Volume 122 ■ Number 34 ■ www.newhampshirelakesandmountains.com THE RECORD ENTERPRISE, THURSDAY,AUGUST 23, 2012 [email protected] ■ 603.279-4516 ■ 75 Cents Staff members and supporters kick off expansion of Minot Sleeper Library By Marcia Morris crowd assembled along- the Newfound River, on a Wednesday, Aug. 15, to to economic pressures, for bauer took time out during Contributor side the colorful Butterfly beautiful late summer af- mark the beginning of a the first time in history, the ceremony recognize BRISTOL — A large Garden, by the banks of ternoon in Bristol last new era for Bristol's his- the U.S. Department of Ed- the many years of dedicat- toric Minot-Sleeper Li- ucation has documented ed service of Friends of brary (circa 1885). that illiteracy is on the the Minot-Sleeper library Trustees, Friends of the rise in America in recent member Judy Wilson. Wil- Minot Sleeper Library, Li- years.” son's efforts have been in- brary staff, Town officials, If the indefatigable and strumental in enabling the representatives from hardworking Trustees, library to meet the grow- Northway Bank, and many Friends and staff of the ing demands of patrons, enthusiastic library pa- Minot-Sleeper Library particularly in the realm trons of all ages celebrated have their way, that will of children's activities. the ground-breaking for not be happening in Bris- The fundraising efforts of the long-awaited renova- tol. the Friends have also been tion and expansion of the In his opening remarks, been critical in support of busy and beloved land- Hasebauer alluded to the children's programs and mark at the heart of the fact that the expansion also for the Trustees' community. project has been on the $200,000 capital campaign “This is a project that agenda of the Minot-Sleep- for the new addition. has been in the making for er Trustees literally for Circulation statistics nearly 100 years,” said generations. The recogni- and attendance at library Master of Ceremonies tion of an acute need for programs have skyrocket- Nathan Haselbauer,for the additional space for the ed in recent years, espe- Trustees. “We are finally collection, as well as many cially since economic pres- getting this off the activities and library pro- sures have squeezed budg- MARCIA MORRIS ground, and it could not be grams, has been docu- ets for young families who The Minot-Sleeper Library staff,Trustees and Friends marked the beginning of construction for the long-await- coming at a better time. mented in the minutes of use the library as an im- ed renovation and addition to one of Bristol's busiest downtown buildings last week. Pitching in at the ground- While some states across Minot-Sleeper Trustees portant resource for chil- breaking ceremony: Children's Librarian Deborah Thouin, Interlibrary Loan and Circulation Librarian Cindy the country are gutting meetings for decades. dren. Adult use of the pub- Westfall, Selectman Joe Denning, Library Director Sharon Warga, Trustee Barbara Greenwood and, for the their libraries in response Amongst others, Hasel- Friends of the Minot-Sleeper Libray, Judy Wilson. SEE LIBRARY, PAGE A16 Old Home Day offers many ways to “Celebrate Bristol” BRISTOL ? Area residents ley Park from 6:30 – 8 p.m. Friday, Aug. 24, join the and visitors are invited to This local group of talented members of the Bristol Fire come out and “Celebrate musicians was recently Department for an open Bristol” with a series of fun named “New Hampshire’s house and spaghetti dinner community-wide events be- Best Americana Band” by from 5 to 7 p.m. at the fire sta- ing held from Aug. 23 New Hampshire Magazine. tion, 85 Lake St. This is a through Aug. 25. The Boys crank out original great opportunity to meet This family-oriented cele- ‘crunchy’ music along with a your department members bration will kick off on sprinkling of interesting and get a close up look at de- Thursday,Aug. 23 with the fi- covers from traditional to partment and equipment and nal performance of the Bris- contemporary. Concerts are trucks. Cost for the dinner is tol Summer Concert Series. lawn seating, so bring a chair $10 for adults, $5 for ages five The Crunchy Western Boys or blanket. In case of in- to 12, and ages four & under will entertain young and old clement weather the concert are free. alike in the Bristol Shop ‘n will be held in the Old Bristol On Saturday,Aug. 25, come Save Concert