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February 2022 | ALONG ROUTE 16 | Page 1

ROUTE 16 & The Scenic Byways of Rtes. 25, 28, 108, 109, 113, 125, 153 & 171

Winter Fun!

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Art Gallery | Page 3

Curling | Page 8

What’s Up | Pages 6-7

Stay in Cookout | Page 10

February | Vol. 8 | No. 2 Published on the 16th of the Month

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New Construction! Water Access to Desirable Pine River Pond. Wood floors and stair to second floor. Large master with 2 large closets. Short walk to the association waterfront. Private country setting but close to restaurants, skiing, snowmobile trails, swimming, boating. Wonderful year round or second home in the Lakes Region of NH. Scheduled completion date 2/2/22.

110 ROUTE 28 OSSIPEE, NH $ 79,900 | 5.3 Acres | MLS 4888328 | Joy Messineo Cell: 603-860-7544

Bounded by pretty stonewalls, this large 5.3 acre residential lot is surrounded by dozens of acres of County owned land with a potential elevated home sight toward the rear of the property allowing for great privacy yet conveniently located near Route 16, a major north/south corridor from the Seacoast to the Mountains.

2400 ROUTE 16 OSSIPEE, NH $ 749,000 | 2.03 Acres | MLS 4874985 | Jeff Behrens Cell: 603-307-8735

7000+ square foot building with a combination of heated and cooled office space plus garage/warehouse storage. Previous uses: Propane company, car dealers. Excellent exposure on busy route 16 with 10k +- cars daily on the northbound side at the junction of two state highways ( NH route 16 and NH Route 41). Currently boat storage and boat service/repair. ***Previous Town approval-June 2017- 5000square foot Convenience store with 8 gas pumps and 10,000 gallon tanks.

LOT 1 AND 2 HALL TERRACE WAKEFIELD, NH $ 64,900 | 1.81 Acres | MLS 4894512 | Donna Faucette Cell: 603-387-5737

Water Access to Desirable Pine River Pond. Two lots of record very private dead end road with potential views abutting conservation land. Build a single home or two for a family compound or sell one lot.

9 WHITE MOUNTAIN HIGHWAY TAMWORTH, NH $ 239,000 | 0.5 Acres | MLS 4880818 | Jeff Behrens Cell: 603-307-8735

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The Creative Life at the Jackson Art Gallery

By Kathi Caldwell-Hopper Photos courtesy Melanie Barash Levitt Melanie Barash Levitt has been drawing since she could pick up a crayon, and it shows. Years of dedication to painting and drawing led her to eventually find her way to Jackson, New Hampshire. That move, in 1995, brought her further into the life of an artist when she opened a studio and gallery and began teaching art classes.

These days, her business, the Jackson Art Studio & Gallery, is thriving, and has withstood the months of the pandemic, the lockdown and all the changes each has brought to everyone.

Melanie would surely agree the desire to make art and purchase artwork is universal and COVID has not stopped that need. If anything, the pandemic has caused people to evaluate what is important in life, and items created by the hands of local artists, rates high.

While some art businesses have closed in recent years, Melanie has a gem of a gallery where she offers art classes and also has the work of talented artists on display and for sale.

Moving to Jackson was a lifestyle change for Melanie and her husband, Daren. They discovered Jackson when driving around the area. “My husband used to go rock climbing up here and we thought Jackson was a cute town,” she says. The couple were in their 20s and willing to leave city life for a smaller community.

With a degree in graphics from the Rhode Island School of Design, Melanie was doing well in her field of art.

“At the time, I was working as a graphic designer in Boston. I worked on the Olympic games design team in Atlan-

Melanie plein air painting. ta, Georgia and I also worked in Boston,” Melanie recalls. Her first job as a graphic artist was in Boston, and later she worked in Japan, where she taught

art at an international school. (This was a valuable opportunity, because it gave her teaching experience.)

Once the couple settled in Jack-

son, Melanie continued her work as a graphic designer, and was also teaching art in the local elementary school.

Eventually she taught kindergarten through 6th grade and then teen studio art classes.

While she enjoyed teaching, Melanie felt it might be time for a change from her work as a graphic designer.

“Things fell into place after we had a fire,” she says. While the conflagration in her studio could have proven a disaster, Melanie turned it around and was determined to continue.

She was at a crossroads and trying to decide if she should continue with graphic design or move towards fine art. She had been thinking about opening a gallery, then the fire happened.

The studio nearly burned down but with insurance, Melanie decided to redo the space as a gallery. She also offered art classes to students, something she was comfortable doing.

Melanie says of the early days when she started the gallery, “We had a lot of artist friends and decided to invite 10-12 artists to show at the gallery. The work was in all different mediums, and after getting started, we added more and we now have over 30 artists exhibiting at our gallery. Some of the artists worked at the gallery and used the studio space, which showed our customers artists at work.”

As well as the exhibit space, Melanie was focused on featuring art classes.

With experience as an art teacher, she could offer classes, and invite other artists to teach as well.

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Page 4 | ALONG ROUTE 16 | February 2022 • Plein Air continued from page 3 Melanie’s idea was to bring more art and instructors to the White Mountains to teach. Certainly this was because the mountains are such a beautiful, paintable place, so what better area to offer classes?

The gallery and studio classes have grown over the years, and owning the business has offered Melanie the flexibility to work and evolve as an artist while surrounded by fellow artists. It also has given her the freedom to work at home while raising a family. Melanie and Daren have two daughters, who are now grown. One daughter just graduated college and is a fashion designer in New York City, and the other is currently in college and wants to pursue a career in medicine.

When the pandemic hit, one would assume Melanie would close the gallery and seek yet another career path. But she hung in there and made use of the lockdown to start offering online classes and also to sell gallery work online. It has proven successful and opened up a wider world to the

Jackson Art Gallery.

“I started to offer plein air classes and even taught painting classes outdoors in the winter too,” she says. As part of the classes, Melanie gave her students tips on how to stay warm when painting in the often-cold White Mountains during the winter.

