Gilford Steamer and Bryant Had Initially Come Newspapers in 1999 with Five Baysider
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MARCH 4, 2010 GILFORD, N.H. - FREE Five candidates in the running for Budget Committee BY LAUREN TINER ates in information technolo- the Meadows Advisory Midwest, attended high [email protected] gy and said he has worked Board. school in southern Minneso- In the five candidates run- with computers for 40 years. Corry also volunteered a ta and finished his education ning for the three open Bud- He is currently employed few hours a week to the Gil- at Luther College with a four- get Committee seats, voters with NSS Corp and deals ford school system when his year degree. will see some new and old with software for the bank- son was in school, got in- He began working as an faces. ing industry, and Corry said volved in his kids’ sports pro- airline project manager and his job allows for flexible grams, and volunteered at started a similar job when we Mark Corry hours. He has a background Gunstock. He said that mov- made his way to Gilford, but Corry has been a resident in accounting software, in fi- ing to a rural setting years af- his career took a different of Gilford for 21 years and nancing, and numbers. ter living in a more urban turn. He decided to run his has seen his son and two step- Corry said he has decided community has helped him own company, which pro- children make their way to run for the Budget Com- to appreciate a smaller town, vides Web sites to 17 states through the Gilford school mittee again this year, and which is more readily acces- throughout the U.S. PHOTOS BY LAUREN TINER system. Corry said ever since stands behind his reasons for sible to its residents. Dormody said he finds it David Horvath Mark Corry he moved to a smaller town, running last March. “It is so anonymous in a important to be involved he has felt compelled to get “I’ve gotten more involved big city. When things are within the community, and involved in the community. with the town and what is go- smaller, it is easier to get to feels he can contribute to the Budget Committee mem- ing on,” said Corry, who know people, and it is a much Budget Committee. bers appointed Corry to sit in makes it a point to attend se- nicer place to bring up kids,” “It is important for every- on the remainder of Bill lectmen meetings as well. “I said Corry. one to be as involved as they Phillip’s term in 2009, and thought it was about time to can. It is important that the Corry decided to run again contribute to the process. I’ve Dale Dormody particular community main- now that the remainder of been volunteering since I Incumbent Dormody just tains some balance,” said this term has ended. Corry moved down here.” finished his first three-year Dormody. ran for a seat on the Budget Corry said now that he can term on the Budget Commit- The Budget Committee Committee last March as work from home, he has de- tee. He has been a resident needs to continue its “politi- well, and came in fourth out cided to put his extra time to for 10 years, along with his cal balance,” added Dor- of seven candidates looking good use and also serves on wife Katherine, the Gilford mody. He said committee to fill the three open posi- the ZBA as an alternate mem- Library director,and their 14 members have always been Dale “Channing” Eddy Dale Dormody tions. ber. He also lives near the and 16 year-old sons. questioned on who is a true Corry received his associ- Meadows and participates on Dormody grew up in the conservative or not, and al- though Dormody considers his experience will be a ben- himself to be politically con- efit because he already un- servative, he said it has been derstands the process and County urged to find alternative dispatch funding methods noted that he tries to keep an has gone over each depart- BY LAUREN TINER county services. was then informed that the ter, they suggested that the open mind during budget ment and school budget mul- [email protected] Over the last few months, current county system is not county either refund the season, and that balance is tiple times during his term. Selectmen did not receive the board has looked for ways equipped to serve the town town or charge the towns essential. He said that sometimes com- the response they were hop- to cut high health insurance and that regionalizing coun- that use the services. Since Dormody has al- mittee decisions made the ing for from the Belknap spikes and considered hand- ty-wide dispatch services The commissioners re- ready served three years on County Commissioners, ing the Gilford Police De- would become a lengthy cently responded to this ini- the committee, he said that SEE BUDGET COMM. PAGE A9 they said last Wednesday partment’s “midnight