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The Colebrook Chronicle
COVERING THE TOWNS OF THE UPPER CONNECTICUT RIVER VALLEY
FRIDAY, JANUARY 23, 2015
603-246-8998
VOL. 15, NO. 28
Saturday Fire Heavily Damages Lemington Home
On Saturday morning, Jan.
17, at about 10 a.m., the Colebrook Fire Dept. responded to a
structure fire on Rte. 102 in
Lemington, Vt.
When they arrived, firefighters found smoke coming out of
the vent on the south end of the
house, which is owned by Norm
Tallmage. They also found fire
coming down from the upstairs.
“The fire started upstairs and
burned its way down. A typical
fire burns its way up,” said Fire
Chief Brett Brooks. Tallmage was
not home at the time of the fire.
Chief Brooks said a cat that
was inside ran out the open door
when the firemen went into the
cellar to check the basement. “It
hid under the porch,” he said. He
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Stratford To Weigh Police
Options At Town Meeting
On Saturday morning, the Colebrook Fire Dept. battled a blaze at the home of Norm Tallmage in
Lemington, Vt. The house was deemed a total loss. Colebrook was assisted at the scene by Beecher Falls
Vol. Fire Dept, while the Stratford Fire Dept. covered Colebrook’s station. Tammy Thivierge photo.
The Stratford Selectboard
hosted an informational meeting,
on Monday, Jan. 12, at 6:30 p.m.,
to discuss the future of the Stratford Police Dept. The meeting
was held at Kimball Hall in
Stratford Hollow and, despite
bad weather, about 30 town residents were on hand to express
their opinions on whether to keep
the department or to contract out
to another police department.
After the town’s long-time
chief, Stewart Walling, submitted his resignation this past
December, two part-time officers
took over police duties, with officer Wayne Hall taking a position
of Officer in Charge. The selectmen decided at that time to host
the informational meeting, looking for feedback from the public
on the future of the police depart(Continued on page 2)
Old Document Recalls Colebrook’s
Order Of Daughters Of Isabella
By Donna Jordan
During a recent visit of the
Canaan Historical Society members to the Colebrook Area Historical Society’s museum in the
top floor of Colebrook’s Town
Hall, a member of the Canaan
organization presented a postersized charter document for a
local Catholic organization to
Arnold Goodrum, the President
of the Colebrook Area Historical
Society, telling him it belonged
in Colebrook rather than
Canaan.
The Catholic organization on
that charter was the Daughters
Recently, the staff at Indian Stream Health Center held a retirement
party for outgoing CEO Shirley Powell. On the ISHC Facebook page
they described her as “a compassionate health advocate” and say that
she is going to be missed. Courtesy photo.
U.S. Chain Leaving Canada:
Say Goodbye To Target
At Sherbrooke Mall
A close up of the Colebrook Daughters of Isabella charter depicts the image of Columbus departing Spain
with Queen Isabella on shore waving him off.
(Editor’s note: North Country
shoppers have been going to the
Carrefour de l’Estrie (Sherbrooke mall) since it first opened
in 1973. Two years ago one of the
anchor stores, Zeller’s, closed
and was replaced by the American chain Target. Last week
Target announced it was pulling
out of Canada. Our Canadian
correspondent filed this report.)
By Corey Bellam
The Minnesota-based Target
Corporation announced last
week that it is going to be closing
all 133 Target stores across Canada after only two years, putting
17,000 workers out of work. This
is all being done because of the
chain’s inability to make money
from the cross-border expansion.
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Friday, January 23, 2015
Fire
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added that it appears the fire
started in a light fixture in the
upstairs bathroom, according to
the results of an inspection from
Tallmage’s insurance company.
The house is deemed a total loss.
“It was gutted but the outside
walls are still standing. He is
going to be able to salvage some
stuff inside, but not much. The
downstairs had the old fashioned
tin ceilings, so that kept all that
heat in there–it got warm enough
that it melted the knobs off the
kitchen cabinets,” said Brooks.
The department was on scene
until about 1:30 that afternoon.
Assisting at the scene was the
Beecher Falls Vol. Fire Dept. and
the 45th Parallel EMS was on
scene as well. No injuries were
reported from the fire. Chief
Brooks said that Tallmage had
gone to the dump and then out to
breakfast on the morning of the
fire and had stopped at his
shop—Tallmage Plumbing—in
West Stewartstown, which is
where he had learned his house
was on fire.
Firefighters returned to the
house for a flare up at about 5
p.m. “I was called and told there
was smoke coming out of two
vent holes,” said Brooks. “I went
over and could see sparks. It was
still upstairs in the blown-in
insulation and a beam. It was a
post and beam construction
house–like a barn. One of the
beams was heavily charred and
we couldn’t see the fire until at
night—then we could see it was
red.” He said firefighters got all
the char off the beam, right down
to where the beam was good, and
did not have to return after that.
The department was on scene the
second time for a little over an
hour.
A nearby garage, which is
heated with a pellet stove, and a
shed further in back which
houses some small farm animals,
was not damaged by the house
fire. Brooks said that Tallmage
is currently staying at the Colebrook Country Club while he
decides what he is going to do
next.
Stratford Police
ment based on past conversations with voters at Town
Meeting time.
Town officials said there had
been a lot of discussion among
residents about the idea of not
having a police department,
while others have expressed
their interest in seeing it continue. The Jan. 12 meeting was
a way for residents to discuss
whether the department should
be dissolved and the town contract services with another, or
should the department continue
with a new chief.
Following the Jan. 12 meeting, the selectmen determined it
was in the best interests of the
town to present warrant articles
at the next Town Meeting with
A Beecher Falls firefighter enters
the second floor of the Tallmage
fire. Tammy Thivierge photo.
different scenarios: one article
will ask to keep the department
and put the job of police chief out
to bid (if the current Officer in
Charge is interested in the position, he has been told he would
need to apply); another option is
to close the department and contract police services with the
town of Groveton; and another
option is to close the department
and contract police services with
the N.H. State Police.
In the meantime, Officer in
Charge Wayne Hall and Lloyd
Tippitt, who both have been parttime officers with the town, are
providing full-time police coverage.
The Tallmage house, which sits just off a sharp bend on Rte. 102 in Lemington, was gutted by accidental
fire last Saturday morning. Investigators say it appears to have started in a light fixture in the upstairs
bathroom. Tammy Thivierge photo.
Target
According to information
released by Target Canada,
despite efforts to find a way to
stay in here, they will be closing
all Canadian stores soon–including the store in Sherbrooke.
They say it would be six years
before Target Canada would
make a profit.
Brian Cornell, Target Corporation Chairman and CEO, told
media that when Target came to
Canada it expected to do well
and have the support of shoppers, but that didn’t happen and
according to him it would be
2021 before they would make a
profit.
Shortly after the announcement of the closing of the stores,
Target applied for and was
granted protection from its creditors under the Companies Creditors Arrangement Act. This
Federal law provides companies
time to wind down their businesses without seizure of assets.
By the time Target opened in
Sherbrooke in November 2013
the company was already reporting losses that would rise to
more than $1 billion in their
first year. The Chronicle visited Target this past Saturday
and found few people were shopping there.
No word as to what will
replace the spot at the mall once
Target leaves. The Carrefour de
l’Estrie recently completed a
major renovation of its eastern
end, which includes the section
housing Target.
The Colebrook Fire Dept. ladder truck was called into action for the Tallmage house fire in Lemington
on Saturday morning. Tammy Thivierge photo.
The two-year-old Target store at the Sherbrooke mall is one of the many stores in the chain that is closing.
Target had opened in the former Zeller’s location, but has decided to close all its Canadian locations.
Corey Bellam photo.
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Police, Fire, EMS Reports
PITTSBURG POLICE
On Jan. 16, at approximately
8:20 p.m., the Pittsburg Police
were called to a single-vehicle
crash on Spooner Road in Pittsburg. A 2006 Chevrolet pickup
operated by Robert C. Heywood,
Jr., 58, of Pittsburg, was traveling west on Spooner Road when
he lost control and struck a
utility pole. The pole was broken
and the truck appeared to be
totaled. There were no injuries.
The operator was arrested and
charged with DWI. The Pittsburg Fire and Rescue assisted
with traffic control. The accident
remains under investigation.
On Jan. 18, the Pittsburg
Police responded to a three-vehicle crash on Beach Road at
approximately 11 p.m. A 2003
Saab, operated by Valerie
Abbott, 45, of Colebrook, had
slid into a snow bank, and then
a 2000 Pontiac Bonneville, operated by Melanie Stone, 44, of
North Stratford, also slid into
the snow bank. A third vehicle,
a 2001 Toyota Tundra operated
by Whitney Covill tried to get
close to assist the first two vehicles, when he slid around and
struck both vehicles. There was
minor damage and no injuries
were reported. A wrecker was
called to get the vehicles back
onto the road.
VT. STATE POLICE
On Jan. 16, at 2:00 p.m., Vt.
State Police responded to a
snowmobile crash on VAST Trail
106 (East Branch Road), two
miles north of Route 105 in
Bloomfield.
