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FRIDAY, OCTOBER 28, 2011 603-246-8998 VOL. 12, NO. 15

Northern Pass Opposition Events, Media Focus Continue

By Donna Jordan
As information has surfaced
regarding landowner sales or
purchase and sales agreements
for the proposed Northern Pass
transmission line has come to
the forefront, those opposed to
the project have seemingly be-
come even more vocal.
Last week, several residents
opposed to the project traveled
over the border to the family
farm of Marc Beloin and Helene
Pariseau in East Hereford, Que.
The couple have been fighting
the Hydro-Quebec project on
the Canadian side of the border
and the New Hampshire opposi-
tion members wanted to show
their support by hosting an op-
position event at the farm. Over
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That’s A New Cell Tower

Going Up Next To Ski Area
By Donna Jordan
Cellphone users may see a
little better coverage of their
usage once a newer, taller lat-
tice tower is completed on Dix-
ville Peak. The Wilderness Ski
Area is nearby; the tower will
be visible not only to skiers (if
Top left: The view from the Lester Brooks property in Stewartstown. Bottom left: The Beloin-Pariseau the ski area reopens) but to
family of East Hereford, Que., feel threatened by the Northern Pass. Right photo: Lester and Theresa passersby on Rte. 26 and to
Brooks sit and enjoy a stunning view from the camp porch in Stewartstown. Charles Jordan photos.
residents. The tower is capable
of handling four different carri-
ers. The tower is tall enough so
that it can relay communica-
tions to other Verizon dishes
and ultimately terminates in
Hooksett. The company an-
nounced it is upgrading existing
cell sites across six counties in
(Continued on page 3)

For Some Northern Pass Opponents,

It’s About Protecting A Family Legacy
By Donna Jordan
“My father bought this land
with four steers and a colt,”
said Lester Brooks, as he gazed
across the Stewartstown land-
scape. He was standing on land
his father bought in 1934, and
reflecting on the years his fam-
ily spent farming here. Today,
Lester said he is upset because
he fears that the Northern Pass
transmission line project “will
be completely surrounding me if
it goes through.”
Lester and his wife Theresa
live in Clarksville, but come up
to their Deadwater camp two to
three times a week just to sit
and gaze at the endless skyline,
enjoy the scenery and the peace
and quiet. “I look over there
and I see Maine,” he said,
pointing to the east. “And up
there is Clarksville and Pitts-
burg and Canada, and down
there is Colebrook.” The miles
(Continued on page 2)

Construction is progressing on the new Beecher Falls Border Patrol

station in Canaan. Charles Jordan photo.

U.S. Border Patrol Station

Construction On Schedule
By Britni White
Last July 20 a groundbreak-
ing ceremony of the new U. S.
Border Patrol station in Ca-
naan, Vt. was held. This week
Officer Paul Kuhns, in charge
of the station, told the Chroni-
cle that everything is going
according to plan since then,
and the construction project is
on schedule to reach completion
(Continued on page 3)

Consultant Will Study Area

Schools Sharing Resources
By Britni White
The Chronicle spoke this
week with Superintendent of
SAU 7, Robert Mills and Super-
Stewartstown selectmen presented the Boston Post Cane to the town’s oldest resident last week. From intendent of Canaan schools,
left, Selectmen James Gilbert and Hasen Burns, recipient Gordon Frizzell, who turns 91 today, and Chris Masson about what up-
Selectman Allen Coats. Courtesy photo. dates have been made in the
consolidation plans for area
schools.
Due to the declining enroll-
ments over the last decade, the
current school system is not
currently cost affective. Fami-
lies have moved away due to the
tough economy and this means
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Page 2
Northern Pass
(Continued from page 1)
4,500 petitions, which had been
sent in to New Hampshire Gov.
John Lynch, were strung up on
dozens of line spanning the
length of 11 football fields.
A Landowners Meeting on
the proposed Northern Pass
transmission line project has
been scheduled for tomorrow,
Saturday, Oct. 29, at the Cole-
brook Elementary School in the
school cafeteria. According to a
press release received from the
Power Line Education Fund,
which is hosting the meeting,
the program will start at 6 p.m.
and is sponsored by the Power
Line Education Fund and the
Poore Family Foundation for
North Country Conservancy.
Rick Johnsen, a member of
the Power Line Education
Fund, said, “This is the one
year anniversary since the peo-
ple in the North Country first
heard about the proposed
Northern Pass power line.
Since that time, thousands
upon thousands of New Hamp-
shire residents and landowners
have stated their opposition to
the project that plans to build a
high voltage direct current elec-
tric corridor up to 400 feet in
width, from the Canadian bor-
der to Franklin, then down to
Deerfield, with huge metal lat-
tice towers, most in excess of
135 feet in height. These tow-
ers, if they are built, will be
placed every 800 feet for 180-
plus miles and will perma-
nently destroy the character of
northern New Hampshire, our
ability to attract large numbers
of tourists, damage property
values of local landowners, and
emit hazardous electromagnetic
radiation. We plan to provide
landowners and other atten-
dees new information and up-
dates on developments as we
continue to oppose and fight
against this scar on our land-
scape and community.”
Topics will include: where
Northern Pass plans to put the
power line and why they will
fail; how the people can stop it,
99 percent of informed resi-
dents and landholders are op-
posed; special thanks to land-
owners holding out; tips and
guidelines for landowners when
dealing with Northern Pass
representatives.
Speakers at the event in-
clude Attorney Bob Baker, NH
State Representative, Larry
Rappaport, Will Abbott of the
Society for the Protection of
N.H. Forests, Lynne O. Placey
of Stewartstown and others
wishing to share their experi-
ence they have had with North-
ern Pass.
A Colebrook resident at-
tended the Colebrook select-
men’s meeting this week to ask
whether the Northern Pass
project will be asked to follow
town ordinances that he feels
prohibit the project from being
built in Colebrook.
Roger DeBoisbriand of Ben-
nett Hill Road in Colebrook
asked the Colebrook selectmen
this week if they plan to enforce
town ordinances; he said he
feels the transmission line
would not be a permitted use in
the town. “I’ve been dead set
against this project since day
one—will we be enforcing the
ordinances with regards to this
type of structure? It devalues
anybody’s property values,” he
told the selectmen.
Board chairman Mike
Ouellette replied that the town
Planning Board is an autono-
mous board and the transmis-
sion line project would need to
go before the planning board for
permitting. “If there is a viola-
tion, they have their structure
and steps to address the viola-
tion, and then when it’s time to
enforce it, it comes to the select
board,” explained Ouellette.
“Well, they are going to have to
come to the town for a building
permit. It is my understanding,
reading this ordinance, it spe-
cifically states no structure will
be allowed to be built in the
town of Colebrook if that struc-
ture is not commensurate with
the character of the town and it
devalues the property values of
an abutter,” said DeBoisbriand.
Ouellette explained that, if a
permit is denied, and the pro-
ject is constructed, the planning
board would then ask the town
to enforce the legal ordinances.
“Anything we can do legally
with our rules and laws,
through our planning board or
ZBA, in my opinion, we will do,”
said selectman Bob Holt.
Mike Ouellette noted that,
from the very first meeting with
representatives from Public
Service of N.H., one year ago,
he felt the representatives were
very honest with the board on
some of the questions they had
asked, like tax revenue. “They
told us what they were paying
for the power from Hydro-
Quebec. That hasn’t come out
since then. We asked about
reducing our electric rates.
They said absolutely not, it
won’t reduce our rates,” said
Ouellette.
DeBoisbriand said, “These
people who are thinking of sell-
ing or who are approached to
sell, should be made aware that
there is such an ordinance. A
lot of these people are being
taken advantage of. This might
make that contract null and
void.”
The intensity of opposition to
the Northern Pass project is
reflected in several media re-
ports this week. An article ti-
tled “Battle Lines” by Ben Hew-
itt will featured in the Novem-
ber-December issue of Yankee
Magazine. The article opens
with a large image of Pittsburg
farmer John Amey, PSNH
President Gary Long, Franklin
Mayor Ken Merrifield, an anti-
Northern Pass sign, a pro-
Northern Pass sign, and the
image of towers over the Indian
Stream Valley. The article fo-
cuses n the question of property
rights, power and profit, and
includes interviews with Amey,
Long and Merrifield, and also
covers an informational meet-
ing held in Pittsburg in May.
New Hampshire Business Re-
view (NHBR) has a story this
week called “Northern Im-
passe,” and, meanwhile, last
night N.H. Public Radio host
Chris Jensen interviewed three
North Country residents.
NHBR focused on interviews
with business owners in the
state who feel the transmission
line project could hurt or de-
stroy tourism. The New Hamp-
shire Public Radio story, by
Chris Jensen, can be heard at
www.nhpr.org. It includes in-
terviews with landowners
The Colebrook Chronicle Friday, October 28, 2011
Lynne Placey and Bill Weir,
who have both told Northern
Pass representatives that they
will not sell their land, and it
includes an interview with
Stewartstown resident Rick
Samson, who escorted Jensen
around Stewartstown.
Video of last Saturday’s peti-
tion protest in East Hereford,
Que., was filmed by the Cole-
brook Chronicle and supplied to
WMUR Channel 9 and WCAX
Channel 3. Both stations used
the footage in their Saturday
evening newscasts. A full video
report on the East Hereford
event also appears in the Video
News of the Week at www.cole-
brookchronicle.com.
Family Legacy
(Continued from page 1)
and miles of spectacular view
pull in every mountain peak
and ridge underneath expan-
sive skies. It is an endless back-
woods ride into this land which
Lester said he has been coming
to for 77 years, ever since he
was six years old.
Lester’s family farmed the
land and then, in later years,
he bought the property from his
father. He has watched in the
past few weeks as neighbors
sold off their property to sub-
sidiaries of Public Service of
N.H. (PSNH). Those subsidiar-
ies are telling the property own-
ers that the land will be used
for the Northern Pass Trans-
mission line project, a Hydro-
Quebec high tension line pro-
posed to run from the Pittsburg
border south to Deerfield,
where the power would connect
with the grid. Recently, Lester
saw neighbor George Hebert
removing his belongings from a
camp that has belonged to So- Top photo: Pittsburg resident John Amey is featured in a Northern
lange Hebert and her sister-in- Pass article in the November-December issue of Yankee Magazine.
law, Pauline Lemieux. “I saw Bottom photo: This week, New Hampshire Business Review fea-
him moving his stuff out, and I tured an article on how some business owners in the state think
asked why was he doing that. that the Northern Pass transmission line project could have a
He told me they sold out. I told negative impact on tourism.
him I had already talked with
Pauline and she told me they
sold out. George told me he
can’t talk about it. And then I Chronicle Video
talked with Arthur McAleer (an
abuttor), because he said he www.colebrookchronicle.com
sold out. I asked him why and
he said he can’t talk about it. It VIDEO NEWS OF THE view which will be crossed by
seems none of them want to WEEK FOR OCT. 28, 2011 Northern Pass. Lester Brooks,
talk about it,” said Lester. “I Protests over the proposed whose family camp overlooks
am really disturbed, because 180-mile Northern Pass trans- the view, told us why he is op-
it’s going to be completely mission line advanced over the posing the project.
around me. I had sold that land border last Saturday. Members In honor of Red Ribbon
to Arthur—not to be destroyed.” of the New Hampshire opposi- Week, students at Stewarts-
McAleer’s sale to Renewable tion gathered on the farm of town School gathered for a spe-
Properties, Inc., one of the Marc Beloin and Helene Pa- cial event. Heading to the field
PSNH subsidiaries, has already riseau in East Hereford, Que. behind the school building, the
been registered with the Coos We provide the exclusive video students and staff stood in the
County Register of Deeds. of the 4,500 petitions, strung up shape of a giant ribbon, all
Lester wonders—if the across a large open field slated wearing red T-shirts. A helicop-
transmission line is permitted to be crossed by the lines com- ter flew over the field, capturing
and constructed—whether it ing down from Hydro-Quebec. an aerial photograph of the stu-
will change the value of proper- We spoke with event organizer dents who eagerly waved from
ties that haven’t sold to the Roland Cotnoir of Colebrook. the ground below.
power companies. “My land Andree-Anne Beloin-Pariseau Other reports include pro-
value has been based on having spoke about her family’s opposi- gress of the new Border Cross-
a view—now they will ruin the tion to having the power line ing Station in Canaan, Vt. and
view. Bill Weir is in the same cross their family farm. cultural music at Stratford
boat. He isn’t going to gain any- The Chronicle supplied the School.
thing,” said Lester. video clips taken at the event to In a special feature this
Just over the border, in East WCAX in Burlington, Vt., and week, the Chronicle speaks with
Hereford, Que., dairy farmers WMUR in Manchester, which Canadian correspondent Corey
Helene Pariseau and Marc Be- both used in their evening Bellam. We recently caught up
loin have been actively fighting broadcasts. with the Corey at a news event
the Hydro-Quebec project, Back here in the states, we in East Hereford, Que., and
which proposes to pass through rode up to the high ground of talked to him about his busy
their historic family farm. The Stewartstown overlooking coverage schedule.
third generation farmers are Clarksville, Pittsburg, Vermont —Thomas Jordan
(Continued on page 9) and Quebec, to see a stunning Video Editor
Friday, October 28, 2011 The Colebrook Chronicle Page 3

