Gilford, Meredith Police Take on the Harlem Rockets
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THURSDAY, OCTOBER 20, 2016 GILFORD, N.H. - FREE Gilford, Meredith Police take on the Harlem Rockets BY ERIN PLUMMER involved.” [email protected] Eichhorn said they MEREDITH — Po- enjoyed playing with lice and friends from Gilford. Gilford and Meredith “We get along really joined forces for an eve- well with their organi- ning of basketball and zation,” Eichhorn said. fun for a good cause Charlene Crowell, in a game against the Communications Spe- Harlem Rockets. cialist with the Gilford On Saturday night, Police Department and members and friends Treasurer of the Gil- of the Gilford and Mer- ford Police Relief As- edith Police Depart- sociation, said it was a ments came together as fun event and Gilford a team to play against officers absolutely work the Harlem Rockets well with Meredith. She comedy basketball said she especially liked game at Inter-Lakes how it included the High School. kids. Police personnel “It was great fun,” were joined on the said Tessa Stevens, Ex- court by young friends ecutive Secretary and and family members Communications Spe- playing against the cialist with the Gilford Rockets complete with Police Department. some humorous inter- Stevens said members ludes and plenty of fun of the department played activities for people of soccer that afternoon, all ages. warming them up for the Proceeds from the ERIN PLUMMER Members of the Harlem Rockets clowned around with their opponents, including Lt. Keith True of the Meredith Police Department. event goes to the police SEE ROCKETS PAGE A13 relief associations and doing joint fundrais- Meredith officers went to local charities. ers. Previously, they into the tournament Det. Corp. John played against each with mostly no prac- Eichhorn of the Mere- other in a benefit soft- tice. He said it ended dith Police Department ball game at Robbie up being a lot of fun. said the two depart- Mills Field in Laconia. “It was good to go ments have been uti- Eichhorn said they out there in person and lizing the services of are “Trying to create play as a (team) when Charity Link for fund- unity in the police de- we could,” Eichhorn raising for the past few partments in the area.” said. “It was good to years and have been Eichhorn said the get family and friends Fire damages department training site ERIN PLUMMER Dave Pinkham and Rick Acquiliano induct Stefan Defregger into the GHS Athletic Hall of Fame. BY ERIN PLUMMER was owned by Gilford evening of Oct. 4 the de- [email protected] and available for use by partment received a call A fire training facili- other departments. The of an outside fire around ty was heavily damaged interior of the training the area of the airport. Defregger inducted last week by a fire that is facility is made from Crews came to the scene believed to be accidental. shipping containers and found the roof of On Wednesday, Gil- framed with wood with the training center com- into GHS Athletic Hall of Fame ford Fire Chief Stephen sheetrock in the interior. pletely burnt and fire on Carrier reported to the Fires were also burned the top two floors of the BY ERIN PLUMMER ing his athletic career “His work ethic stood board of selectmen that in pits inside. The struc- containers. [email protected] from the soccer fields of out from others” and the training facility by ture’s roof was large Carrier said it appears Gilford High School GHS to playing profes- “He was inspirational to the Laconia Airport was with all wood framed raf- the fire started on the inducted alumnus Ste- sionally. so many players not only significantly damaged in ter and plywood decking second floor of the build- fan Defregger into the Defregger was induct- from his gifted playing a fire the previous week. with asphalt shingles. ing with the first floor GHS Athletic Hall of ed into the hall of fame but his sportsmanship.” The training facility Carrier said on the SEE FIRE PAGE A13 Fame last week, honor- in a special ceremony on Defregger got into Friday night. soccer as a small child The Athletics Hall of through his father Her- Fame is an annual tra- man, who coached ju- “Secret Garden” sets pose dition that has been go- nior varsity soccer for ing on for 23 years. Each Gilford. candidate must have “For as long as Ste- graduated from GHS at fan could walk, he was a fun challenge for GHS tech crew least five years ago and always kicking a soccer candidates are chosen ball,” said his former BY ERIN PLUMMER of the scenes,” said au- by a committee. coach Dave Pinkham. [email protected] ditorium director Scott Defregger