The Berlin Daily Sun, Wednesday, June 1, 2011

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BERLIN – The group of four biomass plants that are appealing the N.H. Public Utilities Commission’s decision to approve a power purchase agreement between Public Service of N.H. and Laidlaw/Berlin Station say they are acting to ensure their own survival.

“I’m trying to represent existing jobs, my neighbors, my plant, and my employees,” said Mike O’Leary, plant manager for Bridgewater Power Company.

Bridgewater, Pinetee Power-Tamworth, Whitefi eld Power & Light, and Indeck EnergyAlexandria have a motion before the PUC for a rehearing and have also fi led an appeal to the state Supreme Court.

O’Leary said the four plants offer real jobs to the state, not potential jobs in the future. He said each plant employs about 20 people directly and another 100 indirectly. He said it does not make sense to him to let the four plants close.

Proponents of the Laidlaw/Berlin Station project have launched a public campaign urging the biomass plants to drop their objection and allow the Berlin project to move ahead. In fullpage ads in state and local newspapers, several labor unions charge the appeals are delaying the see JOBS page 8

SEC reconvenes Randolph $5.5 M project underway Laidlaw hearing

BY GAIL SCOTT THE BERLIN DAILY SUN

RANDOLPH—The reconstruction of Randolph Hill Road has started and will continue until the end of September, H.E.Bergeron Engineers project manager Jay Poulin, of Berlin, told Randolph residents at a meeting at the town hall Thursday.

One-way traffic will be maintained at all times and access will be maintained to driveways during construction, he reassured road residents. Flaggers will be on duty to direct traffic, he said.

During the project, H.E. Bergeron onsite manager Eric Grenier, of Berlin, Poulin, and Randolph select-persons will be contacts for residents with questions or comments and Grenier will send out a weekly email to up-date local contacts on what’s happening, Poulin told the gathering.

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up for the emails. Others who wish to receive the emailed update may call Grenier at 723-4693 or Select Board Chair Ted Wier at 733-6189. The weekly update also will be included in the Randolph Weekly, which is published in July and August, and on the Randolph web site: www.randolph.nh.gov.

Poulin particularly asked residents not to take their complaints/comments to the contractor, Nelson Communications Services, of Center Conway, but to work with Grenier, himself at HEB (356-6936) or the select-persons.

Thus far, two trailers have been set up on Nekal Road, one for NCS and one for HEB. Nekal Road and a lot on Randolph Hill, owned by the Scarinza family, will be staging locations for road reconstruction machines and materials.

Davis Tree Experts have started to remove marked trees along the road-

CONCORD – The state Site Evaluation Commission announced it will reconvene its hearing this Friday, June 3 on the motion to transfer its permit to build a 70-megawatt biomass plant in Berlin from Laidlaw Berlin BioPower to Berlin Station LLC. The SEC heard a full day of testimony on May 18 and is expected to hear closing arguments Friday and begin deliberations on the motion.

Berlin businessman Jonathan Edwards fi led a written notice with the SEC informing the body his company, Edrest LLC., is withdrawing as an intervenor. The city is the remaining intervenor while the public is represented by Counsel for the Public from the state AttorneyGeneral’s office.

The SEC last year issued a conditional certifi cate of site and facility to Laidlaw. Since then, Laidlaw has announced a major corporate reorganization. The developer also announced a change in its major contractor and wood

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Advisory panel: Cellphone radiation may cause cancer A World Health Organization panel has concluded that cellphones are “possibly carcinogenic,’’ putting the popular devices in the same category as certain dry cleaning chemicals and pesticides, as a potential threat to human health.

The finding, from the agency’s International Agency for Research on Cancer, adds to concerns among a small but growing group of experts about the health effects of low levels of radiation emitted by cellphones. The panel, which consisted of 31 scientists from 14 countries, was led by Dr. Jonathan M. Samet, a physician and epidemiologist at the University of Southern California and a member of President Obama’s National Cancer Advisory Board.

The group didn’t conduct any new research but reviewed numerous existing studies that focused on the health effects of radio frequency magnetic fields, which are emitted by cellphones.

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Karzai warns NATO against air attacks on Afghan homes KABUL, Afghanistan — In one of his sternest warnings yet concerning civilian casualties, President Hamid Karzai said Tuesday that NATO must stop air attacks on Afghan homes immediately, or face “unilateral action” from the Afghan government.

President Hamid Karzai of Afghanistan spoke to journalists during a press conference in Kabul on Tuesday.

Speaking at a news conference at the presidential palace in Kabul, Mr. Karzai declined to say what actions the government would or could take, saying only that Afghanistan “has a lot of ways of stopping it.”

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Kevin Shapiro, a 20-year-old math and physics major at the University of Pennsylvania, threat, he said NATO forces were on the verge first tried a hookah at a campus of being considered occupiers rather than allies. party. He liked the exotic water “If they continue their attacks on our houses, pipe so much that he chipped in to buy one for his fraternity, then their presence will change from a force where he says it makes a useful that is fi ghting against terrorism to a force that social lubricant at parties. is fi ghting against the people of Afghanistan,” Like many other students he said. “And in that case, history shows what Afghans do with trespassers and with occupiers.” who are embracing hookahs on campuses nationwide, Mr. ShaMr. Karzai has used similar language before, piro believes that hookah smoke but taken with other recent statements, his comments could further threaten a relationship with is less dangerous than cigarette smoke because it “is fi ltered his Western backers that has been strained over through water, so you get fewer issues like night raids, corruption and the consolid particles.” tinuing scandal surrounding questionable loans But in fact, hookahs are far and huge losses at Kabul Bank. from safe. And now, legislators, college administrators and health advocates are taking action against what many of them call the newest front in the ever-shifting war on tobacco. vote — if only because Republican leaders have In California, Connecticut and privately assured Wall Street executives that Oregon, lawmakers have introthis is a show intended to make the point to Mr. duced bills that would ban or Obama that an increase cannot pass absent his limit hookah bars, and similar agreement to rein in domestic programs. steps have been taken in cities “Wall Street is in on the joke,” said R. Bruce in California and New York.

Josten, executive vice president of the U.S. ChamResearchers say the notion ber of Commerce. that water fi lters all the harmBut beyond this week, Wall Street has reason ful chemicals in tobacco smoke to be nervous as Congress nears the actual dead- is a myth. So, too, they say, is line on Aug. 2 to raise the $14.3 trillion borrowing the idea that because hookah ceiling, said people in both parties and in finance, smoking is an occasional activsome of whom asked not to be identified given the ity, users are inhaling much less smoke than cigarette users. sensitivity of the issue.

In showdown over debt, neither party is blinking WASHINGTON — In a bit of political stagecraft, House Republicans plan to bring to a vote on Tuesday evening a measure that President Obama and the Democrats were demanding not so long ago: a clean increase in the national debt ceiling, unencumbered by any requirement that spending be cut.

Given that all Republicans and more than a few Democrats oppose any debt-limit increase that is not accompanied by some commitment to future fiscal restraint, the measure is doomed to fail. And for all the talk of economic crisis should Congress fail to raise the debt ceiling by August, the fi nancial markets are likely to yawn at this

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Biomass plants look to state to keep furnaces burning

BY ERIK EISELE THE BERLIN DAILY SUN

TAMWORTH — Several of the state’s wood-burning power plants are losing money fast and looking to the state for help, but what advocates call a short-term solution to save hundreds of local jobs others call a corporate subsidy.

The managers of four small biomass plants — in Alexandria, Bethlehem, Bridgewater and Tamworth — are asking lawmakers to do something before their plants go under and take with them as many as 500 jobs.

“We’re on the edge right now,” said Russ Dowd, plant manager at Pinetree Power’s 20-megawatt biomass facility in Tamworth. “We’re hoping for a hot summer.”

Electricity prices are low, he said, and his plant doesn’t have a contract with an electric utility to buy its power. Instead it sells electricity into the grid at whatever the price energy is at that day.

But the daily market price isn’t high enough right now to keep his plant or the others afloat.

“We’re in a short-term pickle,” said Michael O’Leary, manager a 15-megawatt plant in Bridgewater. His plant did fi ne selling into the daily market from 2007 to 2010, he said, when energy markets were stronger, but today cheap electricity from out-ofstate natural gas facilities has flooded the energy market. “We’re running and losing money.”

And if they go under, O’Leary and Dowd both said, the impact will go far beyond plant grounds.

Pinetree Tamworth has 22 employees, Dowd said, but there are also roughly 100 other jobs directly connected to the plant, “in the woods, driving trucks, directly related to the forest industry.”

Bridgewater has similar numbers, according to O’Leary: 19 employees at the plant, and between 80 and 100 people who make their living supplying the plant with wood.

Together all four plants support between 400 and 500 jobs, Dowd and O’Leary said.

Together with the managers of the other two vulnerable plants they are focusing efforts on the governor’s offi ce, the executive council, state senators and House representatives, trying change the laws to bring them back to profitability.

“I don’t think there’s anybody in this economy that wants to see jobs going away,” Dowd said.

But what they want to do makes some major players nervous.

“They’re looking for a subsidy” said Martin Murray, spokesman for Public Service of New Hampshire, the state’s largest electric utility. “Someone has to pay for that. We’ve paid for that in the past.”

