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THE WEEKLY NEWS & LIFESTYLE JOURNAL OF MT. WASHINGTON VALLEY Pennies for Peace: KMS students participate in “Pennies for Peace” campaign to broaden their cultural horizons and help others...

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Squirt squad never trails, takes Seacoast League title By Joshua Spaulding the puck away on a couple of occasions. Sports Editor The Eagles didn’t create many offen- DOVER — The Mount Washington sive chances on the first power play of Valley Squirt squad, playing in the Silver the game and Rochester came off the Division of the Seacoast Hockey League penalty and netted the tying goal with Tournament, never trailed in tourney 7:22 left in the first period. action and skated off with the tourna- The Eagles met their first shorthand- ment championship on Sunday, March ed stretch of the night head on, as Mike 22, in Dover. Seavey and Thurston had good short- After winning their first game of the handed opportunities. tourney on March 14, the Eagles Mount Washington Valley went on returned to action on Saturday, March the power play again, but the 21, at Pop Whalen Arena in Wolfeboro, Blackhawks forced Parkhurst to make a where they knocked off Rochester by a save on a shorthanded bid. 3-0 score. The Eagle power play got another Mike Seavey opened the scoring with chance to end the first period and begin 2:27 left in the first period, with Aaron the second, but Thurston’s shot wide of Lamar assisting. the net was the best chance they had. With 5:42 left in the second period, Rochester pressured hard early in the Kyle Kimball made it a 2-0 game and second period, in one blitz forcing a 2-1 lead with 10:12 to play. top: The Mountain Washington less than 20 seconds later, Seavey Parkhurst to turn away three different From that point on, the Eagles held Valley Squirt squad celebrates increased the lead to 3-0 with an assist shots. their own, as Parkhurst made a couple of its Seacoast Hockey League from Colby Couture. The Eagles found themselves short- solid saves and the defense buckled championship Sunday in Dover. As luck would have it, the Eagles handed with 5:19 left in the second peri- down and did its best to keep the puck ended up playing Rochester again the od, but good defense by Kate away from their goalie. above: Mike Seavey is looking for a loose next day in the tournament’s champi- McPherson helped to equalize the Seavey did have one final scoring puck as the Rochester goalie covers up onship game in Dover. Rochester power play and the period chance but was stoned on a breakaway during action Sunday in Dover. The Eagles wasted no time in getting came to a close with the two teams still by the Rochester keeper. The score on the board, as Robert Thurston tied at one. stood at 2-1 when the final buzzer belowt: Caleb McPherson carries the opened the scoring just 30 seconds into Seavey opened the third period with a sounded. puck into the zone against Rochester the contest, taking the puck down the scoring opportunity from the side of the The Mount Washington Valley Saturday, March 21, in Wolfeboro. ice and drilling it far side past the net that almost snuck through, but Squirt team consists of Riley Parkhurst, Rochester keeper for a 1-0 lead. moments later, the puck did get Kate McPherson, Caleb McPherson, (Joshua Spaulding The Blackhawks kept the pressure through. Kyle Kimball, Aaron Lamar, Robert /Mountain Ear Photos) on, however, forcing Eagle keeper Riley John Biggio had the puck in the cor- Thurston, Mike Seavey, John Biggio, Parkhurst to turn away a couple of good ner and centered it to the front of the Colby Couture and Mark Foisey. The chances. The young keeper also got net, where Mark Foisey was waiting, and team is coached by John Biggio and some help from her defense, as they kept he calmly drilled it home to give MWV Steve Seavey. ▲

On the Cover Inside Index Pennies for Peace Triumphant J4 Skiers Middle school students are embarking on Arts & Entertainment...... Page B1 King Pine skiers Emma Niiler (left) the “Pennies for Peace” campaign to broad- Calendar...... Page B6 en their cultural horizons and become and Madelyn Glavin show off their tro- Entertainment...... Page B8 phies at the Buddy Werner League members of a global family dedicated to peace. Page A8 championships March 15 at Cranmore. On the Slopes & Trails...... Page B3 Page A7 Mamadou Diabate at Salyards On the Rockpile...... Page B10 (Larry Nash – Courtesy Photo) Arts Council of Tamworth offers the rare opportunity to hear the nimble-fingered Nooks & Crannies...... Page B16 Mamadou Diabate, a Manding kora musi- Real Estate ...... Page A15 cian from Mali, play music traditional to his people. Page B5 Sports...... Pages A2-3 & A5-7

Page A2 - The Mountain Ear, Thursday, March 26, 2009 Sports Highlights

Eagles take home Seacoast League trophy Bantams take the long road to tourney title By Joshua Spaulding Sports Editor DOVER — Often, when you take the long way, reaching the destination is much sweeter. That was certainly the case for the Mt. Washington Valley Bantam squad during the Seacoast Hockey League Tournament. The Eagles lost their very first game of the tournament on March 14. That meant that in order to reach the division finals, they had to win the rest of their contests. And that they did, besting the White Mountain Avalanche, Junior Monarchs and New Hampshire East squads to get to the finals, where they knocked off the Northern Cyclones and took the Seacoast League Championship. After a week off following their opening tournament game, the Eagles returned to action in Dover on Saturday, March 21, where they held off the Avalanche by a 1-0 score. They returned to action that same evening, taking on the Junior Monarchs in Rochester. The Eagles got the first power play chance of the night early in the first peri- od, but besides a Connor Todd shot that soared high, the Monarchs were able to control the tempo of play and killed off the penalty. The Mount Washington Valley Bantam squad celebrates its Seacoast Hockey League title at the Dover Ice Arena Sunday. The Monarchs came quickly back into (Joshua Spaulding/Mountain Ear Photo) the offensive zone, forcing Eagle keeper John Bishop to turn in a couple of solid Anthony LaRusso had a doorstep bid on the power play, but a Matt Kelly slap puck through the Monarch defense and saves. turned away by the Monarchs keeper, and shot was all the offense they could muster, deposited it in the net for a 1-0 lead. The Eagles then found themselves Bishop made a couple of key saves as the as the Monarchs had a shorthanded bid The lead was short-lived, however, as down a man but had no problems killing period drew to a close with neither team on denied by Bishop. the Monarchs answered with a power play off the penalty, as Todd even managed a the board. With 10:19 to play in the period, MWV shorthanded bid that soared high. The Eagles opened the second period got on the board, as James Gallo took the BANTAMS continues Page A5

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CONTRIBUTING WRITERS Ann Bennett Pru Smith Steven D. Smith Peter Minnich right: The hike to 4,006-foot Mt. Waumbek on the Starr King Steve Caming Trail from the town of Jefferson leads snowshoers through Linda Tucker an enchanting forest of old, lichen-draped balsam firs. Deep Karen Stancik snowpack improves the normally obstructed views near the summits of Mt. Waumbek and its neighbor, Mt. Starr King. John Harrigan See page B16 for the entire story. Paul Stuart (Steve Smith/Mountain Ear Photos)

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Page A4 - The Mountain Ear, Thursday, March 26, 2009 6:15 to play in the first period. Bantams The Eagles took their first penalty with 4:55 to play and Bishop made a diving save Continued from Page A3 to help kill off the penalty, then made a few more saves on the Eagle power play min- goal 1:06 later to tie the game at one. utes later. Both teams continued offensive attacks Alexander Danielovich had a scoring in the zone, as the Monarchs peppered bid knocked away in the final minute and Bishop with a couple of shots that he the period ended with a 1-0 Eagle lead. turned away and LaRusso and Gallo did The Eagles were dealt a double minor the same at the other end. penalty with 10:42 to play and the MWV went on the power play with Cyclones took advantage of the first power 2:29 to play in the period, but couldn’t get play, connecting for the tying goal with anything in the net and the period closed 9:17 to go in the game. out with the two teams tied at one. However, Bishop made the necessary Todd and Brad Canavari opened the save on the next Cyclone chances and then second period with great scoring chances, turned away three big bids on even but the puck stayed out of the net. strength chances moments later. With the Eagles down a man, Bishop Todd and Lee had good scoring chances made a couple of solid saves to help his for the Eagles, but the period ended with a team kill off the power play, and with 6:39 1-1 tie. left in the game, the Eagles took the lead Goalie John Bishop turns away a shot during action against the Junior Monarchs Gallo, Lee and LaRusso attempted to back, as Gallo went top shelf and made it Saturday night in Rochester. (Joshua Spaulding/Mountain Ear Photo) put the Eagles ahead in the early going, but 2-1. the pucks sailed wide and high. Dan Rivera and Gallo had shots denied, turned around and made a couple of key his part, turning away more New However, Danielovich didn’t miss with and Todd went in shorthanded, only to see saves to keep the 1-0 lead. Hampshire East bids and securing the 2-1 5:40 left in the game, as he put in a shot the Monarch goalie close the door. Todd Gallo and Kelly had scoring chances win for the Eagles. from the near the blue line and it snuck and Kelly both had good penalty kills and denied in the final minute of the period The rematch through past the Cyclone goalie for a 2-1 Bishop made a couple of key saves down and the first period ended with MWV up The finals featured the Eagles against Eagle lead. the stretch to hold off the Monarchs and by a 1-0 score. the Northern Cyclones, the team that had Lee and Gallo continued to pressure on secure the 2-1 win. The Eagles killed off a NHE power beaten the Eagles on the first day of the the offensive end, while Bishop made some The Eagles then had to return to play to open the second period and 1:07 tournament. The Cyclones had played great saves at the other end. Rochester the next morning to take on into the frame, Todd opened up the lead to only one tourney game since that time and The Cyclones thought they had tied the New Hampshire East. 2-0, putting home the rebound of a were rested and ready to go for Sunday game with 23.3 seconds on the clock, but Mount Washington Valley found itself LaRusso shot following a Gallo steal. night’s tournament finale. the referee’s whistle had blown play dead on the power play less than a minute into The Eagles gave up a power play goal However, the Eagles, playing their and the Eagles survived for the 2-1 win and the contest, and Todd and Gallo came with 7:19 to play in the second period, but fourth game in two days, weren’t to be the Seacoast League title. close to putting the puck in but couldn’t it was Bishop who kept the opponents denied. The MWV Bantams consisted of John connect, and despite good power play con- from tying the game, as he turned away a The Cyclones attacked early in the first Bishop, Connor Todd, Josh Kondrat, Nate trol, couldn’t take the early lead. number of great chances. period, but Bishop and the Eagle defense Swift, Dan Rivera, Dane Rivera, Brad Bishop was tested again early in the The Eagles got a power play chance with held strong and kept them off the board. Canavari, Alexander Danielovich, Zackery contest, but he was up to the test, turning 4:52 to play in the period and Todd, Mount Washington came right back Mannick, Gabe Lee, James Gallo, away a few NHE opportunities, including LaRusso, Kelly and the Eagles did a great and earned a power play for its efforts, as Matthew Kelly and Anthony LaRusso. on their power play midway through the job controlling the power play pressure, Kelly, Dane Rivera, Canavari, Todd and The team is coached by Baine Donovan period. but the puck didn’t find its way through Gallo all had chances on the man advan- and Russ Canavari. ▲ Todd and Gabe Lee had scoring and the penalty was killed. tage, only to see them turned away. chances denied, but it was Kelly who Canavari had a power play chance The Eagles didn’t let their second More photos can be seen online at the Mtn wouldn’t be denied. denied in the final minute, and the period power play of the game go by the boards Ear’s photo gallery. Go to www.newhamp- The Eagle defenseman put a shot ended with the Eagles holding a 2-1 advan- without scoring, as they needed just 18 sec- shirelakesandmountains.com and click the toward the net with 3:03 to play in the tage. onds of it for Gallo to find LaRusso for the photo reprint buttom on the left side to find period and the puck was tipped home by The two teams exchanged offensive first goal of the game and the 1-0 lead with this week’s photo album. the New Hampshire East defense for a 1-0 chances in the third period, as Gallo and MWV lead. LaRusso had the best scoring bids, but LaRusso continued the Eagle pressure both were denied. but was denied in a close bid. Bishop then At the other end, Bishop did more than

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The Mountain Ear, Thursday, March 26, 2009 - Page A5 Sports Highlights

Kennett’s trainer Andy Trowbridge takes kids from injury back to health Athletic trainers provide first line of defense for student-athletes By Joshua Spaulding ball season (an ACL injury), preparing them and improving Sports Editor Shackford will be returning to their function in the field,” he CONWAY — As a parent, watching your action with Kennett in time said. child go down with an injury on the athlet- for the baseball season, a delay While high impact sports such ic fields is not an easy thing. of about five months, at least as football and hockey get much Just a few short years ago, the athlete three months faster than nor- of the attention when it comes to may have been helped off the field by his or mal for the severity of his injuries, Trowbridge notes that her coach and teammates, given some ice injury. often times the injuries come in for the injury and sent home with mom Kennett athletic trainer the other sports, where the body and dad to assess the injury with a possible Andy Trowbridge has been is not as protected as in football hospital trip. with Shackford every step of and hockey. Parents of high school athletes surely the way, even on site for his That being said, Trowbridge remember the days when they themselves surgery late last year. The appreciates the extra coverage at were playing high school sports and played work has paid off and for hockey and football games pro- through injuries that are likely coming Trowbridge, seeing one of his vided by local EMTs, including back to haunt them as they grow older. athletes returning to the field Conway selectman Dave “Doc” Nowadays, students at the three local is one of the perks of the job. Weathers, who is a fixture at most high schools (Kennett of Conway, Trowbridge graduated contests. Kingswood of Wolfeboro and Prospect from the University of New “It’s great to have a box there so Mountain of Alton) have much more at England in Biddeford, Maine, we can ship a kid if we need to,” their disposal than their counterparts of, in in 2001 and moved on to Trowbridge said. “And Doc’s awe- many cases, less than 10 years ago. Biddeford School District for some. He’s always there and it’s This school year, for the first time, all a year, then spent four years at Marshwood he also noted that having a presence in the great because he has so much experience.” three schools have an athletic trainer on before coming to Kennett, where he is now school makes a big difference as well. While he decided to move to the site for games and many practices, which in his third year. “It’s definitely important to make sure Mount Washington Valley to be near the should leave parents, coaches and athletes He is employed by Mountain Center there’s that presence every day,” he said. hiking, climbing and snowboarding he was alike with a feeling of relief if something Physical Therapy and Sports Rehab, Inc. “So they get used to you.” already doing, he has found that he loves should happen. of Conway. Mountain Center provides The fact that the school works with working with the Kennett athletes. March is National Athletic Trainers Trowbridge to Kennett for approximately Mountain Center also gives Trowbridge “Why I got into athletic training was to Month, celebrating the health care profes- 20 hours a week, for which Kennett pays a quick access to a wide variety of services for be around the athletic environment,” he sionals who specialize in the prevention, fee for part of Trowbridge’s hours. the injured athlete. said. “It’s a blast to be around. diagnosis, treatment and rehabilitation of “I can flex to use more (than the 20 “The great thing is we have such won- “And the kids in this school are injuries and illnesses. hours) when needed, and between seasons derful relationships with the doctors here,” absolutely phenomenal,” he continued. Kennett’s Andy Trowbridge it kind of slows a bit,” Trowbridge said. he said. “I can call either the primary care “It’s always more fun when you know the The benefits of having an athletic train- He is available to the students after physician or call the orthopedic surgeon kids and after you work with them a while, er present for high school games is proba- school, during games and at as many prac- and get them in within 24 hours. you get to care about them.” bly not more evident than in the case of tices as possible, noting that practices are “Sometimes it’s less than a 24-hour Kennett athletic director Kerry Brady Kennett senior Seth Shackford. when he gets to talk to the kids and see turnaround,” he added. “It’s nice to have noted that the kids and coaches truly Hurt in the opening game of the foot- how their injuries are affecting them. But that flow happening.” appreciate the work that Trowbridge does. Additionally, Trowbridge can follow the “He has a great relationship with the athlete through the steps, talking to the coaches. He works with them to come up physical therapist through rehabilitation, with workout programs and offseason pro- then working him or her back into the grams,” she said. “He puts in a ton of effort lineup at the right pace. and a ton of time, and it’s greatly appreciat- “I can keep a pretty good eye on them ed by all of us at the school.” through the whole process, injury to play- She went on to commend Trowbridge’s ing again,” Trowbridge stated. great attitude, which has also endeared him Additionally, Trowbridge also does to the students. guest speaking in a number of classes at the “The thing I like about Andy is that he high school. He also works with coaches to gets really invested in our students,” Brady set up agility drills and strength training said. “He’s one of our number one fans. He programs to prepare athletes for the com- really enjoys working with the kids.” ing season. He’s also available to athletes in Mountain Center Physical Therapy the summer, preparing them for the fall and Sports Rehab, Inc. also provides ath- season, which he calls one of his busiest, letic training services for Fryeburg simply because of the overuse injuries from Academy and is located on Main Street athletes who got out of shape during the in Conway, just north of the old high summer. school. ▲ “We are trying to combat that by

