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ObituariesAdelaide Ida “Addie”Both

Next issue is due out on Oct. 27Deadline is Tuesday, Oct. 23 at 4 p.m.

In this Journal:Midge's column . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Page 4Off Your Rocker . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Page 4Crossword & Games, Horoscopes . . . . . . . . .Page 6Rumors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Page 7Dining Out and Having Fun . . . . . . . . . . . . .Page 9Wildlife Along Israel’s River . . . . . . . . . . . .Page 10Business Directory . . . . . . . . . . . . .Pages 12 and 13Upcoming Events . . . . . . . . . . .Pages 12, 13 and 14Classifieds . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Pages 18 and 19

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARINGbefore the

Dalton Planning BoardA Public Hearing will be held before the Dalton PlanningBoard in accordance with New Hampshire State laws onWednesday, November 7, 2012 at 7:30 p.m. at the DaltonMunicipal Building to consider the following items:

Joseph and Dorothy Murdoch Living Trust andThomasina Perugini have applied to the DaltonPlanning Board to perform a Technical Subdivision, LotLine Adjustment of their property on Forest Lake Roadknown as Map 201 Lot 12 and 13 into two (2) lots ofapproximately 0.30 acre(s) and 1.02 acre (s).

The public is welcome to attend and discuss any concerns.

Notice to the Votersin the Town of LancasterThe Supervisors of the Checklist will be holding a

session on Saturday, October 27, 2012 from 11:00to 11:30 a.m. (longer if so needed), at the LancasterTown Clerkʼs office.

This session will be for any additions or correctionsneeded to the checklist for the General Election onTuesday, November 6, 2012. New voter registration will beaccepted.

Please note that there will be “no additions or correctionsmade to the checklist after this session, until Election Day”.

Supervisors of the ChecklistSandra Doolan Ellie Emery Maryrose Corrigan

TOWN OF LANCASTER, NHREQUEST FOR QUALIFICATIONS

LAND USE ORDINANCE AND REGULATIONS REVIEWThe Town of Lancaster is accepting Qualification Statements fromprofessional land use planners and planning firms to assist on agrant funded comprehensive review of the townʼs land use regula-tions and ordinances for the purpose of developing a list of recom-mendations for their update. The project will require working close-ly with the townʼs Planning/Zoning Coordinator to develop a specif-ic project schedule with a final report due no later than March 1,2013, unless otherwise agreed.

Project scope will include but not be limited to at least one publicmeeting attended by Planning, Zoning and Select Board officials togather preliminary information. A complete review of current regu-lations and ordinances as well as Master Plan and Land Use Boardorganization will be carried out. Touring all areas of town will benecessary along with meeting with department heads if appropri-ate. A final public meeting will be held upon project completion tosummarize the results of the study.

The chosen firm or individual should have qualifications and expe-rience working in small municipalities, conducting public meetings,developing Innovative Land Use measures and a firm knowledge ofexisting New Hampshire land use statutes. Resources to completethe project by the agreed upon date must be shown.

Interviews are not planned but may be conducted if felt to be nec-essary. Qualification Statements should include:

1) Name, address, brief history and description of firm.2) Resume of key personnel to be assigned to this project.3) Related projects/areas of expertise/experience.

a) Description of other projects designed by this firm sim-ilar to this project.

b) Include reference contact information.4) Description of budgeting, cost and quality control proce-

dures.5) A brief description of the firm's approach to planning,

designing and implementing the project.6) You may also include a maximum of one page of informa-

tion not covered above, which you feel may be useful.Submissions will be evaluated on qualifications, therefore state-ments and interviews, if conducted, shall contain no reference tofees until a firm or individual is selected.Qualification statements shall be received by the Town ofLancaster, NH 03584 no later than 3:00 PM on November 2,2012. The Town of Lancaster reserves the right to refuse any andall qualification statements for any reason. Questions regarding thematter may be made to Benjamin S. Gaetjens-Oleson,Planning/Zoning Coordinator & Grant A d m i n i s t r a t o r, 25 MainStreet, Lancaster, NH 03584, or by phone at 603-788-3391.

