THURSDAY, AUGUST 27, 2015 GILFORD, N.H. - FREE Gilford celebrates Old Home Day Saturday BY ERIN PLUMMER parade awards. [email protected] Starting at 9 a.m., The community will craftspeople and food gather for a big party vendors will be selling this Saturday for the their items on the Vil- 96th annual Gilford Old lage Field. Home Day. Gilford vil- From 9 a.m. to noon, lage will be the site of there will be an open races, performances, house and demonstra- crafts, food, and so much tions at the Benjamin more throughout the Rowe House, the Union day on Saturday. Meetinghouse, and the The theme for this Mount Belknap Grange. year’s Old Home Day is The Gilford Public Li- holidays throughout the brary will have its book year. sale from 9 a.m.- 2 p.m. The day will kick off Pie and Ice cream will with the Gunstock Nor- be served at the library dic Association’s 38th from 10:30 a.m.-12:30 annual 5K Road Race. p.m. or until as long as it Registration will run lasts. from 6:30-7:30 a.m. The Paul Warnick and race will start at Village Friends will perform at Field at 8 a.m. and will the Bandstand from 11 be followed by an award a.m.-noon. ceremony at Gilford Ele- Off. Adam VanSteens- mentary School. berg of the Gilford Police The Old Home Day Pa- Department will do a rade will start at 10 a.m. demonstration with his starting at town hall. K-9 partner Ike on the FILE PHOTO Participants will line up Village Field from 11:15- The pie eating contest and many more activities will go on for another year during Gilford Old Home Day this Saturday. at 9 a.m. for the parade 11:30 a.m. that will go down Cher- Old Home Day will ment Tent from 1:30-2 of numbers including their 2015 season. Show for kids will go ry Valley Road, then feature a number of p.m. Dance students jazz, ballet, hip-hop, tap, Dick Coffin’s Dum on under the Entertain- onto Belknap Mountain field and sports events. will perform a variety and modern dance from Dum Silly Willy Puppet SEE GILFORD, PAGE A8 Road, and then ending Games for kids under 6 down Alvah Wilson will take place from 1-2 Road at the High School p.m. Gunstock having a successful summer and Middle School. Field events games The floats and dis- for kids age seven to 12 BY ERIN PLUMMER Gunstock General of very terrific summer Soulfest took place plays will be judged and will run from 1-1:30 p.m. [email protected] Manager Greg Goddard at Gunstock,” Goddard the previous weekend, awards will be presented and field events for peo- Gunstock is report- gave a quarterly report said. and Goddard said the as part of the opening ple over the age of 13 will ing a successful summer on Gunstock’s progress As of Aug. 10, sales event was a big success ceremony. The open- go from 1:30-2 p.m. with some smoother to the Gilford board of were up 13 percent from and went smoothly. ing ceremony and flag Edgewater Academy operations and one big selectmen during its last last year. Goddard said “By far, it was the raising will take place of Dance will perform attraction planned for meeting. the weather has been in smoothest operating at noon, followed by the under the Entertain- construction soon. “(We) are in middle their favor this summer. event we’ve had to date,” Goddard said. He said campers were kept steadily moving Got Lunch wraps up for the summer and moving campers in and out was a relative- BY ERIN PLUMMER ly stress free operation. [email protected] Goddard said the event Gilford Got Lunch has finished up its sec- SEE GUNSTOCK, PAGE A8 ond summer season, but the program and its volunteers will continue Holiday to provide food for kids in need throughout the school year. makes Monday was the last delivery day of the 10- for early week summer program. Volunteers gathered on deadlines Monday morning at the ERIN PLUMMER ERIN PLUMMER Gilford Youth Center to Got Lunch chair Thom Francouer and board member Kathy Volunteers help pack vegetables for lunches going to kids MEREDITH — The put together bags of food Dahl honor volunteer Steve Melbourne. across Gilford and Gilmanton. offices of the Gilford and deliver them to kids received an immense have received much time “Each week got a little day. Steamer, located at 5 in Gilford and Gilman- amount of the support and effort from volun- easier and a little easi- “It’s a really neat Water St. in Meredith, ton. from the community. teers. He said