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Low gas prices are likely togive the economy a boost bygiving Americans some extramoney in their pockets, butthere is a flip-side to that goodnews. Catherine Corkery, chap-ter director with the NewHampshire Sierra Club says ifcheap gas means more folksbehind the wheel, it will have anegative impact on air qualityhere. She says motor vehiclesare a major source of air pollu-tion and notes it's not just NewHampshire drivers that cause it,but also those in bigger statesup wind.

"We drive more and other peo-ple in New York orMassachusetts when they drive

more," says Corkery. "All ofthat pollution ends up here."

Corkery says more driving alsomeans more cars producinggreenhouse gases, which are theprimary contributors to climatechange. She says electric andhybrid vehicles, car pooling andmass transit all provide optionsto help protect NewHampshire's climate and airquality.

Michael Green, public relationsmanager with Triple-A, says thenational average gas pricearound $2.50 per gallon is thelowest level in more than fiveyears. He says an oversupply ofoil globally is causing prices tofall, and he predicts they'll staylow for much of the new year.

"It is a pretty safe bet that gasprices will remain relativelylow throughout 2015, but afterthat, who knows," says Green."There is definitely the possi-bility U.S. oil production coulddecrease due to the fact thatcrude oil prices are so low."

Green says gas is now sellingfor less than $2 a gallon in sev-eral states, down from thisyear's peak national average of$3.70 back in April. Triple-Aestimates the average American

family is saving about $100 amonth at the pump. Green saysaltogether, Americans are sav-ing about $400 million per dayon gas.

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Northcountry News Picture Of The Week

Local Photographer Harry Wright recently published a calen-dar of some of his local pictures, with the money raised to bedonated to the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation inhonor of two youngsters close to him that have diabetes. It wasa project he did with his daughter Taylor to help her under-stand the meaning of giving and helping out a good cause.Pictured from left to right, Harry Wright, his daughter TaylorWright, and Courtney Derrington from Woodsville who is oneof the honorees of the donation. 50% will be donated to theNH Chapter of JDRF, the other 50% will be donated to theGeorgia Chapter in honor of his 11 yr old friend LanceJohnson.

If you have a photo which you think could make it as our pic-ture of the week, let us know. Email it [email protected].

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“Incessantly scouring the uni-verse (and my back yard) forthe weird, the wacky, and thethoughtful so you don’t haveto.”

I had previously asked aboutwhy the need for 5+ weeks of24/7 holiday songs on the radio(perhaps the worst momentcame when Kenny Rogers sang“My Favorite Things”). It’sover now, but how many timesdo we need to hear the samesongs over and over and overagain!!! Arrrgh!

I usually have no idea what Iwrote (or compiled) here in pre-vious weeks without areminder. When I posted sometime ago that I knew I havethree readers, people wouldwalk up to me and say, “Four.”I’d look at them, grin, nod, andthink, “Four what?” Couple thatwith a diminishing level ofhearing in one ear, and we havethe makings for some socialdisasters. I need to rememberthe Ever-lovely Miss Kim’sadvice, “Just smile and nod.”

Police in northern Wyomingsay a rifle discharged after adog apparently stepped on it,injuring a 46-year-old man.Johnson County Sheriff SteveKozisek says the bullet struckRichard L. Fipps, of Sheridan,in the arm. The injury is notlife-threatening, but Fipps isbeing treated in a hospital.Kozisek told the Sheridan Pressthat Fipps and two others werein a remote area trying to move

a vehicle that had becomestuck. Fipps was standingbeside his truck when he toldhis dog to move from the frontseat to the back seat. The sheriffsays a rifle was on the back seatand it discharged toward Fipps.(And they say pit bulls are dan-gerous....)

It’s not all bad. LoisMatykowski of Wisconsinfound her missing wedding ringin an odd place. Apparently, herdog Tucker had been keeping itsafe in his stomach for years,according to WTVR. A fewdays after the family caninefood thief got sick eating anentire popsicle – stick included– Tucker threw up. The ringsurprisingly appeared in thedog's puke. Tucker's veterinari-an told Matykowski that thepopsicle stick may have force-fully removed the ring from itsoriginal position lodged in thedog's stomach. The owner sim-ply brushed the ring with atoothbrush and toothpaste, andit looks good as new.

Field trips will be looked atmore closely, I predict. Parentsare blaming the teachers; atleast one health official is blam-ing the parents. But no matterhow many fingers are pointed,it doesn't change the fact thatthere are seven young teen girlswho went on a five-day schooltrip to Sarajevo and then report-edly came back pregnant, theInSerbia Network Foundationreports. Twenty-eight school-girls from Banja Luka went tothe Bosnia-Herzegovina capital

to sightsee and museum-hop;shortly after the girls got backhome, it was discovered thatseven of them (said to be ages13 and 14) were with child.

