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Saturday, May 17, 2008
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VOL. III, No. 36
Volunteer opportunities working
with youth in Coös County
Do you have spare time and
are you looking for something
fun to do? Have you considered
volunteering to work with youth
in your community? Members of
the Coös County Coalition
Juvenile Justice Project have
started a volunteer clearinghouse with listings of opportunities for adults and older teens
who would like to work with
youth.
Research has indicated that
young people learn from role
models and need productive,
caring people in their lives. One
mentor can make all the difference in young people’s lives and
will help them make positive
and better choices.
After taking its merry time crossing McGary Hill Road in
Lancaster, this goose was just tasting the grass on Saturday
morning.
(Photo by Lyndall Demers)
Many people would like to
volunteer their time but aren’t
sure how to go about it, who to
Volunteer opps ------------(Continued on Page 21)
‘Schools of Years
Past’ theme of
this month’s
program in
Lunenburg
The Town of Lunenburg
Historical Society will be holding their monthly meeting at
the Alden Balch Memorial
Library on May 21 at 6:30 p.m.
This month’s special program
will have the theme of
Lunenburg Schools of Years
Past.
The Society will have on display Lunenburg primary source
documents from as early as the
mid 1800s along with artifacts
from the same and later periods.
Dave Goulet, of Groveton Trailblazers Snowmobile Club
received a Special Recognition Award from State of N.H.
Bureau of Trails’ Chris Gamache at the N.H. Snowmobile
Association (NHSA) annual meeting held at Mountain View
Grand on May 10, for his Contributions and Exemplary
Dedication to Trails. NHSA’s Contributor/Dealer of the Year
Award this year went to Lemieux’s Garage, Bob Lemieux of
Colebrook. He was not present for the photo.
(Photo by Joyce Ball)
The public is invited to bring
their memories and artifacts
from their school years or those
of family and friends, in
Lunenburg or elsewhere. The
more participants the more
enjoyable the time!
For more information or
questions, please call Chris at
892-6654 or Carol at 892-5914.
General information about the
Lunenburg Historical Society
can be found at www.lunen burghistoricalsociety.org
2008 FORD FOCUS
* 35+ MPG (at $3.59/gallon, this matters)
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or
0% FINANCING PLUS $1,000 REBATE
RESTYLED EXTERIOR
For starters, we’ve got two body styles now—a 4-door sedan and a sporty 2-door coupe. Both have gotten the restyling treatment. Besides a more
muscular stance overall, there’s a chrome two-bar grille with integrated headlamps, a higher beltline, flared wheel arches to show off those rims,
and a front fender appliqué that we think bears quite a resemblance to a shark fin. You just have to bend your neck to the left to see it. So stretch
first.
ALL NEW INTERIOR
THAT WHOLE SKIN-DEEP THING DOESN’T APPLY HERE!
Considering most of the time spent with your car is inside it, we took great care in crafting a place you might not want to leave. From the Ice Blue™
backlighting in the instrument panel, to the ergonomic design of the dash which puts important info at eye level. Like, if you were to get the available Sync, you could screen who’s calling, ignore them and barely take your eyes off the road in the process.
COMPLETE AIRBAG COVERAGE
We are committed to helping keep you safe on the road. Precisely why the new 2008 Focus not only has the standard dual-stage driver and front
passenger airbags, but front-seat mounted side airbags as well as 1st and 2nd row side curtain airbags. There’s also something called roll-fold technology that unfolds the side curtain airbags while they inflate. This effectively helps move someone’s head away from the glass at the time of impact.
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MicroCredit-NH brings
services to Groveton
GROVETON — MicroCreditNH will offer a free program orientation in Groveton for selfemployed individuals and small
business owners. A non-profit
business development program
of the New Hampshire Community Loan Fund, MicroCredit-NH delivers services
statewide to help build stronger
businesses. The orientation
will be held on Wednesday, May
21st from 3 to 5 p.m., at the
Northumberland Public Library
on 22 State Street.
Participants will access information about MicroCredit-NH’s
business
development resources. These include business
skills training, loan capital up to
$15,000, the Individual Development Account (IDA) matched savings program and networking opportunities. Membership options in the area will
also be discussed.
