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SERVING TILTON, NORTHFIELD, BELMONT & SANBORNTON, N.H. FREE INDEX n Volume 7 • Number 30 22 Pages in 2 Section © 2014, Salmon Press, LLC. Call us at (603) 279-4516 email: [email protected] Editorial Page ..................A4 North Country Notebook A4 Sports .............................. B1 Culture.............................A5 Obituaries ........................A6 THURSDAY, JULY 23, 2015 Old Home Day festivities will “Celebrate Sanbornton” Saturday BY DONNA RHODES [email protected] SANBORNTON On Saturday, July 25, visitors, along with res- idents new and old, are invited to “Celebrate Sanbornton” as Old Home Day gets under- way with a parade, art exhibits, live demon- strations and lots of food and fun for all. Over the winter, a hard-working crew of approximately 20 volun- teers began planning the event and they are excit- ed to finally get things underway. The focus for the day will be on three centers of activity- the Town Square, Lane Tavern and the Life Safety Building, each of which will have a number of fun events. First up for the day will be a pancake break- fast from 8:30-10:30 a.m. at the Lane Tavern, and once everyone has eat- en they are invited to check out the non-juried art show on the second floor or stop by at any time throughout the day for a tour of the historic tavern. Just outside Lane Tavern, weather permit- ting, the equally histor- ic Abbot and Downing Concord Coach will be on display and along with farm products for sale from local vendors. Across the street, there will be demon- strations of timeless arts like blacksmithing, wool spinning, chain saw sculpting, cider pressing, horse shoe- ing, and timber to board cutting, as well as much more. A custom car show will also be held. Over at the Town Square on Tower Hill, Odds Bodkins will be on hand at 11 a.m. for some more old-time fun with his storytelling skills inside the Sanbornton Public Library, followed by a presentation from the Sanbornton Fiber Group. Next door at the Old Town Hall people will find the General Store, which was a big hit last year with shoppers, along with a number of other vendors and demonstrations. On Currier Field, be- hind the three buildings in Town Square, there will be lots more fun to be discovered. Cow Bingo, courtesy of the Swain Farm’s re- nowned cow Lila, will be held (for as long as it takes!) and, in addi- tion to other games and activities, Sanbornton Central School Princi- pal Bonnie Jean Kuras will be doing some bub- ble pipe crafts with chil- dren. At 1 p.m., the crowds will go “wild” when Wildlife Encounters brings in a host of fur- ry, feathered and some- times slithery friends to meet everyone during their own exciting pre- sentation. As if that isn’t enough, there will be live music throughout the day on the bandstand. Last but by no means least will be some fun with the men and wom- en who work to keep everyone safe each and every day. The Life Safety Build- ing will be open for tours with the police and fire department staff. At 10 a.m. local Fish and Game War- den Chris Bryson will give a demonstration on wildlife identification through animal pelts he has acquired, while Boy Scouts, Girl Scouts and the Laconia Indian His- torical Association will share their skills with visitors as well. This year, 37 spon- sors have helped to make the entire day pos- sible and the committee chairs, David Witham and Lynn Chong, along with the rest of the hard working volunteers, encourage everyone to support them for their generosity. Tee shirts to commemorate the day and gives public thank to each of the sponsors will be on sale at an in- formation booth outside the library. Food booths, spon- sored by Mountain View Church and the local snowmobile club, will be available at sev- eral locations beginning around noon. At 2 p.m., everyone is invited to also enjoy free cake and ice cream, which will be served in the Old Town Hall. And finally, at 4 p.m., all eyes will be on Tower Hill as the parade makes its way into the village. Participants will be from local organizations and civic groups with bands, farm implements and floats to cap off the celebration. Parking that day will be limited to the San- bornton Central School area and the Town Ga- rage, both located on Hunkins Pond Road. A shuttle bus, courtesy of Sant Bani School, will then transport everyone to the various venues around the village. CHIEF ROBERT CORMIER Mickey and the Chief Tilton Police Chief Robert Cormier has been very active over the past several days, running the Special Olympic Torch along the West Coast as it made its way to the World Games in Los Angeles. Cormier, who serves as president of the New Hampshire Law Enforcement Torch Run, was selected from hundreds of candidates around the world for the distinct honor of bringing the Special Olympics flame to the international competition in California next week. He is shown here with his teammates earlier this week being greeted by Mickey Mouse as they ran the torch along the final leg of its journey through Disneyland. Doodlebugs battle it out once again at Mountain View Church BY DONNA RHODES [email protected] SANBORNTON For the second year in a