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Weeks State Park Association Brings Science to the Forefront www.newhampshirelakesandmountains.com Publishing news & views of Lancaster, Groveton, Whitefield, Lunenburg & other towns of the upper Connecticut River valley of New Hampshire & Vermont [email protected] VOL. CXLVII, NO. 32 WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 6, 2014 LANCASTER, NEW HAMPSHIRE TELEPHONE: 603-788-4939 TWENTY-EIGHT PAGES 75¢ Weeks State Park Association Rhode Island brings science to the forefront man drowns at BY EDITH TUCKER [email protected] Upper Falls LANCASTER — For BY EDITH TUCKER had jumped in, but was two weeks in a row, the etucker@salmonpress unresponsive. Weeks State Park Asso- Two other people ciation (WSPA) offerings CRAWFORD’S in the immediate area have focused on science, PURCHASE — Wil- assisted his relatives and the public has re- liam “Billy” Glad, in retrieving him from sponded with enthusi- a 37-year-old mid- the water. Attempts asm. dle-school teacher from were made to resusci- More than 110 people Cumberland, R. I., ac- tate Glad using CPR, attended the slide-talks, cidentally drowned at and the Twin Moun- “Geology of the White approximately 1 p.m. tain Ambulance trans- Mountains,” given by on Friday, Aug. 1 while ported him to Little- four Ph.D.’s— Randolph swimming with two ton Regional Hospital, summer resident Dyk relatives at the Upper where he was pro- Eusden, a geologist at Falls of the Ammonoo- nounced dead. Bates College; Wally suc River off Base Sta- Responding and Bothner, retired UNH tion Road. assisting units includ- geology professor; state Glad jumped about ed both Troops F and archeologist Dick Bois- 10 feet into a pool of G of the State Police, vert; and Thom Davis PHOTO BY EDITH TUCKER swift, turbulent water Carroll Police Depart- Three of the four experts who spoke at the July 24 slide-talks on the Geology of the White of Bentley University in directly adjacent to ment, Twin Mountain Mountains, sponsored by the Weeks State Park Association (WSPA), paused briefly outside Waltham, Mass. — on the Falls, and when he Fire Department and the Summit Lodge: Wallace “Wally” Bothner, Ph.D., left, UNH professor emeritus; state arche- Thursday evening, July ologist Richard “Dick” Boisvert, Ph.D.; and Dyk Eusden, Ph.D., who teaches geology at Bates surfaced, he yelled for Ambulance, the Lit- 24, in the Great Room of College in Lewiston, Me. Thom Davis, Ph.D. who teachers at Bentley University in Waltham, help, according to a re- tleton Regional Para- the Summit Lodge atop Mass., arrived at little later. port issued by Troop- medic, the US Forest Mt. Prospect at Weeks er Daniel Quartulli of Service—Law Enforce- State Park, off Route 3, cles on a local field trip to retreating glaciers in 2012 movie that details State Police Troop F of ment Division, and two miles south of town. see interesting sites and Alaska. Pfeffer said he the efforts of photogra- Twin Mountain. the Office of the Chief All four wrote sec- to learn more about the was also on hand, when pher James Balog and The relative near- Medical Examiner. tions of the paperback ongoing geological and the movie was shown to his very physically fit est to him jumped in Born in Providence, book, “Geology of New archeological research presidential aides at the and determined Extreme and tried to assist him, Glad was the son of Hampshire’s White focused on this area. White House and at the Ice Survey (ETS) team but also became over- Thomas and Connie Mountains” (2013, Du- On Thursday night, 19th session of the Con- to document the effects powered by the rough, Glad. rand Press), a collabora- 141 people went to the ference of the Parties of climate change. It in- turbulent water that He was a 1995 grad- tive effort featuring sev- Rialto Theater to see to the United Nations cludes dramatic scenes pushed him around uate of Cumberland en authors. “Chasing Ice,” intro- Framework Convention of glacier calving at the western edge of the High School, where The following day, duced by glaciologist on Climate Change in Greenland’s Jakobshan pool and into quieter he was captain of both some 45 people, includ- Tad Pfeffer of Boulder, Nov. 2013 in Warsaw, Po- Glacier, an event that water below. the varsity hockey and ing SCRAP field camp Colo., another Randolph land. More people were lasted 75 minutes — the Glad resurfaced ap- football teams. participants in this sum- summer resident, who at the Lancaster show- longest ever recorded on proximately 15 to 20 Drowning, PAGE A16 mer’s “digs” at Jefferson was on-screen sever- ing, he said. Science, PAGE A15 yards from where he and Berlin, went in vehi- al times talking about “Chasing Ice,” is a Transfer station manager commended for his efforts BY EDITH TUCKER suggested he make. Ben- but rather is subject to [email protected] nett reported on what he the rule-making process. considered