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of painting appeals to her, Melanie explains, “You can really see the light outdoors, and the area is so beautiful to paint. There are no distraction and it is quiet and meditative to paint outside in the winter. But the light does not last as long and I really have about three hours before it starts to fade. But it is a much more exciting place to paint than in the studio.”

Melanie adds that if the winter weather is really bad, she has learned to paint from inside her car. “I got acclimated well. When I paint outdoors in winter, I stand on a bathmat which helps keep my feet warm, and I have hand and foot warmers.” She dresses in lots of layers, and says, “If it is not windy, I am able to last for a while if it is over 20 degrees – I could endure outdoors for about two hours. If it is too cold, I come back the next day for the same light.

“I want to be a better painter, and to use true color, and catch the light,” she adds. These are goals of many painters, whether they are starting out or have years of experience as an artist.

Her favorite White Mountain plac-

es to paint are at the Crawford AMC Visitor’s Center, Pinkham Notch, hikes in the area where she can stop to paint, and at Jackson Falls, where she can paint closer to her home base. In the Jackson area, she loves subject matter such as old barns.

With a color-sensitive, loose style of painting, Melanie uses a palette knife versus a brush when she paints. She explains that the use of the knife forces her to not be too detailed, but she also does brush work too.

Melanie wants to also share her love for art and to open the world of art to others. She says, “Last April, the Jackson Grammar School hired me for a plein air week of classes for their students. I taught two grades at a time, and the kids loved painting outdoors.”

With a love of teaching beginners, Melanie will be doing more adult classes in the future. This winter and into the spring, she will offer studio and plein air painting classes, which can be accessed at www.jacksonartnh. com. She hopes to also teach a color mixing class and a paint-big type of studio class in 2022.

The gallery displays and sells the work of between 30 and 35 artists, and it seems there is always something going on within the studio as well.

If you are traveling into or through the Jackson area in the future, you might see a woman in front of an artist’s easel, with a painting in progress.

If so, you have probably come across Melanie as she rushes to capture the elusive light of the sun on snow.

Or, if you venture to Jackson, a stop at the Jackson Art Gallery & Studio is a must. The walls are filled with colorful, creative art work just right to view, to purchase and to take home.

The Jackson Art Gallery is located at 155 Ridge Road in Jackson; call 603387-3463.

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While many plants and a few animals February 27, 9:30-10:30AM. This event are dormant in winter, the winter woods is free. Space is limited—please register and fields are full of signs of life and acin advance at bit.ly/kids-walk. Parking is tivity. also limited—please carpool with friends On Saturday, February 26 from 9:30if possible.

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Feb. 25, Ward Hayden and the Outliers, at Stone Mountain Arts Center, Brownfield ME. Info: 207-935-7292, www.stonemountainartscenter.com.

Feb. 26, Winter Wildlife & Ecology Walk, for 3- to 7-year-olds at Charlotte C. Browne Woods, Washington Hill Road, Chocorua. Info: www.chocurualake.org.

Feb. 26, Erica Brown and the Bluegrass Connection, at Stone Mountain Arts Center, Brownfield ME. Info: 207-935-7292, www.stonemountainartscenter.com.

Mar. 1, The People of the Dawnland, live via Zoom from Cook Memorial Library an Chocorua Lakes Conservancy. Info: tamworthlibrary.org or chocorualake.org.

March 4, Teddy Thompson & Jenni Muldaur at Stone Mountain Arts Center, Brownfield ME. Info: 207-935-7292, www.stonemountainartscenter.com.

March 5, Stone Temple Posers and Yellow LedVedder, at 8 p.m., Rochester Opera House, 31 Wakefield Street, Rochester. For info: 603-335-1992, www. rochesteroperahouse.com.

March 11, The Spirit of Johnny Cash, at 8 p.m., Rochester Opera House, 31 Wakefield Street, Rochester. For info: 603-335-1992, www.rochesteroperahouse.com.

March 11, Ye Vagabonds at Stone Mountain Arts Center, Brownfield ME. Info: 207-935-7292, www.stonemountainartscenter.com.

March 12, Kris Delmhorst at Stone Mountain Arts Center, Brownfield ME. Info: 207-935-7292, www.stonemountainartscenter.com.

March 15, Robert Cray Band, at Stone Mountain Arts Center, Brownfield ME. Info: 207-935-7292, www.stonemountainartscenter.com.

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Mar. 16, Church Dinner – Irish Stew, Pre-orders only. At Conway Village Congregational Church, 132v Main Street, Conway. Info: 603-447-3851, www.thebrownchurch.org.

Mar. 17, St. Paddy’s Celebration, at Stone Mountain Arts Center, Brownfield ME. Info: 207-935-7292, www.stonemountainartscenter.com.

Mar. 18, Celia Woodsmith and Jason Anick Trio, at Stone Mountain Arts Center, Brownfield ME. Info: 207-935-7292, www.stonemountainartscenter. com.

March 19-20, Safe Haven Ballet: Cinderella, March 19 at 7 p.m. and March 20 at 4 p.m., Rochester Opera House, 31 Wakefield Street, Rochester. For info: 603-335-1992, www.rochesteroperahouse.com.

March 23, Los Lobos at Stone Mountain Arts Center, Brownfield ME. Info: 207-935-7292, www.stonemountainartscenter.com.

Mar. 25, Matt Nakoa at Stone Mountain Arts Center, Brownfield ME. Info: 207-935-7292, www.stonemountainartscenter.com.

March 25, Ronstadt Revue, at 8 p.m., Rochester Opera House, 31 Wakefield Street, Rochester. For info: 603-335-1992, www.rochesteroperahouse.com.

March 26, Kat Edmonson at Stone Mountain Arts Center, Brownfield ME. Info: 207-935-7292, www.stonemountainartscenter.com.

March 30, The Wailin’ Jennys at Stone Mountain Arts Center, Brownfield ME. Info: 207-935-7292, www.stonemountainartscenter.com.

March 31, Jimmy Vaughan at Stone Mountain Arts Center, Brownfield ME. Info: 207-935-7292, www.stonemountainartscenter.com.

