The Berlin Daily Sun, Friday, June 3, 2011

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FRIDAY, JUNE 3, 2011

VOL. 20 NO. 46

BERLIN, N.H.

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BY BARBARA TETREAULT THE BERLIN DAILY SUN

BERLIN -- When the state Bureau of Trails responded to Berlin High School’s advertisement looking for a building to construct for the Building Trades Program, Roland Pinette admitted he was intrigued. The state proposed the students build a new Visitors Center at Jericho Lake State Park. The program had never taken on a public building before and Pinette was unsure about working with the state bureaucracy. “We hadn’t dealt with a state agency before so that was new - didn’t know how that was going to work,” Pinette, director of the Career and Technical Center at the school. But Pinette and Building Trades instructor Matt Lambert thought it was a unique opportunity for the students. Pinette said a lot of his students are ATV riders and he thought they might take ownership of the visitors center. Unlike other projects, because the center is a public building, he and Lambert noted the students can bring family and friends to the center and show off their workmanship. “It’s a public building they can return to,” Pinette said. Pinette said 20 years from now, the students will be able to point to the visitors center and say they played a role in developing the park. Pinette said he also liked the fact the project would fit in with the community’s goal of promoting outdoor recreation as a

N.H. Commissioner of Resources and Economic Developent George Bald reads a proclamation from Gov. John Lynch commending the Building Trades Program at Berlin High School for the job it did constructing the new Visitors Center at Jericho Lake State Park. Receiving the proclamation (right) at Wednesday’s open house is Berlin High Career and Technical Center Director Roland Pinette. (BARBARA TETREAULT PHOTO).

way to help revitalize the local economy. An open house was held Wednesday to celebrate the completion of the project. N.H. Commissioner of Resources and Economic Development George Bald read a proclamation from Gov. Lynch. Bald also praised the students for their hard work. Interim N.H. Parks and Recreation Direc-

tor Gail Wolek said she was at a conference of state park directors recently and Jericho ATV park was the talk of the conference. “We are here to say thank you,” she told the students and faculty. The center was designed by Berlin native Michael Couture, an architect now worksee OPEN HOUSE page 7

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