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Get Out and... Dancers In Motion: Next Arts On Stage In Visit the home of poet North Conway: Local dancers from area Robert Frost on Jubilee dance studios graced the a quiet road in Concert: MWV Theatre Company stage at Arts Jubilee event … brings ‘Cabaret’ to the Franconia … Don’t miss Eastern Slope Playhouse the annual Symphony B24 Pops Concert under Jackson, NH 03846 • Lodging: 383-9443 • Recreation: 383-0845 A2 A6 the Stars – with www.nestlenookfarm.com • 1-800-659-9443 fireworks!… B1

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By Jeff Woodburn it continues. twists up a steep hill. It lulls my youngest Contributing Writer Mr. Frost, a San Francisco native, to sleep. We pass by a few simple homes OBERT FROST ONCE lived in would become rural New England’s hidden into the landscape. It is a place this area, and as I understand it, leading citizen. He was spokesman for where you’d more likely find a moose Rthe old place that he called home the Yankee ways of thrift and common than a museum. for five years and 18 summers after that sense, yet he was fleeced by the seller I imagine this road hasn’t changed all inspired some of his most famous when he purchased his small hill farm, that much since Mr. Frost first wandered poems. He arrived in Franconia as a lit- and trained his one cow to be milked at up it nearly a century ago looking for a tle known poet, but left as an important noon to accommodate his sleeping farm with a view. We pull into a small literary figure. Thanks to the foresight schedule. Moreover, his words were as parking area built into the embankment. of this small town his memory and spir- strong and simple as an old stonewall, My eldest son and I take turns touring but behind the vivid imagery the grounds and the few public rooms in were deep philosophical mus- the old house. We hike a short incline to And enjoy two new Stage ings. the pleasant backyard (with a half-mile Shows, each with 4 We arrive in Franconia on a nature trail that includes plaques with hot, humid day. My companions poems written here), a small post and performances daily are my two-, five- and 13-year- beam barn that serves as a gathering old sons. From Franconia place and book/gift shop. It also houses through Labor Day Village we take Route 116 to a collection of old farm tools, and a wall Bickford Hill Road, which is a of photos of the “poets in residence” quiet, shaded, dirt road that who have spent summers here since the runs along a stream. Once you Frost Place opened in 1977. Nearby is cross the metal bridge, the name the tiny Civil War-era cape that was Mr. changes to Ridge Road, and it Frost’s humble home and summer retreat for 23 years. Its authenticity is a above: The mailbox at result of being used seasonally by one the Frost Place. family for most of the last century. The Frosts were the only winter inhabitants left: John Cones, Robert from 1915-20, and lived there without Frost’s 81-year-old grandson. electricity, indoor plumbing or central heat. The Frosts summered here until oposite page: The home of 1938. Robert Frost’s family from We are greeted by an eager and aspir- 1915-20 and their summer ing young novelist, who serves as the retreat until 1938. guide. When I tell him the purpose of Plus all your longtime our visit, he ushers me toward the only (Photos by Jeff Woodburn) other apparent visitor, an unassuming favorites! On the Cover Inside Index Plentiful produce for all Theatre Night Arts & Entertainment...... Page B1 Geoffrey Hancock is the Garden The North Conway Library will host its Calendar...... Page B4 Manager at the Community School Farm annual Theater Night on Sunday, Aug. Entertainment...... Page B6 in South Tamworth, and as the cover shot 24, beginning with a gala champagne shows, his garden is providing a bountiful punch reception and hors d’oeuvres On the Links...... Page B10 harvest for community members who galore made by local chefs. Page B8 On the Rockpile...... Page B14 would like to exchange some hands-on 603-383-4186 labor for a share of the produce. Read On The Links Nooks & Crannies...... Page B21 Route 16, Glen, NH more about the Community School’s pro- Meet the man who is re-designing the Real Estate ...... Page A18 gram on Page A14 Mt. Washington Hotel golf course as To Your Health...... Pages B15 www.storylandnh.com (Linda Tucker/Mountain Ear Photo) Donald Ross would have liked. Page B10

Page A2 - The Mountain Ear, Thursday, July 24, 2008 older man. “Robert Frost’s grandson,” cupine pretty bad and had to be put wonder if those were the ones that were sleep. And miles to go before we sleep. he whispers, as if he doesn’t have a down.” Mr. Cones remembers taking “lovely, dark and deep,” and then I’m The Frost Place is open from late name. Today, he doesn’t. I send my son long walks with his grandfather, and I interrupted by the commotion of the May until early November. For more to gather up his brothers to consecrate think of Mr. Frost’s words that summed three boys, and I realize that it really is information go to www.frostplace.org or this historic encounter. The man seems up his often sad, but successful life, “it time to go. And miles to go before we call 823-5510. ▲ a bit embarrassed by it all and introduces goes on.” himself as “John Cones.” It has been 24 years, since Mr. Cones The 81-year-old retired architect has been here and he’s pleased that the from Salem, Va., changes the subject “interest (in Mr. Frost) hasn’t faded” and away from his famous grandfather, to that the “house has been fixed up a another ancestor and his namesake, who whole lot” since his last visit. I coax him served under George Washington and to pose for a few photographs and then was later granted land (called Cones) feel like I’ve intruded enough. near Columbia, N.H. I turn the conser- By now the kids are anxious to leave; vation back and he gently reminisces, we take a quick walk through the house. not about poems, but rather porcupines. I stop to imagine Mr. Frost writing from It seems his grandfather’s big the old cracked leather chair that looks Newfoundland, Winnie, “got into a por- out at a wooded mountain vista and

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Established 1976 PUBLISHER Richard Piatt Arts Jubilee Tees. FOUNDING EDITORS As part of Arts Jubilee’s 26th season, R. Stephen Eastman a newly designed t- Jane Golden Reilly shirt is being offered in a limited edition. MANAGING EDITOR The white t-shirt with the colorful graphic is Nina Perry modeled in this picture by Bill Durkee of COPY WRITING/ Errands/R/Us, a com- PROOFREADING munity service offered to non-profits. “Bill Nina Perry has generously agreed Paul Stuart to post the Arts Jubilee flyers around the com- CONTRIBUTING WRITERS munity and we are grateful to him for his Ann Bennett • Pru Smith support,” stated Cindy Steven D. Smith Russell, Executive Peter Minnich Director of Arts Jubilee. The shirts will Paul Stuart • Steve Caming be for sale at the Arts Linda Tucker Jubilee Festival Karen Stancik Concerts, which take place outdoors at Cranmore. For more CONTRIBUTING information about the PHOTOGRAPHERS concerts, visit Greg Keeler www.MWVEvents.com. (Courtesy Photo) Steven D. Smith Justin Macomber Joshua Spaulding Karen Stancik

ADVERTISING SALES Clair Hunt Green Mountain Conservation Group celebrates its move to Huntress House To the Editor, Foundation in 2007, GMCG purchased efforts to renovate this new office, and SALES ASSISTANT On July 9, the Green Mountain this small house and retrofitted it for an would like to thank the many folks and Conservation Group (GMCG) celebrat- office. businesses that helped to make the move Elizabeth Carleton ed the opening of its new headquarters Surrounded by wetlands, a large peat to Huntress House possible. Special on Huntress Bridge Road in Effingham bog owned by the Audubon Society and thanks to Hannaford Supermarket in COMPUTER GRAPHICS, with approximately 80 people from sur- within walking distance to the Ossipee Ossipee for donating food for the cele- DESIGN & COMPOSITION rounding communities. These friends, River, the Huntress House promises to bration, and Jim Pittman for the won- neighbors and GMCG supporters gath- be an exciting new home for GMCG as derful music, Debbie Piekut for the Amanda Dunleavy ered to enjoy a grand barbeque and it enters the second decade of conserva- cake, and Effingham and Freedom for music, and to tour the new office space tion work in the Ossipee Watershed. lending tents and equipment. LAYOUT DESIGN and property that many businesses and GMCG is so grateful to the Little Don Johnson volunteers have helped to make possible. Family Foundation as well as to all the Vice President Emily Killinger With funding from the Little Family volunteers who have supported its Green Mountain Conservation Group

OFFICE MANAGER Kristina Whitten Solomon: Congress did the right thing by passing Patients and Providers Act To the Editor, urge the President to protect the health affected had it not. Good doctors have DISTRIBUTION Thank you Carol Shea-Porter and of our senior citizens and sign this been unable to receive adequate com- Bill Collins • John Myers the other congresspeople who over- important bill into law.” pensation for their care and could have whelmingly passed HR 6331 (Patients The bill will reverse a 10.6 percent been forced to discontinue rendering Darlene Westfall and Providers Act of 2008) and senators cut in physician payments through service to seniors. Tina Lamy • John Mills who finally did the right thing for sen- Medicare. The bill is supported by citi- Dorothy Solomon iors. [Recently], the Senate reconsidered zen advocacy groups such as AARP. Carroll County SCOA Representative The Mt. Washington Valley MOUNTAIN EAR is and passed the bill by a vote of 69 to 30. I am delighted that this has passed. published on Thursdays as an independent newspa- Congresswoman Shea-Porter said, “I Seniors could have been very negatively per by Salmon Press. The publication is printed 51 weeks each year and is distributed from Ossipee to Gorham, New Hampshire, and also in Fryeburg and western Oxford County, Maine. The MOUNTAIN EAR office is located at Newton’s Revenge bicycle race was a success thanks to many volunteers Mountain River Village on Route 16 in Conway, New Hampshire. Please direct all correspondence To the Editor, would like to thank the Appalachian we could not do it without you. Thank to: The MOUNTAIN EAR, P.O. Box 530, Conway, N.H. 03818. The Mt. Washington Auto Road Mountain Club, the Mt. Washington you once again. The telephone number to call for general informa- hosted Newton’s Revenge on Saturday, Observatory and the teens and staff of We at the Mt. Washington Auto tion and display advertising is 603-447-6336. July 12, with nearly 200 cyclists com- the Tri-County Cap Teen Center for all Road pride ourselves on running top For classified advertising call 877-766-6891. The Fax number is 603-447-5474. pleting the toughest hill climb in the their hard work. And, finally, we would notch events, but none of it would be Ear on Web: www.mtear.com world by riding to the summit of Mt. be remiss if we failed to mention all the possible without the help of volunteers. E-mail: [email protected] for news or Washington. No small accomplishment. friends of the Mt. Washington Auto We are truly grateful for their efforts. [email protected] for ad material The yearly bulk mail subscription rate is $35 and is However, their accomplishment Road and Great Glen Trails who once Mary Power payable in advance. First class subscriptions are would not have been possible without again came out in strong numbers to Events Director available upon request. the help of numerous volunteers. We support us. You know who you are, and Mount Washington Auto Road

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Now, if you want to find the Glen House ... GPS makes finding Cog Railway difficult By Jeff Woodburn 302, near the Bethlehem town line. Contributing Writer Kenison said that he gives specific CARPENTRY • LANDSCAPING • EXCAVATION BRETTON WOODS — The Mount directions to the Cog, has ample signage Washington Cog Railway is one of New posted, and has even changed the zip Hampshire’s most popular tourist code to the Bretton Woods zip code, attractions, but more and more visitors which is housed in the Mount are having a hard time finding it because Washington Hotel. of a glitch or a faulty reliance on Global The Mount Washington Auto Road’s Navigation Position Systems (GPS). Triffit has a last resort suggestion for Carpentry When GPS users enter the Mount obsessive GPS users: “It’s bizarre. I tell Washington zip code (03589) the navi- them to put in the Glen House (a long gation device finds the most direct route gone hotel) from the late 1800s, and • Renovations & Repairs • New to the summit of Mount Washington, (then) they have no problem finding the which is the Mount Washington Auto place.” For some reason, the system Road. knows exactly where the Glen House Additions • Deck • Ceramic Tiles • Would-be railroad riders are sur- once stood, but not the Mount prised to learn that they’re at the Mount Washington Auto Road or the Mount Washington Auto Road, not the Cog Washington Cog Railway. ▲ Dry Wall • Finish Work • Roofing - Railway. “It happens all the time,” according to Ryan Triffitt, Marketing Director for Mount Washington 03589 Metal or Shingles • Vinyl Repairs the Mount Washington Auto Road, where some people show up asking 03589 is the zip code for Mount and Installations • and much more! “What time does the next train leave?” Washington, which basically includes The Auto Road, which has a mailing the Mount Washington Observatory address in Gorham, has had its own (which gets its mail in North problems with GPS-addicted travelers. Conway), the Mount Washington “It is frustrating,” said Triffitt, who Auto Road (which gets its mail in Concrete has included exact coordinates Gorham), and the Cog Railroad (71.22580 Long., 44.28850 Lat.) in their (which gets its mail in Bretton publications and doesn’t even include a Woods). zip code on their web site. “People are If that is so, then you might ask • Insulated Concrete Walls • Pads trying to find us and we have no physi- what is the purpose of the Mount cal address.” Washington zip code? This question • Walkways Charlie Kenison, who operates the was posed to Todd Skulnik, Cog Railway, jokes that the confusion Information officer for the U.S. “is super for Howard Wemyss (manager Postal Service, who provides the fol- of the Mount Washington Auto Road).” lowing response: “03589 is the zip He says the problem has grown over the code for a Contract Postal Unit at the Landscaping & Excavation last three years with the increased use of summit of Mt. Washington operated GPS systems. The bulk of the problem by one contract (non-postal) employ- has been with the Mount Washington ee. It does no street delivery and has • Lawns • Mulching • Patios zip code, but he’s also seen confusion no PO boxes. It does everything else a between the Twin Mountain (03595) regular Post Office does with the and Bretton Woods (03575) postal exception of mail delivery and selling • Culture Stone Walls • Stumps, codes. This, although, is a much easier money orders. It is a seasonal office problem to solve with people like Betty that operates from June 20 until the Gilman, who runs the Twin Mountain Saturday before Columbus Day. Brush & Tree Removal • Backhoe Information Booth, who are able to About 80 percent of their customers guide wayward tourists in the right are tourists, the number of which is direction. She finds many lost travelers not available to us, and the other 20 looking for the Cog near the Troop F percent are hikers.” ▲ Cleaning Services State Police Headquarters, on Route House Cleaning ~ Weekly or Monthly Construction Cleanups and more! Winter Maintenance Plowing & Sanding • Snow Removal for Residential Professional Painting Interior and Exterior, Commercial and Residential

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Police Chief Ed Wagner to be this year’s guest conductor at Cranmore Resort Enjoy free Symphony Pops Concert Under the Stars, July 31 ON THURSDAY, JULY 31, ARTS Jubilee presents the annual Free Symphony Pops Concert Under the Stars followed by spectacular fireworks. This concert is the area’s most popular outdoor concert and has been enjoyed by a diverse audience of kids to great-grandparents for 25 years. In addition to familiar classics, the audience will find lots of opportunities to sing along with many pops favorites. This is the concert that is traditionally ended with the 1812 Overture, Stars and Stripes and awesome fireworks! As always, Arts Jubilee will honor a community contributor as the guest conductor of John Phillip Sousa’s March. And the secret is out — Arts Jubilee’s guest conductor honor goes to Chief Ed Wagner of the Conway Police Department! “This is a really great opportunity to say thank you to the constant care Arts Jubilee receives from Conway’s police officers, especially on symphony night when we expect a large audience,” said Cindy Russell, Executive Director of Arts Jubilee. “The entire department has always been there for us, and gives of their time helping keep the traffic flow- ing smoothly. It’s time we said an ‘offi- cial’ thank you!" It was in 1982 that the first-ever symphony pops concert took place in Mt. Washington Valley, and its success was the impetus for the birth of Arts Jubilee in 1983. There has been a symphony pops concert on the schedule every year.

Page A6 - The Mountain Ear, Thursday, July 24, 2008 Last year’s Pop Concert Under the Stars drew a crowd of thousands to the slopes of Cranmore Resort, where North Conway Fire Chief Pat Preece was honored as guest conductor. (Photo Courtesy of Arts Jubilee)

The choice of music has always been In addition to the opportunity to designed to present ‘something for make a contribution during a collection everyone’ and this year’s program will in the audience, the Arts Jubilee Board continue that goal. of Directors has worked to come up “We will be performing ‘March of with some fun ways to support Arts the Toreadors’ from Carmen as the Jubilee and be entered to win prizes at opener, followed by ‘The Emperor the same time. The Annual Arts Jubilee Waltz’ by Johann Strauss,” said Clayton Raffle will be available at each concert. Poole, Music Director and Conductor Tickets are $10 for a book of 7, and buy- of the Northeast Symphony Orchestra. ers are entered to win at all three con- “The program will also observe Leroy certs. Over 50 prizes will be drawn dur- Anderson’s 100th birthday by featuring ing the summer, including gifts from the violin section on ‘Fiddle Faddle’ and area restaurants and shops. we’ll pay musical tribute to two This summer, in addition to the Broadway shows: West Side Story and annual raffle, a new super prize will be Jesus Christ Superstar. The audience featured at each concert called the will enjoy a world premier performance “Jubilee Jackpot.” Tickets for the of a new arrangement of Summer Pop Jubilee Jackpot will be limited to 100 tunes from the 1960s specifically written and are available at $20 each. The for this concert entitled ‘Summer Jubilee Jackpot featured at the July 31 Nostalgia Medley,’ and we will feature concert will be a “Vacation Package” former Buddy Rich and Frank Sinatra provided through the generosity of WE CAN PRINT YOUR LOGO OR NAME alto saxophonist, Mr. Mark Pinto, on Eastern Slope Inn Resort. A seven-night three orchestra pieces that feature his RCI vacation for four people at the RCI ON ANY PRODUCT jazz artistry on alto saxophone. I’m sure resort of your choice will be the prize our enthusiastic Arts Jubilee audience for this $20 — a 1 in 100 chance! Worth Screenprinting, Promotional Products, will find this concert to be an exciting over $2,100, this jackpot prize is good Digital Printing, Custom Greeting Cards, and varied program.” for one year, and offers a great vacation Embroidery and more. Plan to arrive in time to enjoy the opportunity for four people. early concert beginning at 6 p.m., fea- For more information call 1-800 OFF THE BEATEN PATH, INC. turing a performance by notable Valley SUN ’N SKI or visit the Arts Jubilee performers Dennis O’Neil and Davey webpage at www.mwvevents.com. ▲ (603) 447-2500 Armstrong, also known as “Four Feet www.picturesonproducts.com Two Shoes.” Dennis and Davey’s music is greatly influenced by traditional Irish and Scottish ballads, jigs and reels, and flavored with touches of reggae, and rock & roll. Their rapport with any COUNTRY AUCTION audience, young and old, is warm and instant and they perform at venues JULY 26TH 11:00AM throughout New England. Arts Jubilee is fortunate to receive this annual early PREVIEW JULY 26TH 9AM TO 11AM performance on Symphony Night as a gift from Dennis and Davey. Nikki & Steve’s Sprouts Farm Concerts are held on Thursday nights at Cranmore Mountain in North 239 Elm Street Conway Village. Travelers will find easy Lancaster, NH 03584 access to Cranmore with convenient parking nearby and indoor restroom (603)631-2213 OR 631-2214 facilities. There are really two different performances each night, with an early concert presented by area local per- Antique Civil War swords, MARX tin litho doll house, antique barber chair, vintage Coke machines, Fairbanks scale, formers beginning at 6 p.m. followed by antique rugs, hand-stitched quilts, vintage toys, antique books, ephemera, furniture, jewelry, tools, brew mania, the main concert. Concert goers are glassware, and so much more. Cash, good checks, & credit / debit cards accepted. 200 to 300 lots requested to bring their own blankets or Food will be provided by the Cabot Restaurant. lawn chairs, and a picnic supper, or to enjoy food from the barbecue and a All items are sold “As is, where is,” and there will be a 10% Buyer’s Premium. variety of beverages — including wine For auction photos, visit www.auctionzip.com and beer — on the deck of Zip’s Pub, NH Auctioneers: Nikki and Stephen Wooster-Goodwin Lic. 4082 & 4083 presented by the Cranmore food staff.

