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Great Northwoods Journal
December 29, 2012
Obituaries
Bobbie Pollard
NORWICH, Conn. — Mrs.
Bobbie Pollard of Westwood
Park, Norwich, passed to the
next world on November 26,
2012. She was born July 19th,
1914 in Thomaston, Ga., to
Robert and Carrie Chaney, the
oldest of their seven children. As
a young woman, she moved to
Columbus, Ohio, to study clothing design, followed by a twoyear apprenticeship and professional study of finish tailoring.
She worked for several years in
an exclusive tailor shop. After
her daughter's tragic death,
Bobbi moved to Brattleboro, Vt.,
as a pioneer for the Baha'I
Faith. She worked as a tailor
and taught fitting and alteration classes for 10 years. In
Brattleboro, she met and married Lisle Pollard. They moved
to Lancaster, N.H., where she
opened her first dress shop in
1955. In 1957, she bought her
own building and opened The
Hideaway Dress Shop, which
she operated for 44 years. An
active member of the community, Bobbie sponsored fashion
shows to benefit the Girl Scouts
and other community groups.
She was a member of the
Business and Professional
Women (B&PW) for 55 years,
including two years as president
of the Lancaster chapter and a
term as statewide Membership
Chairman. For 30 years, she
served as the B&PW “Santa
Claus”, visiting local nursing
homes. She was named B&PW
“Woman of the Year” in both
1977 and 1997. She was also an
active member of the Chamber
of Commerce. In 2000, Bobbie,
closed her shop and moved to
Norwich, where she cared for
her sister Sarah Gilliam during
Sarah’s final illness. A devoted
member of the Baha'i Faith,
Bobbie had been active in Baha'i
communities in Ohio, Vermont,
New
Hampshire
and
Bobbie Pollard
Connecticut. Mrs. Pollard’s husband Lisle Pollard, her daughter
Carrie Jones, her sister Sarah
Chaney Gilliam, her brother
Emery Chaney, her sister Anna
Mae Robinson, and her brother
Charlie Chaney predeceased
her.
She is survived by her
beloved foster daughter Laurie
Powell Isenberg and granddaughter Sarah Isenberg of
Tyrone, Penn., her sister Mrs.
Rosalie Carter and her brother
Mr. Willie Chaney both of
Thompson, Ga., several nieces
and nephews, and a great many
friends. A funeral service was
held on Thursday, November 29,
at Fulton-Theroux Funeral
Home, 181 Ocean Ave., New
London, CT 06320. Interment
followed
in
Maplewood
Cemetery in Norwich, Conn.
Please visit www.fultontherouxnewlondon.com for directions and more service information. Donations may be made in
her memory to the American
Heart
Assoc.
at
http://www.heart.org/HEART
ORG/Giving/ForIndividuals/
MemorialsandTributes/Memori
a l s - a n d Tributes_UCM_001141_SubHo
mePage.jsp
Eva Alice (Frizzell) Knowlton
KEENE — Eva Alice
(Frizzell) Knowlton, formerly of
Groveton and North Stratford
died peacefully at the Keene
Genesis Center in Keene, where
she has been a resident since
2010. She died just one day
before her 89th birthday.
She was born on December
24, 1923 in Colebrook, a daughter of Albert Frizzell and Marcia
(Terrill) Frizzell. She lived most
of her life in the Groveton/North
Stratford area.
Eva was the lead cook for the
Groveton Senior Meals for many
years.
She is survived by her husband of 70 years Clement
Knowlton of Keene; sons Arnold
Knowlton of Westminster, Vt.;
Roger Knowlton of Mesa, Ariz.,
and Stephen Knowlton of
Swanzey, N.H. Her father
Albert Frizzell, her mother
Marcia Dingman and several
brothers and sisters, predeceased her.
Services will be held at a later date at the convenience of the
family. Arrangements are
entrusted to the care of the
Armstrong-Charron Funeral
Home in Groveton. To send the
family your condolences via the
online register book, one may go
to, www.armstrongcharronfu neralhome.com
GROVETON — Scott Alin
Bartlett, 39, of Preble Street in
Groveton died peacefully at his
residence on December 22, 2012
after a very long and courageous
battle with cancer.