GUILDHALL, Vt. —Adelaide Ida “Addie” Both, 90,of Boucher Road in Guildhalldied peacefully at her home,Thursday, October 11, 2012.

Addie was born on November7, 1921 in Ravena, New York, adaughter of Frank and Marion(Vanslyke) Halsted and hasbeen a resident of Guildhall, Vt.,for 23 years coming from theSouth Hampton/Long Islandarea.

Addie was a veteran of theUS Navy during WWII, she wasa Lieutenant Navy Nurse, tak-ing care of our military men,saving lives and putting themback together. She was veryproud of her military service.

When she was not busy athome as a housewife, sheworked as a registered nurse inthe operating room at SouthHampton Hospital in New York.She devoted her life to her hus-band Louis. She was a memberof the Ravena Grange; theAmerican Legion Post #17 inGroveton; a past member of theElks Club and had been veryactive with the Girl Scouts.Some of Addie’s favorite pas-times were watching the StockMarket, sewing, knitting, cro-cheting, cross-stitching, makingquilts, doing puzzles and watch-ing the wildlife.

Addie is known for her say-ing: “Here’s to it. If you don’t get

to it, to do it, here’s to it.”Addie is survived by her

daughter, Gale Brown and hus-band Todd of Guildhall, Vt.; onesister, Olga Zeahner of Flush-ing, Long Island; three grand-children: Todd Louis Brown andwife Annette of Enosburg Falls,Vt.; Lucy Colby and husbandPreston of Lunenburg, Vt.; AddyBrown and boyfriend CodyPerreault of Guildhall, Vt.; sev-en great-grandchildren: Eliza-beth Brown, Katrina Brown,Jon Brown, Todd Brown, ClarkColby, Jack Colby and WillColby.

She was predeceased by herhusband Louis Both on Novem-ber 18, 2010.

A calling hour was held onTuesday, October 16, at theArmstrong-Charron FuneralHome in Groveton, followed by afuneral service. Burial with mil-itary honors was at the CalvaryCemetery in Lancaster.

To send the family your con-dolences via the online registerbook, one may go to, www.arm -strongcharronfuneralhome.com

LUNENBURG, Vt. — GaryL. Degreenia, 69, of Bobbin MillRoad, died of a sudden illnessWednesday evening October 10,2012 at Weeks Medical Center,Lancaster.

Mr. Degreenia was born inLancaster, N.H., on April 18,1943, the son of ErnestDegreenia and Mary Madeline(Leavitt) Skaradoski.

Gary was raised in Gorhamand has been a longtime NorthCountry resident. He residedand raised his own family inLittleton and has lived inLunenburg and Gilman for 20years. For over 30 years, he wasemployed at Gilman PaperCompany.

He loved the outdoors andenjoyed hunting, fishing andfour-wheeling.

Surviving family members

include his wife Raylene M.(Burt) Degreenia of Lunenburg,Vt.; three sons: Jay Degreeniaand his significant other Karenof Penacook, Mark Degreeniaand his significant other Taushaof Lunenburg,Vt., ScottDegreenia and his wife Linna of

Littleton; seven grandchildren;two great-grandchildren; sixbrothers and sisters and theirspouses: Linda Farrar andJames of Conway, SusanCurrier and Dennis of Gorham,Wendall Degreenia of Milan,Rodney Degreenia and Debbie,Ricky Degreenia and Sharon,Bird Bilodeau and Brian all ofGorham; a sister-in-law JeanDegreenia of Florida; along withmany nieces and nephews. Hisparents and a brother, Ernest“Pete” Degreenia of Plymouth,Mass., predeceased him.

Memorial visiting hours wereheld Tuesday evening October16, at the Bailey Funeral Home,Lancaster.

Please go towww.baileyfh.net for more infor-mation or to send an online con-dolence.

Gary L. Degreenia

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DALTON – Patricia AnnFearon Lennon, 77, of FrenchRoad, died suddenly Saturday,October 13, 2012 at WeeksMedical Center, Lancaster.