The Mountain Ear, Thursday, July 24, 2008 - Page A7 Award recipients at the recent Valley Focus & Folks award presentation ceremony for the Kennett High School Key Club included (left to right) Victoria Belkin - recipi- Ceremony included ent of Key Clubber of Year installation of next year’s officers Award & President’s Board Member of the Year Award; Chelsey Rothermel - this year’s KHS Key Club ends school year President and recipient of Leadership Award; and Brita with awards banquet Larson - recipient of President’s Board Member of NORTH CONWAY — At a recent representatives for next year are Seniors the Year Award and joint banquet meeting of the Kennett Sam Burroughs and Ariel Starkey, Fundraising Award. High School Key Club and its sponsor- Juniors Christopher Andreani and (Courtesy Photo) ing Kiwanis Club of Mount Washington Andrew Clark, and Sophomores Otto Valley, awards were presented for out- Frankowski and Mare Sceggell Victoria Belkin and Brita Larson (drums) and Marshal Cassell (guitar) standing achievement during the 2007- (Freshman Representatives will be elect- were selected by outgoing President provided entertainment for the festivi- 2008 school year, and officers and class ed in the fall). They were officially Chelsey Rothermel for the President’s ties. reps were installed for Key Club for the installed by Courtney Simonds from Award, which is given to the most out- Kennett Key Club had over 150 stu- 2008-2009 school year. Kennett, who is the New England standing member of Kennett Key Club’s dents contribute to community service The newly installed 2008-2009 offi- District Lieutenant Governor for our Board of Directors. Brita Larson and this year, and 58 of them received an cers for Kennett Key Club are President region. Ariel Starkey received the Fund-Raising exemplary participation award (equiva- Meagan Perley, Vice President Victoria Awards were also presented for out- Award. Cassie Callahan and Chris lent to lettering in Key Club) at this Belkin, Secretary Abigail Cassell, standing performances during the 2007- McCarthy received the “Opus Award” year’s banquet. The Club accomplished Treasurer Casper Van Coesant, Editor 2008 school year. Victoria Belkin for the members most epitomizing the several important fund-raising efforts Christopher Duprey, Sergeant-at-Arms received the “Sandy Smith Key Clubber ideals of Key Club. Sarah Fauver, for charities and several hands-on com- Heather Canavari, and Public Relations of the Year Award” for greatest overall Caroline Sanborn, Mare Sceggell and munity service projects both in school Chair Heather Purnell. contribution by a member to the Club Becca Skelton received the “Helping and in the community generally. They Two elected representatives from and its objectives. Outgoing President Hand Award” for the members giving were recognized as being the top overall each class were also installed to the Key Chelsey Rothermel was presented the greatest effort to Key Club service Key Club in all of New England for the Club Board of Directors to assist the Kennett's “Sandy Nininger Award” for projects. Key Club members Sean 11th consecutive year. ▲ officers in running the Club. The class outstanding leadership achievement. Donovan (vocals), Victoria Belkin Dogs from puppy mill seizure available for foster-to-adopt CONWAY — The dogs that were seized from a puppy mill in February and that have been in the care of the Conway Area Humane Society since then are ready to go to homes on a foster-to-adopt basis. The dogs will remain the property of the State of Maine until all court pro- ceedings are completed, which could take as long as a year. During the foster time period the State of Maine will cover the medical costs of these animals. Anyone interested in the foster-to- adopt program is welcome to come meet the dogs and fill out the necessary paperwork at the Conway Area Humane Society. For information on donating, volun- teering or adopting, visit the shelter online at conwayshelter.org or call 447- 5955. The shelter is located at 223 East Main Street in Conway. ▲ Financial Aid available at The Community School for 2008-09 TAMWORTH — The Community School has announced the increased availability of financial aid for students enrolling in the fall. A number of donors made gifts restricted to use for scholarships, increasing the total amount available to new and returning students in the 2008-09 school year. The Community School is unique in the region. The fully-accredited day school, for students in grades 7-12, combines hands-on education with small classes, travel, exploration of and work on our 310-acre campus, and a college preparatory curriculum. Students learn to work together, solve problems, and develop a strong love of place. It is an ideal setting for students who love to explore as they learn. For more information, to request an admissions package, or to tour the school, call Director Jenny Rowe at 323-7000. ▲

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The Mountain Ear, Thursday, July 24, 2008 - Page A13 Farm offers a wide variety of organic produce to local residents Community School Farm is a ...

Geoff smiles with delight at his garlic while Julianne tends her crop.

Text & Photos by Linda Tucker Contributing Writer

t’s always exhilarating to meet a man with a great passion. Even if that passion is for, well … Produce. That’s right. IProduce. “I love growing lettuce. It’s so beautiful. Just look at it. There’s nothing more ridiculously beautiful than lettuce. This stuff is phenomenal,” raves Geoffrey Hancock, Garden Manager at the Community School Farm in South Tamworth. He also gets keyed up talking about garlic, beets, potatoes, tomatoes, turnips, melons, fennel, kale and just about every other crop growing at the farm. Smiling broadly he warns me, “I could talk about vegetables all day.” By the time Geoff finished giving me mising the ability of future generations a half-hour tour of the gardens, his to meet their own needs. infectious excitement had my taste buds The Brundtland Commission, for- tantalized and my mouth watering for a mally the World Commission on sample of the freshly grown vegetables. Environment and Development Nestled snugly between the (WCED), known by the name of its Sandwich Range and the Ossipee Chair, Gro Harlem Brundtland, was Mountain Range, and bordering the convened by the United Nations in Bearcamp River, the four-acre certified 1983. The commission was created to organic farm operates as an educational address growing concern “about the tool for the school and community and accelerating deterioration of the human provides a local, sustainably grown, food environment and natural resources and source. the consequences of that deterioration According to Wikipedia, sustainable for economic and social development.” development, a phrase coined by the In establishing the commission, the Brundtland Commission, is most often UN General Assembly recognized that defined as development that meets the environmental problems were global in needs of the present without compro- nature and determined that it was in the SUMMER SALE! 9AM - 6PM Daily ALL ANNUALS – $1.50 pack HIGH QUALITY Perennials - Great Selection - $1.00 per pot Super selection of trees and shrubs! Farm Prices! SULLIVAN GREENHOUSES Life Everlasting Farm, Rte. 135S, 268 Elm Street 2 1/2 miles from downtown Lancaster • 603-788-2034 Thank you for supporting family farms

Page A14 - The Mountain Ear, Thursday, July 24, 2008 garden of wholesome delights

The farm stand at The Community School in Tamworth

common interest of all nations to estab- In order to effect that change, the Agricultural) program. us to think of the whole needs of a fam- lish policies for sustainable develop- farm has five stated goals: operating as ily. We’re not producing just one or two ment. an educational tool for The Community kinds of food; we’re trying to meet the Geoff would like to see more of the School; providing a local, sustainably CSA a membership food needs of an entire community.” Mt. Washington Valley community grown food source for the community; program “For people’s commitment to our embrace his fervor towards sustainable providing a structure for community “CSA is a membership program,” farm, we provide better-than-wholesale farming. Says he, “What we need is a building; serving as an outreach entity explains Geoff. “Members pay for shares prices for members’ food. We’re very society that’s changing its attitude for The Community School and reach- ahead of time and each week they get a competitive with our prices. Last season, towards agriculture and food systems. ing financial sustainability. Geoff and certain amount of vegetables. They get a members received 40 percent more mar- We, the small local farmer, would like to the school community believe these load of whatever happens to be in sea- ket value of food than their subscription be in a place where we can be a real serv- goals are best achieved through their son. It’s a great way to get the communi- ice to the community.” CSA (Community Supported ty involved in the farm and it challenges FARM continues Page A16

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The Mountain Ear, Thursday, July 24, 2008 - Page A15 Farm Continued from Page A15

Becky Fahey practices hands-on gardening

paid for. And it’s a lot of fun. Members “Members pay for shares ahead of time and each week market in Tamworth might be one of come to the farm; they can pick their the most extraordinary small town mar- own flowers and herbs. A lot of them they get a certain amount of vegetables. They get a load kets I’ve ever seen as far as the diversity bring their kids or dogs, or whatever. It’s of whatever happens to be in season. It’s a great way of producers, and the number of com- a social event.” to get the community involved in the farm and it challenges us munity participants … everything about The CSA season lasts for 14 weeks, it. It’s pretty remarkable,” he states. “It’s beginning in July and continuing to think of the whole needs of a family. We’re not just such a treat. Every week I look for- through the first week of October. producing just one or two kinds of food; we’re trying ward to that market. It runs every There is also a summer-only option for to meet the food needs of an entire community.” Saturday morning from 9 a.m. to noon 10 weeks running through July and in downtown Tamworth. Get there early August. On pick-up days, produce is dis- — Geoffrey Hancock because stuff flies!” played and members pack their own thing, and isn’t the reason that we are great strides and reduced our budgeted bags. farming in the first place, we need to deficit by half.” One hundred “The CSA program is integral to the find a way to reach financial sustainabil- This season the farm is committed to long-term sustainability of our farm,” ity. We need 12 more members for this providing more opportunities for mem- percent organic continues Geoff. “Unfortunately, we season. We have 60 shares out there bers to become involved in the opera- One hundred percent of the food receive less money for our vegetables right now. Some people split a member- tion of the farm. They are also commit- grown at the Community Farm is certi- through the CSA than through direct ship. Each year we get closer to our ted to creating more events for members fied organic. Organic gardening focuses marketing. Although money isn’t every- financial goals. This past year we made to come together to enjoy the farm that on producing healthy vegetables they support. Many members choose to through natural methods, which means work for 10 hours per season to receive no chemical pesticides or fertilizers. The a reduced CSA share cost. The cost is soil is built through composting, reduced by $50 for 10 hours of volun- mulching, and cover cropping. At the teer time. farm, they manage pests by organic pest ON In addition to the CSA component, control, hand picking and by companion SALE! the Farm sells its produce at the planting. Tamworth Farmers Market and at their Many plants have natural substances Did you know? farm stand located at the farm. They in their roots, flowers, leaves, etc., that also have some wholesale accounts and can alternately repel and/or attract Jen’s Friends is currently supporting donate food to pantries. insects. For example, nasturtium are “Donating to the pantries is an well-known to attract caterpillars, so 28 local cancer patients. important piece to us,” Geoff says. “It planting them alongside or around veg- doesn’t help the bottom line, but it’s the etables such as lettuce or cabbage will Help your neighbor, your friend, right thing to do when we can do it.” protect them, as the egg-laying insects your co-worker... According to Geoff, “The farmers’ will tend to prefer the nasturtium. This 5 messages to choose from Your choice of 5 inspirational charms on a unisex leather Fa it h , necklace just $35, with all proceeds Hope, to benefit your friends and Courage, neighbors through Jen’s Friends. Believe Wear a Jen’s Friends Amulet as a & Strength. symbol of support and help a local! The Jen’s Friends Amulet may be purchased at the following business locations: SWEET CORN Fields of Ambrosia, Langdon's Mercantile, The Memorial Hospital, The MET, Blueberries, Raspberries, Zucchini, Summer Squash, North Country Fair Jewelers, Old Village Barbershop and Spruce Hurricane Tomatoes, Beet Greens, Peas, Lettuce, and Green Beans or call Jen’s Friends at 603-356-5083

Page A16 - The Mountain Ear, Thursday, July 24, 2008 Looks like a plentiful crop in the making

is called a trap crop. Crops that suffer from greenfly and other aphids may benefit from the proximity of marigolds — these smell bad to aphids and attract hoverflies, a predator of aphids, and are also said to deter other pests. Weeds are controlled through mulching and a whole lot of hand weeding. Using these methods provides healthier and safer foods. “We work pretty hard rotating our crops around in order to manage our fertility and our pest problems,” says Geoff. “We work to provide a quality product and strive to follow all appropri- ate, even voluntary, organic guidelines. “We have lots of folks helping out part-time and a couple of full-time people. We have two half-time people who A delectable tend the perennial herb and flower gar- crop of dens. People in the CSA program can lettuce pick as many of the flowers as they want; it’s one of the perks of the program.” During the summer, staffing consists of community volunteers, paid employees, students and former students of the Community School. “People come from all over,” Geoff says. “We have them many farmers in Tamworth who are very Other Community Saturday, Aug. 23, from 6 to 9 p.m., on coming from Wolfeboro, Conway, helpful and wonderful, but Tom has the Garden Stage. The cost is $5 adults, Intervale, Madison, Eaton, Center been there for me all the way. He’s a School events $2 children to cover the cost of the Harbor, and of course, Tamworth and titan in the small organic farming world. Additional summer events that are sound system. Food will be available for Sandwich. In the spring and fall we work I owe him, and Don and Bruce from scheduled at the Community School purchase. with the students studying agriculture, Meadowood, a huge debt of gratitude in include Community “Localvore” din- As a 501c3 non-profit organization, helping them to understand food sys- helping me to do things right.” ners on July 9 and Aug. 13, from 6 to 8 the Community School Garden also tems and our role in the changing food Prior to coming to the Farm about p.m. The meals are made almost exclu- welcomes any and all donations. They economy. In exchange, they do a lot of two years ago Geoff was employed as a sively from locally-raised and produced have a few on-going projects that are in work for us on the farm.” public school teacher. Now his job foods: beef from South Tamworth, need of funding. In order to finish Geoff credits his love of farming to allows him to combine his dedication to organic vegetables from the Farm gar- installing wiring for heating the green- growing up in a gardening family in teaching with his ardor for farming. den, berries from Conway and much houses, overhauling a donated dump Maine. He gained knowledge of organic During the summer, the school holds more. The dinners are free, but dona- truck and providing some half-priced gardening through a former position at “Sustainable Saturday” workshops fea- tions will be gratefully accepted towards shares to lower income people, they are the Meadowood Organic Farm in turing such topics as “Edible the school’s scholarship fund. seeking tax deductible contributions Yarmouth, Maine. Landscaping,” “Preserving the Harvest: On Thursday, July 24, from 6 to 9 from interested donors. “The two men that run that are Canning Workshops and Open p.m., the school will host its third annu- To learn more about The Community geniuses,” states Geoff. “They’ve been Kitchen,” “Compost, Cover Cropping, al “Bluegrass on the Bearcamp” concert. School and Organic Garden, or to join doing it a long time and they taught me Building Your Soil,” “Seed Saving Bring a picnic or buy a BBQ dinner. the CSA, make a donation or to reserve everything I know. After that, the person Workshop,” and more. The cost for a Bring a lawn chair or blanket. Rain or space for a workshop or event, call 323- who has probably been most instrumen- workshop is $10/adult and $3 for partic- shine. The cost is $10 per person or $25 7000 or visit their website at www.commu- tal since I’ve come to the Community ipants under 18. Free childcare is proper family. ni tyschoolnh.org. ▲ Farm has been Tom Earle. There are vided for children under eight years. An Open Mic Night will be held

