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Volume 6 • Issue No. 1

New Concessions and Facilities Coming to Prescott Park

Key members from the City of Portsmouth, Prescott Park Arts Festival Board of Directors and the Capital Campaign Committee stand in front of what remains of the old concessions building in Prescott Park.

PORTSMOUTH Prescott Park Arts Festival has finalized a partnership agreement with the City of Portsmouth to begin construction of a new concessions and public bathroom facility.

The agreement provides for $200,000 in funding supplied by the city along with project management support for the demolition, while Prescott Park Arts Festival will make a financial contribution of $1.1 million raised from individual donations and grants.

“The relationship between The City of Portsmouth and Prescott Park Arts Festival is

often misunderstood; we are separate entities – the Festival operates on City property but is financially independent,” explains Ben Anderson, Executive Director of Prescott Park Arts Festival. “We appreciate their commitment and support as we continue to invest in the park and make necessary capital improvements and safety upgrades.”

With approximately $700,000 dollars in private donations raised including $100,000 in tax credits purchased by local businesses, Prescott Park Arts Festival is entering the final phase of its capital campaign.

Capital campaign Co-

Chair, Sean Mahoney explains, “We still have some critical funds to raise – especially to meet a very generous challenge grant from The Thomas W Haas Fund of the New Hamphire Charitable Foundation.

We need to raise an additional $100,000 before the new year, to meet the challenge and stay on track to complete the campaign

by March 31.”

The Campaign will fund the construction of a new Pavilion building that will house an updated concession area and more public bathrooms. It See PRESCOTT page 6...

Renowned Comics Bringing Acts Gingerbread House to the Portsmouth Pearl Contest Winners Enjoy the Taste of Success

PORTSMOUTH The monthly Portsmouth Pearl “Stand Up Comedy Series” will continue Saturday, Jan. 18. at 8 p.m. starring a great one-two punch with Las Vegas regular, Jim Lauletta, and Orlando Baxter as the main performers.

Lauletta is one of Boston’s top comedians and is one of the most popular headliners in New England. His television credits

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are endless and include Comedy Central appearances on “Two Drink Minimum,” “Stand-up Stand-up,” “Comic Re-mix,” “Shorties Watchin’ Shorties,” and “Make Me Laugh.” Lauletta is a regular in Las Vegas and on cruise ships and has been featured on “Comcast Comedy Spotlight,” and HBO’s U.S. Comedy Arts Festival’s “Best of the Fest,” “Comedy Showcase” and NBC’s “Friday Night”.

Lauletta is also a regular performer in New York, Las Vegas and Atlantic City as well as a headliner at the major comedy clubs across the country.

Baxter has been a finalist in NBC’s “Stand Up Showcase” and has been a finalist in both the New York Comedy Contest and the Boston Comedy Festival. He recently appeared on “Gotham Comedy Club Live” and is a regular at numerous comedy clubs throughout New England, and performs all over the country Baxter quickly established himself as one of the areas hottest comics. His fresh perspective and unique ability to relate to the crowd quickly solidified this personable middle school

Jim Lauletta has performed on numerous national platforms and will bring his stand-up routine to the Portsmouth Pearl on Jan. 18.

PORTSMOUTH The 2013 Gingerbread House contest is over and Discover Portsmouth is pleased to announce the winners. The contest’s new location at Discover Portsmouth was a huge success. There were 48 entries this year and many tough decisions for the all-star team of judges.

Joanne Francis of Smuttynose Brewing Company, Carol McClard of NBT Bank, and

Mary Jo Brown of Brown and Co. Design carefully surveyed each house looking for those that embodied innovation, style and execution. The contest featured four categories: Youth, Family, Adult and Business. This year also featured the first annual People’s Choice Award.

Voters and spectators came in droves to Discover See WINNERS page 3...

teacher by day and comedian at night, into a fan favorite.

“This is a great one-two lineup,” said Michael Smith of Laugh Riot Productions, which books the comedy at the Pearl.

“Both of these comedians are bone fide headliners and each comes in with a different style and perspective. Lauletta has been around for more than two decades, having recently passed his 25-year comedy anniversary. He’s simply one of the best.

