Nutfield News 07/17/2014 - Nutfield Publishing, LLC
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Nutfield News 07/17/2014 - Nutfield Publishing, LLC
Hometown News Delivered Free of Charge July 17, 2014 FREE Publication PRESORTED STANDARD US POSTAGE PAID LONDONDERRY, NH 03053 Permit #57 ECRWSS POSTAL PATRON DERRY, NH 03038 EAST DERRY, NH 03041 • Volume 10 - Issue 27 Serving the Derry Area Town Council Satisfied with ‘Do It Yourself’ Search KATHLEEN D. BAILEY NUTFIELD NEWS ——◆—––– They have no regrets. Town Council members involved in the search for a new Town Administrator said this week that their Do It Yourself approach to the process is working and an extension of the search will bring the right candidate to them. The Council began the process in earnest at the end of April to replace John Anderson, who terminated his relationship with the town last October. Using an aggressive schedule developed by member David Fischer, they advertised in May, began reviewing resumes in June and brought two finalists before the community and town staff on June 19. The Council intended to present a new Administrator by July 1. But after discussing the two finalists, Richard Brown of Massachusetts and Stephen Eldridge of Maine, they announced in a special meeting July 7 that they were reopening the search. Council Chair Mark Osborne said there were no particular red flags where Brown or Eldridge was concerned; they just weren’t right for Derry. “They were both wellqualified, both good candidates and we enjoyed our time with them,” Osborne said in a phone interview Friday. “But we determined it was best to reopen the search.” Nothing to cause alarm came from their background checks, Osborne added. The reopened search will include advertising in the same places as before, with one deletion. “That site only brought us one resume,” Osborne said. While some Councilors and Acting Town Administrator Larry Budreau initially advocated hiring a search firm, the Council eventually agreed to try it on their own. Osborne said he still thinks that was the best course. “The community, the staff and the Council are better situated to know what the town needs,” he said. The search firm staff “doesn’t live here, doesn’t do business here, doesn’t know what goes on,” Osborne said. The vote was unanimous to reopen the search, continued on page 3 More Parking Sought for Center for Life Management KATHLEEN D. BAILEY NUTFIELD NEWS ——◆—––– A busy mental health center may see an improvement in its parking for clients and staff, after the Derry Conservation Commission reviewed a request for more parking spaces at its July 14 meeting. Luke Hurley of Gove Environmental Services and Chris Tymula of MHF Design represented Centerpoint Management, owners of the Center for Life Management at 10 Tsienneto Road. While the Conservation Commission did not mark any red flags, it delayed crafting a formal approval until after a site walk scheduled for July 23. Hurley said the intent of the owners was to increase parking in the rear of the building. “There is the existing two-story building, then it drops down in the back and goes up again,” he said. “Our intent is to put a strip of parking in the back. At peak hours it maxes out and you’ve got people parking on the grass or waiting in line for someone to pull out.” Tymula said the net increase from the parking spaces would be 53 new spots in front of the wetland crossing, and reducing five existing spaces to make a total of 174. But member Dennis Wiley said that when the project was originally ap- proved, there had been plans to make a footbridge across the wetland crossing and to landscape a park on the other side. “One of the major issues,” Tymula said, “is that the Center for Life Management (CLM) is a nonprofit. They felt it was too costly to install a bridge.” Tymula said the design team went to the Technical Review Committee on June 27 and at that time, the Department of Public Works expressed concern about the three culverts planned. “Since that meeting, we’ve looked at it and reduced the three to two, or maybe even one simple box culvert,” he told the Commission. continued on page 6 Kids’ Play Taylor Library in East Derry hosted its annual Summer Carnival Night outdoors last week, giving youngsters a chance to participate in more than a dozen activities. They included “Fishing in the Great Barrier Reef,” pictured above. See story and additional photos pages 2 and 3. Photo by Chris Paul. Possible Shortage in Federal Funding Would Impact I-93, 4-A KATHLEEN D. BAILEY NUTFIELD NEWS ——◆—––– State Sen. Jim Rausch, R-Derry, is confident that the widening of Interstate 93 from Windham to Manchester, and the accompanying proposed Exit 4-A, will be built in spite of a possible shortage in federal funding. Rausch was the main architect of the 4.2 cent-pergallon gas tax increase, which was signed into law by Gov. Maggie Hassan in May and went into effect earlier this month. The increase, the first in New Hampshire since 1991, is intended to pay for the widening of I-93 and the building of Exit 4-A, both of which are in the current 10- year Highway Improvement Plan but, until the gas tax increase, were unfunded. The gas tax increase is expected to pay for $200 million of the $250 million project, with funding from the Federal Highway Trust Fund for the remaining $50 million. But the Highway Trust continued on page 6 Page 2 Nutfield News • July 17, 2014 Taylor Kids Enjoy Carnival Games The annual Carnival Night at Taylor Library in East Derry attracted a crowd of youngsters last week. More than a dozen activities were offered, with plenty of prizes to go around. Clockwise from above left, Freyja Renouf checks out the Duck Pond; Shawn Morency fishes in the Great Barrier Reef game; Isaac Proctor races his mom, Nicole Roberts, in the sack race; Peter Singster plays in the Pirate Coin Toss; Maggie Harrington gets a cat face painted by Hailey Dimambro; and Ethan Photos by Chris Paul Alshech plays Ring Toss. Conservation Commission Endorses Multifamily Complex KATHLEEN D. BAILEY NUTFIELD NEWS ——◆—––– The Derry Conservation Commission has given its endorsement to a proposed multifamily complex at the junction of Kendall Pond Road and Magnolia Road. Engineer Eric Mitchell appeared at the July 14 Conservation Commission meeting to represent the developers of the property, which is Tax Map 21 Lot 37. Mitchell said there would be 18 parking spaces under the building and a total of 43 in all. He said snow storage would be to the north of the sedimentation pond. Mitchell said there was enough room for snow, though in an unusual year the management would take out any overflow, he added. Several members expressed concern about snow storage. Chairman Margaret Ives pressed for clarification DENTIST Now Accepting NH Healthy Kids Cleanings • Fillings • Crowns • Root Canals Extractions • Dentures • Implants Most Insurances Accepted • Financing Available M. Samaan, DMD New Patients Welcome! 182 Rockingham Road, Londonderry, NH (603)437-8204 www.milesofsmilesnh.com as to whose responsibility it was to take out any excess snow. “Would it be the condo association’s responsibility?” she asked. “If there is a condo association,” Mitchell responded. “We’re not sure yet if this will be condos or rentals.” But he promised an entity would be in charge. Member Riccardo Buzzanga expressed concern that the excess snow would “end up in the neighbor’s yard.” He proposed extending the fencing to the north side of the snow storage area, and Mitchell said this was possible. Member Richard Tripp asked what medium would be used to melt snow and ice in the parking lot. “Do you intend to use salt?” he asked. “It’s a discussion worth having,” Ives said. “What is the alternative?” Mitchell presented potassium chloride as an option, and members expressed approval. “If there’s anything better, you’ll find it,” Ives said to Mitchell. Member Eileen Chabot asked what was going to be in the infiltration trenches and Mitchell said it would be crushed stone and silt. The Commission voted unanimously to have Ives sign the plans, with the caveats that the catchbasin be maintained, potassium chloride be used instead of salt, the fence be extended, the stormwater management plan be firmed up before going to the Planning Board, and infiltration trenches be included in the stormwater management plan. WE BUY: Copper, Aluminum, Heavy Metal, Light Iron and Brass for CASH 135 Island Pond Rd. Derry WE SELL: Used Auto Parts 603-216-6331 We Pay the Highest Price for www.weberautoparts.com Scrap Metal & Junk Vehicles Nutfield News • July 17, 2014 Page 3 ‘Small Town Feel’ at Taylor Library Carnival KATHLEEN D. BAILEY NUTFIELD NEWS ——◆—––– Freyja Landers-Renouf, 4, got up from the face-painting booth at the Taylor Library Carnival and ran to her mother, Marla. “I got a heart!” she said, pointing to her cheek. The annual Carnival, on Thursday, July 10, showed a lot of heart and hometown fun as it drew parents, grandparents and most importantly, children to the shaded parking lot behind the antique brick building. Children tried their hands at oldfashioned games as parents visited and younger siblings watched from their strollers. Staff and volunteers could be spotted by their acid-green T-shirts proclaiming the Summer Reading Program’s science theme, “Fizz! Boom! Read!” As she set up the prize table, Chil- Council continued from page 1 Osborne said, adding that he is optimistic. “We hope to have an announcement by mid-September,” he said. Councilor Joshua Bourdon, who works in the staffing industry, initially advocated that the Council try doing it themselves, and then turn to a search firm if no appropriate candidate came up. He has since decided to continue with the Council-driven search, he said in a phone interview Friday. “This process is working and I’d like to continue with it,” Bourdon said. “I think it is absolutely working and we have evidence of it working,” Bourdon said. “It’s important to dren’s Librarian and Assistant Director Fran Mears said the tradition was started by former director Marge Palmer. Director Linda Merrill staffed the registration table, where children received a check-off sheet for the games they played. Completed sheets were redeemable for prizes that included sun catcher kits and other craft projects, stickers, Matchbox cars - and, most importantly, books. Shawn Morency, 5, looked over the prizes with his grandmother Deborah McMahon. McMahon, who lives nearby, said it was their first time at the Carnival, but that they go to Story Hour and other events at the library. “We try to go to all the things they have,” McMahon said. Shawn said, “I liked the get the right person in here we’re willing to take all the time we need.” Bourdon said the process has worked so far for three reasons. First, he said, “I like the fact that the people who apply do it on their own accord.” They aren’t being pushed or coaxed by a “headhunter,” according to Bourdon. “They take the first step, and they’re showing initiative.” He also thinks the process is working because while the Council does the initial review of resumes, the staff and public are involved through the stakeholders’ forums. “We have multiple stakeholders giving their input,” Bourdon said. While the forum June 19 didn’t pack the hall, he said many of his constituents took the option Polar Express - and the hot chocolate!” Adam Burke, 16, and his brother Nick, 11, are alumni of Story Hour, the Carnival and Polar Express, and they come back every year to vol- unteer. “It’s fun seeing the little kids having fun,” Adam said, “and it’s cool to give back.” “My favorite game was the beanbag