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The “Big W”, According to “Sir” Or How a Louisianan Becomes a Famous Author and Tries to Make a Small NH Town Famous, Too

by Barbara Neville Wilson Photo by Ron Sundquist “Everybody knows the Big Apple is New York City. Everybody knows the Big Easy is New Orleans. Everybody knows the Big D is Dallas. If enough people read this book, everybody will know the Big W is Wolfeboro, New Hampshire (pop. 6,234).”

—-James Cross, Tales from the Big W When I first met James Cross, he was not yet a famous author. He was just a regular pirate—albeit a very jolly pirate—on the stage of the regional high school in Wolfeboro, NH. Appearing in The Pirates of Penzance, his longish white hair, slightly crooked smile and strong southern drawl set him apart from all the Brewster Academy students, Village Players and classically-trained members of the Clearlakes Chorale appearing in the Gilbert and Sullivan operetta.

He, standing over six feet, and I, at barely five, made a fine pair of make believe. We shadowboxed as we drew swords and enacted raucous thumb fights like the other seafaring thugs; but I knew, even then, that James was destined for greater things.

Sure enough, after the show was over, the breadth of his talent started to reveal itself. Not only does he love good food, but James is a fine chef. His fried peach pies for St. John’s Church Fair in Sanbornville have become a

highlight of summer. And his desire to fry a Thanksgiving turkey to just the right golden crisp is second only to his son-in-law’s drive to deep fry no matter the weather. He is also a beloved

camp counselor at his grandchildren’s “Camp Runamuck,” where the motto is “Abandon All Hope, Ye Who Enter Here.”

James’ Facebook posts often start my

day with a chuckle. His mischievous grin turns up in the most unexpected places, doing the most unexpected things. Having now read his book (the one that made him a famous author), I have determined I will never be surprised again, for in it, he confides that although his favorite places in Wolfeboro are the dump and Bradley’s Hardware, he is “an artist and a performer in ballet”, and before retirement, he made his mark in heavy construction and owned an upscale travel agency that forced him to travel all around the world. Truly, can you think of better hideouts than the dump and the hardware store for a man who describes his profession as “try’n hard not to work at all, failing miserably”?

Tales from the Big W is a collection of James’ adventures as he learns to love rural New Hampshire, and specifically, Wolfeboro. From the first page where he admits, “I never knew I wanted to go to Wolfeboro. I had no idea where it was, or even that it existed. But today when people ask me how I got here, I counter with a question—’You got any kids…?’ Because it’s Wicky Wok’s fault,” the reader feels as if they are sitting next to James, who’s just telling stories as they come to mind. Everyone has a nickname: James is “Sir,” his wife is always “Martha the Wif,” and that reference to “Wicky Wok”? That’s • Cross Continued on page 4

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• Cross Continued from page 3 his beloved daughter who happened to fall in love with a Wolfeboro native and so caused her father to fall in love with this town.

However, James soon finds out that love only takes you so far. Living yearround in Wolfeboro is not without its hazards. He was reading the local newspaper and was “freaked out” to see advertisements for roof raking and “people were advertising to pull vehicles out of water after falling through the ice.” There weren’t just “one, but three competing, advertising” their services. He was amazed to think that that many vehicles would fall through the ice. Another surprise was

that when snow comes down, it must be cleared. “Now, growin’ up in Louisiana and workin’ the Gulf Coast and the Caribbean does not really prepare one for the care and use of a snow blower,” is the way he starts his tale of the great battle with the “snow plow guy.”

Of course, spring finally arrives and with it, our fifth—or is it sixth(?)— season and James discovers that our state crop doesn’t need planting. Rocks just grow. He reports that Martha the Wif “keeps sending me out in these woods in peak black fly season to futz around with her annual rite—‘The Sacrifice of the Flowers’. I am supposed to dig holes to plant flowers, except that giant rocks lurk under the surface wherever she wants a hole. I don’t know what is worse, the possibility of

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a broken back from fooling with them rocks, or the possibility of death from overdose of black fly venom. The good news is that the mint I planted last year is coming back and I can use the good ole Mint Julep antidote. That works for the broke back as well as the black fly venom.” Odds are this is the first—and, perhaps, only—time in literary history that Mint Juleps and black flies appear in the same paragraph!

For a man who is “try’n hard not to work at all,” James has chosen an odd endeavor. While much of his material was originally written off the cuff in emails to a son-in-law, the gathering of them into a book took considerable effort.

“Because it was all true, and I didn’t have to make anything up, I didn’t need to use any creative juices,” he says about the project’s conception.

However, as casual, friendly notes, they were “nothin’ but a bunch of emails and that gets kinda boring,” so he chose to make the book a collection of short stories. He just needed to add a “beginning and an end—a summary and the last chapter.”

“Getting a book on the stand,” however, “is a three-part process,” he tells me, and writing it was just the first step. The second step was to choose a publisher. Luckily, he had a niece who worked with one in Oxford, Mississippi, a town renowned for its southern literary roots. “So I sent a story to them, ‘The Joy of My First

Winter in Wolfeboro’…and, well, in Oxford, Mississippi, they don’t understand winter, so they sent me a very polite letter saying ‘maybe you should self-publish’…”

After extensive research, including personal interviews with a local mystery writer who has self-published six novels, James decided to follow the advice of the publishing house and publish directly through Amazon. He was able to edit and proof the book at his own pace, and the online templates made the process easy. He sounds a little amazed when he reports, “You pay them just when you’re ready to publish, and when you hit ‘print’ it’s put right on Amazon and for sale internationally.”

I remember James said that publishing a book is a three-part process. The first step is writing it, the second is publishing it. What’s the third?

Marketing. You can write the most marvelous book in the world, but if no one knows about it, sales will—well— flop. So marketing is James’ next step. Once spring is here in earnest, he’ll be on the lecture circuit, sharing tales and provoking laughs. He looks forward to talking at libraries and book shops, churches and watering holes. To discuss a presentation at your location, email the famous author at jpcross1943@gmail.com.Copies of Tales from the Big W are available at The Country Bookseller in Wolfeboro and on Amazon.com.

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Catch the Sun at the League’s Glass Suncatcher Class

The League of New Hampshire Craftsmen - Meredith Fine Craft Gallery is hosting a special keepsake Glass Suncatcher Class with League-juried artist, Lynn Haust on Saturday, March 10 from 10:30 am to 12:30 pm. Come and find out why melting glass is so fun and addictive as you explore the medium of kiln fired glass and learn many of the techniques that make melting glass so exciting.

