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Postal Customer IN Page 2 | summer in new hampshire | july 2015 Family Weekend at Portsmouth Harbor Lighthouse slated for July 4th thru 5th Join Friends of Portsmouth Harbor Lighthouses, a chapter of the American Lighthouse Foundation, for the third annual Family Weekend at Portsmouth Harbor Lighthouse, July 4 and 5, from 1:00 to 5:00 p.m. on both days. Here's what's in store:  Tours of Portsmouth Harbor Lighthouse from 1:00 to 5:00 p.m. on Saturday and Sunday. (Please note: Children must be 42 inches tall to climb to the top.)  At 2:00 p.m. on Saturday, July 4, there will be a talk presented by a representative of the Center for Wildlife in York, Maine, with some local animal ambassa- dors. Learn about summer wildlife adaptations!  Starting at 2:00 p.m. on Sunday, July 5, enjoy live music, stories, and shenanigans with Shannachie.  All afternoon on both Sat- urday and Sunday, the scalawags of the New England Brethren of Pi- rates will be on hand to entertain with games, swashbuckling, and humor. They'll also have a special friend along - a mermaid. There is no charge to enter the grounds for these events. There is a suggested donation of $4 for adults and $2 for children (12 and under) to climb the lighthouse. Donations help cover the cost of events like this and also support the preservation of the lighthouse. Visit www.portsmouthharborlighthouse.org

Cheshire Children’s Museum The Colony Mill Marketplace Keene, NNew Hampshire

Come play Tuesday through Saturday from 10 - 5 or Sunday 12 - 4 (Closed Monday) • Family Friendly Summertime Rafting ---- Imagine a world of possibilities ---- • Land & Lake Wildlife Tour 1-603-903-1800 Proceeds help support the rescue and www.cheshirechildrensmuseum.org second chance sled dogs that call us home July 2015 | summer in new hampshire | Page 3 Loon Preservation Committee urges you to give nesting Loons space MOULTONBOROUGH- The Loon Preservation Committee (LPC) recorded its first pair of nesting loons this year on Bolster Pond in Sullivan, NH, on May 13. Since then more than 50 loon pairs have begun to incubate eggs, with many more expected to begin in the next week or two. If history is any guide, close to one of every two of these nests will fail, many due to human disturbance. The peak time for loons to start nesting is usually in early June, followed by a four week incubation period. The peak of hatch of of breeding success in only three out of the last loon chicks generally occurs around the 4th of July nine years. Loons are a threatened species in New holiday and loon pairs on nests or with chicks are Hampshire and are protected by state and federal vulnerable to disturbance as human activities on the laws from hunting or harassment, including flushing lakes increase. A couple of simple precautions can 28 pairs from the previous year. Forty of those pairs loons from nests. If you observe harassment of help ensure a good year for loons in New Hampshire: nested on rafts—artificial islands that LPC floats loons, you may contact New Hampshire Fish & Game Stay back at least 150 feet from a nesting loon, to help loons cope with water level fluctuations Department (603-271-3361) or Marine Patrol (603- or more, if the loon shows any signs of distress such or being displaced from natural sites by shoreline 293-2037) for assistance. as craning its neck low over a nest. Loons may even development or recreational activity on the lakes. Of The Loon Preservation Committee monitors loons appear to be injured or dead while in this head-down the 208 nesting pairs, half were protected by signs throughout the state as part of its mission to restore position, but it is simply a response to the close and ropelines, and over half of the chicks hatched and maintain a healthy population of loons in New approach of people. came from these protected nest sites. Even with Hampshire; to monitor the health and productivity If you do inadvertently cause a loon to flush this level of management, LPC biologists recorded of loon populations as sentinels of environmental from the nest, leave the area immediately to let the 100 failed nests, many of them due to human quality; and to promote a greater understanding of loon return to incubate its eggs. Time off the nest disturbance, predation and water-level fluctuations. loons and the natural world. leaves the eggs vulnerable to cooling, overheating, or Studies indicate that a minimum breeding success To learn more about loons in New Hampshire, predation. rate of 0.48 surviving chicks per loon pair is needed please visit the Loon Preservation Committee on the In 2014, Loon Preservation Committee biologists to maintain the loon population over the long term, web at www.loon.org or call the Loon Preservation recorded 208 pairs of nesting loons, an increase of but New Hampshire’s loons have achieved that level Committee at (603) 476-LOON (5666).

