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Ammonoosuc Community Health Services and Littleton Regional
Healthcare is supporting the 30th Annual Christmas Caring Tree Project
Littleton, NH In an effort to help
underprivileged children in our North
County community have a magical
holiday, Ammonoosuc Community
Health Services and Littleton
Regional Healthcare is supporting the
30th Annual Christmas Caring Tree
Project. This project is a joint com-
munity effort and includes support
from Ammonoosuc Community
Health Services, Littleton Regional
Healthcare, Garnet Hill, Littleton
Area Rotary Club members,
Passumpsic Savings Bank, and the

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Boys and Girls Club of the North
Country.
The Caring Trees will be located in
the lower atrium of Littleton Regional Healthcare outside the cafeteria and in the lobby of
the Medical Office Building, decorated with tags identifying children in need by first
name, age, sex, size, and each childs wish to make their holiday season a special one. Our favorite photographer caught what appears
LRH invites community members to choose a tag from the tree and purchase a special gift to be on of Santas reindeer snooping around.
to make each childs wish come true. Unwrapped gifts, including the tag/label, should be
delivered to the Boys and Girls Club in Lisbon, N.H. by Friday, December 8th. Duane Cross Photo.
Gail Clark, director of marketing and community relations at Littleton Regional
Healthcare stated, This project is very important to families in Littleton and surrounding (www.duanecrosspics.com)
towns. It would not be possible without Amy Venezia who works at Ammonoosuc
Community Health Services. Littleton Regional Healthcare, along with other area busi-
nesses, shares the gift tags with employees and community members of children who will
enjoy a gift on Christmas day. More than 300 generous supporters select tags and purchase
gifts for all of the children. NOTICE Next Deadline Thursday
Anyone interested in selecting a gift tag should stop by LRH now through December 7, Dec. 8, 2017 4:30pm
2017. Please call (603) 444-9304 or (603) 444-8245 if you have questions regarding the
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BethWeick Adventures These workshops are spon- Vermont Law School stu-
in Homesteading B-2 sored by the Vermont dents was named Region 1
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Merck Forest and Farmland, Competition champion fol-
Business News B-3 and the One World lowing rounds at Boston
Clasifieds B-6 Conservation Center. College Law School last
The Vermont Woodlands weekend. In January, VLS
Comics B-8 Association is a 501(c)(3) students Thomas Flynn
nonprofit corporation whose JD/MELP18, Miranda
Community News A-2 mission is to advocate for the Jensen JD18 and Amanda
Country Happenings B-4 Join the Vermont Woodlands Association on management, sustainability, Quinlan JD18 will advance
perpetuation, and enjoyment to compete at the National
The Curious Cat A-5 two Winter Tree Identification Walks of forests through the prac- Moot Court Competition in
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The Outside A-5 ticipants key tips that any organization with a mission competing in regional
hosted at Merck Forest and rounds of the National Moot
Restaurant Guide B-2 Farmland on Saturday, budding naturalist should to teach and to demonstrate
December 9th from 1pm- know. The Winter Tree ID the benefits of innovative, Court Competition, in its
Tek Talk. B-3 3pm. The second Winter Walks are free, open to the sustainable management of 68th year. The VLS team
went undefeated in the pre-
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Court for the District of
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Lukey and Martin Murphy.
In addition to the team win,
Quinlan picked up the prize
for Best Oral Advocate.
I have loved working with
Tom, Miranda and Amanda
over these last few months,
said Vice Dean for Students
Beth McCormack, who
coached the team. They
have an incredible work
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another throughout, con-
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presence and sportsmanship
as they did with their oral
arguments. Congratulations
to our students and to their
worthy opponents.
McCormack attributes the
teams success, in part, to the
VLS Legal Writing Program,
led by Professor Greg
Johnson, and the committed
faculty members who helped
the team practice, including
Advanced Appellate
Advocacy Professor
Elizabeth Tisher.
VLS is going to the nation-
als for the second year in a
row and has made it to at
least the semi-finals for the
last three years in a row,
said McCormack. We are
thankful for our Legal
Writing Program, which has
put Vermont Law School on
the moot court map.
The historic National Moot
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Warren Wentworth Food Pantry News
The Food Pantry was given $1,000.00 from the Make an
hangings and sculptures.
There will be face painting Offer Yard Sale held in Warren in early October. Thanks
by Springfield High School to Donna & Don Bagley, Sue Spencer, Nancy & Charlie
students and "Clown Purple" Chandler and Maggie Carr for putting it all together and
will turn her balloons into to all who donated!

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students/national-moot-
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about the Legal Writing
Program at Vermont Law
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 to get back into his car, breaking online report on the to make a difference in both

Bermans
Bermans Bits
by Dave Berman
(Thank you for reading. Your
readership is valuable to me.
You can't read forward as
you are currently 4th in
queue. Please remain at this
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utes. [Insert scratchy, repeti-
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Greetings and thanks for
joining me for another week.
Starting us off are a few
news stories you may have
missed. First, the next big
thing? Bad Axe Throwing
a business based in
Ontario, Canada is
expanding, opening its 16th
CYAN MAGENTA YELLOW BLACK (page4)
Bits
up in a similar sense of bowl-
ing where when you book a
party or a group, youre
assigned a lane. The compa-
ny says axe throwing is a
traditional Canadian back-
yard pastime that it hopes to
bring to urbanites, and they
bill the sport as Bowling
2.0. [WTOP Washington
D.C.]
Next, family values girl
power! According to Winter
Haven, Fla., police,
Stephanie Stinson, 33, told
her 15-year-old daughter she
wanted to buy some marijua-
na. Her daughter texted a 15-
year-old boy she knew who
could provide the drugs.
When they met for the deal,
police say Stinson rammed
her car into his, and sent the
boy flying over the car and
into the road. Stinsons
daughter called 911 as they
drove away. The boy was air-
lifted to a hospital with mul-
tiple injuries. Stinson and her
daughter went to the police
department the next morn-
ing, and the mother was
charged with leaving the
scene of a crash involving
injury, and contributing to
the delinquency of a minor.
[WKMG Orlando]
Finally, sign him up! The
Buffalo Bills found the
answer to their anemic rush-
ing attack on a recent Sunday
but he lacked a uniform,
or any other clothing for that
matter. A streaker who
invaded the field literally
rushed for more yards than
the entire Bills team during
their 47-10 home loss to the
New Orleans Saints. The
stats: Five Bills players car-
latest mass shooting in
Texas, but before the video
played, a video ad ran for
Simply Armed, a site for
women and guns sponsored
by the NRA. Oops!
A Pennsylvania police
department is waiving cita-
tions for some minor traffic
violations to encourage resi-
dents to donate toys for the
holidays. The St. Marys City
Police Department
announced on Facebook the
2017 St. Marys Cops for
Kids Program involves offi-
cers handing out flyers
instead of some citations for
minor traffic offenses. The
flyers call on the recipients
to drop off toys at the police
department instead of paying
fines. "In the spirit of the
holidays, we are waiving the
issuance of a citation, in
hopes that you will drop off
an unwrapped toy to our
Police Department," the fly-
ers read. "All toys will go to
areas?