toss,” Nick said, adding, “I won a book one year.” Last week their givingback began with making balloon animals and hats. The two Burkes and their mother, Kim, a library trustee, twisted balloons under the direction of 11-year-old Ben Borges. Ben’s sister Emily ran one of the games, and his mother, Wendy, joined the balloon-twisting group. “Kim roped me in,” she said with a smile. Barbee Harrington of Chester was also a lastminute volunteer, taking over a duck pond game when she saw the need. “We live in Chester, but we come to Story Hour here,” Harrington said. “We very much enjoy it here - the staff seems to really like the kids.” Children tossed beanbags into squares, fished for rubber duckies, lined up for face painting and temporary of watching it on Derry Community Television. The interview and public forum process also works because it puts the candidate in multiple lights, according to Bourdon. “They show us their writing skills with the cover letter, their private speaking skills in the interview, their public speaking skills in the community and staff forums,” he said. Bourdon, who was elected this past March, found himself involved in the Council search a little more than a month later. He has no regrets there either, noting, “That’s why I ran for Council. I wanted to help the town find a leader that is worthy of us and well-qualified.” Bourdon has high praise for the other freshman Councilor, David Fischer, who developed the schedule and acted as facilitator. Initially, he recalled, Fischer had been an advocate of the search firm option. “Initially, he did not want to do it this way,” Bourdon noted. “But when the vote was cast, he got on board and he led the way. He has shown tremendous leadership.” Fischer, the administrator of the first search, has no regrets either. While he initially advocated for a search firm based on his experiences as a school superintendent, he said Friday that he still thinks having the Council do the search is the way to go. Fischer created the first schedule for finding an administrator and tweaked it for the reopened search. It will be essentially the same timeline as the first search but with different dates, he said in a phone interview. The posting of the job went out July 9, with a deadline of Aug. 15. The Council will review resumes on their own time, with all resumes kept in a secure spot in the Council office, and on Aug. 18 they will hold a nonpublic session to go over the applications and determine their semi-finalists. They will update the public on the search in their Aug. 19 regular meeting, and report on the number of applicants. Isaac Proctor plays with an old-fashioned toy at Taylor Library’s Carnival Night last week. Photo by Chris Paul Great Homes for Sale! 42 Forest Street, Londonderry, NH 118 Fordway Extension, Derry, NH 298 Winding Pond, Londonderry, NH 1 Edgewood Street, Derry, NH 11 Lady Slipper Lane, Chester, NH 437-4447 $279,900 $259,900 $148,400 $239,900 $259,900 Homes of New Hampshire Team Keller Williams Realty Metro-Derry Cheryl Waitt www.homesofnhrealty.com Broker-Mega Agent RENTALS NEEDED, MANAGEMENT AVAILABLE FREE tattoos. They slipped into Blue Seal Feeds sacks for the sack races. They checked games off their list or, in the case of the smallest children, their parents did it for them. As shadows gathered under the trees, the sound of spring peepers came from the nearby woods, and some of the littlest children fell asleep on a dad’s shoulder. Parents made plans for kids’ playdates or compared vacation plans. Children redeemed prizes. And staff member Linda Serafini waited at the picnic tables with bottles of water and individual bags of chips. As she twisted yet another balloon, Kim Burke said, “This event typifies the spirit of Taylor Library. It’s that small-town, intimate feel. It’s one of the reasons I’d like to see the library continue.” See photos on page 2. They will hold private interviews with the semi-finalists Aug. 26, 28 and 30 and announce their finalists in the regular meeting Sept. 2, with stakeholder meetings set for Thursday, Sept. 4. As before, town staff will meet with the finalists in the afternoon and the public will be able to question them in the evening. On Saturday, Sept. 6, the Council will hold a nonpublic session to review the finalists’ interviews and live interaction with community and staff, Fischer said. The Council will do background and reference checks, and hopes to announce its choice Tuesday, Sept. 16. 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 Page 4 Nutfield News • July 17, 2014 Letters Editorial No Easy Task Hiring a town administrator or manager is never easy. But what we’re seeing in Derry now, and what happened recently in Londonderry, makes it a whole new ballgame. In Londonderry, the town didn’t act fast enough to nab its preferred choice, who took another job, and had to start over. In Derry, the top two candidates were brought in to meet staff and the public, only to have the Council Chairman say afterward that no one on the council thought they could offer the job to either of them in good conscience. No more is it finding a semi-round peg to cram into a round hole and call it good. The right candidate is more than the sum of his or her parts – more than education, willingness to move to town, or even municipal experience. Just look at what happened in Londonderry, when Kevin Smith, with no municipal experience but a background in politics, was selected as town manager. He seems to be working out just fine. That could happen in Derry. The first call for applicants sought experience in municipal management. The Council has changed that - the most recent job ad seeks someone with experience in executive management, a far broader category, with municipal government experience preferred. And one Town Councilor, Al Dimmock, is still holding a preference for a Derry resident. But it’s likely anyone in Derry who wanted the job would have already applied – unless that expanded experience category changes the playing field. Town Councilor David Fischer commented, “The best fit is very, very important because we don’t want to put ourselves in the position where we are settling for someone to fill the position. We want someone who is committed to this town and to making sure that commitment and passion translates into moving Derry forward.” Town Council Chairman Mark Osborne said the decision to reopen the search was unanimous. He added that not only did the Town need a qualified and dynamic candidate, but someone who would remain for years to come. We’ll likely never know what happened at the public and staff interviews to convince the councilors they didn’t have the right candidate from the two they had chosen as finalists. And even though some members had earlier said that if the effort didn’t work out, they would turn to a search agency, they’re headed on a new search on their own. Derry is hardly the easiest place to manage, and the Council’s focus alters with each election. But until a new administrator is chosen, at least the town remains in good hands with Larry Budreau as acting administrator. Views on Media To the editor: My name is John Potucek, and I’m running for the position of State Representative for Derry, NH. I was reading the 125th Anniversary Edition of the Wall Street Journal last week and something very interesting caught my eye. It was an editorial by William H. Grimes, the editor of the Wall Street Journal, dated Jan. 2, 1951. It was named. “A Newspaper’s Philosophy,” and here is the editorial in its entirety. “On our editorial page we make no pretense of walking down the middle of the road. Our comments and interpretations are made from a definite point of view. We believe in the individual, in his wisdom and his decency. We oppose all infringements on individual rights, whether they stem from attempts at private monopoly, labor union monopoly or from an overgrowing government. People will say we are conservative or even reactionary. We are not much interested in labels but if we were to choose one, we would say we are radical. Just as radical as the Christian doctrine. “We have friends but they have not been made by silence or pussyfooting. If we have enemies, we do not placate them.” Although times have changed, the mission of “The Fourth Estate” has not. It seems to me that many in “The Fourth Estate” (a.k.a. the “Media”) have kind of “lost their way” and really need to re-align and re-establish themselves to be the stalwart champions of individual freedoms that they have always been in the past. Thank you for letting me share my thoughts about this extremely important idea. John Potucek Derry ––––––––––––———————— Foley for State Senate To the editor; Jim Foley has worked very hard over the years as the man behind the scenes. Many have not had the fortune to meet Jim yet in person, however I’m sure more and more citizens will have the pleasure of doing so in the next few months. Jim’s leadership has made the Derry Republican Party one of the state’s most respected and liked group spanning over many years, and the interesting part is that Jim has worked very hard in making the organization this way, yet he lets others be the face of the party. You see, it takes a leader who recognizes that team means everything, and Jim has always been that type of leader. He stands with all his party members, recognizing that many in the party hold various views on the issues. Jim always encourages members to stand up for their convictions even when some don’t agree. This is the true test of a great leader. Even Democrats I know from Derry respect the hard work Jim has done to make it a strong, vocal and well respected Republican Party. Now Jim wants to take his leadership skills to the State Senate, where we can expect that same dedication, hard work and respect towards getting things done for the citizens of our state. Please join me in supporting Jim Foley for State Senate on Sept 9. State Representative Brian Chirichiello R-Derry Nutfield News welcomes letters on topics of local interest, and prints as many letters as possible. Please e-mail your letters to the Nutfield News at nutfieldnews@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. Nutfield News reserves the right to reject or edit letters for content and length, and anonymous letters will not be printed. Nutfield News is a weekly publication. 