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Great Northwoods Journal
October 24, 2009
Colby ~ Foss
Page 5
Looking for past volunteers
It has been 30 years since
RESPONSE to Sexual and
Domestic Violence opened its
doors. In 1979, there were a few
dedicated community members
who began the Task Force on
Family Violence and the program grew from there. The
1980’s saw volunteers who willingly provided safe homes.
There was an expansion of services into Colebrook and the
opening of the shelter in the
1990’s. The most recent addition
to the program has been the
much-needed transitional housing project. Through the efforts
of dedicated community volunteers, RESPONSE has cast a
wide safety net over all of Coös
County.
The program has grown. The
earliest records show that 23
victims were assisted during the
first six months of 1980. By
1990, the yearly client count
was 263. Last year, 2008, the
number of victims/survivors
assisted was 611. Because of the
commitment of our excellent
volunteers and staff, supportive
services have been provided for
people whose lives have been
disrupted due to family and/or
sexual violence. Victims have
been helped to transform their
lives and the lives of their children.
To commemorate our 30th
Anniversary, community supporters, volunteers and staff
will be honored at a reception on
October 28th from 5 to 7 p.m. at
the White Mountain Community College in Berlin. We are
hoping to have many past volunteers join us in this celebration.
If you are able to attend, please
contact the committee chair,
Linda Pivin at 752-5776 or
Donna Cummings at 752-5679.
Free Arts in Early Learning
Workshop for early-childhood
care providers, educators, parents
Zackary and Jillian Foss
Jillian
Gail
Foss
of
Lancaster, and Zackary Clark
Colby of Lunenburg, Vt., were
united in marriage on May 23,
2009. The Rev. Raymond Ball
and Deacon William Brown performed the 3:00 ceremony at All
Saints Catholic Church in
Lancaster.
The bride was given away by
her father, Thomas Foss of
Lancaster. Christopher Ganter
and Ms. Aubrie Dionne, The
Alura
Ensemble,
from
Goffstown, were the musicians
and the vocal selection was performed by Tabitha Paquette of
Groveton. Readings were offered
by friends Trina Beattie and
Jane Gilman, and uncle of the
bride, Andrew Foss. The presentation of the gifts was made by
Michael and Sally Beattie.
The Maid of Honor was Alina
Corrigan, friend of the bride.
Bridesmaids were Kristen Foss,
sister-in-law of the bride,
Lindsey Foss, sister of the
groom, Katelyn Foss, cousin of
the bride, and friends of the
bride, Angela Balog, Jennifer
Flynn, Courtney Gilman and
Jenna Tavilla. Flower girls were
Gracie Ingerson and Una Colby,
cousins of the groom.
Best Man was Ryan Sterling,
friend of the groom. Groomsmen
were
Derek
Foss
and
Christopher Foss, brothers of
the bride, Austin Avery, cousin
of the groom and friends, Robert
Butler, Jason Sterling, Alex
Cantin and Michael Josselyn.
Ring bearers were Landin Foss,
nephew of the bride and Kace
Colby, cousin of the groom.
The tent reception was held
behind the family home of the
groom in a beautiful outdoor setting. Many family and friends
were in attendance.
Jillian is the daughter of
Thomas and Marilyn Foss of
Lancaster. She is a graduate of
Southern New Hampshire
University and earned her
Bachelor of Science Degree in
Elementary Education. She is
employed as a fifth grade
teacher at the Groveton
Elementary School in Groveton.
Zackary is the son of
Christopher and Jean Colby of
Lunenburg, Vt. He earned a
degree
in
Architectural
Engineering from Vermont
Technical School and is
employed by his family business, JCB Colby Masonry, Inc.
The couple honeymooned in
the Turks and Caicos Islands.
They now reside in their new
home they built in Lunenburg,
Vt.
How to bake a cake
ªEditor’s note: This was sub mitted to us by a reader who
chose not to be identified for fear
people would think she was a
slob.)
First choose your recipe.
Look in the oven to see what’s
hiding in there.
Remove and wash frying
pans. Scrape the bottom of the
oven to get rid of apple pie juice.
Hunt up vacuum to suck up
loose stuff in oven. May as well
vacuum the rest of the room
while the machine is out.
Read over recipe to see if you
have everything called for.
Check the fridge for ingredients,
one is way in back. Might as
well clean fridge since you’ve
moved everything to the kitchen
counter.