That’s my story.... Eric Opitz,45, who was indicted on 13counts of fraud in Philadelphiahad explained that the reason heneeded human growth hormone(that he would resell) despitebeing 6-foot-3, 450 pounds,was that he was really a dwarfand feared he would recede ifhe stopped the medication.[NJ.com]

Oh, the horror! NBC's "Today"show reported the "heartbreak"parents are feeling when theylearn that the supposedlyunique name ("wonderful, dis-tinctive, rarely heard") they hadgiven their infant in the lastyear or two (e.g., "Mason,""Liam," "Lily") actuallyappeared on BabyCenter'sannual list of most popularnames of 2014 (6th, 3rd and8th, respectively). (I wanted toname our daughter ‘Doe,’ soshe’d be Doe Berman....

A rose by any other name.... Inthe latest creative image-enhancer by a municipalsewage plant, Seattle'sBrightwater Treatment facilityis offering to rent its indoorrooms ($2,000 for eight hours)as a wedding venue. Accordingto an official, there is space for260 guests, including fullkitchen -- and the plant is reput-ed to be a "zero odor" facility.[KIRO-TV]

Either you got it or you don’t.Tommie Rose’s “council estateborn and bred” parents saythey’d have trouble paying9,000 pounds ($14,000) a yearfor him to study business at

Oxford or Cambridge. So it’s agood thing the Salford,England, 15-year-old hasalready made 14,000 pounds(almost $22.000) in his busi-ness. But school officials thinkit’s not such a good thing hisbusiness is “a black market offizzy drinks, sweets and choco-lates.” Rose transferred to theBuile Hill Visual Arts Collegeafter getting suspended from hisold school for his business, andteachers at BHVAC say it maysuspend him too. Several entre-preneurs have come out onRose’s side, including Deborah

Meaden of the BBC TV showDragon’s Den, who tweeted:“he doesn’t need a degree inBusiness.... He’s a natural.”[Manchester Evening News]

Finally, a thought for the NewYear. You want to give someonethe best gift ever? If you areabusing alcohol or other drugs,look in the mirror, admit it, andsay, “I need help.” Take the firststep. Happy New Year!

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The Adventures of Tom & Atticus

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During our first year of hikingAtticus and I climbed MountLiberty and Mount Flume onChristmas. It was a surreal eventas we left before the sun was up,then headed high into the cloudsof the two four thousand footersinto deep snow that clung to treesand made them look like mis-shapen beasts. It was frighteningand we were alone as the coldwind swept through the denseclouds and we had to watch ourstep. Civilization seemed aworld away.

Eleven miles later we returned toour little car without seeinganother soul and our newChristmas tradition had begun.Since that day in 2005, Atticusand I have been on many a moun-taintop for Christmas Eve orChristmas Day, and sometimesboth and it's never been as lonelyor as frightening as that first timewhen we stepped away from thetradition of spending the day withothers.

But some of my favoriteChristmas memories have to dowith Christmas Eve inNewburyport. We lived down-town for ten years. Right in theheart of it. By three in the after-noon on December 24 every shopand restaurant typically closed itand it could feel as lonely asthose mountaintops on our firstholiday hike. It was as if theworld had vanished right outsideour third floor window as welooked down out on the darkstorefronts.

A quarter of a mile down StateStreet there was always a majes-tic Christmas tree lit as beautiful-ly as any I'd ever seen. Each yeara new one went up and seemedgrander than the last and eachwas nearly as tall as the Federalstyle brick buildings. But onChristmas Eve no one gatherednear it but one fellow and he didit for several years. His namewas Mike, and he was one of ourtwo homeless people in town.

I have two favorite stories aboutMike. The first has to do with hishabit of often standing right out-side the Richdale convenientstore on the corner of State andPleasant, right below our largeapartment windows. Because Iwrote The Undertoad, and it wasa controversial newspaper, peo-ple who knew where I lived oftenlooked up into our windows andsince I took on some interestingcharacters, including some not-so-nice police officers (we hadnice police officers as well), Ioften kept the blinds to my win-dows closed for privacy reasons.But that only seemed to make memore mysterious for passersby.

One day Mike asked DannyMcCarthy, one of the good cops,for a couple of dollars and as heoften did, Danny gave him themoney. Mike quickly duckedinto Richdale where Danny fig-ured he was going to buy a cou-ple of hot dogs and a Coke. Butwhen Mike emerged he didn'thave any food, he had the latestissue of The Undertoad.Danny couldn't believe it andlaughed about it. "I never missan issue!" Mike said. Not manypeople did. The writing was col-orful and people always learnedsomething interesting aboutthose who led our little city.