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No articles, photographs, or other materials in the Nutfield News may be re-published/re-written or otherwise used without the express permission of the publisher. KATHLEEN D. BAILEY NUTFIELD NEWS ——◆—––– A decades-old dock may receive some shoring up in order to enable summer residents to continue to enjoy their historic property. The Derry Conservation Commission heard a preliminary report from Luke Hurley of Gove Environmental Services regarding improvements to the dock at 37-39 Taylor Brook Road, owned by Dan and Anne Connelly of New Jersey. Hurley told the Commission at its July 14 meeting that the application for the improvements has not yet been filed but he was giving the Commission preliminary information. Hurley said the property is on a private road on Island Pond and involves two summer homes. Anne Connelly owns #37 with her husband and #39 jointly with her sister, he said, and the property has been in the family for generations. There is currently a 4x10 foot dock on the 37 Taylor Brook property, Hurley said. A stone wall has been located near the dock for years. The Connellys rebuilt the wall a few years ago and did not have a permit, “so this is after the fact,” he said. The Connellys also want to extend the dock from 4x10 feet to 4x24 feet, he said. They also want to put in two railings to help with access, he said. They have not yet applied for their dredge-andfill permit, he said. The project does not need a shoreland permit because they are not applying to build additional structures, he said. Chairman Margaret Ives said she looked forward to hearing more about the project. Nutfield News • July 17, 2014 Page 5 Children’s Librarian Hired at Derry Public Library KATHLEEN D. BAILEY NUTFIELD NEWS ——◆—––– Nicole Giroux started out to be a high school English teacher. But she found she preferred connecting young people with books without the rigors of a school setting, and she changed course to become Derry Public Library’s new Children’s Librarian. Giroux, of Haverhill, Mass., joined the staff three weeks ago, following Children’s Librarian Evan Bush, who took a position in Georgia. Building on Bush’s foundation, she will supervise the children’s library staff, interact with kids and parents, and make sure books get into the hands of the children who love them. Giroux, originally from Methuen, Mass., did her undergraduate work in English at Clark University in Worcester, Mass. She had originally planned to go into the Clark master’s in teaching program, but in her student teaching phase, she found she didn’t care for the disciplinary functions that go along with high school teaching. She wanted to connect kids with books, period. “It was not a good fit,” Giroux said. She took five years off from academia, working in retail and gaining management experience. When time and money allowed, she entered the Master’s in Library Science program at Simmons College in Boston, and added a second Master’s in Children’s Literature. She gained on-the-ground experience as a library aide in the children’s and young adult sections of the Topsfield, Mass. public library. When she graduated in May, she began looking for a position. Susan Brown of the Derry Public Library invited her for a visit, and Nicole Giroux is the newly hired Children’s Librarian at the Derry Public Library. Photo by Kathleen D. Bailey she was immediately entranced. “The staff was so friendly, and so team-driven,” she recalled. She researched the library’s children’s depart- ment and concluded that it was a department without “a lot of fixing to do. Evan left it in good shape,” she said. “I wouldn’t have to fix anything, just build on what Foley Gains Windham Endorsements Windham community leaders Selectman Bruce Breton, former Senate President Arthur Klemm, Dr. Tim Butterfield, Tom Murray, School Board member Dennis Senibaldi, Rep. Walter Kolodziej, and Rep. Kevin Waterhouse have endorsed Republican candidate Jim Foley as their choice for State Senate District 19, which includes the towns of Derry, Hampstead and Windham. “We have been blessed to have great senators serve our community and Jim Foley is the right person to be our next senator,” Breton Just Harry Singer-guitarist ideal for cook-outs, parties, events, pubs. Reasonable rates. said. “He will fight to rein in taxes and understands that expanded gaming would be an economic boost to our area.” Foley, of Derry, is a sales and businessman, was commissioned as a Marine Corps Officer and is chair of the Derry Republican Town Committee. He has been endorsed by former State Senator Bob Letourneau and current Senator Jim Rausch, who is retiring this year. Klemm’s endorsement makes three past District 19 state senators supporting Foley. “Jim Foley is the candidate we need serving in the NH Senate. He will be a conservative voice for reason,” added Rep. Kevin Waterhouse, Windham. “His background in business and his leadership experience will help jumpstart our economy and tackle the challenges facing our state.” On Monday, July 21, at 6 Atkinson Farmers Market Saturdays 9 a.m.-1 p.m. June 28th-Oct 18th hosted by ROCK & COUNTRY OLDIES, AMERICANA, DOO-WOP 603-475-7709 JUST.HARRY09@GMAIL.COM Find me on Facebook at Just Harry Ensemble p.m. at the Windham Country Club, Breton, Butterfield, Murray, Senibaldi, Kolodziej, Waterhouse and Foley will host a free reception honoring the service of Klemm, Letourneau and Rausch. All are welcome. he’d done.” She applied for the job and was hired. “I love how excited the children and parents are,” Giroux said. “They’re not just excited about the programming, but about coming in to get books.” Giroux was always a reader, and remembers her first favorite books as being Dr. Seuss’s. “My favorite for a long time was ‘One Fish, Two Fish,’” she said. Later she immersed herself in the “Chronicles of Narnia” and the Harry Potter series. In high school she “fell in love” with Young Adult literature. “They helped me become the person I am today,” she said, pointing out that today’s Young Adult books are “powerful. They have great stories, tension, drama.” But she also loves children’s literature, and was privileged to lead story time during her last months in Topsfield. She also enjoys middle-grade books, early readers, and the entire spectrum of children’s books, she said. She keeps an eye on trends and noted that she’s interested in some upcoming books, including Debra Wildes’ 1960s trilogy. “It’s historical fiction set in the ‘60s,” she said. “It’s great for immersing kids in that time period.” She’s also excited about a graphic novel series, “The Yedi Files,” about supernat- 6 • 8’x12’ kitchen (20 linear ft.) • Dovetail drawers • Crown molding • Undermount sink • Decorative hardware • Delivery & Installation • Lifetime cabinet warranty Appliances not included. Full remodeling services available. 1 Kip Cam Rd., Rt. 111 Atkinson, N.H. (603) 362 6200 • www.freshwaterfarms.net OUR CABINETS ARE "MADE IN AMERICA" OFFER EXPIRES 8/31/14 ural detectives. While “The Hunger Games” and “Divergent” set the pace for a few years, she noted that the industry is stepping away from dystopian fiction and that realistic stories are coming back in, such as the recent book-intomovie success of “The Fault In Our Stars.” She also has high hopes for Rainbow Powell’s “Fan Girl,” a story-within-a-story about a girl who writes “fan fiction.” She’s excited to work with both her staff and the Derry Library staff at large, noting the range of talents among the librarians and aides. In her spare time, Giroux enjoys making steampunk jewelry, gaming - board, video and role-playing - and, of course, reading. Page 6 I-93 Exit 4A continued from page 1 Fund is nearly depleted and federal funding for I-93 could be cut if Congress does not vote to replenish the fund. Rausch, who is retiring this year, said, “Our representatives in Congress must work diligently to make sure that we don’t lose that.” But with 80 percent of the project money state-generated, he is confident the work will go forward. He also said New Hampshire has millions of dollars in “toll credits” from its work on the turnpike system, and he expected that money to be brought into the equation. “That is more than sufficient to finish the work on I93,” Rausch said. “I-93 will continue.” But he recognized that, “The loss of any money from the federal government affects us.” Nutfield News • July 17, 2014 “There is a concern about the impact of a reduction to the Federal Highway Trust Fund,” Bill Boynton, spokesman for the New Hampshire Department of Transportation (DOT), said. “The potential insolvency of the fund is a 50-state concern.” Boynton added, “We at DOT are taking steps to make sure the projects we have ongoing now will continue to go forward.” But Boynton said the DOT is moving slowly on other potential projects, and has delayed advertising for contractors for another $25 million worth of construction. “In some cases, we’re delaying it by weeks, in some by months,” he said. Boynton added that in the matter of the I-93 widening, he does not currently see a funding shortage. “The money from Sen. Rausch’s bill should pay for the widening from Windham to Manchester,” he explained. But a portion of the project will still be funded by federal money, Boynton said, and “if the money is not there, it will be a problem.” The road toll credits are part of the overall process, Boynton said. For now, his department will continue the projects currently underway, including the widening of I-93 at Exit 3 in Windham. As for the future widening, he said, “Is I-93 immune to cuts? No.” Project Manager Pete Stamnas of the Highway Design Bureau said if the federal money didn’t come through, it would require some adjustment in the plans. “The $50 million,” he said, would be the equivalent of one of the projects needed to finish the northern section of the road widening. Stamnas said the project is divided into four compo- nents: • 1. The stretch from the way station in Windham to Kendall Pond Road in Derry, to be advertised in 2015 and with construction expected to begin in 2016; • 2. The Exit 4 interchange and the stretch from Kendall Pond Road to Ash Street, to be advertised in late 2015 and constructed in 2016. This phase of the project also includes replacement of the bridge on Route 102, the Ash Street bridge and the Beaver Brook bridge; • 3. Ash Street to the south end of the Exit 5 ramp in Londonderry, advertised in 2016, with construction beginning in 2017; and • 4. North of Exit 5 to the I-293 “split” in Manchester, advertised in 2016, with construction beginning in 2017. Stamnas said with all funding available, the widening would be completed by 2020. Derry Go Green Prepares for J&F Tractor Tour KATHLEEN D. BAILEY NUTFIELD NEWS ——◆—––– The Derry Go Green Committee will hold its annual J&F Farms Tractor Tour this Saturday, July 19, beginning at 9 a.m. at the farm off Route 102. The committee finalized the details in a meeting Thursday, July 10, and also made plans for a trail cleanup at East Derry Memorial School. The J&F tour is in its third or fourth year, Go Green member Dennis Wiley said. “We approached him (owner Phil Ferdinando) about it,” Wiley said. Ferdinando sets up hay wagons and pulls them by Parking continued from page 1 The catchbasin for stormwater will discharge into an above-ground infiltration basin, Tymula said. The Commission agreed to schedule a site walk for Wednesday, July 23, at 6 p.m. tractor through his property, explaining the conservation “best practices” he uses in each part of his operation. “We visit the cornfields, the strawberry patches, the orchards,” Wiley said. “He puts on a good presentation there’s something new each year.” The tour is free and open to the public and children are welcome, members said. Go Green is also partnering with East Derry Memorial Elementary School to improve its nature trail, Wiley said. “It’s in pretty good shape, but needs a little bit of maintenance,” he noted. While the school uses the trail for some science education, they want to improve it and make it an outdoor “nature’s classroom,” he said. Trail work days are planned for Aug. 9 and 16, both beginning at 9 a.m. at Correction: A letter in the July 10 edition misidentified Larry Budreau. He is Derry’s acting town administrator and is also the Town’s Human Resources Director. He is not a town councilor. Loose Denture? Dr. Erik Young DERRY DENTAL ASSOCIATES 7 PEABODY ROAD, DERRY, NH 03038 603-434-4962 the trail behind the school. Those interested should bring work gloves, tools if they have them, and wear long pants. Aug. 16 is also the day for a guided Nature Walk at the Broadview Farm Conservation Area off Young Road. 