Pavilion in Kel- Town Hall. SEE BRISTOL, PAGE A17 COURTESY Osprey project takes flight at Science Center Holy Trinity teens attend Steubenville Retreat HOLDERNESS — Three support from Public Service land-wide project spearhead- A total of 3,000 young adults recently attended The Steubenville Retreat held at the University of New Hampshire Ospreys are of New Hampshire (PSNH). ed by Dr. Richard (Rob) Bier- Rhode Island at their Kingston, R.I. campus. The retreat is held annually for young adult Catholics all over New England. The weekend is spent bonding with their peers and concludes with Adoration, sporting hi-tech backpacks The project is led by Iain regaard, a distinguished vis- which is a time to instill in them the continuing of their faith through study and prayer. It is a time that will allow researchers MacLeod, SLNSC Executive iting research professor at the for them to truly feel God’s presence, and worship in a very personal way. It is from the summer of (and the public) to follow their Director. MacLeod has stud- Department of Biology at the entering high school through the summer they graduate high school that they can attend. Shown are incredible 3,000-mile migra- ied Ospreys for more than 30 University of North Caroli- those who attended from Holy Trinity Parish, which includes St Agnes Church in Ashland, Our Lady of tions. Lightweight, GPS-en- years and has monitored the na," said MacLeod. "Bierre- Grace Chapel in Bristol and St. Matthews Church in Plymouth. Front Row, L-R: Carolyn Ebner, Ally abled, solar-powered satellite growing nesting population gaard has been studying Os- Meegan, Katie Crosby, Chrissy Crosby, Carmen Cooper, Nora Doyle and Christine Hemeon. Back Row, transmitter backpacks use in- in the Lakes Region since preys on Martha's Vineyard L-R: Caroline Mure, Molly Bolan, Chris Ebner, Ann Learned, Joe Casey, Spencer White, Ben Learned, teractive web-based technolo- 1997. for 40-plus years, and holds ex- Shanna Fielding, Shanon Somers, Steven Hanser, Dave Hemeon, Maureen Ebner, Bobby Kretz, gy to allow near real-time vir- "This project will allow us to tensive experience using this Gretchen Helmers, Shelby White & Tim White. tual tracking of Ospreys as track these birds continuous- satellite tracking system. they migrate from their nests ly for three or more years, and SEE OSPREY, PAGE A17 in New Hampshire to South is part of a larger New Eng- PSU named one of the America and back. The Squam Lakes Natural best colleges to work for in U.S. Science Center (SLNSC) Show your support for America’s launched the project last year PLYMOUTH — Plymouth er this week in The Chroni- institutions achieved “Great with financial and logistical troops at K-9 team benefit State University is one of the cle’s fifth annual report on College to Work For” recog- best colleges in the nation to “The Academic Workplace,” nition for specific best prac- ASHLAND — Area resi- port for America’s service- work for, according to a new are based on a survey of tices and policies. Plymouth Index dents, as well as visitors just men and women, past and survey by The Chronicle of more than 46,000 employees State won honors in two cate- ■ passing through, are invited present, during the Fourth Higher Education. at 294 colleges and universi- gories this year: to honor and show their sup- SEE K-9, PAGE A17 The results, released earli- ties. 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The Selectman around $100,000 in interest Work on 2013 budget pro- Lee Nichols thanked the Fire Monday evening meeting, Town Meeting appropriated did agree to support the utili- payments over the next sev- posals is underway. Department for checking out the Ashland selectmen just $50,000 under a warrant ties' grant application to FE- enteen years. The Public Works Director those who need electricity to opened the bids for replacing article for the roof repair. MA by holding a public hear- Police Chief Tony Randall and town office staff learned power their medical equip- the Fire Station roofs, dis- The town departments are ing and approving the appli- announced that overnight, about software for public ment during the recent pow- cussed the Public Works De- supposed to switch to narrow cation, if the paperwork is probably in the early morn- works department, while the er outage. When asked about partment radios, signed a let- band radios by Jan.