“Self-employment becomes
an attractive option for many
when the economy weakens,”
said Joyce Presby, MicroCreditNH’s North Country Regional
Manager. “MicroCredit-NH’s
mission is to strengthen these
microbusinesses – businesses
with up to five employees – to
make them stable and profitable.”
To register for the orientation, contact Joyce Presby at
(603) 620-0745.
Lancaster Skate Park, in association with the
White Mountains Police Activities League
is sponsoring a fundraiser, “skate free or die stickers”.
These stickers will be available via your local skater or at
Echo’s in downtown Lancaster. All proceeds will be used for
either the proposed trip to Rye Airfield (indoor skate park
located in Rye, NH) or to purchase more equipment and
to provide maintenance for the skate park.
Please help support your local community youth
program. Further information 603-788-2525
White Mountains Police Activities League
SAU #58
Notice of Meetings
May 2008
STRATFORD SCHOOL BOARD
Stratford Public School Multipurpose Room
Tuesday, May 27, 2008
6:00 p.m. — Board Meeting
Happy Mother’s Day
Missed your birthday May 1, 2008
In Memory of
Marguerite MacKillop
If roses grow in Heaven,
Lord please pick a bunch for
me,
Place them in my Mother’s
arms and tell her they’re
from me.
Tell her that I love her and
miss her,
And when she turns to smile,
Place a kiss upon her cheek
and hold her for awhile
Because remembering her is
easy,
I do it every day,
But there’s an ache within my
heart that will never
go away.
Love,
Cheryl and Deb
May 17, 2008
John Poole will be trailmaster for LancasterWhitefield section of Heritage Trail
By Marilyn LaCroix
LANCASTER — John Poole
of Whitefield, has agreed to
serve as trailmaster for the
Lancaster-Whitefield section of
the New Hampshire Heritage
Trail.
Mr. Poole brings a lifelong
love of the outdoors to this volunteer position, along with a
keen interest in the area’s history. He likes checking out old cellar hole sites and likes the old
way of doing things—“Yankee
ingenuity”, visiting old barns
to see evidence of old craftsmanship. He happily recalls the
work his daughters did with
him, rolling logs uphill with
pinch bar and chain for a postand-beam barn that he has
hewn with hand chisel and
erected with block and tackle, a
work still in progress.
He also enjoys learning about
the area’s trees, plants and
wildlife (a fellow hiker describes
him as “quite a naturalist”). He
enjoys walking the trails with
others, sharing with them some
of what he has seen; he says he
gets “a lot back” on these walks.
The two Heritage Trail snowshoe hikes this winter were well
attended and Mr. Poole hopes to
schedule even more next winter.
He would like to offer short
hikes on the Heritage Trail this
summer—perhaps hour-long
“after-work” outings at the end
of the day.
In addition to hikes, Mr.
Poole, as trailmaster, schedules
trail maintenance workdays
with other Heritage Trail volunteers; together, they keep the
trail system picked up and
cleared of blowdowns, they deal
with trail erosion, do minor
bridge construction, and maintain trail signage.
Mr. Poole would like to bring
young volunteers into the mix,
to pass on to a younger generation an appreciation for hiking
and the skills needed to care for
the trails. Volunteers of all ages
are welcome to attend meetings
and participate in trail maintenance work and can check calendar of events items and news
items in local papers for upcoming events.
Have you entered the N.H. Moose Lottery yet?
CONCORD — The deadline
for entering the 2008 New
Hampshire moose hunt lottery
comes up at the end of this
month, so it’s time to get your
application in for a chance at
the adventure of a lifetime.
Applications are $15 for residents and $25 for non-residents.
If you have not yet applied, you
can enter the lottery online at
the Fish and Game website
www.HuntNH.com; you can also
print out a mail-in application
or pick one up from any Fish
and Game license agent.
Lottery applications for 2008
must be postmarked or submitted online by midnight Eastern
Time, May 30, or delivered to
N.H. Fish and Game headquarters in Concord before 4 p.m.
that day. Applicants are encouraged to apply online, since
there is less chance of submitting an incomplete application.
New Hampshire’s moose
hunt runs from October 18 to
26, 2008. More than 16,700
applicants entered the lottery
Next issue will be May 24
Deadline is May 20 at 4 p.m.
