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Classics reignite our love affair with the automobile. by Deborah Thompson
From dream to reality. by Tareah Gray
Love at First Sight
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“We Weren’t Brave—We Did What We Had to Do” Local World War II veterans share their stories. by Deborah Thompson
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41 departments 11 Editor’s Note 12 Contributors
65 Smart Money Shall we marry? by Tina Annis and Jeffrey Zellers
16 Around Town
67 Bright Ideas Crafting an artful home. by Susan Nye
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37 People Profile More than survivors. by Gail Thorell Schilling
75 Dining & Entertainment Guide
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EDITOR ’ S NOTE
The Greatest Generation A recent statistic shocked me: World War II veterans are dying at the rate of 800 per day. Could it be that the Greatest Generation, so dubbed by Tom Brokaw, is dwindling so quickly? My dad was in the Army during the war, stationed on Kiska in the Aleutian Islands, and he told me about diving into foxholes when Japanese planes flew over shooting at him and his buddies. During his time JACK ROWELL off the Alaskan coast, he cracked the Visiting with Clifford Eager (seated), Rodman Wilson, and crystal on his Bulova watch, the only Paul Proulx. treasure he had in those days. I now have that watch, complete with the new crystal he fashioned from a piece of a windshield from a Japanese plane his outfit shot down. My dad is not among the recent veteran deaths—I lost him to cancer in 1972. While I can’t ask my dad questions now about the war, I realized that I could ask others about their experiences—while they’re still with us. The seed for our feature was planted when I met Rodman Wilson at the Vintage Car Show at Canterbury Shaker Village last October. (See story on page 18.) He was cute and charming, and he was wearing a US Marines baseball cap; I asked him about it. Even though I was swooning over his classic 1955 Ford Fairlane Crown Victoria (two-tone blue, no less), somehow I kept enough wits about me to take down his phone number. A few months later when I ran into another kind-looking gentleman at the Puritan Back Room in Manchester (also waiting for a table), I asked him about the Marines baseball cap he was wearing, and I became acquainted with Clifford Eager. Odd as it sounds, events seemed to have conspired to lead me to these specific people, and I feel very fortunate to have had the opportunity to meet them, invite them to my home for our photo shoot, and to sit down with each one for an interview. I thank them for their willingness to share their stories. While they were here, they shared a laugh about their favorite wartime quote. They say The Stars and Stripes reported that General George S. Patton, as his troops were entering Paris, addressed his men by saying, “If you don’t get laid tonight, you’ll never get laid.” (I’m guessing Patton’s language may have been saltier than that!) I’ll continue to speak to veterans when I see them, no matter what war they fought in, even if it’s just to say thank you. I might be lucky enough to make some more new friends!
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CONTRIBUTORS
Mark Aiken
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Mark writes about a wide range of topics and especially enjoys covering recreational pursuits. His work has appeared in the New York Times, 32 Degrees, and Eating Well. When he’s not writing, Mark teaches skiing at Stowe, trains for marathons, and plans bigger and better vacations.
Tina is an attorney and founding member of Annis & Zellers, PLLC in Concord. For over 12 years, she has assisted New Hampshire families with all aspects of estate planning, probate administration, and elder law. She is a frequent lecturer in the community on the subjects of trusts and estates.
Ian Raymond
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Ian has been photographing people and places in New Hampshire for over 30 years, and his studio, Raymond Photographic Imaging, is located in Laconia. Besides photography for magazines, catalogs, and brochures, he specializes in architectural photography and fi ne art portraiture. When not shooting, Ian is in Concord serving District 4 as a legislator.
Gail Schilling, UNH ’74, writes for local and national publications. Her journalism for several Rocky Mountain newspapers earned her three awards from the Wyoming Press Association. For 15 years she has contributed to Daily Guideposts, an inspirational market. In 2011, Gail won a residency at the Jentel Artist Community in Wyoming to draft her forthcoming memoir, Do Not Go Gentle. Go to Paris.
Jeffrey is an attorney and founding member of Annis & Zellers, PLLC in Concord. For over 25 years, he has been a trusted adviser to individuals and businesses in the areas of estate planning, business succession planning, and tax matters. Jeff is currently the Chair of the Board of Directors of Capital Region Health Care, Inc.
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Geoff Forester Geoff spent eight prize-winning years as photo editor of the Concord Monitor, followed by seven more years and more awards as a photo editor at the Boston Globe. In 2001, he made the leap into full-time freelance work, becoming the photographer of choice for weddings and a variety of nonprofi t organizations and schools.
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ob Valpey loves cars. He bought his fi rst antique car, a 1931 Packard, in 1951 when he was just 16 years old. He paid $295 for the car, including delivery, and he still owns it today. If you’re lucky, you’ll see it on October 18 at the Vintage Car Show at Canterbury Shaker Village. Bob’s passion for autos began early. As a three-year-old, his grandmother took him and his older brother on picnics to Wachusett Mountain in Massachusetts. On the way, they’d stop at the Princeton Auto Museum, and Bob was bitten by the car bug. Bob’s son Ron Valpey, who has been sponsoring the show for four years, inherited a love of cars from his dad. He still has a 1963 Cadillac Sedan DeVille that belonged to his grandmother—she purchased it new. She drove it for 10 years and put over 100,000 miles on it; that’s when Ron’s dad and his uncle told her it was time for a new car. She fi nally agreed to give it up with the condition that the Caddy remain in the family. It has—for 51 years, and Ron has been driving it for 31 of those years. “I have brought it to many shows, and I even put seat belts in it so I could bring my kids along,” Ron says. }
Left: 1931 Packard hood ornament. Right: Ron Valpey's 1963 Cadillac.
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1. 1960 Chevy Corvette. 2. Precursor to the minivan? 3. 1955 red and white Ford Fairlane Victoria. 4. 1965 Plymouth Belvedere II interior. 5 & 6. 1954 two-tone green Mercury Sun Valley with green tinted glass roof owned by John and Rodalyn Knox, Weare. 7. Gordon Matson and Judy Wildman's 1929 Model A Sport Coupe. 8. Dashboard of 1929 Ford Speedster convertible. 9 & 10. 1956 Ford Fairlane Victoria. 11. 1948 dark blue Packard Club Sedan. 12. 1955 Thunderbird convertible. 13. 1921 Ford Model T Speedster with round windshield.
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ner that we’ve taken to shows all over the country; a 1913 Model T Ford depot hack; and several antique trucks.” Gordon and Judy agree that one of the best things about the shows and car people in general is how helpful everyone is. “If you need a push to get started, there are more volunteers than needed. If a part fails, everyone will search their tool kits for a replacement. Over the years we have made many lasting friends through the hobby,” Gordon says. “We enjoy the shows as a couple because telling others about the cars is always a pleasure,” Judy says. “Also preparing a car for a show is at least a two-person operation of tinkering, cleaning, and polishing.” The liaison for the show at Canterbury Shaker Village is Maisie Keith Daly, education manager. “The Model A Club does a fine job, and the Village provides a beautiful backdrop for enjoying the variety of cars that are here—we had over 260 last year,” says Maisie. Admission to the car show also provides a full day’s access to the Village, and Maisie adds, “We’ll be sure to have lots of good food on hand for visitors, including selections from our outdoor grill and our new wood-fired pizza.” This year’s Vintage Car Show at Canterbury Shaker Village is set for October 18 from 10am to 1pm. For more information, go to www.shakers.org.
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ymbolism and sensory stimulation suffuse every area of the LaBelle Winery. On display in the gift shop, the winery’s award-winning Americus red—spicy, bold, and peppery—is a tribute to the husband and wife team of Amy LaBelle and Cesar Arboleda and their steadfast belief in the American dream. Their Granite State Red is a tribute to the setting of a dream realized, and the Seyval Blanc is something altogether different: a bright, crisp wine made from cold-hardy New England grapes. Judging from the high-quality ingredients and sophisticated flavors, you’d never guess that Amy and Cesar are self-taught winemakers who have been in the wine business for less than a decade. }
Left: Bistro guests enjoy lunch out on the Terrace next to the Fire Bowl. Above: LaBelle Winery makes a different sangria for each season. This Autumn Sangria is made with LaBelle Winery Granite State Red Wine.
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I NS P I RE D BY W I N E
Amy began her career as a corporate attorney. While working at Fidelity Investments in Boston in 2001, she took a vacation to Nova Scotia and made an impromptu visit to a small winery. Watching a batch of blueberry wine being made stimulated her senses—and a new ambition. In that small Canadian winery, a dream was born that would eventually be realized over a decade later as LaBelle Winery in Amherst, New Hampshire. Amy spent the remainder of that trip fixated on the idea of owning a winery. She didn’t know how to make wine but was a decent cook, and she scribbled business plans on the back of restaurant napkins. “When I got home from that vacation, I was completely obsessed,” she says. On September 11, when Amy was advised to leave her Boston apartment in the shadow of the Prudential Tower after the terrorist attacks, one of the few precious items she grabbed before fleeing the city was her first batch of wine, a one-gallon blueberry crafted in her apartment. That autumn, she fermented apple, peach,
Top left: Each 23-foot-tall stainless steel tank can hold 3,300 gallons of wine; they were custom made in Italy for LaBelle Winery. Left: The Bistro at LaBelle servers stand in the gallery in front of the wine tanks. Above right: Cellar master and owner Cesar Arboleda welcomes guests to The Tasting Room. Wine tastings are available seven days a week. Right: A guest browses wine accessories at LaBelle Winery’s retail shop.