“And Baxter has wasted See PEARL page 6...

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Friday, Jan. 3

Recurring Story Time

Join Blue Ocean Society for Marine Conservation every Friday at 10:30 a.m. for a free story time with one of Blue Ocean’s own educators.

Learn more about marine life, while participating in a take-home craft and having a chance to interact with some of Blue Ocean’s touch tank creatures. FMI: call 603-431-0260.

Saturday, Jan. 4 Winter Walker & Cane Safety

Maple Suites Senior Independent Living in Dover will host a free seminar on Saturday, Jan. 4 at 10 a.m. to discuss how to maneuver canes and walkers on the ice and snow, how to prevent falls and how to strengthen the body to withstand a fall. FMI and RSVP: call 603-7428820.

~ Calendar of Events ~ intervene and when not to, and techniques for handling kids’ feelings and behaviors. The event will be held on Jan. 7 and 14 from 6 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. The event is free and advanced sign-up is required. FMI: call 603-422-8208 ext. 2.

Open Chorus Auditions

The NH Gay Men’s Chorus will be holding open auditions for its spring 2014 concert series, “Its Showtime!

Music from Stage and Screen” 7 at 6:30 p.m. at Brookside Congregational Church in Manchester. All gay and gay-friendly men age 18 years or older who love to sing are invited.

There will be additional auditions on Jan. 14 and 21 at 6:30 p.m. FMI: visit www.nhgmc.com.

Wednesday, Jan. 8 Parent-Child Playgroup

Beginning Jan. 8, Gosling Mead-

ows Recreation Center in Portsmouth will hold a weekly ParentChild Playgroup every Wednesday from 9:30 a.m. to 11 a.m. The program is for children aged birth to six and their parent or guardian.

The group is free and advanced sign-up is required. FMI: call 603422-8208 ext. 2.

Warner House Assoc. Meeting

The Warner House Association will hold its annual meeting on Jan. 8 at the Tyco Visitors Center at Strawbery Banke Museum at 5:30 p.m. A brief business meeting and election of officers will be followed by a talk by Kerry Vautrot, a preservation specialist and the Builidings and Grounds chair.

Light refreshments will be served and the event is free and open to the public. FMI: contact warnerhouse@myfairpoint.org.

Tuesday, Jan. 7 Families First in Portsmouth will be hosting a “Helping Siblings Get Along” seminar for parents that will help them learn the underlying causes of sibling rivalry, when to

In reference to an article entitled “Madam Ovary Research Fund Receives Donation from Piscataqua Savings Bank” published on Dec. 20, a correction needs to be made to a sentence in the third paragraph that reads “Piscataqua Savings has pledged $100,000 to MGH over a five-year period.” The passage should read “The Madam Ovary Research Fund has pledged $100,000 to MGH over a five-year period.”

The Copy Editor at The Weekly Sentinel apologizes for the mistake.

call 603-422-8208 ext. 2.

Mixed-Age Afternoon Playgroup

Saturday, Jan. 11

Beginning Jan. 9, Families First in Portsmouth will host a Mixed-Age Afternoon playgroup every Thursday from 3 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. The playgroup is for children ages one to five and parents. The cost of the group is $5 per week and drop-ins are ok. FMI: 603-422-8208 ext. 2.

Who’s in Charge of Your Home?

Families First in Portsmouth will host a seminar, “Who’s in Charge in Your Home?” on Jan. 9 from 9:30 a.m. to 11 a.m. The program will provide guidelines needed to be in charge in a way that benefits the child and makes day-to-day life easier. The event is free and advanced sign-up is required. FMI:

Shea-Porter Town Hall

Maple Suites Senior Independent Living Community will host a town hall meeting with Congresswoman Carol Shea-Porter on Jan. 11 at 10 a.m. The event will allow voters to have an open dialogue with Shea-Porter on issues relevant to seniors and upcoming legislation in Congress. FMI and RSVP: call 603-742-8820.

