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I had a chance to look at the store’s scrapbook which showed the history of the store. It was interesting to see old photos of the store, originally built in 1822 by Deacon Leathers for $100 and it has served the community ever since. According to Greg Heppe’s research, it is the oldest continuously operating

Interior of Tuftonboro General Store, cira 1902

general store in New Hampshire. The store has operated the Center Tuftonboro post office since 1951.

jokes. At age 85, married over 60 years to his wife, Ruth, he is a respected town resident and a bit of a character. He has been coming to the store for years and sells his chickens’ fresh eggs there. Reflecting back in time, this table has been the center of similar conversations, town discussions, news, gossip and information for many years.

Most often, the store owner served as a politician, business leader, local accountant, notary, banker (giving loans and credit), postmaster, legal adviser, permits, licenses and local fees and tax collector, road agent and more. Families had accounts that settled up when the crops came in.

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Old Country Stores in NH and a Special 200th Anniversary

Tuftonboro General Store, Tuftonboro

The Heppes, retired school teachers from the Kingswood School District, sold the business in July 2021 to their daughter and son-in-law, Erin and David Dauphinais, who are renovating the store and making plans for food service in the future. Erin said that her brother used to run a pizza and sub shop in the back of the store, but he will not be back to do that. In the beginning, Erin plans to offer make-ahead take-

by Lori Tremblay

Heppeupstairs.hasgiven an interesting talk on the history of general stores to local historical societies. The general stores were the center of the town, holding dances, town meetings, courts, post offices and other services. People would gather for the latest news and stay to talk around the wood stove. Patrons would whittle by the stove, chew tobacco, play checkers and talk.

Tuftonboro General Store is celebrating its 200th anniversary this year. The store is close to where we live, and I remember walking in for the first time. It was like a time warp. I felt as though I was immersed in the 1800s, looking at the original wood floors, beams in the ceiling, cheese block, pickle barrels and the original post office in the back. Canned goods line the shelves and there are local farmers’ eggs in the refrigerator. A seven-foot-tall carved wooden Indian, by Tuftonboro artist Brian Stockman, was added to the store in 2004. The proprietors, Greg and Teri Heppe, were friendly and had owned the store since 1999. Their young granddaughter, visiting for the day, was helping out at the register. I was delighted that this store was just down the road from our new home.

out breakfast and lunch items, including pastries, breakfast choices, soups, salads, sandwiches and baked goods. Looking ahead, she plans to expand to greater food offerings.

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Heppe emphasized that being a store owner means paying attention to customers and establishing relationships with the community, more than anything else. Eric and David Dauphinais share the same philosophy. They want to keep the store’s integrity and invite people to come and enjoy its history and the present interactions with the community. Erin and David have plans for a 200th celebration weekend,

We are fortunate to have so many old country stores in New Hampshire, reminders of the old days, still around and we have one right down the road from us.

The store housed one of the town’s libraries, a shoe shop upstairs and a stable. There are items on display from the shoe store today, such as salesmen’s samples of the shoes made in the shoe store

There is an old, round wooden table and chairs near the entrance of the store and many times, you can find locals sitting and talking about all kinds of subjects. I had the privilege of joining in one of the conversations when a long-time resident, retired builder and owner of Deer Crossing Farm, Roger Johnson, sat down at the table. He told stories of his life, shared a family recipe for baked beans, and with a mischievous grin, told a few pretty funny

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friend, Sara, brought my husband and I to Calef’s , before we visited her family’s summer camp on a nearby island, a few years ago. The deli counter was busy with lunch orders, featuring Boar’s Head meats, and there were many specialty items to look at. In the back was a room with Christmas decorations, crafts and more. Sara’s family had been coming there for years. You

have taken many visitors here. You would never guess the size of the store, looking at it from outside. There are many rooms to explore, with aged maple syrup, jellies, jams, cheeses, candies and many items for the home or for gifts. There are kitchen items, puzzles, books about local history, toys, housewares and more. Clerks add the purchases by hand, although there is an antique cash register from the late 1800s. Top sellers are pickles and cheese and hardware, according to Jo Hayden. Shipping is available for most items. (nhcountry store.com)

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Rat Trap Cheddar Cheese is a top seller, with thousands of pounds sold and shipped, according to Bolton. They also sell other cheeses (Snappy Old Cheeses), pickles, ginger snaps, whoopie pies and penny candy, which is not sold by the pound. You can buy a few pieces for a treat on the way home. There are also jams, maple syrup, condiments and gift boxes which can be shipped. Calef’s sources 90% of their gifts and specialty items from small New England companies. (calefs.com).

Jo Hayden mentioned that although times have changed and prices have skyrocketed, it’s still gratifying to see families returning, bringing their children and grandchildren to the store that meant something to them when they were children. Jo has taken ownership of the store and her sister, Laurie, works with her. The store has also been featured on New Hampshire Chronicle.

Calef’s Country Store is located at 606 Franklin Pierce Highway, Barrington, NH and is open 10-6, Monday through Saturday, 10-5 Sunday. For more information, www.calefs.com.

The building has an extensive history.

The Old Country Store in Moultonboro is listed on the National Register of Historic Places under the name of Freese’s Tavern. The tavern served as a political and social hub in the late 1700s. In 1793 and 1794, George Freese was issued a tavern, retailer and liquor license by the town selectmen. The building eventually became the town meeting hall, post office, town library, trade site and a stage stop. (“Old Country Stores of New Hamspshire” by Bruce D. Heald)

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with local wine and craft beer tastings, local consignment craftspeople showing how they do their work, and more. She will coordinate that with the opening of the food store at the Tuftonboro GeneralTuftonboroStore.General Store, 150 Middle Road, Center Tuftonboro. For more information: Facebook: Tuftonboro General Store. Open 7:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Monday- Saturday and 8:00 a.m.- noon on Sunday.

The store is open 7 days a week, 363 days a year, closed for Thanksgiving and Christmas. They are located at 1011 Whittier Highway, POB 186, Moultonborough, NH. For more information, nhcountrystore.com

Calef’s Country Store, Barrington Calef’s Country Store, in Barrington, was established in 1869 by Mary Chesley Calef, who mortgaged the farm and added what she had saved as a teacher. I had a phone interview with Greg Bolton, proprietor since 2012, and he told me that Mary’s husband had a business in Dover and that she wanted a business of her own. She broke with tradition and opened a store in the front room of her home, becoming one of the

“The Old Country Store, Moultonborough’s Custodian of Time”, is a booklet of the store’s beginning, written by proprietor, Steve Holden. He and wife Cecile, and daughters Jo Hayden and Laurie Holden work together to maintain the family owned business, since 1972.We

“There is a great history and great tradition,” said Bolton. “Maintaining these things is important to me.”

can enjoy your lunch on picnic tables or relax on the front porch.

first businesses owned by a woman, at thatThetime.store was stocked with a little bit of everything, “molasses carted by oxen,… lard, hogsheads of vinegar, salt fish from Gloucester and crackers in barrels,” according to “Old Country Stores of New Hampshire” by Bruce D. Heald. Mary’s son, Austin, also a senator for six years, took over the store when she died in 1907 and for the next 40 years, the store served the community. The Calef family continued Mary’s standards of quality and excellence for five generations. ( calefs.

Laucks claims that his experience in

By Mark Okrant

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boat be able to stay afloat when full of water, and while performing a variety of moves, whether going up or down the river. Ultimately, Laucks decided to design his own boat—the very first Blackfly.

Once he reworked the boat a good deal, serious canoeists and kayakers began to notice, especially after Laucks won the 2009 World Championships. This placed him in excellent position, as his boat was not only very effective, but competition on the market was lacking. Laucks didn’t stand on his laurels as a paddler. He continued to read extensively, received excellent advice from his many contacts, and then engaged in trial and error. A drastically improved version of the Blackfly was the result of all this effort.

Laucks takes great pride in being largely a ‘one man-one dog’ operation. His description of the Blackfly’s production sounds very high tech: “The hulls of the boats are high density polyethylene. They are rotomolded, which is a sophisticated process.” So, for this step in production, Laucks contracts out the rotomolding to companies in Massachusetts and North Carolina. Once he receives the hulls, he trims them, then adds all of the outfitting. Blackfly’s outfitting is constructed from foam and wood by Laucks himself. The only specialized tool necessary is a CNC router utilized for cutting foam and drilling holes in the various bits of outfitting.

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In previous issues of The Laker, we have introduced readers to several builders of quality watercraft. This column takes a closer look at Blackfly Canoes LLC, producer of whitewater canoes. We’ll look at this New Hampshire-based company, and how the COVID-19 pandemic has influenced manufacture, demand, and delivery of its specialized product.

working with composites while producing helmets as well as several early boats gave him the skills he needed to develop a preliminary mold for his watercraft. In 2009, when he began to build boats under the name Blackfly Canoes, Laucks was working out of a barn in southern Pennsylvania. However, as he was cleaning up the canoe’s lines to make it more symmetrical while correcting for shrinkage from molding in plastic, Laucks shifted his base of operations to 33 Victor Huckins Road in New Hampton, New Hampshire. This remains the site for his business today.

The owner and sole operator of Blackfly Canoes is Jeremy Laucks, whose decision to build these boats came out of his early career as a successful competitor in national and international whitewater events. After completing graduate school in 2005, Laucks decided to “go paddle for a while.” He purchased a van, picked up sponsorships, and headed out on what he terms, “the rodeo circuit.” During that time, he met a number of people—including fellow competitors and potential sponsors alike—who would prove important to his education about boatLaucksdesign.spent 2006 training to qualify for the U.S. freestyle team in the C-1 class. While he barely missed qualifying for the team in that event, Laucks ended up qualifying in OC-1, when no one else showed up to compete. This forced him to find a boat that could satisfy the difficult conditions of the course he would be facing. Those of us who don’t know a bulkhead saddle from a beer cooler might wonder what the challenge was. Conditions on an Olympic course demand that a

Asked what specific materials and how many canoes he produces in a year, Laucks was willing to share that he primarily uses high-density polyethylene, polyethylene foam, and wood (mostly ash). He produces 100 Black• Blackfly Canoes

8.5, an 8 ft., 4 inch craft designed for river running, i.e., paddling straight down challenging river rapidstheOctain 9, an 8 ft, 10.5” craft for river running the Octain 92, an 8 ft, 10.5” craft designed for tandem kayaking the Ion, a 6 ft, 9.75” craft the Condor, an 11 ft, 2” craft designed for river running the Mosquito Burrito, a 7 ft, 5.5” craft designed for youth usage

Blackﬂy Canoes: Avoiding Deadheads to Succeed as a Small Business

Currently, Blackfly Canoes, LLC produces seven models. These are: the Option, an 8 foot, 7.5 inch long boat, designed for creeking, i.e., descending very steep, low-volume

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steamboat parades on Lake Winnipe saukee. On Sunday, September 11th, steamboats will leave Lee’s Mills at 2:00 PM for Moultonborough Bay. On Saturday, September 17th, steamboats will parade to Green’s Basin at 10 AM.