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Visit us at www.derrynhdental.com Nutfield News • July 17, 2014 Page 7 Former Helper Goes on to Lead Summer Cooking Classes PENNY WILLIAMS NUTFIELD NEWS ——◆—––– Kaitlyn Lew is in her element teaching Basic Cake Decorating, Cupcake Creations and Kids’ Chef’s Club for the Derry Cooperative School District Enrichment Summer Camp. Lew, who currently attends Johnson & Wales University in Providence, R.I., and is planning a career in culinary arts, got her start as an eighth grader assisting the teacher who taught similar classes. Serena Levine, Summer Enrichment Coordinator for the Derry schools, said that at the time, she wondered whether an eighth grader could be a summer camp assistant. She said with a smile that it has obviously worked very well. “Kaitlyn was a success from day one because of her enthusiasm, commitment and focus, and she displays those same characteristics now as she teaches these camps,’ Levine said. “It is wonderful she is now back here teaching her own classes.” Lew, while never losing the thread of what she was helping her students do, said she has always enjoyed cooking and is having fun teaching camp classes. The students were up to their elbows in frosting, working at learning how to make a line and a flower. Lew said they would progress a little further each day. She said she prepared the frosting at home and brought it in ready to go because this allows another half hour to teach her young students different things they can do with frosting. The students baked their cakes at home the next day and then during class the following day, they learned how to level, smooth, and prepare the cake for frosting and frost it. On the final day of camp, they decorated the cakes, and took the finished creation home to enjoy with their family. “I give the students the recipe for the frosting so they can make it at home on their own,” Lew said as one student surreptitiously scooped a finger full of frosting into her mouth. “Today we will learn to make the flowers and put them on cupcakes.” The youngest student, Ashleigh Aboshar, said, “I am really enjoying this camp because I am getting to learn new things and have the opportunity to try different things. I am really having fun.” The frosting lover, Erin Menzel, 12, said, “I love to bake and eat frosting so I am having lots of fun. I like learning how to design things for cupcakes and cakes.” Twelve-year-old Madison Blake added, “I like learning how to frost a cake and to make different flowers and designs. I only knew a little about this sort of Pictured are the students in Kaitlyn Lew’s Derry Cooperative School District Enrichment Summer Camp on Basic Cake Decorating. From left are Madison Blake, Ashleigh Aboshar with Lew helping her, and Erin Menzel. Photo by Penny Williams thing before but I am enjoying both the doing and the tasting.” Lew went to each student and helped them with the frosting bag and the flower making while keeping up a constant flow of information. The students were engaged and soaking up all Lew had to share. Several of the girls will move on to Lew’s next class, Cupcake Creations, where the students get to be creative in what they form with the cupcakes. Cupcake “wars” are not out of the question but the learning and creating is such fun the students beg for more. Her final morning ses- sion is Kids’ Chef’s Club. Ashleigh is in that class and said, “We did breakfast yesterday and it was so good.” Snacks were next up on the menu. And Lew said that after class she will head home to whip up more frosting for the next day’s culinary adventures. Donations Aid Family Promise’s Homeless Services PENNY WILLIAMS NUTFIELD NEWS ——◆—––– Family Promise of Greater Rockingham County has partnered with TD Bank to support homeless children initiatives and recently received a cash contribution through the bank’s Affinity Membership Program. Family Promise also received a refurbished car from the National Auto Body Council in conjunction with Auto Fair/Collision Center of Manchester. The vehicle was then given to Yvonne Comeau, a Family Promise graduate. Family Promise is a nonprofit charity based in Derry and serves homeless families in Atkinson, Auburn, Chester, Danville, Derry, Hampstead, Kingston, Londonderry, Newton, Pelham, Plaistow, Salem, Sandown, and Windham. Participating churches take turns hosting families for a week at a time. 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John & Cyrilla Lombardi, 77 Gilcreast Road, Unit 1004, Londonderry 603-434-8800, fax 603-434-4594 Page 8 Nutfield News • July 17, 2014 Pinkerton Has First Female Commander of JROTC KATHLEEN D. BAILEY NUTFIELD NEWS ——◆—––– Shaun Grinnell is the first female commander for the Air Force Junior Reserve Officer Training Corps (ROTC) at Pinkerton Academy. Grinnell, a junior from Derry, was named to her post before the end of school. It’s the culmination of a three-year journey for the student, and the first step in a longer one. Grinnell said she has always wanted to enter military service, and participation in the Pinkerton Junior ROTC was “a given.” She joined the program in her freshman year. “I was excited and invested but not as much as I am now,” she recalled. She was nervous, but realized early on what opportunities the program could offer her, and had several talks with Lt. Col. Howie Steadman, director of the program, and his staff. She said Steadman and his instructors “hinted at me over the years” that she could handle the post of commander. The post is not based on rank, she said, noting that another student has a higher rank than she; and there’s no rubric for achievement such as there is with Eagle Scouting. There is no checklist, she added. But service does matter, and she put in her time working on the military balls, in the color guard and drill team, and in community service, and discipline and dedication won out. Grinnell likes the Junior ROTC and the military in general for the discipline and the lifestyle. “It’s a different lifestyle - the integrity is amazing,” she noted. And while the money isn’t her main objective, she’s hoping to be accepted at the U.S. Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs, Colo., and have her college paid for. She visited the Academy this spring and came away impressed, she said. She’s excited about learning to fly, she added. She has always flown with her father in a small plane, and noted that he is a private pilot. She received a scholarship from a group called the Daedalians for flying lessons and is taking them this summer in Nashua, and expects to solo by the end of the summer. Her goal is to fly for the Air Force, she said. It’s been a busy summer for Grinnell, with the Air Force Academy trip and Granite Girls State. She enjoyed the Girls State training in civic involvement, she said, and added that she may run for office when she’s older. She’s also planning a mission trip to Ecuador with her church, Calvary Bible Church. And she has a program to direct. Her goals for ROTC include more focus on community service, she said, adding, “I’m interested in growing that part of the program.” She’s also interested in presenting ROTC to younger students, such as middle-schoolers, for their eventual entrance into Pinkerton. It’s not recruiting for the military so much as emphasizing the benefits of ROTC to students, which include “dedication, discipline and honor.” Grinnell is a member of the Pinkerton Destination Imagination team, runs track, and belongs to both the Color Guard and Drill Team at ROTC. She also takes AP (Advanced Placement) courses. How does she make it work? Persistence and prioritizing, she said, explaining, “It’s not humanly possible to get everything done. I put things into their time slots.” She keeps up with military issues and noted that current issues include women’s rights and sexual harassment, although she added that is being worked on; funding, “a huge issue;” Shaun Grinnell is the first female commander for the Air Force Junoir Reserve Officer Training Corps (ROTC) at Pinkerton Academy. Photo by Kathleen D. Bailey and, amazingly, the lack of work for people coming out of the service academies. “You’re commissioned as a second lieutenant and you don’t have a job,” she said, or at least not the one you trained for. She doesn’t think she’ll have that problem, she added - “I’m going to fly C-130s, and that’s pretty specialized.” She is the daughter of Allen and Cheryl Grinnell and has a brother, Elias, 12, and a sister, Sierra, 11. “Sierra was named after one of our airplanes,” she said with a smile. Grinnell will go back to school this fall with big plans for her cadets and a picture of what ROTC should be. Like the regular military, she said, “I’m not the most important part - it’s all of us doing things.” Budget Plans Available BUDGET AND PRE PAY PLANS Derry 603-434-9224 • Pelham 603-635-9955 WWW.ROCKINGHAMOIL.COM IS IT TIME TO DO YOUR WILL? If Something Happens To You And You Do Not Know... WHO WILL TAKE CARE OF YOUR CHILDREN? WHO WILL HANDLE YOUR FINANCIAL AFFAIRS? 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The first was to listen, and the second was not to touch his things. “You need to promise you won’t touch the things on the table,” he said. The third rule was to put your hand up if you wanted to volunteer. Latino compared science to magic. The initial result is often the same, he said, but there’s one big difference: in magic, the “how” behind the trick is never explained. “In science, we tell you - we explain everything,” he said. Latino talked about fire first and listed the three things a fire needs to burn: fuel, oxygen and heat. He did a card trick with a girl named Gracie and put one playing card in a metal covered dish, then touched a butane lighter to it. When he had Gracie look inside, she discovered that the card was not burned. Latino discussed the difference between physical and chemical changes, ripping a piece of paper in half to demonstrate physical change and setting it on fire to demonstrate chemical change. He talked about a discovery made by a scientist 200 years ago when the man’s new puppy knocked over the chemicals on his desk, soaking the scholar’s notes. The man hung his notes by the fireplace to dry, only to discover the notes gone - with no ashes. Inadvertently he had discovered “flash paper,” Latino said. “It makes the paper burn so fast, there’s not time for smoke or ashes,” he said. He called 8-year-old Riley Sanborn to the front to help him with another experiment. He asked what was in an empty plastic jug and the children responded, “Air!” After pouring a small quantity of Ethanol in the jug, he gave it to Riley and instructed her to dance. As Chubby Checker’s “The Twist” blared from Latino’s speakers, Riley danced and shook the jug. When she was done, Latino lit a match and a blue flame erupted. “We just created an exothermic reaction,” he said. Latino moved to the cooler side with a chunk of dry ice, after putting on work gloves to handle the minus 110 degree chill. He touched a metal spoon to the side of the dry ice, then displayed it to the children. “The frost went right through the spoon,” he said. He called four children to the front to hold glass tubes filled with colored liquids. As he put dry ice in each tube, bubbles flowed to the surface and the liquid inside changed colors. “I put a chemical ‘indicator’ in each tube and the dry ice reacted with it and changed the color,” he told the audience. Latino brought it to the children’s level, reminding them that carbon dioxide is a component of carbonated drinks such as Coca-Cola. “Cola has bubbles, and they build up inside - eventually you burp,” he told them. He cracked jokes, some adlibbed, and delighted the children by borrowing one girl’s leopard-ear headband. Like a magician, Latino saved his best stunt for last. “In scary movies they do a couple of things to frighten you, and one of them is often making things foggy,” he said. “A lot of times they use dry ice to create the fog.” He added hot water to a bucket full of dry ice, creating a white fog-like substance, and brought it around the group so each child could cool off on the hot day. Vergil Torres, 7, enjoys the feel of dry ice near his head on a hot summer day with “Jurassic Joe” Latino during Mad Sci- “Jurassic Joe” Latino and volunteer Abby ence’s annual visit to Shephardson, 9, make a point during Mad Science’s Derry Summer Recrea- annual visit to Derry Summer Recreation. tion. Photos by Kathleen D. Bailey DELIVERING MORE than great fuels. 