He was born on January 1,
1973 in Lancaster, a son of
Cecile A. and Vera I. (Kelly)
Bartlett.
Scott attended Stratford
Schools and received his GED
Certificate from Groveton High
School. Over the years, he
worked as a cook at the Cabot
Inn; as a contractor for En-compass Inc. in Manchester, and for
Northwoods Wood Working in
Lancaster. Scott loved music
and was the bass player for the
Th13rteen Years Band. He was
so dedicated that even though
he had to sign himself out of the
hospital against doctors’ orders,
he still played for the
Northumberland Fall Fest in
September. Music was Scott’s
second love in life, his children
being number one; he was
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Scott Alin Bartlett
Scot Alin Bartlett
always there for his children
and supported them in everything they did. He was always
there for family and friends and
would help in any way possible.
He will be deeply missed by his
family and friends.
Scott is survived by his parents, Cecile and Vera Bartlett of
Stratford; his wife Karen
(Chaisson) Bartlett and son
Jake Bartlett of Groveton; son
Kade Bartlett; daughter Meagan Bartlett and their mother
Amanda Brown, all of Groveton;
son Matthew Bartlett, and his
mother Kristina Day of Lisbon;
his siblings Barbara Worster
and husband Gary of Guildhall,
Vt.; Norman Bartlett and wife
Diane of Stratford; Gregory
Bartlett of Groveton; and
Lorraine Bartlett of Stratford;
his father and mother-in-law
Lucien and AnnMarie Chaisson
of Milan and sister-in-law Lynn
Chaisson of Milan.
At Scott’s request there will
be no calling hours. A memorial
service was held on Friday,
December 28, at 1 p.m. at the
Armstrong-Charron Funeral
Home in Groveton.
Scott requests that in lieu of
flowers, memorial donations be
made to the Oncology Department at Weeks Medical Center,
c/o Kathy St. Onge, 173 Middle
Street, Lancaster, NH 03584.
To send the family your condolences via the online register
book, one may go to, www.arm strongcharronfuneralhome.com
Stay Safe on the Ice
In winter, before you venture
out onto any frozen pond or lake
to ice fish, snowmobile, ski or
snowshoe, play it safe by following these important guidelines
for ice safety:
It is not advisable to drive
vehicles onto the ice.
If on foot, carefully assess ice
safety before venturing out by
using an ice chisel or auger to
determine ice thickness and
condition.
Continue to do this as you get
further out on to the ice, because
the ice thickness will not be uniform all over the waterbody.
Though all ice is potentially
dangerous, the U.S. Army Cold
Regions Research & Engineering Laboratory in Hanover,
N.H., offers a "rule of thumb" on
ice thickness: There should be a
minimum of six inches of hard
ice before individual foot travel,
and eight to ten inches of hard
ice for snow machine or AllTerrain Vehicle travel.
Remember - thick ice does
not always mean safe ice! Ice
can be thick, but not strong,
because of varying weather conditions. Weak ice is formed
when warming trends break
down ice, then the slushy surface re-freezes.
Be especially careful of areas
with current, such as inlets, outlets and spring holes, where the
ice can be dangerously thin.
Stay off the ice along the
shoreline if it is cracked or
squishy. Don’t go on the ice during thaws.
Watch out for thin, clear or
honeycombed ice. Dark snow
and ice may also indicate weak
spots.
Small bodies of water tend to
freeze thicker. Rivers and lakes
are more prone to wind, currents and wave action that
weaken ice.
Don’t gather in large groups
or drive large vehicles onto the
ice.
If you do break through the
ice, don’t panic. Move or swim
back to where you fell in, where
you know the ice was solid. Lay
both arms on the unbroken ice
and kick hard. This will help lift
your body onto the ice. Carry a
set of ice picks; they can help
you pull yourself out if you do
fall through the ice; wear them
around your neck or put them in
an easily accessible pocket.
Once out of the water, roll away
from the hole until you reach
solid ice.
Ice safety is also very important for snowmobilers. Don't
assume a trail is safe just
because it exists; ask about trail
conditions at local snowmobile
clubs or sporting goods shops
before you go.