Apr. 1, Molly Tuttle and Golden Highway, at Stone Mountain Arts Center, Brownfield ME. Info: 207-935-7292, www.stonemountainartscenter.com.

Apr. 8, David, Luke, and Will Mallett at Stone Mountain Arts Center, Brownfield ME. Info: 207-935-7292, www.stonemountainartscenter.com.

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April 23, Adam Ezra Group performs at Stone Mountain Arts Center, Brownfield ME. Info: 207-935-7292, www.stonemountainartscenter.com.

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Apr. 29, Bill and the Belles, performs at Stone Mountain Arts Center, Brownfield ME. Info: 207-935-7292, www.stonemountainartscenter.com.

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Blessed Bargains Thrift Shop, First Congregational Church, 400 Main St., Farmington, 755-4816.

Chapman Sanctuary and Visny Woods, nature trails open for hiking, 740 Mt. Israel Rd., Center Sandwich, 284-6428, www.chapmansanctuaryvisneywoods. com.

Chocorua Lake Basin View Lot, incredible views of mountains, benches for seating, sketch, paint, meditate, free, directions/info: www.chocorualake.org.

Conway Historical Society, historical info, 447-5551, www.conwayhistoricalsociety.org.

Conway Public Library, 15 Greenwood Avenue, Conway, has many learning experiences. Info: 447-5552 or visit www.conwaypubliclibrary.org.

Curbside Pickup of Farm Fresh Foods, Remick Country Doctor Museum & Farm, 58 Cleveland Hill Rd., Tamworth, 323-7591, remickmuseum.org.

Freedom Gallery, artwork/exhibits by area artists, 8 Elm St., Freedom, 610762-2493.

Freedom Village Store, variety of goods from artisan items to baked goods and much more, Thurs.-Sun. 10 am-2 pm, 11 Elm St., Freedom, info: 539-3077, www.freedomvillagestore.org.

Great Glen Trails, outdoor center/activities, Mt. Washington Auto Rd., Gorham, 466-3988, www.greatglentrails.com.

In the Round, via ZOOM, Sundays at 8:45 am, thought-provoking topics related to tolerance, join the meeting at https://zoom.us/j/806102625. Info: 2847532.

Majestic Café, Jazz, blues, and more, Fridays, sets at 7 and 8:30 p.m., 32 Main St., Conway. Walk in or reserve at mountaintopmusic.org/concert-series. Proof of vaccination or negative test within 72 hours required. Info: 603-447-4737.

Mount Washington SnowCoach Tours, info./reservations required, www. greatglentrails.com, Mt. Washington Auto Rd., Gorham, 466-3988.

NE Ski Museum, 2628 White Mt. Highway, N. Conway, www.newenglandskimuseum.org.

NH Farm Museum, old-time farm, programs, events for families, 1305 White Mt. Highway, Milton, 652-7840, www.nhfarmmuseum.org.

Quilting Group, 1-4 pm, meets every 2 weeks, Ossipee Public Library, 74 Main St., Ossipee, schedule/info: 539-6390.

Second Annual Charity Silent Auction, ArtWorks Gallery & Fine Crafts, 132 Rte. 16, Chocorua. Bid in person, phone or email. Bids close Sunday, Dec. 12. Details and items online at www.chocoruaartworks.com. Open 10 a.m.-5 p.m., Friday – Monday. Info: 603-323-8041.

Thursday Night Book Group, meets fourth Thurs. of every month for discussions of books, 7 pm, Mystery Book Group meets second Thurs. of the month, White Birch Books, N. Conway, 356-3200, www.whitebirchbooks.com.

Tin Mountain Conservation Center, 1245 Bald Hill Rd., Albany, many virtual programs, hikes, nature learning center, call for info: 447-6991, www.tinmountain.org.

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Curling Club Hosts Mini Olympic Curling Training Camp

by Lori Tremblay Established in 2011, the Mount Washington Valley Curling Club (MWV Curling Club) in Conway is going strong. Paul Valle, president of the nonprofit club, said that they attract curlers from all around the area, including Maine. The club curls at the Ham Arena, 87 W. Main St. in Conway.

The Ham Arena has one of the largest sheets of ice in New Hampshire, with a seating capacity of 450 spectators (www.hamarena.com). MWV Curling Club uses four sheets of ice in the arena. A sheet is a rectangular area of ice, 146 to 150 feet long and 14.2 to 15.7 feet wide.

Eileen Neal, a club director and one of the original members, said “The biggest expense in curling is ice time.

Most of the dues go to the ice.” Facing fees over $200 to rent ice for two and a half hours, Neal said, “It’s tough for small clubs.” She explained that arena, or recreational curlers, share the ice with hockey teams. More competitive clubs have dedicated ice, with ice conditions just for curling. Last year, the Nashua Curling Club added a $2 million dollar upgrade with dedicated ice.

Neal became fascinated with curling when she started watching games from Canada via her satellite dish. When the MWV Curling Club opened, she joined right away. “A good curler is a good teammate,” said Neal. “You have to know your role on the team and be supportive. Good teams have good chemistry.”

Now in mid-season, which runs from Sept. 29 to mid-April, the MWV Curling Club has 18 regular season games and three playoffs. There are 36 curlers in the club. According to Valle, the

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Ham Arena limits the number of players on the ice to 32. That works out to eight teams of four curlers per team.

Men and women, ages 18 years and older, enjoy participating in the sport, according to Valle, and the games are played Wednesdays from 6:15-8:45 p.m.

Interest in curling has grown, especially because of the popularity of the sport in the Winter Olympics. In the 2018 Olympics, Team USA’s men’s squad won a gold medal in curling and is returning to defend their title this year. The United States has a Men’s, Women’s and Paralympic Wheelchair Team competing in the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing.

The MWV Curling Club, in association with NHSCOT, a nonprofit dedicated to preserving Scottish heritage, will be having a special event, the Olympic Curling Experience. This event is Feb. 12 and 19, from 6:30-8:30 p.m. at the Ham Arena. Like Learn to Curl clinics, you learn a bit of the history, safety and how to play the game.