Assemble all ingredients and
utensils on the counter. Look for
the size pan the recipe suggests.
Find pan, wash the remains
of the last cake and grease so it
won’t stick this time.
Recipe calls for ground spice,
only have whole. Remove coffee
from grinder and replace with
whole spice, grind. The next cup
of coffee will be spicy.
Follow recipe in preparing
cake, pop into the oven and set
timer. Put away ingredients,
stack bowls and utensils in the
sink to soak. Brew a cup of
spiced coffee, sit down and read
until the timer dings. Shaw’s
makes good cakes, too.
COLEBROOK — Earlychildhood care providers, educators, and parents are invited to
a free "Arts in Early Learning"
workshop on Monday, Oct. 26,
from 6 to 7:30 p.m. at Ricker's
Kiddie Korner, 68 Parsons
Street in Colebrook. The workshop will highlight child-friendly activities linking language
and pre-literacy skills through
songs, movement, drama and
visual art. The hands-on session
will introduce participants to
exciting ways to integrate the
arts into all kinds of learning
settings and to use music and
art to build critical skills for
young children. Lessons will be
based on Start with the Arts, an
early childhood resource published by VSA arts, through
which lessons and activities are
linked to familiar and best-loved
books and use easily accessible
materials. Participants will
experience how the arts can provide a rich learning environment and support literacy and
language development in children. The workshop will offer
adaptive approaches for children who learn differently or
have disabilities or delays.
Participants will explore lesson
ideas through hands-on activities and sharing how they might
be best used in child-care, preschool and home settings. There
will be examples of resources for
books, songs, recordings and
"found stuff" for art projects.
Those who attend will come
away with activities and strategies that may be used immediately. The workshop is presented as part of the Arts in Early
Learning Project, a collaboration of the Arts Alliance of
Northern New Hampshire and
VSA arts of New Hampshire, in
cooperation with Child Care
Resource, Referral, Recruitment
and Training. Professional
development credits are available to participants. Presenter
Deborah Stuart, who was the
editor and contributing writer
for Start with the Arts, is a folk
musician who has worked with
children for 40 years and is
active around the country as a
speaker, trainer and children's
musician. There is no charge for
the workshop. Advance registration is appreciated. To register,
call the Arts Alliance at 3237302 or 837-2275 or Ricker's
Kiddie Korner at 237-5810.
Light refreshments will be
served. Participants may also be
eligible for on-site programs
with Deborah or other visiting
artists. Anyone interested in
having artists visit their center,
have ideas or questions, or
would like to be on an email list
for updates on arts and early
childhood programs, can call the
Arts Alliance at 323-7302 or
email info@aannh.org
Deborah Stuart
Classes
offered at Old
Mill Studio
Saturdays, Oct. 24, 31,
Nov. 7, 10 a.m. - 12 noon.
“Summer Serenity” fusible
appliqué ‘hanging. For experienced fusible appliquers,
this stunning moose portrait
(on display at Stitch) is complex, but majestic! Terry
Flaherty, instructor.
Wednesday, Oct. 28; 1-3
p.m., Deck the dish towel.
These fusible appliqué towels are fast, fun and done!
Make a quick gift and learn
the basics of fusible
appliqué. Terry Flaherty,
instructor.
Friday, Oct. 30, 9AM 3:30 p.m. (Basic) Machine
Quilting…or what do I do
with the quilt top now? This
class will review the care and
feeding of your sewing
machine, machine fed and
free motion feet to use for
quilting and how to stitch in
the ditch, outline and “sew“
much more! Terry Flaherty,
instructor. Call for a space
and information: Old Mill
Studio at 837-8778.
Great Northwoods Journal
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October 24, 2009
Fun things to do
Crossword Puzzle
Across
C ro s swo rd answers on Page 12
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5. Biology lab supply
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13. Small buffalo of the Celebes
14. Eurasian tree with orange-red
berrylike fruits
16. Gulf of ___
17. Part of a nuclear arsenal, for
short
18. 747, e.g.