To download the brochure
from N.H. Fish and Game,
Safety on Ice - Tips for Anglers,
v
i
s
i
t
wildnh.com/Fishing/Fishing_P
DFs/Ice_Safety_Brochure.pdf .
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stand the subjective experience
of coping with a brain disorder,
problems in maintaining selfesteem and positive identity,
gaining empathy for the psychological struggle to protect one’s
integrity in mental illness.
There was one class dedicated to communication skills,
which covered how illness interferes with the capacity to communicate, learning to be clear,
how to respond when the topic is
loaded, and talking to the person behind the symptoms of
mental illness.
Self-care was another class,
which was learning about family burden, sharing in relative
groups, handling negative feelings of anger, entrapment, guilt
and grief, and how to balance
our lives.
Program
participants
learned about key principles of
rehabilitation and model programs of community support, a
first-person account of recovery
from a consumer guest speaker.
The final class was on challenging the power of stigma in
our lives, learning how to
change the system, and they got
to meet and hear from people
advocating for change.
Annette Carbonneau pre-
sented each in the class, a
“Family-to-Family Education
Program”
Certificate
of
Achievement and commented on
what each one contributed to
the program.
Lucille Cameron presented
each member with a folder of
information she collected over
the years. She has worked
relentlessly through the years to
secure appropriate services for
North Country persons with
Mental Illness, including her
own son. She was instrumental
in bringing the N.H. Alliance for
the Mentally Ill to the North
Country, and has always been a
support to families affected by
Mental Illness.
You’re People Too
I cry for joy, God
You have given me back
Your love, your forgiveness
You were there when I was near
the finish
You are here with me today
I am Mentally Ill, Lord,
And have been for many years
I have been so lost, sometimes
Even lost in my own home
I offer up my cup to You,
O Lord
Please love me, Jesus,
And the millions like me
I am one of your people, too
Jesus, don’t forget to leave some
room for me…
Composed by a member of
the Family Support Group for
the Mentally Ill
Anyone wishing more information about the program, may
contact Annette Carbonneau,
Community and Volunteer
Developer at 603-225-5359 or by
email at acarbonneau@NAM INH.org.
Great Northwoods Journal
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December 29, 2012
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Winter is here! Cheap, mounted,
radial truck tires. 10-22.5 four winter recaps. 2 new steer tires.
Tread excellent 70%-80% left.
Package deal $600 firm. Call 1802-676-2659.
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Honda Snowblower Model HS55,
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Serviced regularly. $500 or BO.
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Any VHS film taken of the Grand
Prix or early snowmobiling. We
will treat all films with care. Call
788-2291.
(1-15tfn)
Paying cash for old watches and
pocket watches (working or not).
Gold silver, old religious items,
Masonic and military items,
knives, swords, pocket knives,
American and foreign coins/currency. (603) 747-4000.
(3-2)
Firearms wanted. Cash paid for
used firearms. All types shotguns,
rifles and handguns. Do not have
to be in working order. (603) 7564235.
(6-23EOW)
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sale, 427 Granby Road, Guildhall,
VT. (802) 328-2013.
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Tree-length firewood for sale.
Please call (603) 788-3765.
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Lancaster. In-town, 2nd floor, 2
BR apartment. $800 monthly,
includes heat and hot water.
References required. First and
last monthʼs rent before occupancy. No smoking, no pets. Quiet
and responsible tenant, please.
Call 603-788-4025.
(1-12)
Lancaster. Large, newly remodeled, 1st floor apartment, 2 BR
with extra large kitchen. Includes
heat and garage for parking.
Walking distance to town. No
pets. No smoking. Sec. dep.
required. $675. (603) 788-2424.
(12-29)
Vermont. 2 bdrm. duplex located
in private rural setting. $750/mo.
No utilities included. Contact
Pelletier Property Management
603-444-6999 or email
pellproperties@hotmail.com
(12-1tfn)
Whitefield. (2) 1 BR apartments.
Heat and hot water included. Pets
considered $600 mo. (603) 9910264.