And Murray isn’t the only person with concerns about their efforts.

“New Hampshire electric customers would be in essence subsidizing again,” said state Sen. Jeb Bradley, whose district includes Tamworth and who is on the Senate Energy and Natural Resource Committee. “There’s a cost to that.”

The four biomass facilities are look-

ing for lawmakers to do two things: get them three- to five-year contracts with New Hampshire utilities so they can stop selling their power on the daily market, and make changes to the rules governing renewable energy certificates.

The contracts, according to O’Leary, will enable the plants to get through the down market, preserving the jobs.

“Within three to fi ve yeas market conditions will turn around,” he said.

“We’re not asking for 20 years. Give us three more years.”

The price the utilities would pay would be above the daily market price, he said, but it would be in line with other prices utilities pay for power.

And it would ensure the jobs don’t disappear.

“We’re asking them to make a little bit more of a long-term decision,” he said.

But it’s selling electricity at higher than market rates that raises eyebrows.

“If they want to sell us their energy at the market price, we will buy it,” Murray said, but anything beyond that would mean PSNH customers would have to pay a premium for that power. “We don’t believe that’s fair.”

O’Leary contends, however, that PSNH’s own plants don’t operate cheaply enough to survive at the daily market prices. The only reason they are viable, he said, is because PSNH customers pay a higher price for PSNH power.

“They could not exist at current short-term pricing,” he said.

“If there was an easy solution to this challenge it would have been solved long ago,” Murray said. “There is a value to these plants,” but the cost to preserve them shouldn’t fall on PSNH customers.

“We recognize both sides,” Bradley said, but he falls more on the side of PSNH. Going back to subsidizing the plants would be hard sell, he said.

A similar argument ensues when the discussion turns to renewable energy certificates, or RECs, although they aren’t nearly as pronounced.

RECs are pieces of paper green nergy plants can sell to offset the higher cost of operating a renewable facility. Utilities have to buy a certain number of them, and their price is unregulated.

The price of the RECs the small biomass plants generate have hit the fl oor because of out-of-state facilities, again undercutting a key part of the biomass business model. Dowd is hoping legislators can change the rules to differentiate RECs generated in New Hampshire from those out of state, which would reduce the supply and push up their price.

This, again, PSNH calls a subsidy, although PSNH too is advocating changes in the rules. But even if the changes happen, Martin said, it won’t make a difference for all the plants.

PSNH has to buy 130,000 RECs of the type these plants generate, he said. “Just one of them can produce more than that.”

Currently, he said, the RECs the plants want to sell are more expensive than those available elsewhere.

State Rep. Larry Rapaport, a Repub-

lican from Colebrook on the House Science, Technology and Energy Committee, said it isn’t likely any of the changes the plants are looking for will happen anytime this year.

Bradley said the same thing.

“Unfortunately this has come up a little late for this year,” he said. “I will next year attempt to fix that.”

But if it waits until next year, O’Leary said, “there is a strong likelihood we will be out of business.”

Dowd echoed O’Leary: “This has become an acute issue.”

And if the plants fail, the effects won’t be limited to the forest industry, Dowd said. These are good-paying jobs that will be disappearing, and they will take with them millions of dollars that get recirculated in the local economy. It could mean a serious impact to all the communities surrounding the plants, he said.

None of the companies that own the four biomass plants are locally owned, Martin pointed out, so

while efforts to cut them a break in the short-term might save jobs it’s unlikely once they go back to making profi ts it will benefit New Hampshire.

Dowd disagrees.

“It’s a local issue,” he said. “All of us live here.”

Just because the plants are owned by large companies doesn’t mean there are deep pockets, he said. The owners may be more likely to shut the doors as soon as the plants aren’t profitable.

If it was local ownership, “we’d be here until we’d shot the last bullet,” he said, while the foreign and out-ofstate owners have more incentive to pick up and move on if they see a lag in profits.

“Everybody is really in the same position,” Dowd said, so they are working hard to make sure legislators know what is at stake. “They just thought the plants were going to be here and run forever.”

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Norman M. Dube BARRINGTON, NH: Norman M. Dube, 59, died Friday May 27, 2011 at the Hyder Family Hospice House in Dover after a long battle with cancer.

Norman was born on December 7, 1951, the son of Edward and Louise (McKelvey) Dube, and had been living in Barrington for the past twenty years, moving from Portsmouth, NH. He was a graduate of the University of New Hampshire and worked for many years in the construction and engineering field.

Norman was an avid skier, loved hunting, fishing, and writing poetry.

Surviving members of the family include: his mother, Louise (McKelvey) Dube of Berlin, NH; one sister, Charlotte Donaldson and her husband John of Berlin, NH; two brothers, Charles “Chuck” Dube and his wife Donna of Rochester, NH, and

Timothy Dube and his wife Lynn of Hampstead, NH. He also leaves his very close friend, Mary Balliro of Portsmouth, NH, as well as several nieces, nephews and cousins.

Visitation will be held at the H. J. Grondin & Son Funeral Home, 177 North Main Street, Rochester, NH on Friday from 7 to 9 p.m. A Mass of Christian Norman M. Dube Burial will be held at 11 a.m. on Saturday, June 4, at Our Lady of the Holy Rosary Church in Rochester. To sign the on-line guest book, please visit www.GrondinFuneralHome.com.

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The president has violated a public trust To the editor: This brief response is in regard to a column in your newspaper, The Berlin Daily Sun, dated April 19, 2011, entitled “Naked Aggression”

by Nathaniel Gurien.

I never thought I would live long enough to read in the press such a compelling and courageous column exposing our commander in chief’s misconduct in violating international law, and the U.S. Constitution, which he swore to uphold when he took the oath of office.

The president has vio-

lated a public trust given to him by the American people who had every right to believe that he would honor his solemn oath. This breach of trust is a violation that deserves nothing less than impeachment. I wish more American people would stand with Mr. Gurien, and let our voices be heard all the way to Washington.

Nathaniel Gurien deserves our respect for his thoughtful and forthright article.

Kevin E. Desautels, Jefferson, N.H

TBA Theater reopened on holiday weekend To the editor: Films began this week at TBA Theatre.

“Kung Fu Panda” and “Thor” are now playing at our local theatre. We welcome back our Princess audience and thank both the Princess and Rialto audiences for their support

in getting the theatres back open for what looks to be an amazing summer of film!

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Danny Legendre tourney a huge success To the editor: I wish to thank the Title Sponsors; Aubuchon Hardware, Mr Pizza, Auto North and Steve, Cindy and Nick Griffin. Their generous donations contributed greatly to the success of the tournament. The Gold Sponsors were Gorham Hardware, Frito-Lay, Shannon Door Pub, Chapman Scrap Metal Recycling, Sons of American Legion, Bousquet Family and Varsity Boys Soccer

Team. The Silver Sponsors were Presidential Pest Control, North Country Dental, McCormack-Whitco Memorials, Berlin IGA Foodliner, Pete’s Auto Body, Saladino’s Italian Market and Restaurant, Dr Richard Kay and Top Furniture.

I also wish to thank Ms. Lemoine, Mr Parent, Mrs Bennett, Ms. Lemelin, Mrs. Theriault, Mr. and Mrs. David DeMontigny, my see TOURNEY page 7

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Guest Column

By Mayor Paul Grenier

Mayor’s Report, May 30, 2011 Hello summer! I delayed the May report until now so I could encompass some budget information. There is actually quite a bit going on despite the newspapers being somewhat quiet.

First of all, local businessman Jon Edwards withdrew his request for a rehearing of NH PUC’s decision granting PSNH’s power purchase agreement with Laidlaw. The PPA acceptance by the NH PUC was conditional and addressed the concerns of opponent’s fear of above market pricing for Laidlaw’s power. Mr. Edwards also withdrew his status as intervenor with the Site Evaluation Committee (EFSEC). That application was done

by Laidlaw to amend their original approval at the request of Laidlaw’s lenders. Mr. Edwards has legitimate concerns about the future of the existing independent power producers viability and all of us in the North Country should share in that concern. There needs to be a concerted effort from all of the woodbasket users, government an utilities to ensure that green, renewable energy production remain a powerful force in Coos County’s economy. Mr. Edwards drove that point home to many of us. It is now time, however, that we all work together to not only make Laidlaw a better facility, but that we get the facility under construction this year. There are countless financial benefits in form of direct tax credit payments to Berlin and to existing businesses that would disappear. The ability to maintain the financing package is heavily dependant on new market tax credits that will lapse if there is no construction loan closing within the next few weeks. It is that serious.

With passage of the Fiscal Year 2012 budget only three weeks away, there is still

unfinished business. Still unknown is how much city departments will turn back in form of unspent appropriations and revenue surpluses. I’m hoping that we can fund the positions that currently are being cut, but labor agreements with city unions would certainly help fund the effort. If management and the labor representatives work together, we can keep folks working. With a nearly 10 percent unemployment rate and over $l.3 million dollars of already overdue tax payments from struggling homeowners, there is no support within the city council for a tax increase.

I support the city council’s no tax increase position.

