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FREE HOMETOWN NEWS DELIVERED TO EVERY HOME IN TOWN November 22, 2012 ◆ Volume 13 – Issue 47 A FREE Weekly Publication Zoning Board Denies Variances For Workforce Housing Project JAY HOBSON LONDONDERRY TIMES ————––––––————–◆ ttorney Jay Leonard, speaking on behalf of developer Tom Monihan, sought three variances from the Zoning Board of Adjustment (ZBA) to build workforce housing on Perkins Road. All three variances were denied at the board’s Nov. 15 meeting. The developer sought variances: to construct buildings with 24 rental units where the ordinance allows buildings to have only 16 units; to allow three-year phasing of construction where the ordinance calls for five years; and to have 240 rental units, 50 percent of them A as workforce housing, where the ordinance states 75 percent are to be workforce housing. The meeting had been continued from Oct. 17. Leonard told the ZBA, in justifying the variance requests, that it would be more profitable for the builder to have fewer buildings, with more tenants per building. He also said that with 75 percent workforce housing tenants, the rents would not be profitable enough – thus the request for a reduction to 50 percent workforce housing, allowing higher rents to the other 50 percent. “The three restrictions that we are asking for waiver from are really sim- ◆ ple restrictions in the sense that they do not relate to density, do not relate to the number of units, it is a permitted use and it is in an appropriate zone,” Leonard said. Leonard said the property involved is approximately 26 acres and a second portion directly to the south is about 17 acres and is not part of the project. He said, however, there is a plan to put elderly housing on the southern acreage. Because of time constraints, the public did not have an opportunity to speak at the October meeting, but was given a chance last week. When Chairman James Smith continued on page 10 ◆ Council Works to Get Town Budget Below Default Helping Hands Fifth grade student council members gathered on Friday morning at South Elementary School to load up a fire truck with the food the school had collected over the past few weeks. The food was brought to Central Fire Station to be sorted and distributed to needy Londonderry families. Additional photos on page 6. Photo by Chris Paul Council OKs Capital Reserve Funding for Fire and Ambulance Vehicles JAY HOBSON LONDONDERRY TIMES ————––––––————–◆ equests to expend $905,000 from the Ambulance Capital Reserve Fund, Fire Department Equipment Capital Reserve Fund, and the Fire Apparatus Capital Reserve Fund for a fire pumper truck, an ambu- R lance, a staff car and six defibrillators have been approved by the Town Council. Councilor Jim Butler asked at Monday night’s meeting if three bids were necessary before the town could take action. Finance Director Susan Hickey said the items were put out to bid, seeking as many bids as possible. Butler said he wanted to bring to the council’s attention that “we only have two quotes for the ambulance, one quote from the pumper and two quotes for the defibrillators, so we’re required to continued on page 6 JAY HOBSON LONDONDERRY TIMES ————––––––————–◆ udget discussions continued at Monday night’s Town Council meeting from Saturday’s workshop (see related stories pages 2, 3). Interim Town Manager Bill Hart told the council he found several errors in his budget report. “The initial budget submitted to the council was $140,000 below default. In preparing for my presentation to the council and budget committee for this past Saturday, a couple of significant errors were discovered. The errors are mine,” Hart said. B Hart said police overtime should have been approximately $35,000, and $60,280 should have been added to the town manager’s Management Service in General Government line items. Those two restorations total $94,000. He also noted a correction to the Solid Waste line of $10,990 and a correction to the default of $4,935. Hart proposed four recommendations for the budget. The first two focus on non-personnel reductions and the second two focus on personnel or salary reductions. “I would recommend that the budget commit- tee and town council focus on options one and two, as they spread the proposed reduction across all town departments, with as little pain to services as can be mustered. Further, it puts the charge for those reductions in the hands of the business area experts continued on page 18 PRESORTED STANDARD US POSTAGE PAID LONDONDERRY, NH 03053 Permit #57 ECRWSS POSTAL PATRON LONDONDERRY, NH 03053 ◆ PAGE 2 L ONDONDERRY T IMES ◆ N OVEMBER 22, 2012 Police, Fire Cite Contract Obligations, Downshifting in Rising Budgets JAY HOBSON LONDONDERRY TIMES ————––––––————–◆ epartment heads presented their budgets to the combined town council and budget committee on Saturday, and personnel contract obligations and downshifting of retirement were frequently the culprits in rising costs. Fire Chief Kevin MacCaffrie began the proceedings by outlining his department’s need to increase his budget 6 percent from the current $5,927,717 to $6,276,854, a difference of $349,137. MacCaffrie said many of his line items had no changes and the increases were due to contractual obligations and the increased retirement and health costs associated with “downshifting” from the state to towns. “All increases in the Fiscal Year (FY) 14 proposed budget are driven by prior contractual obligations and dramatic increases in the town’s portion of retirement costs as a function of downshifting from the state and substantially increasing medical rates,” MacCaffrie said. MacCaffrie said he faces a contractual obligation of a 2 percent increase in salaries and a clothing allowance. D He pointed out the fire department is running “well below minimum standards in regards to number of personnel to meet mission critical services.” And he suggested adding staff to meet those needs, reducing some replacement coverage, and increasing ambulance coverage. Town Council Chairman John Farrell wanted to know what happens when a call comes in. “A call comes in and 911 takes the call and drops the call to us after they assess what the priorities are and a dispatcher types in the address where the call is to, and our program dispatches the appropriate apparatus,” MacCaffrie explained. “For instance, an automobile accident requires an engine and an ambulance and possibly the rescue. We had the rollover on (Route) 102 by I93 the other night, which required all personnel to go to that. So it varies from whether you get an ambulance, an ambulance and an engine, or an ambulance, engine and rescue. If it’s a fire, three engines, a ladder and outside mutual aid.” Councilor Tom Dolan noted the fire department is the second highest revenue source due to ambu- lance revenues. MacCaffrie said his department has three basic sources for revenue - ambulance, fire prevention and fees, and miscellaneous reports for insurance. “We bill out about $700,000 per year and take in about $550,000 per year,” he said. “Currently we’re down on revenues because we don’t go to the Elliot as frequently (and) there are a lot more underinsured and uninsured people in the current economic times that we have. We make an effort through our billing service to collect everything that we can.” Farrell took a quick poll of the council when MacCaffrie said the department didn’t take an aggressive stance on billing because of direction from the Town Council. “The council doesn’t feel that way anymore you get aggressive with billing,” Farrell said after polling the council. Police Lieutenant Chris Gandia presented the police budget and discussed the department’s switch from the traditional Ford Crown Victoria sedans to an SUV style. “Currently we do a three-year lease and these are going to be the new cruiser designs,” he said. “The Crown Vic is not going to be in production, and we found this one to be the most beneficial for us.” He said the SUV is larger than what police drive now. “It’s going to allow us for better operations out on the road,” Gandia said. “As years have gone on, we’ve actually increased the amount of equipment that we carry, AEDs (automated external defibrillators), different weapons systems, you open up the trunk of the cruisers we’re using now and you can barely get in there, and you open up the hatch on one of these things and there’s a lot more room.” Gandia said the cost of the vehicle would be less than expected on the budget due to reducing the fleet by one vehicle and realizing better fuel economy. The new vehicles will be leased in March. Farrell brought up the inadequacy of the Crown Victoria during snowstorms, and Gandia said they are not used during snowstorms. Instead, Londonderry Ford lets the town borrow SUVs during snow events. The new vehicles should work in snow. “We don’t make anything - we don’t have any intrinsic value like a company that generates revenue,” Gandia said of the Police Department. “There’s no offset, so we need to manage our expenses as best we can.” He said the department’s most important asset is its personnel: uni- Boxed Bounty Lions Club President Ray Dion, along with other Lions, sort through the thousands of items collected throughout the town over the past few weeks to ready boxes for distribution for more than 120 needy Londonderry families . 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Please contact us at 537-2760 or e-mail to londonderrytimes@nutpub.net. form operations, support, station, animal control and administration. And as a result, personnel costs drive the budget. Gandia echoed MacCaffrie’s assertion that the highest impact to the department was the increased cost of retirement and health expenses from downshifting. “The budget is 93 percent personnel costs and is 98 percent non-discretionary costs. Many of the increasing costs are out of management’s control,” Gandia said. He also noted that overtime costs have been reduced and of those costs that are discretionary, measures have been taken to reduce them. AXIS COACH, LLC $79 Logan Airport SPECIAL* Corporate Transportation Airport Transfers (All New England Airports) Weddings • Proms Concerts • Sporting Events • And Much More! The Center Point of Your Transportation Needs Call 603-434-1757 www.axiscoachusa.com *Tolls, airport fee and tip not included. ◆ L ONDONDERRY T IMES ◆ N OVEMBER 22, 2012 PAGE 3 Council, Budget Committee Review FY 14 Figures JAY HOBSON LONDONDERRY TIMES ————––––––————–◆ s part of Saturday’s budget session with the Town Council and Budget Committee, Public Works Director Janusz Czyzowski noted that the current year’s solid waste and recycling budget is $1,911,807 and the proposed FY 14 budget is $1,926,351. He said fuel costs have risen and adjustments had to be made slightly in FICA costs and retirement benefits. Czyzowski said the town has 40 miles of sewers, five pumping stations, 1,163 residential connections, 365 commercial connections and 56 industrial connections. He said the FY13 budget was $3,003,606 for sewer and the proposed FY 14 budget was $2, 661,129. For FY14, gasoline was budgeted at $70,000 and street cleaning and maintenance at $501,858. He also said street paving A and reconstruction for FY 13 was on a $500,000 warrant article and FY 14 is zero because of the Roadway Maintenance Trust Fund. Czyzowski has $220,000 budgeted for salt at an estimated unit cost of $56.76 for an