The Mountain Ear, Thursday, July 24, 2008 - Page A17 Business News

Keeler worked most recently at Attitash Keeler hired as Director of Marketing

Philip Swanson and Sales at Cannon Mtn. 986-6389 FRANCONIA NOTCH — Cannon operations experience with him to Stunning49 Wild Log View cabin Estates,with sweeping Bartlett views. An16 Elegant New Mirror Madbury, Lake home Jacksonwith views to Mountain has hired a full-time Director Franconia Notch,” stated John DeVivo, Enjoy the craftsmanship and warmth of Iron Mountain. Move from a formal dining of Sales and Marketing to oversee on General Manager at Cannon Mountain this truly exceptional, furnished mountain room with tray ceiling and antique crystal home. Stainless steel kitchen, hardwood chandelier to a warm and inviting eat-in and off-site efforts for the ski area, as and Franconia Notch State Park. “His floors, soaring cathedral ceilings and a huge kitchen with granite countertops and bay win- well as Franconia Notch State Park. mixture of youth and experience, and his master bedroom suite. Soak in the Jacuzzi dows. Then enjoy the cathedral ceilings and Greg Keeler of Conway started this new solid grasp on technology and opera- tub or play a game of Pool with friends. The gas fireplace in the great room and a huge perfect Wt. Mountain ski get-a-way. master bedroom suite. Exclusive Listing. position on Monday, July 7. tional marketing will help tremendously Brian McAllister MLS# 2724715 Call Paul $645,000 MLS#2650102 Call Paul $509,000 986-0709 Keeler comes to Cannon Mountain as we continue charging forward with with well over a decade of ski and recre- our three- to five-year creative and ation industry experience. Most recent- strategic plan for both the ski area and ly, he was the Marketing Services and the state park. I’ve seen Greg's work, Interactive Manager at Attitash Resort, both up close and from a distance for specializing in brand management and over a decade now, and we're very excit- utilizing interactive technology to take ed to have him on board.” that message to the marketplace. He’s “Cannon Mountain and Franconia Unobstructed views from Attitash ski area Rob Ruppel Soaring views from this large open also a professional photographer and Notch State Park are signature New 986-2002 chalet, dramatic brick fireplace centered across to snow covered Mt. Washington! 3 in the living area accompanied by walls bedroom 2 bath summit at Linderhof with videographer, and in addition to helping Hampshire destinations with unique of tall windows looking out to the moun- 2nd floor private master suite; fully furnished build and manage the Attitash website history and I am proud to be a part of tains. Beach rights for summer fun, and with great entertainment center, fireplace, rental history as well! updated appliances, and Pergo-type floors. over the last several years, has built its the new energy, focus and rediscovery of MLS 2709139 Call Stefan $219,900 MLS# 2695034 Call Stefan $255,000 photo and video studio and library. Prior the mountain and the park,” said Keeler. to his time at Attitash, he served with Keeler has a degree in Local and the State of Rhode Island for five years Regional Planning from Plymouth State as the Statewide Bicycle Planning and University. Programming Coordinator. For more information on Cannon Stefan Karnopp “Greg brings a wide range of ski and Mountain, visit www.cannonmt.com or 986-8323 recreation industry sales, marketing and call 823-8800. ▲ Charming and bright country condo. White Mountain Gold! Charming & Neat as a pin & move-in ready. This Bright 3 bedroom home On over an acre two bedroom + Loft unit in Intervale in Conway. Gas fireplace, Landscaped has Great Views, Gas Fireplace & lot, lovingly maintained and Priced to Comes with great Furnishings. A sell. A must see property! Must See, Turn Key. MLS# 2704655 Call Paul $184,900 Twin Mountain/Bretton Woods! MLS #2652529 Call Paul $145,900 “Honest, Assertive & Creative” Mount Washington Paul Mayer 387-7737 603-383-8080 www.Black-Bear-Realty.com and Local Mountain Views! Patch’s Market Place PO Box 60, Glen, NH 03838 Two stories, 3+ bedrooms, 2 fireplaces, 2-car garage, Silver Lake to Bretton Woods - Charming Homes – Country Inns - Building Lots - Vacation Condos - Investment Property 1 1 ⁄2 baths and many recent updates have been done (includes new roof, siding and interior plumbing and electrical updates.) Property is in the Residential/Business District of the Village with rights to many possible uses. Only minutes to Bretton Woods and Cannon Mountain ski areas. FOR SALE BY OWNER $224,500! Some Owner Financing Available!!! Contact Robert: 444-0273 or 616-7956 Real Estate Showcase

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For more information please contact Bob Kantack • Attitash Realty (603) 374-6514 • 888-782-9268 Attitash Mountain Village • Rt. 302, Bartlett, NH • www.AttitashRealty.com

Page A18 - The Mountain Ear, Thursday, July 24, 2008 Fraser formerly worked at Attitash GREAT SPACE as Group Sales Manager @ GREAT RATE IN LITTLETON, NH Cranmore welcomes 1 mile from I-93 and Route 302 JACKSON, NEW HAMPSHIRE 3,900 SF Available 3BR, 2 Bath Home, approx. 1 Acre with spectacular Ideal for Sales Manager Krissy Fraser views, great room with cathedral ceiling and working Warehouse/Light Manufacturing NORTH CONWAY — Cranmore fireplace, den, galley kitchen with breakfast bar, deck, Brokers Protected Mountain Resort is proud to welcome to carport, A/C, W/D, $450,000. Additional lot available Call Joel: its family Krissy Fraser, Group Sales $150,000. Call 301-229-8991. [email protected] 917-804-6009 Manager. Gross rental income approx. $20,000 yr. Fraser brings a wealth of marketing, sales and event planning knowledge to Cranmore. Her prior experience includes several years as Group Sales Manager at Attitash Mountain in Bartlett. In her new role at Cranmore, Fraser looks forward to working with youth groups, Valley lodging partners and others who wish to explore the joy of winter sports at Cranmore Mountain with their families, coworkers, members and other associations. “We are pleased to have such an experienced and highly-regarded professional like Krissy heading up our sales team,” stated Cranmore Marketing Director Kathy Bennett. “She knows Mt. Washington Valley and understands the ski industry well. She will be an invaluable team member and we look forward to having her as part of the Cranmore family.” Fraser will be on-board with Cranmore General Manager Ben Wilcox Cranmore starting July 28. For more (back row, left) and Marketing Director information on Cranmore Mountain Kathy Bennett (back row, right) welcome Resort, home to summer’s Arts Jubilee Krissy Fraser, Group Sales Manager, to concerts and Camp Cranmore, call 356- the Cranmore team. David R. Haine Real Estate 5544 or visit www.cranmore.com. ▲ (Photo courtesy of Cranmore Mountain) Native, Reliable Real Estate Service REALTOR At the Intersection of Routes 16 & 153, Conway Village Multiple Listing Service LICENSED IN 603-447-5023/447-3871 NH & ME email: [email protected] • website: davidrhainerealestate.com

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Page A20 - The Mountain Ear, Thursday, July 24, 2008 Entertainment Arts Recreation Liz Clark Golson stars as Sally Bowles in Mt. Washington && Valley Theatre Company’s production of “Cabaret,” playing now through Aug. 2 at Eastern Slope Inn Playhouse in North Conway. For reservations, call the Box Office at 356-5776. Or visit the website at: www.mwvtheatre.org

Jesse Luttrell, recently seen as Munkustrap in Mt. Washington Valley Theatre Company's production of “Cats,” returns as the Emcee in “Cabaret,” playing now through Aug. 2 at Eastern Slope Inn Playhouse in North Conway. (Photos courtesy of MWV Theatre Co.) Acclaimed musical runs now through Aug. 2 MWVTC presents ‘Cabaret’ at the Eastern Slope Playhouse ife is a cabaret, old chum!” very difficult changing times. became the center of European cabaret even embarrassment. It was avant-garde sings out the philosophy of What were the cabarets? The nightlife. The cabarets’ success and pop- adult theatre with a sexually charged “LSally Bowles who burst into cabarets were entertainments, estab- ularity grew so quickly that soon people atmosphere. This was the world of Sally life in “Cabaret,” one of the most cele- lished with the intention of creating a were being turned away at the doors. Bowles. brated musicals of all time. With book safe haven for the artists to display their Aristocratic and government officials Originally entitled “Welcome to by Joe Masteroff, lyrics by Fred Ebb, work in front of audiences, and their fel- wanted to attend the cabarets, even Berlin,” the musical “Cabaret” is based and music by John Kander, the 1966 low artists and directors. It was a breed- though they were often the targets of on John Van Druten's play “I Am A Broadway production became a hit, ing ground for sociopolitical commen- protest of the sociopolitical art being Camera.” Set in 1929-1930 Berlin on spawning an acclaimed 1972 film and tary and protest that reflected the beliefs presented. The cabarets presented any the eve of the Nazis’ rise to power. It numerous subsequent productions, each and emotions of those artists. form of bizarre performance, no matter focuses on life at the seedy Kit Kat Klub with a different “take” on pre-WW II By the 1920s, in the wake of the how extreme, with the strict intention of Germany and how people responded to German loss of World War I, Berlin causing the audience discomfort and CABARET continues Page B3

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A master of ragtime, stride and classic piano Butch Thompson performs at Deertrees Theatre, July 26 In a career spanning 40 years, pianist Hall. Cheatham and Nicholas Payton" and Butch Thompson has earned a world- After two years in an Army band dur- "Bethlehem After Dark" the ninth wide reputation as the master of rag- ing the ’60s, Thompson returned to release in his continuing series "The time, stride, and classic jazz piano. Minnesota. While studying Latin 88s," produced by Mason Daring and Although he spends much of his time on American music at the University of distributed by Rounder Records. This tour in the U.S. and internationally, he Minnesota, he spent some time in well-known series also includes "Butch also performs with symphony orchestras Ecuador and wrote music based on that and Doc," an album of duets with the such as the Hartford Symphony, the St. country’s folk tunes. His Ecuadorean late trumpeter Doc Cheatham; and Louis Symphony, the Minnesota Suite, based on those early pieces, was “Thompson Plays Joplin,” a CD devot- Orchestra, and the Cairo (Egypt) premiered by the Minnesota Orchestra ed to the music of Scott Joplin. A new Symphony. with Thompson at the piano in June CD,"Butch Thompson on Tour" was Perhaps best known for his 12-year 1998. recorded in England. In addition to his stint as house pianist and band leader on During the ’70s and ’80s, he toured career as a performer, Thompson writes public radio's A Prairie Home widely in Europe. In 1985, to commem- articles and reviews on jazz and pro- Companion, Thompson will be per- orate the 100th birthday of jazz cornetist duces his own weekly radio show, Jazz forming at Deertrees Theatre in Joe “King” Oliver, he formed his eight- Originals on KBEM radio in Harrison, Maine on Saturday, July 26, at piece King Oliver Centennial Band for Minneapolis. 8 p.m. tours in Switzerland, Germany, and Tickets are $20 and are available Thompson was born and raised in England. through the Deertrees Box Office at Marine on the St. Croix, a small river During the early ’90s, Thompson 207-583-6747 and on-line at town in Minnesota, where he was play- began an association with the off- www.deertreestheatre.org. ▲ ing Christmas carols on his mother's Broadway show Jelly Roll! The Music upright piano by age three. He studied and the Man, which won Obie Lucille clarinet in high school, and led his first Lortell and Outer Critics Circle awards professional jazz group as a senior. At as best off-Broadway musical of 1995. 18, he made his initial pilgrimage to Thompson worked onstage with the Best Friend Weekend — New Orleans where he befriended and show in New York and on several studied with the late clarinetist George national tours through 1997. Passion for Pets Animal Fair set for July 26 Lewis, and was one of the few non-New His recent recordings include the Orleanians to appear at Preservation Grammy-winning Verve release, “Doc Passion for Pets Animal Fair to be held at Fryeburg Fairgrounds EVERY FRIDAY What are you doing Saturday, July your pets. During your visit you can Gift Certificates Available Bargain Matinees Daily 26? Do you love pets? Then why not meet with representatives from over 15 Steak & Shrimp Dinner STEP BROTHERS E 1:15, 4:30, 7:10, 9:20 stop by the first annual Best Friend animal shelters and rescue groups THE X-FILES: I WANT TO BELIEVE C 1:30, 4:00, Weekend~Passion for Pets Animal Fair (including horse and ferret rescues) who For Two! 7:00, 9:10 at the Fryeburg Fairgrounds in will be showcasing some of their adopt- THE DARK KNIGHT C 12:10, 1:00, 3:10, 4:10, 6:30, Fryeburg, Maine? able pets. Maybe you can meet your $25.95 7:30, 9:25 Western Maine Pet Project, Inc. and next best friend, or learn about the pro- SPACE CHIMPS A 12:30, 2:30, 4:40 I Believe Dog Rescue, in conjunction grams and possibilities for involvement JOURNEY TO THE CENTER OF THE EARTH B 6:50, 8:55 with Harvest Hills Animal Shelter, with these worthwhile organizations. At EVERY SUNDAY HANCOCK C 12:00, 2:10, 4:20, 6:40, 8:45 proudly welcome you (and your pets) to the least, you will be showing your sup- WALL-E A 12:00, 2:10, 4:20, 6:40, 8:45 a fun-filled event dedicated to animals port just by stopping by and chatting and the people who love them. with the employees and volunteers of “All You Can Eat” Admission is free and gates open at 10 shelters and rescues dedicated to taking Champagne Brunch Buffet a.m. care of homeless animals. MAMMA MIA! C Fri: 4:20, 7:00, 9:30; Best Friend Weekend~Passion for Some of the highlights of Best Friend Sat & Sun: 2:00, 4:20, 7:00, 9:30; $15.95 Mon to Thu: 4:20, 7:00, 9:30 Pets Animal Fair is all about you and Weekend~Passion for Pets Animal Fair HELLBOY II: THE GOLDEN ARMY C include pet demonstrations (speed dog- Fri: 4:20, 7:00, 9:30; Sat & Sun: 2:00, 4:20, 7:00, 9:30; ging, carting, etc.), a pet parade, good Mon to Thu: 4:20, 7:00, 9:30 food (the people and pet kind), and pet AFFORDABLE, UNCROWDED 603-383-9111 Times for Friday-Thursday, July 25-31, 2008 supply vendors where you can find that & FAMILY FRIENDLY 179 Carter Notch Road perfect gift for your own pet. 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Page B2 - The Mountain Ear, Thursday, July 24, 2008 Convy as Cliff, Lotte Lenya as Fräulein Cabaret Schneider, Jack Gilford as Herr Schultz, and Joel Grey as the Emcee. Continued from Page B1 The first London production opened in 1968, starring (now Dame) and revolves around the English cabaret Judi Dench as Sally. performer, Sally Bowles, her relation- There have been three major ship with young American writer, Cliff London revivals and two major Bradshaw, and the doomed romance Broadway re-workings of the show. A between German boarding house owner, 1998 version, quite different from the Fräulein Schneider, and her elderly suit- original, changed the character of the or, Herr Schultz, a Jewish fruit vendor. Emcee, initially played by Joel Grey as Overseeing the action is the Emcee, who an androgynous, stiff, marionette-like presides as master of ceremonies at the character in a tuxedo with rouged Kit Kat Klub and serves as a metaphor cheeks, to the “new” highly sexualized for the state of society in Weimar emcee. Germany. How will its message be portrayed Masteroff, Kander and Ebb first to future generations? Styles and ver- wrote a play preceded by a prologue of nacular change, but Sally Bowles, the songs describing the Berlin atmosphere Kit Kat Klub and the beginnings of the from a wide variety of viewpoints, but it shocking, insidious march of Nazism quickly took on the structure of a more into Western Europe will be remem- traditional book musical, with the songs bered in productions of “Cabaret” for- dispersed between and evolving from ever. dialogue scenes. The show ultimately Mt. Washington Valley Theatre became two separate stories in one: the Company, which opened its 38th sum- first a revue centered on the decadence mer season with a successful run of of the Kit Kat Club; the second, a story “Cats,” presents “Cabaret” at Eastern set in the real world in which the club Slope Inn Playhouse, nightly except existed. The juxtaposition of scenes, Monday, from July 22 through Aug. 2. with songs used as exposition, and sepa- The songs and dancing are spectacular, rate cabaret numbers as social commen- the message powerful. This is not your tary, was a novel concept. grandmother’s “Cabaret”! Call the Box The original Broadway production, Office at 603-356-5776 for reserva- Grant Golson, who razzle-dazzled as Billy Flynn in Mt. Washington directed by Harold Prince, opened on tions. “Cabaret” is rated R. Parental Valley Theatre Company’s production of “Chicago” in 2004, returns Nov. 20, 1966, and ran for 1,165 per- discretion is advised. ▲ to Eastern Slope Inn Playhouse as Cliff Bradshaw in “Cabaret.” The formances. The opening night cast second show in MWVTC’s 38th summer season runs through Aug. 2. included Jill Haworth as Sally, Bert

