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Gilmanton NH News

February 4, 2009

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We are mid-way through our first year and proud to offer preschool education in the Gilmanton community. Our program runs Mon, Wed, and Fri from 8:30AM to 11:30AM and is located at the Iron Works Church. There are spaces available for mid year sign up. If you would like to enroll your child or have any questions regarding the preschool please contact Norma Ruchti @ 267-7039 or email: [email protected]. Registration for fall 09 classes will held in March. Date to be announced soon.

 


 

Letter To The Editor


One need search no further than a certain field in Gilmanton for a perfect example of what not to do and why not to do it. It’s true, we all need to do what we need to do .... but at what expense? What are we willing to give up? Our values? And what are our values if not the very price we put on our actions? And what value do you put on actions that divide? In that field in Gilmanton stands a barn, but what distinguishes this barn from others isn’t so much what’s inside or what’s outside, or even what’s written on the sign in the drive leading up to it, but what it represents. To many, it represents failure. No, not failure to fulfill an objective, but failure to fulfill a promise.


At the Gilmanton Year Round Library, those who set the wheels in motion, have allowed the wheels to come off. They have broken a pledge, but worse, have denied ever making it. They drew people close to them with promises, promises that should have never been made, impossible to fulfill, made by a handful of people with a pet project - a pet project which has failed, and now .... they’re taking it to the Gilmanton taxpayer to bail them out. To say that’s wrong, understates it. To deny it’s true, underscores the desperate attempt some make when compromise, at the expense of others, is so much easier than taking failure and turning it around.


One resident recently said to me, “They’re building a monument to themselves, and now they want me to pay to polish it ...forever. I just don’t want to.” As I pass the barn in the field, on my way to work every morning, I realize: neither do I.


Al Blake

 


 

How To Make Your Own Maple Syrup


The sap will be running soon!  Have you thought about making your own maple syrup?  Do you want to know what is needed? Attend this workshop if you want to learn the steps, from the tree to the table plus the equipment needed. This special workshop is geared to first-timers and beginner maplers having less than 75 taps.  All aspects of maple sugaring will be covered, including tree identification, tapping and collecting, boiling sap and finishing, filtering and packing syrup.  Equipment and supplies needed, especially sizing and operating small evaporators, homemade and commercial, will also be discussed.


This workshop will be held Thursday, February 19, 2009, 6:30-8:00 PM, Belknap County UNH Cooperative Extension Office, 36 County Drive, Laconia, and NH.
Presenters: Andy Fast, Forest Resources Educator, Belknap County and Steve Roberge, Forest Resources, Educator, Cheshire County.


This workshop is FREE, but registration is required.  Please call Belknap County Cooperative Extension office before February 17th, at 527-5475 to register and be guaranteed a seat.

 


 

Wyman Promoted At Meredith Village Savings Bank


As Sam Laverack makes the transition to president and CEO of Meredith Village Savings Bank this month, he is pleased to announce the promotion of a key member of his team, Richard Wyman, the Bank’s chief financial officer (CFO) for the past 7 years.
Wyman will continue to serve as CFO while also assuming the position of executive vice president (EVP), the title Laverack held for 10 years before his promotion to president. As CFO, Wyman will continue to manage the bank’s financial and accounting activities. As EVP, he will have an expanded role in the development of bank-wide policies, strategic plans and business goals. In addition, he will also be responsible for risk management, information technology, deposit operations and the administration of the bank’s charitable foundation, the Meredith Village Savings Bank Fund.


Wyman brings 27 years of senior bank leadership experience to his new position. After starting his banking career with Biddeford Savings Bank in Maine, Wyman served as CFO and operations officer for Brunswick Federal Savings Bank and CFO for Northeast Bancorp. He is a graduate of the banking program at Tucks School of Business at Dartmouth College.


“I’m delighted that Rick will be expanding his role here at MVSB,” said Laverack. “His ability to provide financial and strategic leadership for MVSB during the coming years will be critical.”


In addition to his work at MVSB, Wyman is a member of the board of directors and the finance committee for Genesis Behavioral Health Services and also serves on the CFO Advisory Committee for Federal Home Loan Bank of Boston. He is a graduate and past board member of Leadership Lakes Region, as well as a graduate of Leadership New Hampshire. In addition to being active with the United Way, Wyman has also volunteered as a soccer coach at Laconia Middle School. During his years in Maine, he was a volunteer with community parks and recreation commissions. He resides in Laconia with his wife, Sally, and his two sons, Ben and Nick.


Meredith Village Savings Bank is an independent mutual savings bank with 11 offices serving individuals, families, businesses, organizations and towns around Lake Winnipesaukee and the Plymouth area. MVSB has offices in Alton, Ashland, Center Harbor, Gilford, Laconia, Meredith, Moultonborough, Plymouth, and Wolfeboro. More information about the bank can be found at www.mvsb.com.

 


Obituaries


 

John Donaldson


John Donaldson, 96, of Gilmanton, NH, died at Hackett Hill HCC in Manchester on Jan. 22, 2009.


He was born in NY in 1912 the son of Andrew Wallace Donaldson and Edith Donaldson. 


During World War II, he served in the US Army seeing action at the Battle of the Bulge, the Invasion of Normandy, and throughout northern France and Belgium.


Mr. Donaldson worked for Western Union in NYC prior to WWII.  Following the War, he bought and operated a dairy farm in North Hampton.  He later worked in sales for Quincy Oil Co. He also formerly resided in Candia and the Iron Works where he restored older homes.


Mr. Donaldson was a member of Gilford Hills Racquet & Tennis Club.  He was an accomplished tennis player having won several awards and was a member of “Super Seniors,” a branch of the US Tennis Assn.  He was a member the Gilmanton Historical Society and marched in the Gilmanton 4th of July Parade as a World War II Vet through age 94.


Mr. Donaldson’s wife, Helen, died last October.


Funeral services and interment at NH Veterans Cemetery will be private.


Donations in memory of Mr. Donaldson may be made to the Gilmanton Year Round Library Assn., PO Box 413, Gilmanton, NH 03237.


Thibault-Neun Funeral Home is assisting with arrangements (www.neunfuneralhomes.com)
 


 

 

 











 
 

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