estimated 3,876 tons. The council and budget committees had no questions and complimented him on his budget Finance Director Susan Hickey told the council and committee that most increases are based on New Hampshire Retirement and medical increases, a message similar to the one presented by the fire and police departments (see related story page 2). “Pretty much in every budget that’s where the increases were,” she said. “Departments came in with the directive of setting their budgets below default, which is where they needed to be.” The Planning and Eco- nomic Development budget, according to Hickey, has a total decrease from FY 13 of $5,700, due to departmental reorganization that took effect in July 2012. She said management services was pulled out and is shown in the town manager budget. “If management services was included in the budget, it would increase by $11,217 or 2.75 percent. The increase in the New Hampshire retirement and health is $11,522. The remaining line items have been level funded,” Hickey said. She said zoning had a total increase from FY 13 of $43,179 or 7.8 percent and was due to a requested increase in overtime caused by additional meetings, mandatory benefits such as state retirement, health insurance and workers’ compensa- tion. The remaining operational line items are flat. Capital Improvement Projects include open space bonding at $600,000, Pettengill Road bonding at $12,534, zoning ordinance update at $200,000 and the Road Maintenance Trust Fund at $320,000. Projects recommended by the town manager were Expendable Maintenance Trust Fund, $200,000, zoning ordinance $50,000 and Road Maintenance Trust Fund, $400,000. Hickey said the recommended funding for the Capital Reserve include: ambulance, $75,000; cable equipment, $100,000; fire apparatus, $335,000; fire equipment, $150,000 and highway, $150,000. 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Cannot be combined with other offers and one per party • Expires 1/9/12 Find us on Facebook: LaCarretaMexicanNewEngland www.lacarretamex.com ◆ PAGE 4 L ONDONDERRY T IMES ◆ N OVEMBER 22, 2012 Editorial Black Friday Blues When schoolchildren are asked what Thanksgiving means to them, they usually say something about food or being thankful. They don’t tend to say “shopping” or “Mom has to work at the mall.” But that’s what quite a few major retailers seem to want us to focus on this year, with stores pushing the start of Christmas shopping to Thanksgiving Day itself. Cram in the turkey and head out to shop - Black Friday is now Black Thursday. It means you’re getting a day off from work (and kids are losing two to three days of school) so you can buy Christmas gifts early, rather than go to Grandma’s for Thanksgiving dinner and family time. For years, retailers have been pushing back the start of Christmas – Santa Clauses and holiday wrapping paper are already in the stores while you shop for Halloween candy. Now major retailers are giving their lowpaid employees the raw end of the deal by making them work on Thanksgiving instead of being home with their families. And we’d bet the CEOs of major retail stores aren’t spending the day in their corner offices. We can all understand why doctors, nurses, paramedics, police and firefighters don’t always get to celebrate Thanksgiving – and any other holiday – with their family. Fires and other emergencies don’t check the calendar, nor do childbirth or illness. But getting first in line for a sale on a big-screen TV? Grabbing up discounted socks? Those are not emergencies. We can all use a sale, but we can also use a break from work and a chance to relax with family or friends. That’s the heart of Thanksgiving, and that experience helps us realize what we really are thankful for. But when low wage workers have to choose between their job and their family time so retailers can have one more day to lure in shoppers, a line has been crossed. This country is long changed from the Norman Rockwell images of big families crowded around the Thanksgiving dinner table, but most of us still mark the occasion by gathering with family or friends and pausing for a few hours from the constant jabbering of the online world. Sure, after dinner we can log on and see what’s on sale. But we find it hard to accept that the only way major retailers can compete with online shoppers is to make their sales staff skip Thanksgiving. If that’s true, why not keep every store open 24/7, just like the internet. And if that’s what we’ve come to, what, other than greed, does Thanksgiving mean today. The Londonderry Times is a weekly publication. It is mailed to every home in Londonderry free of charge and is available at a number of drop-off locations throughout the town. 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Letters Help Appreciated To the editor: The Sonshine Soup Kitchen is blessed to have the support of local businesses such as the Hampshire First Bank in Londonderry. We appreciated the opportunity to work with them during their Document Shredding Day event last month. Our heartfelt thanks go out to Hampshire First for asking customers to donate canned goods to the Soup Kitchen in exchange for having their documents shredded. The food collected during this event will help restock our shelves for the winter months, when we will see an increase in the number of guests we serve. The Sonshine Soup Kitchen operates solely on donations. It is vital to our mission to have the continued support of the entire community. We are grateful that Hampshire First Bank is committed to helping provide that support. Please keep the Soup Kitchen and our guests in your thoughts and prayers. Cynthia Dwyer Executive Director Sonshine Soup Kitchen Derry –––––––––––––––– To the editor: After four miserable years with Barack Obama as President, I was confident that a majority of Americans had realized their mistake in 2008 and would correct it in 2012. I apparently gave the American people too much credit. As I physically and emotionally recover from the result of this election, I’ve been trying to explain how this could happen and who is responsible. I’ve identified five Obama constituencies and I would like to say a few words to each. For the sake of brevity, I will submit my thoughts in several parts. First, the takers. These are people who voted for Obama because they think he is Santa Claus and will give them free stuff. There are a record number of people receiving Food Stamps and disability under Obama. Politicians know that people who are dependent on the government for their check will always vote for the politician that will promise them more. The Democratic Party has become experts at this. I’m not talking about those who are legitimately ill and can’t work, or those down on their luck. I’m not talking about those who worked hard all their lives and are now retired and on Social Security. I’m talking to those of you on disability because your baby toe hurts and those of you who just can’t seem to find work, year after year, decade after decade, generation after generation. If you have any love for this country, find a job. If you can’t find the job you want, then sweep floors until you do. But do something! No one expects someone with a bad back to work construction, but if you’re able to walk through the mall, then you’re not too disabled to work. Second, the entitled. These are union members who voted for Obama because he bails out their fat pensions with taxpayer money. They think they’re entitled to $25 per hour plus benefits, regardless of their qualifications. They think they are so important that their jobs should be guaranteed through tenure. They get what they want through intimidation and threats and have no problem physically assaulting a disabled Tea Party activist because he dared disagree with Obama. Recently, another great American business has fallen victim to union greed and will shut its doors. How does that help the American worker? If you have any love for this country, quit the union and stand on your own two feet. Millions of us do it every day. There was a time when the country needed unions, but now they only promote mediocrity. You are crippling the country and you should be ashamed. I will address the remaining three at a future time. Red Forman Londonderry –––––––––––––––– Irony To the editor: News in the aftermath of the Benghazi deaths reveals that John McCain thinks Obama and Susan Rice are not too bright. A sense of irony floods my mind. At the Naval Academy McCain ranked academically, if my memory is correct, 884th in a class of 889. C C Mitchell Londonderry ––––––––––––––– Brand Recognition To the editor: It was disappointing that Jay Hobson referred to those directing Election Day traffic as simply “attendants.” The people trying to maintain order in the Londonderry High School parking lot were ALERT volunteers, there at the request of the Londonderry Police Department, which is responsible for their training. ALERT (A Londonderry Emergency Response continued on page 5 Londonderry Times welcomes letters of up to 500 words on topics of local interest, and prints as many letters as possible. Please e-mail your letters to the Londonderry Times at londonderrytimes@nutpub.net. All letters must include the writer’s name, address and phone number for verification if needed; name and town of residence will be printed. Londonderry Times reserves the right to reject or edit letters for content and length, and anonymous letters will not be printed. ◆ L ONDONDERRY T IMES ◆ N OVEMBER 22, 2012 PAGE 5 Londonderry Kicks Off Holidays with Town Common Tree Lighting Dec. 2 KATHLEEN D. BAILEY LONDONDERRY TIMES ————––––––————–◆ ondonderry will kick off the 2012 Holiday Season with a tree lighting and carol singing Sunday, Dec. 2, at the Town Common. L The event is sponsored by the Londonderry Rotary Club. Girl Scouts will lead the crowd in carols and other seasonal songs beginning at 3:30 p.m., followed by the Londonder- ry Christian Church band. The lighting will be at 4 p.m. Santa and Mrs. Claus will arrive in a fire truck and take requests from children shortly after the bandstand performances. Free hot cider, hot chocolate, coffee and cookies will be offered. Community groups are invited to decorate their own trees on the Common. Twenty trees will be nondescript group encompassing everything bad. They appear mired in pervasive fear and insist there be no compromise. Actually, a sense of fear of the very process of compromise pervades. They seem to see it as giving up on their principles. Once that point is reached, the word compromise has no meaning other than one succumbing to the demons portrayed. It is a line being crossed by individuals in both parties, to their discredit. But the very concept of “them and us” ignores a history of coming together to overcome virtually every major national crisis we have experienced. In short, “them and us” is the problem, not the solution. We only find longterm effective solutions when all of us come together to build it. No one individual or group of individuals has a monopoly on all of the good ideas or all of the bad ones. To insist on “my way or the highway” or we must “win at any cost” only prevents solutions. It is an arrogance we cannot afford. Instead, political bridges need rebuilding using the concept of "we.” Only by coming together can desired and lasting solutions be cast. Common ground can be reached without foregoing our heartfelt