Border Patrol station is out- Wagner Forest Management,

Area Schools dated and too small for the and shorter than the wind park
number of agents working
there. It was built in the 1930s
for two-three agents and now
turbines that are almost com-
pleted.
Four METs are expected to
Town
24 agents work in the 1,400 be installed on South Blue
(Continued from page 1) square foot office. Kuhns said, Mountain and Rice Mountain in
the towns in the region must “We’ve outgrown it.” Dixville and North Crystal KENNETT ATTENDS who is the Tax Collectors’ Asso-
adapt and address the issues at The new station will employ Mountain and Crystal Moun- TAX CONFERENCE ciation legal council spoke
hand. the same 24 agents and will tain in Dix’s Grant. Wagner Melinda Kennett, Certified about foreclosures and various
Masson said that the Neil have a maximum capacity to Forest Management received Town Clerk and Tax Collector other rolls as pertaining to tax
and Louise Tillotson Fund has house 50 agents. It may be a the permits to install these four of Northumberland, attended collection.
provided $43,100 in order to place for training to take place, towers to test wind velocities in the 73rd Annual New Hamp- Barbara Robinson, DRA,
help find and hire an appropri- depending on the manpower these four locations. They are shire Tax Collector’s Associa- gave opening remarks. Work-
ate consultant to work out and and budget available in the about 198-feet tall each. Pubic tion Conference held Oct. 17-19 shops were held with software
implement a regional educa- future. access to the MET sites will be at the Red Jacket Mountain vendors to provide updated ap-
tional plan to cover SAU 7 and Kuhns explained that many closed off, with roads and trails View Resort in North Conway. plications education. David Fre-
ENSU, the Essex North Super- may confuse the roles of the blocked. The MET towers are Keynote speaker was Paul dette, who is the Legislative
visory Union that includes Ca- Customs House and the Border expected to test wind velocity Sanderson from the Local Gov- Chairperson, went over legisla-
naan. Similar funding has gone Patrol. The Customs officers for the next five years. ernment Center about Best tive updates and court case
to Gorham and Berlin for the handle the ports of entry at the Practices for when to establish updates.
same issue, and all are involved border, while the Border Patrol a tax payment plan, payment The conference is held each
in the same discussion. The agents patrol the land between terms and length of plan; also, year to provide educational and
region must work together to the ports to ensure the safety of Bernard Campbell, Esquire, (Continued on page 9)
find a solution, he said. our country. Ports of entry exist
Mills says that they hope to in Beecher Falls and Canaan,
find a consultant who is a neu- Vt. The Beecher Falls patrol
tral party in order to bring an
unbiased opinion to the table,
with recommendations to
match. Proposals for applicants
area includes 78 miles along
the border line and 5,200
square miles total throughout
the surrounding counties.
Police, EMS Reports
are due at the end of the Besides additional space, the
month, and planning will begin new station will include a ga-
when the right candidate is rage, modern equipment and a
found. The Tillotson grant small dog kennel. Agents will
urges area districts to coordi- report to work here to get
nate efforts with the North briefed and then take a vehicle
Country Education Service, out on assignment. Not only
which held their first forum last does the Border Patrol, literally
night, the 27th. patrol the border, but it also
“Community forums to start assists local law enforcement in
gathering input on how the times of need.
towns would like to address our
declining enrollment and in-
creased per pupil cost issues Cell Tower
should start before the end of
the year,” Masson said. Mills
does not foresee any drastic
changes being put into place for (Continued from page 1)
the next school year, but pro- New Hampshire which will
gress will be made in the direc- double their coverage areas and
tion of the goal. He agrees that they are installing 24 new 3G
it is good to get the public cell sites in seven counties. The
thinking about changes, and Dixville Notch tower is consid-
the possibilities available. Is- ered new, and the existing
sues that will arise include bus- sites—some which were part of
sing, consideration of which the purchase of the Unicel net-
grades attend which school, work, are being upgraded to the
sharing of teachers between 3G coverage.
schools, elimination or merging Many residents have noticed
of sports teams. not only the installation of the
It is an issue that there is windmills on Dixville Peak dur- On Tuesday, Oct. 25, at 11 a.m., the Colebrook Fire Dept. was called to extinguish a chimney fire at
sure to be more public aware- ing the past week, but also a the home of Brad Brooks on Crosby Terrace in Colebrook. The crew made quick work of putting out
ness as the situation appears to different type of structure. It is the fire. There was reportedly no damage to the home. J. K. Thompson photo.
become even more pressing in a 150-foot tall cell tower which
the near future. is expected to improve cell ser- N.H. STATE POLICE presented training on Docu- to UCVH for a transfer to St.
vice to the current “gap” areas. On Oct. 18, at 10:45 p.m., mentation, Sexual Harassment
Verizon claims it will also im- N.H. State Police responded to and other EMS legal issues on Catherine Hospital in Coati-
Border Patrol prove reception to the region. a motor vehicle accident on Rte. Tuesday. The Annual Board ment respondedp.m.,
cook. At 10:45
to
the depart-
UCVH for a
Once online, service is expected 3 in Pittsburg. Louis Degray, meeting was held on Saturday transfer to DHMC. The patient
to reach as far as Millsfield and 47, of Pit tsburg was with a good attendance of was transported to Littleton
Errol. The tower, which was northbound on Route 3 when he Board members, staff and the and transferred to DHART
(Continued from page 1) approved last year by the Coos swerved to avoid a moose, going public. After a brief business ground ambulance.
for an opening date of Novem- County Planning Board, is on off the left side of the road and meeting, those attending en- On Oct. 20, at 8:53 a.m., the
ber 2012. Dixville Peak, which has an striking a utility pole. He re- joyed a spaghetti dinner pre- department responded to
Kuhns said, “The weather elevation of 2,700 feet. The cur- fused medical treatment and pared by Beecher Falls Volun- UCVH for a transfer to CCNH.
has been a blessing.” This has rent cell tower in Dixville Notch his vehicle was towed from the teer Fire Dept. and a cake At 2:24 p.m., the department
allowed for carpentry work to is on a 50-foot wooden pole with scene. baked by Gloria Roy EMT-I.
be completed in a timely man- telecommunications equipment On Oct. 20, at 9:58 a.m., The following is the activity responded
fer to Weeks
to UCVH for a trans-
Medical Center. At
ner. They hope to finish the attached to it. The Verizon cell State Police responded to a re- report for Oct. 16-22. 4:58 p.m., the department re-
outside shell shortly, in order to tower is about three-quarters of port of a motor vehicle collision On Oct. 17, at 1:14 a.m., the sponded to Weeks Medical Cen-
continue building the interior of a mile from the nearest Granite on Rte. 16 in Errol. A tractor department responded to Pitts- ter for a transfer to UCVH. At
the station over the winter Reliable Wind Park wind tur- and trailer operated by Mat- burg for a medical alarm activa- 9:45 p.m., the department re-
months. Progress at the new bine. The cell tower does not thew White, 33, of Baldwinville, tion. The ambulance was can- sponded to Clarksville for a
Swanton border patrol station, require lighting per FAA regu- Mass., swung around 360 de- celled while en route. At 11:03 medical emergency. The patient
the other Vermont facility now lations (while the Granite Reli- grees and rolled over. No inju- a.m., the department responded was transported to UCVH.
being constructed, has been able Wind Park turbines do ries were reported and the vehi- to Colebrook for a medical On Oct. 21, at 11:21 a.m., the
similar. need the lighting). cle was towed from the scene. emergency. The patient was department responded to Cole-
The American Reinvestment Verizon Wireless, under the The accident remains under transported to UCVH. brook for a medical emergency.
and Recovery Act in connection name of Cellco Partnership, is investigation at this time. On Oct. 18, at 8:25 a.m., the The patient was transported to
with the Dept. of Homeland leasing a 75-foot by 75-foot par- department responded to Pitts- UCVH. At 7:19 p.m., the de-
Security provided funding for cel from Tillotson Corporation 45TH PARALLEL EMS burg NH for a medical emer- partment responded to CCNH
the construction of both sta- which will feature the tower Chief Darling and Michelle gency. The patient refused in West Stewartstown for a
tions, (an estimated $27 mil- and equipment shed, which will Hyde successfully completed transport.
lion). After a four year effort to be fenced in for safety purposes the Fire and Emergency Ser- On Oct. 19, at 12:01 a.m., medical
was
emergency. The patient
transported to UCVH. At
get this going, all involved par- and to ensure that no one at- vices Instructor 1 program. the department responded to 10:46 p.m., the department re-
ties are happy to see their plans tempts to climb the tower. The They will be taking the Instruc- Canaan, Vt., for a medical sponded to UCVH for a transfer
come to fruition. Verizon Wireless cell tower is tor two and three program this emergency. The patient was to CCNH.
The Canaan station is being shorter than the four MET tow- winter. Attorney Jeff Spencer transported to UCVH. At 4
created because the current ers that are being installed by p.m., the department responded
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View From The