Patricia was born inWhitefield, on March 26, 1935 toStanley Fearon and ThelmaSmith Fearon. She grew up inDalton and attended schools in

Dalton and Whitefield. In 1953,she graduated from WhitefieldHigh School and graduated fromHesser Business College in 1955with an Associate in SecretarialSciences. In 1958, she marriedFrank Lennon of TwinM o u n t a i n . Most of their lifewas spent in Dalton.

Two daughters were born to

Patricia F. Lennonthem—Elizabeth Gareau ofDalton and Valerie Balch ofTwin Mountain; six grandchil-dren: Edward Gareau ofWarwick, R.I., Melissa Gareauof Dalton, Dana Balch, U.S.Army, Corey Balch of Lunen-burg, Vt.; Taysia Wood of NewHampton, and Trevor Wood ofTwin Mountain; three great-grandchildren: Angelia andXander Gareau of Warwick, R.I.and Kileigh Reynolds of NewHampton. She is also survivedby one aunt, Betty Stewart ofDalton, as well as severalcousins.

Most important to Patriciawas the time she spent withfamily, friends, community, andthe many organizations shebelonged to. For as long as herhealth allowed, she would al-ways volunteer without hesita-tion. Patricia has been a mem-ber of the Dalton Congregation-al Church, the RiversideGrange, Northern New Hamp-shire Pomona Grange, State andNational Granges for over 55years. For many years, she wasthe correspondent writer for theDalton news for both the CoösCounty Democrat and theLittleton Courier. Her hobbiesincluded reading, assemblingpuzzles, embroidery, photogra-phy and scrapbooking.

Her husband Frank, and herparents Stanley and ThelmaFearon, predeceased her.

Visiting hours were heldWednesday evening, Oct. 17, atBailey Funeral Home, Lancas-ter. A funeral service was heldThursday, Oct. 18 at the DaltonCongregational Church. R e v .Dennis Bowman, pastor, offici-ated. Burial followed in Cush-man Cemetery, Dalton.

Please go towww.baileyfh.net for more infor-mation or to send an online con-dolence.

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NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARINGbefore the

Dalton Planning BoardA Public Hearing will be held before the Dalton PlanningBoard in accordance with New Hampshire State laws onWednesday, November 7, 2012 at 7:15 p.m. at theDalton Municipal Building to consider the following items:

Rebecca McVetty, Tomas McVetty and Terri L. Parks haveapplied to the Dalton Planning Board to subdivide their proper-ty on Union Road known as Map 403 Lot 123 into two (2) lotsof approximately 28.86 acre(s) and 14.02 acre)s).

The public is welcome to attend and discuss any concerns.

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The annual ceremony forVeterans’ Day will be on theCommon in Lunenburg, Vt., onMonday, Nov. 12 at 10 a.m. Itwas decided to have it on the12th, so that the school studentscould participate.

There will be a breakfast forall veterans held at the GilmanSchool at 8:15 a.m. All veteransare invited to attend, beforeheading to the Common inLunenburg for that ceremony.

Lunenburg Veterans’ Day ceremonywill be on Monday, November 12

Groveton Thrift Shop’sPresident Margaret Dingmanhas announced the imposition ofa moratorium on donations untilfurther notice. The

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Say, did you hear about the time…

By Ed “Midge” Rosebrook, Jr.

…the word brilliant describes those whoso often go unnoticed?

The Off Your Rocker ClubBy Corinne Comeau

Hey, peeps o’ mine.Meeting/column #158 of our OffYour Rocker Club is comin’atcha. Here ’tis:

It is another rainy, rainy day,so weep and sob (not really…wealways need this wet and mushystuff). I just really could usesome sun, because I am so hon-estly stressed (cannot empha-size that enough) about thispresidential election. I want theAmerica in which I grew up tocome back. I want the patriotic,“I pledge allegiance to the flag,of the United States of America,and to the Republic for which itstands, one nation, under God,indivisible with liberty and jus-tice for all,” to come back.Together we stand; divided wefall. Please let’s be together forour country.