Jeff Armstrong, 41, of
Neshanic Station, N.J., got
caught on the edge of the
groomed snowmobile trail and
was unable to get the snowmobile back on the groomed portion. The vehicle and operator
then left the trail and struck
numerous small/medium size
trees and then was thrown from
the snowmobile. The snowmobile caught fire, but was put out
by other snowmobile riders. The
operator was helped at the scene
by friends that were riding with
him. Groveton Fire and Rescue
responded and transported Armstrong to Upper Connecticut
Valley Hospital in Colebrook.
The crash is still under investigation.
On Jan. 16, at approximately
2:16 p.m., Vt. State Police
responded to a single-vehicle
crash in the area of Route 2W in
Danville, near the Joe’s Pond
Boat Access. Asenath Brooks,
22, of Colebrook, was traveling
west on Route 2 when she lost
control of her 2003 Chevrolet
Malibu on a sharp corner.
Brooks attempted to recover
before hitting the snowbank
sideways and rolling. Brooks
was wearing her seatbelt and
not injured in the crash. Road
conditions were a contributing
factor.
CRAIG SANBORN TO
SERVE MORE TIME
The Caledonian-Record
reported yesterday that Craig
Sanborn, 65, formerly of Maidstone, Vt., and the former owner
of the Black Mag gunpowder
plant in Colebrook, was sentenced in U.S. District Court in
Maine on Wednesday to 28
months in prison on a 2014
conviction for felony wire fraud.
This comes on top of the 10 to
20 years in N.H. State Prison
Sanborn is already serving for
the 2010 explosion at the Colebrook plant he owned that killed
two employees.
The Caledonian-Record
reported on Thursday that Sanborn “will serve the 28 months
consecutively after he is paroled
on his New Hampshire sentence,” adding that in addition
he is “required to pay $300,000
in restitution for the federal
grant fraud as well as a $7,500
fine. He will be given three years
of supervised release.”
FIRE HITS DOWNTOWN
SHERBROOKE BUILDING
Late Friday night Sherbrooke
Fire Service received a call at
11:45 saying smoke was billowing out of 55 Wellington South.
Approximately 60 firefighters
were quickly en route to the
scene where they found flames
coming out of the building. This
building housed La Petite Boite
Noir, which was a very popular
venue and music scene. The
building also included seven
apartments on the upper floors.
Evacuation had already
started before the fire service
arrived on scene, according to
Sherbrooke Fire Chief Stephane
Simmoneau, who told media
that all got out safely.
The buildings are very close
right there and firefighters were
able to prevent the flames from
spreading to other buildings.
Simmoneau told media this is
always a concern of his. The
firefighters intervention was a
very defensive to protect buildings. This venue is very close to
the old Mayson Pub, that was
hit hard by fire in the fall of
2011. Le Boite Noire was one of
the city’s prominent Alternative
Music venues and will surely be
missed by many. The cause of
the fire is under investigation by
fire officials and police. The
Canadian Red Cross is caring for
the residents at this point until
they can find another home.
–Corey Bellam
FIRE AT NEWPORT
TOWNSHIP IN QUEBEC
On Sunday morning, a little
before 4 a.m., a call came into
the Cookshire-Eaton Fire Dept.
reporting a structure fire at
1935 Rte. 210 in Newport Township, Que. The Sawyerville Station was fast out of the station
en route for the scene. Cookshire
station was also dispatched to
the scene along with Johnville
stations water tanker. St. Isidore de Clifton was also asked
to send a water tanker to the
scene because of the rural setting and lack of available water
due to frozen ponds.
The rubble left after last Friday’s fire and the subsequent demolition of a building on Wellington Street
in Sherbrooke. The building was in the club district of the downtown. Corey Bellam photo.
Upon arrival of the Sawyerville station, visible flames were
coming out the roof. The five
residents of the house were all
safely out and awaiting help.
The other stations arrived and
the fire was brought under control by close to 20 firefighters.
Damages were severe due to fire
and water. Nobody was injured
in the fire. The cause of the blaze
is under investigation by fire
officials and the Surete Quebec.
–Corey Bellam
RULING IN
LABRANCHE DEATH
Last June 24 after a softball
tournament in St. Malo, Que.,
19-year-old Anthony Labranche
of St. Isidore de Clifton died
tragically after playing ball all
day and celebrating at the ball
This 2013 photo shows the Sherbrooke building in the center lost to
fire last week.
Last Sunday a little before 4 a.m. a call came into the Cookshire-Eaton Fire Dept. reporting a structure
fire at Newport Township, Que. Flames were coming out the roof. The five residents of the house were
all safely out and awaiting help when crews arrived. The fire was ultimately brought under control by
close to 20 firefighters. Corey Bellam photo.
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It’s Almost Winter Carnival Time
Like clockwork, for the past few months Kiwanian Mary Jolles has been getting together with a
small band of planners at the Colebrook Country
Club working on getting everything ready for next
weekend’s Winter Carnival hosted by the Colebrook
Kiwanis Club.
We’ve sat in on a few of the meetings as Mary
has reached out to other area organizations to help
and we were there in our capacity as president of
the GNWCA. It gave us an opportunity to see first
hand the level of planning that goes on each year,
snow or no snow. From designing and ordering the
buttons, working with a crew focusing on the Bocce
tourney, making sure everything is all set for the
Cohorts’ Cribbage games, checking with the sleddog driver, the canoe racers, working with the
North Country Community Recreation Center and
the Colebrook Country Club on the host of events
slated at both locales for children and adults for
Saturday, checking with the GNWCA on the entertainment at the Tillotson Center the night before–
the list goes on and it’s certainly impressive.
Successful events are a team effort and usually
involve a dedicated group of volunteers to pull it
together. But often at the center is a tireless
captain, the person making sure everything is
happening and everyone is on schedule. That
person for the Colebrook Winter Carnival is Kiwanian Mary Jolles and we tip our hat to her for all her
work.
Next week it will be the public’s turn by showing
up and supporting this fine event. You’ll see a large
ad detailing all the events this week on page 6, from
the Colebrook Ski-Bees’ Wild Game Dinner kicking
things off at 5 p.m. on Friday to the finale fireworks
on Saturday evening. It promise to be a lot of fun–be
sure to get out and enjoy some of it.
Charles J. Jordan
Smack dab on the international border was the Canaan Line House, where the dapper staff stood ready
to serve their steady U.S. and Canadian clientele a century ago. Such an establishment would drive
Homeland Security crazy today, but, alas, it was a more relaxed time when you can wander in one door
from one country with with a pocket of change and wander out into another after downing a gin and
tonic.
Letters
Letter to the Editor:
Upon doing more research
about online learning for students K through 12th grade, over
more than 750,000 students in
the last year have signed up for
online classes. This has been a
dramatic increase since 2013
(information was obtained from
the Wall Street Journal).
Advocates for online learning
state the increase is due to the
benefits parents are seeing from
online learning: it offers curricula customized for each student, gives parents more choices
in education and saves money for
the state and taxpayers. They
also state the disadvantages of
brick and mortar schools are
bullying, peer pressure, violence,
decrease in technology academic
resources because of budget constraints and no advanced classes
for gifted students.
Parents who want their child
to have a better education should
push school boards for total virtual learning. Really, what parent doesn’t want their child to
have a better education, a better
chance in life? There is really no
reason why a student cannot
study online from home. There
is usually a parent, grandfather,
grandmother or other source of
guardians available. How do parents handle school vacations and
summer vacation? Parents
always find ways of handling
these situations– online learning
would be no different and greatly
beneficial for their child’s learning, since it would be one on one
teaching.
I am sure there are students
you know that would benefit
from one-on-one teaching.
Kathy Videtto
Stewartstown
“I am concerned about the
government as well as the potential for chaos in a Constitutional
Convention or a Convention of
States. I want to know more, but
I am cautious,” said local GOP
Secretary David Starr of Franconia.
“So why are we inviting all
parties to come? It would take
unity of people and purpose to
enact this ‘Convention of States’
and because many people of
many types say they are fed up
with the politics in Washington,”
stated Warner. “We can hear
what this is about and see if it
sounds like something that
would be positive for our country.” Warner added, “Something
that all of us share is a concern
for the way we are governed. We
have much more in common than
the cartoons would have us
think. I often speak with people
about legislation and find that
there is much commonality. I for
one would like to see less political grand standing and more
working together. Regardless of
the outcome of this convention
idea, working together starts
here, where the people are.”
A free informative presentation by former N.H. Senator Jim
Rubens on the Article V Convention of States will be at Littleton
Opera House at 7 p.m. on Thursday, Jan. 22. For more information see FaceBook: Northern
Grafton Republican Committee.
Politics
Editor: Charles J. Jordan; Publisher: Donna Jordan
Reporter/Photographer: Angela Wheeler
Reporter/Photographer: Samantha McMann
Canadian Correspondent: Corey Bellam
Sports Photographer: Tina McKenzie
Colebrook Office Manager/Video Editor: Thomas Jordan
REGIONAL GOP INVITES
DEMS, INDEPENDENTS
(Editor’s note: The following
was submitted by Debi Warner,
a Republican Party chair in
northern new Hampshire.)