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What to Do tion call 323-8023. Dragonflies and Damselflies. Join Tin Mountain Friday 25 Conservation Center’s naturalist from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. at the Nature Learning Center in Albany A.A. Meetings. There are several AA Meetings to learn about these beautiful insects. The pro- held daily throughout Carroll County. Call 1-800- gram is open to the public. Donations of $3 per 593-3330 or go to www.nhaa.net to find one near person or $5 per family are greatly appreciated. you. Members are free. For more information, call 447- Al-Anon. From 8 to 9 p.m. at the Gibson Center, 6991. corner of White Mountain Highway and Grove Food Drive and Yard Sale. The White Mountain Street in North Conway. Community Health Center located at 298 White Friday Painters’ Group. The Mt. Washington Mountain Highway in Conway will hold a yard Valley Arts Association’s Friday Painters’ Group sale and food drive from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. in the will be at Chocorua Lake. The group will meet at health center parking lot. For more information the bridge at 9 a.m. The group will meet at the contact Suze at 447-8900 x328. junction of Hurricane Mountain Road and Freedom Food Pantry. Open every second and Kearsarge Road. All are welcome. In the event of fourth Saturday during July and August from 10 rain, meet at the Swift River Covered Bridge in a.m. to noon for residents of Freedom, Effingham Conway. Call 356-0764 or 207-935-4079 for and Ossipee at the First Christian Church in information and directions.The group is free of Freedom Village. For more information call 539- charge. 2637. Interactive Musical Concert for Kids. The Hively Concert. Jane and Jonathan Hively will be Cook Memorial Library in Tamworth will present the featured artists at a concert hosted by the an interactive musical concert with singer/song- South Effingham and West Parsonsfield Citizens writer Jay Mankita for children and their families Organization at 7 p.m. in the South Effingham at 2 p.m. For more information about the show Church on Route 153 in Taylor City. Tickets for call the library at 323-8510. this event are $10 and can be obtained from Bill Just So Stories. The Mt. Washington Valley Taylor at 539-7910 or at Ye Olde Sale Shoppe on Theatre Company presents the NCCA/Papermill Route. 153. Concert on the Lawn Series. The Classic Rock and Roll Band "Ricky and The traveling Children’s Theatre Co. production of IMAI Concert. The International Musical Arts Giants" will perform at the Ossipee Town Hall on July 27 at 6:30 p.m. The Town Hall is “Just So Stories” at 10 and 11:30 a.m. at the Institute in Fryeburg, Maine will present located on Main Street in Center Ossipee. For more information please call 539-1307 or Eastern Slope Playhouse in North Conway. “Treasures from Russia - Music and Art” at 7:30 go to www.ossipeerec.org . Tickets are $6 per person. For more information p.m. at the Bion Cram Library at Fryeburg or ticket call the box office at 356-5776. Academy. The concert will feature an evening of Madwoman of Chaillot. The Denmark Arts chamber music by Russian composers of the 19th Canterbury Trails. The Fryeburg Walking will present summer concerts every Tuesday Center presents “The Madwoman of Chaillot,” a and 20th centuries, highlighted by a special exhibi- Group at St. Elizabeth Ann Seton Church walks evening throughout July and August at 6:30 p.m. play by Jean Giraudoux, adapted by Maurice tion of the art of Russian orphanage children. 1/2 to 1 mile on Mondays and Thursdays at 1 p.m. Music lovers of all ages are encouraged to bring Valency, tonight and tomorrow at 7:30 p.m. Admission at the door. For more details call 617- Rain or snow, we cancel. All welcome. Wear com- blankets, lawn chairs, family, and friends to Admission is $15 per person. The Arts Center is 965-4745 or 367-8661. fortable shoes and warm clothes. For more infor- Pequawket Park in downtown Conway for a vari- located at 50 West Main Street in Denmark, Lake Umbagog Canoe Trip. Join the Tin mation call Bebe Toor at 207-935-2068. ety of musical acts. The concerts are free and open Maine. For more information or to make reserva- Mountain Conservation Center staff on a canoe to the public. Donations are gratefully accepted tions, call 207-452-2057. Conway Dinner Bell. Conway Dinner Bell at the trip of Lake Umbagog National Wildlife Refuge Congregational Church (brown church) on Main and are used to help support Mountain Top Music Story Time in Denmark, Maine. The Denmark from 6:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Meet at the Old Jackson Street in Conway Village serves a free community Center. For more information on this event please Library will host story time on Fridays from 9:30 Town Hall. Bring binoculars and a hearty lunch. dinner from 5 to 6 p.m. All are welcome. For visit www.mountaintopmusic.org. to 11:30 a.m. For more information call 207-452- Use your own canoe/kayak or borrow ours. Space information call 447-3851. Family Barbeque Night. The Eagle Mountain 2200. is limited. Call 447-6991 for reservations. Gibson Center Programs. The Gibson Center House in Jackson will hold an all you can eat fam- Story Time in Effingham. The Effingham Public Stamp Show. The White Mountain Stamp Club for Senior Services in North Conway offers a ily barbeque night every Tuesday and Thursday Library hosts infant and toddler story time from will hold their annual WHIMOPEX stamp show number of activities and informational programs from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. All you can eat for $13.95 11 to 11:30 a.m. For more information call 539- from 9:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. at the North Conway for seniors, including yoga and mobility classes, a per person and $5.95 for children. Face painting 1537. Community Center on Main Street in North game day, computer labs, dances, support groups, and games for the kids. For more information or Story Time at MWV Children’s Museum. The Conway. Admission to the show is free. movies, health related service programs and trips. to make a reservation call 383-9090. MWV Children’s Museum presents its weekly Stars of Summer Talent Show. The Lovell Brick Call 356-3231 for details. Harrison House Resale Shoppe. The Harrison half-hour story time at 10 a.m. at the museum in Church for the Performing Arts in Lovell, Maine Prenatal Yoga. Monday morning yoga at the House Resale Shoppe located at the entrance of North Conway. Children from ages birth to six will be hosting its first Annual Stars of Summer Birth House in Bridgton, Maine from 9 to 10:30 the Conway Area Humane Society at 223 East years old are the focal audience for this fun and talent show at 7 p.m. This show is not a competi- a.m. To register for the eight weeks series contact Main Street in Conway will be open every informative story time. Call 356-2992 for more tion, it is for fun! It is limited to children of Lovell The Birth House at 207-647-5919. Eight weeks of Tuesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday from 10 information. entering first grade through age 18, or 2008 high yoga at $75 or $10 per session for walk-ins. a.m. to 3 p.m. Bring your donated items by, or school graduates. For more information contact come in and find a bargain. Proceeds benefit the Summer Art Show and Sale. The opening of Preschool Story Time in Lovell. The Charlotte Arts Council of Tamworth’s Annual Summer Art Susie Mosca at 925-3322, or at Conway Area Humane Society. For more informa- [email protected] Hobbs Memorial Library in Lovell, Maine is hold- tion contact the shelter at 447-5605. Show and Sale will be held from 7 to 9 p.m. at ing story time for preschoolers age five and under Runnells Hall in Chocorua. Evening reception, Tamworth Farmers’ Market. The Tamworth on Mondays at 10 a.m. For more information call Play Time for Young Children with Autism. with musical entertainment and refreshments. The Farmers’ Market will run every Saturday through 207-925-3177. The MWV Children's Museum will be hosting a show also continues on Saturday and Sunday from Columbus Day weekend from 9 a.m. to noon, rain weekly play time for young children with autism 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. each day. Many pieces will be or shine. The market is held at the Unitarian Quilt Making. The Freedom Christian Church called Puzzle Project Play Time. Puzzle Project available for purchase. This is an opportunity to Church parking lot at the intersection of Route Ladies Guild will meet every Monday, weather Play Time is every Tuesday from 4 to 6 p.m. at the meet the artists and have an early chance to buy 113 and Main Street in Tamworth Village. Anyone permitting from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. to make quilts MWV Children's Museum. The MWV your favorite selections. Free admission. For more wishing to participate in the farmers’ market can for charity. Bring a bag lunch. All welcome, no Children's Museum is located at 2936 White information call, 323-8104 or 323-7182. contact Bob at 323-2392 or Peg at 323-2368. matter age or ability. For more information call Mountain Highway in North Conway. Families Myrtle at 539-5831 or Polly at 539-8479. with young children with autism are encouraged Saturday 26 Sunday 27 Square Dance Workshop. The MWV Stompers to come to the Museum at this time to play and Bake Sale & Local Produce. The Effingham Concert on the Lawn Series. The Classic Rock will hold a square dance workshop every Monday find support. Call 356-2992 with questions. This Preservation Society is serving home-made treats and Roll Band "Ricky and The Giants" will per- from 7 to 9 p.m. at the Conway Elementary program is supported by a grant from The Bryne every Saturday from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Grange form at the Ossipee Town Hall at 6:30 p.m. The School. For more information call Arthur at 447- Foundation. Building on Route 153 in the Center Effingham Town Hall is located on Main Street in Center 5527, Charlene at 207-647-9464 or Liz at 447- Story Time in Tamworth. The Cook Memorial Historic District. Folks are welcome to sit down Ossipee. For more information please call 539- 5863. Library offers a story time for toddlers from 10:30 and enjoy coffee, conversation, and the historic 1307 or go to www.ossipeerec.org . Taoist Tai Chi Classes. Taoist Tai Chi classes are to 11:30 a.m. and another for preschoolers from 1 setting. Proceeds are used to maintain and reno- Concerts by the River. Come to Tamworth for a offered on Mondays and Thursdays at the Taoist to 2 p.m. on the first three Tuesdays of each vate this historic landmark. concert by the river, behind The Other Store from Tai Chi Society’s North Conway Center in the month. For more information call 323-8510. Bartlett Historical Society Hours. The Bartlett 3 to 5 p.m. Performing tonight will be Taylor Eastern Slope Plaza complex from 6:30 to 8 p.m. Toad of Toad Hall. The Barnstormers Theatre in Historical Society is open Saturdays from 12 to 2 Whiteside. The concerts are held every Sunday For more information call 356-5581. Tamworth will present Toad of Toad Hall by A.A. p.m. at the Bartlett Historical Society on Route 16 and are open to the public. Donations are accept- Milne from July 29 through August 2. Evening just north of Heritage-NH in Glen. For more ed. For more information, call 323-8872. Tuesday 29 performances begin at 8 p.m. and matinees at 2 information call 383-4110. IMAI Concerts for Sunday Afternoons. The Baby, Prenatal and Mommy Yoga. The MWV p.m. Ticket prices range from $22 to $27 for Book, Bloom and Bake Sale. Chocorua Public International Musical Arts Institute in Fryeburg, Children’s Museum is holding its weekly baby, evening shows and $17 to $22 for matinees. For Library will be holding its annual Book, Bloom, Maine will present “Music for Sunday Afternoons” prenatal and mommy yoga class at 12:30 p.m. This information or to purchase tickets call the Box and Bake Sale during Chocorua Day from 9 a.m. chamber music at 2 p.m. at the Bion Cram Library is a non-traditional spin on yoga. The class is open Office at 323-8500. to 2 p.m. The library is located next to Runnells at Fryeburg Academy. Free to senior citizens and to moms, mommies with infants and pregnant Hall at 125 Deer Hill Road just one block east of those with mobility limitations. For more details moms. It is flexible and inviting and attempts to Wednesday 30 the intersection of Routes 16 and 113 in Chocorua call 617-965-4745 or 367-8661. accommodate the needs of mothers of young chil- Breastfeeding Support Group. The Family dren. The cost is $12 for non-members and $10 Village. For more information call, 323-8610. Outdoor Concert. The MWV Community Band Birthing Center at the Memorial Hospital in for members. Registration is required. Please call North Conway will hold a breastfeeding support Celebrate Effingham. This is an annual town Concert will be held every Sunday from 6:30 to 356-2992 to reserve your spot today. group every Wednesday at 10 a.m. and Thursdays event that will be held at the Murray Field Fire 7:30 p.m. at the gazebo in North Conway Village. at 4:30 p.m. in the Family Birthing Center at the Station in South Effingham. The parade will kick Please join us as listeners or performers for a fam- Brownfield Library Story Time. The Memorial Hospital. This group is free and open to off from the library at 9:30 a.m. Events of the day ily-oriented hour of musical fun. A variety of styles Brownfield Library in Brownfield, Maine is offer- all breastfeeding mothers. Breastfeeding peer will include a pie judging contest, horseshoe tour- including Broadway favorites, movie themes, con- ing story time for preschoolers on Tuesdays at 10 counselors and lactation specialists facilitate the nament, kids’ games and activities, a craft village test selections, folk songs, jazz, and traditional a.m. For more information call Dot Smith at 207- program. Babies and siblings are welcome. For with a number of skilled craftspeople and musical marches are featured each week. Musicians visiting 935-3003. more information call the Memorial Hospital at groups. Barbecued chicken and fine desserts will the Valley are invited to sit-in for the concert. Cabaret. The Mt. Washington Valley Theatre 356-5461 ext. 146. be served. All proceeds benefit Celebrate Yoga Classes. An eclectic style of Kripalu Yoga is Company presents the musical Cabaret at the Effingham and recreation activities in Effingham. offered every day except Fridays by Carlene of Eastern Slope Playhouse in North Conway from CHS Museum Tours. The Eastman Lord House For more information call Irene at 539-7178. Symmetree Yoga. The groups will practice Hatha July 22 through Aug. 2 at 8 p.m. Tickets are $27 Museum of the Conway Historical Society located Comedy Show. The Brass Heart Inn in yoga postures paired with breath, meditation and per person. For reservations or information call on Main Street in Conway will be open for guided Tamworth will feature two comedians, Tom Hayes relaxation. Classes are $13 per person. Times and 356-5776 or on the web at www.mwvtheatre.org. tours this summer from June through August. and Rob Steen at 8 p.m. Tickets are $12 in advance locations vary throughout the Valley. For more Community Band Meetings. Mt. Washington Tour hours are Wednesdays from 2 to 4 p.m., and $15 at the door. For more information or to information or to schedule a class, contact Carlene Valley Community Band is meeting every Tuesday Thursdays from 6 to 8 p.m. and Saturdays from 1 reserve tickets call, 323-7766. at 662-8664 or on the web at www.symmetreeyo- night from 7 to 8:30 p.m. in the Kennett High to 4 p.m. ga.com. Contradance. The Tamworth Outing Club will School Band room in preparation for its summer Community Coffee Klatch. Meets at the hold a summer contradance at the Tamworth Monday 28 performance series. All ages and ability levels wel- Chocorua Public Library from 9:30 to 11 a.m. Town House in Tamworth Village from 8 to come even if you haven't played for years and Coffee, tea, sweets and great conversation are all 11p.m. The callers will be Dudley and Jaqueline Agape Food Pantry. Agape Food Pantry is open years. Come join the fun! part of this morning. Bring a friend or come alone. Laufman. Proceeds benefit ski and baseball pro- Monday, Wednesday and Friday from 1 to 3 p.m., Pequawket Park Summer Concert Series. All are welcome. grams for Tamworth children. For more informa- located at the Ossipee Valley Bible Church on Mountain Top Music Center in Conway Village Computer Tutoring. Every Wednesday, free one Route 16 (across from NAPA) in West Ossipee.

Page B4 - The Mountain Ear, Thursday, July 24, 2008 1:00 PM FRYEBURG BACALAUREATE 5:30 AM REMEMBER WHEN 5:00 PM VALLEY VISION ARCHIVE Valley Vision Channel 3 Schedule: 2:00 PM BREAKFAST AT PHILS 6:00 AM FRYEBURG BACALAUREATE 6:00 PM HEY WHAT DO YOU SAY 2:30 PM FRYEBURG SUMMER CONCERT 7:00 AM ARTS JUBILEE CONCERT 7:00 PM RECREATION WEEKLY JULY 25 TO JULY 31 4:00 PM F.ARTS JUBILEE CONCERT 8:30 AM ALBANY TOWN PICNIC 7:30 PM EAGLE HOUR (Schedule Subject to Change) 5:30 PM ALBANY TOWN PICNIC 8:30 PM ALL THINGS GROWING website: valleyvision.com 6:00 PM RECREATION WEEKLY 9:00 PM CONWAY BOARD OF SELECTMEN phone: 603-356-8941 6:30 PM EAGLE HOUR 29 Tuesday VALLEY VISION CALENDAR 7:30 PM LET’S TRAVEL 9:00 AM CONWAY PLANNING BOARD 11:00PM VALLEY VISION ARCHIVE 25 Friday 8:00 PM PAWPRINTS VALLEY VISION CALENDAR 11:55PM VALLEY VISION CALENDAR 5:00 AM RECREATION WEEKLY 8:30 PM REMEMBER WHEN 12:00PM VALLEY VISION ARCHIVE 12:00AM VALLEY VISION THRU THE NITE 5:30 AM EAGLE HOUR 9:00 PM FRYEBURG BACALAUREATE 12:55 PM VALLEY VISION CALENDAR 6:30 AM LET’S TRAVEL 10:00PM BREAKFAST AT PHILS 1:00 PM PAWPRINTS 31 Thursday 7:00 AM PAWPRINTS 10:30PM FRYEBURG SUMMER CONCERT 1:30 PM REMEMBER WHEN 5:00 AM PAWPRINTS 7:30 AM REMEMBER WHEN 12:00AM VALLEY VISION THRU THE NITE 2:00 PM FRYEBURG BACALAUREATE 5:30 AM REMEMBER WHEN 8:00 AM FRYEBURG BACALAUREATE 3:00 PM BREAKFAST AT PHILS 8:00 AM FRYEBURG BACALAUREATE 9:00 AM NORTH CONWAY WATER PCT. 27 Sunday 3:30 PM FRYEBURG SUMMER CONCERT 7:00 AM RECREATION WEEKLY VALLEY VISION CALENDAR 6:00 AM ARTS JUBILEE CONCERT 5:00 PM ARTS JUBILEE CONCERT 7:30 AM EAGLE HOUR 11:00AM VALLEY VISION ARCHIVE 7:30 AM ALBANY TOWN PICNIC 6:30 PM ALBANY TOWN PICNIC 8:30 AM ALL THINGS GROWING 12:55 PM VALLEY VISION CALENDAR 8:00 AM VALLE VISION ARCHIVE 7:00 PM FRYEBURG SUMMER CONCERT 9:00 AM CONWAY SELECTMEN MEETING 1:00 PM RECREATION WEEKLY 9:00 AM VALLEY VISION YARD SALE 8:30 PM ALL THINGS GROWING VALLEY VISION CALENDAR 1.30 PM EAGLE HOUR 10:00AM BREAKFAST AT PHILS 9:00 PM CONWAY SCHOOL BOARD 11:00AM VALLEY VISION ARCHIVE 2:30 PM LET’S TRAVEL 10:30AM FRYEBURG SUMMER CONCERT VALLEY VISION CALENDAR 12:55PM VALLEY VISION CALENDAR 3:00 PM VIEWER SUPPLIED PROGRAMS 12:00PM RECREATION WEEKLY 11:00PM VALLEY VISION ARCHIVE 1:00 PM RECREATION WEEKLY 5:00 PM FRYEBURG MEETING 12:30PM EAGLE HOUR 11:55 PM VALLEY VISION CALENDAR 1:30 PM EAGLE HOUR 7:00 PM ARTS JUBILEE CONCERT 1:30 PM LET’S TRAVEL 12:00AM VALLEY VISION THRU THE NITE 2:30 PM ALL THINGS GROWING 8:30 PM ALBANY TOWN PICNIC 2:00 PM ARTS JUBILEE CONCERT 3:00 PM PAWPRINTS 9:00 PM CONWAY PLANNING BOARD 3:30 PM ALBANY TOWN PICNIC 3:30 PM REMEMBER WHEN 11:00 PM VALLEY VISION ARCHIVE 4:00PM PAWPRINTS 30 Wednesday 4:00 PM FRYEBURG BACALAUREATE 12:00AM VALLEY VISION THRU THE NITE 4:30 PM REMEMBER WHEN 5:00 AM ARTS JUBILEE CONCERT 5:00 PM RECREATION WEEKLY 5:00 PM FRYEBURG BACALAUREATE 6:30 AM ALBANY TOWN PICNIC 7:00 AM FRYEBURG SUMMER CONCERT 5:30 PM EAGLE HOUR 26 Saturday 6:00 PM BREAKFAST AT PHILS 8:30 AM ALL THINGS GROWING 6:30 PM ALL THINGS GROWING 6:00 AM BREAKFAST AT PHILS 6:30 PM FRYEBURG SUMMER CONCERT 9:00 AM CONWAY SCHOOL BOARD 7:00 PM HARVEST HILLS 6:30 AM FRYEBURG SUMMER CONCERT 8:00 PM RECREATION WEEKLY VALLEY VISION CALENDAR 7:30 PM REMEMBER WHEN 8:00 AM ARTS JUBILEE CONCERT 8.30 PM EAGLE HOUR 11:00AM VALLEY VISION ARCHIVE 8:00 PM THOMAS THE TANK ENGINE 9:30 AM ALBANY TOWN PICNIC 9:30 PM LET’S TRAVEL 12:55PM VALLEY VISION CALENDAR 9:00 PM CONWAY PLANNING BOARD 10:00AM RECREATION WEEKLY 10:00PM ARTS JUBILEE CONCERT 1:00 PM RECREATION WEEKLY VALLEY VISION CALENDAR 10:30AM EAGLE HOUR 11:30AM ALBANY TOWN PICNIC 1:30 PM EAGLE HOUR 11:30PM VALLEY VISION CALENDAR 11:30AM LET’S TRAVEL 12:00AM VALLEY VISION THRU THE NITE 2:30 PM LET’S TRAVEL 11:55PM VALLEY VISION CALENDAR 12:00PM PAWPRINTS 3:00 PM ARTS JUBILEE CONCERT 12:00AM VALLEY VISION THRU THE NITE 12:30PM REMEMBER WHEN 28 Monday 5:00 AM PAWPRINTS 4:30 PM ALBANY TOWN PICNIC