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Page A6 - The Mountain Ear, Thursday, March 26, 2009 At Cranmore, March 14 & 15 King Pine’s Strachan tops J4 field at Buddy Werner champs By Joshua Spaulding Cranmore was 85th in 1:48.02. Sports Editor In the J5 girls’ slalom, King Pine’s NORTH CONWAY — The Buddy Madelyn Glavin took second overall in Werner League J4 and J5 championships 1:36.38. Kelly Morrissey of Cranmore was were held at Cranmore Mountain Resort eighth in 1:41.09, with King Pine’s Emma on March 14 and 15, with many local Niiler one spot back in 1:41.14. Kaylin mountains represented as well. Each event Deschenes of Cranmore took 14th in consisted of two runs with a combined 1:43.00. time. Michaela Hedderman of Attitash fin- King Pine’s Emma Niiler was the third ished 21st in 1:47.70, with Ella Campfield place finisher in the J5 giant slalom for the of Cranmore 27th in 1:48.78. Teammate girls, with a time of 1:15.63. Tess Coutu of Molly Miller was 28th in 1:49.08 and Nora Cranmore was sixth in 1:16.34, with Maya Miller of Wildcat took 29th in 1:49.21. Bernier of King Pine ninth in 1:17.83. Celine Bacha of Attitash was 34th in Kelly Morrissey of Cranmore tied for 14th 1:50.17, with Maya Bernier of King Pine in 1:19.20. Cranmore’s Kaylin Deschenes 36th in 1:50.43. Hayle Poisson of Attitash cracked the top 20 in 18th place in 1:19.69. finished 38th in 1:51.40. Katrina Johnson Attitash skier Michaela Hedderman was of Wildcat finished 45th in 1:52.94, while 23rd in 1:20.55, with Molly Miller of teammate Natalie Harmon was 54th in Cranmore 26th in 1:21.25. King Pine’s 2:00.46. Margaret Cote of Cranmore was Madelyn Glavin finished 29th in 1:22.50. 55th in 2:00.58, while Kendall Miller of Nora Miller of Wildcat was 40th in King Pine’s Isabelle Strachan won the J4 giant slalom and slalom at the Buddy Werner King Pine finished 68th in 2:12.23 and 1:24.49 and King Pine’s Kendall Miller was League championships at Cranmore Mountain March 14 and 15. Emma Dvorozniak of Cranmore was 71st 47th in 1:25.80. Cranmore skier Emma (Larry Nash – Courtesy Photo) in 2:31.83. Dvorozniak was 49th in 1:26.63, followed For the boys’ J5 slalom, Attitash’s Bailey closely by Attitash’s Hayli Possion in 50th home in a time of 1:17.43, more than two 1:23.34, while King Pine’s Tyler Eldridge Laidman was the top local finisher in 11th place in 1:26.74. Margaret Cote of seconds ahead of her closest competitor. placed 34th in 1:25.36. Lucas Tinkham of place in 1:41.64. John Hayden Pier of Cranmore was 52nd in 1:27.28 and Alice Merryweather of Attitash was Attitash was 36th in 1:26.44. Wildcat finished 19th in 1:44.23, with Kyle Katrina Johnson of Wildcat was 53rd in third in 1:19.81, with Rachel Nawrocki, King Pine’s Danny Nash finished 42nd Easton of Cranmore taking 24th place in 1:27.93. Natalie Harmon, also of Wildcat, also of Attitash, 11th in 1:27.69. Sophie in 1:27.07, with Cranmore’s Grant 1:45.59. Cranmore’s Zach Bradley was was 58th in 1:29.56 and Celine Bacha of Hewitt of Cranmore placed 13th in Meserve 43rd in 1:27.50. Paul Klosterman 32nd in 1:48.53. Andrew McQuade of Attitash was 59th in 1:29.78. 1:28.58. of Attitash finished 44th in 1:28.04 and Wildcat placed 34th in 1:48.68, while Among boys for the J5 giant slalom, Molly Van Deursen led a quartet of Bradley Sampson of Cranmore was 45th in Marcus Clancy of Cranmore was tied for Bailey Laidman of Attitash was the top Attitash skiers in 27th in 1:33.08, with 1:28.14. Jameson Harding of Attitash fin- 37th in 1:50.02, just ahead of teammate local mountain skier, finishing 19th in Alexandra Garceau taking 29th in 1:33.69. ished 55th in 1:29.25, with William Harrison Leavitt, who was 39th in 1:50.07. 1:19.12. Craig Carr of Cranmore placed Nellie Coyle was 31st in 1:33.95 and Alexx Madden of King Pine in 57th place in Chris Burton of Wildcat was 41st in 23rd in 1:19.71 and teammate Zach Nawrocki was 32nd in 1:34.84. Alexandra 1:29.87. Wyatt Sunderland of Cranmore 1:50.83. Ryan Kenney of Attitash placed Bradley was 28th in 1:20.33. John Hayden Marshall of Cranmore took 33rd in placed 58th in 1:29.96. 46th in 1:52.79 and Sam Marshall of Pier of Wildcat was 33rd in 1:20.71. 1:35.46, with Ellyn Pier of Wildcat 38th in Daniel Hennessey of Wildcat took 68th Wildcat took 49th in 1:53.85. Sam Ryan Kenney of Attitash took 38th in 1:36.28. Cranmore’s Hannah Miller placed place in 1:33.59, with King Pine’s Bruce Prudden of Attitash took 51st in 1:54.91 1:21.09, with Kyle Easton of Cranmore 39th in 1:36.70. Taylor III in 75th place in 1:36.19. Kieffer and Craig Carr of Cranmore was 54th in 44th in 1:21.87. Wildcat’s Chris Burton Devon Laidman of Attitash was 43rd in Bradley finished 77th in 1:37.58 and team- 1:55.44. Will Synnott of Wildcat finished was 45th in 1:22.61, followed by teammate 1:37.86, with Marika Nawrocki of Attitash mate Matthew Cote was 80th in 1:40.17. 58th in 1:57.13, while Thomas Welch of Andrew McQuade in 1:22.72. 45th in 1:38.21. Cassandra Hunt of Wildcat’s Connor Alexander was 82nd in King Pine was 64th in 2:00.18. Fritz Carr Harrison Leavitt of Cranmore was 63rd Attitash placed 51st in 1:40.69 and Olivia 1:41.22, just ahead of King Pine’s Matthew in 1:26.25. Sam Marshall of Wildcat placed Henriques of Wildcat finished 56th in Hill in 1:42.71. Matthew Dieselman of BUDDY WERNER continues Page A11 67th in 1:26.97, with Fritz Carr of 1:42.94. Collette Gould of Attitash was Cranmore 69th in 1:27.02. Attitash skier 58th in 1:43.80, Tayler Kent, also of Sam Prudden was 70th in 1:27.06 and Attitash was 66th in 1:48.44, Michaela Andrew Belle-Isle of King Pine was 71st in Braun of Cranmore was 68th in 1:50.41 1:27.09. Tom Welch of King Pine was 76th and Casey Ross of Cranmore was 69th in in 1:29.06 and Lars Hamilton of 2:14.49. Cranmore was 77th in 1:29.25. Cameron For the boys’ J4 slalom, Patrick Kenney Dieselman of Cranmore came home 79th of Attitash was the top local skier with an in 1:30.81. 11th place finish in 1:20.10. King Pine’s For the J4 slalom, King Pine’s Isabelle Jacob Remick was 13th in 1:20.75. Jake Strachan was the first place winner, coming Rourke of Cranmore placed 24th in Trio of Eagles earn All-State nods By Joshua Spaulding Senior co-captain George Weigold Sports Editor was named to the All-State second CONWAY — Three members of the team. He collected 13 goals and 17 Division III champion Kennett hockey assists on the season, for a total of 30 team were honored by the New points and didn’t earn any penalty min- Hampshire Hockey Coaches utes. Association with All-State honors last Junior defenseman Bryan week. Lamontagne was also named to the All- Junior goaltender Ricky Gaudreau, State second team. He had six power who allowed only 21 goals all season, play goals on the season and his wicked recorded six shutouts and had a 93.9 slap shot helped set up many other save percentage and a 1.40 goals against scoring chances for the Eagles. average during the season to lead Complete stats for the season are Division III, was named to the All-State available online at www.nhhighschool- first team. hockey.com. ▲

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The Mountain Ear, Thursday, March 26, 2009 - Page A7 Cultural education program tied to N.Y. Times bestseller ‘Three Cups of Tea’ KMS participates

below: in international campaign, Kennett Middle School students participating in the “Pennies for ‘Pennies for Peace’ Peace” campaign. (Courtesy Photo) he students at Kennett Middle School have joined hands with tens of thousands of other school children around Tthe world who share the vision and dedication to empower communities through education in remote areas of Pakistan and Afghanistan. Students are embarking on the “Pennies for Peace” campaign to broaden their cultural horizons and become members of a global family dedicated to peace. How can a penny bring peace? It doesn’t buy much in the Mt. Washington Valley, but in the villages of Pakistan and Afghanistan it can buy a pencil, start an education, and transform a life. The “Pennies for Peace” campaign is a program of Central Asia Institute (CAI), founded by Greg Mortenson, author of the No. 1 New York Times best seller, “Three Cups of Tea.” CAI is a registered 501(c)3 nonprofit organization that promotes and provides community-based education and literacy programs, especially for girls, in remote mountain regions of Central Asia. Nearly 100 schools built children, that pencil can empower a involved. Jennifer Ouellette, music “Pennies for Peace” campaign, and Founded in 1996, CAI has built, child to read, write, and learn. The teacher at KMS and Builder’s Club come to understand their own to date, nearly 100 schools in “Pennies for Peace” program goal is advisor, with Laura Sorochak, capacity as philanthropists – one Afghanistan and Pakistan, which to encourage children, who are ulti- Builder’s Club advisor and Kiwanis penny at a time. Each team will be serve more than 28,000 students, mately our future leaders, to learn Member, are working with the stu- collecting pennies from now until 14,000 of whom are girls. the value of philanthropy by collect- dents in the Builders Club, and May 8. The pennies that students Mortenson’s story and more infor- ing pennies for global peace. Kiwanis International, to lead this collect can add up to make a real dif- mation about CAI can be found on Eighth-grade student and project. ference. Students have learned that: the web at www.ikat.org. Builders Club member Philip Kennett Middle School students 1 penny = a pencil In a region where terrorist organ- Mathieu had read “Three Cups of will have an opportunity to learn to 2-3 pennies = an eraser izations recruit uneducated, illiterate Tea,” and wanted to get the school work and share together in their 15 pennies = one notebook $20 = one child’s school supplies for one year ‘Pennies for $50 = one treadle sewing machine and supplies $100 = maternal healthcare Peace’ program supplies for one year $300 = one advanced stu- promoted in dent’s annual scholarship $600 = one teacher’s annual Bartlett, too salary BARTLETT — Director of the Bartlett $5,000 = support for existing Public Library, Kathy Van Deursen is school for one year shown with copies of two new books, $50,000 = one school build- “Listen to the Wind: The Story of Dr. ing and support for up to five Greg and Three Cups of Tea,” and, years “Three Cups of Tea: One Man’s Journey Children in more than 400 to Change the World, One Child at a mountain villages in remote Time,” written by Greg Mortenson and northern Pakistan and geared towards children and young adults. Afghanistan are on the waiting The books were recently donated to the library. Mortenson, author of the New list, hoping to learn in a new York Times nonfiction bestseller, “Three school. Kennett Middle School Cups of Tea,” was recently the keynote students hope to help build a speaker at the Appalachian Mountain bridge of peace, offering alter- Club’s annual meeting and dinner. The natives to the cycle of terrorism books give the account of his mission to and war. build schools and improve the lives of The community can help by children, especially girls, in remote bringing its pennies to Kennett regions of Pakistan and Afghanistan. Middle School and donating At the AMC’s annual meeting, them in the reception area. If Mortenson, just as compelling in person, you are a parent of a student, and with the aid of a PowerPoint presen- tation, spoke for over an hour to the sold let them do the donating in out audience of 900 and updated the activ- their team hallway so they can ities of his non-profit foundation, the feel the pride of being a philan- Central Asia Institute. Another program thropist! of the foundation geared towards school To find out more about age children is “Pennies for Peace.” Kennett Middle School’s Additional copies of the young adult “Pennies for Peace” campaign, book were also donated to the Jackson Director of the Bartlett Public Library, Kathy Van Deursen is shown with copies of two contact the Builder’s Club Public Library and the North Conway new books, “Listen to the Wind: The Story of Dr. Greg and Three Cups of Tea,” and, Advisors at Kennett Middle School Library. To learn more about Mortenson “Three Cups of Tea: One Man’s Journey to Change the World, One Child at a Time.” at 447-6364 or e-mail j_ouellette@ and his foundation go to the web site (Courtesy Photo) sau9.org. ▲ www.ikat.org, and for teachers, parents and students interested in the “Pennies for Peace” program, check out www.penniesforpeace.org. ▲