On Friday, June 10, Gorham Paper & Tissue LLC will have their opening celebration. This will actually be a paint party with VIP volunteers headed by CEO Lynn Tilton. Invited guests include Governor Lynch who told me he wouldn’t miss this ribbon cutting, DRED Commissioner George Bald, who I hear is quite a painter, Senator Shaheen and Senator Ayotte, and AVRRDD Executive Director Sharon Gauthier, among others too numerous to list. This is a true community celebration. A paint party and BBQ is a great idea and I’m excited to attend on Berlin’s behalf.

Finally, on Memorial Day, Berlin dedicated the 12th Street Bridge and changed the name to “Berlin Veterans Memorial Bridge”.

I will ask all of those connected with municipal mapping to ensure the name change. I ask all citizens to use Veterans Bridge when describing it. I want to thank Louis Perrault, Don Sloan and David Dubey for their efforts.

I also want to publicly recognize PWD Director Mike Perrault for excellent job coordinating the new sign installation for Memorial Day.

By Tiffany Benna, Public Affairs Officer White Mountain National Forest

A White Mountain Moment Tag Bear In my last column, I talked about being prepared to be in bear country. We talked about how each of us can make a difference by our actions – keeping a clean camp, putting food and smelly things (like our toothpaste) away and coolers in closed vehicles, or using bear hangs or bear-proof canisters in the backcountry. We talked about never feeding a bear, and that horrible space of knowing we are at point of it being too late – too late for the bear who has gotten food again and again. The following column is a reflection from Androscoggin District Ranger Katie Stuart. Her district covers the northern most portion of the Forest with the District office in Gorham, NH. Last year, across the Forest, there were many bear-people conflicts and Katie, with NH Fish and Game and biologists, had to make some tough decisions. Here are her thoughts from that time and space: August 5, 2010 “Tag” Bear lost her life today. I called her

Tag Bear because less than a couple of weeks ago both her ears were tagged by game officers identifying her as a problem bear. She was moved north to Pittsburg at the very northern end of the state, after multiple encounters with visitors to the White Mountains. It was hoped her new environment would improve her behavior. She was a small, young bear, likely a momma bear. Today she was “dispatched” by Fish & Game officers in coordination with my office. She didn’t just lose her life because they shot her, but because several hikers, campers, and visitors, by their actions and behavior over the course of time, changed her behavior. They were all part of her demise too, because they didn’t understand, or want to understand, that sometimes bear and human interactions have devastating consequences, mostly for bears.

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down to Camp Dodge and Dolly Copp Campground near Route 16, and the trails and back country that conected them, including the Great Gulf Wilderness. It wasn’t just the campers who didn’t hang their bear hangs of food, toiletries, and trash high enough or secure enough or carry bear-proof canisters in their backpacks. It wasn’t just the hikers who threw their sandwiches at her to leave them alone. It wasn’t just the curious visitors excited to see a bear in the wild and willing to feed her. It was all of them that individually and gradually rewarded her behavior so she became successful at grabbing food or backpacks and finding tempting treats inside. The casual, seemingly innocent delivery of food in various forms became her habit.

Heidi and Becky, who staff our front desk, said many visitors were eager to hear about the bears.

“You mean, just like Yogi Bear, who would steal food?” one said excitedly.

Heidi explained that “fed bears are dead bears”, but some didn’t seem to really understand. Heidi and Becky were trying to convey a serious message but some visitors continued to joke and think it was amusing. The hikers coming down 19 Mile Brook Trail said a bear followed them for over a mile down the trail a few steps behind them and they thought it not too amusing. They were concerned about their safety but fortunately they were not attacked. One camper at Osgood said a bear went into his tent for over two hours and snacked on what he had left in the tent. Tag Bear was learning increasingly bad habits.

Several campers said, “I thought I had hung the bear hang high enough, but that bear got it right off”. A few weeks back one man, who had a large pistol, shot it right near a bear’s head but the bear didn’t react much. It had gotten pretty habituated to humans by then. The consequences for grabbing a hiker’s pack who had dropped it on the ground, bringing down a poorly hung bear hang, or stealing food from a campsite had largely been rewarding by then. Even though Tag Bear was a young bear, her habits were engrained and she was graduating to more aggressive behavior, at least the humans thought it was aggressive, but Tag Bear was using successful habits to garner people-food.

The early summer season after green-up, when bears have come out of hibernation and are hungry, some with new cubs, is kind of dicey. There is little of the fall mast left on the ground, and it’s a bit early before the raspberries and blackberries come on, so it’s an easy time to get drawn to the food and waste that comes with human presence. When a day hiker dropped his pack to take a break, Tag

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Bear was there to grab it. When back country campers were cooking their morning breakfast, Tag Bear was learning to come and seize it.

All this season we’ve had increasing problems with bears in this part of the White Mountains. Tag Bear wasn’t the only bear. There was Scar Bear who has a big scar running almost the full length of his side. Then there’s Scruffy Bear who does look a little comical with his rumpled fur. A very young cub has also been wandering in that area and I have been thinking it might have been a bear cub of Tag Bear. Fish & Game were getting calls all over the state, with bears breaking into homes, bears that had been fed, bears that were ransacking garbage dumpsters at homes or in towns without ordinances, bears, bears, bears. I’m not sure how many bears had to be dispatched this summer but I heard of a few. We issued press releases, placed warning signs near trailheads, notices at visitor centers, web site postings, talks to visitors, back country notices, bear-proof boxes at back country camp sites, and now we’re working on a bear canister loan program for hikers and campers. Our efforts are aimed at changing human behavior, but it wasn’t enough for Tag Bear.

When Tag Bear was moved north to Pittsburg, a week or so ago, she made a beeline back to the White Mountains. One of the bear biologists speculated that she was coming back to her cub, not just her home range. So Heidi and I looked at each other with heavy hearts today, sad that Tag Bear had lost her life, that none of us, back country rangers, educators, forest rangers, and more had not been able to make a difference for her. Bears will continue to be at the losing end until we can fi gure out how to affect and change human understanding.

When humans interact with wildlife and spend time living and visiting in this wild and beautiful part of the forest, we collectively need to improve our conduct and let the wild stay wild…. and alive.

Katie mentions a bear-proof canister loan program that the Androscoggin Ranger District is trying out this year. In an effort to raise awareness about food canisters as an option for food storage and to assist visitors who come to recreate and aren’t prepared, the Ranger District in Gorham has purchased twenty canisters. The canisters are on a fi rst come first serve basis and available for up to fi ve days. Visitors provide information (including phone and address), receive instructions on how to use and return the food canister, and then sign for it. Visitors will be responsible for the clean return of the food canister – either in person or by mail. see MOMENT page 6

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––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– OBITUARY –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––

Olive M. Duchesne

BERLIN -- Mrs. Olive Margerite (Cadorette) Duchesne, 89, of 627 Rockingham St., Berlin, NH, passed away peacefully early Saturday morning May 28, 2011 at Androscoggin Valley Hospital surrounded by her beloved family. She was born in Berlin on August 31, 1921, the daughter of Edouard and Alice (Montminy) Cadorette.

Olive was married to Laurier Duchesne in September of 1939. They enjoyed 58 years of marriage prior to his passing in 1997. Olive was an outstanding mother who took great pride in raising her eight children. She grew up as a member of Guardian Angel Parish and later worshiped through the Good Shepherd Parish. She was a member of the Ladies of St. Anne’s, The Social Club, and the Golden Age Club. She enjoyed socializing and playing cards with her many good friends at the Holiday Center.

She had a loving personality, quick wit, and a remarkable sense of humor. She was always optimistic and enjoyed life to the fullest. Her zest for life will leave a lasting legacy to all those who knew her. Olive’s greatest accomplishment was that of being a selfl ess wife, mother, grandmother, and great-grandmother who dedicated her entire life to her family. She treasured every moment spent with them and they with her.

Olive is survived by her children, Robert Duchesne and wife Suzanne of Berlin, NH, Cecile Croteau and

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Investing Beyond Short-term CDs

Many people depend on certificates of deposit (CDs) to provide extra income. Yet CD rates have been fairly low for a while. In recent months, in fact, one-year CDs were paying about 0.5%, two-year CDs topped out at around 1%, and five-year CDs paid in the 2% to 2. 3% range. Those rates are scanty enough, but they can seem even lower in an economic environment marked by rising food and gas prices.

Before you consider alternatives, keep in mind that CDs still offer a key advantage: safety of prin cipal.

The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) typically insures CDs up to $250,000. And since CDs are relatively short-term in nature, you don’t have to worry about locking away that money for long periods of time. So there can be a place for CDs in the fixed-income portion of your portfolio.

However, during times such as these, you might consider looking at additional options, keeping in mi nd that, when seeking greater income, you’ll likely be taking on more risk. Let’s consider a few alternatives: •Fixed annuities — Many people buy fixed annuities to supplement their retirement income. But most annuities also allow you to take up to 10% of your account value each year without penalty. Plus, th e interest rate you receive on a fixed annuity may be more competitive than that currently paid by a C D. Keep in mind, though, that annuities are not backed by FDIC insurance, and any guarantees are backed solely by the paying ability of the insurance company. Additionally, early or excessive withdrawals may be subject to penalties. If you believe a fixed annuity might be appropriate for your situation, spe ak with your financial advisor.