In this Journal:
Midge's column . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Page 4
Crossword & games, Horoscopes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Page 6
Bedtime story for children . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Page 6
Rumors, Ramblings and Racing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Page 7
Dining Out and Having Fun . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Page 10
Business Directory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Pages 14, 15 and 16
Upcoming Events . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Pages 10, 11 and 21
Real Estate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Page 17
Classifieds . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Page 22
for the chance to win a permit
for the 2007 moose season.
Permit holders can choose
another hunter of any age to
accompany them on the hunt,
but only one moose may be
taken per permit. Each applicant can enter the moose hunt
lottery once each year. A bonus
point system improves the
chances for unsuccessful applicants who apply each consecutive year. Don’t miss a year, or
you’ll lose your points! Hunters
who get permits are not eligible
to enter the lottery for the following three years. Duplicate or
ineligible applications are nonrefundable.
For more information on
moose hunting in New Hampshire,
visit
www.wildlife
.state.nh.us/Hunting/Hunt_spe
cies/hunt_moose.htm.
Lancaster
Weather
Summary
Week of May 4 to 10
TEMPERATURE:
High Week
72 5/6 &
5/8
Low Week
31
5/6
High 1 Year Ago
86
Low 1 Year Ago
27
Normal High
65
Normal Low
36
Record High
90 1979
Record Low
18 1985
Degree Days This YTD
8142
Degree Days Last YTD
8310
Avg. Degree Days YTD
8104
Note: Degree Day Year begins July 1
and ends June 30.
PRECIPITATION:
Total Week
.21
Total This Month
.27
Normal This Month
1.14
Total This Year
13.37
Normal For Year To Date 11.10
Total. Snow This Month
0
Normal Snow This Month
0
Total Snow This Winter 116.3
Normal Snow This Winter 70.1
Note: Melted Precipitation Year
begins Jan. 1 and ends Dec. 31
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May 17, 2008
Page 3
Home Mortgage
workshop in
Lancaster on
Sat., May 17
LANCASTER — The fourth
in a series of Home Mortgage
Workshops will be held on Saturday, May 17 from 9 a.m. to
noon at the Lancaster Town
Hall at 25 Main Street. Co-hosts
of the event are Executive Councilor Ray Burton and State
Senator John Gallus, Senator
John Sununu.
Senator Sununu said, “The
workshops are designed to provide the latest information on
programs and initiatives regarding mortgages and foreclosures. I encourage anyone from
New Hampshire who has questions or concerns to attend.”
The session is free and open
to the public, and attendees are
encouraged to bring relevant paperwork, such as loan documentation, that may be helpful
when talking with participating
organizations.
The first portion of the event
Ciara Grover held Miss Kitty tightly as she listened to emer - will take place from 9 a.m. –
gency personnel speak about various items in the ambulance Mortgage -------------------at Weeks Medical Center on Tuesday, May 6. She was there (Continued on Page 23)
with her pre-school class from Lancaster, learning what to
expect during an emergency visit. Students brought their
favorite stuffed toy, and were treated to a tour as they followed
a puppet named Josh through the steps that one would go
through if they were to get hurt. They went to the X-ray
department, admitting and emergency rooms, and got to tour
one of Lancaster’s ambulances. All were treated to a snack.
(Photo by Lyndall Demers)
Enter Moose Festival
Photography Contest
The
Moose
Festival
Committee, of the North
Country Chamber of Commerce,
is seeking entries for the 17th
Annual North Country Moose
Festival Photography Contest,
to be held in Canaan, Vt., on
Saturday, Aug. 23. The registration deadline is Aug. 14, 2008.
To register, go to www.moose-
festival.com or call (603) 2378939 or (800) 698-8939.
One photograph per person
per class (no restrictions in size)
is allowed. Categories include
wildflowers, birds, wildlife,
landscape, buildings, people,
Photo contest--------------(Continued on Page 23)
Connecticut Valley
Republican Coalition to
meet on Tuesday, May 27
The “Connecticut Valley
Republican Coalition” will be
gathering on Tuesday, May 27
at 7 p.m. at the Lancaster Motor
Inn.