Turkey Dinner

The Parish of Assumption Church in Dover will host a homemade turkey dinner on Jan. 11 from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. Cost of admission is $9 for adults, $8 for seniors, $5 for children ages five to 12 and children under age five eat for free. FMI: call 603-749-1855.

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Thursday, Jan. 9

Children’s Museum and NH SPCA Team Up for Critter Club Classes DOVER – Kids who are crazy about animals can learn what it takes to be responsible pet owners by participating in Critter Club, a six-week program offered by the Children’s Museum of New Hampshire in partnership with the New Hampshire Society for Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (NH SPCA).

Critter Club will be led by humane educator, Megan Garibaldi, from the NH SPCA and feature weekly visits from small animals. Critter Club will meet on Wednesdays from 3:45 p.m. to 4:45 p.m. from Jan. 8 through Feb. 12 at the Children’s Museum in Dover.

Children ages six to nine are invited to learn how to care

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Cocheco Valley Humane Society NH SPCA Human Educator Megan Garibaldi will introduce kids to small animals like Hermie the hermit crab (shown here in his brightly painted shell) as part of the Critter Club at the Children’s Museum of New Hampshire from Jan. 8 to Feb. 12.

for small pets such as guinea pigs, hamsters, rabbits, ferrets, birds, chinchillas and mice.

Friendly and healthy animals from the NHSPCA Humane Education program will visit the class each week. Kids will learn more about each animal and the creative ways they can enrich the lives of these engaging pets.

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The cost of the six-week class is $60 for Children’s Museum of New Hampshire members and $75 for non-members.

To register, please call the museum at 603-742-2002. The class is limited to 12 children to ensure a high-quality, personalized experience.

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~ Arts & Entertainment ~ Pontine Theatre Production Pays Tribute to E. E. Cummings

Pontine Co-Directors, Greg Gathers and Marguerite Mathews, present scenes from their original production, Silver Lake Summers: An E. E. Cummings Revue, the first of their Cafe-Lyceum Series at their West End Studio Theatre, from Jan. 2 through Jan. 5. (Photo by Andy Edgar)

PORTSMOUTH Pontine kicks off its CafeLyceum Series with “Silver Lake Summers: An E. E. Cummings Revue.”The Cafe-Lyceum format features refreshments and conversation along with scenes from one of Pontine Theatre’s popular original plays based on New England literature.

“Silver Lake Summers” is based on the life and work of American poet and painter Edward Estlin Cummings, a lifelong summer resident of Silver Lake in Madison, N.H. Poems and stories, personal correspondence and family photos combine to illustrate how the “New Hampshire experience” shaped the work of this seminal 20th century writer.

The play was created and is performed by Pontine Theatre artistic directors, Greg Gathers and Marguerite Mathews.

Cummings was born in 1894 in Cambridge, Mass. into a a family prominent in the academic world. After receiving his M.A. from Harvard in 1916, he became an ambulance driver in France during WWI. His imprisonment on suspicion of holding views critical of the

French war effort resulted in his first book, “The Enormous Room”, in 1922.

After the war, Cummings lived for a time in Paris, where he studied painting. Later, he lived in New York City during the winter months and spent summers in New Hampshire.

Cummings died in 1962 in North Conway, N.H. “Silver Lake Summers: An E. E. Cummings Revue,” focuses on Cummings’ life in New Hampshire. When he was a boy, his father bought a farm in the Sandwich Range of the White Mountains near Silver Lake from a farmer named Ephraim Joy. Cummings was indebted to his boyhood summers at Joy Farm for his Wordsworthian love of nature.

In his adult life, Cummings continued to live at Joy Farm from May to October every year, and the place became an increasingly satisfying part of his life. He took up bird watching and thumbed Peterson’s guidebooks.

The largest collection of Cummings’ papers are housed at Harvard University. The collection contains letters, diaries, manuscripts, notebooks and sketchbooks. These materials, along with his published

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Children’s Music Class Unlocks Young Minds DOVER A new session of the popular Groove and Grow music class will begin on Saturday, Jan. 11 at the Children’s Museum of New Hampshire.

