Normally when sirens are heard on a cold winter’s night it is not good news. The sirens could be from the po- lice. That could mean an ac- cident, or a more severe crime. Possibly the siren is from the ambulance. When running a siren it generally means they are in a big hurry to get to an ill or injured pa- tient. Either way, not a good day for someone. The others using sirens are the fire de- partments. And fire on a cold night is never a good combi- nation. On this particular night, though, the sirens meant something all together differ- ent. On December 23 (Christmas Eve Eve) the sirens from the Woodsville Fire Department heralded the arrival of Santa and al- most the entire Woodsville Fire Department. Of nine- teen members on the active roster, seventeen were pres- ent and accounted for. All helping to carry goodies to five different families in need in the Woodsville Fire Dis- trict. And they needed all those hands. In fact all the apparatus of the department was needed to carry the manpower and the gifts. So a parade of ladder truck, pumper, tanker and rescue vehicles carried members who carried groceries, gift certificates, toys, clothing and even five bicycles out into the night and into the homes of some needy fami- lies. It all made quite an im- pact of many of the young faces that came to the doors to see what the sirens were all about. It also brought smiles and many thanks to the faces of parents who were thrilled to be able to see their children excited about Christmas. But the members of Woodsville Fire Department did not stop there. On Christ- mas Eve they brought in al- ready prepared food from their own kitchens to put to- gether into a full turkey din- ner, including pie, to be served to all the residents at the Opera Block. Once or- ganized they made the trip down Central Street and de- livered the meal, family style, to the assembled residents in the day room. This is the second year that the Fire De- partment has provided this meal for those at the Opera Block. All of this is part of Oper- ation Santa Claus, a project begun in 2007. During that time frame some fourteen families have been served. Names of those families needing assistance come from Woodsville Elementary School, Head Start, Haverhill Middle School, Tri-County CAP and local residents. And as Assistant Chief Jeff Rob- bins said “It has been a huge success for us and hopefully for the families involved” It appears there is no doubt that the firefighters enjoy the opportunity, and the families appreciate the assistance. 1 2 3 4 5 7 8 9 10 11 12 171 Central Street • Woodsville, NH 03785 Phone: 603-747-2887 • Fax: 603-747-2889 Email: [email protected] Website: www.trendytimes.com ECRWSS POSTAL CUSTOMER PRSRT STD U.S. POSTAGE PAID Permit #1 N. Haverhill, NH a FRee PublIcaTIoN NexT Issue: TuesDay , JaNuaRy 18TH 6 JANUARY 4, 2011 VOLUME 2 NUMBER 7 Woodsville Fire Department To The Rescue That question was asked by one of the children of one of the firefighters as they were preparing to deliver presents as part of Operation Santa Claus. Well, there is a plan. In fact when asked, Assistant Chief Jeff Robbins said that they have been caught before out on some other duty when a fire alarm comes in. So, what if? Well, first they assess the nature of the call. Simple fender bender that requires a truck and a few personnel? Get on the radio and send that truck with the right personnel back to the station to get the right apparel and then off to the scene. Something more ominous like a structure fire? Again, send the right equip- ment and the right personnel off to handle the situation. And if need be, call in neigh- boring companies from North Haverhill or Wells River. Speaking of the right personnel, the department has room on the roster for twenty-five volunteer members. They cur- rently have 19. So if you have interest, let them know. They offer training up to the point that you feel comfortable. Even if you don’t feel comfortable running into a burn- ing home, without the man on the pump, no-one could go inside. Remember, every person at a fire scene is important. Affordable Property Services All Access American Legion Antique Rose Bond Auto Catamount Auto Cottage Hospital Country Customs D & P’s Dunkin’ Donuts GRS Auto H & R Block HJ Graham Agency Hubert’s J+A Lawn Care Laconia Savings Bank McAllister Jewelry McDonalds New Bridge Dentist New Century Chinese North Country Appliance Northland Auto Body Paige Computers Patricia Pratt, M.D Paul’s Barber Shop Ricker’s Funeral Home Royal Electric Seam Sew Easy Shaws Shilohs Subway Sunny Garden The Bridge Weekly Sho-case The Shadow Box Tom George Garage Trendy Times TV Guy Village Pizza Wal-Mart Woods Law Firm Woodsville Book Store Woodsville Eye Care Center Woodsville Guaranty Savings Bank And finally, the following list are those who supported the 4th Operation Santa Claus: What Would Happen If…? Happy New Year
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Normally when sirensare heard on a cold winter’snight it is not good news. Thesirens could be from the po-lice. That could mean an ac-cident, or a more severecrime. Possibly the siren isfrom the ambulance. Whenrunning a siren it generallymeans they are in a big hurryto get to an ill or injured pa-tient. Either way, not a goodday for someone. The othersusing sirens are the fire de-partments. And fire on a coldnight is never a good combi-nation.
On this particular night,though, the sirens meantsomething all together differ-ent. On December 23(Christmas Eve Eve) thesirens from the WoodsvilleFire Department heraldedthe arrival of Santa and al-
most the entire WoodsvilleFire Department. Of nine-teen members on the activeroster, seventeen were pres-ent and accounted for. Allhelping to carry goodies tofive different families in needin the Woodsville Fire Dis-trict. And they needed allthose hands. In fact all theapparatus of the departmentwas needed to carry themanpower and the gifts. So aparade of ladder truck,pumper, tanker and rescuevehicles carried memberswho carried groceries, giftcertificates, toys, clothingand even five bicycles outinto the night and into thehomes of some needy fami-lies.
It all made quite an im-pact of many of the youngfaces that came to the doors
to see what the sirens wereall about. It also broughtsmiles and many thanks tothe faces of parents whowere thrilled to be able to seetheir children excited aboutChristmas.
But the members ofWoodsville Fire Departmentdid not stop there. On Christ-mas Eve they brought in al-ready prepared food fromtheir own kitchens to put to-gether into a full turkey din-ner, including pie, to beserved to all the residents atthe Opera Block. Once or-ganized they made the tripdown Central Street and de-livered the meal, family style,to the assembled residentsin the day room. This is thesecond year that the Fire De-partment has provided thismeal for those at the OperaBlock.
All of this is part of Oper-
ation Santa Claus, a projectbegun in 2007. During thattime frame some fourteenfamilies have been served.Names of those familiesneeding assistance comefrom Woodsville ElementarySchool, Head Start, HaverhillMiddle School, Tri-County
CAP and local residents. Andas Assistant Chief Jeff Rob-bins said “It has been a hugesuccess for us and hopefullyfor the families involved” Itappears there is no doubtthat the firefighters enjoy theopportunity, and the familiesappreciate the assistance.
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That question was asked by one of thechildren of one of the firefighters as theywere preparing to deliver presents as partof Operation Santa Claus. Well, there is aplan. In fact when asked, Assistant ChiefJeff Robbins said that they have beencaught before out on some other dutywhen a fire alarm comes in.
So, what if? Well, first they assess thenature of the call. Simple fender benderthat requires a truck and a few personnel?Get on the radio and send that truck withthe right personnel back to the station toget the right apparel and then off to thescene. Something more ominous like a
structure fire? Again, send the right equip-ment and the right personnel off to handlethe situation. And if need be, call in neigh-boring companies from North Haverhill orWells River.
Speaking of the right personnel, thedepartment has room on the roster fortwenty-five volunteer members. They cur-rently have 19. So if you have interest, letthem know. They offer training up to thepoint that you feel comfortable. Even if youdon’t feel comfortable running into a burn-ing home, without the man on the pump,no-one could go inside. Remember, everyperson at a fire scene is important.
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“Without natural resources,life itself is impossible. Frombirth to death, natural re-sources, transformed forhuman use, feed, clothe,shelter and transport us.Without abundant resourcesprosperity is out of reach”
- Gifford Pinchot
It is hard to imagine thatby 1850 an estimated 75% ofNew Hampshire land wascleared for agriculture. By theearly 1900’s, much of thenorthern forest was being cutat an unprecedented rate toprovide timber for the grow-ing nation. These large cutswere unsustainable and oftenresulted in huge fires startedby old logging railroads.Much of the White MountainNational Forest was clear-cutand burned around the turnof the century.