Why is the local Republican
party inviting Democrats and
Independents to the special
event on Thursday, Jan. 22? “We
are curious as anyone about the
recent discussions for a ‘Convention of States’ and would like to
know more,” said local GOP
Chair Debi Warner. “The U.S.
Constitution is not owned by any
one party but is for everyone. We
are inviting everyone so we all
can hear about this mechanism
that has never been used but is
being promoted as a way to rein
in the out of control federal government.”
Police, EMS
park. He was walking to a house
where he was to spend the night.
At around 4 a.m. that morning
while walking up the hill in St.
Malo he was struck by a semi
truck and instantly killed.
This past week the report
came in from Coroner Paul
Dionne and is as follows after a
long investigation. Dionne said
that Anthony Labranche was
walking in a very advanced state
of intoxication of a public highway and by the looks walked out
into the path of the truck. An
investigation was done on the
truck and no blood was found on
the bumpers. It appears that the
trucker never saw him or felt the
impact when he hit and killed
Labranche. At that time of
morning no witness were there
and nobody came forward.
Dionne says no charges will be
laid against the truck driver
involved. It is deemed an accidental death.
–Corey Bellam
cal emergency. The patient was
transported to UCVH.
On Jan. 15, at 6:50 a.m., the
department responded to Stewartstown for a medical emergency. There was no patient
transport. At 12:33 p.m., the
department
responded
to
Canaan, Vt., for a medical emergency. The patient was transported to UCVH. At 11:02 p.m.,
the department responded to
Colebrook for a medical emergency. The patient was transported to UCVH.
On Jan. 16 , at 8:13 p.m., the
department responded to Pittsburg for a motor vehicle collision.
There was no patient contact. At
3:15 p.m., the department
responded to UCVH for an inter-
facility transfer to Catholic Medical Center. The patient was
transported to CMC. At 8:07
p.m., the department responded
to UCVH for an interfacility
transfer to DHMC. The patient
was transported to DHMC.
department responded to UCVH
for an interfacility transfer to
Littleton Regional Healthcare.
The patient was transported to
LRH. At 9:04 a.m., the department responded to Canaan, Vt.,
for a medical emergency. The
patient was transported to
UCVH. At 9:56 a.m., the department responded to Lemington,
Vt., for fire standby. There was
no patient contact.
GROVETON AMBULANCE
During the week of Monday,
Jan. 12, through Sunday, Jan.
18,
Groveton
Ambulance
responded to eight medical calls
and one fire alarm standby call
in Groveton Village, two medical
calls in the town of Stark, and
one medical call in North Stratford. In addition, Groveton
Ambulance responded to a
motor vehicle accident with
three patients and one snowmobile accident in the town of
Bloomfield, Vt.
45TH PARALLEL EMS
The following is the ambulance call activity report for the
period from Jan. 11-17:
department responded to Pittsburg for an alarm activation.
The ambulance was canceled
while en route. At 3:30 p.m., the
DHMC. The patient was transported to DHMC. At 5:17 p.m.,
Stewartstown for a medical
emergency. The patient was
transported to UCVH.
department responded to Pittsburg for a medical emergency.
The patient refused transport.
At 7:00 p.m., the department
responded to Pittsburg for a
medical emergency. The patient
refused transport.
DHMC. The patient was transported to DHMC. At 12:35 p.m.,
CCNH West Stewartstown for a
medical emergency. The patient
was transported to UCVH. At
4:50 p.m., the department
responded to DHMC for an
interfacility transfer to UCVH.
The patient was transported to
UCVH.
department responded to CCNH
West Stewartstown for a medi-
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In Memory of
Evelyn M.
Jordan
born 90 years ago
January 27, 1925June 10, 2014
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Outdoors
LAST WEEK TO TAKE
ONLINE QUESTIONNAIRE
The N.H. Fish and Game
Dept.’s online questionnaire
about game management in New
Hampshire will be open through
Sunday, Jan. 25. If you haven't
yet shared your thoughts on matters such as how many deer,
moose, bear and turkey you
would like to see in your county,
now is the time to weigh in. Go
to
wildnh.com/Hunting/
game_plan_2015.html.
Public input provided through
the questionnaire will be taken
into account as biologists analyze
a wide range of data in preparation for making draft species
population goal recommendations. These activities are part of
the process of updating New
Hampshire's 10-year game management plan, which will establish regional population goals for
moose, deer, bear and wild turkey for the span of 2016 through
2025. Issues pertaining to
method and manner of take are
not a part of the plan update;
they are handled through biennial rule-making, as required by
state statute.
Species assessment reports,
survey questions and results,
and initial draft recommendations for revising the state's
game management plan will be
posted on Fish and Game's website by Feb. 10, 2015, at
wildnh.com/Hunting/game_plan
_2015.html.
The public will have further
opportunities to provide input at
a series of five public meetings to
be held around the state in
March of 2015 (see dates and
locations
at
wildnh.com/Hunting/game_plan
_2015.html).
Following the public meetings, a final open house meeting
will be held at the N.H. Fish and
Game Dept. in Concord before
final draft recommendations are
presented to Fish and Game
Executive Director Glenn Normandeau and the N.H. Fish and
Game Commission for their
information, input and, ulti-
mately, their adoption during
May and June Commission meetings.
The final approved game management plan will take effect in
January 2016. Rulemaking
efforts through 2025 will be
guided by the goals and objectives set out in the new plan.
TROUT STOCKED
FOR WINTER ANGLERS
Winter anglers in New Hampshire had some trout stocked
especially for them this fall. The
N.H. Fish and Game Dept. stocks
trout every year during the fall
months, mostly to bolster the
winter ice fishery. Anglers going
after trout can find lists of waters
that remain open to the taking of
trout year round on the Fish and
Game website.
For lakes and ponds, visit
fishnh.com/Fishing
/year_
round_trout_ponds.htm. For rivers
and
streams,
see
fishnh.com/Fishing/year_round_
trout_streams.htm.
Healthcare
Holly B. Ramsey, PA-C
NEW FAMILY PHYSICIAN
ASSISTANT FOR CCFHS
Coos County Family Health
Services is welcomes Holly B.
Ramsey, PA-C, to its permanent
staff as a certified Physician
Assistant. Ramsey graduated
from Saint Anselm College in
Manchester with a BA in Biolo-
Education
CARA WORTH
ON DEAN’S LIST
Cara Worth of Island Pond,
Vt., has been named to the
Champlain College Dean's List
for Fall 2014 for achieving a
semester grade point average of
3.5 or higher. Worth is majoring
in Health Care Administration.
Champlain College’s campus
is in Burlington, Vt.
gy-Cum Laude. She received her
Masters of Physician Assistant
at the Massachusetts College of
Pharmacy and Health Sciences
in Worcester. She joined the
staff in November, and her
healthcare interests include
family medicine and women’s
health.
A New Hampshire native,
Ramsey grew up in Errol and
graduated from Colebrook Academy. Her love of medicine is
long-standing, as she worked
with the Errol Rescue Squad
while still in school, and later
with the Berlin Emergency Medical Services as an Emergency
Medical Technician.
Upon completing her graduate studies, Ramsey worked as
a Physician Assistant at the
Island Pond Health Center in
Island Pond, Vt. While there,
her responsibilities included
managing
patient
panels,
assessing, diagnosing and treating chronic and acute medical
conditions, and performing
office-based procedures, such as
suturing, biopsies and joint
injections.
While working in Vermont,
her residence was in Berlin.
Now she is excited to be working
in Berlin as well. She and her
husband, a yard manager at
Milan Lumber, and their yearold son, Gracin, take advantage
of all this area has to offer. “We
love all the natural resources,”
she said, “and enjoy fishing,
hunting and four-wheeling.”
Above all, Ramsey said she
has a passion for providing quality healthcare to the residents of
Northern New Hampshire, and
giving back to the community.
She loves listening to her
patients: “I always try to find
out one thing about them that
they like to talk about,” she said.
She is available to see
patients at the CCFHS Page Hill
office. Call 752-2900 to schedule
an appointment.
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FEAST CELEBRATES
POPE FRANCIS
Pope Francis, the leader of
Catholics worldwide continues
to improve his standing with the
changes that he is making in
Rome. Last year, he was Time
Magazine’s Person of the Year
The Feast for Pope Francis
was organized and celebrated in
Canaan. It was an overwhelming success bringing together
townspeople of all faiths to
honor the new Pope. The extensive Italian menu was also a
hugely popular.
This year, the members of
Grace Community Church are
continuing with its second
annual Feast for Pope Francis
at 5 p.m. on Saturday night,
Jan. 31. There is a second seating scheduled at 6 p.m. right
after Mass.
In addition to tasting the
many foods from Italy one lucky
attendee will go home with a gift
card from The Olive Garden
restaurant.
COOS COUNTY
NURSING HOSPITAL
A group of residents gathered
in the Family Room to listen to
and sing along to songs from the
1950s. Judy and Sally entertained the group with music and
humor later in the week.