A 21-year-old man wanted
for probation violations sur-
rendered at a suburban
Detroit police station after
his Facebook challenge was
metand he brought a
dozen doughnuts for offi-
cers, as promised. The sweet
gesture didn't help Michael
Zaydel. He still was sen-
tenced to 39 days in jail, a
day after walking into the
Redford Township police
department. After police
posted a "wanted" bulletin
on Facebook, Zaydel prom-
ised to turn himself in if it
received 1,000 shares, and
he taunted police by saying
he'd bring doughnuts with
him. The threshold was easi-
ly met. Sgt. Duane Gregg
says Zaydel was arrested
when he appeared at the sta-
tion with a bag of doughnuts
and a bagel. He told TV sta-
tion WXYZ that "cops like

location in Washington D.C. Stinson allegedly gave the ried a total of 15 times for 69
Its similar to the sport of teen $20 for a bag of pot and, yards. According to the
darts, but with hatchets, apparently, expected some Buffalo News, the streaker
says a company spokes- change back. The teen didnt sprinted from end zone to
woman, and its sort of set offer any and, when he tried end zone 100 yards. He
was eventually stopped by
security after he slipped on a
cutback move in an attempt
to run across the field yet
again. He was escorted off
with a yellow security jacket
to cover what needed to be
Rte. 302 (West of Lisbon) Landaff, NH covered. [Huffington Post]
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I was trying to watch a
benefit Project Gifts for Elk
County. On behalf of the
Saint Marys City Police
Department, have safe and
happy holidays!!!" Police
said they are also happy to
accept donations from resi-
dents who have not been
stopped for traffic violations.
[UPI] Local departments lis-
tening?
I am not sure what can be
done, but this tragic drug
epidemic reminds me of the
mass shootings and terrorist
attacks that are happening.
There are lots of words,
prayers, and hand-wringing,
but nothing changes. The big
question is what can be done
doughnuts," and he wanted
to reward them for any
inconvenience. Gregg got
the bagel. Did other officers
eat the doughnuts? The ser-
geant says: "No comment."
Zaydel had been wanted for
a probation violation related
to a DUI, along with other
charges. [Newser]
Finally, It is never too late
to be what you might have
been. George Eliot. (Or as I
like to say, Its never too
late until it is.
Later.

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The Adventures
of Tom & Atticus
A few years ago I stepped
away from the on-line hiking
community. It was a relation-
ship that no longer worked
for me. You see, I'd come to
the mountains to escape an
increasingly frantic world
and to recover a childhood
joy of playing in the woods,
but somewhere along the
way my ego got involved as
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- Tom Ryan Photo
into sanity which became
peace of mind which gave
birth ultimately to bliss.
The other day Atticus and I
sat on the sun-washed ledges
of South Doublehead and I
thought about this happiness
. . . this innocence. We
enjoyed the views to Mount
Washington, the Carter-
Moriah Range, the
Montablan Range, and the
Presidential Range. We
drank and Atticus ate a few
snacks and together we just
hung out for an hour and
realized this is what I'd fallen
in love with when we first
started hiking a decade ago.
Being just far enough away
from the busy-ness of society
to be embraced by the quiet
rhythms of the natural world.
A Gray Jay visited - we've
often met them, but never
encountered one on the
Doubleheads before - and I
offered him some crackers as
he perched on my backpack, When I read it, I'm remind- recommend Mary Oliver's Whats magical, some-

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we hiked peak after peak and
I posted about it on a popular
hiking website. I had started
out celebrating the internal
rewards and somehow I
began to get hooked on the
external rewards of what
others thought.
The result of this "break
up" was a renewal in my pas-
sions for the mountains. I no
longer felt the need to do
things and talk about them
quite as much. Instead I
embraced the experiences
and ignored the accomplish-
ments. During this process I
rediscovered the joy first
recovered in coming to the
mountains. Intensity evolved
and then my hand. His tiny
feet gripped my fingertips as
he ate the broken pieces of
several crackers in shared
moments of trust.
Back home on the couch
that evening I was sitting
next to Atticus, who was
happily snoring, and I was
reading Mary Oliver's latest
book of poetry, "Blue
Horses." I don't hurry
through poems. That seems
to defeat the purpose. I linger
with them and limit myself
to, at the most, a few a day.
But sometimes it turns into
only one. The one that capti-
vated me then was her "Such
Silence."
ed of what I encountered
when we first came up here
to hike on daytrips or on
weekends. And what I have
rediscovered in stepping
back from the hiking com-
munity to set our own
course, our own pace, and
fill our own needs. My
favorite line is what is shared
in the photograph but the
entire poem is poignant and
speaks to what I enjoy about
time spent on the trails, espe-
cially now that we no longer
hurry up and down or hurry
to tell someone what we did,
or think of the external as
much as the internal rewards.
Here's the entire poem. I
new book, "Blue Horses."
Then again, that's nothing
new, I enjoy all of her books.
As deep as I ever went into
the
forest
I came upon an old stone
bench, very, very old,
and around it a clearing,
and
beyond that trees taller and
older than I had ever seen.
Such silence!
It really wasnt so far from
a town, but it seemed all the
clocks in the world had
stopped counting.
So it was hard to suppose
the usualrules applied.
Sometimes theres only a
hint, a possibility.
times, has deeper roots than
reason.
I hope everyone knows
that.
I sat on the bench, waitingor
something. An angel, per-
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Or dancers with the legs of
goats.
No, I didnt see either. But
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I didnt stay long enough.
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 world; I still prefer to do the (too) well-worn in some and some planks of

Cosauke...
Adventures in
Homesteading
Once Again,
Moving a Stove
Ive gained a certain reti-
cence, or at least a guarded
prudence, for carrying heavy
things. For many years,
however, I did enjoy the
challenge of carrying
weighty loads. My short
stature found great glee at
the prospect of flexing mus-
cles and rising to challenges
generally assumed to be too
heavy, too far, or simply not
reasonable. I admit to enjoy-
ing the bragging rights con-
ferred by such exploits, and
to making the not-so-subtle
statement that a woman
Beth
Weick
of might.
But, having hauled some
heavy packs up and down
hills, having pried rock, car-
ried lumber, sledded wood,
moved cinder blocks, and on
and on and on - not to men-
tion the more unique tasks
Ryan and I have shared, such
as carrying an enamel bath-
tub into our clearing (for a
wood-fired soak), or wheel-
barrowing 3000# of mortar
mix (over the course of a
couple weeks), or negotiat-
ing dressers, bookcases, &
picnic tables through the
woods - Ive developed a
more discerning taste. I still
prefer to live well off the
beaten path, where I need
to walk a wooded trail to get
hard work myself rather than
paying for some else to sweat
in place of me. Things pref-
erences are obvious, really -
hence the hidden nook of a
homestead that Ryan and I
have chosen and created for a
home.
