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Town NewsEvents CalendarFamily Barn Dance to Kick Off New School Year!
Friday, September 147:30 – 10:00 p.m.High Mowing School, at the top of Abbot Hill222 Isaac Frye Highway, Wilton654-2391Musicians: Mary DesRosiers, caller / Bo Bradham, fiddle / Gordon Peery, pianoAdmission: $5/person; Students with ID: no charge; Maximum cost: $15/familyNo experience necessary — hope to see you there!
New Members Welcome at Amherst Junior Women’s Club
The Amherst Junior Women’s Club is actively seeking new members. Any woman over the age of 21 who is a resident of the Amherst area is eligible to join. Mem-bers of the AJWC volunteer their time, energy and talent to enhance the communi-ty. The club’s mission is to focus efforts on civic needs, educational advancement and the less fortunate. For more information, please contact membership chair-woman Kathy Wason at [email protected].
Monthly Lyme Disease Support Group at HSCC!Nashua --The Holistic Self Care Center, located at 12 Murphy Drive, Nashua
invites you to a free monthly Lyme Disease Support Group on Tuesday, Septem-ber 4th from 6:30 - 7:30 pm. Come and meet with others in the area who have recently been diagnosed or who have been living with this disease for some time to share stories, experiences and information with each other. No one should feel alone in fighting Lyme Disease and this group is here to support you. Join us and become part of a family that can help others in the fight against this ever-grow-ing disease in New England. This support group is free of charge and will meet the 1st Tuesday of each month. For more information please call 883-1490. Website: www.thehsccenter.com or email [email protected].
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“Mosquitoes can breed in very small amounts of water that is stagnant for more than five days,” Lockwood said. “Some kinds of mosquitoes breed in containers such as buckets, potted plant trays and garbage cans and can breed in water that collects in trash, such as old tires, tin cans, styro-foam cups and yogurt cups. Some prefer to breed in marshes, flood plains, backed-up ditches, mud puddles and small ponds less than a foot deep with emerging vegetation.” Bodies of water that are usually not a concern for breeding mosquitoes include permanent ponds, streams, moving bodies of water or any water with existing fish populations.
“The two most useful methods for mosquito surveillance are traps for adult mosquitoes and dip sampling for larval mosquitoes. Adult mosqui-toes are usually trapped using battery-powered light traps baited with CO2,” Lockwood said. “The traps are generally set up on a regular sched-ule at designated areas, but may be moved around to investigate potential problem areas. Once a local mosquito species is identified, you can usu-ally determine the source of the mosquito based on its breeding and flight habits.”
In addition to a contracted professional mosquito surveillance and re-sponse plan, public education is an important tool in combating West Nile virus and EEE, because the types of mosquitoes most likely to carry it are those that breed in containers found around the home. “A big part of the battle to control mosquitoes lies with community residents” Lockwood
said. “Citizens need to know how to prevent mosquitoes from breeding in
their yards by turning over or removing containers that collect rainwater such as old tires, potted plant trays, boats, buckets and toys. Birdbaths and wading pools should be cleaned once a week,” Lockwood said. “Roof gut-ters and downspout screens should be cleaned regularly and standing wa-ter should be eliminated on flat roofs.”
“We also want to encourage the public to properly protect themselves from mosquitoes when they are outside by wearing long, loose and light colored clothing. They should follow label instructions when using insect repellent. The repellents for adults should contain no more than 20 to 30 percent DEET and less than 10 percent for children,” Lockwood said.
For more information in understanding the State of New Hampshire Public Health Services “Arboviral Illness, Surveillance, Prevention and Re-sponse Plan” please visit: http://www.dhhs.state.nh.us/DHHS/CDCS/LI-BRARY/Policy-Guideline/arboviral-response-plan.htm
Mary Katherine Lockwood, Ph.D., EMT-I, I/CHealth Officer, Amherst, NHClinical Associate ProfessorDepartment of Molecular, Cellular, and Biomedical SciencesUniversity of New Hampshire
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When the High Park Fire swept through the Fort Collins area of Colorado, Amherst residents Jeannie and Jon Weller and their daughter Julie Scott all held their breath. Their son and brother Jay with his wife, Jen were evacuat-ed on the second day of the huge fire. It was nail-biting time as the news played out on national TV. Little was known about individu-al houses for a very long time and everyone was on edge.
Jay and Jen and their four dogs and three foster puppies live in Loveland, Colorado in Redstone Canyon, a gorgeous and slightly remote neighborhood where ev-ery house sits on at least 40 acres. With 130 property owners, there are approximately 10,000 acres which is a lot territory to be pro-tected.
During their 15 day mandatory evacuation, Jay and Jen boarded three oftheir dogs at the vet’s and returned three foster puppies to the LarimerHumane Society to reduce the stress on everyone, especially the puppies. The Hu-mane Society eventually cared for more than 500 evacuated animals smaller than goats. The larger an-imals went to the Fair Grounds, along with some families. Jay and Jen managed to find reservations and stayed in four different hotels, all of which allowed them to share their room with their newest ad-opted dog Thunder who has en-closure phobias. While they tried to concentrate on work and daily living, it was some of their neigh-bors who were the volunteer fire fighters. In their ordinary lives the firemen are veterinarians, scientists, retired engineers, etc. They patrolled the Canyon and went house to house in the first hours of the fire. They put porch furniture and all things burnable
into houses, turned off propane tanks, cleared brush, and fed ani-mals that had to stay behind for a variety of reasons. Obviously the koi remained in the ponds, and some cats couldn’t be found when the evacuation order was given. A rancher pays the Hom-eowners’ Association so his cattle can graze in the Canyon. Unfor-tunately the cattle had to remain in place as there was no time to evacuate the whole herd. Those volunteer firefighters stayed on the line actively fighting the fire for 36 hours until the Type 1 Fed-
eral Firefighters (HOT SHOTS) arrived to relieve them. After that the volunteers remained on call and almost daily some of them went into the canyon to fight hot spots and help with backburns and fire breaks.
It was with a great sense of re-lief when everyone was allowed to go home, fifteen to eighteen days later. Sadly, several families lost their homes and everything in them. For others, the slurry which was dropped from planes ringed their homes and prevented the fire from getting any closer.
Sometimes the fire burned so hot that trees burned right down to the ground. The south end of the Canyon was almost untouched but it was a different story to the north and west where it was a miracle that so many homes were saved.
The only evidence of the fire as Jay and Jen drove back to their home was the smoky smell and a singed ridge off in the distance. Jay reported that as soon as he climbed out of his truck, some
Members of the Souhegan Valley Quilters’ Guild (www.nhquilts.org) helped create the quilt tops. From left: Annick Bouvier-Selwyn from Merrimack, Marie Joerger from Hollis, Jeannie Weller, Jeannine Rigney, Faye Tresvik, Barbara Warren, and Julie Scott, all from Amherst. When the borders are added, they will have em-broidered on them:” Thanks for saving our houses, barns, horses, cows, dogs, cats, chickens, fish-and our asses!” One of the fireman had reported to a homeowner that he had saved his asses ( mini donkeys). Quilter Sue Wheatley is missing from the picture.