The laconia daily sun, october 31, 2013

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Page 22 — THE LACONIA DAILY SUN, Thursday, October 31, 2013

Lydia Warren Band at Pitman’s Friday LACONIA — The Lydia Warren Blues Band will perform at Pitman’s Freight Room on Friday, November 1 at 8 p.m. Since Lydia Warren’s 2001 debut at the ripe old age of 17, she has been turning heads in the blues scene. The guitarist/singer/songwriter cut her teeth opening for blues and classic rock luminaries B.B. King, Buddy Guy, and Little Feat throughout New England, earning a Boston Music Award nomination and a feature on NBC’s Today Show. While touring throughout Lebanon, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Canada,

At left: Lydia Warren (Courtesy photo)

and the United States, Lydia independently released six albums to great acclaim and international airplay. Filled with original songs, her records showcase Chicago blues aesthetics, modern musicality, and soulful rock sensibilities. Lydia also collaborates with Boyd Small (NL), the Brothers & Sisters Blues Tour, The Neurotics, Gracie Curran, and Matt Kelley. Lydia will be backed by longtime bandmates Warren Grant (drums) and Matt Malikowski (bass). Admission $12, doors open at 7:30 p.m. and Pitman’s is a BYOB venue. For more information check www.pitmansfreightroom.com.

Hazard Mitigation Plan meeting in Tilton Pub Mania team presents ‘A TILTON — The Tilton Hazard Mitimeeting on November 1 at the Tilton Wildlife Encounter’ on November 24 Town Hall starting at 1:30 p.m. Resigation Plan Committee has begun the process of updating its 2008 Hazard Mitigation Plan. The committee, which is represented by a variety of local interests, will focus on the natural and man-made hazards that put Tilton at risk as well as the development of recommendations to protect the safety and well being of town residents. The committee will have its first

dents of Tilton and representatives from neighboring communities are encouraged to attend and provide input. For more information call Chief Robert Cormier, Tilton Police Chief and Emergency Management Director at 286-8207 or David Jeffers, Regional Planner, Lakes Region Planning Commission at 279-8171.

SANBORNTON — The Sanbornton Historical Society will host historian Mike Mckinley of Bristol Thursday, November 14 at 7 p.m. at the Lane Tavern. The topic will be the last

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LACONIA — Pub Mania team Bag O’Loot bring’s animal education to Laconia as a fundraiser for the Pub Mania event, Children’s Auction and Food Pantry. Pub Mania, which raised $165,300 for the Children’s Auction last year, is once again working to exceed that number for 2013. “While we call Pub Mania a 24-hour

challenge, it is really much more, not only bringing everyone in the community together to work toward a common goal, but, its people helping people” explains team captain Melissa M Bigler. “We’ve set the bar quite high for ourselves, and all the teams are stepping-up and getting very creative in their fundraising. Wildlife Encounter will bring an amazing wildlife display to Levitt Park in Laconia and as a wildlife enthusiast; I’m very excited to share fun and educational experience with the community”. In a 45 minute educational show, guests will be introduced to more than six animals, including the Fennec Fox. The session will be followed by a question & answer segment, and will also feature guest exhibitor Christina Hazelton of the Upper Valley Reptile Group. Adoptable animals will be available. Showtime is 1-3 p.m. on Sunday, November 24, at Levitt Park on Elm Street in Laconia. Admission for adult is $10, and for children 14 and under is $5. A $1 discount applied to admission with donation of one or more nonperishable food item for the local food pantry. 100% of all proceeds raised will go to LNH ChildrensAuction, serving children and families in the Lakes Region. For more information, contact Melissa Bigler at biglermelissa@hotmail.com.

GILFORD — The AARP Mature Driver Safety program will be offered at Wesley Woods November 4-5 from 9 a.m. – 1 p.m. The course, offered in two fourhour sessions, will emphasize defensive driving techniques, including new traffic laws and rules of the road to name a few. It points out how to adjust driving to agerelated changes in vision, hearing and

reaction time. There is no test and those completing the course receive a certificate that may make them eligible to receive insurance discounts. The fee for the two day course is $12 for AARP members and $14 for nonmembers. To register for the course contact Stace at 603-528-2555 or sdhendricks@wesleywoodsnh.org

from preceding page we do here,” says Eric Johnson of Eric Johnson’s Furniture located on Route 3 in Campton. Visitors to participating shops and galleries can expect to find a wide variety of treats including hands on demonstrations, refreshments, creative gift ideas, live music, and special sales. The local participants include: Eric Johnson’s Furniture, Campton; Red Barn Studio & Gallery, Campton; Artistic Roots, Plymouth; Hundelrut

Studio, Plymouth; Community Clay Center, Plymouth; the Museum of the White Mountains, Plymouth; Ripple Pottery, Rumney; Shanware Pottery, Rumney; Rumney’s Country Gifts & Things, Rumney; and Polar Caves Park, Rumney. New Hampshire Open Doors is sponsored by New Hampshire Made and the League of New Hampshire Craftsmen. It is a statewide event hosted the first weekend in November each year.

Wooden ship warfare talk in Sanbornton

Town of Gilmanton, NH Planning Board Zoning Board of Adjustment Academy Building 503 Province Road Gilmanton, New Hampshire 03237 mailto:planning@gilmantonnh.org 603.267.6700-Phone 603.267.6701-Fax

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING NOVEMBER 14, 2013 HEARINGS BEGIN @ 7:00 pm PLANNING BOARD & ZONING BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT JOINT PUBLIC HEARING PB #0513 Property owners Kenneth Lantz (Tax Map 110, Lot 45), Robert Green (Tax Map 110, Lot 44) have applied for a Boundary Line Adjustment in which they seek approval to adjust the property boundary by conveying .22 acres from the parcel shown as (110-45) to (110- 44). Said property is located at 45 & 49 Justamere Lane, Gilmanton Iron Works, in the Rural Zoning District. Case # 2013 — 00014 David Vincent, applicant & Robert Green, owner: request a variance from Zoning Ordinance Article IV, Table 2 to permit the creation of a more non-conforming lot by reducing the frontage on a class V road from 93.16í to 76.23í. Property is presently .39 acres located at 45 Justamere Lane, Map/Lot# 110/44, in the Rural zone. Case # 2013 — 00015 David Vincent, applicant & Kenneth Lantz, owner: request a variance from Zoning Ordinance Article IV, Table 2 to permit the creation of a more non-conforming lot by reducing the acreage from .52 acres to .30 acres. Property is located at 49 Justamere Lane, Map/Lot# 110/45, in the Rural Zone. PLANNING BOARD NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING PB #0613 Property owners Stephen & Kristie Owens (Tax Map 127, Lots 12 & 13) have applied for a Site Plan Review in which the seek approval to develop a barber shop/shave parlor in space on the second floor of the existing building. Said property is located at 399 NH Route 140, and is in the Light Business District. The Planning Board will conduct a public hearing to approve, adopt and certify the amended “Rules of Procedure for Planning Boards”. Copy of the approved draft of the proposed “Rules of Procedure for Planning Boards” will be available for public inspection at the Selectmen’s Office as well as the Town Clerks Office beginning on Friday November 1, 2013.

Derek Small of Wildlife Encounters shows off a fennec fox to children. The public is invited to attend a Wildlife Encounter on Sunday, Nov 24 from 1-3 p.m. at Leavitt Park in Laconia as part of a fundraising effort for the Children’s Auction. (Courtesy photo)

Wesley Woods hosting AARP driving course


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