Mike said to Danny, "I'd like tomeet the guy who writes the'Toad one day. I'd shake his handfor what he does." "You see himall the time," Danny said."Nope,never have," Mike said withoutlooking up from the paper. "Yes,you have. He walks around withthat little gray dog, Max." "Wait .. . that's him? Seriously?" Yeah,"Dan said. Then he looked uptoward my apartment across theway and pointed it out to Mike."He lives right up there behindthose shades." "What? Oh S**T!You think he's watching usnow?" Mike took a few stepsback away from the street ANDmy windows and stood againstRichdale. "You think he's watch-ing us now? One of those blindsis bent!" Danny couldn't help butlaugh and asked Mike what hewas afraid of. "I'm so screwed.I'm surprised he hasn't writtenabout me yet!" "What would youhave done where Tom Ryanwould go after you?" "I ask himif I can borrow money all the

time and he always gives it to mebut I've never paid him back!" "Ialways lend you money and youdon't pay me back either, Mike.""Yeah, but you're not the 'Toad."

Mike and I were always friendly,even if he didn't know what I didfor a living. But once he didknow he became an unofficialreporter for me, like thousands ofother Newburyporters.One late night when I saw him bythe docks on the waterfront,Mike told me the story about howhe missed his father, who haddisappeared when he was young.He was a drunk and could beunpredictably violent. But Mikesaid he was best when Mike wasa little boy and his father wouldcome home late at night afterdrinking.

Young Mike would sneak out ofbed to where his father waswatching television and eatingpeanut butter out of the jar. "He'dtell me to get another spoon andhe'd pick me up onto his lap andwe'd eat peanut butter out of thejar together. It was the best! Wedidn't talk. We just hung outtogether and during those timeshe was all mine. I've lovedpeanut butter more than anythingmy whole life. It's probablybecause of that. Well...I also likea good bottle, as you know."With that he closed his eyes andsmiled at the memory.

Later that year, when Christmasapproached, Mike would oftenpass out drunk at night beneaththe giant glowing Christmas treein Market Square. On our finalChristmas Eve in Newburyport,before we started our new moun-

tain tradition, Atticus and Iwalked through the lonely nightto see Mike sleeping on a bench,curled in a fetal position. I satdown on the bench and gentlyshook him awake."What...what?" He rubbed hiseyes and he coughed "Oh, heyTom and Atticus." (By this timeMax had died and Atticus hadbeen with me a for a few years.)"Just sleeping off a bottle ortwo."

"Mike, we won't be aroundtomorrow since we are goingdown to my dad's house inMedway. I wanted to give youyour presents tonight."

"Presents? For me? No. I . . . uh,I didn't get you anything.""Sure you did. You're one of mybest reporters. You're alwaysnice to Atticus, and your friend-ship is a gift."

Mike looked at the few presents Ihad for him. "I hate to open themand ruin the bows and wrappingpaper."

In the first he found some woolsocks. In the second some glovesand a hat. In the third was a newcoat. In the fourth was a bottle ofpeppermint schnapps. But Isaved the best for last.

Mike already had tears in hiseyes and his voice was shakingeach time he thanked me. Butwhen he opened the last presentthe tears rolled down his cheeksand he didn't know what to dowith himself so I hugged andheld him.

"Sorry, I probably stink," he said,pulling away.

"Yeah, you do, but that's okay."That Christmas Eve we sat intothe early hours of the morningnear that brightly lit tree, Mike,Atticus, and me, on a bench look-ing up at all those lights and atefrom a five pound tub of peanutbutter. Mike and I each had ourown spoons and Atticus waitednicely as we took turns offeringhim some.

In a little city where thousandshad far more than they'd everneed, there was a man withsmelling of booze and body odor,wearing a new coat, silently put-ting peanut butter in his mouthwhile savoring each spoonful.He had less than anyone else Iknew, but that night he was asrich as any of the three kings.

Whenever we've been on amountain on Christmas Eve orChristmas Day, I open up mybackpack, take out our food andwater, often play Christmas car-ols, and, if it is at night, I stringportable lights around trees orrocks. There's always a tiny jarof peanut butter at hand forAtticus and me to share, and aprayer is sent Mike's way tothank him for one of my favoriteholiday memories.

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The 2015 event will kick offwith a Meet The MushersBanquet at the Mahoosic Inn inMilan NH on Friday January16th at 6 pm. The official race

start is Saturday morning,January 17th at 9 am, also at theMahoosic Inn. On Sunday themushers will compete inPittsburg NH, and on Monday,January 19th the race will finishwith a 45-mile trail that beginsand ends at the ColebrookCountry Club in Colebrook,NH. The winner will be deter-mined by adding together thetimes required to complete eachof the 3 stages. There will alsobe a separate one-day 20-milerace in Colebrook on Mondayfor 6 and 8 dog teams. Awardswill be presented at the

Colebrook Country Club at3PM on January 19th.

The positive feedback from lastyear’s race has sparked consid-erable interest in the mushingcommunity. “This was evenharder than the Can-Am 30!”announced Peter Franke of NewDurham NH, winner of the2014 6-Dog GNWSDC Race.Dog mushers from Quebec toPennsylvania are already regis-tered to compete for this year’s$3000+ purse.