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After completion of the training camp, new curlers have a chance to “go for the gold” in the Mini Olympic Curling League, four Saturdays in March and April, the dates to be determined.

A maximum of eight teams will compete for gold, silver and bronze medals, awarded to the top three teams.

All equipment is provided. Just bring an extra, clean pair of athletic, rubber-soled shoes, gloves and dress in layers. Wide elastics or grippers are provided for your shoes to prevent slipping on the ice.

Vice president of the club, Geoff Murray, who came in from the 2018 Olympic Training Camp, fell in love with the sport and organizes the club’s Learn to Curl Events. Club members assist as volunteers to help set up and work with the students.

Murray said, “Curling is the most friendly competition you could possibly have. If someone makes a good shot, both teams celebrate.” He also said that the sport is easy to learn but takes a long time to master.

Sherry Marceau, club treasurer, said that there are three instructors certified through USA Level 2, which are herself, Valle and Chris Pollock. They provide on ice instruction for the new curlers. Marceau started curling in Oct. 2014. “This is a sport I would recommend to anyone. I tell you, I’m hooked.”

New Hampshire has four curling clubs: Mount Washington Valley Curling Club, Lakes Region Curling Association, Plymouth State University and the Nashua Curling Club (the oldest club in the state). Keith Force, one of the club’s original members and a Skip on his team, would like to see more curling clubs open. “You need people to run the club,” he said, “then rent or own the stones.” A set of eight curling stones can cost over $1,000 per stone (www.rookieroad.com).

The MVW Curling Club is also a member of the Grand National Curling Club, their regional association, and the United States Women’s Curling Association. Both organizations spon-

sor events, like bonspiels, which club members can participate in.

A bonspiel is a tournament for curlers, consisting of several games, usually held over two or three days. Spiel is a Dutch term for game. Neal likes the fact that you make friends from other clubs at these events. The curling bonspiels are very popular, but Valle said that the events have been cancelled in New England due to Covid concerns this year.

According to the World Curling Federation, the sport has a long history, dating back to its origin on Scotland’s icy lochs and ponds in the early 1500s.

The first recognized curling clubs and the sport’s rules were formed in Scotland.

During the 19th century the game was exported wherever Scots settled around the world in cold climates, mostly at that time in Canada, United States, Sweden, Switzerland, Norway and New Zealand. Curling was first demonstrated at the 1924 Winter Olympics, but it didn’t become an official Olympic sport until 1998. For a more detailed history of the game, the World Curling Organization gives an interesting account. https://worldcurling.org/about/history/ The curling stones have a predetermined rotation so that they curl, traveling the ice (which is where the name curling comes from. Curling stones are made of granite and weigh about 42 pounds. According to www.chaskacurlingcenter.com, curling stones come from only two quarries in the world, in Scotland and Wales. Marceau explained that the stone curls with the way you release the stone, using the handle. There is a running band underneath which leads its path.

Interestingly, the ice is not completely smooth. According to Marceau, there is a lot of prep work before the game. After the ice is cleaned with a Zamboni ice resurfacing machine, club members help mop the ice. There are miniscule water droplets that are placed and frozen to create “pebbled ice,” along the length of the sheet to help with the stone’s grip. A chemical takes the oxygen out of the ice to make it stay hard. Then, the tops of each pebble are nipped to keep them at the same height. During the game, players vigorously sweep the ice in front of the stone’s path with a broom to either change the speed or the direction of the stones.

Basically, in curling, there are two teams of four players each. The team consists of a lead player, who slides the first two stones; a second, who plays the third and fourth stones; a third, who plays the fifth and sixth stones;

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Sandwich Home Industries Announces Lecture Series Beginning in late February, Sandwich Home Industries will host three Sunday afternoon lectures at the Doris L. Benz Community Center at 18 Heard Road in Center Sandwich, NH. Each presentation will feature a prominent artisan from a special interest field.

Open to the public, lectures will begin at 4:00 pm, with doors open at 3:45.

Proof of vaccination and masks will both be required to attend. Depending on circumstances with Covid-19, lectures may be moved online – final details will be available on the gallery’s website, Facebook page and the Sandwich & Tamworth online message boards in the week prior to each event.

Sara Goodman, a juried League of NH Craftsmen textile artist, will kick off the series on February 27 with a lecture entitled “Natural Dyes – See What’s Possible.” Sara has been weaving, dyeing with natural dyes, and doing shibori for over 40 years. Today, she is also the manager of the new Natural Dye Studio at Sanborn Mills Farm. Sara will debunk some of the myths about natural color derived from plants including that the colors are drab and don’t last. Quite to the contrary! Her personal mission: to get deep, rich, brilliant and lightfast color from natural sources has been the essence of her work with textiles over the last 25 years. She will also take you on a tour of the Dye Garden and dedicated Natural Dye Studio at Sanborn Mills Farm—a working farm and craft school in Loudon, NH. The second lecture of the series, “Crafting Chairs and a Business for the Future,” will take place on Sunday, March 20 with Adam Nudd-Homeyer,

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the craftsperson and steward behind the current incarnation of Tappan Chairs, which began in Sandwich, NH in 1819.

Based in a tradition of using historic equipment dating back to the business’ earliest days, the Tappan Chairs of the 21st century blend that soul of history into an elegant and contemporary form that has proven to cross generations.

Adam will be sharing his own history with the business, as well as his vision for the company for the future and its role in the community as a benefit corporation.

The series will conclude on Sunday, April 24 with painter and sculptor Kathryn Field’s lecture “Creating Sculpture From the Ground Up.” Many people know Kathryn as a landscape painter but for the past 3 decades designing and building sculptures for public and private collections has been a core part of her artistic process. In the past year Kathryn has created a large sculpture for Betsy’s Park in Holderness, NH which will be installed this spring. This lecture will focus on how a sculpture comes into being, the process of designing, working with a client, fabricator and siting it on location.