•Bond ladders — If appropriate for your situation, you can potentially gain extra income through a strategy known as a bond “ladder.” To build a ladder, you buy several bonds with varying maturities — short-, intermediate- and long-term. Once you’ve constructed your ladder, you could gain some advantage in various interest rate environments. When market rates are low, you’ll still have your longer-term bonds earning higher interest rates. And when market rates rise, you can reinvest your maturing short-term bonds at the higher rates. But if you need income in addition to your regular interest payments, you can get it from the maturing bonds. Unlike CDs, however, bonds are not covere d

by FDIC insurance and are subject to credit risks. Bonds are also subject to interest rate risk: Whe n interest rates rise, bond prices generally fall, and you may lose some or all of your principal if y ou sell your bond prior to maturity. But by holding your bonds until maturity, you can avoid loss of princip al, assuming the issuer doesn’t default.

•Dividend-paying stocks — Some companies have paid — and increased — their stock dividends for many years now. If you don’t need the dividends to boost your cash flow, you can reinvest them to he lp boost your ownership stake. However, companies can reduce or discontinue their dividends at any time, and since stock prices fluctuate, you risk losing some or all of your principal.

By exploring alternatives to short-term CDs, you may find other appropriate investments that may better position you to reach your financial goals — so look around to see what’s available in the financialmarketplace.

This article was written by Edward Jones for use by your local Edward Jones Financial Advisor.

husband Roland of Berlin, NH, Roger Duchesne of Rangeley, Me., Leo Duchesne and wife Kathryn of Berlin, NH, Rene Duchesne of Berlin, NH; Sister Pauline Duchesne, RSM of Portland, Me., and Paul Duchesne of Ogunquit, Me.; sisters, Cecile Dupuis and Theresa Ducharme of Berlin, NH; 13 grandchildren and Olive M. Duchesne five greatg r a n d children; and several nieces and nephews.

She was predeceased by her husband Laurier; son, Normand; brothers, Herman Cadorette, Normand Cadorette, Adrienne Cadorette; sisters, Claire Leclerc; Irene Hogan; and Jeanette Trahan.

A Mass of Christian Burial was celebrated at St. Anne Church of the Good Shepherd Parish, 345 Pleasant St. Berlin; on Tuesday May 31, at 11 a.m. Interment was in Mt. Calvary Cemetery.

In lieu of fl owers, Olive requested that donations be offered in her memory to the Holiday Center, 27 Green Square in Berlin.

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Morin named to dean’s list BIDDEFORD, MAINE -- University of New England has recently named Berlin resident, Mallory Morin, to the university’s dean’s list for the spring semester. Mallory has recently completed her junior year at the university and is majoring is psychology.

Mallory is the daughter of Michael and Michele Morin of Berlin.

SEC from page one

supplier as well as an increase in generation to 75 megawatts.

Laidlaw and Berlin Station fi led a joint motion with the SEC asking the regulatory committee to approve the changes and allow the permit to be transferred.

TOURNEY from page 4

brother Steven, my parents Steve and Patty, Marissa Lemoine, Eric Chabot, Gary Riff, employees of AVCC who worked the tournament, participants, sponsors, volunteers and for anyone else I might overlooked.

Twenty seven teams for a total of 107 participants competed for the trophy! Be sure to check out the Facebook page under Danny Legendre Memorial Golf Tournament there are about 200 pictures posted.

Hope everyone had a wonderful time!

Thanks.

Brandon Flynn Coordinator MOMENT from page 5

Remember, if you do encounter a bear, stop and slowly back away, and remove yourself from the situation.

Then, tell someone you saw a bear and where – tell the campground host, a Forest Service employee, a visitor center – or call the White Mountain National Forest at (603) 536-6100. For more information on bear awareness visit us at http://www.fs.fed.us/r9/ white, or NH Fish and Game at http://www. wildnh.com/Wildlife/ Somethings_Bruin. htm.

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Senate budget keeps three North Country rest stops open BERLIN -- Sen. John Gallus, R-Berlin, announced Tuesday that three North Country rest stops slated to close July 1, will remain open for at least a year thanks to recent amendments to the state budget passed by the Senate Finance Committee. The locations include: US-Route 1 in Colebrook, US-Route 2 in Shelburne and the I-93 stop in Littleton.

Gallus, a fi ve-year veteran of fi nance, said, “These three areas, along with one other border rest area, were sa2f tourists we host year

round. All three centers also serve as both rest areas and welcome centers.

I am delighted that we found a way to continue to fund them within a very tight budget season.”

Money for the North Country centers was transferred from the state’s Highway Fund to the Department of Resources and Economic Development (DRED) with the provision that the commissioner of DRED be given the ability to work with local chambers of commerce and other public-private entities to keep the welcome centers open and staffed.

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JOBS from page one

start-up of the proposed 75-megawatt Berlin plant and putting jobs and tax revenues at risk. The Berlin plant is expected to employ 40 people directly and create several hundred indirect jobs. The city and company are in the process of negotiating a payment in lieu of taxes agreement that will provide thousands of dollars of revenues to the city annually.

In a written letter, Berlin businessman Steve Griffi n said it is time for the four small biomass plants “to lay down their arms and stop blocking the Berlin BioPower biomass plant from moving forward and creating clean energy and good jobs.

At one time, the four biomass plants had 20-year contracts with PSNH but those have expired and the utility has refused to renew them. Instead, PSNH has reached a 20-year agreement with Laidlaw that it submitted to the PUC for approval. The PUC approved the contract with conditions. One of the conditions was a reduction in total payments to Laidlaw from $2 billion to $1.3 billion over the life of the contract. The parties met the deadline for submitting a revised agreement.

PSNH has refused to enter into a power purchase agreement with the smaller biomass plants leaving the four to compete on the spot market, which O’Leary said is depressed because of the low price for natural gas. He said they are not seeking a long-term contract from PSNH but are looking for a three-year contract that can serve as a bridge until

market conditions improve. O’Leary said the biomass owners, state officials, and PSNH have had discussions on a bridge contract.

“I really hope a win-win agreement can be struck,” he said.

In their appeal to the PUC and Supreme Court, the biomass plants listed several grounds. One is based on the fact the agreement calls for PSNH to purchase all of Laidlaw’s Class I Renewable Energy Credits under the state’s Renewable Portfolio Standard law. The biomass plants point out the RPS law runs out in 2025, before the PSNH contract with Laidlaw runs out.

In its response, PSNH said that issue was raised in the original hearing and rejected by the commission in a 2-1 vote. The utility said there is no new evidence to justify a rehearing.

O’Leary said he also has concerns about whether there is sufficient low grade wood to supply the existing plants and meet the 750,000 tons the Laidlaw plant will consume. He pointed out the PPA agreement has a pass-thru clause tied in to the price paid for wood at PSNH Schiller wood boiler in Portsmouth. He said the existing plants haven’t been offered the same deal.

He said if the four smaller plants are forced to close now it would hurt the timber industry. He suggested by the time Laidlaw looks to start operations in 2014, it may find a shortage of loggers who could not wait two years for the Laidlaw plant to open.

“It doesn’t make any sense to us,” he said.

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By Holiday Mathis SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 21). You’ll rehearse certain things that others wouldn’t take the time to practice.

That’s because you see the value in presenting yourself in a smooth, cool manner. One advantage is that people will immediately trust you.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21).

You can relax in the knowledge that no one will rate your performance unless you specifically ask for such an evaluation. Feel free to do things the way you want to do them.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19 ).

In the past, you’ve said “yes” when you wanted to say “no.” You’ve since learned your lesson. You will get the chance to prove it today, as you make the choice that’s right for you.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18). You have a special gift for dealing with eccentric people. You have ways of maneuvering their tricky personality traits, understanding what they really mean and accepting them for who they are.

PISCES (Feb. 19 -March 20). Your body has an intelligence you can trust.

Pay attention to physical signals. If you’re not sure what they mean, pose the question to your body and see if an answer pops to mind.

TODAY’S BIRTHDAY (June 1). It is a year of increased personal power. An important accomplishment you make by the end of September will illustrate the point. Between now and then, you will focus your efforts and keep from procrastinating. A key purchase in October will make your work easier.

Love and laughter fi ll your house in the new year. Libra and Scorpio people adore you. Your lucky numbers are: 9, 50, 15, 33 and 17.

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HOROSCOPE ARIES (March 21-April 19 ). Once upon a time, you may have fantasized about fi nding the prince or princess of your dreams. But now you have some very practical and realistic goals for your love life, and you are rapidly approaching them.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20). Mingling with new people, you’ll fi nd you immediately click with some -- with others, not at all. So stick where you feel the magic. That’s where you’ll feel free to express the diverse facets of your talent.

GEMINI (May 21-June 21). A distracting infl uence may actually do you a favor. Some will fi nd it diffi cult to get back to work after the disruption, but you’ll fi nd the break in order to be creatively invigorating.

CANCER (June 22-July 22). When your emotional needs are met, you feel physically strong and able. The affection and attention of a loved one will have a positive effect on your health.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22). You used to think there was no such thing as “too nice.” Now you understand that a certain person will keep pushing and asking until you have nothing more to give. It’s only healthy to hold some back for yourself.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22). You don’t have to be the best in order to win the vote that counts. You will be chosen because you’re a terrifi c fit, not because you’re the most experienced and qualifi ed. You know how to be a good partner.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23). Find creative inspiration. It is not an indulgence so much as a way for you to save the world. Indeed, the evolution of man depends on the dreams of healthy minds.

