weeks of pro-grams in July, 2012 to offi-cially receive this honor, andto help celebrate the Festi-val’s 60th anniversary.

The title of ConductorLaureate is traditionally giv-en to recognize distin-guished achievement on thepart of a Music Director.During Maestro Polivnick’stenure, the quality of the per-formances, the growth in at-tendance, and the stability ofthe organization all took sig-nificant leaps forward, duein large part to his talent,personality and dedication.

The musicians of theNHMF Orchestra return un-der the baton of Maestro Po-livnick, presenting favoritesby Bach, Dvorak, Sibelius,and Brahms paired withmodern works of Adams,Foss, and a world premiereby PSU faculty memberRomeo Melloni. Featuredsoloists will include SeattleSymphony harpist ValerieMuzzolini, rising star classi-cal guitarist Jason Vieaux,internationally acclaimedcellist William DeRosa, andviolinist and former NHMFConcertmaster Ron Patter-son. Audience favorite MattCatingub will return to leadthe Festival Orchestra Popsin programs highlightingthe Great American Song-book, the music Ray Charles,and the hits of the Rat Pack– Frank Sinatra, Tony Ben-nett and Sammy Davis, Jr.

Maestro Polivinick has al-so selected well knownworks for the three remain-ing programs of the new sea-son, which will serve as au-dition pieces for candidatesin the Festival’s search for anew Music Director. Theseworks – “Symphony No. 1” of

Beethoven, Faure’s “Re-quiem” and Mozart’s“Jupiter” Symphony – willbe led be three candidates forthe position of Music Direc-tor: Donato Cabrera of theSan Francisco Youth Or-chestra, and Green Bay Sym-phony; Jason Weinberger ofthe Waterloo-Cedar FallsSymphony and LouisvilleOrchestra, and KevinRhodes of the Springfield(MA) Symphony, Traverse(MI) Symphony and the Pro-Arte Chamber Orchestra(Boston).

The soul of New Hamp-shire in the heart of thestate, the New HampshireMusic Festival has broughtworld-class performers andeducators to the Lakes Re-gion for 60 years.

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LACONIA — Toyota MotorSales has once again recog-nized Irwin Toyota among itslist of stellar dealerships byawarding them with the 2011prestigious President'sAward.

In order to qualify as a Pres-ident's Award winner, Toyotadealerships must excel ineach of a series of categories,

including customer sales sat-isfaction and customer serv-ice satisfaction.

Chris Irwin,Vice Presidentof Irwin Automotive Group,commented, “One of Toyota'sprimary goals is to emphasizethe entire ownership experi-ence,ensuring that customersare satisfied not only at thetime of purchase, but as long

as they own their vehicle. Weare honored to receive thisaward because it truly repre-sents Irwin’s dedication tothat mission and superior cus-tomer service.”

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Gilmanton studentnamed GeographicBee semifinalist

GILMANTON — HaydenPeaslee, a seventh grade stu-dent at the GilmantonSchool, has been notified bythe National Geographic So-ciety of their status as asemifinalist eligible to com-pete in the 2012 New Hamp-shire Geographic Bee, spon-sored by Google and PlumCreek.

Bees were held in schoolswith fourth- through eighth-grade students throughoutthe state to determine eachschool’s Geographic Beewinner. School-level win-ners then took a qualifyingtest, which they submitted tothe National Geographic So-ciety. In each of the 50 states,as well as the District of Co-lumbia, the Department ofDefense DependentsSchools, and the U.S. territo-ries, the National Geograph-ic Society invited the stu-dents with the top 100 scoresto compete at the state level.

The 2012 New HampshireGeographic Bee will be heldat the Lloyd Young StudentCenter, Keene State College,on Friday, March 30.