In the two-hour class, you will create a glass suncatcher to keep or give as a gift. There will be an assortment of Bullseye Glass from which to choose. You will learn how to combine the glass to create rich colors and textures that will reflect and transmit color and light.

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Enjoy Winter…and Welcome Spring at Science Center!

As winter winds down, there is still time to enjoy the season at the Squam Lakes Natural Science Center in Holderness. As you walk the animal trail, you also may catch a breath of springtime air.

A Wild Winter Walk – Guided Tour of the Live Animal Trail takes place Saturday, March 10 and 17 from 1 to 3 pm. The program is for adults and families with children age 6 and up.

Learn about the animals who live at the Science Center during the winter.

Most of them stay in the same place, just as they would in the wild. A staff naturalist will lead a guided walk on the live animal exhibit trail to see the

animal ambassadors dressed in their winter coats and discuss how these native animals are well-adapted for winter in New Hampshire. If needed, snowshoes are available at no extra cost or participants can bring their own. Children must be accompanied by an adult. Please dress to be outdoors with snow boots, hats, gloves, and warm layers.

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Bird lovers will want to participate in Winter Bird Banding on Saturday, March 17 and 24 from 10 am to 12 noon. The bird banding program is for all ages to give participants a chance to see wild birds up close. Learn why and how the Science Center captures, bands, and releases birds that gather at the winter feeding stations. Children must be accompanied by an adult. Time will be spent indoors and outdoors; bring warm layers, hats, and gloves.

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WFOM Presents The Pan Loco Steel Band’s Sweet Caribbean Sounds On Sunday, March 11, the quintessential sounds of Pan Loco will bring the Caribbean to Wolfeboro.

This will be the sixth in a series of eight Wolfeboro Friends of Music concerts this year. The Pan Loco concert will take place at 2 pm at Brewster Academy’s Anderson Hall, 205 South Main Street in Wolfeboro, and is sponsored by the Taylor Community and Green Mountain Communications. Season sponsors are Benefit Strategies and Paul and Debbie Zimmerman.

Pan Loco has been bringing sounds of the tropics to New England since 1991, when it was founded by Bob Lucas and Justin Petty. Hailing from the United States and the islands of St. Thomas and Trinidad, the musicians’ studies at Berklee College of Music and the University of New Hampshire brought them into one another’s orbits. In more than 25 years together, the ensemble has earned a “solid and trusted reputation as polished professionals” in venues that include The Fletcher School at Tufts University, in Rhode Island at Brown University’s Caribbean Heritage Week, and at First Night for the City of Boston.

In whatever setting Pan Loco performs, they concentrate on authentic calypso, reggae and Caribbean Island music. Calypso is an umbrella under which one will find

The Caribbean sounds of Pan Loco will come to Wolfeboro on March 11. (Courtesy photo)

reggae and island music and is a style of Afro-Caribbean music that originated in Trinidad and Tobago during the early to mid-20th century. Calypso’s rhythms can be traced to West African Kaiso and the arrival of French planters and their slaves from the French Antilles in the 1600s. “Kaiso” is an African exclamation meaning “well done!”

Kaiso music, which drew upon these African and French influences, became the voice of the people and was characterized by highly rhythmic and harmonic vocals. To hear Pan Loco playing the genuine rhythms, go to: http://panloco.com/ Media.html.

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sive resumes as performers and educators. Co-founders Bob Lucas and Justin Petty are the band’s steel players and arrange all of the ensemble’s music. In addition to his work with Pan Loco, Lucas plays as a soloist and has developed a sought-after steel drum history and performance program for elementary students that he has presented at schools throughout the region.

Petty’s writing of steel pan music extends beyond Pan Loco to award-winning writing for, and directing of, several larger steel orchestras in New England. He was the first tenured Professor of Broadcast Media Technology at Roxbury Community College in

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He has given lectures on the origin and evolution of the steel pan at universities and colleges throughout the northeast and the Virgin Islands. Gerry Rollock, playing the electric bass, grew up on the island of Trinidad. A graduate of Berklee College of Music, majoring in music education, Rollock has taught in several schools. He is an active performing musician playing in many venues in the Greater Boston area.

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Altan Coming to Capitol Center …and Prepare for William Shatner!

International traditional Irish band Altan will perform on Thursday, March 15 at 7:30 pm at the Capitol Center for the Arts in Concord, NH. The performance is part of a tour promoting the band’s new album The Gap of Dreams. The show is sponsored

by New Hampshire Public Television (NHPTV) and Sanborn Head.

The Gap of Dreams transports listeners to the lifestyle of rural Donegal, to a time before electricity, when folks would gather together in winter to tell stories, sing songs and dance into the wee hours of the night.

The music lifted the locals’ spirits and helped elevate them beyond the hardships of the day, such as famine, conflict, and emigration. The album’s title is borrowed from a poem by

Francis Carlin, The Ballad of Douglas Bridge, in which he writes: “The Gap of Dreams is never shut,” referring to the gap between this world and the otherworld.

Singer and founding member Mairéad Ní Mhaonaigh became the 2017 recipient of the TG4 Gradam Ceoil/Traditional Musician of the Year, one of Ireland’s highest musical honors, recognizing her prominent role in supporting, nurturing and strengthening Irish traditional music.

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classic film “Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan” on the big screen, followed by a live conversation with the one and only “Captain James T. Kirk.”

A limited number of VIP tickets will be available, which include premium seating and a photo opportunity with Mr. Shatner.

William Shatner will share fascinating and humorous stories from portraying the original Captain Kirk in the “Star Trek” television series and movies, and from his career spanning over 50 years as an award-winning actor, producer, director and writer.

Fans will also have a chance to ask Mr. Shatner their question during the audience-led Q&A. Tickets for the March 15 performance may be ordered by calling the Capitol Center for the Arts at 603-225-1111 or online at ccanh.com. Tickets may also purchased at the Center’s box office at 44 South Main St., Concord, NH, which is open Monday, Tuesday,

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May the luck o’ the Irish smile upon you at any of these entertaining events… and don’t forget to wear green!

For a taste of Ireland, don’t miss the delicious corned beef dinner on March 10 at the Bristol United Church of Christ. The meal will be served from 5:30 to 7 pm at the church, located on Church Street in Bristol. Takeout meals can also be ordered. Call 603744-8132 for details.

Patrick’s Pub in Gilford is a popular eatery year-round, but St. Patrick’s Day is extra special at this local restaurant.

