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The Meredith News THE MOULTONBORO NEWS THE SANDWICH NEWS THE CENTER HARBOR NEWS The Meredith News VOL. 126 NO. 25 2 SECTIONS 38 PAGES MEREDITH, N.H., THURSDAY, JUNE 19, 2008 meredithnhnews.com 603-279-4516 75 CENTS Inter-Lakes High School bids farewell to the class of 2008 BY KEVIN SPERL [email protected] monies at Meadowbrook in Always remember the mem- Student body vice-presi- “We hope that our efforts will According to Gribben, the Gilford Friday evening. ories.” dent Ross Robertson an- help families in need for the class of 2008 will forever be MEREDITH — Much like “Inter-Lakes has been our The 101-member student nounced that class gifts would future.” remembered as having raised the current presidential pri- home for some time now,” body gathered on the stage of include four picnic tables for The class also continued a record amount of money. mary, the concept of change said senior speaker Amanda the concert venue for the first student use on campus and something they started at the “This class paid the cost of was relevant to the Inter- Haddock. “It is time to accept time, something that Guid- the establishment of a family Mr. Inter-Lakes contest held graduating at Meadowbrook Lakes High School Class of change and say farewell … ance Director Chris Gribben relief fund. earlier this year by making a as well and provided a post- 2008 during graduation cere- Never forget our community. credited to class advisors “We made it our duty to second donation to a local Brenda Grad and Alicia help others,” he continued. family. SEE ILHS PAGE A10 White. “They felt the pain of the Board weighs the parking lot and school gym for previous graduation cere- potential of ILSB-TV monies,” she said. “They de- serve all the credit for mak- SARAH SCHMIDT Carty pointed out that the ing this happen.” [email protected] channel would only be avail- Change may have been the MEREDITH — Third time able to those with cable ac- operative word for the stu- could be the charm for the In- cess, something that resi- dent's future but generosity ter-Lakes School Board meet- dents of Sandwich and in might best describe the grad- ings to be broadcast on public parts of Center Harbor don’t uate's philosophy while stu- cable access - if the board have. Merrill countered that dents in Laker country. agrees on it as a good use of putting the meetings on cable “This class did not take a time and money. would allow more people to class trip,” said Gribben. At earlier meetings this view it. “They saved money and year, several parents have re- “The meetings are pre- used it for some really great quested that the meetings be sently covered by three dif- purposes.” taped and broadcast on Lakes ferent newspapers, the min- Region Public Access. Parent utes are posted on the district Steve Merrill advocated this Web site in accordance with practice at last week’s meet- the law,” said Carty.“We have ing. a total of four sources for peo- “It’s critically important ple to see meetings. We post that the board adopts a policy meetings that are open to the PHOTOS BY KEVIN SPERL Above: Keeler Lapham performs his original song,“Oh, What a Dream,”backed to promote open and trans- public, and there are no arti- up by Robert Drenkhahn and Erik Carlson on guitar and Andrew Krisak on parent government,” said ficial constraints on public drums during Inter-Lakes High School graduation ceremonies at Meadowbrook Merrill. “It’s long overdue, speakers.” in Gilford Friday evening.“This is pretty great, it's Meadowbrook,”said Lapham. and it puts it in a forum where School board member Carl Left: Anna Kerr scans the crowd for family and friends as she and her class- all can see what’s going on. Johnson said that when he mates of the Inter-Lakes Class of 2008 await the start of graduation at Mead- owbrook in Gilford Friday evening. It’s important the communi- turns to the public access ty can access the board.” School Board Chair Jack SEE TV PAGE A10 Hard roads to travel Class graduates amid tears and laughter in the Lakes Region SARAH SCHMIDT be there, who rode with us West. “There’s a song that re- Smith also encouraged the MEREDITH/MOULTON- Glidden Road, Terenzini said [email protected] over highs and lows, who told minds me of you, so I feel com- graduates to embrace their BORO — Escalating costs for he was concerned about the MOULTONBORO — For us we were acting stupid and pelled to sing to you.” A few dreams, and to never feel as if construction and asphalt system of communication be- the 42 graduating seniors in then joined in, I challenge you giggles from graduates an- they couldn’t pick a new skill have selectmen in both tween LBG Engineers and the the Class of 2008, graduation to make a difference,” said swered this