Today a walk in the woodswill tell you a different story.Over 85% of New Hampshireis forested, making it the sec-ond most forested state in theunion. The timber industry isthe third largest industry inNew Hampshire and manymillion cords of wood are com-mercially harvested each yearon public and private lands.Thousands of people travel toNew Hampshire every year toenjoy our natural resources.
Forestry is the science ofmanaging land for a sus-tained yield of timber prod-ucts. It was created inEurope and brought to Amer-ica over 100 years ago by aman named Gifford Pinchot.Pinchot studied forestry inNancy, France, since no Uni-versities in the U.S. offered aforestry program in 1885.During his studies he be-came a convert to the prac-tice of selective harvesting oftimber resources. Pinchotgraduated in 1891 and re-turned to the United States toapply his new found passion.
Pinchot was appointed asthe chief of the U.S. Divisionof Forestry in 1898, and by1901 he was a trusted friendof President Roosevelt. Afterhis inauguration in 1901,Roosevelt held a meetingwith Pinchot to begin plan-ning a national conservationpolicy. The two men workedclosely together and in 1905Pinchot became the first chiefof the new United States For-est Service.
Pinchot restructured andprofessionalized the man-agement of the NationalForests and greatly in-creased their number andarea. Together with Presi-
dent Roosevelt, 150 nationalforests covering 172 millionacres had been created by1910. Under Pinchot’s lead-ership, the US Forest Servicedeveloped a strong utilitarianphilosophy that forests couldproduce timber products andbe maintained for the useand enjoyment of future gen-erations. Pinchot phrased thisphilosophy as “The greatestgood for the greatest number,in the long run” emphasizingthat forest management con-sists of long term decisionsthat affect all people.
There is some debateover who was the “Father ofAmerican Conservation”:George Bird Grinnell or Gif-ford Pinchot. I would have tosay that Grinnell was the first
person to popularize the im-portance of conservation andPinchot was the first personto utilize science to put con-servation to work. Pinchot be-lieved that conservation andforest management wenthand in hand. Pinchot prac-ticed an unrelenting concernfor the protection of theAmerican forests. His scien-tific principles of systematicforest management helpedguide the conservation of ourforests in a very utilitarianway which benefited all peo-ple and helped build thequickly growing nation.
After his term as ForestService Chief, Pinchot livedan activist lifestyle and con-tinued to provide leadershipin the management and pro-
tection of our forests. Overthe last 100 years many menand women have beentrained in the science of for-est management at universi-ties across the country.Foresters have learned howto cut trees for our presentneeds while simultaneouslygrowing trees for future gen-
erations. For most forestersthe greatest challenge is howto use, protect and enhanceall of the forest’s attributesthat we “the greatest number”enjoy every day. Without theactions of Gifford Pinchot,this science, philosophy andlifestyle would be very differ-ent today.
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Well, it’s that time of yearagain. Resolutions are oftenquickly made and often evenmore quickly abandoned.What is your resolution thisyear?
Do you want to make
some changes to improveyour health, feel better andlook more fit? Do you wanthelp finding the motivationyou need to begin thechange process? Diabeteseducators can help youmake these changes.
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ercise as your resolution?Did you know that walkingone mile a day can decreaseyour weight by 9 pounds in ayear? Exercise is well knownto help mood, improve bloodglucose (sugar), decreaseblood pressure, lower badcholesterol, raise good cho-lesterol and as if this is notenough, it helps your body tofunction better in other ways!
Even though 1/1/11 is aninteresting looking date, anydate is an appropriate start-ing point to begin makinglifestyle changes. All lifestylechanges take time and re-quire effort and determina-tion to be sustained. Thechange needs to be lookedat as an on going process.
STEPS FOR SUCCESS1. Make a Plan-write downyour goal and a detailed planon how you are going to getstarted and maintain thechanges. 2. Start-you must take babysteps before you can run, somake sure you are being re-alistic.
3. Focus-complete onechange at a time. After youhave made one change ahabit, then add a new goal tofocus on. 4. Ensure success-findsomeone to share thechange with. For example,walk with a coworker, quitsmoking with your spouse, orattend weight loss meetingswith a friend. 5. Be determined-you willhave days where things don’twork as planned, start againthe very next day.
6. Celebrate success-re-ward your hard work.
For more informationabout diabetes education orto schedule an appointment,please contact 603.747.9156.
Cottage Hospital is a 25bed, critical access hospitalserving the beautiful UpperConnecticut River Valley. For additional information regarding Cottage Hospitaland any of our services visitus on the web at www.cottagehospital.org or call(603) 747-9000.
The New year Resolution season
Cartoon By Owen Davie
The Cottage Hospital Auxiliary has white bulbs on a real
tree in front of the hospital and also puts the name of each
honoree for their Memory Tree on a red ball and pins it to
a green felt tree on a bulletin board in the main hallway at
the hospital. Once the balls are in place, a printed list of
all the honorees and donors is added to the display.
Woodsville High School Band at Cottage Hospital
Mr. David Heintz and members of the Woodsville High
School Band spread some holiday cheer to patients at
Cottage Hospital. Photo courtesy of Cottage Hospital.
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NoT so FasT!In the last edition of Trendy Times there appeared an
article about passing the torch at Ross Business Center.Steve Ross has indeed sold the business to Glenda Hof-mann who has changed the name of the business toCopies and More. Glenda will continue all the printing thathas been going on for some time. K-cups coffee and officesupplies will also be sold as before. Part of the article de-scribed how Glenda may even add a few other items inthe future.
The section that may need some clarification is thatSteve Ross is NOT leaving any time soon. That means hewill be around to service all the office machines he hassold in the past couple of decades. Plus you can still talkto Steve about ordering a new copier, fax machine, orother larger office equipment.
If you have any questions for the folks at Copies andMore you can contact Glenda at [email protected]
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North Country Chorus presents its 30th annual
MADRIGAL DINNER
AA CCoommeeddyy ooff AArrrroowwssJanuary 14 and 15 at 6:30 pm
January 16 at 4:30 pmMonroe Town Hall ~ Monroe, NH
Not many know it, but Shakespeare once tried to write a play about Robin Hood.!It did not go well. Enjoy music, merriment, and scrumptious food as you follow the slings and arrows of outrageous fortune that befell the Bard.
Tickets by advance sale only: $25 per personFriday Special – $200 per table (10 seats)
Printable order form available at www.northcountrychorus.org
Questions? Call Marcia Bridge at 802-584-4194.
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585 Benton Road • PO Box 385North Haverhill, NH 03774
603-787-6408 • [email protected]
NEWBURY, VT – Earl Shep-ard Haskell, 80, died Decem-ber 29, 2010 at his home onOld School House Road fol-lowing a period of failinghealth.
He was born in Groton,VT, February 1, 1930, a sonof George and Vesta (Car-penter) Haskell.
Earl was a gear shaperand a foreman in the cuttershop in Springfield, VT. Fol-lowing his retirement heworked at the former But-son’s Supermarket inWoodsville, NH and was aself-employed woodworker.
Earl lived in Springfieldfor many years before return-ing to Newbury in the mid1980s. He enjoyed wood-working, painting, singingand dancing, hunting, fishingat Ticklenaked Pond in Rye-gate, VT, cooking and makingpastries and gardening. Helooked forward to his family’sannual gathering for the pigroast and bean hole beans.
Earl married the formerKatherine M. Welch on June25, 1949 and she prede-ceased him on June 7, 1996.He was also predeceased bya son Ronald E. Haskell onNovember 24, 1996, a greatgrandson Kody Smith, andhis siblings Joyce Frost, Faye
Jordan, Shirley Darling, andGlenn and Guy Haskell.