principles. We have a choice of working together as a team or going it on our own. In a changing world, the team approach makes the most sense. We must remember that government should be forging a view of the collective, not of an individual. Who among us knows the perfect way? No one set up Sunday, Nov. 25, in the morning, and are available for decorating beginning that afternoon. Longtime Rotarian Reed Page Clark said in the spirit of the holidays, the Rotary will provide a bin for non-perishable food items, which will be donated to the St. Jude Church Food Pantry. For more information, call Caron Renik at 7657735. ◆ ◆ Letters vival as an organization. James F. Pratt Continued from page 4 ALERT Board of DirecTeam) maintains an ongo- tors ing training schedule durLondonderry ing the course of the year. That schedule includes ———————— Search and Rescue, Shelter Management and First Rebuilding Bridges Aid as well as Traffic Control, to name just a few. To the editor: In order to maintain a The results of the Nov. viable and well-trained 6 election left many feelorganization, ALERT must ing hopeful, but for others also maintain fund raising the very opposite is their and recruiting efforts. For truth. Many of our friends these reasons, public re- express a great fear of cognition of our “brand” what might be coming is critical. down the road. This is We strongly believe hardly surprising, due to that the more the public the unrelenting demonizasees of ALERT on the job, tion of virtually every the stronger will be their elected official and every support. candidate brave enough ALERT volunteers do to suffer the slings during not provide their services these last umpteen years to the town for accolades of continuous campaigns. or any other consideraClearly, anger exists. tion but we do feel that For still others, that anger public recognition of our has been transformed efforts is vital to our sur- into a hatred for “them,” a Correction: An article in the Nov. 15 edition misidentified the planning board member who interrupted Tom Freda by citing the names of large companies that have moved to Londonderry. Mary Wing Soares made the comment about the large companies. We Pay the Highest Price for Scrap Metal & Junk Vehicles www.weberautoparts.com Copper, Aluminum, Heavy Metal, Light Iron & Brass for Cash 135 Island Pond Rd. 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Such trust can be fleeting and we should vote them out if we do not see our leaders working together to create that better future. The course our nation takes in the coming weeks is more critical than ever. Work to end the politics of division. Rise to the call for political compromise. Don Jorgensen Jim Mechachonis Londonderry –––––––––––––––– Thanks for Donations To the editor: Thanks to all who participated in Scouting for Food recently. In Londonderry we collected, sorted, and packed 123 boxes of food, exceeding last year’s total. Half of the proceeds were received by St. Jude’s Food Pantry, while the other half will be distributed by the town to needy residents in time for Thanksgiving. Brian D. Williams On behalf of BSA Scouting for Food Londonderry ◆ PAGE 6 L ONDONDERRY T IMES ◆ N OVEMBER 22, 2012 Council Collection Fifth grade student council members from South Elementary School organized a food drive at the school over the past few weeks where each class was asked to contribute 100 items. In the end, over 2,500 items were boxed up to be distributed at the fire station on Monday, Nov. 19. The students helped load up a fire truck on Friday, Nov. 16. Above the fifth-graders show off the Photos by Chris Paul signs they had made just before they performed their collection song. Continued from page 1 get three written quotes and we haven’t gotten three written quotes for any of those items, and I’m a little concerned about that.” Fire Chief Kevin MacCaffrie responded that an RFP (Request For Proposal) went out. “No one responded to them other than a couple of letters that said, ‘we remedies if three bids did not come in. Hickey said that if three quotes are needed but do not come in, the town can clear that with the town manager, whose decision it would be on whether to approve the purchase. “There are actually a couple of exceptions worth noting,” Interim Town Manager William Hart explained. “The exception does lie with the town manager, secondly there is a second exception that often times the products from the fire department or (Department of Public Works) or police may come from what’s referred to as a sole source vendor. In other words no one else makes that product so sometimes that can be an exception. Lastly, the relatively common exception is we go to the state bid and the state with its aggregated purchasing power can often get lower bids for commonly purchased products that we might not, acting alone, be able to get. “Unfortunately we are up against some time constraints with respect to the very positive lease rates that we’re getting on these products,” Hart added. “What I can do is work with the chief and address questions with the council. It was my intention, once we’ve concluded this process, to review it with the chief and see how we could do this better and report back to the council with that information.” Butler asked if the specifications requested were too tight, and said he couldn’t believe in the current economy that only one quote for a $500,000 pumper truck would come in. “I’m open to anybody who would want to bid. As a matter of fact I got into a conversation with an ambulance person and I asked him to bid,” MacCaffrie said. Town Council Chairman John Farrell asked Hart if he recommended going ahead due to the favorable rates. “You want the council to approve this?” he asked. “Yes. Just so it’s clear, we worked hard to get these favorable rates, as they have come down considerably from where we started at,” Hart said. Councilor Joe Green made the motion to accept the order as written and Dolan seconded the motion, adding that he suggested the two chiefs come back and tell the council how it worked out and to give the council “additional confidence that we are using the taxpayers’ money wisely.” Hart responded that he would do so. The vote was unanimous in favor. A warrant article authorizing the purchase was approved by voters. The council also voted unanimously to authorize the town treasurer to expend from the Fire Department Equipment Capital Reserve Fund the sum of $14,406.30 to replace the fire department’s six portable radios. FREE Junk Car Removal! We will pay up to $50000 for some cars and trucks. Mon. – Sat. • 8 a.m. – 5 p.m. • 55 Hall Road Londonderry, NH 425-2562 Capital Reserve don’t want to bid on your pumper’ or on this particular item. We sent bid specifications to every company that we could as well as everybody that requested them,” MacCaffrie said. Councilor Tom Dolan asked if there were any ◆ L ONDONDERRY T IMES ◆ N OVEMBER 22, 2012 PAGE 7 Dance Studio Brings Blankets to Storm-Impacted New Yorkers JAY HOBSON LONDONDERRY TIMES ————––––––————–◆ he Melissa Hoffman Dance Studio of Hudson has donated blankets and other sundries needed by people still without power in the areas of New York and New Jersey that were devastated by Hurricane Sandy last month. “Last week we brought 65 blankets to New York and we’re bringing 22 more (this week),” dance instructor Sandi Duncan said. The Shaker Road School in Concord made the 22 blankets for the Nov. 20 trip to New York. “The blankets are fleece and we put two blankets together and make cuts around the edges and tie the cut pieces together and join them with knots, so there’s no sewing involved. They are very warm,” Duncan said. Duncan said other dance studios are getting involved and are holding blanket-making parties. “They all accepted the challenge. A studio that I used to own made 25 of them,” Duncan said. Melissa Hoffman, owner of the studio, said the effort brings a sense of community. “By doing this the kids get to help out those that have a need, and it brings T the dance community together and we can give back to the community,” Hoffman said. Hoffman said they were able to fill two SUV’s and drive them to the area of New York where fires destroyed homes and people have lost everything. They’ve seen the damage and the need at Far Rockaway, Breezy Point and Broad Channel. “We went to Breezy Point where the fires were, and we came to a checkpoint and the police officer saw what we were doing and waved us through, saying ‘we need you guys’,” Duncan said. “We drove through areas that had boats in the middle of the road and when we got to one place, there were all these cars that hadn’t been far enough inland and they were towing them all away. When we asked where they were going, the guy said that they had all been under water and were junk, scrap,” Hoffman said. Ten-year-old Paige Corlis got involved along with her fellow dance students. “I like helping people,” Paige said. Hoffman and Duncan said they have a Christmas drive every year and this seemed to naturally go along with it. They said there are places that haven’t been reached by anyone yet and one person came to them to try to help a family with children who are still without electricity or help. “We leave about 5 a.m. and drive the five hours to New York and deliver the blankets and everything and then turn around and drive home and get back about midnight. It’s worth it,” Duncan said. Even though this humanitarian effort is going on, Hoffman said the studio’s Christmas drive is on as well, and anyone wishing to donate can visit Operation Miles to Smiles on Facebook for more information. Melissa Hoffman Dance Studio students are shown with blankets destined for Hurricane Sandy victims. Photo by Jay Hobson Playing Pilgrims Students in Joan Laurenti's Grade 2 class at South Elementary School performed "The First Thanksgiving" for the school's other second graders on Tuesday, Nov. 20. 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Munn showed a graphic with the town’s public water sources. “This shows the state’s listing of all your public water supply sources,” he said. “What we do is go through this list and say, ‘yes, these are still in operation or no, they’re not in operation.’ Then we confirm that in the plan and then we go out to the site. The advisory committee is usually involved with these operations.” He noted that Pennichuck is the largest water supply source in town and has agreed to participate in developing the plan. “Basically we incorporate water users and water supply operators, and then we do a field check around the well head area looking for ◆ ◆ Trailways Volunteers Find Syringes At Kendall Pond JAY HOBSON LONDONDERRY TIMES ————––––––————–◆ ondonderry Trailways President Bob Saur met with the Conservation Commission to discuss clean-up activities at Kendall Pond, and advised them that as a couple of volunteers were clearing away brush and undergrowth to make the parking lot more visible from the street, they discovered syringes. The cleanup was geared to making the area more noticeable to the public for possible recreation. L A few days later on a return trip to clear brush, several more syringes were found. Saur brought some of the syringes to the police and told them where they were found. According to Londonderry Police Lieutenant Kevin Cavallaro, when incidents like this occur, increased patrols and enforcement are initiated to curtail the behavior. Saur suggested to the commission at its Tuesday, Nov. 13 meeting the possibility of widening the sight lines to Kendall Pond by clearing more undergrowth in an effort to increase visibility and hopefully discourage illicit activity. Londonderry Trailways also noted the success of a fundraising campaign that offers residents and others the opportunity to donate $40 per foot of rail trail in an effort to raise funds to maintain and pave the trail. At the Nov. 6 election, $2,000 was raised at the polls. The donations are tax deductible. potential contamination sources,” Munn added. “These could be activities or uses that may have spillage of oil and petroleum and hazardous substances. Then we work with the committee and rank the vulnerability and the risk associated with those potential contamination sources either as being high or low. And if there are some high (risk) ones, then we can bring that to the attention of the advisory committee and the advisory committee then begins to look at all the regulations, policies and plans the town has in place. That includes best management practices, spill containment, things that deal with emergency management and addressing spills, and then they decide what are the best measures for protecting that water source.” According to Munn, the next step is to create a list of recommendations, which then becomes a plan that goes to the planning board. Munn said that in Derry, where the SNHPC recently did such a study, an extensive list of recommendations was provided, and they used everything from education to conservation to maintaining existing regulations. “What we’d like you to consider is that for this grant to get approved by the state, the state needs to have a letter from the planning board that shows, number one, that you recognize the purpose of doing a source water protection plan; two, that you would participate by attending advisory committee meetings as you can,” he said. “Three, that you will consider any sort of possible options, measures or actions that the advisory committee would suggest to you.” He added that nothing is mandatory, either with the plan or the recommendations. “It’s all advisory,” Munn said. Planning Board alternate Leitha Reilly, who is an alternate Londonderry representative on the SNHPC board of commissioners, asked if there were three or four aquifers in Londonderry. “That’s a key question for the advisory committee and for you, the planning board,” Munn said. He said the town has several aquifers and those, along with the well heads for private suppliers, would be identified. Planning board chairman Arthur Rugg, also an SNHPC board commissioner, called for a motion and on a motion by Laura El-Azem and a second by Lynn Wiles, the planning board voted unanimously to have Rugg sign the letter requesting the grant. Explorer Outreach Londonderry Police Explorers Post 1137 hosted a local community outreach Ice Cream Social, featuring story readings, face painting, safety tips, art, crafts and letter writing to Santa. Holding the sign are Mike Evers and Joe DeAvilla. 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BAILEY LONDONDERRY TIMES ————––––––————–◆ ill McLaughlin, Human Services Director for the Town of Derry, looked out over a sea of mostly silver heads. “How many of you are on Food Stamps?” she asked. When no hands were raised, McLaughlin said, “That’s what I thought.” They are as proud now as when they survived the Depression, fought to preserve democracy, and rebuilt a nation on family and faith. But there’s help available for the struggling senior, and McLaughlin and Connie Young, program director for ServiceLink, spread out a range of options this past week at the Marion Gerrish Community Center. Phyllis Katsakiores, Derry Town Councilor and chairman of Police Chief Ed Garone’s Senior Advisory Committee, welcomed Derry and Londonderry seniors between pouring coffee and pass- J ing out doughnuts. The Committee was formed more than a decade ago at Garone’s instigation. “It addresses the concerns of citizens - everything that concerns seniors is important,” Katsakiores said. She interrupted herself to hug a grizzled man in a Pearl Harbor baseball cap, saying, “Hey, buddy, glad you could come.” Officers Joyce Chadwell and Dan Komenda of the Derry Police Department were there to pass out material and answer seniors’ questions, and the forum was also filmed for future use by Derry Community Television. McLaughlin went first, describing the parameters of her office. “We provide emergency basic needs assistance,” she said, listing food, electric bills, mortgages or rent, and “life-saving medications.” McLaughlin described the federal Fuel Assistance Program, but said it doesn’t start until Dec. 1. “That’s where local welfare comes in - we can get you an emergency 100 gallons,” she said. But the federal program now has a local office on Crystal Avenue, “and if you’re cold, you should be applying,” she said. Deanna Mele of Londonderry asked how often the funds were disbursed. They are disbursed in any amount from $100 to $975, McLaughlin said. “But we don’t have the money yet, so we don’t know the numbers,” she added. McLaughlin said Federal Fuel Assistance looks only at income, not at assets, while Derry local welfare looks at both. Pat Dowling, a local Realtor and member of the elder committee, said she had an elderly client who had to sell her house, and was having “a very hard time. I took her to Jill and she sat down with her, and now she’s 100 percent better off.” Katsakiores asked about ◆ electricity. “It’s high cost, but it’s something all of us need,” she pointed out. McLaughlin said those applying for fuel assistance can apply for electrical assistance at the same time, and get 50 to 70 percent reductions in their bills. She can also get grants for them through her office, but she warned that local welfare is not free. In certain situations clients would have to arrange a pay-back schedule or have a lien placed on their house. But it’s an option, and she urged struggling seniors to give her a call. Young said her agency, based in Salem, covers western Rockingham County. That includes Derry and Londonderry, she said. Young said her agency complements the work available through local welfare offices. She observed, “If you have the right information, you may not get in an emergency situation.” ServiceLink does exactly what it says - it links people to available services, Young said. “As we’re aging our needs change, and we need to draw on new resources,” she said. This can be anything from applying for Medicare for the first time to help with prescription drugs to advice against health care fraud. “There are resources for your prescriptions, low-income subsidies, pharmaceutical company programs,” she said. If needed, they can help a senior file an appeal to Medicare, she said. Medicare paperwork is a big part of their job, Young said. “The state looks back five years at your paperwork - it’s enough to make the average person ‘run for the hills,’” she said. But her staff is trained in the red tape and fine print, and they even do house calls. “We are for the older adult, the disabled, the chronically ill and the family caregiver,” she said. Katsakiores said she had taken an older friend to Service Link when it was time to apply for Social Security Disability. “They sat with her for four hours - but she got it,” Katsakiores said. Katsakiores asked how the Affordable Care Act, also known as Obamacare, would affect seniors and Medicare. Some of the changes are good for seniors, Young said. There’s a free health screening in the act, though she emphasized it does not replace the annual physical. And the act includes a provision to close the hated “doughnut hole,” the gap between prescription subsidies. Young said she’d been contacted by a group that will explain the Affordable Care changes in detail to seniors, and Katsakiores said, “We want them.” ◆ Teen Airlifted To Boston After Route 102 Rollover JAY HOBSON LONDONDERRY TIMES ————––––––————–◆ he teenage driver of a Hyundai Elantra was flown by DHART helicopter to a Boston hospital after the car he was driving struck an SUV in the eastbound lane of Route 102 over Interstate 93 and rolled over. According to police, Randy McGibbon, 19, of Derry was driving a 2010 Hyundai eastbound on Route 102 when he struck T a stopped SUV that was waiting to take a left turn onto I-93. McGibbon struck the right rear corner of the vehicle driven by Michael McGrade of Wilton, causing McGibbon’s vehicle to roll over twice. The collision occurred about 5:15 p.m. Nov. 14, and McGibbon was extracted from his vehicle by Londonderry Fire Rescue using the Jaws of Life. McGibbon sustained substantial head trauma Loose Denture? 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Coyle won over Democrat Bob Davidson of Nottingham. Though Democrats reigned in the November general election, Coyle said he isn’t worried about getting along with them. “I do what I think is right, and people respect me for it,” he said. Besides, Coyle said, partisanship doesn’t matter quite as much at the county level. There are K certain things the county has to provide, such as a home for the elderly and a means for incarceration, and it doesn’t matter what the ruling party is. The county portion of the tax rate is the smallest portion for any town, and Coyle said he would try hard to manage the funds they are given to work with. For him, it comes down to “wants” and “needs.” “I’m going into this making sure the needs get properly funded to get the job done,” he said. “I want to take a fresh look at everything - taxes are high for everyone.” If there’s money left over for a few wants, that’s fine, he said, but he doesn’t see all the “wants” being funded. In particular, Coyle said, he’s going to be looking at the biggest county expenses - the nursing home, human services, OBITUARY Naomi Haken Naomi Patricia Haken of Londonderry, 65, died Nov. 16, 2012 at the Elliot Hospital in Manchester with her family by her side. She is survived by her husband, Ludwig; children Timothy, Pamela, Brian, Kristofer, Gretchen, Rachel, Ludwig and Hans; and eight grandchildren and one on the way. A memorial service was held at Calvary Bible Church in Derry. Graveside services were held Nov. 19 in the New Hampshire Veterans Cemetery in Boscawen. The arrangements are in the care of Michaud Funeral Home, 32 Maple St., Wilton. To view an online obituary or leave a condolence, visit: www.michaudfuneralhome.com the jail and the sheriff’s office. The nursing home brings in some revenue from Medicare, Medicaid and private care services, and he’ll be looking at that offsetting revenue too, he said. Coyle will represent District 3, which includes Derry, Auburn, Londonder- ry, Candia, Chester, Deerfield, Northwood, Nottingham and Windham. The outgoing commissioners, Maureen Barrows of Exeter and C. Donald Stritch of Auburn, have been very helpful in the transition, he said. Though he won’t be sworn in until January, his work has already begun, Coyle said. “We are dedicating some time to it now, because the new budget is due Jan. 15,” he said. Coyle, a former Derry Town Councilor who chose not to run for reelection the last time around, said he plans to keep his job with Londonderry, and is sure it will work out. The LPD is open 24-7, he said, and if he has county business in the daytime, he will come over at night and work on paperwork for the