row, homemade Doodle- bugs battled it out to see who had the strongest and most reliable an- tique farm equipment, capable of moving as much as 8,000 pounds from a dead start over a distance of 20 feet. The Doodlebugs Homemade Antique Tractor Club is a fam- ily-based organization comprised of folks of all ages who appreciate the restoration, renovation and preservation of an- tique tractors and all they stood for in earlier days. Doodlebugs came into being during WWII when steel products were limited and trac- tors were hard to come by. Ever resourceful, Yankee farmers began converting old automo- biles and trucks into the equipment they needed to tend to their crops and livestock. Those vehicles went on to be- come an integral part in the history of New Hampshire’s agricultur- al communities. DONNA RHODES Earl Leighton successfully pulled the first weight load of 3,200 pounds with his antique World War Two-era tractor during last weekend’s Doodlebug Tractor Pull at Mountain View Church on Upper Bay Road in Sanbornton. The Doodlebug Home- made Antique Tractor Club was formed in 1994, and has grown to more than 80 members since that time. They meet periodically as a group and compete at “pulls” around the state to test their equipments’ dura- bility. The challenge they present at each pull is similar to a traditional tractor pull but the ve- hicles are handmade, much older, and there- fore face more difficul- ties as the weight in- creases at each level of competition. Doodlebug entries are regulated by limits on their age, size, hitch- height, tire and wheel- base. From there it is up to the driver to take over as they hook onto the weight sled to see how well their skills and cal- culations can do against the competition. As the vehicles lined up last weekend for their shot at pulling an ever-increasing weight load, families and fans cheered them all on. “Twenty feet can seem like a long way in one of these competi- tions,” said Ralph Jes- seman as he awaited his first pull of the day. Each entry was unique in the fact that they were all original- ly built by hand in the early 1900’s and later re- stored by their current owners. Sanbornton resident Jeff Jenkins had some fun by jazzing his entry up with a colorful um- brella to keep him cool from the summer sun, while others toughed it out in their traditionally styled trucks and trac- tors that were open to the elements. Besides the Doodle- bugs that competed, Leighton displayed his antique corn processing equipment and several steam-powered engines that were integral to farming in earlier years. “I’d like to make this an annual event with antique cars and a lot of other older farm imple- ments but in the mean- time a lot of this will also be on display at the Belk- nap County 4-H Fair in August,” he said. Proceeds from the event benefited Moun- tain View Church in Sanbornton and those who missed the day can check out the Doodle- bugs on Aug. 8-9 at the fairgrounds off Route 106 in Belmont. A schedule of that weekend’s events can be found at bc4hfair. org. Belmont celebrates “The Good Old Days” Aug. 1 BELMONT — Come celebrate “The Good Old Days” with family and friends on Saturday, Aug. 1. Belmont’s Old Home Day this summer will feature three fantas- tic bands, all spanning the decades of long ago. Reminisce with King Chrome playing on the bandstand mid-morn- ing; the Rockin Daddios following the 1 p.m. pa- rade; and Annie & the Orphans up on Bryant Field for the evening. Our day will begin with a delicious Pancake Breakfast at 7:30 a.m., hosted by the First Bap- tist Church. The break- fast will showcase our new venue, the Tioga Pavilion on Mill St. En- joy your pancakes and friendly conversation under this new open-air pavilion next to the Tio- ga River. Join runners of all ages for the Tioga Fun Run, which will kick off at 9:30 a.m. Regis- tration for the race is at Belmont Middle School, starting at 9 a.m. The course winds through a few side streets in Bel- mont, before looping around the Fire Station and ending on Main St. It’s a great way to start your day! Don’t forget SEE BELMONT, PAGE A9 Tilton’s Glass Hollow Gallery showcas- es the art of blown glass DONNA RHODES Josh Holbrook and Robin Zanco spend many hours each day blowing glass in their new shop, The Glass Hollow Gallery in downtown Tilton. In addition to selling all they create, they are also offering classes where they can share their love of glass artwork with others as well. BY DONNA RHODES [email protected] TILTON Josh Holbrook and his fian- cée Robin Zanco have opened a new glass blow- ing business, The Glass Hollow Gallery, which has lit up Main Street in Tilton this summer, offering their own hand- made glass marbles, pen- dants, jewelry and other items while also allow- ing everyone a look at the fine art of glass blow- ing. “I wanted to do this because there aren’t many stores with blown glass, and I thought it would be a really great art to bring to the area,” said Holbrook. His love for the art first came about at the age of 13, during a visit to the Boston Museum of Fine Arts. From that moment on, he said, he knew glass art was something he wanted to be involved with later in his life. SEE GLASS, PAGE A9