On Tuesday, September 6th, the Wright Museum will welcome Profes sor C. Paul Vincent. This is the six teenth program of the Wright Muse um’s 2022 Ron Goodgame and Donna Canney Education Series.

A trip to 19 Mile Bay in Tuftonboro is scheduled for Wednesday, September 14th at 9:30 AM.

While the schedule of events is sub ject to change, visitors to the 50th An nual Steamboat Meet can expect two

Professor Emeritus Paul Vincent taught history and, from 1998, Holo caust studies at Keene State College for 32 years, until retiring in 2017. He directed the college’s Mason Library during 1985-94; then, with the retire ment of the Holocaust Center’s founder, Charles Hildebrandt, served as director during 1998-2007 of the Cohen Center for Holocaust Studies. A Fellow during 2007-08 at the Center for Advanced Holocaust Studies (the academic and research wing of the United States Ho locaust Memorial Museum), he coordi nated the effort in 2008-09 to establish

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an academic major in Holocaust and Genocide Studies, serving as the pro gram’s founding chair. Prof. Vincent received Keene State’s Distinguished Teaching Award in 2008 and was a Ful bright Scholar during the spring 2015 semester at Jagiellonian University’s Centre for European Studies in Krakow, Poland. (He returned to Jagiellonian as a visiting professor in 2018.) With a Ph.D. in history from the University of Colorado (1980), Prof. Vincent has published two books—The Politics of Hunger: The Allied Blockade of Ger many, 1915-1919 (1985) and A Histor ical Dictionary of Germany’s Weimar Republic, 1918-1933 (1997)—and has focused his scholarship in recent years on American immigration policy during the administration of Franklin D. Roos evelt. One piece of that research, “The Voyage of the St. Louis Revisited,” ap

So, how has COVID-19 impact ed this small, specialized business?

If you want more information about Blackfly Canoes, see www.blackflyca noes.com, or call 717-968-5353.

how his Canadian customers receive their boats, he told us that people cross the border and pick up their boats here in the US. Unfortunately, shipping problems don’t end there. “Shippers charge a $1000 surcharge on items lon ger than eight feet. In general, prices for shipping within this country have tripled . . . even quadrupled.”

Immigration, Isolationism, and FDR

It is generally understood that when Franklin Roosevelt became president in March 1933, he shouldered the burden of the worst economic crisis in Amer ican history. Yet, fraught as the Great Depression surely was, it was back dropped by other concerns that grew in both severity and importance as his presidency progressed. Among these were (1) a powerful inclination, stem ming from America’s involvement in World War I, to shortsightedly forego international political commitments and, linked with this isolationist im pulse, (2) establishment under his three predecessors of an increasingly restric

Fortunately, marketing Blackfly Ca noes is a remarkably simple process.

peared in 2011 in the journal Holocaust and Genocide Studies

Doors open at 6 p.m., the program begins at 7 p.m. on Tuesday, September 6th at the Wright Museum’s DuQuoin Education Center, 77 Center Street in Wolfeboro. Admission is $5 for mem bers and $10 for non-members. Res ervations are strongly encouraged and can be made online at lectionturesWorldeducators603-569-1212.seum.org/lecture-serieswww.wrightmuorbycallingTheregion’sleadingresourceforandlearnersofallagesonWarII,theWrightMuseumfeamorethan14,000itemsinitscolthatarerepresentativeofboth the homefront and battlefield. For more information about the 2022 Lecture Se ries, or museum, visit wrightmuseum. org.

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The first steamboat meet was held at Lee’s Mills on September 10, 1972, and when the event’s popularity led to an increased number of boats, the Lee’s Mills Steamboat Association was formed in June of 2004. A photo book ‘Lee’s Mills Steamboat Meet: 50 Years of Memories’ will be distributed to As

Early September brings the 50th Anniversary Meet of the Lee’s Mills Steamboat Association to Moultonbor ough, where as many as fifty steam boats are expected for ten days of ac tivities. This festive event, the world’s largest annual steamboat meet, has become a major attraction for Moul tonborough and Lake Winnipesaukee. Steamboats will arrive to Moultonbor ough the week following Labor Day, all assembling at the Lee’s Mills docks by the weekend, with most staying un til Sunday, September 18th.

Peter Ferber Poster for 50th Anniversary Lee’s Mills Steamboat Meet

sociation members for the anniversary. To mark this important milestone, noted Lakes Region artist Peter Ferber has created a com memorative poster to cele brate the Lee’s Mills 50th Annual Steamboat Meet. The Lee’s Mills 50th Annual Steam boat Meet poster will be available for sale at the Meet, and is now available

at The Old Country Store in Moultonborough, at The Art Place in Wolfeboro, and at the Lake Winni pesaukee Museum at the Weirs in Laconia. The poster was produced with the support of the Town of Moultonbor ough, Meredith Village Savings Bank, and individual Lee’s Mills Steamboat Association members.

“I have not seen significant supply chain or demand issues,” Laucks re ported. “However, my shipping costs have been through the roof. We still can’t ship oversized parcels to Cana da. Also, the situation with Europe has improved, but still isn’t good.” Asked

Laucks told us, “Since the New Hamp ton location is a one person operation, the manufacturing process itself was not affected at all during the pandem ic.” However, once each canoe is fin ished, Laucks prepares it for shipment by truck. It is during the shipping/de livery phase that the pandemic has had a substantial impact.

fly canoes each season.

tive immigration system. This talk aims to outline the complicated linkage between immigration and isolation on the one hand and the growing inter national threat, largely embodied by Nazi Germany, that Roosevelt believed America faced as the 1930s advanced.

“Whitewater canoeing is a small niche sport, so most sales talk and introduc tion of new products take place by word of mouth. People see my boats on the river and make the effort to find us.”

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There is a big spread — between $20,000 and $300,000 — for new pon toon boats, and used boats are not much less. The more we looked into owning one, the more questions we had. How big a boat did we want or need? What amount of horsepower should we have? What is suitable for river and lake use, as opposed to ocean travel? It turns out there are lots of options to consider.

Some pontoon boats are designed simply for lounging in the sun; others for fishing; others for wakeboarding. The boat that is suitable for small lakes and ponds is not so useful on larger lakes where waves and wind can be a problem. The number of passengers and weight limits also must be taken into consideration. Many people view a pontoon boat as a party boat, and that means a bigger boat with more seating.

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That winter gave us time to take an online boating course to earn a safe boating certificate. Because we were taking the course during the pandem ic, the state temporarily waived the re quirement for a proctored exam, allow ing us to take the test virtually. That did not make it any easier, as Lee found out when she got stuck in mid-lesson, re peatedly crashing her virtual boat into virtual buoys, logs, and other vessels. She did eventually make it through, and we both earned our boating licens

We learned that our dual-thrust pro peller was not easy to replace. No lo cal marinas carried it, and we ended up having to purchase one on eBay.

Prior to owning the pontoon boat, our previous experience on the water had been limited to canoes and kayaks — and I even managed to capsize a canoe. We did have a chance to cruise as pas sengers aboard the MS Mount Washing ton on Lake Winnipesaukee and aboard my brother-in-law’s 40-foot yacht the Tidal Wave and his subsequent 65-foot er.(Ben kept moving up to larger boats. In 2011, he purchased the 125-footlong Baylander, a decommissioned U.S. Navy Helicopter Landing Train er (HLT), billed as the world’s small est aircraft carrier. It had served as a practice landing site for helicopter pi lots in the Navy, Army, Air Force, Ma rine Corps, Coast Guard, and National Guard before they struck it from the Naval Register and, instead of scrap ping it, sold it to Ben. He later resold it to another private owner who turned it into a restaurant and bar, first at the Brooklyn Bridge Park Marina in New York City and currently at the West Harlem Piers on the Hudson River.)

We still had to factor in the cost of

This year, however, was different. With the help of a neighbor, we easily launched the boat, and with renewed confidence, we have been able to sit back and enjoy the journey, and all that it brings: seeing wildlife in and around the river, feeling the breeze, and taking in the scenery under blue skies.

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Lessons Learned About Owning a Pontoon Boat

We first became interested in owning a pontoon boat when we purchased a cottage on Route 16 in Wentworth’s Location. The sale did not include the pontoon boat docked alongside the cot tage on the Magalloway River.

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As it happened, we found a used 20-foot SunSation Premier in pristine condition for sale in Gorham. It even came with an EZ-Loader boat trailer.

It didn’t build much confidence when, at the launch site by the Errol dam, Eric related the story of an elder ly man putting his boat into the water there and getting caught in the strong current, having a heart attack, and hav ing to be rescued.

On our first excursion without Eric,

The summer has just begun, but we’re already enjoying leisurely trips down the Magalloway River to Lake Umbagog, as we envisioned when we purchased a pontoon boat. Our first year of boat ownership did not go as well.

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When Ben learned of our interest

My wife, Lee, favored a smaller boat of 14 feet or so, since we were new at it and navigation might be easier — espe cially after seeing some of the boating disasters in Ben’s videos. Small pon toon boats, however, lack bow decks that extend beyond the rails to allow for maneuvering around the engine or set ting an anchor. Additionally, we were anticipating having as many as seven passengers, so I considered a 20-footer about right.

es.After paying to de-winterize the boat and check everything out in the spring of 2021, we still did not feel confi dent enough to launch it. Although I was ready to tow the boat to the river, backing the trailer into the water and launching the boat was another matter. Lee talked me into hiring Eric, a Lake Umbagog guide and pontoon boat ex pert, to accompany me.

in buying a boat, he felt compelled to send along links to videos of boating disasters. It did not discourage us from researching what was out there.

Still, Eric provided calm guidance as I piloted the boat up the Androscoggin River to Lake Umbagog, then up the Magalloway to our cottage. There was plenty of time for him to tell stories in volving lake history, eagles, and loons while providing navigational guidance on avoiding obstacles in the river, pay ing attention to overhanging trees, and keeping an eye on the depth-finder.