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BAILEY NUTFIELD NEWS ——◆—––– Sarah Mentus of the New Hampshire Audubon Society moved slowly around a group of eager children seated on the linoleum floor of the Derry Public Library meeting room as she dis- played a frog skeleton, impeccably cleaned and mounted in a wooden box. As children strained to see the remains one boy burst out, “That is so cool!” The amiable amphibian was the star at a Derry Public Library Summer Reading Program Thursday, July 10. Mentus and staff member “Miss Eileen” Dugal blended frog fact and fiction in the event, part of the “Fizz! Boom! Read!” summer science emphasis. The afternoon was multi-media, with Dugal first showing a classic cartoon based on the Pete Seeger song, “The Foolish Frog.” Seeger sang about a bullfrog, “Way down South in the Yakkity Yak,” which jumped “from back to back” because he “had nothing better to do.” The Pied Piper of a frog drew people to the country store, where summer people, children, cows and skillet-toting mothers all gathered to sing about it, leaving the fields, kitchens and fishing holes empty. Dugal followed with a variation on the song in which animals followed the bullfrog around, and she passed out rhythm instruments and puppets of a bee, chicken, duck and frog. The children followed her directions and were soon hopping, croaking, buzzing and clucking around the lecture room. Then Mentus took over, with a quick lesson of frog facts. She distinguished between a reptile and an amphibian, noting that amphibians have backbones and can live on land. “Frogs have a cool life cycle,” Mentus said, sketching how they lay their eggs in a spot resembling a blob of jelly with black dots, the eggs hatch into tadpoles, and the tadpoles grow back legs first and then front legs before their tail “grows back in” to their body. She demonstrated with a stuffed amphibian that became first a tadpole and then a frog as legs emerged and tail was absorbed. How do you distinguish gender? Mentus had a helpful hint. On male frogs, the eardrum is bigger than the eyes; on females it’s equal in size or smaller. She gave a quick lesson on frogs found in New Hampshire, including the bullfrog, spring peeper, gray tree frog, American toad, green frog, pickerel frog, leopard-spotted frog and wood frog. She brought out four live examples, each in a plastic container, and ranging from a tiny spring peeper to a good-sized female bullfrog. One frog clung to the side of its case, and as she tilted the box to show its tenacity, the children chorused, “That’s a tree frog!” After the formal presentation, Mentus allowed the children to come up and look at each frog in its container. For more information on summer programs, contact the library at 432-6140. Mason Haines, 8, gets up close and personal with a frog at the frog at the Derry Photo by Kathleen D. Bailey Public Library. Nutfield News • July 17, 2014 Page 11 ◆ ◆ DERRY SPORT S ◆ ◆ Derry Senior Legion Crew Bags a Big Walk-Off Win CHRIS PANTAZIS NUTFIELD NEWS ——◆—––– Both the Derry Post 9 and Londonderry Post 27 Senior American Legion baseball squads have been working intensely during the final weeks of the District B regular season to snag tournament spots. It was with that goal in mind and both teams hovering dangerously around the .500 mark - and potentially out of tourney contention that the rival local contingents met up in Derry on Pinkerton Academy’s junior varsity hardball field for an important contest last Friday, July 11. From the spectators’ standpoint, the game they played was entertaining, well played, and intense, with perfect summer weather supporting the evening of baseball. Coach Rick Brothers’ Londonderry crew walked away from the Derry field lamenting the fact that an important victory had gotten away, and coach Dylan Mullin’s host team had every reason to feel celebratory after bagging the 3-2, walk-off victory which, it hoped, pointed it toward the tournament berth it so desires. As they walked away from the Pinkerton field, both sides were left to contemplate the fact that they now had matching 6-6 records, with the 2014 summer campaign ebbing away. Pitchers Connor Sahlin of Londonderry - by way of Litchfield’s Campbell High School - and Chase Spears of Derry engaged in a hurling duel, with Spears ending up victorious after working his way out of a bunch of messes and Sahlin receiving a no-decision after Derry did the damage that garnered it the walk-off win against the Londonderry bullpen. Londonderry busted a 11 tie by scoring a single run in the top of the ninth, only to see Derry bag the 3-2 win dramatically in the latter half of that frame. Along with the fact that the game ended in that manner, much of Londonderry’s frustration came from the fact that it stranded 13 runners on base and eight in the first four innings alone. “We just left way too many runners on base. That was the big thing for us in this game,” said Brothers. Brothers’ bunch left two men on base in the top of the first inning, three on in the second, one in the third, and two more in the fourth without plating a run to show for its considerable efforts. And pitcher Sahlin kept Derry scoreless during that span as well, so the score sat firmly at 0-0 after four full frames. Sahlin and Spears then kept the score at 0-0 through six full, with Londonderry finally busting through - but just for a single run - in the top of the seventh. And the Post 27 side left the bases loaded again as well. Londonderry got three singles in a row to start the frame, with Jake Welch thumping the third of those to drive in teammate Zach Tavano with the run. Derry didn’t get the equalizer until the bottom half of the eighth when Chris Gerossie laced a single that plated teammate Joey Murphy, who had led off the inning with a bunt single. The 1-1 tie didn’t stand up for long, however, as Londonderry snagged its second run in the top of the ninth when Welch led off by rapping a single, moving to second base on a wild pitch, We Service all Makes and Models and sprinting to third on a stolen base. He scored moments later on Rob Del Signore’s clutch single. Leading 2-1 going into the bottom of the ninth with three outs to get to bag the important win, Brothers stuck to his strong and timetested principles and decided not to send starting pitcher Sahlin - who struck out nine batters, walked just one, and allowed eight hits in eight innings - back out to the mound for the vital ninth and those three outs. “He had thrown 118 pitches, and I wasn’t putting him back out there,” said Brothers. “He didn’t say anything about it, it was my call. I haven’t gotten any kids hurt in 19 years and I’m Derry pitcher Chase Spears put forth a bulldog pernot going to do it now.” formance in his team’s stunning, 3-2 walk-off win over Derry’s Riley Cahill led Londonderry Post 27 late last week. continued on page 12 Photo by Chris Pantazis REGISTER NOW FOR VBS! Date: August 4 - 8 Time: 9 a.m. - 12 p.m. Cost: $40 per child, $ 100 max per family Location: Londonderry Presbyterian Church CALL TO SCHEDULE YOUR APPOINTMENT TODAY! 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DeBonis’ local bunch, which had defeated Salem by a 4-2 tally on the opponent’s home diamond on the evening of Thursday, June 26, to hand that 6-1 squad its first and only loss of the summer, ran into Salem lefty pitcher Christian Harris on a night during which he was throwing everything for strikes and his offense was giving him loads of support. And the final result was a 12-0 Salem win in six innings. DeBonis’ young dudes also went into last week’s rematch with Salem with recent lopsided losses to Portsmouth, Merrimack, and Windham fresh in mind. So while a rebound would have been welcomed by the Derry bunch, the squad’s confidence wasn’t at a peak before the first pitch of that game. Salem southpaw standout Harris didn’t allow the locals even a single hit in his complete-game performance. The hosts put only two runners on base in the game both on errors - in support of their starting pitcher Brandon Gerossie, who put forth a pretty gutsy effort in the lopsided loss. Salem plated at least one run in every frame but the third, tallying three markers in the first, one in the second, two in the fourth, two more in the fifth, and four more in the sixth. The Derry defense was shaky at points behind pitcher Gerossie, but the youthful righty - younger brother of recently-graduated Pinkerton All-State baseball player Chris Gerossie - battled his way through every frame and showed mental toughness and skills on the hot and humid evening. Kenny Twomey was the first Derry batter to reach base, getting to first on an infield error by Salem. But he didn’t get too far around the bases. DeBonis and his boys tried earnestly to end Salem hurler Harris’ no-hitter and very nearly did so in the bottom half of the sixth inning when Ryan Simard - leading off that half-inning - laid down a bunt toward the third-base side of the mound. Harris got to it quickly and had a shot at getting the speedy Simard out at first base, but the baseball zipped between the runner and the Salem first baseman and into foul ground for an obvious error. Simard sprinted to second base on the errant throw but never came close to scoring as Salem took the game in six innings, thanks to the 10-run-rule. Along with his near-hit, Simard made an impressive defensive play at his second base position for the hosts in the top of the fifth when he bare-handed a ball hit to the infield grass to his right and threw out the opposing runner beautifully. Salem also flashed the leather impressively on perhaps Derry’s most solidly hit ball of the evening in the bottom of the fifth. Twomey thumped a hard shot to the shortstop side of second base, and the baseball appeared to be labeled for center field. But the Salem shortstop made a smooth play to cut the ball off and get a throw off to first base, where his first baseman dug the ball out of the dirt nicely for what initially looked like an unlikely out. The struggling, 3-5 Derry Post 9 contingent then got back to action two days later when it hosted the Raymond Legion crew. And DeBonis’ bunch took a 7-0 loss on the chin to that opponent, despite putting forth plenty of its own hard work in the battle. Sr. Legion and away. Cahill and Albertelli both sprinted home with the tying and winning runs. With his team’s tough loss to Hudson at Alvirne High School the previous night fresh in mind, Mullin was pleased with his squad’s home victory. “We had a sour taste in our mouths after yesterday’s game, We gave up a five-run lead in the seventh and eighth, and it was great to come out here tonight and play well and get the win,” said Mullin. Victorious Derry finished with eight hits, with Collins smacking three, including the game-winner, and Gerossie knocking two. Londonderry smacked 11, with Welch and Tavano each collecting three, and Brett Evangelista and Del Signore each drilling two. Winning pitcher Spears tallied four strikeouts and walked five batters. The Derry Legion crew had bagged a 9-4 victory from the Nashua Legion contingent at historic Holman Stadium in the Gate City Tuesday night, July 8, thanks to some strong individual performances. Skilled righty pitcher Gerossie went six innings on the mound, allowing three runs (only one earned) and just two hits while striking out three would-be hitters. Reliever Matt Tritto then came on and handled the final three frames, nabbing the save by holding Nashua to one run on four hits while whiffing two batters. Offensively, Derry bashed out 12 hits with standout lead-off hitter Murphy going 3-for-5 with a double, a run batted in, and three runs scored. Gerossie, Cahill, and Hall each smacked two hits apiece, and Spears contributed a double and two RBI. And Mullin's young men kept the wins coming with a run-packed, 14-12 edging of Merrimack on that opponent's home diamond last Sunday afternoon, July 13. continued from page 11 Derry Junior Legion batter Eli Sorensen takes a mighty off the bottom of the ninth rip at a pitch from the Salem pitcher during the local by taking a walk, Kyle hardball squad’s recent home loss to that opponent. Albertelli then reached on Get Lunch in 10 Minutes and be Part of our Lunch Club After 6 visits your 7th lunch is FREE! Kids Eat FREE! an infield single, and both runners advanced into scoring position on Austin Hall’s sacrifice bunt. Londonderry relief pitcher Alex Forgues - the second Post 27 hurler of the inning - then got a second out, but Derry’s Jamie Collins followed by pounding a line drive to right-center field. 