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ACROSS 1 Bucket 5 Moneys owed 10 Tied-together logs afloat 14 Aware of the shenanigans of 15 Thoughts 16 Wheel rod 17 Make a tiny cut 18 Combativeness 20 Sunbather’s reward 21 Frothy drinks 22 Rattled 23 Diminished 25 Twenty-__; blackjack 26 Jolted 28 Kindling 31 Anticipate 32 Once every 24 hours 34 Chatter 36 Wind direction indicator 37 Like the garden after a shower

38 Relinquish 39 Mr. Carney 40 Narrow boat 41 Motherless calf 42 Get away 44 Paleness of the complexion 45 Pack animal 46 Black-and-white, bamboo-eating mammal 47 Male honeybee 50 Bundle of hay 51 __ Lanka 54 Draw new zoning lines 57 Consumer 58 Perched atop 59 External 60 Quick glance 61 Clinton’s VP 62 Poor 63 Inquires DOWN 1 Emily or Markie 2 “__ Karenina” 3 Migrants; drifters

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48 Car taken back 49 Fragrance 50 Use the teeth 52 Stink 53 Annoys 55 Heavy weight 56 Regret 57 __ tree; in a difficult spot

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––––––––––––––––– DAILY CALENDAR ––––––––––––––––– Wednesday, June 1 Walk:NH: 2-3 mile walk, 6 p.m., Gorham common. Designed to promote walking in NH. Thursday, June 2 Berlin Board of Education: Meeting 6 p.m. in the Berlin High School Library.

Saturday, June 4 Household Hazardous Waste Collection: 8 a.m. to 1 p.m., District Transfer Station, 100 West Milan Road, Route 110, Berlin.

Households from Berlin, Dummer, Errol, Gorham, Jefferson, Milan, Northumberland, Randolph, Stark and the Unincorporated Places in Coos County eligible to participate. In addition, residents from Shelburne will also be authorized to participate again this year. FMI 752-3342. Transfer Station will be closed for regular business HHW collection day.

Monday, June 6 Dummer School Board Meeting: 6 p.m., Dummer Town Hall.

Golden Age Club: Card party, 1 p.m., Senior Meals Center, Sullivan St., Berlin.

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FMI Betty Drew at 466-3608.

Friday, June 10 Men’s Breakfast Group: Topic: “What Do We Want?” Presenters: Members of the Group. Meeting, Gorham/UCC Church, Main Street, Gorham. Breakfast 7 a.m., presentation 7:30 a.m.

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––––––––––––––– ONGOING CALENDAR –––––––––––––– Wednesday Carving Club: Meeting every Wednesday, 5 p.m., E&S Rental, 29 Bridge St, Berlin. All welcome, prior experience not necessary. Open to all. Instructions to those new to carving. We hope to provide a wide range of carving experiences. FMI call Ed at 7523625.

Harvest Christian Fellowship Soup Kitchen: Free community dinner every Wednesday night, 219 Willow St., Berlin. Doors open 4 p.m., dinner 5-6 p.m. FMI 348-1757.

PAC Meeting. Child addicted to drugs? You’re not alone. Join us for the PAC (Parent of Addicted Children) meeting, 6 p.m., 151 Main Street, Berlin.

FMI call 603-723-4949 or e-mail @ shjam@ne.rr.com.

Bible Study: 6 to 7 p.m., Seventh Day Adventist Church, Mt. Forist St., Berlin.

Weight Watcher’s Meeting at the Salvation Army, Berlin—9 a.m. meeting, 8:30 a.m. weigh-in Senior Meals: Guardian Angel School, MondayThursday Noon, Friday 8 a.m.-10 a.m. Suggested donations for 60 and over $3; under 60 $6. All are welcome. (FMI 752-2545).

Bible Study: 6 to 7 p.m., every Wednesday night, 7th Day Adventist Church, bottom of Mt. Forist St., Berlin. All welcome.

Gorham Public Library: Open M-F: 10am6pm, Saturdays: 10am-Noon. Children’s Story Time: Fridays, 1:30pm. View On-line Catalog at https://gorham.biblionix.com/ . FMI call 466-2525 or email gorhampubliclibrary@ne.rr.com.

Artisan Gift Shop: 961 Main St., Berlin. Open Monday through Friday, 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.

Family Involvement Group: a family support and activity group, meets the second Wednesday of each month from 6-8 p.m. in the downstairs hall of St. Barnabas Church, corner of High and Main Streets, Berlin. Light refreshments are served. FMI, call Linda at 752-7552.

Reiki Sharing Gathering: Third Wednesday of each month, 7 to 9 p.m., Pathways for Thursday’s Child Ltd., 3 Washington Street, Gorham. Open to anyone who has at least fi rst-level Reiki training.

No charge. (FMI 466-5564) Awana Children’s Club - 6:00 PM - 7:30 PM. Grades K-6th. Games, Worship, Bible Lessons, Workbook Time, Prizes, Fun. Community Bible Church. 595 Sullivan Street, Berlin. Call 752-4315 with any questions.

AA Meetings:: 12 to 1 p.m., Discussion Meeting, St. Barnabas Church, corner of Main and High Streets, Berlin.

Step Book/Discussion Meeting, Tri-County CAP, Step I, 7:30 to 8:30 p.m., 361 School St., Berlin.

Women’s Relationship Support Group: CCFHS sponsoring. Group meets 6:30 to 8 p.m. every Tuesday. CCFHS will provide transportation as needed. Limited space available. Call Carolyn at 752-5679 for more information.

Milan Public Library: Monday, 1:30 to 7:30 p.m.; Tuesday and Wednesday’s 11:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.

VFW Post 2520: Monthly meeting third Wednesday of every month. VFW Ladies Auxiliary: Meets every third Wednesday of the month, 7 p.m., post home, 1107 Main St., Berlin. All members encouraged to attend. (FMI 752-4743 daytime, 752-4276 evenings) Foot Clinics: Every second and fourth Wednesdays of the month, Berlin Health Department, Berlin City Hall, 8:30 a.m. to 112 noon and 1 to 3:30 p.m. By appointment only. Call 752-1272. All area residents welcome. Fee: $15.

Thursday TOPS NH 0057 Gorham: Meet every Thursday, 5:30 p.m., meeting room of the Gorham Public Library on Railroad Street, Gorham. FMI Call Carolyn at 348-1416.

Boy Scout Pack 207: meets every Thursday at 6:30 in the St. Michael’s School cafeteria.

Berlin-Gorham White Mountain Rotary Club: Meets every Thursday 730 to 830 a.m., Town & Country Inn Shelburne. FMI email info@whitemtrotary.org Senior Meals: Guardian Angel School, noon.

Suggested donations for 60 and over $3; under 60 $6. All are welcome. (FMI 752-2545)

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by Abigail Van Buren

EXPECTING OLDER MOM GETS UNEXPECTED FAMILY REACTION

DEAR ABBY: I’m a 40-year-old, stay-at-home mom with a 17-year-old and a 14-year-old. Three weeks ago, on my birthday, I found out that I am pregnant. Forty and pregnant --- it is truly a miracle. My husband, who is almost 50, is in complete shock.

He has looked like a ghost since he found out. I fi nally had an emotional meltdown and told him I don’t feel like he’s very happy for our unexpected bundle. His reply? “Sorry, Hon, I’m not!” He thinks he’s too old.

My older child has said only one sentence to me since I told her the news: “You’re going to be an old mom.” They feel I have ruined their lives. I feel ... happy. How do I get them to warm up to this new addition to the family? -- OLD MAMA IN WASHINGTON STATE DEAR “OLD” MAMA: According to the 2002 National Survey of Family Growth by the Guttmacher Institute, in 2001, 49 percent of pregnancies in the United States were unintended. Among women aged 15 to 44, the unintended pregnancy rate was 51 per 1,000 women.

So remind your husband that this pregnancy didn’t happen “magically”; he was an equal partner. He may have had other plans in mind for the next 20 years than raising another child, so his feelings are understandable. While it would be nice if he felt differently about the latest addition to the family, he might perk up if you point out that there are many older dads these days, and many older moms, too.

As to your daughter’s attitude, she will be out of the house and gone soon, so don’t take personally that she’s not over the moon about the changes that are coming. If you maintain a positive attitude, your enthusiasm will be contagious.

DEAR ABBY: I’m 53, work in an offi ce six to eight hours a day, and then come home to cook dinner and do household chores.

My husband, “Todd,” is 48. He works eight to 10 hours a day and expects sex three to four times a week. I’m exhausted and can’t do it anymore!

My best friend, “Mavis,” has been a widow for fi ve years.

She tells me she’s going crazy because she hasn’t had sex in all this time. She asked if I’d share Todd just one night a week.

Mavis isn’t pretty, but she has a very shapely figure. Frankly, I’m ready to agree, but I haven’t mentioned it to Todd.

If my husband agrees, it would take a lot of pressure off me and I could sure use the rest. What are your thoughts on this arrangement? -- NEEDS A BREAK IN PHOENIX DEAR NEEDS A BREAK: Please fi nd another way to take a break. What you’re contemplating would likely be the beginning of the end of your marriage. You may think you’d be “safe” because Mavis isn’t pretty, but to quote Benjamin Franklin, “In the dark, all cats are gray.” If you’re tired, let Mavis help with the chores -- but not this one.