I am, though, judicious,
and I no longer jump like a
puppy at the prospect of
hauling heavy, awkward
objects through the woods to
our clearing. Nothing of this
sort is done on a whim, and
working smartly is of utmost
importance.
What am I leading
to? Well, winter appears to
be settling in, and thus
arrives the time to switch our
wood cookstove (used for
summer cooking) for our
winter woodstove (used for
winter heat and
cooking). Our Resolute
the house a tad cold. So just
wood stove is much-loved,
but also old - inefficient, and
places. When an acquain-
tance offered his stove, a
newer model that was used
for only a handful of years,
we recognized it as a good
opportunity right away. The
new stove even had a glass
door - an ambience detail for
which wed often pined. The
purchase was made, and the
stove stored with a friend for
the summer months.
As the cold weather
descended, Ryan and I knew
the time had come to haul the
wood stove through the
woods and into the
house. We also knew that
the surfeit of rain in the prior
weeks had left a very muddy
path. Ideally, the ground
would freeze and the condi-
tions would be ideal - but
waiting for the perfect situa-
tion to manifest might leave
keeping the house easily
a few days ago, we set about
woods...getting the stove in
and out of the truck bed was
just the warm-up for the real
effort. Pulling, pushing,
heaving once or twice, bal-
ancing, laying boards over
the worst of the mud, pulling
some more...the stove, and
us, successfully made it to
the clearing and into our
cabin with nothing worse
than wet feet.
I had feared the worst in
terms of a challenging, her-
culean effort, and by com-
parison the reality of the
move proved to be half-
pleasant. But hopefully we
wont have to repeat the
process again too soon. For
now, Ryan, I, and pooch
Mica especially, are pleas-
antly snug. The snow looks
much friendlier when the
woodstove is hooked up and
warm.

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 Tek Talk...
Of Paige Computer Services
Tech Tips, Talk & Advice For Your Computer
In this article I am going to
talk about some computer
problems that I receive e-
mail questions about, these
are;
I start my computer and
after about 5 minutes it
shuts down, why? This
can be caused by a couple
of factors; however the
most common one is over-
heating. Your computer
processor has a cooling fan
on top, if that fan is not
working properly; than the
computer will shut itself
down to protect the proces-
sor from overheating. Open
your computer case and
make sure the fan is work-
ing and there is no dust or
debris in the case that
would cause it to overheat.
If all is ok, than it would be
an indication the power
supply on your computer is
With Eli Heath
from RAM Memory to
your computers hard drive
and when needed back to
RAM. You can change the
size of your virtual memo-
ry by going to Start/My
Computer/Control Panel,
click on System/Advanced
then performance Settings,
from there you go to
Advanced and then Virtual
Memory click the Change
button, I suggest you select
System Managed Size,
click Set, then restart your
computer, Windows will
then automatically adjust
the virtual memory paging
file and you will not
receive the virtual memory
error.
When I first bought my
computer it was fast now
after time it is slow, what
will cause this? As we use
our computers some pro-
you do not need to start
with the computer, another
memory hog is Kodak
EasyShare, I suggest turn-
ing it off along with Yahoo
and AIM, if you wish to
run the programs after your
computer has started then
click the icons on the desk-
top to execute the pro-
grams. Another free pro-
gram from Microsoft is
called Autoruns you can
get that at
http://technet.microsoft.co
m / e n - data
us/sysinternals/bb963902.a
spx. It is basically like
MSCONFIG but on
steroids. If you run Norton
Antivirus, McAfee or any
other Antivirus Suites see
if there is an upgrade,
Norton 2008 is faster and
does not bog down your
system like its previous
versions, or I
recommend a free antivirus
from Microsoft called
Microsoft Security
Essential you can get it at
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security_essentials.
New Hampshires economy has
surged ahead
CONCORD, NH - National
data released this week con-
firmed New Hampshires
economy has surged ahead
of the rest of New England.
With the third-largest econo-
my in the region, New
Hampshires economic
activity expanded by 2.9 per-
cent between Q1 and Q2,
ahead of the other five New
England states, according to
from the U.S.
Commerce Departments
Bureau of Economic
Analysis. In comparison, the
regions largest economy,
Massachusetts, grew by 2.0
percent.
New Hampshires economic
growth even surpassed other
Northeastern states, like
New York and Connecticut,
which experienced a 1.2 and
1.4 percent change in real
GDP respectively.
Through a combination of
deliberate strategies around
workforce development,
corporate tax rate reduc-
and lowest poverty rate of
any state in the U.S., con-
firms New Hampshire as a
major national competitor
for business development
and expansion.
The latest data this quarter is
consistent with the upward
trend since 2011, which
shows that through 2016, the
New Hampshire economy
grew in real terms by 8.10
percent, at a compound
annual growth rate of 1.57
percent per year.
The largest real GDP growth
in 2016 came from finance,
insurance, real estate and
leasing, accounting for 24.2
percent of the GDP and 2.5
percent real growth.
Professional and business
services accounted for 11.9
percent of the GDP, with 1.6
percent real growth.
Located within the Boston
metro, southern New
Hampshire is 10 minutes
from Manchester Boston
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going bad, take it to a shop
for repair.
I work on my computer
and I get this error virtu-
al memory low, what is
that and how can I fix it?
Your computer has 3 types
of memory first type is
CPU Cache, this is the
memory that is built into
your computers processor,
it is a storage area where
your CPU keeps frequently
used data it makes the
computer perform faster
because it dos not have to
go out to distant memory
grams install and run in the
background when we turn
the computer on. A good
example is your antivirus
or instant messaging pro-
gram. You do need your
antivirus program to run
when you start your com-
puter, but you dont need
Yahoo or Aim to startup
with your computer. To
turn off programs you do
not need to start with your
computer go to Start/Run
then type MSCONFIG,
press ok select the Startup
tab, uncheck the programs
Well I hope some of these
suggestions help, and
remember if you have a
computer problem it is not
your fault, so until next
time any questions you can
e-mail me at
paigecs@gmail.com, or
visit my website and post a
message on our forum at
www.paigecomputerser-
vice.com or call 603-747-
2201, until next time
Happy Computing!
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 North Country Happenings...
Ongoing Events
arren Masonic Hall - break-
fast from 7-9 on the first
Sunday of each month. Hope
to see you there.
____________________
The Warren/Wentworth Food
Pantry, serving residents in
Warren, Wentworth and
Glencliff, is located behind
the Warren Wentworth
Ambulance Service building
and is open every Friday
from 1 p.m. - 3 p.m. For eli-
gibility information or to
make a donation, stop by or
call 764-5265. The pantry
gratefully accepts food or
monetary donations as well
as donations of personal and
household care items.