The importance of the dual-thrust propeller, we learned, is that it pro vides thrust whether the boat is mov ing forward or in reverse. Moving in reverse is important if one accidental ly lands rocks, as we had, and it helps when maneuvering in narrow sections of a winding river. The dual-thrust pro peller’s only drawback is that it does not deliver as much speed, but unless one is towing a wakeboarder or fleeing from bad weather, speed is not a con

annual maintenance, fuel, required accessories, and off-season storage. While many of the necessities came as part of the sale, we still would have to purchase emergency flares, an air horn (in case the one on the boat failed), and spare ropes (or “lines”) for tying the boat to the dock.

we learned the importance of having a spareUmbagog,propeller.which is half in New Hampshire and half in Maine, is a shal low lake and, while its maximum depth is 48 feet, the average depth is 14 feet. Portions of the lake are only three or four feet deep, and there are places where underwater rocks lie close to the surface. The day we took our daugh ter and her boyfriend out on the lake, we cut too sharply as we rejoined the Magalloway and struck some of those rocks. We quickly backed off, and the propeller got us home, but it was dam aged and needed a replacement.

cern.Changing the propeller did not go well. I had the grease, the wrench, and the pliers, but, working from a kayak, I could not get the cotter-pin off. Pad dling to shore to get a bolt-cutter, I fell into the water, clutching the rope on the kayak with one hand and the paddle with the other as I tried to get my feet onto solid ground without the new pro peller falling into the river and sinking. Once the new propeller was in place, we were left with a little dread each time we went out — especially as the water level dropped toward the end of summer — fearing that we’d damage the new propeller. Even spinning the blades on a sandbar can cause damage, so the pleasure of going downriver that year was always accompanied by a fear of what would happen next.

Since we were making the purchase at the end of the 2020 boating season, and having no experience towing a trailer, we decided to hire the compa ny that would be winterizing and stor ing the boat to also tow the boat to its winter quarters in Lancaster. Between that and shrink-wrapping the boat, we had spent more than $1,000 we had not counted upon before we even got the boat out on the water.

2022 marked the fourth consecutive year that hunters could harvest two birds during the spring season. A to tal of 4,606 hunters were successful at harvesting a turkey this spring, which is an increase from 4,442 hunters the previous year. Among those success ful, 3,490 (75.8%) registered one bird and 1,116 hunters (24.2%) registered two birds. Of the hunters taking multi ple birds this spring, 1,043 were adults and 73 were minors (under 16 years of age).For the third consecutive year, near ly half of successful hunters opted to register their harvest online (48%) and slightly more than half (52%) visited one of the in-person registration sta tions across the state. This was similar to last year when 45% registered online and 55% registered in person.

New Record for Spring Turkey Hunt

The second weekend (May 7-8) 610 turkeys were registered, or 10.7% of the total. On the third weekend (May 14-15) 424 males were registered, or 7.4%; the fourth weekend (May 2122) 312 or 5.5% of the total; and the fifth weekend, Memorial Day Weekend (May 28–30) 212 gobblers were regis tered or 3.7% of the season’s total.

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The season’s opening day and week end again claimed the highest rates of hunter success in 2021. On Saturday, May 1, 843 male turkeys were regis tered, or 15.6% of the season total, an increase of 10.3% over the same day the previous year. The second day of the season, Sunday, May 2, 721 gob blers, or 13.4% of the season’s total, wereOpeningregistered.day of the regular season was very successful for many hunters with 1,293 male turkeys, or 22.7% of the season total harvested, compared with 15.6% on opening day the pre vious year and 10.3% two years prior.

The top 10 towns with the highest harvests included: Weare (82), Gil manton (77), Alton (74), Loudon (73), Plainfield (70), Claremont (69), Con cord (67), Farmington (65), Cornish (64) and Epsom (59). These 10 towns listed were also in the top 10 last year.

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A total of 23 towns registered 50 or more male turkeys this spring.

with nature, to name a few. “Growing up in New England and currently living in the center of the Lakes Regions beauty of fers many options to paint on canvas”, explains Marie. “I studied for many years with art instructor Raleigh Wilk erson. There I learned values and perspective. Since then I have taken several other workshops with other local art instructors which keeps my work fresh and forever evolving”.

The 2022 spring harvest was com prised of 22 (0.4%) bearded hens, 1,171 jakes (20.5%), and 4,530 toms (79.1%). This includes the youth tur key hunt which took place the weekend prior to the spring season. The youth weekend resulted in 428 turkeys har vested or 7.5% of the season total.

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Turkey hunters in New Hampshire set a new record this spring with a total of 5,723 wild turkeys harvested during the spring season. This just surpasses the previous record that was set during the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020 when a total of 5,718 turkeys were harvest ed. This year’s harvest was also an in crease compared with last spring when 5,399 turkeys were harvest.

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“Marie’s Menagerie” Exhibit at The Galleries

The Galleries at 30 Main will feature the works of Marie Kel ly in a show called “Marie’s Menagerie”. The exhibit opens on Thursday, September 1st with a reception from 4:00 – 6:00. This gives the public and opportunity to meet with the artist and discuss her work. Light refreshments and beverages will be served at the opening. This event is free and open to the public. Kelly’s show will run through Sunday, September 12th.

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The Lee family and a few others still resided at the area and many were willing to sell their land or portions of their property to Shaw. He envisioned a grand mountain summer home, and he bought about 350 acres in the 1870s to Shaw’s1880s. new vacation home was called Weelahka Hall, and it also was used as a hotel. With fresh air, beautiful, tranquil countryside and fresh produce and meat from the Lee farm, it was a bit of heaven for Shaw and his cityAlthoughguests. wealthy, the Shaws, it was said, got along very well with the Settlement’s year-round residents, being particularly fond of the Lee family. The Horne family remained in the community and Mr. Shaw employed Henry Horne as his estate manager. The two

Whitten family’s field; around 15 children attended the school. The teacher boarded in the homes of local families, according to “The Mountain People of Moultonboro” compiled and edited by Gilbert M. Hewins.

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Enter B.F. Shaw, a wealthy, selfmade man. Like Thomas Plant who would come after him, Shaw made his fortune by his intelligence. He invented the Shaw-Knit machine, known to make fine quality stockings. With money to purchase a summer home, Shaw chose the Ossipee Mountain/Lee Settlement area.

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It was to become the Lee Settlement, named for the first people to settle there, the Lee family. More settlers followed, perhaps because they were relatives or friends of the Lees. Maybe they had heard of the house the Lee family had built on the property in the 1790s and hoped for success as well. The families were the Copps, Whithams, Whittens, Roberts, and the Hornes. It was a hard-working life and the newer arrivals constructed modest homes much smaller in size than the LeeNohomestead.matterthe size of the homes, the families were large with many mouths to feed. However, the community was self-sufficient, tending their own gardens and cattle and making much of

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Before there was Castle in the Clouds, there was Ossipee Mountain Park. Before Castle owner Thomas Plant brought his wealth and his name to the area, the Lee family and later, the Shaws, resided on the land in the mountain area of Moultonborough, NewFollowingHampshire.the Revolutionary War, families were moving from Boston, Portsmouth and other populated areas. People found the beautiful valley in the Ossipee Mountains enticing.

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After Shaw passed away in 1891, his family continued to manage the property. Interesting to note, the writer Robert Frost spent a summer at Ossipee Park, although he did not lodge in the main hotel, but found rough lodgings in a cottage on the Horne property. Frost, it was said, had followed a young lady to Moultonborough, and it seems likely he wished to court her. After the summer, they both returned to teaching jobs in Massachusetts, and continued their acquaintance. They were married in 1895; it was a good relationship, and it may have started one summer in Moultonborough, New Hampshire.

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Along with the house, Shaw built a lookout seat with a large roof for his guests and family. From here the views were spectacular and it was at this same spot that Thomas Plant later built his estate, Lucknow, eventually named Castle in the Clouds. The lookout was dubbed The Crow’s Nest and it was a portion of the Ossipee Mountain Park that Shaw opened for public use. (Perhaps Shaw was an early land conservationist, because it is said he charged an admission fee of 25 cents for park entrance, to protect the property.)

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The new summer home of the Shaw family was large and beautiful. It is said, according to “New Insights on the History of Castle in the Clouds” that the home had a two-story balustrade veranda on two sides of the structure. The views were likely breathtaking, encompassing the lake and mountains. Those approaching Weelahka Hall could not mistake it, because tall brick chimneys left no doubt of the site of Shaw’s summer home.

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The Ossipee Mountain lodging establishment and the surrounding area (in the late 1800s) was ideal for those who wished a quiet, rural vacation. Guests came by recommendation and could enjoy the natural amenities Thomas Plant was later to embrace: waterfalls, hiking paths, open fields, deep woods, views of Lake Winnipesaukee and of course, the tranquility of country life.

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Sept. 6 Fused Glass Lantern Workshop with Ann Lambert in her studio. Preregister at ArtWorks Gallery, details online at www.ChocoruaArtworks.com, 132 Rt. 16, Chocorua, 323-8041.

Sept. 6, Summer Music Nights, 5:30-8:30 pm, Castle in the Clouds, Moultonborough, www.castleintheclouds.org., info: 476-5900.

Sept. 8, Guided Hike, Brook Walk, 10-11:30 am, free, pre-registration required, Castle in the Clouds, Moultonborough, www.castleintheclouds.org, 476-5900.

Sept. 8, Lasagna Dinner, doors open at 4:30 pm; dinner 5:30-7 pm, Union Congregational Church, dinner served at Hotchkiss Common, parking behind the church at 80 Main St., Union/Wakefield, proceeds go to Women’s Fellowship programs, tickets: Betty at 473-2727.

Sept. 5, Summer Music Nights, 5:30-8:30 pm, Castle in the Clouds, Moultonborough, www.castleintheclouds.org., info: 476-5900.

Sept. 9, Red Hot Chilli Pipers, 7:30 pm, Flying Monkey Movie and Performance Center, 39 S. Main St., Plymouth, info./tickets: 536-2551, www.flyingmonkeynh. com.

Sept. 6, Fiber Arts Gathering, 10-11 am, come knit, stitch, crochet, spin and chat, Sanbornton Public Library, 27 Meetinghouse Hill Rd., Sanbornton, 286-8222.

Sept. 6, Land, People & Property, 10 am, tour grounds & learn history of Castle in the Clouds, Rt. 171, Moultonborough, register: volunteers@castleintheclouds.org, 476-5419, www.castleintheclouds.org.

Sept. 6, Birding at Prescott, 9-11 am, adult program, Prescott Farm Environmental Education Center, White Oaks Rd., Laconia, info/pre-registration: www. prescottfarm.org, 366-5695.

Through Sept. 17, Watching the Seasons Change, exhibit at Museum of the White Mountains, 34 Highland St., Plymouth, 535-3210.

Through Oct. 2, “Outside In” a StoryWalk, at Grey Rocks Conservation Area, Hebron, enjoy trails, info: www.newfoundlake.org, Newfound Lake Region Assoc., 262-3890.

Through Oct. 31, Display Your Best Scarecrow, display at your (Ossipee) home or business, send a photo of the scarecrow to recdept@ossipee.org and compete to be the winner, Ossipee Parks & Recreation, info: 539-1307.

Sept. 6, Bingo at the Lions Club, Moultonborough Function Hall, 139 Old Rt. 109, Moultonborough, doors open 5 pm, bingo starts at 6:30 pm.