19. Network of intersecting
blood†vessels, nerves or lymph†vessels
20. Fertile soil
22. Metal plate bolted along sides of
two rails
24. Contact, e.g.
26. Traditional Japanese gate
27. Utilized
30. Muzzle-loading shoulder gun
with a long barrel
33. Emergency care given first
35. Compound radical, C6H13, used
as a modifier for containing compounds
37. Ryan’s “Love Story” co-star
38. Compassion
41. Bind
42. Gillette product
45. Tending to give†in
48. Fits†out again
51. Acquiring desirable qualities by
being left undisturbed for some
time
52. Narrow gorge with a stream
running†through it
54. Jets or Sharks, e.g.
55. Screwball
59. Contends
62. Handbag
63. “E pluribus unum,” e.g.
65. Brawl
66. “We the Living” author
67. Chip away at
68. Christiania, now
69. “___ quam videri” (North
Carolina’s motto)
70. Gush
71. Harpy
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2. To a remarkable degree
3. Award
4. Young unmarried†women
5. Dadaism founder
6. Game played on a course with 9
or 18 holes
7. Anticipate
8. Money demanded for the return
of the captured
9. Hawkish
10. “I had no ___!”
11. Remaining after†all deductions
12. “Trick” joint
15. 1940’s-60’s world leader
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23. “Baloney!”
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57. Women in habits
58. Fries, maybe
60. Money received from the state
61. Fill by packing tightly
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Great Northwoods Journal
October24, 2009
• Jimmie Johnson has done
it again, and again, and again.
Saturday night he won the
Banking 500 at Lowe’s Motor
Speedway (LMS), extending his
point lead over teammate Mark
Martin to 90 points in the Chase
for the Sprint Cup. Johnson just
drove away from the field after
dicing with teammate Jeff
Gordon in the closing laps of the
334-lap event on the track that
bears his primary sponsors
name. It was Johnson’s sixth
win at what he proudly refers to
as “Jimmie’s House,” joining
him with legends Bobby Allison
and Darrell Waltrip with the
most wins at LMS. That win
took him another step closer to a
fourth consecutive championship, which would be a first in
NASCAR history. Trailing
Johnson across the line was
Matt Kenseth in second—his
best finish since winning at
Auto Club Speedway in the second race of the season back in
February. Kasey Kahne finished
third after leading a bunch of
laps mid-way in the event.
Gordon hung on to finish fourth
followed by an ever-improving
Joey Logano. Mark Martin had
the worst night of the Chase
thus far, after accidentally hitting the rear of Juan Pablo
Montoya’s car on a stack-up,
early race restart. The contact
ended Montoya’s streak of topfive finishes at four, and relegated Martin to a 17th-place finish.
Montoya didn’t fair quite so
well, he wound up 35th.
• NASCAR again put the
squeeze on participants, this
time putting voters in a difficult
position by opting to keep its
inaugural Hall of Fame class to
five people. The 51-member voting panel consisted of NASCAR
executives, journalists and former participants, as well as one
ballot featuring a combined fan
vote.
The
panel
opted
Wednesday on two men who
have led the sport, Bill France
and Bill France Jr.; the two men
who won the most championships, The “King” himself,
Richard
Petty
and
the
“Intimidator” Dale Earnhardt
Jr. and a legendary moonshiner
who won races as a driver and a
car owner, Junior Johnson. All
in my opinion definitely belong
in the New NASCAR Hall of
Fame, but missing the cut was
one of the greatest wheelmen of
all time, the legendary David
Pearson. I’m miffed that two
Frances made the short inaugural list, leaving Pearson sitting
in the pits, and I’m not the only
one. Charlotte was abuzz with
who should have—who shouldn’t have, and one of the greats
himself had to ponder the decision. “You had eight or ten people that very much should have
been in the first go-around,”
said Richard Petty. “As far as
I’m concerned, when I saw the
list of the deal, I sat down and
made a list of my own. Pearson
would have been my No. 1 pick.
Look at all he accomplished.”
When asked if he was disappointed, Pearson muttered, “Not
really. I told them before that I
always heard that they wanted
Junior in there, of course you
know that Earnhardt and Petty
are going to be in there, no
doubt about it. When I seen that
two Frances went in. I knew I
didn’t have a chance.” The
NASCAR Hall of fame broke
ground in Charlotte, N.C. on
January, 25 2007, and will open
May 11, 2010.
