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Volume 123 ■ Number 18 ■ www.newhampshirelakesandmountains.com THE RECORD ENTERPRISE, THURSDAY, MAY 2, 2013 [email protected] ■ 603.279-4516 ■ 75 Cents Circle Trot draws strong support from community By Donna Rhodes ber the runners and victims Staff Writer of the Boston marathon be- HOLDERNESS — Under fore the Plymouth race got cloudless skies last Sunday underway. morning, more than 400 “Our thoughts and all our supporters of the Circle energies are going into this Program in Plymouth gath- day in hopes that some- ered outside the Plymouth thing like that never hap- State University Ice Area pens again,” said O’Neill. and Welcome Center to join After telling the crowd to in the Third Annual Circle “Get ready to rumble,” Trot. O’Neill sent everyone off on Partnering with the uni- the course. Those running versity, the day started off or walking in the 2K headed with words of encourage- over the bridge from Hold- ment from PSU President erness and across the PSU Sara Jayne Steen, who said campus, while those who she was very pleased with faced the 5K and 10K chal- the large turnout. lenges, veered north up DONNA RHODES “This is all part of health Main Street and out to Fair- Students and staff from Holderness School were a large presence in this year’s Circle Trot, benefiting girls in central New Hampshire through and wellness, and our part grounds Road before cir- summer camps, mentoring and a variety of other services from the Circle Program in Plymouth. in it means a great deal,” cling back to the finish line. from all age groups who al- the finish line for the 2K traveled from Durham to Rourke and her husband said Steen. Among the participants so participated. Most im- race. Her seven-year-old sis- take part in the day. While took their four-year-old Students from the univer- was Tracker, a golden re- pressive of those was per- ter, Rory,also ran the Circle Ashleigh Rourke’s sister daughter Alice, two-year- sity not only ran in the race triever owned by Don and haps five-year-old Reagan Trot’s 5K course. Brooke Wakefield was busy old son Gus and eight- but also volunteered for the Arlene Stoppe of Stoppe Sutherland from Holder- Many families ran togeth- as one of the organizers month old Mae out on the day to help things run Management Services in ness who was second across er, and the Rourke family from Circle Program, SEE TROT PAGE A13 smoothly for the partici- Plymouth. pants. “He’s my running com- Dr. Dan O’Neill, a former panion today in the 5K, and PSU team doctor who spe- I think one of the only dogs Plymouth residents spread random acts of kindness cializes in sports medicine, officially registered for the By Donna Rhodes the word through her served as commentator for race,” said Arlene. Staff Writer church and friends, asking the race and called for a mo- Besides some seasoned PLYMOUTH — It was all for others to take time on ment of silence to remem- runners, there were people about selfless acts of kind- April 25 to do something ness in hope of inspiring nice just for the sake of others to do the same last bringing a smile to some- Thursday, when some resi- one’s face. As those people Holderness honors dents in Plymouth celebrat- set out to do good deeds ed the international “Pay It throughout the day, Brown Forward Day.” herself took to the streets of Sid Lovett The concept was derived Plymouth to see what she from the movie “Pay It For- could do for anyone she met HOLDERNESS — At Peace. He is well known ward” with Kevin Spacey, along the way. their regular meeting on throughout the region as a and has spread around the Walking along Main April 22, the Holderness Se- caring and compassionate world since its release in Street, she stopped to wash lect Board members desig- person with a wonderful October of 2000. A Web site a finger-smudged glass nated May 1, 2013 as Sid ability to rally folks togeth- even tracks the number of door at one store, and kept a Lovett Day in Holderness er to assist the needs of oth- random acts people do each pocketful of quarters for in honor of his 85th birth- ers or any worthy cause. year, and in 2012 recorded DONNA RHODES those who pulled up to a Suki Brown of Plymouth was busy bringing smiles through her ran- day and his many years of The Select Board will more than three million parking meter. dom acts of kindness last Thursday for the worldwide “Pay It Forward service and kindness to the host a recognition gather- good deeds. Popping