This year, the pub will be serving up a three-course meal, available all day on the 17th. Appetizer choices will include Guinness beef stew, bangers and mash, or a tossed salad, followed by an all-you-can-eat corned beef dinner. If you still have room after that for dessert, dive into a slice of decadent Guinness chocolate cake with Bailey’s Irish Cream icing, or enjoy a traditional sticky toffee pudding. Have a green beer, and listen to the sounds of Irish music performed by the O’Brien Clan from 12 noon to 3 pm and from 4 to 7 pm, followed with popular songs performed by Justin Jaymes at 7:30 pm.

If you’d like to start celebrating before March 17, Irish specials will be on the menu beginning that Thursday, with a

“St. Practice Day” boiled dinner option on Friday the 16th. Purchase one of the restaurant’s unique St. Patrick’s Day shirts to commemorate the day, and the pub will also be selling shamrocks to benefit muscular dystrophy. Patrick’s Pub is located at 18 Weirs Road in Gilford. Call 603-293-0841 for more information.

Hart’s Turkey Farm Restaurant on Daniel Webster Highway in Meredith has been owned and operated by the Hart family since 1954, and specializes in delicious food and great customer service. On St. Patrick’s Day, don’t miss their classic boiled Irish dinner with corned beef and cabbage, carrots, and potatoes, along with a traditional Irish dessert. Quench your thirst with a festive green beer. The restaurant will be open from 11 am to 8:30 pm on St. Patrick’s Day, and offering the classic corned beef meal for lunch or dinner.

For further information, call 603-2796212.

The Gilford Community Church will also host a tasty St. Patrick’s Day dinner on Saturday, March 17, at 6 pm in the Fellowship Hall. Dine on traditional corned beef and cabbage, potatoes, onions, carrots, homemade Irish soda bread, homemade carrot cake, and tea and coffee. Call or text Eloise Post at 603-986-6723 for tickets. The church is located at 19 Potter Hill Road in Gilford.

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March, 2018 • St. Patrick’s Day Continued from page 10 cabbage at Belmont’s annual Lakes Region Leprechaun Leap 5K Fun Run/ Walk on Sunday, March 18 at 10 am.

The course includes flat terrain as well as short hills along quiet roads. The start and finish line is at the Belmont Mill at 14 Mill Street. There are prizes for first place in adult male and female categories, as well as for youth male and female winners. For further information, visit www.belmontnh.org and click on the events tab.

Join the Lake Winnipesaukee Historical Society at the Funspot Bingo Hall on Saturday, March 17 for their annual “Pot O’ Gold” high stakes bingo game with over $10,000 in prizes! Doors open at 2 pm at the Funspot Bingo Hall on Route 3 in the Weirs. Pre-buy your card packages any Tuesday or Saturday night beforehand and receive a St. Patty’s Day eightinch Care Bear stuffed animal to bring you good luck at the games. The early bird session will begin at 4:30 pm with the regular session starting at 6:45 pm.

Hart’s Turkey Farm will provide a catered buffet meal of corned beef and cabbage along with other selections. A full bar will also be available thanks to the D.A. Long Tavern. Proceeds from these bingo games benefit the Lake Winnipesaukee Historical Society (LWHS), a nonprofit organization established in 1985 to promote and preserve the history and heritage of Lake Winnipesaukee and its vicinity.

LWHS fulfills this mission in large part through its year-round Lake Winnipesaukee Museum, located

directly on Route 3 in the Weirs section of Laconia, next door to Funspot.

Museum hours are Tuesday through Saturday 10 am to 2 pm, and admission is free. For further information about this event, contact Ann W. Sprague, executive director, at 603-366-5950.

The Rotary Club of Wolfeboro will host a St. Patrick’s Day Irish Spring Fling on Friday, March 16 (snow date is March 24) at 6 pm at the Brewster Dining Hall on Main Street, followed by dancing featuring Annie and the Orphans in Estabrook Hall at Brewster Academy. There will be food, music, and dancing at this event, sponsored by Dr. Richard J. Neal, Jr. DMD. Dinner is catered by Hart’s Turkey Farm and will include traditional corned beef, cabbage, potatoes, carrots, Irish soda bread, and dessert. There will also be a cash bar. Enter a drawing to win a Best of Ireland Trip for two that includes airfare and seven nights in Ireland from Penny Pitou Travel! Tickets can be purchased at Beveridge Craft Beer, Avery Insurance, Lucas Roasting Company, and Laurent Overhead Doors. All ticket proceeds from the St. Patrick’s Day Dinner and the Best of Ireland Trip raffle will be donated back into the community for high school scholarships as well as non-profit organizations throughout the year.

Don’t miss the toe-tapping, musical melodies at the Irish Celebration with the Celts, a special performance at The Flying Monkey on March 24 from 7:30 to 10 pm. The Nashville Celts lineup features founder Ric Blair on vocals, guitars, bodhran, and piano; Laura McGhee from Dundee, Scotland on vocals and fiddle; an ensemble of world class

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March 6-April 3, Pre-Diabetes Boot Camp, Carroll County Diabetes, Nutrition and Wellness Center, Wolfeboro, info/register: 520-3176.

March 7, Adult Craft Series, 7 pm, Samuel Wentworth Library, Sandwich, learn the art of Pysanky (Ukranian Easter egg decorating), info: 284-6665, sandwichlibrary@gmail.com.

March 8, Eric Grant performs, 7 pm, Patrick’s Pub, 18 Weirs Rd., Gilford, 293-0841, www.patrickspub.com.

March 8, Melvin Seals and JGB concert, 7:30 pm, Flying Monkey Movie House and Performance Center, Plymouth, tickets/info: 536-2551, www.flyingmonkeynh.com.

March 8, Softer Side of Celtic, 6 pm, Jeff Snow concert, Gilmanton Year Round Library, Rt. 140, Gilmanton Iron Works, 364-2400.

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March 9-11, Annie’s Project Weekend Retreat, discussion-based workshops for women with focus on production, management, human resources, marketing and legal field, Steele Hill Resort, Sanbornton, UNH Cooperative Extension, info: www.extension.unh.edu.

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March 10, Auditions for summer performances, Interlakes Summer Theatre, 10 am-3 pm, Meredith, info/sign up: 707-6035, interlakestheatre@gmail.com.

March 10, Entertainment TBA, 8:30 pm, Patrick’s Pub, 18 Weirs Rd., Gilford, 293-0841, www.patrickspub.com.