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and cranberry wines as well. She spent the next four years experimenting and educating herself, reading books and taking enology and viticulture courses at the University of California, Davis. In 2005, Amy’s dream came to fruition when she opened her winery at Alyson’s Orchard in Walpole, New Hampshire, with 400 gallons of wine, selling out every season at farmers’ markets, wine tastings, and local stores while winning regional and international accolades. Amy doubled production each year and built a barn behind her home in Amherst while she and her new husband started a family. In October of 2012, exactly 4,083 days after her spontaneous stop at that Canadian winery, Amy and Cesar, both self-taught winemakers who met while
working at Fidelity in Boston, cut the ribbon on their new facility. USA MADE, FROM F R UIT TO B OTTLE
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Five new two-story wine tanks custom built in Italy are visible from the wine tasting room. “I want people to understand that we are manufacturing in New Hampshire, and everything is produced in the United States, from fruit to bottle,” says Amy. “We don’t bring in concentrates or bulk wine and rebottle it with our label. It’s not our philosophy.” Aside from the visual appeal of the new, 5.3-million-dollar facility on 11 rolling acres edged with rows of grape vines on Route 101 in Amherst, aromas like the redolent Red Raspberry wine fill every space, from the fermenting tanks to The Bistro’s evocative kitchen to the cellar room, where fragrant, organic, edible flowers and micro greens for the kitchen are started. The bustling bistro, the wine tasting bar, and the gift shop allow guests to enjoy the fruits of LaBelle Winery’s labors with all of their senses. Every fall, the winery holds a grape crush—the most important few days at any winery. “Have a great crush” is an industry term, and this year is the first in its nine-year history that LaBelle Winery will be including its own harvested grapes. “It’s another milestone,” says Cesar, a self-taught cellar master who emigrated from Colombia in 1979. A CE NTE R FOR T H E C U L T U R AL AR T S
“I have always thought wine is an art form,” says Amy. “I have a high regard for the culinary arts in general. It’s that art of when to do things, knowing the timing, knowing when it’s done. It’s an openended conversation you’re having with your wine. It’s this balance of art and science. The art part is what differentiates. It’s subjective.” Amy wants her winery to become a cultural center of sorts, blending the culinary, visual, literary, and musical arts. Every month LaBelle Winery hosts a gathering of book enthusiasts for readings, discussions, and book signings by Granite State authors whose works are published by Hobblebush Books in nearby Brookline, New Hampshire. The winery also partners with McGowan Fine Art Gallery in Concord to showcase artists in their gallery space. The pieces in 28 find around concord at www.aroundconcordnh.com
Top left: The Winemaker’s Kitchen at LaBelle Winery Sweet Vidalia Onion Cooking Wine. Above left: The chef prepares dishes to be served for a corporate event in the Great Room. Left: Winemaker and owner Amy LaBelle keeps a close eye on the aging progress of her award-winning Red Alchemy. Above right: Guests enjoy a wineinspired dinner in The Bistro at LaBelle Winery. Right: The Great Room at LaBelle Winery.
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each collection are available for sale, and every three months the exhibits change. Live music is performed from 6 to 9pm every Thursday evening at The Bistro, which features French-inspired seasonal fare and desserts. The Bistro also includes a children’s menu and a terrace with a fire pit roaring in the evenings and overlooking the LaBelle vineyard. Educating the public about wine is another of Amy’s missions. “We have a strong goal to have the New Hampshire wine consumer feel empowered by their wine knowledge,” she says. “The wine world has done a good job of making wine seem to be lofty and unattainable. It’s a beverage that should be accessible to everyone.” The winery’s Vineyard Club Membership allows enthusiasts to sponsor a vine. “It engages the community in the agriculture here. They get invited to events and the [annual] harvest,” says Amy. This fall, with the first harvest of the winery’s own grapes, “it’s the best possible year to join the club.” WED DI N GS, PARTI ES, AN D MORE
With 60 employees, the winery also hosts corporate parties, wedding receptions, showers, anniversaries, and other events for up to 230 people in its vaulted-ceiling great room. Weddings at the winery—with a view of the sun setting over the grape vines in the evening—are booked into 2016. There is also a bridal suite upstairs. “It seems surreal. I have to pinch myself sometimes. It’s such a special place,” says Amy. Among Amy and Cesar’s newest ventures is a line of culinary products called
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the Winemaker’s Kitchen, which includes jams, jellies, and sauces made with wine; honey harvested from on-site beehives; custom-blended coffee; and pure vanilla extract. They predict this culinary line will go national before the wine does. The first installment in the Winemaker’s Kitchen recipe book series, With a Twist: Classic Cocktails Reimagined by Winemaker Amy LaBelle, is a compilation of Amy’s signature mixed drinks featuring LaBelle Winery wines. LaBelle Winery wines are sold in 250 stores across New Hampshire, Maine, and Massachusetts. There are 30 varieties, including cooking wines, from “fun” to “serious.” Red Alchemy, for example, is a dry red that is popular in the tasting room, says Amy. “It’s a walk in the woods” with several earth tones and pairs well with the roasted portobello-mushroom flatbread from The Bistro. Their Dry Riesling, on the other hand, is “crisp, beautiful, refreshing, and very mineral.” LaBelle Winery also presents its products at numerous New Hampshire and Massachusetts charitable events, in-store tastings, and at special events. LaBelle wines can be purchased at state liquor and wine outlets, Shaw’s, Market Basket, Hannaford, Costco, BJ’s, and a large number of New Hampshire specialty stores, cafés, and markets. LaBelle Winery 345 New Hampshire 101 Amherst, NH (603) 672-9898 www.labellewinerynh.com
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“A child is not a diagnosis,” says Naomi Gauthier, pediatric cardiologist at the Children’s Hospital at Dartmouth-Hitchcock at Wentworth-Douglass Hospital in Dover. That sentiment was the catalyst for Camp Meridian, a free camp founded by Dr. Gauthier for children with congenital heart conditions. Camp Meridian “was born out of conversations I had over and over again with parents asking ‘what can my child do?’ Twenty years ago, these children didn’t survive. We had no great surgical options,” she explains. “But now, they are not only surviving—they are thriving.” }
Left: Campers reach new heights. Above (inset): Hugs all around.
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Advances in medical technology have given these children the strength, says Naomi. “Now we have to foster their spirits. We often underestimate their real capabilities. Camp Meridian was founded on the principle of ‘It’s not I can’t, it’s I can,’” she says. The camp’s goal is to help children with heart defects identify and explore their true potential. Yet Naomi balks at the term heart defect: “Children should not see themselves as defective, but as unique individuals that just happen to have a heart condition, so I wanted to find a way to give them a ringin-the-hand moment.” The concept came to Naomi when her son was a child and afraid to swim underwater. “I took him to a great swim instructor who had him dive to the bottom of the pool to retrieve these rings,” she recalls. She remembers thinking, as he came splashing upward holding the ring, “No one could ever take that accomplishment away from him. He would always know he had done it; there could be no doubt. I wanted to give our campers that undeniable moment.” Clockwise from top: Building confi dence on the rope course. Raft-building challenge to improve teamwork. “Solving the mystery,” October 2013.
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Since Camp Meridian’s inception in 2003, it’s been held each year over the long Columbus Day weekend on the grounds of Camp Merrowvista in Tuftonboro, New Hampshire. Campers come from all over New England and beyond—from New York, Pennsylvania, and Virginia. For many, this is their first time away from home overnight. “We’re heavily staffed with highly skilled medical volunteers,” says Dr. Gauthier, “so parents know their kids are in good hands.” The camp is organized into three groups. The first two are “I Can,” the youth group for 8-to-12-year-olds; and “I Will,” for ages 13 to 14. Then, “At age 15, 32 find around concord at www.aroundconcordnh.com
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Clockwise from left: Using team input to cross one team member over the course. Showing our true colors. Success—buried treasure! Team spirit.
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we have the kids take a break,” explains Dr. Gauthier, “because if they went right through it would be hard to let go of feeling ‘I’m just a camper’ and move onto ‘I’m going to be a young adult.’ They come back and move onto the “I Do” level for 16-to-17-year-olds standing at the threshold of the world saying, ‘I do feel the need to set goals; I do want to take action because that’s who I am.’” BUI LD I NG FO U N D AT I O N S
Jennifer and Melvin Hollidge’s first child, Riley, was born with a heart condition and has been Dr. Gauthier’s patient since she was five days old. Now 11, Riley began attending Camp Meridian when she turned 8. It was the first time, she says, “I met
people who have the same things going that I do. I really look forward to going every year. It’s fun, the counselors are great, I make a lot of friends . . . and the food is really good! Usually, I only get to see Dr. Gauthier once a year, so it’s nice to have another opportunity to hang out with her.” But Camp Meridian is about more than just fun; it’s about life lessons. Each year Dr. Gauthier and her staff devise quirky, theme-inspired mysteries that illustrate values and principles. The campers are split into teams and then go on challenges—like climbing a rock wall or hiking—to solve clues that unravel a bigger mystery. The overall resolution “depends on each team finding the answers to their clues, then
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putting their clues and heads together for a final answer,” says Dr. Gauthier, “which usually in some way saves the world. It’s always about individual and group success.” Riley’s favorite challenge was The Train to Mombasa. “Only the true of heart could get the train moving,” she says. “When you figure out a challenge with your team, it’s really a sense of accomplishment.” REAL I ZI N G PROM IS E
Dr. Gauthier has cared for, encouraged, and influenced many of her patients for years. Kathy Morrissey remembers when she and husband Brian first brought their eightyear-old, Colleen, to Camp Meridian. “I was crying as we pulled into the camp, but
Colleen fit in and connected immediately, and she and Dr. Gauthier just clicked. By the time I was pulling out, I felt much better because she was already settled in and just gave me a quick wave goodbye.” Kathy was so impressed with the camp and what it did for her daughter and others that over the years she has been one of its biggest fundraisers. Now, at 18, Colleen is preparing to attend college to study biomedicine. “My time at Camp Meridian helped shape me,” Colleen says. “It made me more confident and comfortable with myself and with others.” Because of her experience and Dr. Gauthier—who Colleen calls a “fabulous woman”—she hopes to become a cardiologist. “Camp Meridian taught me the difference between the limitations we have from our heart conditions and the limitations we set for ourselves. We can do more than we thought.” D E FI NI NG H EAR T
At Camp Meridian, the philosophy is that “there is so much more to these children than congenital heart conditions,” Dr. Gauthier says. “Their stories are ones of optimism, bright futures, and reaching for the stars. To see what they face and how they approach life and each other is an inspiration to all of us. It’s hard to put into words the enthusiasm and experience of the camp. You can describe the Grand Canyon, but until you’re standing there experiencing the awe of it, it’s hard to capture. That’s like the spirit of our children. Heart defect is a misnomer, because these children truly have the most wonderful hearts I’ve ever seen.”
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More Than Flanked by her father Augustin (left) and brother Yves (right), Gisele hugs her mother Immaculée at home in Goffstown. Yves currently attends NHTI, alma mater to his parents and two sisters.
