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THURSDAY, MARCH 16, 2017 SERVING TILTON, NORTHFIELD, BELMONT & SANBORNTON, N.H. FREE District officials cut the ribbon on new biomass heating plant at Sanbornton Central School BY DONNA RHODES boilers inside the San- [email protected] bornton school were in SANBORNTON — On poor condition. Rather March 9, students at San- than replace them with bornton Central School other oil burning equip- helped Winnisquam Re- ment, the district opted gional School District for an eco-friendly wood Facilities Director Rob pellet burning plant. Berry and SCS Principal With the green light Kathy Pope cut the rib- from the district in bon on the new biomass March of 2016, Ian Ray- plant that will now be mond, a state represen- heating their school. tative, former member With the success of of Sanbornton’s Ener- the biomass heating gy Committee, and the system that serves the driving force behind the Winnisquam Regional first biomass plant for Middle School and High the district, pitched in to School, and the success help once again. of the solar array pow- Raymond filed an ap- ering Southwick School, plication on behalf of voters in the district last the school for a $2,500 year approved a new bio- feasibility grant for the mass heating plant for project. The grant they SCS as well, which was received also provides put online last week. a 40-percent rebate, up Berry said he found to $65,000, for the wood DONNA RHODES that the underground Johnny, a fifth grader at Sanbornton Central School, had the honor of cutting the ribbon on the school’s new wood pellet heating SEE BIOMASS, PAGE A13 fuel tank and the two plant last week as his classmates looked on. WRMS students celebrate literature Leprechaun during Read Across America week Leap 5K March BY DONNA RHODES [email protected] TILTON — Students at Winnisquam Regional 18 in Belmont Middle School celebrat- BELMONT — To the Belmont Public Li- ed the wonders of liter- help you recover from brary). Prizes award- ature in all genres last your St. Patrick’s Day ed for top finishers in week as they took part revelry, join us for the Adult Male/Female, in the nationwide “Read Fifth Annual Lakes Re- and Youth Male/Fe- Across America” pro- gion Leprechaun Leap male divisions. gram. 5K Fun Run/Walk in The event is held as From trivia contests Belmont this Saturday, a fun way to celebrate to door decorating, cos- March 18 at 10 a.m. If the St. Patrick’s Day tumes and even a “Cake you are still wearing holiday and to promote Walk” on Friday, all your green and gold or a healthy lifestyle things were “literally” favorite shamrock cos- in the Lakes Region. about the students’ fa- tume, you will fit right Take the baby out for vorite reads. in! Our 5K course is a stroll in the jogger or This year marked a challenging one, bring the family dog the 20th Anniversary however, definitely on a leash. Recruit the of “Read Across Ameri- DONNA RHODES manageable for run- spouse, friend, chil- Winnisquam Regional Middle School’s Special Education teacher Liz Plummer got into the ca” and librarian Jack- ners and walkers of all dren or pooch, and join spirit of Dr. Seuss with her students Kristina and Dylan as they celebrated not only Read Across ie Chapley went all out ages. The event starts us for our annual 5k America week, but Dr. Seuss’ March 2 birthday as well. to promote reading at and finishes in front Fun Run/Walk. Entry WRMS this year, includ- time on Tuesday after- trivia contests were held received special pillows of the Belmont Mill fee for pre-registra- ing a special half hour, noon. for both teachers and she handmade for their on Mill Street (behind SEE LEAP, PAGE A12 school-wide reading Throughout the week, students, and winners SEE WRMS, PAGE A12 Watch for Giant NH map makes social studies election results next week REGION — Our class fun for fourth graders at SCS press deadline for this week’s edition of the BY DONNA RHODES rived at SCS for a week’s Winnisquam Echo [email protected] worth of interactive prevented us from be- SANBORNTON — class time. ing able to publish re- Thanks to the Nation- Due to its size, the sults from Tuesday’s al Geographic Society, map is spread out on the town and school dis- social studies class for floor of the school’s gym trict elections. A re- fourth graders at San- where boys and girls cap of local results, as bornton Central School then are tested on their well as the votes taken took on a whole new knowledge of the state. at this year’s annual dimension last week The map comes with a town meetings, will through the use of a gi- number of accessories, be featured in next ant map of the State of including laminated week’s edition. New Hampshire. hand maps for the stu- Teacher Jackie Blake dents to reference before INDEX said her students have stepping out onto the gi- n been studying all about ant map itself. Volume 9 • Number 11 New Hampshire since Throughout their 24 Pages in 2 Section the start of the 2016-17 classes last week, Blake Editorial Page ..................A4 school year and when arranged the students North Country Notebook .... she learned about the into groups and sta- NGS State Giant Map tioned them all around DONNA RHODES .........................................A8 traveling project she im- the map where they were Sanbornton Central School social studies teacher Jackie Blake looked on as students sought the Obituaries .............. A6 & A7 mediately signed on to then challenged with a location of New Hampshire oldest towns on a giant map of the state, which was on loan to the school last week through the National Geographic Society. bring it to Sanbornton. number of questions on Sports ..............................B1 After attending a re- a variety of historical a child to stand on that ing coordinates to identi- moved to 8 and walking Classifieds .................. B4-B8 quired course on ways and geographical topics. location on the map. fy other locations. While together they found they ©2014, Salmon Press, LLC. students can utilize the “Who can find Surry After locating a num- one team stood on the met up at the state capi- Call us at (603) 279-4516 17-by-20-foot map in Mountain Lake for me?” ber of the state’s lakes, E coordinate along the SEE MAP, PAGE A13 email: [email protected] their studies, it then ar- she asked, then selected she then moved on to us- side of the map, another A2 March 16, 2017 LOCAL NEWS WINNISQUAM ECHO n Shop and DineDowntown in Concord We help make jewlery from www.beadit.biz [email protected] cookware 146 N. 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