Survivors include his wifeJean E. (Foster) ChaseHaskell of Newbury, VT, towhom he was married on July7, 2001; a daughter Lori Loseeand husband Peter of NorthSpringfield, VT; seven grand-children and four great grand-children; two step sons, BrianChase and Jon Chase, both ofNewbury, VT; two brothers,Kent Haskell of Groton, VT andVern Haskell of Olivebridge,NY; and several nieces,nephews, and cousins.
A memorial service willbe held on Saturday, January8, 2011, at 2 PM at the SouthRyegate Presbyterian Churchwith Pastor Candace Rickerofficiating.
In lieu of flowers, dona-tions may be made to Cot-tage Hospital, PO Box 2001,Woodsville, NH 03785.
Ricker Funeral Home,Woodsville, NH is in chargeof arrangements.
For more information, orto offer an online condo-lence, please visit www.rickerfh.com
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Mondays/ThursdaysNORTH COUNTRY YMCA AEROBIC FITNESS CLASS6:30 PMWoodsville Elementary School
MondaysTHE AMERICAN DREAM; MYTH OR REALITY1:00 PMHorse Meadow Senior CenterNorth Haverhill
TuesdaysA NEW COFFEE SHOPSTARTING JANUARY 4TH8:30 AM – 10:00 AMHorse Meadow Senior CenterNorth Haverhill
wednesdaysBINGO6:30 PMHaverhill Memorial VFW Post #5245North Haverhill
wednesdays/FridaysWEST BARNET SENIOR MEAL12:00 NoonWest Barnet Senior Meal Site
Tuesday, january 4NH STATE VETERANS COUNCILREPRESENTATIVE8:00 AM – 12:00 NoonWoodsville American Legion Post #20
CONNECTICUT VALLEY SNOWMOBILECLUB MONTHLY MEETING7:00 PMMorrill Municipal Building, North Haverhill
wednesday, january 53 RIVERS BUSINESS ASSOCIATION MONTHLY MEETING8:00 AMWells River Savings Bank, Wells River
WOODSVILLE/WELLS RIVER 4TH OFJULY COMMITTEE MEETING7:00 PMWoodsville Emergency Services Building
Monday, january 10ROSS-WOOD AUXILIARY UNIT 20 MONTHLY MEETING6:00 PMAmerican Legion Home, Woodsville
HAVERHILL COOPERATIVE SCHOOLBOARD MEETING6:00 PMHaverhill Cooperative Middle School
wednesday, january 12MONTHLY MEETING - ROSS-WOODPOST #20 AMERICAN LEGION6:00 PMAmerican Legion Home, Woodsville
UPPER VALLEY BEE CLUB7:00 PM – 9:00 PMWestshire School, Rte 113, West Fairlee
Monday, january 17HAVERHILL SELECTBOARD MEETING6:30 PMMorrill Municipal Building, North Haverhill
Thursday, january 13VERMONT LEGISLATIVE DISCUSSION6:30 PMFairlee Town Hall, Route 5, Fairlee
Friday, january 14NORTH COUNTRY CHORUS30TH ANNUAL MADRIGAL DINNER6:30 PMMonroe Town HallSee ad on page 5
saTurday, january 15NORTH COUNTRY CHORUS30TH ANNUAL MADRIGAL DINNER6:30 PMMonroe Town HallSee ad on page 5
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Tuesday, january 18NH STATE VETERANS COUNCILREPRESENTATIVE8:00 AM – 12:00 NoonWoodsville American Legion Post #20
Thursday, january 20BATH SCHOOL BOARD MEETING6:30 PMBath Village School
saTurday, january 22AMERICAN LEGION DISTRICT 8EIGHT-BALL POOL TOURNAMENT12:30 PMFredonwarell Post #17, Groveton, NH
Monday, january 31HAVERHILL SELECTBOARD MEETING6:30 PMMorrill Municipal Building, North Haverhill
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Here is a list of our honor roll students for the first trimesterperiod – September thru December 2010.
GRADE 8Bethany Dubey - Honors in Social Studies, Art, Physical
Education and LibraryEsther Konkel - Honors in Reading, Writing, Social Stud-
ies, Music and Physical EducationNatalia Lundin - Honors in Reading, Writing, Social Stud-
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Josiah Lundin - Honors in Reading, Writing, Social Studies, Physical Education and Library
Danielle Martin - Honors in Math, Reading, Writing, Science, Social Studies, Music, Art,Physical Education and Library
Alice Morrison - Honors in Reading, Writing, Science, Social Studies, Art, Physical Educationand Library
GRADE 6Samantha Cohen - Honors in Reading, Writing, Science,
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Riley Cowell - Honors in Reading, Writing, Social Studies,Art, Physical Education and Library
Baylee Wagner - Honors in Social Studies, Art, PhysicalEducation and Library
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First were the flashlights,then the lanterns, then stokeup the fire. After that it was aroutine we had followed manytimes over the last thirty-fiveyears in New Hampshire.
The other day, with a flashand a flicker, then a pauseand another flash and thendark, my Mom and I werejerked backwards in time 150years, maybe even longer agointo primordial history. Thishappened in our living roomwatching “Jeopardy”. A mereclick on the clock, it was alsoa gut-gripping journey. Sud-denly, we were the small ani-mals in the deep woods,hiding, listening for a predator.We remained absolutely stillfor a few seconds. It’s called apower outage. I’ve heard itcalled a power outrage.
Lots of us in the Haverhillarea made the flip-flop tripsome weeks ago, and somewere on the journey muchlonger than we were. Wind,snow, more wind and thentrees falling on wires is an oldstory in these parts, with theunfortunate magic that fol-lows.
The difference betweenpower on and power off isstriking. No light, no TV, nocable or phone. No cellphones here, and I’ve heardof Wi-Fi, but we don’t havethat either. No heat. The onlyclock working is the Grandfa-ther in the corner who keepson swinging and ticking andchiming. No radio. No com-puter. No refrigerator back-ground hum. - the silence wasthundering.
Any house, especially alog home in the woods, talksto you all the time. It naturallyshifts and creaks. Everydaygadgetry buzz dulls oursenses to the natural lan-guage of wind and tempera-ture. But not now. In a housewithout power, you listen tothe strain of heavy log wallswithstanding wind, andwooden floors wincing fromthe push on the logs. Thenthere’s the dark, so black,your eyes don’t work so youfeel your ears reaching out.The snow/sleet pelting yourroof, your trees bending andmoaning in the wind. There’smore light outside the housethan in because the low
clouds are moon back-lit andthe tree silhouettes are visibleagainst them. You can’t be-lieve dark upper branchescan move so much in greatswinging arcs without break-ing. Sometimes they do breakand there’s your outage. Youwonder about those rock-and-rolling trees, how they’dsound landing on the roof.
We quickly rememberedthings we had to. That’s not abad feeling, kind of empower-ing. The flip-side of the badgut trip. All of this rushesthrough your senses in thespan of seconds.
My Mom doesn’t com-plain about anything, anddoesn’t express worry in sud-den total dark. We call herMamita. She was born nearlyninety years ago and lived forthe first 30 years of her life inColumbia, South America,the land of the Andes Moun-tains and of massive rainforests. Her family there hadjust a trickle of electricity inthose days, enough for onesmall light bulb mostly – nohot water, no refrigeration,none of today’s electric toysor conveniences. She canhandle anything up here withcalm ease and good humor,and has done so often overthe years since she and Dadcame up here in the 1970’s.There’s a flashlight in everyroom of our home, withinarm’s reach- and some hangoff hooks too in dark hall-ways, electric lanterns really.Batteries fresh and plentiful. Ahabit started by my engineerfather. Candles too, andmatches, and oil-burningglass fluted lanterns withextra wicks and back up con-tainers of lamp oil. After a littleflashlight work, we lit thelanterns and those comfortingglows gave us the workinglight we needed.
Heat first. We have a free-standing wood-burning stove,glass-fronted, in our biggestroom, and we know from ex-perience that small unit canwarm the house even in sub-zero temperature. We cankeep the big room at 60 plusand the other rooms, evenupstairs, above 50 from radi-ated heat. Cords of wood out-side under cover, cut, splitand stacked in rotation order,
something I work on during allthe warm months of the yearevery year.