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Sept. 8, An Evening with America’s Master Mentalist Jon Stetson, concert, 7 pm, Club Sandwich, 12 Main St., Center Sandwich, tickets/info: www.johndavidson. com.

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Sept. 6, Outdoor Storytime for Young Children, 10:30-11:30 am, Cook Memorial Library, 93 Main St., Tamworth, www.tamworthlibrary.org.

Sept. 7, Watercolor Workshop, 1-3 pm, Lakes Region Art Association & Gallery, 120 Laconia Rd., Suite 132, Tilton, pre-registration a must: 472-3733, patedsalldesigns@gmail.com.

Sept. 7, Senie Hunt performs, 4-6:30 pm, Canterbury Farmers Market, 9 Center Rd., Canterbury, info: canterburyfarmersmarket@gmail.com.

Sept. 6, Zentangle Art Lessons, 6-8 pm, Galleries at 30 Main, 30 Main St., Meredith, 279-0557.

Sept. 5, Glen David Andrews, jazz, gospel, funk, soul concert,Feel the Barn Concert Series, 118 Page Hill Rd., Chocorua, 323-6169, www.thefarmstand.net.

Sept. 9, Aquanett – 80s Rock Night, 8 pm, Lakeport Opera House, 781 Union Ave., Laconia, tickets/info: www.lakeportopera.com, 519-7506.

Sept. 8, Newfound Lake Region Association Volunteer Day, 10 am-noon, all ages volunteer event to maintain trails and shoreline of Newfound Lake watershed, 178 N. Shore Rd., Hebron, free, info/pre-register: 744-8689, www.newfoundlake.org.

Through Sept. 12, Exhibit Wilderness: Light Sizzles Around Me, hand painted, sewn textile sculptures and banners, Canterbury Shaker Village, 288 Shaker Rd., Canterbury, 783-9511, www.shakers.org.

Sept. 6, Main St. Museum Open House & Tours, 5-7 pm, by Meredith Historical Society, 45 Main St., Meredith, 279-1190, www.meredithareachamber.com.

Sept. 3-5, 32nd Annual Labor Day Weekend Craft Fair at the Bay, 10 am, Alton Bay Community House & Grounds, Rt. 11, 24 Mount Major Highway, Alton Bay, Castleberry Fairs, www.castleberryfairs.com.

Sept. 10, Never Say Never, concert, The Purple Pit Coffee Lounge, 28 Central St., Bristol, www.thepurplepit.com, 744-7800.

Sept. 10, Smartphone Photography Part I: Capturing Wetland Images, 10 amnoon, adult program, Prescott Farm Environmental Education Center, White Oaks Rd., Laconia, info/pre-registration: www.prescottfarm.org, 366-5695.

Sept. 10, Awareness Festival, 10 am-3 pm, Sandwich Fairgrounds, live music 10 am-noon & 1-3 pm; speakers noon-1 pm from Bridge House, Belknap House, Isaiah 61 Cafe; One-Stop Yard Sale, sponsored by Community Church of Sandwich, food, face painting for kids, crafts, www.communitychurchofsandwich.com.

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Sept. 11, 2022 Celebrity Waiter Dinner & Auction, 5-8 pm, at Franklin Lodge of Elks for Franklin Opera House, 316 Central St., Franklin, info: www. franklinoperahouse.org., 934-1901.

Sept. 10, Vintage Fair, 11 am-4 pm, Clark House Museum Grounds, 233 S. Main St., Wolfeboro, info: pmhodder@gmail.com. Rain date Sept. 11.

Sept. 10-18, Lees Mills Steamboat Meet, 50th anniversary, Blake Rd, or enter on Lees Mills Rd., Moultonborough, free admission, concessions available, info: 4762224.

Sept. 10, Laconia Multicultural Festival, music, arts, crafts, cuisine, Laconia city Hall parking lot, Belknap Mill, Rotary Park, downtown Laconia, www. laconiamulticulturalfestival.org.

Sept. 10, Tamworth Farmer’s Market, 9 am-noon, 30 Tamworth Road, Tamworth, info: www.tamworthfarmersmarket.org.

Sept. 10, Up Close to Animals, 2-2:30 pm, learn about wild animals with experienced naturalist educator, Squam Lakes Natural Science Center, Holderness, info: 968-7194, www.nhnature.org.

Sept. 10, Wild Mushroom Walk, Beginner, 10 am-noon,adult program, Prescott Farm Environmental Education Center, White Oaks Rd., Laconia, info/preregistration: www.prescottfarm.org, 366-5695.

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Sept. 10, Bird Language-Outdoor Workshop, 7:30-9:30 am, Charlotte C. Brown Woods, Washington Hill Rd., Chocorua, www.chocorualake.org, 323-6252.

Sept. 10, Daniel Tosh, 7 & 9:30 pm, pm, Capitol Center for the Arts Chubb Theatre, 44 S. Main St., Concord, tickets/info: www.ccanh.com, 225-1111.

Sept. 10, Hill Historical Society Open House with Hill Center “1800” Church, 10 am-2 pm, history books for sale and more, 265 Murray Hill Rd., Hill, hillhistoricalsociety@gmail.com.

Sept. 10, Live Animal Presentation with a Naturalist – NH Wildlife, 10:30 am, Forest Treehouse, Lost River Gorge, N. Woodstock, and Squam Lakes Natural Science Center naturalist, meet wild animals of NH forests, book in advance necessary, 745-8031, www.lostrivergorge.com.

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Sept. 10, Learn the Art of Soldering, 10:30 am-4:30 pm, with instructor Joy Raskin, League of NH Craftsmen - Meredith Fine Craft Gallery, 279 Daniel Webster Highway, Meredith, pre-registration a must: 279-7920, http://meredith.nhcrafts.org/ classes/. Participants must sign up before Sept. 3.

Sept. 10, Artisan Fair, Canterbury Shaker Village, Shaker Rd., Canterbury, 7839511, www.shakers.org.

Sept. 10, Moonlight Tour, 6:30-8:30 pm, adult program, Prescott Farm Environmental Education Center, White Oaks Rd., Laconia, info/pre-registration: www.prescottfarm.org, 366-5695.

Sept. 10, Nature Inspired Crafts: Fall Wreaths, 1-3 pm,adult program, Prescott Farm Environmental Education Center, White Oaks Rd., Laconia, info/preregistration: www.prescottfarm.org, 366-5695.

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Sept. 10, Dueling Pianos Best of Boston, 8 pm, Bank of NH Stage, 16 S. Main St., Concord, tickets/info: www.ccanh.com, 225-1111.

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Sept. 11, Mark Erelli concert, Feel the Barn Concert Series, 118 Page Hill Rd., Chocorua, 323-6169, www.thefarmstand.net.

Gilmanton Community Farmers Market, at Gilmanton Year Round Library, 11 am-2 pm, Sundays through Oct. 9, 1385 NH Rt. 140, Gilmanton Iron Works, 4911687.

Sept. 12, Magical Yoga and Burnt Timber Brewing & Tavern, fundraiser five-course food and drink, info: Burnt Timber, 96 Lehner St., Wolfeboro, www. burnttimbertavern.com.

Sept. 13, Bingo at the Lions Club, Moultonborough Function Hall, 139 Old Rt. 109, Moultonborough, doors open 5 pm, bingo starts at 6:30 pm.

Sept. 12, First Annual ACF White Mountain Chef’s Association Golf Tournament, 8:30 am, Indian Mound Golf Club, Rt. 16, Center Ossipee, info: www.whitemountainacfchefs.org.

Canterbury Shaker Village, walk the grounds, Shaker Rd., Canterbury, 783-9511, free, dawn to dusk, programs, tours/info: www.shakers.org.

Sept. 11, Up Close to Animals, 2-2:30 pm, learn about wild animals with experienced naturalist educator, Squam Lakes Natural Science Center, Holderness, info: 968-7194, www.nhnature.org.

Belknap Mill, 25 Beacon St. East, Laconia, gallery and textile museum, events and programs, info/call for hours: 524-8813, www.belknapmill.org.

ArtWorks Gallery& Fine Crafts, works by 35 artists, classes & events.Open 10-5 pm daily, closed Tuesdays, First Fridays from noon-7 pm, 323-8041,132 Rt. 16, Chocorua,www.chocoruaartworks.com.

Country Village Quilt Guild, meets the first and third Wednesday of each month from 1:30-3:30 pm, Public Safety Building (back entrance to Police and Fire Dept.), Rt. 25,1035 Whittier Highway, Moultonboro. Schedule/info. email:countryvillagequilters@yahoo.com.

Book & Puzzle Sale, 8 am-1 pm at Union Congregational Church Chapel, 80 Main St., Union, held every Sat. through October, corn chowder, coffee, snacks available, info: Betty at 473-2727.

In the Round, Sundays at 8:45 am, thought-provoking topics related to tolerance, Benz Center, Sandwich, 284-7532.

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Giant Insects, 9:30 am-5 pm, Squam Lakes Natural Science Center, Holderness, exhibit included in regular admission, Holderness, www.nhnature.org.

Sept. 11, Smartphone Photography Part II: Editing Wetland Images, 10 amnoon, adult program, Prescott Farm Environmental Education Center, White Oaks Rd., Laconia, info/pre-registration: www.prescottfarm.org, 366-5695.

Sept. 11, Bachelors of Broadway – Gentlemen of the Theatre, Colonial Theatre, free admission, 7 pm, melodies of stage and screen, program of the Putnam Fund, tickets available on Aug. 26 at 10 am, www.coloniallaconia.com, 1-800-657-8774.

Sept. 11, Music on the Garden Barn Green, 4-5 pm, special memorial concert with Jan Fuller and Harel Gietheim, bring your own picnic and a chair, donations welcome, Canterbury Shaker Village, Shaker Rd., Canterbury, 783-9511, www. shakers.org.

Canterbury Farmers Market, 4-6:30 pm, Wednesdays, live music, vegetables, crafts and more, 9 Center Rd., Canterbury, www.canterburyfarmersmarket.com.

Sept. 13, Land, People & Property, 10 am, tour grounds & learn history of Castle in the Clouds, Rt. 171, Moultonborough, register: volunteers@castleintheclouds. org, 476-5419, www.castleintheclouds.org.

Sept. 12, Summer Music Nights, 5:30-8:30 pm, Castle in the Clouds, Moultonborough, www.castleintheclouds.org., info: 476-5900.

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Guided Exploration with Watershed Stewards, 10 am-noon, Thursdays through October, guided explorations of Newfound Lake watershed, 178 N. Shore Rd., Hebron, info: 744-8689, www.newfoundlake.org.