This music and movement class for children ages two to four will run for eight weeks and is being taught by Marissa Ruffini, a certified music therapist with Sonatina Music Therapy.

Groove and Grow is a 45minute early childhood music class for parents and children to participate in together, designed to target age-appropriate developmental skills for two to four-year-olds. Music activities will include singing, playing instruments and moving to music. The class is limited to 12 children, so Ruffini can get to know each child and tailor activities to their needs and developmental level. Her goal is to promote important social, emotional, and physical growth while having fun with music.

“This is the second year that we’ve offered an on-site music class at the Children’s Museum and it’s been very well received,” said Heidi Duncanson, communications director for the museum. “Music offers a totally different way to learn works, form the basis for Pontine’s play. The text is drawn entirely from his writings.

Visual motifs are taken from Cummings’ paintings and the environment at Silver Lake.

The structure and tone of the play reflect the same inventive and experimental atmosphere of early twentieth century literature and art which influenced Cummings himself.

Events are scheduled for Thursday, Jan. 2 and Friday, Jan. 3 at 7:30 p.m., Saturday, Jan. 4 at 4 p.m. and Sunday, Jan. 5 at 2 p.m. Tickets are $18 ($3 discount for seniors and students) and may be purchased at www.pontine.org. Tickets may also be purchased at the door a half-hour prior to each performance (cash & checks only) based on availability.

Certified music therapist Marissa Ruffini (with guitar) leads a preschool music class on Saturdays at the Children’s Museum of New Hampshire.

about sounds and language and patterns, and also bring out special skills that children may not know they have. It really fits with our mission of unlocking kids’ creative potential and helping build strong and joyful family relationships. There are a lot of smiles and laughter during this class.”

Groove and Grow classes at the Children’s Museum of New Hampshire will meet on Saturdays from 10 a.m. to 10:45

a.m. from Jan. 11 to March 1.

The fee for this 8-week program is $80 for museum members and $120 for non-members.

The higher non-member fee includes parent and child admission into the museum after each class. A sibling discount is available.

To register for this class, please call the Children’s Museum at 603-742-2002 during regular weekday business hours.

...WINNERS from page 1 Portsmouth with a record crowd that reached 2,800.

Museum Store Director, Laura Mayo stated, “What I loved most about the event was seeing how many new faces came into Discover Portsmouth. So many said they hadn’t been in since it was a library or drove past but never came inside. It was nice to talk to people and tell them about what we do at Discover Portsmouth. And many of them said they’d be back.”

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Taking home the prizes were Rebecca and Payson Dunn for Best Family Category; Mary Dissette’s Enchanted Caravan for Best Adult; TMS Architects’ Gilley’s for Best Business; Emma Cross’ Stocking-End Hobbit Hole for Best Youth and the First Annual People’s Choice Award went to Michelle Maple and her Victorian Gingerbread House.

This year’s event was made possible by NBT Bank, The Portsmouth Brewery, Smuttynose Brewing Co. and All Makes Sew and Vac Center.

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Dear Elizabeth, In the process of changing to a newer computer I lost some of my fonts; one in particular that I need to print a certain document is called Stone Temple. I searched for it and came up with many free offers of the font, if I would only agree to their terms of use, consisting of many pages of text that only a lawyer would understand.

So I agreed without reading it and downloaded the font, which came infected with all kinds of nasty stuff and signed me up for I don’t know how many e-mail offers that I don’t want, and worst of all it high-jacked my browser and switched it to something called Delta Search, which I have managed to bypass but have to keep unsubscribing from all these other offers.

So my question dear Elizabeth, is how can I find a vendor where I can safely purchase this font or where can i find some kind person who will give me or sell me the font?

With many thanks, Dean Dear Dean, I also have a font that I love to use called Phyllis, but it is not a standard font.

And, like you, I frequently forget to transfer the font when I move to a new computer. The first time, I had to dig out the program that the font originally came with in order to get it back.

I finally solved my problem by keeping a copy of the font in my documents folder. Since I always backup my documents folder, and transfer the contents of that folder when I move to a new computer, the font is always transferred to the next computer.