prosecutor’s job. “It’s quieter then,” he said. that the burden of proof is on the applicant to satisfy all five of the variance criteria. Every single one of them - all five. If in the estimation of the zoning board the applicant doesn’t satisfy that, then you’re not to grant the variance. If they do satisfy all five, then you should grant the variance.” Brown added that the variance request from phasing and growth management was not in the spirit of the ordinance. Michael Thompson of 52 Perkins Road said he was opposed to granting the variances because the number of potential renters would have an impact on the school system. He said “a horrendous traffic problem at exit five (of Interstate 93)” would result from granting the variances. During his rebuttal, Leonard said the traffic issue would be addressed at the planning board and traffic issues at the end of Perkins Road were caused somewhat by current construction, which would alleviate problems when it was finished. He also said the issue wasn’t about density. ZBA member Larry O’Sullivan said it was his understanding that without the variances, the project would come to a standstill because it wouldn’t be profitable. Leonard responded that it would have to be reevaluated. During deliberations the spirit of the ordinance came up repeatedly and that the public interest of the ordinance was not being met. On reducing workforce housing from 75 percent to 50 percent, Neil Dunn, Larry O’Sullivan, Jim Smith and James Totten voted against the decrease, with Jay Hooley in favor. On increasing the number of units from 16 to 24 per building, Dunn, O’Sullivan and Smith voted against allowing the increase, and Hooley and Totten voted in favor. The entire board opposed allowing a change in phasing. ◆ ◆ Variances Continued from page 1 asked for those in favor of the project to come to the podium, no one did so. When the residents who were opposed were invited to speak, several abutters and residents took turns at the podium to address their concerns. 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But Kelsey graduated, and a coalition of area agencies and schools is working together to see that there are more Kelseys. Kelsey’s story is told in “Who Cares About Kelsey?” - a documentary by Dan Habib, filmmaker in residence with the Institute on Disability at the University of New T Hampshire. The film was shown Tuesday, Nov. 13, in the Stockbridge Theatre at Pinkerton Academy. More than 300 people attended the screening and stayed for a discussion with Carroll and her guidance counselor, Kathy Francoeur. The showing was sponsored by the Endowment for Health and hosted by the Regional Community of Practice, a collaborative project of health care, educational and social service organizations serving Derry, Londonderry, Hudson and Litchfield. Chris Harper, dean of academic affairs at Pinkerton, introduced Habib. A press release described the film this way: “Kelsey Carroll has one goal - to graduate from high school - and plenty of reasons why she shouldn’t. She has dealt with homelessness, self-mutilation and ADHD. ‘Who Cares About Kelsey?’ is the story of Kelsey’s transformation from a defiant and disruptive student to a motivated and self-confident young woman.” “This is the beginning of a discussion,” Harper said as he introduced Habib. “We talk about No Child Left Behind and we need to mean No Child Left Behind.” Harper referred to “community partners” and emphasized the fact that, “It’s not just Pinkerton doing something. We need to ensure that these students find success in education.” As Habib took the stage to introduce his film, he said the inspiration for this kind of documentary began with his own son Samuel, now a seventh-grader. Samuel has physical disabilities, and Habib shot “Including Samuel” as a way to explore “how we can be fully inclusive. All kids should be welcome in our public schools.” After “Samuel,” he said, he began to consider children with emotional and behavioral difficulties. “I wondered, ‘How can I show what it looks like to have a child with significant disabilities included?” he said. Somersworth is now a national model after reducing its dropout rate by 75 percent and its discipline rate by 50 percent, Habib said. The viewer meets Kelsey Carroll as she is driving to her part-time job in a local supermarket. “I think I scan my pillow in my sleep,” she says jokingly. She is funny, honest and achingly self-aware. “I have a lot of anger,” she says as she navigates the halls of Somersworth High School. “I don’t think, I just do.” She talks candidly about being caught with a controlled substance freshman year, though it turned out to be her own prescription medication. She is shown in class, with a counseling team, at home and in training with the Rollinsford Volunteer Fire Department. In her sophomore year the school introduced PBIS (Positive Behavior Intervention Support) and a PBIS component called RENEW, which focuses on at-risk students like Carroll. Principal Sharon Lampros says of Carroll, “She has the ability to become a champion of the underdog.” But Carroll has to fight her past and a good part of her present, noting in one poignant moment, “You don’t get your hopes up for anything.” Carol Van Loon, a Londonderry school staff member, wrote the grant for “Kelsey” and helped organize the conference. “New Hampshire is one of three study states developing this community of practice,” she said. “We hope it will serve as a model. We’re using the film as a catalyst for action at the local and regional levels.” Community partners were already in evidence as representatives of community agencies including The Upper Room, the Community Alliance for Teen Safety (CATS), the Center for Life Management and the New Hampshire Association of School Psychologists staffed tables in the lobby. The “conversation” will continue Jan. 17 at 4:30 p.m. in the Hudson Memorial School library. The snow date is Jan. 24. For more information about the documentary, visit www.iod.unh.edu/. ◆ ◆ Londonderry Fundraising Partners, Inc. Boosts Local Youth Programs ondonderry Fundraising Partners Inc., (LFP), a new nonprofit corporation, is launching its first event and providing an opportunity for businesses to connect with Londonderry youth organizations to raise money. The purpose of LFP is to serve as a resource to organize and promote fundraising for Londonderry youth programs. Participation is free and open to any business or Londonderry youth organization. The idea of LFP began in the fall of 2010 when LTown Garage in North Londonderry began a fundraising program with the Londonderry High L School Band to raise money for the band’s trip to the 2011 Rose Parade in Pasadena, Calif. L-Town provided a free car inspection to anyone who would donate the $29 inspection fee to the band. That program has continued and has raised over $20,000 for the LHS Band and Color Guard. The success of that program gave Mark Phillips, owner of L-Town Garage, the idea to encourage local businesses to offer similar programs. Although he and his business are not involved in the management of LFP, which is led by a Board of Directors, his business is participat- ing as a donor organization. “I think it would be great for the community to have multiple businesses offering programs, even with similar promotions,” Phillips said. “The goal is to support the youth of Londonderry.” LFP is launching its first community fundraiser - a tire program offered by L-Town Garage. When a customer purchases tires from L-Town, a portion of the sale - not less than $40 - is donated to a participating youth organization of the buyer’s choice. To participate in the tire program, contact L-Town Garage at 35 Coal Pocket Road, 505-4495 or Give Yourself the Gift of Safe Holiday Travel Get Great Pricing on Tires And Londonderry Youth Organizations Get a Donation! email: ltown.tiresforedu@gmail.com. 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And the funds raised through the event estimated by Honor Society faculty adviser and LHS English teacher Mary Shank to be around $2,000 - will go to the Manchester Animal Shelter. The annual tourney started out with 34 teams competing, but when there were just two left and all of the proverbial marbles were on the table, the Rancho Chupacabrajes’ squad defeated the Super Troopers in the title match on Nov. 14 to win the crown and the bragging rights that went with it. I “Super Trooper” Brian Greene winds up during the final match against the Rancho Chupacabrajes dodgeball team. Photos by Chris Paul The championship squad was made up of Stephen Wong, Tom Newman, Scott Hudson, Ryan Maloney, Kelly Smith, Mike Vitale, and Tommy Corey. The runner-up Super Trooper crew included Anthony Ferrara, Dylan Holland, Rob Hart, Kenny Desmarais, Brian Greene, and Tom Beedham. “By far one of the most exciting and surprising tournaments yet,” said Shank. “After doing this for six years, I saw some of the best upsets by underdogs ever. It really made for a very entertaining four days of competition. I was also thrilled to see a greater showing of parents out to support their kids. That’s always a great thing to see.” The final night of the event also received exposure this time around by LHS teacher Karen Robinson and her broadcasting students covered the lateround action live on LEO. And as always seems to be the case, many of the LHS students on the different teams showed imagination and a sense of humor in naming their squads. 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And the girls, their coaches, and their parents shouldn’t have any difficulty remembering the season for multiple reasons. The local organization, which provides cheerleading alternatives for T children in grades three through nine, had its Blue and Silver cheer contingents put forth noteworthy finishes at a number of competitions during the recently-completed campaign. The Blue squad for young ladies 10 and under, led by head coach Shawna Howard and her assistant coaches Jackie Curran, Marissa Lucci, and Lizzy Domingue, finished first at the London- derry Fall Classic, second at both the Bedford Season Premier tourney and the Stacy Stott Tournament, and third at the Derry Harvest competition and the Reggie Lewis Tournament. That contingent’s cheerleaders included Sydney Rankin, Alexandra Kelly, Mikayla Cantone, Olivia DeAngelis, Cassidy Douglas, Alana Mobbs, Nicolette Brunelle, Sara Campagna, Grace Casarano, The Blue Lions’ ‘Silver’ team, made up of young ladies aged 11 to 13, was more than a little impressive at numerous tourneys in Londonderry and a distance away this season. Courtesy photos Ashley Greenwood, Hayleigh Haynes, Alanna McGinty, Olivia Musto, Madison Rankin, Jade Secchiaroli, Arianna Squeglia, and Katie Sullivan. 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The LGA established the scholarship to honor Kelly, who has given countless hours of service to Londonderry’s soccer programs. Sailor was chosen based on a written essay in which she described how soccer has influenced her life both on and off the field. Kenny Desmarais, who spent three years on the W Londonderry High soccer stalwarts Tori Sailor, left, Kenny Desmarais, and Aimee Charest won awards at the LHS boosters' awards event recently. Flashy Runners Londonderry North School fifth graders Lilly Law, bottom row, second from left, and Cailin Borovicka, back row, fourth from left, contributed to the Granite State Flash Bantam cross-country squad’s victory at the USA Track and Field New England Cross-Country Championships in Amherst recently. Borovicka was 26th overall and Law was 31st, and their performances helped the team advance to the Region 1 Championships on Long Island. Courtesy photo ERIK E. 