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Opened to the public in 1861, the privately-owned and operated Auto Road reaches more than a mile in the sky to the highest point in the Northeast at 6,288 feet. 1 Mount Washington Auto Rd, Route 16, Gorham, NH (603) 466-3988 • MtWashingtonAutoRoad.com Page 4 | summer in new hampshire | july 2015 GOLF The NH Freedom Cup - still going strong five years later The New Hampshire Freedom Cup proudly hit As in past years, participants didn’t fail to get several milestones in 2014. goose bumps as they entered the Candia Woods Last June, we reached our fifth year of parking lot and passed the Patriot Guard standing organizing the NHFC Golf Tournament at Candia at attention with their huge American flags. There’s Woods Golf Course, an admirable milestone. With just something beautiful about that flag, especially another beautiful day on hand, over 120 “friends of when it’s presented in numbers. And there is veterans” enjoyed themselves on the links and in absolutely nothing more hauntingly beautiful than the dining hall, sandwiching in 18 holes between the sound of bagpipes in the distance, on a quiet breakfast and one of the best lunches you’ll ever summer morning, punctuated by the occasional have at a golf tournament. In honor of our 5th chirping of birds. The NH Freedom Cup knows how tournament, each player and volunteer received a to set the mood. special commemorative coin honoring the service John Salterio, Nick Salterio, Lindsay Nance, and of Cpl. Michael Ouellette, USMC, Navy Cross and Steve Leary achieved a milestone of their own, as Purple Heart recipient, in whose memory this they took 1st Place for the third straight year, just tournament is played so that other veterans may squeaking by our 2nd Place finishers, and were be helped. roundly applauded for that achievement by their The morning began, as usual, with our military fellow golfers. This is golf, after all – a game in from any other group. The Freedom Cup has a honors ceremony, highlighted by presentation of which players tend to self-admonishment of their unique relationship with the VAMC, being the only the colors by a Marine Corps Honor Guard from own play, but appreciate the efforts of those who non-profit organization that directly relies upon Portsmouth, singing of the National Anthem by play their best game on any given day. VA case workers to judiciously distribute food and Lorraine Sawyer of the VFW Women’s Auxiliary. The NHFC also hit its proudest milestone in gas cards to veterans who need a little boost to The ceremony was followed by brief comments 2014. Working through the Veterans Administra- get them through tough times. This is our primary from Senator Kelly Ayotte and Kristin Maxwell, tion Medical Center (VAMC) in Manchester, we function, although certainly not our only one. THE Program Manager for veterans of the Iraq and have now distributed over 100,000 food and gas NHFC also assisted several veterans with heating Afghanistan wars at the VA Medical Center in cards to veterans of the wars in Iraq and Afghani- their homes this past winter, again with recom- Manchester. stan. That’s assistance that would not have come mendations from the VAMC. And we were  Angus Lea Oak Hill GC LODGING Golf Course 9 Holes • Meredith NH � 9-Hole Golf Course 279-4438 � Public Invited � 11am to 2pm Golf Special Monday-Thursday $16/9 Friendly! Golf Value Pack: Ten 9 hole Scenic! Reasonable! We overlook mountains, golf course, rounds of golf for $165 ponds, bridge & river. Golﬁ ng Discounts www.anguslea.com for locals! Stay 3 + nights, 20% off/Mention: InNH! Exit 30 off I-93. 126 W. Main St. Hillsboro • 464-5404 800-227-4454 • www.jackolanternresort.com 19 Holes $3.75 per person - Replays $.50 IN Batting Cages NewYour Guide to What’sHampshire Happening in the Granite State! Softball - Baseball Ice Cream, Leigh Bosse: Publisher Joyce Bosse: Editor Hot Dogs, Christi Macomber: Advertising Design French Fries, Gail Stratos: Publications Design & Layout, Advertising Design, MINIATURE GOLF Fried Dough Production, Website Family Owned & Operated since 1961 Deborah Belanger: Account Representative Route 12 South of Keene & Drinks Mary Yuryan: Account Representative Wendy Bamford: Account Representative Beyond Cheshire Fairgrounds 40 flavors of Hard Pack 24 and more of Soft Serve . Open 7 Days & Nites from 9 AM Frappes • Floats • Sundaes Granite Quill Publishers Call 352-6784 • Banana Splits 246 West Main St., Hillsborough, NH 03244 Phone: 603-464-3388 July 2015 | summer in new hampshire | Page 5 GOLF