Survivors FORMER REFUGEES FIND HOPE IN NEW HAMPSHIRE
Author’s note: Ten years ago while tutoring writing at NHTI, Concord’s Community College, Immaculée Muhizi asked me to help her expand her essay, “We Survived,” which described her firsthand experience of the genocide in her beloved homeland, Rwanda. English was her third language. As we explored ways to expand the essay, I knew that Immaculée’s story could never be told within the limits of the three-page requirement. I told her, “If you ever want to tell your story, I will help you write it.” In 2010, six years later, she contacted me. Similarly, Gatluk Diew, also an alumnus of NHTI and speaker of several languages, invited me to help him tell his story of being conscripted at the age of nine as a boy soldier in Southern Sudan, then resettling in Manchester at 17. I have spent
countless hours with the Muhizi family and with Gatluk, helping them retell their experiences and will persevere until they have their books in their hands. A STORY O F H O PE
The following includes excerpts from the Muhizis’ forthcoming memoir, More Than Survivors (working title). Augustin Muhizi, LPN, fills a glass with tap water. His wife Immaculée, dressed in animal-menagerie scrubs, grabs her lunch bag and dashes to her 3-to-11pm LPN shift at a Bedford Nursing Home. Daughter Gisele, also an LPN, studies her RN nursing text. This peaceful domesticity has been hard won. } FALL 2014 | around concord 37
For weeks the warfare continued, and the Muhizis hid inside their home. They lived without electricity and ate only bread and milk, nauseated by fear. Twenty years ago, the long-simmering civil war between Tutsi and Hutu erupted in the Muhizis’ hometown of Kigali, Rwanda, a city of one million in a country the size of Vermont. The Muhizis, husband, wife, and children ages seven, five, and one, ran for their lives for seven years from what came to be called the Rwandan Genocide. Yet despite lost family members, their lost home and possessions, and lost professional credentials, the Muhizis did not lose hope. Rather, they have started over—as new Americans and professional caregivers. The Muhizis’ seven-year journey to New Hampshire began on April 6, 1994. Already Augustin had been targeted because he was considered “rich” on a modest salary. In 1990, he had been imprisoned for no reason and, just as unpredictably, released four months later. By 1994, however, the bombs that knocked their Rwandan president’s plane from the sky rocked their fourbedroom Kigali home like an earthquake, shattering glass in the French windows. Immaculée remembers, “My husband and I were peaceful people who knew nothing about war. We didn’t even watch violent movies. We tried to protect ourselves by barricading the doors with mattresses and hiding the children in the closets.” Yvette, age seven, thought it was a game and shouted, “Yay! No school tomorrow.” She would not attend school again for more than a year. The next day a platoon of soldiers fueled by alcohol and drugs used automatic weapons to force the family onto their lawn and threatened to execute them. Yelling and swearing, the rebels sharpened their machetes on the driveway’s pavement. The commander offered to spare the family for
Augustin Muhizi comments on family photos.
money. The Muhizis bought their lives for five thousand dollars, money they had just withdrawn from the bank. FORCED FRO M H O ME
For weeks the warfare continued, and the Muhizis hid inside their home. They lived without electricity and ate only bread and milk, nauseated by fear. Radio reports warned that tens of thousands of ordinary citizens like themselves had been brutally murdered. By May 22, 1994, the largest military camp 10 miles from their home had fallen to the rebels. Trusted soldiers urged the Muhizis to escape through a protected civilian corridor underneath the shooting. Most of their neighbors had already fled.
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The family bundled milk, sugar, and cloth diapers for the baby and dressed the girls in several layers of underwear and clothes. Then, with 120-pound Immaculée carrying the 18-pound, not-yet-weaned Yves, and Augustin holding his daughters’ hands and the hired girl grasping the hand of their niece Charlotte who was stranded by the war, the family abandoned their home. They strained to stay together in a surging, hysterical mob, like people escaping a burning building. Augustin kept the house key but would never use it again. With no flashlight and no idea where they were going, they stumbled in holes and mud. Immaculée lost her shoe and trudged on barefoot carrying her son, often
Gisele Muhizi (center) celebrates her LPN graduation from Harmony Health Care with siblings Yves (left) and Yvette (right) in 2013. The honor student speaks three languages. Photo by Francois Mutombo.
over bodies of the dead that smelled like rotten meat. “Always, always the children crying, crying,” Immaculée remembers. Some panicked mothers had thrown babies aside. Other women lay dead on the side of the road, babies still alive on their backs. “I could not stop to pick them up.” The memory pains her still. Within a few hours, Immaculée lost sight of Augustin, the girls, and her niece. She would not find them for three days. In the meantime, Yves’s soft baby skin began to stretch from dehydration. Immaculée’s
thoughts of death became very real, yet small generosities like finding sorghum for her baby kept her going. The reunion was complete when the lost niece appeared, recognized by an old neighbor who secured her with clothesline around the child’s waist and her own. TH E K I N DN ESS OF STRAN GERS
Over the next seven years, the Muhizi family journeyed 5,000 miles through Rwanda, Congo, and Benin, often on foot, to escape persecution. They stayed in refugee camps, often subsisting on dried beans and corn. Latrines were ditches with tree limb “seats,” privacy a plastic tarp. With little water and no soap, diapers became “yellow, then nasty,” says Immaculée. Miraculously, their nuclear family remained intact, often
through the kindness of strangers. Augustin vividly remembers suffering from malaria en route to the Congo and supposed safety. He had no medicine and no money to buy it anyway. Immaculée had already sold her wedding ring for ten dollars, and everything else except some bed sheets. Too weak to care, Augustin lay by the side of the road to die, even as rebels advanced just a few miles behind them. Two young men offered to buy the bed sheets for twenty dollars, then, realizing the plight of the family, invited them to their home a short distance away. More fearful of the rebels than of the strangers, the Muhizis took refuge with their benefactors who shared their meager food and hid them for an entire year. A N EW H O ME
Since arriving in Franklin in 2001, Augustin, Immaculée, and their daughters Yvette and Gisele have earned degrees from NHTI, Concord’s Community College. Their son Yves studies there now; Jocelyn, an eighth grader, still has a few years to
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When Gatluk Diew arrived in Manchester, New Hampshire, as a refugee from Southern Sudan, the 17-year-old’s only knowledge of the United States was “USA” stamped on bags of rice in his refugee camp. Now, 15 years later, the teenager who came to the US speaking Nuer and Arabic has mastered English and graduated from NHTI and Keene State College. He is currently enrolled in an online master’s degree program at Southern New Hampshire University in Justice Studies. Certainly, Gatluk knows firsthand about justice, and the breakdown of it, in the home he left behind. When Gatluk was nine years old and living on his family’s farm in Lualyak, Southern Sudan, the Sudan People’s Lib-
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eration Army conscripted him as a child soldier. Mercifully, a severe illness brought on by the brutal conditions in the training camps rendered him unfit for service before he ever had to fire a gun. His younger brother, however, died from poison gas. But lessons Gatluk learned from his father and his community’s high value on strength and honor gave him the courage to endure. Gatluk’s village was attacked again when he was 13. When a high-powered bullet shattered his hip in the bush far from home, he begged his sister to leave him and comfort his mother. Gatluk was not rescued for 24 hours. During that time of horrific pain, he dragged himself to the top of a termite mound and beat off slavering hyenas with a stick. In his memoir, Left for Dead, Gatluk describes his extraordinary experiences in simple prose: his snug family life, Nuer traditions, war atrocities, and survival tactics, both in refugee camps and in his bewildering new home, New Hampshire. He says, “I mean it when I say New Hampshire is my home now. Even if I have to leave to find a job [as an interpreter], I’ll come back. I have friends here who are very close to me.” Though many refugees fear reprisals even decades after being resettled in a new country, Gatluk boldly shares his story “to speak for those who are silent.”
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Is there life after death? The answer probably varies from individual to individual. In the case of dead and defunct ski areas, however, Northfield, New Hampshire’s Highland Mountain Bike Park makes a compelling case for reincarnation. The Highlands operated as a ski resort from 1968 until 1995 before sitting dormant and finally reopening as Highland Mountain Bike Park in 2006. I don’t profess to know much about reincarnation, but I do know vibrant, passionate, and invested people when I see them. And that is exactly what I saw when I visited Highland. }
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Above: The Highland Training Center (HTC) is the foundation for progression at Highland. Clockwise from right: Clayton Harper teaches his son Zachary, age 5, how to hit a roller in the new “family zone.” Jamie Goldman is stoked to be at Highland with his Ayr campers. Highland coach Chad Deluca instructing a Find Your Ride lesson at the top of Easy Rider.
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The problem with most lift-served mountain biking operations is that this is not their primary focus, says Mark Hayes, owner and founder of Highland Mountain Bike Park. Mark has been an avid cyclist since the 1990s. He rode mostly crosscountry—that is to say, not using lifts—four or five days a week before getting interested in downhill (that is, lift-served). Most liftserved mountain biking operations are at ski resorts that have added mountain biking as a summertime offering in an attempt to complement winter operations. “In almost all cases, they have poor water management, they are undercapitalized, and there’s no progression,” says Mark. From a trail perspective, the water piece is critical; biking on wet trails ruins them. “After a rain, you don’t want water sitting on your trails,” says Mark. From a biker’s perspective, the progression piece is important because people have to be able to learn.
Huge jumps, steep terrain, and challenging features are great, says Mark. But people need to work up to these. “You need to progress from small to medium to big,” he says. Finally, the money piece affects both. “Building trails is not cheap,” says Mark. Mark became interested in starting his own bike park in 2002. He was at the peak
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of his interest in biking; he had just sold a high-tech fiber optics company—and he had visited Whistler. When WhistlerBlackcomb in British Columbia, one of the largest and most extreme ski resorts in North America, offered lift-served summer mountain biking, they did it right. They had plenty of terrain for all ability levels, they
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When Highland Mountain Bike Park finally opened for business in June 2006 (a year later than Mark had originally hoped), it did so with three trails—one intermediate and two expert—and a vision. Mark’s vision is twofold: trails and training. Highland currently offers miles of riding on 22 trails, some “organic” and some “freeride.” The organic trails are carefully constructed but tend to be bumpier and rougher. The freeride trails are machinesculpted trails with near-perfect banked turns and smooth rides. It is obvious that scrupulous work went into the freeride trails. Riders also find a pump track, a loop on which riders coast over dirt mounds and bumps, and an indoor training facility. The training component of Mark’s vision is all about people. When he opened with more difficult trails, the hope was to
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capture the passionate riders. “I think we have the 20-year-old to 40-year-old males locked,” Mark laughs, although I did see some female riders the day I rode at Highland. Now, his sights are set on a different demographic that will help his business as well as the sport of mountain biking grow—families. Highland offers kids’ programs, kids’ camps, and a “Find Your Ride” package for newcomers. The package includes a day pass, helmet and protective gear, a bike rental, and a lesson. Meanwhile, a “Family Zone” area, slated for completion for the 2015 season, will familiarize new riders with bumps, banked turns, and jumps, all sized to be easier and nonthreatening. “We are really focused on making this attractive and affordable for families, and at the same time maintaining the higher end trails that our clientele has been enjoying,” says Mark. PUTTI N G O N THE PA DS
When I arrived for my “Find Your Ride” lesson, Greg in the rental area put me on a bike with flat pedals, gave me biking shoes straight out of the box (probably not guaranteed to happen every time), a helmet with a face protector, a chest protector, elbow pads, and knee pads.