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The athletes performed a variety of services, including picking up trash, organizing library books, and weeding flower beds. All of Londonderry High’s soccer squads both varsity and sub-varsity - did extremely well, with the varsity contingents getting deep into their state tournaments. It’s YOUR car, CRAIG B. PEABODY h Caring Since 1933 f LHS boys’ varsity soccer squad, received the Brian Hanafin Memorial Scholarship. Desmarais was selected by boys’ varsity coach Jeff Colbert for making contributions to the LHS soccer program in a way that reflects the spirit and character of Brian Hanafin, a former LHS soccer player who passed away in 2004 after a battle with a brain tumor. Hanafin was a graduate in the class of 2000, a tri-captain of the soccer team and, in 1999, an AllNew England soccer selection for New Hampshire. He went on to play soccer at Plymouth State College, where as a freshman he was named that school’s men’s soccer rookie of the year. 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Brasssard’s bunch boasted plenty of talent, including strikers Elijah Ellis, Cody Woods, Max Hastings, and Lewis Carroll; midfielders Keith Foley, Scott Beedham, Alex Champa, Tom Cranmer, Jonah Bencal, Scott Lynch, Andrew Brunelle, Nick Brodeur, and John Derhak; defensemen Amir Daouk, Keegan Krawic, Andrew Tharrington, Alex Young, Casey Tardif, Luke Charbonneau, and Brendan Enwright, and goalie Keith Weidner. When thinking back on his contingent’s 15 per- formances of the campaign, Brassard pointed to his squad’s efforts in a 2-1 edging of those archrivals from Pinkerton Academy as being among the best. “What made the Pinkerton game special was coming back after being down 1-0 in the first three minutes of the game due to a penalty,” he said. And summing up the big picture, Brassard was ◆ more than a little happy with how his charges had blended by the time the campaign ended. “Overall, I was very pleased with the way the team came together. At the start of the season, we had a lot of individual talent. By the end of the season, we had come together as a team, trusted each other, and our possession improved as a result,” he said. “It was a great season.” ◆ Lady Lancers’ JV Soccer Squad Wins Lots And Grows CHRIS PANTAZIS LONDONDERRY TIMES Signin’ on the Line Londonderry High School pitching standout Ryan Moloney signs his letter of intent to attend and play hardball at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst this past Monday, Nov. 19, at LHS. In the photo below, the talented right-handed pitcher poses with his proud parents, Jim and Colleen Moloney, moments after making his signing official. Moloney has been a key member of coach Brent Demas’ Lancer pitching staff for several seasons. Photos by Chris Paul ————––––––————–◆ he Londonderry High School girls’ varsity soccer team is losing some heavy-duty talent to graduation in the spring. But judging by what the Lady Lancers’ junior varsity soccer squad accomplished this fall, there will be plenty of talent lined up to step into the void at the varsity level in 2013. Coach Dan Alexander’s LHS junior varsity booters posted an exceptional, 12-1-2 record, and repeated as the state’s JV champs as well. And they showed the kinds of talent and determination that would make any T coach happy to have them under his charge. The squad was led by captains Jamie Cava (a junior), Rachel Stevens, and Kassie Moore (both sophomores). The contingent also included senior Steph Peters, juniors Beth Griffin and Andrea Falcon, sophomores Sara Bell, Chelsea Lewis, Leanna Geiger, Chelsea Austin, and Becky Walker, and freshmen Breda Holland, Emily Davison, and Jackie Luckhardt. “I was thrilled by the strength and determination that the girls showed throughout the entire season,” said coach Alexander. “Not only was the team blessed to have such great captains, there were many others that contributed to this great season.” And honing in on just one or two high-points of the successful campaign wasn’t at all easy for the coach. “There were many highlights over the season, from a nine-game win streak to exchange student Andrea Falcon scoring her first goal in the United States, and capping the season off by winning the Division I JV state championship for the second straight year with a 2-0 victory over rival (Manchester) Central High School,” said Alexander. ◆ L O N D O N D E R RY T I M E S ◆ N OVEMBER 22, 2012 PA G E 17 Athlete Overcomes Cancer, Credits Mind And Body Discipline JAY HOBSON LONDONDERRY TIMES ————––––––————–◆ arbara Woo, 45, is a devoted woman. She devotes everything she has to what she does, whether it’s kickboxing, bodybuilding, mixed martial arts or dance, and in all of them she excels. Together with her husband, Roger, she teaches kickboxing at Woo Kickboxing in the Apple Tree Mall. Woo was diagnosed with breast cancer in April 2011 and she devoted herself to getting through it. “I went in for a routine mammogram and there was something funny on the mammogram that required additional testing, and shortly after that I got the phone call from my doctor saying that the tests revealed that I had Ductal Carcinoma in situ, better known as DCIS, and that I had to have surgery to have it removed,” Woo said. The surgery didn’t get all the cancer, however, and she was back on the operating table two weeks to the day after her initial surgery. After the second sur- B gery, Woo had to endure 37 days of radiation therapy. “This November is one year of my being cancer free,” Woo said. Woo said the only day of class she missed during her cancer fighting experience was the day she went in for surgery. “I refused to let cancer take me down. I decided that I had too much to live for,” Woo said. Woo is a petite yet muscular woman. A former ballet dancer, she loved to dance and from an early age studied ballet. She taught ballet when she was 16 years old. Barbara Woo and her husband, Roger Woo, are picShe is also a former tured at their gym. Photo by Jay Hobson Miss Hawaiian Tropic, has fought using mixed mar- trainer and when she first visit, the trainer said tial arts in a cage, and went to see her on the that Woo should comteaches kickboxing. She placed in body building competitions a mere 11 weeks after answering an ad inviting her to join a gym. “Four months ago I received a gift certificate in the mail for lifting weights at a workout facility and I thought, ‘I think I’ll do that,’ I’ll go join and you know, just to tone up my body,” Woo said. Woo hired a nutrition pete. After a day of training Woo said, “Why not. I’ll try it. I’ll step out of that box just like I preach about.” For her body building competition, her husband, Roger, was her weight and physical trainer. She dropped 16 pounds and reduced her body fat to competition requirements. She eats healthy and credits that and her physical regimen, positive thoughts and focus with helping her stay healthy. She entered two competitions in five divisions. At the 2012 Granite State Open Body Building and Figure Championships, Woo placed second and fifth. At the 2012 INBF “Monster Mash” Body Building, Bikini, Figure and Fit Body Championships, Woo placed second in Masters Women Figure, fourth in Fit Body Tall and fifth in Open Women Figure Tall. Woo said she tells her students they need to step out of their comfort zone and “put the blinders on.” Her philosophy is noted on a sign over a door at the kickboxing studio that reads: “I can do this if I make myself do this.” Her husband and her three children are Woo’s life. Like the rest of her accomplishments, there’s only one word that fits her feelings for her family and theirs for her - devotion. Open House Bamboo Natural Beauty Salon held its fifth annual Open House Saturday, Oct. 27. Among the offerings were complimentary skin care treatments, massage therapy, Yoga classes in the atrium, charitable raffles, and trick-or-treating on Main Street. 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Councilor Tom Dolan asked Hart for input regarding whether to forego bonding and put money into road work. Finance Director Susan Hickey said she believed the theory is if they were paying for debt, then the town was paying interest, and with all the bonds that were being entered into, eventually the town would be paying more in interest than it would be worth. By putting money into a trust fund each year, they would get to a level where they wouldn’t be paying debt service interest and other bond issuance costs. Hart said that the big three departments - fire, police and public works are where the money is. He said he didn’t include the library because the library staff agreed to voluntary cuts by not taking Cost of Living Adjustment (COLA) increases and merit increases totaling $22,500. Councilor Joe Green asked if that was in addition to the $8,000 the town asked for from the library, and Hart replied that it was “a double dip.” Budget Committee member Chris Melcher asked if there were employee reductions for the town, and Hart replied that under options one and two, there were none ◆ N OVEMBER 22, 2012 but under option three, there was a reduction of one person either from police or fire. Melcher asked if it then made sense to have a warrant article requesting a police officer when one of the options was to cut a position. Hart said that everything was on the table, but he agreed with Melcher’s assessment. According to Hart, if the police were to hire an uncertified recruit officer, salary would be $49,000 with benefits, retirement at $12,000, health insurance at $9,000, dental at $500 and other benefits to total $76,966. 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The amount to allocate would be approximately $100,000.” Farrell summarized by saying the town had taken a $452,000 downshift from the state. “We’ve taken $275,000 increase in health benefits for a total of $727,000,” he said. “We now asked for $150,000 below default, and taking into consideration that we don’t want to cut too deep or too far.” He would like Hart to return next Monday with a budget $100,000 below default, with Hart and Hickey to decide where that is going to come from. All council members agreed. Responding to a Saturday question about the increase in Tax Collector /Town Clerk retirement, Hart said Monday night, “As the council is aware, the retirement accounts have increased based on the assessments given to the town by the New Hampshire Retirement Assessment system. Those increases are not just pertinent to police and fire, they are also pertinent to civilian employees, and those increases were reflected in the town clerk’s budget.” In other business at Monday’s meeting: • Hart said he was looking into bathroom repairs at the Senior Center. “Initial concern was that given the age of the building itself, it’s not as simple as simply repairing the bathroom because the corridor has some concerns in the sense that it may not be ADA (Americans with Disabilities Act) compliant,” he said. “We need to replace them,” Councilor Jim Butler said. • Hart, in his role as police chief, recognized several police officers, part of his effort to let the council and residents “know of some good things that have happened in the police department.” At Monday night’s meeting, Hart recognized recently hired police officer Narcisso Junior Garcia, who is currently attending the police academy; officer Jake King, who reinstituted the Police Explorer program; Sgt. Shannon Coyle, the first female to be promoted to the ranks of supervisor; and Sean Doyle, who was promoted to the rank of Detective. Hart also introduced members of his command staff: Captains Gerry Dussault, Bob Michaud and Paul Fulone, and recognized Sergeant Patrick Cheetham for making sure that the outstanding jobs that staff do is recognized. • Mike Speltz, a member of the Master Plan Steering Committee and an alternate on the Conservation Commission, told the council it is difficult to have one person do the job of two people. He asked the council to restore the full capacity of the planning staff, which has not had a director since Andre Garron resigned. Noting that the town is updating its master plan and is in the midst of reviewing the Woodmont Planned Use Development, he urged the council to “take whatever expeditious action you can to restore our planning staff to full capacity.” ARE DEBT COLLECTORS HARASSING YOU? 