A “Meet the Mushers” dinnerwill be held on the night beforeeach stage of the race in thetowns involved. These dinnersare open to the public.Spectators may also watchcompeting teams at the desig-nated start/finish locations

The Great North Woods SledDog Challenge is generouslysponsored by Diamond PetFoods, The News and Sentinel,Northern Exposure Outfittersand WPKQ-FM and is beingpresented by North Country

Mushers with additional helpfrom the Colebrook Ski-Bees,Pittsburg Ridge Runners andWhite Mountain RidgeRunners. For more informa-tion, sponsorship opportunities,and the complete schedule ofevents please visitwww.NHStageRace.com.

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Join us for Book Group onMonday, January 12th at 10:30a.m. in Warren. We're readingJoshua Ferris' Then We Came tothe End, Copies are available atthe library or available as an MP3download from NHDownloadable Books.

From Amazon Book Reviews:It's 2001. The dot-com bubblehas burst and rolling layoffs havehit an unnamed

Chicago advertising firm sendingemployees into an escalatingsiege mentality as their numbersdwindle. As a parade of employ-ees depart, bankers boxes filledwith their personal effects, thoseleft behind raid their fallen com-rades' offices, sifting through thedetritus for the errant desk lampor Aeron chair. Written with con-fidence in the tricky-to-pull-offfirst-person plural, the collectivefishbowl perspective of the "we"voice nails the dynamics of cubi-cle culture--the deadlines, thegossip, the elaborate pranks tobreak the boredom, the joy ofdiscovering free food in the breakroom. Arch, achingly funny, andsurprisingly heartfelt, it's a viewof how your work becomes asymbiotic part of your life. Adysfunctional family of misfitsforced together and fondlyremembered as it falls apart.Praised as "the Catch-22 of thebusiness world" and "The Officemeets Kafka," I'm happy toreport that Joshua Ferris's bril-liant debut lives up to everyounce of pre-publication hypeand instantly became one of myfavorite books of the year. --BradThomas Parsons

Registration will open the firstweek of January for the 2015Becoming an Outdoors-Woman(BOW) Winter Workshop, aone-day program where womencan learn outdoor skills to enjoyduring the winter months.

The workshop will be held onSaturday, February 14, 2015, atthe New Hampshire Fish andGame Department’s Owl BrookHunter Education Center inHolderness, N.H.

A fee of $55 covers the work-shop, lunch and most equip-ment use. New this year, a dis-counted registration fee of $25applies to participants age 18-25. You must be at least 18years old to take part in BOWprograms.

A brochure describing theworkshop is currently availableat http://www.nhbow.com.Registration forms for the win-ter workshop will be posted onJanuary 2, 2015. If you areinterested in attending, pleasevisit the N.H. BOW program’swebsite athttp://www.nhbow.com onJanuary 2, or soon after, andprint out the registration formand mail it in right away.

Winter BOW participantschoose a single outdoor activity

to explore during the daylongworkshop. Five differentoptions are offered: Women canlearn how to ice-fish, explorewinter outdoor survival skills,track wildlife on snowshoes, trysnowmobiling (beginners only)or experience the popular ’Shoeand Shoot class (woodland tar-get shooting on snowshoes).

New Hampshire BOW pro-grams are co-sponsored by theNew Hampshire Fish and GameDepartment and the NewHampshire Wildlife Federation(http://www.nhwf.org), a non-profit group that advocates forthe promotion and protection ofhunting, fishing and trapping,as well as the conservation offish and wildlife habitat.

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A new system is in place for issu-ing Bear Guide Permits underrules adopted today by the NewHampshire Fish and GameDepartment. The rules increasethe number of bear guide permitsissued annually to a total of 50.

The rules establish a two-tier sys-tem for bear guide permits:

- For one group (Group A),permits are grandfathered, andeligibility continues from year toyear in accordance with thenewly adopted rules. Initial eligi-bility is based on having held abear guide permit five or moreyears of the past thirteen. Lettersinforming those eligible forGroup A permits are being sentout now.

- The second tier of permits(Group B) will be awardedthrough a random drawing fromthe pool of eligible applicants.

Based on Department records, 38guides are eligible for Group Apermits. A waiting list for GroupA permits will be established,based upon the number of years aguide applies for Group B per-mits.

Applications for both Group Aand Group B bear guide permitsmust be received at Fish andGame Headquarters in Concord,N.H., no earlier than January 4,

2015 and no later than 4:00 p.m.on January 16, 2015. Print-and-mail applications are available onthe Fish and Game website athttp://wildnh.com/Licensing/license_forms/APP_Permit_to_Guide_Bear.pdf, or call 603-271-2461to request an application.

In order to be selected for a bearguide permit, applicants mustalso be a licensed NewHampshire hunting guide. Fishand Game encourages all poten-tial applicants to submit their2015 N.H. hunting guide licenseapplications as soon as possible;these applications are currentlybeing processed on a rollingbasis.

"We have worked with our con-stituents and the Fish and GameCommission over many monthsto ensure that the new processallows us to meet the needs of theguides while sustaining our abili-ty to properly manage our bearpopulation," said WildlifeDivision Chief MarkEllingwood.