A founding member of the League of New Hampshire Craftsmen, the Sandwich Home Industries (now known as the Center Sandwich Fine Craft Gallery) has been supporting artisans and providing crafts education for over 90 years. The Gallery will open on May 14, 2022 for the summer and fall seasons. Learn more about Sandwich Home Industries, the gallery and the lecture series at centersandwich. nhcrafts.org.

and a fourth, who plays the last two stones. The aim of the sport is to slide the stones to proper targets on the ice.

Each team has eight stones (rocks), which are sent on the ice toward a target (house), which looks like a bullseye, 150 feet away. The team closest to the target wins. This process is repeated six to ten rounds called “ends” until one team wins.

Skill is involved with the delivery of the stone down an imaginary straight line toward the target (house). Opposing teams can try to block stones (guard), knock the stones out (takeout) or try to score (draws). Sportsmanship and good conduct are an important factor in the game. Curling is sometimes referred to as “chess on ice” because of the strategy involved. That’s what Valle likes most, figuring out the best shots to make.

The team captain (the Skip) calls the shots which have the best chance for victory. Valle said that he has been the Skip on his teams “since day one.

I just absolutely love the game.” The

Vice calls the final two shots as the Skip throws the last stones. Neal likes playing Vice because she can call the shots while the Skip throws the last stones.

“You don’t have to be a great athlete to play,” said Neal. “Some people deliver it with a stick. Not everyone looks graceful on the ice. Arena curlers don’t look like Olympic curlers.”

Marceau said that anyone can curl, regardless of athletic ability. The average ages on the teams are 50-70. She said, “You mentor everyone. Players help out new people. Everyone started that way.” She also liked the fact that winning teams can take losing teams out for a drink or a bite to eat afterward. It’s great camaraderie.

Most team members play many different positions on different teams, including subs, which are always needed. Valle said, “I’m proud to say that all four members of my original team in 2011 are still with us today. This is our 10th anniversary.”

For more information, email curl@ mwvcurlingclub.org or view the website: www.mvwcurlingclub.org. You can also fi nd the club on Facebook.

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By Chef Kelly Hello once again to all my North Conway & Route 16 Foodie Friends.

Well, that crazy holiday Valentines is behind us, thankfully. It is one of those Love/Hate holidays depending on who you are and if you are single or not. I feel bad because I usually write a Valentine’s Day article most years with romantic recipes for that someone special in your lives. As a chef, those are some of my favorite meals and desserts to cook. What’s funny is that I do get a lot of feedback from readers and 95% of it is extremely positive, but Valentines for some reason brought out some haters in that they didn’t want to be reminded of the Hallmark Day that reminds them that they have no one. This year I will likely hear from the lovers who are mad they never got some new recipes, but we all know we can’t keep everyone happy all the time now, can we?

Today’s food theme is one of my all-time favorites. These recipes work well any time of year, they for a few or for a tableful, they are great for all age groups and most of these recipes can be adjusted for most specific diets, and oh yeah, did I mention they are great in the morning, afternoon or in the evening? Yup, I am talking about killer fun breakfast recipes.

So, since I am a wicked sucker for fun French Toast recipes, let’s start there. Obviously, we all started with the basics, using the usual basic sliced bread, then upgrading to maybe Texas Toast, and then a homemade thick sliced bread hopefully, which is a huge step up if I don’t mind saying so myself. Then, most would combine their eggs and milk and maybe add vanilla extract to dip their bread into before popping onto a buttered griddle. I am about to give you a whole bunch of in-

credible options of breads and creams and extras to use to build scores of different ways to make your French Toast.

Bread possibilities: always try to use homemade thick sliced bread and cakes and as dense as possible: Raisin Bread, Oatmeal, or Honey Oatmeal Bread, Sour Dough Quick Breads, such as pumpkin bread, gingerbread, banana bread, raspberry or strawberry breads, blueberry bread, peach bread, orange bread and/or combos of the fruit breads Coffee Cake, Carrot Cake, Apple Strudel, Flavored Bread Puddings, Thick fun flavored doughnuts For the egg mix: freshest of eggs, and I love to use flavored coffee creamers, such as caramel and hazelnut. I also use a variety of vanilla extract, almond extract, Grand Marnier and other fun flavors.

Syrups: maple, coconut, buttermilk, huckleberry, apricot Sauces: Nutella, caramel sauce, melted peanut butter, cookie butter, cream cheese drizzle, melted chocolate, melted jams and marmalades such as orange, raspberry, strawberry, peach Fruit: sliced bananas, strawberries, peaches, oranges. blueberries, raspberries, blackberries, Mandarin oranges, Fun Toppings: chopped pistachios, walnuts, pecans, coconut, sprinkles, chocolate, caramel, or peanut butter chocolate chips, butter, powdered sugar, whipped cream Haha, so you can see with all these options, you can have a Taste Bud Blast with your friends and family with some incredible French Toast recipes.

Without doubt, my all-time favorite is a great homemade carrot cake, or a caramel bread pudding cooked and cooled and refrigerated Since French Toast is a favorite of mind, I would like to bring up a cou-

ple of other pretty cool ideas. This one is a French Toast Bake, a recipe that is prepped the night before and come the morning, you yank it from the fridge and pop it in the oven and once the awesome smell starts circulating thru the house, your family and/or guests will be charging into the kitchen pretty darn psyched to fill the bellies.

Overnight Caramel Banana French Toast Bake with Caramel Syrup For the Caramel Banana Filling 6 tbsp butter ½ cup packed light brown sugar 3 tbsp maple syrup, the real stuff is always preferred 3 ripe bananas For the French Toast 1 lb. of a quality homemade, dense bread, maybe a good sour dough, cubed 10 large eggs 2 cups of milk or half and half 1 tbsp of vanilla extract, the real stull is always preferred 1 tsp ground cinnamon For the Homemade Caramel Syrup ½ cup butter 1 cup sugar 1 tsp fresh squeezed lemon juice ½ cup whipping cream Chopped pecans for garnish Sliced fresh bananas for garnish In a medium skillet over a medium heat, melt the butter, add the brown sugar and maple syrup. Cook while stirring for a couple of minutes until it become smooth. Remove from heat and slice the bananas over it and stir them into the mix and set aside.