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FA Jazz wins three state instrumental titles FRYEBURG, Maine — Fryeburg Academy Jazz students swept the Maine State Instrumental Festival held in South Portland on Friday and Saturday, March 13 and 14. On Friday, in Division I Combo, FA's Birth of the Cool Combo placed first for the fourth year in a row! Seniors Tyler Arnold (drums) and Jared LaCasce (trumpet) were awarded Outstanding Musicianship trophies. Birth of the Cool Combo is a five-piece group made up of Jared, Tyler, Anya Rose (bass), Devin LaCasce (alto sax) and Dan Rounds (piano). FA's Seven Steps Combo placed first in the Multi-Combo Division (schools are only allowed to enter one combo in the Divisional Competitions and those with more than one band compete in this category). Sophomores Kelsey Sheehan (bass), Jon Dana (drums) and junior, Jeremy Holden (guitar) were all awarded Outstanding Musicianship trophies. Other members of Seven Steps include Meghan Moody (flute), Naomi Ela (piano), Dan Stackhouse (sax) and Delani Cele (sax). FA's Big Band was the big winner on Saturday as they outscored perennial favorites Old Town and Cape above: FA Jazz Elizabeth to capture their first-ever State Title. students swept Seniors, Jared LaCasce (trumpet) and Dan Rounds (piano) the Maine State were awarded Outstanding Musicianship Trophies. Big Band Instrumental members include Dan Stackhouse, Devin LaCasce, Delani Festival held Cele, Meghan Bradley and Stephen Lansing (saxophones); in South Portland Lindsay MacGillivray, Mack Bray, Mark Schwalbenberg and on Friday and Dave Reed (trombones); Lauren Brooking, Mary Rhymer, Saturday, March Tim Wadleigh, Louise Alfano and Jared LaCasce (trumpet); 13 and 14. Ryan Ahern (vibes); Tyler Arnold (drums); Anya Rose (bass) (Courtesy Photo) and Dan Rounds (piano). ▲

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The Kennett High School Key Club’s members of the month for January. From left to right are Ryan Burroughs, a freshman; Leanne Southwick, a sopho- more; Lee Guerringue, a junior; and Ariel Starkey, a senior at Kennett. These awards are given by Kennett Key Club officers in recognition of outstanding community service and leadership, and a certificate and memento are presented from their sponsoring Mt. Washington Valley Kiwanis Club. (Courtesy Photo)

Mt. Washington Valley Career and Technical Center offers classes Spring 2009 Adult Education Programs begin April 6

The Mount Washington Valley with Mike Hathaway. Career and Technical Center at New classes being offered this term Kennett High School is once again are Introduction to Computers for 10:00am through 2:00pm offering classes in adult education. Senior Citizens with Lianne Boelzner; Chef Tended Omelet Station Spring classes being offered Open Office Suite On-line Computer include: Introduction to Computers; Course with Bobby Strong; Beginner’s Belgian Waffle Station Introduction to Word; Microsoft French with Annalisa Weygandt; Eggs Benedict ● Peel & Eat Shrimp Word II – Building on the Basics; Introduction to Basic Wine Microsoft Excel for Beginners; Knowledge with Don Poulin; Smoked Salmon Display Advanced Microsoft Excel; Watermedia Workshop with Theresa Bacon, Sausage, & Home Fries QuickBooks; All About Word Art; Matregrano; Simple Bicycle Meet the Digital Photography Basics; Maintenance and Repair with Pete Pancakes, French Toast, Introduction to Graphics; Minnich; Beginning Road Biking Easter Bunny Fruit Display & Pastry Table Introduction to Computer-Aided Skills with Sally McMurdo; Fitness and Receive A Design and Drafting (CAD); Build for Life Exercise classes with Sue Assorted Cold Cereals Your Own Computer; Beginning Web Powers; Play with Clay with Barbara Free Picture! Tortellini Salad ● Caesar Salad Site Design; Building Web Site with Boxer and Snails Trails Quilts with Dreamweaver; Adobe Photoshop Roberta Davidson. Fresh Spring Asparagus Workshop I; English as a Second For students taking the SAT exams Long Grain & Wild Rice Pilaf Language – Beginners; English for in May and June, the Center is offer- Speakers of Other Languages (Multi- ing a five-week SAT Prep class in Lemon Rosemary Roasted Chicken Level); Astronomy and the Mount Critical Reading, Essay Writing and Salmon Wellington Washington Valley; Building with Math and a four-week Math class. Bill; Basic Auto Repair; Jewelry Once again, the Center is sponsor- Roast Herb Crusted Sirlion ● Baked Ham Making – Rings and Things; ing the GED Tutorial program. For Homebaked Desserts & Pastry Table Household Electricity: Basic AC-DC information on or to register for the Electricity; Yoga for Everyone; Yoga GED program, call Susan Adults $23.95 ● Children 4-12 $8.95 RX Basics for the Back; Beginning Hagerstrom 323-4621. Dog Obedience and Advanced Dog Classes will start the week of April Obedience. 6, with registration being held in the Reservations Please! Additional offerings include: lobby of the Career and Technical Introduction to American Sign Center at the new Kennett High Language with Don Poulin; School from 3 to 7:30 p.m. on Entertainment Reservations Computer Networking with Michael Tuesday, March 31, Wednesday, April Fri. & Sat. Nights Davidson; Introduction to Tai Chi 1 and Thursday, April 2. Call with Don Fries; Beginning Hip Hop For additional information on the Red Ridge 356-5411 Dance with Holly Fougere; Rubber Adult Education Program, call Pat Grille Stamping with Debbie Eastman; Philbrick, Adult Education Beginning and Intermediate Golf with Coordinator at 447-3729. ▲ ● ● Route 16 North Conway wwwredjacketmountainview.com Julie Rivers; and Stress Reduction

Page A10 - The Mountain Ear, Thursday, March 26, 2009 Jost and Cronin named All State Musicians Marion Dillon receives top music honors at state level NORTH CONWAY — Kennett High of scales, for their audition last fall. Dillon selected as the best of those accepted to the School’s Marion Dillon received double earned a seat in the highly competitive All State ensembles. The Chamber Music honors this year at the state level. Dillon, flute section and Jost made first trumpet, a Festival took place on Jan. 10 and the along with Tasha Jost, was appointed to tremendous accomplishment at any grade repertoire included a special rendition of the New Hampshire Music Educators All level, but particularly impressive as a soph- John Philip Sousa’s “Stars and Stripes State Band, an honor that has eluded omore. Choral student, Nora Cronin, also Forever.” Kennett High School for the past ten auditioned and received placement in the The All State Band, Choruses, and years. All State Women’s Choir. Cronin has Orchestra will convene at the Capitol Both girls prepared highly technical achieved All State honors for two consecu- Center for the Arts in Concord on April 2, and musically demanding studies and tive years. 3, and 4 with performances on April 4 musical pieces, along with an extensive list Dillon received double honors with an beginning at 1:30 p.m. appointment to the All State Chamber Music Festival as a member of the flute Buddy Werner choir. Chamber music participants are right: Marion Dillon Continued from Page A7 was 65th in 2:01.34 and Cameron Dieselman of Cranmore took 69th in 2:05.20. Teammate Lars Hamilton was 71st in 2:10.14. In the J4 giant slalom, Isabelle Strachan of King Pine again led the way for the girls, finishing first in 1:42.21, again more than two seconds faster than her closest competitor. Alice Merryweather of Attitash finished eighth in 1:49.70. Ellyn Pier of Wildcat was 17th in 1:53.00 and Rachel Nawrocki of Attitash took 18th in 1:53.62. Sophie Hewitt of Cranmore finished 21st in 1:56.21 with teammate Alexandra Marshall 25th in 1:57.75. Alexx Nawrocki of Attitash was 26th in 1:57.84, just ahead of Cranmore’s Kayla Morin in 1:57.98. Alexandra Garceau of Attitash was 29th in 1:58.13. Devon Laidman led three Attitash skiers in a row, taking 35th in 2:00.31. Molly Van Deursen (2:00.33) and Cassandra Hunt (2:00.58) followed closely. Cranmore’s Hannah Miller took 39th in 2:00.92 and teammate Casey Ross was 42nd in 2:01.46. Tayler Kent of Attitash took 44th in 2:01.58. Marika Nawrocki of Attitash was 50th in 2:02.80, while team- mate Nellie Coyle took 52nd in 2:02.96. Collette Gould, also of Attitash, was 58th in 2:05.14 and Micaela Braun of Cranmore was 64th in 2:11.18. Cranmore’s Jake Rourke led the local J4 boys in the giant slalom with a 15th place finish in 1:47.46. Danny Nash of King Pine was 21st overall in 1:48.02. Lucas Tinkham of Attitash finished 36th in 1:51.04, with Cranmore’s Keiffer Bradley 37th in 1:51.13. Tyler Eldridge of King Pine placed 38th in 1:51.25 and Attitash skier Jameson Harding was 39th in 1:51.34. Bradley Sampson of Cranmore finished 50th in 1:54.16, just ahead of Attitash’s Patrick Kenney in 1:54.33. William Madden of King Pine finished 57th in 1:56.00, while teammate Jake Remick was 66th in 2:00.13. Connor Alexander of Wildcat placed 72nd in 2:02.58 and Matthew Cote of Cranmore was 80th in 2:05.25. Matthew Hill of King Pine placed 82nd in 2:11.10 and Matthew Dieselman of Cranmore was 83rd in 2:17.11. Complete results from the weekend’s races are available at www.nhalpine.org. Click on the children’s races link. On March 16, the J4s held a Super-G race at Cranmore and King Pine’s Danny Nash took 12th at the statewide event. On March 20-21, the Francis Piche Invitational was held at Gunstock, with the top skiers from around the east coast and New Hampshire was the top state by a landslide. King Pine skier Emma Niiler was third and teammate Maddie Glavin placed seventh for the J5 girls among skiers from across the east coast. ▲

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Deaths meals for the Gibson Senior Center brothers, Bernard Keith of Pittsburgh, Pa., the son of Albert and and active in the Madison Food Portsmouth and Bruce Parker of Elizabeth (O'Grady) Damp. He had Bernice P. Grames Pantry. Tamworth. two sisters and two brothers. Bernice P. Grames, 87, of Center She was an awesome cook, well Memorial services will be held Ed graduated from Peabody High Conway, passed away March 16 at known for her Parker House rolls at Saturday, April 18, at 2 p.m. in the School in Pittsburgh, Pa., in 1939 and Mineral Springs, formerly Sunbridge, church suppers, decorative fancy Madison Church with the Rev. Sean soon after set off on adventure trips in North Conway. She was born in cakes for the annual church donation, Dunker-Bendigo, pastor, officiating. to the White Mountains and Rocky North Stratford and was the daughter the handmade quilts she made for Burial will be in the Gilman Mountains. While hiking the of Carlos and Doris (Abbott) Parker each of her grandchildren and she Cemetery in Madison. There will be Appalachian Trail, he and his hiking of Madison. loved entertaining with family and no visiting hours. In lieu of flowers, companion, Johnny Mayer, were Mrs. Grames worked for the friends. Mrs. Grames would prefer memorial camping in the vicinity of Madison United States Post Office at Silver The family includes: a daughter, donations be sent to the Madison hut one cold rainy night. The crew Lake for 31 years, first as clerk and Kathleen Lafleur of Conway; a son, Church Cancer Fund or the Gibson invited them inside to warm up, a later as postmaster. She was a mem- Francis Grames of Berlin; five grand- Senior Center of North Conway. chance encounter that ultimately led ber of the National Association of children; eight great-grandchildren; The Furber and White Funeral to a job offer from the Appalachian Postmasters of the United States and two sisters, Shirley Colcord of Home in North Conway is in charge Mountain Club’s huts manager Joe a member of the National Association Madison and Minnie Gilman of of arrangements. Dodge. of Retired Federal Employees. Conway; a brother, Robert Parker, of Ed worked Pinkham Notch in the Bernice was a member of the N.H. Rome, N.Y., and several nieces and Edward Albert “Moose” Damp winter of 1941, and stayed around State Grange, White Mountain nephews. Edward Albert “Moose” Damp, 87, through 1943, working at Madison Pomona, Madison Baptist Church Mrs. Grames was pre-deceased by passed away on March 3 in Sarasota, hut and as a donk skinner. He met and the Madison Philathea. She was her loving husband, Everett, of 63 Fla. Jean Newton, a college student from also a devoted volunteer serving years marriage in 2002 and two He was born July 21, 1921, in Rhode Island. While working in the