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The Quinnipiac University (Hamden, Conn.) women’s lacrosse team didn’t have a great 2014 season posting a sub-par 2-13 record and going winless on its own field - but that didn’t mean that some of the team’s players didn’t have high-quality campaigns and generate excitement with their efforts. Former Pinkerton multisport star Vicki Kuhn was honored as the Quinnipiac crew’s Outstanding Defensive Player for 2014 after being named to the AllMetro Atlantic Athletic Conference First All-Star Team. Junior midfielder/defender Kuhn was often assigned to guard the opponent’s best offensive player, and she finished second on the team in caused turnovers (18) and second in ground balls (25). The former PA lacrosse and soccer star also contributed a goal and three assists during the 2014 campaign. “We were fortunate to see Vicki continue to develop as a lacrosse player this year, while also improving as a leader on the field,” coach Danie Caro said. “She became more vocal for us, while remaining one of our hardest workers. The best part is that she has another season to continue improving.” One of Kuhn’s Quinnipiac teammates - Leah Walter - was a rival during high school, playing at Londonderry High. Walter was named the Connecticut university’s Most Improved Player for 2014. During her sophomore season on the Quinnipiac women’s lax squad last spring, Kuhn was named a Second Team All-New England Conference defender and was one of the most reliable players for the Lady Bobcats. She started every game and was tremendous on both sides of the ball. Offensively, she recorded a goal in a win over Vermont and another goal in a win over Bryant, while dishing out an assist against Brown. As a freshman in 2012, the former Pinkerton stalwart played in all 16 games and started 11 for the Lady Former Pinkerton multi-sport standout Vicki Kuhn won a defensive award for her work on the Quinnipiac University women’s lacrosse team during the spring 2014 season. Photo courtesy of John Hassett Bobcats. She scored the first goal of her collegiate career in a win over Wagner that season. Back in the Granite State, the Plymouth State University women’s lac- rosse team had a superb 2014 season, going 12-5 overall and 4-2 in the Little East Conference. And former Pinkerton lax and field hockey standout Maddie Driscoll played in 10 of the Have Sports News? squad’s games, with one start. The freshman defender helped to lead her Lady Astros’ lax and field hockey teams to Division I crowns in her senior year of 201213. In moving on to PSU, Driscoll began attending the alma mater of her mom, Jackie (Steele) Driscoll, who was a 1991 Plymouth State grad and a three-sport standout in field hockey, swimming, and lacrosse there. Jackie Driscoll was inducted into the PSU Athletics Hall of Fame in 2006. Former Pinkerton boys’ lacrosse stalwart Nick Herzog has gone on to a fine lax career at New England College (Henniker). And his 2014 campaign was strong for the Pilgrims, who posted a 14-4 overall record and went 7-1 in Northeast-10 matches for interim coach Jedd Brown, who has since been named the full-fledged men’s lax coach at NEC. Junior midfielder Herzog played in all 18 of the Pilgrims’ contests with one start, and he finished second Local sports coaches, parents, and athletes: If you have information about the superb performances of a local team or individual athlete, don’t keep it to yourself. Forward it to Nutfield News sportswriter Chris Pantazis at sports@nutpub.net, and help us let everybody in on the good news. on the strong team in goals (30) and shots taken (115) and third in points (40). The former Astro potted game-winning goals against Norwich and Husson during the season and contributed to an offense that outscored its opponents by the massive margin of 263-151. During his sophomore campaign of 2013, the Pinkerton grad played in 11 games for the Pilgrims and finished the season with four goals and four assists. As a freshman in 2012, Herzog was in uniform for 10 games and finished with four goals and three assists. Speaking of athletes who step from high school sports into college athletics and see the field quite a bit, Pinkerton graduate Tim Viehoff was impressive in his pitching role at Southern New Hampshire University this past spring. The imposing freshman lefty - who stands six-feetfour-inches tall - made a dozen appearances on the hill for the 41-14 Penmen, starting eight games and tallying a 5-3 record with one save. Viehoff pitched 58 2/3 innings, striking out 82 batters and boasting an exceptional 1.69 earned run average. He was one of several first-year players to excel for the SNHU squad. It’s YOUR car, YOUR choice of repair shops. 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About 170 runners - many from the local area finished the two races. A total of 116 runners finished the 5K race, with 22-year-old Kyle Williams of Newmarket finishing first in 17 minutes and 16 seconds, and former Pinkerton Academy standout athlete Cayla Pellegrini as the first woman across the finish line - an excellent fourth overall - in 19:53. The first two Derry finishers of the 5K were Mike Fraysse (17:36, second overall) and Pellegrini, and the first two Londonderry finishers were recent Londonderry High graduate and former running star Makayla D’Urso (21:23, 10th overall) and Dennis Wieners (26:41, 33rd overall). The 10K had a strong Pinkerton flavor, with former PA athletic stalwart Doug Ainscow winning in 36:26 and Hampstead resident Amy Bernard - a coach and teacher at the Derry school who was also a running standout at Pinkerton during her high school years – leading the women to the finish line (40:07) and finishing fifth overall out of a field of 54 finishers. One feature of the longer race was a good-natured competition between two armed forces teams - one from the Army and the other from the Air Force - with each team consisting of three members. The runners of both races set out from the starting line onto Bypass 28 in front of Pinkerton, turned onto Tsienneto Road (5K) or English Range Road (10K) to Route 102, and ran back to Pinkerton. The 5K participants included a group of beginning runners who trained with members of the GDTC during the club’s eight-week “Couch to 5K” program. Local age group winners in the 5K event included Caryn Pepin of Derry in the women’s 20-29 division (22:08, 13th overall), Bonney Cashin of Derry in the women’s 60-69 class (35:19, 85th), and the unstoppable Sachiko Burkinshaw of Londonderry in the ladies’ 70-99 division (35:35, 88th). Area age group winners in the 10K race included 12year-old Michael Delmore of Londonderry in the 19and-under males’ grouping (59:47, 36th overall), former Pinkerton running stalwart Jon Alizio in the males’ 3039 class (39:26, fourth overall), Maria Checket of Derry in the ladies’ 40-49 division (48:57, 14th), Michael Gallagher of Derry in the men’s 50-59 class (51:26, 17th), and Cindy McNally of Derry in the women’s 50-59 division (52:03, 18th). All proceeds from the races will be donated to Liberty House in Manchester, a non-profit organization sponsored by the Manchester Veterans of Foreign Wars that offers transitional housing, medical care, and job assistance to homeless veterans in the Granite State. All participants were asked to donate a non-perishable food item to help restock local food banks, and that effort continues to aid the community. Derry Competitors Excel in Second GDTC Summer Fun Runs CHRIS PANTAZIS NUTFIELD NEWS ——◆—––– A beautiful summer evening brought out some 116 young runners to the second evening of 2014 Greater Derry Track Club (GDTC) Summer Fun Runs Thursday night, July 10. And youthful racers hailing from Derry got themselves noticed that night at Pinkerton Academy. A crew of 10 Derry kids ran their way to top-three finishes during that evening of fun runs, which continued the 40th season of the popular series put together and directed by the local track club for area youngsters with the help of the Derry Recreation Department and sponsors. The GDTC lost its originally-planned second evening of fun runs to lousy weather a week before, but the runs jumped right back into full stride on July 10. “This brings the total up to 373 children enjoying the Thursday evening races, where everyone is a winner,” said GDTC spokesperson Bonney Cashin. Among the Derry kids who snared top-three finishes were 9-year-olds Cullen McClain (boys’ winner), Natalie Hayes (girls’ winner), Alyssa Ferrelli (second place girl), and Brooke Ice Cream Stand Open 12-9 p.m. 7 Days a week FARM STAND REOPENS MID-AUGUST www.macksapples.com 230 Mammoth Rd. Londonderry 800-479-6225 or 603-434-7619 Johnson (third place girl); 10-year-old girl Jadyn Smith (second); 11-year-olds Brayden Harrington (second boy) and Hope Johnson (third girl), and 12-year-olds Jacob Hogrell and John Hogrell (first and second boys respectively) and Mia Trainor (second girl). Children intent upon running in the Thursday evening fun runs are asked to donate a non-perishable food item as their registration fee, to be brought to a local food bank to help area folks dealing with challenging economic times. The July 10 tally of donated food was 325 pounds, bringing the two-week donation total up to 617 pounds. “St. Thomas’ Food Pantry (in Derry) was very Competitors were more than ready to go during the second week of the Greater Derry Track Club summer fun runs last week. Photo by Chris Pantazis grateful for the last donation to help feed the many families that request assistance,” said Cashin. The summer fun runs – which will continue each Thursday evening through WANTED the end of July, weather permitting – are held at the Pinkerton track, with registration at 6 p.m. and the races getting rolling at 6:30 p.m. GDTC members stretch the kids and give them running tips prior to their races, and each age group runs var- JUNK CARS • SCRAP METAL “If It’s Metal, We’ll Take It” ious distances on