I walked out of the rental area looking like a Storm Trooper. Then I met my instructor, who introduced himself as “Green Tires.” Chris Chmielewski was studying to become a professor of music when he got sidetracked. “I have always loved to teach, and now I’m teaching biking instead of music,” he says. On a flat grassy space, Green Tires covered how to stand on my bike, how to get my weight back for downhills, how to turn, and how to stop. And then we took the lift to the top. Riding a chairlift in the summertime is different than in winter—and riding bike trails is different from skiing and riding. We saw a family of bobcats underneath the lift on the way up before Green Tires led me down “Cat Scratch Fever,” an easy freeride trail. The turns and the steeper sections were a bit intimidating, but the pointers from my lesson really came in handy, especially on banked turns. I rode for several hours after Green Tires left me. I took no tumbles, but I was glad I wore the full protection—and, most of all, for the lesson. I noticed something else as I made my
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way around Highland Mountain Bike Park: passion. Every rider I passed seemed full of enthusiasm, and every employee who helped me couldn’t wait to get his or her own runs in. “Everyone that works here rides,” says Mark. And although he sometimes feels like there is always something that needs fixing, he maintains a bright outlook. “The challenge keeps motivating me,” he says. Meanwhile, he remains committed to growing Highland Mountain Bike Park and, with a sister business that builds pump
tracks near rail trails, to growing the sport. Is there life after death? The answer is yes at Highland Mountain Bike Park, which is not just alive and vibrant; it’s breathing new energy into the sport of downhill mountain biking. Highland Mountain Bike Park 75 Ski Hill Drive Northfield, NH (603) 286-7677 www.highlandmountain.com
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LOCAL WORLD WAR II VETERANS SHARE THEIR STORIES. It has been my honor to interview three local World War II veterans and to “meet” a fourth through his son. I am humbled by their stories. What these men faced—some of them as teenagers—is difficult to comprehend. From Normandy to the South Pacific to flying bombing raids over Germany, these men were in the thick of the war. The horrors they saw are too terrible for any person to witness. Yet they came back home with a renewed sense of resolve to get to work, support their families, and build this country. A couple of the men did not talk about their experiences for a long time—one for 40 years, another for 50. Two of them admit to having nightmares. When these men came home, they tried to put the terror behind them, knowing it was now time to move ahead. Above: American troops of the 28th Infantry Division march down the Champs-Élysées, Paris, in the Victory Parade. Poinsett, August 29, 1944. National Archives photo 111-SC-193197. Left: World War II fi ghter airplanes in fl ight. © Ivan Cholakov | Dreamstime.com
Going off to war, these men shared a common bond: They clearly understood the threat from Germany and Japan, and they knew they had to fight. Unlike more recent wars, people weren’t asking questions like “Why are we getting involved?” “What are we doing there?” and “When are we getting out?” The entire country was united behind them and the war effort. These men insist that they were not brave. I insist that they were— and still are. You decide after reading their stories. } Fall 2014 | around concord 47
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“I think this period was maybe the only time there was so much cohesiveness in this country, and we never gave it a thought that we were going to lose the war.”
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hen Paul heard about Germany attacking France in 1940, he never imagined he’d be in the war himself a short time later. “Even though we had been helping the British with equipment, we were isolationist—until the attack on Pearl Harbor.” Paul graduated high school when he was 17, class of June 1942–A, and joined the Army Air Corps. “We knew we had to defeat the Axis powers, no questions asked.” Paul flew 18 successful heavy bombing missions and 37 low-altitude bombing missions out of southern England as a tail gunner with the Army Air Corps. (The Air Force wasn’t formed as a separate branch of the service until 1948.) “If we were carrying 100-pounders (bombs weighing 100 pounds), we knew we’d be going in at a low altitude. If we were loaded with 500-pounders, we’d drop them from 25,000 to 30,000 feet.” The 500-pounders were capable of destroying a city block. His mission on June 6, 1944 was to fly over the coast of France in advance of the approaching armada on D-Day and take out German strongholds behind the beach. Flying over the English Channel at 5am was a sight he’ll never forget. “The ships were so close to-
gether, it looked as though you could walk across from England to Normandy.” Paul recalls learning to fly in tight formation so German fighter planes couldn’t fly between them and break them up. “They’d try to get you looking at the sun. They’d fly out of the sun to blind you.” He continues, “You didn’t think about being scared. You were occupied with looking for enemy planes. That’s all.” The crew of the B-17 consisted of a pilot, co-pilot, bombardier, navigator, radio operator, nose gunner, two waist gunners (one on each side), ball turret gunner, tail gunner, and sometimes a flight engineer. The bombardier had full control of the plane when bombing and was the only person who could call it off. “We usually targeted harbor areas with ships and ammunition factories,” Paul explains. When returning from a mission, they attended a briefing. “Was anyone hit?” “Were any planes shot down?” “What did you see?” “Were there lots of explosions in the harbor?” One pilot in his group was shot down, taken as a POW, escaped, and came back to the group to fight again. (For a story about how the French Underground rescued downed pilots and got them back to the coast where they were picked up by EngPAUL PROULX CONTINUED ON PAGE
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Clifford sports his Okinawa cap. Left: Clifford holds a souvenir.
lifford, 89, of Manchester, enlisted in the Marines in 1943. He was 17. After training at Parris Island, he was sent to San Diego to await orders to go to the Pacific. After his group was told they were to be replacements for Iwo Jima, orders were changed—they were going to Okinawa. His ship arrived there on April 1, 1945—Easter Sunday. The Battle of Okinawa was the bloodiest battle in the Pacific with an estimated 14,000 Allied troops killed, 77,000 Japanese soldiers killed, and a very high civilian death toll estimated at 100,000 to 150,000 in the three months it took to capture the island. When Clifford’s ship arrived at the city of Naha, 60 US ships were there bombarding the island to prepare for the troop landing. The city was destroyed, and he says many civilians committed suicide. He tells of the suicide cliffs, where entire families would jump, including mothers with babies in their arms. As they approached the island, it was time for Clifford and his buddies to go over the side of their ship. “The guys aboard my ship were afraid of dying. There was a lot of fear. Even if they didn’t say anything, you could see it in their faces,” Clifford says. They climbed down the rope grid to their LSTs, which would take them in to the beach. As soon as they left their LST, a barrage of Japanese gunfire met them. With no cover for 200 feet on the wide-open beach, Clifford’s group suffered 62 casualties in the first 10 minutes. His buddy was shot in the stomach and died six weeks later. As the fighting raged on, soldiers could not retrieve CLIFFORD LEROY EAGER CONTINUED ON PAGE
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“The guys aboard my ship were afraid of dying. There was a lot of fear. Even if they didn’t say anything, you could see it in their faces,” Clifford says.
A Marine of the 1st Marine Division draws a bead on a Japanese sniper with his tommy-gun as his companion ducks for cover. The division is working to take Wana Ridge before the town of Shuri. S.Sgt. Walter F. Kleine, Okinawa, 1945. National Archives photo 127-N-123170.
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Rodman Wilson
“I ate so much Hungarian goulash I thought I would turn into a Hungarian,” Rodman says about his time in the Pacifi c.
“You have to know where you’ve been before you know where you’re going.”
Liberty party. Liberty section personnel aboard LCM returning to USS Casablanca from Rara Island, off Pitylieu Island, Manus. PhoM1c. R. W. Mowday, Admiralty Islands, April 19, 1945. National Archives photo 80-CASA-618.
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eare, New Hampshire, native Rodman Wilson joined the Merchant Marine when he was 16 and served as a helmsman in the Pacific during the war. Wherever troops went in, the Merchant Marine had to be there first—they carried the ammo, fuel, vehicles, and other supplies. What did he think about going off to war? “You know why you’re going. You know you’re fighting for our lives. At that age you don’t have fear.” Rodman continues, “There was a feeling of patriotism. You got there as fast as you could. In downtown Manchester, guys were lined up for two or three blocks, two abreast, waiting in line to register at the old post office on Hanover and Chestnut Streets.” The first thing Rodman saw when he arrived at Manus Island, New Guinea, was a harbor filled with floating bodies and body parts. The day before, the ammo ship Mt. Hood had exploded in a horrible accident in Seeadler Harbor. The ships carried 11,000 tons of ammo, and the explosion vaporized it, killing 386 and wounding 372. It is believed that a sling holding ammo broke. The harbor usually held 220 ships, but luckily some of them had already left for the Philippines. Of 80 ships left in the harbor, 56 were severely damaged. While in the harbor at night, the crew had to watch for Japanese soldiers swimming out to them. The stealthy swimmer would put a wooden box over his head, hiding him but allowing him to breathe. Reaching the ship, he’d attempt to climb up the anchor chain. One night someone noticed a box floating out toward them while the tide was going in. That was the end of the box and the guy under it. After 40 days in New Guinea, Rodman’s ship sailed for Luzon in the Philippines, in two 43-ship convoys loaded with troops and ammo. He also spent time at Manila Bay and Mindoro, the seventh largest island in the Philippines. Rodman tells of kamikaze planes flying at them in Mindoro and Manila. Of all the horrors, the kamikazes were the scariest thing for him. “You never knew where or when they would strike.” His group lost three ammo ships to these suicide pilots. (Find more information on our website at www.aroundconcordnh.com.)
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Robert Leslie (Les) Knox
Les, age 95, a native of Weare, New Hampshire, is in a nursing home in Florida and was not able to be interviewed. His story is told by his oldest son, R. John Knox.
F Young Les Knox in uniform.
Looking back on the experience, Les was sad, his son says. About 10 years ago (maybe for the 60th anniversary of D-Day, John thinks), Les went back to Normandy with some family members. He was moved by the sight of the cemetery there and overwhelmed by so many people coming up to him to thank him for his service.
ive waves of troops landed on Omaha Beach on D-Day, and Les was in the third wave. Crossing the English Channel, he tried to calm himself by reading The Grapes of Wrath. To this day, he hasn’t finished the book. He also chatted nervously with the guy next to him in the amphibious vehicle. “We were all scared. Anyone who says they weren’t scared is lying.” Five or six soldiers at a time got off the vehicle, side by side. Walking in toward the beach, the water varied in depth from waist high to shoulder high, and the men carried their rifles above their heads. The guy Les had been talking to 10 minutes earlier never made it out of the water. Les was first sent to England in 1942, where he was a member of the Rangers. Their job was to guard the coast of England against German invaders. He was assigned to the town of Bude in the Cornwall area on the southwestern coast. He met his wife there, and they were married in May 1944. He says the men stationed there knew major plans were in the works but not what they were. On June 6, 1944 they found out—D-Day, which occurred only a month after his wedding. Les’s wife was already pregnant with John, though they didn’t know it yet. John now says he came very close to never knowing his father. Les was born in Montreal, Canada. A runaway at 13, he had worked on a farm for a few years and loved it so much he wanted one of his own someday. He went to work at a gold mine for higher wages, and he was there when war broke out in 1939. Because England immediately went to war, Canada was also drawn in, and he joined the Canadian Army. After the Japanese attacked Pearl LES KNOX CONTINUED ON PAGE
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Omaha Beach landing craft approaches. National Archives photo from Wikimedia Commons.
The invasion of Normandy. A Sherman tank comes ashore from a landing craft on Gold Beach, June 7, 1944. Midgley (Sgt), No 5 Army Film & Photographic Unit. Public domain.