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Page A12 - The Mountain Ear, Thursday, March 26, 2009 Edward Albert “Moose” Damp Kathleen Terese Hurley Sheehan Lisa Jane (Rudolph) Stewart huts, Ed acquired the nickname ily and friends, reached the summits Lisa Jane (Rudolph) Stewart deceased by a stepson, PFC Justin “Moose,” a name that would stick of all of New Hampshire’s 4000-foot Lisa Jane (Rudolph) Stewart, 48, of Kennie. with him the rest of his life. peaks, in addition to many other Elm Street in Effingham, passed away Calling hours were Wednesday, Moose enrolled in the University peaks here and abroad. She enjoyed Saturday, March 21, at the Mountain March 25, from 4 to 7 p.m. at the of Pittsburgh but left to serve in playing bridge, snowshoeing, Nordic View Nursing Home in Ossipee after Lord Funeral Home in Wolfeboro. WWII. He served in the Army Air and downhill skiing, and walking; a long journey battling cancer. Funeral services will be Thursday, Corp’s 401st Bomb Group of the 8th she power-walked the Dublin She was born Nov. 18, 1960, in March 26, at 1 p.m. at the funeral Air Force as a navigator from 1943 to (Ireland) and Disney Marathons, in Wolfeboro, the daughter of Gerald home. Burial will be in the Chickville 1945, flying more than thirty bomb- 2006 and 2008 respectively, with her and Mary (Libby) Rudolph. She had Cemetery in Center Ossipee later in ing missions over Europe. Returning friends and daughter. lived in Tuftonboro for most of her the spring. from Europe in 1945, he and “Noot” Kathleen worked as a nurse with a life, where she attended local school Donations in her memory may be (as Jean was called) were married, friend and family practitioner while and graduated from Kingswood made to the Mountain View Nursing honeymooned at Pinkham Notch her children were young in Regional High School in Wolfeboro. Home, Activities Fund, 10 County Camps, and lived in Washington Connecticut; owned and operated the She had lived in Effingham for the Farm Road, Ossipee, NH 03864. D.C. until he was discharged. Linderhof Motor Inn in Glen from past few years. Moose then took a position as a 1970 to 1974, and then resumed her Lisa worked at the Mountain View Editor’s Note: Announcements of navigator for Trans World Airlines career in nursing. After several years Nursing Home in Ossipee for 27 births, adoptions, engagements, wed- and the couple settled in Barrington, of private-duty nursing, Kathleen years. She loved to travel and shop dings, deaths and memorial services R.I., close to Noot's parents. Moose began practicing with Visiting Nurse and had a great love for her dog, may be sent to the Passages Editor, c/o flew overseas routes to Germany and and Hospice of Northern Carroll Cletus. The Mountain Ear, P.O. Box 530, later to the Far East. While not fly- County in July of 1986. She became She is survived by her husband, Conway, N.H. 03818, or emailed to ing, Moose and Noot started a fami- the Hospice Administrator in July of Phillip Stewart, of Effingham; a sis- [email protected]. Items must ly, eventually having four sons and 1996, and most recently served two ter, Sandy Newman, of Tuftonboro be submitted by Monday noon for pub- one daughter. terms on the Board of Directors of and a brother, Blair Rudolph, of lication on the following Thursday. We Returning to Rhode Island, Moose The Memorial Hospital in North Tuftonboro; many nieces and are glad to publish engagement and decided he missed the mountains, so Conway. Since 2002 Kathleen had nephews. She is also survived by her wedding photos (enclose self- he moved his family to North worked per diem, which allowed her mother and father-in-law Margaret addressed, stamped envelope and kind- Conway in 1961, opening a German to enjoy more free time traveling, and William Stewart of Porter, ly print address on back of photo for restaurant, the Edelweiss on the West hiking, biking, kayaking, and skiing Maine. Besides her parents she is pre- photo return). Side Road while still continuing to with Jim. fly part-time. He married Giselle Kathleen was pre-deceased by her "Kitty" Sauvageau in 1990. Soon parents; her young son, Michael after, they moved to Sarasota, Fla. John, in 1973; her niece, Elizabeth, Many of Moose’s family worked in 1986 and her siblings Larry, John for the Appalachian Mountain Club’s Jr., and Fred Hurley, and Edith huts system. He was pre-deceased by Fasold. She is survived by her his wife, “Noot” in 1981. He is sur- beloved husband of 48 years, James vived by a brother, Jim Damp of C. Sheehan, Jr.; her children, James Pittsburgh, Pa., his son, Jeff Damp, C. Sheehan, III and his wife, Maria of Arvada, Colo.; eight grandchil- (Healy) of Everett, Mass., Colleen dren, and two great- grandchildren; a and her husband, Christopher C. daughter, Lucinda, died shortly after Taintor, of Cape Elizabeth, Maine; childbirth in about 1950; a son Eben, her six grandchildren; her brothers died in 1994, and another son, Andy, Richard T. and Robert P. Hurley and twin brother of Jeff, passed away in their families, and several nieces, 1995. nephews and their families. The family will hold private serv- A Mass of Christian Burial was cel- ices later in the summer. Donations ebrate on Tuesday, March 24, at 11 in memory of “Moose” can be made a.m. at Our Lady of the Mountains to the Appalachian Mountain Club, 5 Church in North Conway. 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The Mountain Ear, Thursday, March 26, 2009 - Page A13 On Second Thought

Remembering an early spring Growing daughters can change with the season

By Steven Caming Contributing Writer knew she wouldn’t but somehow I thought she’d stay little for- ever…I thought that the little girl who held my hand every- Iwhere we went would always be there, would always grimace when I braided her hair and would always eagerly show me her schoolwork at the end of the day…In a way she is still here (every once in awhile), albeit as a 20 year old college student home for the weekend, who most certainly does not hold my hand when we go somewhere. But once upon a time she was that little girl. It was a time we both still remember and looking through an old journal I found the following story, which almost captures the exact moment when I knew “change was coming,” to paraphrase the current president. And so, it was on a casual evening at home almost 12 years ago that it happened…

I HEARD A woman’s laughter for the first time the other night. The charming, disarming, silvery tones of a hearty laugh, expressing a knowing kind of joy. With my eyes closed I could pic- ture her just a few years from now – elegant, worldly, surrounded by admirers and positively glowing. With my eyes open I saw only my nine- year-old daughter, Jess, playing in the kitchen, poised on the threshold between what has been and what’s to come. She still looks like a lit- tle girl, mostly. She still plays with dolls and gigapets, colors with mark- ers and crayons and eats sugary cereal for breakfast, but something is changing. Her world is no longer exclusively one of my mak- ing. I still provide a proving life issues. My ongoing, ground for issues and but largely futile strug- answers, but her horizons gle is to shield, insu- have been broadened by the late and finally pack- same issues that effect the age what must be rest of us grown-ups. She revealed. knows the president likes Dinner table conversa- girls he’s not married to, that all children possess to some degree. tion can be a minefield of knows Saddam Hussein is a troublemak- Two quick and true stories illustrate real life issues. Though er and, armed with a growing wad of sin- the contradiction I’m referring to. posed innocently they gles in her allowance jar, knows it’s the While busy in the next room Jess and a must be handled delicate- economy, stupid. friend are watching Disney’s “Heidi’s ly, less they explode in Funny, childish play things I do used Grandfather.” In one early scene, Heidi your face. to elicit squeals of delight. Now I’m picks flowers to give to her grandfather What exactly is oral sometimes jokingly told, “Oh Dad, give in response to which he scowls and yells sex, Dad? And did the it a rest.” The irony is that her child- angrily at the little girl. My daughter’s president have it with hood gave me a chance to relive my own, friend comments that the “grandfather that girl?” From a position of perfect and this time around I’m not as eager to is a ‘mean’ man.” Jess responds with a ignorance, her six-year-old brother “Dad, I think he likes me.” give it up as I was the first time. lengthy psychological explanation of the quickly chimes in, ‘Yeah, what is oral sex, “That’s nice, Jess. He seems like a I’m perfectly aware there is no way to grandfather’s true feelings and reasons Dad?” nice boy.” stave off her inexorable, headlong rush for his pain, which he is only blindly Fortunately I wasn’t holding a glass, “I know you think of him as a boy, toward womanhood. It has reared its transferring to Heidi. which I’d surely have dropped, but I did Dad, but I think of him as a man.” pretty head a number of times, but like Personally, at nine years old, I was not freeze up for a second, sat there like deer Isn’t that amusing? Problem is I’m the famous groundhog it went back thinking about the deeper meaning of in the headlights, stunned into silence. starting to notice my laughter has a hol- under each time to await the coming of Elmer Fudd’s obsessive behavior in pur- After a few eternities, during which I low ring, as today’s humor becomes spring. But to my chagrin, it looks like suit of that “wascally wabbit”. considered all the implications of tomorrow’s self-fulfillng prophecy. spring is coming early. Is it nature or The issues and insights tackled by responsible parenting, my struggling But not all her comments are notable nurture, life experience, IQ, growth hor- children’s programming today have brain said, “It’s the kind of sex you talk only for their shock or comedic value. mones in beef and chicken or just televi- evolved dramatically in just one genera- about a lot, but never at the dinner table, Sometimes pearls of wisdom in the form sion that seems to have hastened the tion. For better and worse, the world understand? Okay, now finish you’re of youthful insight can be spellbinding. process? I’m going to say it here and came knocking much earlier for my kids your carrots.” I quickly steered the con- Recently we were discussing a potential- now for the first time: “Kids today grow than it did for me. With computers in versation back to terra firma. One thing ly troubling family issue when my up a lot faster than they did in my day.” the classroom and the Internet every- is certain: that is not a question I ever daughter inspired me with her com- As a New Hampshire resident, I guess I where, they’ve become global citizens of asked my parents, or that was part of ment: “Dad, at times like these, all you should throw in a “by jeezum” at the end the information age. They’re growing presidential politics and the nightly need is a steady heart and a compass of of that sentence. up in a small town understanding and news. the mind to guide you.” Some of my daughter’s “precocious following the same issues we all do. Admittedly, very few conversations I’m still thinking about that one. awareness” I’m sure (I hope) is just mim- From presidential peccadilloes, to O.J., can make me squirm like that. In fact, Spring is here and the young trees icry gleaned from an all-too-intimate, to the car crash of a princess – she’s most are downright amusing. Just the that weathered another season are even all-too-available popular culture. Other heard it all. other day, I was informed about another stronger and more beautiful this year – potential suitor for my daughter’s and I heard a woman’s laughter for the parts, I hope (I’m sure) come from a well I grew up in a kind of big town, but in ▲ of pure un”adult”erated consciousness a smaller world, burdened by less real fourth-grade hand. first time the other night.

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Page A16 - The Mountain Ear, Thursday, March 26, 2009 Entertainment Arts Recreation A heartfelt story of a Berlin&& family dealing with the consequences of loss M&D opens ‘The Warmth of the Cold,’ Thursday, March 26

&D Productions of North Hampshire town closes. Carol, unable Lowell Williams is a struggling play- Productions and directed by Neil Conway is opening a new play to accept Hal's death, escapes into a fan- wright who has taken this story from a Pankhurst of Winni Playhouse. It runs Mbased on the people of Berlin. tasy world where she converses with him personal connection he has with a fami- Thursday, Friday and Saturday, March The play is called “The Warmth of the every day through the music on the ly in the area. Williams agrees that this 26 through April 11, at 7:30 p.m., at the Cold,” by N.H. playwright Lowell radio. Robbie and Samantha are forced play couldn’t be more poignant in con- “YourTheatre” location, 1857 White Williams (Winner of 2006 N.H. to grow up too fast and become the veying how these people live from pay- Mountain Highway in North Conway. Theatre Award for Best Original Play). adults in this dysfunctional and some- check to paycheck and are suddenly For tickets or information, call 662- The play is a family drama set in times crazy household. Robbie steps thrust into a downward spiral after life 7591 or email [email protected]. ▲ Berlin, N.H., in the middle of winter on into his father’s shoes to become the throws them a curve ball. the day of the year’s worst snowstorm. It “man of the house,” and struggles to “The play isn’t without is a deeply felt and poignant story about keep the family together while hope,” says director Neil a family dealing with hardship and loss Samantha does everything she can to Pankhurst. “Yes, this family is which is caught, to use Tennessee find a way out. down and out, but the end of William’s expression, “in the thunder- “This story is sadly typical of today’s the show instills hope that their cloud of a common crisis.” economic climate,” said Mark lives are turning around for the The story centers on Carol and her DeLancey, M&D’s executive director. better.” two teenage children, Samantha and “The playwright is a good friend of “The Warmth of the Cold,” Robbie, who are struggling to carry on mine and I approached him to bring this starring Dan Tetreault, Rae after the death of Hal, their father, who heartfelt drama to the North Country.” McCarey, Katie Gustafson, Kyle was killed in an accident after being Mulcahy and Ezra Timberlake forced to take a job as a truck driver Alves, is produced by M&D when the mill in their small New

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The Mountain Ear, Thursday, March 26, 2009 - Page B1 Valley Round-Ups

At Riverside Inn in Intervale, March 29 Auction to fund Community School scholarships Auction lovers take note: Sunday, Auctioneer George Cleveland, renowned Community School’s organ- March 29, is the date for the 4th annual for his humorous banter and friendly pro- ic garden “Celebrate Our Community Auction,” fessionalism, has graciously volunteered to • Pool table, second hand which is the major source of funding for take charge of the live auction segment of • Stained glass table lamp student scholarships at The Community the afternoon. Tickets are $25/couple, • Sterling silver bangle School in South Tamworth. This year’s $15/adults, and $10/students. All are wel- bracelet, with diamond set in auction will be held from 3 to 6 p.m. at the come. gold bezel beautiful Riverside Inn located at 372 Items to be auctioned include: • Camping package at Route 16A (Resort Loop) in Intervale. • Custom interior wall mural Odetah Campground in While helping yourself to hors d’oeu- • Handcrafted cherry jewelry box Bozrah, Conn. vres, drinks, and desserts, you may browse • Hand-blown glass paperweight • An Easter basket full of the silent auction tables, placing your bids. • Summer CSA share for The Easter Bunny rolls • Cord of cut and split “Orange Zinger,” art quilt fashioned by parent Nancy firewood Calnan, will be auctioned at the March 29 school Event to be held in KHS gym • Out door sculpture fundraiser in Intervale. (Courtesy Photo) • Three-month member- and no dance skills are required! ship at Eastern Slope Inn Fitness Center Music Festival in Wolfeboro • One-hour massage • Birthday Party Package, specially cre- • Doll cradle with hand-made bedding ated for your needs by TCS students Project Graduation to hold and quilt • Spa pedicure and manicure • A Curious George “chalk talk” in the All are invited to come to Sunday’s Zumba Dance-A-Thon March 29 style of illustrator H.A. Rey event, have some fun, bid on whatever Kennett Project Graduation volunteers with easy-to-follow dance moves. Zumba • Pie of the month: six organic pies to strikes your fancy, and support the students for the Class of 2009 are excited to bring a instructors from the Valley will be front be made fresh for you and programs of this innovative learning Zumba Dance-a-Thon to the Mt. and center as dance-a-thon participants try • Five dozen ears of corn and a basket of environment. To reserve tickets, visit the Washington Valley on Sunday, March 29, their best to keep up, although no dance tomatoes (organic, locally grown) school website (www.communi- • Six boxes of Michael Jordan signature tyschoolnh.org) or call 323-7000. Tickets from 2 to 5 p.m. skills are required. All participants will ▲ This is an invaluable opportunity for have the opportunity to win prizes and Wheaties from 1990 are also available at the door. the Valley to work together to help each snacks will be available for those who work • Two tickets to the Great Waters other. A $10 registration fee to participate up an appetite. There will also be plenty of in this fun-filled event will go to Project water on hand. Fitness facilities and some Graduation and all of the pledge money retail stores have been invited to share Annual fund-raiser for Bearcamp each participant collects from sponsors will information and products. be distributed to the nonprofit of their Sponsor sheets are available at Kennett Valley School & Children’s Center choice. Pledges are not necessary; partici- High School, the North Conway pants can simply join the event for $10. Community Center, One to One Fit, 17th annual Taste of the Bearcamp The Zumba dance-a-thon is open to all Cranmore Family Fitness Center, Settlers’ ages. Put on your sneakers and join us in Green Information Office, the Design the Kennett High School Gym. Valley Food Festival March 29 Zumba is a dance-based fitness program DANCE-A-THON continues Page B5 The Bearcamp Valley School and at the door. Families are $30 in advance or Children’s Center announces its 17th year $35 at the door (two adults and their chil- of the Taste of the Bearcamp Valley Food dren under 18). Tickets are available at the Festival, a major fundraising event for the Whittier House Restaurant and the center and one of the most eagerly antici- Bearcamp Valley School and Children’s pated events in our community. On Center in Tamworth. Sunday, March 29, the Whittier House This is a wonderful opportunity to Restaurant will once again host this event, enjoy a delicious dinner with family and where a complete dinner will be served fea- friends while supporting the Bearcamp turing menu samples from area restau- Valley School and Children’s Center, a rants. The Whittier House Restaurant is non-profit childcare and early education 100 percent accessible and will provide a center. cash bar for the evening. For more information and reservations, Because of the event’s popularity, there call the Bearcamp Valley School and will be two seatings — at 4:30 and 6 p.m. Children’s Center at 323-8300. ▲ Adult tickets are $12 in advance or $13.50 Peg Scully is first honoree of 2009 MWVAA Artist of the Month reception April 3 The Mt. Washington Valley Arts studied watercolor painting with Tony Association (MWVAA) is holding its Van Hasselt and Judi Wagner. inaugural Artist of the Month Opening An accomplished portrait painter, Reception on Friday, April 3, to kick off Scully also enjoys plein air painting, striv- its monthly Artist of the Month Exhibit. ing to achieve an effect of light and atmos- The reception is open to the public and phere in all her work through her choice will be held at the MWV Visual Arts of values and color. She has taught classes Center in Norcross Place (next to RSN) and workshops in Freedom and through from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. the Mt. Washington Valley Art Peg Scully has been selected as April’s Association in landscape, figure and still 09/10 Season Artist of the Month and her work will be life painting. Pass Prices on display through April 24. Scully will be Her work has been exhibited at the And Bonuses on hand during the reception to answer American Watercolor Society, the New Announced! questions about her paintings. England Watercolor Society, and the The Arts Association’s goals of the Newburyport Art Association juried Artist of the Month program are to build shows. She has won numerous firsts and awareness of the diversity of artists, arti- seconds at the MWVAA shows, including sans and craftspeople in the Mt. second prize at Art in the Park 2005; Best Washington Valley; to become a venue in Show at the Brass Heart Inn Show for member artists to exhibit their work; 2006; and First Place at the MWVAA and to support the sale of member artists’ Winter Show 2008. Wildcat Mountain is "What's Happening?" work. For questions regarding the applica- $9 Lift Tickets! – Fri, 3/27 Scully lives in Freedom, where she has tion process to become Artist of the Nevado Mountain Adventures Demo Day & a studio and gallery. She studied oil paint- Month or about the April reception, call DJ Cooper Fox - Sat, 3/28 ing at the Ridgewood Art Institute with 356-ARTS (2787). More information and Arthur Maynard, at the University of application forms can be found online at $25 afternoon tickets & Bill Cameron in Pub – Sun, 3/29 Cincinnati, at Pratt Institute, and at the www.mwvarts.org. ▲ WCYY Reggae Pond Skim & BBQ - Sat, 4/4 Worcester Art Museum School. Scully