(12-29)
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Cut, Split, Delivered
Storage
Storage units for rent. Rte. 3,
Northumberland. Secure, convenient location. Assorted sizes.
Competitive pricing. Pay 6
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Potato Barn Antiques, 603-6362611.
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Lancaster. One bedroom apartment, quiet area, heat and hot
water included. No pets and no
smoking, must have ref. $500
plus security. Call 603-788-4179.
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Lancaster. Lg. 1 BR apartment,
and a 2 BR apartment, downtown. $550 mo. Pets considered.
(603) 991-0264.
(12-29)
Whitefield. Newer building. 2 BR
apartment, refrigerator and stove,
hookup for washer and dryer,
heat and hot water. $700 a month.
No pets. (603) 616-5383. (1-12)
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Dishwasher,
fridge,
microwave and kitchen stove
included. No pets. $675 mo. Sec.
dep. required. (603) 788-4663.
(12-22)
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WHITE MOUNTAINS REGIONAL
SCHOOL DISTRICT
2012-2013 School Year
COACHING
WHITEFIELD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
98-B Main Street, Lancaster, NH 03584
 Baseball Coach
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(603) 837-2528
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Positions Open Until Filled
EOE
College credits ------------(Continued from Page 5)
tel Descoteaux, Lindsey Desrochers, Olivia Frable, Molly
Galasyn, Benjamin Hampton,
Tiffany Harrington, Savanah
Hatfield, Tucker Huntoon, Daniel Johnson, Montana Keddy,
Mckayla Keeble, Benjamin
King, Conner Lane, Paige Libby, Brooke MacKillop, Kelsey
Mccullough, Mathew Monahan,
Alexandra Morris-Doyle, Brandon Morrissette, Jacob Moyer,
Daniel Noyes, Amanda Rines,
Joseph Roberge, Kathryn Rod-
rigues, Kelsie Schanlaber, Nicole Schmidt, Patricia Spearin,
Meredith St. Cyr, Eryn Voigt,
Nikolas Wert, Amanda Wetherbee, Peter Wilkinson, Brandi
Wise
In January, Groveton High
and White Mountains Regional
students will be bringing home
registration materials that will
give them additional opportunities to increase the number of
transferable college credits on
their WMCC transcripts by participating in Running Start
spring semester options at their
high schools.
Great Northwoods Journal
December 29, 2012
Winter calendar ----------(Continued from Page 3)
We will embrace the chilly season with some seasonal stories
and a wintery craft. This story
hour is for children ages Grade
K-2 and pre-registration is
required.
On Saturday, January 12 at
10 a.m. is the Doll Club Annual
Tea Party. Girls are invited to
bring their doll or a special
stuffed animal for some tea and
treats. We will brainstorm ideas
about what we would like to do
for the year. Children ages five
years and up are welcome and
pre-registration is required.
January 29 will be a day of
Snowman Crafts at 3 p.m. We
hope it will snow, snow, snow, so
we can do some activities outside. Winter apparel is required.
All children ages Grade K and
up are welcome and pre-registration is required.
Then on Tuesday, February
12, at 3 p.m. is a Valentine’s
Story Hour. We will celebrate
the holiday with stories and a
craft. All children ages Grade K2 are welcome and pre-registration is required.
WonderPlay continues every
Tuesday at 10 a.m., for ages
birth-three. It is a program that
promotes language and movement. It is full of fingerplays,
songs, movement and a story.
After each session, the children
are invited to have a goldfish
snack. Come join a great group!
Wednesdays from 3-4 p.m. is
Lego Club. Children under the
age of seven, must be accompanied by an adult. Children are
invited to let their creative
juices flow and build. Pre-registration is required.
Story hour for children ages
3-5 years is Thursdays at 10
a.m. Each week we will have
books, songs, and a craft based
on a theme.
Fridays from 3-4 p.m. is
Game and Puzzle Day for children of all ages. Play a game
with a friend or challenge yourself to a puzzle. Children under
the age of seven must be accompanied by an adult. Pre-registration is required.
Children coming to the
library from the Lancaster
School can take Bus 54 with
written permission from a parent or guardian.
