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MARCH 25, 2010 GILFORD, N.H. - FREE Facility Planning Committee aims for $60k proposal in 2011 BY LAUREN TINER Town Administrator Scott town meeting. in the town hall, Yeaton pre- plumbing, and $14,000 for could only afford to spend [email protected] Dunn said he asked Yeaton to Taking the change from sented the committee with a electrical components. $60,000 for this particular The Facility Planning observe these plans and geothermal to conventional $75,475 additional plan, con- Dunn said the biggest project, and that the $75,000 Committee is looking to “tweak” them as need be for heating into consideration, sisting of $38,500 for archi- “glitch” in Yeaton’s proposal bid would not be plausible. present a final police station a final bid during the 2011 as well as insulation issues tectural needs, $22,975 for was the fact that the town Dunn concluded that the expansion and town hall ren- committee, along with the se- ovation proposal to voters in lectmen, would assess what March 2011. they absolutely needed, and At the FPC meeting last what elements would simply Monday night, Alan Yeaton, not be plausible. architect and planner for When putting together Amoskeag Architectural the proposal, Yeaton said he Group, was invited back to took all elements into con- too work alongside the com- sideration including me- mittee and take a look at the chanical systems, heat favored plans. pumps, and space needs in not only the police station, but the town hall. He said it was more than possible that Blizzard they may have to extend the alarm system and sprinkler system to the town hall after found it is installed in the police station, and that technology and codes will continue to guilty of change from now to 2011. “In consideration of the negligent new heating system, you may need to add air ventila- tion,” said Yeaton. “Codes homicide need to be up to date. We have changing technology, and BY LAUREN TINER you have to catch up with it [email protected] at some point.” After two days of deliber- Although renovations are ations, which followed a needed, he added that he lengthy trial case, jurors wanted to be as non-invasive found Erica Blizzard guilty PHOTO BY LAUREN TINER as possible to the building. of negligent homicide for Yeaton said that the air ven- failure to maintain a proper Going green tilation in the town hall is re- lookout on the water, caus- Eight-year-old Mariah Gardner and 9-year-old Erika Mosher work diligently on their St. Patrick’s Day jewelry collection at the library last quired under law to be fixed, ing a fatal boat crash on Lake week, just in time to sport the jewelry on the greenest day of all. Winnipesaukee. SEE FPC PAGE A8 On June 15, 2008, Blizzard, 36, of Lakeport, was piloting a 37-foot boat on Lake Win- nipesaukee and crashed into McNeil family looks forward to a fun summer Diamond Island around 2:30 BY LAUREN TINER yard. generous donations. [email protected] a.m. The impact of the crash Vice President of GNA This past November,when killed her close friend Scott McNeil of Gilford Lisa Young said Andy and Faye’s Boatyard donated the Stephanie Beaudoin, 34, of was the lucky raffle winner Martina Howe, the associa- kayak to the auction, Young Meredith. Blizzard and her this year at Gunstock Nordic tion’s president and treasur- asked if the kayak could be other passenger, 36-year-old Association’s annual auc- er, make this auction possi- raffled off. She said a lot of tion, scoring a Hobie kayak ble every year, as do the local children are involved with SEE BLIZZARD PAGE A8 compliments of Faye’s Boat- businesses that always give GNA and always enjoy par- Belmont/Gilford hockey plays its best season BY LAUREN TINER losses, and one tie. captain for two out of his four of a “rebuilding season,” yet [email protected] “We finished at the high- years on the team. he preferred to describe The Belmont/Gilford high est seed in the play-off posi- “The parents and the kids their fresh season together school hockey team recently tion and for the first time we are overjoyed he is here. We as a “new year.” celebrated the passing of an- made it to the final four, for are lucky to have his caliber “The season was pretty other successful season, Division III hockey,” said of experience,” said Kara- good. We came a long way though this season stood out Karagianis. gianis, who credited Assis- from the first practice,” said more than the rest. This He said the varsity team tant Coach Dave Karen as Londer.