DEAR ABBY: I wish there was some way to make families understand that because someone has been widowed, we don’t stop caring about them. So why do they stop inviting us to family functions? Is it because they didn’t care for us in the first place? -- LEFT OUT IN IOWA DEAR LEFT OUT: There isn’t a one-size-fi ts-all answer to your question. However, I suspect that in many cases it’s because the widow’s presence is a painful reminder of the family member who is “missing.”

Dear Abby is written by Abigail Van Buren, also known as Jeanne Phillips, and was founded by her mother, Pauline Phillips.

Write Dear Abby at: Dear Abby, c/o The Conway Daily Sun, PO Box 1940, North Conway, NH 03860

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For Rent

For Rent

BERLIN: Spacious 3/bedroo m, 2/bath, 2nd floor, recently renovated, w/d hook-up. Includes heat, no pets, no s moking, references required, $695 plus security, 603-986-5264.

THREE, 2 bedroom apts. heat , h/w, w/d hook-ups, hardwood floors, renovated; 4 bedroo m, duplex, heat, h/w, w/d hook-ups, hardwood floors, 752-2607, 723-4161.

CASCADE Flats, River Street, 2nd floor, 6 large roo ms, hardwood floors, base board heat.

W/D hook-up, attic, side porch, off street parking, no utilites / smoking/ pets. References, lease, + security, 752-7096.

GORHAM – First Floor, 2 br in town. W/D hookup, parking, storage. $700/mo. Heat included. First floor 3 br Cascade Flats $675/mo heated, W/D hookup. Third floor 2 br Cascade Flats, $550/ mo heat included --Berlin 1 and 2 Bedrooms available. No S mokers.

For application call 723-7015

12' Aluminum boat, trailer; 8 hp Yamaha M&R, 2 stroke, call 603-326-3145, FMI.

GORHAM- two bedroom, heat, hot water, fully renovated, WD hookup. Security deposit 723-6310

2- 2002 Polaris snow mobiles, plus trailer, $3000/bo. FMI 752-5361.

GORHAM- two bedroom, heat, hot water and electric. Off street parking. Security deposit.

723-6310.

GORHAM: 13 Exchange St, (white bldg w/ black tri m) 1 br, second floor, h/ hw, fridge and stove, no w/d hookup, no pets.

Sec. dep. needed. Call: 466-3378 (8am-4pm, M-F or leave a message).

GROVETON, NH- Groveton Housing- 1 bedroom units available. Groveton Housing is a housing development for seniors (age 62 or older) and people living with disabilities. Rent is 30% of inco me and includes all utilities. The property is centrally located close to downtown and offers on-site laundry facility, staff, free parking and a nice community room. Call AHEAD Property Manage ment today for an application and for more information 603-444-1377.

Check out our other rental properties @ www.homesahead.org.

EHO. NEWLY renovated apartments.

1st floor apart ment $525 does not include heat, 2 bedroo m.

2nd floor apart ment $475/month does not include heat, 2 bedroom, off street parking, two cars per unit. No pets, need good credit report. Also would consisted leaving 1st floor furnished. Call (603)887-0508 for showing or email Jokingjoj50@yahoo.com.

$1-A-DAY CLASSIFIEDS • CALL 752-5858 DOLLAR-A-DAY: Ad must run a minimum of 5 consecutive days. Ads over 15 words add 10¢ per word per day. REGULAR RATE: $2 a day; 10¢ per word per day over 15 words. PREMIUMS: First word caps no charge. Additional caps 10¢ per word per day. Centered bold heading: 9 pt. caps 40¢ per line, per day (2 lin es maximum) TYPOS: Check your ad the first day of publication. Sorry, we will not issue credit after an ad has run once. DEADLINES: noon two days prior the day of publication except for Monday’s paper when the deadline is Thursday, 11 a.m. PAYMENT:All private party ads must be pre-paid. We accept checks, Visa and Mastercard credit cards and of course cash. There is a $10 minimum order for credit cards.CORRESPONDENCE: To place your ad call our offices 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday through Friday, 752-5858; send a check or money order with ad copy to The Berlin Daily Sun, 164 Main Street, Berlin, NH03570 or stop in at our offices on Main Street in Berlin. OTHER RATES: For information about the professional directory or classified display ads call 752-5858.

Animals

Autos

Low Cost Spay/ Neuter

BUYING Junk cars and doing tows. Willing to travel (603)348-3403.

Cats & dogs Rozzie May Ani mal Alliance 603-447-1373 READY 5-19-11, Vet check, no papers. 1 male, 2 fe male $200.

Himalayan (603)636-1349.

Antiques ANTIQUES, glass, furniture, & collectibles of all kinds wanted by Bob Gauthier, 449-2542. Specializing in Estate and Business liquidation. Bonded.

Announcement IF YOU USED THE ANTIBIOTIC DRUG LEVAQUIN and suffered a tendon rupture, you may be entitled to co mpensation. Call Attorney Charles Johnson 1-800-535-5727.

Autos BUYING junk cars and trucks ME & NH. Call for price. Martin Towing. (603)305-4504.

Child Care LOOKING for child care services? Toddler and infants welcome, days and hours are flexible, possible weekends. Gorham area, if interested call 723-4026.

For Rent 2 great apts. available. Great Landlord. 3 bedroo m, 1st and 2nd floor. Call H&R Block (603)752-2372.

BERLIN 2 bedroom spacious apt. close to town, heat, hot water, garage, $550/ mo.

(603)752-3372.

BERLIN- large sunny 2 bdr m apt. with covered porches and shed. Heat, h/w, & appliances included. $650/mo plus lease & security. (207)571-4001.

For Rent

For Rent

Are you working in the area and need a room for a night, week or by the month? Stay at a DuBee Our Guest Bed and Breakfast in Milan. Fully furnished including paper goods, full use of kitchen, wireless internet, Direct TV, barbecue grill, and cleaning service. $35 per night or $125/week.

Owners have separate living quarters FMI call 603-449-2140 or 603-723-8722

BERLIN, NH- Northern Lights Housing- 1 bedroom units available. Northern Lights Housing is a housing development for seniors (age 62 or older) and people living with disabilities. Rent is 30% of inco me and includes all utilities. The property is centrally located close to downtown and offers on-site laundry facility, on -site maintenance staff, free parking and a beautiful community room. Call AHEAD Property Manage ment today for an application and for more information 603-444-1377.

Check out our other rental properties @ www.homesahead.org.

EHO.

BERLIN 2 bedroom, heat, ho t water included, w/d hookups, HUD accepted. $575/ mo 802-388-6904.

BERLIN: 2 room, furnished, effi ciency apt. downtown location, $400/mo. includes all utilities.

752-5250.

BERLIN 2nd floor & 3rd floor, 4 room, 2 bedrooms, heated. Call (978)609-4010.

BERLIN: 3 roo m, heat, h/w, ga rage, $525/mo. 752-4562 or 723-9024.

BERLIN Eastside, first floor, 1 bedroom apt. elec, heat, h/w, refrig, range incl. $600/ mo.

(603)723-5703.

BERLIN: One bedroom, heat, hot water, included, off street parking, $500 references, security, 723-4473.

For Rent-Vacation SUMMER lakeside cottage, Stark NH, north of Berlin, s mall motor boat, sleeps to six, 3 day weekend, $300, 7 days $600, 603-466-5477.

NEWLY renovated, two bedroom, 1.5 bathrooms, hot water included, $450/mo. 331 Pleasant Street 603-234-9507 Bruce.

For Sale

2 gas push mowers $65 & $75.

Craftsman rear tine tiller $275.

(603)466-2427.

ALUMINUM tool box, two dollies, small table, Emilien Poulin, 156 Strafford Street, Berlin, 752-6373.

AMAZING! Beaut iful queen or full pillow top mattress set $249, king $399. See ad under “furniture”.

APT. size electric stove, excellent condition, coppertone, $150 752-6005.

COMPUTER, 2 years old, E-machines, Windows XP, fully restored, DVD/RWR, 19” HD monitor, very little use, asking $200 (603)752-5868.

FLOOR length, petty coat, worn under briday gown, size s mall $50 (603)723-7555.

PICNIC tables, made to order, 723-1997.

Furniture AMAZING! Beautiful Queen or Full Mattress Set. Luxury firm European pillow-top. New in plastic, costs $1,095, sell $249. Can deliver.

603-315-3480

Free T&B Appliance Re moval. Appliances & AC’s re moved free o f charge if outside. Please call (603)986-5506.

Help Wanted EXPERIENCED: housekeeper, p/t, excellent pay, Jefferson Notch Motel, Randolph, 466-3833.

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Come to NF Heritage Park June 4 for annual cultural/heritage festival BERLIN -- Northern Forest Heritage Park will host the 4th Annual Cultural/Heritage Festival on Saturday June 4. The Cultural/Heritage Festival is the park’s first major event of the year. This first event for 2011 promises to open the season with a bang! There will be something for everyone. Entertainers this year include Patrick Ross, Tim Dion and Native American instrumentals by John Loper.