to one computer tutoring at the Gibson Center. Wednesday of every month at 1:30 p.m. and again Freedom Old Home Week. Freedom Village to 4 p.m. Co-sponsored by the Kennett Retired Teachers on the third Tuesday of every month at 7 p.m. at will celebrate the 109th annual Old Home Week Freedom Food Pantry. Open every second and Association and the Gibson Center. Call to set up the home of Barbara Savary, located at 1724 NH through Aug. 10, with activities and fun galore for fourth Saturday during July and August from 10 an appointment at 356-3231. Route 16 (on the corner of the south end of Bald absolutely everyone in the family. Each day will a.m. to noon for residents of Freedom, Effingham Evening Nature Walks. Join a Tin Mountain Hill Road in Albany). Everyone interested in col- offer events, from concerts and dancing to water and Ossipee at the First Christian Church in naturalist for an evening nature walk to explore lecting stamps is welcome to attend. Fore more sports. For further information, call 539-4587 or Freedom Village. For more information call 539- and look for insects of the night from 6 to 7:30 information call Barbara at 447-5461 or email at visit www.freedomoldhome week.org. 2637. [email protected]. p.m. at the Nature Learning Center located on Friday Painters’ Group. The Mt. Washington House and Garden Tour. Friends of Effingham Bald Hill Road in Albany. The walks are open to Young Adult Book Group. The Conway Public Valley Arts Association’s Friday Painters’ Group Library will hold their 5th Friends of Effingham the public. Donations of $3 per person or $5 per Library invites young people in grades six and up will be at The Farm by the River on the West Side Annual House and Garden Tour from 10 a.m. to 4 family. For more information call 447-6991. to join its Young Adult Book Group. Discussions Road in North Conway at 9 a.m. All are welcome. p.m. Special this year is “Quilts: Pieces of Everything You Wanted to Know about Bats. take place on Wednesdays at 3:30 p.m. and there In the event of rain, meet at the Swift River Effingham History” which will be included at The Greater Lovell Land Trust presents natural are always plenty of snacks. Covered Bridge in Conway. Call 356-0764 or 207- most sites. Lunch and fabulous desserts will be 935-4079 for information and directions.The history at the Lovell Library in Lovell, Maine at Thursday 31 available. Price of tickets are $15 in advance and 7:30 p.m. The topic this week discusses the bene- group is free of charge. $20 the day of the tour. For more information fits of bats in your neighborhood with environ- Arts Jubilee Outdoor Festival. Arts Jubilee pres- Cinderella. The Mt. Washington Valley Theatre contact Joan Sullivan at 539-5692. ents a performance by the North East Symphony mentalist Sarah Blodgett. Company presents the NCCA/Papermill traveling Preserving Workshop. The Remick Farm Orchestra on the festival stage at the base of the Grief Group. A grief group will be held from 9 to Children’s Theatre Co. production of Museum in Tamworth will offer a workshop on north slope at Cranmore Mountain Resort in 10:30 a.m. in the meeting room at The Met in “Cinderella” at 10 and 11:30 a.m. at the Eastern preserving foods from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. Learn North Conway at 7:30 p.m. A spectacular fire- North Conway Village. The program is free and Slope Playhouse in North Conway. Tickets are $6 simple canning methods to store and preserve works display will be the grand finale. The openopen to the public to discuss feelings about the per person. For more information or ticket call the your creations. The workshop is designed for adult ing musical act will be Dennis and Davey, local death of loved ones. For more information call Jeff box office at 356-5776. audiences, although children 16 and older are wel- valley musicians, at 6 p.m. The concert is free and at 986-4977 or Visiting Nurse and Hospice Care Story Time in Denmark, Maine. The Denmark come with adult supervision. For more informa- open to the public. For more information call 356- Services of NCC at 356-7006. Library will host story time on Fridays from 9:30 tion on this workshop, call 323-7591. Pre-registra- 5544. Home School Support Group. The Brownfield to 11:30 a.m. For more information call 207-452- tion is required for all workshops. Bloomin’ Babies Mother’s Group. The Birth Public Library in Brownfield, Maine will hold a 2200. Puppy Playgroup. At Four Your Paws Only on House in Bridgton, Maine will offer Bloomin’ Home School Support Group every Wednesday Story Time in Effingham. The Effingham Public Main Street in North Conway from 11 a.m. to Babies Mother’s Group every Thursday from 10 from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. We will organize field Library hosts infant and toddler story time from noon. All puppies must be on a leash and up to a.m. to 12 p.m. All parents with babies and pre- trips, do projects, find other kids your kids age, 11 to 11:30 a.m. For more information call 539- date on vaccines. No aggressive dogs please! For school siblings are welcome. For more informa- and moral support for parents. For more informa- 1537. more information call 356-7297. tion call 207-647-5919 or on the web at tion call 207-935-3003. www.birthhousebridgton.com. Story Time at MWV Children’s Museum. The Remick Museum Tours. The Remick Country IMAI Concert. The International Musical Arts MWV Children’s Museum presents its weekly Doctor Museum on Cleveland Hill Road in Canterbury Trails. The Fryeburg Walking Institute in Fryeburg, Maine will present “Three half-hour story time at 10 a.m. at the museum in Tamworth will offer summer tours. Daily farm Group at St. Elizabeth Ann Seton Church walks for Six,” a 20th and 21st century sampler of three North Conway. Children from ages birth to six tours take place at 11 a.m., 1 p.m. and 3 p.m. with 1/2 to 1 mile on Mondays and Thursdays at 1 p.m. string sextets at 7:30 p.m. at the Bion Cram years old are the focal audience for this fun and a daily educational activity from 12:30 to 1 p.m. Rain or snow, we cancel. All welcome. Wear com- Library at Fryeburg Academy. The concert will informative story time. Call 356-2992 for more The museum is open in summer Monday through fortable shoes and warm clothes. For more infor- feature music spanning the 100 years, including information. Saturday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. For more information call Bebe Toor at 207-935-2068. string sextets by Czech composer Bohuslav Women’s Bike and Swim Mornings. The North mation call the museum at 323-7591. Drop in Cribbage. The Madison Library holds Martinu and IMAI resident artist Christopher Conway Public Library presents women’s bike and Tamworth Farmers’ Market. The Tamworth drop in cribbage from 10:30 a.m. to noon in the Pegis and concluding the “Verklaerte Nacht” by swim mornings on Mondays, Wednesdays and Farmers’ Market will run every Saturday through library’s Chick Room. The library will provide the Arnold Schoenberg. Admission at the door. For Fridays at 7 a.m. For more information and meet- Columbus Day weekend from 9 a.m. to noon, rain cribbage boards and cards; come and see who’s up more details call 617-965-4745 or 367-8661. ing location please contact Andrea at 356-2961. or shine. The market is held at the Unitarian for a game. Call 367-8545 for more information. Nature Nuts. Tin Mountain Conservation Church parking lot at the intersection of Route Center presents “Nature Nuts,” the nature pro- Madison Library Teen Night. The Madison Saturday 2 113 and Main Street in Tamworth Village. Anyone gram for children ages three through five and their Library will hold teen night from 6 to 8 p.m. in the Bake Sale & Local Produce. The Effingham wishing to participate in the farmers’ market can caregivers from 10 to 11:30 a.m. at the TMCC Chick Room of the library. Teen directed activities Preservation Society is serving home-made treats contact Bob at 323-2392 or Peg at 323-2368. Nature Learning Center on Bald Hill Road in which include games, book discussions, open every Saturday from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Grange Albany. For more information call 447-6991 or on mikes and teen advisory board. Refreshment will Building on Route 153 in the Center Effingham Sunday 3 the web at www.tinmtn.org. be served. For more information call the library at Historic District. Folks are welcome to sit down Concert on the Lawn Series. The Ossipee 367-8545. Old Time String Band. Mountain Top Music and enjoy coffee, conversation, and the historic Recreation Department presents Judy Pancoast at Center’s Old Time String Band will be plucking Playgroups. Even Start Family Literacy Program setting. Proceeds are used to maintain and reno- 6:30 p.m. at the town hall located on Main Street away with jam sessions on Wednesday evenings Playgroup will be held from 1 to 2:30 p.m. at vate this historic landmark. in Center Ossipee. For more information call 539- from 6 to 8:30 p.m. through out the month of June Effingham Elementary School. Playgroups are Bartlett Historical Society Hours. The Bartlett 1307 or logon to www.ossipeerec.org. at the Music Center. Bring your fiddle, banjo, open to children, birth to six years old and their Historical Society is open Saturdays from 12 to 2 Concerts by the River. Come to Tamworth for a mandolin, guitar, bass, dulcimer, recorder, flute, parents. Any questions call Even Start at 539- p.m. at the Bartlett Historical Society on Route 16 concert by the river, behind The Other Store from harmonica, accordion, autoharp, drum, etc. This 9126. just north of Heritage-NH in Glen. For more 3 to 5 p.m. The concerts are held every Sunday class is taught by Seth Austen, a musician with Story Time Enrichment Series in Denmark. information call 383-4110. and are open to the public. Donations are accept- over 25 years experience teaching and performing. The Denmark Public Library in Denmark, Maine ed. For more information, call 323-8872. For more information call 447-4737. Book Sale. Friends of Madison Library will hold holds Story Time Enrichment for preschool chil- their annual book sale in the Chick Room at the Summer Tree Identification. Join Tin Mountain T.O.P.S. Take Off Pounds Sensibly will meet dren and their parents from 9:30 to 10:30 a.m. For Madison Library from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Donate Conservation Center’s executive director Michael Wednesdays from 5 to 6 p.m. (4:30 p.m. weigh-in) more information call 207-452-2200. books for the sale by leaving them at the library by Cline from 1 to 4 p.m. for a walk on the Hall Trail at the O.C.C. building at the corner of Dore Taoist Tai Chi Classes. Taoist Tai Chi classes are Saturday July 26. Books, audio cassettes, and CDs in Jackson to identify different tree species. Street and Moultonville Road in Center Ossipee. offered on Mondays and Thursdays at the Taoist as well as video cassettes and DVDs are welcome. Participants will meet at the Jackson Grammar For information contact Linda Littlefield at 539- Tai Chi Society’s North Conway Center in the Please do not donate textbooks or Reader’s Digest School parking lot. For more information or to 8090. Eastern Slope Plaza complex from 6:30 to 8 p.m. condensed books. All items are sorted and dis- register call 447-6991. Wednesdays at Wildcat. Join a teacher / natural- For more information call 356-5581. played by category to simplify browsing. For fur- Sunrise Drive. View the sunrise from the top of ist from Tin Mountain Conservation Center for Weekly Medicare Counseling. The Memorial ther information contact the library at 367-8545. New England. The Mt. Washington Auto Road an informative hike along the Way of the Wildcat Hospital’s State Certified Medicare counselors will Century Ride. Tin Mountain Conservation will be open at 4 a.m. for you to drive to the sum- Trail, and discover the spectacular Thompson be on hand for anyone who has questions about Center will hold the Mt. Washington Century mit. For more information call 466-3988. or Brook Falls. Cool, moist mosses abound, colorful their Medicare program or bills. The counselors Ride leaving from TMCC Nature Learning www.mtwashingtonautoroad.com. wildflowers capture the essence of the forest, and are available right after lunch at the Gibson Senior Center on Bald Hill Road in Albany between 6 and Yoga Classes. An eclectic style of Kripalu Yoga is the waterfall soothes the spirit on this 1 mile in Center from 12 to 1 p.m. 8 a.m. Ride around the base of Mt. Washington for offered every day except Fridays by Carlene of and 1-mile out exploration. Great for the entire spectacular views. A fabulous meal awaits return- Symmetree Yoga. The groups will practice Hatha family! All are welcome and the program is free. Friday 1 ing riders. For more information or to register for yoga postures paired with breath, meditation and Groups meet just before 10 a.m. in the base A.A. Meetings. There are several AA Meetings the ride, call the Nature Learning Center at 447- relaxation. Classes are $13 per person. Times and lodge.Picnic lunches available for purchase. Lunch held daily throughout Carroll County. Call 1-800- 6991. locations vary throughout the Valley. For more and Ride Packages and Family Fun Packs, includ- 593-3330 or go to www.nhaa.net to find one near CHS Museum Tours. The Eastman Lord House information or to schedule a class, contact Carlene ing picnic lunches, are also available for the best you. Museum of the Conway Historical Society located at 662-8664 or on the web at www.symmetreeyo- value. For more information, please call 1-800- on Main Street in Conway will be open for guided ga.com. 255-6439. Join us every Wednesday! Al-Anon. From 8 to 9 p.m. at the Gibson Center, corner of White Mountain Highway and Grove tours this summer from June through August. White Mountain Stamp Club. The White Street in North Conway. Tour hours are Wednesdays from 2 to 4 p.m., Mountain Stamp Club meets on the second Thursdays from 6 to 8 p.m. and Saturdays from 1

The Mountain Ear, Thursday, July 24, 2008 - Page B5 Experience Our Good Nature Entertainment Casual Dining in Our Restaurant Tuesday - Saturday by Reservation starting at 5pm Lounges, Taverns & Pubs Barnstormers Patrons Always Welcome! (N)=Nightlife, (D)=Dining, (A)=Afternoon, (B)=Brunch

Join Us In The Pub Almost There - Albany Open Wednesday - Saturday 5-9pm Simon Crawford Fri., & Sat., July 25 & 26 (A) Classic Pop NO RESERVATIONS NEEDED. The Big Kahuna - Bridgton, Maine Open Mic Night Thursdays (N) Host: Jonathan Sarty For more info see our website at www.thebrassheartinn.com Cormac McCarthy Fri., and Sat., July 25 & 26 (N) Acoustic Folk

The Cave at Mount Washington Hotel - Bretton Woods Tom Bomoseen Thurs., July 24 (N) Smooth Sounds Ricky & the Giants Fri., & Sat., July 25 & 26 (N) Rock & Roll

Ex Club 550 - North Conway perie ” nce o ure DJ Sunday & Wednesday (N) Karaoke/Dancing ur “GoodNat DJ Mon., Tues., Thurs., Fri. & Sat. (N) DJ/Dancing 88 Philbrick Neighborhood Rd, Chocorua • Just off Rte. 113 between Tamworth and Chocorua Villages Reservations Suggested • 323-7766 • [email protected] Delaney’s Hole in the Wall - North Conway Bending Tunez Wed., July 30 (N) Rock

Eagle Mtn. House - Jackson Clare Gardner Sunday, July 27 (B) Piano

Homestead Restaurant - North Conway Acoustic Open Mic Thursdays (N) Host: Tom Hobbs

Inn at Thorn Hill - Jackson Mike Jewell Saturdays (N) Solo Piano Ben Hammond and Mondays (N) Acoustic Clare Gardner Joshua Tree Bakery - West Ossipee Open Mic Fridays Local Talent

May Kelly’s Cottage - North Conway Dennis & Davey Fridays (N) Celtic Crooners

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Celtic Seisuins Sundays (A) Irish Music Wildcat Tavern - Jackson Village The Met - North Conway Village Sounds Clever Band Fri., & Sat., July 25 & 26 (N) Big Band Sounds A Spoken Word Wednesdays (N) Open Mic and the Valley Horns Tub Thurs., July 24 (N) Punk, Reggae and Ska Jazz Meisters Sun., July 27 (N) Jazz

Rafferty’s - North Conway The Wentworth - Jackson Village Stump Trivia Night Thursdays (N) Trivia Judy Herrick Fri., & Sat., July 24 & 25 (N) Piano

Red Fox Bar & Grille - Jackson White Mountain Hotel - North Conway TBA Sun., July 27 (B) (9 a.m.) Jazz Heather Pierson Fri. and Sat. (D) Piano Michael Jewell Sunday (B) Piano Red Jacket Mountain View - North Conway Rick Hemsley-Buzzel Fri. and Sat., July 25 &26 (N) Solo Guitar •••