March 10, Hearthside Dinner, 4-8 pm, costumed staff share info about 19th-century food prep while creating seasonal farm meal, guests help prepare the meal, age 16 & up, shared meal, Remick Country Doctor Museum & Farm, Tamworth, tickets/info: 323-7591.

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March 10, Glass Suncatcher Class with Lynn Haust, 10:30 am-12:30 pm, League of NH Craftsmen Meredith Fine Craft Gallery, DW Highway, Meredith, pre-registration/info: 2797920.

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March 10, Mother Jones in Heaven, musical skit with Vivian Nesbitt, 7:30 pm, Advice To The Players, Art Center at 12 Main, Sandwich, info: www.advicetotheplayers.org.

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March 10, Tab Benoit concert, 7:30 pm, Flying Monkey Movie House and Performance Center, Plymouth, tickets/info: 536-2551, www.flyingmonkeynh.com.

March 10, Wild Winter Walk, Guided Tour of the Live Animal Trail, 1-3 pm, Squam Lakes Natural Science Center, Holderness, info: 968-7194, www.nhnature.org.

March 11, Being Mortal, Hospice Discussion, spiritual discussion leader will be Dan Kusch, 11:30 am, Melvin Village Community Church, 544-9661.

March 11, Pan Loco concert, 2 pm, Anderson Hall, Brewster Academy, Wolfeboro, presented by Wolfeboro Friends of Music, tickets: 569-2151, www.wfriensofmusic.org.

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March 12, Books Sandwiched In, noon, book to be discussed is Clementine, the Life of Mrs. Winston Churchill by Sonia Purnell, reviewed by John Thompson, Community Room, Samuel Wentworth Library, Center Sandwich, free, public welcome, bring your own sandwich, 284-6665.

March 14, Nature Play Time, 11 am-noon, Squam Lakes Natural Science Center, Holderness, info: 968-7194, www.nhnature.org.

March 15, Eric Grant performs, 7 pm, Patrick’s Pub, 18 Weirs Rd., Gilford, 293-0841, www.patrickspub.com.

March 15, Peter Wolf concert, 7:30 pm, Flying Monkey Movie House and Performance Center, Plymouth, tickets/info: 536-2551, www.flyingmonkeynh.com.

March 15, Peter & Jeremy concert, 7:30 pm, Flying Monkey Movie House and Performance Center, Plymouth, tickets/info: 536-2551, www.flyingmonkeynh.com.

March 15, Soul Shine Pottery talk by Molly Harper to learn about running a small pottery business and her artist residency in Maine, 6-7 pm, Gilford Public Library, Potter Hill Rd., Gilford, 524-6042.

March 16, Irish Spring Fling at Brewster Academy, Wolfeboro, corned beef dinner by Hart’s, music by Annie and the Orphans, trip to Ireland giveaway, dinner tickets: www. wolfebororotary.org.

March 16, Dueling Pianos, Jon Lorentz vs. Matt Langley, 8:30 pm, Patrick’s Pub, 18 Weirs Rd., Gilford, 293-0841, www.patrickspub.com March 17, Phil Vassar concert, 7:30 pm, Flying Monkey Movie House and Performance Center, Plymouth, tickets/info: 536-2551, www.flyingmonkeynh.com.

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March 17, St. Patrick’s Music, noon-3 pm and 4-7 pm, O’Brien Clan and Benjamin O’Brien, Justin Jaymes at 7:30 pm, Patrick’s Pub, 18 Weirs Rd., Gilford, 293-0841, www. patrickspub.com.

March 17, St. Patrick’s Day Dinner, 6 pm, traditional corned beef dinner, homemade Irish soda bread, carrot cake, coffee/tea, $15p/p; children under 12: $5.00, Gilford Community Church, 19 Potter Hill Rd., Gilford, reservations: call Eloise at 986-6723 or email Eloise@ metrocast.net.

March 17, Sam Tracy concert, doors open 7 pm, Advice To The Players, Art Center at 12 Main, Center Sandwich, info: www.advicetotheplayers.org.

March 17, Wild Winter Walk, Guided Tour of the Live Animal Trail, 1-3 pm, Squam Lakes Natural Science Center, Holderness, info: 968-7194, www.nhnature.org.

March 17, Women’s New Moon Circle, 10-11:30 am, make time for yourself, and join an empowering group to talk, share and connect with other women. Gilford Library, Potter Hill Rd., Gilford, 524-6042.

March 17, Winter Bird Banding, 10 am-noon, Squam Lakes Natural Science Center, Holderness, info: 968-7194, www.nhnature.org.

March 17, Winter Farmer’s Market, 10 am-2 pm, First Congregational Church, 115 S. Main St., Wolfeboro, www.wolfeboroareafarmersmarket.com.

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March 19, Books Sandwiched In, noon, book to be discussed is Walking to Listen by Andrew Forsthoefel, reviewed by Chris Speers, Community Room, Samuel Wentworth Library, Center Sandwich, free, public welcome, bring your own sandwich, 284-6665.

March 22, Eric Grant performs, 7 pm, Patrick’s Pub, 18 Weirs Rd., Gilford, 293-0841, www.patrickspub.com.

March 23, Damn the Torpedoes Tribute to Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, 7:30 pm, Flying Monkey Movie House and Performance Center, Plymouth, tickets/info: 536-2551, www.flyingmonkeynh.com.

March 23, Dueling Pianos, Jim Tyrrell vs. Matt Langley, 8:30 pm, Patrick’s Pub, 18 Weirs Rd., Gilford, 293-0841, www.patrickspub.com.

March 23-25, The Jungle Book, Winnipesaukee Playhouse, Meredith, tickets/info: 2790333.

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March 24, An Evening at the Ballet, 7:30 pm, Interlakes Community Auditorium, Meredith, tickets/info: www.lrso.org.

March 24, Bruce Springsteen Tribute by Joel Cage, 8:30 pm, Patrick’s Pub, 18 Weirs Rd., Gilford, 293-0841, www.patrickspub.com.

March 24, Ducks Unlimited Dinner & Auction, Daniel Webster Chapter, 5 pm, La Piece, 322 Main St., Tilton, info/tickets: 286-9633, 286-2109, 729-0214.

March 24, Irish Celebration with the Celts, 7:30 pm, Flying Monkey Movie House and Performance Center, Plymouth, tickets/info: 536-2551, www.flyingmonkeynh.com.

March 24, Maple Sugaring Day Open House, 11 am-3 pm, learn about maple sugaring, sample products, Remick Country Doctor Museum & Farm, Tamworth, info: 323-7591.