The Way We Were...
45th Parallel
Finally, The End Of The Iraq War
Longtime readers of this spot recall that this editor
never got on board with the “Road to Iraq” crowd that
the Bush administration successfully rallied a decade
ago. In fact, those were lonely times, when our then-
President was talking “weapons of mass destruction,”
“shock and awe” and “Mission Accomplished” all in a
matter of days. To speak out in those early days of the
war basically left you out in the cold.
As we now know, what we ended up with was a war
that dragged on for a decade and claimed the lives of
4,479 U.S. soldiers, left 30,182 of our military person-
nel injured—many for life—and cost the American tax-
payer $3–$5 trillion.
Now just when the Republican candidates started
making sense of late about all the control the govern-
ment has in our lives, they decide to jump en masse on
President Obama for his decision to pull out the last of
our troops. All the GOP candidates except Ron Paul,
by our count, said that we should have kept
“thousands” of U.S. troops there. Why, former candi-
date John McCain came out of the woodwork to say
that the U.S. should invade Syria in the process. Twenty five years ago, in October 1986, hundreds of people from around the region attended the open
The truth is President Obama had little choice in house at the new hydro-electric power generating station built at the old Errol Dam by the Swift
the matter. The Iraqi government told us that its peo- River/Hafslund Company of Danvers, Mass. Charles Jordan photo.
ple want us out of Iraq. Basically, their message to the
Obama administration was this: here’s your hat,
there’s the door.
Say what you want about the President’s economic
policies, Obama nailed it when asked this week what Letters
the lesson of Iraq is. His answer we “need to under-
stand what it is we are getting ourselves into when we
make some of these decisions.” To the Editors: facturing. However, the jobs to
be gained from Northern Pass
to attract tourists and all types
Of course, we thought this country learned that les- I am writing to critique the of outdoor recreation activities
Carsey Institute study’s look at are short term. The jobs in hos- from across the nation and
son after Vietnam… Coos County today, published pitality and tourism are long- Canada. I’d promote protecting
Charles J. Jordan in your Oct. 21, 2011, edition. term and will maintain the en- the natural beauties and treas-
First, however, I would like vironment. Do the people pro- ures of the Great North Woods.
to salute the Placey family on moting the “Grand Brand” Let’s leave something of beauty
their inspirational commit- really think the Northern Pass for future generations instead
ment to maintaining the nature (and wind tower, federal and of a cesspool.”
of their lands for future genera- state prisons, logging and new Not to mention the unedu-
tions. My compliments also to logging roads in the Great cated, naïve prostitutes looking
Where The North Country Charles J. Jordan and the other North Woods section of the to cash in on short-term profit.
devoted individuals trying to White Mountain National For- Remember, there are no long-
Connects With The World! maintain the values and beauty est and ATV parks) is going to term benefits to Coos County
of Coos County. promote tourism? Yet they sit from Northern Pass, only sig-
www.colebrookchronicle.com Back to the Carsey study: in
February 2009, the following
back on their fat butts and say
nothing.
nificant loss. It’s also worth
mentioning that local papers
was part of a letter I wrote to The Carsey study goes on to have been publishing articles
local newspapers: talk about the cooperation of on completion of the “Last Mile
“For sometime now, there towns with each other. Earlier of the 1654-Mile Cohos Trail.”
have been numerous articles in this year, only towns along the Do you really think a view of
the local papers on a ‘Grand Connecticut River opposed the Northern Pass will add to
Brand’ for the Great North Northern Pass. The selectmen the beauty of the Cohos Trail?
Woods. The purpose of this en- in my town, Stark, remained The Oct. 14 issue of the Cole-
deavor was to focus Coos silent. In the Berlin Daily Sun brook Chronicle had front page
County as a world-class tourist on Thursday, Oct. 20, 2011, the pictures of the (Millsfield) wind
The Colebrook Chronicle destination to promote tourism
as an economical tool. The pro-
headline stated “Mayor Sup-
ports Northern Pass, With Con-
towers. A neighbor on Bell Hill
in Stark told me he could see
ject has the endorsement of ditions.” The mayor (Paul the Phillips Brook wind towers
P.O. Box 263 • Colebrook, NH 03576. local chambers of commerce Grenier), by the way, is chair- from his property.
Tel. (603) 246-8998 • Fax (603) 246-9918 and economic agencies. The man of the County Commis- Really great stuff to promote
email: editor@colebrookchronicle.com project focuses on existing local sioners. In the same article, Tri the ignorant “Grand Brands”
web: www.colebrookchronicle.com hotels and theme park busi- -County Community Action with.
nesses.” Program Economic and Hous- Ray Hopkins
Editor: Charles J. Jordan; Publisher: Donna Jordan; Has anyone seen any of ing Director Max Makaitas sup- Stark
Reporter/Photographer: Britni White; these agencies opposing North- ported Grenier’s sentiments.
Photographers: Tina McKenzie; Joy Hebert; ern Pass? I was at a meeting in From my letter of Nov. 24, Letter to the Editor:
Sports Reporter/Photographer: Liz Carney; Lancaster opposing the Phillips 2009, I wrote: I have thought that several
Canadian Correspondent: Corey Bellam; Brook Wind towers, while rep- “I also favor promoting the things involving PSNH and this
Video Editor: Thomas Jordan resentatives of the Balsams Great North Woods for tourism No rth ern Pass are a
Grand Resort were supporting and natural outdoor activities. bit questionable or more than
(founded 2000) is published by Jordan it. Has anyone see opposition However, I dislike the approach some what devious.
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Associates, established 1985. from the other “Grand Brand”
resorts who are dependent on
tourism? Is this a promising
strategy and way to go?
I would agree with the study
that residents are reluctant to
take on the hospitality industry
after serving in skilled manu-
the ‘Grand Brand’ takes. I
would have focused on the
White Mountain National For-
est, Nash Stream State Forest,
Umbagog Wildlife Refuge, other
parks and the natural beauty of
the region. All these areas are
being designed and maintained
The fact that this plan was
on the Lynch drawing board for
several years before the 99 per-
cent got wind of it is enough,
but it seems the saga goes on
and on. Brookfield Renewable
Energy bought out Noble’s in-
(Continued on page 5)
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Letters
(Continued from page 4)
terest in this Millsfield pro-
ject. Brookfield is merging with
168 hydroelectric generating
stations on 67 river systems
which in my book puts them in
bed, so to speak, with Hydro-
Quebec and PSNH. Quebec Hy-
dro has been noted to be a bit
on the unscrupulous side as are
our puppets of PSNH and I
think fair to say uncaring about
humanity or the environment.
I view this tangled web of
greedy corporate puppets as a
nest of copulating rattlesnakes,
a simile I just can't resist. Cor-
porations set up subsidiaries
and like chameleons take on
different colorations that match
their background. Koch Indus-
tries is a perfect example of
corporate deception.
Just by happenstance they
are affiliated with QHE and are
also quite comfortable in the
“art” of hydro fracking. Frack-
ing is done in marcellus shale
and that exists in our North
Country and throughout The
White Mountains.
This land grab of 100-plus
acre units for a mere 150-foot
ROW and paying exorbitant
prices seems excessive, to say
the least, and could hardly be
supported by our modest elec-
tric bills. In the course of my
photography travels, I have
noticed that some of our mean-
dering, poorly constructed, little
highways, have in certain ar-
eas, begun to resemble free-
ways. In this time of recession,
it is incomprehensible that the
Great North Woods has been
endowed so generously, which
surely makes me wonder if that
devil John Lynch might have
another surprise for the people
of New Hampshire?
Perhaps on the horizon there
will be a little more than EMFs
going down the pike? We all are
aware that high levels of EMFs
can be deadly and those
coupled with the inherent risks
of hydro fracking which pours
volumes of toxic, radioactive
and caustic waste into the envi-
ronment will give us a deadly
caldron of corporate waste.
The powerlines ravage the
environment and all life near
them and ownership of land by
this corporate maze of greed
puts the lives of our people and
our environment at risk. It en-
dangers not only us, but the
lives of future generations.
In response to the statement
made by Landon Placey when
he admitted selling, say, “It’s no
ones business,” I say it is. It is
my business and that of every-
one who will suffer.
Judith Howcroft
Clarksville
(Editor’s note: The following
letter is addressed to the Pitts-
burg Selectboard. The Chroni-
cle was also sent a copy.)
To Selectmen of Pittsburg,
I am writing this out of con-
cern over the Northern Pass
(Continued on page 9)
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Media
CHRONICLE’S CANADIAN
CORRESPONDENT
Many Chronicle readers have
remarked to us how much they
enjoy finding out what’s hap-
pening above the border in the
Eastern Townships of Quebec.
We owe a great deal of that cov-
erage to our Canadian Corre-
spondent, Corey Bellam of St-
Isidore, Que.
This week we thought we’d
let readers know a little more
about this ever-busy Canadian
photojournalist by turning the
camera on him, as you will see
on the right. Corey is an affable
fellow who loves covering the
communities between here and
Sherbrooke. He finds pictures
and short stories everywhere
“I’ll go to a church, just lately I
covered an ordination at the
Anglican Church in Lennox-
ville,” he said. Fairs, horse
pulls, art shows, suppers, music
events and school activities are
among his stock and trade.
Corey spent a little over two
years covering his region for the
Sherbrooke Record before join-
ing the Chronicle’s news team.
One of his first photos for us
appeared two years ago this
month, the giant hay sculpture
at the Wera Farm in Lennox-
ville. “I cover that every year,”
Corey said. This year’s creation Corey Bellam, the Colebrook Chronicle’s Canadian correspondent,
appears on page 19. covers a lot of towns above the border each week in search of inter-
—Charles J. Jordan esting pictures and stories. Charles Jordan photo.
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Lunches
CANAAN fruit. Thurs.: Taco bar, Spanish fruit. Thurs.: Taco bar, rice pi-
Oct. 31-Nov. 4 rice, coleslaw, fruit. Fri.: laf, coleslaw, fruit. Fri.: Pizza,
LUNCH: Mon.: Chicken nug- Roasted marinated chicken salad, fruit.
gets, sauce, sweet potato breast, red roasted potatoes,
wedges, steamed corn, dinner salad, dinner roll, fruit. STRATFORD
roll, fruit. Tues.: Shepherd’s Oct. 31-Nov. 4
pie, carrot sticks, dip, corn- STARK LUNCH: Mon.: Chicken nug-
bread, fruit. Wed.: Grilled Oct. 31-Nov. 4 gets, sauce, sweet potato
cheese sandwich, minestrone LUNCH: Mon.: Chicken nug- wedges, steamed corn, dinner
soup, fruit cup, birthday cake, gets, sauce, sweet potato roll, fruit. Tues.: Shepherd’s
fruit. Thurs.: Taco bar, Spanish wedges, steamed corn, dinner pie, carrot sticks, dip, corn-
rice, coleslaw, fruit. Fri.: roll, fruit. Tues.: Shepherd’s bread, fruit. Wed.: Grilled
Roasted marinated chicken pie, carrot sticks, dip, corn- cheese sandwich, minestrone
breast, red roasted potatoes, bread, fruit. Wed.: Grilled soup, fruit cup, birthday cake,
salad, dinner roll, fruit. cheese sandwich, minestrone fruit. Thurs.: Taco bar, rice pi-
soup, fruit cup, birthday cake, laf, coleslaw, fruit. Fri.: Pizza,
COLEBROOK salad, fruit.
Oct. 31-Nov. 4
BREAKFAST: (All meals
served with milk or juice.)
Mon.: Cereal, fruit. Tues.: Pan-
cakes, fruit. Wed.: Chocolate
raspberry scone, fruit. Thurs.:
Waffle sticks, fruit. Fri.: Break-
fast bar, fruit. LUNCH: Mon.:
Spaghetti, bread, green beans,
applesauce, pumpkin spice
cookie. Tues.: Chicken dippers,
potato, gravy, roll, Mandarin
oranges, mixed vegetables.
Wed.: Cheeseburger, salad,
puffs, Jell-O. Thurs.: Diced tur-
key, gravy, rice, roll, diced car-
rots, fruit. Fri.: French bread
pizza, salad, fruit, gingerbread,
topping.
GROVETON
ELEMENTARY
Oct. 31-Nov. 4
LUNCH: Mon.: Chicken nug-
gets, sauce, sweet potato
wedges, steamed corn, dinner
roll, fruit. Tues.: Shepherd’s
pie, carrot sticks, dip, corn-
bread, fruit. Wed.: Grilled
cheese sandwich, minestrone
soup, fruit cup, birthday cake,
fruit. Thurs.: Taco bar, rice pi-
laf, coleslaw, fruit. Fri.: Pizza,
salad, fruit.

GROVETON
HIGH SCHOOL
Oct. 31-Nov. 4
LUNCH: Mon.: Chicken nug-
gets, sauce, sweet potato
wedges, steamed corn, dinner
roll, fruit. Tues.: Shepherd’s
pie, carrot sticks, dip, corn-
bread, fruit. Wed.: Grilled
cheese sandwich, minestrone
soup, fruit cup, birthday cake,
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Health Care