Grease a 9 x 13 pan, ideally a glass pan, and add half of the cubed bread cubes to the bottom. In a large bowl, whisk the eggs, vanilla, milk or half and half, and cinnamon. Pour half the mixture over the bread cubes and then add half of the banana caramel mix on top. Add the rest of the bread cubes,

again with the rest of the egg mix and again with the last of the banana caramel mixture spread over the top. Cover with foil and let it soak overnight refrigerated. So come morning time, get the dish out of refrigeration as soon as possible. It will cook better if it goes in closer to room temp than at the temp of the refrigerator, but it’ll be awesome regardless. So, turn the oven onto 350 degrees and take the foil off the dish.

Bake uncovered for 45-60 minutes depending on how cool it was going in.

It will get very puffy and golden brown and should set up well in the middle.

While it is cooking, make the sauce.

Melt the butter in a saucepan over a medium heat and add the sugar and lemon juice. Cook while stirring constantly 5-6 minutes or until the mixture turns a caramel color. Slowly add the whipping cream stirring constantly until smooth. Once the dish is out of the oven, drizzle it with sauce and garnish with chopped pecans. Once served on plates, I usually slice fresh bananas over them as well. I usually serve with thick sliced maple bacon, even to my vegetarian sister, LOL This next recipe makes an incredibly fun and delicious breakfast treat, especially for the kids, but I have watched all generations devour them as well.

These can be loaded up with fruit too and they are great to eat on the run.

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Grab the skewers and alternate skewering French Toast bites, Canadian bacon, and your fruit. When done, sift powdered sugar over the top and lightly drizzle with syrup with the kabobs on a plate and watch those babies disappear like a Houdini trick. The kids are going to love you. Again, for the adult crowd, make your favorite French Toast with a nice thick flavored bread.

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Next on my Hit List today is a breakfast impersonation of quite possibly my all-time favorite dessert, so this breakfast is Tiramisu Pancakes. So here is the deal. I make a bunch of mini pancakes, maybe 4 inches in diameter or so, and stack them 4 high with all the usual Tiramisu ingredients in between and drizzled over the top. Uniquely Delicious!! This recipe will give you 8 stacks of 4 Tiramisu Pancakes. Making the pancakes doesn’t take a ton of time. I keep them warm in a 200-degree oven while making them. Making the filling takes a few minutes, and so does the building process. If you have 2-3 people in the kitchen putting these together, this will be a rapid-fire thing producing many three-mile smiles.

Tiramisu Pancakes For the Pancakes 8 large eggs ¾ packed cup brown sugar 6 cups buttermilk 1 cup brewed coffee, chilled 6 2/3 cups of whole wheat flour 2 tsp baking powder 1 tsp baking soda 1 tsp salt 8 tsp ground cinnamon 8 tsp ground ginger 4 tsp ground nutmeg 2 tsp ground cloves 8 tbsp unsalted butter, melted and cooled For The Filling 16 oz cream cheese at room temp 16 oz of mascarpone cheese 1 1/3 cup of confectioners’ sugar 2 tsp instant coffee granules 4 tbsp water

2 tbsp unsweetened cocoa Mixing the pancake batter really shouldn’t take any direction from me I don’t think, other than the facts of do not overmix and it’s always ok to leave it a little lumpy so long as the lumps are small. Overmixing makes the pancakes tough, and you want them light and fluffy. If you want them as I described, 4 inches or so in diameter, you should preheat your oven to 200 degrees or less and lightly spray a couple of pans with pan release spray.

If you want to make the cakes bigger, you can and quite possibly won’t need the oven, and it obviously depends on how many you are cooking for. Ideally while one is making the cakes, one should be making the easy and yummy filling. In the bowl of a standing mixer, beat the cream cheese, mascarpone cheese, and confectioners’ sugar until well combined. In a small bowl, dissolve the coffee granules in the water and then add to the cheese mixture.

Mix well.

Once ready to build, start with a warm cake on the bottom and top with a generous dollop of the cheese mixture, add another cake, another dollop and continue with a total of 4 cakes and a slightly larger dollop on the top and maybe a slight drizzle of real maple syrup and maybe in the inner layers as well. Sprinkle the top with the cocoa and serve immediately. These are awesome and serve with your favorite breakfast side.

Here is another fun oven bake dish that is based on another classic breakfast dish, this time Eggs Benedict.

Now, obviously in an oven baked Eggs Benedict dish, you certainly are NOT going to get your eggs runny and poached now, are you? However, this

dish gives you all the flavor you will love and it’s quite easy to add other ingredients if that is what you feel like.

Like the French Toast bake earlier, this can be prepped the night before, or in this case, an hour is sufficient. Depending on your crowd, this will generally feed 4 From the moment it’s set on the table, to the moment they clear their plates, they’ll be showering you with compliments! Don’t be afraid to share this easy eggs benedict recipe with friends as everyone will want to try it!

Eggs Benedict 1 package of English muffins, cut in half and cubed 1package of Canadian bacon, 6 oz 1 ½ cups of muenster cheese 8 eggs 1 ½ cups of milk ½ tsp milk ¼ tsp fresh cracked black pepper 1 packet of hollandaise sauce mix, .09 oz, prepped according to its directions 1 tbsp fresh chopped chives Ideally using a glass 3-quart casserole dish, coat with cooking spray.

Layer half of the cubed English muffin pieces, half the bacon and half the cheese on the bottom. Repeat. In a medium bowl, whisk eggs, milk, salt, and pepper. Evenly pour egg mixture over casserole and cover with aluminum foil. Refrigerate at least 1 hour or overnight. Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Bake covered casserole 30 minutes. Remove foil and continue baking 20 to 25 minutes, or until eggs are set.

Drizzle warmed hollandaise sauce over casserole, sprinkle with chives, and

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This is one of those themes I could easily write about forever. However, this is it my friends and a great one to say “See Ya” to. No intro’s, no hoopla, just that it takes about an hour or a little more and serves 8 and you will love it.