Previously, bear guide permitswere given out on a first-come,first-serve basis. In recent years,that has resulted in applicantsstanding in line outside the Fishand Game Department for hoursor even days for a chance to get apermit. "We’d like to think thatthe new system is not only order-ly and fair, but a good compro-mise that will serve everyone inthe process well," saidEllingwood.

RINO Treachery In The NewHampshire House

During the recent election forSpeaker of The New HampshireHouse of Representatives, theRepublican In Name Only mem-bers of that body conspired withthe Democrat members to elect

Proposed Trail Changes to Mt. Cardigan

The Department of Resourcesand Economic Development isseeking public comment andinput regarding proposed trailchanges on Cardigan MountainState Forest.

The trail changes, proposed bythe Appalachian Mountain Club(AMC), would include perma-nent closure of the HurricaneGap Trail. The trail, which cur-rently connects the South RidgeTrail and Clark Trail, would beformally replaced by a shorterspur trail connected from theClark Trail, above the currentHurricane Gap trail junction.

Built in 1931, the HurricaneGap Trail on the south side ofMt. Cardigan has been tradi-tionally used mainly to serveaccess to the AMC’s “HighCabin”. The new spur trail fromthe Clark Trail would no longerallow for access to the cabinfrom the South Ridge Trail.

This change is motivated by thedeep erosion and drainageissues that have developed overtime on the Hurricane GapTrail, which could likely not bestabilized to a point that it

would be feasible to maintainagain. As part of the AMC’sproposal, some stabilizationwork on the Hurricane GapTrail would need to take placein order to prevent furtherwash-off from affecting theClark Trail, even with the trailclosure.

The department is solicitingcomments about the proposedchange before making a finaldecision. Written comments canbe emailed [email protected] ormailed to the Dept. ofResources & EconomicDevelopment, Mt. CardiganComments, PO Box 1856,Concord, NH 03302. The dead-line for written comment isJanuary 23, 2015.

The Division of Parks andRecreation, one of four withinthe Department of Resourcesand Economic Development, iscomprised of the Bureau ofPark Operations, Bureau ofHistoric Sites, Bureau of Trails,and Cannon Mountain.

To learn more, visitwww.nhstateparks.org or call603/271-3556.

Side Effects of Heroin, OpiateEpidemics on NH Families

The numbers tell the story.

In the past decade, the GraniteState has seen a 90 percentincrease in people seekingstate-funded treatment for hero-in abuse, and a fivefoldincrease for prescription opiateabuse.

Carol Sobelson, a clinicalsocial worker and board mem-ber with the NationalAssociation of Social Workers(NASW) New Hampshire, saysthe average age of first heroinuse is now 23, and the trend ishaving a devastating impact onNew Hampshire families.

"I'm seeing more and moregrandparents having to takecare of grandchildren, becausetheir children are in jail, theirchildren are incompetentbecause of their drug use," sherelates. "So, we have 80-year-olds, you know, raising 5-year-olds."

Sobelson says one encouragingdevelopment is a new drugcalled Suboxone, available byprescription so it can be self-administered, allowing peopleto get back to work. Over time,she says doctors reduce thedosage so it doesn't have to betaken long-term.

Sobelson says one challengefor heroin addicts being treatedwith methadone is that there areonly six clinics in the state. Thatcan mean long drives to facili-ties that have limited hours, soshe says it's harder to keep ajob while undergoingmethadone treatment.

"The treatment centers, theygive it out and they're paid togive it out and so, they don'treally have an incentive to getpeople to work down, in termsof their amount that they're tak-ing," she explains.

While grandparents bear muchof the brunt of younger familymembers' opiate abuse,Sobelson says they can alsotake a major step in prevention,by locking up any painkillersthey have at home.

"If your grandchildren are vis-iting, make sure you've takenyour narcotics out of the medi-cine cabinet, because that'soften where young people firstfind them," she stresses.

Sobelson says more than100,000 people in NewHampshire meet the treatmentcriteria for substance abuse,and local teen and early-adultsubstance abuse dependencerates are among the highest inthe nation.

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Shawn Jasper as Speaker forthe upcoming legislative ses-sion. Once more, because theyare cowards, they insisted upona secret ballot, so they couldnot be held accountable for thisdisgraceful behavior.

I encourage everyone todemand that your State Rep todisclose how they voted in thismatter and, if appropriate, holdthem accountable if and whenthey stand for re-election. Ithink that it is safe to assumethat anyone who refuses toanswer this question was partof the conspiracy.