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open to the public: AMC
Pinkham Notch Visitor
Center, Route 16, Pinkham
Notch, NH. For more infor-
mation contact the AMC at
(603) 466-2727 or www.out-
doors.org.
Connecticut River Valley
For on-going events at
WREN (Womens Rural
Entrepreneurial Network) of
Bethlehem, please visit
www.wrencommunity.org or
call them at: 603-869-9736.
For ongoing schedule at
Silver Center for the Arts,
Plymouth, NH, call 603-536-
ARTS or visit them on the
web at:
www..plymouth.edu/silver
_______________________
Friends of the Library have
a We have these ongoing pro-
Conversational French group
at the Joseph Patch Library
in Warren. We meet on
Monday mornings, 9-10.
Join us! All skill levels are
welcome. For questions or
Tuesdays - T.O.P.S. (Take The Franconia Heritage of Recreation WHAT: A
off Pounds Sensibly) Weigh Museum (553 Main Street, Tapply-Thompson
in - 5 PM - 5:45 PM; Franconia, NH) is open Community Center 5K Fun
Meeting - 6 PM at Horse Saturdays from 1 to 4 p.m. Run/Walk to help us raise
Meadow Senior Center, through Columbus Day funds for Program
North Haverhill. Weekend, or other times by Scholarships for local
request. Our antique farm youth. TIME: 9:30am
equipment is on display in Registration 10:00am Race
Beekeepers Assoc meets the side yard for viewing Start WHERE: Race will
every second Thursday 7-9 any time as is the Iron begin and end at the Tapply-
PM at the Grafton County Furnace Interpretive Center. Thompson Community
extension office building, Center 30 North Main St
3855 Dartmouth Collage Bristol COST: $20 pre-reg
Hwy, North Haverhill, NH. by 12/2 $25 day of race ;
CRVBA17@gmail.com.. Kids 15 & under are $5 (no
shirt for kids can be pur-
Upcoming Events
Lots of things going on at chased separately for $10)
the Newfound Audubon North Country Chorus cele- INFO: 744-2713,
Center. For scheduled events brates its 70th Christmas ttcc@metrocast.net REGIS-
and information, please go season with three perform- TER: Dress in the holiday
to: www.nhaudubon.org. ances of J. S. Bach's spirit and get extra raffle tick-
Christmas Oratorio. They ets!!
__ will be supported by an
orchestra and soloists, all
grams: under the leadership of DECEMBER 2 FROM 9:00
French: each Monday at Musical Director, Alan AM TIL 2:00 PM. INDOOR
9 am. Rowe. FLEA MARKET,
Knitting: Saturday 7:30 pm on Friday 1 LANDAFF TOWN HALL,
mornings, 10 am December at First LANDAFF, NH
Coloring for Grown ups, Congregational Church, ANTIQUES, COL-

Brewery 745-3951, Lincoln. sign up: call Luane Clark, Wednesdays starting at 5pm. Littleton LECTIBLES, HOUSE-
www.woodstockinnNH.com coordinator, at 764-5839, or (Come when you can, leave 7:30 pm on Saturday 2 HOLD ITEMS,
____________________ the Joseph Patch Library at when you must) December at Wells River CRAFTS...MANY VEN-
Haverhill Memorial Post 764-9072. ______________________ Congregational Church DORS. SHOP THIS MAR-
5245 and their Ladies 4 pm on Sunday 3 KET FOR INTERESTING
Axillary hold their regular Wentworth Historical Fairlee Public Library fair- AND UNUSUAL GIFTS
Society meets monthly, 7:00 lee.library@gmail.com December at Peacham
monthly meeting at 7pm on tory Time Congregational Church FOR THE WHOLE FAMI-
the third Thursday of each p.m, every third Thursday, In addition to spirited cho- LY. SPONSORED BY THE
month at the VFW Post in April - Dec. at the Historical Tuesdays FRIENDS OF LANDAFF.
Society Museum in 10 am ruses, audiences will enjoy
North Haverhill. All mem- lovely chorales, many famil- CALL 603-838-6640 FOR
bers are invited to attend. Wentworth. Join us for his- Campton Historical iar to the ear as popular INFO
torical topics and stimulating Society hymn tunes. Four soloists
For all upcoming events at D conversation. The Old Town Hall in will help tell the story with
Acres - (D Acres is located at Campton poignant arias and recita- December 2 : 9:00 until
218 Streeter Woods Road in For on-going programs, con- Open, Thursdays 9 AM to 4 tives: soprano Julie Drown, noon. Make your own
Dorchester, NH.) Visit certs and events at COURT PM tenor Phil Brown, bass Holiday Wreath! Greens and
www.dacres.org. STREET ARTS, Haverhill, 529 NH Route 175 Lucas Weiss, and mezzo- wreath frame provided, $5
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To find out the on-going hap- hall.org or call 603-989- 03223 the Plymouth Historical
penings at the Squam Lakes 5500. Classes, art shows, Old Town Hall, Rt. 175, Tickets are available in Society, the workshop will be
Natural Science Center in Shakespeare in the Valley, (north of Blair Bridge Rd.)advance from at the home of Kathie and
Holderness, NH. You can Music, wide variety of pro- catamountix.org for $12 ($5 Dick Flanders at 320
call 603-968-7194 or visit gramming. Join us! (603)-536-5140 email: for students). Admission at Fairgrounds Road. Dress
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menu includes the choice of
Chowdah, half sandwich,
beverage, and dessert for
$8.00, $4.00 for children.
This years fair features a
huge variety of baked goods,
fudge, candy, crafts, pet
items, and stocking stuffers!
And the homemade
Chowdah and many desserts
are delicious. Join us for one
stop Christmas shopping and
lunch.
December 7th, were going
to welcome Low Lily, John
Whelan and Katie McNally
to the arts center for a
Holiday Celebration entitled,
the Turning of the Year.
This show, sponsored by our
friends at Good Shepherd
Parish is going to be a high-
energy, fiddle-pl;aying, foot-
stompin time. Join us if you
can. St. Kieran Community
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A Worldwide Epidemic
When we think of
Alzheimers disease, it isnt
uncommon to picture some-
one who, in the midst of con-
versing, forgets his or her
train of thought, or has trou-
ble remembering a recent
event. While this depiction is
certainly indicative of its ear-
lier stages, Alzheimers is a
progressive disease and has a
much more profound effect
on the mind over time to
the point where afflicted
individuals cannot perform
even the most basic tasks.
Alzheimers is truly a degen-
erative brain disease, and
affects millions of individu-
als worldwide. In fact, its
estimated that someone
develops Alzheimers every
66 seconds, and it is continu-
ally noted as the sixth lead-
ing cause of death in the
United States.
Many aging adults believe
that Alzheimers is simply a
normal part of aging, which
is inaccurate. As we age, our
brains also age, and there is a
degree of normal forgetful-
ness that comes along with it,
but Alzheimers is in a differ-
ent league entirely.