~ Ask The Computer Lady ~ In order to get your font back, your best bet is to find the program that it originally came with, and install that program.

I don’t know what program you got the font with, but perhaps someone else does and can help.

Once you get a copy of your font back, make sure you keep a backup copy someplace safe.

Elizabeth Dear Computer Lady: I was sending an e-mail on my Chrome computer and accidentally touched something that made my print very small; so small that I cannot read anything at that e-mail address.

Please tell me what do I have to do to get the normal print back to its normal size. Thank you for a response, R. Dear R. I am going to take a guess and say that you probably zoomed out of the web page.

You can zoom back into a normal size in several ways, but probably the easiest way is to hold down the Ctrl key on your keyboard and scroll with your mouse wheel.

Another way is to hold down the Ctrl key and press the + key until the text is the size you want it to be. Elizabeth Dear Reader, I have been getting a lot of requests lately for directions on using copy and paste, or cut and paste, so I decided to create this illustrated tutorial. You can view the illustrations on my website at http://wp.me/pwwRq-1aZ Before you can cut or copy text, you need to be able to highlight it. There are several ways to do this. Lets examine a few of the ways.

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1. Move your mouse to the beginning of your text, near the No. 1 hold down the left mouse button and slowly move the mouse to the end of the text, indicated by the No. 2. When the text you want to use is highlighted, release the mouse button.

2. With your mouse, click once at the beginning of your text. Hold down the “Shift” key on your keyboard and click once at the end of the text. Everything between the first click and the second will be highlighted.

3. See how this text is blue?

That means it is highlighted. To do that here, I used the arrow keys to move the cursor to the beginning of my text. I held down the shift key while using the arrow keys to move to the end of the text. This method works well for web pages where the text you want to copy is larger than the screen.

4. Now we will copy what we highlighted. When you copy something, you place it in a part of Windows memory called the “clipboard.”

5. To do this, you first highlight your text, and then click on “Edit” and “Copy”. Even though you can’t see any changes, you will now have your text on the clipboard.

6. To paste, you simply click where you want the text to go and click “Edit” and “Paste”.

Lets say that you want to send just this article in an e-mail to your mother. First, you would highlight the article, then click “Edit” and “Copy”.

Next, you open a new e-mail and address it to your mom. Be sure to click in the body of the e-mail where you want the article to go, then click “Edit” and “Paste”.

Your article is now in the new e-mail.

An even easier way to do this is to first highlight your text, and then, using your keyboard,

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press the “Ctrl” key and continue to hold it down while you press and release the “C” key.

This is the same as “Edit” and “Copy” and you will now have your text on the clipboard.

To paste, you simply click where you want the text to go and press the “Ctrl” key and continue to hold it down while you tap the “V” key.

Not only is it faster and easier to use the keyboard shortcuts, but it works in places where there is no “Edit” menu available. If you can highlight the text, you can usually copy it.

Elizabeth Dear Computer Lady, I’ve received your newsletters for years. I can’t count the ideas I have received from it.

My question is, how many complete hard drive back-ups should I keep on my external hard drive?

My internal hard drive in my HP is one Terra-byte, and my external one is also the same.

I use Acronis True Image software. Many thanks for all your ideas. Pete K. Dear Pete, Assuming that your external hard drive is stored in the same physical location as your computer, one or two complete backups should be plenty.

If the data that you are backing up is important to you, there are some other things you should also consider when pre-

paring your backup plan.

1. If your external hard drive is always connected to your computer, it is just as susceptible to viruses or power surges.

2. If your external hard drive is in the same building as your computer, it is just as susceptible to fire, theft, malware or other physical damage.

While it is ALWAYS a good idea to have a backup hard drive ready to restore your files in the event of a hard drive crash or failure, it should not be your only line of defense. You should also have a backup stored somewhere off site.

Some people have two external hard drives, and rotate them, taking one of them to a different physical location each time they backup. An example might be that you take home the backup from your work computer each week after performing a backup.

Other people use an online Cloud backup program like Carbonite or Mozy. These programs automatically backup new or changed files as you use your computer. You don’t have to remember to do the backup, or wait while the computer runs the backup program. Elizabeth Interested in learning more?