Sept. 11, Beginner Stained Glass Class, 9 am-4 pm, with instructor Susanna Ries, League of NH Craftsmen - Meredith Fine Craft Gallery, 279 Daniel Webster Highway, Meredith, pre-registration a must: 279-7920, http://meredith.nhcrafts.org/ classes/. Participants must sign up before Sept. 4.

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Sept. 13, Model Yachting, Back Bay Skippers, 1-4 pm, race controlled model yachts, Glendon St., Wolfeboro, www.nhbm.org.569-4554.

Franklin Farmers Market, 3-6 pm, Thursdays until Sept. 29, Marceau Park, Central St., Franklin, 934-2118.

Sept. 13, Fiber Arts Gathering, 10-11 am, come knit, stitch, crochet, spin and chat, Sanbornton Public Library, 27 Meetinghouse Hill Rd., Sanbornton, 286-8222.

NH Farm Museum, old-time farm, programs, events for families, 1305 White Mt. Highway, Milton, 652-7840, www.nhfarmmuseum.org.

Squam Lakes Natural Science Center, exhibits, nature trails, events, cruises, 23 Science Center Rd., Holderness, 968-7194, www.nhnature.org.

Treasure Shop, open on Wednesdays and Saturdays from 9 am-2 pm during the summer at Old Town Hall, Wakefield, info: 522-3189.

Tuftonboro Country Bluegrass and Gospel Jam, every Tues., through Dec., 6:30-9:30 pm, $2 donation requested, Old White Church, Rt. 109A, across from Tuftonboro General Store, 569-0247 or 569-3861.

Solar Gazing, noon-4 pm on Mondays through Sept. 6, free, Castle in the Clouds, Rt. 171, Moultonborough, 476-5900, www.castleintheclouds.org.

League of NH Craftsmen Meredith Fine Craft Gallery, fine handmade crafts and art for sale, workshops, 279 Daniel Webster Highway, Meredith, hours/info: 279-7920.

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Wright Museum of WWII, exhibits and lectures of life on the home front during WWII, 77 Center St., Wolfeboro, 569-1212, www.wrightmuseum.org.

Sculpture Walk, tours of outdoor sculptures around downtown/lakeside areas of Meredith, free, Greater Meredith Program, maps/info: 279-9015.

Model Yachting - Back Bay Skippers, meets every Tues. & Thurs., 1-4 pm, model yacht group, spectators welcome, Cotton Valley Rail Trail, Glendon St., Wolfeboro, until Oct., info: NH Boat Museum, 569-4554.

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Squam Lake Cruises, family/educational cruises to look for loons, & wildlife, Squam Lakes Natural Science Center, Holderness, tickets: www.nhnature.org, 9687194.

Lake Winnipesaukee Sailing Association, youth, and adult sailing lessons, sailing competitions, Gilford, info: www.lwsa.org, 589-1177.

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Libby Museum of Natural History, animal/nature exhibits & programs, 755 N. Main St., Wolfeboro, 569-1035, open seasonally.

Quilting Group, 1-4 pm, meets every 2 weeks, Ossipee Public Library, 74 Main St., Ossipee, schedule/info: 539-6390.

Sanbornton Community Arts Festival, second Saturday of every month. Old Town Hall, 19 Meeting House Hill Road, Sanbornton.

Wolfeboro Farmer’s Market, 12:30-4:30 pm, vendors, food, every Thurs., The Nick, 10 Trotting Track Rd., Rt. 28, Wolfeboro, www.wolfeborofarmersmarket.org.

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Laverack Nature Trail at Hawkins Brook, nature trail on boardwalk, free, trail starts to the left of Meredith Village Savings Bank, Meredith, info: 279-9015.

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½ tsp nutmeg

¼ cup softened butter

Heat oven to 450 degrees. Place paper baking cup in each of 12 regular-size muffin cups, or grease muffin cups. In small bowl, toss raspberries, 2 tbsp of the sugar, nutmeg, cinnamon, and lemon juice. Set aside. In medium bowl, combine Bisquick mix, remaining 2 tbsp sugar and the butter. Add milk all at once, stirring with fork into soft dough. Beat 20 strokes. Spread a tbsp of dough in bottom of each muffin cup. Top each with 1 tbsp raspberry mixture. Drop slightly less than 1 tbsp of dough onto berries. Bake 10 to 15 minutes or until golden brown. Remove from muffin pans immediately after baking. Cool slightly. Meanwhile, in small bowl, stir together glaze ingredients until easy to drizzle. Drizzle over muffins. You can easily substitute blueberries for the raspberries, and if you want to add a different flavor adding a little zing to the flavor, substitute ground ginger for the nutmeg.

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For The Glaze

For The Muffins

½ tsp ground cinnamon

Berries Berries Berries

2 tsp fresh squeezed lemon juice

Today’s theme for the day is utilizing all those yummy fresh berries many of you have picked this summer, not to mention the fresh berries you can buy by the pints at your local supermarkets. Whether those picked berries are fresh or frozen, these recipes should give you great reason to start doing some baking and such. I have a few breakfast thoughts, as well as bunch of desserts, and yes, a dinner as well.

2 cups Original Bisquick mix

To something similar but also very different, I offer you a breakfast biscuit made with blueberries and topped with a lemon glaze. This is a drop biscuit which goes together quicker than rolling and cutting. They have a cloudlike

2/3 cup milk

1-1 ½ tbsp milk, or enough to get a good drizzle consistency

Well, it’s tough to talk breakfast and berries without bringing up muffins, but hopefully you haven’t seen this one before. I always love to push ideas that are both easy and delicious, and this one circles both of those. This is made with Bisquick, which I have al-

1-1 ¼ cups fresh raspberries

½ tsp vanilla extract

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ways been a fan of. Prep/cook time is about 40 minutes and is for a dozen great starters to your day.

Hello Foodie Friends!! I hope you all had a nice Labor Day weekend and are now enjoying the roads and restaurants again as many of our summer visitors have gone back home, at least for the time being. We will obviously have our share of “weekend warriors” up visiting, but for much of the week we have our home turf back. Enjoy it while you can before the leaf peepers start barraging the area in a few weeks which will last the better part of a month. Spring and these few upcoming weeks we are heading into are some of my favorites of the year. Decent weather, good time to go out and eat and enjoy the lakes without a huge crowd. It’s a great time to stake our claim on our area again, although most of us fully support the tourist crowds as that is what makes most of our financial worlds go round.

1 cup confectioners’ sugar

Pinch of salt

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4 tbsp sugar

Frosted Raspberry Mufﬁns

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2 tbsp lemon juice

6 tbsp cold butter

Place a rack in the center of your oven and preheat to 400 degrees. Line a large baking sheet with parchment paper or a silicone baking mat. Dice the butter into small pieces and place it in the freezer while you prepare the other ingredients. Place the sugar in a large mixing bowl. Zest the lemon directly over the top, saving the zested lemon for the glaze later. With your fingers, rub the zest into the sugar until it is moist and fragrant. To the bowl, add the flour, baking powder, and salt. Whisk to combine.

airy texture and consistency and are a melt in your mouth kind of biscuit. This is a mix, scoop, and bake morning/brunch kind of treat. Total time on these is barely 30 minutes and makes 10 biscuits.

1 cup non-fat plain Greek yogurt

In a huge “about face”, I’m going to bust up the fun monotony of awesome sweets to an incredible dinner option that is sure to be a winner with your crowd. Don’t worry, after this one we will boogie right back to dessert themes. One thing berries can be

¼ cup milk

¼ cup sugar

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For The Glaze

of 1 cup each.

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Lemon Glazed Blueberry Biscuits

2 cup all-purpose flour

1 tbsp baking powder

1 medium lemon

1 cup sifted powdered sugar

7 cups sugar

Scatter the cold butter pieces over the top. With a pastry blender or fork, cut in the butter until the mixture resembles coarse crumbs. Some pieces may be the size of small pebbles and others

Still on a breakfast theme, well sort of as I love toast as a snack any time of day. Here is a quick, easy, and absolutely addicting blueberry jam recipe. This one doesn’t need to be “professionally” canned by putting the jars in boiling water afterwards, which I find to be a bonus. It has everything a good blueberry jam is supposed to have, takes 20 minutes to prep, 20 minutes to cook and then they will need to stand/ rest for a day. This is a very worthwhile recipe to own, and it makes 5 jars

1 package powdered fruit pectin

Rinse five 1-cup plastic or freezer-safe containers or jars with lids with boiling water. Dry thoroughly. Mash blueberries and transfer to a Dutch oven or 8 qt pot. Add lemon juice, stir in pectin. Bring to a full rolling boil over high heat, stirring constantly. Stir in sugar and return to a full rolling boil. Boil for 1 minute, stirring constantly. Remove from the heat and skim off the foam. Ladle into jars or containers and cool to room temperature, about 1-1 ½ hours. Cover and let stand overnight or until set, but not longer than 24 hours. Refrigerate for up to 3 weeks or freeze for up to 12 months. This stuff flies in my family.

8 cups blueberries

3 tbsp freshly squeezed lemon juice from the lemon above

½ tsp kosher salt

as large as peas. If there are a few stubborn pieces of butter that won’t break up, you can quickly use your fingers to rub them in. In a separate bowl, whisk together the Greek yogurt, milk, and egg until smoothly combined. Make a well in the center of the dry ingredients, then pour all the yogurt mixture into it at once. With a fork, stir just until evenly moistened and the dough holds together. The mixture will seem dry at first but will even out, you can lightly use your hands to bring the dough together if needed. Gently stir in the blueberries. With a cookie or ice cream scoop, drop the batter by 1/4 -1/3 cupsful onto the prepared sheet, each biscuit should be 3 inches wide or so. Leave at least 1 ½ inches of space between and around each. Bake for 12 to 18 minutes, until the tops are golden and spring back lightly when touched and a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Transfer to a wire rack. While the blueberry biscuits bake, prepare the lemon glaze. In a small bowl, whisk together the powdered sugar and lemon juice until smooth. Drizzle over the warm biscuits. Enjoy!

Blueberry Jam

1 cup fresh blueberries

1 large egg

a great addition to is certain salsas, and this grilled chicken dish with the addition of this salsa is so good. I fully expect to see you utilize this salsa on many things, from eggs/omelets to many cuts of fish. I actually have been known to eat this as is by the spoonful. Not only is this dish full of the flavors of lime, cilantro, strawberries and avocados, the appearance is as outstanding as the flavor. As us chefs like to say, this dish has the “Wow” factor from the first time you see it, to the first and last bite. When it comes to the avocados, if you are having trouble getting them to ripen, put them in a paper bag with a banana, apple, or kiwi as they produce ethylene gas, a plant hormone, that aids the ripening process. Prep time is 20 minutes, and the cook time is similar. Marinating time is from 1-24 hours depending on your schedule, but I suggest closer to the 24-hour side of things. This feeds 4.