There will be many unique vendors and artisans at this year’s Cultural/Heritage Festival! Beginning with the Berlin & Coos Historical Society featuring historic displays and continuing with Wood Creations’ Custom Furniture, Useborn Books for children, Handmade Dolls from the Doll Dreamer, Goats Milk Soap, Lotion, and hand embroidered quilts from the Devil’s Slide Farm, Scentsy Candles, Jeff Foltz author of Birkebeiner; A story of Motherhood and War -Norway 1203, Hand Knit sweaters from the Krankee Yankee, Hand Crafted items

Help Wanted HELP Wanted: Part-time stock person, minimum 16 yrs. old, apply to: C&S Vending Machine, BG Road, Gorham.

St. Judes - $5

see FESTIVAL page 15

Help Wanted

Motorcycles

Services

Services

HOUSEKEEPER

RIVERSIDE Speedway is looking for responsible individuals to work in their main concession area every Saturday night and some Sundays during May-Oct. Previous experience in the food industry a plus. To apply contact Anne L'Heureux at annecloutiernh@hotmail.com or call 207-571-9554.

BUY • SELL • T RADE www.motoworks.biz

DEPENDABLE Lawn Service, Mowing, Trimming, General Clean-up. Great Rates. Call Jon at 348-1497.

SPRING Clean-ups, grass cutting, tree work and other landscaping services (603)348-3403.

DO you need help with house cleaning, yard work, errands, transportation? Call “Jill of All Trades” (603)348-3789.

ZIMMER Lawn Care. Mowing/ spring clean-up, light landscaping. No job too small. Free estimates. 723-1252.

HOMECARE PROVIDER Are you a caring person? Have you considered becoming a Homecare Provider?

We are assisting a friendly and personable woman to find a homecare provider who is open to sharing their own home with her. She enjoys socializing with people and especially loves the company of family pets. She is very interested in living in the Berlin, Gorham or Milan area and would like to meet people who may be good candidates for te position. Payment is made through a contract and will be negotiated with the chosen provider.

If you think you might be interested and would like more information please contact Cindy Lapointe, Housing Coordinator at (603)752-1005.

Applications are available at the: Community Services Center, Attn: Housing Coordinator, 69 Willard St. Berlin, NH 03570 (603)752-1005. EOE

The New Hampshire Department of Corrections announces recruitment for:

WARDEN The Department is seeking a progressive and experienced criminal justice professional to serve as the Warden for our Northern New Hampshire Correctional Facility located in Berlin. This position will be responsible for directing, planning and implementing major departmental and facility objectives in operation of a 600 bed institution.

Candidates must have a minimum of ten years’ of progressively responsible experience associated with the criminal justice system having responsibility for programs, security and budget planning which also included executive level management responsibilities and experience working with employee labor unions and employee grievance procedures. Possess a Bachelor’s degree in criminal justice, human services, social sciences, public administration or related field. Desired abilities include: communicating effectively and dealing with employees, inmates and the public with diplomacy. Ability to develop, implement, interpret and evaluate the efficiency and effectiveness of complex statutes, rules, regulations, as well as Departmental and institutional policies and procedures. Think and act quickly during an emergency; follow oral and written instructions; and plan, assign and direct work of others.

Successful applicants will have well-developed managerial, leadership, communication and interpersonal skills necessary to deal effectively with a wide spectrum of audiences, and facilitate consensus building and collaborate relationships with internal and external partners.

Salary range: $74,296 - $98,691.

To Apply: Submit a cover letter and resume by June 17, 2011.

New Hampshire Department of Corrections Attention: Bureau of Human Resources P.O. Box 1806, Concord, New Hampshire 03302-1806 Phone: (603) 271-5650, Fax: (603)271-3345 E-mail: nhdocemploy@nhdoc.state.nh.us EOE

during NFHP events, children 12 and under ride free accompanied by a paying adult.

The food at the Cultural/Heritage Festival is simply unbelievable! This is something you have to experience at NFHP because it is believed that such a menu cannot be found anywhere else! It all starts with NFHP’s World Famous Bean-Hole-Beans!

If you like beans you’re gonna love NFHP’s BeanHole-Beans! These beans must be tasted to know just how good they are! The menu also includes: Norwegian Meat Cakes, Cherokee Brunswick Stew, Russian Cabbage Rolls, Italian Lasagna, Canadian Meat Pies, Canadian Ragou, German Bratwurst, Irish Venison Meatballs, Italian Wedding Soup, French Pea Soup, Norwegian Beet Salad and Canadian Cretons. The above will be served with Italian Bread, German Dark Rye Bread and Corn Bread.

The desserts are absolutely delicious and include

Help Wanted The Wentworth in Jackson Village has an opening for a full time Housekeeper. Must have prior housekeeping experience and be able to work weekends.

Positions offer excellent pay and benefits. Please call Kelly or Ellie at 383-9700 to schedule an interview, mail your resume to Box M, Jackson, NH 03846, e-mail your resume to Kelly@thewentworth.com

TRUCK Drivers. Minimum 3 yrs CDL qualified. Gorham location.

Call 603-466-2141.

from Auto North Relay for Life, Maine Nordmenn “Sons of Norway” presents Rosemaling, Viking Wood Carvings and fresh baked Krumbkaka, Beyond the Notches, “Stories of Place in New Hampshire’s North Country” presented by the Monadnock Institute of Nature, Face Painting by Creative Imaginings, Wabanaki Bead Work by Rhonda Besaw, Specialty Knives Handmade Jewelry and License Plates by Rick Gamache, Hand Spun Wool from Wandering Woollies with mittens, hats, elves and scarves knitted from their own Hand Spun Wool and Sandra Hofstead displaying Russian Iconography and Ukrainian Pysanky!

New for 2011! NFHP is proud to introduce two very handsome Belgian Draft horses named Ben and Bill! Ben and Bill will pull a Western Covered Wagon and provide rides for all to enjoy, all day long! NFHP River Boats will be leaving on the hour beginning at 11 a.m.at the customary reduced rate

TOP Notch inn is seeking full and part time housekeeper through foliage. Must have transportation, good attitude, and like to clean. Non smoking environment, good pay and bonus. Apply in person 265 Main Street, Gorham. No phone calls please.

Home Improvements FORTIER HOME REPAIR

(603)447-1198. Olson’s Moto Works, RT16 Albany, NH.

Services $150 or best price for your unwanted car or truck call Rich, 978-9079 APPLIANCE repair and installation trained professional, $49 service call in Berlin-Gorham area Steve 915-1390.

HYPNOSIS for habit change, stress, regression. Michael Hathaway, DCH, certified hypnotherapist. Madison 367-8851.

Old & New- One call, We do it All! (603)752-1224.

AFFORDABLE ROOFING & SIDING SOLUTIONS.

Instruction

Highest quality craftsmanship.

Fully Insured. Lowest prices guaranteed. FMI (603)730-2521. rockybranchbuilders@gmail.com

PIANO/ guitar lessons, experienced teachers, affordable rates, dmhowry@gmail.com or 603-991-8171.

Lost WALLET at Dollar Store in Berlin on Monday, May 23. Reward $100, call Kerrie, 348-2047.

BISSON’S Family Lawn Care: No jobs too small. Landscaping, mowing, etc. Free estimates.

Dennis (603)723-3393.

CARPENTRY, handyman, property maintenance, no job too small. Call Dennis Bisson, 723-3393, free estimates.

HANDYMAN: Property maintenance, carpentry, int./ ext. painting, sheet-rocking, etc. free estimates, call 915-0755.

Wanted

LAWN Care: Grass cutting, yard cleaning, hedge clipping, 5 yrs. in business. Call Roland at 752-5768.

MOWER MEDIC repairing throwers, mowers, blowers, augers, tillers, trimmers, chainsaws, etc. Here, there, anywhere. 723-7103.

Northern Dreamscapes Mowing, de-thatching and aerating. Spring clean-ups and mulching. Lot sweeping. Professional and Insured. Call (603)723-6990.

RAFFI’S Painting and Pressure Cleaning. Residential, commercial, industrial, interior, exterior.

Pressure wash driveways, roofs, siding. Carpet cleaning, lead removal. Certified 29 years experience. Full insured, free estimates, references available.

603-915-0816, 603-723-2690.

Wanted To Buy BUYING junk cars/ trucks, heavy equip- farm mach., scrap iron.

Call 636-1667 days, 636-1304 evenings.

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18 Holes of Golf Friday Night with Cart $30 Scramble Weekends June 10th. $35 Call for details!

Androscoggin Valley Country Club 603-466-9468• avcc@ne.rr.com 2 Main St., P.O. Box 280, Gorham, NH 03581

“SaveYourVehicle.ThinkUsed” P&L Auto Parts, Inc. Can Help!

New Hampshire Certified Green Yard www.pandlautoparts.com Route 110, Berlin, NH • 752-1040 •Late model used auto and truck parts •Free parts locating service, “If we don’t have it, we’ll get it!”

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Massachusetts man injured in ATV rollover in Jericho Mountain State Park LANCASTER, N.H. -- A 39-year-old Massachusetts man was injured in an All-Terrain Vehicle (ATV) rollover accident Sunday morning, May 29. The accicent occurred at approximately 10:30 a.m. at Jericho Mountain State Park in Berlin. According to New Hampshire Fish and Game Department officials, Erik Sink of Bridgewater, Mass., was riding his ATV west on Brook Road trail when he lost control and the machine rolled over on top of him. Friends riding with

Sink removed the ATV and called for help.