statement. “Yeah, or try for a new achievement. Meredith and Moultonboro town, and that the town needs was a time filled equally with Mann. I know.” As the “sculptors of the fu- raising eyebrows and consid- to examine how it contracts tears and laughter at their de- The auditorium rolled in Valedictorian Matthew ture,” he told his classmates ering whether to scale back with engineers. parture from the school. laughter as class advisor Leslie Smith also added a few to not be afraid of challenges. road reconstruction this year. Selectman Joel Mudgett Salutatorian Hannah-Rose George West thanked the laughs in his address to the “I look forward to seeing Though the estimate for said he understood that costs Mann struggled with a few class for the memories with Class of 2008. Smith encour- your faces on Times or the oft-debated Ossipee Park have been rising for asphalt, tears as she addressed her an off-key but heartfelt rendi- aged his classmates to em- Forbes, or even The Mere- Road is “spot-on,” Moulton- but added that increases like classmates, encouraging tion of “You Raise Me Up.” brace their own imperfec- dith News,” Smith said. “Al- boro Town Administrator the one on Kona Farm Road - them to follow their dreams “Since you’ve given me so tions as they passed into though not, please, in the Carter Terenzini reported from $62,000 to $95,000 - re- and to cope with difficulties much, it’s only fair that I give “what is referred to as adult- that estimates for other road quire a further explanation by approaching them from a you something back,” said hood.” SEE M’BORO PAGE A3 projects had increased dra- from the engineer. The board different angle. Mann ex- matically beyond what had had originally intended to re- pressed her deep thanks to been anticipated in winter. pair Ossipee Park Road, advisors, teachers, family, Though Terenzini said the Sawmill Road, Kona Farm and friends. town staff made a decision to Road, Hanson Mills Road, “To all our friends who pull Sawmill Road out of the Shaker Jerry Road, and Glid- never failed to task list of roads, due to a den Road. need for further traffic study, “We’re going out to bid on the costs for the other roads road projects that could come remained high. in way over what we budget- “The initial estimates ed,” said Chair Karel Craw- were dramatically out of ford. “How does that sit if we whack,” said Terenzini. “The have to pull out certain LBG engineer acknowledged roads?” that it didn’t fit together Terenzini suggested right.” pulling Glidden, the most ex- But even excluding pensive of the five, excluding Sawmill Road, the total comes Ossipee Park Road, and keep- to $365,000 - still about 25 per- ing it as an alternate. Once cent over budget, according the bids were in for Kona to Terenzini. Though he sug- Farm, Hanson Mills, and PHOTO BY SARAH SCHMIDT PHOTO BY SARAH SCHMIDT gested that they could poten- Sarah Blackadar laughs and takes a picture with relative Classadvisor George West brings down the house with “You Raise Me Up,” sung in and School Board Chair Bill Blackadar. tribute to the class of 2008. tially scale back plans for SEE ROADS PAGE A10 Meredith native Eliot Finn throws his hat in the ring Index for a shot at state office on A3. Our reporter goes ↔• on her first solo POLICE BLOTTER A13 hike up Mount Check out our CLASSIFIED B12-18 Gunstock. guest editorial from EDITORIAL A4 ENTERTAINMENT B1-2, Check out the a graduating ILHS student on A4. B9, B20 views on B1. BREAK TIME A16 & A17 SPORTS B3 TOWNS A8-12 WHOLESALE TO THE PUBLIC – AUCTION PRICES EVERY DAY 603-581-7133 WWW.BELKNAPHYUNDAI.COM A2 JUNE 19, 2008 LOCAL NEWS THE MEREDITH NEWS ↔• Town Manager’s Report ↔• Board to meet with counsel on Fox Hollow Road In a further effort to keep our residents informed about SARAH SCHMIDT sues. Problems with sight said Patten. “I think we need authority to require off-site [email protected] town issues and activities, the Meredith Town Manager pro- lines on the road’s intersec- to look at it in another way. improvements that do not vides a weekly update on the Web site. Information is updat- MOULTONBORO — The tion with NH Route 25 have I’m not totally comfortable benefit the town as a whole. ed each Friday. Board of Selectmen request- been identified by residents with what the town counsel She encouraged the board to Hesky Park POW/MIA – On June 4, Governor Lynch for- ed a meeting with town coun- and the Route 25 Corridor said.” meet with town counsel to dis- mally named and dedicated the Original POW/MIA Memor- sel after a report that counsel Study as a traffic safety haz- The basis for the counsel’s cuss the basis under which ial at Hesky Park as the site in New Hampshire for the ben- advised them against several ard.
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