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SERVING TILTON, NORTHFIELD, BELMONT & SANBORNTON, N.H. FREE

INDEXn

Volume 7 • Number 3022 Pages in 2 Section

©2014, Salmon Press, LLC.Call us at (603) 279-4516

email: [email protected]

Editorial Page ..................A4

North Country Notebook A4

Sports ..............................B1

Culture .............................A5

Obituaries ........................A6

THURSDAY, JULY 23, 2015

Old Home Day festivities will “Celebrate Sanbornton” SaturdayBY DONNA RHODES

[email protected]

SANBORNTON — On Saturday, July 25, visitors, along with res-idents new and old, are invited to “Celebrate Sanbornton” as Old Home Day gets under-way with a parade, art exhibits, live demon-strations and lots of food and fun for all.

Over the winter, a hard-working crew of approximately 20 volun-teers began planning the event and they are excit-ed to finally get things underway.

The focus for the day will be on three centers of activity- the Town Square, Lane Tavern and the Life Safety Building, each of which will have a number of fun events.

First up for the day will be a pancake break-fast from 8:30-10:30 a.m.

at the Lane Tavern, and once everyone has eat-en they are invited to check out the non-juried art show on the second floor or stop by at any time throughout the day for a tour of the historic tavern.

Just outside Lane Tavern, weather permit-ting, the equally histor-ic Abbot and Downing Concord Coach will be on display and along with farm products for sale from local vendors.

Across the street, there will be demon-strations of timeless arts like blacksmithing, wool spinning, chain saw sculpting, cider pressing, horse shoe-ing, and timber to board cutting, as well as much more.

A custom car show will also be held.

Over at the Town

Square on Tower Hill, Odds Bodkins will be on hand at 11 a.m. for some more old-time fun with his storytelling skills inside the Sanbornton Public Library, followed by a presentation from the Sanbornton Fiber Group.

Next door at the Old Town Hall people will find the General Store, which was a big hit last year with shoppers, along with a number of other vendors and demonstrations.

On Currier Field, be-hind the three buildings in Town Square, there will be lots more fun to be discovered.

Cow Bingo, courtesy of the Swain Farm’s re-nowned cow Lila, will be held (for as long as it takes!) and, in addi-tion to other games and activities, Sanbornton

Central School Princi-pal Bonnie Jean Kuras will be doing some bub-ble pipe crafts with chil-dren.

At 1 p.m., the crowds will go “wild” when Wildlife Encounters brings in a host of fur-ry, feathered and some-times slithery friends to meet everyone during their own exciting pre-sentation.

As if that isn’t enough, there will be live music throughout the day on the bandstand.

Last but by no means least will be some fun with the men and wom-en who work to keep everyone safe each and every day.

The Life Safety Build-ing will be open for tours with the police and fire department staff. At 10 a.m. local Fish and Game War-

den Chris Bryson will give a demonstration on wildlife identification through animal pelts he has acquired, while Boy Scouts, Girl Scouts and the Laconia Indian His-torical Association will share their skills with visitors as well.