“We have about nine year’s players made it to the now has a new head coach, well. “The kids are well con- freshman and five sopho- semi-finals for the first time Jay Londer, currently a per- ditioned and learned a lot mores, so this is a really in team history. sonal trainer and an experi- about hockey this year. That young team.” Belmont/Gilford Ice enced player. Londer played is what I hear them say the Londer said unifying the Hockey Boosters Associa- for the Laconia Leafs for two most.” team, and bringing them tion President Peter Kara- years, when the Leafs made Londer said when he back to basics attributed to PHOTO BY LAUREN TINER gianis said the team played it to nationals, and also stepped in as the new coach, much of their success this Scott McNeil, winner of the GNA raffle this year, admires his prized its best season ever,out of six played on the Plymouth State he was told his high school past season. kayak before loading it in his car. full seasons, with 11 wins, six University hockey team as hockey team was in the midst “It was about bringing the kids together, going back to ticipating in raffles. “This was an excellent basics, and teaching the kids “Kids had fun selling the year.Local businesses donat- from the ground up. They got tickets, and we sold them for ed very generously.We had a better every practice and a month long. We didn’t have wonderful turnout,” said they were learning every a goal on the tickets, we just Young. day,” said Londer. wanted to make it fun,” said She added that Faye’s He said that “the gel of the Young. Boatyard always donates an team” was noticeable this She said the McNeil fami- item to the auction, yet their year, and although players ly has been rather busy, and donation was extra special come from Belmont and Gil- although they were supposed this year,and that the McNeil ford, Londer said he could to receive the kayak in mid- family was more than excit- not tell the difference, since December, after winning the ed. no town isolated themselves raffle, they just had the hon- Scott McNeil said he from the other. or of handing off the prized bought an abundance of tick- Londer said the hockey kayak last Friday at the new ets at an alpine ski swap team’s season ended March GNA Garry Allen Clubhouse fundraiser this year at Gun- 10, after a tough semi-finals by Gunstock. Allen was the stock, and that he happened game in Concord against the original founder of the Gil- to nab “the lucky ticket” in Bedford team, now moving ford Outing Club, and he the process, which his chil- to Division II because of taught the Olympic medalist dren, 11-year-old Ian and 9- their numbers. Penny Pitou how to ski. year-old Maggie, were look- Since Londer is a person- Young said GNA made ing forward to. al trainer, he said he plans to $12,000 this year at the annu- Although they are still keep his team in “tip top al auction, compared to waiting for the ice to melt COURTESY PHOTO shape” this year, and wants $8,150 last year. Proceeds and the water to warm up, The Belknap/Gilford high school hockey team lines up for a group picture before a game on the ice this past went to snowmaking for season. SEE HOCKEY PAGE A8 GNA, a first for the club. SEE MCNEIL PAGE A8 A2 THE GILFORD STEAMER ALMANAC MARCH 25, 2010 Gilford well prepared for excess rains BY LAUREN TINER [email protected] Morgan said other than one came down, but there was no snow banks and water was Tuesday and Wednesday af- Morgan said he hopes to problem area during the vast major damage. One tree able to drain off the road de- ter the storm cleaning up, be in the midst of spring con- With more rain in recent amounts of rain two weeks came down before the spite the 2.34 inches of rain. and said that preparation is struction by mid-April and is days following the heavier ago, Gilford made out pretty storm,” said Morgan. “We punched holes key when dealing with prob- looking to get a head start on rains two weeks ago, Gilford well. The Gilford schools also Although Young Road had through the snow that was lematic weather. the season thanks to the has fared well compared to had no major flooding delays a flooding problem, Morgan not melted. I would like to do “I hope we don’t get a snow warmer pattern of weather. many surrounding towns and ran right on schedule. said he did not see a lot of oth- this for every storm, but we storm, but in the event we do, Morgan also asked that that dealt with flooding.