The Conway Daily Sun, Thursday, April 21, 2011

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THURSDAY, APRIL 21, 2011

VOL. 23 NO. 63

CONWAY, N.H.

MT. WASHINGTON VALLEY’S DAILY NEWSPAPER

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Were local kids duped?

60 Minutes investigation raises questions about where the pennies went that students and others across the country donated to build schools in rural Afghanistan and Pakistan BY DAYMOND STEER THE CONWAY DAILY SUN

Students at K.A. Brett School in Tamworth dump change they collected for the Pennies for Peace project in January 2010. (JAMIE GEMMITI PHOTO)

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TAMWORTH — Many people, including Mount Washington Valley school children, donated time and money into best-selling author Greg Mortenson's efforts to build schools in rural Afghanistan and Pakistan. Now, a 60 Minutes investigation has cast doubt on the accuracy of his books and raised questions about what Mortenson was really doing with the money. The K.A. Brett School held a fund-raiser for Mortenson's charity "Pennies for Peace" as recently as February. A notice to parents states that Pennies for Peace is a program of the Central Asia Institute (CAI), which Mortenson founded. Morten-

son is the author of New York Times best seller, "Three Cups of Tea." The notice states that the organization is a registered 501(c)3 nonprofit, which provides and promotes education, "especially for girls" in remote mountain areas of Afghanistan and Pakistan. The notice says that CAI built 100 schools and educated 28,000 students since 1996. "How can a penny bring peace?" the K.A. Brett School memo asks. "It doesn't buy much in our community. However, in villages of Pakistan and Afghanistan, a penny can buy a pencil, start an education and transform a life." President Barack Obama believed in Mortenson so much that he see PENNIES page 14

New signs make Conway a little more welcoming

Resident Dana Hylen successfully spearheads campaign for three new welcome signs to replace the ‘ugly’ ones BY LLOYD JONES THE CONWAY DAILY SUN

CONWAY — The town is a little more welcoming these days, thanks to resident Dana Hylen. Hylen got tired of looking at the old "Welcome to Conway" signs last fall and decided to do something about them. He came up with a new, more colorful design that Conway selectmen unanimously agreed to, and Thursday, with enough ice out of the ground, three new ones were installed. The new signs, which were made and installed by Gemini Signs, look similar to the Conway Town Hall sign in Center Conway. They feature a black backdrop with gold trim around the outside. The Town of Conway seal sits atop the 36-by48-inch sign, and below they

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read "Welcome to the Town of Conway," followed by "Incorporated 1765." The signs rest comfortably on two white-painted wooden posts. "All three of them are up and look great," Hylen said Tuesday. "Gemini Signs did a great job. The signs look friendly, much more inviting than the old ones. I don't think you could ask for better people to work on them than the folks at Gemini." After working with selectmen on ideas for the signs, Hylen went public hoping to raise $1,650 to purchase the three signs and have them installed. "I got sick of looking at those ugly 'Welcome to Conway' signs and 'Please stop for pedestrians,'" Hylen said. "This is a beautiful place to live and I

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The town of Conway has three new welcome signs. Dana Hylen (right) came up with the idea for the signs last fall, and last Thursday he and Gemini Signs employees Matt Howland and Ben Colbath erect them. (COURTESY PHOTO)

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