March 24, Penny Pitou Travel Passport to the World Travel Show, 10 am-2 pm, Pheasant Ridge Golf Club, Gilford, www.pennypitoutravel.com.

March 24, Winter Bird Banding, 10 am-noon, Squam Lakes Natural Science Center, Holderness, info: 968-7194, www.nhnature.org.

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March 25, The Big Night for Amphibians, 1-3 pm, family event, Prescott Farm Environmental Education Center, 928 White Oaks Rd., Laconia, info: 366-5695.

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March 29, Al Jardine concert, 7:30 pm, Flying Monkey Movie House and Performance Center, Plymouth, tickets/info: 536-2551, www.flyingmonkeynh.com.

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March 29, Hiking with Your Dog, 6:30-7:30 pm, talk by Gordon Dubois, Meredith Public Library, Main St., Meredith, 279-4303.

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March 31, All About Birds, 10 1:30 am, Squam Lakes Natural Science Center, Holderness, info: 968-7194, www.nhnature.org.

March 31, Beatles vs. The Rolling Stones, by Jim Tyrrell, 8:30 pm, Patrick’s Pub, 18 Weirs Rd., Gilford, 293-0841, www.patrickspub.com.

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Forgotten Arts: Fiber Arts Group, meets every other Tues., 9:30 am-noon. Fiber artists and/ or interested onlookers welcome to join Happy Weavers & Friends group to learn historic art of weaving, spinning, sewing, quilting, and more. Bring a project to work on, if desired.

Group meets monthly on every other Tuesday schedule at Remick Museum & Farm, Tamworth Village. Free. (Does not include Museum admission.) 323-7591.

In the Round, thought-provoking discussion, held at Benz Center Sunday mornings at 8:45 am. All are welcome to discuss wide range of topics. Info: 284-7532.

Iron Furnace Interpretive Center, Octagonal “Stone Stack,” the only Blast Furnace standing in NH, view any time. Scenic picnic area by Gayle River, Main St., Franconia Village, Rt. 18 junction of Rt. 117 by Sugar Hill bridge.

Irish Music Session, 7 pm, takes place weekly on Fridays, Kathleen’s Cottage, 90 Lake St., Bristol, 7 pm, 744-6336.

Lakes Region Genealogy Interest Group, meets last Thursday of the month; weekly morning classes on Wednesday from 10-11:30 am at Wolfeboro Public Library, for information call Cindy Scott: 569-2428.

Lunch Box to Paint Box, noon-1 pm, first Tues. of each month artist Larry Frates demonstrates drawing and painting, free, public welcome, Belknap Mill, 25 Beacon St. East, Laconia, 5248813, www.belknapmill.org.

Masonic Breakfast, first Sun. of each month, 7-11:30 am, 35 Trotting Track Road, Wolfeboro.

Fresh fruit, omelets made to order, scrambled eggs, hash browns, cereal, etc.

NE Ski Museum, exhibits, tours, tracing NE’s skiing history, free admission, Exit 34B, I-93, Franconia, 823-7177, www.newenglandskimuseum.org. (Museum is next to Cannon Mt. Aerial Tramway.)

Prescott Farm Environmental Education Center, dawn-dusk, 928 White Oaks Rd., Laconia.

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SnowCoach Trips, adventure trips to Mt. Washington’s summit, www.mountwashington.org, 356-2137.

Storytelling Dinners, Corner House Inn, Sandwich, Thursdays at 6:30 pm, 603-284-6219, info@cornerhouseinn.com.

Tamworth Writer’s Group, meets second Tues. of each month, 5 pm, Cook Memorial Library, downtown Tamworth. Led by Ed Martinez, aboutwritingtamworth@gmail.com.

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Wednesday Night Music, Corner House Pub, Sandwich, Roger Sorlein and Doug Hazard are joined by other musicians from Dec.-May. Weekly Guided Snowshoe Walks, 1 pm, Saturdays during snow season/winter, along East Branch and Saco Rivers, register/info: 356-9920, Mt. Washington Valley Ski Touring & Snowshoe Foundation, www.mwvskitouring.org.

Wolfeboro Rotary Club Meeting, Mondays, 5:30 pm, 1812 Room at Wolfeboro Inn, 90 N. Main St., Wolfeboro, light dinner, guest speaker on various topics of interest, for more info: www.wolfebororotary.org.

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A Very Musical March at the Flying Monkey The Flying Monkey Movie House and Performance Center on Main Street in Plymouth, NH will be filled with music during the month of March.

Phil Vassar’s unbounded energy and limitless talent have proven him, again and again, as one of Nashville’s most prolific and versatile stars. Those who best understand Phil Vassar – goodtime, piano playing, boundless energy on stage, hardest-working-man-in-the business– also understand the ongoing evolution of his original music. Fans can catch some new original material off a new album when he comes to Plymouth on Saturday, March 17.

The Virginia-born songwriter and musician has undoubtedly made his mark in Nashville as an acclaimed artist. Phil is known not only for his gift for hit songwriting, but also for his compelling and highly entertaining skills on the piano. His uniquely pianobased, rhythm and blues-infused, infectiously buoyant brand of music has carried Phil throughout his career and remains his specialty in the genre.

The Celts return to Plymouth on Saturday, March 24, presenting a celebration of Celtic roots. The music of The Nashville Celts is uniquely original. When asked about their musical style front man Blair says, “I’m proud of my Irish/Scottish roots, but I am equally proud of my American music roots. So, our music has become a product of blending the two.” Blair credits the group’s popularity to their

The irrepressible Squirrel Nut Zippers bring their unique sound to the Flying Monkey on March 31. (Courtesy photo)

melding of modern American hit songs and sounds with organic Celtic instruments.

That hybrid sound and historical evolutionary process from the roots of Celtic-American immigrants to today’s most popular music is also fully depicted in the band’s new production entitled Roots of Great American Music. This high energy production demonstrates how Irish music influenced the development of American bluegrass, country, and pop music.

An evening with a founding member of The Beach Boys rolls into Plymouth on Thursday, March 29. Al Jardine brings a storytellers-style performance to the stage for the first show of its

kind by any member of the Beach Boys. “Postcard” brings the epic tale of America’s band alive from their earliest days recording their very first song, “Surfin’” through “Surfin Safari,” “Help Me Rhonda,” “Sloop John B” and that magical year of 1966, to today and his debut solo release, “A Postcard From California”.