citations in The state senator STARK — George both in that year’s an- likes to point out that Bennett, manager of nual report and on the state agencies are often this small town’s trans- town meeting floor. Ap- prone to adopting rules fer station off Northside parently, the inspector that work satisfactorily Road, received a citation thought he had placed in larger communities of appreciation from the some signs at the wrong but not in the many of state Senate on Wednes- height or in the wrong the small towns North day, presented to him place. Furthermore, the of the Notches where a by state Sen. Jeff Wood- inspector pointed out, more commonsense ap- PHOTO BY EDITH TUCKER burn of Dalton, while Bennett was not follow- proach prevails. Repairs to both the concrete and the powerhouse building are underway at the Brooklyn Dam Director Mike Wimsatt ing the state agency’s For example, he ex- on the Upper Ammonoosuc River in Groveton that has been out of service since the 1950’s. The of NHDES’ Waste Man- rule that the town’s big plained, in the North impoundment has been drained so the work can go forward. agement Division looked trash container must Country people only on. be emptied every seven empty trash containers Woodburn first be- days, whether it was full when they’re full — and Repairs underway came aware of Bennett or not. not in response to a rule. after he read in this Woodburn took that So now a new rule, newspaper that Bennett last issue and ran with for which Woodburn had strongly objected it. He soon discovered fought, went into effect at Brooklyn Dam to the changes that an that this sort of detail is Manager, PAGE A15 NHDES inspector had not covered by state law, Permitting process continues BY EDITH TUCKER been made for the per- the production and oper- [email protected] mits and FERC license ation of the Weston Dam that must be in place that PHS owns and op- GROVETON — Local before the two planned erates a half-mile down- Power House Systems 300 kW turbines, with stream. (PHS) employees are a combined capacity of now repairing both the 600 kW, can be installed, concrete and the pow- Cloutier explained. INDEX erhouse building itself “We hope these doc- Business Directory ......... B6 at the Brooklyn Dam on uments will be in place the Upper Ammonoosuc for November, so we can Calendar ........................... B5 River as part of efforts to build the turbines up Classified .......................B7-8 revive the hydroelectric from parts we already Editorials & Letters ....A4-5 plant that’s been out of have from our other hy- Obituaries ....................... A2 service since the 1950’s. dro operations,” he said, New windows were in- noting that controlling Real Estate ..................... A13 stalled this spring. costs very closely is key Sports .............................B1-4 PHS’ local hands-on to the economic success investors include Greg of small hydro plants. Cloutier and Bill Allin, Once in operation, the PHOTO BY EDITH TUCKER both of Lancaster, plus Brooklyn Dam’s annual George Bennett, center, manager of Stark’s transfer station, received a citation of appreciation Ampersand Energy electricity production on Wednesday from state Sen. Jeff Woodburn, left, and congratulations from Director Mike Partners. is expected to be 2,800 Wimsatt of NHDES’ Waste Management Division. South Percy Peak is in the background. Filings have already megawatts, replicating A2 COÖS COUNTY DEMOCRAT WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 6, 2014 ••• Thelma Daley Louis A. Dubois WEST STEWART- Camila and Ian Corliss; WHITEFIELD — warehouse for Mer- Funeral Home in Lan- STOWN — Thelma Ann as well as many nieces Louis A. Dubois, 67, rimack Valley Wood caster. A prayer ser- “Fimmie” Daley, 80, of and nephews. formerly of Twin Moun- Products. In the early vice will be held at the West Stewartstown and Thelma was preceded tain, died Friday after- 9’0’s, he moved to Twin conclusion of visiting formerly of Colebrook, in death by two sisters, noon Aug. 1, 2014, at The Mountain. hours. A graveside ser- passed away on Friday Janet Klebe and Elseia Morrison in Whitefield. He is survived by two vice will be held Tues- evening, Aug. 1, 2014, at Richards, and a brother, Mr. Dubois was born sisters Mary Vignault, day morning at 10:00 the Dartmouth-Hitch- Wesley Shallow. in Lawrence, Mass. on Evelyn LaCroix; sever- AM in the Straw Cem- cock Medical Center in Calling hours will be Aug. 12, 1946, the son al nieces and nephews; etery in Twin Moun- Lebanon, after a long pe- on Sunday, Aug. 10, 2014, of Eugene and Lillian and his lifelong friend tain. Reverend Fred riod of declining health from 4-7 p.m. at the Jen- (Hamel) Dubois. Jay Ouellette and his Laughman, pastor of the and with her family at kins & Newman Funeral For many years, he wife Sue of Twin Moun- Twin Mountain Baptist her side.
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