Russell T. CumbeeFranconia, NH

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On-Going Events Streeter Woods Road inDorchester, NH.) Visitwww.dacres.org.-----------------------------------------If you have any talent at all, comejoin us on Thursday Evenings,Open Mic Night, at theGreenhouse Restaurant in Warren,NH. Come by to listen or join in!Junction of Routes 25 & 25-C inWarren, NH. Support our areamusicians. Come join us!-----------------------------------------To find out the on-going happen-ings at the Squam Lakes NaturalScience Center in Holderness,NH. You can call 603-968-7194 orvisit them online at: www.nhna-ture.org-----------------------------------------To find out the on-going happen-ings at the AMC Pinkham NotchCenter where programs are free &open to the public: AMC PinkhamNotch Visitor Center, Route 16,Pinkham Notch, NH. For moreinformation contact the AMC at(603) 466-2727 or www.out-doors.org.-----------------------------------------For on-going events at WREN(Women's Rural EntrepreneurialNetwork) of Bethlehem, pleasevisit www.wrencommunity.org orcall them at: 603-869-9736.-----------------------------------------For ongoing schedule at SilverCenter for the Arts, Plymouth,NH, call 603-536-ARTS or visitthem on the web at: www..plymouth.edu/silver-----------------------------------------Friends of the Library have estab-lishing a Conversational Frenchgroup at the Joseph Patch Library

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Join the Campton ConservationCommission for a walk aroundthe frozen Bog on Sunday,February 1 from 2-4pm. We willlook for tracks to see who's beenthere before us! Participants canpark along Beech Hill Road, nearthe dam. Please RSVP by January29th by calling 726-4741 or email:conservationcommission@camp-tonnh.org.-----------------------------------------The Bath Public Library is hosting“Four Writers….One Evening”on Thursday, January 8th from6 to 8 p.m. at the Bath PublicLibrary. Please join us for a read-ing, book signing and meet-and–greet with four female writers infour very different genres.Katherine Ferrier: Poet, “How WeShare the Sky”; Leah Carer:Personal development, “You AreNot Alone”; Cathy Strasser:Mystery, “An Uncertain Grave”;Susan Ann Wall: Romance, ThePuget Sound series. Hot chocolateand cookies will be served. This isthe first of Bath’s 250th TownCelebration events. Please call thelibrary for more information (603)747-3372

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Buy Your Voluntary Hike Safe Card!_______________________________________________________________New for 2015, voluntary HikeSafe Cards are available fromthe New Hampshire Fish andGame Department. Purchasethe card online athttp://www.wildnh.com/safe tosupport Fish and Game searchand rescue efforts and beexempt from liability for repay-ing search and rescue costs inNew Hampshire (unless causedby reckless or intentionalbehavior). The cards may onlybe purchased online; they arenot available from agents. HikeSafe Cards cost $25 for an indi-

vidual, or $35 for a family (par-ents and minor children), andare good through the end of thecalendar year.

Whatever outdoor activity youenjoy – hiking, biking, pad-dling, cross country skiing, orwalking the nature trails in yourtown, the Hike Safe Card isyour back-up plan for the greatoutdoors. Most importantly,proceeds from card sales godirectly to support Fish andGame’s search and rescue activ-ities.

Avid hiker and AppalachianMountain Club volunteerDolores Rebolledo of Stratham,N.H., was one of the first to buya 2015 Hike Safe Card.Rebolledo has hiked all thefour-thousand footers in New

England, is certified inWilderness First Aid, andrecords her adventures on herhiking blog. “It is exciting to beamong the first to purchase aHike Safe Card. As an experi-enced White Mountain hiker, Istep on the trail prepared, but Iappreciate the assurance thecard gives me year-roundshould something happen thatrequires rescue. And, purchas-ing the card supports the excep-tional N.H. Fish and Game menand women who risk their livesto rescue and recover.”

Through a provision of the lawthat established the Hike SafeCard, people who possess avalid N.H. hunting or fishinglicense, or a current registrationfor an off-highway recreationalvehicle, snowmobile or boat,

will be exempt from repayingrescue costs due to negligence,without buying the card.

Funds raised through sale of thehike safe cards go to Fish andGame’s Search and RescueFund, with the exception of a$3 transaction fee. Just howmuch the card will bring in forthe Department is unknown atthis point. “Since the card isvoluntary, it’s too soon to sayhow much it will generate,”said Fish and Game ExecutiveDirector Glenn Normandeau.“It will contribute some rev-enue to the Search and RescueFund going forward, which isimportant.”

In recent years (2011-2013),Fish and Game has conductedan average of about 180 searchand rescue missions each year.Under state law, the Fish andGame Department can pursuereimbursement for rescue costsif the person rescued is deemedto have acted negligently. Inpractice, it has proven difficultto recoup costs in this way.

Fish and Game’s search andrescue activities are supportedby a $1 fee collected for eachboat, snowmobile and OHRVregistered in New Hampshire.That typically brings inupwards of $180,000 a year.

Over the last several years,annual search and rescueexpenditures ($350,000+) haveexceeded revenues, adding tothe Department’s growingdeficit.