Alzheimers: A Closer
Look
Alzheimers is considered a
form of dementia, a group of
symptoms associated with
the loss of cognitive and
behavioral functioning,
which ultimately interfere
with daily life. There are sev-
eral forms of dementia,
including Lewy body, fron-
totemporal disorder, and vas-
cular dementia, but
Alzheimers is far and away
the most common form
accounting for nearly 80% of
dementia cases. Researchers
find that Alzheimers tends
to start ten years before the
onset of memory issues or
other cognitive problems.
However, within those ten
years, many changes take
place.
Its believed that
Alzheimers occurs when
brain cells become damaged
and, eventually, die off,
causing changes that are
wholly irreversible. There
are two primary culprits for
this brain cell damage:
plaques and tangles. Plaques
are clusters of protein frag-
ments that cluster together
and build up between nerve
cells, while tangles represent
twisted strands of the tau
protein that build up inside
of the cells. While scientists
cannot say definitively the
role that plaques and tangles
play when it comes to
Alzheimers, its thought
that they are responsible for
prohibiting communication
between nerve cells and sab-
otaging normal processes
within the cells, respectively.
Toward the beginning of
the diseases development,
these plaques and tangles
form within the areas of the
brain that facilitate learn-
ing/memory and
thinking/planning. As it pro-
gresses, these areas develop
more plaques and tangles,
but more of each also spread
to areas that conduct speech
and awareness. Its at this
stage that people begin to go
through severe changes in
personality and behavior.
And in the final stages, with
the brains cortex signifi-
cantly damaged, the ability
to communicate and recog-
nize loved ones is lost.
Treatment
Medication:
Presently, there is no cure for
Alzheimers disease. There
are, however, medications
that can help slow the pro-
gression and help manage
the diseases symptoms. The
five approved by the Food
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and Drug Administration
(FDA) include Donepezil,
Galantamine, Memantine,
Revastigmine, and
Donepezil & Memantine.
Most of these drugs work by
regulating neurotransmitters,
chemicals within the brain
that help facilitate the move-
ment of information between
neurons.
Depending on the level of
behavioral dysfunction, doc-
tors may suggest that
Alzheimers patients take
antidepressants to help con-
trol symptoms. This should
be done under close scrutiny
of a physician, as these med-
ications (as well as anti-anx-
iety or sleep medications)
can be detrimental to ones
health. There may also be a
desire to seek alternative
treatments, in the form of
natural supplements or
foods. Unlike the medica-
tions listed above, which go
through rigorous scientific
evaluation and validation by
the Food and Drug
Administration (FDA), these
alternative means of treat-
ment or symptom control are
largely unregulated and the
contents within can be harm-
ful to ones health.
Environment & Lifestyle:
While medication can help
with the biological aspects of
Alzheimers, there are steps
that you or a family caregiver
can take to make life more
comfortable for a loved one.
One of the best ways is to
control their environment in
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Lucky Jake
Continued form
our last issue
By Karin Matey the
author of My American
Horse Family and
Sebastians Adventures:
Diary of a Champion. For
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In the last episode, I
described how my friend
John and I had rescued the
abandoned and nearly starv-
ing Morgan stallion, Jake.
John who lived nearby was
caring for him as well as he
could. I was not be able to
come often myself to see the
stallion given I had six hors-
es. I needed to teach John
how to care for Jake while
we searched for a new home
for the handsome Morgan
horse. I gave John all the
instructions he would need
and could readily absorb.
John and I talked daily, and
he seemed to get better at
caring for Jake, but John told
me he was still terrified of
Jake and often tossed his
food over the stall wall and
then sprinted out of the barn.
Before long, I had
asked John to come and pick
me up and I would go over
with him to check on Jake. I
wanted to see how Jake was
doing and if he was more
relaxed since he was being
properly taken care of now.
On the way to Stark I men-
tioned to John that Jake
needed to be gelded as this
would help him become a
more docile horse. Stallions
can be quite difficult and
people with no horse experi-
ence should never try to keep
a stallion because they can be
dangerous to handle. John
told me that he needed to
find Jake a home fast since
he would not be able to take
care of Jake more than a few
months. A few months! That
was a godsend right there! I
looked at Johns face and
saw a determination to find
Jake a home and in the mean-
time care for him. But this
could not be a permanent
arrangement. I felt he knew
something else or wished to
say something else to me but
did not tell me.
When we arrived at the barn
Jake seemed to be more
relaxed. He looked up and
seemed to recognize me. I
looked at him and felt he was
not as fearful but he still kept
his distance observing every
move I made. I told John that
Jake looked better. He even
let me come a little closer
and I was able to lay my chin
carefully on his stall door
while keeping a close eye on
him.
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RustJake that we were
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s
home and he needed to be
willing to trust us and that we
only had his best interest in
mind. Jake must have felt the
sincerity of my words for he
came closer as I pulled out a
mint candy and this time as I
stuck out my hand he slowly
took the candy. Before Jake
was able to retreat back to his
guarded position at the back
of his stall, I gently let my
hand run over his neck.
Soon John was done with his
barn chores, and I saw how
seriously John took his posi-
tion of being the one caring
for Jake. On the way home, I
told John that he was doing a
fine job with Jake, but once
more John said he had to find
Jake a home fast. There was
more urgency in his voice
now. I only have so much
time to do it, he said. His
meaning was plain and yet I
felt I did not understand all
he meant.
Then John suddenly asked if
I could take the stallion and
keep him myself. I had my
own farm and family, horses,
geese, dog, and business to
take care of, and John lived
near the old farm where only
Jake now lived. No, I said,
this would be a disaster for
me and my horses. By now
my experiences with horses
had taught me many a lesson.
Jake was a stallion and for
him to establish trust again
he and I would have to spend
a lot of time together, and
besides I had female horses
and would have to lock up
Jake. My geldings used to be
stallions and I had promised
myself after experiences
with young stallions that I
would never have stallions
again. I felt this would not be
fair to Jake or my horses to
bring home another horse,
especially a young stallion. It
was not the right next chapter
in the story. It was not the
new loving permanent home
with the singular devotion
Jake needed. How that would
be arranged I did not know.
I encouraged John to contact
local shelters and I promised
that I would do the same.
After a long search and
many, many phone calls,
John phoned and told me he
had found a great place for
Jake three hours south from
Lancaster, New Hampshire,
where I live. John told me
that lucky Jake had been
accepted to come to live at
the Live and Let Live Farm
in southern New Hampshire.
We both laughed and almost
cried with relief, and said
Jake was so lucky and from
that moment on we called
him Lucky Jake. Little did
we know how well this name
would fit Jake and how lucky
he truly was, until a few
weeks later Teresa Paradis,
the owner of the facility,
made arrangements to come
and transport Lucky Jake to
her rescue farm. It was really
happening, and Jake had a
new lease on life.