Page B2 - The Mountain Ear, Thursday, March 26, 2009 On the Slopes & Trails

Skiing with Sven It’s that time of year when the sun is shining & the Ravine is calling By Sven Cole A trip up to the ravine is best done with el are all highly recommended. It shouldn’t than trying to stick it out. My rule is that if Contributing Writer a small group of people, and ideally with need to be said, but it is also important that it doesn’t feel right then I head back; I can AS SPRING ARRIVES A New someone who has been there before and you know how to use that equipment. always come back to climb and ski another England skiing tradition begins to take knows what’s going on when it comes to Eastern Mountain Sports and day. shape as thousands make their way to backcountry skiing. Don’t let the throngs International Mountain Climbing School Something to consider: pack smart. You Mount Washington for their annual pil- of skiers fool you; this is a backcountry both offer classes in avalanche awareness, a want to bring the right gear for the day, grimage up to Tuckerman Ravine. experience and the potential dangers are great course for anyone interested in back- along with food and water; at the same Talk to almost any skier in North very real. Avalanche, ice falls, rock falls, country skiing in avalanche terrain. time you don’t need to bring a hundred- America and they have likely heard of falling skiers/riders, undermined snow and It is also recommended that you have pound pack full of everything you could Tuckerman Ravine, a glacial cirque carved weather top the list, but certainly don’t crampons and an ice ax for travel above ever need. This is where going with some- out of the eastern side of Mount complete it. It is important for anyone tree line. I have to admit that I often forgo one who has spent time up there goes a Washington during the last ice age, and going up to the Ravine or up into any back- this advice, instead trying to use caution long way. I’ve certainly learned a great deal home to some of the best spring steep ski- country situation to have some knowledge and good planning to steer clear of those over the years, and seem to learn new tricks ing in the world. The best part? It’s in our and the appropriate equipment. areas where crampons will be needed. This each year, which bring my overall pack back yard. Check the avalanche report and heed its is for two reasons; one, I don’t own cram- weight down each year. Tuckerman Ravine begins to buzz with advice. Check the weather and check the pons, and two, if crampons are needed The next thing to consider: climb what activity this time of year, as do websites set discussion boards for recent conditions. then it is likely not the type of conditions you are going to ski. If you’ve never skied up to monitor conditions and provide After you’ve gathered the information you that I want to be skiing in (I like soft spring really steep terrain before, it can be shock- skiers with a place to post trip reports and can make a good decision. snow). That being said, the people who ing how steep the ravine can be. Better to share stories. Two of the sites that see a lot The advice for everyone traveling up in make a living guiding people in rugged climb a little way and ski the slightly less of attention, www.tuckerman.org and avalanche terrain is to have the appropriate alpine terrain suggest crampons — I’d sug- steep terrain to get a feel for it, then to www.timefor tuckerman.com, are great gear and know how to use it. gest listening to them. drop in on something that is over your resources for people planning a trip and Unfortunately that often isn’t the case, One of my bigger concerns when going ability. Tuckerman Ravine is not a great getting information such as avalanche dan- especially when the avalanche danger is up to the Ravine is the weather. Having place to take a spill. It’s steep and there are ger, what to bring, best routes, projected posted as low and many feel that it is safe. lived and worked around Mount “rocks of consequence” that you REALLY weather, and much more. But an avalanche beacon, probe, and shov- Washington, I am very familiar with how don’t want to hit. So take your time and rapidly the weather can change, and how don’t push it too hard. An injury up in the often the weather reports just don’t hold Bowl can mean a long wait for help or Nordic Tracks with Sven true up on the mountain. A day that begins worse, a long, slow transport off the moun- with blue sky and temps in the 50s at the tain (that will also severely impact a num- Pinkham Notch parking lot can end in ber of volunteers who will need to get you Give your Nordic skis some love heavy clouds, snow, air temps in the teens, off the mountain — so be safe.) and wind chill in the negative numbers, So, bring your sunscreen, pack your bag before you pack them away and having it all happen very fast. This and head up for some good fun on one of By Sven Cole summer waxing of skis. This is a time when means you need to be ready for those the greatest mountains on this planet. Do Contributing Writer I pull down every pair of skis and give them swings, and also be smart about what to do it the right way, pay attention, be safe and IT IS TIME TO SAY GOODBYE a good thick coat of summer wax, and leave when that weather starts to roll in. you will have a trip that you will be talking ▲ to the “official” cross-country ski season. that wax until the next time they are ready For me, a day skiing up in the bowl is about for years. Many of the touring centers have called it to hit snow, so it can be very obvious which about fun with friends — I’m not looking a season, with Bear Notch and Bretton skis didn’t see snow and which ones did. to relive a chapter from Into Thin Air — so Sven Cole is a local skier and writer. Check Woods looking to stay open for a bit For example, when I pulled down all of if the weather starts to look squirrelly I out his skiing blog at www.skiingwithsven. longer. Bear Notch even has a race this my race skis, every pair of them still had tend to head down the mountain rather blogspot.com. coming weekend, the March Hare, on summer wax on them. That actually sur- Sunday, March 29 (sign up at prised me, as I thought I had at least skied www.bearnotchskitouring.com). However it on one pair of them over the winter. Then Great Glen Trails closes won’t be long before the Nordic season is I realized I didn’t put kick wax on a pair of in our rear view mirror. skis once this entire season! Yikes! Looks for the winter season How did it go by so fast? I feel like I ask like I’ll need to hit up Thom’s Amazing that every year, and every spring I have Wax Clinic for a refresher next year! PINKHAM NOTCH — On Sunday, Auto Road for its 148th season, which some grand plan on how I am going to Then I pulled down a pair of backcoun- March 22, Great Glen Trails closed for will begin in May. Great Glen Trails capitalize on the next year, but it never try skis that had seen so much use that I the 2008/2009 winter season. Summer will also reopen for summer operations, works out quite like I planned! That isn’t found that a bit of repair work is needed on operations will begin in May. biking and kayaking, in May. During always a bad thing, it’s just other opportu- one of the bindings. As I put the ski in the Great Glen Trails was the first New the summer, Great Glen Trails features nities come along that are just as fun. vice I reflected back on the trip down the Hampshire cross country ski area to a full events calendar highlighted by I definitely can look back on the last 20 Wildcat Valley Trail with my wife and my open for the 2008/2009 winter season, There’s a Black Fly in My Eye 10-Mile years of my cross-country skiing and see a friend Matt. I then laughed as I remem- when it opened on Nov. 28, 2008. Trail Race in June and the 24 Hours of pattern, and I wonder how it will continue. bered my exploratory trip across a bog with Great Glen Trails has closed after 115 Great Glen in August, along with There were periods when I was focused on my dogs that resulted in a very wet pair of days of operation, completing its 15th spring and fall trail running series, a racing, periods when all I wanted to do was skis and boots for me. season of winter operations. Along with summer mountain bike series and a fall skate ski, then a number of years when my I pulled down my youngest daughter’s cross country skiing, snowshoeing and cyclocross series. skate skis spent a fair amount of time in skis and realized they will be too small next snow tubing, the SnowCoach is now For more information about sum- storage. I really got into classic skiing for year, and that it was only a couple years ago closed for the season. mer and to view the events at Great Efforts in Pinkham Notch now turn Glen Trails, call 466-2333 or visit awhile, and then it was a lot of classic ski- that she was still in the backpack, and now ▲ ing with a kid on my back. The past few she’s out cruising the trails with the family to the opening of the Mt. Washington www.GreatGlenTrails.com. years I’ve found myself grabbing my fatter as confident as could be. I recalled the last backcountry skis more often and really night ski I did with her, where she skied enjoying the ability to explore. Each year without a head lamp and let the tracks The car you’ve been wishing for is just a click away has its own story, its own pace, and each of guide her feet. She had fun and seemed so them end the same way. proud of having skied in the dark. 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The Mountain Ear, Thursday, March 26, 2009 - Page B3 Former Maine Poet Laureate offers free workshop for teachers and parents Free workshop on teaching poetry in Bartlett, March 30 “Spreading the Word: Poetry at the education director of the Frost Place in complete process of presenting a poem in Center of the Language Arts Classroom,” Franconia. He is widely regarded as an the classroom: reading aloud, listening, is the topic of a workshop for educators, innovative national leader in the field of writing the poem down, responding to the administrators, and interested community teaching poetry. poem in terms of word choice and the ele- members on Monday, March 30, from The workshop, offered by the Arts ments of the art of poetry, asking questions, 3:30 to 5:30 p.m. at Josiah Bartlett Alliance of Northern New Hampshire as and using the poem as a model for writing Elementary School, Main Street in part of a pilot partnership with the New an original poem. Bartlett. The workshop comes just in time Hampshire Humanities Council, is appro- “Poetry is really the source of language to prepare for National Poetry Month in priate for English teachers, curriculum work in the classroom,” Wormser says, April. coordinators, and interested instructors in “the place where at any age students actu- Presenter Baron Wormser is a former all subject areas and grade levels, as well as ally get to talk about language as language. poet laureate of Maine and the longtime local readers and writers. It will follow the They really get to focus on the life of the words. If we want students to be sensitive Presenter Baron Wormser is a former poet to language — as readers and writers and laureate of Maine and the longtime educa- Lani Voivod to speak on tion director of the Frost Place in POETRY continues Page B12 ‘Internet Shoestring Marketing’ Franconia. (Courtesy Photo) Lunchtime brown bag Group to discuss ‘Hannah’s Dream’ marketing series April 1 April 3; all are welcome The Mt. Washington Valley Arts and creative ways. Association is holding its second During this fast-paced, jam-packed TGIF Book Discussion at Lunchtime Brown Bag Marketing series workshop, Lani will share the latest in for all Mt. Washington Valley’s artists, low-cost and no-cost internet marketing North Conway Library artisans and crafts people. The theme of tools and techniques — strategies that will The North Conway Library has chosen equally loving and devoted caretaker is the session on April 1 is, “Internet boost your business the very same day “Hannah’s Dream” by Diane Hammond as found to replace him, Sam rejoices when Shoestring Marketing.” Lani Voivod without breaking the bank. the next book for its TGIF Book Group. smart, compassionate Neva Wilson is from Epiphanies, Inc. of Gilford, will be “Knowing how to use the internet to On Friday, April 3, at 10:30 a.m, the group hired as the new elephant keeper. But Neva the featured speaker. maximize sales, without spending a for- will discuss this beautifully told tale rich in quickly discovers what Sam already knows: Lani Voivod and her husband, Allen, tune is important to every artist. The Arts heart, humor, and intelligence. that despite their loving care, Hannah is originally of Los Angeles, started out in Association is fortunate to have an expert “Hannah's Dream” is the well-crafted, isolated from other elephants and her feet the internet marketing world in the late like Lani Voivod speaking to us on this heartfelt story of a 41-year love affair are nearly ruined from standing on hard ’90s. Lani was the head writer for topic,” said Jan Eskedal, Board President. between an elephant named Hannah and concrete all day. Barbie.com and Allen was the editor of There is no cost to attend the two- her long-time keeper, Samson “Sam” Using her contacts in the zookeeping DeadBrain.com . The Voivods moved to hour workshop; just bring lunch and Brown. The tale is set at the fictional, world, Neva and Sam hatch a plan to send Gilford and soon incorporated a “creative internet marketing questions regarding down-at-the-heels Max L. Biedelman Zoo Hannah to an elephant sanctuary — just as content marketing” business bearing the your art. This program will take place on in Washington State. name Epiphanies, Inc. Lani and Allen Wednesday, April 1, from noon to 2 p.m. Having vowed not to retire until an TGIF continues Page B5 began sharing their knowledge of the at the MWV Visual Arts Center in Internet Marketing world and devoting Norcross Place (next to RSN). To regis- themselves to helping budding entrepre- ter, call 356-ARTS(2787) or email, neurs and small business dynamos in fun [email protected]. ▲ Denmark & Brownfield Huskies 4th Annual Dinner and Auction On Saturday, April 4, the Brownfield and older) and $3 for children. The and Denmark Recreation Departments Chinese auction will begin at 5:30 p.m. Apres-Ski As You Remember It! and the PTA will once again join forces to Auction ticket envelopes are $3 for an Saturday Night: Two for One Appetizers on raise money for the children of their com- envelope of 10. This year, bonus Black Mountain Splash Party munities with the 4th Annual Huskies envelopes will be sold — 80 tickets for $20. Wednesdays and Thursdays! Dinner and Auction at the Denmark Ticket sales for the auction will close five at the Pub with Jeff Conley & school. minutes before it begins. Open Wednesday & Thursday, 3-9PM Friends Starting at 4:30PM Doors will open at 4:30 p.m. to allow This is shaping up to be a fun time for Friday to Sunday, 3-10PM following Events at viewing of the auction items. A delicious everyone. Join the group for an inexpen- Black Mountain! spaghetti dinner, complete with salad, roll, sive night out with the family and support 603.383.8916 dessert and a drink, will be served from 5 the children of the community at the same at Whitney’s Inn next to Black Mt. • www.whitneysinn.com to 7 p.m. and tickets are $6 for adults (12 time! Organizers are currently accepting donations of goods and services for the AN AUTHENTIC INDIAN RESTAURANT Smoke Starting Friday: Oscar nominated short films, live shorts 1pm 7pm event. All donors will be acknowledged Free! Animated shorts 10:30am 4pm publicly in the school newsletters and at For more info: Oscar.com or shortsinternational.com/shortsoscar the auction. For more information, con- Shalimar ▲ Shalimar tact Stephanie LeBlond at 452-2546. Lunch Tues-Sun: 11-2:30 • Dinner Nightly Beginning at 5pm Now SVegetarianerving &L Non-Vegetarianunch & D Dishesinner in Our Kid’sN Menuew • DineL oIn cora Taketi oOutn!! 2197 White M27t27n Seavey. SeaveyHwy. 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Page B4 - The Mountain Ear, Thursday, March 26, 2009 ACT! brings traditional Malian Kora musician to Mt. Washington Valley Musician Mamadou Diabate performs April 4 at KHS Arts Council of Tamworth will offer the Museum in New York, and at the children 12 and under, $10 for students, community the rare opportunity to hear Smithsonian Institute in Washington, and $20 for adults. They can be purchased the nimble-fingered Mamadou Diabate, a D.C. easily and securely online at www.artstam- Manding kora musician from Mali, play Today, Mamadou performs around worth.org; no fee is charged and tickets will music traditional to his people. Mamadou North America and Europe. Playing with be held for you at the door. Tickets can also will perform Saturday, April 4, at 7:30 p.m diverse musicians allows him to bring the be purchased at The Other Store in at the Salyards Center for the Arts located kora to new audiences. At the same time, Tamworth or by calling 323-8104. ▲ on Maine Street in Conway. he remains rooted in the traditions of the The Boston Globe calls Mamadou’s Manding kora and his griot heritage, and is kora playing “a musical adventure in the one of only a handful of remaining kora best sense of the word.” NAPRA Review players keeping the tradition alive. To hear right: Mamadou Diabate will goes on from there: “an adventure that is Mamadou in performance is to experience perform Saturday, April 4, at 7:30 p.m exotic yet somehow familiar…music so lis- the beauty and freshness of the kora and to at the Salyards Center for the Arts tenable and fresh.” participate in the ancient heritage of Mali. located on Main Street in Conway. The kora is a 21-string harp played by Tickets for this performance are $5 for (Courtesy Photo) griots, or jelis, as they are known among the Manding people of West Africa. Jelis are more than just traditional musicians. 