shift” process. tial letter, and did not satisfy night in discussing alterna- over to Belknap County’s dis- The selectmen said they the board with their answer. tive forms of funding for patch services. The board would stand behind the coun- “Tax bills are not assessed Lacrosse club makes ty sheriff and their own based on the level of individ- deputy and chief if they did ual services provided,” stat- not feel comfortable trans- ed the commissioners. “This final push for support ferring over dispatch servic- often results in the taxpayer BY LAUREN TINER Since then, the number of [email protected] es, but they were unhappy to paying for services they are players has reached about 70, learn they are paying for not assessing at any given Dan Kallmerten helped but so have the needs. services that are not readily time, but rather everyone start up the Gilford lacrosse The requested money available to them, as they are contributes, based on prop- program seven years ago, would be spread between the to nine out of 11 other towns. erty value, to the greater and he stands behind a citi- four existing teams for ne- The board wrote a letter to good of the whole.” zen petition asking that the cessities such as coaches, ref- county commissioners, in- The commissioners said School District help raise eree fees, and transportation. forming them that Gilford they would be willing to pro- $17,603 to fund the program’s Kallmerten said the district pays over 16 percent on dis- vide the same services to the basic needs. covers these basic costs for patch services they cannot town of Gilford, as they do Kallmerten, a coach and other GHS sports teams, and use, and that this percentage for other towns, “after a plan director of the local lacrosse he feels it is time for the adds up to about $90,000 a program, said he initially year. In the selectmen’s let- SEE DISPATCH PAGE A3 started up the club in 2003. SEE LACROSSE PAGE A8 Fourth graders open up shop on Village Market Day BY LAUREN TINER ford may have possessed dur- job, decide what tools were their turn will soon come. [email protected] ing the Colonial Period. needed, and dress the part for Godbout said GES has Gilford Elementary After the field trip a few Village Market Day last Fri- held Village Market Day for School fourth graders chan- weeks back, students were day morning. Third grade about seven years, and that neled their inner 1800’s ap- then encouraged to pick students were invited to the children do a lot of prepa- prentice trades last week for their own apprenticeship out browse around the market, annual Village Market Day,a of 21 options, research their and ask questions, now that SEE MARKET DAY PAGE A9 showcase of the knowledge COURTESY PHOTO the students pick up during David Cutler the Colonial craftsmen unit. The entire fourth grade class, 80 students in all, filled Salmon Press co-owner four GES teacher’s class- rooms, teachers who have been working with their stu- dies in Duxbury home dents on their Colonial unit Salmon Press co-founder porter and Mountain Ear for over a month or so now. and co-owner David S. Cutler (Conway) were purchased Teachers Katie Bryant and died Sunday, Feb. 28, after a later. The Rochester Times Mary-Beth Godbout, along seven-month battle with can- was sold, but three other ti- with Pam Hayes and Linnea cer. Mr. Cutler and his busi- tles were launched, includ- Lindsey, helped coordinate ness partner, John Coots, ing the Winnisquam Echo, Village Market Day. launched Salmon Press Gilford Steamer and Bryant had initially come newspapers in 1999 with five Baysider. Mr. Cutler, who up with the idea to combine titles: The Meredith News, graduated from the Holder- part of the fourth grade’s Plymouth Record Enter- ness School, loved New unit with a field trip to his- prise, Granite State News, Hampshire and spent a con- torical houses, on behalf of Carroll County Independent siderably amount of time in the Thompson-Ames Histor- and Rochester Times. The the Granite State. A full obit- ical Society, to listen to PHOTO BY LAUREN TINER Littleton Courier, Coos uary appears on page A10 of speakers talk about various Fourth grader, Mckenzie Wright, depends on the help of her fellow milliner so that she can create the final County Democrat, Berlin Re- this week's newspaper. craftsmen trades that Gil- dresses for her costumers as a local seamstress. A2 THE GILFORD STEAMER ALMANAC MARCH 4, 2010 Proposed 50-foot wetland buffer prompts debate Planners say Conservation Commission’s petitioned article ‘needs work’ BY LAUREN TINER member Lee Duncan said needs to be an understanding ly pollute the surrounding drainage and “make sure the that need three or more meet- [email protected] this proposal to be necessary, from the general public, water.