Grilled Chicken Breast with Strawberry Avocado Salsa 2 lbs boneless skinless chicken breasts or thighs

Heat oven to 325 degrees. Grease bottom of 13x9-inch glass baking pan with shortening or cooking spray. Make brownie batter as directed on box for cakelike brownies. Spread in pan. Bake 22-25 minutes or until toothpick inserted 2 inches from side of pan comes out almost clean. It’s ok for the middle not to be completely cooked. Cool 10 minutes. In large bowl, beat cream cheese and sugar with electric mixer on medium speed until smooth, scraping down sides of bowl frequently. On low speed, add eggs, 1 at a time,

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1/3 cup heavy whipping cream

¾ cup white whole wheat flour

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½ tsp kosher salt

2 tbsp extra virgin olive oil

¼ tsp fresh ground black pepper

1 tsp vanilla

¼ tsp kosher salt

each breast. Remove to a plate, cover, and let rest for 5 minutes. Transfer the chicken to serving plates and top each with a few generous spoonsful of the strawberry salsa. Enjoy immediately, and you will.

For The Filling

1 box fudge brownie mix, 18.3 oz Eggs, oil, and water that is called for on the box and anything else that it calls for

2 tbsp fresh cilantro, chopped

½ cup dark chocolate chips

Enough of the crazy curveball on what many of you thought was going to be an article full of sweets, even though I think you will love that chicken dish, let’s get down and dirty the rest of the way with desserts. Let’s break back into some raspberries and maybe combine them with chocolate and some cheesecake? Any objections? I thought not. This is a yummy dessert bar that will create smiles. The overall start to finish time will be at least 4 hours as letting it set will be more than half the time, and you can get as many as 24 squares depending on how you cut them.

2 cups fresh raspberries

¼ cup fresh cilantro leaves and tender stems, finely chopped

Raspberry Chocolate Swirled Cheesecake Bars

1 medium avocado, diced

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1 tbsp lime zest, from about 2 limes

beating until just blended. Beat in vanilla. In small bowl, reserve ½ cup of that filling. In another small bowl, mash raspberries with fork. Push berries through small strainer with back of spoon to make ½ cup raspberry puree. Stir puree and food color into the large bowl of cream cheese filling. Spread raspberry filling evenly over cooled brownie. In small microwavable bowl, zap the chocolate chips and whipping cream, uncovered, on high for 30 seconds, stir. Continue to microwave in 15-second intervals until mixture can be stirred smooth. Stir chocolate mixture into reserved filling. Drop tablespoonfuls of the chocolate filling on the raspberry filling. With knife, carefully swirl into raspberry filling layer. Bake 32-36 minutes or until filling is set at least 2 inches from edge of pan but center still jiggles slightly when moved. Cheesecake layer will become firm during refrigeration. Cool 30 minutes on cooling rack. Refrigerate at least 2 ½ hours or until cooled completely. I generally cut these 6x4 and for best results when cutting, dip your sharp knife in hot water and wipe it after each cut. Wicked good and they look pretty cool as well.

2 cloves garlic, minced

¼ cup fresh squeezed lime juice from the same 2 limes

For the Strawberry Avocado Topping

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to an even thickness so that each piece cooks evenly. Place in a large ziplock bag. In a small bowl, whisk together the lime zest, lime juice, olive oil, garlic, honey, salt, pepper, and cilantro. Pour over the chicken, seal the bag, then “squish” to coat the chicken evenly. Refrigerate for 1 hour or up to 1 day, rotating the bag every now and then if you remember.When ready to grill, remove the chicken from the refrigerator and let stand at room temperature for at least 15-20 minutes. Preheat grill to medium-high. While the grill preheats, prepare the strawberry salsa by placing the strawberries, red onion, jalapeno, cilantro, lime juice, honey, and ¼ tsp kosher salt in a mixing bowl. Stir gently to combine. Fold in the avocado just before serving to keep them nice and green. Taste and add a bit more salt if you feel it tastes a little too flat or additional honey if it is too spicy. Lightly oil the grill. Grill the chicken until completely cooked through and the temperature on an instant-read thermometer reads 160 to 165 degrees, about 8-12 minutes total, flipping the chicken once or twice throughout. The amount of time you need will vary based on the size and thickness of

Lay a sheet of plastic wrap over a cutting board and then place the chicken breasts on the plastic with some space between them and cover with another large piece of plastic wrap. With a mallet, lightly pound the meat

I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again, I love dessert bars, so here we go again. This one is a little healthier than most as these are strawberry oatmeal bars using 100% whole grain if that’s your cup of tea. Make these as is and you still have some very delicious dessert or snack bars, but you can easily sub all-purpose flour if the gluten thing isn’t a big deal to you. Plan on total time taking just under an hour and getting 16 bars.

½ tsp honey

HealthyOatmealStrawberryBars

For The Brownie

2 tbsp freshly squeezed lime juice, 1 small-medium lime

2 eggs

½ small red onion, diced, about ¼ cup1 cup strawberries diced, about 2/3 of a dry pint of whole strawberries

1 medium jalapeno, cored, seeded, and finely chopped

1/8 tsp red food color

For the Strawberry Bars

2 packages cream cheese, 8 oz each, softened½cup sugar

1 cup old-fashioned rolled oats, gluten free if needed

1/3 cup light brown sugar

1 ½ tsp honey

ner consistency is desired. Using the parchment-paper handles, lift the bars from the pan. Drizzle with glaze, slice, and serve. The recipe can be doubled and baked in a 9×13-inch baking pan. The bars will be a bit thicker but will be just as delicious. Store leftovers in the refrigerator for up to 5 days.

½ tsp ground cinnamon

1 tsp cornstarch

1 tbsp granulated sugar divided

½ tsp almond extract

oven to 350 degrees. In 9-inch round or 8-inch square pan, melt butter in oven. Sprinkle ¼ cup sugar evenly over melted butter. Arrange raspberries with open ends up over sugar mixture and sprinkle with almonds. In medium bowl, beat remaining ingredients except whipped cream with electric mixer on low speed 30 seconds, scraping bowl constantly. Beat on medium speed 4 minutes, scraping bowl occasionally. Pour batter over raspberries and almonds. Bake 35-40 minutes or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Immediately place heatproof serving plate upside down over pan, turn plate and pan over. Leave pan over cake a few minutes so sugar mixture can drizzle over cake, remove pan. Cool at least 10 minutes before serving. Serve warm with homemade whipped cream, store bought whipped topping or ice cream.

1 ½ tsp baking powder

1 can crushed pineapple in juice, 8 oz, drained, juice reserved for sauce

Juice reserved from can of crushed pineapple¼tsplemon juice

Heat oven to 350 degrees. In large bowl, mix all filling ingredients except pineapple and blueberries with a spoon until well blended. Fold in pineapple and blueberries. Spread in ungreased 8-inch square glass pan. In small bowl, mix all topping ingredients except butter. Cut in butter, using pastry blender, or pulling 2 table knives through ingredients in opposite directions, until particles resemble fine crumbs. Sprinkle over blueberry mixture. Bake 45 to 50 minutes or until golden brown and toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Meanwhile, in 1-quart saucepan, mix brown sugar and cornstarch. Add enough water to reserved pineapple juice to measure 2/3 cup and stir into brown sugar mixture. Cook over medium heat, stirring constantly, until mixture boils. Boil and stir 1 minute, then remove from heat. Stir in lemon juice. Serve over warm dessert and top with extra blueberries, a pineapple wedge or 2 and a good ‘ole scoop of vanilla ice cream if wanted.

Bake the bars for 35 to 40 minutes, until the fruit is bubbly and the crumb topping smells toasty and looks golden. Place the pan on a wire rack to cool completely. While the bars cool, prepare the glaze. In a medium bowl, briskly whisk together the powdered sugar, vanilla, and milk until smooth. Feel free to add more milk if a thin-

1 ½ cups fresh blueberries

½ tsp vanilla

More fresh blueberries

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2 cups small-diced fresh strawberries, about 10 ounces

½ tsp vanilla ¼ tsp salt 1 egg

½ cup powdered sugar, sifted ½ tsp pure vanilla extract

2 tbsp sliced almonds

¼ cup sugar

½ cup granulated sugar

whipped cream, frozen whipped topping, or ice cream, if desiredHeat

½ cup sugar

Raspberry Upside Down Cake

Vanilla ice cream

Honestly, I’m a fan of all these recipes today, but if forced to make a decision, this one would likely be my favorite. This is a Blueberry Pineapple Buckle and it’s awesome. For those not familiar with a buckle, it is similar to a crisp, but has more of a cake-like aspect to it as well as the crumble on top, although not an oatmeal type thing. This one gets topped with a pineapple sauce as well. Granted, a warm dessert is not the norm in the summer, but when you top anything with ice cream, who’s going to argue, not to mention it’s so darn good. This dessert is “old school”, which is never a bad thing as it brings back memories of our grandmothers. Total time is not quite 1 ½ hours and feeds 9 or so depending on how you scoop it.

1 tsp grated lemon zest

6 tbsp unsalted butter

½ cup milk

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¼ tsp kosher salt

1 Sweetenedegg

½ cup milk or water

For the Vanilla Glaze, optional but delicious, especially if you prefer a sweeter bar

Blueberry Pineapple Buckle

Garnish, optional

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3 tbsp packed brown sugar

For the Pineapple Sauce

¼ cup butter or margarine, softened

Last for today, we go back to the raspberries and build a dessert I don’t see nearly as often as I did growing up, that being an upside down cake. Once this one is baked, once you flip it upside down, it shows all the yummy raspberries and almonds. Like the first recipe of the day, we bust out the Bisquick for this one. Total time is about 75 minutes and serves 9.

1 tbsp milk

¼ tsp ground ginger

For the Filling

1 ½ cups Original Bisquick mix

1/3 cup all-purpose flour

1 ½ cups fresh raspberries

½ cup sugar

Place a rack in the center of your oven and preheat to 375 degrees. Line an 8×8-inch baking pan with parchment paper so that the paper overhangs two sides like handles. In a medium bowl, combine the oats, flour, brown sugar, ginger, and salt. Pour in the melted butter and stir until it forms clumps, and the dry ingredients are evenly moistened. Set aside ½ cup of the crumble mixture, then press the rest into an even layer in the bottom of the prepared pan. Scatter half of the strawberries over the crust. Sprinkle the cornstarch evenly over the top, then sprinkle on the lemon juice and ½ tbsp of the granulated sugar. Scatter on the remaining berries, then the remaining ½ tbsp sugar. Sprinkle the reserved crumbs evenly over the top. You will have some fruit showing through.

I hope you all enjoy your sweets from today. I’ll see you all next week and until then, treat those taste buds of yours like any loved one.