Don’t
MISS
THIS!
OVERSTOCK LIQUIDATION SALE!
MAY 17-MEMORIAL DAY, MAY 26
Sofa w/Double
Recliner
You are invited to attend!
We will discuss the need to
promote less government, lower
taxes, less regulations, less controls and more self-reliance.
Local author to have book
signing in Northumberland
The Northumberland Public Library is planning a book
signing featuring local author Sally Parker Frizzell. Her book,
“The Adventures in the Secret Valley”, introduces young readers to a special family of eight children and their adoptive
grandparents. Scorned by the residents of their village for
their physical differences, the family takes refuge in a valley
hidden by mountains where they learn a very special secret.
The book signing will be at the library on June 4 from 3 to
5 p.m.
Sally Parker Frizzell is a native and longtime resident of
New Hampshire. She is married to Leo F. Frizzell Jr., and is
the stepmother of three grown children. “The Adventures in
the Secret Valley” grew out of stories written for her grandchildren.
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May 17, 2008
Say, did you hear about
the time…
By Ed “Midge” Rosebrook, Jr.
… when Dick sold snowmobiles?
In 1959 a young entrepreneur by the name of Bob
Bottoms came into the Gulf
Station one day. He had been
selling Bombardier log skidders
out of the old Schurman Car
Dealership building on Canal
Street. They were little tracked
vehicles that resembled bulldozers, but instead of an all steel
track and suspension, they used
a heavy conveyor belt type
material that rode on pneumatic tires. It not only kept the cost
down, they lasted longer
between overhauls. The traction
came from the use of steel
cleats, driven by a rubber
sprocket. Armand Bombardier
was the inventor of this new
machine and that year, he introduced another tracked vehicle
called a Ski-doo.
Bob stopped at Dick’s for the
sole purpose of trying to talk
him into becoming a Ski-doo
dealer. Dick turned him down
flat.
“I don’t have time to fool with
those things,” was his answer.
Looking back, that may have
been a big fat boo-boo, huh!
Because after snowmobiling
took off in the 70s, Timberland
Machine was delivering over
10,000 Ski-doos a year to their
dealers.
In 1966, another salesman
stopped in one day. His name
was Bill Russell. This young
salesman was driving around
New England to set up Polaris
dealerships. About this time
after plowing snow for over ten
years at all hours of the night, I
think Dick was ready for a
change. Also, the frame on his
old Jeep was getting bad from
all the pounding and me jumping up and down hollering at the
top of my lungs from the exciting prospect that night, when he
told me, might have played a
small roll in his decision. The
next time Mr. Russell came in,
he was towing a trailer with our
first snowmobile, still in the
crate. I wasn’t too excited.
Bob Chase bought this, our
first machine, a 1967 Polaris
Colt with a 13 hp JLO engine.
For the next 14 years, although
never setting the world on fire,
sales wise, we proudly sold the
Polaris brand. I did most of the
service work. Dick prided himself in maintaining a good supply of parts and most of all, the
best service we could deliver.
After all, every snowmobile Dick
and I sold, was to a friend. It
was a nice ride while it lasted,
and there are a few more stories
to go with it.
— Comments may be shared
by writing to Midge Rosebrook
at 25 Hill Street, Lancaster, NH
03584 or c/o Great Northwoods
Journal, 76 Mechanic Street,
Lancaster, NH 03584 or by
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Letters to the Editor
acting as the evening auctioneers. Jerry Reynolds, Bob
Simpson, and Mel Dickman
were the auctions “high bidders” raising most of the
evening’s profits. Additional
auction winners were Shawn
MacKillop, Shanon Smith, Jerry
Reynolds, Mel Dickman, Kenny
Bushaw, and Heather Carter.
Shelli Roberts was the 50/50
winner and also donated her
winnings of $160 back to the CF
Foundation. A big thank-you to
Berlin City, Elms Restaurant
Great Northwoods Journal
and Lounge, Patricia Mitchell,
Bob
Snowman
at
F.B.