This year, 37 spon-sors have helped to make the entire day pos-sible and the committee chairs, David Witham and Lynn Chong, along with the rest of the hard working volunteers, encourage everyone to support them for their generosity. Tee shirts to commemorate the day and gives public thank to each of the sponsors will be on sale at an in-formation booth outside the library.

Food booths, spon-sored by Mountain View Church and the

local snowmobile club, will be available at sev-eral locations beginning around noon.

At 2 p.m., everyone is invited to also enjoy free cake and ice cream, which will be served in the Old Town Hall.

And finally, at 4 p.m., all eyes will be on Tower Hill as the parade makes its way into the village. Participants will be from local organizations and civic groups with bands, farm implements and floats to cap off the celebration.

Parking that day will be limited to the San-bornton Central School area and the Town Ga-rage, both located on Hunkins Pond Road. A shuttle bus, courtesy of Sant Bani School, will then transport everyone to the various venues around the village.

Chief RobeRt CoRmieR

Mickey and the ChiefTilton Police Chief Robert Cormier has been very active over the past several days, running the Special Olympic Torch along the West Coast as it made its way to the World Games in Los Angeles. Cormier, who serves as president of the New Hampshire Law Enforcement Torch Run, was selected from hundreds of candidates around the world for the distinct honor of bringing the Special Olympics flame to the international competition in California next week. He is shown here with his teammates earlier this week being greeted by Mickey Mouse as they ran the torch along the final leg of its journey through Disneyland.

Doodlebugs battle it out once again at Mountain View ChurchBY DONNA RHODES

[email protected]

SANBORNTON — For the second year in a row, homemade Doodle-bugs battled it out to see who had the strongest and most reliable an-tique farm equipment, capable of moving as much as 8,000 pounds from a dead start over a distance of 20 feet.

The Doodlebugs Homemade Antique Tractor Club is a fam-ily-based organization comprised of folks of all ages who appreciate the restoration, renovation and preservation of an-tique tractors and all they stood for in earlier days.

Doodlebugs came into being during WWII when steel products were limited and trac-tors were hard to come by. Ever resourceful, Yankee farmers began converting old automo-biles and trucks into the equipment they needed to tend to their crops and livestock. Those vehicles went on to be-come an integral part in the history of New Hampshire’s agricultur-al communities.

Donna RhoDes

Earl Leighton successfully pulled the first weight load of 3,200 pounds with his antique World War Two-era tractor during last weekend’s Doodlebug Tractor Pull at Mountain View Church on Upper Bay Road in Sanbornton.

The Doodlebug Home-made Antique Tractor Club was formed in 1994, and has grown to more than 80 members since that time. They meet periodically as a group and compete at “pulls” around the state to test their equipments’ dura-bility.

The challenge they present at each pull is similar to a traditional tractor pull but the ve-hicles are handmade, much older, and there-fore face more difficul-ties as the weight in-creases at each level of competition.

Doodlebug entries are regulated by limits on their age, size, hitch-height, tire and wheel-base. From there it is up to the driver to take over as they hook onto the weight sled to see how well their skills and cal-culations can do against the competition.

As the vehicles lined up last weekend for their shot at pulling an ever-increasing weight load, families and fans cheered them all on.

“Twenty feet can seem like a long way in one of these competi-tions,” said Ralph Jes-seman as he awaited his first pull of the day.

Each entry was unique in the fact that they were all original-ly built by hand in the early 1900’s and later re-stored by their current owners.

Sanbornton resident Jeff Jenkins had some fun by jazzing his entry

up with a colorful um-brella to keep him cool from the summer sun, while others toughed it out in their traditionally styled trucks and trac-tors that were open to the elements.

Besides the Doodle-bugs that competed, Leighton displayed his antique corn processing equipment and several steam-powered engines that were integral to farming in earlier years.

“I’d like to make this an annual event with antique cars and a lot of other older farm imple-ments but in the mean-time a lot of this will also be on display at the Belk-nap County 4-H Fair in August,” he said.

Proceeds from the event benefited Moun-tain View Church in Sanbornton and those who missed the day can check out the Doodle-bugs on Aug. 8-9 at the fairgrounds off Route 106 in Belmont. A schedule of that weekend’s events can be found at bc4hfair.org.