the track and/or the cross-country trail. Everyone receives participation ribbons, and watermelon, water, and Gatorade are available to all at no charge. The only request made of runners is a non-perishable food item to cover registration. HAIR UPDATE FAMILY HAIRCARE, TANNING, SKIN & NAILS NO APPOINTMENT NECESSARY • WALK-IN ANYTIME TRUCKS EQUIPMENT MACHINERY NOW HIRING RECEPTIONIST Hair Cuts TANNING For more details call: S&S Metals Recycling Inc. 603-537-1000 or TOLL FREE 877-537-1007 196 Rockingham Rd., Londonderry, NH PICK UP SERVICE AVAILABLE $17 REG. CUTS w/ Wash & Condition Shampoo Super Store $39+Tax 50% OFF one month Unlimited Most Popular Products (603) 437-7077 Mon-Fri 9am-9pm • Sat 8am-8pm Rte. 102 Londonderry Commons, Exit 4 off Rte. 93 Nutfield News • July 17, 2014 Page 15 Handel with Care Veterinary Hospital Marks Quarter Century PENNY WILLIAMS NUTFIELD NEWS ——◆—––– One of Dr. Eugene Handel’s brochures reads, “When your best friend needs the best care, think of Handel with Care Veterinary Hospital.” He said his main priority, after the care of pets, is respecting the bond between pets and their owners. He added that he and his staff provide people’s pets with “unconditional love.” Now celebrating a quarter century at his 33 Crystal Ave. location in Derry, Handel’s veterinary practice is a full service, companion animal hospital and treats all kinds of pets – dogs, cats, birds, ferrets, bunnies and pocket pets – mice, rats, gerbils, guinea pigs - and the occasional reptile. Preventive care is a big part of what he provides, he said. Handel and two parttime veterinarians offer complete medical, dental and surgical care, assisted by a staff of about 15. Early detection and treatment of health issues come from annual check-ups and the lab tests done as part of those examinations, which Handel recommends happen twice a year. Handel said he started his veterinary practice 25 years ago in half of the lower floor of his current building and after 12 years, expanded to the entire lower floor. After 15 years, he took over the entire building. “The reception and waiting area is light, airy and provides an enjoyable place for our clients to wait for their appointments,” he said. “Veterinary medicine has changed a lot in the last 25 years, with lots of technical and medical advances, but perhaps the most important change is the growth of the bond between pet and pet owner. I see it becoming Dr. Eugene Handel examines a golden retriever, Chudligh, stronger every year. Our in his office in Derry. Handel With Care celebrates its 25th Photo by Chris Paul clients call their pets part of anniversary Friday, July 18. the family or their best friend, and that’s a special relationship. I want to do everything I can to preserve that relationship.” Another change he noted involves cats. When he started practicing, cats were primarily outdoor animals, he said, but today more and more are indoor pets because of the concern of their owners. “The relationship between cats and their owners has evolved and greater bonding exists today,” he said. “More and more often cats are kept indoors for safety and companionship.” Asked if any particular event stands out in the past quarter century, he recalled visiting a client’s home at 10 p.m. to help remove quills from her dog’s face. “When I started out, I did house calls,” he said. “But things are different now. I still very much enjoy veterinary medicine because I get to meet a lot of new people, a lot of new pets, and have the opportunity to develop relationships with ongoing clients. I also really enjoy seeing the pets and how they behave, and how proud they look when they are healthy. This business is one in which I am always learning new things so it is very stimulating, especially with all the new advances. Helping people and helping pets is a wonderful thing to do.” Handel, who graduated from the University of Bologna veterinary school in Italy, lives in Hampstead with his wife, Terry, where they are members of the Hampstead Garden Club. Their household includes three cats and Handel’s “pride and joy,” a standard poodle named Louie. Handel plans an open house on July 18 from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., with food, drinks and lots of good cheer to celebrate his 25th anniversary. For more information, call 432-1404. Derry Bully Prevention Project Receives Grant of $11,600 The Derry Bully Prevention Project has received a grant from the Alexander Eastman Foundation. After then Governor John Lynch signed into law the Pupil Safety and Violence Prevention Law in 2010, the Derry Cooperative School District established a program to address bullying issue within its schools. To facilitate and enhance the program, the Alexander Eastman Foundation recently awarded the Derry Bully Prevention Project a grant of $11,600. The Bully Prevention Project was formed a year ERIK E. PEABODY ago by Brenda Caldwell, now its coordinator and director. Other group members are cocoordinators Sandy Bilodeau and Janet Morneau, and project contributor Dr. Stephen Caldwell. “After a local program was extensively researched and developed by the project’s members, the results were well received by the Derry Schools,” Brenda Caldwell said. “The Derry Bully Prevention Project will, as in the past, continue to collaborate with the Derry Cooperative School District’s Assistant Superintendent, Mary Ann ConCRAIG B. PEABODY nors-Krikorian, and other staff members. It will also partner with both its fiscal agent, Derry’s Upper Room, a Family Resource Center, and with the Community Alliance for Teen Safety (CATS). Over the next 12 months, the project will focus on increasing awareness of bullying behavior and teaching social skills and conflict management to the entire school community. In addition to teachers and stu- dents in the elementary and middle schools, this outreach includes parents, school bus drivers, cafeteria workers, custodians, remaining school personnel, after-school day care providers, and Derry’s youth organizations.” She said its activities will include increased classroom presentations by school psychologists; distribution of anti-bullying information at school and town functions; a parent presenta- Derry Center for Adult Studies 432-1245 • derryadulted@sau10.org Adult Learner Services of Greater Derry 432-1907 • rcatp2@yahoo.com – FREE CLASSES – h Caring Since 1933 f All Locations (603) 432-2801 www.peabodyfuneralhome.com 15 Birch Street Derry, NH 03038 290 Mammoth Road Londonderry, NH 03053 Adult Basic Ed, ESOL, HiSet Prep & Testing and 1 on 1 Tutoring Call or Email for Schedule Information tion by Malcolm Smith, a family counselor and speaker on bullying; the “Courage to Care” teacher training workshop; and student theatrical performances by TIGER, a Plymouth State University production that addresses the importance of compassion and tolerance. “We are very grateful to the Alexander Eastman Foundation for recognizing the importance of this effort and for funding the project, and we are happy to have the encouragement and support of The Upper Room and the community,” Caldwell said. 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For more informaA Fizz, Boom, Read Sum- bug spray. tion, e-mail pastor Jason Mcmer Reading Program event Pherson at jay@journeynh.org Hood Park Story Hour titled “Science Head On” takes or call the church at 216-5155. place July 22 at 2 p.m. at the Taylor Library staff host a Family Crusade Taylor Library. Barbara Bald Story Hour at Hood Park on will present hands on science Tuesdays at 10:30 a.m. on July Abundant Grace Church experiments for ages 5 and up. 22 and Aug. 5. The event fea- hosts its second annual Family This program will be held out- tures stories, songs and Crusade at Hillside Plaza, 127 side. Space is limited, so regis- rhymes. Rockingham Road (Route 28) ter early by calling 432-7186 or at 7 p.m. Sunday through WedFamily Movie Night stopping at the library. nesday, July 27-30. Doors open A free outdoor Family each night at 6 p.m., and adTeddy Bear Sleepover Movie Night is sponsored by mission is free. Free beverages Taylor Library’s Teddy Lifeway Church at MacGregor and snacks are available. The Bear Sleepover takes place Park on Friday, July 25. This event features puppetry, venJuly 24 at 6:30 p.m. Children third annual event features the triloquism, drama, comedy and can bring their Teddy Bear, LEGO Movie. Arrive at 7 p.m. live music. wear their pajamas and come to for pre-movie inflatables; the Comedy Night the library for an evening story movie begins at 8:25 p.m. Free hour, craft and snack. The popcorn will be provided. For Abundant Grace Church, Teddy Bears will sleep over at more information, visit www.l- Hillside Plaza, 127 Rockthe library. Register early by ifewaychurch.net. ingham Road (Route 28), hosts calling 432-7186 or stopping at a free stand-up Comedy Night ‘Chill Out’ Movie the library, as space is limited. on Saturday, July 26, at 7 p.m. “Chill out” with Journey Doors open at 6 p.m. Free bevRock-It Science Sing-a-long Church at the second in its erages and snacks are availTaylor Library presents a “Journey At the Movies” series able. The evening features venRock-It Science Sing-a-long Wednesday, July 23, at 6:30 triloquism, original songs and Concert July 30 at 6:30 p.m. at p.m. in the church at 5 Tink- stand-up comedy. MacGregor Park. Steve, Marty ham Ave., Derry. The church Senators Honored & Joey, a folk-rock combo that will be turned into a “drive-in plays upbeat kids’ music for movie” for the evening. The On Monday, July 21, at 6 the whole family, performs. movie to be shown is about a p.m. at the Windham Country The trio features singer/story- young girl whose best friend is Club, Windham Selectman teller Steve Blunt, author/illus- a snowman and sings a song Bruce Breton, Dr. Tim Buttrator Marty Kelley, and multi- about letting things go. The terfield, Tom Murray, Windinstrumentalist Joe Pierog. The movie is free and open to the ham School Board member Science Program Dennis Senibaldi, Rep. Walter Kolodziej, Rep. Kevin Waterhouse and Jim Foley of Derry, a candidate for State Senate in Derry, Windham and Hampstead, will host a free reception honoring the service of former Senate President Arthur Klemm of Windham, former State Senator Bob Letourneau of Derry and current State Senator Jim Rausch of Derry. All are welcome. Vacation Bible School A free summer kids’ event, Weird Animals Vacation Bible School (VBS), will be hosted at St. Luke’s United Methodist Church, 63 East Broadway from July 21 to 25. At Weird Animals, kids will participate in Bible-learning activities, sing songs, play teamworkbuilding games, make and eat treats, experience Bible adventures, collect Bible Memory Buddies, and test out SciencyFun Gizmos to play with all summer long. Weird Animals VBS is for ages 4 years to sixth grade and runs from 9 a.m. to noon daily. For more information, call 434-6398. Free Suppers Southern New Hampshire Services is again offering a Summer Food Service Program in Derry, providing free suppers at Franklin Village Apartments, 4 Laraway Court from 5:15 to 5:45 p.m. Mondays through Fridays for kids up to 18 years old. For more information, contact Kathleen Devlin at 345-5478. Astronomy The Summer Reading Program at the Derry Public Library presents “What’s Up in Tonight’s Sky” at 6:30 p.m. Monday, July 21, followed by Skywatch at 8:30 p.m. Tuesday, July 22. Members of the New Hampshire Astronomical Society will be at the library July 21 to discuss what can be seen currently in the night sky. Skywatch, on July 22, invites attendees to look through telescopes at the night sky, weather