Al is joined by his son, Matt, known for his breathtaking falsettos on Brian Wilson’s most recent Pet Sounds 50th Anniversary tour. In an intimate acoustic setting, including rare images and video, Mr. Jardine takes us back into a history so improbable that it must have been meant to be! From meeting Elvis Presley to making “Pet Sounds”, he shares the songs, stories

and harmonies that moved generations.

Fans and critics alike have always had difficulty pigeonholing Squirrel Nut Zippers unique sound. Some have called it a perpetually confused stew of Southern Roots and Surrealist paintings. One critic aptly tagged them as 1930s punk. However, NPR’s Morning Edition might have said it best, “It’s not easy to categorize the music of the Squirrel Nut Zippers, except that it’s hot.”

New Hampshire fans may remember them as the band who was going to perform the night half the state lost power in 2016. Not to be held down, the Zippers then held their own unplugged street side concert on the sidewalk! Smart phones lit up the curb and a hot acoustic set warmed fans on the brisk night. For anyone who missed the spectacle that made the news, they will return on Saturday, March 31 for a proper show with the venue’s world class sound and light system.

The bands’ creator, Jimbo Mathus, along with founding drummer Chris Phillips, have crafted a brand-new stage show including singer Ingrid Lucia of Flying Neutrino’s fame.

Several leading musicians from New Orleans have also been enlisted to serve up the bands unique musical flavor which owes its roots to that city.

For tickets and information on these and other upcoming shows, call the box office at 603-536-2551 or visit www.flyingmonkeyNH.com.

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LRSO Brings An Evening at the Ballet The Lakes Region Symphony Orchestra (LRSO) presents “An Evening at the Ballet” on Saturday March 24 at 7:30 pm at Inter-Lakes Auditorium in Meredith. The concert features a beautiful blend of wellknown and well-loved themes from renowned ballets. Selections include Tchaikovsky’s Overture to Swan Lake, Sleeping Beauty Waltz, and Waltz of the Flowers from The Nutcracker; Stravinsky’s Berceuse and Finale from Firebird; Gliere’s Russian Sailor’s Dance; and the second half of the concert features the all-American musical brilliance of Aaron Copland’s Appalachian Spring.

Not to be overshadowed by the ballet theme of this concert, also featured will be co-winner of the LRSO’s annual student concerto competition. The first co-winner, cellist Roric Cunningham, played to a standing ovation at LRSO’s November concert.

The second co-winner, violinist Danilo Thurber, will delight with his rendition of Camille Saint-Saens Violin Concerto #3, Op 61 in B, 1st movement.

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the March concert. Fifteen-year-old Danilo was eager to oblige!

Danilo (Dacha) Thurber is a student at Phillips Exeter Academy who began studying violin in 2004 at the age of two. He has been a student of music since that time studying and performing with esteemed teachers and performers.

In addition to performing with the Phillips Exeter Academy’s Symphony Orchestra, Dacha has played with the Boston Youth Symphony Orchestras (BYSO) since 2012. Currently, he performs with the BYSO’s premier ensemble, the Boston Youth Symphony.

Prior to that, he served as concertmaster for BYSO’s Repertory Orchestra and Junior Repertory Orchestra.

Together with his brother, Danilo has been honored to play for a few notables, including the President of Serbia, on WMUR TV (playing The Star-Spangled Banner at the Boston Marathon memorial), and for NH Governor Maggie Hassan at the State House.

Dacha has been proud to donate proceeds from his public performances to the Phoenix Society, which provides

support services to young burn survivors. Together with his brother, Danilo has raised more than $2,500.00 for this cause.

The March 24 concert is the third in the LRSO’s spectacular 2017-2018 season. Reserve the dates for the final dual-performance POPS concert on May 19 and May 20, featuring songs of stage, screen, and beyond sung by theater performer Abigail Dufresne.

Full concert details are at www.LRSO. org.

Tickets are $20 for adults and $10 for students of college-age and under (no children under age 5 please). Tickets are available online at www.lrso.org/ tickets, or from ticket outlets Innisfree Bookshop in Meredith and Greenlaw’s Music in Laconia. Any unsold tickets will be available at the door starting one hour before the concert.

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Irish silent comedy “Conductor 1492” at Danbury Blazing Star Grange The silent film era returns to the big screen at Danbury’s Blazing Star Grange Hall with the showing of “Conductor 1492” (1924), a classic silent comedy with live musical accompaniment. The movie showing will take place on Saturday, March 17 at 7 pm at the historic Grange Hall, 15 North Road in Danbury. The show is open to the public with suggested $5.00 per person donation.

The screening will feature live accompaniment by Jeff Rapsis, a New Hampshire-based composer who specializes in creating scores for silent films.

“Conductor 1492” stars Johnny Hines, a popular 1920s film star. The movie follows the exploits of Terry O’Toole (Johnny Hines), a young man who leaves Ireland to seek out his fortune in 1920s America.

After arriving, he gets a job as a conductor on a streetcar and fights off an attempt by crooks to take over the company, all the while pursuing the bosses’ beautiful daughter.

The film, released in 1924 by Warner Brothers, takes a lighthearted look at the immigrant experience in America at the time, as seen through Irish eyes.

Born in 1895, Johnny Hines was a popular movie comedian during the silent era, starring in such pictures as “Burn ’em Up Barnes” (1921) and “The Live Wire” (1925).

Although his movies were wellreceived, Hines never rivaled comic mega-stars of the era such as Charlie Chaplin or Buster Keaton.

Described by one historian as the “Jack Lemmon of the silents,” Hines had a likeably extroverted screen

personality, starring in about 50 motion pictures, most of which are lost and unavailable today.

“Conductor 1492” is considered one of Hines’ better surviving titles.

Directed by his brother, Charles Hines, the picture contains several highly comic sequences and is frequently run at revival film events. The film is classified as an “ethnic comedy” that satirizes the Irish experience in America.

Irish immigrants had been a significant presence in the United States beginning in the 1840s. By the 1920s, the Irish had become well-established enough to be the focus of goodhearted satire, of which “Conductor 1492” abounds.

With the advent of sound in the motion picture industry, Hines’ career went into decline. During the 1930s, he would appear in only six films, all in smaller, supporting roles.

In 1938 he had his last significant role, that of Parsons in “Too Hot to Handle,” which starred Clark Gable and Myrna Loy. Hines died in 1970 at age 75.

The Blazing Star program will also include Buster Keaton’s short comedy “My Wife’s Relations” (1922), in which Keaton accidentally marries into an Irish family.

Shown in a theater with live music, films from Hollywood’s ‘silent’ era retain their power to delight moviegoers.

