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Measuring Success Gardner Back. Lawmakers Re-Elect Guardian Of A1 TURNING RIGHT... Measuring Success FRIDAY, DEC. 7, 2018 Page 3 Cyan Magenta Yellow Yellow Black Gardner Back. Lawmakers Re-Elect Guardian Of State‘s First-In-The-Nation Presidential Primary. See Page 10 A2 2 The Record Friday, December 7, 2018 What’s Inside Lawmakers Re-Elect Friday, Dec.7, 2018 Vol. 10, No. 25 Gardner With loud cheers and applause, New Hampshire lawmakers on Wednesday re-elected their veteran Bath w Bethlehem w Dalton w Easton secretary of state and guardian of the first-in-the- w Franconia w Lancaster w Landaff w nation presidential primary after two rounds of close Lisbon w Littleton w Lyman w Monroe votes. Sugar Hill w Whitefield w Woodsville See Coverage Page 10 www.caledonianrecord.com The annual Littleton Studio School’s Holiday Artisan Fair will take on added significance this year - the school Publisher Studio School Marks marks its 10th year and has moved into new and much larger space overlooking the Ammonoosuc River. Todd Smith Managing Editor Milestones See Coverage Page 5 Paul Hayes Cyan [email protected] Advertising (Littleton) Sylvie Weber Magenta As she prepares to assume office Jan. 3, the incoming (603) 444-7141 (Ext. 1006) Grafton County attorney has been getting up to speed by Fax: (603) 444-1383 County Attorney Readies meeting with stakeholders and attending a regional drug [email protected] court conference and will now be reaching out to local Advertising (St. Johnsbury) police chiefs to understand their needs. Yellow Yellow (802) 748-8121 For New Role Fax: (802) 748-1613 See Coverage Page 4 Black [email protected] Editorial Offices:263 Main St., Littleton, N.H. FYI On The Cover Rusty Bucket Re-opens In Bethlehem, In This Issue CAT Technologies Makes Acquisition Diane Breen and her daughter Beck reopened The Rusty Bucket just News Briefs across the Connecticut River this September. Formerly located on Depot Page 6 Street, Lyndonville, the store selling repurposed home goods opened in September at 154 Guider Lane in Bethlehem, N.H. The Rusty Bucket sells repurposed and recycled goods, and makes Obituaries unique hand-crafted items to sell. Page 8 “Many people want to see the junk that us two old ladies have trans- formed into Gems,” the Breens said in a joint statement. “For example, Get Out an old trunk into a working sink, a pallet into a coffee table, a bench into Page 20 a love seat or our customer favorite, a pitchfork made into a table.” In Lyndonville, the Breens enjoyed growing with the community, meeting fun and creative people and gaining a following of customers. Classifieds “As hard as it was for us to leave our little community, we knew we Page 23 needed to continue growing,” they said. “Unfortunately the opportunities in Lyndonville were limited.” The new location is a big red barn in a community the Breens said welcomed them with open arms. ____ CAI Technologies, a Littleton-based municipal mapping and geo- (Photo by Robert Blechl) The Bethlehem Elementary School graphic information services (GIS) company, acquired a Maine engineer- Chorus sings “Let It Snow” during the town’s annual Christ- ing and forestry consulting service, according to a recent company press mas in Bethlehem Event on Saturday. release. CAI had partnered with the James W. Sewall Company since the end of See FYI, Page 3 A3 Friday, December 7, 2018 The Record 3 TURNING RIGHT IN THE CENTER LANE 21 Jefferson Road, Whitefield, NH 23 & 24: Measuring Success 603-837-2646 I’m turning 25 tomorrow. As my suring, and making sure I am living 347 Main Street, Franconia, NH mid-twenties have loomed in the up to my standards, ones that I’ve 603-823-7795 distance, I’ve found my mind wan- set for myself. As I get older, the Prices subject to present stock. Some illustrations are dering to places of self-deprecation. married-with-kids-by-26 concept for design purposes only and do not necessarily depict SALE EFFECTIVE: I keep catching myself thinking: moves further and further from my featured items. We reserve the right to limit quantities and correct typographical errors. DEC. 7 TO DEC. 13 Gosh, I thought I’d have my life mind. more put together by now. Each time These past few months, I’ve been USDA Strip Steaks Russet Potatoes I think it, I follow up with questions: working towards buying a house. (5 lb. Bag what does that even mean? What It’s small and old, it needs some measures success? Particularly, work and love, but it sits on a beau- what measures my success? tiful piece of property, and I know $ 99 2/$ Growing up, my parents—es- it’d be a positive, meaningful in- 7 lb. 4 pecially my mom—did everything BY PAIGE ROBERTS vestment. Recently, someone asked USDA Choice Boneless Sirloin Tips Quaker Life Cereal they could to nurture my sister’s and me about it, and when I told them (13 oz.) my independence. So many times, the outlook seemed good, they said, my mom would say, “I never, ever, want you to “Wow! That’s great! Do you have a man going have to depend on somebody else.” She pushed in on it with you?” $ 99 2/$ us to do things on our own; be our own safety I don’t know why I was surprised at that ques- lb. nets when we fell short. It wasn’t always easy, tion, but I was. By now, having been a female 8 4 but damn, I’m thankful she did that. She set our for 25 years, I experience this kind of micro-ag- Fresh Family Pkg. 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(8 oz.) years after high school were all we needed to it will be our house, but for now it will be mine. figure it out. 26 was the golden year, where it’d And, he’s really, really proud of me for doing be all understood, and we’d be settled down. this on my own. $ 99 $ 29 I think back on that and laugh. Who on earth They seemed as put-off by my answer as I was 8 lb. 1 Yellow put that idea in our heads? My parents certainly by their question. never put it in mine, but I know we didn’t come When people unintentionally (or intentional- Deli Slice Shurfine Boiled Ham Xtra Laundry Detergent up with it on our own. I can’t help but think, that ly) try to displace the credit to my success, and (75 oz.) 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After all, at the end Maybe people don’t even think about this of the day, the only person I have to face is the $ 99 $ 99 that much. Maybe it’s just me who spends pre- one in the mirror. And at 25, she’s doing pretty 4 lb. 2 cious minutes during the day converting inches damn well. to salaries, and yards to children, or meters to Paige Roberts has a Bachelor’s degree in Crystal Geyser Water Cabot Bar Cheese (.5 Liter, 35 pkg.) (8 oz.) happiness. Maybe I obsess over everything like Creative Writing from Southern New Hampshire that for nothing. I’m okay with that, too, though, University. She is the Eastern Region Manager because to me, the measurement of my success for U.S. Ski & Snowboard. $ 99 2/$ is vital to it. I am constantly reevaluating, mea- 3 5 well as the commitment that Sewall and CAI have Wide Awake Coffee Food Club Sugar Food Club (12 ct.
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