1 tsp cornstarch

1 ¼ cups all-purpose flour

1 tbsp freshly squeezed lemon juice from about ½ small lemon

2 tbsp vegetable oil

¼ cup butter or margarine

Fresh cut pineapple wedges

For the Crumb Topping

¼ cup butter or margarine, softened ¼ cup shortening

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Makers Mill Recruiting Volunteers

Or perhaps you’re interested in being part of a planning circle that meets

We were recently contacted by Dave who said he wanted to sell pieces out of their personal collection and asked if we would come down to the studio to see them.

While the building renovation is now complete, the work is never done! Volunteers are being recruited to sort and restore tools, build work benches, organize the various work spaces and inventory, plan or support upcoming classes, help with administrative tasks, prepare food for an event, pick up a paintbrush or swing a hammer.

Do you like to make, fix, or organize things and hang out with people who share these common interests? Are you curious to expand your knowledge and share what you’ve already learned? Do you enjoy the camaraderie of working with others toward a greater good? If you answered yes, you may be a match for volunteering at Makers Mill - Carroll County’s new makerspace and vocation hub set to open in October.

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Robinson Pottery for Sale

Dave decided to retire, and so began the process of the Meredith Gallery selling off what work was left to everyone who wanted one last piece of Robinson Pottery. They were sad days for us.

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Bob is one of nearly 700 Lake Hosts

Join artist Patsy Frasier at the Mer edith Fine Craft Gallery on Saturday, September 24, 2022, from 10 am - 3 pm for a Needle Felted Winnie-theBooWeworkshop.haveallheard the stories of Nes sie of Loch Ness. Many large bodies of water have had their own water horse sightings. Have you, perchance, had or heard of any sightings of Winnie-theBoo on Winnipesaukee? Needle felt your own version of Winnie-the-Boo and share some stories with family and friends.Tuition is $60 per student with

Thanks to the efforts of NH LAKES’ Lake Hosts, many of New Hampshire’s most popular lakes continue to be pro tected from the spread of invasive species this summer. The main way invasive species—plants like milfoil, and animals like the Chinese mystery snail—spread from waterbody to wa terbody, is by hitching rides on boats that have not been properly cleaned, drained, and dried between waterbod ies.Brittle/spiny naiad, Water chestnut, Chinese mystery snail, and Eurasian milfoil are the invasive species that have been stopped from hitching a ride into our lakes so far this summer.

to the boat ramp on Crescent Lake in Acworth. So when the truck pulled up at the launch after hours, Bob made the decision to walk over and welcome the out-of-stater who was coming from Vermont.Theygot

throughout the state who serve as our lakes’ frontline of defense against the spread of aquatic invasive plants and animals. In addition to this save, Lake Hosts have also made critical saves at these other locations this summer: Brittle/spiny naiad stopped from enter ing Silver Lake in Madison, Chinese mystery snail stopped from departing Lovell Lake in Wakefield, Water chest nut seed from entering Lake Winnis quam in Belmont, and Water chestnut stopped from entering Lake Kanasatka in EstablishedMoultonborough.in1992, the mission of NH LAKES, a statewide, publicly sup ported nonprofit organization, is to re store and preserve the health of New Hampshire’s lakes. For more informa tion, visit nhlakes.org, email info@ nhlakes.org, or call 603.226.0299

Needle Felt Your Own Winnie-the-Boo

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this particular lake in Vermont did have milfoil, an aquatic invasive spe cies. They decided to inspect the boat together. Bob checked a tricky spot known to trap plants, between the boat and the bunk. Sure enough, there was a piece of milfoil.

Not This Lake, Not Today, Milfoil!

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The Milkweed Adaptation Research and Education Network (MAREN) is a national network of researchers gath ering information on milkweed and the wildlife they support, and they are looking for help with data collection from groups across the country. Join NLRA education & outreach manager Mirka Zapletal from 2 pm until 4 pm on September 20 & 27 and October 4, 11, & 18 at 178 N Shore Road as she demonstrates how to collect data from common milkweed plants. Participants will become citizen scientists as they learn how to ID common insects found on milkweed, measure the plants, and estimate how much of a plant has been eaten. This is a free, drop-in program that is open to all. More information at NewfoundLake.org/events or call 603-

Milkweed Citizens Science at Grey Rocks

ple plant more and more milkweed to support monarchs, scientists are asking questions about how climate change will affect milkweed and the insects it supports. Climate change may cause milkweed to grow and bloom earlier, possibly creating a mismatch between when the plants are available and when monarchs need them. MAREN is col lecting data from researchers, educa tors, and citizen scientists for national projects investigating milkweeds, the insects that rely on them, and what challenges may be in store for the fu ture.The NLRA manages Grey Rocks Conservation Area as a place for peo ple, plants, and wildlife. Along with supporting scientific research, Grey Rocks is open year-round for pub lic access with trails, a picnic area, fishing alcoves, and a nonmotorized boat launch. NLRA works to protect the high-quality waters of Newfound Lake and its watershed, maintaining a healthy and diverse ecosystem. Along with community data collection on wa ter quality and educational program ming, NLRA conserves land, manages stormwater pollution, and monitors for invasive species. For more than 50 years NLRA has been protecting New found Lake, and the results of that con servation are as clear as Newfound’s water. You can learn more about NL RA’s initiatives at NewfoundLake.org

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WFOM Presents World Renowned Pianist Svetlana Smolina

rian Art Festival in Novosibirsk for its educational program “ Simply Meet the Star”, debut at Lake Tahoe Festival with Maestro Joel Revzen with Rachmaninoff 3rd concerto, orchestra and

Invitations for 2019 included a concert at VI Trans-Siberian Arts Festival with Vadim Repin and Alexander Kniazev, masterclass at Trans- Sibe-

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Her program will include works by F. Liszt, F. Chopin, Tchaikovsky- Pletnev The Concert Suite from the Ballet Nutcracker, and Rachmaninoff 3 preludes.

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In February of 2019, the Shelburne Museum’s Public Relations Director, Leslie Wright, noticed the names of Tink and his wife, Fran, in a 1990s guest book and saw they were from Holderness, NH. It rang a bell with her and she realized a dugout from Holderness had been stored in a museum building. It had never been exhibited, just stored in a separate building on the grounds. She called Taylor and asked if he would be interested in its return to Holderness. Being a veteran Holderness Historical Society board member, and a local historian, Tink jumped at the request. Tink and Ron Huntoon, a fellow board member, made the trip to Vermont and a long, slow ride back with the dugout in tow, back to its home in Holderness. That’s how Tink immediately became the Dugout Curator.

of town on the Squam Channel) was another huge effort as the dugout weighed about 220 pounds and is 13 ½ feet long. Several dedicated volunteers helped with the move and it was placed in the museum’s lower level where there was adequate room for the large dugout (or longboat: monoxylon mishoons: meaning ‘taken from one tree’). It is displayed there today, but in an improved manner.

By Leigh Sharps

With the addition of this important dating information regarding the dugout’s history, Tink embarked on his next plan: to find someone to build a reproduction ‘cradle’ to hold the dugout. It had been resting on the floor for about eight months. Tink asked local resident Steve Sharps, of Sharps

Dugout Curator Tink Taylor exhibits the dugout on its new birch cradle

Moving it into the lower level of the Holderness Museum (in the center

A Native American dugout, first discovered in Veerie Cove on the northwest shore of Big Squam Lake in 1939, was returned to its hometown of Holderness in the summer of 2019 after an 80-year layover at the Shelburne Museum in Vermont.

was briefly exhibited in Holderness but the relic didn’t receive much interest at that time. It was removed to the Granite State Garage in Tilton where Mr. King worked and it sat outside until it was brought inside in 1955, then sold for $100 to the Shelburne Museum (on the shores of Lake Champlain).

Historic Dugout Dates to 1660

will always remain fascinating. Three fishermen (James King and Harold V. Smith of Tilton and retired Canadian Mountie Horace Wheaton) snagged onto the wooden dugout, a predecessor to the birch canoe, thinking they had ‘caught’ a log in 14 feet of water. When one fisherman dove to rescue his lure, he found the log was hollowed out and weighed down by stones (often Native Americans living near water ‘buried’ their deceased this way, sinking a craft with heavy stones. Mud, muck and water preserve the wood from certain organisms like ants, insects, etc.). The trio removed the rocks, raised the dugout, then brought it to the shore. It

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The dugout’s return to the Holderness Historical Society’s Museum was greeted with much fanfare, and public interest at the museum was immediate after it was first reported (‘Dugout Returns Home To Holderness’: The Laker Sept. 2019). Interest was so great, in fact, that the museum began seeing more patrons than they ever had, opening its doors for extended hours and accommodating special requests, off-hours, to view it. It also piqued a special interest for one Museum board member, Malcolm ‘Tink’ Taylor of Holderness.Knownlocally as a tenacious person, this interest started him on the road to discovering the dugout’s age when found, the tree’s age when it was cut down, the pursuit to craft something to hold the watercraft off the floor and the goal to show the public just how a dugout, predecessor of the birch canoe, wasThemade!history of the dugout’s discovery

At the time of the dugout’s return, Tink assured the public he would be getting a carbon dating of the dugout so its age could be added to this amazing story. A small sample of the wood was sent to the Paleo Research Institute of Golden, Colo. to be tested. This incorporated a series of extensive stress tests (radio-carbon) that involved freeze-drying to minus 107 degrees to remove moisture, then heating it over 110 degrees Celsius to extract any iron and calcium carbonates. Early last summer, Tink, Dugout Curator, received the results which officially marked the age of the dugout to be about 1660 (plus or minus) or mid17th century. There is much recorded evidence of the Cowasuck Branch of the Penacook-Abenaki People’s existence in the Holderness/Ashland/ Campton area. The mid-1600s was about the time, history tells us, that the indigenous population in the area were driven out, fleeing to northern NH, and then to Canada. It’s believed they were taken in by the Jesuit Missionary at St. Francis (Odanak) in Quebec.

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Undoubtedly, Native American artifacts will be found for decades to come in the Lakes Region and Pemi River watershed district. With folks like Tink Taylor, historical societies and, of course, dedicated residents in all towns and cities around the state, our continued recorded history will never end!

“Once hollowed out,” explained Tink “the bottom was tooled to be flat for stability upon the water and often one side was left thicker than the other as a counter-balance for leaning over to spear fish. Such dimensions are evident in this Squam Lake dugout.”

The procedure after finding a tree to use for a dugout was a long process. First a suitable tree was found. It was

then ‘girdled by fire’ to kill it which could take up to a year. It was then felled with stone axes. The top layer is burned and the charred wood scraped away. Then the following layers were burned and gouged away until the trunk was hollowed out. This was all completed with sharpened edge, mostly granite, stone scrapers (or adzes).

