THURSDAY, MARCH 31, 2011 SERVING TILTON, NORTHFIELD, BELMONT & SANBORNTON, N.H. FREE Local Sears stores pitch in to help Japan’s children BY DONNA RHODES [email protected] In 2009, Holly became ing cause of death, and has no one died in his country stores in Tilton, Plymouth Japan’s citizens as they very involved in helping to worked to continue to sup- that year because of the food and Rochester, Noel felt he struggle to recover. He was TILTON — When Noel provide VitaMeal packages port those in need. we sent,” she said. could merge his customer grateful when Sears backed Cassiano heard an elderly to children in Malawi, “The president of Malawi As owner of three fran- base with NuSkin’s endeav- his endeavor, and hopes oth- Japanese man tell a CNN where starvation is the lead- actually thanked us and said chised Sears appliance ors to provide nutrition for SEE SEARS, PAGE A10 correspondent he had lost his wife, son and grandchil- dren in the devastation of the 9.0 earthquake and the tsunami that followed earli- er this month, he realized he had to find a way to help THE FUTURE OF ART those affected by this dou- ble tragedy. “That just crushed me, to Local students are showcased at Belknap Mill see that man lost his whole family, and I knew I had to BY DONNA RHODES [email protected] put my selfishness aside and do something,” Cas- LACONIA - Art is in- siano said. deed alive, as proven by Noel turned to his wife, the hundreds of students Holly, who works as a dis- from the Lakes Region tributor of NuSkin person- who have been given the al care products. While in- opportunity to showcase volved in the skin care in- their talents at the Belk- dustry, the corporation also nap Mill gallery over the has worked extensively over past few weeks. the past several years to Through a cooperative bring nutrition to third program with the Mill world countries where chil- and area schools, two dren are malnourished. floors of the building are Through research, NuSkin overflowing with paint- has produced and packaged ings, ceramics, pencil a product called VitaMeal, a sketches, paper art and so vegetarian, non-dairy sup- much more during the plement that can provide a Arts Alive exhibit, on dis- child with one nutritious play now through April 3. meal a day for one month. Students and art teach- Since its launch in 2002, ers from the Laconia, Bel- NuSkin’s Nourish the Chil- mont, Gilford and Win- dren campaign has provid- nisquam school districts ed more than 200 million have been hard at work meals to children around over the months leading the world, including those up to the March exhibit, DONNA RHODES caught up in the 2004 tsuna- and that work has now Sydney Chapman, a sixth grade student at Winnisquam Middle School, stands beside a display of “hand and rod” puppets created by her and her mi in Indonesia. blossomed into show- and fellow classmates. Their work, along with that of hundreds of students in the Lakes Region, is on display during the Arts Alive gallery exhib- VitaMeal, the corpora- rooms full of their cre- it at the Belknap Mill in Laconia until April 3. tion says, is a food product ativity. designed to fit every cul- For some of the (the artwork of) Yoko Ono the district’s schools invited and got right to work on art ing toward this, I brought in ture, as it can be comple- younger artists, it was here only last month,” said to browse the exhibits, have for the exhibit, hoping to in- some taxidermy pieces I had mented by any local food ad- their first gallery appear- John Moriarty,executive di- refreshments and hear live spire them and bring out for the students to study. ditives that may be avail- ance, while older stu- rector of the Belknap Mill. performances from local their talents for all to see and When else can you get that able or can be eaten as is. dents have grown up look- Each school was given a school groups. enjoy. Last week he stood close to wildlife?” he said, Each package contains a ing forward each year to specific evening to welcome Joe Cilley is the new art proudly beside a wall where pointing out paintings of balance of carbohydrates, their moment in the spot- family and friends to the ex- teacher for Winnisquam Re- beautiful sketches, paint- pheasants and other ani- proteins, fats and fiber.It al- light at the Belknap Mill. hibit and last Wednesday gional High School, and he ings of wildlife, still life pre- mals by his students. so has essential vitamins, “Imagine that these night; it was the Win- was proud to show the ac- sentations and other art Among