Residents exercised with a
stretching session and a game of
Ladder Ball. Residents in the
Special Care Unit (SCU) enjoyed
going for walks throughout the
facility. For mental exercise,
residents played Checkers and
Bingo. SCU residents played
Shake Loose a Memory, Unit
Bingo and Rhyme Time. They
enjoyed an Alaskan video,
learned about Eskimos and
worked on a Penguin craft.
In a taste testing session,
residents reminisced about the
cereals they had enjoyed over
the years and how they had
prepared them. Most popular
were staples like oatmeal and
corn flakes. They were able to
sample a variety of cereals
including many familiar staples
and a few newer varieties.
A Country Western weekend
was enjoyed. Residents watched
a John Wayne movie and
enjoyed fresh popcorn on Friday.
On Saturday they made cowboy
cookies and enjoyed a Country
Music social.
Paul Fillion on Parsons Street in Colebrook took this picture of a bobcat “within feet of my backdoor.” He
had just interrupted a fight the bobcat was in with a fair-sized tomcat, which managed to escape moments
earlier. Courtesy photo.
GRACE COMMUNITY
CHURCH NEWS
On Jan. 14, the congregation
of Grace Community Church
met to confirm its new pastor,
Rev. Frank Sawicki, who began
officially on the first of the year.
Monthly visits to the community
during the past several months
had allowed him to get
acquainted with the area.
The official board voted to
return worship services to 11
o’clock on Sunday mornings, and
also to schedule the monthly
board meetings on the second
Tuesdays.
Nominations were made and
discussed for church officers and
for the board of directors, and all
were affirmed unanimously.
All who wish to be involved in
a non-denominational church are
welcome to attend these meetings as well as the worship services on Sundays.
Community News
A $5,000 Plum Creek check presentation was held recently at the site of the future home being built by
Two Rivers Habitat for Humanity (TRHFH). From the left, Rebecca Larson, TRHFH Board Secretary;
Mari Voisine, TRHFH Board President; Monda Anderson, TRHFH Board Treasurer; Chris Fife, Plum
Creek. Seated in front is Bob Congdon, TRHFH Board Member. Courtesy photo.
The congregation has had a
busy six months, with several
highlights: the well-attended
Christmas Eve Service, the Community Holiday Concert in midDecember and a celebration of
the 140th birthday of the historic
church held in September. The
public use of the Community
Hall with a variety of Wellness
activities, and the monthly gourmet Church Supper bring in a
growing number of local people
of all faiths.
Following a trip back to
Maryland to attend his wife’s
ceremony to receive her Master’s
degree in Education, Pastor
Frank and his family will settle
in town.
TWO RIVERS HABITAT
RECEIVES $5,000 GRANT
The Plum Creek Foundation
recently awarded a $5,000 grant
to Two Rivers Habitat for
Humanity to help fund the renovation of a home for a local
Colebrook family in need.
This past Saturday JT Tolley, Dennis Johnson and Haven Haynes
Jr.. attended the Mid-Winter Conference for the Legion Family of
Vermont. The Sons of the American Legion Detachment of Vermont
reported to the American Legion of Vermont that they had contributed
over 22,000 hours of time and donated over $60,000 in the past six
months. Squadron Number 47 received a certificate from the Dodge
Center for their donation that was presented on Veteran’s Day. The
Detachment have given an over-all donation of over $11,000. That
day there was a challenge that raised another $2,900 to bring it up
to $13,900. The Dodge Center is a transition shelter for homeless
veterans in West Rutland, Vt.,and has been in service since 1997. This
is a picture of the certificate and pins that were presented. Courtesy
photo.
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St. Albert's Church held a supper last Saturday, Jan. 17 helping out on the supper line was Claude Roy,
Alice Lyons, Patsy Griffin, Sylvie Roy and Dolores Grondin. Angela Wheeler photo.
According to Mari Voisine,
president, more than 13 percent
of Coos County residents live
below the poverty level and many
experience sub-standard housing
conditions. Two Rivers Habitat
for Humanity works to address
this issue by providing adequate,
affordable and sustainable housing for those in need.
In 2013, the organization purchased an existing three-bedroom
home
and
began
construction on necessary renovations last fall. Once construction is complete, the home will be
sold at a reduced price with a
no-interest mortgage to a local
Habitat for Humanity partner
family.
“Having a safe home is a basic
human need, yet many in our
community lack the resources for
adequate housing,” said Voisine.
“Thanks to the help of the Plum
Creek Foundation, we can provide a new home for a family in
need and help strengthen our
community as a whole.”
The selected family will also
take part in a home buyer education course and will receive ongoing counseling about credit
building, savings, budget management and more from Habitat
for Humanity partner AHEAD,
Inc. Volunteers in the community are assisting with renovations, which are expected to be
complete this year.
The mission of the Two Rivers
Habitat for Humanity, Inc., is to
build the community one home
and family at a time, to unify the
community by working together
for a common good and to
empower the less fortunate by
helping them help themselves.
The mission of the Plum
Creek Foundation is to provide
philanthropic contributions to
support and improve the general
welfare of life in the communities
that Plum Creek serves. The
Foundation board meets quarterly to review applications submitted from organizations in the
company’s operating communi-
ties. Visit the Community
Involvement page on Plum
Creek’s
website
at
www.plumcreek.com to download an application.
COLEBROOK
CRIBBAGE COHORTS
The Colebrook Cribbage
Cohorts played the 13th tournament of the season at the Colebrook Country Club. Nine
players were used to calculate
club points. A total of two
received points from this tournament.
First place: Dennis Lunn with
15 game points, seven wins,
spread of 95.
Second place: Wendell Woodard with 12 game points, six
wins, spread of 22.
Tournament number 14 will
be played, Thursday, Jan. 22.
The following week will be a fun
night. Games start at 6:30 p.m.
The Winter Carnival will be
held at the Colebrook Country
Club on Jan. 31. Cribbage games
will be played by anyone who
may be interested in having fun
and a chance to win some great
prizes Members hope to see you
there.
For anyone interested in participating in weekly games with
the Colebrook Cribbage Cohorts,
contact Louise Streeter at 23786602 or Annie Laughton at 2374034.
CANAAN SENIORS NEWS
Jean-Nil Dube and Georgette
St. Pierre won the 50/50 drawings. Louisette Thibeault and
Rollande Marquis won free
meals. Bingo was enjoyed, with
Dencie Cunningham (2), Germaine Turgeon ( 2), Lisette Fauteux and Yvonne Burrill wining
bingo games. Roger Roy won the
Blackout.
Next week (Jan. 28) will be
the monthly penny sale and celebrate the January birthdays,
menu, soup, assorted sandwiches, pickles and chips, with
birthday cake and ice cream. For
your reservations, call Dencie
Cunningham at (802) 266-8206,
on or before Tuesday by 10 a.m
CAN NOW APPLY ONLINE
FOR STATE ARTS GRANTS
The N.H. State Council on
the Arts announces that, for the
first time, applicants to its grant
programs may submit their
applications through an online
grant process.
Applying online eliminates
the need for applicants to submit
multiple copies of their materials, speeding up the application
process and reducing the costs
associated with color printing,
which often accompanies applications from arts organizations
and their partners.
Board Chairman Greg Placy
speaks at the UCVH annual
meeting on Jan. 15. Melanie
Paquette received the Director’s
Award. Receiving recognition
pins were: 35-years, Rebecca
Bean, Pamela Frizzell; 30 years,
Dottie Lee; 25 years, Deborah
Cooke; 15 years, Marci Ducret,
Jennifer Keazer, Shari Parker;
10 years, Stephen Brooks, Jeffrey
Lacoy; five years, Sarah Frizzell,
Stephany Hall, Rachel O’Meara,
Andrea Savard, Monica White,
Joseph Kiernan, MD. Courtesy
photo.
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Online applications are an
option for all NHSCA grants in
the coming year, but paper applications will still be accepted.
Next year, all grant applications
will be required to be submitted
online.
For those unfamiliar with
applying for grants online, several customized training materials are available, including video
tutorials and written documents
for every NHSCA grant program.
“The N.H. State Council on
the Arts is thrilled to kick off its
50th Anniversary year with an
online grant application portal,
which will simplify the application process, increase efficiency
for applicants and staff, and
modernize the grant review process,” said Ginnie Lupi, director
of the NHSCA. “We’re excited to
provide this service to New
Hampshire’s arts community
and we look forward to their
feedback.”
For more information about
the Arts Council’s grants, and to
view the online application
grant process and training materials, visit nh.gov/nharts/grants.
The N.H. State Council on
the Arts is a publicly funded
agency within the New Hampshire
Dept.
of
Cultural
Resources. It began in 1965 with
legislation designed “to insure
that the role of the arts in the
life of our communities will continue to grow and play an ever
more significant part in the education and welfare of our citizens.” Funding comes from state
appropriations, the National
Endowment for the Arts and the
Conservation License Plate
fund. Learn more about the N.H.