For more information, please
contact Ronnie Zajac, Youth
Services Librarian, at the
Weeks Memorial Library 7883352 or email: wml@ncia.net.
Check out our website week slib.org and Facebook.
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comprised of a large maple sap
tank sitting on a small trailer
with a perforated metal pipe
applying heated water evenly to
the ice surface and then spreading it with a three-layer towel
FIVE
By Steve Bissonnette, AAMS
Political Risk
One of the risks associated
with investing overseas is
‘Political Risk’. Specifically, it
means that if you own securities from other countries, you
are subject to the political and
legislative changes of that
country. In my opinion, if I
was a politician and I could
find a way to increase revenue
by taxing foreigners—I might
just do it—especially if I was
short-sighted like most politicians are. Here are a few
developments for 2013. None
of them are earth shattering,
but they do give examples of
how political changes can
affect you.
Investors
who
own
Canadian, or other foreign
stocks, may have noticed that
there is a withholding on their
dividend payments. What you
may not know is that the
default tax rate is 25%; this
amount is reduced, thanks to
a treaty between the United
States and Canada. In the
past the address information
on file with your broker was
considered adequate to establish residency, effective in
2013 you’ll have to file some
forms to establish that you
are eligible for the reduction.
The paperwork must be filed
before the dividend record
date or you will pay the
default tax rate.
On a similar note, there
are some possible Financial
Transaction taxes on purchases made in the European
Union that would apply to
American Depository Receipts
and locally traded securities.
In France there is currently a
.2% withholding on purchase
transactions,
and
other
nations may follow suit. This
is mostly for information and I
don’t believe there is anything
to ‘do’ about this. I mention it
here because, in my mind, the
door is opening to new taxes
and fees on overseas investments; and in the long run
that would seem to be the type
of thing that affects cost and
returns.
Finally, if you hold tax free
Puerto Rico bonds you will
note that these have been
downgraded from Baa1 to
Baa3. As a general thing, you
might expect the market value of these bonds to fall as
they approach a drop from
investment grade to speculative (they are not there yet) –
but I’m guessing you won’t see
a big drop because the market
has already priced in this
information. Either way, to
me this is a ‘to-do’ item.
Discuss your holdings with
your Advisor, and remember
that insurance on a bond is
only as good as the insurer.
If any of the issues I mentioned concern you, I would
advise speaking with a qualified tax professional. Your
Financial Advisor should also
be able to give you the information that pertains to your
holdings.
International and emerging market investing involves
special risks such as currency
fluctuations and political
instability and may not be
suitable for all investors.
LPL Financial
Member FINRA SIPC
steven.bissonnette@lpl.com
applicator. It is little wonder
these rigs are dubbed “backyard
Zambonis.”
The benefit of the hot water
is that it bonds with the existing
ice layer and flows better at cold
temperatures than cold water
from a hydrant and fire hose,
thus making a level and ultrasmooth surface.
Of course cold temperatures
are needed to bring all these
improvements into play.
To house the tractor and tank
the shed has been finished off
allowing secure storage of the
rink’s snow blower, tractor and
ice scraping equipment.
Also new this year will be
new floor coverings over the concrete floors. This is an inadvertent upgrade, as we were a few
days late returning heat to the
interior of the shack and the
frost plug blew out of the plumbing when temperatures dropped
over an especially cold week in
November, soaking the existing
rugs.
Added too will be goal covers,
called Shooter Tutors, that cover most of the goal mouth with a
goalie likeness painted on heavy
vinyl fabric with holes in each
corner and between the goalie’s
legs (the so-called 5-Hole) forcing players to hone their aim
with their hockey shots and
allowing hockey games to proceed more or less realistically,
even without goalies playing.
Last year’s experiment in
covering the rink with white
tarps prior to laying in ice was a
partial disaster, and this year
we are using narrow tarps only
to seal the juncture of the sideboards and the asphalt base
held in place by yellow kick
plates that provide a consistent
rebound of the puck off the
boards at ice surface.
What backfired last year was
air got trapped under parts of
the tarp creating an insulated
air bubble where ice would simply not freeze and bond to the
base surface resulting in holes
and choppy ice in those areas.