Several women gathered at the Hospice Volunteer training meeting on Oct. 20 at Indian Stream
Health Clinic’s Community Room from 6-8:30 p.m. The weekly meetings that began on the 6th have
been organized by Cherish Brachtel, the Patient Care Coordinator for Northwoods Home Health and
Hospice. Attendees included those who wanted to learn how to volunteer, and also some who hoped to
learn practices to help loved ones. From the left, Cherish Brachtel, Danielle Brown, Linda Blanch-
ard, Rosalie King, Christine Griffin, Mary Ellen Uran, Monda Anderson, Barb Erving, Carol Houle,
Eileen Parker and Kim Bennett. Britni White photo.
HOSPICE CARE plan. Trained volunteers offer FREE WORKSHOPS
TRAINING IN COLEBROOK companionship, aid with lei- FOR CATEGIVERS
Northwood’s Home Health surely activities such as read- Side by Side for Independent
and Hospice has been holding ing or recreation, and also as- Living: A Program for Older
volunteer trainings for those sist in household activities. Adults, their Families and
interested in helping care for Northwoods Hospice, a divi- Caregivers is a series of free
terminally ill patients and loved sion of Weeks Medical Center, workshops to address caregiver
ones. also can offer counselors, issues. These will be held on
The Community Room at nurses and clergy connections Tuesdays from 3-4:30 p.m. dur-
Indian Stream Health Clinic for patients in need. Hospice is ing the month of November.
has been the meeting place for an important coping service All sessions will be held at
those who want to gain knowl- that lessens the grief for all the Coos County Nursing Hos-
edge about this caring effort. involved in instances of im- pital in West Stewartstown,
Here, hospice volunteers learn pending death. As their bro- NH
how to ease the pain for those chure states, in the words of Here are the dates and top-
who are experiencing the last Dame Cicely Saunders, “You ics of each workshop:
stages of their lives, and assist matter because you are you. —Nov 1, 2011, Understand-
them in the quality of life that You matter to the very last mo- ing Depression in Older Adults.
remains. As the Patient Care ment of your life. And we will —Nov 8, 2011, Understand-
Coordinator of Northwoods Hos- do all we can, not only to help ing Mental Health Issues in
pice, Cherish Brachtel has been you die peacefully, but to live Older Adults.
organizing the meetings. until you die.” —Nov 15, 2011, Understand-
Brachtel informed the Any interested individuals ing Dementia.
Chronicle that they have had may contact Cherish Brachtel —Nov 22, 2011, Coping with
weekly meetings since Oct. 6, on at (800) 750-2366 for further Changing and Challenging Be-
Thursdays from 6-8:30 p.m., and information on hospice care. haviors.
hope to continue with the same —Britni White (Continued on page 19)
type of program next fall, as
well. Local psychologist Virginia
Rockhill presented at a meeting
on the 20th. She advised atten-
dees on how to deal with death
in various instances, including
ways to implement spiritual
connections and other practices
that may help patients and
families alike. Dr. Avery spoke
afterwards on signs of impend-
ing death. The group of about a
dozen women who were in at-
tendance joined in the discus-
sions, sharing their hospice ex-
periences.
Hospice services are estab-
lished when a patient’s illness
or disease is no longer respon-
sive to medical treatments and
life expectancy is estimated at
six months or less. Then volun-
teers, such as the ones at this
meeting, assist to make the end
of life the best it can be, by help-
ing the patient to be free of
pain, comfortable, fearless and
at peace. This is usually done
within the individual’s home
and includes a patient care
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Education
AMC INTERSHIPS OPEN
TO LOCAL STUDENTS
The Appalachian Mountain
Club (AMC) encourages Coos
County high school students
and recent high school gradu-
ates to apply for internships it
is offering related to outdoor
recreation, resource conserva-
tion, and mountain hospitality.
These paid internship posi-
tions are based at AMC’s lodges
and visitor centers in the White
Mountains.
Two summer internships
and one gap-year internship
from September to May are
being offered for 2012 through
AMC’s “Building Sustainable
Communities in Coos County”
program which is supported by
the Fresh Sound Foundation, a
charitable organization focused
on philanthropy, volunteerism,
and grant-making.
The internships are designed
to help local youth develop
skills and consider locally based
careers in outdoor recreation
and related fields.
Those interested in applying
for an internship with AMC are
encouraged to contact Chris
Thayer, AMC director of North
Country programs and out-
reach, at cthayer@outdoors.org,
or 278-3811.
LITERACY GRANTS
ARE AVAILABLE
The Center for the Book at
the New Hampshire State Li-
brary announces that the Gran-
ite State Reads grants program
is currently accepting applica-
tions for the 2012 grant cycle.
Granite State Reads offers
financial support to New
Hampshire organizations that
provide literacy assistance to
New Hampshire residents. Any
project that improves the liter-
acy skills of New Hampshire
children or adults is eligible to
apply for a Granite State Reads
grant of $500 or more. The
deadline to apply is Dec. 1,
2011. Grant recipients will be
notified by Feb. 6, 2012.
Previously funded projects
include: support for adult new-
reader's book discussion groups,
a program that provided books
to babies and toddlers, several
family reading initiatives, and
literacy programs for people
with learning challenges.
Granite State Reads is a
program of the Center for the
Book at the New Hampshire
State Library. Since 2003,
nearly $97,000 has been dis-
tributed to New Hampshire
literacy programs through
Granite State Reads.
Those interested in applying
for a Granite State Reads grant
should visit http://
granitestatereads.org for de-
tails on how to apply.
FAMILY-SCHOOL
PARTNERSHIP FORUM
A free workshop entitled
North Country Family-School
Partnerships in Special Educa-
tion Forum will be held on Nov.
16, 2011, from 5:30-7:30 p.m. at
Berlin High School, 550 Willard
St., in Berlin.
This world café-style forum
is the first of a series of oppor-
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tunities for parents, school dis-
trict personnel and community
members from across the North
Country region to come to-
gether to have in depth conver-
sations about family-school
partnerships in Special Educa-
tion.
Pre-registration is re-
quired. For further information
and registration, 224-7005 or
email admin@picnh.org. If you
require special accommoda-
tions, please specify.
The workshop is sponsored
by the Parent Information Cen-
ter of NH, headquartered in
Concord. Its mission is to guide
and encourage families in sup-
porting the unique learning
potential of their children. To
learn more about PIC NH, visit
www.picnh.org. PIC is a 501(c) On Oct. 20, Grades K-8 in Stratford had the opportunity to see and interact with a live musical act
3 organization. from Pakistan called Caravanserai. Frumie Selchen of the Arts Alliance of Northern NH helped set
up this assembly with the school’s music teacher, Molly Tobin. The children were excited to see this
ARTS IN EARLY LEARNING new culture and the group of artists shared their talents with the crowd, getting them involved by
CONFERENCE ON NOV. 19 clapping along to the songs. The group’s name means “A place where cultures meet” and this was true
“The World Around Me” is of their visit to Stratford. Caravanserai's mission is to introduce American audiences to the world of
the subject of a lively, participa- Muslim music in order to create global diversity in the arts. Learn more at http://www.caravanserai-
tory Arts in Early Learning arts.org/. See some of the group’s performance in the Video News of the Week at www.colebrook-
conference on Saturday, Nov. chroniucle.com. Kyle Haley photo.
19, from 9 a.m. to 12 noon at
White Mountains Community the arts to make these encoun- development credits are offered. The conference is presented
College in Berlin. ters memorable and meaning- Particular attention will be by the Arts Alliance of North-
The conference, for which ful. The links between arts given to meeting the needs of ern New Hampshire and VSA
there is no charge, is for all learning and books, storytelling children with developmental New Hampshire as part of their
those who work and play with and language are absolutely and learning differences. (Continued on page 9)
young children—teachers, li- central.”
brarians, pre-school and child- Through creative movement,
care administrators and care music, puppetry, creative
providers, teaching artists, par- drama and visual arts, partici-
ents and grandparents. pants will be offered a wealth of
“A critical part of young chil- lessons and activities they can
dren's development is experi- use with children in classrooms,
encing the excitement of discov- childcare settings, community
ering and exploring the various sites and at home. Particular
environments that surround attention will be given to meet-
them,” noted lead instructor ing the needs of children with
and longtime educator and chil- developmental and learning
dren's musician Deborah Stu- differences.
art. “We want to offer a variety Activities will include the
of ways for children to learn creation of murals of four differ-
more about the environments ent environments—city, village,
they already know, and to in- rural and forests/mountains,
troduce them to the environ- which will be used as backdrops
ments they haven’t yet experi- for the various performance art
enced—for rural children, find- components—dance, music and
ing out about cities; for those drama. Participants will
children who haven’t had many also create tableaux, try bubble
outdoor encounters, learning painting and wet on wet paint-
about the natural world, and ing, and make butterfly pup- National Hot Lunch Week (Oct. 10-14) was observed by Stewarts-
for all of us, a chance to cele- pets that can be worn on wrists town Community School by inviting parents to have lunch with
brate the forests and mountains or attached to rods. their children. Fifty-nine parents attended throughout the week.
of New Hampshire. In this con- There is no charge for the Among those who attended were Crystal, Colton and Chris
ference we look at how to use Berlin conference. Professional Thivierge. Courtesy photo.
To celebrate the end of NECAP testing, Groveton third, fourth and fifth graders spent time making scarecrows. The school thanks second-
hand stores in Lancaster and Groveton for donating items. The students’ creativity is on display as you drive by the elementary school.
Left photo: Marshall Ravens and Luke Schafermeyer pose with their scarecrow. Right photo: Groveton fifth grader Bailee Lambert shows
off the start of her scarecrow. Vicky Bailey photos.
Friday, October 28, 2011
Letters
(Continued from page 5)
project. As you know, I am very
opposed to this.
I would like to know what
has been done to show the
town’s view on this. Last Town
Meeting it was voted to openly
oppose the Northern Pass pro-
ject. Have you contacted the
State Representatives, the
State Senators and the Gover-
nor stating our opposition?
Have you contacted the Dept. of
Energy in Washington, D.C.,
and voiced our opposition? If
not, don’t you think it’s time to
do so?
You were elected by the peo-
ple, for the people—now show
us as Selectmen that you are
for us and openly oppose North-
ern Pass.
This Northern Pass project
is based on greed by large cor-
porations and foreign depend-
ency. There will be no jobs to
speak of. They will bring in
their own people. If this goes
through there will be a loss of
New Hampshire jobs. Biomass
plants will be out of business—
these are real jobs now. Tour-
ism will drop. People who come
here do not want to see these
monstrous towers. There will be
irreversible damage to the land.
If this goes through, it is only
the beginning for more to come
from Canada. As they saying
goes, “we are not an extension
cord for Canada.”
Save our land and our future
and become more active in op-
posing the Northern Pass pro-
ject.
Holly Gray
Pittsburg
Education
(Continued from page 8)
ongoing Arts in Early Learning
collaboration, funded in part by
VSA International, an affiliate
of the John F. Kennedy Center
for the Performing Arts in
Washington, D.C., in partner-
ship with White Mountains
Community College, with sup-
port from the White Mountains
Community College Student
Senate.
Social News
Isabella Josephine Nugent
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Stuart, who was the editor At 83 years old, Lester Oct. 19-21 at The Red Jacket Living, Laughing and Learning
and contributing writer for Brooks said he only wants to Mountain View in North Con- and William Gardner, Secre-
Start with the Arts and is ac- appreciate what he has left in way. The conference committee tary of State. Also speaking
tive around the country as a life. “I know I don’t have many had nine vendors available to were representatives of all the
speaker and trainer, will be years left, but what I do have, I town and city clerks throughout New Hampshire atate agencies
joined by Will Cabell, a profes- want to be able to sit here and the state. This year’s confer- and Nancy Johnson about the
sional puppeteer, actor, musi- enjoy without those lines,” he ence theme was “My Ride, Our Legislative process. Tricia
cian and educator, by dancer said. Journey” and the colors were Piecuch from Nashua was in-
and movement educator Kelly the red and black. Keynote ducted as the 2011-12 President
Doremus Stuart and by theater speakers were Saundra Maisey of the Association.
artist Richard Moses. of Granite State Giggles about
“We do this conference each Town
year on a different theme,” said
Arts Alliance director Frumie
Selchen, “and I’m still amazed
at how much fun the partici- (Continued from page 3)
pants have, and how inspired professional programs and to
they are by the day to use the give new Tax Collectors’ a
arts in their own teaching or chance to network with their
care-providing settings.” peers. The mission of the N.H.
Morning snacks will be pro- Tax Collectors' Association is to
vided. Participants are asked to collect and disseminate infor-
bring a lunch. Preregistration mation necessary to enable tax
for the workshop is required; collectors to successfully under-
register online at www.aan- stand their responsibilities and
nh.org. For additional informa- to competently perform their
tion, contact the Arts Alliance duties in conformity with all
at 323-7302 or email pertinent laws.
info@aannh.org. Cheryl Bolouk from Salem
was inducted as the 2011-12
President of the association.
Family Legacy Melinda also attended the 86th
Annual New Hampshire City
and Town Clerks Association’s
educational and informative
conference, which was held on
(Continued from page 2)
wondering what it would be like
if they lose a portion of their
farm to the Hydro-Quebec pro-
ject. Andrée-Anne Beloin-
Pariseau, the daughter of Marc
Beloin and Helene Pariseau,
has grown up on the farm and
hopes to one day return there to
take over from her parents. She
has studied nutrition and agri-
culture with her future farm
work in mind. The Beloin-
Pariseau farm currently has
over 100 head of cattle, and is
situated in the scenic Halls
Stream valley. “Me and my
family are in solidarity with the
people of New Hampshire,” said
Andrée-Anne. “I like this farm.
And towers going through will
affect the production of the
cows. It’s not very good for my
family, because the farm is our
future.” She said the message
to Hydro-Quebec and the
Northern Pass is the most im-
portant thing to get across right
now, and she appreciates know-
ing there is so much support
across the border in New
Hampshire.
BIRTH ANNOUNCEMENT
The Nugent and Graham
families are proud to announce
the birth of Isabella Josephine
Nugent. She was born on Sept
3, 2011, at 8:13 p.m. at Little-
ton Hospital, weighing seven
lbs. and one oz. and 20 inches
long.
Isabella’s mother is Michelle
Lee Graham and father is Marc
Lester Nugent of Colebrook.
She was welcomed by brothers
Jake and John, and sister
Mackenzie. All are excited and
proud of their new addition to
the family.
Her maternal grandparents
are Diane and Barry Graham,
Sr., and paternal grandparents
are Gail Nugent and the late
Peter Nugent.
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Northern Pass
Northern Pass Controversy Enters Its Second Year
Photos by Charles Jordan

Left photo: Stewartstown landowner Lester Brooks is upset that the Northern Pass transmission line project might completely surround his land. Right photo: Over 4,500
anti-Northern Pass petitions waving in the breeze on the Quebec farm of Helene Pariseau and Marc Beloin.

Left photo: Helene Pariseau and her neighbor, Lucie Roy, sign petitions against the Hydro-Quebec project. Right photo: From the Weir property snowmobile snack shack,
the transmission lines will be seen for miles, if they are approved.