Elizabeth has answered thousands of computer questions over the years. Come browse her articles, watch instructional videos, ask questions, and view comments at www.askthecomputerlady.com/questions.

~ Library News ~ Lane Memorial Public Library Mickey Mouse Clubhouse Super Adventure

On Friday, Jan. 3, the Lane Memorial Public Library will host a showing of “Mickey Mouse Clubhouse Super Adventure” at 10 a.m. The movie follows Super Mickey, Wonder Minnie, Super-Power Pup, Super Goof, Dynamo Duck and Upsy Daisy in an exciting adventure. The movie is for preschool-age viewers.

The movie is one-hour long and snacks and seats are provided.

FMI: call 603-926-3368.

Portsmouth Public Library Mindfulness Workshops

Liz Korabek Emerson will offer four workshops on consecutive Fridays beginning on January 10 at 10 a.m. called “Ordinary Mindfulness: The Joy of Everyday Live.” The workshops will be held in the Hilton Garden Room of the library and each session will focus on an aspect of our lives and introduce the basic practice of mindfulness and provide practical suggestions on how to integrate the practice into everyday life.

FMI: call 603-427-1540.

Book Signing

Local author Charles McMahon will be at the Portsmouth Public Library to sign his new book, “Legendar y Locals of Por tsmouth,” on Jan. 14 at 7 p.m. in the Levenson Room. FMI: call 603-427-1540.

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People and Business Profiles

Local Couple Returns to Dover to Open Sonny’s Tavern

Left to right: Diana Jacob, Express Employment Professionals, Chamber Ambassador, Amanda Gouin, co-owner, Sonny’s Tavern, Mark Ryan, co-owner, Sonny’s Tavern, Mitch Purington, Chef, Sonny’s Tavern, Trudi Janoschek, Foster’s Daily Democrat, Chamber Ambassador, and Beverly Hodsdon, Greater Dover Chamber of Commerce celebrate the opening of Sonny’s Tavern with a traditional ribbon cutting ceremony.

DOVER The Greater Dover Chamber of Commerce recently welcomed Sonny’s Tavern with a traditional ribbon cutting.

The idea behind Sonny’s came to Dean Baltulinis and Amanda Gouin when they moved to back to Gouin’s home-

town of Portsmouth after living in New York City. They wanted to create a place that reminded them of their favorite neighborhood spots; a place with a warm, inviting atmosphere, great food and good company. They got together some good friends - Mark Ryan, Nathan Bice and Joshua

Leading Medical Practice Joins Local Chamber of Commerce DOVER The Greater Dover Chamber of Commerce was pleased to recently welcome PainCare with a traditional ribbon cutting.

PainCare is the leading medical practice in the northeast dedicated exclusively to pain management.

PainCare is not merely a pain clinic.

Their services include everything that a pain clinic provides, yet so much more. They understand that pain is more effectively treated when multiple approaches are combined. Their comprehensive pain centers not only offer interventional pain management modalities, such as injections and advanced surHamlin - and got to work.

They saw the space at 328 Central St. was on the market and took the leap. They renovated the space themselves and threw around some menu ideas.

Four months later, Sonny’s Restaurant was born and named after Amanda and Dean’s son.

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gical implants, but also physical therapy, counseling, alternative therapies and medication management.

Their staff of caring, knowledgeable providers uses the most advanced therapeutic and surgical/interventional technologies available to treat your pain. The staff at PainCare is truly pas-

sionate about easing the suffering of their patients. Their goal is recovery for the whole person and a return to a meaningful and productive life.

To learn more about PainCare, you can reach them at 603692-3166. They are located at the Pinewood Medical Center, 255 Route 108 in Somersworth.

Holding the scissors, PainCare’s founder Michael J. O’Connell, M.D. along with members of his staff, members of the Greater Dover Chamber of Commerce Ambassadors, and Board Members, celebrate joining the Greater Dover Chamber of Commerce with a traditional ribbon cutting ceremony.

BUSINESS & FINANCE What’s Your Retirement Vision?