Flickering orange flamesthrough the front glass of thestove are nearly as warmingas the heat itself. And we cancook on the flat iron top sur-face. Anything you can do onthe top surfaces of a regularstove. Heat coffee. Evenmake coffee because we’vekept the old style aluminumperk coffee maker. Heat soup,stew, fry sausage or bacon,scramble eggs, make toast,toasted cheese sandwiches.If you can heat water, you canwash dishes. The propanepowered grille on the backdeck, just waits for a light up.Might have to brush somesnow off.
So, you got light and heat.Canned food stored in thehouse. Water? In MountainLakes, with its own water sup-
ply system, just the right kindof power outage stops theelectric pump in the districtpump house from lifting waterinto the high mountain reser-voir. The system is equippedwith an alarm when the elec-tricity to the pump stops. Afterpumping stops, there remainsa set amount of gravity fedwater for district residents be-fore the reservoir runs lowand the flow stops. It happensrarely but has occurred atleast once in my time up here,that’s about 7 years. We wereshort of electric power fornearly 5 days straight. TheRoudebushes keep about 30plastic gallon jugs of freshwater stored on the premises.We also know how to meltfresh snow, though that’s a la-borious process and you endup with melted water at aboutone third the quantity of thesnow you haul in. Longtime
area residents know thatwithin relatively short drivesthere exists free drinking qual-ity water, gushing right outpipes from the sides of moun-tains along at least two roadsnearby. Water for flushing isobtained if need be by a shorttrek to our pond, breaking theice if necessary, and haulingthe water into the house.
We have radios, as wellas some flashlights, that youcan crank or shake powerinto. Money and time provid-ing someday maybe we’llhave what I have alwayswanted at our place – awhole-house back-up gener-ator, with its own propane fuelsupply – I suppose we couldeven dig our own well if wechose for that other neces-sary back-up resource. Butthose arrangements wouldreally take a lot of fun out of it,wouldn’t it?
a Windy Winter blast Into The PastBy robert roudebush
Concord, NH Since his firstterm in 1977 ExecutiveCouncilor Ray Burton hasoperated an Intern Programat his State House Office inConcord NH. Since 1977and to date there have been135 student Interns whohave earned academic creditthrough this program. Theirwork consists of working onvarious projects for the largeNorthern NH Council Districtof 98 Towns and the fourCities of Berlin, Lebanon,Claremont and Laconiaspread across the five North-
ern Counties of Carroll,Coos, Grafton, Belknap andSullivan. The Interns oftenrepresent Councilor Burton'soffice at legislative hearingsand capitol city/governmentevents. Several Interns havealso had projects relating toBurton's duties as a GraftonCounty Commissioner andother Counties in NH.
All of them have goneinto public service such asUNH Intern (1989) Christo-pher Boothby of Meredith,NH who just completed 12years as a Belknap County
Commissioner. Mark Munickello, Keene
State (1994) is now a TradeAssociation Representativefor a communications com-pany in Oregon. New Eng-land College (1981) InternBruce Berke Represents NHSki Areas, Laurie Laidlaw(1978) Dartmouth CollegeIntern is now practicing lawin New York City, Craig Patte,Middlebury College (1985) isa Trade Association Repre-sentative in Washington DC.Whitey Mitchell, West Vir-ginia College (2002) Intern isnow in banking in British Co-lumbia, Canada; SergiueSirontenko, (2002) from theRussian Tax Institute is nowin business in Moscow, Rus-sia, Luke Kraus AmericanUniversity (2009) Intern isworking for a Political Actioncommittee, Stefanie Webb,(2009) Plymouth State Uni-versity Intern now is an ad-ministrator at a Mid WesternCollege. Plymouth State Uni-versity Seniors Nick Casaliand Susan Connolly will bestarting their internship inJanuary 2011. The first internwas Scott Pollock from Ply-mouth State University(1977) who is now in busi-ness in Manchester, NH.
"These are but a few ofthe interns have who evolvedinto community, government,business and political lives
as a part of sharing experi-ences in NH State Govern-ment for a semester. “It isindeed an honor to come toknow them and support theiraspirations for their futures,"Burton stated.
The Interns and the Pro-gram will be honored onWednesday, January 5, 20115-7 PM at a Reception at theEagle Deli, Concord, NH
(across form the NH StateHouse) Everyone is invited.Granite State College Presi-dent Todd Leach will be aguest Speaker and share his25 years of experience inhigher education and his future projects for the 3,500learners in the statewide col-lege. For information contactCouncilor Burton's Home Office at 603-747-3662.
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Plymouth, NH – The NH Dept. of Education Celebrated
the 9th Annual leadership in Education Awards. Among
those honored was the Bath Village School. The Award
states "The community takes it to heart that it really does
take the village to raise and educate its children and
views the school and the children as its most valuable ble
asset." Attending the Award ceremony is l-r ray Burton,
(a 1954 Bath Village School Graduate) NH Commis-
sioner Education Virginia Barry, Mike Admesden, Prin-
cipal and Bruce labs, Supt., of Schools.
Every school has clubsor groups that offer a certainbenefit to the students ofthat school. These would include the sports teams,the band, the chorus and allthe other clubs for specificpurposes that reach a cer-tain segment of the schoolpopulation.
But Woodsville HighSchool also has a group of students who are deter-mined to reach every student, every teacher andadministrator, plus the general public with their mis-sion. That group is the“Friends of Rachel” withgroup leader and advisorJennifer O’Dell. The groupwas founded four years agowith the “dull” name of Stu-dent Leadership Team. Oneof the team’s first projectswas to bring in a speakerfrom Rachel’s Challenge.
If you are not familiarwith Rachel’s Challenge,their roots are from RachelScott, the first person killedin the Colombine Schoolshootings of 1999. Theirmission statement reads asfollows: We exist to inspire,equip and empower everyperson to create a perma-nent positive culture change
in their school, business andcommunity by starting achain reaction of kindnessand compassion.
After hearing the pres-entation the LeadershipTeam changed their name to“Friends of Rachel” andhave continued their projectwith a more focused chal-lenge and goal. Simply putthey are striving for a “bettersocial climate” forWoodsville High School. Tothat end they continue to bring in speakers on anti-bullying programs, andto run their now annualFreshman Backpack Orien-tation. This program gives allincoming freshman a bagwith pens, pencils, notebook, binder, etc. Plus a tourof the school, and a barbe-cue are planned for the daybefore the new school yearbegins. It is all designed toinsure that all students get off to a good start withtheir Woodsville HighSchool education.
A more recent projectwas “Do Good Denims”. Thegroup recently travelled toDover, NH to pick up severalpairs of jeans to be distrib-uted to students who werein need of such apparel.
Other members of thisgroup also recently assistedwith the local Toys for Totsdrive and distribution.
According to O’Dell thegroup began with only aboutten members. But today sheboasts a membership of al-most three dozen with avery diverse makeup. Shehas athletes, book wormsand special education stu-dents. The common groundof belonging to “Friends ofRachel” gets all of these students pulling in the samedirection.
Some members of thisgroup will be heading to aLeadership conference inmid January. This is anotherway for them to bolster theirknowledge of leadership asa means to helping othersfulfill the challenges that allhigh school students face.
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Friends of Rachel at WHs
Rachel’s challenge objectives For schools:Create a safe learning environment for all students by
re-establishing civility and delivering proactive antidotes toschool violence and bullying.
Improve academic achievement by engaging students’hearts, heads and hands in the learning process.
Provide students with social/emotional education thatis both colorblind and culturally relevant.
Train adults to inspire, equip and empower studentsto affect permanent positive change.