The state winner will re-ceive $100, the “Complete Na-tional Geographic on DVD,”and a trip to Washington,D.C., where they will repre-sent New Hampshire in thenational finals at the Nation-

al Geographic Societyheadquarters May 22-24.The first-place nationalwinner will receive a$25,000 college scholarshipand lifetime membershipin the Society. The nationalwinner will also travel(along with one parent orguardian), all expensespaid, to the Galapagos Is-lands. The winner will ex-perience geography first-hand through up-close en-counters with the wildlifeand landscape of Galapa-gos. Travel for the trip isprovided by Lindblad Ex-peditions and National Ge-ographic. For additionalinformation on the Nation-al Geographic Bee, visitwww.nationalgeographic.com/geobee.

National GeographicChannel and Nat Geo Wildwill air the final round ofthe 2012 National Geo-graphic Bee, moderated byAlex Trebek, on Thursday,May 24 (to be followed onpublic stations). Pleasecheck the local televisionlistings for date and time inyour area.

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Scott Davis with 218, JoEllenSpace with 135 and Hoffmanwith 59.

Incumbent William Aker-ley ran uncontested for thethree-year term on the Boardof Fire Engineers, and re-ceived 1,302 votes.

Incumbent Susan Leach

ran uncontested for a three-year term as CemeteryTrustee and received 1,312votes.

For the School District, In-cumbent Sue Allen won re-election to the School Boardwith 1,100 votes, along withincumbent Kurt Webber, whotallied 972 votes. Doug Lam-bert placed third with 640votes. Webber and Allen with

each serve three-year termson the School Board.

Karen Thurston ran un-contested for a one-year termon the school board, and re-ceived 1,241 votes.

Kim Varricchio ran un-contested for School DistrictClerk and received 1,251 votes

John Cameron ran uncon-tested for School DistrictModerator and received 1,270votes.

Paul Simoneau ran uncon-tested for School DistrictTreasurer and received 1,293votes.

According to McGonagle,who was at the polls, town of-ficials were expecting theusual 900 to 1,200 voters.

DPW Director SheldonMorgan said he was not sureif the good weather played in-to voter turnout, but he likedto think the sunshine helpedbring residents out.

McGonagle was unsure ifthe local political climateplayed into voter turnout, butshe was glad to see strongerparticipation by citizens.

“It's good to see many can-didates on the ballot,” saidMcGonagle. “It shows peoplecare about what is happeningin town.”

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Gilmanton firefighter tappedfor Battle of the Badges

MANCHESTER — Den-nis Comeau will representthe Gilmanton Fire Depart-ment in the Fifth AnnualCHaD Battle of the Badgeshockey game at the VerizonWireless Arena on Saturday,March 31.

The New HampshireFirefighters recently namedComeau to its roster for thethird consecutive year. Try-outs were held in November,and recruited spectaculartalent from more than 25cities and towns across thestate.

The New HampshireFirefighters will continue tobe led by veteran Team Cap-tain Micky Drouin of DoverFire & Rescue and AssistantCaptain Perry Plummer ofthe State of New HampshireDivision of Fire Standards,Training and EmergencyMedical Services. Dover Po-lice Department’s ChrisPlummer is returning for

his second year as Captainof the New Hampshire Po-lice Team. Peter Favreau ofManchester Police Depart-ment will join Plummer asAssistant Captain.

Elizabeth Clarke ofCHaD Community Rela-tions explained that thisyear’s Battle of the Badges

will be another night ofthrilling hockey, especiallywith the series now tied 2-2.“The level of competitionrises each year, along withthe player’s dedication andcommitment to CHaD,” ex-plained Clarke. “In additionto practicing, all players arefundraising through Marchto support the vital servicesCHaD delivers to seriouslyill and injured children andtheir families.”

Donations are now beingaccepted at each player’sfundraising page or teampage at chadhockey.org.Tickets to the game can alsobe purchased through theWeb site. Last year’s eventattracted more than 5,000fans and brought in morethan $200,000 for the chil-dren and families of CHaD.Since its inception in 2008,Battle of the Badges’ totaldonations have surpassed$610,000.

Quilter’s Guild donates $1,000 to Lakes Region Scholarship Foundation

LACONIA — The BelknapMill Quilter's Guild (BMQG)recently voted to present a$1,000 scholarship to theLakes Region ScholarshipFoundation, joining thatagency in its mission to pro-mote and encourage highereducation opportunities toresidents of the region.