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A day of fun for the whole family Celebrate Effingham arrives on July 26 with fun - & food! - for all On Saturday, July 26, Celebrate Butts will check the installation and Hungry? How about hamburgers, the music of Gary Jewell, Jim Pitman Effingham will be held at Murray Field adjust it if necessary. hot dogs, sausages, french fries, lemon- and at 3 p.m. our special featured stars, Fire Station on Route 153 from 10 a.m. This year’s Crafts Village will be big- ade, cold drinks, and special desserts, all the Blue Grass Country Boys. to 5 p.m. ger and will offer a wide variety of items homemade? John Hamaleinen and We have a Red Sox ticket raffle and To kick off this special day, a parade made by local artists. There are still a Effingham Historical will do their best Celebrate Effingham t-shirts at the will begin at the Effingham Public couple of slots available for anyone to keep you happy. Celebrate Effingham booth. Library at 9:30 a.m. This year the Grand interested in taking part — the fee is $20 For the first time this year, there will For more information on activities, Marshal of the parade will be Dylan for a 10x10 space. Many of the town’s be a chicken barbeque from noon to 5 call 539-7178 or 539-5174 or e-mail Tarbox, the Effingham Elementary nonprofits use this venue as a chance to p.m. Accompanying this event will be [email protected]. ▲ School Student of the Year. Entries raise money for their various organiza- include fire engines, antique cars, horse tions – food, plants, crafts, raffles, games and buggy, floats, and lots of decorated and fun. bikes ridden by lots of children. The The Kids’ Corner will offer fun best “kid biker” will be chosen from the things for children and Harold Brooks Enjoy champagne, sumptuous hors d’oeuvres group. The parade will pass Murray will be on hand with his wonderful Field (kids will turn off into the field) sports cards. This year’s special events and the show ‘Baby’ and continue to South Effingham and include a bubble blowing contest for return. Anyone still interested in taking those under five and under nine and a North Conway Library prepares part in the parade should contact Henry basketball free throw tournament for Spencer at 539-4964. kids under five feet and over five feet. Organizers are proud to announce Additionally, the Horseshoe for its annual Theater Night that there will be a Civil War Tournament group are inviting kids to Join the North Conway Library on tuneful, contemporary score of show- Encampment presented by the Charles join a Junior Horseshoe Tournament Sunday, Aug. 24, for an Evening of stopping numbers. Warm, intimate and Canney Camp Post #5 of Rochester. which will take place from 10 a.m. to 12 Theater beginning at 6:30 p.m. with a immensely likable, “Baby” is a perfect They will set up a hospital tent, recruit- p.m. champagne punch and a delicious array show for anyone who’s ever had a baby ing station, campfires and as a special Fire and Rescue will have their annu- of hors d’oeuvres and desserts featuring or anyone who’s ever been one. treat, some musket drills. This gives al Rubber Ducky Race at 3 p.m.; the a variety of wonderful foods prepared The ticket price of $40 includes the everyone a chance to see and learn about ducks will be released into the South and donated by the best local chefs. The cocktail reception with champagne the War Between the States and a little River across from the field and may the Mountain Aire Strings will be perform- punch and a delicious array of appetizers of what it was like. best bird win! ing in the outside tent. and desserts from the finest local inns This year the Effingham Democrats Big news this year — the Dunking The cocktail reception at the Eastern and restaurants. The evening is a won- will again hold their nonperishable food Booth is back by popular demand – Slope Inn will be followed by an 8 p.m. derful time to sample the spectacular drive to help Agape Ministries. Please come down and dunk your favorite offi- performance of “Baby‚” at the Eastern foods available in the Valley and to sup- bring a nonperishable food to their cial! Slope Playhouse. port your local library. booth – this is a hard year for a lot of our For the pie bakers (and you know “Baby” is a charming modern tale of That night, the Library will also raf- neighbors and this gives us the chance to who you are), there will be a Pie Judging three couples, at different stages of life, fle off its big summer raffle prize, a help them out. Contest at 11:30 a.m. Bring your very facing parenthood. It tells the story of beautiful and hand-crafted quilt made The Effingham Police Department best pie and become the area’s “Best Pie the three couples on a university campus by board member Candy Armstrong. It will be at the end of the driveway in Baker” for 2008. Pick up a flyer and fill as they deal with the painful, rewarding is a large sampler quilt in the beautiful front of the fire station. If you have a in the coupon or bring your pie to the and agonizingly funny consequences of colors of spring. The quilt is now on dis- baby or child seat in your car, Sergeant field at 11 a.m. for judging at 11:30 a.m. this universal experience. There are the play at the Library — stop by and see college students, barely at the beginning this lovely work. Tickets for the raffle of their adult lives; the 30-somethings, ($2 each or 3 for $5 or 7 for $10) and having trouble conceiving but deter- Theater Night are on sale now at the mined to try; and the middle aged par- North Conway Library on Main Street ents, looking forward to seeing their last in North Conway Village. child graduate from college when a Join the festivities at this delicious night of unexpected passion lands them and entertaining event, which is a major back where they started. fundraiser for the library. 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Page B8 - The Mountain Ear, Thursday, July 24, 2008 6th Annual Mt. Washington Century Bicycle Ride Tin Mtn. Conservation Center presents 100-mile ride Aug. 2 No landscape rivals the natural beauty of Mt. Washington and the Presidential Range, and a Century Ride through four notches and around the base of New England’s tallest mountain is without equal. The 100-mile route for Tin Mountain Conservation Center’s 6th Annual Mt. Washington Century on Saturday, Aug. 2, travels through fra- grant spruce-fir and majestic northern hardwood forests, across pastoral farm fields strewn with summer wildflowers, and along sparkling streams, offering a stunning procession of views of the alpine peaks in the Range. An abbreviat- ed 50- and 20-mile route provides a wonderful ride for those wanting a little less than a Century. The Century ride around the base of Mt. Washington is via the N.H. Scenic Byway/Presidential Range Tour route and is completely supported with five aid stations along the 100-, 50- and 20- mile course routes, support vehicles with ham radio operators, two on-duty EMTs, and a bike repair support van. The first 200 riders to register on line receive a commemorative T-shirt and may collect pledges to win fantastic prizes, including a custom Marinoni bike frame. A fabulous meal awaits returning riders who can relax at the Nature Learning Center, stroll on the 140-acre sanctuary, and tour the beautiful new facility built with local materials and craftsmanship and boasting solar heat and electricity. Charity Century rides are probably This pair of obviously happy bikers posed en route during a previous year’s Century ride. (Mountain Ear File Photo) the most popular cycling events of the new millennium and can be as challeng- 6th Annual Mt. Washington Century has been presenting the Mt. Pinkham Notch. From Pinkham Notch, ing or tranquil as the rider chooses; Ride will leave from the Tin Mountain Washington Century for the past five the route drops into Glen and back to however, they are always fun and Conservation Nature Learning Center years, and the number of participants the Conway area via Route 16 and the rewarding for all involved. New in 2008, in Albany between 6 and 8 a.m. has been growing despite rainy weather scenic West Side Road. Tin Mountain Conservation Center's Tin Mountain Conservation Center the past two years. The goal is 350-400 Sponsors of the TMCC Mt. riders this year. Each year, more than Washington Century include SoNu 25-30 volunteer members of Tin Beverages, 93.5 WMWV, Magic 104 Mountain provide the staff to man the fm, WPKQ 103.7, Fryeburg Veterinary five aid stations, ride support vehicles, Hospital, Eastern Mountain Sports, Joe pet lovers from all over. And if you are prepare and serve meals, and check-in Jones, Pearl Izumi, Red Jersey Cyclery, Best Friends still hungry, I Believe Dog Rescue will riders. They have fun supporting the The Mountain Ear, The Conway Daily be hosting a wiener roast during the Century and Tin Mountain’s environ- Sun, Ward Simonton Certified Home Continued from Page B2 drumming circle. mental education programs. Inspections, Write Stuff, Abbott’s Ice Rain or shine, Best Friend The 100-mile route around Mt. Cream, Craig Harrison and local press Needless to say, there will be a lot Weekend~Passion for Pets Animal Fair Washington leaves the Albany/Conway agencies. going on throughout the day, but it does will go on. Stop by for a couple hours, or area on the Kancamagus Highway, over This year come enjoy a supported not end there. At 5:30 p.m. you can stay all day. 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The Mountain Ear, Thursday, July 24, 2008 - Page B9 On the Links

Brian Silva speaks candidly about Mt. Washington Resort golf course Mount Washington Resort golf course architect plays tour guide

By Edith Tucker play on August 1. this, his most recent restoration of a for play for the first time. Contributing Writer And when he came back in 1989 to Donald Ross course, achieved at a cost Silva discussed his unique approach BRETTON WOODS — When golf work on designing the 9-hole Mount of about $2.8 million. to working on this project, once he had course architect Brian Silva made his Pleasant Course, he confirmed his earli- Previously, he had restored three the original Ross drawings in hand. first visit in 1973 to the 18-hole Mount er dismissive assessment of “that flat Ross courses: the Seminole in North “I took the removable snap-in mul- Washington Course, he had thought it thing” — the Donald Ross-designed Palm Beach, Fla., the Biltmore Forest in lions out of my set of French doors,” was just “that flat thing.” course that was built in 1915, 13 years western North Carolina, and the Silva said. “I put up on the glass win- The Boston native who lives now in after the Grande Dame opened its Augusta Country Club in Georgia. dows the original individual Ross Dover spoke on Saturday, July 12, to 25 doors. Donald Ross, a transplanted Scotsman designs for each of the 18 holes — or so Club members and Resort man- Silva, an energetic and enthusiastic who died in 1948, designed over 400 drawn on 18-1/2-by-11-inch paper, agers who gathered round him on a two- man who both designs golf courses and golf courses in the United States. making a kind of light-box in the day- and-a-half-hour-long introductory tour restores and refurbishes classic courses, Ninety percent of the work done to time — and then put up on top of them of the refurbished tees, fairways, explained the rationale behind some of restore and refurbish the Mount the drawings of the course as I found it bunkers, and greens that will open for the many changes he called for in in 2007. Then I traced or copied the Ross features I wanted — some of which had been lost over the years and some, for whatever reason, never built — onto my own drawings.” Ross’ plans were not for just a “flat thing,” Silva said. The course’s original bunkers were not built in accordance with Ross’ designs but they are now placed as he had envisioned them — perpendicular to the shot, that is, to the line of play. “Now you’ll have to tack your way around the bunkers,” explained Silva, adding that he deliberately uses this descriptive sailing term. “You’ll play far better golf after you’ve played six or seven rounds.” Silva said he knows that the refurbished course, which demands that golfers be far more strategic and thoughtful than was necessary previously, will cause some frustration to those who were used to playing the classic course as it was. “As you hit the ball on the diagonal to avoid bunkers, just say to yourself, ‘It’s what Dear Donald wanted,’” Silva suggested. He extolled the course’s virtues. “This is mountain golf at its greatest; a great valley surrounded by mountains.” When the glaciers melted over 10,000 years ago, what is now called the Ammonoosuc River covered the valley (Moutain Ear Photo) Washington Course was “tremendously and left behind basketball-sized round inspired by Ross,” he told those on rocks and gravel sandbars laced with hand. Four new holes — nos. 2, 3, 4, and folds, ripples, and swales. 5 — whose original locations had to be “Ross used some of the river’s islands changed to make way for constructing and peninsulas to create natural greens,” the meeting room and spa addition and Silva said. associated amenities on the Presidential Stepping onto the first hole, the Range side of the hotel, will also be open award-winning golf course architect

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Page B10 - The Mountain Ear, Thursday, July 24, 2008 Golf course architect Brian Silva of Dover explained to Club members and Resort managers on Saturday, July 12, what went into h $3.5 million restoration and refurbishing of the 18-hole Mount Washington Course, designed in 1915 by Donald Ross on the ground The course is set to reopen on August 1. Silva offered advice so that mid-level players could enjoy playing the challenging cou is thinking as he went about his s of the Mount Washington Hotel. said, “This is a classic first hole. It has a rse. (Photo by Edith Tucker) panoramic view of Mt. Washington and indigenous trees — red and Scotch pines the Presidential Range, and players must — were planted. Pointing appreciatively Course at St. Andrew’s in Scotland. hit the ball over the river — it’s a spec- to a large sugar maple, he noted that the “Hold-up mounds” — a tight circle eral manager Matt Massei. They both tacular introduction to the course.” tree, which will sport colorful leaves in of high grasses — appear to support one know about golf.” As he walked to the next tee, he said, the fall, would remain in place. of the greens. Silva concluded his tour under sunny “Don’t shoot for the middle; take the “I’m aiming to open up wide expans- A classic redan — a fortress-like hole skies by repeating words he had repeat- diagonal shot and let the land take you es from one hole to another,” Silva said. — has been created almost completely ed several times, “Good courses, chal- onto the green.” The course not only commands views of out of sight of the Grande Dame. lenging courses, allow golfers a chance He pointed out that those on hand New England’s highest peak and the his- “I wanted to use the sharp drop-off I to fail positively.” were seeing the course when it is at its toric red-roofed hotel but also of rugged found here,” Silva said. “The green is Those who play the Mount very greenest. Crawford Notch and the slopes of the tilted, fulfilling the definition of a redan. Washington Course strategically, think- “There’ll be pleasant contrasts in the Bretton Woods Ski Area. This, like all redan holes, is patterned ing about their next shot before they years ahead, with chipping areas allowed Once the new grasses are firmly after the original Redan at North swing, will find this course allows them to go brown. Fescues that become gold- established on the 70 to 80 acres that Berwick Golf Links, also in Scotland. to be far better golfers, he explained. en as summer goes on will be allowed to were reseeded, very little fertilizer will “It’s been a pleasure working with the “Think one shot ahead,” Silva advised. grow knee-high. The course will have be used and maintenance practices will management team here — Resort presi- “Use the ground to work the ball.” ▲ both fescues and native bents; these are become simpler and plainer to achieve a dent and CEO Pat Corso and hotel gen- the grasses that have thrived here over far lesser degree of artificiality. Bunkers the last 90 years.” Pointing to some vis- will no longer be perfectly edged, for tas, Silva said, “Lots of trees have been example, he said, but will be allowed to removed.” be “scraggly.” Golf courses in New England are One of the features of the refurbished either links-style or parkland, with 18 course that was in Ross’ original plans corridors carved out in a forest. The but no longer existed is a prominent links-style Mount Washington Course three-bunker configuration on the was created on meadowland, but at some fourth hole that closely resembles the point, Silva explained, hundreds of non- “Principal’s Nose” structure at the Old