Woodsville High School's friends of rachel club was
recently awarded $500 by local Walmart Super center in
Woodsville, New Hampshire. Friends of rachel is a pro-
gram dedicated to improving the social environment of
their high school.
left/right Anna (employee), Ashely Hopp, Michelle
(employee), Matt Abrams, Colleen (employee), Jennifer
O'Dell (advisor), Chad (manager), Elle reingold, Connie
lankiewicz, Beth Mitchel, Jenny Hill
Photo courtesy of Josh Peart
A bald eagle resting in a tree on the shores of Post Pond in
lyme. Photo taken by Jeremy lamarre while ice fishing.
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(This is a column fromFebruary 2009 and in Octo-ber 2009 I became a part ofthe North Eastern Paranor-mal Investigations team. It'san oldie but a goodie, newarticles coming during 2011!)
Every town has a myth, alegend, but who created it isthe biggest mystery of all.This myth is in the town thatI’ve been a citizen of for thepast seventeen years, Lis-bon. Lisbon is a small townof just 1,587, according to acensus conducted in 2000,but is their one more citizento add to the list?
Our story takes place inthe center icon of the town ofLisbon, the Town Hall. TheTown Hall began construc-tion in 1901, after it’s prede-cessor, that was located onmain street, was destroyed ina tragic fire of 1901. In 1902,the building was near com-pletion and ready to be used.The Town Hall, at one timeeven had a balcony, which alltogether(including the 700seated below) could fit agrand total of 850 people.However, the balcony, whichwas also called the “goldenhorseshoe”, was eventuallytorn down in the 1950‘s, so itwould be easier for those toplay basketball. If you go tothe Town Clerk’s office, andlook to your right, on the wallthere will be a picture of thebalcony. Course, when I wasthere asking questions aboutthe Town Hall and also get-ting information of a paranor-mal investigation that tookplace there, I found myselfobserving the picture to seeif I could see someone sittingup in the balcony, but nobodywas in the picture, or thatwas visible to the eye atleast.
I’ve heard for about tenyears that the Lisbon TownHall is one of the biggest,haunted, hot spots in thelocal area. I forget who toldme the story first. I swear atthe age of 20, I already havedementia. The original storyof the cause of the hauntinghas now been deemed asfalse, but for those who didn’tknow the original story, hereit is: One night, a worker, inthe 1950‘s, hung himself offthe staircase, and the rest
you could say WAS ahaunted history. But when Iwent to the Town Hall to fur-ther investigate this myth,nobody, not even the TownClark, Charlotte, even knewabout it and she‘s beenworking their for 42 years, solike I said, the story is untrue.However, she did tell me thatwhen she first started work-ing there, she had the nightshift, and would hear some-one walking down or up thesteps when she was the onlyperson in the building.
The ghost does like tokeep everyone on their toesthough, especially the police,who are located on theground level of the town hall.They said that they couldhear footsteps on the stairsabove, and upon further in-vestigation they were theonly ones there. There’s alsobeen other occurrences aswell, such as during a 3rdgrade play, a girl saw a mansitting on the stairs, andwhen she asked her parentswho that was, they saw no-body there, but the girl stillcould! Did the girl really seea spirit or was it just thosegreat over reactive imagina-tions that kids tend to have?
Finally, an investigationwas called in, and the NorthEastern Paranormal Investi-gators were the ones calledand on October 25th, 2008(how coincidental, six daysbefore Halloween!) Thequestions were finally goingto be answered. I had theprivilege of listening in on thephone conversation withboth NEPI Co Founders,Nancy Fortin and Tony Ar-dolino about the case. Theysaid that they thought thecase was a success eventhough that the weather andthe age of the building defi-nitely played some factors inthe investigation. The build-ing is well over 100 yearsold, so of course it’s going tocreek and settle, but asNancy said, anyone can tellthe difference between ahouse settling and humanfootsteps. Also, during onepoint of the investigation,they were upstairs -Nancyand another NEPI teammember - and suddenly theyheard someone walking upthe stairs… at them (keep in
mind, NOBODY was down-stairs)! If that doesn’t causegoose bumps (or ghostbumps) then I don’t knowwhat will. Also, they broughtmotion detectors with themand that also went off whenthere was nobody there.NEPI had a raffle and a meetand greet before the investi-gation went on where twolucky winners, one male andone female, got to go on theinvestigation with them. Ac-cording to Tony they bothsaw a grey figure or ashadow. Now, when one per-son sees it, and nobody elsedoes, then of course any-one’s going to be skeptical,but when two people see it...the chances of it being falsejust about goes out the win-dow. NEPI hopes to do asecond investigation at theTown Hall at some point.
Before I end this column,I would like to thank Nancyand Tony for their time to ex-plain how the investigationwent. I have a feeling you willbe seeing a lot more of theNEPI crew in my futurecolumns*. For more informa-tion on NEPI, check out theirwebsite @ www.northeast-ernparanormal.com and ifyou‘re wondering if you havea ghost in your house, thenthey‘ll check it out free ofcharge - donations are wel-comed though. I would alsolike to thank those two won-derful ladies at the TownClerk’s office at the Town Halland Andrea Fitzgerald forgiving me historical factsabout the Town Hall. Thankyou! And, to those GraveyardDisciples out there, HappyHaunting!
James Paradie is a para-normal columnist as well asa paranormal investigatorwho has been seen in suchnewspapers as the North-country News, LittletonRecord, the White MountainShopper, and the TrendyTimes. His stories can alsobe seen on paranormal-news.com where he is a reg-ular contributor. If you'd liketo learn more go to his we-biste at scaredsheetless-ncn.blogspot.com where hehas never before seen arti-cles, videos, and muchmore.
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Do you like science? Areyou between the ages of 10and 18? Do you have 2 or 3friends that like science?Can you find an adult whowould like to work with you tobecome a 4-H Science Am-bassador? Grafton CountyUNH Cooperative Extension4-H Youth Development islooking for teams of youthand adults to be 4-H ScienceAmbassadors for the 4-HScience Everywhere pro-gram. The program is de-signed to inspire youth andadults working in partnershipto experience, through inquiry, the science in their 4-H projects.
Science weaves througheverything in our lives andwe want to develop teams tohelp youth in Grafton Countybe 4-H SET for life. (That isready to use science, engi-neering and technologylearned with the life skillstaught in the 4-H program toimprove their lives. National4-H Council has a goal for2012: One Million New Sci-entists. We are confident the4-H Science Ambassadorprogram will help meet thatnational goal.
The 4-H Science Every-where Discovery Institute is anew daylong event held atUNH on Saturday, February12, 2011. At the Institute,youth and adult partners willexplore activities and curricu-lum in one of four sciencestrands: plant and animal sci-ence; food and health; engi-neering and physical science;environmental science andnatural resources. Teams willreceive training in teachingand sharing. After returning
to their county, teams willserve as ambassadors tobring the fun of science backto share with their clubs, Af-terschool programs and othercommunity groups. While atthe Institute participants willmeet faculty and graduatestudents working in scientificresearch, do engaging in-quiry-based curriculum andtour UNH research facilities.
Inquiry Science or In-quiry-based Learning is aform of the ExperientialLearning Model in which theactivity is set up for thelearner to engage in openended, learner centeredhands on activities. It is thefreedom of exploration withinthe content area that allowsfor inquiry. There are threebasic types of inquiry learn-ing: structured inquiry, wherea set problem, procedure &material are presented with-out knowledge of expectedoutcomes; guided inquiry,where a problem and mate-rial are provided to investi-gate; open inquiry, wherelearners are presented withmaterials and can formulatetheir own problems to inves-tigate.
We are looking for teamsof 2 youth (age 10 – 18) andone adult to explore each ofthe four science strands. Ifan interested youth is not al-ready involved with 4-H, theyouth can complete a simpleenrollment form prior to reg-istering for the event. Adultpartners would need to com-plete the 4-H Leader Screen-ing process. Participants willbe responsible for their owntransportation to and fromthe University. A minimal
registration fee will becharged to cover cost of ma-terials for the day. Teams willbe expected to volunteertime after the institute towork with at least one sixhour inquiry science pro-gram with a youth basedgroup in Grafton County.