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lish submarines, go to our website at www. aroundconcordnh.com.) Paul was assigned to the commanding officer of his outfit, a man he calls the “Big Boss.” During one run, they were hit by enemy fire and lost one engine early in the flight. The other engine died on their return. “We jettisoned everything out of the plane on the way back. The colonel made up his mind going over the English Channel that we could do it. We had lost altitude and were very low over the Channel. The racket sounded like your head was in a kettle and someone was banging on it. The landing was very rough and screechy, and we nose-dived into the runway.” Paul speaks fondly of the Air Evacuation Squadron, made up of doctors and nurses who were attached to all the bomb groups. “We never came back from a mission that someone didn’t get hit. You’d put out a red flag, meaning you had wounded on board, and the nurses would come and get them.” Paul says the nurses were older and more experienced than the fighting men. “They were very good, as good as doctors. As the date for D-Day neared, they started sending nurses in. They knew there would be lots of casualties.” Once when he was wounded, he was tended to by Madellin (Del) Sherrill, an Air Evacuation nurse who became rather famous during the war and is now 101 years old. (Find more information on our website.) Paul recovered at a hospital in France. He returned to Texas to train on B-29s in case they were needed in the Pacific. The week he was alerted that he’d be leaving, the atom bombs were dropped, ending the war. Paul was awarded several commendations and medals, including the Purple Heart. Home Again Paul returned to Manchester, and he reflected on what his time in the war taught him. “You learn that there’s no time to lollygag. My experience gave me the foresight to know that I needed an education. Things were starting to move. I got some good advice from the older fellows in my outfit, they were good teachers. The driving factor was that you’re a civilian now, the war is over.” Paul took advantage of the GI Bill, earning a degree in business administration. “Serving in the war and having the GI Bill gave us lots of
“We tail gunners never knew where we were going, but we knew where we had been.” opportunities. I couldn’t have gone to college otherwise. I think 60 to 70 percent of my college classes were made up of guys on the GI Bill. We were Depression kids, born during the 1920s. Maybe that helped us out. We didn’t expect too much.” Paul sent out resumes and had out-of-town offers, but he couldn’t move because he was taking care of his mother. When he received an offer from AIG, he accepted it and worked for them for 37 years, completing their executive training program and his master’s degree. His first secretary became his wife. They live in Manchester. “The grandchildren thanked me for my service by attending numerous reunions,” Paul says. Since 1948, Paul has organized reunions for his air group. He mailed two-penny post cards to friends he had addresses for; 20 of them showed up in Chicago for that first gathering. He in turn asked them to contact guys they knew, and within five years, they had reached 1,100 of the 1,500 in their group. The men and their families have now enjoyed 40 reunions, which were held every other year until about 15 years ago, when they began meeting yearly. Paul says for the last 10 years, the men have been outnumbered by kids, grandchildren, and great grandchildren in one big family affair. Of the original 1,500, only 54 remain.
The first big raid by the 8th Air Force was on a Focke-Wulf plant at Marienburg. Coming back, the Germans were up in full force and the Allies lost at least 80 ships and 800 men. 1943. National Archives photo 208-YE-7.
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USS Bunker Hill burning after Japanese suicide attack, near Okinawa, May 11, 1945. National Archives photo 80-G-274266.
the bodies of their fallen comrades. One of Clifford’s most vivid memories is of nighttime, when the air became still. The stench of death hovered over the island, so intense it gagged the men. Their goal was to recover their fallen brothers or at least retrieve their dog tags and weapons. “So many troops had died, rigor mortis would set in before we could get to them, and many times we were unable to pry the rifles from their hands.” Once troops were able to advance past the beach, they endured many days of heavy rain, making it impossible to stay dry. Out of 14 days, 10 were spent in foxholes. If that wasn’t enough, a typhoon packing winds of up to 190 mph bore down on them. The men discovered small mausoleums about two feet high on the hillsides and took cover there, looking out to see anything not tied down blowing by them horizontally. Clifford’s group was located near Yontan Airfield, where they could hear Japanese planes landing at night, delivering soldiers whose mission was to go out in all directions and hunt US troops. In the darkness, the Japanese would sneak up to their tents,
quietly slash the fabric, reach a hand in, and slit the throats of the sleeping men. It didn’t take long for US soldiers to change the arrangement of their bunks so that their heads were in the center of the tent. The men in Clifford’s group went for days without sleep. Clifford still has nightmares and describes “an awful feeling of guys always sneaking in to get you.” While he was there, every night for two or three weeks kamikaze planes came in, flying low with guns blazing. “You could hear the bullets whizzing by you.” He says many sailors were killed onboard their ships. “Okinawa was the last island before the Allies reached Japan, and they were out to stop us.” When asked what he thought of going to war at such a young age, Clifford says, “You accepted the fact that you were going. Things were happening so fast, you did what you needed to do.” Asked how the war influenced his life, he says, “I learned that you have to get yourself organized. Life can be cut short awfully quick. One guy was killed just as he received a letter from his wife with a picture of their new baby.” Coming Home Discharged as a sergeant, Clifford returned to Manchester and completed high school. Everyone was coming back home, but he says you could find work if you took the “pit jobs.” He worked pressing clothes at a dry cleaning business, putting in railroad ties (“Your arms felt like mush”), and at a woolen mill. He went to employment agencies, which many guys weren’t willing to do because they charged a fee. However, by putting in the legwork, Clifford secured a position as a stock boy for National Cash Register and eventually became a salesman. He began buying rental properties in Manchester and has owned several over the years. After Clifford came home to Manchester, he met his wife Phyllis. She used to get coffee at the corner of Chestnut and Amherst Streets, and so did he. They were married in 1953 and have two daughters and one son.
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En route to the Philippines, his fleet was hit by Halsey’s Typhoon, named for Admiral William Halsey, which brought winds of 100 mph, enormous waves, and torrential rain. Three destroyers sank, nine other warships were damaged, and over 100 aircraft were wrecked or washed overboard. More than 790 lives were lost. Because of the tropical heat and humidity, Rodman spent nights sleeping on a cot on the deck. Around 12:30am, one of his buddies invited him to the galley for a cup of coffee. He didn’t drink coffee, but he went anyway. He describes feeling a hand on his shoulder pushing him—an angel’s hand, he says. As soon as they reached the galley, they were greeted by the typhoon as a giant wave hit the side of the ship. Water poured in through the porthole, filling the galley with water. The wave swept everything off the deck. Had he been there sleeping, no one would have discovered he was missing until the next morning. During their time at sea, the men worked 18-hour days. Rodman worked four-hour watches, twice a day from 8 to 12, and the rest of the time he worked cargo. Once when he was moving cargo, a sling full of Howitzer shells snapped. He made it halfway up the ladder before the load hit, and he thought that was the end. Luckily for him, the detonators had not been installed. Rodman recalls night watches aboard his ship while it was docked. His crew had to be on the lookout for two-man Japanese subs sneaking into the harbor after dark. In Lingayen Gulf in the Philippines, the Allies had arranged 28 of their scuttled ships bow to stern to block the entrance to the harbor, leaving enough space for our ships to get out, but that was enough for the small enemy subs to sneak through. Although the Allies were successful at driving the Japanese out, losses were heavy. Between January 4 and 12, 1945, 24 ships were sunk and another 67 were damaged by kamikazes. Another night on his watch from the crow’s nest, Rodman spotted a blip. He radioed his people, who in turn notified a destroyer. When he saw a big fireball go up, he knew they had scored a direct hit on the Japanese sub.
One of Japan’s main bases was in Manila, and Allied troops had to go street by street and house by house to get the Japanese hiding there. Civilian casualties were very high—130,000 men, women, and children, he says. The people of the Philippines had nothing, and he recalls young children paddling dugout canoes out to their ships to beg for food. After being in the Philippines for seven months, his ship went back to New Guinea for food and fuel and headed home. While they were there, they got the news that President Roosevelt had passed away. All told, the Merchant Marine suffered the highest losses per capita of any service during the war, estimated between 1 in 24 to 1 in 29 men killed. Coming Home Rodman returned home and joined the Marines in 1945. He was ready to ship out to Okinawa when word came that the war was over—we had dropped the atomic bombs and Japan had surrendered. Of his experience he says, “After your first engagement with the enemy, you have a much different outlook on what things are about, and you take things more seriously. You grow up fast. When things happen, you automatically do what you’re trained to do.” He says it wasn’t difficult to find work after the war, and businesses wanted to hire veterans. He took a job with IBM equipment for 20 years. He was offered a transfer to St. Louis but didn’t take it, so he became a finish carpenter. For the past five years, Rodman has been a guest speaker at several area high schools, including Weare, Bedford, Henniker, and Hillsboro-Deering. “I want the kids to realize what freedom is,” he says. “They are very interested and ask lots of questions.” He smiles when he mentions the 300 letters of appreciation he’s received from students. Rodman was also the featured speaker at the dedication of Merchant Marine monuments in Boscawen at the Veteran’s Cemetery and in Lebanon, Maine. It was not until 1988 that the US government formally recognized World War II merchant marines as veterans.
USS Pennsylvania and battleship of Colorado class followed by three cruisers move in line into Lingayen Gulf preceding the landing on Luzon. Philippines, January 1945. National Archives photo 80-G-59525.
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Harbor in December 1941 and the United States entered the war, the US was looking for soldiers. As long as men could pass the physical exam and did not have a criminal record, Canadian soldiers were able to transfer to the US Army, where the pay was better, so early in 1942 that’s what Les did. During this period, our supply boats were being sunk by German U-boats, and supplies were short. For several months in 1942 and into 1943, the troops on the English coast had one official Army rifle per four soldiers. From the time Les arrived in England, he didn’t think they had much of a chance. For roughly a two-year period, had Germany attempted an invasion, Les feels they would have had an easy win. He believes that it was a German tactical error not to invade. Hitler had sent troops east into Russia in June 1941, which Les views as a lucky break for England since fighting on two fronts had spread Hitler’s forces thin. Much later on a trip back to her hometown in England, John’s mother showed him rocks piled up all along the coastline. Had the Germans come ashore, English citizens were prepared to throw rocks at the invaders. When John was studying World War II in school, he asked his father about it, but Les’s response was one that meant he wasn’t going to talk about it and not to ask again, and John didn’t. It wasn’t until 1998 that John’s son Brian asked his grandfather if he wanted to go see Saving Private Ryan, and he did. On the way home they stopped for pizza, and Les started talking. “The movie was pretty accurate,” Les told Brian. “The water really was pink. Bodies were floating and sloshing back and forth, and we had to brush by them.” As the Allies moved further inland, Les acted as a forward observer. He’d scout German locations and radio the information back to his artillery. He was an expert marksman and a sniper. On one reconnaissance mission, Les was driving his commanding officer in a Jeep. The road had been swept for mines—they thought. The right front tire hit a mine, flipping the Jeep and killing his commanding officer. Les was seriously injured. He was bleeding from both ears; the explosion had burst his eardrums and deafened him, but miraculously, he suffered no permanent hearing loss. He
was disoriented and wandering for days. As he walked along the road, trucks piled high with bodies would pass him, but they had no room to pick him up. Not being able to hear them coming added to his terror. Les doesn’t know how he ended up in the hospital in Paris. He was there for six weeks before being transferred to England. Even though he hadn’t been hit by a bullet, his injuries earned him the Purple Heart for his wounds. He was also awarded the Bronze Star, which denotes acts of heroism, acts of merit, or meritorious service in a combat zone. Coming Home Les had sent some of his Army pay home to his parents, and they had gone in with him to buy a 91-acre farm in Weare. He came home to his farm for the first time in the fall of 1945. He worked for a couple years at Swenson Granite to try to get the farm going. He had two cows, then four, and sold milk to Hood; he had chickens and sold eggs. He was able to buy a new tractor and left Swenson in 1947. By 1948 he had a new pickup truck. The farm family he had lived with and worked for in Canada came to Weare to visit years later; the two families had become lifelong friends. Gradually, Les built a dairy operation with nearly 300 cows and became a farm equipment dealer for Massey Ferguson. His son Paul took over the dairy, moved it to Vermont, and now has 1,000 cows, while John
took over the farm equipment business. The farm is still owned by the family. Besides two sons, he also has a daughter. Looking back on the experience, Les was sad, his son says. About 10 years ago (maybe for the 60th anniversary of D-Day, John thinks), Les went back to Normandy with some family members. He was moved by the sight of the cemetery there and overwhelmed by so many people coming up to him to thank him for his service.