State Council on the Arts at
Late afternoon shadows in Clarksville as the sun stays up noticeably longer with each passing January
day. This was 4 o’clock yesterday. Charles Jordan photo.
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www.nh.gov/nharts.
Slam poetry writer Mckendy Fils-Aime from Manchester reads one of his poems during a BYOP (Bring
your own poetry, performance, painting, presentation, etc.) at Moose Muck Coffee House in Colebrook on
Jan. 15. The event was sponsored by the Arts Alliance of Northern NH and brought together creative
individuals who shared their works with others and discussed the local arts scene. Charles Jordan photo.
NIGHT OF OLD-TIME
FIDDLE MUSIC COMING
Foot stompin’ traditional fiddle music will be celebrated on
Friday, Jan. 30, when the local
group the Fireside Fiddlers and
the feature band the Don Roy
Ensemble from Maine take to
the stage at the Tillotson Center
theater. Hosted by the Great
North Woods Committee for the
Arts, this night of music takes
place during the annual Colebrook Kiwanis Winter Carnival—which offers a full weekend
of fun, outdoor winter events
(see related story).
The Fireside Fiddlers will
open the concert, followed by the
Don Roy Ensemble, which features Maine’s own Don Roy on
fiddle, his wife Cindy on piano,
Jay Young on upright bass and
Larry Burkett on guitar. The
night will feature some old-time
step dancing too.
Don hails from Franco-American ancestry. His grandparents
came from Quebec and emigrated to Maine with the work
available. At age six, Don
learned guitar under the tutelage of his uncle Norman
Mathieu during many house
parties held at various uncle’s
and his grandparent’s homes.
Soon after, another uncle, Lucien Mathieu, became a mentor
of many things to him, particularly fiddle playing. Lucien, a
well noted fiddler, would stop by
during business trips to play
tunes with Don, thus sparking
his interest in learning the fiddle.
In 1975, when Don was 15,
uncle Lou gave him his first
fiddle and a recording of Monsieur Pointu, a Montreal fiddler
whose playing became a strong
influence. At age 16 Don won his
first fiddle competition and
began one year of formal training to learn how to read music
(but he still prefers to learn by
ear).
From 1975 through 1987 Don
won many fiddle contests including the Massachusetts State
Championship and the Maine
State Championship multiple
times as well as placing in the
top three at the Northeast
Championships in Barre, Vt.
In 1994 The Don Roy Trio
was created which includes Don,
Cindy and Jay Young, who has
been playing bass with Don and
Cindy since 1987. Larry Burkett
joined the trio on guitar in 2010,
thus switching the name of the
group to The Don Roy Ensemble.
In the fall of 2000, Don
started teaching a free session
in Portland. Once a month players gather to learn tunes and
soon the group Fiddle-icious was
created.
As of 2012, Fiddle-icious was
in its 10th year, has over 140
members. It is now a non-profit
organization with a complete
staff of teachers and administrators donating their time. In his
spare time, Don also makes and
plays on his own violins. He
published a book of fiddle tunes,
Notes From My Mind, complete with bowings, harmonies
and chord progressions.
The Fireside Fiddlers have
been playing together for over
four years. Composed of 10
regional musicians who perform
popular fiddle tunes by ear, the
group has recorded two recordings, “The Fireside Fiddlers:
Common Fiddle Tunes of Coos
County” (2011) and “The Fireside
Fiddlers Christmas Album”
(2013). Both will be on sale during the concert.
Admission to what promises
to be an exciting night of music
is $15. Advance tickets are available at Fiddleheads at 110 Main
Street in Colebrook, or at the
door the night of the concert. For
more information on this and
other GNWCA-sponsored events,
call 237-9302 or 246-8998, or you
can visit www.gnwca.org.
WOODBURN TO HOST
HEALTHCARE TOUR
North Country Senator Jeff
Woodburn will bring state health
and human services officials on
an all-day tour of the North
Country on Monday, Feb. 2.
Health and Human Services
Commissioner Nick Toumpas
and Director of Intergovernmental affairs Jeff Myers will visit
The Morrison in Whitefield; Genesis County Village in Lancaster;
Indian Stream Health Center
and Upper Connecticut Valley
Hospital
in
Colebrook;
Androscoggin Valley Hospital in
Berlin and then Moffett House in
Berlin, where they’ll see the fully
preserved medical office of Dr.
Moffett.
“Health and Human Services
is one of the most important
departments in state government,” Woodburn said. “It is
important that their leadership
understand the North Country
and our local leaders have access
to them.”
For more information, contact
Sen. Woodburn at 271-3207 or
Jeff.Woodburn@
Leg.state.
nh.us.
Here is the schedule for Monday, Feb. 2, 2015:
9:15 a.m. Tour The Morrison
with Roxie Severance, 6 Terrace
St., Whitefield.
10:30 a.m. Tour Country Village Center, 91 Country Village
Road, Lancaster.
12:30 p.m. Tour of Indian
Stream Health Center and
Upper Connecticut Valley Hospital, 141 Corliss Lane, Colebrook.
2:30 p.m. Tour Androscoggin
Valley Hospital with Russ
Keene, 59 Page Hill Road, Berlin.
4 p.m. Tour Dr. Moffett’s historically preserved medical
office, at the Berlin/Coos Historical Society’s Moffett House,
Jackie and Walter Nadeau, 119
High St., Berlin.
Isabella
of Isabella, and it was chartered
on Nov. 23, 1947, in Colebrook.
At the time, the Colebrook’s
Catholic Church, St. Brendan’s,
was on Cooper Hill; today that
same building is an apartment
house and the “new” church
building opened in the mid-1950s
is on Pleasant Street.
Several names are inscribed
on the poster, many of which are
familiar: there is Dora Lamoureaux and her daughter, Clarisse. Clarisse (Lamoureaux)
Bradley, who is still alive, was
the long-time Colebrook Main
Street business owner of Dora’s,
a women’s clothing store that
was started by Bradley’s mother.
There also is the name Amanda
Lemieux, whose two daughters
are Solange Hebert and Marie
Gorman, both currently living in
Colebrook. And there is Rose
Anne Lavigne, the mother of Sue
Collins. Rose Anne also still lives
in Colebrook. So many other
familiar names were penned in
fine script on this charter: there
is Beloin, Crete, Lafond, Duplessie,
Barnett,
Marquis,
Gendreau, Laperle, Giguere, and
many others. All familiar
names, and just about every one
of them with a descendant still
close by.
Sue Collins told us her
mother was active in the Daughters of Isabella along with Rose
Anne’s neighbor, Adrienne Carrier, who is now deceased. “My
mom stopped going but Adrienne continued to go for years,”
said Collins. “It existed at least
up to 20 years ago, I believe, and
I remember they used to meet at
the Shrine.”
The Daughters of Isabella is
one of the largest organizations
of Catholic women—their motto
is Unity, Friendship and Charity. The first order in the country was founded in New Haven,
Conn., in 1897. The organization
is the female counterpart to the
Knights of Columbus and is
named for Queen Isabella of
Spain. The organization’s website described her as having a
“zeal for Holy Mother Church”
and a “complete dependence on
God.” Queen Isabella, they note,
“transformed the corrupt kingdom she inherited into the most
powerful nation of 15th and 16th
Century Europe.” The Daughters of Isabella take part in
retreats, masses, novenas, and
other spiritual activities to
develop their relationship with
God and others. They host fundraisers for charitable purposes
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When the Colebrook chapter of the Daughters of Isabella, St. Brendan’s Catholic Church was situated on
Cooper Hill. The current church was built in the 1950s and the former structure today is an apartment
building. Photo from William H. Gifford’s Colebrook: A Place Up Back of New Hampshire.
and offer scholarships, among
other activities.
National Circle number 758
of Colebrook, known by the
name of St. Bernadette, was a
subordinate of that New Haven
Circle. They once collected fees,
held meetings, assisted “Sisters”
who needed relief, and hosted
fundraising activities as part of
routine life in the region. While
it is now a closed organization,
it once was thriving with 79
names that are just as familiar
today.
Not much is known about the
work that the Daughters of Isabella did in the Colebrook
region. While most of the charter
members are gone, the few who
are still with us have fading
memories. But there was a time
when the “Sisters” from the New
Haven branch accepted those
local names on a poster-sized
charter, helping to spread the
work of a national organization
that will be long-remembered,
thanks to a gift from the Canaan
Historical Society.
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This full-sized view of the Colebrook chapter of the Daughters of Isabella charter from November 1947
reads like a who’s-who of Colebrook: the names on this charter reflect some of the early movers and shakers
of the downtown business area. The chapter was created under the sponsorship of the New Haven, Conn.,
chapter, which was the first one in the country. This document is now in the hands of the Colebrook Area
Historical Society for safe keeping and was a gift from the Canaan Historical Society.
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A nomination brunch was held for Jean Rousseau, running his third campaign as NDP member for the
region of Compton-Stanstead. From left: Pierre-Luc Dusseault ( NDP member for Sherbrooke), Robert
Aubin (NDP member for Trois Riviere) , Jean Rousseau (Compton -Stanstead), Nancy Layton, and Marc
-Aurele Fortin. Corey Bellam photo.