At the Institute, trainingwill include teaching partici-pants to work as youth/adultpartners and teaching themhow to be Ambassadors, aswell as introducing them tofaculty and graduate studentmentors. Participants willalso be taught specific cur-riculum to teach to commu-nity groups upon their returnhome. Training will be pro-vided in a web based 4-HScience Everywhere Blog.4-H Educators in charge ofthe institute are Rick Alleva,Claes Thelmark, Julia Steed-Mawson and Mike Kioski. Allwere trained at the National4-H SET Leadership Institutesponsored by the National 4-H Council.
Registration informationwill be posted on the 4-H web-site shortly. If you are inter-ested in being on a team torepresent Grafton Countyplease contact Kathy Jablon-ski at 787-6944,[email protected] write to her at: 3855 Dart-mouth College Highway, Box5, North Haverhill, NH 03774.
The University of NewHampshire Cooperative Ex-tension is an equal opportu-nity educator and employer.University of New Hamp-shire, U.S. Department ofAgriculture and N.H. coun-ties cooperating.
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ambassadorsBy Kathleen Jablonski,
Extension Educator for 4-H Youth Development
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This is not my normal let-ter from the editor. In fact,this letter is much more tohelp out an advertiser fromour last issue. In the Decem-ber 21 issue of Trendy Timeswe published a survey for theHaverhill Recreation Com-mission. The survey is seek-ing input from anyone in thearea, whether or not youhave participated in any ofthe programs that the HRChas presented.
The Town of Haverhill Se-lect Board, Town Manager,Interim Director, Sherri Sar-gent, along with the volunteercommission members, allcontinue to look at the pro-grams offered to see if theyare fulfilling the needs of thecommunity. They also are al-ways looking for new ideas ordirections for the recreationprogram to progress.
The survey is a greatway for those in the area tohelp, and to get your voicesheard. As of late last weekless than a dozen surveyshad been returned. So this isa plea to all readers to getout the last issue of TrendyTimes, cut out the surveyand mail it back or drop it off.You can also go towww.trendytimes.com andfind the survey, print it outand mail it in. Or, you canvisit the town web site atwww.haverhill-nh.com. Thesurvey is now posted thereso that you can download it.
Whatever method youtake, please put aside a fewminutes to take the surveyand get it back to the HRC. Itcan help shape the future ofthe recreation program inHaverhill for years to come.
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Bear Ridge Speedwaycontinues to be the bestsource of good inexpensivehigh quality entertainment forfamilies, and 2011 will see iteven better for the fans. Theprice of a general admission(front gate) ticket will remainthe same as it has over thepast decade for adults (ages17 to 61) at $10.00 a personand children 11 and under$2.00. Teens 12 to 16 andseniors 62 and older will beable to enjoy the racing in2011 at $8.00.
The price of the backgate (pit entrance) will alsoremain the same for BearRidge Speedway 2011 li-cense holders and non li-cense holders, but starting in2011 we will be offering anadditional incentive for com-petitors at other tracks andracing series to come checkout what it is like to competeon the fastest 1/4 mile clayoval in Vermont. To get thruthe back gate (pit gate) BearRidge Speedway 2011 li-cense holders will get in for$10.00 and non license hold-ers will get in for $20.00 (bothof these prices are in additionto the front gate ticket and thesame as they have been forover a decade now.) Whatwill be added to the optionsat the back gate will be a rateof $15.00 for those competi-tors holding 2011 licensesfrom other tracks or racingseries groups. We at theRidge encourage everyoneto get out and race, even ifyou don't call us your hometrack, but we also encourageyou to come check out theRidge, to see just how muchfun it is. This will make it moreaffordable for that driver andcrew to check out our facili-ties without having to pay thefull Bear Ridge Speedwaynon member rate. (In order tobe eligible for the Bear RidgeSpeedway points fund, andrecognized at the annualawards banquet, drivers willhave to hold a 2011 BearRidge Speedway license andrun on track designated tiresas indicated in the rule book.)
You do the math, intoday's economy you will behard pressed to find enter-tainment that is perfect forthe whole family at less thanthese rates. Racing is thenumber one spectator sportin the country with well over750 dirt facilities running na-tionwide, so if you haven’t
been up to the Ridge inawhile or at all why not checkit out in 2011.
The kid's club will returnin 2010 with added activitiesand prizes available exclu-sively to the elite members ofthe club. The price for mem-bership will remain the sameat only $2.00 per child. Onceregistered, kids will benefit inweekly free give aways, rideswith their favorite drivers, pittours, special autograph ses-sions and more, just by sign-ing in each week afterbecoming a member.
As we continue to makeyour experience just whatyou are looking for, we arealso working on ways to en-sure that the show continuesto end in a timely manner ona weekly basis.
Remember in today's so-ciety we could all use a littlemore family entertainment,and the Ridge is your bestplace to be for just that. Theadmission price is more thanreasonable; the show top-notch, the food superior, andthe family friendly atmos-phere is just what you arelooking for.
2011 driver and crewmembership applications willbe in the mail shortly and arenow available on the web-site. Be sure to get yourssent in by March 1st for earlyreturn savings.
Bear Ridge Speedway isan alcohol free family friendlyentertainment spot, with ourgoal to make each experi-ence to the Ridge better thanthe last.
Bear Ridge Speedway islocated off exit 16 of I91 on toRoute 25 west 1 mile to SouthRoad up the hill to Kidder Rd.The first green on the 44thseason will wave on May 7th,and will continue to wave everySaturday at 6:30 pm. web sitewww.bearridgespeedway.complease check it out often forupdates. Questions can besent [email protected]
bear Ridge speedway Thebest bang For your buck
Family entertainmentThe “Equal Exchange”
TimeBank in St. Johnsbury isopen for business. The Time-Bank is a newly establishedcommunity-based non-profitorganization, housed in St.Johnsbury, which encour-ages neighbors to helpneighbors. The organizationis one of more than 90 pro-grams affiliated with Time-Banks USA that have beenformed around the country inorder to strengthen commu-nities and allow members toexchange their skills withone another.
The Equal ExchangeTimeBank is a collaborativeproject involving several ex-isting community organiza-tions including theCommunity Justice Center,Gilman Housing Trust, theArea Agency on Aging forNortheastern Vermont andthe Vermont Agency ofHuman Services. The projectis housed at the St. Johns-bury Community JusticeCenter. Simply put, the EqualExchange TimeBank is anetwork of people who areable to share and exchangetheir skills with one another.Members offer skills andservices that they are able todo, and may publicly requestassistance with other tasks.For every hour of servicegiven to another - whetherthat service is cooking, child-care, car repair or somethingelse - a member earns oneTime Dollar.
Mary can use childcarehours to earn Time Dollarsfor her daughter’s piano les-sons; Rachel can use theTime Dollars she earns giv-ing piano lessons to have herneighbor shovel her walk-way. By using the TimeBank,Mary can offer her daughteran opportunity they couldn’totherwise afford, and Rachelenjoys the independence ofgetting winter work donewithout having to rely on herchildren’s help. Meanwhile,
the man shoveling Rachel’swalkway earns Time Dollarshe’ll use to get help withhome repairs.
The cycle of giving andreceiving is the key to Time-Banks. With TimeBanks,people of all ages havesomething to offer. Membersearn hours where their skillslie, and receive help or serv-ices without guilt and withoutfear of the cost involved. Thepotential of exchanges is vir-tually limitless, and as mem-bers exchange services they
also form new connectionswith others in their communi-ties.
If you are interested inlearning more about Time-Banking and the Equal Ex-change TimeBank, pleasecontact us! We can bereached by phone at (802)535-3387, or email [email protected]’re happy to answer anyquestions you may have. Youcan also learn more by visit-ing our website atwww.equalexchangevt.org.
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Editor's Note: This is the sec-ond of three parts ofMelanie's information aboutVitamins.