When you start out in your career, you’re probably not thinking much about retirement.

At this point, your picture of a “retirement lifestyle” may be, at best, hazy, hidden as it is behind a veil of experiences you’ve yet to encounter. But as you move through the years, your view of retirement comes into clearer and closer focus — and this vision will have a big impact on your savings and investment strategies.

Consequently, to create and implement those strategies effectively, you’ll need to define your retirement vision by identifying its various parts. Here are some to consider: Travel If you’re like many people, you may dream of traveling during your retirement. But what does “travel” mean to you? Do you envision taking a cruise or an international trip every year? Or is

your idea of travel just a short jaunt to a popular destination, such as a lake or the mountains or the beach? The difference in costs between global and U.S.based travel can be enormous, so you’ll need to define your goals and estimate your expenses.

Second Home Once you retire, you’ll have to make some housing-related decisions. Should you sell your home and “downsize”? Or do you want to keep your current residence and possibly purchase a second home, such as a condominium, in another part of the country? Obviously, you’ll need to factor in these choices when you think about how to invest before you retire and how to manage your withdrawals from your 401(k), IRA and other accounts during your retirement.

Volunteer Activities You might think that your volunteer activities during retirement won’t affect your finances much. But if you are

particularly ambitious, and your volunteerism involves travel, renting space, purchasing equipment and so on, you might be looking at some large cash outlays. Furthermore, if you host people at your house, you may be incurring some types of liability risk, which you might need to address through appropriate insurance coverage.

Hobbies During your working years, you may pursue your hobbies always with the thought that you can devote a lot more time to them after you retire. However, expanded hobby activities may involve expanded costs.

For example, if you’re good with cars, you might decide to invest in that foreign sports car of which you’ve dreamed. Or, if you’re fascinated by genealogy, perhaps you’ll start traveling to places once inhabited by your ancestors. These types of activities can be expensive, so you’ll have to evaluate your saving, spending and investing habits to

determine how to accommodate your increased expenditures on your hobbies.

Second Career Many people look forward to retiring from one career so they can start another — opening a small business, consulting or even taking a part-time job.

Clearly, if you were to start your own business, some expenses would be involved, so you’ll have to plan for them. Even if you become a consultant or work part time, you could incur various costs, including travel.

And, in relation to these types of work, you may also have insurance and health care issues to address.

By identifying the various components of your retirement vision, and estimating their respective costs, you can make those saving, spending and investment choices that can help you work toward your retirement dream.

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Longtime Dover Business Joins the Chamber of Commerce DOVER The Greater Dover Chamber of Commerce is pleased to welcome Dover Agway with a traditional ribbon cutting.

Dover Agway has been an agricultural, lawn and garden, wild bird, pet food and supply retailer in the same location since the early 1930s.

It is currently owned and operated by Paul and Teri Welch, who began their stewardship of this unique location in October 2000. They have lived on a small hobby farm for 20 years and share this experience and knowledge daily with many folks.

The staff at Dover Agway strives to deliver great customer service and products that you need at an affordable price.

Customer input is always welcomed and appreciated.

The Welch Family is thankful to be stewards of a community-supported small business that offers a slice of quintessential New England tradition woven into the fabric

Members of the Greater Dover Chamber of Commerce Board and Ambassadors welcome Christine Dixon (holding scissors) and Apex Design Studio with a traditional ribbon cutting ceremony.

3D Computer Imaging Studio Joins Dover Chamber Left to right: Trudi Janoschek, Foster’s Daily Democrat, Chamber Ambassador, Diane Lewis, TD Bank, Chamber Ambassador, Jon Burns, Liberty Mutual, Chamber Board Member, Paul Welch (Holding scissors), Owner, Dover Agway, Beverly A. Hodsdon, Greater Dover Chamber of Commerce and Michael Mengers, Greater Dover Chamber of Commerce celebrate with a traditional ribbon cutting ceremony.

of this wonderful Seacoast Area.

Dover Agway is located at 25 Charles St. in Dover. You can reach them at 603-742-7113

or visit them online at www. doveragway.com. You can also visit their facebook page at www.facebook.com/pages/ Dover-Agway.