Any Belknap County resi-dent who plans to furthertheir education in the arts iseligible to apply.

LRSF Executive DirectorJoan Cormier expressed herappreciation on behalf of thescholarship foundation, say-

ing, “I commend the Guild forsupporting many worthwhilecommunity projects, and I’mvery pleased its generosity ex-tends to helping us promoteour mission in the Lakes Re-gion.”

LRSF President PauletteLoughlin added, “I’m alsoaware of the beautiful workdone by the Belknap Mill Quil-ters,especially Blanche Sleep-er’s lovely quilts adorning theTaylor Community corri-dors.”

The scholarship is oneamong many donations offunds, items and in volunteer

hours contributed by theQuilter's Guild during theyear to many organiza-tions and charities of theLakes Region since itsfounding in 1978. Fundsare raised through variousevents, the largest ofwhich is the widely popu-lar "Harvest of Quilts,"which has been held annu-ally in October for 34 years.

Students may downloadan application from theScholarship Foundationon line, by calling 527-3533,or e-mailing scholar-ship@metrocast.net. Onlyone application is neces-sary to apply. The deadlineis April 15.

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Dance partyIt’s time to dance, as the

NCAA Tournament kickedoff on Tuesday with firstround games and the real fungets under way today withthe main attraction. Likemany sports fans, the tour-ney is my favorite sportingevent of the year and it’s noteven close. I may or may nothave missed a few days ofclass during my collegeyears in order to watch theopening days of action.

This year’s tournamenthas an interesting look to italready, as three of the fournumber one seeds enter themix fresh off a loss in theirrespective conference tour-naments (Kentucky, Syra-cuse, North Carolina). Thatprobably won’t make a hugedifference when the gamesactually start, but it’s alwaysinteresting to see how teamsreact and play right out ofthe gates.

It was a difficult confer-ence tournament for myselfand other UMass alums, asthings got off to such a prom-ising start in the Atlantic-10.Needing to win the wholetournament to have any shotof reaching the NCAAs,UMass knocked off top-seed-ed Temple in the quarterfi-nals after beating Duquesnein the first round. That set

up a semifinal game with St.Bonaventure, but a missedthree-pointer just before thebuzzer was the only thing al-lowing the Bonnies to escapeand move on to the finalswhere they eventually won itall and advanced to theNCAAs.

With the brackets beingreleased this past Sundaynight, let’s take a look atsome of the more intriguingearly games that you’ll beable to catch on Thursdayand Friday.

No. 8 Iowa State vs. No.

9 UConn, Thursday, 9:20

p.m. Everyone is talkingabout this game already, asthe defending national cham-pions are seeded ninth andcould potentially see top-seeded Kentucky in the nextround. But hold on to yourhorses, because Iowa State isno slouch, and presents a dif-ficult matchup for theHuskies. Expect a back andforth game.

No. 5 Wichita State vs.

No. 12 VCU, Thursday, 7:15

p.m. People love WichitaState entering the tourna-ment and for good reason.They dominated at times inthe Missouri Valley Confer-ence and are an exciting

team to watch. Contrast thatwith VCU, which made a Cin-derella run to the Final Fourlast year and this first gamehas all the makings of aknockout tussle.

No. 5 Vanderbilt vs. No.

12 Harvard, Thursday, 4:40

p.m. Fresh off their SECTournament title and winover Kentucky, Vandy is fly-ing high and “experts” every-where absolutely love themin the tournament. As some-one who has seen them chokein the postseason in recentyears, don’t count me amongthose who loves the Com-modores. Harvard’s going tomake the most of their re-turn to the postseason I be-lieve, and the 5-12 matchupalways leads to some upsets.

No. 6 Cincinnati vs. No.

11 Texas,Friday,12:15 p.m.

Neither team really im-pressed me this season, and Ithink both are capable ofmaking early exits. With thatsaid, this should be a goodone.

