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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.
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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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