Trust Me! Hash Brown Maple Sausage Casserole 1 lb. maple pork sausage, no casings ½ cup peeled cubed sweet potatoes 2 tbsp olive oil 1 package frozen shredded hash brown potatoes, 30 oz, thawed 1 ½ cups of shredded gruyere cheese 2 cups coarsely chopped fresh kale; tough stems removed ¾ cup of fresh or frozen corn 5 large eggs, lightly beaten 2 cups of half and half cream 1 tsp salt ½ tsp black pepper Maple syrup Preheat oven to 375 degrees. In a large skillet, cook sausage and sweet potato over medium-high heat 5-7 minutes or until sausage is no longer pink,

breaking up sausage into crumbles.

Remove with a slotted spoon; drain on paper towels. Meanwhile, coat bottom of a 12-in. ovenproof skillet with oil.

Reserve 1/2 cup hash browns for topping; add remaining potatoes to skillet, pressing firmly with a spatula to form an even layer. Layer with cheese, kale and corn; top with sausage mixture and reserved hash browns. In a bowl, whisk eggs, cream, salt and pepper until blended; pour over top. Bake, uncovered, 45-55 minutes or until edges are golden brown and egg portion is set. Cover loosely with foil during the last 10 minutes if needed to prevent overbrowning. Let stand 20 minutes before serving. If desired, serve with syrup. I strongly suggest it, but that’s just me. I could put real maple syrup on just about anything!

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Forest Land Donation Protects Open Space The Chocorua Lake Conservancy (CLC) has gratefully received a donation of a 75-acre parcel of forestland off of Savary Road in Chocorua, NH. The new Browne, Greenough, VerPlanck Forest became official on December 17, 2021 with the gift of the property by the Browne, Greenough, and VerPlanck families. “With the donation of the Browne, Greenough, VerPlanck Forest to Chocorua Lake Conservancy,” family member Mason Browne says, “our three families bring a close to their 106-year stewardship of these lands. We are grateful that an organization such as Chocorua Lake Conservancy exists so that this forest can be conserved forever.”

The land will be managed as conservation open space to help protect wildlife habitat and natural resources.

Over 40 acres of the land is scrubshrub wetland habitat on the north and south side of Chocorua River. The remainder of the property is upland forest that includes a diversity of deciduous and coniferous trees, intermittent and perennial streams, and small forest openings. The land has a long history of forest management that has resulted in diverse forest structure and composition.

The parcel abuts the CLC-owned Charlotte C. Browne Woods to the west and the CLC-owned Tewksbury Reserve to the east. The new donation will add to a larger block of undeveloped forest providing important corridors for wildlife to move across the landscape from one habitat to another.

Together with the previous donation of the Theodore and Alice Browne Memorial Forest by the same families earlier this year, the property is part of a now unfragmented area extending from Chocorua Lake to the northern

portions of the Chocorua River. The gift ensures permanent protection from development, while maintaining open space for public access and forest management to benefit wildlife.

Family member Ann Teese speaks of how formative spending time in this place was for her and her family. “The property in Chocorua inspired in us a deep reverence of the land and nature,” she says. The family’s longstanding commitment to conservation guarantees that a large area of fields and forestland on the north side of Washington Hill Road will remain undeveloped. The combined roughly 310 acres of forest, fields and wetlands on both sides of the road provides a diversity of habitats supporting deer, fox, coyote, bear, turkeys, bobcats, waterfowl and a variety of nesting birds. The CLC plans to work with professionals to gather natural resource information and develop a management plan that will protect unique values and important wildlife habitat, and to explore public access and educational opportunities where possible or appropriate.

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Winter Wonderland at NH Ice Castles

By Dawn M. Bradbury There are two ways to deal with the long, cold (yet beautiful!) New Hampshire winter: Hide or embrace it whole-heartedly.

If you’re in the latter camp, then Ice Castles New Hampshire is for you.

It’s a frozen attraction located in five states: New Hampshire, Utah, Wisconsin, Minnesota and New York. Eat your heart out, Florida. The 1-acre New Hampshire castle is at 24 Clark Farm Road in North Woodstock.

The experience is built using hundreds of thousands of icicles handplaced by professional ice artists. The castles include LED-lit sculptures, frozen thrones, ice-carved tunnels, slides, fountains and more.

It takes the artists thousands of hours to construct each castle, and as the season goes on, time, weather and visitors can take a toll. The daily process consists of growing 5,000-12,000 icicles that are harvested by hand and individually sculpted into existing ice formations. The blend of icicle placement, temperatures, water volume and wind result in an ever-changing variety of formations.

“Our attendance varies by season and depends on how long the weather allows us to remain open, but even during a shorter season, we will have tens of thousands of guests visit Ice Castles in New Hampshire,” said Melissa Smuzynski, who works in marketing and public relations for Ice Castles.

Ice Castles opened in January and, weather permitting, will operate through early March. The best way to keep track of days and times is through the website: https://icecastles.com/ new-hampshire. While you can buy tickets on site, it’s best to plan ahead and grab your tickets online.

The family-friendly event operates Tuesday through Saturday but will be open on Feb. 14, Valentine’s Day, and

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Feb. 21, Presidents Day. (Note that Saturdays and Feb. 21 are currently sold out, according to the website, but check for times and availability online.) Tickets may be available on site if they’re not sold out.

The structures are made entirely from ice. Each castle is approximately 1 acre in size and consists of more than 25 million pounds. All Ice Castles sites are located next to a natural water source, so the water returns to the environment each spring to be used again by wildlife, people and plants.

The experience features frozen towers, caverns, ice slides, crawl spaces, and ice-carved thrones and tunnels. LED lights frozen inside the ice light up and change color at night. There are ice slides, tubing and sleigh rides, and a VIP event called Arctic Alcove.

Extreme cold or snowy weather conditions rarely close the event.

There may be occasional closures due to warm weather conditions or rain.