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Web Registration Link: http://seacoastunitedstorm.com/Tryouts/ For more information see our website SeacoastUnitedStorm.com or contact Drew Warwick at DWarwick@SeacoastUnited.com or Carl Ashley at CAshley@SeacoastUnited.com ◆ L O N D O N D E R RY T I M E S Londonderry Police Log Selections from the Londonderry Police Logs Tuesday, Nov. 13 11:25 a.m. Theft of chainsaw at Burger King, Nashua Road. 1:52 p.m. Burglary reported on High Range Road. Wednesday, Nov. 14 12:30 p.m. Renee Dionne, 30, 51 South Road, Londonderry arrested on warrant for Simple Assault and Obstructing Report of Crime or Injury. She was released on $2,000 personal recognizance bail, with Derry District Court date of Dec. 10. 4:28 p.m. Theft of wallet from car yesterday at Cracker Barrel Ole Country Store, Nashua Road. Thursday, Nov. 15 6 a.m. The Woodworks on North Wentworth Avenue reports two trucks had about 180 gallons of diesel taken from the tanks. One truck was at North Wentworth Avenue and the other at Delta Drive. 1:45 p.m. Officer reporting hunter close to Londonderry Middle School, Mammoth Road. 3:01 p.m. Caller on Hovey Road reporting hunters on his property, he told them to leave, and they responded with obscene ◆ N OVEMBER 22, 2012 comment. Officer located hunters’ vehicles. 4:48 p.m. Thomas Rugo, 65, 9 Ridgemont Drive, Londonderry turned himself in on warrant for Criminal Threatening (intimidation, etc.). No bail or court information provided. 5:08 p.m. Kevin J. Malone, 2 Nutfield Drive, Londonderry arrested following motor vehicle accident at Wendy’s on Nashua Road. Suspect vehicle left and headed west on Route 102. Complainant followed him, and they Working on the Rail Trail Twenty volunteers turned out last Saturday to cut down trees, clear brush and tackle an overgrown jungle on the Cohas section of the Rail Trail in north Londonderry. In 2013, the goal will be to remove the tracks and improve drainage in a few spots. About 1,500 linear feet of trail was cleared, with an additional 500 feet cleared two weeks earlier. The clean-up was orchestrated by Londonderry Trailways, and some volunteers with the Derry Rail Trail Association Courtesy took part as well. photo pulled onto Palmer. Officers attempted to stop vehicle but it continued moving. Vehicle stopped in Hannaford parking lot. Malone was arrested for Disobeying an Officer, Driving While Intoxicated (second offense), Open Container of Alcohol, and Conduct after an Accident. He was released on $10,000 personal recognizance bail, with Derry District Court date of Dec. 10. Friday, Nov. 16 7:43 a.m. Kevin Michael Landry, 39, 174 South Road, Londonderry turned himself in on warrant for Unauthorized Use of Propelled Vehicle/Rental Property. Bail was set at $5,000 personal recognizance plus $40 bail commissioner fee, with Derry District Court date of Dec. 10. Saturday, Nov. 17 12:25 a.m. Loud party reported on Coteville Road. Police found nothing loud. 10:02 a.m. Criminal mischief reported on Orchard View Drive. 3:27 p.m. Vehicle on fire in road at Nashua and Mammoth roads. 7:29 p.m. Jason R. Palmer, 35, 15-B Reed St., Londonderry arrested for First Degree Assault, Simple Assault, Criminal Threatening (use of deadly wea- PA G E 19 pon) and Criminal Restraint. Bail was set at $5,000 cash, which he was unable to post. He was then transported to the Rockingham County Jail in Brentwood to await arraignment in Derry District Court on Nov. 19. 10:27 p.m. Theft of services reported at 501 Pizza & Subs, Mammoth Road. Sunday, Nov. 18 8:08 a.m. Michael D. Austin, 49, 43 West Rosedale Ave., Manchester arrested on Londonderry warrant for Conduct After an Accident. He was released on $1,000 personal recognizance bail, with Derry District Court date of Dec. 10. 12:19 p.m. Burglary reported on High Range Road. 1:34 p.m. Sick fox reported on Chase Road. 2:16 p.m. Caller reported hunters on caller’s property on Mammoth Road. Monday, Nov. 19 9:35 a.m. Harley D. Valley, 17, 12A Auburn Road, Londonderry arrested at Londonderry High School, Mammoth Road on Londonderry warrant for Simple Assault and Disorderly Conduct. Bail was set at $2,500 personal recognizance plus the $40 bail commissioner’s fee, with Derry District Court date of Dec. 3. “A Taste of Home for the Holidays” Londonderry Times Reaches every in Londonderry, every week! 537-2760 • ads@nutpub.net Located in Londonderry, NH Just off Rte 102 Preschool, Kindergarten Enrichment After School Program Serving Moose Hill, Matthew Thornton, North and South Londonderry Schools • Highly qualified, credentialed teachers • Individualized attention and small class size • Varied, challenging activities to grow minds, bodies, esteem and character! • Comfortable, home-like atmosphere • Natural and traditional outdoor classrooms • Math, reading, fitness, music, cooking, science and more! Quality rating for NH Serving Families throughout Southern NH since 1989 www.applewoodlc.org • 603-434-3139 Open through the Holidays 9 - 6 p.m. Daily - Apples - Cider - Squash - Pies - Gift Baskets 230 Mammoth Rd. (Rt. 128) Londonderry 800-479-6225 or 603-434-7619 www.macksapples.com ◆ PA G E 20 L O N D O N D E R RY T I M E S ◆ N OVEMBER 22, 2012 AROUND TOWN Submissions: Our Around Town Section is reserved for public service announcements as well as non-profit events and activities. If you have an Around Town submission, it should be e-mailed to londonderrytimes@nutpub.net. Make sure you put “Around Town submission” in the subject line. Due to space limitations, we are unable to publish every submission we receive, subsequently, your entry may be edited for length (maximum of 85 words). The editor determines what is published. Due to the high volume of submissions, the editor is unable to respond to every e-mail received. The Greater Londonderry Chapter of Business and Professional Women (BPW) holds its 14th annual holiday charity auction Dec. 5 at 6 p.m. at the Yard Restaurant, 1112 Mammoth Road, Manchester. All proceeds will benefit the YWCA Crisis Center, which provides direct services to victims of domestic violence in the Greater Derry and Manchester Area. Auction items are donated by businesses in the Greater Derry and Manchester areas. Attendees are requested to bring an auction item to the event such as business products, holiday items, gift certificates and services. To attend the fundraiser or donate items, contact Carolyn Travers at 661-7690 or synergieessentials@yahoo.com. 121), and Sunday, Dec. 9, at 4 p.m. at Londonderry United Methodist Church, 258 Mammoth Road. The concerts are free; a free-will offering is accepted. Refreshments will follow each concert. For more information, call Beth at 432-4786. Friends of Library Crafts The Friends of the Londonderry Leach Library’s annual Holiday Craft Sale is now on display at the Library. The items include spoons with various cocoas, teas and coffees, along with handmade poinsettias, scented soaps, beaded angels, and all natural sweet potato dog treats, all for $2 each. Chocolate spoons and Scandinavian “Good Luck” seed packets are $1 each. Library tote bags are also for sale. Interfaith Choir Concert Lessons and Carols The Interfaith Choir presents “Rejoice and Be Merry” on Saturday, Dec. 8, at 7 p.m. at Hampstead Congregational Church, 61 Main St. (Route The St. Jude Parish adult choir will present the 12th annual Advent Lessons and Carols on Sunday, Dec. 9, at 4 p.m. at the church, 435 Mammoth Road. The concert will feature traditional and contemporary Advent music and readings from Sacred Scripture heralding the expectation of the birth of Jesus Christ. This spiritual musical event is an opportunity to slow down from the busyness of the season and reflect on the true meaning of Christmas. The concert is free. First Saturday Devotions Women of all ages are invited to join an Advent Prayer Service on Dec. 1, to walk through the Old Testa- ment in preparation for Christmas. During the morning participants will be honoring Our Lady at First Saturday Devotions at St. Patrick Parish, Main Street. Pelham in the Knights of Columbus Hall. The program begins with Mass at 8 a.m., followed by the Rosary Boy Scout Troop 1910 from Londonderat 8:30 a.m. and a potluck ry recently hiked Mount Monadnock starting from Gilson Pond. Pictured with breakfast. Adoration will be the rocky peak in the background are Patrick Strong, from left, Ryan Ziegler, available before Mass at Tristan Crane, Trevor Pascarelli, Alan Rankin, Nick Codner, Alex Hawk, and 7:30 a.m. in the chapel. For Sean Daley. To see additional photos or to learn more about the troop, visit more information, call Linda Courtesy photo http://www.troop1910.net/. at 930-6436 or email WomenOfMaryNH@yahoo.c om. To carpool from Londonderry, call Christine at mostly from 6 to 8 feet in comedy and incorporates p.m. Friday, Nov. 30, at Lon437-2866. length and freshly cut in audience participation and donderry Middle School for North Stratford, will be volunteer assistants. The grades 7 and 8. Admission is Santa Live available, along with a good program is open to all ages. $6. Drinks and snacks will be Santa and Mrs. Claus will selection of 9-foot and taller Advance registration is sold. be visiting the Londonderry premium trees and a few required and begins at 9 Access Center on Saturday, smaller trees, including a.m. Monday, Dec. 3. To reg- Poinsettia Sale The YMCA of Greater Dec. 15, from 1 to 3 p.m. “Charlie Brown” size. The ister, call 432-1127 or stop Londonderry is selling poinKids can visit and tell Santa Knights, assisted by several by the Children’s Room at settias to help support its what they want for Christ- Confirmation students, will the library. Reach Out for Youth and mas live on CTV-20. Santa be selling trees on SaturFamilies campaign this holiwill be giving out goodies days and Sundays from 9 Lions Christmas Trees and telling stories, and kids a.m. to 6 p.m., and Mondays The Londonderry Lions day season. From now until can sing their favorite through Fridays from 6 to 8 Club’s annual Christmas Nov. 30, purchase poinsetChristmas carols. This is an p.m. until they are gone. All tree sale begins Friday, Nov. tias and 50 percent of the opportunity