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Layout 1 (Page Volume 119 No. 32 © WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 7, 2013 50 cents Six Gun City opened 2013 summer season on Sunday By Edith Tucker Six Gun City did not open this [email protected] Memorial Day for the 2013 sea- son pending some sort of unan- JEFFERSON — Some 50 em- nounced change in the owner- ployees saddled up to open Six ship structure of the park that Gun City at 9:30 a.m. on Sunday was started in 1957 by his par- morning. ents, the late James Brady and Family members — general his wife, Eleanor Brady. The cou- manager Tom Brady and his ple moved from Berlin to raise brothers Jim and Mike, plus dairy cows, sheep, and crops, their office manager sister Karen plus what turned out to be a live- — as well as core team members ly family of eight children, on the had hustled all week to ready the “Charlie Crawford Farm,” which western-theme park and its they had purchased in 1941. rides, including the roller-coast- Whatever that deal is — and er train, visible from Route 2. the whole family is very tight- A series of cloudbursts, start- lipped about revealing any par- ing around noon, appeared to ticulars at all — is still on and in limit the number of cowgirls and progress, Tom Brady said. cowboys and their parents who “There’s a lot of paperwork drove on site, but seasonal and involvement with lawyers,” campers from the Brady-family- he explained, noting that his owned Fort Jefferson next door, nephew, former state Rep. Mark were very much in evidence ear- Brady who now lives in ly Sunday afternoon. Louisiana, is very involved in Tom Brady said that he no- the pending transaction. ticed some regulars at his stand- “What we’re doing will be ing-room-only miniature horse good for the North Country,” show that morning. Tom Brady said. “And the Brady “It felt good to see children family isn’t going anywhere!” and their parents who I recog- PHOTO BY EDITH TUCKER The park’s hours of opera- nized,” he said, adding that op- Six Gun City employees — 18-year-old Zack Martin, left, back row, of Jefferson, who graduated in 2012 from WMRHS, and 15-year-old Nick tion, admission fees, and activi- erating an amusement park is re- “Dirk” Hamel of Berlin, a sophomore at Berlin High School — posed for a photo with a dozen toy-gun-toting little sheriffs who are the chil- ties are all listed on its website: ally a “people business.” dren of seasonal campers at the Fort Jefferson Campground on Route 2 in Jefferson. www.sixguncity.com. Few problems at 2-day ATV Festival, ATV Group considers tweaks By Edith Tucker Roland “Lefty” Theberge. since participants showed mu- by a handful of locals, some ed, saying they did not want to tion and advice.” [email protected] The meeting was held to re- tual respect. driving without licenses,” he ruin the event for everyone else. The B.P.D. has estimated view any traffic, parking, and City Manager James “Jim” said. At one point there was a “Overall it was good: there that it would cost $7,000 extra BERLIN – The Fourth Annual other issues experienced dur- Wheeler said he would draw up group of six bikers, one of whom were no accidents and riders to provide adequate police cov- Jericho ATV Festival, held on ing the Block Party and Festival a bullet list of items that should had caused a problem. The obeyed the law and used hand erage during the Festival, but Friday, and Saturday, July 26-27, so that adjustments can be be addressed before the next group pointed to the police signals,” the chief said. “Some see ATV, page A9 at the 7,500-acre Jericho Moun- planned for next year’s Fifth An- ATV Festival takes place, based where the miscreant was locat- calls were requests for informa- tain State Park, plus a down- nual Festival, tentatively set on on the discussion. town Main Street Block Party on Friday and Saturday, July 25-26, Police Chief Peter Morency Friday evening, was a great suc- 2014, the now-traditional fourth reported that there had been Word on the Street: cess with many improvements weekend in July. 213 calls for service during the incorporated over the previous St. Anne’s Birthday Feast ATV Festival, but that 99.9 per- year’s event, agreed the dozen and Pilgrimage for Vocations cent of the ATV riders were law- “Did you go to the ATV Festival or so ATV Group members at will be on July 26. No worrisome abiding citizens. “We’ve had Wednesday’s City Hall meeting, issues arose between the two very positive feedback, with chaired by City