a coin in the slot Day.”Here, she is shown unloading a cart for a senior citizen who was people of the Holderness ing prior to their next regu- “The last Thursday in shopping at Walmart, just one of many good deeds she performed. for them, she would let peo- area and the State of New lar meeting on Monday, April has been designated ple know to pay it forward Hampshire. May 6 at 4 p.m. at the town as Pay It Forward Day,with mouth’s Pay It Forward or- even issued an official to someone else. Born in Boston, Mass. on hall. Friends are welcome people participating in 52 ganizer, Suki Brown. “This proclamation for the day.” On the town common, she May 1, 1928, Rev. Lovett to attend. countries now,” said Ply- year,the Town of Plymouth Brown began to spread cleaned a picnic table and graduated from Yale Uni- picked up cigarette butts, versity in 1950 and Union which brought a big smile Theological Seminary in and thank you from a cou- 1953. He served as senior 34th Annual Plymouth Rec ple relaxing on a nearby minister in churches in Illi- bench. nois and Virginia. He has Fishing Derby reels in fun for all From Main Street, she spent many of 85 years in next headed for Hannaford Holderness. By Donna Rhodes got underway at 8:30 a.m. The day was not without a out.” Supermarket. There, she Staff Writer Lovett served three years last Saturday at Fox Park. little bit of a cloud, though, Despite MacNeil’s ab- picked up trash in the park- as a member of the Holder- PLYMOUTH — Sunny This year, 156 partici- as Recreation Director Lar- sense this year, Gibson was ing lot, then grabbed stray ness Select Board, and Rep. skies and warm tempera- pants reeled in 339 trout ry Gibson noted the ab- happy to welcome Ply- shopping carts and pushed Lovett is currently serving tures reigned as the 34th an- over four hours, and the sence of derby founder and mouth Elks Lodge 2312 as a them back to the store, his fourth term as a mem- nual Plymouth Parks and smiles were bigger than the organizer Allen MacNeil. new sponsor to the event, lightening the burden of an ber of the New Hampshire Recreation Fishing Derby fish they caught. “Allen has run this derby and said he looks forward to employee out gathering House of Representatives. for 33 years, and couldn’t be a long lasting relationship carts. He is an honorary director here today.It’s the first der- with the organization. Next up was Walmart. of the New Hampshire by he’s missed in all that Elks Treasurer Kevin Brown spied a harried Lakes Association, a direc- time, and we just want him Lincoln said his lodge re- mom who was about to tor of the Lakes Region to know we’ve missed him ceived a grant this year to back over the shopping cart Charitable Foundation and today,” said Gibson. fund a community project. she forgot to empty once several other non-profit MacNeil’s wife Evelyn The Recreation Depart- she got her children buck- boards. has worked with her hus- ment’s fishing derby came led in the car. After calling Lovett received a presi- band in planning the derby to mind, and they decided to out a warning for her to dential appointment to the over the past three decades, use that money to assist in stop, she then ran over to of- inaugural board of direc- however, and she came out the event. fer assistance. Another eld- tors of the U.S. Institute of to lend a hand this year “We reached out to Larry erly woman with a cart full even though Allen couldn’t at the Rec. Department to of potting soil and garden- Index be present. see where he was at for the ing supplies was also very ■ “This is one of the first derby,and he said he needed happy with the unexpected things he organized here in us. So here we are, doing SEE KINDNESS PAGE A13 BUSINESS .....................B12, 20 CALENDAR OF EVENTS .........B6-7 Plymouth, and he really,re- whatever we can to help CHURCH NEWS ................B8-10 ally enjoys it,” she said. out, financially, physically, CLASSIFIEDS...................B14-18 His purpose in starting in any way we can,” said HEALTH,SR., FITNESS......B11-12 the derby, she explained, Lincoln. OBITUARIES ...................A10-11 was to engage children in Besides their monetary OPINION ..............................A6 the outdoors and all that contribution, which aided SPORTS.............................B1-5 Mother Nature has to offer. in purchasing prizes and TALK OF THE TOWNSA7, 9, 11-13 “He wanted to get them stocking the pond, Elks interested in fishing,” Eve- members were busy all DONNA RHODES lyn said.