Jeff Lajoie covers sportsfor the Meredith News, Gil-ford Steamer and Win-nisquam Echo newspapers.He can be reached at jla-joie@salmonpress.com.

GilfordCal Ripken

meeting tonightGILFORD — The Gil-

ford Cal Ripken Board ofDirectors would like to in-vite the public to the an-nual open board of direc-tors meeting tonight,Thursday, March 15. Thismeeting will be held at theGilford Town Hall andwill begin at 7 p.m. All in-terested parties are en-couraged to attend. Play-er registrations will be ac-cepted before and afterthe meeting.

OT goal sinks B-G in semifinalsSixth-seededBulldogs endseason 11-8

overallBY JEFF LAJOIEJLAJOIE@SALMONPRESS.COM

CONCORD – Despite a 41-27 edge in shots on goal,sixth-seeded Belmont-Gil-ford found itself standing instunned silence as second-seeded Alvirne celebratedon the ice following the Divi-sion III semifinal game onMarch 7.

Cameron Brock dashedthe state championshiphopes for the Bulldogs, as theAlvirne senior scored 1:23 in-to overtime on a wrist shotfrom just inside the blue lineto send the Broncos throughto the title game with a 4-3win at Everett Arena.

“It’s a really tough way tolose,” said dejected B-Gcoach Jay Londer. “We hadthe momentum. We were get-ting stops. We got goodchances to score in overtime.And they come down andshoot one from the blue line,and it goes in.”

With the teams knotted at3-3 at the start of OT, B-G (11-8) grabbed the first scoringchance of the extra frame.Senior forward Steven Hick-ey got past a defender andripped a shot that ricochetedoff the crossbar and out ofplay into the netting. The of-ficials didn’t see it that wayhowever, as the puck landedback on the ice and no whis-tles were blown to stop ac-tion. Alvirne hurried up theice with possession, andBrock snuck his shot past B-G goalie Alex Conway whilehis team was on a line

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Goalie Alex Conway looks on as teammate Max Desmarais tries to keep an Alvirne skater away from the neton March 7.

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B-G’s Steven Hickey speeds up the ice at Everett Arena in Concord dur-ing first period action against Alvirne in the Division III state semifinalon March 7.

PHOTO BY JEFF LAJOIE

Mike Lembo looks to work the puck out of his own zone during B-G’s 4-3 overtime loss.

change to send the Broncosonto the finals.

“I told the guys that thegame was going to end with-in the first three minutes (ofovertime) or it was going togo on forever,” said Londer.“But I really thought it wasgoing to end quickly. I justthought it would be a differ-ent result, especially withthe way we had been play-ing.”

B-G trailed 3-1 enteringthe third period, and as theclock ticked away, each scor-ing chance became thatmuch more important for theBulldogs. The squad finallycashed in with 8:59 left in reg-ulation, as junior forward Je-remy D’Amour, he of thegame-winner in overtime ofthe quarterfinal fame, cut in-to the deficit on a goal thatwould be clouded in contro-versy to make it a 3-2 game.D’Amour deked past anAlvirne defender and roofed

a shot over the shoulder ofgoalkeeper Justin Ferguson.While the puck seemed to hitsomething and pop back out,the referee immediatelyruled it a goal despite argu-ments to the contrary fromthe Bronco bench.

“The ref pointed so I cele-brated,” said a smilingD’Amour of the tally. “(Thereferee) won’t call it back soif he points, you’re goingwith it.You just sell it the bestthat you can.”

The strike invigorated theBulldogs bench, and B-Glooked like a team possessedthe rest of the period. The‘Dogs had two power play op-portunities that Alvirnemanaged to kill off, but justas the second one expired,D’Amour sent the pro-B-Gcrowd into a frenzy with just1:11 remaining. The snipermoved the puck across to themiddle of his offensive zone,and fired a shot to the near

post with a defender servingas a screen. The puck hadeyes for the back of the net,tying the game at 3-3 andcausing D’Amour to takepart in a lengthy celebrationas his teammates mobbed

him.“I felt pretty confident up

two goals but with all thatspeed they have over therewith D’Amour and (Ryan)Davis, they had us in troublelate in the game,” admitted

Alvirne coach Brian Gould.“When we were up 3-1, I wasable to run three lines outthere and keep guys fresh.But when they cut it to onegoal, we shortened things up

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Gilford senior Garrett Workman competes during the Meet of Champions at Cannon Mountain on March 7.Workman was ninth overall in the slalom.