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In US v. Windsor, the Supreme Court ruled that Section 3 of the Defense of Marriage Act was unconstitutional. That section defined marriage as being limited to one man and one woman. Although New Hampshire has recognized same-sex marriage since 2010, as a result of the Windsor decision, same-sex marriages are now recognized for purposes of federal law. There are more than a thousand federal benefits available to married couples, but there are many financial issues to consider before tying the knot. Uncertainty remains, particularly for samesex couples who move to a state that does not recognize their marriage. Every situation is different, so couples should consult their financial advisors. TAXE S
The IRS applies the “State of Celebration” rule (i.e., where the marriage occurred), so that same-sex couples who were married in a jurisdiction like New Hampshire that recognizes their marriage are considered married for federal tax purposes. All same-sex
married couples must now file their federal income tax returns as “married filing jointly” or “separately.” This may (or may not) produce tax savings. In cases where one spouse earns significantly more income than the other, filing jointly can result in a reduced tax liability. For others, filing jointly may result in higher taxes if the combination of the couple’s income pushes them into a higher tax bracket or causes a phase-out of certain deductions. Married couples benefit when it comes to federal estate and gift taxes. These are taxes that may apply when assets are transferred during life or at death. Federal law allows for an unlimited marital deduction for US citizen spouses, so all such transfers between spouses are exempt from tax. Every individual also has an “exemption” amount (currently $5.34 million) that they can pass to others free of gift or estate tax. If a spouse does not use all of the exemption, he or she can pass any unused amount, after death, to the surviving spouse. This feature, known as portability, allows married couples to shelter over $10.5 million from federal estate and gift taxes. }
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home care. It is a needs-based program, so the applicant and his or her spouse must “spend down” their assets before qualifying. A married couple’s collective assets will be considered, even if the assets are not owned jointly. Unmarried couples are able to preserve their own personal assets, but married couples are not. On the other hand, the Medicaid rules provide protections to prevent the impoverishment of the “at-home” spouse. Spouses may be entitled to a portion of the nursing home resident’s income, a protection that is not available to unmarried couples. O TH ER PO TEN T IA L B ENEF ITS
In reviewing the financial advantages of marriage, couples should also consider health insurance and other employer benefits offered to spouses. This could include things like cafeteria plans and health savings accounts. State divorce laws may be of benefit to those considering marriage, as they provide a structure for the division of assets. A court-ordered division of marital assets does not generally create gift or income tax consequences, something that unmarried couples must be concerned about. On the other hand, couples may not want to be subject to rules regarding equal division of marital assets or alimony rights. Federal recognition of marriage provides many potential benefits. Of course, there are many non-financial reasons why couples choose to marry. The financial issues described above are just part of the decision-making process.
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Crafting an
Artful Home
KATHY POTHIER
AT THE KIMBALL-JENKINS ESTATE AND SCHOOL OF ART Creating a beautiful home to relax in and enjoy can be a challenge, but it’s well worth the effort. Karina Kelley of Concord wanted to help people become better equipped to transform their houses into artful homes. Although she now works in marketing for McFarlandJohnson, an engineering consulting firm, her first love is art and architecture. As a member of the Kimball-Jenkins School of Art’s board of directors, Karina knew the perfect venue to discuss home design and décor. She became the driving force behind the five-part lecture series on Crafting an Artful Home. Karina's goal was to curate a lecture series—part fundraiser, part workshop—with a good mix of topics that would address both contemporary and traditional art and design. She called on some of New Hampshire’s finest artists, stylists, and designers to share their expertise for this project. The Kimball-Jenkins Estate was the perfect backdrop for the event. Originally the private residence of a prominent Concord family, the elegant Victorian estate is now home to studios, classrooms, and galleries. The Kimball-Jenkins School of Art offers classes and workshops to adults and children. }
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Top: Matthew Mead outfi tted the Carriage House with pieces from his own studio. Above: Event organizer and board member Karina Kelley laughs with Sherry Young, Kimball-Jenkins board of trustees member, and Jay Surdukowski, local lawyer and supporter of Kimball-Jenkins.
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Shawna Taylor’s interest in art and design was ignited when she lived in the Netherlands for a short time. The owner of Taylored Interiors remembers, “My husband was going to school and I couldn’t get a work permit. I spent a lot of time looking at art and architecture and was hooked.” As soon as the couple returned to the United States, she enrolled in the University of California at Berkeley’s interior design and architecture program. When they look for artwork, Shawna advises her clients “to find something they absolutely love. We can always find ways to make their furniture work with the new painting.” To design a room around a piece of art, Shawna will take elements from the painting—texture, color, or style—and bring those elements into the room. She notes, “Fabrics and lighting unify rooms and help tie the artwork and the design together. I like mixing different patterns, textures, and materials. It’s
All in the Details Interior Design incorporated a painting from McGowan Fine Art in the design of a cozy bedroom.
“Fabrics and lighting unify rooms and help tie the artwork and the design together. I like mixing different patterns, textures, and materials. It’s a wonderful challenge. You don’t want the different pieces to fight each other or overwhelm the art.”
—Shawna Taylor of Taylored Interiors
Shawna Taylor of Taylored Interiors in Concord demonstrates how to pull design inspiration from the colors and textures of a flower she loves. KARINA KELLEY
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Sarah Chaffee of McGowan Fine Art discusses how to select artwork.
a wonderful challenge. You don’t want the different pieces to fight each other or overwhelm the art.” “Your home should reflect who you are,” says Sarah Chaffee of McGowan Fine Art in Concord. When helping her clients choose art, Sarah believes that it is important to understand how they use their home. “We talk about where they spend their time, what they like, and what they want to accomplish,” she says. “My job is to listen and help them find something they love.” Representing more than 75 fine artists, Below: Donna Boerner of db Interiors flips through fabric samples after her session on mixing colors and patterns with event sponsor Tom Walker and Shelley Fajans from Charm Lab. Bottom right: Donna Boerner of db Interiors highlights a comfortable breakfast room with art.
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Designer June Trisciani of j. ellen Design speaks with Concord attorney Jeanine Poole and guest.
McGowan Fine Art works with residential and corporate clients. Their services include a gallery, consulting, and framing. Since its founding in 1980 by Mary McGowan, the gallery has embraced and promoted New Hampshire artists and their work. Like the gallery’s founder, Sarah encourages clients to combine styles. With degrees in studio art and education, she works one on one to help people discover and understand new styles and concepts. She says, “So many people feel beholden to the era of their home. Owning a colonial house does not mean you can display only colonial art.” With her help, Sarah’s clients use color, line, and texture to successfully display contemporary art in a traditional home. She believes, “There is no need to limit
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yourself. Combining the old with the new can be interesting and fun as well as a true reflection of your eclectic tastes.” K EEP I T CL EA N A ND S IM PLE
When it comes to design, June Trisciani, owner of j. ellen Design, likes to keep it clean and simple. She starts by understanding how you live and how you want the room to function. From this foundation, she is able to plan your space with a layout that works. Her next step is to bring in the aesthetics to make the room beautiful. A graduate of the New Hampshire Institute of Art, June says, “I’m not traditional by nature but appreciate many styles. I enjoy helping my clients create and decorate spaces that they love.” }
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Budget is often a concern when it comes to art, and June encourages people to think differently. “An interesting grouping can create a great statement wall,” she says. Creatively combining a few key pieces with things you already own can be a great solution. She suggests, “Perhaps you have some wonderful family photographs or a collection of prints or antique posters that you can put together.” She continues, “Framing is important in groupings. If your collection is made up of pieces in different shapes and sizes, similar frames will unify the group. On the other hand, if the artwork is quite similar, different frames will add interest.” When you cringed at the wall color in the dining room, the realtor flippantly remarked, “It’s only paint.” Well, easy for her to say, but not so easy for you to fix. “Ninety-nine percent of my clients come to me because they want help with paint color,” says Donna Boerner of db Interiors. “People are fearful of color, of picking the wrong color.” Donna believes this fear is a consequence of starting rather than ending with the walls. The New Hampshire Institute of Art trained designer advises, “Start by understanding how you want the room to feel— cozy or formal, hip or traditional. Next, choose the furnishings and accessories for the room that meet that design goal. Pull together things that you love. Focus on your favorite materials, colors, patterns, and textures. Then, finally, choose your wall color to complement, balance, and work with the rest of the room.” CRE A TE YO UR O W N S T Y L E
Indoors or out, creating a beautiful home is all about simplicity for lifestyle expert MatA HIDDEN GEM IN THE NORTH END Kimball-Jenkins Estate and School of Art 266 North Main Street Concord, NH (603) 225-3932 For more information about classes, workshops, and special events, visit www.kimballjenkins.com.
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Matthew Mead gestures to a pot as he discusses using found objects or thrift store finds as outdoor planters.
thew Mead. The stylist, writer, editor, and photographer is well known for creating beautiful spaces using vintage treasures and natural objects. “I’m very into recycling,” Matthew says. “Everyone has something in the attic they can recast or repurpose into something beautiful.” Matthew’s latest book, Backyard Style, inspires homeowners to create beautiful outdoor living spaces. He encourages people to create their own personal style. “We live in a cookie-cutter world; it’s important to put your own stamp on your home.” A mood board is one of Matthew’s favorite tools to help people begin planning. Starting with a memory, color, or picture, homeowners can build their vision. He says, “There aren’t a lot of rules. Consider what you want to do with the space, and collect things that you love, architectural pieces, stones, old tables and barrels, mismatched chairs, and build from there.” Fall is a great time to look around your home and garden and consider ways to make them more beautiful. Whether you use antiques, vintage or contemporary pieces, or an eclectic mix, or work with a designer or not, you too can craft a more artful home this autumn. Join Matthew Mead for “Harvest & Home Decorating” at Kimball-Jenkins on October 9 at 6pm.