It took an army of helpers to
load Lucky Jake into Teresa's
horse trailer. When he finally
was loaded safely, Teresa
told us that when Lucky Jake
arrived at the facility, he
would spend time in a round
pen to get used to his new
surroundings, before mixing
with other horses, and he
also would be gelded by a
local vet. John and I congrat-
ulated each other on the
happy development. John
went home and I didnt see
him for a while. I spoke to
Teresa Paradis on the phone,
and it seemed that Lucky
Jake had adjusted very well
and even made friends with a
barnyard rooster.
Little did I know when I said
goodbye to John that day that
we would never have a
chance to speak again. A day
came when I received sad
news. A friend of mine came
to visit me and my horses
and asked if I had heard the
news that someone had sud-
denly collapsed at a local
pizza shop in town and
passed away on the way to
the hospital. I dont think she
even knew I knew John, so it
was fortuitous to be told like
that. I asked who it was and
she said someone by the
name of John Minichiello. I
was shocked and in disbelief.
I felt tears in my eyes and
running down my cheeks for
John was such a fine person.
I suddenly saw into every-
thing that I had not been able
to read before. I understood
Johns urgency to find care
for Jake, which certainly he
must not have understood
himself in its entirety. My
instinct was correct that
something was missing when
John told me he only had a
few months to find Jake a
home. Perhaps what he did
not tell me was that he sus-
pected he only had a few
months to live and that's why
he was in a hurry to find Jake
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In that moment I knew how
lucky Lucky Jake really was.
Perhaps John had known
that he was not well and had
little time left to find Jake a
home. He did not want to
leave Jake without making
sure Jake was taken care of.
This is something Ill never
know. I was shocked at the
news, but also thankful for
Jake and for John that he
was able to fulfill his quest
of finding Lucky Jake a new
home. Yes, Lucky Jake was
lucky and blessed. Without
John, Lucky Jake would
have very likely starved to
death, or if found in the last
stages of deterioration
would have had to be put
down. Somebody might
have felt they had to shoot
him for real. Surely Jake
never would have had a sec-
ond chance in life. Now
Lucky Jake was happy and
living on Teresa Paradiss
wonderful Live and Let Live
Farm.
I often stopped to look up to
the evening sky with a smile
on my face, and remember-
ing John and Jake, say, Job
well done, John. Lucky Jake
really is lucky. After Johns
passing away, I made it a
promise to follow Jakes
path and progress and stay in
contact with Teresa Paradis
at her shelter farm. Teresa
keeps the animals until a
loving new home can be
found for them. I prayed that
someone good would adopt
Lucky Jake. I prayed that
Lucky Jake would learn to
trust again and find a new
beginning in his life with a
loving new family.
Two years later I received a
beautiful card in the mail. It
was addressed to me from a
fine woman who wrote that
55 Main Street
Lucky Jake was doing well
and that she recently had
adopted him and wanted to
personally thank John and
me for making sure that
Lucky Jake was given a sec-
ond chance in life. He had
become the love of her life
since then and with the help
of a trainer Lucky Jake was
doing so well and the two of
them had become insepara-
ble. She wanted to say per-
sonally thank you to John
and me for saving Jakes
life. She had heard about
John the sweet spirited man,
the animal lover who could
not simply look the other
way, who so desperately
wanted to see this beautiful
stallion rescued, and who
had suddenly and unexpect-
edly passed away. She want-
ed me to know that Johns
personal mission of seeing
his beautiful Morgan stallion
restored to his full health
and beauty had been
achieved.
When I first laid eyes on
Jake many years ago I knew
it would be a very difficult
journey for this young stal-
lion to ever be given a sec-
ond chance. I prayed that
one day he would find the
person that would capture
his heart so he could learn to
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trust in people again, and so
it had happened. After I read
the very warm and heartfelt
card with the great news, I
felt tears stream down my
face. Johns mission of find-
ing Lucky Jake a new home
had been fulfilled and my
prayer was answered, and
Lucky Jake had finally
found the special person that
captured his heart as he had
captured hers. With a smile,
I thought once more, Well
done, John. Yes, Lucky Jake
really is lucky.
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Coyotes Prepare
for Winter
Author:
Susie Spikol Faber
Eight years ago, my husband
and I planted 128 fruit trees
on a hillside, mostly apples,
but the back few rows
included stone fruits. Our
apples began producing with
gusto after only a few years.
We made gallons of cider
and sold bushels of heirloom
apples. But the plums have
required patience. Their
blossoms are so delicate and
our springs so unpredictable
that after eight years, there
are still varieties we have yet
to taste.
Over these eight years, we
have been loyal. We have not
eaten anyone elses plums.
This year, we were rewarded
when all five of our small
Stanley plum trees produced
dark blue fruit. By the end of
September, they had almost
ripened.
Then one morning, all the
plums were gone. At base of
the trees, I found torn and
pierced skins, and barren
pits. My later discovery of a
long, tapered blue scat,
found on a raised rock, con-
firmed my suspicion.
Eastern coyotes, I should
have known, also like to eat
plums. Canis latrans var. and
I share a similar world view.
I would have eaten all the
plums too. Greedy, some
might say, but I would
describe it as opportunistic.
Coyote researchers agree
that coyotes are fluid when it
comes to diet. They are true
localvores, eating what is
available, when it is avail-
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ote and the farmer. We are
both busy preparing for win-
ter. My family is stockpiling
food. Our root cellar is full,
the jam is put up, and dried
peaches, like slivers of the
sun, are secreted away until
the dark of winter. The coy-
otes cellar is its body. It is
fueling up on the sugar from
falls fruits, proteins from
prey and fats from seeds and
nuts. Its varied autumn diet
prepares its muscles, flesh
and even fur for the hard
winter. Its ragged summer
coat falls away and a thicker
winter coat takes its place.
With its long, coarse guard
hairs and thick undercoat,
the 30 to 50 pound canine
assumes a much heftier
appearance.
There is much for these
generalized opportunists to
eat in the fall, but its their
frequent consumption of
small rodents that lets me
forgive them for eating my
plums. In the earliest hours
of an October morning, I saw
this in action as I watched a
lone coyote pause with ears
tilted toward the ground. It
leaped forward, thrusting its
snout into a tangle of dead
grass, and came back up with
a small rodent gripped in its
jaws. If you are a fruit
farmer, a worse fate than a
coyote stealing your plums,
is a vole gnawing your
trees.
This autumns nights have
been filled with the howls
and yips of the local coyote
pack. In winter, this sound
may dwindle. Male juveniles
tend to leave in search of
their own territories and
mates, although young
females will often stay with
their parents for an addition-
al year or two. These females
will help to maintain the
packs territory, hunt larger
prey such as deer, and raise
the next litter of pups.
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years of winter tracking did I
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scattered and torn fresh
tracks laying out the tale of
its final moments, pulled
down by three coyotes.
When I returned three days
later, all that was left of the
deer was a few ribs and one
hoof.