Belmont celebrates “The Good Old Days” Aug. 1BELMONT — Come

celebrate “The Good Old Days” with family and friends on Saturday, Aug. 1. Belmont’s Old Home Day this summer will feature three fantas-tic bands, all spanning the decades of long ago. Reminisce with King Chrome playing on the bandstand mid-morn-ing; the Rockin Daddios following the 1 p.m. pa-rade; and Annie & the

Orphans up on Bryant Field for the evening.

Our day will begin with a delicious Pancake Breakfast at 7:30 a.m., hosted by the First Bap-tist Church. The break-fast will showcase our new venue, the Tioga Pavilion on Mill St. En-joy your pancakes and friendly conversation under this new open-air pavilion next to the Tio-ga River.

Join runners of all ages for the Tioga Fun Run, which will kick off at 9:30 a.m. Regis-tration for the race is at Belmont Middle School, starting at 9 a.m. The course winds through a few side streets in Bel-mont, before looping around the Fire Station and ending on Main St. It’s a great way to start your day! Don’t forget

SEE BELMONT, PAGE A9

Tilton’s Glass Hollow Gallery showcas-es the art of blown glass

Donna RhoDes

Josh Holbrook and Robin Zanco spend many hours each day blowing glass in their new shop, The Glass Hollow Gallery in downtown Tilton. In addition to selling all they create, they are also offering classes where they can share their love of glass artwork with others as well.

BY DONNA RHODES

[email protected]

TILTON — Josh Holbrook and his fian-cée Robin Zanco have opened a new glass blow-ing business, The Glass Hollow Gallery, which has lit up Main Street in Tilton this summer, offering their own hand-made glass marbles, pen-dants, jewelry and other items while also allow-ing everyone a look at the fine art of glass blow-ing.

“I wanted to do this because there aren’t many stores with blown glass, and I thought it would be a really great art to bring to the area,” said Holbrook.

His love for the art first came about at the age of 13, during a visit to the Boston Museum

of Fine Arts. From that moment on, he said, he knew glass art was something he wanted to

be involved with later in his life.

SEE GLASS, PAGE A9

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Holbrook began to study glass blowing through YouTube vid-eos before traveling to Colorado, where he stud-ied under other skilled craftsmen. After two years of working with a torch and learning some of the finer techniques of the art, he decided to bring his skills back to New Hampshire. He has enjoyed glass blowing for 16 years now and said he is very happy to have his own shop at long last.

The Glass Hollow Gal-lery opened in May, and

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BELMONTCONTINUED FROM PAGE A1

that this year’s running of our Belmont 10-Miler Road Race will occur on the traditional second Saturday, Aug. 8. Come on the 8th to take part in our new Road, Relay and Fun Competition Day. Information and regis-tration forms for all of that day’s events can be found on the town’s Web

site at www.belmontnh.org.

Another popular event for kids between the ages of three and eight years old is our annual Pedal Trac-tor Pull. Cheer on the young “farmers” as they pull their load across the parking lot near the bandstand. All partic-ipants get a free snow cone and the three top finishers will receive a

cool tractor trophy.With the general

theme of “The Good Old Days,” this year’s pa-rade should be quite en-tertaining. Gather some friends or classmates together and show us your interpretation of the “good old days.” It all depends on your gen-eration and favorite pas-times. Saturday, August 1 is a wonderful time of summer to host fami-ly reunions and class reunions. March in costumes or decorate a float. Being a part of the grand parade is always so exciting!

Some say the best part of Old Home Day is treating yourself to

a variety of yummy food. This year will be no exception! Tacos, French fries, cannolis, fried dough, ice cream, and Italian sausage are merely a sampling of what we’ll have avail-able to tempt your taste buds. Along with our food booths, make sure you bring some extra cash to partake in a little shopping amongst our numerous vendors that will be offering every-thing from educational books to woodworking to balloons. St. Joseph Church will also be of-fering various sales, so take a leisurely walk up Main St. to check out their treasures.

aside from his own and Zanco’s creations, they also offers pieces made by friends in the field, like delicate lotus flow-er pen holders and other fine works.