While reserved tickets are nonrefundable, if Ice Castles closes for any reason, ticket-holders will receive an au-

tomatic refund. Those who reserved in advance will automatically receive refunds if the event is closed, so make sure to include your email and phone number when reserving your tickets.

So when is the best time to go? Most people will say evening, as gauged by a completely unscientific social media poll. But according to the Ice Castles website, daytime allows visitors to appreciate the deep blues that the natural light of the sun brings out in the ice, as well as the details in the Ice Castles. At night, after sunset, LED lights illuminate Ice Castles from within.

If you time your arrival just before sunset, you might get the best of both.

Once the sun sets, the lights in the walls appear in various colors at different

levels of brightness and intensity. They also change colors at various speeds with most of them changing at a slow, gradual pace to create a magical ambiance. In Hampshire & Minnesota: The light walk outside of the Castle does contain lasers and strobe lights, so if you’re sensitive to that, be forewarned.

Most important tip: Dress warmly!

This is an outdoor winter event. Wear clothing similar to what you’d wear sledding, skiing or any other outdoor winter activity. Wear hats and gloves, and snow pants are recommended for all guests, especially if you plan to play on the ice slides and crawl through the tunnels.

Winter boots are the best footwear choice. Ice cleats (microspikes) are allowed, but they aren’t necessary. The walking surface is crushed ice and snow, and the website says it feels like walking on a sandy or gravelly beach where some places are compact, and others are several inches thick of ice/ snow. Crews work hard to make sure walking surfaces are not slippery, but weather conditions will affect the walking surface.

When you buy a ticket, you are reserving a 30-minute arrival window during which you can arrive and enter at any time. Typically, visitors will spend about a half-hour to an hour, but can stay as long as they like.

You can top off your visit at Moon Bakery concession stand, which offers hot cocoa, cinnamon buns, pretzel bites and more. No outside food or beverage is allowed.

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Ice In, Carry Out: ‘Leave No Trace’ While Ice Fishing Here in New Hampshire, recreating on our lakes doesn’t stop when the ice takes over, and neither does our need to protect them from many sources of pollution. Even under several inches to several feet of ice, lakes are susceptible to pollution from natural sources but also from a variety of winter activities that take place on them. One of the most common activities involving lakes in winter is ice fishing.

Some hardy souls trek out to face the elements with little shelter other than a thick pair of overalls and a jacket, others set up camp on the lake and use it like a second home. Whether you call them bobhouses, shanties, or ice houses, these structures allow ice anglers refuge from the elements while participating in an exciting wintertime activity. Some bobhouses are staked out in one location all season, while others are designed for mobility, allowing anglers the ability to relocate.

Whether you pack light or bring a lot of creature comforts with you, it’s important to take care with your ice-fishing gear – so that you don’t inadvertently harm the lakes you rely on for the big lunker fish. Here are some

of the common items used during a day of fishing on the ice, or generated while spending a day on the ice, and the problems they can pose for water quality and aquatic life: Lead-based tackle: State law prohibits the sale and use of lead sinkers weighing 1 ounce or less and lead jigs less than 1 inch long along their longest axis. Small lead tackle such as sinkers, sounders or jigs can be lost through the hole and sink to the lake bottom.

During the open water season loons and other waterbirds can pick these up when they swallow small pebbles from the bottom, causing lead toxicity and death. Use only non-lead-based tackle.

Plastic jigs and tube baits: These can float around the lake and wash up on beaches, causing hazards to barefoot shoreline visitors or wildlife. They can also be swallowed by a variety of birds and other wildlife. Keep track of your jigs and make sure to take out what you bring in. If you come across any of these items while out on the ice, please remove them.

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dangerous to aquatic life. Never dump bait on the ice or down a hole in the ice.

Carry it off the lake and dispose of it in the trash.

Petroleum products: A day of ice fishing can include fuel for heating, power augers, all-terrain vehicles, snowmobiles and more. Petroleum, if spilled in the lake, can be toxic to aquatic life. Petroleum can also trigger algal blooms that harm water quality.

Take the utmost care in using and storing petroleum products when you are on the ice and avoid leaks and spills.

Remember to never leave gas cans behind in your bobhouse.

Human waste: If you’ve got to go… please don’t go on the ice or down a hole in the ice. Human waste contains pathogens and bacteria that are harmful to humans and animals alike, and nutrients that are harmful to lake health. The sensible thing to do would be to bring a portable, self-containing toilet or to use a nearby bathroom to take care of personal needs.

General trash: All types of trash are generated during a day of ice fishing, including bait containers, food wrappers, beverage containers, spent fuel cans and more. Carry out what you carried on the ice and dispose of it properly. State laws prohibit any person to leave any waste on a surface water, ice over that water, or even on the banks. Importantly, when the season is over and you remove your bobhouse, remember to take with you the rope, cable tie-downs or wood blocks used to secure it in place.

Fires directly on the ice are also highly discouraged. Wood ash left after a fire contains high levels of phosphorus and other nutrients and minerals that are harmful to lake health. Phosphorus, in particular, encourages the growth of unwanted aquatic plants and algae in New Hampshire’s waters. Even small amounts of this “nutrient” can cause large increases in growth of these organisms, resulting in reduced clarity and aesthetic values of lakes and ponds.

Build fires in a fire-safe container that can be completely removed when the fire is out (including all ashes), or on approved shoreline areas where it is safe to do so, rather than on the ice.

Keep in mind that there are some restrictions to ice fishing that are regulated by New Hampshire Fish and Game (NHFG), such as how many lines per angler and not being allowed to take salmon. The NHFG Ice Fishing in NH webpage has detailed guidance on what is allowed as well as ice safety. It is also important for anglers to be aware ofNew Hampshire Fish Consumption Guidelines, which are based on certain contaminants that have been analyzed in fish tissues in the state.

Like hiking and camping, ice fishing should be a “leave no trace” activity.

For the health of our lakes and ponds, when you pack up at the end of your winter adventure on the ice, please take a moment to look around and make sure the ice is as (or more) debris-free than when you claimed your spot for some fishing fun.

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