Normandeau noted thatalthough the Hike Safe Card isa positive development – and hehopes lots of people will opt tobuy them – the new programdoes not alleviate the Fish andGame Department’s widerfunding crisis. “The card is astep in the right direction,because it creates a means forthe broader public that relies onFish and Game services to helppay for those services,” saidNormandeau. “It is certainlynot a cure-all, though. Thedeficit in the Search and RescueFund contributes to a muchlarger funding dilemma thatFish and Game faces.”

Learn more about the Hike SafeCard and see Frequently AskedQuestions about the card athttp://www.wildnh.com/safe.While you’re there, why notbuy a card for 2015!

The New Hampshire Fish andGame Department is theguardian of the state’s fish,wildlife and marine resourcesand their habitats. Visithttp://www.wildnh.com.

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Electricians

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Septic Services

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Surveying Timber Harvesting / Tree Work

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NorthcountryNews

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Keeping The Farm In The Family_______

Tek Talk...With Eli Heath Of Paige Computer Services

Tech Tips, Talk & Advice For Your Computer

Due to the tremendous generosity of local donors, theWarren/Wentworth Food Pantry was able to give out won-derful holiday bags and hams this year. Thanks to all!

The Warren Village School Student Council’s Food Drive was ahuge success this year. They collected 500 items to help makethe holiday food pick-up that much more special. Thanks toMrs. Parsons and everyone who donated non-perishable fooditems.

WALKER MOTOR SALES, INC.RT. 10 • WOODSVILLE, NH

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There have been many newsspecials and stories about pro-tecting your children while theyare on the internet and whatparents should do to make surf-ing the internet a safe place fortheir children. The Internet canbe a safe environment for chil-dren to surf if certain guidelinesare established between the par-ents and children.

The internet is not evil; I’veheard people say that they areafraid of what may happen ifthey go on the internet. Whenyou go on the internet it opens awhole new world of adventureand communication. I compare

surfing the internet to driving acar, know where you are going,am aware of where you are, andkeep your eyes open to any hid-den dangers that may comeyour way. There is inappropri-ate material on the internet, andthere have been cases wherechildren have been victimizedby serious crime from the inter-net. Children can greatly reducethe risks by following somesimple guidelines.

1. Never give out person-nel information—homeaddress, school, name or tele-phone number or e-mail—in apublic chat, message or bulletin

board, that information is avail-able for all to see not only yourfriends. Think carefully beforerevealing your age, marital sta-tus or financial information.2. Get to know what serv-ice your child is using. Is itFacebook.com or another web-site? If you don’t know logonand have your child show youwhere they go. Find out whatinformation the site offers, whatcontent is available and anyways to block objectionablematerial. 3. Never respond to mes-sages that are obscene or sug-gestive, belligerent, threaten-ing, or make you feel uncom-fortable. Encourage your chil-dren to tell you if theyencounter such messages. Ifyou or your child shouldreceive such messages forwardthose to your internet serviceprovider so appropriate actioncan be taken.4. Never allow a child toarrange a face to face meetingwith another computer userwithout parent’s permission. Ifa meeting is arranged make it apublic spot, and be sure you gowith your child. 5. Be aware people arenot always what they seem tobe on the internet. What mayappear to be a innocent conver-sation between your child andanother child may be a 40 yearold man posing as a child.6. Remember if it seemstoo good to be true on the inter-net it probably isn’t true.7. Log your child’s chatconversation. Yahoo and AIMallow you to save a copy of thechat log to the computer. That isimportant should the informa-tion be needed to prosecute apotential suspect. Should yourchildren complain about thereprivacy, sit down and talk tothem, explain why it is impor-tant and the dangers lurking onthe internet.8. Have the computerlocated in the family roomwhere you can monitor yourchild’s internet activity.

There are several commercialcomputer programs that can bepurchased that will help moni-tor and protect your childrenwhile on the internet. There isNet Nanny from www.netnan-ny.com or Cyber Patrol fromwww.cyberpatrol.com. Have awritten contract with your chil-dren on Internet Do’s andDon’ts, one may be found onwww.missingkids.com.I hope this information will behelpful so you and your chil-dren can surf the internet with afeeling of security.

Farm Estate and SuccessionWorkshop January 14

Planning to keep a farm in thefamily has become more diffi-cult than ever, with issues suchas estate tax laws, businesstransfer risk, and social securitybenefits vexing both youngerand older generations.

UNH Cooperative Extensionand USDA Risk ManagementAgency will hold a workshopfor farm families dealing withthese issues on Wednesday,January 14, in Concord. Thesession will explore the many

financial considerations thatcome into play when bringingthe next generation into yourfarm business.

“If you’re confused by thechanges in estate tax laws andbewildered about what steps totake to plan for retirement whilepassing a working farm on toyounger family members, thisis a must-attend workshop,”said Mike Sciabarrasi, agricul-tural business management spe-cialist at CooperativeExtension. “The younger gener-ation, while very optimistic,questions how they can ever getinto farming. What options dothey have for carrying on thefamily business?”