Winter is hard on coyotes
and clearly hard on deer.
Evidence from many coyote
studies conducted through-
out the eastern United
States, show that deer are the
dominant winter food for
coyotes, but it doesnt fol-
low that coyotes are the
main reason for deer mortal-
ity. According to Will Staats,
a New Hampshire Fish and
Game regional wildlife biol-
ogist, most deer consumed
in the winter by eastern coy-
otes are winterkill or road-
kill.
As fall tips towards winter
and the night grows quiet, I
reflect on coyote and me. We
have much in common. We
eat what we can, when we
can. My family lives large
off our farm during harvest
season. We eat like kings, or
perhaps coyotes. We pack it
on ahead of winter, and
thicken our coats to endure
the cold. If I could, I would
grow my underfur too, and
howl at the night sky as my
own growing children begin
to slip away to new terrain.
Susie Spikol Faber is
Community Program
Director for the Harris
Center for Conservation
Education in Hancock, New
Hampshire. The illustration
for this column was drawn
by Adelaide Tyrol. The
Outside Story is assigned
and edited by Northern
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Nuthatches: The
Upside Down Birds
Author: Joe Rankin
Like many people who
watch birds, I have my
favorites. The nuthatches,
for instance.
Quirky little birds. Shaped
like stubby cigars, with their
short tails and thick necks.
And that disconcerting habit
explained, walking isn't
quite the correct word for
what nuthatches do. "They
look like they're walking,
but they sort of hang off the
bark by the number one toe,
also called the hallux, the
backward-pointing toe . . .
as they make their way
down. It happens so quickly.
It's a very natural movement
for them, but among birds
it's a very unique way of
walking down the side of a
tree." Tripping? Maybe
that's the word.
The nuthatch clan is estab-
lished across the northern
hemisphere's temperate
zones. In North America, the
red-breasted nuthatch, which
prefers coniferous woods, is
the most widespread. The
white-breasted likes hard-
woods. The pygmy nuthatch
inhabits the pine forests of
the western US and the
brown-headed nuthatch
resides in the pine forests of
the Southeast. Interestingly,
red-breasted nuthatches are
neering that allows wood-
peckers to chisel away with-
out banging their brains out.
Then there are the rock
nuthatches, which live in
southern Europe and Eurasia
and build houses out of mud
plastered to rock crevices.
They often press decorative
items into the facade.
Our North American
nuthatches do something
similar, but more utilitarian.
Red-breasted nuthatches col-
lect the sap of pines, firs and
spruces and paint the edges
of the entrance hole. White-
breasted nuthatches some-
times collect caterpillars
the kind with the rash-induc-
ing hairs and smear them
onto the bark. Ghalambor
has watched them do it.
Scientists theorize that both
sap and crushed caterpillars
may serve as repellants.
And why don't nuthatches
get caught in their own
sticky trap? "They fly head-
first into the hole. Straight
would come out of the hole
and almost go into a trance-
like state, holding her wings
out and swaying from side
to side," he said. Ghalambor
thinks it's possible that, from
underneath the bird's out-
spread wings and coloration The Curious Cat By
patterns make a vaguely Bear
threatening face. But no This weeks question comes
one really knows. from Betty. Do people
dream in black and white or
Quirky, absolutely. color? The answer is both. It
Interesting, very. is claimed that with the
addition of color TV a high-
Ghalambor still finds his er % dream in color than
nuthatch research subjects before color TV was intro-
fascinating. "There is some- duced. In further research,
thing about their personali- more males dream in black
ties. People find them very and white than females. The
endearing. I know they defi- claim is that more males
nitely inspired me through- have color deficiencies or
out my work for my Ph.D." are color blind, making it
harder or impossible to
Joe Rankin writes on dream in color as their mind
forestry, nature and sustain- is not aware of the colors. It
ability. He lives in Maine. is more likely that they
The illustration for this col- would visually dream the
umn was drawn by Adelaide same vision they see during
Tyrol. The Outside Story is the day. However there are
assigned and edited by some people who see color
Northern Woodlands maga- and dream in black and

CYAN MAGENTA YELLOW BLACK (Page 21)

of spending time upside
down. I wish I could do that.
Of course, I wish I could
walk up walls and hang
from the ceiling like a
gecko, too.
genetically identical across
the continent; no races or
subspecies are recognized.
The reason may be because
northern living birds decamp
en masse when the cone
in. How they do that, in
such a small entrance, and
without crashing into the
back wall of the
cavity? Well, it's a remark-
able feat of agility and fly-
white anyway.
zine, www.northernwood-
lands.org, and sponsored by
the Wellborn Ecology Fund Please send me your curi-
of New Hampshire ous questions. Remember
Charitable Foundation: well- curiosity killed the cat, but
born@nhcf.org. satisfaction brought him
back.

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But why do nuthatches walk
down the trunks of trees,
anyway?
"There's no definitive
answer to that," said
Cameron Ghalambor, a pro-
fessor of biology at
Colorado State University
who has studied red-breast-
ed nuthatches. The theory is
the birds benefit from their
different viewpoint. "You
can imagine a creeper or a
woodpecker facing the bark
of a tree and looking up in
the crevices of the bark for
food items," he said. "But
there is this unexploited
niche that you could access
if you were working your
way down the tree."
Nuthatches store seeds in
the bark of trees. Caching
seeds so they can be seen
going down the tree may
keep them safe from other
birds going up the tree, he
said. "That's a very impor-
tant part of their winter diet.
Starting in the fall they
crop fails in their boreal for- ing ability," Ghalambor said
est habitat. Some remain in admiringly.
the south, thus keeping the
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Bath, NH - Robert C. great grandchildren, and his wife Ann of Nashua, NH, Year's, Stan planned for
Ellsworth, passed away sisters, Alleda, Kathy and Richard R. Celino and wife months in advance, writing
peacefully at the age of 93,
on November 19th, in his
home with his caregivers
Shawn, Cindy, and Laura,
and his dog Gus, by his side.
He was an exceptional hus-
band, father, grandfather,
brother and friend.
Bob proudly served during
World War II in the Army Air
Corps in France and
England.
He retired from New York
Telephone as an investigator
and moved to Bath, NH,
where he built his log home
and resided with his wife,
Bev, who predeceased him in
2014.
They had a blissful 70
years of marriage.
He was a member of the
Masonic Order for many
years.
He was an avid fisherman
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OBITUARIES
Lori.
His family wishes to thank
all of his exceptional care-
givers for their love and
compassion and all of his
friends for their love and
support and also for the won-
derful hospice care that he
received.
A Celebration of Life serv-
ice will be held on April 7,
2018 with details to follow.
In memory of Bob, consid-
er donating to North Country
Hospice, 563 Cottage Street,
Littleton, NH 03561, or a
charity of your choice.
Visit Ricker Funeral Home
& Cremation Care of
Woodsville
Monroe, NH-
Thelma Celino, 92, of
Littleton Road, died at her
home on Sunday, November
19, 2017.