A full house of supporters filled the hall and Jean hopes to have continued support in the election this
coming autumn. Corey Bellam photo.
Jean Rousseau and his little girl Katsomi, age 2 years old. This little girl is surely going to be in politics
someday–she already feels completely comfortable on the microphone. Corey Bellam photo.
Around the Region
The Sawyerville Community Center was host to the Sawyerville 4-H awards and supper this past Friday
evening. Corey Bellam photo.
SAWYERVILLE
4-H AWARDS
Excitement was certainly in
the air this past Friday evening
at the Sawyerville Community
Center for the Sawyerville 4-H
awards and supper. This is done
every year so that the members
can receive the trophies and
medals they earned this past
year through 4-H Canada with
their rabbits, chickens, horses,
beef calves, dairy calves and
sheep. At 7 p.m., very close to
100 people gathered to enjoy a
lovely potluck supper that sure
tempted the taste buds and then
a very sweet array of desserts for
all to enjoy.
After supper, it was time to
get the awards passed out. The
youngsters strutted up and were
presented their trophies and
medals. These young boys and
girls work very hard all year long
and deserve to be awarded. This
year there was a new trophy up
for grabs: The Clinton French
Trophy for Perseverance and
Effort on a project. This new
trophy is in honor of a very special man that recently passed
away after a lifetime of farming
near Sawyerville, Que. This trophy was donated by Unity Number 8 Odd Fellows Lodge of
Huntingville, Que.
President of the Odd Fellows
Lodge, Ed Copping, along with
Joyce Copping, President of
Unity Number 8, Huntingville,
were on hand, along with Clinton’s daughter, Mary Ellen
French Young, to present the
trophy to Dillon Everett for his
hard work this year in 4-H.
Clinton French was a lifelong
farmer and joined the Odd Fellows on Dec. 1, 1945, and was one
of their most faithful members
for 69 years until his death. A
very good friend to all for sure.
This pretty much brought the
evening to an end and all headed
home on a very cold night. The
Sawyerville 4-H works very hard
throughout the year and they are
always eager to lend a hand to
anyone that needs it.
–Corey Bellam
LAC-MEGANTIC
SETTLEMENT
The
funds
have
been
announced to be given to those
affected by the July 2013 rail
disaster in Lac-Megantic, caused
by a runaway train containing
many tanker cars filled with very
explosive crude oil that came
barreling into town, exploding
and killing 47 people.
Since the tragic disaster,
Montreal Maine and Atlantic
Railway has been in court. A
$200 million U.S. settlement was
announced last week, with more
than half the money going to
various levels of government.
About $50 million is going to be
going to the families of the 47
people that died that tragic
night.
$200 million can seem like a
lot of money, but it really isn't an
awful lot given the severity of the
tragedy which left downtown
Lac-Megantic a fire-raged mess.
Much more than $200 million
has been injected into the provincial and federal governments to
decontaminate the soil alone,
and this is not even including
reconstruction. The families of
the victims will share the settlement money, which is very little
considering there's over 20
orphans who must try and
rebuild their lives.
The settlement involves Montreal Maine and Atlantic Canada
Co. and its insurance company,
rail car makers and some oil
producers. Three major companies have declined to take part
to include World Fuel Services,
Canadian Pacific Railroad and
Irving Oil. US bankruptcy
trustee Robert Keach is hoping
the $200 million amount rises a
lot before the final approval of
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Left photo: Mason Kirby receives a trophy for Grand Champion Rabbit. This young man gives his all to the Sawyerville 4-H. Right photo: The Clinton French Trophy being
presented to Dillon Everett, from left: Troy Rothney, Dillon Everett, Mary Ellen French Young (Clinton French’s daughter), Ed Copping (President of the Odd Fellows), and Joyce
Copping (President of Unity Number 8 in Huntingville, Que.) Corey Bellam photos.
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the plan in US and Canadian
courts. Keach, a court appointed
trustee in the now defunct MMA
Railroad case in the State of
Maine, said the draft sets aside
$50 million of the $200 million
pool for wrongful death claims
which could rise to as much as
$57 million. Up to $29 million
could go to property damage
while another $19 million could
go to bodily injury claims and
moral damage claims, Keach told
media recently. He explained
that this is only a draft, so they
are separate but parallel processes on both sides of the border. They are hoping to have all
in place by mid-April and to have
money available by June or July.
The case that went through
on the 12th of January was postponed until mid-May by a Judge
in the Sherbrooke Courthouse.
Yannick Gagne, owner of the
Musi-Cafe, a business that was
completely destroyed that night
and where the majority of the
deaths occurred, says the money
won't bring back the lives, but it
will help relaunch the downtown.
Plenty more money will be
needed however to rebuild the
town center from scratch, he told
media in a recent interview. The
costs are huge and Gagne himself has taken out loans, used
insurance money, and paid out
of his own pocket. Also, he has
been out of work for seven
months. “It has certainly been a
difficult time for all,” said
Gagne,whose
Café
quietly
reopened Dec. 15.
“$200 million is not enough.
We are a long way from what we
need, and it is not up to the
population to pay for this tragedy,” Mayor Colette Roy Laroche
said on the weekend. The estimated cost of rebuilding the
downtown of Lac-Megantic is
going to be over $2 billion.
–Corey Bellam
SMITHSONIAN EXHIBIT
AT MONTSHIRE MUSEUM
Small yet abundant, with
complex and wildly diverse lifestyles, ants are everywhere, living lives mostly hidden from
view. A new exhibition at the
Montshire Museum of Science
brings the lives of ants into
clearer focus.
With the aid of a macro lens
and the insights of ant expert
and photographer Mark Moffett,
the Smithsonian Institution
Traveling Exhibition Service
(SITES) and the Smithsonian’s
National Museum of Natural
History present the world of ants.
“Farmers, Warriors, Builders:
The Hidden Life of Ants” will
open at the Montshire Museum
of Science in Norwich, Vt., on
Jan. 24 and will be on view
through April 5, before continuing on a 15-city national tour
through 2015. “Ants” was previously on view at the National
Museum of Natural History in
Washington, D.C.
Moffett’s macro photographs
tell stories about the lives of
ants—hunting, communicating,
dealing with disease and agriculture—and chronicle the work of
entomologists in the field. The
exhibition features 39 large-scale
color photographs, a three-dimensional aluminum cast of an
ant nest and touchable oversized
ant models.
Visitors can explore the model
of a leaf-cutter worker ant that
has been blown up to 50 times its
actual size and learn how it uses
its body to work and survive in
the colony.
“What fascinated me most in
preparing this exhibit is that
modern humans can be much
more like ants than we are like
our relatives, the chimpanzees,”
said curator Moffett. “With our
societies of millions, only ants
and humans deal with issues of
public health and environmental
safety, roadways and traffic control, assembly lines and teamwork, market economics and
voting, slavery and mass warfare.”
A real-life adventurer who
has been called “the Indiana
Jones of entomology” by the
National Geographic Society,
Moffett has won the highest honors in exploration—the 2006
Lowell Thomas Medal from the
Explorers Club and Rolex, and
the Chapman Andrews Society
Distinguished Explorer Award
(2008). Moffett received a doctorate from acclaimed conservationist Edward O. Wilson at Harvard
University and remains active in
science with more than 80 peerreviewed publications. He has
written more than 25 articles for
National Geographic magazine,
which has featured nearly 500 of
his images. He also has appeared
on the “Conan O’Brien Show,”
twice on the “Colbert Report” and
on NPR. His most recent book,
Adventures Among Ants: A
Global Safari with a Cast of
Trillions, won the National Outdoor Book Award. More information
is
available
at
www.doctorbugs.com.
Montshire Museum of Science
is an award-winning science center that provides permanent and
visiting, interactive exhibits,
educational programming, and
hands-on activities that engage
visitors of all ages in the joy of
science. The Montshire's unique,
100-acre
riverfront
setting
includes outdoor exhibits, scenic
trails, water features in Science
Park (seasonal), and the Hughes
Pavilion. Conveniently located in
Norwich, Vt., just off Interstate
91 at exit 13, and across the river
from Dartmouth College, the
While in Sherbrooke, we came across this warmly-dressed horse in
front of the Purina farming goods shop at 988 Wellington St. Corey
Bellam photo.
Montshire is open daily from 10
a.m. to 5 p.m. (closed Thanksgiving and Christmas). Please visit
montshire.org, or call (802) 6492200.
SITES has been sharing the
wealth of Smithsonian collections and research programs
with millions of people outside
Washington, D.C., for over 60
years. SITES connects Americans to their shared cultural
heritage through a wide range of
exhibitions about art, science
and history, which are shown
wherever people live, work and
play. Exhibition descriptions and
tour schedules are available at
www.sites.si.edu.
The Smithsonian’s National
Museum of Natural History,
located at 10th Street and Constitution Avenue N.W. in Washington, D.C., welcomes more
than 7 million visitors annually.
More information about the
museum
is
available
at
www.mnh.si.edu or by calling
(202) 633-1000, TTY (202) 6335285.