“Times have changed, but people haven’t,” Rapsis says. “These pictures were designed to be shown in a theater with an audience, and to appeal to a worldwide audience, and their

universal themes haven’t lost any relevance,” added Rapsis, who has performed music for silent films in venues ranging the Donnell Library in New York City to the Kansas Silent Film Festival.

Using original themes, Rapsis improvises the music live as the films are shown.

“When the score gets made up on the spot, it creates a special energy that’s an important part of the silent film experience,” says Rapsis, who uses a digital synthesizer to recreate the texture of a full orchestra for the accompaniment.

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“Energy Awareness” This is the eighth year classes teach you how to deflect negathat this workshop series has been oftive energy and create a more confident fered in Wolfeboro. you. The “Trusting Your Intuition” Pre-registration is required for all classes explain the meaning of gooseworkshops as class size is limited. Regbumps, shivers, and when to trust your istration forms are available in Wolfegut. In the “Angel Awareness” classes, boro at The Country Bookseller, Made explore spirituality. The “Dream InterOn Earth, Just Teasin’, and Reflections pretation” classes provide the tools to Esthetics or by email at Noreen@norinterpret your own dreams and what eenmcdonald.com or phone 603-569they signify. You will also learn many 9912. Gift certificates are available for techniques to create a simpler, easier the workshop series. Additional inforand smoother life. mation can be found online at NoreenEach workshop will consist of two mcdonald.com. classes that meet for two and a half The classes for each workshop will hours. The Power of Positive Thinking be held on Tuesdays from 6:30 to 9 pm workshop is a prerequisite for taking in Wolfeboro, NH.

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The Lakes Region Art Association (LRAA) will host a 12-hour “Introduction to Digital Photography” course in March.

Local photographer and LRAA gallery member Jay Fitzpatrick will conduct the sessions. The full course will be conducted on three consecutive Saturdays starting March 17 at 8 am.

The cost of the course is $95 per person ($75 for LRAA members).

The free presentation will provide an overview of digital camera equipment, camera settings, composition techniques, subject matter, file processing, photo printing and framing. The full course will cover the basics in more detail and will include a discussion of the “exposure triangle”

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Pre-registration is required for the three-session course and class size is limited to 12 students. For more information or to register, stop by the LRAA gallery in the Tilton Outlet Mall, contact the instructor at 603-4556595 or by email at jall@tds.net.

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Ducks Unlimited Dinner and Auction The Daniel Webster Chapter of Ducks Unlimited will hold its 30th annual dinner banquet auction on Saturday, March 24 at 5 pm at La Piece ~ The Room in Riverfront Place, the renovated mill building at 322 Main Street in Tilton, NH. James Cropsey is area chairman this year, Nearly 6,200 local Ducks Unlimited (DU) fundraising events throughout the

country last year contributed toward Ducks Unlimited’s national fundraising effort of almost $175 million. Last year Ducks Unlimited achieved 84 percent efficiency, resulting in 84 cents of each dollar raised being spent on wetland acquisition or improvement.

Each year the United States loses some 140,000 acres of wetland habitat.

Since its inception, Ducks Unlimited

has raised over one billion dollars and enhanced and restored over 14 million habitat acres, encompassing over 15,000 wetland projects, in an effort to reverse this destructive trend. About 0.39 metric tons of carbon is sequestered each year on average on each acre of prime wetlands helping to alleviate the effects of Global Warming. DU’s projects provide habitat for over 600 wildlife

species, including ducks, geese, and endangered or threatened species, such as the whooping crane and bald eagle.

To purchase tickets or for information on how you can support Ducks Unlimited’s program of wetlands conservation, contact Pete Spear at 7290214, Steve Saulten at 289-2109 or Jim Cropsey at 286-9633.

GALA Community Contra Dance to Feature String Equinox The March Community Contra Dance hosted by Global Awareness Local Action (GALA) will take place at the Wolfeboro Town Hall’s “Great Hall” on March 24 from 7 to 10 pm, with the first half hour dedicated to a

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Dance admission fees are: $8.00 for adults, $5.00 for 6 to 18-year-olds, and age 5 and under free. Anyone experiencing financial hardship is invited to pay what they can and no one will be turned away for financial reasons.

In an effort to protect the newly refinished wood floor in the Great Hall

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Enjoy the Museum Loop this summer in Wolfeboro Wolfeboro has to offer.”

The cost for The Museum Loop is $33 for adults and $12 for children.

To learn more, call 603-998-3286, as advanced phone and online booking is required, or visit www.nhbm.org.

With numerous events, exhibits and programs for all ages this summer,

the NH Heritage Museum Trail expects close to 250,000 visitors in 2018. For more information about any museum on The Trail, visit www. nhmuseumtrail.org. Search for ‘New Hampshire Heritage Trail’ and find it on Facebook.

Ride the Millie B this summer. (Courtesy photo)

There may be no place in New Hampshire as beautiful as the town of Wolfeboro in the Lakes Region, which has brought three museums on the NH Heritage Museum Trail together to create The Museum Loop.

On this loop, which will begin at 9:30 am every Friday during July and August (weather permitting), passengers will board the antique boat, “Millie B” (10 persons) or The Trolley (10 persons) at the Town docks. They will then head to The Libby Museum.

Passengers will return by the opposite means of transport on this “Libby Loop” and can then enjoy Trolley-narrated tours all day as well as entrance to The Boat Museum (included). Additional entry fees apply

to The Wright Museum and The Clarke House Museum (not a Trail member).

Alana Albee, executive director of The Libby, said they are all working together “so visitors and residents enjoy the many small museums in Wolfeboro.

It’s quite unusual for such a rural town to have so many cultural options—and with the lake and the summer Trolley, it makes for an especially delightful way to see it all,” she said.

Mike Culver, executive director of The Wright Museum, agrees and said he believes there is no town quite like Wolfeboro. “We have incredible museums in this town with easy access to nature, trails, the lake,” he said. “The Museum Loop is a great opportunity for couples, or even families, to explore all

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Yester year

Time to Plan for Summer Camp!

By Kathi Caldwell-Hopper The quiet winter months find the Lakes Region fast asleep under a blanket of snow, but behind closed doors, summer camp directors and employees are hard at work planning the coming season.

Summer camps for children have been around for many years in the Lakes Region and elsewhere. The recipe for success is all that wonderful lake water, the beaches and mountains and fields with endless possibilities for summer camps to offer water skiing, sail boating, canoeing, kayaking and hiking and a bevy of outdoor sports.

Summer camps abound in the area.