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The Mountain Ear, Thursday, July 24, 2008 - Page B11 Conway Library’s Open Mic Valley Round-Up continues Monday, Aug. 11 The Conway Public Library and Host New England. Her life is enriched by her Tom Diegoli continue the monthly Open partner, two children, her grandson, four Mic series featuring poetry, acoustic siblings, wonderful friends and challeng- At Denmark Arts Center, Aug. 4 through 15 music, and storytelling on Monday, Aug. ing and supportive authors and friends in 11, from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m., downstairs at her writers roundtable. the library. Everyone is welcome to come J. Barrett (Bear) Wolf has been in the Musical Theater Workshop and share, or just to listen. thrall of the poetry muse for almost four This month’s event will feature writer decades. For nine years he's been a mem- and Teen Acting Inprovisation Class Joanne Clarey and biker poet J. Barrett ber of the Highway Poets Motor Cycle (Brother Bear) Wolf. Club. Wolf edits the online poetry journal For the 10th year, Mary Bastoni- niques to improve acting skills. These Clarey grew up in Massachusetts and RoadPoet-NY.com, and he is the 2008 Rebmann will be returning to the exercises help train actors to be sponta- graduated from Colby College in Maine. National Biker Poetry Month Chairman. Denmark Arts Center in Denmark, neous and develop richer characters. She taught English in public schools and His work has been anthologized numer- Maine to whip up her magic at this Bastoni-Rebmann has years of the- operated her own antique business until ous times, the most recent being “Rubber year’s musical theater workshop to be atrical experience and is currently in the she earned her M.Ed. and Ed.D. in Side Down - The Biker Poet Anthology” held Aug. 4 through 15. upcoming French opera, “Romeo et Counseling and Supervision. She taught from Archer Books. Some of his work has This year, the program will consist of Juliette,” by Charles Gounod, produced Counseling and Women’s Studies at the been translated into Spanish and pub- two week-long workshops. Children will by Portopera, which will be held at University of Southern Maine and as a lished in the Caribbean. audition for an original musical on Merrill Hall Auditorium in Portland, Licensed Professional Counselor provid- Come to listen and enjoy a healthy Monday morning and will put on a full Maine, on July 24 through 26. She ed psychotherapy and consulting services alternative to the “bar scene”, and have an production with set, costumes, and recently directed the New Hampshire for almost two decades. opportunity to see and hear some of the makeup for family and friends on the Theater Awards-nominated show, “Lost Research articles, newsletter columns, many gifted and creative performing following Friday. This year, the group in Yonkers” for the Resort Players at the music lyrics, two career training texts, and artists who live in or near the Valley. will work on one production each week Eastern Slope Playhouse in North numerous other non-fiction writings pre- For more information, directions, etc., so students may attend one week or two. Conway. ceded Clarey’s fiction writing. She is the email Diegoli at thomasjdiegoli@earth- This program has been very popular Bastoni-Rebmann, a resident of author of five novels and numerous short link.net (and be sure to put “Open Mic” at the Arts Center and has proven to be Fryeburg, Maine, has opened her studio, stories, essays and poems. in the subject line to get past the spam fil- a hit with parents as well as the children where she is also a voice teacher with a Clarey lives in North Carolina and ter) or call the library at 447-5552. ▲ who attend. For more information on degree in music performance from the this program, visit the Denmark Arts University of Southern Maine. Her love Center’s website at denmarkartcenter.org. for theater and working with individuals ‘Toad of Toad Hall’ races Also coming on Thursday, July 31, is come alive during her programs. She has a three-hour teen acting Improvisation appeared in several professional musical Workshop. The class is open to all theater productions as well as communi- through The Barnstormers teenagers between the ages of 12 and 18. ty comedy and drama. The Barnstormers Theatre presents the Starbird Puppet Theatre, Underground The cost for this afternoon workshop is For more information on the work- beloved “Toad of Toad Hall” from July 29 Railway Theater, Advice To The Players, $30. The workshop will run from 1 to 4 shops or to sign up, contact Mary at to Aug 2. Based on the book “The Wind in the Hill Stage, and the Boston Center for p.m. This fun and creative class will help 207-935-8760 or by email at the Willows,” the play features the head- the Arts) as kindly Rat; Bob Bates as the students work together and learn tech- [email protected]. ▲ strong Toad and his friends Rat, Badger, wise Badger (his 28th season with The and Mole, in a series of adventures that Barnstormers, including such productions include cars, caravanning, imprisonment, as Lend Me a Tenor, The Woman in Library seeks photos, old or new, of Madison and rollicking fights with weasels and Black, Proof, and The Gin Game); and as stoats. Mole, Jean Mar Brown, winner of the 2007 “This is one of the showpieces of our Audience Choice Award for Best Actress Madison Library to hold Old Home season,” says Bob Shea, artistic director for and most recently seen in And a The Barnstormers. “We’ve done it half-a- Nightingale Sang. Week Photo Contest & Show dozen times over the years and it’s always a Rounding out the cast is a children’s hit.” ensemble that includes Eliza Burke, Jack The Madison Library recently during Old Home Week. The Barnstormers’ first production of Delano, Grace Harte, Kathleen Hill, announced an Old Home Week Photo The show will be open from 2 to 5 the play in 1957 featured a young actor Camren LaBrie, Will Streeter, Jean Marie Contest and Show, a new event for this p.m. on Aug. 4 through Aug. 8 in the named Bill Christopher, who played the Puglisi, Sianna Streeter, and Sandy Trask. year’s town-wide series of events and library’s Chick Room. Entry forms for part of the gentle Mole and later gained “Toad of Toad Hall” is directed by Billy celebrations. people interested in submitting a photo fame as Father Mulcahey on M.A.S.H. Butler, a graduate of Ringling Bros. Circus, Photographs are now being sought in the contest are available in the “Toad of Toad Hall” was written by most recently seen at The Barnstormers in for inclusion in the show, with the sin- library and on the library’s website, A.A. Milne, creator of Winnie the Pooh, The Complete History of America and gle criteria that they be taken in www.madison.lib.nh.us. and is based on the classic children’s book The Complete Works of William Madison. Photos can be of people, Bring up to three ready-for-hanging by Kenneth Grahame. Although it is not Shakespeare. “He is known for taking on places, or events, and either old or new photos (matted and/or framed, no easel strictly a musical, the play features six amazing and unconventional projects,” photos. Judges will award prizes for backs) to the library by Friday, Aug. 1 at songs. says Shea. best modern photo, best vintage photo, 5 p.m. to be included in the show. Making his first appearance with The Performances are at 8 p.m. Tuesday to and best kids’ photo, and there will also Awards ceremony is on Saturday, Aug. Barnstormers as Toad is Scott Severance, a Saturday, with an additional matinee at 2 be a people’s choice award based on 9, at 10 a.m. at the library. For more veteran actor with well over 300 credits as p.m. on Saturday. The Barnstormers votes by people attending the show information, call 367-8545. ▲ actor and director, in roles ranging from Theatre, America’s oldest professional Benjamin Franklin to Tevye (for which he summer theatre, is located in Tamworth. won the NH Seacoast Spotlight Best Actor The Barnstormers Theatre is air-condi- Award in 2006). 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Page B12 - The Mountain Ear, Thursday, July 24, 2008 Charitable groups invited to sell advance tickets to Sept. 5 - 7 event (Tom Eastman/Mountain Ear Photo) World Mud Bowl 2008 to celebrate ‘Mudmerican Bandstand’ This year’s World Mud Bowl Mud Charitable groups interested in sell- North Conway’s Hog Coliseum, featur- Football Championships will celebrate a ing advance three-day World Mud Bowl ing eight teams from throughout New theme of “Mudmerican Bandstand,” tickets are encouraged to call ticket chair England, including the 11-time champi- Friday, Sept. 5 through Sunday, Sept. 7, Jackie Howe at the North Conway Day on Mt. Washington Valley Hogs and the featuring spirit award competitions Care Center at 356-5213. Non-profit defending three-time champion Nashua The Shack among cheerleading teams, dance con- organizations selling advance three-day Mud Gumbys. The Shack tests at Hog Coliseum, a sock hop Mud tickets receive 25 percent of their gross The 26th annual Tournament of Mud is Back! Bowl Ball at the New England Inn in sales for their organization, according to Parade is set to proceed on Saturday Intervale on Saturday evening, Sept. 6, Howe. Advance three-day tickets cost morning, Sept. 6, from the John Fuller Fresh Fish Market, halftime skits, belly dancers, choreo- $10. Elementary School south down North Live Pound & Fixins graphed mud swimming routines, a field Tickets are now available in advance Conway’s Main Street to the judges’ Take Out or Delivery dedication prior to the first games on at Hannaford, North Conway; the reviewing stand in Schouler Park in (limited radius) Saturday, Sept. 6, to the late North North Conway Community Center, front of the North Conway Train We Got Gear- Shirts Conway World Mud Bowl co-founder North Conway Day Care, and the Station. Parade entrants are urged to call Steve Eastman (1949-2008) and three Mount Washington Valley Chamber of Bobbi Steele-Marotta at 496-4404. Mud Hats • Stickers • Clam Bake Stuff days of exciting two-hand touch mud Commerce. Daily tickets: Children age Bowl and the parade are both sponsored Patch’s Marketplace football action. 5 and under are free, children 6 to 13 are by Amoskeag Beverages Inc. Mud Bowl fans will have two chances $4, adults 14 and over are $6. Daily For further information about Mud Rt. 302 Glen, NH (next to new liqour store, to win one of two $500 drawings, to be Family Pack is $15 for two adults and Bowl, call Jackie Howe at 356-5213 or Around the Corner from Story Land) www.goodtaillobster.com held Saturday and Sunday, as their two children. the Mount Washington Valley Chamber three-day tickets serve as a raffle ticket. This year’s 13-game, double-elimina- of Commerce at 1-(800) 367-3364. ▲ 383-9909 One need not be present to win. tion World Mud Bowl is set to be held at Open Daily • 11 am - 7 pm

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The Mountain Ear, Thursday, July 24, 2008 - Page B13 On the Rockpile

Lots of fronts, but very little change in the weather Like the rest of us, the Obs staff looks forward to brighter days

left: The Observatory cat and mascot, Marty, takes advantage of nice weather by getting out for a walk. (Mount Washington Observatory Photo)

WEATHER MT. WASHINGTON OBSERVATORY Compiled by Observatory Staff Date High Low Prec. Snow July. 15 52 42 — — 16 63 45 — — 17 61 47 — — 18 56 47 0.89” T 19 55 50 1.43” — 20 54 47 2.04” — 21 58 47 0.98” — Highest recorded wind gust,July 18, 88 miles per hour out of the West.

thunderstorms through the day, with the strongest one bringing with it a wind gust of 88 mph. This wind gust is not only the strongest so far in the month of July, but also the strongest so far this summer. Through the next few days, several more areas of low pressure would move By Brian Clark summer, but in addition to that, on the The week did actually start with high through New England along the sta- Weather Observer summit winds become considerably pressure centered over the Mid-Atlantic, tionary front. On Monday, a stronger Mount Washington Observatory calmer, the fog becomes thicker and wet, providing the summit with some nice system brought steady rain for the vast SUMMERTIME ON THE SUM- and convective types of precipitation, weather. Tuesday and Wednesday majority of the day, dropping an impres- mit of Mount Washington is a big such as showers and thunderstorms, are remained nearly completely free of fog sive 2.04 inches through the course of change from winter, as I am sure you can considerably more frequent. and temperatures were above average. the day. imagine. For the Observatory crew, it is All these aspects of summer weather On Thursday, the weather began to Another change will be on the way different in more ways than one. on Mount Washington have been par- shift back to the pattern that I men- for early next week, with high pressure Obviously, one of the big differences ticularly prevalent so far this year. We tioned earlier. A stationary front settled forecasted to build in. This will certain- is simply the presence of people in the have seen a lot of thick, wet fog, notably over New England through the day ly bring a welcome change, at least in Sherman Adams State Park building, calm winds, and it seems like showers Thursday. Then on Friday, waves of low the short term. Of course, there is still considering that it is closed and empty and thunderstorms have been popping pressure began to move along this sta- quite a bit of summer left, even here on during the winter. Also very obvious is up almost every day. This pattern con- tionary boundary, providing quite a bit the summit, so perhaps the pattern will the change in weather. Sure, everyone tinued, for the most part, this past week, of instability in the atmosphere. The change for the better in the long term, knows that temperatures warm in the especially toward the end of the week. summit saw a couple of fairly strong too. ▲

Page B14 - The Mountain Ear, Thursday, July 24, 2008 To Your Health Did you know? Inflammation can be influenced by your diet By Dr. Leo Kenney Some of the most effective anti- Contributing Writer inflammatory chemicals in foods are HAVE YOU EVER NOTICED found in oils; specifically, the Omega-3 that after eating certain foods your fatty acids. These essential fatty acids joints may ache? Or that the muscle help to block the chemical cascade that strain you sustained is more uncomfort- leads to the inflammatory reaction. able? This may very well be due to the They are very effective at this. The best presence of pro-inflammatory chemicals sources of these fatty acids are found in in your diet. cold water fish, walnuts, flax seed (be What exactly is inflammation? sure to use the milled version rather Inflammation is the reaction of your tis- than the whole seed), pumpkin seeds, sues to injury, infection, or an irritation. and canola oil. 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However, always consult your chiro- Inflammation can affect other body practor or other health care provider parts as well, including the heart and before taking large doses of these oils. other vital organs. It is present in almost Healthy carbohydrates include whole every chronic illness we can experience. grains, fruits and, vegetables. Always try Inflammatory conditions are often to eat whole grain pasta, bread, and treated with medications, such as cereal. These whole grain products will ibuprofen, aspirin, and naproxen. While help to reduce inflammation and will these NSAIDs (Non-Steroidal Anti- also help to lower your cholesterol. Inflammatory Drugs) are often tolerat- Diets high in green leafy vegetables, ed well, they can lead to dangerous gas- colored vegetables, and fresh fruit help trointestinal problems or even kidney to balance a healthy diet. They contain failure. 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The Mountain Ear, Thursday, July 24, 2008 - Page B15 Thoughts While Weeding

Keeping up the pace while July is steaming by

By Ann Bennett year, so bring on the heat. rotted manure or commercial 10-10-10, HOT ENOUGH FOR YOU? Soaking showers at key times, cou- will keep plants thriving until first frost. How many times has someone asked you pled with hot days, have brought local Some crops appreciate a feeding at that in the past week, with its string of gardens along at an amazing pace. very specific times. Squashes, for sultry days? Hot, hazy and humid Finally, the beans are ready, the first instance, need a dose just as the weather seems to have few fans, but summer squash and new potatoes, vines begin to take off, onions as count me among them. Sure, it’s hard to cucumbers, beets and carrots. The the bulbs begin to swell, and corn keep up the pace through the steamy weeds are thriving as well, and the battle when it tassels. And it is safe to say heat, but if you plan the workday ahead is on to keep ahead of them. that all crops will make great gains from of time, much is still accomplished. Weeding is just one of myriad chores a side dressing at blossom set. Besides, winters like the one just past are vying for attention. One of Mulching is another valuable prac- a seven-month season in these parts. the first orders of business tice, a way to capture and maintain Summer, on the other hand, is impos- this week should be a moisture in the weeks ahead and keep sibly short in the mountains of New mid-summer feeding. weeds under control. Hay, straw, leaves, Hampshire. I am acutely aware that The ongoing summer grass clippings, sawdust — they are all while evenings still stretch towards nine showers — some of them readily available, and the most basic rule o’clock, daylight fades more quickly real gully washers — Nitrogen, which pro- is to layer them on generously. than it did just a month ago —and dawn leach nutrients from even duces lush green growth, is It is in these hottest days of the year comes much later. The day length, in the best of soils. So as the an important consideration. — when the soil dries remarkably quick- fact, has been reduced by 30 minutes pumpkins and squash Phosphorus and potassium are ly — that mulch can make the critical since the Solstice. Of course, some folks begin to run, the tomatoes to size up, vital nutrients as well. The former pro- difference for many crops. Tomatoes, dread the dog days of August, and are pole beans ascend and other crops reach motes root formation, while the latter is peppers and squash are prone to some- looking forward to September. But as full production, a supplement can be the key to plant maturity and hardiness. thing called blossom end rot. It is direct- for me — this is the best time of the particularly effective. A well-balanced additive, be it compost, ly linked to insufficient moisture, which

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Page B16 - The Mountain Ear, Thursday, July 24, 2008 makes it impossible for plants to absorb a sure sign that the new crop enough calcium. Mulch helps retain is expanding below the top- whatever rain does fall, or irrigation, and soil. Take the time now to keeps soil temperature even, another pull soil up around the base important factor. In addition, mulch of the potato rows, a process keeps fruit up off the ground, preventing referred to simply enough as it from rotting. hilling, which protects new The other attraction is that organic spuds from sun exposure that mulches are superlative soil condition- turns them green. ers. As the mulch material gradually And if you grow garlic, breaks down, minerals and nutrients are keep a close eye on it in the absorbed by your garden soil, augment- next week. Flower heads ing fertility while keeping weeds down. emerged recently and need Another pressing issue are the hordes to be clipped back. Over the of Japanese beetles which have emerged next few weeks there is a over the past two weeks, which means tricky point when the crop is they’re devastating roses, raspberries almost mature, and while you and other succulent crops. Dealing with don’t want to pull it early, these destructive pests requires a combi- there is the dilemma of wait- nation of methods, but efforts undertak- ing and possibly getting en now will make a dent in their popula- caught in a rainy spell that tion. will cause the heads to split. Traps are readily available at local And then there are the hardware stores, and are baited with a beans to pick, there will be a non-toxic pheromone lure. Once they sufficiency of cucumbers to are set out, it is amazing how quickly pickle, and berries to jam. those green bags fill with mature beetles. Mid-summer never offers In fact, the problem in a heavily infested enough hours in any given area is just how well they work, since the day. The real challenge lies in beetles can fly up to five miles. There keeping up the pace despite are also environmentally friendly prod- the heat, and finding the time ucts like Neem and other sprays that can to enjoy the season while it be applied directly to plants. lasts. ▲ Other garden chores call for attention. The potato patch is in full blossom,

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The Mountain Ear, Thursday, July 24, 2008 - Page B17 As The Wheels Turn

Praise the singletrack Local singletrack trails have finally come into their own By Peter Minnich DURING THE MAINE BIKE Rally, I had the pleasure of guiding three mountain bike rides, two of which were composed almost entirely of singletrack trails. One of these rides focused on the Sticks and Stones network and branched out onto some of the Side Hill network. Riders from far flung corners of Maine and other New England states raved about our Valley trails. “You have some of the best singletrack I’ve ever ridden,” was an oft heard exclamation. Where did all this singletrack come from? Where did it come from? Did singletrack just materialize at the same time the mountain bikes appeared? What is singletrack, anyway? According to an International Mountain Bicycling Association (IMBA) article, “The Importance of Singletrack,” the label “singletrack” was coined by the Sierra Club in 1997 to replace the term “hiking trail,” which was too user specific and did not describe the physical structure of the trail. Hiking trails are for hikers. Mountain bikers needed something else. Or maybe they just started calling it something else. The IMBA document continues: “The trailbed of singletrack trails is typ- ically 12-18 inches wide. Singletrack trails tend to wind around obstacles such as trees, large rocks and bushes. Compared to roads, singletrack blends into the surrounding environment, dis- turbs much less ground, and is easier to A singletrack bridge is needed to cross maintain. The tread of singletrack is the forest brook on the Rich Trail. almost always natural surface, in con- (Photos by Peter Minnich) trast to the gravel or pavement of roads.” When you ride singletrack, you feel much more a part of the environment,

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Page B18 - The Mountain Ear, Thursday, July 24, 2008 because you notice less disturbance of New Hampshire, where Class 6 roads the surface and surroundings. That abound. A Class 6 road is an old dirt doesn’t mean logging roads and ATV- road that is no longer maintained by a beaten trails such as the Powerline Trail town but that is still considered a public in North Conway aren’t challenging and right of way. Class 6 roads are favored by fun to ride. Even gravel pits are fun to 4 wheelers, dirt bikers, and now ATVers. ride. However, singletrack offers a I might even say that the existence of degree of intimacy and bike exclusive- extensive networks of Class 6 roads in ness not found on travel ways made by the hills between Troy and East and for larger vehicles. A good piece of Swanzey, and in the Pisgah State Park singletrack is fun because it brings out area of Chesterfield and Winchester, the essence of bicycle movement. The were the inspiration for my first moun- trail, the rider, and the bicycle are one tain bike purchase in 1986. Those beau- fluid process. tiful woods roads beckoned from all sides. But they were not singletrack. BUT THIS WAS NOT ALWAYS There are certainly hiking trails in so. In my early years of mountain biking, that area, but those were for hiking. It my riding companions and I were happy didn’t occur to us to ride on hiking trails to ride on whatever trails or roads or until I moved to the White Mountains openings we found. That was the era of in the late ’80s. Due to the nature of the “found trails.” I began my mountain terrain and the geography in the moun- biking life in the southwestern corner of BIKING continues Page B20