graduated Defregger said he From complicated Piddington. from GHS in 2010 after remembered being in- scenes to multiple set They interpreted leading his team to win volved with the Gilford changes, the coming the whole script in a se- the state champion- team since he was a Gilford High School ries of storyboards that ships. He went on to play child, including join- production of “The Se- are presented on a dry soccer at Dartmouth Col- ing them on the bus. He cret Garden” is posing erase board backstage. lege and is now playing said he always dreamed some fun challenges He said they will do professionally with the of the moment he would for members of the storyboards for other Wilmington Hammer- be wearing the white Gil- tech crew. productions, but usu- heads. ford jersey himself. The crew has been ERIN PLUMMER ally not to the extent of Athletic Director Rick When he got into high working since the be- Tristan Beroff and Buck Gardener work on the rigging for the this one. Acquiliano said they school, Defregger spent ginning of the year set of the upcoming Gilford High School production of “The After this planning reached out to a num- one year on the alpine planning, designing, Secret Garden.” sketches were done of ber of people who know ski team and two years constructing, and put- ing show. the script. the set pieces that stu- Defregger and asked for in varsity tennis, both of ting together the sets Planning for the scen- “We realized we really dents turned into CAD comments about him which were champion and scenes for the com- ery started with reading needed to know the flow SEE SECRET GARDEN PAGE A14 as a person. Comments seasons. they received included: SEE DEFREGGER PAGE A13 A2 THE GILFORD STEAMER ALMANAC THURSDAY, OCTOBER 20, 2016 Notes from the Gilford Public Library BY MARK THOMAS look for “Mother’s Day,” Tuesday, Oct. 25 their caregivers. Center, and the Gilford students are invited to Library Correspondent “The Meddler,” “Love Fiber Friends, 10 a.m.- Storytime, 11:15 Parks and Rec. Funded build fairy houses with Imagine a book that and Friendship,” to start. 12:30 p.m. –11:45 a.m. by the Friends of the Gil- Wendy Oellers during you don’t read. Instead, Horrific viewers will en- Come to Fiber Stories, songs, and a ford Public Library. early release. We will the story is compacted joy the “Penny Dreadful” Friends for a chance craft for children ages Nightly Knitting, 6-8 walk from the library to into a few hours, with series, “Viral,” “Amer- to work on your fiber three to five. Indepen- p.m. the adjacent woods. Sign breathtaking visual and ican Horror Story,” crafts! Rug hooking, dent. Gilford Clickers Pho- up and release forms are audio impressions. The and even classic “The latch hooking, quilting, Makerspace Club: tography Club, 6:30-7:30 required. pace is quick, and all Haunting” from 1963 that needle felting, and any Natural Art, 3:15-4:30 p.m. Teen Zombie Makeup of the characters and was just added. “Blood other fiber crafts are p.m. Workshop, 3-4 p.m. scenes that the book Father” and John Tra- welcome to join in! Eight to 11 year olds Wednesday, Oct. 26 The undead hordes would leave to your volta’s “I am Wrath” are Social Bridge, 10:30 are invited to sign up Line Dancing, 9-10:30 will swarm the library imagination are instead new action films, though a.m.–12:30 p.m. for this three week pro- a.m. after their makeovers! depicted in HD. Yeah, we younger action fans can Lapsit Storytime, gram meeting Oct. 11, Check Out an Expert, Teens can use makeup call those ‘books’ DVDs look for ‘Teenage Mutant 10:30 –11 a.m. 18, and 25 from 3:15-4:30 10 a.m.-noon and miscellany to make and the library is brim- Ninja Turtles - Out of Songs, lap bounces, p.m. This month's theme Early Release: Build themselves look like ming with them. the Shadows’ and “War- finger plays, books, and is Natural Art! Put on Fairy Houses, 1:30-2:30 horrific dead things that We get new DVDs reg- craft.” playtime for children by the Gilford Public Li- p.m. walk and groan and eat ularly, often on the rec- The Children’s Room ages newborn to two and brary, the Gilford Youth Elementary aged brains. ommendation of patrons has recently added “The watching upcoming Jungle Book” (the new DVD release dates. Just one) and “Adventures in like books, some are well Babysitting.” Soon we GILFORD POLICE LOG written, and some are… will have “Kubo and the l entertaining, but there is Two Strings” and “The The Gilford Police been withheld. an Reinholz, age 32, of After an Accident. a viewer for every DVD BFG.” “Kubo and the Department responded Brendon Johnson, age Laconia were arrested Nicole L.