OBITUARIES
grandniece. Roxanne is also
survived by a number of
Jennie of Monroe, and poems, anecdotes, and say- close cousins and friends
Ronald J. Celino and wife ings for friends and family. from around the country.
Patricia of Florida; two He was a model train
grandchildren, Scott M. enthusiast, a New England Roxanne, known to many of
Celino and Tammy L. Patriots fan, a John Wayne her friends and relatives as
Celino; two great grandchil- buff, and an ardent follower Rox or Roxie, grew up in
dren, Hailee Maynard and of Star Trek. Newark, New Jersey and
Alea Tracy; two sisters-in- He leaves three sons, then attended Montclair
law, Rita McNeil and Tina Richard of North Haverhill,
Polcari both of Reading, NH, Robert of Colchester, State University with a
MA; as well as two nieces VT, and Ryan of Newbury; major in History and minor
and two nephews. his longtime companion, in Physical Education. It
A private family service Lois Tweedy; and a sister, was there that she started a
was held at the convenience Shirley Tracy of Boltonville, 50 year friendship with
of the family, along with bur-VT.
ial in the North Monroe In lieu of flowers, dona- Herb Bachman from Ocean
Cemetery. tions in his memory can be Grove, NJ. After teaching at
Visit Ricker Funeral Home made to your local cat shel- Rahway High School in
& Cremation Care of ter or to Little Rivers Rahway, NJ, she went on to
Woodsville Healthcare, Wells River, VT. graduate studies, earning an
The family would like to
Newbury, VT- thank Dr. Genereaux of MEd in Kinesiology at
Stanley S. Borkowski,, Little Rivers Healthcare, and UNC-Greenboro. In 1966
of Newbury, aged 77, a lov- the staff at DHMC, especial- she moved to Buffalo where
ing father, died November ly the Norris Cotton Cancer she taught and coached ten-
Center, and all family,
18, 2017. friends, and supporters. nis, bowling and fencing at

and pilot, enjoyed canoeing,
sailing, radio-controlled Thelma was born in
planes and boats and travel- Boston, MA on February 17,
ing. 1925, to Rene P. and Marion
(Sousa) Terry.
He had a wonderful sense
of humor and loved animals On October 6, 1946, she
and nature. married Edward J. Celino.
Bob volunteered at the Thelma and Edward moved
Bath Congregational Church from Derry, NH to Monroe
and served Meals on Wheels in 1986.
with Bev for many years. She enjoyed caring for and
They traveled extensively decorating her home.
throughout the United States, In her spare time, she did
Canada, and Mexico in their crocheting and baking.
Winnebago with their dog. Mostly, Thelma loved fam-
Survivors include his chil- ily gatherings.
dren Lynn (Jay), Lori (Lou), She is survived by her hus-
and Bob (Dianna), three band of 71 years, Edward J.
grandchildren, two step Celino of Monroe; three
grandchildren, and four step sons, Edward R. Celino and
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Stan grew up in New
Jersey, attended the Roxanne Busch of Jersey where she was the
University of Pennsylvania, Sugar Hill, NH, beloved fencing coach at TCNJ,
and married Jean Louise daughter of now deceased Trenton, NJ. In 1977 she
Caviliere in 1960 and they Morris and Evelyn Busch of started 3 years of course-
later divorced. work for her EdD at Temple
He lived in Tom's River, Newark , NJ, Farmingdale
NJ, with his wife and three NJ and San Diego, CA, University, Philadelphia,
sons and worked at PA. It was at Temple that
passed away on Sunday
American Cyanamid. morning October 8 at the she went on to be a
In 1975 Stan and his fami- Lafayette Center Genesis Teaching Assistant,
ly moved to Vermont. Assistant Professor and then
He worked as a civil engi- Healthcare Rehab facility.
neer, building inspector, and She is survived by her Academic Professional. She
zoning officer for local taught in the Kinesiology
brother Michael Busch of
municipalities. San Diego, California and Department where she also
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sense of home, developed
many close friends and
became involved in many
community activities. She
also continued her work
with Temple University until
just a year ago, as their New
England Regional
Admissions Representative.
Roxanne was an avid
sports fan, and had every
sports station Direct TV
could offer her in northern
New Hampshire. She was
also an avid reader, a collec-
tor of antiques, and a politi-
cal devotee to the
Democratic Party. Through
OBITUARIES
Roxannes name to any of
the following would be
appreciated: The Burch
House, PO Box 965,
Littleton, NH 03561, or
North County Chamber
Players (northcountrycham-
berplayers.org/product/donat
e/ ), PO Box 865,
Franconia, NH 03580, or
Second Chance Animal
Rescue ( www.second-
chancear.org/home/donate ),
1517 Meadow St. Littleton,
NH 03561, or Forest Society
( forestsociety.org/trees-not-
towers-defense-fund ), 54
Portsmouth St, Concord,
NH 03301, specify, Trees
She also treasured her
memories of traveling to
Italy.
She predeceased by her
husband Richard L. Merrill
on May 11, 1984, and her
two brothers, Buster and
Billy Fisk, who died in a
drowning accident when
they were youngsters.
She is survived by her
daughter, Debra Merrill of
Houston, TX; her son,
Douglas R. Merrill and wife
Kim of Newbury, VT; a
granddaughter, Keran
Rowell and husband Chris;
and two great grandsons,
Oliver and Parker Rowell.
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Dorothy Fisk Merrill,
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A memorial service will
be held on May 23, 2018, at
10 AM at Ricker Funeral
Home, 1 Birch Street,
Woodsville, NH.
Burial will follow in the
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Lincoln.
Roxanne was very
much a people person
who loved socializing with
all those that she met in her
local environment, in her
many road trips around the
country, and her travels
through the years. She had a
fun and enjoyable sense of
humor, found particular
value in the education
process, and cherished the
family and friends in her
life. Her brother and many
cousins will miss her very
much as she served as the
elder cousin who always
reminded them of the stories
and memories that bound
them together as a family.
Her family would like to
acknowledge all her special
friends in North Country,
with particular thanks to
Beth, Pam, and Ronnie, and
Herb and Jim from Ocean
Grove, NJ who were a sig-
nificant support especially
ing a period of failing
health, on Friday, November
17, 2017, at the Grafton
County Nursing Home,
North Haverhill, NH.
Dorothy was born in
Somerville, MA, on
February 9, 1929, to Clifton
R. and Laura (Perkins) Fisk.
On July 11, 1948, she
married Richard Lewis
Merrill.
For thirty-five years,
Dottie served as a supervi-
sor for Central Vermont
Electric Service in Bradford,
VT and had been employed
in the Rutland, VT, office of
CVPS.
She also was the
Ombudsman for the State of
Vermont from 1995-1997,
and in 1997 she received the
award as Ombudsman of the
Year.
Dottie was a tireless advo-
cate for the elderly.
She was a member of the
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