permitting, at Derry Conservation Commission’s Broadview Farm on Young Road. There is no rain date; if the sky is overcast, Skywatch is cancelled. Call the library at 4326140 for details. Poets’ Workshop The Hyla Brook Poets’ monthly writing workshop meets on the third Saturday of the month, July 19, at 10 a.m. at the Robert Frost Farm, 122 Rockingham Road (Route 28). For further information, email Robert Crawford at bobik9@aol.com, or visit: facebook.com/HylaBrookPoets or twitter.com/HylaBrookPoets. Summer Feeding Program The Greater Derry Salvation Army Summer Feeding Program for Kids, open to New Hampshire residents ages 18 and under, offers free lunches rain or shine as follows: now through Aug. 19, noon to 1 p.m., Fairways Apartments on Forest Ridge Road in the pavilion near the tennis court and back entrance to clubhouse; and Thursdays, now through Aug. 21, noon to 1 p.m., at Hood Park. Free meals are also served noon to 1 p.m. Wednesdays, now through Aug. 20, at Woodland Apartments on South Road in Londonderry, across from South School. For questions, call 434-7790. Story Time Hood Park Story Times takes place Tuesdays through Aug. 5 at 10:30 a.m. at the park. Join staff from Derry Parks & Recreation, the Derry Public Library and Taylor Library at Hood Park for outdoor story time by the pond. No registration is needed. Breakfast Club The Salvation Army, 18 Folsom Road, offers a free Breakfast Club at 9 a.m. July 22, serving a free breakfast, followed by a water-related activity, weather permitting, from 9:30 to 10:30 a.m. The program is for ages 4 through 11. Children should bring a bathing suit, towel and sunscreen. To reserve a spot, call 434-7790. Performers Sought The second annual Evening of Thanks & Giving: A Gala talent showcase and auction to benefit homeless families served by Family Promise of Greater Rockingham County is Nov. 7, at 6 p.m. at the Atkinson Country Club, Atkinson. Youngsters ages 5-18 are invited to perform. A 2minute audition video should continued on page 17 Basketball Camps Three Exciting Basketball Camps with Nate Stanton. Boys Varsity Coach 2013-2014 and NHBCO “Coach of the Year”. 2014 Boys Basketball Camp: Boys entering grades 310: Week 1: July 28- Aug. 1, 9 a.m.-2 p.m. at Londonderry High School Week 2: Aug. 4-8, 9 a.m.- 2 p.m. at Londonderry High School. Derry Boys and Girls entering grades 3-8: Week 1: July 14, 16, & 18, 2 p.m.-5 p.m.) at St. Thomas Aquinas. Week 2: Aug. 11, 13 & 15, 9 a.m.- 12 p.m. at St Thomas Aquinas. Special Olympics Camp Boys and Girls 916 and 16+, Aug. 12-14. Age 9-16 Tues. to Thurs. 5-6:45 p.m. Age 16+ Tues. to Thurs., 7-8:45 p.m. Call 603-518-7632 or email Nate at: nate@inside-out-development.com for registration forms. Autism Social Skill Group Inside Out Development offering a social skills program for adolescent boys and girls in Grades 6-12 with high functioning autism. This program is held at the Londonderry Recreation Center, 268B Mammoth Road. Small Sessions: 36 people $25.00 per person per one hour session. One on One Sessions: $50.00 per hour. Special for 2+ sessions per week: pay $20.00 per session. Mondays, (July 14, 21, & 28, August 4, 11, 18) at 9:30 - 10:30, 10:45 - 11:45, 1 - 2, 2 - 3:15. Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, (July 15 - August 14) at 1:30 - 2:30, 2:45 - 3:45, 4 - 5. Information: Nate@inside-outdevelopment.com, 603-518-7632. Elks Youth Awards At the recent annual Youth Award Banquet at the Derry Salem Elks, Derry children received recognition for participating in Derry Salem Youth Programs. At left, Aldan Kane and George Welch were New Hampshire State Elks Hoop Shoot Champions. Center, Meghan Prince was winner of the New Hampshire Elks Americanism Essay Contest for Grades 7 and 8, and Amaya Behsman won in the Grades 5 & 6 category. They wrote about: “What Does Veterans Day Mean to Me.” At right, Caroline Choimere and Abby Larnard received second and third places respectively in the New Hampshire Elks Drug Awareness Essay Contest. Nutfield News • July 17, 2014 Calendar continued from page 16 be sent to: talentsearch@familypromisegrc.org, or to Family Promise Greater Rockingham County, Attn: Talent search committee, 145 Hampstead Road, Derry NH, 03038. Include: name, address, phone number, date of birth, and name of legal guardian who is available to attend the event. Submission deadline is July 30. For details, visit familypromisegrc.org. Craft of the Day The Derry Recreation Department will host a free spe- cialty craft every Monday at both Don Ball Park and Hood Park throughout the summer while supplies last. Each craft will coincide with the theme of the week. Craft hours are 10 a.m. to 11:45 a.m. and 3:30 to 5 p.m. at Hood Park, 4 Rollins St., and 2 to 3 p.m. at Don Ball Park, 14 Humphrey Road. Cooking Club A Cooking Club for ages 12-18 meets Tuesdays, July 22 and Aug. 5, in Room A at the Derry Public Library. Registration is required by calling 432-6140 or emailing Erin at erinr@derrypl.org Free Meals Community Meals Network offers free, family-friendly meals at these Derry locations; Derry residency is not required. July 17-18, 4:30 to 5:30 p.m., dinner, Sonshine Soup Kitchen; July 19, 5 to 6:30 p.m., dinner, St. Luke’s United Methodist Church; July 20, noon to 1 p.m., lunch, Seventh Day Adventist Church; July 20, 5 to 6:30 p.m., dinner, Etz Hayim Synagogue. July 21-25, dinner, 4:30 to 5:30 p.m., Sonshine Soup Kitchen; July 25, spaghetti supper, 5 to 6:30 p.m., First Parish Church; July 27, lunch, noon to 1 p.m., Seventh Day Adventist Church; Page 17 July 28-31, dinner, 4:30 to 5:30 Londonderry Old Home Day, p.m., Sonshine Soup Kitchen. Aug 16. Home grown and handmade food, crops, and craft HU Chant items are wanted. Booths are A Community HU Chant available for rent; spots are limwill be held Thursday, July 17, ited. For more information, call at 7:30 p.m. and continuing on 537-2760. the third Thursday of each Head Start month at the Holiday Inn, 2280 Brown Ave., Manchester. The Derry Head Start is taking chant is sponsored by Eck- applications for the 2014-2015 ankar, Religion of the Light & school year. Head Start proSound of God. For more infor- vides a preschool experience mation, call 800-713-8944 or for children 3 and 4 years of visit www.eckankar-nh.org age at no cost to families. Children must be 3 by Sept. 30, Artists, Crafters Wanted and the family must meet Local artists and crafters are income guidelines. Morning sought for the Morrison House and afternoon sessions are Museum in Londonderry for available, with breakfast and lunch included. For more information or to complete an application, call Donna at 668-8010, ext. 6098. Jungle Safari Derry Parks & Recreation’s summer program features a free Jungle Safari on Thursday, July 17, at 12:30 p.m. at Hood Park. Participants will take a safari walk to discover clues. Dressing up in safari attire, including a hat and binoculars, is encouraged for this event. 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Jungle Tourney Join the employees at Don Ball Park on Friday, July 18, at 1 p.m. for a free Jungle Tournament with games including Jousting Bananas and Barrel of Monkeys. Events take place near the pavilion at Don Ball Park. Check in with staff at the patio on arrival. For more information, call the Recreation Department at 4326136. Nutfield News • July 17, 2014 Crime Briefs ––––––––––– KATHLEEN D. BAILEY NUTFIELD NEWS ——◆—––– Threat Leads to Arrest A Derry woman was arrested July 10 and charged with criminal threatening after an early-morning argument May 26. Cassandra Divola, 18, of 8 Laraway Court #2F, was arrested on a warrant after the report of an argument on May 26 at 2 a.m. between her and a man, according to Derry Police Capt. Vern Thomas. “During the dispute, she threatened to cut the man’s tires. She had a knife,” Thomas said. Divola was released on $1,500 personal recognizance bail, with a court date of Aug. 14. Woman Charged with Falsifying Evidence An Ossipee woman was arrested July 12 and taken to the Rockingham County House of Correction on a charge of falsifying physical evidence. Sheena M. O’Rourke, 32, of 209 Chickville Road, Ossipee, was arrested after Derry police were called to 3 Silvestri Circle for the report of a drug overdose, according to Derry Police Capt. Vern Thomas. “When we responded, we searched for the cause of the overdose,” Thomas said. “We discovered that Ms. O’Rourke had placed the syringe from the other person’s overdose in her purse.” Bail was set at $1,000 cash and O’Rourke was taken to the Rockingham County House of Correction, from which she was video-arraigned July 13. Page 19 Beer Theft Results in Arrest A Derry man was arrested this past week and charged with theft from a building and unlawful possession of alcohol. Dean P. Shean, 17, of 3 Linlew Drive #8 was arrested July 12 after police were notified of a beer theft from the Walmart Super Center. Derry Police Capt. Vern Thomas said the officers assigned to the case were checking the Linlew Drive area, which borders Walmart. One of the officers observed a man on a security tape who resembled Shean. “We went to his door, made contact with him and observed the beer on a table in plain view, after which he was arrested,” Thomas said. Bail was set at $1,000 cash and Shean was taken to the Rockingham County House of Correction, from which he was arraigned by video July 13. Derry Rotary Club Honors its Students of Month The Rotary Club of Derry announces its eighth grade Students of the Month for February and March. February Student of the Month is Lindsay Farland of Gilbert H. Hood Middle School. March Students of the Month are Jamie Herland of Gilbert H. Hood, and Ariana LoFaro of West Running Brook Middle School. Lindsay attained High Honors in sixth, seventh and eighth grades, and received citizenship recognition, sports awards, Husky Top 10 honors, and student of the month honors all three years of middle school. She was Student of the Year in seventh grade. She has been involved with cheerleading in grades 6-8, softball in grades 6-7, and dance in grade 8. She currently is a member of Jazz Band, the National Junior Honor Society, and Girls’ Respect, and previously was involved with the Husky Herald, Art Club and Girl Scouts. She volunteers at the Winthrop Senior Center and visits Head Start with the National Junior Honor Society. She is president of the Student Council, and with the National Junior Honor Society, helped set up the Bullying X project at school and attended town meetings. She attends St. Thomas Church. Ariana is a member of Student Council, the National Junior Honor Society, the Art Club and the Travel Club. She volunteers at Sonshine Soup Kitchen, at senior citizen dances, and with school events, and is manager for softball and field hockey. She received a perfect score on the math NECAPs (New England Common Assessment Program) in seventh grade, and has received High Honors and Citizenship recognition. Jamie is a member of the National Junior Honor Society, the Husky Herald and Jazz Band. She dances and takes piano lessons and was involved with a toy drive. The Derry Rotary Club meets every Thursday at noon at the Marion Gerrish Lauren Neves, back row, Rotary Club of Derry Student of the Month & Year coordiCommunity Center. If inter- nator, and Phillip Szalowsk,i Rotary Club of Derry president, are pictured with ested in joining, call Nick Students of the Month Jamie Herland, Ariana LoFaro and Lindsay Farland. Norman at 432-5549 for Courtesy photo more information.” To Our Readers and Advertisers: S S R E N A N B B -SIDED E L G IN S • R O L O C 4 mil. 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