Councilor overlapping events, however, nearly all the problems caused or the Feast of St. Anne?” By Edith Tucker [email protected] Should the ATV Festival be a BERLIN — The “City that Trees Built” was in the news Berlin event or an area event? across New Hampshire during By Edith Tucker Gorham, which has trail ac- one on Berlin’s Main Street the 4th annual ATV Festival and [email protected] cess to Jericho Mountain State that was so successful on Fri- the 2nd annual Feast of Saint Park. day night, July 26. A lot of ATV Anne Pilgrimage for Vocations. I BERLIN – Discussion was Henry Sanschagrin, presi- enthusiasts stay at motels and photographed parts of both of sparked at Wednesday’s ATV dent of the Presidential OHRV inns in Gorham and Shelburne these events and somewhat to Group meeting (see related Club of Gorham, reported that and eat at Gorham’s restau- my surprise enjoyed myself at story) on whether or not the there is interest in Gorham in rants and fast-food outlets, both. ATV Festival is Berlin’s or So I was interested to find considering throwing a Block- see FESTIVAL, page A9 whether it also includes style party — patterned on the out a week later on Saturday af- ternoon whether other locals had taken in the scene. PHOTOS BY EDITH Ryan Lavigne of Berlin, a Ryan Lavigne Brian Leclerc 2011 Berlin High School gradu- ate who now works as an FSS outreach worker for the North- ern Human Services agency, replied that he’d gone to the Festival this year as well as to all three of the previous ones. “I went up to Jericho on Friday and then rode around town on Saturday,” he said. “I wasn’t there, but I heard that the bishop went into the mud and blessed people on Sat- urday morning,” Lavigne mar- veled. When asked whether he had gone into the mud pit himself on Friday, he replied, “No, I have a Pat Barton & Linda Gillingham new dirt bike: a Honda CRF450!” his 23-year-old daughter, Emily heart to see my hometown,” “I went to the Block Party on Leclerc, who works as a Regis- Barton said. Friday night,” Lavigne said. tered Nurse. Both women said they “There was a band playing; I Both Pat Gillingham Barton would try to get to next year’s couldn’t go to the beer tent — of Dover, a Berlin native who St. Anne’s Pilgrimage and they I’m not old enough to drink. But graduated from Berlin High pledged to mark July 26 as her there was a good vibe on Main School in 1959, and her sister- birthday on their calendars. Street — a good atmosphere.” in-law Linda Gillingham of Neither is an ATV enthusiast but Brian Leclerc, a life-long res- Gorham who were shopping to- both said they would love to at- ident of Berlin who graduated gether in downtown Berlin on tend the Block Party. from Berlin High School in 1980 Saturday replied that they had and works at the Gorham Paper missed the previous weekend’s & Tissue prepping stock, who events. CALENDAR . .A7 was bicycling through down- Both had been involved ear- CLASSIFIED . .B3-B4 town on Saturday afternoon, lier that day in helping their 99- EDITORIAL . .A4 replied that he had not gotten year-old aunt, Helen Holmes of up to Jericho for the ATV Festi- Gorham, settle into St. Vincent HAPPENINGS . .A7 val but had enjoyed Friday’s DePaul Nursing Home for a re- OBITUARIES & SERVICES . .A6 Block Party. “It was awesome; I habilitative stay. SPORTS . .B1-B2,B5-B6 loved it, I wished there were “It was a busy summer week- PHOTO BY EDITH TUCKER more events like that,” Leclerc end; there’s just a lot going dur- Pauline Lambertson of Fort Myers, Fla., a Class of 1941 Gorham High School graduate who posed said. “There were great vendors ing nearly every one,” Gilling- on Friday for a photograph after fishing for trout from a bridge over the Moose River in Randolph, and good food, but I didn’t visit ham explained. said she had really had little luck. Lambertson explained that she comes north every summer to the beer tent.” “I just hope these kinds of enjoy her hometown and to visit her two sons: Gordan Lambertson of Gorham; and Michael Part of the time, Leclerc not- events help to turn things Lambertson of Maine. ed, he’d taken in the event with around in Berlin; it breaks my A2 THE BERLIN REPORTER AUGUST 7, 2013 ••• COURTESY PHOTO “Arthurian,” a coming-of-age adaption of legend, King Arthur, in the form of a play, debuts on Thursday. Here are scenes from rehearsal at the former Congregational Church with an unfinished background. Arthurian debuts on Thursday By Jody Houle Arthur.
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