TRAVEL NIGHTS AT
WEEKS LIBRARY
The annual travel night series
at the Weeks Memorial Library
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Around The Region
in Lancaster will begin on Monday, Jan. 26, at 7 p.m. with a
special program on France by
Susan Ackerman. Ackerman,
who teaches both beginning and
conversational French at the
library, will present a program
of highlights from her fall trip to
France. Other programs will
include Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, Nepal, Canada, the Dominican Republic, and Bosnia and
Poland. George Adams, local
poet, writer and photographer,
will offer a program on astronomy.
The complete schedule is
available at the library and on
the
library’s
website
at
www.weekslib.org. All programs
are free and open to the public.
Questions may be addressed to
library staff at 788-3352.
Healthcare
All sorts of tasty treats were served up at the Sawyerville 4-H awards and supper event at the Community
Center this past Friday evening. Corey Bellam photo.
Outdoors
FREE ICE
FISHING CLASSES
The New Hampshire Fish and
Game Department’s “Let’s Go
Fishing” program, in partnership
with other groups, is offering ice
fishing classes open to the public
this winter. Several are still
available and coming up. Classes
are free unless otherwise noted.
Be sure to call ahead to reserve
a space.
On Saturday, Jan. 31, from 9
a.m. to 3 p.m., a one-day course
is being held at the Laconia
Recreation Dept. To register, call
524-5046.
On, Saturday, Jan. 31, from 9
is being held at the Rindge Recreation Dept. To register, call
899-6847.
On Thursday, Feb. 12, from 6
p.m. to 7:30 p.m. and Sunday,
Feb. 15, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., the
Claremont Parks and Recreation
Dept. is hosting a two day class.
To register, call 542-7019.
On Friday, Feb. 13, from 6 to
8 p.m. and Saturday, Feb. 14, a
two-part class is being held at
the Amoskeag Fishways in Manchester. To register, call 6343314.
On Saturday, Feb. 21, from 9
is being held at the Wolfeboro
569-5639.
is being held at UNH Coopera-
Dr. Jay. R. SoloRio
tive Extension 4H in Lancaster.
To register, call 788-4961.
On Thursday, Feb. 26, from
9:30 a.m. to 4 p.m., the Campton
Recreation Dept. is hosting a
one-day course. To register, call
254-7339.
is being held by the Grantham
443-2894.
On Sunday, March 8, from 9
is being held at the Barrington
664-5224.
All the ice fishing classes
include a hands-on indoor session where students learn about
ice fishing equipment, safety and
practices, and winter ecology of
lakes and ponds, plus a field trip
where students head out to a
local pond and put their newly
learned skills to the test. Classes
are open to everyone, and those
age 16 and under must be accompanied by an adult.
New Hampshire Fish and
Game’s "Let’s Go Fishing" program has taught thousands of
children and adults to be safe,
ethical and successful anglers.
Find
out
more
at
http://www.fishnh.com/Fishing/l
ets_go_fishing_class_schedule.
htm. The program is federally
funded through the Sport Fish
Restoration Program.
The N.H. Fish and Game
Dept. works to conserve, manage
and protect the state's fish and
wildlife and their habitats, as
well as providing the public with
opportunities to use and appreciate these resources. Visit online
at http://www.fishnh.com.
FISH AND GAME
ANNIVERSARY FIREARMS
In observance of the N.H. Fish
and Game Department’s 150th
anniversary in 2015, two New
Hampshire firearms manufacturers have created limited edition guns engraved with the Fish
and Game 150th anniversary
logo and an exclusive serial number. Only 150 of these collectable
guns will be manufactured. Get
a peek at these firearms at
http://wildnh.com/150/ltdguns.html.
Ruger is proud to issue a limited run of 150 collectible rifles.
These Ruger M77 Hawkeye rifles
are in .308 Win and feature an
all-weather stainless steel, 22inch barrel and receiver matched
with an American walnut stock.
Each rifle includes a numbered
floorplate with the N.H. Fish and
Game Department’s anniversary
seal in 14 karat gold. The serial
number of each rifle includes the
prefix NHFG and a number that
matches the floorplate, along
with a certificate of authenticity.
This special gun can be ordered
from LL Cote in Errol by calling
482-7777.
LHR Sporting Arms LLC is
honoring Fish and Game's anniversary observance with the
UCVH WELCOMES
NEW DOCTOR
Upper Connecticut Valley
Hospital in Colebrook is pleased
to welcome Jay R. SoloRio, MD,
to the Orthopaedic Surgery and
Sports Medicine staff of AVH
Surgical Associates. Dr. SoloRio,
who was most recently employed
at Reddington Fairview Hospital
in Skowhegan, Maine, will see
patients both at UCVH and at
Androscoggin Valley Hospital in
Berlin.
Prior to his work at Reddington Fairview Hospital, Dr. SoloRio practiced medicine at
Beaufort Medical Center in
Washington, North Carolina,
Great Plains Hospital in North
Platte, Nebraska, and North
Community Hospital in Norton,
Virginia.
Dr. SoloRio earned his Doctor
of Medicine from the University
of Tennessee Center for the
Health Sciences in Memphis. He
also earned a Bachelor’s Degree
in Chemistry, Magna Cum
Laude, from Central Michigan
University. He served as Chief
Resident of University of South
Carolina, Richland Memorial
Hospital and William Jennings
Bryan Dorn Veterans Hospital.
He was also an Assistant Clinical
Instructor at the University of
South Carolina School of Medicine.
Dr. SoloRio is Board Certified
by the American Academy of
Orthopaedic Surgeons and is
licensed to practice in numerous
states, including New Hampshire, Maine and Vermont.
As a healthcare provider of
AVH Surgical Associates, he will
provide a wide range of orthopaedic and sports medicine services
and procedures at Androscoggin
Valley Hospital in Berlin and
Upper Connecticut Valley Hospital in Colebrook. Such services
include, but are not limited to,
arthroscopy, joint replacements
and fracture care. Dr. SoloRio is
joined in Colebrook by Physician
Assistant Jessica Lorenz-Armstrong.
Appointments in Berlin and
Colebrook may be made by calling 752-2300 and 237-8652,
respectively.
For more information about
Dr. SoloRio or the other healthcare providers of AVH Surgical
Associates,
please
visit
www.avhnh.org.
Thank you!
Tony and Lorene Hartwell says Thank
You to everyone that attended our 50t
anniversary party, and for the gifts and
money. Thank you to Tracy and Andy
for giving us the party; Mr. and Mrs.
Donald McKinnon for giving us the free
lodging in Tenn.; and also thank you to
George Hodge and Lorraine for taking
care of our dogs and cats.
–Tony and Lorene Hartwell–
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Obituaries
John A. Bushey
JOHN A. BUSHEY
WEST STEWARTSTOWN–
John A. Bushey, 76, died peacefully at his home in West Stewartstown, with his wife by his
side, on Thursday morning, Jan.
15, 2015.
Born in Morrisville, Vt., on
March 26, 1938, he was a son of
the late Willard and Helen
(Gendron) Bushey. He was
raised in Canaan, and was a
1956 graduate of Canaan Memorial High School. After high
school, John attended Lyndon
State College for two years, and
then entered the U.S. Air Force
where he served with honor as a
military policeman for 3 and a
half years.
Upon returning home, John
worked for a time at the Tillotson
Rubber Co. in Dixville, and later
for many years as a stock man at
Ethan Allen. John was a lover of
sports and enjoyed all sports on
the television. He was a Cleveland Browns football fan, and
also enjoyed time umpiring baseball games for the local Little
League in years past. His faith
was important to him, with a
strong sense of his Christianity,
and he read the Bible daily. John
also was an avid reader. He was
well-known in his communities,
and many will miss his alwayspresent smile.
He leaves behind his wife of
38 years, Olivia (Cullivan)
Bushey of West Stewartstown;
three sisters, Ramona Nugent,
Louise Hughes of Rochester, and
Linda Phelps of Swanzey; and
two brothers, Edward Bushey of
New Boston, and Henry Bushey
of Forth Worth, Tex.; as well as
many nieces and nephews.
Calling hours were on Monday, Jan. 19, 2015, from 2-4 and
6-8 p.m. at Jenkins and Newman
Funeral Home in Colebrook. A
funeral service was held at 11
a.m. on Tuesday, Jan. 20, at the
Independent Baptist Church in
West Stewartstown, with Pastor
Matthew Coons officiating. An
interment service with military
honors will follow in the spring
at the Young Cemetery in
Clarksville.
Expressions of sympathy in
memory of Bushey may be made
to the Independent Baptist
Church, P.O. Box 218, West
Stewartstown, NH 03597. Condolences may be offered to the
family online by going to
www.jenkinsnewman.com.
Funeral arrangements are under
the direction of Jenkins and
Newman Funeral Home in Colebrook.
Raymond White
RAYMOND WHITE
COLUMBIA–Raymond
White, 77, passed away at his
home in Columbia on Jan. 17,
2015, after a year’s fight with
cancer.