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School in South Tamworth will hold their yearly Baby, Prenatal and Mommy Yoga. The What to Do auction at the Riverside B&B on Route 16A in MWV Children’s Museum is holding its Intervale from 3 to 6 p.m. A variety of unique items weekly baby, prenatal and mommy yoga class Friday 27 have been donated. This is a major fundraiser for the at 12:30 p.m. This is a non-traditional spin A.A. Meetings. There are several AA Meetings held school’s scholarship fund. For more information or on yoga. The class is open to moms, mom- daily throughout Carroll County. Call 1-800-593- to reserve tickets, call 323-7000. mies with infants and pregnant moms. It is 3330 or go to www.nhaa.net to find one near you. Spanish Lessons. Learn conversational Spanish flexible and inviting and attempts to accom- Al-Anon. From 8 to 9 p.m. at the Gibson Center, with Isabel Costa every Sunday at the Met in North modate the needs of mothers of young chil- corner of White Mountain Highway and Grove Conway. Beginners will meet at 10:30 a.m. and dren. The cost is $12 for non-members and Street in North Conway. intermediates will meet at 11:40 a.m. New student $10 for members. Registration is required. welcome. The cost is $10 per person/per lesson. For Please call 356-2992 to reserve your spot Friday Gliders Social Ski. The Friday Gliders today. Classic Social Ski will be held every Friday at 1 p.m. more information or to signup, call 383-9403. through Mar. 27. Very fun and social with instruc- Yoga Classes. An eclectic style of Kripalu Yoga is Adult Singer Classes. The Mountain Top tional tips. Includes apres ski stretching and refresh- offered every day except Fridays by Carlene of Music Center located in Conway Village will ments. Skill level - experienced beginner to expert. Symmetree Yoga. The groups will practice Hatha hold adult singer classes with Lillian Lee- Call 383-9355 for more information. yoga postures paired with breath, meditation and Morse from 6:30 to 8 p.m. every Tuesday. relaxation. Classes are $13 per person. Times and For more details or to register for the class, Friday Painters’ Open Studio Group. The new call 447-4737. Open Studio sessions will meet Fridays from 9 a.m. locations vary throughout the Valley. For more until noon at the MWVAA’s office, located next to information or to schedule a class, contact Carlene Give Back Tuesdays Fundraisers. The the RSN studios on the lower level of Norcross at 662-8664 or on the web at www.symmetreeyo- Gift of Life Shop in North Conway will hold Place in North Conway village. Artists should bring ga.com. Give Back Tuesdays to benefit local organi- their own supplies and are also welcome to bring a Zumba Dance-A-Thon. Project Graduation will zations from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. This week a brown bag lunch. The Friday Painters group is free hold a Zumba Dance-A-Thon at the Kennett High portion of the day’s sale will be donated to for members and a $5 donation is suggested for non- School gym from 2 to 5 p.m. A $10 registration fee Starting Point. For more information call members. is required to participate. For more information or the shop at 356-5100. Monthly Supper. The Knights of Columbus will to signup, call Monica at 356-7317. Harrison House Resale Shoppe. The hold their monthly supper from 5 to 7 p.m. at Our Monday 30 Harrison House Resale Shoppe located at Remick Farm Maple Sugaring Event. Come to the Remick Lady of the Mountains church in North Conway. the entrance of the Conway Area Humane Farm and Museum in Tamworth on Saturday, March 28, for a This month the menu includes eggplant parmesan, Agape Food Pantry. Agape Food Pantry is open Society at 223 East Main Street in Conway day of maple sugaring from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. See and smell the vegetable lasagna with garden salad and fresh Italian Monday, Wednesday and Friday from 1 to 3 p.m., will be open every Tuesday, Thursday, Friday maple sugaring process. Sample maple treats or have lunch of bread. $8/adults, $4/children. located at the Ossipee Valley Bible Church on Route and saturday from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Bring pancakes and maple sausage. Admission is $5 per person. For 16 (across from NAPA) in West Ossipee. your donated items by, or come in and find a more information, call 323-7591. (Courtesy Photo) Story Time in Denmark, Maine. The Denmark bargain. Proceeds benefit the Conway Area Beginning Chamber Ensemble Class. Mountain Library will host story time on Fridays from 9:30 to Humane Society. For more information con- Top Music Center located in Conway Village will 4977 or Visiting Nurse and Hospice Care Services 11:30 a.m. For more information call 207-452-2200. tact the shelter at 447-5605. hold beginning chamber ensemble classes from 7 to of NCC at 356-7006. Story Time in Effingham. The Effingham Public 8 p.m. with Chris Nourse. For more details about Story Time in Tamworth. The Cook Memorial Library hosts infant and toddler story time from 11 Home School Support Group. The Brownfield the class or to register, call 447-4737. Library offers a story time for young children from Public Library in Brownfield, Maine will hold a to 11:30 a.m. For more information call 539-1537. 10:30 to 11:30 a.m. on the first three Tuesdays of Canterbury Trails. The Fryeburg Walking Group Home School Support Group every Wednesday Story Time at MWV Children’s Museum. The each month. For more information call 323-8510. at St. Elizabeth Ann Seton Church walks 1/2 to 1 from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. We will organize field trips, MWV Children’s Museum presents its weekly half- mile on Mondays and Thursdays at 1 p.m. Rain or Yoga Classes. The Tamworth Recreation do projects, find other kids your kids age, and moral hour story time at 10 a.m. at the museum in North snow, we cancel. All welcome. Wear comfortable Department will offer the spring sessions of Yoga on support for parents. For more information call 207- Conway. Children from ages birth to six years old shoes and warm clothes. For more information call Tuesday nights from 6 to 7:30 p.m. at the Tamworth 935-3003. are the focal audience for this fun and informative Town House from now through April 21. Classes Bebe Toor at 207-935-2068. Nature Nuts. Tin Mountain Conservation Center story time. Call 356-2992 for more information. are multi-level. The cost for the seven week session presents “Nature Nuts,” the nature program for Community Chamber Ensemble Class. is $55. Classes are taught by Juno Lamb. To pre-reg- children ages three through five and their caregivers Saturday 28 Mountain Top Music Center located in Conway ister or for more information, call 323-2090. from 10 to 11:30 a.m. at the TMCC Nature Annual Spring Splash. Black Mountain in Jackson Village will hold community chamber ensemble Zumba Dance/Exercise Class. The Conway Learning Center on Bald Hill Road in Albany. For will host the Annual Spring Splash which will classes from 7 to 9 p.m. with Chris Nourse. For Village Church on Main Street in Conway will offer more information call 447-6991 or on the web at include a pond skimming contest, live music, enter- more details about the class or to register, call 447- 4737. a Zumba dance/exercise class from 6 to 7 p.m. The www.tinmtn.org. tainment and delicious food for the price of the lift class is free and taught by a certified instructor. For Old Time String Band. Mountain Top Music ticket. Fore more information, call the mountain at Conway Dinner Bell. Conway Dinner Bell at the more information, call the church at 447-3851. 383-4490. Congregational Church (brown church) on Main Center’s Old Time String Band will be plucking away with jam sessions on Wednesday evenings Bartlett Historical Society Hours. The Bartlett Street in Conway Village serves a free community Wednesday 1 from 6:30 to 7:45 p.m. at the Music Center. Bring Historical Society will suspend their hours through dinner from 5 to 6 p.m. All are welcome. For infor- Art Festival. The Pine Tree School in Center your fiddle, banjo, mandolin, guitar, bass, dulcimer, the winter. Anyone wishing to tour the Historical mation call 447-3851. Conway will hold an art festival from 6:30 to 7:30 recorder, flute, harmonica, accordion, autoharp, Society may do so by appointment. For more infor- Gibson Center Programs. The Gibson Center for p.m. There will be hundreds of art works on display drum, etc. This class is taught by Seth Austen, a mation call 383-4110. Senior Services in North Conway offers a number of and art activities for children and adults. The art fes- musician with over 25 years experience teaching and activities and informational programs for seniors, Brownfield Lions Club Dance. The Brownfield tival is free and open to the public. performing. For more information call 447-4737. Lions Club will hold a dance at the Lions Den locat- including yoga and mobility classes, a game day, Breastfeeding Support Group. The Family T.O.P.S. Take Off Pounds Sensibly will meet ed on Routes 5 and 113 from 8:30 p.m. to 12:30 a.m. computer labs, dances, support groups, movies, Birthing Center at the Memorial Hospital in North Wednesdays from 5 to 6 p.m. (4:30 p.m. weigh-in) at Music will be provided by Linwood Cash and the health related service programs and trips. Call 356- Conway will hold a breastfeeding support group the O.C.C. building at the corner of Dore Street and Ridge Riders. Admission is for adults 21 and older. 3231 for details. every Wednesday at 10 a.m. and Thursdays at 4:30 Moultonville Road in Center Ossipee. For informa- Singles/$10 and couples/$20. The dances are Life Drawing Sessions. The Mt. Washington p.m. in the Family Birthing Center at the Memorial tion contact Linda Littlefield at 539-8090. BYOB. A 50/50 and bottle raffle will also be held. Valley Arts Association located at Norcross Circle in Hospital. This group is free and open to all breast- For more information, call 207-935-2681. North Conway will hold life drawing session on the feeding mothers. Breastfeeding peer counselors and White Mountain Stamp Club. The White Mountain Stamp Club meets on the second CAHS Volunteer Orientations. The Conway second and fourth Mondays of the month from 6 to lactation specialists facilitate the program. Babies Wednesday of every month at 1:30 p.m. and gain on Area Humane Society will hold volunteer orienta- 8 p.m. The class is $10 per session for members and and siblings are welcome. For more information call the third Tuesday of every month at 7 p.m. at the tion from 11 a.m. to noon at the shelter located at $12 for non-members. Artists should bring their the Memorial Hospital at 356-5461 ext. 146. home of Barbara Savary, located at 1724 NH Route 223 East Main Street in Conway. Anyone interested own materials including the medium of choice and a Camera Club Meeting. The North Country 16 (on the corner of the south end of Bald Hill Road in volunteering may attend. For more information drawing board. For more information or to register, Camera Club meets Sept. through May on the first in Albany). Everyone interested in collecting stamps call Kim at 447-5605. call 356-2787. and third Wednesdays of each month at 7 p.m. in the is welcome to attend. Fore more information call Movie Night. The Conway Village Congregational Evening Program Series. The AMC Visitor Ham Room of the Conway Public Library. The first Barbara at 447-5461 or email at Church in Conway will hold free movie night on Center in Pinkham Notch will present their evening meeting is informational and the second is competi- [email protected]. program series. This evening the topic will be the Mondays at 6:30 p.m. Bring the family for a free tion (digital and prints). Contact Ed Bergeron, Young Adult Book Group. The Conway Public “Intrepid Descent.” The program begins at 8 p.m. movie and some popcorn. For more information, President, at 356-6936 for more information. Also, Library invites young people in grades six and up to and is free and open to the public. For more infor- call the church at 447-3851. visit our website: www.northcountrycameraclub.org. join its Young Adult Book Group. Discussions take mation, call 466-2727. Parenting Discussion Series. The Cook Memorial Our club is a member of the New England Camera Club Council. Come check us out, all levels are wel- place on Wednesdays at 3:30 p.m. and there are Freedom Food Pantry. Open every Saturday from Library in Tamworth will hold a three-part parent- come! always plenty of snacks. 10 a.m. to noon for residents of Freedom, ing discussion series at 7 p.m. The program will be Effingham and Ossipee at the First Christian facilitated by Sarah Wright from White Mountain Community Coffee Klatch. Meets at the Thursday 2 Community Health Center. The first session focus- Chocorua Public Library from 9:30 to 11 a.m. Church in Freedom Village. For more information Bloomin’ Babies Mother’s Group. The Birth es on children and self esteem. For more informa- Coffee, tea, sweets and great conversation are all call 539-2637. House in Bridgton, Maine will offer Bloomin’ tion on this series contact the library at 323-8510. part of this morning. Bring a friend or come alone. Puppy Playgroup. At Four Your Paws Only on Babies Mother’s Group every Thursday from 10 All are welcome. Main Street in North Conway from 11 a.m. to noon. Preschool Story Time in Lovell. The Charlotte a.m. to 12 p.m. All parents with babies and preschool All puppies must be on a leash and up to date on vac- Hobbs Memorial Library in Lovell, Maine is hold- Computer Tutoring. Every Wednesday, free one siblings are welcome. For more information call cines. No aggressive dogs please! For more informa- ing story time for preschoolers age five and under on to one computer tutoring at the Gibson Center. Co- 207-647-5919 or on the web at www.birthhouse- tion call 356-7297. Mondays at 10 a.m. For more information call 207- sponsored by the Kennett Retired Teachers bridgton.com. 925-3177. Association and the Gibson Center. Call to set up an Remick Farm Maple Sugaring Event. Come to Canterbury Trails. The Fryeburg Walking Group appointment at 356-3231. the Remick Farm and Museum in Tamworth for a Quilt Making. The Freedom Christian Church at St. Elizabeth Ann Seton Church walks 1/2 to 1 day of maple sugaring from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. See Ladies Guild will meet every Monday, weather per- Diabetes Workshop. The Diabetes Center at the mile on Mondays and Thursdays at 1 p.m. Rain or and smell the maple sugaring process. Sample maple mitting from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. to make quilts for Memorial Hospital in North Conway will offer a snow, we cancel. All welcome. Wear comfortable treats or have lunch of pancakes and maple sausage. charity. Bring a bag lunch. All welcome, no matter four-part program called “The Facts and Myths of shoes and warm clothes. For more information call Admission is $5 per person. For more information, age or ability. For more information call Pauline at Diabetes,” from 10 a.m. to noon. The sessions are Bebe Toor at 207-935-2068. 539-4709. designed to help those with diabetes learn how to call 323-7591. Eggs & Issues Business Breakfast. The Mount control and monitor their condition. Pre-registra- Square Dance Workshop. The MWV Stompers Washington Valley Economic Council will present tion is required. For more information or to register, Sunday 29 will hold a square dance workshop every Monday Eggs & Issues from 9 to 11 a.m. at the White call 356-0796. Argentine Tango Class. Join Isabel Costa, from 7 to 9 p.m. at the Conway Elementary School. Mountain Hotel in North Conway. Governor Argentine native, at the North Conway Community For more information call Arthur at 447-5527, Dinner Bell North. Elizabeth Ann Seton Church Lynch will discuss the current economic conditions Center for tango lessons. Intermediates with some Charlene at 207-647-9464 or Barbara at 356-5546. in Fryeburg, Maine will hold their Dinner Bell free in N.H. and his plans for the near future. The cost Tango experience meet at 1 p.m. and beginners meet Taoist Tai Chi Classes. Taoist Tai Chi classes are dinner every Wednesday from 5 to 6 p.m. is $10 for members and $12 for non-members. For at 2 p.m. Classes are $10 per person/per lesson. No offered on Mondays and Thursdays at the Taoist Tai Folk Band for Beginners. Mountain Top Music more information or to register, call 447-6622. partner necessary. New students welcomed anytime. Chi Society’s North Conway Center in the Eastern Center in Conway will offer Folk Band for Grief Support Group for Children and Teens. For more information call 383-9403. Slope Plaza complex from 6:30 to 8 p.m. For more Beginners every Wednesday from 5:30 to 6:15 p.m. The Mountain of Hope grief support program for Bearcamp Valley Food Festival. The 17th annual information call 356-5581. Learn to play traditional American folk songs. children and teens is held every Thursday at the Taste of the Bearcamp Valley Food Festival will be U.S. Census Bureau Test Sites. If you are inter- Classes are taught by Seth Austen. Cost is $12 per Ossipee Concerned Citizens Ossipee Crossings on held at the Whittier House in West Ossipee with ested in working with the U.S. Census Bureau, test class. For more information or to signup, call 447- Dore Street in Center Ossipee from 7 to 8 p.m. The two seatings at 4:30 and 6 p.m. Tickets are available sites for jobs are set up in Conway at the N.H. 4737. program is sponsored by the VNA-Hospice of at the Whittier House and Bearcamp Valley School. Employment Security office at 1:30 p.m. and at the Grief Group. A grief group will be held from 9 to Southern Carroll County. Pre-registration is Adult tickets are $12 in advance or $13.50 at the Gibson Center in North Conway at 6 p.m. every 10:30 a.m. in the meeting room at The Met in required. Contact Sheryl Power at 569-2729 ext. door. For more information or to make a reserva- Monday. North Conway Village. The program is free and 230 for more information or to register. tion, call 323-8300. open to the public to discuss feelings about the death Jam Band/Recording Class. Mountain Top Music Community School Auction. The Community Tuesday 31 of loved ones. For more information call Jeff at 986- Center located in Conway Village will hold a jam

