THE FIRST ANNUAL NICK GOLF CLASSIC PRESENTED BY

GREATWATERS BANK & TRUST WAS A SUCCESS!

The Nick Golf Classic is one of the two major fundraisers the Wolfeboro Area Recreation

Association has to help raise money for the operating expenses at The Nick. The committee,

chaired by Tom Bigelow, did a tremendous job organizing sponsors, players and volunteers.

The most popular volunteers were the children who helped clean clubs, give directions and high

fives as the players went out to play.

The sponsors included:

GreatWaters Bank & Trust

Wolfeboro Oil Company, Inc.

The Shops at Durgin Stables

Deb and Paul Zimmerman

Eastern Propane and Oil

Miracle Farms Landscape Contractors

Dunkin Donuts

Hole in One Sponsors included:

Trites Chevrolet Buick

Melvin Village Marina

In Kind Sponsors included:

Hill Top Signs Bald Peak Colony Club

Stephen Eldridge and Co. Nick Whitridge

Joel Kozol Lake Winnipesaukee Golf Club

Signature Events Paul Doran

Wentworth by the Sea Bill Fabri

Amanda Madden Barry Coughlin

Roger Hamblin Sam Murdough

George Murphy Eric Scott

David Przybylski, CCM Kevin Roberts, PGA

Lake Winnipesaukee Golf Club Staff

If you have any interest in volunteering for events

held at The Nick please call 569-3975

and ask for Lorri

.

THE NICK

P.O. Box 838

Wolfeboro, NH 03894

Vol. 1 Issue 2 Winter 2008P.O. Box 838, Wolfeboro, NH 03894 www.thenick.org 569-1909

Design and printing costs partially donated by Excelsior Graphics and The Kingswood Press.

NICK OF TIMESThe

LOOK WHO USED THE

NICK IN 2008

The Nick Car Show

Kingwood Regional School

Boys and Girls J.V. and Varsity Soccer

Field Hockey

Track and Field

Abenaki Boys and Girls Lacrosse

Kingswood Boys and Girls Lacrosse

Brewster Softball

Relay For Life

British Cars of NH Show of Dreams

Camp Birchmont

United Soccer

Hersey Track Meets

Regional Recreation Department Day

Water slides for kids

Wolfeboro Parks and Recreation

Lakes Region Soccer

Nick Fest

And many more and hopefully you!

Name the Newsletter winner of a $100.00

gift certificate goes to Jane Hall! The winning

name is The Nick of Times!

NAME THE NICK

NEWSLETTER CONTESTWINNER: JANE HALL

Thank you to the 80 players who

participated in the event. Golf was

followed by a brief video created by

Jennifer Haskell which gave the history of

WARA and their current project, The Nick.

An auction led by Nick Whitridge included

great seats for our local professional teams

and private golf courses in New England.

The winners of The Classic were Donald

Shure, Steve Kendall, Mike Hanson and

Fred Garnsey. Their names will be on a

plaque at The Nick and on a glass trophy in

GreatWaters Bank & Trust. The real

winners of the day are the children and

adults who participate and use The Nick.

From Left to right: Brian Underwood, Steve Kendall, Don

Shure, Fred Garnsey, Mike Hanson and Peter Alden

The American Cancer Society held their annual Relay For Life

fundraising event at The Nick once again in 2008. Each year,

teams of friends and families, coworkers and neighbors gather

at The Nick and at over 200 other locations throughout New

England to raise money to support American Cancer Society

programs and services.

Over 200 walkers participated in The Relay For Life at The Nick

on June 21-22, 2008. There were 29 teams, which included 63

cancer survivors. The event raised $82,863.

The American Cancer Society’s 2009 Relay For Life will be

held again at The Nick on June 27-28.

For more information contact

Tara Dickey at 740-0340.

AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY’S ANNUAL

RELAY FOR LIFE AT THE NICK

VOLUNTEERSNEEDED!

NICK FEST 2008

What a great day it was! There were dancers, bands, rides, races, games,

professional athletes, authors, artists, food, golf, water balloons,

talented singers, sunshine, laughter and much much more.

This second annual communittee event was a success in large part to

the over 60 generous businesses who sponsored the various events and

the more than 50 volunteers who helped. The event coordinator, Vicki

O’Dowd was thrilled with the turnout from the community of

aproxomately 1,000 people who joined in the fun.

This communittee event is one of The Nick’s two annual fundraisers,

the other being The Nick Golf Classic. O’Dowd’s committee will start

planning Nick Fest 2009 in January, if you would like to particpate and

help on the committee, volunteer that day or sponsor an event please

call Vicki at 569-1909.

NICK BIOS

Tyler RunnalsTyler plays Cal Ripken Baseball at The Nick. He also enjoys playingsoccer, tag, lacrosse, and catch with his friends there.

FAVORITES:Sport: BaseballFood: The Nick’s popcorn. “That stuff is good!”Movie: The Benchwarmers and Napoleon DynamitePastime: “I like to invite my friends over, so we can play baseball.”Nick Memory: “When I was in the playoffs with my baseball team,I had this awesome play at first base that saved about three runs.

Even though we lost, that would have to be my favorite.”

Presleigh SkelleyPresleigh plays field hockey forKingswood Regional High School atThe Nick.

FAVORITES:Sport: Field hockeyFood: SpaghettiMovie: The NotebookPastime: “Hanging out with my friends.”Nick Memory: “I went sledding with myfriends at The Nick, and it was fun. You

go pretty fast.”

SCHOLARSHIP FUND AT THE

NICK

The Wolfeboro Area Recreation Association

has had some very generous donors donate to

a Scholarship Fund. This fund is to be used

by people that may not be able to produce the

necessary fee to participate in an activity at The

Nick. If you are a friend, coach or anyone who

knows of someone that could use some

assistance please let WARA know. Please

contact our office at 569-1909.