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Susan Nye writes for magazines throughout New England. Named one of the Top 100 Foodie Bloggers of 2012 by BlueStar Range, she shares many of her favorite recipes on her blog at www.susan nye.wordpress.com.
EXPERT ADVICE These talented experts participated in the fivepart series, Crafting an Artful Home: Shawna Taylor from Taylored Interiors Decorate a Room Around Your Favorite Piece of Artwork 31 South Main Street Concord, NH Sarah Chaffee from McGowan Fine Art Contemporary Art in a Traditional Home: How to Make It Work 10 Hills Avenue Concord, NH www.mcgowanfineart.com Donna Boerner, db Interiors Mixing Colors and Patterns Like a Pro www.dbinteriorsllc.com June Trisciani, j. ellen Design Liven Up Your Space with a New Way of Looking at Art 400 Bedford Street #102 Manchester, NH www.jellendesign.com Matthew Mead, lifestyle expert Backyard Style—Apply Interior Decorating Ideas to an Outdoor Living Space www.matthewmeadstyle.com
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P H O T O S B Y I A N R AY M O N D
Concord Camera Store
THE PHOTO IDEA CENTER
Concord Camera Store (Concord Photo Service) at 31 North Main Street, its location since 1954.
Kristen Curren of Concord, a glowing young mother carting her newborn about in a front-pack, turned from the counter at the Concord Camera Store with a huge smile, one of her missions for the day complete. She had just picked up three magnets bearing a photograph of her baby, bound for the refrigerator door at home. “We probably have thousands of pictures of her already,” the proud mother notes with a laugh. Hazel was all of two weeks old at the time. “I’m kind of obsessed with pictures,” Kristen says, laughing again. Michael St. Germain, who started working at the Concord Camera Store in 1970 and liked it so much he bought the place from Whitman Levensaler in 1980, ran it throughout what was perhaps the heyday of cameras, and is now steering it through a time of upheaval in the photographic industry. He thoroughly enjoyed the exchange with the new mom. “I need 100 Kristens,” he remarks. }
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“Will the camera become obsolete?” Michael asks. “I don’t know. But I don’t think pictures will become obsolete. I believe we’ll always have a need to see a picture. . . . The important thing is, it’s about the end result. It’s about the photograph.” A LA ND MA RK S T O R E, A NE W D I RE C T I O N
The young mom perfectly illustrates a major point Michael strives to get across as he transitions his store, a mainstay on North Main Street for 110 years, from being a camera seller to being a service provider of anything and everything to do with photographs, and particularly a provider of ways to savor—and save—photographs. “Do something with your photos” is Michael’s directive. The industry, he says, has done a poor job of relaying the message, and he fears that for all the thousands of photographs taken on phones and cameras on a daily basis and posted to Facebook and Instagram and the like, the vast majority will be lost, gone with an outdated and tossed cell phone or hard drive. “The real challenge today for most consumers is storing, editing, and finding pictures after they’ve taken them,” says Michael, seated at a table several feet away from where a stream of customers dropped off pictures on a spring morning to be turned into posters, or picked up products they had ordered from the company’s website or in the store. “We’ve created a cartbefore-the-horse situation where people have all these pictures and have no idea what to do with them, how to file them, or how to organize them. Many people don’t know how to get them out of a camera or cell phone.” That’s where Michael and his staff come in. He encourages his employees to listen
From top: Michael St. Germain helps customer Phil Wasmuth create a photo plaque at one of the eight self-serve kiosks. They may be self-serve, but there is always a sales associate available to help. A sampling of the more than 24 mug designs available online or at the kiosks. All Concord Photo Service mugs are USA-made to ensure no lead content. As you enter the store, you’ll see the eight kiosks, which make it easy to create photos and gift items in a comfortable environment.
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Clockwise from above: Pillows and blankets with your favorite photos are just two of the hundreds of photo gift items available, all produced in-house. Michael examines a large print as it exits the printer. Print sizes up to 44 x 100 inches are produced in-house. Custom matting is one of Concord Photo Service’s specialties, such as this name mat and frame.
“The whole camera store experience has changed significantly over the years, and I think Mike has done a great job of keeping up with the times and morphing with the whole photography phenomenon.”
to what a consumer wants to do with his or her pictures—Kristen’s pictures of Hazel, for instance—and then come up with ways to make it happen. No longer do his employees need to focus on what camera might be best for a customer. Consider this: the Concord Camera Store has been out of the business of selling cameras for more than a year. To reflect the evolving nature of what the store does, Michael is changing his business’s name to Concord Photo Service. Reiterating the main point, “the photo idea center” reads the slogan on the brochures for Concord Photo Service and at the website at www.concordphotoservice.com. The decision to stop selling cameras came neither hastily nor without pain. “It was very sad,” says Michael, “a very difficult and an emotional thing; it was heart wrenching.”
But the profit margins had shrunk and finally got too small, and manufacturers were increasingly selling to consumers directly. Then, sales of cameras themselves dropped off sharply too with the advent of better phones that could take better photos. I T’ S AL L ABOUT TH E MEMORI ES
“Will the camera become obsolete?” Michael asks. “I don’t know. But I don’t think pictures will become obsolete. I believe we’ll always have a need to see a picture. . . . The important thing is, it’s about the end result. It’s about the photograph.” And the memories the photo evokes. This is the latest iteration of Concord Photo Service, which was started in the same spot on North Main in 1904 by George Brown and William E. Burpee,
opticians and eyeglass manufacturers from Manchester. Each day, they brought eyeglasses up from Manchester on the train. Over time, photography and cameras became the focus of the store. Photography still is. These days, Michael St. Germain’s store is packed with accessories for photographers and a wide array of products of all sorts on display that will help customers make the most of their photos. There are computer kiosks where consumers can sit and download photographs from their phones and have them put on coffee mugs, tee shirts, bracelets, posters, phone cases, or a refrigerator magnet—you name it. The catalog with these products offers 500 products in all, when different templates for different sizes are considered, he FALL 2014 | around concord 73
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explains. The store does passport photos, photo restoration work, and anything else having to do with photos as well. Tim Britain, a Concord attorney and Concord Camera regular for more than two decades, stopped by around lunchtime to put the finishing touches on a scrapbook celebrating his daughter’s college graduation. He had sent the photographs for the project in through the store’s website. “They can do all sorts of things,” Tim says. “On this one I filled out the template and cropped photos and put them where I wanted and hit send, and they print it out and you come in and get the book. The whole camera store experience has changed significantly over the years, and I think Mike has done a great job of keeping up with the times and morphing with the whole photography phenomenon. I go to them all the time. It’s the only place I go. I like having a solid business to go to downtown.” Michael helps Tim and then turns back to the table with a couple of other prod-
Many photo gifts are seasonal and for special occasions, such as this collection of graduation prints and gifts.
tures of family members. “How does a grandmother who wants to dote over her grandkids do it over Facebook?” he asks. “Not everyone wants to have a picture on Facebook. There has to be a tactile part too.” Think mouse pads, coffee mugs, tee shirts, and high-quality prints for a frame. “I know we don’t need a mouse pad, but it’s hard not to have a smile on your face when you go to the computer and see these pictures,” Michael says. “Today, we don’t stop and smell the roses. What grandmother wouldn’t want to drink coffee out of a mug that has a picture of her grandkid on it? There really is something about the print.” There’s something about the refrigerator magnet too.
ucts: A mouse pad with photos depicting his family trip to a Detroit Tigers game, Portsmouth Harbor, and several other scenes; a coffee mug; and a memory matching game made up of cards that carry pic-
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Voted New Hampshire’s ‘Best Burgers’ New Hampshire’s Capital City has big-time taste at Main Street’s Barley House Restaurant & Tavern. Barley House Burgers, which are all natural, ground fresh daily in-house, were voted best in the state by NH Magazine, Hippo Press, and Yankee Magazine. The Barley House features many local artisan producers including coffee roasters, bakers, and soda makers. We embrace the time-honored traditions of charcuterie with sausage making and bacon curing. We are committed to serving fresh fish that meets sustainable industry standards and best practices. Yes, this all happens at The Barley House. Barley means beer, and our taps pour American craft beer as well as European classics. Food is fresh, beer is cold, and the service is W.O.W. $$
Key to Symbols $ most entrées under $10 $$ most entrées $10-$25 $$$ most entrées over $25
The Barley House Restaurant & Tavern 132 North Main Street Concord, NH (603) 228-6363 Mon–Sat 11am–1am, Closed Sun. www.thebarleyhouse.com
Dining & Entertainment Guide
Enjoy dining out at these great places in and around Concord.