Community Action Partnership Joins Dover Chamber

Left to right: (Holding the scissors) Executive Director for Community Action Partnership of Strafford County Betsy Andrews Parker along with Members of the Greater Dover Chamber of Commerce Ambassadors, staff and board members of the Community Action Partnership of Strafford County celebrate joining the Greater Dover Chamber of Commerce with a traditional ribbon cutting ceremony.

DOVER The Greater Dover Chamber of Commerce was pleased to welcome the Community Action Partnership of Strafford County with a traditional ribbon cutting.

Community Action Partnership of Strafford County is a 501(c)(3) private nonprofit organization established in 1965 under the provisions of the Equal Opportunity Act of 1964. The partnership works with community, state and federal partners to assist children, families, low-income and elderly residents with their efforts to become or remain financially and socially independent through a variety of coordinated programs. Without the

services provided by the agency, many local residents would be without a means to provide for their basic needs, including food, education, child care, utilities assistance, transportation, shelter and access to other services.

The Community Action Partnership mission is “to educate, advocate and assist people in Strafford County to help meet their basic needs and promote self-sufficiency.” Their vision is to eliminate poverty in Strafford County and their values include compassion, education, self-sufficiency, transparency, accountability, teamwork, client focus and professionalism.

The Community Action

Partnership is funded by federal, state and local funds. The agency also receives United Way grants, foundation and charitable grant funds, fees for service, private business donations and donations from individuals.

In 2011, for every $1 of federal Community Services Block Grant money, the national Community Action network leveraged $6.63 from state, local, and private sources, including the value of volunteer hours. Their agency is an equal opportunity employer.

For additional information, please visit www.straffordcap.org or call 603-516-8130.

DOVER Apex Design Studio was recently introduced to the Dover Chamber of Commerce with a traditional ribbon-cutting ceremony Principals and Co-Founders Mike and Christine Dixon are a husband and wife team that relocated their boutique digital design company, Apex Design Studio, to Dover this fall. The pair uses state-of-theart 3D computer imaging similar to that used in animated feature films to create compelling images for print, web, animation and interactive applications. Their portfolio includes work for clients such as QVC and Campbell’s. The young couple is excited to become involved in the Dover community and all that it has to offer.

Apex Design Studio is committed to delivering stunning 3D images and interactive applications that will help its clients’ target audience visualize their products or services.

Whether customers are looking for photo-realistic images of a prototype, instructional

graphics for a website, or an interactive 3D application to showcase products, the team can handle the job on-schedule and on-budget.

For additional information about their high-end, personalized 3D digital media marketing solutions, contact Apex Design Studio at 603348-5737 or visit them online at www.apex-design-studio.com.

To contact Christine directly, email her at info@apexcontact. com. ...PEARL from page 1 little time climbing the comedy ladder. Over the past seven or eight years he has become one of the most sought after acts in the business. We’re fortunate to have both on the same show at The Pearl,” said Smith.

Tickets are $15 and may be purchased in advance through Pay Pal via the Pearl website, www.portsmouthpearl.com, or $15 cash the night of the show.

There is free parking across the street. The Pearl is located at 45 Pearl St.

...PRESCOTT from page 1 will include the acquisition of a protective, removable stage covering, which will allow for upgrades to both lighting and sound. The immediate work to be accomplished will be demolition of the old Pavilion building, where the bathrooms and food concession has operated in the past.

Claudette Baker, incoming Board Chair of Prescott Park Arts Festival explains how the upgrades to these facilities will impact audience members.

“We will go from tired, aging facilities to bathrooms with expanded capacity and a

food concession area that will enable us to serve a much better quality of food. That means shorter restroom lines during intermission and more, healthier food options. This will be a significant improvement for everyone who enjoys Prescott Park.”

Contributions to the campaign may be made online at www.prescottpark.org/campaign.cfm or sent via mail to Prescott Park Arts Festival, PO Box 4370, Portsmouth, NH 03801.

For more information, contact Ben Anderson, executive director, at 603-436-2848.

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