It’s very scary to me…a per-son who has lived long enoughto realize that conflict in theworld does not stay far away,necessarily, and I am wonderingwhy, even though our world isflaming, strife is everywhereand bloody battles are beingwaged daily, our bases are beingclosed, leaving our shores vul-nerable, and why, though thereis enough money for extremelyexorbitant “energy projects”(which keep going “belly up”financially, wasting huge sumsof our money) are there plans to“deep cut” our military spend-ing? Scary!!!

Another scary phenomenon,which in all my years of voting Ihave never seen in this country,is that people are whisperingwhen asked to which party theybelong and for whom theyintend to vote. WHISPERING.Do you believe that? Well, it’s

true. It used to be thatAmericans could tease each oth-er about their choices of partiesand candidates; we could chideand poke fun about who wouldvote for who and why…we couldhave conversations without ran-cor, without animosity and actu-al fear; without division…andthen we would all get behind thewinner. No winner, in the past,ever stood up at a podium andcalled the other party, “the ene-my,” I heard in a speech given in2009, Republicans called (morethan once) the enemy. It is sodifficult these days to say outloud, “I am thinking of voting forso and so,” without beingslapped with the “race card.”Republicans are being heavilydiscriminated against. How doyou like that for a “card?” I pos-itively do not understand any ofit. There is no race card to play,for gosh sakes. PresidentO’Bama is not our first (quali-fied to be) Black AmericanPresident and, to give him cred-it he, personally, never claimedto be (although his accentchanges according to audience).He has no (absolutely none)black American ancestors. HisAmerican ancestry is on hismother’s side of his family only,while his father and blackAfrican ancestors were all bornand raised in Africa and (most)still remain there. I would loveto vote for and have a bonafidetrue first black AmericanPresident (descended from earlyAmericans, whose lineage goesback farther than mine. I amonly fourth generation meltingpot American) I nominate AllenWest or Tom Sowell…extremelyintelligent, compassionate, won-

derful men. Both of them aregeniuses.

I wish the rock throwing, andthe really immature and child-ish name calling during thiselection would stop. I hope thatwe can go back to our originalformation of administration. Inother words, I wish the currentPresident didn’t have to rely ona large group of unelected“tsars” behind him, telling himwhat to do. Who the blazes arethey? I find that sort ofcreepy…don’t you? FYI, gang…I am a registered Republican,but I have voted for Kennedy(Dem.) and Carter (Dem.) aswell as Reagan (Rep.), and somemore FYI: The 16th President ofthe United States, AbrahamLincoln, who wrote and enactedthe Emancipation Proclamationand was responsible for theCivil War to set our country freeof slavery, also happened to beour first Republican President.How’s them apples? MartinLuther King and his family?Very staunch Republicans. Also,look up Civil Rights laws enact-ed in 1964, by Republicans.Democrats are responsible forour fabulous Constitution, etc.,which makes me wonder if theloyal Democrats in our currentAdministration are able tostand firm against that “otherparty” that has crept into ourGovernment (sneaks)…Youknow, the “Rads” (radicals, mas-querading as legitimate partymembers of our good old U.S.)Okay, I hope that I have notmade you depressed. I hope thatyou realize that I love all of our

Meeting number 158

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Letters to the Editor

There are two meanings ofthe word “brilliant” in myspelling ace. The first one is“giving off light”. The second oneis, “mentally quick and capable”.

The North Country has for asfar back as when this land wassettled, been home to the latter.Some of these young men mayhave performed poorly in schooland most of them started fromhumble beginnings, growing upon small farms, etc. But they allhave one thing in common andthat is an amazing gift the restof us wish we had just one-thirdof.

We are awestruck at theirapparent ease by which they cancome up with a solution or aninvention at the drop of a hat.We are left saying, “That was sosimple, why didn’t I think of it!”

Well, to put it plainly, we arenot geniuses, and they are—period.

My grandfather, EarlRosebrook, was a mechanicalgenius. It is a little known factthat Grampa invented a sandspreader for the town of

Lancaster, back in the early1950s.

He took an old automobiledifferential, built a round steelplate on top of the pinion yolkand welded fins on it. He thenwelded some pipe on it, so theunit could be towed behind adump truck like a trailer. Withthe pinion now in a vertical posi-tion directly under the tiny doorin the middle of the tailgatewhere the sand poured out of,the plate spun and slung thesand onto the roadway.

