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Inter-Lakes student learns art of painting at Meredith’s Gallery 51 MEREDITH — Arin Coppola, a junior intern through the Career Partnership Program at InterLakes High School, gets to learn the art of painting every day from Christine Hodecker-George, owner of Gallery 51. Coppola’s interest lies in the field of fashion, along with the arts, sewing, and painting. She believes in obtaining all the experience you can before going off to college. This will allow her not only to create a better resume and transcript, but also to pinpoint her interests when making decisions on classes in which to participate. She is attending the New York
fashion show this winter and will be going abroad to visit a college in London during London Fashion Week. She is currently enrolled in an art class at Chester College, and this summer is travelling to Quebec for a French emersion program. Coppola is excited and grateful that Gallery 51’s Hodecker-George, a well-known artist, is so committed to helping her achieve her dream. To learn more about Career Partnership, presented by the Greater Meredith Program, call Rhonda Hanaway, executive director, at 2796162 or e-mail rhonda.hanaway@ interlakes.org.
At right: Arin Coppola, a student at Inter-Lakes High School, pursues her passion for art and fashion as an intern at Gallery 51. (Courtesy photo)
Free nine-week Community Emergency Response Class to begin on January 27 LACONIA — A free nine-week Community Emergency Response Class will meet at Laconia High School on Thursday evenings beginning January 27. Topics to be covered during the course will include Disaster Preparedness, Fire Safety, Disaster Psychology, Safety Strategies Involved in a Terror Attack, Incident Command Systems, Light Search and Rescue and First Aid/CPR. All topics will be taught by local first responders and experts from the field who serve as guest instructors. On successful completion of the course, graduates may to apply to the Lakes Region Community Emergency Response Team, LR-CERT, which is sponsored
by the Lakes Region Partnership for Public Health and serves nine local communities from Moultonborough to Alton. CERT members then receive additional training in classes that support units of Traffic Control, Shelter Management, Search and Rescue, Fire Rehab, Emergency Communications and Animal Response. CERT members support emergency response agencies and can assist others in their neighborhood, town or workplace. After the tornado of 2008, team members were called upon to assist area police and public works departments with traffic control and later to conduct health and welfare checks in
NOTICE – TOWN OF GILFORD, NEW HAMPSHIRE
The Gilford Planning Board will conduct a public hearing to consider changes to the Gilford Zoning Ordinance on Tuesday, January 18, 2011 at 7:00 p.m. in Conference Room A at the Gilford Town Hall, 47 Cherry Valley Road, Gilford, New Hampshire. Anyone interested is invited to attend. This is the second public hearing for these items. PROPOSED ZONING ORDINANCE CHANGES
A public hearing will be held to consider the following proposed amendments:
1. Create Accessory Apartment Regulations – Create a new land use, Accessory Apartment, and related regulations as follows: amend Article 3 by modifying the existing definition of Apartment and creating a new definition for Accessory Apartment; create a new Section 4.6.17, Accessory Apartment, as an accessory use permitted in the Natural Resource Residential zone, Single Family Residential zone, and the Limited Residential zone, and as a prohibited use in all other zones; create a new Section 4.7.6(p), Accessory Apartment, allowing up to one (1) Accessory Apartment per lot in a single-family dwelling or an accessory building under certain conditions, requiring the property owner to occupy either the principle dwelling or the accessory apartment, allowing no more than two (2) bedrooms per apartment, allowing an apartment to be between 300 and 1,000 square feet in area but not exceed 40% of the gross floor area of the building in which it is located, and providing related regulations; and amend Section 6.18, Density of Dwelling Units to Land Area, to accommodate Accessory Apartments. 2. Section 4.7.6(e), Home Occupation – Amend Section 4.7.6(e) to prohibit visibility of most home occupations outside a building, to specify signage limitations for home occupations, to prohibit home occupations from becoming nuisances, to specify screening requirements for certain outdoor uses associated with home occupations, to regulate storage and idling of larger vehicles used in connection with home occupations, and to make other related changes.
3. Section 5.2.1, Island and Shore Frontage District – Amend Section 5.2.1 by deleting Section (b) in its entirety and replacing it with a new Section (b) requiring uses within 100 feet of the water bodies regulated by Section 5.2.1 (Lake Winnipesaukee, Saltmarsh Pond, Lily Pond, Poor Farm Brook, Meadow Brook, Jewett Brook, Gunstock River, and any other year-round brook) to be subject to the provisions of the Aquifer Protection District as specified in Article 19 whereas they are currently prohibited altogether on lots abutting or within 100 feet of the subject waters; and by amending Section (c)(1) to state that effective erosion control measures are required within 100 feet of the subject waters; and making other related changes.
4. Article 7, Off-Street Parking – Amend the minimum parking requirements for many land uses to reduce the amount of parking required in most cases and to increase it in other cases; add a new Section 7.5.3.27 to create parking requirements for Boat Storage facilities; and to make other related changes.
The exact text of the proposed changes may be inspected at the Department of Planning and Land Use (DPLU) and the Town Clerk’s office in the Gilford Town Hall at 47 Cherry Valley Road, Gilford, New Hampshire. DPLU is open Monday through Friday between 8:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. The Town Clerk’s office is open 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Monday through Wednesday and Friday, and until 6:30 p.m. on Thursdays. You may contact the Department of Planning and Land Use by calling (603) 527-4727.
areas ravaged by the storm. In December 2008, the state was devastated by a severe ice storm and many homes were without power. LR-CERT members established shelters in Gilford and Belmont and provided food and comfort for people who had to leave their homes. Last fall and winter CERT members assisted local area H1N1 flu clinics by providing parking assistance, interior communications, checkin and log-out documentation, and other duties to help with the flow of people in the clinics. To enroll in the next class, call Kathleen Merriam at the Lakes Region Partnership for Public Health at 528-2145 or e-mail kmerriam@lrpph.org.
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