to get a picture trees are usually sold out by 23, at the Lions Hall, 256 sale will directly support of your child on Santa’s lap, mid-December. All proceeds Mammoth Road. The trees the community. Fill out an and it is free. For questions, go directly to charities and are fresh from Vermont. All order form at the YMCA of call the access center at 432- organizations supported by sizes, including tall trees, Greater Londonderry’s Wel1147. the Knights of Columbus are offered. Some local come Desk at 206 Rockingand St. Mark’s Parish, which delivery can be arranged. ham Road. For more inforK of C Christmas Trees serves parts of Londonder- All proceeds from the mation, call the Y at 437St. Mark’s Council #10488 ry, Windham, and Hudson. Christmas tree sale goes to 9622. of the Knights of Columbus Lions Club charities, most presents its biggest fund- Magic Show of them in Londonderry. Hoedown Leach Library presents a raiser of the year, its 23rd Magician Andrew Pinard Soup Kitchen food donajourney to the Old West on annual Christmas Tree Sale. will be at the Leach Library tions are also being collectMonday, Nov. 26, from 4 to 5 The sale begins Saturday, on Monday, Dec. 10, from 4 ed. p.m., for stories for children Nov. 24, at Chuck’s BP Sta- to 5 p.m. performing “Aleof legends from the Old tion on Route 102 (Nashua jandro’s Olde Tyme Magik Middle School Dance Road), between Dunkin’ Showe.” Performed in a A Middle School dance West. The program finishes Donuts and Crossroads style reminiscent of the hosted by Londonderry with a campfire sing-along. Mall. Over 400 top quality Vaudeville era, the show Police Explorers Post 1137 All participants will receive native balsam fir trees, blends classic magic and takes place from 7 to 9:30 a red bandana. Advance reg- S S R E R N N A BBA IDED -S E L G IN S • R O L O C 4 Z VINYL PRINTED ON 13 O Mountain Hikers PRICING BPW Auction 2’x3’ 3’x4’ 3’x8’ ices include design, Pr $90.00 printing and deliver y! $110.00 For more information, call $160.00 537-2760 ◆ L O N D O N D E R RY T I M E S istration is required. To register, call 432-1127 or stop in at the Children’s Room. ‘Nutcracker’ The New England Dance Ensemble’s “The Nutcracker” takes the stage at the Windham High School Theater on Saturday, Nov. 24, at 7 p.m., and Sunday, Nov. 25, at 2 p.m. This full-scale holiday production includes a cast of 100, featuring American Ballet Theater and Broadway stars from New York City. For more information, visit www.NEDE.org. For tickets from $20, visit www.tix.com or call 1-800595-4TIX. N OVEMBER 22, 2012 (DD form 214), dependent bury Road or Wiley Hill Email membership card to the Vet- Northmomsclub@gmail.co erans of Foreign Wars or m or visit www.momAmerican Legion. Pre-regis- sclubofnorthlondonderry.w tration is required. To locate eebly.com for more informaa class, visit aarp.org/finda- tion. course or call 888-AARPUsed Toy Sale NOW (888-227-7669. A used toy sale takes MOMS Club of North place in the basement of St. Thomas Aquinas Church on Londonderry The MOMS Club of Crystal Avenue in Derry on North Londonderry meets Dec. 1 from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. several times a week to sup- All toys are in good to great port mothers who are home condition. All proceeds will during the day with their fund the St. Thomas food children. Playgroups, park pantry. days, field trips, service projects and Mom’s Night Women’s Pick Up Out are among the activities Basketball Londonderry Adult Reoffered. Mothers who live north of Ash Street, Pills- creation sponsors a wo- Free Classes for Veterans ID card (DD Form 1173) or Road are invited. In recognition of veterans and their service, the AARP Driver Safety Program is offering its Driver Safety classroom refresher course free to all veterans as well as active military personnel, regardless of age, throughout November. The offer, which waives the normal course registration fee, is available to anyone who served or has served in any branch of the military, National Guard or Reserves. Spouses, including widows, also are eligible. On class day it will be necessary to present a form of military identification such as a military ID, discharge papers ◆ PA G E 21 men’s pick up basketball night every Wednesday at North School at 7 p.m. This is not league play, so participants do not have to commit to attending every week. No specific talent level is required and there is no charge. For more information, call Michele at 540-0881. strengthen relationships. Contact Pastor Dave Harrison at 432-4630, for more information. Historical Society The Londonderry Historical Society meets the third Tuesday of each month downstairs at the Leach Library. For more information, visit: www.Marriage Mentors Londonderry Christian Londonderryhistory.com. Church has Marriage Mentors certified in using the MOMS Club of South Prepare/Enrich® Inventory Londonderry to help people build a The MOMS Club of Lonstronger marriage. 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BAILEY and through her husband, Dave, got an offer of loaned trucks from McDevitt Trucking Company in Manchester. Then the real miracle began. DeLuca and the Citarellis originally planned on filling a boxcar with donated food, warm clothing and medical supplies for Hurricane Sandy survivors in New York and New Jersey. But their collection stirred Granite Staters from Bradford to Keene to Portsmouth to Salem, and developed into Operation New Hampshire Cares. The DeMoulas family offered 12 of their Market Basket stores to serve as drop-off locations, and 12 other local businesses, strategically placed throughout the state, joined up. The program drew in everyone from a Salem Cub Scout troop to the Malden Mills factory, which donated “a ton” of fleece blankets, DeLuca said. The collection overflowed from the boxcar to a tractor-trailer truck, also loaned by McDevitt, DeLuca said. “We were overwhelmed,” he said. They had to turn potential donors away at the end, he said, because there was no room in the trucks. “We had 24 pallets, stacked to the gills,” he said. DeLuca and his partners knew they didn’t just want to drop the items at a warehouse. “We wanted it to be personal,” he said. They delivered part of the load to a charity called Grandma’s Cupboard in Toms River, N.J., and took 437-5855, ext. 7223 between 9 a.m. and 3 p.m. No child continued from page 21 will be seen without an times a week for play dates appointment. and other outings with the children. If interested in partic- Clothing Ministry Donations of children’s ipating, contact SLMOMSClub@gmail.com or visit www.mo- clean, wearable clothing of all sizes maybe brought to 5 mscluboflondonderry.org. Isabella Drive. In addition, baby equipment, sheets, Child Find Londonderry School Dis- blankets, backpacks, and trict offers a free community kids’ shoes are also acceptChild Find program for all ed. This is the St. Gianna’s Londonderry residents age children’s clothing ministry 2 1/2 through 5 years 11 in the Londonderry/Derry months who are suspected and Manchester communof having vision or hearing ities, and all items collected problems or developmental are brought to established concerns. Child Find takes outreach programs and place at the Londonderry given to the needy. Call Liz Early Education Program with questions at 437-6678. (LEEP) at Moose Hill School, 150 Pillsbury Road, on Dec. Toys for Tots Pack and Ship London6, and Feb. 7 and April 4, 2013. Parents of preschool- derry at the Postal Center in ers are encouraged to the Crossroads Plaza is schedule an appointment accepting donations for by calling Kathy Kelley at Toys for Tots now through Dec. 15. Toys for Tots collects new, unwrapped toys and distributes them as Christmas gifts to less fortunate children in the community. Toys for Tots is in need of toys for teenage boys and girls, although any donations are appreciated. Pack and Ship Londonderry is open Mondays through Fridays from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. and Saturdays from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. NUTFIELD NEWS ——◆—––– eil DeLuca never thought he’d have to turn people away from stuffing an 18wheeler with goods for people affected by Hurricane Sandy. He just wanted to help. DeLuca, a local businessman, knew he had to do something after the Halloween hurricane that passed over New England lightly, but devastated the mid-Atlantic states. “I knew I had to help them out,” he said in a phone interview. He became worried when he went on Facebook to locate friends from New Jersey, and saw the images of destruction and loss. He contacted a friend, Glennis Citarelli, N Around Town Christmas Open House Saturday Dec. 1st 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday Dec. 2nd 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Handmade Balsam Wreaths • Pure NH Maple Products Syrup - Cream - Candy - Sugar Maple Gift Baskets & Specialty Products For more info call (603) 887-3672 or visit www.folsomsugarhouse.com Office Closure Town Offices will be closed from 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 6. Town Hall will re-open at 12:30 p.m. to conduct regularly scheduled town business. Neil DeLuca and Londonderry Times Publisher Deb Paul load items into a vehicle headed to New Jersey to help Hurricane Sandy survivors. The Londonderry Times office was a collection site for DeLuca. Photo by Jim Lockwood the rest of it to the Harmony Masonic Lodge, also in Toms River. The response of those receiving the donations Band at Monarchs touched their hearts, DeLuca said, and he’s happy to have helped. The disaster also awakened a desire to help more on a local level, he said, and all leftover items will be delivered to the New Horizons Homeless Shelter in Manchester. sections 203, 204 and 225 to the general public. These tickets are available at a discounted price of $12 (face value $20) and can be purchased by contacting Mary Wing Soares at 247-1679 or by email at mjws2000@ gmail.com. Tickets will also be available Wednesday, Dec. 5, before the Friends of Music meeting at 6:30 p.m. at Londonderry High School and on Thursday, Dec. 6, during band rehearsal from 6 to 7:30 p.m. Hampstead Road, Derry. After a business meeting, the program will be “Our Annual Greens Workshop,” with members sharing greens and arranging centerpieces and wreaths. A casserole luncheon and optional cookie swap are planned. Members will donate to the Food Pantry. The Derry Garden Club is a member of the New Hampshire Federation of Garden Clubs, Inc. (District IV), New England Region, and National Garden Clubs, Inc. For information about joining the club, call 432-7195 or visit: derrygardenclub.org. The next scheduled meeting will be March 1. On Sunday, Dec. 9, at 3 p.m. at the Verizon Wireless Arena, not only will the audience be treated to hockey between the Manchester Monarchs and the Worcester Sharks, but they will also be entertained by Londonderry High School’s marching band and color guard, over 300 members strong. They will fill sections 201, 202 and 226, creating a patriotic vision of red, white and blue, fitting for those playing the National Anthem to Garden Club start off the game. The The Derry Garden Club marching band and color meets Friday, Dec. 7, at 10 guard will take to the ice to a.m. at the Boys and Girls perform during the first Club of Greater Derry, 40 intermission, as has become tradition. 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