The view from the Lester Brooks property in Stewartstown, where the transmission line has been purchasing land.
Friday, October 28, 2011
Community News
SCOTTISH BALLADEERS
HERE NEXT UESDAY
The Great North Woods
Committee for the Arts will
present Alan Reid and Rob van
Sante in their first northern
New Hampshire concert on
Tuesday, Nov. 1. These legen-
dary Scottish singers have been
scheduled to perform at the
Moose Muck Coffee House on
Parsons Street in Colebrook,
which should prove to be an
ideal setting for their “coffee
house” balladeer style. The con-
cert is scheduled to begin at 7
p.m., but the Coffee House will
be open beginning at 6 p.m.
with food and beverages that
can be purchased prepared by
the Moose Muck staff.
The GNWCA is excited to
introduce this new venue for
some of its performers who
have become available locally
through the arts organization’s
partnership with the Skye
Theatre in Maine. Tickets for
the Colebrook concert are $12
each and will be available at
the door on the night of the
show.
Alan Reid has assured him-
self a place among the legends
of Celtic music, having been a
member of Battlefield Band
from its inception in 1969 until
his departure in 2010. In that
time, he toured all over the
world and made almost 30 re-
cordings with the band, work-
ing with such artists as Garri-
son Keillor, Van Morrison and
Mike Oldfield. The Battlefield
Band won awards in Germany,
Britain and the U.S. and
throughout Alan was at the
heart of the band, his key-
boards underpinning the bag-
pipes and the fiddle.
His first solo album, “The
Sunlit Eye,” featuring original
songs and tunes, was released
in 1998 and was followed up
with a song and tune book
“Martyrs, Rogues and Wor-
thies” in 2001. Since then he
has recorded two albums in his
partnership with Rob van
Sante, both of which showcase
many of his works. In 2009, he
was nominated at the Scottish
Tradition Awards in the com-
poser of the year category and
in 2011 “Recollection” was re-
leased, an album of his own
choice of songs from his long
career with Battlefield Band.
Alan, along with Rob, is cur-
rently putting the finishing
touches to an album on the life
of John Paul Jones, a project for
which he has composed all the
music.
Rob van Sante is a guitarist
of exceptional skill and sub-
tlety. He was born in the Neth-
erlands and begun playing gui-
tar at an early age. As his in-
terest in music developed, he
became influenced by the best
of Folk, Rock, R&B and Blues.
During the 1970s-90s he toured
extensively throughout Europe,
North Africa and the Middle
East. Rob has appeared on
many albums displaying his
virtuoso vocal ability both as a
lead and harmony singer, also
showcasing his undoubted in-
strumental skills to the project
in question. All these strands
come together to make a perfect
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foil to Alan and his music.
The Great North Woods
Committee for the Arts is host-
ing two more concerts coming
right up. On Friday, Oct. 28,
beginning at 7:30 p.m. the 17-
piece string orchestra Camer-
ata New England will be ap-
pearing at the Tillotson Center
in Colebrook in a program enti-
tled “Going for Baroque.” Tick-
ets are $12. And on Friday,
Nov. 11, the GNWCA will be
hosting the remarkable Sultans
of Strings in the band’s first
U.S. tour. The Sultans feature
jazz, flamenco and world music.
Tickets for this concert, also
slated for the Tillotson Center,
are $15.
For more information on
these and other upcoming con-
certs, call (603) 246-8998 or
visit www.gnwca.org.
KIWANIS HALLOWEEN
PARTY SET FOR OCT. 31
The Colebrook Kiwanis
Club’s Halloween Party for chil- The winning tickets for the Colebrook Downtown Development Association’s Harvest Fair raffle were
dren will take place on Monday, drawn at First Colebrook Bank on Tuesday. Ticket entries came from Harvest Fair customers who had
Oct. 31, from 5-7 p.m. at the spent at least five dollars at participating local merchant shops from Oct. 1-15. This was a shop local
Colebrook gym. There will be initiative that began at the Harvest Fair in Colebrook and all prizes were donated. First prize valued
several games, costume judging at $620, included $420 worth of gift certificates from 16 local merchants, and $200 worth of additional
for all ages with prizes given for donated items. Second prize had a $485 value, and third was worth $350. The winners, drawn from
best costumes in each age cate- the nearly 150 entries, were Amy Strickland (first), Kim Rizio (second) and Helen Steele (third). From
gory and refreshments. The the left, Kelly Laperle and the CDDA’s Sandra Riendeau, Jean Caird and Terry Hurlbert with the
party will conclude with the prizes. Britni White photo.
traditional balloon drop.
The Colebrook Key Club is
doing its Haunted Hallway once
again, with organizers inviting
the brave of heart to go through
it.
The event is free and all are
welcome.
COOS COUNTY
NURSING HOSPITAL
Octoberfest was celebrated
this week with a wonderful
German-American buffet pro-
vided by the dietary depart-
ment. Residents and staff mem-
bers enjoyed porkchop schnitzel
with gravy, carrot ginger soup,
German fried potatoes, sea-
soned red cabbage, 14-karat
potatoes and a dinner roll. Des-
sert was applesauce noodle
krugel. The meal was served by
Chantal and the activities de-
partment. A couple were
dressed like German serving
girls. The room was decorated
with German scenes. That
morning, information about
Germany was shared and after
the buffet residents enjoyed an
Octoberfest cocktail party
where they enjoyed beverages
of their choice and munched on The CDDA is selling raffle tickets for a handcrafted quilt, pillow and sweater. The rose-colored quilt
ham cups. was created with the help of Brenda Brooks, Terry Hurlbert, Lindy Falconer and Cindy Grassi. The
Don Pinchette and Terry homemade pillow was donated by Janie Burke, and Milly Roy donated the tan sweater. Tickets are
Scott provided Karaoke mu- available at First Colebrook Bank, Lin-Jo Creations and Aimee’s Card and Gift. The value of the
sic. Residents enjoyed listening prizes totals nearly $1,500 and winners will be drawn at the end of Late Nite Madness. Pictured with
to their beautiful voices and the items, from left, Jean Caird, Terry Hurlbert, Sandra Riendeau, Kelly LaPerle. Britni White photo.
adding their own as they sang
along. Carolyn’s Friends enter- worked on crossword puzzles watched the movie made an awesome cake in the
tained and visited with resi- together. SCU residents played “Ghostbusters.” SCU made shape of Frankenstein’s bride.
dents. Toes were tapping and unit Bingo, the alphabet game, spooky name frames, painted A haunted house was set up on
residents sang along to familiar went for walks and enjoyed pumpkins, worked on a collage the deck for the braver chil-
old songs and Country Western rhyme time. and made Halloween cupcakes. dren.
favorites. The residents on A grinder cart made the The annual Resident Council Trick-or-treaters are wel-
three south enjoyed music so- rounds on the floors. Residents Children’s Halloween party was come at CCNH on Monday
cials on their floor. The resi- were able to choice and enjoy a success. Residents’ families night. Please bring your little
dents of the Special Care Unit their own fillings for homemade and staff members brought witches and monsters.
(SCU) enjoyed a sing-along. grinders. SCU residents did young children in their cos-
Bernice Houle was lucky this some baking. tumes. The residents enjoyed COLEBROOK
week. She won the Blackout A group gathered to discuss watching the children play SENIORS MEALS
Bingo game and had the high- silly superstitions. Residents pumpkin toss, musical pumpkin Our October Birthday Party
est score in the Bean Bag Toss worked on Halloween crafts, patch and the mummy wrap and Penny Sale drew a large
game. Residents did stretching decorated for Halloween and game. Brenda Rowell of dietary (Continued on page 12)
exercises on first floor and
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Community News

Next Tuesday, Nov. 1, the Great North Woods Committee for the
Arts hosts a concert by legendary Scottish balladeers Rob van
Sante and Alan Reid. The concert will be held in the intimate set-
ting of the Moose Muck Coffee House on Parsons Street in Cole-
brook. Tickets are $12 and available at the door. Courtesy photo.

(Continued from page 11)

crowd. A “Happy Birthday”
shout out to all who attended:
Richard Chapple, Glenn Perry,
Loretta Pecoraro, Pete Durno,
Hope Bolton, Gordon Frizzell,
Phyllis Graham, Judy Watson,
Sue Weber and Eileen Parker.
Everyone enjoyed the meal and
Amanda’s amazing coconut
cake with butter crunch ice
cream.
The November menu will be
out soon. We will be celebrat-
ing Thanksgiving holiday and
celebrate November birthdays
on Nov. 10 here at Colby Com-
mons. The meal will be turkey
with all the fixings and fruit
pie. Hope to see you there!
A big thank you goes out to
Sparrow Apple Orchard for the
huge donation of delicious ap-
ples. We truly appreciate it.
Flu shots are scheduled for
Nov. 7, from 10 a.m.-12 noon at
Colby Commons.
—submitted by
Colebrook Senior Meals
NCIC RECEIVES GRANT
FOR KIOSKS, SIGNAGE
Northern Community In-
vestment Corporation (NCIC)
has received a $200,000 grant
from the Northern Border Re-
gional Commission (NBRC) to
construct visitor kiosks and
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Community News

Junior Girl Scouts and Cadets attended the Coos County Nursing
Hospital’s Halloween Party on Oct 22 in West Stewartstown. They
visited with many residents, including Laura Glinka, seated cen-
ter. Pictured with her, from the left, are Ashley Uran, Brielle
Premo, Jamie-Lee Pinet, Christi Baglio and Olivia Harris. Lori
Stott photo.
(Continued from page 12) and support job creation and
signage throughout Coos retention, according to local
County. The grant and the crea- officials.
tion of the visitor kiosks and “Receiving this grant, and
signage will enable the North building the visitor kiosks and
Country to further tap into the signage, are big steps in con-
economic benefits of tourism, (Continued on page 14)
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Community News