especially proud to have assisted a female veteran Woods on Friday, June 26 for a fun outing and a with a unique situation (see story elsewhere in this noble cause. And of course, bring others with you! newsletter). The more funds we raise from this tournament, the A very special thank you to all who golfed with more veterans we can help. And there will never us or donated to the cause last year. Your efforts be a shortage of those brave men and woman are never in vain and were particularly helpful who will always remember that collectively, we all Cpl. Michael Ouellette, United States Marine Corps, this year. We hope you will join us again at Candia helped them in their time of need. In memory of Semper Fi to all of you.

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www.islesofshoals.com Portsmouth, NH (603) 431-5500 July 2015 | summer in new hampshire | Page 7 Piano and Violin Ensemble Performs at Nashua Library The Bach's Lunch Concert series at the Nashua Public Library continues on Wednesday, July 8, with a performance by the Jarkova Ensemble. The group features Lithuanian-born violinist Egle Jarkova and pianist Rui Urayama performing works by Beethoven, Mozart, and other composers. Egle Jarkova has performed widely in Europe and America and is the winner of the Queen Morta Premium Laureate as well as honors awards from the Boston Conservatory. She earned degrees from United World College of the Adriatic and The Boston Conservatory and is now studying at Boston University. Jarkova has played with the Albanian National TV and Radio Orchestra, Boston Conservatory String Orchestra, and LAB Orchestra. She is the founder and artistic director of the International Summer Music August 5—New England String Quartet Festival in Lithuania, “Vivace Vilnius.” All performances are on Wednesdays at 12 noon. Among Rui Urayama’s many honors are the Grand Arranged in conjunction with Symphony NH, Prix of the 2013 PTNA Piano Competition in Japan and Conservatory, where she is pursuing her artist the Bach's Lunch Concert series is part of the city's the St. Botolph Club Emerging Artist Award. She has diploma. Since coming to Boston, she has won the SummerFun events. The July 8 concert is sponsored performed with many orchestras, including the Tokyo Silver Medal in the Hartford Chopin International by the Zylonis fund. Each performance lasts City Philharmonic, Perugia Music Festival, Lublin Competition and the Boston Conservatory Churchill approximately one hour. The concerts are held in Philharmonic, and Tokyo New City Orchestra. Competition. Future concerts in the Bach’s Lunch the Nashua Public Library’s Music/Art/Media Wing, An active chamber musician, Urayama performs series include: 2 Court Street, and are free and open to the public, throughout New England and Europe with the JEMUR July 15—Pianist Frederick Moyer although they are not appropriate for children under Piano Trio. Born in Japan, she moved to the U.S. July 22—Mandara World Music 5. For more information, call Carol at (603) 589-4610 in 2011 and earned her master’s degree at Boston July 29—Gateway Piano, Clarinet, and Voice Trio or visit www.nashualibrary.org and click Events.

ND 72 BELKNAP COUNTY FAIR Annual! BELMONT, NH * MILE HILL RD (Off Route 106) August 8 & 9 • Saturday - Sunday • Exhibits • Games • Arts & Crafts • Horse Driving • Animal Shows • Oxen & Tractor Pulls • State Qualifying Shows • Demonstrations • Yummy Food • Live Entertainment including Ed the Wizard • Studio Two (Beatles Tribute Band) • Joel Cage • Central Baptist Church • Tristan Ormand • Rockin’ Daddios • Bow Junction • Tim Charron Where memories are made and fun is a tradition! www.bc4hfair.org Come see what’s new at the fair! Page 8 | summer in new hampshire | july 2015 Spooky stories of the paranormal at Portsmouth Lighthouse Join Friends of Portsmouth Harbor there will be discussion of investigation Lighthouses for a special nighttime tour on methods. There will be two tours during Saturday, June 27, focusing on spooky stories the evening (7:00 p.m. and 9:30 p.m.). Each of paranormal activity along with the history tour will last about two hours long and will of Portsmouth Harbor Lighthouse and Fort be limited to 20 persons. Not recommended Constitution. for children under 12. The cost is $25 Join author and radio personality Ron per person, and all proceeds support Kolek of New England Ghost Project and the preservation of Portsmouth Harbor lighthouse historian Jeremy D'Entremont "Ghost Hunters." Lighthouse and Whaleback Lighthouse. for this tour of Fort Constitution and Portsmouth You'll hear about the paranormal investigations Advance reservations are required. Visit www. Harbor Lighthouse. The fort and lighthouse have at the fort and lighthouse that have indicated the portsmouthharborlighthouse.org for complete been featured on TV, including the popular show presence of a number of otherworldly residents, and information and reservations.