Page B6 - The Mountain Ear, Thursday, March 26, 2009 Valley Vision Channel 3 Schedule: ANNUAL MEETING (3/25) 30 Monday subject to change 9:00 AM REMEMBER WHEN MARATHON 6:00 AM COUCH POTATOES MAR 27 TO APRIL 2, 2008 12:00PM ACUPUNCTURE FOR PAIN MAN- (Schedule Subject to Change) AGEMENT website: www.vv3tv.org 1:00PM SPORTS BAR 31 Tuesday subject to change phone: 603-356-8941 1:30PM HONOR OF OUR PEOPLE 9:00AM COUCH POTATOES 3:00PM NORTH CONWAY WATER 12:00PM CONWAY PLANNING BOARD PRECINCT (3/26) 27 Friday subject to change ANNUAL MEETING (3/25) 3:00PM COUNTY COMMISSIONERS (3/4) 6:00AM EXECUTIVE COUNCIL MEETING 5:00PM CONWAY SELECTMEN (3/24) 7:00PM PAWPRINTS (3/4) 7:00PM COUCH POTATOES 7:30PM SCHOLAR BOWL 9:00AM ACUPUNCTURE FOR PAIN 9:00PM CONWAY PLANNING BOARD 8:00PM VALLEY CHRISTIAN CHURCH 2 Thursday subject to change MANAGEMENT (3/26) 9:00PM KENNETT/FRYEBURG HIGH 6:00AM CONWAY BOARD OF SELETCMEN 10:00AM SPORTS BAR SCHOOL CONCERT (3/31) 10:30AM HONOR OF OUR PEOPLE 9:00AM RECREATION WEEKLY 12:00PM RECREATION WEEKLY 9:30AM BREAKFAST WITH PHIL 12:30PM BREAKFAST WITH PHIL 29 Sunday subject to change 1 Wednesday subject to change 10:00AM CONWAY UPDATE 1:00PM WILDLIFE ENCOUNTERS 6:00AM CONWAY PLANNING BOARD 6:00AM KENNETT/FRYEBURG HIGH 12:00PM PAWPRINTS (CONWAY EL, GRADES K-2 (3/26) SCHOOL CONCERT 12:30PM SCHOLAR BOWL 3:00PM EXECUTIVE COUNCIL MEETING 9:00AM COUCH POTATOES 9:00AM PAWPRINTS 1:00PM VALLEY CHRISTIAN CHURCH (3/4) 12:00PM REMEMBER WHEN MARATHON 9:30AM SCHOLAR BOWL 3:00PM CONWAY BOARD OF SELETCMEN 7:00PM REMEMBER WHEN MARATHON 3:00PM CONWAY SCHOOL BOARD (3/23) 10:00AM VALLEY CHRISTIAN CHURCH (3/31) 9:00PM NORTH CONWAY WATER 5:00PM NORTH CONWAY WATER 12:00PM COUCH POTATOES 7:00PM VALLEY HOBBIES PRECINCT PRECINCT 3:00PM KENNETT/FRYEBURG HIGH 7:30PM EAGLE HOUR ANNUAL MEETING (3/25) ANNUAL MEETING (3/25) SCHOOL CONCERT 8:00PM SPORTS BAR 7:00PM CONWAY SELECTMEN (3/24) 7:00PM RECREATION WEEKLY 8:30PM HONOR OF OUR PEOPLE 9:00PM COUNTY COMMISSIONERS (3/4) 7:30PM BREAKFAST WITH PHIL 9:00PM NORTH CONWAY WATER 8:00PM CONWAY UPDATE PRECINCT (4/1) 28 Saturday subject to change 9:00PM CONWAY BOARD OF SELETCMEN 6:00AM NORTH CONWAY WATER (3/31 PRECINCT band/recording class with Chad Cummings from 7 Thursday at 6:30 p.m. This week Marion Posner of Saturday 4 partner necessary. New students welcomed anytime. to 9 p.m. Drop in are welcome. For more details or Tamworth is the featured storyteller. Cost for dinner For more information call 383-9403. Bartlett Historical Society Hours. The Bartlett to register for the class, call 447-4737. and entertainment is $18.95 plus tax and gratuity. Spanish Lessons. Learn conversational Spanish For reservations or more information call 284-6219. Historical Society will suspend their hours through Journey in the Bavarian Alps. The North Conway the winter. Anyone wishing to tour the Historical with Isabel Costa every Sunday at the Met in North Public Library invites you to the Mount U.S. Census Bureau Test Sites. If you are inter- Society may do so by appointment. For more infor- Conway. Beginners will meet at 10:30 a.m. and Washington Observatory on Main Street in North ested in working with the U.S. Census Bureau, test mation call 383-4110. intermediates will meet at 11:40 a.m. New student at 7 p.m. for a presentation on the Bavarian Alps by sites for jobs are set up in Bartlett at the Josiah welcome. The cost is $10 per person/per lesson. For Steve and Sally Swenson. The event is free and open Bartlett Elementary School at 1:30 p.m. every Freedom Food Pantry. Open every Saturday from more information or to signup, call 383-9403. 10 a.m. to noon for residents of Freedom, to the public. Refreshments will be served. For more Thursday. Yoga Classes. An eclectic style of Kripalu Yoga is information contact the library at 356-2961. Effingham and Ossipee at the First Christian Zumba Dance/Exercise Class. The Conway Church in Freedom Village. For more information offered every day except Fridays by Carlene of Living Well Series. The Memorial Hospital in Village Church on Main Street in Conway will offer call 539-2637. Symmetree Yoga. The groups will practice Hatha North Conway will offer a six-week class for anyone a Zumba dance/exercise class from 6 to 7 p.m. The yoga postures paired with breath, meditation and with a long term chronic condition that prevents class is free and taught by a certified instructor. For Sunday 5 relaxation. Classes are $13 per person. Times and them from doing things they want. Learn how to more information, call the church at 447-3851. locations vary throughout the Valley. For more Argentine Tango Class. Join Isabel Costa, self-manage your health, get more out of doctor vis- information or to schedule a class, contact Carlene Argentine native, at the North Conway Community its and regain control of your life. The class is also Friday 3 at 662-8664 or on the web at www.symmetreeyo- Center for tango lessons. Intermediates with some open to caregivers or partners. For more informa- A.A. Meetings. There are several AA Meetings held ga.com. tion or to register, call 356-5461 ext. 291. Tango experience meet at 1 p.m. and beginners meet daily throughout Carroll County. Call 1-800-593- at 2 p.m. Classes are $10 per person/per lesson. No Madison Library Toddler Playgroup. The 3330 or go to www.nhaa.net to find one near you. Madison Library will hold toddler playgroups every Al-Anon. From 8 to 9 p.m. at the Gibson Center, Thursday at 10:30 a.m. through November 20. corner of White Mountain Highway and Grove Toddlers, babies, and caregivers meet and mingle in Street in North Conway. Call 800-593-3330 or go Go green while saving money on energy bills the children’s room. Call 367-8545 for more infor- to www.nhaa.net to find one near you. mation. Friday Painters’ Open Studio Group. The new Music for Toddlers. Mountain Top Music Center Open Studio sessions will meet Fridays from 9 a.m. Take climate challenge at Conway on Main Street in Conway will hold music for tod- until noon at the MWVAA’s office, located next to dlers classes from 10:15 to 11 a.m. For children the RSN studios on the lower level of Norcross between 18 months and three years old, this class Place in North Conway village. Artists should bring Public Library April 2 offers children and their caregivers an opportunity their own supplies and are also welcome to bring a to dance, play rhythm instruments, sing, and play brown bag lunch. The Friday Painters group is free The Mt. Washington Valley Green age of $850 in energy costs per year, games using familiar songs. This class stimulates for members and a $5 donation is suggested for non- Team invites Valley residents to attend a according to the organization. musical and cognitive development. Song sheets are members. special presentation on the Mt. Attendees of the April 2 event can also included so that you can bring the songs home to enjoy all week. $8/class, register by calling 447- Story Time in Denmark, Maine. The Denmark Washington Valley Climate Challenge at learn of the ongoing work of various 4737. Library will host story time on Fridays from 9:30 to the Conway Public Library on Thursday, Green Team subcommittees, which are 11:30 a.m. For more information call 207-452-2200. Red Cross Bloodmobile. The American Red April 2, at 7 p.m. working on such issues as sustainable food Cross Bloodmobile will be at the Red Jacket Story Time in Effingham. The Effingham Public Green Team members will demon- and agriculture, education and outreach, Mountain View Resort from 1 to 6 p.m. Donors of Library hosts infant and toddler story time from 11 strate how to use the New Hampshire and recycling. to 11:30 a.m. For more information call 539-1537. all blood types are needed. Positive identification is Carbon Challenge’s free online carbon The event is free and open to the pub- required. For more information, call 1-800-262- Story Time at MWV Children’s Museum. The estimator to gauge your carbon foot print lic. 2660. MWV Children’s Museum presents its weekly half- and learn ways to reduce it and save For more information on the event, or Spring Ephemerals: Early Spring Wildflowers. hour story time at 10 a.m. at the museum in North Tin Mountain Conservation Center located on Bald Conway. Children from ages birth to six years old money on your energy bills. to join a subcommittee, contact Green Hill Road in Albany will present a workshop with are the focal audience for this fun and informative Attendees can take the online Mt. Team Chair Rob Burbank at education director Lori Kinsey on early spring wild- story time. Call 356-2992 for more information. Washington Valley Climate Challenge at [email protected]. flowers at 7 p.m. at the Christmas Farm Inn Barn in TGIF Book Group. The North Conway Library the event and join members of the com- A committee of the Mt. Washington Jackson. Kinsey will present a pictorial journey will hold the TGIF Book Group at 10:30 a.m. The munity who have already pledged to Valley Preservation Association in affilia- through early blooming wildflowers of spring. For group will discuss the book “Hannah’s Dream” by more information, call Tin Mountain at 447-6991. Diane Hammond. Copies of the book are available reduce their greenhouse gas output by tion with the Mt. Washington Valley Storytelling Dinners. The Corner House Inn in at the library. Contact the library at 356-2961 for more than a half-million pounds and col- Chamber of Commerce, the Mt. Center Sandwich will hold storytelling dinners every more information or to reserve a copy of the book. lectively saved more than $76,000. Washington Valley Green Team was The Mt. Washington Valley Climate developed to act as a catalyst to facilitate, Challenge was developed in conjunction educate, promote, and encourage sustain- down the season’s memory lane. I’m with the New Hampshire Carbon able green business practices that will lead reminded how much time we spend Challenge. Households that have taken to positive, measurable business, commu- Nordic together as a family out in the snow. The the New Hampshire challenge have nity, and environmental results. Continued from Page B3 fun, the complaints, the “are we there yet” reduced their energy consumption by an More information is available online at comments, the adventure, the cold, the average of 17 percent and saved an aver- www.mtwashingtonvalley.org/green. ▲ I grabbed my oldest daughter’s warmth of hot chocolate, cold fingers, the “newest” pair of skis — an old pair of frost on a hat damp from effort, the joy of alpine rentals that a buddy of mine gave gliding, the list goes on. me so that I could mount them up with a As I get ready to say good bye to this MWV Arts Association 75mm binding for my oldest daughter so season I want to say thank you to you for she could try telemark skiing — and real- spending some time with me each week. holds open house April 1 ized she’s going to really want a pair of It’s been a good year and one with plenty backcountry skis next year. At the same of snow and great skiing. The Mt. Washington Valley Arts for the Absolute Beginner and Everyone time I realized she’ll be sharing gear with Thank you to all the touring centers in Association (MWVAA) is holding an Can Draw will be held during the day, my wife soon, so I’ll need to make adjust- the Valley: Bear Notch, Bretton Woods, Open House at the MWV Visual Arts while evening classes will include oil ments to the quiver. Great Glen, Jackson, King Pine, and Center located in Norcross Place, painting, photography and abstract art. My wife’s skate skis still had their sum- Mount Washington Valley Ski Touring. Wednesday, April 1, from 5:30 to 7:30 Weekend classes will include Vitreous mer coat on from last year, but all of my Their efforts, events, grooming, shops, p.m. Valley residents and visitors are Flux with Lisa Surette and Introduction classic and backcountry skis were in need and people make skiing here so much fun. invited to the unveiling of the Arts to Mixed Media with Kristine Lingle. of wax. I think I also noticed bite marks on So go out get in those last few Ks of the Association’s spring class schedule and Many of the spring faculty members the tail of one of her pairs of skis from year, then make sure to give your equip- to view works created during the winter will be on hand to answer questions and trips out skiing with the dogs, which ment some love before you trade them session. guests will be able register for upcoming reminds me I need to pick up some epoxy out for your bikes, boats, or golf clubs. The Spring Classes will begin the classes at the Open House. To find the for that repair. Until next season, now get out and week of April 28. The Arts Association complete schedule of classes and to This exercise in prepping the skis for ski! ▲ will be bringing back several classes download a registration form, visit ▲ their summer slumber is a great walk from the winter schedule. Watercolor www.mwvarts.org.