Alpine Eagles cap season at MOC

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Megan Pleeter gets around a slalom gate during Meet of Champions action on March 7.

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Junior Grace McLaughlin was 23rd in the slalom as three Gilford girls’ qualified for the Meet of Champions.PHOTO BY CHARLIE LENTZ – LITTLETON COURIER

Chester Fox makes his way down the slalom course at Cannon Mountain during the Meet of Champions onMarch 7.

BY JEFF LAJOIEJLAJOIE@SALMONPRESS.COM

FRANCONIA – It was thecherry on top of an out-standing alpine season forthe Gilford High School skisquads on March 7, as theGolden Eagles sent six rac-ers to the annual Meet ofChampions held at CannonMountain with two morequalifying but deciding notto compete.

After both Gilford squadscaptured Division III statechampionships last month atGunstock Mountain, thecompetition got eventougher at the MOC, withperennial powerhouses likeKennett joining the fray.

Senior Garrett Workmanwas the top Gilford finisheron the day, as he took homeninth place in the slalomwith a combined time of 1minute, 17.95 seconds. Ken-nett’s Jake Van Deursen wasthe runaway winner with atime of 1:09.95.

Workman was the only

GHS boy to complete bothslalom runs on the day, asChester Fox and KeatonQuigley also raced butrecorded DNFs in one oftheir runs. Fox clocked a sol-id time of 38.87 seconds inrun one before being dis-qualified in his second run.Quigley failed to finish hisfirst run and crossed with atime of 47.97 seconds in thesecond run.

In the giant slalom, Work-man rounded out his solidday of competition with a13th place performance in58.98 seconds. Fox took 34thin the event, crossing in1:01.74, while Quigley had animpressive second run of30.21 seconds after recordinga DNF the first time down themountain.

On the girls’ side, seniorMegan Pleeter put together apair of top 20 finishes in theslalom and GS to wrap up anoutstanding alpine career atGilford. Pleeter was 17th inthe slalom with a time of

1:24.95, and 19th in the slalomwith a time of 1:01.38.

Junior Grace McLaughlinwas the next Eagle across, as

Gilford Cal Ripken planningskills sessions March 24

GILFORD — Baseballplayers ages eight to 12 fromthe communities of Gilfordand Laconia are invited toparticipate in the Gilford CalRipken baseball league'sskills assessment sessions,taking place Saturday, March24, at the Gilford MiddleSchool gym.

Two sessions will be held,for different divisions. From8:30 to 10 a.m., Majors skillsassessments will be held for11-12-year-olds, as well as 10-year-olds interested in mov-ing up from the Minors divi-sion. From 10:30 a.m. to 12p.m., Minors skills assess-ments will be held for nine to10-year-olds, as well as eight-year-olds interested in mov-ing up from the Farm divi-sion. These skills assess-ments will be used by leaguecoordinators and coaches to

draft teams in the Minorsand Majors divisions. Playerparticipation in the skills as-sessment is optional, but rec-ommended.

If you wish to register forthe Gilford Cal Ripken Base-ball League and have yet todo so, March 24 is also the lastday to submit early-bird reg-istrations at $50 per player($100 per family maximum).After March 25, registrationincreases to $60 per player($120 per family maximum).Players who have not previ-ously participated in the Gil-ford Cal Ripken League mustalso show a birth certificateas proof of age to completetheir registration.

For more details, contactGilford Cal Ripken LeaguePresident Jaime Boucher at630-2802.