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The Barley House
132 North Main Street, Concord, NH (603) 228-6363 The Barley House Restaurant & Tavern is Concord’s choice for top-notch food, microbrews, and Irish whiskey. The Barley House features upscale tavern food in a comfortable upbeat atmosphere. Located in historic downtown Concord. $$ Open daily; closed Sunday. www.barleyhouse.com
Hanover Street Chophouse
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Tandy’s Top Shelf
Capital Deli
One Eagle Square (opposite the State House), Concord, NH (603) 856-7614 Tandy’s Top Shelf is the home of the longest and best Happy Hour in town! Tandy’s is all about great food, drinks, deals, entertainment, events, and atmosphere. See you soon. $$ www.top-shelf.biz
2 Capital Plaza, Concord, NH (603) 228-2299 With their home-style cooking, Capital Deli offers a full breakfast as well as a variety of homemade soups, sandwiches, quiche, salads, and much more. Capital Deli also offers catering throughout Concord. $ Mon–Fri 7am–3pm www.capitaldelillc.com
True Brew Barista
Granite Restaurant & Bar
149 Hanover Street, Manchester, NH (603) 644-2467 Enjoy fi ne dining at this exquisite downtown Manchester steakhouse featuring an urban-style bar, award-winning wine list, steaks, chops, fresh fi sh, and a variety of seafood. $$$ www.hanoverstreetchophouse.com
3 Bicentennial Square, Concord, NH (603) 225-2776 Concord’s Caffeination Destination, offering regular coffee with espressobased drinks as our specialty. Enjoy music, a latte, beer, wine, or cordial. Nestled off Main Street in a beautiful park setting. $ www.truebrewbarista.com
Angelina’s Ristorante Italiano
Ichiban Japanese Steakhouse/ Sushi Bar & Lounge
11 Depot Street, Concord, NH (603) 228-3313 Angelina’s is a chef-owned restaurant located in downtown Concord featuring fi ne Italian dining. The menu has many choices such as delicious seafood, veal, pasta specialties, and house-made desserts plus an extensive wine list. Reservations are recommended. $$$ www.angelinasrestaurant.com
Key to Symbols $ most entrées under $10 $$ most entrées $10-$25 $$$ most entrées over $25
118 Manchester Street, Concord, NH (603) 223-3301 Ichiban features 12 hibachi grills, where meals are prepared in front of you, a Japanese sushi bar, and the Koi Lounge with HD TVs. Happy Hour is Sun–Thu, 4–6pm with $2 drafts, half-price appetizers, and cocktails! $$ www.ichibanconcord.com
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96 Pleasant Street, Concord, NH (603) 227-9000 Ext. 608 Concord’s creative and exciting dining alternative, offering off-site catering. Open for breakfast, lunch, dinner, and Sunday brunch. Superb food and exquisite service put the “special” in your special occasion. $$$ www.graniterestaurant.com
EJ's on Main
172 North Main Street, Concord, NH (603) 224-3463 Brick Oven Pizza & American Classics Soups & Salads • Short Ribs • Seafood Juicy Burgers • Steak Tips Dine in or take out • Breakfast daily Located in the Holiday Inn on Main Street. $$ www.ejsonmain.com
arts &
entertainment theater
music
dance
lectures
art
Silver Leaves by Peter Granucci, Through October 12, Mill Brook Gallery u Blue Trees by Pamela R. Tarbell, Through October 12, Mill Brook Gallery
Through October 3 Exhibit: Gary Haven Smith McGowan Fine Art
Through October 26 17th Annual Outdoor Sculpture Exhibit Mill Brook Gallery
Through November 2 Exhibit: Oil & Water LaBelle Winery, www.labellewinerynh.com
Through October 12 Exhibit: Dancing Leaves Mill Brook Gallery
LOCAL VENUES Line Up by Gary Haven Smith, Through October 3, McGowan Fine Art
Capitol Center for the Arts 44 South Main Street Concord, NH (603) 225-1111 www.ccanh.com
Concord City Auditorium 2 Prince Street Concord, NH (603) 228-2793 www.concordcityauditorium.org
McGowan Fine Art 10 Hills Avenue Concord, NH (603) 225–2515 www.mcgowanfineart.com
The Mill Brook Gallery & Sculpture Garden 36 Hopkinton Road Concord, NH (603) 226-2046 www.themillbrookgallery.com
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Exhibit: Susan Abbott, October 7–November 14 McGowan Fine Art, Opening Reception: October 10, 5–7pm
Harry the Dirty Dog, October 8 Capitol Center for the Arts, 10am
Heather Maloney and Darlingside, September 21 Capitol Center for the Arts, 7:30pm
SEPTEMBER September 17 Constitutionally Speaking: Sandra Day O’Connor Capitol Center for the Arts, 6pm September 18–19 Medium Lauren Rainbow: An Evening with Spirit Capitol Center for the Arts, 7:30pm September 20 Concord Christian Academy Presents an Evening with Phil and Al Robertson from A&E’s Duck Dynasty Capitol Center for the Arts, 7pm September 21 Heather Maloney and Darlingside Capitol Center for the Arts, 7:30pm September 22 Herbal Safety Wintergreen Botanicals, www.wintergreenbotanicals.com, 6–9pm September 22 Aerosmith: Rock for the Rising Sun Capitol Center for the Arts, 7pm
September 29 Herbs for Longevity & Vitality Wintergreen Botanicals, www.wintergreenbotanicals.com, 6–9pm September 30 The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time Capitol Center for the Arts, 9:30am & 6pm
OCTOBER October 2 Brian Regan Capitol Center for the Arts, 7:30pm October 4 Shaker Broom Making Canterbury Shaker Village, www.shakers.org, 9:30am–4:30pm October 4 A Walk Back in Shaker History Canterbury Shaker Village, www.shakers.org, 9am–12pm October 5 Metropolis Ensemble’s Brownstone Capitol Center for the Arts, 6pm
September 25 moe. Capitol Center for the Arts, 7:30pm
October 6 Brain-Boosting Herbs Wintergreen Botanicals, www.wintergreenbotanicals.com, 6–9pm
September 27 The ABC’s of Letterpress Printing Canterbury Shaker Village, www.shakers.org, 9:30am–4:30pm
October 7–November 14 Exhibit: Susan Abbott Opening Reception: October 10, 5–7pm McGowan Fine Art
September 27–28 Menopause The Musical Capitol Center for the Arts, 7pm Sat, 2pm Sun
October 8 Harry the Dirty Dog Capitol Center for the Arts, 10am
September 29 Lamb of God: As the Palaces Burn Capitol Center for the Arts, 7pm
October 10 Voices of the (603) Capitol Center for the Arts, 7pm
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October 11 Verdi’s Macbeth Capitol Center for the Arts, 1pm October 11 Paula Poundstone Capitol Center for the Arts, 8pm October 11–13 Lakes Region Builders & Remodelers Parade of Homes (603) 387-1817, www.nhparadeofhomes.com, 11am–4pm daily October 12 Mikaela Davis Capitol Center for the Arts, 7:30pm October 13 Strong Bones for Life Wintergreen Botanicals, www.wintergreenbotanicals.com, 6–9pm October 14 Medea Capitol Center for the Arts, 6pm October 16 America’s Test Kitchen Live with Christopher Kimball Capitol Center for the Arts, 7:30pm October 17 Anna Schuleit Haber Capitol Center for the Arts, 7:30pm October 17 In Collaboration: The Milk Carton Kids & Sarah Jarosz Capitol Center for the Arts, 8pm October 17–December 24 Exhibit: Got More Talent Artists’ reception: October 17, 5–7pm Mill Brook Gallery
Bob Marley, November 15 Capitol Center for the Arts, 7 & 9pm
America’s Test Kitchen Live with Christopher Kimball, October 16 Capitol Center for the Arts, 7:30pm
October 18 Mozart’s Le Nozze di Figaro Capitol Center for the Arts, 1pm October 18 Jeff Sharlet Capitol Center for the Arts, 7:30pm October 18 Autumn Harvests for Winter Health Wintergreen Botanicals, www.wintergreenbotanicals.com, 10am–4pm October 18 Vintage Car Show Canterbury Shaker Village, www.shakers.org, 10am–1pm October 19 Cooking Workshop: Fresh Pasta Canterbury Shaker Village, www.shakers.org, 1–3pm October 19 Boz Scaggs Capitol Center for the Arts, 7:30pm October 20 Managing Chronic Pain Wintergreen Botanicals, www.wintergreenbotanicals.com, 6–9pm October 21 Success Stories in Veterinary Homeopathy Concord City Council Chambers, www.concordfoodcoop.coop/classes, 6–7pm October 22 The Giver by Lois Lowry Capitol Center for the Arts, 10am October 27 Strong Lungs Wintergreen Botanicals, www.wintergreenbotanicals.com, 6–9pm October 28 A Streetcar Named Desire Capitol Center for the Arts, 6pm
NOVEMBER November 1 Shaken, Not Stirred: Herb and Fruit Cordials Canterbury Shaker Village, www.shakers.org, 10am–12pm November 1 Bizet’s Carmen Capitol Center for the Arts, 1pm November 2 Under the Streetlamp Capitol Center for the Arts, 7:30pm November 3 Healthy Skin with Herbs Wintergreen Botanicals, www.wintergreenbotanicals.com, 6–9pm November 3–February 2 Exhibit: Amy Brnger and John Bonner LaBelle Winery, www.labellewinerynh.com November 6 Shaping Sound Capitol Center for the Arts, 7:30pm November 7 Steven Wright Capitol Center for the Arts, 8pm November 8 Sharing the Gift of Herbs Wintergreen Botanicals, www.wintergreenbotanicals.com, 10am–4pm November 10 Herbal Allies for Weight Loss Wintergreen Botanicals, www.wintergreenbotanicals.com, 6–9pm November 13 Otherwise Known as Sheila the Great Capitol Center for the Arts, 10am & 12pm
Exhibit: Melissa Anne Miller, November 18–December 19 McGowan Fine Art, Opening reception: November 21, 5–7pm
November 16 Cooking Workshop: Braised Dishes Canterbury Shaker Village, www.shakers.org, 1–3pm November 16 Steve Hackett—Genesis Extended Capitol Center for the Arts, 7:30pm November 18 Anti-Inflammatory Dishes: Tasty Dishes to Quench Your Fire Concord City Council Chambers, www.concordfoodcoop.coop/classes, 6–7pm November 18–December 19 Exhibit: Melissa Anne Miller Opening reception: November 21, 5–7pm McGowan Fine Art November 19–20 AXIS Dance Company Capitol Center for the Arts, 7:30pm Wed, 10am Thu November 22 Do-It-Yourself Herbal and Body Care Gifts Canterbury Shaker Village, www.shakers.org, 10am–12:30pm November 23 Ani DiFranco Capitol Center for the Arts, 7:30pm November 24 Rossini’s Il Barbiere di Siviglia Capitol Center for the Arts, 6pm November 29 Frankenstein Capitol Center for the Arts, 2pm November 30 Celtic Tenors Christmas Capitol Center for the Arts, 7:30pm
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BY MIKE MORIN
PHOTO BY GEOFF FORESTER
a moment with
Nazzy
MORNING HOST ON 105.5 JYY, OWNER OF NAZZY ENTERTAINMENT MOBILE DJS, AND FULL-TIME HUSBAND AND DADDY You do a morning radio show, own Nazzy Entertainment, and have two kids. When do you sleep?
in love with this beautiful state of ours and its people.
Sleep is overrated. Radio till noon, catch a few hours to nap. Walk the dogs. By this time, younger son is back from school. Spend a few hours playing with him. Then it’s back to work, helping the brides and grooms plan their special day. Sometimes I am able to squeeze in a few minutes to see my wife. Off to bed around 9:30.
Tell us about something crazy or unexpected that happened at a wedding at which you were entertaining.
You are known for your community involvement. Tell us about your five days atop a 30-foot scissor lift. It was the year after my mom had passed away from cancer, 2007. I decided no kid should ever have to go through what she did. That’s why I decided to raise money and awareness for CHaD and Kristen’s Gift. There were many times I wanted to bail, but I was there for a greater cause. I would do it again in a heartbeat!
Many radio personalities move frequently. What keeps you in Concord? This one’s easy. The community! My original plan was to get my feet wet in the industry in the Granite State and then move along to a bigger market. Somewhere along the way, my family and I fell
I will never forget it. The dance floor was packed. All of a sudden, I noticed some commotion coming from the coat check area. I ran over to play police officer. Turns out the bride’s cousin (who was on parole) was stealing wallets out of ladies’ purses while they were out on the dance floor. He was locking horns with the husband of one of the victims who caught him red-handed. I quickly escorted both of them out of the room to settle it. The best part is the bride was completely unaware that anything had gone down until weeks after her wedding.
We hear you’ve been called “Cookie Monster.” Name your three favorite cookies. Truth be told, I’m somewhat of a cookie snob. Top three: Nutter Butters, Shaw’s Brand Oatmeal Cookies (the ones they make at the bakery), and my all-time fave, my wife’s made-from-scratch chocolate chip cookies. I get them only on special occasions. Yum—mouth is watering just thinking about them! V
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