Many camps started by clearing the land and building cottages or tent sites.

Not all summer camps were for children exclusively; some welcomed entire families for a lakeside or woodsy camp experience. A different sort of camp experience arose on Squam Lake when two women founded two separate camps that eventually merged. Alice Mabel Bacon started Deephaven in 1897, and Mary Alice Armstrong created Rockywold in 1901.

Bacon was an outdoorswoman with Christian beliefs. She was an educator and writer. She spent a great deal of time at the camp until her death, in 1917. According to information at

www.rdcsqaum.com, while canoeing and vacationing on Squam, a squall forced Bacon to seek shelter in a cove.

She had a strong feeling the spot was where she was meant to start a camp.

It would be for a place for those who worked as professionals all year to enjoy a relaxing, quiet summer vacation.

Thus, was born the site and idea for Deephaven Camps in 1897.

Spending a summer respite with Bacon was the widow Mary Alice Armstrong. She was born on a farm in Lisbon, NH and later attended Plymouth Normal School and became a teacher.

She taught locally, but learned of the Hampton Institute in Virginia and applied to teach here. It was a courageous move for a New England women, but she heeded the call for teachers at the Institute, where former slaves were getting an education. She caught the attention of the Institute’s president, General Armstrong and they eventually married. Their honeymoon was spent at Pinehurst Camps in the Squam area.

After the General’s death, Mary Alice returned to teaching, but eventually accepted the invitation of her friend Alice Mabel Bacon to manage Deephaven. It was a good move; Armstrong loved the camp life and soon bought more land, and opened Rockywold in

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Another woman who started a summer camp was Laura Matoon. She believed that women could survive in the wilderness just as well as men.

She brought her beliefs about equality and enjoying the outdoor world to the Lakes Region over 100 years ago.

Laura was rather advanced in thought and spirit for her time. College educated, she began a teaching career that focused on each student as an individual.

She spent time teaching her students (in Massachusetts and New York) about the out of doors and nature. She took her classes on nature field trips and by 1902 a group of students accompanied her for an entire summer spent camping trip in NH’s forests.

This was the starting point for Laura’s idea of a summer camp for girls.

She saw how well her little group responded to living and sleeping outdoors, doing chores such as gathering campfire wood, cooking over an open fire, sleeping under the stars and exploring the natural world.

According to Kehonka History and Lore (www.kehonka.wordpress.com/ history-and-lore), there were few camps for girls in 1900. Mantoon’s camp may have been the first such summer camp experience for females.

In the outdoor setting, Laura also made use of the environment for supplies. According to Laura Matoon (information) at www.kehonka.wordpress.com, she also taught the girls to make furniture from wood found locally.

In those days, women rarely worked outside the home and if they did, they wore correct and modest garments.

Laura and her small group must have

raised eyebrows when they shopped for supplies in NH rural communities.

(It is said Laura wore manly clothing, which was sensible and comfortable for hiking and generally living in the woods.)

Word spread about the wonderful time the core group of girls had at the summer camp-out in the Wolfeboro, NH area. Others soon asked Laura to include them in the summer camping trips. More room was needed and by about 1909 staff was hired to help. The site was called Camp Kehonka.

The camp had swimming, sailing, canoeing, and mountain climbing.

Also highly impressive was Kehonka’s dedication to offering diverse arts and crafts to its girls. At Kehonka, the artistically inclined were as welcome as sports-minded youngsters.

Not far from Camp Kehonka, another woman opened the door of a girl’s summer camp named Camp Wicosuta.

Located on the shores of Newfound Lake, Anna Rothman started the girl’s camp in 1920. Anna may have had a similar goal as Laura Mattoon, which was to provide girls with a vacation that taught them the joys of the outdoor world. She was aware that by getting girls out of urban areas and into the natural environment surrounded by good role models, they would learn many of the lessons needed to thrive and prosper in the world.

Anna named the camp Wicosuta, which is a Native American term meaning “strength of mind and body” according to www.campwicosuta.com.

The first year over 30 campers were enrolled. Campers stayed at the Newfound Lake location from July to September.

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March, 2018

Major Overhaul of Wetlands Rules Governor Chris Sununu and the New Hampshire Department of Environmental Services Commissioner Bob Scott announced the release of a draft revision of the New Hampshire Wetlands rules, the first complete rewrite of the rules since 1991. To overhaul the rules, NHDES worked closely with partner organizations, stakeholders, and concerned citizens to obtain significant public feedback on the development of wetland rule concepts, strategies, and process.

Since 2014, NHDES hosted over 100 listening sessions, stakeholder workgroup sessions, partner meetings and presentations. NHDES heard from landowners, road agents, utility providers, loggers, foresters, engineers, conservation commissioners, industry and business, septic designers, general contractors, wetland scientists, conservation organizations, farmers, regional planning commissions, marine contractors, legislators, teachers, local, state, and federal officials and received hundreds of public comments.

“Streamlining New Hampshire’s regulatory framework is a key priority of my administration,” said Governor Chris Sununu. “These efforts are the most comprehensive overhaul of wetlands rules in over 25 years, and represent a major step toward a more citizen-centered state government.”

The NHDES wetlands rules regulate the following type of resources: wetlands, surface waters (lakes, ponds), watercourses (streams, rivers), shorelines, vernal pools, prime wetlands, coastal lands, and tidal waters. Example projects impacted by these rules include: beaches, docks, boathouses, wall construction, riprap, bank stabilization, forestry, utility, agriculture, trails, dredging, filling, residential and commercial development, and roadway construction.

“By listening to our stakeholders on ways to improve the wetlands rules,

we can reduce many of the issues that arise during the permit process; therefore, making it more streamlined, predictable, and transparent for both the applicant and NHDES,” said Bob Scott, NHDES Commissioner.

The draft wetlands rules propose over 50 new definitions to provide clarity and consistency, shorten the review time for lower scrutiny approvals and expand the number of projects that qualify for streamlined review, including stream crossing projects. The new rules clarify permit processes, project classification, standard conditions, avoidance, minimization, and mitigation requirements, and application review standards. The draft rules also provide significant changes to the coastal rules and updates to the prime wetlands rules.

NHDES is now accepting public comments on the draft wetland rules.

NHDES will be hosting public input sessions in the following locations: • Keene: March 5, 2018 • Lancaster: March 7, 2018 The draft wetlands rules, rules summary, wetlands rules FAQs, draft BMPs, public input session schedule and public comment collection sheets may be found at www.des.nh.gov/organization/divisions/water/wetlands pro-

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