• VITAMIN A - fat soluble , re-quiring fats and zinc as wellas other minerals and en-zymes for absorption. Coun-teracts night blindness, weakeyesight, and strengthensthe optical system. Supple-mentation lowers risk ofmany types of cancer.Retinoids inhibit malignanttransformation, and reversepre-malignant changes inchanges in tissue. Particu-larly effective, even in largeamounts, against lung can-cer. An anti-infective that alsobuilds immune resistance.Helps develop strong bonecells; a major factor in thehealth of skin, hair, teeth andgums. Deficiency results ineye dryness and the inabilityto tear, night blindness,rough, itchy skin, poor bonegrowth, weak tooth enamel,chronic diarrhea, frequentrespiratory infection.
Effective food sources:vegetables
• BETA CAROTENE – a vi-tamin A precursor, convert-ing to A in the liver as thebody needs it. A powerfulanti-infective and anti-oxidantfor immune health, protectionagainst environmental pollu-
tants, slowing the agingprocess, and allergy control.Supplementation protectsagainst respiratory diseasesand infections. A key in pre-venting some kinds of can-cer, and in developinganti-tumor immunity.
Effective food sources:green leafy vegetables,green pepper, carrots andother range vegetables, seavegetables.
• THE B COMPLEX VITA-MINS – the B Complex vita-mins are essential to almostevery aspect of body func-tion, including metabolism ofcarbohydrates, fats, aminoacids and energy production.B Complex vitamins work to-gether. While they can anddo work as partitioned sub-stances for specific problemsor deficiencies, they shouldbe takes as a whole forbroad-spectrum activity.
• VITAMIN B1 – Thiamine-known as the “morale vita-min” because of its beneficialeffects on the nervous sys-tem and mental attitude. Pro-motes proper growth inchildren, aids carbohydrateutilization for energy, andsupports the nervous sys-tem. Enhances immune re-sponse. Helps control motionsickness. Wards off mosqui-toes and stinging insects.
Pregnancy, lactation, diuret-ics and oral contraceptivesrequire extra thiamine.Smoking, heavy metal pollu-tants, excess sugar, junkfoods, stress and alcohol alldeplete thiamine. Deficiencyresults in insomnia, fatigue,confusion and poor memory,and muscle coordination.
Effective food sources:asparagus, brewer’s yeast,broccoli, green leafy vegeta-bles, eggs, wild rice, mush-rooms, yogurt.
• VITAMIN B2 – Riboflavin –commonly deficient in theAmerican diet. Necessary forenergy production, and forfat and carbohydrate metab-olism. Helps preventcataracts and corn ulcers,and benefits vision generally.Promotes healthy skin, espe-cially in cases of psoriasis.Helps protect against drugtoxicity and environmentalchemicals. Pregnancy andlactation, red meat, excessdairy consumption, pro-longed stress, sulfa drugs,diuretics and oral contracep-tives require extra riboflavin.Deficiency is associated withalcohol abuse, anemia, hy-pothyroidism, diabetes, ul-cers, cataracts, andcongenital heart disease.
Effective food sources:almonds, brewer’s yeast,broccoli, green leafy vegeta-bles, eggs, wild rice, mush-rooms, yogurt
• VITAMIN B3 – Niacin –broad spectrum of functions,including energy production,cholesterol metabolism, sexhormone synthesis andproper digestion. Promoteshealthy skin and nerves. De-ficiency results in dermatitis,headaches, gum diseases,sometimes high blood pres-sure, and negative personal-ity behavior with mentaldepression. However, be-cause niacin can rapidlyopen up and stimulate circu-lation, (a niacin flush is evi-dence of this), it can actquickly to reverse deficien-cies and disorders. Relievesacne, diarrhea and othergastrointestinal disorders,migraine headaches andvertigo attacks. Supplemen-tation is synergistic with
chromium, via GTF to im-prove blood sugar regulationfor diabetes and hypo-glycemia. Helps reduceserum blood fats, triglyc-erides and cholesterol, whileraising HDLs.
Effective food sources:almonds, avocados, brewer’syeast, fish, organs meats,legumes, bananas, wholegrains.
• VITAMIN B5 – PantothenicAcid – an anti-oxidant vital toproper adrenal activity. A pre-cursor to cortisone produc-tion and an aid to naturalsteroid synthesis, thereforeimportant in control and pre-vention of arthritis and highcholesterol. Fights infectionby building antibodies, anddefends against stress, fa-tigue and nerve disorders. Akey to overcoming postoper-ative shock and drug side ef-fects after surgery. Inhibitshair color loss. Deficiency re-sults in anemia, fatigue, mus-cle cramping and lack ofcoordination.
Effective food sources:Brewer’s Yeast, Brown rice,poultry, yams, whole grains,organ meats, broccoli,legumes.
• VITAMIN B6 –Pyridoxine –a key factor in red blood cellregeneration, amino acid/protein metabolism, and car-bohydrate use. A primary im-mune stimulant, shown inrecent studies to have partic-ular effect against liver can-cer. Supplementation inhibitshistamine release in thetreatment of allergies andasthma. Supports all aspectsof nerve health includingneuropsychiatric disorders,epilepsy and carpal tunnelsyndrome. Works as a natu-ral diuretic, especially in pre-menstrual edema. Controlsacne, promotes beautifulskin, alleviates morning sick-ness, and is a key to anti-aging factors in the body.Protects against environ-mental pollutants, smokingand stress. Oral contracep-tives, thiazide diuretics, peni-cillin and alcohol deplete B6.Deficiency results in anemia,depression, lethargy, nerv-ousness, water retention,and skin lesions. Effective
food sources: bananas,brewer’s yeast, buckwheat,organ meats, fish, avacados,legumes, poultry, nuts.
• VITAMIN B12 – (Cyano)Cobalamin – an anti-inflam-matory and analgesic thatworks with calcium for ab-sorption. A primary part ofDNA synthesis and red bloodcell formation. Involved in allimmune responses. A spe-cific in blocking sulfite-in-duced asthma. Newresearch shows success incancer management , espe-cially in tumor development.Energizes, relieves, fatigue,depression, hangover, andpoor concentration. Suppliedlargely in animal foodsources, B12 is often defi-cient for vegetarians, and de-ficiency can take five or moreyears to appear after bodystores have been depleted.Deficiency results in anemia,nervous system degenera-tion, dizziness, heart palpita-tions, and unhealthy weightloss. Long term use of cho-lesterol-lowering drugs, oralcontraceptives, anti-inflam-matory and anti-convulsantdrugs deplete B12. effectivefood sources: cheeses, poul-try, sea vegetables, yogurt,eggs, organ meats, brewer’syeast, fish.
• BIOTIN – a member of theB Complex family, necessaryfor metabolism of aminoacids and essential fattyacids, and in the formation ofanti-bodies. Needed for thebody to therapeutically usefolacin, B12 and pantothenicacid. Oral supplementationhas shown good results withcontrolling hair loss, dermati-tis, eczema, dandruff and se-borrheic scalp problems.Improves glucose tolerancein diabetes. New research in-dicates enhanced immuneresponse in Candida Albi-cans and Chronic FatigueSyndromes. Those takinglong term anti-biotics requireextra biotin. Deficiencies re-sult in skin disorders andmuscle pains. Effective foodsources: poultry, raspberries,grapefruit, tomatoes, tuna,brewer’s yeast, salmon,eggs, organ meats.
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Melanie Osborne is the owner of Thyme to Heal Herbals and practices on Route 302in Lisbon, NH. She has been in practice since 1991. She is certified in TherapeuticHerbalism through the Blazing Star Herbal School in Shelburne Falls, Massachusetts.Much of her work is private health consultations, teaching herbal apprenticeshipsand intensive herbal workshops, Reiki I, II & III into mastership. In her shoppe, located in Lisbon are over 200 medicinal bulk herbs, teas and customized capsuleformulas, all created on premise. Apprenticeship 2011 starts January 8th & 9th. Will continue to be the second weekend of every month for nine consecutive. Thereis placent for two more students.