The workshop will be held atthe Holiday Inn, 172 NorthMain Street, Concord. The pro-gram begins at 9 a.m. and willend by 3:30 p.m. Registration is$30 per person, with lunchincluded. Preregister beforeJanuary 12 athttp://tinyurl.com/NHSFFC15.

For more information, contactMike Sciabarrasi at 603-862-3234 or go to “UpcomingWorkshops & Meetings” atextension.unh.edu/Agriculture

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Registration Open For Women’s Fly Tying Course___________Coösauke...

Adventures in Homesteading

Beth Weick

Paths in the Snow

Walking home in the dark, headdown against the snow whippedup by the wind, fading head-lamp offering a dim pool oflight to guide my feet, stormclouds negating any moonlightthat might have aided my steps:I surely have a case of tunnel-vision in the extreme. It’s bare-ly evening, but the short dayshave it looking like late night.The snow beneath my snow-boots is packed hard in a nar-row track, more ice than pow-der. A mis-step and I post-holeoff the beaten path to regain mycourse. The headlamp flickers.I’ve already pushed these bat-teries pretty far, and consider-ing its subfuscous light, walk-ing in the dark doesn’t seemlike a radical change.

Now it’s about feel, and memo-ry, and intuition. I’ve walkedthis way for the better part ofthree years now - with a rota-tion of mud, puddles, leaves,ice, and snow beneath my feet.I know the subtle bends andbumps, the clearings, and theopenings in the treetops. Yes,in some ways it’s differentevery day - the weather, thehour, the season, the emotionsof the day. Yet, too, it’s alsolike slipping into a well-wornpair of shoes, or holding a handyou know so well.

So it was on this occasion. Thehard-packed snow and ice leadmy feet as much as my memory.I’ve no choice but to walkwhere I mean to go. A step outof line and I sink into the drifts,snow coming in my boots.Before my eyes adjust to thecomplete darkness, I walkblindly forward.

I imagine the various pathsleading to the cabin, to the shed,to the woodpile, to our “refrig-erator” cooler...a well-trodmaze that depicts the windingsand the predictable whims ofour days. Our habits and choic-es etched into the snow; ourdecisions drawn on the winterylandscape for us to contemplateand repeat so long as the seasonendures.

If, after that first deep snowfall,we take a round-about path tothe woodpile to pick up anerrant tree limb that blew downin the wind, or track out ourwalk to the property too close tothe road edge (where tree bowsweighted with snow can showerus with accumulated powderafter future storms - well, we’rehard pressed to re-write ourchoices as the season continues.Only once the change in weath-er erases our record, do we re-create our living history.

By the end of the walk on this

particular evening, the trail hasled me to the cabin. The smellof a wood fire, and light reflect-ing out the windows onto thesnow outside are ample proofthat Ryan is home already.With heat and light and compa-ny, the cabin is engaged in it’sdaily transformation fromhouse to home. And as thewell-worn impression writtenin the snow by weeks of traips-ing away from home and backagain would illustrate, thishome is a decision we makerepeatedly. Gladly, lovingly, byday and by night, by light or indarkness, we continue to rein-force our tether to this place atwhich we smile to call home.

There’s no ignoring winter, butSpring will be here before weknow it. Contact Beth [email protected] for allyour garden needs: annual,perennial, herbal, orchard, orornamental (see BusinessDirectory listing under ‘GardenDesign & Services’).

Women who enjoy fly-fishingand are interested in a new win-ter hobby can sign up for a fly-tying course with master flytiers Jim and Kris Riccardi. TheN.H. Becoming an OutdoorsWoman (BOW) Program andthe New Hampshire Fish andGame Department’s Let’s GoFishing Program are teamingup to offer the course, whichwill be held from 6:00 p.m. to9:00 p.m. on Wednesdayevenings from January 28through February 25, 2015, atN.H. Fish and Game headquar-ters, 11 Hazen Drive, Concord,N.H. Participants must attendall five sessions.

A brochure and mail-in registra-tion form for the fly tyingcourse are available athttp://www.nhbow.com. Youcan also email [email protected] or call 603-271-3212 to request an applica-tion. Registration is first-come,first-served. If you are interest-ed, sign up soon, as the courseis limited to 12 participants.The fee for the course is $80,which is due with registrationand includes all equipment,materials and instruction.

While learning to tie several flypatterns, participants will be

taught about the basic equip-ment and materials necessary totie flies, common patterns andwhat they imitate. Instructorswill also discuss insect anatomyand explain why a particular flyis used.

Course instructors Jim and KrisRiccardi are master fly tiers andveteran Let’s Go Fishing flyfishing instructors. They havebeen involved in Let’s GoFishing and BOW programs formore than 14 years.

New Hampshire's Becoming anOutdoors-Woman program isco-sponsored by the NewHampshire Fish and GameD e p a r t m e n t(http://www.WildNH.com) andthe New Hampshire WildlifeF e d e r a t i o n(http://www.nhwf.org).

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