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The Mountain Ear, Thursday, July 24, 2008 - Page B19 As The Wheels Turn

bikers. Narrow passages between trees and boulders, tight turns and quick, Biking steep ups and downs challenged the rid- Continued from Page B19 ers’ skills and the bicycles’ ability to be maneuvered. Unfortunately, it was not tains, there are fewer Class 6 roads. only the bikers who noticed these trails. Instead, I discovered Forest Roads, log- The Forest Service also took notice. ging roads, and snowmobile trails. Rob And thus began the era of so-called Brook Road and the Meadowbrook “bootleg” trails. The trails were viewed Snowmobile Trail were among those by FS officials as bootleg because they first discoveries. had been “built” without authorization Rob Brook Road is an eight-mile or impact study. Mountain bikers, on the gravel road that traverses the woods other hand, viewed the trails as having from Bear Notch Road to the Kanc. In been there all along; they just needed to the process of riding Rob Brook Road, be discovered and improved. we began to ride on certain sections of The bootleg trail era reached its hiking trail — the Sawyer Pond Trail, nadir about 1997 when FS enforcers for example — to make loop connec- using chainsaws cut down large living tions. This was our initial experience trees to block passage on trails they with singletrack. And riders began to deemed illegal. refer to it as singletrack. The era of bad blood between moun- Snowmobile trails, which are wide tain bikers and the Forest Service slowly corridors through the woods, tend to get mitigated with the appearance on the overgrown by low-story vegetation in scene of NEMBA, an organization ded- the summer if they are not used by four icated to trail maintenance, land access, wheeled vehicles. However, mountain and public relations. NEMBA legit- bike traffic tends to make a single file imized the existence of mountain bikers path through the vegetation; the more as a user group and as stakeholders in bike traffic, the better defined becomes the management of trails in the White the path. The Old Railroad Grade Trail Mountains. NEMBA members repre- off Bear Notch Road is a fine example of sented mountain biker interests during this kind of user-induced singletrack. the public hearings phase of the devel- The riding during the early ’90s was opment of the revised Land and a mixture of dirt road, snowmobile trail, Resources Management Plan that went and incidental singletrack. But, every- into effect in 2005. body loved the singletrack. The routes NEMBA’s advocacy assured that that offered the most singletrack became National Forest trails would be open to the most poplar and repeated rides. The mountain biking inside the system of Lower Nanamocomuck from the junc- Forest trails and travel corridors. This tion of the Paugus Trail to Deer Brook meant mountain bikers could continue bridge is a trail that captured the atten- to ride on existing trails, logging roads, tions of the early singletrack devotees. and snowmobile trails, unless those However, this was still “found trail;” the trails are closed to mountain biking use, Nan is an X-C ski trail. such as in Wilderness and Scenic Areas. Since the plan went into effect in THEN, SOMETHING HAPP- September of 2005, few trails have been ened. Sometime in the mid ’90s, vague, closed to mountain biking. Many trails, little tracks began to appear off the sides including much singletrack, exist and of the dirt roads. They weren’t signed. remains open to riders. In fact, the openings to these incipient singletracks were often disguised for a THE SINGLETRACK TRAILS in variety of reasons: to keep them from the Moats have suffered many names being discovered by dirt bikers, for one. since their inception. They have been Knowledge of their existence among called the Energizer, Reenergizer, the mountain bikers was a matter of word of Heron Nest Trail, and the Rich Trail. I mouth. The area where these trails mag- guess it all depended on who you ride ically began to appear is now known as with, and when you ride them. The The woods aren't disturbed by the quiet passage of a rider. the Moats trail network, located trails were often named after the riders between West Side Road and the Moats who loved them best. offensive to anyone. Rich was an avid — the life dates of a dead man — who Mountain Range. I rode the Rich last Thursday after mountain biker who adopted the single- would take it without a thought. That’s The evolution of this trail network Paul R. called me to say the Rich Trail track trails in the Moats and helped bad luck. Maybe the sign will mysteri- was fraught with controversy, the identi- sign was missing. I’d just been in there maintain them. He died while riding the ously reappear, but I doubt it. I’m ties of the trail “improvers” shrouded in on July 4th with Steve B. and the sign Five Boroughs of NYC ride in May of offended by someone’s thoughtless fog of the past. Trails appeared, or was there. The sign was just a simple, 2003, just short of his 60th birthday. action in removing the memorial to a seemed to appear, almost overnight. small pine board with Rich D’Aquanni’s I made the sign, and a group of man who loved the trail and the Valley. Riders discovered them and loved them. name and life dates on it, placed high friends and relatives hung it on a tree My ride that day in the Moats was These were trails meant for mountain out of the line of sight, certainly not along the town line trail. But, as Paul unfortunately soured by the disappear- had said, the sign is indeed gone. Forest ance of a small sign. Service surveyors have been in there Sorry to end on a down note…. Just recently, spreading red paint. Maybe get out there and ride. Enjoy the peace they snagged it, thinking it reflected the of the woods while riding the single- bootleg era of trails. I can’t imagine any- track. ▲ one understanding what the sign meant

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An adventure on Kinsman Mountain Retracing the steps of early AMC explorers

One of the “great number of picturesque cascades and basins” noted by Appalachian Mountain Club explorer Gateano Lanza in an account of a climb up Kinsman Mountain’s Slide Brook in the late 1870s. (Steve Smith/Mountain Ear Photo)

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Hiking Continued from Page B22 energetic explorer Marian Pychowska, who noted the “long succession of cascades over the polished ledges” and opined that they were “quite worthy a visit for their own sake.” Hiking companion John Compton of Bethlehem and I agreed that partly retracing the steps of these long-ago trampers in this rugged, trailless area would be an interesting and challenging adventure. Due to private land development along the base of the mountain, we could not access Slide Brook directly from the road as our 19th century predecessors had. Instead, we had to make a circuitous two-hour bushwhack east and then north from the Reel Brook Trail. As luck would have it, we descended to the brook at what might be the first of the cascades one would meet coming up from the main valley. It was a lovely waterslide with a clear pool at the bottom. For the next four hours we slowly and carefully made our way a mile up the ravine, pausing to admire each of a stunningly beautiful series of cascades and waterfalls, divided one from another by crystalline pools and smoothly sculpted potholes. There were too many of them to count, but several stood out. One plunged over a scalloped rock face into a perfect little round basin. Another Twin Falls is one of seven named cascades on reminded us of the famous Bridal Veil Shannon Brook seen along the recently reopened Falls on nearby Coppermine Brook. Brook Walk at the Castle in the Clouds High in the drainage we gazed in won- Conservation Area in Moultonborough. This der up at the tallest of the lot, a 55-foot short, fairly steep trail can be accessed from the drop over a huge rock face. From its Castle grounds and a new footpath makes a loop top we obtained a view out to distant hike possible. (Steve Smith/Mountain Ear Photo) mountains in Vermont. Our progress was slow up the ravine in this pristine area. We had hoped to make it up to the posed to, clearly the bottom of a long, due to very slippery ledges and rocks in Above the last of the major cascades head of the valley, where we knew land- narrow slide I had spotted from ledges the brookbed and rough, thickly wood- the going got even rougher and thicker. slide tracks converged from the steep up on the flank of North Kinsman years ed terrain on the slopes to the side. We At times it was easiest to clamber up the slopes above, possibly providing access ago. stepped carefully not only to avoid jumbled and sometimes loose boulders to a view. But we were about to turn But this was not the route ascended injury, but also to minimize our impact of the streambed. around due to the difficult travel. Then by Lanza and the others; he made a John pulled out his trusty GPS and point of noting that his slide bore nei- noted that we had to go only another ther gully nor brook. On my earlier tenth of a mile up the brook to reach the scouting trip I had seen the mostly over- slides. grown track of an older and wider slide, I’ve always been a map/compass/ with a few slabs of rock still exposed, just altimeter guy, but in this case technolo- to the west of the open, narrow slide. gy ruled. A gullied brook tumbled in So we climbed very steeply through from the right just where it was sup- small conifers on the old swath of the

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Page B22 - The Mountain Ear, Thursday, July 24, 2008 John Compton captures an image of one of many cascades found along the course of Slide Brook on the west side of Kinsman Mountain. This long and at times difficult off-trail journey retraced the steps of Appalachian Mountain Club explorers who used this route to ascend South Kinsman, one of today’s “4000-footers,” in the late 1870s. (Steve Smith/Mountain Ear Photo)

“Lanza slide,” and eventually found a cate this journey, which involved six Lake tells us that this new footpath (and sometimes running) all 1,420.8 big ledge that granted us views up to the miles of off-trail travel and was signifi- climbs back to the Shannon Brook Trail, miles of trails described in the AMC valley headwall, across to the lofty ridge cantly more difficult than expected. making possible a loop hike from the White Mountain Guide. Accompanied of North Kinsman, and out to the Happily, a similar but much shorter Castle grounds. To make a day of it, by Larry Garland of Jackson (along with northern Green Mountains, their blue and easier multiple-waterfall hike has the Brook Walk can be combined with Dave Govatski of Jefferson, the two peaks crenellating the horizon under become available with the recent re- other destinations in the area such as other hikers we know of who have endless ranks of cottony clouds. opening of the historic Brook Walk at Bald Knob, Oak Ridge Lookout or Mt. accomplished this feat) and another A lengthy and at times trying bush- the Castle in the Clouds Conservation Roberts. Consult the Lakes Region friend, Federer finished off his “redlin- whack got us back to the Reel Brook Area on the Ossipee Mountains in Conservation Trust (www.lrct.org; 279- ing” by hiking the Moat Mountain Trail Trail, where we were ready to kiss the Moultonborough. 3246) map of the Castle trails for details. over North Moat to the junction with ground for the pleasure of a maintained This beautiful white-blazed trail can Major congratulations to Tony the Red Ridge Trail. For Federer, 69, footway. be accessed from the Castle grounds, Federer of Kearsarge, who last Saturday this has been a life-long project dating Upon rereading Gaetano Lanza’s with hiker parking available in a desig- afternoon, July 19, completed hiking back to the 1950s. Great job, Tony! ▲ account, we were impressed by how nated area outside a gate and across rugged those early trampers were. It had from the bottling plant at the top of taken us four-and-a-half hours to make Ossipee Park Road (off Route 171). the one-way journey from the first cas- I made this short (0.6 mile one-way) cade to the ledge on the slide. Lanza and but fairly steep trek down along the his companion made the entire ascent to bank of Shannon Brook earlier this year, South Kinsman (more than a thousand and was captivated by its magnificent feet in elevation above our highest waterfall scenery. Like Slide Brook, cas- point, through nearly impenetrable cades and pools spin out one after scrub) and back down to the road in a another: Roaring Falls, Twin Falls, little over seven hours. This included an Whittier Falls, Harriet’s Cascades, hour and a half spent at the summit and Emerald Pool Falls, (another) Bridal another half-hour devoted to sketching Veil Falls, and, saving the best for last, a cascade along the brook. the 60-foot Falls of Song. A friend who lives in the Easton val- Below the walkway leading to the ley made us feel a little less inadequate bottom of the Falls of Song, a bridge when she noted that photos and descrip- crosses the brook and leads to a new tions indicate that the forest and brook loop trail on the other side of the were more open in those days. stream. Castle volunteer Property We don’t encourage readers to repli- Adopter Larry DeGeorge of Mirror All Wicker at Sale Prices

The Mountain Ear, Thursday, July 24, 2008 - Page B23 Local dancers grace the Arts Jubilee stage

Text & Photos by Karen Stancik Arts Jubilee opened its 2008 summer season Thursday evening, July 17, with outstanding performances by two local dance companies. The dancers from Tina Titzer Dance Studio in Fryeburg and Jeanne Limmer Studio in North Conway moved across the Jubilee stage with the ease and grace of professionals as they entertained their families and friends. Whether they danced to

A group of Axis dancers

Claire Martindale

above & left: Act 1 dancers on stage

above: Shannon Friberg left: Taylor Nicklin, Olivia Houghton-Lyman and Jackie Holmes

Page B24 - The Mountain Ear, Thursday, July 24, 2008 classical ballet, hip-hop or contemporary, both the young girls and the high school dancers from the Act One and Axis Dance Companies captured their audience from the very start and kept them entranced through each performance. Arts Jubilee will next present the Annual Free Symphony Pops Concert Under the Stars at the Cranmore venue, followed by fireworks, on Thursday, July 31. Local artists Dennis and Davey will begin the entertainment. For more information, visit Arts Jubilee at www.mwvevents.com. For last minute schedule updates, listen to WMWV-FM 93.5 or call 1-800-SUN N SKI. ▲ below: Stefania Bliss, Lauren Sherry, Eliza Dubie and Kirsten Hjelmstad

above: Jeanne Limmer dancers in action. (Photos by Karen Stancik/Mountain Ear)

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The Mountain Ear, Thursday, July 24, 2008 - Page B25 River Report

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Serving The Heart Of Ski Country... Bartlett • Jackson • North Conway FOUR SEASON PARADISE IN JACKSON This well-designed 3-level home features 3BR, 3BA, a spacious liv rm, large deck, screen porch and 2-car garage. Spectacular 180-degree views of Mt. Washington and up the river valley. Beautifully landscaped w/ terraced perennial gardens & woodland paths. On 8.77 acres. A fabulous home year-round! $675,000 (mls# 2711043)

E IC ED Parker Ridge at PR C DU RE Open House Saturday SPECTACULAR 180º MOUNTAIN VIEWS to the south and west will Beautiful Contemporary Cape Noon - 4 be yours when you build your dream home on one of these fabu- 3 bedroom, 2 bath Cape located in a small, pri- New Home with a View lous lots. Hook up to water, septic, and underground utilities are a vate community just off the beaten path in major plus! Each lot features a driveway to a cleared lot. Minutes to Attitash and the Saco River Beach. On Parker Ridge, this well-appointed 3br/4ba home Intervale. Great floor plan on 3 levels with under construction takes in majestic mountain views. Breathtaking sunsets, and a wonderful lifestyle await you! access to the river, hiking, and ski trails. A must kitchen features granite counters, tiled floor and see vacation, retirement or family home, tucked $145,000 (MLS#2621474) 0.61 acres • $112,500 (MLS#2624600) 0.7 acres maple shaker style cabinets. The deck offers serene away but close to everything. Call Tony Rocco. views to the south and west. A wonderful new $125,000 (MLS#2628912) 0.63 acres • $199,500 (MLS#2623148) 5 acre $279,900 (MLS# 2657424) lifestyle awaits you! $448,000 (MLS# 2666251) Luxury Mountainside Living This 4000 sq ft newly built 4 BR, 5.5 BA fully and fabulously fur- A49 Parker Ridge Quality construction, great view and atten- nished ski home on Attitash tion to detail all add up to a home with Stillings Grant Lot exceptional value. Home is under construc- enjoys spectacular views, and is 1.83 acre lot in pristine Stillings Grant. tion in a premier neighborhood which is Awesome views to the west and you don't minutes to ski area's and family attrac- a short walk to the ski trail. An awesome place for vacation gath- have to climb any hills to get there. Attitash tions. Huge deck to capture the view and a erings of family and friends. Superior amenities throughout, its and Saco beach close by. On a town road in a great neighborhood with underground covered porch to welcome you home are value cannot be beat! $895,000 (MLS# 2649094) utilities and water to lot. Who could ask for some of the extras that are going into this more! $119,000 (MLS#2723329) home. $549,000 (mls# 2731546)

Renovated Bartlett Home Updated home located in Alpine Village is in great Saco River Frontage shape with many improvements. This 3 bedroom 1 3/4 bathroom home has all new appliances, new roof, Walk to Slopes 1500 sq ft 3 bedroom 2 bath Ranch new siding, new doors…etc. Unfinished lower level Choose from a furnished, sleep-4 studio enjoys a gas fireplace and an out- Jackson Home style home with over an acre of proper- that can be finished to add even more living space to In a private setting, this well maintained, superbly door deck for $97,500 (MLS# 2678021) OR an 1165 sq. ft. 2 key double ty and a detached 2 car garage. Nice the home. Short walk to the slopes of Attitash and remodeled home features bright, charming living areas, studio with 2 ba and 2 gas fireplaces, 2 kitchens, and washer dryer for level yard backing up to National Forest centrally located to the Valleys attractions. $215,000 plus 3 BRs, a fam. rm, office, exercise rm and large $174,900 (mls#2710500). Both are within walking convenience to the and is located on Cobb Farm Road with (MLS 2730478) Abutting 0.58 acre lot also avail. decks. A special place for family and friends. $299,000 Attitash base lodge, chairlifts, tennis courts, indoor & outdoor swimming 300' of private river frontage on the $74,000 Call Steven Whitaker FMI. pools and Matty B's Cafe it's a destination resort! Call for more details. (MLS 2727351) Saco. $249,800 (mls#2691985)

Great Land Opportunity in Bartlett Almost 1 acre in a great neighborhood. Lots of Land! CONTEMPORARY COTTAGE Close to school, Attitash Mtn and Saco River 5.5 acres in Stillings Grant. Huge road Value and Convenience frontage with views in a great neighbor- Enjoys a backwoods setting on a country road, This nifty end-unit townhouse offers super value as a primary beach. Top it off with low Bartlett taxes and there is no other choice. Underground utili- hood. On a town road and minutes from with trails to the river. Nice upgrades include new or second home. Features a recently added 3rd floor loft, a Attitash, school and Saco River. Call res- bathroom, refrigerator, stove, and washer/dryer. ties, water, and community septic to parcel Make this your 'pied a Terre' in the upper part of deck off the living room and a large storage shed. Easy to get ident listing agent, Tony Rocco. $149,000 to all the Valley has to offer. $139,900 (MLS #2714809) Call Tony Rocco to review." Listed for the Valley! $169,000 (MLS# 2676725) $67,500(MLS#2687109) (MLS# 2677514). At the base of Attitash Mountain Attitash Mountain Village • Rt. 302, Bartlett, NH (603) 374-6514 • 888-782-9268 • www.AttitashRealty.com

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