INSIDE: BACK TO SCHOOL 26,000 COPIES Please Deliver Before FRIDAY, AUGUST 17, 2007 Vol. 33 | No. 34 | 3 Sections |40 Pages Welcome Back Cyan Magenta Yellow Black BY LIZ PREMO EDITOR, 21 VOICES HAMPTON | A new face will join a familiar one on the first day of school as Hampton Academy welcomes Principal Chris Sousa and Assistant Principal Kathy Hancock to its administrative team. WELCOME Continued on 14A• Lobster license to protect, not pinch BY SCOTT E. KINNEY Though the law dates as well as local lobstermen. market in undersized lob- 2003 HYUNDAI ATLANTIC NEWS STAFF WRITER far back as the early 1950s, New Hampshire marine sters. 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(Unit 1), North Hampton, NH www.seacoastgrowers.org Open: Mon, Wed, Thu, Fri 10-6; Tue 10-7; Sat 9-5; Sun 12-5 ATLANTICNEWS.COM VOL 33, NO 34 | AUGUST 17, 2007 | ATLANTIC NEWS | PAGE 3A . of the Stars Seacoast Young at heart BY AUBRY BRACCO 88-year-old Newmarket resi- “I read that thing from ATLANTIC NEWS STAFF WRITER dent can teach us all a les- stem to stern,” Getchell NEWMARKET | Dr. L. son about the power of fun, explained. Forbes Getchell is living curiosity and staying young Though Getchell started proof — you are never too at heart. with Gilley’s patterns, he old to be young. Today, Getchell still creates his own now, doing For some Seacoast area spends his spare time in “what I jolly well feel like residents, he has been a his bird-carving workshop, doing,” he said. trusted dentist, for others, whittling wood into minia- And why shouldn’t he? an honorable member of the ture avian models, just as he He’s had 38 years of prac- armed services or Boy Scout has since 1969. tice. leader and founder of an Dr. Getchell said he has Though Getchell said WOODWORKER — Dr. L. Forbes Getchell, pictured here in his workshop, turns pieces of wood explorer post. always enjoyed working he doesn’t like to watch the into the hand-carved birds he sells at Seacoast area fairs and markets. Others may recognize with his hands. While in clock, he estimates he can — Atlantic News Photos by Aubry Bracco Getchell as the Revolution- dentistry school at NYU, he carve a chickadee “in just ary War hero, clad in tights said he had to carve models a little under an hour” and “They are all over the and a three-cornered hat, of teeth and form porcelain complete it in four to five place,” he said. who founded the Newmar- jackets as part of his training. hours. Getchell wishes more ket Militia and has partici- And when he opened his “I’ve been doing it so kids would pick up a hobby pated in reenactments at own practice in Newmarket long it comes easy,” Getchell like his own and have fun Strawbery Banke and schools in the early 1950s, he had noted. getting to know their artistic throughout the region. plenty of hands-on experi- Getchell generally makes talents. And for other residents, ence. a pattern, which he uses to “You’ve just got to a Christmas fair at Hamp- Though he loved his cut a block of pine wood remember people have a tre- Cyan ton Academy or Newmar- patients and his work, Getch- into the silhouette of a bird. mendous ability if they learn ket Community Church ell said it wasn’t always the Then, he carves and sands how to use it,” he said. isn’t complete without Dr. most calming activity. Bird his creation before applying Too often, he added, kids Magenta L. Forbes Getchell, his wife, carving became his favorite a coat of gesso (a primer), are glued to video games, Sylvia, and their collection of way to unwind. painting the miniature figure television and the telephone homegrown art.