Wernig, Hursthonored

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Mackenzie Hurst

Gilford’s Megan Wernigand Mackenzie Hurst werehonored by the NationalField Hockey Coaches Asso-ciation (NFHCA) recently, asthe duo was named to thisyear's Gladiator bySGI/NFHCA Collegiate Na-tional Academic Squad.

Wernig, a sophomore atGordon College in Wenham,Mass. graduated from Gil-

ford High School, whileHurst, a freshman at Endi-cott College in Beverly,Mass., attended TiltonSchool.

The National AcademicSquad recognizes student-athletes who have achieved acumulative GPA of 3.30 orhigher through the first se-mester of the 2011-2012 aca-demic year.

Tim Ryan fareswell at Nationals

STEAMBOAT SPRINGS,Colo. — Tim Ryan of Gilfordtook second place in theslopestyle competition andseventh place in halfpipe atthe USSA Freestyle JuniorNationals held March 5-11 atSteamboat Springs ski area.

The competition is a na-tional invitation only eventfor the top 50 junior skiers ineach discipline aged 13-18based on points earnedthroughout the season.

Ryan attends WatervilleValley Academy during thewinter, a snowsport and aca-demic program for sixth-12thgraders who are pursuingthe highest level of perform-ance in alpine racing,freestyle skiing and compet-itive snowboarding, whilestill achieving academic ex-cellence. He is sponsored byMarker-Volkl USA andPiche’s Ski and Sport Shopin Gilford.

she was 23rd in the slalom(1:26.60) after capturing theindividual state title in theevent at the D3 champi-onship meet. McLaughlinwas 34th in the GS (1:04.89).

Freshman Caitlin Hous-ton rounded out the qualify-ing trio, as she was 31st in the

slalom (1:32.25) and 42nd inthe GS (1:08.62) in what islikely the first of many MOCappearances for the rookie.

Tanner Howe and BeckStecher were the other twoEagles to qualify for theevent, though neither com-peted on the day.

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the rest of the way.”Neither team scored over

the final minute of regula-tion, as Alvirne tried to re-group in the locker roomheading into the extra peri-od.

“I went in and said, ‘theytook your momentum away,it’s up to you to come out fly-ing and get it back,” Gouldsaid of his speech during in-termission.

The Broncos responded,as Brock scored his team’sbiggest goal of the season,beating Conway to sendAlvirne to the championshipgame and a meeting with top-seeded Kennett.

“It wasn’t his fault,” saidD’Amour of Conway. “It wasa perfect shot from what Icould see, right on the insideof the post. It was a beautifulshot so there’s no way youcan blame that on anyone.”

Alvirne scored all three of

its regulation goals in thesecond period, building a 2-1lead before Davis put B-G onthe board with 8:30 left in thesecond. The Belmont seniorintercepted a puck near mid-ice and took off while histeam was on the penalty kill.Davis beat Ferguson on thebreakaway, despite a delayedpenalty being called againstAlvirne on the play.

Ferguson was solid allnight for the Broncos howev-er, as the freshman goalieused a quick glove to snuffout countless B-G shots. Theyoung backstop made 38saves in his first state semifi-nal.

“They outplayed us,” ad-mitted Gould of B-G. “But Igave (Ferguson) the star ofthe game. Without him, wewouldn’t have been there atthe end of the game with achance to win.”

HOCKEY (Continued from Page B1)

Never say die attitude nearlysends Bulldogs into finals

PHOTO BY JEFF LAJOIE

B-G junior Jeremy D’Amour celebrates the game-tying goal with 1:11 left in regulation against Alvirne onMarch 7.

BY JEFF LAJOIEJLAJOIE@SALMONPRESS.COM

CONCORD – The come-back kids were back at itagain in the state semifinals.But an overtime goal put theBelmont-Gilford hockeyteam to bed for good onMarch. 7.

Like they did all seasonlong, the Bulldogs onceagain overcome obstacles inthe Division III semifinalloss to Alvirne. Four days af-ter a dramatic comeback winover Pelham-Windham inthe quarterfinal round, B-Gnearly duplicated that feat toadvance to its first statechampionship game in pro-gram history.