This year, we will experiment
with a sprayed on coating of
basically liquid lime, which
coats the ice with a white surface that repels the sun’s rays
and lowers the ice surface temperature by as many as 20
degrees on a sunny, winter day.
This is critical to extending the
short (about six-week) skating
season by keeping the ice cool
when the higher, warmer
February sun raises the surface
temperatures
dramatically,
even on an otherwise cold day.
“Our goal is to stretch the season to February school vacation,” said Mr. Riviere hopefully, adding, “but this year school
vacation is the last week of
February, a real stretch for outdoor rinks given the warmer
winter trends of late.” The
whiter surface also improves the
effects of overhead lighting
making the rink brighter in the
dark of night.
Mr. Riviere added, he hopes
to post rink conditions on a
Facebook page that folks can
turn to for current information
about conditions, curfews, special events, youth skills training
and the need for volunteers to
assist in the upkeep. He hinted
that there may be a curfew
placed on rink use to lower the
high cost of running the lights
late
into
the
night.
Consideration also is being given to putting the lighting on a
timer to limit use when no one is
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playing. A daily tally sheet
could be added to the rink shack
to keep track of usage numbers,
important to grant funders.
If anyone would like to volunteer to help with ice making,
snow removal or other aspects
at the rink, please contact Mr.
Riviere. He indicated that contributions of hockey pucks for
general use by the skating community and metal snow scrapers
are needed. Perhaps a handful
of friends could combine to buy a
100-puck bucket to contribute.
He has contact numbers for an
arena catalogue supplier for all
gear related to rink operations.
If anyone has a piece of unused
chalkboard slate about threefoot
by four-foot, that they could
offer, it would be a useful message board at the rink.
Until a FaceBook page is
established Mr. Riviere can be
reached at 631-0217. Please
observe the No Skating and
Keep Off signs and please stay
off the ice surface when it is covered with snow, slush or rainwater.
The Lancaster Skating Rink
and Skateboard Park is a project of White Mountain Police
Athletic League and is supported by a small town appropriation, occasional grants and the
generosity of many volunteers.
Nominations ---------------(Continued from Page 1)
Program. Her enthusiasm has
benefited many organizations
and helped her to engage many
others to become volunteers in
the community.
This year CCFHS will again
award a high school girl from
the Androscoggin Valley with
the “Young Leadership” award,
as part of the Sylvia Evans
event. The 2012 awardees were
Jaylan Parent-Ongel from
Gorham High School, Kellee
Heinemann from Community
Bible Academy and Shannon
O’Neill from Berlin High School.
Any group or individual
wishing to make a nomination
may do so by sending a written
description of the nominee’s contributions over the past several
years in this region (with
emphasis on volunteer activities) along with the nominee
name, address, telephone number and email address to: Coos
County Family Health Services,
Attn: Sylvia Evans Award
Committee, 54 Willow Street,
Berlin, NH 03570.
The deadline for nominations
is Thursday, January 31st. For
more information please call
Volunteer Coordinator Linda
Blanchette at (603) 752-3669, or
email lblanchette@ccfhs.org.
Teen programs ------------(Continued from Page 5)
Chef Valentine’s Edition. The
first teen iron chef was so much
fun we decided to do it again.
This time it’s a Valentine’s Day
theme. Sign up for the challenge
today and see who the Teen Iron
Chef will be. Pre-registration is
required.
Please let us know if there is
something you are interested in
learning or the library could
provide. Would teens like a book
club, or some version of a book
club? Drawing club? Music club?
We are always looking for ideas.
To register or for more information, please contact: Ronnie
Zajac, Youth Services Librarian,
Weeks Memorial Library,
Lancaster, 603-788-3352 or
email: wml@ncia.net
Class offered --------------(Continued from Page 1)
ent by 8:15 a.m.; late arrivals
will be denied certification.
The course is presented by
the New Hampshire Fish and
Game Department, the New
Hampshire Trappers Association, and U.S. Department of
Agriculture-Wildlife Services.