Spaulding, Carlisle Place, and
Sharon Bushaw who donated
items, making the auction possible. A special thank-you to
everyone who came to the kickoff event and joined us in hopes
of finding a cure for Cystic
Fibrosis. This single fundraising event generated more funds
than any other CF fundraiser
the team Hope for Hannah has
held. More than $2,000 was
raised during this event. We
extend an invitation to anyone
who would like to join Team
Hope for Hannah for the Annual Great Strides walk on May
17 with registration beginning
at 9:30 a.m. at the Lancaster
Fire Station. Breakfast will be
provided by the Lancaster
Dunkin Donuts and a BBQ
lunch, donated by the Elms
Hotel Restaurant and Lounge,
will end the walk.
Jessica Smith
Lancaster
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From the heart of the
Common Man
By Bob Elwell
Hope for Hannah team kick-off event very successful
To the Editor,
Local Team Hope for Hannah
would like to express their sincere gratitude toward the Elms
Hotel Restaurant and Lounge
and owners Mike and Shelli
Roberts for hosting the Great
Strides for Cystic Fibrosis (CF)
kick-off event. We would like to
thank DJ John Jaworowski,
Nancy Rainville, and Craig
Baker for donating their wages
to the CF Foundation and to
Meredith Robinson, Justin
Carter and Mel Dickman for
Harold Dawson came the furthest distance of anyone who
participated in the first-ever Open Mic in Pittsburg on Friday,
May 9. He is from Connecticut. Harold was one of 10 perform ing individuals/groups who played at the event that was held
at Farnham Church Community Hall on Main Street. The
next Great North Woods Center for the Arts-sponsored open
mic will be on June 13 downstairs in the Colebrook Public
Library from 7 to 9 p.m.
(Photo by Lyndall Demers)
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for news and
advertising
for the next
issue is
Tuesday,
May 20.
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About elections and parties
After what has seemed like
forever, listening to all the
would-be presidents blowing on
about all they were going to do
for us and to us, I don’t think
any of those left standing have
either a thread of decency or
honesty in them, and will say
anything for a vote, knowing full
well, if elected, they neither can
nor will, do what they so quickly
promise on the campaign trail.
A list of what they and their
already-elected friends have
done to us is pretty impressive,
as follows: according to the
Constitution (Does anyone
remember that?) our friends in
Congress have the sworn obligation to uphold and defend it,
when it charges them to do the
following; Create a stable currency (soon, it will be cheaper to
use dollars for bathroom tissue,
since we can no longer afford the
stuff we used to be able to afford
at the store).
Secure the borders. Now that
is a real joke on all of us. By
some estimates, we have as
many as 30 million people in
this country who have broken
our laws to be here, and our
politicians want to give those 30
million legal resident status and
access to all services those of
who have worked to pay for all
our lives. To people who have
served this country in uniform
when our country called, and
saw friends die in the process,
to free other countries from
oppression, rebuilt other countries, that former enemies might
have a better life, this issue is
bitter indeed. To have people
here illegally demonstrating in
our cities and on our campuses
for their so-called rights is the
clearest vision of what our
politicians have done to us, and
are too weak-kneed to fix for us.
But I think there is hope on
the horizon.
It came in the form of my
neighbor, Joe Hoey.
Even though Joe and I may
be miles apart on some things,
he has the solution we can both
agree on, a new Political Party,
called The Merry-Go-Round
Party, with the slogan “With
Enough Spin, We Can Win!!).
We will lie, cheat, steal and spin
with the best of them!!”
I think I have figured out
why they call them ‘parties’.
A party is where you go to eat
food paid for by someone else,
drink stuff someone else paid for
and come up with expensive
ideas for a brave new world that
someone else gets to pay for forever, but that particular someone, the taxpayer, doesn’t ever
get to even see the punch-bowl.
And just who was that
genius who decided to call them
parties? Just wondering.
Bob Elwell
Lancaster
Rummage
Sale on
May 16
The Dalton Ladies’ Aid will
be holding a Rummage Sale on
Friday, May 16th from 5 – 8
p.m. and on Saturday from 9 – 2
p.m. at the Town Hall in Dalton.
Plants and bake sale items will
be for sale also. Donations may
be dropped off at the Town Hall
on Friday after 1 p.m.
For information on helping
setup or volunteering at the sale
contact Doris Mitton at the
Library 837-2751 or Jean
Abbott at 837-9592.