the artwork from fatty acids and electrolytes boys and girls can now nisquam School District’s complishments of his new were on display for the pub- WRHS were two white and to promote healthy living say their art was on dis- open house, where parents students. Cilley came on- lic. black charcoal still life and normal development in play in a gallery that had from students of all five of board just a few months ago “When we started work- SEE ART, PAGE A10 children. Laughter rules in BMS production “The Bachelor King” BY DONNA RHODES contemporary play by Ore- [email protected] gon playwright and drama BELMONT — A bit of teacher Martin Follose, “reality t.v.” is coming to loaded with laughter that the stage of Belmont Mid- builds throughout the pro- dle School when they pres- duction as King Evian (Ash- ent “The Bachelor King” er Clark) falls out a window this Friday and Saturday and, realizing death is im- night, which co-director minent, tosses his royal Claudia Leidinger said is a scepter to local hillbilly hilarious spoof on shows Yokel (Nikolai Fernandez) such as “The Bachelor” and in his attempt to prevent his “American Idol.” son, Prince Daft (Quinn “Maybe even a little bit of McLoughlin), from inherit- ‘Survivor,’ too,” she ing the throne. laughed. Yokel, however, is single, “The Bachelor King” is a and the kingdom soon ral- lies to find him a wife. His new staff presents him with INDEX five eligible young women ■ for him to select from in a Volume 5 • Number 13 televised presentation rem- 20 Pages in 2 Section iniscent of “The Bachelor.” Among Yokel’s choices Editorial Page .......................A4 are Kanisha (Nicole Rosas), North Country Notebook .....A7 a tough gangster-type woman from New York; Schools .................................A8 Jane Claxton ((Louisa Berg- eron), a cowgirl from Texas; Culture..................................A7 a ditzy cheerleader, Sally Obituaries.............................A6 Valley (Taylor Yelle) from DONNA RHODES Los Angeles, Calif.; a proper Belmont Middle School will be presenting the comedy spoof “The Bachelor King”this Friday and Saturday evening, which mixes current reality shows © 2011, Salmon Press, LLC. Connecticut high-society into the script for an evening of laughter. Among the cast of characters are Cayla Brown, Nicole Rosas, Maddie Blajda, Louisa Bergman and Taylor Call us at (603) 279-4516 Yelle, who vie for the attentions of Yokel (Nikolai Fernandez, in straw hat) when he takes rule of the kingdom after the death of King Evian (Asher email: [email protected] SEE BMS PAGE A10 Clark). The deals are better at belknapsubaru.com A2 March 31, 2011 LOCAL NEWS WINNISQUAM ECHO ■ Deadline nears for bobhouse removal from local lakes BY DONNA RHODES It’s a lot easier to drag them even on the more northern [email protected] off the ice than have to re- lakes that may appear to REGION — Ice fishing en- trieve them when they’re have a solid ice cover, they thusiasts should beware, floating,” Bryant said. should take along an ice and be wary, if they have a Snow cover this year did chisel and constantly check bobhouse still out on lakes not allow for the ice to thick- the thickness of the ice or ponds anywhere in the en as much as it has in past along the way. Driving a ve- state, as the April 1 deadline winters, and the warmer hicle onto the ice at this time to remove all such struc- temperatures of March, to tow a bobhouse, however, tures from the ice is fast ap- with longer days and occa- would not be wise. proaching. sional rain, mean condi- If a bobhouse does fall in- Each year, New Hamp- tions on lakes and ponds can to the water, the owner is shire Fish and Game offi- deteriorate rapidly. The ice still responsible for remov- cials say they find aban- has already begun to recede ing it, and that can result in doned bobhouses in coves from the shoreline of many the added expense of hiring and other parts of the state’s waterways, Bryant noted, a professional dive team to waterways which eventual- and some smaller bodies of recover it. ly end up floating as spring water are now ice free. Occasionally, Bryant conditions hit the region. “We don’t want anyone to said, there are a few anglers Lt. Robert Bryant of Fish risk their life. If they can’t who try to avoid being fined and Game Law Enforcement get to their bobhouse now, for not removing their bob- said anyone with a bob- they’re going to have to get house. They remove any- house still on the ice now it when open water comes,” thing of value, then aban- “has some issues.” he said.