Squam Lake) was relocated to make way for a public boat launch and a large parking lot (across the road), along with the construction of a Visitors’ Center and parking lot for the Squam Lakes Natural Science Center, an archaeological dig, initiated by Abenaki descendants and supporters, unearthed arrowheads, shards of pottery, a polished stone gouge and human remains. These were found in the field beside the Science Center bordering Davison’s Brook. Additional artifacts were found in town, when a new sidewalk was constructed along Main Street, and under/near a residence and also behind the town’s bandstand (on the Channel). Artifacts were found at a dig on the east bank of the Pemigewasset (Pemi) River at Livermore Falls in Campton. That dig has been continuing off and on for the past few years. Other discoveries have been made along Lower Squam River at the mouth of Owl Brook in Ashland and also at the confluence with the Pemi.

NOTE: The Holderness Historical Society is a non-profit organization working to preserve the history of their town and the area. The dugout is in continual protective care of the Society and can be seen from spring to fall, 10noon on Saturdays or by informationlocationNativealwaysvisits),societies(holdernesshistsoc@yahoo.com.appointmentSchoolgroups,othertownhistorical(severalhavealreadymadeandotherorganizationsarewelcome,too.LookforinformationonthepossibleAmericaneventattheMuseumontheirwebsite.ThankstoTinkTaylorforhispertinentforthisstory.

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Lumber Company, if he could help. After he and Tink researched photos of Native American dugout cradles, Sharps constructed one of birch with deerskin draped on the boat’s contact points. Tink stated, “That birch cradle, so generously donated, perfectly displays our Native dugout treasure. Not only does it hold the dugout up for better viewing, especially for school children, but it reminds us of the skillful use of birch wood and bark by our indigenous forebears here. It is very appropriate, since the Native Americans had such a reverence for the birch tree. Bark was used for shelter and for the canoes they made after the making ofheavy dugouts were abandoned. Birch was also used for writing on, and they even boiled syrup from the birch tree sap.” The dugout was placed on the cradle in the fall. Then Tink received more good news. Two highly qualified technicians from the UNH/Forestry Cooperative Extension, Don Quigley and Michael Gagnon, came to the museum to determine the actual age of the tree when it was cut down. This also involved an extensive process, said Tink. “At the time the tree, from which the dugout was gouged, was felled, it was 225 years old established by its annual growth rings. It has also since been determined by the Cooperative technicians to be hewn from white pine (pinus strobus).”

Tink (with much volunteer help) dedicated 18 months since the dugout arrived in town gathering extremely significant information about its history. He most probably will never be finished, though, with his efforts to bring recognition to the area’s Native American heritage. In fact, he is well into the planning stages of his next endeavor. He has been searching for his own ‘suitable’ and’ just right’ white pine log, with the hopes of showing the public just how one of those dugouts was made with hand tools. While his land in Holderness was being logged by Wade Reed of Rumney, Tink told him he was looking for that one ‘perfect’ log for his new ‘project’. Mr. Reed found that ‘perfect’ white pine tree, cut it down and prepared the 12-foot log placing it on the side ofRte. 113 close to the road. Tink and a neighbor plan to ‘escort’ the log soon to the Museum grounds. Then Tink will move forward with his plans for later this summer.

In 2001, when Rte. 113 (that runs beside the Squam Channel and Big

The Stained Glass Art of Louis Michael Pulzetti

Like many artists, the manner with which Pulzetti approaches his process has changed over time. These days, he has a different approach when it comes to accepting commissions and collaborating with those seeking a stained glass piece. “I make samples of my work,” Pulzetti explains. This can mean first learning the colors that appeal to the client, the type of design the client wants, and how the piece will fit the space in a home, among other considerations. Pulzetti does this by visiting the home and talking with the client.Certainly, his work is far beyond that of a beginner or someone who has a modest knowledge of making stained glass. Blending the skill and the tech

Collaboration is the key to Pulzetti’s work. Taking time to know his clients is part of the process. It is ultimately im portant to learn what a client envisions, to see a project to completion. Pulzetti has recently completed a “bamboo jungle” self-illuminated stained glass piece for his brother, two oculi for the library of Gregory Maguire, Concord, Massachusetts, an entryway for Scott and Sharon Cairns in Manchester, New Hampshire, and an entryway for Greg Brown and Clare Worth in Bedford, New Hampshire.

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and tearing down displays and moving pieces, Pulzetti is happy to approach his creations in a different way now. By working with select clients he can retain what he loves about making stained glass - the process.

This deep knowledge of stained glass and how Pulzetti wishes to work come from being open to change, as well as a desire to totally learn the process. “I was always amazed at stained glass,” he recalls, “and I wanted to try it. I am self-taught; I read books and it was tri al and error at the beginning.”He also learned a lot from a friend and mentor in Burlington, Vermont.

If you were to try to describe a typ ical stained glass piece made by Pul zetti, it would become obvious there is no “typical piece”. Each is done for a specific client, ranging from a modest and beautiful glass panel to a large, commissioned entryway.

Pulzetti’s work is organic. Trees and vines and florals and leaves comprise the majority of his stained glass work. The colors are well thought out, and each piece has a sensitive composition.

At present, Pulzetti is working on a large, 24- by 36-inch oval window. It is part of a client’s kitchen renovation and at this point they have approved the sketch Pulzetti has created. He will cut the glass this spring. The idea for the design is to create leaves of differ ent sizes to give depth to the composi tion. To do this sort of design, Pulzetti says it is a “gut feeling” he has versus a set formula. He loves to sketch to show design ideas to a client.

LOTUS, for a 2017 exhibition.

Pulzetti does not usually order glass online because it is important to see the unique qualities of the glass for his commissions. He holds some of that specialized glass carefully in his hands and stares at it in admiration, explain ing that the graining and color and tex ture are important when choosing glass for a project.

nical aspects of creating stained glass with the artistry and colors that com plement the design are necessary to create a piece.

“I always look at the house to get a feeling for what the client wants and what colors will work in a room. It gives me a better understanding of why they want me to create a stained glass piece for their home,” Pulzetti says.

The beautiful stained glass pieces Pulzetti creates are done with a skill that took years to hone. His colors and designs are original and breathtaking.

create a finished piece.

As an engineer for his working life, Pulzetti laughingly says he is right- and left-brained, meaning he combines his artistic sense with the technical under standing needed to do the best work.

Pulzetti started to do stained glass in 1974 with two small pieces. Over the years, his knowledge has grown as has the artistry of the stained glass pieces he designs. He is inspired by the way light can flow through glass, giving it life. One can see very clearly the joy Pulzetti gets from working with the many pieces of colored glass needed to

In the past few years, Pulzetti has changed the manner in which he seeks clients. Generally, he creates one piece at a time versus working on multiple pieces. This allows him to make a stained glass piece in a satisfying man ner. “I have wonderful clients now and they trust me.”

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Using the copper foil technique, which was refined by famed stained glass artist Louis Tiffany, one of Pul zetti’s pieces is composed of around 2,000 pieces of glass. This means it is important to plan and use an overall pattern.Master woodworker Greg Brown has worked with Pulzetti in the past on an elegant entryway for Scott and Sha ron Cairns. Pulzetti greatly respects Brown’s work. When Brown decided

Ask any artist what they most love about creating a piece, and they would likely say the same thing. The art is in the process of making something of beauty and Pulzetti’s stained glass is that of a true artist.

After years of being in trade shows, which required a lot of work setting up

Each step of making stained glass objects requires a certain amount of physical room, and his large studio is thoughtfully laid out for the job. But al ways, no matter what part of the work might be in process, beautiful and col orful glass is everywhere in the work space.

There is a saying, “once an artist, al ways an artist.” This sentiment holds true for Alton Bay stained glass artist Louis Michael Pulzetti.

To speak with Pulzetti or to visit his Alton Bay studio, please contact him by calling 978-290-8379 or by email at Louis.EmmetsHill@gmail.com.

POPPYOCULUS, library of Gregory Maguire

A commission for a transom window has motivated Pulzetti to study and ex periment with the effects of superim posing two or more layers of glass. He has built a deep light box to achieve richer colors and complex textures and a true sense of depth. Early results “ex cite the creative process,” he says. To grow as an artist is always the goal.

The notion of “once an artist, always an artist” holds true for Louis Michael Pulzetti, as he designs and builds lu minous, wonderful stained glass cre ations.

The future is full of possibilities for the artist, and Pulzetti reflects, “Down the line, I hope to accept limited new commissions, such as self-illuminated stained glass panels and layered work.”

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to craft an entryway for his own home, he turned to Pulzetti. It was affirming to be asked to work on such a project, and Pulzetti knew Brown would allow him the time and creativity to make the stained glass in a thoughtful, careful manner.Looking back on the project, Brown says, “Last year we remodeled our front entryway and we wanted some thing impressive that also inspired us. We reached out to Louis immediately to help us solve our creative itch. Louis captured our vision beautifully by in voking the spirit of our beloved copper beech tree. Collaborating with Louis was very special, and nothing beats having a part of him greeting us daily as we enter and exit our home.”

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With a select number of loyal clients, Pulzetti has slowed down the manner in which he creates stained glass. Un like the former days of galleries and exhibits and trade shows, these days he says, “I don’t mind if I have a month off,” leaving him the luxury of mak ing stained glass pieces for family and friends as gifts. “I am more relaxed, and I really enjoy my work much more,” he explains.

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These donations are used by the Friends to support and improve the Ashland Town Library. The Friends have over the years purchased books, museum pass-

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Kentucky flood victims are benefitting from United Methodist Committee on Relief (UMCOR) disaster materials that are provided by Methodist Churches nationwide. Overwhelming floods began in Kentucky on July 24, 2022, and lasted over a week. UMCOR sent more than 3000 Flood Buckets which included supplies needed by communities coping after a disastrous flood.

The Ashland Town Library is located at 41 Main Street, at the intersection of Routes 3 and 25 with Route 132, in the center of downtown Ashland. Come to buy some good books, audios or videos at the prices you choose and to help the Friends support Ashland’s public library.

es, videos, furniture, equipment and supplies and have funded programs and special projects for the library. Donations of books and other media for the Book Sale may be left on the library’s back porch.

Friends of the Ashland Town Library Book Sale

to UMCOR. The completed clean-up buckets help those affected by floods, hurricanes, and other catastrophes to begin the overwhelming job of cleanup. Donations to UMCOR go 100% to the needs they serve around the world. If you would like more information about UMCOR, please visit their website at https://umcmission.org/umcor. You are also invited to contact the First United Methodist Church at 603-5243289 for more information or to help with future collections.

Ashland, N.H.—The Friends of the Ashland Town Library will hold a Book Sale by donation on the library grounds during the Town Wide Yardsale on Saturday, September 17th from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Buyers may donate whatever they feel is reasonable for the books, audio books and videos that they buy.

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