A Wildlife Control Operator
license is required for anyone
planning to provide commercial
nuisance wildlife control in New
Hampshire, except for licensed
trappers during the regulated
trapping seasons. As part of the
WCO licensing requirement,
you must complete the daylong
WCO class given once a year in
Concord, as well as successfully
completing a Fish and Game
Trapper Education certification
course.
The WCO training class
includes presentations on the
capture and handling of wildlife,
humane and ethical concerns,
relevant New Hampshire state
laws and rules, federal rules
covering certain species, wildlife
diseases, best management
practices and proper trapping
techniques. For more information and a full agenda for the
WCO
class,
visit
http://www.wildnh.com/Wildli
fe/wildlife_control_ops_class.ht
m.
—N.H. Fish and Game Dept.
McMann obit --------------(Continued from Page 2)
Lancaster; his aunts Catherine
Webster of Florida, Bethany
Bronson of Stark and Cora
Bronson of Littleton and several
cousins.
He was predeceased by his
father on June 5, 1974, his
mother on January 1, 2007, his
brother William “Wild Bill” McMann on May 3, 2009 and his
Uncle Robert Bronson on
August 27, 2004.
A memorial service will be
held on Saturday, January 5, at
11 a.m. at the Armstrong-Charron Funeral Home in Groveton,
with Pastor Aaron Cox of the
Groveton United Methodist
Church, officiating. Inurnment
will be in the spring in the
Northumberland Cemetery.
To send the family your condolences via the online register
book, one may go to, www.arm strongcharronfuneralhome.com
Gilbert obit------------------(Continued from Page 2)
three brothers, Theodore, Jr.,
Gordon, and Richard; and a son,
Walter “Mackie” McComiskey in
1988.
There will be no public calling hours. A graveside memorial
service with military honors will
be held in Pittsburg at the
Indian Stream Cemetery in the
spring.
Expressions of sympathy in
memory of Dean may be made
for the purpose of research into
Parkinson’s
Disease
at
Dartmouth-Hitchcock (made
payable to the DartmouthHitchcock
Annual
Fund
(DHAF), c/o Amy Schrom, Office
of Development, Hinman 7070,
Dartmouth-Hitchcock,
One
Medical Center Drive, Lebanon,
NH 03756-0001.
Condolences may be offered
to the family on-line by going to
www.jenkinsnewman.com.
Funeral arrangements are
under the direction of Jenkins &
Newman
Funeral
Home,
Colebrook, NH.
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Great Northwoods Journal
December 29, 2012
George Glidden’s birthday celebrated at Mud Pond
JEFFERSON — Saturday,
December 1st, a small band of
merry hikers celebrated George
Glidden’s 87th birthday with a
short jaunt into the observation
platform at Mud Pond, part of
the Pondicherry Wildlife Refuge
of the Conte National Wildlife
holdings.
Made up of a bevy of hiking
buddies who have accompanied
George for decades, plying the
many trails and hikes in New
Hampshire’s White Mountains
and Vermont and Maine, as well
as several colleagues from volunteer stints with the Heritage
Trail in Whitefield and
Lancaster, the crew hiked in,
laden with cake, berries, cheese,
crackers, a spot of wine, hot coffee and bonhomie.
Though chilly with a light
snow underfoot, the group
enjoyed the gathering and
reunion of many old friends
scattered to the winds.
Attending were: Mary Ellen
Cannon, Cindy Robertson,
Lawrence Underhill, Lucy
Wyman, Peggy Smith, Marcella
Nugent, Helen Couture, Sandy
Bergquist, Peter Riviere, King
George
and
Mocha
the
Dachshund.
Historically, the celebration
has been held atop a peak on
one of the group’s many
serendipitous hikes, but assembling the group has become a
logistical feat in itself taking
belated celebrations into the
colder months.
Glidden, one of the inveterate
Kneeling in front is Peggy Smith. In back from left to right are: George Glidden, Lucy Wyman, Cindy Robinson, Mary Ellen
Cannon, Marcella Major, Lawrence Underhill, and Helen Couture.
outdoorsmen of the area, can be
seen in warmer months riding
his bicycle in the environs,
snowshoeing and skiing in the
remaining six months of the
year.
He retired from NYNEX
some 20 years or more back,
where he was a linesman.