• Kyle Busch has dominated
the Nationwide Series this season, he has dominated when he
lost, and he has dominated
when he won. Friday night at
Lowe’s Motor Speedway, the
sports most controversial driver
dominated yet again, this time
on his way to Victory Lane in
the Dollar General 300 at the
1.5-mile track. Six days
removed from being diagnosed
with pneumonia, Busch led 127
of 200 laps to extend his series’
point lead to 195 points over
Carl Edwards with four races
left in the season. At the end of
the final 21-lap green flag run,
Busch crossed the finish line
Spookier, Creepier
Customers Wanted
(for one day, at least)
One would think that a store
like Main Street Bargains in
Colebrook, that prides itself on
being a good neighbor and a
great place for a family to shop,
would want customers as pleasant as possible. But not for one
day. On Saturday, Oct. 31st,
Main Street Bargains is not only
encouraging but enticing all
ghosts, goblins, witches, etc., to
visit the store at 154 Main
Street from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. in
their costumes for some
Hallowe’en treats.
1.712-seconds ahead of runnerup Mike Bliss. Dave Blaney ran
third, followed by Brian Vickers
and Edwards. The win was
Busch’s seventh in the series
this season, his fifth at LMS and
the 28th of his career. “It’s been
in a holding pattern,” Busch
said of his recent 11 race
drought, which included a 90point dent in his lead last race
at Fontana when Busch was
forced from the car because of
illness. “This thing was on a rail
tonight. It was a great racecar.
We had some points to make
up.” LMS was the ideal track for
Busch to recover. “I love this
place,” he said. “It’s my house on
the
Nationwide
Series
side…this is one of my favorite
tracks. For some reason, I really
jell with it…man; it was a
freight train for sure. There was
not much that could have
stopped this Toyota tonight.”
• Garage Garble •
• If there was ever any doubt
that Chase contenders had to go
through Jimmie Johnson, Chad
Knaus and the No. 48 Hendrick
Motorsports Chevrolet for the
2009 crown, those doubts have
been erased. Johnson has won
three of the last four Chase
events and left Lowe’s Motor
Speedway Saturday night with
a 90-point lead over teammate
Mark Martin with his sights set
squarely on claiming his fourth
consecutive Sprint Cup Series
title-an unprecedented accomplishment in the sport.
ª It’s halfway in the Chase for
the Sprint Cup, five down…five
to go.
• Jimmie Johnson’s win last
weekend at Lowe’s marked his
17th win in Chase competition
which far out distances the six
Chase wins for Greg Biffle and
Carl Edwards.
• Mark Martin has often said
that Lowe’s Motor Speedway is
one of his favorite tracks but the
super-fast, narrow grand old
lady let the ageless driver down
on Saturday with a 17th place
finish. Saturday was Martin’s
50th start in point’s races at
LMS. His 17 top-five and 22 topten finishes tops all active drivers there.
• Jeff Burton made his 850th
career NASCAR start in Friday
night’s Nationwide Series race.
Since making his debut at
Martinsville Speedway on
March 13, 1988, Burton has
made 542 Sprint Cup Series
starts, 305 Nationwide Series
starts and four Camping World
Truck Series starts. Burton has
21 victories in NASCAR’s Cup
Series, tying him with Bobby
Labonte, Benny Parsons and
Jack Smith on the all-time wins
list. Over the course of his 851
NASCAR premier series starts,
Burton has 48 wins, 209 top-five
and 373 top-10 finishes. He has
finished in the top 10 of the
Sprint Cup Series point standings in eight of 15 years he has
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Jeff Burton made his 850th NASCAR Top-3 premier series
start at Lowe’s on Friday night.
(Photo by Steve Poulin)
run the series full time. “It’s
hard to imagine I’ll be making
my 850th NASCAR start,”
Burton said prior to the event on
Friday. “I’m not one to count
how many starts I have made,
but I can certainly say that I
have a lot more starts in my
future. Competing in NASCAR’s
top levels of racing is something
I have dreamed of since I was
five years old. Thirty-seven
years later, I still have the passion for what I do and I look forward to capturing more trophies
and, hopefully a championship
along the way.”
• What they’re Saying •
• “For what my Dad achieved
in this sport—both on and off
the track—he certainly earned
his place in history and deserves
to be distinguished in this inaugural class of NASCAR Hall of
Fame inductees; I want to thank
the voting panel and nomination
committee for recognizing that
and honoring him this way. It
means a lot to the Earnhardt
family, and it means a lot to my
Dad’s fans, which I am one. He
was the man, plain and simple:”
Dale Earnhardt Jr. on his
father, Dale Earnhardt’s induc-
tion into the NASCAR Hall of
Fame.