Members from the Berlin Fire Department and Berlin Emergency Medical Services were first on scene, followed by a N.H. Fish and Game conservation officer.

Sink was transported to Androscoggin Valley Hospital, where he was treated for non-life threatening injuries.

Jericho Mountain State Park’s ATV trails officially opened on May 23.

RANDOLPH from page one

grade, the reclaimed material will be replaced over the subgrade and compacted.

“Once this is complete, the contractor will then install the drainage measures prior to the placement of the new crushed gravel.

“Crushed gravel will then be placed over the reclaimed base material and finally pavement will be installed over the crushed gravels.

“While reclaiming will be done in one phase for the entire project, the removal of rocks, installation of new crushed gravels and pavement will be done in phases.

“In general, the work will proceed from High Acres Road to Rt. 2.

“Once the removal of boulders and installation of drainage measures has been completed for a sizeable section of road, the new crushed gravels will be installed and the base course of pavement will be installed.

“It is anticipated that the base course of pavement will be done in four separate phases as the contractors make their way toward Rt. 2.

“The fi nal course of pavement will be installed near the end of the project once all shoulder work is complete,” they concluded.

The Randolph Fire Department has donated a part of their budget to put a hydrant at High Acres Road, Poulin said during the meeting.

“There is a lot of water in the (Mt. Crescent Company) reservoir,” Fire Chief Dana Horne explained.

“It won’t be like a city hydrant. It will be a temporary water supply we can use to fill a quarter tank.”

The plan is for the contractor to install a pipe under the road and to the side of the road during construction so the roadway will not be disturbed later, Poulin said.

In response to questions during the meeting, Poulin said that no chemicals will be used to suppress dust and, in fact, the reclamation process should prevent dust because the pavement in the reclaimed material “holds it together.” If, at any point it is necessary, water would be used to quell dust, he said.

He said that the work-day frame given the contractor is 7 a.m. to 6 p.m. and “they may work Saturdays if they feel it is necessary.”

“This will start picking up pretty quickly,” Poulin said. “They (the contractor) won’t work on Monday but will hit it hard on Tuesday and the following week there will be lots of equipment moving around.”

way, part of the plan to provide sufficient area for snow removal, where possible. In the past lack of space has led to a hazardous narrowing of the road in winter.

For the duration of the project, mailboxes will be relocated, following a suggestion by the U.S. Postal Service. The boxes, collected by the contractor, will be set up “in sequential rows” either along Nekal Lane or High Acres Road. It was suggested that mailbox owners put their house numbers on the fronts of the mailboxes so that they will be identifiable in their temporary new locations. The mailboxes will be set back in place when the project is complete.

At present the work includes erosion control measures being taken along the road, according to the schedule provided at the meeting.

On the weekend of June 4-6, Pike Industries is scheduled to “reclaim” the entire road, the first step in the reconstruction of the road itself.

A huge machine will progress slowly along the road, one lane at a time, grinding up the present surface and base layer and re-laying the product as the temporary surface.

The process of reconstruction was described

by Wier and Poulin in an emailed exchange, after the meeting: “The reconstruction process will generally include reclaiming of the existing pavement and base gravels to a depth of 12-inches and then building up the road profile with a minimum of 6-inches of new crushed gravels and 3-inches of new pavement,” they wrote.

“Reclaiming is a process where the existing pavement and base gravels are mixed together to create a new stabilized base material.

“The benefits of reclaiming include reuse of existing suitable material instead of importing new and it provides a stabilized temporary surface during construction that typically does not erode or generate dust.

“Once the reclaiming is completed for the entire road, it will be temporarily removed in short sections in order to remove rocks and boulders that exist within 2-feet of the existing subgrade surface. This step is important to help eliminate the possibility of these boulders being ‘pushed up’ to the surface of the road in the future.

“Once the boulders are removed from the sub-

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Berlin police log

Thursday, May 26 8:40 a.m. – Police arrested Jaymie Bouchard, 23, of 82 Mason St., on a bench warrant. Bail was set at $500 cash.

8:51 a.m. – A Maynesboro resident reported two tires on their vehicle were slashed.

12:02 p.m. – A minor two vehicle accident was reported in front of the Eagles Club on Glen Avenue.

No injuries were reported.

1:51 p.m. – Caller reported hitting the rock wall at Citizens Bank on Pleasant Street on Wednesday.

2:27 p.m. – Minor accident reported on Twelfth Street Bridge – one vehicle rear-ended another. No injuries reported.

3:16 p.m. – Fight reported on East Mason Street.

Police arrested Todd Marshall, 37, of 640 Blais St., on a bench warrant. Bail was set at $250 with a June 7 court date.

5:38 p.m. – Rheims Street resident reported shed door found open but nothing taken.

8:10 p.m. – Burgess Street resident reported someone went in home through screen window and stole a container of change.

Friday, May 27.

3:46 a.m. – Caller reported a group of guys walking up High Street, knocked over sign.

10:10 a.m. – High Street resident reported someone removed sign from property.

12:12 p.m. – Parent reported someone drive by their daughter on Main Street and took her picture.

2:59 p.m. – Granite Street resident reported someone tried to break into house.

6:44 p.m. – Jeremy Donato of 8 Wight Street was cited for non-inspection.

10:50 p.m. – Clerk at Big Apple reported he was threatened by a female customer.

11:53 p.m. – Seven minors were picked up on Hillsboro Street. Four were arrested for unlawful possession of alcohol. Arrested were Anthony Donato, 19, of 222 West Milan Road, Berlin; Tyler Begin, 17, of 786 Second Avenue, Berlin; Dakota Robbins, 17, of 580 Champlain St., Berlin; and Erika Bisson-Tessier, 17, of 559 Hillsboro Street, Berlin. Bail was set at $350 personal recognizance for each with the cases scheduoed for court on Aug. 2. Three other juveniles were released into the custody of their parents.

Saturday, May 28

2:23 a.m. – Christhian Badillo, 30, of 480 Burgess Street, Berlin was arrested on two counts of second degree assault and one count of criminal trespass.

He was transported to the Coos County Jail in West Stewartstown to await a bail hearing.

3:21 p.m. – A Norway Street resident called to report someone was driving on their lawn.

Sunday, May 29 12:06 a.m. – A clerk at Irving’s Mainway on Glen Avenue reported a young male purchased five dozen cartoons of eggs.

12:27 a.m. – Police arrested Ronald Wedge, 47, of 39 Sweden Street, Berlin, for possession of a controlled drug. Bail was set at $500 personal recognizance with an Aug. 2 court date.

3:45 a.m. – Big Applce reported someone had spray painted the back of the building.

8:06 a.m. – Heavenly Acres resident reported someone removed ‘no trespassing’ sign.

9:17 a.m. – Mt. Forist Street residen t reported their car had been egged.

11:19 a.m. – Maple Street resident reported a bear in their yard.

11:40 a.m. – Ottawa Street resident reported porch door window had been broken.

12:56 p.m. – Man reported he was being harassed by a male juvenile. Police spoke to juvenile.

1:50 p.m. – Woman reported she is receiving harassing phone calls. Police spoke to caller.

5:18 p.m. – Police received a complaint about three juveniles biking and rollerblading on Main Street.

Police spoke to juveniles.

5:21 p.m. – Madison Street resident reported a broken door and window. Police took report.

6:19 p.m. – Police arrested Curt Marshall, 47, of 640 Blais Street, Berlin for receiving stolen property and criminal trespassing. Bail was set at $1,000 personal recognizance with a July 12 court date.

6:32 p.m. – A minor accident was reported on Hutchins Street. Vehicle ran off road and landed in culvert. One woman received minor injuries but was not transported to the hospital.

7:41 p.m. – Vehicle driving around parking lot by Notre Dame on Hillside Avenue struck a pole and building.

9:14 p.m. – Subject on First Avenue reported their vehicle had been egged.

FESTIVAL from page 13

ious cultures that settled this area. The park provides an atmosphere where busy families, neighbors and long lost friends can renew old acquaintances, relax, and catch up on old times. It is a place where young and old can gather and feel a sense of home, a sense of belonging.

Everyone is encouraged to shop the tables of 16 distinctive local artisans, sample excellent cuisine and be entertained by outstanding musicians!

Everyone is invited to this special day of celebration and admission is free! Northern Forest Heritage Park is located across the street from the Brown Company House at 942 Main Street in Berlin, NH. For more information please call 752-7202 or visit the Park’s website at www.northernforestheritage. org.

Norwegian Rice Pudding, Canadian Home Made donuts; Native American Shawnee Cake, and French Canadian Pets de Soeur! Additionally the menu includes Hamburgers, Hot Dogs, French fries, Fried Dough and Ice Cream! Where else can you find all this at one location? The Cultural/Heritage Festival is Simply Amazing and must be experienced!!

Tri-County Community Action Program, Inc. proudly supports Northern Forest Heritage Park.

Larry Kelly, executive director of TCCAP would like to remind everyone that NFHP is a community park. The park is a replica of a late 1800 - early 1900 Logging Camp where men lived and worked for months at a time without going home. It is a place that preserves and celebrates the history of the var-

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