On Oct. 16, for the second year Kheops invited its staff to help New Earth Organic Farm of Colebrook in harvesting vegetable before the winter. Organizers though it was a
good way to show their farmers that they care and appreciate their hard work. The group gathered 500 lbs. of carrots, planted the garlic for next year and pulled up the old
plants in the greenhouses. The yearly activity will be called “Kheops Earth Day.” After work was done, all posed for a photo and enjoyed a delicious apple cake made by
Sarah Gagne. Micheline Freyssonnet photos.
(Continued from page 13) designs were Moose Muck Cof- lenge to all the businesses for 237-5011 and leave a message For reservations, call Louise
tinuing our successful efforts to fee House and Aime’s Card and the Christmas holidays, voted if you’d like more information. Bissonette at 237-5001 on or
bring more visitors to Coos Gift. They will be sporting a on around Late Nite Madness. before Tuesday morning.
County,” said Cathy Conway, blue ribbon and a certificate at Howard’s Restaurant and CANAAN SENIORS NEWS
vice president of economic de- their shops. George M. Stevens have put On Oct. 19, the Canaan Sen- HALLOWEEN PARTY FOR
velopment for NCIC. The goal of the window/ this challenge out—each saying iors were pleased and would CHILDREN IN GROVETON
Kiosks will be placed façade contest was to deck out they will be the winner. A sur- like to thank Carolyn’s Friends On Saturday, Oct. 29, from 1-
throughout Coos County from Colebrook for the fall season in prise prize will be awarded to for entertaining them on 3 p.m., there will be a Children’s
Route 3 in Pittsburg to Route 3 true fall fashion, to welcome all the winner. A business doesn’t Wednesday—a great job, as Halloween Party at the Grove-
in Twin Mountain. the shoppers and visitors to have to be on Main Street or usual. Guests were Therese ton American Legion.
“We will be working with downtown. even in the downtown to take Cote, Andre and Francoise Costume judging will be in
communities to determine the The CDDA’s Design Commit- part. All types of businesses are Champagne. After dinner, four age groups: up to age 3,
exact location, but will be locat- tee will be sponsoring a chal- invited. Contact the CDDA at Bingo was enjoyed. The win- ages 4-6, ages 7-9 and ages 10-
ing the kiosks in downtowns, ners were Glen Perry, Geor- 12. There also will be judging in
and near key attractions and gette St. Pierre, Germaine Tur- four categories: prettiest, scari-
regional or community gate- geon, Marie Beloin and Therese est, funniest and most original.
ways,” said Conway. Wayfind- Cote. Blackout was won by Ray Goodies and door prizes will
ing signage will also be in- Lanctot. The 50/50 winners be provided. The event is spon-
stalled pending approval from were Suzanne Roy and Janine sored by Fredonwarell 17.
the N.H. Dept. of Transporta- Boire.
tion. On Wednesday, Oct. 26, af- MOHAWK GRANGE
ter dinner, the seniors sang On Oct. 17, Mohawk Grange
CDDA CONTESTS FOR COLE- “Happy Birthday To You” to met for its monthly meeting
BROOK BUSINESSES several seniors who celebrated with four brothers and 10 sis-
On Sept. 30, Les and Patty October birthdays. Francoise ters present. Ann Woodard read
Klinefelter and Judi Calhoun of Bohan won the birthday gift. the minutes of the previous
the Connecticut River Artisans The 50/50 winners were Caro- meeting. Lynda Gaudette re-
Group (CRAG) walked around lyn Royce and Rollande Mar- ported on the recent blood bank
Colebrook to judge the windows quis. The penny sale was good, and her next project will be
and facades of area businesses. with door prizes going to Ethel sending cards to the troops for
The Colebrook Downtown De- Goodrum and Lily Riendeau. the holidays. The Grange will
velopment Association (CDDA) Next week (Nov. 2) will be start as soon as Lynda gets the
committee had extended the the drawing of the raffle. The address.
contest to include facades this A National Guard helicopter flies over the students at Stewarts- menu will be soup, assorted Michelle Hyde’s health report
year. town Community School to get an aerial photograph during Red sandwiches, pickles and chips, was “How to Ease Shoulder
Chosen from the many great Ribbon Week. Thomas Jordan photo. with lemon pudding for dessert. Pain.” MaryAnn Neary reported
that the youth in Stewartstown
went to the corn maze and Cole-
brook Academy students were
going to the maze on Thursday.
The Venture Crew will host the
annual Veteran’s Day breakfast
from 6:30 to 9 a.m.
Eleanor Lyons gave a report
on the recent successful chicken
pie supper. Eleanor thanked
everyone and the Grange ap-
plauded Eleanor for organizing
everything. Lynda Gaudette will
go to the N.H. State Grange
Convention as a delegate. The
Grange elected the same slate of
officers for 2010. MaryAnn’s
program was a fun quiz—Who
or What am I? The answers per-
tained to Halloween.
The next meeting is Nov. 7
and will be the dues-paying sup-
per at 7 p.m. Please bring a dish
as it is potluck.
STRATFORD GRANGE
In honor of Red Ribbon Week, students at Stewartstown School gathered for a special event. Heading to the field behind the school build- On Oct. 20, one brother and
ing, the students and staff stood in the shape of a giant ribbon, all wearing red T-shirts. A helicopter flew over the field, capturing an four sisters and special guest
aerial photograph of the students who eagerly waved from the ground below. Thomas Jordan photo. (Continued on page 15)
Friday, October 28, 2011
Community News
Celebrating October birthdays at Canaan Senior Meals were, front,
from left, Gordon Frizzell, Lily Riendeau and Glen Perry; back,
Dencie Cunningham, Billie Brockney, Jacqueline Guay, Francoise
Bohan and Marie-Paul Marchand. Courtesy photo.
(Continued from page 14)
Robin Kimball Rheaume met
for supper at 6 p.m. before the
meeting. The opening song was
“God Bless America.” Pat Allin
read the minutes of the previ-
ous meeting.
Vicki DeLalla reported on
the increase in the Social Secu-
rity, the debate about the N.H.
Primary date and the increase
in a price of a stamp. Lynda
Gaudette reported on the recent
blood drive. John and Frances
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Pepau will be going to the N.H.
State Grange convention at the
Town and Country Motor Inn in
Gorham.
The closing song was “It’s a
Good Thing to be a Granger.”
The next meeting will be at the
Fuller Town Hall on Nov. 7 at
11 a.m. The program pertains to
Veteran’s Day and Thanksgiv-
ing. Each Grange member is to
John the Painter
bring a donation for the local
food pantry and a bag lunch for
themselves.
CHRISTMAS MARKETS
OVER THE BORDER Interior/Exterior
The five Christmas Markets
of the Coaticook Valley invite FREE Call: John Lanctot FULLY
you to the launch of their pro- ESTIMATES (802) 266-8611 INSURED
gramming in the land of Christ-
mas trees.
Join the celebration in
Christmas colors on Tuesday,
Nov. 8, 2011, with Trees in the
Garden of Wonders in East
Hereford, Que., at 5 p.m., at 46
Church St. Be the first to see
the new village houses fully
decorated. Meet the Father of
Christmas Past Comptonales.
Enjoy a taste of handicrafts
available in any market. Snacks
and hot beverages will be
served.
Please RSVP before Nov. 7,
2011, to Julie Sage at (819) 849-
6669, or email, to ur-
isme@cldmrccoaticook.qc.ca.
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Sports
(Continued from page 23)
Cross scored her first 20 min-
utes into the game with a
through pass by Brunault. Her
second came 11 minutes later
off a corner kick by Ashlynn
Parkhurst. Her third was seven
minutes in the second half off a
shot by Emily Brosseau. “From
Business Directory the start we came out winning
the balls to get into the net eas-
ily,” said Head Coach Katie
Parker, “It was the seniors’ last
game so they wanted to go out
and score. It’s good to have a
big win before the playoffs
start.”
Canaan’s Ritza Arias scored
the only goal two minutes into
the second off a penalty kick to
avert the shut out. “It wasn’t a
very good game to watch,” said
Head Coach Tim Gray, “We
weren’t going to the ball and
our passing was all over the
place.”
POST-SEASON ACTION
Play Down, Oct. 26
Canaan 3, Rochester 2
Seventh-seeded Canaan
eliminated 10th-seeded Roches-
ter at home in overtime. Roch-
ester scored at 21:53 into the
first half for the 1-0 lead. Alicia
Marquis scored Canaan’s first
goal off a corner kick assisted
by Erin Marchesseault in the
second to knot it up at one.
Ritza Arias took the lead driv-
ing the ball through the defense
for an unassisted goal to make
it a 2-1 game. Rochester tied
the game up at two with three
and half minutes remaining in
regulation. Marchesseault
sealed the deal for the victory
30 seconds into sudden death
overtime to advance the girls
the quarterfinals.
“We came to play,” said
Head Coach Tim Gray, “They
worked hard as a team. They
went to the ball and did what
they needed to for the win.”
Prelim, Oct. 26
Colebrook 4,
Moultonborough 0
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A seventh-seeded Colebrook
Mohawks eliminated 11th-
seeded Moultonborough Pan-
thers from the preliminary
round. Lexi Lawson had 12
saves and Moultonborough’s
Courtney Delaney had 10. The
Mohawks outshot the Panthers
21-12. Josee Brunault had a hat
trick scoring the first goal at
the 4:12 mark with an assist by
Kiya DeWitt. Brunault’s second
goal came at the 18:08 mark
and her third was the only goal
scored in the second half.
Nakea Cross scored the only
other goal in the game at 24:11.
“We didn’t play very well
today,” said Head Coach Katie
Parker, “We were very lucky
that we got some break-aways'
in the first half to score three
goals. They played the full 40
minutes with us. If we play like
this against Littleton it’s going
to be a hard game. We can’t be
content with the three goals we
scored in the first half. We can’t
play like that in Littleton.”
Prelim, Oct. 26
Wilton. 5, Groveton 1
Eleventh seed Groveton Ea-
gles were eliminated by the
sixth seed Wilton-Lynde-
borough Warriors. Makenna
Burke scored 15 minutes into
the game the only goal by
Groveton. The Warriors scored
two goals in the first and the
other three in the second half of
the game. “Talia Bedell at cen-
ter fullback had a great game,”
said Head Coach Chris Whee-
lock, “and our goal keeper
Brooke Drouin had a good game
as well.”
VARSITY BOYS SOCCER
Colebrook 5, Canaan 0
Oct. 20
The Colebrook Mohawks
shut out the Canaan Eagles on
home turf. Colebrook’s Cody
Hastings had two saves and
Canaan’s Cole Noyes had 12. Lynde.
The Mohawks outshot the Ea-
gles 19-7. Bryan Griffin led the
game with two goals. Nick
Hebert, John Zavala and Justin p.m.
Siewerski each scored a goal.
The Mohawks had a 2-0 lead at
the half and scored the other at 3 p.m.
three in the second. “It was a
fairly good game for us,” said
Nov. 2 at 4 p.m.
Nov. 1
4 p.m.
Friday, October 28, 2011
Head Coach Buddy Trask, “We
dominated the plays and we
made sure they didn’t score. It
was a good solid performance
for us going into the playoffs.”
POST-SEASON ACTION
Play Down, Oct. 25
Danville 6, Canaan 0
On the road 12th-seed Ca-
naan was eliminated from post-
season with a shut out by fifth-
seed Danville. Cole Noyes had
11 saves and Danville’s goalie
had three. Danville outshot
Canaan 22-3. Danville scored
its first four goals in the first
half and the other two in the
second. “It’s a tough loss,” said
Head Coach Talan Bryant, “We
played a much bigger school
and it is a hard way to end the
season. They had 20 kids we
only had two subs. I am really
proud of them. They have im-
proved their ball control and
knowledge of the game. Dan-
ville is just a tough team to go
up against.”
Prelim, Oct. 27
Littleton 4, Colebrook 1
On the road the 11th-seed
Colebrook Mohawks were elimi-
nated by sixth-seeded Littleton
Crusaders from the prelims.
Cody Hastings had 11 saves
and Littleton’s Tom Quillin had
three. The Crusaders outshot
the Mohawks 10-4. Littleton’s
Nick Whipple had a hat trick
with two goals in the first half
and the third in the second half.
Cody Robinson averted the
shutout with a goal at the 66:19
mark.
—Liz Carney
VARSITY SOCCER
PLAYOFF DATES
Oct. 28-Nov. 4
Girls Quarterfinals
Oct. 29, 2011 at 2 p.m.:
7) Colebrook at 2) Littleton
3) Pittsfield at 6) Wilton.-
1) Sunapee at 8) Derryfield
12) Gorham at 4) Woodsville
7) Canaan at 2) Arlington, 1
Boys Quarterfinals
At the higher seed, Oct. 30
Girls Semifinals
NHIAA—Merrimack Valley,
VPA—at the higher seed,
Boys Semifinals
Merrimack Valley, Nov. 3 at
VARSITY SOCCER SCORES
Oct. 20-26
Boys, Oct. 20, 2011:
Colebrook 5, Canaan 0
Girls:
Colebrook 6, Canaan 1
Boys, Oct. 21:
Woodsville 5, Groveton 2
Girls:
Woodsville 5, Groveton 0
Boys Play Down, Oct. 25:
Danville 6, Canaan 0
Girls, Oct. 26:
Canaan 3, Rochester 2
Prelims:
Colebrook 4, Moulton. 0
Wilton. 5, Groveton 1
—Liz Carney
Friday, October 28, 2011
Around The Region
Josee Vachon, Quebec heritage
singer, songwriter and story-
teller, returns to St. Kieran
Arts Center in Berlin on Sun-
day, Nov. 6, at 2 p.m. Tickets
are $12 adults and $6 for stu-
dents and are available at the
door. Courtesy photo.
JOSEE VACHON AT
ST. KIERAN ARTS CENTER
Josee Vachon, Quebec heri-
tage singer, songwriter and sto-
ryteller, returns to St. Kieran
Arts Center in Berlin on Sun-
day, Nov. 6, at 2 p.m. bringing
her beautiful voice and high-
energy style to the stage. Tick-
ets are $12 adults and $6 for
students and are available at
the door.
Born in Quebec and raised in
Maine, Josée Vachon has been
sharing her Franco-American
heritage and upbringing for
over 25 years through tradi-
tional and contemporary folk-
songs from Quebec and Acadia
as well as her own composi-
tions.
Growing up, she often hap-
pily entertained at family gath-
erings. She began singing pub-
licly with the support of the
Franco-American Center at the
University of Maine, where she
discovered others who shared
the same, rich Quebeqois heri-
tage. She quickly gained recog-
nition as a new Franco-
American voice at festivals and
concert halls throughout New
England and beyond. Josee en-
chants and delights audiences
wherever she performs.
In announcing the upcoming
concert, Arts Center Executive
Director Joan Chamberlain
said, “Josee is a wonderful art-
ist and consummate entertainer
who creates a program which
can be enjoyed by both French-
speaking and non-French
speaking audiences of all ages.
Her singing and traditional
music make you want to tap
your feet, clap your hands and
sing along!”
Doors will open at 1 p.m. and
guests are invited to come early
to view a new Group Art Exhi-
bition by North Country artists.
Upcoming performances in-
clude Berlin Jazz, Nov 20; The
Nutcracker Ballet, Dec. 3 and-
North Country Community
Chorus Christmas Concerts,
Dec. 7, 9 and 11. Advance Nut-
cracker Tickets are now on sale
at the St. Kieran Office and at
businesses throughout Coos
County.
For more information, call
752-1028 or visit www.stkieran-
The Colebrook Chronicle Page 17
arts.org and view program up-
dates at Facebook/St. Kieran
Community Center for the Arts.
GUNS AND HOSES
GAME TO BENEFIT CAC
The ice is ready and the time
is right. Next Saturday, Nov. 5,
local law enforcement and fire-
fighters will face-off in a battle
of Guns and Hoses. The charity
event will begin at 7 p.m., at
Berlin's Notre Dame Arena.
The Guns and Hoses hockey
game will not only entertain,
but also raise money for a local
charity. This year the Child
Advocacy Center (CAC) of Coos
County, a non-profit that pro-
vides a child friendly location
and service coordination for
child victims of abuse, will
benefit from the event. All of
the proceeds will go to the CAC,
said Berlin Police Corporal
Cory Riendeau, who is coordi-
nating the game.
The players, all of whom are
local law enforcement or mem-
bers of Berlin Fire Dept., pay Nadia Boutin plowing during the annual Sherbrooke-Compton Plowing Match. Corey Bellam photo.
$10 each to participate, Rien-
deau explained. There is no
admission fee, but donations plies from Tractor Supply and service around medical appoint- straight it doesn’t finish up
are accepted at the door. Raffles Wal-Mart of Littleton and nu- ment transportation and reduc- well. The horse drawn plows
will also be offered inside. merous smaller donations from ing seniors’ social isolation. are a little harder to get
The game is meant to be devoted pet lovers in the area Caleb can be reached at straight but they got their first
light-hearted and friendly, who supported Caleb’s efforts. 603.837.9179 or by email at scratch done and it was full
Riendeau said, with bragging These contributions totaled caleb@ncia.net or ed- steam ahead for these horse-
rights and a trophy on the line. close to $5,000 in value this caleb@ncia.net. men and women.
Of course, Riendeau pointed year alone, noted Riviere. The Plowing with horses is a true
out, that trophy currently sits pet food distribution made SHERBROOKE-COMPTON talent. The horse has to be
at Berlin Police Dept., after the Thursday, Oct. 20, to White- PLOWING MATCH properly trained and the plow
boys in blue claimed it in the field, Lancaster, Groveton and On Monday, Oct. 10, the has to be just right, and of
last contest. Stratford/Stark seniors was the annual Sherbrooke-Compton course the fellow behind the
The Guns and Hoses game is last for those recipients. A dis- Plowing Match took place on plow has to know what he or
held every two to three years tribution scheduled for Friday, the land of Denis Boisvert. she is doing.
and the last contest raised more Nov. 4 at the VFW Post for Sen- This match was for both This Sherbrooke-Compton
than $3,000 for the local chap- iors in Littleton, Franconia, tractors and horses. It featured Plowing Match has been going
ter of the Make A Wish Foun- Easton, Bath, Lisbon, Lyman three teams of horses with five on for many years around the
dation, Riendeau said. will be the last for that area. people plowing and seven trac- district and will be for many
Anyone who would like addi- Any food-stuffs remaining tors taking part in the sod- years to come. It would not be
tional information on the Guns will be donated to the Riverside turning day. possible without the hard work
and Hoses game can contact Animal Rescue in Gilman, Vt., The action all started around of Mac Fraser, Dianne Kirby,
Riendeau at Berlin PD, 752- a non-profit supporter of the 10 a.m. with everyone taking Eugene Naylor, Peter Kirby )
3131, or Andrea Gagne, CAC Caleb distributions. part getting their first furrow judge) and all the many people
Executive Director at 788-4633. Riviere said Caleb’s sharp- staked and measured out. As who work behind the scenes,
ened mission statement focuses one follow said, if the first isn’t (Continued on page 18)
CALEB CAREGIVERS ENDS
PET FOOD GIVEAWAY
Caleb Caregivers is ending
its popular Pet Food giveaway
in December, closing out 10
years of providing supplemen-
tal food to the pets that provide
companionship for senior citi-
zens in the area.
“Our staff and board are just
concluding a Strategic Planning
effort,” said Peter Riviere,
Caleb’s interim executive direc-
tor, “and the decision was to
focus on core services helping
seniors live independently and
paring peripheral services that
have been added over time.”
Some 120 seniors from
Lyman to Stratford received the
limited dog and cat supplies six
times a year for the past decade
totaling nearly 35 tons of food
giveaways in that time.
Both cost and the adminis-
trative time to collect food-
stuffs, re-package and then
distribute the items in the re-
gion have drained the financial
capacity of Caleb to provide the
most needed services, notably On Saturday, Oct. 22, the White Mountains Regional High School JROTC Drill Team traveled to Her-
volunteer-provided transporta- mon, Maine, to compete in in drill competition with several other JROTC programs from around New
tion to medical appointments England. The Spartan Battalion Drill Team did well, placing in five out of the six events. The events
both local and long-distance. that the Spartans placed in were: Inspection (second), Squad-Unarmed (second), Color Guard (third),
This comes despite the gen- Platoon-Armed (first) and Platoon-Unarmed (first). The team will next travel to Barre, Vt., to com-
erosity of donated pet food sup- pete. Courtesy photo.
Page 18
Around The Region
Bottle cap key rings and necklaces at the Sherbrooke Products and
Services Show. Corey Bellam photo.
Chantal Pauze creates unique pieces of jewelry and keychains
from bottle caps. Corey Bellam photo.
(Continued from page 17)
and of course the people who
donate their land for this event,
and last but certainly not least,
all the people who take part
plowing.
The day was a huge success
for all. It was sunny and warm
and the foliage was at its peak
of color. The prizes for the
match were given out Oct. 21 at
the plowing match turkey sup-
per at the Ives Hill Community
Hall.
—Corey Bellam
WRITER’S NIGHT OUT
GROUP TO MEET NOV. 7
The monthly meeting of the
North Country Writer’s Night
Out Group will be held Monday,
Nov. 7 2011, in the kitchen of
the former Brown Company
House, 961 Main St., Berlin,
from 5–7 p.m. The house is di-
rectly across the street from the
Northern Forest Heritage Park
South Gate parking lot.
Part of the agenda for this
meeting will be the finalization
of plans for the selling of the
group’s holiday writing booklet
at the Northern Forest Heri-
tage Park’s Holiday Festival
event, on Saturday, Dec. 10
2011. Also on the agenda will
be discussion of ideas for 2012’s
Writer’s Workshop/Book Festi-
val event to be held in May of
next year.
Once again, writers are in-
vited to bring some current pro-
ject on which they are working
to the meeting to share with the
group, if they so desire. Other
matters of interest to writers
The Colebrook Chronicle Friday, October 28, 2011
Clay sculptor Jean Pierre Busque of Montreal creates another piece of art. Corey Bellam photo.
Computer Virtual Model Rail- photographers, sculptors, horse ing show that brought many
roading, will be present with a stables, work wear, and even a authors together and it gave
display on the latest fad in the lady who was providing mas- the public a chance to talk with
world of model railroading. sages to dogs. them.
Admission prices for the The show is a good chance —Corey Bellam
2011 AVRA Fall Model Rail- for the public to see the work of
road Show will be $3 for adults, the many talented people of the THE WERA MONSTER
while children under 16 will be region of Sherbrooke, like the HAS RETURNED
admitted free of charge. hand made earrings, keychains Richard Wera and his son,
Profile School is on Profile and other assorted items that Francois, have created their fall
Road (Route 18), two miles one crafter makes from pop monster at the intersection of
south of its junction with Route caps. It is a good event to pick Rte. 143 and147 near Lennox-
302 and I-93 Exit 40 in Bethle- up unique Christmas gifts. ville, Que.
hem. —Corey Bellam This father and son team
are also usually brought up and For additional information have been creating the Wera
discussed. about the 2011 AVRA Fall SHERBROOKE monster for many years and it
You need not be a published show, contact William H. Dris- BOOK FAIR has become a Wera tradition
writer to attend. Anyone with coll at 747-3492 or Dick Ekwall On the weekend of Oct. 15 that the public looks forward to.
an interest in writing and the at 989-5543. and 16, at the Centre de Foires The monster had fallen victim a
written word is invited to join in Sherbrooke, Que., a mega couple years ago to vandals but
us. There are no monthly dues SHERBROOKE PRODUCTS book fair was held featureing the Weras built another.
for being a member. AND SERVICES SHOW many local writers of fiction, It is a true sign of Fall when
For further information, con- During the weekend of Oct. nonfiction, children’s books and Richard and Francois build
tact Dick Conway at 449-2558 15-16, the sixth annual Prod- more. Everyone was there to their monster for everyone to
or Sue Solar at 449-2210. ucts and Services show was showcase their books. enjoy. The Wera vegetable farm
held at the Centre De Foires in The show drew visitors from has fallen victim several times
MODEL RAILROAD SHOW Sherbrooke, Que. This family all over the Townships and be- this year to very severe flood-
OCT. 29 IN BETHLEHEM oriented show featured artists, yond. This was a very interest- (Continued on page 19)
The Ammonoosuc Valley
Railway Association (AVRA)
will hosts its 34th Annual Fall
Model Railroad Show on Satur-
day, Oct. 29, at Profile School in
Bethlehem.
This year’s show, which runs
from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., will fea-
ture several operating modular
railroad layouts, including
AVRA’s 16-inch by 20-inch HO
modular railroad (first modular
layout in New England), and
the Lebanon Model Railroad
Club’s “N” scale Crawford
Notch operating display.
Besides the various operat-
ing layouts, the show will in-
clude several dozen dealers
with a broad selection of model
railroad locomotives, cars, and
accessories for sale. Other deal-
ers will be offering books, pho-
tographs and miscellaneous
railroad memorabilia, while
well-known Concord artist Cam
Sargent, who specializes in pen-
cil-drawn images of New Eng-
land railroads, will be on hand
throughout the day.
Also, one of AVRA’s mem-
bers, Kenyon Karl, who enjoys Robert Cote of Sherbrooke displays some of his photos. Corey Bellam photo.
Friday, October 28, 2011 The Colebrook Chronicle
Around The Region
A couple of folks at the Sherbrooke Book Fair dressed for the occasion. Corey Bellam photo.
Stop by and check out the ex-
(Continued from page 18) open until 6 p.m. on Mondays
ing. The fields have been under panded space, the fall and win- and Thursdays.
water, which really affected the ter clothing selection as well as For more information, call
farm. But, said Richard, he has all kinds of household furnish- the shop at 837-9044. The shop
now seen the worst and it can ings (including some furni- is a mission outreach of Com-
only get better. ture). You will also find an munity Baptist Church, 27 Jef-
—Corey Bellam assortment of Christmas ferson Road, Whitefield.
items. Inventory changes daily
FRIENDS-N-NEIGHBORS so visit often. TIM O’BRIEN COMING
THRIFT SHOPPE The shop is located at 4 TO PLYMOUTH NOV. 13
Friends-N-Neighbors Thrift Main St. across from Cumber- If you are a follower of folk
Shoppe is holding a cool land Farms in Whitefield. music or blown away by blue-
weather bag sale on Nov. 10, 11 Business hours are Monday– grass, be sure to hear band-
and 12. The cost is $5 a bag. Saturday from 10 a.m.–5 p.m.; leader, songwriter, instrumen-
talist and vocalist Tim O’Brien
in the Smith Recital Hall at
Plymouth State University’s
Silver Center for the Arts at 7
p.m. Sunday, Nov. 13.
A noted master of the gui-
tar, fiddle, mandolin, banjo,
bouzouki and mandocello,
O’Brien has twice been the In-
ternational Blugrass Music
Association’s Male Vocalist of
the Year. He also has a
Grammy to his credit. O'Brien
is also a founding member of
the progressive bluegrass group
Hot Rize.
“Chicken & Egg,” O’Brien’s
13th solo album, was released
in July. He says that at 56, it’s
a life-affirming meditation on
the art of living. “This stuff
reflects what goes on in the life
of someone my age,” O’Brien
reflects. What emerged was a
thematically linked 14-song
suite about the passage of time.
Tickets for Tim O’Brien’s
single appearance at the Silver
Center are $30 for adults, $28
for seniors and $15 for youth at
the Silver Center Box Office.
Call 535-2787 or (800) 779-
3869. Tickets are also available
The Wera Fall Monster at the Wera Farm in Waterville, Que. online. A convenience fee ap-
Corey Bellam photo. plies.
Health Care
(Continued from page 7)
—Nov 29, 2011, Legal Is-
sues: Who Makes the Decisions
and When?
The series is co-sponsored by
the Coos County Nursing Hos-
pital. The public is welcome to
attend all sessions, or select
only those that interest you.
Preregistration is required and
important to assure space.
For more information or to
register, contact Maureen Platt
at 752-6407 or email
mplatt.caregiverconnections@y
ahoo.com.
ISHC VIDEO CONTEST IS
A GRAND PRIZE WINNER
The Board of Directors of
Indian Stream Health Center
(ISHC) announced that a video
submission from two employees
from the health center was
voted as one of the grand prize
winners of the National Health
Center Advocate Video Contest
on Sept. 1, 2011.
The video highlighted
ISHC’s services and its develop-
ment as a Patient Centered
Medical Home. Jonathan
Brown and his team, which
included the health center’s
part time IT assistant, Allie
White, and a number of staff
volunteers, created the film
showing how Indian Stream
provides access to comprehen-
sive healthcare in a rural area.
Health Center employees, in-
cluding providers, nurses, front
office staff, and family mem-
bers, volunteered their time to
help showcase all the services
that ISHC provides to the pub-
lic.
The theme for the National
Association of Community
Health Center’s (NACHC) sec-
ond annual Health Center Ad-
vocate Video Contest was
“Educate and Activate!” In May
2011, Jonathan and Allie began
brainstorming for a video to
submit to the contest, after be-
ing inspired by the Bi-State
Primary Care Association’s
YouTube video which discussed
“the positive impact that New
Hampshire’s Community
Health Centers have had on
their communities, as well as
the challenges they face.” The
duo intended for the ISHC
video to tell the organization’s
story with a local-feel and a
light comedic spin.
The ISHC staff and manage-
ment teams were asked for
their ideas and to volunteer
their time. After creating a
storyboard, and recruiting a
staff member and her family as
actors, the filming process be-
gan. Filming was done through-
out the community and at the
Health Center during business
hours and non business hours.
Jonathan and Allie filmed with
three different cameras and
accumulated about 16 hours of
raw footage. The entire months
of June and July were spent
filming and editing.
The project was a zero-dollar
endeavor using free applica-
tions for editing, royalty-free
music, and volunteered time.
The storyboard went from hu-
morous and dramatic, to pure
and real, portraying real diffi-
culties that a family from a
rural area can face when trying
to fulfill their healthcare needs.
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Real providers and support
staff from the Health Center
volunteered their acting skills
to show that dependable health
care really can be accessed in
the most rural of places.
Voting for the video contest
took place online, through the
NACHC’s Facebook page.
Jonathan and Allie took the
lead in encouraging staff and
board members to cast a “like”
vote for the video, and it began
amassing Facebook “likes” on
the same level as Health Cen-
ters from cities whose popula-
tions were much larger than
ISHC’s service area.
At the end of the voting pe-
riod on Aug. 13, it appeared
that ISHC had 12 more votes
than the leading contender (a
California Health Center), but
the winner was not announced
until the NACHC Community
Health Institute in San Diego,
California on Aug. 30. Jonathan
attended the conference in San
Diego and received confirma-
tion that the ISHC Video had
received the most votes and
was a grand prize winner.
The grand prize winners of
the contest were awarded a one
member registration to the
2012 Policy and Issues Forum
in Washington, D.C., in March
2012; a Flip Ultra Camcorder
for each individual submitter;
and recognition at the 2012
Policy and Issues Forum with
their video being highlighted
and aired at the Grassroots
Advocacy Center. The winning
video submitters will also be
featured during a national we-
binar to talk about how they
made their video and to share
their “behind the scenes” direc-
tor’s views.
The Indian Stream Health
Center video, entitled
“Enabling Access as a Patient
Centered Medical Home
(PCMH)” may be viewed by
visiting www.indianstream.org.
The three-minute NACHC
Video Contest submission and
the longer six-minute version
can both be viewed on the or-
ganization’s website, as well as
the Bi-State Primary Care As-
sociation’s video entitled “16
Minutes.”
SUICIDE PREVENTION
CONFERENCE NOV. 4
The eighth Annual N.H. Sui-
cide Prevention Conference will
be available via videoconferenc-
ing on Friday, Nov. 4, from 8:30
to 11 a.m. at the North Country
Health Consortium at 262 Cot-
tage St. in Littleton.
The Littleton site will join
the morning session of the full-
day conference which will be
held at the SERESC Center in
Bedford. Keynote speaker Tho-
mas Joiner, PhD. will be shar-
ing his expertise on why people
die by suicide.
The annual conference is
presented by the National Alli-
ance on Mental Illness-NH
chapter, the N.H. State Suicide
Prevention Council, and the
N.H. Youth Suicide Prevention
Assembly. Both the full-day
and the videoconference are
open to anyone interested in
suicide prevention from survi-
vors of suicide loss to profes-
sionals working in suicide pre-
vention.
To register for the videocon-
ference in Littleton, email
bmcenany@naminh.org. There
is no charge for the videoconfer-
ence, but space is limited.
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Obituaries
Arthur Muise
ARTHUR MUISE
PITTSBURG–Arthur Muise,
84, died Saturday morning, Oct.
22, 2011, at the Country Village
Genesis Eldercare Center, Lan-
caster, after a battle with can-
cer.
He was born on Dec. 26,
1926, in Berlin, the son of the
late Henry and Flora Muise.
He was raised in Errol and
attended Berlin High School.
During his junior year, at the
height of World War II, he
enlisted in the US Navy and
was on the first ship to enter the
harbor of Hiroshima after re-
lease of the atomic bomb. Fol-
lowing his tour of duty, he re-
turned to graduate from Berlin
High School and remained in
the Naval Reserves.
After graduation, he began
working for the N.H. Fish Game
as a fish culturist, a Deputy
Conservation Officer, and even-
tually a Conservation Offi-
cer. Shortly thereafter, he was
called back to duty for two years
during the Korean War.
Upon his return from this
second tour of duty, he was as-
signed a patrol area in Grove-
ton, where he moved with his
family. He remained in the area
for 25 years and was eventually
named District Chief for Coos
County. He was well-known and
liked throughout the North
Country, considered a fair and
kind officer of the law. Upon his
retirement from Fish and Game,
through an act of the N.H. State
Legislature, a previously un-
named peak in the Great North
Woods was named Muise Moun-
tain in his honor.
After retiring in 1975, he
became a Deputy Sheriff for two
years. He was also employed for
15 years at Roberts Motor Sales
in Lancaster. He and his wife
Joanne enjoyed their retirement
home on Back Lake in Pittsburg
and he remained a mentor to
younger Conservation Officers
until his death.
He was predeceased by his
brother Raymond and his first
wife, Patricia Moreau Muise.
He is survived by his wife,
Joanne Roberts Landroche
Muise; his son, Donald Muise of
Flagstaff, Ariz., and his wife
Renee; his daughters Linda
Muise of Dover, Cathy Byham of
Williamsport, Pa., and her hus-
band Rob; his stepchildren, Jeff
Landroche of Rollinsford, Janine
Elliott of Lancaster, Jon Lan-
droche of Lancaster; 10 beloved
grandchildren and three great-
grandchildren. He is also sur-
vived by his “surrogate sons”–
nephews David, John, Robert
and Gary Muise–as well as sev-
eral other nieces, nephews,
cousins and in-laws.
At his request, there will be
no calling hours. A memorial
service was held on Oct. 27, at
Lancaster Congregational
United Church of Christ. In lieu
of flowers, memorial donation
may be made to a charity of
one’s choice.
Arrangements are under the
direction of the Bailey Funeral
Home, Lancaster. Please go to
www.baileyfh.net for more infor-
mation or to send an online con-
dolence.
Friday, October 28, 2011
Helena H. Hurlbert
HELENA H. HURLBERT
WEST STEWARTSTOWN—
Helena (Harding) Hurlbert, 90,
passed away on Monday after-
noon, Oct. 24, 2011, at the Coos
County Nursing Hospital in
West Stewartstown, with her
family by her side, and after a
long period of declining health.
She was born in in Columbia
on Aug. 13, 1921, and was edu-
cated in the local schools.
Helena’s life was spent as a
homemaker and mother to her
family, and she and her hus-
band ran the family farm in
East Colebrook. She also
worked as a waitress for a time
at the Legion restaurant and
also at the Balsams. For many
years, she also worked for
Stickney’s Drug Store in town,
and continued to work there for
Irving Hughes when he pur-
chased it.
Helena was an active mem-
ber of the Monadnock Congre-
gational Church in Colebrook,
and also attended church in
Kidderville when services were
held there. She was a member
of the Mohawk Grange, 217,
and she enjoyed gardening, her
flowers, quilting and square-
dancing, as well as attending
and participating in her fam-
ily’s school functions.
She will be remembered by
all her family as a loving
mother and grandmother, and
she will be missed by all.
She leaves behind her son,
Guy Hurlbert and wife Dale of
Colebrook; a daughter, Sharon
Daugherty and husband Duffy
of East Colebrook; five grand-
children; and 12 great-
grandchildren; as well as many
nieces, nephews and cousins.
She is preceded in death by her
husband, Gordon Hurlbert in
2007; a son, John R. Hurlbert
in 2004; and her mother, Ida
Gould.
There will be no public call-
ing hours. A private graveside
service will be held at the Stew-
artstown Hollow Cemetery.
Expressions of sympathy in
memory of Helena may be made
to the UCVH, 181 Corliss Lane,
Colebrook, NH 03576. Condo-
lences 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,
Colebrook.
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Classifieds
For Sale
Central Boiler E-Classic 3200 Out-
door Wood Burning Gasification
boilers. Over 97% efficient. Heats
average house or large apartment
building as well as domestic hot
water. Other models available. Call
1-800-295-8301. 12/30
Used tires bought and sold. North-
ern Tire N. Main St. Colebrook. 603
-237-8105.12/31
Buying snowmobiles, ATVs and
motorcycles. Call (603) 538-6963
evenings or 1-800-298-6494 days.
TFN
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Call 603-246-8998
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4x4, Ext. Cab, 318, auto., PW, air,
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11/11
Federal air tight wood stove with
catalytic converter, front glass
doors, side load, cast iron with
brass air dampers, excellent shape.
$300.00. Call (802) 266-3437 eve-
nings before 8 p.m.
11/4
Fisher Homesteader 7-foot, four
inch snow plow, $1,500. Hydraulic,
lightweight poly blade, Minute
mount, handheld controls, remov-
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Tel. (603) 246-3381. 11/4
‘03 Chevrolet Silverado, 4x4,
52,000 miles, 8-foot body, reg. cab.,
auto., $12,600. Call (603) 246-3699.
Optional plow available.
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picture. Asking $899 obo. Call 237-
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Now taking orders. Kindred Spirts,
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Allan Dudley electrical appliance
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vacuum cleaners, microwaves, etc.
All makes. 1-802-277-4424. TFN
Scott Nash and Sons, Vehicle Un-
dercoating, underneath vehicle
cleaned very thoroughly. Satisfac-
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ized undercoating. Cars, $60, Pick-
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10/28
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trucks. Also, steel, batteries, alumi-
num cans. Call (603) 636-1667 days
or (603) 636-1304 nights. 2/24
Buying old watches and pocket
watches: working or not. Also old
Masonic and military items, old
knives and pocketknives, old
American and foreign coins, old
unusual items. Cash paid. (603)
747-4000. 12/30
Piano Lessons
Piano lessons for beginners of all
ages. Lynne’s Keyboard Studio—
30th year. Lynne O. Placey,
teacher. lynnespiano@juno.com. Tel
(603) 237-8859. 10/28
Monuments
Cemetery monuments, sold new,
installed, cleaned, death date en-
graved. Dana Nordberg, (603) 331-
1296. 10/28
Farm Fresh
Fresh eggs are back, $3.10/dz. Spa-
ghetti, red kun, delicate squash,
leeks, beets, $1.49/lb., potatoes,
$1.69/lb., lettuces (green, Romaine,
red leaf), and parsley. Gluten and
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Well-kept, 2 br. Apartment, located
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Tenants welcome to plant a gar-
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In large home, two large rooms and
nice bath on first floor, or complete
upstairs. Possible private garage
space. Prefer long-term or hunters
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week. Call 922-3843. 10/28
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Join our team! Computer, tele-
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This position requires evenings and
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burg, NH. (603) 538-6659. 11/4
Pets For Sale
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Sports