• Next Lap •
• Race number six in the
Chase for the Sprint Cup takes
competitors to the famed
Martinsville Speedway on
Sunday, Oct. 25 for the Tums
Fast Relief 500, (ABC, 1 p.m.)
For the first time in Sprint Cup
Series history, all fans attending the event will serve as
‘Grand Marshals’ for the race.
Martinsville certainly has
adopted the ‘back to basics’
approach at one of NASCAR’s
deep-rooted traditional race
tracks. Jimmie Johnson is the
defending race winner. He
ranks second among active drivers with six wins there and has
won five of the past six races
there, including this year’s
spring event. Jeff Gordon,
Johnson’s teammate, ranks first
with seven wins, among active
drivers on the tight, flat, paperclip shaped half-mile oval.
Other multiple Martinsville
winners include Mark Martin
(2) and Tony Stewart (2). Kurt
Busch and Denny Hamlin are
the other Chase drivers to win
at Martinsville, once each.
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Great Northwoods Journal
October 24, 2009
There are ghosts at Santa’s Village!
Story and photos
by Lyndall Demers
JEFFERSON — That’s right,
you read that correctly. There
are ghosts at Santa’s Village.
And there will be plenty more
spooky things appearing by the
big day of October 24.
This year Santa’s Village is
hosting their first “Ghosts of
Christmas Past Event”.
Beginning at 11 a.m. on
Saturday, Oct. 24, and running
through 6 p.m., there will be
ghosts and goblins all over
Santa’s Village.
When we visited recently we
saw spider webs where icicles
once hung, corn stalks and
pumpkins replaced snowy landscapes, and there were bones at
the bumper cars that is now a
junkyard. While walking by the
whale, we saw that someone
had managed to fall into the
whale’s mouth.
The Peppermint Twist was
being taken over by pirates, and
Scrooge was hanging around
threatening to take over the
Humbug Ride. There will be a
Haunted Hay Maze, Scarousel
Carousel, and Broomstick
Flying Lessons will be available
at the Broomstick Flying School,
and much more.
As crews have been working
to set up the event, excitement
has been building and things
are popping up all over the
grounds that will add to the
Hallowe’en spirit of the big day.
For the older goblins they
will be able to enjoy the
Screamalaya and the Haunted
Barn.
There will be a costume
parade at 2 p.m. and spooky
prizes.
Guests will be able to trick or
treat at all the stores. At the
gingerbread shop the cookies to
decorate will be ghosts and
pumpkins. Also offered will be
yummy fudge dipped apples,
and cider.
The Good Witch will be
standing in for Santa Claus that
day. Children may have their
photos taken with her at Santa’s
house. Santa is busy rounding
up names of good girls and boys
for his Christmas deliveries,
and cannot make it.
Fourteen rides will be operating during the Ghost of
Christmas Past Event. No water
Frosty the Snowman sporting a black handlebar moustache?
Spider webs, ghosts, goblins, cornstalks and pumpkins
replace the candycanes and gingerbread men at Santa’s
Village to celebrate “Ghosts of Christmas Past.”
rides will be running that day,
though.
For only $15, goblins ages
four and up (those three and
under are free) can enjoy the
entire day at the park.
There will be Super Bunnies,
and the gingerbread men will be
mummies for a day. The giant
snowman was already sporting
a black handlebar moustache,
and his black cape to complete
its Hallowe’en conversion was
not far away.
There will be 300 pumpkins
for children to carve, and “Tis
the Season” pass holders may
bring a friend with them for free
for the day.
Normally Santa’s Village has
22 full-time workers employed
at the facility, but during this
holiday event and at the
Christmas days, they will have
about 120 people working.
So stop by Santa’s Village on
Route 2 in Jefferson and see the
transformation that has taken
place for this scary Hallowe’en
“Ghosts of Christmas Past”
event. If you have questions
about the Hallowe’en event on
October 24, just call the Village
at (603) 586-4445.
Bones were all over the Bumper Car ride, (now a junkyard)
for the Hallowe’en event on Oct. 24.
Pumpkins and cornstalks were all along the walks at Santa’s
Village in preparation for their upcoming “Ghosts of
Christmas Past” celebration.
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