“We support Ameri-can artists, and every-thing we sell is either made by us or by other glass blowers we know of here in the United States,” said Holbrook.

He also creates his own whimsical glass figurines and will soon add holiday items, such as pumpkins, snowmen and even Motorcycle Week pieces.

“Glass can become anything. Whatever

your mind can imagine can be made from glass, which is why I love it so much,” he said. “Hav-ing a shop to do all of that now has just been a dream come true.”

While that may seem complicated to the ca-sual observer, Holbrook says the process is some-thing nearly anyone with a bit of patience can learn.

“Once you know and understand some of the basics, it can take as lit-tle as 20-30 minutes to create a glass pendant with a flower inside,” he said.

Zanco said she her-self learned to blow glass

from Holbrook and now shares his passion as well.

“When Josh showed me how to make a few pieces, I said, ‘Are you kidding? That’s all there is to it?’ I’ve been in love with it ever since,” she said.

On any given day, the couple can be found hov-ered over a hot flame as they transform simple lines and dots into beau-tiful flowers or other ob-jects that are encased in clear glass.

And to prove to every-one just how easy that can be, they are offering classes for others inter-ested in their art.

Students will first learn the principles of glass blowing as well as the safety measures in-volved in working with both glass and an open flame.

“Safety is my key, and I keep an eye on every-one as they learn how to blow glass,” said Hol-brook. “At the end of the day, though, they’ll be able to walk away with a pendant or marble that they’ll have actually made themselves.”

He added that the full

day sessions, which run from 10 a.m. until 5 p.m., can be a fun get-togeth-er for a small group or a great experience for someone who simply wants to learn a new art form on their own.

The Glass Hollow Gal-lery is open seven days a week from 10 a.m. until 6 p.m., and is located at 250 Main St. in downtown Tilton, across from On-ions Pub and the Tilton Inn.

Bring in your household hazardous wasteREGION — Do you

have hazardous wastes in your home? Many peo-ple do but are not aware of the fact. “Hazardous wastes” are substances that poison or contam-inate the environment; they may be flammable, corrosive, or reactive. There are many toxic materials which exist right inside many Lakes Region homes and these should be disposed of properly so as not to harm people or damage the region’s soil and wa-

ter resources. Look under your

kitchen or bathroom sink, at the basement workbench, in the ga-rage or garden shed – wherever you store cleaning products, home and vehicle mainte-nance items, or garden chemicals. If a product label says “danger,” “warning,” “poison,” or “caution,” the product contains ingredients that are flammable, poi-sonous, will burn the skin and eyes, or react

violently with other chemicals. These items, if disposed of improper-ly, are a very real threat to our natural environ-ment, especially our wa-ter resources.

Every year since 1986, the Lakes Region Planning Commission (LRPC) has coordinat-ed annual household hazardous waste collec-tions for communities throughout the region interested in participat-ing in the shared col-lection program. This

program employs a U.S. Environmental Protec-tion Agency approved waste transporter which collects and safely dis-poses of household haz-ardous waste.

On Saturday, July 25 and Saturday, Aug. 1, 24 communities will participate in one of the longest running and most successful house-hold hazardous waste collection programs in New England. Four collection sites will be open each day from 8:30

a.m. to noon (Belmont, Franklin, Gilford, and Meredith on July 25 and Bristol, Laconia, Moul-tonborough, and Ossipee on Aug. 1). Residents and property owners in the 24 participating commu-nities may bring up to ten gallons or 50 pounds of household hazard-ous products in for safe disposal. The partici-pating communities for the collection consist of: Alexandria, Andover, Belmont, Bridgewater, Bristol, Center Harbor,

Effingham, Franklin, Freedom, Gilford, Gil-manton, Hebron, Hill, Holderness, Laconia, Meredith, Moultonbor-ough, New Hampton, Northfield, Ossipee, Sanbornton, Sandwich, Tamworth, and Tilton. Information on collec-tion sites and accepted materials can be found at http://www.lakesrpc.org/services_hhw.asp or by calling LRPC at 279-8171.