Canaan’s Ritza Arias tries to head the ball into Rochester’s goal. Liz Carney photo.
(Continued from page 24)
seed the Littleton Crusaders in
Littleton on Saturday, Oct. 29,
at 2 p.m. The Crusaders swept
the series in regular season 4-1
and 3-2. If the Mohawks can
pull off the upset the girls will
play at the semifinals in Merri-
mack Valley on Wednesday,
Nov. 2, 2011, at 4 p.m.
At 8-7-1 the Colebrook Mo-
hawks boys’ varsity team
seeded 11th were eliminated on
the road at the prelims by sixth
Colebrook’s Leah Raymond takes a shot on Moultonborough’s goal in the second
half. Liz Carney photo.
seed Littleton Crusaders 4-1 on —Liz Carney The Mohawks outshot the Ea-
Oct. 27. gles 21-10. Josee Brunault and
At 8-8 the Groveton Eagles VARSITY GIRLS SOCCER Nakea Cross both had hat
girls’ varsity team seeded 11th Colebrook 6, Canaan 1 tricks. Brunault scored the first
were eliminated by sixth-seed Oct. 20 goal 14 minutes in dribbling
Wilton-Lyndeborough Warriors The Colebrook Mohawks through a couple of defenders to
at the prelims on Oct. 26. defeated the Canaan Eagles to take the shot out at the 12 yard
host the first round of the play- line. Five and six minutes into
offs. Colebrook’s Lexi Lawson the second half Brunault scored
had four saves and Canaan’s her second and third goals.
Rebecca Marchesseault had 14. (Continued on page 16)