Raymond leaves behind his
wife of 58 years, Elaine, and two
sons, Roger and family and
Michael and family. Raymond is
survived by one brother, Charles
and Arlene White.
For many years, Raymond
owned and operated logging
trucks and delivered logs and
pulp to the nearby mills. He also
was a woods jobber on company
land. Raymond worked on road
construction and raced snow
machines for AMF. He enjoyed
fishing, hunting, and going to his
camp on Bloomfield Hill. He was
a member of the Evening Star
Lodge Number 37, F. & A. M.
At his request, there were no
calling hours or services. Donations in his memory may be made
to Two Rivers Rides for Cancer
c/o Mary Simpson, First Colebrook Bank, 132 Main St., Colebrook, NH 03576.
OMER JOSEPH ROY
GROVETON–Omer Joseph
Roy, 86, of Tetu Road in
Groveton, died peacefully at
Week Medical Center in Lancaster on Monday, Jan. 19, 2015,
after a brief illness.
Omer was born in Berlin on
Nov. 1, 1928, a son of Lurdger
and Florida (Cloutier) Roy. He
had been a resident of Groveton
for most of his life. Before retiring, Omer worked for 35 years as
a lineman for Seawood Construction until 1979. He then for Steve
Merrow Utility until retiring in
1990. Omer then worked at Santa’s Village for about five years.
Omer was a veteran of the US
Army Artillery, serving his country from 1951 to 1956 during the
Korean Conflict.
He was a member of the
American Legion, Post 17 in
Groveton, the VFW in Lancaster
since 1962, the Cooties, and was
a 4th degree in the Knights of
Columbus in Groveton for over
40 years.
Omer loved to collect hats and
had them on display in his room.
He was a loving husband and
had taken care of his wife Irene
at home for the past several
years.
Omer is survived by his wife
of 33 years, Irene (Meunier) Roy
of Groveton; son Timothy Bryan
Roy, Sr. of Clearwater, Fla.; stepson Mark Pelotte of Goffstown;
six grandchildren and four greatgrandchildren; sister Lorraine
Berony of Berlin, and brother
Dickie L. Roy of Littleton.
He was predeceased by his
parents, two sisters Theresa Roy
and Lillian Hart and one brother
Eddie Roy.
Calling hours were held on
Wednesday, Jan. 21, 2015, from
5-8 p.m. at Armstrong-Charron
Funeral Home in Groveton. A
Mass of Christian Burial was
held on Thursday, Jan. 22, 2015,
at 11 a.m. at St. Francis Xavier
Church in Groveton with Fr.
Daniel Deveau, pastor, officiating.
A memorial donation may be
made in Omer’s name to either
St. Marguerite de’Youville Parish, PO Box 247, Groveton, NH
03582 or the Groveton Ambulance Corp., C/O Sandra Mason,
9 Arlington Ave., Groveton, NH
03582.
To send the family condolences via the online register
book,
please
visit
armstrongcharronfuneralhome.
com.
Aldea Belanger
ALDEA BELANGER
PITTSBURG–Aldea
Belanger, 88, of Rochester, Vt.,
passed away on Wednesday evening, Jan. 21, 2015, at the Upper
Connecticut Valley Hospital in
Colebrook, after a brief illness.
She was born in Pittsburg on
Aug. 26, 1926, a daughter to the
late Joseph and Celanire
(Benoit) Chaloux. She was raised
on Hall Stream Road in Pittsburg and attended St. Albert’s
School in West Stewartstown.
She was married to Joseph
Belanger at St. Albert’s on Nov.
3, 1945.
For 50 years, Aldea and her
husband resided in Bridgeport
and Newtown, Conn. She worked
briefly for G.E. in Connecticut,
but primarily focused on raising
her children and helping her
husband in the family business.
After retirement, she moved to
central Vermont to be closer to
her children and grandchildren.
Aldea is survived by her son,
Robert, and wife Anne of Rochester, Vt.; her daughter, Patricia
Harvey and husband David of
Rochester; four brothers, Lionel
and Percy Chaloux of Camden,
Tenn., Patrick Chaloux of Concord, and Albert Chaloux of Nortport, Fla.; three sisters, Anna
Flynn of Henderson, Nev.,
Arlene Chaloux of Drummondville, Que., and Theresa Noyes of
Beecher Falls, Vt; four grandchildren; three great-grandchildren;
her companion, Martin Hewson,
Sr., of Pittsburg; as well as
numerous nieces and nephews.
She is preceded in death by
her husband of 56 years, Joseph
in 2001; and three brothers, Wilfred, Roland and Raymond Chaloux.
There are no public calling
hours. A Mass of Christian
Burial will be said at St. Albert’s
Catholic Church in West Stewartstown on Monday, Jan. 26,
2015, at 11 a.m. with The Rev.
Craig Cheney as celebrant.
Burial will take place on
Wedndesday, Jan. 28, at St. Rose
Cemetery, in Sandy Hook, Newtown, Conn.
Condolences may be offered to
the family online by going to
www.jenkinsnewman.com.
Funeral arrangements in New
Hampshire are under the direction of Jenkins and Newman
Funeral Home in Colebrook.
Business Directory
JP FRAMING
JEFFREY PETTIT
603-237-5039
Stewartstown, NH
Additions • Garages • Houses • Camps
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Classifieds
For Sale
Central Boiler E-Classic OUTDOOR
FURNACES. Heat your entire home
and hot water. EPA Qualified. Call
today, 1-800-295-8301. (603) 2378301. 3/27
Buying snowmobiles, ATVs and
motorcycles. Call (603) 538-6963 or
(802) 334-1603. TFN
Services
Music Lessons: Guitar, Ukulele,
Banjo, Mandolin, Bass, Dulcimer,
and Voice. Children ages 5-8 for
$60/month, includes instrumental
rental. All other students, $75,
instrument rental $15. Roberta’s
Studio, (603) 331-1628. TFN
Would like to haul your junk and
unwanted vehicles. Call Rusty
Edwards. (603) 237-5676. 7/31/15
Farm Fresh
!**NORTH COUNTRY**!
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Call (603) 246-8998
& SALVAGE**
104 Colby Street, Colebrook
603-631-1221
at 538-6305 for more information.
1/30
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Offering Local Produce & Products
Open: Tues.-Fri. 9-5
Sat. 9-12
Winter Workshops Starting Soon!
TFN
Wanted
Top dollar paid for junk cars and
trucks. Also, steel, batteries,
aluminum cans. Call (603) 636-1667
days or (603) 636-1304 nights. TFN
For Rent
Colebrook—in-town, very nice,
heated 2 br. Apt., DSL included, with
kitchen, dining, living, washer/dryer
hookup,
carpeted.
No
pets.
References required. Call (603) 2378301. TFN
One bedroom apartment in town, 12
Parsons
Street.
Heat
and
washer/dryer included. No pets.
References and security deposit
required. Call (603) 331-1974. 2/6
Help Wanted
Part-time Merchandiser, flexible
hours, training provided. Use your
retail experience to earn extra money.
Opening in W. Stewartstown. Contact
Pat
Vieira
at
pvieira@marianheath.com or call 1800-688-9998 Ext 321. 1/23
Happy Corner Café is hiring breakfast
and lunch cook, three mornings a
week. Most weekends off. Call Judy
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Sports
Eagle Josh Wheelock being challenged by Mohawk Malik McKinnon looks to take the ball to the hoop
while Eagle Gavin Simpson with Mohawk Dylan Carpino lurking behind him calls for the ball
underneath. Samantha McMann photo.
Eagle Luke Schafermeyer looks for a way around Mohawk defender
Harley Weir. Samantha McMann photo.
Abigail Brown of Colebrook passes over the head of Lauryn St. Cyr of Groveton to Samantha Howe of
Colebrook, while Groveton’s Bailee Lambert tries to make a steal. Both Colebrook teams took home the
win on the Jan. 14 game against Groveton. Samantha McMann photo.
Outdoors
manufacture of a limited-edition
50 cal. Redemption commemorative muzzleloader rifle, embellished with the NH Fish and
Game Department anniversary
seal. This gun features a walnut
stock and forend, and a 24-inch
barrel protected with Armornite
rustproofing in the bore and
exterior, Stealth-Striker and the
Adapt breech system. To order,
call 335-8091 or visit LHR online
at
http://www.lhrs
portingarms.com, on Facebook at
http://www.facebook.com/lhrspor
tingarms or stop by their production facility at 9 Great Falls
Avenue in Rochester.
A portion of all sales of the
commemorative firearms will
benefit the Wildlife Heritage
Foundation of New Hampshire,
N.H. Fish and Game's nonprofit
partner. In addition, proceeds
from each of the guns with serial
number 001 will go to the Foundation. The auction for the first
Ruger Hawkeye of the series
(serial number 001) is open right
now for a limited time only at
http://www.ruger.com/links/auct
ion.html
or
http://www.gunbroker.com/Auct
ion/ViewItem.aspx?Item=461540
018
Sage Smith of Colebrook makes a pass around Katelyn Desilets of
Groveton. Samantha McMann photo.
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