the num- er,” Francoeur said. thing that we have time will be closed Monday, Got Lunch chair “A lot of people are ber of volunteers has He said they found just to socialize, meet Sept. 7 in observance Thom Francoeur said sorry to have it come to increased almost dou- they were done before new people, make new of Labor Day. their second summer an end,” Francoeur said. bled, which has greatly packing and delivery connections,” Fran- In order to ensure went extremely well and Francoeur said they helped the process. started at 9 a.m. on Mon- SEE LUNCH, PAGE A8 that our Sept. 10 edi- tion arrives in sub- scribers’ mail boxes Chris Daigle Disc Golf course dedicated at Bolduc Park on schedule despite the holiday, the sub- BY ERIN PLUMMER The course was dedi- mission deadline for [email protected] cated in honor of Chris any press releases, let- The Chris Daigle Me- Daigle, a native of Laco- ters to the editor, and morial Disc Golf Course nia who passed away in obituaries intended is open for fun at Bolduc 2013 at the age of 34. Dai- for publication on the Park following a dedi- gle was an avid disc golf 10th has been moved cation honoring the life player, inspiring Bolduc up a full business day, and passion of its name- Park to renovate their to Friday, Sept. 4 at sake. disc golf course in his 4 p.m. Submissions Last Tuesday, mem- name. may be dropped off at bers of the Daigle fami- Bolduc Park opened a our office or e-mailed ly, volunteers, partner disc golf course around to steamer@salmon- businesses, and repre- two years so with plas- press.com. sentatives from the town tic goals. Bolduc Park Any submissions of Gilford and city of founder Bob Bolduc said not of an urgent na- Laconia gathered to the park had some suc- ture received after 4 dedicate the Chris Dai- cess. ERIN PLUMMER p.m. on Friday the 4th gle Disc Golf Course at The park’s name- Local officials, volunteers, sponsors, and family members gathered for the dedication of the will be held for publi- Chris Daigle Memorial Disc Golf Course. From left to right: Gilford Parks and Recreation Bolduc Park. The course sake Chris Daigle was cation on Sept. 17. Director Herb Greene, Laconia mayor Ed Engler, Bolduc Park vice president Tom Messmore, was dedicated a few days a native of Laconia and Gilford town administrator Scott Dunn, Roberto Pabon and Eric Petell of Meredith Village For information before the first annual played in Laconia sports Savings Bank, Chris Daigle’s parents Lorraine and Jeff Daigle, Jeff Moses of Bolduc Park, and regarding the holiday Chris Daigle Memorial Bolduc Park founder Bob Bolduc. SEE HOLIDAY, PAGE A8 Disc Golf Tournament. SEE DISC, PAGE A12 A2 THE GILFORD STEAMER ALMANAC THURSDAY, AUGUST 27, 2015 Notes from the Gilford Public Library BY MOLLY HARPER a craft. Bilingual Sto- tors to the Library! you have any questions Social Bridge, al Book, Pie, and Ice Library Correspondent rytime will take place Help introduce your about any of this fall’s 10:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. Cream sale! As August begins to on Fridays, from 10:30 – child to a love of learning programs, please stop by Knit Wits, wind down, the Library 11:15 a.m. this Fall at the Gilford or give us a call at 524- 1:30 – 2:30 p.m. Monday, Aug. 31 is hard at work prepar- Lura will lead Story- Library. No age is too 6042. Conversational German Mahjong, 12:30 – 3 p.m. ing for Fall program- time on Tuesdays from young to start listening Classes & Special Class, 2:30 – 3:30 p.m. Fall Storytime ming! In the Children’s 11:15 – 11:45 a.m. De- to and appreciating the Events Gilford Old Home Day Sign-ups Begin! Room, we’re looking signed for older children many stories and books Aug. 27 – Sept. 2 Book Sale, 4 – 7 p.m. forward to a very busy ages three to five, Story- that fill the shelves of the Thursday, Aug. 27 Join us for our annu- Tuesday, Sept. 1 September as our first time is a chance for chil- Children’s Room. Sign- Open Painting at the al Book, Pie, and Ice Social Bridge, session of storytimes dren to fall in love with ups for this first session Library, 1:30 – 3:30 p.m. Cream sale! 10:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. runs from Sept. 7 – Oct. reading through songs, begin on August 24th Conversational French 12. During each session stories, and rhymes. and sign-up is required Class, 3:30 – 4:30 p.m.