The Colebrook Academy senior girls were recognized at their last

home game on Thursday, Oct. 20. From the left, Kayla Bouchard,
Ashlynn Parkhurst, Leah Raymond, Morgan Oakes, Jamie At-
wood and Elizabeth Hinds. Marcia Parkhurst photo.

Colebrook’s Jamie Atwood focuses on gaining control of the ball at the prelim game at home against
Moultonborough on Oct. 26. Liz Carney photo.

Colebrook’s Kevin Land battles for the Canaan’s Chelsea Tillinghast tries to break up the
ball at the prelim on Oct. 27 in Littleton. Rochester drive into Eagles territory at the play down
Liz Carney photo. on Oct. 26. Liz Carney photo.
Page 24 The Colebrook Chronicle Friday, October 28, 2011

Sports

Colebrook’s Parker McKinnon leaps for the ball off a Littleton cor-
ner kick in yesterday’s game. Liz Carney photo.

TWO TEAMS ADVANCE; girls will be on the road for the

THREE GO HOME
At 5-8 the Canaan Eagles
boys’ varsity soccer team seeded
12th were eliminated from post-
season on Oct. 25 by fifth-seed
Danville from the VPA Division
IV tournament. On Oct. 26 at 6-
6-1 the Canaan Eagles girls’
varsity team seeded seventh
eliminated 10th-seed Rochester
30 seconds into overtime 3-2
from the VPA tourney. The
quarterfinals at number two
seed Arlington on Oct. 29, at 1
p.m.
In the NHIAA Division IV
tourney at 9-6-1 the Colebrook
Mohawks girls’ varsity soccer
team seeded seventh eliminated
the 10th-seed the Moultonbor-
ough Panthers 4-0 at home on
Oct. 26. For the quarterfinals
the girls will face the second
(Continued on page 23)