Where it took two men withlong handled spades to stand onthe back of a moving dumptruck and spread sand by hand,it now could safely be spreadwith a machine.

Someone caught wind of thisdevice and quickly put a patenton it.

Nowadays, sand spreadersare everywhere. But it startedhere!

Let’s go over to Victory, Vt.,an area known for brilliantinventiveness. Here you’ll findEd Brown. No one has, in the

over 20 years of Ed’s reign as aGrand Wizard MasterMechanic, given him somethingthat he couldn’t fix.

Over in Lunenburg, Vt., wehave Shawn Maillett—brilliant.Shawn worked for NorthCountry Ford for a few years asa world-class mechanic. Hecould disassemble and assemblethe complex workings of a mod-ern, computerized transmission,blindfolded. He went so far as tobe able to memorize all of thepart numbers just to make iteasy for the parts person. (I dowell to remember the keys to mytoolbox in the morning).

Guildhall, Vt., is home to anabsolute genius by the name ofDon Call—brilliant. Don, awelder by trade, but did youknow he was the first to invent aspecialized vehicle to transporthuge log skidders, in the form ofa single-axle truck?

Before this invention, skid-ders were transported by way of

More letters onPages 5 & 15

‘Can’t figure out’ Romney’s plan

Rocker------------------------(Continued on Page 19)

Midge -------------------------(Continued on Page 19)

To the Editor,Mitt Romney either lied dur-

ing the debate or does not knowwhat his own policies are—theones written on his website—orhe cannot keep a position forvery long because he can’tremember what it is.

Any of these possibilities dis-qualify Mr. Romney for thePresidency. Whatever he mightsay or write or claim to believecan change and has changed,sometimes within minutes.

Romney’s own campaign hadto correct that same night whatRomney had said in the debateabout his health care plan.Perhaps Romney can’t be both-ered to know what his plans say,but, more likely, he only cares tosay what will sway the folks infront of him. Then, for the nextaudience, what he says changes.

What would we get withRomney? There would be no way

for people to know whatCandidate Romney would dobecause either CandidateRomney does not know, or helies. Or he doesn’t rememberwhat he said minutes before.

Most likely, given this pat-tern runs throughout Romney’spolitical career, he will do what-ever he wants to do, planned ornot, that will benefit him. Howlies benefit the public he plansto serve, I can’t figure out.

Unless he plans on that pub-lic serving him and the billion-aires who support Romney andwho stand to gain more of whatthey cannot possibly need.

I hope the next debate is areal shocker: Candidate Romneytells the truth or at least sticksto what he’s been running onand tries to defend that.

Sincerely,Peter GairLancaster

To the Editor,I am volunteering to go to

Concord to serve in the N.H.Senate, because I have experi-ence and ability that will add upto effective legislating for theNorth Country.

When I say we can balancethe budget and save moneywhile preserving programs—Iknow. I worked in state govern-ment as Chief of Mental Healthin the Department of Correc-tions and oversaw programs,services, and worked withinthose budgets, using level fund-ing while increasing programs,productivity, training, supervi-sion, and opportunity within thedepartment for staff and theinmates we served. It really ispossible to do such things, if weencourage creativity andYankee resourcefulness. The

Debi Warner’s governmentexperience

2003 Governor’s EfficiencyAudit was never implementedbut included smart methods likebetter purchasing and stream-lined resource usage. I sawfirsthand how these improve-ments could save money, but weneed to bring them forward anduse them. These improvementsdo not mean loss of programs orservices to save money, but arethe same common sense meth-ods you would use at home toeliminate waste.

When I say I can work foradvocacy and legislation, I amtalking experience. I advocatedfor two years as a citizen foryour privacy rights and won.After blowing the whistle on theAttorney General, I brought for-ward legislation as a citizen andworked persistently, craftingsolutions that worked for thedifferent parties and I solvedthe problem, resulting in bipar-tisan legislation that waspassed unanimously through

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