The Conway Daily Sun, Wednesday, September 28, 2011

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WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 28, 2011 VOL. 23 NO. 177 CONWAY, N.H. MT. WASHINGTON VALLEY’S DAILY NEWSPAPER 356-3456

DOT’s good news ... and bad news No reduction in winter snow plowing BY LLOYD JONES THE CONWAY DAILY SUN

BARTLETT — The N.H. Department of Transportation will plow snow the way it has in years past this winter. Officials had unveiled a drastically reduced snow-plowing plan for the winter months due to budget cuts, but Tuesday reversed their position. Funding will be made available at the sacrifice of summer road maintenance projects.

"I think it's good news for the citizens of this state and tourists alike," Rep. Gene Chandler (R-Bartlett), who also serves as chair of the Public Works and Highways Committee in the state House of Representatives, said by phone Tuesday. "I applaud the department on its decision and also want to commend them for all their work after the damage from the hurricane (Irene). The Department see WINTER page 11

Big reduction in summer maintenance BY LLOYD JONES THE CONWAY DAILY SUN

CONCORD — New Hampshire Department of Transportation commissioner Christopher Clement Sr. announced Wednesday that the state's snow-plowing plan will remain the same in the Granite State this winter. However major changes will come to summer projects to make up for a reduction in DOT's budget. Clement outlined the cuts in a four-

page letter to Rep. Ken Weyler, chairman of the Fiscal Committee in the State House. Clement wrote: "The Department of Transportation faces significant challenges striving to balance the complexity of budgetary constraint with effective and effi cient delivery of service. In a sincere desire to reach that balance and provide a plan to fulfi ll the legislative mandate to further reduce the department's see SUMMER page 10

A bird’s eye view of Ossipee, and its very beginnings BY DAYMOND STEER THE CONWAY DAILY SUN

OSSIPEE — Attendees of Volcano Fest had the opportunity to soar over the Ossipee Ring Dike in a helicopter this past weekend — and peer down into another age. Smith College geomorphology professor Bob Newton said the ring dike was once a volcano that had a cataclysmic eruption about 120 million years ago — during the reign of the dinosaurs. Then a short time later, the volcano collapsed into itself. Newton spoke about the ring dike at last year's Volcano Fest. "Erosion is what created the landscape we see today," said Newton who said 10,000 feet eroded over 120 million years or a rate of .001 of an inch per year. "Some rocks are more resistant to erosion than other rocks." However, that doesn't mean the landscape was 10,000 feet higher 120 million years ago. The planet's lithosphere (crust and outer mantel) rose as the weight of the land changed. The volcano was active when the continents were being pulled apart forming the Atlantic Ocean. The continent itself was much closer to see OSSIPEE page 9

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Where a volcano erupted 120 million years ago, the Ossipee landscape is now an explosion of fall colors. (DAYMOND STEER PHOTO)

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