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OPEN 7 DAYS A WEEK Londonderry Flea Market Mon, Tues, Wed & Fri 10-6pm; Th urs 10-7pm; Now open thru Nov. 1st! Saturdays & Sundays Sat & Sun 10-5pm 8am-3pm • Weather permitting 300+ sellers on 30 acres! Free parking along the An assortment of good stuff , bargains, treasures! side of our building Do you have stuff you no longer want? 321 Elm Street • Manchester, NH Free weekend space as a 1st time seller each year Free space always for nonprofi t 501(c)3 organizations (603) 606-1736 Flea For info 603-883-4196 or LondonderryFleamarket.com [email protected] Antiques on Elm Market! Friendly pets OK on leashes. Route 102, Londonderry, NH www.AntiquesOnElmManchester.com Have a fleatastic day!© OUTBOARDS

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The Support participants Prouty who Bike, Walk, Row or Golf Volunteering at The Prouty is a rewarding experience, plus you get a cool T-Shirt and are welcome to enjoy the all-day Prouty party. Help participants park, wear sun-screen, travel safely, eat, play, compost and much, much more.

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Brothers I Seek by Shani Leser Venice by Linda Schmidt Jacobean Dream by Linda Roy Skyline by Claudia Scheja David Sirota and students Looking at the World through Quilts; world quilt show World Quilt Show – New England XIII to cap-off your unfinished summer project or Quilt-O; “the best time you will ever have at a quilt Manchester, New Hampshire – August 13-15, 2015 jump-start something fresh for the fall season, the show.” Also, the World Quilt Show will continue to New England, will be returning to the Radisson show’s Merchants Mall will offer everything you may offer its all-inclusive www.quiltfest.com show and Center of New Hampshire in Manchester, August possibly need. The Show’s faculty includes Anna hotel package for those who prefer an easy, package 13-15, 2015 in its new 3-day - Thursday, Friday and Hergert from Saskatchewan, Canada who is the plan. After viewing all the wonderful quilts, it’s Saturday - format. Canadian Quilters Association Teacher of the Year. In time to shop. This exciting venue offers a fabulous Want to see quilts from across the globe? No addition, instructors from the United States include merchants mall with shows vendors who travel to need to spend days traveling. We are bringing the Pamela Druhen (VT), Pat Harrison (RI), Sue Nickels New Hampshire from throughout the country. From quilts to you. Join us for the premier of the 2015 (MI), Pat Yamin (NY), Bobbie Bergquist (NH), Debora books to threads, from scissors to thimbles, from World Quilt Competition XIX. These quilts from all Konchinsky (PA), Nancy Murtie (FL) and David Sirota fabric to patterns there will be everything imaginable over the globe present a mix of culture, fun and (NH). Join one or more of these talented instructors available for purchase by the quilt artist and needle creative talent. The show also features special in a workshop to learn a new technique or perhaps craft enthusiast. quilt exhibits including displays from across the brush up an old one. The World Quilt Show – New England is an United States and Canada. You will also enjoy a Among the highlights of the 2015 Show are amazing opportunity to see the work of quilt artists wide range of quilt and textile related activities a special luncheon presentation by well-known from across the United States and from abroad. This including workshops and lectures presented by an instructor Sue Nickels, the always popular World Quilt show is not to be missed! Nothing beats New England internationally known faculty. Plus, if you need Panel & Forum Ice Cream Social, and, new for 2015, in the summer!

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