THE SKATE PARK FINDS A

PERMANENT HOME

Several years ago, after surveying local youth, it

was decided that a skate park was needed in the

community. A group of individuals, service

organizations, and kids raised $35,000 for the

creation of the Wolfeboro Skate Park. Finding a

location was the next hurdle, and the park was

eventually erected in the parking lot of the Pop

Whalen Arena. It needed to be taken down in

the winter, and this assembly/disassembly

process was causing wear and tear on the

equipment. This year, The Nick donated a parcel

of land near its parking lot for the permanent

placement of the Skate Park. A grant from the

Lemaire Fund of the New Hampshire

Charitable Fund and a donation from the Rotary

Club of Wolfeboro allowed for the grading,

paving, fencing and set up of the park. The park

was donated to and accepted by the Town of

Wolfeboro and is now overseen by the Parks

and Rec department. If you are one of the

many people coming and going at The Nick-

you are sure to have seen all the activity at the

Skate Park!

HOW YOU CAN DONATE

WARA is a not-for-profit 501c(3) charitable organization dedicated to

providing recreational resources to the greater Wolfeboro community

primarily through the operation of The Nicholas J. Pernokas Recreation

Park. The operating budget is funded primarily through the generosity

of individuals and businesses throughout the user community.

Donations of any amount, at any time, are needed and appreciated.

Buy a Brick: You can purchase a brick for $125.00. The bricks are placed

around the flag pole at the Heart of the Park. Order forms can be picked

up at the concession stand or you can call the office 569-1909.

Sponsorship signs: Baseball field signs are 3’x 8’ and cost $350.00-

$550.00 to make and $500.00 a year rental space. Friends of The Nick

signs are 21"x 15" and cost $80.00-$160.00 to make and $250.00 a year

rental space. Signs are property of the business owner. Please call 569-

1909 and ask for Paul Tessier for more information.

Commemoratives: The two softball fields are left as commemoratives.

Please call 569-1909 and ask for Steve Hale for more information.

Founders Club: Join the Founders club and make a donation. All

checks should be made payable to

WARA and mailed to

P.O. Box 838, Wolfeboro, N.H. 03894.

Thank you for your support.

LANDSCAPING THE NICK

On a sunny September afternoon at The Nick, amidst the flurry of soccer practices and young children on theplayground, Don McBride, Sabra McBride, JoanTheve, Linda Wilberton and Rhonda Alden of The Nick Landscapingcommittee (and one member’s spouse, Larry Wilberton) planted 44 shrubs & perennials in the new flowerbedsurrounding the flagpole. This new flowerbed was identified as the first priority while creating a much largerLandscaping Master Plan for the entire park.

Beginning in February, with the help of Janet Hepburn of Maidenstone, a design was formed to build a naturalstone retaining wall to support the commemorative brick and flagpole area and create a flowerbed. The naturallyaged stones were generously donated by Gail Tinker. Thanks to the hard labor of Steve Hale, Jesse Hale, JeffTinker, Kevin French, Wyatt French, Adam Foss and Chuck Haughey to move the donated rocks to The Nickand the expertise of mason Paul Nelson the stone wall was completed ahead of schedule.

The Nick Landscaping committee was able to secure Special Projects Funding from the New Hampshire masterGardeners Association (NHMGA) to buy the soil and plants to fill the flowerbed. In all, over $10,000, in goods,services and cash, was donated from community members and organizations to bring the flowerbed plan to reality.

Elsewhere in the park dozens of daylilies are planted around the many sign posts identifying fields. Daylilies weredonated by GreatWaters Bank & Trust, and by Les Turner of Merrymeeting Daylilies.

More phases of The Landscaping Master Plan will continue in the spring with the planting of shade trees, fundedin part by the Wolfeboro Garden Club.

In more recent months, thanks to Betsy Hoffman* of Stone Gardens in North Sandwich, NH, and Bill Hoffmanof William Hoffman Landscape Architects of Yarmouth, Maine, a formal Landscape Master Plan has beencompleted. The extensive experience of both Betsy and Bill was invaluable to the members of the LandscapingCommittee to ensure an effective and economical baseline for the plan. Through input from park personnel whosee and hear the needs of the park users throughout the year, specific needs were identified for individuals,families and groups who rent, and were addressed in the plan. Don McBride and Bill Hoffman made a formalpresentation of the Landscaping Master Plan to the WARA Board of Director on November 16.

The Landscape Master Plan presents concepts for landscaping numerous areas throughout the entire park,particularly around the Hopewell Pavilion and the playgrounds, creating much desired shade for this area.Another area identified for numerous shade trees is between the four baseball fields. Other conceptual highlightsinclude shaded picnic areas, softening the view of the parking lot from within the park, bleacher seating for thetrack that also satisfies a safety issue with the large rocks along the pavilion, quiet seating areas that offer fullviews of the entire park, and expanded parking. The Landscaping Master Plan concept diagrams are available forviewing through the WARA office.

The Landscaping Committee and several members of the community are very excited and anxious to getimplementation of the Landscaping Master Plan into full swing. Recognizing this may take several seasons, it isimportant to get as much planted as quickly as resources allow, in order to meet the needs of the park users andexpand the usability of the park as a whole. If you have any ideas, or wish to donate funds or services to theimplementation of the Landscaping Master Plan at The Nick, please call and leave your name at 569-1909 or e-mail WARA@metrocast.net

(*It is with great sadness we acknowledge the December 6 passing of Betsy Hoffman. Our deepest condolencesgo out to her family and close friends.)