INSIDE: 16 Voices 26,000 Copies Please Deliver Before Friday, october 12, 2007 Vol. 33 | No. 42 | 3 Sections |32 Pages
Building an education Cyan By Scott E. Kinney Editor, 16 Voices EXETER | For your “typical Magenta school,” a major building reno- vation can be a true headache. Construction noise, loss of park- ing for construction vehicles and Yellow other forms of distraction can be seen as a detriment to the learning
process. Black That being said, no one has ever called Seacoast School of Technol- ogy (SST) a typical school. Instead, the ongoing construc- tion associated with the school’s nearly 100,000 square foot, $8.5 million renovation project has made itself a boon of educational opportunity for its students. Throughout much of the proj- ect students from a variety of the school’s programs will be able to do their part in bringing the proj- EDUCATION Continued on 12A•
Pumpkin pranks perplex gourd grower
By Liz Premo Amelia and Ella — utilized A thief struck in the dark of Pumpkin!” was placed in 2001 ChevroLet Atlantic News Staff Writer one of seven pumpkins Peter night, stealing away Peter’s front of a pitchfork-wielding RYE | Call it the Great had tended and “grown with prized pumpkin and leaving ghost standing on the lawn Monte Carlo ss Pumpkin Mystery. Or, for extreme care in his garden” behind what a very amused where the pumpkin once sat, Leather, Loaded, the dedicated gardener who throughout the summer. Melanie calls “an upset, among its bed of dried corn- only 74K miles!, grew it, the Great Pumpkin This wasn’t just any run- grumpy wanna-be farmer” stalks. #5585A Misery. of-the-mill gourd, though: in its wake. “That was our response,” only In any event, it’s generat- Weighing in at a smidge over Immediately the Labries laughs Melanie. “We’re just ing plenty of giggles (as well 120 pounds, this baby repre- sent out a call to action and playing the game.” Price as some excitement tinged sented true pumpkin pride issued a message to the com- A few days later, a well- $ reduced by with empathy) for the Labrie for Peter, who used a small munity: “If you see or know meaning individual who 9,995 $1,000! family of Rye. tractor to transport it from the Pumpkin Thief, tell them heard of the family’s plight garyblakemotorcars.com Decorating their home in garden to front lawn. to ‘Beware!’” anonymously left a medi- 84 portsmouth ave., exeter, nh 03833 preparation for Halloween, Unfortunately, sometime To emphasize their point, um-sized pumpkin to fill Service the Labries — dad Peter, after 9 p.m. on the evening of a sign urging the pumpkin the gap. Unfortunately that ANd SALeS 866-838-3377 mom Melanie, and kids Mia, September 30, it happened. pilferer to “Bring Back Our PRANKS Continued on 7A• hours: Mon-Fri: 8aM - 6pM • Sat: 9aM - 5pM
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