Trailing 3-1 in the thirdperiod, junior stemwinderJeremy D’Amour scored twogoals, including the game-ty-ing strike with just 1:11 leftin regulation, to force over-time.

“We battled through ad-versity all year long,” said B-G coach Jay Londer. “It wasnothing new for us to comeback.”

Despite the two-goaldeficit, there was no panic onthe Bulldog bench. It was al-most as if the squad expect-ed to come back, something

that has been a regular partof their repertoire of late.

“It was awesome to comeback against Pelham, tocome back here was alsogreat. I just wish we had beenable to finish it off,” saidD’Amour, who wound upwith a ridiculous six goals intwo playoff games. “You getmore excited with each goal.The more important thegoal, the more electric theplace got. The crowd wasawesome, you just feed off ofthat.”

While there were no fishthrown onto the ice (thistime) at Concord’s EverettArena, the B-G fans far out-numbered the Alvirne sup-porters, with a large studentsection nearly filling thebleachers behind one of thegoals. They nearly willed the

Bulldogs to what would’vebeen the biggest win in pro-gram history, though that’llhave to wait for at least onemore year.

The future is cloudy for B-G, as the squad graduates acore of outstanding seniorsin Ryan Davis, Mike Lembo,Riley Tebbetts, Steven Hick-ey and Alex Conway. Butwith D’Amour back for hissenior season and youngplayers like Tom Kuntz andBrogan Hurst stepping up,Londer hopes his team willmake some noise again thistime next year.

“We’re losing pretty muchan all-star five and that’s go-ing to be some huge voids tofill,” the third-year coachsaid. “Hopefully some ofthese good young players areable to be ready to go.”

Gilford’s Saundersenjoys successful senior

season at PrincetonScores 10 in regular season finale

COURTESY PHOTO

Gilford’s Patrick Saunders goes up for a basket against Penn duringIvy League action last week. Saunders scored 10 points as hostPrinceton earned the 62-52 win.

BY JEFF LAJOIEJLAJOIE@SALMONPRESS.COM

PRINCETON, N.J. —While Harvard Universitywas busy claiming theschool’s first automatic bidinto the NCAA Tournamentsince 1946 last week, theCrimson had a little bit ofhelp, courtesy of Gilford’sPatrick Saunders.

Saunders scored 10 pointson five-of-seven shooting andpulled down three reboundsin 31 minutes of action ashost Princeton Universitydefeated Penn, 62-52, in theIvy League regular season fi-nale. The Princeton win keptPenn from sharing the Ivychampionship with Har-vard, and the Crimsonearned a spot in the BigDance as a result.

The win was the final reg-ular season game in Saun-ders’ Princeton career, as thefour-year letter winner andtwo-year captain helped theTigers to a 19-11 record, 10-4in the Ivy League during hissenior campaign.

Saunders had the best of-fensive season of his careerthis winter,as the 6-8 forwardaveraged 6.6 points and 2.6rebounds on the year. But theNew Hampton grad reallycame on strong down thestretch. Saunders scored indouble figures during five ofhis last six games, includinga 14-point performance onhis return to the GraniteState when the Tigers beatup on Dartmouth, 85-61, onFeb. 25 in Hanover. The 14points was a season-high,though he matched that totaltwo games prior in a winover Cornell.

Saunders’ hot finish to theseason coincided with his

team’s as well, as the Tigersclosed out their regular sea-

son 8-1 over their finalnine games, the lone losscoming at Harvard onFeb. 24. Princeton didhand the Crimson a losson Feb. 11, as Saundersplayed 29 minutes in a 70-62 in on Feb. 11.

The senior forwardstarted his team’s final 26games of the regular sea-son after coming off thebench for the first fourtilts, with eight games ofdouble digit scoring.

Princeton’s regularseason schedule includedgames with severalNCAA Tournamentteams, with perhaps thebest win of the seasoncoming on Dec. 30. On theroad against FloridaState, the Tigers captureda hard fought 75-73 win intriple overtime. Otherroad games included loss-es at North Carolina State,Siena and Drexel.

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