The Mountain Ear, Thursday, March 26, 2009 - Page B7 Come Get Stuffed! at BBeellllyySSttuuffffeerrss©DDeellii Entertainment

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The Mountain Ear, Thursday, March 26, 2009 - Page B9 On the Rockpile

Week of March 17 through 23 It’s not springtime yet on the summit of Mt. Washington

ous couple day’s worth Sun reflecting off the ice-covered summit. of freezing rain had left (Mount Washington Observatory Photo) a crunchy, glass-like layer on top of all the wind-blown, hard- packed snow. Not only did this make for fan- tastic cramponing con- ditions, but it also cre- ated lovely reflections of the sun. It was almost like the sun reflecting off water, that’s how shiny the ground was. Alas, the amazing weather would take a turn for the worse. Low pressure in Canada dropped yet another cold front across the region on Sunday, and tempera- tures plunged into sub- zero territory. Winds increased for the second time this week, gusting up to 89 mph on Monday as temperatures contin- ued to fall, bottoming out at -14°F. Overall, temperatures for the second part of the week By Stacey Kawecki were well below normal. Also, the sum- Weather Observer mit is a little behind on snowfall for the Mount Washington Observatory month of March, having recorded only SAINT PATRICK’S DAY PROV- 11.6 inches. Spring may have arrived, but it is definitely still winter on top of ed to be deliciously beautiful and blue, ▲ not green, on the summit as high pres- Mount Washington. sure sat overhead. This is the same high pressure that kept the summits essen- tially fog free all week last week. WEATHER Well, that changed with the weekly shift change as low pressure nudged the MT. WASHINGTON high offshore. Clouds increased and the temperature inched above freezing for OBSERVATORY the first and only time of the week. A Compiled by Observatory Staff mixture of freezing rain, ice pellets and snow fell upon the summit as a cold Date High Low Prec. Snow front crossed the area and temperatures Mar. 17 26 19 —— began their weeklong, steady fall. 18 34 22 0.30” 0.20” The first day of spring on the summit 19 22 2 0.08” 0.50” was calm, tranquil, and serene. Strong 20 12 6 — — high pressure built in overhead once 21 16 7 — — again, providing seriously light winds 22 11 -6 0.18” 2.10” and another couple of blue bird days at 23 -1 -14 — — Highest recorded wind gust,March 22, the home of the world’s worst weather. 89 miles per hour out of the North. Each of the staff took the opportunity to get outside for a bit. The sun and previ-

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Thursday, April 2, at Corner House Inn in Center Sandwich Marion Posner at Corner House Storytelling Dinner English born Marion Posner will Marion has lived all over the British house, a Cumbrian castle, a rugged farm appear at the Corner House Inn’s Isles, from the wild highlands of Scotland house, a Victorian Gothic mansion, a clas- Storytelling Dinner Program on Thursday to the rolling valleys of England’s West sic English cottage graced with roses and evening, April 2. Country. She has lived in a London town honeysuckle and, on the way, picked up the eccentricities, humor and culture that give life to the stories she performs. A frequent participant at the Corner House’s storytelling dinners and the inn’s annual Robert Burns Night, Posner both narrates and plays the various characters that appear in her stories – often using local dialects. Posner also writes and produces stories Marion Posner (above) of Tamworth will and plays, along with running a contempo- tell her stories of England at the Corner rary version of the old one-room school- House Inn Storytelling Dinner on April 2. house in Tamworth, and designing “walk- (Courtesy Photo) ing through history” trips in Europe. Posner’s stories are both humorous and Thursday, April 2. Thursday Story-telling profound, weaving truth with fantasy Dinners begin at 6:30 p.m. The price is about life in the British Isles. Her charac- $18.95 per person. For more information ters are often drawn from English, Irish, and reservations, contact the Corner and Scottish lore, which reflect her own House Inn in Center Sandwich at 284- upbringing in the British Isles. 6219 or on line at Join Posner for an evening of stories [email protected]. ▲ with a distinctly British flavor on

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Abenaki Day On Thursday, April 23, the group Winter Hours: Thursday - Sunday 9:30 - 5:00 will learn about the Abenaki people who Monday - Wednesday by appointment first lived in this region. Activities will include cooking on an open fire, making or by chance Native American crafts and toys and learning about the history of our area. 603-569-6613 Children should come prepared for outdoor activity and indoor craft mak- www.generalwolfe.com

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N.H. author Cindy Davis to present program at KHS New Hampshire author Cindy Davis well-versed in that aspect of the trade. several of Davis’s books available for sale, White Birch Books is pleased to present will celebrate the publication of two new In both of her programs at the high including her most recent mysteries, “A this program in conjunction with Kennett novels with an appearance at Kennett school, Davis will be talking about writing Little Murder,” “Voice from the Ashes,” High School. The program is free and High School on Tuesday, March 31. in general, how she and her co-author col- and “Final Masquerade.” In addition, open to the public. For more information Davis, and her co-author John Richters, laborate and her path to getting her work “Healing Magic,” her first young adult fan- about the event, call White Birch Books at will meet with students during the last published. White Birch Books will have tasy novel, will be featured. 356-3200. ▲ block of the day, followed by a teacher workshop, open to the public, starting at 3:30 p.m. central to the classroom. "Many teachers in “The Road Washes Out in Spring: A Poet’s Davis always loved to write, but never Scarborough are now using poetry regular- Memoir of Living Off the Grid.” pursued it as a career until her husband Poetry ly and seeing significant improvement in Wormser will also teach a poetry class encouraged her to try a journalism and Continued from Page B5 their students’ writing and reading skills for students in the afternoon at Bartlett. short story course at the local college. and their self-esteem," he notes. "They Observers are welcome, but pre-registra- After working for a small local magazine, thinkers — we need to give them the have been amazed at what effect poetry can tion is requested for both observation and Davis began freelancing, publishing arti- opportunity to talk about it. That’s what have and how overlooked and under-uti- the adult workshop. There is no cost for cles, columns and even four novels. In poetry lets them do." lized poetry is." participation. To register, call 323-7302, or addition to her own writing, she edits for Wormser has worked extensively in Wormser is author of many volumes of email [email protected], or visit three publishing houses and has a freelance many schools throughout New England, poetry and co-author of two books about www.aannh.org to download a Humanities critiquing service. Her books have been including a three-year stint with the teaching, “Teaching the Art of Poetry: the registration form and read about other published by several different publishing Scarborough, Maine, school system to Moves and A Surge of Language,” workshops in the Arts Alliance/Humanities houses and in a variety of formats so she is show K to 12 teachers how poetry can be “Teaching Poetry Day by Day,” as well as Council partnership program. ▲

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The Mountain Ear, Thursday, March 26, 2009 - Page B15 Nooks & Crannies Trekking on Mt. Waumbek and Mt. Cabot Spring snowshoeing in the North Country By Steve Smith a long sidehill traverse. Mt. Weeks, Terrace Mountain, Mt. Cabot lower end. Contributing Writer We burst back into the sun as we neared and the sharp protrusion of The Horn. A steady half-mile climb lifted us to the AS MY HIKING PARTNER the wooded summit of Starr King. We The return trip was accomplished in great outlook known as Bunnell Rock. John Compton and I found on a pair of continued a few yards to the main viewing under two hours. Down in the hardwoods This sun-soaked granite ledge peers across recent hikes, March is a great time to hike spot, which in summer offers branch- the snow was wet and slushy. By now much Bunnell Notch to North Terrace on Mt. Waumbek and Mt. Cabot, the screened teases of the mountains to the of the snow has undoubtedly melted off Mountain and beyond to such distant northernmost of New Hampshire’s 4000- south. Several feet of snowpack worked this part of the trail (it’s best to stay off it peaks as Mt. Moriah (southeast) and Mt. foot peaks. Though the calendar still said wonders, lifting us high enough to see over during mud season), and May will bring a Lafayette (southwest). The warm sun lured winter, springlike conditions prevailed for the treetops. The gleaming Presidentials profusion of wildflowers here. Up on the us into a leisurely lunch break. (Bunnell both of our North Country journeys. were in full view, and we counted dozens of ridge of Waumbek, though, the snowpack Rock, a fine objective, is an eight-mile Two weeks ago we snowshoed the Starr other peaks across the horizon. will be around for weeks to come. round trip from the Fish Hatchery trail- King Trail to Mt. Starr King and Mt. Two gray jays, those tame and rascally head with 1,900 feet of elevation gain.) Waumbek. We had hoped that with deep denizens of the high country forests, soon LAST WEEK WE DROVE NORTH Our ultimate destination this day was late winter snowpack, the normally dropped in and importuned us for some to Berlin, then west on Route 110 and not the wooded summit of Cabot, or the obstructed views from these wooded sum- handouts. We obliged, but that wasn’t south on York Pond Road to the Berlin cabin and viewpoint nearby. Instead, we mits would become eye-catching panora- enough. When a half-eaten Slim Jim was Fish Hatchery for a hike up onto Mt. were aiming for a huge open slope of talus mas. We were not disappointed. accidentally dropped on the snow, one of Cabot, the northernmost of the high peaks. (broken rock) on the steep south face of the The tallest of the Pliny Range, Mt. the jays swooped in and took it away, wrap- (Note: The gate at the hatchery entrance is mountain. In the 1880s, Appalachian Waumbek rises to an elevation of 4,006 per and all. Old-time loggers called them left open all winter.) We parked at a plowed Mountain Club explorers dubbed this fea- feet, high above the town of Jefferson. The “camp robbers” for a reason. You leave area for the York Pond Trail at the end of ture the “Sheep-fold,” for its resemblance climb is fairly long at eight miles round lunch unattended at your peril. the road. to a group of sheep huddled within a rock trip, with an elevation gain of 2,800 feet, The snowshoeing was superb on the This eastern route to Mt. Cabot is enclosure. but the grade is moderate the whole way, mile-long ridge traverse from Starr King to snowshoe-friendly and well-trodden by From Bunnell Rock we continued far- making it one of the easier 4000-footers on Waumbek. The yellow-blazed trail mean- peakbaggers, and we had a solid track to ther up the trail, then pushed off into the snowshoes. dered through an enchanting forest of old, follow. A cold night left the snow hard- woods. With deep, firm snow lifting us We started our trek from a winter park- widely-spaced balsam firs, their trunks and frozen in the early morning, but the strong over the scrubby firs, we eventually found ing area on the south side of Route 2 in limbs draped with tufts of the green “old sun soon softened it up, making snowshoes our way to the talus slope. The football Jefferson, diagonally across from Starr man’s beard” lichen. necessary. field-sized opening revealed a remarkable King Road. We walked up that road to the After a moderate climb we reached the After 0.2 mile we turned right on the view south over the sprawling ridges of end of plowing, then put our snowshoes thickly-treed summit of Mt. Waumbek. Bunnell Notch Trail. The next mile was an Terrace Mountain, Mt. Weeks and Mt. on. Even with four feet of snow, there were no uninspiring slog up a logging road, but Waumbek, with the ghostly Presidentials In its lower section the Starr King Trail vistas here. But by continuing 200 feet east then the trail entered a lovely hardwood beyond. climbs steadily through an expansive hard- along the Kilkenny Ridge Trail we enjoyed and birch valley leading two miles up to Having both been to the summit of wood forest. The sun was beaming down a fine view to the Presidentials from a Bunnell Notch. Entering darker woods, we Cabot several times before, we felt no need by the time we crested a shoulder in a stand blowdown opening. passed through this remote gap between to prove our peakbagging mettle by of old, gnarled sugar maples and yellow For our final treat we snowshoed anoth- Terrace Mountain and Mt. Cabot. continuing up to the top. Instead, we lin- birches. er quarter mile along the lightly-used Turning right on the Kilkenny Ridge gered at the “Sheep-fold” for two hours in At an elevation of 2,900 feet the trail Kilkenny Ridge Trail to Waumbek’s scrub- Trail, we traversed gorgeous sunny birch the sun before turning our snowshoes veered left and abruptly entered a dark and by eastern knob. A snow platform granted glades. Another right turn put us onto the homeward. ▲ shaded conifer forest. It was chilly in these us a wonderful vista north over the roadless old Mt. Cabot Trail, which due to a woods, prodding us into a quicker pace on Kilkenny region of the Whites, including landowner dispute is officially closed at its Attitash Realty

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