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Inception, directed byChristopher Nolan who alsohas The Dark Knight andThe Prestige under his belt,is anything but disappointing.Though this movie is alreadyon DVD and in the Red Boxit's one that just has to beseen. If you thought that yourdreams were safe this moviewill make you think again.Leonardo DiCaprio's charac-ter is a skilled thief who hasthe technology to enter into aperson's mind during an en-duced sleep. There he cansteal any information heneeds from you by breakinginto your deepest secrets viayour dreams. He has a bit ofhelp though from a team ofspecialist whom he handpicks for his latest job. Inorder to return to his familyDiCaprio must do the impos-sible. He must plant an ideainto someone's mind withoutthem knowing that it's not
their own idea. This is Incep-tion. The rest of the team,and it's newest architectEllen Page's character, findthis to be insane but an un-deniably tempting challengeall the same. There areenough twists and turns inthis story to keep everyoneguessing, even after thecredits come up. Betweenpersonal termoil and minddazzling special effects you'llnever be without wide eyesand the wheels in your ownhead turning just trying tokeep up. Nolan knocks it outof the park yet again with thisbrain teasing, action packedmystery. So if you're lookingfor a new favourite moviestop by the Red Box or thenearest rental place and pickup Inception. Just remember,when the movie ends, to putyour eyes back in your headand consider this movieScrutonized.
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Letter to the Editor Ann Martel, Woodsville, wrote a letter
to Trendy Times, Dec.7, 2010, in responseto my article on outdated libraries in Haver-hill that had appeared in a previous edition.She confirmed my contention that theWoodsville library is outdated and ex-pressed great praise for its having "manyolder books that would have been replacedyears ago by other libraries."
The congested Woodsville librarykeeps the older books, some of which havenot been read in 20 years, at the expenseof more recent books that are in muchgreater demand. This library and the otherlibraries in Haverhill do a poor job of pro-viding updated services. Outmoded collec-tions and services may account for the verylow rate of library usage in Haverhill, whichhas one of the lowest rates of library usageof any town in the state.
The rare person looking for scarcelyread books may obtain them through thestate's interlibrary loan service. This canhelp libraries to avoid keeping the oldbooks that readers scarcely ask for anymore. The Woodsville library probably didnot obtain the books that she wanted fromthe interlibrary service. You will not find anymention of that program at the Woodsvillelibrary in any policy manual or report thatthe library has issued. It is not in the townreport, for example, but this may be be-cause it does not like to inform the publicabout what it does.
The Woodsville library has made itsshunning the public known. The trusteechair, with endorsement of the othertrustees, announced at one of its meetings,"We don't want to hear from anybody whodoes not use the library." This is of coursethe overwhelming majority of the people ofWoodsville that the trustees do not want todeal with, although it wants and receivestax money every year. The librarian rein-forced the trustee policy when she pro-claimed at one of the meetings, "If you arenot satisfied with the library stay away.”
Martel praises the welcome she gotfrom a library. She was no doubt welcomebecause she accepted antiquated service.The libraries in Haverhill db tittle welcom-ing. In my first time in the North Haverhill li-brary the librarian loudly said as soon as lstepped in the door, "I dont want any ofyour books in my library." My library! It wasthen that I began to understand that theNorth Haverhill library did not consider it-
self to be a public library although it de-pended on tax money. This library now hasa new librarian who seems to be moreopen and amenable but time will tellwhether the unelected trustees will encour-age this.
It was also then that I began to dis-cover that the Haverhill libraries were prac-ticing censorship of books and censuringauthors. They do not want books in the li-brary that criticize icons of the trustees andlibrarians or criticize the libraries. Theyhave no problem with Snip, Snapp, Snurror Ricka, Flicka, Dicka that Martel was sohappy to find, or with other books that en-tertain or lack intellectual content.
Martel noted that her son looked atthe date on the Woodsville library buildingand remarked that it was a history building.She wrote, "Yes, indeed it is and one to betreasured." The library is, of course, an his-torical relic. It has scarcely changed sinceit first occupied the building over a centuryago, despite the rapid changes that are tak-ing place in the world and in librariesthroughout the nation. What she did notknow was that the "history" library does notwant local history in its collection. Consis-tent with its policy of censorship, it refuseda grant of $50,000 that would have pro-vided a collection of local history materialsA history library? History collections do notinterest this so-called 'history" library.
Martel did not say that she ever triedto do research in the library or to find aquiet place to sit and read or a table whereshe could write that was not covered withbooks. Neither did she say any thing abouthow well the library provides any of the 13modem services that the Public Library As-sociation advocates. No libraries in Haver-hill provide them. None of the 13 servicesinclude lending books to entertain, whichMartel evidently uses the library for.
I have not encountered in my personalcontacts with the library or in any librarypolicy manual or report that the library hasupdated its services or wants to. If anyoneknows of such a manual or report let meknow where I can see it. I have seen nobudget requests from the library for moneyto update or change anything
I appreciate that Martel has confirmedmy contention that the libraries in Haverhillare outdated. They are still offering books"replaced years ago by other libraries."
Robert G. Fillion
Letter To The Editor
Robert,
I feel I should start by saying I have not visited any of the four Haverhill
libaries in many years. As a youngster I frequented the Haverhill Corner li-
brary and later have had the chance to visit libraries in both North Haverhill
and Woodsville. I, personally, have no bad memories from any of these visits.
I must agree with you that apparently the libraries in Haverhill do not offer
all you wish they did. But that is true with many public, and even private, fa-
cilities in a rural area such as this. Though it can be frustrating to not get
everything you want, it is part of the trade off most residents accept in order
to live in this community.
Keeping new books on the shelves can become costly. And, as you point
out, there is a way for the librarians to get some of those requiested books
when asked.
Yes, our libraries are not perfect. What they offer is what they can afford
to do. To make major changes will take a well thought out, well funded and
well managed plan. For that to happen, just like any long range plan, a
thoughtful group will need to be very full of thought.
Gary Scruton, Editor
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By ronda Marsh
When my now-grown nephew was a littleboy of about four, he (like many other kids hisage) went through what I like to call the“chicken nugget” phase, where, for about ayear, those little grease-soaked pseudo-chicken pieces were the only meat hewanted to eat. Period. And because he wasa picky eater, and because we loved him,and because he enjoyed them so much, we,the adults in his life, despite our better judg-ment, often found ourselves in the line at the
drive-thru window. Unfortunately, the thingsthat make this fast-food version of chicken soattractive to the pre-school set are preciselythe same things that make them so nutrition-ally bad. Abhorrently high in salt and fat andof comparatively low food value, in my opin-ion those nuggets are about as good for theconsumer as, well, nothing at all. In an effortto wean my nephew away from the allure ofchain restaurant food, I tried several differentrecipes for baked in the oven faux-nuggets,
• 3 or 4 boneless/skinlesschicken breasts• Bottled Ranch SaladDressing (I use one withbuttermilk in it)
• Bisquick baking mix• Pepper• Garlic powder• Paprika• 2 Tablespoons butter, melted
but alas, it just isn’t that easy to get deep-fried flavor, sansthe deep fat, and with his discriminating child’s palate, he re-jected them all. Until. Until I came upon this recipe I’m shar-ing with you today. Don’t ask me where I got it; it’s all toolong ago for me to remember, but I took the basic ingredientsand doctored them up a bit and wonder-of-all-wonders, henot only ate them with relish, but actually asked for themagain and again and again. Now in his final year at lawschool, that same nephew is no longer a fussy eater. As hegrew older, he learned to appreciate good food, and usuallyenjoys almost anything set before him at the dinner table. Afew weeks ago, we were chatting on the phone, makingplans for when he came home for Christmas. I asked for alist of meals he would like while he was here, expecting re-quests for things like Roast Prime Rib and Scallops WrappedIn Bacon. Yes, he did ask for those, but he also asked forthose same Un-fried Chicken Tenders. I told him I’d be gladto oblige, then I had to smile to myself, as I suddenly real-ized, after twenty years, I’d actually won the battle of thefried nuggets VS the Baked Chicken Tenders!
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